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THE STODAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. MAY 6, 1900. PRAISE FOR OTIS McKinley Records His High Appreciation. THE GENERAL SAILS FOR HOME Warships at Manila Saluted as He Took HIa Departure The Cam paign in. the Islands. "WASHINGTON. May 5. Tne order Is sued by the "War Department yesterdiy relicving General Otle of the command of the division of the Philippines and as signing General MacArthur thereto con cludes as follows: "On completion of the transfer of the command, Major-General Otis, Accom panied by his authorized aids, will repair to San Francisco, Cal., reporting upon arrival to the Adjutant-General United States Army for the further orders of the Secretary of War. Major-General Otis id relieved from command only in compli ance with his own expressed wish. The President directs that this order record hie high appreciation of that officer's dis tinguished and successful service in the Philippine Islands in both civil and mili tary administration. They entitle him to gratitude and honor from his country "EL.IHU ROOT, , "Secretary of War." General MacArthur, in addition to his duties as commander, will exercise the authority of Military Governor of 'the Philippine Islands. SAILED FOR HOME. General Otis Tamed Over His Com mand to General MncArthnr. MANILA, May 5. The United States transport Meade sailed for the United States at 5 o'clock this afternoon, with Major-General Otis and two Aids-de-Camp on board. The warships in port fired a Major-General's salute as the steamer raised her anchor. The Governor's launch left the palace at 4 o'clock, carrying Gen eral Otis and General MacArthurs staffo to the Meade. The Twentieth and Four teenth Infantry were drawn up ashore in front of the city wall at "present arms," and the bands played "Auld Lang Sync," while the shore battery saluted. During the morning the Supreme Court Judges and many officers called at the palace to bid farewell to General Otis, who kept at work with his accustomed energy until the moment of leaving. Since the beginning of the insurrection. General Otis has kept at his desk from early morning until midnight. He has 'never been seen on the Luneta like the other officers, and only two or three times has he been seen in society, and these occa sions were semi-official receptions. The General leaves the Army admirably or ganized, provisioned and clothed. Colonel Hardin's expedition recently landed two companies of the Twenty ninth Infantry on the Island of Marin duque. The troops have already taken four towns without opposition, the few armed insurgents encountered taking to the mountains. Leaving one company to garrison the Island, the expedition pro ceeded to Masbatc. The cable to the Southern Islands is broken, and the details of the recent fight ing are not obtainable at present. IN SOUTHERN LUZON. Report on Lientenant Gibbons' Ex- pedltion. ' "WASHINGTON. May 5. The Navy Te partment has made public a report from Lieutenant J. H. Gibbons, attached to the Brooklyn dated Cavit. March 4. upon an j expedition conducted by him. in the south i ol Liuzon, in me tuner pun ui rcuiuaij last, which resulted In the release of 522 prisoners, mostly Spaniards, who had been held by the Filipinos for many months. According to the report. Lieutenant Gib Ijons was placed In command of the United States transport General Alava. with a detail of officers and men from the Brooklyn on the 25th of February, and pro ceeded to the vicinity of San Narc'so, Gulf of Ragay. at the southern extremity ot Luzon, In search of these prisoners. Oft Gulnayaban. some of the prisoners who had escaped came aboard, reporting that 36 Spanish prisoners who were disabled had been left by the insurgents at that town and the remainder of the prisoners, including some Americans, were being car ried to Plrls. The Alava at once made for Plrls and landed a party of 20 marines under com mand of Lieutenant Brown, U. S. M. C, at the head of the bay. The insurgent guard fled and the prisoners were re leased and brought aboard the ship. There were among them 10 Americans. 72 Spanish officers, one accompanied by his wife; 17 priests. 21 merchants, four Filipinos, four Spanish soldiers. Including the wife of one. There was a good deal of hardship con nected with the expedition and L'eutenant Glbbonp' report states that he cannot speak too enthusiastically of the energy and zeal shown by the men. AQTED WITHIN HIS AUTHORITY. Otis Had Power to Dismiss Officers From the Service. "WASHINGTON. May 5.-Judge Advocate-General Lieber has given an opinion to the Secretary of War to the effect that General Otis, commanding the division of the Philippines, acted fully within his legal authority In ordering the dismissal of Major George W. Kirman, Forty-ninth "Volunteer Infantry, and three other of ficers In execution of pentences ot courts-martial and conviction of violation of various articles of war. This opinion carr.es with It. by implication, the Idea that a state of war exists In the Phil ippine Islands, as otherwise under the Army regulations the General command ing in the field would not have final ju risdiction in a court-martial case liuolv lng the dismissal of an officer of the Army. Philippine Army Chnnjje. WASHINGTON. May 5. Brigadier-General William A. Kobbe. United States Vol unteers, was today relieved as Military Governor of the Province of Albay. Lu zon, and the Islands of Catanduanes. Sa mar and Leyte. and appointed Military Governor of the District of Mindanao