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tioa of real value to all
who are Interested la
earning money at home.
Rend addreea at Mice, aa
thetoontest cloeea March Met. Th Short
itory Publishing Oo 64 High-Hartford St,
poaton, ataae.
Appreciated the Play.
The following is from an essay writ
ten by a schoolboy, aged ten, on play
he had been to see: "The villan oarled
his mastarsh and seezing the pure vur
gin shreeks ha ha mine or deaths bind
is on my head this dagger stabs thee to
thy ntermost sole ha ha vengunso.
Bnt the good hero oomes and says O
hevins stur won step and thy ded body
lies at my door. Lay won parm on the
vnrgins korpse and it was better if yon
was drowned with a millstone. Avarnt
kvarnt from the sweet korpsea
presuns." -
HI Tern Were Accepted.
General Jonbert, when he was in
New York city a few years ago as the
guest of Henry George, told with mod
esty of bis negotiations with the Brit
ish at Majnba hill and his eyes spark
led as be recited his reply to the Brit-
ish commander-in-chief. "It does not
comport with these," said the British
general, pointing to the decorations on
bis breast, "to accede to your terms."
To which said Jonbert, pointing to his
riflemen: "And it does not comport
with those to offer any others."
The Norn Gold Field
The first map folder or circular re
specting the Klondike gold stance of
1898 was issued by the Northern Pacific
railway. It is more than a coincidence
that the first map folder or phamphlet
of the Nome mining district comet
from the same source. The present
folder trot only contains a good map ol
be Nome district, bnt is embellished
with several cats of views at Nome City
and the beach where the method oi
mining is clearly shown. All informa
tion obtainable regarding sailing date
from Seattle and Tacoma, through
rates, etc., is given in this book and
the pnblio cautioned to go to the agentt
of the N. P. By., who are supplied
with diagrams of the Alaska steamers,
and arrange in advance for their accom
modations rather than lo pnt off th
very important business until tht
reach Paget Sound. There is no doubt
but what there will be a very consider
able passenger business from the mid
dle and eastern states and a very heavy
business from the Pacific coast state
to the Nome district next spring.
For folders, rates, etc., call on A. D.
Charlton, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Port
land, Or., or send a two cent stamp t
Chas. 8. Fee, General Passenger Agent,
St. Paul, Minn., and he will mail you
the Nome folder.
The Daughters of the American Revo
lution In New York city are making I
strong effort to save the famous Hamil
ton trees of St. Nicholas avenue.
142d street. The trees are the ones left
of the original 13 planted by Alex
ander Hamilton to commemorate th
IS original states. It is likely that tht
society will buy the lot and have ill
neatly fenced in. If they cannot raise
enough money to buy the place tb
trees will be cut down and a block will
be built thereon. We Americans do
not pay enougn attention to the reser
vation of such historical valuables.
James Eads Howe, of 8t. Louis, wh
has given his fortune of $1,000,000 tc
the poor, says he was influenced to dc
this by the incident of the rich young
man related in the tenth chapter of St
Mark's gospel. Mr. Howe is a grand
son of James B. Eads, the famous engi
neer who built the great Mississippi
Di-iage at St. Lotus.
The Sioux and Blackfeet Indian
will at parting dig their spears in tht
earth as a sign of confidence and mu
tual esteem. This is the origin of the
term "burying the tomahawk."
The governor of Oklahoma in hit
annual report, filed in Washington,
says that the time is not ripe for the
statehood of Oklahoma, and he reoom-
I Al L tA. 1 . I . .
uioiiub uiav wouia oe oeet to wait I
while. He believes that the best plai
, is to join Oklahoma and the Indian ter
ritory and make one state of them.
Such a state, he says, would be a prid
and gratification to its people and ti
the people of the nation.
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bowele every day, you're or will beTkeee you
bowele open and be well, force, In tbeVnaZeS
violent parole or pill poteoa. le dangerous, "fit
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PBOTECT SETTLERS.
Lie Laael Claim Ka Really etVeotlv
Agalaat Omptata-BiinlM f Proof
; Railroad, IiiImI of Settlor.
Settlers in the states of Washington
and Oregon, and, in fact, in all the
itaea through which the Northern Pa
cific railroad passes, are very much in
teres ted in the rulings now being made
by the interior department on the act
of congress of June 4, 1897, which al
lows the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company and others to select lands in
lien of lands embraced in the various
forest reserves and held by them under
patent or under unprotected olaims or
squatters rights
In lien of the lands so relinquished
the railroad company and others was
authorised to select from any vacant
lands open to settlement.
The department of the interior has
held "vacant lands to settlement" to
mean, if necessary, all onsurveyed
lands. Therefore, settlers or squatters
on nnsnrveyed lands have been very un
easy for some time, and many of them
felt that there is little prospect of hold
ing their claims. ,
The land department ol the railroad
company, however, asserts that it is
not its purpose to take the lands of any
bona fitts settler.
