Serious fits of Women The derangements of the female organism that breed all kinds of trouble and which ordinary prac­ tice does not cure, are the very things that give way promptly to Lydia E. Pink­ ham's Vegetable Com­ pound* Uterine and ovarian troubles, kidney troubles, ulcerations, tumors, un­ usual discharges, back- aohes and painful periods -these are the Ills th. hang on and wreck healt. and happiness and dis­ position. has a wonderful record of absolute cures of these troubles — a constant series of successes for thirty years. Thousands of women vouch for this. Their letters constantly appear in this paper. Imitation of Christ. The true imitation of Christ lies not in a mere copying of the outward de­ tails of his life, but in the possession and outworking of the spirit which dwelt in Him.—Baptist Union. SHAKE INTO YOl’K Andrew Carnegie on Trusts. RAM’S HORN BLASTS. (Varsiu, Note« Callins the Wicked ^epenteoce. • OH'S work never waits on the tnau who is not ready. In order to show us the stars God had to give us night. Before the devil can be chained the saloon door must be shut. Nothing btN »in ever made any­ body doubt th» di­ vinity of Jesus Christ. Prayer for daily bread is answered with dally strength. To nail your doctrines to the cross will not take away your sins. flood fortune sometimes conies to see us in a very shabby looking carriage. The devil probably dressed In white on the day the cigarette was Invented. A man had better sleep in sloth than keep himself awake witli wickedness. There can be no refinement of man­ ners where there is corruption of mor­ als. It would puzzle an onion to under­ stand what there is about a rose that people like. Angels weep on the day that n young man begins to spend more mouey than he can make. The cross corrects the pessimism of the reign of natural law by the revela- itioii of tlie reign of divine love. Many a man whose prayers were long will be kept out of heaven be­ cause Ills yardstick was too short. When nn evil thought Is trying to force itself Upon your mind, the devil is knocking at the door of your heart. The man who says, “Our Father,” In holiest prayer, will not be found stand­ ing witli his foot on (lis brother's neck. Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for llie feet It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nerv­ ous feet, and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of tlie age. Allen’s Foot- Kase makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Itisa certain cure for Ingrowing Nails, sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. We have over 30.000 testimonials. Try it tvday. Sold bv till druggists and shoe stores. By mail for *25c. ill stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, be Roy, N. V. Two Sides of This Question. Since the United States has cast grave doubts on the safety of German toys, etc., says the Indianapolis News, Ger­ many has discovered that tariff dis-, crimination is no child’s play. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow’s Sooth­ ing Syrup the best remedy to use for th’>t ebildreu during the teething period. Troubles of Jamaica. Jamaica is in a perilous condition. The finances are in an even greater tangle than usual. Trade is depressed, •nd the people are in a miserable con­ dition of poverty. Successive officials, each more dishonest anti corrupt than his predecessor, have sown the wind, and now the nation is reaping the ahirlwind. Carter'll Ink Is the Best Ink made, but no dearer than the poorest. Has the largest sale of any ink in the world. Smoking by Boys. The Japanese house of representa­ tives has passed a proposal to prohibit boys below the age of 20 from smoking. I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consump­ tion has an equal for coughs and colds - J ohn F. B ovi . r . Trinity bprings, 1ml., Feb. 15, 1900.___________ ’_______ _ Two hundred thousand acres in Chi­ huahua, Mexico have been bought for 100 colonists from Missouri. Headache This Morning? Ten cents, after eating too much, drinking too much, will prevent that morning torture. ( arry a box of Cascarets in your pocket. Drug­ gists’ 10c, 25c, 50c. Poisonous snakes when with young • re sluggish and retiring in their hab­ its. The little ones are born with fangs •nd poison glands in full perfection, and aie dangerous even before tasting food or water. The young are much more active than the adults and prob­ ably their poison is more virulent. Scientists are recommending the electric light bath. It is free from the exhausting effects of Turkish bath«, •nd is soothing to sore muscles aud Joints. COOK BOOK FREE. A postal addressed to P. O. Pox 41, Portland. Oregon, will bring you a handsome Ko-Nut Cook Book. Ko-Nut is the latest lard substi­ tute; and purer, cheaper and more economical. For Sale by all Grocers. Vast Coat of imported Perfam.