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"i:jr3f7piJr,"S:rs" vvr ""W .'TTl l(y FHE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900, c ON E HUNDRED YEARS OFMEDICINE (Copyright. 1000. by THE OREOONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF TWO CENTURIES " BT DR. ROBERT M. TOOKER. IV. At the beginning of this century there were living In Europe two phynlcl.-ins -who were destined to revolutionize the prac tice of medicine th.oughout the world, end for all time. These two men wore Edward Jenner. the discoverer of vacci nation, and Samuel Hahnjmonn, the founder of homeopathy. To these men more than to any others in the world's history, are ire indebtad for the rational and scientific -attitude of medicine today. Both of them met with great opposition, amounting: In one caso to persecution, but each lived to see his Ideas and theories accepted by a multi tude of followers, Mia both died at a ripe old age, after leaving an imprsfss on the pages of medical history that Is In effaceable. In 3800 the first vncctnatlon in America after Jennet's method, was performed by Dr. "Waterhouse, of Har.Mra College, upon his own children. Some years previously Jenner had published his discovery, and had described minutely iha mv vstlsrattons and experiments which had A up to It. In this same year, after patient waiting and much detraction, he irw i.cclved at court by the King and Qnwn of Englans and shortly after was granted an honor arium of 10.000 by act of Parliament, which was subsequently increased to i ?0, W. Up to the time of Jenacr'. dlsccverv, KmnJloox was and for ccn'ur'os had oecn the greatest scourge in the history of the world. It was mire dreaded than cholera r the black lralh, for those of its victims that it did not kill, it ren dered unsightly by its honlble markings. Today the mortality from smallpox throughout civilized naMons In infinitesi mal, and Its only victims are practically those who obstinately rsfusc to be vacci nated. Previous to this time tle lives of human beings were menaced not only by smallpox, but Quite as much so by ihe lancet, and the leech, the pills and the powders of the regular physician. TTor 2000 years bloodleVJng had bn in vogue, but at tho beginning of the 19th century It was carried to extremes never reached before. It was the custcm for persons to be bled twice a year, whether sick or well If well, to ward ff thoe humors which If retained la tho system might Induce sickness. The extent to which ibis practice was carried Is almost Incredible. Men nr.d women were bled until they swooned and after partial recuperation, if tlil ."ick or weak, were bled again ami tguln. In order to obviate the sight of blood, without parting with th beneficent (?) Influences of depletion, a French phy sician by the name of lirouasutrt advo cated the use of leeches instead of the lancet, and organized a nrc of leech trust. He Is said to haie used 300 000 leeches In the wards t te private hos pital In a single year, while his Immedi ate follower, Boulllaud, greatly surpacsod his teacher In tho excessive use of his favorite Instrument. Bleeding w-nt hand in hand with the most excessive use of of drugs, and It is difficult to say which treatment claimed the most victims. The sick one could choose between taking two or three ounces of saltpeter per day or from 40 to 00 grains of gamboge, at a dose, or having from a pint to a quart of blood removed from his veins. Simple prescriptions were seldom if ever made. The poly-pharmaclsts were here, there and everywhere. They apparently vied with each other as to who could write the longest prescriptions and give the largest doses. Many of these prescrip tions had been handed down through the centuries and the number of ingredients thereof had suffered no depletion from age. It was no uncommon thing for a medicine to contain from JX to 40 different drugs and often from 40 to GO. This was the state or tne medical art no one as yet claimed that it was a sci-ence-when Samuel Hahnemann attracted attention from the novelty and revolu tionary character of his doctrines. In 1800 Hahnemann wat 48 years old. Por 35 years previously he had contended almost single-handed for tho abolition of bleeding, and for the substitution of drugs which had been tried upor. well persons and their effects and tendencies definitely ascertained. He maintained that every drug had a speclfir action, an individu ality all its own, which made It different from every other drug, and that no one -could foretell the effect of 20 or 0 drugs compounded together In one prescription. His successes in certain districts and In certain diseases had been marvelous, and the friends of the new system had stead ily increased. It was 30 years later (1810) before he published to the world a com plete account of his theories, experiments and deductions, which he called the "Organon of Medicine." It is little won der that he made many enemies cjid that their opposition was Intenssly outer and unrelenting. He had demonstrated that a single remedy. If properly selected, could, even when given In minute doses, cure diseases which mawslve doses and l'erolc measures had utterly failed to re lieve. The apothecaries, even more than the doctors, were his bitter opponents, for they saw quite clearly that if the people accepted his doctrines their exchequers would suffer. They compelled him per sonally prepare his own medicines, and then secured the passage of laws forbid ding physicians to do so. These laws sorely embarrassed Hahnemann and com pelled him to change his residence sev eral' times. 