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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1902)
s THE SUNDAY OKEGONL3JST. PUKTL.AKD. JUIY 27, 1JUZ. LAND FOR COOS RAILROAD LARGE TRACT SECURED NEAR EM PIRE FOR TEIWIIXAL GROUNDS. Work on Wharf "Will Be Began at Once, and Construction of Road Proper September 1. MARSHFIELD. Or.. July 26. (Special.) Chief Engineer L. D. Kinney, of the Great Central Railroad Company, said today that a large tract of land had been secured for terminal grounds near this city, and that the company has also secured a water frontage of lft miles from the Empire mill toward Marshfield. Construction of the first wharf will be begun at once, and work on the others will follow later on. A force of 45 men Is now here, and they will be set to work Monday morning on the wharf and In the terminal grounds. Work on the railroad will not be begun until Septem ber L California Colonist Rnte. SAX FRANCISCO, July 25. The South ern Pacific announces that September 1 the following daily colonist rates will be pi iced in effect via the Southern Pacific and its connecting lines through Ogden or El Paso to California: From Omaha, Kansas City and other Missouri River points, $25; St. Louis. New Orleans and Mississippi River points, 520: Peoria, $31; Chicago, $38. These rates will be In ef fect until October 3L than the artists among flower girls who dwell In the shadow of Mercury. They see the vanity of the lordly sex as under a searchlight. And the lordly sex is vain, whether the hat It wears with Us frock coat Is of silk or'straw. The silk hat ponders deeply over the shade of Its rose; the straw hat grasps greedily at an other Inch of green background. It is the same principle, and the same cynicism says when It has gone: "Lor, Pplly. there's a fool!" There are many strangers with in our gates, strangers with clean-shaven nce$ and a nasal drawl, strangers also with floppy ties and terribly neat mus taches. The strangers come to the flower girl and she takes them In. It Is all one to her. The American Is brisk and brusque, but he pays all the more. The Frenchman Is profusely polite, but he pays none the less. They are both mere foolish men to the cynical flower girl. Her chief Joy If she has a Joy Is the youth who desires to be made splendid without counting the cost. He Is not only profitable, but amus ing. Her chief sorrow, no doubt. Is her own sex, who have a mean and unscrupu lous desire to pay just prices. Her own sex, unlike the mere man. generally buy In bulk, for the decoration of their homes, not themselves. This Is a disheartening practice, which confirms the cynicism of the flower girl. A few inches of wire will not suffice to make a bunch of flowers, and the exacting female pays just about as much for a dozen good blooms as a man does for one decrepit specimen with a wire leg. Consequently, the flower girl believes neither in the brain of man nor the heart of woman, and sits In the lee of statues, cynical and blue. It was a lawyer who said that only fools went to law. The flower girl knows who buys flowers. Trncklaylnff to Be BcRnn. HOQUIAM. Wash., July 2C (Special.) Monday, the Northern Pacific extension will commence laying the track from Grass Creek to Chenouse Creek, a distance of two miles. The work on the new exten sion, which is from Hoquiam to the sea. Is not progressing very rapidly, only about 75 men being employed. NEW BILL AT SHIELDS' PARK Demontrello, Great Trick Jumper, Anions: KenturcN This AVeek. Beginning tonight, Shields Park pre sents the greatest novelty of the season In the European wonder, Demontrello, novelty trick and barrel jumper. The dif ferent feats this jumper performs are marvelous. Among other things he does Is to Jump from one barrel across a high table Into another barrel blindfolded, and wh'le blindfolded and with both feet tied he fltands on a four-Inch pedestal, and In one jump clears a five-foot fence and lands on the same-sized pedestal on the opposite side. Among the tricks he pcr f orroa is to jump on and off a man's face, and from a table on to the points of a d"zen knives, without either injuring the man's face, the knives or his feet. Another big novelty will be Borton and Draper. in the original act, "The Wise Girl and the Kid." In which they intro duce a series of up-to-date fads, including elnging. talking, acrobatic work and com edy horizontal bars. This Is their first appearance on the Coast, having come here direct from the big Eastern