- v.-; .? . 4 r ' PORTLAND JOURNAL journal rBprrmo ca. proprietors. Eastern Representative: Albert E. Hasbrook. 81 Time Bid- . T. , i, Hartford Bid.. Chicago. THE INDEPENDENT AFTERNOON PAPER OF OREGON. Ooodhough Building. Plh and Yamhill " streets. ts Yamhill fctreet. Entered aa Second-Class Mall Matter at v Postofflce, Portland. Or. ' " ' TELEPHONES Bustnes Office: Oregon Main 600; Colum bla 706. Editorial Rooms: Oregon Main 250. ( i TERMS BY CARRIER THE JOURNAL one year THE JOVRNAL, si months.... THE JOURNAL, three months. THE JOURNAL, by the week... ...15.00 ... ... 1.88 ... .10 THE JOURNAL, by mall, per Tef'-JJ THE JOURNAL, by mall, months.. l-w CITY SUBSCRIBERS. If City Subscriber toil to secure their paper they will confer a favor If they will call up Main 500 and enter their complaint. : PORTLAND, ORE., JULY 24, 1902 PRE8ERVE THE TIMBER. .'V. The announcement that the..- Federal ' Oovemment proposes to set aside- a Um bar reserve In Eastern Oregon will create oppositloa. However,, it la commendable. The future'' climatic and meteorological conditions of the state require auch re- nr. and that It be set aside at once. It really should not be necessary elaborate auch a proportion. The factJ ahould by- thla time be familiar to all Intelligent people. It ahould not be neces sary to cite' the fact that removal of ' forests Influences climate and affects water supplies, and alters the entire slt " nation In" ail respects that concern beat . and cold. 1 - These facta ahould long ago have Bee- ' fixed In the public mind, as well as tha t a given quantity of stanoing timber will be exhausted If there be no measures to compel Its preservation. It Is In recognition of a well settled truth that thla Eastern Oregon forest re- eerve has i been decided upon by the gov , eminent. Perhaps the best Illustration of the Idea .- la found In Oermairy. ' .Years ago, the timber supply was practically exhausted and "It waa discovered that serious drouth and Hoods resulted. The govern ment took steps to compel restitution. and reaulred that a timber was cut from, the forests youn trees must be set out , The result was that the timber was renewed, and thBftdrouths and floods occurred no more than whelk the condl . tio'ns of nature existed previously to the ; Inroads of the lumberman. Numerous Instances could be cited. It I desirable that Eastern Oregon be saved ' from auch an experience, hence It Is . thaf the Eastern Oregon timber reserve -la a. wise move. .4 HOME-MADE MELODRAMA, f. melodrama is o be written at Seat le with two artists there, and James J. Montague, of the New York Journal, aa collaborators. At least auch an inference to to be drawn from a recent letter from Seattle sent by Mr, Montague, who has "lately signed a contract with the big Gotham paper to go to the metropolis and continue the good work there that he baa don here for some years. The melodrama is to tell the story of Tracy and Merrill, and Is to be produced upon the stage In the chief city of Waah infton state. It will run more hundred night than ever before drama ran. It will run at a winning pace, too, and "9. v R.; O." signs will be needed from the time when first the curtain rises until' It has fallen upon the last blood-curdling . scene that shall have been enacted. For,' Tracy is tha one thing just now that fill uie public eye, albeit In that he la in the public eye only In imagina tion, and does not put In a very tangi ble occupancy of that popular optic. Every newspaper in the United States has had Tracy featured on the first pages ever since he demonstrated that he Could , keep cut of the hands of the people of two states. And, with so general adver tisement, anything that bears the brand of, Tracy will do well: However, The Journal has a sugges- 1 tion, offering It gratuitously. ' Let Tracy ' be signed for the title role, and let him Illustrate his military methods upon the stage, and then will Lincoln J. Carter and his plays have been eclipsed. Tracy in the cast would Insure patronage. .The play writers cannot afford to throw' . away this suggestion, although It come .'from one who Is outsici of the realm '. Wherein 'the Muses of Hlstrlony reign. ' BUREAU OF INFORMATION. Sn th settlement of the, great West, advertising la just now the chief consld . erattott. The movement started by Mr. j McKlnncy of the' Harrtmao line and forwarded by the Chamber of Commerce, ? with, the 0 Intelligent assistance of the 'secretary, Henry r"St Reed,; promises to result beneneia&y, -' It Is noticeable that 'the people are awakening- to the needs of the situation," and it! la to be assumed, r that henceforth .Oregon wilj not suffer from, proper attention to thlj matter.. ; V. M. KlUtngswortn, vice' president of Ue PerUaad J&oard ef Trade, advocate