THE MORNING OREGONIAN, HOBDAY, FEBKTJABY 19, 1900.
FINE NEW SCHOOLHOUSE
SOtTTEC POR.TLAJTD BUILTHXG "Vni.Ii
BB OCCUPIED TODAY.
It In tfce Vint Sectfen ot a. Larce and
HaBdaeme Structure Mod-
era IatprevcHicHt.
The sew scfeeethoose jest completed on
Corbett street. Sooth Portlaad, has been
seated and wM be occupied by teachers
and pupils today.
The bonding is eotoai&l In style, and is
a handsome structure, combining the
good proportions and classic detail of the
colonial with the utility and dignity of
a high French roof, a feature well adapt
ed to tne wot climate of Oregon, while
classic stsnplteity has been maintained
tbroushout.
It is two stories high, with basement,
and contains four school rooms, a. large
hall, a small library and large, well-lighted
playrooms for boys and girls in the
basement.
This battdtas will form the southwest
wine of what is to be an lS-room school
house, with an assembly-ball on the sec
ond floor, and is so planned that it can
be added to, four rooms at a time, as
the growth of the district demands, mak
ing raeoectively a four, eight, IT or 18
room building.
The schoolrooms are lighted from one
side only, the left of the, pupils. The
general arrangement is such that the
teacher can stand at the door of her room
and oversee the classroom, the coatroom
and the mala hall.
The blackboards extend entirely around
the rooms, and are slated a dull green
color. The walls are plastered with lime
mortar, left in the brown coat, and are
tinted In water color a dull gray green,
much lighter than the blackboards, but
in perfect harmony wirn them.
This, with the good lighting, it is be
lieved will overcome to a large degree
what is known as "school headache,"
caused, experts believe, by the severe
strain upon the eyes in looking from
the white page o a book, paper or while
walls to the intense black of the boards.
The interior is finished in sliver pine,
except the doors, which are quartered
oak. The floors are yellow flr.
The variety of grain and the beauty
of these native woods, when properly
finished, cannot be described, and must
be seen to be appreciated.
The crowning feature, nowever, of this
building in its syjtjm of wtrmlng, ven
tilation and sanitation.
It is warmed with low-pressure steam
In the same manner as the Thompson
echoolbouse, in which each pupil is pro
vided with a supply of warmfed fresh
air, not less than 1800 cubic feet per hour.
The air enters the rooms above the black
boards and passes out through a register
at the floor level, nearly under the fresh
air Inlets. The temperature is the same
In all parts of each room, and can be
changed or regulated by the teacher in
less than M minutes.
The plumbing and sanitation are es
pecial features of this building, and are
practically dupikat's of those in the
Thompson school. The basement is ven
tilated by means of a large vent shaft,
which draws the air down through each
plumbing fixture into an underground
duct from which it is discharged up
ward high above the roof, making it im
possible for odors of any kind to enter
the building. Careful investigation shows
this schoolhouse to be equipped with one
of the best sanitary plants in the city;
that it is absolutely impossible for odors
or sewer gas to enter the building and
that the plant Is likely to be in as good
condition 1 years from now as it is to
day, for the reason that it is simple
and works on correct principles.
For some years past several members
of the schooi tcard and other citizens
Interested 'n school work have been mak
ing a careful study of defects in the older
echoolhouses. as well as the merits of
modern buildings in oiLtt cities. Their
object was the designing of a schoolhouse
that could be built in sections, the
abandonment of the interior standing as-aembly-toall,
out of all proportion to the
rest of the building, and lighted by
means of a huge skylight, which seldom
failed to leak and was always a source
of expense and annoyance to the district.
Also the righting of many defects in ar
rangement, lighting, heating, ventilation,
sanitation, construction and simplicity of
design, especially on the exterior. The
Thompson schoolhouse, erected last year,
was a direct result of this careful study,
and marked a new epoch in Portland's
schoolhouse construction.
When members of the National Educa
tional Association visited Portland they
were taken through the Thompson school,
and expressed surprise that so well
planned and so complete a building
should be found on the Pacific coast.
However, they made several suggestions,
which were readily adopted by the board
of directors, viz, that the width, of tne
schoolrooms be decreased and the length
increased about two feet, making the size
of the schoolrooms 36x12 feet. They also
suggested that the windows of each
schoolroom be increased some in size, if
It were possible. These men could hardly
believe that the Thompson school had
been erected at a cost of ?30M per school
room. Their large Sastern schoolhouses
cost from 9GG09 to $$$ per schoolroom.
Time and again they were heard to re
mark that they could not see how such
a buuding ooutd be put up for $2000 per
room.
So great was the satisfaction given by
the Thompson school that the Holladay
people came in a body before the school
board and demanded that their new school
building be like the Thompson school
house. Man' of the South Portland peo
ple also requested that their new building
belce the Thompson school.
The contract price for the South Port
land schoolhouse is 5H',8S 7S, which in
cludes a heating plant to take care of
six rooms yet to be erected, or 10 rooms
in all. of which $t8)S Is for the heating
and ventilation. Total cost per room,
JxSTS, after deducting cost of heating
plant for future use. The total cost of
heating and ventilation per room, after
deducting cost of heattag plant for fu
ture use. Is 5H IS.
These figures snow an Increased cost
for building of about 2e per cent more
than that of the Thompson school, erect
ed over a year ago.
