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7 THE SUUDAY OREGOKIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 8, 1903. NEW SCHOOL IS NEEDED IXSTTTCTIOX FOIl DEAF 31CTES IX A BAD LOCATION. 1 Superintendents Ileport Glve Urg ent Ilcatoni for New Building Reformatory for Girls Seeded. SALEM, Or., Feb. ". Special.) The 16th biennial report of the Oregon School for the Education of Deaf Mutes to the Legislative Assembly, has been tiled by Superintendent Thomas P. Clarke. The report was printed by tho boys of the Deaf Mute School, and was Issued from the printing department of" that Institu tion. The production is a creditable one for the school. This school has been managed during the past two years within the appropria tion of SS.iuO that was made by the last Legislature. The board or trustees rec ommends that tho Legislature appropriate J30.S30 for the contingent expenses of the school for the next two years, and also the further sum of J1S00 for repairs and Im provements in the industrial department. Superintendent Clarke in his report asks for a night watchman at the school at a salary of JCOO per annum. Want ChnuKe of Location The superintendent also recommends to the Legislature the appropriating of $10, COO with which to erect a new school for the deaf on the Li acres of land that is owned by the state and adjoining Salem on the east. In support of tho recom mendation Superintendent Clarke In his report says: "Many causes may have combined to bring this about, but. I believe, the chief one Is the situation of the school. Seven miles from town, with the Reform School on one side and the Asylum farm on the other, HIo must necessarily become monotonous, and good teachers can, and easily do, get positions in other school. This Is by no means the only disadvan tage of the situation, nor is It the most important one. The effect on the children demands our first consideration. Thinkers and scientists are agreed that the two roost potent influences In forming char acter are heredity and environment, and of these two, the first place Is given to environment. "Now, what Is the environment to which our children are subjected here? Crimin als on one side, lunatics on the other; In front the land is under cultivation all Summer, and under water all winter, a rocky hillside covered with underbrush and pines in the rear. "With these sur roundings is it any wonder that the moral training and discipline of the children has taken so much time, that the school work proper has been forced Into a secondary place I "To avoid the undesirable influence of the Inmates of the neighboring Institu tions It Is necessary that we keep our children within our gates. With nearly 100 acres of land belonging to the school, the children 'cannot have a ball ground or even a tennis court! "Tho State of Oregon has done noth lng for its feeble-minded children or for Its Incorrigible girls. There Is an impera tive need for an Institution in the nature of a reformatory for girls. We have a Reform School 'for boys, but one Incor rigible' girl allowed, to run at large will Fend more boys to the penitentiary than that institution, well managed ag It un doubtedly Is, can keep out. This location would do well for such a purpose or for a school for the feeble-minded, which might bo run In connection with the Asy lum. Per Capita Cost. The enrollment at the school for the years 1S01 and 1902 was 71 pupils while the nigncst number present at any time was 61. At the date of the report there were GS In the school. -The per capita cost of the school has been 11.67, which Is. less than the average for schools .of the same' size, as Is shown by the accom panying figures, which were taken, from the American Annals of the Deaf, pub lished at Washington, D. C, in January, I No. Ter Echool. pupils, capita cost. North Carolina M 193 oo Pennsylvania SO Northern New York . 88 Oregon 70 North Dakota CG Rhode Island South Dakota SO California (Blind and Deaf)...178 Montana (Blind and Deaf).... 39 Officers and Salaries. 277 00 SOT 00 219 00 823 OO 219 00 430 00 The officers; teachers and employes of the school and the salary paid to each are as follows: Per Tear. T. T. Oeer. Governor, trustee t 2S0 F. I. Dunbar. Sec ot State, trustee 250 J. II. Ackerman. Supt. Pub. In., trust.. 250 Thomas P. Clarke, Superintendent., 1200 Lottie, K. Clarke, matron........ COO Nellie B. Cobb, teacher 650 TllUe Carman, teacher .. (0 George W. Hals?, teacher..... 600 Florence A. Divine, teacher 330 Mabelle Crawford, teacher 350 Augustus uesiey, teacher or pnntlnr... 400 Per month. John Mather, teacher of wood word.. 1 SO Martha A Calvert, teacher of needlework. 30 Lucretla Core, Klrli supervisor... 25 Beulah Raise, boys supervisor..... 25 O. C Tiffany, engineer .. CO H. B. Lewis, teamster.... SO Emma Smith, cook 30 Ada Smith, laundress 20 Fannie Lamme. domestic 15 Anna bmiln, omine-room girl. ...... ...... 