An independent Paper, Devoted Especially to the interests c* Soothe'Iltflrï» r T? T.itr R-W E' JA». y j a r; First-class goods kept in stock and sold at the lowest prices, quality considered. Stock, - - $50,000. Receive deposits subject to check or on «•rtiiicate payable on demand. Sells sight draft* on .New l'ork, San Eran eiaco. and Portland. Telegraphic transfer* sold on all pointe in the I'niteu States. Special Attention given to Collections and (•neral business of our customers. Collections made throughout Southcrr Uregon, and on all accessible points. J. D. FRY, President. J . T.T L’F F 8, Vice President. K. A. B ooth , Cashier mini) M'RSRKIBS. SIX MII.ES SOUTH OF -------- ALL KINDS OF-------- i G rants P ass , - - • Staple and Fancy Groceries ! HARDWARE. TINWARE, TABLEWARE. O regon 200,000 TREES FOR SALE, — CONSISTING OF — \PPLE. PEAR, PEACH, PLUM PRUNE, CHERRY, APRI­ COT, NECTARINE AL­ MOND, CHESTNUT, Kv rv a-ticl- - ■!I*ay» un hait.l tu move Mer. h >n.|iaeho!J Gorh. Bog . tge Píann». -ole». Et, at | rates. THIRTV^SEVENTM YEAR. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ WORLD-WIDE CIRCULATION.; Twenty Paces; Weekly.Illustrated. lNDif*tN$AR r -Q M N HA Mr ». TlkXB DOLLARS Fil TIAR. POSTPAID. CC»«1 HUf 1 I11R1K AND SCIENTIFIC PRbS, 22G M amet S t , S an F rahci ^ co , C al .) ik>rvlre ■ la How.ry. U h.. Cod lU<-.»u« tilled. A waiter from “de Bowery" drifted With M m exoapUM VI .«1 I » BM. » M ervdit than aur Hr». western Tacoma, W“«h., early in De­ a Royal »treet rvetanrant. He waa ¿rv«- ceaaarily near the aurface, and there- cember, salmon wen* seen «whnming ed in u check suit, •.Talked «tiff kueed, Barn« WHfcM, a« 18 fata <4 »aw ■ r*‘ expoaid to a atroiig light from over farm land several miles from their with hi» chin out, and yelled out hi»or­ il eve. New, the cod. though not a •resiled with It tn>t«BN ia th« 140 1UI, ders like a Misaissippi mate. Hi» first and Mx paooM ia ttM till Uot home in the Sound. ciistou" r was a gcutleman of delicate ie. p «ea Hxh. ia not a aurface »wini- It U anooaaead that J. H. Haggiu Rauchmcn throughout Cldlcotin, Car­ uier and live, at depth, where the »un appi tip«. The waiter struck a pnxe- will bold a y«arllag »al. a« tbe ckm ot iboo and the vicinity of Ashcroft, B. flgliti r attitude, leantd his bead slightly light nnut be very much minified by the Sau Frauoi*» bona »how. C., unite in saying that the lo*s of‘cat­ paaaago through the water. It live» in down toward the guest ami said: tle this season will l»e very large. A 8 /.a« oid pa..* V Allanuot. out what to ua would be xtuidarkneaa. •• Well?" Cold a either came on unexpectedly Tbe guest looked np iu surprise, The Every one of the»« cc4 expoeed to the of tbe data of Klainatb, t X>t ff. 1» laid aud found even those lucky ones who Itrong light is buffering from an ex to be able to atap thre. beau 1« tilt. waiter glanced down at him. have feed sufficient under ordinary Gi^eraur ritroug 8 m been wlauing “Well.whatcan wo do for yer, sport?" Iraordmary hypertrophy of the eye. The •ircumstanass unprepared for It aud Regaining his control, the diner said, «holo organ has beixime overgrown, as race» dowu in Teaaa Sa wax a winner their herds In the hills scattered aud "Ah, lil Jike something light, waiter." if in the effort to adjust itself to the u»e at the recent meeting at Dioktaeon. Tex. are hard to get together. “SuutUu light? How would u fodder of more light rays it had become over­ Tbe Vallejo (Oal) Boeing »».¡clatico equipped and then uacleaa. The cod, in >■ financially nrfypled owing to It, loa Mrs. Marie A. Robles, widow of S. doy-r?” taot. are blind. Robles of Mountain View, Santa Clara "A what?" btlltj * bofieot aamooiMBti from mam Tlie moat interesting feature in this ben. county, Cal., whose funeVal took place “A tedder. Maybe you might get your l>eceiui»er 2flth, was 81 years old, aud whiskers trou a lamp, or p’r aps a cup change is the extraordinary rapidity Char lea k Helm ot BlleiMbwg, WoaU. with which increased supply of light bad never boen outside of Cahfuruia. of Berber'» ladder might fit yer mug." MHX'iilly «i»ipp.