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"- -\'r Then la No T^lllnr* Be sure not to let rheumatism stay in ih<» system longer than you can get a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil to cure it. There is no telling what part it may strike or how much misery it may give. Hndion Bay Is Disappearing. Hudson bay will in the course of a few centuries become dry land, the rise oi its surface being more remarkable than any other portion of the earth. Beaches covered with driftwood are found 20 to 70 feet above the bay, and the old har bors have become very sha'low. Why the Best How the Truth of a Well Known Statement is Established. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best medicine money can buy. It has stood the test of time and trial. Its great merit is demon strated by its cures of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Humor, Psoriasis, Scald Head, Boils, Blood • Poisoning, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Stomach Troubles, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Nervousness, etc. ■ - • - Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. Price, 1. Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 cents. . ' m Mixing His Drinks. There is a story told of Mr. Glad stone which would show that the true meaning of the old saying: "Do not mix your drinks," was unknown to the: great statesman. It is said to have been his habit to let the wines which were served in the course of dinner mobilize at his eblow, and during a pause in the conversation seize the glass that happened to be nearest. On one occasion Mr. -Gladstone, who had re freshed himself as usual in this hap hazard way, inveighed against the practice of mixing wines. It was re spectfully pointed out to him that he had been guilty of this very act; but he explained, to his own satisfaction, that to mix wines was to fill up half a glass of champagne from the port de* canter!—Cornhill Magazine. To Electrocute a Safety Vault. An experiment of scientific interest is to be tried in getting rid of the safety vault of the old Cincinnati (O.) Deposit and Trust : Company. The walls are constructed of layers of hard spring steel to a thickness of one and one quarter inches. Two operators will be placed in the vault and a wire for each run in through a vent hold. The wire will be attached to a carbon, which will be manipulated with a heavy handle. They will pass the carbon over the steel walls, burning them in intersecting lines. TRY ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, ner vous and uncomfortable. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It rests and comforts; makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and is a cer tain cure for Chilblains, Sweating, damp or frosted feet. We have over thirty thou sand testimonials. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoo stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olm- Bted, Roy, N. Y. Popular 'Phone Service. The telephone system of Paris will be greatly popularized and extended by the government mail and telegraph department. Public stations will be scattered through the city, where per sons not subscribers may call from or make engagements over the wire. Messages will be delivered from these stations for a fee of 5 cents. No household is complete without a bot tle of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. II is a pure and wholesome stimulant rec ommended by all physicians. Don't ne glect this necessity. Glue From Seaweed. A fresh use for seaweed is claimed tc have been discovered by a Norwegian engineer, who exhibited an invention at the Stockholm exhibition for produc ing paper glue, dressing gum and soap from seaweed. The first establishment for this branch of manufacture is to be erected in the district of Stavanger. HOITT'S SCHOOL FOB BOYS. Now at Buriingame, will remove to its beautiful new home at Menlo Park, San Mateo County, Cal., and re-open January Kith, 1899. Address Ira G. Hoitt, Ph. D., Menlo Park, Cal. Flies are prevented from entering the house when the screen doors are opened by a uew attachment, whicn has sev eral rows of brushes on the outside oi the door to scrape the flies off every time the door opens. RELIEF FROM PAIN. Women Everywhere Express their Gratitude to Mrs. Piukham. fin. T. A. WALDEN. Gibson, da., wrftest " Dear Mrs. Pinkham: —Before tak ing your medicine, life was a burden to me. I never saw a well day At my monthly period I suffered untold misery, and a great deal of the time I was troubled with a severe pain in my Bide Before finishing the first botfle of your Vegetable Compound I could tell it was doing me good. I continued its use. also used the Liver Pills and Sanative Wash, and have been greatly helped. I would like to have you use my letter for the benefit of others." firs. FLORENCE A. WOLFE. 