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T 14 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907. Rogue River Salmon King Says Present Methods of Artificial Propagation are Not Effective R. D. Hume Writes of the Threatened Extinction of the Salmon Industry of Oregon What He Is Doing to Stock Rogue River. WEDDERBURX, Or.. July 2d. (To the Editor.) The article emanating from tho representatives of cannerymen tnd fishermen operating on the Columbia River, lately appearing In your column, have &een interesting reading to one who is fa miliar with conditions existing on that here tofore wondarful Wreara, but nothing has ap eared that hit the mark so closely as The Oregonlan article of July 18. That your read ers may more easily determine the value of oatchery work as conducted by the various Fish Commission since the beginning of sal mon propagation on the Columbia, I have pre pared the following statement as an illustra tion of the natural and artificial methods of talmon propagation and their effect . on the Columbia River, from 1S86 to date, the deduc :Ions being made from your statement of July 16 and from the acts of the Legislature of the State of Oregon: Year. 3 KM) ltW Pack. ..470,1 mo ..352,000 . .3118,000 ..353,000 . Fry liberated. 1.5t0.00 4,;iM.lMM Year. Due. 1WU 1N12 1803 1804 1805 18WH 107 1K08 1W 1000 1011 1002 1003 10U4 1B 11 H 1107 Fftck. 300,000 345. 0O0 201, 1)00 3 75. Ol"0 414,000 34. 000 432.000 A20.000 305. f rfX) 300,000 200. ooo 3rtU.OOO 410,000 .190,000 4OA.000 890,000 1NM) 3X00 4.i0, 1HM1 1H02 1HH3 1814 1.330, a x .... ,100,OTM ... 27T.OM) 23,t.NiO ... 7.6K7.0U . .14.300,000 ...29,10.0 1M KS 10.700. MM) 1K09 23.ft00.000 1010 &".7"V00 1001 42.475.K 10"2 n.ViKHXOOO 10O3 H2.WtO.000 Few Minnows Reach Maturity. By those who have been considered os author! tv on thn suhiect of nUclculture. it W-J lias been asserted that salmon reach the adult stage at the age of 4 years, ana tms 1 believe has generally been admitted to be correct. The same authorities have stated that by the natural process of propagation about 3 per cent of the spawn deposited in the natural way develop to maturity and return as adult salmon. It would therefore appear that the work of the Columbia hatcheries, although assisted by the natural product, comes far short of such esti mates. It will be observed by referring to the above showing that the planting of 1002, vix., 53,0O0,0oO. gives but little more than 2 pen rent, although assisted by the spawn of such salmon as were permitted to exercise their natural functions. The plant ing in 1903 of 02.W0.0OO from reports of the catch of the Columbia for the present sea son bids fair to show an alarming decrease in the pack and to provoke much inquiry as to the efficiency of the system pursued in the operation of the hatcheries of the state. The disturbed social condition of the present day leads the minds of many astray until they forget that a few may shout about their being of the people and for the people and thus befog the intellect of the masses while they rob them of their heri tage. There Is nearly, if not quite, a popu lation of 500,000 in the State of Oregon, and probably out of the number something less than 5O00 fishermen who, after having devastated the rivers of Oregon, are ready to move on to repeat the process in Puget Sound or Alaska. The right of the 495,000 other residents of the state to a share in the natural or fostered resources, as well as those who will come to Increase the popu lation, wlli have been destroyed and he properties of tnose who have Invested hun dreds of thousands of dojlars become value less. Those who have found employment therein and other lines of business which nave found profit in furnishing supplies are alo Injured. This question concerns every cltisen, be he farmer, mechanic, or what not. Though a man may not want to fish. Tile son may, and while a man may not fish, he may desire to see salmon on his table at a rea sonable price. It ia the. duty of the State Fish Commission to wake up and see that the laws are enforced. The laws as they exist give them plenty of latitude, but they do nothing. v Disease and the Remedy. It is evident to the most obtuse that there 1 something wrong in the methods NEW CRY FOR WIVES Appeal From Canada's North west Territories. LACK OF SUITABLE MATES Women, Except Squaws, Are Scarce. Catholic Element Predominates and Qcjbcc Asked to Help In &-o Difflcnlty. . A cry for wives comes to the province of Quebec from the French-Canadian set tlers in the Canadian Northwest Terri tories. A Catholic clergyman in Alberta is contemplating trying a scheme .sug gested to him by the disconsolate bach elors of his parish for supplying them with wives. Women, except squaws, are scarce in the Canadian Territories, and there Is an absolute absence of young