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THE MORNING OREGON IAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1901. - "fl-EW gOTlK'S MOST USEFUL CITIZEN" INCIDENTS IN THE CAREER OF JACOB RIIS, ONCE A LOWLY DANISH IMMIGRANT, NOW NOTED REFORMER JACOB A. KHS TO SPEAK IX TE3AV TIJS BETH ISRAEL. Jacob A. Rlis will return to Portland from Eugene this evening. In order to fceep'sn engagement with Dr. Stephen S. Wise to give an address in the course or the Friday-evening cervices at the Temple Beth Israel. Air. Rlis la to speak ob the subject, "Tony of the Tene ments; An Appeal for the Boy." The cervices begin at 8 o'clock, "and are free. Strangers are welcome. VT"HE most useful citizen In New 1 York," the name given Jacob Rils by President Roosevelt then Police Commissioner has long been a familiar expression tvlth the reading public, but another admirer has thrown broador light on his great and useful career by calling him tramp, carpenter, reporter, reformer, philanthropist and close friend of the President. His life story has been one of many storms, and from the time he landed In America on an emigrant ship in which he came from his native country, Denmark, he has been a fighter. Rils was always wilful and combative, so it was not strange that his life has been a struggle; but it is strange that such .wonderful success has crowned his efforts and that h.e is receiving the full credit for what he has done. It was the merest circumstance of chance which eventually started him on his work of reform his determination to clean up New York and bring health and light to the slum dwellers, which finally cost that city millions of dollars. It seems ques tionable that a poor little half-frozen dog could have started that great ball rolling, but it Is a fact. He has told the story many times himself, but it is never old. One night Jacob Rils. then nothing but . tramp for he was cold, hungry, ragged and unable to find work sat down on the water's edge and determined that the best there was left lor him was to take one long, last dive. He had opposed his father's wishes when a boy and instead of becoming a scholar, had learned the carponters trade. The, girl he loved back in Denmark did not return his love; he had . quarreled with her father and come to America an as emigrant. Here misfortune kept even pace with him and he was reduced to rags and hunger so he decided to end it right then and there. But the friendless little terrlor who came and stuck his head under the would-be suicide's arm was just as cold and hungry as he. and the mute appeal of the poor brute awoke the great well of sympathy In the Dane's heart. He warmed the dog as well as he could and went up to one of the free lodging-rooms at that time connected with the Police Stations of New York. He was admitted, but the dog had to stay outside. That night, in the crowded, filthy, ill-smelling room where scores of "men. of every sort and condition, were packed together, he got into a quarrel with a German about France, and during the mlx-up which followed he was robbed of a little gold heart which he had carried since child hood. The next morning when he re ported the theft to the sergeant he was called a thief himself and kicked out Into the street. The faithful terrior stood shivering at the door waiting -for his new-found friend, and when he saw the policeman handling him so roughly he grabbed the big bluecoat by Ihe leg. This so Infuriated the policeman that he seized the dog and dashed its brains out against the steps. Right then and there Rlis determined to wipe out the existence of free lodglng-ropms In connection with police stations, and to reform the rotten police system of New York. It was a herculean task for a friendless Cramp to undertake, but he went at it bravely, and the first work he obtained helped him attain his end. He got a position on the New York Sun as reporter, and in the years which followed, while doing po lice, he commented as he recorded the facts In the columns of his paper and gradually opened -the eyes of the public to the awful conditions existing in the tenement districts of the city." It is said, that he was promoted at one time for knocking down his city editor, although it is not recorded that any other reporter has received advancement for a similar performance. "When the police