515 riulberry St., Lancaster, Ohio, writes 1 - ■■ " Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—For two years I was troubled with what the local physicians told me was inflamma tion of the womb. Every month I suf fered terribly. I had taken enough; B medicine from the doctors to cure any -1 one, but obtained relief for a short ." time only. At last I concluded to write to you in regard to my case, and can * \ Baythat by following your advice I am \ now pefectly well." | . V CX.: : T\n. W. R. BATES, rUasfldd, La, writ* j " Before writing to you I suffered ; dreadfully J from : painful: menstrua tion, leucorrhcEa and sore feeling in the lower part of the bowels. Now my friends want to know what makes me look so well. Ido not hesitate one min ute in telling them what has brought "■■' about v this 1 great change. I > cannot s praise Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound enough. It is the greatest f remedy of -..thei^ge-r^^'.^ '-'i x *. ->:X-'v . M„_ Wfti~WHU£iu. BSEFAItS. *^^- mJ Bart Court Symp>. Taste* <3«od. Cm M THE WORLD AT PEACE William T. Stead Writes of the Czar's Proposal. OPPORTUNITY FOE AMERICANS Movement in England in Favor of an International Demon stration. London, Dec. 20. —William T. Stead, Writing to the Associated Press, says: "I have seen the czai. I have heard from his own lipa the earnest desire of his heart that something practical should be done, and that quickly, to divert to the service of humanity some of the many millions now devoted to preparations for war. He has taken the initiative in summoning the confer ence. He is prepared to give an earn est of his sincerity by arresting the future increase of Russian armament. But unless he is supported by the peo ples who detest militarism as well as by those who groan under its burdens, his well-meant endeavor will fail. "The American people can, if they will, prevent so fatal a catastrophe. As the greatest and latest born of the world's powers, they can, if they choose, save this supreme opportunity of the century from being sacrificed by the skeptical apathy of the govern ments. But to do this, it will be nec essary to act, and to act at once. What is hoped of those friends of peace and enemies of militarism who turn their eager eyes to the great republic of the New World, is that between now and the end Of January, the citizens of the United States will", by public demon itrations. formal resolutions and by other methods by which a democratic people gives expression to its convic tions and its aspirations, have manifest ed to the world their determination to hefp the czar to put this thing through. "In England, where the difficulties are much gieater owing to the sense less prejudice against Russia,which has been the baleful legacy of the Crimean war, such a national committee is al ready in course of formation. By the end of next month, it is expected there will not be any considerable center of population which will not have had its publio meeting demanding that en ergetic support should be given to the Russian proposals. "What the friends of peaoe in Eng land confidently calculate upon is that the appeal in the ca^ise of humanity will find the American people ready and able to respond. If so, the great est demonstration ever made of the peace-loving passion of the English speaking race will be within our reach. A joint Anglo-American representation of, say, 15 men and 5 women, chosen from the foremost of oui race, charged with the mandate to proceed through Europe on a pilgrimage of peace to pre sent an address of thanks to the czar, would rouse the continent "Round the Anglo-American deputa tion would group themselves, in the first place, the representatives of the seven small states —Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Switzer land and Portugal, with an aggregate population of nearly 30,000,000, and with these reinforcements the great in ternational delegation would begin its orusade through Europe. In four weeks, it would have shaken the conti nent from center to circumference." The movement in favor of an inter national demonstration in support of the czar's peace conference is taking practical shape in Great Britain, and is attracting much sympathy from the queen and other members of the royal family, who are said to be aware of the entire sincerity of the czar. MORE HOBSON KISSING. The Merrluiac Hero in the Hand* of Chicago Girls. Chicago, Dec. 20. —Lieutenant Rich ard Pearson Hobson was heavily bom barded by a large field of kissing girls at the Auditorium tonight, but as no distress signals were hoisted after the 1 engagement, it is not believed that he was seriously injured. Lieutenant Hobson lectured on "The Sinking of the Merrimac," under the auspices of i the Chicago Press Club, and after the : lecture, the members of the audience pressed forward for an impromptu re ception. There was much handshaking and applause, but more interesting | than either were 163 kisses given the Merrimac's hero by as many girls. The lieutenant met the attack bravely and even seemed to encourage it. During his brief stay in Chicago, Lieutenant Hobson was the guest of General John McNulta, at the Union League Club. After the leotuie he left for Kansas City, where he will epeak tomorrow evening. Tuesday evening the distinguished naval offi cer will face an audience in Denver, whence he will proceed to San Fran cisco and sail for Manila December 24, on the City of Peking. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20.—Nearly the whole of the business part of the town of Tifton, in the center of the peach belt, was burned last night. An oil lamp in a boarding house exploded. The Masonic hall and 10 stores were destroyed, and a hotel and a large lum ber mill were damaged. Indian Bill ragged. Washington, Deo. 20.—The honse today gave its attention to the Indian appropriation bill, passing it substan tially as lepoited. This is the third of the appropriation bills to pass, and it clears the calendar of the big supply bills, although another, the agricul tural, will be ready and knocking for attention by Monday. The house passed the bill granting a right of way through the San Francisco forest re serve to the Saginaw Southern railway of Arizona. Baron Rothschild Dead. London, Deo. 20.—Baron Ferdinand James de Rothschild, M. P., is dead. He was the eecond son of the late Baron Alpbonso Rotschild. He was a mem ber of parliament in the unionist inter est, for A/lesbury. The baron was an intimate friend of the Prince of Wales. It waa during the prinoe's but visit to Weddeson, near Aylesbury. that he in* jured his knee. The baron waa a lar iah boat and entertained the queen in 1890. Hii death waa sodden. It waa ■opposed he waa only suffering from a ooW. RIOTS IN HAVANA SUBURBS. Cabana Break loose: With the With-. i- •■"• ■'■"- drawal of Authority..-.': . .-*'.". v | Havana! Dec. 20.—The Spanish evacuation' commissioners informed the | American commissioners this evening that the Havana suburbs of ; Cerro and Jesus del Monte had ; been \ evacuated. The Spanish troops evacuated Jesus del Monte at 5 o'clock this evening, imme diately after which American ■ and Cijj ban flags Z were : raised, crackers were tared, and ; the usual demonstrations made by the large oiowd iin honor of the event. At the hour of filing this dispatch, 8 P. M., it is ■ reported ;: that some of the troops of the Cuban Gen eral Mario Menocal are entering Jesus del Monte. Probably the United State* forces will be sent there tomorrow. The suburb of Cerro was ? evacuated yesterday. American and Cuban flags were displayed from the houses on Cal zada del Cerro, and I crowds rushed through the streets shouting "Vive Cuba libre." t '""-.*, About 5:80 last evening, a crowd of Cubans of the lower class passed a bar racks of engineers on the Infanta ave nue, shouting "Long live Cuba!" and "Death to Spain" and firing shots into the air in celebration of the evacuation of Cerro. The engineers did not fire, but the guard was doubled. : The crowd then passed on from the Calzada del Monte to the Calzada ■ del Cerro, stopping the street-cars and com pelling passengers to shout "Viva Cuba libre." Among the demonstrators were a number of butchers, who carried pis tols and knives.* Jose Gancedo and his cousin, Teodoro Huertis, who were on the cars, were wounded with knives. Gancedo died today, and Huertis will probably die. Later the crowd met some engineers at the Esquina de Tejas and fired upon them, seriously wounding one. The engineers returned the fire, wounding a street-car conductor; a civilian, Isi doro Razols, and John Leonard, a col ored man. The rioting continued, many shots being fired in front of the Case de Socorro, where the wounded were assisted. Spanish soldiers were ordered to the scene, and arrived about 9 o'olook. While marching through Cerro, they were fired upon by men concealed be hind pillars. One Spanish private fell, wounded, and the battalion fired into the air to scare the rioters. On resum ing their march, they were again fired upon, and another man was hit. The Spaniards then fired and dispersed the rioters. Among the wounded was a col ored woman, and it is also reported that there were several others. The rioting caused great alarm in Cerro and along the Calzada del Monte, where all houses have kept closed doors ■ince last night. STUCK FAST ON A REEF. Accident to the Cruiser Cincinnati In Santiago Harbor. Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 20.