inKrwr u T1TB NT5W ATE. PORTLATiTT), OREGON. frnwrn ?-w ttf. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. -One' of tho Sultan's greatest troubles Hi that be can't marry, a rich American KtrL Marie Corclll got $42,500 for her lat est book, bo she can't bo blamed bo much, after all, for writing It Tho man who advertised for a wife -right off" must have received appli cants who didn't have tlmo to get their huts on straight. It Is pretty bard to get away with tho tverago American youth, a fact, how tver, that docs not make kidnaping him lay tho less reprehensible. There may, after all) have been an otcuso for thoM West Point cadets who went Into tho linking business. They ay they wcro fed on prunes. ' If Mark Twain's theory that lying Is tho resource of primitive Intelligence Is, truo tho world Is not so far from prl-. movnl times aa It Is generally sup posed. Kraporor William of Germany has mnt to Queen Wlllielmlna a bottlo of water from tho Illver Jordan with which to baptize her futuro heirs. Will In in has somq failures, but no ono can accuse him of being lato at a baptism. Tho dealers testify that Count Cos t'llnno got a rake-off on all tho brc-a-brae purchased by his wife's money. TlUs undoubtedly accounts for, the ex orbitant prices: People who danco with titles must pay tho brlc-a-brac dealers. Somo Idea of tho diversity of condi tions In tho State of, Texas may bn gained from tho fact that there was held within Its borders a few years ago, at nearly tho same date, a drain ago conference and nn Irrigation con vention. Ono was nt Galveston nnd tho other at San Antonio. Some per sons wero thus studying meant of les sening tho amount of water over n largo area, while others sought to In crease It, or rather to make It supply for agricultural purposes more, regit- f lar. Tho establishment of nn American bank nt Calcutta, backed by abundant capital and nblo business men, Is a sugRvstlvo Incident In the history of India and America. As nn Illustration or our rapidly growing trade with tho Hast, It Is stated that ono American house alone, Interested In this enter prise, has more thnn 0110 hundred agents In India, and has nt nil times merchandise to the value of almost oue million dollars In transit. America's iwrt lu tho business of all oriental coun rlrietiraeemR destined henceforth to be a leading one, and to meet the require ments of these now conditions, Ameri can banking houses will luovltably fol low tho cargo aud the flag. Tho many thousands of busses which travel London's highways are Hearing the lino of extinction. The American syndicate headed by Chnrles T. Yerkes, which bus projected an underground nnd surfaco system of railways for that city, has, It Is claimed, succeeded lit flunnclng the scheme. Amerlcnn en ergy will do tho rest. With Ioudon raptured by tho American streot rail way kings, It can bo set dowu for cer tnln that the transit system bf that city will bo greatly Improved. After Ixtulon realizes the benefits of tho push and progresslveness of American transportation methods, It will wonder how It endured Its lumbering omni buses so long. The Amerlcunlzlug of Iondou Is bound to cotuo. rrof. T. J. J. Bee, tho well-known astronomer lu charge of the telescopo at the naval observatory lu Washing ton, has been making calculations to ascertain how long It will take tho sun to bo extinguished nnd "wander vacant lu tho ruyless space," which, of course, must Involve tho destruction of man kind by tlta painless process of freez ing to death. That. Is tho professor's theory, which he prefers to tho 0110 maintained by some other scientists that the earth's population will bo de stroyed by tiro or Collision. Having established tho manner of destruction, Prof. See next calculates how long mankind will exist on the earth, and finds It to bo :.000,000 years, after which a darkened, frozen earth will continue to, go through tho useless routine of revolving around