THE y-KtflNG OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, 'AUGUST 5, 1901.
MONUMENT TO EXPLORERS
ARGUMENT FOR UITIVERSITr PARK
AS A SUITABLE SIGHT.
Farthest Point Inland Reached by
the Great Expedition of 100
Years Ago.
W. J. Peddlcord addressed the Uni
versity Park Sub-Board of Trade Friday
evening on the subject of raising a
monument to Lewis and Clark. He said
that University Park Is the .most suit
able sight for the shaft, as it marks the
farthest point inland reached by the ex
plorers. Following Is the text of Mr.
Peddlcord'o remarks:
Interested as we are in the great event
that entitles Captains Lewis and Clark to
an enduring place In the history of a
series of phenomenal developments our
country has undergone in its brief ex
istence among the nations of the earth,
we must, nevertheless, quickly come to
a realization of a fact Important at the
outset, that little can be done by the
citizens of Portland to commemorate
fitly the results of the great expedition
until not only every citizen of our me
tropolis shall feel himself interested, even
warming Into a hearty enthusiasm, but
the equally appreciative and patriotic
citizens of our entire state and sister
state must become thoroughly enlisted in
behalf of this great move. But we need
not fear, for the many patriotic and
talented men and women of all classes of
Portland's great population will co-operate
in this laudable enterprise, and the
interest will grow and spread and grow
again until not only the whole North
west will manifest an abiding Interest
as the year 1B05 rapidly approaches, but
the teeming millions throughout the en
tire Louisiana purchase will feel the en
thusiasm. Nor is it predicting too much
to say that the whole population em
braced In the original territory between
the Mississippi and the Atlantic will feel
a renewed pride in the wisdom of their
fathers and the heroism of their adven
turous sons as the 100th anniversary of
the Louisiana purchase and Its explora
tion are full upon them.
"Let us hastily refresh our memories
from the rich treasures of our country's
history In order that we may more read
ily both nccall the Importance attach
ing to the purchase and exploration of
the vaat tract In question, as well as to
discern more fully our bounden duty
In fitting recognitions of the invaluable
services done our -country and ourselves.
In 1786 Jefferson, then Minister to Paris,
with whom, however, the idea of explor
ing the Northwest was not original, in
duced John Ledyard to attempt a return
to America by way of the Russlas, the
Pacific, and then across this unexplored
portion of our continent. History records
that Ledyard was within 200 miles of the
Pacific when arrested and turned back
by Russian officers. In 1792 Jefferson laid
the matter of exploring this vast region
before the American Philosophical So
ciety. French interference at the very
outset brought the move to naught. But
the Interference on the part of other na
tions simply proves the wisdom on the
part of ourselves in the( purchase of this
vast, though wild and unexplored, do
main, constituting, as .all history con
cedes, the greatest event In Jefferson's
Administration. That delightful historian,
John RIdpath, records Livingston as say
irg to the French Minister as they rose
from signing the treaty, in commenting
on the great purchase: 'We have lived
long, but this Is the noblest work of our
whole lives.'
Meaning; of the Expedition.
"Can It be that, viewing this noble
work from the vantage ground of a 100
years of added experience and develop
ment, we cannot eee that our fathers
'bullded wiser than they knew"? Can it
be that their prophetic vision enabled
them to see beyond the strategic ad
vantages in times of possible war with
foreign powers, beyond its advantages to
domestic commerce and Its trade with
the Indians, beyond even its foreign
commerce on the Atlantic, and see many
states carved from the new possessions
and a great ultramountaln people carry
ing on a vast trade with the strange
nations beyond the Pacific? True It is,
however, that within a few months after
the Gignlng of the treaty an expedition
was organized with Captain Meriwether
Lewis. Jefferson's private secretary, first,
and Captain William Clark, brother of
the famous George Rogers Clark, sec
ond In command, for the purpose of ex
ploring this extensive territory. Rldpalh
says:
For two years, through forests of gigantic
pines, along the banks of unknown rivers, and
down to the shores of the Pacific, did they
continue their explorations. After wandering
among unheard-of tribes of barbarians, encoun
tering zrizzly bears more ferocious than Ben
gal tigers, escaping perils by forest and flood.
and traversing a route of G00O miles, the hardy
adventurers, with the loss of but one man, re
turned to civilization, bringing new Ideas of
the vast domains of the West.
"In 1S13 Jeffenson wrote:
Never did a similar event excite more Joy
throughout the United States. The humblest
of Its citizens have taken a lively Interest In
the Issue of this Journey, and looked with Im
patience for the Information It would furnish.
"In the 'History of the Pacific North
west we read:
The successful return of Lewis and Clark
created a sensation, not only In the United
States, but In European nations.
