THE SUNDAY OTIEGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 9. 1C00.
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Mud Springs:
.An Early-Day Mining Excitement.-
By J. H. FisK.
I believe It was In the year 1S75 when
lour prospectors by the name of "White,
Rcss. McCann and a gentleman of African
descent, who had been prospecting up in
the Crooked River country, camped one
r.'.sht about 20 miles from Prineville, In
Ec stern Oregon, near some mud-holes In a
marshy ground. These mud-holes were
filed with a soft, soapy substance, which
the grass had grown over, leaving .an j
opening here and there. The prospectors.
In washing out their handkerchiefs, found
that it .had a cleansing effect, like soft
soap. Some one suggested that they All
an empty yeast powder can of the stuff j
and bring it to Portland and see what it j
was composed of. On "White's arrival in
Portland, he brought the can to my of- J
f.cc to be tested. He gave me a descrip
tion of the country and extent of the
if posit. I told him that I doubted its
having any value. However, I dried the
substance and weighed out an ounce,
smelted and cupelled it In the usual way,
and to my surprise the result was over
S5000 per ton in silver, at the then value
cf $1 29 per ounce. "When White called
for his returns late In the afternoon, he
was more than astonished to find such
results. I insisted that it was a fake or a
salt, or something of that kind, and that
in my opinion no such values could, or
hsd ver existed In such material, but.
no, no such explanation would satisfy
him. The mud was genuine, and had
never been out of their possession, and if
any mistake existed at all. it was In my
assay, and not on their part. I assurei
them the assay was correct, and took
some of the residue, submitted It to the
b'owpipe test, and reduced the silver be
fore his eyes.
It was soon noised about the street, and
dozens came to me and Inquired If I had
made that assay, and If It was as rich as
they said. All of which I affirmed, but
doubted Its genuineness as a find. They
said: "Oh. they knew them boys: there
was nothing wrong with them: they got
the mud all right. Dreams of fabulous
wealth pervaded the public mind, and
hundreds were ready to put up money
for the expense of sending parties up
there to locate and record claims.
D. H. Stearns, then publishing a little
paper called the Bee, got hold of the facts
and result of the assay and published a
flaming article on the new and extensive
discovery, which was copied by the Stock
Journal in San Francisco, which created
some excitement there. There was one
thing that puzzled me, to determine
whether it was a genuine, natural prod
uct or a salt. In making the assay, I add
ed a reducer sufficient to give me a 200
graln button of lead to cupel; instead of
that I had less than 100 grains. This s
Just what would happen had a quantity
of sliver been dissolved in nitric acid anc
precipitated with chlorine and the chlo
ride of silver been added to the mud. On
the other hand, I knew most all that sec
tion of Oregon was an alkali country and
contained large quantities of soda, and
doubtless was rich In niter, and this
mud was doubtless talc, disintegrated b
these alkalis, and If much niter was pres
ent, it would have the same effect In
oxidizing the lead, as appeared in the as
says: one of ths Jheories was correct,
but which, was my province to determine.
1 submitted a small quantity of the mud
to Henrv Hanks, one of the best chem
ists of San Francisco, who examined It.
and stated If it was a "salt." which he
could scarcely doubt, the parties had cov
ered up their tracks mighty well. He
stated that If chloride of silver had been
iisod. It would be left in brown powder,
and this mud had metallic grains of silver
tn it, and similar grains had been found
In the bed of a lake at Leeds, In Utah.
The fine grains of sliver I showed him
w-vuld also occur if the chloride of silver
ha been dried and heated on metallic
Iron so I was still in the dark. More
mud must be had. cost what it would.
SyndHates were formed, hundreds were
ready and anxious to furnish money for
expends in locating and recording claims.
Ross leaded one party and started foi
the mir.es via The Dalles. McCann, who
arrived In Portland some days later than
the o her three, was brought to my office
by Joseph Knott, and related the circum
stances of finding the mud, which
were substantially the same as "White's
Ptatenent, and said that he was the one
who rocured the mud, and he had as
good, f not a better, right to claim It as
Ross, who was then on his way to
the gnund. and that If Mr. Knott and
mysel would furnish money for expenses
he wald Immediately return via Albany
and loate claims before the Ross party
could ,et there. I hunted up the colored
gcntleran, who confirmed all the other
statemnts of the mud. By this time I
was afected with the fever, which had
become very contagious and was rapidly
epreadlig. Knott assured me that ha
knew al four prospectors, and knew they
would rot attempt anyUiIng of a fraudu
lent natire, and that if I would share
ha"f the expense of $500, he would dis
patch Mfcann, in company with Captain
Foster, lbw of the Alblna Ferry, via Al
bany, wiich I agreed to do. They left
on the evening train, via Albany, where
Knott hfd procured horses by telegraph.
They ar-lved on the ground, located
and staked off acres of tho mud-holes.
Foster obtained a d07cn samples of the
mud, and started to return via Prineville,
where he met the Ross party going in.
They were very indignant at being beaten
on the ground, and compelled to be sec
ond locators instead of the first. Foster
stopped at Prinerllle. and while at din
ner was robbed of all his samples of mud.
