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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMDEI? 12, 1CC3. an, jwmals ; 'i v ' ' : 1 I -i f : 'jht irer-m I ' ' ' i - h f CnjCCttjX);; OtVAC " ........ . ........ . . , " ,, ' H r v llfflt Nlr ,;v -. usj mtm , , . . . No.7,a$l,000 Cottle huh --f HIS wk la abown whkt may b I dona In tha war ' ott A for $1,000. Not ,",, ".. nor a floa'one; no tUatloor4 lng-lanooka, nor paneled walla, but a very Kood-looklna; and conrentetit Irttla timiaar Mvarthelcaa. of hair a doaan ; rooma,' counting tha porch, and a fin a, porcb aa thla daaervas to ba counted. The dlroanalona of tha houae ara 21 by - feet with a ' yrojeotlon et four feet In the poroh. The oellar, with concrete walla and dirt floor, la about half the atae of tha house, aivlns plenty of room, for torlnf fuel and vegetablea. Now. while to build thla eottaae for the aura named wa have eut out all expansive featurea, and aoufht economy in every detail, wa have omitted no e- Lincoln (Nebraska) Letter In tba New ' Tork Sua. fHB departure of Mr. Bryan for tha orient will not cauae any halt . la the formation of the Bryan boom for the presidency In not. Hera at the Commoner office the tlm' of one man Is almost con stantly employed la supervising; tabu lating and arranging the namea of vot , ers of the Bryan stripe that are -com -"VtHg In by each mall. "A very elerer acbeme fof securing at a ; minimum cost a ist of active friendly Deroocrata In all part of tba country," aay thoae who bave had aa opportunity to note tba-tremendous .number of re sponses that have coma to tha reo.il eat of air. Bryan to Demoorata who believe with him to sign 4 pledge that they will hereafter make It a rule to attend every Democratic primary called and to aee that nobody la selected aa delegate who " Is not of their faction. . The pledge appeared first in Mr. Bryan'a paper, but be haa noi contented hlnjself with watting for the-prlnted coupona(o be Oiled out and sent In. To each of the thousanda of agents of bis newspaper and lo trusted supporters In, various parts ef the country he baa aent blank pledges and secured their assistance In getting Ihent elgned. 1 he signer. It la needless to add, are . asaa aha ara willing t vote right. At ! 'is I 1' "' jj! :i - I w- ; ;.: !."T;'' ' ' fzl' TitJ ;''''." ''' ' f T" ll '!"'' ; f ' Lmmmsmmjmaeaeammi I ' ' " '. , ri 1L. jbmtmJLmm in ' n i, i I i 'i M.' Bryan's-Gatalog i. - f . " . . . .. -.:. -I aeotlala and. have even Included aome featurea eommonly called losnrtaa. Tha first of theee la tba porch, which for alaa and ahape may eaally be called a luxury on a f 1,000 houae, and for ftun mar uae adda -much' to tha attraotlve naaa of tha cottage. It haa two aeata built In each aide of the recessed din-lnc-roora' window. The second thing which may be deemed a luxury la the fireplace In - the more- than , average alsed living-room. "As a matter of economy, wa uae paving brick for the faclnga. and hearth, though It gives a most artistic touch to thla atyla of a plalnly-flniahed houae. There ia a boat closet near the-front door, whloh may; be regarded aa a luxury by the man who ia not allowed to h,n bat en tha mantel; -' The dining-room haa a cosy window seat in the front window, and an open stairway in one corner. Tba kitchen la of Just tha Tight else. Haa a conveniently placed alnk ana kitchen cupboard, a amall pantry fur nished with ahalvea and good accesa to the basement. Tba aecond floor contains two cham uc of Friendly Democrats many as 100 pledge coma In a bunch, and the average wll) not fau below 10. As each ia received It la filed away In a card catalogue and thla enable Mr. Bryan or his assistant to turn at a mo ment's notice to any precinct In any county In any state and get the namea of thoae Democrat who may be depended upon. , - : Tha idea Is borrowed In part from tha card catalogue road district census of voters first Invented and used by tha Nebraska Republican state cofiimittee In 1900 and which was the most effective weapon In taking the state from Mr. Bryan. The tremendous effectiveness of this plan will be pateat to every practi cal politician. Tat Mr. Bryan Insists that he la not trying to build up a machine: He rather resented the Idea when aome