"1K'5S 'Tf " - Jt -I 11 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MASCH 18, 1902. MORECftRGOSHIPSCOMING AN EVEJT DOZEX BIG CARRIERS E ItQUTE FOR PORTLAAD. Amrerlcan Registry Refused the Otlo CUldemlcster German Ship Ccrl JKakcs Fnst Pasuflgc. The British ship BIdston Hill, a 4000-ton carder, has been laid on at Antwerp by Balfour. Guthrie &. Co. to load for Port land direct. She will follow the Holy rood, of Balfour's line, the latter vessel now Tielng- about ready to sail. The Brit ish ship Euphrosyne has been chartered to load coal at Newcastle for Portland, these two late additions to the en-route list mating an cen dozen cargo ships now headed for Portland. This is the largest number that has been listed for this port in many years, and there Is also a fleet of 11 vessels listed for Puget Soultl and British Columbia ports with cargo. As practically all these ships will be avail able for next season's loading, the nucleus of a new-season fleet will be formed with out the necessity of exporters taking long -chances by chartering ballast vessels. The fleet as now listed for the Pacific North--weEt has a. carrying capacity of nearly 70,000 tons, and the merchandise which It will brine will be largely glass. Iron, coal, cement and other building materials. The ships now listed for Portland and tho port from which they are coming and n t tonnage is as follows: Vessels Net tons. Xldston Hill Antwerp -2431 'ypromene Antw erp Io0 Dovenliy Hall-Antwerp 1688 -Copley Antwerp 1696 Jlol rood Antwerp 1932 Brunei Newcastle 15w John Cooke Li orpool ,.175S Oambronnc Li t rpfol 1420 Flcrra Estr"'ila Liverpool 132 Furhrojne Newcastle 1793 , -jntterhorn Hamburg i&u S'mantha Hamburg 2211 For Puset Sound Solw.iy Antwerp -1599 filfeve Roe Antwerp 160S Carnarvon Ba Antwerp 1795 -Arcti- Stream Hull 1498 Celtic Chief Liverpool 1709 General Roberts Rotterdam 1914 Holywcod Llcrpool .'...1477 "Kae Thoma Liverpool lwji Ladakh CaidiK 190S Si.nator Liverpool 19 Xivntcn Maryport 232 OTTO GILDEMEISTER AGAIV. XBulsc Affidavit Fall to Secure Amer ican Register for the Craft. The German ship Otto Glldemeister, which was dismasted something over a year ago while en route from Yokohama to Portland, is not proving such a bo nanza as her new owners expected. The ship, by some peculiar methods known to German underwriters, but unknown to British underwriters, was declared a con structive total loss, presumably for the purpose of aoid!ng the payment of some !hlgh-rate reinsurance. She was sold to a man named Ellis for something over $25,000, the prospects for a lawsuit going with her depreciating her value to a cer tain extent. Her new owner has been endeavoring to secure American register for her, and In this laudable pursuit the mate of the ship has apparently commit ted perjury. For this reason, the Treas ury Department refuses to grant Amer ican registry, and, with freights on the down grade and shipping property values tumbling, the profits of the speculators may prove no larger than those of the men, who bought reinsurance on the ves sel. The decision of the Treasury De partment regarding the matter is as fol lows: "The bureau Invites your attention fur ther to the case of the German ship Otto Glldemeister, mentioned in the letter of the 11th ult., relating to an application for her registry as- a vessel of the United States on the ground that she was wrecked within the United States, and therefore that the case is within the pur view of section 4136 of the Revised Stat utes, authorizing the registry of vessels so wrecked, subject to certain conditions "Referring to your recommendation that the application receive favorable consid eration, the bureau has to state that it Is now in receipt of a marine protest made by Captain "Wilmsen, formerly mas ter of the ship, and authenticated by the seal of the German Consulate, showing that the ship was dismasted and disabled 2000 miles, more or less, off the west coast of the United States, and Indicating that she has sustained no material Injury with in the United States. The protest sets forth an entirely different state of things from that sworn to In the evidence for warded from your office. You will please notice that In the documentary evidence you submit Is an affidavit from H. Usin ger, chief mate of the ship, that she was diEmasted and wrecked within three miles of the shores of the United States, and that 'said permanent disability' was sustained In the waters of the United States; and you will please notice also that It Is stated In the petition that the vessel was wrecked in the waters of the United States by a hurricane, which dis masted and permanently disabled' her, so that she became unseaworthy. "In view of