He came on to Portland, however, minus
his muJ, -and Kaott and myself were out
of packet 5500, and no wiser than before.
But -why was the mud stolen from Fos
terto conceal its great richness or to
cover up a fraud was what I could nt
solve. Ross returned to Portland, and
soon It was known that McCann
and Foster had been on the ground and
made location. First there was war in
the camp. Leathers and his partner, who
had just cleaned up about $50,000 in the
Willamette Valley, selling state and coun
ty rights to manufacture artificial stone,
championed their cause. Lee Knott head
ed a party, armed and equipped with all
ammunitions of war. and started for tho
mires via The Dalles, threatening to
blow the McCrnn-Knott and Fisk party
Wo eternity for jumping claims which
h-d never been located. This was known
as the "shotgun party." Joseph Knott
and myself determined to have mud at
any cst We accordingly fitted out an
other party, consisting of Thomas Cottle
ai 1 John Ladd. who arrived on the
ground about a; soon as the shotgun pai
ty d-d In the meantime, things were
getting tropical in Portland. Several com
rcntcs had been formed with millions of
d"1" rrs capital stock, which was all sub
scribed for in a few minutes after books
wen. opened. Rufus Mallory and O. X
rc-n. Whaley & Brenan. were the lead
ing attorneys for some of the companies.
M Oann. Knott and Fisk locations were
t -Jed for several thousand dollars.
5I,-rJ" of our leading business men sneak
ing v ii t in a few hundred dollars in the
larlius companies. Thousands of dollars
carped hands dally in stocks in the va
r'ous mines. The leading mine was the
E nnza Dr. Chapman, president, which
st-i-k seemed to take the lead, as it was
the discovery mud-hole. The dressmaker,
s-hool-teacher. chambermaid and hack
driver took a little of the stock. George
C : . ex-Postmaster, went up to the mines
ar I held the sack in good snipe-catching
f sh'.n. Into which the mud was shoveled.
D V Thompon selected some of the
stnic chipped from the rock from our
pes office thn building, and sent it to his
fa- nto aYcr R. Hurley at Oregon
CI", and got large returns in silver. In
fact, the richness of this mud pervaded
the very atmosphere. Nothing was con
sidered good unless It assayed over JIC-OO
per ton. D. P. Thompson was allowed to
subscribe for a small amount of the stock
in one of the mines, but declined. The
promoters were much disgusted that he
should not accept of their generosity; per
haps his kfen scent, foresight or natural
Instinct was aroused.
I was prevailed upon to visit the mine
at a good salary, to examine and report
upon its fabulous wealth, and had my
gripsack at my office ready to take the
boat to the mine, via The Dalles, as soon
as I could receive the mud and moke a
further determination of It.
W. Lair Hill, then editor of The Ore
gonian. lamented his Inability to accom
pany me. All this was caused and owing
to less than four ounces of mud.
In due time, John Ladd returned and
brought me 15 samples of mud. He ar
rived on the evening boat from The
Dalles. I went to work and assayed all
night, and not the least trace of silver
could I find In any one of the samples.
The following day I received a telegram
from C. H. McDonald, of San Francisco,
that If I considered the thing genuine
to draw on him for $10,000. and invest It
In Bonanza stock, as the Virginia City,
.rvev., stocks were then booming In ban
Francisco, and the $40,000 was only a flyer
there. It Is needless to say that I did
not go to the mine, neither did I Invest the
$40,000 In Bonanza stock.
But soon the mud began to arrive in
Portland in sacks and In kegs, and It was
all found to be extremely rich, and richer
the mud greater the excitement. A large
number of people went to the mine, and
returned highly elated with their invest
ment. Two experts were sent from San
Francisco to examine and report upon the
new Eldorado, and they secured about 40
cans of the mud each, and took It with
them to San Francisco. I never heard of
their results. Dr. Chapman visited the
mine and brought out a large number of
silver buttons, and gave glowing accounts
of Its richness. Our colored citizens of
Portland had a representative among the
prospectors subsribe stock in one of the
locations, and put up a mill at an ex
pense of several thousand dollars, but In
its operations they got no metallic Indi
cations. JCo kind of advice was wanted
from any one. The silver was there and
that was all they wanted to know. ?o
doubt that much of the silver Is thero
yet.
Dr. Chapman employed Richard Hurley,
an assayer from Lewlston, to go to the
mine to do the assaying, and he was there
the last I heard of him. He never re
turned. The information I got from the mud
Ladd brought me, was my own, it cost me
$500 to satisfy myself that it was not a
gonulne natural production, and when I
denounced it as a fraud. I was asked how
I knew It was a fraud, and that I could
not answer. The only thing I could do
was to let It die a natural death. I was
ridiculed for my assertions, but offered
and sold my stock at five cents per share,
when It was selling for 10 cents on First
street, and then I was accused of bearing
the market, so as to buy more stock. I
was also censured for not investing the
$40,000 in Bonanza stock, when I could
have done so, and am accused by tome,
who lost money on the stock, of putting
up the whole Job until this day. althugh
it Is 25 years ago. but I suppose it is quite
natural to put the blame of their bad in
vestment upon some one else besides
themselves.