and Jolo Archipelago, to the garrisons and troops of which district he was assigned as Commanding General. Brigadier-General James Bell, United States Volunteers, has been appointed Military Governor of the Province of Camarlnes. Aloay and Sarsogan, Luzon, and of the small adjacent Islands In the immediate vlclrlty, and Islands which are north of the San Bernardino Straits. The district will be known as the District of Southeast Luzon. WORLD GROWING BETTER? Eminent Divine Answer Question In the Affirmative. the Dr. Newell Dwight Hlllls. In the Woman's Home Companion. If kings' palaces In the ancient cities were centers of vice from which the con tagion of sin moved out in ever-widening circles until the state died In sympathy with the poisoned heart, now, having ! im-td the Intellect and sweetened the rympaihy of the individual, Christ asks each youth and maiden to hasten the work of cleansing each tenement and slum until ever- city is a center of sweetness and light. For today art, industry, invention, literature, learning and government, all these are captives marching In Christ's triumphal procession up the hill of time The mere statement that eight of the 11 social sins that Gibbon mentions as destroying Rome have been exterminated, poverty, intemperance and the social evil alone remaining, gives hope of a coming era wten happiness and virtue will be ail but urlversaL Chiefly is our gratitude encouraged by the new and Increasing faith in Christianity, as the religion of rymrathy, service and self-sacrifice. As never before the people feel that the secret of progress is the secret of Jesus Christ. Indeed. Christianity has been called "a beiutlful civilization." Setting forth from Bethlehem, it has Journeyed across the cnt!nents. its breath summer, its presence varmth. Its footprints harvests. Today Christianity does not stand upon the cor ners of the streets blowing a trumpet before It It is stealing softly into the human heart, rebuking coarseness and vice and stealing away sorrow and sin. "With a heart full of kindness and sym pathy Christ has entered the earthly scene, and his tears, falling upon man's vices, are slowly dissolving them. GOEBEL MURDER TRIAL. Golden Gave Some Additions to His Former Testimony. FRANKFORT, KyTTMay 5. In the Goe bel trial today, J. B. Matthews testified that the telegrams s!gned by George Denny, of Lexington, and filed Immediate ly after the assassination, were sent to different parts of the state, saying that riots had commenced, and telling the re cipients to send men to Frankfort at once. Duan Sinclair, of the Postal Telegrapn Company, testified that the morning of the assassination he sent telegrams to commanders of two Kentucky regiments which only said, "All right," and were signed by Adjutant-General Collier. Golden gave some additions to his former testimony. Among these was a statement that Culton said the man who klled Goebel was so drunk he could hardly stand up. Another statement was that Caleb Pow ers told him the day of the assassination that the best way to kill Goebel was to start an argument In the Capitol Hotel and kill him there. At the afternoon session. Golden toid ahcut Youtsey getting the key to the Sec retary of State's office from John Powers. John Powers told him two negroes had been brought here to kill Goebel. In cross examination. Golden said that Flnley said that if the contest was not Stopped "Goe bel and his gang would be killed." Golden replied: "I am with you in that that." The wltne&s heard people around the Statehouse say that Goebel would be killed If the contest was not stopped. "When asked If he was not testifying because he had been prom sed immunity. Golden stated that T. C. Campbell said he would do all he could for him. George R. Hemphill, clerk In Secretary Power's office, and also there when Charles Flnley was Secretary of State, followed Golden. He saw Touts2y In the office Saturday before the assassination with a rifle. Youtsey came into the room a minute or two after the shots. Gover nor Taylor came into the room and asked what the trouble was, and when told said: "My God, this Is terrible!" "Witness heard Sheriff Burton (now deceased) threaten to kill Goebel several times. Republican State Treasurer Walter R. Day testified that a few days before the assassination, Youtsey left word for wit ness to come to his office and 6ee him. "When he got there Youtsey told him he could settle the contest for $300. Day asked You'sey how he would settle It, but he decllnea to say. and Day left the room. In cross-examination. Day said he knew nothing of any conspiracy to kill Goebel. The commonwealth rested its case at the conclusion of Day's testimony. After some unimportant testimony in rebuttal, the de fense closed and the court recessed until 7 o'clock to hear arguments. At the conclusion of the motion of "W. H. Culton for ball, tonight. Judge Cantrill denied the application, and the defendant was re manded. . PHILADELPHIA STRIKE. Worlc on Convention Hall May Be Stopped. PHILADELPHIA, May 5. All efforts to compromise the dispute "between the Al lied Building Trades Council and the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners have so far failed. Unless an amicable agreement Is reached it Is expected that the work on the National Republican con vention hall will come to a standstill. By Monday work on the hall will have ad vanced to a stage where painters and plumbers will be necessary. All Journey men in these trades will refuse to go to work unless the Brotherhood carpenters