All Humors
Are Impure matters which the skin, liver,
kidneys und other orgunu curmot tuke care
Of without help.
l'lniplus, bolls, eczema und other erup
tions, loss of appetite, thut tired feeling,
bilious turns, fits of Indigestion, dull head.
aches and many other troubles are due to
them. They ore removed by
Hood's Sarsaparilla
In usual liquid form or In chocolated
tablets known as 8arsatab8 100 doses $1,
ISortToKB'n New Bird.
When Charles l NorcroNH, now n
well-known Wimhlngton correspondent.
begun IiIh newspaper career he was
sent to "cover" one of the courts. Ill
business wus to look at the docket and
find the facts about any case that seem
ed to him to warrant lilm In writing
ubout.
One 'afternoon he discovered nn entry
that said one WlllUmi Rurrw had been
arrested and fined $10 for stealing a
nmrtlngule from James Jones, a uclfli
bor.
lie recited thes facts In on Introcluc
tory paragraph, and then went on
"This criminal was Justly punished, for
the pretty little martingale he stole was
the Joy und comfort of the wife of
Jumes Jones. She kept It In a cage In
her parlor, and when, tired with tin-
work of the day, the martingale began
to pour forth those strains of melody
for which our Pittsburg martingales are
famous, she found great pleasure. Such
miscreants as this man Hums should
not be allowed at large, especially when
they descend so low as to steal harm
less and melodious martingales." Sat
urday Evening Post.
Ilnd, Uad KIMrl
The scientists make out a good ense
ogainst the house cat, who, with all her
charming and lovable qualities, Is
shown to be an agent of disease, and
n wholesale destroyer of bird life. I)r,
Caroline A. Osborne, who has been con
ducting experiments at Clark Unlver
fiitjr, has found that cats have diph
theria, whooping cough, tuberculosis,
eczema and ring-worm. Kven when
cats do not actually contract these
maladies they may carry the contagion
about with them. As nimrods they
are responsible for the death of about
fifty birds a year, according to K. II
Forbush, State Ornithologist for Mas
sachusetts, not Including the suffering
they Inflict by their mangling of birds.
squirrels uud rabbits. Philadelphia
Tress.
liarjfuui l Joy.
The fresh cream puffs In the Italian
baker's window looked Inviting, and
the Interested housekeeper stepped In-
f lde the shop to ask the price.
"Fifteena centa a doz," replied the
smiling proprietor, wiping bis hands on
his apron, preparatory l. wrapping the
cakes.
"Why," exclnfrned the lady, unable
to conceal her astonishment, "that's
very cheap for cream puffs ! I usually
have to pay thirty. I don't see how
you can make them nt that price."
"Him cbeana all rlghta," confided
the baker. "Da liealt' olfice telephone
I gotta closa da shop right off. My
girl, Antonle, gotta da measle."
Told by Their Uuttons.
The minister's wife was busily en
gaged one afternoon mending the fam
ily clothes when a neighbor called for
a friendly chat. After a few moments
of news and gossip the caller remarked,
as she began to Inspect a basket of
miscellaneous buttons:
"You seem to be unusually well sup
plied with buttons of all kinds. Why,
there is one like my husband had on his
last winter's suit."
"Indeed," said the minister's wife,
with a slight smile. "All these but
tons were found In the contribution
box, and I thought I might as well have
some use out of them. Well, must you
go? Well, good-by. Come again soon.
AntUtrenuun.
Rlckett I say, Easyun, how did you
happen to marry a widow?
Easyun Oh, I did my courting' as I
do everything else along the line oH
least resistance.
CURED OF GRAVEL.
Not a Single Stone Has Formed Since
Using Doan's Kidney Pills.
J. D. Daughtrey, music publisher,
of Suffolk, Va., says: "During two or
three years that I had kidney trouble I
passed about 2
pounds of gravel and
candy sediment in the
urine. I haven't
passed a stone since
using Doan's Kidney
Fills, however, and
that was three years
ago. I used to suffer
the most acute agony
during a gravel attack,
and had the other us
ual symptoms of kidney trouble lassi
tude, headaches, pain in the back, uri
nary disorders, rheumatic pain, etc. I
have a box containing 14 gravel stones
that I passed, but that is not one-fourth
of the whole number. I consider
Doan's Kidney Fills a fine kidney
tonic."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
FoBter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
OpMmI While Hark.