15 WATER CLERK REPORTS. Astoria Water Commission Makes Set Gain of $7571.01 In Year. ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) The financial report of the clerk of tho Water Commission for the quarter ending De cember 31, 1902, shows the receipts and aisoursements to nave been as follows: Balance In general fund at commencement ot quarter, ju.nh.u;; receipts curing quar ter, $6533.10: total, J17.CS.U: disbursements tor salaries, etc, 1787.01: for interest on bonds, J8000: total, JSTS7.01; balance on hand December 3L J7S39.11. The report contains a statement, show ing the value ot the water system and property, based on Its cost, as follows: Cost ot system to January L EK3,Wa.79 Supplies on hand 2L467.89 Miscellaneous property LG8S.29 Furniture L132.79 Tools 477.28 Total. $308,717.28 Tho annual report of the clerk shows that the department made a net gain during the past year , of J757L9L The -receipts and disbursements for the year Were as iouowb; Reeelnts Water rates, l30.in.7S Delinquent charges eCM Tapping mains 104.11 Subscriptions 100.00 Total mS0.19 Less 500 for fire hydrant rental and till for water furnished city 2,611.00 Net receipts a7.S09.l3 ijsDuraemrau Cost of operation S E.23L76 Interest paid ..... 14,727.52 Loss on condemned pipe 2SS.O0 Total .t2o.337.23 Net gain for the year t 7,071.91 CAXXERS WOULD LOSE MONEY. Declare They Can't Afford to Pay tbe Union. Scltednle. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) A conference between a committee from the Alaska Fishermen s Union and represen tatives of the canners operating plants on Bristol Bay was held last evenlnc to discuss the price of fish tor the coming season, some time ago tne union adopted a new schedule increasing the price of Ash and the wages for the trip un and flown 23 1-3 per cent over those paid last year. Last evening tho canners submit- . ted statements to the committee showing that they lost money last .year and that with the existing weak market for the "tanned Droduct could not afford to nav tha Increase asked and operate their t plants. 'profitably. While the' committee bad no authority to make any agreement with the canners or effect any settlement of the controversy. It will report to the union ana alter that body has taken ac tion another conference Kill be held. MAKES PnRSOXAL IXYESTIGATIOV. Governor Chamberlain Pays n Visit to State Penitentiary. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 7. (Speclal.)-Gov- crnor Chamberlain spent the greater part of the day at the State Penitentiary. The Governor is making a thorough Investi gation of this institution in Its every de partment and every feature of the man agement In discussing the matter this afternoon Governor Chamberlain stated that it Is his purpose to further continue his investigation of this institution. He says he will acquaint himself with every department of the penitentiary, ascertain the weakness In the present system of management and provide for a better ment of the conditions. In conducting an investigation of the prison. Governor Chamberlain is acting independently of the joint legislative Investigating com mittee, which also visited the prison to day. The Governor will take no further action In the recent prison scandal until the special investigating committee re ports. Astoria 5em Xotes. ASTOniA. Feb. 7. (Special.) Milton Haney, a carpenter living at Skamokawa, fell .yesterday afternoon from the roof of a building on which he was working at Seaside. Two of his ribs were broken and it is feared that he sustained In ternal injuries that may result fatally. At a meeting of tho Astoria Central Labor Council held last evening it was decided to assist the Portland labor unions in an effort to secure the meeting of the Summer executive session of the National Federation of Labor for Port land. A series of resolutions to that ef fect were passed and tho secretary was Instructed to forward them. to President Gompers of that National body. The preliminary examination of otto Sklbbe on an Information, charging him wjth an assault with a dangerous weapon on Paddy Lynch, was concluded In the Justice Court this morning and the de fendant was held under $1000 bonds to await the action of the Circuit Court, which will be convened on Monday, Feb ruary 16. Lively Debate at Pacific University. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove. Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) The most In teres tins and hardest-fought local debate ever held here occurred In Brighton Chapel last night, when Gamma Sigma Literary Society defeated Alpha Zeta Literary Society on the Income tax ques tion. The question was: "Resolved, That a graduated National income tax should be established by the United States on In comes of over 31000. it being conceded that said tax would be Constitutional. Gamma Sigma was represented by W. B. Rasmussen, '05: W. 1L Wirtz, '06. and Fred Day, '03. Alpha Zeta's supporters were Arthur Flrdeaux, 06: J. J. Patton. Oj, and Daniel Bump, OS. The Judges were Professors Bates, Bradley and Coghill. After tho debate Gamma Sigma Society tendered a banquet to its victorious team at a local restaurant. Quiet Around the Capitol. SALEM, Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) All was quiet around the Capitol today. In each house a few members of the Legislature were at their desks, but nearly all had gone to their homes or to Portland. Committees visited the penitentiary and Reform School, and a Joint committee went to Roseburg to Inspect the Soldiers' Home. Senators Daly. Mulkey and Pierco were at work nearly all day, as also were Representatives Eddy, Galloway and Ol welL All the Senate clerks wcrev-gone. The principal desk clerks In the House' worked all day, but only one or two com mitted clerks were In evidence. Big Mining Property Sold. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. 7. One of the most Important local mining transactions of recent date occurred when the Monte zuma group of gold mines, located In the Topago District of Chihuahua, Mexico. became the property of the. united Min ing & Exploration Company of this city. The purchase price of the property Is said to have been xxwo.ooo, and it was stated at tho company's office here' that at least 500.000 will immediately be expended on development and equipment of tho prop erty. Cattle Starving at Halsey. HALSET. Or.. Feb. 7. (SpeclaU-The frosty weather is compelling the farmers to feed all their stock, and feed Is in great demand. Sheep and cattle are toorer than thev have been for v .! r nnrt are dying to a marked degree. There Is scarcely any grass, and what there is does not seem to have much strength. The farmers say that the crowds of grass hoppers that traversed the country last Summer not only destroyed the gardens, but even killed the grata. Jndfte Scott Leaves for Detroit. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 7.-Speclal.)-County Judge John II. Scott, president of the Oregon Good Roads Association. left to day for Detroit, Mich., to attend as a delegate from this state the annual con ventlon of the National Good Roads As sociatlon. which will be convened In that city on February 13 for a two days' ses aion. un tnis trip Judge Scott expects to acquire much Information that will be of ralue to blm in encouraging, the build ing of practical roads In this state. XORTHWKST DEAD. Mary' Slocum Palmer. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) Marv Slocum Palmer, wife ot Hon. P." P. Palmer, died last evening at her home in Eugene. She was .porn May a, ISM, in Louisville, Ky., and crossed the plains In 1K3, taking, up her residence with her parents in Douglas County, Oregon. She was married to P. P. .Palmer March. 8. ISSfi, at Wilbur, Or by T. F. Royal. They passed the greater part of their lives in Scottsburg, Douglas County. Two and a half years ago they moved to Eucene. where they nave since resided. There were 11 children born to them, eight pf whom are living, as follows: Mrs. Alcyone Hill and Mrs. F. A. Perry, of San Francisco Elzle E. Palmer, Manvll. Cal.; Elmer C I Pa"61. Ashland, Ore,; Albert C Palmer, Alaska: Mrs. L. F. Earl, Gardiner. Or. Mrs. W. L. Cheshire, Eugene, Or.: Mrs. Frank Schlegel, Portland. .She was the oldest daughter ot the late William and Sarah Slocum, of Roseburg, Or. The sur vlving brother and sisters are H. C. Slo cum and Mrs. C L. Hadley, of Roseburg: Mrs. W. H. By ers, Salem, and Edward Slocum, Dayton, wash. Southern Oregon Pioneer. ASHLAND. Or.. Feb. 7.-(SpecIaL) Garrett B. Van Riper died here today In the 77th year of his age. He was an Oregonian "pioneer of 1S60. first settling In Douglas County, in iio he removed to thit section of Jackson county now em' braced as Klamath County, and lived there until 10 years ago, when he came to Ashland, where he had since resided. In 1SV2 he was elected to the lower house of the Oregon Legislature from Jackson County, serving one term.- A wife and five children survive him. Thomas Bason, of Salem. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) Thomas Bason, aged 63 years, died at his home In this city yesterday! The deceased removed to Salem from Iowa last April. He Is survived by a wife and' three daugh tcra. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the G. A. R.. to which the deceased be longed, and burial will take place In the local u. A- K. lot. Pioneer of Walla Walls. WALLA WALLA, Feb. 7. Mrs. Sarah J. Johnson, of Dixie, a pioneer- of wall: Walls, .Valley, Is dead of pneumonia. LIVING FROM HAND TO MOUTH, It Means Starvation for Some. An eminent physician of this city recently said: "Very thia people live mouth, and have little reserve for emergen-. cies." Of course we know of per sons -whose nature it is to be thin "born that way," some say, but there is a healthy standard by which a person who knows himself can gauge his good health or poor health. If for any reason he or she is below his or her normal weight, then it is wise to look ont for trouble. In case the germs of grippe, typhoid, or consumption gain an entrance to tne Doay tney hna a lertile field and develop immediately. We can only compare this sudden taking on of 'disease germs by-the thin body, to the textile nela whica lays 1 allow until an LITIGATION AT AN END REPORTED SETTLEMENT OF MOX- TAXA COPPER WAR. If This Is So, Title to MinlnK Prop. crty Vulncd at 150,0O0,0OO Will Be Fixed Once for All. HELENA. Mont. Feb. 7. (SpecIaL) It is reported here today that tho long-pend ing war of the copper interests of August Helnze and the Amalgamated Copper Com pany has been settled. Should this prove true, more than ISO suits now pending be tween them will be settled out of court and the title of mining property estimated to have a value exceeding 1150,000,000 set tled once for all. That the vast amount of litigation between these litigants may be conceived. It can be stated that tho Su preme Court Is three years behind Its docket, and the other courts, both state and Federal, are congested as a result. It Is said that the first step In this set tlement was the dismissal by the House yesterday of tho Impeachment proceed ings against District Judge E. W. Harney. The next Is to be the dropping of the dis barment proceedings instituted against uio leading counsel of the Amalgamated Company by Judge Harney. So fast as possible all litigation Is to be withdrawn until all is cleared up. This report seems to find verification In the fact that the House. In face of the most convincing evidence, declined to prosecute Harney before the Senate, and It la also noticeable that the Clark-Helnze and Amalgamated forces seem to be working In harmony In tho upper branch oi tne Legislature as well. SEW OREGON CORPORATIONS. Articles Filed With Secretary Dun bar Durlnc Week Jnst Closed. SALEM. Feb. 7. (Special.) Articles of Incorporation were filed In the office of Secretary of State Dunbar this week as follows: First Presbyterian Church, of Buxton. value of property, $500; Incorporators: Phllmore H. Buxton, James Cummlngs and John F. Johnson. Bremner Logging Company, of Astoria: capital stock, 150,000; Incorporators: James Bremner, Sam E. Harris, W. F. McGregor and J. E. Campbell. Slgler Milling & Commission Company. of Portland; capital stock, 15000; Incorpo rators: D. L. Keyt, A. J. McDanlel and A. L. Veazle. Umpqua Valley Prune Association, of Roseburg: capital stock, 13000: Incorpora tors: w. Ij. Wright. F. A. McCall and F. W. Woolcy. Bcranton Gold Mining & Milling Com pany, ot Portland; capital stock, Jl.000,000; Incorporators: II. IL- McCarthy, L. L. Davis and William A. Munly. Alpha Consolidated Gold Mining & Mill ing Company, of Portland: capital stock. Il.ow.ooo; incorporators: John T. Gray son. Thomas K. Mulr and C. A. Mcrriam. Alaska-American Gold Mining Company, of Portland; capital stock, 31,000.000; In corporators: M, McHale, M. G. Munly and M. N. Munly. Gideon Stolz Company, of Salem: capi tal stock, 315.000; incorporators: G. Stolz, W. F. Stolz and John Hlleman. Plateau Farm Company, of Portland: capital stock, 3S.0O0: incorporators: S B. Llnthlcum, J. C Flanders and William E. Brady. ".Portland Irrigation Company, of Port land; capital stock. 3100,000; Incorpora tors: Robert W. Galloway, C. H. Ball and E. J. Ball." Hillsboro Gold Mining Company, ot Hlllsboro; capital stock, 36000; Incorpora tors: J. W. Shute, W. D. Hare and A. C. Shute. - The Southern Oregon Co-Qperatlve As sociation, of "Grant's Pass; capital stock, $3)00; Incorporators: G. P. Jester, S. Nor ton, F. L. Coran, A. D. "Knight. J. L. Hunting. L. J. Widgeon. R P. Cheshire and Marcus W. Robblns. The Independence Gold Mining; Com pany, of Portland; capital stock. -$1,500,-009; incorporators: Ivy B. Barker, Ernest E. Carse and Theodore Barker. The Independent Coal Mining & De velopment Company, of Portland; capi tal stock, 32,500,000; incorporators: Orih E. Farnsworth. Samuel B. Archer and Theodore Barker. Pacific Mail Order Company, of Port land; capital stock, $150,000; incorporatofs: 1 V V unfortunate wind carries the seeds of I some wild and worthless plant there and they quickly root and flourish. Almost 1 nny grave change in health is at once j betrayed by the loss of flesh, which' scows most otten in inc iacc. j.ms con dition almost always co-exists with im poverished blood. A gain of flesh up to a certain point means a rise in other essentials of health ; the red corpuscles of f hlood are increased, and the color improved. When persons find them-1 selves losing weight they should heed j the warning, and use the proper means in time Dei ore aiscase lasicus uu uicm. A tonic alterative is needed to digest and assimilate the food. Cod-Liver Oil was the old fashioned remedy for a run-down system, or a chronic wasting disease. The digestion of the oil is a task for the healthiest stomach, and sensitive stomachs rebel against it. A great improvement in the