cy
EYES.
fiytiof blfutlt-wliat itt't yon laok?
Have you not ttiu nuuiltilan'H knack,
That Luvura mtvur tthull bo ttliuik,
Ob, yen or black?
Ryw of nraywimt la't you Hay,
In your mill, tttnrn and modest way?
You wo tofculimr tn o'er butruy,
OU, eym of tfiny.
Ryj of blue-wiill, how are yoa?
Sometimes you're falHo,nomoilmei yon'fv
truu.
Bow oft yon win when you do woo,
Oh, ymtofblUB,
Eymof hrnwn-why look yon down?
When did I ever me yon frown?
Are you not Mill my truu Iovo'h crown
Oh. ojh of brown?
Browne I'urrhimtt In Yankee Hlada.
AN IDYL UPON CRUTCHES.
hands and answered the cry, I perverted
love to nelfl.sh new), and so stopped your
ears that I left yon to be one that men
could point at and say, 'He stopped at
home.' "
"Edgar B ." The hospital aid read
the name from a pass presented to him
by a lady who applied to see a patient
"Edgar B , No, 5 ward, madam; sizth
bod on the right."
The hospital was clean enough and
tidy, considering its crowded state, but
the smell of chloride of lime and carbol
io acid could not altogether quell the
sickly odors that drive in waves through
a military hospital.
"Not dead. Oh. no, madam; he's
asleep, He was rather more favorably
thought of this morning Both legs am
putated at the knee."
" 'Be is not dead, but sleepeth.'" 0n
consciouBlyhe quoted holy words in her
heart her numbed heart, that seemed
one while to stand still, and then to
throb until her breath failed. "That
It is to be seen often enough in Cen
tral park. ,
He. pale, emaciated, one of those men
who curry a ticket for Charon's ferry- j will be a loavetaking. won't itr The
Boat in bis pocket, and Is only loitering rea leur mat naa nntterea Detween tnem
a little by the way She, as full of life rose in her memory, and the words and
aa the lilacs near which they sit, grate- j the look that accompanied them,
ful to the eye in her beauty as they to He opened his eyes and another pair
the sense in their fragrance. He the looking into them. A pair of eyes?
weakness, she the strength, of the part-1 Ah, no; a soul Is looking through them,
nership. She as upright as a tall lily soul that measures every variation of
tem, with health to pay Time full rent , intelligence in his marks when the
through along life, he stooping painfully j strangeness of surprise dissolves into the
over the two sticks that prop up his new snape or recognition, wnen tne nazi'
nerveless body. Those are thecrutcbes.
Bow for the idyl.
There was a fpverishnoss of life In
ness of pain clears up into the distinct
ness of oomfort.
Not a word Is spoken. Only the two
New York city. North and south had t&cet lie there touching on the pillow,
grappled by the throat. War was whip-1 and only the eyes move, searching every
ping the tops of commerce until they line of each face, saying, in unspoken
bummed again. The government cried, i language. " We are together."
"Hive! give!" and merchant, manufac- Together? Yes. There should be no
turer and artisan toiled and moiled, more leavetaking till the final one. So
Even man us man hud a vulue in the tieorgia resolved, and while death
market; flesh and blood was dear. stalked on every side around Edgar
A youth and a girl met at a church B 's bed be lived. The surgeons said
door, and strolled away together. In the that Georgia saved him. His discharge
course of the service for it was the cuine, The war went on, but his coun
Sabbuth duy the minister had invoked try could spare him now.
the divine blessing upon the Federal I And so he got home at last to New
arms, and made a passionate appeul to York all that his omnivorous country
the congregation to aid with purse and could spure of him as be expressed
person to keep intact the grand old flag, it, and then a low fever attacked
that not a single star should be rent him and the medical men assigned
from the union, not one stripe from its U that remained of him by anticipa
field. And hearts had throbbed and tion to mother earth. There was no
yes had welled over with tears that Pim life would. burn out gently, but
morning. There were dollars for the there was no hope, and Georgia would
wounded and volunteers for the war in not believe them. She pitched her tent
that sermon. I against the shadowy foe, and drew out
"Is it true that you have bought a sub- the spear and buckler to light for her
titute, Edgar?" love. She conquered, too, and when she
It was the girl who spoke as the pair had saved him the doctors declared he
turned up Lexington avenue. had a constitution of cast steel, and con-
"Urn!" and lidgur nodded his head descended to take the credit of his re
affirmatively, "A Uonnun, who thought covery. It was not mnch of a recovery
his body and hoiins worth fUOHO." (after all. Only a tottering from the
She hiulwtl straight before her, kicking couch to the window, a lifting from the
the point of her parasol with her boot carriuge to a liench in the park, but that
tips as she walked. I was a very great deal to her.
