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12 THE MOBNING OKEGOSTIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1900. CONTRACT FOR HOSPITAL HAS BEEX LET FJRM OF TO A PORTLAND BUILDERS. Prourrena of a "Week in. Improve- menis Around the City On the Easi Side. The contract for the erection of the two first divisions of the Good Samaritan hos pital has been let to Gardner & McClen nan, and the work of moving: old build ings off tlie site will begin at once. The cost of the center and south wing con tracted for will be $40,098, and construc tion will occupy quite a force of mechan ics alt through the summer. Excavation on the block on the north east corner ec "Washington and xsrts has been completed, and concrete foundations are betac laid for the basement walls. Although considerable rain has fallen while the excavation was in progress, the work has been so managed that the earth About the wall foundations was kept dry, so no undue settling on account of damp ness is anticipated. This building, which Is for the Lloyd Brooke estate, is to cost 25,096. A large force of men and teams is en gaged in Gigging out the quarter block, northwest comer of Fifth and Stark streets, for the foundations of the new Corbett brick, which is to cost 530,000. The contractors have no time to stoj for fair weather, as the imposing four-story struc ture has to be ready for its occupants in June. It is a busy, muddy scene around tnat corner in consequence, ana a aonitey engine, which sits high and dry on the Stark-treet side, pulls the wagon loads of stiff earth up the steep incline, the teams being hitched to the wagons when the vehicles reach the street. Contractors are at work on the site of the new Multnomah clubhouse, head of Yamhill street, and these forces will not stop until the ground has been pre pared icr the solid brick foundations of the structure, which will be quite an ornament to that portion of the city, be ing on a high and sightly elevation. Among xecent building permits issued by the city engineer, are the following: Mrs. M. Campbell, story-and-a-half frame iboase, on Stanton street, between Gantenfeein avenue and Commercial, to cost SiWfi. N. Anderson, one-story dwelling on Commercial street, near Beach, to cost Le Fried, two-story mill building on Pine street, between Fifth and Sixth, $500. A . Rushlight, $1409 dwelling at East Salmon and Bast Twenty-first. E. Grosnick, two-story dwelling on Lar nbee, between McMilien and Cherry, $1400. George Lawrence, two-story residence on Fianders street, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third, to cost $5090. The completion of the Eastern Lumber Company's new sawmill at the north end is Doing delayed by the failure of ma chinery to arrive on time. The buildings are practically completed, and had ail gone well, the mill would soon have been in operation, but there are four or five carloads of the machinery still lacking. Nothing definite is known as to when they will arrive, but the manufacturers say it will be shipped some time this month. Iorrance Bros., who moved their saw mill from Dayton to this city, have their building up, on the bottom in the southern part of the city, and are getting the ma chinery in. S. G. Wrenn will begin work today on a sawmiH alongside of his box factory, in the southern part of the city. It will have a capacity of about 50,000 feet par day, and will, besides sawing fir wood for the box factory, saw cedar lum ber. Some decision will probably soon be ar rived at as to what is to become of "Pen noyer's" sawmill, a controlling Interest in which "was lately purchased by a Wis consin man, who has no idea of allowing it to remain idle till it rots down. It is probable that the mill will be moved to some place where It can have connection with the different lines of railroad. -East Side Improvements. The rebuilding and enlarging of the boiler-house connected with the power station of the City & Suburban Railway Company was completed yesterday. The enlargement wae rendered necessary on account of two new boilers of 1W horse power capacity having been added to the plant. A new roof of galvanized iron 40x 100 feet was constructed over the o'd one, which was then torn down. The com pany has now nine boilers in its boiler house, and the concrete foundation has been completed in the power station for another GOO-horsepower Corliss engine, which is to be shipped from the East on the 16th of this month. Whan this is ready for operation the company will be able to furnish all the power required for the op eration of its extensive street-railway system, and have some to spare. The power station is located near Inman, Poukven & Co.'s mills, on the East Side, where cheap fuel in the form of sawdust is obtainable. The preliminary work for the construc tion of a spur from the O. R. & N. Company's switch on East Second street was commenced the past week, at the north side of East Morrison street, on the west side of East Second street. The Intention