To Build You Up for Spring Begin taking Hood's Sarsaparilla today. It will do you good. The heavier living and closer confinement of the winter, the effects of older, damp, changeable weather on the pores of the skin, and the harder work of this season are probablv tellins on vou. . Hood's Sarsaparilla, taken just now, will give your system just what it needs and musj; have, and will "help you over this hard spot tb rough ground, as it were and quite likely save you from a serious illness later. : "A stitch in time saves nine" is a wise old saw; therefore, don't wait, .but begin to take Hood's Sarsaparilla cow. It purifies and enriches the blood,' restores the appetite, and gives health and strength. - - It effects its wonderful cures, not simply because it contains Barsapa rilla,' but because it combines the utmost remedial values of more than 20 different ingredients, each greatly strengthened and enriched by this peculiar combination. These ingredients are the very remedies successful physi cians prescribe for the same diseases and ailments. Begin taking Hood's Sarsaparilla today. Get it in the usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar. FOR FN EYE DISTEMPER CATARRHAL FEVER r AND ALL NOSE AND THROAT DISEASES Cures the sick and acts as a preventive for others. ' Liquid ven on the tongue. Safe for Brood marcs and all others, fiest idney remedy : 60 cents and $1 a bottle : $5 and $10 the dozen. Bold by all druggists and horse goods houses, or sent, express paid, by the manufacturers. ... SPOHJS MEDICAL CO., Chemists, Goshen, Ind. (IP W8 CRESCENT Egg-Phosphat AKi W01D0AU THAT ANT HIGH PRICED iowder vvia C DO AND rXKTBfnTEJt m POWDER A FULL POUND 25c Get it from your Grocer SimpliSed. . Slug 47 How do you spell " Old Fashioned Proofreader Any way you please. All rules of spelling have been abolished. A . Only One "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. . Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used tho world over to Cure a Cold in One Day. S6c. Side Lights on History-. Amelia Bloomer had invented the cos tume that bears her name. - "I wanted to make something as un like the sheath gown as possible," she explained. ; (This also explains why it never " be came popular among our society leaders. PTC St, Vitm' Dance ana orvous uneases penna I I I J aently nni by Dr. i .Ine's Great Nerve Re storer. Send for FREE $1.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. H. H. Kline, Ld., SSI Aroh St., Philadelphia, Fa, Nothing: Dolus. Floorwalker 3an I do anything for you, madam? - . . Mrs. Kleptomeyer No, thanks, I don't wish to buy. I'm Just out shop lifting. Judge. .:-' , , . Pettit's Eye Salve IOO Years Old, relieves tired eyes, quickly cures eye aches, inflamed, sore, watery or ulcer ated eyes. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. ' 'Wronged. "Of course, you got the copyright," ' They said, "on your famous ong." . "I did not," Baid the luckless wight; - "They printed my copy wrong !" tTv-. C Cteaxises & System EjJecXxa Dispels eclds and Hea&aanes Acts woxro, a&sYcvty as Bcs Jot NexiVovaexv axvd(M& To gel VVs b6xejcft eJJccXs, always buy ttw Gewivcvet manufactured by the CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS oneiaize only, regular price 50 per bottle. OUT OF DOOR WORKERS Men who cannot stop . for a rainy day.- will ' J jipa me grearesr tkmfnrt nnrl freeao of bodily movement WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHIN SUCKERS3Q?iUITS30? Every garment bearing Ihe "ign of the fish" guaranteed waterproof - varaiog iito Gkl Al ft I 0 . Police! "You hire a man to watch your prem ise for a dollar a night, do you?" "Yos, and he's a pretty good dollar watch, too, if anybody should ask you." Feminine Lack of Logic. ;,Tell a wife that men are selfish, she will readily acquiesce. But tell that same woman that l)y spoiling her boys whether In the nursery or at school, or university she is sowing the seeds of egotism, she will give an emphatic denial. Home Made Blood Purifier, The best blood building prescription known is as follows : To one-half pint of good whiskey add one ounce syrup sarsaparilla and one ounce Toris com pound, which can be procured from any druggist Take in teaspoonful doses before each meal and before retiring. Hard Bubble. Gunner He used to be a pessimist and say the world was a bubble. I un derstand he has changed his opinion. Guyer Yes; you see, he fell out of an airship not long ago. - Expert Jndgrment. "I sometimes think," remarked the reg ular patron, "that the snare drummer should be the best musician in the thea ter orchestra." ' , "He usually is," said the drummer. