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THE HOBSnQtfG- OBEGOSTCAJT, "WEIXNESDAIT, PEBRTJABT IS. 3S95. 9 TWO IRONCLADS SUM EXTEXT- OP THE CHIXESB LOSSES "AT WEI-H.VI-WEI. Trr CrnUem AIiio at the Bottom, and Thirteen Torpedo Boat Either Destroyed or Captured. YOKOHAMA, Feb. 12. The following gives a. summary of the situation at Wel-Hal-Wei: According to the latest intelli gence, all the forts on the mainland have been taken, by the Japanese, and a fort on one of the Islands In the harbor has been silenced. The ironclads Ting-Yuen and J,alo-Yuen and the cruisers Chlng-Yuen and "Wei-Yuen have been sunk, and 15 torpedo-boats either destroyed or cap tjred. One Japanese torpedo-boat was Iot and two were disabled. The remain der of the Chinese warships, including the t 'hen-Yuen, together with the forts on the Island of Liu-Kung, are still holding out. BELATED DISPATCHES. Delajcd Report of the Battle of Wel-Hal-WcJ. LONDON. Feb. 12. The Times will to morrow publish this dispatch, sent from Kobe under date of February 9: The Chinese forts on the smaller islands in the Bay of Wei-Hal-Wei are silent, and It is beliex'ed they have been abandoned. The forts on the Island of Llu-Kung-Tao, however, are still active. LONDON. Feb. 12. A Tokio dispatch says the Japanese admiral reports that the Japanese blew up the magazine of the Whlh Tarn fort at Wei-Hai-Wcl on Feb ruary 8. On the 9th two shells from the eastern forts struck the Chinese cruiEer "hen Yuen, which Immediately sank. The "Vhih Tarn fort has been silent since the blowing up of its magczine, and is piob ahly evacuated. The Japanese having aptured the enemy's torpedoes, the en (ni) s ships are firing machine guns rightly in order to avert a torpedo at tack upon them. A d'spatcii from Wei-Hai-Wei says the t hinese General Tat committed suicide February 7, in a fit of anger at the de sertion of some of his officers. LONDON. Teb. 12. A special dis patch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Wel-Hal-Wel, February 7, by way of lliogo. the 11th, says: Notwithstanding thp desperate nature of the fighting at el-Hal-Wei, little damage has been done. OTHER "WAR NEWS. Clie-Foo Filling; Up. LONDON. Feb. 12. A Shanghai dispatch sa3 a number of foreigners and many Chinese have arrived there from Che-Foo. "Wounded Chinese soldiers arc flocking to Che-Foo for the purpose of being at tended by doctors and nurses of the Red Cross Society. The Recall of the Envoy. PEKING. Feb. 12. The tsung-li-yamen, after consultation with foreign ministers, has telegraphed the Chinese envoys at Nagasaki ordering them to return to China. A Shanghai dispatch says the recall of the Chinese peace envoys was the re sult of the consultation of Chinese au thor les with foreign ministers. Fifty 1Vncon-Iand of Rifle. HAMBURG. Feb. 12. Fifty wagon-loads of rifles, made at Steyr. Vpper Austria, have arrived here to await shipment to China. ENGLISH LAW .MAKERS. Announcement of the Prohibition Acalaat Canadian Cattle. LONDON, Feb. 12. In the house of -cpmroonaodr. J-Je-roourt stated in re plying to a question that he feared the time was not ripe for entering into an agreement with other countries to prevent speculation in agricultural commodities. Gardner announced that because of cases of contagious pleuro-pneumonla among Canadian cattle landed at Antwerp, the Belgian government had prohibited the importation into tint country of Canadian uittlc. In reply to a question, the government announced that negotiations in regard to the Dominion copyright act had stopped because of the death of the Canadian premier, and It was unable at present to make a statement. LONDON. Feb. 12. In the house the government announced today that it had not considered the exact course which it would pursue in the event of the Aus tralasian colonies deciding to federate, but the ministers arc favorably inclined to ward giving assent. LONDON, Feb. 12. A deputation from the corporation of Dublin, headed by the lord mayor, presented a petition to the house of commons this afternoon for the release of the men In prison for participat ing in dynamite outrages. THE CZAR'S POSITION. He Will Sot Interfere 1'ndnly In Ar menian Affair. ST. PETERSBURG Feb. 12. The C7.ar U unwilling to give color to the allegation that he desires to Interfere unduly In af fairs In Armenia. He, therefore, advised the Armenian CathoJicos. who had started for this city, that he would not be re ceived, aiu; the Catholicos. on receipt of the notification, abandoned his journey. The Turkish ambassador here has ic qureied the Russian journals to make no reference to eon thl-t In Armenia, until the inquiry now in progress is ended. OTHER FOREIGN" EVS. A Denial From Rome. ROME. Feb. 12. Le Petit Meridional, of Monipellcr. France, recently contained an interview between the pope and Dep uty Vlgnr, a radical socialist, which was alleged to have been held during the dep uty's recent visit to Rome. In this intex leiv, the pope, in answet to a question concerning