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1 fp o UUIBYAND AME j' Tan t o fancy price for Wild tucks ' r tnd ather fume fa season. Write as for I caah offer on all kinds of poultry, Dork. eta. Pearson-Page Co., Portland Machinery Second-Hand Machin ery bousht. sold and ' exchanged: cnirines. boBen, sawmills, etc. Tha J, E. Martin Co.. 83 1st St, Portland. Bend for Stock List and price. , 1HL ...... . . YOUNG MEN AND LADIES, become telegraph operators; easy to learn, steady work, short . hours, fine opportunity to travel. Students a eisUd to good paying positions on railroad. 1 steamships and in cities when qualified. Wire - less and Morse telegraph courses taught quickly. Wnta for our free scholarship plans. Pacific Telegraph & Railway Institute, Washington Building. Seattle, Wash. . . ' . . , When In PORTLAND stop at NEW SCOTT HOTEL Large, light rooms: steam heat; big lobby; clean and orderly; close to business section; best place for family In city. 110 JMS We UP. Seventh and Ankeny Streets ' ' Convenient from All Depots by Streetcar. SAVE MIDDLEMAN'S PROFIT - of $100 or more by buying your Piano or Player Piano direct' i . from factory store, ' .. BUSH &. LANE, PIANO COMPANY 355 Washington St., Portland, Or., " '1" ""' " i i Veal, Hogs, Poultry It pays to get our prices before selling elsewhere. Mention this paper and send tha names of five progressive farmers) We will send you booklet. Marketing Instructions to Get Highest Priees." F. IT. SCHMALZ ft CO.' ' . Paid-up Capital 110,000. v 141-143 Front Street . ' Portland, Oregoa Check sent by return mail. . : NEAT BARN FOR SMALL FARM Driveway Makes Convenient Storage for Wagona'and Other Imple ... ments Warm In Winter. : J This barn should be built 'for $450, especially where a man is so situated he can do most of the teaming at odd times, In size, it is 34 by 38 feet, and 1 I rSPk aWf mm LLEGE IB US I MESS CO! WA8HINOTON-ANO TBNTH STS, PORTLANO, ORCGON WRITE FOR CATALOG J hi School that J'laaet Youma Oooi Ponhon EAT HEARTY" I f RELIEVE DISTRESS AFTER EilTlflO i - Pigeon Descended Chimney " When ft resident in : the London road, Reading,-England, came down stairs recently, he found perched on the top bar of the grate in the drawing-room a pigeon which had come down the chimney. It had brought with it a considerable quantity of soot. When tile occupier opened .thavwW dows the pigeon made Its escape. ' Food Kept "Warm.. , A flatlron stand will be found use ful on the range to .keep the contents of a saucepan warm without danger of - burning, , says the Indianapolis News. It is .alao useful when one desires food to simmer; there is then no fear of sticking or burning on hot store. 1 .'. End Elevation. ' the driveway during the greater part of the year make's a convenient stor age for wagons and,farm implements. As the distance is not too great to back out with an empty wagon, there are doors at only one end of the driveway. This shftuld make the barn warmer in winter, writes W, A. Radford in the Farmer's Wall and L ' "JPQ j -JJ .-r-- . DRIVEWAY, ..;.' I " co- atIlus Y :,-f- ;Uy : I 1 1' Vim. J' . J , "!:: . Floor Plan. "' Breeze. A space is left over the driveway for putting hay up into the mow overhead. This mow is capable of holding 15 or 20 tons of hay. .... " -; . , sora-itiroat Sloan's JJbaiment gives quick relief for cough, cold; noarsenessL sore throat, croup, asthma, hay fever and bronchitis. , HERE'S PROOF. ! Kb, Albert W. PwoB.of Fredonta, Kan., writes i We use Sloau's iiini meet in the family and find it an ex ponent relief for colds and hay fever attacks. It stops coughing and aneea lng almost instantly, -SIMM" LIIIMMT RELIEVED SORE THROAT. 