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THE HEALTH OF YOUNC WOMEN Two of Them Helped by Mrs. Pinknana Read their Letters. " Dear Mas. Phkham : I am sixteen years old and am troubled with my monthly sickness. It is very irregular, occurring only once in two or three months, and also very painful. I also suffer with cramps and once In a while pain strikes me in the heart and I have drowsy headaches. If ther-. is anything you can do for me, I will gladly follow your advice. Miss Maky Gomes, Aptoa, Cal., July 31, 1898. "Dear Mks. Pin k h a m : After receiv ing your letter I began the use of your reme- Lyd'ia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Com pound and Blood Purifier. I am now regular every month and suffer no pain. Your medicine is the best that any suf fering girl can take." Miss Mabv Gomes, Aptos, Cal., July 6, 1899. Nervous and Dizzy "Dear Mrs. Pink ham : I wish to express my thanks to you for the great benefit I have received from the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. I suffered constantly from ter rible sideache, had chills, was nervous and dizzy. I had tried different kinds of medicine but they all failed entirely. After taking three bottles of Vegetable Compound and three of Blood Purifier I am a 11 right. I cannot thank you enough for what your remedies have done for me." Miss Matilda Jensen, Box 18, Ogdensburg, Wis., June 10, 1899. Elevation Desirable. Lady (with high hat) I beg yom pardon, but I forgot my opera class. Would you kindly lend me yours just a moment? Tyrant Man (in the seat behind) Verv sorry, madam, but I need it to sit on. X. Y. Weekly, Try Allen's Foot Ease, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and mates walking easy. Cures ingrowing nails, swnolen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Believes corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. We have 30,000 testimonials. Try it today. Sold bv all druggists and shoe dealers for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olmstead, Lelioy, N. Y. The Occasion "Oh, yes; Prof. Groskopf is quite phlegmatic In fact, I never knew him to be excited, except once." ' -What was the trouble then?" 'He couldn't find his pipe." Puck. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature Fire Escape. ' 'My mother found my little brothei putting his stockings on wrong side out this morning." "Yes? What did she do?" "Turned the hose on him." Harvard Lampoon. Beware of Ointment for Catarrh That Contain Mercury. As 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 you 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 Cur be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi monials free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. Hall's Family Fills are the best. The problem of Indian education seems to be solved by the Indians them selves. In the territory the Chicka saws have five colleges and the Creeks have 10. The Choctaws have no col lges, but have 160 common schools in which the higher branches are taught. The expenses of educating the Indians are borne by the federal government. The oldest story in the world proba bly is the one told by the boys when they return from hunting: that they killed a duck, but that they couldn't find it. ' If a man has a little ability, people abuse him because he does not "do" more. No boy thinks he has had enough candy until he has started a tooth to aching. J 11 7 A, fc aw t fill illlli kHIf Prfill tMwwfiHfaiiHRiliM lllPMiflPl' jBeSrmBsis-W IS wjMaipTq ptog "! ! Ed Bt san -poop hiiu -diu'g nation jsoe HI PBI TBW MH Tf 381HM 838ftfl Hi ijggrfffrriihOT'HPwjy EMPRESS OF CHINA. FORMER SLAVE GIRL ATTRACT ING ATTENTION. The Marvelous Rise to Power of One of the Century's Most Remarkable Women Can at Present Cause or Prevent War. The disturbances in China, with the now celebrated Boxers as the central figures, have brought the Empress of the Celestial Kingdom a prominence unsurpassed by any other reigning monarch and again place conspicu ously before the public one of the cen tury's most remarkable women. A sketch of the noble lady's life outclass es any fiction ever written. The Empress was the daughter of a Manchu nobleman of Pekin. Her fa ther lost his fortune and his political position and wandered from Pekln to Canton, where fortune was so unkind to him that want forced him to sell his daughter, Tsl An, to a merchant of that place. In his household she be came a slave. She was reared and educated as a slave and escaped the fashionable Mongolian torture of hav ing her feet compressed. Her duty compelled her to do all the marketing for the