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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1889)
,AL lessons. ...f:.v: y tit Tmnirht in On of Washlns tun'i Public Schools. '.Ilstory is taught la & novel way in , at-hingtou, and the pupils are taught in a practical way that seems worthy of emulation. According to a gentle nan who recently went through a school in that city, the following plan is pursued: Ifce other day he visited the room of Dr. Roush, the principal of the school in the Henry building-. He was motioned to & seat and the work of the school proceeded without interruption. It soon became apparent that some thing of unusual interest was taking place. The face of every member of the school was ablaze with Interest and enthusiasm, and frequent "points of order" and "constitutional refer ences" were suggested. The visitor saw that an election of some sort was taking place, and in due time the bal lots were cast, tellers appointed and the votes counted. The result was the nomination of two presidential tickets, at which point the hour for closing had arrived and the school dismissed. 'That," said Doctor Roush, answer ing the visitor's inquiry, "is a prac tical way we have of teaching history. We have just finished the study of that part of the Constitution pertaining to the election of the President and Vice President, and now we are doing the practical work. The balloting you have just witnessed was in the conven tion, and we have now nominated our tickets. I divide the school into two factions or parties, and each party is allowed to nominate a ticket. The can didates are members of the school, and no little interest is taken in them. The pupils do the practical : work, and - when they are at loss to know how to proeeed, the constitution ia consulted. After the electors are chosen they vote and send the result to the proper body. In case of a tie on either President or Vice President we resolve ourselves into the House or Senate, as the case may be, and decide the contest. We do the work as nearly as possible that is actually done in our National elections, and instead of merely reading what is usually dull constitutional matter, we take up the real work and study be comes one of intense interest to the scholars." Do vou find that the scholars have much of an idea of an election here in the District of Columbia?" "No; not as much as those who live where they may witness several elec tions a year, and this fact alone makes It doubly Interesting t them. To morrow, at the history hour, the elee tors will be chosen, and the manner of choosing them is the subject for study. 'I emphatically believe in teaching those under my care the practical ap plication of knowledge. Knowledge that can't be applied is useless in the majority of cases. There is too much useless book lore taught everywhere. Girls and boys too frequently leave our public schools with their brain crammed with impracticable rubbish and data. They should be taught to think and reason, to develop and ap ply, to analyze and construct. Such minds are in demand in practical life, Such men and women become the great and stanch motor powers of our land. jY. j; Mail and Express. The Bismarck of To-day. The Bismarck now . before me was Very different from the Bismarck I used to see in Berlin six or seven years ago, before Dr. Schweninger took him in hand. The Bismarck of to-day is thin and bony, and the Doctor has, it is well-known, disencumbered him of Lis unhealthy fat merely by prevent ing him drinking with his meals. He is looking remarkably well; his gait is ewift and automatic; but denotes real vigor; his complexion is clear and al most pink, no doubt the result of the health-laden breezes from the German ocean and the Baltic I remark also that the features are softened down: you scan them in vain to discover that harshness, not to say ferocity, which are so apparent in his photographs. It may, however be due to the fact of his being in civilian garb. His soft felt hat, very much the worse for wear, his long gray coat and heavy 6tick, give him the aspect of a plain country gen tleman come to the station to meet a friend. When he dons his uniform he is another man, and looks the surly trooper all over. The country folk have repeatedly noticed this difference. The Chancellor s healthy appearance is not deceptive. All the people in whose midst he lives tell me that his health is better than it has been for years past; and a proof ot this is that this year it has not been found neces sary to send him to Kissingren. Paris Figaro. The Population of India. We are so accustomed to think of the enormous population of India,' Bays the Pall AIM Gazette, "that we find it hard to realize that the excessive density of the population is largeiy local, and that there is still an immense amount ot elbow room in our great de pendency, This fact ia well broughl out in the new number of the 'Statisti cal Abstract for British India, recently published. Of the total area, 364,000, 000 acres under the direct administra- tration of England, only 152,000,00 acres are under cultivation. A vers large portion of the remainder is re turned as unfit for cultivation, and the forests are credited with 40,000,000 acres, but there still remains no less than 80,000,000 cultivable acres as yet untouched by the plow. At the pres ent time the population of British India is just 200,000,000 persons, and thus p simple sum in arithmetic will show tha1 there is still room for another 100,000, 000 people without any additional squeezing." jars. Sotta, the well-known wife ef Prof. Ylacenzo Botta, himself a lit terateur of note, became distinguished early in life as Miss Anna Lynch, the