" MY CI SELF kmr ' I
Mr. Gate Writ to Mr, rinhhnm,
Follow Her Advtc and to Mad Well.
" Diab Mrs. PrxKHAM : For nearly
two and one-half year I have been In
feeble health. After my lutle child came
it seemed I could not
iret bit strength
A
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attain. I have
chills and the
I severest pains in
my limbs and top
of head and am
Ir vir. a at .
V 'wi I Y ble times- 1
i r breast bone, it is
lr so severe at times
1 that I cannot lie on
1 my right aide. Please
I write me what you
I think of my case."
I NBS.(XaJUGATE8,
Johns P.O., Miss.,
April 25. 1898.
v
" Drab Mm. Pinkham:
I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound as advised and now
send you a letter for publication. For
several years I was in such wretched
health that life was almost a burden.
I could hnrdly walk across the floor,
was so feeble. Several of our best
physicians attended me, but failed to
help. I concluded to write to you for
advice. In a few days I received such
a kind, motherly letter. Hollowed your
instructions and am my 'old self
again. Was greatly benefited before I
had used one bottle. May God bless
you for what you are doing for suffer
ing women." Mrs. Clara. Uatbs,
Johns P. 0., Miss., Oct 0, 1899.
THREE DAILY TRAINS BETWEEN
OGDEN AND DENVER.
The increase in transcontinental
travel by wav of Salt Lake City in con-
MKinence of the sceuio and other attrac
tions of the route, has recently justified
the Uio Grande Western Railway in
connection with the Demer & Rio
Granite and Colorado Midland Full tmds
snys the Salt Lake Tribune, in estab-
'lishiiM triple daily last passenger
erviee lwtween Ojiden and Denver.
All of these trains are eqnipied with
the late -t appliances, improvements and
cars. This road now operates through
fleepcrs between Chicago, Ogden, and
San Francisco, also a perfect dining car
service. Send 2o postage for literature,
rates or other information to J. D.
Mansfield, 253 Washington street. Tort
land; or Geo. W. Ileintz, general ias
senger agent. Salt Lake City,
Three thousand stonemasons, brick'
layers and stonecutters in Westchester
county, N. Y., struck for an eight-hour
day and 44 cents an hour.
The warring labor tactions of Louis
ville, Ey., have at last buried the
hatchet and amalgamated under the
banner of the Central Labor Union.
Trouble has been continuous for two
rears.
' 8HAKI INTO TOl'R SHOES
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet
It rure luimfttl. swollen, smartine, nerv
ous feet, and instantly takes the sting out
of nim and bunions. It s the irreatest
comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-
Kae makes tight or new shoes feel easy.
It is a certain cure for Iiiktowiiist Nails,
sweating, callous and liot. tired, aching
feet V Imve over 30.(100 testimonials.
Try it fcxfay. Sold by all druggists and
eli stores. ry mail lor ix. in stamps.
Trial liar kagre FKER. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, l.e Koy, N. .
Kerbs, Wertbeim & Schififer, New
York cisrar manufacturers, applied to
the sjpreme court for an injunction re
straining striking anion employes from
picketing their factory and threatening
non-union workmen.
Stato or Ohio, Crrv or Toledo, I
I.Uf'.S tTOITNTV. (
Fsank J. CUKNKV makes oath ttatt he Is th
senior parterof tbe arm of F. J.Cbekkt A Co.,
doing buiii-M to the Citv of Toledo, County
aud Ktat aforesaid, and that said firm will par
the sum ol OSK HUSDREU DOLLARS lor mi s
and every cue of Catarrh that cannot be eared
bjr tbe use of Hall's Catarrh cjuks.
' FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
Bresenee, this tb day of December, A. D. lot.
-- A. W. GLEASON,
f " i Kotaiy Public
Hail's Catarrb Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mocons euriace oi
Lbs system. Bend for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O,
Bold by druggists, 7oc.
bail's Family Fill ara the best
Tennessee has become the leading
phosphate producer of America. There
re 248 valuable mines in the state
snd over 21,000 men are employed in
the business. New mines are being
opened daily.
Sentaor Beveridge is an enthusiast
on tbe subject of tbe practical benefits
of college fraternities. lie is himself
a D. K. E. man, and was steward at
its chanter house, while a student of
De Panw University.
Not a nnion bricklayer in North
America is now working more than
nine hours a day, and in 130 cities the
eiieht-hour day prevails among the
members of that craft.
COOK BOOK FREE.
A nostal addressed to P. O. Box 41. Portland.
Orraun. will bring you bandsouie Ko-Nut
Cut Book. Ko-N'ut is tbe latest lard substi
tute; snd purer, cheaper end more economical
For Safe by all Grocers.
