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TH& .MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRiDAY, APJRIL 5, 1901. 10 BOY SOLDIER IN CHINA 1CA1.VIX TITUS TELLS OP THRILX.IXG , ' " EXPERIENCE. Xonthfal Hero "Modestly Describes tlic Scene of Battle Thronsn ;r. WbfcU He Passed. The following letter, -written by Calvin P. Titus, the young man whom Prelsdent McKinley recently appointed to West Point, concerning his personal experiences in the war in China, Is an exceedingly interesting account of the Chinese trou bles of last year. It was -written to his lonner companion-in-arms, Herbert Nunn, of Kalama, "Wash: "Peking, China, September 7, 1900. My Dear Old Comrade: As I have a place now to -write, and some paper to -write on, I "will try to answer your two letters, which I have received lately. I was glad to hear from you; also glad that you did cot re-enlist. "Well, I suppose, to begin with, I may as -well go to telling my (or our) trou bles. About the trip from Manila to Nagasaki I will say nothing, for of course you know just what that would be; but I had a flne time at Nagasaki. I think it is the prettiest place I ever paw. "We left there on July 22, and headed for Taku. We caught a few glimpses of Cofea, and then we saw the British har bor of Wei Hel Wei. We saw the light house at Port Arthur. On the 25th, we anchored out about eight miles from Taku, among about 30 warships. There were Russian, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, Austrian, Italian, English and American ships among them. We an chored about 1 o'clock P. M., and in the evening the steamer Pe Chi 11 came ' alongside and began loading up from -us. "Our company and Company P were up the next morning at 1 o'clock, and at 3:30 , -A..M. the Pe Chi X.I took us ashore. We passed the big mud forts at the mouth tof the Pel Ho. They are very large,. and $Id npt seem much damaged by the bom bardment they had had from the alllied fleet. We went on up the river to the nd of the railroad, which is called Tong Ku. We landed there, and -unloaded the boat, and loaded several big cars. The Russians have charge of the railroads. My. but they are a dirty set of fellows! "When all was ready, we were put aboard a train, and started for Tien Tsin. We arrived there late in the afternoon. The pari of the town the regiment was . fin .3s surrounded by a big mud wall. The Ninth did most of its fighting near the railroad station. Tou ought to see that place. Everything is shot to pieces. The bullets were so thick that I ave counted 25 or 30 of them in a board three feet by elx inches. The city all around is com pletely destroyed. What -shells and bul lets Sid -not do, the fire did. "When we bad unloaded we marched across the city to. the camp. Here it was, 14 days after the" battle, and there were still dead Chinamen lying around In the streets. The big droves of dogs and hogs, which -before the fight were not overly fat, were putttlng on flesh pretty fast. "In a day or tw.o we were taken over and camped In the grounds of the Ameri can mission. Then Company E was sent "over In the walled city to guard the arsenal. For relics you should have been there. There was every kind of a gun .that was ever made, from a Krupp to a anuzzle-loiding musket 10 feet long, as well as all kinds of fine swords, bayonets and bugles. I got 25 or 30 different kinds of cartridges, and still I did not get them all - "We guarded the mint, too, or what thero was left of it. It had been burnt down There was Jots of melted silver to be tound by picking the bricks over, and as the Chinamen around there would rather have It than money, we used it for Tuony to buy chickens and eggs, watermelons and fruit. We also sold some. "On August 4 we started out In the afternoon, and went about five miles. We camped in a cornfield for the night, and It rained upon us. We were moving be fore daylight. We were in reserve for the Japs and the English. "The battle began between 4 and 5 o'clock. The artillery fire was very heavy, and the rifle fire was terrible. It began about S o'clock. Before It was over -we moved away around to the left past the hospitals, behind the bank, -where they were bringing the Jap and English wounded. I guess I saw nearly a hundred wounded Japs. "When we had gotten away off to the left we were deployed, and started for u part of the town; but the part we were to take had been deserted, and we fired never a shot. A few shells burst around us, but no one was hit. So ended our first battle in China. 