8 Mrs. Jj. I5REWEit,of Modello.Fla., Writes: " I boucht one bottle of your Liniment and lUlid meall the good In the world. My throat was rery sore, and It coxed me of my trouble.1' ' GOOD FOR COLD AND CROUP. Ma. W. H. Strange, 3721 Elmwood Avenue, Chicago, 111., writes: "A lit tle boy next door had croup. I gava the mother Sloan's Llnimeut to try. She gave him three drops on sugar . before going to bed, and he got up Without the croup In the piorning." Price, 25c, BOg., $1.00 Sloan's Treatise ' on the . Horse sentfreS. w, ..s JFm mn:m '" PROPER FEED FOR THE COLT I " His Change In Belief. J.. TJq you believe that all men are created equal?" "I usedto before was married." "And nowT" "Now I find that I can't begin to, compare with ' other women's husbands."--Detroit 1 Free Press, t 'v.: One, More Item.) . 1 Hot that we cannot think of bther ways of frittering away money, but some day we hope to be rich enough to tafford ft "going away ooat" for our aog. Houston rost. ; , , ( Pity.' ,: ', ! A girl who- has a steady benu feola1 the same kind of pity for the gtr! who sits alone night after night that the boy who cftix dive has for the one who Is afraid to wade in "above his knees." G'et well and you can very easily C. Gee Wo Something More Than Mere Filling Is ' 4 Required by young Animal Don't Use the Whip. i ' (By MAY PEINTNER) , . , A young and growing animal re quires something more than mere filling. It must have nutritious " and tlsHuo-bulldlng, blood-making ' food. It is . much easier , and cheaper to put two years' i growth on a colt the first year of its ago. than it; is to "make up" for a year's loss of growth in two or three years. A good growth the first year of a colt's life costs less thari at any other age and is twice as valuable to the breeder a fact that is too, often Ignored. Spare the feed and spoil the colt Is surely true. In training the colt do not use the whip simply because you have it. . It is a, Very poor driver who makes a blow the starting , signal. See that there Is feed and water in abundance and a clean, dry bed. " Don't neglect the shoeing; it is vital on slippery roads or pavements; nor the blanket In cold weather, when the colt is standing out. Don't over load" nor lot the colt stand in the ettn, nor where water drops on him. We believe that down In the heart of every mart, Irj some kindness and sense of justice, : ; . Make Little of Life's Ills.:' To be poor is not always pleasant, but worse things than that happen at sea. Gmall shoes are apt to ; pinch, but not if you have a small foot; if we have little means It will be well to have little desires. Poverty is no shame, but being discontented with it is. Charles H. Spurgeon ' ' unfortunate English. The general impression that .'thi Englishmen's life is rather prosy ii supported by the statement of a Loa doner who visited at Clay Center. lit said he never had tasted fried chick en or strawberry shortcake, the two being unknown to the culinary art in his country. Kansas City Star. , Ited Cross Pall Wile (tlves double value for your money, goea twice as fur as any other. Ask voui To Avoid the Runty Pig. Runty pigs stand a poor show at the feeding trough with a bunch of their husky brothers and sisters. ; As they are crowded out of place natur ally they do not got enough to eat to keep them growing and ' they stay runty. ' ,. A trough arranged with V-shaped partitions set strongly In the trough, would give the little follows an equal show with the big ones, " and the i weaker ones could get their share of food.' A handy man can make such ft trough arrangement in' an hour or so, and the even growth of his pigs would more than pay for his trouble t - Apology. Conjurer "Now, sir, you admit that the card you have just taken out of the handkerchief is the queen of clubs, yet.tne card you choBe and becurely tied, there namely, the ace of spades I now produce from this hat," Tljnid Volunteer 'So sorry my mistake." Ppnch. " ' . '',"., . -. "' The Current Craze, "A great many old plays are being fitted out with alleged melodies and sent out as operettas." "That's right But they re going too far. I know of one actress who 13 going to star in a musical version of the multiplication table." . hence "tfi Ivfair. for edlt;-; newt? MOTHER'S SHARE OF SALARY Youth , nriiitratet Absolute