socialism, was represented as sa'ving that, while violent opposition to the government by the socialist parties in France and Germany had increased and strengthened, it would all be in vain, because religion had been banished from them. The Obscrvatore Roma now denies that any such conversation was held as that described by the French papers. ReKmrdlnK Norway-Sweden Union. CHRISTIANA. Feb. 12,-Ktng Oscar II ha written to the president of the stor thing thai, before he invites the party of the left to form a cabinet, he must re ceive an assurance that the negotiations regarding the union of Norway and Sweden shall be satisfactorily concluded Trior to any change in the consular sys tem and the conduct of foreign affairs. The members of the left have replied that they are willing to negotiate If the treaties are conducted by statesmen having the king's authority to form a ministry repre senting the majority in the storthing. The Canadian Copyrtjjht. LONDON. Feb. li-The Daily Chronl- le, in commenting tomorrow on the state ment made today b Mr. Buxton In the house of commons, regarding the Cana dian copyright act, will say that It is a my that the gcven.trcnt was unable to te'l the nouee what it means to do in re gard ta the copyright measure. It is really time, the Chronicle says, that something uccisive was said, as the whole queUon as threshed ever long ago between Ot- -a and LoHdon. and the delay will only pcale cvsrybody concerned. ppeul for the Elbe Snfferer. NDON, Feb. 12. The Times will to urrow print a letter from Mr. Pcgson. the British vice-consul at Hamburg. In which he says that the German papers report that the mayor of Lowestoft has officially arked Emperor William to sub scribe to th Wlldflower fund. Mr. Fog sea appeals unofficial!) to his country - men at home and in the colonies to assist in relieving the anguish of many German homes by subscribing to the Elbe fund. For Better Police Protection. LONDON, Feb. 12. The Daily News will tomorrow print a dispatch from its Con stantinople correspondent saying that, at a meeting of the foreign ambassadors in the Turkish capital, it was resolved to represent to the porte the anxiety felt by foreigners In consequence of several recent murders and other acts of violence in the streets, with a request that the authorities take better measures to secure life and property. Not the Guilty Ones. CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 12. One hun dred and forty Armenians who were re cently arrested at Amasia, in Asia Minor, on suspicion of having desecrated a copy of the Koran, which was found in a cess pool, have been liberated, after four days' imprisonment, it having been proved that Mussulman theological students were the guilty parties. Qnlct at Miulncoscnr. MOJUNG. Madagascar. Feb. 12. Every thing Is quiet here. No movement has been made by cither the French or the Ilovas. The natives have killed a French trader at Masakoa. Moderate Victorious in Italy. ROME, Feb. 12. In the communal elec tions throughout Italy, the moderates everywhere defeated the radicals and so cialists. An Appeal to the Code. BERLIN, Feb. 12. Deputy Sonnenberg. of the reichstag, has challenged Dr. Boeckel, also a deputy, to fight a duel. MILITARY COMPARISON. The L nlted State linn Ten Million I'OHKible Soldier. Lieutenant - Colonel William Luslow, United States military attache at Lon don, in an article in the North American Review, thus compares the military sys tems of Europe and America: The following table gives the area, pop ulation and military strength of each of the six leading European states, with the corresponding data for the United States for comparison: Popu Area sq. m. Germany 20S.738 France 204.0S2 Austria-Hungary 261.649 Italy 110.623 Russia in Europe 2,0S5.0OJ Great Britain 120,973 U. S. America 3,381,000 Military Peace Germany 534.548 France 323,755 Austria-Hungary 299.150 Italy 247,228 Russia In Europe 977,500 Great Britain 220.509 r. S. America j jgjg lation. 50.000.000 S9.000.000 4J.500.000 3l.500.Wu 110.000.000 40.000.00J U5.0C0.000 Strength. War. 2.700.000 2.713,570 1.599.820 1,909,000 2,722.400 700.000 Regulars Militia The British peace strength includes 76.721 in India. Needless to say this maintenance of a swollen military force, ceaseless vigi lance, and untiring energy of prep aration must be paid for, and roundly. With the exercise of the most rigid economy, short of weak ening her equipment, Germany lays out about $160,000,000 annually for military ex penditure on the army and navy con siderably over one-third her entire rev enue. France, a much richer country, but burdened with the highest load of debt ever known, pays 51S0.O0O.O09: and Italy, already crushed under the weight of her public obligations, pays $S0,000,000; Austria-Hungary about the same. Great Brit ain, with larger resources than any of the others, and relatively isolated from ter ritorial contact, but whose necessity for maintaining her hold on India and the command of the sea for the