The New Age (Portland)

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KALISPELL KALISPELL, MONTANA D. R. PEELER, Pres, F. J. LEBERT, V. Pres, R. E. WEBEST, W. D. LAWSON, A. Cash. Tracts a general banking business. Drafts issued, available in all cities of the United States and Europe, Hong Kong and Manila. Collections made on favorable terms. LADD & TILTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon Established in 1859. Transact a General Banking Business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Collections made at all points on favorable terms. Letters of Credit issued available in Europe and the Eastern States. Sight Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Omaha, San Francisco and various points in Oregon, New York, Chicago and British Columbia. Exchange sold on London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt and Hong Kong. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND, OREON J. C. AINSWORTH, President. W. B. AYER, Vice-President. R. W. SCHMEER, Cashier A. M. WRIGHT, Assistant Cashier. Transacts a general banking business. Drafts issued, available in all cities of the United States and Europe, Hong Kong and Manila. Collections made on favorable terms. THE PENINSULA BANK ST. JOHNS, ORE. Capital, fully paid up, $25,000.00. Surplus and undivided profits, $3,000.00. Commenced Business June 5, 1905. OFFICERS: J. W. FORDNEY, President; R. T. PLATT, Vice President; C. A. WOOD, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: R. T. Fordney, R. T. Platt, F. C. Knapp, W. A. Brewer, H. L. Powers. Thos. Cochran, M. L. Holbrook, C. A. Wood. "Oldest Bank in the State of Washington." DEXTER, HORTON & CO. Capital $200,000 Deposits $7,580,000 BANKERS Surplus and undivided profits $425,000 Accounts of Northwest Pacific Banks solicited upon terms which will grant to them the most liberal accommodations consistent with their salaries and responsibilities. Wm. M. Ldki, President; L. L. Fordney, President; C. A. WOOD, Cashier, Seattle, Washington. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORT TOWNSEND Established 1882. Collections promptly made and remitted. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND OREGON Surplus, $1,000,000 Deposits, $13,000,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK of North Yakima, Wash. TACOMA, WASH. UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY Capital $200,000 Surplus $200,000 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OFFICERS--Chester Thorne, President; Arthur Albertson, Vice President and Cashier Frederick A. Rice, Assistant Cashier; Delbert A. Young, Assistant Cashier. JNO. C. AINSWORTH, Pres. JNO. B. BAKEE, Vice Pres. P. C. KAUFFMAN, 2d Vice Pres. A. G. PRICHARD, Cashier F. P. HASKELL, JR. Assistant Cashier. General Banking CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $390,000 Safe Deposit Vaults SAVINGS DEPARTMENT: Interest at the rate of 3 per cent per Annum, Credited Semi-Annually TACOMA, WASHINGTON ALFRED COOLIDGE, Pres. A. F. McCLAINE Vice Pres AARON KUHN, Vice Pres. CHAS. E. BSCRIBER, Cashier. D. C. WOODWARD, Asst. Cashier. THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Colfax Wash. Capital. $120,000.00 Transacts a general banking business. Special facilities for handling Eastern Washington and Idaho items. VANCOUVER NATIONAL BANK Vancouver, Wash. Leading Financial Institution in Southwestern Washington UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS, $50,000 ASSETS, $1,000,000 LEVI ANKENY President: E. G. CRAWFORD) Vice President: W. P. CONNAWAY, Cashier DIRECTORS Lest Ankeny, Harry Ladd Corbett, W. P. Crawford, E. G. Crawford, W. W. McCredit THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ESTABLISHED 1881 JOHN LAMB, DAVID ASKEGAARD, LEW A. HUNTOON, ARTHUR H. COSTAIN, President Vice President Cashier Asst. Cashier Interest Paid on Time Deposits FIRST NATIONAL BANK of East Grand Forks, Minn. Farm Loans Negotiated. Fire and Cyclone Insurance Written. Does a THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA U. S. Government Depositary. DIRECTORS: J. M. Berry, A. B. Conley, F. J. Holmes, F. M. Bykit, F. L. Meyers, Geo. L. Deaver, G. Palmer The Merchants National Bank Of St. Paul, Minnesota UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital, $1,000,000.00 | Surplus, $500,000.00 Transacts a general banking business. Correspondence invited OFFICERS—KENNETH CLARK, President; GEO. H. PRINCE, Vice President; H. W. PARKER, Cashier; H. VAN VLECK, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS—Crawford Livingston, Kenneth Clark, J. H. Skinner, Louis W. Hill, Geo. H. Prince, C. H. Bigelow, R.D. Noyes, V. M. Watkins, L. P. Ordway, F. B. Kellogg, E.N. Saunders, Thomas A. Marlow, W. B. Parsons, J. M. Hannaford, Charles P. Noyes. WILLAMETTE IRON & STEEL WORKS FOUNDERS • MACHINISTS • ENGINEERS PORTLAND—OREGON—U.S.A. Our new plant on Front St., between Seventeenth and Nineteenth Sts., is the most modern Engineering Plant on the Pacific Coast. Work placed with us will be executed with efficiency and despatch. VOL. XI. Portland Capital, $500,000 SURPLUS 725,000 911T501 PARKLAND THE PARKLAND 1899 PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1907. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Event of the Past Week. Mayor Dunne has carried the Chicago Democratic primaries. Slight earthquakes are still felt in San Francisco occasionally. Taft is going to Cuba in April to investigate conditions there. The Japanese minister and Secretary Root are working on a new treaty. A Kentucky woman has just given birth to five children. All are doing well. Senator Bailey, of Texas, says all charges are false and he would like to shoot accusers. Tawney says the present session of congress will appropriate more than one billion dollars. Frederick T. Gates, Rockefeller's business representative, says the oil king's income is about $20,000,000 per year. Trainmen of the West are demanding increase of wages and as the railroad companies are inclined to refuse, trouble may follow. An association has been formed in Chicago for the purpose of holding the largest corn exposition next fall ever attempted in the United States. The Connecticut tax commissioner offered to sell an appointment and now he is out. The Alabama railway commission has ordered a 2-cent passenger rate on all railways. A Northern Pacific train was ditched near Paha, Wash. Floods had weakened a trestle. Wisconsin railroads are complying with the order of the railroad commission for a $2\frac{1}{2}$ cent passenger rate. The Great Northern announces that all blockades in the Northwest from the recent storms have been cleared. Sickness of a juror in the Hermann trial has caused the selection of a new man and started the case at the beginning again. The Nebraska legislature has passed a 2-cent passenger rate bill. The governor openly favors the measure, so it is likely to become law. The National Red Cross society has sent 7,500 bushels of seed wheat to famine districts of China. The Pacific Steamship company carries it free. Melting snow has again caused serious wasbouts on the O. R. & N. The main line is not seriously affected. The Pendleton-Walla Walla and Shaniko branches are not yet open from former troubles and what work has been done will have to be built over. The British cabinet stands firm for greater Irish liberty. The church cr's in the French cabinet has been staved off. The trouble which caused a suspension of all Butte papers is far from an end. Hermann has lost another point in his trial for destroying letter press books. Four separate investigations are being made of the Brewster, New York, road wreck. The death list has now reached 21. An explosion in a coal mine near Monterey, Mexico, caused 30 deaths. Register Nolan, of The Dalles land office, has been removed. A forest fire is raging in the 800,000-acre forest reserve in the Wichita mountains, Oklahoma. The entire tract is threatened with devastation. Street railway employs of Helena went on strike for an increase of 50 cents a day. Four hours later they were at work with the advance granted. An ice gorge in the Missouri river, near Vermillion, S. D., has caused the river to leave its banks. One hundred families are homeless and farmers are greatly alarmed. There has been an anti-British outbreak in India. A French cabinet crisis is threatened on the church question. A Chicago grand jury may indict Mayor Dunne for not enforcing the law. Brownsville citizens testified at the senate investigation that many families left the city because they feared negro soldiers. The investigation of Senator Bailey, of Texas, has proven that the senator received money from the Waters-Pierce Oil Company. Big Steamer Wrecked and Passengers Washed Overboard. London, Feb. 22.—The worst disaster for many years in the history of the busy cross-channel traffic between England and the continent occurred during a violent gale shortly before 6 o'clock this morning, when the Rotterdam mail steamer Berlin, from Harwich to Hook of Holland, having satisfactorily weathered the hurricane, was wrecked as she was entering port. Altogether 143 persons are either dead or clinging hopelessly to the wreck. The terrific seas broke upon the steamer with such awful suddenness that attempts to save life appear to have been utterly hopeless. Late tonight it is reported that a few survivors were clinging to the wreck, but as the heroic efforts all day of the lifeboat crews had failed to reach them, little hope that they will be saved remains. The cause has not yet been assigned for the disaster and it probably never will be known how the steamer came to miss the channel. It is conjectured that some derangement of the engines or steering gear may have rendered the vessel uncontrollable. Captain Precous has a good record of 14 years' service. The list of pasesengers was lost, and all the names of those who were on board have not yet been learned, but as far as has been ascertained there were no Americans among them. A terrific southwest gale was blowing inshore, and drove the steamer on a sand bank close to the northern jetty as she was trying to enter the new waterway. Heavy seas quickly pounded the vessel to pieces. She broke in two, her fore part sinking immediately, while the doomed passengers and crew clustered upon the after part. PLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN. Roosevelt Endorses Movement to Acquire Them in Cities. Washington, Feb. 22.— Municipal playgrounds within easy walking distance for every boy and girl in the large cities were advocated tonight by President Roosevelt in a letter, and by Representative Boutell, of Chicago; E. E. Brown, United States commissioner of education; Henry S. Carlis, superintendent of Washington playgrounds, and other speakers at a "playground banquet" given under the auspices of the Washington Playgrounds association. Mr. Boutell explained the object of his bill now pending in congress. The president in his letter expressed hope that Mc. Boutell's bill for playgrounds in Washington will pass congress, that sites may be secured before prices become prohibitive, saying; "I regard this as one of the most important steps toward making Washington the model city which we all feel that the capital should be." He praises the work in this direction done by Chicago and the High School Athletic league of New York, and calls attention to the inclusion of games in the curriculum of German and English schools and several noted private schools in America. GREAT REJOICING IN UTAH. State Legislature Congratulates Senate, Smoot and Sutherland. Salt Lake City, Feb. 22. — Among the active Republicans and the leaders of the Mormon church there was great rejoicing when the news came from Washington that Senator Smoot had been sustained. By unanimous standing vote the lower house of the Utah legislature adopted the following joint resolution, which was also introduced in the senate: "Be it resolved by the legislature of the state of Utah, that, in determining that Hon. Reed Smoot is entitled to his seat, the United States senate has stood for constitutional rights against powerful influences and has avoided a dangerous precedent. "Therefore, the thanks and the congratulations of the state of Utah are hereby extended to the senate for its final action in this case. "Personal congratulations are sent to Senator Smoot and his colleague, Senator Sutherland, and to the other senators who spoke and voted in protection of the rights of the state of Utah." Seattle, Feb. 22.—Esther Mitchell, who since July last has been confined in the county jail here, was sent to the state asylum for the insane at Stella-coom today. Superior Judge Frater, who called a lunacy commission to examine into the girl's mental condition, signed the commitment this morning. The killing of George Mitchell by his sister was the result of the reign of Holy Rollerism in Oregon. George Mitchell killed Franz Edmund Creffield, the Holy Roller leader, in this city last May. Chamberlain a Physical Wreck London, Feb. 22.—An interesting authoritative statement concerning the health of Joseph Chamberlain is published here today. Although it does not confirm the worst rumors, it shows that Mr. Chamberlain is completely broken physically, although he is mentally alert. HUNDREDS LOST. Committed to the Asylum. STATEHOOD STRIKES SNAG. Farmers Are Wearying of Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 19.—Anxious to get busy with their plowing and fearing they will not receive pay for a long time, if ever, for their attendance on the constitutional convention, many of the farmer delegates have scattered to their homes, intimating that they will not return unless it is to vote for the document as a whole when it is completed by the few men in control of the convention. The expense of the convention to date above the $100,000 appropriation made by congress is nearly $150,000. Pay of the delegates has stopped, and if congress does no come to the rescue with an additional appropriation, some of the delegates will be in a bad way, as they cannot afford to stay longer at their own expense. Advices are coming in from the state that citizens here and there are subscribing to funds to send the delegates back to their jobs. Neighborly farmers who do not wish to see the convention entirely in the hands of the lawyers, the politicians and the urban element, have promised to take care of the farm work of the rural statesmen. The daily attendance at the session is now less than 75 percent of the 122 delegates, and many of those still here sit sullenly in their seats and let the leaders run things to suit themselves. Prominent delegates from Indian Territory and some from Oklahoma are openly charged with a plot to defeat statehood entirely by drawing up a constitution that will be rejected by the people at the election next August. Those involved in the alleged plot have been against making one state out of the two territories for political reasons. Disaffection has now begun to pervade the democratic members as well as those on the republican side, and charges of bossism have become so persistent that there is apprehension the convention may break up. Smoot's Victory Assured. Washington, Feb. 19.—There appears to be not the slightest doubt that the senate will vote to permit Reed Smoot to retain his seat when this famous case is closed on Wednesday next. Smoot's friends claim to have 43 sure republican votes and anywhere from six to ten democrats. The probabilities are the senate will hold that it will take a two-thirds vote to oust Smoot, in which event 31 votes would save him; but if it is decided that a majority vote would vacate his seat, he will still have the necessary 46 votes and some to spare. Give Up Leasing of Churches. Rome, Feb. 19.