CATARKH THIRTY YEARS. +4-4-4-+4-4-t'4-+-!4-'M'+4'+4-- • C O Q D Address O. O. SMITH. wl OairlaSt»..Portland.Or The Remarkable Experience of a Prominent Statesman—Congress­ man Meekison Gives Pe-ru-na a High Endorsement. BSBHBHBSEB O 0933939893939 When Alfred Tennyson appeared In the Oxford Theater to ns-elve his D. O. L «legree. It Is »«Id tlmt Ills disheveled Imlr nnd generally negligent state pro­ voked the undergraduates Into greet­ ing him with the Inquiry: “Did your mother call you early, call you early, MR. STORI’KHEPER: - W« aril you Nut». Alfred, dear?" Raisin», Dried Pruit». Vermont Maple Sugar, Date», rig». Moneyeverything you naed for A visitor asked tlx1 late James Tlssot the holidays; better quality and lower one day whether the picture lie was at tnan you ran And elsewhere. Send fur our work ou waa lutemled to Illustrate the Special holiday IMce List, or write u» and we will call on you. lime of Christ The artist replied in To GROWERS: We always buy eggs, butter, the affirmative. “Then." snld the visit­ cheese, apple«, pears, onions and spuds. Have or, "permit me to call your attention to you any to sell7 Lei us know, if you want a an error. Aloes, such aa you have In good price. your picture, did not exist In the Medi­ terranean region till after the conquest WOLF & SONS. of Mexico by Spain." Tlssot promptly Wholesale Fruits and Produce. took Ills brush and altered the picture. Some Goettingen students who had a 105 FRONT ST., PORTLAND. OK. Congressman Mecklnoa, of Ohio, keen admtratlou for Klopstock. the BSBEBEBiSEBEe Q 39333 Hon. David Meekiscn is well known "Germitu Milton." once fouud one of not only in his own state, but through­ his stanzas unintelligible, and begged out America. He was elected to the him to explain Its exact meaning to Fifty-flth congress by a very large ma­ them. The ¡xx-t rend the stanza then jority, and ie the acknowledged leader carefully re-rend It—then read It again, of h's party in his section of the state. w hile all looked on with bated breath. Only one flaw marred the otherwise At last he s|ioke: “1 cannot Tecoltect complete succeed of this rising states­ w hat 1 meant w hen [wrote It. but I do man. Catarrh with its insidious ap­ rvmember that It was one of the fluest proach ar.d tenacious grasp, was his things I ever wrote, and you cannot only unoonquered foe. For 30 years he do better than devote your Ilves to the waged unsuixeseful warfare againat discovery of Its meaning." this personal enemy, At last Veruna So many memlx>rs of the staff of the came to the rescue. He write,: Mafekltig Mail were recently Incapaci­ “I have used several bottles of Pe­ runs and I feel greatly benefitted tated at oue time that the editors felt thereby Lon my catarrh of the head. ' obliged to apologtoe for the paucity of I feel encouraged to believe that if I news lu a certain Issue. “We are use it a short time longer I will be sorry,” they said, "but we could not ful'y able to eradicate the disease of help It One of tbe staff had rhcu- thirty y ears’ standing.”—Dav id Meek- mattes and partial paralysis of the ison, .Member of Congress. shoulder, another has had a few days' If you do not derive prompt and sat­ colic, and yet another could not cotne isfactory result« from the use of Peni­ to work because Ills child was danger­ na, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giv­ ously 111. One left without notice and ing a lull statement of your case and paid two pounds for an Interview with bu will be pleased to give you his valu­ I the resident magistrate In consequence, able advice gratis. and another seized the opportunity to Address Dr. Hartman, President Established 1876. For more than a orvak Into teetotallstn, while more ter­ The Hartman ¡sanitarium, Columbus, quarter of a century the reputation of rible still, one of our best went and got W. I* Douglas shoes for style, com­ Ohio. married.” fort. and wear has excelled all other Lovers of Dancing. It Is said that one of the great ene­ makes. A trial will convince vou. The Porto Rican native is very mnch mies of the overland telegraph line In W. L. DOUCLAS $4 SHOES CANNOT BE EXCELLED. given to dancing. Both men and . Central Australia Is the common green II.IDS.SiO !r.’