is to construct this sec ondary switch far enough south to connect the warehouses on East Second street. This wli! take the spur about four blocks and will place those buildings between the main lino of the Southern Pacific railway and the O. R. & K. switch. Owing to tne storm the past week, little could be ac romplishod The hammer and some of the tie timbers for the driver were de livered at the intersection of East Second and East Morrison streets, and will soon be put in shape for active work. Con struction of the switch is important. As fast as other buildings are put tip switcnes will be extended to them until the whole of the low ground Is gridironed with switches and warehouses. Another Important improvement in this district is that projected by W. E. Splcer, of Moscow, Idaho, who has returned to make his home again on the East Side. He has an Interest in the big Iron buiia Ing on East "Washington 'and East First streets, and he proposes to put Into this building between $5000 and $0000 in ma chinery. He will put in a plant for clean ing and grading wheat, and other appli ances. As the building is on East "Wash ington street, which is closed on account of the condition of the elevated roadway. It is another 'reason why a -vigorous ana effective effort should be made at once to get this street once more opened ny the repairing of the elevated roadway. There is talk of an organization looking to the repair of these roadways, and it is thought steps in that direction should be taken early by the citizens of Central East Portland. All the buildings along that street, from Union avenue to East "Water sfeet, would be occupied if the street were opened. The letting of the contract for the erec tion of the machine shops for the Southern Pacific Company the past week is a good thing for the south end on the East Side. Although the contract is for but $17,000, It is only the first of other buildings to follow. Before all the buildings on the grounds shall have heen erected, the cost will run up into the hundreds of thou sands. Brick and other building material will soon be deposited on the ground, ana if the weather will permit the work will soon be under way. An office for the su perintendent, where the plans and draw ings will be deposited, will be erectea today. This building, with what has been projected on the low ground, together with the Doernbecher furniture factor, will make a pretty good start on the new year in that line. M. C. Dammeier, who put up 13 dwel lings ar set the building pace in the. early months of last year, is again look ing over the situation with a view to going into the building business again along the same line. He says, however, that the situation is very different from what it was at the opening last year. He had a lot of men last building season who worked mostly for him, and who Tvere idle when not thus employed, but he says that these men are now at work somewhere, and that not near as many men are iaie as last season. He thinks that the ques tion of men will cut a figure the present year. His method has been to build and sell houses and lots to good buyers. In this way he placed many good families and made money on the transactions. Ho Is looking over the field preparatory to commencing building operations. 3IisceIIaneous Improvements. About six new cottages, costing from $1500 to $2000, are being figured on, and tne contracts will be let on them within the next few weeks. Others are holding off, fearing that the weather will not allow active building operations before spring. A. G. Rushlight, on East Twenty-first and East Salmon streets, has just let the contract for the erection of a $1500 cot tage. The cottage of. J. C. Roberts, in Hansen's addition, is nearlng completion. The weath er prevents the painting of the outside at present. "Work was begun last week on the con crete basement'of Lon De Tarmond's mod orn, eight-room house in Hansen's addi tion. This dwelling will cost about $1700. George Bates had some excavating done in the bank on Russell street, Alblna, tne past week where he proposes to erect some dwellings as soon as the weather will permit, "but had to suspend "work on account of the storm. COMING ATTRACTIONS. j B Fachmann at the Jlaranam To nlgrht Frederick "YVarilc. Vladimir de Pachmann, one of the great est pianists of the day, will give one Te cltal at the Marquam Grand this evening. The sale of seats has been in progress for the past two days, and indications are that a large house will greet this ra mous artist, concerning whom the Chicago Chronicle has the following to say: "With very firm and certain hands Vladimir de Pachmann last night drew from the piano more of Its soul than any great virtuoso who has recently visited us. The deliberaie ness of Be Pachmann's manner, the per fection of his touch, delicate, yet firm, tne absence of those theatrical attitudes and of that wild clawing at the keys and flourishing of hands to which some even of the great pianists