are withdrawn from the Job. There are about 10.000 idle men in the trades today, practically the same as yesterday. Strikers Canse a Rtot. NEW YORK. May 5. The strikers at the Standard Oil Works, at Constable Hook. N. J.. made a determined effort today to prevent men from going to work In their places. A number of shots were fired by the rioters, but no one was hit. The police and deputy sheriffs charged the rioters and used their clubs with -vigor. Two ring leaders were arrested. The Buffalo StrlUe. BUFFALO, May 5. At a meeting of the executive board of the Freight Handlers' Union this morning. President Madgwlck was authorized to go to New York with full power to negotiate with the railroads. Zinc Workers Strike. LA SALLE. Ind., May 5. Six hundred men employed In the zinc factory here struck today for an advance in wages. Posers, Every One. PORTLAND, Oregon. April 24. i wisn you would be kind enough to bubullsh in next Sundays paper providing you know about It there Is a standing reward of 500$ for any man who can eat 1 or 3 quails pur day for 30 days a going I do not rember for certain whether I read It In the po lice gayyett or whether I heard It or not and If It is so please state what Is so great about It I can easly eat 3 a day for 30 days on a bet that would not be a do ing very much. please let me also know what Frank E McDaniels Is goln to do about getlng a new trial, why dont they try him or aault him or send him over the road, please tell me also what muscles a man developes who punches the bag every day. and I would also be very thankfull If you could draw a Illustrations of Fltzslmons or Joe Choynskl's of bag punching and oblidge me a daily reader of your valuable paper yours truly a citizen Boers Vacating Christiana. WARRENTON. May 5. The Boers to day vainly attempted to reach the British new gun with their artillery, but some of the shells from the big gun effectually silenced them. Natives report that the Boers are va cating Christiana, many of them admit ting that the situation is hopeless, and apparently are trekking from Klldam and Wlr.dsorton northward. Baseball at Salt Lake. SALT LAKE. Utah. .May B. The Rio Grande nine, of Salt Luke, defeated Ogden on Walker Field today. There was a large attendance. The score: RHE) RHE Rio Grande.. 5 6 Spgden 2U 6 Batteries Pendergroft and Seare; Hans ford and HenTy. Umpire Griffin. Kesratta Won by Annapolis. ANNAPOLIS. Md., May 5. The Navy won from Yale in 10:10. Southampton, May 5. Arrived Bremen, from .'ew York, for Bremen. TROUT FISHING SCIENCE EXPERIENCE AXD HINTS TO HELP THE ANGLER. If the Troat Sees Yon He "Will Not Pnsh the Actinalntancc Certain Kinds of "Weather Arc Best. Volumes have been written with the trout as the subject. The natural his tory of the fish, the ways of luring him, and, lastly, his preparation for the table, have been descanted upon until It seems as though nothing Is left to be said. And still, as the Spring days come around again the Inspiration- Is renewed and more trout literature Is put upon the world. To those who have been initiated into the art and mystery of trout fishing and are endowed with the proper temperament, there is no other kind of angling which is so engrossing or fascinating. The black bass runs much larger and perhaps puts up a harder fight, ounce for ounce, but its capture does not 6eem to secure such an ardent and enthusiastic following as that of trout. The period of trout fishing Is hi Itself an allurement, coming, as it does, after the long Winter dreariness, grass turning1 green, the shrubs and trees bud ding and the returning song birds calling and twittering on every side. It Is then that the fever waxes in the blood. Tho TTflrttt nrwl tVlA. nw A.te- rv,, rvt KXfTM j quarters and overlooked; the devotees of the trout cult foregather and exchange tales of past successes. What matter If the size and number of the "takes" are a bit exaggerated now and then? Is any body hurt? Does not each tolerantly make due allowance for his brother's poetic license? And is it not all poetry? But there are certain hard facts con nected with trout fishing, as with nil things else. Most of the trout literature deals In balmy Spring days, gentle south erly winds with light cloudy skies days on which the fish are only too eager to be caught and the mastodon of the stream Is a victim of the angler's skill, and the aforesaid angler Is able easily to cast his fly most skillfully Into all the likely places and always goes home with a well-filled basket. Tho actualities of a day's trout fishing are sometimes a trifle different. There are occasions when the day varies slightly from the Ideal one of the trout poets. Sometimes the gray morning turns into a day on which the eun shines bright ly and the wind blow" persistently from the wrong quarter. The fish refuse to rise to tho fly or take tho hum&lc worm. You tramp along the stream, stumble through the bog and underbrush and may hap tear a hole in your waders and drag about a wet foot which later on weighs a ton or thereabout. Possibly your leader catches on a tliorn bush. In some mys terious way. entirely out of the direction of your cast, and must be yanked ana broken to free It: or tho tip snaps, in volving: a long walk back somewhere to get the spare one. The most likely pools yield no sign of trout, but you persist with a sort of dopperatton. recalling tales which you (have heard and read of good catches made after similar experiences, al though you cannot quite recall the like as ever having happened to you. Your better