THE MORNING OKEGONIAN- THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 21, 1U03.
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TO PASS PLATE LESS
Methodists Object to So
Many Collections.
CHURCH "BEGGING" TOO-MUCH
Large Committee Is Considering the
Consolidation of Several Societies
&s a Source of Relief Officers
Oppose -Proposition.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-r-The Methodists
fell over the United States are asking for
a reduction of the number of public col
lections in the local churches. They say
there is too much "begging" In connec
tion -with the preaching services, and
both clergy and laity are demanding a
change. Besides the various local needs
church expenses, neighborhood charities,
etc. there are general interests for -which
several millions of dollars must be raised
annually. Some pastors assert that of
necessity they are obliged to make a
public appeal about every alternate Sun
day, which they think is a little more
than their congregations will endure for
any length of time. For the purpose of
relieving this unpleasant situation, the
bishops have appointed a commission to
consider the matter of consolidating the
collections by uniting somo of the be
nevolent societies. The gentlemen hav
ing this matter In charge all represent
ative bishops, clergymen and laymen are:
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, Philadelphia,
Pa.; Bishop John M. Walden, Cincinnati,
O.; Bishop Charles H. Fowler, Buffalo,
K. Y.; the Rev. J. F. Goucher, D. D.,
Baltimore, Md.; the Rev. S. W. Thomas,
D. D.. Philadelphia, Pa.; the Rev. D. I.
Rader, D. D., St. Paul, Minn.; the Rev.
A. N. Fisher. D. D., Portland, Or.; the
Rev. E. O. Thayer. D. D., Portland, Me.;
the Rev. J. M. Buckley. D. D., New York
City; R. T. Miller. Cincinnati. O.; George
Cochran, Los Angeles, Cal.; F. W. Tun
nell, Philadelphia, Pa.; E. S. Dobbins.
Morristown, N. J.; J. A. Patten, Chatta
nooga, Tenn.; Archer Brown, East Or
ange, N. J.
The officers are: President, Bishop
Foss; Vice-President, Dr. J. F. Goucher;
secretary, the Rev. E. O. Thayer; assist
ant secretary, G. I. Cochran. A secret
meeting of the commission has been held,
but so many questions were raised that
it was found impossible to reach final
conclusions. A large subcommittee was
appointed to collate all material facts,
compare the various propositions and re
port the same at the next meeting. This
committee Is now at work studying the
legal and other phases of the proposed
amalgamation of the societies. There
are a variety of benevolent societies, each
with separate management and charters,
but all under the supreme control of the
general conference, so that In their ulti
mate purposes they aro a unit, although
seemingly independent. The general
conference is the only body that can
make the consolidation suggested.
Question of Vital Interest.
Although not so striking as the re
moval of the time limit, repeal of the
paragraph on amusements or the ad
mission of women delegates to the gen
eral conference, the question of congre
gational collections Is one of vital Inter
est to the 3,000.000 members of the. Meth
dlst societies have been developed for
Within the past half-ccntury six Metho
dist societies have been develpode for
carrying -on missionary- and educational'
work tjf a universal 'character. They are
the Missionary Society, Board of Church
Extension, Sunday School Union. Tract
Society, Freedmen's Aid and Southern
Education Society and the Board of Edu
cation. They are all essentially mis
sionary. One-half of the money raised
for missions exclusively is expended In
this country among the foreigners, In
dians 'on the frontier and in the cities.
The other half Is used in supporting
central' stations In Japan. China. Corea,
India, Africa ancKEurope. About $1,250,
000 is handled- by this society each year.
