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THE 8UNDAY OREGONIAK. PORTLAND,' APRIL 22, 1900.
PALACES ON WHEELS
Chicago-Portland Special and
Overland Limited.
FINE NEW TRAI N PUT ON BY 0. R. & N.
Besrta BnnnlBC Today Inclade Ho
tel Comfort Reduce the Time
Twelve Hoars.
The Inauguration of double dally train
service via the O. B. & N. between Port
land 'and Chicago, effective today. Is a
most important matter to the traveling
public. It brings Portland 12 hour nearer
the Atlantic seaboard. To save this time
and to afford every facility to the travel
ing public Is -"what induced the O. R. &
N. Co. to put on this splendid dally train
service, that Is unexcelled even by the
great limited trains of the East, magnifi
cent as these are. In matter of equipment.
In point of elegance and comfort they
also equal the much-lauded Eastern trains.
These trains are like palaces, with their
parlors and drawing-rooms, sleepers,
cafes, libraries, barber shops, and baths.
In all the cars the workmanship Is su
perb. They are beautifully finished In
fancy woods, and upholstered with the
richest draperies. The illumination Is by
electricity.
Four great railways the O. It. & N..
the Oregon Short Line, the Union Pa
cific, and the Chicago & Northwestern
unite in carrying through the "Portland
Chicago special" In Its Journey of 23W
miles.
This train presents a uniformity In col
oring .throughout, dark olive green and
gold being the prevailing exterior shade.
Each car bears the words In letters of
gold, "Portland-Chicago Special." The lo
comotive Is a 130-ton mastodon. The
make-up of this train shows. In this or
der, mail-car, express and baggage cars,
composite or buffet car; Pullman sleeper,
tourist sleeper, dining car, two recllnlng
chalr cars, and a. day coach or smoker,
and all were specially constructed for thli
train. Ten sleepers will enter Into the
complete equipment, all beginning in
name with "A" Alameda, Alcalde. Alca
traz. Alcazar, Alexis, Algeria, Algonquin,
Almonde, Alpine, and Altamont. These
are each 75 feet long, with air-brakes,
automobile couplings, fire-extinguisher
and other safety appliances. The vesti
bules' are of solid mahogany and plate
glass, with tersellated marble platforms,
convertible Into dainty observation-rooms
by the simple closing of an ornamental
steel lattice-work gate. The interiors are
'finished in vermilion wood, closely re
sembling rosewood. Twelve sections o(
two double berths each, with a drawing
room, smoking-room and commodious
dressing-rooms are among the conven
iences. The sleepers are heated from
the engine, by steam. Illumination Is af
forded by gas, stored in reservoirs beneath
the floor, sufficient in amount to light
each car for the entire distance from
Portland to Chicago, without refilling.
The car Is upholstered In blue brocaded
plush, with heavy Wilton carpets In har
monizing shades. The ceilings are In blue
and gold. Each car Is supplied with the
latest dust-excluders.
The smoking-room is upholstered in
olive green Russia leather. The lavatory,
opening from It, contains three silver
plated washbowls, with hot and cold
water at hand, and plate-glass mirrors.
The drawing-room Is a marvel of elegance
and taste, and all that the most fastidious
could require.
The composite, or buffet car has every
possible comfort and convenience, not the
least of which are the bar, the barber
shop and the baths. At one end Is the
library, well stocked with 200 to 300 vol
umes of history, travel, poetry and fic
tion. The tourist sleepers are finely equipped
.and are equal to- many known by more
pretentious names. -
The diners arc supplied with solid sli
ver, tablecloths and napkins of the finest
damask, besides the choicest china and
glassware. The menu is good, and the
cooks arc the best that can be secured,
ileals arc served -a la carte.
The first and second-class passenger
coaches arc not, with their modern ap
pointments, to be confounded with the
ordInar' coaches of these classes.
The double train service will comprise
the "Overland Limited" and the "Portland-Chicago
Special." both of which, un
der the new arrangement, start on their
Initial trips for the East today. The
former leaves Portland at 9:15 A. M., and
the latter at 6:20 P. M.
CnCAT XORTHEUX.
t
Cuts Do-ivn Its Time on Its Overland
Trains.
Today the Great Northern will Inaugu
rate a new transcontinental schedule by
which the time between St. Paul and Se
attle will be reduced about two hours.
The westbound train will arrlvo here at
S A. M as at present. The eastbound
will leave Portland at 6:20 P. M., Instead
of 3:15 P. M., as under the old schedule,
arriving at St. Paul at 2:15 P. SL. as It
has been doing. A saving of two hours
and 35 minutes will be made by this train.
Northern Pnciflc Construction.
A C0-mllo track construction contract for
., the Northern Pacific was recently let In
St. Paul. Of this. 10 miles, from Cassel
ton, N. D., to the Cheyenne nlver. has
been sublet, and the work Is to be begun
at once. Thirty miles more will be built
this Summer. The work will be finished
by November 1. One thousand laborers
will be employed and COO teams. In one
cut It will be necessary to remove 300.0CO
cubic yards of earth, where a steam shovel
of mastodonlc dimensions will be cm
ployed. Railroad Notes.