tho dark ened sun, and the whole solar system "will bo bathed In perpetuul night." Tho only cheerful phase of the profes sor's prediction Is the generous limit be allows mankind, and himself, for '110 one can contradict him now. It Is always wise lu making predictions of tllwiHtor to assign a tluiu as fur away1 us possible. It Is comforting to tho.se who nro contemporaries of the prophet, mill It Is safe for him. And yet who shall say that In 11,00 1,001 a. I), there may not be professors calculating tho time when human beings will cense to exist; or that "Htar-oycd science" will not Imvu advnuced so rapidly that our remote posterity, who will never have heard of us, big as wo think we are, will not have nil the urtlllelal light anil beat they need, and thus dlspeusu with tho sun entirely except us a center to revolve around? Each generation which bus witness cd tho end of a century may have felt ns we feel, that Its own period was tho grandest In the history of the world. Succeeding uges, with the ad- vantage of a longer perspective, have Bometlmcs modified the verdict, as time may alter our own estimate of the century Just closed. In the light of the presenf, however, no period of the1 Christian era except the first seems worthy even to be compared with the last hundred years In' the richness' of Its fruition and the extent of Its Inllu ence on human life. The material pro gress of the century has been amply set forth. There Is not room even to summarlzo It here. All the modern wonders of 'electricity, the railroad, tho BteamBhlp, the dally paper as we know It, most of the machinery which lightens labor, the discovery of anaes thesia, with the miracles of surgery these and a host of other things occur to every rend'or. But It is In another direction that we must look for the real slgnlflcancc of the age. It lies In things moral and Bplrltual and Intellectual, rather than In things material. It Is In the feeling of pity for the suffering of animals, tho, growing opposition to war, tho better care of the Hick and tho In sane, the changed attitude of the State toward criminals, and tho more general feeling of fellowship and brotherhood between man nnd man. The nineteenth century might well be called the nge of compassion. Therein lies Its truo glory. Tills Is the thing to keep In mind ns wo step forward Into the new year: To remember the Howards and Judsons and reabodys, the Florence Nightingales and Father "Damlcns whoso work Is tho noblest legacy of the age, ami to strlvo to carry Into the new century, and to Intensify, tho spirit with which they blessed tho old. Thero Is snllno solace for persons with fccblo heart action In tho dlscov cry announced1 by Profs. Locb nnd Mucin of tho University of Chicago. If theso discoveries prove to bo all that Is claimed for them n "pinch of salt" will bo all that Is necessary to stir a sluggish henrt to action. Ab a result of a yenr'a experimentation, these pro fessors have discovered that salt In tho blood In certain proportions Is tho cnuso of tho heart beat. They havo found that certnln electric currents caused by tho salt solution furnish tho life-prolonging prlnclplo which works upon tho auricular and ventricular muscles mid keep the henrt In motion. It Is easy to sco that such a discover, If bnsed upon scientific exactitude, must reveal tho secret of tho prolonga tion of life. Indeed It Is claimed by Profs. Locb nnd Llngle that tho Bait solution, Injected Into blood, will re new suspended henrt action. What causes tho heart to pulsate has been tho subject of Investigation nnd spec ulation on tho part of scientists for conturlcB. Wo know thnt tho life prln clplo Is contered lu the "rhythmic no tion" of tho heart. It follows that If tlm mimes of this rhythmic nctlon can bo discovered, man will get very near to tho secret that 1ms puzzled ttio phil osophers of tho ages. It sntlstles tho average mind to say that tho blood causes tho henrt