! THE OREGON JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,' MARCH 20," 1804. THE NATIVE AND FOREIGN CITY - - William E. Curtis, Special Correspond ence of th Chicago Record-Herald. ' Bombay, India. There are two cities 8n Bombay, the native city and tha .foreign city, -Tha foreign city 1 "spread out over a large area, and, al though the population la only a email per cent of that of tha native city. It coeuplea a much larger apace, which ia devoted to groves, garden, lawns, ; ., breathing places and pleasure grounds, while, as la the custom In the Orient, . the natives are packed" away several - v hundred to the acre In tall houses, with overhanging balconies and tile roofs, , which line the : crooked and narrow streets on both sides. Behind some of these tall and narrow fronts, however, are dwellings that cover a good deal of ground, being much larger than tha bouses we are accustomed to, because the Hindus have large families and they all live togetherr? When a young man - marries he brings his bride home to his father's house, unless his mother-in-law happens to be a widow, -when they often take up their abode with her. But Is not common for young couples to have their own homes, and hence the dwell ings tn the native quarters are packed with several generations of the same '-, .family, and , that makes them an easy jprey to plagues, famine and other agents of human ' destruction. i The Parsees, who lova air and light, "and many rich Hindus. Save followed -, the foreign colony out Into the suburbs, where you find a succession of hand . some villas or bungalows, as they are .. called, half-hidden by high walls that Inclose charming gardens. Borne of ' - these bungalows are very attractive, ... aome are even, sumptuous in their ap- - fcolntmenta veritable palaces. Oiled with .. costly-carvings and ornaments but tha climate forbids the use of many of the creature comforts which American and JCuropean taste , demands. . The floor must be of tiles or cement and the cur tain Of bamboo, . because hangings, car- yets, rugs and upholetry furnish shelter for destructive and disagreeable Insects, .' and the aim of everybody Is to se cure as much air as possible without ad- ' Snlttlng the heat . , Tot three miles and a half the boule- frard. which I described the Other day, . knd Its several branches are bounded py tnese cnarming restaences, , wnicn Overlook the bay and the roofs of tha fclty, Malabar Point at the end of the 1 tfrlva, the extreme end of the Island ,,- lipon which Bombay la built. Is the gov fernment house, the residence of the Jyord Lamtngton, who represents King Edward VII In this beautiful city. It Is a series of bungalows, with large. ; fcool rooms and deep verandas, shaded by Immense trees and luxurious vines, and has accommodations altogether for about BOO people. The staff of the governor Is bulte large. He has all. kinds of aides: he-camp, secretaries and attaches, and maintains Quite a little court Indeed, his quarters, his stall and his style of living are much more pretentious than '' those of the president Of the United ' Ctates, and his salary 1 1 quite as large. Everywhere ha goes be Is escorted by a ' bodyguard of splendid looking native sol Biers In scarlet uniforms, big turbans Knd long speara They are slkhs from ,v the north of India, the greatest fighters In the empire, men of large stature, mil ' ' Itary bearing and unswervingly loyalty to tha Brftiah crown. The slkhs make the finest looking soldiers you ever saw, - and when the governor of Bombay drives " In to his office In the morning or drives " back again to his loveiy home at night Dr.W. Norton Davis & Co. are an association of eminent physicians, experienced surgeons and ex pert specialists, with abundant capital, established for th purpose of treating . . ALL CURABLE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DISEASES AND DEFORMITIES They will 'accept no case for treatment except certain that they can . effect a cure, nor will they make any charge In case of failure. Dr. W, Norton Davis, head physician and consulting surgeon, is un doubtedly th greatest authority on ... ' Diseases of Men in th United States. He Is th founder of the only system of treatment which will cure Impotency, varicocele and other forma of weakness, with any degree of certainty. This is a system, of home treatment which locally stimulate! the prostate gland. A similar method Is now employed Dy neariy every svfctiisii Office Hours: 9 to DRo-Wo NORTON' DAVIS Si his carriage Is surrounded by a squad of those tawny warriors, who ride as well as tney look. '. , .' About half way on the road to the government house Is the Gymkhana, and I venture to say