Necessity . for , Her Services, But No . . Money Value on Work. A. man chanced fo 'meet a certain boy who was unduly, proud of the fact that he was ', earning regular wages and : supporting himself. He entered into a. conversation with the boy, which ran something like this: . "Yes," said the boy," "I make $3 a week; Mary is in the store and she earns $5; I don't know how much father earns; and Ted and Jim, they don't , earn anything they Just go to school." . ' : . v . - ., 'And do you board at home?" asked the man. . ; '' .. ; - "Oh. yes; we eat breakfast and supper there, and mother puts up our dinners for us." - Yes,.; I see; who gets the break. fast and does the cooking?" i "Mother."' ; : -" : "Who, washes for you?" "She does." ' . .V;. .' ' 'V "Do you keep a girl?" " - "No, we don't need one. Besldek. ' we couldn't afford one. anyhow." "Does your mother do all the work for the whole family?" "Why, yes, of course." "Does she sew and mend for all of you, f too?" . v . i vvuy, 'I should Say she did. We never hire help for anything." xou say you get ' $3 every week and Mary J$. What does your mother get?" - . . Motneri Why she don't work: she Just stays at home; she don't et anyimng." ; ine motner s serv-ices wre evi. dently necessary, but no money value was placed upon her work. It was taken as a matter of course that she should be a cook, nurse, sew and be a regular. Jack of all trades and good at all. The woman has a great. God- given responsibility, when the health or . a family is placed In her hnnria Tims 'Saves. " la a lar-e family,, where there tr mazy children, much lozs of time acd annoyance is Baved if, before putting stockings iato the wash each week, each person will tack the two stock ings of each pair at the hems, says Suburban Life. There is no trouble in trying to mate them afterward, as each person may use a different col ored thread. . No Good Thing Is Ever Loaf. 'f -Remember that truth, the most Im portant and encouraging of all truths. Your life may not seem worth while, the sacrifices that you make for oth ers may not seem worth while. But no good thing Is ever lost And he who does his duty contributes for ever to the sum total of that which Is good In the universe. , , - ; a Curea While You Walk. " Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for hot, iweating, callus, and swollen, aching feet. Bold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't accent any ubstitute. Trial package FREE. Address ft.llen.8. Olmsted, LeTloy, S. Y, . . . ;-'V; Real Test v" ;. ' , - Thera Is something finer . than to So right against Inclination, and that is t have an Inclination to do right There is something nobler than re luctant obedience, and that is Joyful obedience. The rank of virtue is not measured by its disagreeableness, but by Its sweetness to the heart that loves it The real test of . character Is Joy, For what you rejoice in, that you love. And what you love, that you are like. Henry van Dyke. 8hould Have Been Prepaid. " Old rather Epicuremus, the philoso pher, has Just sent. us a telegram stat ing that "some men's idea of earning living is Just answering a dinner bell." ;We should have welcomed the communication had the old gentleman not sent his message collect Judge. ' Quite Another Thing. . j ' "What makes you so sleepy today, old man?" , "I was up at 4 this morn ing?" "Come off! ' You never got up at 4 la your life." "I didn't say I got up; I said I was up." BoBton Evening Transcript .. " ; V - 'A WSJ . . a u n 3.00 $3.50 4.00 H . r. l - 1. t. . . . t ... . . - -. . , ; - ! '. - t .". .. . . f'! , ' FOR MEN AND WO?WSN Boy wm W. i- Cousin $2,BO, &2,SQ&$2.fr1$'J vzl V : SAoea, oocmuaoono pair will pof$lrel& amm'ttsp two ' sar of ordinary mhoem, oamo em Urn mm m aoe. . W.L.DouglasrrI:es and sells more $3.00,$3 5J1 i.OOshof '- than any other manufacturer ill the worll- ... , i THE STANDARD OF QUALITY FC.i OVE 3 YEARS. .The workmanship which has made W. L. Dcoglas thoet famous the woiU Over is maintained