family, and she learned to read and write and displayed remarkable ability. She was liberated in 1848 at her own entreaty when she desired to enter the great competition among young girls between 15 and 18 years of age for the position of concubines or secondary wives of the Emperor. The ruler, Hien Fung, had made the usual proclamation for all eligible Manchu maidens to appear at the Im perial palace in Pekln for examina tion. Tsi An appeared with the rest and stood the test so well that she was oft of those chosen. The court authorities pronounced her a faultless specimen of womanhood; well brought up in ethics and possess ing all the virtues needful to the sex; in the front rank in accomplishments; in intelligence the equal of the gradu ate of the first imperial examination. The examinations over, to her delight, although, it Is said, uot to her surprise, she was among the first ten of the list of successful candidates. She was taken to the palace and there installed in one of the suites of rooms in the woman's quarter. Here began her wonderful career of Intrigue. She paid particular attention to the Empress, and at the same time conducted herself with such tact and wisdom as to make friends and few or no enemies among the hundreds of other women In the imperial household. Thus was the slave girl brought face to face with opportunities, and adroitly did she take advantage of It. She soon became the favorite of the Emperor and even supplanted his head wife. The head wife bears the title Empress of the East; but Tsl An found out that there was an obsolete title, the highest that could be given to a concubine, Em press of the West, and she persuaded the Emperor to bestow it on her. Hien Fung died in 1860, and Tsi An's son, Tung Chi, succeeded to the throne under the regency of the two Empress es and his uncle, Prince Kung. Tsl An dominated the board, and ruled with a strong hand, putting down the Tal Ping rebellion in a manner that called itttention to her talents. In 1875 Tung Chi died and his wife did not long sur vive him. The 4-year-old son of a Manchurian noble was then placed on the throne under the same regency. In 1881 the Empress of the East died and left Tsl An with a free hand over the infant Emperor, whom she punished and even imprisoned when he did not yield obedience. She is now In control as absolute as can be imagined, al though her nominal title is Empress Dowager. The obscure and mysteri ous east has furnished no more won derful story than the career of this remarkable woman who arose from a slave girl to an Empress over 300, 300,000 people. SAFE OR DOUBTFUL STATES. Work Done in Both Sorts by Presi dential Campaigners. Politics to-day means organization, the same thorough, efficient, compre hensive organization that one finds In the management of a great railroad Or any other large business, says Scrib ner's. The National Committee works in conjunction with the State commit tees. There are some States so hope lessly antagonistic that to make a fight there would be simply to sacrifice mon ey and effort. To keep the enemy fully occupied, a sham campaign Is some times made in such States, but the managers never count on carrying them. The real fighting ground is in the un certain and doubtful States. These States must be carried to spell success, and it is here that the campaign will wage with deadly fierceness from the day after the nomination has been made until the day before the ballots are cast. To bring to their support every voter In the State the two com mitteesthe Republican and the Demo cratic will endeavor to put in the hands of every male of voting age, without regard to present or past affili ations, literature presenting the posi tion of the party on the great Issues of the day. To do this millions of docu ments are printed in every modern lan guage, and through the literary bureau given circulation. The head of the liferary bureau is the most important of the national Chair man'0 subordinate. He must, in a few DOWAGER EMPRESS OF CHINA. weeks, create the machinery for iha distribution of these documents; he must attend to their preparation and printing; he must have an instinctive knowledge where to distribute his liter- ature. In one State "imperialism," for instance, may really be the great Issue, and the two chairmen will endeavor to flood that State with arguments for and against It. Not only will the speeches of the leaders In Congress be placed In the hands of the voters, but there will also be distributed carefully written articles, prepared with all the Ingenuity and sophistry which trained writers know how to