9
That
Tired Feeling
la a Common Spring Trouble.
It’s a sign that the blood is deficient
In vitality, just as pimples and other
eruptions are signs that the blood
ia impure.
It’s a warning, too, which only the
hazardous fail to heed.
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and Pills
Remove it, give new life, new cour»
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*
They cleanse the blood and clear the
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Accept no substitute.
“I felt tired all the time and could not
sleep. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla
a while I could sleep well and the tired
feeling had gone. Thli great medicine has
also cured me of scrofula.” Mas. C. M.
R oot , Gilead, Conn.
Hood’« Sarsaparilla promises t*
cure and keeps the promise.
Honoring
Dead
White
Elephants.
Curious ceremonies are witnessed in
Slam when one of the sacred white
elephants dies. It Is given a funeral
grander than that accorded to princes
of royal blood. Buddhist priests offici
ate, and thousands of devout Siamese
men and women follow the deceased
animal to the grave. Jewels and of
ferings representing some thousands
of pounds are burled with the ele
phant
Reflections on the Milkman.
Wayne MaeVeagh, the lawyer and
diplomat, has on the outskirts of Phil
adelphia an iffiiiiirable stock farm. One
day last summer some poor children
were permitted to go over his farm and
when their Inspection was done to each
of them was given a glass of milk.
The milk was excellent. It came, In
fact, from a $2,000 cow. “Well, boys,
how do you like It?” the farmer said
when they had all drained their glasses.
“Gee! Fine,” sal«) one little fellow.
Then, after a pause, he added: "I
wlsht our milkman kep’ a cow.”
EASY TO APPEAR PRESENTABLE.
Persona Who Mee* Ua Ca.ui.llx Can
Judge of Ua Only by Onr Appearance.
In these days of inexpensive cloth
ing, no one can afford to leave bls
room until he Is In a condition to bo
preeentable anywhere. Neither can be
afford to bother about thinking of hla
clothing after he la once dressed, but
he should so clothe himself that he
will be utterly unconscious of any In
feriority. A sense of being fittingly
and appropriately dressed Increases
one’s efficiency and self-respect, and to
adds materially to achievement If you
are Improperly dressed or badly
"groomed,” you w... feel a certain tim
idity in meeting people, a loss of pow
er. This results in uneasiness, worry,
chagrin, and a real lose of energy and
self-confidence.
We are our own best advertise
ments, and, if we appear to disadvan
tage in any particular, our standard,
In the estimate of others, is cut down.
The great majority of people who come
In contact with us do not see us at Dur
homes; they may never see our stocks
and bonds, or lands and houses; they
know nothing of us, unless It be by
reputation, but what they see of our
personality, and they judge us accord
ingly. They take it for granted that
our general appearance Is a sample of
what we are and what we can do, and,
if we are slovenly in dress, and In per
sonal habits, they naturally think that
our work and our lives will correspond.
They are right It does not matter
where the slackness or shiftlessness
manifests Itself, or what Its nature
may be. It will reappear In your work,
in your manner, and In your person.
Many people form a careless habit of
neglecting some part of their toilet
as when they black only the front part
of their shoes and leave the heels un
touched. The same Incompleteness,
the same lack of finish will appear in
every letter they write and in every
piece of work they attempt to do. It
will prove a detriment to character
growth. The consciousness of Incom
pleteness, or “slipshodness,” tends to
destroy self-respect, to lessen energy,
and to detract from one’s general abili
ty.—Success.
EXERT8 AN AWFUL POWER.
Men are still tree to be the slaves ot Exploding Dynamite Ia the Moat Tre
mendous Force in Exletence.
passion, than which servitude there is
When dynamite explodes it leaves
not a worse.
little to mark the spot where It has
Deaf nets Cannot Be Cured
lain save evidences of Its destructive
bv local applications as they cannot reach the ness. Two interesting exhibits of its
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way io cure dea.ness, and that is bv constitu force are shown in the Stevens Insti
tionalremedies. Deafness is caused by an in tute of Technology nt Hoboken, N. J.