The average cost of schoolhouses re
cently erected for the city of Boston Is
as follows: Cost per schoolroom, erected
with brick and stone and practically fire
proof, 34Wv. The cost for heating and
ventilation per room runs from $150 to
$M6 per room The results obtained in
the Boston and Portland schoolrooms are
practically the same, the temperature ot
the rooms Is the same and volume of
wanned fresh sir provided each pupil is
the same.
The school board which, accompanied
by Architect Miller. Inspected the build
ing Saturday, were loud in their praises
of the now building and Its equipment,
and feel that It represents the very latest
and best that science and art have nro
duced ta the evolution of modern school
house construction.
A SetkaJ Criticises England.
PORTLAND. Feb. It (To the Editor.)
Tunging from the persistency and tone
of this pre and anti-Britten campaign, one
wonM be led to suppose that no Scotch
man or Englishman could be led to sec
anght out Justice m Great Britain's course
la South Africa today. Now. I am a
Scotchman by birth, and I desire herewith
to record my disapproval of this war In
South Africa. Let as hope that It won't
take a surgical operation to get it Into the
heads of all Scotchmen. Englishmen and
others that, after all. they have een
making: asses of themselves. Is there no
one of who will raise a voice of protest
against the action of the unscrupulous few
who on occasion lead our brothers out tc
May and be slain? Is there none or us cap-
able of a thought lor those in the count- S
itss nunioie nomes in ocouana, .nngtanu.
ti rn ji -. . I
Ireland and South Africa where the clouds
of bereavement are fast by the door?
Those "who are loudest In their approval of
the system responsible for this state of af
fairs are not, to my mind, the beet friends
of the democracy, if such exists, in Great
Britain today.
Let us all come out -with the strons,
plain truth, in the hope the whole truth
will dawn on us all in the near future.
MALCOLM McKIM.
NO DEBT TO ENGLAND.
Ono TVho Is "Tired of Hearing of Our
So-called Obligation."
PORTLAND. Feb. 14. (To the Editor.)
If Mr. "Common Sense" wants to be a
d'Artagnan, he ought not to shield h-'m-self
behind a nom de plume. He will find
rrranv to tnV nn thft cauntlet which he
has thrown down, if The OTegonlan will , upon you and learn of me.' . In thjs great gation shows that in Harvard university, j all churches to observe Good Government
find space and is willing to print all the j invitation is comprehended the whole vast regarded as one of our most liberal in- j Sunday. By means of it one will be bet
communlcatlons which will be sent to It. range of Christian duty as well as the ' stltutions, out of MOO men who have been I ter fitted both for men and measures in
Cervantes, in his "Don Quixote," says
that any man who will deny the country
of his parentage will sell and forswear
his own mother and Is not fit to live.
Mr. "C. S." claims to be an American,
but a true American would despise to
use such Insulting language against his
fellow-citizens as lie uses. Any one who
knows this country's history Is well
aware that the Germans and Dutch, un
der Herkheimer, saved New York state
to Washington. They were no "sausage
makers," either, but they felt as if they
could make sausages of the English. They
were just-minded men, though had no
"plg-stlcklng Joust." as the British praise
themselves to have had with the Boers
at Glencoe.
Now to Pennsylvania. It was mostly
settled by Germans. They had to fight
for their homes. At one time it Was a
question if the official language of the
state should be German or English. The
vote was a tie and a German legislator
(a pastor) voted in favor of the English
language. Andi these men were not all
"cheese-makers." either, but they helped
to build up this country by making cheese
of the English. Who laid the solid foun
dation of the building up by hard work.
perseverance, hardships, brawn and mus
cle of the Middle states, as Ohio and oth
ers? The Germans and Irish. There were
not many breweries, which were "turn
ing good water into bad beer," at that
time until the English trusts bought them.
I will not go into details about the war
of 1812 or the civil war, In which Irish
and Germans shed their blood very lib
erally and proved their loyalty to the
United States. Have the English done
as much? And why should these people,
who have helped to build and maintain
this republic, all at once turn traitors
because the administration was forced
into a war with Spain, a weaker nation?
England was only too willing to side with
us, because she knew we held the "win
ning hand" from the start. There should
be no thanks coming to her, and I, for
one, am surprised that we don't get tired
of always being reminded of our so-called
debt. We never asked her to speak a good
word, and If she ever did It which is a
question she had an onject In view. She
Is like the money-lender who loans money,
because he knows that by foreclosing the
mortgage he will be the winner.
As to Mr. "Common Sense," I only wish
to tell him that there are some taxpayers
in this country who pay more than a
bicycle tax and who have the country's
welfare as much at heart as himself. They j
see a danger in the so-called Imperialism.
not only to their pockets, but to their
liberty, as they know the history of the
ancient Greek and Roman republics only
too well, as also the militarism of their
own countries.
It Is the worst kind of cant for an
American to tell us foreign-born citizens
to go home to our own countries If we
don't like It. I think that we have as
much right to our own opinions as Ameri
can citizens, on this subject, as he has
to his own. without being told If we did
not like his grandiloquent style to hie
ourselves to the countries from which we
came.
It Is all very well for Mr. C. S. to say
that the American and English are a na
tion of shopkeepers (whilst Germans are
only nuisances, as to his version), but
bo.n are very careful to go only to those
places where English Is spoken. Had
they to go to countries, as the German,
without money, knowledge of language
and manners. In order to build themselves
a home, they would sing a different tune,
and maybe would be only too glad to be
sausage-makers.
