Eczema
Bow It nd!en U skirt, Itcbes, oom,
iSrlet and stale I
fom pwplecall it tettr, mlik crust or
kit rilrum,
Th Ruflprint from It li sometlRrPS fa
tenw; local applications ar resorted to
tti'y mitigate, but cannot cur.
It proceeds from humor Inherited or ac
quired and persist until thesa bare been
removed.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
positively removes tbem, baa radically
and permanently cured the worst caws, and
It without an equal for all cutaneoui
eruptions.
Iloou'i Fill are laabMteaiWtie. Prices cant
. Uki Thsm AIU
"This year will be the greatest in
onr history."
"How do yon know?"
"Well, why shouldn't it be? Every
other year has been." Indianapolis
Newt.
Mothers will find Sirs. Wlruiow's Sooth
tnp Syrup the best remedy to use tor their
children during ih teething period.
Fearful Theajht
A shadow crossed the young man's
face. "Can it be that we will make a
mistake in marrying?" he queried,
anxiously. , ...
"How yon frighten me!" ecxlaimed
the maid. "Let's have another wed
ding rehearse! right away." Philadel
phia Kecord.
PITS "arnaiteatlr Coraa. Ke t er iiiiwnw
lilt )WBrM.4a7'artr.KllM'iGntln
Hmtonr. SrorPKBKt. trial twttlruMltnafr
aw. Pa.K.aau.LaL.iaailaurhilWM.fai
Explained.
"It seems to me," said the young
housewife, "there's entirely too much
water in the milk you serve."
"It won't occur again, ma'am," said
the foxy milkman. "You see, the
farmers' man has been giving the cows
too much salt and it made 'em very
thirsty. The farmer's got a new man
now." Baltimore News.
Shake I at Yar Sk
Allan's Foot-Kaae, a powder. It earn pninrol.swoe.
amanlng, nervous frrt, and Instantly takes
(netting out of corns and bunions. At all Drng-
IwiBMin, Accept o Hnbstitute. Trial Pack
aft J
t re.
Address, Aliens. Olmated.LeKoy.'N'. V.
Stum Laeadry ia Siberia.
An American company recently
shipped a complete steam laundry out
fit to Vladivostok, Siberia. ' It is the
first of its kind in that part of the
world, and will be capable of handling
4,000 pieces of linen a day, with its
washers, its centrifugal wringers and
its large mangel.
Why suffer yourself, or let others suf
fer pain when relief may be had at once
by using Hamlin's Wizard Oil.
New Remedy.
German physicians are applying a
new remedy lecithine to the cure of
diseases which require treatment of the
nerves and nutrition. Lecithine and
its compounds are said to have a tend
ency to increase weight and growth.
The grocer who wants to sell you a
Baking Powder of a certain brand be
cause it is cheap, generally has very
little to say of its quality. . Poor,
cheap, alum Baking Powders are worse
than none at ail are positively mjuri
oca to health. By a chemical analysis,
Monopole Baking Powder tests higher
in quality and purity than ' any other
sold in this country. Try it and if you
don't think so your grocer will refund
your money. If your grocer doesn't
handle Monopole groceries, send his
name to Wadhams & Kerr Bros., Port
land. . .
Easy Problem in High SchoeL
To see objects at a distance of 100
miles the observer must be standing at
height of 6,667 feet above the level
of the sea. The rale is that the dis
tance in miles at which an obbject on
the earth's surface may be seen is equal
to the square root of one and a half
times the height of the observer in feet
above the sea level, allowance - being
made for the effect of atmospheric re
fraction. A Sly Dot.
Mrs. Woodby (mournfully) Ah, yes,
the fire was most disastrous. All our
family heirlooms were utterly destroyed
an irreparable loss, in fact.
Mrs. Peppery The ideal And didn't
you have them insurtsti At all? Phila
delphia Press.
No Money in Bicycles.
Of all the bicycle factories in Ger
many only six paid dividends last year.
Fifteen large factories are on the point
of going out of business.
Catarrh has become such a common
disease that a person entirely free from
this disgusting complaint is seldom met
with. It is customary to speak of Catarrh
aa nothing more serious than a bad cold.
simple inflammation of the nose ana
throat It is, in fact, a complicated and
very dangerous disease ; if sot at first, it
Very soon becomes so.