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed They are steel blocks, six Inches in
i ou have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear- diameter and four Inches thick, show
ng, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be ing respectively the impression of an
taken out and this tube re toted to its normal oak leaf and the Imprint of the head
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, line of a western newspaper. It was
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of during a test of high explosives that a
themucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any cartridge of dynamite was placed on
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
newspaper covering the block of
not be cured by IIall’s Catarrh Cure. Bend for a
circulars, free.
steel, the object being to see how much
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
dynamite would be required to spilt
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
the metal.
The dynamite was fired without In
Self-Convicted.
At a meeting of lawyers In South jury to the steel, but to the surprise of
Carolina some months ago there arose the experimenter the print of the
a discussion as to who was the best newspaper was deeply pressed Into the
metal. The experiment was repeated,
lawyer In the State.
“You want to know who Is the best with the same result, and then was
lawyer In South Carolina ” asked one elaborated by trying the charge on an
oak leaf placed between the block and
of the practitioners.
the dynamite. This time the stem and
"Yea. Who Is?” was the response.
"I am, ,”
’ replied the attorney, with the ribs of the leaf were deeply Im
pressed In the metal.
becoming modesty.
“What happens Is this,” said the ex
“You are?" echoed one of the com
pert In charge. "Unlike most other ex
pany. "Let’s hear you prove It.”
“Why," retorted the claimant to su plosives, dynamite exerts practically
perior excellence in his profession, “I all Its crushing force downward and
not In a general direction. So Incon
don't have to prove It I admit it”
ceivably quick and forceful Is the dis
Army Drums Hauled by Doga.
A curious feature connected with the charge of this powder that the imprint
Servian army Is the manner In which of the ribs of an oak leaf are made be
most of the regiments carry the big fore the leaf has time to ba blown to
drum. It Is not, as In most countries, atoms. In the case of the newspaper
■lung in front of the man who plays it appears that where printer's Ink
it, but la placed upon a small two touches the paper the paper la harden
wheeled cart drawn by a single dog, ed and more capable of resistance than
which has been so trained that It keeps In other places, and so It Is that before
its place even through the longest and the paper is destroyed the printing
most tedious of marches. The drum It Is forced deep into the metal.”
mer takes up a position behind the cart
BITS OF KOREAN WI8DOM.
■nd performs on the Instrument as the
animal pulls It along.
Proverbs that Show an Inalght
Their Character,
Ths first threshing machine was re
The Boston Transcript Is Indebted
cently set up in Damascus. It is a steam
a citizen of Korea for a number of
thresher from Indiana.
proverbs and sayings which afford an
Interesting Insight Into Korean modes
of thought, and In this way Illustrate
the Intellectual aptitude and power of
For Infants and Children.
observation of the people:
"A thing is good when It is new; a
man Is good when he Is old.”
“He who bath eaten salt drlnketh
water.”
"One can paint the fur of the tiger,
but not bls Joints.”
There Is little peace or comfort In Ilfs I "One knows the face of a man. but
If we are always anxious as to future not hla Interior.”
events.—Coleridge.
"If one la not observing, one sees
nothing."
A Iieeaon Out of School.
"Even the blind man can find hla
Plaln-uiaunered, common-sense rela
tives serve no more useful purpose way through an open door.”
"When the tiger la gone the fox la
than In keeping down vain pretensions
and silly tendencies In other members master.”
“As soon as the moon la full It be
of the family. The New York Frees
says that It had become fashionable In gins to grow smaller."
“The higher the mountain the deeper
a certain school to diversify names.
Mabel bad become Maybelle, May the valley."
"Does smoke come out of a tireless
Mayme, and soon Jessie caught the In
chimney ?”
fection.
“Even a hedgehog says hla young
She write a letter to her eldef broth-
er, Sam, and signed It "Jessica.” Sam ones are weak.”
