Not Unenviable.
A War-Time lll.luke.
REMARKABLE bridge .
Mrs. Gadabout—That Mrs. Hard
head next door doesn’t seem to have lion kb from Girders in the Royal
Gorge of the Arkansas.
many friends.
Hostess (wearily)—No-o; I wonder One of the most ingenious bridge«
how she manages it?—Judy.
ever constructed Is that known as the
•■hanging
bridge,” in the Royal gorge
A Went Indian Hurricane
Recently traveled up the coast at will, and of the Arkansas. It forms part of the
acted 111 an entirely different manner from Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; and
any other storm. Sometimes dyspepsia the difficulty the engineer had to face
acts the same way. It refuses to yield to was this—that the bed of the great can
treatment which has cured similar cases yon, the sides of which rise almost per
Then Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters should pendicular to a height of 1.800 feet,
be taken. It lias cured stomach trouble
was already fully occupied by a river,
for half a century.
whereas he wanted It to contain a rail
A train running from New York to way, the canyon, of course, forming a
Boston made over 80 miles an hour re
cently.
In France advertsing posters must |
bear revnnue stamps varying in value I
according to size of the poster.
“Circumstances
Alter Cases“
In CA5W of scrofula, salt rheum, dys
pepsia, nervousness, catarrh, rheumatism,
eruptions, etc,, the circumstances may be
altered by purifying and enriching the
blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. It is the
^eat remedy for all ages and both sexes.
Be sure to get Hood's, because
SaMabatidi’
Au Oddity in Railroading.
“The craze for fast time on railways
Is taking a new feature,” observed a
prominent railroad official to a Star
writer recently. “It is the shortening
of lines and reconstruction of surveys
in order to make a given line as
straight as possible between two points.
It is, in fact, a scheme to make time
by saving distance. A railway with
out a curve or a cutting is, of course, a
splendid thing from an engineering
standpoint, but it is a very tedious
affair to the passenger. To thoroughly
realize how extremely monotonous a
long journey on a railway without a
curve or cutting is, one must travel on
the road from Buenos Ayres to the
Andes. That railroad beats all known
records for having 200 miles of tracks
almost on a line, such as mathemati
cians describe as the shortest distance
between any two points. No one who
has not seen this remarkable stretch of
road, straight in front and behind as
far as the eye can reach, even when
aided by a field glass, can grasp what it
means or what an amount of wearisome
monotony it involves and entails.”—
Washington Star.
Improved Train Equipment.
The O. R. & N. and Oregon Short
Line have added a buffet, smoking and
library car to their Portland-Chicago
through train, and a dining car service
has been inauguarated. The train is
equipped with the latest chair cars,
day coaches and luxurious first-class
and ordinary sleepers. Direct connec
tion made at Granger with Union Pa
cific. and at Ogden with Ilio Grande
line, from all points in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho to all Eastern cities.
For information, rates, etc., call on
any O. R. & N. agent, or address VV.
H. Hurlburt, General Passenger Agent,
Portland.
The Betrothal Kias.
First Boarder—Did you hear the re
port of the engagement of our land
lady’s daughter?
Second Boarder—I should say I did.
I was sitting in the next room at the
time, and it was a pretty loud re|>ort,
let me tell you.—Richmond Dispatch.
Bostonians* Manners Abroad.
Fuddy—The Hulcums are very dis
creet. Duddy—In what way
Fuddy
—They never smile when they are in
public together. They are afraid peo
ple will think they are not married.
They both of them hate a scandal alwve
all things.—Boston Tanscript.
The largest mass of pure salt in th.
world lies under the Province of Ga-
lica, Hungary. It is known to be 55U
miles long, 20 broad and 250 feet in
thickness.
K oval uuuue bkidoe .
natural cutting through the mountain.
Consequently, the railway had to be
laid on and along the river, not merely
across it.
It will be seen by the illustration that
the river runs side by side and under
the railway, and the bridge on which
the lines are laid Is suspended by rods
from the girders, or arch braces, which
span the chasm above. The bridge
therefore literally hangs. It can be
readily understood that the fixing of
these great girders in a position so in
accessible. with rapid water below, and
no foothold on either side, was an engi
neering feat of no slight difficulty.
the
RECOVERED
COOK’S
BIG
TOE.
It Had Been Swallowed by n Hungry
Dog, but la Still Useful.
A little group had been spinning
yarns in the rotunda of the Waltou for
an hour or more when a bronze-visag-
ed, middle-aged man joined the party.
Several of the group recognized him
ks the captain of one of the big tramp
steamers which ply between Philadel
phia and foreign ports, and a place In
the circle was at once made for him.
“We’ve been killing time telling sto
ries,” someone explained. "Suppose
you turn in your contribution.”
The captain thought a moment and
then smiled.
“I was thinking of something that
happened on my last voyage,” he final
ly said. “We had on board as a cook
a big colored fellow, whose principal
companion was a little yellow cur dog.
