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THK MUKJSMJXi UKiSUOKlAN, TUESDAY, 3TJLY. SJU, 1VVZ. EVERY DOLLAR IS PAID CHERISHED WISH OP JOHX MTE11S CARRIED OUT. Sefnnct Eat Side Banlc Settles With Depositors After Its President Is Dead Notes. The last -wish and cherished Intentions of Honest John Myers, the president and manager of the Commercial and Sav ings Bank, of the East Side, whose doors were closed during the panic of the hard times, that every depositor and all debts of the Institution should be paid In time in full, have now been fully carried out by J. E. Hedges, of Oregon City, ad ministrator of the estate of Mr. Myers. Tho outcome Is highly creditable to the management and fidelity with which Mr. Hedges carried forward the plans of Mr. Myers in paying depositors and creditors. At the time the Commercial and Sav ings Bank closed its assets would have brought little or nothing had they been sold out at auction as proposed. At a meeting of the depositors held In the office of the bank Mr. Myers made a proposition to take the assets, also to throw his own personal fortune into the scale, and pay off the deposits, amount ing to something over $S.O00, and the lia bilities, provided tflat time be given to realize on the property. There was a long discussion over the proposition. Some were opposed to accepting It and were In favor of "wiping the whole thing up" at once. J. S. Foss, and a few of the conserva tive depositors, urged that the proposi tion be accepted. This was finally agreed to and a paper was drawn up which was signed by John Myers and the depositors. Mr. Myers then turned his personal fortune In with the assets, and at the time of his death was making progress in liquidation. Mr. Hedges, his administrator, took up the work, and a few days ago was around on the East Side paying off what was left unpaid on the deposits, the main portion of which had already been paid. The only loss that is sustained, if it can be called a loss, is the interest on the money. This Is the only bank that failed com pletely in Portland that has paid out dollar for dollar J. S. Foss has the or iginal document binned by John Myers and the depositors at the time the bank closed. He expresses great satisfaction over the final outcome. He says that the finances have been so managed that the heirs will receive something. "PROGRESS OP THE BLACK MAX." Lecture by a Former Slave, Before Sumner Pout, G. A. R. The last meeting of Sumner Post, G. A. K., was one of the most Interesting held for a long time, made so by the presence and lecture by Rev. Mr. Drew, a colored minister, who -was born in slavery, and also served as a soldier in the Civil War. Mr. Drew spoke of the progress the col ored people have made since the war, and he declared that what they have ac complished is one of the most wonderful achievements of any race during the cen tury. The speaker set forth the low es tate and condition of the race just prior to and Immediately following the war. "They had. Indeed, looked forward to freedom," continued Mr. Drew, "but they had not tho remotest conception of what It would mean for them. So when the close of the Rebellion found them free they were without experience and knew not what to do nor which way to turn. Considering their condition then and what they have accomplished we have a most icmarkable showing of progress. "Utterly ignorant then we find now that a large per cent, of the black people can read and write. They have made great progress along these lines. "What race of people on earth has done as well with so little to start on? There are some bad people among them, and possibly there are some bad people among the whles as well." Mr. Drew went on to say that the slaves In the border states were usually well treated, but those in the cotton and cane states, and Texas especially, were badly treated. The lecture was one of great interest. Mr. Drew is a very pleas ing speaker, besides he has given the, subject very close .study, and is under tho inpresslon that there Is yet a great des tiny for the black man. The speaker is always welcome to a G. A. R. Post meet ing. SnOXERAI, OP GEORGE B. CORNELIUS 33oWas Buried Yesterday by Even ing Star Grange, P. of H. The funeral of George B. Cornelius, -who was accidentally killed at his 'home on the Section Line road, Satur day, was held yesterday morning In Multnomah Hall, east of Mount Taber. Services were under the aus pices of Evening Star Grange No. fZI, Patrons of Husbandry, of which he was a member. At the hall religious ser vices were conducted at the close of which the officers of the Grange took charge, and at tho grave in Lone Fir (Cemetery gave the rites of the order. jThere is widespread sorrow over tho tragic death of Mr. Cornelius. Ho was "well known, -and respected in the com- Imunity. Successful Slulclnsr. Contractors Lind & Manning are com pleting their contract for 'moving some ithlng over 10,000 cubic yards of dirt from the block of Dudley Evans, on Russell jond Kerby streets, la Albino. The dirt Us being sluiced down Into Montgomery tslough through a terra