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8 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1906. DR. SILL FLRYS DOGMATIC CLERGY Rebukes Pastors Who Object to Criticisms of Theologi cal Doctrines. DEEDS, NOT CREEDS, COUNT Pastor of mlversallst Church Says a Few Pertinent Things to Pul piteers Who Would Muzzle The Oregonlan. EXCERPT FROM THE SERMON. We have had an example in this community in the criticism by the morning paper of a phase of theology which was characterized as an attack upon the fundamentals of Christian ity, when it had done nothing of the sort. It simply criticised a dogma, or theological belief, and did not at tack Christianity, yet It was accused of attacking Christianity and under mining the Christian religion. The ology is not religion, and the morning paper did not attack religion when it saw fit to criticise the former. The lime will come when an editor, or a citizen, may criticise points of the ology without being characterized as an Infidel and charged with seeking to destroy the Christian religion. Dr. Small, pastor of the First Univer nallst Church, administered a stinging rebuke in his sermon yesterday morning to preachers who object to intelligent criticism of religious dogmas. By infer ence he referred to Dr. E. P. H111. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and the attack which he recently made upon The Oregonian because It expressed edi torially its opinion upon oertain matters of theology. The subject of the sermon by Dr. Small was "Creeds and Deeds." He said: "Can we, and ought we, to get along without creeds? One says no; that creeds are the necessary formulas for the guid ance of men. Another says yes; that creeds and the insistence upon acceptance of them has given us the darkest pages of Christian history. Another says creeds may be all right If they consist of a few broad, fundamental statements. It Is safe to say there is truth in all these positions; but the latter is soundest. Creeds never will have the same hold over men as formerly; because it is seen now that knowledge Is only fragmentary, nnd there is no such a thing as a final revelation. Tho time will be when men will not be summoned to accept any dog matic statement on pain of being termed an Infidel. Few more disastrous attitudes than this have been assumed by the champions of the officially consecrated doctrines of any given time. Will Have Free Speech. "A Portland paper Is called an Infidel sheet; Its editor is similarly styled; on the main streets the salvation of his soul Is publicly prayed for by blatant revival ists whose standards of propriety do not Inspire admiration In the common peo ple. Why all this? Because, it is said, that paper attacked Christianity. The paper does not attack Christianity it has merely utilized its inherent right of criti cising some theological dogmas that have passed currency so long. What a spec tacle! Preachers with college degrees, unable or unwilling to discriminate be tween religion, the life of God In the soul, and theology, the effort to express that life in intellectual statements, and denouncing as infidels those who venture to criticise dogmas. They may have large followings of people; but their leadership Is anything but Inspiring. "Theolo"v deals not with a body of fixed fact, but with facts only meagerly ap prehended as yet. Hence, churches ought to encourage the freest and fullest re search among the people. To this posi tion the church must come. And it will not be the result of loose thinking; neither will It produce such. To be free to think and investigate to the fullest is not to be Intellectually flabby. Quite the re verse. "There Is a tremendous amount of loose thinking regarding religion nowadays, ex pressing Itself in the assertions that theology is useless, creeds are but fetters to the mind, and that it does not matter what one believes. Such assertions are not wholly false; they are only partially true. Regarding the latter assertion, the fundamental Issue is not. What does a man believe? but It is. Does he believe something great, inspiring?- If so his creed and his deeds are both constructive and uplifting. Belief and conduct are twins. Each one has some philosophy of life, and our working of it out is In exact ratio to our belief in its truth. You can tell a man's practical creed by his deeds. If a man doesn't act as If he believes the universe to be righteous, you may be sure that he doesn't have any positive belief In that way. Religion and Creed. "What is the matter with our Stanford Whites and others of that ilk? They are Ishmaellte8 of the worst type, and their essential creed Is that the world was made for their own lustful enjoyment. Such men do not believe In religion; for to believe in religion is to believe that we are in the midst of a moral order whose imperious demand on all of us is for righteousness of life. Without this creed a man suffers an eclipse of his moral life. Regarding the matters of speculative Interest in religion, it makes no difference what one believes. What boots it whether one is a Trinitarian or a Unitarian, a Universallst or