One day while the cook was preparing
some beef for dinner be let the heavy
cleaver with which he was doing the
chopping slip from his grasp.
“It fell to the floor with a thud and
the cook emitted a howl of anguish
that was heard all over the ship. The
cleaver had struck one of his bare feet
and sliced the big- toe off as neatly as
a surgeon could have done It. Here
was a chance for the yellow dog and
he seized it. Making a dive for tlie
severed toe he swallowed it In one gulp
and then made a bee-line for the deck.
“This was more than the cook, craz
ed with jMiin, could stand, and he burl
ed the cleaver at the dog. Ills aim
proved true and his curshlp passed out
of existence then and there. At this
Juncture the ship’s doctor came up to
find out what all the row was about.
When he learned the truth he laughed.
“ ‘JT1 fix that for you,’ he exclaimed
to the cook, “wait till I get my instru
ment case.’
“Within five minutes he had held a
l>ost-mortem on the dog and recovered
the lost toe. Washing' it with antisep
tics he skillfully stitched it back in
place again and the cook hobbled back
to his quarters minus his dog. but with
as many toes as he had ever had.
That's about the only story I recall,
Just now, gentlemen. It has the merit
of being true, however, and If you
don’t believe It come down to the ship
any timt and I’ll show you the cleav
er. The cook has quit the sea and I
don't know bls present address.”
But everyliody signified a willingness
to accept the captain’s word unsup
ported by further evidence and the
next man on the story-telling list start-
' ed In.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Followed
Her
Doctor’s
Advice
Mrs, G. W. Palmer, of Jonesville,
Vt., said: "Two years ago 1 was
uHlicted with stomach uud bowel
trouble. My case puzsled the doc
tors. I subsisted only oil the lightest
klndofdleL My stomach would not
retain solid food. The pain in my
stomach and bowels was so Intense
that 1 cannot describe It. I cohtinued
to grow worse. I lost 48 pounds,
my nerves were completely shutter
ed, nud I was very weak. Dr. C. W.
Jucobs, of Richmond, advised me to
take Dr.WllliamsTink Pills for l’ale
People. 1 began to loo the pills, and
the tirst effect was tbs restoration
of my appetite, and the quieting of
mv shattered nervous system. I be
gan to regain my lost strength, and
in one month after commencing to
take the pills I was able todo my
housework. 1 have gained 30pounds
aud to-day am in good health.”
From the Free Press, Burlington, Vt,
Or. Willlama’ Pink Pills for Pale People
are never sold by the doien or hundred,
but always in packages. At all druggists,
or direct from the Or Williams Medicine
Co.. Schenectady. N. Y., 60 cents per boa,
6 boxes $2.60.
In a Missouri court recently a rather
novel case came up for decision. Dur- [
ing the civil war a certain Northern I
soldier went into the service, leaving a I
young wife at home. In due time the
news reached him that his bride had j
died and when the wa • ended he did
not return to his old home, but settled
out West. He married again, and with
his second wife accumulated a large
amount of property in Pratt county.
Not long ago he learned that his first
wife had not died, but, supposing him
to have been killed, had married an
other man. This man died, leaving
her a widow. When the Pratt county
man learned these facts he brought suit
for divorce, and the woman in the East
heard of it and went out and fought
the case, asserting a claim to part of
the Pratt county man’s property.
However, after the lawyers had made
a great fight before him, the judge
granted the divorce and left the Pratt
county man free to marry the woman
who has been living with him for many
years as his wife.—N. Y. Tribune.
There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other discuses put together,
and until tho last few years was supposed to bo
Incurable. For a great many y ears doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease, and r>n scribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science hag proven catarrh to be a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, man
ti actured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cureon the market,
it is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
a teaspoonful. It acis directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case It fails to
cure. Bend for circulars and testimonials. Ad
dress,
F. J. (11 ENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by DrupRists, 75c.
j Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Not Always.
Millions.
The number of mining firms using
coal-cutting machines in 1898 in the
United States waB 36 per cent greater
than in 1897, and the gain in Pennsyl
vania was about 50 per cent.
Men buried in an avalanche of snow
hear distinctly every word uttered by
those who are seeking for them, while
their most strenuous shouts fail to pen
etrate even a few feet of snow.
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scholars, travellers, hunters,
and the most gifted writers
of stories will enrich the
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daring 1900. Send your
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B
Conscripts in Cologne produced
symptoms of heart disease by taking
pills recommended for that purpose by
local doctors. Several of the physi
cians have been arrested.
Bertha—"It’s a curious expression,
A small boy was one day asked by a
‘She went in bathing.’ Why is it not clergyman if he knew what was meant
enough to say, ‘She went bathing?’ ” | by energy and enterprise.
Bobby—-“Sure enough. When a girl
“No, sir, I don’t think I do.”
goes bathing she doesn’t usually go in.”
The clerygman said:
—Boston Transcript.
“Well, I will tell you, my boy. One
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow’s Sooth of the richest men in the world came
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their here without a shirt on his back, and
Children during the teething period.
now he has millions.”
