THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON.
TOPICS OF
THE TIMES.
Everything comes to tlio man who
wnlta, cspcclnlly rust nntl cobwebs.
Tho wonmii wIioho husband claims to
be henpecked Is generally deserving of
pity.
Turkey wnnts to borrow money, but
Uncle Hutu prolmbly knows of n certain
party that needn't be applied to.
Hcggars are taxed In China, There,
evidently, the tlnanelul possibilities of
the profession arc frankly recognized.
Nearly all nvallable Government land
has been homesteaded and even the
Hiipply of Indian brides with homestead
attachments Is running short.
That man who fancied taking Ills,
wife's hat would keep her at homo
must have failed to notice what little
use a hat really Is to a womnu.
Nobody knows who killed Cock Itoblu
or who struck Hilly I'atteison, but Ken
ntor Cnrter killed the river and harbor
bill. He did It with his little tongue.
Mrs. Nntlon's paper, the Smasher's
Mall, hns been Issued at Topeka. It Is
said that a great many railroad bag'
gagemen have subscribed for It simply
on Impulse.
The girl who leaped for tho brldlo of
a runaway horse and stopped him,
when a lot of men were thinking only
of wiving their own lives, deserves to
get a gold medal from some society In
addition to having her picture printed
In the pnpers.
In tho woods In the Pennsylvania
mountains a bear tackled Jacob Until
diiuv and would li'avo broken him In
two had not Jacob expectorated about a
gill of tobacco Julco Into bruin's eye.
This attracted the bear's attention and
Jacob got away. Moral
In the electric enrs and railway wait-lug-rooms
of many cities, thu boards
of health have posted notices, forbid
ding, under heavy penalties, tho un
wholesome and iiatiNeotiH practice of
t-pltting on the floors. Hut have tho
authorities ever looked Into u smoking
car? , Tho honor of being made an Karl
cost Lord Iloberls, ns It costs every
new-made peer of high degree, thou
sands of dollars In fees. Nevertheless,
hosts of KiiKllsIiinen, nnd probably not
a few plain American citizens who es
teem themselves while not under
iciuptntlon-gowl Itepulillcaus, would
gladly pay the price.
"The Wild and Woolly West" can nf
ford to smite at the phrase. In Califor
nia there Is one college student for ev
ery four hundred Inhabitants, a larger
proportion than In any other State of
tho Union. President Wheeler, of the
Slnte University, attributes this to the
fact that "no class lu California con
eclously accepts the doom of medioc
rity." In advertising a piece of land
for sale, ThemlstocleH noted that "It
lay by a good neighbor." California, In
bidding for Immigration, gives scholas
tic proof that her people are already
good neighbors,
Some of the most remai kabje or re
cent helentltlc discoveries are the
K-rays, tho discovery of the microbe of
distemper in dogs, and tho discovery or
krypton and xenon, rare gases of the
atmosphere. The S-rays are so called
from Professor Sagimc, of Paris, who
lu experimenting with the X-rays
found certain groups of rays of a total
ly different series and with different
manifestations, while to Professor
Copclaud belongs (lie credit for the dis
covery of tho microbe of distemper In
dogs and to Professors Itamsay and
Trsvors the discovery of krypton and
xenon. Tint latter have now been care
fully studied by their discoverers and
assigned their proper place In tho table
of the periodic law,
i
lu nil tho present agitation about
pure food. It Is a comfort to the coffee
drinker to be told that hu is getting a
very hatlsfuctmy article. At tho De
partment of Agriculture some thorough
tests lime been recently made to deter
mine the extent and nature of coffee
adulterations. The results nro entirely
reassuring to coffee-lovers. The expert
llnds that while very little pure Juvii
or Merlin berries tlnd their way Into tho
American market, almost If not quite
as good flavored beans are had from
other tropical places, Porto Hleo and
Hawaii being mentioned as furnishing
good coffee. Tho adulterants, when
used, nro for the most part harmless.
