The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, August 31, 1901, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextijJ!BSSBsmaipmmm .? I 'TV f'rm THE NEW AGE. POBTLAND. OREGON. ft.. '. rV. ( v . N ' The New Age A. D. GRIFFIN, Manager. OKFIOK 204 MOHIIIHON 8TKKKT. Oregon Telephone North 1.170. Entered at the poatofllcc at Portland, Oregon, at tccontl class matter. suitscnirTioM. One Tear, 1'ajruble In Aclvnnca S3. 00 Eitabllihed 1890. Published at 24&Jf Stark St. Ttilrtl Floor. A LOCAL GRAFT AND P0LIT1C8. SoHoub discussion of the apparent purpose for which the doors of tho local gambling houses were thrown opon some weeks ago has ovolved an element of public sentiment not much in evidence heretofore. Tho popu lar mind lina hitherto been Influenced largely by tho political fenturcs of such questions; but In thin case tho "political feature" has been served In a condition bordering on tho "raw." Careful Inquiry Into the purpose of this wide-open game, conducted both by the gamesters and the politicians, who aro Just now tho power behind the throno, has elicited tho fact that tho graft has been established wholly for tho political aggrandizement of thoBo who profit by Its collection. In this feature of tho proposition the public Is Interested In .that It Is made to Buffer through tho Bolftshness, man ifested In n most corrupt degrco, of thoso who anticipate a hard strugglo in tho next campulgn to hold that which they havo already acquired by Hlmllar menns. If tho money thus collected foi theBo special privileges wore employ cd In tho payment of municipal ex penses, there would bo little com plaint, In a specific way, that tho gam ing houses, sure-thing establlHhments nnd Blot-innchlno operators aro per mitted to exist. Hut It la generally known that the municipal treasurer Is not much augmented by the collection of tho presont tribute levied on oper atorB who exist on the prollts of un lawful business. Tho faction of tho Republican party behind this scheme Is losing heavily every day by reason of this brazen attempt to deceive tho public. It Ib a principle well known that public monies should not bo collected for prlvato purposes, Thcro Ib another faction of tho lo cal Republican organization that Ib profiting moro by ItB enemy's collec tion of this graft than Is tho onomy Itself. Nor aro tho leadora of thlB faction at nil tardy In tho effort to make tho most of It. Tho public, through tills division of tho Mult nomah prganlzatlon, will bo well In formed of tho actual situation long bo foro the grafters Bhall have enjoyed tho frulta of their Illicit gain. If tho bulk of tho latter bo not tniKlelunt to ovorcomo tho House of moral duty that prompts opposition to hucIi chi canery, tho loss to Uiobo who now laugh In their hIoovch at their pres ent acquisition will bo totnl. Thoro la not a party leader of char actor, nor a local publication of con Bequonco that favors It. A fow of tho latter have been Hiibsldlzed to maintain dlgullled silence; but among them Tho New Age may" not bo num bered, Tho truth la developing rapidly, for tho rogtiCH havo already fallen out among theniHolveH, thua further dis rupting tho faction that la so desper ately endeavoring to Htrongthou Ita position by corruptly acquiring n fow paltry thtmanntlH of dollars that Justly belong to tho people who pay tho tuxes and mirror tho Ills of maintain ing party organizations. VANISHING. HIRl) RACKS. It Is reported that tho llamlngo, tho pink cuiiow and tho egret, together with sovorttl other spoclea of beauti ful and valuable birds are vanishing to rapidly that within a few years they will bo practically extinct. Tho warfare on these blrdB Iuib been wagod inoBt vigorously, of course, In civilized countrleB. Tho savage, with his rude weapons and his Indolence, can not possibly do na much damage as the civilized man with his shotgun mid untiring pursuit not only of the bird but of tho dollar. For sonio reason or other tho hu Man race Is much addicted to that un profitable habit known as "shutting tho stablo door after the horse la gone," It would have been n com paratively easy mutter to check tho destruction of these birds somo