It was one of the hardest things to die
I ever saw. It lived for several months.
Had the men or men. who put up that
Job been a little better posted In handling
the raw material and managing it. they
could have swung the public for half a
million, as well as not.
This was the most noted mining excite
ment I ever saw In Portland, and one
which the modern stockbroker would look
upon with envy.
Portland. December 6.
It Is always difficult to tell exactly
what to take with one for the Friday to
Monday visit. A man does not wish to
carry more than a dress-suit case, and
even this most commodious of luggage
receptacles at times does not seem to
hold enough. In it must first go the
evening suit. Until July It Is safest to
bring your evening coat. There may be
a formal dinner, and a man must always
wear evening dress after 6 o'clock at a
house at which he is visiting, unless It be
a bachelor establishment, or one where he
Is very Intimate.
A man in his own house can wear a
dinner Jacket, but what Is allowed for a
host is not expected of the guests. If
you are doing your own packing be care
ful of the way In which you fold your
evening coat. The lining must be on the
outside, the sleeves folded carefully and
the tails likewise. By ruining up some
tissue paper and putting it In the sleeves
you will keep them perfectly free from
wrinkling.
The placing also of a dinner jacket In
the case with the evening coat Is a matter
which depends somewhat on circum
stances. If you are going to visit at a
house where you are well known, perhaps
this may be well. But, as I have already
said, it is not absolutely necessary. Three
white shirts for evening wear and two
colored ones will be more than enough.
Some men are very neat and careful as to
their evening shirts, and they can make
them do for tho morning following.
Your white tics for evening wear and a
pair of evening gloves you can pack in the
bosom of the shirts, or, better yet, in
your moucholr case, and. If you have
lived several Christmases, you must sure
ly have one of these. If not. your wife
or sweetheart should read this and mako
haste, as a handsome moucholr case is a
most useful and satisfactory remembrance
for Christmas. Collars can be laid flat.
Instead of curled. In the bosom of the
shirts.
Patent-leather boots must be wrapped
separately in tissue paper. If you have no
boot bag. These can be placed In one
corner. If you have room, a pair of bed
room slippers will be a comfort. In your
moucholr case you can fold a few, say,
two or three, favorite ties. The case lies
almost flat, with handkerchiefs, gloves
and cravats, and will take up very little
room.
One change of underclothing will be suf
ficient, and one pair of pajamas. Besides
three changes of hose, you should also
take one pair for evening wear. Your
toilet articles hairbrushes, toothbrushes,
etc. can be taken in little oilskin bags,
which you can purchase for a very small
sum of any druggist. It Is better to take
a cake of soap, because, although you
will find It at most well-regulated country
houses on the toilet table, it is not always
so. and It Is never so abroad. Many
fashionable people follow the foreign cus
toms, and you must not be surprised If
you find In a large country bouse a lack
of these accessories.
It is practically impossible to pack a
bathrobe In a suit case, although once, re
duced to almost a state of despair, I ac
complished It. Your host should provide
you with this, especially that host who
has the bathroom mania. Many men who
fit out country houses become, early In
the work, a prey to the attractive adver
tisements In the back pages of the cur
rent magazines. The whole house Is fitted
up with tiled bathrooms, but the bachelor
15 expected to take his dip down the end
of a long hall, on which It would seem as
If all the rooms of the house opened. In
thla ago of tubbing one longs for the. old
0O
t
From Head, to Foot
o t
un tub which one brought with hlai acd -n
nicn ne cou.u ua&. w many tlmisa witn
vB.se. If you have room, pactc the bath- 1
robe; if not, trust 'to Providence and the !
common sense of your host- '
You may put into your suit case. If you I
choose, a pair of knickers and stockings
for golfing.
We all know what an effect good
clothes have upon character, in the way
of self-respect and self-confidence. No
where Is this more strikingly illustrated
than in army life. It is related of Napo
leon that, on the morning of the battle
of Waterloo, while he outlined to his
Generals the plans for the day, he saw,
near by, a sentinel from whose coat a
button was missing. Stopping short in
his directions, he ordered the soldier
brought to him and asked him to explain
such careless.iess.
"It was lost on the march," said the
sentinel "and I had no time to replace
It."
"Indeed," said Bonaparte, "and I sup
pose If you had been shot on your watch
last night, I might have given the same
excuse for not putting another in your
place, and my army might have been
murdered while It slept. You may have
all the rest of your days to sew on an
other." Lord Wolseley, who places much value
In the personal appearance of the British
soldier and believes in having him well
and smartly dressed, says in regard to
this matter:
"The soldier is a peculiar animal, that
can alona be brought to the highest ef
ficiency by inducing him to beleve he be
longs to a regiment which is infinitely su-
SORT 'O
Uncle Snra: "John, there n fly
John Ilulli "Well, 'tnln't your lly,
bnKlucxs."
perlor to the others about him. In their j
endeavors to foster this spirit Colonels
are greatly aided by being able to point I
to some peculiarity in dress or title, and
for this reason it is most unwise to take
from a regment any device or peculiarity
of any sort In which the men take a I
prld Make a man proud of himself and
his corps and he can always be depended
upon." BEAU BRUMMEL, JR.