cotta pipe. The fbank averaged about 20 feet high, and to have moved it with wagons would have Jtaken a long time. In a short time the icontract will be finished. It will then only remain to level up the surface. (Started as an experiment, this method of imoving tho dirt has proved a great suc tcess, and suggests a cheap way to fill up jthe who'o Montgomery slough from the Ihigh ground on the East Side. Climbing Mount Hood. The mountains east of the Sandy to Government Camp, at Mount Hood, are (filling up with campers and transient people seeking recreation. At Govern ment Camp there is already a large num fber of people camping. O. C. Yocum con ducted a party of several to the top of Mount Hood Saturday, and among thoso who went up was an aged man whose hair was as white as the snow on tho sides of Mount Hood. It was thought ho would not be able to reach the summit, but Mr. Yocum signaled from the top to those In the camp that the entire party had gained the highest point success fully. From now on many people will make the ascent of the hoary peak. Artisans Gather at Pleasant Home. The assemblies of the United Artisans, of Gresham, Fairvlew, Rockwood and Lents, spent Saturday on the G. A. R. camp ground at Pleasant Home. There was a large attendance. Dr. Olmstead, of Portland, spoke on the principles of the order. Professor Staples, of Portland, was present, and gave several musical selections, which were highly enjoyed by the audience. The Gresham Band and orchestra furnished music On the grounds thero were a merry-go-round and Ice cream booths. A rattling good baseball game was played between the Terry and Pleasant Jfome teams, the Bcore being '6 to 16 in favor of the latter. East Side Xotes. The funeral of Mrs. P. A. Dewey, of Galesvllle, Or., was hold yesterday from the residence of her son, E. D. Dewey, 70 East Tenth street. Interment was In Lone Fir cemetery. She was 67 years and 2G days old. 3,fr- o. yient acconmanled by her children, and her mother, Mrs. A. Stone, will leave for Chicago today, after spend ing two monthsvisltlng relatives at Fair-view. CIokIxir: Ont Drnfc Store. Stock and fixtures for sale. Any persons knowing themselves Indebted to Dav Raf fety & Bro. will please call at 36S East Oak street, for statements, as we "wish to close up all accounts to date. Dav Raffety & Bro. Portland. July 25, 1902. CASE OF NINA DANFORTH Massachusetts Authorities Fear She Will Be Acquitted. NEW YORK, July 2S. The state author ities are puzzled as to a satisfactory dis position of the case of Nina Danfortb, the deformed girl who killed A. J. Em ery, and is now m the Cambridge House of Correction awaiting trial, says a Bos ton speclil to the Press. Attorney-General Parker feels that because of the piti able circumstances of the case a jury would acquit her. Yet, by her own ad mission and by the testimony of eye-witnesses, she killed Emery as he stood in the doorway of his home in South Fram Ingham. It Is the fear of having a ver dict of not guilty which causes the Attorney-General so much trouble. He is afraid the traditions of the Massachusetts courts will be violated by the return of a verdict In direct opposition to the evidence. The authorities are said to have at last reached the conclusion that the best ending of the case would bo an arrange ment which the state could accept with out establishing a bad precedent, and which would let the girl out of the House of Correction under restraint or watch which would not be so close as to threat en her already weak condition of mind. This may be accomplished by a verdict of manslaughter with a light sentence, from which will be taken the time al ready spent by the prisoner in the House of Correction. Outragre by Cattlemen. GRAND JUNCTION. Colo., July 23. Twolve masked men last Sunday night visited the ranch .of Mrs. Nancy fi-vlng, the angora sheep breeder located 12 miles southwest of Grand Junction, and with guns, clubs and knives deliberately killed 500 Angora does and a large number of kids. Fully 200 of the does were with kids, and these are already beginning to to die for want of nourishment. The herder who was In charge of the sheep was cov ered with guns by the perpetrators of the crime, bound and gagged and then tied to a post. No clew to the outlaws has yet been discovered. The loss to Mrs. Irving will run frdm $CO00 to 5S0C0. Mrs. Irving, who is a widow, recently received a warn ing, presumably from cattlemen, to re move her goats from the Plnon Mesa range or they would be slaughtered by the wholesale. Yesterday afternoon she received another warning that If she did not remove all of her remaining goats, numbering over COO, from tho Mesa they would be killed. Mrs. Irving has appealed to the County Commissioners for protec tion, and tho Sheriff has started an in vestigation. Xo Trace of Deserters. CHICAGO. July 2S. Two prisoners, Fred Ennis and John McQuig, and Sentry Wil liam Treet. of Company M, Twenty-first Infantry, who was guarding them, have disappeared from Fort Sheridan, and no trace of tho missing men has been found. Searching parties sent out In every