«l 8.» spaa» uf line draft riys has overdeveloped the organ for She was the mother of twenty-nine Having delivered himself of these hoi«.» to th. Hawaiian lalau.i» aad wtll children. pleasantries, the waiter smiled broadly its use. It has taken place, not by alow •oou alny 8ft more. degree« from individual to Individual, Colonel de Russey of the Eleventh and tapped hi» customer lightly on the but in a course of time to be measured Infantry, United States Army, Foot chest. Gharlm E. Blanny will produce next Commander at Whipple Barracks, near "D re. whiskers, don’t get yer peppers by tuouths and in every individual in ■ea»ixi a new mMtoal aatir« to be nailed the tank. If this example is a measure Prescott, while out driving Christmas on. Dat's a josh to git up yer appetite, "A Hired OtrL " jamm T. K»Hy wtll of the rapidity with which suoh changes be «tarred in th. ,Me part. evening, was thrown from his buggy, see? No stringin. wouldn't an omelet take place among fish, the adaptation Lis right arm broken, and lie was suftiay tickle de rove iu yer bread bas- Mail K um II. now with tbe 'Toni» key? Snr, I can rv«b it into yer face be­ of those creatures which have migrated Joab Spruoeb," company, will »tar next ullit « wltìi» bruised. from the shallow water» of the deep fore yer finish foin up against de pic ­ The California legislature opened on sens, shown hy the total loaa or enormous enaaon In a fame oeutedy oallad "Tt>e the 4th, with a full attendance. Frank kles. Sec?" I development of their eyes and the grow th Dutch Ix'tective," by Herbert Hail Tlie delicate la ntleman nearly fainted L. Coombs of Napa was elected speaker Winilow. ami was rescued by the head waiter, who of illuminating organa to light the of the assembly. biuvtli * Hieo bare reoelred a letter it ia abyss, may have been a« rapid as gave him anothernttendatit ivid put the from Italy auuonnoiag the oompiotiou The United Stati*« revenue cutter Ganymede from winked New York ou niurvolouB.—London Spectator. of erraugemcnti fur the prixleMloa of Bear has been taken to Quartermaster the dishwashing list.—New Orleans Brtence III» N«*gle<'te.l K*gs. "My Friend From India" tn that eoog- harbor to I m » put on the drydock fur re­ Times- Democrat. There i» nothing ill an egg to preveut try next inoalb. pairs to her hull. A $5000 contract has frehliue«» being maintained. It is there­ been let and extensive repairs are to William Bedeiund *U1 resign from A Youug Maii’n A<-lil«>v«‘inrntn. fore a question of treatment, and the Hiohard Mauafleld'»oumpaay, and, With be made. Tho Rev. CharluH H. Parkhurst, D. Captain Richard Hoyt, Jr., well D., writes « f “The Young Man on the domestic treatment of eggs has not pro­ hl» wife, Mr». Tbmnan Barry, will ap­ known among the steamboat men ot Fence” in The Ladies’ Iloiue Journal. gress d or chea|M>n<'d in 100 years, ami pear in Margaret Mather'» production the Columbia and Willamette rivers, He believes that ‘‘when all has becu practically poultry keepers are only a» of died in the state insane asylum at said that admits of being said in regard far advanced today as iu 1788, wheu the Dutch pro ess of lime pickling was Not a Oraat KUk. Salem, Or., a few days ago. to a young man's equipment for life and first introduced iuto England, ami those Clara—Wo're had a terrible fight, There are 8000 Indians in Arizona in regard to what he ought to do and who do not know what has transpired who occupy five reservations, aggre­ what he ought toesehew, it still remains sine<> are no w iser tbail their forefathers. and it'» ull broken off. Maude—Do you think there ia any gating 618,037 acres. The Governor, in a fart that Ins acquisitions and his There is ample evidence to prove, his report, recommends this lami