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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1900)
--? - "? -tfWisfswries. I jp j-"JTir. - ,Tg i af ps " iT'w- -?5WFs? r . - -yrBg5nif rr -T '--V THE SUNDAY 0BEG0N1AN, PORTLAND, APRIL 8, 1900. tnwiuw mn m. mmhWwhi iifl l A 4f . I .-,..gi NO CHANGE IN THE NAME "We still-remain the Fredl Merrill Cycle Go." JUVENILE... ADULT... mwMum v 1 A wmi im t iiwn ifc-l-,p.'1. .) -i w"ti-ij - .i Almt WE CAX FIT ALL "TOTS" Just a Tip... MR. PURCHASER: Any person who would pay over $2J for a bicycle not carrying the manufactur-" er's name or without a National reputa tion, has "'more money than brains." We could advertise our hand-made "Merrills" at JW and $30. and promise you a ear's guarantee, but that would be no rroof that said bicycles would be worth more than J25. Don't be humbugged by dealers who flop to new wheels' each year and expcrlmeut at your expense. 1SOO RAMBLER, $35.00. TO BE A GREAT CHANGE NEW TRAIN SERVICE WILL MARK HIGHEST POIT OF DEVELOPMENT. A Distinct Advance In Xorthweatern Railroading Forty-three Years of Noteworthy Growth. ST. PAUL, Minn.. March a. Through train service from ocean to ocean Is prac tically effected. With less than the loss of an hour passengers may ride continuously from New York to Seattle. The Northern Pacific's new train serv ice, which goes Into effect April 29. will revolutionize Western travel, and If ne gotiations now pending to run cars from Chicago to the Coast are successful, pas sengers from New York will only be obliged to change cars at the Lake city. Modern travel Is exacting. It expects the finest In everything, and it usually gets it The people of the northwest sec tion of the United States are no excep tion to the rule, and, so far at least as con cerns the train service between Chicago, St. Louis and the Twin cities, St. Paul and Minneapolis, the demands of the pub lic have already been met In a handsome manner by the railroads. The 3 ear 1900 Is tojrfjtoess a new and Important departure In the passenger train service of the Northwest, and this is all the more noteworthy as It has only been V years since Selah Chamberlain, of Cleve land, O., commenced the construction of the first railroad grade In the State of Minnesota. The man of means and leisure may now transfer himself and his family and servants to a flat, a private resi dence, or a mansion whatever you will on trucks. Just as he moves from a city flat or residence to a lake cottage In Summer and back again In the Fall, and then go scouring over the country at 0, B0 or 60 miles an hour If he wants to. He can stop when and where, and as long as he pleases, and have with him con tinually his kitchen, dining-room, bed room, library andslttlng-room In a word, his home; and what the man of wealth may thus da on a. large scale' If he de sires, the person of moderate means prac tically enjoys whenever he wants to travel. In connection with others, for a moderate and reasonable price. The Northern Pacific was the first pro jected transcontinental line. It has five Important Eastern terminals, namely: St. Paul." Minneapolis. Ashland, Superior and Duluth: three Western termini. Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. When the North ern Pacific entered the field, some 16 or 17 years ago, as a transcontinental line. It worked a, revolution In passenger train service by the Introduction o dining-cars, which" were then and are now carried between St. Paul and Portland, on all of Its transcontinental trains. For several years the Northern Pacific has spent enor mous sums In shortening Its road, substi tuting heavy rails for light ones, Tevlslng Its grades and curves, widening Its em bankments, ballasting Its track, filling In trestles, replacing wooden with steel bridges, constructing heavier and more powerfuleng!nes, and building new and attractive stations. The result Is a line modern and up to date In every Tespect. A new schedule to go Into effect on this line Aprll"29 win make a distinct advance in Northwestern railroading. Waiting un til the fullness of time had come, unt3 the field was ripe for the sickle. It has had' constructed for a transcontinental train! "or" rather 10 trains, to speak more accurately, that take advantage of all modern Improvements both In ideas and construction or railway car builders. In addition to the regular trains now running and which will be continued on practically tho present tlmo card, a new train, which W besiroown.as the "North Coast Im- .v,. FIIOSI THREE "EABS W. NOTHING BETTER ON EARTH cfesfiS&cp Gur profits arc spent at home. 200 Second-hand wheels at any old price. Old wheejs, all makes taken in trade. Finest equipped repair shop in 'the Northwest. All work guaranteed. 