As to myself, I will tell Mr. C. S. that
I "have come on horseback from the Mis
souri -river to California in 1S64, have
mined in Arizona in 65-67, worked In Ne
vada till 76, In which year I arrived In
Portland, and any one who knows me
will tell him that I always paid my debts,
treated my fellow-cltlzens as gentlemen,
though they had to work hard, and never
did or ever cared to make good water
Into bad beer, or sweet milk Into stinking
cheese, or ever went to a butcher shop
to get scraps for Imported sausages. It
seems with C S. such a case as David
Harum mentioned when he related the
canal story "Low Bridge."
HENRY SCHOLLHORN.
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A Nevr Senator's Problem.
Chicago Tribune.
Senator Chaunoey M. Depew came down
in tho senate elevator one day last week.
He had a bundle of mail In his hand, and
on his face he wore a look of not entire
satisfaction. "See here," he said, ad
dressing two or three fellow-senators,
"when does a man get any time in Wash
ington to work. I have been here two
months, and I haven't done anything but
attend the sessions of the senate, recelvo
callers and try to keep up with social
obligations. I say. when does a senator
got time to do any work?" The other
senators smiled. Mr. Dopew smiled, too,
but it was evident he was more than half
In earnest. Senator McMillan, the Mich
igan man, undertook the answer. He said
to Mr. Depew: "You will discover that
ono of the most difficult things a new sen
ator has to learn is to find time to do any
work."
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RAKGE OF CHRISTIAN DUTY, AS EX
PRESSe BY DR. ATCHISON.
Monastic Orders Are a Perversion of
Christianity Not All Human. Pro
pensities Are Sinful.
subject of Dr. Hugh D. Atchison yester-
day morning at Grace Methodist church, j
The text was from John 1:37, "They fol-
lowed Jesus." Dr. Atchison said in part:
xnere is no representation or tne chris
tian life that gives us more sides of Its
truth than the conception of it as a going
to school to Jesus Christ. 'Take my yoke
NEW SOUTH PORTLAND SCHOOLHOUSE.
limitless circle of Christian privilege. Con
version Is a full surrendering of yourself
to the teaching and guidance of Jesus,
and the life that follows is a life of per
sonal contact with him a living In him,
as the ardent student lives In the stimu
lating atmosphere which an Intimate ac
quaintance with, his teacher provides.
"The story of the coming together of
the first five disciples of Jesus throws a
flood of light upon the intention of Jesus
in the founding of his church and the
principles that to the end of time should
govern its organization. There has been
a constant tendency to narrow the door
into the church, and this tendency comes
through lack of faith, both In God and
man. For many ages the church so mis
conceived the mission of Christ as to rep
resent fellowship s i the church as a re- '
prcsslon of life rather than an invitation
to develop life more abundantly.
"Note the extraordinary diversity In
temperament and character of the first
disciples. Almost the only trust they had
in common was their love and loyalty to
Jesus. 'They followed Jesus.' Any re
quirement for fellowship In Christ's
church that demands something else than I
that, whether less or more. Is a divergence
from Christ's own teaching.
"The monastic orders which survive
down to our own day are a perversion of
Christianity. Their effort is to reduce all
men to a single type. All healthy human
propensities are crushed -down as sinful.
All independent thinking Is ruthlessly con
demned. Before the Reformation the Vat
ican was like the central office of a world
wide telephone system. Every new bold
voice, though uttered in the remotest part
of Europe, was Instantly heard at Rome,
and every man who varied In the least
from tho type approved at Rome was a
marked man. Nor did Protestantism,
after having won Its great victory for the
right of private Judgment, Have faith
enough to entrust Christians with the lib
erty wherewith Christ makes us free. So
far from reducing all men to a "type,
whether that type be Roman Catholic
monk or round-head Purltan, the religion
of Christ seeks to emphasize each man's
Individuality. It is not repression, but
expansion. 'Follow me, you fishers, and
I will make you fishers of men. Follow
me, you twelve humble learners, and
ye shall sit Upon thrones judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.' Christian his
tory Is one long record of just such en
larsements of opportunity. There is room
In the Christian church for the utmost
diversity of type.
"We need such men as Andrew, an
average man, who did the kind of work
that is always most valuable quiet per
sonal work. We need Philip, the practi
cal man of simple human intuitions, who
could not argue with the doubter, but
who could say, 'Come andTsee.' We need
Nathaniel, a man of clear insight enough
to see the difficulties in the way of faith,
but who was loyal to the core a type of
man who stands as a bulwark against
fanaticism and error. We need these three
ordinary men as well as the geniuses,
Peter and John Peter the s born leader,
the great preacher and organizer, and
more than all others, typical of the re
deemed human being, on whom as foun
dation stones Christ builds his church;
and John, the mystic and philosopher, the
loving and beloved friend, and withal a
man of tremendous force of character, a
son of thunder.
"How diverse all these types and yet
how close the bond that unites them I The
one spirit of love, the one Lord, the one
faith made them all one. This should be
true of the church In all ages. The church
can afford to be Inclusive in its spirit if
It keeps close to Jesus Christ How un
speakable the privilege of being a learner
of him who is the truth! He is the only
teacher from whom we never need to part.
Through all the eternities we shall grow
more and more Into his likeness, and Into
the fullness of his stature."
SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY.
Morning Topic at First Presbyterian
Church.
Before beginning his sermon yesterday
morning, Dr. Hill made two Important
announcements. He said that on Thurs
day evening there would begin a series
of studies of the Epistle to the Romans.