to "bent," but the scientist goesj further than this. Ho desires to know What Is In tho blood' that causes tho heart rhythm. In his experiments Prof. Loeb found that rhythmic contraction can bo produced nt will lu tho stripped muscle of tho frog by tho nctlon or a single salt solu tion. Tho scientific something thnt causes tho heart to pulsato Is believed to bo n sort of electrlcnl current which Is set up between two elements In salt sodium and chlorine. Ono carries a positive charge or electricity, whllo tho other carries a negative charge. With salt at a dollar a barrel delivered r. o. b. no limn ought to sit up nights worrying about his heart action. It Is well known that chloride of sodium, or common snlt, Is tho greatest of all preservatives given by nature to man. It Is absolutely, essential to human ex istence. It would not bo nt all strange, therefore, If It should bo round to bear sfino vital relntlon to tho pulsations of the human henrt. , Hho Was Not Horn, Nettn was a little girl who lived In n foundling asylum, a placo where home less children without relatives nro eared for. A visitor who often eauio to tho asylum had taken a great fancy to Nettn. It was the birthday or Mu riel, the lady's little girl, and permls slou was asked for Netta to take tea with Muriel. As It was Muriel's birth day, Nettn wished to bo very nlco to her. At tho same tlmo Netta felt she hud an advantage over Muriel, for It was not everyone who lived lu a found Hug hospital. "You were born, Muriel?" she asked. Muriel nodded and smiled. Up went Netta's head a little higher. "It Is so common to be born," sho said. "I was founded." Up lloaton Way, "And what," asked tho caller In his most liiKratlatltiK tones, "what did San ta Onus put lu your stocking, my little Bin?" l'or n moment she looked at him through her djmltuitlvo spectacles; then, In a voice of minuted pity aud lu dlcuatlon, slp said; "We no louKer put credence lu obsolete tradition; nor was It delicate or you to mention that, arti cle of feminine apparel," OatherluR up her copy of Ibsen, she' hurriedly left the room. New I.lpplucott. llliiukanuko a Household Vet, One of tho men employed at tho Zoo logical Gardens In New York has n htncksnnke that bus tho run of his house. It baa tho reputation of being tho best rat-catcher lu tho entlro bor oukIi of tho llroux. It Is also it fumlly pot. Any woman can keep an expense ac count, but ouly about oue woman lu a hundred can make It tally with bor cash, Atuucuce Is tho dreatu of avery man w1m Is lu tho employ of others. Leoding Business Finns of The Detles F lIKBT NATIONAL BANK, TUB DALLE. OR. j. B. ecnena, rres.; u. m. jui1.vjiiiir. A general banking business transacted. De posits received, subject to light draft or check. Collections made and proceeds promptly re mitted on dar of collection, flight anBtete graphlc exchange told on New York, San FraB Cisco and Portland. F BENCH 4 CO., BANKERS THE DALLES, OR. D. M. French. J. W. French. J. C. Hosteller, Caihler. T HK CELEBRATED COLUMBIA BREWERY AUGUST BUCKLER, Prop. Thin weli-known brewery Is now turning- out the Lett Beer and Portercast of the Cascades. The latest appliances for tho manufacture of Kood healthful fleer hr.vo been Introduced, and onlr tho first-class article will be placed, on the market. East Second Street THE DALLES, OR.. IIIIE WESTERN LUMBER COMPANY Office: Seventeenth and Front Streets. Fortland, Oregon. The UmatillaHouse THE DALLES, OR. SINNOTT & FISH, Proprietors. ..The American Plan Only,.,, Rates, l, $l.M and 2 per day. All tralna slop for passengers. 