HIS BACK VP. When Noah blew his horn, the camel humped himself to get aboard, and by a ourioue freak he stayed humped all his life. Lumbago or lame back humps a man's back simply because he cannot straighten himself on account of the stiffness and sore noss accompanying the ailment. Nature helped the camel to his hump for a special purpose. Nature will help a man to get rid of his hump right on if he uses St. Jacobs Oil, because the character of the trouble is such that it needs just such a remedy to warm, soften and straighten out the contracted muscles. From the time of Noah down to the present time men have had lame backs, but only since the intro duction of St. Jacobs Oil has the best cure for it been known. Lumbago really dis ables, but St, Jacobs Oil enables one to at tend to business without loss of time. Harriet Maxwell Converse, the In dian chieftain, is soon to start out on a lecturing tour, her subjects being the history and traditions of the red men. She is a fluent speaker and able writer. REFORMS NEED MORE THAN A DAT To bring them about, and are always more complete and lasting when they proceed with steady regularity to a consummation. Few of the observant among us can have failed to notice that permanently healthful changes in the human system are not wrought by abrupt and violent means, and that those are the most salutary medicines which are progressive. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the chief of these. Dyspepsia, a disease of obstinate character, is obliterated by it. , The proportion of blood to the total body -weight is about one to ten. '' In the infant the . relative quantity of blood is less that in the adult and is diminished in old age. Soma Things That Never Sleep. vr i i? j- i j; a there are several species of fish -which never Bleep, and that many species of flies are awake from the time they are hatched, until they die. There are some dogs and cats, also, that appar ently never sleep that is, at night. ". Veteran of the Clans. . Kir R. Menzies. the hereditarv chief of the Clan Menzies, is - the oldeBt Highland chief of any clan now living. He is in his eightieth year, and wears a kilt winter and summer continuously. He stands 6 feet 8 inches in height. Is disease which afflicts aver 75 per cent, of the American people. It is a dangerous disease because it not only poisons the blood but causes heaviness, oppression, and dulls the intellect. Then follow chronic headache, loss of appe tite, slow digestion, nervousness, bad breath, dingy complexion and low spirits. It will eventually bring on liver and kidney disease in soma incur able form. But sufferers from this dreaded malady are speedily - 1 Warner's SAFE Cure and Warner's SAFE Pills. Leading physicians the world over, have acknowledged this fact, and thousands of people through out the land have testified to it. CwvO SAFE Cure puts a stop to backaches, headaches, constipation, loss of appe tite, dyspepsia, tired feelings and sleep lessness. It builds up the exhausted system. It is a sure cure for liver and kidney complaint in any form, and the only remedy that has ever been able to cure Bright's disease. If you are feeling the need of such a remedy, you cannot do better than try this king of remedies, the ere at Of the Breast. Mf. A. H. Crausby, of 158 Kerr St., Memphis, Tenny says that his wife paid no attention to a small lump which appeared in her breast, but it soon de veloped into a cancer of the worst type, and notwithstanding the treatment ol the best physicians, it continued to spread and grow rapidly, eating two holes in her breast. The doctors soon . pronounced her incurable. A , celebrated New York specialist then treat ed her, but she. con tinued to grow worse and when informed that both her aunt and grandmother had (died from cancer he 'gave the case up as hopeless. : .-. Someone then re commended s.s.s. and though little hope remained, she begun it, and an improvement was no ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and when she had taken several bottles it disappeared entirely, and although sev eral years have elapsed, not a sign ol the disease has ever returned. - A Real Blood Remedy. is a real blood remedy, and never fails to cure Cancer, Eczema, Rheumatism Scrofula, or any other blood disease. Our books will be mailed free to any ad dress. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta Ga. Cresco Corsets Something New. brttS . Write us for particulars. , ,"' KtAHAA1 Cancer : BEN. J. SCHMIDT & CO., 125 Sansome St., Sau Francisco. Cat. SURE CURE for PILES IUbiDK aod Blind, BIcedlBf or Protruding Plloi rield nt o.B. t DR. BQ-SAN-KO'S PIL REMEDY, swpi lug, fctMurbs tuuiort. A potltive our. Circuit Hot frot. Fries M. llruwuu or mail. UK. BOSANKO. Phil, Pa, i- , .. ...... ,f A Resume of Events in the Northwest. EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH tfawai Gathered In All the Towns of . Our Neighboring; States Improve ment Noted in All Industries Oregon. Baker City has. something of a build ing boom. ', ' Sherman county hag paid into the state treasury the full, amount of that county's tax for 1896. 1 Notwithstanding the long and snowy winter in Harney county, most of the horses that were left to winter on the range are at this time in good condi tion, j, . ,, . ...,.,...,.,..v,.. Treasurer Kern, of Umatilla pounty, had a $13,000 county warrant call pub lished one day last week, and on the same day paid out 17,000 on warrants, included in the call. ; The annual report of the county su perintendent of Linn county shows the number of persons between the ages of 4 and 20 years residing in the county to be 7,210, of which 8,601 are males and 8,709 females. ..'