10 TIIE SUNDAY OBECONIAX," PORTLAND, DECEMBER 12, 1909. AFRICA AMUSED AT NATURE FAKES Strange Animals Invented by Writers on Roosevelt's Hunt in Wilds. t LION-KILLING IS TRIFLE 'Traditional King or Beasts Held Small Fry, but Affidavit Must Accompany Pelts of ew Animals Discovered. NAIROBI. El E. A., Octobar 29 (OdC. 11) The reading public here has found vast amusement in press clippings from America dealing with the game-killing experiences of Colonel Rooaevelt. While recognizing the proven of the ex-President, they are somewhat amazed at -the effect of his achievements upon the minds of his countrymen, particularly at the in. credulity exhibited in some Instances to ward very ordinary happenings and the trusting faith in other cases, with which some really outrageous yarns are ac cepted. They receive with skepticism the fact, for example, that Colonel Roosevelt has been charged by 12 hippopotami in Iake alvahe. killing a few and escaping scot free, and yet take readily to stories of the hagglng of strange birds and mammals, which have hitherto triumphantly dodged zoological classification. I.lons Called Small fry. Without detracting from the glory of the hunter. East African residents do not look with a great deai of interest upon the mere slaying of Hons and such small fry. They do not even use this sort of thing as a topic of convetsatfor. while the weather shows any Interesting phases. Nairobi has been scarcely istirrcd for the last week or so by the news that men walking to their homes after dining out have almost stumbled over a full-grown Hon. which has-been so frequently about the streets that he has practically assumed the position of a municipal pet and has killed zebras within the precincts of the township. Iast Sunday night Mr. Cunningham, while walking in the sub , -urbs, heard a lion grunting less than 100 i yards away. Being armed only with a j stick, he did not stop to investigate. The principal medical officers here and others have had similar experiences. One en terprising storekeeper has a year-old lioness in a case on a veranda in Nai robi's high street. ' Strange Animals Invented. . The Inventive genius of the pseudo scientists has risen to frenzied heights in supplying the Smithsonian Institution with creatures never found on land or sea. They have originated the kirkak dik, the exact nature of which Is veiled In some obscurity: the Kirumbo bird, which has a pair of floral plumes and is glossy green above, with metallic re flections, and the guyastuns, which, is white, spotted plentifully with green. Tn addition there are two or three fowl which Major Mearns. who in now on a journey to the glaciers of Kenia, has not yet rounded up. the pambafu bird, the wood duffln, otherwise known as the salkeldhopiendis Africanus. whose hab itat Is the forest around the old Arab fort of .Klsmayu, and the bartickiensis Africanus. peculiar to one part of the country and never seen away from its home. Seek Afifdavit on Pelt. It is suggested hero that a wife plan previous to the acceptance in the United States of anything that is novel in the way of beast or bird would bo a pearch for an affidavit attached to the pelt. STUDYING WAR BY MAIL .National Guard Officers Take Cp Winter's Correspondence Course. The correspondence school In war top ics to be conducted by Adjutant-tleneral Fltner for all officers of the Oregon Na tional Ouard, opened yesterday, when the first circular In the course was sent out. This initial sheet merely defines the aoope of the course to be pursued. It will be followed within a few days by another , and more elaborate circular prescribing questions to be answered. , The military correspondence school, which is a new departure for promoting efficiency among National Guard officers, will be kept up throughout the Winter and will he supplemented by field work in the Spring and Summer. JOUNG MOTHER MISSING 'Protection Society Seeks 17-Year-Old ;irl to Aid Her. XiOttie Richardson, or Lottie Rodgers, a 17-year-old girl who deserted her three ' weeks-old child rTldny night, is wanted ; by officers of the Municipal Department for tha Public Protection of Toung Women. Tha girl has teen staying at the Padil i lao rooming-house, and the child is at the Louise Home. But little is known of the girl-mother's history, and an effort will be made to find her and give her proper assistance. She is described as being of medium height. She has auburn hair, and wears a spotted coat with a ! gray stripe. When last seen she wore a brown cap. HILLSBORO MAN IS BUYER 1 .1. AY. Hailey Secures Tenth-Street Property for $ 4.500. J. V. Bailey, of Hlllsboro. has pur liasfi 40x100 feet.