At the same time the department of
the interior .encourages the settlers to
continue their settlement, and within
hree months after the acceptance of
the official survey of their lands to as
sert their claims thereto.
The ruling of the department is that
the party first initiating the right of
settlement has the prior claim.
Congressman Jones, of Washington,
who has Just introduced relief bill on
behalf of settlers, is of the opinion
that most settlers would not think of
fighting the railroad company, and,
therefore, the law as it was enacted
does grave injustice to settlers, as a
role. In an interview Mr. Jones said:
'It has been repeatedly asserted that
lands upon which there are settlers
have been filed on by the railroad com
pany under the present law. To pre
vent this is one of the objects of the
law. I know that settlers have their
remedy. That is to fight the claim of
the company and establish their prior
rights. This is expensive. The set
tlers are not wealthy. The prospect of
delay is discouraging, and many prefer
to abandon their settlements rather
than bear the expense and delay of
contest.
The railroad cannot complain at
these provisions. If its claim to a tract
of land is just it will prevail. Delay
and expense cannot hurt it as they do
the settler. All it has to do is to in
spect the land. If it finds a settler
and does not think he is there bona fide
it can contest his claim aa any other
contestant, bnt it should bear the bur
den of such contest. These bills are
introduced without any hostility to the
railroad, bnt out of a desire to do jus
tice to the settler. I believe the gov
ernment should be quite lenient with
men who are striving to reclaim the
pnblio domain, especially nowjjwhen
the' choice land is taken op. If we
bad more owners of small tracts ol
land we would be better off."
Senator Foster and Representative
Cushman have each given much atten
tion to the claims of settlers and then
rights, and in all cases there is an un
qualified sentiment favorable to the
pioneer and home-building squattei
and settler.
GoTerament Boepltal at Vancouver,
President Bee be, of the Portland
chamber of commerce, at its last meet
ing, called attention to the bill locating
a permanent general hospital at Van'
couver, Wash., which has been intro
duced in congress by Representatives
Jones, of Washington. George Taylor,
jr., said that the hospital was of great
importance to Portland. "Vancouver's
healthful location is well known," said
Mr. Taylor. "Before long, many sol
diers will be returning from the Phil
ippines, and Vancouver is the place fox
them." The trustees voted to request
the Oregn congressional delegation to
co-operate with the Washington dele
gation in behalf of the Vancouver hos
pital. Statistics showing that Van
couver is a healthier place than the
Presidio will be sent to Washington tc
help the bill along.
Korthwest Kotee.
Steelhead salmon are reported very
numerous In Coos bay.
The Dalles has authorized a contract
for an electric fire alarm system for 1C
years.
Fish Commissioner Little has ar
ranged to plant a carload of Eastern
lobsters in Puget sound waters as an
experiment.
A horse, loaded with United State.
mail, was recently killed near the falls
below Brewster valley by missing Its
footing and rolling over a precipice on
the rocks, 150 feet below. The mail
was recovered.
The Christian denomination of Al
bany intends to build a new church
and has raised $2,000 toward it. The
pastor announces that the size of the
building is to be determined by the
amount of money raised, as the congre
gation intends to build only such s
structure as may be dedicated free from
debt
The common council of The Dalles
has passed an ordinance to refund $20,
000 of 6 per cent bonds at 4 per cent.
At the December meeting of th
board of Thurston county commission
ers the quesiton of calling $20,000
worth of the Olympla & Chehalls rail
road funding bonds of 1889 was consid
ered, and the call decided upon. Ol
course, as the bonds have 10 years yet
to run the call was conditional on the
disposition of the holders to release
them.
A Pomeroy man has been fined $20
for allowing his son to remain on the
streets after 7:30 o'clock in the even
ing, in violation of a curfew ordinance.
The oldest letter-carrier in Seattle
is Everett A. Hartley, whose term ol
service dates from August 6, 1888. He
will, therefore, wear two black stars.
The private banking firm at Burns
has been dissolved, and in its stead a
bank has been incorporated br citizens
with a paid-up capital of $26,000. J.
W. Biggs is'president. The News says
th stockholders are prominent citizens
of Harney county.
WttrKUY REVIfcW OP TRADE.
Wlnd-ap of Old Racial. Holding
new xraasaetlna.
R. G. Dnn A; Co.'s weekly review
says: Failures in 1899 were 9,893 in
number, with liabilities of $123,132,
679. The last few days of the year
added a few to the number, and ' some
millions to the known liabilities of
firms and banks whioh failed close to
the end, so that commercial defaults
reached $90,879,889. Most people in
business have been so occupied with
their accounts and the settlements of
the past year that little new business
has yet been done. No new tendency
in manufactures or in trading appears,
and less change than was anticipated in
money markets.
