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.
'If woman Is pretty.
To me 'tts no matter.
Be she blonde or brunette.
Ho she lets me look at her."
An unhealthy woman is rarely. If ever, beau
tiful. 1 he peculiar diseases to w hich so maoy
of the sex are subject are prolific causes of pale,
sallow faces, blotched with unsightly pimples,
dull, lustreless eyes and emaciated forms. Wo
men so afflicted, can he permanently cured by
usinn lr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription: and
with the restoration of health comes that beau
ty which, combined with good qualities of head
aud heart, makes women angels of loveliness.
" Favorite Prescription " Is the only medicine
for women, said by drugs-lsts, antler a pnsitirc
guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will
rive satisfaction in every case, or motiev will be
refunded. This guarantee has been pHuted on
the bottle wrapper, and faithfully carried out
for many years.
Better poor, young and wise, than rich, old
tud a fool. German Prorerb.
Kethlaf.Mke It!
Every day swells the volume of proof that as
a speclSe for all Blood dlsesses, nothing equals
lr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Re
member, this Is an old established remedy with
a record! It has been weighed in the balance
and found fulfilling every claim! It has been
tested many years in thousands of cases with
Uattcring success! For throat and lung trou
bles. Catarrh. Kidney disease. Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, Hlrk Headaehe and.all disorders re
sulting from impoverished blood, there is noth
ing like Dr. Plen-e's liolden Medical Discovery
world-renowned and ever growing in favor!
Small cheer and great welcome make grand
feast.
CIRK or PSEIHOSI.4.
William A. Sawyer, Uess Road, Niagara
Co , N. Y.. Say:
"About a year ago I was taken with a
severe pain in both lungs. I was first at
tacked with a violent chill, then a dread
ful pain and then a cough accompanied by
considers le fever. It looked very much
like a bad tta k of pneumonia. A friend
of mine procured five Allcock's i 'l-A s
ters One he put under each arm, one
under each bboulder blade, and one on
my chest close s-ound my throat. In a
few hours the rough ceased, the pain
gradnally abated, and 1 broke out in a
profane perspiration. I fell into a pro
found sleep, and the next day was almost
well. 1 wore the blasters eie-ht days af
terwards, and have never had any trouble
since.
Life is not so short but that there is always
time lit courtesy.
few's Year Llvrrt
The old lady who replied, when asked how
her liver was. " God bless me, I never heard that
there was such a thing in the house," was noted
for her amiability. Prometheus, when chained
to a rock, might as well have pretended to be
happy, as the man wbo is chained to a diseased
liver. For poor PrometheHS there was no es
cape, but by Uie use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
i-urgative pellets, tne disagreeable feelings, irrl
table temper, ronsti nation, indigestion, disxl
ness and sick headache, which are caused by a
aiseasea liver, promptly disappear.
Ko denunciation is so eloquent as the final
innuence ot a gooa example.
FsrCatarrhal ss4 Threat Disorders
" Brovn $ Bronchial Troches " are renowned and
marvellously effective, giving Immediate relief.
According to Bishop Home, adversity bor
rows its stiarpest stings trom our impatience.
ine preweni n m nriKni piwri ueiween tne
darkness of the future and the twilight of the
Dujnrdin's Life F.nenee has restored vigor to
hundreds of old-young men who have exhaust
ed their vital forces by dissipation, and other
bad practices. It has given back youthfulness
and strength whenever used. Price, f 1.50 a bot
tle. All druggists.
Nothing is so strong as genMeness; nothing
so gentle as real streugtn. .M. tro.net at mif.
INFANTILE
Skin Scalp
DISEASES
-.-cured by.
CJTICljrV
FOR CLKAN8INO, PURIFTINO AND
beautifying the skin of children and infante
and ourins torturing, disfiguring, itching, scaly
and pimply disease of the skin, scalp and
oiooa. who roes oi nair. rrotn infancy to old sure.
uro vii ii v ma nKsiom are iniauioie.
Cuticur. the great Skin Cure, and Curt
CUR Hoap. an exaniaite ftkin ftaautiflAr. ex
ternally, and Ccticl'Rs kcmiLVisT. thn nn
lllood l urifler, InternaHy. cure every form of
kin and blood diseases, trom pirn plea to
cru:uia
SftM a.np.wK. k. iMm fl.iw.., ...... to. . a, .a
25c: Hkooi.vknt, f 1. Prepared by the Pottkb
UKUO AND V HKBslCAL UO.. JrJOSTON, MARS.
Bepd for "How to Cure, 8aln Diseases."
-T Baby's Skin wad Scalp preserved and -
mm oeauunea oy v i'ticura hoap.
jp Kidnkt Painr, Backache and Weakn
jta cured by Cuticura Anti-Pain Plastck. an
f-inaianianeoua pain-auodulnK piaster, goo.
FOR THE BLOOD.
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
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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.
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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.
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P
RINTERS
And PUBLISHERS.
You -will Save 25 per cent
And considerable Time by niacin? your
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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
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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
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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
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PORTLAND,
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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.