- Inside, on Tenth street, between Morrison and Yamhill, facing west, tor S34,500. purchaser to assume ' bonds on street improvements. . The pur i chase was made from George F. Russell and W. B. Streoter. Since the commencement of active con- , strudion on the new Olds, Wortman & j King building, on Morrtson, Alder. Tenth J and Park streets, property has steadily advanced In that vicinity. The comple- I tion or the Hotel Seward, on Tenth and Alder streets, has also had its effect. Mr. Ballev Dald cash for the property. BRICK Y. M. C. A. FAVORED Tentative Plans Drawn for Construc tion of Xw Sellwood Branch. The raising of J12.000 for the branch . X. M. C. A. In Sellwood was the first I step toward the establishment, of that i branch. Now comes the planning and I construction, or tha building. In this work, as in the raising of the money, tha executive committee has the assist ance and counsel of General Secretary H. W. Stone, of the city association, and his assistants. E. B. McXaughton, who spent some time at the expense of the Portland T. M. C. A. traveling through the East, examining 7. M. C. A. buildings before drawing plans for the building for the city association, has been com missioned to prepare, the plans for the Sell wood branch. While the canvass was in progress there was a discussion of the possibility of erectirur a brick structure. Some favoretf a' bungalow type of frame. Architect McNaughton has been asked to draw plans for both styles." The site selected and secured, on the southwest corner of Bast Fifteenth street and Spokane avenue, is considered ideal. It Is central, on an improved street, and has ample sewerage. A strong effort will be made to erect a brick building. The swimming pool and gymnasium will be much larger than first contemplated. To provide a permanent source of reve nue, several dormitories will be provided. It is expected that arrangements will be made to lease the corner of the build ing to the Sell wood Branch Library. The ground outside the building will be taken up with a lawn tennis court and outdoor basketball and other games. ECLIPSE INVISIBLE HERE SIX DARKEXED OXLY IN SOUTH . KRX HEMISPHERE. Due Today to Cast Cut-out Shadows of Folks Beneath Its Par tial Rays. Portland will have no ocular demon stration of the fact, but today is the day for an eclipse of the sun. The centers of sun and moon will pass at 29.3 seconds after 1:09 o'clock,' Portland time. To Portland's neighbors in South eastern Australia, Tasmania, most of New Zealand Islands and South Shet land, however, the event will be an eclipse in fact. The moon will take three hours and 36 minutes to cross the sun's face. Today's eclipse is ex plained by John McNulty. nautical ex pert in charge of the Portland branch of the United States hydrographic of fice. Mr. McNulty Bald yesterday: "There are three . kinds of solar eclipses total, partial and annular. As the moon today will cover only a little over half of the sun's face. It Is a partial eclipse. Given the sun's di ameter as equal 'to 1, the moon will cover .541 portion of It. In this case it Is interesting to know that If It were seen in Portland, the shadows of things would not be as usual. The crescent part of the sun would cause much of the shadow seemingly to be cut out, leaving queerly shaped dark places. "In an eclipse of the sun the shadow moves across the face of the earth with an easily computable speed. The moon moves along its orbit at a rate of 21Q0 miles an hour. The earth ro tates from west to east In the same general direction at a rate of 1040 miles at the equator. Therefore, sub tracting one from the other, we find that the speed of the moon's shadow across the earth is about 1060 miles an hour. The higher In altitude on the earth one lives the slower he travels and therefore the faster the moon's shadow passes his place of residence. "There must inevitably be two solar eclipses each year. In 1823 there were seven eclipses of the sun. This will again happen in 1935. This variance in numbers Is due to the moon arriving at the nodes during the ecliptic sea sons variably. "As a utility to man the total eclipses are of most importance, giving the observers a chance to study the Immense flames which shoot out from the sun's surface with the spectroscope. With the knowledge thus gained the world Is advancing slowly in the. study of the nature of matter and force and of the mechanism of the universe." LYONS HOME FROM TRIP IX HOSPITAL. WHEN FRIENDS THINK HIM TRA VEXING. . " ".Month la California" Really Spent Recovering From Slight Operation. No one who read the brief note several weeks ago that John M. Smith was a patient at the Good Samaritan Hospital imagined that Mr. Smith was, more than one of the famous John Smith family. They would1 have been right in assuming him famous, but his fame came from the fact that John M. Smith was in reality Kd Lyons, depotmaster of tho- Northern Pacific. Terminal Company. With a desire to spare his family worry and himself annoyance, Mr. Lyons an nounced some time ago that he was going to. Southern California on a sightseeing trip. He did not offer to take his family and they dirt not ask to go. Then Mr. Lyons closed up his affairs at the depot. Following that, he prepared for a series of deceptions that was to last over four weeks. Sitting at his desk. Mr. Lyons dictated to his stenographer a list of letters that for interest and descriptive beauty, and general vagueness rivaled the letters of Junius. With a series of California postcards obtained from Port land a postcard shop, Mr. l-otis then