THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON.
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Topics of
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tne limes g
l' liiinnlli1o fn Imv n rnnn off If
bo li on the squnri).
Still It mlRlit be well to suggest that
Nlcholns inny have a little money put
away In a stocking.
A lobster trust hns been organized.
Bet tho Florodora glrln are among the
heavy stockholders.
Civilized humanity In coming rapid
ly to tho corfvlctlon that Gen. 8ner
man understated the case.
When two persons tacklo a duet It
looks its If they ouht to sing it In
half tho tlmo ono could but they
ai n't
Tho vermiform appendix has been
found to bo useful. Hut the discovery
comes too late for the expendixed gtn
ration. If a young man lets a girl have her
own way during the courtship he will
Bnd It dinicult to break hor of the
babtt after murrlnge.
According to a girl essayist In a
Philadelphia school, "Roys wear out
everything but soap." She must have
sad some brothers, else sue could not
have been so familiar with her sub
ject "Dr. Osier," remarks the Charles
ton News and Courier, "has aged rap
Idly In tho last few days." Dr. Oslor
may not bo as young and handsome
as ho was, but he knows mora than
bo did.
A Ilerllu physician says no girl un
dor 1(1 should practice dally on the
piano, and that no girl over 10 should
dovoto inoro than two hours a day to
such practice. I'upers evcrywhorn
please copy,
"In the streets of St. Petersburg
very third person wears crepe," says
the Associated Press correspondent
And all because of their ruler's desire
for more of a frozen laud ou the other
Ide of the world.
To write the first draft on a slate,
that erasures might easily be made,
to copy In pencil on soft paper, and
make more changes, and finally after
snany days and alterations to arrive at
a neat and flawless manuscript this
was the painstaking method of the late
Gen. Lew Wallace. Hut "Hen llur"
was worth tho trouble.
A writer in one of tho magazines
ays: "Children already born may
walk dry shod from the mainland of
tne New York reservation to Goat If I
and across the present bed of tho Ni
agara river." There stents to be no
ref son to doubt that this country will
in the not far distant future have tho
ruins of what was once the greatest
cataract In the world.
Paraguay would seem to present tho
smallest chance for woman's rights
progress to be found on tho earth. In
that country there are seven women to
one man. Consequently tho men are
petted and taken tho greatest care of.
Everything that Is unpleusant or risky
U dono by the women. Tho streets
aro cleaned, ships loaded and tho oxen
driven' by them and they even go to
war as substitutes for the men. It Is
only an application of the law of sup
ply and demand and some lasy men
will probably think It a beneficent one.
The stomach proper has ceased to
be a serious problem to the surgeou.
lie can Invade and explore It with Im
punity. He can even, if circumstances
demand, relieve the owner of It en
tirely, and so arrange the loose ends
that tho functions of nutrition are suc
cessfully maintained. To be sure, the
patient can never thereafter derive
much pleasure from his meals; he must
restrict himself to a rigid diet, but for
all tho other affairs of life be tuny be
as competent as before. There are to
day several atomachless men who are
earning their dully predlgested ration
In occupations varying from clerk to
expressumn,
Experiments with automobiles, mo
tor boat and flying muchlues will
nourish lu summer time, but since any
winter is liable to "tlo up" any vehicle,
perhaps we should employ a part of
the open season lu planning roads over
which it is poMlblu always to trarel.
We pride ourselves, and with reason,
on our systems of transportation. Yet
an ordinary billiard stops trains,
wrecks ships, leaves travelers strand
ed auywhero short of the places to
which they wish to go. Street cars
bocome'as powirless as the rest. Only
iu cities which, like Now York and
lloston, are provided with subways,
cuu loon I lines of communication lo
kept open. The underground routes
are the only ones that never fall us.