will resort, made his art seem all the more wonderful. Be ginning w'ith the Weber sonata, which he plajed beautifully, De Pachmann was upon Intimate terms with the hearts of his audience at once. Gradually with tne dellciously rendered music of Schumann the variety and power of the pianist were developed until the supremely fine Inter pretation of the rondo caprlccoso slmpiy carried the audience by storm. An encore was demanded, and in part given, but the applause went on, so the artist gave a berceuse, by Chopin, which was a gen erous reward, indeed. It is certain that Chopin has never been more systematically translated than by the magic fingers or this great artist. It is not too much to say that his playing of the Chopin num. bers. with which the recital closed, was magnificent" Sale of Scnts for Wnrde. Sale of seats for the engagement of Frederick Warde, together with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Brune. at the Marquam Grand, for a period of four days, begin ning Wednesday, January 10, will begin tills morning. The company, numbering 22 persons, arrived in Portland yesterday, bringing with it the two special carloads of scenery which is used in the elaborate productions of Mr. Warde's repertoire. Much interest is manifested in the reap pearance of Minnie Tittell Brune. The repertoire for the engagement Is as fol lows: Wednesday night, "The Lion's Mouth"; Thursday night, "Romeo and Juliet"; Friday night, "The Merchant of Venice"; Saturday matinee, "The Lion's Mouth," and Saturday night, "Richard HAVE GOOD CLAIMS. 3Iany Poor Men Do Well in" Buffalo Hump Country. 'The Buffalo Hump region cannot be called a poor man's country," said James Edwards, a Grangevllle mining man, at the Imperial, last evening, "but a good many poor men have promising ledges which they are likely to sell at such fig ures that they xrill thereafter be consid ered well to do. There are probably 200 of these ledges In various stages of de velopment, and they are mostly of high grade ore $50 a ton and upward. "The Buffalo Hump and Elk City min ing districts will become noted for their immense ledges of low-grade ore, which will run from $16 to $25, and these will be developed with the aid of mills operating large numbers of stamps." There Is no great rush to the Buffalo Hump this winter, as there was last, Mr. Edwards says, but he anticipates quite an influx of miners there in the spring. At present there are between eight and 10 feet of snow in the district, but sleighs are kept running between Grangeville and the mines, so the roads are kept open. In the Camas prairie region, no snow has yet fallen, and the weather has been un usually springlike all season. There are now probably 2500 persons wintering at Grangeville, which is the supply point for the mines, and many of these will engage in opening new ledges wnen the snow goes off in the higher elevations. Mr. Edwards thinks me Big Buffalo ledge will be worked this year bv Messrs. Sweeney & Clark, who own a controlling interest in the property. Among the more valuable properties In that region, he men tions the Iron Crown, which has been a dividend payer for several months past This is a "blanket ledge" which lies with. j in six feet of the ground, and the 'ore Is taKen out by thejstoping process, the va cancies thus created being heavily tim bered. WAS JUST FROM PORTLAND Suicide Sutton "Was on His "Way Home Fro"m'This City. Charles Sutton, of the Logansville (Ind.) Dally Reporter, mentioned In the press dispatches yesterday morning as having committed suic.de by shooting himself at St. Paul, Saturday evening, -was on his way home from Portland. He arrived here a -week ago, accom panied by his -wife and two children. They came here on account of the serious ill ness of a woman named Falrchild, who was the lessee and manager of a bath house on Fourth street, end who died a day or two after their arrival. It appears that Sutton and' his wife were under the Impression that this woman was possessed of considerable property, which proved not to be the case, as she left barely enough to pay her bills. Sutton placed the affairs of this woman in the hands of an agent here to be set tled, and after drawing on some one at Lrogansport for $100, started for home, leav ing his wife and children here. He had been drinking heavily since his arrival here. Saturday evening Mrs. Sutton re ceived a dispatch from her husband's father notifying her of his death. The check for $100 arrived about the same time, and Mrs. Sutton and her children left for home yesterday. Mrs. Sutton stated that a brother of her husbana committed sui cide about two months ago. He had been operated on for appendicitis, and the result had not been satisfactory, and in the men tal depression which followed he put an end to himself. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. TakeXxatie Bromp Quinine Tablets. All drug gjsto refund the money if It falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature Is on each box. 5c OLDS SECOND WEEK OF OUR 22(1 Annual Clearance Sale Last week's selling made a splendid record for our store. "We expect even greater crowds this week, as the good news of our Clearance Sale has been pretty thoroughly spread. 0,u aHpDSPERMIT NO DULL SEASONS. They are far reaching and widely beneficial. Our entire stock is being speeded away at wonderfully low prices. Come early and get best pick. Clearance Specials In Ladles' Suits Some of our new and best tailored gowns. Here are two of them: Reefer suit of fine broad cloth, navy or black, silk lined jacket; our $20 value at , Reefer suit, fine navy broadcloth, hand somely silk braided. Same in black, but $26.50 vaiues at with tight - fitting S&t...:... $16.00 Woman's Shoes Small lines, spring heels Sizes 2 to G Kangaroo calf, kid and dull dongola, cloth or kid tops. Values $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 icpr See our Black Brocaded Silks and grades at OLDS & KINO ocooooooooeooooeeooooi o o etaet o o o e o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 0) o e o o o o o o o o o o o o o USEFUL ARTICLES Are offered at LOWER prices now than at any other time in the year. DRESS GOODS, SILKS UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY in fact, ALL our stock of first-class wearing apparel at lowest prices. o o o o e o o o o o o o o o o o e o o o FOR THE HOUSEHOLD LB IN ENS TabIe Linens Napkins, Towels, Toweling by the yard, Linen Sets, Doilies, Tea Cloths, etc. All the necessaries for the dining room and kitchen at most tempting prices. BEDDING Sheets hemmed and hemstitched, Pillow Cases, Feather Pillow Cases, Blankets. You can save many dollars by purchasing now. HOfVSE-FURNSSHING Now is the time t0 buy Lace Curtains, Sash , o Curtaining, Portieres, Couches, Couch Cov- ers, Rugs, Tapestry, Denims, Art Draperies, Fish Nets, Cocoa Mats, Com- forts, Silkalines, Bagdads, Art Squares, etc., at lowest prices. o OOOOQOOOOOOOQOQ0QQOGOOOQO9OOOOOQ0OdOQOOOQGOOQOOOOQQaO IL CEREMONY OP FINAL CONSECRA TION AT MOUNT TABOR CONVENT. Miss Johnston Is How Sister Imelda of the Blessed Sacrament and Hns Renounced the World. The solemn ceremony of religious pro fession of a novice took place yesterday morning at , the convent of the Sister Adorers of the Precious Blood, on the eastern slope of Mount Tabor. It com pleted the various stages to final conse cration and self-immolation of the joung woman, who took her final vows before Archb'shop Christie and received the black veil, the cross and the ring from his hands, and became In religion Sister Imelda of the Blessed Sacrament. The little chapel was comfortably filled with devout Cath olics from the surroundings, and also there was a largo delegation from Portland. In the elaborate decorations of the chapel was a tinge of Oriental splendor. About the altar were pictures of the Savior and the Virgin Mary, while on the left side of the chapel was a symbolic representation of the divine babe in the tiny manger. Over this there had been placed a canopy of evergreen, intermingled with which were Innumerable snowdrops, while In the can opy and on the wall was a sunlit picture significant of the subject and occasion. lnft nltar Time IlliimlnnforT ixrftVi hiIrhT t The altar was illuminated with bijght white and red candles, In the light of which the gold-colored ornaments and sa cred articles flashed and gleamed with fine effect. It had been dark and gloomy all the morning, but as Archbishop Christie, Father Brousseau and the others ap peared, attired in the resplendent robes of their office, the chapel was suddenly Il luminated by a brilliant ray of sunshine that had forced its way through a rift In the dark embattlement of rainclouds that -were suspended above, as if to cheer the heart of the young woman about to bid farewell to the world and its deceptions, temptations and pleasures, to devote her life to prayer, religious meditation and ministering to the sick and distressed, A happy omen It was to her. The novice ap peared attended by two Sisters of the or der, atttlred In a pure white robe and mantle, with a vestment of scarlet, simi lar to that worn by the two attendants, without the black veil. She reverently kneeled before the archbishop, and In a clear, unfaltering voice answered the ques tions he propounded as to her desires to proceed on her way as a devotee of relig ious life and seclusion as a Sister of the Precious Blood. She renewed her vows and expressed the hope that she should persevere to the end of life. After the vows followed the beautiful ceremony of investing her with the black veil, the cross, the ring and crown. As she kneeled before the archbishop, the black veil was placed over her shoulders and head by " the Sister Adorors, and she was garbed like them. Then the archbish op presented her with a cross, which he said she was to wear as a shield against temptation. A ring was also placed on her finger as symbolic of her marriage to Christ and a life of devotion. The crown ing of