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A VERY STRANGE CASE UNDER W. .TER TWENTY MINUTES AND STILL. LIVES. In an AtUmpt to Rtseu Her Brother Flften-Year-Old Oirl Goea to th , Bottom and Remain Until Tardily Rescued by Neighbor. Forest Grove, Or.. Aug. 19. Bessl Mill, IS year old. remained under water yesterday for twenty minutes, and today she la Buffering no III effects from her experience. Physicians who bare investigated tha rase dwlare that in the time she was under water no water entered her limns. Bessie, tn company with her broth or Frank, and Desslo Christian, were playing In Galea creek on a raft. Burt ienly Frank stepped eff and went down over hiH head. He caught tho raft when he cuu.'ii up and tipped It so that TOessie 'Chrttitian slipped oft. Bessie grabbed Dessle aid was pulled Into tho water. 8ho managed to get bark on the raft, but seeing her little bmth er struggling arme distance away. she leaned toward blm and struck tha water on her stomach. She sank at once. The other two children were rescued by Mine women, but they sould tint And Bessie. The boy ran aud gave the alarm. George Meyers came to tha rescue and after a few minute located the girl at the bottom of the creek clinging to a root. It required all of bis strength to unclasp her flng era. The women set to worn to try to re vive her, although they believed hei already dead. It was a surprise when she opened her eyes. She was taken home and cared for and within a few hours was all right. The theory of physicians here who Investigated the case is that when Bes sie struck tha water on her stomach, the breath waa forcibly expelled from her lungs, and at the same time she was rendered Insensible, in-which con dition she remained until she had beeu brought out of the creek, where respiration started artificially. Mad ahe "come to" while beneath the water undoubtedly she would have drowned. duced to the prominent persona pres ent The Prince of Wales subsequent ly conducted tbo sbah to royal car riage and they drove off, escorted by a detachment of Life Guards, and, fol lowed by othor carriages. The route to Marlborough house waa lined with troops. The weather waa miserable, ao tha sightseers were not numerous. CANNOT REACH NORTH POLE. At Least That la What Dr. Bernier Bellevea and Says. New York, Aug. 19. Captain Ber nier, the French-Canadian exploref, who Is now collecting funds for his dash tot the north pole by way of Bering sea, does not believe that Peary has reached the pole, says Halifax special to the Tribune. Cap tain Dernier has arrived at Sidney, having piloted George W. Childs Drex el's yacht down the SL Lawrence from Quebec, and when asked about Peary's tenures for reaching the polo aald: 'Why, ho haa no chance at all. flow do you expect bim to reach the pole witU acven toes disabled and without the doctor. But we must give bim credit for what he has done; he do serves It. You will And, however, that he will admit on his return that it is isniponsible to reach the north pole ny that route." A WANT MORE FIGHTING. Boer Soldiers Want to Join Uuncle Sam's Army. London. Aug. Id. Time-expired South African soldiers have been the victims of a curious delusion which Is earning the officials of the United States embassy considerable annoy. ance. Former British soldiers who have served against the Boers have been auuplylng for enlistment in the American army in the Philippines, Tbey all say a report was tn circula tion at Caps Town and Durban that the United States was enlisting ex. British soldiers for service in these Islands. At the, London embassy score of applicants have already been turned away greatly disappointed. TWO DEATHS FROM OPIUM. Singular Coincidence in the Death of Men Addicted to the Drug. San Francisco, Aug. 19 Two dnatha n which opium figures as the poten tial cause occurred yesterday morning at tho receiving hospital. Both men were addicted to the uso of the drug. and were brought in within half an hour of each other from different parts of the city. Knch died in the same relative time of spAre as marked their arrival. One was known as John U.' Jenert. and was brought fronf 1306 Polk street, dying. The other wu namnrt Butterfield, and was brought from Sixth and Natomu. ami