IDDKH PLACES. Why a weasel should hates rat is strange M he ia only an elongated rat himself. Rats and mice love hidden places, and a weasel ia about the only living thing that can find them out. Aches and pains are like rats and mice. They seek out the hidden places of the human system and gnaw and ravage the muscles and nerves. Bt. Jacobs Oil, like a weasel, knows how to fo for them. It will penetrate to the secret recesses of the paiu, and breaks up its hab itation and drives it out. Kats and mice shun the corners where a weasel has been, and pains and aches once fairly driven out by St. Jacobs Oil are permanently cured and seldom come back to their old haunts. There must be patience with the treatment; some chronic forms are stubborn and re sist, but the great remedy will finally con quer and give health and strength to the afflicted parts. A fish with nine mouths was cap tared in California recently, and ich thyologists are in doubt what to name it TBI FAtLTS AND FOLLIES OF THE AGE Are numerous, bnt of the latter none ts mora fidioulous than the promiscuous and random um ol laxative pills and other drastic cathar tics. These wrench, eonvulseand weaken both the stomach and bowels. It Hosteller's Stom ach Bitters be nsed instead of these no-remedies, the result is accomplished without pain and with (treat benefit to the bowels, the stomach ana the liver. Use this remedy when onstlpation manifests Itself, and thereby pre vent it from becoming chrome. Salicylic acid, boric acid, borax and formaldehyde are some of the chemi cals added to prevent milk from souring. Warner's Safe Cure Ml LARCE 1 BOTTLES. OR SMALL I , Owing to the many requests 1 oArc. URB from Its patrons, 10 Warner's Safa Cure Co. have put on the market a smaller size bottle of Safe Cure which can now be obtained at all druggists at half the price of the large bottle. ,,lICartr DHCOI a MM aeMMa a Duuk I MALARIA, Is not only a scientific vegetable preparation and does all that Is claimed for it, but It Is the only Kidney and Liver medicine used by the best people of four conti nents. A medicine that bears , the stamp of the world's ap proval, and maintains Its posi tion for a fifth of a century, must necessarily possess pe culiar merit. , ; Leading dealers everywhere sell FERRY'S SEEDS Joa'trisk the loai of tine, labor and irooad pj planting Maaoi nnanown qeai Itv. The market is foil of cheap. anMiablaweda. HRSV'1 Hill araalwtn thebet:doootaoopt ass aaimiuiu. mm ajwaal vise. D. M. FERRY A CO., Detroit, Mioh Sent Free! To any person interested in humane matters, or who loves animals, we will send free, upon application, a copy of the "ALLIANCE," the organ ' of this Society. In addition to its in tensely interesting reading, it con tains a list nt the valiiAhl and nn. usual premiums given by the paper, j Address THE NATIONAL HUMANE ALLIANCE, 410-Ul United Charities Building, New York. WHEAT Make money by suc cessful speculation in Chicago. We buy and sell wheat there on mar- fins, fortunes have been made on a small beginning by trading in futures. Write for full particulars. Best of reference given. Sev eral years' experience on the Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough knowledge of the busl- ess. Downing, Hopkins a Co., Chicago Board i Trade Brokers. Offices In Portland, Oregon, RAZORS Fin! I In sizes 4-875-8 FINEST IN THE WORLD. Pinok's "C. C." Baaor and 6-8. Price. S2. fin. can tie exchanged If not Satisfactory. Send for General Catalogue or Catalogue of Sporting Goods or Barber Supplies. WILL & FINCK CO., S20 Market St. San Francisco, Cal. Dr. Sanden's ri&iasfti, a'"? Slf r - There is not a hamlet on the Pacific coast bnt has one or more who owe their bappiness to it. This is the record of five years of good work. "Belt has proved entirely satisfactory; my appetite Is great, digestion good, memory Improving, nmscles bard and strong, bowels In good order, sexual strength Improving, great increase of confidence. Can do moro work with greater ease than I ever have done before." B. B. DOUGLAS, Stamwood, Wash., March 11, 18T. . What a record this paper could show if people cared of such tronbles would allow their names to be used) Every day seme grateful, restored man gives thanks to Dr. Sanden's Electric Belt. So will yon if you try it. , Bend for the book, "Three Classes of Men," free, sealed closely, by mail. Call or address SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO., ss w.t st., p.ni.nd, o,. SVum vrttinf ts AdvtrUitr jlvut mtnilm tMt paptr. Most British geologists are now pre pared to admit that the earth has pass ed through several glacial periods, in stead of only one, as is commonly supposed. A London scientist has invented a mirror of celuloid which accurately re flects every object The oeluloid mir ror ia unbreakable, and is cheaper than glass and lighter. The hissing sound produced by ser pents is greatly exaggerated, as the quantity of air contained in a snake's lungs is too small to produce a loud sound when ejected. In the opinion of Crispi, former prime minister of Italy, Americans are working to