a Calvan 1st, a believer in the Immaculate Con ception or an unbeliever? Between one's creed concerning those Issues and one's conduct there is little direct relation. "But unless we believe that the unl verse Is moral throush and through and that it Is moving toward righteous ends and that its Ruler validates our sense of obligation and sustains us In our efforts at making ourselves good and true, we could engage in no constructive attempt In that direction. WOULD IIAVK CHURCHES UNITE Pastor Suggests Christian" as Name for All Churches. Rev. E. S. Muckley, pastor of the First Christian Church, delivered a sermon last night on "The Non-sectarian Name." He took the position that all denominations should unite under one name, and suggested that all should be called "Christians." "This evening I am beginning the Non-sectarian series because I believe it to be timely. The signs of the times indicate a great and growing desire for erally conceded that the basis for Chris tian unity must be a non-sectarian basis. If I may help to discover that basis to even a comparatively few Christian: people I shall feel that I have had some part in the promotion of a cause that will honor my Dord and Master. "Wnat name shall be given to the church Christ established? Does it make any difference what she wears? In a multitude of names there is con fusion. And Paul tells us that God is not the author of confusion, but of peace. And If God has allowed confus ion to exist, and has used the church in spite of schisms, it was simply that peace might be brought out. Every one will agree that Christ be honored in everything pertaining to the church. All religious bodies accepting Christ as leader believe themselves to be Cnris tian churches, a part of the church of Christ. The question is, are additional names permlssable? They cannot be if Christian unity is desirable. Party names have helped to divide the church long enough. Luther said; 'I pray you leave my name alone, and do not call yourselves Lutherans, but Christians." John Wesley said: 'Would God that all party names and unseriptural phrases and forms which have divided the Christian world were forgotten." George Whltefield said: 'Would that all the names of the saints of God were swal lowed up in that one name, Christian." "Common ground is not sectarian ground. All, no matter what other names they wear, want to be called Christians. Therefore, the name Chris tian is common to all and is not a sectarian name. This name does not differentiate one kind of Christians from another, but is rather a bond ot unity. The human names are the sec tarian names which separate one kind of Christians from another. I do not care to be distinguished from my brethren, therefore I call myself simply a Christian, and will allow no one to fix a human name upon me. While the name I wear does not distinguish me from my brethren, yet! the names some of my brethren wear distinguish thera from me. "That the names Christian Church and Church of Christ are nonsectarian Is evidenced by the fact that recently six Methodist and Presbyterian bodies in Korea amalgamated under the name, Church of Christ in Korea. The same occurred in China among a larger number of denominations. We will do this some not-far-off day and thus remove the blight of sectarianism from the fair name of Christ." relationship with christ Dr. Ghormley Talks of the New Cov enant at Central Church. Dr. Ghormley, pastor of the Central Christian Church, preached yesterday morning on the theme, "The New Cove nant," and spoke from the text, "I the lord have called thee to righteousness, and will hold thine hand and will keep thee, and will give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gen tiles." He said in part: "Rome had become mistress of the world. Tiberius was on the throne. Pon tius Pilate was Governor of Judea. The Roman war temple was closed and the age of peace seemed to have dawned. The curtain had been rolled down on the scenes of a passing age and was soon to be lifted on the divine tragedy, for the fullness of time had come and the world was expectant. Students of the Old Testament Scriptures were taking heed unto the word of prophecy made sure, as unto a light shining in a dark place until the day dawn. "Two thousand years had passed since Sinai trembled at the voice of God, when he gave on tables of stone a covenant to his chosen people. This covenant was dedicated with blood. Moses was its medi ator. The promised land was the reward for obedience to it. It carried with it the prophecy of its abrogation. In the very nature of things it could be only temporary. Moses declared that God would raise up another prophet like un to himself, to whom the people should hearken and he who refused to hear him should be destroyed from among the peo ple. In that sublime moment on Mount Hermon, when in the transfiguration, Moses and Ellas talked with Jesus, a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said: "This Is my be loved son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him." "The law and the prophets culminated in the Christ. He was the perfect em