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J 10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1900. DESK STUDIES FOR GIRLS: MONEY AFFAIRS (Copyright. 1S99, by Seymour Eaton.) . ' THE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROFc SEYMOUR EATON TT. SOME LAW POINTS FOR GIRLS. Promissory Xotes. Have nothing whatever to do with prom issory notes. This Is, perhaps, 'the best advice which can he given to girls and women, buthls does not mean that you are to know nothing whatever about promissory notes. A promissory note is a. written promise to pay a definite sum of money. Any such promise is really a promissory note. At the time -when such promise Is written there are two parties connected with It the one who makes the promise and the one to whom the money Is to be paid. "I promise to pay Charles Brown $10. (Signed) John Smith." This Is a promissory note. John Smith Is the maker and Charles Brown Is the payee, that is, the person to whom the money Is to be paid. Such & promise should be dated, and it should etats also when the money Is to be paid In one month, or In three months, or on demand. If Charles Brown wanted to turn this note over to his grocer in pay ment of a Mil he ought to have had It worded differently. It should read: "I promise to pay to the order of Charles Brown"; that is, John Smith will pay the $10 to Charles Brown or to the baker or grocer or anybody Charles Brown "orders" it paid to. The note is then "negotiable." "Negotiable" means ""transferable." All United States bills are negotiable. They read "the United States will pay bearer"; that Is, will pay anybody bearing or hold ing the bills. A note may be written on nny kind of paper In Ink or in pencil." The words "value received" are not le gally necessary, although they usually ap pear on ordinary promissory notes. Thou sands of good notes made without any vafiuc consideration are handled daily. The promise to pay of a negotiable note must be unconditional. It cannot be made to depend upon any contingency whatever. A note made payable in anything but money is simply a form of contract, and is not a .negotiable instrument. Notes and acceptances that are made in settlement of genuine business transac tions come under the head of regular legi timate business paper. An accommodation note, or acceptance, is one which Is signed, or indorsed, or accepted, simply as an ac commodation, and not in settlement of an account or in payment of an Indebtedness. With banks, accommodation paper has a deservedly hard reputation. However, there are all grades and1 shades of. ac commodation paper, though it represents no actual business transaction between the parties to it, and rests upon no other foundation than that of mutual agree ment. No contract Is good without a con sideration, but this Is only true between the original parties to a note. The third party, or Innocent receiver or holder of a note, has a good title and can recover its value, even though It was originally given without a valuable consideration. An Innocent holder of a note which had been originally lost or stolen has a good title to it if he received It for value. A note does not draw interest until after maturity, unless the words "'with Interest" appear on the face. Notes draw Interest after maturity and until paid at the legal rate. An indorser of a note is any person who writes his name -on the back of It, and by so doing guarantees Its payment. Indorse ments on notes are usually made in blank, that is, without the words of "pay to the order of." The receiver of the note Is then tree to indorse It or not at his pleas ure If he wishes to transfer it. The in dorser is liable for its payment if the maker fails to meet it. If an indorser should be compelled to pay a note he has a good claim against the maker and against each indorser whose name appears above his own. An Indorser to whose or der a note is drawn or indorsed can trans fer It without becoming liable for Its pay ment by writing the words "without re course" before or after his name on the back. A person who receives a promissory note in good faith for fair value before the day of maturity, takes it free from all defects of title and rom all claims that might be set up against any preceding holder. This is not true of notes trans ferred after maturity. A note should toe presented on the exact day of maturity. Notes made payable at a bank or at any -other place must be pre sented lor payment at the place named. SHOP AND TRADE (Copyright, 1900. by rr.-EASY MICCHASflCAI, DRAWING. Lckkoii A'o. 4. The student will now proceed to use rul ing pen, ruler and compass in making the drawings described in the following exer tosos: 1. Make a working drawing for a par tition 9 feet high and IS feet Ions, with one arched doorway and one door. Give exact measurements In every Instance. Note. In Indicating measurements the common method is to place arrows at Oe extreme points and a dotted line between. The above drawing would Indicate that the distance from A to B Is to be 9 feet. 2. Make a working drawing for a brick arch over a window. Follow the outline as shown above. 3. Make a working drawing for a flat brick arch, as shown in the above draw ing. Indicate the measurements. 