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:; TUW EVENING ' jpTJItNAlW PORTXAST), OREGON WEDNESDAY. APRIL n 23. 1902. i 4 - -' - t Celebrating His Birth ; 368 Years Ago. . STRATFORD-ON-AVON. April 23. '. fhe silver-toned bell of Holy Trinity , Church began to ring at sunrise thl , mernlng, reminding all within hearing ' that in this quaint, town, far . from the, t ruth and crush of the busy world. was born, S6S years sgq, "England's supreme r : tenia. "". ' f-t- J An impressive ceremony was held at th church thin afternoon, when we ' mayor, the trustees ,..f Shakespeare ' birthplace, members, of the Shakespeare ' Club, and varicts. deputations from - Schools came to lay thejr floral tributes en the grave. ' -' The vicar received each , wreath eep- arately from the donors and set them In place while the organ played "The '3gend of the Avon and the Light of ' Love," the traditional melody said to ; ' nave been Shakespeare's favorite song. Tonight the play, V "Twelfth Night." vokes special interest on account of the ' appearance of 'Miss Ellen Terry and . others players of note. LET US SEE. ' ' y (Journal Special Service,! i INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., ; April, 88. The organisation of a majority of the KM electric lighting companies ' of Indiana ' Into on association probably will r ' suit from the conference being held at . the Denlaon today. The association will not lie in the nature, of 4 trust, but will - be simply a mutual organisation for bet tering the condition of the business. v j MINES AND MINiNQ. Resumption of work will be commeneed at once on the Bonania West, near Ba ker City. j i .-.;-' ' ' The " Bussing placer mine ' on Beaver rreek. in Eastern Oregon, are attracting v considerable attention. A strata of very rich garvel has been struck'. " . . -cV -' t . - .. : The Hoosier Bejy' Mining Company i making plan to Install IS additional tamp hi their mill on th Prairie Dig glngs mine, of the Prairie City district The Oem Consolidated Gold Mining Company.' with a capital atoek of $1,000, 000, has been Incorporated at Union, Or.. ' JTh mining property la at Sparta. - - Newt from x the Badger mm In th Eastern Oregon geld field is to th ef fect that a fine strike has been mad on the 400-foot level of the property. A con siderable quantity of S6S or has been opened up.- si. x . ' i ' E. T. Schuler, a catUe king of East; ern OregbC "report a irlljdrtcovery "Of. a copper ledge on Snake river, near the. . mouth of the Imnaha, , The strike ha ; caused 'Intense excitement - " ; Several gentlemen of The Dalle,' who compose .the Combination Gold Mining . Company, located eight mil from Sumpter, are feeling 'elated over reports recently ; received from Louis Ostland,: who la superintending, the development, work. Hs report having struck alls foot ledge, from which or baa been taken that assay $2M0. SOCIAL NOTES. 1 The ade Mecum Club will -give a dance on the evening of May I, at Hurkhard Hall. Mrs. James Kohn and daughter. Mis . Sara,' have returned from a tx-tnonth' visit' to relatives in San Francisco and New York. ' Portland. . They are at home at The Mrs. W, T. WiUUmson, of Salem, Is visiting relatives In the city. Mrs. F. F. Rogers has returned from a visit to San Francisco. , Th Olrl,' a new dancing club, will give their Initial dance Thursday even ing. May 1, at Parsons' Hall. Th pa tronesses will be Mrs. Batehelor, Mrs. ; Hilton and Mr. Forbes. The 'Academy Club gave a 'delightful dancing party Jast Friday -evening at " Parsons Hall. The Patronesses- were Mrs. 8. E. Mulford, Mrs, L. L. McAr thur, Mr. W. D. Fenton and Mi Mor cross, i : i . . i 'ROUND TOWN. The members of the Congregation Ahaval Sholom. are planning a monster