"James G. Blaine, In his 'Twenty Tears
or Congress says the success of the ex
pedition 'aided greatly in sustaining our
title to the Oregon country. In . his
hook entitled 'Men of Achievement, Gen
eral Greely says: 'The Lewis and Clark
expedition was second to none ever under
taken in the United States. Other ex
peditions fraught with great results we
have had. notably the one led by John
C. Fremont in 1842, "In appreciation of
which,' says our historian, 'he received
from his admiring countrymen the high
est tokens at honor, and, from kingly
hands, acknowledgments Inscribed on tab
lets of gold.
Ing events that ceaselessly sweep a great
nation from destiny to destiny. Jt will
probably pass without dispute that the
commemoration of so great an event as
the Louisiana purchase and Its explora
tion should be made both permanent and
personal. In fine, a magnificent monu
ment should be erected within the limits
of Portland to the memory of Captains
Lewis and Clark. Of Lewis, Jefferson
said:
He endeared himself to his countrymen by
his sufferings and successes In endeavoring
to extend for them the bounds of science, and
to present to their knowledge that vast and
fertile country, which their sons are destined
to All with arts, with science, with freedom
and happiness.
"We had already come to the conclu
sion from having carefully read the his
tory of the great expedition that Cap
tain William Clark, while deserving no
more credit than his superior in command
for the success of the expedition, was the
leading spirit of the party: hence, it was
gratifying to our vanity to read from
such authority as John FIske that:
Clark was really the principal military di
rector of the expedition, materially assisting
Captain Lewis in the scientific arrangements,
keeping a Journal, and whose Intimate knowl
edge of Indian habits and character had much
to do with the success of the exploration.
"General Greely says of him:
He proved so efficient a coadjutor thatthls
name will ever he Inseparably associated with
that of Lewis.
"I recently received a letter from the
Hon. John H. Charles, president of the
Scientific Assoclatlpn of Sioux City, la.,
Informing us that the grateful and enter
prising people of Sioux City had just
erected a ?20.000 monument to Sergeant
Charles Floyd, who died and was burled
at that place in the early weeks of the
expedition. Too much praise cannot De
meted out to the patriotic people of Sioux
City for this, noble act; but how much
more Is It Incumbent, then, on the people
of Oiegon to .erect a monument that
shall be a credit to a great and prosper
ous people, an honor to the her.o!c deeds
it would commemorate, and an enduring
token of gratitude to Captains Lewis and
Clark, who braved every danger of 3000
miles of a hitherto untrodden wilderness,
and aided greatly, as Mr. Blaine has said,
in sustaining our title to the Oregon
country.' How can it be done? Easy
enough. Let every citizen, however hum
ble, feel It an honor to aid what he can in
this worthy cause. Let the orator speak
from pulpit and rostrum in its behalf.
Let the poet sing and the editor, the
correspondent and the essayist write. Let
the pioneer, whose silvery locks tell us
he is acquainted with the danger, suffer
ing and hardships of those whose memory
we now seek to honor, aid In this noble
work. The cause is one with his and will
remain Inseparable through all history.
Finally, we trust that our historical as
sociation may properly organize this
grand move, which, we feel, would in
sure its complete success, and have the
mnnrfmfint readv for unveiling at the
opening of the exposition.
"The question of site Is neither ma
terial at present, nor to be selected arbi
trarily, had one the power. But no one
acquainted with the many beautiful pros
pects at University Park will accuse us
of yielding wholly to sentiment, local
pride or selfishness when we say that
in this section of Portland nature Is ten
dering a most eligible site for a work of
art that will adorn her native beauty
while perpetuating the memory of the
heroic dead. Here also Is the highest
point up the Willamette attained by the
expedition. And. standing on this his
toric spot thus made memorable in the
history of our state by the Lewis and
Clark expedition; of 1S05, it requires but a
slight effort of the imagination to en
able the mind to leap back over almost
a 100 years, and past the countless homes
and busy marts seen today between the
Pacific and the Father of Waters, and
behold again the wild expanse of virgin
wilderness about to receive these brave
pxnlorers. It Is an easy matter now thus
to follow this little band across the
hitherto trackless portion of our coun
try. "We see them as they enter tne aarK
est portion of our continent, a land un
used to the presence of civilized life, and
acquainted only with wild animals and
barbarians. We see them rowing their
crude but laden boats up stream for
many hundreds of miles, now shooting
dangerous rapids or tugging their boats
over by means of cords and thongs, now
carrying boats and burdens around num
erous falls and over dangerous heights.
We see them again and again, wading
cold mountain streams to their waists.
We see members of the little band wet,
cold, and hungry, distant from camp at
night, essaying to sleep without cover
or shelter. We see the whole party again
and again, reduced for sustenance to the
wretched food of the savages, or, as often
happened, satisfying their hunger on the
flesh of horses and dogs. We see the
little band sick and footsore almost to a
man, yet ever pressing forward with a
zeal that knew no flagging, surmounting
every obstacle and mastering every dif
ficulty. Their ancestors turned not back
when the Mayflower sought the deep, nor
turned they from the trials or. tne in
terminable wilderness.