the apparently conclusive evidence In the protest, showing that the Otto Glldemeister was not wTecked In the United States, the bureau declines to au thorize her registry as a vessel of the United States, and requests that you bring the circumstances to the attention of the United States attorney for such action as on Investigation he may find the facts deinand. "I will thank you to report the final dis position of the matter. Respectfully, "E. T. CHAMBERLAIN, "Commissioner." MORE MARCH CARGOES. BIdart nnd Sierra Ventana Are In tb.es Stream Ready for Sea. The British ship Sierra Ventana and the French bark BIdart finished loading1 yes terday and will clear today for Queens, town or Falmouth for orders. The Sierra Ventana was dispatched by A. Berg, and haa aboard 105,200 bushels of wheat, val uel at 569,400. The BIdart was loaded by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and carries 111, 90? bushels of wheat. The next ves sel to finish will be the Earl Cad ogan, which Is loading flour at the Al blna mills. There Is still considerable ac tivity among the grain ships, and the fleet -will be pulled up to pretty fair pro portions by the end of the month. The German bark Barmbek was taking in stiffening at the elevator dock yester day, but -will vacate her berth to per mit the Torrisdale to load ahead of her. The Marlon Llghtbody, which arrived up Sunday morning. Is at Montgomery. No. 2, discharging ballast The Ernest Le Gouve, the latest arrival at Portland, reached port yesterday afternoon and went Into the stream to await a berth. The Lota Is at Davidge's dock, but will come Into Mersey as soon as possible to complete her cargo of Valley wheat ANOTHER NARROW ESCAPE. Italian Bark Cnvonr Has the Usual Experience Off Cape Flntterj. From all of the stories that are wafted from the death-haunted region of Cape Flattery. It Is apparent that the under writers have been very fortunate this sea sop In not having to liquidate for a large number of wrecks in that vicinity. The Italian bark Cavour has Just reached Victoria, after a two weeks' tussle with the elements off the Cape, and the Vic toria Colonist prints her hard-luck story as. follows: "The Italian bark Cavpur had a nar row escape from destruction on Flattery rocks two days ago, when the mountain ous sea which followed the heavy south west gale set her in between the Uma tilla lightship and Flattery rocks, and when the tug Tacoma arrived in the nick of time to save, her from being a wreck and her crew from possible death she was not far from the rocks. Captain Schlaf- fino had the boats made ready to leave her. The Cavour left Callao n ballast 62 days ago, and on March 3 sbo was abreast of .Cape Flatten, and a heavy gale blowing from the southeast blew her tpwards the Vancouver Island coast. The seas were running yery high, -and the essel was several times on her beam ends. Water -was -coming over her and flooding her decks. She had a trying time, and when the latlture of 50 north was reached the vessel was but seven miles on shore. There was a terrible heavy sea setting towards the coasu and It looked as though the vessels was soon to go ashore. Captain Schlafllno says that in his life at sea he never saw such high waves. The Cavour had her lower malntopsills carried away, and with her otHer sails then set well reefed the sail- ors fought hard to keep the vessel off j shore. Fortunately, a favorable sauall aided them, and, although some of her canvas was torn and rigging strained, the vessel was worked to the southward, and three das ago. after many days of con tinuous gales, she was running for the j Straits before a heavy SOUthWCSt gale. I when, as she was near Flattery, the wind fell off and left her In a monstrous swell, t FRENCH BARIC VENDEE ENTERED YESTERDAY WITH BIG CARGO FROBI NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND. The French hark Vendee entered at the Custora-House jesterday with a full cargo from Newcastle, England. Included (a that careo was the largest consignment of pie Iron which has been brought to this port by any vessel within Uw past 13 jears. It amounted to 102S toss. Other cargo on board the essel was 532 tons of fire brfck, luO tons of fire clay, Mi tons of cuke and "500 tons of sale There were nearly 200,000 fire bricks and 10.223 bags of salt. The Vendee was out -over 200 days from the EneUsh port before she was towned Into Astoria, and there is a nice green growth on her hull below the water line. Part of her long vojage la dw,to her becomlnr disabled by a broken topmast while off the California coast. As the Vendee Is under charter for outward loading, and will require a week or two to discharge her Inward' cargo, the work of re pairing the