years railway service Is being extended and ago; It would bo possible even now much Improved. River traffic la in to rescue them from oxtlrmluutlon by creasing rapidly, which marks tho taking a little cure; but Instead of growth of outlying districts. Trans that, tho hunters will probably be ul- continental lines terminating horo are lowed to continue their ravages until dotty; u largely Increased business. In any bird more attractive than tho dustrlal enterprises nro being estub English sparrow has become a mere ( Halted hero and thoso now lu opera- tradition. There aro .some lessons which can bo learned from experi ence, but the unfortunate thing Is that tho experience docs not always happen twice. If a man has climbed up a place where he ought not to be, and fallen and broken his back, the lesson Is not of much value to him, because he will never clinch anywhere again. After these birds have been exterminated and their habitat ren dered unfit for restocking, it will not be much use to moralize over the ruth lessness nnd rapacity which caused their destruction. The measures which ought to be taken will vary In different places. In some parts of the country It would be enough, perhaps, to Impose a small penalty on hunters caught shooting birds out of season. In other cases it might he necessary to forbid the shooting of certain species of birds at all. In places whore valuable birds havo becomo extremely scarce, It might be well to follow some Bystem of breeding and artificial protection. This would employ the native hunters who aro now tho birds' mpst danger ous enemies, and would Instill In them a different Idea of tho value of the birds from which they now have. In fact, many of these men are simply and solely pot hunters. They shoot birds and animals, but not for sport, but because they must make a living. If thoy could bo paid for taking caro of tho wild creatures Instead of for shooting them, they would, In many cases, much prefer that employment. A FIGHT ON NEW ISSUES. Ex Governor Pcnnoyer's opinion of tho necessity of Democratic reorgani zation Is not entirely In accord with that of Hon. George Turner, tho mil lionaire senator from Washington. The latter statesman bollevcs that re organization Is wholly unnecessary, but suggests that the party must make Its next nnt'onnl fight on now Issues and ho names a fow of tho avlls that have crept Into the Repub lican administration, such as the trust and tho colonial questions. Ho regards Ilryan as a great leader and expresses tho belief that ho will wield powerful Influence In the coming cam paign, but ho confesses that the sll vor Issue will not be a feature of tho light. Governor I'ennoyor, on tho other hand, will not concedo that silver money as nn Issue In our financial policy of government should bo dis regarded 'In tho Imminent battle bo tweon tho parties, howovor much ho mny havo concluded to dislike Hryan. In ono respect, tho opinions of thoso great men aro In unison. It Is that which thoy hold concerning tho Influences that havo created the trusts and their consequent evils. Pennoyer has alwayn been practi cally and constantly a Democrat, in cluding In IiIb doctrine of party policy many of the popullstlc fndB and fan cies "that como Hko tho fogs of au-tumn-tlmo and, flee with the dusk of dawn." Tumor was onco a Republican. He acquired distinction as a politician while a leading member of the Repub lican party of our sister stato. Ho waa elected United States Senator from Washington by n Republican Legislature and he bocamo a Demo crat while serving in that capacity. Pennoyer knows, howovor, thnt Tur nor Is wrong In ono respect: "nomoc racy needs such a thorough shaking up as will produco immediate rcsus cltitloa." It Is bo In Oregon nnd Oregon Democrats have begun tho work for tho wake. It Ib not bo In Washington and Mr. Turner will find it so boforo tho next campaign In that stnto shall have made much progress, It was so in Ohio nnd Ohio Demo crats threw tho Bwltch for tho Demo cratic caravan "without the consent of nny other nation on earth." It was so In Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania statesmen boldly ononis od the