"But It was not all unrequited hard
ships. The poet has said:
To him. who In the love of Nature, holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language.
"And It Is Impossible to conceive that
these intelligent men were incapable of
enjoying at times in the highest degree
the strange, wild life that surrounded
them, and the countless changes nature
presented In her ever-varying forms, for
often their journal tells of some Pisgah
height from which they viewed the pros
pect o'er, some promised land which, as
we now know and enjoy it, they too
were never to enter.
The Journey to the Pacific
"Thus, for weeks and months, end even
years the weary thread of this strange
life outspun, now Wintering among the
friendly Mandans, now cautiously pursu
ing their long Journey among the treach
erous Sioux, "now quieting the rising sus
picion of the Snakes, now purchasing
peace and good will toward our Govern
ment with their rich store of trifles and
gewgaws, and now going through the
mockery of making chiefs, bestowing med
als, and presenting flags among long-van
ished tribes with their unpronounceable
this greatest of all expedltons the gener
ous people of this great Northwest, repre- (
sentlng so much actual wealth and pros
pects unsurpassed In all the world, repre
senting Intelligence, respectability and en
terprise second to none in all our broad
land, will see to it that a magnificent
monument to the adventurous dead whose
achievements we celebrate shall have
been erected near this historic spot In the
distant West, end here In the midst of
the most charming scenery lovely nature
ere dressed in vernal pride, and in the
presence of the assembled wealth, intel
ligence and beauty of every quarter of
our glorious land, the Imposing cere
monies of Its dedication will take place,
and with song and eloquence It will be
given in perpetuity the exalted "mission
of conveying to future generations our ex
pression of lasting gratitude."
WILL BENEFIT NORTHWEST
SMUGGLED IN A WATCH
GEMS
ALMOST ESCAPED A LYNX
EYED DETECTIVE.
Started on a Blind Trail lint His
Early Training Stood ,Hlm in
Good Stead.
for that bullseye watch. It has served
In this business long enough."
"They saw that the game was up.
There were no works In the watch and
the- case was filled with as fine a collec-
.tion of diamonds as you ever saw. Kahn
turned etate s evidence and several small
jewelers went out of business. My repu
tation was made. Had notmy service In
a Jewelry shop trained my eye for
watches I would never have discovered
the fraud. It's the little things that count.
in' my business."
LITTLE CLAIMBIG FUSS.
xiow men can we. uie peupie oi ims ,oa ,, vpt nu th,B ntt hnr-thn
great Northwest;, best express the debtj.. j UuttWnrttP AcwlnP IHTnll.
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Epvrorth Leaguers Have Seen Oregon
Climate at Its Best.
Editorial correspondence of Watysburg (Wash.)
Times.
This has been a lively week In Portland.
What with the several thousand Ep
worth Leaguers that have made it con
venient to come this way on their return
trip from San Francisco to their homes
In the Eastern and Middle States, the city
has been full to overflowing, the hotels,
lodging-houses and restaurants have been
taxed and Portland really had the ap
pearance and bustle on the streets of a
city, while lhe street-cars reaped a har
vest. The weather has been absolutely
ideal all the time cool, pleasant and
bracing, with no rain, no fog, and Just
enough floating clouds to ornaiuent the
sky and add additional charms to the
surrounding landscapes. I opine that
even this short visit .by these thousinds
of people, coming as It did at a time
when the East was hot unto suffocation,
will have an indirect beneficial result
In more ways than one. It will tend to
advertise the climatic advantages of this
country, and thus Increase the Immigra
tion westward: this of course will lend
a helping hand toward relieving the con
gestion of the over-crowded East and
Middle West. The people, who come to
the Pacific Coast will be greatly bene
fited, and those who do not come West
will have more room and greater oppor
tunities, while the people of the Coast
will reap financial benefits by an Increase
In demand for property, while the whole
Coast will be benefited by a general de
velopment of its hidden resources. We
of the Pacific Northwest are to be con
gratulated on our climatic conditions and
surroundings, and have Innumerable
things for which we should feel truly
thankful. Ine trouble with us Is that
we have so mmy blessings, and they are
so constanly with us, that we are prone
to forget, and regard them as our right
ful belongings. Our country. Its resources
and Its advantages should be more thor
oughly advertised, not from selfish mo
tives only, but for the good of humanity
In general, for all those who are Induced
to come to this favored country will be
benefited. Private letters from friends In
the parched Middle West paint" the situa
tion as something terrible. One letter
from Missouri states that crops of all
kinds are a complete 4 failure; that there
will be must necessarily be suffering
among the very poor people in the agri
cultural districts, as the people have not
raised enough to keep soul and body to
gether during the coming year; that,
owing to the shortage in corn and grasses,
the price of stock has gone to almost
nothing: that the best milch cows can
be had for $15 per head, and hogs at
"your own price." Says there is a com
plete failure in potatoes, beans, flax,
corn, wheat and oats. The people of this
favored clime should tike more pride In
their country, and more thoroughly ad
vertise Its advantages. Not from a sel
fish standpoint, but for the general good
of an afflicted people. "The half has
never yet been told" concerning the
greatness of this undeveloped country.