±Tu. Ji..14O.O0O women have a natural love for tbe ball­ I frog. In order to save the lusulators Best imported ani A^>«'tcan leathers, Heyl’j room. | from being broken by the lightning Patent Calf. Enamel, B^x Ca.f, Calf. Vici Kid. Corot.a Colt. Nat. Kangaroo. F a M Color Eyelets liard. f ITÖ P»nBxnentlr Curva So flt« or nerTOtic&oM I they are provided with wire “drop­ lllO »tier Arti lav’s iseof l>r Mia« » Great Servi pers" leading round them at a little Canfinn ! Tb* «rrnuine hare W. L. DOUGI-AM1 vauuun t num»’ and rrica atarapnd on bottom. aleetorer. Send for FK R K 3'2 00 trial botti» and txe-U* *• Da. IL H K un a. Ltd . A rvháL. Philadelphia, P» distance to conduct on to the Iron pole * Skoe» mat!, 2.1e. extra. I lux. Catalog rrte* W. L. DOLGLAS. BROCKTON. MASS. in ease of need. The frogs clluib the Professional Advice |s>les and find the Insulators cool and Patient—What would you advise me pleasant to their bodies, and fancy that to do for dyspepsia, doctor? the "dropper"!» put there to furnish I'r. DeQuick—Well, if you want it them with a back seat. After a nap real bad hire a cheap cook and eat ir- they yawn and stretch out a leg until ■ egularly. Two do lars, please! ** For stx years 1 vra» a victim of d y»- It touches the pole-result, sudden pepoia in its worst form I could eat nothin* death to tbe frog, and as tbe body To Break in New Shoes* but milk toast, and at times my auxnach would Always shake in Allens Foot-Ease, a pew ter. continues to conduct the current to sol retain and direst even that Last March I It cures chilblains, damp, sweating, aching, beran taking CASTARETS and since then 1 have steadily improved, until 1 am as well as I swollen fe»*t. Cures Corns and Bunions. At earth we have a paragraph In the pa­ all druggi«t.< and shoe store*, ¿’c lk»n t accept per* to the effect that “In consequence ever was in my life. D avid H M i kpbt , Newark. O. any substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Address of an Interruption to the lines proba­ Allen 8. Olmstead, LeRoy, N. Y bly caused by a cyclonic disturbance CANDY Marriage Would Cure. lu the Interior, we are unable to pres­ CATHARTIC Mr. Gnmpps—That boy will never be ent our readers with the usual cables good for anything until he marrie«. from England!” Mrs. Gumnps—I suppose not. Mr. Gnmpps —No; he’s got to get FROST DISTURBS RAILROADS. over the habit of hanging Around the On Nearly All Ku.alan I.ine, It la an house.—New York Weekly. Preparing for Holiday Trade L $3&$3^o SHOES K DYSPEPSIA Element of Espenie. 1 thought It wm ■ taak io hold th« ak<-ln «■ mother wound The crimson yum while her,' and there a stubborn »nsrl was found; I thought luy lot * dismal on«, a» sitting there at night I heard the humming spinning wheel and watched the lirelight Dance out across the Hour and back *a fairy dancers might. f' W.....I Hawlni M«. hn.va a a|«rlalt> s> • ua twioni I.in lug. “Two year« «go iny hair was falling out b*d'y- 1 purchased a bottle of Ayer'« Hair Vigor, and soon my hair »topped coming out." Miss Minnie Hoover, Pari«, III. no reason why you must go through life with half­ i're The manager of a Chicago carpet de partmeut. whose knowledge brings hliu an annual lueunie of 810,009, advised the following treatment for valuable rugs: Iaiy them wiving side up on (he grass, beat with a furniture beater, re­ verse, and sweep carefully, a soft brush being tlie preference, or a k > kh I carpet sweeper. A little airing outside of the sun’s rays Is rod occasionally, when they uiay be carried In the house. Tbe average American housew ife wears out her rugs by continually sweeping and beating. The plan of putting them upon a line every two or three weeks, or even once a month, an I there hat­ ing them whipped, la not to be com mended If the rugs are of auy value. When a mg Is to be thoroughly clean ed.