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THE SUNDA.T OREGONIAS, PORTEAND, JULY 8, 1900. 1? LIVING AT CAPE NOME JTIIE PREVAILING. COXDITION ARE VERY UXHEALTHFOL. Jftf Sanitary Accommodation The Temperature Recorded How Men. Live 'in That Minlnc Camp. AVASHINGTON, July 2. Further light 1s shod on conditions In the Cape Nome country by the report of Special Agent Arthur F. Wines, of tho Census Bureau, recently made public by the Census Of fice. In the latter part of bis report Mr. "Wines says: "Such records of the temperature as were- kept at' Cape- Nome last Wlnter show rather more than the ordinary disagree ment among thermometers. According to one of the most reliable records, the cold est day In the district last ear "was No vember. 29, when the temperature fell to E6 deg. below. The majority of those "who attempted to keep a record are of the opinion that the most extreme temper ature -was between 50 and 60 dg., though one observer -states that he experienced weather as severe as G9 dg. The climate Is Very 'moist, and the effect of tbe low temperature is proportionately felt. .In the Summer months clothing and other articles .become quickly molded unless fre quently dried. "The santlary -condition of the camp at Cape Nome Is very, unfavorable. Nearly all tho fresh water used comes from Snake Slyer, -which Is more or less polluted Ay, ihe camps on the creeks, even before It reaches the town. It Is used as a conven ient dumping-place for slops and sewer age, as "well as a source of water sup ply. "When the tide Is In the water Is lirackish. The creeks furnish good water, thdugh the prevalence of malaria may be due to the vegetable growth through which all creek and rtver water -filters. Dry Creek Is hardly more than half a mile from the town; but, owing to the -difficulty of packing water across the tundra, most people prefer to use the fiver "water. A company has been organ ized to bupply the town with pure water next year. It will be brought through Iron pipes from a spring four miles dls stant, at a pressure of 70 pounds to the inch. The promoters of this enterprise nope to begin work hef ore the winter sets in. "Tho drainage of the town Is poor, and no attempt has been made to improve It artificially. There are a number of pri vate closets set back on the tundra and two public closets on the shore. "Most of the people are living In crowd ed tents, which are seldom in a cleanly condition. The best tents have board floors raised from the ground, but more frequently the flooring consists of a lay er of boards or logs placed directly on the ground. In many there Is no flooring whatever. The continuous rainfall keeps both clothing and bedding damp and there is seldom sunshine enough to dry them .put. This works the greatest hardship along the creeks, where willow twigs fur nish the principal fuel, kerosene being used to some extent for cooking purposes. How tlie People Live. "At most of the camps there Is never an opportunity to get really dry and warm, and the miners are .more on less vmt from one week's end to another. The men work In the beds of the creeks, ex posed to the rain, and crawl Into damp Bleeping- bags laid on the ground. At some of the camps things are more com fortable, but at all of them the condi tions of living are rough and unhealthf ui. The food supplied is also unsuitable for the laborer. Fresh meat and vegetables are almost unknown. 'In spite of the conditions, there had been no deaths from sickness up to Sep tember 1, and not much serious illness. .Besides a general tendency to malaria ttnd rheumatism, the most prevalent -da ease has beeWan epidemic of diarrhoea, from which nearly everyone has suffered more or less. Up to September 4 there Were only 12 cases of typhoid fever, though 16 more developed during the fol lowing week. "The only hospital in August was lo cated in tents erected on the sand of the beach, with a layer of boards lor flooring. The Rev. Mr. Wirt, a Congre gational missionary, has been given the custody of the hospital fund, and he has gone to 'the States' to secure neces sary supplies and assistance. It Is ex pected that a hospital, to Cost $5000, will be opensd this Fall. The military hos pital in the new Government barracks has just been completed. It contains- 12 "beds, a dining-room, dispensary, etc The Government has furnished medicine "and attendance to thi destitute. Most of tue previous statements are made on the authority of Dr. Miller, the surgeon at tached to the UnVed "States troops sta tioned here, of