The Board of Church Extension is a
sort of Methodist co-operative bank or
ganized for the purpose of helping weak
congregations to build churches. It gives
money and makes loans at a low rate of
interest. By Its aid over 12,000 churches
have been erected, and It now has a
working loan fund of $2,750,000. which Is
steadily Increasing. The Freedmen's Aid
and Southern Education Society carries
on a work of education among the poor
whites and the negroes of the South. It
holds property and resources valued at
aver $2,000,000. and is reaching over 10,000
young people in the Southern States. In
dustrial training is being given to 3000
students. The Board of Education has a
loan fund of over $1,000,000, which is used
to help young theological students and
other Methodist young people to obtain
an education. The maximum amount
loaned is $100 and the rate of interest is
4 per cent Over $20,000 a year Is used
by the Sunday School Union In supplying
lesson leaves, hymn books and libraries
to needy Sunday schools. This society
is auxiliary to the Missionary Society In
its operations, as It sends literature or
gives .money, for Sunday -school purposes
In all parts of the world. In one year,
besides rendering a large amount of help
to remote localities in the United States,
It sent money to Denmark, St. Petersburg,
Austria, Rome, Calcutta, Toklo, Corea,
.End South America to pay for the trans
lation and publication of lesson leaves
la the native languages. The Tract So
ciety publishes more than 1200 tracts in
ltlanguages and dialects. Large quant
ities of these publications are given away
to local organizations for general distri
bution, and in the foreign countries they
are scattered by colporteurs and native
workers.
Societies Want More Money.
These societies are constantly urging
the pastors and churches to give them
separate collections, so that they will
ge$ more money. Naturally, the officials
are not in favor of consolidation unless
It could he managed so as to not de
crease their incomes. Each one is con
fronted by unusual opportunities for In
vesting money In Christian enterprises
to good advantage. The Missionary So
ciety alone is actually embarrassed by
Its opportunities. In India, especially, the
natives are being converted so fast that
the missionary force now in the field can
not baptize or care for them. It is said
there are lff.000 converts that the mission
aries cannot receive, simply because
there are not enough pastors and teachers
to do the necessary training, which is
verj: important Strenuous efforts are
being put forth to Increase the income
of the Missionary Society to $1,500,000. All
the other societies are suffering in the
larco way.
The total amount of money raised by
the church for all purposes Is about $19,
M0.O00 per year, over $15,000,000 of wHIcb
Is for ministerial support and current
expenses. For purely benevolent pur
poses of a universal nature, which do
not Immediately benefit the local church,
the expenditure Is $2,822,437 per year. All
of this money come3 from the 'pockets ol
the members of the church and congre
gation, with the exception of a few hun
dred thousands in legacies and special
gifts. The Twentieth Centurv Thanks
Riving fund of $20,003,000 which Is steadily
being raised, does not directly help the
benevolent fund, as It is being applied to
!he payment of debts on church and par
sonage property and the development of
endowments for univerfltici.
7T i
. Releasing; Guam Prisoners.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Acting Secre
tary Sanger, of the War Department has
issued an order for the return of the pris
oners at Guam to Manila. The Chief
Quartermaster at San Francisco, by this
order, is directed to order the Quarter
master in charge of the transport Sheri
dan September 1 to proceed to Manila by
way of Guam. The transport Quarter
master has an order to the naval Governor
of Guam directing him to turn over for
transportation such prisoners and their
servants as have taken the oath of alle
giance 'to the United States. The Quar
termaster will yscelve these prisoners with
the oaths they have taken and proceed to
Manila. The order then directs him to
notify the commanding General and to
send the copies of the oaths of allegiance
to the General to be turned over to the
civil Governor. After they have been
examined by the civil Governor and ap
proved the prisoners will bo allowed to
land at Manila. The most Important of
these military prisoners is MablnL
TRUST MAGNATES RETURN
Morgan, Grlscom, "Wldencr and Ar
mour Back Prom London.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Prominent
among the long liet of passengers who
.3IAP OF. COOS BAY... SHOWING PRJELIMlJfARY LO.CATION OF- BELT LINE RAILWAY AROUND '.THE EDGE!
OF THE HAY. THE LINE EXTENDING SOOTH IS NOW IN OPERATION TO 3IYHTLE POINT, 27 MILES,
AND ANOTHER SHORT RAILROAD RUNS TO THE LIB BY COAL MINE. THE NEW TOWN OF BANGOR IS
LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN 3IARSHFIELD AND EMPIRE.
arrived today on the Oceanic from Liver
pool were: J. Pierpont Morgan, Bishop
Henry C. Potter, of New York; Clement
A. Griscom. of Philadelphia, president of
the International Navigation Company;
P. A. B. Wldener, of Philadelphia, and
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the English act
ress. Mr. Morgan declined to be Inter
viewed, saying he had nothing to give
out for publication.