"The last steamer brought 500 emi- With a faint touch of irony ail over
grunts, Georgia. The price of snlistitutes wrapped by a smile of good humor, he
will go down fur a bit. It is a pity 1 did had said to her:
A FINE PI.ACK FOR HOTS.
Iloltt's Oak Grove School is unquestion
ably one of the best Hchools for boys on the
Pacific Coast. It if looated near Millbrae,
Han Mateo county, Oal., in charge of Iral.
Hoitt, Ph. D,,ex-fttate Superintendent, with
a first-class corps of seven teachers. The
place is beautiful and healthy. The number
of pupils is limited to fifty so that special,
individual attention may be given to each.
Caller What are you looklnit through that
blK T'lle of comic papers for? Kxchaiiee Editor
(with a sigh of disapiioltilment) For fun.
BIRDS F PARSAGR
Between this and the other side of the broad
Atlantic, In the shape of tourist, commercial
travelers and mariners, agents "on the road,"
steamboat oaritaina, ship's surgeons and ".all
sorts and conditions" of travelers, cm iffrantand
new settlers appreciate and testify to the pre
ventive arid remedial proirtirtlesof Hostetter's
Sinniach Bitters in seasickness, nausea, malarial
and rheumatic trouble, and all disorders of the
stomach, liver and towels. Against the preju
dicial influences of climate, crudely cooked or
unaccustomed diet and Impure water, it is a
sovereign safeguard, and has lieen so regarded
hy the traveling public for over a third of a
century. Uo form of malarial fever, from the
ealentura of the I'acitic and the broken-bone
fever of the Mississippi to its milder types, can
resist the curative action of this benignant pre
server and restorer of health, a veritable boon
to persons in feeble health or liable to incur
disease.
"How shall ! enter the money the flashier
skipped with?" asked the bookkeeper. "Under
prolll and loss?" " No; suppose you put it un
der running ex penses."
ALWAYS UIVINU SATISFACTION.
Bbandketh'b Pills have always given
satisfaction. In fifty years there has been
no complaint of them. That is about their
li.e in the United States, and millions of
persons have used them. There is no doubt
that they have established themselves by
merit alone. They cure rheumatism, dys
pepsia, piies, liver complaint, biliousness
and any disease arising from an impure
state of the blood. One or two at night on
an empty Btomach for a week or two will
keep you in good form and tone up the
system. They are purely vegetable, ab
solutely harmless ana safe to take at any
time.
Hold in every drug or medicine store,
either plain or sugar-ooatea.
Dnn Don't, von think nw imwns fit twttc
than they used lo? CoraYes. Your dress
maker told me yesterday she was taking lessons
in geometry.
KOFTCRB AMD PILBS) UUB-D.
not wait a little.
"Yes, It is."
She suid this quite seriously, and stop-
"Never mind. Georgia; you will have
to get a substitute now."
And she, brave with a true woman's
ped before the door of the house she lived courage, wise with a true woman's tact,
made reply;
"My wedding dress is ready, Edgar.
When shall we be murried?"
She kneeled, and he propped himself
upright upon his crutches before the al
tar. He will never kneel again; the pa
in.
"Well, don't look so serious about it,"
he added cheerfully. "1 have put $1,000
to a worse use before now, Georgia."
"Never in your life, Edgar."
"Ehr
"Never in your life, 1 sny, Edgar." She triot was exonerated God knows where
jumped up two steps, and then turned to his knees are and then they went away,
confront him. "All the substitutes will The bride and her cripple? Not a bit of
be gone after awhile, and then they'll it the wife and her hero,
have to call upon its girls to go to the , He likes that seat by the lilacs on the
war. If 1 were drafted I'd not buy aaub- j north side of 1 tie lake. The sunlight
titnte; I'd go." glitters on the water fringe that trickles
"I understand you," said he slowly, from under the feet of the angel of the
nd loaned against the pilaster. "You fountain, and he says it Is a figure of his
love your country more tuan all besides
oh, Georgia?"
She looked down at him with a half
own life, which is running away over
the basin watched over by an angel.
The shadows of the lilacs lengthen out
perplexed expression in her hazel colored across the puth and touch the gross
eyes; and just then some leaves from the plot, so she lifts the softly padded
creeper that clambered the front of the cratches and smiles her meaning, "Time
to go home, Mgitr. Sweet, serious
face. Verily the martyr has his conso
lation. That is the the idyl. Percy Robinson
in Harper's Bazar.
house came fluttering .to the ground be
tween them. Stooping, she picked a red
-one up and held it up to him by way
of diversion. "Is not that a beautiful
color?"