—While the United States cruiser Cincinnati was leaving port about sunset yester day, she ran full speed upon a rock clearly defined in the charts, but not buoyed. Last September, General Leonard Wood, considering that the absence of a buoy there might lead to some accident, anchored a small one, the first ever placed there, but the Bessie, on entering the harbor one night, oarried it away, and since then there has been no buoy to mark the location of the rock. The Cincinnati probably is not seri ously damaged, as she is not making water. For the last 24 hours the gov ernment collier Southery and the May flower have been engaged in an effort to pull her off. Thus far they have been unsuccessful, but it is hoped they will have better luok tonight at high tide. The principal risk now is tearing a hole in the cruiser's bottom while she is pulling off. TROOPS ON THE SCANDIA. Transport Brings the Remaining New Yorkers From Honolulu. San Francisco, Dec. 20.—The United States transport steamer Scandia has arrived here, 83 days from Manila and eight days from Honolulu. She re mained several days at the latter port, and the news she brought from the Philippines was forwarded by the steam ers Alameda and Gaelic, which arrived during the past week. The Scandia brings the remaining companies of the First New York volunteer regiment from Honolulu. All are reported in good condition, five who were ill being now convalescent. Among her passen gers from Manila are W. A. Walsh, of the Astor battery, and W. J. Cohn, C. H. Herrman, W. H. Curran, of the Pennsylvania volunteers, and several members of the First California regi ment. The Scandia is in quarantine, and no mail or paisengers will be land ed tonight, neither will any one be per mitted to go on board. Medicines for Troops in Cub*. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20.—Major- General Brooke, wh« was appointed as military governor of Cuba, arrived in the city this afternoon. He had a con ference with the president and secre tary Alger this evening. After the conference Secretary Alger said General Brooke was on his way to Havana prov ince, and had come to Savannah upon telegraphic orders for a conference with the president and the secretary relative to affairs on the island. General Brooke is suffering from a cold and fever. It was said late to night that the fever was high, and that prcbably he would not be able to leave the city for a week. Mew Implement Company. The Colfax Implement Company has been incorporated to deal in agri cultural implements at Colfaz, Wash. The incorporators and trustees, are Aaron Kuhn, J. W. Hereford and L. D. Woodworth. The capital stock is $100,000. divided into 100 shares at the value of $100 each. Malls for Porto Rico. Washington. Dec. 19.— The postal contract with the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company, supplement to existing arrangements with the Bed D line, has been formally signed. The arrangements are for five regular sail- I ings a month from New York to Porto Bico and regular additional sailings in connection therewith around the island at least onoe a week, calling at all prin cipal harbors and ports. In India the average duration of life of the natives ia 34 years as against 41 ia Britain. ™ PACIFIC COAST TRADE. geattle Markets. Onions, 85@90c per 100 pounds. Potatoes, $10® 12. Beets, per sack, 75c. Turnips, per sack, 60®60c. Carrots, per sack, $1. Parsnips, per sack, $1. Cauliflower, 50®750 per doz. Celery, 85® 40c Cabbage, native and California $I.oo® 1.50 per 100 pounds. Apples, 35® 50c per bor. Pears, 75c@$1 per box. Prunes, 50c per box. Peaches, 75c. Butter—Creamery, 27c per pound; dairy and ranch, 18® 20c per pound. Eggs, 85c. Cheese—Native, 12@12J^c. Poultry—Old hens, 16c per pound; spring chickens, 15c; turkeys, 16c. Fresh meats —Choice dressed beef steers, prime, 6>£@7c; cows, prime, 6^c; mutton, 7}£c; pork, 6® 7c; veal, 6@Bo. Wheat—Feed wheat, $22. Oats—Choice, per ton, $24. Hay—Puget Sound mixed, $9.50® 10; choice Eastern Washington tim othy, $12. Corn—Whole. $23.50; cracked, $24; feed meal, $23.50. Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton, $24@25; whole, $22. Flour—Patent, per barrel, $3.50; straights, $3.25; California brrnds, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.75; graham, per barrel, $3.60; whole wheat flour. $3.75; rye flour, $4. Millstuffs—Bran, per ton, $14; shorts, per ton, $16. Feed—Chopped feed, $19@21 per ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. Portland Market. Wheat—Walla Walla, 58c; Valley, 61c; Bluestem, 620 per bushel. Flour—Best grades, $3.20; graham, $2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats—Choice white, 42@43c; choice gray, 40 @ 41c per bushel. Barley—Feed barley, $22@25; brew ing, $24 per ton. Millstuffs—Bran, $16 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $16; chop, $15.50 per ton. Hay—Timothy, $9® 10; clover. $7 @8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton. Butter —Fancy creamery, 60® 65c; seconds, 50® 55c; dairy, 45@500 store, 80® 35c. Cheese —Oregon full cream, 11® 13c; Young America, 15c; new cheese, 10c per pound. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $2.50@3 per dozen; hens, $8.50®4.00; springs, $1.25@3; geese, $6.00@7.00 for old, $4.50®) 5 for young; ducks, $4.00® 5.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 11® 12c per pound. Potatoes —60® 70c per sack; sweets, 2c per pound. Vegetables—Beets, 90c; turnips, 75c per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, $1® 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, 75c per sack; beans, 3c per pound; celery, 70® 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 50c per box; peas, B@3>£c per pound. Onions—Oregon, 75c@$l per sack. Hops— 15@18o; 1897 crop, 4@6c. Wool—Valley, 10® 12c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8® 12c; mohair, 26c per pound. Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton. 7}£c; spring lambs, 7 %c per Ib. Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feeders. $3.00@4.00; dressed, $5.00® 5.50 per 100 pounds. Beef—Gross, top steers, 8.50@53.75; cows, $2.50® 3.00; dressed beef, s@6^c per pound. Veal—Large, 6@6>£c; small, 7®Bc per pound. Ban Francisco Market. Wool—Spring—Nevada, 10® 12c per pound; Oregon, Eastern, 10® 12c; Val ley, 15® 17c; Northern, 9® lie. Millstuffs—Middlings, $18@21.00; bran, $15.50® 16.50 per ton. Onions —Silverskin,so@7scper sack. Butter — Fancy creamery, 80c; do seconds, 20® 24c; fancy dairy, 26c; do seconds, 17@21c per pound. Eggs — Store, 18® 22c; fancy ranoh, 85@37^0. Citrus Fruit—Oranges, Valencia, $2 @2.50; Mexican limes, ftt®6.so; Cali fornia lemons, |2.OO@.8OO; do choice, 13.50 @4.50; per box. Martha Washington's Oven. G. L. Brainard, an Oak Park drug gist, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, while searching among some family hen looms recently, found an oven which had once belonged to Martha Washington. In the same trunk was a letter which gave a history of the relic. The oven has the appearance of a ket tle. It is a round iron pot, about six inches deep and thirteen inches in diameter. The sides of the kettle are black. Martha Washington gave the oven to a Mrs. Mary Denning, in 1778, in exchange for some knitting. Mrs. Denning kept it until her death, in 1872. when it came into the possession of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Ren shaw. During the war of 1812 Mrs. Denning, who was living in Brandy wine Manor, Pa., buried the oven in her yard with $300 in it. In 1840 Mrs. Renshaw exchanged the oven for some coal oil and tobacco to E. W. Wright, a storekeeper of Coatesville, Pa. Mrs. Wright kept it until her death, in 1878, when it was stored away with some other furniture and forgotten. C. L. Biainard, a grandson of the storekeeper, visited the old homestead and found the oven. The Manna of the Jews. The manna of the Jews is a lichen (Lichen esculentna, sive Canona escu lenta). The Sahara nomads and the inhabitants of South Algeria call it Ouasehel-Ard (excrement of the earth). It occurs in lumps the size of a pea. The inside resembles a white farina. It must be gathered early for the rays of the sun soon wither it, but it can be kept quite well in closed vessels. Germany has 16,000 union shoe makers. Brew«ry Improvement!. There has been incorporated the Grand Fork* Brewery Company, with a capita] of $10,000, for the purpose of reviving the business of tbe old Grand j Forks brewery and bottling works. The new company will enlarge the present plant to sufficient size to seek the large I trade of this section of British Colum bia. The First Presbyterian church of Morristown. N. J., has had but five sextons since 1748, and but two in 59 years, tbe present one having served 89 ■ *eftrt» LOOKS BAD FOR MRS. BOTKIN. Damaging- Kvldence Introduced at the Murder Trial. San Francisco, Deo. 19.—The defense in the Botkin murder trial today re ceived the worst set-back it has experi enced since the case opened. The evi dence ot two of the witnesses examined today was of such a convincing nature that the chagrin caused by its introduc tion was plainly written upon the faces of the accused woman and her counsel. The evidence clearly showed that Mrs.. Botkin wrote the anonymous letters lent to Mrs. Dunning from this city, apprising Mrs. Dunning of the alleged misconduct of her husband, and in forming her that she had grounds for commencing a suit for divorce. The handkerchief which was inclosed in the box of poisoned candy was proven to have been purchased in this city by Mrs. Botkin, another link in the chain of the prosecution. DEFIANT ONLY IN TALK. Admiral Dewey's Opinion of the Phll- ippine Insurgents. Manila, Deo. 19. — Rear-Ad rairal Dewey, when a press correspondent called upon him today, was courteous and