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THE BFKDAY OREGONIAN, POKTLAND, AUGUST 11, 1901. 13 r Touring With Lecturer Aguinaldo Being tKe Recital of Various Strange Hap penings, by Mr. Wmlield Hogaboom. - (Copyright, 1001, by "Wlnfleld Hogabooxn.) (CHAPTER XIL (Continued.) There was an. oppressive silence for some minutes, and then he spoke again. "Speakln' of looks, though, reminds me of somethln' that happened down our way last Summer. 01' BUI Branscom don't reckon ye ever heerd o' Bill; uster cook over to th' Diamond I. Ranch he's 'bout th 01711681-100151 cuss ye ever see. Got a prize, conslstln o ten dollars, at a gatherln' in town, for beln voted to be th homliest man in th' hull territory. Bwore he'd keep that ere tten dollars 'till he seen a homlier man than he was, an' then he'd give it to him. Kept lookln', but never struck no galoot as seemed to -fill th' bill. Got mad 'bout it after awhile, an. said if he ever found th' cuss, darned if he wouldn't pepper him, an' contribute th' ten dollars towards his funeral ex penses. Th' more he kept -a-lookln th' madder he got. "One day Bill was huntin' of bar down in th Arivipe Canyon. Thought he heerd a rustlln In th' brush longslde th trail, an drawed a bead sudden. Jest then he seen a head stickin out from behind a tree, an', qulcker'n you kin say 'scat he had th' cuss covered. "'What th darnatlon ye doln? says th' feller behind th' tree, gittln' sight o Bill. " 'Thought ye was a b'ar,' " says Bill. " 'Darnation, no!' says th feller. He was about to come out from behind th' tree, but Jest then Bill he gits a better eight o him. 'Hold on there, pardner!' he says. 'Stick yer head out agin; I want to git a shot at yer.' " 'What fer? says the feller. "Well yer a blamed sight homlier than I he. an I took a solemn oath f shoot th fust cuss I see that was homlier than I be. It's dern unfortunit fer ye, but I got to do it.' "Th feller he shoved his head right out, without no hesitatin any. 'Be gosh!' he says; 'ef I'm homlier than you be, pard ner, ye kin shoot me soon's ye git ready.' While the cattle man was telling this story, I was slowly recovering my breath and trying all the while to think of a plan to get Agulnaldo away from him toefore he would have time to recall to mind the Hassayampa-Rlver story. I could see very plainly that my entire time and attention would need to be devoted to the task of getting Agulnaldo in safety to the river without his ever learning of the terrible influence its waters were pos sessed of. Just then the brakeman came along and called our attention to some mountains in the distance. Our train was slowly cross ing a low, sandy plain, almost totally un inhabited. On either side were the bare, brown mountains, seemingly not very far distant. "Haw far from here do you think those mountains are?" asked the brakeman. I told him that I judged them to be' about three miles or so away. "Ten miles, exactly," he said, with a very knowing look upon his face. I could see that he enjoyed It. I knew what? was coming next. too. He was going to spring the story about the tenderfoot who took off his clothes to swim across an irrigating ditch, after having fried to walk to a mountain that was 25 miles away before breakfast. I knew that the irrigating ditch would remind the cattle man of a river, and the river would re mind him of the Hassayampa story, and I would be as badly off as I was before. I was about tVj start an argument with him. thinking that it might tako his mind away from the story, when a party ot tourists came Into the car, and the brake man turned his- attention to them. "How far off do you think those moun--tains are?" he asked of one of the tour ists. "About 10 miles," replied" th tourist. "Eighteen miles, exactly," said the J)rakeman, without bat'ting an eye. The tourist looked at him In astonish ment. "Eighteen miles?" he repeated. ""Why, it wasn't over three minutes ago that I heard you telling soma people In the other car that they were 12 miles from us. Don't you call that pretty live ly traveling for mountains?" The brakeman didn't reply, and pres ently he went out on the platform to think Uhe thing over. I was glad that he was gone. I had become convinced that he had been drinking Hassayampa water, and I feared that he would want to tell us all about it. The cattlemen had become engaged In & controversy with the man in tho seat ahead, meanwhile, so I now told Agulnal do that we would find it much cooler in the Pullman, and we made our way thith er. As we passed through one of the cars, I caught sight of Applegate, tho detec tive. He was asleep, curled up in a seat I did not disturb him. The first person my eye fell upon as "We entered the Pullman was the mys terious woman. She was still with us. As she caught sight of Agulnaldo, a "bright smile flitted over her face, but she .made no other sign of recognition. I tried to draw Agulnaldo into a conver sation regarding his past life and his old home in the Philippines, thinking I might get something that I could use in the magazines, and, at the same time, keep him amused. But he didn't care to talk about himself, and. almost before I knew it, he was talking to the porter about Arizona. "Never done bin in dat kentry, has ye? Hit's a mighty good kentry, 'ceptln' hit's powerful dry some places," he said to Agulnaldo. "I alius did like dry kentrles evah sence dat time I went on de ocean in a blgsteamah. Done haihed myself out for to be a waitah on de steamah. Bimeby dah come up a mighty big stohm. I done git powful skalred. I say to my self, I say: 'Nlggah, ef yo 'evah git out en dis trouble yo' gwlne live in dry ken try. Ef dls boat go down de botcom da ocean, yo gwlne go down do bottom ob de ocean wid it Den dah ain't gwine goln be nuffln left ob yo 'ceptln' what goln be in de paper 'bout it de nex' mornta'. Arizony mighty dry, sometimes, but hit got some mighty line ribbers." A cold chill went up and down my .spine. He had paused, but It) was merely to catch his breath and get a frejh start He -was leading up to the Hassayampa story; there could Jbe no doubt about that Hlvers and Rivers. He resumed: "Dah is de Gila ribber an de Salt Ribber. an' de Hassayampa Ribber. Say "Tell us about the Gila River," I said I was sparring for wind, as the sporting men say. I thought I might be able to sidetrack him somehow, if I could only get a little time to think of something to say that would consume any considerable length of time. "Gila Ribber, hit mighty fine ribber, but de Hassayampa' "They are all fine rivers, I presume'" "Yes, sir, dey is so; I'se gwlne tell yo' 'bout dat ribber" J "Wh'.ch way do the rivers flow in Arizona?" "Wasn't talkln' bout flowln', sah, but I doan mind tellln' yo' dat dey flows down hill. Somethln curious 'bout de watah in dat Hassayampa Ribber' "Then they all must flow towards the ocean?" "Watevah difference hit gwine make which evah way dat ribber flow? To' gwlne git fool notions into yo head pretty soon." I was about to make an Indignant reply when the conductor appeared, and the porter suddenly decided that he had some--thing to do elsewhere. But just as he went away, he said: "I gwine tell yo bout that ribber latah." Th conductor was evidently locking for J some one to talk to. "Well, we're making pretty fair time," he began. '"Twon't be long before we'll strike the Colorado River." I don't know whether he noticed that I shivered or not. I had got so that I shivered every time any one mentioned water of any kind. "Been having some rain down there; the river's pretty high now." I shivered again. "The Gila's pretty high, too, and I guess the Hassayampa's carrying more water than sho has for a long time. Say, there's a curious thing about" "Yes, my heaven! I know there Is," I said excitedly. "It's the most curious thing in all the world. I started the story, myself, in the year 1732. Don't tell it to me for God's sake don't! Tell it to the people In the next car, if you have to tell It, but spare us, oh, spare us; we've heard it seven thousand times, and it isn't true, anyhow." The conductor gasped, and stared at me In. amazement With the exception of frothing at the mouth, I was "giving a fair imitation of a man having a fit The conductor edged away, and passed down the aisle to the end of the car. Here he turned to look at me again, and, noting this, I was about to go off into another fit, when he went out, slamming the door behind him with a jar that actually shook the whole train. For the remainder of that day we were left to ourselves. Just before I retired to my berth for the night, a note was thrust into my hand by the porter. It proved to be from Applegate. the detective. "She is aboard this train; I am on her trail. She cannot escape. Say nothing." Such were its contents. I gave the porter a half-dollar, and said nothing. I wanted to say something, but there was no one present to say it to. Soon I fell Into a light slumher, but 1 was troubled all of that night with hor rible dreams, In which people Beemed to be constantly trying to tell me something that I did not' want to hear. They pur sued me everywhere, shouting something about curious water, and lies that had to be told, until, at last, I fled to a dense forest But I could not escape them. The trees and the rocks got to telling me about curious water and lies, and Anally while I was fleeing to escape, I fell ovet the bring of a precipice, and woke up, and climbed back into the berth. I re mained awake the rest of the night CHAPTER XIII. I hastened to call upon Major Lake the very hour that we arrived in Phoenix, leaving