4. Make a working drawing for a Gothic brick arch. Note that two radii are taken, one at A and one at B. Indicate the measurements. Note. This drawing shows the usual J f , zd BE ' t I When no place is specified the note is pay able at the maker's place of business or at his residence. The note must not be pre sented before or after maturity, but upon the exact day of maturity, if the lndorsers are to be held liable for its nonpayment. When a note Is presented for payment at maturity and is not paid, it is uaually protested; that is, a notary public makes a formal statement that the note was pre sented for payment and payment was re fused. Notice of such protest Is sent to the maker and to each Indorser. If a payment is made to apply on a note such payment should always be Indorsed on the back of the note. Such indorse ment requires no signature. The usual form is to give the date and write: "Re ceived on within note," stating tho amount. An ordinary separate receipt is not sufficient. Each amount indorsed on the back reduces the face value. It is generally understand that a debtor is more likely to pay a promissory note than he is to keep a simple verbal prom ise. It will injure his credit if he allows his paper to go to protest. It is difficult, too, to dispute a claim after a note has been given in settlement The note may be used by the creditor in raising money for his own use; that is, he may get it discounted sell it to a note broker or to a bank. But there are some disadvant ages. If a note is accepted from a debtor the account cannot be collected until the day of maturity of the note. You may hold a note against a debtor, and If your note Is not due you cannot by any process of law prevent your debtor from selling everything he owns and leaving for parts unknown. A note that Is overdue is, in some particulars, better than a note not yet matured. An overdue note draws in terest at the legal rate from the date of maturity, and legal steps to collect it may bo taken at any moment To discount a note or draft is to sell It at a discount The rates of discount vary ac cording to the security offered, or the char acter of the loan, or tlie state of the money market For ordinary commercial paper the rates run from 4 to 8 per cent. Notes received and given by commercial houses are not usually for a longer period than four months. Negotiable paper, whether made for ac commodation or otherwise, may be trans ferred by Indorsement and delivery or by delivery alone, either before It has fallen due or afterward. There is a difference, however, in the liability attached to ln dorsers, and the value of the paper rnay be affected by the defenses existing be tween the original parties. It would be well to consult a lawyer before accepting overdue paper, particularly If It has ln dorsers. A Judgment Ifote. Some of the states, noticeably Pennsyl vania, have a form of promissory note called, a judgment note. In this form ot note the maker confesses judgment if thp note is not paid, and authorizes the court to take possession of sufficient of his prop erty immediately to satisfy the amount of the claim. It is really a very severe form of contract, and should be given only un der the most extreme conditions. Certificate of Deposit. If you deposit money temporarily in a bank for safekeeping, you will receive a receipt therefor. The receipt Is usually called a certificate of deposit It often occurs that such certificate Is used Instead of a bank draft in the payment of distant bills. Interest Is allowed under certain conditions. It is practically a bank's check on itself. In Issuing certificates of deposits to strangers, the bank should take their signatures upon the margin or the certificate book, so that when the certificates come home for redemption the Indorsements may be compared with the original signature, if it seems necessary. Of course, every properly managed bank has a ledger account of certificates of de posits issued, which is a full Tecord of the amounts and names of all certificates is-' sued, together with their dates and num bers. Returning certificates can be com pared with this record as they are present ed for payment through clearing-houses and over the counter. Note. A paper "by Dr. A. S. Bolles. of the university of Pennsylvania, entitled "The Law Relating to Married Women," will be published In this department next week. This will be the concluding paper of the series. STUDIES FOR BOYS Seymour Eaton.) method of representing ordinary stone masonry. 5. Make a drawing to represent a stone wall 3 feet high, IS inches thick, and 30 feet long, with stone gate posts 2 feet by IS inches and 5 feet high, with cap stones, the cate to be 3 feet wide. 6. This drawing shows squared rubble brought up to level beds with hammer dressed quoins and chisel-draughted mar gins. Make a copy of It 7. Make n. working drawing for the join ing of two beams as shown in the Illus tration. This method is sometimes em ployed when the timber Is under a cross stress. The lower fibers, being In tension, aro connected with a wrought-iron plate. 