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A. D. GRIFFIN, Manager.
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THE FORCES ALIGNED.
The alignment ot tho forces in tho
senatorial contention at Siilom noxt
woek has boon formed and those who
ura interested in tbo good nnmo of
Oregon, politlcaally, as woll as in
4-vnrv material rosneot. aro gladdened
today by'tho prospect 'that . tho inan of
thoir choice holds a pro-omlnont plaoo
among thoso who seek tho honor.
linn. II. W. Corbott's friends hnvo
confldonoo that there is littlo to fear
from the offoot of tho niaohinntions of
those who, in the interest of factions,
nrga tho selection of somo ono clso.
That selection is imposaiblo if those
who repreiout tho people of tho state
will yield to popular clamor, backed
up by public sentiment, in favor of
wending to the great body of legislators
at Washington tho man who so nobly,
to conscientiously and so patriotically
represented the leading Interests of
the nation at a time whon a statesman
was needed, not for Oregon alono, bat
for the honor of tho entire ropablio,
Uorbett whb tho man then. Corbott
is the man now.
It is understood, of courso, that Mc-
Jiride, who, for six yearn, has boon
a more figurehead at Washington, will
lie tho jumplug-jack to appear first ou
the atago in tho impending contest.
Tho Initial voto cast for him will bo
indicativo of tho strength of thoso
whoto frloud ho is in tho real contost.
From that vote thosu bohiud tho fed
eral chH will dotermlue tho burden of
thoir cargo. Hermann may bo put in
the balance. He will havo a strong
role in tho play, rultou will apponr
ia the second act for a complimont,
hat he has been a dark-horso too long
to frlfk his mane with success in tho
face of such a forceful foe as II. W.
Corbett. United States Land Commis
loser Hemana will not be an unlm
pota at figure in the play, bufe the hero
, efAMe opposition will finally be pre
teated in tho penou of John II.
Mitchell. He is the mun for whom
all of this trap Mork is being dono.
lie is the llguro held in aboynnco to
crowa the climax for tho applnuBo
when the curtain rites on tho Dual
scene. Ho ia too woll known to do
tervo discussion in thoso columns.
Will tho roprofoutativt-s of tho poo
pie of this great commonwealth con
cwlo for a moment that they should
entrust such vital interests to tho cus
tody of untried hands whon it is possi
ble to placo thorn with such an emi
nent legislator whom thoy kuow so
well aa thoy know Hon. II. W. Cor
uttr
The New Age believes that it has
lilt en the popular answer to this quos
tiob already,
Desplto the efforts of cliques and
claas, formed with slnistor doiigu, it
cannot be gainsaid that Mr. Corbott is
tho choice of the ptople of the ttuto
it ml that choice should aud will pro
Vail.
universally 'acknowledged " plrogreis.
It is an anachronism' to talk of such J
measures now. Thoro may bo strange
things to happen within tho couturr.
but wo do not expect to see ono jot or
tittlo of tho rocord of thoso measures
that moan so much to tho Negroes,
erased from tho groat charter of Amor
lean liberties. Those amendments aro
here to stay. Wo swear it by tho
honor of that glorious array of, godlike
Individual ihat walked among men a
few decades ago Abraham Lincoln
and tho rosi. Thoy bequeathed a
legacy that b snored, and that nothing
short of blasphomy can undo. Thoso
amendments wero tho aftorblrth of
ihat groatest of intornoclno wars. Thu
country shivered from oxlromo to ox
tremo in giving bjrth to thorn. They
aro no bastard productions of rump
assomblios, but thoy wero rogularly In
stitutod and rutiflod. Thoy should bo
as tho face of God to Moses on tho
Mount, which, if ho had behold, ho j
would havo fallen dead. Tho Froo
CIANK MAVEQOOChTRAITS.
man.
FAVOBS A 0AU0U8.