A. B. C. Dennlston. city passenger-and
ticket agent of the Great Northern, has
returned from o few days' trip up the
Valley. He reports little or no Injury to
fruit at Albany or Eugene byt reason of
the recent cold snap.
TV. H. Snedaker, general agent of the
Illinois Central, who has been In the
city for several days, accompanied by
Mrs. Snedaker. has returned to San Fran.
Cisco. He Is well satisfied with the out
look for business In this section.
German Agriculture and Independ
ence. Consul-General Mason, of Berlin, in his
consular report, discusses the meat In
spection bill now before the Reichstag as
part of a large movement to restore to
Germany her Independence as a food pro
ducer. Before the new era of Industrial
expansion the German states raised food
enough for their own consumption, and a
surplus for export, but now they are de
pendent upon foreigners. In the last 100
years the German population has grown
from 30.000.000 to 56,000.000 souls, and agri
cultural products have nearly quadru
pled, but the higher standard of living
demands more for each individual than
formerly. Besides this, several large'
crops are diverted from the sustenance
of the people. Nearly the whole of the
barley crop goes into beer, potatoes and
corn aro largely turned Into alcohol, and
the best lands are given to beets, the
sugar made from which Is exported. Vast
importations have become necessary to
Germany, as also to England. Germany'!
position, however. Is worse than that of
England, since In case of war with Rus
sia and France the former would xut off
the food supply by land on one side and
the latter on the other side, while the
fleets of both would combine to shut oft
Germany's sea-borne food supply,
France's navy" is stronger than the Ger
man navy, and England's is stronger than
both put together. The foreign commerce,
upon which German Industries now so
largely depend, is also likely to be swept
away In case of war, so that great dis
tress may be apprehended from war with
a power of the first class. The remedy,
say the agrarians, is to turn some part ot
the capital, brains and brawn now going
into manufacturing to the Improvement ot
German agriculture, to the purchase oi
fertilizers and to the discovery of new
xneanr of adding nitrogen to the soil.
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AGRICULTURE IN CHINA.
Too Primitive as Tet to Create a
Market for American Machinery.
In the recent Consular reports, the Con
sul at Chln-Klang writes of agricultural
conditions in China, with reference to the
sale of American machinery. He says
that there are no implement-dealers there,
conditions not warranting them. -He then
goes on to explain the agricultural meth
ods of the Chinese.
Farming Is not carried on In a large way.
as farms ranging from half an acre to Ave
acres constitute the large and small hold
ings. It Is clear they do not require reap
ers, mowers, threshing machines or steam
plows. The Chinese dead seem to have
pre-emption rights over all the hills and
hllls'Ides, leaving only the plains and val
leys to the living. Even these are en
croached upon by the coffins of past gen
erations. The people build dikes of mud. Inclosing,
say, half an acre each, often making them
from three to six feet high, to receive and
retain the Spring rains. Into the water
they go men. women and children and
work until their little farm Is planted in
rice. Most of their time after the Spring
rains are over Is spent in treading the
carrier pumps or bringing water and pour
ing Jt on the rice plants until the harvest
time comes. No doubt hoes, rakes, shov
els and cheap hand rlce-hullers would find
a market, for American Implements are
as far ahead of what they use as a dia
mond is superior to a sandstone.
The localities where wheat or barley is
raised have farms about the sane size.
The plow is a light affair made of a crook
ed stick, with a steel point fastened to It.
and Is pulled by a water buffalo, a kind
of half-breed between Texan cattle and
the 'Western buffalo. Because he loves to
wallow in the water, with his nose, eyes
and ears above the element, he is called
water buffalo. When he Is used for plow
ing, they attach a rope to the machine and
slip a loop around his neck.- Being pow
erful, and the plowing being shallow, he
pulls the plow with the rope on only one
side. They plant wheat Just aa we would
plant corn: they do not sow it As It be
gins to show above ground, they gather
up all the human excrement they can, mix
it with water and scatter It over the grow
ing grain or vegetables to force their
growth. "
When harvest time comes, men and
women take a blade inserted in a short
handle at an angle of about 45 deg. and
proceed to cut the grain, bind it carefully
and carry It to the threshing floor near
their buildings. This floor Is a hard-beaten
spot of ground about 30 feet In diam
eter. The water buffalo, muzzled and at.
tached to a stone roller, tramps and rolls
the grain out of the ear. After the thresh
ing Is done they throw wheat and chaff
In the air and allow the wind to blow the
chaff away. When the wheat Is thus win.
nowed they gather It up, put It Into bags
and pound what they need for use In a
stone mortar.
He thinks scythes, small hand-threshers
fanning mills anU some cheap apparatus
for grinding would And a large market in
time.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
THE PORTLAND.
Jiw 2? Alexander, J3 FjDr A Mrs A C Walker.
H S Smith, city Greenfield. Mats
E C Martin. Tacoma IE II Lewis. Chicago
8 A Kennedy, Cans- IMr & Mrs W C CorrelL
Tllle. Ina Chicago
A n Jacobs, Oregon COD 8toessa 4 wf, 8?