—Advices received by the vatican are to the effect that Premier Clemenceau, of France, has ordered a cessation of the negotiations begun by Minister of Education Briand, with M. Solves, prefect of the Seine, for the leasing of churches. The vatican was not urprised to hear of such action, as it expected what it calls a "second coup de main" after the first, namely, the expulsion of the secretary of the papal nunciato at Paris. HELP A GOOD CAUSE. Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Feb. 1, 1907. It is now nearly twelve years since Frederick Douglass, to whom the negro people owe more than to any other man of our race, for the part he took in securing our freedom, died in Washington. His home at Anacostia, in the suburbs of Washington, still remains, however, and an effort is now being made to preserve this house with its memories and traditions and make it a permanent memorial to Douglass and the negro people. An association, known as the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, has been formed to effect this purpose. The people of our race have a rare opportunity to honor the memory of Frederick Douglass and to show their reverence and love for the man, who during the trying times before and after the war, embodied in his own life, more than any other man of our race, the aspirations and the cause of the negro people. I have been asked by the officers of the Memorial association to assist in securing the comparatively small sum of money amounting to $5,400 and interest necessary to clear off the mortgage on the property and so secure the property for all time to the association and the negro people of the United States. We should make Cedar Hill to the negro people what Mount Vernon is to the white race. All of this can be accomplished if every member of the race would contribute, at once, a small sum of money and send it to me by post-office order, check, or otherwise, as soon as this communication is read. I am making this appeal by the authority of the officers of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, and with the approval and sympathy of Mr. Douglass' immediate family. Now is the time, when Mr. Douglass' birthday is being celebrated and talked of in all parts of the country, for the race to show its love for Douglass not only in words, but in deeds. I shall hope to receive, within the next few days this money, which can be sent in sums of twenty-five cents up. Each contributor will receive a receipt for whatever he sends. After the money has been secured to clear off the mortgage, I am sure steps will be taken to put the place in condition to serve the purposes mentioned. The following letter, written to me by the officers of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, will make the situation clear: Washington, D. C., Dec. 17, 1906. Dear Mr. Washington: There is an encumbrance of fifty-four hundred dollars ($5400), bearing 5 per cent interest, payable semiannually against the Douglass property. This property consists of about fourteen acres in the heart of Anacostia, on a hill giving a beautiful view of the Potomac river and city for several miles. It is the opinion of experts that when the government completes the new bridge and the reclamation of the flats, this property will be worth $5,000 an acre. Its actual worth is now $1,500 an acre. It is exempt from taxes by the act of congress incorporating the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association. The association needs at least the $5,400 to lift the mortgage. In the course of time about nine acres of the property could be cut up into building lots and sold, and with the proceeds of such sale Cedar Hill could be endowed with ample funds to meet the wants of the Douglass Memorial Association in perpetuity. (Signed) Archibald H. Grimke, President. Whiffield McKinley, Secretary. Francis L. Grimke. Francis J. Grimke, Treasurer. All money will be acknowledged with proper receipt. The heads of churches, Sunday schools, literary societies, and other organizations are urged to raise and forward collections for the above purpose. I shall be glad to furnish such additional information as may be desired. (Signed) BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. M. J. Gill Co., wholesale and retail meat dealers, 512 Mississippi avenue, Portland, Oregon. Phone East 665. Always ask for the famous General Arthur cigar. M. A. Gunst & Co., general agents, Portland, Or. Albina Club (George Ross), choice wines, liquors and cigars, 134 Russell street, Portland, Ore. Phone East 4386. The Anheuser, Henry M. Williams, proprietor, 234 Morrison street, corner Second, Portland, Ore. Telephone Main 2517. Ryan & John, dealers in choice groceries, meat, fish and poultry, phone Main 522, 61 North Park street, corner Davis. Everett Market, (E. L. Peck, Prop.), Choice Meats and Poultry, 413 Everett Street, corner Tenth, Portland, Ore. Phone Main 1540. C. Anderson, staple and fancy groceries, Twenty-first and Thurman streets. Phone Hood 57. Fresh roasted coffee a specialty. Try the Pacific Laundry Co. for good work and prompt service. Main office First and Arthur streets, Portland, Ore. Telephone 649. John Schaid, dealer in hardware, tinkware, sheet iron work, guttering, spouting and roofing. General jobbing a specialty. 149 Russell street. Royal Market, Bair & Werr proprietors, fresh and cured meats, fish, poultry and game. 439 Union avenue north, corner Tillamook. Phone East 167. The Oak Cafe. Choicest line of wines, liquors and cigars. P. W. Pick, proprietor. Oregon Phone Pacific 2118, corner Fourth and Oak streets, Portland, Ore. North 16th Street Market. A. Wurtenberger, proprietor, choice poultry, fresh and salt meats, phone Main 1395, 230 North Sixteenth street, Portland, Ore. L. N. Nees, boot and choemaker. Fine repairing a specialty. Give him a call when you need anything in this line, 322½ Williams av., Portland, Oregon. Martin Marks Coffee Co., 252 Third Street, Telephone Main 1893, Monte Cristo Java and Mocha Coffee always pleases. If you want a good, rich drinking coffee, insist on getting Monte Cristo Java and Mocha. Dyeing and cleaning of all kinds of ladies' and gents' clothing, crepe shawls, silk, velvet and lace dyed equal to new; lace curtains and bankets cleaned by a new process; mourning garments dyed in 48 hours. All work done at very moderate prices. 104 North Third street. THE PIONEER PAINT COMPANY. The pioneer paint establishment en t of Portland is that of F. E. Beach & Company, of 135 First St., the oldest and most reliable house of its kind in TRADE MARK F E & B FORTLAND OREGAN The pioneer paint establishm en of Portland is that of F. E. Beach & Company, of 135 First St., the oldest and most reliable house of its kind in the Northwest. It carries an immense stock of the best things in paints and building materials, together with an unusual list of specialties. Those who need anything in these lines can certainly profit by going to F. E. Beach & Company. Remember the number, 135 First street. TOPICS OF THE TIMES The Japanese do not like to be called Japs, but it is not likely they will care to go to war about it. Dr. Osler's mother is still alive at the age of 100, and seems destined to outlive her son's foolish talk. When the Chinese authorities capture a pirate they separate him into two parts, and he goes out of business. It has been discovered that a rat has a sixth sense. Even with that, however, it frequently falls to discover the proximity of a designing cat. One of the learned scientists says that man is made of soap. Perhaps that is why he so often cleans out the treasury when he gets into office. That Adamless Eden that is being established in Texas will do well to nail up a "no hunting" sign if it is expected to keep Cupid off the premises. "A traveler dropped a bomb in a Russian railway station yesterday." He may have been a polite bomb salesman, who considered it no trouble to show goods. Mark Twain thinks the United States will eventually become a monarchy. Well, a humorist who is 71 years old has the right to think queer thoughts. Dr. Dwight Hillis says we need more poetry. There is danger in making such a statement too public. A lot of would-be poets are likely to take the doctor seriously. An Amityville, N. Y., man has inherited $1,000,000 because he went for thirteen years without drinking a drop of whisky. It ought to be hard after this to convince him that thirteen is an unlucky number. Some scientist has discovered that the north pole is moving southward at the rate of twenty miles a year. Now if he has the courage of his convictions let him go up to Winnipeg and open a fur store. "Blondes will be only history six hundred years from now," says the scientists. In the meantime they are poetry, romance, fiction—delightful, fascinating fiction. Feel sorry for the men of six hundred years hence. There is a man in Philadelphia who claims to have invented a smoke consumer which in two years will save enough coal to pay for itself. The coal dealers can hardly be expected to encourage the use of such a contrivance. All Americans of the future, according to one of the scientists, are to be like John D. Rockefeller. In other words, we are all to become bald, and probably there will be a chance for all of us to get rich selling stuff that we are to claim will make the hair grow. Tradition says that the first locks were made in England during the reign of Alfred the Great, but it was not until civilization had progressed to the middle of the fourteenth century that their use became general, and only at the highly civilized period of the nineteenth century that steel vaults, burglar-proof safes and such things became necessary. The immediate and all-important question is not why the frequent wrecks are so destructive, but why they should be allowed to occur in the first place. Steel cars, of course, are better than wooden, but there would be no complaint of danger from the latter if the number of wrecks could be reduced in this country to what experience abroad shows to be the unavoidable minimum. The mere prospect of collision-proof cars in the dim future will hardly divert public attention from the task in hand, which is to prevent the consequences of collision by abolishing collisions. Young men of an adventurous turn of mind who lament that there is no longer any real excitement to be had in the Southwest need only to cross the Mexican boundary line in the neighborhood of Nogales, Ariz., and go after the Yaqui Indians. They will not have to hunt very long for all the excitement that they need. The Yaquils are brave, fierce and perfect glutons for fighting, as the Mexican government knows to its cost. Indeed, if there are any soldiers of fortune out of work they can secure the contract of exterminating the Yaquils. They may not complete the joo, but they will have the time of their lives attempting it. Keep your thoughts on pure air in the home. Don't be afraid if it is a little cold. None of Peary's party caught cold all the time they were in regions away below zero. Pure, unadulterated cold is healthful. It is not all the time pleasant, but one can wrap up sufficiently to provide against the discomfort of it. That is easy. That is what they do with consumptives—wrap them up warmly and put them out into the fresh, cold air. It is not the cold that hurts; it is the draft which disturbs the temperature of the body and consequently the equilibrium of the circulation, which in turn stuffs up the capillaries, and there you are— sneezing, wheezing, coughing, hawking, grunting and making yourself a public calamity. A respected business man killed himself recently because his wife's affections had been stolen. What of it? Nothing out of the ordinary, perhaps, save that the suicide left a note to the coroner, in which he recommended the passage of laws making home-wreckers criminals amenable to a punishment of thirty years' imprisonment. There's something to think about in that. Of course, the self-murderer was a coward. But that does not alter the fact that the man who entered his home and filched the wife's affections was worse than a coward. The innocent child who steals a loaf of bread from a bakery to keep her brothers and sisters from starvation is a criminal in the eyes of the law. The crawling thing that betrays friendship and squirms into a good man's home, stealing all that is best and pure in his life—what is he? Criminal? In the eyes of the law, no Scoundrel? In the eyes of his fellow creatures—perhaps. A loaf of bread. A good woman's love. An innocent child. A cowardly scoundrel. The law. The suicide was right. There is something wrong somewhere. The newspaper may be depressing reading for the young woman whose ambitions outsoar her conditions. In a single issue she may perhaps see the picture of a woman who has climbed several of the world's highest mountains; may read of another woman who has achieved success in musical composition, and of a third who has written a popular play; and may read the report of an address by a woman who 1 a dairy commissioner, and who is ready to throw the light of modern science on the chemical problems of butter and cheese making. These varied occupations with their rewards may make "the trivial round, the common task" seem flat and dull to the village girl whose activities are bounded by her horizon. She counts over her day's tasks. She has been up betimes to help with the breakfast, has made an ovenful of delicious pumpkin plums, and has swept halls and stairs. Then she has gone through the week's mending, and has ended the day by sitting for two hours with a sick neighbor, and by attending a choir rehearsal. But mountains and music, drama and chemistry —these are all out of her line. Are they really better than her cheerful housewifelfness and kindly service? In the largest view of life, hers is the nobler task. Music, drama, athletics and even applied science are the luxuries—the frills and furbelows of existence. Wholesome food, household cheer and neighborliness are the essentials of civilization. Without them we revert to barbarism. If we must choose between the woman who composes a symphony and the woman who makes a tempting lamb stew, the musician shall go. Fortunately, there is room in modern society for all talents. But as accomplishments grow more numerous and alluring, we must beware lest we turn the whole fabric of life upside down by setting its luxuries above its essentials RETORT OF THE REPORTER His Last Remark Ends Conversation with a Backpack Brooders CHARLES M. JACOB, the chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under the North River, recently conducted a party of railroad officials and reporters through the superb tunnel on foot, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. At one stage of the program there was some slight delay and Mr. Jacobs said with a laugh to a reporter: "We are not very punctual, eh? We are like a little country railroad that I used to ride on. "To the president of this road a reporter went hurriedly one evening. "I understand, he said, 'that there has been an accident on your line tonight.' "Oh, you do, do you?" said the president with a sneer. "Yes, sir.' And the reporter waited, pencil in hand. "What do you know about this accident?" the president, still sneering, asked. "Nothing, except that it happened to the 9:15 train,' the reporter meekly answered. "Well,' said the president, 'that train came in on time to the minute." "Are you sure of that?' said the reporter. "Of course I am, sir." "The disappointed reporter pocketed his tools: "I suppose, he said, thoughtfully, 'that must have been the accident referred to.'" Healthfulness of Naps. Prolonged "40 winks" during the day are severely condemned by many doctors on the ground that they affect one's regular sleep. Scientists have found that, ordinarily, in the human being there is the greatest vitality between 10 a. m. and 2 p. m., and the least between 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock in the morning. Long sleeps during the day interfere with this order of nature and sometimes affect various organs, causing headache. The nap of 40 winks, but only 40, proves refreshing to many because it is too short to have any injurious consequences. Travel and Education. Bacon—Don't you think travel is a great education? Egbert—Oh, yes; a man would never know that car windows were not made to open easily unless he traveled."