10 THE SUNDAY OEEGOjNIAN, POBTLAOT), FEBRUARY 23, 190. PLAN IS IMPOSSIBLE City Cannot Levy Tax for Re moval of Garbage. CHARTER STANDS? IN THE WAY Scheme Suggested by Woman's Club Is Not Feasible, but Council Will Probably Advertise for- Bids to Collect Refuse. Under the charter, the city canot levy & tax for the collection of garbage, as .suggested by the Portland Federation of Women's Clubs. "The charter strictly provides for -what purposes taxes may be levied," said Mayor Williams yesterday. "Collection of garbage could not be Included. The only way would be to take the money out of the general fund, and that Is drawn upon very heavily as It Is. Some other icheme will have to be devised. Whether anything can be planned which will prove Bn Improvement over the present system Is a question." Owing no allegiance to the resolution sf the club, a proposition will shortly be introduced into the Council providing for a general collection of garbage. The scheme as - it is generally understood FORESTRY. An exhibit In forestry In itself will be the Forestry building, which Is one of the structures for which a call for bids has ' been issued by the Lewis and Clark State Com mission. The building will stand out In bold relief among the array of snowy white staff buildings which are to adorn the Exposition grounds Every part of the building -will be from Umber that has not known a mill of any kind. The -walls will lie horizontally as far as the top of the first story, while the upper part will be finished in durable barks. The roof will be covered with shakes. The interior will savor quite as muoh of the forest and the frontier as all the furni around the City Hall is that a contract shall be let to one man or company, who shall collect the garbage of the entire city and be responsible for Its proper de livery to the city crematory. Bids will be advertised for the lowest figure on so much per load, cubic yard, pound or whatever basis Is finally deter mined upon. The lowest bidder will be given what, will be a practical monopoly of the garbage-hauling business for one year. The family, store or factory from which the garbage emanates will pay for it, according to the amount removed. One of the greatest troubles with the street-cleaning department at present Is its never-ending struggle with scavengers. The greatest carelessness is manifest In tho method pursued by the majority of those who handle the city's refuse. On a rough street a third of the load may be dropped from the uncovered wagon be fore the crematory is reached. Complaint is made to the street-cleaning department. It tries to find what scaveneger passed that way and dropped the objectionable garbage. But no. not a scavenoger can be found who has been within half a mile of that particular street for a week. So the street-cleaning dejartment has to gather up the waste. Should the entire garbage-hauling busi ness be conducted under one management, redress would be easy. And it is more than probable that the company taking cuch a contract could well afford to pay the city for the privilege of collecting gar bage at reasonable rates. Then the dis posal of garbage would be a source of rev enue, ns It Is In New York. The City Board ot Health will take up the garbage question at its meeting Tues day morning. The State Board of Health will not take notice of the matter unless it becomes a source Vf general menace. Complaints have been frequent about the condition of the crematory, situated on the borders of Guild's Lake. Odors as of an Augean stable have been wafted to the dwellers on tho surrounding acres nnd for years animal refuse has been dumped Into the lake. Next year Vene tian gondalos and electric launches may ground upon these heaps, for the Lewis end Clark Exposition will surround the lake Itself. But Mayor Williams and the members of the City Board of Health are opposed to a removal of the crematory. It has cost money to Install and will cost still more to remove. The capacity will soon be doubled by the placing of two addi tional furnaces. Much of the complaint is supposed to have arisen from the fact that the garbage cannot be burned as fast as It is deposited by the scavengers. The new furnaces will cost 56095. The management of the crematory is directly under the executive board, and not under the direction of any of the de partments. Five men have been employed there for some time, three working dur ing the day and two constituting the night shift, as the furnaces are kept constantly employed. TEADE HINT P0R AMERICA. Consul-Genera! in China Says Goods Must Be Better Packed. OREGONIAN 2CEJVS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 