-s. _____________ _ urifier I ' A recent compilation of statistics shows tiie. In 189» American dealers liought mire thin |Vi0.0<>0 worth of foreign cosmetics and perfumes. The late Kate Field said, a few years ago, that American women spend $32.000.- a year In those toilet luxurles.”most of which.” she said, “are poisonous.” i Anti-Blood Clrvnlationlsts. A society has been formed In Berlin to combat the heresy of the circulation of the blood. The members show their zeal by Interrupting the medical lec­ tures at the university by protests. A woman has a terrible struggle with her conscience If she feels that sbs didn't struggle enough with her bus- baud to get him to church- Is not the question, but how much you di- Rest, because food does good only when it is digested and assimilated, taken up by the Dlood and made into muscle, nerve, bone and tissue. Hood s Sarsaparilla re­ stores to the stomach its pow ers of diges­ tion. Then apatite is natural and healthy. Then dyspepsia is gone, and strength, elas­ ticity and endurance return. Stomach Trouble- “Mr mother had a very bad stomach trouble. She weighed only 111 pounds. After taking four bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla she weighed 134> pounds. She took it again after the grip and one hottie got her up.” Miss O tir M c C oy , 528 Lafayette Ave., Lebanon, Ind. Remember Hood’s Sarsaparilla 1« America’s Greatest efe Absolutely Pure Makes light, flaky, delicious hot biscuits, rolls', muffins and crusts. Makes hot bread wholesome. These are qualities peculiar to it alone. I have found the Royal Baking Powder superior to all others.—C. G okju , late Chef, Delmonico’s. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. How He Was Insulted. I’fl♦* ful Kitchen Table. A clever housewife has devised a ' kitchen table which is most servicable, especially in a small room. She had a carpenter make a second top for the J ordinary table and had it fitted on to J that with hinges at the back. The top . shuts down tightly over the table ami I is used for the daily service, but when ANOTHER FAST TRAIN. | bread or pastry is to be made, it is raised, and a fresh pine surface, never The Rio Grande Western Railway’ used for anything else, is ready.— “The Great Salt Lake Route,” has re­ Washington Star. sumed its fast train services to the East, The manager of a St. Louis theater making the run from Portland to Chi­ cago in three days and a half. No lay­ has announced that no mother-in-law over is necessary, and only one change jokes will be tolerated in his house. of cars is made. Those who desire it Perhaps, says the Chicago Tiniea-Iler- have the privilege, however, of a day­ ald, wifie’s mamma has come to live light stopover either at Salt Lake City with him. The peanut crop of 1899 is nearly or Denver. Three daily express trains are run, leaving Ogden, Utah, at 7:15 1,000,000 bushels heavier than the crop a. m., and 1:15 and 7 p m. The morn­ of 1898. ing train carries a through standard sleeper to Chicago, via the Burlington I,A BASTING Is the original Route, and the night train one via the and only durable wall coating, entirely different from all kal­ Chicago, Roek Island & Pacific Rail­ somines. Ready for use in way. The tourist sleepers and chair white or fourteen beautiful cars run daily as formerly through tints by adding cold water. from Portland to Denver. Twice a ADIES naturally prefer ALA- BASTINE for walls and ceil­ week tourist excursion cars are run ings, because It Is pure, clean, through from Portland to Boston. All durable. Put up In dry pow­ trains carry (lining cars, making the dered form, In five-pound pack­ ages. with full directions. trip across the continent, via “The LL kalsomines are cheap, tem­ Great Salt Lake-Route,” most desira­ porary preparations made from ble. The Rio Grande Western Railway whiting, chalks, clays, etc., and stuck on walls with de­ is the only road running thiough Salt caving animal glue. ALABAS- Lake City, and with its connections— TINE Is