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THE MOBNING ttREGOSflAN, MONDAY, NOVElrfBEK 19. 1900. 16 Unknown Owner-NW. of. NE. . Sec 13. T. 1 S.. K. E.. acres.... 163 JTJnknown Owner N. of IsE. , Bee 3, T. 1 S., B. 4 E-, 80 acres... 6 00 And on Tuesday, the 11th day of Decem ber 1300. at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. of said day, at the front door of the court house, In said county and state. I will soil the above-described real estate at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, subject to redemption, to satisfy said war rants, costs and accruing costs. WILLIAM PRAZEBR. Sheriff of Multnomah County. November 12. 1900. WASHINGTON'S UPPER TEN. SfcKlnley's Re-Electlon Obviate Recasting: of Society- Boclety Is exceedingly well pleased with the result of the election, says a "Washing ton letter. There will be no recasting of the official set. Army and Navy officers In good berths here have the best of prospects for retaining their desirable filllets. Altogether the prospect for the coming "Winter and Its three successors Is most pleasing. "While official society will wait nntll after New Tear's before beginning Its en tertainments, the unofficial opening of the season, as usual, will take place In the quaint Alibi Club house on I street on Thanksgiving Day. The Alibi tea Is a notable annual occurrence. There the prospective debutantes, the brides of other years and the matrons of society re ceive their friends In an Informal way. Before the official opening of the esa eon the coming-out entertainments will take place. Most of them will be In the form of afternoon teas in December. Among the well-known young women who are to be presented la Miss Ruth Eanna, daughter of the Ohio Senator, who lives in the historic Ogle Tajlor mansion, built by George Washington's friend and occupied by many noted statesmen, "Vice President Hobart being the last before the present occupant. Season of Garety Promised. The prospects for dancing parties are very good. The Bmall and early affairs which have flourished for a number of years are to be reorganized during the coming season. The Bachelors will give their customary three cotillons, and there are many dinner dances In contemplation. There is no doubt that there will be many brilliant entertainments. All the hostesses who gave elaborate dinners last year will repeat their efforts this Winter. It Is understood that the Westinghouse man plon will see even more elaborate affairs than those witnessed there In '99-'00. There will bo at least one notable addi tion to those who entertain elaborately, and probably two. The positive addition will be Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, whose house was the most noted in the American colony during the Paris Expo sition. The other Is General and Mrs. Draper, of Massachusetts. They are thinking of making this their Winter bome. While the General was in Congress ho was noted for lavish hospitality, and while he was Ambassador at Home he was the most elaborate entertainer among the members of the corps diplomatique. Mr. and Mrs. Walsh have been back ffrom Paris for a week. They have spent the time putting their house in order and contemplating the completeness of their Social triumph in Paris, where the King of the Belgians was among the friends they added to their list. The King at tended Commissioner-General Peck's banquet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, and made a speech wherein he said he attended for the purpose of saying fare well to his good friend, Mr. Walsh, and because he liked to meet American gen tlemen. Just how much of their triumph is due to Mr. and Mrs. Walsh personally and how much Is due to the fact that they had as members of their household three of the prettiest girls In Washington society h&a not been set down in figures, but certainly the pretty girls have a large share to their credit. The three pretty girls are (Miss Marian Cockrell, daughter of the Missouri Senator; Miss Wilson, daughter of the Secretary of Agriculture, and Miss Rochester. This tro who helped Mrs. Walsh In Paris re turned to this city with the Walshes. AMERICA TO RULE THE WORLD A. Brltisk Army Officer's Estimate of the Future of This Nation. Well," said Colonel TJllck de Burgh, of the English Army, to a Kansas City Star reporter, "America comes very near being the center of the universe. I pre dict that In less than 100 years the United States will have undisputed sway over the whole world, and I think this Is be ing pretty generally understood among the nations." Colonel Ullck de Burgh and Major D. Whitfield have Just come from the War Department of Great Britain, and their mission, according to the Colonel, is to investigate the market in this part of the country In regard to the supply of horses and mules used in the British Army, and to buy a few cavalry horses. Colonel de Burgh has had charge of the equipment of the British cavalry regi ments dxrlng the Boer war. While h Is in the West he will make his head quarters lif Kansas City. He will bo there probably two weeks. 