Tho Orogon legislature will moot
soon. Thero is ovory indication that
the sossion will bo a busy one. Upon
this body will devolvo tho eloctlon of
of n United Statoa sonator, and this
duty should bo performed promptly, in
order that tho members may havo the
tlmo necessary to oonsidor woll tho
various measures of legislation of im
portance to tho stato that may bo in
troduoed. Nothing so interferes with
tho usefulness of n legislature as a long
and bittor contest over tho eloctlon of
m
it United Status senator, and it is to bo
liojiod that such a struggle will find no
The Are Not the' disagreeable Pier
aoas tfaa Ttrm Jnplla.
One of the most Interesting phases
of linguistic studies pertain to tbo
changes in the meanings' of words
which, as we know, may 'become bet
ter or may become worse. A word may
even come tb mean precisely the re
verse of what it did to a previous age.
Deterioration Is the usutil rule. The
term crank Is a recent coinage, buv un
til now has been uniformly applied to
those peculiar peoplo whoee fads or
whims have not been held worthy of
imitation, but rather of contempt.
I They were thought below normality In
intellect and ability. At present among
medical men ono hears tho word ap
plied to those who show very different
characteristics, and the fact indicates
that tho word- is undergoing a decided
chango in significance. A man of char
acter would not call a characterleet
man a crank simply because be la a
harper, but tho reproachful word la
frequently used by the characterless to
denote n physician of1 exceptional hon
or and Integrity.
We recently beard a health officer
who hns shown heroic zeal and unself
ishness In the administration of hla
ofllco stigmatized as a health cranki
Ho had no hobbles except to protect
tbo community from Infectious dls
enae?. i,In all such cases tho secret
motive Is to excuse oneself for lack of
professional or ethical spirit by calling
the better man 'by this opprobrious
name. One who bates medical politics
Is dubbed a crank by the politician.
The schemer for offlco thus appears to
justify himself. The medical editor
who sells his columns to the reading
notice man naturally calls the better
Journalist who refused to do this a
crank.
Those who exhibit zeal for profes
sional good, who criticise professional
abuses arc, by the fact of their exist
ence, a standing rebuke to thoso who
never had or never obeyed an Ideal of
duty, and they arc naturally anxious to
hldo their shame by crying crank. It
Is an old bit of psychologic legerde
main which only fools, the fool. When
these feel tho sting of conscience they
whisper devil, devil! or hunt up it
scapegoat. It will soon be that all
tricksters will call all honest
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SWEDISH AERONAUT THOUGHT
. TO HAVE PERISHED.
Darin Kxplorer Tlelda Life ta Search
of Far-Awar Arctic Pole There la
Ma-Mewa of the Missing Mia Darlag
the Past Venr Year.
It Is now nearly four years since S. A.
Andree, the Swedish aeronaut, in hla
balloon rose In air on Amsterdam Isl
and and confidently' set out for the
north pole. To him was attracted at
once tho hopeful and the anxious notice
of both the scientific and the unscien
tific In every country. It was the most
wonderfully daring attempt ever con
ceived of in aeronautics and It abso
lutely eclipsed all previous enterprises
conducted In ships and looking to the
discovery of tho north pole.
Mr. Andree had been known as an aer
onaut for twenty years, but bo was
something more than that. lie was a
theoretical mechanic, whoso theories
were believed to be more sound than
any other man's in Sweden. Ho was
indeed more than a theorist ho had
accurate knowledge of the practical
arts and Inventions of his time. So
well were his know led go and abilities
known that tho Swedish government
appointed him chief engineer of tho
patent office. These facta, being .gen
erally in possession of the world public,
strongly predisposed a large part of
that public to believe that ho would be
successful In his surpassing aeronautic
undertaking. Nor was the Idea of cross
ing to the pole In a balloon a new one.