whon there are 20 men, Hinder the command of Lieutenant "Wal lace M. Cralgie. "The supply of copper plates has not equaled the demand. The fine beach gold is difficult to save without the use of copper plates and -mercury. The price of mercury has varied from 51 25 to $2. The price of plain copper has been about & a pound, and when heavily plated with silver the plates have sold for $50 a square foot Scarce sizes of lumber went iip at times to $200. It is questionable whether there Is enough lumber in town to construct all the buildings which ought to be put up before "Winter sets in. The supply of provisions for the Win ter will bo ample, but there Is likely to be a scarcity of fuel and shelter. The supply of coal on hand - is -inadequate, and the principal fuel used Is picked up on the beach, where an immense pile of driftwood has accumulated. Much of this wood Is so rotten that it has hardly any heating value, and that Which is lit to burn has already been used up near the town. Legal Status of Nome. "The legal status of the town of Nome and the numerous complex questions of proprietary right Involved, present dif ficult problems for the consideration of the best Judlciau intellect. No town site has been established by the Government, and the town which has sprung up has not followed the outline drawn by the original pioneers. At a meeting held March 24, certain resolutions were "adopt ed, which provide that 40 acres should be reserved on each side of the mouth of Snake River for a town site. The 'laws' passed at this meeting regulate the size of the blocks, the width of the streets and alleys, the dimensions of the town lots, eta One block was reserved for a public square, and one lot on each block for a hospital fund. It was intended to reserve the land between the town site and the. tide line. A resolution carried April 12, provides 'that the water front in Anvil City, east (?) of the lots already Btaked shall be reserved for a public wharf and previous to the month of July the original pioneers succeeded In keeping this land clear of stakes. When the Yukon crowd came down in a body, they swarmed over the beach and staked down lots so rapidly that it was found Impossible to stop them. The discovery of gold on the beach followed, and stim ulated the rapid growth of the town, of which the business portion was erected on the CO-foot strjp Just outside of the priglnal town site. This ground has be come very valuable, so that even small lqts In line with the business houses can be sold for more than $1000. The title to the land, however, is obviously obscure. Not a foot of that which lies beyond the original townslte has been or can be re corded, and the pohsessors thereof cannat fehow a scrap of paper to make good their claims. "Under these conditions there are gen erally two or more claimants for every lot, and some lots have been restated more than half a dozen times. In, many cases this is no more "than a species of blackmail, the lot being jumped with no other purpose than to extort "blood mon ey.' In other cases difficult Questions will have .to be decided in order to deter- 1 mine .the best title to the property. The 'fashion of jumping other people's real estate has not been confined to town lots, but has extended to mining claims as well. These have been restaked, under eay possible pretext, until the whole country has become involved in Impend ing litigation." JAPS AS DAIRY HANDS. Milk: Rancher Cannot Get White Help. W., C Clark, who Is running a large dairy at Warren, on the Northern Faclfla Railroad. 20 miles from Portland, says he has been forced to employ Japanese on account of the scarcity df white help,, and bo finds that a good smart Jap Is superior" to many of the "cultus" speci mens of the Caucasian race. "I have now 10 of the little brown fellows on the place," he said yesterday, "and I keep them busy in clearing land and -doing the general work of the farm and dairy. You always know where to find, them and they are not continually Itching to get off into some other -portion of the country, where L wages are said -to be higher and hours shorter. They are willing to learn, and are cheerful -in their work and do not get lntd a pout when found fault with, like a Chinese gang would. I have worked Chinese and found them very apt to get huffy and when they get the sulks. it's almost Impossible to do a thing with them." Mr. Clark has found., it so difficult to obtain while milkers that he has decided to teach the Japs the art of milking,' and two of