the establishment ef a bureau of informs' tion, with money1 appropriated front the State Treasury to support It However clt liens may view - the . proposition to create such an Institution, there Is no doubt that Mr. Kllllngsworth baa spoken truly when he asserts that Oregon needs very much, the dissemination of accurate Information regarding Its resources and opportunities. The O. R. N. Industrial agent, ft. C. Judson. has heretofore been practically the only bureau of information that was actively at work along thla line, but it Is not to be expected that a whole state shall turn over to the agent ot a railroad a work of such atupendous proportions. The Idea of the present movement is fliat each .portion of the state shall bear its share ot the expense, and collect facts relating to the advantages to be gained by those who come to this state to look (or permanent locations. The suggestion of Mr. Kniingsworth is ! quite timely, and deserves consideration by every one. j THE EVENING PAPER FOR, PORT LAND. Here is a proposition to the people of Portland regarding the better evening newspaper for Portland people to read: Tha Journal la independent of all other publications; has no string attached to It, and Its existence assures that there will be no monopoly of newspaper ex pression In this city and state by any In terest that shall have absolute control of all general exploitation of views or statement of fasts, political, commercial and social. In short, It solves the prob lem of that objectlonal absolutism that has heretofore created a virtual news paper trust In Portland and the state at large. .. . The Journal believes that there ta reason why Portlandars especially may better read The Journal, when buying an evening paper, and that reason Is: Competitive evening papers here will in the nature -of- the-ease be either -reprinta of morning papers, or. If anything appear in those competitive evening papers. It will certainly appear In the morning pa per the next day. In order to secure impartial view of facts and events in short, to hear both stdesMt will there fore be necessary to read The Journal. There w(U be in it nothing that bears the stamp ot control by some other pub lication that directs its utterances and of which It is In large part a reproduction. The Journal is absolutely ' free from all entanglements. CITY OFFICERS' RESPONSIBILITY It Is fortunate that there has been a tendency to place the responsibility for the control and punishment of vice where It belongs upon the shoulders of those who were elected by the city, Instead ot upon those who were elected by the larger sub-dlvlslon of governmental authority. the county. It is manifestly the province of the city rather than the county, aa The Journal has already set forth at length. There will be no dispute over the prop osition by any well-informed person. . It is obviously consistent with the proper conception of law, both statutory and common. It is to the good of Portland that dls cusslon has ensued, and that there is a disposition to discover means whereby practioal reforms may be accomplished. Difficulties lie in the way of those who would do this. But that they are Imper ative goes without tha saying. The arousal of public sentiment on the sub ject la well-timed. SELECT MEN ABOVE REPROACH It Is announced that It la the intention of the President to select men of known probity as members of the Isthmian Ca nal Commission. If he succeeds In doing this, and the men In whom he places his confidence prove to be above reproach. then will the American people be more inclined to believe that the action of the recent Congress anent the canal was not a political job. At this time, there is a well defined sus picion that there were some "niggers in the woodpile" from which was selected the material for that bill. It was bruited that Mr. Hanna, ' as the father of the Panama measure was not far from certain Interested persons who might profit from the legislation. While the people have confidence in Mr. Roosevelt, they have not yet learned to trust Mr. Hanna implicitly, and there fore It is that they suspect the sincer ity of the movers for the Panama deal. Good men on the commission will make much difference in the public opinion on the subject. The Journal believes that Mr. Chamber lain is competent to select a successor for the office of District Attorney, when he himself shall enter the gubernatorial chair next January. There are several applicants, and from them he will pick a good man. His judgment han always been good heretofore, and there is no. reason to expect that he will fall In this instance. The Journal looks for the naming of a proper man for the place, and taluks that he know a little more about it than any one