excursion to Astoria on June 1. Mrs. Conde Hamlin, of St Paul, Minn., will dt liver an address before the Civic Improvement League, Frldiy evening. April 85. a t f First Baptist 'Church. Watson's Restaurant, open nights to 1 a. m. - A public recital will be given by the pupils of MIsb Kenning, M)hs Higgins, Mis Penrll and Mrii.. Hidden, this even ing it St Helen's Halt ' y "PoliUcs of Today" was tho subject un der discussion at lust night's meeting ot the Afro-American League, which took place at the club's room at 2614 Ever ett street . .. Portland Club. Fifth and Alder. Finest lunch in. city. ' - Portland Club, Fifth and Alder. The Chamber of Commerce received a letter from Captain John Ramsey Gordon, master Of the steamship Strathgyle, com plaining about the pilotage service at the : mouth of the Columbia River. . . . EIGHT HOUSES NEAR STEEL bridge on payment of-US to' 125 per month, at low prices. Houses on Uth and Kearney, "West Side, j for tl50. at IIS per month. 14-room double house, ,' North 'Portland, for 185u, at tSO per month. I bouses on Lower Altiina oar . line, for 11150... Choice bosses on East and ift Sides. Also choice arm - ' lands. 35 choice lots at Slst and t-'lln. Jo?k.at eaulu at tSperonomth. ..Lot in ,ioveraai,,- m ecnf at 3 per montlt. Lots In Highland Psrk, ITS -- each; at 13 a month. Lots near Woodlawn - i each, 2.o0 a month. Lots in Southwest , ' month.. Apply to owner, ,W. Reldt, room ': j. Washington block, th and Wash ington. f;..:a: , ."'V.-S" ii'i' -r-r; .,: ' PEA jDAY'SiOIPATCHES HELENA, Mont Jam Noonan,' who has lived to Helena U or years was arrested resSerday on the charge of hav ing committed 1 a murder f In Preston Township, Fillmore , County, ; Sffnni, 2 year ago. "He denies that he 1 the Noonan wanted. H1LLSBORO, Or. The mohair wool grower of Washington County, have formed a pool similar to that formed in Polk and other counties of the state. Th .pool will .fee offered for sale Saturday; April 28. COLVILLE. . Wash. The grand Jury of Stevens County has returned two Indict ments against J. E. M. Bailey, Prosecut Ing Attorney, of the county, charging him with perjury and Illegal collection of fees. It charged that Bailey used a railroad pass, but also bought railroad tickets, charged them to the county, then sold or gave them away. It I also charged that hie collected ,n excess of lawful fees in a criminal case and pock eted the money. JEFFERSON, Or.-A bullet from the gun of t; hunter crashed through th dining-room window at th home of Mr Frank Epperly, lodging in the fleshy part of her arm.. A painful but not dan gerous wound resulted. -ASTORIA. Or Ex -Mayor Isaac Berg man has been nominated by the Cltlien' convention for County Judge. . WASHINOTON.-,Evldenee In the case of Clarence W. Ids of , Spokane, Wash.,' of attempting to bribe, a .legislator to vote for" a United 'States Senator, Is' In the hands of the President If the latter considers y the evidence of sufficient strength he will withdraw Ide's nomina tion for Collector of Customs for the dis trict of Puget Bound. , SPOKANE. Union plumbers employed by Contractor 8. E. Johnson have struck because he refused to pay $5 per day on a 'contract taken before March L The Carpenters' Union will not support the plumbers. ' '. STATTON, Or. Andrew Horner, In de fault of $300 ball,, ha been committed to the Marion County Jail' for giving liquor to minors. ? Horner' horn was across the river. In Linn County, but the law was violated In Marion. RAILROAD NOTES. ; The passenger department-of th O. R. A N. Co. baa Issued a circular which Quotes tb.sam excursion rate a those put In by the transcontinental lines for the annual fnseting of the National Ed ucatlonal -Association at Minneapolis, July 7-U. ; ;A pamphlet ha been sent-out by th Columbia Southern bearing the title of "Ten Thousand Free Farms," which call th attention ot settler to lands along th lin of th company which are tn market. A considerable space is given to data from t Sherman County, which has already been' printed by The Jour nal. 