employ. Anything can be proved by figures, and in the course of a Presidential campaign any argument advanced on one side Is sure to be controverted by the other. SI epinj on the March. Some philpsopher has said that a man with a strong mind can sleep or keep awake at will. Perhaps that philos opher never tried forced marching In a tropical country. Owen S. Watkins, who was In the last Sudan campaign with General Ktchener, tells of seeing an adjutant and a senior major riding side by side on long marches, so that 'f they fell asleep they could lean on each other and uot fall from their sad dles. Mr. Watkins repeats some -queer stories that were told him, without say ing that they are true. But If truth is stranger than fiction, one of them at least Is strange enough to be true. It is about a transport master, who rode In the rear of his train of camels. He had been very busy, and had slept little for a week. The day was hot, and for comfort be bad removed his helmet and belt Then he fell asleep. Pretty soon the jolting of his camel unseated him, and he rolled to the soft ground unhurt. In fact, he was not even awakened. When at last he did wake, the caravan was out of sight and he could not tell how long he had been sleeping. There he was, the master of that column of transport camels, alone In the desert, unarmed and with not even a covering for his head. As nothing was to be gained by stay ing where he was, he started to follow the trail, and had hurried along for some time before he noticed by the fast setting sun that he bad started back, instead of ahead, on the trail of the camels. He turned, and fortunate ly a camel and driver soon met him. They had been sent back from the caravan, not to search for him, strange ly enough, but to look for some article that had been lost by the way. Indian Marriage Promise. A young Indian falling In his atten tion to a young squaw, she made com plaint to an old chief, who appointed a hearing or trial. The lady laid her case before the Judge, and explained the na ture of the promise made her. It con sisted of sundry visits to her wigwam, many little undefinable attentions and presents, a bunch of feathers, and sev eral yards of red flannel. This was the charge. The faithless swain denied the "undefinable attentions" in toto. He had visited her father's wigwam for the purpose of passing away time, when It was not convenient to hunt; and had given the feathers and flannel from friendly motives, and nothing fur ther. During the latter part of the de fense the young squaw fainted. The plea was considered invalid, and the offender sentenced to give the lady "a yellow feather, a brooch that was dangling from his nose, and a dozen coon skins." The sentence was no sooner concluded than the squaw sprang upon her feet, and, clapping her hands, exclaimed with joy, "Now me be ready to court again." Home Life of a Duchess. Her grace Consuelo is a devoted mother, and her two boys occupy the most charming suite of rooms in the palace of Blenheim; they are as closely guarded from amateur photographers as from kidnappers, and on "show days," when the palace is open to the public, they are wheeled about the kitchen gardens In their blue and white perambulators. On other days their nurses take them for long jaunts in the 350 acres of private grounds which surround the palace, and to the vari ous schools and institutions of which the young duchess is patroness. The Woodstock almshouse petticoat has be come famous since Consuelo came to Blenheim. Hitherto the red flannel gar ments worn by the women inmates of the almshouse had measured three yards round. Consuelo heard that new clothing would not be despised by the paupers, and she had ten petticoats made. Five and a half yards of flannel were used In each garment What St rack Htm. Like the dyspeptic who said that the only food he ever liked was the food he couldn't get, a certain Patrick once a soldier, now a family servant seems to have been especially susceptible to what may be called negative impres sions. This son of Erin, says the Paris American Register, brought an honor able scar or two from India. Once he described his part in a bat tlethe advance, the gallop, the charge, and how, as one rider fell dead from his saddle, the death grip of his fingers on his pistol discharged -it and killed his own horse. "What struck you most forcibly when all was over and you looked back to It?" asked a friend. "Ah," said the old servant reflec tively, "I think, sir" with simplicity "that what struck me most forcible, sir, was the bullets that missed me!" Stop It Instantly. "Pa, will 'teeney-weeney' rhyme with 'eeny-meeny?' " "Stop it, my boy! Stop it lnstanter! We don't want any Alfred Austins in this happy family." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Discord. She The minister's sermon didn't harmonize with his text. He No; he evidently forgot his notes. Chicago News. Horses in Australia. In 1800 there were 200 horses in Aus tralia; In 1900 there are 2,000,000. When you call on anyone, and 1m says, "Hello, where did yon come from?" be is not glad fb see you, r GILLMORE'S SPANISH FRIEND. Kind Deed of an Enemy, Which Mat with Quick Recognition. During the period of his Imprison ment by the Filipinos, Lieut. Gillmore and his men were at one time thrown into an old barrack with a party of Spanish prisoners, including a major general, says the Havana Post. The latter, in some way, obtained money, which he divided among his men, and with great generosity sent fifty Mexi can dollars to Lieut. Gillmore, asking him to accept them with his compli ments. Gillmore made the condition that it should be considered a loan, to which the Spanish general graciously assented, and he used the money to buy shoes and clothing for his men, some thing they sadly needed, for they were almost naked. After his rescue Gillmore learned that the Spanish general, who had also es caped from the Filipinos, was In the city of Manila, and he offered him fifty silver dollars as repayment of the loan. The general was quite Indignant and refused to accept it. When Gillmore reminded him of the agreement he smiled and said that he had consented to it only because he feared the Ameri cans would not accept the money other wise. other naval officers at Manila, who . passed around a paper and collected a j handsome sum, which was expended i in the purchase of the most appropriate and expensive piece of sliver that could be found in Manila. It was engraved with a brief statement of facts and pre sented to the Spanish general with ap propriate ceremonies as a token of grat itude and admiration from the navy of the United States. Then he was In vited to a reception upon the flagship, where every officer In the fleet who could be spared welcomed him and thanked him in person for his kindness to Gillmore and his men. Sixty-two new silk factories were es tablished in the United States In the past year. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men has gained over 3,700 members in the past year. The carpenters of Dallas, Texas, have secured the eight-hour day and several minor concessions. German locomotive engineers receive a gold medal and 100 for every ten years' service without a mishap. The Great Northern Railway Com pany offers 10,000 shares of stockatpar to employes receiving less than $3,000 a year. The London (Eng.) County Council has reported a plan to spend $2,500,000 in building double cottages, with gar Jens attached for workingmen, the rent of which will be from $1.20 to $2.40 per week. During the last fiscal year 50,269,000 passengers were carried over the rail ways of Connecticut, not one of whom was killed in transit. The percentage of serious accidents was also remark ably low. The annual convention of the West ern Federation of Miners at Denver, Colo., denounced the abuse of the judi cial power by judges and favors restric tion to be placed at once on Japanese Immigration. The Minneapolis Barbers' Union' has become celebrated for starting a legal contention for the closing of barber shops on Sunday under the Minnesota law and which has traversed all the grades of adjudication from the squire's court to the Supreme Court of the Uni ted States, where Chief Justice Fuller delivered an opinion confirming the constitutionality of the law. Attorney General Douglass, of Minnesota, repre sented the State, and a wealthy rall oad man bore the expense of the fight ior Sunday opening, claiming an In fringement with Individual liberty and interference with an occupation of pub lic necessity. Frightened. It was in the kitchen of a small flat. The occupants were a little, girl of 8 years of age, and her loving mother and doting grandmother who were engaged in an animated conversation. Suddenly the grandmother discovered that the teakettle was steaming away, and need ed replenishing from thehydrant. The Chicago Record gives the story as fol lows: She took the kettle from the stove, but had hardly taken two steps when she collided with the child. There were two almost simultaneous shrieks, and then the mother, uttering a third one, darted forward and caught the cherub In her arms, her frantic exclamations mingling with the agonized wall of the child and the hysterical