A HgNSATION. arterward Coquelin received the follow­ ing memorandum from the millionaire: That the world is coming to an end sud- “You have brought tears to our eyes and laughter to our hearts. Since all : deniy at a given time is not what is re­ philosophers are agreed that laughter is ferred to. There are different kinds of sen­ sations, us very many people know who preferable to weeping, your account feel sharp twinges of pain in the big nen* with me stands thus: "For tears, six of the thigh. Sciatica is a very painful times, six hundred dollars. For laugh se isation, ami the tornutnt of it makes one ter, twelve times, twenty-four hundred think something is come to nn end. But dollars. Total, three thousand dollars. just at tlie «.rst sensation or twinge is the nest time to use St. Jacobs Oil. Tlie less Kindly acknowledge receipt for em-los pain the more easily it is cured, and the ed check." The actor, it is needless to 1 Oil prevents its development by soothing udd, found no fault with tills assess­ the nerve. At any stage it will cure. ment of Ids mimic powers, and duly ac­ Ranitnry Reform of Bombay. knowledged the receipt of his fee. The Indian government has formulat­ Sir Isaac Holdeu. who died last ed an important scheme tor the sanitary mouth in England, after attaining his reformation of Bombay City. The ninety-first year, set out comparatively j control of government and municipal early In life to live as long as possible. lands will be vested in a nominated In the matter of exercise ills rule was body, which will be empowered to lay to spend at least two hours a day in the new streets through crowded localities open air. In the use of alcohol he was ami to erect dwellings at low rents for decidedly abstemious, yet not a total the poor. The scheme involves an ad­ abstainer, and lie smoked tobacco mod­ dition to the municipal rates of not erately. In diet his chief peculiarity more than 3 per cent. was that lie avoided bread, thinking it . «LAIN Itt POISON. undesirable food for a person who wish­ ed to live long, because of Its excessive Not the poison that the covert assassin ad- starchiness and the amount of earthy | ministers In the drink, the food, or some other matter that it left in the system. His guise, hot the poison of malaria shortens the lives of m rinds. There is a safe and certain chief foods in ills later years were ! antidote. Hostetter’s Stoinaen Bitters, which meats, soups and fruits. He said, a j’not only fortifies the system against malaria, 'hut roots out its seeds when they hate gerniln- few years ago, that for breakfast he pted. Dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatic, ate a baked apple, an orange, about liver ami k duey trouble are compiered by tlie ‘Bitters._____________________ twenty grapes and a biscuit made of A Minneapolis genealogist reckons bananas; for mid-day dinner aliout three ounces of beef or mutton, and up four billions of persons between sometimes a half-cupful of soup. When William tlie Conqueror and one of liis lie ate tisli. he took less meat. His sup­ descendants now living. per was like his breakfast. WHY SO MANY REGULAR PHYSICIANS FAIL To Cure Femalo Iilu—Soma Trua Reasons Why Mrs. Pinkham is More Successful Than the Fumily Doctors. Franklin was irreverent when a One day after tlie winter provis­ A woman is siclcj 6ome disease pecu­ ions had been salted, he said: "I think, liar to her sex is fast developing in her father, that if you would say grace over system. She ff* 1 **3 to her family physi­ ihe whole cask, it would lie a great sav­ cian and tells him a story, but not t/u ing at meal time." whole story. the soil that has lately been disturbed. A writer in What to Eat was once at She holds something back, loses her The winter frosts will also penetrate ' a summer hotel when Larry Jerome ar­ bead, becomes agitated, forgets what more deeply, and in a winter when rived and ordered dinner in half an she wants to say, and finally conceals there is much freezing and thawing hour. "How many of you are there?" what she ought to have told, and thus will gradually lift the |>ost up. If ]>osts I asked the head waiter. "How many of completely mystifies the doctor. are sdt in fall for a fence the boards I me.” said Jerome, “do 1 look like a Is it any wonder, therefore, that thu must be nailed on so as to keep the couibination troupe?" doctor fails to cure the disease? Still, posts from being twisted, so that they we cannot blame the woman, for it is Haydn, who was a famous glutton, must be reset before *a fence can be very embarrassing to detail some of one«- landed