marriageable women of the same race and religion as the struggling settlers who have gone out there from the French parishes of the Province of Quebec, says a Montreal dispatch to the New York Sun. The priests are anxious to see them married to wives of their own nationality and faith, so as to encourage the growth in the Northwest of a French speaking and Roman Catholic population. Judging from the wonderful natural . increase of the French Canadian nation in the Prov ince of Quebec, the supplying of wives and mothers to the Northwest settlers is all that Is necessary for the early es tablishment of an equally populous set tlement on the Western prairies. The Northwest settlers are only too anxious to fall In with the desires of their priests in the matter of mar riage. The lack of marriageable women in the Northwest Territories cannot be obviated by any efforts of their own. They cannot afford the time, even if they could spare the means, ta pay a visit to the Province of Quebec to select wives for them selves. But they are prepared to do so to a certain extent by proxy. Provided a sufficiently large assortment Is brought to their doors to afford them some lit tle chance for selection, they are pre pared to depute their priests to do the rest. The scheme has been discussed In the French-Canadian newspapers, and the first party of candidates for matrimony will probably leave for Cal gary In a few weeks. The apparent novelty of the scheme has drawn down upon it a large amount of ridicule. Those who are encourag ing It argue tnat it not only does not savor of any impropriety, but also that not even the charge of novelty can be brought against it. They point out that a similar course was followed in that have been pursued heretofore, and that some remedy should be provided ere tha supply of the Royal Chinook of that won derful river shall have become entirely ex hausted. Let us make a correct diagnosis of the case and the remedy is a simple matter. The plainest symptom which makes itself manifest Is that of obstruction, which is of two kinds, vlx., legitimate and other wise, the first being that of the flatting Interests, . which have pursued a suicidal policy by cutting out the weekly close time, and for this the glllnet fishermen of As toria, assisted by the Master Warden, are responsible. The illegitimate obstructions are those maintained by the various power companies through the. concurrence of Mr. Van Dusen and those maintained by his au thority for the purpose of taking spawn for hatchery purposes which are in excess of requirements. These are the worst of the lot so far as concerns the Columbia, for the desire to make a great showing has led to obstructing the passage of the salmon on all the principal tributaries and preventing any crop from natural reproduction except those of the poorest quality which propagate In, Open season. April 1 to August 1 April 1 to August 1 April 1 to August 1 April 1 to August f April 1 to August 1 Weekly close Weekly close Weekly close Weekly close Weekly close April 10 to August 10 Weekly close April 10 to August 10 Weekly close April lo to August 10 Weekly close April 10 to August 10 Weekly close April 10 to August 10 Weekly close April 10 to August 10 Weekly close April 10 to August 10 Weekly close April 12 to August 10 Repealed April 12 to August lO Repealed April 12 to August 10 Repealed April 15 to August 15 Weekly close April J5 to August 15 Weekly close April 15 to August 25 Repealed April 15 to August 25 Repealed April 15 to Augurt 25 Repealed April 15 to August 25 Repealed the tributaries nearest the sea where no racks are maintained. Why Mr. Van Dusen, with the figures In his possession, should blindly pursue meth ods that have proved such a failure Is most surprising when the effect or my work on this river has been known to all interested in the subject of fish culture within the state. However, instend of assisting in the development of hy work, be .has permitted obstructions to remain in the upper por tions of Rogue River, although h'a atten tion was repeatedly called to the fact that no fish way was maintained at the Grant's Pass dam, or any effective fishway at the Ament dam above Grant's Pass, and that the fishermen were fishing under the spill of the dam without molestation, so that in 3905 practically no salmon got above the dam, and not until 106 was any effort made, when Mr. Webster went to that sec tion and remodeled the fishway through the Ament dam and placed barbed wire below to prevent the fishermen coming in side the distance determined by law. But notwithstanding that for several years many complaints "have been made in regard to the obstruction to the passage of salmon by the dam at Grant's Pass to the State Fish Commission, no action has been taken, and this season, on account of a low river, it