America's Cieatest Medicine Is the Medi cine for You. Do not experiment with untried prepa rations. Be satisfied only with the great est and best, Hood's Barsaparilla. It has cured multitudes of people and is kept on hand in thousands of homes as the only safe and reliable family medicine. It will defend you from the dangers of summer. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for5. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 25 cents. Folding Megaphone ' The megaphone has come into almost univeisal use at athletic and aquatic races and contests because It enables i the judges and other officers to make announcements that can be heard all over the field. Its adoption has? been somewhat hampered by the size of the instrument, which is too bulky to be conveniently transported, but this has been overcome by making them oollaps ible like the drinking cup made for travelers and picnickers. The loiuing megaphone is made in sections, one flt , ting in the other, and when not in use the horn collapses into a package about M the size of a hat box. WHAT WILL BECOME OP CHINA. None can foresee the outcome of the quarrel between foreign powers over the division ol China. It Is Interesting to watch the going to pieces of this ancient but unprogressive race. Many people in America are also going to leces becauso of dyspepsia', constipation, mood, liver and stomach diseases. We are living too last, but strength, vigor and good health can be retained It we keep off and cure the above diseases with Hostotter's Stomach Hitters. Naples is to be connected with Mount Vesuvius by a direct railroad line, which will connect with the cable line running to the top of the volcano. TRY ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, ner vous, and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. 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Lota, Kabuchcr, La., August 20, 1893. , ; It Is announced that Italian ex periments On vegetable life withiRoent gen rays have shown that the effect Is identical with that of sunlight. For the Summer Girl. A love in soft white straw is Just made for the summer girl. It has an airy, fairy fold of white taffeta round it, and two quills curve back from the knot in front.' White violets coquet with Miss 8. Q.'s tresses in the back. It is Ideal summer hatgear, all white and inexpeesibly dainty. ' In the town of Chile most shops are open till midnight, and during the not Hiieruuono, wxjoii uvuiyuuuy luaes a siesta, they are locked up. V . . ,01 - . 1. 1 1 1 . 1 REGAINED HEALTH. Gratifying Letters to. Mrs. Pinky ham From Happy Women. "I Owe Ton My Life." Mrs. B. WooLmsKB, , Mills, Neb., writew "Deab Mrs. Pinkhams I owe my life to your Vegetable Compound. The doctors said I had consumption add nothing could be done for me. My menstruation hod stopped and they said my blood was turning to water. I had several doctors. They all said I could not live. I began the use of Lydla , E.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it helped mo right away; menses returned and I have gained In weight, I have better health than I have had for years. It Is wonderful what your Com pound has done for me.M . , "I Feel Like a New Person." s, Mrs. Gno. Leach, !. 1809 Belle St., Alton, I1L, writes! ' " Before I began to take your Vege table Compound I was a great sufferer from womb trouble Menses would ap pear two and three times in a month, - causing me to bo so weak I could not stand. I could neither sleep nor eat, and looked so , badly my friends hardly know me. , ' " I took doctor's medicine but did not derive much benefit from it. My drug- , gist gave mo one of your little books, and after reading It I decided to try Lydia E. ' Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. I feel like a new person.-, I would not give your Compound for .yi the doctors' medicine In the world., I can not praise it enough." : WILLI FIHCK C0S.lEIfirEEs.?.,M Plain or with Cutter. The best needle In the mar- kpt. Used by all sack newer. For sale by all gen erul merchandise store, or by M' -f , - .