months ago thla plan of his waa referred to aa In. tended to develop -a machine for hi owa persona! use. "I am not seeking to build any ma chine,', he said recently. ."I have but one object, that of getting the masses of tha Democrats interested and awakened to the necessity bf attending all eauouses and primaries. If they will keep the pledge I am asking them to aign, I bar no fear of tba result - "The element that controlled tbe last national convention waa ablao do ao becauee of two facta, the hope and be lief of a good many Democrat- that by ' . .... .. . i.. ; mm bers, three eloaeta and. a large bath room, furnished ' with white enameled tub, bowl and toilet, with nickel-plated fixtures.. Tha chambers have eight foot ceilings, are wall lighted and'havs good croaa-draught through hall. Tba window boxes under the front windows upstairs - add - another pretty touch to tba house, or will when they are-filled with-geraoiuma r- aweet peaa. 1 - Now a word ' about the construction of tha house, but before going' outside we must not fall to aee the beamed cell ing' of living-room and dining-room, which la aensibly and economically ob tained by using dressed Joist of fir 8x10 ! and laying on top of them a matched' eedar-fUlng. This- is oiled and left -In : the natural color, as la the rest of. the woodwork throughout the house. Be tween the reillns; and the floor of the second story should ba placed a layer of heavy building paper. Tha house la designed to be sheathed with rough boards, then oovered with building paper, and shingled, all over. The exposed timbers ara Of. cedar, oiled, tha side shingles, left to weather, concession and compromti w might gain power and thus ba able to do a little good, hoping later for greater bles sings and opportunity, and because' radi cal Democrata bad little bope of success and allowed the old and skilled manlpu atora to put up delegations and writ state platforma. - . "At St Loula we listened to those who . promised to win If we ceased to offend. Tha result at tha polls ended the hops of any ao-callad Democracy la this country.' - "Democratic rule Is rule by tha peo ple, and we can never hope for power until we can get the people to under stand the principles wa stand for and to accept them. I am simply desirous of gsttlng Democrata pledged to keep their ayea open and see that every con vention they attend makes a clear, hon est and straightforward declaration of tha party position on every question upon which the voter of the party de sire to speak." . -, Close to Mr. Bryan I James C Dahl man, for raare state chairman and later a member of the national committee Mr. Dahlman' practical experience aa a politician anablea him to appreciate the value of Mr. Bryan' primary plan, and he It la who la deciding how the directory of Democrat ahall be em ployed. ' H aay that tha chief weakneatf of Bryan' campaign agalnat Parker prior to tba national conrentloa last year waa and, the rooftelned black. We hops to aee bouaea of auoh unique and simple design spring , up occasionally among (he box-like one-story cottages of un varying site and ahape, which adorn out many auburba merely to dlveralfy the landscape. : . The accompanying estimates are does figures but under fair conditions the eottage may be built ee specified: " Excavation . . .-. .... i . .fit Concrete wall ....-..-........ 40 Brick fireplace ....... ........ 71 Tin work . JO Mill work 70 Painting 41 Gaa-and plumbing 17t Hardware -.....-.. 44 Lumber and ahtnglea 125 Plaster lit Labor ........... 171 Total ..-.'..;,r..............l,000 Tht Bungalow. The thumbnail aketch of a bungalow ia only a suggestion of what may be dona in one of theaa charming little that he had no direct means of com municating with bis supporter In the various election districts, and against the pleaVVs set tip by the 'reorganises hi rhetoric availed little. - By 101 Mr. Dahlman '"expecta to have - a ' million Democrata pledged and catalogued, and with that nucleus he does- not believe It possible to wrest control from Bryan at tha next national convention. -Nearly every man who aenda In on or more pledges takea tha opportunity of writing Mr. Bryan a letter. Nearly all breathe admiration of Bryan, and moat of them aasertthat Bryaa