pleasant, but absolutely declineJ to discuss the political situation in the Philippine islands, on the ground that his sphere was purely naval. He then proceeded to cross-examine the corre spondent about everything ashore. He was glad to learn that the insurgents were releasing the sick Spanish sol diers they held as prisoners, notwith standing Aguinaldo's grandiloquent, re fusal to do so. This proves that the insurgents are very conciliatory, in ipite of their defiant talk. Admiral Dewey always believed that the insurgents were friendly, especial ly since the warships of our fleet have visited the different ports of those islands, and since <3om 4 of our officers [lave made tours inland, carefully in vestigating popular sentiment and ju diciously preaching the gospel of peace ful settlement everywhere with highly latisfactory results. Hawaiian Bills. Washington, Dec. 19.—The senate committee on foreign relations made lome progress today with the bill re ported by the Hawaiian oommittee for the government of the Hawaiian islands, but adjourned over without ;ompleting the work. The house com mittee on merchant marine and fisher ies today ordered a favorable report on I bill to extend the navigation laws of the United States to the Hawaiian islands. Ex-Confederates In Soldiers' Homes. Washington, Deo. 19. —Repiesenta- ;ive Rixey, of Virginia, today intro luced a bill for the admission of ex- Donfederate, as well as Union, soldiers, io soldiers' homes. Four Persons Killed by a Train. New York, Dec 19. —A wagon con taining eight persons was struck by a Main on the Pennsylvania railroad to night at the Allen wood crossing, a few miles from Manasquan, N. J., and four people were killed, two fatally injured, and two others seriously injured. The dead are: Mrs. Ellen Allen, Bessie Allen, her daughter; Miss Allie Alger, and Jennie Crammer. The fatally in jured are: David S. Allen, husband of Mrs. Allen, who was killed, and Kate Allen, their daughter. Mr. Allen was of the family of which Allenwood takes its name, and was one of the most prominent men in that part of New Jersey. Dying by Hundreds. San Franoisco, Dec. 19. —On board the steamer Gaelic, which arrived from the Orient today, was Rev. H. W. White, a missionary. He brings news of a terrible condition of affairs exist ing in the Chin-Chow-Fu province, a section 150 miles long and 70 miles wide, inhabited by over 4,500,300 peo ple, mostly farmers. Owing to two successive droughts the crops have been failures, and the people of the province are dying by thousands from starvation and the outlying provinces and the government are doing little to help the suffering. The people of Shang-Tung province are also starving. In some of the villages of the latter place there are hundreds of deaths in a week's time. In Chin-Chow-Fu there have been at many as 180 deaths in one day. Important Mexican Concession. New York, Dec. 19.—A dispatch to the Herald from Mexico City says: The last act of the Mexican congress today was the confirmation of one of the largest concessions ior many years. The concession was granted to Captain A. B. Smith, of Los Angeles, Cal., and his associates for colonizing, steamship and railway enterprises of the first magnitude. The colony lands include many leagues on the Gulf of California, with the condition that a canal be con structed from the lands to Yurna, Cal., and a steamship servioe be placed from the head of the gulf to the southern boundary. The service will also oe ex tended to the Lower California points. The line will comprise six modern steamers. Bound for Home. Paria, Dec. 19.—The American peace commission left for Havre and South ampton tonight, and will sail for Mew York tomorrow on the steamer St. Louis. Killed by a Falling- Wall. Chicago. Dec. 19.—Two firemen, Lieutenant Matthew Myer and Truck man Patrick O'Hern, were killed by the collapse of a wall tonight during a fire in the Palace lively stables, at 8164 Cottage Grove avenue. Several other firemen were seriously hurt, in cluding the following: Lieutenant Albert Lingenberger. leg fractured; Michael O'Hare, skull fractured; Thomas Dillon, skull fractured; Ed ward Creuscuo, back broken. The property loss was about $30,000. Madrid. Deo. 19.—A semi-official note issued today says: "As the American senate must ratify the treaty of peace before it becomes effective, our government should wait for this ratification and not hasten to cede territory which the United States senate may not accept" Darango, Cola, Deo. 19.