General Debility BABIES TO CUT RENTS FOR CHICAGO TENANTS. Art and Nature. Day In and out there is that feeling of weakness that makes a burden of itself. Food does not strengthen. Sleep does not refresh. It is hard to do, hard to bear, what should be easy, — vitality is on the ebb, and the whole system suffers. For this condition take Miss Prude — Yes; our choral society is going to present a comic | opera, but I won't take part. They expect me to wear tights, but I could not do that. Miss Sharpe — Why not? You might get them padded, you know. Hood's Sarsaparilla Unnecuarv- To Alina Grace Van Winkle, 20 months old, Is due a Chicago real estate Innovation—the removal of the objec­ tion to babies in rented houses, and the substitution of a premium for them. 1 Her father. Charles F. Van Winkle, is the owner of a large tract of land In the southwestern part of the city. Up to the time of his marriage three years ago, Van Winkle had the same objee- | tion to bablea that most unmarried men i have. He liked them asleep. But after his marriage, and after the coming into , Teacher—Now, Tommy Blinkins, It vitalizes the blood, gives vigor and tone if you had two apples and wanted to to all the organs and functions, and I b positively unequalled for all run-down or give Johnny Frecklenose one, you debilitated conditions. would tell him to take the larger one, wouldn’t you? H ood ' s P ills curs constipation. 25 cents. ' Tommy—Naw. Teacher—Why not? Inclusive. Tommy—Wouldn’t have ter. He'd She—No, I can never marry you. take it anyway. All our family is opposed to you. A Fortune to Be Given Away. He—But you are not— A noted philanthropist has decided to She—I said all our family. give away his fortune to charities and no FARM MACHINERY ANO SUPPLIES. What is Ovaritis ? Ensilage Cutter. A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied a sense of tenderness and heat low down in the side, with an occasional shooting pain, indicates inflammation. On examination it will be found that the region of pain shows some swell­ ing. This is the first stage of ovaritis, inflammation of the ovary. If the roof of your house leaks, my sister, you have it fixed at once ; why not pay the same respect to your own body ? You need not, you ought not to let yourself go, when one of your own sex Be*t and only perfect blower cut­ ter on the market. Send for circular. Mitchell, Lewis A Staver Co. Portland, Ore. Where do You Sell Your Hides? Be«t possible to build. Best material. Best pro portion. Best finish Lightest running. Seventy years’ experience. MlifilKI.l.. I. WK* I* A. H'IAVK k C' 1st and Taylor St«., Portland. Or. 175 Front St., cor. Oak, Portland, Or. Chas. L. Mastick & Co. 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Pia “I rather think that the transport that turned over the other day is the Told the Whole Story. joker. ’ Mistress (to servant about to leave) —Mary, what kind of reference shall YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING When vou take Grove's Tasteless Chili Tonic, I write for you? because the formula is plainly printed on every Mary—Oh, say I stayed with you bottle showing that it is simnlylronandQuf- blue in a tasteless form. No Cure. Ne Pay. 50c. for six months; that’ll do. ALMA GRACE VAN WI.1KI.S. The Charges. his house of the stork, Van Winkle was a changed man. Now his motto at home and in business is: "No family I should be without one.” He follows up ! this matter by announcing that who­ ever builds a house on land leased from him and thereafter becomes the pro­ prietor of a baby shall receive a rent re­ ceipt free. Babies coming within fif­ teen months of the execution of the lense are worth five years’ rent. After that they count for one years’ rent. No family can score more thin once, ex­ cept In the case of twlnr. which count for five years. THE OLD AND THE NEW. Prohibited. Eggiactly. He—Darling, a single kiss from “What are you doing there?” cried the farm dog as he observed the hen those lips would intoxicate me. She—But this is a prohibition town. in the coal bin. “Oh, I thought this was a good Her Silence Explained. time to lay in coal,” cackled the hen. This is the way he wrote to her: TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT “Molly—I have not had a line from Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU for three weeks. Have you thrown me Iruggist« refund the money if it fails to cure. over?” £. W, Grove’s signature is on each box. 25c. And this is the way she