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vvk- iUu 's, uni wind, w m. opM toot Watch,
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Itkr yr ; mmt t plfttei much chain and charm. Hand a
our uim utd full .vJdrtM no nom. W wfll wad
eiiui, watch, chain and charm. If, afMr ManlnatioD. jrot
a1. Mtuaa, pay your agent w.mi ana axpfWM cuarg,
1 itMMKoodisniany whr m to (J. H. at the torn. Tb
wiutiirfi HilUr in an irooriM tiataM v 1ad cijran now ofTflr4.
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ALASKA. BOUNDARY.
tiit4 atataa kbI British Surveyors
Establish thai tin Named la the
Modus Vivendi.
The American members of the inter
national commission appointed to sur
vey and mark out the Alaska boundary
line at Lynn canal, untier tue mouut
Vivendi, arrived in Seattle from Wash
ington, and wil proceed to Victoria,
where they will meet the two British
members of the commission, me
American menmbers are C. H. Tilnian,
assistant superintendent of the United
States coast and iteologicai sutvey, auu
his assistant, O. B. French. They are
gathering statistics and information
here concerning the matter they have
in hand. Mr. Tiilman said it wouia
requite probably two months to com
plete the survey. The line will be
marked with the usual monninents,
stakes, eto. On Chilkoot and White
passes, monuments of a permanent char
acter will be set up, so tnat tnere may
be no possible dispute at these points
as to the exact location of the line.
'We are simply to ascertain the lo
cation and mark out for the guidance
of all persons the line established by
the modus Vivendi between r.ugmnu
and the Cnited States." said Mr. Til-
man. "This line was agreed to in Oc
tober, 1899, after several months of ne
gotialion. It is by no means a per
manent or established boundary line
bevond the terms and life of the modus
Vivendi. Our work will be necessarily
technical and not diplomatic, although
we are oneralinfr under the direotion,
in this instance of the department oi
state, at Washington. The distance to
be snrveved is about 25 miles."
Mr. Tilman expects to begin acuve
work in the field about June 15. lie
and Mr. French will meet the Cana'
dian commissioners at Victoria. They
are W. F. Kin and J. L. McArthur.
A nai tv of about 12 men will be taken
a one to assist in tbe Held wore, ine
expenses of the survey are to be shared
equally by the two countries.
Northwest Note.
State Senator Charles W. Fnlton, of
Astoria. Or., has aocepted the invita
tion extended to him to deliver the
Fourth of July oration in Pendleton.
The warehouses at The Dalles, have
already received about 1,500,000
mnnHi nf vnnl. and It IS TJOunng in
rapidly from all points of the compass.
The good road from Snmpter to Gran
ite will be constructed under the direc
tion of E. J. Godfrey. It will cost
f 5.000 or $6,000 and will be a credit
to that section.
The $1,000 bond issued by the Ham
ilton school district, Grant County,
Or., commanded premium of ?12
The bond bears 6 per cent interest and
is payable in 20 years.
William E. McClure, formerly of
Eugene, and a University of Oregon
alumnus, will be graduated this year
from the department of law, Columbia
university, Washington, D. C
What are the Oregon boys coming to?
asks the Albany Democrat. John G.
Hammond, a Europe young man, is do
ing the villain in a "Sapho" company
doing the New tngland states.
J. T. Rorick last week cut a field of
rye on tne oia rrans layior piace
aoross the river from The Dalles, Or.,
that averaged in height six feet and
eight inches. Mr. Rorick says it beat
any rye crop he ever saw.
A new tube boiler has been sent down
to Seaside, Or., to replace the large one
now being nsed by the saw mill there.
A 7,000 gallon water tank is being
erected bv the company near the box
factory, and will afford ample proteo
tion in case of fire.
Day Bros, hare commenced work on
their saw mill at Cascade Locks, and,
when completed, it will saw 60,000
feet a day. They will get their logs on
tbe other side of tbe rivei, one log
ging camp being near Stevenson, and
another will be put in at Wind river.
The prospect of a large crop of mel
ons in Yakima county, Wash., is not
as bright as might be desired. The
seeds having rotted, necessitates re
planting, and tbe cool spell baa not
helped to develop a healthy growth; it
is predicted the corp will be snort and
prices high.
The experiments that have been car
ried on by the O. R. & N. with brome
crass and on the arid lands in the vi
cinity of Telosaste, sontn oi union, Or.
have shown that the new grass will
grow luxuriantly on the dry and al
most barren hills. A considerable
quantity of seed will be sown this year.
The steamer Signal was chartered by
the Pioneer Western Timber Company
for Cape Nome, and the vessel left
South Bend for that point. J. D, Dyer
is manager of the enterprise. It is
proposed to start a lumber' yard at
Nome and supply it from South Bend
or Knappton. A part of tbe cargo con'
sisted of 400,000 feet of lumber for
buildings and sluce boxes. . ..