them, are now quite expert in as sisting in the twlce-a-day "palling,1' the 55 cows. The Japs already up in the new. erl are .very proud of tbein. accomplish ments, and eeem anxious to educate the rest of their countryment in the business. The- cream separated from the milk of the cows on the ranch has been dis posed of heretofore In Portland, he said, but when the new creamery now being finished at Warren gets Into operation, the cream will bo churned Into butter there. This new creamery building has been erected at a cost of $2000 and the machinery will require $1500 more. The plant Tlu capable of rhaklng butter from th'e cream of 500 cows and Mr. Clark hopes to be milking 200 of these before many months, as the large acreage In connection with the W. C. Noon dairy is being rapidly cleared and planted to clover with th6 aid of the Japs. The 'new creamery will be in operation by Octo ber. No more calves will be sold off this dairy, he says, as preparations will be made to keep them until they mature and then sell the steers for beef. He thinks that portion of Columbia County an Ideal locality for the dairy ranch. INTERESTED IN WAR NEWS. Pon Sec Keeps Informed on Chinese Situation. Pon See, otherwise known as Dick, a Chinese Interpreter, .who was formerly employed In the Municipal Court, ls.keen ly Interested In the news from China, and reads the dally papers very closely with. a view to keeping Informed. He was asked his opinion yesterday of the outcome of tho present troubles, and he thought the fuss would finally culminate In establishment of three Chinese nations on the ruins of the present empire. He fears the very worst has happened to the white peopl at Pekin, and thinks It would be wise for all European natlohs to withdraw their missionaries, Consuls and tourists, wherever It can be done, until after the present trouble Is over. Pon See Is a Cantonese, and he says nearly all the Chinese now In America belong to the same portion of the coun try. They are more conversant with for eign manners than the countrymen of North China or Manchuria, and, tbere f,6re, havo less prejudice against the peo ple of civilized, nation He thinks the missionaries are mainly the cause of the present trouble, as they are attempting to suppTant Buddhism hy Christianity, which he considers an Impossibility, as the Chinese are fearfully wedded to the belief of their, fathers, and are liable to resent every attempt to teach them any thing different. "1 am pretty sure Russia is helping the Boxers," he said, "although Bhe may try to conceal her game from the other na tions of Europe. 'Russia wants a portion of the Chinese Coast for the harbors It contains, as she Is not allowed access to the ocean by either -the Mediterranean or Baltic Seas. When my country has been pacified and order once more re stored, ydu will find that Russian troops are occupying a big slice of Mongolia and Manchuria, from which 'she cannot b6 dislodged. There are four races in China who "hate each dther as bad as the North and South did in this country be fore the "war. They "are Tartars, Mon golians; Manchurians and Chinese, and, as all these will fight each other, there are four different factions to keep the country split up In case of foreign in vasion. Pon See looks .for anawfiusac rlflce of human life before the trouble is ended. INVESTING IN MINES. Portland Capitalist Kot Purchase. SIott to "Portland Is investing a whole lot of money In mines," said a Bohemia mining man. last evening at the Imperial, "and her citizens are interesting themselves In Eastern Oregon. Southern Oregon. East ern Washington, theTVashougal district and In British Columbia, in spite of the impression that prevails as to capital be ing ulta-conservative here. I have found that Portland people are a fcood jcai like those of any other portion of the world. As- soon as they are convinced that a property tevsafe, they will .put their mon ey into itT but they hesitate If it smacks of the wildcat in its symptoms. For this caution they are not to blame." The Colorado brokers, who have recent ly arrived In Portland" and Joined "the Oregon Mining Exchange all report bet ter encouragement than tljey had, been led to expect. They transacted as much business In three days ashey had .hoped to- In 30, and their 'business" is Increasing perceptibly from day tp day Even the 'Oil wells of Southern Califor nia have their stockholders In Portland," and several brokers are stationed hero permanently,, for the purpose of, disposing of stock. Business