is reported that no salmon are able to pass, which Is verified by the fact that though this has been the poorest fish ing known for years on the lower portions of the river, at Grant's Pass the fishermen have been taking large quantities. This1 proves that the few that pass here collect below the dam at that place and are scooped in regardless of the fact that four years hence there will be none. Hume's Private Hatchery on Rogae. I would willingly stock the river for le gitimate fishing, but to contend against such operations as are carried on at Grant's pass is beyond human endurance. The coming In of a new Fish Commission en couraged me to renew my exertions, which on account of these depredations I had sus pended for three years, and In the Fall of 1900 I built a nejv and complete hatchery with feeding tanks and ponds, and now have finished planting 1,400,000 fry, which are from three to four inches in length. My desire has always been to determine the best methods of preserving the supply of salmon for Oregon, and In order to do so I have contended for the rights which were recognixed as belonging to my predecessors, always realizing that I was but the tem porary custodian of any properties, either mental or financial, which might be within France for supplying wives to the earliest French settlers in Canada. Under the fostering care of Colbert, Lbtlls XIV's great minister of -finance and of the colonies, girls were taken from the houses of. refuge of Paris and Lyons and sent out to Canada as prospective wives for the settlers. Mother Marie de Incarnation wrote In 1665 that 100 had come that Summer and were nearly all provided with husbands, and that 200 more were to come the following year. In 1672 Count Frontenac. the Governor of Canada, wrote home to Paris, complain ing of the scarcity of the supply of young women sent out from France.- "If 150 girls and as many servants," he said, "had been sent out this year they would all have found husbands and mas ters within a month." After some of the young women had been married at Quebec it was found that they had huebsnds at home. The priests became cautious in tying the matrimonial knot, and Colbert thereupon ordered that each girl should provide herself with a certificate from the cure, or magistrate, of her parish, to the effect that she was free to marry. It is expected that the same qualifica tion will be required of all those who are to be taken to the Canadian Northwest under ecclesiastical auspices. Instead of exhibiting them for the inspection of suitors for their hands. In Imitation of the course adopted at Quebec two and a quarter centuries ago, these new candi dates for matrimony will be encouraged by their conductors to accept places as domestic servants until Sought out for wives by their future husbands. Considering the loud call for wives in the Northwest of Canada the new ar rivals will not have long to wait. Nor will it be necessary to entice or to drive the bachelor settlers into wedlock, as was the case with some of their fore fathers in Quebec in the middle of the 17th century. Kentucky's Human Sky-Scraper. Denver Cor. New Tork Herald. Seven feet tall, 24 years old and still growing! This is the striking condition of John S. Porteous, of Paducah, Ky., who has come here for his health. "In Kentucky they call me the human skyscraper," he said. He towers so high above the rest of humanity that the ap pellation is well applied. He carried off the prize for the tallest and thinnest man In the Elks' parade during the conven tion, the next "highest man" being half an inch shorter. The award was $50 and the equivalent, a handsome watch and fob, was given Porteous. He has been living In the West for a year. and. most of the time was spent in Wyoming. His rapid growth and the occupation he followed proved to be a combination that worked injury to his health, and he is now trying to recuperate from an attack of lung trouble. Porteous is an expert granite and mar ble cutter, and he ascribes the breathing of the dangerous dust at the time he was growing so rapidly as the cause of his lung affection. His father and mother are ordinary sized persons and his father can stand under his arm with hat on. His father's relatives in Scotland are all tall and few of them are under six feet. Porteous, despite his great height, is not out of proportion. Chronic Catarrh Cared by "The Household Surgeon." Druggists re fund money if Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Heal lns Oil falls. 