in Dover witli an empty made. the symptoms of her suffering, even to stonnich ami onlered dinner for four at her family physician. Milk as Food on the Farm. a tavern. When it was ready to be serv- It was for this reason that years To every city resident one of the ad­ i ed, tli«‘ waiter Inquired about the com­ ago Mrs. I’inkham, at Lynn, Mass., vantages of living In the country is that pany. "Company?” said tlie eomisis- determined to step in and help her those living there can easily secure | er; "I am the gouipany.” Feeding Pen for Hogs. sex. Having Lad considerable ex­ Where hogs are fed near the house or I fresh and pure milk directly from the During the revolution, a little Amer­ perience in treating female ills with barn, the fowls are apt to go among cow. It is a most valuable foot! pro­ ican privateer once stole up on au Eng- her Vegetable Compound, she encour­ them and eat a large portion of the duct, whether used directly as milk or I lisli line of battle ship in a fog. uiis- aged the women of America to write feed. An Indiana farmer has solved cooked in custards and cakes, in the ; taking her for an East India merchant. to her for advice in regain to their the problem by constructing a feeding various ways that milk and cream can | and ordered her to strike. When the complaints, and, being a woman, it pen so that the hogs and pigs could go I be used. Probably most housewives seventy-four ran out her guns and was easy for her ailing sisters to pour In and out at pleasure, but fowls of all who have lived in the country tind threatened to blow her puny assailant into her ears every detail of their suf­ kinds were excluded. In the Orange when they remove to the city that the out of the water, the Yankee skipper fering. Over one hundred thousand Judd Farmer he tells how it is made. absence of the best milk and cream j stepped to the gangway, and. taking women were successfully treated by Build a feeding floor several inches which they used to have In abundance j off ids hat. said politely: "Oh. very Mrs. I’inkham last year. Such are th® above the surface of the ground and was a stronger handicap to successful , well, sir. If you won't surrender, I will." grand results of her experience. Inclose with a tight board fence sur­ cooking than anything else. At the The learned Oxford professor. Max mounted with pickets a foot or more wholesale prices that are all that milk i There are 71,000 more women than long. Make one or more openings near producers can get for milk It is a mu?h Muller.onceasked Vivekananda if Rain- A WIFE WANTED. men in the state of Massachusetts, and the ground for the hogs and hang a cheaper food than any other that comes krishna. a great Hindoo religious teach­ Economy: save 10 cents on this excess is all in persons over 14. door, a, from the top so that It will on their tables. If farmers ate more of er. knew Sanskrit. The answer at first The Predicuinent of a College Profesaor Owing to Vaasur'a Tradition. swing pretty freely either way. Leath- their milk product they would be better was evasive, lint finally Vivekananda HOWS THIS? : a package of “cheap” baking There is a tradition to the effect that off physically as well as financially. said: "When Ramkrishna was in the jungle as an ascetic, a beautiful woman no man is allowed to become a mem­ powder and eat the cake. What they then sold would probably We otter One Hundred Dollar. Reward tor any case of Catarrh lost cannot be cured by Hall’. bring as much as does the larger por­ came down from heaven and taught ber of the Vassar faculty unless he is Catarrh Cure. You couldn ’ t do better — for him the language.” “Nonsense!” was married. tion that they sell now. Whether the tradition has F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O We, the undersigned,have known F. J. Cheney Muller's reply; "tlie only way to learn any grounds it is hard to say. One thing your doctor. for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly Sanskrit is to get a grammar and a dic­ is certain. If tlie tradition were not true, Turnips Among Corn. in all bnstnesa transactions and Schilling's Best money-back hororable financially able to carry out any obligation« There is no crop grown so easily and tionary and go to work." then the following story could not be made bv their firm, with so little cost as late-sown turnips The King of Siam is not as yet a true either, and whore is the man or baking W est & Tnvax. powder is at your Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. in a field of well cultivated corn. The Shakspearean scholar. On tlie recent woman brave