'The Western States have supplied us With an enormous number of mules and horses," said the Colonel, "and they have been good material and have proved very satisfactory. But we wonU need many more. There will not be any more heavy fighting In South Africa, but we expoc the guerrilla warfare to last a, long time. The situation is Just about the same with us In South Africa as with you in the Philippines." The Strenuous Life. Harper's Weekly. It has been the possible misfortune of the cause of the strenuous life that Its most persistent advocate in this country has been identified with the militaristic Idea, which really has little to do with the question in its larger aspect. Now that its advocate has ceased for the time being to be regarded as one of the standard-bearers of a single party In a political conflict the fundamental principles of the particular kind of life he urges upon us may reveal themselves more clearly to those who on the political questions of the day regard him with disfavor. Even In the prose poem to which we have referred, and which we wish every one might read, one of the guide-posts on the footpath to peace la the Injunction that we should be satisfied with our posses sions, but not contented with ourselves until we have made the best of them. It is unquestionably true that even those of us who have opposed the aspirations of Mr. Bryan to the Presidential office have stood In admiration of the manly vigor with which he has pursued his quest, and If all the vitality and all the energy that the rest of us possess may be as strenuously exerted for the better ment of ourselves and our fellows, and therefore of our country, we need have very little apprehension as to the fu ture. Mollneaux Case Still Draffs Oa. New York World. When Recorder Getf returns from his three months' vacation to take charge of Part I of the Court of General Sessions Assistant District Attorney Osborne will hand him the papers In the case against Roland B. Mollneaux. charged with the murder by poison of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams. Should the Recorder sign the papers the same day the Mollneaux case could not be argued in the Court of Ap peals before next March or April. After the papers have been signed by the Recorder they are sent to the prin ters. In the meantime, Mollneaux is in the death house in Sing Sing, where he receives visits from his wife and mother twice a week. General Mollneaux sees bis son nee a week. Principal Keeper James Connaughten says Mollneaux is the best prisoner ever brought to the death house. HEW FOOD FOR SOLDIERS PORTABLE HEW IS LATEST THEfG ADOPTED BY TJXITED STATES. Dried Errs Purchased, in Quantities for Troops In China and the Philippine Islands. The portable hen Is the latest thing adopted by the Commissary Department of the Army. It lays fresh eggs every day. Is guaranteed to produce eight dozen. Just as they are required, and weighs only two pounds. Requiring neither food nor water, it may be car ried conveniently In a soldier's knapsack, and all he has to do when he wants an omelet or a "scramble" Is to unscrew the "critter" and extract the raw material from It with a spoon. Dried egg in cans Is, to speak more exactly, the Army food of the Immedi ate future. It Is put up now by a num ber of manufacturers in various parts of the country, but chiefly In Missouri, under different trade names, such as "evaporated egg," "desiccated egg" and "crystallized egg." From two of these firms the War Department has recently purchased large quantities of the stuff, and thousands of cans of It have been shipped to China and to the Philippines for the use of our troops. One pound is equivalent to four dozen fresh eggs, and it affords an admirable substitute, being, to all Intents and purposes, simply hens' eggs with the water extracted, and "keeping" for years, even in a tropical climate. Fairly reliable statistics show that thir teen billions of hens' eggs will have been laid In the United States during the year 1900 a startling estimate, truly, Inasmuch as these eggs, stood one on top of an other, point to butt, would make a col umn 461.W8 miles In altitude nearly twice the height of the moon from the earth, when that orb Is seen overhead. The an nual value of this product exceeds that of any mineral except coal, and is greater even than that of pig Iron. Great American Expansionist. No wonder, then, that the Industrious Yankee hen Is looking for an outlet for her 5tip-fluous energies. She Is the great American expansionist. Under favorable circumstances she lays her own weight in eggs In six weeks, and she must have room to grow. The egg belt In this coun try, like the wheat belt, has moved stead ily Westward during recent years, and it is now in the latitude of Missouri, in which state and Its geographical neigh borhood more eggs are produced than In any other region of equal area in the world. This Is the area that produces a very large fraction of the Winter eggs con sumed lfi Eastern centers of population. They are called Winter eggs because they are consumed during that season, but they are laid in the blooming Sum mer time, when the gentle zephyrs agi tate the tree blossoms, scattering their tender petals, and the amorous rooster calls his mate with stertorous note to give attention to the elusive but nutritious worm. During this annual epoch of plenty the prudent packer, well advised