throttle of tho engine of new forces only a few days ago. It la quite evident, thereforo, that Senator Tumor's vlowa of the situa tion respecting the necessity for Dem ocratic reorganization la limited to tho tonitory covered by tho municipal precincts of Spokane. Spoknno Democracy Is all right since Mr, Turner became Its chieftain. NEW ERA OF GROWTH. Over 2,000 buildings aro now In course of erection In Portland. Street tlon are making an unprecedentedly. satisfactory showing. Workmen In all lines of labor are engaged to "tho num ber of thousands moro than In any former year, and altogether tho first year of the new century has progress ed with remarkable favor bo far for tho metropolis of the Northwest. Throughout the state tho conditions are the same. Hamlets are becom ing villages, villages have become towns and towns are rapidly becom ing cities of business bustle and en ergy. In Eastern Oregon stockmen are ob taining excellent prices and arc en Joying uncommonly good fortune In maturing their range products. Tho sugar-beet industry Is becoming a noteworthy feature of tho output of the stato, while the fruit crop Is ex cellent In yield, quality and price. Mining Interests arc developing as never before In Oregon and Its output of precious millions is Increasing with phenomenal rapidity. In short, Oregon Ib acquiring fame wholly on Its merits as tho banner stato of tho Union, MAKING RADIUM FOR MARKET. Ckenslota Are Now I'rodnclng the New Metal In Commercial Quantities. Researches now making by French nnd German chemists have reached the point where substances unknown even to science n short time ago nro being produced In commercial quantities. In particular, rudlum, whose existence was discovered only a few years ago, has now been Investigated to a point where Its commercial production bus been successfully undertaken. M. P. Pennon ut a recent meeting of the Paris So ciety of Civil Engineers told how tho commercial production of nullum was being carried on by the Koclete Ceti trale de Prodults ChlmlqucH. The experience of this company hIiowh thnt It takes over a ton of tho minerals of the uranium group, which form the raw material, to produce one half ounce of radium. The separation of this half ounce requires an expendi ture of over six tons of chemicals. Fifty tons of water are used' In the pro cess for washing purposes. Hntlium, which Is known by the chem ists as a metal and a new element, bus unusual properties when In tho puro state. M, HcHHon states that tho ac tivity of radium Is so great that It Is KpoutnueoUHly luminous In the dark. This luminescence Is now believed by scientists to be entirely different from that of phoHphorus, which latter arises from oxidation. Instead, It Is thought to be due to a continuous emission of extremely minute particles highly elec trified; In fact, to be almost similar to X rays. Tho charge of electricity car ried by these particles Is aB'tonlshluf-ly great. The mass of the particles, how ever, Is extremely small, so thnt tho loss In weight by radiation Is almost Infinitesimal. Careful tests lead to the belief that the loss by radiation Is only 3ue milligram In 100.000,000 years. Thus far the only known use for radium Is In laboratory experiments. "Joscelyn Cheshire" has gone Into n fourth edition and bids fair to go Into several more before It Is many mouths old. Sura Heaumont Kennedy, the au thor, has written two other successful novels and short stories which have ap peared lu several periodicals. Charles M. Flnudrau, author of tho recently published "Tho ulnry or a Freshman," comes of strenuous ances try. His great-undo was commander-lu-chlef of the United States army, his father was n Supremo Judge of Minne sota, and his family record Is a long line of lawyers and soldiers, dating from the early days of the Huguenots. It Is evident that since the publica tion of bis "Life of Thaekeray" Iewls Melville has been browsing mnqng tho back numbers of Hrltlsh reviews. A new Item In Thackernyunn Is an nounced under tho title of "Thacker ay's Stray Papers; Helng Stories, Re views, Verses and Sketches (1821 1W7),M which hitherto have not been Included In nny