representatives of all other papers had combined against the Sun, RUs was sent to the pollco beat because a fighter was needed, and ho proved a good one. He would 'gather the facts of a story with Panama the Gambler's Mecca Government Policy of Licensing Games of Chance Lures Knights of Green Cloth Southward PANAMA is to be the gambler's Mecca during the next few years to. come unless the policy of the government Is changed in that part of the world. The cvor-more-frequently recurring moral waves which are sweeping over the United States are beginning to have a discouraging effect on the knights of the green cloth and they are looking for a field In which their efforts will not be curtailed by the aand of the law. In this search their cyos have naturally fallen upon Pan ama, as tho most likely place at pres ent to be found, on the Western Hem isphere at least. In tho next few years the Govern ment of the United States will spend more than $100,000,000 on the Pan ama canal. Tho isthmus will be crowd ed with laborers and perhaps overrun with visitors and men who arc seeking to make money fast in a new country. It will be a harvest field for the gam bler, and already hundreds of them arc starting towards tho South to prepare for the coming of the lambs. On December 1, 2 and 3 an auction was hold in the office of the govern ment troasury at which time hundreds of thousands of dollars were offered to the" government for the gambling concessions to bo sold for the cities of Panama and Colon and for the va rious provinces. The auction opened at 9 o'clock on December 1 and closed at 11. In that time the concessions for the cities of Panama and Colon had been sold. The concession for gambling in the City of Panama was worth, according to the government estimate, $80,000, while that .of Colon was worth $48,000. On the next day the concessions for the Provinces Bocas del Toro, Code, Chiriqui, Los Santos and Veraguas were sold at prices ranging from $20, 000 to 535,000. On December 3 tne conqessions for Chinese games In the cities of Pa nama and Colon -were sold for 524,000 and $10,000, respectively. From the system that prevails in Panama gambling seems to be under the protection of the government and a rocognized source of revenue. The rules to bo observed In the auc tioning of the concessions the first of the month were printed and distributed among those who might have an inter est "In them. From this document, re cently received in Portland, it is learned that a bidder, before he is qualified to bid for a concession must deposit with the treasury department a sum oquai .to icn jjci- cei oi mo amount asked for the concession. When the auction was over, the .suc . ; ; CHACTER A. RIIS l . . o . the cleverest reporters in New York, but by grasping them 'with his extreme sym pathy and keen imagination, would be able to produce a story which would have the appearance of a scoop on the other papers. His imagination was that of a child, or a genius. His great friend and admirer. Lincoln Steffens, relates many interesting and pathetic incidents of his life and his won derful faith" In humanity. One day when the two were in the heart of the slums Rils called attention to a woman in Cat Alley a bleached blonde who seemed to have some soft lines around her face. "As long as there are good faces like that in the slums," he said, "there Is hope for reform." His friend knew the woman to be one of the worst characters who Inhabited Chinatown, and was some what amazed at the other's lack of judg ment, so he suggested that Rils go over and speak to her. He did. and the burst of profanity which greeted his suggestion that he was going to bring a camera down and take pictures of the slums made him recoil. But even this did not shake his faith In humanity he just pro nounced it one mistake. Although being passionately devoted to his wife for he finally returned to Den mark and married the girl he loved Rlis was strangely Improvident and de voted all his time "to God and New York." His friends remonstrated with out avail. One day Steffens attempted to argue with him that he had better pay off the mortgage on his home before he did further charities, but Rils re plied that while his boy needed a "Winter cessful bids were provisional, and had to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury before they were final. If. within the next 24 hours after the sub mission of the provisional bid, some unsuccessful competitor wished to have another try at the concession, it was allowable for him to put In a new bid, provided he increased tho bid of the day previous by at least 10 per cent. These concessions sold give the pur chasers the permission to collect all fees for any gambling under the condi tions of the concession which may be carried on in the territory covered by the paper. The $80,000 paid for the Panama City concession in reality giwes the control of the gambling operations of that city Into the hands of the pur chaser. In return for this privilege the purchaser must pay Into the treas ury monthly installments, the amount of which are to be fixed by the Secre tary of the Treasury. The gambling of the cities and prov inces must be done in regularly ap pointed places. The rooms arc required by law to be clean and well ventilated and easy of access, so that the 'police will have no difficulty In making en trance. No open air or portable gam bling devices are to be allowed under the terms of the concessions. Minors will not be allowed in the gaming places, and for a violation of this provision, the proprietor of the "house will be fined $50 for each in fringement of the law. Military serv ants and' public employes are alsotpro hlblted by the law from frequenting the places. The concessions which are granted contain a clause which provides that the concessionaires have no recourse to law in the Interpretation of any clause of the concession. The concessions are limited by the pleasure of the govern ment, and can be ended at any time by the will of the administration. Conductors Have Troubles. Patrons of the street-cars generally are becoming accustomed to the new rules In regard to transfers, etc, which were ren dered necessary by consolidation of the railway companies, and the frequent mis understandings they at first caused be tween passengers and conductors are be coming rare. A man who took a car for Irvington a day or two ago was somewhat amused by three lady passengers who happened to be on the same car and who. having made some mistake or misuse of their transfers, were asked to pay a sec ond nickel. One of them told the con ductor not to bother with explanations, as she had probably made a mistake and promptly paid the nickel asked for. The second lady said -she had paid a fare to Irvington and had .received a transfer overcoat and he had no money with which to buy it, he was sure the Lord would provide. Steffen turned away In his irritation at such logic, but he was not out of sight until the philanthropist shouted to him to come back, and waived a letter which he had been opening dur ing the conversation. It contained the amount of an old bill which he had long given up as hopeless. Another story which Rlis used to love to tell himself was how he scooped the report of a sanitary expert which all the reporters were trying In vain to get. It was not to be given out under any clr cumstances until a certain date, but Rlis got a women's organization which was Interested In such things to get this ex pert to talk to them on the subject of sanitation. The expert was only too will ing to speak on his pet hobby, and RUs, in an adjoining room, got tho substance of the much-cqveted report and printed the story long before the others had an Inkling of It. When the new park on the site of the notorious Mulberry Bend tenement-house was dedicated, RUs, who had been re sponsible for the removal of the pest, was forgotten and more prominent people conducted the exercises. He walked down to the park with a friend and stood digging his heels Into the grass through very Joy over what had been accom pllshed when a burly policeman came along and gave him a good clubbing for not keeping "off the grass. But they don't do that now, for every man, wo man and child in the great metropolis knows "New York's most useful citizen, when sh( ohnneprt rars nnA na nhe. YiaA no mor mnnpv In hpr nurse ch nii1fl nnt pay a second fare. The conductor said it was nis outy to ask ner to get on. tne car. mat tne man mentioned paid her fare and was warmly thanked by her. The third iuuv. wno it annparpn. nan rnmo nnwn the WashIncton-strf lino. hnd. attpr rrAt. ting her transfer to tbe Irvington car, gone