Agulnaldo in a room in the hotel, guarded by Applegate, the detective, who was Instructed to permit no one to con verse with or even to see Agulnaldo until my return. The Major's face betrayed the anxiety which he felt when we met "Is he safe you understand me does he know any thing. Does he suspect anything?" he asked, as I took his hand. "He knows nothing; suspects less. We have the thing In our own hands. Listen: We must get him to the Hassayampa River tomorrow. Once there, I will And a way to make him drink. Then we can defy the whole of Arizona. Ha, ha, ha!" I hissed these words between my teeth, allowing them to Alter out slowly through my mustache, after the manner of stage villains. My laugh was particularly Aend lsh. Had there been any ladles present, no doubt they would have said that I was perfectly horrid. The Major, however, was delighted. He took the part of associate villain very well. "Are your plans all made?" he asked, rubbing his hands together. "Yes," I replied, "we start within the SUMMER'S TRIALS. These are days of grief and sadness, Genevieve Is full of woes, ' For. the stroll she takes ot mornings Brings new freckles on her nose. Wpt hour. We ore to go by stage. I shall make arrangements with some good, re liable stage robber, who will be on hand, with an assistant to hold us up at a lonely place eight or nine miles this side of the river. Our driver will be ehot and apparently mortally wounded, and as he falls from the seat the thoroughly frightened mules will dash on down the steep mountain trail. The coach will be overturned, throwing us all onto the ground. "The robbers will pursue us, and a run ning flght will be kept up until we reach the river. If Agulnaldo won't drink out of the river after he has made that eight rnlle dash for life, over mountain trails and. across hot, sandy deserts, with a couple of husky stage robbers firing blank cartridges at him all of the way, then we'll have to think of some other plan to make him drink it an Indian out break or something of that sort. But the only thing we really have to fear, Major, Is that he will drink too much of the ,water, and go around afterward claiming that he is Napoleon Bonaparte or Julius Caesar, instead of being Aguln aldo." "It is a grand idea you understand me a superb idea," said the Major. "I congratulate you, my boy; I congratulate you." ' "Bat now I mus,t hurry away," I said. "Can you be ready to Join me in half an hour?" "What! I Join you!" cried the Major. "Impossible! You surely don't expect me to that Is you understand me my work here must not be neglected, however much I might desire to you understand me enter Into the sport ot the thing.' As a matter of cold, hard fact, there was nothing whatever for the Major to do. Our lecture was not to be given for two days yet, and already everything In the way of preparation had been made. However, I blamed myself for having presented the plan in such a way that he might imagine he would be compelled to drink some of the water from the river himself, and so I readily agreed that he should remain and continue hl3 arduous work of smoking two-bit cigars on the hotel piazza, while listening to stirring tales of early days in Arizona, when 'Apache Kid and Geronlmo used to.be In the wholesale murder and rapine busi ness in the territory, and were wont to appear in six or eight different places, from the Mexican border to the Colorado State line, every night, doing little odd jobs of murdering and horse-stealing in each place. Afapslnaldo Gives "Warning. So I went at once to the apartments of Agulnaldo to prepare him for the trip. As I entered he came forward with a happy smile upon his face. "Oh, I am so glad you have come!" he cried. "I have something very Important to tell you something I wish to warn you of." As he spoke these words my heart sank within me. Could it be that Applegate had played me false? Had Agulnaldo learned all? I feared the worst "You must be very careful while you are in Arizona," he said, in his frank, almost childish way. "Something dread, ful may happen to you that would spoil our tour, and perhaps ruin your whole life. There is a river near here that has the most peculiar water In It that you ever heard of. If you should drink just the least little bit of it. you " I sank upon a couch that was fortu nately near at hand. "Why, Hogie, old man, what has hap pened? I didn't mean to frighten you so. What is the matter are you ill?" "It Is nothing," I replied, feebly; "nothing." I turned my face away from his. "I have heart disease, and paraly sis, and blood clots on the brain. But it will soon pass away." It was some little time, however, be fore I was able to think clearly again. My Arst thought, then, was of Applegate, I must And him at once and learn what