31 finally went to Paris and died there after becoming famous the world over and after accomplishing the greatest revolution ever recorded in the annals of medicine However we may regard homeopathy as a distinct school of medicine or depre cate the fact that there should be more than one school of medicine future ages must concede that Hahnemann more than any other physician that ever lived placed medicine on a rational basis. He abol ished practices and methods which had been In vogue for hundreds and hundreds of years methods which are now looked back upon with horror and disgust. He banished the lancet. He was the first physician to study Intelligently the nat ural history of disease. He gave an im petus to. if he did not originate, the systematic study of the physiological ac tion of drugB. He compelled men to think and observe. He assisted others to the discovery that active medicines are .never neutral forces, but forces which are ever potent for good or for harm. He taught the value of small doses and Insisted on accuracy in prescribing them. He revolutionized pharmaceutical meth ods. His simple remedies were so easily swallowed that all other physicians were compelled to exert themselves to de vise more elegant and less distasteful preparations for administration to the sick. Many of Hahnemann's theories and dicta are now regarded as fantastical and are repudiated by the majority of his professed followers, but in the main it may be said that no one else ever did so much for rational thorapeutics. Even his vagaries have been a lever of resistless power in advancing scientific medicine and bringing it to the exalted place it occupies today. But these are not the only men who have left an imperishable Impress on the pages of medical history during the 3Sth century- Only brief mention can be made of a few others and their achievements. The obstetrical forceps was first in vented, or at least Its description was first published, by one Peter Chamber lain in 1647. but until 17S3 it shape and form were a family secret, and this boon to motherhood did not come to the knowl edge of the general physician until long after 1800. Their use was not yet taught Seymour Eaton.) DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON in medical schools. Indeed, the obstet rical forceps has been an evolution, end its perfected form "does not date back over a quarter of a century. In obstetrical practice the next step worthy of notice Is connected with tho discovery of chloroform. In 1831, but this discover remained practically unutilised until 1S47, when Simpson, tne English surgeon, used it with such success as to bring it into general notice. It was some years after this, however, before it be gan to be used to mitigate or abolish the pains of labor, and while since then it has been a veritable "gift of the gods" in surgical practice it has nowhere been a greater boon than where women have been in travail. Eleven years later (1S42) Dr. Crawford Long, of Georgia, administered ether and removed a small tumor from the neck of a patient without pain. Two years later (1S44) Dr. Horace Wells used nitrous oxide gas for the painless extraction of teeth. Some time In the early '60s Niemann dis covered the local anaesthetic called co caine, which, however, belongs rather to the surgical than the medical branch of general medicine. The middle of the century is notable for the renaissance of the microscope and for the indefatigable labors of scientists, many of whom were not doctors, but who sought for the causes of disease, both in animals and in man, and In the vege table world as well. These men wore purely scientists and were devoted to scientific study for science's sake. Pasteur was the greatest of them all. His career Is so recent as to require but passing mention, as the one who laid the foundation of bacteri ology. By prolonged and most patient re search in the laboratory he demonstrated that fermentation and putrefaction were caused not by chemical changes, as had been previously believed, but by the ac tion of living organisms of a low type. Just about this time there occurred a most notable discussion relative to the question of spontaneous generation, which for some years (1860-1S70) was par ticipated in by Bastian, Tyndall, Bur-don-Sanderson and others, and which re sulted In a complete victory for thos who maintained the doctrine of "omne vivum ex ovo." On the foundation thus laid Pasteur and his colaborers, who were no less assiduous than himself, reared the structure of the modern germ theory of disease. While many of the details