0. R. A N. ticket offloe. Western Union telegraph. Long dlsianeu Belt telcphouo. Agents and orBce (or all stage lines. Accommodations llrst-cla-s. Z, F. MOODY THE DALLES, OB. General Forwarding AND Commission Merchant. Offices and Warehouses at RAILROAD AND STEAMER DEPOTS. Wool handling our specialty. Grain bought and sold. The Regulator Line. Jfci Oillit, Ptftliii Htdrii NAVIGATION CO. THROUGH FREIGHT AND PAS6ENGER LINE.... - Dally Lint of Steamers Between Portland, Vancouver, Cascade Locks, Hood River and all Points 00 the Wathlagloa side. The steamers Dalles City and Regulator leave fertland every morning (except Sunday) at 7 and The Dalles at t . n., arriving at deeUna Men in ample time for outgoing trains, Freight Rates Gristly Reduced. W. C. AI.LAWAY.aea.Agt, root nt Court Street, The Bailee, Of T HE OKIKNTAL JTW. QRUSSI, Proprietor. 128 Washington St., Opposite Imperial Hotel Drinks 10 cents, liter 3 cents. mKMl'I.K MEAT MARKET. free Delivery - To All Parts of the City. No. M, Seventh and Davis Sis! Phone Clay SOI Lard, Ham and Itacon, GRONE A SHUI.ZE, Proprietors. ClANP SOAP AND CHQy rs-s s TAR BREWERY CO. Brewers and Bottlers of tho Famous , UOP GOLD BEER VANCOUVER, WASH, f t K ROWN Jfc M'CABK, STEVEDORES Poitland, Oregon. Correspondence sitlloltcl. f-lilp'a mall prompjly delivered. Cable address Brown. roilN Khl.l.Y rVullLh Union .1: National I in, Co., Edlnburg a mi lAiuuou: ne.ieru . ana .M..iranc uo.. Toronto, Can. S2i Third St., Columbian Bldg?r QTKH NKKN & JUUEN- Vholeate and reatatl eroeers. 317-314 Burn side street, corner Sixth, fortland, Or, Tele." lLoue, uregou ick -jnu, voiuuibta s. r3 V PORTLAND, OREOON. THE DALLBS. OKBOON. MAYS & CROWE ,vfr j j Wholesale 4 Retail Dealers la litDWARE. STOVES AND TIKfAII Farm Machinery, Implements, Wagons and Carriages. Iron, Steel, Coal and Blacksmiths' ',' Supplies. - (Hardwood andTatoiiMafcm Materials, Bicycles, Guns, Ammunition, and .Sporting Goods, Etc. SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO. STEAMER GEO. W. SHAVER, Will leave Portland, foot of Washington St., Sunday, Tuesday nnd Thursday evening at 0 o'clock, tor t-auvle Island. St. Helens, Capita, Deer Island, Martins, Kalama, Nccr City, Ranler.Mt. Coffin, Mayger, Stella, Oak I'olnt, Frcematis, Manzauillo,Clatskaate and all way landing. w. T 8. BOWMAN PHOTOQRAI'HIO AND LANDSCAPE ARTIST ,; Views of All Description - Specialty. Kodak Developing and Finishing Main St., Near Bridge, PENDLETON, OREGON. 1 OTAR HOTEL r W. M. RORINSON, Prop. , 8UMPTXR, ORKQON. pOTTAOE CHOP HOUSE II. C. COTNER. Prop. Open at all hours day or night. The rest meal served In La Urnude lor the price. Remember the location . East bids of Depot Street LA GRANDE, - OREGON. ilOEDKCKE'S RESTAURANT PENDLETON, OREOON. Next Door to V. & C. R. R. Ticket Office MEALS AT ALL HOUR8. First-Class and Quick Hervlce. Private Rotes in Connection. Meals at All Prices. UOEDECKE, Prop. Commercial . Livery Stable Opposite Hotel Pudleton PENDLETON, 0REG01. ...TELEPHONE 10. 18... nest turnouts of all kinds tn Pendleton nllj. al.iwl .1.1 1'.r. frt, 1a.1I !aood.comK:tent drivers always on hand (Boarding horses given the best of care. ' Q. M. FROOflE. KOEPPEN'S PHARMACY... Everything that, Is kept la a modem and up-to-date drug store. Prescriptions and Family Recipes put up by competent men, from pure dttgi.JJJt , A. C. KOEPPEN & BRO., Manufacturing Chemists. 115 Oonrc St.. PENDLETON, OB, THE MINT SALOON O. L. MIL.UQUIST, Prop. BEST RRANDS OK WINES AND LIQUORS...... IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC. C10ARS.... Corner Depot 8treet and Jefferson Avenue, LAORANDE, OR, go to- SPANISH ORIGINAL TAHALB RESTAURANT 166 Dull Street, Bet. Third ind Foartb Por the Best Meal tor the Prloaj lu the city. Quiet and Clean. Cooking by Noted Chefs. A FULL LINE OF Electrical Supplies Lighting of Buildings, Stores and Residences--arc and Incandescent. Elec tric Power for Elevators, Pumps and all Kiadsof Machinery. Portlid Cetiral Elietrk ti., SEVEITM ill ILKI STS. UADDfO SU3MB8 , RRMI, C EACTsKlt OMGON. ALSTON ,CO. 1 Dealers la j Peraltare, Carpels, Wall Payer sad shade. ' Uadeitaklug Uooda. LA ORANDR, OR. p: BASCHX Dealer la fardware and Mining Supplies, Stores, Tin ware, Cutlery end.Uuna.