1arger'ttaJiUie"olherwatf'tyt)e'Ieftv
at that point, of the.route that shouldbo
could be reached bythe balloon:
The 'explorer also took with him thirty-two
carrier pigeons. Some were ex
pected to return to Dane's Island,
where they had stayed for more than
a month, but It was feared they would
never return to Sweden, as from Spits
bergen alone they would have had to
trayel a distance of nearly' 2,500 kilo
meters la order to upd, their dove cote.
From the polo to Sweden would be
3,500 meters. Such a distance has, as
far as Is known, never been traversed
by carrier pigeons. After these means
of conveying messages had been ex
hausted Andree would naturally have
recourse to the familiar method of in
closure in bottles.
Threo days after starting a seal hunt
er to the west of Phlpps Island, north
of Spttzbcrgen, killed a carrier pigeon
which bad come from Andree's balloon.
From tho pigeon this message was
taken:
July 13. 12:30 o'clock no.on, latitude
82, degrees 2 minutes, longitude 15 de
grees 6 minutes east Good speed to
ward the cast; ten degrees to south.
All well on board. This Is the third
pigeon that wo have sent out.
ANDREE.
This dispatch Indicated that the bal
loon had only traveled a, fifth of the
dlstanco separating Spitsbergen from
the pole, and that It was no longer go
ing toward the north, but toward the
cast.
About July (22 of that! year it was
learned from the captain of a vessel
that one of tho crew had shot a pigeon
between North Cape and Seven Islands,
on the north coast of Lapland, bearing
usefuinie'ralleil totcVluYw AUtiS
could make the necessary taeteoreleg-'r
'leal observations at the, time he aftuM
believe himself t b.,crossIng' tbe pole.
Tedious Waitiaa for Newt,' '
Definite news was expected to bc'iu
celved of Andree before ho bad been
many days out, for, as has been stated,'.,
hejvas prepared with supposedly rella'- '
ble means of communicating with the
lower 'world, but days passed and an
placo in tho coming session. Thoro
is no lack of good senatorial timber In "CK"icni win can nil Honest men
........ cranks, and then a new word will havo
to bo devised for the old-time fad rider.
All medical reformers nro cranks to
those who compound with tins they
have a mind to, so that we should have
n word to designate nil thoso cunning
folk who rid themselves of obligation
by sneering at thoso who believe In
duty and labor for professional pro
gress. New York Mall nnd Express.
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A HILL TO REPEAL.
A bill to repeal the Fifteonth amend
nient to the constitution has been lu
trvduced in congress. No one will bo
greatly disturbed ai to tho outcome ot
the attempt, It will, however, bo
conrtraed a menace to the Negroes,
as to their political activity. Tho
mere introduction of such a measure
at such a day is further indicativo of
that growing iudtfforeuco to tho wel
fare of the Negroes so noticeable ot
late years. This ludlfferenco is uot of
tnat quality so gouerally known; It Is
Ntudied. Thero U'method in it. Ami
it does uot uooossarily any that timet
are out of joiut for the Negroes in
America. lu faot the Btan. are in their
favor; tho "signs" are working, and
that Is what hurts. Men aro ouly cou
corned iu events, thiugs, men, etc,
tlint amounts to aa appreciable slse In
their eyes or their mind's eyes. This
very attempt to repeal tho constitution
la aot because of tho moral oi any
other kind of degeueraoy. Admitting
that all 1b aot aa it might be, yet con
dlttoaa iu tho race are far better, If
there ware screws to have beau applied,
they should have beea applied at the
P9Br plaoe and aot after years oi
tho ranks of tho dominant party in
Oregon, n nd.lt should not require any
qonsidorublo length of tlmo to solect
a sultablo iniiu for this high office
Of tho candidntos In the Hold at this
writing, Hon. II. W. Corbott, of Tort-
land, is clearly in tho lead, and the
prospects aro bright for ilia olootlon,
That the solootion of this worthy aud
honored citizen would provo satisfac
tory to the great majority ol tho people
of Oiegon goes .without sayiug. How
ever, the raost,ardeatjfrlends aud sur
porters of Mr. Corbqtt are only asking
that a nomination for senator bo mado
by cnucui a Republican caucus, with
out regard to whothor its members
shall voto by ballot or viva voco -and
by tho decision of this caucus thoy aro
willing to cheerfully nbido. This re
quest is fair and reasonable and is tho
piopor way to dispose of tho mattor of
choosing it candidate The Ropiihlicau
party has u good Bitfo majority in this
legislature, aud tho Observer bolloves
that a Republican caucus is competent
to organize itsolf and to prescribe the
ruloa upon which or nudor which it
shall conduct its business. Let the
majority party in the Oregon legisla
ture bo guidod by the tlmo honored
principled Itopubllcanlsm -organlzo
A caucus, nominate a candidate tor
souator and then stand by him to a
man, If such a course is pursued tho
losult oauot fail to be to the best into,
rests of all concerned. Folk County
Observor.