SCHOOL WORK IN ALASKA.
Governor Brady Sny That It Is Han
dicapped by Lnck of Fnnds.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. In his annual
rerort Governor Brady, of Alaska, calls
attention to section 2S of the Alaska act
of the last session of Congress, which
provides that the Secretary of the Inte
rior shall make provision for the educa
tion of the children of that territory,
without reference to race, and shall en
force a system of compulsory attendance
at school until the territory can provide
a proper school system of Its own. In
commenting on this phase of the question.
Governor Brady says:
"The Secretary cannot obey this law If
Congress does not appropriate tne money
to bear the expense. Many communities
are now totally neglected because the
Commissioner of Education has not the
means to establish a school and pay the
salary of a teacher. The Governor in all
his reports has told of this and has plead
for at least $60,000 as an annual appro
priation, but the committee has not al
lowed an increase of a dollar beyond
what It has heretofore annually approved,
namely. $30,000. The people In the large
towns which arc willing to Incorporate
will fare well, for the law allows these
towns one-half of the license money
which may be collected within the limits
of the corporation to be used for
school purposes. Juneau and Skagway
have become Incorporated, and their
funds for all school purposes will be
ample. It Is estimated that Juneau, for
Instance, will have $15,000. This Is one
half the amount that has annually been
set apart for the whole of the district.
"The amount for Skagway will be as
large as that for Juneau, and no doubt
larger, as Juneau claims les than 1500
inhabitants, and consequently the liquor
sellers have paid but $1000 each for a
license, while In Skagway the number ot
inhabitants Is much greater than 1500.
and consequently the saloon men must
pay $1500 license each. Here, then, we
will have two towns spending as much
money for schools as Congress Is willing
to vote for all the rest of Alaska. This
Is hardly fair to the children beyond in
corporated limits. If 50 per cent of the
license money which Is collected, exclud
ing the amount from Incorporated towns,
could be used by the Secretary of the In
terior, he could nearly comply with the
law In furnishing the proper educational
facilities for the children of school age
who should be in school. If Congress
will not adopt this method of prodvlding
the expenses of schools, it Is recommend
ed, then, that U be urged to increase its
appropriation to $75,000. Under the en
couragement which the law gives, the
people of Skagway and Juneau have gone
vigorously to work on their schools and
already have them In operation for the
year. At this writing the details are not
at command for this report."
Smlthi in Congress.
It Is a matter of course that all the
Smiths In Congress were re-elected. The
whole five. Henry C. William A., and
Samuel W., of Michigan: David H.. of
Kentucky, and George W., of Illinois,
will go back to Washington with com
fortable majorities. John Walker Smith,
of Maryland, was also elected to the
present Congress, but he declined to take
the seat because he was elected to the
Governorship Just before the beginning
of the session. The vacancy has been
filled by the election of W. H. Trebson,
but Smith's desertion of the family has
been made good by the election of Wal
ter I. Smith in Iowa. So there will be in
the next Congress a round half dozen
of Smiths, all good men and true and
all Republicans but the Smith from Ken
tucky. General W. F. Draper, of Mllford. Mass.,
has received from the Kins of Italy tbe Grand
Cordon of the Order ot SS. Maurice and La
xare, as a token of appreciation of the Gen
eral's services during his mission in Italy.
The Grand Cor4oa is one of tbe highest dec
orations conferred by that court.
There is a movement on foot In Boston for
tbe erection of a monument of Edgar Allan
Poe, which will be put up in the public gar
dens which adjoin tho historic common.
GOOD CAUSE TO REJOICE
3IcIdJTLHTS SUCCESS SYOXTMOTJS
"WITH UBEIITT AND RIGHT.
Gist of a Lotter by Hon. "William
Robert Xoare to the Young 31 ca
ot the Sooth.
MEMPHIS, Nov. E.-.Hon. "William Rob
ert Moore, of this city. Is one among the
many residents of the South who find in
McKlnley3 re-election good cause for
gratification, and take It to mean the
best Interests of the United States are to
be conserved. He Is of the opinion that
the defeat cf Bryan is a National bless
ing, and that the future has much good
In store for our Nation. Mr. Smith has
made the result of the election the sub
ject of a highly patriotic letter to the
young men and boys of the Southern
btates. It Is as follows:
"Let all the early rejoice. The National
election has passed: and the flag of lib
erty, of Justice and of civilization waves
proudly tonight above our Titanic young
Nation not only between the two great
oceans, but. also, upon her righteously
acquired possessions In the Islands of the
far-off seas, which, with the early com
pletion of the Nicaragua Canal, are soon
to open to our American young men i-
TOUCHY. -
Minneapolis Tribune.