8. Make a working drawing for a book case. 9. Make a copy of the above drawing of a. pulley. Note. This lesson concludes the "Desk and Shop Studies for Boys." An exami nation will be set on Wednesday, Janu ary 31, as a basis for the granting of cer tificates. Another "Word About Revised Ver sion. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Editor.) I was much interested In the reports con cerning the merits of the revised version of the Bible that appeared recently in The Oregonian. Permit me to say the revised version has met as great opposi tion as that which Impeded the accept ance of King James version, which was most stubbornly fought for 50 years be fore it was sure of a footing. Taking the position that the Bible is to be stud ied not for texts but the context, no person needs to doubt the superiority of V - S 'few, -j 5? 3- : GZ ,nrrnn jl j , ). J the revised over the authorized. The po etry of the Old Testament, consisting of parallelism, is put in in such form by the revised version that the most rapla reader can easily discern-lt. To. me this is an.advantasej-J.haPe yjiot failed to emphasize to my classes 'In' Bible- Engusln For Instance, turn to Song of Moses, Deut xxxii, and the story of Balaam, in Numbers, xxli-xxlv. B. J. HOADL.ET, Portland university. ' a PR0-B0ER SENTIMENTS. Citizen Who Is Confident That It Overstates Itself. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Edrtor.) The prevalent belief in Portland, and, for that matter, all over the United States, seems to be that Boer sympathizers out number nine to one those who hope for British victory In South Africa. I be lieve this Is a fallacy, born of the fact that all the Bombastes Furiosos in the country, known generlcally as "cranks,'' are howling for Kruger and his hosts, while conservative people, who are not everlastingly striving to air their person ality, are in sympathy with the Anglo Saxon, but do not Tlse on their forked, ends In season and out of season to prate about It ' "The shallows murmur while the deepa are dumb." Lightning destroys while thunder only rattles. In the last presidential campaign, silver-tongued Bryan drew larger crowds and greater bursts of applause than any orator on the stump. The woods were full of his sympathizers. And yet, and yet McKInley reigns in the White House. And why, forsooth, should an American sympathize with the Boers? Because In the last century, under the Inspiration of the semi-demented George III, who was opposed by all the great and liberal men of his reign, England waged unholy war against us? If so, then why forgive the South for giving us battle to perpetuate so Ignoble a thing as hu man slavery? It Is all very well to wrangle In the family, but when an out sider chips in, sympathy, other things being equal, should go with kith and kin. But the blatant and untiring screechers for freedom (and the only freedom they really care a straw for is freedom to wag their tongues) tell us that we should up hold the Boers because the Transvaal Is a fellow-republic, and then they call upon the bird of liberty to flap' his pin Ions over Filipinos and Boers, over an archy and misrule, and everything that puts a spoke in the wheel of civiliza tion. A fellow-republic! God save the mark! Comparisons are, Indeed, odious when an American stoops to compare his country with the bigoted, semi-civilized travesty ruled over by Oom Paul and the arrogant, ignorant, yet autocratic assem blage of burghers who support him. The Transvaal may not be darkest Af rica, but it is dark enough. Evidence of this is forthcoming every day, not from Englishmen only, but from Americans and other foreigners, who have resided In this alleged fellow-republic of ours. They tell us that human rights, such as 'even Russia grants to aliens, are persistently and wilfully trampled upon, and that strangers In this free, liberty-loving Boer land are denied every privilege dear to mankind. But there are none so deaf as those who will not hear, and "Billy" Mason, of Illinois, and . Obstructionist Bailey, of Texas, will continue to invoke the bird of liberty from his eyrie on the Rocky mountains to shoot his feath ered arrows at the "awful British ty rants." but the bird will not respond, nor do I believe that reasoning Americans, en masse, will give their sympathy to the Boers airainst their own kith and kin of Great Britain, the only nation on the globe. whose hearts and hoDes were with us in out little scrap with Spain. AMERICAN. "THE BOY." Chicago Anti-Cfprnrette League's Worlc and Publication. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Editor.) There came to my study table this morn ing an attractive new publication, fresh from the press, a unique paper, the worthy organ of a most worthy movement In Chicago recently the agitation which has been ifor some time going on in forming anti-cigarette leagues, culminated in an incorporated society, under the laws of Illinois, known as the Anti-Cigarette League, and this new paper is its official organ. It is an interesting fact that the officers "of this league are prominent men. The president is Colonel Jonathan Mer rlam, United States pension agent; Rev. "V. V. Thomas, vice-president; secretary, Frank W. Baker, M. D., professor of ma teria medica, Hahnemann-medlcal college; treasurer, Charles S. Roberts, Metropoli tan National bank. The league Is composed of boys be tween the ages of 13 and 21. The city of Chicago has been districted, and a very thorough organization is going on. The public schools of Chicago took up the work some time ago, as also has been done in other states. Mrs. Lucy Page Gaston has been a prime factor in the work of the league, and Is general superintendent Rev. Wal lace Struble, well-known in Oregon, his former home, is lecturer. Colonel Mer riam, In his opening greeting, says: "What of the Boy? This of the Boy: He Is the hope of the race. If we lose the boy, we lose all the hopes we have for the future greatness of our beloved land. Every patriotic man and woman must be Interested in all that pertains to the welfare of those who are so soon to take their places in the great contest which Is to settle the problems of the ages. The boy with the cigarette habit Is on the high road to ruin. He may be saved, but not with a cigarette in his mouth to deaden his best purposes and weaken both brain and heart" This bright paper, foupded for such a noble purpose, has for Its motto: "My strength Is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure." Mrs. Gaston, a well known writer and newspaper woman. Is the supervising editor, while the editor-in-chief and associate are boys. All hall the boy editors, and may God's blessing rest on the noble effort toward purer, nobler manhood! L. H. A. 1 no No Pnnlc In England. G. Levoson in North American Review. One of the most striking features of the present situation is the steadiness and freedom from panic shown, not only, as is natural, Jn military circles, buJ by', the British public at large. This has been equally noticeable upon previous occa sions when partial and preliminary re verses had occurred in the initial stages of a campaign. Military students, of course, are aware that to meet with un checkered success In a contest with a brave and well-armed enemy is a piece of good fortune too good, to be relied upon, for, in spite of the skill of commanders and the valor of troops, Isolated checks and reverses are as probable In a mili tary campaign as in the conduct of com plicated business transactions. Especial ly must this be the case where troops are dependent upon a long line of com munication -in the presence of forces nu merically their superior, and where rela tively small bodies of men are operating over a field of vast extent and are neces sarily occasionally isolated from each other. Constructed in South Africa. Scottish American. The armored trains which have figured so prominently In the fighting round Lady smith were put together at the railway workshops a$ Durban. Thp train Is com posed" of ji nowffurehfclnci tender1 -and', three 20-ton iron trucks', the sides of which have been raised lo over six feet high, with one-half Inch bciler plates, loopholed with vertical slots for the men to 'fife through. BUSINESS MOVES SLOWLY sesixth 3iakes uttxe progress with Financial bill House Has Done Absolutely Nofhlnff in Way of Advancing legislation Hearings in Progress. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Congressional business has been moving rather slowly, although the foundation is being laid in the committees for a rush of work later. Since, the holiday recess the senate has been sitting four days a week, but up to the middle of the month only two speeches have been made upon the financial bill, the most important measure pending before congress. One was by Senator Al drich, chairman of the committee on finance, who reported the bill, .and his re marks were In the nature of an explana tion of its provisions. The other was by Stewart, of. Nevada, who is not a mem ber of the finance committee, but who is opposed to the bill, as everybody sup posed he would be. The other work of the senate consisted largely of discussions of various resolutions that have been Intro duced by those wno oppose the expansion idea, and which are evidently drawn for tthe purpose of making a demonstration showing that the republicans have been wrong in their Philippine policy. In the house there has been absolutely nothing done since the holiday recess, to the mid dle of the month, although the commit tees have been hard at work. It is, of course, necessary for legislation to "be properly prepared befcre It can be pre sented to the house or senate. The con gressional committees also deem it nec essary to have hearings on all conceivable subjects in order to be informed as to what action shall be taken. As a matter of fact, hearings very seldom amount to mudh, although occasionally information Is brought out which cannot be shown otherwise. Our IVeTV Islands. The committees appointed by congress to care for legls.atlon upon the subject of tho new island, possessions of the .United States have been busy Avith hearings of various kinds to obtain information con cerning the needs of the new possessions. The senate committee on foreign rela tions has already gone to the extent of re porting a bill tor Hawaii forming a ter ritorial government of that Pacific group. Reporting" these