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Va TI1E MOKXIXG OREGONIAN, 3rOXDAY, FEBKUAKI 18, lyuT. MERELY SIMMER Portland Political Pot Not Yet Ready to Boil. MAYOR LANE AN ENIGMA Quotes Scripture When Asked Con corning His Plans for Coming CampalRn Tom Devlin Is Vlghtlnjf In the Open. ROMF CANT1TATF.R FOR CITY RFirER. FOR' MAYOR Ri;ibl1cftn. Thnmu V. pe-vlln. Rumll K. Bewail, Colonel Charles E. McDonell. Ootiw w. Mc Millan, Louis Zimmerman, Senator Frederick TV. Mulkey. George Shep hard anil John. Annand. Democrat. John Manning, Mayor Harry 1-ane, Democrat, but may run as Indepen dent. For City Auditor Republican. Os car P. Miller. Wiljls Fisher, A. L. Barbur and Ram I.otan. FOR COCNCILMAX-AT-IAROE Republican. Thomas Gray, (for re election,) Fred J. Merrill, John An nand (If he. doe not run (or Mayor). Henry W. Metsa-er. FOR COVXCII.M-EK George I.. Baker. Paul W. Custer, Robert A. Preston, Hampton B. Stout Timothy Concannon ' democrat). Henry A. Beldlng. John Mann. R. C. Prince, A. O. Rushlight and Lot Q Swet land. FOR MfNICIPAL JUDGE George Cameron (for re-election). J. S. Win chester, Claud Strahn, Oglesby Young (Democrat.) FOR CITT ATTORNEY Republi can, John P. Kavanaugh, Frank S. Bennett, Roger B. stnnot. Democrats, Mark O'Neill, Judge Thomas O'Day and Charles Fetraln. FOR CITT TREASURER Republi can. Ed Werleln. The list Riven at the head of this column contains the more prominent candidates who are being spoken of for city offices. Just now politics la at ebb tide and the gossip is only per functory. But Just' as soon as the Leg islature adjourns the preliminary scramble will commence in earnest. There has been considerable talk about Mayor Lane's attitude toward . the coming primaries. . Searchers for the truth often have, visited the room of bothersome curtains in the southeast corner of the City Hall, in vain en deavor to get the wily. Mayor 'to put himself on record. But the Mayor de clines. Once when he was looking through the Good Book in search of a panacea for political hurts, Mayor Lane must have, fallen upon that fa mous quotation, "Sufficient unto the day is tne evil thereof,"' for he sleeps with the quotation on his lips, and dur ing his troublesome days, when the searchers for the truth and harbingers of evil beset him it comes tripping off his tongue. Tile quotation has permeated his en tire executive staff and when a busy body attempts to find where His Honor or any of the members of his official family stand upon any question that l-.as the future In view, the best the. questioner gets is. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Ask Mayor Lane whether be Is going to be a candidate for re-election and, if he doesn't . adjust the curtains, he will quote it to you. Ask him whether he is coming out In the primaries and he will quote it again, if he doesn't, he will cither let in more light or shut some light out. He is as uncommuni cative as Wordsworth's little maiden and just as cpy. Not that the Mayor hasn't made up his mind what he is going to do. He knows what he's go ing to do. hut he's not telling not so that it will hurt anybody, -t is pretty certain that he . will not come out be fore the primaries. Mayor Lane, among other things, knows how to save money. From his close friends, it Is to be learned, that he will save the money that it would be necessary to spend in the primaries, come out as an independent candidate, run on the rec ord he has made and then spend only what money is absolutely necessary for election. Devlin Xol at All Bashful. Mr. Devlin has his" campaign going merrily. He wants to be Mayor and does not hesitate to say so. He will have a fight on his hands, but he says he Is confident of success. Should Sen ator Mulkey make the run his friends hnve been grooming him for, the strug gle at the primaries In April will be a desperate one. John Manning is almost as coy and shy as Mayor Lane. While he will neither dny nor admit that he. will be n candidate, there is a general impres sion abroad that he will make a fight In the Iiemocratlc primaries. Last week there was some talk that he would not be a candidate. Where the rumor came from is another matter, but Mr. Manning said yesterday after noon that he had not made up