on yonr noc"
Is It? Wish you'd mind your own
limltable opportunities for their restlesa
endeavors. We have a valid right, there
fore, to reverently exclaim, 'Glory to
God In the highest.' nnd to adopt as
our gonfalon, 'Peace on earth, good will
to all men.' It would not be either wise
or magnanimous now to gloat over the
thoroughly defeated party of multitudin
ous political sins and heresies: but It is
both wise and proper to rejoice that the
combined patriotism of the Nation, re
gardless of party names, has, by a ma
jority approximating a million votes,
saved them from themselves, by snatching
them as brands from the Bryan burn
ing. "No man now not even the Carmack
Agulnaldolsts feels any alarm fbr our
flag or anxiety about the continued pros
perity which, like a mighty river, has.
during the present Republican National
Administration, overflown and flooded all
parts of the country and every class of its
population. The fear that every business
man has felt at even the bare possibility
of Populist Bryan's election has now
passed completely away, nnd been sup
planted by a serene, steady and unshaken
confidence that the broad, wise and hu
mane national policies that have for the
past four years ruled our heaven-blest
Nation will for four years more be vig
orously pressed and enable each and every
class of workers whether employers or
employes to move confidently on in the
undisturbed prosecution of their business
plsns and purposes.
"Confidence and stability are all-Important
factors In the calculations of all
business men: and nobody not even the
veriest Populist now doubts what the
national industrial policies will be under
the Republican Administration. Capital
and'labor. hand in hand, can and will now
move harmoniously on together in the de
velopment of our unlmagined national re
sources. There is no longer a mlsceg
enated. Populist. Democratic party stand
ing In threatening attitude to frighten
and disturb and choke business enter
prises. Of course there will be, as there
always should be, an opposition political
party; but the piebald and mosaic thing
lately, by common courtesy, called De
mocracy, will never again disturb the
dreams of the future. 'The old thing" has
died the Ignominious death that knows no
waking. Requlescat In pace.
Chief Cause for Congratulation.
"The chief cause for national congratu
lation now Is the final burial of that su
perlative egotist and pestilent demagogue
who has for the last four years been itin
erating on rear-end trains throughout
the Nation trying to array the honest la
borers against their employers. To the
party upon whom he thrust himself he has
been too expensive a luxury, and hence
fortu he can never again, with that one or
any other party, cut a national figure.
"No political organization will ever
again attempt to force a 46-cent dollar on
the farmers and wage-earners of the
country. No considerable party will
hereafter attempt to discredit our soldiers
and belittle the Amerlcan'flag. No little
bob-tall bull will ever again undertake
to butt the great American engine while
It is speeding with electric and accelerat
ing velocity along the Bessemer rails of
progress and prosperity. No. no! All
this sort of wickedness is forever ended.
"But, my dear sir, this unparalleled vic
tory over the debased money advocates,
repudiation and attempted humiliation of
the dear old Stars and Stripes suggests a
moral which It were wise for us all to
now both appreciate and appropriate.
May I. therefore, be pardoned when I
suggest that my birthplace, my accumu
lated years, and my long business expe
rience, each and all justify me In kindly
saying a few words to the present genera
tion of young American voters, especially
of those in the Southern States? I do not
presume to speak to those of my own
age
"Your commendable love and loyalty to
your ancestors have heretofore been
strong enough to lead you away from
the political leanings of your own enlight
ened better Judgments and dumped you
Into the pools of sodden provincial par
ty prejudices. You have hesitated to
break away from their political teach
ings; and this is creditable to the prompt
ings of your sentimental nature. But as
you have looked around and about, you
cannot have failed to observe that the
mighty currents of modern progress were
rapidly drifting the Nation Irresistibly
awav from the narrow and isolated stage--oach
and ox-cart methods of ante-bellum
days. You have been taught and edu
cated in the theory that the United States
were a confederacy; whereas, by the ar
bitrament of war tho highest and last
court of nations tho political entity
known as ths United States Is now a
nation.
"Old things have passed away; behold
all things have become new; and. bet
ter than all, you are now a proud citi
zen, not merely of some little provincial
locality, unknown abroad, but, "higher
st!!, an Important integer of this great
United States, before whom every na
tloi. of the earth stands, now uncov
ered, hat In hand, ready to do respectful
obeisance.
"Every intelligent and thoughtful young
Southern man cannot have failed to no
tice that the political policies urged and
persisted In by the now discarded leaders
of the so-called Democracy of the South
ern states, have- been, ever since the
great war, continuously. In their effects,
obstructive, and reactionary. They have
generally insisted upon prosecuting thos6
political theories taught by John C. Cal
houi . embodied in the general Idea that
the overwhelming majority of the Amer
ican people earnestly rejecting these po
litical heresies have accepted and are
now vigorously acting upon the opposite
and common sense view that our Nation
of 45 states Is now infinitely greater and
grander than any one of Its parts.
"These are suggestions worthy to enlist
at least the careful study and considera
tion of every ambitious and studious
young man in the Southern tier of states
especially of every one who may In
the future desire to become President of
the United States. (And why should not
our Southern young men so aspire?) No
matter how lightly he may now heed
these warnings, their thoughtful consid
eration can do him no possible future
harm. If he has ambition that" covers
his whole country he must strive to be
come a part and parcel of It, and not be
satisfied to lag, superfluous, as a mere sul
len, unwilling and pouting appendage upon
the ragged edge of the proud American
procession as it marches on in mighty
phalanx to grandeur and to national
glory.