cir cuits. Another Eastern team, the Lawrences. Dan and May, will appear In a clever sketch entirely different from anything that has yet appeared here. Floyd and Stiles, two clever young de lineators of rag-time, make their first ap pearance In a series of parodies and witty salngs. O'Leary and Fay have made euch a big hit the past week that they are retained for their last week, and will introduce all new work In their novelty juggling. Jveph Thompson will sing "The Star and the Flower" and "Stay In Your Own Back Yard." two of the best Illustrated songs of the year. The polyscope has a thousand or more feet of new moving pic tures to display, and Shields orchestra will play between acts. Amateur night was a howling success l3st night; three acts appeared and made a big hit with the large audience. A much lprgcr list of amateurs will appear next .tnaay nigr.t. The big balcony will be completed to n ght. and will be all ready to accommo- aate tne big Sunday night crowd. DRINKS OF THE ENGLISH. Great Britain's Liquor Bill About Readies the Limit London Telegraph. There comes a time In the lives of con vivial men when their habits have to be reconsidered. The social custom cannot be Indefinitely prolonged. There Is a time limit to the "long pull." Is It so with nitlons? There are a good many indica tions that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was quite right when he said that the people of this country had near ly gone to the verge of their possible ex penditure on stimulants. It Is undoubt edly true that there has been a general depression throughout the wine and spirit trade. The failures recorded last year are more numerous than for any previous year for a good while. Many establish ments are turning over much les3 than they did three years ago. True, there has been an absolute Increase In the quantity of drink consumed, but not In the proportion to the growth of the pop ulation. The fact Is, that the war has obliged a good many people to limit their outlay. The loss of friends and relatives who have served in the field, the Increased duty on spirits, the advance on the In come tax and some change In the volume of business all these have had their In fluence in lessening the amount of money which people had available for stimu lants. Fashion. It appears, rules in drinking as well as Individual taste. When Queen Victoria's sherry was put on the market everybody drank sherry. First It was the Queen's sherry that was ticked for, and then sherry generally, so that this wine seems In fair way to again becoming popular. FLOWERS AND FOOLS. HE FOUND HIS SHOES. tbcsSgsJS- (kpfe SQ&&s&k&& bSgs Z n f& C j ZZZI 1 Did Not Understand Letter. PORTLAND, July 23. (To the Editors Mr. "Homo" has put an entirely wrong construction on my letter of previous date. I did not for one moment attempt to elevate the feminine oex-to the detri ment of the masculine. I simply protest ed against the tendency of certain writers and "Joke" manufacturers to shift all human fallings, and a few more, on fem inine shoulders. But It strikes me that there are even dense persons among males. Who would have thought It! Had I said In so many words: "Men, stop making fun of us women, for you are not perfect, cither," perhaps "Homochen" would have comprehended me. But since our friend from Hlllsboro has brought up the subject of superiority, I want to say that even the madhouse supposed by him to be preferred by fe males to the poor farm is also overcrowd ed with men. There are, according to the latest statistics, three times as many men as women at that Inn of mental rest. And the manager of SIgnor Homo, de Tracy's late boarding-house also complains of a lack of feminine "clothes rack" patron age. But then. I will admit, for the ben efit of men who are not civilized enough to honor womanhood, that all the Inmates of these Institutions, as well as all mas culine (?) fools, bad the awful misfortune In early youth of having had a woman for a mother, from which dire calamity they never qulterecovered. Small wonder these unlucky fools turned out worse than the more favored, "delirium of paraphernalia admiring" and nature and corner-loving "Homos" par excellence, who, judging from the Ideally Idle llvos thej lead, must have been "born of roses and fed" on dew. Had they been hampered by the locust-like Influence of a woman mother, they would perhaps not be so perfect. Another thing, "Homo" (?), If a woman Is brave enough to face her audience when speaking, a man should be doubly so. when answering, according to what I have always read and heard. But you were awfully scared, weren't you, to hide like that? MRS. W. H. BARRY. Great "Hourly at Meier But the Old Soldier AVns Sorry After ward That He Did So. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "Right after the reunion of Confederate Veterans at Dallas, Tex.. I witnessed a rather comical, and yet a rather pathetic thing on one of the trains which pulled out of the city on the day after the cele bration had closed," said a visitor from Texas. "All the coaches were Jammed to the windows. Men and womeirwere even packed Into the aisles, and there was of course a heavy sprinkling of the old fel lows in gray uniform. When night came on the veterans began to make themselves as comfortable as possible, many of them pulling off their coats and shoes. It was home time after midnight when a gray bearded and stooped man roused from his fileep and began to look around for ais shoes. He did not have on the uniform of the Confederacy, and had not been to the Dallas reunion. 4 Up and down the coach he went In his sock feet, looking for his shoes, but it was to no purpose. He was about to de spair vhen a young gentleman, who occu pied a seat near him, remarked that he had seen an old gentleman take a pair of shoes from about that place In the aisle, and suggested that he had probably gotten hold of the wrong shoes. He said further he thought he could identify the man. Forthwith they went In search of the man who was supposed tofhave gotten the shoes. They found him. He was a grizzled old Confederate, and he, too, nad been playing In bad luck so far ns his shoes were concerned. But he thought he had found them. 'Pardner,' said the old" man who was not uniformed, 'you've got my shoes sho's yo' born,' and sure enough, on closer examination the old Confederata soldier found that he had made a mistake, and he proceeded to unshcath his feet. He handed the old fellow his shoes, and began to pace up and down the coaches again, in his old. white, home-made yarn socks, looking for his shoes. "The man who had recovered his shoes became reflective. 'These coaches air all filled plum up with rebels, he said, 'an' most of 'em have their shoes off, an' It looks awful funny to me that my shoes shoujd be picked out when they ain't as line as some of the other shoes. Of course It's Jest a mistake, a kinder curious caper of fat. I guess, that an old rebel should look over the shoes of his comrades, an' Jest by accident take a pair that belongs to a feller on the other side.' And the old ! fellow, who was on his way to the G. A, R. encampment, lapsed Into silence. A lit tle later, when he saw the old Confed erate soldier, still In his sock feet, hob bling across the platform at the station where he had to change cars, he straight ened up, his eyes moistened and glist ened, and he eald, with Infinite pathos: 'I guess I ain't as good a soldier as I used to be, for In the '60s I guess I'd teen my right arm cut off plum up to the shoulder before I'd made that old fellow give up them shoes if they wus mine.' " Tomorrow morning at eight the Second "Hourly Sales" of the Summer season A great mass of sterling values that should bring even a larger attend ance than last Monday, and mind you, it was the busiest July day we ever experienced There's .no half dealing about these "Hourly Sales" An array of bargains that must immediately appeal to every person having the least idea of economy To facilitate shopping, a printed list of these offerings will be passed out at the different entrances No tele phone orders received for hourly sale items. Mh J& -fll IIott Flower Girl Learn to Sell Their Posies. London Telegraph. There are many cynics loose In London. The cabby and the bus driver have lost their belief In the wisdom of man over the everlasting eruptions of the Strand. The gtntlomen who sell "extry-speshuls" by shouting news which the extra specials do not contain never had any. The lions in Trafalgar Square, monuments of de parted greatness, look wearily and cyn ically upon the present littleness that ha rangues them on a Sunday afternoon. There are church wardens who have found a bad franc in the plate, and a thousand others who divide mankind Into knaves and fools. But the cynicism of all these is thrown Into the shade by the monumental cynicism, of the flower girl. Flower girls, of course, are not monu mental except by contiguity. They