of this theory are still sub Judice, and while many of its deductions must, as at pres ent presented, be regarded as illogical and premature, there is no question but that microscopic life is largciy responsi ble for the complications which ac company disease, if they are not the sole cause thereof. Very many diseases are now believed to be caused wholly by bacteria or other forms of microscopic life, ana many dis eases which were formerly Delleved to be non-transmissible are now known to ' 14 be contagious or Infectious. j In 1S65 tuberculosis was proven to be ! an infectious disease. In this last year ! of the century strenuous efforts are being j made to prove that a certain variety of mosquitoes is responsible lor what 1 known as malaria. If these efforts are successful and means can be devised to exterminate this pest what a new bless- big awaits mankind! But while much pu- j tience must be exercised before the full fruition of the germ theory can be gar- ' nered, already Its beneficence is seen In many directions and especially in the field of preventive medicine. The history of modern sanitation is practically the history of bacteriology. Until the results of the laboratory were made manifest by clear demonstration the sanitarian had no scientific foundation on which to base his rules. The labora tory with Its analytical methods bids fair to eclipse all other changes which medi cine has undergone. People now demand pure food and pure drink. Until the present decade such a demand would have been deemed Utopian. It is now a well-known fact that typhoid fever Is spread by means of drinking water and by milk Into which the germs of typhoid have been accidentally Intro duced. It is also known that other diseases are disseminated throughout communities in a similar way and epidemics can be and are "being controlled over which we were formerly powerless. The present status of medlcltfe in this country as compared with that of 3500 is perhaps best shown by the higher stand ard of medical education which now ob tains. Even 23 years ago no American medical college required of its matricu lants more than a rudimentary educa tion, and some of them did not insist on that. Attendance on two annual courses of lectures of six months each was enough t'o secure a diploma. The teach ing was almost wholly didactic A man 21 years old could come fresh from the farm or the workshop and in two short years could become a full-fledged "M. D." Now the great majority of our colleges have extended their courses of instruc tion to four years and the teaching is mostly clinical Instead of didactic. Many colleges require preliminary study equiva lent to High School graduation or a col lego degree of A. B., while the require ments for graduation in medicine are much more rigid than formerly. Besides this, most of the states require a special examination by a board of examiners who are independent of the colleges before a license to practice is granted to grad uates. The medical college itself is a very dif ferent institution from what it was at the beginning of the century, or even 50 years later ft Now the college must be small Indeed and poorly equipped that is not attached to some hospital, and It must have withal laboratories for the study of bacteriology, microscopy, urinalysis and organic chem istry. Such equipments were undreamed of CO years ago. But have these discoveries and achieve ments been of any positive benefits to mankind? Let factsundisputable facts answer 116 question, in 1550 the estimated dura tion of human life was something less than 30 years; today It Is over 40 years. There are more centenarians living today than at any time during the Christian era. and this in spite of th- fact that we live at a much more rapid rate than ever before and more real life Is crowded Into each year and month and day than ever before in the world's history. Chicago. Queen Victoria was the first lady of rank in England to take chloroform in childbirth which she did when her fourth child was born Her previous labors hod been tedious fend pain ful In the extreme. Her physician extraordi nary was Dr. Charles Loeock-afterward Sir Charles Locock. He had used chloroform on like occasions In hla hospital work, but his experience with It In prix-ate practice had been limited. However, he promised the -Queen a painless labor, and fulfilled his promises to the letter. When the Queen realized from -what suffering the had been spared her gratitude was sreat, and In testimony thereof she pro posed to give the doctor a title by way of rec ompense, which she subsequently did. "When her intentions became known various newspapers began speculating as t the title she would bestow upon him. and various sug gestions were made apropos. None, however, were Quite satisfactory to the public at large until Punch, In turn, suggested that under the circumstanced the most appropriate title which she could give' him would ba that of "Lord Deliver TJs!" DoTvatrer Empress of China, SODAVILLE. Or.. July 3. (To the Ed itor.) A regular subscriber to your puper .will be under