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About nipd'-Kyo Maple. For hundreds o( yeura lumbermen and cablnet-uiulters have been study ing to leurn what causes muple wood to assume tho mottled and spotted form known us "bird's-eye." In a hundred rode maple trees perhaps one Is a bird's-eye. Nobody can pick the specific tree out by inspecting the bark or the wanner of growth. You may have to chop 200 trees before you find one, but it Is worth the sacrifice. Fact Is, the woodpeckers make all the bird's-eye maple there 1b in the world. In flying about the woods they come to a rock maple tree that yields very sweet sap In the season when sap Is running. Most birds like eweets woodpeckers are very fond of sugar. Having found a tree yielding a large per cent of sugar, the birds peck holes in the trunk and tnen stand against the bark and drink tho sap as It oo.es out. After the sap has ceased to flow and the trees have leaved out new wood and bark form in those small holes. The pecking and sap-gathering goes on for yejirs until the tree, having given up so much snp to the birds, be gins to furnish fluid containing less sugar. ' In ten or twelve years after tho birds quit a tree the holes are all grown up and nobody can pick out the big bird's-eyes from other trees that the woodpeckers did not visit New York Sun. Two Bnnsets) Per Day. There Is only one place In the world where the sun sets twice dally, and that is at Leek, In Staffordshire. The reason of this is that a Jagged moun tain is situated to the west of the town, and in the evening the sun sets behind It and darkness comes on. Then the first sunset occurs, the gns lamps lit, and apparently night has set in. But it has not, for in the space of an hour or so tne sun reappears again through the opening at the side of the mountain and daylight again appears. Artificial lights are extinguished and daylight again prevails, until the sun again descends below the opening, and the second sunset occurs and night comes to stay. Modesty. Lieutenant I have a very pretty compliment for you. One of the young ladies thought I was the author of your latest poem. Fliegende Blaetter. A retreating chin is always bad; it shows lack of resolution. MALLEABLE IRON STUMP PULLERS Fastest, lightest mid strongest Htump Pullet ou the market, Uv Horse power od .lie sweep with two home.. Write lor deHurlpilve catalog and prices. KBIERSON MACHINERY CO. Foot of Morrison Street Portland, Oregon QId thlgout, return to us with the names and addresses of yourself and two of your friends, and the date when you will probably enter a business college, and we will credit you with 15.00 on our $65.00 scholarship. . Our school offers exceptional advantages to 1 students of Business, Shorthand, English, etc. ' Best Instruction Lowest Tuition write Foa CMAioeui io it's rati THE MULTNOMAH : BUSINESS INSTITUTE M. A. ALBIN, Pres. c es sixth st. PORTLAND, ORE. ! Don't Get Wet! TOWER'S SLICKERS will keep you dry as nothing else will, because . they are the product of - the best materials and seventy years' experi' ence in manufacturing. A. J. TOWER CO. Boston, U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN 00., Ul Toronto, Can. Dr. G. Gee Wo WONDERFUL NOME TREATMENT This wonderful Chi nese Doctor Is calhd great because he cures people without opera tion (hat are Riven up to die. He cures with those wonderful Chi nese herbs, roots, buds, barks and vegetables that are entirely un known to medical sci ence In this conuiry. Tbiouxh the use of those harmless remedies this famous doctor knows theactluu of over 500 different remedies which he successfully uses In different diseases. He guarantees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung, thma , rheumatism, nervousness, stomach, liver; kid neys, etc.; has hundreds of testimonials. Charges moderate. Call and see him. Patients out of the city write for biankr and circulars. Bend stamp. CONSULTATION 1'KEE. Address THE C. GEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO 162V first St., S. C. Cor. Morrison Mention paper. PORTLAND, OREGON. V 4 ii nil ii ii ii i A man with shrewd gray eyes walk ed along tho busy down-town street, carefully observing everything. Sud denly he paused, then rushed toward a rain-pipe atached to a building and ranruiod his cane into it The familiar squealing of a rat pierced the air. All daughters of Eve within hear ing lifted their skirts and fled the place. Men and boys began to crowd round. People came from across the street. Carts and cabs halted. "Say, mlater, that stick ain't long enough!" shouted a newsboy. "Somebody go and get a terrier," suggested another. Evidently the ownr ot the shrewd gray eyes did not desire advice, but intended to deal with that rat accord ing to bis own fancy. lie paid not the slightest attention to the remarks, but continued vigorously to ply his cane. "Let him come out and then set the dogs on!" "Put your, hand in and grab him by the tall!" "Say, why don't you use the big end of that cane?" "Blow smoke up the pipe!" At last the star