25c my control. I have always been ready to give the people the benefit of such expe rience as has been gained by years of study and the expenditure of large sums of money, but I have been adverse to the relinquish ment of my rights for the benefit of a few schemers who by misrepresentations and fraud endeavor to represent themselves as the people and for the people in order that they may "reap where t they have not st rawed." I realize that I may not enjoy the fruits of my exertions, as the damage done al ready will probably so reduce the . supply that for the next three or four years there will not be sufficient salmon to justtfy my operating at this place. This, however, will not prevent some few of the illegitimate fishers of Grant's Pass from continuing to glean the waters below the dam at that place to the final extinction of the salmon of this river unless the' Fish Commission of this state shall for a while cut out politics and pay some attention to the enforcing of the laws against obstructions. The common idea that a close time which Includes the beginning and end of the running season will serve to stock the river during the whole period is entirely wrong, as the salmon come in regular order in the months to which they belong, and a salmon of the April run will not reproduce others which come later in the season, nor will one of the August run bring forth any that will come earlier in the months of the salmon season. It is therefore useless to have a close time of this character, as the need of the state Is to build up the entire run from April on to th.e end of the running season, as It Is useless to propagate or preserve any species of salmon for ornamental purposes. What Is wanted is that all runs shall be built up and a fair proportion of each run taken to add to the wealth of the state. This can be accomplished by closing the river to fishing 48 hours each week, en forcing the laws in relation to fishways, and instead of arresting all the salmon which escape the fishermen of the lower river, at the hatchery racks, to take only sufficient to provide the number of fry that can be cured for at feeding stations and let the balance of the spawning salmon proceed on to propagate 'in the natural way. Responsibility for Repeal of Law. The responsibility for the repeal of the Sunday close law lies with the fishermen of the lower Columbia, assisted by Mr. Van Dusen. At the last session of the Oregon Legislature, although the State of Wash ington had agreed to pass a similar bill for a Sunday close law, it was defeated by their efforts. In fact, Mr. Van Dusen has seemed" to be prejudiced against a weekly close time, so much so that at the session of 1005 he, without solicitation from any source, managed to repeal the law which bad for years provided, a weekly close time for Bogue River. When the bill providing a weekly closed time was defeated at the last session of the Legislature, I said to the officials of the Fishermen's Union, "Gentlemen, you have defeated the Sunday close bill. X prophecy that your avocation will soon be , gone. It may not come this year, but In another there will be 'weeping, walling and gnashing of teeth.' " It may be that they have some times pondered on my words at times this fishing season. While, perhaps, they now realize the necessity of a change of pro gramme, the unlawful fishermen of Grant's Pass will never change their methods while the Commission permits them to act accord ing to their own will. Knowing the abuse, it is a weak-kneed set of -officials that will permit such depredations and neglect the duties which the laws require they shail perform, when by putting in force the law which permits the Commission to close any stream to fishing, they could arrest the whole difficulty. There is little hope for a better condition unless the citizens of Jack son County, which has more votes than Jo sephine County, shall take a hand in the matter, In which case our respected Gov ernor may get a move on. We lately had a visit from Mr. Van Dusen, who came to inspect the hatchery and feeding ponds operated by me. and was furnished with data regarding kinds and quantities of feed, consumed by 1.400.000 fry at different stages of growth since March 4 of this year, as well as the care generally, and no doubt concluded that while In the days of miracles It was pos sible to feed a multitude of persons with a few small fishes, that 50 pounds of liver would not go far In feeding a multitude of salmon fry. The Fish Commissioner of Washington also visited us and we believe absorbed some information which will be of value to the State of Washington and pos sibly that acquired by Mr. Van Dusen will prove a benefit to Oregon. R. D. HUME. OLD ESTATES BLOOM Gardens That Come to Us From Colonial Times. CHARM POTENT AS EVER Quaint Box-Bordered Beds, Filled With Sweet - Scented, Old - Time Blossoms Mingle Fragrance With the Odor of the Box. A colonial garden of the purest type. Is that at Mount Vernon, where Washington was wont to spend much time amid his favorite flowers. For a time this became almost dilapidated, but has been restored to its original condition, .all