had happened. Excusing myself, saying that I wished to go out into the fresh air, 'I left Aguln aldo's apartments and sought the bar room of the hotel, where I found Apple gate busily engaged in combining busi ness with pleasure. He was shaking dice with the bartender for the drinks. At first Applegate was inclined to dis pute my statement that Agulnaldo had been conversing with some one during my absence, but later, when he had found that such a course was useless, he broke down and told me all. The chambermaid had Insisted upon entering Agulnaldo' s apartments to make up the bed, and when he tried to prevent her from doing so she drew a Colt's .45 on him and he immediately decided that It would be very ungentlemanly to quarrel with a wo man, especially in Arizona. I could readily understand how the chambermaid, Andlng herself alone with a stranger in the territory, who was" unguarded, had grasped the opportunity to spring the Hassayampa River water story on him. Something: to Be Done. I now found myself confronted by a situation that was, indeed, desperate. We had been In Phoenix 24 hours, and the papers had contained nothing beyond the bare statement that Emlllo Agulnaldo, the well-known and affable warrior-statesman of the Philippine Islands, "is in our midst this week, and will lecture on Wednesday night next under the auspices of the local Y. M. C. A. We are pleased to have Mr. Agulnaldo in our midst." Either I must soon devise some means of Inducing Agulnaldo to drink Hassay ampa water or resign my position. I had planned several good things for the papers In Phoenix. Nothing, I had thought, could please the people of Arizona better than a nice, interesting account of an en counter between Agulnaldo and a cinna mon hear. It could be made so realistic, so true to life, that even Major Lake would shudder when he read how Aguin- 73 aldo covered two miles in 18 minutes flat, with the bear just three laps behind him all the way. And it would remind Aguln. aldo of old times, too. He could imagine he was back in Luzon again. But, of course, under the circumstances, it would not do. I had also thought of having him buy Senator Clark's interest in the United Verde mine, and use that as the basis for a number of well-founded rumors of trans-continental railroad combinations, in which Agulnaldo's name would be'free ly used with those of such other well known magnates as the Messrs. "Vander bllt Gould, Hill, Morgan end others. I knew that would please tho people of Arizona and awaken an interest in Aguln aldo which would Insure a crowded house. But again came in the old difficulty! Agulnaldo had extracted a promise from me. I would not could not break It Nothing remained for me to do but to get at least one good dose of Hassay ampa water down him. I was more firm ly resolved than ever to accomplish that purpose. n Just before I retlred"that night a note reached me from Applegate. It was di rect and right to the point It read: "Still on trail. She cannot escape me. Lay low. APPLEGATE, "Detective." (To Be Continued.) Canadian Canners Want Traps. Astoria News. The disadvantages suffered by the Can adian packers during the big run on Puget Sound will probably result in a repeal of the laws prohibiting traps. While the canneries on the American side were re ceiving more fish than they could handle, delivered at the canneries from the traps for ly cents, the Canadians were obliged to pay 12 cents a fish to the glllnetters, a different of 10 cents on each fish. The Canners' Association, which embraces nearly all the Canadian concerns, recent ly took a party of members pf the Do minion Legislature on an Inspection trip and pointed out where the American trap men captured salmon by the tens of thou sands that were turned out from British Columbia hatcheries and were en route to the Fraser River when caught Colonel Prior, M. P., has expressed himself as In favor of allowing the construction of traps on the southwest of Vancouver Isl and to catch tho fish bound in to the gulf. The Inspection trip is understood to be the first gun in a determined cam paign to bo waged by the Canners' As sociation. Protests will be addressed to Sir Louis Davis, Minister of Fisheries and Marine, and others prominent in the Do minion Government will be interested in tho cause. PULLMAN PORTERS UNITE. Tlielr Purpose la to Get Hlgrhcr Sal aries from the Car Company. Chicago Chronicle. Some want it called simply "the Pull man Porters' Union," others prefer "the Railway Men's Mercantile League," and explain their reasons therefor in words fearfully and wonderfully made; still oth ers favor a name such as "the Amalga mated Association of Promoters of Pub lic Comfort In Palace Cars." If they can ever agree on a title for the organization the porters on Pullman cars