22. "If more care were ex ercised in packing goods for Asia great benefit and increased trade would result therefrom." writes Consul-General "Wil cox from Hankau, China. Hen then goos on to give the following examples: "About four yoars ago the American soda crackers, or biscuits, as they are called here, wore introduced into this market and found a ready sale. They were light, crisp, and far preferable to the English biscuits, which, neverthe less, now Bupply the market here. The first lot of these crackers were soon dis posed of, and fhen several firms ordered a stock. When, the second consignment was received and placed on sale they were returned to the merchants by their customers, who found them unfit for use That supply is still on hand, but no further orders are given for the Amer ican soda crackers. Whether it was all due to a packing or to the poor quality of shortening used. It is difficult to say. I do know, however, that last Winter several hundred cans of the same kinds of crackers were condemned on the United States transports as unfit for use, "Tho'Britlsh biscuits and cakes are al ways fresh-looking and sweet and seem to keep any length of time. They packed in tin boxes, with the outer and' inner covers soldered on, the boxes being lined with specially prepared paper and a packing of cut tissue paper. "All English candies are packed the same way every piece wrapped in tin foil. If American candles were prop erly packed, so as to resist moisture and the Jarring Incident to shipment, they would arrive in good condition. Instead of being mashed and unsightly, as at present, and would be far superior in quality to any confectionery in this mar ket. British oatmeal, or rolled oats, is packed in 1 and 5-pound tin boxes, .sol dered; while most of the United States products of ImUar articles are sent packed in either pasteboard boxes or heavy paper bags. "The result of all this is that the dealer will inform you, on inquiry, that they have the American article, but advise you to take the English, as the American, on account of not being put up properly, is liable to be moldy and wormy. "A short time since, on inquiring for hams of the American brand, a British dealer said that he preferred them to the English, but that they are packed so badly that they mold and mildew, and his cus tomers were afraid to buy them. English hams are first placed In a cloth bag and then in a large bag containing oat chaff, which carefully Incloses the smaller bag and ham. The chaff absorbs the mois ture and the ham opens In good condition. "A few weeks ago a dealer in tiger and leopard skins desired some artificial eyes. The order was sent to one of the largest mall-order houses in the United States. On arrival Jtwas seen that one-third of an Inch of ofckum had been placed in the bottom and sides of the box; then one lot of eyes had been placed In the box in bulk, a layer of oakum thereon, and the box then filled with the other lot, put in all together on top of the first. On account of these articles not being wrapped sep- BUILDING AT LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR WILL CONTAIN MOST COMPLETE DISPLAY EVER AN EXPOSITION IN THE UNITED STATES r 1 1 ' i i arately, more than 50 per cent of them were broken. "The Important factors to bear In mind are: To have the outside packing double extra strong to prevent moisture; deli cate articles must be packed separately In some soft material, so that no amount of Jarring win Injure them. Many coolies seem to enjoy throwing boxes down as hard as possible In order to break them open." CHANGE IN MANAGERS. On March 1 Dr. T. P. Wise will assume the management of Wise Bros.' dental business, in the Failing building of this city. Dr. Wise Is a graduate of the North western University Dental School of Chi cago, I1L, one of the best schools of this kind In the world. Dr. Wise has prac ticed his chosen profession for the post ten yoars with great success. He com bines rare skill with excellent judgment and Is a thoroughly reliable man. Dr. W. A. WJse. the present manager, has found It necessary to advance his brother to this Important position so that he may devote more time to his con stantly increasing private practice. Wise Bros, will in the future as in the past put forth every effort to serve the public and Increase if possible the splen did patronage already enjoyed by this wide-awake firm. DECKER PIANOS AND CECILIANS. These famous instruments are now the leading favorites with the best musical critics. The Decker piano has geen be fore the public nearly 50 years, and are sokl at manufacturer's prices. The Ce rllian Is. a perfect piano