of an inevitable scarcity to come, buys up the ovi-product of the farmyard at 6 to 8 cents per dozen, and puts it away in barrels of lime water or In cold storage. For, lol after many moons have waxed and waned, he will be able to dispose of these eggB as "fresh-laid" at 30 to 40 cents a dozen. Near to the haunts of the feathered producers. In the "heart of the Ozarks," or elsewhere In the chicken belt, "lo cates" the maker of dried egg, with a view to reducing to a minimum the cost of his raw material. From all the region round about, gathering them from farm ers and farmers' wives, who have here a dozen and there a few hundreds to dis pose of weekly merchandise productive of pin money for the women, convertible Into dry goods and ribbons at the coun try "store" the manufacturer derives his supplies of "hen fruit." Millions of eggs pour Into his hopper, and as. fast as they arrive are broken into pans, evaporated to absolute dryness and finally granu lated by grinding. In this granulated shape they look like sawdust, and thus they ore put up in barrels and tin cans. The preparation is In -various forma, so that one may buy desiccated whites, des iccated yolks, "whole eggs" desiccated, or even desiccated ham and eggs. Dried eggs have been utilized largely In Alaska of late. In the Klondike and at Cape Nome. They have Been iur nished to British soldiers In South Africa In Yankee cans. In this and other ways the American hen Is distributing her product all over the world, and recent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions have carried similar supplies with them. Meanwhile the eggs of various species of wild fowl are being used abroad in the manufacture of a substance called "egg albumen," which Is Imported Into this country and extensively employed by bakers and for glazing prints. It looks like a fine quality of glue, broken Into small bits; Is golden yellow In color, and quite transparent and pretty. The price is about 55 cents a pound retail. Art of Preserving: Ejrcs. Thirty years ago the art of preserv ing eggs In the shell was wholly un known. There were no heated cars to keep them from .freezing In transit dur ing the cold season, and In Summer they "spoiled" for lack of refrigerating cars. Ignorance In such matters was so pro found In that epoch that quite a sensa tion was created by the exploit of an adventurous but thoughtful person named S. P. Pond, now residing In Keokuk, la., who took a carload of eggs from the West to New York City In Winter, tending the perishable freight himself with the help of a small stove And delivering them at their destination in satisfactory condition, "in those days $1 a dozen was fre quently paid for fresh eggs In Winter, and the supply even at such prices was smalL Eggs were then packed most com monly in barrels, with oats or straw, to prevent breakage, the modern crate and plegeon-hole box of pasteboard being as yet unthought of, and they were apt to taste of the packing. It was all quite primitive, Indeed. At the present time eggs are kept by millions from Summer to Winter by pickling them In lime water or by keeping them In cold storage. There Is money In buying eggs at S or 10 cents a dozen, keeping them. In cold storage for five or six months, and selling them at 40 cents. No wonder, then, that, trial has been made of many processes for preserving eggs. They have been bathed In wax, coated with vaseline, painted with par affin, treated with lard and manipu lated In many other ways, but none has been wholly satisfactory. It has been ascertained that a hen's egg is provided! by nature with a varnish which excludes the germs that cause decomposition, and the obvious conclusion has been drawn that every effort should be made to avoid washing this coat off, the desirable thing apparently being to Increase the thick ness and density of the protective en velope. Hence it has been proposed to wrap each egg separately In an air-tight package, and various other expedients in the same line have been suggested. Opinion of Agricultural Department. Unfortunately, it appears that each egg contains within Its shell a small amount of air, which will inevitably cause de composition after a while, even though the outer atmosphere be wholly excluded. One inventor has proposed to withdraw this air by placing the egg In a vacuum, but the plan does not seem to have work ed successfully. Freezing retards decay indefinitely, but destroys the edible qual ity of the ovi-product. On the whole, as declared by the Department of Agricul ture, the best preservative is "water glass" (sodium silicate), one part to ten parts of water, the mixture to be poured over the eggs in jars, which should then I be piacea in a ory, cooi ceuar, a coat of. vasellnedoes about as well, but is more troublesome, while llmewater gives a pe culiar and undesirable flavor. Various by-products of hens' eggs are used today in Interesting ways. From rotten ones is obtained an oil, useful as a lubricant, and which In Russia has been highly prized for centuries as a euro for burns. The shells turned out In Im mense quantities from the dried-egg fac toriesare valuable for chicken feed. Some of the yolks are employed by hair dressers, and purchased by many women to make the