Subways under the seu muy appear
more desirable than feasible, but a
tunnel across the English Channel
seems a smaller undertaking than It
would have been twenty years ago,
and a hundred years hence projects
for sending trains beneath the oceans
may not bo laughed to scorn. Although
It -is now Impossible to do uwny with
tho discomfort and danger attending
aea voyages iu winter, money and
unoyauce may be saved by methodi
cal burrowing on land. In large cities
tunnels might extend from the railroad
stations to the manufacturing and
wholesale districts, and shipments
wight pats between shops aud cars
without getting in the way of persona
who havo no Interest In them. To All
busy streets with drays and crowded
sidewalks with packlng-boxea, as at
present is to make a senseless misuse
of common conveniences. Chicago al
ready has a freighting subway that
will relieve much of the street conpes
tlon. As to building local subways for
pnsengcr transportation, New York
and other cities that have passed thu
half-million mark In population ncod
little prompting. Hut It Is conceivable
tiiat subways will yet be carried far
beyond the limits of one city, and the
railway company that tunnels somo
cold and tempestuous region will bo
safe In announcing itself as "the popu
lar winter route."
Rubbish of all kinds Is being written
about the awful strain of modern life
and Its disastrous effects upon those
who arc forced to dwell within the lim
its of a busy civilization, Instead of fly
ing to a lodge In some vast wilderness.
In fact, thero has been so much snld
by one person and another about the
degeneracy that is certain to follow
life lived In the thick of things that any
number of men and women are begin
ning to feel sorry for themselves. Feel
ing sorry for yourself, It Is worth
while saying, can Invest more time and
sympathy with less profit than any
othjr occupation a man can take up.
If a man drinks cocktails before each
meal, highballs between meals, tea and
coffee at regular intervals, smokes nu
merous strong cigars, eats too much,
Is out In the open air not at all, and
ends his day with a bottle of wine and
a midnight supper, something disagree
able Is coming to him If he will only
keep It up long enough. Hut he need
not lay the result of his own glut
tony and abitso of alcohol and tobacco
and other habits of the sort to civiliza
tion or to the awful strain of life In
the twentieth century. The proof of It
lies In a decreasing death rate all over
America and Europe. A really degen
erate race begins to die out u does
not go on living longer and longer. It
may be true that there are more men
and women In rest cures than there
used to be but as thero used to be no
rest cures for them to go to, it Is rea
sonably clear that thore are lives be
ing saved now that had to be given
up heretofore. It Is also said that
thore are moro Insane persons than for
merly. Insane persons used to die in
a comparatively short time, and com
paratively few of them were ever re
stored to health and usefulness. Many
more used to die before Insanity
showed Itself who are now preserved.
Statistics of that kind are generally
misleading, since they take only one
aspect of the case into account Men
who do not cat and drink to excess,
who make play a part of their work
and who stick to llfo In the open when
ever they get a chance, need not worry
about stress and strain in modern or
any other life.
Npliulnir Twine.
It has beeu said that Henry Clay
achieved success so easily that hu
quite misunderstood others and over
estimated himself. But he was eager
to learn the best way to do whatever
he had to do. In "The True Henry
Clay," tho author gives an Instance of
this:
At fourteen Henry became cleric In
a store in Richmond, whither the fam
ily had removed. Stories are told of
his willingness' to do bts duty, al
though Uie work was distasteful to
him.
Once he was reproved by the store
keeper for wasting too much twine.
Thereafter ho saved every scrap ho
could got and tied tho pieces together.
Again It wus explained that using this
sort of twine might bo offensive to cus
tomers, as It made tho packages look
untidy by reason of so many knots.
So he consulted with a tailor at Rich
mond, who showed him how to splice
string with a smooth joint
Prom that time ho spent his leisure
hours making short pieces of twine of
the same else Into a continuous cord.
When bis employer discovered this he
was so much pleased that he had all
twine 'saved, and turned the task of
splicing It over to young Henry, with
the result that the young mail's enthu
siasm rapidly abated,
Odd Names for Newspapers.
The names of American newspapers
are a study In nomenclature. In Ar
kansas are tho Buzz Saw and the
Back Log; California, tho Condor, tho
Wasp and the Tomahawk; Colorado,
tho Battler and Yeatorday and To-Day;
Iowa, the I'ostAl Card, the Unit, the
Nucleus and the Firebrand; Kentucky,
the Salt Hlver Tiger, the Push, the
Boomer; Missouri, the Missing I.tnk
and the Cyclone; Nevada, the Hustler.