his mind either way and would not just at pres ent. Those, who are booming Manning feel that, should it come to a three eornered fight between Uevlin, Mayor Lnne and Manning, Manning would win. Devlin says ha hopes thai Man ning and Lane will he his opponents, for then he would - feel sure of elec tlqn, as a result of a battle between the. Democrats. Oeorge McMillan. Colonel McDonell and the rest of the candidates talked of set the Republican nomination In doubt. There Is also Senator Mulkey to figure with. These three candidates are as well known as Auditor Devlin, and each has a strong following. Just why the Democrats are lethargic Is a mystery. The only recent sign of Rwakening in the Democratic camp was the organization of the Multnomah Demo cratic Club. A few of the wheelhorses of the party assembled not long ago and or ganized the club. Joe Malley Is president. G. L. Hutchin vice-president, Bert Haney secretary, and K. Versteeg treasurer. Be yond organising, nothing was done, and nothing has been heard of the club since. The members of the County Democratic Committee also seem to be asleep, for nothing has been heard from John Van ante. George H. Thomas or L. T. Perry, of Mayor Lane's political family. Wise Men Say Nothing. r"rom all accounts, wise old politicians are fighting shy of the coming primaries and election. They haven't figured out the possibilities. They can account for the election of Mayor Lane and the de feat of Mayor Williams; the election and the defeat of Tom Word, and the elec tion of John Manning. Now they are try ing to guess whether Mayor Lane, if he comes out In the primaries or later, can be. elected. The factors which placed Mayor Lane. Tom Word and John Man ning In office will be wanting In the com ing campaign. Chief of Police Hunt and the gambling question, coupled with the fight the saloon men made In his behalf, helped to defeat Williams, and made Mayor Lane's election possible. Mayor Lane, it is true, has kept up his fight on the gamblers, and forced the slot ma chines out. but he has saddled himself with Captain Bruin, and has appointed a Chief of Police who is neither a Demo crat nor a Republican. . A bitter fight has been made on Captain Bruin In certain quarters, but whether It will have its effect at the polls remains to be seen. Some of the hungry Demo cratic officeseekers declare that if Lane Is beaten It will be because of Bruin and his refusal to pass out the plums to the faithful. Russell E- Sewall. ex;-Oistrlct Attorney, one of the possibilities for Mayor, is thus far noncommittal on the subject. He de clares that his1 aspirations go no higher than to secure nomination and election to the Council from the Fourth Ward. George Mo.Mi lien's Ambition. George McMillen. president of the Mult nomah Athletic Club, was six years ago strongly urged to make a try for the Sheriff's office. He Is a Republican. Colonel Charles E. McDonell. ex-County Assessor, who served as Captain in the Oregon Volunteers during the Spanish-American War in the Philippines, may try for the Republican nomination for Mayor. Louis Zimmerman. ex-Oouncllman from the Sixth Ward, principal owner of the ' IS I a-fae kV" -aeair I I " - - i : Vim t: "s - v V-. J f , Sszmjt rr - i 4 t . INTEKtOK OF OVKKTI RNED SMOKER. rr - Pacific Packing Company and likewise largely interested in mines, is willing to fill the Mavor's chair. He has lorn- 'hen inibued with such a desire and says that he will decide whether he will run within the next two weeks. Senator Frederick W. Mulkey, who Is now serving the short term' as I'nlted States Senator at Washington, will return to Portland In time to make the campaign for Mayor as a Republican candidate in the primaries and his supporters are free ly booming him as a most desirable can didate. He is a Portland man by birth, a college graduate, a good lawyer and -a forcible speaker. Has Money and Prestige. His prestige as ex-L'nited States Sena tor, his friends say, would aid him ma terially in the race. Besides he possesses ample means and has the time to spare to the duties of the office, so rar as can be ascertained. Mr. Mulkey has not yet been consulted regarding his wishes on this matter. He has served a term in the Portland City Council, by the way. : For Auditor. Oscar P. Miller, Deputy in the office, of the City Treasurer. Is an avowed candidate. Willis Usher may also take a chance for the place on the Republican ticket, as will also A. L. Barbur. of the Oregon Savings Bank. Thomas Gray. Councilman at Large, will be in the race for re-election. John P. Sharkey, Republican Coun cilman at Large, will retire. 