WHEN 1 KNOCK AT YOUR DOOR. TV Tien I knock at your door. May Belle, dearest. Though I know you are srraoious and kind. And your friendship has grown tha slnoerest, Three things win come up In my mind: I think of the night I once knocked there. The time that still makes my heart ache, When t (tot a great backset ar.d shock there. By kissing jour ma, by mistake. When t knock at yoor door. May nolle, darling. I recall how I went there to win, But the bull-dog behind mo came snarling. And l without knocking, bulgsd in: In the dark I encountered your father. Who thought me a burglar, no doubt. And without any questions or pother. Ere I could explain, kicked me out. When I knock at your door. May Belle, dearest, Though I know that tome they're resigned. And you lore me with heart the sineercst. Three things will come up in my mind. Three thoughts which I never can smother Fill my head with a racket and roar, i Yourself, and your father and mother. May Belle, dear, when I knock at your door. A. IF. B;Uaw, in Tantf Blads. 'EXCUSE ME." Ho Excuse Is Better Than a Good One. Lake Sharp Gives a Rising Tonne Mm Some Sound Advice, and Telia a Story In Support of Ills Theory. "Excuse me." "Certainly. Pardon me.n I heard the above snatch of conver sation the last time I was In New York. It occurred in the eveninc at the New York end of Brooklyn Bridg-e, which, at that hour, was crowded with men hurrying home. The snatch of con versation reads rather like a polite re mark and rejoinder. It was any thing but that. The first speaker was push ing and elbowing; his way forward, when he trod on another's corns. The second man swore and glared around, when the first said, suavely: "Excuse me." The wounded man like a flash struck out from the shoulder, knocked the other in the middle of next week, and replied: "Certainly. Pardon Tite." The striker rapidly disappeared Into the gathering gloom before the struck recovered himself sufficiently to shout 'police." The moral of the incident seemed to me to be that In some instances ex cuse don't "go." The other day a boy about fifteen years of age called up at my room and said, after introducing himself, that he wanted advice." About what?" 1 asked. "About nothing in particular," he said. as he fumbled somewhat nervously with his hat. "You see, it's like this: I want to get along in the world and I would like to know what well I would like some advice. from a modern American boy that it quite took- my breath away. Most of the boys who come up to see me don't want advice they want to know where to get cigarette pictures or tick ets to some game. I looked at the boy who wanted ad vice. He had a fresh, honest face. and I felt I had no hesitation in setting him down as a good boy who would probably make his way in the world. "Well, my boy," I said, seriously, "there is one thing Td advise you to quit. If I was you, I'd stop getting drunk and raising a racket on the streets at midnight and getting run in. That's my advice." "I never touched a drop of liquor in my life," said the boy, with so pained an expression that I was sorry I had spoken in this way to him. "Don't smoke, I suppose?" "No, sir." "Chew, snuff; any thing of that kind?" "No, sir." "Read flash novels?" "No. sir." Swear?" "No. sir." "Fight?" "No. sir." "Well." I said, "that's all very un fortunate -for me. If you have any vices it would help me out if you tell me what they are. If yoa committed burglary as a relaxation or sand bagged a friend occasionally it would make my task as adviser much easier. As you don't do any of these things 111 think over the matter, and if you come up to-morrow I'll, perhaps, see my way clearer than I do now." The boy thanked me, although I knew I did not deserve any thanks. Next day he called again. In the in terval I had remembered the incident on Brooklyn bridge. Now, the man said "Excuse me" and had been knock- a a "Well, my boy," I began, "my ad vice is this: Never make an excuse. .There is a proverb which says: 'A poor excuse is better than none. That adage is as wrong as most of them are. Even a good ex cuse is not better than none. There are thousands of people in this world, my boy, who are magnifi cent architects of excuses. Some of them manage to get along pretty well building up imposing excuses and letting others do their regu lar work, but they never amount to much in the long run. No one ever depends on a man who is good at ex cuses. When I was in Chicago last summer the city editor of one of the papers there told me this story, which will show the advantage of not having an excuse: Some years ago a green-looking fel low appeared in the city editor's room from no one knew where and wanted a job. The city editor told him, as he had told hundreds of fellows before him, that there was no vacancy at t resent that is the usual formula of news it would be cheerfully accepted -and paid for. Well, the young man brought in what stuff he could, and sometimes an item or two was used; but more often nothing was available, and the fellow lived as best he could and slept in sheds or in the park and never grum bled. The