'Rellly' fired a few shots that evening, but got no answer. "Next morning we were up at 2:45. We crossed the river on a pontoon bridge, and -went out on a big plain nearly as level as a floor. At 11:30 we were de ployed again. We had come, up to the railroad, which angled off just a little bit from the way we were going. The Ninth Artillery was across the railroad, and the marines and English were to our left. Batteries opened on our right and left, and the Chinese batteries were away to the front. "The shells began to burst around us, -and pretty soon the rifle bullets began to drop. The first I saw go down was Hus ton, wltjh a bullet in his neck. By this time the bullets were flying thick and fast, and shells were bursting everywhere. One burst in about the same squad Hus ton was in, and knocked out KIddo, Cur ran and Forgeral. A piece of the shell hit Emhoff in the stomach", knocking him down, but not otherwise Injuring him. A rifle ball glanced off Gaddynes' cheek bone. "Our troops went up in three lines, and there was a line of British Indian Sikhs ahead of us. E Company was in the third line to start with, but we got to the end about as soon as anybody. We advanced about 1 miles. When 'charge' was given we ran right over the English Sikhs, who were hiding behind the mounds in squads. When we got to the railroad I ran up on the bank and saw a big line of Boxers slowly retreating across the11 cornfield, About S00 yards away, but they would not let us fire on them, because some one said the Japs were on the other side of them and we might hit them. "The town was right beside the railroad built on top of a bill. There was a can yon sort of place between the railroad and the town. Our company and a lot of oth ers were down in that place when shells from the English guns began to hit in the town. Then we were struck by a shell In where we ivere. and lost two men I saw; then another, which got six men out of -E' and eight out of 'H,' beside some English and Sikhs. Our men who got hit there were: Tyler," arms and legs, very bad; "Rod Evans, skull, bad; Johnson, legs, very bad, the tall Adams, side face and aye gone: Albertson, bead, very bad. I don't remember who the other one was. "We went a little way from there and camped. The next morning we burled eight men, seven of the Fourteenth and one of the Ninth. We, the Fourteenth, 4 had seven killed and 57 wounded. Others were hit that were not bad, and did not go td the hospital. Thus they were not counted. E Company had 12 wounded, but none killed. We laid over there that day, then started on again. For several days we had no fighting. ''The boys say that they were worse than the 13th of June. Why, I saw men go crazy from the heat and the want of water. I guess as many as 60 of our company had been knocked out at one time. The strongest and best men we had went out first. Men like Bacon and "Barrett and Mitchell first. Horan started by drinking Pusslan rum. He has been dead .now three weeks or, a, month. Z." "I"nGVer 'want to pass through -such, a -time .again One day all we bad was flve hardtacks and a can of salmon apiece. We marched hard. Half the company fell out when we got to camp. Our company was sent out on picket. The coolies did not come up. No coffee. It rained during the night; nothing to eat. In the morning -we found some pigs and killed them; had them about ready to cook when ordered to march. After marching some miles we came up to the cookhouse and wagon train, and were all right again. "The 14th we sighted Pekln, or, rather, the Pekln wall. Company E was de ployed right where General Chaffee was. There had been heavy rains since mid night. A Russian battery to our right was having a duel with a Chinese bat tery. I could see the Chink shells burst ing over the battery right along. "Rellly opened right by us. There was some rifle fire In a little town to our right and in front The General told Lieutenant John to take us and see what the firing was. The river there had big, covered boats, like cascoes, only larger. They were full of Chinese, men, women and children. Well, there were some brave Frenchmen on the boats and banks, shooting and stabbing the people through the cracks and holes in the boats. As we came along, some women and children came on deck. The women would hold their children In their arms and jump In the river and drown. I saw a nude little child limp across the decks, blood run ning down Its legs from a wound near the hips. They began to crowd up on deck, trying to get ashore. The French officer on shore ordered his men to commence firing, which they did, right into that mass of poor people. "Well, about that time I never wanted to shoot a white man so bad In my life. Our Lieutenant, John, ordered