enough to deny the truth WALDtNG, K1NNAN A MARVIN, grocer ’ s. shade of the corn will keep the turnip« occasion of ills visit to Denmark, he ac- of tlie story ? Wholesale llrugg'xis, Toledo, O. Hall’« Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act­ from growing much until the corn Based, primarily, therefore. ui>on the A Schilling Sr Cnmpasy eompa lied the Crown Prince Frederick ing directly upon the blood anti mucous sur­ Sail Francisco 2009 FOWL-PROOF FEEDING PEN cut. Possibly also their growth will to Iiel dngfors and was duly conducted tradition, the story goes on to affirm faces of the system. Testimonials free. Pries 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. that if an unmarried man makes appli­ A daguerrotype of Louis Philippe, er straps or hinges that work easily be checked by the demand of the corn to the grave of Hamlet, Prince of Den Hall’s Family Pills are the best. roots for plant food. But in the Indian cation to become a member of the mark. Here lie took off his hat and taken in 1840 by Daguerre himself, has will answer. The hogs will soon learn summer that follows the first frost the Vassar faculty, lie Is. all other things stood for a moment In reverential al­ been presented to the Cuniavalet mu­ Io go back and forth, but fowls will Then, turning to the crown concurring, only permitted to do so on seum in Pari«. not enter. If there are two sizes of turnips will make rapid growth, as lene >. hogs, make a partition and in it con­ they will then have all the laud for prirce. he said, with deep sympathy: condition that he get married and at AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. struct a small swinging door just large their own use. The turnip will endure “A relation of your royal highness. I once. Sometimes this Is easier titan at Men Who Have Wasted the Vita! a pretty heavy frost, and grow again if presume. Has lie been loug dead?” others. A young man who sought to fill We are asserting in the courts our right to the enough to admit the smaller pigs. exclusive use of the word ’’ CASTOR J A,” and Power of Youth— Who Lack warm weather follows it. But in our PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” as our Trade Mane. A Tennesseean tells this story of a tlie Vassar chair of history not long ago climate turnips cannot be left In the Vigor—Can Re Cured by A Good Old Rotation. (at least so says the story) was so ac I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, darky freight hand on a Southern rail­ The six-year rotation so long followed ground all winter a* they are In Eu Electricity. way. It seems that Ben, the darky, ceptable in every way that his examin­ was the originator of “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” in this section, the Shenandoah Valley, gland. had been placed in charge of a mule, ers forgot to inquire into the most im­ the same that has borne and does now bear the has some strong points in its favor, fac simile signature of CH AS II. FLETCHER on This is an appliance which is known all over whose destination was marked on a tag portant tiling of all—his state of single i every wrapper. This is the original “ PITCHER’S A Milk Strainer. the world for its wonderful tonic influence up­ The crops during the six years are in or double blessedness. Not until the attached by twine to the mule ’ s leg. on the waning vitality of men and women. One correspondent of the American CASTORIA ” which has been used in the homes this order: Corn, followed by wheat, Its touch is the touch of life. Warmth and en­ Before the animal had been persuaded day for opening tlie college was at hand of the mothers of America for over thirty years. ergetic Agriculturist seems to think that a health follows its application within the ground being harrowed and the to enter a car. he. in some way, man­ did any one of them recall how shock­ Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is ten days. A permanent cure of all weakness wheat drilled in. Immediately after wire screen in a milk strainer is not de­ ingly they had left undone those things restoration of new life—is assured in the long­ the kind you have always bought, and has the sirable, while an­ aged to reach the tag and. before Ben the wheat is cut the next year, the which they ought to have done. The signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the est standing cases within 90 days. could interpose, the mill«' hail the tag other asserts that ground is plowed thoroughly, prepared "THKEK CLASSES OF MEN.” young man. by that time arrived, had wrapper. No one has authority from me to