many obligations to you for somo information in regari to the Dowager Empress of China. A cltuxen of Sodavlile told roe last nlgat that she Is the widow of LA. Hung Cliantr. I told him that LI is an ex-Prim Minister. He also claimed that the Empress is of -Japanese birth, and the heir apparent is not hor son. Will you be kind enough to give us the facts 1n the case, in The Orego nian? By so doing ;'oi will oblige AL-KX SCOTT. As 1A Hung Chang Is still alive and playing a prominent part in Chinese af fairs, it is plain that the Dowager Em press is not his vJdow; but there Is a possibility that she may le if they both live long enough. The Empress Is not. of Japanese birtn, but belongs to the Manchu Tartars, who nare been ruling China for a long tinw. Her son wos the Emperor, but he favored reform, was too liberal in his views roardlng foreigners and civilisation, and thi Empress, stand ing in with the party oppotd to these things, deposed and impri.vm-sd him. and she has been runnmir the vrholo show since that time. It is iot apparent that there is any "heir apparent"; but Prlnco Tuan, who is opposed to fo-'Tu.T8 and civilization, has besa scheming to put hlson on the throne. It is said that the Downgcr Empress, is the daughter of a Minchu Prince who, being poor, sold her to a Viceroy. She got on the right aid of him and was taught to read and write, and finally he adopted her and sent her as a present to the then Emperor. When his wife dl-id or he wanted another one he married her, or, as the Mormons say, "sealed" bet, and she finally became Empress, and on his death Dowager Empress, and, having an education, has been capable of creat ing a great amount of trouble in '-blna. A book on China, written by Miss Eliza beth Pw Scldmore, will be found filled with the sort of information desired on this subject. JUNE WEATHER. The meteorological summary of the United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, for the month of June 1b as follows: o9 -p 5 Temperature. DATE. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 31 12 Clear Clear PL cl'dy Cloudy Ft, cray Clear Clear Pt. cl'dy Clear Clear Clear Clear Pt, cl'dy 33 Cloudy 35 36 17 20 "' fl!!"!!""! 22""!"III!I 23 24 uiouay Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. cl'dy Cloudy uiouay Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 28 in 29. 30 Mean.. SUMMARY. Mean atmospheric pressure, 29.93. High est pressure, 30.32; date, 6th. Lowest pressure, 29.66; date, 13th. Mean temperature, 64. Highest temper ature, 90; date, 12th. Lowest temperature, 49; date 2d. Greatest daily range of tem perature, 31; date. 32th. Least dally range of temperature, 7; date, 19th. Mean temperature for this month in 1872.. ..J52 3SS0 60 38S7 61 1894 53 3873.. -.751 1851 61 1SSS 63 3S95 62 3874 GO 3SS2 65 3SS9 66 3S96 61 1875 61 1SS3..W..64 3890 62 3897 61 1876 64 3SS4 64 3891 60 18SS 62 3877 60 38S5 62 3892 62 3899 CO 3878 64 3886 64 1893:.. ..58 3900 64 3879 60 Mean temperature for this month for 29 years, 62. Average excess of dally mean temperature during month, 2. Accumu lated excess of daily mean temperature since January 3, 329. Average daily ex cess since January 3, 2. Prevailing direc tion of wind, northwest. Total movement of wind, 5612 miles. Maximum velocity of wind, direction and date. 28. SW.. 33tlf. Total precipitation, 1.76 Inches. Number of days with .01 inch or more of precipi tation. 32. Total precipitation (in Inches) for this month In 1872.. .1.52 1SS0...1.59 3887.. .1.14 1894.. .2.16 1S73...2.96 1881.. .2.34 1SSS...6.33 1695.. .0.57 1874.. .2.6S 1S82...1.91 3SS9...0.51 1SS6...1.41 1875.. .2.05 1SS3...0.08 1SS0...Z.Z3 1S7i...1.35 3876.. .2.35 1SS4...1.42 1891.. .4.07 1893.. .1.88 1877.. .2.05 3SS5...1.77 1892.. .1.41 1899.. .0.62 1878.. .0.13 3836...0.67 3893.. .0.99 1900.. .1.76 1879... 2.18 Average precipitation for this month for 29 years, 1.76 inches. Total excess in pre cipitation during month, none. Total pre- , cipltatlon from September 3. 3899. to dote, 38.34 inches. Average precipitation rrom September 1 to date, 41.03 Inches. Total deficiency from September 1, 1899, to date, 2.69 inches. Average precipitation for 28 wet seasons, 44.09 inches. Number of clear days, 10; partly cloudy days, 5; cloudy days. 15. Greatest 24-hour precipitations, 0.54 Inch on 18th and 19th. EDWARD A. 3BALB, Forecast Official, Weather Bureau. Hodgre-Podsre. A good-natured ro&n and a maiden antique Go out for t sail, but the boat springs a llqtie; He puts his arm round her. Just to save, as they founder. And she murmurs, "It's sudden, but I'll wed you next wlpue." The gladsome Springtime now is here, Tls May; All nature smiles and seems to feel Quite gay. The trees now wear a bright new dress . Of green. While I must wecr my old last Summer's mean. The little frorglea ta the pond Do sing; The little birds build nests In which to rear Offspring. The little lambs with wobbly legs do skip And Jump Upon the scorching wheelman's back Is seen That hump. The thrifty housewlfo puts her garden seeds In ground; The ndrhbors' chickens quickly scratch them out Con-found. Say. Jeffries and Fltz, Why don't you don the mitts. And set out for the wily Dragon's' lair? You are champions over here, 80 the rest is pretty clear. You can sursly lick tho Boxers over there! Gertrude M. Butler In Philadelphia In quirer. 