achievements will depend principally on though tlie facta are not generally hope of a reconciliation? "Oh,$e»l I am »o confident that I should be allotted in severalty ami the bis way of looking at life and on tho known, that eggs can be deliven'd fresh Indians be encouraged to cultivate the spirit with which he takes hold of life. from th« most distant countries, even at have »ent buck all bi» preaeut». "—Lou­ soil so as to enable them to become He can deal with it at arm’s length or less cost than the present stale ouea don Fun. he can grip it at short range. lie can Tliis, of course, seems improbable, but self-supporting. Sharp. '1 he Orango Belt irrigation district treat the world as an article of virtu at one time it wns deemed aliaoluteiy The girl with a poaitire geuin» for near Pomona will disincorporate. It to ba elegantly iusperted, orhecau han­ im|«>ssible that foreign alieep, Ismle getting thing» wrong waa trying to de­ has no bonds outstanding and no debt. dle it as a practical commodity to thrust mid beef could oompete with home scribe a beautiful mouth. "Oh, rach u The district was uas formed several his hands into. He can approach it with grown, or that ateum could di«plac« pretty mouth!" »he «tied, "bhuped ex­ years ago with a view of taking water an eye of half supercilious interrogation, labor, or that steel could be produced at actly like Uupid'» arrow, you know!”— or he can come down np>*11 it with a a cheaper rate than iron and »nperned« from the Arrowhead system. Philadelphia Pre»« plump bound that means respect, confi­ iron. The throe mills of the Puget Lumber dence and the will to have frank com­ Keeping Talent Leather* Pretty. As there is nothing iu uu egg to pre­ company have a combined daily capa­ merce with it. There is enough in al­ vent freshness being maintained it ia Patent leather »boo*should tie rnbbed city of 450,060 feet of lumber. most any young f> How to get a great therefore a question of scientific treat­ to the »hap« of thu foot with the hand, The Northern Pacific steamship com- 1 deal into life if be has the disposition to pany paid into the United States Court construe things with a d< grve of seri­ ment, nnil opposition comes only from and they will not then be «o liabln to those who fear old established interests wrinkle and crack when wearing. I at Seattle $52,(XM) salvage in the Struth- ousness, and by periousneKs I do not nevis case—$20,000 to the Mineloa, mean sourness, but practical earnoBtness being extinguished. However, this sat­ Whit.' of egg rubbed ull them will r«- $27,000 to tire Minowera ami ¿5000 for —the spirit, namely, that will prevent isfactory phase of tlieegg problem acema ■tore their gloaw. one that might be advantageously taken Not e Nnercsa. costs of litigation. his looking upon the world ns being lit­ up by tho«« interoMted in dwveloping "Then Mis» Newleigh didn’t make a Over 100 carloads of Sonora orangei tle Better than an ill timed joke, awk­ poultry uud igg« as a domeatio indus­ luoce»» im a pljttform speaker?" have been shipped at Nogales fur the ward enough io make the whole thing try.—London Standard. "Buoceaa? I »hould »ay not. Got United States up to January 1, 1807. uncomfortable and ludicrous enough to knocked ont on her very flrat «peech. ” A h to Children and Bogn. It is estimated that this s» asim’s ship­ exouse any sophisticated person from "What wa» tho matter?" ments will aggregate 300 carloads, ami concerning himself much with it.” Wauhlngtou Irving H um often boon ao- "Lack of common sen»«. Had a big that there will be 500 carlnu is shipped ruH<’n the flower ami bugle, though he doe* not extract ooriou* sense, vivacity of mind, quiet Tlie queensware and glassua <• houM« much music; sit* at a table to eat, ukuh determination and capacity for self gov of tho wheat, while the hessian fly lay» of Jackson f UMiadn have irappliod A bushel of point«»»» equals 68 pounds California created