"Only a few days more and this red
letter century will have passed forever
away. Its Industrial, financial and polit
ical achievements have surpassed all the
centuries that have gone before. What
the 20th century may bring forth Is now
wisely hidden In the great womb of the
future. But, judging by the past, the
.Nation may reasonably expect to reach
nobler heights than 'eye hath yet seen,
ear heard, or that It hath entered into
the heart of man to even conceive.'
"We of these Southern states, espe
cially, have a most encouraging outlook.
Nature has given us mountains of min
eral, valleys of golden products, rivers of
priceless wealth and water, and a climate
of uncqualed salubrity. Riches He un
developrd beneath every rood of our ter
ritory, and beyond the value of mathe
matical computation. But they need de
velopment. Who will dig and delve for
it? Not the indolent and lazy sloth, lag
gard and grumbler who Is merely always
consuming the pioductlons of the thrifty
and blocking the mighty car of progress.
The Youns Man Who Im to Win.
"The young man who Is to win is the
now poor boy who stands ready to de
fend his country's flag; who Is now pa
tiently poring over his books by night
and toiling assiduously by day, with the
Arm purpose and resolve to carve his
name, later on, among the noble Amer
ican names that were not born to die.
To aid him, therefore, In his commenQ
abla purposes, let him be careful In his
political party alliances. He cannot hope
for success If he chains himself to some
rotten and decaying political carcass that
will forever act as an offensive break
upon his noblest efforts. He cannot pull
an effete and obsolete political corpse.
"Then rather let him seek out that par
ty which has Insoribed upon its banners,
in flaming letters, the words, 'justice,
progress, unity and the Stars and Stripes.'
Living up to the Ideals contained In this
communication and with an unfaltering
faith In the God of our fathers, the way
to honorable success lies today Invitingly
open to every honest and Industrious
youn& American boy and man."
EVENTS IN THE- SOCIAL WORLD
(Continued from Fifteenth rape.)
turned from California and are domiciled
with Mr. Klrkmanfs mother for the pres
ent. Mrs. Albert Goldman, gave a largely at
tended reception Thursday afternoon. In
honor of her elster-ln-law, Mrs. Ben F.
Goldman.
President Penrose, ot Whitman, returned
Friday from the Yakima country, where
he had been lecturing in the interest of
the college.
Charles Herman Is up from Stcllacoom,
visiting his brother-in-law, D. W. Mc
Fadden. Mrs. Herman has gone East
for a few weeks.
Thursday evening Mrs. Albert Goldman
entertained a large party of young people
In honor of her nieces. Misses Stelnman
and Kline, of California.
Marvin Evans has gone to Birmingham.
Ala., where he Is to be married to Miss
Nancy Wallace, sister of Rev. Duncan
Wallace, and formerly of this place.
Mrs. John Dooly entertained a couple
of score pf young people Wednesday even
ing with high Ave, delicate refreshments
and dancing. In honor of her cousin,
Frank Dooly, of Portland. Prizes were
won by Miss Bess Paine and Ben Holt.
Centralia.
Mrs. A. B. Rayner and daughter have
returned to Tacoma after a short visit to
relatives In this city.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Wllkerson have re
turned from Everett and will make their
future home in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. George Martin, of Everett,
are In the city, visiting the former's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lang, of Seattle,
are vlsltlns relatives In this city. Mr.
Lang will return to Nome In February.
Mr. John Wilson and son, of Wenatchee,
are visiting relatives In this city. Mr.
Wilson Is the owner of a large and thriv-'
ing fruit farm.
Tho Ladies of the Round Table met
Thursday evening at the residence of
Mrs. P. R. Stahl. North Centralia. Tempt
ing refreshments were served and a most
enjoyable evening passed.
At the residence of Mr. Jesse Martin,
South Centralia, on Wednesday afternoon,
Mr. Herbert Fred was united in. marriage
to Miss Eva Martin, Rev. C. F. Goode
officiating. Tho happy couple left
Wednesday on a short bridal trip for
Tacoma and othr Sound cities. Miss
Martin formerly taught .in the city
schools.
TJXIVERSITY OF OREGON.
Football Season Ended With Re
ception by Young Ladles.
EUGENE, Dec. 8. Oregon's best foot
ball season was Anally and appropriately
closed last Saturday evening when the
young ladles of U. O. received, at Profes
sor Straub's, In honor of the football
team of the University of Washington.
Our eleven had been welcomed back from
the hard-fought Thanksgiving game,
rested a day and had given the Evergreen
visitors the most decisive trouncing of the
year. Every one was happy, and the
visitors were" philosophical. The parlors
were beautifully decorated In college col
ors, delicious refreshments were served,
and a pleasant evening passed In meeting
the guests of honor. It is the hope of
all that this sort of thing may have simi
lar Inspiration every year.
The seminary In political science and
history met last Wednesday evening and
listened to a carefully prepared paper
on "Historical Sources," by Professor
Schafer. Special attention was given to
'a part Is greater than the whole,' while
the use of Internal criticism In working up
historical material. A brief Informal dis
cussion followed.