them to stop firing, by order of our General, who rode up just then. Say, but he did order them out of these and to the rear In a hurry, and told us, If they did not go, to force them, but they went "We went on toward the wall .down the river. We came up to one corner, and half the company was up befpre they opened fire on us from further down the wall. Away down to the right we saw a Rus sian flag flying. I took off all my things and went up the wall. There were no Chinks' within several hundred yards. The Adjutant followed me up, and then Lieutenant John; then Ingle. The Adju tant brought up a string and we pulled up a gun and belt, and I opened fire on the ones further down the wall. The boys kept coming up, and we soon cleared the 'Chinks' off the wall further down. We got the flag up pretty quick, and the -Chinks' brought a gun to bear on us from a tower 1000 yards away. They ham mered all around where we were, but no one got hit. One would have cut me In two if It had not been for the little wall I was shooting over. "There was a big fort on the wall, and we went down to see If we could not take It I found a big silk flag, on Its staff, lying near the edge of the wall. Its bear er's blood on it I took It off the pole and have kept It ever since. "We got to where the Russians were. They had taken a gate the night before, but could not go any further. The big fort was at point-blank range from there. Earl got a bullet through his hand at the base of the left thumb. The wound 1b abo'ut well now. "We ran the gauntlet across a small creek and got into the town. From the tops of the houses we opened Are on the fort and walls further down. Reilly got his guns to working on the same places. We had to run the gauntlet across a street, the Sergeant carrying the flag. "That old, cranky fellow out of G stood In the street and waved his arms, he said, to Inspire the men. Well, he was hit In three places, but will live, all right A hospital man was killed in taking care of him. "In a couple of hours we had complete ly silenced the guns of the Chinese. We stayed there quite a while waiting for the other battalion, when we marched up along the wall to the outer gate near the British Legation. We saw the Brit ish flag on the wall there, where the Brit ons had held ever since the siege begun. They had got there ahead of us and did the fighting. How glad those imprisoned people were to see us! It repaid us for all we had suffered, indeed. "We went back through the water gate and camped. It rained on us again. In the morning we started, we thought, for quarters, but we went through the first gate of the Imperial City. The bullets began to rain through the cracks. The battery got to the wall behind us and opened fire over our heads. Rellly fired a defective shell. A very ragged piece of It went under my chin and gave me a scratch an Inch long just above my Adam's apple. It went through the next man's hat and hit the next man In the leg. "Acting Major Eastman took our com pany around through some of the city on our right Here v,e found a side gate. We captured four or five Boxers, but we could not open the gate. The other troops had blown the gate open from the opposite side, and they unbarred It and let us in. Then we all wentlhrough an other gate. About half the company got through before they opened on us from the next fort SImpklns was hit Coffmann went in with a litter to bring him out, and he was crippled. Baker got one through the thigh, and Fox got the back of his hand burned- The two first men tioned have died. "Then came some hitch between Gen eral Chaffee and the Russians, so we were not allowed to go any further. "How we did want to go through that gate, because we could see the palace, with Its marble stairs and other fine things, but they would not let us. "We stayed around there till evening; then marched back to where we had camped the night before. Next day we moved to the grounds of the Temple of Earth. "We are down In the city now, on police duty, for four days. The Chinese In the Imperial City opened the last gate a few days ago, and so many from each army marched through. I was one of them. The city was flne In some ways, but very dirty. We went through three throne rooms. They had taken everything out, so there was nothing but the throne and carpets. In a garden they had fine pot tery and a josshouse. "Well, we have done nothing since but patrol. We are living pretty well. We expect to stay here part of the Winter. We don't know anything about what is going on or what Is going to be done." An Explanation. PORTLAND, Or., April 4. (To the Edi tor.) If