editor began to get tired ol seeing his want-stricken face, and once or twice advised him to go home, but the young man said that perhaps a chance would come along by and by, and, any how, he was there to stay. One night the city editor said to him: "If you want a chance, there's a beautiful one open for you to-night. The street-car men are having meet ings every night, and we can't find out what they're up to. They meet at the corner ol 1 s street and ave nue." "All right," said the young man. "Have you any objection to my Bay ing I'm a reporter on this paper?" "None in the least," said the edit- with a grin. "I may say, though, Ratlgan, wb tried to get last night's meeting, is in the hospital to day." Seeing how much in earnest the young man was the city editor added: "The meeting is Slade's tegular as signment to-nlyht, but I don't think he'll get much except a broken head perhaps. Any bow if you get any thing at all it'll help out Here's a couple of dollars to meet any expenses j'ou may havo." Shortly after midnight the young man appeared in the city editor's room. He looked as if he had been principal in a prize fight "Well?" said the city editor. "I couldn't get in," remarked tha young man. "lias Mr. Slade brought any thing?" l es, a first-rate excuse like yours." "I tried to pass the guards but they Bung me down stairs. That's how 1 got this," painting to his cut and swol len Up. "That's all right I didn't expect you'd get in." "I bribed a fellow for a dollar to let me in the back way. They found me out and dropped me out of the back window. That's how I got this," point ing to his closed right eye. "W ell, you mustn't fool discour aged." "I felt a little cast down when they dropped me out the window." "That's not bad. You ought to ap ply for a position in the paragraph de partment" "I climbed up to the roof on the rear fire escape, got into the top story through the trap door, went down to the room above them bv the stair and found that the stove pipe came up through the floor." "Yes," said the city editor, with in creasing interest "They were having such a stormy time below that I removed the stove pipe without any one hearing and held the lower pipe from falling with my left hand." Tea." "I could move it aside and see all I wanted to and hear every thing." Yes." "They have resolved to go on strike on all the lines at nine to-morrow morning and every one is sworn to secresy." "Great Scott!" cried the city editor. jumping to his feet "Write that up. Give us all you can of it" "It is written up. You see, the electric light opposite made the room light enough to write by, and I had to stay there and hold the stovepipe till every one was gone and fit it up again so they wouldn't suspect Good scheme for next meeting. So I wrote it up as Hay there." "Great head." said the city editor. That young man is now managing one of the biggests papers in the West and all because his rule was: "JCever have a good excuse.'" Detroit Free Prtss. curious" "figures. Two Mathematical Wonders Which. Will Interest Every Reader. A very curious number is 142,857, which multiplied by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, gives the figures in the same order, beginning at a different point; but if multiplied by 7 gives all 93. Multi plied by 1 it equals 142,857, multiplied by 2 equals 285.714, multiplied by 3 equals 428,751, multiplied by 4 equals 571,428, multiplied by 5 equals 714,285, multiplied by 6 equals 857,142, multi plied by 7 equals 999,999. Multiply 142,857 by 8 and you have 1,142.856. Then add the first figure to the last you have 142,857, the original num ber, the figures exactly the same as at the 8 tart. Another mathematical wonder is the following: It is discovered that the multiplication of 987654321 by 45 gives 4, 44. 44, 44, 44, 45. Reversing the order of the digits and multiplying 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 by 45 we gt a result equally curious 5. 555, 555, 505. If we take 123456789 as the multi plicand, and interchanging the figures of 45 take 54 as the multiplier, 6, 666, 666, 606. Returning to the multipli cand, 98765432 1. and taking 54 as the multiplier again, we get 63, 333, 333. 34 all 3's except the first and last figures, which together read 54 the multiplier. Taking the same multiplicand and 27, the half of 54, as the multiplier, we get a product of 26, 666, 666, 667, all 6s except the first and last figures, which together read 27, the multiplier. Now interchanging the order of the figures 27 and using 72 as the multiplier and 987654321 as the multiplicand, we get a product of 71, 111, 111, 112 all l's, except the first and last figures, which read together 72, the multiplier. Journal of Education. Hew Some of the Delusions In Son Pict ures are Produced. There are various ways for providing surprising results in photography, things that in one age would have been called magic, but in ours recognized as scientific tricks. The ghost picture, for instance, in which a shadowy ghost through which material objects are visible is seen between natural atti tudes and occupations. This is pro