that nobody who has not been irt India can guess what tnfit means.; And if you want another conun drum, what la a chotahaareel It Is customary for smart people to have their chotahasre at the Gymkhana, and I think that you would be pleased to Join , them after taking the beautiful drive which leads to the place. Nobody knows what the word was derived from. but It is used to describe a country club a bungalow hidden under a beautiful grove on the brow of a cliff that over bangs the bay with all of the appur tenances, golf links. $ tennis courts. cricket grounds, racquet courts and In door gymnasium, and everybody stops there on. their afternoon drive to have cbotohasree, which Is the local term for ta. : at:' ;:.v There are peculiar customs here! The proper time for making visits In Bombay and all over India Is between 11 a. m. and. 1:30 p. m., and fashionable ladies are always at home between those hours ana seiaom at any otner. it seems un natural, because ; they are the hottest time of day. - One would think that com mon sense as well as comfort would Induce people to stay at home at noon and make themselves as cool as possible. In other tropical countries these , are the hours of the siesta, the noonday nap, which Is as common and as necessary as breakfast or dinner, and none but a lunatlo would think of calling upon a friend at 11 In the morning or before t In the afternoon. It would be as ridiculous as to return a social visit at S or 4 o'clock In the morning, and the same reasons which govern that custom ought to apply In India as . well as in EyDt. Cuba or Brazil. But here ladies put on their best gowns, order their carriages, take their , card cases and start out In the burning noontide glare to return visits and make formal dinner and party calls.) Strangers are expected to do the same, and If you have letters of Introduction you are expected to pre sent them during those hours, and not at any otner time. f;-, f -; v.- -, In the cool of the day, after 0 o'clock, everybody who owns or can hire a car riage goes out to drive, and . usually stops at the Gymkhana in the country or at the Tacht club in the city for chota hasrea It Is a good custom to admit women to clubs as they do- here. The wives and daughters of members have every privilege, and can give tea parties and luncheons in the- clubhouses, while on certain evenings of the week a band la brought from the military barracks and everybody of any account in Eu ropean society Is expected to be pres ent Tables are spread over the lawn, and are engaged In advance by ladles, who sit behind them, receive visits and pour tea Just aa they would do In their own homes. It la a very pleasant cus tom. n.,: ; i All visitors who Intend to remain In Bombay for any length of time are ex pected to call upon the governor and his wife, but it Is not necessary for them to drive out to Malabar Point for such a purpose. On a table In tha reception room of the government building down town are two books tn which you writ your name and address, and that is con sidered equivalent to a formal visit One book Is intended exclusively for those who have been "presented," and v "" 5 and 7 to'A Sundays and OF BQF4BAY. by signing It they are reminding his excellency and her excellency of their continued existence and notifying them where Invitations to dinners and balls can reach them. r .r '"S The other book Is designed for stran gers and travelers, who Inscribe their names and professions, where they live when they are at home,, how long they expect to be In Bombay, and where they are stopping. Anybody who desires can sign this book and the act . Is consid ered equivalent to a' call upon the gov ernor. If he -has a letter of Introduc tion to his excellency he can leave it with a card. In charge of the clerk who looks after the visitors' book, and if he -desires to see the governor person ally for business or soolal reasons he can express that desire uaon ajsheet of note paper, which will be attached 'to the letter of Introduction and delivered to the governor some time during the day. The latter. If he Is so disposed, will then give the necessary Instructions and an aide-de-camp will send a "chit as they call a note over here, inviting the traveler to call upon his excellency at his office or at tha government house at an hour named. There Is a great deal of formality In official and social life over here. All the ceremonies and etiquette are modeled upon those of the royal palaces In England, and .the gov ernor of each province, as well as the viceroy of India In Calcutta, has his court A different code of etiquette must be followed In social relations with . na tives., because they do not