protection of her commerce, which is more than7 half the tonnt-ge "of the world, compels "Iter to rival the others In military readiness, ex pends annually J160.000.000 on her army and navy about one-third her gross rev enue. It should be noted, however, that Great Britain has not adopted the plan of uni versal and 'enforced service, nor, in view of her special requirements, is the organ ization the same. The English regi ments are maintained by voluntary en listments, and the English army is prac tically the training school and recruiting depot for the British army in India, to which annual drafts are sent, and where 77,000 men are maintained in active serv ice, in addition to native contingents numbering 140,000. To the actual outlay of money by the Eu ropean states should be added the inci dental cost of the withdrawal from profit able occupation and the maintenance in economic idleness of these huge armies of 200.000 to 1,030.000 men at the period of their greatest activity and productive power; and as a man in full vigor of mind and body can hardly be worth less than doublq the actual cost of supporting him. It will be seen that the annual expenditure may be multiplied by three to reach a total representing the ultimate cost of the mil itary conditions existing in Europe. As a partial offset to this, however, may be set down the influence of this armed strength in the maintenance of Internal order and the repression of turbulent elements, which, it permitted to make head, would disturb the peace, and might even threaten the stability of the state. It Is possible that in some cases at least consideration of tliis kind, conjoined with the general apprehension of hostile designs on the part of their neighbors, may account for the seeming willingness of the several peoples, through their national legisla tures, to endure the continuance of large expenditure for military purposes. The military strength of the Uuiled States, as represented by its armed force, is in marked contrast with those of the nfip tions of Europe. With an area exceeding all of them combined, and a civilised population greater than any. contained within its frontiers; without Isolated pos sessions needing defense, or the policy that would acquire them; creating no en mities, cultivating- relations of friendli ness with its neighbors on the north and south: with a wealth of resource and mil itary aptitude making it too formidable to be attacked the situation is one entirely fciiggestive of peace, and the rapidly-increasing population is left free to devote itself to industrial and commercial pur suits, with neither necessity nor justifica tion for the maintenance of an exagger ated armament. By act of congress, the enlisted force of the regular army is limit ed to 25,000, and the general organization is substantially as indicated in the fol lowing table: Officers. Men. General officers and general staff departments 391 Corps of engineers 121 Ordnance department 5S 10 reciments of cavalry 42 5 reclments of artillery 289 77 J2!i"t 25 recipients of infantry S' Non-commissioned staff, unat tached men, scouts, etc 2.163 Totals 2.150 25,000 The American private soldier onllsts for three years, and may re-enlist for corre sponding periods while acceptable for service. He receives from 113 to 51S per month, in addition to his rations, cloth ing, bedding, housing and medical attend ance: his compensation aggregating con siderably more than double that given in the British service. The total annual cost of the military establishment is about 537.000,000. In addition to the regular army the United States laws make provision for the organization of a militia, which, gen erally designated as a National Guard, is the creation of each state, and under the control and regulation of the state au thorities, with the governor as its admin istrative chief, but is subject to be called Into the service of the United States at the summons of the president, when, in his judgment, such action is necessary. Each state Is supposed to enroll its able bodied males between the ages of IS and 43. and according to the census of 1S90 the total of these was some 13,000,000, which, allowing for neccessary and proper ex emptions, would, furnish about 9.000.030 or 50 I 4SS 1 6.ew 10.000.COO as liable to military duty. Of these, the actually organised force num bers about 112,000, only a little over one per cent, and not only does the militia, of the several states vary in numbers ac cording ta population and other consid erations, but in still greater degree in the training and eadency of its individual or ganizations, from a standard of discipline and drill that approximates to that of reg ular troops to the veriest travesty of an armed force. The policy of the Federal government has been to aid the development of the militia both by annual appropriations of $400,000 for the procurement of arms and munitions, and by furthering a greater degree of association between the regular and state forces. A