There is nothing unsound in the
business of the great industries, but an
extensive revision of prices may dis
appoint extreme expectations. Two
ways of stimulating business are adopt
ed. The Iron Age notices "transac
tions of magnitude in foundry iron,
wnion indicates that some sellers are
willing to make concessions to secure
the trade of good customers." But the
steel and wire company has advanced
prices of wire, nails, barbed and
smooth wire 25 cents.
Wool is strongly held, though prices
of a month ago cannot be otbained.
Cotton does not rise further because re
ceipts from plantations have somewhat
increased, and accounts of large stocks
at many small towns have attracted
attention.
cotton goods are at the Highest quo
tation of last year, with good demand,
though cotton has declined a little.
Wheat moved very sluggishly, with
small change in prices. In six months
of the crop year about 99,000,000 bush
eis (nour incinaea), nave been ex
ported, against 123,000,000 last year
Atlantie exports have now fallen to
only 3,690,926 bushels for the week.
against 6,514,140 last year, and Pacific
exports were 531,225 against 614,833
last year. .
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Mark.
Onions, new, $1.00 1.25 per sack
Potatoes, new, $1630.
Beets, per sack, 75 85c
Turnips, per sack, 60c.
Carrots, per sack, 50o.
Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c.
Cauliflower, 75c $1 per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, If
O90o per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 6680o.
Apples, $1.25($1.60 per box.
Pears, $1.00(31.25 per box.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Watermelons, $1.60.
Kntmegs, 60 75c
Butter Creamery, 83o per pound;
dairy, 173Sc; ranch, 22o per pound
Eggs rinn, 2S(g26c
. Cheese Native. 16o.
Poultry 9 10c; dressed, 1314c
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$17.00318.00
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21; whole, $23.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.80; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3. 80 (4.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00;
shorts, per ton, $17.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.60 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $30; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Portlaad Market.
Wheat Wall Walla, 51(352o;
Valley, 62c; Blaeetem, 54 o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.00: graham.
$3.60; superfine, $3.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 8435o; choice
gray, B4o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15316.00;
brewing, $18.00318.60 per ton.
Milk tuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9.50311; clover.
$738; Oregon wild hay, $637 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 503 55c;
seconds, 42 3 45o; dairy, 87X3 40c;
store, 2535o. -
Eggs 20o perdosen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,603
8.60 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs,
$3.60 3 3.60; geese, $7.00 3 9.00 for old;
$4.60 3 6.50 for young; ducks, $4.60
per dozen; turkeys, live, 13i18o
per pound-
Potatoes 65375c per sack; sweets.
3330 per pound.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c;
per sack; garlic, 70 per pound; cauli
flower, 76o per dozen; parsnips, $1;
beans, 636c per pound; celery, 703
700 per dozen; cucumbers, 6Uc per
box; peas, 0(8 4o per pound; tomatoes,
7 60 per box; green corn, 12X3
16o per dozen.
Hops 8311c; 1898 crop, 66o
Wool Valley, 123 18o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 373
80o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, tc; dressed mutton, 6X3
7o per pound; Iambs, 7Xo per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.60; dressed,
$5. 50 3 6 .00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.603 4.00:
cows, $3 3 8.60; dressed beef, 6X3
Wo pet pound.
Veal Large, 6X37Xo; small, 83
8X0 per pound.
Saa rraaeiee Mar hat.
Wool Spring Nevada, 123150 per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 13316c; Val
ley, 30322o; Northern, 10312c
Hops 1899 crop, ll12o per
pound.
Onions Yellow, 75385c per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery 26o;
do seconds, 24325c; fancy dairv. 21
c; do seconds, 19o per pound.
Eggs Store, 283 81c; fancy ranch,
89c
Millstuffs Middlings, $16.00 3
19.00; bran, $18314.00.
Hay Wheat $6.50 3 9; wheat and
oat $7.6030-00; beet barley $5,003
7.00; alfalfa, $5.00 3 7.60 per ton;
straw, 863 460 per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, $1.00; Ore
gon Burbanka, 65031.10; river Bur-
banks, 45376c; Salinas Bur banks,
$1.0031.25 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
2.76 3 8.35; Mexican limes, $4,003
6.00; California lemons 76o3$1.60;
do choice $1.75 3 3.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1,503
3.60 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 6 3 6X0 per
pound.
OCEAN GRAVEYARD
MOST DANGEROUS PART OP THE
ATLANTIC
tt life About the Mouth of the Orilf
fBt-Lawrwaaw Croa Current, Fog,
Iceberg, He fa and Other Baarea to
Wars Mariner. .