Portland has by far the best Summer
climate I have ever seen, and with a
little more enterprise on the part of Its
citizens could be made one of the most de
sirable and attractive cities In the world.
The residents are beginning to realize
this they have It told to them by nearly
all visitors and I predict a vast Improve
ment. especially along the line of street
improvement, beautifying parks, etc,
within the next few years. I have. In
previous letters, spoken of the terrible
condition of the streets and sldwalks
throughout the city. This defect I feel
will be remedied very soon, as an ordi
nance has recently been enacted pro
viding that no more wooden sidewalks
shall be built, that all must be built of
concrete. And as many of the walks
must be replaced by new ones In the near
future, for the safety of pedestrians,
the Improvement must come soon. Now,
again, the matter of the great fair in 1905
is now a settled fact, and this will great
ly stimulate the people to put tneir nouse
in order. Portland will be a busy, bust
ling city for the next few years at least,
and marked Improvement will be In evi
dence In many directions. . C. W. "W.
Portland, Or., July 28.
BURGLARS USED CHLOROFORM
Mrls. Harris "Was Overcome and Two
Rings Stolen.
S. T. Harris, 70S Front street, informed
the police yesterday that burglars en
tered his home early last Friday morn
ing, chloroformed his wife, and stole two
rings and escaped. Harris often works
nights at the place where he is employed,
a trunk factory, and when he came home
from work Friday he round Mrs. warns
with a severe headache and a burn on
one of her cheeks. She stated that she
had not been burned so far as she knew.
A physician was called, and on examin
ing the burn stated that his patient had
been burned with chloroform. It was
then presumed that burglars had been In
the house and when search was made It
was discovered that two finger rings had
been stolen. Four rings were missing in
all, and two of the rings were afterward
found under a sofa, where they probamy
rolled after falling from the burglar's
hands when they tried to steal them. The
police are working on the case.
of galllude we so justly oWtJ Ulti nerolc
explorers, CaptalnsLewls and Clark and
their brave little company of adventurers?
The great centennial exhibition to be held
at the City of Portland In 1905 Is a most
laudable way. and will doubtless receive
the most cordial support of our state and
of the nation, because of the many ex
cellent features of such high testimonial
of universal gratitude. But let the ex
position be significant. Let It be epoch
making in history of Pacific Coast com
merce. Let it say to the people of the
Northwest that if the steamship and
Atlantic cable of little more than a gen
eration ago brought Europe practically
three thousand miles nearer America,
science and commerce. Pacific cables and
swift-flying merchant marine, ere the
present generation shall have passed
away, will practically annihilate the
vast distance between the shores of the
Pacific, and give us China and Japan
for our dally customers. Let it say that
while the Atlantic States can forever un
dersell us In their much nearer European
markets the West is looking well to the
Orient. Let it say with Benton, There
Is the East! There is India!' and they are
offering to us more than the fabled treas
ures of Marco Polo. Let Jt say in tones
of thunder to the capitalists of both
East and West that U is inconsistent, if
not impossible, for us to conceive that
these great sources of wealth shall long
be left almost uncontested to the enter
prise of other nations.
Monument at University Park.
"This all well enough, and 'devoutly
to be wished,' but expositions however
grand, however Inspiring at the time, are
only temporal In their outward forms.
They have much more to do with the
present and future than with the past,
and thus lose much of their commemora
tive yirtues In the great rush of absorb-
grlmage way, this time past the Father
of Waters, along mighty streams, over
vast plains and lofty snow-clad ranges,
through strange, dark, benighted, slum
bering lands which were to become ere
a 100 years glittering stars In a constella
tion of Imperishable states. And, al
though the splendid civilization attested
by the handiwork of the teeming millions
now busy in a thousand worthy voca
tions along this historic route will for
ever remain the best monument of a
grateful people to the memory ofthese
toll-worn, daring adventurers; neverthe
less, It is meet that we of the present
day should show to all -succeeding gen
erations that we are not unmindful of the
debt of gratitude we ne'er can pay.
"The Trojan wanderers, although the
6tory of their wanderings never falls to
touch our sympathies, bpth because of
their brave defense of their loved
but fallen Troy, and their home
less wanderings without a country,
nevertheless encountered fewer difficulties
than those who first scaled the Rockies,
fought with grizzlies, and dared to face
many nations of the merciless savage
thousands of miles from all possible aid.