direc tion have scoured the woods and ravines, but have failed to secure a clew. , Whether the guaTd has deserted with his prisoners, or whether he was over powered by his charges and lies in some deserted spot, gagged and bound, or per haps murdered, is a matter of conjecture, although trustworthiness of the soldier Is ground for the belief that an encounter occurred. King: of Chicago Counterfeiters. CHICAGO, July 2S. Alfred F. Cunning ham, said to be the "King of Chicago counterfeiters," has been arrested here by Federal Secret Service officers, and Is charged with being the maker of spurioud half-dollars. The officers found a coun terfeiting plant where they arrested Cun ningham and several sacks of bogus money. Cunningham waived examination before Commissioner Foote and was held to the Federal grand Jury. Georgia Negro Lynched. PEMBROKE, Ga.. July 2S.-Tohn Wise, a negro, who last Wednesday committed an assault upon Mrs. John Smith, a young white woman, was lynched here last night. He was captured near Pollock, Ga., after a desperate fight with a posse. He was returned to this place and posith'ely Iden tified as the assailant. He was then hanged to a telegraph pole and his body riddled with bullets. Spalding: Will Be Released. CHICAGO, July 28. Judge Dunne todav notified State's Attorney Dlneen that he7 would tomorrow release Charles W. Spald ing, formerly treasurer of the University of Illinois and president of the Globe Savings Bank, on a writ of habeas corpus unless the State's Attorney could show conclusively that the law under which Spalding was convicted of embezzling Is not special legislation. Exodus of Xcgroen. CUMBERLAND. Md.. July 28. Twenty eight refugee negroes, driven from Wom elsdorf as a result of the race war follow ing the murder of Chief of Police Wil moth, have arrived here, destined for Eastern points. Negroes are leaving the vicinity of Womelsdorf by scores. Geological Expeditions. CHICAGO, July 28. The University of Chicago has just sent out two geological expeditions to make extended trips of In vestigation through the West. One of these parties, numbering seven persons, under the direction of Professor Rollin Salisbury, has left for the Big Horn Mountains, in Wyoming. They will be gone until the 1st of October. The other expedition, consisting of 12 students, in charge of Professor R. D. George, leaves the city this morning for a trip through the Mississippi Valley. Professor Salis bury's party expects to spend Its time studying the glaciation of the Big Horn Mountains. Professor George's students will Investigate the rocRs and topography of the Mississippi Valley. A party of seven under the direction of Professor W. W. Atwood, of the uni versity, has been at work for some time among the Uintah Mountains, In Utah. Another party of two, accompanied by F. H. Calhoun, is at work now in the hills of Montana. In all nearly 50 students of the university will be in the field this Summer. Gift to Catholic Missions. WASHINGTON, July 28. Rev. Alexan der P. Doyle, secretary of the Catholic Missionary Union, has received a gift of $10,000 for the establishment of an apos tolic mission house, an Institution which Is to be opened In this city for the train ing of Roman Catholic priests as mis sionaries to non-Catholics and to the newly acquired Insular possessions of the United States. The donor declined to al low his name to be made public, but It Is said he Is a well-known priest, who Is greatly Interested In the cause of missions to non-Catholics. Low Xames City Magistrates. NEW YORK, July 2S. Mayor Low to day appointed Joseph M. Deuel. Le Roy B. Crane and Matthew P. Breen -City Magis trates for 10 years, at a salary of $7000. beginning January L 1903. Magistrates Deuel and Crane succeed themselves, while Magistrate Breen succeeds Henry A. Brann. Ef. W. Grove. This name must appear on every box of ins Genuine Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets, the remedy that ceres a. cold In cne day. 23 cents. I OREGON MAN HONORED ELECTED FOURTH VICE-PRESI-DEXT BV LOXGSHOREJIEXE. J. A. Madsen, Delegate From. This State, Talks of Labor Problems That Arise in Chicago. Oregon was honored at the meeting of the International Longshoremen, Marine and Transport Workers' Association by the election of J. A. Madsen, .cx-presldent of the longshoremen's union of this city and organizer for this district, as fourth vice-president of the association: Mr. Madsen has been a faithful labor worker, and his many friends here are proud of the honor that has been bestowed upon him. He speaks in glowing terms of the work of the convention, which was heM In Chicago July 14-19, and says that the union la Chicago Is so strong that they could not lose a strike. From 17000 to 18,000 new members were taken in from Chicago and along the lakes, and 110 new charters issued for locals In other parts of the country. The Longshoremen's Union Is now of great strength, and has organizations In Porto Rico and many other foreign places. They also have a central organization, in which similar unions In England and other foreign coun