answered The Financier. him: "Jhon—Hain’t you beam tell that Gaul—Say, lend me $10, will you? I’ll give it back to you today. I want I am on a sick bed, where I am slowly a-dyin’, an’ can’t write a line to save it to decide a bet. Klose—All right. Here you are. my life, you fool you? What was the bet? Cold Comfort. Gaul—Smithers bet me $10 that I could not borrow $10 from you. Nervous Passenger—Captain, what would be the result if this boat should LADIE8 WANTED strike an ice berg. By an old reliable firm to do Battenberg. Embroid­ Captain—It would probably shiver ery and all kinds of Fancy Work for us at home. Steady work and good pay. steady or leisure hours. its timbers. For Information send stamp to Parisian Needle­ work Co., 85 Dearborn 8t., Chicago. Ill. Has Other Names. Church—Did you know that Styles has a name for his automobile? Gotham—No; what is it? “Why, he calls it Madcap Violet.” “Well, that isn’t what he called it when it broke down ten miles from any habitation. ” Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, Ai mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole sys­ tem when entering it through the mucous sur­ faces. Such articles should never be used ex­ cept on prescriptions from reputable physi­ cians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good vou can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Testi- mon ials free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Keeley Cure Sure relief fiom liquor, opium and tobacco habit/. Send for particulars to BESTFORTHE Keeley Institute. BOWELS SUMMER A Chilly Petition. “Deacon Sniff seems to have a very cold temperament.” "Yes; he prayed for rain once and it hailed.” W. H. SMITH S CO., Buffalo. N. Y. Bad Circulation is the cause of most of the ills that come with old age. With advancing years there is a decline of strength and vigor —the machinery of the Consumption ol Te«. body moves with less speed and accuracy. Because of the weak and irregular The British people consume nearly action of the heart the blood moves more slowly, becomes impure and loses much of its life-sustaining properties, and muscles, tissues and nerves literally starve for six pounds of tea |ier head of the popu­ lack of nourishment. A sluggish and polluted circulation is followed by a long lation, or an Increase of one pound per There is no train of bodily ailments. Cold feet, chilly sensations up and down the spine, poor capita in sixteen year». appetite and digestion, soreness of the muscles, rheumatic pains, hard and fissured other country which In any way, ap­ skin, face sores, chronic running ulcers on the lower limbs and other parts of the proaches this. Holland is the only body_ these and many other diseases peculiar to old people are due to a lack of country In Europe where the consump healthy blood and imperfect circulation. Restoration to health must come through the building up and purification of the blood, thus adding strength and tone to tion of tea exceeds one pound per head. In Russia and in the United States also, the vital organs and quick, healthy action to the circulation. S. S. S. being stnctly a vegetable blood remedy and the best tonic, makes it which are the other two large tea con­ the most valuable and efficacious of all medicine for old people. It is free from all sumers, the consumption amount« to mineral ingredients, and mild and pleasant in its action. It cures blood diseases under one pound per head. of every character even those inherited or contracted in early life. As the system pets under the influence of 8. S. S. there is a marked improvement in the general Ingenious Bostonian. health, and as richer and purer blood begins to circulate through the body the “So you didn't string up the Boston appetite improves, and there is a softness and elasticity about the «kin that you mail robber after all?" Interrogated the have not noticed for years ; sores begin to heal, pains in muscles and joints grad­ ually cease and vou find that it is possible to be happy and healthy even in oldage. tourist. “We strung him up all right,” re­ Our medical department is in charge of physicians who make a study of blood and skin diseases. If you would like to have their opinion and advice m your sponded Bowie Bill, "but he got the case write them all about it and you shall receive such information and advice as boys to arguing whether it was ‘hung’ vou want. This will cost you nothing. Others have found our medical depart­ or 'hanged,' an’ when the smoke had ment of great benefit to them —their cure being much more rapid as the result of cleared we found that be had slipped come special directions received from our physicians. — Don't be your own doctor when you can get medical advice free. Book oc I the rope and gone."