hair soft and glossy, and to keep the scalp In good condition. Just, as in the hog-packing business, the "only part of the pig not utilized Is the squeal," so. In the egg Industry, nothing worth mentioning Is wasted. The stale eggs, known In the trade as "seconds," are broken Into cans, each holdln 30 dozen, frozen solid, and when wanted are chopped out and thawed. In this form great quantities of Inferior eggs are car ried over from Summer to Winter and disposed of at a satisfactory profit. More than SO years ago an enterprising manufacturer undertook to turn out a product which he called "Imperishable Eggs." Much money was Invested In the enterprise, but It failed, chiefly because the stuff, after being kept for a few months, could not be dissolved In water. Next, a famous maker of condensed milk, who has earned an enormous fortune in that industry, took UP the matter and tried to condense eggs in vacuum pans by much the same process as he had used with the milk. He established a large plant for the purpose In China, where eggs are plentiful and cheap, but the enterprise did not "go," and he gave it up at length. BRITONS AFRAID OF RIVALS Favors and Trade Not Coming; Their "Way So Readily as in the Past. The British people are desperately anx ious to see the America's cup back again in the Old Country, but they would pre fer even more to know that the fastest mall steamer on the Atlantic had her home In the docks of the Mersey, says a London newspaper. Competition Is be coming remorseless: the days of monopo ly are receding swiftly into the past. Not many years ago such an angry out cry as that which was raised at the statement that great engineering con tracts in connection rwith the railways of South Africa had been placed In the United States would have been Impossi ble. British Iron and steel masters would have laughed Incredulously at the sug gestion that their American rivals could produce work more cheaply and more quickly than themselves. There Is no such laughter today. The British public has not forgotten that It Is an American bridge which crosses the Atbaro, and that it was placed there by American engineers, be cause no British firm could guarantee its completion within six months of the tlmo specified on the other side of the Atlan tic Whatever the reasons were, the fact remains a standing reminder that the race is to the swift. When the huge con tracts for South Africa come to be placed, will it be found that any of the leeway has been made up? A New Safety Anchor for Ltffhtships. Marine Engineering; The difficulty of keeping a lightship on her station In stormy weather and the danger to navigation when she is shifted are recognized by all seafaring men. Buoys, also, often rift away from their stations, and se deceive the mariner. Such accidents are due usually to the parting of the cable of a light vessel or buoy In a heavy sea or to the lifting of their anchors from the bottom as they rid5, moving the vessel or buoy little by little far from its original location. To pre vent Buch accidents, a safety anchorage has been Invented by George C. Stanley, of Portsmouth, Va. It consists of a cable counterweight, buoy and anchor. In Its operation, as wind or wave move the vessel from the chartered position, the cable and counter weight are lifted; the weight of cable and counterweight Is then suspended from the vessel to the buoy. As the strain in creases the buoy Is submerged and forms an elastic loop of the cable with a con tinuous strain throughout the movement. This allows the vessel to gradually re cede with the wave, and as the tension is Increased on the cable the vessel comes through the wave in an easy manner and presses forward to buffet the next wave without any sudden stress being placed upon Its fastenings. The forces called Into play by this anchorage are opposed to one anchor the buoyancy of the float and the gravity of cable and counter weight. The present method of anchorage requires a very heavy cable with many fathoms paid out to relieve it .from sudden shock produced by each succeeding wave. Musto in Paris. Harper's Bazar. Music In Paris society has undergone a great change. While formerly on the pro grammes of soirees, muslcales and charit able concerts professional names only ap peared, fashionable women now figure, and, so to speak, crowd out the artists. Countesses, Baronesses and the bearers of less resoundlngTtles are beheld, who have studied singing correctly, are gift ed with beautiful voices, and lack neith er feeling not powers of expression; these have completely displaced professional performers. This Is less frequently the case In respect to Instrumental work never. In truth; but In regard to singing the situation is Just as I describe It. A few days ago I attended a matinee mu sicals given by M. Dlemer, one of the leading pianists of France, and here I applauded the singing of a Countess, who appeared with the renowned violinist, Sarasate. Whose fault is this? Possibly the youthful artists of the day, who do not take their art seriously, are to blamo. Hence, once more, dear pupils, and all that study singing, let me urge you to devote to your work the time needed to achieve worthy results, and thus eclipse and outstrip the dilettanti