—Yonkers Statesman. THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON Michigan T Company H. CRAW, Proprietor Phone East 2806 154 Grand Avenue Funeral Directors and Embalmers LADY ASSISTANT Phone Main 6133 409-411 Alder Street PORTLAND OREGON THE BUREAU SALOON FRANK HOFFMAN, Proprietor Choice Imported and Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars Telephone Main 5506 Southeast Corner First and Morrison PORTLAND OREGON A. H. Willett & Co. Wholesale and Retail GROCERS Special Prices to Restaurants Prompt Delivery Phone East 283 128 Grand Avenue S. Washington, Prop. L. Wilkinson, Manager The Alpha Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS Headquarters for Railroad and All Professional People. Phone Pacific 151 101 N. Park St., PORTLAND, OREGON A. H. Griswold Successor to GRISWOLD & PHEGLEY TAILOR No Branch Store 131 Sixth St. PORTLAND, OREGON OUR BRAND Horse Collars Farmers, Teamsters and Horsemen, look to your interest. When in need of Horse Collars, buy the best — the SHARKEY COLLAR It has stood the test of wear and tear and climate for twenty years. Ask your dealer for them and insist on having the "Sharkey" P. SHARKEY & SON Portland, Oregon The Portland flouring Mills Co. OLYMPIC PATENT FAMILY FLOUR PORTLAND, ORE. M.C. MOOH BAGCO, PORTLAND, ORE. OLYMPIC. A Flour Whose Best Endorsement Is the Fact that the Number of People Who Use It Multiplies Every Year LODELL'S PLACE A. E. LODELL, Proprietor Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars WEINHARD'S BEER Telephone Pacific 1984 414 North Nineteenth St. PORTLAND, OR. Pioneer Soda Works GUNDEL BROR, & CO. Manufacturers of SODA WATER, EXTRACTS, SYRUPS, ETC. Factory, 416 Water Street Telephone, Main 2986 PORTLAND OREGON Crane Bottle Co. BOTTLES Carry the largest stock of Bottles on the Pacific Coast. Mail Order shipments given prompt attention- Office, 14th and Couch Sts. PORTLAND, OREGON STAR BREWERY NORTHERN BREWERY CO. Brewers and Bottlers of HOP GOLD PORTLAND OFFICE: Corner East Third and Burnside Streets "The Judge Demands the Best" LA TOCO Key West Cigar EL PATERNO Ten-Cent Leader SIGHT DRAFT King of Five-Cent Cigars W. S. Conrad Minneapolis St. Paul Distributor WESTERN BAKING COMPANY PORTLAND, OREGON REGISTERED TRADE MARK. A WESTERN SUNRISE PEERLESS SODA CRACKERS AND MAZAMA BISCUITS Ask your grocer for them and take no other kind if you want the best. THE TOKE POINT OYSTER CO. 29 Second St., Portland, Or. Telephone MAIN 693 Sole Growers of the Celebrated Toke Point Oysters An Eastern Oyster Transplanted and grown on our beds at TOKELAND, WASHINGTON "UNEQUALED IN FLAVOR AND FRESHNESS" Cannery at South Bend, Wash. Wholesale Dealers in All Varieties of Native Oysters. DEVERS GOLDEN WEST SPICES, COFFEE, TEA, BAKING POWDER, FLAVORING EXTRACTS Absolute Purity. Finest Flavor. Greatest Strength. Reasonable Prices. CLOSSET & DEVERS PORTLAND, OREGON. --- PORTLAND COFFEE & SPICE CO. Importers and Manufacturers Tea, Coffee, Spices, Extracts and Baking Powder 24 ann 26 Front Street PORTLAND, OREGON Lewis & Clark Cigar Co. Ask for the Celebrated Lewis & Clark Cigar - 12 1/2 c Sacajawea - - 10c UNION MADE Phone Pacific 2263 PORTLAND KING & GILMORE Telephone UNION 4068 Everything in the Best Properties Jersey Street ST. JOHNS, OREGON H. HENDERSON 108½ Jersey Street, ST. JOHNS, OREGON I have choice Business and Residence Tracts in all parts of the city. Corr spondence solicited from non- resident owners of property or those seeking investments here. ABBETT All Kinds of Galvanized Iron and Tin Work a Specialty ALL WORK G ALL WORK GUARANTEED NOT TO LEAK Agent for Quaker Mfg. Co.'s Steel Furnaces 449 Union Ave. North Shop Phone East 6177 Residence Phone East 1863 JAMESTOWN, N. D. The Seiler Co. OSCAR J. 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Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars Draught Beer, Fine, 5c. Bottled Beer, 25c. a Quart. All trains Stop 15 Minutes. Opp. N. P. Depot. ```markdown ``` THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS MISSOULA MERCANTILE CO. MISSOULA, MONTANA THIS modern establishment with its immense and varied stocks merits the patronage of all. Whether it be something to wear, to eat, to furnish your house, or anything else, you can get it here. We want every reader of The New Age within our territory to join the mighty ranks of pleased and prosperous customers already dealing with us. REMEMBER OUR MOTTO—"We Sell Everything and Everything the Very Best." PROMPT ATTENTION SEATTLE WASH When in Seattle visit HANSON & CO'S Billiard Parlors The Finest in the Northwest 621-23 First Avenue SEATTLE WASHINGTON WATER TANKS Fir Spruce and Cedar Lumber BoxShooks Cedar Shingles Grays Harbor Commercial Co Seattle, Wash. TRANSFER CO. TTLE COPYRIGHT Just a Word About Rolls Little Rolls and big Rolls; plain Rolls and fancy Rolls; Rolls for breakfast; Rolls for lunch; Rolls for good food; Rolls grow to perfect proportion at the reliable bakery most people in Missoula know about. TEVIS & CRAWSHAW GROCERS AND BAKERS Hay, Grain, Flour, Fruits, Vegetables Confectionery, Etc., Etc. 131 Higgins Ave. Missoula, Montana ```markdown ``` THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON WHAT THEY MEANT --- "I'm very, very sorry," said the young woman. "I wouldn't have had it happen for anything. If I had had the least suspicion that you entertained any other feelings for me than those of a friend—of a chum—" "I know," said the young man who had just been refused. "But don't let yourself feel too bad about it. I wouldn't like to think that I had unwittingly caused you pain." "Now you are getting sarcastic, as usual," said the young woman. "But really—" "I assure you that I'm not," said the young man, innocently. "Belleve me—" "You are, or you wouldn't say 'belleve me,'" persisted the young woman. "I merely meant to say that it's nothing more than I ought to have expected," said the young man, heaving a tragic sigh. "Still I shall try to bear it." "It will cost you quite an effort, I suppose." "Now you are cruel," said the young man. "And what is more, unjust." "Unjust?" "Certainly. You don't do yourself justice. Those transcendent charms—" "I'm going if you are going to talk like that," said the young woman with an air of dignity, rising from her chair. "Please sit down. I just want to square myself before I go. Besides, you aren't the one to make the exit. I'm the person to whom the poor privilege is coming. It's my part to bid you farewell and to leave you bathed in tears." "You won't have that privilege then, I can tell you that." "Why this asperity? Honest, Mabel, I don't know what to make of this. I say that I think that I ought to go out first. It isn't much, but it is something. If I could look back in after years and think of what a noble and mournful figure I made—" "You do—I don't mean noble." TOPICS OF TIME New York City spends $521,000 a year for library purposes. New York City has one theater for every 52,000 inhabitants. An English windmill at Relgate Heath has been turned into a church. There are 20,212 automobiles owned within fifty miles of New York City Hall. A tax is now levied on all railway tickets sold in Japan, varying from 1 cent to 50 cents, according to distance. An Austrian engineer named Pola has invented an apparatus which by means of sudden suction and pressure dispels the fog in front of ships. The Barbados pigs are kept as pets by many of the natives, who teach them amusing tricks and permit them to run all over their houses. Chief Pleasant Porter, of the Creeks, declares that the act of Congress handling over Indian territory to Oklahoma was the death knell of his race. He predicts that in 100 years there will not be an Indian in the United States. The Duke of Orleans has announced to his friends at Copenhagen that he intends to start a new expedition next spring in the ship Belgica to penetrate as far as possible along the northeast coast of Greenland. The purpose is to join the Danish expedition, under Myllus Erichsen, which left last June to explore the same coast. Many pictures by Velasquez may still be resting unrecognized in South America, according to an art critic. The rough people, says he, who furnished the silver ingots, would yearn for presentments of the old country life and so early essays at its portrayal by Velasquez may still be slumbering in remote haciendas under the shadow of the Andes. Women in China have the privilege of fighting in the wars. In the rebellion of 1850 women did as much fighting as men. At Nankin, in 1853, 500,000 women from various parts of the country were formed into brigades of 13,000 each, under female officers. Of these soldiers 10,000 were picked women, drilled and garrisoned in the city. —Indian Patrol. A German investigator, Welchardt, has promulgated the theory that fatigue is the direct result of a poison manufactured by the system and developed by hard work, and requiring rest to drive it out. Welchardt experimented with the muscle juice of gulena pigs which he had previously fatigued, and his examination proved that this juice acted as a veritable poison similar to some of the well known toxins. By inoculating other animals he produced symptoms of fatigue and large doses produced death. The Island of Zanzibar has been under British protection since Nov. 4, 1890. It is the great storehouse and distributing center for trade of the "It would be a melancholy consolation, at least. You know that I'm not going to have very much to console me now and it's unkind to try to rob me of a little thing like that." "Do you mean 'very much' or 'very many'?" "Er—excuse me. I don't quite catch your drift." "I mean how many do you think it will take to console you?" "How many what?" The young woman did her best to curl her lip. "If you mean how many other girls I can answer you with a certainty born of experience. Only one. That is, of course, if any can. I am trying to take this philosophically because I've been turned down very often before." "I don't believe it." "Thank you. That's the first kind thing you have said to me for several minutes. It is an insult, of course, but it might bear a flattering construction. Now, telling me that you were sorry for me and that you hadn't the least idea that I had any other feeling than—" "I don't believe you have any feeling at all, of any sort." "That is not flattering because I have been doing my level best to make you see that I did have some other feeling." "You always have talked in just that way. You always talk as if you didn't really mean anything." The young woman applied her handkerchief to her eyes. "As if I didn't mean—do you suppose I didn't mean what I said to you a minute or two ago? Do you mean that? Here, look at me." "I-I don't believe that you did very much—not very deeply." "And—Mabel, I meant it more—more than you thought, I guess. Shall I say it over again?" "You may if you mean it as much as that," said the young woman—Chicago Dally News. whole east African coast, although with the development of the resources of the mainland and increased shipping facilities of the several mainland ports its relative commercial importance is not so great as in former years. Two Pottawatomie County farmers have raised 117 and 120 bushels of corn per acre respectively, the latter being the average yield of a field of 25 acres. In both of these cases the corn was grown on alfalfa ground. The 25 acres which produced 120 bushels an acre was in alfalfa nine years, and this is the second crop of corn grown since the breaking of the alfalfa sod.—Topeka Capital. For the projected telegraph line from Algeria to the Niger River the telegraph posts in the Sahara will be metallic and placed at distances of sixty yards, the wires being high enough to allow the passage of a man on camelback. At intervals along the 600 miles of the Algerian section six small garrisoned stations will be established. At a central redoubt, surrounded by outer fences, provisions will be stored for three months round a clistern. A skull, considered by a member of the British Archaeological Association to be ancient British, and a pre-Roman burial urn have just been dug up in Kent street, Southwark. It was buried at a considerable depth. Other finds at the same spot during the present excavations include coins of Nero, Tiberius and Vespaslan, and, nearer the surface, "abbey money" and coins and tokens of the Stuart and commonwealth period. "From my pile of autographs I take one of a statesman, well known, and lay it side by side with the autographs of a great author and a great ecclesiastic," writes a British publicist. "All three are very small, exquisitely neat, very little slanted, absolutely legible. Well as I knew the three writers I doubt if I could tell which wrote which. They were Cardinal Manning, Mr. Froude and Lord Rosebery. Will the experts tell me if, in this case, similarity of writing bodied forth similarity of gifts or qualities?" Cold on the Farm. The lake, whose waters bright and blue The bathers did entice— A merry, laughing, shouting crew— Is fringed with brittle ice. The north wind whistles through the reeds, Where undisturbed the mallard feeds. The trees their russet leaves have shed, Where once the hammock swayed, But from their shelter now are fled The spooning man and maid; The country's lost its wonted charm, There's nothing doing on the farm. A better kind or meat. They have for breakfast sirloin steaks, Eggs, honey, cream and batter cakes. The worthy farmer smiles and eats And cuts his little jokes, And little anecdotes repeats About "them city folks." He says, "It paid to have 'em come, But now I'm glad they've gone, by gum!" —Chicago Record-Herald. Every time a man accepts a 10-cent gift it costs him a dollar. L. R. MANNING, Pres. A. T. HOSMER, Secy' L. R. MANNING & CO., Inc. Real Estate Loans and Investments. City and Farm Property. Timber and Coal Lands. First-Class Mortgages and Investment Securities. EQUITABLE BUILDING TAC MA, WASH. THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK Commercial Banking Savings Department Capital $5,000,000 Surplus $350,000 Total Available Assets $7,500,000 A. CHILBERG, President GEO. H. TARBELL, Manager A. V. HAYDEN, Cashier Tacoma Office No. 955 Commerce St., N. E. Cor. South 11th St. WHEAT-HEARTS Makes a delightful breakfast dish: with fruit added, a lovely dessert. Requires little time to cook. A light expense for fuel. Is guaranteed absolutely nice and costs any other price. Sold by all, GAGTOM. Five pound package, 25 cents. THE PUGET SOUND FLOURING MILLS CO. TAGOMA, WASH. THE PACIFIC LIQUOR AND WINE HOUSE. N. REUTER, Proprietor. The best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Family Trade a Specialty. Tel. Red 1781. 1506 Pacific Ave. 1505 Commerce St. Tacoma, Washington Berlin Building. 