Whllej too, measured by beneficent re
sults, the adventures of Aeneas and that
little band of exiles seeking to found a
new nation were of far les6 moment to
our present civilization than the labors of
explorer or pioneer who sought the dis
tant West In the early history of 'the
Oregon Country,' and yet for the bewil
dering space of nearly 30 centuries men
have delighted to listen to the story of
the Trojan wanderers.
"But, let nb gloomy prophet of evil
speak, for our supreme confidence in
the uttermost triumph of Justice
and in the heartfelt gratitude of
a magnanimous people Inspires us to be
lieve that ere the 100th anniversary of
PERSONAL MENTION.
James Hamilton Lewis, .of Seattle, Is
at the Portland.
Mrs. J. S. Glltner, who has been 111 for
some time, has gone to the coast for a
short vacation. She Is accompanied by
her daughter, Mrs. Crowell.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. The following
Northwestern people are at New York
hotels:
Portland C. O. Llgglus and wife,
Astor; A. S. Bbwley, Albert.
Tacoma R.- H. Hyde, C. H. Hyde and
wife, Normandle; F. Terry, Astor.
Carbonado, Wash. D. T. Davies, Na
varre. Spokane W. S. Newton, Albert.
Albany, Or. W. B. Steves, St. Denis.
Seattle F. W. Tomllnson, Astor; H. S.
Taylor, Albert.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 4. C. M. Schwab,
president of the United States Steel,' Cor
poration, Is at Loretta, Pa., where he
will spend a short vacation.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. LadySholto
Douglass and her infant son .Bruce nan
cis Douglass were passengers on the
steamship Astoria, which arrived from
Glasgow today. Lady Douglass will vis.lt
friends In Philadelphia, and then go to
Oakland, Cal.. to see her mother. She
expects to be Joined by her huspanfl. Lord
Sholto Douglass, while In Caljfornla.
7
BUSINESS ITEMS.
It Bahy Is CHttlas; Teeth,
Be sure and use that ofd and well-tried remedy,
Mrs. Wlnslow's Solhln Syrup, for children
teething. It soothes the child, sMtens the jums,
allays all pain, curea wind colls and diarrhoea.
"If I had not served .an apprenticeship
with a jeweler," said a man who was
once connected with . the Government's
secret service, and now manages his own
detective bureau, "I probably would have
missed what I consider was the best
stroke of business I ever did. It only
goes to prove the old saying that there
Is no such thing as useless knowledge,
says the Albany (N. Y.) Democrat.
"I had been In the secret servoce about
two years, grubbing around on unimport
ant Jobs because I was only a youngster,
when it was discovered that large quan
tities of diamonds were being smuggled
into the country. The reputable diamond
dealers In New York gave the first in
formation. That was in the Fall of
1879. Some of the best detectives In the
business had been assigned to this job,
and It was well understood that the man
who succeeded In running It down would
find his reputation made. In the middle
of November 'the chief of our department
sent for me and said:
" 'Charlie. I think you are just the
man I want to work out my theory of
the diamond smuggling. From my inves
tigations I have reached the conclusion
that the stones are brought Into this
country by way of Canada. I want you
to go up to Rouse's Point on Lake Cham
plain and see if you can get any clew
to this business there. Don't let even
the custom-house officers In that country
know what you are and draw on me for
expenses.'
"That struck me as being a pretty blind
sort of a commission, but I was young
and full of confidence 'in myself. I wa3
thin as a raQ in those days, and I got
together a hunter's outfit and arrived at
Rouse's Point, after a week in the Adiron
dacks. "In those days the through trains from
Montreal to New York all stopped for
breakfast or dinner at Rouse's Point.
Having nothing to do, I made the station
my lounging place. I cultivated the ac
quaintance of the newsboys on the train
and I kept close tab on all the passen
gers. My month lengthened Into two,
and at the end of that time ( I had a sus
picion, and to verify it I was going to
Montreal.
"I wanted to learn more of a certain
Julius Kahn. He made regular trips be
tween Montreal and New York ostensibly
as an agent for a fire insurance company.
He was one of those boisterous, hall-fellow
sort of chaps who knew all the
trainmen by name. He tipped liberally. I
had made some Becond-hand inquiries
about his insurance business with the re
sult that I doubted his connection with
any insurance .company. J learned that
he stayed, when in Montreal, in a quiet
little third-rate hotel in Notre Dame
street. The best hotels la Canada In
those days were none too good, and that
a man of Kahn's generous , tastes should
stay in such a hotel was another sus
picious circumstance.
"Kahn did not know me by sight, so
that I felt myself safe In going to his
hotel. People who come to such places
from the states without any explanation
are at once classed with the men for
whom the law has punishment in store.
I fostered this Idea about myself, and' two
days after I was established In tht hotel
It was assumed by the other patrons
of the place that I was A fugitive from
the states. I had been- there nearly a
week when Kahn arrived. He was greet
ed as an old friend by the landlord and In
due course of time I was Introduced to
him.