usually open their houses to strangers. Letters of introduction should, be en,wlth cards by messengers or through' the malls. Then, if the gentleman to . whom they are addressed desires he will call at your hotel. Many of the wealthier na tives, and espeoially the Parsees, are adopting European customs, but the more, conservative Hindus still adhere' to their traditional exclusive habits. their families are invisible and, never mentioned, and strangers are never aa mitted .to their homes. ? Natives are not admitted to the Eu ropean clubs. ; There, is no mingling 6f the races In society, except in a few Isolated cases of wealthy families who have ' adopted European customs and have been educated In Europe. "While the same prejudice does not exist theor etlcally, there Is actually a social gulf aa wide and as deep as that which lies between white and black families In Savannah or Mew Orleans. Occasionally there is a marriage between a European and a native, but the results have not encouraged others to Imitate the exam ple. Such unions are not approved by publio sentiment in either race, and are not usually attended with happiness. Some of the Parsees, who are always ex cepted, and are treated as a distinct race and community, mingle with Eu ropeans to a certain degree, ' but even In their case the line is sharply drawn. The hours for meals in India are a little unusual Coffee "or tea Is served between 9 and 8 o'clock In the morning In your room; breakfast in the dining room between 10 and' 11; tiffin or lunch between 1:80 and t o'clock, and dinner at S and 8:80 In the evening. The native district of Bombay Is not so dirty nor so densely populated as in most other Indian cities. The streets are wider and some of them will admit of a carriage, although the cross streets are nearly all too narrow. The. bouses are from three to five stories. in height WECUffiJLMiPOllN The Blood Poison That Causes Ulcers, Sores, Jiats Flesh and Bones, Makes the Hair Fall Out Have Vou Got ! :: Blood-Poison? It other doctors have not been able to get control of your awful disease, if .other treatments have not cured you, don't give up; we will cure you. No man need suffer from blood poison, and we shall devote our life to saving all suffering men from this cursed blood disease. . Blood poison is a cruel master - It heeds not the cry ,of agony nor the voice, of prayer. It goes on mercilessly poisoning the blood,. decaying the flesh, causing ulcers, sores and copper colored blotches, eating the bones and the joints, and causing the hair to fall put It saps the strength and health, robs the face of beauty, destroys the power of love, unsexes man or woman. Our success in treating blood disease has been acquired by 25 years' study. We have considered, the methods employed ) by every (noted specialis t in the world, and many y ears ago we abandoned the mercury and potash treatment, since , which time Jwe have cured oyer 2,000 cases of contracted blood poison in the first and second stages, without a single failure. ;. .' " V WE CURE QUICKLY AND PERMANENTLY Our patients cured jrears ago by our methods, which are unknown to the general profession, are to day sound and well, and have healthy children since we cured them, ', ,;; i DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY experimenting. We have the only cure. Absolute and positive proofs sent sealed on application book free Holidays 10 to 12 a. m."l bult of brick or stone, with overhang ing balconies and broad eaves. Some times the entire front and rear are of lattice work, the side walls being solid. Few of them are plastered, ceilings are unknown and partitions, . for the sake of promoting circulation, seldom go I more tnaa nan way - to tn top or a room. There Is no glass used,' and every window has heavy blinds to pro tect the Interior from the hot air and the rays of the sun. While out taete does not approve the arrangements in many cases, experience has taught the people how to live through the hot sum mers with the greatest degree of com fort and anyone who attempts to Intro duce Innovations Is apt to make mis takes, ;". , ' .