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TO THE nOON, 38 MILUS. BRIEF MENTION. Such WillScem tlic Distance Through Paris' Telescope. (Vondoa News.) Tho hugo block of crystal which will bocomu tho mirror for the great telescopo has safely arrived in Paiie. If 'all sees well tho exhibition of 1900 will bo ablo to boast of a tlhtinct feature. Wlielhor the rnoon'a features will bo equally dis tinct is another Question. Professor Loowy thinks not, but M. Doloncle is still determined to carry through Ins' idea. "The moon 0110 yaid otT." It was thus the Echemo of tho gigantic telescope was spoken of in the paper, b:t M. De loncle, hower ambitious lfe may bo in Central Africa, protests that ho novor had eo preposterous a notion. Ha claims that it will be posMble to throw on to n screen views of our eatellito brought within a distance of 3S miles. This re mains to be seen. However, everybody will wish M. Deloncle, and still more especially his shareholders, every suc cess in what one must still regard as an experiment. The new telescopo mirror is the lar gest ever made. It was cast at Jeumont, a manufacturing place, and the last French station on the line to Liege, Col ogne and Berlin. This splendid block of homogeneous crystal weighs 3000 kilo grammes. Its diameter is 2,05 meters, and its present nearly rough state cost 4000, Of course it was com eyed to Paris in a special tiain. It was wrapped op in heavy felt blankets, protected by hoops of soft wood, with metal tires, mounted on pivots. Thus packed, the mirror was tightly wedeed in a car 0 that was placid in a wagon on a bed of hur dles and layers of hay. For greater safety, the train stopped only once, at Tergnier, and went at as blow a pace as a royal tiain, escorted by a railwav instwetor. It was insured to its full value. The same afttruocn it was removed from the northern termiuus to the workshop. The mirror, before leaving Jeuaiont, went throujh a second grinding of its faces, being as smooth as tine plate glass, lint for telescopic pur poses this sort of smoothness is rough ness itself. The finishing process will take two years and six months, ami ty morcespedttuKis processes than any hitherto in use, wnidi, moreover, will giye neater accuracy than anything known. Hitherto astronomical minors and lenses have becu polished by hand by slowly rubbing the glass with the naked hand, sometimes, but not alwavs, moist ened with oil, albumen and other sub stances, which are the maker's secret. Tho drawback of the process is that the mere heat of the hand may cause the surface to warp. The new intchanical process, of which particulars are not given, will produce a surface approaching a true plane, within oae tea-thousandth part of a millimeter. Even this marvelous finish will leave a margin, astronomers tell us, for enors. The whole finishing process will cost G0OO. The silverinz will not cost any tbicg to speak of. The minor will ha macattd os two arms 10 meters long, and will be set in motions by aucbinery of the usual sort. Tire rays gathered from planetary epace will be reflected horizontally through a mammoth tube ) meters long, laid on piles of masjeary. The lense3 of Hint and crown glass will te one meter and 23 cectemeters, the largest iD the world, and the images enlarged 0003 times will be thrown on to screen, which thousands of people will view at a trme. The moon will, it all gens well, be brought within 33 miles, bat it is most doubtful whether images on this scale will prove correct. 31. Loewy, the as sistant director of the Paris observatory, who has submitted some splendid photo graphs of the mcoo, believes that the limit of 94 miles he has readied is the utmost practical for a Ion? time to come. Larger images will be indistinct. DOUGLAS COUNTY'S LOSS. From Friday's Dally, A. A. Smith of Oakland is in the city. T, Q. Dounell of Wilbur is iu town to day. Thco tJcrnhelm of J'orllnnd is nl tho McClallen. J. II. Wilson ofElkton is a guest at the Van Houtcn. B. Brcckway went to Portland on the local this morning. The republican national convention meets Juno 10th. J. E. B. Cartwriglit went lo Salem to day on a mission to tho asylum. Miss Sailie Colo of Dunsmuir, Cal., is a guest at tho McClallen C. E. Settlo and wife of Oakland are registered at the McClallen E. (i. Trowbridge of Camas Valley is registered at the Van Houten A. E. Maltby, the Oakland attorney, is in the city today on legat business. G. Goodman and A. Nelson of Co quello City are iu the city today. Born, in this city, July 12, 1800, to the wife of Henry Dfnn of Caroai Valloy, a son. Mrs. Beckly and daughter, Miss Grace of Oaklaud are guests at the Van Houten. Raymond