some distance up Third street and SDCnt nn hnur nr ticn hnnnlnr so -rrVinn sho got aboard the Irvington car her transier naa expired and was refused by the conductor, who asked her to pay her fare. This she refused to do, saying that she had paid her fare to Irvington and she Intended to ride there. He then requested her to get off the car. and she nositlvelv refused to do this. The conductor was very civil and tried to argue the case with her. but she cut arinimpnr shnpf txv ing. "I will not pay another nickel nor wm i get ore tne car." "Well," replied tne conductor, "i can only say that think you are a very cheap kind of i woman." The lady wa3 very much an gerea at this and tremblrri iPf but she held her seat and rode to Irving- IUI1. Who Is a "True Sportsman"? OREGON CATV. Or TW T -r- ltor.) Can you explain satisfactorily to aay vUl.uC.ule nupiDer or your readers what "true sportsman" Is? Your correspondent sincere in asking; the question. Not that he has never heard a definition of the term, but in iia practical acnllcatlon thr ) dent dlverrtty of opinion among; those who e: press inemselves in nubile nrint. years' experience with a gun In the fields and raounioins oi me- zvortijwcst. meeting and as soclatlng with many self-styled "true sport irn, i iau at mis time to remember wno afforda a satisfactory example. Hence tne question. What constitutes a true sports man? The letter In Tuesday's Orcronlan, signed uimomn, oniy serves to thicken the fog. vc. oi America, nave the rreeroan's right tt hold opinions and to express them freely, There are thofe awonir u trhn , Joyed that privilege for any considerable part ui uieir uvea, ana tne innovation leads them to sei;-afeertion and arrogance that quickly excites tne combative element In the "sons of tne soa. The writer does not know whether iiuitnoman is one of the above mentioned or not, out his cocksureness and evident de sire to say something nasty leads me to be lieve he is. He says, "The true sportsman Is a most ardent game protector." I wonder he ever goes hunting. ' Valley Sportsman" may have a crude knowledge of "general methods of hunting pheasants," as "ilnltnomah" says, though I doubt If he will agreo that the best method Is to drive them to death, though that be true sportsmanship In the "best pheasant coun tries." I think he might agree with me that the sportsman who would hold his fire to de termine the sex of a half-grown pheasant. In farming communities, where the pheasant oreeos, n is understood tnat tney pair off. and that the cock Is of material help In raising the two or more brooda nroduced eh vmi either he would be greatly overworked or there would be a good many old-maid pheasants If "Multnomah's" plan should prevail. Ho says the method of prohibiting the killing of hens ia now universally adopted In all civilized countries, except, perhaps, Oregon" why perhaps" does he mean that Oregon Is not a civilized country? That would be strange. In view of recent history. I refer to the occasion when the Oregon spoke a civilizing word to one of his "older countries of Europe." The writer Intended to express his views of Oregon's game laws and their lack of enforce ment, but this letter Is too long already. WEB FOOT How Johnson Lost His Wife SUCH a thing as the male nead of a family coming home at the gentle hour of 3 A. M. with wobbly legs and disheveled apparel ha3 long since become too commonplace an occurance to excite the slightest comment. There are records of such things back in the days of old. Rameses. It is when this order of things is re- ersed. and the better half of the fam ily cornea home at such an hour, and In such a condition, that interest com mences to center about the incident. It is .upon a series of these unusual events that the domestic troubles of one Charles Johnson rest. Charles' wife belonged to a club. Charles' wife visited the club frequently, tarrying occasionally until such hours as the clock Is asleep and can only strike once or twice in tomng tne nour ol night. Charles was too good-natured to re monstrate. He took the view that life Is a burden wjjen there Is a continual broil over domestic Irregularities. So he kept tranquil, and 'kept his reproaches unto himself. That is why Charles Johnson has no wife now. For It chanced that while she was coming home from this same club that