duced by an almost instantaneous ex posure of the figure that is to do duty as the ghost followed by a full expos ure of the figures and properties that are to appear natural. Another novel trick was shown recently in a photo graph reproduced by a pnominent trade journal, which presented the photo grapher, seated at a table, playing chess, with himself sitting on the op posite side of the table, while he him self stood up in the background looking at his two selves playing. The figures were all on the negative. which was produced by three succes sive exposures of the plate, parts thereof being masked each time by a black velvet shutter. Still another trick is that by which a person who likes that sort of thing may appear to be photographed riding on a flying goose a fish or any other desired style of ridiculous locomotion. This is done by the subject holding upon his lap a huge piece of white or sky-tinted card with the fanciful figure drawn upon it His face appears above the upper edge of the card and seems in the picture, joined to the funny little body mounted on the goose or fish. The statue picture is made by about tie same device. Fliolographia Review, A new Parisian industry is the manufacture of hoar-frost glass, which is covered with feathery patterns re sembling those naturally produced upon window-panes in cold weather, The glass is first given a ground sur face, either by the sand-blast or the ordinary method, and is fckea coated with soft varnish. . The varnish con tracts ftrongiy in drying, taklnr with it the particles of glass to which it adherer, and this reproduces very accurately the branching crystal ol frostwork. A single coat gives a deli cate effect, and several coats yield 8 bold design. EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES. Important Farts Kstabilshed by a Recent Medlral Report. Dr. W. D. Hodges read, some months ago, before the Suffolk Medical So ciety a paper on an epidemic ol measles in an institution for children over which he presides. A child who was supposed to be suf fering merely from a severe cold was brought to the institution, and imme diately placed in the sick ward. With in twenty-four hours an eruption ap peared, which proved to be measles. Three children, who were that day discharged from the sick ward, devel oped the disease, the one in nine days, the others in eleven days. It spread among the inmates until of sixty-five all but twenty took it and of the ex ceptions ten were sent away, and eight had already had it In the case of the other two, no information on this point could be obtained. Of the forty-five patients, five died. The erup tion was at its height on the fifth and sixth days, and lasted from twelve to fourteen days. In over one-half of the cases there was inflammation of the ear. In only one ease was there con vulsions, which came three days before the eruption. This child made a rapid recovery. The treatment consisted mainly In cleanliness and the regula tion of the diet The following facts seem to be es tablished: 1. The wonderful contagiousness of measels. 2. The tendency to communicate It self from, at least the earliest visible stage. 3. The interval between the exposure and the eruption is from nine to twelve days. 4. Its fatality is mainly from its com plication with other diseases, develop ed by It 5. In a majority of cases, there is a tendency to produce more or less In flammation of the ear an important fact for parents to bear In mind. 6. The tendency to cause convulsions Is very slight 7. There is generally a tendency to inflammation of the eyes. Dr. Hodges' treatment for this was to apply a solu tion of borax, glycerine and water. In the discussion of the paper. Dr. Durgin, of the Board of Health, af firmed that there was prevalent a mis taken feeling of security in the case of measles. Since 1865 there had been in Boston eleven hundred and seven teen deaths from this disease an aver age of forty-eight a year. Such a yearly average from small-pox would startle the community. In one year there were one hundred and fifty-two fatal cases. It was voted by the society that the Board of Health should care for eases of measles, as is done in smatl-pox and scarlet fever. It was intended that this vote should authorize the board to go to the house, give advice in respect to isolation and disinfection, and see that the advice was followed. Youth's Com panion. 