S T E W A R T 'S S U C C E S S O R . T e n d e r - H e a r t .d , WAITING FOR HER CUE. An “ Imported” citizen was recently brought before a magistrate, says th« New York Sun, charged with having threatened to kill another man with an j ax. “ What have you to say, Pat?” asked 1 the magistrate. “ I niver atbruck anny wan wid an ax!” said Pat, vehemently. “ Yer hon or, I wouldn't hit a newborn baby wid | an ax.” "Discharged," said his honor. Riae o f O t o r g e 8. N ix o n fr o m T e le g r a p h e r to S e n a to r. Essentially a product of the West Is Hon. George 8. Nixon, who succeeds the picturesque Senator Stewart, of , Nevada. Bom In | California In 1860, | | bis mature life has j | been spent entirely j in the Battleborn [ State. He Is a typ- i i c a 1 "self-made" man. A t the age of 1 10 he was a teleg rapher at Browns, | Humboldt County, Nevada, for the j 'Central P a c ific ! UEOHOK » . » I X O » . Railroad and three ¡years later a bookkeeper In the Wa- Shoe County Bank at Reno. Here his business career began; In a short time he organised the First National Bank of Wlnnemucca and he la now the con trolling factor In a half dozen banks. President o f the Lovelock Land and Development Company, which has re claimed by Irrigation 30,000 acres of wonderfully fertile land near Love lock, Nev. He Is also largely Interest ed in the cattle and sheep business, while his mlnlnlg Interests in the gold districts are of numerous value. Aside from the exalted office he now occu pies the only other official position ever held by him was member of the Ne vada State Legislature during the ses sion of 1891, but he has always taken an active Interest in politics and has been a strong and active leader I d State affairs. Mothers w ill And Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup the best remedy to us. lor their children j during the teething period. C o n so lin g . Stella— You seem sad this afternoon, dear. What’s the trouble? Mildred— I can't help thinking about Tom Green, poor fellow! I— sr— reject ed him last night. Stella— Oh, don’t let a little thing like that worry you. Why, I've rejected him three times in the past six weeks. MALLEABLE IRON STUMP PULLERS | j REIERSON MACHINERY CO. Foot of Morrison Street Portland. Oregon 1905 LEWIS & CLARK EXPOSITION For F irst Class Hotel and Room Ac. oin- modati nr IN PORTLAND during the EXPOSITION apply at once and send your reservation lee of ♦'2.0 >, to apply on rent of your rcotn. Room« 111 all parts of the city. fiOc to |2 0 ■ par day. RESERVE YOUR ROOMS W ITHOUT DE LAY AND GET YOUR CHOICE, " rite tor full information to Department 1. EXPOSITION ACCOMMODATION BUREAU The Only Official Bureau of the Levis k Clark Fate Goodnough Building, Portland, Oregon A N E R R A T IC H O U o E . R o o m , and H a l l w a y . A l l at D ifferen t A n g le *, An illusion device, of the public amusement park type, covering an en tirely new idea, baa recently made Its appearance and Is known as the trick bouse. The outer walls of the struc ture are perpendicular, so that there does not appear to be anything un usual about It, Judging by external appearances. The entrances and pas BOOMS A T A L L ANGLES. sage*ways adjoining keep up ihls de ception. Inside of this house another Is constructed, the walls of which are considerably out o f plumb, the floors having a corresponding Inclination. As oue enters from the outside and passes through the passageways, which are normal, the sudden entrance into rooms which are topsy-turvy, to say the least, la very bewildering. As the Journey Is led alternately through such rooms and then through level hallways and passageways the senses eventual ly become dazed and the Individual Is unable to tell which Is the upright house and which Is the trick house, and how the deception Is brought about. Of course, mirrors are gener ously employed to Increase the be wilderment o f the eyes and senses. T h o se G o v e rn m e n t N eed». Bacon— Did you get any seeds from your Congressman this year? Egbert— Sure. “ Plant any?” “ No, I’ m not going to. Last year I planted some beautiful American Beauty rosebush seed and It come up onions.” — Yonkers Statesman. When a man does a thing particu larly weil, be la crasy to quit IL Fastest, lightest and strongest Stump Puller on the market. 