else. An Interesting fact has been brought to light regarding th sweatshops that the better grade of clothing Is made there rather than the Cheaper. Cheap clothing Is made In well-lighted and regulated fac tories, while the better grade is made by piece work, hence Is taken" to sweat shops, where -disease germs prevail, and conditions are fearfully destructive & health of worker and. therefore, to pur? chaser of the goods. There, are few is sues more Important than that of the sweat-shops,' and, perhaps, with this fact here cited before the people's minds, It may jar them somewhat into more earn est 1 consideration of the matter; K If there Is any lingering doubt that the steel trust Could be kept alive without the fostering care that was provided un der the "Infant Industry" plea of the ultra-protectionist, refresh your mind by reading the report ef Charles Schwab, on the company's holdings: .Iron and Bessemer ore properties, 1100.000,000; plants, mills fixtures ma chinery, equipments, tools and real es tate. $300,000,000: coal and coke fields 87.589 acres). tlOO.OOO.OOO; transportation properties, including railroads", cars and locomotives, shfos, etc., $80,000,000; blast furnaces, $48,00 000; natural gas fields. $20,000,000; limtone properties, $4,000,000; cash and casl assets on June 1, 1902, $14$,- 271,000. Totall $1,400,291,000. Seattle pttfers are cited to read the Chicago Jotnal of recent issue, in whiob the officer of the State of Washington are called cowards for not going in and taking Tracy. The Chicago paper thinks a few policemen from, the windy City would get the convict in a jiffy. It Is up to Seattle scribblers to defend the name of their officers for courage and daring, The East apparently thinks. If the Chi cago Journal be a criterion by which to judge, that Westerners have been trav ellng under false colors In the past when they pretended to be such dashing, dare devil fellows. Out of 77$ automobiles In Chloago. only Ave are listed for the tax that is imposed upon such property In that city. The to tal value of the 775 Is about $750,000, and practically all ot this escapes paying Into the City Treasury, the amount re quired by law. It la proposed to go after them, and - rtWiPiWayiBent. The autos range In price from $500 to $11,000, and a safe average Is $1000 each, easily bringing up the total to $750,000. - Senator Lodge thinks that by election of United States Senator by direct vote of the people there will be a greater cen trallxatlon and with giant strides. If any one can invent a regime under which centralization will advance with any strides more resembling those of giants, let him speak. At this time there Js do lng a rather good business In tha giant stride line by the trusts. Secretary Moody of the Navy portfolio refuses to let clerks out early to witness the baseball games. Mr. Moody la aw fully cruel. He ought to know that clerks working for tha government should have special privileges over other clerks, and that they wh6 take government pay are not presumed to earn it so closely as do others. ' ' THE EVENING NEWSPAPER The increase in the circulation. Influ ence and prestige of the evening news paper during the last decade Is thephe- nomena of newspaperdom. This statement Is not a haphasard one. It Is confirmed by the United States cen sus. In 1891 there were two evening news papers printed to every morning news paper. In, 1900 there were three evening newspapers printed to one morning news paper. .Has the demand for the morning pa pers fallen oft or the demand for the evening papers Increased? Both. The afternoon paper Is the paper of the masses. The merchant and the profession al man read the morning paper, but these are a Very small proportion of a newspa- per"s constituency. And even they scan it hastily. The evening paper Comes to the home at the leisure hour. The head of the house, the wife and the children all have time to read It. Together man 'and wife discuss the news and plan the next day's program, whether of pleasure or of buying. It is for this reason that the evening newspaper is sought as an advertising medium. It reaches the larger number of the purchasing public at a time when they have leisure to read and digest. in every city in the United States, save possibly New York, the evening newspaper Is outgrowing the morning editions. St. Paul News. Cuss Worde From a Sewer Pipe a sewer pipe in the rear of the reel dence or Mrs. Mary E. Allen, Decatur street, has been attracting considerable attention on account of strange sounds Issuing therefrbm. Mrs. Allen heard dis tinctly the voices of men' and women and also the cries of a baby. Numerous other persons attracted, there have also heard the -same. It is believed the sounds come from a house