The chemist who has been looking Into
tho coffee question, Professor Wlle,i,
gives some advice as to the use of this
beverage. He says that tho lue of cor
fro lu moderation should not do nuy
injury to adults, ami then he mentions
In detail what moderation means. This
Is n cupful-only hnlf or It coffee, the
rest hot milk nt breakfast, none at
noon, and small cup of black coffee
after dinner. On some systems, un
doubtedly, coffee may act as n poison,
nnd such porous, of coure, should not
drink It. The nverago grown person lu
normal health may use It moderately
without harm.
SomclKHly has been gathering college
statistics, and It Is found that there
i re In this couutry forty-four uulvrr
titles or colleges which contain more
than 1,000 students each. Fourteen
of these Institutions have more thim
2,000 students each, and lu each of J
six leading universities there are more
than 3,000 students. These six arc:
Harvard, 4,1288; University of Michi
gan, .1,700; Minnesota, 11,410; Georgia,
8,lMri; Chicago, 3,183, and California,
3,025. Northwestern University has
2,071 students this year; Cornell, 2,770;
rennsylvanla, 2,007; Yale, 2,512; Co
lumbia, 2,521, and Princeton, 1,302.
There probably nro over 100,000 stu
dents in the various universities and
colleges of America at present, and the
whole number of persons who are be
ing educated In tho schools nnd col
leges combined is given ns 10,738303.
Aside from all other considerations this
general tendency toward education
means one thing labor In this country
must be dignified socially. It is going
to be Impossible for all the boys and
young men who are now in the schools
and colleges to go Into professions.
Many of them will have to work with
their hands. Manual labor will still
have to be done even after cvcrylody
Is educated. Perhaps tho condition
forecast by Hello my when those who
work ns laborers shall receive Just as
much consideration as men who get
into the professions and shall be com
pensated for the sacrifices they make
In taking what we now consider Infe
rior places In society Is not so far
away.
That landlordism and tenant farming
are Increasing with surprising rapidity
In tho United Stntes Is one of the most
Important facts developed out of the
census reiKirts Issuing from Washing
ton. According to n statement of L. (J.
Powers, chief statistician of tho agri
cultural division of the census, it ap
pears that for ut least twenty
years tho percentage of farms op
erated by tenants lias Increased heav
ily lu all parts of the United States
except the extreme West. For the
whole couutry this percentage has in
creased in tho last ten years nearly
twice ns fast as the per edit of popu
Ititlou of tho nation, four times that
or tho purely agricultural population
and twice that or the farms operated
by their ownerM. .Mr. Powers sug
gests that this unprecedented Increase
does not show n degradation of the
rural population, but mi uplifting, from
the fact Unit It must be largely com
posed of negroes lu tho Southern
Slates ami of farm hands or farmers'
sons who have become tenant fanners.
It Is declared, however, by many who
are watching tho tendency, that large
numbers of those who have Indeed ris
en out or these ranks to become tenants
would have become rami ownurs In
stead under other conditions, ns did the
young men or a generation ago. To
whatever extent this army or tenant
runners hns been recruited from the
ranks of those who hud been but wage
earners, It Is n imtUer for satisfaction.
To the extent that It Includes those
who have slink from ownership or
might have become owners It Is not
good. It Is Impossible to r-cpnratc
these classes until the full reports or
the census are Issued. Out or the well
known conditions In the middle 'West,
however, with these preliminary tig
nil's at hand, It is possible to discover
some Interesting material for specula
tion. Many fanners are moving Into
the towns, selling their farms outright
or renting to tenants. In the hitter In
stances each farm Is forced to become
the support of two families, which Is
apt to prove n heavy burden on any
property calculated for one family.
Capitalists recognize that farms pur
chased and rented to tenants are
among the best Investments, principal
and Income being peculiarly safe. Oth
er capitalists who wish to Invest in
farm loans are tludiug, In many lu
stances, that their money Is a drug on
the market, The farmers who own
laud tire so prosperous that they do not
need loans; those who are tenants have
no security upon which to borrow. Mer
chants In the smaller towns are now
comphiltilug that their trade Is suffer
ing by the Increase of tenant farmers.