1' red T. Merrill may endeavor to succeed him. Would Succeed McXary. John - . Kavanaugh,' candidate for City Attorney, has for four years been a deputy in this office. His opponent on the Republican primary ticket will doubtless be Frank S.. Bennett, present Councilman of the . Kight ward. Friends of Paul S. Custer are trying to Induce him to run for Councilman In Uennett's place. Municipal Judge Cameron will try for re-election. His opponent for the nomination will be J. S. Winchester. Other names have been mentioned, but their excuse is that the present sal ary $1800 a year does not justify the expense of the campaign. It is under stood that the voters wlli be called, upon at the June election to increase the salary of the office to 3000. and also to increase the compensation of the City Engneer from 2400 to 1 1000. Preston to Run Again. Robert A. Preston, whose term as Councilman frofn the First Ward, ter minates in July, will probably be a candidate for another term. His oppo nent will be Hampten B. Scout, a well known contractor, Henry A. Belding la expected to try for re-election for the office of Councilman from the Sixth ward. He will be opposed prob-. bcly by John Mann of the firm of Mann & Beach, printers, and R. C. Prince, a real estate dealer. They are all Re publicans. A. G. Rushlight will run again for Councilman of the Seventh ward. Councilman W. T.' Masters of the Fifth ward is erecting a new, dwelling house on the East Side. If he moves out of his ward the Council will elect his successor. Henry Metzger. boomed by his friends for Councilman at Large, is the son of Herman Metzger, one of Port land's pioneer business men. He Is of the younger set and has a wide ac quaintance among the young men about town. Front Lawyer to Lawyer. Washington (D. P.) Dispatch. Chief Justice Fuller, of the Cnited States Supreme Court, was a guest on a yachting trip down the Chesapeake last Summer. There were a number of per sona on board, including a prominent St. Louis lawyer, -who became sick, as the yacht passed outside the capital. "Is there anything I can do for your' the Chief Justice asked the lawyer, who was leaning over the rail. "There is only one thing." the lawyer gasped. "I wish your honor would over rule this motion." London's population doubles In about 46 years. ION MEN WILL PARADE DEMONSTRATION" IX' BEHALF OF IDAHO PKISOXEKS PLAXXED. Moyer-Heywood-Pettlbone Ajrltation Committee Meets and Com- pletcs Arrangements. The agitation committee of the Moyer-Hey wood-Pet tibone demonstra tion met, yesterday afternoon at So cialist Hall and perfected its plans for what is expected to be a mammoth parade and mass meeting, to be held next Wednesday night. A resolution was unanimously adopted taking ex ception to the manner In which Moyer, Heywood and Pettibone were "rail roaded out of Colorado" and "kid naped" by the officers of the law and Plnkerton detectives. The actions of Governors Gooding and McDonald, of Idaho and Colorado, were character ized as "arbitrary, illegal, unconstitu tional and criminal," and the resolu tion charges that they are "guilty of the crime of conspiracy. kidnaping, perjury and subornation of perjury." It was stated that cards announcing the demonstration had been gotten out for distribution by the members. As members were about to distribute them t -.