— News baa reached this city that three men have been killed in the Columbua mine, lo cated in the La Plata diatiict. They are: Bay Burnett, Joseph Paragher and Walter £. Seeling. It ia not known what cawed their death*, Rath White oa tfce »«w J>U»* If you have one of the new dimes, yon are carrying in your pocket * very good picture of Miss Both Whit*, of San Francisco. Mi» White might have sat to Uncle Sam'« artistr~th« re semblance is so close. Mist White was a member of the Castle Square Com pany last season. ______ The Knonnont Gold Frodae* mt IS9S. From South Africa, the Klondike and Australia gold is being shipped in large quantities. This year's output will nearly double that of any previous twelve months. The sale of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters are also increasing very fast. This famous remedy will cure dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, nervousness and weakness. A medical writer in India deolares that segregation of patients, the ony effective way of dealing with the plague, is so repugnant to the Hindoos that they prefer to die by the million rather than submit to it. Strong m » Steel Ramrod. If you want to feel your spine is a pipe stem ready to snap, just get lum bago. If you want to feel as strong as a steel ramrod, use St Jacobs Oil; it has magic. It is estimated that all the gold mined in California since 1848 could be put into a room 12 yards long. 6 yards wide and 5 2-3 yards high. CITC Permanently Cured. No fits or nervonsnes III* after first day's use Of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FJSlfi B S*.OO trial bottle and treatise. DR. B. H. KT.FSB, Ltd., WO atnet, Philadelphia, pa. " -: , Australia sends cocoanut oil to Eng land. For Lung and chest diseases, Piso'sCure is the best medicine we have used.—Mrs. J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Out.. Canada. Thunder can be heard nine miles away. If you want the best wind mill, pumps, tanks, plows, wagons, bells of all sizes boilers, engines, or general machinery, see or write JOHN POOLE, foot of Morrison street, Portland, Oregon. Dallas, Texas, has a colored printer's union. When coming to San Francisco go to Brooklyn Hotel, 208-212 Bush V street. American or European plan. >' Boom ". and -board $1.00 to 1.50 per day; rooms 50 cents to $1.00 per day; single meals 25 cents. Free coach. Chas. Montgomery. * The aristocracy of % China and Spain will agree that it has been a very hard year for boy monarchs. ■'■■■ DEAFNESS CANNOT BI CITBM> • By local application*, as they cannot reach the ■ diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. J Deafness is caused by an in* flamed condition of - the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. «■ When this tube • gets in- . flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper fect hearing, and when It is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflamma tion can be taken out and this tube restored to ; Its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases out oi I ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed . condition of the mucous surfaces. - - We will give • One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Core. Bend fox circular* free^ J. CHISNEY A Tol^ Q Bold by Druggists, 750, : Hall's Family Fills are the best. P Massachusetts claims to have more different kinds of native trees than any kingdom in Europe; the number \ ex ceeding 50, among them being nine large oaks. - . Sinking; of the Merriinae. ;: - The complete story of the sinking of the Merrimao and the capture and im prisonment of her crew at ' Santiago, will be graphically told in an article by Osborn W. Deignan, U. S. Navy, late helmsman of the Merrimac, in the Jan uary Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, : now 10 cents, and Jto be published De cember The story will be fully and richly illustrated with authentic portraits of Hobson and all the crew, :besides many new drawings especially. prepared under Mr. Deignan's personal supervision. ' Other features - promised for f; the : January,; Frank Leslie's are: Bret Harte's new story "Jack Hamlin's Mediation"; ]■■ Joaquin Miller's "In a ■ Klondike Cabin?; 4 and Thomas '■ ft. Dawley's "Campaigning With Gomes." . DR. DARRIN, SPECIALIST. Submits a List of Special Diseases He Treats With Electricity and Medicine. PRIVATE DISEASES—GIeet, Gonor rhea, Stricture, SypbiHis, Weakness of Organs quickly cured without pain or de tention from business. LOST MANHOOD and vigor quickly re stored ; varicocele, weak and undeveloped parts fully restored. LADIES who suffer from apathy, indif ference, nervous debility or diseases pecu liar to women, can consult the doctor with perfect confidence. BLADDER, Inflammation, Cystitis, Ca tarrh of the Bladder. -These diseases in variably yield to this treatment. VARICOCELE, Hydrocele, Piles, Fis tula, Swelling and Tenderness of Glands, and Shrunken Organs treated with unfail ing success. KIDNEYS. Inflammation of the Kid neys. Diabetes, Congestion of the Kidneys, Uraemia, Gravel, Stone, all scientifically and successful lv treated. BLOOD AND SKIN Diseases, Sores, Spots, Pimples, Scrofula, Syphilitic Taints, Tumors, Rheumatism, Eruptions, etc., promptly cured, leaving the system in a pure, strong and healthful state.' YOUNG MEN, If you are troubled with tired feelings, gloomy forebodings, palpi- y» '* - $40 CASH, $45 install^ if '" V\f/tf \" \\ -' * "Best WhMli on B»rth ".