bills in the senate and getting them passed are two different things. The belief Is general that it will take 'a 'great deal of debate to get the bills through, because anything that Is done either for Hawaii or Puerto Rico, will have its effect upon the subsequent legislation for the Philippines and Cuba. Men will hesitate considerably about es tablishing a precedent regarding trade re lations and commerce with Hawaii and Puerto Rico, which might be foiloweu when we come to legislate finally upon the Philippines and upon Cuba, if it be comes a part of the United States. The commerce with Hawaii and Puerto Rico is not so great as materially to affect any of the Interests of the "United States, but the Philippines and Cuba, so rich in pro ductiveness, and so large In extent, are bound to cut a very great figure in the commercial world, if they are given the same advantages as states of the Union or territories of the United States. It is already apparent that some of the most ardent friends of the expansion idea, rep resenting highly protected industries, are now making an effort to prevent the is lands from being considered as Integral parts of tha Union, simply on account of the effect it will have upon the manufac tures and products of various states. The Pacific Cable. It has been pointed out quite frequently that the most Important matter in a commercial way to the United States is tho construction of a Pacific cable. It -has-been apparent that nothing is more needed for the commercial and military Interests of the government than the construction of a Pacific cable, and there ought not to be very much of a question about building it. The trouble seems to be that some advocate the construction of the line by the United States government alone, while others are insisting that it shall be done by a corporation, which shall be subsidized by the general gov ernment Some sort of a plan ought to be formulated whiph will build the cable, and it ought not to be defeated by the various conflicting interests which have sprung up. Senatorial Differences. An examination of the United States senate discloses the .fact that men on both sides of the chamber are not In har mony with the parties to which they be long. On the republican side Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, and Senator Ma son, of Illinois, are notable examples. Senator Hale is also an anti-expansionist but he does not take such a prominent part In the discussion and in the promul gation of anti-expansion doctrines as the other two named. On the democratic side Morgan, of Alabama, is, of course, an ex pansionist, but his views have always been well known and pronounced. He has not only been in favor of the Nicaragua canal, but he was an ardent Hawaiian an nexationist and now believes In holding and developing every fooF of territory which came to the United States as a re sult of the war with Spain. Morgan Is highly esteemed in his party, and his op position has not been such as to cause his party associates to break away from him. On the other hand. Senators Ken ney, of Delaware, McLaurin, of South Carolina, and Sullivan, of Mississippi, are all severely criticised in private by their democratic associates because they voted for the ratification of the treaty with Spain. It Is claimed that a great deal of pressure was brought to bear upon all of these men to vote for the ratifica tion, and that there was every reason why they should have resisted it and stood with the party. In fact, all of them were counted upon at one time to stand with Gorman, Jones, Cockrell and others who were leading the fight against ratifica tion. Senator Hoar's position causes some friction with his republican friends, and especially with his colleague. Senator Lodge, who is chairman of the Philip pins committee. Being Senator Hoar's colleague and sitting beside him day after day, he naturally feels somewhat embar rassed in having to oppose what the old er senator wants. Senator Hoar has had several little tilts with other senators be cause of his pronounced opposition on the subject of expansion, and. naturally, it makes more or less disagreeable feeling among them. While Senator Mason's op position is treated somewhat as a joke, yet there is some friction on account of his position. On the democratic side it is decidedly marked, so far as Senators Ken ney, McLaurin and Sullivan are con cerned, for the other democrats think there is no reasonable excuse for them to have taken the prominent position which they did in the support of the treaty, when opposition to it was made a party measure. His Proud Moment. Every ambitous American youth finds in history or fiction some ideal to whose level he himself would Tike to ascend, and make for himself a mark in the world, but It is seldom that the ideals last for any considerable time. Lieutenant George M. Dreher, of the First Washington vol unteers, whose home is 'in Spokane, re cently called on Senator Turner, and his visit recalls a rather Interesting story. In his youth, Dreher was an interested reader of the war stories of Captain Charles King, and no work by that popu lar writer ever escaped his eye. From his early