“A single high wheat stalk Is not
detected the signs of the times, and
distinguished from the rest in the
this wss hla reply:
"Dear Sister Jessica: Your letter re field.”
ceived. Aunt Mnrlca and Uncle Geor
“A basket full of gold Is not so
gies started for Boatonlca yesterday. valuable for a son as Instruction In
Maiulca and paplea are well.
one of the classics. ”
"I bought a new horse yesterday.
"It la only the thirsty who dig a
She Is a beauty; her name Is Maudlea. well.”
Your affectionate brother. Satnlca.”
"When the ox has broken through
the stall repairs are first made.”
“A family who has no sickness for
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For our N.w GMolen. Urns Saw We Mt an ten years must bo rich.”
gina only one lor .«oh log On. man can
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Bov. MW We handle th. only Malleabl.
Grubbin« Machin.. Writ, u« your want, in
the machln.ry Un.
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Ì^URIFTERI
From Rad to Worse.
"Of course,” said the dear girl during
one of the Jolts that true love occa
sionally gets, "you will wsnt the ring
back.”
"No, you may as well keep it,” re
plied the masculine end of the tiff.
“No other girl of my acquaintance
could wear It except on her thumb.”
Truly lndi<n«nl.
"She was very Indignant when I
kissed her.”
"Is that sor
"Yea; It was half an hour before I
could get her to kite again and make
up.”—Cincinnati Times Star.
No man Is a hopeless fool who
keep bls ignorance concealed.
Lees of Kin and More of Kind.
A Scot who served an Englishman
as guide and friend on a fishing trip
had what the London Dally Mall calls
“the national weakness” for claiming
relationship with all the Influential
families in that part of Scotland.
One day the Englishman met him on
the road driving a pig, and saw a lit
tle fun.
“Well, Donald,” said he, “Is that one
of your grand relations?”
“Oh, no,” said Donald, quietly. “This
Is just an acquaintance—like yersel’.”
An English lawyer, who had been
cross-examining a witness tor some
time, and who had sorely taxed the pa
tience of the judge, jury, and every
one In the court, waa finally asked by
the court to conclude bls cross-exam
For forty vear’a Flso's Cure for Con ination. Before telling the witness to
sumption hasi cured coughs and colds. At Hand down, he accosted him with
druggists. Price 25 cents.
this parting sarcasm: “Ah, you’re a
clever fellow—a very clever fellow—
Aa Defined.
The witness
“Say, pa,” queried little Johnnie Bum- we can all see that.'
pernickle, “what’s a light-weight boxer?” leaned over from the box, and quietly
“A lightweight boxer, my son, is a 1 retorted: “I would return the compll-
ir-an w’ho is engaged in crating straw ment If I were not on oath.”
berries,” replied the old gentleman.
Browning had a maid In his service
quaint
Mother« will find Mrs. Winslow«’« Soothing who had a gift for saying
When the poet was going to
Syrup the beat remedy to use for their children 1 things.
during the teething period..
pay the last mark of respect to George
Henry Lewes, she said she “didn’t see
Four Kinde of Liars.
the good of catching cold at other peo
The late Sir Frederick Bramwell of ple’a funerals.” And once, when he
England was famous both as a witness mas away an a holiday and a journal
and arbitrator In engineering disputes. ist came to the door to Inquire If It
It Is recalled that his brother, the late was true that the poet was dead, she
I.ord Justice Bramwell, on giving ad Indignantly answered: “I have not
vice to a young barrister, told him to be heard so, and I am sure my master
careful of four kinds of witnesses: is not the kind of a man to do such
"First, of a liar; second, of the liar a thing without letting us know.”
who can only be adequately described
Whistler's amusing personal conceit
by the aid of a powerful adjective;
third, ot the expert witness, and, final was charmingly displayed on one oc
casion when A. G. Plowden, a London
ly of my brother Fred.”
police magistrate, attended a private
view at the Grosvenor Gallery. “Al
'A Permanently curea. wo fits or nervousneng
U after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve most the first friend I met,” he says,
torer. Send for Free IB 2 trial bottle and treatise. “was Whistler, and he very good-na
Dr. M. H. Kline, Ltd-.M.* Arch St. Philadelphia, ftu
turedly took me up to a full-length
portrait which he was exhibiting ot
Why He Wept.