bodiment of law, and by his personal ministry taught its application to human affairs. He is the new covenant, the human and the divine united, to bring humanity back to God. The scenes con nected with his birth, the sermon on the mount, his parables and finally the great commission, "Go ye therefore Into all the world." show clearly that it was world wide in its inception. "The covenant is to be made with the individual, the unit of the divine compact called the church. He comes into this relationship by virtue of the new birth. If any man be in Christ he is a new creature. He has come into covenant re lation with our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. Therefore all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollo's, or Ce phas', or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours and yea are Christ's, and Christ is God's. SCIENCE IS UNNECESSARY. Dr. Heppe Says It Is Not Required in Some Cases. Dr. William H. Heppe delivered an ad dress on "The Optimism of Religion" at the auditorium of the T. M. C. A. yester day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton rendered two vocal selections in connec tion with the service. Dr. Heppe denounced the philosophy which demands a scientific explanation of every religious truth, as a crawling phi losophy. "It is the philosophy," he said. "which exercises our worldhood at the expense of our Godhood." Dr. Heppe delved into ancient history to prove the necessity of Christianity to a nation and quoted extensively from Zola to show the failure of mere moral teaching. "Morality touched with emo tion," he said. "Is character put in cold storage, but morality touched with life is the fire of God." In closing he sought to demonstrate by several examples that scientific proof is unnecessary to the es tablishment of many facts, religion in eluded. SUICIDE IS EXPLAINED Maude Cullison Was Despondent Be cause of Nervous Affliction. Despondency as well as anger is now thought to have been the cause of the death of Maude Cullison, the lo-year-old daughter of C. J. Cullison. who commit ted suicide by shooting herself in the head shortly after midnight yesterday morning. Because of a nervous trouble from which the girl had been suffering for years, she was not allowed to attend school, and although raised In good sur roundings. she missed the accomplish' ments which other children enjoy. Coroner Finley took charge of the girl's body early yesterday morning, but as no evidence other than that of suicide could be gathered an inquest will not be held. Found Dead on Top of Coach. SEATTLE. July S. The body of Max papmeau 01 faxion. in., son or a manu facturer there, was found today on top of a westbound passenger coach. It is supposed that he was beating his way. Labels, Lithographed and Printed. Get our prices. Best work and lowest prices. St. Louis Label Works. 11J 2d at.. Port land. Telephone Priv. Exc. 70. HUNDREDS OPENING CONCERT Throngs Go to City Park for the First Public En- tertainment. FINE MUSIC PLEASES ALL As the Result of Public Subscription, Excellent Music Will Be Fur nished Portlanders Dur ing the Summer. If the first park band concert of the season is a key to the success of a Sum mer series of out-door musicale evenings and afternoons, the public and supporters of the movement to furnish the people of the city with elevated, high-class enter tainment should be well pleased. At the City Park yesterday afternoon hundreds of citizens gathered to hear the initial concert and the enthusiastic applause which greeted each number and the de mand for more music was highly encour aging to the members of the band and to those who have subscribed to its main tenance for this purpose. The day was ideal, Uie extreme heat of the past week having been broken by refreshing breezes, and people literally swarmed towards the park all day, es pecially large crowds going up early in the afternoon. It is a pretty stiff climb up hill, but everyone knew that there was plenty of shade and grassy lawns COMES TO PRESIDE AT FEDERAL at the top, and the best music in town to entertain them. So men, women and children passed in procession up the beautiful winding walks and paths to find a shady spot and to pass a pleas ant afternoon and evening. Music of the Best. The high class of music selected by Conductor Charles Brown for the first programme and the spontaneous appre ciation of it. Is an indication of the de mands of the public being strictly class ical. While each number was not heavy, some of them being light .and delicate in composition, the standard" was first-class and It pleased the audience. The an nouncement that there will be five open air concerts weekly has been well re ceived and there is no doubt but that equally large crowds will attend them all. Conductor Brown and his fine band have sprung into popular favor, and If they always give as good music as they did yesterday Portland will want no better. During the intermission and after the concert was over, crowds wended their way to the caged home of the baby monkey, and this little newcomer to the monkey family of the Park amused on