died at 7 a. m When tho ambulance had brought In I the first man tho call for tho second and tiu same -difference in time marked theii arrival as marked thoir deaths. Notii Ing is known of tho antecedents of the men. and even thoir names are a yet a matter or conjecture. To Destroy Black 8cale. Borkeley, Aug. 19. Fred M. Hunter. a Junior In the College of Agriculture In -h estate university, will leave shortly for the south, where he will study orchard fumigation as a means of destroying the block sculo. In tne opinion of Prof. WmulHwotth this method gives promlne of eventually destroying tho pest. BOTH SIDES WANT THE CANAL. Colombian- Miniater at Washington .Wants a Treaty Negotiated. Washington, Aug. 19. While the In ternational disturbances of Colombia are disquieting, there Is no warrant for Jumping to tne conclusion that the Panama canal program Is seriously en .dangeied. There 's no need of imme diate action, since the necessity of In vestigating the French company's titla at Paris comes ft ret and our treaty. Were one negotiated, for aomc .months yet. inevuioniuuwi roimsier continues 10 ca8e hllJ jllHt bwB rBt.eve,, ivh KHiirmiun inn, iihtm umn lit, iiii i delay In aecuring an agreement which would allow the Colombian congress to - convene In ample season, since both the Conservatives and the Inurgents want the canal. It should also be noted tat tho responsibility tor main taining order and preserving neutral ity along tha route of tho canal would fall upon the United States by the terms of whatever treaty is negotiated, and so tho condition of affairs there will really have nothing to do with the safety of our waterway, once a treat) is agreed upon. Similarly, noil nor Co lombian faction would be able to over ride the action of the other in dealing with the United States, since recognl tion by this powerful republic of a rightful government there would b final, so far as our relations with it were concerned. The greater danger to the pending negotiations comes from possible mis chief makers, who might want to se the Panama proposal fell In the Inter est either of the Nicaragua route oi of no canal at all. Counteracting such influences, should they be discovered, would doubtless be the activity of the Frencu company, which would not to see Its transaction fall at this stage through perversity of the Colombian government. Think It Was a Case Murder. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 19 The police are satisfted that the man who rented the boat at Oreen lako last Saturday evening was T. P. Newton of San Francisco, and believe the grappling irons will bring up but one body, that of Mrs. Newton. Thev think ln that tho murder was committed for the purpose of robbery, r , tha woman was known to have a large amount ol money on her person. Circumstantial evidence is at hand to convince tho authorities that New ton deliberately upset the boat and at lowed the woman to drown, while he used the oars to float himself st.hore The upturned boat, with a man's hat underneath, was found u Sunday suoruiug. ;' 1 v.- The lako will be dragged thoroughly and It the body of the woman only Is found a determined effort will be made to hunt down the murderer. THE COMANGE EIIDS DISAPPOINTED FORTUNE HUNTER SUICIDES. Fashionable Newport Club tho Seen of a Suicide That Startle Society. Desperate Act of a Man Because of a Broken Engagement. Has Solved the Great Problem Vienna, Aug. 19.-Professor LeonoM Hrhonk, authcr of "Determination of Sox," died today at Hchwanherg. Styrla. SHAH VISITS THE KINO. The Visiting Monarch Will be the Recipient of Many Attentions. London. Aug. 1 . The Shah of Per sia, Musaffar Kl Din. and bis suite, who arrived at liover Sunday, reached Ioudon yesterday and took np their residence at MarllHirUKh house as guests of King Rdward. la accordance with the Persian monarch' express wish, the train from Donr only traveled twenty miles an hour. He therefore had plenty of time to array himself In full state uniform, and when he left the train at Vic toria station he was resplendent in a blaro of diamonds. On his tarboosh (cap) a huge diamond stood out Ilk I headlight, his epaulets were adorned Kith large emeralds and his breast was covered with Jewels of all