player, executes music as . performed by the great mas ters. Music reduced to one-half the for mer prloe. See us before purchasing else where. Manufacturers' Piano Co.. 345 Alder street. W. T. Shanahan, J. How ard Smith. Battery A Wins at Baseball. Batterj' A defeated Company E at In door baseball at the Armory last night by a score of 17 to C There was not much excitement, and E was out In the cold all the time. Both teams arc already out of the race for tho championship. The Bat terj has lost two games, and E has now an even lower standing. H and B Companies have now the load ing teams in the series, neither having lost a game. They have not met yet, and as thetr game has been postponed, it Is off the schedule and will be played some night during the week, probably a week from Tuesday. Company H plays Multnomah Thursday evening, and the civilian players are ex pecting to give the militiamen a taste ot the modlclne they have been handing around the Armory. r ' - - s ' T. r. Wise, D. D. S. t A FIRST GALL FOR BIDS Lewis and Clark Buildings Will Soon Rise. ARCHITECTS' PLANS FINISHED State Commission Adopts Report Call ing for Expenditure of $235,000 Contracts Will Be Let on r March T9. Contractors and builders may now begin to figure for bids on the nine structures of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, pro vided for by the state. The State Com mission authorized a call for building bids at an adjourned meeting yesterday after noon, and the contracts will be awarded March 19. that is. if any of the bids sub mitted are desirable In every respect. . The formal call for bids appears for the first time In the advertising columns of this morning's Oregonlan. Similar adver tisements will be Inserted In St. Louis pa pers. In order that Eastern contractors may have a chance to submit figures In competition to Westerners. The appropriation for these nine struc tures totals exactly $235,000, leaving a bal ance of JGS.OPO out of the state's 1300.000 appropriation. This balance will be ap- plied to the Installation of an electric light and- power plant and to the Incidental ex penses that are bound to follow. Tho apportionment of the building fund allows $75,000 for tho construction of the state's building. $45,000 for the liberal arts building, the same amount for the festival hall and $30,000 for the super structure of the bridge across Gulld'a Lake. The forestry building gets $20,000 of .the fund, and the entrance, administra tion, fire department and public comfort building are allowed $20,000 more. While each of the buildings aro distinct ive in architecture and complete in details and finish, the most magnificent will be the states' building. It Is In this structure that will be shown, the resources of the states of the West and Northwest, as well as part of the products of Oregon. It Is to be 450 feet in length and 200 feet In width, and the surfaces will be In staff finished with plaster of parls,. to give the effect ot marble. The design Is by Archi tect E. M. Lazarus. The festival hall and liberal arts build ings will be equally prepossessing, the festival hall being possibly the more elab orate In tleslgn. Both will be finished In tho same material as the states build ing, as will the other and smaller build ings, with the exception of those on the Guild's Lake bridge and the forestry building. The bridge will be of Oregon fir covered with painted cements, and the forestry building will bo entirely of un barked logs. It was agreed by the members of the commission that all the buildings must be ready for occupation by November 1. At that time the St. Louis exhibits will begin to arrive, and these buildings will be need ed In which to dtore them preparatory to their arrangement In exhibition order. There was little or no discussion of tho plans when they were brought before the commission at the opening of tho meet ing. They were presented by Chairman J. H Albert, of the building committee, who stated that his committee had gone over the plans as submitted by the various architects, and had found them to come up to every requirement except a few small alterations which might be required later by the superintendent of buildings or director of architecture. By unanimous vote of the commission the report of the committee was adopted. The commission ers present were: Jefferson Myers. W. E. Thomas. J. C Flanders, Frank Williams. F. G. Young and Dav Raffety. Having disposed of the buildings, the GETS REBATE ON GAS BELL Lawyer Keeps Close .York Gas Company New York Evening Post. jit VERDICT for $6.30. the full amount f sued for, was given against the New Amsterdam Gas Company by Justice Herman Joseph in tho Seventh District Municipal Court today In a suit brought by Robert G. Langdon, a lawyer, of 252 West Fourteenth street, for illegal over charging in gas rates. The suit was made a test case by Clarence J. Shearn, Mr. Langdon's counsel, who says that now he has secured a favorable verdict In one case, he Intends to press many other similar ones for both landlords and ten ants who claim to have been overcharged. The company's counsel put in no defense. Two postponements had already been granted them, and they asked for another, but the Justice refused it. Mr. Langdon's' contention was that In the months of October. November and De cember. 