boyhood he closely followed the pen of Captain King, admired his characters, his portrayal of army life, and afterwards meMCaptaln', Kfng-1hfmslef, the manrho 'admired more than alj else. Whenjthe Spanish war broke out, Dreher was first sergeant in battery A, of the Spokane Na tional Guard. His battery was anxious to enlist in the volunteer service and be sent to the front in Cuba. When they learned that no artillery organizations were to be en.lsted, they dropped the red for the white, and became company A, of the First Washington Infantry. When the change was made, young Dreher, be--causd xf his efficiency in military mat ters, 'was promoted and commissioned as first lieutenant For some "time he waited at San Francisco with the regiment, Impatient to be sent to Cuba, but when the Order camo sending them to the Philippines, his heart was glad. Shortly after the regiment landed It went into action, and on repeat ed occasions Lieutenant Dreher distin guished himself for unusual bravery. At the time this regiment was In the field, Captain Charles King, then promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers, was also in the Philippines, and had a chance to observe the workings of the Washington regiment. After one prolonged engage ment, he looked over the men, and, pick ing out Lieutenant Dreher, commended him in the highest terms for his gallant ry. Lieutenant Dreher, in speaking of the lnqident, says that was the proudest mo ment of his life, when he was praised by the very man who, from early boyhood, he had looked up to as his Ideal soldier. To Flont the Maine. From the time the battle-ship Maine was sunk in Havana harbor up to the present time, and probably on indefinite ly Into the dim future, various schemes, some plausible, others the merest specu lation, will be brought forward for rais ing the battle-ship and bringing her to the United States, to be exhibited at the prin cipal cities of the East. The latest scheme that has come to public notice is to em ploy that most recent of physical agents, liquid air, in raising the wrecked vessel. The promoters cf this scheme offer for $1 to refloat the Mi'ine and "rescue what i3 left of the S6 g.Ulant sailors that have slept in the foul waters of Havana har bor for nearly two years." They propose to raise the vessel, pump out her com partments and then construct a new hull around the wrecked portion before tow ing her to American waters. A provision of their contract is that if, at the expira tion of a year from her arrival on this coast, the government should desire to repurchase the Maine, it could be done at -a. price fixed "by a special board. This company says that by employing' liquid air it can raise the wrecked vessel and float her with her wrecked portion undis turbed, showing the reality of the awful havoc caused by the explosion of Feb ruary 15, 1S93. In employing this liquid air the company proposes to freeze the waters In the wrecked portion of the battle-ship, and then, by applying the liquid air under the vessel, to freeze the water of the harbor, and gradually, but steadily raise the wreck. Once raised, and the breaks protected, they contemplate no dif ficulty in getting tho hull to American waters. So confident are they of the suc cess of their scheme, that they have al ready issued complimentary tickets ad mitting the recipients with friends on board "the refloated battle-ship Maine, at any port a which she stops between Havana and Chicago, 111." To Better the Weather Service. Willis L. Moore has been considerably in evidence about Washington as chief of the weather bureau, and has had con siderable to say In reference to improv ing the service. As a matter of fact the weather bureau service has never been so good-as it was under the war department, and It was only a little concession, sup posed to gratify farmers, by placing it un der tho agricultural department, where it has been for the most part a failure. None of the big storms of last winter were pre dicted by the weather bureau. Several large hurricanes were predicted during the summer which never came, and much of the prediction done by the weather serv ice is now discounted and has little value. When the weather service was under the charge of the United States army, and men were operating it who had no reputa tions to make save to do their duty, and do it. right, it grew to be a great serv ice, and was highly appreciated. While it was continued under army officers in the agricultural department It was con ducted very nicely and gave very good satisfaction. Of late years It has been somewhat of a failure. Mr. Moore should be encouraged In his efforts to better the service, and congress should not hesi tate to make additonal appropriations, If that Is what is needed. Nicaragua Canal. The action of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce indicates the temper of the house on the subject of the Nicaragua canal, and if the com mittee on rules can be Induced to set apart a time for the consideration of this bill, it ought to pass at this session. It Is known to be Chairman Hepburn's Inten tion to try to get early consideration, but the rules of the house are such as to