The blood is quickly contaminated by
the foul secretions, and the poison through
the general circulation is carried to all
parts of the system.
Salves, washes and snravs are unsatis
factory and disappointing, because they do
aot reach the seat of the trouble. S. S. S.
does. It cleanses the blood of the poison
and eliminates from the system all catar
rhal secretions, and thus cures thoroughly
and permanently the worst cases.
Mr. T. A. Williams, a leadinr drr-e-ood. mer.
chant of Spartanburg-, 8. C, writes : a For yean
I had a severe ess of
Basal Catarrh, with all
the disss reeable sf sets
which
bci
belong to
and w
dlssai
hich
make life painful and
ss.
nondurable. I need
medicines prescribed by
leading physicians ani
sad
autjrested by numbers
ef friends, hut without
getting say better. I
fhea began te take S. 8.
B. It had the dssired
effect, a ad cared nts
after taklnr elahteea
bottles. Ia fay opinion 8. 8. 8. Is the car? audi
eiae new ia asa that will effect a perms neat cur
vi vaiarrn."
is the only purely veg
etable blood purifier
known, and the great
I est of all blood medi
cines and tonics,
If yon have Catarrh don't wait until it
Weenies deep-seated and chronic, but be
gin at once tne use of 5. S. 8.. and send
sot wui mvum. vu sunn sou osia viaaascs I
and write our physicians about yeur case, J
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tea eniri arcbinw bu., sikssia, bus.
science
I an" "-v ,js
yiventiori
Three electrical furnaces of 500 horse
power each hare been erected at Ca
monlca. In the north of Italy, where
the manufacture of ptg Iron by the
Stasaano patent will be engaged In,
The Chluese court may appoint six
foreigners, expert specialists, as au
thorities on International law and
finance, and on military, naval, parlia
mentary, domestic and governmental
affairs.
South Australia possesses one of
those rarely occurring sink-holes, the
bottom of which Ilea below the level
of the sea. An expedition, led by Pro
fessor J. W. Gregory, has started out
to Investigate this Australian depres
sion, which Is known as the Lake Ejrrs
T" I S . ' i - M .V 1 t
oaaio. uoe oujet'i ui iu explorers ia
to obtain light on the unexplained na
tive traditions concerning giant ani
mals said formerly to have Inhabited
the basin.
Not long ago the perfectly preserved
body of a man was discovered in a
sealed-up cave In the French Pyrenees,
where stone waa being quarried. Be
side him were some Implements of
stone and a drinking cup made of bark.
There were also the remains of a fire,
and some bones of animals, which fell
Into dust soon after belmr exDosed to
the air. The body was wrapped In what
la probably the skin of a cave bear. The
man must have been large and athletic.
The Cunard Company has ordered
two new ships Intended to excel any
hitherto planned In their ocean-going
speed. Twenty-five knots, or 28.8 miles,
per hour will be the contract speed, to
develop which engines of 47,000 horse
power will be required. The turbine
principle may be employed Instead of
engines of the usual form, and this la
expected to afford a very desirable ab
sence of the vibration which ia so dis
agreeable to many passengers In the
awlft ships hitherto built
Several methods of aDDlvinsr electrici
ty to hasten the growth and develoo
nient of vegetation have been tested la
Germany. One plan Is simply to elec
trify the air about the growing plants
by passing a current through a system
or Darned wires from the points of
which the electricity is discharged. An
other way Is to submit the seeds to an
electric current before they are planted
or sowed. Both of these methods are
aaid to hare given favorable results,
but the best plan yet tried is that of
passing a feeble current of electricity
through the soiL A market irardener
near Patereon, S. J., Is said to have
trebled the productiveness of his beds
of carrots, beets and other vegetables
by sending through them a current de
rived rrom the power cable of a trolley
line. A Hungarian chemist has discovered
thst some of the salt lakes In Transyl
vania present the peculiarity of a laver
of warm or even hot, salt water, be
tween two bodies of colder water. Thus
in the Medoc Lake the surface temner-
ature In summer Is about 70 degrees,
but at a depth of a little more than four
reet the temperature becomes 132 de
grees, but declines again to 66 de&rees
at the bottom. The surface water is
fresh, but the warm water beneath Is
Intensely saline, and the explanation of
the difference of temperature is that,
since the specific heat of salt water Is
less than that of fresh water, the salt
wster Is more easily heated by the sun,
and having risen to a higher temDera-
rure than that of the overlying fresh
water, retains its heat because the
fresh water prevents Its escape by
radiation. It Is suggested that some
use might be found for these natural
reservoirs, or a'curnulators, of solar
beat
DAMAGES WERE RECOVERED.