had detained her so often she fell in with a squad of the law's upholders who can tell, when one Is not walking a chalk line, but who know nothing about the fine points of club meetings. They took Mrs. Johnson over to the station" and locked her up for. the night, and when Charles made a search for his lost wife he found her in jail. When the matter was aired in Judge Hogue's court yesterday morning, the girl's father, one Porter, of Scapoose, avowed that her husband was not the one to care for so frivolously minded a per son as his daughter, and asked permis sion to take her back to the shelter of the paternal roof. "Will you take her husband along, too?". inquired the court. "No, not me, replied the father sternly. Thus Charles will cook his own meals and make his own bed. But he says it doesn't matter much, since his slumbers woh't be disturbed hereafter set all hours of the night. ENOBMOUS MARKET. Absorptive Power of Old World for Our Products. World's "Work. Always buying more than It sells, eating more than comes from its soil, lending more than it borrows, and In every way apparently giving more than it takes, Eu rope's constantly Increasing population. wealth and power form a mystery, for they are the most wonderful and fascl natlng of all economic phenomena. The United States has a population of 22 to the square mile. In the past 100 years Europe has sent 40,000,000 people to the United States, and other new coun tries, and yet today has a population of 103 to the square mile, or nearly twice as many as when this emigration began, In the meantime, wages have Increased, wealth has plied up, trade has quadrupled. and the purchasing power of the people of Europe has more than kept pace with all these advances. Even to estimate the annual domestic exchanges of Europe is beyond the reach of intelligible figures. The foreign ex change is a quantity which can be de termined with more or less accuracy, however, and Its amount $14,000,000,000 an nually conveys an Idea of the tide of commerce that flows through this heart of the world. The imports of these 18 countries amount to $3,000,000,000, the export to $6,000,000,000. showing an excess of purchases over sales amounting to $2,000,000,000. The Imports from abroad, meaning from countries ether than European, are to supply Euro pean deficiencies, and these are largely of food and raw materials. About 65 per cent of the total exports from the United States are of agricultural products, though much of this might be regarded as manufactured goods, because many agricultural products are put through manufacturing processes. Rough ly speaking, the American people sell $300,000,000 worth of such products a year to foreign buyers. Nearly 90 per cent goes to Europe, hence about four-fifths of the American goods sent to Europe supply food and raw material. American prod ucts feed the operatives in the European mills and factories who are making goods for all the s?orld. They provision the foreign ships which carry the world's commerce, and keep down the coat of living In Europe by supplementing tho comparatively scanty supply of home grown foods. These agricultural products of America are now so necessary to Eu ropcans that they are admitted without serious restrictions to nearly all European markets. In Praise of Needlework Guild. PORTLAND. Dec. 12. (To the Editor.) The isltlng Nurse Association wishes to make public acknowledgement of the donation of new garments and bed linen from the Needle work Guild. Coming In actual contact with the poor, and finding In so many house a pitiful lack of the barest necessities for the comfort and cleanliness of the sick, our organization Is practically fitted to express appreciation of the work of the Needlework Guild. Our city Is fortunate In having such helpful, energetic workers among Its citizens, and we feel that especial praise Is due the officers of the Guild for their activity and exceptional ability. MRS.' CLARENCE H. NICOLS. Secretary and Treasurer. Denies That He Threatened Chinese. PORTLAND, Dec. 12. To the Editors Tour article in regards to "Naval Offlcer" In Sunday Oregonlan, December 11, Is Incorrect, tbe statement of tbe case which has been pub lished has been found to be unfounded. I wish to den that I was Intoxicated on Saturday afternoon, or made any demands on the Chinese, as