Hiilletin No. 01 of the Department
of Agriculture suys of the Crested
White duck :
The Crested White duck is what may
be called an oniajnental duck, much the
same as Polish chickens. They are
not bred to any great extent in this
country, and they are very seldom seen
In the Hliowrooms. They have no es
pecial value to the fanner, s better
and more easily bred birds are to be
found in the I'ekln and Aylesbury.
These ducks have a medium-sized
head; medium-sized bill, a large; well
hu In need crest upon the crown of the
head ; a rather long neck ; a medium
length back ; breast, round ami full ;
body, round and of medium length ;
inedlum-lengtili wings that smoothly
fold; hard, stiff tall feathers, with
well-curled feathers In the tall of
drake; and short and stout thighs and
slinfiks. Their eyes are large and bright
and of a deep leaden blue or gray color.
The shanks, toes and webs are of u
light orange color.
CltKHTKI) WHITE IHX'K.
The standard weight of the itdiilt
drake Is seven pounds; adult duck, six
pounds; young drake, six pounds, and
young duck, live pounds.
A Nplendld Wheat Crop.
The annual crop and business report
of the Commercial National Hank of
Chicago, covering the Mississippi Vol
ley, and a few of the more Important
States of the Pacific coast, says, In
part:
"The wheat crop of 1000 will be
among the largest and best ever pro
duced. The yield not only will be
great, but the weight and quality will
be far beyond the ordinary. In these
respects it may be considered nearly
perfect. The period of uncertainty is
closing rapidly and the crop may now
be called practically out of , danger.
J he yield of soft winter wheat is large
quality the finest and movement free
Inasmuch as this movement has begun
early and all grains are now nearly or
quite on an export basis (with the ten
elency of prices downward), a large ex
port business may be expected."
Mnrkrlliiu; I'nrin Produce.
A small fanner who has made a suc
cess of marketing his produce gives
sound and ingenious advice In a recent
magazine. His preliminary work sug
gests Hannah Olasse's famous preface
to her Instructions for cooking hare:
First find a lady customer," is his ad
vice. To her sell nothing but the
choicest of fruit and produce. It will
not be long before she will acquaint
her friends, and they In turn will pass
along the word to others. It pays to
sell nothing but the best; the inferior
produce can be fed to stock, and In a
short time the farmer will find he has
a good market and a good price, with
no leakage of profit to the middleman.
Cncnmbera. -
I raise five crops Instead of one on
the same ground, and on the same vines
with hardly any extra work. Plant in
the usual way. AVhen a cucumber Is
taken from the vine let It be cut with a
knife, leaving about an elehth of nn
Inch of the cucumber on the stem. Then
slit the stem with a knife from its end
to the vine twice, leaving a small por
tion of the cucumber on each division.
On each separate silt there will be a
cucumber as large as the first. P,y this
method you will only need one-fifth the
ground that you would need If grow
ing cucumbers In the old way. Walter
Strosnider In Epltomlst.
Soot and Smoke Kill Cattle.
What was at first thought to have
been a contagious disease among cows
belonging to Allanson Hallcock, of
Washlngtonvllle, near MIddleton, N. Y.,
has been discovered to be the result of
too much smoke and soot. Eight cattle
died and post-mortem examinations
have shown large quantities of soot In
their stomachs. Near the place where
the cows were pastured a large steam
shovel has 'been operating and clouds
of smoke from the engine settled upon
the wet grass upon which the animals
fed.
1
Profit of Middleman.
Consumers of fruits and vegetable
In large cities are charged high prlees
by the hucksters and grocers. In Chi
cago peaches are selling retail for thirty-five
or forty cents for a small basket
containing about twenty to twenty-five
peaches; other fruits and vegetables In
proportion. It would be interesting to
farmers to know Just how much of this
is booked as profits. Fanners get no
such prices; In fact they nre lucky If
they get one4hlrd of the prices now
prevailing In Chicago. Either some
class of handlers Is invklng exorbitant
profits or there Is nn unnecessary ex
pense attached to the business of dis
tribution. It costs money to handle
produce. , It requires storage, horses
and men, and none of these things are
cheap In the city, but there is no good
reason why the consumer should pay
three hundred per cent profit on what
the farmers sell. Farm, Field and
Fireside.