Em ploy ment Bureau Haa to Make Good
Loan by Theft of Domestic.
One morning a few weeks ago a
dentist with a large and lucrative prac-
Ice in Paris, awoke to make the very
disagreeable discovery that a maid
whom he and his wife had engaged
some days before had flitted, carrying
away with her all the money and jew
elry on which she could lay her bands,
together with gold which be used for
professional purposes, and last, not
least a goodly collection of sets of
false teeth belonging to or destined
for different patients. One of these,
indeed, is said to have been the prop
erty of a former minister of world
wide reputation, w hile it is even assert
ed with bated breath that a certain
tooth, which had also been annexed by
the girl, who Is evidently no respecter
of persons, had garnished the mouth
of a policeman who Is In such an ex
alted position that he acknowledges no
superior.
Be that as it may, the robbery was
extremely annoying, since, besides the
loss of the valuables, the worthy dent
ist was placed on the horns of a di
lemma with regard to some of his
most eminent patrons. The maid had
been secured by him and his wife at
a registry office, by which she bad
been warmly recommended as a young
woman of the utmost honesty, who
had recently come up from the coun
try, and was therefore without guile.
So her employers Imagined that they
had lighted upon a veritable treasure,
and great waa their disappointment
and Indignation when they realized
the extent of the dlaster which had be
fallen them.
Their wrath Increased when the den
tist betook himself to the prefecture
of police to report the theft and to
stimulate the energy of the authorities.
He was shown the photograph of the
girl, who had been "wanted" for some
time, and with good reason, for, as
one official put It "yours is the eighth
place which she has cleaned out in
this way, and we have been looking
for her for months."
"But" objected the dentist, "at the
registry office, where I picked her up,
I was told that she had Just arrived
from the country with the best of
characters."
"WeU. that is a good joke." replied
the functionary. "Why, we had sent a
photograph to that very house with a
note to the effect that we were In
search of her, as she had committed
seven robberies. They packed the
young woman off to you instead of to
ua, although we, too, aad a plat for
her which, when she la caught she
will keep for some time.'
On the strength of this disclosure the
dentist took legal action agnltiKt this'
particular servants' registry orttce,
claiming damages to the auiouut of
400. The case has come before the
civil court of the Seine, with the re
sult that 200 has been accorded to
the plaintiff, the judgment setting
forth that as these ottlees eujoy a
regular monopoly It Is their bomnlcn
duty to be careful and not to welcome
all the adventurers who may apply to
them. Meanwhile, says the Umdon
Telegraph's Paris letter, the thief has
successfully defied all the exertions
which have been made to find her.
WIVES AND BEATINGS.
Wo as eat Discus the Amount of Abase
Their 8x Should Endure.
"How much beating should a wife
bear before she made up her mind to
leave her husbandr was one of the
main subjects discussed to-day at the
women's conference of the In-IUs-Nanie
Society in All Souls' Church, at
Madison avenue and CCth street. lu
the opinion of Mrs. Louise Seymour
Houghton, editor of a religious news
paper, the wife should submit rather
than leave her husband to be at the
mercy of bad influences.
Mrs. nougton said that although
there were time In the present state
of society when a divorce seemed neces
sary, a higher and more ideal state
would make such a thing impossible.
She called attention to the stormy do
mestic life of the prophet Hoses, In
order to show to what extent one part
ner should bear with the Indiscretions
and the sins of the other.
The sentiments produced a sensation.
and there was a murmur of dissent
One of those present asked if the
woman Injured by an intoxicated hus
band should remain with him. Mrs.
Houghton said that she had known
many noble wives and mothers whose
husbands had beaten tbem every Satur
day night The speaker said that It
would be better for the family If the
Injured wife had the grace and the
strength of mind, and, above all. the
love for her husband, to hold to her
family relations.