11» Horne power on the sweep with two horses. W rite lor descriptive catalog and price«. - =~— ------- — Cincinnati P ost V A LU E OF A NAM E. I t s Bound H a l M uch to Do w ith the P o ssessor's Success In L ife. Once In the days o f the empire there was a French officer who bad done such meritorious service in ambordl- nate ranks that his superior recom mended him to Napoleon for promo tion. The young officer labored under the misfortune o f having a very out landish name. Hla parents bad made an absurd patronymic even more so by adding at his baptism a ridiculous cognomen. When Napoleon heard this name pronounced he straightway re fused to grant the promotion asked. The reason he gave for his refusal was that he did not believe anybody affll la ted with such a name could become great or hold a high position with dig nity. He expressed a doubt whether he himself could ever have risen to be first consul and empercr if he had bad the misfortune to be called by a name that sounded ridiculous. Napoleon was familiar wttb the his tory o f his own and of ancient times, and he found much In his reading to warrant him in believing that a pre posterous name was a serious handi cap to success I d a civil or military career. Authors, Inventors and quiet and studious scientists have occasion ally done fairly well regardless of tbelr names, but It Is a fa c t as Napo leon suggested, that popular states men, warriors, and heroes have usual ly had dignified, sonorous, fine-sound ing. and rather abort names. This has been mors or less true of all nations. The Hebrew nomenclature la full of long and difficult names, but the most illustrious Biblical characters, from Adam to Maccabeus, have bad names which slip smoothly from the tongue. The same thing U noticed in Greek and Roman history, as ia illustrated by Hercules. Pericles, Alexander, Caesar, Cicero, Augustus; and in mors mod ern European history by Lao, Charles Edward, William, Cromwell, Napoleon, etc. American history furnishes no exception. Washington, Lincoln, Grant Sherman, Sheridan and all tbe Presi dents had fine-sounding names. Although ws might naturally expect that Russia and Japan would afford many exceptions to this general rule, neverthrlaaa wa would look Is vain for. them la this present herwaaMkag epoch. Nothtng Is mors unpronounce able In foreign tongues that typical Boastaa and Japanese namaa, but the HOTEL PORTLAND R A TES Oriental war la not bringing any of them to glory. The Stlnkywltzes, the Obulowaklyskles, a nd the Klmi-llla-mla- llll-ls have been kept In tbe back ground, and In their stead have ap peared men with names so short sim ple, and forceful in sound that they could be used for a battle-cry or a watchword. Togo, Nogi, Stoeasel, Ku- ropatkin, Kurokl, and Oyama are now tbe popular and newly made heroes In Russia and Japan. So. In spite o f tbe many varieties of people and their countless linguistic peculiarities,- It seems that Napoleon was Justified In believing that the sound of a name has much to do with the possessor's success in life.— Kansas City Journal. On account of the impression that has be»u prevalent in different cities regarding the exorbitant rate« that are to ue charged by the hotels in PORT LAND during the LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION, in Justice to the HOTEL PORTLAND and it* many patious. I ceein It advisable to publish the rates that will undeviatingiy prevail at the HOTEL PORTLAND during the laid EX POSITION. Rooms will be charged for at the rate of |2 00, |2,.V) and |3.U) for one person, the highest-priced room iu the hotel being $3.50, which includes a bath room. Prices In Cafe are the same as In any less pretentious establishment mid services second to none In the country. Prices to our Commercial Guests w ill remain unohanged. H . C BOWERS, Portland, Oregon. Manager. D e s c rip t io n o f a S k a te . The barndoor skate beggars descrip tion. I never could tell whether be was looking at me wltb his eyes or his breathe-holes, says a writer in Country L ife in America. He is a bottom fish and flat like a flounder. He has a triangular body, the apex of wblcb forms tbe snout; opposite bis snout are bla tail and a few extra pieces of hie overcoat which kind na ture has tagged on him in case he gets torn and has to be mended. His tall Is embellished with a few spines— this I know for a fa c t He has a couple of eyes, a little way back of bla snout and right back of these are a couple o f holes that extend completely through him. These holes connect with his lungs, or whatever he usee to breathe with, and have an un comfortable way of looking at you at tbe same time as his eyes. He has a month, too, but It la on the under side of him, and convenient for bualnees. It la a funny thing, with spines on the lips, and when you pull the lower Jaw the upper Jaw movea with It— a sort of automatic trap, not nnllke what you can see In any 10-cent restaurant. This la a land-lubber’s de scription, but It Is enough. GASO LINE ENGINES 2, 3. 5, 6, 8. 10, 12, 14. 16 and 25-Horse Power. Satisfaction guaranteed. Hundreds in use in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Send for Catalogue. a._________ Hte O n e O p p o r t u n it y , “ I tee they are advertising for lea- cutters.” “ Why don’ t you go? It la the only opportunity of your life to cut any ice.’’ —Illinois State Journal. Mitchell, Lewis & Stayer Co. P O R T L A N D . ORCGOH Seattle and Spokane. W h K Bour, Idaho. In th e D o c t o r ’* O ffice “ l * o any your patient coughed up a o m e tM a g ? " “ Yaa; $ i ” “ What did you give him for Itr* “ A receipt.''— Yon kora I | P. N. U I Iw n g L s y r g Æ Ne. 23—tees