C G Jacobs. Orecon C
Mr H E Smith, Water-
i j uiienneimer, B V
Frank V Church. S F
R B Kills. San Fran
town, X
Harriet Smith, do
Mrs R P Flower. N T
Miss H Johnson. N T
J L Taylor. Water
town. IC T
Wm 8 Wallace. Boston
Lee Reinhart, St Louis
E M O-Brien. Chlca.ro
Fred I Monsen. ban Ft
Mrs J L Taylor, da
u u Tree. Boston
L Wacenhelmcr,
Brooklyn. N r
L A Fease. Denver
J Stuart. San F-rn
airs u f erton. Z en
& 2 maids, Spokane
Whir Southard. St L
III C Lewis. San Fran
Mr & Mrs F P Kendall.
Astoria
Mr & Mrs Cutting.
I Oakland. Cal
J L Dowltns. Tacoma
G W Dorman. St Paul
G D Hurst. New Tork
M H Kern. Denver
E H McKee & w. Sac
ramento. Cal
A O Jacobs. Orecon C
W A Lawson A v.lfe,
Victoria. B C
J II Hero. Boston
Fred S Davis, San Fr
m Silverman. r Y
C F Adams. Denver
D Goodman. San rr JMrs Q Lownsdale. Sa
Alfred G Stein. N T
lem
Mrs n B SInnott.Ds.lIei
Geo K Burton. San Fr
John M Burke. Rich Cr
J H Colburn. N T
Fred W G wrnne. Ba-
kersneld. Cal
Thos Doyle. Tacoma
Jas A Fullerton. Van
couver. B C
3 H Goldman. San Fr
P J Torney, San Fran
Cbas F Morse. Kan Cr
Utlli ADDOlt. Boston
F A Falkenburc.Denvr
Frank Bailey, Denver
THE TERKINS.
S G Clark, llwaco ID J Collins. Indp. Of
Mrs S G Clark. IlwacojW R Steele, city
Miss Haiel Clark, do ID McDonald a wife.
S Manning-. Colfax 1 Marshland
Chas Hill. Tacoma jA Chrlstenson. city
A McDoueall. Tacoma
Mrs Mary Pickett.
u ti jreaicel, Harris
burr. Or
lirass valley
Wm Holder, Mora
Ben Dlttmer. Baker
W M Sprlne-cr. Oales-I
ourr. Tenn
W Miller. Sookane
1 8 H Hays, Quaruburc
Mrs W Miller. Spokanl
F McBroom. SDokant i
J u Aiken, lloseburg
Mrs M M Hawkins, ll
waco. Wash
Mrs J Babler. llwaco
D W Ralston. Mayvllle
E 8 Gordon. San Jose
E 8 Moulton. do
J F Rice, Harrlbre. Or
jura m n H.OCO, mils-
boro. Or
W J Mauley. Ontario
Mrs W J Manler. do
II Manley. Neapord.
Ontario
Mrs H Manley. do
Henry MarcotL. Astoria
k 11 i-oiiaro. opokane
Chas Redmond. Chgo
P H Tynan. Salem
L F Ruzenstein. liosc-
burr. Or
E B Tongue. Hlllsboro
H L Bsardman, Mc-
Mlnnvllle, Or
Edith Passport. Coos D
E P Kenron. Chicago
O H Fllhlan. Chicago
Miss Mary F Kllburn.
Oskaloosa, la
Lillian Francis Kit
bum. Oskaloosa, la
S W Brunt. Iowa
Mrs S W Brunt, do
Thos F Baylls. Omaha
P J Koeuer. Dalles
8 H Koeuer. Dalles
O L Baker. Mcillnnvlll
D J McFall. Henrner
Wm Bornton. San Jose
uiss u it cox. San
Rouen
Mrs E Nlcol. Winnipeg
Mrs u isicoi. do
A McLeod. Snokan
Jas W RamiR. S F
u D uramwood. Kesltl
Mrs C D Bra.mirood.d3
Mrs B L Bernard, do!
jonn uiew. Tacoma
Mrs John Blew, do
C F Boyd. San Fran
W F Lewis. Tacoma
F 8 Stewart. Kelso
J R Upson. St Paul
M F Hardesty. Astoria
B L Lewis. Orecon Cy
si Keanatn, spoicn
W M Rasmus. Aero
Dramatlc Co
I Bess L Parsons. Denver
THE IMTEIUAL.
C W. Knowles. Manager.
n n Parson. Seattle
Carroll V.arf Orsdall,
W W Walls. St Louis
A M Alexander, Che
halls A D Willis, San Fran
Mrs Willis. San Fran
E M Cederberg, city
Mrs Cederberg. city
Theo Werner. New Yk
D S Richards. Spokan
E A Sealer, cltv
rcnaieion
R C Peck, Ashland
D W Bird. St Paul
A M King. St Paul
F Jewell. San Fran
Edwd L Canon, Seatti
R G Ross, St Louis
I N Sullivan. Halley.