damage will be commenced as soon as possible and carried on while the vessel is discharging. The Vendee Is consigned to Glrvln & Eyre, and will discharge her cargo at Greenwich Dock. . rolling from beam to beam. She broke her halyards and carried away some sail dur ing the storm, and when the seas were setting her In towards Flattery rocks the crew thought that nothing could save the vessel, and Captain Schlafllno ordered the boats made ready, and prepared to leave her, when the tug Tacoma was sighted. The tug came alongside as the vessel was In between the lightship and pot far from the rocks, and the bark was saved. The Cavour has been chartered to load lumber at Everett for Callao." Wireless Telesraplij on Lakes. CHICAGO, March 17. A wireless tele graph system, giving connection between ships In mid-lake and the mainland, may soon be an appliance on lake-going steam ers. The managers- of one of the com panies are considering the fitting of all boats, passenger and freight, with send ing and receiving stations of the Mar coni pattern. With this In view, they will make tests of the system within a few weeks. Discussion of the plans has been going on for some time. Officials have become convinced of the value of the contriv ance. If the tests are satisfactory, the boats probably will be equipped with tele graph stations before the Summer navi gation season Is well under way. Ln-ailjer Ship's Fast Passage. Tho German ship Carl, under charter to the Pacific Export Lumber Company, ar rived In from Yokohama Sunday, after a very fast passage. If the time given out yesterday Is correct It was a record breaker, as she was reported to have sailed from the Japan port February 23. This would make her passage but 21 days, and the nearest approach to that time was the passage of the Selkirkshire, which sailed across the Pacific in 21 days IS hours about six years ago. The Carl Is not a Granger In this port having loaded wheat here about two years ago. Lake Navigation Opens, CHICAGO, March 17. Steamers will be gin running across Lake Michigan tomor row, and with this opening of navigation will come a renewal of the war for through traffic to Grand Rapids. One line has announced a reduction In Its fare from Chicago to Grand Haven of 50 per cent By the new tariff, the fare will be "Jl eachway, as compared with $2 25 for many years past This makes the lake and rail rate to Grand Rapids 51 50, said to be about tho cheapest transportation In the United States. British narkenttae Ashore. NEW YORK, March 17. The British barkentlnc Persia, from Buenos Ayres, for New York, with a cargo of hides, went ashore last night near Point Look out L. L Her crew of 10 men were taken off in the breeches buoy by the Long Beach llfo-savlng crew. The Persia register pTS tons net and halls from Hantsport, Nf S. Overdue Vessel Is Safe. NEW YORK, March 17. A special to the Commercial Advertiser from Halifax, N. S., says: News just received here that an Allan liner, thought to be the long overdue Huronlan, was signalled at 2 P. M., heading for St John'-s harbor, Snex Canal Reopened. PORT SAID. Egypt March 17. The Suez Canal has been reopened. The Brit ish petroleum steamer Nerlte, from Mar seilles, February 24, which was reported yesterday to be on fire In the canal, Is still burning. To Load Forage. The British steamer Quito, -which arrived In port Sunday morning, will, after she discharges her eargo at Mereey dock, be moved up to the Alaska wharf to load forage for the Philippines. The Quito re- recently received the contract for carry-i lag the forage, and the officers of he United States Quartermaster's Depart ment think she will receive her cargo and be ready to leave by the end of the week. Steamer Catch Refloated. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. March 17. The British steamer Cutch, wrecked near Jineau last August, and refloated, has made application to the Treasury Depart ment for American register. Domestic and Foreign Forts. ASTORIA, March 17. Arrived down at 8 A. M. French hark Versailles. Condition, of the bar at 4 P. M., rough; wind southwest; weather cloudy. San Francisco, March 17. Arrived at 11:80 Qv ". ... - a r c ....... txr ru UArt. Hoqulam, Wash., March 10. Sailed Schoon er R. C Slade, from Aberdeen tor San Fran cisco; Bchooner Peerless," from Aberdeen for San Francisco; schooner A. J. West, from Ab erdeen for Guaymas. Liverpool, Marsh 17. Arrived Umbrla, from New York: New Snriand.' from Boston. Glasgow, March 1C Arrived Sardinian, from Portland. Sailed March 15-Corean, for Portland; Llvoria. for Philadelphia; Mongo lian, for New York. Gibraltar, March 17. Arrl ed Trave, from New York for Naples and Genoa. Cherbourg, March 17. Sailed Deutschland, from