will organize. They are talking of it in Chicago, New York and St. Louis, and have issued a statement to the public ask ing Its aid and sympathy, "as many ah unfortunate traveler has received our min istrations conducive to comfort when most needed." The porters want, first, more salary; after that less blame for conditions of cars, a better arrangement of hours for sleep and of stop-over privi leges. Paramount to all else is the wage ques tion. They declare that the Pullman Company has long left to the public the payment of their salaries, with a trifling exception of a few dollars resularly hand ed them each month. Tips Are Getting: Small. Travelers have of late been growing less and less regardful of whether the porters exist or not, and it has seemingly be come a rivalry between the public and their employers as to which shall pay them least. The odds are now In favor of the palace car corporation. Back in the golden days of service on a Pullman car the customary tip was 23 cents. If a person rode but a few hours and was dusted off by a smiling Sene gamblan he never thought of giving less than a "two-bit" tip. Gifts of $1 were not uncommon, and, on long journeys, porters were not Infrequently the recipi ents of $5 tips. But now conditions have changed. "Ef a man wuz to give me foah bits nowadays I would drop In mah tracks," said a porter yesterday, whose run is be tween St Louis and Chicago. He said that 10 and 15 cents were more often the size of tips these days, and he had been insulted once or twice with a donation of 5 cents- Everybody, he asserted, seemed to be getting "wise" to the fact that everybody else was less liberal than formerly. The only way to again make it possible for porters to live on their in comes was to organize and demand bet ter compensation from the company. Small Salaries Are Paid. Porters are paid in salaries 515 to $35 a month, the amount depending on their runs and length of service. Porters in tourist cars get the highest figure, be cause but one round of tips as a rule Is to be collected during the Journey of many hundreds of miles. The headquarters of the new organiza tion is to be in St. Louis. The promoters say it-Is to mutually benefit the members and that no high salaries will be paid to officers. It is denied that a school for new porters Is to be maintained at night, In which the moro experienced will act as passengers and beginners will bo in structed in the devious processes of ex tracting largo coins from reluctant per sons. No information about tho union was ob tainable from the Pullman Company's of fices. It was said that there were nearly 4000 porters In its employ, and that If an organization were being formed it was the first of its kind proposed. "I know porters who own houses and lots and make $100 to $150 a month," said a man in the auditing department. A railroad man expressed the opinion that the comic papers and the newspaper paragraphers were largely responsible for the shrinkage in tips. He said the public had come to believe that all porters were rolling in wealth, while tho truth is that few of them make more than 50 a month, and those who own houses are one In a thousand. TO KEEP FISH FRESH. Some Useful Hints for the Disciples of Isaac "Walton. Field and Stream. Among people of the better class an un reasoning prejudice against the smell and taste of fresh fish bars it from their ta bles without giving It a fair trial or mak ing the slightest attempt to cultivate a liking for it. Properly handled after Its capture and knowingly cooked its whole someness cannot bo doubted, and served tastefully It certainly presents an Invit ing appearance on the table. Tho commonest methods of Its handling In preparation for retail sale are faulty In the extreme. Its freshness, firmness and flavor are deteriorated by the ice as generally used in packing, which has tens decay, the moisture favoring the de velopment of putrefaction. The pressing of flsh in close packing softens the mus cles and induces putrefaction of the flesh. Tho melting of the Ice quickly contami nates Ash packed in unclean barrels and boxes. Careful scientific investigations at the Biological Laboratory of the United States Fish Commission at Wood's Hole for the purpose of ascertaining to what degree Ash are spoiled by carelessness, filth and bad packing demonstrate: That putrefaction takes place more rap idly If the entrails are not removed. That moisture hastens decay. That free access to air retards putre faction. That if the head and Intestines are re moved and the blood completely drained by suspension by the tail tho flsh will -remain sweet for a considerable time with out ice. In all cases bruising or rupture of the muscular tissue must be avoided by careful handling. And that the utmost care in handling