The $50,000 school bouse had just lady Archibald Campbell. After I
gone up in smoke, and the taxpayers had done my best to express my hum
in the crowd looked at one another ble appreciation of a beautiful picture,
and groaned, for the building was In I asked him If there were any other
sufficiently insured. A small boy gaz pictures which he would advise me to
ing upon the smoldering ruin suddenly look at. ‘Other pictures,’ said Whistler,
In a tone of horror; ‘other pictures!
burst Into uproarious grief.
"Why, my little man,” exclaimed a There are no other pictures! You are
sympathetic bystander, "you must through!’ ”
The list of silent great men Is a long
have been very fond of your school!”
“'Tisn’t that,” howled the boy; “but one. Especially is thia true of noted
Wallenstein, Wellington,
I left a nickel In my desk, and I'll warriors.
never be able to find it in all that Von Moltke, Grant, Marlborough,
Charlemagne, Hannibal, Caesar, all
mess!”—Woman’s Home Companion.
gave their orders In as few words as
possible, and demanded like brevity
from their subordinates. It Is said that
Marlborough never allowed more than
a minute for a verbal report, and It Is
told of Von Moltke that when an aide-
de-camp brought a written message
that France had declared war, the
great general simply ordered It filed
in the "se«x>nd pigeon-hole on the
right, first tier.” In that pigeon hole
were complete plans for the successful
Genuine
campaign that followed.
Here is an anecdote which William
Dean Howells tells of bls first personal
recognition as a writer: “Years ago,
one evening after a day of lonely sight
seeing In Montreal, I returned to the
hotel where I was stopping, and con
sulted the register In the hope of find
ing the name of some acquaintance.
Must Bear Signature of
I was disappointed, and. turning awry,
I met two well-dressed young men,
who embraced the register eagerly,
and, presently, one of them said, to my
great surprise and Joy: ‘Hello, Tom!
See Fac-SImlle Wrapper Below.
Here's Howells.’ ‘Oh!’ I exclaimed,
turning toward them, ‘I was Just look
ing for some one I knew. I’m glad to
see you. I hope you're some fellows
who know me?’ ‘Only through your
contributions to the Saturday Press,’
they replied. It was the first personal
VPlTTLE
recognition of my work as an author
VER
that I had ever received from a stran
PI LLS.
ger, and the words were golden.”
E
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY.
Carter’s
Little Liver Pills.
CARTER'S
HI
g
THEATERS
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
OF
OLD
COUNTRY.
In Many Cities They Are Controlled
by the Government.
The recent theater horror In Chicago
has turned the attention of the country
toward theaters in general and numer
ous cities are hurrying to “get their
houses In order” that such a catastro
phe may not occur to them, says the
Municipal Journal and Engineer. It
would speak better for these cities if
they did not need such prompting. In
many cities on the continent the opera
tion of theaters Is not left to private
concerns, but the municipalities have
erected the playhouses or subsidized
them, and thia Idea is gradually
spreading.
In Vienna the court theaters were
erected by the state on state lands and
di ; all : r consist of two buildings for different
phases of the drama. The opera house
11» Gm.« TOWER3 for operas, ballets and concerts, cost In
the neighborhood of $2.518.975, while
the Burg Theater, for the drama itself,
cost $6S,530. These theaters are the
property of the Emperor's treasury
and are maintained by the lord cham
HAS DEEN ADVERTISED
AND 3OLD FOR A
berlain's department, and whenever
QUARTER OF A CENTURY
the revenue does not cover the ex
LIKE ALL
penses the Emperor's civil list makes
¿JS.WAWOf
up the difference The chamberlain's
department assumes no responsibility
CLOTHING. in extending the grant, which Is looked
It is made of the bet
after by the Hungarian government
natenals. in black or yellow,
Besides the state grants, the Royal
fully guaranteed Mid «old by
Opera House and other theaters In
reliable detier« everywhere
SIKS TO THE
Budapest receive different grants from
SIGN OF THE FISH. thdstate and other smaller grants from
the city. The provincial towns of Hun
gary assist theater managers by al
lowing free use of buildings and help
ing to defray cost of beating and light
ing.