The Itohlier Cow.
Two cows cost $40 each n year for
keep. One of them yields 4.000 quarts
of milk n year, that bring $.K0. The
other yields 1.2(H) quarts, that bring
$20. The latter loses about $14 and
reduces the gain on the former from
$4(1 to $32. Why do you keep that 1,200
quartcow? You would be better off with
the one that clears $40, for you would
have only half the Investment, half the
work and half the feeding, and you
would gain $14 each year.
There would be no surplus butter on
the 'market for years to come and
prices would rule strong if all the
cows were eliminated which are kept
at a loss. Dairy fanners have not yet
half waked up to an understanding of
the great practical Importance of weed
ing out fhe unprofitable cows from their
herds. Many a man would make a fair
profit, that now faces constant loss, if
he would keep only such cows as pay
a profit on their keep.
Heavy llorxe.
The weight of a horse is an Import
ant lleni in estimating his value for
dnlft purposes, for the fine-boned horse,
with well-developed muscles, may do as
much work as the heavy-boned one for
a short time, and Is even better for road
purpose. Hut In plowing, or other
heavy, steady drawing, the light horse
Is less useful. Then, In price, the
weight Is an Important Item. If a good
horse weighs, over 2,000 pounds he may
possibly sell for as much as $1 per
pound, and from 1,800 to 2,000 pounds,
for less, the price rapidly declining,
1,200 to 1,500 pound horses selling at
from 10 to 30 cents per pound, though
It Is considerably more tban any other
grade of stock on the farm will bring
If the horses are well bred.
Waler Needed by Corn.
Much Interest has lately been manl
fested In determining the exact amount
of water required for the growth of
plants.. This is Just as Important In
the east as In the Irrigated region, for
we often have droughts which made
necessary the most careful cultivation
to prevent plants from suffering. Pro
fessor Clothier has found that after
corn becomes two feet high each stalk
uses up three pounds of water a day
until the ears mature. This Is enulva
lent to an Inch of rain a week. In
regions where the average rainfall Is
lower, and where n good, milky quality
of sweet corn Is desired In the garden
during August and September, It Is ob
viously necessary to have the soil In
the most perfect state of cultivation so
as to retain as much moisture as Is
needed.
Hok-IMiikIiik Trap.
The frame for this hog-rlnglng trap
should be made of 2x4-inch lumber
bolted together at corners: The dlmen-
SIMPLE HOG-KIXGIJJO TRAP.
slons are 4 feet 2 inches long, 2 feet 4
Inches high and 1 foot 0 inches wide.
There is a sliding door at the back end.
When the hog puts his head through
the hole in front, jam the lever against
his neck.
To Feed Hurley to Home.
Barley has as yet been little used for
horses in the eastern part of the Unit
ed States, probably because of Its gen
eral high price. On the Pacific coast
it is extensively used for breeding
horses nt nil kinds of work. Where
the horse's teeth nre good and the labor
not severe, barley may be fed whole.
Ground barley Is unpleasant to the
horse while eating, and if, Instead of
grinding, the grains are crushed to
flattened disks between Iron rollers,
they are more palatable and acceptable
to the horse.
ft
1 he Kind Ynii Iliivn A lu'-itra
m. jm mm rrf 'ji a ms im ' at :m m. m mm m m -i
ture of Clias. II. Fletcher, and lias been made under his
personal supervision for over 0 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
" JiiNt-aH-gnod" are but Experiments, and endanger the
health of Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
Tie Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
In Use For
TH CSNTUH COMPANY, TT
The Limit of Honesty.
Dora Never tell Flora any secrets.
Cora Can't she keep them?
Dora Keep them? Why, that girl
tells people her right age! Cleveland
Leader.
TITO Rt. V'tiis" Hance end all Nervous Diseases
1.1 1 U Permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE S2trlal bottle and
treatise. Dr. II. ILKlin. , Id. 031 Arch St., I'hU.,Pa.
Hiatus In the ICnsuicemcnt.
"Our engagement will have to be
temporarily suspended," announced the
summer girl, calmly.
"Oh, impossible," the young man
vowed.
"It will have to be. My husband
writes that he is coming down for a
week." Louisville Courier-Journal.
You Can Oct Allen's Foot-Ease FREE.