- Will & FINCK CO., ; 820 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. CUHtS WHtHE ALL LS I Best Cough Syrup. TaHtcs Good. in time. Wold by druwrtntn. fails. ra Invested by Americans and Insurgents. - - DISEMBARKING THE TROOPS General Anderson's Forces Land Rear the City Boston Covers the Opera ' tlon Agulnaldo Getting His Artillery In Action Against the Suburbs. Manila, via Hong Kong, July 25. The disembarkation of the .American troops composing the second expedition is being pushed with the utmost energy. The Colorado regiment is already in the field, near Paranque, end others will be transferred without loss of time. The United States ciuiser Boston baa been detailed to cover the landing par ties. She now occupies a position al most within range of three suns of Fort Malate, which is only a short distance from Manila proper. : : ; The brigade commanded by General Anderson re still at Cavlte, but : his troops are ready to move. . The arrival here of the monitor Mon terey is anxiously expected. The Mon terey, with the collier Brutus, loft San Francisco for Manila, June 7.' She arrived at Honolulu June 24, and left there agalii on June 29.- . The insurgents are gradually getting their artillery into action againat Pine da, San tarn eso and Malate. The fight ing is desultory. The Spaniards have been drivon from the tronohes outside of Malate, and the insurgents are strongly entrenched near the walls of the forts. The) insurgents began to bombard Malate first, and struck the telegraph oompany's cablehouse. It is said on semiofficial authority in Manila that the recent news from Cuba is a "vile English fabrication;" that in reality the Spaniards have been vic torious, and that Admiral Camara's squadron coaled at Singapore and is expected hero July 87. SPANISH FLEET AT MANILA. Terrible Execution by Dewey's 81 ,' Inch, Shells- New York, July 23. A correspond ent of the Journal writing from Cavite, Manila. July 17, relates the result ol the inspection of the hulls ot the Span ish warships sunk, in Manila by the. squadron of i Admiral, Dewey. The cruiser Relna Cristina shows the most complete destruction. The course oi the Olympla's 8-inch shells can be clearly traced by the line of ruin ex tending from stern to waist. There are very few largo shot holes through the hull, the principal ones being from six-inch shell amidships and from four inch shells. The cioUer Castillo is less burned -but . teirlbly wrecked. There are plain traces where six big shells tore lmmnes holes in the wooden hull. When the Are started, the weight of guns caved the hull inwards. The warship is now a mass of twisted iron and charred beams a very bad wreck, resembling that of the Maine In ap pearance. Three large shells entered the Don Antonio de Ulloa amidships, but the vessel did not burn. She sank quickly, riddled by shells of all sizes. The greatest bavoc was done by six-inch shells. AGUINALDO .." THE DICTATOR. Insurgent Chief Declares Martial Law Over the Philippines. Washington, Jury 25. The follow ing cablegram has just been received at the war department:, "Hong Kong, July . 25. Agulnaldo declares a dictatorship and martial law oyer all the islands. ' The people expect independence. ... I recommend Chinese ponies for cavalry use. "ANDERSON." , Qeneral Anderson is senior army offi cer at the Philippines. The dispatch was sent from Manila probably several days ago. ' The - reference to Chinese ponies means that General Anderson desires that kind ol cavalry animals. ' General Anderson's message gave the cabinet food for consideration at its regular meeting today. There is no disposition to force an issue with the insurgent chief at this time,, but it is pretty well understood that he will not be allowed to commit the United States government in the future treatment of the Philippine islands. - : ' Dynamite Explosion In a Jail. ' 8t. Joseph, Mo:, July 25. Great ex citement was created last night by an explosion of dynamite in the county jail, the act of a number of desperate convicts awaiting transfer to the peni tentiary. The rear end of the jail was wrecked, but the prisoners' escape was prevented. , As one important result of the cap ture of Santiago, the iron and eteol mines are to resume operations at once. American companies will handle the output of the Cuban mines as was the case before their operation was suspend ed by order of the Spanish officers. ( Shot From Ambush. . Cincinnati, July 25. The Commer cial Tribune's special from Barbours-. ville, Ky., says: Jolm Baker and a oolored man were killed yesterday by unknown persons in ambush. Baker was out on bail and was accompanied by two negroes, whom he employed to guard him en route to Manchester. One of the negroes escaped. All con nected with the White-Howard, or the Garrard-Baker factions are guarded when they travel. ENGAGEMENT AT NIPC. Particulars of the Battle