Idaho
T II Adams, Torest Gr
A B Leckenby. Rainier
airs Adams, rarest Gt
Mrs Sommervllle, As
toria W E Bunker. Los Angl
David R McGlnnlea, cl
Paul
C D Knox, San Fran
Geo H Callahroode,
Canyon City. Or
P Donan, city
John Adams. Lewlston
E 11 Ltbby. Lewlston
l. u Hrooks, Chicago
J Q Wilson. Salem
F P Kendall. Astoria
Miss Barton. San Josci
w A Lawson. Victoria
Mrs Lawson. Vane DC;
r k. warren, warren'
ton. Or
Alt R Kelly. San rr
F L Bingham. S F
Mrs Annie Hawkins.
Toledo. Or
THE ST. CHARLES.
C H Wilson. Meade.Pal
F M Falea. Pales' Ldj
L C Stone. Valley city
W G Rhude. Gray's It
I G Wlckstrom. Kala-
ma, Waah
John CriRIn, Kalama
Volmer Nelson. LaCntr
j it iicivnicni. st u
D L Clo-ase. Rainier
Frank Huston. Vancvr!
J M Fisher, Callln
C Hllbert.
do
Wm Stanke,
Chas Stanke.
Joseph Stanke,
H Honny.
E Sparks.
do
do
do
I II Stephens. Salem
R L Dorman. Salem
do
do
A Jones. Kalama
Riley Smith. Kalama
E D Mulkey. Phllomth
J L Hemback. do
J W Hernback. StPolnt
R H Mason. Salem
R A Sauna, Seattle
F Relciaa. Seattle
J Vlnlng. Seattle
Geo Martin. Eagle ClSJLon Haddle. do
A Gustafson. do
B Nllson. Earls Cliff
John H Davis. Taylor
W A Stone. Dalles
C D Marble. Mt Pleas
ant William Horace, do
a A Ttarton. Los Atrial
J O Herford. Hals. Mo
Mrs Herford. aa
H U Shaw, do
Hotel Donnelly, Tncoms.
European plan: headquarters for com
mercial men, Chllbergs restaurant in
connection. . '
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Work hat been begun on the Canso and
Louleburg Railway In Nova Scotia.
THE DEMOCRATIC ISSUES
COMMITTEEMAN JOHXSOX FORE
CASTS Kansas crrr platform
He Believes Bryan's Kame Will Be
the Only One 'Presented to the
Convention.
PEABODT, Kan.. April a. Hon. 3. G.
Johnson, Democratic Committee man for
Kansas and vice-chairman of the Demo
cratic National Executive Committee, to
day, in response to a telegram from the
New York Journal, propounding five ques
tions relating to the coming campaign,
telegraphed that paper as follows:
"On what issues will the Democrats
go into the fight for Presidentr
"Answer Denunciation ot the money
trust with its policy of currency contrac
tion by the retirement of greenbacks and
the establishment ot the gold standard; de
nunciation of the Republican abandonment
of the Republic and the inauguration of
the Empire with colonialism and militar
ism and carpet - bagglsm and
world alliances rampant; denun
ciation of commercial and in
dustrial trusts and monopolies, the out
growth of McKlnley tariffs and the foster
children of McKlnleyism, past, present and
future; for tariff revision and Democratic
officials to crush the trusts; demand for
Income tax, that ho who has may rfiaro
the Governmental burdens with he who
must have, and demand that interstate
corporation employes be protected by Na
tional legislation from coercion, blacklist
ing and kindred outrages.
"Question 3 "What change, if any, will
be made in the plaltorm of l95r
"Answered above.
"Question 3 'If Dewey runs aa an In
dependent candidate for President, what
effect will tils candidacy have on the
Democratic partyr
"Difficult to estimate. Am certain Mr.
Bryan will be elected anyway.
"Question "What do you think Bryan's
vote will be on the first ballot at Kansas
Cltyr
"Think no name but Mr. Bryan's will bo
presented to the Kansas City Convention,
and that he will be nominated by acclama
tion. x
"Question 6 "Who is your choice for
Vlce-Presldentr
"I have no present choice for Vice
President. Any good man who is an ideal
Democrat: one who Insist that this shall
be a Government of and by the people
and not dominated by influences which uto
the Government to help them traffic in
the necessities of the common people will
twit me and the allied forces which ex
pect to elect Mm."
DEWET IS nCSITATIPfG.
Watching- Political Develop-
Bat
xnents Closely.
NEW YORK. April 2L A special dls.
patch to the Herald from Washington
says:
Admiral Dewey is hesitating about
issuing his political statement. Men close
to the Admiral are urging him to speak
and to speak promptly, while others are
impressing upon him the value ot the rule,
"Silence is golden."
Admiral Dewey Is Inclined to regard this
rule with favor and to believe this is not
the time for him to talk. His mall and
his callers assure him that his candidacy
is progressing favorably. What Is there
for hlm'to gain, he asks himself, by Issu
ing a statement?
Admiral Dewey thinks the time to act
is when an emergency arises. He is clcsely
watching political developments In the sev
eral states. His friends are keeping him
advised of the situation, and are actively
trying to break 'the Bryan forces In hit
behalf. The Admiral is particularly In
terested in Georgia and Texas. If the del.
egates in those states can be sent to Kan
sas City without Instructions or with In
structions to vote for the Admiral, the
latter believes the Bryan South will be
transformed into the Dewey South.