Bishop Potter said he had a delightful
trip abroad, but was glad to get home.
"f am surprised and sadly disappointed
to find the coal strike still unsettled," he
continued. "The anthracite coal operators
have all along maintained a false posl- 2
tlon. They take the stand that they will
not deal with the organizations, but insiot
on dealing with the men as individuals.
Now this Is all wrong. Any body of meni
whose Interests are common have the
right to organize into an association for
mutual protection and are entitled to
recognition as an organization In matters
which affect their individual and com
bined Interests."
Clement A. Grlscom eald:
"I do not know when the steamship
combine will be incorporated. When I
went away everything was ready for Its
incorporation, so I expect it will take
place very soon."
"Has the Cunard line entered Into the
combination?" was. asked.
"No, No one but the newspapers have
ever considered the Cunard line."
J. Ogdcn Armour, of Chicago,. who was
also a passenger on the Oceanic, said In
response to inquiries tha.t he knew noth
ing about, a $230,000,000 beef trust being
organized.
"I have been away on a purely pleas
ure trip," he said, "and I know absolutely
nothing bf 'the situation."
Asked If he had not heard that a con
solidation of the Important beef-packing
Interests was under consideration, Mr. Ar
mour sold that he had heard of It but
did not know what amount of capital
stock was proposed.
The David Hnrura of the Cabinet.
New York Times.
Secretary Wilson has gained the name
of the "David Karum of the Cabinet" not
only through the stories which he keeps
on tap appropriate to all occasions, but
also because of the ready wit with which
he meets all conversational attacks. Not
long ago he was one of the guests at the
board of the Clover Club in Philadelphia,
an organization which has acquired a rep
utation as being a most difficult body to
address. Tne members seem to take a
fiendish pride In rattling a speaker by
their Interruptions.
Mr. Wilson had Just risen. His first sen
tence had contained a reference to the
fable of the Hon and the ass.
"Which are you?" called a voice from
down the table.
"The Hon," answered the Secretary,
without an Instant's hesitation. "Which
are you?"
It Was an Idle Boast.
Boston Herald.
Anent Lewis Nlxon'a boast that Amer
ican ship building will soon control the
world's work, the secretary of the Birm
ingham Society of Boilermakers and
Iron Ship Builders points oul that " the
total construction of wood, Iron and steel
vessels In America In 1&0O for the foreign
trade of the United States was the small
total of 26.C69 tons, at which rate of prog
ress It would take a century and three
quarters to supply the demand for the
foreign trade of our country.
A VICTIM TO CUPID.
Natural ConMeijacnccs of Having
Perfect Health and Vitality.
No man can enjoy life who has not the
vigor and vitality which "Cupldene" gives
to IhoKt who use U. "Cupldene" is sold
at S. G. Skldmore & Co-'s, Portland. Or.
"Cupidene" braces the whole ' system,
gives new life and manhood. "Cupldene"
overcomes the effects of errors and dis
ease. 1 nftr box. or boxes for $3.
WILL STORE NEW WHEAT
KLICKITAT PRODUCT TO WAIT FOU
COMPLETION OF RAILROAD.
Grade Half Completed on Columbia
River Northern Ralls
Are TJue.
Balfour, Guthrio & Co., are to
handle the grain along the line of the
Columbia River & Northern Railroad.
The railroad will not be ready to trans
port the wheat at the end of the harvest
so three large warehouses are now under
construction and the grain will be pur
chased and stored there until the rail
road shall be completed and In condition
for handling the traffic One warehouse
Is under construction at Goldcndalc, an
other at Centerdlle, and a third will be
erected at the head of Swale canyon.
Each will be 300 feet long and the three
will hold about LOOO.000 bushels of wheat,
which is estimated to be the surplus of
the Klickitat Valley for this season.
Manager H. C. Campbell has returned
from a trip over the line and he reports
the grade completed for about half tho
entire 42 miles between the mouth of the
Klickitat and Goldondalc This is not
in one stretch, but is in spots along tho
line where crews could work to best
advantage. The rails for the road aro
expected to arrivo any day. for a con
siderable part of them has been afloat a
long enough time to reach this coast Tho
rolling stock for the road two locomo
tives, two passenger coaches and 43
freight cars aro now In Chicago ready i
to be forwarded, but the work at this
end 13 not yet far enough advanced to
warrant sending the rolling stock out
Tho steel bridge for the lower crossing
of the Klickitat will be shipped from
Pittsburg before tho end of the month.