.. : The school superintendent's report in Curry county for the years 1896 and 1897 show a gain of. just six 'children of school age in the county during the year ending March 1, 1897 five males and one female. - " News from hop yards in Lane county is that but little work has been done toward getting them in shape for culti vation. The continued wet weather kept the ground in a condition that prevented cultivation. The sheriff of Umatilla county has begun suit in Pendleton to ascertain what expenses he is allowed under the law to incur. The case will be taken to the supreme court, and the whole question of the salary, law will come up lor an opinion. ' A cheese factory of 200 pounds daily y pacity is being built on Roberts hill, in Douglas county. The gentlemen connected with the enterprise are ex perienced in the cheesemaking busi ness, and are confident of success in their new venture. A Salem paper says that the Goodala Lumber Company is closing contracts with corporations in Mexico for 6,000, 000 feet of bridge timber. It will keep the mills running full force for several weeks. The lumber will be shipped direct to Mexican points. Two children were playing on the sidewalk in Empire, Coos county, one day last week, when a band of racing cayuses ran upon . the sidewalk and right .over the children before they could move. The children were for tunately but slightly injured. A liveryman of Albany says that there are absolutely no young horses in Linn county, and few on the coast. He says within five years a good horse will command a handsome figure. He is gathering up a band of thoroughbred animals to send to a ranch in Crook county. ' Washington. Sheep to the number of 60,000, from many ranges, will be driven to Wallu.j to be shorn. .i The grass is long enough around Coulee City now for cattle to be turned on the range. A gentleman of Port Angeles will try the experiment of cultivating Eastern oysters in Washington harbor, Clallam county, Sequim bay. i Thirty-two mining companies have headquarters in Everett, not counting the Monte Cristo properties of the Rockefeller syndicate. ' The auditor of Kittitas county last month received ; $340.46 in fees, "the largest amount reoeived for any one month for a very long time. The "scorcher" has been running over people in Port Townsend, and now tho city marshal says he will . enforce the ordinances; prohibiting bioycle-riding on the sidewalks in the business part of the city. The AVenatohee, Water Power Com pany is taking advantage of the low stage of the river to secure the head of its ditch seven miles above Wenatchee. The company is putting in a riprapping wall 1,800 feet long, with a slope Seight of seven feet and a base of four i'eet the most of the distance, to protect their ditch from high water. Professor Spillman, of the Pullman agricultural college, who has made a special study of ' the industry and the adaptability of the state for producing dairy products, estimates that 800 creameries could be kept busy supply ing the market that can be built up for Washington dairy products by the proper development of the industry in the state. ' , "The reports from Skagit county that the Italian prune trees were badly in jured by the extraordinary bad January freeze were greatly exaggerated," says Secretary Cass, of the state board of horticulture. "In my own orchard of nearly 1,000 trees I found the damage very slight and many of my neighbors are happily disappointed." Walla Walla is soon to have a public library. The necessary $1,000 to form the nucleus for a public library sup ported by city taxes, as provided by the laws of the state, is at last assured. Five hundred and fifty dollars was de posited in the Farmers' Savings bank some time ago by some one whose iden tity is unknown, for the purpose of es tablishing . a publio library. Nine hundred dollars has been raised by the ladies of the city,-and together with the old books stored away, the amount will reach the neoessary $1,000- WEEKLY MARKET LETTER, Downing, Hopkins A Company's Review .of Trade. Buyers of wheat have been slaughter ed this week and many holders have loosened their grip on hitherto well held lines, believing as they did, in the many crop reports telling of damage in the Southwest, and more particularly in stories from Indiana and Eastern Missouri. Their faith appears to have been misplaoed. They" received no as sistance from the general public, and people who are chronic sellers saw the opportunity and persistently fought the campaign, and their efforts have met with success. The result has been a severe liquidation of the previously existing speculative interests, and there can but be little doubt that the mar ket at the close of the week is more nearly evened up than at any time in several years past. Wheat has lacked a good cash demand for some time, and without it there is only the conclusion to be drawn that value should decline. The fact that red' wheat commands a high premium has not had the slight est effect in preventing or even staying the depression that set in early in the week and whioh caused a loss of 5 cents in the future deliveries and a propor tionate break in the cash , grades. A great many inclined to the belief -that the break was due to manipulation and not from legitimate causes. This theory is rather doubtful and can be ques tioned. The market is always more or less subject to manipulation, but to the extent of the decline