that, out of am bition to kill time, out of caprice or even through real love of art, stand ready to crush youthful talent and bury It out of sight. The little revolution I refer tq only broke out a few years ago. Up and at tho enemy, children, and the palm shall be yours! Unsold Paris Exposition Tickets. Paris Letter. How many exhibition tickets will re main unsold on November 5, the date of the closing? The Presse places the number roughly at 15,000.000. This Includes tickets that have not been claimed, tick ets claimed but not placed in circulation, and, lastly, tickets on sale. Thje first two categories are estimated at 6.000,000. This leaves 9,000.000 tickets to be account ed for at the close of the exhibition un less the authorities decide on such an ar ray ot fetes that the number will be considerably diminished. Letters are dally being received by M. Picard. the director- general, and M. Bouvard, the organizer of fetes, making suggestions for monster festivals, calculated to draw visitors at almost any price. One proposal suggests that 100 tickets be asked of each visitor. This is obviously Impracticable, but should the administration follow up the idea. It is quite possible that tho total ot 65,000,000 tickets Issued in connection with the exhibition may be almost exhausted. In the' last exhibition only 29,000.000 ot the 40.000.000 tickets Issued were disposed 1 of. l ; It Allows the Vessel to Recede with the Waves. YANKEERIDERSTHtVOGUE MAirr ENGLISH TtTRPMEJr WANT ONLY AMERICAN JOCJCEYS. If the Best Ones Cannot Be Had, Poorer Boys Are Taken Eagerly Different Methods Discussed. With a handful of men and a mannlkin from across the Atlantic fast revolution izing the art of race riding as for so long It has been understood and practiced in England, and others expected over pres ently to help in the process, the question naturally arises. What Is to be the future of the English Jockey? What does the new state of things developed by Ameri can rivals portend for him? Must he sac rifice elegance for effectiveness, tradition f6r up-to-dateness? In short, must he crouch to conquer7 are the questions asked in the columns of the London Mai!, the term "manikin" being applied to Tod Sloan. Then, in the discussion of Amer ican methods, the Mall says: This American Invasion carries interest outside the circles It directly affects. Short of the war, perhaps no subject has engaged so much attention, and for ob vious reasons. Racing Is a national sport, England Is the home of the thoroughbred and the nursery of racing. The skill of her horsemen has been equally with the prowess of her horses a theme for admi ration. They might not all be Chlfneys or Archers, these riders, any more than the animals they bestrode were all Eclipses, but In the bulk they defied any other country to produce their equal. So that when rivals began to dribble across from America, with wrinkles said by some to bo derived Indirectly from the red Indians, and attitudes which 'elicited sarcastic allusions to monkeys on sticks, and when, In spite of their funny atti tudes and unorthodox methods, they be gan to win races, and kept on winning, often on most unpromising material why, then people began to look at each other In wonder and to ask what It all meant and where It would end. Have Become the "Vogue. It Is only In the last two years that ex ponents of tho American plan have ridden regularly In this country. At present they are not a large body, and onlj one or two of them are rated first-class by trans-Atlantic experts, who profess not to be able to understand at all how Rigby has managed to succeed over here. Yet in this comparatively short period they have come virtually to dominate matters. They are In vojrue. Owners run after them as women run after sale bargains. Some, when the best are not available, contentedly take the worst rather than put up the ablest among English riders. Others, or not to exaggerate, though, probably the plural applies all right one other, and he a man not wholly Inconspic uous, carries this preference to the length of refusing to run his horses unless an acceptable Yankee rider can be secured for them. The amount of Influential patronage they now enjoy shows that the Invaders have taken deep root. How deep may be imagined from a glance over the names of their principal employers. To mention but a few of the more rep resentative, there is Sloan's first regu lar patron over here, Lord William Beres ford, whose high opinion of his merits survives the severance pf their connec tion; the border baronet. Sir Waldle Griffith, from whom the erratic Martin holds a retainer; Mr. Musker. of home and colonial and other big enterprises, who has ranged pretty well over the whole band; Sir Ernest Cassel, whose horses are trained as well as ridden ac cording to "foreign" ideas; Hall Walker, whose Merry Gal defeated" the Prince ot Wales' Diamond Jubilee In a 10,000 race at Newmarket: the Knight of Kerry, Princo Soltyhoff, Sir Edgar Vincent, J. B. Leigh, Lord Carnarvon, etc. Expert Owners Prefer Them. From the admittedly expert owners, men who think and manage for them selves Instead of leaving everything to their trainers, may be picked out Mr. Purefoy, the presiding genius of the Netherayon