‘ It shoifld be sent where the work Is properly done or else washed at home. A machine Is now In use w hicli loosens the dust and removes It by means of a strong current of air. This Is effective and not hard on the rug Wheu the surface become« soiled It can be washed with no fear of Injuring the colors, since the majority of oriental rugs «re washed repeateilly lief ire reRching this country and the dyes used are thereby mellowed aud enrich ed. The liest method of washing a large nig la to stretch and tack It tt|K>n a clean floor, then scour It well with soap and suds. After the scouring It must lie thoroughly rinsed, to remove aU trace of the animal matter In the soap, after which It should not be re­ moved until It Is perfectly dried. Then It will not shrink and will lie perfect ( ly flat upon the floor, A amali rug may be tacked upon the «I le of the house or liarn. scoured as If on a floor and then rinsed with the hose.—Good Housekeeping. Chicago a (Ji-eal Inlan I Port. That Chicago Is a great shipping cen ter almost everyone knows. But that It now ranks fourth among tlie p-rts of the world Is not so well known. The latest figures relating to the mailer of shipping are: Ixmdon. 16,520,005 tons; New York. 10,445,320; Hamburg. 14,108.817; Chi cago, 14.186,100; Antwerp. 13.573.172; Liverpool, 11,818.000, and Marseilles, 0.020.114. Chicago leads all United Htates p< rts except New York In tonnage, and the constant extension of lake traflic has added not only to the commerce of Chi cago. but likewise very largely to the commerce of Cleveland, now a very Im portant port of entry; Detroit. Buffalo, Milwaukee, Duluth and Toledo. The chief articles of commerce on the lakes are wheat, flour, coal. Iron and lumber. 18 A GRIM PATHOS IN THE LIFE *»r I .or.I l«...rl,»rrx,.,f EnM|M„.|, w AIII. uiim I. Ml.h, VII aitil 2LM'i»itiiiivrt'l»l llltltf. 141 Mrwl. IS h IU h J, t?A will »am y«ni li (*r tnonih !-• will « »Ml jr«s»i ..... I’irr Ittiutih |h»> will um jr«»u |.U) p. r inouili 1*3) alh« NHHtlhly » all t»r wrlte. L. M. Davh, Preu. HrlltU„|, c„„,,r,¡ Ull'l I'UWWrful, AllUo.t klra.f,........... .. ► th irty of M mii « After a real IliMelivry, who Lllierul party St. Helen’s Hall starved hair. If you want long, thick hair, feed it with Ayer’s Hair Vigor, and make it rich, dark, rontiddo. optnoK. A KearillHa «11,1 IM, Sei...... . lorlll ls. Ila> a V..misi Klixlerwariru lisliitii« I'.esrt- insili, «Mi' ll a n'parais >< ai.lriue tur gì«. al and heavy. |l M s Mtls. Ail JrvttM*. Washington Farmers and Stockmen Indorse Prussian Stock Food! It ,.'ur drutglat Cauii"» •'U'l' •rnd "« <"'♦ '! *r •'"* * 111 «vil ft I hi IIIV •''* il ««ur luaiwl •xi>r««« 7 J < A C1K l " . I««»U. »U m . RIAD TH« FOLLOWINQ LITTIRS. TH«» SPIAR FOR THIMSILVIS. CARE FOR YOUR RUGS. Many of Them Art Spollo.t by queiit lieatiugs. THERE Purtlnnd I*i» Idctul Company Perhaps your mother had thin hair, but that is Oh. there Is much that I have learned shout the world since then. And mix h I’ve seen flint serves to Make the wonderment of men; The world Is far more splendid than I dreamed that It could be -As bill« 'ueath the rough liesn beams fair vialona came to me— But one grout glory of the world hna paaaed away fore’er, I ne'er again may hold the skein as moth er winds, back there. Or. wheu the fire'a low, kneel dowu while father offers prayer. —Chicago Reeonl 11 era hl. In a recent Issue of tbe “Oregon fur die Fortschrltte des Elsenbahnwescns" St. Nicholas announces for 1903 L. von I.ublmotr, chief engineer of tbe "The Story of King Arthur,” written Trans-Siberian Railway, describes an and illustrated by Howard Pyle, a com­ interesting phenomenon of frost action panion story to his famous “Robin which has been observed on tbe line of Hood.” Two short stories by Mi«e that railway In Siberia. This phenom Frog'« Skin la Porous. Akott, will soon appear in St. Nich­ enon. the distortion of wooden trestle A piece of frog's Bkin not larger in olas, with other storiea and articles by bridges by tbe action of frost, is close­ diameter than the rubber tip on your other well known writers. St. Nicholas ly cuuuecled with the extensive trust lead pencil haa more pores in it than makes a specialty of papers cf informa­ disturbances of the roadbed In general there are mesbes in tLe mosquito net­ tion, richly illustrated articles od prac­ which are'encountered In both Euro­ ting on your screen door. tical subjects, like the navy yard, the pean and Asiatic Russia; but while tbe assay office, etc. latter effect has been known for sume Mothers will fina Mrs. Winslow’s Sooth The price of St. Nicholas is three dol­ time, tbe action on bridge structures Ing Byrup the best remedy to use for their •hlldreu during the teething period. lar« a year. The publishers announce has been noted and studied only during that new subscribers who begin with tbe last few years, says tbe Engineer­ An Abbreviation Explained. January may receive the November and ing New«. The origin of the symbol “cwt.” tor December numbeis free. The disturbance of the roa I bed by hundredweight is as follows: C is tbe frost Is a very serious matter, states Lion a Fly Catcher. Joe Dun. initial letter of the latin word Mr. von Lubitnoff; on 95 per cent of The keeper of the carnivori, house at “centum,” meaning a hundred, and wt To “dun” a man for debt comes from all Russian railway lines It constitutes the Philadelphia zoo led the group of are th« first and last letters of the word the memory ol J*re Dun, bailiff of Lin­ one of the most Important problems of visitors to tbe outdoor quarters of tbe “weight,” and are used as a contrac­ coln, who was so keen a collector that maintenance of way. Tbe disturbance lions. "Look at that fellow over there," tion for it. his name has become a pioverb. occurs mainly In low-lying, wet he said. "It's Interesting to watch ground; tbe soil In such places is gener­ him catching files.” ally found to be clay overlying or with The lion lay tieside a little puddle Intervening layers of water-bearing that tbe rain of the night before bad sand or gravel. Tbe action In prolong­ made. He dipped bis paw into the ed cold weather seems to be about us sticky mud and then extended th« follows: The earth gradually freezes memlier and lay very quiet. The paw downward, and as the molster stratus served as a fly trap. Files lighted on are reached the contained water causes It and stuck fast; buzz all they would them to freeze In thin sheets or lami­ they could not get away. And the nations. As the frozen layer Increases But a good liniment or plaster will often give In thickness It tends to separate from lion, «aya tbe Philadelphia Record, temporary relief because it produces counter the strata below and to form bumps after a dozen or two were collected, irritation or reduces tbe inflammation and sore« or hillocks. A succeeding rise of tem­ calmly crushed them and prepared bls ness. But no sort of external treatment can have perature produces an open and porous paw again. “He does that every day,” the keeper any effect whatever upon the disease itself, for structure In the frozen layer, and any Rhoumatlam Io not a »kin tH»oa»o.\iut water entering from either nlxire or said. is due to an over acid condition of the blood, and below fills tbe Interstices. When the “lx»ve My Dog." the deposit of irritating matter or Uric Acid temperature again falls this water An amusing story comes from Paris salts or sediment in the muscles and joints, and freezes and by Its expansion further of the device adopted by a prominent no amount of rubbing or blistering can dislodge raises the swelling. clubman of wealth and position to form these gritty particles or change the acid blood. In time this process produces notice­ Rheumatism often becomes chronic, and the mus­ able roughness of the roadbed, which the acquaintance of a Indy well known clesand joints permanently stiff and useless and may be so extensive as to make traffic for her beauty In soclnl and theatrical the nervous system almost wrecked, because so at any considerable speed positively circles, say« the London Globe. The much time is lost in trying to cure a blood disease dangerous. Mere resurfacing Is only Indy was lunching In a fashionable res­ with outside applications or doctoring the skin. a temporary expedient. The only effec­ taurant In the Hols de Boulogne, ac­ companied by her equally well-known Rheumatism must be treated tive means to deal with portions of the Louisville, Xy., March 37, '03. through the blood, and no remedy railway line that are thus affected has poodle. Tbe dog was running about Gentlemen:—I am glad to «ay that from table to table, picking up pieces brings such prompt and lasting relief 8. 