Tho upper crossing will be a Howe truss
and will be built here.
Freight Is now landed on the beach at
Lyle on the east side of the Klickitat
River where It Joins the Columbia. There
Is hardly a demand for a better landing
at this time. But when the weather gets
bad so as to necessitate housing freight
tho wharf boat will be proi'ided. Every
thing along tho line of tho new road Is
proceeding satisfactorily and trains will
bo in operation before the end of the
year. Manager Campboll expects to
have a big "blow-out" then.
GRADING FOR BELT LINE.
Old Coos Bay Buildings Taken for
Neiv Use.
EMPIRE CITY, Aug. 13. The Urst work
of grading for the Belt Line Railway
around Coos Bay was done today, at Em
pire, on Second street. H. D. Jerrett first
assistant chief engineer, has been over the !
three surveys, and has reported, with his
advice as to the best route, to headquarters-
at Portland. As soon as Mr. Jerrett
Is advised of the route accepted, active
work will at once begin all along the lino
of survey.
Camp No. 1 will be at Empire, where
the mess and lodging-house for the tnen
Is being renovated and prepared for use.
This building Is one of the old taverns
built in the 50s, and has been vacated for
years. The construction ccrnpany has
rented the structure and has had a crew
of carpenters at work on it for over a
week putting It into shape. Two hundred
men will start at this camp ai soon as
they can be had.
From the grounds where the depot Is to
ub uuui is uting movea a store ouiKnng
buut in 1S70. Another is being torn down
that was built in 1S53-4. This latter is the
oldest building In Coca County.
The Belt Line Company has rented an
other of the pioneer buildings, built In
1E53, and Is fitting It up for offices until
such time as its own building of stone
shall be built at the new town of Bangor.
RAILROAD TO FAXLS CITY.,
Gcrllnger Project Takes New Life
Nine Miles This Year.
L. Gerlinger yesterday announced that
It had been decided to go ahead with the
construction of the Salem, Falls City &.
Western RallVoad, in Polk County, be
tween Dallas and Falls City, a distance
of nine miles, and that the lino would be
In operation before the end of the year.
This Is upon the assumption that the ar
rangements made with Dallas people some
time ago will hold good now. Connection
with the Southern Pacific will be had at
Dallas. There are two sawmills at the
other end of the line that are jiow badly
handicapped by lack of transportation,
and the new road is designed primarily to
handle the traffic ct those mills, but It is
expected that- much other business will
offer. Surveyors are now In the field mak
ing the final location of the track between
Dallas and Falls City. It will be a com
mon carrier, not merely a logging railroad, j
It will be of standard gauge, and have
modern equipment
' While present preparations are for the
building of only the nine miles. It is ex
pected that by the time this stretch of road
shall be completed, arrangements will have
been made for carrying the line across
the Coast Range Inte the Slletz country,
a distance of about 30 miles. An easy
pass In the mountains has been found, and
the Hue Is pronounced entirely practicable.
It will penetrate a heavily timbered re
gion, and will also give an outlet for the
rettlcrs who have gone into that country
and engaged In farming on reservation
lands. The new line will operate as a
feeder to the Southern Pacific, and will
open up a large region capable of pro
ducing heavy traffic for many years.
First Double Traek to the Missouri.
The Chicago 5: North-Western Railroad
has Just issued an artistic copyrighted
pamphlet on "The Only Double Track Be
tween Chicago and the Missouri River."
which traces in a striking manner the
growth of the North-Western system.
Aside from the story told in the letter
text there axe maps showing the extent
of the. system at Intervals of 10 years.