Fire broke out in tbe dry kiln of tbe
Addison mill plant at Tacoma last
week. The firemen confined the fire
to tbe building in which it originated.
bnt as that building contained the ma
chinerv. tbe mill will have to shut
down for lepairs. The loss is $15,000,
while tbe insurance is bnt f 4,500, leav-
inn a net loss of $10,600. Tbe com
pany will rebuild at once.
II. J. Snively, J. H. Visslers and J.
M. Baxter, have leased 1,200 acres of
land on Topnenlsh creek, eight miles
from Toppenish station, in Yakima
county, Wash., and have seeded 400
acres to wheat, 90 to millet, 10 to field
peas, 800 to barley and 850 to oats. It
fa thftir intention later on to envaue in
A.I.S A .fcr.trrauna onl n.nut nf
I uji"s -
the land will be devoted to timothy.
Tbev have contracts with the Indian
owners of tne laud lor a iu years'
lease, and believe the contracts are
binding.
Jack Salisbury and A. B. Chapman
brought into Pendleton recently, 1,600
wethers which were sold to Howard,
a buyer from St. Paul. The sheep were
;
hipped via the W. v. K. and rtortn
era Pacific roads, and will be taken to
the Montana ranees for the summer
and then shipped on Kant in the fall
Mr. Salisbury stated that tbey received
for tbe lot $2.65 apiece, which is re
garded as a very good figure.
Queen Wilbelmina, of Holland, has
a mlnatnre farm, the products of which
go to Mi&f in reliwiiMr tbe truer.
TRADE IS QUIETER.
(notations Ht Weakened la lvral
nra.litnmt'i aava: Trade is. if anv- I
;hing, quieter and prices are lower than
i week ago, while efforts toward a re
adjustment of productive capacity to
present conditions, are noted in several
tines of industry, notably iron and steel
ind lumber. Unsettled conditions in
the cotton trade, and a large failure,
due mainly to overstapling the bull side
f the staple, has tended to weaken
quotations in several lines of speculative
business. Backward crop reports and
the backward demand for cotton goods
are of course partly responsible for the
iharp break, but statistically tbe staple
remains very strong.
Advices from the dry foods trade ara
3f backward demand at retail, affecting
arders in many lines, but cotton goods
production is still heavy.
The boot and shoe market is auu
with manufacturers firm but with job
bers asking for lower prices.
Lumber is on the whole weaker,
partly owing to the unsettled conditions
in the building trade and partly to the
feeling that prices have been pushed
too high, and this feeling is likewise
true of a number of other lines.
Almost alone among iron and steel
products, structural material is firm
and much is hoped for in the direction
of new business. The weakness in cast
Iron pipe is inducing some curtailment
of production, notably at the soutn
Wheat, including flour, shipments for
the week agitregate 3,693,968 buebels,
against 5,173,422 bushels last week.
Business failures for tbe week num
ber 16? in the United States, compared
with 155 last week.
In the Dominion of Canada business
failures for the week number 18, as
compared with 24 last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, $9.
Lettuce, hothouse, 40 45c doa.
Potatoes, $16(917; $17(318.
Beets, per sack, 60 60c.
Turnips, per sack, 4060o.
Carrots, per sack, $ I.
Parsnips, per sack, 60 75c.
Cauliflower, California 86 90o.
Strawberries $2.25per case.
Celery 1060o per doi.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.0001.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $2.00(32.75; $3.0003.50.
Prunes, 60o per box.
Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 1722o; ranch, 1617o pound,
Eggs 18o.
Cheese 14 15c
Poultry 14o; dressed, 14 16c;
soring. 15.
Hay Puget Sound tlmotny, au.uu
12.00; choice Eastern. Washington
timothv. $1 8.00(8 19.00
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked,
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, fs.so;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; bnckwheat flour, $6.00; era
ham. oer barrel. 13.00; wboie wneat
flour. $3.00; rye flour, $3. 80 4. 00,
Millstnffs Bran, per ton, $18.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, I19.U0 per ton
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton. $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beet
steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton bo
pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8;t3
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 13 i
breakfast bacon, 12,c; dry salt sides.
8c.
Fortlana Murk.
Wheat Walla Walla. 6162o;
Valley, 62c; Bluestem, 64o per bnsheL
Flour Best grades, f 3.00; graham
12.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white. 86c; choice
B-rar. 930 per ouanei.
Barley feed barley, l4(9i.ou
brewinir, $16.00316.60 per ton.
Millstnffs Bran. 113 per ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $16; chop, $14 pet
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9 11 ; clover, $7 (8
T.60; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, HU3Dc
seconds, 46c; dairy, 25 80c
store, 22 25o.
Eexa 12c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c
Younz America, 14c; new cheese 10i
ter Dound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ii.uuo
4.60 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs
$3.60(33.50; geese, $6.60(3 8.00 tor old
$4.506.60; docks, $0.007.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o pet
ponnd.