'it'i 4 v --, Chairman R. R. Cabe of the board of directors of the. Chicago, Rock Island Pacific, say. that hi company will mak a Western extension of the line from Denver. He denies any Intention to extendtbrough to .the Coast, slnoe he ays that the existing traftto -arrange otent of hi company with the Southern Paelnc roldde "the necessity forA; do- Th Great Northern passenger depart ,tnent at JBt.vPa.ul ba iued a calendar of heroic dimension which can be read at distance without the aid of opera glaa.es.! At In top is a profile view of a segment of th earth' circle. Red lines Indicate the Great Northern road. Ad vancing to meet it from the Pacific 4 a' great teamer from th Orient' with a. glittering headlight ,At th Eastern ter minus is a whit steamship, which con nects with the line and carries passen gers and freight to ports on the Great Lakes, via the. Bault Ste. Marie lock. CHURCH NEWS AND VIEWS. A circular ha been received by nearly every parish in Italy which draws atten tion tp th prevailing practice of the Eastern church, where priests must be married and yet are enabled to carry' on their work with the ''utmost vigor. " French protectant missionaries of Mad agascar have opened a "pastoral school" for th education of native evangelists and teachers. , Methydiftt are planning f or a bicenten nial celebration of the birthday of John Wesley, which, will occur June , 1903. The Churchman think that while "bap tising" by breaking a bottle of cham pagne on a ship' bow may be called a foolish custom, it is "straining at a gnat" to call it an irreligious one. Peacock flour for aale at all grocers. .... City Indebtedness. Six years ago the debt of "Chicago was $17,7(10,000: now It Is 126,700,000. Six years ago the debt of Buxton was $35,000,000; now it Is $56,000,000. The debt of Cleve land was then $6,100,000; now It is $9,800.- 600. The debt of Kunsus City then, $900,- .OOo, in. now $4,500,000, Buffalo owed $11, WM,000; now It owes tl5.000,m Ietrolt has lnereSs-d it debt In the same period ront'"4,100.00O to $4,700,000; -Denw, from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000; Indianapolis, from $1,900,000 to 13.000.000; Louisville., from $S.SOO,000 to $Si,800.000; New Haven.' from $2,400,900 to $3,500,008:-, Pittsburg, . froni-1 $S,4W,000 to $10,600,006; Hartford, from $930, OOft.to $3,000,000; Jersey City, from M.wo.oos to $16,300,000; Providence, from ,$ti,000,060 to $14,000,000: Salt Lake City, from $2,400. 000 to $3.46v,, and Worcester from $2,500,000 to $6,000,000. New York Sun. - . .' " - w '. - ''Get your Title Insurance and Abstracts to Real Estate from the Title Guarantee it Trust Co.. .Chamber of Commerce. Butter Lower Skamokawa and MtVHood i Best Creameryt 45c. Good croamerr butler ....... ...40c Dairy butter !. ...M'""35o and 40e Fresh ranch eggs, t doien..,. ,35c Half cream " cheese- , ......... j. .... .10c SO" lbs. lard, compound,T..... ....... .