The Same Old Excuse.
How It reddens the skin, itches, ooies,
dries and scales I
’
Some people call it tetter, milk crust or
salt rheum.
The suffering from It Is sometimes in­
tense; local applications are resorted to—
they mitigate, but cannot cure.
It proceeds from humors inherited or ac­
quired and persists until these have been
removed.
ngbtrate — Well, young man,
Moat Cartons lluildinaa Ever
what e .euse have you for taking the line of the
Erected in the Univeree,
picture when you were forbidden to
It is reported in New York that the
do it?
Young Man—Judge, I didn’t know famous "spite” house erected several
years ago by a man named Richardson
my camera was loaded.
Cuckoo Eggs.
Willie had been told that when a
hen was heard cackling around it is a
pretty sure sign she has laid an egg.
positively removes them, has radically One day he ran to his mother in an
and permanently cured the worst cases, and
is without an equal for all cutaneous excited manner and exclaimed:
eruptions.
“Oh, mamma, I just heard the
F ood ’ s P ills are the beat cathartic. Priced ceutC cuckoo in the clock make a noise.
I’ll go down and see if she’s laid an
egg.”
At Carnival Time.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
"If you dislike her, why do you
visit her,” was asked, after the
maiden had expressed her opinion of
the absent one.
“Oh, all the parades pass her
home,” was the satisfactory reply.
A WIRE
Interesting
FENCE MIRACLE.
Discovery
ss
Important si
the
Peace in the PhilippiMee.
Peace in the Philippines is bound to
prove profitable to all concerned. Warring
conditions, whet tier they be in the Philip­
pines or in the human stomach, are equally
disastrous. If your stomach has rebelled,
there is one authority that will quickly
subdue it. It is Hostetter's Stomach Hit­
ters, and it cures constipation, indigestion,
i
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¿ ¿ dyspepsia
I biliousness, nervousness
and
See that a private Revenue Staut p covers
the neck of the bottle.
Head to a Pin.
Valuable Recipe.
The fences in the United States
cost $5,628,892,160.
The average
county has paid $2,000,000 for its
fences—all paid by inhabitants—you
and yourn eighbor.
Did you know this before? Such
an immense sum of money seems in­
credible, yet it is the correct amount.
Also it is a fact that fences cost more
than all other farm improvements
combined! It is absolutely essential
to the preservation of your property
and stock that you have good fences
and keep them in good order. This
fence question is always pressing
itself upon you, and the stupendous
aggregate cost of fences renders the
subject worth the most careful con­
sideration.
Untold trouble has been experi­
enced for many years and the general
advance along the line of improve­
ment has resulted in the widespread
substitution of wire fencing for the
various forms of wood fences. But
with the new era of wire fences the old,
old fact that anything is only as
strong as its weakest part has been
time and again conspicuously demon­
strated. Wire fencing in all its var­
ious applications to different pur­
poses is undoubtedly taking the lead
in the construction of the world’s
fences today. This is so because it is
the most economical and most dur­
able, even in its earlier and cruder
forms.
The great drawback to all iron
fencing has been the difficulty of se­
curely fastening the joints (wire to
wire) so that thev will not slip.
These joints have always slipped.
They constitute the one weak point.
If they become loose the whole fence
soon goes.
That has been every­
one’s experience and is the base of all
trouble with wire fencing.
Recently a genius solved the prob­
lem by inventing a clamp which
binds the wire and bends and “an­
chors” a joint into perfect security.
The thing is so simple that people
wonder why someone did not think of
it before. But the important point is
that the clamp does its wonderful
work unerringly, and from now on all
wire fences can be made tenfold more
durable. Of course the big parent
company that secured the patent for
this wonderful “anchor clamp” is
having a phenomenal success. “An­
chor” fences are multiplying like hot
cakes everywhere, for the discovery of
the “anchor clamp” in wire work is
comparable to the deed of the man
who invented the head to the ordinary
flin of commerce, and an old-fash-
oned wire fence can be converted
into an “anchor” fence if you have
some of the little “anchor clamps”
»nd a pair of pinchers. The Portland
Anchor Fence Company, which has
its headquarters at 742 Nicolai street,
Portland, Or., controls the sale of
“anchor” fences in the Northwest,
and they send very interesting
pamphlets and pictures, telling all
about fences, free of cost, to anyone
who sends them his address.
Seeking His
“I sent $1 for a sure cure for cor-
pulency. ”
"Well?”