—Philadelphia Rec- | ord. I wa~wl -"A Rkin Diaeaaea mailed to all who desire it. . . — . — . Of Course. “What did the lawyer say when you explained your case to him?” asked Mrs. Baxter. “He said it was fees-ible,” replied Mr. Baxter. CANDY CAT M ARTIC CATHARTIC Piso'» Cure cannot be too highly spoken of a» a coligli cure.—.1. W. O' B ri ru. 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. 6, 1000. Never Sioken, Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 50c Write for free sample, and booklet on health. Address stona tha Dough and Wnrka Oft tha Oold. Laxative liromo-Qulnine Tablets cure a cold In one day. No cure, No Pay. 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Shifted the Responsibility. called out the Mother Greenwing, and run they all did, pattering over tlie sur­ face as fast as their tired little legs could go. 'Run! run!’ cried the mother, but the liawk was close at hand now. In spite of all their running he would lie on to them in another second. They were too young to dive; there seemed no escape when just as he pounced the bright little mother gave a great splash with nil her strength, and, using both feet and wings, dashed the water all over the hawk. He was astonished. He sprang back into the air to shake himself dry. The mother urged the little ones to ‘Keep on!' and keep on they did. But down came the hawk again; again to be repelled with a shower of spray. Three times did he pounce, and three times did she drench him. Now all the downllngs were safe In the friendly rustles, the angry hawk made a lunge at the mother, but she could dive, and. giving a good-by splash, she easily disappeared.” Secure, patents for inventions in tlie flitted States and foreign countries. Alto negotiates mar­ ket, and defends fiatent inven. lions. So lietter terms or facilities than we offer obtainable any­ where. Payment of our fees may be deferred till patent is allowed. Write lor pamplileL JOHN POOLE, Portland, Oregon, root ol Morriaon Street. Can give you the best bargains in Sight Unseen. Bertha—Fred Hart is going to r.iarry Bessie Light. Edith—You don’t mean it! For mercy’s sake, what could he have seen in her? Bertha—That's what I say. Do you know, I suspect he must have courted her over the telephone. bowels open, and be well. Force, In the shape of The Beat Prescription lor Malaria violent physic or pill poison. Is dangerous. The ¿hills and Fever is a bottleof Grove's Tasteless i.moothest. easiest, most perfect way of keeping the Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in ocwals clear and clean is to take i tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay. Price 60c. Too Anxious. Portland. Orngon. A sto ». holds out the helping hand to you, and will advise you without money and without price. Mrs. Pinkham's labora­ tory is at Lynn, Mass. Write a letter there telling all your symptoms and get the benefit of the greatest experi­ ence in treating female Ills. “ I was suffering to such an extent from ovarian trouble that my physi­ cian thought an operation would be necessary. “Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ pound having been recommended to ms. I decided to try it. After using several bottles I found that I was cured. My entire system was toned up. and I suffered no more with my ovaries.”—M bs . A nna AsfOX.Troy. 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Duck's Battle with a Hawk. write. ” A green-winged teal Is the heroine of “It is my writing that I depend His Father Also Drives. Ernest Seton-Thompson's new story in on. ” First Boy—Your folks ain’t as rich the Ladies' Home Journal. After her “Nonsense! The idea of a man ex­ ns ours. My father and mother go brood was hatched she started to take pecting to get famous by sitting down driving every day. them across a pond. “This was a mis­ and wiggling his fingers over a piece Second Boy—My father drives every take," Mr. Seton Thompson writes. of paper all day ! It’s absurd!” day, too. “For it exposed them to enemies. A First Boy—I don’t believe it. What great marsh hawk saw them, and he does he drive? came swooping along sure ,of getting Second Boy—Nails. one in each claw. 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