the Tecluse. was a beautiful part of the ceremony, and consisted In placing on her head a delicate wreath. She was then led away from the altar and from the chapel, having now completed her vows and consecration. Her maiden name was Miss Johnston, but she now has another, and will be known In religion as Sister Imelda of the Blessed Sacrament. Archlilahon Christie's Address. After the mass, Archbishop Chrlstlo de livered an eloquent addrets. At the com mencement he referred to the necessity of religious education. He said he had no fault to find with the public schools, but KING Clearance Specials on Royal Worcester Corsets Styles to fit all figures, about prices. Our $1.75 bias gored corsets. Medium length, at Our $2.25 and $2.50 heavy boned corset, watch spring front and side steels; long No trouble $1.29 $1.59 Table Covers 54x54-inch Bulgarian cloth covers, assorted colors, $2.25 values 45x45-inch Bagdad canvas covers, stamped and part ly worked; $3.50 grades, at $1,79 Satins, regular $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 only 75c yard. OLDS l KS eo esoocoodoooooeoooocoooo e they did not go far enough, and were wholly secular. He quoted the president of the Columbia college In support of the contention that religious and secular edu cation should go together. Passing from this the archbishop spoke of the ceremony that had just been concluded, as follows: "I suppose you all have been deeply Interested in the ceremony that has just closed. Many cannot understand how it is that one so young, with all the promises of life before her, can leave them, all and Immolate herself as this young woman has done. But after all what has she left be hind? "I want to be practical this morning. How many of the wives present have been subject to the rule of a man? How many have been compelled to yield their wills to that of their husband many a time? So this young woman has left behind tempta tion, the deceits, the frivolities and may hap the rule of an ugly husband to de vote her life in the service of the master, which, after all, Is the grandest service that any one can give to the human race. She -will be shielded from these adverse surroundings. "During my life in tfoe priest hood I have felt thankful for the oppor tunity It has given me to -work for the re lief of others in sickness and distress. As I have gone into the homes of the rich and the poor, I have found opportunity for bestowing assistance, and I have thanked God for the opportunity. The call of the dis tressed is a summons to which these devo ted women and the priesthood never fall to respond. They have gone Into homes where contagious disease and the black plague have driven out and destroyed even par ental love and aW anfl taken tI ir , .. . ' - at the bedsides when they well knew It meant infection and possible death. "Why, if there were a priest In this diocese who should refuse to go Immediately into that homo where there was smallpox or the most virulent contagious disease, he would be suspended at once; And so these de voted women, who leave the world and all Its allurements and temptations, like the priesthood, have these golden opportunities for nursing the sick and holding the cup of cold water to the parched lips of the plague stricken. They do not receive their reward on earth, but in the beyond." Chronolosical Inquiries. BUENA VISTA, Or., Jan. 4. (To the Editor.) At the time of the birth of Jesus, did Roman chronology call the era zero (or 0), and during the first 12 months suc ceeding the era, say they were living in the first year? And, t the expiration of these 12 months, name the combined 12 months year 1 A. D.? When did astoronomcrs commence to count time, and how did they count It? I Inquire for Information, not for sake of argument. SUBSCRIBER. The birth of Jesus had no effect on chronology or calendars at the time it oc curred, or until long after. The Roman chronology was then in use, and the year of his birth was perhaps 753 A. U. C. (anno urbls conditae, meaning, the year after the building of Rome), or, perhaps, some other near-by year, just which will never be known, as the data by which the year of Jesus' birth is sought to be computed arc conflicting. The scheme of our era with its B. C. and A. D. was only In vented in 525, by Dionyslus the Little, a Roman abbot, and did not find its way Into usage In Gaul and Britain till 203 years afterward. Astronomers, of course, use the chronol ogy of the community in which they live. These, fortunately, are usually without the difficulty under which we labor, a? they all begin with some definite event and reckon forward. We are now in year 5G60 of the Jewish chronology, about 1318 of the Mohammedan, 5001 of the Kallyug of India, etc. o Pianos Organs. Wiley B. Allen Co. THOUSANDS ,'. j OF o It is the unanimous verdict of all who have compared our stocks and prices with those prevail ing elsewhere that Ilk W iH I I 1 1 mm m m m SLU U1 i Is a Substantial Price Reductions Have been made on