pays well is illustrated by the well-known fact that certain ship ments of shad from North Carolina bring from 23 to 40 per cent more than other shad from the same locality. In devising methods for mitigating the evils mentioned experiments were made with various solutions In order to deter mine how best to retard putrefaction. One only proved entirely satisfactory. It was a 3 per cent solution of boric acid in sea water, which Is not injected by way of embalming the Ash, and which Is not a preservative, but used simply as an agent of cleanliness. The abdominal cavity en trails, of course, removed is washed with a sponge dipped in the solution. As a proof of Its efficacy it i3 said that 24 sque teague (weakflsh), which is a Ash quickly deteriorating after capture, were merely sponged and closely packed in a box in cloudy, foggy weather, with temperature from 74 to 84 degrees, and 24 hours after ward were found to be without odor, eyes clear, and so Arm and hard that a native flsherman could not easily bo convinced that they had been kept 21 hours without ice. Almost no trace of the solution was found In the Ae9h, and Its employment can have no Injurious effect upon tile con sumer. Never take a fish from the hook and toss k . jr &jj? &a SL IJL Jf . BOTANICAL REPTILES TKeir Stir&g Sets the SRiia. oaa Fire asid Fills the Veins with a Violesit, Lingering Poison These plants seem to partake of the nature and character of the serpent; in winter time "being comparatively harmless, hut when warmed into life by spring and summer heat they become extremely venomous and spiteful, emitting a milky juice that burns and blisters like a fiery acid, producing quick inflammation and painful swelling. Some persons are so susceptible to these vegetable poisons that coming in their vicinity will produce almost as much discomfort and pain as handling them; their thin and sensitive skins seem to absorb from the surrounding atmosphere the acrid juices emanating from these plants. There is seldom a picnic or family gathering in the woods but that some mem ber of the party comes in contact with Poison Ivy, Oak or some other hurtful plant or weed, and through the open pores the poison is carried to the overheated blood. Poison Ivy is found clinging to tree trunks, BLOOD SATURATED WITH POISON OAK. Mr. John Priol, of Bear Station, Del., writes: "I was poisoned with poison oak which went through my blood, and my condition bocamo so soriouB that tho doctors all said I could not got well. I remained in a precarious condition, con fined to tho house, for six months, when I saw S. S. S. advertised and hogan its use, soon realizing' that it was doing mo good. I continued tho medicine and was oured entirely. I think it the bost blood medicine made." like edges and a downy appearance underneath. While the in appearance, ine poisonous enects are very similar. After the swelling subsides the skin remains for a long time in a rough and inflamed condition, dotted here and there with bad looking ulcers and little festering sores. It is truly remarkable with what regularity and certainty the disease returns, and always on schedule time, appearing the same month, day and hour, almost, that it did the year before. Don't be deceived should all the signs of the poison vanish through the open skin pores external remedies can never dislodge them, and next season, and for years to come, you may expect to endure the same bodily tortures; the blood in the meantime becoming so saturated system the effects of Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Virginia Creeper, Thunder Weed, Sumac and vegetable poisons of every variety. S. S. S. will be found an invaluable and perfect antidote for poisons of this class. There is never any" return of the aggravating symptoms after a course of S. S. S., as it destroys every vestige of the poison. Don't abandon hope because of repeated failures. State your case to our doctors; we feel sure they can help you. Medical advice will cost you nothing and is strictly confidential. Book on Blood and Skin Diseases free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, G, it down onto the bottom of tho boat or upon the ground to die a lingering, gasp ing death which must necessarily Impair its edible qualities. Mercifully kill your capture at once, and do yourselves a service. Increase of Postage Stamps. Leslie's Weekly. A statement going to show the marvel ous increase in the use of postal facili ties by the American people 19 that of the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington, just Issued, in which it appears that the number of post age stamps sent out for use during the current Ascal year includes l,300,0CO,000 1 cent stamps, 3,500,000,000 2-cent stamps, and 300,236,000 of higher denominations. The total, Including