The latter are not as prompt In paying
bills, they cannot afford to buy as-
much, and they do not Improve their
places with the same energy and mod
ern agricultural methods and maehlii
ery as do the ones who own their
fiirius. Tenant farmers have not the
Interest lu preserving the farm piop-
erty that the owner has when he Is the
resident. Nor, Indeed, Is the tenant so
Interested to protect the- permanent
fertility of tho froll by the most care
ful farming methods. It Is recognized
that either In city or country the best
performance of tho duties of citizen
ship comes from those who own their
homes. With that fact lu inliul, no
one can fall to regret the Immense
growth of tenant farming Indicated by
tho census.
Foreign News.
C5
"Hy crackey; another rich American
lady was presented nt court over In
I.uuuon. 1 wonder what she has done?
Shopllftln', 1 guess."
Willing to IMeitHO.
Suitor Sir, 1 have conio to ask your
daughter lu marriage.
Father (renrrully) Would you tako
my only child away from me?
Suitor Oh, not nt all, not nt all, my
dear sir. 1 can move right in. Detroit
Free Press.
A scientist has discovered that house
clcaulng U caused by a microbe.
Sif
LEADING BUSINESS FIRMS OP
EASTERN OREGON.
R
ALSTON & CO.
Dealcu In
Furniture, Carrels, Walt 1'oper and Bhadci.
Uiideitaklng Uoods.
LA OltANDE, OH.
J.
W. WISDOM & CU.
Druggists and Apothecaries.
Prescription! carefully compounded. Toilet
Articles.
Main Street, lUKKIt CITY, On.
m C. TAYLOU
THE ''HARDWAIIE MAN."
Hardware. Stoves, Tin and Coppemare,
Lime, Planter, Cement, Coal, Iron aud
Mcel aud Hydraulic 1'lpe.
'21 Main Street.
PENDLETON, OH.
s
iTAK llltKWEHY CO.'
llrcwcrs and Holders of tlio Famous
HOI' COM) iir.Ell
VAVCOUVEIt, WA8H.
Ar H.1IOWMAN
I'HOTOOUAI'HIC AND LANDSCAPE AHTIST
Views of All Description
Specialty, Kodak Developing and Finishing
Main St., Near Bridge,
PENDI.KTON, OIlKdON.
KOEPPEN'S
PHARMACY...
Everything that Is kept in a
modem and up-to-date drug
store. Prescriptions and
Family Recipes put up by
competent men, from pure
drucs.M.
A, C, KOEPPEN & BR0
Manufacturing Chomists,
1 15 Court Street., Pendleton, Oregon.
THE MINT SALOON
O. L. MELLQUIST, Prop.
REST I1RAVDS OF WISES
AND 1.K1UORS
IMI'ORTF.D AND
DOMKXI'IO
CIUARU...M
Corner Dorol Blrcet and
Jefferson Avenue,
LA 0JMMOF, OR.
The Leading:
FURNITURE DEALER
AND
is
OF EASTERN OREOON IS
..M. A. RADER..
Funeral Director and Euihalmcr
Lady AtuhliUlt.
1'KMH.KTON
OltKUON
BAKER CITY
.IRON WORKS.
HIGGINS & HARDENBROOK, Props.
Iron Founders and Machinists
General Repair Work Our
Specialty.
Architectural Iron Work
...and Bridge Gistlogs
WHITK fOII KSTIMATKS.
Hotel
Pendleton..
ENDLETON
OR.
HENRY RUST
Pacific Brewery
BAKER CITY, ORGEON.
A. NEUBERGER
DEALER IH
Fine Whiskies and Cigars
Headquarters for Mining
and Commercial Men.
BAKER CITY - OREGON
II
flHE CKLEI1KATED COLUMMA J1KEWERY
AUGUST BUCHIiER, Prop.
This well-known brewery Is now turning out
(lie lieat llecr nnd Porter mm of tlio Cascades.
The latest iinpllancca for tho manufacture nf
good healthful Ilecr have breu,ltitriduccl, and
only the flrst-clnss article will be placed on the
market.
East Second Street
THE DALLEOR.
MAYS & CROWE
Wholesale A Retail Dealers In
HARDWARE, STOYES AND TINWARE
Farm Machinery, Implements,
Wagons and Can lne.es.