New York and Pl mouth for Hamburg. Hamburg, March 15. Sailed Patricia, for New York. San Francisco. March 17. Sailed Steamer Coronado, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Lakme, for Portland; steamer Llndauer, for Gray's Harbor. Arrived Steamer Mandalay, from Co qullle Rlier; steamer Asuncion, from Tacoma. Seattle, March 17. Arrh ed Steamer Edith, from San Francisco; Keamcr Farallon. from Skagvtay; steamer Robert Dollar, from San Francisco. MAKES TERMS WITH MARCONI Canada Will Let Inventor Begin Work nt Cape Breton at Once. OTTAWA, March 17. The agreement hetween the Dominion Government and William Marconi for the establishment of a wireless telegraph station nt Cape Breton has been brought to a satisfactory Issue. The contract will be signed in a few days. Mr. Marconi will lenve here for Cape Breton tomorrow for the purpose of selecting a site for the erection of a high-power station. It Is expected that wireless communication will be established In the Dominion and Great Britain by the beginning of next June. Piatt Dinner Tickets, in Demand. NEW YORK, March 17. More than 00 men, well known In public affairs, have applied for tickets to the "Amen Corner" dinner to Senator Thomas C. Piatt, on April 4. The guests will be limited to 340. Prominent among the Invited guests who have accepted are: President Roosevelt Governor Odell, Governor Crane, of Mas sachusetts: Senators Depew, Quiy, Pen rose, Foraker, Scott of West Virginia, Fairbanks and Aldrlch, Mayor Low, Lleir-tenant-Governor Woodruff, ex-Governor Black, Archbishop Ireland, J. Plerpoht Morgan, John A. McCal!, Levi P. Morton, Judges Hnight and Werner, of the Court of Appeals; Speaker Nixon, all of the New York state officials, and a score of New York Senators and Assemblymen. There will be many Democrats as well as Republicans at the dinner, which Is to be a strictly nonpolltlcal affair. Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland; Repre sentative George B. McClellan and oth ers prominent In Democratic affairs, but for years frequenters of the "Amen Cor ner,'' are among the Democrats who have accepted. Altfreld Memorial. NEW YORK. March 17. Arrangements have been perfected for the holding of a meeting in memory of the late John P. Altgeld, ex-Governor of Illinois, at Cooper Union, on Thursday evening, March 27. Among the speakers who have already promised to be present are Clarence F. Darrow, who was Mr. Altgeld's law part ner; George Fred Williams and ex-Congressmen John J. Lentz. Wireless 'Phone Dernonstratlon. LEXINGTON, Morch 17. The Inventor of wireless telephony. Nathan Stubblefleld, has gone to Washington, where we will give a public demonstration of his inven tion en the Potomac River Thursday. The first demonstration given by Stubble field was six weeks ago, at Murray. If successful in the Washington experiment, Mr. Stubblefleld will attempt a longer dis tance by sea. Sunday Funerals at an End. NEW YORK, March 17. Sunday funer als at Trenton. N. J., are at an end, ap parently, owing to the action of the Coachmen's Union, which Is backed In Its fight by the ministers. Members of the union found an effective means, of stopping an old practice of burying the dead on Sunday by refusing to go out J with nonunion drivers. OF THE THREE OREGONS EASTERX, WESTERN A?fD SOUTH ERN DIVISIONS OF THE STATE. Attention Given Oregon la the Sew Yerlc Central's Magazine Illus trated Original Articles, The March number of the Four Track News, the illustrated magazine of travel and education published monthly by the passenger department of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Is large ly devoted to Oregon. The frontispiece Is a fine view of 'Multnomah Falls, of which a brief description Is given further on in the mpgazine. The leading article Is by Alfred Holman, and Is entitled "The Three Orcgons." It Is Illustrated by a typical view of Oregon sheep, an apple-harvesting scene, a Hood River strawberry field and a view of some of Oregon's dividend-paying stock livestock, of course. Other Illustrations are full-page reproductions of the Pillars of Hercules, Oneonta Gorge, and a 6,000,000-foot log raft on the Colum bia, and a smaller picture showing how the big timber of Oregon Is felled. Colonel Pat Donan has a page entitled "Midst Peaks and Chasms." that serves to carry the views of Columbia River scenery. Mr. Holman's account of the "Three Oregons" Is as follows: "The lnitatlon which Oregon as a coun try, relatively new, presents to the world Is In many forms, and Is addressed to many sorts and conditions of men. In sin cerity it would not be easy to say to whom the Interests and conditions of the coun try most directly appeal tosthe lover of natural