$4.75 i3est;Msm.....;...V....: L Grande Creamery 264 Ysmhild THE MARKETS ' - - The grain market is stronger this morn ing, a alight advance being 1 noted all along th line. Walla Walls 1 quoted at Veents; bluesfem, 6H cehts;; valley, 65 ceas. -A small change is also -noted in White oats. ' ;" Eggs are In better demand fbdajr, and as a consequence stiffening In price has been made, A large number of shipping orders sre being received,' th majority of them being from the Sound and Alas ka,. On the Alaska orders as high as 17 cents is being received without any' dif ficulty. -Locally, eggs are quoted at ll knd 16 cents, , roost or the sales being made today at the lattef Bgure. ;f ' Th receipts of poultry Is fair, but de mand continues extra good, and.th mar ket keeps about cleaned up. Quotations remain the same. ' ' Butter Is again weaker, but no change ha been made in quotations. Most of the creamer sales are being made at, 10 cents. . ... i .''''' On account of the opening of lake nav igation in the East and the cheapening of freight rates, a decllna has been reported in package coffee. Arbuckle' is quoted at $11.63 and lion brand at $11.13. No other changes occurred, today In the gro cery line. '.- ! . The vegetable market is still well sup piled with all kinds of California greens and a weakening In that 'line is noticed. Receipt of fresh meat continue very care in the local markets. , ,A alight advance '.was made on pork today. Re ceipts In the East are getting larger,' but no changes in quotations have been; no ticed. ' ' ' ' JOBBING ' PRICES. , ' GRAIN AND FLOUR. Wheat-Nominal: 'WaIIr Walla, , 86c; bluestera, 6tc; valley, ,Wc. ; , - Barley Feed, ttiM'J per ton. Oat No. l white. $1.151.20; ( gray, ll.ltfai.SO. ' ' Flour-Best grades, $2.)3.40 per bar rel: graham. JiWi W). MlllstulTs Bran, $17.00 per toot i mid Ollns, $19: shorts, $18 60,- Chop. $17.60. Hay-Timothy, HU13: f clover. $7.50 8; Oregon wild hay, $6'od per ton. . BUTTER, EOGS. POULTRY. , Butter-Creamery. 17200-; dairy. 159 KMic; store. viwai. Egg-15lc. Cheese Foil 4 t cresm. twins, usqfistic; Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.5o1T5: (hen. $&a$5.U) per dos: broilers, $3 dos; fryers, $4.1oih& dos: ducks. ItW.M) per dos:' tur keys, live, UVs'; dressed, 1416c per lb; geese. $641 7. W per dos. . . , i . , VEGETABLES AND FRUIT,' Potatoes Best Burbanks. $l.lCKu$1.50 per cental; Early-Rose, $1.251.76 per cental. Unions $U3.60. ? , Tomatoe $1.7f2 per crate' for Califor nia i turnlp,6Mi7fe; :arrot. &Sji7fc; beets, osen; ,ln Etc:, ereen onions. Ior.,doi. lSrWiOc: cabbage, per cwt. $11,25: irhubard, per box, -$1.7&&2;. Oregon rhubarb, So lb; arti chokes, per dos, &OCu76c; lettuce, head, per dos, tbe; lettuce, hothouse, per box, $1.7&i&2. . Green fruit-Lemons, $33.60; oranges. $3ii$3.&0 per box; bananas, .15J; pine apples. $o per dos; apples, 11.60162 per box; dried fruits, sun-dried,, sack or boxes, per pound, 4iS5c; apricot, UH12o; peaches, BSUc; pears, 6'ac; prunes. Italians, S'S 4c; fig2. California, blacks. 3v44c;..do whit. 6c; pliims, pitted, 66c. GROCERIES, NUTS. KTCY Sugar Cube, $4.60; i crushed. $4.60 powuered, $4.461 ' dry granulated, $4.36: sxtra C, $3.H6; "golden c, $3.76; beet, granulated, $4.80 per 100 lbs., sack basis: barrels, lUc; halt barrel c; boxes, ouu per loo lus., ubova basis; mapls,-lsautJc per pound. rrmi , cone mocnuv xoiu-oc. tmuKr, MUSK) nary Costa roast, ill: Arbuckle' $4.63 list;. Lion, ,111.13 list: Cordova," $1U5; Tpsemlte. $11. Salt Fine table and dairy, 50 per ack. 74c; Liverpool, T7c? Worcester, Hc; Barrels, Worcester, bulk,. UM lbs, W.75; bales 'it to 10s. per bale. $,10. Honey Fancy white, 14 16c; light am ber, 1214c: dark amber. 10l2o. Grain bags Calcutta. $0.12(8 6. Z8 par 100 for July-August . . . Nuts Peanuts, 61W4fl per pound for raw, S9c for roasted; oocoanuts, 860 to per dosen: walnuts, ! 10llViC per pound; pine nuts, 1012;' hickory nuts, Tc; chestnuts, $3.000.00 peer drum; Bra sll nuts, 17c;'tilberts. 15ia 16c: .fancy pe cans, l4fnWc: almond. 12Vi15e. : Coal Oil Cases, iiuc per gallon; bar rels. iOe; t&nks. 14c. ' ' , , . Rice, Imperial, Japan No. X to; No. t 4c; New Orleans, 67c Salt Coarse, half ground, 100s, per ton, $a18; 80s per ton, $a.0. T Beans-Small white. 