8 When Calamity Reiffna. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Senator Foraker made a hit in his New York speech when he asked If business wants to go Democratic again. Referring to the election of 1892 he said: "The banks went Democratic. the rail roads went Democratic and the mills and the mines and the. factories ana laoor ana ail- went Democratic" And when the industries of this country go Democratic calamity stalks forward for an inning of four years. Governor JCah. of Ohio, has appointed JF. M. Harriott, of that state, who Is 0 years old, Superintendent ef Squirrels. The chief duty of tho newly created officer will ba the wearing of a biua uniform with big brass buttons oa 1U 77 60 64 0 75 49 62 0 76 49 62 0 71 52 62 0 69 58 64 .03 72 51 62 0 79 54 66 0 6S 63 60 0 77 50 64 0 82 56 69 0 82 53 63 0 90 59 74 0 81 58 70 0 65 54 CO .01 64 06 60 T. 64 54 59 .17 66 52 59 .02 67 58 62 .41 65 61 64 .45 72 60 66 T. 66 66 61 .37 71 55 63 .04 79 56 68 0 70 59 64 .06 69 53 61 T. 72 54 63 .03 82 54 68 0 70 56 63 0 62 53 58 .09 66 51 58 .02 72.4 54.5 63.5 .... BRYAN iS NOMINATED (Continued from Fifth Page.) nings Bryan. (Cheers.) He is not unjust; ho is JuaL He Is not in favor of de struction, he Is in favor of preservation. "I know the sentiment of my country men. I know, or I think I know, thoy are prepared today to stand with him and to restore to its glorious resting place that typified Goddess of Liberty, that true lib erty which we metaphorically worship; to which we, in truth, tender that tribute which man owes to the blessings of lib erty under that one Just God whom we all adore. I stand here as an advocate of a cause true and wise, of a man who is Just and fearless, who is not a de stroyer of capital or of enterprise, but an enemy of aggression and sordid power; who believes In stirring all legitimate in dustry; who believes in open schoolhouses and the happy home; who believes that where the American flag floats there must exist not only freedom, but guaranteed freedom, that freedom which shall not perish from earth. I ask you, without division, to nominate that man for Pres ident of the United States and appeal confidently to my countrymen to vindicate your peerless choice." Bx-Governor Pattlson, of Pennsylvania, came next and received an ovation while on the way to the platform. He spoke better than most of those who before him had seconded the nomination of Mr. Bryan and he received the attention of the convention at once, and throughout his speech, which he had the judgment to make brief, he was cheered repeat edly Governor McMIllln. of Tennessee, stood in his chair, instead of walking to tho platform, for the few words In which ha seconded the nomination of Mr. Bryan. Vermont followed with a short second ing speech, delivered by T. W. Maloney, and then came Wisconsin, which spoke through L. H. Bohmrich. Charles Slater, of the District of Columbia, spoke for a minute. A ringing cheer followed the call of "Hawaii," and when John H. Wise, of that delegation, rose in his seat, tho con vention demanded that he take the plat form, which he did amid great applause. "Gentlemen of the convention," he said, "the delegates of Hawaii have come 4000 miles to attend this convention." A loud cheer greeted this announce ment and It was multiplied ten-fold when he added: "And last night she cast the winning vote for 16 to 1 in the committee meeting." Delegate Wise continued: "We came here to nominate that great est of Americans, towering head and shoulders over all his countrymen, the man who la brave enough to stand up according to his own principles. That man, gentlemen, is the man we nominate. And, gentlemen. If we were only a state, we would do more for that peerless man, William J. Bryan." Mrs. Cohn, of Utah, came next and was received with terrific applause. She spoke for not over a half minute, and so faintly that her voice could scarcely be heard. She seconded the nomination of Mr. Bryan in behalf off Utah. Mrs. Cohn's speech concluded the nominating speeches and the secretary began to call the roll of states on the ballot for the Presidential nomination. The Vote. As the roll call proceeded, the shouts of approval of the unanimity of the vote seemed to increase. All the large states were choered heartily as one after an other they cast their votes for Bryan. Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky. Massachusetts were cheered cordially, but when Missouri, and a minute later, Ne braska, were called, the convention fairly palpitated with enthusiasm. So it was too, when the State of New York was called, the convention rising to its feet and cheering. The list of states and ter ritories was completed with the calling of the Territory of Hawaii. The announcement by Chairman Rich ardson that Mr. Bryan had been nomi nated for President of the United States unanimously was received with great ap plause, bub It did not compare with pre viotis demonstrations during the day. The huge flag suspended from the roof, which had played its part earlier In the session, was again lowered, the band played and the people cheered. Standing on their seats some of the delegates waved flags or standards, but the enthusiasm did not run at high tide. As the people already were leaving the hall. Chairman Richard son announced that the convention was adjourned until 10:30 tomorrow morning. TWO DAYS ON RIVER BAR. Experience of 170 Excursionists From Salem Farmers Fed Them. SALEM, Or., July 5. About 170 persons, mostly children, went down the Willam ette yesterday morning on the steamer Pomona for a Fourth of July excursion. They transferred to the steamer Ruth for the return trip, but that boat grounded on a sand bar near Wheatland, and could not be moved. The excursionists re mained there until this evening, when the Pomona returned and brought them7 home The farmers near Wheatland sup plied the crowd with food. Forjred Governor's Name. Sheriff Durbln this evening arrested Ed ward Reiser on a charge of forging the name of T. T. Geer to a $20 check on the Ladd & Bush bank, drawn in favor of himself. Reiser borrowed a blank check, and after filling it in tried to pass it In several saloons. He finally got.lt cashed at Madame McGinnis house, on Ferry street, and was nabbed by the Sheriff, a moment later. When he found that his crime was known he broke down and cried, begging that the matter be kept out of the papers. He Is registered at the Willamette Hotel, with Portland as his residence He will be given a hearing tomorrow In Justice O'Donald's court. Chief of Police Gibson, this afternoon, made a raid on a gang of boys gathered In a boathouse anchored at the foot of Trade street. Ho found 32 boys in the house, five of whom -were playing poker for money. He arrested the five who were playing and brought them before City Recorder Judah. As this was the first time the boys had been in trouble, the Recorder gave them a sharp lecture land discharged them. The offenders 'are all about 16- years of age, and some of them come of respectable families. The boathouse has had & bad reputation for some time, and Chief Gibson says ho in tends to break up the gang of youths who congregate there. Fruit 3Ien Are Hopefnl. The fruitgrowers of this vicinity are well pleased with the action taken by the directors of the Cured Fruit Association, at its meeting, in Salem. The chief ob jection the growers here have had to go ing into the combine Is that the plan un der consideration required that the pro ceeds of. their crops should be handled by the officers of the general association, and that the funds could not be distributed until all the fruit of the same grade had been sold. According to the resolutions adopted yesterday, the fruit and its pro ceeds will be handled by the local associa tion. As soon as the fruit in any local pool has been sold, the money will be di vided. There are very few growers so situated financially that they can care for and harvest a crop of prunes and then wait a considerable length of time for the money with which to pay ex penses. While the growes have confidence In the directors and other officials chosen dj them, they quite naturally wish to keep tho product of their labor In their own hands. They wish to do as much as possible of the work of curing and pack ing the fruit, thus saving expenses. They are of the opinion that the pooling of the crop can be as successful with the fruit remaining in the control of local unions as it would if- the. first plan should be followed.- - The main idea with tho growers is the establishment of uniform grades and prices. This is the proper province of the general association, and if all fruit is sold in accordance with the prices "fixed, there can be no evil results from sales being made through local unions. S. P. Kimball, who wa3 elected to fill the vacancy mado by the resignation of H. E. Dosch, as secretary, is a resident of Salem. His fruit interests are chiefly at Dallas, though he also has an orchard near Salem. He la a practical fruit man, and has had some experience in selling his own fruit in the East. Coos Bay Health Report. Health Officer E. Mlngus, of Coos Bay, today filed in the executive office his re port for the quarter ending June 20, 1S00. The report shows that 55 domestic ves sels arrived in the port and 59 departed. No foreign vessels arrived or cleared. The report closes as follows: "During the existence of quarantine regulations in San Francisco and California againGt bu bonic plague, vessels arriving here from that port complied with the general regu lations of requiring certificates for Chi nese passengers and China goods before departing. Under those circumstances, ex amination of cetificatcs and ships' mani fests was deemed sufficient precaution. During that period, however, no Chinese or Chinese goods were landed at this port." Capital City Xotcs. Sheriff Durbln has announced his inten tion of enforcing the bicycle tax law aft