“Here’s the reply: ‘Throw r up your
job and hunt up another one. , ’ > I
HIGH PRAISE.
Rev. Enoch Hill, of Grand Junc­
tion, Iowa. Indorses Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People.
From the Erie Headlight, Grand Junction, la.
No higher praise can be offered nor
better references given concerning
the virtues of Dr. Williams’ Pink
Pills for Pale People than the many
voluntary testimonials from minis­
ters of the gospel which have come
from all parts of the country. One
of these is from Rev. Enoch Hill,
pastor of the M. E church of Grand
Junction, Iowa, who says:
“I am a firm believer in the effi­
cacy of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
Pale People, the remedy having been
used in my family with highly grati­
fying results. For three or four years
I was a sufferer from general debility.
I seemed to be lacking in vitality,
was tired out most of the time and
sleep gave me no rest or refreshment.
I was troubled with headache much
of the time and my illness incapaci­
tated me for energetic work in my
pastorate.
"A sister-in-law living in Nebraska,
who had suffered very much and who
had used Dr. William’s Pink Pills
with good results. recommended
them to me and I decided to try
them. I had taken but two or three
doses of the pills when I found that
they were helping me, and further
use of the remedy brought such relief
that I am glad to offer this public
recommendation of Dr. William’s
Pink Pills for Pale People in the
interest of suffering humanity.
“My wife was troubled much as I
was and the pills also proved of great
benefit in her case.
I have recommended the pills to
many whom I have met in my work
and am always pleased to indorse the
medicine, the excellence of which
has been established within my own
observation. ”
Signed. REV. ENOCH HILL.
At all druggists or direct from Dr.
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
N. Y., on receipt of price,50 cents per
box; six boxes, $2.50.
Extent of Swedish Agriculture.
Sweden miltivated only 1,350,000
acres of land in 1812. Now she has
12,500,000 acres under plow and grows
105,000,000 bushels of grain a year.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU AKE TAKING
When vou take Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic,
because the formula is plainly printed on every
bottle showing that it is simply Iron and Qui­
nine in a tasteless form. No Cure, Ne Pay. 50c.
Fortune.
“Y’oung man, why do you stand on
the bridge every day with that life
preserver on?”
“S-s-sh, don’t give me away. One
of these heiresses may fall overboard.”
If They Only Knew.
Waggs—Boston women who ride
cross-saddle fashion are being talked
al»out all over the country.
Dttggs—Yes; I’ll bet if the Puritans
had foreseat it they wouldn’t have
landed in Massachusetts.
CATARRH
À Constitutional Affection
Sprays, washes, powders, sajves, medicated
tobacco and cigarettes, however long and persistently W. '’Se ­
nsed, do not cure Catarrh. They relie V temporarily
the inflammation in the throat and nose, and enable (■* »¿ç-
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— J freely, k.-t
you to . breathe
more ___
easily
but thn
the rnn
con­ * Wf.l.f
tinual rush of impure blood to these parts keeps up
the irritation and ultimately produces ulceration of
the glands, when the breath becomes exceedingly
offensive and the soft bones of the nose are frequently
destroyed. The catarrhal inflammation extends over
the entire surface of the mucous membrane, or inner skin ; the stomach, kidneys
and lungs are often involved ; the whole system soon becomes affected by the rapid
absorption of poisonous matter into the blood, and the disease that you had hoped
to cure with simple local remedies, assumes a dangerous form.
I had Catarrh about 10 years, and
tried during the time everything I could
hear of, but nothing did me any good.
Av last I came to the eonclueion that
Catarrh mult be a blood dlMase. and
dacided to give 8. 8. 8. a trial. I could
gee a little improvement from the first
bottle, and continued it the or four
months, or until I was cured. Have
not taken anything for six years, and
am just as well as I ever waa. M. MAT»
SON, LapMr, Mich.
I had Catarrh so bad was entirely
deaf in on. .ar, and all th. inaid.
of my no., and part of th. bon.
sloughed off. Th. physicians gave
m. up a. lncurabl.. I determined to
try 8. 8. 8., and began to Improvs at
once. It .«.mad to get at th. Mat of
th. diMaae, and after a few weeks’
treatment I was .ntlr«ly ouewd, and
for mor. than Mw.n y.ars have had
no sign of the diMUM.—MBS. JOSE­
PHINE POLHILL, Du. W..t, 8. 0.