34c: large white, Jc; plnfl. 2c; bayou. Stto: lima. 4c. HOPS. WOOL AND HIDES. Hops-13l4Hrtc per pound; contract, 12ool Nominal; Valley, 13314c; Eaatern Oregon. 6l2Vic. Sheepskins Shearings, 15020c; short wool, 25u.'"; medium wool, 30$a0c; cn wool, tfu911' each. Tallow Prime, per pound, 4ttc: No. 2 and grease, 2H'o 3c. HIlos-Dry hides. No. 1, 14 pounds and up, ltKSl&Hc per pound; dry kip. No. 1, 5 to, 15 pounds, 15c: dry calf, No. 1 under S pounds, 16c; dry-salted, bulls and stags, one-third less than dry Mint: salted hides, steers, sound, 60 pounds and -over, 89c; 90 to 60 pounds, 7H&8c; tinder CO pounds and cows, Tc; stags and bulls, sound, 60 3ftc; kip. sound, 15 to 30 pounds, 7c; veal, sound 10 to 14 pounds, 7c: calf, sound, under 10 pounds, 8c: green unalted. lc per pound less; culls le per pound less: horse hides, salted .each, fl.fi02 dry, each, $lf(1.50; colts' hides, each, 2650e: goat skins, common, each,. 1ii13cj An Sora. with wool on, each, 25cj8fc j Mohalr-22623V4c " MEATS AND PROVISIONS. Fresh Meats Beef, 7f 8ce pork, 77c: veal. 7'ifd': mutton, 8ie- per lb;dressed. QkWtc per lb- . lt: . Hams, bacon. etc. Portland pacs (VVentern) hams, 13c; picnic, Mlo )b; oreakfst bacon. 1416c lb; light Sides, Mlic lb; backs, UVt'tfUVio; dry salted sides, llV'l20 ,ui dried beef setts. ISc: knuckUs, ISc per -tt: Eastern packed hams under 18 lbs, isye: over 18 lbs. I3'4c fancy, 134", picnic lc: shoulders. 10c- dry wilted side, uiismokod, 11V4o;i breakfast hucon. Hic: bacon slde, 12Ic; barks, itnsmoked, lic; strtoked, 124c; '"sa lmon'-CColumbia L" Rfi'e'r; tine-pound tails, S1.S5'; twn.pound talis. f.,W; fancy one- pound flats. $2; H-Pound fancy flats ti:a; Alacka tails, 05c; twopound tails j oo. .. j.5 Lard Kettle leaf, 12?c; steam rendered. I2c; tierce umib '' Kveryoody like the Feocock flour be cause 'it la the best. . ' PROPOSALS FOR LUMBER. County Court, Multnomah County Port land. Oregon. Sealed bias will be received at the office of the Clerk of the .County Court for Multnomah County until 10 o'clock a. m., Monday, the 5th day of May, 1902. for furnishing and delivering lumber for re-' pairs of the Madison-street and Morrison street bridges. Spec! Ilea t ions for said lumber are now on (He. and may be seen at the office of the Clerk of the County Court. The successful bidder will be 'required Jt promptly execute a formal contract to be approved by the District Attorney of this county, and also to exeoute and deliver to the Clerk of the County Court a good and sufficient bond In total the amount ot contract price for the faithful .per formance of such contract. V All bids roust be accompanied by a r tltled check in the amount of 10 per cent of the bid. ,' The County Court resetye the right lo reject any and n 'fbida," -!'. C -.' .1 By, order of the County Courw 1- O. S WETLAND.- Cl. Portland, April 23, 1W2. v .. . ,'v ; Java, ;gooa, wtfec; Java, orai- Rica, good, 10lc: COsta Rica, v loti llio Dr Dound! uoiumoia JOINED iTlKE, SIAMESE TONS J lustitut to Get Bodies of a Product . of Kensington. ." A companion pair to 'the famous Bla mes twins was bora recently In th neighborhood of Fifth and York streets, Philadelphia, but thy unfortunately did not survive their n trance into th world more than a brief five minute. Dr. Hugh; P, , McAnlff was the attending physician, and through hu effort- th bcdlos of jthi twin babies will be turned over to tb Witer. lpstitH of anatomy, a the spSclmena of th most outlandish of Mother Nature's freaks, i The. Kensington twins are Joined .to gether; In precisely ths same manner as was th Siamese couplet The band of flesh binding them together ' about dv Inch In length, but through tbla band run vital blood vessels. The pair wr boys, well developed, their total weight being 1 pound, but they were dead when born Ib spit of the best efforts of the doctor,;" who wss assisted at the ac couchement by a trained nurse. .r Dr. McAnlff staUs that the mother of the twins weighs about M pounds and has already given birth , to several healthy children.. Bt request he withhold the' nane of, th, family. Among th phy slologlcal ;detf Ito-of the . case It. 1 tatad, that ft her Va-only one umbilical -cord' ond one1 placentar-for the plr.' J . 