1 he Mechanical Arts. We have seen how the literary edu cation whieh we now consider so es sential was regarded in England a ungentlemanly. It is not so long since the physician or leech was, as Hallam says, "an inexhaustible theme of pop ular ridicule." The barber's pole, so common in our streets, recalls a time, not so long past when the barber prac ticed blood-letting and other medical arts. It is within our own memory that the dentist stood on a level with the barber; indeed, the two were often the same person. How is it that all this is changed, that literature, medicine and dentistry have become gentlemanly oc cupations? Simply, I think, because they are now thought scientifically and institutions have been established for that purpose- It may be laid down as a general rule that whatever is taught in school will soon become respectable and gentlemany, while that which is picked up in the house or the work shop will always be regarded as menial Prof. Thomas Davidson, in Forum. How to Destroy Ants. Prof. Cook, of the Michigan Agri cultural College, says: "I tried bisul phide of carbon, and with marked success. To use this we 'iave to find the ant hills or mounds which harbor the ants. This is rarely difnVu'. We now use a crowbar, with which we make a hole in the center of the mound which should reach down to the level of the lowest gallery of tie ants' nest We now turn in about half a gill oi bisulphide of carbon, after which we throw on immediately a shovelful of clay, which should be tt once com pactly trodden down. This holds the liquid in the nest and its very volatile nature, together with its poisonous fumes, soon destroys the last ant ol the nest I have destroyed a nest ut terly with one application Sometimes the remedy would have U be repeated to become effective." The Plot Miscarried. Winks (cheerilly) Ifcllo, Jinks, how did that little plot of yours work yesterday? Jinks (savagely) What little plot? "Why, old fellow, you know you suspected Mrs. J. rather liked Mr. Dashaway's society, anil to satisfy yourself you had arrangel for them to go to the theater together, and then you intended to slip in un-sbserved and see whether she gave attention to the play or to him." "Y-e-s, I remember." "Well, did you do it?" N'-o; she let the nurso go off, and 1 had to s'ay home and mind the baby." X. Y. Weekly. Several influential Chinese hava subscribed large sums of money to aid in establishing a zoological garden at Shanghai. At present the institu tion will be merely a commercial un dertaking, but it is hoped that ulti mately the state will take it in hand. Amongst ethers, the Governor of For mosa has promised his help in the collection of specimens. Four large cremation furnaces have been declared open at the great Parisian cometery of Pere la Chaise. The question is agitated whether pau per bodies ihould be cremated by the Paris municipality, but there is such a strong feeling against it among the poor that the idea will probably have to be . abandoned. It is usually the wealthy who prefer cremation. A thread has been made from the fiber of the common nettle so fine that sixty miles of it only weighed tw pounds and a half. Those born in spring are generally of a more robust constitution than others. Births are more frequently by night than by day, also deaths. fEL.OW FEVER MICROBES. Thoy Art so ftmall That Millions Can In nahlt a Drop of lllood. A yellow fever microbe has the ap pearance of three joints of sugar-cane. I got them from Washington in a glass tube, that fomewhat resembled a gourd. The tiny microbes are placed In the big end, but by looking at It you could never tell that there was any thln.j but air in it The small end is sealed up, and the microbes are in there, though apparently dead. Some microbes live in such places for twenty years. We will suppose, now, that we want to look at some of them tinder the microsooe. Upon the little glass slide we put a drop of gelatine, of the con sistency that will not run. We take a cambric needle, and after heating it to destroy all microbes that may be in the air, we quickly break the seal of the glass tube and insert the needle, draw ing it out quickly and rosealing the neck of the tube. We insert the needle into the drop of gelatine on the slide, and quickly put on the little cover to Bhut such germs or microbes that may be float ing about in the air. Then we place the slide under the microscope. In forty-live minutes the mierobes have fully aroused from their Rip Van Winkle sleep, and now you see what curious things they are. As I said be fore, they resemble three joints of sugar cane, but the joints are not straight but at opposite angles. Take this fellow, for Instance, and you see a joint drops off. leaving them with two joints. Presently another joint joins onto the dropped joint, and by this time a third joint appears on No. 1. Now, look at No. 2 and there is a third joint Now a joint drops from No. 1, and by the time it gains another joint No. 2 drops a joint and this, with the joint from No. 2 join together and there is microbe No. 4. Another Joint grows on Nos. 1 and 2, and one drops f.