use if rightly placed well chewed up. The old man looked by harrow and roller, and sowed again my name except The Centaur Company of which Dr. Sanden will send yon a hook upon thia to confess tlia t he was a bachelor. Well , it will be found en- up th«' local freight agent and asked subject, with valuable information, free. It '"j to wheat, this time accompanied with there was nothing' for it but the one- Chas. H. Fletcher is President. possible, call and see his famous Belt. Try it tirely satisfactory. in perturbation: “Wat I goin’ do wld March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJA and regain your manhood. Life has a new ’ about a bushel of timothy to six acres thing, so tlie faculty hemmed and haw ­ dat mewl? H«' done et up de place In the illustration charm to those who wear it. Call or address and the same quantity of clover in the ed a bit mid finally got it out that the I Illis shown a strain­ w’ere he’s goin'.” A St. Louis paper is marvelling over early spring. Then three crops of hay young man must get married. the case of a septuagenarian whose SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. er. with a wire Dr. Johnson called one morning on are mowed, making the six years. Very “We'll give you just two weeks." white hair turned black in a single screen in the fun­ Benjamin West to converse with him on V53 Weat Washington St., Portland, Or. often four crops of hay are made. nel at a, just as in American affairs. After some time Mr. they said: "otherwise you will have to night recently. Please mention thia Payer. I have not counted the second crop of an ordinary strain­ West said that he had a young Ameri­ resign your place. Surely you know of HOME PICODUCTS AND PUKE FOOD. clover usually cut and hulled for seed some girl that you can get to marry er. The bottom can (Gilbert Stuart) living with him. the first season. Since Western seed Vegetable, Grass should be four from whom he might derive some in­ you within two weeks." it was now All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very generally can be bougnt at low prices, and Flower j* j* the turn of tlie poor young man to hem light colored and of heavy body, is made from indies in diameter. formation, mid Introduced Stuart. The many think it better to pasture, or cut Bulbs and Roses. and haw, but he saw that there was no glucose, “7’m Garden Uripg'* is made from Place a piece of Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale conversation continued (Stuart being this second clover for cows. It will be Fruit and Shade by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufsc- muslin over the thus Invited to take part In it), when the alternative, his whole professional fu­ tured noticed that this rotation, running six by the P acific C oast S yrup C o . Ail gen­ neck at c and slip doctor observed to Mr. West that the tur«' depended upon it, so lie permitted uine •‘Tea Gftrdtn Dript” have the munufae- Treesj* Spray Pumpsj* Bee Supplies years, calls for plowing only twice dur­ Fertilizers j * Catalogs Free J1 J* J* the collar b over it. young man spoke very good English; himself to be liusthsl off the campus turer’a name lithographed on every can. ing that time, and gives three crops of BUELL LAMBERSON, Portland. A perfect strainer and turning to Stuart, rudely asked before any of the susceptible students ».ay, which we think pays better than It in said that the ftesb on the fore ­ is formed. The him where be had learned it. Stuart caught sight of him, promising to re­ other crops. Farmers who follow this turn within a fortnight married. He quarters of the beaver resembles that of I cloth must be kept very promptly replied. "Sir. I can bet­ was as good as his word, though lac- land animals, while that on the hind­ old-time way are not getting rich, but perfectly clean. Each time the strainer ter tell you where I did not learn It— cording to tin' story) h«' had a pretty quarters has a fishy taste. they are probably holding their own about ns well as others who follow is used remove the cloth and wash It it was not from your dictionary.” liard time fulfilling the contract to the ••King Solomon’s Treasure,” only Aphrodisiacs] newer and shorter plans. Try all and thoroughly, scalding in boiling water. In Scotland when an infant Is to lie letter. Besides its verification of the Tonic known. (See Dictionary.) $.5.00 a box. 3 Renew frequently, for it is less ex ­ weeks’ treatment. .Mason Chemical Co., P. O. Box hold fast to that which is good, is not baptized, the father is boupd to show tradition, tills story lias another value, 747. Philadelphia, Pa. a ban motto.