'SHHMSI BMSSMHMMSHM WONDERS DONE BY SURGEONS Remarkable Case's Described to Md t ;r- Icnl. Conference In Berlin. ; Among crlglnalltle of surgery describ ed at the session of the thirty-first con gress ' o.f th German Chlrurgical Asso ciation, was the reu of Dr. Tietse of Breslau.' who, having removed a sec tion of diseased bone from a woman's shin, pieced It, with a Joint from her great toe, thus preventing lameness. Dr. Ruth of Loubeck gave a demonstra tion of an appliance for administering oxygen with chloroform, rendering It pos sible to anesthetize weak hearted peri' sons. Other, surgeons confirmed, the ex cellent results' of mixing oxygen with chloroform. Dr. Reerlnk of Freiburg described suc cessful operations : en animals by patch ing stomachs wit pieces of Intestines. Six surgensfour German and two Frenchmen reported to the congress the discovery - of"it1f( ' cancer bacillus. . As each report was' quite different .from the others and as none of these doctors satis factorily demomtratad their discoveries, not much confidence was felt by the ex amining committee, Many experiments aa to, the origin of cancer are going on. Dr. Gluck of Bartln gave an exhibition or a speaking apparatus of his Invention,' which enables' patients from whom , the thyre-cartilage, or . Adam's apple, has been removed, to speak more or less dis tinctly. The apparatus works automati cally, by inhalation or exhalation..' Dr. Guck stated, that -in twenty case It bad worked well where the entire apple had been removed. One of the latter1 'was a man 74 years old.' He had successfully treated cancer of the throat In this way. Chicago. Inter Ocean. . Death of Talmage Creates a Vokl , .The. Re. T.'JOeWltt Talmag. wnft died in Wssnlnn7u'rdayrnlng, .was a national clergyman. His semen were readln homes yf, Call!omiaiwas wstt'as , Mairte; "in Oregori and i Floridi; , He had but one ' predecessor in this country's history Henry Ward Beecher and there does not seem to be another man Who ar ths present time, can take h( place. Undoubtedly there ar many clergymen In the United State who are ; deeper thinker and more thorough scholars than was Dr. Talmage; there'' are perhaps a score whose elocution would be consid ered superior; but wher 1 the one man with the magnetic attraotlon that form ed the principal characteristic- of the Gospel preacher who qas Just passed away? . ,;,' " Many critics have termed him spectacu lar and they were right, but this , very showiness brought him large audiences, to whom he preached nothing but good. He was the first man to" Introduce a cornetlst-Into' his choir at Brooklyn and from that day he courted 'the novel.' He made use of phonographs and did . not disdain having telephone receivers placerf near his pulpit; he recognised the power of the press and secured the co-operation of newspapers, all to the end that he became 'the best advertised, ma von the continent. . . ,' Dr.,Talmage will be; missed by a multi tude that will number in the hundred of thousands. St. Louis Chronicle. Women's Work is Never Done. How true the saying that one-half the world does not know how- the other half lives. It would be"'even.