113 South 11th St. Telephone, Main 194. The Best is None Too Good for You. Get It at The Trail Saloon & Cafe RUSSELL ORMSBY, Proprietor 113 S. 12th St., Tacoma, Wash. Ivory Wood Fibre Plaster Ivory Cement Plaster 1105 A Street TACOMA, WASHINGTON Menzies & Stevens Latest Styles in HATS, MEN'S FURNISHINGS AND CLOTHING SPECIALTIES 913 Pacific Avenue Provident Bldg. TACOMA, WASH. Puget Sound Electric Railway Interurban Leave Tacoma—6:00, 7:10, 8:10, 9:15 (Ltd, no stops) 10:10, 11:10 a, 12:10, 1:10, 2:10, 3:10, 4:15 (Ltd, no stops), 5:10, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:15, 11:15 p.m. Leave Seattle—6:30, 8:00, 9:00 (Ltd, no stops), 10:00, 11:00 a, 12 m, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 (Ltd, no stops), 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 11:15 p.m. PUYALLUP DIVISION Leave Puyallup--5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 11:00 a.m; 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15 p m. Commerce Sta--5:40 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 a.m; 1:00, 2:00 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 11:15 p m. (5:30 a m omitted Sundays) TREASURE BOX Tacoma Trunk Factory A good Trunk is always a good bargain. You can't judge from mere appearances. We sell Trunks that not only look well but wear well. Suit Cases and Bags of all sizes, styles and prices Repairing done. Phone Red 2772 931 C Street TACOMA, WASH L. R. MANNING, Pres. L. R. MANNING Real Estate Loans and Investments. Coal Lands. First-Class Mortg EQUITABLE BUILDING THE SCANDINAVIAN Commercial Banking Capital $5 000.00 Surplus $350.00 TACOMA THE ABBEY F. J. MOONEY. Proprietor Telephone James 2121 Wines, Liquors & Cigars Rooms in Connection TACOMA WASHINGTON THE ANNEX MARTIN ANGEL, Prop. House of Fine Liquors Cor. Eleventh and Pacific Avenue THE McDONALD CIGAR CO. ...CIGARS... Manufactured by the best factories of New York and Tampa. Also a complete line of Imported Cigars, Cigarettes and Smokers' Articles Tel. Main 765. 956 Pacific Avenue THE DAMFINO P. T. McGLOIN, Proprietor Telephone Main 164 ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE WAR Imported and Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars 1502 Jefferson Avenue, Corner Pacific TACOMA WASHINGTON L. L. ROBERSON. Pres. and Treas. C. H. ROBERSON. Sec'y. EAT T. B. C. BREAD Made by TACOMA BAKING COMPANY Wholesale Manufacturers of Bread, Cakes, Ec. We also make a specialty of GOOD BREAD. Tul. James 26k. 943 Tacoma Ave., Tacoma, Wash. Phone Main 748 Paving Plant, 15th and Dock The Barber Asphalt Paving Co. ASPHALT For Roofing, Street Paving and Reservoir Lining CONTRACTORS Street Paving, Driveways, Floors and Sidewalks 203-4-5 Providence Bldg. TACOMA WASH. We make a Specialty of FINE POULTRY Private Car Trade Sollected Commercial Market HARRY HASH, Prop. Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats 1114 C Street Telephone Main 292 TACOMA J, B. TERNES, Pres. and Mgr. Tel. 48 Tacoma Carriage and Baggage Transfer Company OFFICE 101 TENTH ST. Carriages and Baggage Wagons at All Hours Private Ambulance Perfect in Every Detail FIRST CLASS LIVERY Hand your Checks for Baggage to our Messengers, who will meet you on all incoming trains. TACOMA, WASH. A. T. HOSMER, Secy' NG & CO., Inc. City and Farm Property. Timber and ages and Investment Securities. TAC MA, WASH. AMERICAN BANK Savings Department Total Available Assets $7,500,000 GEO. H. TARBELL, Manager EN, Cashier e St., N. E. Cor. South 11th St. Office, Room 317, Commonwealth Building Entered at the postoffice at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION. One Year, payable in advance.....$2.00 Our Candidate for President JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER Of Ohio Representative Williams said in discussing the immigration bill: "I want this country kept a white man's country and I want this country, as far as it can, to be a white man's country, not merely because I believe the Caucasian is superior to other races, but because this is our land, the land of our traditions and our ideals." What does he mean by "a white man's country"? That only whites should live in it? That the existence of black or mulatto men should not be tolerated at all? If so, how is he going to get rid of the blackmen? They are here, and through no fault of their own. Does he mean that they shall be expatriated or exterminated? If so, why does he not come out courageously and say so? Or does he only mean that the white men shall have entire dominance over the blacks, and that the latter shall have no rights or liberties, more than if they were slaves or chattels? This is probably about what he means, but even in that case he will have to learn that this is not in this sense and to this extent a "white man's country." Mr. Williams says that "this is our land," meaning the Caucasians' land. Indeed! He would have a difficult task proving that. The right of might enabled the Caucasians to wrest the land from the Indians, who not only could not but should not have held the land, because they did not use it. But the negroes occupy a different status. The white men are responsible for the black men's presence here. They have been here now in increasing numbers for nearly 300 years, most of the time as slaves, but for 44 years as free men, guaranteed equal rights by the constitution. They are citizens engaged in all sorts of occupations. They and their ancestors for generations back were born here. They have been producers, and on occasion soldiers. They have helped feed the country and produce its wealth; they have fought for it; they have learned and worshipped in it; they have had no other country, nor can they have; so by what right, human or divine, has this man to say that this is "our land," the Caucasians' land, alone? Mr. Williams is no doubt a pious or a religious man, and devoutly believes in God as the Creator of both lands and creatures. Did not God make the black man as well as the white man, with organs, faculties, sensibilities, emotions, aspirations, very much like those of the white man? And did not God bring the black man—though he did come in a slaveship—if God is responsible for everything, as well as the white man? And where is the Almighty's decree or order or warrant for one race to say: "This land is all mine; none of it, nor any right, not even of life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness, is yours in it." No, Mr. Williams, the portion of the African race that without its fault or volition found a home here must remain, and must be treated as having a right here, and must be able to say, as well as you: "This is my land." Greedy Corporations Such as the Portland General Electric Co., Make Municipal Ownership Imperative. THE LEGISLATURE. The legislature will wind up its session this week with about the usual record of good, bad and indifferent things done and left undone. What many considered the most important measure, the railroad commission bill, known as the Chapin bill, was passed, and is now a law. If it proves to be as greatly beneficial a law as its advocates claimed it would, that will be a good piece of work that will overbalance several sins of commission and omission. Most people in this matter will assume the attitude of Missourians; they will have to be shown. The New Age doubts very much whether the commission will be worth its cost, but if it does not act so as to stop railroad building and consequent development no great harm will be done, and in two or four years the law can be repealed, as a former railroad commission law was. At this writing the normal school question unsettled, the governor having vetoed the very reasonable resolution of the matter contained in the Smith bill—to have a board of regents select two schools to be maintained and two to be discarded. The governor argued that the law was unconstitutional because it delegated powers belonging only to the legislature and which it could not delegate. The inconsistency and insincerity of this position is shown by the governor's approval of the railroad commission bill which grants far larger and more important powers to a commission. If the normal school bill is unconstitutional on this ground the railroad commission bill must be a good deal more so. This, however, was not the governor's reason. The Smith bill constituted him and two others whom he should appoint regents to decide, and the governor did not have the "sand" to take this responsibility and incur the blame and unpopularity that would result in two towns and the country around them from deciding against two of the schools. He is very careful to offend nobody unless he is sure of pleasing a larger number at the same time—which is good politics but not a very high grade of statesmanship. Some probably good tax bills were passed; the port of Columbia law will be a very good one for Portland and the Columbia river country and some other meritorious laws were passed. The appropriations will be far larger than ever before, but most of them were necessary or unavoidable, and the legislature is not to be blamed for making them. The new laws will make a great deal of litigation, which will please the lawyers, and furnish an excuse for creating more judges and raising their salaries. As usual, the people will "breathe a sigh of relief" when the legislature adjourns, for every additional day means more appropriations or expense, but at least it can be said that the legislature might have done much worse. No scandal has been even rumored, and that is a good deal to say these days. The Public "Be Damned" Is the Slogan of the Portland Railway Light and Power Company. WILL THE MAYOR RUN? The mayor is not ready to speak up yet, according to the daily papers. He won't say whether he will be a candidate again or not, or if he should be whether he will run as a Democrat or an independent. Very likely the mayor has not yet decided. Conditions are quite different now from what they were two years ago. Then the city was in the swirl of a moral wave. The preachers and many active and influential church members, almost every one of them Republicans, were down on Mayor Williams because he had licensed gambling, and were particularly bitter against him after he had called the preachers a pack of liars. Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of this class of voters were in the humor to vote for almost anybody to beat the administration then in power. They did so and helped elect Lane, but most of them, the crusade fever having long since died down, would now vote for a good Republican, since they are Republicans, in preference to Lane. Probably a good many of them approve his administration to a greater or less extent, but there is nothing in it so particularly and radically reformatory as to keep them out of their party lines this spring. No mayor would now tolerate public gambling, as indeed Judge Williams would not much longer if he had been re-elected. Former conditions as to women in saloons will not be tolerated under any mayor. So why is Lane particularly preferable to any one of half a dozen Republican aspirants? This is what a great many who voted for him in 1905 are asking. are doing so much for Oregon for Portland. Seattle Owns Its Lighting S and Has Found That It Pay COUNTY SURVERYOR HOLBE Philo Holbrook, Jr., county veyor of Multnomah county in of the most efficient, accommod The mayor realizes all this, and is very likely doubtful about his ability to win again. Indeed, as he studies the situation, he may be pretty well convinced that could not win again. In that case, why incur the expense and trouble of another campaign? He can retire with considerable credit and the record of having beaten so eminent a man as Judge Williams. He could always assume hereafter, and nobody could positively dispute or disprove it, that he might have been elected again if he had not declined because he preferred private life and his practice. He could always have the satisfaction of having been elected mayor, and not the dissatisfaction of having been beaten after having served one term. Besides, the mayor is thrifty. He could never be trailed by the coins he drops along the way. To run again would entail quite an expense, the best he could do, and to spend that much money and then fail would grieve the mayor's economical heart. So he is deliberating, and calculating chances, and wondering if a weak Republican might get the nomination, and mentally looking askance at his preacher friends of two years ago, and as yet refusing to announce any decision. How could he when he has not decided? It's an even bet that he will decline to run. He is rather wise. The City Should Own Its Lighting System. RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT. Mr. Harriman is going Mr. Hill one better or at least is going to keep pace with him in providing a sufficient route of entrance into Protland, having purchased a large tract of land through University park, under which he will tunnel, so as to come into the city on a very easy grade, and so that he can have ample terminal facilities below Guild's lake. A very large amount of money running into the millions, will be spent on this route, a bridge at Swan Island, and terminal grounds and improvements, which will give Harriman fully as great facilities for handling the traffic in and out of Portland as Hill will have for his north bank road. The Portland railway system and interurban lines will also have a whole block almost in the heart of the business district, bounded by First, Second, Pine and Ash streets, for a large depot and switching ground. These great expenditures mean that the investors in railroads are thoroughly convinced that Portland is going to become a great city, and that rapidly. They are preparing and providing for an immense traffic, and the men who handle all these millions come pretty near knowing what they are about when they spend them. It may be remarked also that when railroad men are spending so much money here, and showing in the strongest and most practical and convincing way that they mean to help develop Oregon and this city, the lawmakers ought to be very careful what they do in the way of passing harassing and restrictive laws. The railroads — Harriman's and Hill's—have been very good to Oregon lately whatever fault may have been justified theretofore. They are building as fast as they can; they are promising to build more as fast as they can; they are using every effort possible to provide more cars and locomotives; they are spending millions to develop Oregon and take care of its traffic; and under such circumstances they ought to be let pretty much alone. We hope therefore that the new commission, while it will have to make a showing of carrying out the law and earning its salary, will do no more than it can help to embarrass and annoy the railroads that are doing so much for Oregon and for Portland. Seattle Owns Its Lighting System and Has Found That It Pays. Philo Holbrook, Jr., county surveyor of Multnomah county is one of the most efficient, accommodating and popular officials in the court house. Mr. Holbrook is a son of ex-County Commissioner Philo Holbrook Sr., whom the taxpayers remember as a tireless, faithful and highly efficient official. Mr. Holbrook Jr. is a native son having been born in the city of Portland in 1878. He is a graduate of the Willamette University of the class of 1898 and has spent over 15 years in the active practive of the profession of civil engineering, three years of which was in the reclamation service in the state of Washington. Mr. Holbrook is a veteran of the Spanish American war, having served two years in the Philippine campaign with the gallant Second Oregon regiment. Though a young man Mr. Holbrook has had large experience and has had much to do with some of the great projects of railroad construction and irrigation enterprises throughout the Northwest. That a political office should receive at the hands of the incumbent the same careful and conscientious service and attention as one feels bound to give an individual or corporation is the belief of Philo Holbrook Jr. and to this fact is due his popularity. Brother Rader has been unanimously found not guilty of anything. As to the alleged $500 said to have been received from Senator Bourne, it is stated that there is no proof of this. Mr. Bourne is not a man, even if he did let Brother Rader have $500, to "squeal." And the money couldn't be found on Brother Rader. Governor Chamberlain declared the Smith normal