Write Allen 8. Olmsted, I Roy.N. Y for a
free sample of Allen's Foot-F.aoe. It cures
sweating, hot swollen, aching feet. It makes
new or tight shoeR ea?y. A certain cure for
corns, Ingrowing nails and bunions. Ail drug,
gists sell it. 26c. Don't accept any substitute.
HoiteieNH laae.
"Here's a letter from a woman," said
the answers-to-correspondents editor,
"who wants to know how to make a
lemon tart." '
"That's just like a woman," rejoined
the snake editor. "Tell her if the lem
on isn't tart to begin with she'd bettet
consign It to the dump and let It go at
that"
$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. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
meulcal fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
sunaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation oi the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they oft'er One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
aoia dv druggists, voc.
Hall's Family fills are the best.
About the Limit.
Gunner And Is old Closeman so
very close in his dealings?
Guyer Close? Why, he wanted to
pay less for a desk calendar for the
month of February because it did not
contain as many days as the other
mouths.
No Uullneaa Anywhere.
'Ta," said little Willie, looking up
from his book, "what is 'a comatose
state'?"
"Well, my son," replied Willie's pa,
"Just at present there isn't a ninele
comatose state In the union; all hus
tling and prosperous." Philadelphia
Press.
CLASSIFIEDADVERTISING
Portland Trade Directory
Names and Addresses in Portland of Repre
sentative Business Firms.
CKKAM HKPAKA'l'OHM We guamitna Hie U.S.
Separator to be the bent. Write lur true cala.u,
Hazelnuud Co., ill ill and Oak.
MKS'BCLOTHINO - Buffiim A Tendleion, sole
aiienis Alfred Benjamin & Co.'s correct clothes.
Everything In men's furniRhlngs. Alorrlsou aud
blxth streets. Opposite posioliice.
PIANOS & OKOANS-Many tine Instruments re
vert to uk account RCKlli'BS or removal of buyer
Write lor descr ptlou of p anos now on hand,
terms, etc. Write today. Ulluert Co., 1'orUand
HOWARD E. BURTON. Asflayer aM Chemist.
I.eadvillo, Colorado. Specimen prices: Hold,
rnver, ui'au, fi : uwiu, nuvur, ,-h, uuiu, vc , .inc or
Copper, fl. Cyanide tests. Mulling envelopes and
run price list senLoa application, vomroianu um
pire work solicited.
ltel'erencel .Carbonate 2w
tloual iSank.
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Signature of
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MURRAY STHCCT, NIWVOKK CITY.
There are now about 300,000 spindle
employed in the worsted industry in Aus
tria, against 100,000 spindles in 1882.
WEAVES CURED! A remedy fnrltin.
- tnroac and wiriil
ironDie. carel YLnitt,
Caught, Distemper ir,j
Indigestion. Veterinari
ans use and recommend
PRUSSIAN
HEAVE POWDERS
Pruirprlsts will l?et them.
Price r0c at dealer. 60c 1 y
mail. Bend for F?ee bool
PRUSRMV RFMFDY CO.. ST. PAUL, MINN.
CIIAS. H. LILLY CO., Seattle and Portland, Wholesale Aefi
IN THE LAUNDRY
Softens Water, Saves, Cleans and
Whitens Clothes.
All dealers Free amnle Korax and Porax San,
liooklet a d Souvenir i'le lire In coiorn, lor lft ' ants
and Hen r's name. 1'AtlHU COASS1' HOKAX
CU., Oakland, lal.
There is no satisfaction keener
than being dry and comfortable
when out in the hardest atorm.
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$3.50&$3.00 Shoes
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SHOES FOB EVEEYB0DY AT ALL PRICES.
Ken's Staoes, 1,6 to $1.60. Boys' Shoes, $3
to $1.25. Women's Shoes, $4.O0 to $1.60,
Missus' & Children's Shoes, $2.26 to fl.OO.
Try V. L, Douglas Women's, IHinnei and
Children's shoes; for style, fit and wear
thry excel other makes.
If I could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass., and show
you how carefully VV.L. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L.
Douglas shoes. His name and price is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and Inferior shoes. Take no tubttli
tutu. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes
nd Insist upon having them.
fast Color Cutlets usea; theu will not mar brassy.
' Write for Illustrated Catalog of Fall Styles.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. J, Brockton, Masa,
P. N. I).
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WHEN writing to advertiser pleas
mention this paper. I
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