Oklahoma rejoices In the Dinner Bell
and tho Plain People. South Dakota
has a Plain Talker. In West Virginia
Is the Irrepressible. Missouri has the
Crank and tho Entering Wedge. Wyo
ming reads Bill Baton's Budget Phil
adelpula Ledger.
Tho liiinar Oceans.
Dr. Volgt suggests that what aro
called volcwnlc craters In tho moon
may be the coral Islands or atolls of a
lunar sea now dry. The Pnclflc Ocean,
If evaporated, would, ho says, havo
mountains resembling volcanic craters.
llusaiu's Hi. A ml row Croas.
Russia's Cross of, Ht. Andrew has a
remarkable peculiarity attaching to It.
All who are decorated with It have the
right once to demand a pardon for a
Russian subject condemned to death.
When a girl tells her steady she Is J
willing to 'give him everything she has
tn the world, he should remember all
she la likely to nave u a 101 or unde
sirable klm
Too many people are trying to makt
honest dollar dWboneetly.
t SPOKANE 1
Watson Drug Co.
Wholesale and Retail
The most comotete stock of Drun and
Patent Medicines to be found in the Inland
Empire. Prices guaranteed as low as the
lowest. Our Prescription Department
merits your confidence.
401 Riverside Ave.
Granite Block
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
(State llanlc)
81'OKANK, WASHINGTON
A State Bank. Transacts a General
Hanking Business.
Capital IW.OOO.OO. Individual worth of ntockhnldu
I'lCfCMln SI,UM,(KjU,UO.
UFFlCKItH AND DI11KCTOIISI
Donald Urqulmrt, I'rildcnt.
lloberl hhf IT In, VlCFl'realdrnt.
A. 11. Hwnnnoii, VIoh President.
J. II. Clancy, I'aMilrr.
(1. W. Ttionnix, Thomaa Ilyalop, Will am (Icmuilll,
llobtrt Jlynlnp, Oli Olnon, Paul l'runl,
llolwrt (liiniittio.
Liberal Interest paid on Time Deposits
Diamond Ice and Fuel Co.
ICE, WOOD
AND
COAL.
120 Madison Street,
SPOKANE, WASH.
1'. Jordan. II, ltonetuwolg. it, K. Jordan
Wheat. Hay and Fruit
Farms
IN WASHINGTON.
Choice Building Lots in Spokane
JORDAN & ROSENZWEIG
1 1 Washington St. SPOKANE, WASH.
T. E. WESTLAKE
Bakery and Grocery
General Market Produce
Fresh Creamery Butter. Ranch Eggs
BASKET LUNCHES FOR TRAVELERS
Phini Main 296., 315 Rlvarsldi Ave.
SMITH & COMPANY
Funeral Directors
And Furnishers
Lady Attendant
Private Ambulance in Connection
117-119 Post St.
SPOKAfJE, WASH.
THE WASHINGTON HOME CO.
tichsw c National Bank Building
Telephone Main 109S
Spokane, Wash.
The Waahlntnn Home Company bullit
homes tor tti member on the cn-oerailve
iditu, upon iniall monthly payment . 'I he
Sew I'rtuecteit Contract provulei that In cae
ol drain before homo U a(4 for, a dU-eil, clear
n( alt encumbrance, U given, ami lu addition
all payments mail. on account are returned
Thl company hat already built almutTO home
In Hrxikaue ami vicinity, at price ratiKlnn
from ll.ww to fS.Wo, and I preparinl to erect
(or lis membera from three toMx hornet eacn
month during the comltiir vaon Iteferenre:
Any bank or reputable biulueii home lu city.
THE SLOANE-PAINE CO.
SPOKANE, WASHINOTON
Greateut Grocery
OK Til K
Northwest
Importers of
Wines, Liquors, Delicatessen
Fruit and Groceries
Wo mako a specialty ol supplying pri
vnto cars. Bend lor cutuloguo. Mall
orders solicited,
521-523 SPR1CUE AVENUE
I BUTTE MONTANA !
Butte Transfer Co.
TH08. LAYKLI.K, Proprietor.
Bikiec" Passengers Checked
TI ILL PARTS OF THE CITY.
Ilaggage Storvd Any Length of Time
Krce.of Charge.
lUtone No. 403. OPEN ALL N1GUT
HT Rail, AND WATER, BT KA1X AND WATKK.