Judgment tells you to quit and go home, but no. you go on doggedly and perhaps eventually you secure an unsophisticated fingerHng which you heartlessly keep "for luck." This gives you saorae encourage ment; you think tho spell may now be broken, and with renewed enthusiasm you plod on further from your base of sup plies. You become tired and careless at last and make little effort to screen your self from the view of the wary Ash; you do not keep your hook well baited, and generally fish in such a way that no trout not afflicted with paresis would consider you for a moment as a serious proposi tion. At length you reluctantly reel up your line, unjohrt your rod and, depart Tho next day "What luck?" Is the in quiry from various confreres of tho gen tle art. Even the most notoriously un skillful and unlucky of there listens to your tale of the day with a look which Implies disparagement of your skill. You wish you hadn't gone Ashing. You are not superstlticus, but for the time you are half ready to believe In "hoodoos." Your piscatorial enthusiasm suffers a temporary eclipse. Bui all thls'doesn't lasta little later ami you are on the banks of the stream again under entirely different conditions from tho dny of your discouragement. The wind is rights the sun is veiled behind a warm gray cloud, there is that nameless some thing in the atmosphere almost a taste of perfume, which to the true angler aya "flsh"-that is unmistakable and never decdves him. There are at most but two or thTeo such days In each Snrlnc. 'but the fisherman knows them when they come, and unhappy Is ho who is then tied to his desk or shop. On such a day as this tho stream Is ap proached. It is not "stocked" water, re plenished each year with thousands of fry to replace the flsh taken by some club ot owners where the trout are tame enough to come at a whistle, but It Is a natural trout stream, with trout In It, which cannot be said of all so-called trout brooks, for many of the best natural waters have been depleted In various ways by poach ers with nets, by "liming," otters, minka and tho destruction of spawn by eels and other fish. Many streams where once excellent fishing could be found have been ruined by the erection on their banks of portable sawmills, whereby the water be comes filled with sawdu. No trout can exist In them, and when onco depleted the Increase later on Is very slow. But. to return to our fishing. It Is too early In the season to hope for much suc cess with the fly, and besides bait fishing with a fly rod and fine tackle is "sporty" enough for most of us. Also very few streams can be fished effectively with the artificial fly. Underbrush, trees, leaving no room for a proper cast, an adverse wind at the most likely spots when the fly cannot be placed where It Is wanted, all tell against Its use In most waters in the United Sstates. In England, where the streams flow through cleared meadows, readily approachable, and where there Is little or no undergrowth or natural for ests, tho fly can be used to great advan tage. Also there are preserves In Ameri ca where the conditions are similar, but In most of our streams, where the Ashing is free or partly so. tho natural conditions are greatly against an effective use of the artificial fly. This may be piscatorial heresy, but it Is a fact nevertheless. To some of tho Maine or Adirondack lakes these remarks, of course, do not apply, but they do to the ordinary brook or small stream fishing, accessible In two or three hours from most of our large cities. The humble angleworm Is a killing bait. In all waters. A fly rod can be used Just the same, and casting resorted to when there Is sufficient room. In most cases no sinker Is necessary, but there is one cardinal, positive rule you must, as far as possible, at however much personal discomfort, and Inconvenience, keep out of sight of the flsh. for if they see you they will not take your lure. If the stream flows through a meadow, with no Intervening bushes or shelter, you must creep on your hands and knees until you are near enough to cast, and you must be very gentle about the cast and make as few contortions as possible. Don't march up to the water as If you expected the trout to be paralyzed with admiration at your outfit and general style. Begin to be cautious when within 50 feet of the brink, especially if there Is little shelter. You may not look so much like a sporting picture, "snooping" through a bog, as you would posing gracefully by the edge of tho water and gallantly brandishing your rod In an exhibition cast, but j-ou will catch more trout. Face the sun If there is any, for the fish will flee from your shadow or that of the rod. Cast with the wind if you can; your bait will fall more naturally, and you can cast much further. Cross the stream to take ad vantage of the wind. If necessary. Spare yourself no pains If you want trout. To ne lazy or careless means a light basket. In rapid running water, you may be able to wade and let your line run out to some distance ahead, also in such water the fish are not as likely to see you; but bear in mind all the time that you are In pur suit of the most wary of flsh. and must stalk them as the hunter stalks the deer. Where the stream flows through woods, undergrowth and alder swamps, your dif ficulties are Infinitely increased, for you cannot in many cases wade or cast. There is constant risk of your line being caught by the innumerable twigs whlcn reach their pestering claws for It on every hand. But In such places lurk the largest