school bill unconstitutional but Attorney-General Crawford, whose opinion is generally sound and reliable, decided that it was constitutional. Between the two, under the circumstances, the people generally will agree with the attorney-general. The champion cotton raiser of Oklahoma is a colored man named Alfred Smith. He has not only taken all the premiums offered in that state for the first and best cotton, but his product has received a blue ribbon at the St. Louis World's Fair. It is generally regarded that State Treasurer Steel's choice for railroad commissioner was quite as good a one as the governor could have made. It is coming to light that not all the truth had been told or made public about that Brownsville affair. It is moonlight now, so that people won't have to go home quite in the dark for a few evenings. Colored men will not forget that Senator Foraker had the courage to stand up for their rights. The railroads may not always do just right, but they are Oregon's best friends. But what will the poor democrats do if Mayor Lane should decline to run? Now Senator Mulkey, having made a record, is considerably "spoken of." Some think it looks like Devlin. Some again scout the idea. Time to be thinking about councilman to elect. No present councilman is likely to be mayor. This is also the black man's country. Vulcan Coal Company, wholesale and retail dealers in house, steam and blacksmith coal. Foundry and smelter coke. Puget Sound steam coal in car lots, $3.50 per ton and up. We handle all the best grades of domestic and foreign house coals. Phone Main 2776. Office 329 Burnside St., Portland, Oregon. COAL—Rock Springs, Diamond, Richmond, Roslyn, New Castle, New Castle Nut, Franklin, Carbon Hill, Coke. WOOD 4-Foot Fir, 4-Foot Oak, 4-Foot Ash, Sawed Oak, Sawed Fir, Sawed Ask, Sawed Knots. Jumping Jack Manhattan Mining Co. Stray Boy Manhattan Mining Co. Indian Camp Manhattan Mining Co. As-You-Like-It Manhattan Mining Co. Furnace Creek South Extension Copper Co. Lou Dillon Goldfeld Mining Co. Eagle's Nest Fairview Mining Co. Fairview Hallstone Mining Co. Silver Pick Extension Mining Co. FURNITURE & AIR EDRICA TRANSFER & STORAGE LTD. SAFE, PARKS & FURNITURE MOVED STORED BE AUCED FOR SHIPPING. WHERE BE LIABLE 1017 W. 10TH ST. NEW YORK, NY 10021 C. O. PICK TRANSFER & STORAGE COMPANY. Safes, Pianos, Furniture moved, stored or packed for shipping. Commodious brick warehouse, with separate iron rooms, Front and Clay. Express and Baggage hauled. LOOK Before investing in Farms, Acreage, or any class of Real Estate, call and examine our list. WE MAKE LOANS ON APPROVED SECURITIES Portland Realty and Trust Company 106 Second Street Portland, Oregon The Portland Hat Works Manufacturers of FINE SOFT AND STIFF HATS Hats Dyed, Cleaned and Blocked. Our speciality: Panamas Cleaned and Bleached. 240% Alder St. bet, Second and Third. Branch: 422 Washington St. Portland, Or. THE HOUSE THAT GIVES YOU A SQUARE DEAL A. R. ZELLAR N. L. MUELLER Zellar & Mueller FURNITURE A Full Line of Stoves & Ranges SEE US, WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT Phone East 4457 535 Williams Ave., Portland, Ore Centennial Market & Grocery J. J. BLUM Headquarters for "GOOD THINGS TO EAT" Groceries, Meats, Fish, Poultry ALWAYS THE BEST School Supplies, Shoes, Gloves, Notions Phone Main 2794 522-524 N. Twenty-Fourth Street Correspondence Solicited 328-330 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PORTLAND FU Successors to PIONEER, C. R. PHONE EAST 26 ROBERT A. PRESTON PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST Cor. 22d and Thurman Sts. Phone Main 1610 PORTLAND, OREGON SENN & NITSEHKE PHONE EAST 3073 SCULPTORS AND CARVERS In Marble, Stone, Granite and Wood. Architectural, Plaster and Staff Ornaments. Monuments, Statues, Busts, Tombstones. Postal orders promptly attended to. Sculpture Work a specialty, Office and Studio, Union Ave., cor, Irving. PORTLAND, OREGON PHONE MAIN 1803 Martin-Marks Coffee Co. HIGH GRADE COFFEES TEAS, ETC. The excellence of Monte Cristo Java and Mocha Coffee stands in high favor. 252 Third Street PORTLAND, OREGON Dealer in Washington, Idaho & Oregon TIMBER & MINERAL LANDS Portland, Oregon FUEL COMPANY R. DAVIS and PHOENIX FUEL CO. 287 E. MORRISON ST. Diamond, Richmond, Roslyn, New Cas- Carbon Hill, Coke. Foot Oak, 4-Foot Ash, Sawed Oak, Knots. Lou Dillon Goldfied Mining Co. Eagle's Nest Fairview Mining Co. Fairview Halstone Mining Co. Mining Co. Silver Pick Extension Mining Co. South Extension Copper Co. KTON, Broker and Copper Mines e Main 6144 228 Lumber Exchange Portland, Oregon & STORAGE COMPANY. stored or packed for shipping. Com- pareate iron rooms, Front and Clay. 1972 PORTLAND, OREGON OK arms, Acreage, or any class Office, Room 317, Commonwealth Building To insure publication all local news must reach us not later than Thursday morning of each week. Subscription price, one year, payable in advance, $2.00. Local News on this Page by C. A. RITER, City Editor PORTLAND LOCALS Mr. Paul Strain the genial proprietor of the Chicago Clothing Co. in the Ainsworth Building, Third and Oak Streets, is a firm and true friend of our people. Call and get acquainted with him. Mr. T. B. Hall contemplates a trip to Alaska in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. G. N. White have removed to 502 Market street. Mrs. Emma Turner is again able to be out, after a severe attack of la gripe. Mr. Corrine Barber left this week for Denver, Colo., where she goes in search of health. Mr. Cubit Crawford, our prosperous horseshoe, is incapacitated, caused by an injured foot. You are invited to attend the young people's meeting at the A. M. E. Zion church each Sunday evening at 7 P. M. Mrs. Jas. Manley, of 393 Front street, will leave in a few days to spend several weeks visiting friends in California. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler returned last week from a very pleasant visit to different points of interest in the state of Washington. Mrs. Betty Knox expects to leave early next week for a two months' stay in Eastern Washington, where she has large property interests. Mr. Wm. Crawford, the eldest son of one of our oldest citizens, Mr. Reuben Crawford, spent several days in the city this week, visiting his relatives. B. Sullivan, porter on the A. & C. railroad, was quite severely injured in a railway mishap about 30 miles from Portland. He is laid up with a sprained ankle and severely bruised. He will be confined to the house for several weeks. The apron social to be given Feb. 28 and March 1 at the A. M. E. Zion church will be largely attended. An excellent program has been arranged for each evening. Feb. 28 the program will be rendered by the gentlemen, whilst on March 1 the ladies will be in charge. The case of the state vs. Mrs. Nellie Washington, accused of assault with a deadly weapon on Miss Mamie Lee was dismissed in the municipal court on Saturday last on motion of the prosecuting attorney, he finding there was no evidence to justify holding her to appear before the grand jury. We agree with the chief justice when he says that what the negro in this country needs is the elevating influence of the Christian religion, but think he could have gone a step farther and included a large portion of the white citizens, with whom a little missionary work would not be thrown away. After nine years of married life, Mrs. A. J. Cromwell has decided that marriage is a failure and has filed papers in a divorce suit against her husband, Dr. A. J. Cromwell, asking for the custody of their two children and $50 per month alimony, charging cruelty and inhuman treatment. As is usual in such cases, there are charges and counter charges. The city fathers have decided to raise the liquor license from $500 to $800 a year, in the hopes of increasing the revenues of the city, as fears had been expressed that the receipts would not meet the increased expenditures caused by the growth of the city. Indirectly many think that the raise in the license will cause a decrease in the number of saloons, a condition not to be regretted. Mr. Arthur Harris, whose misfortune we noted in last week's issue, was compelled to have one of his fingers amputated last Tuesday, blood poisoning having set in, whilst his arm makes his case more serious. The physicians hope for beneficial results. The case is the more sad, as his wife has been for the past three weeks confined to her bed by a complication of diseases. Would it not be a good idea for some of our people to take a small amount of stock in the new theater to be erected on the East Side? The shares have been placed at the low price of $10 each, so as to make it a popular enterprise and will bear 6 per cent interest, which will make it a good investment, aside from the influence it may have in the future in settling the question that may arise about the rights and privileges of our people. The time of year is at hand when those of our citizens that desire to beautify their homes will be procuring plants, shrubbery, etc. We would recommend a place where all patrons can be assured courteous treatment and procure goods at a very reasonable figure the pioneer florist, Gustave J. Burkhardt, 112 Twenty-third street. Phone Main 603. They also make a speciality of elegant floral pieces and cut flowers at the lowest rates. The A. M. E. Zion church was well filled on last Sunday evening, on which occasion Mr. Joel, in an inter- esting manner, reviewed the progress made by the Afro-American in the last 42 years. He dwelt a considerable length on the fact that the negro in this country had never, up to the present time, been really accorded his full freedom, and expressed the wish that he might live to see the time when a man's color would not be looked upon as just grounds for refusing him rights and privileges in this country. He advised the accumulation of wealth as the best way to break down the unreasonable prejudice existing in this county, saying, "the dollar is the white man's God and when we get so that we can control finance to some degree we will be better off." At the close of his remarks the pastor, Rev. Jackson, thanked the speaker and announced to the congregation that it was the intention to have some subject of vital and current interest presented by some of our able citizens at least once a month, holding as he did that it was part of the work of the Christian church to take hold of all these influences that tended to the uplift of the race. JOHN F. CRAGWELL. Seattle's Richest Colored Citizen Pays Portland Visit Enroute Home From an Extended Visit to the East. Mr. John F. Gragwell a representative citizen of Seattle and one of the richest colored men on the Pacific coast spent a day in the city this week. Mr. Cragwell was enroute home after an extended visit in the East and South. In his pilgrimage he visited New York city, Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond, Va., Washington, D. C., and Chicago. While in the capital city he had the honor and distinction of being introduced to President Roosevelt by U. S. Senator Samuel H. Piles and Congressman W. E. Humphrey, and is so far as known the only colored man from the coast whom the president has received and given a personal expression of his views on the Brownville affair. Mr. Cragwell takes a deep interest in the affairs of his race, politically, religiously, educationally and industrially, but in no sense is he a politician or office seeker, believing as he expresses it "That the future of the negro lay not in political achievements, but in industrial accomplishments." In his home city Mr. Cragwell is counted as its most substantial colored citizen and generally recognized as the foremost and ablest advocate the race has in that section of the country. Mr. Cragwell has by reason of his high character, splendid personality and affable manner won a legion of staunch friends among both races and if the race possessed more such men as John F. Cragwell the many vexed social, political and industrial problems would be much nearer a solution. (We are pleased to be able to present to our readers the following from the pen of one of the most accomplished and talented women of our city, one whose whole life is given up to the uplift of her fellowman and the doing of her Master's will.—Editor.) A SERMON. (Composed by Mrs. M. E. Fullilove.) Mr. Editor: Will you permit me and allow me some space in your valuable paper, to write of Jesus' grace? We have all read the story Of the gospel so grand. Our Savior taught the people For righteousness to stand. The example set before us, When He was on earth, That we who follow Him Should experience a new birth. A soul drinking daily From the fountain of love, Coming from our Redeemer, Who reigneth above. Expects to be strengthened, When attending church, By the man who's appointed To teach the new birth. He must hold up Jesus, And through the gospel inspire Those who listen to the sermon, And create a new desire. To draw near to our Lord, And consecrate our life, To be workers for our Master, And does not stir up strife. An insult given publicly Is very hard to stand, And requires more strength and energy Than we have on hand. Do we want to hear a sermon That will scathe and scorch us so, And stir in us a demon That will send us down below? That will kindle all the fire Lying dormant in our soul, And will weaken our body, That should be strong and whole? We have studied the anatomy Of our body, made so grand, And have learned things essential, That we have at our command. We have learned that our brain Is the capital of our nerves, And the things we listen to Sometimes shock and make us swerve. We believe that a preacher Of the gospel so grand Should have all the graces Taught at his command. He must have in him abiding, The Holy Spirit given, And not stand in the pulpit And insult the women. A man that will do A trick so degrading Can only stir up malice, And make his members hate him. Now, we have all been taught That religion is love, And he who makes us hate Cometh not from above. THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON The love of God draweth, And does not drive away The listeners in the pew Our blessed Lord's day. We are told from perusing The history so grand Of the children of Israel, And our God's command, That as the brazen serpent Was lifted up to heal All who gazed upon it And made the appeal. So Jesus must be lifted up By the man of God, And draw all men unto Him, So they'll not downward trod. We love to be faithful And attentive to our church, And walk in paths of duty And never from it lurch. Smith under oath, under no s circumstances or condition. Lawyer Thomas Pearson, a nent lawyer at the Chicago ba last week that no credence wh is to be placed in any statement by Mrs. Alberta M. Smith. Mr. Washington said the same thin Fields, of the Chicago Western ion, and a number of colored n who stand high in the estimat the colored people of Chicago complained about Mrs. Albe Smith. Police Officer Michael Wh the Harrison street station, is ed as one of the most compet reliable police officers on the department in Chicago. He ha on the force for forty years, an ing that time, not a charge o plaint has been made against He is an excellent gentleman, potent, well-trained. But how can we sit and listen To a lecture that we know Does not tend to strengthen, Or make us healthy grow? But does weaken our vitality, And causes our heart To be discouraged and faint, And weaken every part. To listen to such ranting Is against our God's command, "To sit not in the seat of the scorn- ful." Or "with the ungodly stand." We know the gospel is given To hold up fallen man, And not to persecute women, Who would for righteousness stand. We know God has promised That whosoever will May come unto our Savior, And with His love be filled. So we gladly receive sinners, Who have a repentant heart, And show by good living That they have made a start, To travel from earth to glory, On the narrow, upward way, And not seek to be leaders Before they have learned to pray. We know our talents Are given at Jesus' will, And the power to use them He doth in us instill. If we choose to take a high note, When we sing at His command, Should we be publicly insulted by our pastor, Who ought to by us stand? So we still work for Jesus, In song, sermon and prayer, And trust no man to lead us But our Savior everywhere. For His vineyard is needful, And there is plenty work to do, And a willing, earnest worker He will carry safely through. When we are insulted collectively, We can afford to stand, And listen quite respectively To anything they hand. But when a preacher is spiteful And personal in his talk, Our self-respect arises, And we from him walk. This world is very wide, And reapers are few, And the blessed Lord, Will find work for us to do. We'll continue to work for Jesus, Though you may not understand; But wherever He leads, We will follow His command. Having a clear conscience As we onward tread, We have tried to do our duty, And His blessing on us shed. And when at the judgment We shall all stand And receive our reward From His dear hand, We who have been misrepresented, And placed in a bad light, Shall stand clear in His presence, And overcome by His might. OUR CHICAGO LETTER The New Age is on sale at Levy's News Stand, 506 Thirty-seventh st., Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 14.