If one prong of a pair of compasses
be placed about the center of tho Gulf
of St Lawrence, and the other de
scribe a semicircle from Labrador ta
the southernmost point of Nova Scotia.
tho area circumscribed might well be
called the graveyard of the Atlantl
Not only is this part of the ocean sub
ject to all the gales of the roaring for
ties, but every kind of water snare that
entraps luckless sailors Is found In this
section of th North Atlantic. The
dirty brownish fogs that lie across the
horizon above Belle Isle are, of course,
the most treacherous enemy for the
ocean liner. They conceal the other
dangers, and the other dangers are
neither few nor far apart What with
Icebergs ranging In size from a few
hundred feet In circumference to mon
sters nine miles in length (the exact di
mension of one measured by the New
foundland superintendent of fisheries),
with naked rock walls rising vertically
700 feet out of the sea, with crumbled
ledgs whose saw-tooth edge stands up
In pinnacles or slopes down to a white-
capped reef, and with the submerged
shoals of the Sable and Magdaleno Is!
andLdtstrlcts, the pilot has as difficult
a piece of water to navigate aa could
be found.
The perils of Nova Scotlau waters
can be and have been lessened. Light-
bouses now mark the most dangerous
points, and long ago a stop was put to
the nefarioua work of the wreckers
who plied successful depredations
with Sable Island as a basis. Time
was, within the memory of navigators
still living, when false lights above the
sands of Sable Island lured passing
ships to their rain, and when the gov
ernment cruisers would come to the
ships' aid not a thing would be found
but the stripped hull. Though passen
gers might have waded ashore In some
places, the dead used to be found strip
ped of all clothing and jewels, with the
ring finger cut off, and frequently the
gash of a wrecker's weapon across the
forehead, signs plainly telling of a con
fllct between the passengers struggling
ashore through beating surf and the
murderous men who awaited them.
But all this la a thing of the past on
Sable Island. Not only were wreck
era driven orr, hut live stock was
placed on the long stretch of grass-
grown sand, so that castaways could
have some means of subsistence until
help came
Belle Isle strait Is by far the most
treacherous part of the North Atlantic
route. The coast of Ibrador projects
Into the ocean like a barrier against
the flinging tides; and when the baffled
current finds resistance suddenly re
moved, when the narrow straits open
between Newfoundland and Labrador,
the waters toss In with the sidling mo
tion that creates the beam sea so hate
ful to all landsmen. The strength of
this inburstlng current simply cannot
be calculated or counteracted by any
mariner. In width the straits vary
from nlue to forty miles; and when the
brownish fog never absent from the
northern horizon spreads southward.
obscuring every landmark, It la im
possiDie ror any captain to keep up
speed and retain his bearings. He may
refer to his chart as often as he pleases
and tell himself, "Thus and thns have
we come, and here Is the place we
are. Tide and fog may have betrayed
him In spite of his calculations, and be
may be at least a hundred miles out of
his course.
Besides the danger from fog and tide
at the entrance to the Gulf of St Law
rence, there Is the peril of long, sharp
ledges that farrow all parts of the
northern coast and are only visible by
the fretted line of surface spray. No
lighthouses mark these bidden reefs,
and many a schooner comes to grief
upon them during the night or In a fog.
False Cape runs out from Newfound
land In great, jagged, towering rocks,
torn by the driving tide, and White Isl
and lies off the shore bare and lonely
a tombstone Afar, from other
rocky Islands, comes the dull booming
of the surf, which Indian legend of
Labrador describes as the shrieking of
demons over their prey. Roofless
hut used aa wind-breaks by the seal
ers In the spring add to the Indescrib
able loneliness of the tenantless coast;
and If some fisherman's dory comes
bounding over the waves Its sudden
disappearance behind some rocky emi
nence only accentuates the utter drear
iness of the whole region. New York
Evening Post
A TITIAN IN MEXICO.
Indiana of Bnlned City BefoM $50,-
OOO for a Maaterpiaca.
Here la a story about a picture which
bangs In the ruined Church of Tzln-
zuntzan, Mexico, and which the Mexi
can Herald asserts Is a genuine Titian,
which, though the average traveler
knows nothing about, has been visited
by artiste from all parts of the globe,
who have made the journey to Mexico
solely for the purpose of seeing this
canvas. And they have all declared
that the picture was well worth the
trip.
The famous picture bangs In one of
the old ruined churches. The padre
himself will point out the way and
stay with yon while you are there. The
entrance to the audltorjum of the
church la through a long, dark corridor,
that leads up to a great door, barred
and chained and padlocked that seem
ed to carry you back to the old feudal
days and make one think that the doors
of some old castle were being opened
to him.
The door opens into an Inner room as
dark as night, the padre unfastens a
grated window, and a flood of golden
sunlight comes from over the western
bills beyond the lake and falls full up
on the picture, such coloring, such
composition, sueli feeling as could only
come from the hand of a master. Tra
dition says it was painted by Titian and
presented to Philip of Spain. Eminent
men, authors and painters agree with
this version. An effort haa been made
to buy the painting, and $50,000 was
ffere4 b the Bishop of Mexico, but j
the faithful, devoted Indians refused.