make It necessary to have the concur rence of the speaker and the committee on rules on the project. It Is believed that after due time a petition will be circu lated among the members of the house, asking the committee on rules to set apart a time for giving the Nicaragua bill a hearing, in which event probably two-thirds of the house will join the re quest. Speaker Henderson is a man who recognizes the fact that the majority ought to control, and possibly he will ac cede to the request made In such strength. ARTHUR W. DUNN. An Admirer of "Old Tom." HILLSBORO, Or., Jan. 22. (To the Edi tor.) I was pleased with your editorial of yesterday upon Thackeray, as I have long ago come to the conclusion that, take him all in all, he was the greatest novelist that the English-speaking world has ever known. In your mention of his writings, how ever, In yesterday's editorial and in sev eral others, you speak of "Vanity Fair" and "Pendennls" as his best works. While I have a high opinion of them, it has al ways seemed to mo that the character of Colonel Thomas Newcome is sufficient to cause "The Newcomes" to take first rank. He is the highest type of the simple, hon est, unpretending, old-fashioned gentleman; the grandest character In my humble judg ment that has ever been portrayed by any writer of fiction. S. B. HUSTON. a O The Doers' Use. "An English Officer," In the Forum. The Boer has not been without his uses in the world-scheme of civilization. Like the American backwoodsman, he has blazed the way for the march of progress. His bold and restless spirit has pointed out a path to the crowding nations of the Old World. His have been the privations, his the toll, and his the peril. But his function is at an end; civilization presses at his heels; the land from which he drove out the kafilr calls for a denser popula tion. He must submit to absorption or perish. For the present he refuses to be absorbed. "Mene, mene. tekel upharsm. SHE QUIT COFFEE And Got Well .With the Help of Pos tuni Food Cofi'ee. "I am a school girl and want to tell you what "Postum Food Coffee has done for me and several of my relatives. "Tho old-fashioned coffee always made me heavy and dull and gave me hear: burn, with dyspepsia. When we tried Postum Food Coffee, it did not taste good, but I begged for another trial, when the directions were followed, and we found it delicious. Since that time, we have used it regularly, and I never have any trouble with the heavy feeling or dyspepsia. "Dr. Lowrie prescribed Postum for my uncle, Mr. , property-man of the Boston theater, and it worked a mar velous change In him. He quit the com mon coffee, and has been using Postum Food Coffee ever since. He looks better than he ever did before His family also use it. Uncle is very strong in his praise of Postum for the good it has done him Please do not use my signature, but you can use the statement." , Wor cester, Mass. The name can be furnished by the Postum Cereal Co., at Battle Creek, Mich. Pretty boxes and odors, are used to sell such soaps as no one would touch if he saw them un disguised. Beware of a soap that depends on something outside of it. Pears', the finest soap in the world is scented or not, as you wish; and the money is in the merchan dise, not in the box. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts cf people are usiuir it. Ton h a to good resscrr to hops, as HUD DANhas curtM hundre d s ot men. When ycu get up In the mornlas tired and weary, ready to Ju"np at ev ery traw or cust cf wind. go to your drusIt ard let HUDTAN. II U Z 1' A X -urea f n.n In Biclc. tveak ncss, Nervors- nCii, kC3iC33- HTTDYAN FOR SERVES: nea, Uelan- AIaL DRUGGISTS 50c. cholla. Fls. 0 shows torpid liver, Fljr. 5 hws ir.oi'-ea-tlon, Flp. 4 shows pain In jhouMers. 1'iff. 3 shows coated tongue, JTIg-. 2 sho.vs p-Ie. th!a faco and aunken eye3. Fie. 1 sho.vs jrttii.'tches and dizziness. IIUDYAN cures all the above CTadltlon?. It j-ovr nerves are weak, your irtomvh ,t tut of order, then such symptoms as tha above are present. Remember, HUDYAX cures, and per manently. HUDTAN Is what you nted It will not fall you. HUDYAN will make .iou sttons. hearty, robust. Get HUDYAX from your druggist. CXi t rav age; six packages, $2.50. If he does l.ot '.cop It Bend direct to UUDYAK REMUDY Ct'MPAXY. corner Stockton. Bills and Market atrtcts, Saa Francisco, Cat. Cons-nit Hudyan Doctors Free. "Write. :8EWARE OF IMITATIONS OF COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF BEEF. The genuine has been known 'round the "world for over thirty years as the standard for quality. It is pure beef, free from all adulterations, without fat or gelatine. It has recently been selected by the English government for use in the field hospitals of the Brit ish Army Corps in South Africa a remarkable official endorse ment. This Is the signatura on every gunuinu jar anil wrapper, Ba sure that It is there NO PAIN! NO GAS! No chareo for pdnle extraction when teeth are ordered. All work deno by crraduate dentlaui of 12 to 20 years experience ; a specialist In each department. "We will tell ou In advonco exactly what your work will cost by a free examination. Give us a call, and you will fld we do exactly as we advertise. Set of Teeth .