prepare a future for the peo ple of the Old World which is not an agreeable one. Hunters in Kansas earn about $3 a day slaying jack rabbits. The skins are sold for three cents each to Eastern hatters, who use the hair in the manu facture of soft hats. In the mountains of Sweden, Norway and Lapland all vegetation would be destroyed by the Norway rats were it not for the white foxes, that make spe cial game of the rodents. The lighting of certain of the London prisons by electricity is under consider ation, and is proposed to erect a special description of treadwheel to supply the motive power. In the fiords of the Norway coasts the clearness of the water is wonderful. At a depth of thirty fathoms objects the size of silver dollar may be clear ly seen. A wealthy gentleman in Paris, whose wife could not resist the desire to gam ble; has secured a legal seperation from her. In six months she bad lost 435, 000 francs. St Louis, Mo., is the largest street car manufacturing city in the world. The output last year was about 3,000 The banks of Newfoundland are made by the sand, ice and stone brought from the north by the icebergs. I The velocity of light is 186,880 miles per second. BOMB FRODCCTS AND FURS FOOD. All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very i light colored and of heavy body, is made from I glucose. "7a Garden Dripi'' is made from I Sugar Cane and Is strictly pure. It is for rale , by tirst-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac tured bv the Pacific Coast Sykuf Co. All gen- j uine "tea Onrden Dnpt" have the manufac turer's name lithographed on (very can. ! Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Consumn- I tion cured me of a bad lung trouble. M r. ' J. Nichols, Princeton, Ind., March 26, 1896. j A proposition to reorganize forty counties in Western Kansas in four i larira atih ia Vui no ocritatost in that I aioo REWARD aioo. The readers of this paper will be pleased to I learn that there is at least one dreaded disease : that science has been able to cure In all its j stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Core is the only positive cure knows to the : meaicai iratermty. l alarm neing a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cnre is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa tlent strength by building up the constitution and ahiijtlng nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to care, Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. gold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family fills are the best. America is the only country in which a baby elephant was born in captivity. Drop us a line if you can't get Schilling's Best of your grocer, or if you don't like it and can't get your money back. A Schilling ft Company Saa f raacuca t BROKEN DOWN WOMEN And men find permanent cure In Dr. I.eo- E old's Compound Medicated Electric elt. Rest, solace, comfort, for nerve and brain. Five times the curative power of any other belt at HALF the price. Permanent cure guaranteed. Consultation free, by mail, or at office, 148 Sixth street, Portland, Or. f ' CHILDREN TEETHING." " J 9 Has. WixtLowa booTmire- Btbuf iboukl always be -W Mod for ehiidrea teething. ItoootbM the cbild.ioft- b eof Mm (rums, allart all pain, earea wind rollr.atid 4 a Um boa ranxdr (or diarrhoea. Twenty An cents a a jbottle. It lath brat of ail. j SURE CURE for PILES "pUPTCRE anl piles eared; no pay nn- , IV til cured; send for book. Kits. Mansfield 4 POBTUuritui, 838 Market Bt., Ban Francisco. ! YOUNG MAN! Yon have exceeded the limit allowed by nature in the enjoyment of worldly pleas ures. You have at some time overtaxed yonr nervous system, and there is a weak ness lurking there, ready to break forth In all Its pitiable, destructive effect upon yon. Do not disregard these little symptoms, which yon feel from day to day; they are messages telling of the suffering of your nerves, and warning you thata break-down is near. It may come tomorrow, and then it will be too late to mend. Mend now. what energy is left yon, put it forth and save yourself. Call on or write to Dr. Sanden and stndy his plan. Htudy how so many unfortunates have been saved. Don't wait; act today. It is of vital Im portance to you. Have you read or heard of the wonderful cures which are being accomplished by Electric Belt Stained with Pokaberrles. Fifty years ago a Presidential cam paign was associated with mass meet ings and barbecues, and every one was expected to go out and "holler for his man." Even women and girls became partisans to help along their side. A Yontrtbutor to the Chicago Times-Herald tells how In the "campaign of '44" the Democratic women of a county In southern Ohio displayed their patriot ism. The "big meeting" was advertised to be held at the county seat It was usual to offer a prise for the largest delegation, or the most unique parade, In order to engender a rivalry In the townships. The citizens who crowded the mud sidewalks were startled by a great snapping of whips, stentorian "Gees" and "Haws" and "Ya-a-backsP The great wagon came