- v;i .'I. V:i;"V!ir The fronts of many of the houses are handsomely carved and decorated. the columns and pillars and brackets which support the balconies, the rail ings, tne aoor names, tne eaves and architraves, : are often beautiful ex amples of tha carvers' skill, and the ex terior walls are usually painted in gay colors and ; fanciful ; designs. '. Within doors the houses look very bar to us, and contain few comforts. The lower floor of the house is always used for a shop, and different lines of business are classified and gathered in the same neighborhood. The food mar ket the grocery and provision dealers. the dealers In cotton goods and other fabrics, the silk merchants, the shoe and leather men, the workers in copper and brass, the goldsmiths, jewelers . and dealers in precious stones each , have tneir street or quarter, , which Is a great convenience to purchasers, and scattered among them are .frequent cook shops and eating places, which do not resemble our restaurants' in any way, but - have a large ; patronage. A con siderable portion of the population of Bombay, and the same Is true of all other Indian cities, depends upon these cook shops for food as a measure of economy and, convenience.- People can send cut for dinner, lunch or breakfast at any hour, and have it served by their own servants without being troubled to keep up a kitchen or buy fuel. There are said to be 6,000 dealers in jewelry and precious stones In the city of Bombay, and they all seem to be doing a flourishing business, chiefly with tha natives, who ara very fond of dis play and Invest their money in precious stones and personal adornments of gold and silver, which ara safer and give mora satisfaction than banks. You can see specimens of every race and nation in the native city, nearly al ways In their own distinctive costumes, and they are tha source of never-ending interest Arabs, Persians, Afghans, Rajpoots. Parsees. Chinese,' Japanese, Malays, Lascars, negroes from Zanclbar. Nubians, Slkhs, Thibetans, Abysslnlans, Slngalese, Siamese and Bengalis mingle with Jews, Greeks and Europeans on common terms, and, unlike the popula tion of most eastern cities, the people of Bombay always seem to ba busy. A Ziong Can. From the New York Sun. Old Winter's been calling On pretty Miss Earth; , Of all other suitors r - " She's had quite a dearth. At first they talked gayly. Entirely at ease. Of skating and sleighing And topic Ilka thesa ; But lately his allies No answers have drawn, . , She looks at the hour hand And smothers a yawn; While Father Time grimly Remarks at the sight; It's high time that fellow , . Was saying good night!" ESTABLISHED 1889 I GERMAN FARMER AS SEEN BY Columbia, ' Mo., Correspondent Chicago I -. -. : - Record-Herald. .. : With a view to drawing comparisons between American and foreign methods of agriculture. Dr. F. B. Muraford.-acting dean of the Missouri Agricultural college, recently visited several Euro pean countries. He traveled by slow stages through Germany. Holland. Bwlt serlaad and Great Britain, devoting to each country several weeks of study and observation. ' ' Dr. Mumford will give the Chicago Record-Herald an account of his obser vations and his conclusions as to the relative merits of American and foreign methods of husbandry, devoting a sep arate discussion to each-of " the four countries. '' , . Dr.4 Mumford first visited Germany. Of his observations there he said: ; "The farmers of Germany are unques tionably among the most successful cul tivators of the soil. Whether we con sider their Intelligent efforts directed toward the selection of varieties adopted to varying soils and peculiar climatic conditions of a particular locality, or whether we measure their skill by the scientific accuracy with which they save and ludlclally apply barnyard manure, we must accord them high rank as farm ers. In saying this I wish It under stood that, I refer only to the produc tion of farm and garden crops, and not to the breeding and feeding of livestock. 71a Soil ColtlTatloa. "On of tha first facta that impressed me was that conditions everywhere in Germanv rave evidence Of soli cultiva tion of centuries, and for much of that time the soil has undoubtedly been imperfectly- cultivated and its resource exhausted. ) But In recent times the German farmer has learned what we in America have not yet learned with any degree of deflnlteness, which is that there are soils and districts especially adapted for the production of special crops, and that these crops ana sous require special and peculiar treatment in order that their fertility may ne con served. "Thus I found on. the sandy, lands In northern Germany potatoes and sugar beets largely grown. In the soils fur ther south. In Saxony. I found more diversified agriculture, wheat, rye, clover and potatoes being tne cnier proancts, There I found, as In other foreign coun tries, that on many of the smaller hold ings much of the latter Is still performed by hand, and even on the larger estates they have not yet come to a point where they fully appreciate the value of the manv labor saving contrivances used bv the farmers of America For Tmnie. n jiome of the larger and most noted estates I did not find a single hay rigging for unloading hay into the "Th' Oerman farmer as a soli cultl vator Is a succesi : As a feeder and breeder of livestock he la pretty much of a failure, A careful study of th .tti Hiaurhtered at. some of the largest slaughter houses revealed the fact that most of th prim beef con sumed in this region came from oxen that had served an apprenticeship at the plow and half fat cattle of the beef. milk and work type. raw Fat'Catta. "I saw nowhere fat cattle that could win a single prise at a county fair in America. With two notable ex ceptions the farm livestock of Germany J la decidedly common. , These exception 1 Offices In Van Noy Hotel, Northwest Cor. 3d and Pine Sts., Portland, Q are swine, and the mutton wool type of I merino sheep. . : -: ... "The swine, particularly those bred by the larger farmers, are of unques tionable merit They combine the early maturing and rapid fattening qualities of some of our best American breeds with the characters which are - most desirable In the bacon hog, aa nearly as such a combination is possible, to a greater extent than any other breed that have observed. .. The large Yorkshire variety has been quite extensively im ported from England and Is very popu lar, The American Poland China has been tried to a limited extent but has not found much favor. , "As to sheep, the mutton wool type of merino is most popular in Germany, and after a personal examination of sev eral breeding flocks, numbering from 100 to 400, I was convinced that the sheep breeders have succeeded In developing a most useful type for the reneral farmer. , ;-,iv.'. v-i -r-.-w.. : Dual Purpose Cow. .;?"; "The dual purpose cow in Germany becomes a triple purpose animal, so constituted aa to produce milk, beef or labor, as demanded by the special re quirements of an Individual owner. On many of the smaller estates the-only draft animals employed are milking cows. In our place I saw .a cow. evi dently in full milk, drawing food for her ,own nutrition, and later drawing her own milk, to market The cow be comes a very useful animal to the smaller peasant She not only furnishes food to the family, but Is compelled to help produce the food she herself eats, and then trarsport her own product to market -.: :"V- "On the larger estates in Germany the managers have solved tha problem of utilizing waste products more suc cessfully than we have In America. The condition of the average Ger man farmer In Germany is unenviable, and exactly contrary to the condition of the average German farmer In America. In Germany the farmer's hours are long, his work hard and -his reward small The absence of labor-saving machinery makes his work doubly hard, and it 18 not to be wondered at that w find at COX.TJVCBXA COtJHTT. It Should Make a Oood Showing at th Lewis and Clark Fair. From th St Helens Mist Columbia Is the least known of any county tn tha state of Oregon n propor tion to' Its diversified advantages. It has - everything ' necessary to make homes for thousands of prosperous peo ple, and yet It lags painfully behind the procession, and development Is confined to a narrow strip 'along tha Columbia river, and Is not very marked even thera The Nehalem country has about the same number of inhabitants it had 80 years ago, and the roads are, aa then, practically impassable for the greater portion of tha year. The remedy for this is development and development can be secured only by making known th great natural resources of tha soli. Permanent settlers are the true wealth of a country, and not those who com merely for th purpose of denuding the land of Its timber,' though they fill their place by clearing the way for th agriculturalist and making settlement possible. No sensible man will sacrl flee the valuable timber by burning It to seed th land to clover, and yet the Catarrh of the Bowels causes bloating after meals and large quantities of gas which cannot be expelled ; causes diarrhoea, alternating with con stipation. LOST VITALITY AND WASTING WEAKNESS If you have a weakness 5 which is robbing you of health, strength, happiness, pleasure, consult the physicians who have ha'd such a long and successful experience. They can restore youf lost health and vitality and stop those fearful drains' They will make a perfect man of you. The restoration will not only be perfect and speedy, but permanent as well. WEAK YOUNG MEN are restored to robust4 manhood by our system of treatment after every other means has failed. Any unnatural drain is stopped at once, i . ' MIDDLE AGED MEN going through life dead to the world, so far as taking an active part in its manly enjoyments, can have all their functions permanently restored. , , ; "".: r YOU CAN PAY WHEN CURED ' If you wish you can