stable. He 1s satisfied to em ploy Rlgby, of whom It has been affirmed that so low stood his reputation for skill In America nobody would put him up on a good horse. Only the other day a sig nificant expression of preference was re marked at Brighton, where the famous Jockey, John Watts, who won for the Princo of Wales his first Derby on Per simmon, made his debut as an owner trainer. With all his old colleagues to choose from, he put up the American, Lester Relff. A friendly arrangement pos sibly, still It Impressed the uninitiated with a distinct sense of oddness. Questions of patriotism have been raised, but -does patriotism really enter Into this thing? Owners, whether they race for honor and glory, or whether they race exclusively for money, like to win. And if they find American Jockeys a more potent aid to their winning than English Jockeys what more natural than that they should utilize them? Still, there are stalwarts who stick ten aciously to native talent, chancing its dis advantage or not believing In them. The Duke of Portland, for Instance, and Leo pold de Rothschild, Sir Blundell Maple and Douglas Balrd, not to mention oth ers, Including the astute Captain Be wlcke( facile princeps at achieving coups, and Sir Blundell, at any rate, can claim for his Jockey the redoubtable, hard working, never-say-dle Sam Loates. vic tor In many a fierce tussle with the In vadersthe distinction of heading the winning aggregation. Some Comparisons of Style. Now, as to the crux of the question where does the American practlctioner get his pull over the exponent of English methods and what Is the cause of "it? These are less subjects of comment than that he does get a pull somewhere. Even mathematicians differ, while as for com mon or garden theorizing. It Is Intermina ble, and much of It absurd. Below Is a comparison epitomizing the salient fea tures of the two styles. It is Imperfect, perhaps, but even at that It may help to enlighten the uninitiated: English Saddle In orthodox place. Free reins, long stirrups. Approximately erect seat. maximum wind resistance. Shifting and wabbling- of weight. Overhand whipping. Poor Judgment of pace. ' Waiting behind. American- Saddle well forward. Tight forward grip of reins, short sur rups. Crouching position over horses neck, minimum wind re sistance. " Dead weight " no detriment, pio pulling and haul ! Ing horses about Steadiness of weight Result: False pacei Uhderhad whipping. and many flukes. Good Judgment of pace. Forcing tactics (gen erally). Result: Truer pace and fewer flukes. Some features of the American style for which advantage is claimed may not perhaps, amount to much, but It Is the combination of the whole that tells, for a minute advantage derived from each would mean a lot in the bulk. There ought to be no need to labor the point of wind pressure. In particular the Americans benefit enormously from a head wind, and no American recognized this more fully than did the late Duke of Westminster on that breezy Middle Park day when Sloan, on Caiman, beat the admittedly superior Flying Fox. "It Is no use," said the Duke beforehand. "He," (meaning Sloan), "gets under the lee. of the wind. We can hardly expect to win with this gale blowing." On the other hand, one fault at least aaa a very material fault. Is chargeable to Ameri can stylists. Their crouching position may advantage them in other respects, but it lessens their power of control over a. horse, which is especially liable to swerve when running under the whip. The consequence is a lot of unintentional foul riding. Among the results accruing. Ironx too Influx of trans-Atlantic riders are two which cannot but benefit raemg Immense ly. The loitering game which had so en slaved British riders has been killed, and the existence of that Iniquity, a "Jockey ring," has been made Impossible that is, unless the visitors themselves go Into it. Sloan, of whose existence a judge would hardly dare plead Ignorance, and the brothers Relff, the long and the short of things, are the most able and successful of the visitors. Their earnings must be colossal, even for the fashionable Jockeys in the year 1900, and if only the brothers go on 83 they are now, gaining much and wasting little, they will be frightfully rich by the time little 15-year-old Johnny ar rives at years of discretion. In all the Americans have already this season be tween them won nearly 350 races, besides taking part unsuccessfully In over 1000 more. These figures, reckoning In special fees and presents, represent the loss to native riders of 10,000 at least probably a great deal more. "What, therefore, must they do to be saved? An erstwhile famous Jockey and present trainer he has steered two Der by winners and hopes before he dies to train one recently hazarded the opinion that the new order of things would not last. It was all a craze and would sub side In due course perhaps in a year or so, but Inevitably sooner or later, after the manner of all crazes. The wish must have been father to the thought, for in the next breath, with comical Inconsist ency, ho confided that he was tutoring an apprentice to ride on American lines. Don't, sir, consider that boy's education finished when you have learned him how to crouch. Sharpen