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DATS PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding- or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c Averting a Catastrophe.' Gwendolen O, Jack, whan you " talk like that you break my heart 1 Jack (in a' whisper) I won't do it any more, dearest Awfter this I'll say ither and nyther. Ceremony Omitted. The king of the hobos, who was on his travels, had just . met the king of the Cannibal islands. "Well," they said, as they looked at each other, "I guess we won't kiss." Pneumonia and Consumption are always pre ceded by an ordinary cold. Hamlin's Wizard Oil rubbed into the chest draws out the inflammation, breaks up the cold and prevents all serious trouble. Row the Trouble Started. Publisher1 Surely it ought to be pos sible to make good print paper out of cornstalks. Mill Owner Your wbh, sir, is fodder to the thought Free Entertainment. Mrs. Mooner I always make It a point to go shopping early In the morn ing., Mrs. Spooner To avoid the rush? Mrs. Mooner No ; I like to listen to the shop girls telling each other their dreams. . Mothers will And Mrs. Window's Soothing Byrup the b it remedy to use lor their chUdrea iuriug the teething period. -Got to Have 'Em to Poll. "Don't you suppose, senator, that even tually all kinds of machinery will bt run by a wireless system?" "No, my boy ; we never could run a political machine without wires." A Dednitioa, Cobb What's the difference between vision and sight? ' Dobb See those two girls aoross the street? Cobb Yes. Dobb Well, the pretty one I would call a vision, but the other one she'i a sight - A HEART-BREAKING COUGH Ii dreadful to differ and despairing to bear. Why threaten the health of your longs and the peace of your family when you can oUain immediate relief from Piso's Cure ? Remarkable results follow the first dote. Taken regularly it soothes and heals the lacerated tissues, looteas the clogging phlegm and stops the cough. Pleasant to the fade and free boat opiate. Quldrea enjoy taking k. For throat and lung diseases, SO matter bow far advanced. PISO'S CURE IS '"INCOMPARABLE TLr " "- tiiL: Lis tLVajl 3 RAM'S H0B2I BLASTS. Warning" Notes Calling; the Wicked to Repentance. Don't fool with sin. It Is safer to step on a live wire. Unless father's walk Is as good as his talk he had better not say much. . Angels come to most of us, but few of us know it until after they are gone. Mercy is love at work. Truth Is the light that gives life. The devil has a school teacher in every man who swears. It takes something more than long hair and whiskers to make a saint. v The character of truth is always in dorsed with "thus saith the Lord." God has ordained that no one Bhall do wrong and find happiness In It y -. It Is easier to bend a sawlog than It Is to make an old man change his way. Before you get Into the hopper, take a good look at the grist that is coming out .-.. .-..- In the sight of God there is no differ ence between being wrong and doing wrong. - ; Has any one ever starved because he got a stone from the Lord when he asked for bread? Better be suspicious of the way that begins with roses and seems to run straight to paradise. Many a woman finds that It makes her, neighbor's house look better to wash her own windows. ... A THE MOTOBMAN'S TEOTJBLESl With a quick, strong shove of the brake-lever the motonnan brought his car to a stop. The woman on the edge of the track just ahead, who had been trying to cross, backed off, and in spite of his motions, refused to budge. He clanged his . gong, got the signal to start, and put on the power again. 