—American Agriculturist. pensive to get new cloths than to run some kind of speaking acquaintance it s.uccinetly disproves tlie charge that the risk of tainted milk. Also scald the “Ancient” coins, many of which an­ wire screen at each washing and care­ with the shorter catechism. One day Vassar or any other woman's college New Destroyer of Fruit. tedate the Christian era, are made in a collier went to his minister to be­ pises as a discourager of matrimon;,’. Re-enforcements to the seventeen­ fully scrub th«' tin portion. large quantities in London, and find ' ’’ ch T ’un ’ n ’ tefcthi V c T speak him for the christening of his year locusts, the gypsy moth, the M rs . W inslow 1« H oqthixg S yrup Ktiould always be N Worth Seeing. sale all over the world. | eld'd. “How many commandments liae b used for children twthiiig. It sooth«*» the child, «»ft- 4 browntail moth and all the rest of tlie Orchard un«l Garden. > rim th«* giiina, allays ail pain, cutch wiml colic, rih ! I s d A pleasant and unusual street scene h th«* heat remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty fl re cent« a J Fruit trees or plants will not take ' ye?” asked the minister. "Twenty," re- busy army of fruit I believe Piso’« Curéis the only medicine bottle. It I r the best of all. r. In Philadelphia is sketched by the Rec­ | joined the collier, who was forthwith destroyers are to care of themselves. that will cure consumption. Anna M. ord. sent back to pursue his studies in ele- Ross, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, *95. N. P. N. U. No. 46, ’RT. be found in vast Grapes thrive best in well-cultivated A tandem pair of cyclers with only l mentary theology. On his way he met quantities in the and well-drained laud. WHEN writing to advertiser«, pieMa one pair of arms and legs between them Try Schilling’s Best tea and baking powder. a brother miner, who was going to the mention this paper. “San Jose scales." Having the orchard trimmed up minister on a similar errand. “How was the sight which greeted Broad The San Jose scale keeps the trees bearing well. many commandments hae ye. Jock?” street promenaders yesterday. The takes its name, not Cherry trees must be grafted early asked the first. “Ten." “Ob! you two men rode a tine tandem wheel of rnit san jose scai . b froI11 the locality if good results are expected. needn't trouble him wi' ten; I offered the latt'st model, and wldzzed along EVERYTHING FOR THE to which it confines its depredations, Choose young, thrifty trees, with him twenty the while, but he wasna Broad street as smoothly and graceful­ but to the one In which it first ap­ ly as you please. PRINTER..,. satisfied.” peared. Since it made its debut in Cali­ good r«jots and straight, clean tops. The man in front had but one hand The Constitution was a beautiful fornia It has shown an impartial fond­ Annual pruning largely avoids the ship, and wherever she went excited to steer with, but that was a good right ness for every part of the Union. Flor­ necessity for removing large limbs. one, and his left leg seemed to bring ida has not been too warm for it and No fruit repays judicious pruning the most favorable comment. After plenty of power to bear upon the pedal. the war she was visited by an English Massachusetts has pleased. New Jer­ and trimming better than the pear. We lead and originate officer of high rank. who. after making The other man's right arm and left leg sey has not escaped and the Pacific Make quality rather than qunntity an inspection, said: "This Is one of the were missing, but the remaining limbs fashions in.... coast as far as British Columbia has the principal aim. supplied ids needs. Although lietween appealed to it. The scale, though ap- i finest frigates I ever saw. if not the lln- All trees that have roots or tops est; but I must say that her wheel Is tilt m they only had the number of limbs pearing only recently, has evidently Cor. Second and Stark Sts. In preparing to bruised or mangled should be discard­ clumsy and ugly mid unworthy of tlie which the average cycler upon a single spent several decades < vessel." The Yankee captain replied: wheel requires to keep him going, they descend upon the world. It Is a mlcro- ed. ..... PORTLAND, OREGON In setting out a tree, save home of “Sir, that wheel is the only English beat many sturdy rivals who tried to scopic insect. which pierces the green bark of the tree with its proboscis and the top soli, especially to put around thing In the ship. During her action keep up with them. The Shah's Cats. with th«' Java her own wheel was sucks