the ladles of the Relief Society would read the cards attached to the children's banks they would .see that the title of Oregon Children's Home Society is printed there, and not Children's Home of South Portland. The two societies are dissimilar In their methods and alms, as the Children's Home, it is understood, is a boarding home for children from Mult nomah County only, while the Oregon Children's Home Society receives chil dren of all ages from the entire state boards, clothes and places4 them In care fully selected homes for adoption. This society is -a. branch of the national, which Is organized in 24 states of the Union, and has placed in family homes more than 15,000 children. As this work has been fully explained several times In the dailies, it Is presumed that this may be the last call for explanation. L F. TOBBT. WITTER SPRINGS 2IEDICAI, WATER I have a large shipment on steamer that will arrive here Thursday, April 4. It will absolutely cure dyspepsia, Indigestion, dropsy, gout; rheumatism, kidney and liver troubles, constipation, piles, inflam mation and catarrh of the bladder, neu ralgia, malaria, chills and fever, chronic alcoholism, old sores, venereal and all blood dlseabes, catarrh, menstrual diffi culties, dandruff, eczema, warts, erup tions and all skin diseases, corpulency, epilesy. It is the only absolute cure for syphilis in all its stages In the world. In chronic cases of above diseases will fur nish the water to be paid for after cure is effected. F. J. Hellen, agent 130 Fifth street In Prussia there are at present 5S perr sons '-who have an income of over $250,000 a year. REPRESENTED IN OREGON "WASHINGTON Jb OREGON ROAD APPOINTS JUDGE CAREY. Reports of Surveyors Sent to tbe Company's Promoters at' Tacoma. Ex-Municipal Judge Charles H. Carey has been appointed the legal representa tive In Oregon of the Washington & Oregon Railroad, which is- building to Portland from Kalama. His authority under the power of attorney filed In the County Recorder's office, ia to accept service of legal papers and to appoint agents. Judge 'Carey will not do much In the way of naming agents, .but will be on deck for litigation which anyone desires to begin with the railroad. "His appointment gives the Washington & Oregon legal standing In this state. The engineers of the Washlngotn' & Oregon have located three routes for a railroad between the south bank of the. Columbia opposite Vancouver, and Port-5 land. Neither line, It Is said, is satisfac tory. All three call for costly work and In one case a tunnel of considerable length would have to be made. It is un derstood that the reports of the engineers have been forwarded to Tacoma for the consideration of the promoters, who rep resent the Eastern capitalists behind the railroad project ALTSCHUL CHECKED. Columbia Southern Will Defeat His Scheme in Oregon. ' It Is not known whether the settlement of the Columbia Southern litigation will have any bearing on the plans of the Nevada, California & Oregon. This com pany's line is completed to Termo. near the Oregon boundary. Its next move will be towards Lakevlew, the seat of Lake County. Had the Columbia Southern been tied up by a receivership the Nevada, California & Oregon would have hurried Its road to Prlnevllle and made Central Oregon tributary to California. This would have bottled up, the Columbia Southern, as It will be many years before Central Oregon will be able to support two roads. E. B. Lytle, president of the Columbia Southern, saw through the de signs of the Nevada, California & Oregon and realized that if his road was to be of any value to anyone either he must buy O'Reilly's Interests or sell his own to O'Reilly. This was the motive for the settlement of the litigation between Lytle and O'Reilly. Now that the Columbia Southern is out of court and ie making money, the next move of the Nevada, California & Oregon Is awaited with In terest. To the railroad world It looks as if the Columbia Southern has checked Mr., Altechul's little game to annex Central Oregon, for commercial purposes, to San Francisco. The terms of the Lytle-O'Rellly settle ment have heretofore been published in The Oregonian. Following Is the text of the final agreement by which the control of the road passed to Mr. Lytle and Mr. Moore: "Whereas, the undersigned, B. E. Lytle and Drake C. O'Reilly, have heretofore been stockholders of the Columbia Southern Railway Company and as such have been participating In the business of the said corporation and by reason thereof certain differences have arisen be tween the parties thereto, and there are now pending various legal proceedings