tries arc represented, and are now In a position to demand that their union brotn. era on the other side of the ocean refuse to unload ships that have been loaded here by scab help or In any way have not been sent out on a fair standing with the union. In speaking of the meeting Mr. Madsen said yesterday: "I was there during the freight-handlers' strike, and I never saw anything as com plete as their method cf blockade. They had their employers completely blocxed on every turn. It was reported In some of the papers that the union lost the strike, but I wish that the people could have teen the Chicago papers. The union galntd a great victory. They asked that their wages be raised from IS to 19 cents per hour. Their employers would not give them a hearing of any kind, and finally a committee of citizens stepped In and told them that they would have to arbi trate the matter. The way that the mat ter was settled was that they were given an advance to 1V& cents per hour, and got their union recognized." Upon being asked concerning the con vention, he said: "It was a success in every way, and one would have to be present In order to get a complete idea of the accurate and systematic way In which things are handled. We changed the name from the 'International Long shoremen's' because there are so many of the marine and transport workers com ing In that we thought It was right that they should be represented In the name of the organization." In speaking of the relative standing of the unions In the East and In the West, he said: "With the organization that they have in Chicago it would be Impossible for them to lose a strike. "Everything Is with them. I think that Chicago Is the strongest union city that I was ever In. When there is any trouble all are willing to take a hand In It. Not only the members of the unions but the public generally are In favor of the labor issue. During the teamsters' trouble every one seemed to be" 6n the street. Women and children even took an Interest and were out to do what they could. I have seen the street so blocked that no one could get through the crowd. A scab driver would be trying to take a load through the streets, and the street would be so blocked that he could not get through" Even when the policemen tried to get through to help them they were blocked, and had to let it go." "Do you think that the union people here are as hard workers for their cause as they are back there?" he was asked. "There Is no trouble In regard- to the union people here," said he. "What they lack is public sentiment. The peopk generally do not seem to Interest them selves In the matter as they do In the East." ACROSS COUNTRY. (Continued from First Pace.) abundant crops are being raised year in and year out. With easy optimism it Is argued that because there have been, no difficulties for several seasons, there will never again be repeated the disaster which some 10 years ago cost the whole Palouse country lta season's crop. I would like to believe all this, and with It the other delusion that the .lands here about will suffer no loss of quality through "continuous cropping to wheat; but I cannot d? It. In the future, as In the past, there must In the very nature of things come seasons too dry and sea sons too wet; and again In the very na ture of things a soil constantly drawn upon and never renewed must In the end loso Its fertility. The volcanic ash which overlies this whole country la truly a great resource, but It la unreasonable and practically unwise to proceed upon a theory which universal experience proves to be uniound. The theory of the Inexhaustibility of this soil cannot be a true one, and those who preach It and thcoe whose practice Is based upon it are foircly doing the country a very great mischief. Here, unquestionably, as in the Walla Walla country, cultivation is doing much to conserve moisture; first by enabling the soil to retain what falls from the sky and, second, by delaying the processes of evaporation, but there la no proof of a positive increase In the an nual precipitation. At this season, when the heat and the dust combine to. make a car-ride a period of torture, I would not counsel anybody who can avoid. It to make the day trip from Pendleton Ho Spokane; but. In spite of the discomfort, I felt abundantly re paid yesterday by the instruction and pleasure gained through observation from the car window. It Is the one long stretch of railroad In the eastern grain belt which runs cross-country In such a way as to give him who rides opportunity to -Bee some of the productive aspects of th- land. The main lines everywhere seek the level routee, which are commonly found In the bottoms of abandoned river beds; -and only on these cross lines can one, from a car window, get anything like a truthful and adequate Impression, of the extent and frultfulness of tne country. A. H. "Sonorous Terms." Chicago Inter Ocean. William J. Bryan, on his way to a Bos ton banquet, paused in Chicago long enough to drop. this pearl of thought: The Democratic platform should also take an aggressive attitude with reg-ard