Last year the Epistle to the Hebrews
was taken up, much to the gratification of
the congregation, large numbers attend
ing every week. The other announce
ment was concerning the cathedral class.
The general topic for this season is "Old
World Shrines." The meetings will be
gin February 27, and will be held every
two weeks, as follows: February 27,
"Athens and the Parthenon," Mr. Alex
ander Thomson; March 13, "The Seat of
the Caesars," Rev. H. W. Kellogg, D.
D.; March 27, "Napoleon's Paris," Rev.
Edgar P. Hill, D. D.; April 10, "Scott's
Country," Mr. Robert Livingstone; May
8, "At the Shrine of Shakespeare," Rev.
Dr. A. A. Morrison; April 24, "At Shakes
peare's Shrine," Professor J. F. Ewlns:.
The series will close with a Tissot even
ing. At very considerable expenes there
will be secured a set of superb colored
slides of the now famous paintings of J.
James Tissot. These pictures have cre
ated a profound impression in the East
and across the Atlantic Last year the
cathedral class had an average attend-
ance of about 800 and It is expected that
this year the attendance will be even
larger.
In the morning. Dr. Hill preached on
the theme "A Handful of Corn on a
Mountain." The text was Psalm lxxii:16.
'There shall be an handful of corn In the
earth upon the top of the mountains;
the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon;
and thev of the city shall Nourish like
grass of the earth." In part, the pastor
spoke as follows:.
"There is a member of this church
who Is now about 93 years of age. If
she were here today and had kept track
of the religious condition of things dur
ing her life, she could tell us a story
of the Orient.
rphftrt h n hnho n
her mother's
armSi were almost no
vnr, ,, i d,a -mi.
Christian
the coun
try. r&le college had oniy three, and in
Princeton college as late as 1813 there was
only one. But how Is It today? More t
than half of the students in our colleges l
are church members. A recent Invest!-
graduated during the past few years, only j
two declared themselves as unbelievers.
A college in Missouri announces that in
the 25 years of Jts existence every one of
its 323 graduates was a Christian. When
our church member who is now in the !
10th decade ot her life was 37 years old
such a thing as a Young Men's Christian
Association had never been heard of. But
now she finds that an organization of
Christian, men, the object of which is to he did honest work and studied a subject
lead young men to Christ, has, In the from all sides, mastering details and push
United States alone, 12S6 associations lng through to tre final conclusion. It
with 232,653 members, owning property was such attention to matters n hand
valued at over $15,000,000 and employing J that enabled him not again to sheatt
1282 general secretaries and other officers.
"When out church member was 78 years
of age such a thing as a Christian En
deavor Society had never been heard of.
But now sn0 finds, only 15 years later,
that this young peoples' organization has
43,000 societies, numbering 5,000,000 ot mem- i tlon, he bent the energy of his noble
bers, and holding each 7ear an annual , nature to the task until he reached the
convention, attended by from 40,000 to , end in view. Reverses did not discour
G0.000 delegates. And yet some people ask age him; disappointments did not dampen
If Christianity Is losing its hold. his ardor; defeats did not turn h'm back.
"And so we might pass in review the I Other men would have yielded; Washing
different Christian agencies at work ex- j ton buckled his sword the tighter. When
lnf the Lord's kingdom and show how
marvelous has been the growth In num
bers and power of each, the Salvation
Army, the university settlements, the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
the Bible societies and the charitable in
stitutions. "But I want to say just a word con
cerning the foreign mission movement.
It was only 108 years ago next May when
William "Carey preached his famous ser
mon in Nottingham, England, and urged
hds hearers to send missionaries to tell
the heathen world of the Savior of Cal
vary. The idea was ridiculed. He was
told that when God wanted to save the
heathen he would attend to it. And the
brilliant Sydney Smith made a jest of the
$50 that had been gathered to begin the
work 'of converting 420,000,000, of souls.
Fifty dollars was the total amount given
for foreign missions 108 years ago In Eng
land and the United States. In this coun
try the total given for foreign missions
for the second decade of the century was
only $206,210, or an ayerage of $20,621 a
year, while In 1892 the foreign missionary
societies of this country alone expended
$5,006,283 in one year for the spread of the
gospel In heathen lands. And yet the
remark is sometimes heard that Christians
are not interested in the salvation of the
world. So we see how the handful of
corn planted on the barren mountain has
Increased, until great rich gardens cover
its top like a crown studded with emer
alds." AT ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH.
The
New Pastor Preaches an
Elo-
quent Initial Sermon.
At St Francis church, East Side, yes
terday morning, at all the services Rev.
Father Black, the new priest now In
charge of the parish, was greeted with
a largo and devout congregation. The
Incoming pastor was well known to most
of the members, as they had frequently
heard his eloquent words. His work starts
out under most encouraging auspices, and
he has already received a most hearty
and loyal welcome to this field.