to which each Is a party. "Whereas, a full and complete settle ment has been made and It wa6 under stood as a part of the terms of such set tlement that mutual releases should be executed and delivered between the par ties mutuually releasing and discharging each from any and all claims or de mands of any kind whotsoever claimed or made by the one against the other. "Therefore, In consideration of the premises and In completion of the settle ment of the differences between the par ties, said parties hereto, E. E. Lytle and Drake C. O'Reilly, do hereby mutually release and discharge each other from all and every claim or demand of any kind whatsoever by the one held against the other. "In witness whereof the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals this 2d day of April, A. D., 1901. "DRAKE C. O'REILLY.. "E. E. LYTLE. "Witness to signature of E. E. Lytle: "ZERA SNOW. "Witness to signature of Drake C. O'Reilly: "THOMAS O'DAY. "C. E. S. WOOD." Mr. Lytle falls heir to all the pleadings In the cases which were dismissed as a result of the settlement He collected them into a bundle nearly a fpot high yesterday and stowed them in a vault "Paper ordinarily Is not costly," he said, "but th'ls pile came high. But," he added with a smile, "the Columbia Southern Is a good road." UNDER ONE HEAD. To Control Erie, Burlington, North ern Pacific and Great Northern. NEW YORK, April 4. The Mall and Express says: "It was reported In Wall street today that papers are being prepared for a New Jersey corporation to hold a con trolling Interest In the stocks of the Erie, Burlington, Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railways, the leading properties In which James J. Hill is in terested. It Is said that the same plan will be followed as was adopted in the steel combination, the shares of the larger company being exchanged for those of the constituent companies. T,he pur pose Is to enable the financial Interests who are putting through the big deals to do so -with less capital than would other wise be required, and also to give greater permanency to the big alliance. The total capital of the companies mentioned Is more than $550,000,000. James J. Hill was out of the city today, and those asso ciated with him expressed Ignorance of such a scheme." Memphis and 'Frisco Consolidation. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 4. President Wlnchell, of the Memphis road, said to day that the community of Interests of the Memphis and 'Frisco lines will be in effect in its fullest sense about July 1. Twelve miles of track extending from Miami, L T., to the main line, are to be built at once. The contract will be let this week for this connecting link, and it will be finished by July 1. The branch line of the Memphis from Baxter Springs to Miami will be rebuilt with, 75-pound steel rails. For this improvement, 1400 tons of rails have been ordered for Im mediate delivery.' This line will be a part of the main line btween Kansas City and Oklahoma and Texas. It Is believed that the Memphis general offices will be removed from Kansas City to St Louis. Manager of the Seaboard. BALTIMORE, Md., April 4. It Is learned here today from an exceptionally, reliable source that the position of vice president and general manager of the Seaboard line, recently vacated by Mr. St. John, has been tendered to James M. Barr, now third vice-president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, and that his acceptance is assured. Bal timore directors, while admitting that an offer has been made to Mr. Barr, said they had not heard of his decision. Hill and Lnmont at "White House. WASHINGTON, April 4. J. J. Hill and Daniel Lamont were at the White House today, and saw the President for about 20 minutes. Directors of the M. K. & T. PARSONS Kas., April 4. At the an nual meeting of stockholdcrsv of the Mis souri, Kansas & Texas Railway here today, the following were elected mem bers of the board of directors: William Rockefeller, Herbert L. Satterlee, Myron t7 Herrjck, H. J. Ownes. The directors then re-elected the old officers for the en suing year. Not Building to Gresham. It is reported in the Eastern part of the county that the East 'Side Railway will, extend its line to .Gresham and Eagle Creek. F. S. Morris, of Morris & Whitehead, who bought the East Side Railway last year, said yesterday that he knew nothing of the proposed exten sion. "Some people seem to think we're about to build to Gresham," he said, "but this matter Is news to me." Spokane Union Depot Lease. The O. R. & N. circular relating to the lease of the Spokane union depot by that company announces