Iron, Steel, Coal and Blacksmiths'
Supplies.
Hardwood and Wagon Makers' Materials,
Bicycles, Guns, Ammunition, and Sporting
Goods, Etc,
Z. F. MOODY
THE DALLES, OR.
General Forwarding
AND
Commission Merchant.
Ofllres and Warehouses at
RAILROAD AND STEAMER DEPOTS
Wool hauillliiff our specialty,
drain bou(ht and told.
When in The Dalles
CALL AT.
the BANK CAFL
Next Door to tho First National Hank,
Tho Only Flrst-Clais I'laco In tho City.
Choice Liquors, Wines and Cigars
O. J. STUBUNO, Prop.
The Regulator Line
The Dalles, Portland S Astoria
... NAVIGATION COMPANY ...
Through Freight
mnti Passangor Ltna,
Dally Line of SteAmtrs Between Portland,
Vancouver, Cascade Locks, Hood River
and All Points on the Washington Side.
Tho fitrmncrs Dalles City and Itegiilntor leave
Portland eery morning (except HiunUj) at 7
and 'I ho Dalles at H A. M.. arriving at destina
tion lu ample time for outgoing trains,
frmlBftt Rmtmm Greatly Rmducmd.
W. C. AI.I.AWAY, Oen. Agent,
Foot of Court Street, The Dalles, Or.
Walla Walla, Wash., Advertising.
McBride Bros.
LIVERY STABLE.
Rubber Tired Hacks a Specialty, Baggage
Wagons,
WALLA WALLA, WASH.
Telephone 06. 124 E. Main Str
HOTEL DACRES
S. SIMON, Proprietor.
Formerly SilllOn HoUSC
Rateu $2.50 to $3.00.
WALLA WALLA, WASH.
GILBERT HUNT GO.
Machine Shop and Foundry
Willi Walla, WishiietM.
Manufacturers of PRIDE OF WASHING
TON Threshers, Self Feeders, Drap
ers and Machine Extircs of
Every Description.
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY.
Otalofu Frtt.
nr 11 A II. AVIl WATER.
OREGON
Shot LINE
and union Pacific
DErAKT
TIME SCHEDULES
Portland. Or.
Armtvit
Chicago
Portland
Special
Oiuon. m.
via limit
1 1. K ton.
Salt Lake, Denver,
Ft. Wortn.Omalm,
Kansas City, Ht.
Lonls.Chlcagoniid
East.
-i:30 p. m.
Atlantic
Express
9 Oil p. rn.
vln Hunt
ington Halt Lake. Denver,
Ft. Wortli.Onialm,
Kaiuai City, fit.
I.oul,Ciilcat;oaud
East.
8:40n.tn.
Pt. I'i.ul
ran Mall
C:uu ii. m.
v'a
Bpnkano
II alia Walla lwls
ton, Spokane, Mln
licapolls.St. Paul,
Dulutli, Mllwau
kce,Chlcago.lKast 7.00 n. m.
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
1'ltOJI rOKTI.AND.
Srjo p.m.
All sailing dates
Mibjccl to change
Fur fan Francisco
tall ci cry 6 days.
4:00 t. m.
Dully
Ex.Huinlay
Mtm ii. in.
taturday
1U:0U p. Ill,
Columbia Rltsr
ttaamtrs.
'lo Astoria nnd Way
Landings.
4.00 p. in.
Ex. Sunday
CiOua.m
hx.hutulay
VYIIIimttt Itlttr.
Orccoii City, Now
uerir. Hiilcni, Inde
pendence ,Vi Way
I anilines.
4:30 p.m.
Kx. Sunday
7:(0a.iii.
1ms., 'Ihur
and Hat.
AIIImHe and Yam
hill hltirt.
Oregon City, Day.
lon,.ti May l.iiud
lugs.
31.T0 p. in.
Moil., licit.
and Frl.
6:00 a. in.
lues., Tliur
and gat.
Wlllamtlt River.
'orllaud lo Corral,
lis ti May I.miil.
Ings.
4:80 p.m.
Mon., Wed.
and Frl.