beauty, to the practical farmer, to the lumberman, to the miner, to the navigator, to the man of business, to the young who seek a fresh fieldof labor, or to tne old. who seek Tepose where the airs are soft and severities of climate un known. Any of these, or all, may find conditions to their liking here, for It Is a land of multiplied bounties, of unlimited opportunities and of abounding and abid ing charm. "Theic are, In truth, three Oregons one at the west one at the east, one at the south and there Is remaining a remote and almost unoccupied region, which when it shall come Into Its own. will call Itself central. Old, or characteristic Oregon, the seat of so much history as we have, of our chief city, and of the most advanced and settled life of the state. Is called Western, and occupies the northwest cor ntr of the mdp. To the west it lies for 000 miles against the Pacific Ocean; Its rorthern line Is the Great Columbia River, and It reaches at the east to the summits of the Cascade Mountain Range. Here are the abounding rivers, the majestic peaks, and the forests primeval, which rise before the mind's eye when the name Oregon is spoken. Here is that land nbw a busy, fruitful, cheerful land, "where rolls the Oregon." which, if the word of a poet Is good for anything once upon a time heard no sound save Its own dashlres. Here is the land of the Web foot, where the poorest wit of a liar will assure you It rains '13 months In the year,' and where, by report of a liar of a better sort the year Is made up "of the rainy season and the month of August" Be ond a doubt It Is. during the four month of w:nter, a wet country, much like the south of England an overmolst country. But of this bountiful precipitation Is born much, if not all, that gives Western Ore gon Its special character and Its unequaled charm.. The never-fading green of the long and beautiful Summer, the clear streams which lace the country, ever car rying frultfulness ana sweet murmurlngs to Its remotest corners, the deep forests, which clothe the hills and the mountain bides, the glistening mantles which glorify the mounti'n peaks all this la from the bounty which for Western Oregon never fails. And our debt to the Winter rains Is not alone for the beauty which charms every beholder. To them we owe.thanlts for the fertility of our soils, for the wlde rcachlng navigation which makes trans portation cheap, for our unlimited capacity to generate electrical power, and for other and multiplied resources which go to the making of a country of many and sur prising potentialities. "Southern Oregon lies to the south of Western Oregon. The sea Is at Its west; California Is Its Immediate neighbor on the south. It stands In a manner wedged In between Western Oregon and Northern Calfornla, and partakes somewhat of the character of either neighbor. It Is Indeed that Jiappy land of moderation, where the rains do not weary with their persistence and where drouth never comes. Some thing of the California Winter sun shines upon Southern -Oregon, but, withal, Its spirit Is of the north, and Its Invitation is to the Industry and to the man of the 1 north. It knows not the orange, but it produces the bat appfe known to ce?t merce, -It Ja a Jnd relvely remote, for while It goes out to the world over steel rails, it Is a day's Journey either north or south to a considerable city. Southern Oregon has In It the makings of a very fruitful country, but It Is' as yet relatively new, and Its day of greatness Is yet to come. But there is- no problem la the fu ture of a land which holds beauty for the artist, health and JvlBor for the alck and weary, minerals for the engineer, timber for the lumberman and unlimited opportu nity for the farmer and the orchardlst "Eastern Oregon, with which must how be reckoned the country hereafter to be named Central Oregon, Is a country wholly apart from the regions above described. It occupies two-thirds of the superficial area of the state, but in its productive character Is far less Important than Wes em Oregon, and scarcely more Important than Southern Oregon. It Is an elevated region, and In a dryer altitude, for to the region east of the Cascade fountains has not been given the bountiful waters which fructify and gladden the soil. But Eastern Oregon Is reasonably watered, and Is a vastly potential country. Great hsrds of cattle and horses roam over It; uncounted (locks of shtep range Its hilly pastures. Gold and silver ledges rib Its mountain sldes Nor Is Eastern Oregon without a considerable basis for agricul ture. Here and there are vallejs narrow but fertile, bountifully watered and richly endowed. Large districts which once bore every aspect of a desert have been turned