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OUTBOUND. A lonely sail In the east sea-room, I have put out for the port of giootn. The voyage Is far on the trackless tide. The watch is long, and the seas are wide. The headlands blue in the sinking day Kiss me a hand on tae outward wuy. The fading gulls, as they dip and veer, I.ift uie a voice that is good to hear. The great winds come, and the heaving sea, The restless mother, is calling me. The cry of her heart is lone and wild, Searching the night for her wandered child. Beautiful, weariless mother of mine. In the drift of doom 1 am here, I am thine. Beyond the fathom of hope or fear, From bouru to bourn of the dusk 1 steer. Swept on in the wake of the stars, in the stream Of a roving tide, from dream to dream. —Bliss Carman. you played on me when you put that letter in my pocket yesterday, but it threatens to break up my family, and 1 ask as a favor that the chap who did it will Just write a letter to my wife and tell her it was a bit of fun and that I am not to blame in the slightest degree. I don’t want to know who It was. All I ask is that the thing be straightened out.” **«•••• It was late In the afternoon. There came a ring at the door bell pertain ing to the Ferguson dwelling, and a messenger delivered a letter addressed to Mrs. George Ferguson. She opened It and lean: "Dear Mrs. Ferguson—In a spirit of mischief I slipped a letter in your hus band's coat pocket yesterday which I fear may have fallen Into your hands, and In order to atone for any misun derstanding It may possibly have caus ed I wish to say that I wrote it myself and that It is purely imaginary. With great respect, I subscribe myself yours truly.” This was signed “Marcellus Hankin son.” Hardly had she finished reading this when another messenger came and left another letter. It read thus: "My Dear Mrs. Ferguson: I have a little confession to make. Yesterday, in a thoughtless moment. I wrote a let ter purporting to come from some wom an and dropped It Into your husband’s pocket. For fear you may have seen It 1 take occasion to assume the respon- EOIIGE FERGUSON, what does this mean?" The voice was that of Mrs. Fer guson—shrill, piercing, and ominous. “What does what mean?" asked George. “This letter!” She held it up. * , “Laura, have you been---- ” “No, 1 haven’t been searching your pockets. You know 1 haven’t. I was moving your coat from this chair, and a letter fell out. This Is the letter. It Is directed to you, and It's in u wom an's hand. You haven't told me of any correspondence you are carrying on with----- ” “Open It and read It, Laura," inter rupted Mr. Ferguson. “If there was any letter In my pocket I didn't know siblllty for the clumsy joke and to apol it. Go nliend and read It. Maybe It's ogize for It. With great respect, yours sincerely.” a millinery hill.” The signature was “Oliver Peduncle.” Scorning to reply to this, Mrs. Fergu Then there came another letter—also son opened the letter and ran her eye by special messenger. It was as fol over It. "Oh, you didn't know this was in lows: "My Dear Madam: lardon me for your pocket!" she piped. “You didn’t know it! Maybe It's a millinery bill, addressing you, but I wish to plead is it? Listen! ‘My dearest George’— guilty to the perpetration of a foolish so you’re somebody else's dearest Joke on your husband yesterday. I wrote a love letter (signed 'Dollie,' If I remember rightly) and slipped It Into Mr. Ferguson's coat pocket. Fearing It may have met your eye 1 write this to exonerate your husband and to take upon myself the entire blame for the silly performance. Respectfully yours.” It was signed "A. Spoonamore.” The bewildered woman had hardly perused this note atii laid It on the par lor table with the others, when a fourth I cr.me. It was to thin effect: “Permit me, my dear Mrs. Ferguson, tr atone for an act of thoughtlessness committed yesterday. Yielding to a hrsty impulse, I wrote a letter to your husband purporting to come from some feminine admirer. Tills 1 placed in one of the pockets of Ills coat, unknown to him. As It may possibly have fallen Into your hands, I take the liberty of assuring you that I alone am to blame for the stupid joke and to express my hearty contrition." The signature to this was "Wesley Illis l.KTTfH DKOI'I'KI* OCT or YOUH Illglntop.” l*OCK KT. About two hours later Mr. Ferguson George, are you? ‘My dearest George: came home. He was whistling, with When are you coming to see me again? apparent unconsciousness of any do 1 am very lonely'—she Is very lonely, mestic trouble, past, present, or to is she? Oh, you two faced hypocrite!— come. ‘if you eau't come, George, dearest, do “George," exclaimed Mrs. Ferguson, write!’ she wants you to write If you In a high pitch al voice, as she met hltn can’t come, does she?—'You can't tliluk, at the door, "whore are those other let dearest George, how I miss----- ’ " ters?"