near an open sewer a half mile away. The men are .very profane. Baltimore Herald. Vlllanele. She that was myself went by. L.ong ro ana long ago. Light, of foot and gay of eye. Oh, the path was green and high Roses nodded row on row She that was myself went by. Swift she went and happily, v Like a cloud the spring winds blow Light of foot and gay of eye. 1 Old with many griefs I sigh, 1 Youth is winged. Time is slow ; She that wan myself went by. Vain the summons, vain the cry She will never turn I trow. Light of fcot and gay of eye,, 'J. . ... , . . Here alone ait Age '.and I"' Since that day when, -watching so; " " She tht was myself Wn by. r 1 - -Light of foot and gay of eye. Theodosia Garrison, in Ufa, TALKS WITH VISITORS PROMINENT B13WCHGRASS MER" '.'., . CHANT. R. Alexander, one of the most promi nent merchants of Eastern Oregon, Is here from hla home in Pendleton, a guest at the Imperial. Mr. Alexander speaks a trifle boastfully, yet no doubt truthfully, of the material prosperity that has come to his Dart ot tha Inland Empire. "We think that Umatilla County Is the heav lest producer of actual wealth per capita of all counties Iti Oregon," said he, ' he stopped for 4 moment In the midst ot a chat with his old friend. Phil Met- schan, who controls the destinies of the' Imperial Inn, "and we have the figure to prove it. It la not a case of 'flgurea don't He, but liara will figure,' either, but it has been demonstrated that our county actually raises more stuff that sells for gold for Shipment out from the county to Other markets than any other county on the Pacific Coast. 1 rea lise that I am risking my reputation for veracity when I make so radical an as sertion, but I have a few dollars In my pocket that I will place on odds against a number of doughnuts that what I say la true." Mr. Alexander owns a depart ment store In Pendleton, and Is one of the big factors of the bunchgrass town. PIONEER COAL BURNER. J. W. Boals, of Mayger. was rn town last evening, enjoying a well-deserved vacation from his work of coal burning, Mr. Boais has been the source of supply for nearly all the charcoal consumed by the canneries of the lower Columbia for the paat JO years, and is regarded by the packer as One of the most important elements which contribute to their suc cess. To The Journal Mr. Boals re marked: "I Intend to quit Coal burning. I have sold that portion of my holdings upon which I have conducted the coal business. and am now about ' to depart for other Held. There used to be some profit In the coal-burning business, but those con dltlons no longer prevail." , , JUDGE DOAN SEES LIGHT. Judge J. B. Doan, of Columbia County, accompanied by Mrs. Doan, after spend in the day in the city, departed for their home at Rainier last evening. The Judge, who has served In his official capacity for over six years, and who has always man ifested keen interest in' the successful conduct of the business affairs- of the county, while regretting that his county has beon victimised and subjected to the heavy expense of prosecuting, and execut ing a character for murder, enters upon the work of replacing the county to its former good financial condition with teal that warrants the statement that the loss will soon be retrieved. "The extraordinary, good condition of all matters of a commercial nature,' raid tha Judge, "warrants the belief that we will soon recover from the loaa sus tained. All of our enterprises ara ot such a character that It takes more than setback like murder trial expenses to Jaunt us. Everything Is business thrift and progress with ub, and! we are going forward In a satisfactory way." NORTHERN MINING COUNTRY. L. A. Richards, of Kettle Falls, Is guest at the Perkins. Mr, Richards comes from a section- of the- country of which not a great deal la now said, the excite ment of mining in his region having worn off and the people settled down to the real work of developing the mineral properties. Kettle Falls Is on the ex treme upper Columbia, only a few miles below- the crossing of the Red Mountain railroad, on its course to Rossland, B. C, "At our point," said Mr, Richards, "is where the Great Northern is expected to cross the Columbia, headed for Re public, one of the best mining camps in the Northwest. When the road reaches the camp there will be great opportuni ties for the profitable investment of cap Ital in all lines of mercantile pursuits That portion of Washington la forging to the front very rapidly. We have not only vast mineral wealth but our agri cultural possibilities are also very great. We claim to have more and better op. portunltles for becoming the center of great commercial activity than any other Dart of Northeastern Washington." VISITOR FROM PRINEVILLE. L. A. Booth, of