1903. $15.40 was charged and col lected for 15,400 cubic feet of gas. con sumed in six burners in the hallways of his jircmlHM. Tho plaintiff said this charge was $6.20 too much, as not more than 910 cubic feet of gas was actually consumed. John J. Hart. Janitor inMr. Langdon's premises, was the first witness. He testi fied that the six burners used were not turned on more. than half cock, and that although the same amount was burned during the years 1S0L 1902 and 1903, the bills Increased all the time. The plaintiff. Mr. Langdon, was next called. He declared that his bill for the last three months of 1903 was 331-3 per cent higher than It should have been, and that when he complained no attention was comralsslon took up the matter of appoint ing a custodlam fer the Oregoa, 'State building at "St. Louis, and an assistant superintendent of the mining xbibit at St. Louis. Miss Mabel G. Wehrung was given the appointment as stenographer and custodian of the state building, while the appointment of assistant superintend ent of the mining exhibit went to Com missioner Frank Williams, who has had considerable experience in the 'mines of Western Oregon. Commissioner Williams is looked upon as an excellent man, as he mas tho welfare of the mining Interests of the state at heart. At the conclusion of the meeting Presi dent Myers spoke briefly of his St. Louis trip, stating that there is no doubt but that the Government will make an appro priation sufficient for the erection of a number of valuable buildings and the In stallation of several extensive Government exhibits. Regarding the failure of the memorial building appropriation to receive Indorse ment, Mr. Myers- said members of tho House committee pointed out to the Ore gon delegation that no such appropriation had ever been made by the Government, and that it might be very unwise to es tablish a precedent. DEATH P0LL0WS SPKEE. Sailor Dies on the Ship Thlstlebank of Nephritis. James llahoney, a sailor who shipped at Los Angeles a month ago with the Thlstlebank, a recent arrival In port, died yesterday, aboard the boat, of nephritis. His death followed a- visit to tho Bad Lands, where he drank, freely. Friday night he was found lying near the gang plank of tho boat at the foot of Pine street, and it was thought he had been drugged. He was carried aboard the ship where he became conscious later ture will be of rustic design and the Inside colonnade will be formed of logs 52 feet high and five feet in diameter and will not be stripped of their bark. - ' There will bd but one spacious room wherein will be exhibited the wonderful re sources o Oregon's forests. The exhibit that will be gathered together under this roof will be the most complete and comprehensive exhibit of forest products ever shown at any exposition in the United States. ' The design of the Forestry building is by Director of Architecture Ion Lewis. The building is to be 200 feet long and 100 feet wide. The apportionment for Us erection is 520.000. z In the day and, seemed much Improved until yesterday anorntng, when he died suddenly. . .' Deputy Coroner A. L. Finley was called and he had the body taken to the morgue. As the cause of .death was unknown Mr. Finley directed tjhe holding of an Inquest last evening, at wblch it was found death had been broughLon. by natural causes. The deceased wasVmlddle aged and so far as known had no romtlves In America. He was a native of Ireland. Mr. Howells on Sparing the Rod. Mr. Howells djoep not share the com mon fear of spoiling the child by spar ing the rod; ho would, on the con trary, spoil tho rod and spare tho child, a view which he upholds with keen good sense and some effective sarcasm In the current Harper's Week ly. Very often, he suggests, the little people aro oftener well meaning in their ill-doing than otherwise; "It Is a mistake of their imperfect reasoning, an error of their perspective, an Ig norance of the relation between causo and effect that Is to blamo, rathor than their wills or passions. The