on the North Coast of Cuba. Key West, Fla., July 26. Acting under orders of Rear-Admiral Samp son, four American warships Thursday afternoon entered the harbor of Nipe, on the northeast coaet of the province of Santiago de Cuba, and after a furious bombardment, took possession of the harbor. The vessels engaged were thd Topeka, Annapolis, Wasp and Leyden. In the course of an hour they si lenced the forts, sank the Spanish gun boat Jorge Joan and scattered the Spanish riflemen who had taken part in the engagement. Captain Hunker then ordered the ships to go in. The Wasp and Leyden, being the smallest of the quartette, led the Way, followed by the Annapolis, while the Topeka, . which carried a heavier battery, brought up the rear. The channel is very narrow, and on the bluff to the right was a fort and signal station. As the Wasp and Leyden rounded the point, the forts fired a dozen shots, uoue of which, however, fell near them, and the Topeka returned the fire with her three-pounders. Almost im- Lmediately the "Spaniards deserted the forts, and the Topeka continued 1 to send shells into them. A body of riflemen on the beach returned the fire with a few wild shots, but they, too, were quiokly dispersed by the Topeka's smaller guns. The Topeka also dis charged two torpedoes. At the same lime, another small tort to the left of the channel fired on the American ships; but it was silenced as easily as the other. . . Meanwhile, the Wasp and Leyden opened a cross fire at the Jorge Juan, which lay to the south, in front of the town of Mayari. Her position was about a mile and a quarter from the beach, and behind her was the third fort. This fort opened on the Wasp and Leyden, and as the Annapolis and Topeka came up, the Spanish gunboat joined in the fighting, and a general battle followed. The Topeka anohored in the middle of the harbor, ' about 4,000 yards from the Jorge Juan, and the other three American boats drew up on either side and formed a semi circle. The Americans then closed in on the Spanish ship, pouring in a de structive fire and on the forts behind. The TopeKa sent four-inch shells crash ing 'into the Jorge Juan at such a rate that she sank within 20 minutes. When the firing beoame heavy, the officers and crew of the Spaniard put off in a small boat and made the shore under a heavy fire and escaped into the woods. Two shots from the Topeka's bow gun dropped, squarely into the Mayari forts. The Spanish pennants disappeared and the white flag was run up. This ended a short but one of the most vicious battles of the war. CHEERED THE ENEMY'8 FLAG. Bow Spanish Prisoners Thanked Uncle ' Bam for Bis Kindness Now York, July 26. Piisoners oi war oheerlng the flag of their captors Was the unusual sight witnessed at the Union dock in Brooklyn today. The sight was all the more significant as the cheers came from Spanish throats. Tire 254 prisoners captured on the four prize steamers now in port were about to sail for borne under the British flag. They were on board the Hesperia, and just as she backed out of the dock, one of the patrol gunboats camp by. With one accord, the prisoners raised three mighty cheers, which startled the peo ple on the Brooklyn bridge, and could be heard on Governor's island. It was the best tbey could do in thanking Uncle Sam for the kindness lavished on them while prisoners. The Hes peria left at 8 P. M. The prisoners were A happy lot, and their appearance showed that they bad been well treated while In enforced idleness. Among the prisoners were six officers. They have saloon acommodations, while the oth ers are in the steerage, THE MAINE DISASTER. Examination of Cervera's Ships Proves It Was Due to an External Cause. Of! Santiago de Cuba, July 26. "Any doubt that may, have existed that the Maine was blown up by an outside bomb is dispelled by an exami nation of the destroyed Spanish ships," said a member of the board of survey "that examined the remnants of Ad miral Cervera's fleet. "Of: the four ships examined, three were blown up by their magazine exploded and every torpedo in addition, yet on none of them was there the same effect pro duced as by the explosion " on the Maine. There was no upheaval of the keel, and little bulging of the plates, except in the immediate vicinity ol the explosion. The effect was nearly altogether upward, in some cases the protected deck being lifted; but outside of the springing of a few plates, the hulls were intaot." ' The examination of the wrecks oi