The associated students held the annual
debating elections Wednesday morning,
and chose B. C. Jakway, '01; S. O. Goodall,
'02; E. A. Childs. W. I. Whittlesey. '01;
E N. Blythe, 'C2, and C. A. Redmond; 'CC,
WHEN YOUR
BY KKRGHRET L. BRICGS.
(A!! Rights
It Is a fact that beneath every backache there lurks the gravest pos
sibilities. Years of- effort on the part of professional men, and column
after column of newspaper space in every journal in the country have
failed to impress on women that their backache is merely a sign, that
real trouble exists somewhere.
Many women even now today, with all the light that has been thrown
on the subject, endure backache right along day after day and call it
rheumatism. They actually treat it with surface applications of liniment
and go through the daily misery hoping that a change In the weathex
will relieve them.
The ignorance concerning backache is not confined to women them
selves, but to their doctor as well, for, singular as It may seem, many
practicing physicians fail to diagnose backache as a symptom only. They
do not recognizee the kidney or bladder trouble, the womb or ovarian
troubles that may be, and one of which surely is making the backache,
as a signal to hunt for something that Is going wrong.
Of course, there comes a time when the cloven foot of backache shows
itself, and the struggle then is for life or death. This Is no exaggeration.
It is going on all around us, dally, hourly. Women are 111 with such a
complication of derangements that one who understands wonders how
they stand on their feet. They keep going, attending to their duties until
the day comes when surrender must be made to the real trouble.
Profound ignorance causes this neglect What woman would know
ingly let herself drift Into the grip of kidney complaint or uterine dis
order? As a matter of fact, there should be a text written on the minds
of every woman in this country: "If your back aches write to Mrs.
PInkham." You can get more direct and valuable advice out of one letter
which will come promptly In reply to yours than you can in years of trial
and consultation with physicians. Mrs. Pinkham Is authority on backache
and her medicine is its conqueror. She knows what backache is. Her
flies are filled with letters from women she has cured of It
In curing their backache she has really cured them of the troubles
that produce the backache. These troubles are strictly within the field
of work occupied so successfully and so long by Lydia E. PInkham's Vege
table Compound. This Is a medicine which will not cure all the ills that
flesh Is heir to, but for the troubles originating In the feminine generative
system it has no equal In the world, and the willing testimony of thou
sands of women will and does support this statement.
Mrs. Pinkham gives an earnest Invitation to women to write to her
at Lynn, Mass., for advice about their health. This Is surely the easiest
way to be helped and put on the right track, for no person Is so well
qualified to give advice to women who are ailing.
"When you write to Mrs. Pinkham you do so in perfect confidence,
for all the correspondence is carried on by women, and by women only.
Tell Mrs. Pinkham the story of your backache and all the other peculiar
ities which make you feel puzzled about yourself. You will understand
after following her advice the gratefulness of the women who write of
their cure you will be one of the grateful ones yourself.
as contestants in the annual try-out.
which comes eff some time In January.
There will be a hard run for places, and
the Oregon talkers should do better work
than last year.
The usual weekly assembly was held
Tuesday morning, and addressed by Mr.
E. T. Colton, student secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. international committee.
The same gentleman was very favorably
heard In some other addresses, especially
that Tuesday evening, on "Student Temp
tations the Battle-Ground of Collego
Life." A college man himself, Mr. Col
ton's talks appeal to students with pecu
liar felicity and force.
Other class otators have been cnoscn
as follows: '04. O. B. Tout; '03, T. L.
Williams: '02. A. H. Eaton. The local
contest will be held early In February to
avoid competition with the winds of
March whereof the poet tells us. The
state affair Is one month later at Cdr
vallls. There Is a general feeling here
that It Is Oregon's turn at the honors,
and several poeple will work hard for
them.
During the latter part of the week the.
Y. M. C. A. members, their friends and
everybody else has been busy attending
the various meetings of the state conven
tion of the college Y. M. C. A. It has
been a great and worthy success in
every way.
DEVIOUS COURSE OFTHE RHINE
Few Tourist Have Solved the Mys
tery of Its Birthplace.
The birthplace of the Rhine, is wrapped
in mystery. It is given to few to dam
with their Angers the first tricklings of a
great river, writes Augustine BIrrell in
the Century. How many English have
traced the shy Thames to her source, or
the Mersey? Research Is apt to be tedi
ous. To most of us, as to our artist, M.
Andre Castalgne, the Rhine flows out of
Constance Lake, and after giving three
leaps over the rocks at Schaffhausen,
steps westward with a cheerful alacrity,
as If It meant, like a good American, to
see Paris before It died, till it reaches
Basel, where, as if suddenlly mindful of
the Fatherland. It turns hastily to the
right and pushes Its way up the map of
Europe past Strasburg. Mannheim. Kob
lenz and Cologne, by Dusseldorf and We
sel till It reaches the Low Countries,
where again Its course becomes obscure.
What happens to the Rhine at Utrecht?