in every pair. . Aak your dealer to show y ou W". L. Douglas latest fasl.icn for fall and winter Wear, notice the thort vamp which m&k Iho foot look smalkr, points in a hoe particularly desired by young men. Also tha conservative styles which have made W. L. Douglas shoes a household word everywhere. If you could visit W. L. Douglas large factories at Brockton, Mass., and sea for yourself how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes tire made, yon would then un ' derstand why they are warranted to fit better, look better, hold their shape and wear longer than any other make for the price. Fati Color Eytlctt. . CAUTION. To protect you aerat inferior .hoes, W.t,.romr!iit rtamps hit came on the bot. : torn. Look for tha stamp. Beware of substitute. W. L. Dou?k shoes are .old in 78 own . - stores and shoe dealers everywhere. No matter where you live, they are within your re.ch. ' If your dealer cannot supply yon, write direct to factory for catalog howjn how to order . by mail. Shoes seat every where, delivery ciituges pttaid. VX.ioul!u,brockton,MKM. i v.i Fine for Two. s "Did you ever tell that young man that late hours were bad for one?" asked father at the breakfast table. "Well, father,, replied the wise daugh ter, "iaie nours may do Baa lor one, but they're all right for two." The most difficult thing for a brida of two months to understand Is that her husband may occasionally want to " leave her to spend an hour or two with an old college friend.- Philadelphia In quirer, v, ..-, ; : MAKES SORE EYES WELL Somewhat Contradictory. " ' In America, say s the Louisville Courier-Journal, a school teacher works, upon the overage, for about half as much as a bricklayer, and has to tell the boys that education Is a necessity if they would get on In life. From His Point of View. "Stop that! Hands off t How do you know I'm the passenger that stepped on your foot?" "I don't know it absolutely, but (biff) I'm giving you ibtfT) the benefit of the (blffl bang!) aouui." . , . . The Average Man. , ; The average man will hurry to veterinary when his pet dog gets sick, but ha is willing to rely on almost any kind of "dope" when ha Isn't feeling well himself. . KEEP BIRDS FROM RECORDER Instrument Used on Isle of Wight to Measure Duration of Sun Obscured by Flocks of Crows. : The United Kingdom enjoys, so com paratively few sunny days that every hour of sunshine during the year is cherished. A sunshine recorder is maintained on the Isle of Wight Gee Wo THE CHINESE DOCTOR - ' Both the American and the Chinese physicians use medifuws made from plants and lierba. liut the Chinese have extended their researches and uae Kouts, Herbs and Barks that have nuvor I ct'ij heard of in this country. And with these harmleaa and non-injurious remedies Dr. C. Gee Wo has cured hundreds of patients of all sorts of dia. eases and who had previously Iwen tak . inff. the medicines prescribed by well known American physicians. He has testimonials from patients all over the northwest us to the fine results he ob tained with the use of these nature remedies. Should you live out of town ana wiho io negsn treatment, send 4 rente in stamps for a consultation blank and circulars. Office open evenings and Sundays. ; CONSULTATION FREE The G Gee Wo . Chinese Medicine Co. ; 182J First St, Cor. Morrison I'OKTLAND, OR. j , ' '. .Brewing tha Colt. ; The earlier the-colt la made used to the harness, the better broken the animal ; will be when It comes time for him to do soma light work. It is easier to keep colts . from learning bad tricks than to break them of such habits. For that reason have every strap and rope used by the colts so strong that there is no dan ger of a break. , Once a colt finds out that be can get away ; from halter or other partB of the harness there will bo trouble, perhaps for all time. P.N.U A Lambs and Parasites. ; The grfatrst loss of lambs Is due to tape, stomach and lug worms, and these parasites are always most numerous In old pastures; the proper plan Is to frequently shift pastures. When they are attacked there are numerous remedies, , but one of the simplest and best U two tablespoon fuls gasoline in four ounces of sweet milk. usd as a drench twice about three daj-B apart, Caro must be tak en to avoid strangllng.v; f ' Prime Bacon. 