reported. If any demands were made, they were not made by me. I paid a fine of $25 In the Municipal Court today, rather than have any more trouble over the matter, although my Innocence has already been proved. H. J. ROGERS Praises Fcev. Ray Palmer. OAKLAND, Or.. Dec 11. (To the Editor.) We have Just closed a union revival meeting here, conducted by Rev. Ray Palmer, D. D.. of Portland. There were about 40 conversions reported, and great good was done In tho town and community. Dr. Palmer preached with earnestness and great power. The rervlcea were held In the Opera-Houe on Sunday, the last day of the meetings. In the afternoon Dr. Palmer spoke to a large audience on "The Character of Abraham Lincoln." It was a masterly discourse on America's great hero president. J. W. STOCKTON. A I lab It to Be Encouraged. The mother who has acquired the habit of keeping on hand a bottle of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy saves herself a great amount of uneasiness and anxiety. Coughs, colds and croup, to which chil dren are susceptible, are quickly cured by its use. It counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia, and if given as soon as the first symptoms ot croup appear, it will prevent the attack. This remedy contains nothing injurious and mothers give it to little ones with a feeling of perfect security. Sold by all druggists. JUDGE FOR BAKER COUNTY SENATOR RAND WILL WORK FOR SEPARATE DISTRICT. Too Much Business for One Man in Attempting to Cover Union and Wallowa Also. BAKER CITY, Or., Dec. 14. (Special.) Baker County Is to become a Judicial Dis trict by Itself, if Senator John L. Rand can have his way. It is now a part of the Eighth Judicial District, with Union and Wallowa Counties,, over which Cir cuit Judge Robert Eakln, of La Grande. presides. Two years ago a bill was passed creating a new Circuit Court district, to be comprised pf Baker County, but the bill was rushed through at the last mo ment, was defective and the Governor ve toed It at the request of the author. Then it was provided that Judge Eakin should be the Judge in this county, and a new Judge was to be named for Union and Wallowa Counties by the Governor, to gether with a District Attorney. The new bill will provide for the ap pointment of a Circuit Judge for this county and a District Attorney for Union and Wallowa Counties. Judge Eakin has recently moved his residence from Union to La Grande, the new county seat of Union County, where he has purchased a new home; hence he does not care to change his residence to this county, as it was proposed he should do two years ago. District Attorney Loraax has taken up his residence in this county, having re moved from Union to Baker City, imme diately after his election last Summer. If Senafbr Rand can get his bill through, it will authorize the Governor to name a Judge for the new Judicial District, com prising Baker County, and a District At torney for the old district, comprising the Counties of Union and Wallowa. The business of the Circuit Court has increased so fast in this district during thn cast four vears that It is not oosslble Tor .one Judge to give proper attention to the-business without working continuous ly. There Is ample business In this coun ty to keen the Judge busy the year through, and when the demands of Union and Wallowa are -considered, it is beyond the nossibllitv of one Judge to give that attention to the court business that he should devote to it. The leading members of the bar realize that a division of the district Is necessary, and there will be no opposition to the measure from this source, as was the case two years ago. The Governors appoinieea would hold office until the next state elec tion, which occurs In June, 1905. City Must Fight Big Damage Suits. NEW YORK, Dec. U. This city will be compelled to defend damage suits aggre gating $1,719,290 in view of the decision Just handed down by the Court of Appeals granting a new trial in the case of Solo mon Landau, who sought $25,000 damages for the loss of his son in an explosion of fireworks opposite Madison Square Gar den In November, 1902. The explosion occurred during a political demonstration. It resulted in the death of IS persons and serious injuries to about 100. The Landau case was a test suit, on which claims for the amount mentioned largely rest. It