"What gar my father no send me to Ut
recht"? was the oft-repeated complaint
of Bartollne Saddletree, doomed to keep
shop Ir the BesJ Wynd Instead of draw
ing pleas In Parliament Square.
I can but repeat Mr. Saddletree's
plaint. Had my father sent me to Utrecht
Instead of Koblenz I might be an author
ity on the subject. As it Is. I can but
feebly demur to the modern notion that
puts Rotterdam on the Rhine, but have
to admit that. Just as I have never set
eyes on the Toma-See, in Switzerland,
where, at a height of well-nigh S000 feet,
the baby Rhine springs into being, so
have I never seen either of Its outlets Into
the German Ocean or the Zuyder Zee. My
Rhine begins at Schaffhausen and gets
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Reserved.)
no farther than Wesel, for as for Rotter
dam, it is. as all the world knows, on
the Maas. and as for Utrecht, where tho
river Is said to divide, I was never sent
there to study.
A Country Breath.
Susan Hartley Swett in Youth's Companion.
A 'hay-load In the city square.
The sweets of a whole Summer fair.
In one rude wagon piled;
The fragrant breath of warm, a till rains,
The scent of strawberries In green lanes,
Faint petals blown from roses wild.
And straightway all the bustling placet
Is filled with some enchanted grace.
And tinkling with the notes
Of Held larks, and of sliver streams.
Of south winds, murmuring their dream
Through airy aisles of oats.
My lady in the gilded shop
Lets all the tawdry trinkets drop.
And through the magic sees
A dooryard sweet with mint and phlox.
And pink with ruffled hollyhocks.
That nod to belted bees.
The sooty laborer with a thrill
Plucks shamrocks on an Irish hill.
A gamin cheera and chaffs;
All busy footsteps pause a bit.
Somewhere is toll by clear skies lit,
A sunburnt world that laughs.
And long and long the sweetness stays,
And cheers and cools the heated ways,
Like happy news from home.
Till the pale moon and, misty stars
Look down as if. by meadow bars.
Their rays touched clover bloom.
But little recks the countryman.
Bound homeward on his empty van.
Along the closing marts,
"What store he brought with him today.
Or what, within a load of hay.
Could touch so many hearts.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Dec. 8.-8 P. M. Maximum,
temperature, 45; minimum temperature. 33;
river reading at 11 A. M.. 5.6 feet; change la
the past 24 hours. 0.00; total precipitation, S
P. M. to 5 P. M., 0.00; total precipitation
. since Seat. 1, 1000, 10.81 Inches; normal pre
cipitation since Sept. 1. 1900. 13.40 Inches; de
ficiency, 2.G2 Inches; total sunshine Dec T,
0:00; possible sunshine Dec. 7, S:46.
Pacific Coast Weather.
Wind. M
E
O 2
2. X Zo
f I i
-5
STATIONS.
3"
Astoria I40IO.0OI 0
iE Ft. cloudy
Baker City 430 0t)J
SE Cloudy
Xff Clear
liismarcK i3to.oois
1 Boise 400.0O
lEureka 152 0.001
'Helena 42lO.O0(
S Pt. cloudy
E 'Pt. elnudir
N'W Clear
W Cloudv
I Kamioops, a. c; hoio.ooi
i iNcan uay I4U u.uiri
SE Pt. cloudy
,S Cloudy
Pocatello 3S 0.00
Portland 145)0.00)
I ilea isiun: im ii.m
SE Foetrv
IRoseburg 44 0 00
N'W Foggy
I Sacramento 1 44 0.00
isw Foggy
W ! Cloudv
r Cl. T nl.j. inn t nn
San Francisco 152 O.uO
2f iClear
NE Cloudy
Spokane 3S 0.00
Seattle 48 0.00
iV Clnndtr
Walla Walla. 420.00
SW Cloudy
Light.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
General foggy weather continues In the Pa
clflc States. No rain has fallen, and mlld
temperatures as a rule prevail west of ths
Rocky Mountains. In the Dakotas It Is un
seasonably cold, with temperatures this after
noon as lnw as 6 deg. above zero. The indi
cations are for fair weather In this district
Sunday.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 2S hours
ending at midnlzht Sunday. December 8:
Portland and vicinity Fair; winds mostly
northerly.
Oregon Fair, except cloudy and threaten
ing In northeast portion; winds mostly east
erly. Washington Fair in west, cloudy and threat
ening In east portion; winds mostly north
easterly. Idaho Cloudy and threatening; winds mostly
easterly.
EDWARD A. BEALS. Forecast Official.
SEW TODAY.
HAINES' TEA STORE
Fifth St.. opposite P. O.
CHRISTMAS GOODS.
This year are prettier than ever In fancy china.
I We have an endless variety and all prices.
Our lOc. isc. i)c cud :uc counters are crowded
with bargains. On table reserved for gentle
men's ai tides are ash trays, steins, smoke
sets, tobacco jars, pen racks, etc A nice
present for your wife Is one of our 50-pleco
dinner sets, at $3.75. $4.75. $5.95. Don't forget
the doU In pink In our window. Chance on 1$
asd a football with each 23c purchase.
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