further service, pos- sibly even more useful, in the detailing of J regular officers as military Instructors at colleges. The physical development the all-round training of the body, the habit of self-reliance as well as of combined ac tion, the straightforward set of head and eye, and the squareness of shoulder, with which are correlated directness of speech, promptness of action, and Integrity of character, self-respect, and respect for others, self-restraint, and the practice of a becoming obedience to law, respectful demeanor to those above and about one, and the consideration and kindness to those below these are all military attri butes with which every citizen may profit ably seek to endow himself, and after all is said and done a man cannot be trained to be a soldier save in the school pf actual service. Time and the unintermitted habit of years are necessary for the man to absorb that single idea of devotion to duty and to duty alone to the disregard and sacrifice, if need be, of every other consideration that constitutes the funda mental characteristic of the soldier, and differentiates him from the armed citizen. LAST GREAT SLAVE SALE Interesting: Reminiscence of the xT Dny Before the "War L . Philadelphia Press. The dtath of a gentleman in this city three weeks ago has recalled the last great Elave auction in the South in 1S59. This gentleman was the clerk of the sale, and he wrote as a memento an elaborate a.nJ circumstantial account of the two days' proceedings, and this he did secretly, so Intense was the desire of the managers to prevent any reports getting to the papers or to the North. The sale was- held at the racetrack, near Savannah, and the negroes were the prop erty of Pierce Butler, of Philadelphia. His family name was Mease, but, Inh writ ing a fortune in land and slaves from his grandfather. Major Pierce Butler, of South Carolina, he changed his name. He very generously shared the fortune with his brother John, who, after serving In the Mexican war, died about 1850. Mr. Butler was an inveterate and most un lucky card-player, and spent much of his time in Joe Hall's rooms, Eighth street, above Sansom, then the most fashionable and exclusive card saloon in the city. Hall was, despite his profession, much re spected and I ked. He died a few years ago a poor Methodist minister, on the Eastern shore. It was in Hall's place that Mr. Butler made the losses which forced him to sell' his slaves. It Is said that on one occa sion he held four deuces and proceeded to bet in a fashion that led Hall to re monstrate, but Butler laughed at him. With 526.000 up the game was called, and Hall held four kings. Butler inherited the beautiful mansion, now the site of the Sharpless building, Eighth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, and this he was forced to sell, and in 1S50 his creditors began to press for their money, and his agent, Charles Hunhead. conveyancer of this city, went to Georgia to arrange the sale of the slaves. It was a cheerless day In October, 1S33, when there came trooping into thexace grounds ?SS ncgrocs.-dlvided'into groups, represent ing families. At the'head of that sad pro cession' were a withered man and woman, bent almost double with toll, leaning on sticks, and with them a giant negro, their only son, and a well-knovn black smith. All were marched under the sheds, and negro-like, at once commenced to gather sticks for a fire. About half of them came from the rice fields of Darien. These were pure Congo, and In many instances retained their uncouth African language, The rest were far more intelligent in ap pearance and were from St, Simon island, a cotton plantation. Here and there, scattered among them, were strange ne groes with "banjos, hired by the manage ment to stimulate cheerfulness and gayety that was not, however, realized. The va rious groups sat silent and apathetic, some of the women mourning with hands resting on their knees. The white crowd was a typical Southern one partly negro traders, flashing in diamond shirt pins and gaudy chains, and bullies from the swamps, and ruf fianly overseers, many of them Northern ers. AH of these were heavily armed and mode ostentatious show of their weapons, and their loudly expressed wish was "to ketch, be Jove, sab, any Yankee news papah sneak that might ventuh on the ground." There were, in fact, two Thompson "Doesticks" for the New York Tribune ' a 'ironian's health should be the object neglect have made it so. Failure to heed the warnings of outraged nature failure to give the help needed by the most delicate and sensitive organs little troubles ignored until they have become dominant--disease allowed every chance to spread and gain a settled seat these things bring about the sunken, circled eyes, the hollow cheeks, the pale and sallow skin, the flabby, strengthless flesh", which characterize the appearance of the woman who suffers from "female weakness." There is no reason, save that of carelessness, why the human female should not be as strongly healthy as the human male. There is no reason in nature for it there is no excuse in the world for " female weakness." If proper care be taken, it need never exist. If proper care be taken, its existence can be stopped. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has cured thousands of suffering women. It is a perfected specific for the troubles peculiar to them. It eradicates the disease, stops the dragging, life-sapping drain, and in a perfectly rational, natural way, builds up the wasted strength. It will bring buoyant health. It will put roses into anaunic faces solid flesh in sunken places. It does away with the humiliating ex aminations and " local treatment " so much dreaded by modestly sensitive women. For thirty years, it has been successfully prescribed by Dr. Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo, N. Y. The above brief talk on Wosiaa's peculiar ailments is continued ia a treatise of i6S paces, containing scores of testimonials ana reproduced photographs with astnes snd addresses of those cured. Ten cents (stamp will bring this book scaled In plain envelope: or, better still, the People's Comroo? Ssnse Medical Adviser, bound ia stone paper cover, con taining all the foregoing trsatist. and several hundred pages heide. trill fee MAILED FREE to any one fending 33 cents in one-cent stamps to pay for packing and posage only: conUins over iooo pages and 300 illustrations. Over 6fo,ooo copies sold in cloth covers at regular price of $1.50. Address (with stamps and this Coupon) for either bscfc, "Woiod's DiseESSAXY MEOicji Association, 663 llain Street, BtsfEilo, N. Y. o and a Buckeye named Pike from the Toledo Blade. The Tribumm'an was in a state of pronounced furore, from the first, and nis report was poor enough, while Pike was persuaded to leave the grounds early as he showed a strong disposition to proclaim his Identity and fight everything In sight. There was not a single representative of the old planter families from the vicinity, and they were disgusted with the whole proceedings. It was one of their traditions that they had never sold a negro born on their plan tation, scept fcr persistent miscondiut, and after the sale Butler found himself a stranger ameng his former aFsoeiates. And now the bell in the grandstand rang, and the crowd gathered around the portly "Majah" Stone, who, in a speech fluent with adjectives. 'praised the crowd. the "nigguhs" and our beloved Georgia, first among the statesand that was bus iness in those halcyon "days. There were 425 lots of black humanity, and prices ranged from $200 up to $2100 this last for a first-rate blacksmith, bought for an es tate In the neighborhood. Ten years later the slave was in the legislature, and the master's -family lived on his bounty. The professional traders were the largest buyers. Colonel Pate, of VIcksburg. taking 220. It was announced from the first that no division of families would be permitttd, and this made the sale less profitable, as many of the members were old or infirm, and to get the good ones purchasers had to take others less desirable. It took two days to make a finish, and the proceeds amounted to $203,550. The second dav brought in a wind from the sea ami a cold fog, that swept in waves over the grounds. The negroes huddled about the fires, cooking their bacon and hoecake, and here Mr. Butler put in an appearance. From a bag carried by a servant, he gavrt one of his old servants 51 in bright quar ters, and of this the Tribune made much scornful pleasantry. After all was said in denunciation of the sale, the fact re mained that it was necessary on Butler's part; his creditors ordered it, and one of the most vigorous 'people in forcing his claim was a Philadelphia gentleman, who was a leading and oratorical abo litionist. Out of the sale of one of the groups arose a series of tragedies that fitly Il lustrated the tendencies of negro- trading. Most of the men in this business were fighters. They knew they were despised and avoided by gentlemen, and so exacted a certain amount of respect socially by their readiness to resent an insult. Tom Pate, a well-known Yicksburg trader, bought at the sale a man, his two sisters and wife, with the guarantee that they should not be separated. Disregarding this. Pate sold the sisters, one to Pat Somers, a brother trader, and the other to a resident of St. Louis. ' "What legal rights a negro had In the South were well protected. Somers was told of the guarantee, and he sent the girl back to Pate and demanded his money. A quar rel was the result, and Somers was shot dead. Ten days later his nephew killed Pate and died from wounds received. The feud was kept up until every male bearing the name of Pate was wiped out. and then the war liberated the sisters, who were alive In St. Louis in 1SS7. Butler sold In time. A year afterward his slaves would not have brought $1 apiece. Ho died in 1S67, not without sus picion of having been poisoned by some of his