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f?iSj'jtlABLiiMsTjWwMr X.
SHAVER TRANSPORTATION GO.
SI EAMER GEO. W. SHAVER,
Will leave Portland, foot ol Washington St..
&timlny,1ucfdny ami 'llinmlnr cvpulnir at S
o'clock, fur haiivli'H IMnhd, M. Helen., Capita,
Peer IhrikI. Marllli. Kalnlnn, Ncer (,'lly,
Hauler, Ml. Collin, Ma)ger. KUlIn, Oak I'oltit,
Kri'i'iimni, MnuintillloiUlalnkanle nnd all way
lauding.
mT7 PEiCTTT ATHD
rSKBiMO AVt-VJ KJ JUn. A VAX
' a c
L11NH
C J? N PORTLAND ATO) THE DALLES
ROUTE
All Wir Uailart.
STBAMURS
"DAI1.KY CMTZKKT" "PAM.ES CIT"
'KKCJULAIOll" "MKTI.AKO"
Connecting at t.yte, Vah., with
Columbia River & Northern Railway Co.
FOR
Wahklacui. Paly, Centcrvllle, Ooldendale and
all Klickitat yalley point.
Steamer learc I'ortland dally (except Eiin
dar) 7 s. m., counseling with U. H. A N. trains
atl.ylnfiilA p. m. for uuldendale. Train ar
rlvesOoldendale, 7:8a p. m. tneamer arrives
The iJalle A :!. m.
Ktratner learei The Dalles dally (except 8ua
day) 7:00 a.m.
C. It. SiN. trains leaving dotdendala 0:15 a.
m. connect with thl te amer (or I'ortland, ar
riving I'ortland 6 p. m.
Kxcellcnt meal aerved on alt iteamsrs. fins
accommodation (or team and wagon.'
Kor detailed Information o( rate, berth res.
ervatlona. connection, etc.. write or call oa
nrareet aent. II. C. Campbell,
(Jen. olllce, I'ortland, Or. Manager,
Ask the Agent for
T I C K B T S
VIA
To Spokane,
St. Pau , Minneapolis, Duluth,
Ch cago, St. Louis
and All Points East and South.
2 OVERLAND TRANS DAILY
The Flyer and the Fast Mall A
Splendid Scrvlco Up-to-dato Kqulpmont
Con r too u Employes
Daylight trip across tho Caucado and
ltocky Mountains.
For TlcketH. rates, folders anil full infor
mation call ou or addrea.i
ti. DICKSON, C. T. A.
122 Third Street, POKTLAND
s. a. yerkes, a. W. P. A.
612 Hrt Avenue, SUATTLB, WASH.
A Pleasant Way to Travel
Tho above is tho usual verdict of tho
travoler using tho Missouri Pacflc Hall
way between tho Pnclflc Coast and tho
East, nnd wo believe tlmt the service
nnd accommodations e;iven merit this
statement. From Denver, Colorado
Springs nnd Pueblo there aro two
through twins dally to Kansas City
and St. Louis, carrying Pullman's lat
est standard elect rlo lighted sleeping
cars, chair cars nnd up-to-dato dining
cars. Tho same excellent service is
operated from Knnsas City and St.
Louis to Memphis, Little Hock and
Hot Springs. If you aro going Fast or
South write for rates and full Informa
tion, V. 0. MclHtlDK, Gen. Agt.,
11M Third St., Portland, Or.
Muck Hardware Co
Second and Morrison Streets
Majestic Malleable Ranges
Mesaba and Grown Steel Ranges
Mechanics' Tools and
General Hardware
OWEN MANUFACTURING CO.
Manufacturers of the
Gold Standard Logging Jack
I OFFICE AND FACTORY
435 IRVING STREET
1 PORTLAND, OREGON
bK KsU0PRTl l sfl
YOU WILL BE SATISFIED
With Your Journey
If your tickets read oqcr tho Denver
an(1Hlo(ramloltallr.pad,the"Hccn.
to Hue of the World "
BECAUSE
There arenomanyncenlcattractlon.
and point of Intereot along the lino
between Ogdcn and Denver that tho
trip nevor become tiresome
If youaregolnc Knt, write for Information
and got a pretty boot that will ttll you all
about It.