the breaks in the box borders of . the variously shaped beds having been lled by plants propa gated from the original hedge. The place for the arrangement of the curvilinear garden beds was drawn by General Wash ington himself, and beyond them he al lowed large hedge-Inclosed garden plots, where every kind of old-fashioned flower still blooms. At the north end of the garden there follows the curving contour of the brick garden wall, says the New York Tribune. In Maryland one finds another truly ex quisite garden, at Hampton, Baltimore County, the home of me ' Ridgelys for many generations, John Rldgely being the present owner. Here box-edged par terres of cut work are the distinguishing feature, and in olden times fine white sand was strewn on the ground beneath the flowers to make them show out more plainly in their perfection. The shapes of the beds all have distinctive names as quaint as their curving lines "knots. "hearts," "goose foot," etc. and in each all manner of flowers tnat grow low and bloom freely, are planted, coming Hp year after year to delight their owner again. Mrs. Beverley Kennon's country seat. Tudor place, at Georgetown, D. C.. dis plays a really old-time garden, with clip ped borders and hedges, and is celebrated for the hollyhocks that grow in the greatest profusion, amid other flowers favored by the early colonists, who brought with them small packets of seeds from their English homes and reproduced as faithfully as possible the gardens of their forefathers, with the small differ ences that have given them the classi fication of colonial as distinguished from the mere formal English garden. Henry Clay's beautiful country estate, Ashland, at Lexington, Ky., is now owned by Mrs. H. C. McDowell, a grand daughter. It has, besides perfectly kept grounds, with wonderful trees, grouped as nature willed, a famous garden, which occupies a large rectangular plot south of the long stretch of lawn at the back of the house, where rose and lilac bushes dating back to Mr. Clay's lifetime still flourish. At Grumblethorp, the home of Charles Wister, of Germantown, Phila delphia, the box-bordered beds hold every old-fashioned flower that blooms. Sweet blossoming shrubs are there as well and through the middle length of the garden, a wide path stretches from end to end. the beds at either side rounding off at corners by the cross paths, which some times lead under rustic arches or lattices. This garden dates from early colonial times and is one of the purest specimens of the floriculture of Revolutionary times. The gardens at the Manning homestead, Salem, Mass., closely re semble It, but have the additional charm of vases at Intervals, carved of stone and raised shoulder high on roughly hewn stone pedestals. Cralgie house. the home of Longfellow, has a charming Vormal garden beyond the lovely lawn. and at Albany the garden of Mrs. Abra ham Lansing is a source of greatest de light to any fortunate enough to gain ad mittance. It was planned by her father and mother, General and Mrs. Peter Ganesvoort, In 1846. Beyond it is a mar velous old hedge of lilacs, forming what la Known all over the state as the " lilac walk." The house, too, Is well worthy of reproduction by any one in search of a Dutch colonial house, the whole seeming part f another world, into which the noise of today cannot enter. Colonial gardens belong particularly to flower lovers, but the Italian gardens are those most in evidence at the fashionable resorts and on the huge estates of the multimillionaires: The formal gardens of George Vanderbllt, aBtiltmore. and of Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, at Florham, in Madison, N. J., possess world wide fame. At Biltmore house the formal gar den Is on a long terrace, and at intervals are aquatic gardens in which all the most beautiful flowering water plants grow. A long arm juts out from this terrace near ly in front of the house; at the end of it is a most attractive arbor, which may be used as a - teahouse. New Jersey claims two very beautiful gardens of note, in close proximity. Hurstmont, the estate of James Tolman Pyle, being one where all that is artistic seems to have come together In one spot- Here on a hillside, with a most wonder ful view of valley and mountains beyond. the house and gardens are situated, the house overlooking the formal garden which is below and beyond the lawn. The garden Is arranged in geometrical precision of squares and rectaneles. Trees stand like sentinels at the path entrances, and around the water garden in the middle, where water lilies and little stone cherubs flourish are bay trees in earthenware pots. Some of the flowers that grow in box-bordered beds and without and along the walls, which are on two sides of the garden only, are roses, dahlias, peonies and other rail plants. At the