Admiral Dewey's friends are somewhat
disappointed over the failure of ex
Presldent Cleveland to mention him either
directly or Indirectly In his letter of re
grot to the Thomas Jefferson dinner of the
Brooklyn Democratic Club. Mr. Cleveland
Is recognized as favorable to the Admiral's
candidacy, and some of the Dewey men
think he might have given Impetus to the
Dewey boom by Inserting some reference
to the Admiral's candidacy.
There Is reason to believe that had Mr.
Cleveland made some pleasant reference
to the Admiral's candidacy, the statement
of Dewey's political views would have
been Immediately forthcoming. The Ad
miral's friends are anxious. If It be de
termined to make the statement, that It
shall be issued at a happy moment.
SEW NAME FOR THE PARTY.
Lincoln Republicans Is the Title As.
sumed or the SUverltes.
MINNEAPOLIS. April ZL Anonunee
ment of a chance In the title of the Sil
ver Republican party was made today In
a document setting forth the party plat
form. Issued by Executive Agent Corser.
Lincoln Republicans are to succeed the
Free-Silver Republicans, and the Natlon.il
Silver-Republican party is to .give way to
the Lincoln Republican party. The trans,
fer Is to take place at Kansas City, July
4, when the National conventions of tho
Free-Silver Republicans and Democrats
aro In session.
E. S. Correr. who lsn-ft thA m,nif..(.
has nntA In tht vtnl- nt .m-ti i.,
-- - ...- ...w.j ut uuiMm micr-
meuiary oetween tne .National organlza-
ttons of the various nnll-ReriiMin. ,,
believes that the r-mt nf tUm ..-.if
lnary work accomplished by the Lincoln
..ci.uuui.-oji .iveajjue wm icaa to adoption
at Kansas Cltj in the Silver Republicans'
Platforms of the nlnnlt. vhloh ,-- i
ready been formulated, glorifying Lin-
coin s memory ana incidentally excoriat
ing President McKlnley and his Adminis
tration and predicting the nomination of
Bryan and Towne by the Democratic con
vention. Rivers In South Africa.
Fortnightly Review.
South Africa is a curious country, full
of climatic and topographical surprises.
The writer's first experience of a South
African river In flood occurred on the
banks of the Fish River, when, suddenly,
a trickling stream of water, meandering
like a thread between tall krantzes ot
cliffs, was changed and replaced by a
rushing swirl of water leaping up foot by
foot to the height of 30 feet. To a stran
ger the banks or a torrential South Afri
can river appear abnormally high, espe
cially If he has only obtained his Ideas of
a river-god who. like old Father Thames.
Is carefully curbed and restrained In a
flat, alluvial country and flows gently
among pastures and meadows. These
African river banks are like huge trenched
furrows Intersecting the veldt, and marked
by a thicker growth of mimosas and wil
lows, the haunt. It rrfay be, of bushbuck
and gulnen fowl. Used as a defense In
warfare, these banks and krantzes are
Ideal places. The very uncertainty, too,
as to when such a river as the Tugela
may be In flood Is embarrassing to the
attacking party. Far up In the Drakens
berg a thunder storm may have taken
place, and what these South African
thunder storms are Is realized only by
those who have been caught In them.
They aro like great cloudbursts, when the
pent-up brooding heat of the veldt seems.
to culminate la a supreme convulsion of
nature. Sometimes thero Is a. hall storm,
and the whirl of the tempest Is increased
by the rush through the air of sharp.
Ice-laden messengers which strip the
leaves of the mimosa tree bare, penetrate
the fleshy leaves of the prickly pear, and
pierce through the corrugated Iron roofs
like bullets. If caught In f he open veldt
the rider had best take off his saddle and
protect his head and face by holding It
over them for protection.
But the after effect of the storm is soon
manifest along the countless runnels and
How to Find Out
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand 24 hours; a sedi
ment or settling Indicates an unhealthy
condition of the kidneys; if it stains the
linen, it is evidence of kidney trouble; too
frequent desire to pass It or pain In the
back is also convincing proof that the
kidneys and bladder are out of order.
"WHAT TO DO.
There Is comfort In the knowledge so
often expressed, th'at Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy, fulfills
every wish In curing rheumatism, pain In
the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every
part of the urinary passage. It corrects
inability to bold water and scalding pain
in passing it, or bad effects following use
of liquor, wine or beer, and.overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled
to go often during the day and to get up
many times during the night. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Swamp
Root Is soon realized. It stands the high
est for Its wonderful cures of the most
distressing cases. It you need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug
gists In 50-cent and it sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery and a book that tells
more about It, both sent absolutely free
by mall. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blcg
hampton, N. Y. When writing, mention
that you read this generous offer in The
Sunday Oregonlan.
"slults" of the hills and sloping ground.