a small sensa’ion h> cigars and cigarett'-s ami eagerly picks morn or I'- kh tbo want* of Europe fox ’ a speech in favor of the funding hi.I in up a stump wheu ho find* it. He is < onturir*. From th« «arilrat day» of it» iu Pennsylvania and aiu. It’* bottom», and tt.nl the timber of north tion« are rood, and lande«! at Ellis island «luring the year going to be u »plendid «eller. " hi« will is «irons < rn Euroja* provided an unfailing amt If he has ths bodily of 1866 waa 252,350. There were 09,- "But wliat. are you going to put in- convenient return freight for the »hip strength to carry 223 cabin paHsongors landed at thu port rid« of it?" ping thu« engaged. When, however, th« him through, his of New York «luring the same year. efforta will be •‘Why. tbe hnndmudf* paper with the trouble« of the Napoleonic era rant- crowned with mencod, and ««jiecially when the con Offi« era have 'begun ejecting p« ' ph deckled eilgeii. achievement. Bod- tinental bhrkade wa»enforced, the tlm from claims on the lines on the Ponca, "But ian't fly strength and >« r nupplie« of th« Baltic b<-<«inilng un Oteo, Misturi ami Osage re-ervations, thing in it to health are hi« great­ est capital. Without certain and iMuffir lent, attention win In accordance w ith the decision of Sec­ u "By Jovi , old fellow, I'm glad them he can hope directed to the North American colrwii'« retary of Interior Francis. mentioned that! Do y< u know, I c for nothing How w ith tli« n • ult of Inerviuing the quan­ many young men The newly organize«! Northern Pa­ pretty near fi/rgettinj, all about it. tity of tlnilr r which rca -bed < ir«»t Brit ­ and young women cific railway ha- filed a h'jn against all Wanhingti ii ¡Star. are cut otf ju«t when ain from k, 800 ton» in the year 1X00 . the Northern Pacific lands in behalf of future «terns 125,800 tena in 1810, and to SOH.OOt brightest and fullest of the the old preferred at< ck to th*- amount promise ! They are und ton« in 1820. In 18U8 the amoont > - taken away bv the di««-ase which causes of $35,00 >,‘Hi0, tf which 05 per cent Is ported to the United Kingdom »be even «enou» It is a disease of now worth between forty an«l fifty mil­ remarked the cbwrful idiot to hl* pas­ the blood, and can be cured abaolutely and lion* of dollars. The land wns bought always bv purifying and enriching the tor tbe other day. ”1 suppose,” be con­ bltxHl The only exception to thi« 1« the by the govern tinu'd, ‘ ‘ that you have mads a study of case where the disease has been neglected Mnntardieu, a F owe« the money*of tl>e Bible?” and improperly treated until it is stronger th^gramlfathei th body until th«' body has become “Oh, y»*«, ” replied the minister than Iroad «a so weak as to have loat the ability to rem- The Mackim blandly. “I am familiar, to bo sure, perate Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Dis­ Benii Van Wert. Ia.. w hi d with the Bibii'^al coma ” ”At covery will cure P«T cent sU Fasea of consideration v $1 t “I inf r that paper money was u*»d consumption if used according to direc­ d a a Mit tions It al«o cures all lingering nn* fri. nd. d at the time of the flood, ’ oontina«d the bronchia! an<1 throat affections. coughs, "Th« d..>1.: There MIL idiot, spurring for a chance to make a i« no reason why the child of consump­ g th wh‘*n lin et ite«*! aalii U th h tive parents ne«d ever have consump­ home thrust. 4 y »r ol< 1 daughter dient “What low« led you to this cooclu tion if ft« blood and lung« are strength­ * r, aat oppr»» ite tbn min ened by the proper uae of the “ Discov­ f gr S1OU?” asked the aai'L ‘Th at'a not th< ery " All who have «nr rraaon to fear (nit “WoB, we read of where the dove consumption, should read the chapters on papa aayt 'r Th What kin< UM « yr, brought the gr*» n Lwk to Nouli.M—• that fiiwase in Dr Fierce’« Common Sense Medi* al Adviser Thi« great medical wort Washington Times. 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