-72 1 "' MV. 1. '' the representatives of the various unions present were told to he careful not to hand any of them to the officers of the law, as one union man had just been arrested for handing a card to Captain Bruin and was liberated on e'.'OO bail. The charge, it Is said, was "distributing literature without a li cense." A great deal of controversy was then entered into regarding the line of march, a largo proportion of the dele gates present being in favor of parad ing through the principal streets. Al though a delegation had already wait ed on tHe city officials, It was decided to send a committee of five again to present to the Mayor and Chief of Po lice the desire of -the unions to parade on Morrison or Washington streets. If consent should be withheld It was de cided to march oh these streets, any way, giving the city authorities due notice. It was also unanimously voted to place a member of the Streetcar Men's Union on this committee. FEDERAL SAVINGS BANKS Lesson From France Wlio.sc Govern ment Protects Deposits. New York Telegram. French thrift and French savings permeate the nation to such an extent that home government bonds are held by tne French people, principally the industrial classes, to the extent of more than J3.00 .1,000. )00. How the republic begins early to inculcate the saving habit in the people is explained In the following article by J. Martin Miller, consul at Rheims: The public schools of France teach the pupils, both boys and girls, how to save money by depositing regularly in the government savings banks, no mat ter how small the amount. The gov ernment will furnish money to alt pub lic school pupils, under certain condi tions, with which to help start an ac count to provide an income In old age. Pupils attaining certain degrees of pro ficiency in their classes receive as prizes bank books with ten francs cred ited in each. It is demonstrated to them what this will amount to at com pound interest at three per cent when 2 1 years of age, also the amount they will have saved at thut age If they deposit regularly one franc a week, one franc a month, etc. The teachers of the public schools go out among the leading citizens annual ly just before the school year ends and ask for contributions In cash with which to make thtj savings bank book prizes. In most communities there is no trouble in raising what is needed. After the account is opened the teach ers accept deposits from the pupils, and when one franc or more has been paid to the teacher by any pupil the amount is taken to the bank and credited in the book. Another plan opens to all pupils a means which provides an annuity in old age. Each pupil can deposit as much as he or she can, dally or weekly, up to two cents per day, one-half of which applies to the fund for an old age pension, and one-half is deposited with the school for a .fund to be avail able in case of the sickness of the pupil or the parents. For instance, the pupil who deposits upon this plan two cents a day (less may be deposited If desired) will have halt a cent placed to his credit in the Cash National or Pensions for Old Age, and the remaining half will be held by the school for an illness fund to be paid out to the pupil in case of his own illneus. or that of either of the parents upon whom he de pends for support, but not to exceed 13 cents a day as long as the money the pupil has credited to him in the Illness fund lasts. For every account of this kind the government will, annually, give each pupil onehalf the amount he has paid the school In this way, being a sum equal to the amount the pupil has ched Ited to him for a fund to provide a pen sion in old age. So It turns out In the end that the pupil has all the money he paid in credited to him on nsion account, and hsuj MM in addition a sick fund to draw upon If needed. In case the Illness fund Is not used It Is finally deposited to the credit of the old age pension fund. All teachers of each school make reg ular reports to the superintendent re garding the deposits of pupile, and the superintendent reports to the minister of education at Paris, and the accounts. as well as all school matters, are in spected frequently by the traveling In spectors. No savings account In the gover nment savings banks Is allowed'to ex ceed 1.500 francs. ThIsdoes not apply, however, to' the Calsse Nationale des Retraites pour la Vlelllese. When an count has reached that sum the deposi tor Is given notice of the fact and is informed that the money will be in vested for him in government rentes, non-redeemable bonds bearing three per cent Interest. If the depositor does not respond or withdraw his .money within three months after the date of this no tice the manager of the Dank will in vest the money In government