to monoplles, inasmuch as It Is now certain that the Re publican party does not intend to antagonize these evils. The Republican party may de nounce them In sonorous terms, but It has been and will be mortgaged to them In exchange for campaign funds. In these utterances Mri Bryan displays his usual habit of 'skimping truth and skimming falsehood. What Is the rec ord, and what are the facts, of Republi can and Democratic action as regards trusts? While Mr: Bryan was in Congress and his party was In power there flourished or arose 99 so-called trusts, with an ag gregate capital of J2,374,232,7S0. Did Mr. Bryan from his place in Congress lift his voice against these "monopolies"? Did he even denounce them In "sonorous terms"? He did not he did not. While he was a lawmaker, with power at least to at tempt something, he was dumb. He care fully waited until he got out of official position before he began even to clamor against trusts. Although Mr. Bryan's party has been more or less completely In control of the National Government for eight years out of the last 17, In all those eight years, while continually denouncing trusts In "sonorous terms' on tho stump, It has carefully refrained from taking any ac tion against them, legislative or adminis trative. It has left the enactment of laws to regulate trusts, and the enforcement of those laws, to Republican Congresses and Republican Presidents. As It has been In the past, so it evident ly will be in the future. The Republican party will march steadily on to the so lution of the trust problem, while the Democratic party will skirmish around and talk. The Republican party will do the work, while the Democracy will find the fault. The Republican party will act, while the Democratic party, following Mr. Bryan's example, will content Itself with emitting "sonorous terms." ONLY BY KING'S FAVOR. - French Queen Consorts' Status Was Inferior to Their Husbands'. Philadelphia Times. What the French Queen consorts there were no Queens regnant were never al lowed to forget was their practical Inferi ority of status. Their husbands were crowned at Rheims; they were crowned at St. Drnls. near Paris. There have been throughout the ages only two exceptions to this, only one that virtually counts, for French history does not regard the coro nitlon of Napoleon I and Josephine In the light of a precedent for subsequent cere monies of that, kind, provided there are to be any, which contingency by now appears exceedingly doubtful, three-quarters of a century having clapped since a French ruler received ouch a consecration, and he was a widower. The only genuine exception was at the coronation of Francis II, the first husband of Mary Stuart. Two months after the death of his father, who was supposed to have teen accidentally killed at a tourna ment, Francis, the eldest son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, traveled to Rheims for the purport of being crowned, Mary accompanying him. Mary's matri monial experiences were only at their be ginning, and at no time were they par ticularly hsppy. but It Is extremely doubt ful whether either Darnley or Bothwell was as great a "crank" as this boy hus band. Ever since coronations were Insti tuted the rule was strictly, and still pre vails, that no one In mourning attire shall be allowed to enter the cathedral In which the ceremony taken place. By Francis II's express command every body appeared in black as a sign of mourn ing for the late King. Jewels, embroid er and gold were strictly forbidden. The hangings on the building Itself were of black velvet or cloth. The royal couple journeyed together to within a short dis tance of Rheims, when Francis mounted a magnificent charger and proceeded alone. Mary had announced her Intention not to wear the prescribed trappings of woe, and not to stand by her husband as consort "while he was being crowned. She also re fused to undergo the ordeal separately at St. Denis, as the law of France expressly stated that a Queen consort was crowned merely by favor of the King, and that the rite conferred no privilege of any kind to act upon her own initiative. Inasmuch as she was a Queen in her own right, and had been crowned as such when a mere in fant of 9 months old. to the disgust of Henry VIII, she declined' to take part In the other ceremonial, and while her hus band made his state entry Into Rheims amid torrents of rain and gusts of wind, she was conveyed thither In a litter. She made her appearance In a rich dress and magnificent jewelry in a gallery over the high altar In the cathedral, surrounded by her gentlewomen and together with the King's sister, the young Queen of Spain, the successor in marriage to "Bloody Mary." BELLS OF MANDALAY. They Hinfr From Many Pagodas at the Setting of the Sun. Scribner's Magazine. Mandalay has its own sky. soft and gray and Incurving like a tent, with white cloud lines that seem meant for scrolls If one could read. It Is the very sacred city, the city of contemplation, the city of all the monks. A thousand p3godabells give tongue to the wind there when the sun goes down: