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Portland, Ore fit Tin Veal, Pork, Beef, Sr-HaT Poultry, Butter, Egg. and Farm Produce to the Old Reliable Everdlne hooso with a record of 46 years of Square Dealings, and be assured of TOP MARKET PRICES. F. M. CR0NKH1TE 45-47 Front Street Portland, Oregon g-j Oranulaled Eyelids, 'afilR Eyes inflamed by expo- quickly relieved by Hurlno WT Vff CyeBenndy.NoSnuiting, ,ut Eye Comfort. At Your Druggiifs 50c per Bottle. Murine Eye BalveinTubea25e.ForBook!lheEyeFreea8k Druggist, or Murine Eye Bemedy Co., Cbicago LAND FOR SALE In Kern County, California 20 acres fenced and having old well, about five miles from Bakersfield, Cal ifornia, near highway. Good alfalfa land or potatoes and other vegetables. Good crop is being raised on adjoining land. Near good homes and schools. Only five miles from Bakersfield. Low price and easy terms to the right man who wants some good land and good location wherjlie can do well. Address M. A. Green, 822 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. Difficult Indeed. Shamus O'Callaghan sat at the door of his cottage, his head bowed on his hands, and sobbing with emotion. H1b friend, Terrence O'Halloran, chanced to pass. "Arrah, ye're looking very sad the day," he said, laying a sympathetic hand on the mournful one's shoulder. "Ah, and It's feeling very sad I am," responded Shamus. "Ol've lost me mother-in-law." "Lost your mother-in-law?" said the surprised Terrence. "Ay," replied Shamus. "01 tell ye It's very hard to lose your mother-in-law." "Hard!" exclaimed Terrence. "Be gorra, me bhoy, It's almost Impossi ble." Chicago News. A Giveaway. Kid Brother How soon are you and sis goln' o be married? Annantod Sultni Shfl hfLnn't TiAmed the day yet, Willie. I hope she doesn't believe In long engagements. Kid Brotuer ane aoesn i. 1 Know, 'cause all her engagements have been short Boston Transcript. HI Views. "I cough a great deal." "Try rubbing your throat with gaso line." "Huh I T'rl na noon cough as honk." Kansas City Journal. About Finished. "I saw that pretty girl smile at you in a puzzled way, as if she thought she might have met you somewnere. "Yes. We were almost engaged at the seashore last summer." "Ah!" "The smile you' saw was the fag end of a June flirtation." Birmingham Age-Herald. Of Course. "My friend, the glazier, has a sad life." "Why shouldn't it be? Isn't it fuM of panes. Baltimore American. All Slave of Habit. - We are all so much the slaves of habit In our appetites that It Is with great reluctance we make any change lu our dietary. We want what we want, whatever the cost, If we have the price, and while we loudly com plain about the cobI ot living we con tinue to buy In usual quantities. Yet It is within the power of the house wives of the country to force prices to a lower level by united action In the practice of kitchen economies. St Louis Globe-Democrat. Seasonable Medicine As Winter approaches it is advisable to help Nature maintain the highest possible standard of health. . TRY: HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters When a safe tonic, appetizer and stomach remedy is needed (frreaf JIN1J-A1N air cj ovooro t ' 1 View of Nljnl Novgorod. THE BEGINNING of 1917 will complete a century since the great fair of Nljnl Novgorod was established on its present site, while the fulr of 1016 was actu ally the ninety-ninth since the removal of this famous national mart from its former location at Makarlev to the banks of the Oka In 1817. Yet the legitimate antecedents of the fair may be traced back much farther than that date. History re cords a fair at the mouth of the Volga In the kingdom of the Hozure and at Arsk. Plunder for the Czars. The spacious field of Arsk In 1275 was the scene of a reunion of peoples hostile In sentiment, alien In faith, reconciled by economic needs, says the London Times. The fair they held was attendee! even by the Kazan czars with their retainers, but their un bridled revels not infrequently cul minated In murderous assaults upon the unfortunate merchants and plun der of their goods. When at length Mongol supremacy began to totter and the Muscovite grand dukes became strong enough to dispute the author ity of the Kazan czars over the Volga, a fair sprang up alongside on Russian ground. Ioaun III, seeing that the Tartars had robbed Russian merchants at their fnlr, forbade them to proceed to Kazan, and established a Russian fair at the newly founded town of Vasll-Sursk, at the confluence of the Sura with the Volga. In proportion as the Volga be came more settled the fair expanded, and received official recognition. Czar Mlhall Peodorovlch conferred upon It the right to