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Pictorial Postcards. W
Among the latest aud moat;M(pular
fads Is that of collecting plctorjaj'post
cards. People hitherto free f rata .fads
go about In' anxious quest of
and,' for the Indulgence sf ,t!
passions, a 'weekly Journal,1
only to tho Interests of postca
lectors, has appeared. Apart fi
er depressing features, tho pa
tides a correspondence column.
which Its readers trade with oneTanoth
cr. And so we. learn that "Flira" Is
eager to obtain Milan, Florence and all
Itnltnn tmviiM In zehnni'o for Berlin.
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irauKrort ami ijouicniz; or' mat
"Frank" will give all Stockholm for
certain corners of Vienna; or,'1 that
Schneider's agency lsso rich In rivers,
monuments and steeples that It pos
sesses n panorama (at a penny n
glimpse) of the entire world. Stories,
In which tho principal parts arc played
by German and Italian postcards, fol
low: "Grctchen" nnd "Alberto" are
married or separated forever by this
modern means; while gay 'Fcrcy,'' who
Is supposed to be busily engaged in
Lyons, absent-mindedly, discloses his
real whereabouts by sending a view of
the Moulin Rouge from Paris.
The National Police Gazette, pub
lished by Richard K. Fox, Police
News, Standard, and all other sporting
papers. Subscriptions taken at A. W.
Sohmale, bookseller and newsdealer,
330 First street, l'oitlaud, Oie. Ma
orden solicited.
How studio. New building. New
firm. Hayes fe Short. Seventh aud
Washington streets, over Dressers' new
grocery.
Armory Drug Store, 81 Tenth street,
northwest corner Tenth and Everett
sticets, Portland, carries a full lluo of
drugs, toilet articles, school supplies,
cigars, etc.
Fur Xmns goods, Holding Ilros., 45
N. Third stroet, have a choice selection
of holiday goods lu the lluo of silver
ware, pocket books, fancy jewolry, dia
monds, umbrellas, gold aud silver
headed canes, watches, lockets, eto,
Call aud luspeat our stock.
Buy Your Holiday Candies
Labbe & Rebe
Ice Cream and Confectionery
310 Washington Street
WHOU8AIJC A KKTAIL MANUFACTUHKKS
An lagenlotu Advertising Scheme.
A German firm of publishers baa hit
upon a novel and Ingenious method of
advertising, which has been attended
by tho happiest results. They caused
to be Inserted lu most of the newspa
pers a notice to the effect that a certain
nobleman of wealth and high position,
desiring a wife, wanted ono who re
sembled tho heroine In the novel
named. Thereupon every marriageable
woman who saw the notice bought the
book to see what the heroine was, like,
and the work had an Immense sale.
Rut It Is said that the publishers had. to
engage the services of several addition
al clerks to deal with the' deluge" or
feminine correspondence from the num
berless women who claimed te be the
"Image" of the heroine.
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DEPARTURE OF THE EAGLE.