means employed for the benefit and cure of suck cases is Dr. Pierce's Golden . Medical Discovery, which maintains the nutrition of the body by ena bling the person to eat, retain, digest and assimilate food. It overcomes indigestion if present, soothes the cough, and, by its alterative prop erties, cleanses the blood. All the organs therefore are r , - -t- 1.1 , . leu on pure, ncu uiuou ; anu the person using the "Gold en Medical Discovery " gains in flesh and strength. Fe ver, night-sweats, headache, are dispelled. It is just the remedy for the Consumptive, for the victim of Catarrh of the Lungs, or the sufferer from Bronchitis. A LIFE SAVER. For over a third of a century Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery has been in common use in this country, been taken by thousands of people and has cured thousands as our file of testimonials will prove yet no one ever heard of its harmine a single person. That is because it is made of purely vegetable ingredients is scien tifically prepared in the Medical Labora tory of the World's Dispensary, at Buf falo, N. Y., under the supervision of Dr. EL. V. Pierce. F. M. Batchclor, R. L. Durham and G. L. Rees. The Albany Butter and Produce Com pany, of Albany; supplemantary articles of incorporation, increasing capital stock to J1C.00O; Incorporators: L. C. Marshall, E. J. Seeley and C. B. Winn. COURT DISMISSES CHARGES. Insnrllclent Evidence Against Dr. Dabots, at Boise. BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 7. (Special.) Coun ty Attorney Neal this morning presented a motion In the District Court to dis miss tho case ot the State of Idaho vs. Dr. Jesse K. Dubois, charged with com mitting the crime of abortion in July last upon the person of Mrs. Joslo Kensler, a prisoner at the State Penitentiary, which motion was granted by Judge Stewart and the case dismissed. Mrs. Kensler was at that tlmo the only woman Inmato of the state penal Institution and the news of the alleged crime, which became pub lic about September 1, created a tremen dous sensation. The motion made by the County Attor ney this momlng was tho regular motion of "dlsmlsfcd foa lack of evidence," but it Is said that a deeper story hangs there by. It Is stld that tho County Attorney, together with ex-County Attorney; Fraw ley and ex-Attorney-General Martin, who were also Interested In the caso, looked very thoroughly Into the evidence and found that repeated efforts had been made to get various physicians and .others to give a prescription that would cause the abortion, which afterwards ac tually occurred. Mr. Neal. when seen by a reporter re garding the matter, contented himself with saying that ho had become satis tied from tho evidence that had been ad duced that Dr. Dubois had nothing to do with tho case until he was called In, as prison physician, to see the sick woman on tho night of July 22, as was testified to at the preliminary hearing by Turnkey C. D. Chlnn. "Furthermore," said Mr. Neal, "tho case resolved Itself to such a point that tho only real evidence of the commission of the crime obtainable must necessarily como from the woman herself, and It seems hardly probable that any Jury would convict on her testimony after tho exhibition of contradicting herself that she gave at the preliminary. FIRST BET OS SENATOR. Astoria and Salem Men Pat Dp $20 on Their Favorites. SALEM, Or., Feb. 7.-(Speclal.)-A bet of 330 was made yesterday on the elec tlon of Fulton to the Senatorshlp. Yes terday forenoon on Astoria man was tell ing a group ot friends' In the corridor how certain he was ot Fulton's election and wanted to bet any man $10 on his favorite. An admirer of Gcer was in tho crowd. Like the Governor himself, thlr man had no money to put up. but he hunted up' a man who holds out more or less around tbe Elderly Block and told his story. Two rO a were slipped Into his hands and he glided back to tho place where he left tho gentleman from Clat sop. "Did I understand you to say that you were sure Fulton will be elected T "You probably did If you were within hearing." "Have you anything you want to bet on itr "Any amount you want to name." "I haven't much money. Tou name tho amount and I'll try to cover it." The Clatsop man produced a double eagle and it was decided to put up the money in tho. hands ot the Secretary of State. "What's the bet?" inquired tho Secre tary of State, who hasn't seen many aa since the Legislature began lopping oft his perquisites. He rubbed tho shiners rather fondly. "Mr. W bets that Fulton will be elected Senator at this session of the Leg' lslature and I bet he won't," said McC "No, I didn't say at this session of the Legislature. I said he would be elected Senator." responded Mr. U . "WelL how long do you expect the Sec rotary ot State to hold the stakes ten years. 