sins of these come much later In life, as every reader who is honest must own. and so do the much darker sins of spiritual arrogance, of hard self-deceit, of the cruel hypocrisy which reeks the con sciousness of its meanness la a sever ity towards any offenders Tho parent who rightly conceives his duty to his child, knows that It Is bringing him up, Quite as often as he It. and that he can not too much humble himself to learn of it." Miners Narrowly Escape Burial. WARDNER. Idaho, Feb. 27. (Special.) The worst cave-In ever recorded In the mines of this district occurred Wednesday afternoon In the Bunker Hill & Sullivan. The entire top of stope No. 7. the largest in the mine, came down, breaking the heavy timbers Into splinters. Over 101 men were working In the stope, but suf ficient warning had been given toenable them to escape, although several were severely Injured and had to be dug out by their comrades. The rush of air after the cave-in was so great that a miner working In a tunnel 900 feet away was thrown to the ground. Tho rock forming the cave-In is very rich, and will all be mined out at once. 'Watch on Trick of the Meter and New Is Ordered by Court to Pay Back $630 paid to him by the gas company's offi cers. Since he had brought the action against the conjpany. it had put In a new meter which, according to a record he had kept, showed a lessening of the gas con sumption, although he was positive that the 17; had been no difference In the amount actually consumed In any month for the past three years. This new meter showed, he said, that from January 5, to February 3. 3700 cubic feet of gas was consumed. His bill for the last three months of 1903, on which he was bringing suit showed, he declared, that in October 4700 cubic feet of gas was consumed in No vember, 4500, and In December 6500. William Jones, an expert chemist, called hy the counsel for the plaintiff, offered figures showing that if the six burners in question had been turned on full for six hours a day for 30 days, the amount consumed would not have exceeded 5827 cubic feet, and as the six burners were only turned on half cock, he Inferred that the actual amount used was not more than 2914 cubic feet per month. This ended the plaintiff's case. Turning to the defendant's counsel, Jus tice Joseph asked: "Do you put In any defense!" "No," said Messrs. Sherman & Sterling. "Very well," said the Justice, "the de fendant not appearing. Judgment is ren dered for the full amount sued, JC.30." Mr. Shearn said afterward: "There Is a law which I Intend to uao against the gas company by which It can be fined $50 for every case in which action la brought and verdict rendered for fail ure to give proper light. I Intend to see that the gas company gives the proper amount and quality of gas, and docs not overcharge for it." BACK FROM TRIP T6 CUBA' L. SAMUEL RETURNS FROM A TWO MONTHS' TOUR. Weil-Known Portlander Visits Many American Cities and Talks Enter tainingly of Their Advantages. From the Pacific to the Atlantic.. Cuba, and return, a Journey of 13.000 miles, il Samuel, manager for Oregon for the Equi table Life Assurance Society, in talking of hla two months' trip last night. Bald that the grandest natural sight he had witnessed during his tour was the Grand Canyon In Arizona, and that the one city possessing the best natural advantages and surrounding scenery Is Portland. Mr. Samuel was accompanied by Mrs. Samuel and M!s3SamueL "At the outset I wish to remark that during our entire trip, although we carried three umbrellas, these umbrellas were only opened for one hour each at San Fran cisco and Mobile, Ala.," proceeded Mr. Samuel. "When passing through Salt Lake City I noticed that Pattl was to sing there In a small theater, and that prices for admission were $1, ,J2 and 53- In Portland, I saw from the newspapers sent me, that the price to hear Patti sing in a large building like our Armory was J7.S0. In the hote) &t which wo stopped at Colo rado Springs I noticed this sign in the guests' rooma and bathrooms: 'Liquors can be obtained at the drug store In tho hotel.' Colorado Springs is a reformed town of recent date, and on inquiry I found that there were 26 drug stores in the place, whero a special license of $1200 per year each was paid for the privilege SHOWN AT. iiiM.imii.tiuMiim'imuMiniiuiiin iftiiiMiimiiimiiiumimMimni ""'"' Ml Hi V i llinium li V? ot selling liquor, and that all these drug stores do a good business Jn this line. Two or three years ago Colorado Springs made a special effort to abolish saloons, and I can safely say that at the present time there Is more liquor sold In that city than In any other city of. its