poetess. Later her " Handbook of Universal Literature, a remarkable work, passed through a number of edi tions, and was adopted in mast colleges and schools as a text-book. consistency is. an acquired habit and of slow growth. The conditions necessary for its acquisition are right and fixed principles of faith and mor als, sincerity, simplicity, singleness ol aim, contentment, high temper enough not to be trifled with, honest pride, temperance and fortitude. In order to appreciate success we must know failure, and our greatest successes consist not in never failing but in persistently conquering such fail ures. We are prone to forget what we do know; whereas we should consider that whatever good thing we know is only . . , tn n nn it is remembered to POT-HOUSE POLITICS. rbe C"Mari'ter or Hi Tiling tCnrag;el In r.xpnundlns; tts Merits. As a general thing the bsir-rooin politician ia not attractive personally, lie rarely pays much attention to his clothing or his general make-up, be cause his time is completely absorbed with matters of great political import. He is kept so busy saving the country that he has no time or energy to waste in removing grease spots on his rai ment or in manipulating .a clothes brush. The blush on his cheek is not caused by his glowing with" heavon born enthusiasm for the just cause of the people, nor by the ruddy hue of robust health, but may safely be nt- tributed to an inferior brand of whisky. The average pot-house mogul of small caliber ia the victim of many strange hallucinations. One of his pet delu sions is that he is indispensable, lie harbors an undefined sort of suspicion that the continuance of the planetary system, somehow or other, rests on him. As for the political party to which he claims to belong, or rather which he imagines belongs to him, he Is perfectly sure that but for his sage counsel it would fall to pieces aud re solve itself Into chaos. It ia almost Impossible for the small-bore dema gogue to believe that his party could survive a single campaign in case he should pay the debt of nature the only debt, by the way, which h ever does pay. Instead of bemsr a modern Atlas with the whole world on his shoulders, ho himself is a burden grievous to be borne. He wanders around, never al lowing himself to stray far away from the saloons, like an evil spirit seeking rest and finding none, and allowing no body else to find any, either. He will halt gentlemen on the public highways. and unless they seek safety in night. he will inflict on such victims, in a whisky-laden whisper, whole libraries of stale political lore and decayed cam paign rubbish. In regard to the actual services he renders his party there will always be an honest difference of opinion. There is good reason to believe that this pos tulant for pap does more to cause the respectable element of his party to go over to the opposition than all the other causes put together. The shrewder politicians and office-seekers perceive that the unsavory but enthusiastic dem agogue is in reality a dangerous Jonah, who should be promptly mserteu into the raging main if the ship is to be saved, and they often do throw him overboard; but he always bobs serenely up and swims to shore, or is picked up by the rival craft. Occasionally the small-bore politician gets into power and sticks with the pertinacity of a postage stamp in a pocket-book on a damp day. The tax pavers discover that they are being robbed by a set of famished cormorants. Then it is that the man whose property is being sold for taxes lifts his voice and a rebellious hoof and rails at the small-bore demagogue. An independ ent tidal wave sweeps over the neigh borhood, and the small-bore demagogue a-d his friends are left high and dry when the waters recede. This style of politician prevails, in a more or less malignant type, irom Maine to the Rio Grande, and infests every political party. Texas Silings. VILLAGES OF RUSSIA. The Deplorable Condition of Sixty Mil- lions of Ignorant Peasants. The idea of 60.OW.000 of people be ing constantly upon the verge of starva tion is a startling one, yet there does not seem to be any reason to doubt the truth of the author's statement. The peasants are frightfully ignorant, and their mirs make them, to a certain ex tent selfish. These mirs are village governments, each one independent of the other, and each peasant, while bound for life to his mir, has no ties connecting him with any other village. Nor have the mirs any connecting links. To all intents and purposes the mirs in Russia are independent States, with nothing in common but the Government tax gatherer. It is this fact that has been the safety of the Russian autoc racy, for were a concerted movement to come the General Government of the country would go down before it as would a pile of sand before a breaking dam. In fact, the authority of the Czar to-day rests upon two things the ignorance of the peasantry and their lack of organization. It is a question, however, of great interest how long this state of things will last. If. as Stepniak says, the majority of these peasants are in want all the time, if they absolutely have not enough to eat for the larger part of the year, a time will come when they will move. They may be ignorant, but no man is so ignorant that he can not tell the difference between hunger and repletion. When the misery becomes widespread enough, when the tooth of starvation presses down hard enough, something will happen. The history of the world has shown often that under certain conditions in society a spark is only needed to set fire to the train. It might begin in Russia with knocking down a tax gatherer. And when it does begin the result will be