15 years, or SOT" The Astoria man began to see tho situation and decided that his bet was on this session of the Legislature. It was agreed, however, that if there should be no election each should draw down his money. TJrfte Extension Free Mall Delivery, ASHLAND, Or-t Feb. 7-(Speclal.) The cheerfully in lawful money of the United States, by the undersigned, prop rietors of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, if they cannot show the originial letters and signatures of every testimonial among the thousands which they are constantly publishing attesting the superior curative properties oi weir several memexnes, ana tnus proving the genuineness and reliability of all the multitude of testimonials vol unteered by grateful people, in their behalf. Mr. Roy A. Reed, of Casper, Wyoming:, writes : "For eight years I had catarrh of the throat in the very worst form: could hardly speak above a whisper for two years. Tried nearly a dozen patent medi cines without relief. I was so discouraged that I just about decided catarrh could not Dc cured with any medicine. My lamer, however, advised me to try Dr. Pierce's medicines before giving; up. I followed his advice and commenced usinc the medi cine on the twentieth of December. I was surprised to note the result of tbe first month's treatment. After using six bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, I was perfectly cured. It has been months since I took the last medicine, and I have not had the least return of my trouble. I have felt beetter during the past two months than for seven winters previous to this time." Mrs. Lydia James, of Ogdensbursr, Wis., writes : In regard to your medicine will say that the 'Golden Medical Discovery is a God-send to suffering women. I was sick in bed with liver complaint anil kid ney disease and fever when I bejran to take-. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, In ten davs' time I was so I could beziz to , get around the house, and gained light along-. After that, took about bve oottles of it and am sure I would have been in my grave by this time had it not been for this remedy. I would advise all suffer, ing; women to use Dr. Pierce's medicines." Mrs. Robt Lambden, of Havana, N. Dak.', Box 04, writes : "No one can tell how much I suffered with my leg:. It was so bad for a year I could hardly walk around to do my work, and at times couldn't even bear the weight of a sheet over me at night, but your medicines cured me. My leg is quite well again. After I had taken two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, I began to feel very different and ket get ting better. Took nine bottles of ' Golden Medical Discovery,' also used Dr. Pierce's All-Healing; Salve, and now my leg is as well as it ever was. Am willing every one should know what good your medicines have done, and would advise any one suf fering as I did to try the same treatment. I think and feel sure it will help them." The Reasojt. There is no medicine equal to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, for purifying the blood. It carries off the poisons which con taminate the life fluid. It increases the activity of the blood-making glands and gives the body an increased supply of pure, body-building blood. It builds up the body with sound, healthy flesh in stead of flabby fat, promotes the appe tite, feeds the nerves, and so gives to weax,;nervous people vitality and vigor. There is no alcohol contained in "Golden Medical Discovery," and it is absolutely free from opium, cocaine and all other narcotics. World's Dispensary MetUss'n, Prop's, Main SI., BUFFALO, JV. T. Board of Trade of Ashland has memorial ized the members of the Oregon delega tion in Congress urging them to further the passage through tho House of Sen ate bill No. 503.' which has already passed the Senate. This bill provides for the extension of the free mall delivery serv ice to all cities having either a popula tion of 5000 or postal receipts of $3000 per year, in which latter class Ashland Is in cluded. The board has. also directed com munication with other towns in Oregon 'coming within either of the above classes and not now having free delivery service. asking them to use their best efforts with the Oregon delegation In Congress to fur ther the enactment of this bill. In Honor or UalllfT Pcrrlne. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 7. (Speclal.)-The Marion County Bar Association adopted tho following resolutions upon the death of Mr. Perrine: On tbe Cth day of February. 1003, Flnley C Perrine died at his home In Salem, Or. For the past 19 years. Flnley C rerrlnehad been the balllft ot the Supreme Court ot the State ot Orezoa. During the time of his service he was ever a faithful and efficient officer, and by his courteous treatment and affable manners placed every member of the bar of Oregon under obli gations to blm. By bis untimely death the Supreme Court has not only lost an efficient officer, but the mem bers ot the bar ot Oregon and of Marlon County have lost a faithful and accommodating friend. Therefore, be It Resolved. That we participate with the be reaved family of our friend In their sorrow, and extend to them our sympathies. Resolved. That In the passing away of Fln ley C Perrine, not only the bar but the entire community lost a valuable citizen, and one whose actions la every-day life were such u to augment the happiness of all with whom be came In contact. The resolutions will be transmitted to the clerk of the Supreme Court, with the request that they bo placed 'among tho archlYes'of the court. Burled With Military Honors. OLYMPIA, Feb. 7.