size In thl3 coun try. One wonders, in the light of such a situation, if a strenuous reform movement is. a good thing. "Washington, D. C, is the most in teresting city to visit in the United States: It is so beautifully cared for. One night during our stay there, there was a heavy, downfall ot snow, and when I wont our the next morning at S o'clock all the side walks had been cleaned, and also all the' paths leading through the parks. Palm Beach, Fla.. Is such a delightful spot that 4t was one of the places we were sorry to leave. At the Winter resorts in Florida tfte hotel people really look after the comforts of their visitors and busy themselves providing attractive amuse ments, so that they keep their guests with them. Two hotels' at Palm Beach are owned by the same management, and each morning the combined orchestras, numbering 52 musicians, give a concert at one l$tel, and each afternoon the com bined orchestras again give a concert on tho veranda of the other hotels In the evenings separate concerts are given at each hoteL Horses are not seen around there. Tho favorite means of locomotion are wicker chairs attached to bicycles, and the latter are propelled by negroes. You sit In your wicker chair and get all the locomotion you wish for $1 per hour. There were 300 of those chair-bicycles In operation during our visit, and they were kept busy all day and early evening Along the beach were chairs with canvas canopies to protect one from the sun. at a charge of 10 cents per hour. How I wish that hoielkeepers, etc, at Summer resorts In Oregon could see how guests are cared for at Florida hotels! They would get some Ideas worth following up. 'lit Is always a pleasure to notice citi zens beautifying a city where they have made their money. Take the case ot Henry G. Marquand, of New York City, the president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has given to this museum pic tures amounting to millions of dollars, for tho benefit of the people. Other New York citizens have presented picture galleries to the city. Henry Shaw has presented to the City of St. Louis, Mo., the finest botanical gardens In the world. The en tire proceeds of his estate go toward the maintenance of these gardens, which are of course open to the public "The preparations for the World's Fair at St. Louis are immense, and the Fair is going to astonish visitors. The majority of tho different state buildings are already erected, and the state buildings of Wash ington and Nevada are worthy of their states. But I looked in vain for the Ore gon State building I could not find It. It Is a great pity that the Oregon bihldlng Is not In position, for we are losing a great amount of advertising. Pictures of the different state buildings are already being sold to visitors at tne Fair grounds at St. Louis, and Oregon's building does not ap pear among the views. "Havana, Cuba, did not specially appeal to me. Sanitary conditions were bad dur ing our visit, although It was some conso lation to know that much has been alijeady accomplished In this line since the Ameri can occupation of that place. We could not find one good hoteL We found that the Cubans have a high regard for the Americans, but the same cahnot be said of the Spanish people still remaining there. We visited the largest sugar plant In the world at Mariana, 40 miles from Havana, where we saw the cane growing, ground and converted Into sugar. "It Is of course Impossible to talk of all the places wo visited, such as Niagara, Mammoth Cave. Garden of the Gods, etc. That has already been done by countless travelers. After considering air the cities we have visited. I think that Nature has scattered her gifts with a lavish hand on Portland. Here we have an Ideal climate all the year around, and superb natural advantages. Take the cose for example of Los Angeles, CaL Los Angeles ba3 the finest houses of any city In the Union, and these houses are painted and cared for. It is also a cleanly-kept place, and has an Ideal Winter climate But at the time we were there, no rain had fallen for a long time," and they were praying for rain at a time when Portland was sin gularly blessed in this nartlcular." "EES STORE KOTED Clean-Sweep Sale AFTER STOCK-TAKING Monday we offer twelve lots of goods that must be closed out. Note this fact: Somebody is bound to get them. We have made the prices so low that there should not be one of them left, (we have plenty to supply hundreds of people) when our store closes Monday at 6 o'clock. These are not baits to get you here and tempt you to buy something else; you are welcome, as long as they last, to buy only what is ad vertised, and then buy