Brumbaugh and S. L. Jones of San Francisco are guests ai til0 yc, Clallen. Minnie McCloskey and Dolly Davis of the Ashland Normal are registered at tho Van Huuten Wollenterg & Abraham will soon move into the Brooks buildingwith their mammoth stock of gooJs. Judge Willi went to Portland on the local onh'gal business and to see that tho races tomorrow arc legally conducted. Clias. Luther Hoberts was adjudged insane j esterday by the authorises here and sent below ou the local this morn lag. A local play, written by a lady in Maishh'eld, will be presented by the Stuttr Theatre Co., Saturday night. Coos !ay Mail. W. W. Card welt went to Portland this morning to attend the races tomorrow in which he is interested. Black Alder and Free Coinage will compete for the purse. The rank and tile of God's Kegular Army shook liosebnrg'a dust off their feet this morning and left for Grants Pas; (o the no small delight of this com munity. Our gain is Grants Pas' loss. The North Bend mill is sawing an or der of 750,100 feet of lumber for the Aus tralian market. It will be shipped di rect from here to its destination on the Novelty, which is at present on her way from a foreign iort. Coos Bay Mail. The Krag-Jorgenren ritle, cow in use in the United Hates Army, will dis charge forty shots a minute within a radius of 3,000 yards. Its penetrating power is sis times greater than that of the old Winchester or Springfield. An attempt is being made to have the road between M&rshfield and Newport improved by covering it with burnt fire clay, o that it can be used all the vear roond. The experiment on the Marsh- field-Empire road has proved a great success, and has solved the possibilities of good winter roads for this section. News. J. L. ilitcbell. Deputy Supreme Com mander of the K. O. T. M. for Oregon, who has been in the city arranging to place the order more prominently be fore the public, leayes tonight for Grants Pass, where he delivers an ad dress Saturday night a" the Opera House on "Fraternalism." He will return here in time for the Maccabee enter tainment to be held June 20th. Alongwith the depression consequent upon the election of Cleveland 4 years ago, precipitating upon us the moit dis tressing condition of finance in the his tory of the nation in times of peace, providence this year seems tosecond the distress. The fruit industry of Douglas county bas ibeen yielding its products and helping pull n; out cf "the slough of despondency" into which we were financially mired. But the elements are against us this year. It has destrojed the prune crop, to the great injary of the people of this county in the loss of at least i'JO.OOO. The loss at this time will lm sorely felt, for that amount of money distributed here would pay debts by circulation cf at least three times that amount or $180,000. Uut undismayed the eopIc of Douglas are determined to prcsd on with high hopes in tho future. It ia not likely another such calamity to the fruit in terest will occur again in the next twenty years . Then too, every business man, farmer and laborer are anticipating better times after the (lending presidential election They reason logically that a change in administrative policy and change it will will be for the Letter. It can't be worse. He Got in by Three Votes. Mr. Virgil Conn, of Paisley, Lake cuiinty, representative-elect from the piut district of Lake and Kiamatl counties, is among visitors in Portland, attending tho Jlasouic grand lodge, Mr. Conn had a narrow Hcao from defeat at the pollti. Iu fact, he got in, as they eay, "by the skin of his tetfth," his plu rality being only three over his populist competitor. Bather a cloze call but he got there all the same. Mr. Conn is a Douglas county man He was tor a long timo a resident of It j.wburj.', and couKC,,t:ljl'' onr citizens feel considerable intercct in his succetH and wyAw Homcwhat lo learn Ire has been re-olectcd to the lei-laluro from his district. ware business, and Kosebu'g'a loss will bo Euguno'a gain. Mrs. W. G. Howell, who has been vis iting rolatives in this city for tho paat two weeks, left for her homo in Astoria on last night's overland. J. S. Hunt of Oakland made tho Pi.aindk.li:k, a pleasant business call today. Mr. Hunt is a zealous McKinley man and predicts his nomination at St. Louis on the first ballot. .The North Uinpu.ua river at Winches ter is fairly alivo with Chanook salmon. Fishermen uro having groat sport catch ing these fish with hook and line, as they are biting quite- readily. One of tho nicest places to spend an ovening in tho city is at the bicycle track of T. K. Kichardson. There is ample Beating room for all who attend