that H. M. Adams will be continued as superintendent of the depot. Yellowstone Park Season. ST. PAUL, April 4. It was decided to day to begin the season of Yelowstone National Park June 30, five days earlier than It has heretofore been opened. HUNG MONEY BAG IN A TREE Eccentric Woman Who Feared Bur glars Left $100,000 Estate. New York Press. It was the custom of Mr,s. Marietta Doe ,Hay, who died recently In Tarrytown, to put her money and jewels lirffsraall black bag, which she would hang on a limb of a tree outside her window at night She feared burglars, and she wanted to be able to truthfully tell any robber who appeared that she had no money In the ' house. Frequently the bag contained thousands of dollars. Her will was filed yesterday In White Plains. She leaves about $100,000. Al ways precise and careful, these charac teristics are shown in the will. It is in her handwriting. Among the bequests are: To the De Witt C. Hay Library Association of Cald well, Lake George, N. Y ICO shares of American Bank Note Company stock" also 35 shares of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad stock, and also $2000 of Duluth & Iron Range Railroad stock, In trust, to be held by said Library Asso ciation forever, the interest and income to be devoted to the purchase of new books, pictures, objects of art, and" for no other purposes whatever. To the United States Cremation Company, Fresh Pond, $2000 In bonds'. To the New York City In firmary for Women and Ghildren, $4000 in bonds. To Mary G. Ames, of White hall, $2000. To Beach Ewer, of Sackett's Harbor, a niece, all title to the Pickering homestead at Sackett's Harbor. To Roa etta Boaman, colored, $1000 in "bonds. The will is dated December 27, 1900. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. J K Adams. Snn TVon Jobeph McCarden & w, NY Miss Helen Lee Mc Carden. 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Rates, $3 and up. Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma. European plan. Rates. oOc and up SCHEME IS IMPRACTICABLE, TONNAGE TAX FOR RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Small Streams Would lie Doomed and Commerce Retarded Present System Can Be Made AH Right WASHINGTON, April l.Some of the papers In the larger cities are agitating a scheme made use of in some foreign coun tries to have a tonnage tax applied to the Improvement of rivers and harbors. This will never be adopted, as It would mean that many small harbors and streams could never be improved. For Instance, where the cutting of a channel or the construction of canal and locks waa proposed, there would be no com merce until after the works were com pleted. On that theory the dalles of the Columbia would never be Improved, nor would there ever have been a canal and locks at the Cascades. After a city was once built, It might be a fine plan, but It never would do with harbors of refuge and other points where deep water for safety and anchorage is necessary, and yet where there is little or no commerce. If there could be a reform In the method of construcltng a river and harbor bill, there would be no demand for these pro posed reforms. But as long as one-third of the votes necessary to pass a river and harbor bill must be procured by appro priating for small streams and unimport ant harbors, the same evils complained of In the bill which Carter talked to death wlu recur. The average Congressman Is determined to have his share for his dis trict if It is. to be obtained. This seems to be recognized, and it is a struggle to see how much each can get, rather than make expenditures for the interests of the Government and to promote the great commerce of the country. Mr. Carter, speaking of the different comments made upon his action In defeat ing the river and harbor bill, said that if a bill should be prepared according to the merits of the different sections of the cbuntry, the $50,000,000 carried In the defeated bill could have been expended to & good purpose. He spoke particu larly of the Columbia River. He said that this great waterway, with plenty of water and lobstructed only in such a manner as could be remedied by the construction of locks and canals, ought to be Improved. He thought that the Columbia River from its mouth to its headwaters, and the many of its tributaries, could be Improved to the greatest possible advantage of a large section of the country. He says that If $10,000,000 of the $50,000,000 carried In the bill had been set apart for the purpose of making the Columbia navigable, bene fiting five large states, that would have been an expenditure justified by the situa tion. He held that at