W. C. McBRIDE, acneral Agent
124 Third Btrcet
PORTLAND. OREQON
OREGON
Shoj line
and union Pacific
Three Trains to the East
Through l'ullmanMandardandlnurltleop
Inxcara dally te Omaha, Uhlcaeo, Hpokanc;
tourlt alponhiK can dally to Kanna City:
through I'ulttnan tourlat kclnKcnr(pcr u
ally conducted) weekly to Chicago, Kan. an
City; reclining chair can (cat free) to Kat
70
H O U R 4
PORTLAND IO CIIICAdO
Nochanguof cars
70
TJiTi'AiiT
KOIl
fTiiir5crn?iTijrn!H
ATtltTVK"
FIIOM
from I'ortland, Ore
Chicago
I'ortland
H pedal
9:l&amvla
Ifntlngt'ii
Halt I-ake. Denver. Ft
Worth, Omaha, Kanraa
CI y, Ht. Unil, Chicago
fi:S3pm
aim mo f-aii
Atlantic l-alt Ukc, Denver, Ft.
Kxprets Worth, Omaha, Kana
til'pmvla City, St. l,ouli, Chicago
H'ntlngl'n ami the Kaat
Ht. I'ant alia Walla, liowltton,
rait Mall Bpokane, Wallace, I'ulW
I'lipm man, MfnneaiKtlli, tt.
via Tan). Duluth, Mllwau.
Bpokane kee, Chicago and Katt
7:11 am
:00
River Schedule
For Astoria, Way l'olut and North llrseh
Dally (exreptHunday)at8pm; Haturday at 10
p m. ueuy ervieu twmcr penu
Willamette and Yamhill riven.
For further Information, ak or write your
nearest tlrket agent or
A. L. OltAlB
VIIUIal IH'l'llluvi ft fc Vila
The Ore jpon lUtlrotil A Navigation Co., Vort-
IKIlUt VICUU
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TELL YOUR FRIENDS
To Use the
YELLOWSTONE PARK LINE
To the
LEWIS AND CLARK
EXPOSITION
THE
Will Make Very Low Rates
The Traveler Will Tell You That the
NORTH COAST LIMITED
Is the Crack Train of Them
All For Comfort and Elegance
Information Gladly Furnished on Application
A. D. CHARLTON
Assistant General Passenger Agent
255 Morrison St., Corner Third
PORTLAND OREGON
BT ItAI. AND WATER
A ST0RI& & COLUMBIA
A R VER RAILROiD CO.
Hi
WITH
THROUGH PARLOR CARS
BETWKKM
PortlanUstoriai Seaside
Leave
ukion Dsror
Arrtvos.
Kor Mnyger
Itnl.l.
Daily
8:00 a. m.
ler, Clntsknli le
Dally.
11:10 a. m.
nrMpori, i.inuMi,
AHorla, Warren
ton, Flavel, Hear
hart l'ark and Sea
tide. AMorla A PeaOioru
fcxpre! Dally.
AMorl Kxpreas
Dally.
7:00 p. m.
9:49 p. m.
C. A.BTKWAKT, tJ . J',FiHY,?'
Coratn'l Agt., in Alder Rt 0. F. it 1". A.
Telephone Main 908.
b The Only
Double-Track
Railway betweei the
Missouri River
and
Chicago
The Chicago-Portland Spec'al, the
most luxurious train In the world.
Drawing-room sleeping cars, dining
car, buffet smoking and library car
(barber and bath). Less than three
days Portland to Chicago.
TWO
Through Trains
to Chicago arc operated daily via the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company. Oregon Short Line Rail
road, Union Pacific Railroad and
Chicago & North-Western Railway
to Chicago from Portland and points
ir. Oregon.
Dally and personally conducted ex
.union In I'ullman tourlat ilce.ilnr
I .at horn rorlland,LoAncrlcaand
I San Franrlico, through to Chicago
viliuoui cuange.
1 H. R. tllTCHin. A.G.BARKFR.
I Gn'IAEl.,irMMkrt8t, OnIA(t.,llTlilrISl,
I SANl-HANCIKO.CAU roaiLANU,OHB.
1 Chicago & Nor th-Western Ry.
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