fearful. The atrocities of the French revolution would cease to be talked of. for those in Russia will cast them into the shade. As the Russian Czars and nobility have sown so shall they reap. Of course there will be great wrongs done; of course the persons who have brought it about will escape, for in the vengeance of races the innocent suffer for the guilty. The sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children. And wha shall say, when those sins are con sideredv that this will be unjust. Cur rent Literature. Mark Twain- tells how General Sheridan was induced to write his memoirs: "Mr. Webster and I called on General Sheridan at his office in the War Department a couple of years ago and made a contract with him for his autobiography upon terms .satisfac tory to , both parties. This was not long after 'ye had published the second volume of General Grant's 'Personal Memoirs. Oeneral aneriaaa was as reluctant to try the untried Celd of authorship as had been Geiieral Grant before him, but the desire to secure a comfortable provision for their fam ilies prevailed with both. General Sheridan's procedure, after he had once made up his mind, was charac teristic of him. He went at his task with all his might, and never called a halt until it was finished." Thomas Mooney.wno was tne nrst missionary to visit this country on be half of Ireland, is dead, lor many years he was the London correspond ent of the Irish World of Aew York, writing under the nom de plume of "Transatlantic." On April 21, 1888, when he laid down his pen, he was MISCELLANEOUS. In Europe it is customary to leave visiting cards on the graves of poets. This seems strange, when it is knowu that the occupants of the graves are always at home. Ar. O. Hcayunc. It may be doubted whether the practice of chewing gum has an injuri ous effect on the eyes of the gum chewer, but it hurts the eyes of other people. Somerville Journal- - ' Lincoln County, Georgia, requires on the average only a day and a half of court. At the last session the only prisoner who has been in jail in the county for several years was let go on his own recognizance, the prosecutor failing to appear. Statistics lately published in En gland show that the world has - 700 Croesuses worth $5,000,000 or over, of whom 200 reside in England, 100 in the United States, 100 in Germany, 75 In France, 60 tn Russia, 60 in India &n 120 in other countries. There is anew high-wire act. Two men startinsr from different ends of a slack wire meet and pass each other, going by on a waltz step. A woman actually dances on the wire, and a man trots across it with a companion up right on his shoulders. A lady saw a driver, angry with his horses for some fancied offense. about to lash them severely. She in terrupted him by inquiring the way to a certain street, to a certain man's house, both of which she knew very well. But the driver, too gallant not to answer the lady's questions, had op portunity for his temper to cool, and restored the whip to its socket without striking a blow. Time, twentieth century. Place, at the polls. First Female Voter "How do you do, Mrs. X? Who are you going to vote for for covernorr ' Second Fe male Voter "O, I have not decided yeL The Republicans have put up Mr. A. They say he 8 very popular, and sure to be elected. But Mr. B. his op ponent, he doesn't seem to have any friends at all, poor fellow; guess 1 11 vote for him." First Female Vote So will L" Yankee Blade. "What will it cost m 3, Uncle Ras- tus. to have my coop whitewashed?" '1 kaia t tell yet, sah, tui l makes an estimate ob de size r.nd dimensions. That night the owner was disturbed by a loud noise in the hen-coop. "Hi, there! he shouted from an upper window, what are you doing there?" It s Unc Rastus," was the reply. and he's figgerin' on de size an di- menshuns ob de coop. ' Harper s Pa tar. - 1 his is the darndest place 1 ever was in," exclaimed the bucolic gentle man at the theatre. 'Tve been look ing around for tha last half-hour and can t hnu the door." "wont you see the sign on that door?" asked the gen tlemanly usher. Exit, that's Latin, and means the place where you go out. Then why in time don t it say so? don't know nothing about dead lan guages. 'Cause a feller can't read Latin, he's got to burn to death in case of fire, eh?" Boston Transcript. "Men," said the captain of the steamer to the frightened passengers huddled about him. "it is true we are not gaining on the leak, but we are only fifteen miles from land, and necessary we can throw overboard 2,000 tons of freight to lighten ship. There is no occasion for alarm. We have several hundred casks of rum in the hold that we can " "No occa sion for alarm!" exclaimed a tall Ken tuckian, turning pale with apprehen sion. "Captain, do you intend to throw that rum overboard?" Chkago Trib une. The average age of locomotives is about twelve years, yet many, through proper habits of living, taking their meals regular and avoiding all intoxi cating beverages attain quite a re spectable old age. The oldest run ning engine In Germany has been on the road since 1845, and is conse quently forty-three years old; quite a Methuselah, in fact. With regard to its habits it ha3 always confined itself strictly to water, though it has been addicted to smoking all its life. It is sad to see a locomotive grown prema turely old by getting on trains and run ning all night, but they are often met with in collisions. Texas Siflings. Flagstaff, lie., is an interesting town for two reasons. It always has a Miles Standish among its citizens, a.:il the Standish farm covers the ground where Benedict Arnold encamped on his Quebec expedition, and where he erected a flagstaff, from which the