—Chicago Tribune. “What nonsense are you reading, Laura?" demanded George, beginning WRECKING A BRIDGE. to lie roused. "Do you menu to say “I mean to say I am reading this let ter you told me to rend. Mr. Ferguson. I am rending this letter I found In your that dropped out of your pocket. You don’t know anything nbout It, don’t yotl? 'You can't think, dearest George » »» Novel llae of Electricity Sncceaefully Tried nt Clinton* Ind. without Injuring In any way the sus taining piers and masonry. This was apparently a very easy tas«c, but, after consultation with bridge builders, house wreckers. r!ggens, engineeta, and. In fact, every one who had a plan to suggest, the only practical plan evolved was to build a false work and take the bridge down piecemeal. To blow the bridge up with dynamite would prob ably injure the piers, and to burn it would likewise crack and injure the masonry. The thirty days elapsed, and no plan had been decided ui>on. An ex tension of the time for one week was granted. At this point a young elec trician living In Clinton came to the fore with a scheme to literally cut the bridge down with hot electric wires, and this unique plan was fiually suc- ctesfully carried out with the greatest satisfaction, the operation requiring but ten hours. The bridge, which was built In 1853, consisted of three spans, with a 70-foot draw, and, as already mentioned, was 735 feet long. Each of these spans was Qomis>sed of nine chords, each consist ing of three nine-inch by nine-inch yel low poplar timbers. It Ls perfectly evi dent, therefore, that if each of these timbers was cut through simultaneous- 1 -, the span would drop Into the river without injuring the piers. Current was secured from a near-by generating plant, and leading wires were run to the farthest span. Each of the timbers cut was next encircled with a heavy resistance wire and connections run to EAST INDIANS LEARN ENGLISH. THE-YOUTH’S COMPANION Methods by Which the Queen's Sub jects Learn the Language. In many Indian schools now the En glish language is being taught to the little dusky «subjects of the empress queen. G. 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TEACHINO YOUNG INDIA ITS ABC. designed a chart tor helping the puplla to acquire the language, and a fac simile of It appears above. The pro nunciation of the English characters is given In both Pers an and Nagrl. A PROMISING OFFICER. Death of Lieut. Col. Miley, Who Was I r >minent at Santiago. Tbe Youth’s Companion, Boston, Mass. A new cotton spindle is said to be Denny—“Th’ gur-rul thot Oi mar- capable of running 20,000 revolutions ray must be loike foine silk. ” Nora— per minute, and, if so, will indeed rev- ‘’An’ how is thot?’’ Denny • Not olutionize the spinning process. shrink when it comes to washing.’’ Lieut. Col. John D. Miley, inspector general of the «volunteer forces, who died In Manila of fever, was one of the most promising young officers in the army. He was a lieutenant in the artil lery branch of the regulars and was ou Gen. Shafter’s staff in the Santiago ex the main circuit. The resistance of these wires was so proportioned that the passage of an electric current of definite strength would bring them to a cherry red. Just on the same principle as an Incandescent lamp filament Is brought to a nearly white heat. To make the cutting, or more correctly, burning, more positive, a five-pound sash weight was hung at the bottom of each loop. In exactly one hour and forty minutes after the application of POUND CATALOGUE -FREE TU|C RIH OATfil HfillF contain«» pare*, is 8x18x2 inches IHia UIU VAIALUUUE |n glle< conUini over 100,000 quutationr, 10,000 illustration.’ , the largest, most complete and lowest prl red catalog»« ever pubiiabed. NAMES THE LOWEST WHOLESALE CHICAGO PRICES M EVERYTHING including everything in Groeerks, Drug«, Dry Good«, ><* Hons, Cioliilnr, t hinks, Drew>e«, Boots ami Shoes, Watches. Jewelry, Hooka, Hardware, Stoics, Agricultural ItupleinvntH, Furniture, Harness, Saddle«, Bugiries, Sen lug Machines, < rockery. Organs, Pianos, Musical Instruxienk, Furnishing Goods, Guns, Revolvers, Fishing Tackle, Bicycle«, Photograph!« Goods. Etc. Tells just what your storekeeper at home must pay for everything he buys and will prevent him from overcharging vou on anything you buy; explains just how to order, how much the freight, express or mall will be on anything to your town. The big book coats us neerlv £1.00. the postage alone is 34 cents. Allt? rDCC rtETCO C wt this ad. out and ?ond to us U Fa « Fl C. E. v T C. fa . with l-"i cent.« in stamps to help pay the 31 cents postage, and the Big Book will be sent to j<»u FIIKI by mail postpaid, and if you don’t think it is worth 100 limes the 15 cents you send, as a Key to the lowest gholcsale prices oi everything, say so and we will Immediately retnrn your 15 cents. WHAT 1 HE I’KEss SAYS ABOUT THIS CATALOCt’Ei “It is a niununu-nt of business Information.”—Minneapolis (Jliunj Tribune. , “A wonderful piece of work.”—Washington National Tiibune. '•The Catalogue is a wonder.”—Manchester (N. H.i Union. •'Sears. Roebuck & Co. Is one of the largest houses of its kindill Chicago.”