0"t ?... ftfl rlll Vjfc Yif Into iprvlr. nn ihi rfnte ' mentioned." Thcae trains will be baulcd by 10-whceled Schnectady engines, weighing, exclusive of tender. 1C0.0CO pounds. Each engine has six driving wheels, the diameters of which arc either 69 or 73 Inches, or as high as a tall man, and will cany the train nearly 10 feet at each revolution of the wheels. The steam pressure carried la 100 pounds to the square Inch, which will enable theso monsters to pull the heavy train at a high speed, even SO miles an hour If necessary. The firebox or furnace which supplies the heat that generates th!a great steam pressure Is nine feet long, six feet high and five feet wide. The tender will contain nine tons of coal and iS30 gallons of water, when starting on Its long journey. The boiler at Us small est diameter Is 62 Inches, and the" en gine stands H4 feet high. These loco motives are of the compound pattern, whereby the steam, after having been used In one cylinder, is used a second time in another cylinder, and the expah' slve or the utmost power of the steam thus obtained. These engines win also supply steam for heating the train ahd operating the dynamos to supply electric ity for lighting the cars. Bach North Coast Limited train will have eight cars, express, baggage, second class coach and accommodation cmoker, first-class coach, tourist steeping car, dln-Ing-car, Pullman standard sleeping-car and an observation car. each of which will be lighted by electricity. The wholo train will also be equipped with wide, vestibuled. steel platforms, standard cou plers, WcstlnghOufie air brakes, Wcstlng housc air train-signals, the Gold system of steam heat and paper wheels with steel tires. The new baggage and express cars will be 70 feet In length, and the baggage car will contain, at the front end. the elec tric plant: thla consists of an eight and a half by eight-inch 'cyllndered standard steam engine, a 25-Kllowatt Westinghouso dynamo, -with complete switchboard ap paratus. This plant will generate an elec tric current of 200 amperes at a pres sure of 125 volts. Tho smoking-cars or second-class coaches are divided by a par tition, one-half being for the use of sec ond class passengers, and the remainder used for smoking-car. The first-class day coach. CO feet In length, follows the smoking-car. Thcee coaches are of recent man ufacture and along the most modem lines well-ventilated, roomy, finished In mahog any, with separate and comfortable toilet rooms for men and women. A 16-sectIon, tourist sleeping-car, finished In mahogany, upholstered in dark green leatner, with aisles carpeted, follows immediately after tnc nrst-ciass coach, and will prove a J source oi surprise ana ueiignt to those who cannot arford the luxuries of a first clam Pullman sleeping-car. Immediately back of the tourist sleeping-car will be a standard Northern Pacific dining-car. with appointments complete In every detail. Next In order comes the Cullman first-class sleeping-car, whi-h will be as finely fin ished and as handoomely decorated as anj Elecplngs-cars In the country. Two elec tric berth lights In each section will en able the passenger who desires to while away nn hour with his book to do so at his ease and comfort. At the rear end of each train will be found the crowning feature, an observa tion car. "70 feet In length. These cars will be entirely new and finished In ma hogany, with Persian brass trimmings throughout; the exterior finish will be of standard Pullman color. It Is claimed -for these cars that they will combine all of the comforts of the library car. so-called; all of the good points of the old-style ob servation car, and new