the Spanish ships was made first for the purpose of ascertaining the ' effect of American gunnery, and second, to find the effect of an internal explosion. Both subjeots bore upon the Mains incident, aB noted above. ., Out of Harm's Way. London, July 26. Lloyd's agent re ports that two Spanish gunboats have entered the harbor of Figuaiia, at the mouth of the Mondego, Portugal. More Klondike Gold. Seattle, Wash., July 26. One hun dred and thirteen Klondikers, who ar rived at Victoria this morning on the steamer Garrone, readied here this afternoon. The most conservative es timate places the amount of gold they brought at half a millon dollars. Dr. D. W. Ward, of Portland, says there are many who have large . amounts, while on the other hand, many are oomlng out broke. , All are reticent ITEMS OF INTEREST. The highest waterfall in the world is Cholock oascade, at Yosemite, Cal., which is 2,635 feet high, or just half a mile. Not within living memory has there been known so abnormally snowlees a winter in European Russia as the past season. , , A medical correspondent at Paris writes that Dr. Mosso has established the fact that the blood ot eels is poi sonous. - A curious fact has been noted by Arotic travelers snow when at a ve.-y low temperature absorbs moisture and dries garments. : Gun cotton is cotton wool, washed then soaked in nitrio aold and three parts of sulphuric acid, washed in water, pulped and dried. It has been found in Switzerland that in building a railway, laborers could work one-third as long at a height of 10,000 feet as a mile lower. - The Rhind manuscript now in the British museum is the oldest intelligi ble mathematical work extant that has ever been deciphered. . The largest theater in the world Is ' the Grand opera house of Pat is. It covers more than three aores of ground, and cost 63,000,000 francs. . . , . . The creatures known as ocean hydras have no heart, no lungs, no liver, no brains, no nervous system, nor organs save mouth and skin. Glaciers vary in length from year to year, and apparently in cycles of years also, those of the-Alps having shown a general djmunition sinoe 1850.-'"- The king of Siam has a bodyguard of female warriors i. e., 400 girls chosen from among the strongest and most handsome of all the women in the land. A recent landslide in Chirla revealed a pile of money equaling in value 7, 000,000 coppers. The coins were made about the middle of the eleventh cen tury. Porous glass is one of the latest nov elties. ' The holes are so small that neither dust nor draught follows its use, and yet the ventilation is said to be excellent. ; Great differences exist between the Arctic and Antarctic regions, and while there is a polar sea at the north, it is believed that a continent exists at the South-Pole. , . Seven Chinose war vessels are at pre sent being built in Germany. , Among them are four torpedo boat destroyers which will have a speed of 33 knots an hour. :" ; '; The Peruvian Central railroad oover ing a distance of 10 miles is at an eleva tion only about 2,000 feet lower than the summit of the highest mountain in Switzerland. Gained forty-Eight Pounds. "I had a strong' appetite, for liquor which was the beginning of the break ing down of my health. 1 was also a slave to tea and ooffee drinking. I took the gold cure, but it did not help me." This is a portion of an interview clipped from the Daily Herald, of Clin ton, Iowa. It might well be taken for the subject of a temperance lecture but that Is not our object in publishing it. It is to show how a system run down by drink aud disease, may be restored. We oannot do better than quote futther from the same : "For years I was unable to do my work. I could not sleep nights or, rest days on account of continuous pains in my stomaoh and back. 1 wits unable to digest my food. Headaches . and painful urination were frequent, and my heart's action became increased. I left my farm and retired to city life, for 1 was . a con firmed invalid, and the doctor said I l retina to city lift. would never be well again. i "Soon after I happened to use four boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and since then I have been free from all pain, headache and dys pepsia. I eat heartily and have no ap petite for strong drink or tea or ooffee,' and feel twenty years younger. f 1 "My weight has increased 48 pounds. I oannot say too much for Dr. Wil liams' Pills and claim that they have oured me... JOHN