no more, notwithstanding we have many other things to tempt you you are wel come to look and not buy. Bazar Patterns reduced from former price to 10 cents Spring styles. Lot 1 Colored checked Pillow Cases, worth 10c; take 'em Monday, two for : 10 Lot 3 Ruffled Swiss Cur tains, worth 80c pair; take 'em Mondav, two for 85 Lot 5 Fancy Neck Rib bon, pure silk, worth 50 and 60c yd.; take your choice Monday 25 Lot 7 Men's Flannelette Nightgowns, worth $1; take 'em Monday, two for 1.00 Lot 9 Mount Hood Shirts, dress white shirt with colored bosoms, worth 50c; take 'em Mon day, two for 0 Lot 11 Johnson's Tinsel Crepe Draperies, worth 12yoc yard; Monday only at T..... 8 McALLEN The Onlj Eiclushre Dry Goods Store ILL STREET-CARS LEAD TO OUR STORE THE WASHINGTON OF JAPAN. Gen. Viscount Katsura Is Idol of Peo ple In Land of the Rising Sun. New York Press. It Is generally believed . that the Jap anese are brave soldiers, but few know who Is the bravest and greatest of them all. The "Washington of Japan Is Gen eral Viscount Katsura, -who became Prime Minister two years ago. He be gan his lighting career in 1S67. during the civil war which resulted In the over throw of the old order of things In the Land of the Rising Sun and the adop tion of Western civilization. Though only a Lieutenant then, he became famous for extraordinary courage. He was always In the thickest of the fight, always the first to volunteer to lead a forlorn hope. After the war his government sent Kat sura to Germany to study military mat ters. On his return he took a leading part In reorganizing the Japanese sdtdlery on the European model and was prac tically creator of the modern Japanese army. In 1S76, when a Colonel, he was again sent to Germany, in company with the late General Kawakaml, to Inspect tho German military system. The two officers were at that time regarded as the most promising men in the entire Mothers Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties, allays nausea, nervousness, and all unpleasant feelings, and so prepares the system for the ordeal that she passes through the event safely and with but little suffering, as numbers have testified and said, "it is worth its weight in gold." 1.00 per bottle of druggists. Book containing valuable information mailed free. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta, G. YOONG MEN troubled with nljht emissions, dream, exhausting .drains, bash fulness, aversion to society, which depriTe you of your manhood. UNFITS YOU for BUSINESS OR MARRIAGE. , , , , ... MvN, v MIDDLE-AGED MEN, "who from excesses and strains have lost tnelr MANLY POWER DLOOD AND 8KIN DISEASES, Byphillls. Gonnorhoea, painful, bloody urine. Gleet Stricture. Enlarged Prostate. Sexual Debility. Varicocole. Hydrocele, KIdnoy and ; JLlver Troubles75ed -withlut MERCURY OR OTHER POISONOUS DRUGS. 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POE THE BEST GOODS' Lot 2 Colored checked j Mattress Covers, worth! 65c; take 'em Monday, xwo ior top Lot 4 Ladies' Lamb's "Wool Vests and Pants, pure white, worth $1 each; take 'em Monday, two for $1 Lot 6 Thomson's and Warner's Corsets, worth up to $2.50 pair; choice Monday 29 Lot 8 Men's fancy Hose, worth 25c a pair; take 'em Monday, two pair for 25 Lot 10 Big lot of Mount Hood Shirts, worth from $1.50 to $1.75; take 'em Monday, each 50 Lot 12 Flannelette Wrappers, worth up to $2.50 each, your choice Monday only 75 in he City Established in 1884 Cor. Third arid Morrison Japanese army. Katsura became a Ma-Jor-General on his return home and was Vice minister of the War Office under Oyama. In 1891 he was made Ueutenant General. In the Chlno-Japanese War he led his army through Corea to Manchuria, and later, under General Nodzu, -won many victories. His name became a ter ror throughout the Invaded country. In 1S98 he was appointed War Minister, which office he retained until the down fall of the Yamagata Cabinet In 1300. He became Premier In 1901. Katsura was born In 1849 In the Prov ince of Nagato, generally called Choshiu, in the western part of the main Island of Japan. This province has given birth to many' Illustrious statesmen and gen erals, among them Marquis Ito, Field Marshal Yamagata and Count Inouyo. The Viscount believes that Japanese are the best soldiers in tho world and says he would not fear the result ot her had to lead them against any white troops. One thing much in favor of the Japs Is that they are so small the enemy can't find them. Nothing In Japan la too good for Katsura. He Is the Idol ot the people. All kinds of honors have been showered on him. At 55 he is ready to take the field. 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