sobs of the grandmother. In about two minutes the child's face was covered with layers of sweet oil, white of egg, sanitary cotton and flour, and the grandmother-was speeding round the corner on the way to the family doctor's. The doctor came and removed the layers of emollients. Then he laughed heartlessly, and asked the women why they had called him. "There Is nothing the matter with the child's face," he said. "It must be her arms and shoulders," said the mother. "Tell mother where you are hurt, darling V" "I ain't hurt," said the child, "but grandma screamed so she scared me." 8ome Freak Plants. There is a plant in Jamaica called the life plant, because it seems almost impossible to kill it. When a leaf is t off and hung up by a string it sends t white, thread-like roots, gathers oisture from the air, and begins to grow new leaves. In South America is a flower which can only be seen when the wind is blowing. The plant belongs to the cactus family, and when the wind blows a number of beautiful flowers protrude from little lumps on the stalk. New.' York Worlds A cheap woman's way of abusing a, man Is to pity his wife. A BUSINESS VESTRYMAN. Figured Oat How Much the Parish Lost by Ministerial Exchanges. A clergyman who failed to recognize the fact that his "settlement" included business as well as spirituality, was re minded of his relapse by a parishioner who did not think a two-thousand-dollar man could afford to allow a flfteen-hundred-dollar man to do his work. "Harper's Drawer" tells how the cler gyman was made to see the business side of his calling. Some years ago, In one of my parish es, I had a vestryman who was an ex cellent man and my warm personal friend. In the neighborhood lived a clerical brother, an excellent and popu lar man, with whom I often exchanged pulpits. His salary was fifteen hun dred dollars and a rectory, while mine was two thousand dollars, with a simi lar provision for my shelter. One very hot summer, not being In good health, I exchanged several times with him, so as to save preparing ser mons. One day I went Into the large store of my vestryman to have a chat with him, which he opened as follows: "You have lately exchanged a good deal with Mr. ." "Yes, sir," I replied. "He Is a fine preacher, and every one in the parish admires him." T know that," said he, "I like him very much; but what is his salary?" "Fifteen hundred dollars and a rec tory." "But what are we paying you?" I told him. "Well," he put in, "have you consid ered how much this parish loses by these exchanges?" I told him I had not made that calcu lation. "Nine dollars and sixty cents is the loss per Sunday," was the statement of this careful guardian of the financial interests of his parish. RECOVERED HER TEETH. Chase of a Woman After a Pun that Had Taken Her Molars. Philadelphians on Diamond street were very much interested the other day in watching the chase of a young woman stylishly dressed after, a pug dog. The wind was high and during a gust that came around a corner the young woman sneezed, gently at first and then with some degree of violence. A cry of alarm escaped her Hps as something resembling a string of pearls fell from her mouth to the pavement. For an Instant the object glittered on the ' sidewalk, when the frisky dog DOG BUNS OFF WITH FALSE TEETH. bounded to the spot picked up the glistening thing and bounded off again. Blushing, the girl, in her perplexity, cast a wistful glance at the dog In the distance. Quickly she placed her trembling hand over her mouth and kept it there, while she started in pur suit of the dog. The chase was excit ing. Pedestrians paused to watch. After many turns, rushes, dodges and halts the pretty maiden caught the dog at Tenth street. The animal fell pros trate at her commands. "Drop it FIdo; drop It!" she cried. The dog obeyed, opened its mouth and dropped upon the pavement with great reluctance the proud maiden's et of false teeth. Exchange. Rough on the Job Master. "A few days since," relates a solic itor, "as I was sitting with my friend D , in his office, a man came in and said: " 'Mr. W , the livery stable keeper, tricked me shamefully yesterday, and I want to be even with him.' " 'State your case,' said D . 