kinds. The gems worn hy tho members of the Shah suite were only a little les rich than those of his majesty. Tbo Prince of Wales, I.ord Laus downe, the foreign minister; Lord Roberts, the commander In chief, and tht members of the Persian legation rt "- wet the royal traveler at tha station. lu r..ut of Wales aiw Tie shah hoojj baiids andjh visitor was Jo tro-1 Militia Will Not be Called Out. North Platte, Neb.. Aug. !!. (lover nor Savage announced yextmtlny that he dues uot think it necessary to call out the state lull it In to iMtar.l I'tilnti Pacific property nt this AN ESCAPE l-RUSTRATED. Two Military Prisoners Make an Un successful Dash for Liberty. Sau Rafael, ug. I.i. Two military prisoners f'.'om Alcatiar., named. Ford and Hetty, members nfii pang en gaged in building n boulevard between Fort linker and South Huinulito. made n break for liberty at 1 1 o'clock yes terday morning. Overpowering the sentry ho was guarding them, the convicts seized hlf rifle anil ran for the hills, other sen tries started in pursuit and tired some ten shot! ut the ruxllives. The buhets whistled over South Sausiillto to the ront'-rtottion ,,f many residents who feared to be shot. Sud denly Betty threw up his hands and fell to the ground, ns if wounded, ami Ford stopped also, nailing for his pur suers to corn- up. It was found that Betty had not been lilt. Inn had fnllen In order in put a stop to the galling fire of the entrl :. Both convicts were taken under fcinr.d to Fort Baker. The rifle which th-y h.l taken from Thomerson was round In the brush, where they had thrown it. Mtir She Didn't Write. There Is no reason why every per son who has the knack of clever ami easy expression should "rush Into print." and the remurKa'dy bright wife of I-'rlrilrlt-h un Scblegcl, the Ccrninil writer and philosopher, evidently real Ixed this fuel. She vvn.t i-oiiHtiiiitlr bcinjj unsctl ley her friends ami nilimrrrs to write, but n smile was her it-uial reply. She thor oughly npiireelaied her hitslmiid' gen ius nml micccxs, but nee day when asked why she "misled" so much time knitting Instead of tin. Hug some occu pation more suited for her brilliant tal ent. She replied hh lill.v: 'l have never heard Unit there are too many stockings In the world, but I have often beard it suld that titer uro too tunny books. So It seem to tne It la more praiseworthy for me to knit n stocking than to write a book." Aud In Mils opinion her well cared for huMmml fully coincided. Nowport, Aug. -19. The Newport reaHng room, Newport's fashionable club, was the scene vt a suicide yes terday afternoon, the. hut chapter ol a romance that haa attracted atten tion for more than n year. Robert Redding Remington, who had .spired to the' band of Misa May Van Alen. the elder daughter of James J. Van Alen, and baa been rejected, shot himself In tho bead with n 37 caliber revolver. Dearth' was' almost instan taneous. There were two wounds. The bullet, that ended his life entered the mouth and penetrated tbo brain, The suicide took place III a quiet room of the clubhouse when- but few were present, aud those tcjv were seated on the plaza some distance away, Remington went to tho clubhouse about 1:3" c clock and called for the dally papers. After ionising them n little while on tho piazza he proceed ed upstairs to a pail of the building which Is not occupied a great deal In the summer time, lie bad not been there very long when two shots were heard. Daniel H. Fearing, a member of the club, was tn the clubhouse wlthon or two other gentlemen, and they heard the pistol reisirts, but did not attach any significance to them. Some min utes later the barber of the club, over whoso room the library Into which, Remington went is located, appeared and asked in regard to tbo plato shots. It was then decided to make an Investigation, and the gentlemen on the piazza, with Mr. Fearing and his companions, went to the library and found Remington dead tn tbo floor. Near bis side was the 38-caU' ber revolver with which the deed wa done. The lace as covered with blood from the wound In the forehead, and crimson stains were on tho cheek from the blood which ooaled from tho mouth. The acet lent end the curious and ut the saMe time pathetic attempt of ntnn with little means -and an un bounded ambition to shine in society. 