that has occurred this week does not seem probable. We are of the opinion that the current weakness is due to disappointment with the rate of flour consumption, which is smaller than had been expected, and with the larger arrivals than had been looked for, and, although the public is suffering this disappointment, it has no need to despair, for, at the slow rate of ourrent consumption, the world ends the crop season lower in supply than in any season before since the price was 90 cents a bushel for an average of a sea son. - . ' For various reasons it is apparent that the present price is to be tempor ary only. . Market Quotations. Portland, Or., April 13, 1897! Flour Portland, Salem, " Cascadia and Dayton, $4.10; Benton county and White Lily, $4.10; graham, $3.40; su perfine, $2.75 per barrel. Wheat Walla Walla, 7475c; Val ley, 76c per bushel. Oats Choice white,' 88 40c per bushel; choice gray, 8789c. Hay Timothy, $14.00 15.00 per ton; clover, $11.5012.60; wheat and oat, $10.0011.00 per ton. Barley Feed barley, $17.50 per ton; brewing, $1819. Millstuffs Bran, $14.50; shorts, $16.60; middlings, $26. Butter Creamery, 40c; dairy, 30 82c; store, 17K30o per roll. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,5565c; Garnet Chilies, 6575o; Early Rose, 8085o per sack; sweets, $3.00 per cental for Merced; new potatoes, 8c per pound. Onions $2. 00 2. 75 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 8.00; geese, $4. 00 5. 00; turkeys, live, ll12o; ducks, $6. 00 7. 00 per dozen. Eggs Oregon, 9c Per dozen. Cheese Oregon, 10c; Young America, 12 o per pound. ' Wool Valley, 11c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 79o. .: ; . ' . Hops 9 10c per pound. "' Beef Gross, top steers, $2.008.50; cows, $2.25 8. 00; dressed beef, 46c per pound. 1 Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and 'ewes, $3.608.75; dressed mut: ton, 6c per pound. . Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00 4.25; light and feeders, $2.503.00;. dressed $4. 50 5. 25 per cwt. , ' Seattle, Wash., April 18, 1897. ' Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per ton. . Oats Choice, $23 24 per ton. , Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per ton. - , . ; ', -. . . Corn Whole, $19 per ton; cracked, $1920; feed meal, $1920. . Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent, $4.80; Novelty A, $4.50; California brands, $4.90; Dakota,, $5.65; patent, $6.40. ' ": .' .y : 7 '"' :'. Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton; shorts, $18. . - Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton; middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30. Hay Puget sound, per ton, $10.00; Eastern Washington, $14. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 22c; , select, 22c; tubs, 23c; ranch, 1517. Cheese Native Washington, 12c. Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $16.50 18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; bsets, per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c; rutabagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per sack, 4050c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $3.25. Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00. ' Poultry Chickens, live, ' per pound, hens, 1010o; ducks, $6 6. 50; dressed turkeys, 15c. ' Eggs Fresh ranch, 12c. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 7c; cows, 6cj mutton, sheep, 9o per pound; lamb, 6o; pork, 6c per pound; veal, small, 8c. yx Fresh Fish Halibut, 4"6c; salmon, 66o; salmon trout, 7 10c; flounders and soles, 8 4c. ? : .Provisions Hams, large.ll; hams, small, llc; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry, salt sides, 6c per pound. San Francisco, April 13, 1897. Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90c $1.10; Early Rose, 65 75c; River Bur banks, 50 70c; sweets; $1.50 1.75 per, cental. . , Onions $3.003.60 per cental. Eggs Ranch, 10)12c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 13)c; do seconds, 1212c; fancy dairy, 12c; seconds, 10c. ' Cheese Fancy mild, new, ,6Jc; fair to good, 56o; Young America, 78c; Eastern, 1414e. , , ' Gladstone Still a Dresser. Mr. Gladstone is now very deaf, but, In spite of increasing decrepitude.- he dresses as jauntily as of yore,1 is ntever seen without a flower in his coat, and oan hurl defiance at the "great assas sin" as forcefully as if he was 40 years younger. Somebody who saw- the right honorable gentleman as he was departing for Cannes not many weeks ago writes that he reminded her of an ancient oak tree, with a pink blossom ing on its hoary trunk. ' ' . Raising the Backs of Fewrs. . A device for heightening the backs of pews when the same are too low has been patented by a church-goer of Sandy Lake, Pa.. . It consists of brackets be ing grooved to receive the end of a panel, and having a recess in 1 the sides of the upper part of the bracket to re ceive the top rail. Clamps in the cen ter of the panel strenghten the attach ment, whioh can be rendered as orna mental as may be desired, j . ', ; Legislation in Wisconsin. The , Wisconsin senate has passed a bill providing that no foreign corpora tion whicli is a member of a trust be permitted to enforce any contract in the state. ' It also adopted an amend ment to the general election law to al low the gold Democrats a place on the ticket and to enable them to retain their party organization. The house rejected a bill for the taxation of church property. ' . r.