I.r. Rlparta
8:.rn.m.
Dally
Snikt fllitr.
l.v.I.mvliton
Dally
0 a. in.
Klparla to I-owlstnn
A. L. CRAIG,
General 1'assengcr Agent, l'ortlaud, Or.
V. A. SCII1I.MNH. City Ticket Agent.
:i-l Washington Street.
..T1IK...
Pioneer Dining-Car Line
...tiik...
Yellowstone National Park Route;'
TI.MK Otl(l)-l'nitTT.ANI).
Kor Taeoina, f-'eattle.
OImpla,(!ra's lliulior
aud i-i uth llciul polnis
pokan, l.evls ihi.Moii.
cow, l'nllnian, Orange
villi', Mia oulu, lleieua,
llutte, bt. Paul, Mliiiif.
aKilli, Chieapn, Wash
ington D. !., Philadel.
pnla, New York, Hostnn
and all points east and
southeast.
No. 12
Leaves
lUJI'.M.
No. 11
Arrhei
7:00 A. M.
Vnr TftpnmM. PfAttle.
No. 4
SiokA!ie. Untie, Ana-
No. 3
11:30 P.M.
L'.nta. fill Ot litlti t.tn II f
(Denver aud all points
south and southeast.
Through service. Dining cars. Pullman
flnt-rl iiks aud upholstered Tourist Sleepers.
Unexcel ed accommodations, llagsage checked
to destination of tickets.
For full Information, tickets, maps ot routes
and other Information, call on or write
A. D. CHARLTON,
Assistant General Passenger agent.
iii MorrUou St., cor. Third. Portland, Or.
PORTLAND RAILWAY CO,
Car. leave Portland. Corner First and Wash,
tugton streets, for Vancouver at follows:
Vwncouver 40 Minutes,
A. M.-6:18, T.oa, TAi.K-.xi, :i8, 10:03, io:,
11.41 '
P. M.-l-.'ilS. 1:03. IMS. 2:33,8:18. 4:03. Ma,S-33,
6:18, 110:43, il:-A (Iuve First nd Jjl
fersou (tree'.s, 4 minutes earlUr.)
Ferry leatea Ycncouier to couneit with fan
as follows: i
A.U,-.6:45, Vl, i:l :00, 9:43, 10'33, tlilS
12:00 M. I
P. M.-is:45. 1 :ao, 2:15, 3:00, 3:45, -1:30, 4:55, 'j.oo,
'6;4J, llltio.
Cars leae corner First and Washington
streets for Woodlann as follows:
A.M. .:, :33.u: w.7 .-03,7:18. 7:33.7:43.8:ftl,
fctlN 8:33, 8 MS. 9:03. 9:18. 9:33, ; 10;03 I
u:i8, iu:xi. io: w. ii:oj. u:)8. 11:33, nns. I
P. M.-V-'HU. li:18. li:33. 12 M8, 1:03, 1118,1:33.1
ii9,.;uj, ;io, i;.-M, ji.a, a.uu, a;is. a:xi.
3MS, 4:at, 4:18.4M3, 4M8.5:03, &:18,&;33.
5.48. 6:03. 6:18. :33, 6:48,7:03, 7:18, 7:sS
7:48,8:03.8:18,8:3:1.8:48, 9: 3. 9:23, 9:43.
10:03. 10:23. 10:13, 11:03, U:23$U:i3.
AVaodlwwii SO Minutes.
cars leave nccuawn tor nrst ana washing-'
ton streets at follows: 1
A M-'5:45,'6:0), '6:15, 6:30. 6:45.7:00.7:15,7:45, !
8:00, 8:15,8:50, :i 9:00, 9:15.9:30, 9MV '
10:00, 10:15. ios, io:45, 11:00, 11:15, ii:ai i
P.M.-ii:l.i;:3O.ii:4M:0O.l:l5,l:3ii:45,2:O3.
2:15, i:So,2:4 3:oo. 3:15, Simlsmx. 4:oo,
4M5, 4:30, 4 M 5:00, 5:15.530, amv' 6:!
6:15,6:30, 6:45, 7.SV, 7:15. 7.30. 7M5, 8:i!