performer glanced over his shoulder the crowd was packed and jammed behind him, and two policemen on the outskirts were truggllng to make an opening the psychological moment" was come. The man removed something from between his teeth, and extended it to ward the crowd. "Here you are, gentlemen!" he cried. "The cleverest Invention yet made Wilkinson's Weird and Wonderful Patent Whistle. Imitates anything from a rat to a rhinoceros! Embrace your opportunity, ' entertain your friends, make the children happy. Only a few left, and those going like wild-fire, at ten cents apiece!" Youth's Companion. TEST OF AERIAL TORPEDO. n n n r r uiumr a i tier i mc Beet Cougb Syrup, Tastes Uood. Use In time. Boia py arugguts. Swedish Army Officer's Invention Pro pelled by Internal Motor. Major Unge of the Swedish army has invented a comparatively novel projectile, which he thinks might be valuable for coast defense. He calls It an aerial torpedo. Like the White head device, it carries a charge of gun cotton in its head, and In the body are provided means for automatic propul sion. The latter differ from those em ployed with submarine torpedoes. Major Unge substitutes for compress ed air a composition consisting mainly of gunpowder. The gases of combus tion do not escape directly, as they do from a rocket, but actuate a tiny en gine in the rear part of the shell; and, though It is not so asserted in the cur rent accounts, the motor probably causes a propeller wheel outside the casing to revolve. The inventor pro poses to have three sizes, their diam eters being 4, 8 and 12 Inches, respect ively, and their charges of guncotton varying from five to 100 pounds. Tests were made of the two smaller sizes a sort time ago on the ordnance proving grounds of the Swedish gov ernment, and a number of foreign officers were permitted to witness them. According to a correspondent of the London Times, the perform ance was highly instructive. The tor pedoes were discharged from skeleton tubes set up at what was considered the most suitable angle, the only im petus given to the torpedoes being that afforded by the burning of the composition which they contained. What impressed some observers as the most remarkable feature of the trial was the fact that the course of the projectiles did not alter. A per fect aim seemed to be feasible, al though the mounting was a make shift. The 4-inch torpedoes traveled about a mile and a quarter (2,200 yards) and the 8-inch torpedoes nearly three miles. The ranire of the largest size was not ascertained, but it could hard ly have been lessthan five miles, and it might well have been greater.' Inasmuch as projectiles of corre sponding calibers flred from, rifled guns would go farther than Major Unge's torpedoes, one- might be tempt ed to question the value of the latter, especially for driving off war vessels which are threatening to attack a lor tifled spot. The plan which has Just been tested in Sweden, though, has two or three unique merits. Not only is the tube from which the projectiles are flred Immensely cheaper than the coast defense gun and mount, but it is also light enough to be readily moved from one spot to another. The outfit which the London Times corre spondent saw probably that which was suited to the discharge of an 8 Inch torpedo weighed only 700 pounds. A battery of such tubes could be shifted with the same ease as light artillery and concentration at a given point on short notice would be entirely practicable. Of course, the apparatus and the torpedoes would also be serviceable in field work. American military officers will un doubtedly await further information about the system, and particularly in regard to thp behavior of Major Unge's 12-inch torpedo, with something more than curiosity. New York Tribune. False Faces. "What becomes of all the false faces?" asked the city salesman. "Who wears them? There are lots of them made. A trip on the elevated roads gives peeps into many doors where dozens of workmen do nothing year in and year out but make false faces. The output must be sufficient to ena ble the entire population to go about dressed for a continuous curnlval. On Thanksgiving and a few other fete days masks are In demand, but the rest of the time most of us are Con tent to show our natural countenances. That comparatively light local trade, even when swelled by the year round trade of small shops in populous dis tricts, leaves a tremendous quantity of false faces to be accounted for." New York Press. Mothers will find Mrs. Witulow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use ior their children during the teuthing period. Curing Cats of Disease. Diseased seed oats are now medt cated while passing through elevators, a number of the grain elevators of Tnrllnnn tin vine been eaulntied for thn purpose, xne peculiar ailment to which oats are most susceptible is known as "smut" and unless treated such oats produce very inferior crops. I However, the disease can be cured quite easily, and the medicament is simply formaldehyde, that much abused