FoUtoee 4065o per sack; tweets,
23ic per pouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 76c:
per sack; sariic, 70 per pound ; car
base, lo per pound; parsnips, 70
onions, 8c per pound; carrots, ouo.
Hops 28o per pound
Wool Valley, 1213o per ponnd
Eastern Oregon, 10 16c; mohair, 373
80c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, ifie; dressed mutton, 7
7s per ponnd; lambs, 5o.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00
liuht and feeders, $4.60; dressed,
$5.006.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.50
cows, i3.ou34.uu; aresseu oeei, t;f(9
7o per pound.
Veal Large, 6X7)ic; small,
8io per pound.
Tallow 564c; Sib. and grease,
8 s 4o per pound.
sa J'raaeise Mrht
Wool Spring Nevada, 1416opet
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 16c; al
ley, 20 22c; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 18V9 crop, ll13o per
ponnd.
Butter tancy creamery I7174c;
do seconds, 1616c; fancy dairy,
16c; do seconds, 1416o per pound.
Eggs Store, 15c; fancy ranch,
17c. ,
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.60 13.60.
Hav Wheat f 6.50 & 9.60: wheat and
oat $6.009.00; best barley $5,009
7.00: alfalfa. $5.006.60 per ton;
straw, 2540o per bale,
Potatoes Early Rose, 6066o; Ore
gon Burbanks, 70c $1.00; river Bur-
banks, 40 75c; Salinas Burbanks,
80c 1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, alencia,
$2.768.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
6.00; California lemons 76cg$1.60;
do choice $1.76(32.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50O
3.60 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 66io pel
pound.
THE OTHER FELLOW.
is
NOW HOLDING
YOU WANT.
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Dot. Shaw's Advica to the Collea Orad-
atei If Ton Want the Poaittoa. Yon
Must Do the Work Better than the
Uneducated Man Ahead of You.
"When you go out from school," said
Gov. Leslie M. Shaw, or Iowa, in a re
cent address to the students of North
western University at Kvanston, III.,
you will find the other fellow, as Sum
lonet says. He has not been to college,
but he la occupying the place which
you want, aud he Is four years alien of
you. He will stay there, too, unless the
training you get In college better pre
pares you for his place."
This is a plain statement of an indis
putable fact, and one which college stu
dents should commit to memory. A
mere college tralnlug will uot enable
ny one of them to got "the other fel
low's" Job unless the tralnlug the grad
uate baa secured la of the practical
kind, which makes him better fitted for
the place than the man without a col
lege education, who holds it. He will
not be able to secure the place on his
diploma, on his standing In his class, on
his fraternity nfllllatlons, on his good
looks, bis good clothes, or even his good
recommendations, and If by chance he
shall obtain a position on the strength
of these he will not be able to bold It If
be does not possess lu an equal degree
the merit which enabled the other fel
low to make his way without any of
these advantages.
Everything else being equal, the
foung man who Is fortunate cuough to
enter upon a career lu these days with
college education has an advantage
over the other fellow, but he cannot
afford to rest or play upon that advant
age for a moment. If be depended
upon It to carry him through, the other
fellow will pass him In the race. "If
person can do one thing and do It well
be will be worth something" said Gov,
Shaw. "It makes no difference what
you do, as long as you do it bettor than
It has ever been done before. There Is
so visible opening In any line you might
select. On the other band, there Is a
splendid opening If you can try a case
better than any other attorney. There
ire many attorneys, but not so many
awyers; many pedagogues, but few
teachers; many medical men, but few
Sectors. One-fourth of the lawyers In
Chicago can try a case no better now
than when they began,, and all through
Wisconsin there are women who can
;ook no better than they could tbe day
they were married, and they are told so
three time a day. The world Is ready
to pay any price for excellence. The
llfflculty with the average man and
the rest of them Is that they do not pay
enough attention to detail. No matter
what profession you master, you must
also master detail."
All this Is true. It is so demonstra
My and palpably true that recognition
ef Its truth has revolutionized the sys
tem of higher education In this country
within tbe past twenty-five years. It
was In response to the demand that the
colleges should turn out graduates with
tome fixed purpose In mind, with some
special training, with something like
in equipment that would enable them
to compete with the other fellow, and,
1 possible, excel him, that Harvard,
fale, Princeton. Williams, Cornell, and
nr Western universities adopted wliol
ly or In part the principles which ob
tained exclusively In purely technologi
cal Institutions only a few years ago.
