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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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