lookers with all sorts of antics and tricks. Mother Katy keeps her baby well before the public eye, seeming to take great pride in exhibiting it to the curious spectators. The" capacity of this infant, no larger than a two months' old kitten, for peanuts is surprising. The animals were all in fine condition, and the fawn in the deer pen and the calf at the Elk pen shared honors with the monkey prodigy. The Park is at its best now, and a more beautiful spot for outdoor concerts could not be devised. BUTTS HEAD INTO WINDOW With Fragment of Glass Suicide tuts Throat in Bronx Park. NEW TORK. July 8. An unidentified man killed himself in an unusual fashion In the Bronx today, to the horror of a number of persons who happened to be in St. Mary's Park, near the scene of his suicide. After pacing the sidewalk for some time in evident mental distress he drove his head against the thick plate glass front window of a saloon until It was shivered from top to bottom. Then with a big fragment of the broken pane he cut his throat. A policeman summoned an ambulance, but the man bled to death before it reached the place. PERSONALMENTION. H. R. Hyatt, of New Tork City, is at the Hotel Oregon. A. E. James, of Philadelphia, is a guest of the Hotel Oregon. Jay Lynch, of the Yakima, Wash., In- dian agency, is stopping at the Hotel Oregon. B. Haywood, of Denver, la a. guest of the Hotel Portland. W. H. Smith, Jr.. of San Francisco, is at the Hotel Oregon. E. L. Ligget and wife, of Boise, Idaho, are at the Hotel Oregon. T. B. Cornell and wife of Grants Pass, Or., are at the Imperial. Frank Reese, of Los Angeles, Cal., is registered at the Hotel Oregon. . W. B. Pickrell, a prominent physician of Tacoma, is registered at the- Perkins. F. A. Spencer, of Portland, left for an extended trip to San Francisco last night. F. M. Sheppard and J. N. McCarrall, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, are at the Im perial. A. E. Loder, of the United States geo graphical survey, is registered at the Im perial from Washington, D. C. CHICAGO, July 8. (Special.) Ore gonians registered today as follows: Great Northern George Niedermarke, Portland. Grand Pacific L. H. Greenllck, Port land. McCoy George Churchill, Portland. NEW YORK, July 8. (Special.)-r Northwestern people registered today as follows: From Seattle J. A. Reed and wife at the Cadillac. From Spokane E. H. Thatcher, at the Seville. INT GDIS TO PRESIDE MONTANA JUDGE WILD ARRIVE HERE TODAY. ' Will Take Charge of Land Fraud Cases and Remain Until They Are Concluded. William H. Hunt. United States Judge for the District of Montana, was due to arrive here at 7 o'clock last night LAND-FRAUD TRIALS JUDGE HUNT. from Helena, Mont., on overland train No. 3, of the Northern Pacific, but on account of delays along the route the train did not reach the city until early this morning. He will preside at the land fraud trials which begin today, and in all probability will remain here until they are finished, which may take until Fall. The bill of exceptions in the case of J. N. Williamson, convicted September 27, 1905, under an indictment returned by the Federal Grand Jury February H, of that year, charging him with conspiracy under Section 6440, of the Revised Stat utes, will, in all likelihood be the first matter in connection with the pending cases that will come before the court for consideration. It is not thought that the settlement of the Willard N. Jones bill of exceptions will occupy the immediate attention of Judge Hunt. TENNIS TOURNEY TODAY Good Matches Scheduled to Take Place at Irvington. The schedule of play on the Irvington courts for today has been made up as follows: 10 A. M. Mrs. Scott and Miss Gray vs. Miss Fox and Miss Leadbetter; Gray vs. C. H. Leadbetter. 2 P. M. Mr. -J. Lockwood vs. Miss Goss. 3 P. M. Miss Fox vs. Miss Leadbetter. 4 P. M. Mrs. Judge vs. Miss Fording. 5 P. M. Miss Gray and Rosenfeld vs. Miss Shaefer and Wickersham. 6 P. M. Miss Goss and McAlpin vs. Miss Raley and Scott; Andrews and Wil der vs. Moser and Shull; Blair vs. Gam mie; Durham vs. Chamberlain; Wood ward vs. Bellinger. , Portland Cricket Club Plays. An interesting match was played Sat urday afternoon at the club grounds, East Thirty-ninth and Belmont streets, between the married and single men, re sulting in a victory for the single men by 42 runs. For the married men Cap tain Smith's bowling was excellent, tak ing seven crickets for 14 runs in the first inning and four crickets for 16 runs in the second inning, while Warren, for the single men, took four crickets for 10 runs in the first inning. King's 24 runs In the second inning of the single men, was the notable batting record. Visitors were present and refreshments were served. Next Saturday a return match will be played, when every member is expected to be present. Remains Are Taken to Dos Angeles. The remains of Gordon Allen, who was drowned in the Willamette River near Ross Island, the Fourth, have been taken to Sawtelle. a suburb of Los Angeles for interment. Mrs. Parks, a sister of the unfortunate young man, came to Port land from her home at Elgin and is accompanying the remains