intersection of the paths, near the head of. the garden, is an urn of Italian marble upneld by two cuplds. and at one end, between tall cedars. Is a quaint bench with griffin supporters. The other garden Is also on a hillside. It is that of A. D. Munn, whose Summer home at Llewellyn Park is several hun dred feet above sea level. This hillside Is cut Into eight terraces, the upper ones devoted to fruit and vegetables and the two lower ones to flowers and a formal garden, which is on the second. Here at the right hand is the most notable fea ture, for the evergreens of rare varieties are trimmed into conventional shapes pyramids, squares, bushes, stanards and round balls, and, last but not least, a peacock with spreading tail. These trees are in many different colors, from . the deep blue gray of the Japanese umbrella pine to the golden yew and golden arbor vitae. At the left-hand side the flowers flour- isn, the beds being outlined by closely cropped low borders of box. On the first terrace is an exquisite marble fountain, on the second a sundial on an elaborate sandstone pedestal. SAYS JANITOR STOLE CASH Bank Cashier Leaves $4750 on Desk Gone Next Morning.. PITTSBURG, Aug. 2. 'Because J8500 mysteriously disappeared from the First National Bank of Turtle Creek, Thomas Jordan, the negro janitor, is in jail in default of $9000 bail on a charge of lar ceny. He protests his innocence. At a hearing before Justice Bryan, Cashier Thomas W. Carroll testified that when he left the bank Wednesday evening he failed to put away $4750 In currency. It was left on the counter in front of the paying teller's window. When the cashier returned yesterday morning the money was gone. It was decided that as the janitor was the only person who had a key to the bank at night he should be arrested. Dr. A. L. TrovaskI, vice-president of the bank, made the information. Over the tel ephone Mr. Carroll denied that, any money of the Institution was missing and was unable to account for the fact that Jordan was In the County Jail charged with having stolen some of the bank's money. Carroll acknowledged he had ex perienced some difficulty with Jordan, but said it was a matter of disorderly conduct only, and had nothing to do with the loss of money. Price of Two Lives Is $10,000. LANCASTER, Pa., Aug. 2. "Surrender $10,000 or be murdered along with your sister," was the substance of a letter re ceived by Charles B. Grubb, .one of Lan caster's wealthiest men. Postmaster Mil ler expressed the belief that he knew the writing, and the police are hunting for the writer, as they regard the threat as serious. The writer said he had been chosen by lot as a member of an organi zation, "The Strong Forty-two to secure from Grubb $10,000 or to take his life and that of his sister. Miss Daisy B. Grubb. of Philadelphia. The Family Physician The best medicines in the world cannot take the place of the family physician Consult him early when taken ill. Ajyers Cherry Pectoral REVISED FORMULA If the trouble is with your throat, bron chial tubes, or lungs, ask him about taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Do as he says. The new kind contains no alcohol Wc have no secrets to hide! ' We pub lish the formulas of all our medicines. ' j. C. AYER CO.; Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Mass. DICE THROWN OVER Gambling Devices Cast Into Bottom of Ocean. CRAP - SHOOTERS' FRIGHT Storm at Sea Converts Colored Regi ment Act on Chaplain's Plea and the Angry Waters Subside. Five hundred pairs of dice are lying at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean somewhere off the coast of the United States, unless the fishes have swal lowed them and carried them away. The spotted cubes were thrown over board by the negroes of the- Twenty third Kansas Regiment during a vio lent storm at sea, the sacrifice having been prompted by penitence. It was while the negro regiment was on board the ship Vigilancia en route to Cuba that a storm, says the Kansas City Star, converted a score of boisterous crap? games into a fervent religious meeting. The Twenty-third Kansas went from Topeka to New York city and from there sailed for Cuba. There was no sleep on board the Vigilancia the first night out. It Is said that practically all of the negroes who were not pros trated with seasickness were shoot ing craps. The scene Is described as one of mingled suffering and excite ment. The distressed pleaded for quiet and rest, but were unheeded by the noisy gamblers. Above the cries and moans of the suffering such language as this could be heard in different parts of the ves sel: "It's 'leven, an' I know it." "Shoot de money." Didn't I get a coon?" "Little Dick." Late at night while the games were running high a violent storm broke sud denly upon the sea. When the wind struck the Vigilancia a rudder was bro