The first map Is of the Northwest In 1S52.
showing the North-Western Railroad ex
tending between Chicago and Elgin, a dis
tance of 42 miles, and that was IB years
after tho. original charter had been ob
tained for a road from Galena to Chicago,
with the proviso that thq road "might. If
desired, be mado a good turnpike," instead
of a railroad. In the succeeding 10 years
the road had been extctnded northward
to Oshkosh. Wis., and westward to Cedar
Rapids. Ia., and 10 years later it had en
tered the Lake Superior iron refeion at
the north, and at the west made connec
tion with the Union Pacific at Council
Bluffs. And so on the system filled out
until the whole country between Lake
Michigan and Wyoming became covered
with a network of lines belonging to the
North-Western. It now embraces ES12 miles,
and Its latest distinction is "the only
double track between Chicago and the
Missouri River." This pamphlet puts In
attractive form a chapter of Interesting
history, and General Agent A. G. Barker
Is proud to offer It as evidence that his
company is fully abreast of the times, and
meana to keep there.
Proceedings Against Lamb Dropped.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Judge Laccoibe.
in the United States Court decided today
that Ceorge Alfred Lamb, attorney In the
Peter Power suit, was not a member of
the bar practicing In the United State3
Courts, and that consequently the pro
ceedings against him for contempt of court
should be dropped. Lamb had been or
dered to show cause today why he should
not be punished for alleged contempt In
-falling to produce Power before a referee
to give testimony. On motion of Lamb.
Judge Lacombe signed an order directing
the Marshal to produce Peter Power for
examination when called for by the spe
cial examiner who Is taking the testimony
In tho case.
Boycotting: the Santa Fe.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. 20. Grainmen
are advising ' country shippers to ship
grain and mill products over some other
road than the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fo whenever possible. This policy has
been adopted because the Santa Fe road
roeentlv lssuprl an nrder irhlrTi tho praln
men allege keeps thousands of cars of
wneat irom cccning to this market.
ICnlslccrn Promoted.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20. Warren B. Knis
kern, general passenger agent of the v,ai-
cago & North-Western Railroad, has been
promoted to the position of passenger traf
fic mapager of that company. The ap
pointment Is effective tomorrow.
Railroad Notes.
The Oregon Short Line Is said to be in
the market for 10 wide vestibule passen
ger coaches.
The Union Pacific has placed an order
with the Baldwin Locomotive Works for
120 new engines.
General Freight Agent Miller, of the
O. R. & N., left Tuesday night on a
business trip to Spokane.
President Mohler, of .the Q. R. & N.,
left yesterday morning for a trip over
the Washington division of the system.
The Northern Pacific has ordered four
new dining cars from the Pullman Com
pany and from tho Standard Steel Car
Company 1055 box. cars and 1000 flat can
of 50.000 pounds capacity and 250 stock
cars. It has also ordered 10 new loco
motives.
RECREATION.
If you wish to enjoy a day of rest and
pleasure, take the O. R. &N. train from
Union depot at 9 A. M. for a short trip
up the Columbia, returning. If desired, by
boat from Cascade Locks. Tickets and
particulars at O. R. & N. ticket office;
Third and Washington.
When you suffer from sick headache,
dizzinets. constipation, "etc.. remember
Carter's Little Liver Pills will relieve you
One pill Is a dose.
THE LUCK OF INVENTORS
TRIVIAL INCIDENTS SUGGEST NOTA
BLE MECHANICAL DEVICES.
Fortunes Realized by tne Merest Ac
cidents, While Skillful Men Fall
to Accomplish Much.
In the cpurse of hie life the average
man stumbles across many inventions.
Unfortunately, he has seldom the wit to
realize what he has done. One man In.
perhaps, a, million, can appreciate" the
value pt his discovery; says the Chicago
Chronicle. He beccines an Edison or a
Marconi, and the world wonders. The.
other members of the million well, trio
writer la one. Are you another? Many
yearg ago a kitchen' maid at Stanley
Farm, near Burslem, was boiling up some
salt and water for curing pork: The
vessel used was of ung.azed eaTthen
ware, and during her absence from the
kitchen the brine boiled over and there
was trouble. Subsequently, the brine re
fused to be scraped off the clay, but
stuck to the outside of the vessel In a
shiny waterproof coat.
The story of that accident came to .the
ears of a Buralera potter. To him it sig
nified something more than the "wicked
waste of brine" of the kitchen maid. He
pirated the unconscious discovery, "in
vented" the system of glazing by com
mon salt, and simultaneously gave the
Staffordshire potteries one of the great
est boons they have ever experienced.