'I asked him how much he'd charge me for a horse to go to Richmond. He said half a sovereign. I took the horse, and when I came back he said he want ed another half sovereign for coming back, and made me pay it "D gave his client some legal ad vice, which he immediately acted upon, as follows. He went to the livery stable keeper, and said: " 'How much will you charge for a horse to go to Windsor?" "The man replied: " 'A sovereign.' "Client accordingly went to Windsor, came back by rail, and went to the liv ery stable keeper, saying: " 'Here is your money,' paying him a sovereign. " 'Where Is my horse?' said W . " 'He's at Windsor,' answered the client. T hired him only to go to Windsor!' " ' Conundrum. A good conundrum is like an inani mate object, because it cannot die. A correspondent of the New York Sun recalls one propounded by the poet John Godfrey Saxe, and mentioned to the writer by one of his daughters. Al though of reputable age, it is apparent ly new in print and so is repeated here: Can yon tell me why a hypocrite's eye can better descry than you can, or I, upon how many toes a pussy cat goes? A hypocrite neat can best counter felt and so, I suppose, can best count her toes. Probably. Haughty Lady (who has purchased a stamp) Must I put it on myself? Postoffice Assistant (very politely) Not necessarily, ma'am; It will proba bly accomplish more tf you put it on the letter. Tit-Bits. When a woman tells a hired girl story to her company, they wonder how often her husband has been compelled to hear It If a father calls his 12-year-old child at 0 o'clock at night, and asks that It go te bad, some people call It a "roast" A Writ Romantic Novslist. The Century Company announces the discovery of a new romantic novelist in a young New Yorker, Miss Bertha Runkle, whose maiden effort is to be The Century's leading piece of fiction for the next eight months, beginning in the August number. It is described as a dramatic romance of love and ad venture, and is entitled "The Helmet of Navarre." The scene is Paris dur ing the siege by Henry of Navarre, and the action occupies but four days ot the week preceding the Sunday when Henry entered the city. The story is full of vigorous action, and the plot is said to be one of fascinating interest. The Trust Problem To a thoughtful mind is one of serious im port, for it creeps upon society before you are aware of its existence, in this respect much resembling the various disorders which attack the stomach, such as consti pation, indigestion and dyspepsia. Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters is the one reliable remedy for all such ailments. Religious Conserving" Power. Man today begins life in a garden of innocence and purity, wherein are the divinest possibilities, but where there is also the subtle spirit awaiting the chance to beguile. In every walk, as he grows to muturity, are impressions made on the plastic soul, and ever present is the intelligence, working of ten for good, but which may in self sufficiency beguile to evil paths. It is here religion seaks, reminding men of God. Rev. J, K. Smyth. One result of the installation of the corn kitchen at the Paris fair has been a widespread agitation in that country in favor of the appointment of a com mission by the government for the pur pose of visiting the United States and ascertaining the best means of introduc ing corn in France. If a man living in this part of the country should tire of fried eggs, we don't know what on earth he would eat for breakfast. If you want to make trouble for an enemy, tell his wife, that a daughter in the family has musical talents which must not be buried. HEAD ACHE "Both my wire and myself have been using CASCARETS and they are the best medicine we have ever had in the house. Last week my wife was frantic with headache for two days, she tried some of your CASCARETS. and they relieved the pain in her head almost Immediately. We both recommend Cascareta " Chas. Stiukford. Pittsburg Safe & Deposit Co. , Pittsburg, Pa. CANDY CATHARTIC toads maiih asoamnKo Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. 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By ' 'appearing at perfect ease in so ciety," is meant that one laughs and talks as loud as if on the back porch at home. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth ing Syrup the best remedy to use for thfr children during the teething period. The gossips in Bible days must have had a good time, if they knew of the things going on that the Bible tells about. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'Brien. 322 Tliird Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan 6, 1900. It is better to be defeated in a good cause than to be victorious in an un righteous one. United Presbyterian. Down in the Dumps. Sad, with a heavy, anxious let ling the blues! The liver iieeds quick attention. Take Cascareta Candy Cathartic at once! All druggists, 10c, 25c", 50c. Parkhurst on John 3:16. 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