8. 8. ha« cured me of Rheumatism. been found to be (1) to drain tbe sur­ and collecting morsels from other as S. S. S. It attacks the disease in rounding soil thoroughly by deep drain ­ About two year« ago I guffs rod from diners, and presently, when It returned the blood, neutralizes the acids, and Rheumatism in my knees and feet, age ditches, so that the ground water removes all irritating or poisonous my ankle« «welling so that I could level In tbe neighborhood of the road­ to Its mistress, «lie was « atoll Ished to not put on my shoe« This continued bed Is lowered well below any possi­ see written on Its back In red chalk: substances from the system. for several month«, during which bility of frost extending down to It, or “Tell your mistress that «he I« simply S. S. S. strengthen!, and enriches time I was applying liniments and the thin acid blood, and, as it circu­ (2) to Increase the depth of filling suffi­ adorable, and I love her exceedingly." going by my physician’« direction«, lates through the body, the corroding, ciently to protect the natural ground The gentlemnn signed his name. After but derived no benefit. I was told thin a formal Introduction was no longer gnawing poisons aud acid deposits of 8. 8. B. and tried it. I immedi­ below It from the action of frost. The are dislodged and washed out of the filling must be of open texture ami well necessary. ately got relief, and continued ths muscles and joints, and the sufferer drained, so that It will not Itself give medicine until I was entirely welL The Milkman's Expl-ination. is happily relieved from the discom­ 3108 Floyd St. D. 3. DUANE. trouble In the same way. Both meth­ “My dear,” said the young husbnnd, forts and misery of Rheumatism. ods of protection are, where possible, “did you ever speak to the milkman ________ ______ so far as they go, but they don't go far External ________________ remedies are all _ right used simultaneously. about there being no cream on the enough, and you can’t depend upon them to do the work of a blood purifier, The distortion of bridges Is a more and those who pin their faith to liniments and plasters as cures are bound difficult matter to cope with, though, milk?” “Yes, I told him aliout It thia to meet with disappointment, and will of course, tbe aggregate of damage and morning and he lias explained it satis­ be nursing a case of Rheumatism the Interference with traffic is very much factorily and 1 think It quite a credit to him, too." “What did he say?” “lie greater part of their lives. less. It may be stated that the plies S. S. S. is a purely vegetable remedy, are In each case driven well down into said that he always filled tbe bottlesAlk' does not contain any Potash or mineral the sii I mo II below frost level, but the full that there Is no room on the top of any kind, and can be taken with rising of the surface layers, as explain- for the creain.”—Kansas City Star. safety by old and young. cd above, lifts the piles up with It by Case of Mistaken Identity. Rheumatic sufferers who write us about their case will receive valuable friction. “Sir, your son baa been throwing aid and helpful advice from our physicians, for which no charge is made. atone« at me.” Departed Glory. We will mail free our special book on Rheumatism, which is the result of “Did be bit you?” years of practical experience in treating this disease. It contain« in a How nd I used to ba in those old day« “No.” ■ way back there C— dcnscd form much information about Rheumatism. “Then It wasn’t my boyl"— Da« Bsfors 1 knew the world was full of THS SWIFT SPEOIHO OO., ATLAHTA, OA» Kleine WitzbUtt buddeo snare« and car«; P1«a«ant. Palatable. Your Hair Ah. how I usivl to long to are the