haunt stiitues the commanding Sir Robert Peel wno presides over Cheapsldes or the dirty Mercury who brings from Olympus to the less heavenly regions of Piccadilly. In theory the flower girl Is highly poetical. In practice she Is cynical In excelsls. It is partly the cause of the climate. "Car nation, Illy, rose," Is all very well In a picture or a poem. When you have- to sell them In a 20th century May you do not look pictorial, and your language Is rather expressive than poetical. It .is hard to be sentimental with a blue nose. There are degrees In the trade. The "button holes" that cover some square feet belong to a different caste of vendor and a different caste of wearer from the eminently respectable carnations and rosebuds of Piccadilly. But the young ladles who manufacture for the dwellers in out aariubs jungies oi maiaennair Gray has been decided on by the Kaiser as and narcissus are not a, whit less orclcal J tb ooJor ot m cvnun jirmr war uniform. Siberian Bear a Joker. Xew York Press. From appearances no one would suspect the Siberian bear at Bronx Park of ma licious humor. Yet one of the chief de lights of the long-haired ursine is to tease the big grizzly in the next cage. The Siberian bear docs not eat all the meat given him for dinner. He saves a bit and pushes it up close to the bears separating him from the grizzly. The grizzly tries to push his paw through, but he can't Then, the Siberian bear moves the meat forward and backward, to one side and the other, with the plain Intention of tantalizing the grizzly. In this he succeeds admirably. After many attempts the grizzly Tetlres In wrath to a corner of his cage. As he goes he plainly leta out a growl which plalnlyc.- "If I could get through thofbars It's more than tho piece of meat jjat would he eaten. There would be or.j less bad Siberian In the world." When the other bears in the cage with the big grizzly hear the growl they are careful to keep out of his way until his bad humor vanishes. 8 TO O A. 31. Napkins 3c Fifty dozen Fringed Napkins, 17x 17 inch, colored border, extraordin ary bargain, at 3c each. 8 TO 0 A. 31. Turnovers 18c All our 25c. 35c and 60c. Colored Turnover Collars, handsomely em broidered In colors; big variety, ISO each. 8 TO O A. 31. Ladies' Sailors 65c 200 Ladies' Sailor Hats, plain and fancy braids, black bands, 3 styles, values up to $2.00. 8 TO 9 A. M. Tea Kettles 69c 200 No. 8 Granite-Iron Tea Kettles of the best grade; big bargain at 65c. O TO 10 A. 3K Children's Vests 4c 00 Children's Cotton Ribbed Vests, low neck and quarter sleeves, ages 4 to 14 yoars; a remarkable bargain. O TO 10 A. M. Ribbons 8c yd 2000 yards of fancy striped and white all-silk washable Ribbons, 3 inches wide; 15c value. 8 TO O A. 31. Boys' Waists 25c Boys Indigo Blue Percale Waists, heavy weight, ages 4 to 14 years; 40c kind for 23c. W BEGINNING V D TO 10 A. 31. Curtains 89c Six styles in Japanese Bamboo Curtains: very desirable for many purposes; unusually low-priced at O TO 10 A. 31. Catsup 7c bottle B00 bottles of good Tomato Catsup, for this hour only, 7c bottle. (Basement.) O TO 10 A. M. Chiffons 55c yd 500 yards of Chiffon and Mousse lalne de Sole, In black, white and all the desirable shades; 75c quality. 1 TO 2 P. 31. Lace Curtains $1.19 100 pairs of pretty Lace Curtains. 4 and CO Inches wide, 26 yards long; good patterns; big value, $1.19 pair. 1 TO S'P. 31. Cushion Covers 15c A great lot of Denim Cushion Covers, prettily stamped; all colors, 25c and 50c values, 15c 1 TO 2 P. 31. 9 Boys' Caps ioc 500 Boys' Golf Caps, in fancy plaids; the regular 25c quality; for this hour, 10c each. 1 TO 2 P. 3f. Fabric Gloves 30c pr A great lot of Fabric Driving and Outlng'Gloves In tans and browns; a big bargain at 30c pair. It? JSeffl r, BtfilHHlHO w J 1A OWNING II 10 TO 11 A. M. Turkish Towels 8c 100 dozen Bleached Turkish Bath Towels, size 15x40 Inches; best bar gains of the year at 8c. 10 TO 11 A. 31. Cheney Foulards 49c 2000 yards of Cheney Foulard Silk In splendid variety; the regular 83c and $1.00 quality; this hour. 49c yard. 10 TO 11 A. 31. Shirtwaist Suits Ladles' Shirtwaist Suits, blouse ef fects, chambray and percale braid trim- T-tj i med; oxblood color j)!, 10 TO 11 A. 31. "Hammocks $1.07 Fine Full Color Hammock, 36xS0, pillow and wide valance; head and foot spreader. (Third floor.) 10 TO 11 A. 31. Wash Goods 5c yd A great lot of Lawns. Dimities and Embroidered Swisses In splen did patterns and colors; remark able value. 