Tbe danger for a time was that tbe
reaction In favor of the practical
branches of education as against the
cultural might go too far, and It Is to
the credit of the faculties of the Massa
ehusetts Institute of Technology In
Boston and Armour Institute of Tech
nology In Chicago that the danger was
voided. As the purely cultural col
leges have exhibited a tendency to he
roine more practical, the purely tech
aicol Institutions have exhibited even
stronger tendency to become more
:ultural to that tbe latter are equip
ping their students to-day, not only for
&e Inevitable hand-to-band encounters
1th the other fellows, but for the
Higher places In life for which their
Mllege training qualifies them.
The college students of our times, It
cheerful to know, are having the doc
3-lnes enunciated by Gov. Shaw ground
.nto them on all sides. Tbey are made
io realize now that tbey cannot step
jut of a university Into a big legal or
medical practice, Into a dally newspa
per editorial chair, Into tbe presidency
at a bank, or to the Xorefront In any
walk of life, Just because they gradu
ate with honors. Tbey are being taught
now that, while education gives ttiem a
tremendous advantage, nothing short
of actual contact with the sharp cor
ners and actual experiences In the hurly-burly
of life will finally enable them
to compete with the other fellow. He
Is not only four years ahead of them
be may be twenty be often Is In prac
tical knowledge, and he will always re
main about that far In advance of the
man who thinks he has nothing more to
learn when be bids good-by to his alma
mater. Chicago Inter Ocean.
An Arizona Bill of Fare.
"I was at a restaurant out In Arizona
nce," said a salesman for a well-
known revolver corporation, "and was
looking over the bill of fare. It gave a
better description of some features of
tbe country than a whole volume. For
10 cents yon could get some delicious
lamb chops and fried potatoes. But
bread and butter were extra, while a
dish of milk toast was 19 cents. You
see that meant that they raise cuttle
out there for their meat and not for
dairy purposes. Milch cows are scarce
nd dear. But the Chinese broil beaf-
,eak by frying it ana then making the
marus or we grioaie witn a red not
poker."
The Mafla.
It Is In Sicily that both poverty and
crime have reached their most porten
tous development Here, again, we find
diverse strains of blood, lunguage and
tradition, and an unfortunate historic-
development We cannot Indeed, ex
plain the social facts of Sicily In our
time without reference to tbe past.
Centuries of turbulence and misgovern
mnt produced a condition of affairs la
which every man's band wits against
svery other man's, and In which, tits
idea of Just and Impartial law becoui
ten weak, the Inevitable alternative of
the ruda Justice of revenge becama
widespread. In our day, with the pos
sible exception of some of the outlying
districts of European Russia, Sicily Is
the poorest part of Europe. Tbe wages
earned In the sulphur mines and the
horrible condition of tbe proplt) em
ployed therein have been so complete
ly exposed that It Is not necessary to
dwell thereon. Suffice It to sny that
with the factors of wretched poverty
and a long historical training in crime,
superadded to a quick-blooded, violent
people, we may understand the growth
and power In Sicily of that murderous
society, the Mafia, which the Ita'.lan
government la now attacking lu ear
nest at Messina. The Mafia Is to all In
tents aud purposes a murderous orgau
lzutton, which sticks at nothing to se
cure Its etuis. Hut formally, and on
one side, It Is a klud of unit mil houcfit
society. Its member are bound to pro
tect and benefit one another und.'r giv
en conditions, or pay the dread penalty
for failure or neglect. Spectator.
Henry Fielding was once aske I by
Lord Denbigh why he wrote his uanie
Fielding" Instead of "Felldlng," a
his lordship's family use;!. "1 can not
tell, my loid." replied the novelist, "ex
cept It be that my branch of the fam
111 were tbe first that kuew how to
spell." ;
Sir Itobcrt IYel was once going
throuch a picture collection with a
frleud where there was a portrait of I
promlneut Englishman who was fa
uious for saying sharp things. "How
wonderfully like!" said the frleud;
"you can see the quiver on bis Dps."
Yes," replied Sir Kobert "and the ar
rows coming out of It."
They are telling a story In Chicago
about an advance agent for the Thoiuai
Orchestra who recently went to New
Orleans to book dates for concerts. He
was told that It would be well for him
first to talk the matter over with a
wealthy woman who la a lender In the
musical circles of the city. So he called
at her residence, aud a ring brought
out an old negro, who took the caller's
card, on which printed the legem,
"Representing the Thomas Orchestra."
Presently a young woman rauie to the
door holding the card In her hand. She
did not seem to understand the object
of the call. Tbe agent attempt, d to
explain, but was cut abort by the
young woman, who said: "I don't think
we want any music to-day."
The president of a manufacturing
firm In Chicago has two letters from a
man In Michigan. Tbe first set fottb
that tbe writer bad settled upon a piece
of land that bad "rite smart pin tlm
bur on It;" that bis neighbors, with the
exception of "sum frencb Cau ticks at
the nort end of tbe lak," bad also "r:te
smart" of timber, and would ball the
advent of a "sonnll" with delight
"How mutch woud a smol sormll coatt
N. It. If a Frenchman name Ike Lamor
to rites you to ask about this bese no
gud and a ded beat of the first water."