the sap. It has, doubtless with the roots. DYRPEPTICURO I All II"® T money by succesful will cure von of Dye- lj|f U L, fl | speculai ion In i’hicflgo We Lovers of cats will be interested to an eye to this age of germicide solu­ It is not a bad plan to plant trees knocked to pieces by a shot. After the pepsia. Indigestión, ■V II I 11 I bnv nnd ••♦•II wheat • n mar- tions. rendered spraying an Infested along the roadside the whole length of Java was captur«*d we took her wheel know that the Shall of Persia surpasses and stomach troubles • > • gins. Fortunes base l>een tree useless, because it has a scaly cov­ the farm. and fitted it to th«' Constitution, and all other royal devotees in enthusiasm of all kinds. Price. 11. On receipt of same w»- made on a small beginning bv trading in fu­ will deliver it atypur nearegi express office free tures. Write for fnll particulars. Best of ref­ ering which remains on the bark of the Nectarines and apricots can be nlthougli we tiling It as ugly as you do. for these particular animals. He has of charge. erence given. Several veers’ experience on lha tree or the skin of the fruit and which grown anywhere that the peach or w«' have kept it as a trophy." no fewer than 50 of them, and they Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough know­ ledge of the business. Send for our free refer­ acta ns an armor against such weapons prune will thrive well. have attendants of their own, with spe ­ An old woman whose husband was ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS Co, as washes. Fruit infested by the scale Chicago Board of Trade Brokers. Offices in cial room for meals. When the Shah ill in bed sent for the doctor, who cam«' Mulching prevents the early flow of Portland. Oregon and Seattle. Wawh. Is unmarketable. sap by preventing the ground from and saw tlie old lady. “I will send him goes away the cats go, too. carried by soin«' medicine.” h«' said on leaving, men on horseback. The Queen does not warming up too soon. Government Seed Shop. “which must lie taken In a recunilwnt care for cats, and the visitors to Wiml Last spring tlie Department of Agri­ Agricultural Notes. posture." After he had gone the old «or Castle. Osborne or Balmoral (jee culture distributed, at a cost of $130.- e carry the mostcomplete line <>f Gymnasium How to Restore Lost Manhood and Keep the wagon well greased. woman sat down, greatly puzzled. “The very few of them, except now and then 000, enough seeds of all kinds to plant and A thletlc Goods on tne <’oast. Perfect Development. In the private npartments of residents. recumbent posture — a recumbent pos ­ I Grain feeding of cows in summer an area of 355 square miles, or 227.200 SUITS A-»r> UNIFORMS MADE TO ORDER, Thl. great work, plainly written by a high ture!" she kept rep«'ating. "I haven't helps the fertility of the soil. medical authority, Flows how manly vigor bend for Our Athletic < ataiogua acres. Now, if there were some way of i The Cap lol of Texas. can be regained and obstacle, to marriage Remember that you were once a boy got one." At last she thought, "I will finding out just how many acres were WILL & FINCK CO.. The State capitol of Texas is the larg removed. It is a modern work for men who go nnd sec If ol«l Mrs. Smith Ims got one au.fer from nervous debility caused by over- 81R-A2O Market Mt.. San Francisco, Cat« actually planted with these seeds, and yourself, unless you are a woman. est State building In the 1'nlted States, work, youthful indulgences or later excesses. to lend me.” Accordingly she went nnd hqw much the crop produced therefrom and the seventh in size among the It points out how to be cured of nervousness, Fresh top-dressing of pastures is an said to her neighbor: “ Have you a re ­ despondency, impotency. at tumt, without worth in cash, we would probably iusult to stock if it is turned on them. buildings of the world. It was paid for interfering with business. , cumbent posture to lend me to put some have a better argument than we can IT 13 ABSOLUTELY FREE. A new variety not suitable to your medicine in?” Mrs. Smith, who was with 3,000,000 acres of public lami, Yields double the amount of any other grana TO A?®?# produce now In favor of knocking the soil and climate Is worse than an old, deeded to the Chicago capitalists who for hay or pasture. Will 'tand the dry season equally ignorant ns her friend, replied: executed the work. Government seed business on the head. inferior variety that is. will be mailed free, in plain, sealed wrapper and grows as vigorously in Hoptember as In "I had one. but to tell you the truth I to the