to Sawtelle, where her parents reside. New Number Will Be 353-355 Washington St. Will Be Better, Bigger, Busier Than ever after October 1. In the meantime, to keep things moving-, we're selling new Pianos at wholesale prices. $5 down and $5 a month, on our new rental payment plan. Investigate this at our new offices, 353-355 Washington Street. FOILED BY CHILD Chinese Tot Bravejy Saves Her Father. KEEPS OUT AN ASSASSIN Little Mary Jen Holds the Door Aga i nst the Entrance of a Highbinder Who Would Commit Murder. By her bravery and weak muscular power in holding a flimsy door against the onslaughts of a Chinese highbinder, who had lain in wait to kill her father, Mary Jen, the 12-year-old daughter of Jue Sue probably saved her parent from death last night. The Chinese who at tempted to kill Jue Sue is- thought to be known, and detectives are searching Chinatown to find him. Jue Sue, his wife and three small daughters, occupy apartments over his store at 230 Oak street. About 10 o'clock last night, while the family was alone, the highbinder pounded on the door for admittance. Suspecting trouble, Jue Sue went to another room with his wife, while the three children remained to meet the visitor. Little Mary Jen went to the door to meet the would-be assas sin and partially opened the door to ad mit him. The Chinese with his hand on a revolver, tried to pass the child, saying- that he knew her fatiher was within. In her own language she asked him .his business and his name. He gave her the name of Lee Jow and said he had business with her father. The child became frightened at the sight of the revolver and refused the man admittance. Trying to shove the child away from the door he pushed his foot over the casing and commanded her to let htm pass. Calling to her aid her two little sisters the three threw their weight against the door and succeeded in closing it. When they learned that the supposed highbinder had gone, Mary called her father and then left for police headquar ters to notify Captain Sloven. She gave an accurate description of her father's would-be assailant and Detectives Smith and Hill were ordered to make search for him. Other Chinese who saw the man come from the apartments of Jue Sue say that he is not known in Portland and is prob ably a highbinder. Merchants in the Chinese quarter say that many letters have been received by them lately, making threats against their lives. Blackmail of one kind or another and a desire to make the rich Chinese put up money is the object of most of the letters. Strange bulletins have been pasted on the walls of a building at Sec ond and Oak streets and are attracting considerable attention in Chinese quar ters. The attempt to end the life of Jue Sue, it is believed, is only the first of a number of attacks which will be made against the lives of well-to-do Chinese. DIAMONDS AS DIES. Gems Used for Drawing Wire Into the Smallest Sizes. Kansas City Journal. A fact not generally known is that dia monds are quite extensively used as dies for drawing wire of the smallest sizes. For instance, the size less than, say, 0.026 inch diameter. The hardest steel dies are not suitable for this work, for the rea son that the wear upon them so enlarges the die that the diameter of the wire Is not uniform within the required percent age of variation at the beginning and end of a drawing. Sapphires are also used sometimes for this work. Copper, silver and platinum are the metals usually drawn to the very small sizes. With diamond dies it is practicable to draw platinum to a diame ter of five-thousandths of an inch. An idea of the fineness of a copper wire drawn to only three one-thousandths of an inch In diameter may be gathered from the fact that In one pound of the metal there are over sir miles of such wire. The weight of the diamonds used for this work is from four to five karats and they are uncut except as to the die. The value of these dies, which are not, of course, of the first water, varies from $15 to $30 a karat and several hundred thousand dollars' worth of diamonds are utilized as dies in the various wire fac tories of this country alone. Skillful, however, as must be the arti sans who sink these small dies and at tenuated as the wires drawn through them may be, yet neither will stand com parison with the output of the spinneret of the common spider, which ejects a sin gle thread of silk so fine that 18,000 threads are required to equal In thickness an ordinary single strand of sewing silk. SOCIALIST ADVISES HILL Tells Minister Not to-Grow Angry at Press Criticism. PORTLAND, July 8. (To the Editor.) Kindly allow me a word In the controversy raised by Dr. E. P. Hill. In years past The Oregonian has often made my angry passions ' ..l.l. -- , ., 1 rise on its attitude toward organized Iftbor. Remembering that the editor's bread Is but tered on the other side, and being a believer In free speech and a free press, I soon cooled down. But I never felt like Dr. E. P. Hill, that it Is necessary lor the welfare of the State and society at large to put The Ore- gonian out of business because It disagreed with m. If the