-om No. 3. and these joining together make microbe No. 4. and so they go. until the little drop of gelatine is a working, seething mass of microbes. Now, these microbes are In the blood of a yellow fever patient, and there's rhere they live. They get into a blood corpuscle and eat out all the red part as a darkey oats out the red meat of a watermelon, aud the blooi is then a drop of a clear fluid. To give you an idea of how many ean crowd into a corpuscle of blooi, let me say that it takes 3.200 corpuscles strung together to makean inch. Well, you can string just 150.000 microbe across the diameter of one corpuscle, consequently you can guess billions after billions tV microbes in a drop oi jlood. The theory is that these mi crobes eat up one's blood so rapidly as to take it all away from hiin in a very short time. Seme men can stand the letting of more blood thau others, and consequently some men recover from yellow fever. Maron (Ga.) Telegraph. PROVERBS REVISED. Jlit Laws Transformed to Suit the Wants of the Rising; tirnrratl . Hunger has no ears." hence wisdom must give first place to dinner. "A rolling stone gathers no moss," but it "gets over" a great deal. Every man is the architect of his own fortunes," which saves all chance of hard feeling on account of competi tive examinations. "Faithful are the wounds of a friend." ind there are none more punctiliously given. The last that was not least is held by St I.outs men to have been made for a Chicago girl's boot. 'A miss is as good as a mile." but a Mrs. is as good as a league. The pavement of Hades is relaid the first of every January. "Sic semjer tyrannus" may be freely rendered: "The sick always are tyr ants." - i "Love goes out at the window when poverty enters the door," but should poverty retire by the door, it is amaz ing with what celerity love comes scrambling in at the window. "Time and tide wait for no man," but when a woman is in the case, even time and tide must wait or go on with out her. "All men are born free and equal," but unfortunately some men are born equal to two or three of their fellows. 'Pride goes before a fall," and the "winter of discontent" comes after. "A poet is born not maid," and yet women persist in writing rhymes. "God helps them that helps them selves," so that drummers at hotel tablet are sure of the assistance of Heaven. "He that is down need fear no fall," tecause feathers fall so softly. "The blind can not lead the blind," nd as justice and love both have oandaged eye3, neither can guide the ither. Many men who profess to pass their lives in the pursuit of virtue are apt to take care to keep so far behind that here is no danger whatever of their overtaking her. And speaking of proverbs, there is nothing easier than the manufacture of pseudo -proverbs, if one will only five his mind to it, as witness the fol lowing, which, if not very good, at teast serve well enough for illustration: Never put a gift cigar in the mouth. A man may wear epaulets and be only a drummer in the band. It is the last step that costs. A man is known by the dog he keeps. One may learn at every horse-car station that a man may be a starter and never start There is no yesterday for popcorn. Providence always provides a shorn 'amb for the wind to blow upon. The barber takes even the kinjf b Uiu nose. Vuffalo Courier. The government of the Russian Province of the Amoor has proposed to restrict the entry of tho Chinese, with this statement: 'The Man churians form an element which it dangerous to the interests of our Rus sian colonists, as by their intelligence, industry, endurance and frugality com petition of any foreign labor system whatever with theirs is prevented." A visitor to Japan noticed the pre ponderance of German influence in that country. Many of the Yokohama shops "had their Japanese signs translated into German only, while in all notices which appeared in foreign languages German held the first place. Next in frt?quency. and not far behind, came Russian. English and French follow ed after a long interval," and Portu guese brsught up the rear. The saving which will result in substituting electricity for horseflesh on the street railways of this country is hinted t by the fact that the opena tion of oaj street railway in England by electricity will result in saving $50, 000 per annum over and above the present hoit of operating it by horses. The curious fact has been demon strated by Sir John Lubbock that certain kinds of ants are unable to exist without keeping other ants as slaves, though why this is so he has not lound out On removing the slaves from a nest of fifty slave-holding ants he found that the latter Immediately commenced to die off, and were speedily reduced in number to six. When the laves were returned the mortality ceased. A lecturer in the Royal Institution, London, attempts to "define poison ac curately" as follows: "Any substance which otherwise than by the agency of heat or electricity is capable of destroy ing life either by chemical action on the tissues of the living body, or by physiological action after absorption into the living system." The fact would seem to be that "poison" is a question of quantity, not quality. Very small quantities of aconite, hydro cyanic acid, etc., suffice to destroy life, but used in limited quantities they art valuable drugs. One well-known definition of poisons is "substance! which derange the vital functions and produce death by an action not me chanical." The Austrlans aro constructing portable electric-light plants to bo used in entraining and detraining troops at night, and the GoV'tnans are going to have a similar portable plant attached to their siege train. For the sake of one wood action hnndred evil ones should be forgotten. Chinese 1'rorerb. 