place received its name. G. W. Stand ish, one of the leading men of the town, is the only remaining son of Miles Standish, who was the eighth direct descent from Miles Standish, the captain of Plymouth. G. W. Stand- Ish's only brother. Miles, died Beven years ago, but he left a son Miles, now twenty-two years old, ead G. W. has a son Miles, who is four years old. - Young lady (at dinner, sadly, to partner) "I was forcibly reminded yesterday. Mr. Larkius, of the opening words of the poem, I never loved a dear pazelie.' " Mr. Larkins ( with interest) "Yes!" Young Lady "Yes; I was presented with a lovely little lamb which I tenderly nursed and cared for through the Bummer, and of which I grew very fond. Yesterday the poor little creature broke its leg and it became necessary, to kill it. De felt so distressed over the matter.". Mr. Larkin "It is indeed, Miss Brown, truly sad." Young Lady "Ah, yes, Mr. Larkins, and the piece de resist ance of to-day's dinner is all that is left of my poor little lamb. It nearly breaks my heart. Won't you have a small piece of the crisp fat, Mr. Lar kias? It is simply delicious." Epoch. When you see a man carrying a book bearing on the cover the title, "Great Expectations," or "Our Mutual Friend," don't rush to the conclusion that he is going to read Dickens. Many of the dainty volumes so labelled are hollow, except that they contain a half- pint wmsKy nask. isy touching a spring the mouth of the flask springs into view, all ready for a "nip." So popular are these flasks that a Cham bers street firm offers them for sale under the name of "Temperance Book Flasks.". Y. Tribune. " Do you know, Miss Belle, that it's weally a waste of time to do so much thinking?" said Gus De Jay. "It's quite vewy fatiguing to think, you know." "Do you think so?" "Ya as; I sometimes really wondeb why we have bwains anyhow." "Ob, every thing has its purpose, Mr. De Jay. Brains are very useful to some people to keep their heads from cav ing in, you know." Merchant Trav eler. A VERY CURIOUS BIRD. Habit of tha Vuino, a Queer Creator round In tHe-l-:atern Boas. I The maleo Wibpti the elzeof a small I turkey, and not unlike one in appear ance, and belongs to the family of tneg apodes, or "big-feet," which are also called "mound-builders." I These latter are gallinaceous birds (as lire our common fowls or pheas ants), which are found in Australia and rapua, or New Guinea, and which lay their eggs, and then scratch up and carry immense quantities of buckb, leaves and earth over them, so that the heat of fermentation under a hot sun, hatches them. 'J lieso birds rfuve all ; immense feet, well adapted for such a purpose, two or three times as large in proportion ns those of our turkeys. Instead of using leaves and Bticks and sand, tbo mnloc of Celebes uses the gravel of tho sea-bench alone to hatch its eggs, itnd these eggs are extremely! largo hi proportion to the size of the bird. They do not make regular mounds. like their cousins, the megapodes of Australia, but tho whole beach ehows a series of elovations and depressions, like a rough, confused sea. Contrary to what we should imagine, the yery lnrge eggs are not found at the Tery bottom of tho depressions, nor on the summit of the mound of gravel, but in shallow trenches, and on the slopes of the irregular hummocks. The natives of the Island understand perfectly how to find them, by probing in the gravel with a flexible, delicate stick. If the egg has been lately laid, and just covered, tho gravel is very lit tle packed, nntt easy to penetrate with the stick, 1 hen the gravel is scraped away tho stick used again and so the egg is reached at last It is often three or four feet below the surface of the mound. The heat of the beach, however, on which the trop ical sun ia ever shining, hatches the eggs at this depth; for, after they are once deposited and covered up, tha parent birds take no more notice of them. The male birds, as well as the hens, dig up the gravel to form the mounds, and throw up the material in perfect showers; and they do this in an odd way, and not ecratching alternately, with both feet, like common fowls. The maleo poises himself on one leg. and gives rapid digs with the other, the large foot, slightly webbed it the base of the toes, being as large and effective as a man's hand. Although the explorers from the Marchesa found the curious birds in great numbers upon the seashore, they could only get them by creeping up quite close, and then running in and shouting; when, instead of running off, they took to their wings and perched upon the forest trees which formed a belt along-the beach. Here they seemed to think themselves perfectly s-afe, and one can be shot at a time, without put ting to flight the others. They were found to be delicious eating, and their skins, being unique, most valuable for stuffing, for museums and collections. 