deposit, the price of a cure in any bank in Portland, said amount to be handed over to us when you are cused. Or you may pay us by weekly or monthly install-, ments" if you prefer. : . J . A personal interview is desirable, but if you cannot call, write us, giving your symptoms in full., ' , fv ; Our home'treatment is successful even in complicated cases. Strictest confidence observed. Plain envelopes used in all c6rrespondence. '' THE REASON why "weak men are frequently not cured is because the trouble is complicated with "disease of tJie prostate gland" or with "urethral obstruction." Our method of treatment cures where all others fail. We Use a Crayon pu?.' oTfhe'l out pain. It heals the inflammation and removes the congestion and swelling. The remedy reaches the weakened "Seminal Ducts fcea s them and stops unnatural dralna In most cases Internal medicine is . required also. The "Crayon" Is only used In complicated Th patient places th crayon without any trouble at night by means of - The Applicator. which" is made of hard rubner and nu..l",r".n;r-; Disease" and any "Unnatural iJiscoarge, as weu Painful Urination in Men." . ! , , We guarantee a cure in every case we undertake. Parties visitine us, if they desire'; may make arrangements to PAY AFTER THE CURE HAS fcEEN EFFECTED.. CONSULTATION FR.EE Call,' if possible, if not, write, giving your symptoms in full. All correspondence is sacredly ( Confidential. Send for question blank.; . ; : ;H ; AN AMERICAN. least twa yery'dlstinct classes of peo ple In the German empire. A careful study of the conditions existing has led me to believe that th average German peasant and his family have little am bition or desire to rise to higher thing. In Germany, one a farm laborer always a farm laborer is th rule. . . Bduoattoa fox th Xloh. "A: popular professor in th Univer sity of Lelpslc, lecturing to student, said: The university and educational Institutions of Germany ara for the rich ; poor do not and cannot attend them. . There is no hope for the poorer classes under th present conditions to rise, to better and higher things. v ' From my observations In Germany I - heartily agree with this professor. . Much has been said about the wonderful advancement of Germany, which is un doubtedly true of the higher classes, but I will . state emphatically, without re- gard to probable contradiction, that the majority of the inhabitants of tha Ger man empire are, and must always be. If present conditions prevs 11, merely hope less laborers.- - . "I gave special attention to th sub ject of education in Germany, as ap plied to scientific and practical hus bandry, v' The agricultural schools are evidently not overrun ' with students. There are, however, several "conditions " which make some of the higher institu tions fairly well attended. On many of. the larger estates owned by the nobility the lands are,- in some special sense, under the general control of the central government and Individual owners are .required by law to employ trained man agers that have passed government ex amination. ; , ' 'These managers, or Inspectors, get their training exclusively in the agri cultural universities, and as there is al ways a demand for these men, there Is always a fair number of student at thene colleges. The agricultural training In the German- university is largely theoretical and based principally upon the science of chemistry. I found little effort being, made in these institutions to harmonize the results of science with those of actual practice, as . Is the case In America." timber must disappear before we can have .populous communities, good roads and good schools in every section of the country. Yet ther is plerity of good land here ready for the farmer, and the best means to draw attention to this is by an agricultural exhibit at th Oregon state fair. Of lata years the fair, has been a great success, and has been attended by many thousands of home seekers from all parts of the eountry. Other counties in the state realise. these facts and are the gainers thereby. Let Columbia county, by ts county court appropriate 8100 for the purpose of putting an exhibit of grains, grasses, f rulta and vegetables at the state fair this year, then appoint a live man like Holladay of Scappoose to go up and have charge of the exhibit and tha return in settlers of the most desir able class will be great out of propor tion to the small sum invested. . Cruel Thrust. From "the Chicago Newav ( v Tragedian Some people are so care less. Now, you never &ear of me catch ing cold by leaving th car window up. Soubrette (with cold) I guess not Box cars don't have windows. la similar to a syrlng a Thus, without -Private and