$5.00 Gold Fllliasr ?1.00 Gold Crovrn .".00 Silver Flllias 00 ffl PLATES All work examined by profie8lon.il mesuxs?. Dr. J. S. "Waltor. registered dentist. New York Dental Parlors N. f. Cor. ro-jrih and Morrlwi Str:els Lady alvrays !n attendance. Hours. 3 to S. Sundays. 10 to 4 Itvas ailllctetf with ca tarrh last autumn. Dur ing the month of Oc tober I could neither taste or smell, and could hear but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured It. Marcus Geo. Shautz, Rahway, N. J. Cream Balm is placed into :r.e iwstrlts. spreads over the membrane and Is absorbed. Relief is immediate and a cure follows. It Is not drying does not produce sneezing. Larzs Else. 50 cents at Druggists' or by mall. Trial Size. 10 cents by mall ELY BROTHERS. 5rt "Warrea Street. NcwYcrifc zr&atf nkism lwi f M 1 1 SrtC&f THE PALATIAL UnLuumnn DUrLLIiiu jaaJ&fHpSi inEv F7rUJ - 'w I -i" - nrtn?s7i- BJtUJ 'JL, - nmisstimm Csi Sa CWEr J:.- Sfflfflb fflJESfeea fit ggHF Xot n (Jnrlc oltlco In t?e InIIlInpct Clinolntely fireproof; elccfrJc l.iil ami artesian vrater; perfret nanlta tioti nitil tJiurotijrli vfiillianou. ite rators run litij- and nltrlit. Hooros ANDERSON. GtlSTAV. Attanr-3t-Iviw. . MJ ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. U PoneU. Ms . SO llANKSR' LlJf'fe. A5'OC:aTIO. of Dej Moines. la.. C A. UcCarcar. Slate Aseru j 2.3 BEH.NKE. U. V.. 1'i'n. Ternla Shorir-and School ....2U UnXJAMK,. IC V. DentUt ,.3U IlRJaV. AXGEK Drt. O. S . Phys. & Sur IX U 11RUHRE. DIE. C. E.. fhyilcinn -iU-US-tH BUSTEED. RICHARD. PkUK Tubucco... bOU bOJ CAUKIX. G. E. District Asent Travelers Insurance Co .715 CAHDUELL. DP.. J. B 5)0 CUKK. HAROLD. Dentist 3U CLEM. E. A. &. CO.. liming Propcrtiei . 315-5. J COLUMBIA TEL2PHOXK COMPANY' ... 60-J-C05 CMS-CUT GI3-0H 8.3 CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phya. and Surgeon.... 200 COVER, y. C. Cashier Equitable Life JuJ COLLIER, f 5. Publisher: S. P. McOuire Manager .413 HI DAY. J. a & I. J? .. .313 DAVIS. XAPOLEOM. President Columb a Telephone Co COT DICKSOX. DR. J. F.. Physrclan...,. ...713-711 BRAICE. DR H K.Phjsicmn 3125. .'.5.1 DUNHAM. MRS. GEO. A 7IT EDITORIAL ROOMS E.ghth Iloor EQriTABLK WFZ ASSURANCE SOt ILTT. L. Samuel. Manager; F. C. Cover .asser 3P3 EVENING TELEGRM 323 A'Jer sttea: FALLOWS. MRS. M. A.. Marmjter Women"! Dept. Mutual Reserve Fund L.fe, of Ne.v Tork 605 FENTON. J. D.. rhi-3lc'lnn and Surgeon. 300 313 FENTON. DR. HICKS C. Ew and Ear. Ml FENTOX. MATTHEW F.. Dentist COO FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSN. E. C. Stirk. Manager 301 FRENCH SCHOOL (by conversation): Dr A. Muzzarelll. Manager 700 GALVANI. W. H.. Engineer and Draughts man ,600 GEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician and Surgeon 212213 GIESY. A. J.. Physician and Surgeon.. . 7 3 7Ii GODDARD. E. C. t CO.. Footwear, ground floor 120 Six i s-r-a: GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhattan Life Insurance Co.. of New York ......200-219 (TK T cKNIC S.. Attorney-at-Law C.7 GRENIER. MISS BEATRICE. Dentist 703 HAMMOND. A. B 31J HEIDINGER. GEO. A. & CO.. Pianos an! Orsran 131 Svli S:. HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phys. & Surg . 304 3C3 IDLEMAN. C. M.. Attorney-at-Law.. 41G 17 IS KADY. MARIC T . Manager PaciOc NortV west Mutual Reserve Fund Life- Asso.. 6i 1-C03 LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen eral Manager Columhla. Telephone Co CKi LITTLEFIELD. It. IC. Phys. anil Surgeon...200 MACRUM. "W. S.. Sec. Oregon C -nera Club..2l4 MACKAY. DR. A. .. Physi, andSirs....71I.7U MAXWELL. DR. W. E.. Phyj. & Suw 701-2-3 McCARGAR. C A., State Agent Bankers' Life Asoclat.an ............. ....... .....502-303 McCOY. NEWTON. Attomey-at-Law 713 McFADEN MISS IDA E.. Stenographer .201 McGINN. HENRY E.. Attorney-a:-Law..31I-313 McICELL. T. J.. Manufacturers' Representa tive 303 MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist and Oral Surgeon 008-C09 MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312 513-311 MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. of New York. W. Goldman. Manager. ... 2C0-210 McELROY. DR. J. G . Phys. & Surg70i-702 70J McFARLAND. E. B.. Secretary Columbia Telephone Co , ...600 McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier. Publisher 413-110 McKIM. MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law 300 MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of New York: "Wm. S. Pond. State Mgr 404-403-400 MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N. M. T. ICady. Mcr. Pacific Northwest... 00 4 603 NICHOLAS. HORACE I!.. Attorney-at-Law ,:13 NILES. M. L.. Cashier Manhattan Life In surance Co.. of New York .209 OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATH T. Dr. L. B. Smith. 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HOLTC. Phvs. & Surt . Sr7 3i3 WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician .412-412 4.1 WrLLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO 013 A few rnore-,t?lt?srnnt oRIcph inrtT Tip Irail by applying to Tortland Trust Company of Orciron. IOO Tlilrd tt.. o to the rent cleric In the ballliiir. mmsm mm wfc& The Best Wasfling Powder aw? m IQ 12! &D .iliU m 2$