was alleged by the plain tiff that the city was liable In having granted permission for the display by an ordinance. Dr. Spalding Consecrated Bishop. ERIE, Pa., Dec. 14. Rev. Franklin Spencer Spalding, rector of St. Paul'3 Episcopal Church of this city for the past four years, was consecrated bishop of Salt Lake City today. The impressive ceremonies took place in the church where he had officiated for the past nine years, the consecration being performed by Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri. Bishop Spalding's father, now deceased, was con secreated bishop of Colorado in the same church as the son. almost 3L years ago. (Established 1379.) "Cures ITTtUe You Sleep." Whooping-Cough, Croup, Bronchitis, Coughs, Diphtheria, Catarrh. Confidence can be placed in aremedy, which for a quarter of a century has earned nnqual I fled praise. Ask your physician about it. CBES0LE5E It a boon to asthmatics. JLII Dmtrtt. triptlt boo Ylt. Cmoltns Jlntt- ' Mptie Thromt Th- Hti foi h lrrl- I Ut4 tbrott, at year drnjfltt er I trm cs. 16c ia , Iiapi. I Tha Yapo-Cresolena Go. 180 Fulton St. N.Y. k Cure for Asthma Tho worst cases of Asthma in tho world succumb readily to the one great euro that never falls. Dr. Rudolph Schiffmann'a Asthma Cure almost performs miracles. Mr. E. M. 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I SPEND FORTUNES ON IMPROVEMENTS BUT NOT ONE CENT MV CREATIONS ARE REASONABLY PRICED WAISTCOAm TROUSERS MACKINETTES MY MARK AT THE BETTER DEALERS I knew yn r 4Iacsrafaf saademuk Vttt I c't rmm yor nm mad mMtmt writ HmI cm nd ra rar book! AiAnm m cxt tt R0SNWALD G'WEIL CHICAGO. I TEETH SPECIAL CUT RATES Boston Painless Dentists Are now giving: their annual COT RATE PRICES on all dental work. The charges are lc33 than collego price. , and all work dona by our painless sya- i tern ana oy specialists ot a to sv yearr xparienco. TEETH TTHOUTfWTr Xxtractlnc Free. Examination Tros. Cilrer CTlllszs 33d Gold milnc 75 GU Crowns ...S3.lFuU Set Teeth.. .S.W ALL WORK. GUARANTEED FOR TEN YEARS. Have your teeth extracted without pain and replaced with new ones th same day. Come In at once and take advantage of low rates. Be sura yo are in tha right place. Boston Painless Dentists FlftX amd Xarrlaom Streets. Sntrance 291 Morlaon Street. LArgeat Dental concern In the world . Humors Cured with Hmrflna Soap. SklnHealth. (oint ment) and SlcInUealtb. Tablet. A post tire and speedy cure for every itching, burning, ecaly. bleeding, crusted, pimply and blotchy humor, with loss of hair. Produces clear, brU llant. healthy ekln and pure, rich, red blood. SKINHEALTU Jrasttsnont 75o & conslstsofHarflBaSoap,25c.,medlcsted,antl. septic; Sk-inHeal tb. (olBt,). 23c, to kill Jjrms. heal the skin, and SlcInHealth Tablets, 25c. to expel humor germs. All druggists. Harflna Soap for the Complexion, for pimples, blackheads, redness, roughness, chaf ing, chapping, rough hands. Nothing will gir such a speedy cure. 23c; 3 cakes, OSc. Send 5c. postage for Free Samples ana booklets to PHILO HAT CO.. NEWARK. N. J. WOOOARD, CLARKE St CO., Fourth nod IVasblagton. ECZEMA The Terrible SWn Scourge Itching, Burning, Bleeding, Weeping, Crusting, Scaling. Little babies moat afflicted. No sleep, no rest .from; SKINHEALTH 7Ra TREATMENT OCi Consists of HarflnsuSoap, medicated, "Usep- n-iniiiiiiith mint.i; to km humor germ?. j S&SSS , ing humors from Infancy to old age. fpr beantl- SgnSttS WOODAIID, CLARKE & CO., Fonrth aad Waslilngrton. Scott's Santal-Pepsin Capsules A POSITIVE CURE For Inflammation or Catarrh of tha Bladder and Diseased Kid- 16TI uli i. g 0 ousz vd tat. uures ckly and pennansatlr the wont eAe of uesierri&aea and Glees, no matter of how longstanding. Absolutely harmless. Sold by druggist. Pries t L00, or- by mall, port paid, $1X0,8 boxes, $2.73. TKE SAMTAL-PEPSIK CO. Psllefestatee, Ofcte. .TCOODA2U?. CL4RXS CO. PORTLAND, mji .M I 3 I 1 New York Dental Parlors 4TII AND MORRISON STS, PORTLAND; OREGON. Having: Just completed remodeling:, re furnishing and re-equlpplne our office with air the latest improved, modern appliances, both electrical and mechanical, we are bet ter prepared than ever to complete all kinds of operations with great skill and dispatch. Our specialists of world renown will treat all who. come with the courtesy and cara that the New York Dentists are so well known by. We do not