men, railroad men, hotel clerks, and In fact men of all voca tions, have been investing in promising properties for several months past One well-known hotel clerk invested a few hundred dollars In oil a short time since, and already smiles over his stock having doubled In value. Portland may be con servative, but her citizens are dipping In, wherever the chances are good for mak ing anything, either .In gold, silver, cop per, coal or petroleum. i Covered the "Whole Bunch. Just ahead of me In tho train the oth er morning sat two men who were tell ing the stories that are never old, about the bright sayings of their children. One of them, however, had a brand-new one about his t-year-old Georgie. This youngster had been safely tucked In bed after a day of the most fatiguing play. He yawned while being undressed, and was all but asleep by tho time he found himself between the sheets. His mother none the less Insisted upon his repeating the prayer of childhood. He started sleepily requiring prompting at the beginlng of every line. Drowsiness had nearly won the mastery py the time that he -had obediently got as far as '!iake my souL" "God bless " prompted, his mother, Georgie has a long list of relatives. There was a flutter of bis sleep-laden lids., as he Jumped them all together: , "God bless.he whole shooting-match." And he was asleep at last, Boston" TranscrlnL . v . .. THE RAILROADS OF CHINA 'VAST ENTERPRISES AFFECTED BY THE AJVTt-FOREiaX "UPRISING. Where Capital Comes From, That la , Interested in Promoting Railway Construction In the Empire. If the present outbreak of mob violence In some parts of China really represents a popular' uprising against foreigners which has support and sympathy from the government, it means tho suspension of yast plans for the development of tho empire by' tho construction of railways and the development thereby of trade and manufactures, says tho Railway Age, ii una icsa uiun uw suics oi railway lines have been constructed,, representing only two companies, several tb6usxnd miles have been projected, under government concessions, by "foreign devils" from va rious lands, and China would soon be the scene of great activity in railway build ing If peaceful conditions were main tained. Here is a country some 3500 miles long A Jsf V from north to south, fronting the sea all tho way. with a population pliced at about 400.000.000; possessing a varied cli mate, productive soil and many natural resources Iron. coal, woods, asrlculture vast flold for that modern spirit of enterprise of which the railway la both me cause and effect. The Chinese Gov ernment had given a Jong-deferred but seemingly sincere consent to tho con struction of" railways by foreign enter prise, and half a dozen nations Great Britain, Germany "Belgium, Russia, United States and France were prepar ing to furnish fnoneyand meif to supply the apparent desire f6r modern means of transportation. The accompanying maps will give a -general idea of the principal railway projects in the eastern half of the country. The railways in operation in China are as follows: Miles. Imperial Chinese Prom Pekln east ana northe&aterly via Tien Tain and Tonglcu, on the Golf of Pe Chi LI to Chenohou.. 307 Branches JO Belgian line From near Pekln southwest to Pao Tlog 78 Branch 10 Total length ot track. . 405 The" principal lines for which conces sions have been obtained or were being sought may be roughly indicated asfol lows, the proposed' mileage being esti mated In round numbers: Miles. Chinese Eastern Railway From Port Ar thur to the Russian boundary, lor & connection with the Trans-Siberian Rail way (Chinese-Russian) 2000 Branoh to Vladlvostock 400 Extension from Chenchou north 100 Pektn-Hankow Line (Belgian) 700 Hankow-Canton Line (American) 700 Tien Tsln-Bhanchal Line (German)........ 700 Shanghai-Hong Kong-Canton project (Brlt- Uh) . - 000 Shanghai to Nankin, etc (British) 200 a RUSSIA : ' - r (jSL ' AMOAZ 2 Xx- P -r AS BIG -AGAIN AS TUN OF HEIDELBERG. ENORMOUS WINE CASK AT PARIS, SEATING 1G4 PEOPLE. An American has designed and built one of the moat novel and interesting: .features of the Paris Exposition. It la a gigantic tun or wine cask. In which 164 peopla can sit down to a champagne banquet and have plenty of room to spare. It Is twice the site of tho famous tun in the cellar of the Castle of Heidelberg-, which holds 50,000 gallons. Lying on Its side' It Is 40 feet long and 30 feet high. vIt was built at Nancy, France, but It was an American. Alfred. Hlrt. of GreencasUe. Ind., who made