lumbering along, and the singing of female voices fixed the attention of the spectators upon what was an Illustrated volume of woman's Interest In politics. Upon a long wagon, seated on either side, with their backs together, were seemingly a multitude of girls or young women, ragged, red-cheeked lasses. All wore dresses reaching to the knees, but not a shoe nor stocking In the entire load. Instead the sturdy limbs and feet were painted a dazzling carmine red, and these, swinging In the sunlight, produced an effect so weird as to be startling. As the oxen waddled farther along, some enthusiastic Polk man discovered that the shapely Umbs were stained with pokeberry Juice, and cheers for "Polk and Dallas' rent the air. It la a picture that would startle the most daring agitator of to-day. But It waa the spirit of the times. The English island of Thanet (form ing a part of the couuty of Kent) Is al most wholly composed of chalk. The Island Is ten miles In length and about five In breadth, and has more chalk ex posed on Its surface than any other spot of equal area on the globe. British geologists say that there are not leas than 42,000,000,000 tons of chalk "la sight" on Thanet, and that It would take 10,000 men and 5,000 horses and carts 20,000 years to move It, providing It were dug up ready to be carried away. St. Louis Republic. A Toang Woman Gains 20 Ponnds Her Physicians in Iowa Said She Was Going Into a Decline, and That Her Lnngs Were Affeoted They Sent Her to Nevada. But to Fight Lung Tronbles or Any Wasting Disease, Build op Tour Flesh. From the Express, Los Angeles, Cat Two years ago, back in Eastern Iowa, Miss Maude Lease began to go into a decline. She lost flesh rapidly. Her appetite failed. Fearful headaches "nearly drove her frantio. She consulted local physicians good, honest, practi tioners. They told her that her lungs were affected; that medicine might alleviate, but a change of climate waa the only remedy that offered a prospect of cure. Ill and despondent she delayed ss long as possible her departure, but at last it became imperative, and she came to an aunt at Verdi, Nevada, in the hope of finding health and strength in the pure air and among the pines of the Sierra Nevadaa, But she con tinned to fail, and to add to her mis eries, learned to know the anguished sufferings which attend that complica tion of ills, that for want of better nomenclature, has been denominated "female weakness." - And now comes the miraculous part of the story, just as Bhe told it to the interviewer last night: "I ran down to 118 pounds," she said, "suffered tortures from those ter rible headaches and from sleeplessness. My aunt persuaded me to try Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I had nsed nearly every kind of 'prescrip tion,' could get no relief from them, and hoped for none from these pills. But to please auntie I began to take them. From the first day I noticed a beneficial effect The headaches grew less severe; my appetite gradually re turned. I could sleep nights and be gan to get good and strong. "I used to take one of them three times a day. - In two months I weighed 138 pounds, and was entirely well, and have been well ever since. The win ters at Verdi were very cold and, be sides, I had heard so much about Bonth rn California that I came to Los Angeles. "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have helped me more than anything I have ever taken. I thank them for my health and ability to enjoy life. I am living at No. 800 Hope street, Los An geles, and shall be only too glad to re peat what I have just said to anybody, either in person or by letter." So spoke young and attractive Maud Lease, and no one who saw her big eyes snap as she said it could doubt the earnestness and sincerity of her state ments. And that is why we say the story of a miracle is floating through the air, although now the miracle has become an established fact. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are tin unfailing speoific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, nenralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 60 cents a box, or six boxes for (2.50 (they are never sold in bulk or by ths 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Msdicins Company, Schenectady, N. 7. BRIEF PACIFIC NEWS k Resume of Events in the Northwest. IVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH Haws Gathered In All the Towns of Our Neighboring States Improve ment Noted In All Industries Oregon. Baker City has something of a build ing boom. Sherman county has paid into the state treasury the full amount of that county's tax for 181)0. i Notwithstanding the long and snowy winter in Harney county, most of the horses that were left to winter on the range Are at this time in good condi tion. Treasurer Kern, of .Umatilla county, had a $13,000 cimnty warrant cull pub lished one day hint week, and on the same day paid out $7,000 on warrants, included in the call. The annual report of the county su perintendent of Linn oounty shows the number of persons between the ages of 4 and 