They are filled" at once with water on
every side, and In a million ways, a sys
tem of swift surface drainage comes Into
operation. Tributary upon tributary has
tens to the main channel, and presently a
yellow flood a perfect "Taurlformls Au
fldua" Is going seaward. The Tugela Is
In flood, but you may not have known or
seem a single thunder cloud down where
you are, and the sole premonitory sign ot
the avalanche Is the echoing rush heard
far up the kloofs. It is a maxim In South
African traveling that It you come to a
river you cross It at once If you can. and
"outspah" the further side. For In the
very Interval of a meal the sweep of the
waters may come and the channel be im
passable. The water subsides quickly, as
It is gathered not from the slow and reg
ular action of springs or fountain, or even
from the gradual-meltlng'of Alpine snows,
but almost entirely from sudden rains.
MARRIED OR SINGLE?
Is a Wife a Handicap to a Career or
Otherwise?
Chicago Times-Herald.
Not long ago a young man who had the
good fortune to be born rich and who
has since been sent to Congress from a
Tammany district In New York declared,
or Is alleged to have declared, that, when
a man married he ended his career. Mr.
William Astor Chandler, the gentleman to
whom this declaration Is attributed, is
not married, and It would seem, therefore,
that what he has to say concerning the
advantages or disadvantages that follow
matrimony is hardly worth considering
seriously. But a discussion has been start
ed concerning the subject, and people who
have had experience In wedlock are being
drawn Into the controversy.
Of course, Kipling Is quoted. Those
who look upon marriage as a bar to prog
ress find a text in his lines entitled,
"Without Hnndlcap" in "The Story of the
Gadsbys." where he sings:
White hands cling to the tightened rein.
Slipping theaspur from the booted heel,
Tcndercst voices cry, "Turn again,"
Red lips tarnish the scabbarded steel;
High hopes faint on a warm hearthstone
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
This, however, is not the only note that
Kipling sounds against woman. We nil
remember how In "The Vampire" he holds
her up to scorn and defecates the influ
ence she. has upon mauV Indeed, there is
very little -of Kipling's poetry that Is not
given over In some degree to belittling
woman or picturing her as a being who Is
morally deficient. Whether this fact is or
is not responsible for the "virility" some
people find in Kipling's work, doesn't
matter. He is a little god without a
pedestal now, and his opinion la robbed of
weight, anyway.
If Brlgham H. Roberts were to Join
young Mr .Chandler In the opinion that
marriage Is a handicap to the man who
would succeed It might be reasonable to
glvo him serious attention. But he has
not rendered an opinion of that kind.
Now, what proofs have they to offer
who contend that marriage blocks the way
to greatness? Who and where are tho
striking geniuses that have been robbed ot
Immortality by their wives? Why don't
they como out and explain what they
might have been If they had never mar
ried? How are people to know that mar
riage is a handicap unless It can be proved
in some way that married men who are
now unknown would, if they had remained
single, be getting Interviewed by report
ers occasionally?
Certainly the numbers of bachelors
among the World's great men either of the
past or of the present would not be suf
ficient to warrant such a conclusion as
Congressman Chandler la reported to have
formed. Here, for Instance. Is a table
which will show at a glance whether matrl.
mony Is ending the careers of ambitious
Americans or not:
MARRIED OR WID-
OWEI13.
President McKlnley.
ItACIIELniLI.
IDavl.l D. 1I11L
imam Astor Chin-
lcr.
Hobsnn. iWe for
All members of his
cabinet.
.All members of the
get his other name
Supreme Court.
Alt United States Sen
ators. About BO per cent of
tne Representatives.
All or nearly all Gov
ernors 'of states.
Commanding General
of the arznr.
Admiral of the navy
twice).
All the promlnentbusl-
nesa men.
All the great physi
cians.
Nearly everbody else
wortn knowing.
A good many years ago Ralph Waldo
Emerson wrote:
No young man can be cheated out ot an hon
orable career In life unless he cheats himself.
We are disposed to believe that Emer
son knows more about It than Mr. Chan
dler dots, even though the former might
not have been able to get elected to the
position ot justice court bailiff In a Tarn,
many district. The man who blames hlj
wife because he Isn't great should ba
watched. Ho Is probably depriving tho
baby of much that it Is supposed to be
getting from the nursing bottle.
The Times-Herald's heart Is In tho right
place, but its citations cannot be accepted
as conclusive. Both Oregon Senators, for
example, are bachelors.
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The Flood Situation.
MERIDIAN. Miss.. April a. The flood
situation seems little Improved. It Is
thought the aggregate loss to railroads
will amount to more than J1.000.OCK. There
is little prospect ot a resumption of traffic
over the five roads centering here before
Monday or Tuesday. The large streams
south ot here continue to rise. Jackson
Is threatened with a water famine, as the
water works pumping station has been
flooded.
Henry White on a Leave.
WASHINGTON, yiprll 2L-It was said at
the State Department today that Mr.
White, of the United States Embassy at
London, sailed today from Southampton
for New York, on leave of absence from
his post.
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Boole Scorchers.
St. Nicholas.
Those of our young readers who know
how much wholesome fun and profit there
may be 'In sensible bicycle riding are also
aware, that there Is a class of riders known
by the slang name "scorchers." Frank R.