'One thing is true," the motorman said to the passenger on the platform, ''men don't dp that It's only women. Did you see what she did?" "No," said the passenger. "I didn't notice her till you stopped." "Didn't you? She was beginning to cross the street when we passed the last street way back there. . I saw her, and she saw me, and I thought that she saw I saw her. Anyway, I slowed up to. give her a chance besides, I'm ahead of time, two minutes. Then when I get near, she stops, and looks up, and refuses to move. I have to stop because I can't tell which way she's likely to go." "Women don't understand mechan ical things," said the passenger. "P'r aps not. There s one woman lives in town," he jerked his thumb to Indicate the direction. "She used to take my car when I was on the old route every morning. The regular stop was on the south side of the cross street. Just as regular as the clock, she'd stand on the north side. "First time I kind of slowed down, and motioned to her, and she ran along. I heard she reported me for not let ting her get on, and making her follow to the post. Mind you, she did the same thing every day. I got to watch out for her, and I used to try to be half a minute ahead of time so as to make up for it For all I know, she does it still." The passenger was silent a moment "Do women get off backwards much?" he asked. - "Not on this end of the car," said the driver, grimly. "I scare 'em too much. One tried It on me once. I said, Danger, ma'am!' in a loud voice, and she jumped back as If she'd stepped on a live wire. Hello, there's my friend! Wonder what she's doing up here. And she's on the wrong side of the street, too." He stopped the car by the signal post, and waited patiently for her to catch up. "Some'll never learn," he said, wear ily. - . Queer Pontage Scales. An old negro had gone to a postof- flce in Mississippi and offered for the mall a letter that was over the weight specified for a single stamp.- "This is too heavy," said the the postmaster. "You will have to put another stamp on It" The old darky's eyes widened In astonishment. "Will anudder stamp make It any lighter, boss?" he asked. Buffalo Commercial. The Price of Proficiency. "Doctor," growled the patient, "It seems to me that five hundred dollars Is a big charge for that operation of mine. It didn't take you over half a minute." "My dear sir," replied the famous specialist, "In learning to perform that operation In half a minute, I have spoiled over eleven pecks of such eyes as yours." Success Magazine. A Amended. Time A year after they had faced the parson together. "When you were first married you said you thought heaven had sent yon to me," remarked his wife. "Do you still think sor "Yes as a punishment" answered he brutal other half of the combine. the latum Terrible. "I never told lies when I was little. glrL Gladys.". . 3 - "When did you begin, then, mamma T 3iZ Baby. Don't Poison pORTY YEAES AGO almost every nother thought her child must lave PAEEG0EI0 or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produce deep, and A PEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP PROM WELCH ." THERE IS HO WAraG. Many are the children who have heen killed or whose health has heen ruined for life by paregoric, laudanum and moihine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, or to anybody without labelling them "poison." The definition of "narcotic" is! "A medicine whictirelieves -pain and produces sleep, but which in poisonous dosesproduces stupor, coma, convul sions and death. " The taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names of "Drops," "Cordials," "Soothing Syrups," etc. You should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without you or your physician know of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES HOT CON TAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Eetcher. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas, ii. Fletcher. 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Y., says: "I have frequently prescribed . your Castoria for children and always got good results. In fact I usa Castoria for my own children." . Dr. J. W. Allen, of St Louis, Mo., Bays: "I heartily endorse your Cas torla. I have frequently prescribed It in my medical practice, and hava always found it to do all that is claimed for it." Dr. C. II. Glidden, of S'c. Paul, Minn., Bays: "My experience aa a prac tltioner with your Castoria has been highly satisfactory, and I consider it an excellent remedy for the young." Dr. H. D. Benner, of Thiladolphla, Pa., Bays: "I have used your Cas. torla as a purgative in .the cases of children for years past with the most happy effect, and fully endorse it as a eafe