rentes and hold the bond subject to the dis posal of the depositor. While this bond is not redeemable by the government It can be disposed of at any time to any bank for practically what it cost, the market value varying nut little. After the i.jOO francs are thus disposed of the depositor must open a new savings account if he desires to continue. This method of investment Is so popular with the farmers and peasant class, that 22.221.O0.644 francs. or M.2SR.7S0.5O4. in rente have been bought, principally by the working people of France. There Is another kind of government bond. 1'amortlssable. also bearing 3 per cent Interest, and is redeemable by an nuities, but the masses of the people do not understand it and It Is not popular. Its lack of favor is Indicated bv the fact that only 3,712,260.500 francs, or J71S.46S. 276 of this closs of bonds have been sold, or a total of both kinds of o.005.246.7S0i The total debt of France amounted to J5.878.S22.695. the figures being for tPOo. So It will be seen that the bulk of the debt of France Is represented in these bonds, held principally by the industrial classes. i There are two kinds of savings banks under government control. The Caisse d'Epargne t)as banks In the principal towns and. while the government does not own that system, it is under its direct control. Deposits in the postal savings bank can be made at any postoffioe. The Cash National of Pensions for Old Age, guaranteed by the state and under Its control. Is more of an old age pension and life-insurance institution than a bank. Children can have an account opened for them when they are 3 years of age. TOWNS BUILTON CRATERS Earth Girdled by Three Hundred Active Volcanoes. Ixmdon Express. Some of the wonders of the volcanic world were graphically described in a, lecture at the London Institution by W. Herbert Garrison. F. R. G. S.. who has climbed volcanoes in all parts of the world. "The greatest noise on record.'- he said, "was made by the eruption of Karaka toa. in the straits of Sunda. between Java and Sumatra, in 18S3." Here are a few striking facts about the eruption that Mr. Garrison mentioned: It caused a cloud 17 miles high. It was heard 3000 miles away. If it had taken place in Cornwall it could have been heard in New York. Constantinople, St. Petersburg. Cairo and Greenland. The velocity of the explosion was. three times that of an Armstrong gun. It raised tidal waves 100 feet high that Invaded the land' for five miles. It created dust finer than any rock can be ground by man. Tills dust was carried round the earth, for three years In the air. It caused air waves that encircled the earth seven times. It broke windows seven miles distant. The volcanoes of the world form a "belt of fire" round the earth, and are rarely mo-e than 300 miles from the sea. In the few exceptions to this rule, the volcanoes are near large sheets of inland water. This tends to prove that the proximity of water is one of the main factors in the cause -of eruptions, and that it is the percolation of water through the earth's surface that leads to volcanic activity. Mr. Garrison explained what he meant by the "belt of fire" by showing a large map. of the Pacific Ocean, on which the volcanic centers were marked, forming a rough circle, beginning In South Amer ica and following the coast line to Alaska. then round by Kamchatka, Japan, and the Sunda Straits to New Zealand. In the center of the circle lies the greatest crater in the world, in the Hawaiian Islands, which Is nine miles wide. In this "belt of fire" are 300 active vol canoes, which, said Mr. Garrispn. is a very small number compared with the number once active, the quiescent or ex tinct volcanoes numbering tens of thou sands. Among the towns built on old craters Mr. Garrison mentioned Edinburgh (Arthur's Seat being thev remains of a volcanic ring), Keswick, Aden, Candy and Auckland. Brentor. in Devonshire, was at one time, probably within the historic times, as high as Etna, and Etna Is calculated to have thrown out 1000 cubic miles of material in historic times. Among many remarkable photographs shown was one of a boiling lake in an icebound, crater, nearly 9000 feet above sea-level, in New Zealand. Since the photograph was