It was of French orjgln and first con
ceived by Slvcl, who In 1873 laid bis
project before tho French Society of
Aerial Navigation. But Slvel lost his
life soon afterward lu tbo accident to
the balloon Zenith. The project lay In
abeyance until 1800, when It waa taken
up again by two Parisians Hermlto
and Besancon who submitted a plan
that was carefully and scientifically
thought out to the minutest detail, but
the means could not be raised to carry
the plan Into oven experimental effect.
Mr. Andree, howover, carefully exam
ined It and compared his own with It
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first and third Tuesday of each month.
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and studied the design for the balloon
that was not built.
Proudly and majestically the Balloon
rose and Andree gased with happy con
fidence on those who remained behind,
and then be and hla comrades, waving
their caps, be cried out, "Greetings at
home to Sweden."
to CoMMwalcate with the World.
Andree, when he started aa his bal
loon voyage on July 11, 1807, took with
him twelve dispatch buoys, each con
taining a sphere, of cork twenty centi
meters la diameter, coated with a thick
coat of paint, partly Wue and partly
yellow. At the upper portion waa a
copper stopper inscribed with the
words, "Aadree'a Polar Expedition.
1808," and a number. This stopper
closed a cavity cat la the cork, to re
ceive a tube la which decHBteata er
messages freatwta explorer were te
ha Inclosed, The baoya ware to be
thrown oat at dlsTaramt aolata a the
vayag-a af the fealtoaa, A tairtaeath,
a messago addressed to tho Aftenbla
dot, Stockholm. It read:
Eighty-two degrees passed. Good
Journey. Northward. ANDREE.
From Kasnovarsk, whence a dispatch
stated that oa Sept. 14 at 11 o'clock at
night, people in the village of Antxl
flrowskoje. In the district of Ycneselsk,
saw the Andree balloon for five min
utes. It Is certain tbat Mr. Andree did not
take sufficiently into account all the
meteorological conditions. But at leas'!
four learned professors did take them
Into view ou their commeuta at the
time on Mr. Andree's daring veuture.
Professor Bexold held that as tbo winds
at tbo pole cross ono another a direct
passage could, not be hoped for. He
argued that tho distance the aeronaut
must trayd would be extended from
3,40 kilometers (the distance In a di
rect line from Spitsbergen across the
polar region) to from 12,000 to 20,000
kilometers, and that the balloon could
not possibly keep afloat long enough for
that But should this not prove true,
the professor continued, he thought It
very poaslble that Andree might sail
over the polar regions without knowing
It, since it Is precisely in that part
where the usual methods of navigation
aro likely to be faulty and dlttlcujty
wohiu ue experieucea is aeiermining
one's whereabouts. These difficulties,
he pointed out consist sot In the ab
sence of the means of help afforded by
news.came. A montn elapsed and stilt,
no news of him out of which anything
much could be made. Then Andree's
friends and the scientists and the pub-''
lie began to feel great anxiety.' Six
weeks elapsed and as nothing was
heard of the aeronaut tbat could be
credited, an expedition was sent out by
tho Swedish Geographical and An
thropological Society In search of An
dree. This expedition ' reached tho
neighborhood of the Lena delta, whero
a most perilous portion of the journey
lay before them. There they built n
boat and In tho necessarily frail craft
crossed tho open sea to tho mouth of
tho Olcnck nnd thence proceeded lo tho
now Siberian Islands, where, It wns be
lieved, traces of the Andree expedition
might bo found. Rut no traces wero '
found nnd tho searchers made, tbolr
way back to Sweden as best they could.
Since then the search has In various
ways been continued, but nil without
avail.