muat lead again, propheaylng his aleotlon this time. - A considerable percentage of them 'ollag tenaciously to the , money question, not a few suggesting that a blmetalllo plank muat be in Che next na tional platform. - . ' Their receipt Is acknowledged In each Issue ror tha Commoner. It has been pointed out that a vary large number ara eouthem Democrats, and tha poll tlciana atrongly suspect that Mr. Bryaa la taking atepe In advance tb aee that tha support of that section, which he had reason to expect at fit. Loula, Is not switched over to the other aid by tha opportunist leaders. a - A to the queatlon of his own candi dacy Mr. Bryan la quit frank. Ha say b I not a candidate, but he will not aay that ha will not be. He haa been approached by a nuiaber of Democrats In tha Interest of some one Democrat, tha frlenda of Governor Folk of Mlaaouri being most Insistent, but ho haa told all' Inquirer that he will make no choice himself , and will await development be for b Indicate umrar homM,J In the mountains' or at the coast. ?. The features are the roomy porcbea and big living-room with open fireplace. Aa a aummer home the bungalow might be done In ruatlo style throughout, us. Ing "dressed "timbers and -lumber, and leaving construction timbers exposed. The floors should alao ba dressed,' and the flrcplaca and hearth dona In rough brick. For a mountain home the out aide might be covered with rough boards and stained., .the-TOof shingled and left to weather and grow moss. Or. sub stantially built, as this bungalow la at Thirty-eighth and Kaat Alder streets. It adda to tha Joys of landscape deco ration, by its charmingly picturesque 11 n s a n d irea tme n L- -1 1 ia here pltuied among fir trees and finished with gray plaatered walla outside a finish that promises to be equally durable and sat- infantnry, nnnl.r In Mimmar anrt warmf In winter than the ordinary wooden cot tagea red roof and red trim. The coat of a bungalow like thla will vary so much according to atyla and quality of construction and finish that an esti mate would bo only guesswork until that wera decided. , hia desires. Even then his Influence, he asserts( will not ba employed la behalf of any man. ,- S very body Work. Tea, father works 'most every day; Ha atlcka, with disposition sturdy. And wa ara glad, who bear bta nam, ,. McCurdy. ' t , 'Our brother' working steady, tool He gather up what father misses. And what I left, that husband grab Of l'. . Than father brother alao worka: -For aoma elude the. other's fingorsi But father's brother nail It and It lingers. ' . ' ' Now aaa and luxury ara come) . . Wa live without a bit of bother, , Becauee 'meet everybody worka T With father. . C. R. B, ' Bite of Odd tafovaaUoa. ; . . From tha Philadelphia Bulletin. Stammering is unknown among the savage tribes. Clergymen stand second In the list ol inventors) mecbanlca .first. In Vienna glass 1 being used to fill teeth with. , " Maa la alck It day, woman 18 day, of each year." - The king of Italy la presented annu ally by ths emperor of Austria with 10.000 American cigar. To run an eoean liner from New Tork to Liverpool costs ltO.000. ' The average weight aa Andaman Islander 1 pound. . ! HUH- ; . ' From the Scientific . American. - IN looping the loop,, first performed by Jama Smlthaoa, better know a Dtavolo, a bloyollat start from a. platform feet high and plunge down a track which extend obliquely for 100 feet. to th ground, and thence riaes to form, a complete spiral loop 10 or IS feet In diameter. The speed acquired by the cyollst In de scending the Inclined .plane carrlea him around the loop. When Dlavolo, preceded-by a great reputation, came 'to Paris, he found one Nolset, known pro fessionally as Mephlsto, preparing to loop the loop at a rival muslo hall. While aeverai cyclists wera preparing to loop tha loop honestly, one man, mq wllllnr to risk hla life for the amuse ment of spectatora, devised a "loop with a concealed groove which guided his Wheel and akept It from falling. Hla trick was accidentally exposed by a clewn who got hla toot caught In the groove, and the disgraced looper fell Into obloquy and oblivion. Tha publlo soon tires of fhe strongest sensations. The stationary loop gav placs to the rotating circle called