fish, and he who has the skill and patience to get his hook Into the water catches them. (On this particular day. mind you.) You will more than likely lose your leader, or part of It. more than once, and you may bo tempted to utter cuss words but re member the proverb. "Swearers catch no flsh," at any rate try to keep your temper; you will do better fishing. Don't stay too long at any particular spot, for trout become very shy after a few casts. Give the placo a rest for an hour or so, and come back and see what happens. Flsh up or down stream, as best suits the method of approach, and the direction of the wind. Sit down and rest now and then. Fill up your pipe if you smoke and most anglers do. Look about at the landscape and give thanks that you are on earth today, and are an angler, or, at least, try to be one. Make resolutions to become a better man and to be more moderate than you have sometimes been In your stories of your prowess In the piscatorial art. Then you can have another try at the stream. Remember that the finer and more deli cate your tackle, the better your chances with so shy a flsh as the trout. A six foot leader of fine gut will be long enough four feet will generally answer. Use a good six-ounce rod. On the whole noth ing is better than split bamboo. Carry plenty of hooks and two or three spare leaders; sometimes a 6lnker Is useful. Keep half a dozen adjustable ones In your pocket. They can readily be put on or removed. Phenomenal success in tales Is credit to the small boy with a stick and a string, but In cases where some truth may lurk In the legend, you will generally And that the small boy had special knowledge of some choice pool and fished It very warily. You hear nothing of his bad-luck days; but you may be sure he had them. Fine tackle does not of Itself take fish; but It helps every time. If you use angleworms see that your hook Is well and freshly baited. Use n wholo worm each time, and let the ends dangle above and below the hook. As soon as it ceases to wiggle, rebalt, for the trout will not touch a stale worm. The belly fin of tho trout, next the tall. Is often very killing, especially In waters that will admit of casting, where It can be used like the artificial fly, and has the advantage of lasting a long time without renewal. Each stretch of the stream has Its own peculiarities, which must be observed, as separate problems. Consider the best methods of approach, and where the flsh probably are, but you will frequently take fish where you least expect to, and fall In the most likely looking spots. Care, pa tience, and perhaps a certain natural In stinct, distinguish the angler who habitu ally Alls his creel from him whose "luck" Is generally bad or mediocre. Don't be a hog If the fates happen to be good to you. and the trout bite freely. You don't want more than IS or 20 If you are lucky enough to get as many. You cannot eat them all yourself, and It Is the fishmonger's business, not yours, to sup ply your friends. Don't keep flngerllngs and don't try to make the record catch of the season. Later on you will very likely make some wild statements about the days sport, but at the brookslde be merci ful. This caution Is, however, very probably needless, for trout-fishing Is apt to be extremely uncertain. Lastly, don't go fishing on Sunday. SCHOOLS FOR ALASKA Appropriation Asked for Bnlldlngrs and Maintenance. WASHINGTON, May 2. Although rather tardy. Government officials have at last awakened to the fact that very In adequate provision Is being made for the schools of Alaska, and an effort is being made to secure an appropriation that Is somewhat commensurate with the de mands of that territory. Early In the present session of Congress, an estimate was submitted, amounting to $C5,CO0. for the Alaska schools. A further Inspection, however, has disclosed the fact that this sum will be entirely Inadequate, and a new estimate has been made, calling for an appropriation of $100,000 for the next fiscal year. This estimate Is approved by the Commissioner of Education, In dorsed by .the Secretary of the Interior, and bears the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Governor Brady, of Alaska, submitted to tho Secretary of the Interior his views on this matter, and in the course of his letter said: "The estimate of $63,000 was based on conditions existing last year; but since that time conditions have changed so that It seems expedient that the amount should 'be increased to $100,000, the additional money to be expended In new buildings and the enlargement of old ones already erect ed. Since the license law went into ef fect over $100,250 has actually been turned over to the Government from Alaska for liquor licenses, and for that reason I have less hesitancy In asking for the increased appropriation. "It was the original Intention of the House that this license money should be expended for school purposes, but In the hurry at the end of the last session, when tho license bill was passed, this feature was omitted, so today Alaska gets no bene fit from this additional revenue collected from the district. "Two substantial buildings are necessary at Skagway, a town of 5000 people, and having a school population of over 4C0. and where the Government has no school house of any kind. The Government now has four teachers at Sxagway. At Jun eau there Is one schoolhouse of one room for the whites, and one one-room house for the natives. The house for the whites should be. enlarged. Fort Wrangel. Doug las Island and Ketchikan also