tho huge staves and directed tho work-of con struction. The big barrel wlU probably be used as a wine room. As It stands. It coat ?50.000 much of Tvnlch Is represented by the elaborate earrings bn tho sides and the Interior. The staci were so large that It was with difficulty that Mr. Hlrt found trees which would produco X single sUve. and the expense of finishing add transporting them was far beyond all his estimates. They cost the builder about X12.000 laid down In Nancy. Tho creat stares the largest In history-are 40 feet long. 10 Inches thick and 10 and 24 Inches wide. Each one of them represents a Mississippi white oak tree. Instead of bolng bent, as Is the case with small staves, each one was carved ont of a. tree. They were split and hewed with the grain, and are superior tor any staves ever turned out. It required six cars tb carry the staes to the seaboard, and they represented 10,000 when loaded on the trains. Tho finishing was very fine, and cost 1Bj tor each stave, and It required another fS to get each one of them to the train for shipment It was -by far the lorgMt and most ex pensive, stave order ever placed. The Iron work 'for tho big cask was furnished by. Pittsburg iron nulbv' .. ' Chenstoo, capital provlnca of Szechu&n, to Canton Line ... 800 JC&nton west to the Bunnah boundary (to connect -with British-India, system via. Maadilay and Calcutta) 1000 Eat and west lines la western cool &&d iron regions (British. American and Italian) .. .. ,, 500 South China Several projects (French)... COO Total ...7200 Various branches from the great trunk lines and numerous short roads connect ing large cities haver also been suggested, 'and are to be counted certain when the rallway-bulldlng era comes. The reason able possibilities of railway development in China in the next decade or two are only to be estimated by tens of thousands of miles. Of the projects above jenumerated, that farthest advanced is tho line between Pekln and Hankow, the busy commercial metropolis of more than 1.000,000 Inhabit ants, situated on tho great Yang tse Klang River, some SCO miles above Shang hai at the river's mouth. Belgian capi tal, possibly associated with Russian In fluence and money, list year had effectod tho construction of about SO miles of this line, from a point on the Tien Tain. Una ,near Pekln -southwardly; while on tho other end some 00 miles were partly graded, from Hankow north. Doubtless all work Is now suspended on this as on everj other foreign enterprise' in the disturbed empire. American Interest is greatest In the 'WQNtt KCM& P4UW4T OICTt. UMorn con bt HMcricif a PffOPOOCO FMK.WAT6 proposed road which would connect Han kow with Canton, and with the Pekln line would, form a continuous route from the capital, and in time from the trans Siberian Railway, south to Canton. Am- pie American capital Is back of this prom- iainB unaenaKing, ana: a preliminary sur vey was completed In 1&9. German interests, which are largely represented north of the Yang tse Val ley, weromolngto buUd the line from Tlon Tain, the seaport of -the capital, southwardly to Shanghai, with branches to various German ports. The line would follow the general course of the Grand Canal, although at times distant 100 miles or more from that greal Artery of primi tive transportation. From Shanghai southward British Influence Is ascendant all along to Hong Kong and up the great river to Canton, and-railway -connection of the great cities Is only a matter of time. A more shadowy but entirely rea sonable proposition involves the exten sion of the British railway system of India from Mandalay, in Burmah. far Into China, to the Province and City of Yunnan, and on to Chunking, In the Prov ince, of Szechuan, on the Yang tse, con necting somewhere with a line to Can ton, forming nart of a vast helt around India and China, from Bombay to the Ruslan line, and on to St. Petersburg. Various other lines are projeoted In Cen tral China, and in the south, where French Influence predominates. The out line map which we give Is Intended to suggest only the chief projects In East ern and Central China, showing none of the Infinite possibilities In the western and southern parts of the empire. Jfo Room for Doubt. - "My husband lores me dearly." Said a wife with knowing look; "How do I know? Well, bocauso He eats anything I cook." Chicago News. STAKED WHOLE COUNTRY ACTIVITr OP CLAIM-HtnSTERS 'INl THE GREENHORNS. iKotlces Said to Be Dated Months j Ahead The Claim llostia. Evi dence Assessment CWorlc. SUMPTER, July 6.