4 ," Ti l ma bacon is really mre credit to the producer than la lard' alone. It la also true that the ' best - bacon brings good prices, costs loss to bring to fitness, and can be made a great staple if we work for it. turn line nafcr. i . Vetches for Sheep. The vetches make excellent fodder for Bheep either as a soiling crop or as-enred hay. They may also bo pas tured by sheep, but this is a wasteful practice, as much of the crop is de stroyed by tramping. ' All Have a Duty. Every man or woman is one of man kind's dear possessions; to his or hei just brain, and kind heart and active hands, - mankind intrustsvsome of Its hopes tor the future,- Robert Louis Stevenson, Where She Went Mater (at the Alpine resort) We're baek again, count; we've had a Bplen did day; we've been up tha mountain, you know. Count Ah, you English mothers, you are always as young as your daughters. Mater Ton flatter me, count; it was only my glrla who climbed. I went up la the vernacular. Punch. For the , Hair Are you so fortunate as to be well satisfied with your Hairs' is it long enough, thick enough, rich enough? Ana your hair does not fall out? WeH,wtli,thatisgooA But you may know of some not so fortunate. Then just tell them about Ayer's Hair Vigor. They will sorely thank you after usins It, if not be fore. Remember, it docs not color the hair. Show the list of ingredients to your doctor. Let him decide their value. He knows. if If Accentuating Plant Characters. It has been found that under red light (light through red glass) plants become more robust than In any oth er.; They also become more, pro nounced in their chief characters the leafy plant becomes more . leafy, all shades of green become ' more pro nounced, : the sensitive plant, more sensitive and all in every way become highly specialized. - ' Watch Built In r Pearl; : A tiny watch, which has been made Inside a pearl as large as a big pea, has Just been constructed by Gallopin & Co. of Geneva, fifteen months being spent or the work. The empty pearl weighed forty-five grains and in dl- ameter Is less than an inch. This pearl watch can be worn on' a ring or as a pendant and cost $6,000. . ' T ai in , . , ... ... ... wruiy on nine wing liKO wulnB. Uon't ao. cept water for bluing. Ask tot Ked Cross Ball oiue, uie eim gooa value Diue. SEND YOUR I.1ILXI Aim CSEAZI TO : Jakrnnnartffi1 i T? - First United States Stocking Factory. The first United States stocking factory was set up at Cohoes, New Fork, in 1832." The machine for knit ting was the Invention of Lee, an Englishman,; who took out a patent in 1689. The Lee machine was Intro duced in the Colonies during the Rev olution, but a sharp Yankee improved on It, and set up the first factory at Cohoes. :'. . ' ;. - - Home Happiness. ' Probably nlneteen-twentleths of the happiness you will ever have, you will get at home. The Independence that comes Jo a man when his vork is over, and tne reeling that he has run out of the storm luto the quiet harbor of home, where he can rest In peace and with his family, is something real fothari VfTI flnit Wfn.Tmva BAfttKln. IVTuD tha bent rnrnAriv tn liw 1n t h.fAhfllM.. - . - . . ' ' " ' .... wii.iwn Poetry at the Bottom of the Mug. "He will work," said a Tottenham (Eng.) constable of a defendant, "if he knows there is a pint of beer at the end of the job." This must have been very much the sort of thing Tennyson had In mind when ha wrote Follow the Gleam." As a Precaution. Oat a dozen tiny bells, and every time a bottle of poison Is brought Into the house tie a bell to the neck. Even In the dark the bell will Unkle its warning. ', To Keep Crows Away. which is one' of the sunniest places in the British isles, but it