Mrs. Elisabeth B. Grannls suggested
that such treatment of a wife on the
part of a husband was degrading to the
marriage relation, Mrs. Houghton an
swered that one soul could not degrade
another without that soul's consent
She said that she had known In the
lower walks of life of husbands who
had beaten and ill-treated their wives.
and that after all, they had come
around all right; whereas. If the wives
bad left their lords and masters, the
men might have gone Irretrievably to
the bad.
"What I wish to ask." said Mrs. Ar
thur Smith, "is, how long should a wife
submit to beating before she leaves her
husband?"
"Mrs. Houghton, If I understand her
correctly," replied Mrs. Grannls, "said
there was no limit Now, there was
John Wesley, whose wife dragged him
around the house by the hair of his
head. It seems to me that It would have
been more dignified had he resented It"
New Xork Correspondence Baltimore
Sun.
Fatal Mistake.
A new member of Congress was very
anxious to get upon the good side of Su
perintendent Smith of the botanic gar
dens, so that some flowers and potted
plants might be sent to his home. As
every one knows. Smith is a fine old
Scotchman, who worships the memory
of "Bobbie" Burns, and has probably
the finest and most complete collection
of editions of Burns' works in the
world.
When, therefore, the new member
went to Smith be resolved to say some
thing which would please the lover of
Burns. When be entered Smith's li
brary be looked with interest upon the
books.
"I always did love Jimmie Burns'
poems," remarked the new member. "1
never saw such a fine collection of his
works. I think Jimmie Burns was -)
of the greatest men who ever lived."
At this point Mr. Smith could contain
himself no further. " 'Jimmie' Burns; '
he exclaimed, angrily. "Tommy Wash
ington! Sammy Bonaparte; Get out!"
And then the new member realized
that he had made a mistake. Washing
ton Post
At an Abnormal Angle.
Any one who rests his head on a pil
low and bolster while he is sleeping is
slowly but surely committing suicide,
says a French physician. The only nat
ural position for a man while sleeping
Is the horizontal one, and the first thing
to do in order to accustom one's self to
It is to remove the bolster. Within a
few months one will be able to sleep
much more calmly than ever before,
and, moreover, the general health will
be much improved. This statement Is
not made lightly, but Is the result of
long experience. The next step Is to re
move the pillow, for not until then will
the circulation of the blood be as free
as it should be. The pillow and bolster
keep the head and neck at an abnormal
angle, and consequently the sleeper's
entire body remains during the night
in an uncomfortable position, and one
which Impedes the free course of the
blood through the vessels and organs.
A Trust There, Too.
"But," we say to the Intrepid polar
explorer, "do you not fear that you will
become depressed for lack of home ties
and home customs while in the frozen
northr
"Oh, I don't know," be carelessly re
sponds. "Why, it is very homelike up
there. Fresh meat Is quoted at 15 a
pound." Baltimore American.
In the Campaign.
"I believe," said the candidate, "that
the State wants me."
"Perhaps," replied his friend. "But
the voters may refuse to honor a
requisition." Atlanta Constitution.
"When I die," said a man the other
day, "I don't want any one sent for. I
don't want a crowd around to see me
die, and I want to be buried as quietly
and quickly as possible."
When you abuse any one, and your
listener says nothing when you get
through, how flat you feeL
If yon work for a woman, you have
to earn every cent coming to you.
NATIVE OF MARTINIQUE.
Eaaprca Josephine, Wife ef Napoleon,
Bora There.
Of especial historic Interest Is the Ill
's ted Island of Martinique, whose
blackened, lifeless ruins tell the story
of a fiery visitation exceeding that of
Pompeii, It was on this tsl of tropical
luxuriance thst the Empress Joseph
ine, first wife of N'apoleou Uonaparie,
was born in 1753.
Her father came from an estate near
Blois, France, emigrating to Martalqus
and locating In the little hamlet of
Trots Ileta, to serve a naval ottlcet
under the Marquis de Beauharnals,
then in command of the Island, ilet
mother, Rose Claire des Verges de San
nols. belonged to a family which bad
likewise settled In the colonies.
A long, low building, set In the midst
Of S Dleturennnn and richly Wild
growth of wood and tangled shrubbery.
.was the bom In which wss born the
child, Marie Josephine Rose Tsscher de
la Pagerle, destined to one day grace
the court of an Emperor.