Imagined or fnked reports of An
dree's safety nnd exact whereabout
have from time to time been sent over
tho world, whoso effect hns been to
keep alive In many people tho hope that
he may yet bo found alive. Rut. tin
opinion of tho most Is that he was lost
but a few hours or possibly days aftor
his floating nway from the night of his
friends, nnd yet If such were the fact
It would seem strange that some indis
putable evidence was not long ago dis
covered. Rut It Is not so strange that
no evidence of tho disaster has been
discovered, as would, bo Andree's sur-
vlval after all' those years "in the polar'"
ti-Kiuii. auu uuw nKnin men oi science
nnd meteorological observation are go
ing over the known facts nnd so long
after tho almost cerla'n catastrophe aro
able satisfactorily to themselves to es
tablish that Audroo was Ignorant or
disregarded of meteorological condi
tions and that he was more foolhardy
than any of his predecessors had bceiu
And this appears to be true enough.
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China's Coal Fields.
the stars, but also In the fact tbat the J . " "" or tne rlcbest
midnight sun, even If It be not veiled! S,0TrTi . I. T0 'hut fa"
for hours and days in mist, altera lu
altitude solittle that the exact moment
of noon, so Important for taking obser
vations, cannot be determined. The
rapid changes of longitude, moreover,
which the balloon must make would
reader the operation of observation ad
ditionally duflcult Even should An
dree succeed la crossing the pole, an
extraordinary concatenation of favor
able circumstances would. In Professor
Bersoa'a opinion, be necessary to rea
der a safe landing possible.
Professor Netuaayer, of the admiral
ty OBBce, did aot agree with those who
regarded Aadree'a venture as a pure
act of suicide, but be eatpaaslxed the
laapeaslhUlty of pregaoatkatlag la any
degree the direction ta baUeoa
would fellow., Though aot daayteg
that taa varaf atlgat a aekatttcally
ODD USES OF INDIAN CORN.
.Many Koods Wcrs Male of It at the
Paris i:xioltlon.
At the Paris Exposition there waa it
littlo showcaso wherein were displayed
tho more Important Indian corn prod
ucts of this country. They made au
amazing dhmlny, Including the. follow
ing articles:
yonimeal, hominy, hulled com.
cream of maize, granulated cornmenl.
canned green corn, canned hulled corn,
malzena, samp, degermlnated samp,
cream meal, self-rising pancake flour,
quick malt, brewers' grits, husks, for
mattresses, celluose for packing the cof
fer dams of battle-ships, paper stock
prepared from cornstalk, degermlnated
brewers' meal, bourbon whisky, alco
hol, bolted corn meal, bulled cornmeal,
feed ot ground blades, stalks and, coba.
vurnlsh, cob pipes, corn lager beer, ta
ble syrup, popcorn, table grits, British
gum, salves, laundry starch, , table
starch, frumen(um,- flaked hominy, gum
paste, corn oil, vulcanized corn oil, oil
cuke, grape sugar, gluten feed, glucose,
confectioners' crystal, glucose and con
fectioners', paste. Corn oil vulcanised
forms the basis of a substitute for rub
ber. This substitute, compounded with 00
per cent commercial rubber, la used a
rubber boots, linoleum, wheel tires,
blanketa and other articles. Crnd corn
oil has been used in the manufacture of
toilet soap. .Rectified It la aa clear, a
alcohol and Is the base.of a substitute
for olive oIL Cornstalk pith Is of valua
In making paper, varnish, films, Imita
tion silks and guncotton. and other ex
plosives. -:
Prof. Drake, of Tientsin, visited tho
coal fields In the province of Sbanal. (
which wero examined by Baron voa
Rlcbtofeu In 1870, and found that tiey
aro of Immense extent The coal area
Is said to be greater than that of Peaa-,
sylyanht. and the anthracite coal alone
contained In these fields haa beea esti
mated at 030,000,000 tow, Tn8baBi
coal beds are so thick and He aa unl. '
I formly in a horizontal poaltloa tbat the
pracucamuty baa beea suggested of
running long line of railway fmiatia '
through the beds so that the cara caa
be loaded la the mines all ready fnrdlai1'
tant transportation. ''
Grace "I thought you .vara Mar
NeaWI waaa't; ant I've wh a baaaeMai
new cloak aad I juat had to walk
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