Belgium grants subsidies to com
WONDERFUL
posers, whose works are produced tn
a Belgium theater, and. In addition,
HOME
subsidies are given to composers pro
TREATMENT
ducing their works In French, Flemish
Tht« wonderful Chi-
nrae doctor ia called
or Walloon. Moat of the cities sub
great because ha cures
people without opera
sidize or own several theaters, some
tion that are given tip
are given rent fret, and In moat of
lo die. Fla cures who
Iboae wonderful Chi-
them the scenery and furniture belong
neae herba, root«, hud«,
harks and vegetables
to the town.
that ara entirely un
known to medical aci-
At Sophia. Bulgaria, the city is to
rnce In tb:s cwuatry. ____
.w.,
I linmgli
erect a theater as soon as enough mon
thoaa harmlaM remi diea ih a famous doctor
knows the action of over MW different rem-
ey Is accumulated from the state lot
rd les, which he RiievessfUlly uses In different
tery.
dlsrnaes. He guarantees to cure cattarh. aath
ma. lung, throat, rheumatism, nervousness,
In France, the four national then
•totnn« h. liver, k «Inryi». etc. , h.v» hundreds «f
testimonials.
t barges moderate, l all and
ten occupy the buildings rent free, but
see him. Patterns out of the city write for
blanks and circulars, »«end st ant a, CONSUL-
they must pay the taxes, provide for
TA I ION FHKK ADDKKM
maintenance and allow larger repairs
The C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Co. to be made by the state without claim
for damages through interruption. An
283 Alder St.. PorUand, Orsgas.
annual subsidy la granted to each the
ater by the national parliament, ware
houses
are provided
for storing
P. N. U
ru. M-ieoe.
scenery. The three largest theaters
must submit to regulation of the
choice of pieces produced, prices of
Il KM writing to sd vertleerv pl
seats, number of performances, as well
torn I loo this paper.
as the number of new pieces per year.
BUY
POMMEL
SLICKER
Dr. C. Gee Wo
« the minimum number of artists cf each
class In the company, the auditing of
accounts by the Minister of Finance.
In the case of the company called the
Comedle Française, It managee Its In
terests under state supervision, but
I some great work must be put on every
month, or two smaller works newly
written or revised. Including some
pieces by living authors. All the other
theaters are free from state control.
although other towns grant subsidies.
A large number of musical aodetles
receive encouragement from the cities
by graute and medals for good work.
In Berlin the royal Prussian opera
house and playhouse receive together
the sum of $270,000 and the land on
which they stand belongs to the state.
Only one theater In Rome, Italy, be
longs to the city, but in Florence, the
municipal band receives $300 a year
and further small sums for the music
stand and maintenance. Milan owns
part of one of her theaters and sub
sidies are given others. Lisbon has
two theaters owned by the state, one
having been erected in 1793 by private
subscriptions.
There are three state theaters at St
Petersburg and three at Moscow main
tallied at the expense of the Emperor.
In the principal towns are theaters es
tablished by the state and In which are
produced dramas for the education of
the people. The prices are very low.
At St. Petersburg. Warsaw and Kleff
the temperance societies maintain
these popular theaters, but are granted
subsidies, the amounts In the first-
named city totaling over $1,500,000 dur
ing the last five years.
BOOKMARK WITH A STORY,
It Was Once Used by a Lobbyist and
Tells a Queer Story.
Bow to Heep.
ft is not uncommon to hear people
■ay Ml I was too tired to sleep"—but it
is not generally known h«w great a
help it is at such times not to try to
sleep, but to go to work deliberately to
get rested in preparation for it In
nine cases out of ten It Is the unwill
ingness to lie awake that keeps us
awake. We toss and turn and wish we
could sleep. Wo fret, and fume, and
worry, because we do not sleep. We
think of all we have to du on the fol
lowing day and are oppressed with
the thought that we cannot do It if we
do not sleep. First, we try one experi
ment to see if It will not make us
sleep, and when it falls, we try another
and perhaps another. In each experi
ment we are watching to see if it will
work. There are many things to do,
any one of which might help us to
sleep, but the watching to see If they
will work keeps us awake.