1 ne maleo s egg is liuge, in propor tion to the size of the body, and some days elaj-ses between the laying; and the question is. why should the egg be so disproportionate to the size of the bird? The theory of Doctor Guillemard, the naturalist who describes them, is that the eggs of these birds would be ex posed to much risk if in an open nest. while buried as they are they are com paratively safe. He says that the weight of such a mass of gravel must be taken into consideration, when it will be seen that no chick of ordinary size could force its way through It tc the surface. Hence the necessity of large egg and a powerful chick; or, in other words, the curious habit has been adopted for the preservation of the spe cies Golden Day. GROWING SMALLER. Different TVays in Vthlcb. SI en Grow Pony and Insignificant. A young lad overheard a conversa tion which took place between his father and Mr. IL, a neighbor, with reference to a well-known inhabitant ol the place. The lad did not pay suffi cient attention to understand much that was said. This remark, however. struck him. "He is," said Mr. II., re ferring to the person respecting whom they were conversing, "he is growing smaller every day." The lad thought he would see if the remark were true. The next time he met the person, he eyed him narrowly, but could see no diminution of his portly dimensions. He went to his father for an explanation of the mean ing of Mr. H.'s remark, and learned that there are other ways of growing small besides the lessening of the bodily form. JVIen grow smaller wnen they grow penurierts. Examples of this kind ol growth are quite common. "There goes a man," said a princely merchant of New York to a friend from the coun try as ho passed a man in the street "There goes a man who was very lib eral before he became rich, er before there was a prospect of his becoming rich." When the man in question was doing a small business he was very libera in proportion to his means. Some thought he gave away more than was proper and right When he was worth an hundred thousand dollars he gav away less than when he began business on a capi'.al of two or three thousand. When he was worth half a million, was with great difficult r that he could be induced to givo away any thing at all. His wealth had grown large; hit soul had grown small. AT. Y. Ledger. A woman with a patent button fastener, has been doing the towns In Eastern Washington, says the Seattle Post Intelligencer. -Walking quickly up to a staid old gent on the street she will dexterously clip a button from his coat before he lets, loose , of the Idea that she is going t6 hug him, and when he expostulates she produces her but ton fastener and instantly replaces the button, tight and solid. Of course ho buys a box of the fasteners, and the lady seeks another victim to practice her arts upon. rroi. David Swing, of Chicago rises before six o'clock every morning though he rarely retires before half- oast el even. His hardest work is done in the forenoon. His afternoons and even ings are devoted to general reading.cor- respondence and callers. One hour day is given up to walking". His fa vorite stroll is along the lake through one of the parka Prof. Swing's chosen companion in h walks and in his 6tudy is a fox-terrier, vhich he nai taught to join in the chorus of a hymn. E. F"lSONAL AUD LITERARY. 1 Gladntone has written more letters than any man living. Walking is the favorite and al most only recreation of Cardinal Gib bons. He is an Indefatigable pedes trian. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett haa yellow hair, cut short, large blue eyes, a fair complexion, and a plump and well-proportioned figure. Perhaps the youngest college presi dent in the world ia Rev. Warren A. Candler, who at the age of thirty two has been put at the head of Emory College in Georgia. Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, now slightly past middle age, is still youth ful in appearance and spirits. Her Hans Brinker" is almost as popular in England as in this country, and fur nishes a material part of her income. It is amusing to Bee how frequently English paper8 tako the fun of American humorists seriously. Eu gene Field's satirical comments on Chicago's culture are generally re garded as cold facts, revalla fao hopeless Philistinism of the "Western metropolis. It i said that Fanny Fern had never written a word for publication until sbo had passed her fortieth birth day. She was unconscious of her latent powers until misfortune bade her exert them. Robert Bonner was the first to recognize her gaalus in the way of liberal remuneration. A restaurant keeper at the London Zoo ordered an employe to take two barrels of buns to the bear pit, mean lng to the refreshmeat bar near the pit The man took him at his word and dumped the buns to the bears. The animals were knee deep la them when the restaurant keeper found out what had been done, and ordered the em ployee to go down into the pit and get the buns back. The man handed in his resignation. No one so old that ho may not live a year. none so young but he may die to-day. 4rrataa nvrero. Do the K.mrtls Really Mo-re? Pclence savs that it docs, bnl we cannot helo wonderinf sometimes if there Isn't some mis take about It. when we see h'w stllor j'y cer tain ola fofties cling; to their musty ati't anti- nated ideas. It wa believed once that cot umption wan Incurable, and although It has been clearlr demonstrated that It is not. thou sands of old-time physicians close their eyes nd pnt their hands to their ears and refuse to baudon the theory. But for all that the world moves on, and Dr. I'lerce Uolden Medical Discovery continues to rescue sufferers from consiimpives' jrraves. It Is a sure cure for tills dreadful disease. If taken in time. All scrofulous diseases and consumption is included in the list yield to it. The lazr man take elaht ntev to avoid onL Portugese JVorrrb. For Rickets, Marasmus, and Wast ing Disorder of Children, Meet I'm reaalalea of Pnre Cod Liter Oil with HrpnphtMiphites is titieqaaled. Tbe ra pidity with which children aain flesh and strvii)?th upon It Is ttt wonderful. Head tbe following;: t Dare nsco tott's Kinnision in ea of Kicketa and 'Marasmns of Ions stand- nr, and bsvc been more than pleased with tbe results, as in every case the improvement was marked." J. M. Mam, it. D., New York. The piety that does aot rive 1 piety that does not "pay." BrmffrrgntionalrrU " Pnr'atsry Ballets. An excited Irishman lately rnshed into a Bos ton drat store, havinca 