book. An English writer lu a late article on "Tho Housing of Hooks" comments on the unnecessary depth of book shelves. The average ready-made bookshelf, ho says, Is "a monument of human Imbe cility." To begin with, It Is built nine or ten Inches deep. "Now nineteen books out of every twenty," says this critic, "will stnud perfectly well on a six-Inch board, nnd the extra Inches make a space' at the back Into which volumes can And their way and disap pear from humau ken for mouths or years." MUs Edith Wyntt, who has made a success with "Every Ono His Owu Way," was born twenty-seven yean ago at Touiah, Wis., where her father, a civil engineer, was building a rail road. After four years his profession took him to Dubuque, Iowa, whence, lu four years more, he moved his house hold to Clartndtt, lu the same State. After two years he was able to make Chicago his home, and there Miss Wyatt obtained her education. Later and for n period of four years she taught elementary Greek at the school where she had prepared for college. COSTLY CHURCH VESTMENT8. Those at St. Patrick's Cathalral Valued, at Half a Million Dollar.. In St. Patrick's Cathedral there are vestments valued at half a million dol lars. The collection Is the finest In any cathedral In America, and compares very favorably with the vestments In many famous cathedrals In Europe, says the New York Sun. Archbishop Corrigan presented to the cathedral the only complete set of Holy Thursday vestments In the world. Its value Is $20,000. In the set are thirteen chasubles, ten del ma tics, nine tunics, two copes and lace albs, amices and other vestments to correspond to the Holy Thursday service alone. These vestments arc for tho archie plscopnl set proper and arc of the finest Imported white satin, embroidered In gold 00 per cent fine. The principal ornaments arc the passion flower, wheat sheaf and grapes, embroidered In silks and gold, emblematic of Holy Week. The body of the vestments Is worked with sprays of fuchsia. The remainder of the vestments In the same set aro made of the finest moire antique, em broidered In colored silk and gold to correspond. This magnificent set of vestments was made by the Dominican nuns at Hunt's Point. To embroider the vestment it took fifteen nuns an en- 'tire year, working eight hours a day. The chasubles arc studded with pearls and rubles. The archleplscopal set worn when the archbishop pontificates are of the finest red silk velvet. There arc eight sets and they cost $5,000 each. They arc embroidered In pure gold. A famous old set of vestments now In the cathedral sacristy was a gift to the late Archbishop . Hughes. On theso vestments, which tire .off the 'finest 'gold cloth, Is worked the archbishop's coat of arms. They nrc embroidered In gold nnd Incrusted with jewels. The set comprises vestments for twelve priests, besides the nrchblshop. It Is valued at $20,000 and was Imported from Lyons. Archbishop Corrigan has worn these vestments occasionally. Still another set of vestments that has attracted general attention from ad mirers of artistic embroidery wns pre sented to Archbishop Corrigan. They are rose color, and aro worn on only two days In the year, and nro permitted to cathedrals nnd collegiate churches only throughout the world. They arc embroidered In fine gold and nrtlstlc needlework. On the chasuble Is the usunl cross, and the figures on the cross nnd designs on the frontlsploce arc worked In silk of different colors, gold and silver, on gold. A very handsome set of vestments Is one worn for pontifical requiem mass. It Is of black moire antique silk. A set of vestments for nuptial mnss wns prepared especially for Archbishop Con-lean's use. It Is made of white satin nnd around the outer edge Is worked a vine of forgct-mc nots In col ors that blend. Around the cross In tho back of the chasuble are worked gold sprays of marguerites In Tine shape. In the center of each spray Is Inserted a pearl. The cross Is richly ornament ed In pearls and pink sea shell cnibrold cry. Hundreds of persons who desire to examine the vestments visit the cathe dral annually. Permission to sec them Is granted only to very few persons. Of