features never In troduced In car-building heretofore. At the forward entrance of this car, along the aisle of which runs a corridor 42 feet In length, will be found two smoking and card rooms, 7 by 8 feet, with folding tables, and six upholstered wicker chairs. These smoking- -rooms will be entirely shut off from the remainder" of the car; and with excellent ventilation -win prove a new and striking feature that will appeal to the lovers of the weed. Adjacent -to the . - ja. JV BICYCLES Made of high-grade material Just like folks. Guaranteed throughout. $20 $22.50 BICYCLES ONLY $35.00 While they last Fred T OLD IN THE PORTLAND smoking-room will, be found the gentle men! toilet-room. In the center of the car "will be the barber shop, bath-room and buffet. At the end of the corridor and at the entrance to the ladles' parlor, will be found a reading-room, writing-desk and a library of 125 carefully selected volume's of the most recent literature. On the reading table will be standard monthly macarlr.es and Chicago and St. Paul newsnaners. Tho ladles' parlor will be 9 feet In width by 23 feet In length. This parlor or observation room, will con tain It portable wicker enalrs, upholstered In plush of a color that will harmonize with the dark irreeft Wilton carpet 03 the floor. The clatR-cla windows will be large four feet wide thus giving" the traveler every oDortunlty to see at nl leisure the country through which the train is passing: Electric fans for Venti lating purposes wm keep the nlr of this car sweet and oure. The rear platform, surrounded bv a handsome brass Tailing, win be six and a half fret long, partially enclosed by the extended sides of the car, and entirely covered By a dome. Attached to the center of the rear railing of this car there will h n, inrtre trade mark of the Northern Pacific This will be Illum inated at nlcht bv nine electric lights, and, being thus llchted nil night, will be n uniquie feature of this train as It speeds across prairies and' mountains. SUPPLY AND DEMAND. Orsnnlzcd Llonor Trade Precedes the Desire for Drink. FOREST GROVE. Or., April 6. (To the Editor.) Please do not accuse Prohibition ist correspondents of "opaque mental vis Ion." after heading my communication In today's paper as "Use of Ltquor3 a Crime. Classed by Correspondent With Murder and Theft." I cannot account for tho mental opacity that causes you to con found the "use" of liquors with the "sale" of the same, and to misstate xny conten tion, which was that the sale of liquors as we have It, the traffic ought to be classed, when judged by Its consequences, with murder and theft, while the Individual use of liquors. Judged also by Its consequences, was not a crime until the evil effects reached beyond the drinker to Innocent persons and to society. It is at this point that the state must take cognizance of the matter. Investigation shows that tho drinking customs of the people aro not of free growth, but have been Initiated, cul tivated and stlmu.atcd by the organized trafllc; that the traffic continually creates new sources of demand, while supplying the existing demand. Therefore the de mand for drink will never disappear until the giving and seninff of L c the traffic In these drinks Is stopped. The Govern ment defeats largely the -very ends for which It was organized when It lets this traffic live. STUART B. HANNA. i Oregon "Wild Flowers. TROUTDALE, April . (To to Editor.) I read with great Interest the editorial m the Sunday edition on "First Country Flowers," showing tho marked difference between the cllmato of Oregon and that of Ma&eachusetts. Portland Is almost ex actly In the same latitude as the eastern part of Nova Scotia, and in a small section of the latter place I have made observations of the earliest blossoming of plants for a botanical club; hence my In terest m the flora of Oregon. When I came here early In March I nas-surprlscd to find myself in an unknown land of'wTid flowers. Tou mentioned adder's tongue In blocm by the middle of March.' It blooms In the same latitude before mentioned In Nova Scotia about the middle of May. 