Catarrh is a constitutional disease — a blood disease which is frequently
inherited, and only a blood medicine, such as S. S. S., can remove the hereditary
taint, destroy the poisons that have been accumulating in the system for years
perhaps, and restore the blood to a healthy and pure condition. The inflamed
membranes and diseased glands are healed by the nch, pure blood which is carried
to them, and the offensive discharges from the nose, and the terrible headache and
■euralgic pains cease. Chronic cases of the most desperate character and apparent­
ly hopeless, have been cured completely and permanently by the use of S. S. S.
Write our physicians fully about your case and they will cheerfully assist you
tor their advice. Wc charge nothing whatever for this service. Book free oo
SpUcauon.
NEW YORK’S SPITE HOUSE.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
Is to be offered tor sale, together with
its furniture and Interior decorations.
There is not in the whole world a
stranger house than this one, nor any
that has a more curious history. The
man who built the house "out of spite”
is now dead, but bis name still clings
to the place, and it is unlikely that It
will ever be known by any other name
than the “Richardson Spite House."
Richardson was u millionaire and he
wus also a miser. He began life as a
bricklayer, economized and saved mon­
ey. In time Ills savings were Invested
in houses and land. The land upon
which Richardson built his "spite
house” was the property of his wife.
It was an absurd little strip of land
extending 104 feet along Lexington
avenue and only five feet on the side
street. Eighteen years ago one Hey­
man Suruer. u clothier, wished to build
a block of apartment bouses on the
side street, adjoining the little strip of
land owned by Mrs. Richardson. He
desired a front on the avenue, and ap­
proaching the Richardsons offered
$1,000 for the ruler-shaped bit of land.
One thousand dollars was a good price
for the property. It was not worth a
cent more.
"Oh, no.” said Richardson, "but we’ll
sell it to you for $5,000—not a cent
less."
Sarner declined to pay more than his
original offer and said he’d manage to
get along without a Lexington avenue
frontage.
Richardson brooded over the matter
a while and then made plans for “get­
ting even.” He would build a house of
some sort on that land even if it were
uninhabitable, just so he could keep
the light from Sarner’s windows. He
Built the house and gratified blB spite.
Then he went to live in the house with
bls family. There he afterward died.
The house is the queerest dwelling
imaginable. It looks like a bicycle case
set on end. It extends the full 104 feet
on the avenue and Is nowhere over six­
ty Inches wide. It contains narrow
little casement-llke rooms, with furni­
ture built especially for the pygmy
apartments. The stairways are as
cramped as one can possibly imagine.
It Is Impossible for two persons to pass
In the balls. To accomplish such a
passing one of the two must step into
one of the rooms on the side. The table
in the dining-room is eighteen inches
wide and the rest of the furniture Is
built In proportion.
I
FARM MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
Thia signature is on every bos of the genuine
FREE TO FARMERS Milwaukee Binders
Advice tor a Baby.
Poco, Premo, Korona, Graphic, Cy­
clone, Vive, Hawkeye, Al-Vista camera»
and Eastman kodaks in stock. Send
for special catalog of any of them.
Kirk, Geary & Co., 330 Sutter St., 8.F.
JUST ISSUED.
Send your name and P. O. address and we
will mail one or both, as desired, free of all
charge.
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290 £. Wator St., Portland, Oro.
PORTLAND, OR.
First and Taylor Sta.
Roadsters for Governor Barnes.
Complete Stock of Water A. Wood Extras.
Secures patents for inventions
in the United State« and foreign
countries. Also negotiates mar-
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The school teachers of Oklahoma
have given Governor Barnes of that
territory a pair of driving horses aB a
recognition of his work for the public
schools of that territory.
J. A. FREEMAN, Gen’l Agt.
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co.,
5X- better
nd defv,,
"‘ p“ or ,ent
i,,ven’
terms
facilities
of Commerce,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
allowed. Write for pamphlet.
The Perfection of Wall Plaster, la a sure preventative
agaluat dauip'walls.
“ADAMANT
By nslng it you can inciease the yield of both
LAND PLASTER Grain and Grass.
Foot of 14th Street.
“Cranker pays as he goes.’*
“Has plenty of money, eh?”
“No; merely eccentric.”
Portland. Oro gon.
□ OIIQCIAN
Kills Lice on Poultry. Yon
I iiwOwIMIl
paint the pcrcht-j, the
I |AE If II I ED fumes kill the lice. Hens
HvC
cannot feed lice and feed
you. Price, 50c and IB 1.00 a can. Sold by dealers.