his brains If they want sharpening, practice him assiduous ly against the watch, so that he may cul tivate a good Judgment of pace. Some few native Jockeys have accepted the position and gone in for close imi tation, with wholly satisfactory results, and all round nearly there has been a shortening of leathers and a girding up of loins. But despite It all the Yankees win and win. rears' Only they who use it know the luxury of it. Pears is the purest and best toilet soap in all the world. &3JS&Ji Oats were already In cultivation before' the Christian era. It la believed that the i ancient p&MOver cakes ofc the ttebrcjvs I were made from fine oatmeal, because of ! Its nourishing qualities. -sr Oa August ijth, tops, appeared an (advertisement In tha London Gazette, that water gruel (oat meal) wa always ready at tho Mansion Coffee House la ComhiU, every morning, where as much as five gallons of It were consumed dally. " ti fortf A food Is made of gruel called Flummery (a Scotland and Sucan la South Wales. tS la Ireland, oatmeal Is mixed with Indian. 1 meal and stirred la boiling water, making I U dish called "Stirabout,!? tt-0 (Hornby' Steam Cooked Oatmeal) la an Improvement over alt previous oat ! (cods, the rugged strength-giving quality! B lol tha oats being retained In auteUdagb appetizing breakfast cereal. It mlxea bettor with TRAVELERS' GUIDE. itairsWi I Hong Kong, via Yokohama and Kobe. Due at Portland as follows: SS. MONMOUTHSHIRE Nov. 23 SS. MILOS Dec. 23 SS. SKARPSNO Jan. 23 For freight or passage apply to T. J. 6-8-10 Columbian bldg.. Third and Oak sts. WHITE COLLAR LINE BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-street Dock) Leaves Portland dally every morning at ? o'clock; except' Sunday. Returning, naves As toria ertry nignt at 7 ccjocjc except sunaay. Qtson phens Mala ML Columbia phone 891. Stevens & Co TRAVELERS' . Union Depot, Sixth and J Streets. THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECJAI. Leaves for the East, via Huntington, at 9:00 A. 1L; arrives at 4.30 P. M. SPOKANE FLYER, For Spokane,, Eastern Washington, and Great Northern points, leaves at S P. iL; arrives at 7 A. M. ATLANTIC EXPRESS. Leaves for the East, via Huntington, at 8:00 P. 1L; arrives at 8.40 A. M. THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE. Water lines schedule subject to change with out notice. OCEAN DIVISION Prom Portland, leavs Alnsworth Dock at 8 P. M.; sail every S days: Geo. W. Elder. Saturday, Nov. 3; Tuesday, Nov. 13; Frl.. Nov. 23; Mon.. Dec 3. Colum bia. Mon., Oct. 29; Thurs., Nov. 8; Sun., Nov. 18. 'Wed., Nov. 28; SaL, Dec 8. From San Francisco Sail every a days. x.eave &pear-street Pier 24 at 11 A. M.: uo. V. -Elder. Tues.. Oct. 30. Frl., Nov. : Mon., Nov. 10; Thurs.. Nov. 29; 8un., Dec A. Co-, lumbla. Sun., Nov. 4; Wed., Nov. 14; Sat., Nov. 24; Tues., Dec 4; Frl., Dec 14. COLUMBIA RIVER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Steamer Hassalo leaves Portland dally, ex cept Sunday, at 8.00 P. M.; on Saturday at 10.00 P. it. Returning, leaves Astoria daily, except Sunday, at 7.00 A. M. WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND SALEM.' OR. Steamer Modoc, for Salem, Independence and way points, Ienves from Ash-street Dock at 6 A. M. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. Returning, leaves Independence at 6 A- M., and Salem at 6 P. M. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR. Champoeg, Dayton and way landings, leaves Portland Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays it 7.00 A. M. Leaves Dayton for Portland mm way points Aionoays, weuncuagr " Fridays at 6.00 A. M. SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. R1PARIA.WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO Steamer Spokane or steamer Lewlnton leave Rlparla dally at 3:40 A. M.. arriving at Levr iston about 3 P. M. Returning, the Spokane or Lewlston leaves Lewlston dally at 8.30 A. M., arriving at Rlparla same evening. W. H. HURLBURT. General Passenger Agent. V. A. SCHILLING. City Ticket Agent. Telephone Main 712. 80 Third at., cor. Oak. STEAMSHIP LINE CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND. For rates, accommodations, etc, apply to OREGON RAILROAD & NAV. CO.. Agents, Portland. Or. lAvJI vu SOUTH Leave Depot Fifth end I Streets. Arrive OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS, for Salem. Rose burg, Ashland. Sac ramento. Ogden. San Francisco, Me Jave, Los Angeles. El Paso. New Or leans and the East. At Woodburn (dally except Sun day), morning train connects with train for Mt. Anjrel. Sll verton, Browns ville. Springfield and Natron, and evening train for Mt. Angel and SU erton. Albany passenger Corvallls passenger. Sheridan pas'gr 3:30 P.M. 7:45 A.M. S:30A. M. 6:30 P. M. 4:00 P.M. 7:30A.M. (14:50 P. M. 10:10 A.M. 5:50 P; M. 118:26 A, M. Dally. lILally except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale between Portland, Sac ramento and San rranclsco. Net rates ?17 tlrst clash and $11 second class. Including sleeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu rope. Also JAPAN, CHINA. HONOLULU and AUSTRALLV. Can be obtained from J. B. KIRKLAND. Ticket Agent, 140 Third street. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson street. Leave for Oswego dally at 7.20, 9:40 A. M.: 12.30. 