a crumbling thousand more give up to time the testimony of outworn things. It lies In a curved arm of blue hills, and something broods over it with solicitude. This you suspect from the air of the place and the way the shrill talk of the parrots and the complaint of the goats and the laughter of the people come to you wher ever you are sitting. Afterward you go out. as I did that morning with the com missioner, and see under the very zenith where the low gray sky is caught up. the square of the dark-red crenelated walls of the old royal city, three miles each way, and outside the walls the parallel clear moat blinking back at the sky; and then you are sure that over and above the gov ernment of India some spirit -is in posses sion here, some spirit that bends in affec tion over finished and forgotten things. Seven-roofed kiosks stand at Intervals over the gates in the wall they are called pyathat. but they strike the eye Ilka peaceful conclusions and low white stone bridges raised In the middle span the moat. The buttresses of the gates are painted deep gray and white, and the bank that slants steeply from, the wall to the water has here and there a low, twisted, spread ing tree on It, purely for decoration. You may stop at a corner and look two ways along the reflecting water, with bridge after bridge receding across, and pyathat after pyathnt diminishing above, and each red anl gray and white vista so picked out and finished under the quiet light, slip ping adorably Into the near blue of the hills. Mandalay seemed aware with bunting that day, flags and arches of welcome. everywhere, and crowds flocking awaro and almost awake; but you looked again and suw that she only turned in her sleep and smiled as at a dream. MISUSE OF ENGLISH. London Critics Complain We Treat the Lanfruaj?e as If It "Were Ours. London Globe. In Macmillan's Magazine this month a writer discusses what he Is pleased to call our unhappy language, and refers to such familiar Instance of bad English as the spllt-lnnnltlve ".and which," and the more frejuent "averse to." These errors are, unfortunately, like the poor, always with us. and even the nicest writers occasion ally fall Into them. There are sentences in which to write "averse.from" seems as pedantic as It Is harsh in sound, and on the ground of euphony even the writer in Macmillan's is Inclined to defend the less correct and more common proposition. It is like the expression "different to," which is eo familiar in conversation that one al most starts to hear a man or woman em ploy the correct form, "different from." But these liberties which we take with English are as nothing in comparison with the license taken by the Americans. In a recently published American novel such sentences occur as "She swung about heart-Fickly back to him"; "his eyes were wonted to the darkness," and "her voice grew breathy with terror." Before these horrible examples we are speechless. What can be said of such creations as "paintlngly," "whltely," and "breathy"? 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Now, after us ing Palne's Celery Compound, I can eat and sleep well and wake up In the morn ing feeling refreshed and strong." jectives which- are enough to make Dr. Johnsr.n turn in his 'grave. The point Qf the complaint is that Amer icans treat the English language Just as If it were their own. It Is not nice. A story is told In a contemporary of a speech recently made by a Yankee barrister In a court of law. He was for the plaintiff, whose cow had been knocked down ana killed by a train, and this was the con tention: "If the train had been run as it should have been ran. or if the bell had been rung as it should have been rang, or If the whistle had been blown as It should have been blew, both of which they did neither, the cow would not have been in jured when she was killed." WHAT SHALL WE READ? Publishers Shout Their Wares From Housetops. New York Evening Post. In 1002 the unknown author Is as extinct as the dodo. The name of rising genius is heralded from one end of the country tothe other, and his picture Is furnished to every paper that can be persuaded to print it. A little while ago Mary MacLane, the "Marie Bashklrtsefl of Butte, Mont., wrote some Incredibly silly confessions. Several weeks before they came out tne publisher mailed to the principal news papers proofsheets of striking chapters. Then came a torrent of anecdotes about the girl, half-tone portraits, full-face and profile, in street dress and in evening dress, and assorted sizes of Interviews. By th time of actual publication the'un fortunnte young woman was known to most newspaper readers In America; and. Instead of two small editions In three years, as with Jane Austen, Mary Mac Lane can probably pride herself on two large editions sold on advance orders. But whllo every publisher Is shouting his wares from the housetops, are the consumers of book3 growing equally In grace and knowledge? The gentle reader, with all his gentleness, used to offer stubborn resistance to a book he did not like. If he had satisfied his craving for Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" by purchasing two editions, he stopped; and i.elther Mr. Egerton nor MLss Austen dreamed of making him budge. Today the publisher und the author do not yield so meekly. They have destroyed the" old balance of power; they now plan an elab orate campa'gn to make a book the fash Ion, and force it upon us, willy nllly. Our grandfathers took up a much-discussed novel, certain that, however poor, it had recommended Itself to many people. We pathetically follow the tradition about reading the books that are talked about, certain of nothing except that for a month the title had stared at us on ever hand. We wade through It because we suppose everybody tfse is reading It, and we want to hold up our heads In civilized society. Thus the shrewd publisher and author catch us and stuff us like silly Strassburg geese. , What are we going to do about It? Most of us will do nothing. But people of edu cation owe it to themselves not to be stampeded by mere shouting. They should withstand the vociferous attacks of the advertiser and remain unashamed, even though they have read none of the im mortal masterpieces that within a twelve month have sunk to oblivion. If we are to hold our own we must stick to Emer son's rule of waiting till a book has lived at least a year before we favor It with our attention. And we must more than ever try to steady our judgment by turn ing back to the books that have endured for a generation or more. If. we are fa miliar with Jane Austen, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, and George Eliot, we shall not be struck dumb with amazement at the genfus of Gertrude Atherton and Charles Major, or even of Jame3 Lane Allen. Gilbert Parker and Booth Tark lngton. If from time to time we return to the masters we may hope to be guided by reason Instead of by nolae. COMMUTATION TICKETS TO TUB COAST. The O. R. & N. Co. has made a $15 rate for Individual live-ride, round-trip com mutation tickets, Portland to North Beach and Clatsop Beach joints. These tickets will bo good any time from date of sale up to October lb, Tj02. and will be honored in either direction between Port land and Astoria on the boats of the Ore gon Railroad & Navigation Company, the White Collar Line, the Vancouver Trans portation Company and on trains of the A. & C. R. R. Tickets now on sale at O. R. & N. office. Third and Washington. " l . THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. A delightful trlD of a few hours will take you through the famous "Columbia River Gorge." tne greatest combination of river and mountain scenery on earth. O R. & N. train leaves Portland dally at 9 A. M. Return can be made by steamer from Cascade Locks. Special low rates for this trip. Get particulars at O. R. & N. ticket otllce. Third and Washington. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS COXVEXTIOX, SAX FRAXXISCO. For the steamship Geo. W. Elder, sall !rg July 31. and the Columbia, sailing August 5, the O. R. & N. CO. will sell round-trip tickets, Portland to San Fran cisco, both ways via steamer, for $20; go ing by steamer, returning rail. $23. Limit for return. September 30. Ticket office Third and Washington. TIME AND TIDE Wait for no man: neither will the special prices on pianos and organs we are now offering extend beyond this month. This has been one of cur busiest months. because people have realized there was a big sav ing by buying now. We have a few of the sample pianos left that we are selling for $200, $226 and $23S, that would cost you fully $1W more at any other time. Our prices on our regular line 13 as follows: Rsgular price $400, $350, $325, $300, $275, $250 Special Price $318, $276, $262, $238, $226, $196 Our easy-payment plan applies to all these, and re member, that all leases or contracts are held by us, so that In the event of sickness or out of employ ment you wHl be taken care of without any annoy ance to you. Another thing, remember, we have no cheap, soft-wood, stained cases, with cheap actions and celluloid keys. Everything of standard mako and fully guaranteed. Be sure and call this month. ALLEN & GILBERT CO. Successors to the Wiley B. Allen Co. 200-211 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND, OR. The IfilJtlLll MtStSSmm REDHOT COOLERS HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM AND WATER ICES GET YOUR ORDERS IN EARLY Hazelwood Cream Co. BOTH PONES, 154 .. . 382 WASHINGTON STREET f7 i." II Wk n W II v mil rib vii i II g B i o . Riding Whips and Stocks IMPORTED ENGLISH MALACCA, BUCKHORN, LEATHER, ETC. JOHN ALLESINA TWO STORES: 2S6 Washington St. 309 Morrison St.. Wnr Wnnrttni Hlnrkp & Co. Near Moipr &. Frank f?o. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL. REPORT. PORTLAND. July 23. 8 P. M. Maximum temperature. 71: minimum temperature, oo; river reading at 11 At M.. 11.3 feet: change in the raet 2i hours. 0.3 foot: total precipita tion. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0.00; total precipita tion since Sept. 1. 1001, 40.85 inches; normal precipitation since Sept. 1. 1001. 