- BAKER. CITY, OREGON. DAKKR CITY IRONWORKS J GEO. F. McLYNN, Proprietor. Balldtra of Stamp Mills, pre Can and Gen eral Mining. Sawmill and Planing Mill Ma chinery. Architectural Work, Etc. Rrase and Iron Founders and Machinists, special atten tion given to repairing and rebuilding all kinds St machinery. . Telephone Red 161. RAKER CITY, OR. T HE ST. LAWRENCE x FRED ERNST, Proprietor. ly flrst.clasi. European plan: BAKER CITYj OREGON. J. W. WI8DOM CO. Druggist and Apothecaries. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Toilet Articles. , Main Street, BAKER CITY, OR yr Patterson Prqprletor ol THE EXCHANGE SALOON. lele Agent for "Old Barbre,"' Woodford County, Ky., Whiskey. RAKER CITY, OREGON. WATERMAN & 8CHMITZ Wholesalo and Retail Dealers la . WINES, UQU0R8AND OIOAR) BAKER CITY. OR. T HE STORE One of the finest places In the city ior traveling men. FINE WINES. LIQUORS AND CIO ARS Remember the place. X ACKERMAN, Proprietor, RAKER CITY, OR ir NDERTAKINO In the neatest form. Pol 'Ished and metallic corona. A No. 1 hearse. Good ser vice assured. ' W. B. NELSON, Funeral Director, ' PENDLETON, OR T. C. TAYLOR THE ."HARDWARE MAN." Hard were. Stoves, Tin and Copper-are, Lime, Plaster, Cement, Coal, Iron aud ' Bteel and Hydraulic Pipe. . TJ1 Main Street. PENDLETON, OR T HE PIONEER DRUQ STORE 1 , - ULA SLATE; Proprietor. Our stock is thoroughly up-to-date. Wecarrj nothing but strictly Al good's at urn .incit popular pn rices. 115 Court Street. PENDLETON, OR Hotel Pendleton, . PENDLETON OR HENRY RUST Pacific Brewery BAKER CITY, ORQEON. A. NEUBERGER DEALER IN pint Whiskies and Cigars HeaeWuartot for Mktef aad CoasBMtdal afau iAKEROTY . OREGON c. MURPllY A CO. WINE AND LiqUOR DEALERS. Welnbard's Deer on Draught, Base' Ale. Quln ncas' Porter. Val Wats Milwaukee Beer and tne ueieeraieti J. ii. cutter wnisaey - (or Fatatlr Use. ! 45 Third 81, Bet Couch and Darls. Goods Delivered Free, FORTLAND, OR w X FAY GOOD WAGES To Good Feotilej For tiood Work STAR LAUNDRY CO,' No. ai Cllaaa St., near Seegea 'Ffceae TT. " STEAMERS ALTONA AND POMONA DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 70 Salem and Iij Landtags. Leaves Taylor street- 4,........:4jJ A. M. '.". Salem viwj.H.- Arrives Portland - e.90 P. m. SUNDAY TUPS TO OREGOU'dlt. Leave Portland 10:80 A. M 2 and 6:00 P. M. Leave Oregon City.. 12:80,3:30,8:80 r. M. Oregon City Trans. Co. Promptness and qulok dlspatoh our specialty A. B. GRAHAM, Agent. Office and wharf, foot of Taylor8t. Phone 40. WELL, I DON'T KNOW Mr. Johnson, you doa't know WHATS GOQD If you have never tried ACME WHEAT FLAKE& We are headqoarleri for Ration Health Club Food. Grano, Acme Rolled Oats, Health Process Whole Wheat Flour. v ACME MILLS COMPANY. 20-22 N. Front St. Phone 407. PORTLAND, OR. ENTERPRISE SHOE CO. 835 North Third St. Boots and Shoes Made to Order, Repairing- Neatly Done. Work called for and delivered. All work , guaranteed. H. C. RILEY" Manager. Headquarters for Capcn Co.'s Shoe CIMISOH & CO. Wheat aii St--' Inkers DIRECTfWll.ua TO i New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Socond Floor, Chamber . of Commerce. ESMOND Portland, Oregon. Front and Morrison Streets.. KATKSt ' European Plan, 50c to $10 Pay Day. Anurkaa Plan, $1 to $2 Per Da OSCAn ANDERSON, Manager. J. & FENDEOA8T, Chief Clerk. WHEN YOU BUY Furniture, Carpets and Stoves FOR IIOU8EKEENNU Cut This Out and Get a Reduction at ..HENRY JENNINGS.. 172-174 First Street. f. I. BROOKE DRU6 CO. 67 N. Third Street. Prescriptions Accurately and Carefully Compounded TELEPHONE: COLUMBIA 750. OREGON RED 1144. 0 YEARS EXP-KRICNCK TfUOC MADRS DatJMise CSAvsstsismi Am. . HT." T2!? aketeh and deecrlMlea sear letlr aaetetala oar opioloo free) vkMiras HMgalMMM, wHheM eiue, totle" "" IclttiWlc Hmtkm. A kaaasoMsiy Mreetialea weekly. Imt, eniiltnn oT any fotwtWo araA VsraTtf r!?rawnlk,gl. ""' -TT -rrseailatf "ttom.Wmiwik ,SSBBBBBBBBSSBBiBiBisee' mVMi .kW BBsi SBsV.sM9BsS I sfl BsV! H EBsHBBVBsfJBBBSsfjB 'VBSSSSSHV r . 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