2 TO 3 P. 31. Children's Shoes 75c Children's black or tan Kid Shoes, lace or button styles; great bar gains at 75c pair; sizes 5 to S, 8 to 2. 2 TO 3 P. 31. Challies 22c yd 75 patterns in handsome sllk 6trlped Challies, 27 inches wide; buy lively at 22c yard. 1 TO 2 P. M. Toilet Soap 3c Three odors Toilet Soap Hello. Rose and Violet; good cake; for one hour only, 3c cake. 2 TO 3 P. 31. . Ladies' Belts 20c Ladies' Black Silk and Mercerized Belts, gilt and fancy buckles; val ues to $1.00; great bargain, 20c each 2 TO 3 P. 31. Neckwear Half Price A great lot of Ladles' Fancy Silk Neckwear, stocks, jabots, ties In silk and chiffon; values up to $5.00. 2 TO 3 P. 31. Ladies' Drawers 15c Ladles' Plain Hemstitched and Embroidery-Trimmed Drawers, all sizes, exceptional value at 15c U ,, SEG1NNING ' j& ATt3Prt r Mo, BrGlNNiKG "7 Wgp' AT HAM r 11 TO 12 A. 31. Shirtwaists $1.20 A great lot of fine Cotton Shirt waists. In white and colors, heavy or thin materials; most of them $2.00 values. 11 TO 12 A. 31. Bedspreads 66c 10 dozen 10-4 Hemmed Bedspreads, In good patterns; big value for 66c each. (At linen department.) 11 TO 12 A. 31. Gloves 30c pr Trefousse, 2 - clasp and Musque talre Chamois Gloves In tan and white; sizes 5& to 6; value $1.00 pair. Yours for COc 11 TO 12 A. 31. Wash Boilers 79c 100 No. S Copper-Botton Wash bollcrs; for --s hour only at 79c each. (Basement.) 3 TO 4 P. 31. Ladies' Hose 36c Ladles Black Lace Hose In very best styles; Hermsdorf dye: extra high lnce; all sizes; splendid bar gain, 36c pair. 3 TO 4 P. 31. Applique 17c yd 1000 yards of Venlse, Arabian Batiste and Pt. Paris Applique. 1 to 3 inches wide; best patterns, 25c to 40c values, 17c yard. 3 TO 4 P. 31. Sailor Suits $1.69 Children's Sailor Suits in pique, crash, duck or gingham; values from $2.50 to $3.00; all ages; choice, $1.69 11 TO 12 A. 31. Flannel Skirts 30c Ladles short Outing Flannel Skirts, crochet edge; good patterns; extra value. lr becihnihq I) & at n MJLX 12 TO 1 P. 31. Men's Underwear 38c Men's Combed Egyptian Balbrig gan Shirts and Drawers; all sizes; extra strong value at 3Sc garment. 12 TO 1 P. 31. Knee Pants 85c Boys' fine AU-Wool Blue Serge Knee Pants; ages 3 to 16 years. 4The $1.25 kind. Soc. 12 TO 1 P. 31. Mocha and Java 23c 1000 pounds more of our famous Mocha and Java Coffee, mixed, at 23c pound. (Basement.) 12 TO 1 P. 31. Fry Pans 28c 200 No. 8. Never-Break Fry Pans, best kind made; only 2Sc each for this hour. (Basement.) 12 TO 1 P. 31. . 100 lbs Sugar $4.15 100-pound rack of Western Dry Granulated Sugar; lowest price ever quoted $1.15 sack. Sold in sack lots only. 4 TO 5 P. 31. Talcum Powder 4c 1000 cans of good Borated Tal cum Powder: while it lasts, at 4c a can. I 4 TO 5 P. 31. ioo Trunks $3.33 Barrel-top fancy metal covered Trunk. Victor lock, full finished, set-un tray, with 3 covered boxes, 26, 28," 30, 32-inch; choice, $3.33. fifes A til 5 TO C P. 31. Men's Hose 14c pr Men's Lace-Front Half Hose, black, blue and red; sizes, 9. 10. 10; big value, 14c a pair. 3 TO 4 P. 31. 50c, 65c Linens 35c yd All our 50c and 65c Embroidered Linens, prettiest of all fine wash material; for one hour only, 35c ard. 3 TO 4 P. 31. Ladies' Suits $1.95 Ladies' Duck Shirtwaist Suits, blouse styles, In black and white dots; flounce skirt; blouse trimmed, $1.95. 4 TO 5 P. 31. Dollar Shoe Sale Ladles' High-cut Tan Shoes. 2 tb 5. width AA to C. regular value $3.00 putr. Great lot of La dles' Oxfords at 31.00 pair. Little gents" lnce shoes $1.01 pair. Great est of all shoe bargains. -, 4 TO 5 P. 31. Flannelettes 7c yd 3000 yards light and dark Flan nelettes, stripes, figures and Per sian designs; special bargain, 7c yard. 4 TO C P. 31. Ladies' Gowns 55c Ladles Cambric Gowns, assorted styles. V-shaped neck, lace, hem stitched and tucks; all sizes; 75c value, 53c. 5 TO C P. M. Remnants J Off 5000 yards of Wash Goods, rem nants Lawns. Dimities, Percales, Ginghams, etc., good lengths; one third off. TO O P. 31. Lawn Chairs 79c Lawn Chairs, hardwood frame, heavy, colored canvas, adjustable and folding; big bargain, TOc. 5 TO C P. 31. Screens at Cost Closing out all 3 and 4-fold screens, silk tapestry, filled; best styles; for one hour, pick at cost. 5 TO G P. 31. Bureau Scarfs 38c Ruffled Lawn Bureau Scarfs, with fancy center, colored," underlining; big bargain at 3Sc. From 2 to 3 36-inch Fish Net Curtain Material, lie yard From 3 to 4 Dannison's Paper Napkins, 63 per 100 Envelopes 3c package 1 . '. . 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