Her days of childhood were spent tn
this smiling atmosphere and It was
here that the warm, free, generous
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BIBTBPLA.CX Or JOSKPH1XB.
characteristics that made her the re
cipient of a nation's homage and love
were Imbued Into her nature. She had
servanta to attend her every wish from
the time she was sble to lisp a com
mand. Her life was free from care;
there was nothing but laughter and
gaiety for the youthful Josephine. She
was really a queen before she could
talk, aa empress In face before she
ever saw the shores of France.
But as she advanced In years ber
life became more ruffled with the
cares and disappointments of the
world. When but 16 years of age she
was married to the Viscount de Beau
harnals in France. The marriage prov
ed an unhappy one and the couple
were subsequently divorced.
In l?9d she became the wife of Na
poleon Bonaparte and until be separat
ed himself from her to marry Maria
Louisa tn ISoO. she followed him In his
checkered career with unfaltering love
and devotion. Hy her Invariable good
ness she won the hearts of the people
and even the admiration and esteem
of her opponents. When Napoleuu di
vorced her, the crowned heads of Eu
rope offered her protection and estates,
but she remained at her former court
of Malmatson until death claimed her
In-1814. Her remains now rest in a
marble tomb within the church at
ItuelL
WINDS LIKE A WATCH.
In Santa Anna, Cat., Is a man who
has built for bis own use an automobile
that Is certainly a curiosity. It Is built
on the Waterbury watch Idea. Its pro
pelling power comes from a huge
spring. There are three other smaller
springs from which power Is also ob
tained It uses oo fuel, and all that Is
necessary to get It ready for the start
Is to work a lever which winds up the
spring.
The Santa Anna man has made nu
merous excursions on country roads
with his curious little machine, aud
has never bad a breadkdown. The en
tire machine weight but 410 pounds,
and It has attained a speed'of fifteen
miles an hour on a level road. It Is
not good at hill climbing. ,
The machine will run under ordinary
circumstances about ten miles on one
winding. The Inventor does not claim
that he has made any great discovery,
and does not propose to build machines
for the market. He built this one for
his own use and amusement
Are You There?
If a story told In M. A. P. be true
in all particulars there exists a man
who has cause to regard the telephone
with an unfriendly eye. It Is related
that one evening when Prince of Wales,
the King was at a public dinner at
which be was to speak. During the
meal he told an equerry to send to
Marlborough House for a book, to
which he wished to refer for a fact
The equerry gave the necessary In
structions, and the hotel manager rang
the royal residence up on the telephone.
After he had made himself understood
there was a pause of many minutes.
He rang again, then again, until at
last, losing all patience, he literally
shouted: "Are-you there? What In
the world do you mean by keeping JIls
Koyal Highness waiting? Can you
find the book or not?" To his angry
expostulations came the quiet answer,
"We are very sorry to keep you wait
ing; we are doing our best to find the
book, which shall be sent on at once.
Please tell my father this because he is
so particular." Tableau!
Hazarding Guess.
"They are all talking in Boston about
the greatest beauty at their horse
show."
"Some out-of-town girl, of course. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Book' Agent (at door) Are you the
boss of this house? Henry Peck No;
I'm the boss' understudy.
Talk to a hundred different men, on
any subject, and you will get a hun
dred different opinions.
MEDICAL EXAMINER
Of the United States Treas
ury Recommends
Pe-ru-na.
Dr. Llewellyn Jordan.
Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, medical ex
aminer (or the U. S. treasury depart
ment, graduate of Columbia college,
and who served three years at West
Point, has the following to say of Pa
rana: "Allow ma to express my gratitude
to you tor the benefit derived from
your wonderful remedy. One short
month has brought forth a vast change
and I now consider myself a well man
after months of suffering. Fellow
sufferers, Pcruns will curs you."
Peruna immediately invigorates the
nerve centers which give vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh die.
appears. Then catarrh is permanently
cured.
. A free book written by Dr. Hartman
on the subject of catarrh In Its differ
ent phases and stages, will be sent
free to any address by Tho I 'e runs
Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Catarrh is a systematic disease cura
ble only by a systematic treatment. A
remedy that cures catarrh must aim
directly at the depressed nerve centers.