late years there has been a grow ing sentiment In favor of richer vest ments In tho Episcopal church. The Episcopal churches In this city where the most costly vestments are now arc St. Ignatius', St. Mary's, St. Edward the Martyr's and the Church of the Holy Cross. The late Father Brown, of St. Mary's Church, on 15th street, between 7th nnd Sth avenues, had some of tho finest vestments In tho country. Ho wore a cope ou the hood of which wns embroid ered In gold a figure of the Virgin. The crown and necklace of tho figure were of the finest first water diamonds. An gels that were embroidered nbout the tlguro were also thickly embroidered with diamonds. The embroidery on this cope wns of the most artistic quality, nnd wns worked by tho Sisters of St. Mary. Father Hrown also wore a very handsome stole embroidered with nn gels, the heads of which were worked In human hair. Just Ills Imck. Jnck I'll tell you what's the matter, George. You don't praise your wlfo enough. Even If things don't go right, there's no use growling. Praise her ef forts to please, whether they are suc cessful or not. Women like praise, and lots of It. George All right. I'll remember It George (at dinner, same day) My dear, this pie Is Just lovely! It's dell clous. Ever so much better than those my mother used to mnke. 8he couldn't equal this pie If she tried a month. George's Wife Huh! You've made fuu of overy plo I ever made, aud now George But this Is lovely. George's Wife That came from the confectioner's. Widows' Flags. In Sumatra, If a woman Is left a widow, Immediately after her hus band's death she plants a flagstaff at her door, upon which a flag Is raised. Bo long as the flag remains untorn by the wind the etiquette of Sumatra for bids her to marry, but at the first rent, however tiny, she can lay aside her weeds and accept the first offer she has. Womanhood. A Mean Burglar. The meanest burglar on record has been at work In Montreal. He broke Into a baker's shop, and, finding only 32 ceuts as plunder, took a single bite of every pie nnd cake In the place, thus retiderlug them unsalable. Tho best throw with the dice Is to throw them away. Anrflla ..--. Any Qaantltr Amy.tHflm MACKINTOSHES, RUBBER AND OIL CLOTHING Rubber Boat and Shoes, .Belting, Packing and Hoi. Largest and Moat Complete Assortment of all Klndi of Rubber Goods. GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY ft. H. fXABE, President. F. M. SHKPARD, JR.. Treasurer J. A. 81IKPARD, Secretary 78-76 FIRST 8T1EBT, PORTLAND, OREGON. RUSSELL A COMPANY BDII.DKR8 OF Eitflnm; mollmrm, Saw Mill; ThremlterB. If yoa iO Umpl ate buying machinery, write us for catalogue and prices. RUSSELL & CO. H. AVERI1X. Manager. PORTLAND. OHECON. THEH. G. ALBEE COMPANY .... DEALERS IN.... Second Hand Machinery 260 Emmt Water Street. ESTABLISHED 1BB1. INCORPORATED 1897. ALLEN & LEWIS Shipping: & Commission Merchants ...WHOLESALE GROCERS... 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Iron Founders and Machinists General Repair Work Our Specialty. Architectural Iron Work ,.,ud Bridge Outing's WHITE rOU K9TIMATKS. PORTLAND, OREGON. 7 Principal Saloons On Thirteenth mnd BurnmMm Btrim Telephone Number 72. C. A. STOKES LIQUOR CO. WHOLESALE DEALERS. PABST MILWAUKEE BEER llottUd by I'ulmt llrewhiK Co. Milwaukee, Wis. 1130 Pacific Avenue '. TACOMA - WASH. rra j ii.iiiiiiiiH I lifcsmUff l III' i III oaaaaoaUfl Ik. Ilk. llaLaaaaaal Do You Know the News ? : Tan son hart It all lor cr,(,H Ctmsv Per 50c Month Month t In Tka Tantai TtUft aa, ot Portland, Orf . ft If the Urgsit Tenlnj new. aMrubtliBdlnOrfani It contains II Uta caws ot tb state and ol tho no tlon. Trr It lor a month. A sasaplo Qojir wlllko MOtlf-d to jrom Ira. Id. THE TELEGRAM, Portland, Oregon. TRY HAZELWOOD FOR SOMETHING GOOD HIIKAKFAST. On your liot cakes uie laid wood Ilutter. I.UNU1I. On your Strawberries put Ilazelwood Cream. DINN1CK. For the flnett delicacy In Portland try a brick ol Haielwood IceCrvam. HAZELWOOD CREAM CO. Both I'hones 1M. sxt Wasbinngto St. Old Kentucky Club Whiskey Home .....AND. Shaw's Pure Malt Blumauer & Hoch Wholesale Liquor & Cigar Dealers SOLE AGENTS. I JO Fourth Strcc t , Jv' 1 -Afc .40. J(