The picture hi an entombment, six
teen feet long by seven feet high. Sur
rounding the dead Christ, wrapped In a
winding sheet, stands the Virgin, Mag
dalen, St. John and nine other figures
all life size. The picture's state of pres
ervation Is marvelous. More than 1100
years have lapsed since the great mas
ter touched It, and yet one Is deludvd
Into th belief that It was painted but
yesterday, so fresh, pure and rich la It
color. .
Talnitintsaa tt easily reached by th
Mexican National Railroad. It Is at th
end of Morella Branch of this road,
which branches off th main line at
Acambarc Five hour from Acam-
baro the Indian town of Patscuaro, on
th lake of the same name, th end of
th branch. Is reached. Tslnsuntzan Is
almost directly across the Ink from
Patscuarc It can be reached by
horseback rid of two hours and a half,
around th lake, or mors easily by tak
ing on of tho Indian canoe and being
paddled across.
Some time ago Nat Goodwin had nn
opportunity to wltuess Alt Hampton's
Imitations of himself In his favorite
roles. Hampton, knowing Goodwin was
present, outdid himself, but at the close
of the seance Goodwin had never a
word to say. At last an Intimate frleud
ventured to ask how h liked It "WoU."
replied Goodwin, "all I can say Is, on
of us Is d n bad."
Kate Field used to take daily lessons
In Latin from Walter Savage I-andor,
when she was In Florence, and at her
entrance Into th room bis rugged ex
pression Invariably softened and be be
came what his pupil called "chivalry
Incarnate." On day he dropped bis
spectacles, and aa h picked them tip
and banded them to him, he exclaimed,
"Oh, this Is not the first time that you
hav caught my eyes."
Frinc Henry of Orleans when he
travels takes with him a physician, a
scientist, an editor, a historian, and a
photographer, each of whom makes a
dally contribution to the book which
Is to describe the Journey. In describ
ing his method at a rarls salon, a friend
Ironically asked: "And what Is the
hard work which you do for your
bookr "The hardest of all," said the
Prince; "I have the overwhelming duty
or making the various accounts agree."
Gen. Jonbert when he was In New
Tork City a few years ago as the guest
of Henry George, told with modesty
(says the Buu) of his negotiations wltk
the British at Majuba Hill, and bis eyei
sparkled as be recited his reply to th
British commander-in-chief. "It doc
not comport with these," said the Brit-
Ish general, pointing to the decorations
on his breast "to accede to your terma."
To which said Joubert, pointing to his
riflemen: "And It does not comport
with those to offer any others."
A colored man was before the United
States court, In Philadelphia, recently,
charged with some Infraction of the
law. He bad no counsel, and the Indue
assigned Hampton L. Carson to defend
him. The government by the testimony
of several witnesses established a
strong case against the defendant Tba
learned counsel for th prisoner said:
Now, Sambo 1 please take the wltnesn-
stand and give your version of this af
fair." The "man and brother" looked
wise and quizzical, and turning round
for a moment said: "Boss! In these
yeah circumstances, I guess It would
be bettah for me to remain neutral"
"Bob" Palmer, th comedian, had
been originally a blll-sttcker, a fact
pretty generally known among his col
leagues of the stage. One evening,
when dressed for the character of Sir
Brilliant Fashion, he strutted Into the
greenroom with buckles sparkling on
his shoes and a line diamond on his
finger. A brother-actor inquired If his
gems were real. "To be sure they are;
I wear nothing but diamonds," was the
reply; whereupon Bannister remarked:
"I congratulate you, Bob, for I remem
ber when you wore nothing but pasto."
Palmer did not take the joke with be
coming good humor, and an angry al
tercation ensued, which was only bro
ken when Mrs. Jordan cried out: "Why
don't you stick him against the wall,
Bob? Stick blm against the wallf'
A Detroit man, whose wife was go
ing to Ban Francisco on a visit, aecom
panied her as rar as Chicago and put
her on the overland train. Before leav
ing ber, be gave the porter half of a
five-dollar bill that be had torn In two,
telling the man that bis wife had the
other half and would give It to him at
the end of the journey If she were prop
erly looked after. When be got home
be found he bad neglected to give bis
wife the other half of the torn bill, and
few days later be received a letter
from bis wife reminding blm of the fact
and saying that she had torn a dollar
bill in two and given half of It to the
porter. Somewhere along the line there
must be a wild-eyed darkey with the
halves of two worthless bills In bis pos
session and a firm conviction that he
has been worked by some sort of a new
flimflam game. Meanwhile, the De
troit man Is very anxious to find out
what sort of reasoning bis wife used
when she gave that porter a half In
stead of the wbole of that one-dollar
bill. ,
New York Vulgarity.