'Many of the flowers of Oregonare un known In the East, as the'ialmon berry, the red flowering currant and the dlccntra formosa you mentioned. Sunday I picked up brilliant specimen "or Indian paint brush the first I hadever seen. This" blcssomlng land.' bears little resemblance to Its Eastern friends of the same latitude at this time. MAIUA CAVANAGH. - -f Qrown Guaranteed to be better btcycles than are sold by many Portland dealers at $35, $40 and very often $50,$60,$73 $25 $25.00 LOOK AT- ; THEY NEED NO INTRODUCTIONS -6CO80O- ,...THE COAST PIONEERS..., Merrill BUSINESS, BUT STILL FULL SPOKANE ANEM HUMANE SOCIETY ANIMALS. Corrcspondlns Secretary of the Ore. gon Ilnutnne Society Writes n Let ter DeUnlng Its Purposes. PORTLAND, April 7. (To the Editor) "The Oregon Humane Society" declares lt- self as the protector of dumb animal anl I .- ..... .. m. . . aP tlttli, ,.hl14,n Th.ut txtrn nlnwvtn nf I the defenseless are sometimes separated j In our philanthropy and we have societies for the prevention of cruelty. to animals I and societies for the prevention of cruelty j to children, but there Is no reason why j one society should not assume the care of I both thes classes, viz.. the Humane So-. both these classes, viz., the Humane So ciety. The same senument of humanity t Is appealed to In both case, and the method of work may be adjusted so that there shall be no uncertainty or confu sion. There are always children In all ccznmunltlcs who are guttering from the cruelty of parents, guardians or employes. In whose behalf some one should be able to speak with the emphasis of authority. There are also Instances of dally occur rences of the cruel treatment of animals. In both these fields there Is work to do; and much good work has been done In this community through the efforts of the Oregon Humane Society. There are homes In which the discipline Is harsh, in wheh the parents are often unjust and tyrannical, but which are, . nevertheless, better than no homes. The children are roughly treated In them; It Is a kind of wolf nurture; but, half-sav- '. ago as It Is, society may not be ulUmately the gainer by Interfering with II. Now some of these parents do truly love their children, make sacrifices for them, and would be worse than they are If It were not for the children. And for the sake of the children them selves we should hesitate long beforo re moving them from very indifferent homes to the care of Institutions. And, wh'n placed In tho care of these temporary shelters children should be transferred as speedily as possible to worthy prjvate fam ilies. There are parents who haro for. felted their parental rights, and la oe half of these children the state must in terfere. The chUdTias the Tight to be properly cared for and mercifully treated. "So man has a right to do wrong to his own "offspring. The right to live, and to pro tection from the violence and cruelty which render life a burden, belongs to every human b:Ing. and rtlso to every J orute creature. ia uus enu societies ! nave Deen organizea. una tne mere tact of their existence has a salutary effect In many homes. Little children who have never heard the name Humane Socletv spoken have received its benefits, and a sense of shame has stolen Into the hearts of persons who were Inclined to cruelty as they were made aware of the existence of the society, and have realized that thy aro lit part tho authors of the evils which it U organized to prevent. The Indirect and sllont Influence of such nn organiza tion accomplishes a great deal more than -can ever be shown In the reports of its officers. The care of children who have no par entr as well as of those whose parents aro neclcctful or cruel. Is one of uie first and most urgent duties resting on Christian citizens, and there 1 no class of persons upon whom good work ctn bs more productively expended than In be half of these children. Out of this class comes a large snare of our paupers and criminals. Judicious labor In their behalf during- cblldhnnd should turn the feet of many of them Into &i-. BICYCLES $30.00 T 1900 I F BICYCLES 40 Cycle Co OF LIFE AND VINEGAR SEATTLE tho ways of -virtue and prevent a mult!