When we are kept awake from our
fatigue, the first thing to do Is to say
over and over to ourselves that we do
not care whether we sleep or not, in
order to Imbue ourselves with a
healthy Indifference about It It will
help toward gaining this wholesome In-
difference to say “I am too tired to
sleep, and therefore, the first thing for
me to do is to get rested In order to
prepare for sleep. When my brain Is
well rested. It will go to sleep; It cannot
help It. When it Is well rested. It will
sleep Just as naturally as my lungs
breathe, or as my heart beats.”—Les
lie's Monthly.
Ayers
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The Masculine Way.
A pretty girl; a crowded car:
"Please take my seat,” and there you
are.
A crowded car, a woman plain;
She stands—and there you are again.
The San Francisco land grabbets'
methods of conveying bribe money to
employes of the land office recalls the
manner in which a certain lobbyist out
@REGONffLOODpURIFIEIt
West used to make it "worth while”
for legislators to vote as be wished. A
TESTED AND TRUE—GUARANTEED
Bible society had placed a copy of the
NOW! is the time to USE IT.
scriptures In each room of every hotel
A Fitting Reception.
in the State. Whenever the lobbyist
'H
Mrs. Suburb—Dora! Dora!
wished to bribe a member of the leg
Daughter—Yes, ma.
islature he would Invite him to bls
Mrs. Suburb—Run to the piano and
room and, after going over all the le
play "Hail to the Chief.” Here comes
gitimate arguments in favor of his
the new girl.
measure, would ask If the legislator
You Can Get Allen’s Foot-Ease FREE.
had ever read the book of Job. It was
Write Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy,N. Y., ior a
a fairly safe guess that he had not. but
free sample of Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cure«
even if be bad not It made no differ
sweating, hot swollen. aching feet. It make«
new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure foi
ence.
corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. All drug
“It Is a wonderful story,” the lobby
gists sell it. 25c. Don’t accept any substitute.
ist would say, "and I think you would
Koine Exceptions.
find It profitable to read It.” Then he
Slimpurse (airily)—Aw, me good man,
would place the Bible In his guest's
A woman never realizes that she has
hand, bidding him read Job while he, done something wonderful after step is it customary to tip waitahs heah?
Head Waiter (condescendingly)—Not
the lobbyist, stepped out for a few mo ping backward oft a street car and
unless you are richer than the waiter,
ments.
escaping with her life.
sir.
"How do you like It as far as you
have read?” be would ask when he re-
turned.
If the legislator said he liked it the
lobbyist knew that the bank note
which he had previously placed be
tween the leaves at the beginning of
the book of Job was of a satisfactory
denomination.
They used to tell the story out theie
that legislator once took the money
The worst disease the world has ever known, and
and then voted against the lobbyist's
the greatest scourge to the human race, is Contagious
measure, whereupon the lobby ist
Blood Poison. One drop of the virus of this most
frightened him Into giving back the
horrible of all diseases will pollute and vitiate the
money by threatening to prosecute
purest, healthiest blood, and within a short time after
him for grand larceny. And, sure
the first little sore appears the system is filled with the
enough. It was nothing less, for the
awful poison and the skin breaks out in a red rash ;
lobbyist had not said a word to Indi
cate that he meant to have the legis the glands of the groins swell, the throat and mouth become ulcerated,
lator take the money, and, of course, a the hair and eyebrows drop out, and often the entire surface of the body
s covered with copper-colored splotches and sickening sores and erup
man has a right to use a $1,000 bill
as a bookmark If he wants to.—Brook tions. Contagious Blood Poison is as treacherous and elusive as tha
Berpent. You may be carrying it in your veins with no visible evidences
lyn Eagle.