negroes on the plantation "n Georgia. V Great Sponter. The Klrkbridge No. 1 oil well is located in Madison township, Sandusky county. Ohio. The flow of oil commenced No vember 18. The spectacle is described as one of the most magnificent ever wit nessed In that part of the country. First appeared a coliynn of water rising eight or ten feet in te air. This was followed by a black stream of mud and sand, which gradually changed to yellow. Then, with a dcafejiiAf -roar, . the gaa burst forth In an imrnjs"e volume, hiding the derrick from" view" As this cleared away, a solid golden column a' foot In di ameter shot from the derrick floor 100 feet in the air, there breaking Into fragments and falling in a shower of yellow rain for a quarter of a. mile around. Fdr a period of five- hours this great column of oil shot upward. In a very few moments the field about the deep well was covered several inches deep with petroleum. Within three or four hours the ditches' for miles around were overflowing with oil. Dams were constructed in order, that the product might be estimated, but these were over flowed and swept away as rapidly as built. Some persons living in the vicinity, alarmed at the spectaole, packed their household goods and fled. The Buckeye pumping station, a mile distant, was com pelled to extinguish its fires on account of the gas, and all other fires wiuun the district were put out. It was a literal flood of oil, the estimat ed production for the first 24 hours being 14,560.000 gallons. About 18,000 gallons per day have been saved and marketed since the oil has been brought under full con trol. The owner has refused an offer of $500,000 for the well, being content with the Income of 510,000 per day. i m The most efficacious stimulant to excite the appetite is Angostura Bitters. Be ware of counterfeits IF a woman is not attractive, there is something wrong. Any woman can be attractive if she will make the effort. It isn't altogether a question of beauty. It's largely a matter of nealth. The bloom and glow of health go far toward bringing beauty. A clear skin, bright eyes, red lips and the vivacity which bodily good feeling brings, will make even a homely woman handsome. m The satisfaction of attracting the atten tion of men is no more to most women than the gratification afforded by feeling equal to other women. 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Trimoant Athletic Club. Tis Poctcrt aignatnra and directions on ercry bottK UTit'd ramriilrt f So51 eTorywlwra. Friee. 2S eta. itLbotuSTjC I.s.JOHSSuK&CO,3oan.llj. IlUQlES DO YOU KNOW DI. pEIilX IiE BRUM'S STEEL AND PENNYROYAL PILLS are the original and only FRENCH, sa'e and reliable cure on the market. Price $1: nt by malU Genuine sold only by Wisdom DrnR Co.. Sole Asents, Port land. Orecou. A.'IIOI.nSALB IIKCGGISTS. BLLMAl'ElTrKRANKbRUG CO.. CORNEK Fourth and Morrison sts.. Portland. Or. SXELL. HE1TSHU & WOODAF.I3 CO.. Es tablished In 1S51. Itjrtland. Or. iOIY FOR THE HOMELESS Farms for the BiLRdxJLIISrS. Following Is a list of our city property which la also to be Included in our new circular, which we are daily publishing and which is 10 be republished for East ern circulation: FOR SALE OR TRADE. Qulmby house. Fourth street, corner of j Couch, Portland, Or. Centrally located. being within five minutes' walk of post office, federal building, city hall and court house, and within five blocks of Union de pot. Cable line passes the house, and elec tric lines one and two blocks distant. House contains 110 bedrooms and parlors, all well lighted; electric, bells, hydraulic elevator, etc.; "bathroom and bar connected with the house. Built in 1SS4, and furnish ed at an expense of $20,000. Rooms carpeted throughout with Roxbury Brussels, and about half the house refurnished within the past three years. Bar' and fixtures, fine span of horses (valued at $300), first class omnibus and harness go with the house. Lease runs for four years, and an extension can be secured. Rental S300. The stores and barber shop on first floor reduce the rent to $130 per month, amount ing to little more than $1 per room per month. The bar, which is run in connec tion with the house, does a good business. The house is doing more business than any two other hotels of its class in the city. Present proprietor has been in this house ever since its erection, "with but one brief inter val. Ho will soon be too old to devote his entire attention to the business, and de sires to exchange for a small tract of fruit land near Los Angeles, with buildings, water rights, etc. An excellent opportu nity for an energetic person. No incum brance on the property. We know of a splendid opening for a banker with some small capital in a good thriving town, a county seat, and the only bank in the county. There was a banit at the place one time, but when the pres ent crisis came on the parties paid oft their depositors and closed up. They nov. have the fixture's, furniture, stationery, safe, etc.. which they will