appears that the crows have been interfering with It, says the Pathfinder. They gather about it in such flocks and use it for a. perch so much that they shade the sensitive instruments and thus make them register cloudy weather when it is really sunshiny. So a 'scarecrow has been erected to keep them away, ind it is reported to be a success. Ages of Fish. Fishes and auimals that live in the water In many instances attain to a great ago. i . ; The carp has been known to live 200 years. ' . Common river trout have been con fined in a well for 60 years and were still frisky when taken from the water. - . ... The ape of the whale is ascertained by the sle and number of whalebones in its mouth. Records show that this sea animal has retained life fori 400 years. ...". 4 In-1497 an enormous pike was caught in a lake near naillerum. In Suubia. with a brass ring attached to it, engraved en which was a state ment that the fish was put in tha lake In the year 1230, thus Indicating that It must have lived at least 26? year. Too Many Places. "Wbat'o the matter V asked the po llceman. "havent you aay place to got" "Any place to eof repeated Tired Timothy, with suprema con tempt "You chump. I've got tha whole United States an' a big part o Canady before rae. I ve got so many places to 60 dat It's worryin' ma filjjy to make up my mind which way to start. Leinme r.scr.e a couple weks till I kin g!t a line on ab&t It's best to do. "WHAT'S THE ANSWER" ? ? ? ? ?. . ... Are you going to continue ' suffering from Poor Appetite Sick Headache Indigestion Constipation Malaria when for 0 years Hostetter Stomach Bitter S has been proving its ability to overcome such ills very quickly A Trial Today Will Convince You .Was Welcome, All Right. "What reason have you to think that my . campaign, contribution was gratefully received?" asked 'Mr. Dus tin Stax. "The fact," replied his sec retary, "that the gentleman "immedi ately came back for more." Washing ton Star. Unols Pennywlsa SaysJ A man .who's been a failure at ev erything else figures that he can al ways, fall back on tha chicken busi ness.'. . - : '. " , . - : ... ; v . New Idea In Penal Reform. : Chocolate and music have been in troduced into- a Swiss prison, with the idea of reforming the inmates. y'. ' Philanthropic Penology. "What Is that open-air structure you have inclosed with mosquito netting?'' "That," replied Farmer Corntossel, "la our village Jail." "But you want iron bars for a jail?" "Not here. Any-, body we put In there will be so thank-.' ful to got away from tho mosquitoes that ho vn.ulda't think cf leaving." NEW PERKINS HOTEL jy -.. L PCX" .',C l. iHW't "i;f KXOTi NO! rViTflBATfl $ICTPC DAY UP" W!TH0UTKT!iS!S2U? Ti z ia-UCTD RATES ' t'i.rdJy Located xv ! V . i!' ' '"''if.--. 1 Smoke Pleasure tzA ctl:rr Flsiccrcs: . for the l2an Mho t.c!-c, ....... r. , -y'fpl0r': : 'Aft - : s. ,v- ';CV:- There Is smoke pleasure in iLh I i 1 'and North Carolina bright leaf. TIiou 1 other pipe tobacco. Thorouj-ll -arJ ; then granulated, a pcricct pipe tc:.;c(. rolled as a cigarette. One and a half ounces of t li ; 1 only 5c, and with each sack you i -t a papers FREE. The other pleasures are the preat. with the coupons in each sack cf Lir.'tU Mixture. These presents k!;,!,t . i , . of the pleasure that you and your talking machine, free, or such articles balls, skates, cut f !. , t J Yi- -1 t.Ttt -1 B cy ,i tr Sore Shoulders and Necka. Bore shoulders and necks In horses are, as a rule, due to an improper fit in collar or hames. Occasionally un even surface or hard lumpy areas la th filling may be the cause or Im proper car of tha horse in ttriy ipc&g before the skin and underlying tissues have become hardened to ti toUar preiure. BCsa7t. TiMOwi, I ta Hsi. teli it Owtins- XL t ifyxiypf: W:y .. yyyyj--':': f fc- : i sii i a f - t tat u mams ... v.,, C'rmtrt trMM'sb- -'t' r ai 1 fater c for Uaa aw c"' t dye. r",-. 1 vmii aat i eii.ra.i",ifS to civ jprfet reeuisa. Ckei, ot w v - t : ! - ... 1 i. ' : ' I " ' A i s y