Into grain fields. Her expert agriculture Is to some extent for parts of Eastern Oregon He In a region high and dry bringing artiflcal Irrigation to Its aid, and is redeeming wide stretches of ele vated and relatively dry country, literally making It to blossom as the ro3e. East ern Oregon Is a country of tremendous possibilities. Its progress has of late been rapid, especially in the line of mining de velopment It has the tone, the spirit, -j the 'go of a country rapidly growing and conscious of a large destiny. "Oregon cr the three Oregons makes a state which, In many respects, is unique and unrivaled; and none among Its sister Ftafes combine conditions and Interests more varied or more charming. "Let me odd for the traveler and the pleasure-seeker that It Is a restful coun try. The plrlt of the forest Is over It; Its stt earns flow gently; Its winds are balmy; It Is a land -where stress and weariness are soon forgot" Colonel Donan's "Midst Peaks and Chasms" Is as follows: "The use of superlatives Is usually In direct proportion to the ignorance or pro vincialism of the writer or speaker. The newspaper or magazine scribbler who de clares this, that or the other region has the grandest or subllmest or loveliest scenery on the globe, simply advertises the fact that he has traveled little, or to lttl niimnyp. No one land or reclon has u. scenic monopoly no one excels In all resnects. The Salt Lake of Utah (the American Dead Sea) Is unrivaled In Its way among scenic and geologic marvels of the New World; the Royal Gorge and the Grand Canyon of Colorado rank among the abysmal masterpieces of the Divine Artist and Artificer; and the Yellowstone Park geysers dwarf by comparison all the other water volcanoes of creation. "But, takrn altogether. It Is doubtful whether there is on earth a stretch of scenery; for the seme distance, that sur-Dasses-lf there Is anything that equals the 86 mllas along, the Columbia, River I hetweeri Portland and The Dalles, it com bines all that is wild, suhllme, picturesque and beautiful In mountain and stream, gem-Uke island, boundless forest, crag, cataract and cascade. On one side the greatest river, with perhaps a single ex ception, of Western North, Central, or South America and, on the other, the giant peak3 -of the Cascade Range, which numbers among Its mighty Jewels Anow robed and glacler-crented Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens. Precipices towering above the clouds on one hand, and huge falls or rapids of blue green water roaring and foaming on the other. "Multnomah Falls have been painted and penciled and sung throughout the world, but no poet's pen nor artist's brush has ever been able to portray an Infini tesimal atom of their loveliness. "But gorgeously beautiful as they are, Multnomah Falls are but one of nearly 20 cataracts that tumble, flashing and re splendently Iridescent, from the mountain- tops, In this 85 miles of fairyland. Latour ell and Bridal Veil Falls, though har nessed to run sawmills and lumber chutes, are scarcely less loely than Multnomah. "Wf.d, weird Oneonta Gorge, near Mult nomah, looks as Kentucky's famous Mam moth Cave might. If all Its vast cav ernous halls and chambers were rent open by an earthquake, and tapestried with. mosse3, ferns and flowers. "Rooster Rockj Cape Horn, the Plllara of Herculee, and Castle Rock, all near Multnomah, are huge testimonials to the Titanic struggle that took place when the mighty flccd of the Columbia burst through the glacier-crested Cascades. "Speaking of this wonderland. Cardinal Satolll sas: As we passed through tho Rockies, we thought the scenery could not be surpassed; but when we descended Into the Valley of the Columbia and the Cas cade Mountains, we found scenery grander than any we had yet beheld.' " Don't take any chances. Keep your blood pure and health good by taking Hooo p Sarsaparilla. VALUE OF TESTIMONY. Greater Than Assertion. There Is none of us so hardened but that when we have been able to aid our fel low-creatures oy comernng a Denent or bringing a little comfort Into their lives we like to have appreciation shown. This generally affords more pleasure than the performance of the act itself, and in tins connection the following letter from a Paris, Texas, lady Is of more than usual Interest; "Dear Friends: I address you as suoh, for you have been such to me. I suffered for three years, off and on, with piles. J was treated at the hospital, and the new and elegant hospital of Mem phis; they only gave me temporary relief. I came West thinking the change of air' and water would benefit me; five months ago the bleeding piles came back on me, and bled so much that I thought I would die. I have had four qf the finest