-, tude-of future crimes. Mr. Lowell Once said that fo seventy ytars h had been striving to get rid of his primitive barbarism, and that he re gretted that his success had been so in complete. It is fortunate for us if Ui3 humanizing process bcclns at all In our lives, and If the advance we make Is considerable. That the work of the Hu-, mane Society has aUed In our Individual I prosrt5 away from the savage to the civ- j :uzea ana numanizca conamo:i caiimit uc doubted bv pny of us. It may not be dUfllcult to teach children that they have 1 duties of kindness toward dunrtf&nlmals: but very many children would be slow In making this discovery without seme kind j rM.in- t n,nw tho irstnn ! made upon "me when a boy In school by 1 .. . ... . . , . 1 .Iia f.mllln. n.v.1 nt r'nnmr ft,ntl In the school reader: 1 wuU not m;r on .,. ltrt of Mtais. toueI kracol with poIUhed manners and One msk, Tet wanting reiulblllty. the man Woo r.ctilrah- seta foot upon a worm. . -... A... inn ri.n ...-..h,. -n.. Jlli C UllCi lUiW .U. OJ UtMUJJ ,.. the words of Her Majesty, the Queen of England, who declared that "No civiliza tion is complete which does not Include the dumb and defenseless of God's creat ures within the sphere of charity and mercy." The hero who takes the highest place In our hearts Is he who saves rather than he who kills. It is fortunate for ! Americans that tho first place among our ers (men) have been Increased. The rea later heroes belongs to Abraham Lincoln. I son Is found In tho fact that several AliJer who was unable, as Carl Schurz has saM, men want re-election, and are voting "to eeo any creature sutler without a i xunas to wara-neeiera. ine sum saveu pang In his own heart." I from the teachers by the Board of Educa- Professor Dana, the famous naturalist, t "on Is less than the Increase given by the In an address on his vojnges and cxplor- ) Board of Aldermen to ward-workere, so aliens In the South Pacific seas amid the add! lorial taxes will be necessary to rc coral Islands, said he made a visit to an rd tbe unscrupulous heelers. Tho out Island which had ntver before been ' "god and Indignant teachers are touched by the foot of man. He went , making the city voca with their clamor whore In the early morning and beheld ous protests Audacious wrongs of this a scene of tropic loveliness, brilliant with I co" KIve vitality to demands for woman , ... ,: j. i ii ,. suffrage. BCaUljr UiiU UUUUllUillS ... i.XT. (..: flock of tall white birds was on the beach, and as he walked toward them they looked at him with no fear and with noth ing but a gentle curiosity. They never .YaoIv ctlnt- rtf n tmll Tliov Irncw 1 nothing of the cruelty of man. i! w-itL-. I among nra ami piuceu .. ...ua .. rJ'lt d0Wn'., .t, ? ? . siroKi-u inB n u-v : i .. own family. Then ne piannea to WKe one of them home for his museum: and se'ecting his victim, he tqok out his pen knife and stroking the head of the beau tiful bird, pressed the keen point through the white plumage Into the neck until the feathers were spotted with a single drop of blood. The bird turned his head and looked Into Ms eyes with an almost hu man gaze of wonder and appeal. Tnc knife was withdrawn. A deep fountain of pity and love was opened In the great naturalist's soul, and he turned away and ieft these unfrlghtened creatures or uoa leii IUC3C uuingilientru cruuiurca ui uwu on the beach, saying to himself those ft- miliar lines of the Ancient Mariner: He prayeth well who loveth both man and bcart. v. He prayeth best who loveth bt AH things, both great and imall. For the dear Lord, who loveth u Hath mad: and loveth all. Dumb animals and children have rights of their own. which we ought to protect, but wanton injury Inflicted on them hurts not only them but those who wantonly Injure them. Tho perpetrators of cruelties are brutalized by their own deeds: their hearts are hardened, their passions are Inflamed, their sense of right and -wrong Is blurred by every such act of violence: they are less likely to respect the rights of humans: they become dangerous to the state. In protecting our dumb animals against cruelty, society is ptotecting It self against violence. v If it Is the fundamental fact of this universe that happiness Is rational and that suffering Id abnormal, then It cannot bo natural for man to find pleasure in suf fering. I doubt whether barbarous men lian .. feg-f Jte.