This is what Peruna does.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to Dr. Hsrtman, giving a
full statement of your csxe snd he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, president of
the liarmtan Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.
She'll Slnj rUrtsfUr.
A charming young lady, who glories
in the possession of a wealth of bright
auburn-colored hair, is the teacher of
a Sunday school class. On a recent
abbath the rector made the announce
ment of a hymn to be sung, and, rising,
waved his hands, and the organ pealed
forth.
"Now," said he, "ready sing."
A small and precocious youth in the
young woman's class said:
"Why don't you sing, Miss Frisbee?"
"Me? Oh, I never sing," replied
the teacher, smiling her prettiest.
"But," exclaimed the boy, "the
minister says you must. Didn't he
just say, 'Now, Keddy, sing?"'
Smelling salts and numerous other
restoratives had to be need to bring the
teacher out of her faint.
Compnutloa.
Ilighblower My first daughter mar
ried a poet, my second sn artist, and
my third a railroad magnate.
Dimpleton And which couple is the
most fortunate?
"Oh, the first two of them. They
are supported by the husband of the
third." Life.
Surprli.
"Were you surprised when I pro
posed?" he asked.
"Well," she replied,, thoughtfully,
"I wis not so surprised that you pro
posed as I was that you did not propose
on some previous occasions." Chicago
Post.
The freedom Stemtd Queer.
"Of course you were given the free
dom of the city?"
"Yes," answered the distinguished
visitor, "but I had to keep so close to
a regular schedule, under the strict sur
veillance of so many committees, that
it was hard to realize how free I was."
Washintgon Star.
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fltwut la Dag Cellsrs.
Dog collars are mads of all sorts ot
seini-prectoul stones in effective do
aligns. One fanhionabls style Is of
many rows of coral beads ,wlth a large
clssp of brilliants. A fantastic collar ia
of imitation pcarls.wlth a large vampire
lkks buckle in front, the wings Wing
of odd blus enamel and the eyes of
bitting rod stones.
Pundenald si aa Inventor.
The Karl of Dumlonald, who Is com
tng to Canada in command ot the Do
minion troops, ,won distinction aa a
soldier in South Africa and has given
his country sums valuable military in
ventlous, notably the Dundonald gun
carriage, lis married Miss Winnlfred
llraketh. a Welah lintrvaa wlin own a
Gwyrch castle, s beautiful place near
. i i -
Auergeiv.
A Medeit Request.
An omnivorous reader down in Ken
tucky wrote to Senator DUe for a copy
ot every document issued sines the
government was established.
"I am sorry," answered Debotf, "but
all tha freight cars hereabouts are
busy," Washington Post.
Net te b Drewned,
Oyer Queer thing shout tha Niagara
Falls, isn't it?
Myer What's there queer' about It?
Oyer There Isn't enough water
goes over it to drown the uoiso. Chi
cago News.
A Wssderlnf River, . V
During the taut century ths Chinese
Yellow river changed its cmirro S3
times. . Its present mouth Is 600 miles
away from its mouth of 1S00.
la Memory sf Dr. Johnson,
Dr. Johnson's long association with
the Ittrand, London, is to be commem
orated by placing a beautiful stained
glass window in St. Clement Dane's
chapel.
. THE TWINE 8ITUATION.
Market flee Been Advancing snd Price Are
Firm.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
sales of twins may be gained from the
fact that during the first nine months
ot the current n al year, the value of
fiber imports into tho United States
was nearly 123,000,000.00.
Every man in tho Northwest who
has to do with the harvesting of crops
is interested in this matter. Many
have pursued the old time policy of
"waiting" for a break in the prices he
fore they buy their twine, but, for
many reasons, this year prospects are
that prices will remain practically un
changed, and certainly not lowered,
as as the fiber for this harvest's twine
has been already purchased. Some of
the largest hm;sa have sold all the
twine they will be able to produce for
the coming harvest, and are therefore
out of the market. In a few instances
it is known in the trade that travel
ing salesmen and manufacturers have
cut wholesale prices in order to induce
dealers to enlarge their orders for im
plements, etc. Hut this has not been so
largely done as in , former years, and
probably will not affect general prices
at all. Prices have rarely been so firm
aa at present; that is to say, there has
seldom been so little shading of the
established prices. In past seasons at
this period, manufnetureresand jobbers
complained frequently of cutting by
competitors. Just now no complaints
of this kind are heard.