“MillionsI” replied the boy. ‘How
At Tacoma tinsmiths and men skilled
in regular tin an sheet iron work are many does he put on at a time?”—
hard to get and are getting $2.50 a day. Spare Moments.
At Dawson City eggs cost 50 cents a
dozen.
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THE YOUTH’S COMPANION, BOSTON, MASS.
in tlie United States 390,0(10 eubia-
Danish lighthouses are supplied with
oil to pump on the waves during a feet of pine is used annually in making
matches.
storm.
SHAKE
INTO
YOUR
SHOES
Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nerv
ous feet, and instantly takes tlie sting out
of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest
comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy,
litis a certain cure for Ingrowing Nails,
sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching
feet. We have over 30.000 testimonials.
Try it today. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores. By mail for 25c in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen 8.
Olmsted, be Roy, N. Y.
Coffee tabloids or lozenges are com
ing into use in Brazil. One of them
dropped into a cup of lioiling water
produces excellent coffee in three min
utes.
The Compania General of Manila,
While in Washington women are in
disfavor as government employes, they the largest cigar making concern in the
are in creasing in number in the Brit world, employs 10,000 hands, and turns
out every year 80,000,000 cigars, 40,-
ish civil service.
000,000 cigarettes and nearly 3,000 tans
of cut tobacco.
Jonas W, Thompson, of Pine Plains,
N. Y., found a black snake milking
Hereafter belle that can be heard a
one of his heifers. He struck the rep distance of 500 feet must be attached to
tile with a stick, and it attacked him, all private scavenger wagons in Chi
sinking its fangs in his leg. Thompson cago, and these bells must be rung con
finally killed the snake, but it is tinuously while the wagons are in serv
thought that his leg will have to be ice, which may be between sunset and
amputated.
I sunrise.
fflTO Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
■ 110 after tirst day’s use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nervo Restorer, bend for I REK 1*9.00 trial
bottle and treatise. D-.t. K. II. KLINK, Ltd., 930
Arch street, Philadelphia. Pa.
The National Association of Master
Bakers lias placed itself on record in
the most emphatic manner in favor of
pure food legislation and the regulation
of bakers in the interest of perfect
cleanliness and sanitation.
I know that luy life was saved by 1‘iso’s
Cure for Consumption.—John A. Miller,
Au Sable, Mu lligan, April 21, 1895.
Arcola, Ill., with a population of less
than 3,001), leads the world in th«,
broom-corn industry.
The machine shops of the Northern
Pacific railroad are compelled to run
half a day overtime every other night
in some departments in order to catch
up. All tlie engines of the railroad
company are in service.
There are 850,000 men in the world
who gain a livelihood chiefly by fish
ing, making an annual catch of $225
worth of fish for each man. The fish
eries of the United States supply 800,-
000 pounds annually, and those of
Europe 1,800,000 puonds.
$100.00 Reward
will be promptly paid to any one furnishing us evidence on which we can secure conviction of any substituted
or dealer who attempts to palm off inferior imitations when Cascareis Candy Cathartic are called for. Be on the
lookout for imitations and counterfeits of Cascareis, and don’t you ever buy preparations that are made and
sometimes pushed by unscrupulous dealers whose intention is to mislead the buyer and infringe on our trade
mark and trade-name. As soon as some one tries to sell you something else when you ask for_Cascarets, look
out for him l Get all the details and confidentially write us on the subject at once. >
CANDY
CATHARTIC
MALAY GOAT ANTELOPE.
Ferow of the Malay State« la a Very
Rare Animal.
WHILE YOU
A very rare animal Indeed Is the
serow of the Malay states. It can be
best described as half goat and half
antelope, being known to science by
the name of Nemorhaedus sumatrensis.
DRUGGISTS
An Excellent Combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effect« of the well known remedy,
STBt'P or Flos, manufactured by the
C alifornia F io S yrvt Co., illustrate
the yalue of obtaining the liquid laxa
tive principles of plants known to be
medicinally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive. cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance. and its acting on the Jcidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing fi
are used, as they are pleasant to tl
taste, but the medicinal qualities of th.
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plant«, by a method
known to the C alifornia F io S trip
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid imitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRAjraiSCO. CAL
LotmvTLLB rr.
wnw torn , m . t .
Rte sals by all Druggists —Pries Sc. ye teal*
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
Fence and Wire Works.
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Machinery and Supplie».
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MALAT GOAT AXTKLOPX.
The serow Is one of the shiest and \
wariest of bill frequenting animals and
Is found only u;on the loftkRt and m >«t
Inaccessible cliffs. So keen are its ;
senses that It Is almost Impossible of
approach.
Rritish-Am-ricans In Boston.
There are In Boston 44,207 persona
born In British America, Including On
tario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Prines Edward Island and Newfound-
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For Gonorrhtea and Gleet get Pabet'a Okay Rperiflc. It
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machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps,
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