special-delivery 10-cenc stamps, is 5,116,236,000, against 4,377,727,000 for the previous Ascal year, an Increase of over 1,500,000,000 stamps. It is not easy to grasp tho full significance of these stu pendous totals. A few calculations may help. According to these Agures, suffl clent stamps will be Issued this year to supply every man, "woman and child In the United States with at least 60 stamps each. Distributed among the population of the entire globe, they would supply each person with postage for not less than three letters. Placed side by side In a continuous line, the total Issue would gir dle the entlro earth three times, forming a variegated ribbon around it nearly three Inches in width. If spread out in the same manner across the United States, the stamps would form a paper sidewalk from New York to San Francisco over thra feet wide. Pasted Into a stamp-collector's book of the conventional size, the Is sue for the year would All 500,000 volumes, which, placed one upon another, would form a solid column over 25 miles high. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL UEPOUT. PORTLAND, Aug. 10 Maximum tempera ture, 81; minimum temperature, 55; river read Ins at 1 A. M., 7.5 feet: change In 24 hours, 0.2 foot; total precipitation, 5 P. M. to B P. M., none; total precipitation since Septem ber 1, 1000, 42.70 Inches; normal precipitation since September 1. 1900, 40 3S inches; deficien cy, 3.08 Inches; total sunshine August 9, 0.C0; possible sunshine August 9, 14:30. PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. "Wind. STATIONS. Astoria Baker City .... Boise Eureka Neah Bay Pocatcllo Portland Red Bluff Roseburg Sacramento Salt Lake City. San Francisco Spokane Seattle Walla "Walla ... esio. .0011 NW(CIear N iCIear NWlClear 78 0. .00 12 860, .00 5S0.00 6NW Hear 001121 XV Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 860 .C012V 81 0 NW N N sw NWlClear SW ICIear S IPt. cloudy N Clear W Clear Light. WEATHER CONDITIONS. No rain has fallen In the states west of the Rocky Mountains during the last 24 hours, and the temperatures are moderate and faorable for tho ripening of grain and fruit. Tho indications are for fair weather In this district Sunday. It will bo slightly "warmer east of the Cascade Mountains. WEATHER FORECASTS. Portland and lclnlty Fair and continued warm. Northerly winds. Western Oregon and Western Washington' Fair and continued warm. Northwesterly winds. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho Fair and slightly warmer. 'WInd3 most ly northerly. EDWARD A. BEALS, Forecast Official. fences or rocks, sometimes reach ing great heights; the leaves are nearly square in shape, "smooth and shiny and three on each stem; the flowers are of a greenish white color, and the berries pale green or white. The Oak is a small feet high, its size depending upon the nature of the soil location, etc.; the leaves are lone and pointed with saw Mrs. caso is I were and S. S., have several soon after the first attack the acrid juices have been taken into the blood, and the most persistent and faithful use of and charged with the poison that each succeeding attack leaves the body weaker and recovery more uncertain and slow, and thus the once simple malady ends disastrously. For every poisonous plant, tree, shrub or flower, nature has wisely provided an antidote or cure. The roots and herbs of which S. S. S. is composed quickly, surely and permanently overcome and drive out of the blood and If It is true, as Edward Everett Hale says, that the United States postal serv ice is the greatest of popular educators, these Agures will serve to show the ex tent of Uncle Sam's present service as a school teacher. Domestic and Foreign Fort. New York. Aug. 10. Sailed Nomadic, for Liverpool; Marquette, from London; Statendam. for Rotterdam via Boulogne; Minneapolis, for London; Astoria, for Glasgow; Campania, for Liverpool; Werra, for Genoa; Peninsula, for Ham burg. Antwerp, Aug. 10. Arrived Southwark, from New York. Liverpool, Aug. 10. Sailed Cevlc, for New York. Nagasaki, Aug. 10. Arrived Ching Wo, from Seattle for London. Hong Kong, Aug. 10. Arrived previous lyDoric, from San Francisco via Hono lulu. NEW TODAY. MORTGAGE LOANS On Portland real estate at lowest rates. Titles Insured. Abstracts furnished. Title Guarantee & Trust Co. 7 Chamber of Commerce. Ccf niIc CORNER LOT, 60x100. ON Cdbl LaVli nth and East Da Is. Price $Co0. W. H. MALL & CO., 87 Union ae. fcOCnn 12-ROOM HOUSE. 12TH. NEAR vwJUU Montgomery, lot 40x100. You'd bet ter look at this. A. D. MARSHALL. 82J Third st. R - TlOmr TIOTIR'R TVTTTT A T.T. modern Improvements, and lot 50x I 100. on i;ast Burnside st.. close to ISth st. W. H. MALL & CO.. 87 Union ave. lfin 7 - ROOM HOUSE, FULL LOT. CplOUU East Side, very close In. all conven iences; rented for $15, Insured for $1300; mort gage $S00. A. D. MARSHALL. 