In the latter half of the eighteenth
century, one of the membero of a little
scientific society in Liverpool laid a cu
rious wager. He bet a brother scientist
that he would read a newspaper by the
light of a farthing dip at a distance ot
30-feet Tho brother scientist finding the
feat difficult at even a sixth ot the dis
tance, cheerfully accepted the wager.
The layer merely coated the Inside of a
shallow wooden box with sloping pieces
of. looking glass, so as to form a con
cave lens, placed behind his farthing dip
and. -readily deciphered the smail print at
the stipulated distance.
Tho experiment was witnessed by a
Liverpool dockmsster. He was a think
ing man and saw great possibilities in
this learned Jest. He' straightway adapt
ed the. principle to lighthouse require
ments, and forthwith the modern re
flected light, with its miles of effective
range and untold llfe-savlnc powers.
sprang Into being. A Staffordshire potter
named Astbury once stopped at Dunsta
ble on his way to London In order to ob-
laln advlcd as to his horse's weak vision.
The hostler at his Inn burned seme flints
and pulverized, them Into a fine powder,
which he blew Into the animal's eyes.
Astbury was astounded not at the nature
of the operation, but at the fact that
the erstwhile, black flint became white with
the heat Surely, thought he, if this
powdered flint wero added to the ordinary
pipe cla it would on being fired produce
a far harder and more serviceable white
waro than ordinary clay. He tried the ex
periment and flint ware was added to the
list of British manufactures.
The Result of Accidents.
Lundyfoot, the well-known snuffmaker
of our grandfathers' days, was oncedry
ing some snuff preparatory to presenting it
for sale. By accident It was baked too
long and burned beyond repair, but Lundy
foot was not cast down. Most men would
have thrown away the entire stock. He
decided upon a bolder course. Making a
virtue of necessity, he advertised his
charred stock as the hew "high-dried"
snuff, p.nd started to.push It for all he was
worth. It had a pungent flavor all its
own, and, greatly to his surprise. It
"caught on." He made a large fortune
out of his "Invention."
Many present-day Inventions have had
equally unlikely beginnings. Saccharine
is tne most vaiuaDie suo3titute xor sugar
we know. It-can be taken with Impunity
by diabetic patients, to whom" ordinary
sugar Is death, and It Is many times
sweeter than that commodity. Neverthe
less It has only been known to science
since 1S87. In that year Dr. Fahlberg was
employed urion the all-Important subject
of coal-tar derivatives at the Johns Hop
kins University, United States of America.
Sitting one evcnlns at tea, he was sur
prised to find how sweet his bread and
butter tasted. He traced the sweetness
to his fingers, thenre to his coat sleeves,
and finally to one-of the bowls of deriva
tives Jn his laboratory. Experiments
upon himself and animals proved alike the
harmlessncss of the compound and Its ex
treme sweetness. He had "discovered"
saccharine.
Edison Knows a Good Tlilnir.
Edison was one day walking on the sea
coast when he came across a patch of
black sand. Curious .to knew what It con
tained, he filled his pockets with It, and
subsequently turned It out on a bench in
his laboratory. Just then a passing work
man stumbled against the table and
dropped the big magnet he was carrying
across the sand. When he picked It up
again It was covered with tiny black
grains, proving the sand to consist largely
of metallic particles. Most men would
have sworn and passed on. To Edison,
however, the action suggested the modern
process of metal extraction from low
grade orer. In this the ore Is first crushed
to powder and then passed between power
ful magnets, while the dross passes on.
The end, alas! Is not always so satis
factory. Sixty years ago, when Daguerre,
Talbot and their brother scientists were
working night and day to "fix" the fleet
ing photographs which Daguerre had jU3t
introduced, an unknown lad humbled the
entire French academy. A poor, plnchea
little fellow, whose shabby cothes and
half-starved appearance accorded but 111
with the brain that must have been his.
r-alkcd one evening Into the shop of Chev
alier, the optician, of the Qual dc l'Hor
loge. Before he left he had shown a plate to
M. Chevalier which proved beyond a doubt
Swcst, crisp. fl&Ees of wheat an! malt-eaten cold.