'broken-up" appear nce peni-rally. "Be Jabbers"! he yelled, "I ra all wrotie eutolrcly. I want some shtnfT to straiehtcn me out. Some o' them 'Puntatorr hulU-tV will fix me, I'm thinkia'. btd ff a for thimT" "What do yoa mean?" asked the clerk. Pareatory BoUets,' aor, aomethin' olke that, they call thim." replied the man. -Shure, I n in parsatory already, with head ache and liver complaint, and bad shtomach, and tbe divli knows what all." The clerk ased ont a vial ol Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Port ative Pellt-t. and Pat went off contented. These little Pellets cure all derancementa of liver. stomach and bowels. Purer-coated, little lanrer tban mustard seeds, and pleasant to take. lrar- gists. The cats that drive sway mice are as rood ss inose luat eaten tnera. oersuts rrwero. COJJSCMPTIOW CCRED. An old physician, retired from practice, har- inr had Placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vecetable remedy for the speedy and permsnent enre of Consumption. Bronchitis. Csiarrb, Asthma, and all Throat and Lnnr Affections, also a posi tive and radical cure for Nerrotrs Debility and all Kervous Complaints, after havinr teeted its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt It his duty to make it known to his suffVrinr fellows. Actuated be this motive and a desire to relieve human sutrfrina, I will send free of eharre, to all who desire it. this re cipe, in German, French or Knrllsh, with full directions for preparinr snd nslnr. rVnt by man dt auaresaiur wiui stamp, naming wis paper, W. A. Soyes, U Wcr Block, Roche- ler, A. 1 . Temperance is the moderate use of rood thin it and total abstinence from bad things. j ne otoc Shall Wetness fee A I lowest te Tate? The Question of female suffrare has sritated tbe toninies and pens of reformers for many vears, and rood arguments have been adduced for and asainst it- Many of the softer sex could vote IntellicentlT, and many would vote as tneir nnooanas aid. and rive no tnonrnt to the merits of a political issue. They would all vote tor nr. pierce s ravorlte Prescription, l-i they know it is a boon to their sex. It Is an equaled for the cure of leueorrhea, abnormal discharge, mornlnr sickness, and the eoni)tlss ills to which women are subject. It is the only remedv for woman's peculiar weaknesses and ailments, sold by drurrists, under a positive ruarantee from tbe manufacturers that It will rive satisfaction in every ease. ormoneT will be refunded. See ruarantee on wrapper arouud Dome. Cheerfulness is an excellent wearlnr anallty. It haa been called the bright weather ol the heart. Ra Mafer Remedy csn be found for Coughs aud Colds, or any trouble of the Throat. mau "tirovn bronchial Troche. Price eta. sold only tn boxes. In this world full often our ioyt are only the tender auaaowa wnicnour sorrow cast. Hcecner. Try Otiunu for breakfast. (hopping by mall is quite a practice, and onr experience nas proven it sausiaeiory to Duyer and seller. We otrerto send postpaid School tianuaercnieis, ooraer, eacn, sc, c, oe: ijkih Handkerchiefs, border, each, 4c, 5c, ftc, 10c; La dies' lldkfs., border, each, 15c, 20c, iific; ladies' Hdkfs., scalloped, each, 10c, 15c, 25c; ladies' Hcikts.. embroidered. eacD. ur, inc. zc. fe Ladies' Hdkfs., fine linen, 15c, 20c, '25c; ladles Hdkfs., hemstitched, 25c, 50c; Bilk Hdkfs. figured. 25c. 50c. 7oc 1, S1.25: 811k Hdkfs.. plain white or red, 4rc, 75c, 1; Bandanas, two sixes 7c. 10c: Men's White, Hdkfs.. 6c. I5e. 25c. 50c small reduction in H-doa. and dos. lots. Men's Neckties, lieht. 12c. 15c. 25c: Men's Neckties, dark, 15c, 25e. 60c: Men's Kid Gloves, 1, 11.25, 1.50,i i: Men's Kid Uloves, fur top, $1. $1.25 11.50: Men's Buck Gloves, 11. 1 1.25, 11.40; Men' Hiii-k Gauntlets, l.2ft, fl.f0; Men's working Gloves, 50c, 75t Ladies Warm rc, 11; Men's Woolen Gloves, 50c; arm Mil tons, 25c; Ladles Wool Hose, extra. 45c, 50c; Infants' Wool Hose, extra, 20c, 25e; Misses' Wool Hose, 6 to 30c to 45c: Men's Cotton Half Hose, 8c, 10c, 15c, 20c; Men's Fancy Cotton Hose, 25c, 85c, 50c; Men's Wool Half Hose, 25c, 35e, 45c; Garden Seeds, 2fi papers assorted for 11 : Borers' Plated Teaspoons, dos., $1.15; Rogers' Plated Butter Knives, each, 50c, 6ftc: White Undervcsts, ladles', 4c, 6Mc, $1, 1.0; Red Undervcsts, ladies', 75c, $1, II, SO, $1.50: Combination bulls, wool, red or white, each, $2.25; Corsets, 50c. 60c, $1, $1,25, $1.50, $a. If to he registered, add 10c to above prices. Beud stamps, P. O, or express order, Underwear of all kinds, Shoes, Rubber Goods, Notions and many other goods by mail at a trifle above list prices. Write for complete liBt of 8000 articles at wholesale prices. In any quantity, to Nnllh's 4 'nan latere. Ne. 4s Prsst Ht Han FraurlsrsCs', Having for the past four or Are years been troubled with pimples and blotches on my facs snd body, and finding no relief in any of tha chemically prepared soaps and medicines preacrib. d for ma by physicians, 1 concluded to try your 8.S. S. remedy, and have found great relief in tha same, four bottles clearing my skin entirely. I cheerfully recommend your medicine to all who are in the poeitiiui that I have been in. You can us th is letter and my nam as a testimonial to the merits ol the 8. 8. 