-W."D, King, of Dawton, has Just returned from a, prosr pectlng trip in tho Greenhorns. He found the country already slak"ed out, though fow of the. claims bad any work done. In somo instances the notices were dated several months ahead. On one lead ft was staked for several miles by one, man. The bars of the streams and the water rights have "been Iocatod for speculators, and legitimate miners are kept out. In most of these Instances' the locations are not recorded, but the ground, .relocated 4month. after month and year after year. An amendment to the mining laws pro viding that claims could not De relocated .without -the usual 10 feet of work would be very benoflclal. Our laws are also bad In regard to recording and doing location work. At present the recording must be done In d0.days,'andtSO days are al lowed in which to do the work. "This 'should bo reversed and only 30 days al lowed In which to do the work and sar CO to record. In most Instances it Is not known until aftpr the -work la nrfnrmpii whethor tho prospect Is worth recording.! a wouia men De impossible for a fet men to locate the whole country and pre tend to hold It. Similar laws ore In "vogue in several mining states, and are highly spoken of by mining men. Tho regular Granite stage now runs through dally to Lawton and Alamo, car rying mail. This 4a a great convenience for the miners and prospectors on Olive, CJear and tributary creeks. The Evening Star Mining property on. iucouuocn roric. near the IJropqua group, is being taken up by the Gold Standard Mining Cpmpany, of Baker City. Ihe property has considerable work done- on It. In addition to surface work, there Is a"200-foot tunnel, half nf wWlh In nn tho ledge, gaining good depth and a crosscut 06 33 feet failed to get the hanging wait From other work done tho ledge Is show n to be about G5 feet -wide. The property 'is well located for cheap operation, and is only about four miles from the rall- troad. W. C. Baker has Just returned from a prospecting, trip on the north fork of the John Day. Mr, Baker located some plac er ground, and will return at once to open It up. He reports considerable ac tivity in that section and some good finds. Eugene Bartoff and associates are work ing an old abandoned claim on the west slope of Lake Creek, which Is shovjlng up well. Samples from the surface assayed $M and at a depth of 20 feet a line ledgo of 51S ore was encountered. The surface 300 feet from this tunnel shows -the ledgo to bo 16 feet wide. ,A deal was consummated, here this week which means deep -work on the I Gold Boy claim, adjoining the Keystone, in me .Bonanza district. A consolida tion o tho properties was effected, and arrangements made to tap tho Gold Boy ledge through the Keystone claim, which adjoins It on the side. The consolidation will be of benefit to both claims. The, properties are. controlled by F. J. Con roy. representing Pittsburg capital, and Captain Thompson, tho well-known min ing man of Washington and British Co lumbia. C. S. Fobare has been prosecuting devel opment work on his property adjoining the Bonanza West. He has a tunnel In 22 feet, showing an eight-foot ledge of fine ore, running high in gold. Sinking will bo commenced In the near future. C. A. Van Duyn recently returned from a trip through the Susanvlllo district. He reports tho finding of a rich deposit and ledge 'on the bank of Elk Creek, sam ples of the ore show the gold In good Quantities. The ground has been run ovor-for years, but flnaly .yielded tays tcmatlc prospecting with a pan. The ledge has been followed througa three claims. R. F. Evans, formerly located here, reports great activity In the Mfnersville section. Within a -few days 30 claims have heen bonded to Portlartd and Spo kane' mining men. The ore carries values from surface, running from a traco to $103. Captain Thompson and Mr.. Sulli van, of Spokane, are among those Inter ested. The property Is some five -miles below Sumpter, and easily reached by wagon or railroad. Machinery has arrived for tho Golcon da, consisting of two five-stamp batteries. Twenty- more stamps will be put In in the Fall, making 40 In all. The machinery ucius iuuicu uui uuu piaccu in posi tion. . , BANCROFT'S HISTORIES. Mrs. Victor Replies to Some State ments In a Ilecen't Letter. PORTLAND, July CMTo the Editor.) About two weeks ago there appeared In your paper a letter from Mr. H. H. Bun croft, saying that, "You were greatly in error when you state- that Mrs. Victor wrote several volumes of my "history. Mrs. Victor never wrote any