taken the volcano has tossed the lake Into the air. TRAIN HITS BROKEN RAIL -(Continued from First Page.) passengers entered a store, which is also the postofflce, opened to distribute the mail, and ' sought to buy some oranges and crackers. They were refused by the, storekeeper, who explained that the Sheriff threat ens to arrest any one who sells any thing in Columbia County on. Sunday. This added to the annoyance of delayed passengers and called forth many warm expressions on the Sunday law as it is enforced in Columbia County. No attempt was made by the wrecker yesterday to set the derailed cars back on -the track, but the workmen hauled the track away from the wreck, mak ing room for trains to pass. The In jured equipment will . be set on the track and repaired today. Damage to rolling- stock will not amount to very much. The smoker was badly smashed and both other cars sustained some damage. Losses to the cevnpany through smashed equipment will probably not exceed $4000. George A. Dunham Xot Badly Hurt. A message from George A. Dunham, who was injured in the trainwreck on the Northern Pacific near Helena, Mort.i Saturday, was received by his wife last night. He was not seriously Injured, although he received a badly sprained back and one leg was badiy bruised. Mr. Dunham is a member of the Irwin-Hodson Co., printers, and travels for the company in Washington and Idaho. Governor Baku Port Slain. BAKU. Feb. 17. The Governor of the sort was murdered tod&r. 27 AVENUE DE L'OPERA, PARIS, FRANCE Millions of Butterick Patterns Have BUTTERICK Fashions, many originating in Paris and adapted in New York to American tastes, are returned to Paris the very heart of fashion creation and sold to Parisian women. This is the tribute of Paris to the pre eminence of Butterick fashions. ' Other fashion establishments may purchase ideas in Paris. Butterick alone both purchases and sells and the selling proves the worth of the purchase. There is no greater fashion authority than There are no patterns so perfect as THE DELINEATOR . BUTTERICK PATTERNS $1.00peryear, 15 cents per copy f lOcentsand 15 cents, none higher Tm caa f et THE DELINEATOR of ynr aewtdcaler, r uy Batterick f eat, r .f the Butterick Pnbliilut Co., Ltd. , Butterick Bid j. , N. T. Get It To-day Now! THE MEIER & FRANK STORE, EXCELSIOR TO BE LAUNCHED STKAMER WILL LEAVE DRY. DOCK XKXT WEDNESDAY. Repair More Extensive Than Antici pated Boat as Good as New. Movements in Harbor. The steamer Excelsior, belonging to the Portland Lumber Company, will, be launched from the drydock Wednesday. The vessel has been on the dock for sev eral weeks and the repairs to the craft have been extensive." New timbers have been placed in her hull and a large portion of the planking Is new. Her boiler and engines have been thoroughly overhauled and when the boat leaves the dock, she will be in first-class condition. The Excelsior is a steam schooner and STEAMKR INTELLIGENCE. Due to Arrive. Ksir.e. Columbia From Dat. .Ban Fran In port Geo. W. Elder. . . . gan Pedro. . ...F?h. is . . b. 20 ...Feb. 21 ...Feb. S2 Alliance . Eureka Numantia Honpkong. . Coita R!c Ban Fran... F. A. Kllburn...fcan r'ran Feb. 24 Ro&noke San Fran Feb. 24 Arabia Hongkong Xfar. SI Aragor.l.v Hongkong Apr. 11 Nlcomedla Hongkong. ... -Apr. 23 Scheduled to Depart iXame. Al'lance Columbia 4 Geo. TV. Elder. . I C:ta P.lca T Roanoke J F. A. Kllburn... 7 Numantia... t Arabia ... Araronla.. Nlcomedia For Dat ..Eureka Repairs ..San Fran Feb. 19 . . San Pedro Feb. 20 ,.. San Fran Feb. 24 ..San Pedro..... Feb. KB ..Ban Fran... .Feb. 2 .. Hongkong Feb. 2S ...Hongkong Mar. 28 ..Hongkong Apr. 18 ..Hongkong Apr. 30 was formerly operated on the Alaska route from Puget Sound. She was buiit In 1S93 at Eureka. Cal. She Is o5 tons burden and a good carrier. In Decem ber of last year she was sold to the Port land ' Lumber Company. Captain J. Daniels, now master of the Santa Ana. brought her from Seattle. At that time It was supposed that the changes neces sary to convert her into a lumber craft would not require more than two weeks. On inspection, however, more work was found necessary. Weather delayed her also. It is expected that the Excelsior will be in commission by the end of the week. FAST TIME FOR