had documentary evidence of an excellent California alibi. AH were mailed to a friend In the lemon-growing state, with instructions that they be mailed in rota tion at Intervals to the Portland friends of the railroad man. Then, using every possible means to conceal his identity, John M. Smith be came a patient at the Good Samaritan. A slight operation was performed and he began to recuperate. Mr. Smith had no friends to visit him. One clerk daily came for Instructions and Mr. Smith ob tained his recreation by playing a large gramaphone.. It was . noticed as a co incidence that Mr. Lyons favorite grama phone was missing from its accustomed place. With a nurse to, wind up the gramaphone, Mr. Lyons-Smith was quite content. . , Walter H. Fearnley Buried. The funeral of Walter iH. Fearnley. who died at his home. 966 Hawthorne avenue. December 8, was held yesterday from IMcson's chapel. The interment was post poned for the present. Mr. Fearnley was a manufacturer's agent who was well known in business circles between, Port land. British Columbia and St. Louis. He was ill but a short time following an operation . which was not considered serious. He was at his office Tuesday morning. He was 42 years of age and had made Portland his home for about ten years. His - wife and one son, Walter Fearnley. a student of the Washington High School., survive. Mr. Fearnley was a member of the Travelers' Protective As sociation. Many beautiful floral tributes were received. f YYoodburn Defeats Deaf Mutes. WOODBURN, Or.. Dec. 1 1. (Special.) A basketball team from the Deaf Mute School was defeated in this city tonight by the Woodburn Athletic Club by a score of 85 to-20. - MURDER IS CHARGE IN BATH TUB CASE Miss Virginia Wardlaw Held for Death of Ker Niece, Mrs. Ocey Snead. LETTER MAY BE FORGERY Doubt Is Cast Upon Xote Declaring Dead Woman to Be Suicide and Inquisitors Will Decide as to Genuineness of Writing. NEW TORK, Dec. 11. Miss Virginia Wardlaw. aged aunt of Mrs. Ocey Snead, the victim of the bathtub trag edy which has developed so many mys teries, was arraigned today before Re corder Nott. In Bast Orange, N. J., on the charge of murdering her niece.' She was later beld to. awaft the action- of the grand jury. ' The accused woman was pale and worn. Heavily veiled, she sat in court beside her counsel, Frartklin W. Fort, a son of Governor Fort; of New Jersey. She seemed to resent the scrutiny of the crowd and shielded her face at times with a newspaper. , Sergeant Timothy Coniff, of the East Orange police force, told of the discov ery on November 29 of . Ocey Snead's body in the bathtub of the Bast Orange house in a few inches of water. County Physician Simmons testified as to the appearance of the dead girl. He said her body was greatly emaciated. As it lay in the tub the girl's head waa under water. Dr. Simmons found a note pinned to the dead girl's skirt, in which she said she was going to take her life. There is a dispute as to this hand writing, and Dr. McKenzie testified that the woman was drowned. PUBLIC LAND ENTRIES Writer Criticises Dispossession of Si let z District Settlers. DALLAS, Or., Dec. 8. (To the Edi tor.) Having read The Oregohian's editorial comment on the large emigra tion of our people to Canada, I wish to cite an additional reason for the exo dus. I refer to the blanket order of Secre tary of the Interior Hitchcock In 1903, suspending all public land entries In Oregon, and particularly to the Slletz district, a subject with which I am fa miliar. It was opened for homestead entry July 21, 1902. A great many citi zens availed themselves of what they thought was an opportunity of getting 160 acres of land, which was considered of little value at that time, but by per sistent efforts they hoped to make homes for themselves. The region men tioned being mountainous and isolated many miles from civilization and rail roads, the settlers had to encounter untold hardships, packing provisions on their backs, wading dangerous and swollen rivers, making trails and sleep ing in the forest. At times they were without food or shelter. Some of them have since passed to the great beyond, being unable to withstand the hard ships they subjected themselves to. The survivors, with Indomitable courage, kept on with the hope that some time they would accomplish what they had undertaken and receive titles for their land. Then came that famous blanket or der from the Interior Department, and whenever an entry was attempted to be perfected the settlers were Informed that their proofs would be held pend ing an investigation of the Interior Department- Tears rolled on. Better trails were built, rivers were spanned with bridges, better houses were con structed, clearings hewn : out of the forest in fact, these early settlers did all that mortal beings could do In the circumstances. Many of them being ncor. they had to work at times in the logging camps and on the farms, in or der to procure funds with which they could further Improve their homesteads. Next came special agents, mostly from the prairie states, and these agents were wholly unfamiliar with Western