For the basis of his morning discourse
he read the parable of tho sower. He
remarked at the opening that he had
come with an appreciation of his full re
sponsibilities to the- people and to God as
a priest It would be his province to
look to the Interest of the soul of every
one In the congregation and promote
the growth of the true gospel, and he
realized that he should be held account
able for the way In which he discharged
that great trust placed on him by bis
superiors at the throne of God. Father
Black said that it was especially fitting
that the lesson of the parable of the sow
er should bo considered at the initial
service. In giving the parable Christ had
chosen surroundings fitting to it. There
were barren and rocky wastes and weeds,
while over there was a waving field of
golden grain. So the simple, clear pur
pose of the lesson Christ sought to con
vey was spread out on every side. The
field of beautiful golden grain showed
where the seed had fallen In fruitful soil
and had sprung up and yielded many
fold, while the weeds and briars and stony
places showed where the seed had fallen
on barren ground or had been choked by
weeds and briars. The speaker called
attention to the mission of the disciples
among whom Christ had sown the seed
of the gospel and how It had fructified
and produced a hundred fold. Father
Black then referred to the spread of the
gospel of the present day, and said that If
the people do not measure up to Its priv
ileges it was their own fault In every
tongue and land the gospel had been car
ried by the church, and the privileges wtre
open and free to all. Failure to receive
the seed in the heart was the fault of
the individual and not the gospel, which
the speaker said Is the same today as it
was when Christ was on earth, or the
first two centuries afterwards. The seed,
he said, must reach the heart to fruc
tify and yield, and many who came to
church heard the gospel preached with a
barren heart. For various reasons they
came to church. They were pleased with
the voice of the speaker or the music or
to be entertained or to see other people,
but not to receive the blessings of the
gospeL The speaker declared that there
la nothing so beautiful as the simple
truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and
he made an earnest appeal In closing his
eloquent discourse to his congregation to
receive every Instruction. It might be
well or illy spoken; that made no dif
ference, if it be the true gospel lesson.
Father Black's first sernvn made a
deep impress-Ion on the congregation. His
words were spoken with great force, and
his fine voice fined the large auditorium
so that every one present could hear and
understand him with perfect ease.
GOOD GOVERNMENT DAY.
Lessons Drown From the 14 fe of
Washington by Dr. Roclcrrell.
Dr. Rockwell, pastor of the Centenary
j Methodist dhurch. East Side, preached
last night on "Lessons From the Life of
"Washington." He said in part:
"The Woman's Christian Temperance
Uriion Is doing great service In the inter-
cats of better government by requesting
city, state and nation. There can be noth
ing partisan In drawing lessons from the
life of Washington so near the time which
all true Americans celebrate as the birth
day of the father of his country.
"One of the lessons Is that of thorough-
nesa In our age, when too many are
only superficial, it is helpful to consider
one of the reasons of Washington's suc-
, cess. At school he was nat brilliant, but
the sword he drew at Cambridge until the
surrender of the British forces at ork
town. His patience in severe trials and
his peserverance after signal defeats fill
' one with wonder and admiration. Hav-
ins decided on a certain course of ac-
the British thought the American army
practically destroyed and its commander
ready to surrender, then In the crisis
hour, Washington having rallied the brok
en ranks of his oft-defeated army, struck
a blow so quick and sharp and at a
time so opportune that the Hessians at
Trenton no sooner recovered from the sur
prise of the attack than; they found them
selves prisoners of war. Hannibal was
the greatest man in ancient Carthage
and the greatest enemy Rome ever en
countered, for, from a boy at the altar,
he swore eternal hatred to everything
Roman. It was Hannibal who said: 'If
I had conquered Sclplo I should consider
myself the greatest general the world ever
produced. But Washington did more
than that He conquered the British with
a decimated army, half clothed and half
fed, and consummated all by the defeat
of Lord Cornwallls at Yorktown. He re
ceived in after years the highest praise
from English officers, and Napoleon said
of him: The measure of Washington's
fame Is full. Posterity will talk of him
with reverence as the founder of a great
empire, when my name shall be lost In
the ranks of revolutions.' The courage
of Washington was spoken of as another
lesson, because he succeeded in a re
markable degree ini infusing the same
quality in officers and men. It was so
In all the great battles of the Revolution,
and particularly On the breastworks at
Yorktown, as he was exposed to the hot
test fire and sharpshooters, like the In
dians in the earlier war, made Washing
ton their target.
"The Irreproachable character of Wash
ington Is 'the great lesson for us todav.
He early learned that the destiny of na
tions is in God's hand. This grew and
strengthened. It made him self-poised,
never over-confident through success and
never depressed by defeat No command
er ever saw darker hours than Wash
ington at Valley Forge.
"At tho beginning of the Revolution
Washington declined to take command
until he had sought for divine guidance.
He rightly hesitated until he received, as
he believed, God's command to go for
ward.
"He entered the war purely from a
sense of duty. Hence British gold could
not bribe. His love of right was so great
his sense of justice so delicate that from
the moment he drew his sword for Amor
lean liberty until he retired to the quiet
of his home at Mount Vernon he was
ready to do and to suffer, to bear burdens
and to make sacrifices.
"When congress debated the question
of pay, Washington said: 'Not one cent,
gentlemen. All I ask is that my per
sonal expenses be paid.' His wisdom and
patriotism were put to the test, but they
did not fail. He spurned the gilded
bribe of king which was offered him as
a reward and severely rebuked the party
that secretly planned to found a mon
archy on American soil."
A Campaign of Education.
New York Times.
There Is grave need of a campaign of
education to prepare the American mind
for adoption of the policy of highest wis
dom in respeci to the Isthmian canal;
and It Is plain that the campaign should
begin at once In the senate of the United
States. The wisest policy, the safest for
us, the best foe the civilized world, the
perfect neutrality of the canal under the
guarantee of all the maritime nations of
the earth as a waterway which shall be
open at all times, In war as In peace, to
ships of every kind under any flag, is
embodied in the treaty before the senate.