not a kalsomine. the Denver & Rio Grande and the Col­ EWARE of the dealer who orado Midland—takes the passenger says ho can sell you the “same thing” as ALABASTINE or through the famous Rocky mountain ‘‘something just as good.” iHo scenery of Colorado. Is either not posted or is try­ ing to deceive you. For rates aud all other information, address J. D. MANSFIELD, General Agent, ND IN OFFERING somethin* 258 Washington St., ho has bougnt cheap and tries Portland, Oregon. to sell on ALABASTINE’S de­ “He insulted me,” said th) legis­ lator. “Indeed?” returned the plain citi­ zen. “Offered you money, 1 suppose?” “Oh, it wasn’t that,” replied the legislator, “but lie underestimated my price.”—Chicago Post. I I A L A new way of blasting rock is to place a cartridge of water into a ehot hole and convert it into steam instant­ ly by electricity. This method is especially applicable in coal mines. • 1OO KKWARD S1OO. The readers of this naper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has l»een able to cure in all its stage*, aud that is catarrh. II all's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh bein$ a constitutional dis­ ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the founda­ tion of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The pro­ prietors 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 t your druggirt'»,_________ New McCormick Roller Bearing Mower? ( AWHTON A CO.: KNGINK8, BOILKH8, Ma­ chinery. supplies. 4»-50 First 8t., Portland,Or. BEST FOR THE BOWELS 1000 YEARS OF WASTE CANDY CATHARTIC » $ Ever since grate Are* were invented, household­ er* have been wasting *> per cent of their fuel, for moM of the h**»t went up the chimney. But now there ia * wuaderful change, for everybody who s»-ea It adopts th»- New Columbian fir** grate that ha« a new nyntem of draughts, make« a wli le flame, no „moke at al), and wends all the heat Into ' the room For pictures and full description apply to THE JuHN KAKKKTT CO., 91 First street, Portland. Oregon. CURE YOURSELF I Cae Big Cl for nnnafnral discharges,Infiarn mat ions, irritations or ulcerations of m neons membranes. rainl»-wi. and not, astrin­ gent or poisonous. ••M by or sent in plain wrapper, Ï oiproas, prepaid, for •. or 1 bottles. |B.n. resist sent on request Ry a simple twist of the wrist you cau line up the cutter bar on tlie Champion Draw Cut Mower JOHN POOLE. P ortland , O rfgow . can give you the beat bargains in general machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps, plows, belts and windmills. The new steel IXL windmill, told by him, is un- I equalled. If you haven't a regular, healthy movement of ths bowels every day. you're sick, or will be Keep yuur bowels open, and be well. Force, in tbeshapoof violent physic or pill poison, is dangerous. The •m-otbrst. easiest, most i»erfect way or keeping the bowels clear and clean is to take Fancy and Fact. Jaue—When I was a girl I used to want to run away from home and be a stern and haughtv governess to a lot of wild children who had a handsome brother. Matha—Is that so? “Yes; and now I can’t even make my Compliment With a Sting. two-year-old infant mind a word 1 say.” Talk altout delightfully put compli­ —Indianapolis Journal. ments. I heard a girl at a supper de­ liver herselt of a perfect jewel the other night. She leaned across the table— the table next to me—to say it, and she meant well. “Oh, Miss Dumdum,” she said, cor­ Minor accidents are so frequent and such hurts so troublesome dially, “I’ve got a trade-last for you.” no household should be without "A swap?” asked Miss Dumdum, a bottle of beaming with anticipatory delight. “Uhhuh,” answered the other. “Lieut. Bulbul said it.” “Oh, do tell it!” pleaded Miss Dum­ dum, eagerly. “It was an awfully nice one,” said for the first gril, “aud Lieut. Bulbul meant instant it too. He said yon waltzed divinely. use, as t lie He said he was awfully surprised, too, world to find it out, so I know he ineant it. knows it is a He said he wouldn't have thought from seeing you walk that you could dance at all.”—Washington Post. Have You Seen The PORTLAND DIRECTORY. Marlihirry Blood Mediciu*. She—I’ve bought a Noah’s ark as a birthday gift for the Jones little boy. 11e—Good graciousi Don’t you kuow the Joneses are vegetarians? "Weil, what of that?” “Why, the Jones baby will be sure to put the animals in his mouth, and probably swallow them.”