"Kahn sized, me up In accordance with
the landlord's suspicions, and we became
very friendly. I discovered that he sel
dom left the hotel, and that he had no
definite date for returning to New York.
One evening as we were smoking together
the landlord came over to us and told
Kahn that "some friends of his were wait
ing for him in his room. Kahn left me,
and the next day I learned that he had
gone to New York.
"Acting by my Instructions, one of the
men in the New York office shadowed
Kahn on his arrival and until he left
town. Kahn stayed at an old hotel that
stood near what Is now the New York
end of the Brooklyn bridge. None of tho
men who visited him, was identified with
the sellers of cheap diamonds, and if my
suspicions were correct I knew that I
had a clever man to be dealt with.
"Kahn came back to the Notre Dame
street hotel a week later. The next time
he went to New York I was on the train
with him, and I was as Indignant as he
when customs officers came aboard as
we crossed the line and made a very thor
ough search of the baggage and clothes of
every passenger.
" 'Don't kick, said "Kahn to me. "It
won't do any good. Let them go through
you. if you make a fuss tney may iden
tify you.
"This remark, of course, referred to his
suspicion that I was a fugitive from Jus
tice. I watched Kahn's examination
closely, and whep it ended without the
finding of any dutiable goods in his pos
session, I concluded that I had made a
mistake. Kahn might be engaged in some
sort of crooked business,' but it was not
smuggling dlam.fccn.ds.
"After the examination we went Into
the smoker. Kahn was In high good hu
mor. He itwltted me on my nervousness
and told me to put up a bold front, and
if I -got Into difficulties' to let him know.
He advised me to stay at his hotel. I ac
cepted his suggestion, for we were now on
friendly terms. We reached New York
early In the morning, and an hour after
our arrival a man came Into the dining
room where we were at breakfast and
greeted Kahn as an old friend.
" 'Well, how's x business?' he asked.
" 'I'm not complaining.' said Kahn.
My commissions are good.
"It was evident from the subsequent
conversation that Kahn's vfriend wanted
to get rid of me, but I stuck like a
brctHer. Finally hS said to Kahn:
" 'Got a, watch to swap?'
" 'Yes, said Kahn, 'an old-fashioned'
bullseye with about half a pound of .silver
In "the 'case and no works to speak of.'
"Kahn pulled out a watch of a pattern
that I knew "from experience in a jew
elry store was very rare. It was an un
usually big "watch, and the works within
Vrere so loose that they rattled. The
jrlend brought out a neat little sliver
watch and after some bantering the men
exchanged watches.' T knew that Kahn's
watch was not silver, and his friend had
given him a very good silver watch in
exchange for It. Kahn left for Montreal
the next day and I stayed at his hotel in
New York.
"The more I thought about the watch
trade the more suspicious I was. When
Kahn.returned to the New York hotel a
week later I was prepared for him. He
greeted me cheerfully, and In the evening
his friend came to call on him. Again I
stuck close to Kahn. Finally his friend
said:
" 'Got any more bullseye watches to
swap?'
" 'Yes, eald Kahn. 'I've got another
big fellow that I picked up in Montreal."
and he pulled out a watch that my ex
perienced eye told me was the same one
he had swapped before.- 1 expectea some
thing of this sort. In fact. If It had not
occurred I had made a fool of myself.
"After the usual bantering on a trade
another exchange of watches was made,
and I suggested that we go Into the bar
and have a drink on It. No sooner was
the drink served than two of our special
men, who had been leaning against -the
bar, pounced on Kahn and his friend.
There was no fight. The officers showed
their shields and their revolvers.
" 'What's the charge?' asked Kahn. t
' 'Smuggling,' said I, and turning to
Kabn's friend I said: 'I will ttf ible you
$050 lnTime Spent In Deciding: That,
the 'City Does Not Owe $0 50.
New York Sun.
A case involving ?6 50 which required
about 5650 worth of time has just, been
decided by Corporation Counsel WhaJen
against the claimant for the - $6 50, H.
Schmidt, an Eleventh-avenue butcher. The
time It took to Investigate and determine
this case covered a period of four
months. Schmidt's business wagon, while
backed up In front of the store, was
Injured to the extent of $6 50 by a cart
of the 6treet-cleaning department,, which
ran Into It, hence" the claim against the
city. It appears that the horse attached
to the' cart was suddenly attacked with
blind staggers, and the driver was un
able to control his motions..