- leprosy Congress. The German government is sending out invitations to an international con gress on leprosy, at which Dr. Koch, the eminent bacteriologist, will pre side. Sweden,, Denmark,, Norway . and Russia have already intimated their intention of . being officially repre sented. ' j ' -Kival Seaports. Hamburg has passed Liverpool with in the last few years in the tonnage of its foreign commerce. Liverpool still is far ahead in the matter of coastwise trade by sea, and, owing to that fact, the total tonnage of shipping entering and clearing in a year is greater in the English city. . , . HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD. ' All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very light colored and of heavy body, is made from glucose. "Tea Garden Drips" is made from Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen uine "Tea Garden Drips" have the manufac turer's name lithographed on every can. - 100 REWARD SIOO. 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 knows to the medical 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 surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building up the constitution and assistin&r nature in dofn&r its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. , - . Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family 'Pills are the best. ' , ' . Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a God-send to me. William B. , McClellan, Chester Florida, Sept. 17. 1895. Gladness Gomes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical ills, which vanish before proper ef forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal Cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genuine arti cle, which is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. , If in the enjoyment of good health,' and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup . of Figs stands highest and is most largely Jhed andgives most general satisfaction. The Universal Supply House, Established 1885. DAIRY S U P P LI ES MILL Groceries, Hardwares Agricultural Implements.1 Harness, Boots, Shoes, Dry Goods, Music, Etc. ' Send 4c for Large Illustrated Catalogues. PRODUCE TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. Home Supply Co., 13 Front 8t.,San Francisco.Cal. YJff plant seeds, plant tJ ' ' gr' I .vaL For sale everywhere. B ! I-'tJ&l D. M. FERRY 4 CO., I WEILL OF Another U. S. Congressman Indorses Paine's Celery Compound. Within the past year, among the thousands of hearty testimonials to the wonderful eurative powers of Paine's celery compound that have been re ceived by Wells, Richardson & Com pany among the thousands of grateful letters received from every state and town in the country, there have come no less than six hearty indorsements from members of the national house of representatives.' All were willing that their experi ence should be published, believing rightly that they might thus do good to others. In these columns have already bpen published, the letters received from Congressmen Meredith, Bell, Grout and Powers. Now comes a letter from Congressman Robert Neill of Arkan sas, as follows: ' "My home isat Batesville, Ark. During the last spring and summer my eldest daughter, then 17 years of age, was in very poor health, suffering from general debility, nervous prostration and frequent slight fevers. She had the best medical attention, but ap parently with little benefit. : In the latter part of September last, while still feeble she began the use of Paine's celery cdm pound, and improved in health continuously. In three months she had fully recovered, and is now in perfect health. I am bound to think "My general health Is, a good deal better than before using the Belt . My eyes are brighter and have a much better luster than before Have gained about four pounds, and am more cheerful and in better humor than I was before. By using your Belt another month or two I hope to be cured entirely," CHRIS HANSEN. Ellensburg, Wash.. Feb. 5, 1897. - MAKES PEOPLE STRONG. It is a modern lifegiver. If yon are weak in any respect, it will build you up. It cures all the effects of early habits and makes the nerve and vital ' , . 'forces as strong as ever. 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WILL & FINCK CO., 820 Market St. : Ban Francisco, Cal. FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or "Just Don't Peel Wall," HvLIYER pills r the One Thing to use. Only One for a Dose. oNupi o uiiiea Tree, Aaarew ur. Bosanko Med. Co. ruia. Fa. T CHILDREN TEETHING. 2 9 Hrs. winhlow'b Soothiko Syruf should Always be 1 used for ohlidren teething. It soothes the child, soft- Lens the gums, aUaye all pain, cures wind colic, and Is 4 the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty five cents a bottle. His the best of all. J ARKANSAS. the remedy is an excellent one, and do not hesitate to reoommend it U the suffering." " . To postpone at such a vital time as this regulating the nerves and purify ing the blood is a serious mistake. troubles or the effects of impure blood cannot, afford now to lose a day before taking advantage of Paine's celery compound. - , In order to avoid disappointment ac cept nothing but Paine's celery com pound. -A olerk who tries to sell some- thing else than -what people ask for is evidently not disinterested. He has an ' eye to profits more than to the good of customers. , There can be no substitute for Paine's celery compound. This has been shown time and time again in cases where persons, too easily led, have carried home something be sides Paine's celery compound, and have failed to get the decided benefit they had hoped for. 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