Carries It Alonrf with Hor.
' I think 'Force' tho best breakfast food ever put on tho market. I
Intend to ?ake , pftnty to the country and let the yoong people harlt
tbttS'Umes a day. furaished on ption.
DISEASES OF MEN
And Their Certain Cure
J, HENRI KESSLEn, M. D.
Mnnajcr.
EXAMINATIONS FREE
VARICOCELE
.-JF5. IISA?B'T-n enlargement of the veins surrounding the spermatic
""ftuVf tTe4'c.knaottcd. wormy-like or swollen appearance of the scrotum:
TltS CALSE-Sometlmes self-pollution, but often blows, falls, strains
excessive horseback or blcycle-ridlng. an.n.
THE EFFECT At times a dull, heavy, dragging pain in small of back,
extending down through loins Into the parts, low spirits, weakness ot body
and brain, nervous debility, partial or complete loss ot sexual power and often
failure of tteneral health. l c
THE CURE If you are a victim of this dire disease, come to my office
and let me explain to you my oroeess of treating It. You will then not
?rrw'lhave cuied' to stay cured, more than 700 cases of VARICO
CELE during the pnat 12 months. Lnder ray treatment the patient improves
rrom the very beginning. All pain instantly ceases. Soreness and swelling
quickly subside. The pools of stagnant blood are forced from the dilated
veins, which rapidly assume their normal .!ze. strength and soundness All
indications of disease and weakness vanish completely and forever and In their
Head comes the pride, the power, and the pleasures of perfect health and
restored manhood. "
Lal0 cuire iV sta' cured forever, Stricture. Syphilitic Blood Poison Inv
potency and all associate diseases and weaknesses of men. To these ma
ladies alone I have earnestly devoted my whele professional life
If you cannot call at my office, write me your symptoms fully. My home
treatment by correspondence Is always successful. My counsel is free and
CmyD Sskdrcs? PaUent leSal Cntract ln tiSS
J. H. KESSLER, M. D., Cor. Yamhill and Second, Portland, Or.
that he had mastered the much-pondered
problem. He would not divulge his secret
at least, "not until tomorrow." T3ut
that tomorrow did not come, for the poor
lad was never 3ten again. Whether the
long toll had unseated his reason, whether
he haa perished miserably ln the dark
runnlnjr Seine or the casualty ward of a
Paris hospital must remain a matter of
original conjecture. So, too, must the
name of the fixer of the modern photo
graph t
' CIVIL WAR INCIDENT.
Stlrrlns Incident of First Settle of
Manassas.
Baltimore Sun.
In connection with the article in the
Sun of last Friday relating an Incident of
the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Geor- j
gn. m 1S6I. when Colonel W. H. Martin,
of the First Arkansas Regiment gave the
order to' his men to etop firing, "and hoisted
a white handkerchief on a stick that the
Federals ln his front might remove some
of their wounded men from a burning
woods, Mrs. Susan B. Hull, of 1020 Cathe
dral street, recounts an Interesting bit of
history.
Tho First Arkansas Regiment was com
possd largely of students of St. John's
College, at Little Rock, and was officered
by the professors and Instructors of the
college. The first Colonel of the regiment
was Mrs. Hull's brother. Colonel John
Baker Thompson, who had been president
of the collese, and who afterwards fell
at the Battle of Shlloh. The First Arkan
saa was. encamped near Fredericksburg
when the first Battle of Manassas, or
Bull Run. opened. The command was
ordered to the field, and It made the
march In remarkably good time, winning
words of praise from General Mag ruder.
The men were not allowed to halt on the
march, the, roads were dusty and the
weather warm, and they suffered terribly
from thirst When the battle-field was
reached the command was thrown into
the forefront of the fighting. Almost di
rectly in front of the regiment waa a
spring of cool water, completely covered,
however, by the guns of a Federal bat
tery. This tempting spring, so near and
yet .so far, waa exceedingly tantalizing
to the thirsty men. and finally., when hu
man nature could stand It no longer, two
young boys, both under 16, whose names,
"unfortunately, have been lost In the flight
of time, volunteered to get some water
from the spring. With a lot of canteens
strung over their shoulders the two young
heroes started on their perilous Journey.