conditions. . Their hearts were bent on prosecution, and with but few excep tions these agents reported adversely against the entrymen. Next came the professional contest ers. Access to the country -was- now made comparatively easy, and it Is a well-known fact that as many as four different affidavits of contest were al lowed to be filed against a single en try. More years rolled on. and more special agents were dispatched. Then the Government desired personally to contest the remaining cases, and lastly came the squatters, who took posses sion of the original entryman's im provements. The settlers came be- A Tainte ighly Disagreeable A Quick and Permanent a Small There are many thousands of people who are the unfortunate possessors of offensive and obnoxious breath, which has its- origin in chronic nasal and throat catarrh, or an unhealthy condi tion of the stomach, or decay of the teeth, and wlten these persons realize they are the victims of such an unde sirable possession, they -fredftently feeU constrained to remain oft to themselves theVrreater part of the time, because thej understand only too well how disagree able it must be to others with whom they come in contact. For it is an undeniable tact that people will comment on and criticise the person whose breath is foul and offensive. Very frequently we hear the comment. 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Ton have everything to gaiu and nothing to lose. Its up 'to you. If you wish to be cured of that foul spit ting and hawking that wretched de pressed sensation that' "don't-dare-look-anybody-ln-the-fa'ce" feeling, then fill out the coupon without further delay.- I possess the -remedy that will cure you. but as I have not your ad dress you must supply it. That's all I ask. Simply fill out the following coupon and mail it -to me today. It will ha the means of restoring you to a perfectly normal condition, giving you a sweet pure breath. FREE This Wmpon is srood for one trial package of Gauss' Combined Catarrh Cure, mailed free In plain package. Simply fill in your name and ad dre;3 on dotted lines below and mail to C. E. GAUSS. 5760 Main St. Marshall, Mich. fore the court and asked for a tem porary injunction, but a deaf ear was turned to their pleadings. I will ask, is It any wonder why our people are going to Canada? Is it not a crime for a government to spend the people's money to persecute its citi zens? Great credit is due J. C. Hayter, editor and owner of the Polk County Observer, for his able and forcible edi torial, under date of November 30, in which he undoubtedly expresses the sentiments of the people of Polk Coun ty. His editorial was unsolicited, and he Is In nowise financially Interested. As a liberty-loving American, he could no longer turn his eyes and see his fellow-citizens persecuted. It is to be hoped that the newspapers of Oregon will continue the fight for her citizens in their Just rights, and that Congress will provide some means whereby Jus tice will be given. A S1LETZ HOMESTEADER. MAGNIFICENT ART PIANO For the New 9100,000 "Hotel Ship herd" of The Dalles. The most beautifully furnished hotel In Oregon. An exquisite Chippendale art style piano in dull finished Circassian walnut was purchased by the management from The Wiley B. Allen Co., and is already in stalled in the parlor. . After a most painstaking Investigation of the best pianos in "Portland, regardless of cost, a product of the famous Hard man factory was selected on account of Its mellow, sweet tone and superior finish. This old established Arm. located at SO Oakf Street, makes a specialty of. the highest grade pianos In the world. NO MEDICINE CHEST IS COMPLETE WITHOUT 8A LGBEXE. One never knows when "he is going to be caught in the grip of rheuma tism, lumbago and kidney trouble. But we do know that two ounces of Salgrene mixed with four ounces of olive oil will give almost instant re lief in the most obstinate cases. Taken in two teaspoonful doses . every three hours until relieved, then teaspoonful three times a day. Obtainable at any first-class drugstore. iUtronen iofllde Is no sensitive that the touch of a fly'a foot wwiH explode it. . Relief for This Trouble at Expense. There is no longer any excuse for a person, however foul and offensive their breath may be, inflicting-its ohnoxious nessrtipon the delicate nostrils and olfac tory nerves of others. - Charcoal, the great absorbent, is the Ideal remedy for condition described herein, and in STUART'S CHARCOAL LOZENGES we hnv tho -a.-,. .. t. in which charcoal may be- taken. These little lozenges absorb one hundred times their own volume . in foul gases and tainted' breaths, and besides deodorizing and purifying the breath and rendering it sweet and agreeable-, they also act as antiseptics and cleansers of the stomach and Intestinal system, absorbing all of fensive gases which may be present there, destroying disease germs, poisons and microbes, and putting a stop to such morbid processes as fermentation and de composition in cases of chronic dyspepsia and intestinal indigestion. 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