Schmidt filed his claim in the finance
department and was examined at great
length as to the justice of his cause. His
testimony covered a dozen sheets of legal
cap, and there were vouchers, duplicates
of vouchers and bills, from the firms
which repaired the wagon, duly authenti
cated. All of these documents were
turned over to the corporation counsel,
who assigned a $6000 a year assistant to
unravel the great legal questions In
volved. He went all over the case again
and finally concluded that Schmidt had
no legal right to recover from the city,
because It had not been shown that there
was "any negligence upon the part of the
City of vNew York which caused the In
jury to the claimant's property." When
Mr. Whalen's assistant, ex-Judge Butts.
had finished his Investigation, he turned
all the, papers over to his chief, who de
voted as much time to its study in pre
paring an opinion aa If the case had in
volved $8500 or more, lnsteadof a paltry
J6 50.
MR. TESLA WAS BORED.
DIRT CLEARANCE.
T is a good plan for every bather to know !
something of the soap he uses. There is a
well-founded objection to using a floor-cleaning
soap upon the human body. Ivory Soap
is the bather's soap. It costs more than common
soaps, but the difference is in the ingredients and
making. Why not treat yourself with a little respect.
. Is not the human skin with its marvellous delicacy
entitled to pure soap? Ivory Soap it floats.
coPYRianT mi irTHt mocTin umn co. ciciTt
He BonRht the ' Lady Solicitor's
Promise Never to Come Again.
New York Times. .
It goes without saying that the man of
year-long calculations and many-mooned
computations must possess patience of
some pattern. That this would be exer.
clsed toward untoward interruptions is
not so certain. Not long since a "special
representative" of some mushroom asso
ciation or other for sending palmleaf fans
to the Flnlanders or pocket pincushions to
the South Sea Islanders, or the like
braved the barn-like entrance and freight
elevator of Nikola Tesla's down-town
workshop to petition a donation. The
electrician of Houston street was making
a right angle of himself over a huge
drawing board. The "special representa
tive" was' fat, and scarcely five feet plus.
As the wizard wearily raised his lank
length to the perpendicular, her round,
expressionless eyes were confronted by his
waistcoat buttons. The tableau In profile
was striking. The special representative
began a voluble recitation of the virtues
of her association. The wizard listened
silently fpr the space of three minutes,
and then, with dreamy, averted eyes and
that characteristic "over-the-hills-and-far-away"
voice, said gently:
"My dear madam, what would you take
to gqaway just now and not come any
moreagain while your your association
shalj last?"
"I I ten dollars" stammered the aston
ished special representative.
"Jt is well," said the tall man with im
pressive face. "Tomorrow," taking the
card that had been trembling in the fat
Angers, "tomorrow I send you my check
if you go and do not come again, and if
you send me not one"of those papers you
speak of, or any of those advantages you
mentioned. Good day, madam; I thank
you!" And Tesla returned wearily to his
many-mooned computations while the spe
cial representative found her way back
to the freight elevator in -an uncertain
frame of mind.
runways from the mountain tops to the
ocean. The natives climb mountains by
first finding a tortoise trail.
The youngest tortoise weighs only sixty
pounds and Is the baby of the herd, being
less than fifty years old.
SAN FRANCISCO BOTTLED UP
Baslnean at e
of
Standstill on Account
the Strike.
Bronx Park Tortoise 200 Years Old.
New York World.
Five giant tortoises .In the Bronx Park
zoo, first exhibited last Sunday, caused
as much excitement among the visitors
as all the other animals together.
One patriarch, that has lived not less
than 200 years and even the scientists do
not know how much longer. Is the leader.
He weighs 420 pounds, and with his fol
lowers spent the greater part of the day
sleeping, occasionally sticking out his
head to look things over: The five, weigh
1000 pounds and cost a dollar a pound.
The largest one has been named "Toto."
and Is 18 inches thick, four feet long,
three feet wide, and his head is seven
inches In diameter.
The tortoises were captured In the tor
rid temperature of the Galapagos Isl
ands, In the South Pacific Ocean, last
May by Captain William Jensen, who was
looking for seals. He sold thirteen' tor
toises, five of the largest coming to the
Bronx Zoo. The others were sent to
Italy and London. This species Is rap
Idly becoming extinct and Is found only
on a few Islands of the Pacific and In
dian oceans. At home the giant tortoises
lle on cactli. but at the zoo they will
be fed the best fresh vegetables.
Scientists 6ay the giant tortoise Is the
only connecting link between this and
the pllapene age. They live high up In
the mountains, making their nests usu
ally In the crater of some extinct vol
cano.. Professor Darwin, who visited tho
Galapagos Islands wrote that these tor.
tortoises phowed great engineering
knowledge In planning their paths and
.Maurice Barrymore Smith, treasurer of
Cordray's Theater, returned yesterday
from a 10-day vacation in San Francisco.
He says the results of the labor strike
are almost appalling. "Worklngmen in
almost every line are out," he said, "and
the end of the strike does not seem to be
In sight. Every truck that goes out
has at least one policeman on It for a
guard, and the larger trucks have two.
It is practically Impossible to get a
truck hauled In San Francisco. Ship
ping Is suspended, and the strikers are
patrolling the docks night and day.