Only Safe Medicine for Children,
PRUSSIAN REMEDY CO .St Paul, Minn
Gentlemen-.—1 am a breeder of first-da m Sil-Lace Wyandotte«.
I won a can of your PRUSSIAN LIQUID LICE KILLER an a special
premium at the St Paul Poultry Show of 1900. and find it !• ail
right. There are several here that went a reliable lice killer and
you* b la all rifrht.
WM M RWAGGEKT, Wayiala. Minn.
J. H MALONE of Adel. Mo . BavH the PRUSSIAN LICE KILLER
Is just th»- thin» for lice on how’s, «nd in worth five times its '*oek
E. J. Bowen, Coast Agent. Portland, Ore.
Coast Agent, Front and Taylor Sts , Portland, Oregon.
Walking Ptoaro,
M ention
B tatk of O hio , C ity of tolkdo , |
L ucas C ounty .
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F rank J. C hknky makes oath that he Is the
senior parter of the firm of F. J. C hknby & Co.,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum oi ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of H all ' s C atarrh C ure .
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in iny
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886.
I T k V I
A- W- gl ®A8OX,
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Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taxen internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucmis surfaces of
tbe system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY &. CO., Toledo, a
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Mild Form of Insanity.
THE ADAMANT OO.,
Agents wanted In every town.
The tender little Inside.» of children are ruin­
ed by violent purges, pills or liquids. Casear-
ets are pleast-nt,harmless, effective. Druggists,
10c. 25c, 50c.
Color Blhd.
“Hello, Hawkins. You look blue. ”
“You must lie color blind. I have
the pink eye and a rose cold.11
Parait.
The Beat Preaoriptlon for Malaria
Shills and Fever Is a bottle of Grove’s Tasteless
Jhlll Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in
i tasteless form. No Cure. No Pay. Price 50c.
Doaraglac Grain Orllla,
this
Gang Ptoara,
Mountain Hacka,
Road Oarta,
Hay Proaaoa,
Food Outtora,
Summer Falloar Woodora, ate., oto.
Write for a Catalogue, stating wliat yon want to buy.
Addrooa
BEKECiA AGRICULTURAL WORKS,
BENECIA, CALIFORNIA.
Her Strong Hold.
Wife (testily)—Don't interrupt me.
I leave out half my words when I’m
writing.
Husband—But you don’t when
you’re talking, do you?
Holtt's School.
An Unjust Epithet.
you
ani­
WET j WEATHER WISDOM!
THE ORIGINAL
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you
seen
He Certainly Got Away.
Stona tho Cough and
Worfta Off tfio Cold.
A Rerson (or
OIL-ED
CLOTHINC
Everything.
Alice—Did you notice that
Skynflint only put a nickel in
contribution box?
Gladys—Yes, the Lord loves a
cheerful giver, so Skynflint is afraid
to toss off a whole dollar.
CBTQ Permanently Cured. No tits or nervousnes:
rilv uHer first-tay's .».of Dr Kline'» Greet Nervt
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BLACK OR
“Did you hear about their preach­
ing sermons on Sunday trains?’
“Yes, but how would they go about
it?”
“First collect all the passengers in
the sleepers, of course.
YELLOW
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NOTHING ELSE WILL
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTED
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TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE BAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet.. All
Srugglsts refut'd the money If it falls to cure.
E. W. Grove's signature Ison each box. 35c.
Learn to take pictures. The “A. B.
C. of Photography” tells you how to
do it. The best book on photography
ever written. Your dealer can get it
for you. Camera Craft, 330 Sutter
street, San Farncico, Cal.
Th< Exception.
Springtime Resolutions
:»e. Ha. R. II K lisb . LUI .»31 ArthSt.. Philadelphia, P».
Accommodstions.
At Menlo Park, Kan Mateo Conntv, Cal., with
its beautiful, surroundings, perfect climate,
careful Minerv lion, thorough instruction,
complete laboratories, and gymnasium, eaaily
ma'iitaintt its position in the front ranks of
schools for bovs on the Pacific Coast. Ira G.
Hoitt, Ph. D., Principal.
‘Yes; he escaped on a technicality. ”
“I understood it was a handcar.”
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablet» cure a cold In
way. No cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents.
a «, jk — iwoi.
Father—My son, no man ever ac­
complished much who talked at his
work.
Son—How about a lawyer, dad?