tb devil's wheel. In which tha cyclist spin Ilk a aqulrrel. Taking hla place inside the - wheel, which la about 15 feet In diameter, he pedal in a direction oppo alte .to that of tha wheel, and thua re malna at the bottom' until th wheel ba acquired considerable velocity. Then be stop pedaling, applies bla brake and la carried -backward and upward nearly to the top, 1 whence ha .rushes down, and file around and around tha revolving wheel with startling speed, t At a performance la Vienna a cyclist stricken with apoplexy fell from the wheel and soon expired. But tha danger of cerebral congestion 1 not th only one. 1 ne cntioai pnaee oi in. aui is the last, when both th bicycle and the large wheel ara being brought to real .by brakes. Th bicycle lurches, and tha slightest error In steering miy send it through the open aide of tba wheel and precipitate the rider to th stag. In. Germany a genius called "Eclair" Invented an Infernal wheel of another sort It waa about tt feet In diameter, and a smaller wheel rolled round Inside of it, obtaining. Its impetua from a plunge down an Inclined plana, which, made it a deacent of 40 feet. To thla small wheel "Eclair", waa lashed In spreadeagle faahlon. He accustomed himself to this novel mode ef locomo tion by having himself strapped to a similar wheel, which waa turned rapidly about a fixed axla by meana of a crank Mora startling and perilous than any of these device I the "circle of death." Thla la a large, flat, truncated cone. Ilk th rim of a pudding dish, supported by rope In a position slightly inclined to the horlsontal, so that only one aide of the lower and smaller edge rests on th stage. Bicyclists one or more enter the central apace and run up and around the ateep aide with tbelr machine and bodies nearly horlsontal. ..Then to add to the apparent' and real danger, the whole apparatua Is raised aloft. The effect la thrilling,' for tha riders appeal to be In constant danger of falling. lu Berlin,-as three eyehete- were gyre Una Jn a atngle circle of death, on fell and carried a aecond down with litm. They, had . scarcely reached the . stag, when the third performer fell alaa ' "The globe ef death,", an intereatlng and comparatively aafe act recently ex hibited In a JJew York theatre, comblnea soma of .the Yeaturea of looping the loop and thr devll'a wheeL": Two bicycltats, a man and a woman, enter a atatlonary Uttlcework glob aome 20 feet In, diam eter and course around It at great speed In both vertical and horlsontal circles. All of the acts hitherto described are performed with complete circles or loop. Tha next development waa tha removal of the topmoat part of the ver tical loop, leaving an air apace through which the bicyclist flies head downward. Thla feat Is called "looping th gap." Mtle.1 Dutrleu. "the human arrow," producea a mora graceful effeoa by traversing a gap In a track which would not. If complete,- form a loop. Th first section of the track la a plan SO feet long. Inclined to degree to th horlson tal and terminating In a ahort upward curve. The aecond section begin with aaddleback curve and nda In a plane Inclined upward for the purpose of bringing th bicycle to reat. The two aectlona ara separated by a gap of 60 feet, through which tfta cyclist file Ilk an arrow. It I worthy of not that The Seal Extent of .-' tt ,' (Continued, from yimt P.. Thla Maa. tlon.) During the laat decade It" waa found that the number of children to each 1,000 women had decreased 11 in the cities and t In th rural districts. Negro children thrlv better in the country? Th proportion for that race In the rural districts In lto was ons sixth greater than that of the white population, while In the citlee the white population waa more than one halt greater than,-the colored. Mortality among negro children la usually high In tha cities. Tha largeat proportion of negre chil dren was found in It 80 and tha smallest in ItOO, being only about three fourths of the figures 10 years previously. Aa compared with whltea In tbe Booth, negroes showed an excess of population until the laat census, when it waa found that tha expeas waa on tba aid of tha whltea ''. After considering all these details one cannot bat conclude that tha birth rate In the United States