Tbe firm wrote back to Inform their
correspondent that a sawmill such as
he seemed to want would cot about
three buudred dollars. A catalogue was
Inclosed, which would give blm an Idea
of the' plant and tbe firm hoped to be
favored with his order. Tbe firm had
no Idea that Its letter would give seri
ous offense. There was no doubt bow-
ever, that the Michigan man was quit
annoyed. He wrote: "You must take
me for a fool. If 1 had three bun
dred dollars what in wud I want a
sormll for?"
Many years ago, when President
Kruger was In England, he was ap
proached concerning some concession,
railway or otherwise, by a business
man In London. The negotiations last
ed for some time. One evening the
tjondoner, wbo waff staying at the
same hotel, having spent many hours
w!tb-Mr. Tiruger and his companion,
went to bed much exhausted, and feel-
lnz he badsflot gat quite all he wanted.
Next mornlngAe at nine o'clock,
and went ffrqtiK intr corridor w air,
Krugers uediounr. io nis aston su
ment It was empty, and all the luggagt
was gone. "Ob, sir," said tbe cham
bermald, "Mr. Kruger and his friend
left at six this morning." Then, with
a giggle oi amtiseo reminiscence, tne
girl added: "Tbey was a queer couple,
sir, and no mistake. When 'a passed
your door, sir, Mr. Kruger, started
dancln' tight outside your door, sir, 'a
aud bis friend. They didn't know as
any one saw them, sir, but Bessie and
I see them, unbeknown, from tbe top of
the stairs. Then they went downstairs.
sir. fairly split tin' their sides with
laughin', though tbey didn't say
word."
During an advance in Manila recent
ly, says the Chicago Tribune, one com
pany bad to He down at the side of tbe
road for shelter from the well-directed
volleys of the Insurgents. One of the
privates had dropped his haversack In
the middle of the road away bnck, and,
after the company had laid down, he
calmly stood up and walked down the
road toward the lost haversack. He
made a flue target for the Insurgents,
and tbe bullets rattled around blm
pretty lively. "Here, come back here,
O'Malley," yelled the lieutenant of the
company; "you'll be killed, "Well,
replied O'Malley over bis shoulder, "I
might Jest as well be killed as have
Gen. Otl a-runnln' me up hill and
down dale and comln' over to me house
lvery mornln' and a-sayln', 'O'Malley,
why don't you pay the government for
that haveysack?' " Then be calmly
walked on and got the lost piece of
property, and as he came back and sat
down Just In time to escape a volley of
Mausers, he threw the haversack on
the ground and said; "And when be
does come to-morrow morula' to mo
bouse I'll say, 'Otis, me little man,
vou're dead wrong. I never lost no
haveysack. There's your bloody old
potato bog. Take It to the Government
with me compliments.' ".
It iHD't no much what a man thlnlu
M what be duet that count.
Howard for Antlr Relies
Notice has been received at the
(Swedish and Norwegian consulate iu
Mew York that l lis king of Sweden and
Norway has doodled to reward peisont
who have found objects belonging to
the Andrea polar expedition, and that
a fund has been set aside for rewards
for persons who may hereafter find ob
jects rom the expedition. It Is sup
posed that the hope of reward is meant
to be an incentive to whalers and other
mariners who go far north to search for
traces of the explorer and penetrate
places out of the beaten path for that
purpose,
Ktersrlelty In Capsules.
This new compound, which Is mad from
cheap chemicals. Is put up In ctipsnle lorm
sua w iien niitletl to a ceriniii qtmimty oi
wsrer will furnish electricity eumtifh to
liitht a hue. drive mi automobile or even
a rnllrond tmln. Hut this is nothing com
pared to the strrniri henlng power eon
tuined lu a bottle of Hosteller's htomncu
Hitters. It cures IndiKestloii, dyspepsia,
liiliousiiess. liver ami kidney trouhles and
tills tn system with the vigor of health.
Its Blilt Aspet't.
The Liverpool Post, calling atten
tion to the report ot Dr. Wig'eHWorth
on the Kaluhill asylum, suys: "The
evil of drunkenness litis many sad as
pect. But perhaps the saddest of all
is the fact that as drunkenness increas
es so does liiHtntty. Last year 180 pit-
tients wore admitted to the asylum as
a result ot drunken excess. Of these
7 were women. During the year U8
recovered and were discharged. At the
end of December over 130 remained, ot
whom less than 50 are regitrdud as cur
able. This refers to one year only and
to oue asylum."
Daelston of Character.
Without decision ot character no
man or woman ever amounts to much.