'or years Hemlngton had been n for tune hunter, aud bis last attempt fail ing, ho ended his exlsteuce. .-The im mediate cause of his suicide was the breaking off by Miss Vuu Alen of the ngagement which had ' existed ' be tween them. This took place some months ago, but the fact did not leak out until last week. When the an nouncement was made Remington nt once stated that the relations of him self and Miss Van Alen remained un changed,, and that their marriage would take placo In the fall. Shortly after the. suicide word was sent to Mr. Van Alen of Remington act, but .., was some time before the news was broken to Miss Van Alen, As a reaiui of it she is prostrated, and the attendance of a physician has been necessary all evening. aro in ui noes day ana night nine Thursday waa Another Indication of 111- no, l a nans were not. veiled, but It la generally known that they are nursing tbo man who has many time befriend,, thorn and thoir Institutions. Tbo knowledge of the people of hot- otto la tnat Schwab Is going away somewhere. His destination will be kept n secret, and be will do nothing but seek lealth until his nerves hav been restored to their normal t-oudl tion and hi mind fully relieved of the great strain resulting from so many business cares. Business associates. It Is said, hav not been soon during tho past two days. Mr. Schwab baa been directed by bis doctor to rid himself of all business car, and he la obeying th order religiously. Inquiry among the people of tbo town who hav con versed with tho Schwabs fully corro borate tbo story that ho Intends to re tire from active business life. His friendJ. however, deny that if he leaves tho United States Stoel corpor ation It will be at the dictation of any person other than himself. Now York, Aug. It. 'l ho retirement of Charles i.. Schwab from the pros! dency of tho United State Steel cor poration la now ci mmonly accepted s determined nix n. notwithstanding recent official denials nod present re luctance In official quarters to confirm the report. President Schwab's Impaired health Is the reaion for this action. In well Informed quarters It in believed that his retirement wilt bo follow- by ox tensive cl in tbo membership of the organisation.. The succession to tho presidency Is n matter of surmise only, and If It has been decided no information can be bad on the subject. Tbero are many position of cuolc in. tho United States steel corporation being held by persons who are there on arreunt of personal ties with Mr. Schwab and who remained with th corporation from n devotion to. his. Interests, grow ing from former association in tho Carnegie company. It has been reported that tho presi dency would pass to Jabo Gayley, tho nrst T'ce-proaldont of th corporation. Othor rumors hav pointed to H. 0. Frlck. . M0R08 ARE TROUBLESOME. I OABTOIIIA iMntU 1 M Hindtoi Hav tin m Bjfjjl SifTMtsr ' of , l!timlm Hav lm An Active Campaign In Mindanao Advised by Chaffee. Manila, Aug. 19. The Moroa In Mindanao are renewing their attacks upon the outpost and naek train the American columns of Lake I.anao, which la tinder the command of Cap tain J. J. Pershing of the Fifteenth cavalry. The American have success fully repulsed the Moro attacka and have suffered no losses. The commanders of tho American forces in Mindanao report aggressive action against the Moroa to be neces sary, and asg permission to move against Barn led and other strongholds of the hostile Mohammedans. There aro about limit) American soldier In Mindanao available for the desired ag gresslve movement. Washington, Aug. 19. A cable dis patch from General Chaffee states that in his Judgment an active campaign against thp Moroa in Mlndanuo la necesary In order to curb the opposi tion that has been growing against United States authority. General Chaffee, who Is now In Mindanao, has been directed to use his own discre tion In the matter, and will no doubt engage in an aggressive movement. againt the Insurgent Moros. SCHWAB AtlCK MAN. 8 tn-1 Magnate Said to .Be Losing Hi Mind. - Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 19. A special to the Pittsburg Dispatch says: President diaries M. Schwab of th 1' lilted States