Is steadily dimin ishing. ' . By careful system ' of. computation Dr. S. 8. Billings, the expert In charge Of vital statistics for the censuses of 1880 and lo, estimates mat av me former period the national birth rata per 1.000 of population waa 10.85 and in 1110 -was 2.s, having dlminlahed ovtr 4 per 1,000. - ' The auperlntendent of the censoses of 1870 and 1880, General F. A. Walker, asserted that tha decline In the rate of Increase of population tha decline In the birth rate practloally began with the rapid Influx of forelgnera. "It might be eald." he remarked, "that the growth of th native popula tion wa checked by th Incoming of foreign- elements In such large' num ber. The accesa of forelgnera consti tuted a shock to .the principle of pop. ulatlon among the native element. That principle Is always acutely sensitive, alike, .to jnymntal. anL to economic condition. "Not only did th decline In th na tive element, a a whole, take place In singular correspondence with tha ex ceaa of foreign arrivals, but It ocourred chiefly In Just those region to which tb newcomer most freely resorted. , "Foreign Immigration Into thla coun try haa, from th time I first assumed large proportions, amounted hot to a re inforcement, of our population, but o a replacement of native' by -foreign stock. That if th forelgnera bad not com tb native element would have rilled th place th foreigners usurped, I entertain not a doubt" Dlaouaslng 'the aame question. Dr. Billing asked this question: "I th lessening bfrth rate due to change 'In th mode of life of th people, uoa as, women formed a majority of th spec tator of the human arrow' first public flight. A feat performed by the cyollst Marok might be called looping without a loop. The track resembled the first section used by the human arrow, bat th up- , ward curve Is longer and forms an are of a circle. At the foot of the Incline and the commencement of the curve -the bicycle ia caught by a wire sus pended frorn the center of this circle. Th machine, therefore, after traversing th curved path, describes tbe remainder of the circle in the air. Meanwhile the curved path la replaced by a level one terminating In an ascent, whloh receive ' and etopa the, cyclist when he returne to earth and casta off the wire. In another ingenious and terrifying variation of th human arrow tha bicy cle is replaced by a four wheeled car, which la stopped abruptly by a buffer at the end of the upward curve, while the rider la hurled, through apace to a trapes soma distance away and to feet -higher,-- -Failure to catch tha trapes v meana certain death. Another etartllng application of the -sama principle ia mad in an opea-air performanoa which haa been given many -tlmea In America, Inglandgnd--Germany. The Inclined traclt la erected on th shore of a lake or river and la too feet long. Tha etartlng platform ia a hundred feet, th top of th npward curve about 40 feet above th ground. When th bicyclist rldea off th end of th curve Into space he let go hi ma ' chin and dive Into tb water. Thla . frightful plunge terrifies th spectators, but the real danger la that of' being truck and killed by th bicycle, a fat which, befell Jame Fleet In Chicago. An acrobat named "Thompson make a still more perilous plunge with the aid of aim pier apparatua, leaping from ' tha top of a. vary long vertical ladder Into a -tank aoma distance away, which ', measures only 40 feet in length by t feet in .width. ' A alight error In mak- ' ing th. leap would bring him to th ground instead of the tank. Th automobile, the queen of sport, shares with th bicycle the glory . of : these dangerous exhibitions. One of th ' latest developments is ths monstrosity called th . autobolide, which is- mak ing fame and fortune of Mademolaell d Tier..' - - Another young woman haa been lea fortunate, for a terrible accident ha abruptly terminated th exhibition of th aptly named "whirlwind of death," . In which-' aha appeared recently at a Paris muslo halL- In- thla act the auto- mobile, after running down an Inclined plan and up a short curve, wa pro-., Jotd Into spec In a nearly level posi tion, tlka the blcyol of th human ar row. But when tha 'vehicle had reached . the highest point of Ita trajectory It wa caused, by an tngenloua combina tion of aprlngs and levers,., to turn a complete somersault, after which It continued ita , flight to the receiving platform, 40 feet diatant from the point where It had-left the first section of the course, v - -. . .