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Bwift's ttuecinc has cured me nf - ,llr. nant breaking out on my leg, which caused Intolerable pain. It wascalled Eczeina by thedoctors four of whom treated me with no relief. I candidly confess that 1 owe my present good health to S. B. B., which In my estimation is Invaluable as a blood remedy. Miss Julia DkWitt. 2227 N. KMh St., BU Louis, Mo, hi Our baby when two months old was at tacked with Scrofula, which for a long time destroyed her evenlKht entirelv. and caused us to despair of her life. The doctor failed to relieve her, and we gave "win s cipecino, wnicn soon cured ner rs tlrely. and she is now hale and henrtv. E. V, Dklk, Will's Point, Texas. aBend tor book giving history of oioou uiseaaea ana aavice to sunerers. Huuien tree. THK SWIFT BPECIFIC CO. Drawer a, Atlanta, Ua. Lsion OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AJfo HYPO PHOSPHITES. Almost as Palatable as Milk. 80 disguised that the most delicate stomach can take it. Remarkable as a FLESH PRODUCER. Persons OA IN rap idly while taking IT. 80OTTS EMT7L810N Is acknowledged by Phy. aloiana to be tha FINEST and BEST preparation Jt Its class for the relief ot CONSUMPTION. SCROFULA. GENERAL DEBILITY, Wasting Diseases of Children. " and CHRONIO COUGHS. fold ty Vrnngists, Old (i6ntle!nan "How' does 013 son get on?" School Teacher "Ha'a one of the best students in the school. I've no complaint to make on that score." Old Gentleman "That was the way with me when I went to school. I'm triad he's taking after his father." School Teacher "But he's rather unruly at times, Mr. llard zastle, and frequently has to be repri manded for fighting." Old Gentleman 'Well, I suppose it's natural that 'ie should have some of hU mother's strik ing characteristics." N. Y. Ledger. Eastern woodworkers aro using naphthaline as a wood preservative it is said to be very effective, leaving the wood dry and with only a faint aromatic smell. Forgive freely; hatred is a troublesome com panion. The Chill Kl ant That sets the naked branches a-qnlverinir, Is not felt bv the wealthy valetudinarian indoors, but not all the covering that can be piled on his warm bed, nor all the furnace heat that anthra cite can furnish, will warm his marrow when chills and fever runs its Icy tinkers alone his spinal column. Hosteller's Ptomach Hitters is tne thing to infuse new warmth into his chilled and anguish frame, to remedy the fierce fever and exbauxtinK sweats which alternate with tba ehlll. Dumb ague, ague cake, bullous remit tent In short, every known form of malarial disease is subjugated by this potent, and at the same time, wholesome and genial medicine. lilllloHKticss.constipatinti, dyspepsia, sick head aches, loss of appetite and sleep, kidney trou ble, rheumatism and debility are also remedied by it. I'm it with persistence to effect a thor ough cure. Who eoverta more is evermore slave. Mer rick. White Elephant of Siam, Lion of Eng land, Dratron of China, Crass of Switzer, land. Banner of Persia, Crescent ot Egrpt Dotihle EuRle of Rushia, Star of Chili, The Circle of Japan, Harp of Erin. To tret these buy a box of the genuine Dr. C. McLane's Celebrated Liver Pi 1X9, price is cents, and mail as the out side wrapper with your address, plainly written, and 4 ceuta In stamps. V e will then mail you the above list with an ele gant package of oleographie and chro matic tarda. Flemikq Bros., Pittsburg, Pa. Time divided is never long, and regularity abridges all things. Maiiame tie Start. Send t-S and receive toe pounds good dry fruit (10 varieties) or send 10 and receive 100 TSs. best and finest California dried fruit made, (10 varie ties) securely packed. Smith's Cash Store, 41H Front St., San Francisco, t'al. Tbt OERWXjt for brealtfaat. Plal R. & 11. snpsrior exeeOence provse la millions ol hotne. fo, more tLmn a quarter of a oentnry. It Is Bad by the V nited Btatm Gonnniit Endorsed by the beads of Use Una I'nlnrsltle. ss Us Stronfea, FmS and most BealUiiuL Br Price Cream Baainc Povdrr don not vimtala Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Hold only la sans. raicK baking powder co. vis voasi cmciaao sr. Locnt $25 REWARD $25 FOR ANY CASE OF RHEUMATISM, I Neuralgia, Stomach. Kidney or Liver troubles (no matter of how long standing) that HAEMO S V (the new discovery) will not cure, and I will forfeit SS.VOO for any testimonial on my circu lars or iu my possession that is not genuine. U. H. WEBB, (fole Agent forthe I'nited States. 40 O'Farrell street. San Francisco. Bbssch Office 143 East First St., Los Angeles. 