B. COOK.','.. ' t Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixteenth day of February, 1897. A. P. Barker, Notary Publlo. : ; To people run down in health; from whatever cause drink or disease the above interview will be of interest. The truth of It is undoubted, as the statement is svrorn to, and we reproduce the oath here. For-any further facts concerning this, medicine write to Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenec tady, N. Y. ; The name and address of the subject of aliove inteiview is John B. Cook, of 208 South 5th street, Lyon, Iowa. An historic landmark of the town of Hadley, Mass., the old Hooker house, which stood for almost two centuries, was burned recently. It was in this house that General , Joe Hooker was born in 1814. ; ' , HOWS . THISf We 'offer One Hundred DollarMloward for any case of Catarrh that can not be enred by Hall's Catarrh Cure. - F.J.CIJENEY&CO.. Props., Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the past 15 yearB, and believe him perfectly hoiinrahln in nil huninnss transactions and fin ancially able to carry out any obligations made' ny tueir nrm. . ,. WKST 01 TRUAX, Wholesale Drunglsts, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholeaale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous surfaces ol tho system. Price 7Sc Der bottle. Bold hr all druggists. Testimonials free. iiaii a i amuyi-ius-.ro tue ueei. You cannot afford to drink colored tea. v ; It undermines health, and the coloring hides defects. Schilling's Best needs no coloring ; it is good enough. The Trans-tftlsslsslppl Stamps. . Of the Transmississlppi Exhibition stamps, the 50-cent stamp, which is dark green in color, is from a drawing by Frederic Remington of a "Western Mining Prospector," showing a pros pector in the mountains with his pack mules. The $1 stamp is in black and white, from J. MacWhirter's "Western Cattle in Storm." The 12 stamp is brown, showing an engraving of "The Mississippi River Bridge" at St. Louis. Gunpowder Motor. Explosive powder is, used to operate a new motor, a small quantity of the powder being fed into the oylinder and ignited .by an electric spark to drive the piston rod, the expanded gas escap ing through a -.valve as the piston returns. " - ' ' -, Celluloid Balloon. - ' In an Improved balloon the basket is carried by four air cells adjustably mouuted on a railing around the basket, making it possible for tliff remaining cells to support the aeronaut if one cell should collapse . Wheel Nuts With Handles. An improved nut for wagons and other machinery where the nut would soil the hands li touched has a project ing knob on one side which fits in a hole drilled in one jaw of the wrench to prevent the nut from slipping out WAGONS IMPROVED. The new improved , Btougliton wagons stand the racket. Three more car loads are onthewav. It pavs to have the best. "Write for free catalogue. JOHN TOOLE, Sole agent, foot of Morrison street, (Port land, Or. 1 . A miorobo that lives and multiplies in strong alcohol has been discovered by Veley. The attention of the public is called to the professional work of Dr. T. H. White, No. 271 Morrison street, Portland, Or. His electrical appli ances are the most modem, and his crown and bridge work is of such artis tic form and finish, that his patients are delighted not only with the looks, but with the comfort they receive from the use of euoh artificial work. All operations are painless under his meth ods. Seo that y6ur teeth are properly cared for and that by a skillful dentist. There is no need to suffer the discom forts of broken-down and stained teeth when they can be made useful and plbasant to look upon without pain! YOUR LIVERISH Moore's Revealed Remedy wllldo It. Three doses will make you feel better. Get it from your druggist or an; wholesale drug house , or torn Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle. CURE YOURSELF! Uso Bfgtt fqr unnatural disuharges, inflammations, Irritatiotifl or ulcerations of mucous membranes rainless, and not astriu gent or poisonous. Sold br IrnirirlatfA. r Bent In plain wrapper. fUK), or 8 oottles, $3.Tft. urouiar sent on requost r lp 1 to &!;. J ffebjf oot to Mitotan. lTHEEvK8 OHEUIRKOa VwOIHOIKIUTI.O .Ei A Beautiful Present In order to further introduce ELASTIC STARCH (Flat Iron Brand), the manufacturers, I. C. Hubinger Bros. Co., of Keokuk, Iowa, have decided to Q1VB AWAY a beautiful present with each package of starch sold. 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