—Philadel­ phia Press. POWDER Change Their Nature After Having Been Acclimated In Boerdont. "One of the greatest troubles experi­ enced by people living in tropical coun­ tries,” said L. T. Varden, of Chicago, nt the Gilsey house, "is to obtain meat of a quality fit to eat. Take the Phil­ ippines, for iustance. The cattle there are magnificent to look at. but they cut up Into mighty poor food, being fat and also stringy. Almost all the meat used by our men there comes from Australia, being brought in refrigera­ tor ships, from which It is issued threa times a week. The Australian Is as good beef as a man would care to eat. There is. or’rather was—for it Is nearly a year and a half since I was there—a lack of poultry, also. No hens or chickens can be obtained, but only ducks, which Is an exceedingly poor substitute for a lien’s egg, in uiy esti­ mation. I understand that since then they have tried to remedy this and other deficiencies by Importing liens and other things, but I doubt the suc­ cess of the experiment, for the climate, different kind of food and the like, may change the flesh of the fowl and the quality of the egg.' C. A. Williams, a friend of mine, who used to lie United States consul at Johannesburg, and who now lives iti the Transvaal, told me that when he first went to South Africa he endeavored to raise the char­ acter and quality of his table supplies by Importation. The meat in South Africa was poor, but that could not be helped. American fowls. Williams thought, would be a decided Improve­ ment over those of the Transvaal, anti their eggs would enable him to begin each day with an easy stomach ant! a satisfied' mind. So he brought out a flock of American-tired poultry. At first all went well; the breakfast egg was a godsend and the occasional chicken at dinner all that he bad fond­ ly anticipated, but then there came a change, at first so gradual that Will­ iams was inclined to attribute it to loss of appetite. The breakfast egg grew coarse and coarser In flavor until li be­ came wholly uneatable and the dinner chicken deteriorated In similar manner and with identical result. With the former, however, the outward appear­ ance of the egg remained the same, but the poultry not only changed In qual­ ity and flavor of flesh, but also la ex­ ternal appearance as well. Without increasing the size of the body, the necks grew longer and thinner ntid the legs lengthened out of all proportion, until nt last the liens resembled noth­ ing so much ns diminutive ostriches. They were unfit to eat and of no other domestic use. and so Williams gave them nway to the Kaffirs, but for some time lie thought of exhibiting them here at a poultry show, mainly to as­ certain what names competent judges would apply to them, but the expense deterred him. He also had another scheme to get even, which was to en­ ter the roosters in cocking mains. Williams said they could lick anything that wore feathers, short of an eagle or an ostrich, and that there was not a dog In the Transvaal that would come anywhere near ids house while they re­ mained his property, so utterly had the few dogs which had tried conclusfoao with them been routed.”—New York Tribune. How Much You Eat An Inappropriate Gift. YANKEE HENS IN SOUTH AFRICA. SHOES C O N S UM f T|ON A director of the Standard Oil Cbm- 1 pauv has recently published in the In­ dependent an article declaring trusts to be good for the workingman. To the May Century, Andrew Carnegie of the Carnegie Company, which r vals the Standard Oil for first place among the world’s great corporations, will contribute an essay taking the same ground. Ill thia article, which bears the title “Popular Illusions About Trusts,” the great steel manufacturer argues that the evils of trusts are gen­ erally self-corrective; that no trust can live long unless it secures a virtual monopoly of the commodity it deals in; and that "the only people who have reason to fear trusts are those who trust them.” In the same magazine “The Rea) Danger of Trusts”—their menace to the independence of the individual and the state—will be pointed out in a vigorous editorial. You can’t do it on any other. And there other points loo. Send for catalogue. are MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER CO., PORTLAND, ORBGON. P ATCMT «« '«eFusoBo. 11 I I |V I paloni S.lv, rii-.-T tre«, ini lalw I Free anvice as to pa- r rail on McCormick Agent, or address A. H. 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