remedy." Dr. J. A. Boarman, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria is a splen did remedy for children, known the world over. I use it in my practice and have no hesitancy in recommending it for the complaints of infants and children." Dr. J. J. Mackey, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I consider your Castoria an excellent preparation for children, being composed of reliable medicines and pleasant to the taste. A good remedy for all disturbances of the digestive organs." ' GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Boars Exact Copy of Wrapper. The KM You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. th. ccHTaun eoMPanv, tt mtmnav nnn, new vork cm. There are nearly two women to every man teaching in New York's secondary schools. Less than 1 per cent of the public has occasion to make use of the world's cables. Stockholm, Christiania, Berlin and Lon don, in the order named, have the lowest death rates of all the cities of Europe. C3 JQW TO BUILD RURAL -J, ' 'I ' ' ''' i, W!0fi0ft00h g- i i air in ii in ft i f 1 Want a Telephone ? It you do you can get it. If you are anxious to get into closer touch with your friends, with the family doctor, with the store, with the post office, or with the cotton buyer, you can do it with a telephone at hand. If you want to make the farm a more livable place, if you want to protect your home, you can do it by installing a telephone. If you will cut out this advertisement, write your name and address on the margin and mall It to-day to our nearest house, we will send you at once a copy of our Free Bulletin No, 112 oa This Book Sent Free "How to Build Rural Telephone Lines This Bulletin explains clearly how a rural telephone system is built and operated, and it also contains full information as to costs. In a Farmer's Mutual Company a few day's labor and a cash Investment of about $25. per subscriber, will purchase ail material and build an absolutely standard system. A Rural Telephone Is an investment, not an expense.' The telephone which enables you to sell ten bales of cotton at cent per pound more than the traveling buyer offers you, has paid for its en- , tire cost. If you lip.ve some hay down all ready to go in, it is worth something to have a telephone with which to call on Neighbor Smith "for a lift" before the storm breaks. The Rural Telephone pays for itself each year and we have brought the initial cost within the reach of every farmer. Present prices are especially favorable and thousands of Farmers' Mutual Com panies are now organizing so as to build their lines this Spring. Write U3 to-day. The world'i elded and largest tela phone manufacturer. There are over Swlaeri Olllces Atlanta Kanaat Cltf Cincinnati Portsmouth Dallas Saint Louii Indianapollf Savannah HtrtUt ! Wuleri Ollicei 4,000,000 western Kiectric J eleprionei u use in the United States to-day, , Kuril Telepbose ipeclallv Boston ('hicico iJenver I.o Anfelci New York Omaha Philadelphia Pittsburg Saint Paul Salt Lake Citt San francisco Seattle A man can live In excellent etyle Lr. apan for $20 a month. COFFEEl TEA SPICES BArtINO POWDER i EXTRACTS JUST RIGHT CLOSSETfiDEVEEV I PORTLAND, ORE. J FN U NO. 13-09 w HKN writing to avd Tertiier ploita snemtlon this pa par. Fenr'i are bst rxmnse every vear the retal ltr peti a new snppl v, f nhly tested and Put tin. Ton run no risk of poorly kptormnnant storks. Wetaks the pains; yoa grttlie results. Key of (lie bat equipped and most expert sed irrow. ersln Anirrlca. ills toonr advantaveto satisfy yon. we will, ror sal erery- wnere. utu i na annual rre. Write to D. M. FIRRY CO., Detroit, Mtoh. It Will Cost You to write os for sample of the bent all wool SIS Suits over produced. Mad to can lor m to your exact measure. Ws send you samples, measurement blanks, nd absolutely guarantee stylo, lit and work manshlp or your money back. WRITE US TODAY Salem Woolen Mills 7th Slark Su. PORTLAND, ORE. A Flaroring:. It male t yrup better than Maple. J sJ Soli by grocer PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color mors) roods brifhUr and fasUr color than any other dye. One 10c packare) colors aillc.wool and cotton equally wai snd is ruaranteed to clve perfect results. Ask daalar, or we will scad pot paid at 10c a package. Write for .vee booklet tw to dye, bieacbiaad mix colera, MONROE DRUG COMPANY, Quincy.LUaoi