sell fcr $1300. It is really a splendid opening, and a place where a man can make good Interest and do it with small capital. The dis trict Is one of the best In the- state, as all the business in the region is done on a cash basis, and there Is no .scarcity of money in that district. We have a good hotel, in a busy little town up the valley, of 32 rooms, dlning- :00m, etc., and doing agood transient bus iness. "We are not at liberty to advertise the location, but will say it is in a well settled agricultural district, railroads handy and numerous, and a splendid site for such a ousiness. The rent is easy $60 per month and the price, $1500, is certainly most reasonable. Terms could undoubtedly be arranged so that it would be an easy thing for a purchaser to pay for it out of the business. $C0O will buy a good photograph gallery, well located, on a prominent corner, on the East Side. This includes the building, which is movable, and all fixtures, for a complete gallery. The building Itself cost $200. The ground rent is 512 per month. If so desired, the present owner would teach the trade to a novice. Furniture in an S-room dwelling-houss. Cost $1200 new. two months ago. The owner started to fit it up for a private rooming-house, but has changed her mlid (a woman's privilege), and now wishes to go into something else. She will ac cordingly sell the furniture for $700. Here is a chance to get some cheap furniture. One of the most select private rooming houses In the city. This" place is well located, and has always been run as a private boarding-house, and as such pays big money. The present owner, who got the furniture on her hands, and has had no experience in such business, has been running it as a rooming-house only. The furniture is all very line, and just what is wanted for such a business. There are 23 rooms in the house, and the rent is only $60 per month. Just the thing for a fashionable boarding-house. Price, for cash, $2500, and easy terms. The owner would trade for good property. This is strictly Al. Another rooming-house, in Astoria this time, consisting of 27 rooms, all furnished, well situated near the boat landings, and on the best business 3treet In the place. Pays $30 per month, and doing a good business," Astoria is on the verge of a boom, and we can safely predict .that there is money in this propositon for the party who will take hold of It.. Price, $2000. Good steam dyeing and cleaning estab lishment; well situated, and netting prob ably $100 per month. Hat renovating, etc. This business keeps from three to five hands busy all the time, and as the rent Is only $13 per month, the expenses are very light. It is a business requiring some technical knowledge, but the own ers are willing to stay and teach it thor oughly. Their only reason for selling Is a desire to leave the city. Price $750. House for sale Good house of 6 rooms and basement, V& story: cost probably $300. It stands on leased ground, with a ground rent of $3 per month, and lease running 3 years yet. House is now rented for $8 per month. Will sell this house for $173. It now stands at 500 East Ellsworth. Good corner lot and two houses on Elev enth and East Ash streets. This lot is a choice one; streets all improved, etc. It Is one block from the East Ankeny street car line, and two blocks from Burnside J street, which Is 'the main thoroughfare on the East Side, leading to a free bridge. Property in this neighborhood is held very firm, and it is directiv in line with the fu- ture growth of the East -Side. This prop- erty belongs to an estate, and must be sold in order to settle It up; hence we have put the price down to a fisure that will In- sure a speedy sale viz.: 53000. Corner lot. SxlI0, and a 3-room house, in T-niversltv Park. This house has cltv wat- er, bath and streets Improved, and we will sacrifice the property for $1EC0. The house itself cost $1300. This is one of the best suburbs of Portland, located four or five miles down the river, on a high, sightly table-land, overlooking the harbor and city. DeLASHMUTT & SON 209 STARK STREET, ill 1KB 1 Z FOR A.-LL It is connected with the city by the St. John's motor, and is the site of the Port land university, the teachers and pupils of which make an extensive city themselves. In fact, it is a college town in the clty Hmits. Property in this vicinity commands a good price ami ready sale. Two houses in Sunnyside one for $1500, and one fcr $2000. One is a 3-Toom. and the other a "-room house. These are cheap and centrally located. 61 acres of prune land, being 12 lots in Pruneland, near Canby, and about 16 miles from Portland. Price $SCC0. This is one of the most favorably located pieces of land around the country near Oregon City, from where we get the power which lights Portland, and from where we have an elei eric car line. In an old-settled and wealthy farming district, handy to the railroad and river, and altogether very desirably lo cated. 