er July 15. This means that he will not only seize bicycles upon which the tax has not been paid, but will also add the penalty to the tax. The total number of wheels upon which taxes were paid last season was 2551. Only 6SS have paid this year. County Assessor Hobart reports that his field deputies have completed their work, and that he will immediately begin to write up the 1900 assessment roll. This work will probably require three months. News has been received in Salem. of the death of Frank Kaiser, at Cape Nome. Kaiser was 43 years old, and resided on a farm north of Salem. Three hop contracts were filed in the Recorder's office yesterday, conveying hops now growing near Butteville. The prices agreed to bo paid were 8 and 9 cents. Lincoln County today paid $2000 on its 1899 state taxes. The Marion County Court has raised the amount of the Treasurer's bond from $30, 000 to $40,000 on account of the increased sums of money which come into his hands. NEW STRIKE I?f THE HELESA. Great Chnnki of Free Gold Work on Helena So. 2. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., July 5. Re ports have Just been received from the Helena mine, of the richest strike that has ever been made in the Bohemia dis trict. This is in one of the lower levels of the property. The ore carries free gold in great chunks, ooid can be seen all through the ore. Work has already commenced on Hel ena No. 2, on an extensive scale, and very satisfactory results are being ac complished. This property, from all Indi cations, will equal the Helena when fur ther developed. CXEAK-m OF THE STEriMSG. XIne Gold Briokn Weighing; 3270 Onncea More to Come. JACKSONVILLE, Or.. July 5. Henry E. Ankeny came over from the Sterling mine this morning with nine gold bricks, weighing 1270 ounces. They were depos ited In the Medford Bank. This Is the second large deposit from this season's work, and It will take a month yet to complete the clean-up. The final clean up is expected to be large THjI TRADE OF MANILA. Hemp and Tobacco Leading: Indus tries Report of British Consul. WASHINGTON, July 2. Consul Hal stead sends from Birmingham, June 11, 1900, the following abstract of the an nual report of the British Consul at Ma nila: "The collapse of the insurrection last November and the opening of the ports since January 1 having restored confi dence, great activity In commercial quar ters has ensued; but the continuation of this prosperous state of affairs is very much dependent upon circumstances, for though the ports are safe, the interior of this island and of many of the others is quite the contrary. When the accumu lated cargoes now in these ports are dis posed of. 'it will depend on the .state of the country whether any further exports are forthcoming. Law and order are be ing restored as rapidly as possible, but the Immense size of the country renders it a difficult task. The natives, I believe, would willingly return to their agricultur al pursuits, but the influence of their leaders appears sufficiently strong to keep them from surrendering. "Prices have Increased to such an ex tent that Manila, which till recently might be classed as a cheap place to live in, must now be considered the reverse. As yet the provision markets are not seriously affected, though fruit, vege tables, game, etc, are 20 per cent dearer; but house rent, servants, carriages, horses, launches, and labor of every de scription are already treble the price of last year. In consequence of the great demand, launch hire and everything con nected with shipping commands Its own price. Improvements are visible In every direction, and already the town has .quite a different appearance from last year. The work of draining the filthy town ditches and stagnant pools, which is In contemplation, may possibly entail an epi demic, but the advantage to posterity is inestimable. The recovered land of the city walls and moat will provide build ing sites which American enterprise will know how to utilize; and although Ma nila will never become a fashlona- "The two well-known leading Industrials of Manila hemp and tobacco will, I fear, suffer very severely for -some time from the late insurrection; but there are no doubt at present golden opportunities for the employment of capital and talent In many local trades. Ice manufactories, livery stables, hotels, and general enter prises are much wanted; but I most strongly deprecate young men wthout capital (no matter what their education may - be) coming hero in search of employment. The departments of the postofnee and tel egraph, being now under American and British control, are admirably conducted. The telephone, the water supply, and the electric lighting are Spanish, and also deserve great praise The electric-lighting plant is being enlarged, and Manila will soon be one of the best lighted towns In the East, "The Chinese labor question is one of great Importance in these Islands. Ameri ca's experience of it in California not be ing satisfactory, there is strong Influence against It; but, taking into consideration the natural Indolence of the Filipino, it