- Chicago Inter Ocean. ••The big catalogue forms one of the finest shopping mediums that eould possibly be sent Into a district.” -Boyce’s Monthly, Chicago. “Tneir catalogue is a vast department store boiled down.”—Atlanta Constitution. ‘•The catalogue ls certainly a merchandise encyclopedia.”— Chicago Epworth Herald. “A law should be passed compelling the use of this catalogue in all public school«.”—The Hon. G. A Southtoun. We could quote thousands of similar extracts. Send 15 cent# at oa«e ami you will receive th«’ ♦•pound book by return ■all- Udnaa, SEARS. ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.), CHIOACO, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. LIEl’T. COE. JOHN D. MILEY. French railroad companies have been ; ordered by the courts to provide their passengers with season tickets without advertisements. The Western railroad had increased the number of advertise I ments until a season ticket was as thick as a pocketbook, and commuters re fused to carry them. pedition. He had much to do with the movement of troops at San Juan and •El Caney and, with Generals Wheeler and Lawton. negotiated successfully for the surrender of the Spanish forces under Toral. After the Cuban cam paign he asked to be assigned to duty in the Philippines, and has served there ever since. The Colonel was six feet three Inches in height aud very slender, the current each timber was cut through by the hot wire« to a point where the weight of the structure was sufficient to break the rest, and the span they supported tumbled into the river. This operation was repeated with each span without a hitch or de lay of any kind. An examination after the fall of the bridge showed how thoroughly the cur rent had done Its work. Each timber was burned through to the same extent, namely, five inches deep on the top and three Inches on the sides, the cut being comparatively clean, the wood not be ing charred more than an Inch oil each s de of the po nt of con act with the hot wire. BATTLESHIP BOCK. ■ | I I I I I i | j i i ... MANUFACTURED BY ... CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. IF“ XOT E TH E IF A M F« Bon. J. H. Fi-rrcnER, formerly Governor of South Dakota, but now arealdent of Salem, Ore., say«: "For over two year« my daughter had been declining from a itrotig, healthy, roay cheeked girl to a pale weak and h.lple«« Invalid She was afflicted with terrible headaches, and gradually grew weaker and more languid, apparently without cause. I tried eeveral doctor«, but all without avail. Finally, to please a friend. I bought a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and to our sur prise, before it was used her head ache« ceased, the color began to re turn to her cheeks and lips «nd her strength began to aeeert Itself. 1 bought five boxes more, and by the time she bad finished them slieaa, completely restored, and to-day she Is a robust, rosy, healthy g| rl Instead of a pale, tired and sickly one.’’— /VomlA« Oregon Independent, tialem. Ore. YOUNG MEN! C O. TEHMY, T P. A 124 Third Street, lt-1 o lw-»| rj P ortlaho , O r . Pl SO'S CURE FOR ro 3 ËI ■2 «¿MuaiAiwa co Sults ML ELSE FUS. t ough Syrup. Taatea G< xm L V tn time. Sold bv druggists. ARTERSINK Makes think. I C I MACHINERY, Beauty Man's Moat Attractive Age. "Thirty or thirty-live,” says a woman who has evidently given some serious thought to the problem, “ls. I think, the age when a man ls at his most attrac tive stage. His manners are then mod- eled and his character formed; he has bad some experience with the world For Gonorrhea and Gleet get Pflkbot’s Okay Specific. 11 and human nature, and consequently to th« OXLY medicine which will cure each and every Pam. NO CASK known it haa ever failed to cure, no knows bow to act and make allow- matter hc-w uerious or of how long ¿tending. Result« it« na will aetoniah you. It u aiwoiutely saf«, ances. He realizes, too. how utterly from Krente stricture, ami can be taken without inconv«- and detention from business. PRICE, *3 00. For Impossible it Is to live ou romance and ■ale nco by all reliable druggist«, or sent prepaid by express, puw.y .rspp-d, onCbkwo. HL flattery, which younger fellows foudly Imagine possible; is more level-beaded, Circular mailed on request. ■practical, sensible, sincere. and Just In his attachments. Not so liable to be led away with every pretty face, and, Ton Can’t Make i Mistake by Taking tbe mixing with the world, has found out perhaps that 'all Is not gold that gilt- ter».' ” _________________ ___ A Boer Delicacy. Tills Is a Boer delicacy: A great square slice is cut off a loaf made of coarse. unsifted meal, and covered with a thick layer of Jam—perferably strawberry. A row of sardines Is then placed on top. and the oil from the sar For it is the favontc through Otnuig dine box is liberally poured over the and Buffrt-Library Car Line East. ! For further particulars call on or address whole. a. a. naoei , o r » w k coman . g . a . A Sweet Breath. The breath may be sweetened by a simple mouth wash of crystal perman ganate of potash In a tumblerful of 1 water. Nearly all old women want to wear whita. CAWSTON tL CO.: ENGINES. BOILERS, MA. Chmery, supplies. 