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.
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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
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full information to Department 1.
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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«.
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— 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.
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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
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