We think there Is the gravest reason to
fear the failure of the present treaty. "We
are confident that It would not fall, but
would be promptly ratified and would
have the cordial approval of the Amer
ican people, if both the senate and the
people -had a clear understanding of the
principles involved, and of our true re
lations In peace and war to the canal.
It is for the administration to undertake
the campaign of education in the senate.
It Is the duty of every enlightened per
son who has sound Ideas upon the sub
ject to contribute as far as Ue3 within
his power to the preparation of the pop-
ular mind for the acceotance of the nolicv
embodied in the treaty.
BUBONIC PLAGUE IS OLD
SOMETHING- ABOUT IT FROM THE
RECORDS OF HISTORY.
First' Effective ILeraedy for It "Was
Discovered by a. Japanese Phy
sician in the Year 1S04.
Dr. Walter Wyman, of the marine hos
pital sorvice, has just made to the secre
tary of the treasury a very valuable report
upon the bubonic plague, which he says fa
"surely though slowly extending, and, for
tho first time In history, has Invaded the
western hemisphere." Dr. Wyman cor
rects the mistaken impression that the
bubonic plague is a modern disease. It
has "been known from the earliest times
as the "black plague" and "blacs: death,"
and the literature on the subject Is so vol
uminous that the mere enumeration of
titles covers 40 royal quarto pages in the
Index Medlcus. It is described by the
Egyptians at the time of the Pharaohs;
Thucydides and Livy tell all about it, and
it Is even referred to in the Bible Zachar-
lah xIvOS. In the 14th century it is said
that 25,000,000 people, or one-fourth the en
tire population of Europe, died of this
plague, and In nearly every century suc
ceeding It has prevailed with more or less
severity In Europe, Asia and Africa, but
until 1850 its western limits were the
Canary Islands and its eastern limits
the Island of Formosa, off the coast of
China. In 1892 It first appeared in China,
and in the following year in Japan, and In
1809 at Santos, Brazil, where in October of
that year the disease appeared for the
first time in the American hemisphere,
and was followed by an extraordinary
mortality among the wharf rats, which
doubtless were Infected by eating the rice
in the cargo of tho ship Re"i de Portgual,
upon which there were two cases brought
from Oporto. In December. 1809, the
plague appeared In Honolulu, where It
offers a great source of danger to the
United States, although it la believed to
have been suppressed.
It was not until 1894 that a remedy for
the bubonic plague was found effective,
and the discovery Is due to a Japanese
physician. Dr. Kitasato, a graduate of the
laboratory of the famous Dr. Koch. Jn
the year named he was sent by the Japa
nese government to study the disease In
China, and found that It was due to a ba
cillus somewhat resembling that of chick
en cholera, "a small, short rod. with
rounded ends, of the nonstore bearing va
riety, characterized by its property of ex
tremely rapid mutlpllcation and the fa
cility with which It entered the human
organism," either by inoculation through
external wounds or abrasions of the Bkln,
by Inhalation or by being taken into the
stomach with food. One of Dr. Kltasato's
colleagues, Dr. Aoyama, contracted the
disease by inoculation during a postmor
tem, and other assistants died from the
same cause shortly after.
Tho fatality is appalling. The official
reports show, however, that Europeans
endure the disease much "better than Asi
atics and Africans, because of their supe
rior constitutions, their Ir-'elllgent treat
ment and their confidence medical skill.
The symptoms are first a chill, followed
by fever, overwhelming prostration, nau
sea and vomiting and the rapid formation
of bubos In the glanda Early in the dis
ease a delirium Is noticed, followed by
stupor. Pneumonic symptoms appear In
many cases, and are most Insidious and
difficult of treatment, being followed by
hemorrhages In expectoration.
The only rer-ly known is an "antlpest
serum." secured by infecting horses. The
recent treatment In Oporto shows remark
able results, and 70 per cent of recoveries.
Fourteen per cent of the mortality there
were cases of pneumonic form.
The preparation of "antlpest serum" has
already begun In the laboratory of the
marine hospital service In Wash'ngfon. in
anticipation of the approach of the plague
toward thl country.
Post-Nuptial Pnrnfirrapnn.
A St. Louis man haa been Jailed for
calling Ms wife a "rubber-nsck." "When
he heard the sentence, he remarked,
"Well, I swan!" New York Press.
Thome Do you think there will over be
such a thlngr aa universal peace? Bram
ble I am sure there will not be. My
wife would never agree to it. New Tork
Journal.
"Don't you often long for tho freedom
of your former life," asked the visitor
at the prison. "Not much," replied the
convict. "I was sent here for having
four wives." Philadelphia North Amer
ican. "Can you forgive me and love me still,"
said the newly-made bride, "when I con
fess that my teeth are artificial 1" "Thank
heaven!" cried the groom, as he snatched
off his wig, "now I can cool my head."
Answers.
"George," murmured the young wife,
"am I as dear to you now as I was be
fore we married?" "I can't exactly tell,"
replied the husband, abseret-mindedly:
"I didn't keep any account of my ex
penses then." Detroit Fr a Press.
Judge Tou say that words passed be
tween the accused and his wife. Did you
hear what they were? Witness No, I
didn't hear them, but I saw them. Judge
Saw them? Witness Yes; they were in
the dictionary that he threw at her.
Boston Transcript.
SBW TODAY.