and in good view of tha track. Mr. Kichard son is to bo complimented on his efforts in this line and should bo encouraged. The old pioneers of Multnomah will assemble June ICth to celobrato their advent in Oregon in the early forties and fifties. This convention is looked to with much interest. Joaquin Miller, tbo poet, will read a poem prepared for the occasion, which it is expected will be one of hia best productions. Miss Wiunia Simpson of Garfield, Wash., makes quite a snug amount of pin money by shooting squirrels. She handles a gun to better effect than many of the men in that region, her averago being thirty squirrels a day. She also distinguished herself lately by winning the first prize in an oratorical contest open to both sexes. The K. of P. band has been engaged to furnish music for tho Fourth of Jnly celebration at Fort Jones, Siskiyon county, Cal., and tho Itoseburg Orches tra to furnish music for tho grand ball. The two organizations are eo well and favorably known that comment l) un necessary, but will say that Fort Jones has done well ia making this selection, for these organizations aro known to be the best in tho state. At the regular meeting of Rescue U. & L. Co., No. 1, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: L. Wimberly, president ; F. M. Zigle-, yice president; C. Y. Benjamin, secretary; II. Marks, treasurer; F. W. Haynes, foreman ; L. II. Xiglcr, 1st assistant and S. L. Kidder, 2nd assistant. Tbo nomi nation of S. K. Sykes for chief engineer was indorsed and C. A. Parrv was nomi nated for assistant engineer. The latest novelty in the way of a church entertainment was a "baby ban quet." The experiment was tried re cently at Peru, Ind., with great success. Thirty or more infants, ranging in size and age from thoee in long dresses just able to sit up, to the more advanced, who knew in what direction to reach for the best things, were seated around a table with plenty of attendants to grat ify every wish of the little guests, and the affair was pronounced "just too sweet and cunning for any use in the world." From sstanJtj'i Daily. Tom Ward of Wardton is at tho 31c Clallen. Hon. J . T. Bridges of Drain is in the city today. J. S. Bishop of Eugene is registered at the McClallen. Wm. Irvin of Ten Mile is in the city today on business. T. J. Yarbrough of Krain is registered at (he Van Houten. C. B. Rowley of Garden Bottom is reg istered at the McClallen. C P. Barnard of Dter creek is regis tered at the" McClallen. J. W. Reea of Looking Glass is regis tered at the Van Houten. Cbas. Trimble of Grants Pass is regis tered at the Van Houten. W. Kramer, the miller at Myrtle Creek, is in the city today. Hon. P. Cooper of Roberts Creek came down from hit ranch today, Mies Regina Raat was taken euddeuly ill last night but is reported better today. Miss Rose Pariotl closed a very suc cessful term of school at Clover creek Friday. McKinley will be the next president if the signs of the times are an index to coming events. Mrs. Chas. Graham who has been at Portland attendiug;tho '.Grand Chapter, O. E. S. returned last night on the local. This cauipaigu will Eettle the tariff question, but the solution of the money problem may have to be sought later on. At the sheriff sale in the caso of C. K. Hill vs. G. W. Peters et nl, tho property was bid 111 by Eva F. Hamilton for H'247.78. Mrs. Will Madison leaves on tonight's overland for Astoria, where she goes to join her husband who is now in busi ness there. The team of Oak Cni, W. of W., go to Oakland tonight lo assist in initiating ' several new members into the mysteries ' of that order. S. K. Sjlseu iiri'eptcd a pomtiuu with tho Chambers Hardware Co. of Eugene. Sam is an adopt in tho hard- nilltary Drill. The military' drill of the O.N.G. at the Armory Saturday night, was very fine. The boys in blue went through the evo lutions in superb style. The officers in command were, Capt. F. B. Hamlin, W. C. Hildebrand and Fred Haynes. There were a large number of lady as well as gentlemen spectators, all of whom seemed delighted with the man euvering, especially the ladies. Some of them doubtless had sweethearts soldier ing and of course they were delighted in the proceedings. In the competition drill there were three prizes. One each for the best drilled equad, the best drilled corporal and the lst drilled private. The first prize was a handsome silk banner, made and presented by the W. R. C. The second and third were presented by the G. A. R. The second and third prizes were presented by Rev. G. W. Black to Corporal F. S. Godfrey and priyato John Moffit, accompained by a few veryappto priatc remarks. The response was made by Corporal