—The colored papers that are published outside of the city of Chicago are now coming in great demand by the people that live in Chicago, for it is very apparent from recent developments, especially that the only way that the people in Chicago and especially the colored people, that they will be able to hear and read the truth about some of the very unreliable and insignificant and untruthful colored persons and fake organizations, is when it is published In the columns of the papers outside of the city of Chicago, and in all those cases, the facts are honestly and clearly stated and the truth told, no matter who it may hurt. The correspondent of this paper has no feeling nor malice in any manner whatever, and all he desires and wishes to do is to state the truth. Relative to Mrs. Alberta M. Smith, about whom the editor of the Conservator published an article that was clipped from one of the foreign papers, which was the New Age, published at Portland, Oregon, and the editor of the Chicago Conservator saw fit to comment on it. Many of the worthy and reputable colored persons and some of the leading societies and associations among the colored people have, time after time, made and enforced laws and complaint about the conduct of Mrs. Alberta M. Smith. It was in the city of Chicago only three weeks ago that the Western Star club, of this city, passed a series of resolutions against her, and Lawyer John G. Jones of Chicago, and a former member of the legislature of the state of Illinois, in a speech before the court a short time ago publicly stated that he would not believe Mrs. Alberta M. --- Smith under oath, under no sort of circumstances or condition. And Lawyer Thomas Pearson, a prominent lawyer at the Chicago bar said last week that no credence whatever is to be placed in any statement made by Mrs. Alberta M. Smith. Mr. L. W. Washington said the same thing. Mr. Fields, of the Chicago Western Opinion, and a number of colored persons who stand high in the estimation of the colored people of Chicago have complained about Mrs. Alberta M. Smith. Police Officer Michael White, of the Harrison street station, is regarded as one of the most competent and reliable police officers on the police department in Chicago. He has been on the force for forty years, and during that time, not a charge or complaint has been made against him. He is an excellent gentleman, a competent, intelligent and reliable officer. He is a credit to the police department of Chicago. The funeral of Mrs. Bates, the sister of Mrs. Dozier, was held last Sunday at the Chapel. The benefit given by the Phillis Wheatly club at the Pekin theater last Wednesday evening, for the benefit of raising funds for a working girls' home, was a great success, financially and socially. Rev. S. L. M. Francis, of Henderson, Ky., was elected one of the officers of the National Defense League of the United States by the executive committee in Chicago last week. The Baptist people are having a successful revival meeting and a large number of persons are uniting themselves with Rev. J. F. Thomas' church. Rev. H. W. Stewart, pastor of the Institutional A. M. E. church, is now considering as to whether he will accept a call that has been made to him for the pastorship of some large church in the East. Rev. Stewart has done a great work since he has been in the city of Chicago. Mrs. Clara Harding, of 360 Thirtieth street, has gone to Hot Springs, Ark., on a visit. It is reported that Dr. Fisher is going to resign from Olivet Baptist church. The recent work of the legislature of the state of Missouri in passing the Jim Crow car law demonstrates the fact of the necessity of the colored people being thoroughly organized. Mr. Robert Johnson delivered last Thursday a forcible address for the Baptist Mission, 1439 State street. A special session of the United Supreme Council, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the thirty-third degree of the United States and Canada, was held in Chicago, February 7, 1907, Illustrious John G. Jones, 33, Sov. Grand Commander in the East. After transacting some business Illustrious S. H. Prather, 33, offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: "Whereas, We have learned with deep regret of the death of Inspector General William W. Taylor, 33, of Salt Lake City, who departed this life on January 11, 1907, and "Whereas, We have always recognized in Illustrious William W. Taylor, 33, a man and a Mason who was deeply interested in the rise and progress of Freemasonry among colored men in the United Stat. s, and that he devoted many years of his life for the upbuilding and the advancement of the Masonic fraternity and labored in the journalistic field. In the publication of the Utah Plain-dealer, a paper that stood for the welfare highest and best interest before the people of the people throughout this country. "Therefore, be it resolved, That while we deeply lament his departure, as Divine Providence has seen fit to call him from labor to reward, we hope to meet him in the land above, where there will be no more parting or sorrow there." "Resolved further, That this Uni- ted Supreme Council of Thirty-third degree Masons, in special session, extend words of sympathy and consolations to Sister L. A. Taylor and the family." BUSINESS LOCALS Our stock is complete. Give us a trial.—Geo. Hockenyos. Christmas candies to suit the most fastidious.—Geo. Hockenyos. J. Wallgreen, dealer in staple and fancy groceries. 634 Thurman street. Telephone Pacific 911. Jost Bros. Saloon. 340 Williams avenue, fine wines, liquors and cigars. Family trade a specialty. A good place to get your soft or stiff hats renovated is $249\%$ Alder street, between Second and Third. Red Front Shoe Store, J. F. Johnson, Proprietor. Fine dress shoes; workingmen's and loggers' shoes at $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 per pair. Repairing neatly done. 85 North Sixth street, between Everett and Flanders, next door to the Union House, Portland, Oregon. Phone Main 4062. 361 East SeventhSt., cor. Stephens Phone East 768 PORTLAND, OR BELL'S CAFE Choice Wine, Liquors and Cigars. Family garden in connection. Transient rooms. Union bar. Wm. Bell. Prop. Phone Main 2304. Cor. 23d and Thurman Sts., Portland, Oregon. EUREKA MARKET HENRY FASSBENDER, Prop. Choice Fresh and Cured Meats. Fish and Poultry Phone Main 2624 Co. 14th and Glisan, Portland, Or Fine Wines & Liquors Cor. 23d and Washington PORTLAND, OR. Nob Hill Pharmacy DR. J. J. FISHER. Prop. Drugs and Toilet Articles. Prescriptions Accurately Compounded 680 Gifisan Street Tel. Main 845 ELEGANT FLORAL PIECES and Cut Flowers. Garden Plants and House Plants. Very reasonable. GUSTAVE J. BURKHARDT, Florist 112 Twween-third St. Phone Main 603. Portland, Ore. Fine Wines & Liquors Family Trade a Specialty 340 Williams Ave. Portland, Ore. J. B. SIMMONS Choice Staple and Fancy Groceries CIGARS, TOBACCO AND CONFECTIONERY Delivered to All Parts of the City. 463 Glisan St. Tel. Pacific 199 SULLIVAN & KRUEGER Phone Main 1898 Dealers in Staple and Fancy GROCERIES Teas, Coffees and Spices Sixteenth and Glisan Sts. Free Delivery PORTLAND, ORE. DRINK Crystal High-Class Carbonated Beverages CRYSTAL BOTTLING CO. Telephone Main 7178 Ginger Ale in Syphons a Specialty Family Trade Supplied. 249 Madison St. Portland, Oregon The Yale Market & Grocery ED. R. STOCKLEN, Proprietor Staple and Fancy Groceries TEAS AND COFFEES A SPECIALTY COURTNEY MUSIC CO. Band Instruments Stringed Instruments Phonographs Cheap for Cash or Easy Payments. Latest Popular Songs and Music 25c, Five for $1, postpaid. 10-Cent Sheet Music Postpaid. Standard Classical and Popular Sheet Music, 10c. 88 North Third St., Portland, Or. MALL & VON BORSTEL Real Estate and Financial Agents GERMAN ALLIANCE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION Of New York. Capital $1,900,000 CONFLAGRATION PROOF—All S. F. losses paid in full. Statement after payment of S. F. losses: Assets, $1,537,806; Surplus to policy holdings, over $4,900 AGENTS—Holliday Park Second Addition; Manning's Addition; York Addition; Sullivan's Addition; W. W. McGuire's Addition; Nicholson Addition. 104 Second St., Lumber Exchange Bldg, Phone Main 1436 392 East Burns St. Phone East 159 P. A. EDDY North Portland's Leading Grocer Agent for Chase & Sanborn's Teas and Coffees Regular delivery by Three Wagons, 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. Special deliveries, 9 a.m., 5 p.m. Phone Main 1710. 752-754 Savier St., Corner Twenty-third Portland, Oregon Continental Casualty Co. of Chicago, Illinois. Paid-up Capital $300,000 Northwestern Department 503-4 Lumber Exchange Bldg., PORTLAND, OREGON The largest company in the world doing a strictly health and accident business. Over $5,000,000 paid on claims to R. R. men alone. Writes all classes of policies on all the different occupations, including the popular $1 a month policy. Call at the office or phone us and we will be glad to explain the different plans. Phone Main 4398. We Cater Specially to the Small Buyer UNIVERSAL SUPPLY HOUSE Delicatessen and Groceries Home Cooking a Specialty. Try Our Home Made Pies Phone East 5921 369 E. Burnside St. Near Union Ave. WILLIAMS & SWANK STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Teas and Coffees Telephone East 1602 222 Larabee Street PORTLAND, OREGON Telephone East 873 Union Avenue and Tillamook Street PORTLAND OREGON SCHWIND & BAUER Shoe Repairing Machine and Hand. Only Goodyear Machine in Our City. Shoes made to Order. Shoes Called for and Delivered. Telephone Pacific 2228. 269 Yamhill Street PORTLAND, OREGON. M. E. PUGH Fancy & Staple Groceries Phone East 440 447 Union Avenue, North PORTLAND OREGON Estimates Given on All Classes of Plumbing and Heating Work Phone East 2327 Residence East 2040 247, Holiday Ave. PORTLAND, ORE ARTHUR LAVY Furnisher and Hatter "HE MAKES SHIRTS" 486 Washington St., Opposite Heilig's Theatez PORTLAND, OREGON AMBLER & WATTERS The Real Estate Brokers Corvallis, Oregon Fine Farms, Stock Ranches and City Property for Sale or Rent Independent Phone 225. Send for List J. A. EASTES Staple & Fancy Groceries Choice Teas, Coffees & Spices Dry Goods and Notions ALL THE LEADING BRANDS OF FLOUR GOODS DELIVERED PROMPTLY 432, 434, 426. Union Avenue North Corner of Tillamook St. Phone East 660 GROCER 281, 283 and 285 Third St. CORNER JEFFERSON PICTURES FRAMED PHONE EAST 3549 FURNITURE REPAIRED RES. PHONE EAST 2312 H. C. SCHROEDER The Albina HOUSE FURNISHER HOUSES FURNISHED COMPLETE CASH OR INSTALLMENTS UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING 244, 246, 248 Russell St., PORTLAND THE AVENUE CLUB AND The Avenue Oyster House P. F. HALL, Prop. Fresh Oysters open daily. Pints, quarts, gallons. Delivered any place. The Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars The best of Meats, Fish, Oysters and Game. Open Day and Night 563 Williams Avenue 564 Williams Avenue Phone East 4619 PORTLAND OREGON Multnomah Trunk & Bag COMPANY Manufacturers of SUIT CASES STRAPS TRUNKS TELESCOPES BAGS Mail Orders Promptly Attended To Telephone East 24 121-131 E. Water St. PORTLAND, ORE THE W. G. 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When you do, visit THE CRESCENT, its model store, and one of the most interesting show places in what Elbert Hubbard has called the model city of America. Visitors will find here a Bureau of Information where reliable information of all kinds regarding the city may be obtained. Also free Parcel Check Rooms, Public Telephones and comfortable waiting rooms with lavatories for women. Spokane Agents for North Star Blankets, the kind used on allPullman coaches. O. E. HEINTZ, Manager. news and Crosswalks. CTION COMPANY , Portland, Oregon RD'S BREWERY Bottlers of the Is of Lager Beer BLUME" "COLUMBIA" D BOTTLES BURNSIDE & 13th STS. THE BANK ON WORKS. STEEL AND IRON Beds and Bolts, Cast Iron Coral Iron. Sidewalk Doors of Castings. ET BRIDGE, PORTLAND, OR Watson Drug Co. Wholesale and Retail The most complete stock of Drugs and Patent Medicines to be found in the Inland Empire. Prices guaranteed as low as the lowest. Our Prescription Department merits your confidence. 