3end for Circulars. Agentst asstra Ev erywhere. THE VAN MONCISCAR PRIVATE DISPENSARY. NOS. 133 and 134 THIRD STRfcET, Portland, Oregon. Is Use only Prints Dis pensary in Portland or on the Korth. Coast where patients are success fully trrsted for all KEKV Ol 8. CHRONIC A.VD PRIVATE DISEASES in rounf or old, single or Buumd. soch ss LOST MANHOOD, Nervous debility, seminal losses, failing memary. syphilitic, emotions, ef fects of mercury, kidney and bladder troubles, gun errnea, gleet, stricture etc. CONSULTATION FREE. Or.SPKYo Seattle Dispensary, 8rmmXn! bKATTLE, y. t. N ERVOUS Deoillty, tossot Vhror. Bern In a' IlKltVWUO Losses, Weak Memory, iespon dency, Ac, due to excesses or abuse, cured. YOUNG MPMiiitWiitfnmtlstteti IW w II a "IBII of youthinlferlics or indis cretion should avail themselves of our treatment, A positive cure guaranteed la every cse. Pyphilis, t'rinsry and Venereal liseases au unnatural dia. charKea. promptly and safely cured. MIDDLE-AGED MENB. esse of Kidneys or Bladder, Weak Back. Nerrons sJebllitr. V anting of exn..l BtrensTUi. etc cured and restore! to healthy viior. W. B. Persons unable to visit ua msy be treated at their Domes, by correspondence. Medicines am1 instructions sent by mall or exr-ress. Consultation t res. Bend 4 cents in stamps fur 1 is Toons Man' I trrlendorUuidssoWadtock. OILinnnii BACH, Oabler, Roenlsl Pianos: Burdett Omna, band mstromenta stoea of Huees ain)t and Book. Kacda snvplied a (Cistern Prloes. MATTHIAS GRAY OO.. jssi Pot FOB Asth3na,CouKfc!i Cold, Crsap, Is- BBesss, Ifronrttltlsi, Catarrh, Whoop laoceiifrh, JLas of Voire, Inelpient ( onaamptlon, and all Throat aad lu( Troubles. - J. R. GATES & CO.; PROFS. IT Baasonae atreet. Ban Frauclsca, "al. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS SD CS0S3 SUUCin) Oi-MmL Wat, Mj ffsaataW ul rtMiaoie mil iot naje. mtw rati. Auk for ChicJister'a JCnglith lalllC boxea, M-tvlv-d WlU. blue rib boa. At DrmgminUu Aept burst boxes, ptnk wrmpnri. are 4umwr eeaiatcrfeit. Send 4. (stamp; for fiarUeulars aod "Relief for Ladle, i- tltmr. bv snail. 1 A.kOJ t. a LADIES wbo ha t ued then. Kama Paper. tliicimitr Chemical Co. Madison ..PhiUPa. P RINTERS And PUBLISHERS. You -will Save 25 per cent And considerable Time by niacin? your Order) for Type, Presses. Material, Inks, etc.. wltb. Jf.A.IJMJK, & BEY, 112-114 Front Street; Portland. N. P. N. U. No. 270-S. P. N. TJ. No. 847 50 CENTS. V V sasaunsa i TRADE MARK CURES PROMPTLY SPRAINS. STRAINS, HURTS. CONQUERS PAIN, HEALS, CURES. At Esuooisr aud Dkalebs. THE CHftRLES k, VOCEIEH CO.. tarlimdft. Hi. Diamond Vera-Cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. a raiHsa emu roa nrDtossriov ass ill tssseaa frsaslss Arlstea Ttufisa TWena-flauraliWa-aeaa; Fsrsv Otro r you if not atrtadp s stodk, a-seCIM ass bgmaU on receipt tf tS ef. u eoaet tl.00) stassps. Mamplt ml m receipt qft-cmU atossp. fa. CflARlIS A. VOfiELt CO- Balttasrs, " il al Msastssisrirs BUT THE BEST. TAKS SO CHANCES. MEXICAN SALVE THE CREAT HEALER. Cures Cuts, Sorea, Salt Rhenm, Boils, Pimples, Felons, Skin Dieasea, and all ailments for which a salve is suitable. For taking oat soreness and healing it acts like majric. 5 rents i box. at all drujrjrist. ASTHMA CURED Oernaa A nth ma. C n re never Jati tojrive iot- rWriiau relrf in the wont caeajjirruree oomfrirt- Kla ir.ss-i arTB ' 1 Au f.il tirXAlcomwikes tA wto iuTicaL Price MM and 1 .00,a Imii-TfcTtriTs or by mail. &ami rTntJSSS- : or gram -Ji n. jpmj n i r r m a . til. BR. PIERCE'S NEW BELT AND SUSPENSORY. ( f'st. Oct. 11 ,'s7)caresall Nervous arid Chronic Dis eases of botn sex aa. Priw' and upward. 4end 2c V. lor sealed pamphlet No. 2. Kt PTI RE. Ifrantnred send stamp for Pamphlet No. PILF.4. New Invention. Henri fnrl'atnphlet No. . Address; 'iT M. E. T. C'e-.TOtWaCTamento t,Kan Francisco, Cal. FY- - Rattan fteOwapeit -jVSsa, Portlr-ad, Orrrim. Perfect equipment, tlioioutih Instruction, t-1ab. Uilied reputation, growing popularity. Business, esorthana, Cemmom School and Penimnslitp Depart ments. Students ad m: ued at any 'line. Cata logue and specimens of penmanship sent free. k. WK I. Sac's. A. P. A&a.STKOati. Pria. EOPS -TREATED FREE.- Positively Cored with Tea-etable Remedies. Hsve etxred many tboasand eases. Cnre patients Srunonneed boneless br tbe best pbrsicians, From rat dose symptoms rapidly disappear, and tn ten ays St least two-thirds ol all symptoms are remov ed, bend lor free book of testimonials of mira-nlons cures. Ten days treatment furnished free by mail. If yoa order trial, send lu rents tn stamps to par posiase. Dr4.lLlI.jRKK.NSO.VS,Auanta,Ga. u yoa order trial return this advertisement to OA S5 Ts m a Day. Samples worth fl.SO, FREE. Lines not under the horses feet. Write Rsvw. eraa'a Sara-iT Ran Bsun Co'Holly.MlcK. J. H. riMH.. Asaarrr aad Aaaly Meal Cheaalat. Laboratory. KM First sc. Portland. Or. Analyse toade of all snbatancea. PiAHn.Q 1st Prenxroms. 