815. a:30. 8:50. 9:10, 9:30, 9.50, 10:10. 10.30.
10.50, lll:lO, 11:30.
Dally, except Rundavt.
fDatly.exrept WfnctJartand Paturdsja.
IMedursdays and Saturdays ouly.
HY ItAII. AND WATEIt.
A
ww
Two ill Passenger Ins Dolly
WITH
THROUGH PARLOR CARS
Br.TWLEM
Portland, Astoria Seaside
Leaves 'For Maygcrs. Rain-
Union Depot
Iir .'i".M.ir. ....i..-
Icr, OUts Wan le
Westport, Clifton,
Arrives
Union Depot
l'ortlaud
roruanu
Astoria, narrcn
lon, 1'laTcl, Clear
hart l'nrk and ben
side. Astoria A Seashore
Express Dully.
Astoria ExproM
Dally.
8:00 a.m.
7:00 p. m.
11:15 a. rn.
9:40 p. in.
Ticket ofllce, 255 Morrison street, and Union
depot, l'ortlaud,
1 J. C. MAYO,
Gen. Tass. Agent, Astoria, Or.
SHAVER TRANSPORTATION GO.
STEAMER GEO. W. SHAVER,
Will leave Portland, font ot Washington fit.,
Riiiulay, Tuesday and Ihursday evenlne nt A
o'clock, lor i-auvlc Island, fit. Helens, Onplis,
Deer Island, Martins, Kalama, Neer City,
Itanlcr, Mt. Collin, Mayucr. Stella, Oak Point,
Frecmaiis, Mauiaulllo,Clatskanie and nil way
landing. .
THE NORTHWESTERN LI
lllght Trains Dailr between fit. Paul and
Chlcapo, comprising
Tim T.ntrat I'litlinnii Hlenpora,
I'frrlrn IIIiiIiik Cnra,
Idbrury nnd Obiervotlon Cars,
Kreo Ititcllnlng Chulr Cars.
THE TWKSTIETH CKN'TUKY TUAIN"
"THE NORTHWESTERN LIMITED
I
Huns Kvoty Day ot tho Year.
The Finest Train In the World
Electric Lighted Steam Heated
TO CHICAGO MY DAYLIGHT.
Iho Jlailwr State Kxprcss, the finest Day Train
ItuiinliiR Iletwecn St Paul and Clileino vln
the Short l.lno. C'oinuciloiis fiom tho
West mado v.'a.
The Northern Pacific,
Great Northern and
Canadian Pacific Railways
This Is alio tl e bct lino between Omaha, St
Paul and Minneapolis.
All Agents sell Tickets via "Tho Northwest
ern Line."
W. tl. MEAD, Oeneral Agent.
A. L. SISLGR, T. A.
14H Aldnr Stniot, I'ortlimil, Or. '
BEST LrllNE
TO
Paul, Minneapolis, Dnlnth, Chicago,
St.
AND ALL POINTS EAST. .
Through Palace and Tourist Pleepera, Dining
Cars (meals a la carte), Huffet, Smoking, Library
For tickets and full Information regarding;
Eastern trip, call at city ticket office, las Third
street. A. 11. (!. DKNNIsTON,
City Pass, aud 'lickat Agent.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
COLUMBIA UIVEIl & PUQET SOUND NAVI
GATION CO.
rOHTLAND AND ASTORIA.
t
Steamer Hercules takes thn place of IUlley
Gatxert. Leaves every morning Initio week at
7 o'clock, except Bunday, Iteturnlng, leaves
Astoria every night In the week at 7 o'clock,
except Sunday,
Oftice, Alder street dock. Telephone Main
851. Columbia 'phone 331.
K. W. CUICIITON. Agent.
BARR HOTEL
European and American Plan.
Furnished in First-Class Style.
, Nw house, nawly furnished, two blocks from
Union depot .All th modern Improvements,
nrr-proof, hot and cold vatr, centrally lo
cated. '
Rates, $1 and $1.25 a Day.
MMl4j6e, Baths 36.
Cor. Sixth and Gllsan, Portlasd.
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