As soon as they came within range of the
Federal battery It opened on them, and a
perfect hall of canister and grape swept
the field. The two lads reached the spring
uninjured, and quickly filled the canteens,
while their comrades watched with breath
less Interest, expecting every moment to
see them struck down. Suddenly, as it
by magic, the fire of the battery ceased.
Then as the boys started on their return
to the regiment an officer on horseback
rode out from between the guns of the
battery and. lifting his hat. waved It to J
tne boys, wniie a nearly cneer Drone rrom
the throats of the cannoneers. The officer
had discerned the mission of the lads and
given orders to stop firing. The cheer was
responded to by the thirsty Confederates,
and a few minutes later they were pouring
te refreshing water down their dusty
throats.
L Poaslbly at Kennesaw. when the men
and boys of the First Ancansas Regiment
saw the unfortunate wounded boys ln
blue ln danger of a horrible death In the
burning woods, they remembered the in
cident of the first great battle of the war.
Mr. Piatt ""Won't Bother" With
National Issues.
New York Evening Post
Senator Piatt Intimates In his casual
Jim Dumps and family went one day
To camp in woodlands far away.
In former camping days a pack
Of food had- burdened poor Jim's back.
No heavy foods now weigh on him
'Tis "Force" that camps with
"Sunny Jiml"
Th Keidj-to-Eerra Cereal
essence of nature's
best life-builders.
There Is a certain oure for these dis
eases without resorting to those unpleas
ant and painful methods still used by
many, which aggravate, rather than give
relief. With the same certainty as that
of a perfect diagnosis, I adapt my special
French treatment to the radical cure of
- Stricture, 'Frostntls,
Inflammation af the Bladder,
Private Disorders, Varicocele,
And all Genlto-Unlary Diseases
It affords Instant relief. I remove every
vestige ot disease witohut resorting to
those painful procercctj usually employed
and which do not give satisfaction. Jt is
pot reasonable to suppose that a man can
exercise the essential functions while the
urinary channel is blocked by stricture
or other disease, which destroys the vital
power and which becomes more aggravated
under improper treatment These diseases
while they last always detract from the
e-xual and bladder functions, and an early
cure Is always advisable.
and airy way that the New York State
Reputllcan Convention will not "bother
with Federal Issues." That Is his answer
to the question what his position la about
reciprocity, Cuban and other, and about
tariff revision. Thosa are Federal'lssues.
and by simply saying that you do not
propose to "bother" with them, you evi
dently save yourself a world of annoy
ance. Possibly the voters may decide
that a party so anxious not to be "both
ered" ought by all means to be spared
the nuisance of administering the Gov
ernment again. However that may be,
and even If the convention should' adopt
the almc6t unprecedented course of si
lence as respects National politics, the
Republican nominees for Congress can
not so lightly dismiss their troubles.
Congressman Payne, for example, may
fairly be asked where he stands now
in the matter of Cuban reciprocity. He
has held and abandoned all possible opin
ions on the subject; though, at last ac
counts, his needle was pointing straight
for Oyster Bay. Is he too experience yet
another variation? Take. too. the ques
tion of trusts. The Republican candi
dates are certain to talk about them, ahd
to aiy how anxious and determined they
are to cut their claws. But how can they
je 6llent If the query Is put to them why
they do not favor the removal of tariff
protection for monopolies. They may say,
with Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, that they
will do this "at the proper time" that
time being always some more convenient
season than any given day. A fair In
ference would then be. however, that It
was not the proper time to vote for such
nominees.
Worlc and Wage.
Bridget Ol can't stay, ma'am. onIes3
ye give mo more wages.
Mrs. Hlram Often What! why. you
don't know how to cook or do housework
at all.
Bridget That's jlst It ma'am, an not
knowin' how, sure the wurk Is all the
harder for me, ma'am. Philadelphia
Press.
From Her Point.
' Life.
"Do you think I am as good looking as
I was, papa?"
"What difference does It make, my dear.
If your character Is spotless?"
"But papa, there Is something higher in
life than the mere acquisition of charac
ter." DR. TALCQTT & CO.,
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Until a
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