every article in the largest stock on the Pacific coast. This stock includes all lines of wearing apparel for men, wo men and children; all lines of woven fabrics from gauze to carpets, and household furnishings from stoneware to cut glass, and from tin ware to silverware. THE TRUTH ABOUT PEES LITIGANTS SUPPORTED IX CONTRO VERSY BY TAXATION. Fees Should Be Collected in Sufficient Amount to Reimburse the Coun ty's Outlay for Salaries. There is nothing very new in most of the reform recommendations made by the Taxpayers' League. The same have been advocated by The Oregonian time and again during the past several years. This especially alludes to the proposals to pro vide for a more equitable, comprehensive and profitable fee system for the differ ent county offices. The Oregonian has repeatedly pointed out that these offices have not paid their running expenses since the salary bill went Into effect, and has as often condemned the Butler bill, which abolished all sheriffs' fees and which also so reduced the volume of fees collected by the clerk of the circuit court and clerk of the county court that the expenses of these two departments each month is considerably in excess of the revenue. The Oregonian also first contended that the oftice of county re corder is a useless one, and that the work can be performed by a deputy under the clerk of the county court, and also that It might be well, to raise the price for recording instruments from 10 to 15 cents per folio, and thus Increase the receipts of the recorder's office, and further that any other necessary changes or additions to the fees of this depart ment be Included in the new law. Concerning the sheriff's office, a num ber of articles have appeared in this paper showing that since 1893, when the fees were abolished, litigation has been very rife, and had the old fee law re mained in force, fees of about $25,000 yearly would have been collected during the past four years. The county there fore has suffered a total loss of some thing like ?100,000 in fees in this office alone. A large portion of this sum has been saved by mortgage companies which have filed a great many foreclosure suits during this period. In numerous fore closure suits there have been as many as 25 defendants, as the judgment credi tors of the defendant must all be includ ed. Under the fee bill, which was re pealed, the fees for serving a set of papers In such a case would have been over $30. When the Selling .fee bill was pending In the legislature The Oregonian explained that a blanket fee of $4 in each case was not the proper system for the sher iff's office; that it would be too much In instances where but little service would be performed, and far too little where the sheriff would have to serve many papers In a single case, which frequently has to be done. The sheriff also has to do much other work in some cases, for which fees should be collected. The total receipts of the sheriff's office under the Selling fee bill have been ?250 to $300 per month, and under a right fee bill would be four times that much, and perhaps even more. The old sheriff's fee bill, which was In operation for many" years, and which was repealed, was as fol lows: For serving any writ for tho enforce ment of a judgment or decree, CO cents. For serving any summons, subpena, no tice or order, on each person served, 25 cents. For executing any provisional remedy, 40 cents. For taking an inquest by a jury for the trial of the rights of property, $2. For taking and approving any "under taking or bond, 50 cents. For making and delivering a copy of any process necessary to complete the service thereof, for each folio, 10 cents. For all money actually made on any process, and returned to tjie clerk, one per centum on the first ?500, and one fourth of one per centum on all sums over $500. For making a conveyance of property sold on any process, to be paid by the grantee, $2. For making a certificate of sale of real property, 25 cents. For making a certificate of sale of per sonal property, to be paid by the pur chaser, 25 cents. For serving a writ with the power of the county, $2. For advertising and selling property, $2. For keeping property in cases where a keeper Is required, $2 per day of 24 hours or less. For advertising property without sell ing, $1. For return of an execution or summons where no levy for service Is made, 50 cents. These fees were equitable and provided for payment, according 'to the amount of work performed. There seems to have been no good reason for the repeal of the law, and it might well be re-enacted. The fees might even be slightly raised without Injury to litigants. The fees collected under the present law by the clerk of the circuit court are also inadequate and Inequitable. In some few cases, perhaps, a little too much is exacted from the litigant, but the rule Is that not enough is charged. In many instances- a great amount of work is per 'Tis not In mortals to command success; But we'll do more, Sempronius