"It is red n very suggestive one just
now, and quite apropos of our conversa
tion, Georgia. Give it to me. That will
be a leave taking, won't it?"
Coat of Carters for New Vurk Women.
A class of women with whom expen
sive and beautiful garters are a fad are
There was a tone of bitterness in his the wives and daughters of some rich and
oice; It was not hard to see that he was showy folk, and even of those not very
"(fy showy. Counting these thousands, a
"You understand me In part, Edgar. )arge gftrter. dealer tells me that $30,000
It is the worat part that you understand; (, a (ow estimate to put to their account,
the better escnpes you." jj, other words, to sum the total cost of
"No, I think not, Georgia." He push- garter8 for this city for one year the
d his hat back from his fuce and gazed amount would not be far short of $350,-
atoadilyat her. "Yon believe honestly OOO. Tie them all together, the cotton
that it iB on my account, for my good tne flannei onea, tlie plain giti,,
name, that you are solicitous. Come, th the gorgeous bands, and we have a
now, some of your girl friends have Btring about 4oo miles long, worth a
been twitting yon witli my inglorious qarter of a million dollars! Why, it
proclivities for a whole skin, contrast- would support BOO families of 2.500 souls
ing the patriotic nobleness of their for a year. New York Cor. Louisville
aweethearts with the selfish pusillaniiu- Courier-Journal,
ity of yours. The thought baa grown
np in your bruin that by and by it will j -Adjusted" Watches,
be said to you. 'Your husband honght a No, 0n9wlUuh illH thousand is ad-
.nbstltute when he was drafted; you )wM m me jn a nunJred ,, fuU
married a man who, when old ami young ewee(i. Examjlle the watche8 for
v. i,- it- in u; Ti J ln the moat expensive oases, and it will
behind his dollars.' Well, now, Georgia,
listen to mo."
"Stop a moment, Edgar. Tell me,
have you never felt any of this for your
elf? No one hits ever twitted me as
you say. but I have thought, not In my
brain but in my heart, where all my
thoughts of you grow. Edgar" -her
cheek hVhcd. but she spoke resolutely
"that hereafter men may twit you,
be found that very few have the patent
regulator, the full jewel mark, while the
search may be long and vain to find one
marked "adjusted." Hew York Truth.
Cycles In a Fire Department.
The Houston lire department has or
ganized a cycle corps. The members
carry on their wheels axes, ropes, hooks,
ho anil nlhur Itirhr unnuMttiit At n ra.
And you in turn luny twit me, because .. , ,,,,! ,.,
When our country cried out loudly, and w, nown to b, moat ti8ao.
We THwttlTelT cure ruDture. rAm and all rec
ti! disease without pain or detention from trail
neu. No cure, do pay. Alio all Private dli-
h. Adarem for D&mDhlet Dn. Forterflekl
Loiey, lUUt Market itreet, ban Franolaeo.
Ai to drink, it's very true that it a man
doumi't want to m hlnielf an others see him,
he Bhouiuu't look too much in the glass.
oTvum 9 tu7;'ikji trvene uuve u uirwi
influence on the inflamed parts, giving re
lief in coughs, ooldtt and the various throat
troubles to which singer, and public speak
ers are liabe. Sold only in boxen.
Hridtret What in the result of cnHtim? bread
upon the waters? HrookB In our house It re
turns Die second day aet pudding-
HOW8 THIS t
We offer One Hundred Dollars' Reward for
any (lane of catarrh that winimt be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure. . J. CJJKNEV & CO.,
rrops., loieao, u.
We. the undeniiKned. have known F. J. Che
ney for the last litteeu years, and believe him
perfectly honorable iu all business IranttactioiiB
and ilnaucially able to carry out anyoblitiatiou
made by their firm. WKT & TKUAX.
n noieaaie uruKK"", loieao, u.
WALDINU, KIN NAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale DrURKiste, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is takeu internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
latmsof thesyKteni. Price, 76 cents per bottle,
bold by all druggist. Testimonials free.
Die Knameilne Btove yoUah: no dut, no amoll.
Tit Qbbmka for breakait
Pfimderta Or-'iroii Klood Purifier is
the bust remedy for cleansing your system.
S
V SwB"i,
aU$$T fife.
If is, J, X, AuylieubaugK
Of Ettcrs, Fa.
THE REASON.