least twice this amount was to be wasted upon streams which afforded not the least benefit to commerce, and little to he agricultural and manufacturing Interests of the coun try. JTE PLUS ULTRA IN HAMS. Only Ttfo or Three of Them Found In a Hundred Thousand. "No, this Is not really ham," said a New Orleans enlcure, who was taking break fast with a couple of friends at a down town restaurant the other day, says the New Orleans Times-Democrat. "Of course it Is what is known commercially as ham," he continued, prodding the pink substratum which supported a pair of neatly poised eggs, "and I -dare say It Is a very excellent article of Its kind; but, compared with the highest achievements in ham, It scarcely belongs to the same family. The delicacy of which I speak Is not to be procured In open market for love or money, and I confess that my own acquaintance with It Is due entirely to fortunate chance. "Some years ago I was of assistance, In a slight way, to a young fellow from Chicago, who had become Involved In trouble through no particular fault of his own and seemed likely to suffer, simply because he was a stranger. I got him out of the scrape and he returned home extravagantly grateful. Soon afterwards I received a letter of thanks from his brother, who Is foreman of a large pack ing house In Chicago, and with the let ter came a ham, swathed In as many wrappings as an Egyptian mummy and boxed up for shipment as carefully as a diamond necklace. This was the first real ham I ever tasted, or, in fact, ever saw. When I .sampled it but pshaw! I might as well attempt to describe the aroma of a carnation. In delicacy, flavor, tenderness, and a dozen other qualities it so far transcended any other ham In my experlence that they were not fit to be named In the same parish. How it was secured I learned later on. "In the large packing houses, so I am told, the Inspectors who examine the finished product keep their eyes open for phenomenally choice pieces of meat for the personal use of he chief employees. Thousands upop thousands of hams Dans under their eyes every day, and now and again they see one that their experience tells them is a miracle of perfection a rara avis upon which nature has freak ishly done her level best. We encounter such abnormalities In everything, you know In flowers, fruits, precious stones, pearls something above high-water mark in which there Is accidentally a perfect equlllbrum of all the elements of ex cellence, and It Is exactly the same with hams. When the inspector spots the paragon he immediately grabs it and lays it aside, and It was one of the gems from this culling extraordinary which I received. You may judge of their rarity when I tell you that not more than two or three are found In a hundred thousand. They are scarcer than black diamonds." '"Did you ever get any more?" asked one of the epicure's friends. "Oh, yes," he replied, "the grateful brother sends me one or two a year with the regularity of a clock one on Christ mas, and one ton the Fourth of July. I know I ought not to accept them, and that the gift Is altogether out of pro portion to the service, but who could resist such a temptation! Moreover, the incident is an incentive to good deeds. The small loaf of bread I cast upon the waters years ago. has returned to me In many hams! transcehdal hams! sublim ated hams! unpurchasable hams! The mqral Is always tc assist young men who are In trouble, especially whea they say they have brothers who are foremen In packing houses." The Emperor's Dreams. Atlanta Constitution. According to Berlin dispatches, Willie, the Emperor,- has been dreaming spine bad dreams. He views with concern certain happen- Pears' Economical soap is one that a touch of cleanses. Pears' 'shaving soap is the best in all the world. All ot of people m Per.m" noap, all sort Of stores sell It, especially druggist ings In Russia, and taking these in con nection with, a recent accident to himself, he has come to the conclusion that it is a bad time for a man to be wearing a crown out at nights. German newspapers are inclined to criticise the Emperor and to declare the alarm which found expression In his speech to his Alexander regiment Is un called for. They may be right, but the indications point to the contrary. With such agitation as Is upsetting Rus sia, and with the unrest which Is always prevalent In the Old World monarchies, there Is good reason for extra- precau tions on the part of those who regard themselves the chosen of the Lord to rule their fellowmen. Agitation, especial ly when It takes the form of opposition to monarchy and the monarchlal institutions. Is