25,000 to nse, 90 years Established.. Hew If III W W psxented steel Tmnf De. vice, in use in no other Piano, by which oar Pianos stand fas tone SO yean, good tor loo ; not affected uj ciiTTTsiw, rio www so spur, ereac, swell, anrma, crack, decay, or wear dot ; we guarantee it. Ho fant Rosewood Cases, strings, double repeating action; finest ivory kevs; the Fsnoas ASTISELL. Call ar write for Catalogue, free. T. K. ASTISEHi PIANO CO., IfanafaetUTea, Odd Fellows' Hall, Mac Set and Seventh Streets, San Francisco. THK iVYW nsivn ntts :jnii1ssfi"" ST .Jr a arm 'kOWICHT'S v , TO MAKE -v DELICIOUS BISCUITS or WHOLESOME BREAD ' USE DWIG.iT'S GOW-BRAND SODAmSALERATUS. ABSOLUTELY PURE. ALWAYS UNIFORM AND FULL WEIGHT. Be asm tasst there ia a pieton of a Cow on year package aad 73a vM have tha beat Soda made. TEX 00W ERA2TD. It EUiakes You Hungry "I bare used PalnCBCpiprvrvTmnrmTwi smttt 1 1 . isv aw " I have uaed Paice-s Celery Compound and It has had a salutary effect. It Invigorat ed the system and I feel like a aew man. It Improves tbe appetite and facilitates diges tion." J. T. Cora. " land, PrtmHS, S. C. Paine's Celery Compound is a Unique tonte and appetizer. Pleasajtt to the taste, quick In Its action, and without any Injurl ns effect. It gives that ragged health which makes everything taste fraod. It cores dyspepsia and kindred disorders. Physicians prescribe It. 11.00. six for S.0Q. Druggists. Wells. Richarpsoh a Co., Burlington. Vt ' DIAMOND DYES VAl T Wans? f,isiS aissl OCX TKADK arm: jsris.M..a. 1 It Is imrjov. taat tha the Bod or Balemtos yoa aae shonla be Waits and Para sunt a all similar snbsUnoea sad for food. To instil btalning only tha "Ana s Hammer" brand Soda a Seleratua. bay it in pound or half pound" cartoons, which bearoar aameand trade-mark, a Inferior woods are sease dmsssnbetirnted fdsthe "Arm k Hammer" brand When bought la bulk. Parties using Baking Powder should remem ber that lta sole rislnc property consists of bl ear bona ts of aoda. On teaspoon fnl of the "Area fc Hammer brand of oda or Baleratns mixed with soar milk eqaale Packed in Card OZT KTXBT o M V.fambissJ U d - JA y, rTiT!? PROMOTES DIGESTION if tor u o CO 1 jz a ea ; 5 u CO S2 pURIFIES BLOOD ea CC PORTLAND, M S iT . . . , BB"""",Bl"ll""'lBll'-T" V AGENTS WANTED raffi Distance no hindrance mg Profits, tmpyreal Pub. House, St. Paul Mnn. Amir f so1 f North r Urr Caro,ina Plu W " CutwillconTiDce any Smoker that it ia the finest Smok ing Tobacco ever solj on thia Coast. Don't be fooled by cheap imita tions. Always ask for "Seal," and sea that yen get the genuine. Big a given ncrssa sal satisfaction ia tba core of OoDorrhfea aatf Gleet-1 Prescribe It and lsel safe ii recmcmewS. In It to S!i (ufrerera if Deeatar.Hi. 'U PKICB.tl.eO. -t Sold br torncciat ' EI Tbe BUYERS' 0TJ13)B u lasoad March and Sept. each rear. It la an 9Tuejl clopedia of useful Infor mation for all wbo pur. ebaae tha toxaries or tha Tiftrrs.il imm i;,'. - can oioi.no yon ana rarmsjj you tit2i all tbe necessary aad ttssaeeaasj appliancea to ride, trail, dance, slai eat, fish, hnnt, work, go to ehsrtih. or star at home, and in various aizaa, etylas and quantities. Jturt flg-trre otjg svhat ia required to do all thase'thises COMFBRTABLT, and yon ean make a tale estimate of the value of the BUYERS GUIDE, which will be sent upon receipt of 10 cents to pay postage, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. s-U-Il Minhigan Avartae, Chicago, Hi, SALESMEN We Wish a fVw mm - sell oar goods by sample to tbe wholaale and -e- . ,, - , tau trade. .Largest man a- rrslncnTllnsL rnHfw.,JW,i ,t r . Day. Permanent portion. Ko portals answered. Monadvanceorwaees, advertising, etc real teaatal Maaafactarriaa '.. lari..7iai. tWOnn 6,000,000 lPfe believa thsr" , , ' J ' PT beet to tnr heads the lazwsauducsiieliabte basse, and tb j es wbuB sips, sou awa reuaoje noose, and u asa Ferrj's Ooodo "W''-V D. M. FERRT A DO sn acanowkKlcw! to be tba Jtrgeat Seedsmen In tttm ssnrld. Blns&ated .Descrrp. tive and fncad J For 138$ WTO Baa. ana.ljwt CstF S wiLilUd. tTlagilia s. Jsas-w j. D. H. FERRT & CO., Detroit, U!eh. WELL DRILLS FOB ETEIT B8fSSE. Sold on Trial ! liivesiaient small, profit arre. Send ec tor mailint sre Illustrated Cstaicra with futi prsisBlars, Ma ufaetared br GOULDS ft AUSTW, ts a see Lsk cmesco. ill. SprliigmediciaemeaasmoDow-a-iays did ten years ago. The winter ot 1S88-8S has left the nerves nil faogsd out. The nerves must He sorenguieisSd, the blood purified. Uvea- and bowels regulated. Paine's Celery Compormd the Spring sneaHefas afa slay does all this, as nothing else can. Prescribed fry Pkyticians, fJscomasendof bf Drvpgirts, Endorsed bf Ministers, Otsmremteed fry the Xmactvrers tabs The Best Spring Medicine. -.r1, svrtpz of 1887 1 was an ran flown. I iiTX-0 jt 11111115 iin so urea a feeling, and was so weak that I could hardly pet around. I bought a bottle ot Paine's Celery Com pound, and before I had taken It a week I felt J?J7r?,IRh.bel"'- J " cheefully recommend It to all who need a building op and strensrthen lng medicine." Mrs. & A. Dow, Burlington, VU LACTA TE 0 FOOD gSSSS?- besaBaasna; Powdr.saw te twenty times lta vws, oesiaea Essma much healthier, beeaaa It does not eon tain asp Injurious substance. frachas alum, teres alba eta., of whieh many Bak fag Powders ara mad. Issirymea aad Parmara should use only the" An a Hammer brand for cleaning aad ksspina? Milk fan Bwaat ail CstrnosT. Be that very pound packag ef "Aim aad Staair Brand contains foU 1 ovaee aet, aad tha powad packawss. 11 11. 1 aes. Boda ea BsJsrataa sum aa sp sot aad ea saoh paoaac. 1 FACKAGX, Vcrrs, ts T I f f TO OATS.l M fisnir--t ass tsti f 2 ti atilslan. I if arssslj kyt. ClJivStoxwtslJE 1isti"iisffi''J'ii Va - - X. vaa m r J. la f i.tsiifiis I II IAA. trn var 5ALRATijs Board Boxes. Always keeps Soft.1 I j STIMULATES LIVER fev-J pa era tn REGULATES fOVVELs OREGON.