I bad not been three hours on Ameri
can soil before I beard a charming
young lady remark, "Ob, It was bully r
gathered that this expression Is con
sidered admissible In the conversation
of grown-up people only In New Tork.
often beard It there and never any
where else. A very distinguished of
ficer who served as a volunteer In Cuba
was asked to state bis Impressions of
war. "War," be said, "Is a terrible
thing. You can't exaggerate Its horrors.
When you sit In your tent the night
before a battle and think of home and
your wife and children you feel pretty
sick and down-hearted. But" he add
ed, "next day when you're In It oh, It
Is bully!" William Archer In Pall Mall
Magazine.
Whoa a grocer advertises that
bis
eggs can't b beat, avoid blm.
A Cat a a Flr-Alarm
Had it not been for th mewing of a
pet cat for two or more hour early the
other morning the Kisthardt home
would probably have been burned to
th ground while membeis of the fam
ily were asleep, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Several pieces of hot
coal foil from the kitchen stove on the
floor and ignited the carpet. The
fiainea spread slowly, but harassed the
oat to the extent that it made itself
heard. Members of the family wore
awakened, and coming downstairs they
found the kitchen in smoke. Ilnd the
fire spread to the pantry, where some
dynamite was stored, the house must
hav been blown up. i . ,
Nw Cable Line, a
Franc la dependent upon Kusland for
new of the Transvaal war, hecauaa the
cable are under their control, and li I
ready to aiiend a vaat nuni of money to
free hereolt. Ttili I Ilk manv people who
hav dyapepala, tpend a fortune seeking
deliverance. They should try lluatetter's
Stomach Hitter, It nver fall to curs
dyapepala, couatlpntlon and blliouauo.
The inhabitants of Wintoa, England,
hpliov that with the close of the cen-
tk .7 th world will oom to an end.
dim
Wv
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flaiil
flair,
dra
lloil
Itai
lorn
eat
Sou)
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sit
i
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i
TO Cl'RB A COLD IN'oal WAT'
Take Laxative Bromo Quinin Tablets.
All druggists refund th money If it
falls to cure E. W. Grove's sijrnatur
is on each box. 26c
A novelty Is the cold storage of hops.
This is done la several places in Eng
land.
Only Safe Medlela for ChlMrea.
Th tender Hill Inelde of children are
mined by violent parse, llle or lliutld, Cae.
eareuarepleaeent, harm!, effective.
Urns-
(MM, lue, Km, toe.
Some naturalists believe that hares
never drink, but get enough liquid for
their needs in tb dew on th grass they
eat.
VITALITY law.deMlliaiednr eahaneted enrwtae
Pr. Kllne'e Invlcnralln Ttxile. r'MKKII. Trial
lloitle wntelntii t Week' ireeimeni. lir. Ktlue'e
luetnuie. Ml Aria Hi., I'lillaUelirfiia. rounded Ml.
Half a century ago nails were slowly
wrought one at a time with hammer
and anvil.
Mother will flint VI re. Wllialnv'a H.ll..
Ing 6vrup th brat remedy to om for thrtv
Oblldtvn during th teething period.
Henry James, the novelist, does most
of hi writing at night.
Two bottles of riao'a cur for cnnaiimn.
linn cured me of a bad lung trouble. Mr.
Nichols. Princeton, lnd., Mar. ), IsiO.
The quickest wink on record is about
one-sixth of a second.
Improved Trala KqulnineBt.
Th O. B. & N. and Oreuon Short
Lin hav added a buffet, smoking and
library car to their Porllaml-Uliloago
through tiain, and a dining car servlo
has been insuguarsted. The train is
equipped with the latest ehalr cars,
day coaches snJ luxurious Oitt-cUss
snd ordinary sleepnis. Dlieot connec
tion made at Granger with Union Pa
cifio, and at Ogden with liio Grand
Una, from all point in Oregon, Wh
Ington and Idaho to all Eastern olties.
For Information, rates, eta., csll on
any O. R. & N. agent, or address W.
II. Hurlburt, General Passenger Agent,
Poitlaud.
A Srndleata Ilabjr.
At New Brunswick, X. J., a syndi
cate of foster mothers may adopt Ger
trude Davison, of Carman street, and
bring her np on the cooperative plan.
The syndicate baby is 11 month . old.
Hern-"-- - --. X
9
Lovely Book "free.
Onlr lew entile left, end todar. Tb volant
awrijwwuiMj iiiunraiwn wiiu mimeroiM engraving
of mining eeeiiM and th grandeat amnerr In the
Hooky Moautalna the edltlou eoel tl.unio punlleh.
It la not a adv. for anyone.