Stm-I coriHiratlon haa accepted the advice of hia physician and decided to reft re Indefinitely from active business life, It will leave America to seek some quiet nook In n foreign strenuous life he haa led can reach mi. Tin Information I authen tic Dr. Golden never leaves th Schwab home, and the exact nature of hia pnimtieiita condition cannot b learned from him. Schwab la not con fined to his bed. but spend much of his lime on the wide veranda which afford fresh air and n sweeping view if the mountain lli. II I always With his wife or his parents. The strange part of Schwab' ill ness Is that he Is always within view of those who call at hi house, yet he will not allow any person to approach him. Heretofore the visitor to th Schwab .innie was gretted with n hearty web time and n vigorous hand shake. Now tho visitor I met nt the entrance and told that bchwab cannot be seen. Intimates of th family re ceive the same message, and no on has been abk tn converse1 with Presi dent Schwab since ho came bach to bis home. The people of this town, who atai call him "Charlie" because of their early and Intimate acquaintance with him. are discussing hi proapecttv do lurture. They know he I a aich man. and are relieved that a will spend possibly a year la an effort to regain bla health. Th preoeac of sister belonging to th oVder of Mrcy waa ' Chimney Fll on rlr. . San Francisco, Aug. l. Mrs. Wil liam Es.er of 215 North avenue, th wife of n barber, wa struck on th head and seriously if not fatally In jured laat night by th falling of a brick chimney frcm tbo roof of th building at 020 Market street Her In- Cant daughter, which she carried In her nrma, aljo received alight scalp wounds and severe cut under tho left eye. i no mother and baby were taken to the Central Emergency - hospital, where tha physicians entertain but alight uopes of tho mother' recovery. The- accident was caused by tho loosen ing of n large Pythian emblem, sus pended by n network of wires over Market street. Tho wires which held tho emblem wore attached to a brick chimney. The cnimney which waa evidently Insscur. gave way and th brick and mortar crashed down upon tho woma-i and her child a they wore walking on tho street. Cholera Spreading In Manchuria. St. Petersburg,. Aug. 19. Cholera continue to spread In Manchuria, and Isolated caaes hav bn reported In Siberia outsld of Blagovatchansk, where It ha n Arm hold. Up to th last report thsre had bn 274 cases ind 179 doatha at Blagovetchensk 14 cases and 285 deaths at Port Arthur and thirty-three cases and twenty deatha nt Dalny. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been la one for oyer SO jean has borne the signature of and has been niauo under hia per sonal supervision since its Infancy. ' " Atbmrno nna tndemlve vnn In thl. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-gootl" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of -' Infants and Children Experience agalnitt Experiment. What io CASTORIA Oastoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil Pare goric Drops and Soothing- Syrops. It is Pleasaut. It contains neither Opium Morphine nor other Karcotio substance. Its age la Its guarantee. It destroys AVoruia and allays Fererishnesa. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind - Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, curett Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, retilutei tho 1 Stomach and Bowels giving healthy and uatiurul Bleep . The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. CBNUirsB CASTORIA ALWAYS Sears the Signature of si The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TN CMTAVH MMMSfV TV M MM HAV STTKCCT. MCW VOHH rTV. PARK AND WASHINGTON, PORTLAND, OREGON I The school where thorough work is done; where the reason is always given; where confidence is developed; where bookkeeping is taught exactly ss books are kept in business; where shorthand is. maA miv whom tvnmnnshin It at its best! where hundreds of i ' T ' rtlinl Tncs. Tliur. Sat . . .r . ..., r J Ihillo Muu. We.1. Fri DOOK Keepers ana stenograpners nave ueen eaucaieu ior success in INTERESTING FACTSs- Wlirn people nre rontvin) Jaling a 4r!) ' ln-tln r ou jiiFims tn .li-suiv,tlier n.