doctors in this section of Texas; all they did was to finally nearly let me go to my grave; all they wanted was a big sum of money from me and to operate on me. I said no, no sur geon's knife would enter me; If It was ray time to die, God knew It, and when I died I would die altogether. I began hearing about your medicine. I had no faith In you, but I sent and got a box of your Pyramid Pile Cure; in two days the blood flow had slackened to one-half the amount, and In one week I felt so much better I walked four blocks and did a little house work. I was not bleeding then; In three weeks I was well. God bless you for put ting such a wonderful medicine within the reach of suffering men and women I I shall never cease to recommend your medicine or be without It; also I used your Pyramid Pills. Sallle A. Hearndon." Tes timony like this should be more convinc ing than all claims and assertions, and should leave no douhjt In the mind of the reader as to the merit of the remedy. Pyramid Pile Cure Is sold by druggists for 50 cents a package, or will be mailed by the makers to any address upon re ceipt of price. Write Pyramid Drug Company, Marshall, Mich., for their book on cause and cure of piles. WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY I Itr fcilr. JtZnj or Bleached. It cis bare !otcd to la nturU color without Injury tobetltlv or Klp by mm application of tht Imperial Halr.Begenerafor TTir STANDARD HAIR COLORING. It U abtolctetrhtrmleti. Any shade srorloced. Color fM. and ONE APPLICATION LASTS MONTHS. Saspla of your bai colored frt. WW H Rheumatism The liniment bottle and flannel strip are familiar objects in nearly every household. They are the weapons that have been used for generations to fight old Rheumatism, and are about as effective in the battle with this giant disease as the blunderbuss of our forefathers would be in modern warfare. Rheumatism is caused by an acid, sour condition of the blood. It is filled with acrid, irritating matter that settles in the joints, muscles and nerves, and liniments and oils nor nothing else applied externally can dislodge these gritty, corroding particles. They were deposited there by the blood and can be reached only through the blood. Rubbing with liniments sometimes relieve temporarily the aches and pains, but these are only symptoms which are liable to return with every change of the weather ; the real disease lies deeper, the blood and system are infected. Rheumatism cannot be radically and permanently cured until the blood has been purified, and no remedy does this so thoroughly and promptly as S. S. S. It neutralizes the acids and sends a stream exhilarating tonic. Our physicians will advise, without charge, all who write about their case, and we will send free our special book on Rheumatism and its treatment. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. Men, Young and This Js the oldest Private Medical Dispensary In the City of Portland, the first Medical Dispensary ever started in the city. Dr. Kcsstcr, the old reliable specialist, has been man. ager of this institution for 20 years, during which tjme thousands of cases hae been cured, nnd no person was eer refused treatment The St Louis Dispensary has thousands of dollars In money and property, and able financially to make Its word good. Since Dr. Kessler started the St Lpuls Dispensary, oer 20 years ago, hundreds of t.-avcllng doctors hae come to Portland, advertised their sure-cure ability In the papers, got what money they could from connd ing patients, then left town. Dr. Kessler Is the only advertising spe cialist who can give references to all classes. You may ask bankers, mer chants, and all kinds of business men. They will tell you that Dr. Kessler Is O. K. Lots of DeoDle com ing from the country deposit their money with him. No other specialist on the Coast can gle such reference as this old doctor. GOOD DOCTORS. Many doctors In country towns send patients to Dr. Kessler. because they know he Is prepared to treat all kinds of private and chronic diseases. PRIVATE Diseases. This doctor guarantees to cure any case of Syphilid, i nnn'Gonorrhea, G.eet, Stricture cured, no difference how long stand ing. Spermatorrhea. Lot.s of Manhood or Mght Emissions, cured perma nently. The habit of Self-Abuse effectually curedi In a short time. YflMNR MEN Youf errors and follies of youth can be remedied, and this ,UU,IU nn-i old doctor will gle sou wholesome advice and cure you make jou perfectly strong and healthy. You will be amazed ar his success In curing dpermatorrhea. Seminal Losses, Nightly Emissions, and other ef fects. KIDNEY AND URINARY C03IPLAINTS. Painful, difficult, too frequent, milky or bloody urine, unnatural dis