8. remedy. . Very truly yours, Alfred P. KotumoN, 820 Sansome St. ban Francisco. tl. tT Send for our books on Blood and Skin Dis eases aud advice to sufferers, mailed free. THJS SWIFT BPKCIFIO CO., Drawer a, Atlanta, Ua. nut. iil.'i! lmu! ,-(. tri-ire ron-lucite ti l".i V . ' t! Ktl rli 'lex, r nrv to fdlm-. In H'lT hf"- I v,"k 1ft in rnnrinhi r tlint i H1 profit in hut I 1 1 1 Hi- 'f we KKtn a world of wealth and lose con- I leimtjcuc aua nsppitiva. Are W to Have Another War? Pome political prophet aver that we shall. ISo that J it may, the battle waged bjr medtral selenee BRnlnut disease will never cease until we arrive at that atotilan erwx-h when the hu man fimilly (hall cease to be attlk-ted with bod- iiy aliment. One of the moot potent weapon I whlrti the armory of medicine furnishes, I Hos-1 letter s Momaeti Hitters, which in of special utility ax a larailr remedy, an It is adapted to I the Immediate relief and ultimate cure ol thoss oiMrier of ttie stomach, liver and bowels wbleh are nf commonest occurrence. Indiges tion, biliousness and constitution are lnun- arable companions, and these ailments are com-1 Sletely eradicated by the Bitters. Bnt the reme ImI . IK-of this snnerlntlvelv whnlesem and genial medicine take In also nervous ailments, rueumnusm ana Kinnney irounie; Its action In inese, as iu tne ottier complaints, being char acterized by an equaled thoroughness. The sick man sleep when tho doctor cannot. Whltei Elephant of Slum. Lion of Eng land. Draoron of China. Cross of Swltzee. land. Banner of Perta, Crescent of Earynt I Double Kacie ol KasMa. Star of ChilL The Lin-le of Japan, Harp of Eri-. 10 Ket tnese otiy a dox ! tne genuine Dr. C. Mcl ane's Cei.krratbo Litkb Fnxs. price 2.1 cents, and mail as the oat- Hide wrapper with your address, plainly written, ana cents in stamps. We will then mail von the above Mat with an ela- pant package of oleof?raphic and euro matte tarns. Flemiwo Bros.. PrrrsBrao, Pa. The days are made on a loom whereof the warp and woof are past and future time. Emer-1 JK'Tl . PURE wm PERFECT Its snpsHor canfflsacs aiuiss ta siClions ef hoMssfot anr utao a quarter or a asamry. It Is aaad fcr United Stati OorsrasseBS. RadoeaM by tbe heads of zb urwsa tsnaatasMUusuiwrsi, raiussaaa awst Haa'thfoL Dr PrWs Crsasa Basins Powder doss aot snaata Aauaoala, Una or A na. HoM only ss l raica bakxno posrpu x. aca Toss ruwAon Aetfesaa, Ceasrha, Celd a. CrssB. Ia. flaeaza, BreatelUtla, Catarrh, Theep f wr-Censih, Ieaa ef f alee, Incipient Coaswanptloa, a4 all"X hreat and Lens; Treahlea. J. R. CATES & CO' PROFS. - in ftaasaaae Street. Ban Fraaetsee, CaL Tlve BtrrEEff Oil ID'S im ieened March and Bepfc, ! seen year. It la an encr. lelopedla of nsefvl iaJofw r nation for all who tmr. chase the taxuriea or the neeessriUea of life. We eaa clothe yoa and fnrniah yon with au tne tuoessai j and nnnnntisssj appliances to rido, w-alk dance, aleep, eat, fish, hunt, work. gx to church. or stay as bobs, ana in i at tons si see. styles and Quantities. Jnst fia-ore ont what is required to do all these thing vulwr UH laBLT, ana yon can makeafair estimate oi tne raiue or she but &a GUIDE, which will be sent upon receipt oi ia cents to pay postage, MONTGOMERY WARD A CO, IU-U4 Michisan Avense, Chioaso, IU, OR. SPIKY I Csalll. n;.nsu Cor. Jackson and OGaillO VISfClla,l j, commercial Eta., mkattuc, r. t. N EB? V Qtlfi Deolllty.loasof Tlsjor. Semlatf " - Looses, w eaa aiemory. . nency, he ens toexrossis or abase, cured. YOUNC rJIFH merns-fc-OTu the etfects .eretieu stteuld avail themselves of onr treatment, A poeitiTe cure frnsrmn teed B every ease. Fyphills. , , . . - of yonthrall.iues or India eoarirea, promptly and safe if enrad. i a a natural dja- Minni tr a rrrr iirMrtm wHb-esMia.a sri s.sahieri .h w.i. RJ.,ef Kidneys er Bladder, Weak Back. Kervoas blhty. Hamns of Eexnl attrensTta. ate- eorad snd restored to healthy viifor. It. e,ns unaDie to visit us may De ti gated at their homes, by .correspondence. Medicines anO inwujimiirai or mil or express. coBsultatiox i rea. Send 4 cents ia stamps foe lae Teaac Maa'i THE VAN MONCISCAR PRIVATE DISPENSARY. NOS. 1SS and 134 THIRD 8TRKET, Portland. OresFon. Is the only Private TMs- vensarr ia Portland m tbe Korthwert Coast. where patients are eocrees. fnllytreated ferall s'ERV t't'S, CHRONIC AND PR1VATK MSKASKe) m yoonc or old. stasia saaincd. saeh as IiOeTT MANHOOD, Wervooa debility, stailnal losses, faians Baemary. ,nhilitie emotions, ef fects of BMreary. kidney and Madder trouMea, con- wihoa, sieei, stneture ese. CONsrtTATIOW FREE. WELL DRILLS FOX EVE1T PDRPOtL Sold on Trial ! litw lmwt Miiftlls pvrefltafl s.rr tond Me for Mallinc Ucjra. witn run pro7uusrw as GOULDS AUSTIN, ieT a lee Lsks ., CHICAOO, ILL. A CALIFORNIA DISCOVERY The parasites, of which ws rive ent below, dls. eovared by ns, Brs the direct esnse ol Catarrh and Coosumyuoo, else maay outer Oiseasee. IfA . fjffA . ttr. 15 ImsclnA nilltoDSof these snltnalculsp tn the now, throat and luncs, sswell as Uie minute eustachian tubes leadin from the back part of the throat to the middle ear, and 70a will imagine the misery they csn produce. Thou sands are swallowed when the patient ia asleep, causine kidney and liver trouble, headache, blood poison, general debility, etc. We have a specific for destroying them snd eTpeirins; the ooiann from tha blood. I'se the CMIfiWWA POSr- tivFn:n wutivc rifr.ma nmicw ma rrniSiWTFCi tm to Uke and thn CAUfOfiWA KiOii AKO SeCATTVE BEC1BJC UMlMCHf to arr-ly. snd il the stomach Is had.nsetho r.tlfQRHlA KSnTVE AMD KGATIVt tlECTRIC SYSTEM BIML DEB it biattls up the system and purifies the poisoned blood. Tbey are manufactured from roots, herbs and flowers that grow in California, sod are safe for child cellent for Conrlis. Colds. ren, iney never tail, -t ne touga cms ia ex- for Conchs. Colds. mnK Croup, Ac, no child wlllererP die with croup when this IsS usea. uar JjinimeniaiiispaiuM 1 DRianuy. otro our a muc mr. , - rr- i ai j T . X "1 on every wrapper, ovm vj mil m drafneists. H j LUO mw' wu.11 unma. , n ijnnr. Hiiirnfiuii 0 ar M f 50 CENTS. V ii I m I' IKIw'K.M N. P. N. U. No. 267-S,"F. N. U. No. 844 and Cattle. Recent, Prompt, Good Results. Swatting. Htpeswt, !,, fr , sty sure essir&t eu; rant: twl.4 itmac tsmy aetwsee fctr-Ue aaS taausKAtiaa. C-rs ass wti sw Jwt otl. u. o. AJUS. Tas Arm rtlses sk4 ftoefc Car e.. Tbe Bast. St. Clair r.d.. Tahrfa. O , Juu. Ws skssratlly rMaatswaa Jacobs tu u tsa ksst r tmrai ass sa stec. X. ASM 00. Fat 10 Months- futon.tuu, JaasM.'M. My kans was aart sa bis 14. sulr4 10 aoatasg was ears sy IU Jaoshs OU; kas nias4 snw AT BBVMIHS AfTB MaXEU. THI CHARLES A. V0GELEI CO- aUffiawa. MA. Diamond Vera -Curo FOR DYSPEPSIA. i itomacs rxooBLia ftrca wr-lliairtl, BivtMn, l OmMmum. rsilss nw ros Biaias- ta tk KMtt a4 llmimts tad At DnteoUt and Dea)& ar ami tv etyrfaKets. (6 an ft .00) ta ttoasj ssa rmxtpf qfVeent Stamp. THI OUIUS L VOCEUt CO- Itfflaae. & SALESMEN Wa wtah a few men to aeU oar iroods by samjtie to the wholsale and re tail trmAm. larms mans- frstamrllne. Kactoseleaat stamp. Wa-?a4per Day. yermanent position. "o postala SHWrc4 4om-T advaocedfor wsjers, advertising-, etc "ea tenia! Staa a Fact arl a( o , lladsssUAlua tUBMnrwiuisfi sal astisfsettoa la tM ears of Gosorritaa east Gleet. I prescribe ttao4 fad safe ta raeommaosV trig H to aU soCferara. Dacatar, 111. nxem. !.. told ay Pmaaleta BtTT THI BKST. . Tllf MO CHAWCKS. MEXICAN GALVE THE GREAT HEALER. Cares Cuts. Sores. Salt Rheum. Bolls. Pimples. Felons, Skin Plats sea, and all ailments for which a salve is suitable. For takircr out soreness and heal In a- ft acts like metric 25 cents t box. at aU aroKKiste. ""est? -.esai'..sv. VertLad. Ores-ne. Pe., ft ..ihiiiiii, i... i ,. v.n iltslradKm. Il.itd reptitxiion.erowtue tDulrtty. eWsnesa aharthtmc. (hmmom Scoo'o PrmmzmtMIm Oecrrt steers, btudents aoanMed at any ime. kvue and specimens of pei mTithin sent free. J. . w Km II. sieCa- a. P. t KaTR()SM. Pria. For Horses .SCWT S I f TO BT.J ,CsanaMijia 1 I atrsalykyBB 1 Iran n'r19. My Poor Back ! That "poor back' is held responsible for more than its shsre of lie RsSericgt of aiankind. II yonr dog bites a man who kicks it, do yoa blame tbe doe ? On the same (rinctplc the kidaeys alter their protest resulting constipation 1 hese force them iTStem of the poisons which are the blood. Then the sufferer says the eased. "Not yet;" but they will de blood purified, and the constipation of kidney troubles, and Paine' 1 Celery With its tonic, purifying, and laxative kidneys, nuking it almost infallible 1 I VtTfbe seys. If your hopes of cure have aot J been realized, try Fame's Celery Com pound; it gives perfect health to all who complain of "their poor backs.' Pries flJX. Sold ar Dkucgists. Send roa Illcstbated Pafeju : WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Proprietors, BURLINGTON, VERMONT. VDWICHT'SX Ao PAN TES COW BBAJTO. TO DELICIOUS BISCUITS Diviwrps Cou-Diuo SoDflSimiiu ABSOLUTELY PURE. ALWATS WIFORal AMD FULL WEIGHT. sars that teste is a picture ef a Caw ea year packaga and yoa win asva the heat Z. T. WRIGHT, Feet efHerrlaea Street. rertlaaa. Orezea. General Agent for the - -; ADTAUGE ENGINES TBBESHEES AIID POWERS I especially request those contemplating season to look ap the record of the ADVASCK. Coati that has riven entire taiifaciion. I also deal in Laundry Machinery. Brass Goods, Inspirators, Injectors, Oilers, Reapers. Mowers. Chemical Fire Extinguishers, and Engines, Oils, Belting, Hose, Wrenches, Etc. vers PROMOTES DIGESTION v tZ o ! V crJ e o a. 3 o as 03 a o o ?5 a OC BLUUD st aiSitf J A PORTLAND, OREGON pir!""fY alLt.ut.'tl, i. t r-wwa: J -'-':. r t . snot's of t - a. : -i ; . fea a tasOKS T. IT, mi,Aityff f s ? Or. Atiaiytaa) srsvi of a t t -J, s& pilars ft'Xt , l Pat. fctet. 1J,'-. jc.ir- . r"' Nervoos and 1: r-i, c i -faieeofboth sexea. inv'- aad npward. fwnd tc vc KlPTIftia. Ifr cnl sunup for I'amphletVo. 1. - J : I'll .R.. teT InTentt'fn. feu-i Sc frl-aap&ls No. . A4 'ross; "-.. M. R. 't. '., 70s Hneramento " ,S- n r 4V. f at". pinnoo. 1st FTmlTitr.. J'lilq row, patented tr"i 3 jr. r f L'- tiee, la tue is no outer Piano, by wtiscb our i j - taad ia tone 40 years, food t;r l'JO ; tvs a - -.id by cltmata. Kovood to eput, break, s-wrd, sr - tt, crack, dacay, os wsar otrt; wa stis ?:'.- (as BVMMwocxt Cases, S st-u--. a -u , t- -- j action; sns orr keys; tha isosfmts -v Call ar writ tot DatJoira, e. f , PIANO CO., Kaoofactursra, OiH Fe.x ss U'J" Bet saa ssmtsia atresia, cut inuscti - . CHICHESTER'S ENGL.--. 'a.k...WL.Jtfi.' XIS wS3 2J. j OricssaU, iNart, mntr mmmimm nt j I'. Ws Ctai fcif MwB. JVfa f awwa taoaem, yv;.a wrifw. T a. mvmmu laJcaettar taaaslesl Co, a aaisoa kuay' USHI"l-byeMILa. mm ii.siss i sissi i ...i Piei cmffr 'O trfLWr Of t2W llljlsll aUailK r' lMOC "A Li: Tt - t fees, f i roe -Wm Ne 19 Cur' sritbota to - aa sTtsastse I sea.: i d sns4 far D-U.FEF.aTeV CO.. tfrel SS a lay, Saoafses wwtu sot nM te eoesss lest. m. Sararx Bars Holms fco.".Holl ylsti, " against aerroosness, impute blood, and extraordinary work in ridding the result of effete matter retained ia tie back aches; the kidneys are dls- adess tie nerves are stxenrhenet!, removed. Tnesa are the caases Compound removes fHera tjnicsiy. Sect, it also strengthens the weak 1 coring all diseases of Use uerres and kid- MAKE or WHCLESOHE CHEAD USE vl Soda IES COW DWIGHT'Sy LERATtfSSj BEST AND FASTEST THRESHERS . lit THE WORLD. purchasing either mm Engine or Thresher next It is Me safy wvtiM ever sold on the Poeite Marina Engines. All kinds of THE ONLY DEALER OT PACIFIC CCAST " That ships "4 IS CAR LOADS. PRICES GBEAfLY EEBUCiib "All sises in stock from 40 pounds to 1.3 Q. ( Send for REDUCED FBI CSS. Remember it Is s pleasure ta show goods er answer quvauoo If 70a oaaaot call write - . . S1MILATB LIVER e3 r CiCl 7 to do t -'-jggsCSet pajPMM MJUweMMWMMHkwsS) , . gJJ raskeNsA.eBttNnci K -7 --s V 1 1 u--w4.n I a- I c t 1