finished work for me, but furnished me with much valuable raw material In a crude form, which I put lnt& suitable condition for publication, according to my general plan." . At the first glance, altlfaUgh surprised that Mr. Bancrbft Bhould make such a, statement, I did not think of replying, as I believed the people of Oregon knew mo well enough through my other writings not' Jto be affected by it. On reflection, however, I am rather pleased to have It thus suggested to me to explain some' things In connection with my History of Oregon," which I have long wished to have understood. Anybne who writes from note's, as a historian must", knows jhat his first .draft .Is5 never perfect? as to style; 'although it may be quite correct as to facts. While writing from bthers' books, or material of any sort, y.g'u, unavoidably fall Into. the, style of the wrltlpgs b'efore you to some extent. Aware of hia difficulty, and de sirous of avoiding as mu6h as possfole Its, effect on my work. J, made an effort to write-in a sustained style throughout, although not In what I would haVo named a polished one. That I could not do, because, by Mr. Bancroft's pan, I was not given an opportunity to polish. The first writing .had. to go. Mr. Ban croft became my editor. Those'w'hp have read my original works, and the volumes of history which were edited by him must judge for themselves of their compara tives merits. If Mr. Bancroft desires to , claim whatever of literary merit there Is In these volumes, I havo no particular objection. m My objection to Mr. "Bancroft's methods' would refer to the subject matter Itself. There were certain Important, and other exceedingly Jnterestlng- features oX his tory whloh should have been Included !rr the Oregon, volumes. One of ..these w'as the great "Oregon question," n the prep aration of which I took much pains, and some others which related to the early settlement of the countrj'-. California was given seven volumes. In the flrqt place Mr. Bancroft wished to restrict the history of Oregon to one volume. When I remonstratrd and Tlolnted out that there was really more and better material for American history In Oregon than In Cali fornia, he yielded so .much as- to al low two volumes, expecting me to include Washington, whose eutllest history was embraced In that of Oregon. As It turned out, there was no room for Washing ton In the second volume. Then followed tho writing and arranging of the -volumes on: that division; with Idaho and -Mon- tana all parts of the old Oregon Terri tory. In the same manner I wrote Ne vada, Colorado and Wyoming. Tlisre la nothing, perhaps, to distin guish either Mr. Bancroft or myself in lhese aCDjevcments; but such work as I uo uona j. saau continue to ciaim. .air. Oak, who was for Iff years In the Ban croft librnv dolnqr similar work on the native racs. and the first five volumes of Calif orula. -wrote me that I had dono quite right in placing my name on the four volum wuih were, distinctly mine. Other gent'emen hi the historical service Bald the san:e. and there are -witnesses enough to the facts os-I ha e here stated them. There are many passages In the Drogon volumes- from Mr. Bancroft's pen, thrown in apparently with a. .design to add chic to the style. In my humble opinion, they add nothing to the value of history. They xlo sometimes startle, the. unsuspecting reader who comes suddenly upon them, a3 where I am made to say, In speaking of the conduct of the Immigrants of 1S41. at Vancouver; "Mai; Is a. preposterous pig!" The same criticism applies to some parts of the missionary -history, and, to the Indian wars. We never agreed " on the latter subject, and Mr. Bancroft's editing has made me seem to contradict myself Hatf h(T been the real historian, he would not have overlooked that dis agreement betwen statements. An amuslnp Incident bearing upon tho claim of Mr. Bancroft that 1 never wrote any finished history, Is quite too good to suppress ."A "certain "historical review" "In "the East returned to ma- an nrticla seriC them ypcth an Orcgonsubject. with, quite" a seVere rebuke for fltohlhg my materlaf from Mr. 