-'CJjteS !& J.!E. CORRECTLY NAMED One of Merrill's ,Dny Bicycle Stores Thorn ' la the. aide of oar competitor. Bicycle Sundries "We buy (for cash) In large quantities direct from the manufacturers, and don't have to make a double profit, one for ourselves and one for a parent house. We un dersell all of our compet itors In this field, both retail and wholesale. Send for our catalogues and discounts. Wc want your trade. TACOIY1A do find much pleasuro In witnessing tho suffering of animals. Variocs savage races habitually apologize to the animals that they kill In the chase: that the Vojo lltze of Siberia, when they have killed , a bear, address It formally and maintain . that the blame is laid on the arrows and j Iron, whlah were made by the Russians. J The sports whose essence Is cruelty have ! long been under the ban of the law. ! a Christian rtate says to all Its citizens, you -shall not find your pleasure In the :nmcuon or suncnng upon your teiiow creatures, of whatever epeclcs. They have rights which you must respect. It Is the obJect of humane societies not only to ?o to it that these laws are respected. but also to cultivate in the hearts of all. ar-d especially the young, the sentiment nf whfih irtfsj Invest mrt int TnrMann and from which they derive all ttelr force. W. T. SHANAHAN. Cor. Sec Oregon Humane Society. INJUSTICE TO TEACHERS. Their Pay Cut Down In the Interest of TVard Heelers. Chicago has on hand a political squabble that Is unique. The salaries of grado teachers (women) have been- reduced. In face of a shortage In the city's revenues: but the pay of policemen and cenrus-tak- rat f . I rV,!,., ,- the discrimination against her teachers, the following extract from Rev. David Beaton's sermon at Lincoln Park Con gregational Church, last Sunday, Is In P1111 rne recent cue in tne graaa xeacners i oaiai;txi iuxa cauu.-u niutDnau , -. - , t , am lne sufrererS the eeneral public. At sueh a time. &a a , rcDresentatIve of those who hold to a i nlrI.., int-mr-tallon of life. I want to express the deep debt of obligation wh'ch the public owes to our able and faithful teachers. Our Chicago public school sys tem is our chief glory the only Interest Just novr that eaves us from reproach as a community. With our ward politics a hotbed of vice and crime, our name a by word for the multitude of faddists and charlatans that feed upon the supersti tion of the people, and our workmen and employers at each others' throats In deadly conflict. It is a poor time to deal a dead i jy oiuw la iiiu uuiy juuul; ?w.c mat ia reflecting any glory on our city. The ly blow to the only public service that' Is cut of the salary of the experienced grade teacher Is a blow to the most vital part of our school system. It ought to be ac cepted as a principle of school administra tion that the efficiency of the grade teach er ta the first care and her salary the first charge on the treasury." Form of Ballot Unchnnced. PORTLAND. April 6.-(To the'Edltor.) I wish to know whether the last Legisla ture provided for a change In the form In which ballots In this state are to be print ed.. If so. will you kindly state whit change was made? And oblige ! A VOTER. No change In the form of ballots was provided by the last Legislature. i t A -Woman's (Inextlon. PORTLAND, Or., April 6. (To the Edl-tor.V-A letter in this morning's Ore gonlan. concerning the much-discussed 1 Puerto RIcan bill, contains these words: Xo. 1 T HH i "Theoretically all are created equal, but what of the deranged, the criminal, the Immature, the feminine sex. Mongolians, Indians and the illiterate?" May we infer 'tis the intention of Dr. Large to si-sTst In removing "the feminine sex" from their unplea.ant classification (the writer pleads guilty to being one of the "sect." a "female woman.") by voting for woman suffrage at our coming election? A SCHOOLMATE. A McLean RenclicM n Conclusion. Salem Journal. s Mrs. Dewey has made up her mind that the office of President Is not such a diffi cult one for hr to fill. CURED OF DRINKING A Vt'onmnn's Secret Method Whereby She Cured' Her Hntinnil AVbo "Was n Terrible Drunkard. 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