Chioso Dally 'News. j
Unit operator shall at no time with
hold more than two weeks waes from
minora is a recent inundate expressed
by the Iowa state sonute.
For the recognition of the union
and the nine-hour work day," is the
cause ot a recent strike ot 230 brass
workers in Chicago.
Better Blood
Better Health
If you don't feel well today you run he
made to feel better by making your blood
better. Hood s HarsspnrllU is the great
pure blood maker. That is how It cures
that tired feeling, pimples, sores, salt
rheum, scrofula and catarrh, (let a bottle
of this great nieillelue and begin taking it
at one and sea how quickly it will bring
your blood up to the (iood Health point.
Hood's
-.-.-.jr
iarsapariiia
Is America's Greatest Mood Medicine,
FORTUNES TO BE MADE IN OIL
If You Are Awake to Your Own
U for Full Information and Prospectus.
California Is lrtlnil to I the riest nil field of the world. Already vssl rlehvs htv ba
imauril llirr in petroleum, and srrai lornnips
wi own niiarter sm'uoii ih isiki, in arret,
inn. i ne n i mere aim an we nav in no i
for levelo),mi'iit toirpows tre will sell li.utl
tl who buy tins nu-
n win we it im-reaa in
liivenilsalloit invited.
I. Our ,niperiy ha been
valuable by M. M. Olden, Field r 1'rinlureii,' oil Kiebanse, turn Kranelseo, Cat , ami by t .
W. Ko, tor fifteen wars expert ' be Mainlard Oil t iimiMiiiy. Onr derdi and allia'ts ar
now dapueltwl Hi the Merchants' Matluna: Malik, 1'ortlainl, Or. Our officers sre without salaries.
ORIENTAL, OIL, &
612 Chamber of Oommero, Portland, Qregon.
H. C. KCKENBKMGKK, Pres. R. L Dl'Itlt t V. VlcPrs. it, C. STRATTOH, Secy.
HOtntl or Il niCCmnsi-fTo any f flail of whom w refer yon. ti. Prank Watson.
Prealiteiil Merchants' National Hans. I'orilaui., Or. i K.I. I'lirliam, Vlre-Fresideut Merrbants'
National bank. I'urllaiiit Or. H. i:. Mreeden.of ll.(". Dresden A Co., Portland, Or.; H. C. Kcsen
tieriier, Com. Aseut Michigan t'eulral Hallway; t'bulrs V. Cooper, Contracting freight Agvut,
Union PaelBS Hallway.
Writ ns today. Von will be tlad yon
It to ruiirsfll to Investigate thlsowxtrlNully tot
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
Machinery a ml Supplies.
CAWMTUN C.i K.NUINKH, HOII.K1UH. St A
ebmerr, supplies. t6olrslMt., Poctiaiid.o,.
JOHN POOLE. rnm.AUD, Omtuon,
cau Kir you tli beat bargain In general
machinery, encine. boilers, tank", uumus.
plows, belts and windmills. The new
steel I XL windmill, sold by him, is uu
equallmL THE PROSPEROUS FARMER
Always hat a McCORMICK.
Call on the Agent, or address A. H. Boy-
an, General Agent, 321 Ha wt home Ave
Portland, Or., for Catalogue.
HARD WORKING WOMEN
Can find qnlfk and pemisnent ndlef
for serious Slid ItreU.lb destroying
troubles lu
Moore's Revealed Remedy
Thousands bar used It and .hnusands
now praise It. It enres 'rmnently. fl
per bottle at your di ugglst's.
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
Biilldinl or remodeling residences nd
stores. We carry a eomiinle line ot sianieis,
Urates Slid Tl litis, 'I lie Flooring, Tile Wain
seiitlinr. Andirons, Penders, Hernens, Kleotrle,
(Oi. and ('"iiililliiill'ia Cbsmlelleis, and all sii-
plies pertaliiliiv to Kiretrio ami (,as i.ikmiiiik.
Wealsoesrry sll kinds ol batteries Hells and
Indlealors. I'boiogrspln elieerfully sent on
)illvatlon. KHANK HOM OMH t .
H.llllli.n n, H,,,anH, '
Drill
V.fri I Drtl!tn WsWhlnsM
of all kind miti iMti.
for drilling !) for doum,
Wells!
'no, ana viiiatw vvaiar
worm, raotoriitt, iu I'ln-nu.
HrtwrlM, Irrigation, Ooaland
31innil pronjmqiitig, Oil and
with
Profit
y Mir axjtariitnra. WUITJI
U WHAT IUU w
f UU WANT.
L00MIS & NYMAN.
TimN. OHIO.
Can't Afford to. Miss It.