charges, carefully treated and permanently cured. Piles, Rheumatism and Neuralgia treated by our new remedies, and cures guaranteed. Patlent3 treated In any part of the country by his home system. Write full particulars, enclose ten 2c stamps, and we will answer you promptly. Hundreds treated at home who are unable to come to the city. READ THI Take a clear bottle at bedtime, and urinate In the bottle, set ni-riu ",0 aside and look at It In the morninjr. If it is cloudy or has a cloudy settling in it, you have some kidney or bladder disease, and should be attended to before you get an Incurable disease, as hundreds die every year from Brlghfs disease of the kidneys. Address J. HE?VRI KESSLER, M. D., Portland, Oregon. St Louis Medical and Surgical Dispensary. Enclose ten 2c stamps or no answer. 2304 Yamhill Street. One ery Oommon Gaose, Oenera! Haadache 8$ t Common and Distressing Affliction end Hay 8s Dua ia a Xurabir o! Gauscs. Ths Principal Causa of Frontal Headaohs Is Hera Pointed Outs Headache Is a symptom, an Indication of derangement or disease in some organ, and tue cause of the headache is difficult to locate, bocause so many diseases have headache as a prominent symptom: de rangement of the stomach and licr. heart trouble, kidney diease, lung trouble, ee strain or 111-tittlng glasses, all produce headaches, and if we could always locate tho organ which is. at fault, the cure of obstinate headaches would be a much ilmpscr matter. However, for that form of headache called frontal headache, pain back of the eyes and In forehead, the cause Is now known to be catarrh of the head and throat: when the headache Is located in back of head and neck, It is often caused from catanh of the stomach or lier. At any rate, catarrh Is the most com mon cause of such headaches, and the cure of the catarrh causes prompt disap pearance of the headaches. There is at present no treatment for catarrh so convenient and effective ns Stuait's Catarrh Tablets, a new Internal remedy in tablet form, composed of anti septics like eucalpytol, gualacol and blood root, which act upon the blood and cause the elimination of the catarrhal poison from the sjstem through the natural channels MANHOOD RESTORED "CUP1DENE" TdIs great Vegetable Vitaliier. the prescription of & fatnoas French phjMcian. trill quicklr care joa of all nrrroas dieamand nerrouii wtuknaes. sachas Lou 3Xanhood. Irmom-tla-, ZalB in Itie Back. Trembtlnfr Xervoa Debility, Plinplea, Unfitness to 3Inrrj. Varicocele, and Constipation. Gives tbe bounce, the brace, of real lt. CCPIDEJIE cleanveethelirer. thp kidneys and the nn-cry orpansof all imparl tie. CirPJCDENitrenethnand T8tor-aHnn:n Tharesjinn snfforora are not jPJj cored or doctor in ocause ninety per cent, are imnoiea vHnrronisiiiix. vuriOEAfi is tho only known remedr to ours irithont an operation. SOOO t-stiraoria!. A written frnannU- given and mootj retsrned If iz boxe do not effect a permanent care. $1.00 s box; six for $5.00. by mail. Send for tree areolar and Wtitnonial. Addiesa AVOIi XEDICI9TC CO.. P. O. Bex 2S76, San Francisco, CmX. For sale by s. G. SKIDMORE, & CO., Portland, Or. of rich, strong blood 'to the affected parts, which dissolves and washes out all foreign materials, and the sufferer obtains happy relief from the torturing pains. S. S. S. contains no potash or other mineral, but is a perfect vegetable blood tmrifier and most B 4 83 Old, Read This J. HEMII KESSLER, 31. D. Manager. MIs3 Cora A'nsley, a prominent school teacher In one of our normal schools, speaks of her experience with catarrhal headaches and eulogizes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a cure for them. She saysr "I suffered dally from severe frontal head ache and pain In nd back of the ees, at times so Intensely as to incapacitate me in my daily duties I had suffered from catarrh, more or less, for jcars, but never thought It wan the cause of my headaches, but finally became convinced that sjch was the case, because the head aches were always won.e whenever I had a cold or fresh attack of catarrh. "Stuart's Catarrh Tablets were highly recommended to me a& a safe and pleasant catanh cure, and after xising a few 50 cent boxes, which I procured from my Druggists. I was surprised and delighted to find that both the catarrh and head aches had gone for good." Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are sold by druggists at 50 cents per package, under the guarantee of the proprietors that they contain abso'utely no cocaine (found in so many catarrh cures), no opinm (so com mon In cheap cough cures), nor any harm ful drug. They contain simply the whole some antiseptics necessary to destroy and drive from the system the germs of ca tarrhal disease. Over-