will probably be found Impossible to do without the Chinese. One of the principal objections Is that by tneir Industrious habits they gradually obtain a monopoly in all retail trades; but this may be remedied by confining their enterprise simply to manual labor, and for this they are most admirably adapted, and In the hot season positively necessary. The Filipinos make excellent clerks if they can be well overlooked; but If allowed, they will spend their time In gambling and cockfighting. They have no idea of putting energy Into any of their pur suits, and have no commercial instincts; they also care little for money, loss or gain being to them apparently a matter of indifference" Thurston County has. 5,017, 45 in cash in its- treasury. - . JAPANESE AS FISHERMEN THEY HAVE UNDERBID WHITES OX PUGET SOUND. Tills JSay Lead to International Trouble as They Operate in British Waters. J. L. Smiley, a canneryman, of Blaine, Wash., is registered at the Imperial. He Is preparing to start in canning sockeye salmon on the 15th Ins., and expects the season to last until October. The Indications of a good run, ho thinks, are very favorable and quite a number of Spring salmon have been caught the past season. The ,prico to be paid fishermen for sockeyes, he says, is 25 cents each this season, .south of the international bound ary, but on the Canadian side, the Japs are underbidding the white fisher men by agreeing to accept 20 cents, and ne iooks tor trouble between the races in consequence, as the white fishermen de mand 25 cents. Grave threats of dire vengeance on the Japs are wafted across tne line, but Mr. Smiley thinks the Cana dian Government will protect the Japs in case of attack. Several hundred sub jects of the Mikado, he says, have lately arrived on the scene, via Victoria, and as they can make much more money at zo cents a fish than they can In Japan, they are quite content to accept the lower rate. South of the boundary there is no sign of trouble, as there are no Japs and all the fishing Is done by whites, who are paid 25 cents a fish without parley. The sockeye averages six or seven pounds In weight, so at 25 cents the price paid per pound. Is about 3 cents. He considers the price paid for Chinook salmon in the Columbia 7 to S cents enormous, but thinks the fishermen make more money up his way, as the fish are more plenti ful. He was formerly interested In the Columbia River fisheries, and says he cannot see how ultimate extermination of the Chinook can be avoided under pres ent conditions. On coming to Portland this trip, he met several fishermen from the Lower Columbia, who have decided to work this season In the vicinity of Blaine, as they could not make wages In Oregon, on account of the scarcity of fish. He says the run of salmon on Frazer River, In British territory, keeps up remarkably well, considering the number of canneries at work on its banks, and the hatcheries there seem to have bet ter luck in keeping the river stocked than they do on this side, though he does not give any reason therefor. Hoar Hardly lor Bryan. Syracuse (N. Y.) Herald. Senator Hoar Is a hot anti-Imperialist, but Mr. Bryan can hardly count on get ting his vote. "I prefer to trust the fu ture of liberty," he says, "to the party that for 50 years has never gone wrong but once rather than to the party that for 60 years has never been right once" This is rough, considering all the nlco things the Democratic press has been say ing of Senator Hoar during the past year. What is wanted of soap for the skin is to wash it clean and not hurt it. Pure soap does that. This is why we want pure soap; and when we say pure, we mean without alkali. Pears' is pure; no free alkali. There are a thou sand virtues of soap; this one is enough. You can trust a soap that has no biting alkali in it. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts of people use it. Electricity Cures! No honest doctor will deny that Elec tricity Is the only natural restorative, the only means of curing ailments of a nervous and debilitating nature. The only difficulty has been in the manner of. application. Experience combined with study and a reasonable amount of Intelligence should educate any man in the proper application of a curative agent. My life has been spent in this work. The result Is my improved method. It is a great success. Call and see it; or let me send you my booklet describing it, free. DR. A. T. SANDEN Cor. 4th and Morrison . PORTLAND OREGON A DOUBTTXG THOMAS. Had His Falling Hair Stopped, and Dandruff Cnred, "Without Faith. H. B. Fletcher, Butte, Mont., October 20, 1S99, says: "Like many other people, I have been troubled for years with dan druff, and within the last few months my hair came out so badly that I was compelled to have what I had left clipped very close. A friend recommended New bro's Herplclde. I confess that I doubted his story; but JL gave Herplclde a trial; now mv hair is as thick as ever, and entirely" free from dandruff." "Destroy the cause, you remove the effect." At druggists. $1 00. 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