Merely If. In I ni,,nm
our M lllutri1 ramllr weekly we will nd a
W me anuve nn diwk ire ill au eehtllng e f
two-oent ManiM for a u wee' trial eurmrrltul.in.
tbe above Sue book free lo all eendliig ae
Our eier
ture. all II
ir uiibllihee eaea week etorlee at
ture, all the lateet mining newe. an Illuitr.Unna
or eoeiiery. Tentb rear. Club of I fur too, T for tt
bill. Mention thl paper and addr vYaeteru
Weekly, Denver, Oule,
CORN WHEAT
Will out-yleld eorni will make tbe tame kind
of meal; hea auparlor fattening qnallilee; will
olv th problem of fattening Hug and Caul
In wheal country; ihould be town In th
aprlnjt th Mm a white! and will yield from
6uio 1(10 h;ih In j.r aire ( tb atraw after It la
"if f" " olly aubtno and It la almoal
ffood bay.
Prloa oreed 10 per pound "or tS war
hundred. Addreaa p
M. J. H1KI,I) CO., Moaeow, Idaho.
L
AN APPEAL TO HUMANITY GENERALLY
..T"d yT sltne la aaaraaelat warM the 0RRATE5T REMEDY that 5clnc
fea ver p red need, nd you need our aulalaao to cur relief lev yettraelf aad frlaada
thraugb W ANSON'S " DROPS. " ' r '""
A REMEDY SUPREMEA,?I'v,Am,,l,"Nv'h"e,,"
Jll " nl... , , , r 1 ? ' f " " ' oqtier (II that oppo
ft, ao will "S DROPS" unfailingly conquer all dlaeaae Ilk Kheumetl.m, Sciatica, Neuralgia.
Lamb.,., Catarrhal all klad. AaTrlMA.Dy.pwl.. Breach., 5le.plJ. rir,0.n.;
a -wf ir""1
li-au, .Mr.T?.1
II Z1 oratnend U. "a DROPS"
XdF ' "w.. feetlv harmla.a. ria
I
form'. Th CUM caana It a wll 111 Adult , T
Read c.refullr what Mr. I,. R. Smith, of HI Dorado Spring, Mo., writes
n. under d.u of' Nov. 17, WW, ak M.rt.a Bowery of cir.shar, Ohio!
andr data of Dec. 16th, lWh . a-a
3Nr.rsalisal RHEUMATISM
f dO Mot bDO llOW tl tTtrlt hrw wnnr1ji-f.t t kiHt .
fTUAD. MARK J Xl-Am"W
and Have nol hail an
iieve it na Hveii nrr life. Thle etatement la noaltlvi
ins your UMUfS" for vu cure of at KtK AL.U
. Ml. ,wlHIUI,lt im iri.ll.ITOI
Tour "S Dator" earn to hand
oniia a .lie time wilb nnuiia aei
na uameoi una ror it. it will do al
wnoii nig n, game i oouia ndtaleeo.
emir witnunt aunerlne ai
and tot bo relief until I,
sot your 1
.BSBB. r V h
Ma
m?, . . P?" Dr "T "" battle will eonvlaoa yen. A aT I area bo t tlla I d',
SMa.botllaforla. Sold by aa aad aganta. iu1 WilT B I. . TUrr. Do a -.1. I !
WAJISOS MUJCtMATlO VI W., NfH,l4
On tmU dittM gtm ctrritd by tht
blood through tht systtm will convtii a
htjttthy hunun body to a condition of ov
VAtidam. Do not Mf until you W btd
rtddtn, Kttp your blood port nd Uft-ghM
ing U tht timt. Hoofs StrsAparilU
tccomptiihts tht as nothing tht cn. ,
(oodS SaUapatflta
Flailing Is the favorite pastime of a
Hook llapids (la.) dog. It swims out
Into the water aud catches the fish In
its mouth.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
fane and Wlr tt'urk.
1'OHTt.ANI) WIHK 1IION IVOIIKMI VI'IKS)
and Iron leiiolnu; mill- rlllnit, eio. Ml Alder.
Maelilnerr anil SuiHlle.
CAWHTON A CO. I KNOINKR, IIOII.KItH, HA.
Winery, tiiine. iim ruruaiiti, ur.
1 i ii .
m'MIU VIA,., a ' a.
1-iJUl.lli, I'ORTI.AIIB, OkltOOIf,
tglvs youth beet bai-Kalim In general
lilnery, engine, boiler, Unka, puuipa,
il V " . windmill, jus new
I IX L windmill, sold by him, Is mil
'S
iilUUUil.alk
, Mltiiiiliiinliy ina.ln
Therefore TH a aT
IXSIAN RELICS WISHED.
ah vald for Stone Arrowa, Spear,
PI !. A !. to. Write and eend out.
i to II. P, Hamilton, Two HI vera, HI.
Well Machines,
nd did , worth nrdrtllln erllfc II teat re,
rbereer mn be mruee tntekeeoodailvtc when
ipTrorn tiiem on a oiiver piai?ri rtri-aia
elm.fi
, oui
tMrwaaia v a a.i, Tarraa,
Ml A N IS AN
to.