world I’d read about. To pack my little carpet sack and boldly anlly out! Reluctantly I used to bow uiy head upon the chair When father found that It waa time to say the evening prayer. And thinking that my lot waa bard .ih. how alsiurd it aoeiua — 1 went up to my little lied beneath the whitewaahe,! beams And, far away from worldly ear««, had proud, ambitious dreams. HE COURTS SOLl-nipi;. JOHN IHMII.I’, INIRTLAND, ORI!. I u»i nl Mr»»*. tllrautc Calculation. l ittle Wygnle (just returned from Sunday school)—Is it true that even the hair« of our heads are numbered? Mr. Front seat—The Bibio says so, my child. l.ittle Wynnie (after ■ panse)— It won't l*o,l rough medicine. It has cured coughs sud cold, fur forty years. At dnigjchl», -*» » eut». lh> I racial Oniulao Loicly Partlca. Nodd—I'm going to give a childrs'li'a party. Will ion come? Todd—On one condition. "And that?” •'That 1 can play with the children and don't haiw to talk with th« grown- ups."—Life. No and Pain, Doesn't Cost Muth. at MA»L 5Y TNC MAAtRS OF f ON ’ (VftlWfftfit Wise Bros., Portland. Or-.gon. Th« won.Ivif il changer acconiplislied by advertising dentists are well illus CATAlOCUtS trated by the fame of Wise Brothers, whose otliees are 111 the Ending build­ i CAWNtMl ing, Tbitd and Washington stieets, Portland, Oregon. It is true that you i can have a tooth pill led entirely with­ MAVt T« SAMt P0lk?> out pain aud that the cost <>l falim teeth OFCKILkHCf ANP GIVE is very nusierate. This great adiamc COMPIITI M? VACTl0i| in dental surgery is one <>( the bleMinge of the prem-nt age. Establiahnicnts like that of Wise Brothers in i'ottland render it about as pleasant to tit your­ self out with new teeth as to acquire \\ OMII .RI VL any other arti< ie of wear and useful- homi : nes«. We •ugge.t that our renders TRI AI MUNT watch the U I,« Brothem* ad vor 11 e- line wnn«terfUI <*b1' merits and act upon them. ? i ^SH BR0® OILED CLOTHINC DB. C. GEE WO' siustur i» hs.R iw h* « urrà woi»«-u» i»|»rra­ li nn that ara git«« up lutila, Ila i'ur«*a wiln thi>aa wn*t«|s*r(u| < hl* ■ » hrr'.s. room » . 1» batik» and ««rfvtablaa that ara antirair un- limati In ntr<|h*»l «h m » Lltcrsry Note. Willie—Pa, ■ magatine is jmt ■ place filled «Ith powder and guns and things, ain't it? Pa—No, my «on; it'» usually flllwl with advetthemente of ponder and guns and things —Philadelphia Press. Fresh Corn. Would yon like to know, in the mid­ dle of the winter, what fieah corn ie like? If you would, get a ran of Mono­ pole Corn, and, if it were no, forth* ra-aaon, von would probably not know the difference. Monopole Corn Is canned where it is grown, only the 1a-«t and tenderest ears ts-mg u-cl. It re­ tains the natural freshness and flavor of the vegetable, and you won’t find it half so gissl if you s«k for any other brand. Your grocer doubtlrca handles Monopole groceries ami ran furnish you with them. If be will not, wrile us direct and wo will advise you of one who will. Wadhama A Kerr Brr.| r , .1(11 ■ | uses la il i ffr r • 111 illaaaara. Ila (Utrantrrt Io « ur» ratarrh ast|>ma. lung. Ihroai, r tor Mittal tain, arr % nuatjraa. atottlAi h a ■ ' ■al» < ha«g*a n»«MÌarat» » all and aro hM « Xnur.lAW » A perfect Remedy forTonslipa Hon. Sour Stomach.Diarrhoe« Worms .Convulsions, ie ver ish ness ond Loss of SLEEP. Far Simile Signature of NEW YORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. i . ohii MiHteHKHY. lullted. ami imw It 11 Is probnlilr that tlivr« Is not a mors StrvUUoUS Op|MHI«|ll to (lull poll«-) to Im found In British public ||f». Rosebery s renewed activity In pulille Hr«' and Ills high station nink« a stuily of bls chnrncter Interesting Hm| hlu t( llgtil u|mn this subject Is glveu by tbs London Mall In « recent article. Lord llii.elicry, says the Mull, Is on« of III«' wealthiest ami quite the inoat brilliant of the British aristocracy, r * Is ■ scholar of erudition, an author of 'I I st I net loti amt the finest orator of hi« day. lie stands out from amid « wealth of medloci rlty In solitary and grand distinction. Hut. underlying Mil thl« scintillating surface, there Is n grltn and