82J Third st. Mtttoii&ple ko. Baker &Coi On Tuesday Next, Aug. 13 We are Instructed by Mrs. Kay, who Is leav ing for the East, to sell the up-to-date furnish ings of her residence, remoed to Central Auction Rooms Corner Alder and Park, for convenience of buers, comprising: Handsome colonial and leather-seat rockers of various designs; TURK ISH COUCH, in rich coverings, made expressly to order; Morris chair. In oak; high-grade com bination bookcase and desk, in golden oak, with French plate mirror; bamboo tea table; oak centpr tables; lace curtains; 12x15 pro Brussels rugs. In first-class condition: Brus sels carpets; rugs; HANDSOME DINING ROOM SUIT. In golden oak. viz., sideboard (with circular front and oval French plate mir ror, finely carved), round extension table (with large twist legs, highly polished), set of box seat chairs; heavy tapestry table coders; sew ing machine; OAK WINDSOR FOLDING BED, with mirror; white enamel iron beds; odd dressers and washstands, with French plate mirrors; fine oak bedroom sets, with full swell front; hlehly polished chiffoniers: silk floss and Quaker mattresses: best Y Y springs; goose-feather pillows, in fancy ticks; comforters and blankets; toilet sets; large picture frames; matting. In good quality and almost new; floor oilcloth; gasoline stove; kitchen safe; household treasure; first-clais Universal cook store; utensils, and other ef fects. On view Monday. Sale TUESDAY at 10 o'clock. GEO. BAKER & CO., Auctioneers. On Thursday Next, August 15, at Central Auction Rooms, Corner Alder and Park, we shall sell the fur- I nlsMngs of residence, removed from South Portland, Including parlor furnishings, dining suit, oak and white enameled bedroom eets, wardrobes, carpets, rtoves, etc. Sale at 10 A. M. GEO. BAKER & CO., Auctioneers. Both phones. 241 Stark st., cor. Second. I m mm rar shrub, seldom more than thre two plants are entirely unlike RETURNED EVERY SPRING FOR 18 YEARS. A. N. Bonnett, of Toccoa, Ga., whose! similar to thousands of others who! come in contact wim xneso plants, says: "Whon eight years old my little brother and poisoned by handling- poison oak, I it broke ont on us every spring: for eigrhteon years. Borne one recommended S. which cured us completely, and we I seen no signs of the eruptions fori seasons. NEW TODAY. AUCTION SALES By J. L Wilson Wednesday, August 14, 10 AM., at Sales; rooms, 182 First Street. I will sell a choice lot of books, including soma by the best authors. Also a select lot of furni ture, comprising: Expensive sideboard, in quarter-sawed oak; extension table, to match; pictures; dining furniture and drawing:-room effects; bedroom suits; springs; mattresses; lady's desk; nice rockers and chairs, bamboo furniture; several good carpets. In attractive patterns; kitchen safes and treasures, entire kitchen outfits, including several cook staves. Also a lotof MASON'S FRUIT JARS J. T. WILSON Auctioneer. Friday, August 16. 10 A.M , at W2 fkkfyl A Miscellaneous Clean-up Sale. To close out conslznments. I will sell at auc tion everything on hand, comprising furniture. carpets, snoes, etc. J. T. "WILSON. Auctioneer. S.LN. OILMAN, Auctioneer l PEREMPTORYAUCTIONSALE of fine Upright Piano and Household Furniture. We are Instructed to sell by public aucttua ON TUESDAY NEXT. AUGUST 13, at 10 A. M., at 411 Washington street, a handsome, almost-new upright pano. In perfect order. All the balance of the stock of fine furniture from the furniture store closing out. Including household furniture of every description, rugs, mattings, mantels, ranges, office furniture, etc. SALE TUESDAY, 10 A. M. Buyers will do well to attend this sale. S. L. N. GILMAN, Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE We will sell by auction sale on FRIDAY NEXT, at 411 Washington street, at 10 A. M.. nil the furniture of residence. Including house hold effects of every description. B. L. N. GILMAN. Auctioneer. $3000 lOOxlOO, Harshall at., net. 10th and 20th. COxlOO, Flanders st., het. 20th anil 21st. ROUXTREE & DIAMOND, 211 Stark st., cor. Second. 2 DOZ. EGGS, 35c. BITTER, 35c and 40c. Sweet dairy butter 30c Gilt-edge dairy butter 33o Fancy creamery butter 40c and 43c We handle the best hams In the market. Premium hams, honey cured 13HC 1 0Oc tea 35a Java and Mocha coffee. 40c, now 30o Lion and Arbuckle's coffee. 2 for........ .,25s All goods from first hand. We save you on profit. All goods retailed at. wholesale prices. Se the La. Grande Creamery Co., 2C4 Yamhill. Both phones. ACREAGE 4 acres, well improved, vrest o Piedmont. " ncrcs, no Improvements, east ot Piedmont. O acres, all Improved, east ot Ladd's farm. 10 acres, all Improved, at Mllwau-. k!e. And other tracts on White House road, etc. nOUXTHEE & DIAMOND,