Let us look into the force, mean
ing, reason of the oft-repeated line:
Cures Promptly and Permanently.
Pains Endured for 30 Years,
26 Years,
20 Years,
10 Years,
Dive been promptly Cured by
ST. JACOBS OII
By the use of :
A FEW APPLICATIONS
A HALF BOTTLE
ONE BOTTLE
TWO BOTTLES.
Correspondence with Sufferere ehowt
entire permanence of cure up to this
time, in tome cases covering
6 Years,
7 Years,
8 Years,
10 Years,
and so on, and this proof we hold.
A copy of the "Official Portfolio of the
World's Columbian Exposition," descriptive
of Buildings and Oronnds, beautifully fllo,.
tnued, In water color effects, will be sent to
any address upon receipt of 10c. In postage
lamps by The Chl a. Vooiier Co.,
Baltihoke, Ma
nickol ,
mov'mt
FREE rFREE
20 year jpf
IT COSTS YOU NOTHING
X?JiJLlJl
rm-n:7irr- MiLl -tw "
fcJIEJ-1
Si.wper ixreuo."
One cent a dose.
Turn Great Cotoh Cuhb T promptly cure
here all others faiL Cougha, Croup. Sore
Throat, Hoarseness, Whooping Cough and
Asthma. For Consumption ft drs do rival:
has cured thousand!, and will curb Ton if
taken Id time. Sold oy Dniffglsta on a guar
antee. For a Lame Back or Cbfst, use
SHILOH'8 BELLADONNA PLASTER5o.
IPR7
CATARRH
REMEDY,
Have vou Catarrh? ThUrei-edvlfliruRraii.
teed to cure you. Frioe,50cta. L-Jectorfree.
DR. GUMS
ONION
SYRUP
F0R COUGHS,
COLDS
MHO CROUP.
GRANDMOTHER'S ADVICE.
lnriilnr familT of ninn ohArm. bit only rem
edy for Cougha, Colds rind Croup wa onion Byrup. It
.juBtMeffecUva to-day as it w&a forty yean ago.
Now my grandchildren take Dr. Gunn's Onion Syrup
which is already prepared sad Jnor pleasant to th
mw. uoia everywners, aro ooiueo wu
TaJtoaQBubfUtutofiu-ri. Taoru's noUutK good.
Something New and Practical!
PTfl-PflooF BAG!
FOR CLOTHING of every description. Odor
less and air-tight: can be used lor years. Send
stamp for eirculai. Agents wanted everywhere.
iEo. J. Li'dlow, Room 10,221 Front street, San
rnui'MHco, Calnornia.
YOUNG MENI
The Specific A No. I.
PnnM. without fall, all canM of flnaitrr-
hw-u ii'id iflP, do matier of Luw long
BUuidlDg. fievema sinciure.ii neirigan id
UtiiuI rcmii'ly. Carwtieneverythiug else
baHfuiltHl. PoW by all DrugBista.
Nanumoturercxxu)A.r'iierinmHraican
Tow thin Watch, tmt when you have leen It
and H mi its you, iay toe express ageutour jirfce
10 and take it, otherwise ho will return It
at our expense.
MWflTIPC I o n"t handle cheap
nUllbC I trashy Watches which are
no bi-rtcr than brass. We ffuartintee ail
onr R"oiiB, and can sell you anything lu the
Jewei ry line, at similar prices.
SEEING IS BELIEVING 'i'cSre1
We Mend goods (J. O. D. subject to examinatlou.
A'iiirea
EXCELSIOR WATCH CO.
63T Market St,, - - San Francisco.
Palace Hotel.
Hercules Gas Engine
(OAS OB OA80UNE)
Macki for Power or Pumping Purpose
The Cheapest Reliable Gas 1
on me !
O Out of Ehoink amp
Wm Simplicity It Beata the 'World
It olla lteelf from a Beiervolr,
Xo Carburetor to get out of order
Ho Batteries or Eleotrio Bparlu
It rone with a Cheaper Grade of GMOllae than auy
oiuer Engine.
ItKD roa c-TAioatra to
PALMER & REY, MANUFACTUKUtt
AND
PORTLAND. OREGON.