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow’s Sooth­
ing Byrup the best remedy to use for their
children during ibe teething period.
%<■» advertisers please
s paper.
Chance Shots.
Do not
you may
woman,
the right
CAST0R1A
For Infants and Children.
Aggelatile Preparation for As­
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ting the Stomachs and Bowels of
Promotes Di^eslion.Cheenuf
ness and Rest.Contains neither
Opium.Morphine nor Mineral
N ot N amcotic .
I’d tell him to quit practicing
His “ah goo" by the hour;
To smile an' never do a thing
But blossom like a flower.
I'd show to him how often men
Go slidin' down luck's hill
By simply sayin’ something when
They ought to have kept etili.
It'i kind o’ hard, when yon have tried
To steer aright your bark
To see your fragile hopes collide
Agin some fool remark.
If I was be I'd change this bent.
Nor try to rise above
My present state, but be content
To live an' laugh an' love.
—Washington Star.
There are places on the Bowery in
New York where a man can get a
shave for 3 cents. For 2 cents moru
he can have his face washed with bay
rum. t
Latchless Reel
Concave Drive Wheel
Light Draft
Our 1901 Vehicle Book
Our 1901 Implement Catalogue
Hungry Higgins — Wot do
think? A woman called me a
mated scarecrow this mornin’.
Fin ling of Mahogany Is a Lucrative
Weary Watkins—I've ktiowed
< ecu nation in Smth Americ -.
Mahogany hunting is the most im­ since the early ’80s, but I never
portant and best paid labor in the Cen­ no animation about you yet.
There dwells near me a little kid
That's teamin' how to talk.
He tries to do as he is bid
An' does his best to walk.
An' if I thought that he’d receive
Advice, I’d give him some.
And that would be to make believe
That be was deaf and dumb.
A Cheep Shave.
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PROFITS IN HUNTING TREES.
tral and South American service, for
upon the skill and activity of the man
largely depends the success of the sea­
son. The trees do not grow in groups,
but
ure
scattered
promiscuously
through the forest and hidden in the
dense growth of underbrush, vines and
creepers, and it requires skillful and
experienced woodsmen to find them. To
fell a large mahogany tree is one day’s
task for two men. On account of the
thorn-like spurs which project from the
trunk at Its base, scaffolds are erected
and the tree cut off above these pro­
tuberances. which leaves a stump from
ten to fifteen feet high, thus wasting
the best part of the tree. After trim­
ming the tree of Its granebes It Is
hauled b.v means of a crude truck, with
oxen as motive power, to the bank of
the river. There the logs are collected
and made ready for the floods. On the
longest fivers these begin hi June and
July, and on others in October and No
vember. The logs are turned adrift,
and when they reach tidewater are
caught by means of booms. From the
boom the logs are taken to the ’’em
bnrendero” and prepared for shipment.
A tree makes from two to five logs,
measuring ten to eighteen feet In
length and from twenty to twenty-four
Inches In diameter after being hewed
There is a great range in the value of
mahogany timber. The poor grade of
short stock may sell as low as 50 cents
for 1,000 feet, while fancy material,
used In the manufacture of tops of
counters, may be worth $3.50 for 1,000
feet, or even higher. Previous to the
war In Cuba much mahogany was ship­
ped from the Island to the United
States.
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tenets
the remedy ♦b«t ceres n cold in one day
Bears the
Facsimile Signature of
NEW YORK.
Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly epoken
of a* a cough cure.—J. W. O’B rikn , 322
Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan.
6, 1900.
Heading Her Off.
Mrs. Oldgirl—I’m sorry to hear
that your wife died yesterday.
Butcher—Yes; it vas too bad, but I
haf anodder von, already yet.
SECURITY.
Signature
Genuine
Carter's
In
A perfect Remedy forConstipd
Ron,Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions .Feverish­
ness and Loss OF SLEEP.
sneer at marriage because
have married the wrong
She may have not married
man.
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
Little Liver Pills.
Must Bear Signature of
So. Fv-Mmlte Wrapper IMww.
! Vwr .KOU ao» a. map
to taka
toga»
CAKT tlw re* Dinmus.
Too >i nch.
The Young Man—I suppose. sir, that
when I become formally engaged to
your daughter you will admit me as ■
member of the firm.
Tbe 'fattier—Well. I don’t know. 1
don’t feel as If I could afford the ex­
pense of both of these things just now
GASTONA
CURE SICK HEADACHE.