Call for State Convention
A republican convention of the state of
Oregon is hereby called to meet in the
city of Portland, on Thursday, April 12, at
10 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of nomi
nating candidates for presidential elect
ors, state and district officers, except con
gressmen, and of electing four delegates-at-large
to the republican national con
vention, and to transact such other busi
ness as may properly come before the
convention. The convention will consist
of 335 delegates, chosen by the several
counties as follows:
Baker 9
Benton 8
Clackamas 15
Clatsop 12
Columbia 6
Coos J
Crook r. j
Curry 3
Douglas 12
Gilliam 4
Grant 7
Harney 3
Jackson 10
Josephine &
Klamath 4
Lake 4
Lane 1
Lincoln
Linn 14
Malheur 4
Marlon 22
Morrow 5
Multnomah 0
Polk ?
Sherman 4
Tillamook 5
Umatilla 13
Union 12
"Wallowa 5
"Wasco M
"Washington 13
"Wheeler 4
Yamhill 12
Total 336
The same being ono delegate-at-Iarge
from each county, and one delegate for
every 150 votes, and one for every frac
tion over seventy-five, cast for Governor
Geer at the last state election. The com
mittee recommends that the primaries be
held on Wednesday, March 21. and the
county conventions on Thursday, March
29, 1900, unless otherwise ordered by the
proper county committees.
G. A. STEEL, Chairman.
GRAHAM GLASS, JR., Secretary.
DAILY XBia&RMAmOAX KBFS-KT.
PORTLAXEfc Fas. W 8 P. St Xaxbawa
temperature, 39; inlahnsm ttipocamre, 31.
river readlag at 11 A. M 4.1 fee, obaoga
ta teat & hears, 3; total prtotpHatlos. a P
M. to 8 P. St.. . bm: total precipitation
from Sestesneer 1. 18M, 34: sacmal precitrf
tattea from gastomnar 1. 1S. tt.44; cfefiotency.
5.68; tout mmMm Zfeuvary XT. MOO. Oil,
peesfefe aaeaMae. &.
synopsis.
Bain fcaa fatten tm. the lwwrt. 34 hoars orvt
"WaBMnfftoR. Oragaa. Olttorafe. and MorUtera
Idaho, it wae eitlat &Jos the ceast, amount
las' to .T4 t am toe at rorUaad, and 1 32 at
Astoria. There -ms "rata to the past 12 hours
la the Sona4 country. Bwtm WaeMngtoa and
tXHH&era Oregwi, hat Mae atoms the coast
asd Base at Portia, The totoperature has
rises la Washington. Orogem aad Idaho, In
asKxmto raagto? frarn 4 to 14 dagreea, Th
atmospherto prtoamre aor extends la a. trough
from Yaaeowrer latand. to Artoowi. the lywMt
barometer reeding being: at Wteaesaucea, Her
The low that to now over Jfevada. produced
rala la California, wttx a thaader storm at
Bed Bteff. causing- a. 1H ta toaHteratwto to
the Sacramento valley.
WSATHBR TORBCASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland tor the 38 hows
esdla? aahtelght, Monday, February 18, 0O.
Wasters Oregon Oeeastoeal Wia; winds
northeast to eouihwaet.
Westers WasMaetoB-Ooaaetoaal late: wtaia
east to eoutheaat.
Kaetera Oregon Oeoaatonal rate; wteds vari
able. Eeatera Washington and Nerthera Idaho
Occasional rata; winds east to eoutfe.
Southern Idaho Oeoarionul rata;, wtada east
to south.
Pcrtland aad vl iteity Uocacionat rata: winds
north-ast to southeast.
6. N SAU8BURT. Seetkm Director
CLASSIFIED AD. RATES
"Rooms." "Reoma and Board." "Housekeep
tajr Rooms." "Situatlona Warned," IB words or
lets. 15 cents; 18 to 30 wenis. 39 cents. 21 to 38
words, 36 cents, ete. No discount for additional
tasertfoos.
UNDER ALL OTHER HBAD8 except "Sen
Today." 30 cents (or IS words or Jess. 18 to 30
words. 48 cents; 21 to 35 words. SO cento, ste
am insertion. Bach additional insertion, otie
half: no further discount under one- month.
"NEW TODAY" rgange measure agate). 18
cents per line, first insertion; M cents per lis
for each additional Insertion.
AMUSKMEXTS.
CORDRATS THKATER
One Week, OonMneneftirSunday, Feb. 13. 3It
isee Saturday, First Tim Xver at Popular
Prices, the Greatest "of All Comedies.
TOO MUCH JOHNSON."
By William Gillette, author f "Secret Serr
Ioe.w "Sherlock Holmes.' "HeM hy ttoe En
emy." "The Private Secretary," ete.
300 nights la New York. 6 sights la Boston.
200 nights In London. Engtend, etc
The large audience was to a roar of laughter
the entire erenlng New York Herald.
No one stops to breathe aa the stage or in tha
audience while the curtate to up. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Usual prices.
AUCTION SALES TODAY.
Special sale of faraUare at 10 A. 2s.. at 183
First street. J. T. Wlleos, auctioneer.
At residence. 381 13th, earner Clay, at 10
o'clock A. M. S. I N. OUaaa, auctioneer.
MEETING NOTICES.
HAWTHORNS LODOB. NO. 111. A.
F. 4 A. M. Stated eomtBunlcatl n
.this (Monday) evening. T C degree.