we'll deserve it. Addfson. OUR GREAT success s deserved as it Is formed which is not paid for. As an example, the Portland Savings bank re ceivership has paid in no fees for yearst although a book full of orders by the court relating to all manner of transac tions have been entered. The journal work in this case, if paid for by the folio, as should have been done, would have brought in several hundred dollars. The same fact is true of the Northwest Loan & Trust Company receivership, and nu merous other similar cases. In hundreds of the mortgage foreclosure suits carried through the courts in recent years long decrees have been entered, and adding other work done, including the time of the court in trying out knotty problems in many cases, the $10 filing fee has by no means anything like covered the cost. Then, again, the clerks have to make up judgment rolls, and many books havo to be kept in this department so as to have the records perfect. The fees ought to cover the entire expense of tho office and a little more. Stationery, including blanks, Is also supplied at the expense of the county to attorneys. The jury fee of $12 per day has helped matters out some what, but the law should be amended so as to require the party demanding the jury to pay the fees. Some attorneys think the old trial fee of $12 is ample, and a fee of $2 for judgment by stipulation, confession or default, and $3 per day far a trial before the court without a jury. In probate cases the fees should also conform to the amount of -work per formed. Many papers have to be tran scribed on the books by the clerks in full; also all orders. The suggestion that a filing fee of $5 be exacted in small es tates and $10 in large estates, cmd that all papers filed thereafter be paid for by the folio, is a good one. This is some what after the manner of the old law, which was equitable. To illustrate, under the old law where the amount of work performed was required to be paid for. tho J. C. Ainsworth estate paid $51 90 fees, the W. S. Ladd estate $123, the M. S. Burrell estate, including the partnership estate of Kiiapp, Burrell & Co., $113. Un der the present law the entire fee In all probate cases Is but $10, which is all these estates would have paid, except that in the Burrell estate the partnership estate would have also have been charged a $10 fee. The John Green estate has had orders and papers, copies worth probably $2C0 under the folio system, and under the present law pays only $10 fees. Numerous other like Instances can be mentioned. The fees formerly exacted hy the clerk of the circuit court and clerk of the coun ty court were as follows: For issuing any writr order or process except a subpena, 40 cents. For issuing a subpena to one person, 15 cents, and 5 cents for each additional per son named therein. For filing each paper or -.pleading, 10 cents. For entering any judgment, order or de cree in any court, 25 cents. For each folio after the first In any judgment order or decree, 10 cents. For each folio in any journal entry other than a judgment order or decree, 10 cents. For taking an affidavit, including the administration of the oath, 10 cents. For taxing and approving an undertak ing or bond, 20 cents. For making and filing judgment roll, 15 cents. For making copies of Journal entries for judgment oroll, 10 cents for each folio. For docketing judgment or decree In judgment docket, 25 cents. For making copies of any record on file, 10 cents for each folio. For official certificate under seal of any court, 20 cents. For official certificate without seal, 20 cents. For issuing commission to take testi mony, 50 cents. For taking depositions, for each folio, 10 cents. For taxing costs and disbursements In any cause, 25 cents. For docketing cause in any action or proceeding, 23 cents. For swearing jury on trial any action, suit or proceeding, 50 cents. For receiving, reading, filing and re cording any verdict, 50 cents. For recording any judgment, order, bill or appointment of any executor, admin istrator or guardian, for each folio, 10 cents. For recording appointment any admeas ure of claims, 15 cents. For making all indexes In relation to any estate, 25 cents. For making and keeping a register in relation to an estate. 23 cents. For making and keeping a record of ac counting and distribution In relation to any estate, $1. For Issuing letters testamentary of ad ministration or guardianship, 25 cents. For making out an appointment in pur suance of any order of the county court, 15 cents. For issuing any license required by law, other than a marriage license. 50 cents. For taldng acknowledgment to a deed or other instrument of writing, 25 cents. For taking each notification to a bond or undertaking. 