48-50 First St., Portland, Or. SYRUP OF FIGS In the canyon of the Little Mfama (Liver, near Clifton, Ohio, there Is a rock which perhaps has the strangest formation of any rock In the United States. It ls shaped almost exactly like a modern batt'eship, bearing so close pud striking a resemblance that It has gained the name of Battleship Rock, and ls generally known thereby. It ls over 75 feet long and nearly 40 feet in height Fence aiiei AV ire Work«. PORTLAND WIRE .t IRON WORKS: WIRB and iron fencing; office railing, etc. 334 Alder. BUY THE GENUINE A remarkable rock . "Papa," said the boy, as they drove along, “that's the same horsefly that was buzzing around the horse when we started out, isn't It?" "Yes.” “Then one horsefly will follow one horse more’n a dozen miles, won’t it?” “It seems so.” “I reckon," said the boy, who had l»een busy thinking again, “you'd call it a one-horse fly, wouldn't you?" “Perhaps." "Then It was a one-horse town where we got tills rig, wasn't it?” "Don’t be too fly, my son,” said papa, grasping his whip and meeting the ne cessity flruily,—Chicago Tribune. PORTLAND DIRECTORY. JOHN POOLE. P ortland , O regon . can give you the best bargains in general niacninery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps, plows, belts and windmills. The new steel IXL windmill, sold by him, is un equalled. At n Distance It Looks as if a Battle ship Waa Approaching. Juvenile Depravity. Tlie 735-foot bridge over the Wabash at Clinton, Ind., was wrecked In Au gust by a Hoosier, who employed the heating |x»wer of an electric current to do the work, without Injury to the sub “Lnurn. are you fool enough to think structure, This exceedingly interest that's genuine? Don't you know bet ing feat Is described lu the Western Electrician. ter than to Imagine----- ” It appears that the bridge was, up “I am a fool, am I. Mr. Ferguson? to that time, the only toll bridge In the Well, I'll Just show you----- ” State, and waa owned by one man. It "Let me see the letter." “Let you see It? What do you wnnt had become antiquated, and the county to see It for? Oh, no. Mr. Ferguson! authorities purchased ft with the Idea A Greedy Crane. I am going to keep It aud show It to of erecting a steel bridge In Its place, using the same piers and approaches. A New York man claims to have shot my mother!" "Well, hold It so I can look at it. I Under the terms of the contract, the a crane up In the Adirondack. that had promise you solemnly I will not at owner of the bridge was to remove the [ forty-live trout In Its stomach, none of superstructure Inside of thirty days. ( which weighed less than a pound. tempt to tnke It away from you.” “I'll see that you don't. Here It la. Now look nt It. Stay right where you ODD FLOATING BRIDGES OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. are, George Ferguson. Don’t you come a step nearer!" “How can I see It ten feet away? Lay It down and then come and tie my hands tiehlud me If you are afraid 11»—•• "Oh. yes! Igiy It down and you'll grab It! I see through you! What'a 'the use of pretending you never saw thia before?" “There doesn't seem to be any use In It—that's a fact. Nevertheless, I as sure yon, Laura, ou my honor as a man----- ” "tin your honor! Humph!" "Yes, on my honor—h'mph! I have never aeen that letter before. I never put It In my pocket I didn't know It was there. 1 am not anybody else's dearest George, and that letter la a Floating bridges are picturesque affa'rs, but one who ventures on them for clumsy fake got up by somebody who the first time feels that he is risking his safety in crossing. The one shown In wants to have a little fun with me—" the illustration does not span, but lies upon the beautiful Morrell river, in Trince “I wish 1 could believe It! Ob, Edward Island. The central portion is merely a raft, attached at each end to slightly more stationary divisions. The stretch is long, and as a vehicle crosses George! George!" the bridge sways and threatens to float down stream. In the flood seasons, or (Sobel. even at high tide, the water frequently comes up over the timbers, and as the • •••••• horse splashes through the water the sense of uneasiness Increases if one Is not “Boys,” said George Ferguson the bred to such methode of getting from one side of a river to another. In winter next day when be went Into the office the bridge is emb.si.led so firmly In the ice that It is as stable as the Brooklyn where he wan employed downtown. | bridge, but at that season it is not needed, tor one may cross anywhere on the “that was a good Joke some one et ice for six months or more. Calendar millions all kinds ...TATUM 4. BOWEN... 29 to 35 First Street PORTLAND OR. Relief for Women" X f in plain. seaJe-! envelope. 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