need at tention. "If buildings are to be built or additions and repairs made at these various points, when there Is a crying need for Improve ments. In my opinion any less sum than $100,000 will be too small for this purpose, and still keep up the schools In the dis trict as they should be. Graded schools are needed at Skagway, Douglas Island. Juneau, and this will entail additional ex pense." A letter from the Commissioner of La bor. Mr. Harris, is also appended to the estimate. Commissioner Harris shows very conclusively that the schools are be ing rapidly overcrowded and that the school facilities at all points are totally Inadequate. He recommends enlarged fa cilities at Skagway, Juneau. Douglas Isl and. Haines. Wrangel, Yakutat, Wood Island and Unalaska. and says that for tho past year, earnest pleas have reached his department for the establishment of a large number of mining centers, among them Ketchikan. Point Hope. Nome. Kotzebue Sound. Rampart. Peavy. Eagle, Fort Yukon, Valdes. Teller, St. Michael, York. Cook Inlet, Kenai and Circle. He recommends that $103,220 In addition to tho $65,000 be appropriated, making a total of $174,230 for all educational purposes in Alaska, $S3.000 of which amount he pro poses to be expended for new school houses. "The pending Alaska legislation." he says, "provides that a certain percentage of the license fees collected in Alaska shall be devoted to the support of schools In that territory.- but It Is Imperative that at the present Juncure the provision for education in Alaska be retained In the sundry civil bill. Inasmuch as the Income for school purposes In the pending legis lation will not be avallame until a consid erable portion of the next fiscal year has elapsed." Commissioner Harris makes the follow ing apportionment of the proposed appro- i FREE TO SUFFERERS. The New Care tor Kidney, Bladder and Uric Acid Troubles. Almost everybody who reads the news papers Is sure to know of the wonderful cures made by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy. It Is the great medical triumph of the 19th century; discovered after years of scientific research by Dr. Kilmer, the emi nent kidney and bladder specialist, and is wonderfully successful In promptly cur ing kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid troubles. Swamp-Root has "been tested In so many ways. In hospital work. In private prac tice, among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief, and has proved so successful m every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers ot The Portland Sunday Orcgonian who have not already tried It. may have a sample bottle ssnt free by mall; also a book tell ing more about Swamp-Root and how to find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in The Portland Sunday Oregonlan and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton, N. Y. The regular fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes are sold by all first-class druggists. prlatlon of $10S,230, which he so earnestly recommends: Amt. Town Pupils, needed. Nome 100 $12,500 Eagle 100 6.900 Valdes 100 5,130 Copper Center 50 3,500 Skagway 400 H.7W Haines GO 3.C00 Wood Island 100 4,920 Kenai 100 3.970 Fort Yukon 50 4,401 Unalaska 100 1.1C0 Point Hope 90 4.400 Kadlak ICO 2,100 Kake 0 1.5C0 Juneau 250 c.450 Ketchikan , 73 2.920 KUllsnoo 100 2 7C0 Rampart 100 12.000 Sitka 250 1.500 Douglas Island 400 6.4C0 Teller 100 1.400 York ...... 50 6,900 Fort Wrangel 100 2 970 "OUT OF ORDER." Maine Yokels Press the Hotel Hot Water Button. This Is a tale of pressing the button. Blaine Vlles, of Skowhegan, tells it to me. I don't know where he got the facts. Couldn't have been In Skowhegan, of course. But. wherever It was, a couple from the country came to the hotel of which the tale Is told. Of course, this may have happened in "Bob" Haines' ho tel In Skowhegan. But I doubt It, for "Bob" has told me many times that It Is a liberal education for man, woman or child to stop In his hotel five minutes. Rural parties In question asked to be shown to a room. Boy escorted them up. Left them standing in tho center of the room, looking around. Over the electric push-button, of course, was tho usual card directing a guest to ring once for Ice water, twice for hot water, etc It Is evi dent that the first business of the new arrivals was to study the card. In about five minutes the bell on tho annunciator In the office commenced to ring prln-n-ng, prln-n-ng; prln-n-ng, prlnn-ng! giving the hot-water call over and over. The number shown was the number of the room occupied by the rural parties. Tho boy rushed Into the washroom and drew a pitcher of hot water. Still the bell kept sounding steadily, two rings In quick succession. "Git a move on!" shouted the clerk to the boy. "Thorn parties In slumteen must be considerably fussed1 up on the hot water question. They must have cold feet." The boy was already half-way upstairs, running like a deer. The bell still kept ringing. Tho clerk, crazed by the noise of the bell, stood up in a chair, saying things In rapid succession, and held his hand on the gong, dulling its sound. Tho boy tore Into the room with his pitcher of hot water slopping. The new arrivals, man and wife, were standing before the electric button. Their eyes were on the card. Tho man held a bowl carefully under the button, with his head turned away, so that the hot water wouldn't squirt in his eyes, and the woman was pressing the button with reg ular stroke. They were doing their best to get hot water strictly according to reg