To sum up the situation there is not
in the fiber prices any warrant for re
ducing the quotations on twine, and it
probably is the best advice that can be
given to dealers generally to sugjest
that they do not hesitate in buying all
the twine they need at the present
market price.
We note that the sales ot Standard
Twine are not nearly so heavy this year
as they formerly were. This is only a
repetition of all past experience, that
when an an article is gotten up to de
ceive or in imitation of a better one, it
is only a question ot time when it is
found out and is forced down to its in
trinsic value.
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"I have used Aytr's Hslr Vigor
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SI.M I Write. All draft.
If r(ir drurfl.l rannnt etttinlr jrou,
Sand tie ena dollar and will iinaai
a bottla. Ha aura ami (W th nam
tjruiftptMilltf. Addraa,
JCAVtR IX)., Lowell, M ess.
How It Wei Done.
"I'll match you." said tho sporty
girl, "to tell whether I'll accept you or
not."
"Alas,:' repllod tho foxy suitor,
"you are more than a match for ms."
Thus, by his compliment, h won
her. Chicago Post.
Might Itevs Bees Wens. .
Casey to Csssidy, who has just lost
his arm in an accident) Ob, my! Oh,
my! but Ol'nl sorry fur ye, man.
Cassidy Tut, tut! Shuie, Ol'm in
luck. That was the aim Oi was vac
cinated on, an' 'twae Jist begiDnln to
hurt mo." rhilsdelphls Press.
tit Wei Next te the Ceme.
"Put not votir trust In riches." said
the clerical looking man in tho rusty
coat.
"I don't." renlled ths humorous-
looking individual, "I put my riches
in trusts." Exchange.
Table Talk.
Mrs. Kidder So this Is, really, arti
ficial honey. Where does it tome from?
Mr. Kidder I understand it is
gathered from artificial tloaers by arti
ficial liees.
Mis. Kidder The l.ie.t! Philadel
phia Press.
Oaiie Chat Urdo Data.
"In these sandy wste," observed
the traveler, "the csmtl is indeed In
valuable." "Oh, yes," replied tho Arab, non
chalantly. "I have heard it referred
to as the automobile of the desert."
(iotden Penny.
Sefe lee.
Scared Amateur It the Ice safe,
my dear child?
Dear Child Oh, yes, de Ice la safe
all right, but I don't know wedder
you'll be or not. New York Journal.
Accounted far.
"I don't talk very well, but I think
ot lots of bright things sometimes.
"That shows you have a good mem
ory anyhow." Indianapolis News.
BISHOP SCOTT ACADEMY
for tlanil, Oregon. Futiuilad tM
ft Homi School for Boyi
Military and Manual Tralohg.
Writs tor llluttrated Caulottia.
ARTHUR C. NEW ILL, Principal
Summer Resolutions
TAKE
TUK
tfoeioy Curo
Burs relief from liquor, opium and tobacco
hablta. tand lor particular, to
faalau liietif nta Mood to 4SO Vfllllaina
Mercy instiiuis a.... i.i.and.
sr. p. n. v
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HEM writing to adrartlaara plaaaa
aantloa tola paper.
LAMBERSON, PORTLAND, OR.
" LINE" BUCQiSS.
f.
filUfifth BUGGIES.
fllva bottar aatl.fartlnn than anything on
th market at anyihlnir Ilk tlia price, bt
cau.a thvy ari mad of good nmturlal, to
atand 'OroKmi riiada " 1 roll uoriirr on
tHMlIra, brut uii ahalla, hcavjr anon.
growth whwla, cr.wl rim., If you want
to foal ure Hint jrmi are Kttl'iK your mini
y'a worth, a.k for a ' Him lin or a
'Mitchell'' (Haiiney) Buggy. W guar
antee thoiu.
MHohmll, Lmwlm Slmrm Do.
Seattle, npokane, Bolae. Portland, Or.
WE HAVE THE LEADERS
Milwaukee Mowers
and Victor Rakes
Ws want to Hand you s Catalogu FREE.
Juit drop ui s line. ,
J. A. FREEMAN, Oenl. A it.
290 East Water St.,
, PORTLAND, OREfJON.
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