ken, and she whirled round and round, and then dipped down into the hollow of a mighty wave. The shock was unex pected, and in a moment the soldiers were experiencing all of the horrors of a storm at sea. The negroes grabbed up the dice and loose change and huddled together like cattle, some of them moan ing and others too frightened to utter a sound. The storm raged for an hour, the sol diers thinking that every moment would be the last. Fortunately, there was a negro preacher on board. Rev. John L. Waller. It was for him to rise to the occasion. He gathered a crowd of ne groes around him and spoke thus: "Brethren, the Lord sent this storm on the heads of sinful craps shooters. If we want to be saved let's pray." Then he dropped down on his knees and his voice was heard praying above the noise of the storm. The soldiers joined with the preacher in his prayer. In a short time lamenta tions, moans and promises could be heard on every hand. It was a revival meeting in earnest. Nearly every one of the 800 soldiers was either singing or praying. The whole regiment was "converted" in a very few minutes. But the rough sea continued. The colored preacher felt that something fur ther must be done. An inspiration came to him; there must be a sacrifice. "Our prayers and songs don't prevail," he shouted. "There's something wrong. Brethren, the dice must go into the sea!" The suggestion had only to be made. The dice were tossed into the ang;ry waters, about 500 pairs. Some of the negroes also threw in the money which they had won with the dice. In half an hour after the dice went the storm abated. Rev. John L. Waller held religious serv ices at frequent intervals during the rest of the voyage. They were always well attended. At each meeting he told ht hearers that the prayers of the righteous had saved the wicked. Then he urged them all to remain steadfast. Nothing was said about craps shooting during the rest of the voyage. Shortly after the soldiers landed In (Jhba there was a pay day. Then it was that a "backslider" tried to borrow some dice, but not a single pair could be fc nd in the regiment; they had all been consigned to the sea. This was a condition that could not last. An ingenious negro soldier stole an ivory billiard ball from a Cuhnn pool hall and whittled out a pair of 6T2. He sold them for 12. Rockefeller's Judicial Pursuer. Philadelphia Press. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who insisted that John D. Rockefeller and other heads of the Standard Oil appear in the United States District Court at Chi cago and give him information relative to the financial standing of the oil trust before he passes sentence upon it on tlie charge of rebating, has been on the bench since 1905. While private secretary to Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State, he declined an appointment to the diplo matic service tendered by President Cleveland. He wa born In Millville. Ohio, in 1866, and educated at the public PLAY BALL Only a nickel admis sion to the best treat of your life. the winning ginger snap that is making runs everywhere. "Get on to its curves. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Bchools of Logansport, Ind.. and for a time was a reporter on a newspaper in Logansport. He graduated from the Union College of Law, in Chicago, in 1S90, and subsequently became one of the in I c ure -BY- M Original Methods I cannot too forcibly impress the fact that the METHODS BY WHICH I TREAT AND CURE MEN'S DISEASES ARE ORIGINAL WITH MB. They are a result of my observation, research This should especially appeal to THOSJ3 WHO The I endinVwiialis HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED in their efforts The Leading Specialist, to obtain relief, and should aid all afflicted men IN THE CHOICE OF A PHYSICIAN. As to my understanding of men's diseases and the scientific correctness of my treatment, MY UNEQUALBD SUCCESS IN EFFECTING PERMANENT CURES speaks sufficiently. Weakness MY SUCCESS in curing those func tional disorders commonly ttrmt"l "weakness," IS DUE TO MY FUI.I. UNDERSTANDING AS TO THE CAUS ATIVE CONDITIONS and to my abso lutely scientific methods of removing them. Many cases of - prematurenens, los c-f power, etc., present a variety of symptoms so entirely confusing an.i. perplexing that MOST PHYSICIANS have fallen into that dangerous iu, tho practice of treating by set meth ods, without fllserimination and with out KNOWLEDGE AS TO THE "HEAL, REQUIREMENTS. My first step is in absolutely scientific and accurate diag nosis, in a large majority of cases I find the sole cause of these functional derangements to be A SWOLLEN, IR RITATED ND CHRONICALLY IN FLAMED PROSTATE GLAND. This condlTion cannot possibly be remedlt.l by any trcutment other than the local measure I employ, and to ATTEMPT TO FORCE NORMAL ACTIVITY AND VlOOVt