Prinevllle, has been in the city for a day or two, enjoying- the sights of the city and the relief which comes through the prevailing ocean breeses In the latter part of the day. Mr. Booth Is one of the most prominent busi ness men In Crook County, and la very enthusiastic in regard to the futre of his part of the state. "Up our way," said Mr. Booth, "we do not pay any attention to anything but sheep, wool and cattle. Of course, for a while this year we were taking a hand In politics. We had the honor of having one of our most distinguished citixens nominated for office, a very Important of? flee, too, and we laid aside everything else for the time being to do our duty In electing J. N. Williamson to Congress. The condition of the country up bast is all that could be desired from a commer cial standpoint. We are prosperous to a very satisfactory degree." By His Own Efforts, " Joax Young Simpkln has at last suc ceeded In carving out a fortune by his own efforts. Hoax Why, I was under the impression that he married an heiress. Joax So he did, but he had to cut out a dosen other fellows before taking up his residence on the sunny side of Easy street. Chicago Newa. Changed Her Mind. In an edifying way; She believed all.Mra. Eddy And her science book did say. She Indorsed the proposition That there really was no pain; The creation or Jho brain,. She went one day out riding, . " With her mind upon- these facta, . So intent She never noticed She was near the railroad tracks; Rut when the horsea ran away Andihrew her .'gainst the fence, .v She eenf quick for tha doctor - '" And used, her common sense. - -Byron- P. Stlllman. "JUST GOES ON WORKING - Borne people will remember the case of Col. Henry W. Howgate, at one time chief f the signal service division of the regular army, says Chicago Journal Washington correspondent. Ha lived In WaahInton .t in an expensive manner, maintained a beautiful house, bad a library celebrated for ita rare editions, and wa oultiyated and sought after as man of , talent and rare social charms. Ha wae married and the father of a beau tiful daughter. As la- usual In such cases no one sus pected anything until the explosion came. Then It was discovered that he waa main taining another establishment and a wo man, was1 etnbezstln the government' money' Intruiited to him, and was thor oughly 'bad. He fled. He disappeared; dropped out entirely. All efforts to dis cover bia whereabouts proved futile. He was generally supposed to have gone to South America or Africa. Finally he was believed to be- dead. Yeara afterward he turned up in New York city as the proprietor of a little old second-hand book shop. He was so chang ed -that his best friend would hardly know him. From being a fashionable smart young officer, he was now an old broken gray-bearded man. The law took Its course; he went to the penitentiary, and finally he died. SEQUEL TO THE) HOWOATE AFFAIR. Now comes the sequel. At the time of the scandal the daughter was just about to make her debut. She waa young", beau tiful, and accomplished. Her father1 disgrace and flight left her and her moth er with no means for support. Friends proved scarce, and there was a ion time when the two supported themselves by the quiet sale of a book or a piece of furniture from the house. Finally the daughter secured a place In the govern ment service at a very small salary. But ptlll the mother and daughter appeared In most straitened circumstances. For yeara they dragged on an existence which was very close to starvation. Many peo ple wondered what became of the salary which the young woman earned. " Twenty years- elapsed before the secret was disclosed. From the beginning the daughter never wavered In her fidelity to her father. She was In communleatTon with him during all the years of his ex ue. csne sent nearly hair her meager earnings to aid In his support; . for the book shop was a little more than a blind. Then, In addition to the money which she contributed to her father's support. Miss Howgate kept up the premium on a small life Insurance which her father carried. Not long ago Howgate died. Now be hold the seal of the government to avenge Ita pilfered treasury. By process of law, all duly formal and proper, the Depart ment of Justice stepped In and took pos session of the insurance money, as part ot tne estate of the late deceased, to make rood, In part, the funds which he had stolen many years before, and the daughter he is wrinkled and old, and just goes on working. Verily the mills of the gods grind slow ly; and sometimes they seem to grind the wrong people, BURGES WAKING UP. Bometning there Is very touching In the faith which Inspires the Burgeols In the future of their ancient city. For centuries it has lain, as It were, under