germicide. To treat the oats a veritable drop or chute about three feet square and forty to fifty feet high is prepared, on the inside of which are placed shelves or deflectors sloping downward, alternat ing on two opposite sides from top to bottom. As the grain drops from the top it is thrown from side to side by the deflectors and thus thoroughly mixed. By means of a small steam pump the formaldehyde is then thrown, in the form of a fine spray, against the falling grain near the top of the drop. By the time the grain reaches the bottom it is thoroughly moistened, being allowed to remain in this condition several hours, after which it is run through the drop a second time, with a blast of cold air replacing the stream ,of formaldehyde spray, by which it is thoroughly dried. Much Timber Uncnt. Across the great lakes in Canada there lies one of the world's largest reserves of timber. In spite of the tariff imposed much of tills timber is to-day coming to the United States. The forests of the Dominion are begin ning to yield abundantly. More than 100,000,000 feet of pine sawlogs and square timber, during a recent season, were cut upon territory held under timber license from the crown. Much of Canada's timber Jand has not yet even been explored. In the newly developed districts of Algoma, which are close to the great lakes, it Is estimated that there are more than 100,000,000 cords of spruce and pulp wood, while in the districts of Thun der Bay and Rainy Blver there are nearly 200,000,000 cords more. A belt at least 3,000 miles long is believed to exist In Canada between Alaska and the Atlantic. It has been estimated that, at the present rate of cutting, the greatest timber resources of the United States those of the Pacific coast will be exhausted in less than half a century. The annual cut of shingles and lumber in these regions is 4,500,000,000 feet. The standing timber in Washington, Oregon and northern California at present Is twice that of the original timber lands of the northern woods. Washington produces about as many feet of shingles and other lumber as Oregon and California together. This State Is noted for its shingles, there being more than 1,000 shingle mills within its borders. At Tacoma are lo cated the largest sawmills in the United States. Come Now Own Up You don't like those gray hairs, do you? And your hus band certainly doesn't like them. Then why not try a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor?, It restores color to gray hair every time, all the deep, rich color of early life. And it cures dandruff also. " 1 certainly believe that Ayer's Hair Vigor Is a splendid preparation for the hair and scalp, for I have used It more or less for six years. I can cheerfully recommend It to any one In need of such a preparation." Mas. Kate Boyt, Minneapolis, Minn. A Hade by J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. ftiw uuuiuiaucurers oj 7 SARSAPARILLA. PILLS. CI1EHRY PECTORAL. yers P. N. U. No. 45-1905 WHEN writln (r to advertisers please mention this paper. riTB Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness ll 10 after firstday'suseofDr.Kllne'sUreatNerve Restorer. 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On his return he sought out another young man, and said, impressively: "Look a-here, I understand that you took advantage of my absence from town last month to go calling on Miss Henrietta Brown." "You are mistaken," the other man answered. "It is her sister, Miss Clarissa Brown, that I've been calling on." "Well, sir," said the first, "that makes no difference. I've got my eye on both them girls." Rhymes of the Season. When the summer time has ended and the saucy autumn breeze Gets to toying with the leaves on all the brilliant colored trees, Ah, 'tis then the hearts grow lighter and the spirits start to rise, When the frost is on the pumpkin and the pumpkin's in the pies. When the days are growing shorter and the birds have gone away, And the corn Is growing riper in the fields from day to day, There's a rosy glow pervading all the hazy autumn skies, When the frost is on the pumpkin and the pumpkin's in the pies. When the hammocks have been put away and open cars are gone, And you never see a tennis player chas ing on ttte lawn, When the college people gather and you hear the football cries, Then the frost is on the pumpkin and the pumpkin's jn the pies. You recall with lots of pleasure all the summer days could give, But since the autumn days have Btarted, then you know 'tis joy to live, As your mouth begins to Water, and there's gladness in your eyes, When the frost is on the pumpkin and the pumpkin's in the pies. Chicago Chronicle. For forty year's Plso's Cure for Con Sumption has' cured coughs and colds. At druggists. Price 25 cents. Generosity. Beggar Pardon, sir, but this nickel you gave me is lead. Benevolent Old Man Why, so it is! Well, keep it, my man, as a reward of your honesty. Le Journal. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. 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