catching. The blow which struck Em peror William on the cheek the other day may have been purely accidental, but the next one may not be. Crowns are not always comfortable pieces of headgear. How to Avoid Plagiarism. Weston Leader. Young Mr. Minchin has been acquitted of plagiarism by a jury of learned pro fessors. He had a close shave, never theless, and should confine himself In future to such safe expressions as the bird sings, the sun shines and the grass grows, and similar original Ideas that the world never heard of before. It Is too hazardous nowadays to crib an ora tion from a book, unless it be a Govern ment report, which nobody reads. Is This Sarcasm? . Salem Journal. The Republican party of Oregon will not have reached the acme of its bralnlal development until Brownell is Governor and Fulton Senator. AN EASY WAY To Keep Well. It Is easy to keep well If we would only observe each day a few simple rules of health. The all Important thing is to keep the stomach right and to do this it Is not necessary to diet or to follow a set rule or bill of fare. Such pampering simply makes a capricious appetite and a feeling that .certain favorite articles of food must be avoided. Professor WIechold gives pretty good advice on this subject. He says: "I am 68 years old and have never had a serious Illness, and at the same time my life has been largely an Indoor one, but I early discovered that the way to keep healthy was to keep a healthy stom ach, not by eating bran crackers or diet ing of any sort; on the contrary I always eat what my appetite craves, but for the past eight years I have made it a dally practice to take one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal and I attribute my robust health for a man of my age to the regular dally use of Stuart's Tablets. "My physician first advised me to use them because he said they were perfectly harmless and were not a secret patent medicine, but contained only the natural digestives, peptones and diastase, and af ter using them a few weeks I. have never ceased to thank him for his advice. "I honestly believe the habit of taking Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals Is the real health habit, because their use brings health to the sick and ailing and preserves health to the well and strong." Men and women past 50 years of age need a safe digestive after meals to insure a perfect digestion and to ward off dis ease, and the safest, best known and most widely used is Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. They are found In every well regulated household from Maine to California and In Great Britain and Australia are rap Idly pushing their way Into popular favor. All druggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, full sized packages at 50 cents and for a weak stomach a 50-cent pack age will often do $50 worth of good, j DR. SANDEN'S BELT Has no equal for the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, Exhausted Vitality, Varicocele, Premature Decline, Loss of Memory, Wasting, etc., which has been brought about by early indiscretions or later excesses. ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS, Write today for ray latest books, "Health in Nature." and "Strength; Its Use and Abuse by Men." Office Open Evenings. Dr. A. T. Sanden CORNER FOURTH AND MORRISON. PORTLAND, - OREGON THE DOCTORS AGREE. Two Physicians Both Agree on the Nevr Scientific Dandruff Treatment. Dr. J. M. Powell, of Spokane, Wash., says: "Herplclde has given good satis faction In my family for dandruff." Dr. W. G. Alban of Walla Walla, Wash., says: "I And Herplclde all that Is claimed for It asa dandruff cure. I shall prescribe It." Dandruff is a germ dis ease, and you can't cure it unless you kill the dandruff germ: and you can't do that unless you use Newbro's Herplclde, the only preparation In the world that dec stroys the parasites. A delightful hair dressing; allays Itching instantly; makes hair glossy and soft as silk. It Is a sure dandruff destroyer. IT IS A CRIME TO BE WEAK. Every Weak man or woman can be re- storea to perfect neaitn ana viumy oy nmner anollcatlon of Electricity. Dr.' Bennett, the great Electrical authority, has written a book, which he sends tree, postpaid, for the asking. His Electric Belt and Electrical Suspen sory are the only ones which do not bum and blister and which can be re newed when bumedout. Guaranteed to cure Varicocele. Lost Vleor and VI tslltv. Kldnev. Liver and Stomach Disorders. Constipation, etc. Write for book today DR. BENNETT Electric Belt Co. 8 to 11 Union Block. Denver, Colo. 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