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ISTMOTB TtfBl MA BIB.
dr. Gunrrs t;;" pills
SPrF r01? ADOSC. Cur Rick lleedarh
a4 Pyapeuala, Kenio. lmplea ed Purify th
awed. Aid I'lgrMioaandPreven! Hllleatneaa lo
I..i.l?iri?""".,,SvT,!,""" "t. will mall
OU., ehllerta.lMaa, Bold by iru,l.u.
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Addr UR. N KWK1RK, Mountain Horn, Id.
SOLS AOENCY
Worthlngten
iNim Pump)
nd Water
Moura.
rumplng flanla of
Any Capacity
TATltM A NOWB-M
rival Slraet, 1-orttaau, Or.
Maeblnery-
Ktnda.
P" aFH
Weak and
Worn-Out People
Ca aeeur hetlth ud alreng th eta do
It quickly by oalng .
Toore'B Revealed Remedy
It ennulna no dangnrnn drag It hit
A pluaeanl taete. 1 buUl at druagliU.
ML ABTSL'S SOOtJ,
men
MlaBV wrttsS
Ukjf rwiu
. Hikf kit
IFrensh Ftnib Pilli.
amlWsl b ihonnrtd) of smla-ftawl lamella. .
ealep la tint, Whli. nj lt no 01S.V
oa Orus Ou,ll iarist Hew t wUOtta
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iTOUNG MEN!
lb "Ni t mnlwine ehlrk will rare Mtl aad everr
M, Hp t.utt kwia a M ever (alM la aura, no
auilav Ho mrfott er of ko tang eun-lln. HaaiiH
fraa Ma aaa win aataab. yuu. It la elanmlaly aaf,
aravvnta WrV-Mre. and aaa ha eka wlihMt loeoava.
ateaae and il.wnu.ni tnm tmatewaa t'ku tl Qa r
aua kv all reliable drugeuu, or aprabaidbj aasraaa
petal rawed, oar-.li!,! tinea, hi
ranni ijHwimi, ma, taaaat a. tu.
aa rati mat.
CURE YOURSELF I
Ilea Rig J for anaral
dlaQhareaa.laflaainiatloae,
Irrlteiluua ur ulmretloii
af aiaaeaa aamlirtnM.
I rnlOli lkalul Palolaaa. ani auU ul.l..
InndtUtONtsnMiOo, Snl er auleoaou.
JUSSTSSITI,.!! r IrrVOTleta,
,H.tl. i i r mm IB Btal wrttpur.
Iroalar eaut oa reiiueat.
K, P. K, V.
Na. S-1SOO.
VVB" wrltlne to
advrtlar plea
1 1 anentlua thl
paper.
wb. brplnf Numbaaaa. Uroncbltl.
t' " which w reo.
I th nam and the dnaa. nioiarn.
.ni .i.i. o.i:-..-.- . . " . . r"
One day lady called lo aaa uia
le uia and bryuKht
Ola lutLtla. II ova
aiinb ...
. .1 ln?"r!"1 ,""S ' " tbe br.l doae. Y be
ilL ultli.'M tak (ilaani.ro In roouun&aud
- Baitaeadaa.rf.-r-l'tS'I'V.
i nina
nderln
-. . . u. , hv,, , inow.
r ri JOOMIO whojia (-
1 I I gf W cheap XeltTrHi'o
-I I 1 i Bl km our advice and
1 L J i 1 1 1 naat on of oar aaaeV
I bwMvill araM aet-lae..m
JK0 Alavava she
Jfir Ka and than m.mw ---J-SSa-
ft that only coat half aa mueb.
II Tee ted, true to name, freeb and I 1
II reliable. A I way the beet. Aek II
1 Vfor Kerry uke no otber. I
V V Writ fee In Seed Aaaaal, jf I
m. rsaav a vjF i
ML CURE FOR PILES
rro 111 Mii Pile prooQfe MeMem nad mn ilJtiMia
TM. fuKa, uell ft Blind, Hlellh or t'lxtru4ln
Si" TH"" 1 ?! fo"l0 na
Stnpa Ifaihlag aad tl...llne. Al--rT Imaora awl
ilrgi.w ur aval br oi.il. truii. f,M. ,it
ate let fiier eeee. 1H. Boa A S a.O.Toil.4a, a,
Rgii
ef for Wc
M Md TsMSUffWHiSSaU Sai liH.
T
I 4
f af Veerea 'mil" W
k m mm m Rnma
oo the 11th of 1et month and au aiait u ..Ai-. i. .
TimWitVlnSLmJ!f'' t'f" llnnbrtn;S0,"l,i,S
UMUJ?&1 wA'fc KM "!m'"dlata relief aa above aiaieif
aJ a if A"J'1.71t.7Ll.,!?,l:",0f ',,t r-ntjr 4U imjvo
oh araw
arvnitno, nu- tj,, uriwliir. Ob u. lhia. lit. i
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