some terrible ban, while all the time Its silent mansions with their rich, fan tastic architecture, Its deserted streets, its Idle quays, and Its untroubled waters nave tow of a glory tnat is past. At last the spell has been broken. It is to be "Bruges la morte" no" longer, but Bruges very much awake. Given a re vival of the old conditions, the fortunes of Bruges, once the mart of Europe, may be repaired. The new spirit first made Itself manifest In an' effort to. revive local arta and industries, and the result has been so far good. This is not all. It Is not forgotten that at the zenith of ita greatness Bruges was a. great seaport largely through neglect the channel was allowed to slit up, and, of course, the sea reireatea, . ana civ" aiscords com pleted the mischief, which ended in the ruin of Bruges. As the result of the new movement that has swept over the life ot the province, the project waa con ceived and begun of restoring communi cation with the sea. ; This is no incon siderable undertaking a ship canal' some six or aeven miles long and wider and deeper than that between Eastham and Manchester. The outlet at Heyst Is In tended aa a port of call for fast ocean ships, thua relieving Antwerp of aome of Its crowded traffic, while Bruges Itself la to become a great center of distribu tion over the railway system of Europe with which the city Is connected. The Bands at the outlet were considered to be lesa ahifty than usual on this part of th coast, nevertheless they have been a source of much trouble, and. other obstacles that were never looked for have been met with. Croakers there are who predict nothing but failure for the whole business, but, despite these and all other discouragements, the work Is being pressed forward with admirable energy, and next year, or certainly the year after, will aee the canal opn for tramc. rue expense is oeing oorne Dy the state, aided by local funds. Man chester Guardian. THE FRENCH IN CANADA Marlon Erwln of Georgia, the United- States District Attorney who has for a year past been following up the Gov ernment case aga(nst the Paynors and Green, is now In -Washington. -He wouldn't talk to reporters on that case, however, but did. say thla: "In Montreal and Quebec I have be come acquainted -with many Frenchmen and have learned much concerning tbeir attitude toward Great Britain. The edu cated French people In Canada realise that the provinces are practically inde pendent of England and have control of thflF'Own affairs. One Frenchman said: to me that the people of Canada enjoy the benefits of the magnificent consular system of Great Britain without being compelled to pay to maintain -It. He explained that the consular sy stern Is Of Inestimable value to the commercial In terestsof Canada, and - remarked that only a very short-sighted man would seek to have Canada cut loose from a nation which can be of auch great bene fit te I ... ... New-York - - 4th and Morrison No Pain Full Set of Teeth $5.00 Teat extract- and tiled absolutely wttkout aala. but eur lata Saethod aDPlle ta the - srama. Ma These are the only dental paxlwra la PorUaad Bavin patented appbV aacea and iardlnta te extract, in an apply vol crowns and percoiala erowns uadeetabl treat aataraf teeth, aad warranted for 10 years, WUar Honrs: 6:30 to A0Satfay MO to 2 Mother and Daughter j 33 GAS STOVE. tlS.00. Do You Want to Look Well and Feel Comfortable in Hoi Weather ? Ifseour PARISIAN TOILBT PREPARATIONS. Pall directions for BtlB ea sack package. DA RA.I FWP KIM f DP MP Soothes and heale the face, cleanses the DA-DVlXraC 3MIN V.KL.VL. pores, leaves complexion clear end beau tiful. Excellent foundation for face powder, guaranteed net te produce growl 4f hair. Jar, 50 cents. . . , . . wll r PHPDDV rtAWftCD Purest In the world; leavea tha' akin soft WILLI VsllCrxKI KU VTUCI,---and smooth; e. healing and beautifying powder.- Box, 60 cents-' . r,--. WHITE LILY SKIN feet"; should be used by all who would regain a youthful look. . TDAMCDAOFMT IF I I Y Soothing, healing, whltenlnr-flnest glove I KrW3rrlUlYI JUL 1. 