levy customs duty on vari ous commodities. The fair passed un der the jurisdiction of the Kazan court In 1700 and Empress Elizabeth Petrov na ordered booths to be erected at state expense on the bank of the Volga. Gradually the fulr grew Into the principal distributing center for the entire Internal trade of the country, and the Makarlev site became too con gested for Its requirements. More over, the fair was situated on shifting sand, and, added to this, the Volga en croached more and more upon the Makarlev shore and Insidiously re duced the fair area. So- the state chancellor proposed that the fair should be removed to Nljnl Novgorod, but the merchants flatly declined to entertain this suggestion, and the ques tion was left open. An accident, how ever, took the decision out of their hands. All Fair Shops Burned. A fire broke out among the fair buildings, which were speedily reduced to ashes, and no further opposition was raised to the choice of Nljnl Nov gorod as the new site. The advantages of Nljnl Novgorod were manifest. Al ready a flourishing commercial center, It was also nearer to Moscow, a city which was even then steadily gather ing Into Its hands the reins which con trolled Russia's domestic trade. The fair migrated to Nljnl and took up Its quarters temporarily In wooden booths on the shore of the Oka op posite the town Itself. The govern ment, seriously concerned for the per manent prosperity of the fair, decided to lose no time In building stone prem ises for the accommodations of goods. Emperor Alexander was so Impressed by the national importance of the fair that he appropriated for its improve ment 1,600,000 rubles ($750,000) origin ally assigned for the construction of the winter palace. In five years the Gostlnny Dvor was ready, and the fair removed to Its new quarters. There after it developed with great rapidity. The Nljnl Novgorod fair begins of ficially July 28, when a solemn service Is held in the cathedral, after which ft cross procession leaves the church and wends Its wny to the chapel of St. Ma carlus. Here another service Is con ducted, and after the fair flags have, been duly consecrated and sprinkled with holy water they are simultaneous ly run up and the fair is declared for mally open. The bulk of the goods, however, is still unpacked and not be fore August 7 are all the shops open. On that day Is celebrated the memory of St. Macarlus (Makari Jeltovodskl) and a cross procession makes the round of the fair lnclosure. Septem ber 7 the flngs are lowered, and all settlements on account of bills of ex change entered Into at the fair must be concluded. Strictly speaking, the great fair of Nljnl Novgorod constitutes a combl' nation or congeries of several markets whose terms of activity are not neces sarily concurrent. Thus the first mar-' ket to do business is that for textile' goods, lasting approximately from July 28 till the beginning of August (old. style). The second Is the fur and down market, which runs from about August 20 to early September. The third is the wool market, from August 28 to Sep tember 23, and the fourth the raw hide market, which starts about Au-, gust 23 and continues until the end of the navigation season. Serves as Clearing House. If firms abstained from attending the fair, they would run the risk of losing touch with old customers, who would patronize other firms accord ingly. It has to be borne In mind that the Nljnl Novgorod fair Is not only a place for the conclusion of commer-, clul transactions; It Is also a center for the delivery of goods against previously concluded bargains and for the settlement of bills of exchange. This circumstance affords another Incentive to attendance at the fair In order to receive payment from in numerable small clients a task which the banks are not In a position satis factorily to discharge. Again, did) flr-nis remain away from the fair, their absence would tend to engender doubts as to their stability, and In this manner undermine their credit with provincial customers. The Nljnl Novgorod fair is a coa venlent rendezvous for both buyer and seller. Tfie former is nearer to the lat ter than at Moscow, and It is there fore far easier to gather Information as to his commercial standing and reputation, a matter of no small lm portance in a country when long-term credit is the rule and not the excep tion. The Ruling Passion. "Who is the gentleman being sup ported to his chambers by a group of sympathetic friends?" "Merely a political prophet who guessed wrong." "Do you think he Is cured of the habit?" "No, Indeed. He'll be guessing again in n week or two." Lemuel's Criticism. Little Lemuel Say, paw, are you a self-made