All Xaeona cordially invited. By or
der "W. 3rf
F. GLAFKB. XR.. Seoretarr.
WnJUA3TTB LODGE, NO. 2, A.
F. 3c A. M". Stated communication
this Qlonday) evenlnff at 7 30 o clock.
Work In F. C. degree. All M. M. are
cordially Invited to attend.
THOMAS GRAY, Secretary.
PORTLAND LABOR PROTJHCT1VB UNI"T,
NO. 1. To All Whom X May Concern: Thla
1b to notify all brick and piaster contractors
that a labor society was reorganized Sunday
February 11, 1800, with the following' scale of
wages- $2.50 for mortar and $2.36 for brick.
To take effect March 1. lSOO.
J. BARRY, President.
M. CONROY, Secretary.
DIBD.
HOLMAN- la this eKy. Rebraarr 28, l&OGu
John W. Hotraan. age W yeaas, 1 months.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
NELSON At the family yesldesee, 061 Colum
bia street. Marguerite Nelson, aged T years.
Funeral notice later.
CORSON In this city, February 18, 100O,
James R. Corson, aged 82 years. Notice os
funeral hereafter.
EDWARD HOLMAN. Undertaker, 4thx
and Yamhill ats. Reaa Silases, lady
assistant. Beth paenes No. COT.
J. P. FTNLEY A SON, Undertakers.
Lady Assistant. 275 Third at. Tel. 1).
NEW TODAY.
IFISH! FISH' FISH' ALASKA HSRRIN1.
16c dozen, 2 nice fat mackerel, 15c, ' pounds,
white strip ccdnsh, lBc, 2 jiounds, brick c a
fish, 16c; salmon bellies, 7o pound, whole
salmon In brine, 6o pound, small hex
smoked herring, 28c box. We are selling
Oregon eggs; 16o doseo, and 19 pontic's best
sugar, $1. Buy your groceries from us for
cash, and save money. Goods delivered ncr'!!
of Washington street. Both phones. Oregon
Cash Grocery Co . 2S2 North 14th st.
PORTLAND ELECTRIC INSTITUTE. ALL
diseases of women successfully treated Iner
mal baths; physical culture taught. 360 Mor
rison. Office hours, 10 so 12 A. M., 2 to 4
P. M.
1
Wellington Coal.
Pacific Coast Company.
Washington street.
Telephone. 229. 249
MORTGAGE LOANS
On unproved otty and farm property.
R LTVTNQ6TONE, 224 Stark St.
Mortgage Loans
On improved otty property, at lowest rates.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co., 7 Chamber of
Commerce.
Mortgage Loans
On Improved city and farm property, at lowest
current rates. Building loans. Installment
loans. Macmaster & BIrrell. 311 Worcester fc.k.
TIMBER 25,000 ACRES
Title perfect. Inquire at
80 Bast Eighth st north, Portland. Or
FOR SALE KEAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE NICE QUARTER BLOCK, WITH
a good, modern S-room residence commai.
lnff fine view, will be eoid If taken this week
at only ?00.
$860 buys a fine corner lot, with both streets
fully Improved and sewer In front of lot;
nicest butldtn? lot In the city for the monev
$3600 buys a lot 60x100 feet on Irving M
a Sue lot In good nelKtobwhood.
32S0O huy quarter block on the northwest
corner of Uth and Pettygrove sts.
$659 buys a line quarter block on Clinton
and Kaet 14th sts.. a fine building site ari
cheap.
S42S buys a nice corner lot on Clinton a-.d
E. 2th bb., fronting or the car line. A bar
rata.
Small fruit farm of 0 acres, only two
Mocks from depot, has good house and b-"
and 5 acres la 12-year-old bearing fruit trees
a nne, productive home, and will sell at i-w
price, or may exchange fur house and lot.
Sixth-street property 'Fine choice crrcr
-with good two-story M-msk residence, for
sale at a bargain.
Houses and vacant tots I different parts ct
the city for sate ehea& and with easy tenu
of payment. Apply to
C. K. KBHRT, 273 Stark at.
ONE OF THB MOST SJOHTLT QrAPTE"
stocks hi East Portland, close In wUl se.l
either aa a whole or separate, favorable te-?s
either way. This to a good, cheap invest
ment. Also alee quarter ta Holladay" 8. 228
Afeington, bulMtos-.
ACRF TRACTS RIGHT IX TOWJT
W60 to 9600 Opoeeite Piedmont. 15-mlaute
car service, and the geeee are flying JKr"3.
Favoraote terms. W. H. Qrtndetaff, 346 SU-fc.
54T60 BUSINESS PROPERTY, ALBIN'A
ftne brlek Improvement, paying over 1J pe
cent net: owner got Nome fever. Hart La-i
Co., room 7 Sherlock hulknrg.
TWO BARGAINS, WB8T 8IBE RESIDE".
property, well located. 9-room bouse $CU
7 rooms and 36x160, tot. WG0. Dav Jsen.
Ward 3k Co.. 272 Stark st.
$260. CASK DOWN A ft-ROOK HOT SF ,."
tot 80x160: 18 feet from ear line, bM-i-villa,
title perfect. A. Xatteson. 183 Ma
eonst. $2600-17 LOTS READ? TO BUILD OX V
neighborhood . of new furniture factory gectf
street to them. MWer. 36 Chamber of a
BB8T BCT IX CITY Ftne kerne, W Ste
EUt Laldla.Tr. 3C3 Chan her of CoaurversJ
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