Stockton "recently applied the word to
those readers whose idea ot literary ac-
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This Assertion Is Borne Out by Published Testimonials From Thou
sands of Cured Patients. Avoid Dangerous Cure-Alls, and
Get Individual Treatment Under the Cope
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We have repeatedly called, the at
tention of the public to the many
different kinds and staires ot ca
tarrh, the symptoms characteristic
of cachklnd, and the method, of
treatment required In each form
and stage.
We have made a Itfelonir study
of catarrh In Its various forms and
stances, and have mapped out a line
of treatment peculiar to each form
and stna-e that cannot fall to cure
If the patient vrlll dally do his part
and use the treatment faithfully.
The jtrouble Is that some patients
Trill not follow up their treatment
continuously and systematically, as
The cost of treatment at the Copeland Medical Institute for any Chronic ailment or
. malady Is at the rate of $5.00 PER MONTH. This fee includes all medicines,
and the constant and watchful care of all patients to a final cure.
Sir. John Llndstrom, Mount Tabor
I was a sufferer from catarrh for years.
It destroyed my hearing and broke down
my health completely. I could not eat a
mouthful of food without suffering pain
Mr. John Llndstrom, Mount Tabor,
Cured ot a Serious Case of Ca
tarrh. and distress. People had to shout right
Into my ears to make me hear. I had no
strength, but was a weak, almost use
less Invalid, unable to work or enjoy life.
Thanks to the skillful treatment of Drs.
Copeland and Montgomery, I am now as
well as any man can be. My hearing Is
also greatly Improved.
Mr. J. A. Gavltt, Waltsbnrg. Wash.
I had catarrh all my life, with a dis
charge from the left ear. Four years ago
I had grip, and grew rapidly worse. My
head and ears were stopped up. I was
short of breath, and had smothering and
choking spells. I had no appetite. What
I did eat caused bloating, soreness and
distress In tho stomach. I could not
sleep. My nervous system seemed com-
Fletely shattered. I sent to the Copeland
nstltute for a symptom blank and took
a course of treatment. Now I am In per
fect health. I consider the home treat
ment a Godsend to all the sick who live
at a distance from Portland.
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at a distance from the city. If you cannot come 'to the office, write for Home Treatment Symptom
Blank and Book and be cured at home.
THE COPELAND MEDICAL
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J. II. MONTGOMERY. M. D.
compllshment Is to run through aa many
books as possible In as little time as may
be. and to keep up th!e task as long as
they can.
There Is no truth In the report that the
Sultan of Turkey or any other potentate
has offered a purse of gold pieces and a
priceless ruby ring to the boy or girl who
shall read the most booka In the shortest
time, and with the least Idea of what they
contain. Neither has any unlverrfty or
other learned Institution given notice that
It will present to uch misled young people
the degree of B. S. "Book Scorcher." The
real B. S. degree Is given for acquirement!
of a different sort, and means Bachelor
of Science, as you know.
The pages of a good book should be con
sidered a ore from a gold mine to be
carefully examined until every little nug
ge.t Is fourd and secured.
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Ladies' HomeJournaL
While the actress Is on the stage her
maid has carefully laid out the gown that
Is to be put on, with all 1W acccssor.'co.
The dresses are made with a view to celcr-
ECZEMA
This most aggravating and tormenting; of all skin diseases is caused by aa acid condition of
the blood, and unless relieved throuch certain instrumentalities too much
ussKrjsMa - Ml
inflammation, but cannot reach the disease. Only S. S. a. the real blood medicine, can do this.
S. S. S., the only pnrely vegetable remedy known, is a safe and permanent cure for Eczema and all deep-seated blood and
skin troubles. It goes direct to the seat of the disease, neutralizes the acids nd cleanses the blood, re-inforccs and invigorates
all the organs, and thus clears the system of all impurities through the natural channels ; the skin relieved, all inflammation
SUDSsaes, ana ail sigus oi mc disease disappear.
Mrs. Lefa M. Hoffmin, of Cardlngton, Ohio, says she was afflicted with Scrnfnlotu sores snd Eczema
from birth. Her fsce st thnes became to badly swollen that sbr was sot xeeornl.ible. snd her liratm
and bssds were very sore. She wss treated far sll the doctors in town without Xriog Denentted. and io
her researches for relief, was told by sn old physician to Uhe S. S. S. Sbe fotlosed bis adncr and was
promptly cured, and bas never bad a return of the disease. This iras seventeen years aso. She sincerely
believes sbe would have been in oer grave years ago but for S. S S sad adds, " what it ba done for me
It will do for others." '
Send for onr book on Blood and Skin Diseases, and writeour tihvsiciansfallv about
; they will cheerf ally give any iaformatioa or advice wanted. We make no charge for
they should, for experience teaches
us this Is the only way catarrh
can be permanently cared.
The most difficult form of catarrh
to cure la dry catarrh, the opposite
of hypertrophic or discharging- ca
tarrh. The mucous lining mem
brane ot the nose and throat Is dry
and parched, nnd there are frequent
agnnlzlng neuralgic headaches,
both In the front and baclc portions
of the head, with a stinging, aching
pain In the throat. Ttfere Is little
or no secretion, the month Is often
parched and dry, and the tongue
fissured and sore. The muscles of
the baclc part of the neck often feel
sore nnd stiff, and pains flit at times
through the chest to the shoulder-
flit
Mrs. L. H. Clarke, Gresham, Or.