man? Paw Yes, son, and I'm proud of It Little Lemuel But, paw, why didn't you use a looking glass? Causes for Lack of Sleep. In cities multitudes do not know what "muscle fatigue" is, nor of the deep sleep that follows a day of pure ly muscular work. A second cause for luck of sleep Is the general use of cof fee, tea, cocoa and alcohol. Many persons are firmly convinced, because they have slept shortly after taking one of these, that they are not kept awake by such beverages ; but as a rule they are. The physiological hour for sleep is Ignored by an artiilctal hour dictated by drugs. A third reason for lessened sleep Is the evening entertaiumcnt habit, de spite the necessity for early rising. The theater, opera, bridge-party, etc., un duly waste the sleep time. A last rea son for lack of sleep Is nerve-cell ex haustion, among the causes ot which In our cities may be named the almost continual Hght-stlmulatton (rhythmic electric signs, etc.) and sound-stimulation. Plants That Prepare for War. Many plants protect themselves from their enemies by the use of spikes or prickles, and venom, just as certain nnlmuls do. Of those using the first- named device to make themselves "armed to the teeth," the bramble, the gorse, and the holly are familiar In stances. Among those which protect themselves with venom as reptiles do are the deadly nightshade, or belladon na, and the nux vomica. Less de structively Inclined are those plants which are simply protected by their disagreeable taste. The common but tercup, which Is one of these. Is gener ally shunned by horses and cattle. A plant which, like the skunk. Is pro tected by a disagreeable smell, Is the figworni. Only that hardy and Insensi tive animal, the goat, will touch It The Future's Bright Hope. Grandpa thought pa was going to turn out to be something-wonderful, and pa Is confident that son will make a mark in the world. Each generation seems to realize that It is a failure. but It Is betting on the next genera tion. Forth Worth Star-Telegram. In this country 30 to 40 per cent of the cases requiring charitable re lief are due to sickness. mnwiEM'S imnvt.& . i ,.;t!rilf nprves. because Women, more than fZr ore delicate tiring work and physic stram to env m nervous systems and bring; premature age i l tohul inMliffentlVe weaKness uiucw . . f k;M Drug-ladeh pills and alcoholic concoct " 'Is in ... .u k..t h mncentrated medicinal food properties in woman SU.B - ("Ifl snu icm mm v-m ks tr-im va m m m - MM 3 kU f&5 hii un lls.l ot women to gam , . . -, .... tiredness, nervousness, impatience and imtaDility. SCOTT o is a itqma-rQoanv . RlnnmfielcL N. J 1 ia-7 TREES SHIPPED ANYWHERE-FREIGHTtPAID ESSW?w,-li WASHINGTON NURSERY.CO.'.ww LAND FOR SALE In Solano County, California 160 acres known as Northwest Quarter, Section 28, Township 20, Range 2 West, in northwestern part of Solano County. Low price and easy terms to the right man. Address M. A. Green, 822 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. At the first sign of skin trouble apply Resinol Don't Walt for that eczema or similar affec tion to get well-established and stubborn. Nip itinthebudwlthalittleKesliiol. Is so nearly flesh color that it hardly shows at all. Aided . by Resinol Soap, Resinol is most effective in removing pimples and clearing unattractive complexions. Sold byall druggists. Pan Handle Poultry Show. In connection with Farmers' and HousekeeDers' Week. The Poultry show and the Univer sity of Idaho Fanners' and House keepers' Week have become an annual date. The show will be held this year in a very comfortable building on Main street; the prospects now are that It will be the new Masonic Tern-Die. A special premium of $10.00 will be offered for the largest and best dis play in each class, and $15.00 special premium for the largest and best dis play In the Bhow. Our premiums will be liberal, and prizes promptly paid. Many new coops have been built thiB year and the association has money in the treasury. Write L. R. Scott,. Moscow, Idaho, for information regarding the Poultry show, also to secure the premium list, which will be out about January first "Anuric" cures Backache, Lumbago, Rheumatism. Send 10c. Dr. V. M. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for large trial package. . Short Course for Miners. The winter short course for miners and prospectors at the University of Idaho opens January 4 next at mob- cow, and continues for eight weeks, ending February 28. This is the fifth term of the short course at the University ot Idaho, and an unusually large enrollment is in dicated for this year. There are no entrance requirements, nor is there any age limit The students ages have run from 18 to 66 years, and every man who has taken the course has found that it has improved his earning capacity. Last year 17 men enrolled in the course, coming from all parts of the northwest A Babel. "Everybody at the party was talk ing at once I " "They were quite right," comment ed Miss Cayenne. "Everybody might as well talk. There was absolutely no fear of interrupting anything worth listening to. Washington Star. Can't See Through It. "True," persisted the wretch who was trying to swap his glass eye to the bartender for a drink of whisky. "It is not a genuine optic, but it is such a clever imitation that you can not see through the de-jption." Kan sas City Star. A Loyal Lad. Office Boy De boss kin see no call ers dis mornln'. Insistent Visitor Say, I'll give you a quarter to take this card to him. Office Boy Aw, shucks! He gives me bigger wages for not doin' it. Boston Transcript Passing of the Ink. "A drop of ink makes millions think." "It used to," replied Mr. Penwiggle. "Now it merely makes some busy man wonder why you didn't use a type writer." Washington Star. Remembers Her Bible. "Two fellows declare that they can not live wltbout her." "And which has she decided to marry?" "The rich one. She says the other could get into heaven easier If he snould really die." Boston Transcript TarrthlA Varn. "Do you believe that awful story uiey re letting, riercer "Yes, what is It?" Everybody's. Exception Taken. "Beauty is In the eye of the behold er." "Not If the beholder's cross-eyed.' Baltimore American. 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He once bought a translation of the Koran from a blue-eyed, golden-haired book agent thinking It was a : opular novel." Birmingham Age-Herald. They See It Frequently. Uncle SI Umph I reckon, you high toned club fellers never 'git up soon enough to see the beauties o' sunrise? City Nephew Oh, we see It often, Uncle, but it's when we're coming home. Jacksonville Times-Union. Sigh of a Sufferer. "I'll teH- you what to do for that cold," said the solicitous friend. "Please don't I've taken so many different kinds of prescriptions for this cold, I don't believe it's any long er what's the matter with me." Washington Star. Barnyard Stringency. "Why have the hens quit laying?" "They have their troubles," replied Farmer Corntossel, "the same as other folks. They're worrying about the high cost of chicken feed." Washing ton Star. Pat's Blunder. During a camp parade of the bu glers recently an Irish corporal was In charge. He was asked by the com manding officer it aU the buglers were present, when he replied: "No, sorr, wan man absent" "Well, then," Bald the officer, "go and find him .and ask him what he has to say for himself." A few minutes later Pat came run nig back. "Shure sorr," he cried, "and weren't we a pair of duffers not to know it? It wor meself. Bedad, sorr, 01 forgot to call me own name entolrely." Boston Transcript Suffered From Backache ahd Kidney Trouble for Years. Dear Headers 1 wish to tell yon that I suffered from backacke and kidney trouble for years. I heard of Doctor Pierce's Anuric Tablets and I tried them. They cured my backache. I hope people that are troubled with hackache will give tliem a good trial. 1 am sure they will not tail to benefit. : Yours sincerely, Mrs. Geo. Deminq. Note: Folks in town and adjoining places are delighted with the results they have obtained by using "ANURIC," the newest discovery of Dr. Pierce, who is head of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, in Buffalo, N. Y. Those who started the day with a back ache, stiff legs, arms and muscles, and an aching head ( worn out before the day began because they were in.and out of bed naif a dozen times at night ) are appreciating the perfect rest, comfort and new strength they obtained from Dr. Pierce's Anurio Tablets. To prove that this is a certain uric acid solvent and conquers headache, kidney and bladder diseases and rheumatism, if you've never used the "Anuric," cut this out and send ten cents to Doctor Pierce for a large sample package. This will prove to you that "Anurio" is thirty-seven times more active than lithia in eliminating uric acid and the most perfect kidney and bladder cor rector. If you are a sufferer, go to. your best druggist and ask for a 50-cent box of Anuric." You run no risk for Dr. Pierce's good name stands behind this wonderful new discovery as it has for the past half century for his "Golden Medical Discovery" which makes the blood pure, his "Favorite Prescription'" for weak women and his "Pleasanl Pellets" for liver ills. All Dr. Piwee'l medicines can be had In Tablet lorm by mail or at drug Btore. P. N. U, No, 62, 1918