ulations. "Here, stop that!" yelled the boy to the woman. "Here's your hot water." The man with the bowl lowered that ar ticle and looked at the boy. "What!" says he the man from the ru ral districts "D'ye have to bring It in a pitcher In the. old-fashioned way? Wal, I snum! What's the trouble with yer water works here? I've been pressln this but ton accordln' to the rewles here on the card and there hain't a darned drop of hot water come out ylt. When things ain't workln' ye ought to hang up a sign sayln 'Out of Order.' That's the way they do on tho welghin' machine up to Sile Cobb's grocery store." And when the bellboy came out of his swoon ho told the clerk, and the clerk went gravely upstairs with a tiny visiting AN OBJECT LESSON. In a Restaurant. A physician puts the query: Have you never noticed in any large restaurant at lunch or dinner time the large number of hearty, vigorous old men at the tables; men whosa ages run from 60 to 0 years; many of them bald and all perhaps gray. but none of them feeble or senile? Perhaps the spectacle Is so common as to have escaped your observation or com ment, but nevertheless It Is an objest les son which means something. If you will notice what these hearty old fellows are eating you will observe that they are not munching bran crackers nor gingerly picking their way through a menu card of new-fangled health foods; on the contrary they seem to prefer a Juicy roast of beef, a properly turned loin of mutton, and even the deadly broiled lobster Is not altogether Ignored. The point of all thl3 is that a vigorous old age depends upon good digestion and plenty of wholesome food and not upon dieting and an endeavor to live upon bran crackers. There Is a certain class of food cranks who seem to believe that meat, coffee and many other good things are rank poisons, but these cadaverous, sickly-looking indi viduals are a walking condemnation of their own theories. The matter In a nutshell Is that if the stomach secretes the natural digestive Juices In sufficient quantity any wholesome food will be promptly digested: If th stomach does not do so, and certain foods cause distress, one or two of Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablets after each meal will re move all difficulty because they supply Just what every weak stomach lacks, pep sin, hydro-chloric acid, diastase and nux. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not act upon the bowels,, and in fact are not strict ly a medicine, as they act almost entirely upon the food eaten, digesting it thor oughly and thus giving a much needed rest and giving an appetite for the next meaL Of people who travel nine out of ten use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, knowing them to be perfectly safe to use at any time, and also having found out by ex perience that they are a safeguard against Indigestion in any form, and eating as they have to at all hours and all kinds of food, the traveling public for years have pinned their faith to Stuart's Tab lets. All druggists sell them at 50 cents for full sized packages, and any druggist from Maine to California, If his opinion were asked, will say that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the most popular and success ful remedy for any stomach trouble- ALL ABOUT IT JUST WHAT THEY ARE NOW DOING FOR SICK FOLKS AT COPELAND INSTITUTE. An Entire Month's Treatment for $5.00, AH Medicines Included. The diseases accepted for treatment at J tne copeland Institute, and the remark ably prompt and thorough mastery ot which has made the reputation of the Copelaad medical system, arc DEAFNESS; NASAL CATARRH; CATARRH IN ANY CHRONIC FORM; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL AND LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC STOMACH TROUBLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC RHEUMATISM; AFFECTIONS OF THE SKIN; DISEASES OF BLOOD; DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM; In short, all aliments and Infirmities of a seated and serious nature requiring time treatment requiring a certain definite period of close professional attention for their radical and lasting cure. ASTHMA, WITH CHRONIC CATARRH, CURED. MIis Emma Hcndrlclcs, Carlton, Or.t "My trouble began with common catarrh. My head and nose were stopped up, and there was a constant dropping from be hind the palate Into the throat. The ef fect of this was to keep the throat irri tated and to keep me coughing half the time. After a time the catarrhal Inflam mation extended from the throat to the chest. I soon began to suffer difficulty In breathing and Cholclnpr Spells of Asthma. There was a feeling of feverish soreness, in my chest, and the air passages seemed contracted to such an extent that It was a continual effort to get my breath. I did not dare to He down at night for fear of suffocation, but was always propped up with fpur or five pillows. When these spells came on I would simply gasp for breath, while the "Wheezlnff and Cholclnn; noises that accompanied each breath could "be heard all over the house. My general health became greatly Impaired. I was thin and poor and without strength. Walking a block or two tired me out. and often going from one room to another would be enough to completely exhaust me. "I was always using medicine. Inhala tions, etc., and had also consulted a num ber of good physicians, but aside from af fording me a little temporary relief they could do nothing for me. Upon the ad vice of friends I began treatment at the Copeland Institute, with the result of A