-ilurally kiiiiI tlie U't srvku kH laiualilp ko Tar as KjiOftl, tvinfot aul sjitoir is iimtcriuij. Fir. plover o 111 ViMniiii Ontrui l.iinn sin i li &wve the ptiMic oi: our trains sr-iM-ralt'd so as tn m.ik i-lw lunnri- - lion wild tlivwjjinir lines st all juncl , i'p Kiiuts, " 1'iillman Pulace Sleeping and Chair Can on through trair.''. Dining Cur teivto unexcelled. SleaSi serreil s la Cartp. In nnlrr In obtain lliis fir-t i-la's Her tic ak the ticket agent 't si ll you n ticket orer . - THE WISCONSIN CENTEAL LINES. Direct conned ions at Cliicaro an I Mi); aukee for all Kaslern point. . , . For full informal ion rail on your n. urt.t ticket at'ent. or wiilw ... J as. C. Pokj, - nr Jas. A.'Clocc, in n. 1'us. Aki., Iioneral Auenl, Milwatikee.H in. '-Mil Murk Collar Line. PORTUND-JSrORIA Route. Sir. "BAILEY GATZERT" Pally Hon ml Trips except Sunday TIME CARD 1-eavo Poi tlan l . . . Leave A-toii:i . i a. ra. .7 p- n. HIE DALLES PORT- LAND. ROUTE STR "TAHOMA" AMI "METLAKOl" Kctneen Portland, The Dalles . Wnj Point. I'aily 'I rljn Excei t Suuiluy. TIME CARD Sit, "Illinium" I.v. I'ortlan.lMon. tyd. Fri.7 Lv. Dalles Tain. Tliur. Sat. ! 7 Sir. "Bonitu" and life; where thousands more will be. Open all the year. Catalogue A. P. ARMSTRONG, LL. B., PRINCIPAL i. a. .7 a. ni. m. To Lav Londen for Th Hagu. London, Aug. 1 Archbishop Rlor dan of California and Garratt Me En erny of 8an Francisco ar at th Ho tel Cecil. They expect to go to Th HajruA on Friday to lay tn claims ol the California nrchdloc la relation to the nloiis fund before th hoard ot arbitration. Nat TeoTluirT A congressional candidate tn explain ing a political proHMltlon to an. audi enc tola a story of n neighbor of bis who waa better equipped mentally 1 1m n hi friends believed. "This fellow." said the speaker, "was rcgnrdeu as half wilted, nnd a guard Inn was appointed for hiui and his property. Bom time after he sold horse to a neighbor, and th neighbor discovered that the animal b secured waa linlky, vtclon and utterly worth less. 'The neighbor saw the half wltted fellow and demanded that the bargain lie revoked and hi money refunded. but the other laughed at him. l will have your guardian after you, b threatened, 'and will tell him bow you have swindled me.' 'Hut the half wltted on wa not worried. - 'My guardian will not car,' he asserted. I1 waa appointed to see that other did not swindle ui and not to e that I did not swhidl other.' That closed the argument. A rabea Heart. It appear that It I quit possible for the heart to break. People who die of broken hearts, no called, do not ac tually succumb from disruption of the structural arrangements. In this re gard the phras la a misnomer. It Is generally -applied to popl who die owing to linens mental suffering, from blighted affect Ions or the loss of friends. Thackeray haa aald that no man ever ilie of a "broken heart" In hi love affairs, ami It I very certain that In tlii respect th term ha no actual raeanlug. Th heart, however. doe physically breaf. either from sud den shock or from overstrain. A captain on a vessel who badt out to marry a lady, on reaching hi destination wa abruptly Informed that su had married, ami the man fell to th ground and tiplred. Th heart wa discovered to be literally rent Into two piece. Again, an Instance I on record of a boy, very wrong and heairhy. who, In attempting to raise a sheaf of corn, fell dead in th effort, la this Instance th postmortem discloaed a larg rent a tb heart. Th sudden propuisloa of blood upon tb left ventricle, which I th hardest worked port Ion of th heart and where the rupter generally take place, force the tissue asundsr. hawked Met a Ll4jJMn rowa hj wbe fptepaj Instinct were remarkable one ' day hatched a goose's egg and became the mother of what eventually proved to be an abnormally large gander. The little ben wa Immensely proud of him and paraded him about before ber neigh bors with brood of chickens with tba air of a mother who bad gone one bet ter than any of them. Every night she conducted the gander to the corner of the barn where ber nest bad been, and, bopping on hi back, she would spread B. P. CORNELIUS, Auctioneer, Hillsboro Oregon I offer my wrviuos to citizens of 'III COllntV til K'll D-imit,:. mrlu.l;.n ur wiug over as niucii