Clair Hume. The judges chosen for this occasion were Col. Thos. Gibson, S. C. Flint and John Hamlin. The company was drilled in turn by Capt. Hamlin, Lieutenants W. C. Hilde brand and F. W. Haynes. After the drill evolutions the squads were drilled by Sergeants Slocum, Fra- terand Carroll. After this and while the judges were deliberating on their de cision of awards for the prizes, Judge L. Loughary and Hon. C. A. Seblbrede made very appropriate speeches of a patriotic nature anil laudatory of "A" Co., O. N. G. The judges decided that second squad under Sergeant Frater was entitled to the banner, and the same was presented in a neat little speach by Miss Mabel VanBuren assisted by Miss Regina Rast, The response was by Lieutenant Haynes. After the drill, speeches and responses a social danco was indulged in for a while and all passed off in a very 'agree able manner. And so ends this pleas ant episode in honor of the O. N. G. of Roseburg. Hie addition to the M. E.-church will greatly enlarge its seating capacity. Tho pulpit will be placed on tho north side of tho pr sent auditorium with room be hind for tho choir. The south tide wh . 1 ho L joins tho main building will bo removed nearly the full width of tho L with folding doors so that when occa sion requires it the entire seating capac ity may be used. At other times these doors can be closed leaving tho old audi torium nearly as now. The work is progressing finely and will be in readi ness for occupancy in a short timo. In addition to llio L proper there is a side room off from the east side of the L for a class room and wood houso. Tho site of this church is one of the pleasanlest in the city and when those improvements nro completed it will lo one of tho nent- ..ul I .......I f ... LI I , i." mud. loiiiii'i i.um; uiiurcn nouses in tho city. 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BOWEN & ESTABRO OK, Blacksmiths and Machinists Stephen Street, between Oak and Cass, Machine work a Bpeclnlty ROBEDVRG, OK. For Second Place. Sr Lous, Jnnc12. It ia probable the national league of republican dobs will have something lo tay about the vice- preeidcntal candidate. The league is largely for McKinley, but there ia a di vision of eentimeut in regard to the eec- ond place. Ex-Governor 1. KtHeell Brown, of Rhode Island, 13 a member of the leagne in good standing and hia friends will put blm forward as the right man to combine with McKinley on the ticket, E. A. McAIpin, of New York, ia president of the league, and naturally his friends are anxious to see him hon ored. McAIpin is adjutant-general on the staff of Governor Morton, and the argument will be advanced that his nomination would please Morton. Gov ernor Morton seems the choice of the national committeemen among all the New York candidates, and if he would accept the nomination there is some rea son to beliove the vice-presidency would be held out to him, provided, that Quay's cousent could bo Eecured. Friends of G. A. Hobart, of New Jer sey, claim that Quay is committed to him, and there are surface indications that give probability to this story. Sen ator Quay, however, is very cautious in making promises and the Hobart people may be counting their chickens before they aro hatched. Quay may take it into his head, for example, to name Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, for the vice-presidency. Leaving Hastings out of the question, it is probable that Quay, if he has to choose between Hobart and a New Eng land man would select the former. Henry C . Payne, member of the na tional committee for Wisconein, said in discussing the situa'ion: "At present, Hobart of New Jersey, has the lead with those now bore. We cannot, however, tell how it may bo when more delegates arrive. Still, Mr. Hobart is recognized as an available man. He camo withiu two voles of de feating Smith for the United States sen ate some years ago, and could easily carry New Jersey for the republicans this year." Tho objection hai been raised to Ho bart that New Jersey has always gone democratic in a presidential election, but friends of the New Jersey man say this is an unusual year, and with Hobart on tbo ticket, the republicans would carry the state by a sweeping majority. Tho boom for II. Clay Evans, of Tennceee, has grown wondorfully. Evans himself baa made no effort to se cure second place on tho McKinley ticket. He has other plans, which would mako his acceptance of tho vice presidential nomination impossible. Another candidato for socond place is M. H. Do Young of California. He is a strong fayorile among the free silver mon of the West. 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