"xnere has been some violence. I per
sonally saw a nonunion teamster as
saulted and thrown on the rough cobble
stones of the streets. His leg was broken
in the fall. Many threats are being
made.
"Business is practically at a standstill
and many merchants say that unless a
settlement is soon reached they will have
to close up their stores."
Many Carved Spines in Amerlcnn
Colleges.
New York Evening Telegram.
New Haven, Conn. More college
students In American universities
are imperfectly developed physically
than is generally believed, accord
ing to the report of Dr. Jay
W. Seaver, one of the directors and
physical examiners of the Yale University
gymnasium. A surprisingly big ratio of
cases of scoliosis, or curvature of the
spine, has been found In Investigations
pursued at 18 American colleges, one of
them being Yale. Dr. Seaver, being the
collator of the data, has made the re
sults public.
Nearly 21,000 students were examined
during the last five years. That number
Includes about 2000 men of the succes
sive freshmen classes at Yale. Dr.
Seaver found that 5.6 per cent, of 117
students, In the Yale incoming classes
were scoliotic. Similar data from other
universities show approximately like re
sults, which has led Dr. Seaver to the
conclusion that scoliosis is the common
est physical deformity to be met with
among educated American young men.
Dr. Seaver's observations of the men
gave the addltonal data that men noted
as bookish, and ambitious for scholarship
honors, are In the ratio of one out of
18 scoliotic, due possibly to sedentary
habits and long addiction to constrained
positions at readirig desks. The average
student, not too much addicted to work,
suffers in the ratio of 5.5 per cent. Among
athletes scarcely one In sixty has been
found with spinal curvature. In case
of scoliosis being found the victim Is
given a prescribed course of careful ex
ercise, which. In many cases, has cured
or modified the trouble.
rounded Into a deep cut, and must have
been half a mile away when we heard
a frantic whistle from the engine, ans
wered by another In a different key, and
then there followed a series of explosions
as if 15 or 20 dynamite cartridges had been
set off In succession. We knew that
something horrible had happened,
manned a handcar and started for the
scene. We found the freights telescoped,
several dead trainmen and as fierce
looking a wreck as ever happened. What
caused the explosions, you ask? A man.
on one of the cabooses told me that as
the engine on the down train struck the
first empty box car it blew up like an
empty candy bag popped by a boy, and
then each succeding car went off with
the pop! pop! pop! we had henrd away
back at the station. Tho principle of the
thing was the same, the air In the cars
was compressed to the bursting point.
Yes. a hollow train Is like a hollow head;
It makes more noise than a full one. Not
always, however, for another wreck I
heard was hard to bet t as a noise pro
ducer. I was waiting for the Chicago
limited on the Chicago & Alton road, at
Upper Alton Station. Just beyond the
depot Is the huge plant of the largest
hnttlo nroducers In the world. Some one
had left a switch open, and the limited
dashed Into the glassworks switch and
passed c'.ear through s-lx box cars loaded
to the roofs with prescription bottles. A
servant girl dropping a tray of new china
can give you only a faint idea of tho
resulting smesh."
Peril for Loula Napoleon.
Brooklyn Eagle.
France does not appear to be losing
any sleep over the discovery that she Is
to be given Into the hands of Louis Na
poleon September 14. But Louis Napoleon
may lose more than sleep If he be
lieves It.
One can easily tell when he la In sight of a
railway station In Sweden at which meals aro
served by the sign of a knife and .fork crossed.
This, however, does not give proof that tho
edibles or the service reaches beyond the av
erage of good cheer In any direction.
How a Train Collision Sounds.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"Did you ever hear a freight wreck?"
said a railroad man the other evening.
"You mean did I ever see one, do you
not?" "No; I said 'hear one. and your
not understanding the question shows
that you never have been within earshot
of a collision between two trains of box
cars I was at a little station on the
Iron Mountain a few years ago, when a
long flic of empty cars 1 rushed past.
It is a wonderful soap
that takes hold quick and
does no harm.
No harm ! It leaves the
skin soft like a baby's; no
alkali in it, nothing" but
soap. The harm is done by
alkali. Scill more harm is
done by not washing. So,
bad soap is better than
none.
What is bad soap? Im
perfectly made; ''th'd fat
and alkali not well bal
anced or not combined. -
What is good soap?
I Pears'.
All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists;
all sorts of pcop.e use it.
MSmmSf
,
Columbus
discovered Cuba; Cuba
produced the best tobacco in
the world, and smokers have found
Havana leal in its highest excellence in
The Perfect Blend
EL PALENCIA CIGAR is a triumph of nature
in delicacy and flavor of the blended Havana
leaf. It is a triumph of art in the beauty of
its workmanship. Made in jo sizes.
BOLTZ, CLYMER & CO., Manufacturers,
Philadelphia.
Distributing Agents:' WADHAMS & CO., Inc.?
Portland.
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