The Copeland physicians cured me of
rheumatism and deafness, from which I
had suffered for many years. I am 63
years of age, and consider my cure little
short of a miracle, and never fall to glvo
the Copeland physicians the praise they
so richly deserve.
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DEKUM. THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS
OFFICE HOURS From O A. M. to 13
EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays.
Ilty. Hardly, anything Is left to be fastened
on. Knots of ribbon, draped sashes, piecen
of Jewelry, even corsage bouquets, are at
I tached beforehand. In case there Is not a
j minute to spare. A very modish and com
plete evening gown with everything be
I longing to It may be a slnglQ construction
j The maid Inspects it carefully to see that
II t Is In complete good order, and deposit!
It on a chair. Close by she places the
I chocs, stockings and. whatever of millinery
I is to be worn. When the actrera comes In
she Is deftly relieved of the gown which
' the audience ha last seen her In. Next
I she sits before her mirror, and. If there
Is need of great hcrte. makes whatever
rearrangement of hair or headdress Is ne
cessary while the maid takes off the
shoes and stockings. Under the latter are
different ones already on. By the t'me
that the second pair of choes are buttoned
the coiffure Is readjusted. Then the no
trras stands up and the new dress la ad
justed In a jiffy. If the change has had
to be made while an act Is In prosrees It
I may havo occupied no more than five or
six minutes, uut tnat us exceptional. II
done between acts, with 10 minutes al
of this acid poison reaches the skin and it becomes red and inflamed. The itching and burning are
almost unbearable, especially when overheated from any cause. The skin seems on fire, sleep or rest is
impossible, the desperate sufferer, regardless of conseauences, scratches until strength is exhausted.
This burning, itching humor appears sometimes in little pustules, discharging a sticky fluid, which
forms crusts and scales. Again the skin is dry. hard and fissured, itches intensely, bleeds and scabs over.
This is a painful and stubborn form of the disease.
While Eczema, Tetter, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum and many like troubles are spoken of as diseases of
the skin, they are really blood diseases, because
THERE CAM BE MO EXTERNAL IRRITATION
WITHOUT AM INTERNAL CAUSE.
If the blood is in a-pure, healthy condition, no poisonous elements can reach the skin.
External applications of washes, lotions and salves sometimes mitiiraie the it rhino- orwl cn,- u
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blades. The patient breathes freely
through the nostrils, and, because
of the absence of secretion and the
fact that people have been brought
to believe that catarrh consists
merely of hawking and spitting, It
Is difficult to make one understand
that he has catarrh.
This Is the form of catarrh that
causes such serrere Inroads on the
general system. The septnm of the
nose Is often entirely eaten through,
the eyesight and hearing either Im
paired or entirely destroyed, the
voice lost, lungs filled with cavi
ties, the stomach inflamed and ul
cerated, and the whole system wast
ed away by failure of 'digestion and
assimilation.
Mr. W. F. Helm, 345 Market street,
Portland- am 66 years old. I had suf
fered from catarrh and a discharge from
the left ear for 60 years. I was almost
totally deaf. At times I could not hear
Mr. W. F. Helm, 345 Market Street,
Portland, Cared of Distracting
Head Noises.
anything at nil. I was annoyed with
constant noises In my head, like tho
roaring of a thousand waterfalls. Drs.
Copeland and Montgomery cured mc.
Ilev. T. It. A. Scllwood, a well
known rector ot the Episcopal Church, re
siding at Mllwaukle My case was a
very severe one. dating back 20 years.
I suffered severely with my head. Grad
ually my hearing failed. When I began
treatment I was very deaf. Today I hear
as well as any man could my hearing
has been perfectly restored.
I Mr. John Hcdmoml. McMlnnvlllc.
I Or. I had suffered with catarrh and
! stomach trouble for years. I took a
' course of treatment with Drs. Copeland
' ?nd Montgomery, and they cured, me. I
. navo oeen enjoying gooa neaun ever
I since.
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lowed to It. the job has no appearance
of furious speed, eo thoroughly Is It pre
arranged. i i
De Gnstlbus.
There Is no accounting for tastes.
"Iron may be good for some folks
blood." remarked the worm as the angler
stuck the book In him. "but I know It will
be the death cf me."
And yet the fish that got the Iron a lit
tle later was simply carried away with It.
Catholic- Standard and Times.
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Won by Derkelej.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal.. April
21. The ninth annual Intercollegiate meet
was won by the University ot California.
Score: University of California, SO; Stan
ford, 37.
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British exports at present according to
tho Board of Trade return? tctal S00.CO9,
0C0: while those of France are 4CO.0Oi),.
exactly half the exports of Britain.
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Thfr evictions In Ireland of the past year
were only 454. the lowest In 33 years.
SATAN W
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this. Address, Sm$cWcC, Atlanta. Sfc
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