You ain't iffiird to tiKglwrt tlm NVw rohimhlan
Hfp srrat. It ha clalrim on vry tiooftrholtl, for
It do thin it no oilier arti liaa avur aocom-
plUltfd. Alt inn hHt bo mioitu room tnnlwul of
itpthftumrniipy, hut no Nino at ail, nr ma tinw
v-tfin of ilrHiiiriitrt inn k I'll iwrrwa uomlMittlon and
a vU ar wlille flame. Hav you half your tit el bills.
For iiarilciilarH, alagranm and frill ditaurlptlon, ap
ply toT K JOM HAKKK1T Oil,, il Flrsjt
trtt. t'ortlaiUi. 'ifoo.
vVr,r.:vAaH: pension
ir SICKFURU. Atsshlngten, 0. C., lliey will re-
I eelr quick regies. B. Mb N. H. Vols. Btsfl
mn Vury. rrvseoutiof sislui slues i7.
The debilitating drains and
discharges which weaken so
many women are caused by Ca
tarrh of the distinctly feminine
organs. The sufferer may call
her trouble Leuchorrhoea, or
WoakneM.or Female Disease or
aome othor name, but the real
trouble is catarrh of the female
organs and nothing' else.
Pe-ru-na radically and perma
nently cures this and ail othet
forms of Catarrh. It Is a positive
specific for female troubles
caused by catarrh of the delicate
lining of the organs peculiar to
women. It always cures if used
persistently. It is prompt and
certain.
All the freight conductors and brake
men on the Montaua Central railroad,
Montana, went out as a protest against
a new time schedule.
I'Iko's Cur Is the best medicine we evet
turd for s II affections of the throat and
limits. Ws. O. Esusbsr, Vaiiburen, Ind.,
Feb. 10, IIW0.
One hundred aud twenty-five boiler
men iu the 8tundarl Oil Company's
works, Bayonne, N. J., struck tor au
lucre of wages.
Mothers will 11 ml Mrs. W'lnslow's Booth,
lug Hvrup the best remedy to us for thrt
Children during Ih teething prlod.
Cutters in seven granite quarries in
Maine have etiuck on being refused a
new scale ot hours and wages.
Section men on the Tiflln division ot
i tne Hig roar at iinin, u., strnoa tor
u.,nAlkyi whlun the cominy n-
fused. .
s . ; : a
Chances Read This and Then Write
arr snr to lie mail in that seelluu this year.
in me nrari oi in lamous aero louiuy uu v is
ui nriu n aim iau u.
sliarvs ol Treasury Sloes at II fwnhare.
Pen.
value nut ami iney will mass tummy iui. r
mi lest
examined aud retMMtnt on as unquestionably
FUEL, COMPANY
did so. If you bars say moans at til yon owe
Inveaimenl.
Make the BEST PUMPS for IRRIGATION and
RECLAMATION. MINE DRAINAGE. Capa
cities from one gallon to 100,000 gallons per minute.
They also WD .fill TVO STAMP MILLS,
build the llUuIl Anient Uravel Mills, anil tha
Celebrated Ihaks Amalgamator.
Npecial Machinery tor CAPK NOME. Hend for Catalogue.
rnnr.u hit. rn '-. i Ban
MlVUtl BAA U VV, liraneh. 13 S Mala Bs., Prauelsno
A TOP BUGGY
FOR $50.00...
Would be too cheap to be food,
but we have Top Bugg-iea for
tor $65 Cash tnat we guaran
tee for one year from date of
purchase. They have good
strong: wheels, guaranteed hick
ory spokes, tires 5-16 thick,
round edge and projecting
over the felloe, to protect same.
We have others at $70, $75,
$30, $85 and up.
Road Wagons at $40 and up.
Mitchell Farm Spring Wagons
and Harness.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
1 FIRST AUD TAYLOR STREETS,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Buy KliabU goods ot a reliabls concern
Is good oolicy.
CURE YOURSELF 1
trBM I lle.BlfSirjirunn.J.irsI
lei ...a. atsnuarsas.laflaDinistlous,
OaarMtM 11 Irrtutiwas or uli-'aratlutis
a a ehiMH. ef rnnsevs maaibrsuas.
I Sr,a.u OmiuIm,. FstnleM. and nut astrlu.
ItHI (aui Ohimiimi flo. poisonous.
OIBOIT1,0.ng isrsisraUts,
u. s, A. J- J rr ,n eiaia wrapper,
" I7erw. prapam, luff
("J fl.OI), or S bottle. Sl.TS.
uirouiar seal oa rauusst.
On.GU!lirSPILLS
ONIFOSJADOSI. Car Slek Dsattach and Drs-
pspals, liemove Clmuiea.l'urKr the liiood, Aid Ills
lloo.l'niTent lilll.m.Tum. Iioiiot Urlpxir HlrSen. To.
cenTlnceyoa llnisllmpierrirulllias.tn. OS).
BOSANKOCO..rMiaalalila,ra, SohlbyUrusf lit.
K. P. M. V.
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