try to compete with cheap dental work, but do all kinds o flrst class work at about half that charged by others. All operations are guaranteed pain less. ou can have your teeth out la the mornins and go home with your NEW .ih "that fit" the same day. All work guaranteed, with a protected guarantee for 10 years. TEETH EXTRACTED AND FILLED ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN, by our lnte scientific methods applied to the gums. No sleep-producing agents or cocaine. These are the only dental parlors In Port tand haMng PATENTED APPLIANCES and Ingredients to extract, fill and apply gold crowns and porcelain crowns undetect able from natural teeth. All work done by GRADUATED DENTISTS of from 12 to 20 years' experience, and each department In charge or a specialist. Give us a call, and you will find us to do exactly as we adver tise. "We will tell you In advance exactly what your work will cost by a FREE EX AMINATION". SET TEETH $3-00 GOLD CROWNS 5300 GOLD FILLINGS $L0O SILVER FILLINGS C HQ PLATES New York Dental Parlors Hours 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M.; Sundays and holidays. 8:30 to 2 P. M. MAIN OFFICE: Fourth and Morrison Sts., Portland, Or. Dr. W. Norton Davis IN A "WEEK We treat successfully all private nervous an! cbronio diseases or men, also blood, stomach, heart, liver, kidney and throat troubles. W curs SYPHILIS iwlthout mercury) to stay cured forever, Ux 80 to 60 days. W rezaov STRICTURES without operation or pain, la 16 dayo. We stop drains, tha result of. self-abuse. Im mediately. We can restor the sexual vizor of any xnaa under CO, by means ot local ttuotnea; peculiar to ourselves. WE CURE GONORRHOEA II A WEEK Tbe doctors of this Institute are all rjrulr graduate:, have had many years' experlenc. have been known la Portland for 13 years, bar a reputation to maintain, and will undertais as case unless certain cure can ba effected. Wa. guarantee x cur la vrar case we under take or charge no tt. consultation free. Let ters confldentlAL Instructive BOOK FOR MEN mailed free In plain wrapper. If you cannot fOl at ofnee, write for questlea blank. Hoxna trratment snccasaful. Office hours. 0 to S and 7 to 8. Sundays aal holidays. 10 to 12. Dr. W. Norton Davis & Co. Offices to Van-Noy Hotel. 62 Third tU cor. Pine. Portland. Or. C. QEE WO The Great Chines Doctor Xs called great because bin wonderful cures are so well knows throughout the United States and because so many people are thank ful to him for savins tbelr Uvea from OPERATIONS He treats any and all diseases with powerful Cblneeo herbs, roots, buds, bark and vegeta bles, that are entirely unknown to medical cience In this country. -PV5i ot these harmless retae aad through or knows the action of dies. This toMaSeS that he has success rer 600 different "e5aae" He guarantee fully used la merent dwease troubies rlM.u. L Z? "nessfonaa liver, ktdneys. JuTtrouble- and all dreds ot testimonials- cnars fnA m him. CONSULTATION FREB Patients out of the city write for blaa and circular. Inclose stamp. Address THE C GEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO. 253 Alder Street Mention this paper. Portland, Or. ( BAJA CALIFORNIA DAMIANA BITTERS Is a powerful aphrodisiac and specific tonlg for tbe sexual and urinary organs of both sexeet, and a great remedy for diseases of the kidneys nd bladder. A great Restorative. Invigorator and Nervine. Sells on its own merits no long winded testimonials necessary. SENORITA QATHERINQ DAMIANA. The most wonderful aphrodisiac For sale by all druggists or liquor dealers. NABEB, ATjFS & Bit ONE, Agents. 333 Market sc. San Francisco. Send for circular. SLOB la the worst disease oa earth, yet the easleit to cure WHEN" XOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. Many have pimples, spots on the skin, sorei POISON In tne mouui. uicers tailing hair, bone pains catarrn. ana aoni know It is BLOOIJ POISON. Send to DR. BROWN 033 ArchsL, Philadelphia. Ptnn.. for BROWN'S BLOOD niRE oq r.rr bottle: lasts one month. Sold us jroruaaa osiy uj ..-.w. Hctl Pbirauuar. Portland Biz Out aon-wisonocj ataUHfM "natural ais- f set to ttrftcx. charges, or aay inuiamw PriTtau etntsos. tion of mucous men? LtheEyUIS QhEHICALCs, brans. Non-astringcnt k01HCll3ATI,0.fJ Seia y raSS C.S.A. y ror sent In plain wrapper. by express, prepaid, xoi rj M i.oo. or 3 Mtucs,