-(SpeciaL)-Colonel Nicholas II. Owings was buried with full military honors today from the local G A. R. Hall. An appropriate and eloquent address was delivered by Rev. IL L. Badger, of St. John's Episcopal Church. Grand Army Hall was crowded, old sol diers being much in evidence. Post Com' THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. Fevr .People lvuoiv Hoiv Useful It Is In Preserving llenlth and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that cnarcou is the safest and most efficient disinfect ant and purifier In nature, but few real- izo its value when taken Into the human vstem for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of it tbe better; It Is not a drug at all. but simply absorbs the gases and Im purities always present In the stomach and Intestines and carries them out ot the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking, or after eating onions and other odorous vegetamcs. Charcoal effectually clears and Im proved the complexion. It whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently sate cathartic It absorbs tbe Injurious gases which collect In the stomach and bowels; it dis infects the mouth and throat from the nolson ot catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal In one form or another, out pronaoiy me Dest cnar coal and the most for the money Is in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges; they are eomnosed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics In" tablet form or rather in the form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey. The dally use of these lozenges will soon tell In a much Improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of It Is, tliat no possible harm can result from their continued use, but on the contrary, great Denent. A Buffalo physician In speaking of the benefits of charcoal, saye: "I advise Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges to all pa tienta suffering from gas in stomach and bowels, and to clear the complexion and nurifv the breath, mouth and throat: also believe the liver is greatly beneiltcd by the dally use of them; they cost but twenty-nve cents a dox at arag stores. and although in some sense a patent preparation, yet I believe I get more and better charcoal In Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges than In" any of the ordinary cnarcoai laDieuv- $3,800 FORFEITS THERE ONLY ONE B: I THAT IT IS THE BEST $3.00 HAT IN THE WORLD NEW SHAPES JUST RECEIVED BEN SELLING LEADING HATTER f t 0 mander J. W. Buker presided, and Adju tnnr v Kohnnirmft directed the exer cises. The pall-bearers werer Secretary or atato s. ii. isicnois, m-dcmcuu) u. State James H. Price. Land Commission er S. A. Callvert, C. S. Wilcox, Philip nu-r ar,A t MpNnlr. The closing ex ercises at the cemetery Included the U3ual . . 1 . l AX dj.. military services, enaing wiui iuc iuw6 of a volley over his grave. Flics Dills Without Slsnntnre. cat.vu rir 7. rRnplnl. Gov ernor Chamberlain this afternoon nled f Stnff. Dunbar the Salem and Eugene charter bills wlthput his slg- f nature. The bills will become laws 50 -days from Yn Attin f filler. In 4hl Rwrfltjirv'K office. The new boundaries as established In tne cnarter uo not k" imu cikt-t. uuu , October 1 next, hence the redistricting ' a? ia nin Ti-r rn nnn Rn election. I nr supplying additional Aldermen will not be held until tne regular municipal ejec tion next December. Unfortunate "Woman Ends Her Life. PENDLETON, Or.. Feb. 7.-(SpccIal.) Carrie Pickering committed suicide hero this mo.-mnc by taking morphine. She was formerly madame of one of the houses on tho row. Last October she was granted a divorco from her husband, George Pickering, of Heppner, and since that time has been living in the Columbia lodging-house, at this place. Her par ents live 'in Iowa. Ihe verdict of the Cor. oner's Jury was "death from morphine administered by some unknown hand. No one is suspected of the crime. Funeral of W. A. Mellcser. M'MINNVILLE. Feb. 7.-SpecIaI.)- Walter A. Mellegcr of company A, Second Oregon, who died January 31 at Phoenix, Ariz., was buried yesterday In tho Day ton cemetery. All his old comrades In the vicinity were present to pay their last tribute. The funeral was from tho Metho dist Church and the whole neighborhood turned out In his honor. Rev. Mr. Bower sox very feelingly referred to tho de ceased's record as a soldier. Child Burned to Death. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Feb. 7. (Special.) Yesterday the 3-year-old, girl of John Newmeler. living southwest of Chehalls, was burned to death, her clothing catch ing fire while she was playing by a stove. The family was outside tho house at tba time. Woodberry on Boston. Professor Woodberry. In the February Harper's, describes "The Literary Ago of Boston." Surprising in his critical esti mates are his summary treatment ot Lowell as a talent unrealized, and his se lection of Longfellow as on the wholo tha greatest of the Boston group. Speaking of "Evangeline." "Miles Standlsh" and "Hiawatha." Professor Woodberry says: It is the fashion to decry these poems now; yet the fact cannot be gainsaid that each of these remains the only' successful poem of Its kind, one of tbe Indian life, one of colonial pastoral, one of the Puritan Idyl, while tho trials made by others have been numerous: and in each of these, but especially In the first two, there la In quality a marvelous purity of tone, which for those who are sensitive to It Is one of the rarest of "poetic pleasures. It Is the fashion to decry also the shorter poems by which Longfellow entered Into the home of the people: but If heaven ever grants tbe prayer that a poet may write the songs of a people. It Is surely In such poems as these that the di vine gift reveals Its presence. They are In the mouths "of children and on tbe Hps of boys, and that Is well; but they are also strength and consolation "to older hearts, they are read In quiet hours, they are murmured In dark ened rooms, tbey blend with the sacred expe riences of many lives. There Is no abatement of enthusiasm even for that poem which It Is the fashion to depreciate "The Psalm of Life." Say what one will, the 'T'salm ot Life" Is a trumpet-call, and a music breathes from "Res ignation." In which the clod on the coffin, ceases to be heard and dies out of the ear at last with peace. In the grosser spirit, of life that sow everywhere prevails even among the best, and Is not confined to any one sphere ot politics,' "art or letters, nor" to any one country CAN BE EST IS THE I or captlal, it Is not surprising that the fatna of Imgfellow should be obscured: but his silent I presence must still be deeply and wldsly felt in mose simpler ana minion nomes mat mass, up the popular lite which, as the whole history of poetry shows, can never be corrupted. Long fellow had this remarkable and double bless ing: ho was the product of the old Puritan stock at Its culminating moment of refinement. Its most cultivated gentleman, and he - enters most easily at Ioivly doors. Where Murder Is Jio Cringe. Philadelphia North American. There has been no closo season for edi tors In San Franoloco since the days of the Vigilance Committee, and a Jury has recently reaffirmed the doctrine that San Franclrco journalists are ferae naturae, and not under the protection of the game laws. Tho Vigilance Committee hanged one man for shooting an editor In tha early days, but It is pleaded in extenu ation that It was a very good editor, and that the other man was due to be hanged anyway. of his winning a race, but a question of being able only to keep afloat, the man who is suffering from malnutrition is like the fettered swimmer. Sis stomach and its allied organs of digestion and nutri tion are diseased. It ianot a- question with him of winning in the race for busi ness bnt of simply keeping up under. any circumstances. Whenever disease affects the stomach it is affecting also the blood and the health of every or gan of the body. For blood' is only food converted into nutrition and nutri tion is the life of the body and every organ of it. Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cares diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutri tion. It purifies the blood and enables the perfect nutrition of the body which means perfect health. "For six long years I suffered with indlger tion and my liver and kidneys, which baffled tlc best doctors in our country,1' writes E- L. Ran sell. Esq.. of Wodlsey, Prince 'William Co.; Va. "I suffered with my stomach and back for a long time, and after taking a ' cart-load of medicine frost three doctors I grew so bad I could hardly do a day's work. Would have death-like pains in the side, and blind soells. I beran taklnsr I Dr.- Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets.' Before I had taken half of the second bottle I began to feel relieved. I got six more bottles and used them, and m happy to say I owe my life to Dr. Pierce Accept no substitute for "Golden Med ical Discovery." There is nothing "just as good" for diseases of the stomach, blood and lungs. The Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 large paces, in paper covers, is sent j free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to lay uucuac ui uiauiag untjr. auuios 5r. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. 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