421 Riverside Ave. Mariso Block THE CENT SPOKANE'S GREATEST STORE Phone East 57 For The Children Bookshelf of Boyhood. Some eve I'd like to plant myself. By boyhood's long-neglected shelf. Once more to ope those pages worn Which modern pages make forlorn. Once more to let the moments speed With Optic, Castlemon, Mayne Reid! And "Boat Club" set, "The White Chief" there— Ah, these were books, I do declare! thenticled incident is cited to p. Three young orloles were capture were immediately caged and that was hung in a tree. The mother came, calling to the little ones, a little while she brought them worms. She continued for several to feed them, without paying attention to the persons who were but one day she brought them of green in the morning, and peared. In less than an hour the birds were dead. An examination the sprig showed that it was the larkspur, which, it is said, was full-grown cattle. There is, of a possibility that the mother them the sprig by mistake, but lieve that would be to doubt the tactive instinct that naturalists ute to birds and animals. "Jack Hazard!" Joy! Again we meet by Grace of Trowbridge lines replete! And, 'pon my my, here's "Cudjo's Cave!" (Was Cudjo not a "dandy" slave?) The "Scottish Chiefs" is this, I guess, With "Thaddeus of Warsaw"—yes! And this (I loaned it o'er and o'er) Is Stephens' "Left on Labrador"! Pass by that dog-eared treasure? No! Tis Scott's entrancing "Ivanhoe!" (How often of its glamour taught, Have Tom and I in tourney fought!) And here, imploring boyhood's eyes, The "Last of the Mohicans" lies! Hail! Hawkeye, Uncas, Chingachgook! ("Deerslayer" is that next old book.) Come, "Crusoe," pretty ragged, you—A hundred times read through and through! Your woodcuts blurred. While this one—see The far-marooned "Swiss Family!" And look! Their lonesomeuess confessed, "Aladdin," "Sinbad" and the rest Peer forth from covers stained and dim, awaiting—cheek by jey wilt with Grimm! Upon this faded back discern The tempting wizard name of Verne! The title? Must be "Field of Ice" Or, no; some "trip" of strange device. Munchausen, here; that, Gulliver; This, Coffin—truthful chronicler. (The other three, of course, are bricks, But can't beat "Boys of 70")* And you, O gift of gentler pen, Louisa Alcott's "Little Men!" And you, whom kindred soul creates, "Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates!" But duty warns—lake mother's dread: "Stop, my son; time to go to bed." In vain I'd beg: "One chapter more!" Farewell, dear shelf of boyhood's lore. —St. Nicholas. A. Surprise. It was pouring rain, but the twins did not mind it one bit, because they always liked ever so many rainy days when they were making a visit at grandma's. Grandma had a big attic, filled full of the most wonderful things that you ever saw. There were large trunks full of queer ruffled coats and velvet knee-breeches. And there were bouncing bandboxes that held funny green calashes and the biggest poke bonnets imaginable. And then there was the Noah's ark! It was not like your pretty painted one, which is full to the very top with a wonderful menagerie. It was only a little old black box without any cover. And the animals! Uncle Jacob cut them all out of some pieces of wood with his jack-knife, ever so many years ago, when he was not much older than the twins. And these animals were just as funny-looking as all the rest of the things up in that queer old garret. There were blue cows and pink lions and red-and-black leopards, and when Uncle Jacob had finished them he discovered that all the animals looked very much alike, so he wrote the name on the back of each one in great black painted lettrs. Polly and Patty lied this Noah's ark better than anything else in that whole attic, and they thought it was every bit as wonderful as Uncle Jacob did when he had finished it so many years ago. So this rainy morning, after they had finished their breakfast, these two little girls hurried up to the attic and ran straight to the corner under the eaves to get their precious treasure. Patty got here first, but when she looked into the box she said, "Oh! oh! oh!" very loud indeed. "Why, what's the matter?" exclaimed Polly, breathlessly. "There's a live animal in it!" whispered Patty. "There's a heap of baby mice! A whole nest of them! And they're pink, 'stead of gray and furry. Peep in and see them, quick, Polly!" Polly shivered. "I don't dare to" she said. And then s-mething happened that made both children scamper down those stairs in a terrible rush. The mother mouse came home! "I guess we can't go up in the attic ever again," said Patty, woefully, "'cause I'm not 'specially fond of mice,' less they're in traps." But when Uncle Jacob went up into the attic with her after dinner, there stood the Noah's ark just where Polly had left it. The mice were gone. Every one of them! And the twins are still wondering if the big yellow pussy-cat could tell them a secret, for she was washing her face, and she looked so knowing and wise.-Youth's Companion. The Mother Bird. It has been said by observers of birds that some of them will feed their young if they are caged, and if they fall, after a time, to release them, they will bring them a poison weed to eat so that death may end their captivity. This is hard to believe, but an apparently well- thenticated incident is cited to prove it. Three young orioles were captured and were immediately caged and the cage was hung in a tree. The mother soon came, calling to the little ones, and in a little while she brought them some worms. She continued for several days to feed them, without paying much attention to the persons who were about, but one day she brought them a sprig of green in the morning, and disappeared. In less than an hour the young birds were dead. An examination of the sprig showed that it was the deadly larkspur, which, it is said, will kill full-grown cattle. There is, of course, a possibility that the mother brought them the sprig by mistake, but to believe that would be to doubt the protective instinct that naturalists attribute to birds and animals. Topsy-Turvy. Eddle drew a hen sitting in a box. When he came to look at it he accidentally turned the slate on its end and lo! the hen disappeared and a call was in her place. How to Walk Upstairs How to Walk Upstairs. Perhaps it has never occurred to the boys and girls that there is a good way and a bad way to walk upstairs. Hear what a well-known physician says about it. "There are few persons who know how to walk upstairs properly. Usually a person will tread on the ball of his foot in taking each step, springing himself up to the next step. This is not only tiresome, but is wearing on the muscles, as it throws the entire suspended weight of the body on the legs and the feet. In walking upstairs the feet should be places squarely down on the step, heel and all, and then the ascent should be made without hurry. In this way there will be no strain on any particular muscle, but each will do its work in a natural manner. GERMAN HEART TOO LARGE. Doctor of That Country Tells of Observations at Olympian Games. A German medical man publishes some interesting comparisons made at the Olympian games respecting the size and stamina of the heart of the English, American and German competitors respectively. Dr. Smith says that as soon as he examined before the games the hearts of German sportsmen he could prophesy that they would prove no formidable rivals. The size of the heart was so abnormally great that in contests requiring strength, energy and endurance it was physically impossible that they should succeed. Results proved the truth of this forecast, and it is notable that the few German athletes who did win places were in possession of the minimum sized hearts. In the American sportsmen the heart conditions were in striking contrast to those of the Germans. Many of the American athletes were found to possess hearts smaller in dimensions than the smallest heart ever measured in a German hospital. An invincible sprinter possessed the smallest heart among the American competitors. A German-American athlete, rather significantly, was found to have the largest. Among the Englishmen examined the heart was found to be slightly larger than that of the Americans, though smaller than that shown by any other nation. A parallel case which occurred at the games strikingly illustrated the difference in form between the English and the German athletes. In spite of an indisposition a German athlete took part in a certain contest. Subsequent examination proved that his heart had increased at the end of the struggle to double its previous size. An Englishman, suffering from the same indisposition, returned from the contest as winner and his heart had become smaller. The writer points out that by a wrong system of training and injudicious living German athletes are doing much to cultivate heart and nerve complaints on a serious scale. Joke on the Professor The scholarly William E. Byerly, professor of mathematics at Harvard, was once asked by a student how to develop a retentive memory. The professor answered that ordinary mental exercise was sufficient to secure a good memory, whereat the student asked if he might test the mental capacity of his instructor. Professor Byerly agreed and the student asked him to listen to and remember several varied items for a test. He began: "One quart of whisky." "Um!" said the professor. "Six pounds of sugar, a pint of sour milk, three onions, half a gallon of molasses and two raw eggs" "Um!" said the professor. "Two green apples, twenty-six peanuts, one and a half cucumbers and four mince ples." "Um!" said the professor. "A package of starch, sixty-seven cakes of yeast and the skins of seven bananas. Got that down?" "Yes," answered Dr. Byerly. "How does it taste?" asked the student. And when you hear a man boast of his ancestors it's a safe bet that his descendants will have no occasion to boast of theirs. Krank NELL & KRANK. UNION MEAT M A. O. 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Ma Ap pean: Sooner or later we find out the “Toodles.” a eta a aa ae a eae ‘and in good time it came to light, and |was entered in the Sunday school class |book; but “Toodies” was the name he |gave, and Toodles was the name by iwhich he had gone during the greater |part of his life; and Toodles Is the jonly name by which he sball be known to the readers of this article. “Where do you live?” asked the teacher. “Around the corner,” wad his reply. It was the only residence given for rec- ord. But what corner he llyed around 1s not yet known; he lved mostly “around corners,” and had picked up a miscellaneous fund of Information there. ‘Toodles liked the Sunday school. To some of the boys with plenty of home privileges, Sunday school was a com- monplace blessing, {f a blessing at all; but ‘Toodles counted tt among the lux- urles of bis scant Ife. It is cheering to the heart of a Sunday school teach- er to have an appreciative pupil. It more than compensates for some uncon- yentionalitles in the matter of apparel ‘and speech. ‘There is no place for the recording of the deficiencies of Toodles. Indeed, they are forgotten. His was a loyalty and enthusiasm that would have hid a multitude of infelicities, 1f there had been a multitude to hide. There were not many; It 1s hard now to belleve that there were any. ‘Toodles became a diligent propagan- dist. He brought more boys Into the ‘Sunday school than did any other mem- ber. There was not even a teacher who had #0 many to her credit. And Too- ‘dies’ reeruits, brought In from his own ‘stratum of society, he regarded as un- der his care, and they looked to him as [their lender and representative. — * ‘Then came the earthquake and the fire. ‘Thechurchof.elght hundred members [seemed to have disappeared In a night. ‘There was a hardly a member whose home was not burned and whose bust- ness was not destroyed. Scores of them left the city, and hundreds removed to Jother portions of the town or to the suburbs, or camped in the parks and [slept between the graves In the ceme- terles, Thebeautiful walls of the church stood cracked by the earthquake and blackened by the fire. In time a temporary place of meeting ‘was found, and a Sunday service was ‘held, a pathetic contrast to the over- flowing services of the days before the disaster. The Sunday school was re- organized on the same day. A pitiful handful of children appeared, and the question was what to do. “Could the boys and girls be found? Could enongh fof them be assembled to make a Sun- day school in the heart of the burned district? Then entered Toodies. He had walked thirty-nine blocks to get there, and was late. But the school informally re- solved itself into a session with Too- dies. There was not a camp within or about the elty which he had not vis- ted, and he knew Just who were there. He was able to give lists from memory of more of the church families than even the minister knew. He knew where the boys were. ‘The minister and the superintendent and the teachers got out thelr note books and sat at the feet of ‘Toodles. Among the most encouraging facts in the reorganization of that Sunday school was the practical assistance given by this walf. And the minister sald, “Brethren, it always pays to help @ boy; you never know how soon he will be able to help you. Who of us supposed when we took this Iittle lad off the street, and gave him what we ‘could in the Master's name, that 0 soon we should find him one of our best helpers?” They thanked God tor Toodles, and took courage—Youth’s Companion. Christian Contentment. Poverty 1s largely a matter of fancy. The real poverty 1s in the mind—in the mind’s attitude. There is euch a thing as being rich without money. That man is rich who Is ricn in integ- rity, and who bas that best of all blessings, a contented mind—Christian contentment. ‘This last great boon Is gained through making the most of our hittle enjoyments, through making the least of our little Iacks, through doing our best at our little duties—through trusting in God and doing the right. To be sure, we cannot all be money rich. Some money-rich people are very Door. But we can all be millionaires of character and of faith, ‘possessing that godiiness which, with contentment, is « great gain, the real gain, the bigh- est riches—G. B. F. Hallock, D. D. Sweet Hour of Pravas. Christ Is the only teacher of real prayer. He teaches by example and Precept. He prayed trustingly, con- stantly, in intimate friendship with the Father, He teaches us to pray as He did. Solitude, isolation and retirement are essential to prayer. Get away from the world somewhere, alone. Our households must be 80 arranged as to Permit @ quiet time alone each day, without interruption or observation. In prayer there must be absolute concen- tration of the mind. Read the Bible prayerfully. Here God talks to His children. Let the thought of earthly communion with the heavenly Mather Decome habitual “Practice the pres ot . Leek torward to ihe ‘hour of prayer as the most delightful Season of the day. Keep the Quiet Hour. If you thus learn to pray In secret, your public prayers will take care of themselves, Life a Discipline. Sooner or later we find out that life 4s not 2 holiday, but a discipline. Ear- lier or later we will discover that the ‘world is not a playground. It fs qulte clear that God means It for a school. ‘The moment we forget that, the puzzle of life begins, We try to play in school. ‘The Master does not mind that so much for Its own sake, for He likes to see His children happy; but in our piay- ing we neglect our lessons. We do not See how much there Is to learn, and we do not care. But our Master cares. He ‘has a perfectly overpowering and inex- ilcable solicitude for our education; ‘and because He loves us He comes Into ‘the school sometimes and speaks to us. ; ‘@iegiba : Sima In our whole life-melody the music is broken off here and there by “rests,” and we foolishly think we have come to the end of the tune. God sends a time of forced leisure, a time of sick- hess and disappointed plans, and makes a sudden pause in the choral hymn of our lives, and we lament that our volces must be silent and our part miss- ing in the musie which ever goes up to the ear of the Creator. * * * Not without design does God write the amusic of our lives. Be it ours to learn the tune and not be dismayed at the “rest.” If we look up, God will beat the time for us.