30 years residing in the county to bo 7,210, of which 8,601 "are males and 3,709 females. The school superintendent's report in Curry county for the years 18110 and 1897 show a gain of just six children of school age in the county during the year ending March 1, 1897 five males and one female. News from hop yards in Lane county is that but little work has been done toward getting them in shape for culti vation. The continued wet weuther kept the ground in a condition that prevented cultivation. The sheriff of Umatilla county has begun' suit in Pendleton to ascertain what expenses he is allowed under the law to incur. The case will be taken to the supreme court, and the whole question of the salary law will come up lor an opinion. A cheeso factory of 00 otinds daily tppacity is being built on Hoberts hill, in Douglas county. The gentlemen connected with the enterprise are ex perienced in the checseiniiking busi ness, and are confident of success in their new venture. A Salem, paper says that the Ooodalo Lumber Company is closing contracts with corporations in Mexico for 6,000, 000 feet of bridge timber. It will keep the mills running full force for several weeks. The lumber will lie shipped direct to Mexican points. Two children were playing on the sidewalk in Empire, Coos comity, one day last week, when a hand of racing cayuses ran upon the sidewalk and right over the children before they could move. The children were for tunately bnt slightly injured. A liveryman of Albany says that there are absolutely no young horses in Linn county, and few on tlio coast. Ho says within five years a good horse will command a handsome figure lie is gathering up a band of thoroughbred animals to send to a ranch in Crook county. . Washington. Sheep to the number of 60,000, from many ranges', will be driven to Wallult to be shorn. The grass is long enough around Coulee City now for cattle to he turned on the range. A gentleman of Port Angeles will try the experiment of cultivating Eastern oysters in Washington harbor, t'liillaw county, Sequim bay. Thirty-two mining companies have headquarters in Everett, not counting the Monte Cristo proicrties of the Rockefeller syndicate. The auditor of Kittitas county last month received $340.45 in fees, the largest amount received for any one month for a very long time. The "scorcher" has been running over people in Port Townsend, and now tlio city marshal says he will enforce the ordinances prohibiting bicycle-riding on the sidewalks in the business part of the city. The Wenatohee Water Power Com pany is taking advantage of the low stage of the river to secure the head of its ditch seven miles above Wenntcheo. The company is putting in a riprapping wall 1,800 feet long, with a slope height of seven feet and a base of four ;feet the most of the distance, to protect their ditch from high water. Professor Spillman, of the Pullman agricultural college, who has made a special study of the industry and the adaptability of the state for producing dairy products, estimates that 800 creameries could be kept busy supply ing the market that can be built up for Washington dairy products by the i proper development of the industry in the state. j "The reports from Skagit county that j the Italian prune trees were badly in- j jured by the extraordinary bad January freeze were greatly exaggerated," says ! Secretary uass, ol the state board of horticulture. "In my own orchard of nearly 1,000 trees I found the damage very slight and many of my neighbors are happily disappointed." Walla Walla is soon to have a publio library. The necessary $1,000 to form the nucleus for a public library sup ported by city taxes, as provided by the laws of the state, is at lust assured. Five hundred and fifty dollars was de posited in the Farmers' Savings bank some time ago by some one whose iden tity is unknown, for the purpose of es tablishing a public library. Nine hundred dollars hits been raised by the ladies of the city, and together with the old books stored away, the amount will reach the necessary $1,000 NOW WITHOUT A RIVAL. No Remedy to Compare With Paino'o Celery Compound. Read the Really Wonderful Experience of Rev. OM Bailey and His Cood Wife, and the Indorsement! of Other Eminent Divines. Jill AiS Here 'Is a letter from the pastor of the'most influential church in South Baltimore, that every truth-seeker should read carefully. Every disheartened sick person and every man or woman who has lost faith in the remedies he or she lias tried because none of them has done any good every one who is sick ought to bo cheered up and filled with new hope and determination by the letter written by Rev. William T. Bailey, pastor of the Curtis Buy Church, the most influential church in South Balti more. On March 81, 1806, the Bultimore Run, under display headlines, pub lished the following uews of Rev. Mr. Bailey's affliction: "Rev. Wm. T. Bailey, pastor of the Curtis Buy Baptist church, was para lyzed in the tongue while preaching Sunday night, and lost the power of siieoch. The congregation was at once dismissed, and