^ I^^EcjC I " 1) 1» IdMli 122.80, |25, |30. Send for c»t*«" \V: NJ/Wy \V // , lave agenU wanted everywhere. V_ • V: -^ : PORTLAND. SPOKANE. TACO1 * i^SajKl" . PORTLAND. W SPOKANE. lilu ,j- WILLAMET IRON WORKS HAHVrAOTUBIBS Of • . '-£ ENGINES. BOILERS Baw Mill and Mining Machinery. Dealers to Floor BO and Grain Cleaning Machinery and Supplies. »0^ Ing Promptly Attended to. _ WOII THE BEST. PRICES THE LOWiST.c:-: ....PORTL^; ——————i —. —, 1 ■' ■ .«. S M Don t ntrtect yonwelf j it ta th« ■ M :2^ perfect fitting trow applied In I. M i .> fe«son which effects a our*; th« ■ M imperfect neTer; 2,060 styles to i l^ft^ •elect from enables us Ito fuar ■ m if toot I M drJ?«l«t does not imp them I I JSSO U* dlf^iOMlOt self. IM^ mSSSmSa?Vod'u^Ss^rM? 1V aSdi £** Ob-r^SS ** all From nara work or <wJm?* soreness and stiffness ■eTr* ll%: up. St. Jacobs Oil win L B and iZ fewapplicationsandmSltlf S limber and strong. tbe «nn«tli: Ml«ht Prevent R« t , According to the Auatrai; '„ land Diggers' Hewt * r?>** created among the nativ >> by an absurd idea they hJve % in vaccination against ,1 urn tb^ti Btob^d^K>8tob^ d^K > as they put it, will prevent °' WH ing. The result is that a Jo?* 1* have suddenly left for their klf^' many as 400 depositing their « ; j onejiay. .; g Ueir To Cure a Cold in On. n •V * Take Laxative Bromo oil?. • , *' ■ All druggists refund money f I T,abl* cure. 25c. ' v ll fails |J Leather money circulated in » ■ so recently as the time of pL **■ Great. - ■ etei M THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF fig is due not only to the origi naUt { simplicity of the combination bat 2" to the care and skill with whi<* JJ manufactured by scientific procl! known to the California FiaSml ; Co. only, and we wish to impreaS all the importance of purchasing true and original remedy. AiU genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactoj by the California Fig Sikcp & nly, a knowledge of that fact »a assist one in avoiding the worthy imitations manufactured byother» ties. The high standing of the Cm : fornia Fig Stkup Co. with the d* cal profession, and the satisfy which, the genuine Syrup of Fin W given to millions of families, makti the name of the Company a guaranti ! of the excellence of its remedy. ft|[ \ far in advance of all other laiatha as it acts on the kidneys, liver vi bowels without irritating or weak* f ing them, and it does not gripe not nauseate. In order to get its benefit effects, please remember the name 4 the Company— CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP OH ! SAN FRANCISCO, Cat LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW Y«KE,U ■■ A big yield of both II H profit and satisfaction II ■ ■ will result if you plant || [FERRYS Seeds] HH They are nlm t» tht ?>;»«. II H^lßo not accept soy i i"l ■■ ■ ■ tute— bay none oat Feni'i, MB ■ ■ Bold by all dealers. V rice for ■■ ■ ■ the » Seed Ann«a:- free. ■■ ■ I D.M.FERRY&ro. D3{roit,¥t!i.M YiTLIVEIIII Moor*' Revealed Remedy will doit In ! doses will make you feel better. Get It hi your druggist or any wholesale drug hooM from Stewart & Holmes Drug Co.. Seattle. :■■''■ Gut lyciLC Woodard > Clarke&Co.. m r p rSE tation of the heart, hot flushes, bloodm* ing to the head, ringing in the ears. w» dering mind, weak niemory, dark emu under the eyes, dizziness, poor appetiw, stupidness, despondency, loss of enerp, ambition and self-confidence, which at* lutely unfits you for study or business,** should take treatment before it is too l» MIDDLE-AGED AND OLD MR There are thousands of you troubled win weak, aching backs and kidneys, andott« unmistakable signs of nervous debility*" premature decay. Many die of this i& culty, ignorant of the cause, which v «• second stage of seminal weakness. i» most obstinate cases of this cbancw treated with unfailing success. HEART, BRAIN A:<D NEBVEB. W ficult breathing and suffocating M"* fullness of the head, a tired, injttW» contented feeling and fear of imP«";i danger or death, a dread of being alont* the reverse—desire to be alone, tj* memory is failing, and you are gloom? ?» despondent, or.if you dream much oroij and have an aversion to society, y» suffering from a serious disease 01 nerves, brain and heart. You have nou^ to lose. Call at once on Dr. Dwjjj 265 Morrison street, Portland. How. to 5; evenings, 7 to 8; Sundays, ww Examination free and confidential, t culars and question blanki sent tree. cures published of a private ™txx*JZ, teries and belts furnished when neaw Patients writing please mmtiontuspT" —" —" —■ "jjoTw-iJt',