editorial chair of The Ore gonlan was occupied and controlled by Dr. Hill and he would give us strait-laced Christian doctrine, would th people of the whole Northwest care to read The Oregonian as they do now? I don't think they would. It Is only a foolish mind which undertakes to array the baslneis interest of a city against a paper because it does not come up tc itA theological doctrtae. The doctrine of materialism is growing every day amongst the mass of people. As to the doctrine of the divinity of Christ, whether Jesus was the Son of God, as Dr. Hill holds, or only a great and) good man and reformer, as The Oregonian ho1de, while I don't want to settle the question, not being up so high In the realm of theological learning as are my two worthy friends, yet let me offer some ad vice. If Dr. Hill's contention Is right the people nowadays have the Mlssourian trait, they wan't to be "shown." Let the doctor take a lesson from the Socialists. The editor hits us rather hard sometimes, but we don't get sore, oh no; we know that the editor Is ignorant and we have the truth, and so we fire some letters at him with facts and fig ures, and the editor usually prints them, part ly because his conscience hurts him, as having done ue an injustice, and partly be cause the editor has a very highly developed sense of delicate and refined humor somo are so ignorant to call it sarcasm, which he saves for the Socialists and the preachers. We should like to have a little more so as to get back at h!m and through his humor con vert the people. What a queer world this Is. When The Oregpnian roasts Killfeather his head swells and he eaves the paper to show his grandchildren what a. great man he was, but when it roasts Dr. Hill he wants to re form the City and State by starting another paper. JOHN A. GOLDRANIBR. WELLMAN'S POLAR AIRSHIP Dash From Spltzbergen Is to Iast Ten Days and Is Well Planned. Henry Harrison Suplee, In Forum. Although there have been no material developments In aeronautical matters since our last review, there has appeared an increasing interest in all that pertains to aerial navigation. An example of that interest appears in the plan again to at tempt to solve the secret of the north pole by a voyage through the air. It is now nearly ten years since the ill-fated Andree left Spltzbergen, never again to be seen. But Andree's balloon was but a drifting gas bag, while Mr. Wellman now proposes to make the attempt in a modern dirigible balloon, constructed according to the latest experiences of Santos-Dumont, Renard, Surcouf. Hervieu and other ex perts. It is believed that by the starting from North Spltzbergen the journey can be made in about ten days, and that it may be possible to construct a machine capable of remaining in the air from 20 to 25 days. The expedition, which is planned under the auspices of a Chicago news paper, is on a large scale, the estimated cost being $250,000, and a staff of 35 men being required for the equipment. The general plans for the dirigible have been made by M. Louis Godard, the balloon be ing 50 meters in length and 16 meters greatest diameter. When Inflated with hydrogen it will have a lifting power of more than 7000 kilogrammes, or nearly 16, 000 pounds. Two motors, one of 50 and one of 25 horsepower, are to be used, and since the art of gasoline-motor construc tion has reached a point where weights of seven and five-tenths pounds per horse power are attainable, the motors will weigh less than 600 pounds. It is proposed to carry five men, and the whole scheme has every appearance of being worked out most carefully in detail. With the in dorsement of such a body as the board of managers of the National Geographic So ciety, the expedition Is given a scientific status which raises it distinctly above anything of the kind which has hitherto been attempted. FACTS FOR Largest and Most Reliable Place in the City. Honest, Efficient and Scientific Treatment at small cost No mislead ing or deceptive promises made. Nervous Debility, Weakness, loss of memory, ambition and power, weak back, dizziness, indigestion, constipation and sleeplessness, kidney and urinary troubles. 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The flow is estimated at 700 gallons per minute, and Mr. Pellett estimates that it is sufficient to irrigate his entire orch ard of 90 acres of fruit trees. The drill ing for artesian water has been conduct ed by him as a sort of experiment, and its success surpassed his highest hopes. The enterprise has been watched with the greatest interest by all fruitgrowers and others of the Rogue River Valley, and it is believed to mark a new epoch in the fruitgrowing industry in this valley, and to be fraught with the great est possibilities. The water rises with a force which It is thought will be suf ficient to carry it Iby piping to a height of 75 feet above the level of the ground. Fire Badly Frightens Lodgers. Fire in the Union House, at Sixth and Everett streets, at 12:30 this morning caused many occupants to leave the building hurriedly in their night clothing. 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