DISCHARGING W. S. Porter Pumps Out 40.000 Barrels of Oil In Less Than Day. The new oil carrier W. S. Porter, of the Associated Oil Company, made re markable time in discharging her cargo of oil at Llnnton. The steamer arrived up at noon Saturday and by 7 o'clock Sunday morning she was ready to pro ceed down the river. The Porter had 40, 000 barrels aboard. The speed of the Porter Is In marked contrast to the Asuncion which was 4S hours In discharging 21,000 barrels. The time consumed by the latter steamer was due to a broken valve which Interfered with the pumping. Repairs were com pleted and the Asuncion left down yes terday. Steamship Mathilda Arrives. The Norwegian steamship Mathilda, under charter to the Pacific Export Lum ber Company, arrived in the harbor yes terday from Guayamas via San Francisco. The big steamer will proceed to North China from Portland with lumber. She Is an immense carrier and will probably get away by the end of the month. Marine Xotes. The. steamship Columbia. from San Francisco, with passengers and freight, arrived up last night. The steamer Johan Poulsen in ballast from the Bay City also reached the har bor yesterday. The Poulsen is a regular lumber carrier. The steamer W. S. Porter sailed from Llnnton yesterday morning. The Asuncion left down at noon yes terday. The steamer Yosemite. with lumber for San Francisco, sailed from Rainier yes terday morning. Arrivals and Departures. ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 17. Arrived, down at S A. M. and sailed at 2:25 P. M Steamer Costa Rica, for San Francisco. Arrived at 9 A. M. and left up at 10:30 A. M. Steamer Johan Poulsen. from Ban Francisco. Arrived down at 8 A. M. Schooner Virginia. Sailed at 2:30 P. M. Steamer Alliance for Coos Bay. Arrived flown at 4 p. M. end sailed at 5 P. M. Steamer VC. S. Porter, for S&n m - -j-- Mwim i x m. and let us I PORTLAND AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK AND THE DELINEATOR. at 5:SO P. M. Steamer Columbia, from San Fianclsco. Condition of the bar at .- P. M . rough; wind, northwest; weather, clar. San Francisco. Feb. 17. Arrived at noon Pchoonera Churchill and S. Holmes, from Columbia River; steamer Santa Anna, from Portland. Eureka, Cal.. Feb. IT. Sailed at 2 P. M. .Saturday Steamer Elder, for Portland. San Francisco. Feb. 17. Arrived Bark St. Katlierine. from Honolulu; bark Bii zeux. from Antwerp; steamer Forerfc. from Newcastle. Australia; steamer Texan, from New York, via San Diego. ,Jort Yownsend, Feb. 17. Sailed Reamer Neck, for Lelth. Victoria. B. C, Feb. 17. Arrived Steam er Hyadrs, from Yokohama. San Francisco, Feb. 17. Sailed Steamer Tiverton,. for Astoria. Arrived Steamer Santa Ana. from Astoria; steamer O. C. I.indauer, from Gray's Harbor; steamer I'matilla, from Victoria; schooner c. s. Holmes. from Columbia River; schooner i Stanley, from Wlllapa Hanbor; schooner A. A. Coats, from tiray's Harbor; schooner Churchill, from Columbia River. Tides at AKtorla Today. HtKh. Low. 4.08 A. M S..-I feet B;4 A. M I S feet 4:20 P. M 7.0 feet 9:7,4 P. M....0.S feet WAR MORE-HORRIBLE. Inventors at Work on i.rcat and Grewsonie Devices. Harper's Weekly. The Government expends a small sum e-h year ror testing new devices of a possible military' value! The board of ordnance and fortification Is supposed to have the duty of encouraging inventors and assisting in the development of their inventions. Ijist year only J.wn was expended by the board, which, with its accumulated allotments of previous years, has now on hand more than $tnWio. Comparatively few experiments are made, anil the vast number of suggestions are aparently shelved without much more attention than polite acknowledgement to the authors. Nearly all the devices submitted are intended to Increase the terrors of war by adding to the efficacy of the means of fighting. Perhaps an exrepiion should be made in favor of an ear protector, the invention of a New York man. adapted for use by those who are on duty in the turrets of battleships and those who are stationed at the coast fortifications. Ordinarily the blast of a big gun has an effect upon the drum of the car: It Is at best unpleasant, and someUmes it proves disastrous, as in the instances of men who have lost their