BY THE USE OF STIMU LANTS and tcnics would only result in aggravation of the trouble. Under my treatment a cure is POSITIVE AND CERTAIN, and absolutely permanent. because I nccompllsh it by the remov-j.1 of every cause responsible ior the dis order. Specific Blood Poison T know this leprous disease com pletely. The system Is thoroughly cleansed and every poisonous taint re moved. The last symptom vanishes to appear no more, and all is accom plished by the use of harmless blood cleansing remedies. Do not submit to the dangerous mineral dosing common ly Indulged In. Such treatment merely obscures the symptoms. PAY WHEN YOU ARE CURED CONSITI.TATION FREE MY HONEST AND CANDID ADVICE COSTS YOU NOTHING. I cheerfully give you the very best opinion, guided by years of successful practice. Men out of town. In trouble, write if you cannot call, as many cases yield readily to proper home treatment and cure. My offices are open all day from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M., and Sundays from 10 to 1. THE DR. TAYLOR CO. CORNER SECOND AND MORRISOV STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON. Private Entrance Murrlxm Street. WE CURE CONSULTATION FRfiG nr fee need not be JfM T7aa in Paid unless cured. v" CC 111 Special 27 Years In Port laud. 1 PAY US FOR CURES A cure with us means a lifelong cure. We offer not only FREE Consultation and Advice, but every case that comes to us we make a Careful Examination and Diagnosis without charge. No ailing man should neglect this opportunity to get expert opinion about his trouble. It will not cost you anything to call at our office and consult us, and by so doing it may save you much time and money, and if we cannot cure you we will honestly tell you so, and you will not be under any financial obligation to us. OUR SYSTEM OK TREATING is superior to any in this country, and our cures are the result of these methods. We never fail to effect a cure in any case we take. If you suffer from neglect, from want of money or from unskilled practice here is an opportunity to get the services of a skilled specialist, a graduate physician, with years of ripe experience In treating complicated and special disorders of MEN ONLY. It will cost you nothing to talk to uh, and we may be the means of restoring you to health and happiness. Why not call today? Our offices are very private. You see only the doctor. Our fee being so low It enables many who are afflicted to procure the highest scientific medical assistance. Terms made to suit if neces sary, so that any one need not a;o without treatment. Hours: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.; evenings, 7 to 8:30; Sundays, 9 A. M. to 12 noon. St. Louis r$and Dispensary CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON. 0 I home IP. structors in the Northwestern University Law School. His father, a surgeon In an Ohio regiment, was wounded in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, hence the Judge's first two names. en My FfM At Fair, My Cure Permanent, and You Can Pay When Satisfied That ou Are Well. Varicocele T positively cure Varicocele In one week, and frequently In even less time. I MEET WITH NO FAILURES, nor Is my treatment ever followed by unde sirable results. MY METHOD OP EF FECTING A CURE IS PAINLESS, and no other equally satisfactory, safe and certain method exists. It Is an original and distinctive method and produces AS ABSOLUTELY THOROUGH AND PERMANENT CURE. Varicocele not only Impairs func tional activity, but in many Instances It results In A WASTING AWAY OF THE ORGANS involved and gradually undermines the general health. A THOROUGH CURE IS A MATTER OF VITAL IMPORTANCE, and Is also a matter of but a very few days treat ment under my system. . Contracted Disorders Through my long experience treating these diseases I have devised methods that not only cure, soundly and perma nently, but cure In less time than the best of other treatments require. Take no chances. Do not risk your health and strength by relying on patent noj trums or uncertain methods. You are absolutely secure when you Intrust your case to me. Cases MEN We want to impress upon every "weak man that we can make him strong, vigorous, healthy, alert and free from every taint of disease and weakness. We have limited our specialty in practice to only a few of the more Important disorders, so that wa could understand these thoroughly. Our experience along this line for twenty-seven years qualities us to say positively that such troubles as Lout Visor, Varicocele, Hydrocele, Contracted Disorders, Blood Poison, Stricture and "Weakness" can be cured perfectly so as to stay cured. Of course, we use different methods than the ordinary physician. . Most of these are original with us and were de vised for just such cases as the ordinary courses of treatment fail to reach.