Fair Play.
During the reform riots In Hyde
Park, London, in 1866, the mob, oil a
well-remembered night, began tearing
down the fences of Hyde Park for tires
and barricades. Colonel Thomas Went
worth Higginson tells in the Atlantic
Monthly of an English officer who was
dining with a friend, all unconscious
of the Impending danger. Presently
he received a summons from the War
Department, telling him that his regi
ment was ordered out to deal with the
mob.
He hastened back to his own house,
but when he called for his horse he
found that his servant bad received
permission to go out for the evening,
and had the Hey of the stable In his
pocket. The officer hastily donned his
uniform, and then had to proceed on
foot to the Guards’ Armory, which lay
on the other side of Hyde Park. Walk
ing hastily In that direction, he came
out unexpectedly at the very headquar
ters of the mob, where they were al
ready piling up the fences.
His uniform was recognized, and an
gry shouts arose. It must have seemed
for the moment to the mob that the
Lord had dellveied their worst enemy
Into their hands.
There was but one thing to be done.
He made his way straight toward the
center of action, and called to a man
who was mounted on the pile, and was :
evidently the leader of the tumult:
"I say, tny good man, my regiment
has been called out by her Majesty's'
orders, Will you give me a hand over
this pile?”
.
The man hesitated a minute, and
then snld with decision, "Boys, the
gentleman is right He Is doing his
duty, and we have no quarrel with
him. Lend a hand and help him over.”
This was promptly done with entire
respect and the officer in his brilliant
uniform went hastily on his way amid
three cheers from the mob. Then the
mob returned to its work, to complete
It If possible before he whom they had
aided should come back at the head of
his regiment, and perhaps order them
to be shot down.
Cause for Offenne,
Smith had not spoken to bis wife all
the wsy home from the dinner party.
"What’s the matter, dear ” said
Mrs. Smith, as she removed her wraps.
"Have 1 offended you?”
“I should say you had! That ama
teur poetess that sat next to me re
cited spring poetry all during dinner,
and she never would have had the
ghost of an opening if you hadn't
tloned seeing those two robins
morning."—Detroit Free Press.
land For Opium.
The Indian government now has
about rtoo.mo acres of land devoted to
opium raising. Most of the product is
shipped to China.
of its existence; for while
After suffering twelve yeara
mercury and potash seem
from Contagion« Blood Polson,
lo cure and all external
and trying the beet physicians
obtainable, and all the paten»
signs disappear, the dis
madiclnea procurable, and stead»
ease is doing its destruc
lly continuing to grow worae, I
gave up all hope of recovery, and
tive work within, or the
physicians pronounced my case
patient is constantly
Incurable. Hoping agalnat hope.
I
tried S. S. 8. I improved from
harassed by returning
the flrat bottle, and after taking
Bymptoms and unmistaka
twelve was cured Bound and
well, and for two years have had
ble traces of the blood
return or symptom of the vile disease.
poison. Thousands of no Warsaw,
N. O.
H. M. BEGI8TEB.
physical wrecks and
chronic invalids from the - effects
of
Blood Poison »..VII
know the uncer-
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tainty of the mercury and potash treatment—that it stifles but does not
kill the serpent. As long as there is life in the serpent there is danger
in its fangs ; and while your blood is tainted there is danger of infec
tion. Safety lies only in crushing out the life of the loathsome disease
and killing the serpent, f
__ many years S.
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For
S. . has been known as
an antidote for Blood Poison, It is a remedy composed entirely of
vegetable ingredients, and we offer $i,ooo for proof that it contain»
the least particle of mercury, potash or
other mineral. It thoroughly purifies tha
blood, improves the appetite and diges
tion, and tones up all parts of the system.
In chronic and long-standing cases of
Blood Poison, S. S. S. acts promptly and
without leaving any bad after-effects.
Write us about your case, and our physicians will advise with
out charge, and we will mail you free our home-treatment book tell
ing all about Contagious Blood Poison and its different stages and
symptoms.
JWX SW/fT SPECIHC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
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