or mm as sua rnn CIlltttclH nt piililie vendue. could cover, brooding over him as in i bla gosling days. . I On evening the. gander wa given torn spong cake soaked in sherry, and, strange to say, be became so dis gracefully intoxicated that when his littl brown mother came to take him to bed be waddled unsteadily beside ber, bla wing banging at bis side a be mad feeble peeks at her, uttering a maudlin sort of cackle. This seemed to be more than tb little ben could stand. Sh walked with ber Inebriated son to th barn, then left blm, and he went to tb henroost, and from that night ah never took tb faintest notice of blm. Dtsamste. When King Edward visited Burton, a attended service at Rangemore church. An old lady, close upon eighty years of age, .who lived many mile away, thought ah would Ilk to ace th king and presented herself at tha church. She waa greatly disappointed on oeing tola that the church was al ready lilted and became highly indig- nanc. 'Look here," said the old lady re- proaenruuy to one of the clergy. "I jiu t neen to 'oiy worship for close on sixty years, and now, when I 'obblej all this way to see the king, t ain't ad. uiltted. Bab! I'll give up being reli gious." Birmingham Post Eatlaa- la Old Tlsses. The Roman took their meal while tying upon very low couches, and not until th time of Charlemagne wa a stand used around which guests were seated on cushions, while tb table only made it appearance in the middle ages, bringing with it benches aud backs. The Greeks and Romans ate from a kind of porringer. During a portion of the middle ages, however. slices of bread cut round took the place of plates. The spoon Is of great an tiquity, and many specimens are In existence that were used by the Egyp tians ao early as the seventeenth cen tury B. C. Th knife, though tery old, did not com Into common use a a table utetw ail until after the tenth century. Th rora waa absolutely uukuown to both (i reeks and Roman, appeared only a a curiosity In the middle gesnnd wa nrst used upon the table by Henry III. Hrinaiug cups - in th middle ages made from luetul. more or less precious. according to the on-tier's mean natu rally date from the remotest age. ! will attend nil salca Itinera Mciflrd upon rrreivinir re- qorucfit to do so. ('Iinrgvi reasonable.' jBrTliis Kouie bus the Gran Jest Scenic Attractions on F.nrlli. MEALS THE VERY BEST Linding ami Oflicft: l oot AMor Ktreet. Kc.h PIioiich, Main 331 POIiTLAXI, OREGON. JOIISi M. I ILL0.IN, agt The Dalles A. J. T.I 1.0 It, ujft Astoria. J. V, H VAT r. a't Vancouver. ' i-j, .... u ' "ii as n i r. UN, agla White Salmon. i. J. Li t hKV, agUliood River. Butler, Wash. Stevenson, IIESBV 01.MSTE.U), Carton; Wash . W. t'HIt II I'OX, ngt Portland WJI. Ill I.EI, J0llt M. TOTTO.V, I '" " -trvft.-..-... - , p, ,-YitlMrmii-iTirasaissnrrss.a FT A Bureau i Information The Purlin on ti.itpt ofiite in Portland is rt veritable Bureau oi In jrm.nion fjr Ita-.c-lers a j l v!., is W c-W learn iht it will c.t to r-r.-!i ANY j-oint in Amerir.-i or Furope; how lunr; tl-.-s trip will wVe, ttil what there is to sec on the w iv. II yon are figuring no rq cir rcrn frlp .in-p get full iiaforimtioa, or. if 1...1 pief-r, vi a-j u.- .i; Omahar Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louia hhj . KVCKYWHERE beyond. I A. C. SiiRt.no, Cenerjl Aijpni Cor, Third and Ktark Sta . I'jitl ui 1 Ji". .5 Sr. Mstcalf Rnminattd. Oakland. Aug. !. Victor H. Met alt wa unanimously choj as th llapublican nowiue for cougrs frui th Third district yesterday. twItMrlane Jodg Mt Tragi Death Xermatt, Bwitierlajid. Aug. U. Tb body of Dr. Largtn, chief Justice of th Berne court. aa yesterday found at the bottom of a precipice of M ount ttaao, waluk k cilMihed Ut Saturday. THREE COLLEGE COURSES - CLASSICAL, SCIEJITIFIC, LITERARY PACIFIC UNIVERSITY - The Academy prepares for College and flices a thorough Kiuilish Education, the test pre paration for teaching or business, penses ccrii loir. Board and rooms a the Ldie8' Hall $?1 to $4-per tcrek, inclu.lin flectric light and heat. THE- OCLLEQE DORMITORY Under exoi.tnced management, ;rcil' fur nish rooms end board at cost on the club plan, not to exceed $1.00 For fuil pai iculars, address PRESIDENT McCLJUAMD, Forest Crorc, Oregon