1 can be worn right after using the Jelly: no grease. Jar, ZS cents. y New York Electro-Therapeutic Co 7" MS.y,.. WHIRL OF THE WORLD. OLD SHOES TRANSFORMED. Old shoes are not waste from the stand point of modern Industry. After they have done their service and are discarded by the first wearers, a second-hand deal er restores the worn shoes to something like their former appearance, and they are sold again, to be worn a little by the poorer classes. . When the shoea ar finally discarded by them they are still good for various pur poses. In France such Bhoes are bought up in quantities by rag dealers and sold to factories, where the shoes are first taken apart and submitted to long processes, which turn them Into paste, from whlcn the material is transformed Into an Imi tation leather, appearing very much like the finest moroocp. . . Upon this material stylish designs are stamped, ejtnd wall paper, trunk cover Ings and similar articles are manufac tured from It. DEVILS OF W ALAMO. In the region of the Upper Nile Is a- district known as Walamo, which ia said to be Infested with devils. An American, Mr. Whltehouse, . and an Englishman, Lord Hlndltp, have organized an expedi tion for the exploration of that region and of Abyssinia, and the American with true Yankee pluck, intends to spend time in Walamo, to see If he cannot find out ;why the natives believe that the dev ils are there, and Incidentally bia investi gations may Increase our knowledge of geography and of anthropology. SCRIPTURES IN JAPAN. Thirty years ago In Japan the scrip tures were printed secretly and copies were sent out only after dark. Those who were engaged Upon this work 'did It at the risk of their Uvea. Now there is a Christian printing company at Yokoha ma, issuing the scripturea not only In Japanese, but in Chinese, Thibetan, Ko rean, and two dialects of the. Philippine Islands. Last year there were circulated In Japan alone over 138,000 copies. NO YOUNO MAN. News comes from Budapest that the quaint ceremony of bestowing1 the silver rose of virtue to the most Innocent maid en above IB In the County of Solymar will be - abandoned this year because, while there are maidens In plenty, there are no marriageable young men In the county that would fit the requirements. The crowned maiden, according to th stat utes, should at the same time be formal ly betrothed to a worthy peasant boy and receive a considerable dowry, FAVORS CREMATION. The Supreme Court has given a final decision Ujf favor of- cremation, ordering that the ash) of cremated persons ar entitled .to Christian burial in publla cem eteries, whether they be controlled by re-, liglous sects or pot. - Both the Catholic and Lutheran churches fought for years against the admission of ashes. . They wouldn't permit them even to be depos ited In private vaults. By tha decision the church authorities are ordered to pay the costl j)f the entire proceedings. amounting to nearly 20,000 marks. - They even have to pay the lawyer engaged on the winning side, - ; y ':- IN LONDON TOWN. London 1 the central market, hot only of Britain, but of the world, and In her shops may be bought many things of he very existence Of which the man in the street may go through life without being r .. .... V 1 I Now; is- the , ' ' Time : -,-'.: : -: ..''.', '--;" i.C' : Dental : Parlors Sts., Portland, Ore No Gas alMD - Broduelaa asrants ar eoaalaa. Can make cooking in Summer m pleasure by using A Good Gas Stove suoh as eve. furnish. Just think! No coal or wood, to carry; no ashes; no dirt; a cool kitchen, autd less expensive than tha old way. .Think It over and come la and talk It ever with ua. Portland Gas Company tth and Yamhill ata Portland, Or. aware. Earwigs, for instance, are usu ally looked for of an East End firm which makes apeolalty of supplying natural history specimens. live earwigs ara quoted at 50 cents 'a dosen. Crickets are the same price, but ant lions are 10 eenta a piece, and horseflies are of equal value. Bumblebees are tor sale by th same firm at I cent a piece, and "true wasps" at 75 centa a dosen. Garden snails not the variety that la eatenare only eente a piece. Some eecentrlo people use these little creatures for cleaning th outside of dirty window panes. Certainly the track left by snails across a pan la always particularly clear and bright SHE WORE SOCKS. A rlchly-attlred woman was, driven la her brougham up to the curb In front of a fashionable Jeweller's establishment on Chestnut street yesterday morning. The footman hastened to open the car riage door for her, but as she alighted . her skirts caught on the hinge, and there wa a generott display of lingerie and hosiery. 80 conspicuous wa the lnci-' dent that the attention of the passers, by waa attracted, and people could nol help but notice and comment upon the fact that the woman, Instead ef wearing stockings, had on white socks, such at ' little children wear. This accidental dis play was startling, to say th leaat. On man who took in the situation, did not, seem surprised. He Is employed In store where much hosiery Is sold; "Lots of women are wearing half-hose now," be said. "I suppose coolness is th object to be desired, but this Woman hai demonstrated that an exposure la some- times bound to occur; Still, that wouldn't happen often. How do they keep 'em upl Why, with garters, of course garter such as men wear, only much lights! and more delicate. 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