Perfect Care. Now my breathing" Is natural, and I have no signs of asthma. When I began treat ment I weighed 113 pounds; now I weigh 14C" Mr. Ernest Kroner, 107 Monroe street, Portland: Our little boy Leo was a great sufferer from catarrh, compli cated with frequent attacks of tonsllitl3. His condition caused us grave alarm; fori In spite of all treatment, he grew steadily worse, and his general health became greatly Impaired. The Copeland physi cians cured him. perfectly. Consultation Free. Miss Emma Hendricks, Carlton, Or. Cared of Asthma and: Catarrh. THE COPELAND MEDICAL INSTUUT The Dekum, Third and Washington W. H. COPEIvAXD, M. D. J. H. MO.VTGOMEItT, M. D. OFFICE HOCUS From O A. M. to 13 M. from 1 to B P. M. card, on which he had written, "Not Working." He carried a spike and a hammer, and, after gaining admission to Hoom Slumteen he nailed up the card with the spike. The guest surveyed his work with Interest. "There, that's business," said the man from the rural districts. "Ef she ain't workln, say so. And ef It's goln to trouble ye any to fetch water up here, mt and the woman will come down ter the sink and wash up. Jest as soon dew it's not." Lewlston Journal. Well MIsht Be So. Editor-in-chief I understand that young Eluegore, the millionaire's son, has gone In for Journalism? City editor Yes. He's on my staff. Editor-lncchiet And what do you think of him? City editor "Well, he's a unique figure in Journalism. Editor-ln-chlef You don't say? City editor Yes. He's at once the rich est and poorest reporter In the city. Col lier's Weekly. A Hint to the Porte. WASHINGTON, May 5. It Is authori tatively announced that until the pending issue relative to the payment of the Amer ican indemnity claims Is settled, to the satisfaction of the State Department, no United States Minister will attend at the Turkish capital and Mr. Straus' leave ot absence will remain as it Is now, indefinite as to duration. California Democratic Convention. SAN FRANCISCO, May 5. The Demo cratic Central Committee today decided to hold the convention to elect delegates to the National convention at Sacramento June M. New Argentine Minister. WASHINGTON, May 5. Senor Eduardo Wilde, the newly appointed Argentine illnister, submitted his credentials to the President today. NOTE THE CONTRAST. The testimonials that are published In. these columns today are testimonials that "testify." They mean something. They tell of years of suffering from real sick ness. These people describe, In their own language, the particulars of their afflic tions, and of their vain efforts to obtain relief from other sources. They tell of tho complete, perfect and permanent cures accomplished under the Copeland treat ment. They are common, honest, conscien tious and trustworthy people, who, if you call upon or write them, will cheerfully verify the truth of their published state ments. They are not Governors, Senator?, Congressmen, politicians, public men or actresses, who court notoriety and pub licity, and who are always glad of an op portunity to be brought prominently be fore the people, but who, as a general thing, are not very sick, and who never claim to have been cured of a serious illness by tho patent medicine they ap pear to Indorse and recommend. A LETTER FROM A CURED PATIENT Mr. A. D. Hosklns, of McMInnvlllc, Or., writes: Please excuse me for not writing before. I (was Improving right along and did not think It necessary. I wa3 a great sufferer from rheumatism and catarrh, and it seemed I could not bo cured. Your medicine did more for mo in a short time than all the other medi cine I took put together. I feel better now than I have in 18 months. I will not send for medicine because I do not need it. I have recommended several friends to you, and never fall to say a good word for your excellent treatment, for I know It does cure where others have failed. You may publish this letter If you care to do so. Mr. John Lindstrom, Monnt 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 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. Rev. T. R. A. Sellvf-ood, a TeeU- known rector of 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. HOME TREATMENT. Doctor Copeland requests all who are alllntr, all who feel a gradual weakening:, or all who realize that their health is being: undermined by some unknown complaint, to cut out this slip, mark the question that applies to your case, and ho will diagnose your case for you. ffi "Is your nose stopped upT" "Do you sleep with mouth wlda open?" "Is there pain In front of head?" "Is your throat dry or sore?" "Have you a bad taste in tha morning?" "Do you coughT "Do you cough worse at night?" "Is your tonguo coated?' "Is your appetite failing?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Are you light-headed?" "When you get up suddenly aw you dizzy?" "Do you have hot flashes?" "Do you have liver marks?" "Do your kidneys trouble you?" "Do you have pain In back or under shoulder-blades?" "Do you wake up tired and out of sorts?" "Are you losing flesh?" "Is your strength falling?" ( For thN Doctor Copland's services are free' It means no charge will be made, not a ppnny will be received. It means no promises to pay no future obligation is implied or demanded. It means what it says. To one and all it Is un equivocally and absolutely free. Dr. Copeland'j Book Fret to AIL EVEWrSGS Tuesdays and Fridays. BIIJIDAY Tom IOA. M. to 12 M. MUNYON'S GUARANTEE. Stress Assertions as to Jsst Wha4 tha Remedies Will Do. 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