'Bancroft's Oregon, and "not only that, but Imitating his siyre! Frankly, he did not like. Mr. Ban croft's stylev so there was an end 6t It. This 'appeared very 'diverting at the time, and I replied at once -that It was cer tainly quite -natural that my stylo should stem to bo an Imitation of Mr. Ban croft's as: I happened- to haAo written; that part of his history referred to. That; confession, of courso, drew from the re view editor an ample apology. I am In clined to 3oin him In his opinion, be cause a habit of writing continually from (notes for years Is no doubt Injurious tq style. And, therefore. If Mr. Bancroft de sires to. claim all the honors attendant upon the "finishing" of my work, I make no great protest. That I furnished him 'much valuable raw" material" Is at least admitted. It tfas material, too, that I had spent years in collecting, and for which I received no compensation. Per haps that was my own fault. But I am not good at bargaining; and no compen sation was ever offered. I can tmthfully -say that whatever knowledge of Oregon History Mr. Bancroft possesses, he ob tained from me. I do not mention that fact as a conspicuous defect In his edu cation, for there was not much known on tho subject 25 years ago, and at best, not every one can be a historian, but because I am fond of my work and am grieed that through too much editing it has failed somewhat of my purpose In performing a long and serious labor. FRANCES FULLER VICTOR. CHINA'S TSUNG LI YAMUN. Board ofwAnlnlnc Incompetents Set ting World by the Ears. -The recent dispatches from China anent thb troublesr In that country have made frequent reference to tho Tmg 11 Toraun, or Chinese foreign office. This ministerial board la thus described by Eliza R. Scid moro. in Irer now book. "China, the Lojjg Mvod Empire," published by the Cen tury Company: "All international affairs are dealt with," writes Miss Sculmore, "by the board, of tho Tsung 11 Yamun, established ay a temporary .bureau of necessity after tho war of 1S60, and still ranking as an in ferior board, not one of the rfx great hoards or departments of the government. It -bajv npt even, the honor of being housted within the imperial city Ministers hae alwaja along, alow ride In state across to the shabby gateway of tho forlorn oW yamurc whcrB-i-jrow -11 aged, iileepy In competents mudilfe wfth' foreign .tft'airs. As thcoa 11 ekSere hn-ve reached uch pcits by steady advances-, they ana alw aJ-3 septuagenarians, worn out with the ex acting, empty routine rites and functions of such high offico, and physically too ex1 haustcd, by their midnight rides to and nun&et departurca from, the- palace to be gin fitly the day's tedium at tho dilapi dated Tung II Yanjun. 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The receipt If free for the asking, and he wants every man to hare It. any negotiations w hlle there were under Hrgs In tlie room, and as Itwas"buslnes3 that tho Chines goA'emment wished con ducted, the mlnioii were summarily cast outcast out to tho other- side of the many-hlngd. lattleejl doors, where, they 3'ufHed audibly for Prst places at cracks and knotho o. Tho other envoys would not ou&tain tho American protest. and soon tho farce of tha-empty room was p'ajed to an end and the servants came In with thdr ptpeo and fans, tea ard caka vani camlfcti, as- usual, ntocd about, com mented, on and fairly took pant In iho dlp'ornatjc conversations us before. "An uncoTficlonnble time is always con-mn-5d in offering and arranging the teas and sweet", and to any direct question the! Cflestinl statesmen always annwer with praises of the melon Sveds or ginger root. 'Lowering buckets Into a bottom leas well.' wwii Sir iJarrj Parke's com parison for an audience at thl3 jamun." Daulin'tf Ma? or'it JjKnIty. ,. The Lord Mayer of Dublin maintains- a degree of pomp and circumstance far greater than that of any other civic dig nitary in tho United Kingdom outside of London. His official residence la a. state ly odfclco, with ample accommodations fon enUTtaljUng, including "the round room." a vast chamber constructed when tho city entertained George TV. Tho equipages" and powdered 'footrr-en of I his lon&hip would do no discredit to hla brother otnclal In London. Tho Lord Major receive 3000 a year, but It nvuvt be remembered that 3000 a year In DubMn goes further than It doea In London. The Chief Magistrate hao enjejed the title of lerd since the tlmo of Charles II. By far the most distlii gulfid holder of the office wat Daniel O'Connell. e t Xo Hurry. "Alii" ho -cried, "now that our engage ment Is settled. let me press you to my heart In Io " "Don't bo so impetuous." protested the Summer girl. "This is not a pressing en gagement." Philadelphia Press. for your summer vacation den't forget a bottle 'Whether you go to the qotiuj- the mountains or the ssnshrret, on zppItcjtHon. or irritaDiiity and despondency k v I CATHAPTIC, S Dowels 413 18 ' M ij,jm'i.V c7) 103 P