15 cents. For making the Indexes or entries re quired for filing an Instrument, paper or notice for each entry, 5 cents. For receiving and filing any mandate from the supreme court and accompany ing papers, 25 cents. For entering Issuance of attachment in register, 20 cents. For furnishing fee bill to any person, 25 cents. For entering Issuance of execution In execution docket, 10 cents. For entering returns of execution and how disposed of in execution docket, for each folio, 10 cents. For recording any private writing less than one folio, 15 cents. Trial fee, jury trial. $12. Trial before the court without Jury, $8. Judgment or decree without trial, $3. In the county court one-half of the above was charged. There are other fee3 relating to the county clerk's office, but they are still in vogue and are unnecessary to refer to. Under this sort of a law you pay for exactly what work is done. These fees In some instances should bo moderately Increased, and the rate per folio be mada 15 cents instead of 10 cents. It is possi ble perhaps to improve upon this old law by making it less cumbersome, and stl 1 have an equitable bill and one which will place all of these offices upon a paying basis and be fair to the litigants. "AT GAY COITEY ISLAND." Brigrht Farce Comedy Creates Much IiUusrhter. Few farce comedies have met with a more enthusiastic reception in Portland, this season, than was given "At Gay Coney Island," at Cordray's theater, last niht. It was a continual carnival of mirth from 'start to finish, and even the hundred or more people who bought "standing-room only" tickets never left their places and never felt tired, except from the fat'gua laughter gives. Tho farco was presented hero last season, but it comes thli year in a new dress. Tho songs are new, the jokes are new, and so are the costume3 and the people. Unlike moat farco come dies, thero is a well-defined plot in the production of which are many intenscy humorous situations and climaxes. Bert Weston and Charles Belmont aro the leading men, and their clever work kept the audience in a roar of laughter. One of the best features of the per formance was tho artistic acting, slrging and dancing of tho dainty little soubmte. Miss Mattie Lockette, Miss Mario Stori, an exceedingly clever violinist, won muct applause, and was forced to repeat her violin solo time and again. A pleasant di version was the whistling specialties of Alf Holt, who demonstrated tho assertion that ho Is one of the best on the stage. His imitation of different American song birds, barnyard fowls, dogs, cats, street cars and church bells was very fine, and simply delighted tho audience. Tho comedy will run the entire week at Cordray's, with a matinee Saturday. a i The Early Topical Songr. The Gentleman's Magazine. The earliest topical song- that can bo traced, and probably the first In actuality, was a mock raree-show ballad, sung in. tho famous pantomime of "Tho Rape of Prosperine," at Lincoln's Inn Fields, in 1727. This was the piece, written by Lewis Theobald and set to music by Gal Hard, upon which Pope expanded hi3 pow er of sarcasm In "Tho Dunclad." Tho ballad referred to satirized tho rage for Italian operas by subscription, and tho vogue of sundry foreign buffoons at tho Haymarkot, where their attractions had been supplmented by tho rope dancing of Mme. Vlolante. The girding was effect ed in tho following elementary manner: Here be de Haymarket, vere de Italian, opera sweetly sound, Dat costa de brave gentry no more ao two hun dred tousand pound; A very pretty fancy, a bravo, gallante show, Et Juste come from France, tout nouveau. Hera be de famous comedians o the world, da trope ItaJlen, Dat make a de poor English veepe-, because dey vll troupe borne again, A very pretty fancy, ett. De toder place be ITadamoIsello Vlolante, show a tousand trick; She Jump upon, de rope tea etories high, and never break her neck. Tho action of Carter'3 Little Liver Pllla Is pleasant, mild and natural. They gen tly stimulate the liver and regulate tho bowels, but do not purge. WRECKED BY COFFEE. Heart Failure Caused hy the Seduct ive Cup. "I have been a. great coffee drinker for several years. For a long time I thought I could not eat without coffee. "Have been troubled with my stomach, nerves and heart. The worse I felt, the less I ate, and the more coffee I drank. "I have taken many different klnd3 ot medicines, but could not secure any last ing benefit: Up to eight weeks ago I had but few well days In the preceding two years. I could not do ordinary housework, except with great care, because of heart failure. "I met a friend who said she could net drink coffee because it affected her heart so. I thought, perhaps, coffee might bo the cause ot most of my troubles, and sc I quit the use of It about eight weeks ago and took up Postum Food Coffee. I have not taken any medicine, and I have gained so fast that it Is a surprise to my friends as well as to myself. I can eat, sleep and work, and do not have any bad spells With my heart at all. I have been wanting to tell people what a relief It is, sine I 1 ft off coffee and used Postum Food Coffe-1. I want the fact published that it may re lieve some poor, weak, nervous woman." Emma PiUe, South Wabash, Ind. i