ti-rrlbl, pathos In bls life the pntlu« of utter solitude. I'nsecn by the crowd of nd* nilrers who worship and envy him |Q hia proud supremacy, uiirvcogiilxvii even by those who write and »|M»nk of him ns of a well known friend. tb«*r« Is ati almost tragic lutielliiees In bls JM». sltlon not merely in bit pel!lien I nta* life, lie Is tus. but In Ilin bls doincntlC domestic life probably st the present moment the must closely observed of all public men, the best known to th«' general run of his countrynieu. Ills circle of ac­ quaintances Is probably larger limn Dial of any other perauu not of royal rank. Ilia friends are legion. Yet it would be scarcely overstepping tlm truth to say Hint he Ims nut a single Intimate that there Is not a living creature with whom he ran ever en­ tirely throw off tlmt reaerve tlmt hldea hla Inner self a» n garment. He I«, even In the tnlilst of the applauding multitude, nt a reception, or at hl« uwu dinner table, always alone. it la only natural that this loneliness of disposi- tloli should beget n love of solitude It Is not far Io seek for the cause of this pathetic seclusion. Lord Rose­ bery’s life, with all Its glories, with all Its achievements, Ims Iwen s sad one. From hla earliest days Fortuno s«|uondeml her rhliest gifts on him with n lavish hand. Iloru of a mother as beautiful, as fascinating ns she was Intellectually brilliant a former maid of honor and bridesmaid to Ih tain • Inte sovereign heritor of ■ proud title and of great wealth, blessed with men­ tal gifts nnd aptitudes surpassing those of any man since Disraeli, and |H«sr<>scd of a sound If not robust con­ stitution, the world Iny nt Ills fret when ns little more Hinn a lw>y he fell In love with tbe wealthiest heiress of Ills tlniu Miss llnntmh ItothscbUd. heiress to tlie wealthiest nnd must powerful branch of tlmt distinguished family. Ills misting with her wn* as romantic ns anything ever conceived by any novelist, Illa carriage collld<-d with hers, nnd by extraordinary agility, combined with no leas extrsordlimry |ircs«-nce ol if mind, hr sprang out and caught her as she fell after having been thrown upward by the force of th« Impact Thi ll lie carried bvr, «tunned, to a iii-lghborlfig hotter. Ilv devoted to her all the ardor and pirns I on of n great nature, and. duxpita the llinst relentless opposition on th« part of her father, hr finally succeeded III winning her. The love that hail stood the strews of a trying courtship lasted unimpaired during the whole of Ills married life. Illa wife was eonie- thing more than a wife to him. 8ho was hie maker. Him threw herself heart and soul Into Ills work cud Into tils s|M>rt. It was she Hint hnd mails him n politician; It was she that set him out on that brllllnnt career which alie never lived to nee him coMUtninate. The effect <>n «m il n man of the Irng Ically early death of such n helpmeet enn lie understood, It accounts for nil his love of solitude, bl* preference* for quietly tending bls roar* nt the Itur­ dans, or wnnderlng up mid down the terrace« nt Mentnmre, to the gnyrty of a «octal life. Lord Rosebery Is one of the most restless tner: In the United Kingdom. He la troubled with Insomnia mid he Is constantly traveling ....... seat to seat In vain efforts to rid himself of his enemy. __ Hr. I’eter's Cathedral, The Inrgest cnthcdrnl In the world Is 8t. I’etcr'a, nt Rome, on tbe altc where It Is snld St. I’eter waa Interred. Th« totnl length of Hie Interior Is 012% En­ glish feet, transept 410% feet, dl«nieter of cupola 193 feet, height of dome from pavement to th«' top or crons. 4-IH fn>t. It was begun In 1-IWi A. D.. dedicated In 1626, but not finished until 1880. Forty three I’o|M's lived mid died dur­ ing tlie process of building. The coat Is set down nt 870.000.000. White stockings arc fn-.hlou.ibh', but they should be clean. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIO The average woman (loemi't think that «he 1* really «lek utiles« alie la ink­ ing «otite kind of medicino with a dentil » lieud on the bottle. • •>•»•»»(»raxjx« •■WSXSKVXSXSX''!»«XW* I JOHN ALLESINA •>