1:55. 3.25. 4-40. 6:25, 8. JO. 11:30 P. .; and 0.00 A. M. on Sundays only. Arrlv at Portland dally at 'CSS. 8 30. 10 50 A. M.; 1:35. 3:10. 4:30. 0:15, 7:40. 10 00 P. M.; 12.40 A. M. daily, except Monday, 8.30 and 10.05 A. M. on Sundays only. Leave for Dallas daliy. except Sunday, at 6.03 P. M. Arrive at Portland at O.dO A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrllo Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2-45 P. M. Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Except Sunday. R, KOEHLER. Manacsr. C H. MARKHAM. Gen. Frt. & Pass. Art. ONLY 70 HOURS PORTLAND TO CHICAGO ...VIA... TWO TRAINS DAILY TO THE EAST NO CHANOE OF CARS to Denver, Omaha, Kansas City and Chicago. Only Four Days To New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington. Palace Sleepers, Tourist Sleepers, Dining Cars, Library Cars, Free Recllnlng-Chalr Cars. Steam Heat. Plntsch Light, Fast Time. Union Depots. Baggage checked to destination. CITY TICKET OFFICE 13S Third Street Portland, Oregon J. H. LOTHROP, Oen'l AsenU GEORGE LANO. City Pass. & Tkt. Act. Steamers Altona and Pomona Dolly (ex. Sunday) for Independence, Salem and all way landings. Leave Portland-fli5 A. M.; leave Baiam t a. jh.: incepenaeace, e J A. Si. OClco and dock, foot Ttrlor st. 1 2X1 SUNSET -n O OGDEN ft SHASTA) ! Un routes 7py wiiiLiiyiir gfflBj"gsinJW LEAVE. ifirsjainsSNt Ml o.oo p. m. JJiBp'' 0ph!tov j UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO. OREGON SHORT LINE R. R. CO. OREGON R. R. & NAVIGATION CO. g TRAVELERS' GUIDE. The Yellowstone Park and Pioneer Dlnlng-Car Route Leave. Cnfoa Dtpt, ftiuB J Sts Arrive. No. 12 Overland Exnresa for No. IV 7:00 A.M. 1:45 P. M. South Bend. Aberdeen, xioquiam, uosmopolls, Olympla. Tacoma. Se attle. North Yakima. Rltzvllle, Spokane, Pullman, Moscow. Lew lston. Grangevllle, itossiand, B. C. Butte, Bllllnrs. Farm. el Paul. Minneapolis. Chi cago. Boston. Wash ington, D. C, New York, and all points east and southeast. Nc 4 11:30 P. M. Kansas Cltv-St. Louis No."B Special for Tacoma. Se 7:30 P.M. attle, North Yakima. Rltzvllle, Spokane, Rossland. Lewlston. Helena, Butte. Blltings, Deadwood, Denver. Omaha. St. Joseph, Kansas City St. Louis. Chicago, Washington. Baltimore. New York. Boston, and all points east ana southeast. Baggags checked to destination of tickets. Union Depot connections in all principal cities. Through car service via Northern Pacific--Burlington Route, train No. 4 for Omaha. 8t. Joseph, Kansas City. St Louis. Qulek time and unequaled accommodations. The only line running- Pullman standard and Pullman up holstered tourist sleepers, the finest In the world. Portland to Minneapolis and St. Paul without change. For any additional Information, tickets. sleeping-car reservations, maps of routes, etc, call on or write to A. D. CHARLTON Assistant General Passenger Agent, 255 Morrison St., Cor. Third, Portland, Oregon. A Bureau of This ofilce Is a veritable bureau of Information on matters pertaining: to railroad and steamship travel a place where you can buy a ticket to Trondhjem, Norway; Wahuo, Neb.; PIttsfleld, Mass., or any where else In America or Europe. Our ticket agents do more than take your money and give you a ticket. They plan your trip for you. They show you how to save time and money. They tell you what there Is to see and the best way to see It. TICKET OFFICE Cor. Third and Stark Sts. E. "W. FOSTER. City Ticket Agent. AND SOO LItNE FIRST-CLASS AND TOUR15T SLEEPERS DAILY PASSENGERS BOOKED TO AND FROM ALL POINTS EAST ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP OFFICE For full part'culars apply to H. H. ABBOTT. Agent. 148 Third st.. Portland.J'Or. E. J COYLE. A. G. P. A.. Vancouver. B. C SREATJQR7HERfll Ticxet Mike, 26J Utrrlsu Strei!, T&aa: S3) Ta. jriM-, Osltr to aa4 from It. Past. Ulnae spoils, Duluth, Chic! m! all pnlntt East. ARRTTX. Ho.. 700 A M Through Palace and TourUt Sleepers, Dtalnj and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP IOZUMI MARL) For Japan, China and all Aslatla polsu wia leave-Seattle About December 10th Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co, LEAVES UNION DEPOT. JToc Ifaygsrs. Rainier, ClaUkanle, Westoort. Cllftoa. Astoria. War rmton. navel, Ham mond, .Tort Steveos, arhrt Park. Seaside. Astoria and tfeashor Express. Dally. Astoria Eiprws. Dally. ARRIVES UNION DEPOT. tXJOX.lL. 11:10 A. II 0:C0 P. U. I T:O0P. M. Cleket office. 9SS Morrison st. and Union depot. J. C ItATO. Gen. Pass. Axt.. Astoria, Or. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. FOR ALASKA. - THE COMPANY'S elegant steamships Cottage City, City of Topeka and Al-Kl leave TACOMA 11 A.M.; SEATTLE 9 P. M-. Nov. 1, 11. 16, 21. 28; Dec. 1. 6. 11, 10, 21. 20, 31; Jan. 6. A steamer every fifth day thereafter Further Information obtain company's folder The company reserves tha right to change steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing', without previous notice. AGENTS N. POSTON, 24 Washington St.. Portland. Or . F "W CARLETON. N. P. R. R. Dock. Tacoma. TICKET OFFICE, 018 FIrit ave., Seattle; M. TALBOT, Comml. Agent; C. "W. MILLER, Asst. Gen'l Agent, Ocean Dock, Seattle. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.. Gen, AgtS., Eaa Francisco. mMS