- The act wa particularly thrilling, be cause the vehicle, -at the moment of th somersault, appeared To' stop In Its on ward flight. and consequently to be In Imminent danger jbf falling, to tha floor. -20 feet below. Thla illusion waa due t ; th very low position of the center ot gravity, which caused tb Inverted body" of th woman to move backward, al that Inatanat, faater than . -the center was- moving-for ward. --- What la the incentive which Impel ' theae men and women to risk their live nightly before erowda of spectators t I it ambition, vanity, lev of applause or almply tha hope of .making a forV tune? The American 'looping the loop4 waa conceived In an essentially practi cal aplrit, and "Dlavolo," .who received . 00 a night, haa become a rich man. Mademoiselle Dutrleu, "the human ar row," earna $80,000 a year. "Mephlsto" received 1140, Mademoiselle de Tier !00 a night In Parj and larger sum . abroad. Imitators, of cours. receive less thsn originators. ' Ths current pay for looping th loop I from $10 to f 40 a night, which 1 not high, specially if the performer own th - apparatua, whloh coat at least 1500. ' It aeema, therefor, that tile hope of gain la not th only Incentive, but that ' the performer, like the public. Is at tracted by the very danger of tha act a curious Illustration of the fascination exerted by emotions which In- them selves are disagreeable. Our Dace Suicide th progressive Increase of migration Iiuiii the luial "fllsUlul HI' Hi1 mral aislMits in til I'lties, the Increase of wealth and) luxury,' the so-called 'emancipation of woman,' etc?" - Increase in the cost of living and in the uae of thlnga formerly- regarded as luxuries, but now aa necessities, was held by Dr. Billings to be a check to the growth of population.. . "In the struggle of what is deemed a desirable mode of existence at the pres ent day," he continued, "matolage la be ing bald leas desFrable. and Its bounds less sacred than they wera 40 year ago. Toung women are gradually being Im bued with the Idea that marriage and motherhood are not to be their chief oh- , Jecta'la life, or tha aole method of ob taining subsistence; that they should aim at being Independent of posslbls or ac tual husbands,- and should fit- them-.' selves to earn their own living In soms ons of the many ways in which female are beginning to find Increaatng sources of remunerative employment; . that housekeeping Is a sort of domestic slav ery, and that it Is best to remain un married until soms 'on offers who has ths means to, grstlfy their educated teate. .'.2' i ..; "' t . "They desire to take a more actlv part than women have hitherto done In . th management of the affatra of tha community, to have wider tntereata, and to live broader Uvea than their moth er and grandmothers have dona" - Summing up these and other argu ments, .Dr. Billings thought the" birth rate would not only continue low, a -compared with former years, but would probably become lower. "It does not appear to me." ha con cluded', "tht lessening of th birth rate ' la In Itself an evil, or that. It will be . worth while to attempt. to Increase tlit ' birth rate merely for the aak of main, talning a constant Increase In popula tion, . because to neither this nor the next generation will such increaae be apeclally beneficial. . - "But, considered aa one of the aign of forces which are at work to modify the existing conditions of aociety, ,ang some of whloh appear to be of aval tendency, Jhls diminution ot ths birth rate merlta careful consideration by. statistician, sociologists, - politicians, and all'who are Inter. sted In the phys ical and moral wall-being of tha Inhab itant of thi country." , ...x ' fa Bright Hid. ' . -. From th Duluth News-Trlbun. "T," replied th cheerful men, "but It Is not half ee bad aa It might hav ' been.- "I don't e bow It could b much worse." exclaimed hi friend. " Why." wa th anwr, "Jaat think what might bav been dona If all the members of the McCurdy family bad Dcea twin.' aw. -- .r , - - '"... v I'