RLOOD POISON
arv or Tertlarr
Syphilis permanentlT cired la 15 to35days. Ton
can bo treuioil at borne f or the snme prlco and the
same suurunteeai with those wlio prefer to coma
bore no will contract to cure tbem or rotund money
and par expense of coming, railroad fare and hotel
bills, if we fnll to cure. If you have Ukita mer
cury, Iodide potnflh, ami still hitve aches and
mlns, IH urouaVutrhesiin niouih, More Throat,
Jlmplei:oipei'olore- tipoti,lfleeraonanr
part of tba body. Hair or i'.yt'browa fuMlnr
out. It Is this gyphllltlc BI.OOU POINOIV
that we guarantee to cure. We solicit the most
oballnnte cuai-a and challenge the- world for
a ciu we cannot cure. 1'bls disease baa alway
baltted the lilll of the nont eminent, phyal
cluna. ."00,04M capital behind our uncondi
tional frttaruntce. AhaoluteproofliBtmtscaledoa
appllratlon. Artdrcss COOK KEMF.ItY CO..
ia5 to 1331 JUtoaontc Temple, Ctaluuvo JU.
Blood Poisoning
Intense Suffering 1 1 Years.
Hood' Healed the Sore in Seven
Weeks A Perfect Cure.
"I will recommend Hood's 8arsnpariUa as
flral-oluss. It him proved Its merits to us.
Twelvo years ago my wife waa piclting rasp
N'rrlea when sho scritchM hcMclf on a brier.
'.Uii wound from winch nom d.'VOifptd iutoa
tet rtll-.Mir",) lrtjhven hor kucenudaukie. Nn'
wiiiHuiudii.tj n I wo didiorlf.lt coutinued ri s
cluiri'i' fTfor I'levcii tuusrM'ars. We tried lr.ed.
enlhki loueVL'rypid.'.with nofftVot. Abouta
civr iiko Bho rend of ji-md har apnrliia and
n inolu tod lo try 1 herself nud w lie tRKiim 1hi
llfpt Lio.Ueslio tcUUttoraud c.iiiUijuud wlthii
Hood's S3- Cures
until to-day she is t-utirely well uud better than
iivcr. The sure was honied up iu seven weeks.
Her limb is perfcet'v pound, We attributo hor
jure entir-ly to Ho-fl's 8itraparllla." Jacou
N. AUQHKNiJAUOH, hLUTB, lorit to., I d.
HOOD'S PlU.fliireivULIvorl.la.BiUouB
irrk, Jimutlice, itidleesllnu, 8iok Headache.
fathers and hrutlitw, uyn. even to the
school Imlti, took tlunr lives iu their
tory. Oating.
urmLure all new : dointr a Kood bunl
nosn; a Ioiik leant o i t'avorablR terniH will be given
to right party; 12,500; hair mwh Addtead J. H,
FItiK, IW4H Wasblimtoii atreet, Portlaudt Or.
9a-
mm
THE BEST WHEEL OJ EflHTfl,
THE DERBY FOR '93.
' Morgan & Wright Pneumatic $150
DETAIL Frame, Derby pattern, double throughout from continuous
seamless steel tubing; it-inch Head: Wheel Base, 44 inches; Wheels, 28 in.; ,
Tool Steel Hearings; Mannesmann's Hpiral Fibre Steel Tubing; Gearing.
67 and ii3 inches; Round Cranks, 6V and 7-inch throw; Humber Chain:
Oarford Saddles, Drop Forging throughout.
We have the best and most simple spokes made: they can be replace
by the rider without removing the tire, and are fully explained and il
lustrated in our Catalogue; also tangent spokes.
For beauty and simplicity t here is no equal. For service none can ba
i made better. BEND FOR CATALOGUE.
If Webb Safe and Lock Co.,
GENERAL NORTHWESTERN AGENTS,
64 THIRD STREET, PORTLAND, ORECON.
DON'T BORROW TROUBLE." BUY
SAPOLIO
'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END.
RHEUMATISM CURED BY THE USE OF
Moore's Revealed Remedy.
Astobia Obruon, Jsnuarv 10. I cau state with pleasure that by the use ot
MOOKE'" KKVKALED REMEDY mv husband wa tellered rom mi old rase of
BHKr'ATI6M aud in; youngest boy cured entirely of INFLAMMATORY RIIKU
MATltifll waen the best doctoi I eould get did him no good Y urs tn a'arltude.
MR8. $. V. STKKLK.
80I.D BY TOUR DltHOOIST.
). P.H.C. No. 493 -ti. t. H. C. No. 570
LOOK OUT FOR TRAVELING "FAKIRS"
SKUINQ "CHEESK-FRAMS"
.BICYCLES ,
And rflnresentintr them to be lust aa (rood as
'Victors," "Ramblers," "Clevelands " "Palelghs,"
"Rudges," ''Sylphs," Western Wherl Wo ks, tto.
Send for catalogues, club aud agenu1 discounts.
FRED T. MERRILL.
326 Washington Street, Portland, Or.