210 aeres IS miles from Portland and 10 miles southwest of Hlllsboro, in Washing ton county; 33 acres in cultivation; 90 acres slashed and seeded, and balance In light timber; good orchard, and two acres in grapes; good house and big barn; all At good land, and can be cleared for $S per acre: no rock and no gravel; close to school; 2& miles to postoffice. and four miles to railroad. This place lies In some of the famous foothills, the richness of which land has made the state noted. Price $H0 per acre. Terms to suit. The owner would take a house and lot in pare payment. ICO-acre farm in Southern Oregon for $1800 cash. This place lies three miles from the town of Grant's Pass, in Josephine county, and right handy to school. There is a house, a barn, 100 acres level. 60 acres rolling, 15 acres in cultivation, balance in timber, spring and well water; orchard oC 600 trees apples, peaches, prunes, etc.; two horses, three cows, wagon, plows, etc. etc. In fact, it is a good farm, all stocked and ready to move onto, and we are sell ing it for just a little more than $10 per acre. , 40 acres- at Milwaukie, six miles from Portland, on the Oregon City car lue anC the river. This is choice land, and the old est established nursery" district In the state, lit is just a short distance from the city limits, and well located. Our price ranges from $250 to $100 per acre, and we consider it some of the best suburban property going. $20 per acre 240 acres lying near Ganby, and on the 5ToIalln. road. This land.U in Clackamas county, not far from the-railroad and river, and in a good district and good location. Price $20 per acre. 320 acres on the Up'per Klamath lake. In Southern Oregon, four miles from Llnk ville. Price $720. This beats the govern ment, and is regular government land. ' 320 acres on Hood river. This Is in one of the greatest fruit districts of Oregon. Price $1200. This Is good timber land, and only 12 miles from Hood River city, on the O. R. & X. railway. $3S00 for $1C00-We have 23 blocks in the town of Port Discovery, near Port Town send, and also So1- acres of wild land near Port Angeles, which cost one of the burst ed banks here in Portland the sum of $3S00, about one-third of Its value. The receiver has instructed us to dispose of it, and has set his price at $1000, which will buy the whole business. Here is a chance to take advantage of others' misfortunes and buy some bankrupt goods, and we know of no cheaper or better bargain to be had. In connection with the above we have 147 acres In Clackamas county, which cost the same institution $1400 and which the receiver has instructed us to sell for $00. Don't you think that is cheap enough? IX OTHER CITIES. One-half block on Tenth street, in Van couver, Wash., one of the most desirable building sites In the town, just two blocks from the main business street, near tho Catholic church, the schools, and right in the heart of the residence part. In fact, there is no better residence property over there. Price, $3200; terms to be ar ranged. Also two lots and a good two-story house right in the same vicinity, for &23l. and one lot on Ninth street for $030. This property is ail choice, and all cheap. Vancouver is a thriving city, too wll known for eulogies. 4 acres of uncleared land just outsl le the town limits of Vancouver, l',z miles from the river, and just wes-t of Main street. Will sell this land for $100. and con sidering the location and value of the land when cleared, it is certainly a very cheap piece. 9 houses and 0 lots in Vancouver in the most desirable portion of the city, and all vers desirable houses for renting. Naturally enough. the rent of these houses does not bring in much of an income above taxes, insur ance, etc., in these kind of times, but this is really some of the most desirable prop erty in the place. It is only a question of time when this will be business prop erty, and will pay big interest. Price, $10,000; terms to be arranged. Good frame house of C rooms, hard finished, stone foundation, with good barn and four lots, 5S';xl20 feet each, in St. Hel en's, the county seat of Columbia countj. The property Is one of the best residences in the town, and we will sell the pla;e for $3000. We have one of the best wharf proper ties on the Columbi. Built in first-elas style all the way through, and the land ing place of all the steamers. There is a good freight- and wood business con- nectetl 'th -,--. Tne !s ,,ne ..Uie """ ." """o""" " ' " I soou proposition. Price. $2330. . Houses and lots in Warrentown. oa the ! Northern Pacific. In Columbia counvy. j One Is a two-story fram? house of eight I rooms, and another is a one-story cottage I of six rooms. Houses are situated two 1 blocks from school, church and business j center. The houses are rented for $19 per month, which fhows that they must bo good houses. Good five-room house with bath, well water, 20 fruit trees, nice lawn, and 100 feet square In Toledo, "Wash., for S1000. Will trade for Portland property ind pay some slight difference. PORTLAND, OREGON