—Ruskin. SPIES ON THE MACHINERY. Clock Arrangement Tells Automatt- cally When It Works or Rests. ‘The introduction of modern detall cost accumulating methods, which have done much to systematize and cheapen manufacture, has led to the develop- ment of an Ingenious apparatus which indicates at a distance when any ma- chine {s stoped and the output of any machine for a given period. Moreover, the device makes an automatic record of all these facts so that at the close ‘of the day the manager, by veanning thelr graphic records, can tell the ex- act ontput of any machine ard the length of time {t was In operation, thereby enabling him to form an accu- rate Judgment of the rellability of dit- ferent operators. The beauty of this @evice is that the workman knows his every movement Is beg reported in the manager's office and he 1s helpless to misrepresent conditions. The recorder consists of a control- ling clock, which revolves a series of tlme charts, one for each machine un- der observation. The hours and dlvi- sion of hours are printed yertleally on the chart, In addition to which a serles ot pencils are rigidly fixed. The ad- Justment 1s such that the machine can be made to indicate every single revo- lution or any multiple desired aud each horizontal stroke of the pencil Indl. cates one of these units, which Is made ‘opposite the corresponding hour and minute. When there are no strokes tt indicates that the machine Is stopped. By simple mechanical arrangement an air piston is operated, which in turn establishes an electrie connection, the impulse of which is transmitted to the recording machine controlling its mech- anism, It Is suggested that bis device could be used to great advantage in connection with the engines of steant- ships, as a graphic record Is made of speed and the exact moment when any ‘order is carried out—Manufacturer. WALL PAPERS FROM CHINA. | Daily of Peking, Now in Its 1,200th Year, Printed on Siti. We are apt to forget, writes tts Kate Sanborn, in her new book, “Old- Time Wall Papers,” bow much we owe to the Chinese nation—the mariner’s compass, gunpowder, paper, printing by ‘movable types (a dally paper has been published in Peking for 1,200 years— printed, too, on silk). They had what ‘we call the golden rule 500 years before Christ was born. With six times the ‘population of the United States they are the only people in the world who ‘have maintained a government for 8,000 years, The earliest papers we hear of any- where were imported from China and had Chinese or Indian patterns, com- tng first in small sheets,-then in rolls. Some of the more elaborate kinds were printed by band; others were printed blocks. These papers, used for walls for bangings and for screens, were called “pagoda papers” and were dec orated with flowers, symbolic animals and human figures, The Dutch were among the most ep- terprising, Importing painted hangings from China and the East about the middle of the sixteenth century. Per- haps these originated In Persia; the word “chintz” ts of Persian origin and the French name for its imitations was “Perses.” About 1745 the Vompagnie des Indes began to Import these papers directly. Per were then also called “Indian papers.” Aug. 21, 1874, we find an advertisement: “For sale—20 sheets of India paper, representing the cultiva. tion of tea.” Such & paper, with this theme was Drought to America 150 years ago—a hand-painted Chinese wall paper, which has been on a house ever since and is to-day in a good state of preservation. 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While Dooly was holding court in Washington County, Georgia, a certain General Hanson came in and sat down at the side of the judge, and began to tell him about the vast amounts of property he owned. "Stop just a moment, general," said Dooly. "Mr. Sheriff, call in Jones, the receiver of tax returns." In a few moments that worthy appeared. "Mr. Recelver," said the judge, "come up here and make an inventory of General Hanson's property. He had mistaken me for you."—Sunday Magazine. Nothing Doing. It was an imposing building, but the man with the square valise did not hesitate. "Madam," he said to the matron who appeared, "I should like to show you a copy of our book, 'The Quiet Life,' which is making such a——" "Sir," she interrupted, "this is an institution for the deaf and dumb."—Chicago Tribune. THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON "That was a beautiful thought the minister gave us about being on the lookout for little unobtrusive ways we can help others, wasn't it?" said Miss Spears, fervently, to Mrs. Walley, as the two women walked slowly home from church together. "Um-m, yes, it's a beautiful thought," said Mrs. Walley, in a guarded manner, "but the last time parson preached that sermon—'twas five years ago, just before you came here—it made considerable trouble in my family. "Yes," continued Mrs. Walley, with an unseeing gaze on the changing foliage of the village trees, "Hiram saw a letter directed to his Aunt Letitia lying on the sitting room table, and he thought he wouldn't wait for me to ask him to post it, same as I always had to do two or three times before he remembered. "That sermon was right fresh in his mind, and he picked up that letter, sealed it, stamped it and posted it, all without saying a word to me till next day. Then he spoke of it real modest and yet pleased with himself. "I'm going to try to live up nearer to that sermon than I've been doing, Mandy,' he said to me, 'and make things easier for you; lift some o' the little burdens o' life off'n your shoulders." "Well, Hiram,' I said, as soon as I could speak without taking his head right off, for you know I'm high-tempered, excepting for what grace I've got, 'I know you meant well—but that wasn't a letter to your Aunt Lettia you've sent off. "That envelope had her old address on—of course you didn't notice that. She'll get it, but it'll make her mad as a horn when she sees it and thinks I've been careless and forgotten the new place; and inside were three elegant crochet patterns I was calculating to take over to the minister's wife to-morrow. I put 'em in that old envelope for safe-keeping—they've been there more'n six months. I was intending to let the minister's wife copy them. I laid the envelope out soon as we got back from meeting, so I'd remember. "Your Aunt Letitia desplies fancy-work, so she'll throw them in the fire and then sit down and write me." "So she did," added Mrs. Walley, grimly, "and it took a good deal of work to get her straightened out. "On the whole, there wasn't any lasting harm done, but I was only thinking as I sat there this morning, I was sort of relieved to think Hiram's cold key" him home from church today, all things considered." MARK TWAIN'S "INSIDE PRICE." How the Poor Bookseller Felt Ove "Discounts." Mark Twain some time ago told this story at a dinner given to Tax Commis- sioner Charles Putzel at the Freund- schaft Society Clubhouse in New York: "I saw Mr. Putzel twenty-five years ago in Putnam's book store. I went in there and asked for George H. Putnam, and handed in my card. A young man took it in, but came back and said that Mr. Putnam was busy and could not see me. I had merely gone there on a social call and started to leave. As I was going out my eye was attracted to a big, fat, interesting-looking book. It was entitled 'The Invasion of Engla- nish in the Fourteenth Century by the Friars.' I asked the price of it. "Four dollars," was the answer. "What discount do you allow pub- lishers?" "Forty per cent off." "Well,' I said, 'I am a publisher.' "He put down the figures '40 per cent' on the card. "I said: 'What discount do you allow authors?' "He said: 'Forty per cent.' "He said: Forty per cent." "Well,' I said, 'I am the author. You can put that down. What discount do you allow the clergy?" "He said, '20 per cent.' "Well,' I said, 'I am on the road.' So I took 20 per cent for that. "He put down the figures and never smiled once. Here I was working off all these scintillating brilliancies on him, and not even a spark of recognition. I was almost in despair. I thought I would try him once more, so I said: "You know I am also a member of the Human Race. Would you allow me 10 per cent off for that?" "He set that down—never smiled—so I said: "There is my card with my address on it. I have no money with me. Send the bill to my home at Hartford. "I picked up the book and was going away when he said: 'Wait a minute; there are 40 cents coming to you.'" Publisher's Weekly. Why He Doesn't Buy Why He Doesn't Buy. "He's a regular jack-of-all-trades. Why, he built his own garage." "Did he? I wasn't aware that he owned a car." "He doesn't. The only car that he'd care to buy is just a foot too long for the garage he built."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Hazy. "But," said Brightley, "if you were sure the fellow who beat you in the saloon was a politeman, why didn't you take his number?" "Well," replied Luschman, "I—ev—had had a number too many already."—Philadelphia Press. There always seems more excuse for a man to beat a mule than to whip a horse. Any woman who stoops to marry seldom gets time to straighten up again. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors silk, wool and cotton equally well and is guaranteed to give perfect results. Ask dealer, or we will send post paid at 10c a package. Write for free booklet how to dye, bleach and mix colors. MONROE DRUG CO., Hopkinsville, Missouri. Blood Humors Commonly cause pimples, boils, hives, eczema or salt rheum, or some other form of eruption; but sometimes they exist in the system, indicated by feelings of weakness, languor, loss of appetite, or general debility, without causing any breaking out. Hood's Saraparilla expels them, renovazes, strengthens and tones the whole system. This is the testimony of thousands annually. Accept no substitute, but insist on having Hood's Sarsaparilla In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1. A GREAT SEED BOOK. Ferry's 1907 Seed Annual Now Ready for Free Distribution. Ferry's great Seed Book is now ready for distribution. This is the book that every farmer wants and waits for. It makes no difference what other catalogues are received, farmers are not satisfied until they get Ferry's, because it contains better and fuller information. Ferry's Seed Annual, in fact, is really more than a catalogue. It differs from the usual seed catalogue inasmuch as it really helps each farmer or gardener to choose intelligently the varieties best suited to his particular needs. The wise selection of varieties results in bigger, better paying crops. The experience gained in fifty years of successful seed growing is thus at your command. For freshness, purity and reliability Ferry's Seeds are in a class by themselves. They are known all over the land, and farmers everywhere have confidence in the name of Ferry, and know for a certainty that their seeds can be relied upon. They know that every package has behind it the reputation of a house whose business standards are the highest in the trade. Just drop a postal to D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich., and they will send you a copy of their 1907 Seed Annual. It's absolutely free. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUINNIE Tablets Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W GROVE'S signature is on each box. 25c. Had Not Observed It. "It's such hard work to talk through this telephone!" exclaimed Mr. Highmus. "I hadn't noticed that," said Mr. Highmus, who had been listening patiently for five minutes at the other end of the wire. "It may be a little hard to hear through, my dear, but it doesn't seem to have interfered with the flow of your conversation." Of Interest to Women. Every woman naturally should be healthy and strong, but a great many women, unfortunately, are not, owing to the unnatural condition of the lives we lead. Headache is the backbone of our health, are prevalent amongst the women of today and to relieve these conditions women rush to the druggists for a bottle of some preparation supped to be particularly for them, and containing nobody knows what, so they would have to be arrested. They would take them regularly every night for a time all their trouble would disappear, as these pills regulate the organs of the feminine system. The same dose has the same effect, no matter how long they are used. Brandreth's Pills have been in use for over a century, and over drug and medicine store, plain or sugar-coated. Realistic. Critick—Yes, D'Auber is home from his trip to the Rocky mountains. He put in most of his time making sketches of the mountain peaks. He showed me a lot of them. Ascum—How were they? Natural? Critick—Well, they're certainly rocky. —Philadelphia Press. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one ocular tissue that is dead, and it is caused by a constitutional issue. Deafness is caused by an inconditioned condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and you are required to decompress the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; and which is nothing but an inconditioned condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give the Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarach) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarach Cure. Send for circulars, free. P.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Paints are the best. Sorrows of the Plutocracy. First Millionaire—Hard lines these days. Second Millionaire—Yes; our relatives are waiting for us to die to get our money, and the rest of the world doesn't want to wait that long—New York Sun. DON'T DESPAIR. Read the Experience of a Minnesota Woman and Take Heart. If your back aches, and you feel sick, languid, weak and miserable day after day — don't worry. Doan's Kidney Pills have cured thousands of women in the same condition. Mrs. A. Heiman, of Stillwater, Minn., says: "But for Doan's Kidney Pills I would not be living now. They cured me in 1899 and I've been well since. day — don't worry. Doan's Kidney Pills have cured thousands of women in the same condition. Mrs. A Heimman, of Stillwater, Minn., says: "But for doan's Kidney Pills I would not be living now. They cured me in 1899 and I've been well since. I used to have such pain in my back that once I fainted. The kidney secretions were much disordered, and I was so far gone that I was thought to be at death's door. Since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me I feel as if I had been pulled back from the tomb." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. WHEN writing to advertisers please mention this paper. Harvesting Dollars is possible if the seed be judiciously planted. Southern Alberta, Canada, has demonstrated beyond a doubt that it is the greatest cereal growing country on the continent, and "Alberta Red Wheat" grown there took both the Gold and Bronze medals at the Portland Exposition. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has 3,000,000 acres of the best of land, irrigable and non-irrigable, just east of Calgary, Alberta, which they are selling at from $1.2 to $15 per acre for non-irrigable and $18 to $25 per acre for irrigable. Lands sold by them three months ago at these prices are now now being held by the purchasers at $50 per acre and upwards. The harvesting of dollars invested in these lands is just as certain as the harvesting of cereals. If you are interested drop a card to the address below for literature fully describing the opportunity of the age. The Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Company, Ltd. 54 Ninth Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Yankee Notion. There never lived a more steady and persistent grumbler than Reuben Hall. Not only the weather, the state of his health and his crops furnished him with subjects, but the most reasonable and lenient laws which could be constructed raised discontent in Reuben's mind. "I dunno what they mean by telling folks to cart their waste stuff over to that dump at the end o' Grantham's Woods instead o' leaving it in the Lawton sullar-hole," he said, indignantly, one day. "Suppose the sullar-hole does show up from the road, what business has this town got to put an injunction on folks dumping stuff in it?" "The town's bought the old Lawton place," said his neighbor, in the pacific tone people usually employed in addressing Mr. Hall. "And I thought you were one of those that said 'twas an eyesore. Do you want to dump any o' your old junk in there, Reub, tidy as you are?" "No. I don't wanter," said Mr. Hall, sullenly; "but I wanter have the right in case I wanter, an' I wanter know why I haven't got it." PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of leching, blind, bleeding or pruritling piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded.50e. Strictly Business. "The graspin'est man I ever knew," said Uncle Jerry Peebles, "was an old chap named Snoopins. Somebody told him once that when he breathed he took in oxygen and gave out carbon. He spent a whole day tryin' to find out which of them two gases cost the most if you have to buy 'em. He wanted to know whether he was makin' or losin' money when he breathed—Chicago Tribune. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder. It makes tight sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Sold by all Drummags. Price 25c. Trial pack-ear. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRo, New York. Omissions of History The good people of Salem had just burned another witch. 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