hearing. The ear protector is a little celluloid bulb so pierced that It may be placed in the ear and -protect it from the noise and shock while not interfering with the hearing, an advantage, of course, over the crude method of stuffing the ears with cotton so that nothing can be heard and when orders can only be appreciated by pan tomime. Some of the other inventions which have been favorably received may be re garded as having a tendency to. encourage peace, since they would introduce Into warfare factors of devastation which would by their diabolical results promoto International disarmament. Of this class First Rule of Health Ask your doctor, "What is the first great rule of health ?" Nine doctors out of ten will quickly reply, "Keep the bowels regu lar." While you are about it, ask hirn another question, er SUGAR "What do you think of Ayer's Pills for constipation?" We are willing to trust him. Are you ? Wc have no secrets to hide! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Miis. The Paris Home of The Delineator (French Edition) VHlt-H HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PUBLICATION .OF ITS KIND IN FRANCE Been Sold Here must be considered those bomb dropping devices which, if .successful, would de stroy whole armies; the inflammable pro jectile tapablc if liurniMR up a camp; tile nitroglycerin missile: a sehenie for pour in burning sulphur into trenches, and kindred methods of wholesale obliteration. There is. too. the usual proportion of armored cars, including the highly pro tected motor which shall penetrate the enemy's Hues :iml afford its- sieel shielded occupants a chance to pick off the op posing marksmen and Incidentally strew high explosives .-iIoue a death-dealint; route. One of the hurtling cars makes the famed Juggernaut look like a nursery toy. One of the conditions which secm ti be fully met by incipient invention is the use of smoke for various purposes. Including that of a shield which will permit ap proach upon an enemy without his dis covery of the advance The country does not lack yet. with all the cry for universal peace, the means of increasing the ravages of war. Crude Petroleum for Parcnients. SprinKf.eld. Mass., Republican. The treatment of macadamized streets and roads with crude petro leum as a preventive of dust In Sum mer and mud in Winter was first at tempted in southern France 10 or 13 years ago. and appears to have, been successful. Rut for obvious reasons the use, of petroleum soon gave way to that of coal tar. which, as a by product of gas manufacture, can be bought In nearly every district of France for five to seven centuries per kilogram; that Is. Jlu to 12.r0 per metric ton of 2200 pounds. t'oal tar hflq the mlrl i t ion a I nflvuntMCTC rhflt un like oil. it hardens when cvposed in a thin layer to the action of the air. covering the surface of the road with a practically air- and water-tight skin, which not only holds down the dust In dry weather. but prevent water from penetrating the roadway in time of rain. Regulations for Auto Drivers. Exchange. Acctirdin? to new regulations in France no one will in future receive an auto mobile license who Is not able to prove. In addition to the possession of the neces sary technical knowledge, exemption from any physical Infirmity which would tend to Involve unfitness for the control of an automobile, rrrsorts whose eyesight is impaired, whose hearing i.s not acute, whose hand is rendered unsteady by drinking habits or who suffer from fits of nervousness will not be allowed to add to the list of accidents. Hair of World Eats Kice. Raltiniore Sun. In China and its dependencies, with a population of 4flO,).ojio. or 2f per cent of the total population of the world, rice is the principal food supply. The same may be said also of India, with its popula tion 27n.000.ono. and of Japan with lis 40.000.Oti0. In addition to these, it Is a chief article of diet with other peoples In Asia and Africa, whose population ;s estimated at wo.ono.tmo. The total reaches 815.0on.0fj0, or ."hi per cent of the total pop ulation of the earth. Rrltleh Indrta's Kovernm--nt Is wi!c..'.?iiCy m-ikinR quinine of which immense rpiantilics are sol. I by it throuch the pfistenK.-s Pills s - COATED (