46.25 inches; denclency, 5.40 inches; total sunshine July 27, 0:13; possible sunshine July 27, 15:00. WEATHER CONDITIONS. NT to in lias fallen west of the Rocky Moun tains during the past 24 hours, and the changes In temperature have been slight and unimpor- tant. In the Willamette Valley and In tho wheat sections cast of the Cascade Mountains the temperature Is generally slightly below the I normal. j PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. J 2 C Wind 2 J ".2. O S STATIONS. , ug g ft 2 o o : p3 : f : Astoria Baker City Bismarck Boles Eureka Helena. Kamloops, B. C. Neah Bay Pocatcllo Portland Red BluK Roseburg Sacramento Salt Lake San Francisco .. Spokane ......... Seattle Walla Walla ... NW NW N W Clear Clear Clear Clear NW NV SW Pt. cldy. Clear Pt. eld. NW SE NE S NW W SW W W Cloudy Pt. cldy Clear Clear Pt. cldy Pt cldy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. cldy (Clear Light. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 2S houra ending nt midnight Tuesday. July 20: Portland and vicinity Fair and slightly warmer;, northwesterly winds. Western Oregon and Western Washington Fair; slightly warmer, except near the coast; northwesterly winds. Eastern Oregon. Eastern Washington and Idaho Fair, with moderate temperatures. HAVE YOU ANY TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE? DO YOU WANT TO BUY? 70 0.00110 78 0.00 12 00 0.00 10 00 0.00 02 0.00 SO 0.00 12 CSI0.00 04 0.00 10 88 0.00 18 71 0.00 8 88 0.00 10 78 0.00 8 78 0.00 16 04 0.00 10 62 0.00 12 74 0.00 8 70 0.00 0 SO 0.00 8 Owners who want to sell timber land should not fall to see me. I have been buying and celling timber lands for the past 23 years, In Michigan. Arkansas. Louisiana. Texas, Mississippi and Cali fornia, and have a large acquaintance among the lumbermen of the North and Eastern States. My peculiar methods save the buyer time and money. Am buying for myself and for many parties who have been Investing through me, and upon my Judgment, for the past 20 years. It you have a good tract I can sell It. Owners should be sure and see me at once. Temporary office at Imperial Ho tel until I open permanent office. ARTHUR Q. NEWTON. Royal Fruit Jar BY EVERY" TEST THE BEST MADE IN FINE FLINT GLASS WITH GLASS COVER FULL MEASURE PIXT, 1-PIXT, QUART, 2-QUAUT ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THEM OR 5ESD YOUR ORDER TO -,i PRAEL, HEQELE & CC Agents for Incorporated Oregon, Washington and Idaho 100-106 FIFTH STREET, COR. STARK m iooeo MORPHINE' 4 Opium, Laudanum Cocaine and all 4 f habits permanently and painlessly I i cured at home. ro detention from business. Action Immediate. Leaves patunt in natural, healthy condition without desire tor druss. Write for particulars and book free. Dr. Kim mis, 26SH Morrison st., Portland. Or. CllRE GUARANTEED. PRIZE ESSAY5 FREE I Two magnificently written Prize Essays on "Discharges and their Evil After-EfCects on the Individual. Wife and Child." and "Syph ilis, or the Intermarriage of the Diseased." embodying the experience of 20 years of spe cialty practice, bristling with Important facta and foreign authorities, brochures that It la the plain DUTY of every man to read and understand, will be sent sealed and without marks to any address without charge. Address Dr. II. H. Knne, 124 W. 34th St., N. Y. A3IUSEMENTS. SHIELDS' PARK (13th and Washington) EDWARD SHIELDS. Proprietor. Performance every Ulght. No liquors sold. European manipulators. O'LEARY AND FAY. A singer who can sing. MLLE. ELLIOTT. WILLIE SMITH, "the Silly Kid." POLYSCOPE, new moving pictures. HELEN LAMAR. "Blair the Regular." DALTON AND LEWIS, a brand-new act. JOSEPH THOMPSON, new Illustrated songs SHIELDS' ORCHESTRA'. Sam Drlscoll. Lead r All for 10c Come early. AUCTIO.V SALES TODAY. At 182 First st., at 10 A. M. H. Ford, auc tioneer. At Gllman's salesrooms. 411-413 Washington st. at 10 A. M. S. L. N. Gilman. auctioneer. At Baker's auction rooms, cor. Alder and Park. Sale at 10 A. M. Geo. Baker & Co., auctioneers. MEETING XOTICES. HAWTHORNE LODGE. NO. Ill, A. F. & A. M. Special communica tion of Hawthorne Lodge on Friday evening. August 1. at S o'clock. M. M. degree. All M. M. cordially Invited. F. GLAFKE. JR., Sec. CASTLE LODGE. NO. 15. K. OF P. Regu lar convention this (Tuesday) evening. July '). 1902, at Auditorium Hall. 210 Third street. Knight rank. Visitors welcome. H. CHRIST. C. C. J. M. MANN. X. of R. & S. DIED. FRANK At Dayton. O.. July 23. Frederick Frank, a native of Portland, Or., aged 20 years. SIGLER At Los Angeles. Cal.. July 28, Frank Slsler, of Wells. Fargo & Co.'a Bank, Port land, Or., aged 38 years. NICHOLSON At Seattle. Wash.. July 24. 1002. at vthe family residence, 202 Denny Way, William Earl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney A. Nicholson, aged 3 months and 14 days. J. T. PINLEY dfc SOX. ProjjreiiBlve FnnernI Directors and Embnlmeri. Cor. Third and Jefferion Sts. Com petent Indy nBt. Both phone Xo. 1. EUIVARD HOLMAN. Undertaker. 4th and Yamhill t. Rena Stlnaon. lad aanlstant. Doth phonea No. 5(17. NEW TODAY. MORTGAGE LOANS On Improved city and farm property. n. LIVINGSTONE, 224 Stark st.