Dr. was called. Ho said Mr. Bailey was suffering from a severe attack of nervous prostration caused by hard study and overwork, and that tie must have rest and quiet." The whole city was shocked. The papers soon began to record an improve ment. On April 18, 1898, the following open letter was addressed to the proprietors of Faille's celery compound: South Baltimore, Md., April 13, 1890. Messrs. Wells, Richardson & Co.: Gentlemen I was taken very ill while preaching Easter Sunday night. My doctor could not help me, so I dis charged him and began to use Pulne's celery compound with crushing effect. I will not hesitate to say that it is the best medicine in the world. I am, Fraternally, William T. Bailey. Later in the year the proprietors of this wonderful remedy received still another letter from Dr. Bailey, as fol lows: Gentlemen I propose to do what I can to let people know of your Paine's celery compound, the medicine that has done me so much good. I shall in my own way, in shaking of my rapid and great improvement, from the pulpit, give, as is justly due, tribute to Paine's celery compound. I married, six years ago, Miss Lillia B. Dnnnavant, a lady well known in social life, the niece of Capt. Robert F. Lewis, U. 8. nuvy. During the whole six years she has been an in valid, suffering from hysteria, laugh ing, crying and soreaming, so that she could be heard for squares. I have had a great deal of trouble and expense. Eighteen doctors have, first and lust, j 1 ' 1 REASONS Walter Baker &Co.'s a Breakfast Cocoa. Because it is absolutely pure. Because it Is not made by the so-called Dutch Process In which chemicals are used. Because beans of the finest quality are used. Because it Is made by a method which preserves unimpaired the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. Because It Is the most economical, costing less than one cent 9m aaki BrrPSrrT VTVVtV I cup. B sura that you get ths tsnulns artlcls mads by WALTER BAKER A CO. Ltd., Uorchtster, Mass. Esta blishsd 1 7 HO. $10 FOR THE ON. ly perfect incu bator msdf. Freight Frepaid to your nearest Railroad Station I Attest Incubator CsUloros ' -1! ever issued mailed free il you write and mentiuuTuis psper nr ataM.r r .rwli.. Tti MTAIUMA nCUBATOX CO., fetal ama, tai FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or Just Don't Peal Wall," f-SLIVER PILLS are tna One Thing to , Only On for a Dosa. Sold by Prussia- st SSo. a bai SaplMalidfr(a, AddrM Or, BsMMuj Mid. Ca, rtoia, fa, attended her, and one bottle of Paine's celery compound has done her mora good than all of the other medicine. She and I are together using Paine's celery compound, and I will with pleas ure let yon know the result. Frater nally, William T, Bailey. Baltimore, May 18, 1896. Wells, Richardson & Co.: Gentlemen It is impossible for ma to express the emotions of my heart oa the great good Mrs. Bailey and I have derived from the nso of Paine's celery . compound. I am a new man. We have taken together eight bottles, and I wish to continue its nse. The people of my church are very kind to the poos, snd I have given to some of the poor money with which to purchase the medicine. You may use my name It you wish and I will with pleasure answer all communications sent me. I lielieve the remedy is the best in ths world. Vonrs vorv truly, William T. Bailey, ' Pastor Curtiss Bay Baptist Church. ' i A few weeks ago there was published a tcHtimomtl of the great virtue ol Paine's celery compound from Rev, Charles L. Thompson, D. D., LL. D., the eminent Presbyterian preacher of New York City. Rev. Dr. Meek, editor of the Central Methodist, recently wrote an open letter, telling that Paine's celery compound had worked a remark able cure in his case. And last month the great tcinHrauce evangelist, Francis . Murphy, told the public how Palns's celery com jmuiihI had been a blessing ia f his family. These are few among thousands. Every one knows conwientiotis, char itable persons who are too busy, mora often too procrastinating, to save their heulth from going to pieces, and find II easier to help others than themselves. Such persons fill up the army of broken down business men and sickly women. Every one in this spring time needs to purify the blood and regulate the nerves. Carry home today not by snd by a bottle of Puiue's celery corn pound. Cure nervousness, neuralgia, and rheumatism this spring. You oan now put your health on a sound basis by means of Paine's celery compound. Charity should begin at home. At tend to your own heulth and that of your family. Paine's celery compound is within roach of every family where there is a moinber afflicted by any stomach, liver or kidney trouble, It cures permanent ly and rapidly. It must be distinguished from all other remedies. . ... . .. 1 FOR USING Ths ITnlvemal Supply irons, Rstahllshsd 1SU supplies::? Groceries, Hardware. Agricultural Implements, IlnriieKs, Boots, Bhons, Dry Uoods, Music, Eta. Band 4c tut Larue Illustrated Catalogues, ritOIHICK TAKEN IN KXCHANOK. Hows Hufi-i,v Co., ia Front Ht.,Han FranoIsoo.CaL N.P.N. U. No. 698. aF.N.U. Nt TTI