-:'fiore' true if the fraction of knowing 'ones was small er, much -smaller. Then, there is another saying that "men must work and wom en must weep." but It is far from the actual fact. Verily, : woman's work Is never done, and no man,. In office or en gaged in manual labor undertakes dally as many tasks ax does .the-mother of a family when she has not the money with which to engage other to, do the work fr-her, This "was never better illus trated than 1" a New York ,ourt recent ly. Tte Judge said: "Please, tell the court what you did 'between 8 and D o'ejock this morning,'-' and the witness, -.who was a woman, answered: "1 gave the two children their break fast, dressed them for school, made up their lunches, washed the dishes, made the beds, sorted the soiled linen and put It In the tulw, swept and dusted the parlor,, sewed a button or two on the children's clothes, Interviewed - the gas man', grocer und butcher, put off 'the landlord, and then"; j . .- ; "That will do. madam,'" interrupted the Judge. St. Louis Chronicle. NATURE'S ICE HOUSE." - - ' ' : Food For Birds Thgt is Preserved ji ,, the Arctic Regions. ; : The number of . birds ithat , go to the artlc regions to breed is vast beyond" conception.'. They go not by ' thousands, but by., tfen and humJedt of thousands, anil beoause Jiowhere else'ln .the. World does nature place such a lavish prodig ality 'Of food... ; ';i;.v'fe-JR '. The vegetarian consists t of icranberry," cloudberry, and crowberry I.busheS. and these, forced by the perpetual sunshine of the artlc Summer, ' bear . enormous f crops of fruit But the crop : is not ripe Zt had to wait untu It was rip tney. woutu starvs In the meantime, so they arrive on the very, day of ths melting of tb snowJ!, " ';,. . ' .''-, , But each year th snow descends n aa Immense crop . of ripe 'fruit before Jhe birdhav time to gather it. Xt Is tnu preserved perfectly fresh and pure, and tb melting of th , snow- disclose the bushes, with tb unconsumed last year crop banging on' them or lying, read to' b eaten, on the ground, i. r.;"?';""f' '-,: The f rosen meal stretches acros the breadth oU Northern Asia. It never de cays, and -H-' is accessible ths msmnt( the snow melt. The sarn heat which thaws th fruit brings into being 'the most proliao Jnsect Ufe -tn th. world-, the mosquito swarms on ths tundra. ' No European, can llvf there without a. VU after thejsnowmelu. The gun barrels are Black, wUh them, and clouds of them often obscure th sight. . Thus ths insect-eating birds have only to open their mouths to fill them with mosquitoes .and; thus Jh presence of swarms of cliff cBaff s, ptpls, and the was Ullslln thlartlo region -is aceuntod for. Cincinnati Enquirer , -: - ' B0QKS AND AUTHORS. Andrew Carnegie has In preparation a ; new book which will be a sort of sequel V to his "Gospel of Wealth.; ; It will be published about th miOdie ot April. The original manuscript of Stevenson'1 "Child's Garden of Vre"' has been of fered for sale at fl.600. It oontalmi som poem which are not In th published vblume. A collection of 105 of Charlotte Bronte's letters has been priced by th( Edinburgh owners, at $2,250. 'Another historical prince has been dis covered and pressed Into service by the Action maker. "-"This Is th scapegrac cousin , of Louis XV.; RInaldo D'EstS, whose adventurous career, furnishes the thread for a novel called "The.. Prince Incognito," by Mrs. Latimer. Mrs." Humphrey Ward has a new nov el In readiness., It will be published se rially la Harper's Magarine, beginning with the May issue. The. title Is "Lady Rose's Daughter," and the "story deals with a quite young girl who finds it im possible to reconcile her Ideals With the customs of British society as she finds It today. ,' Stephen Phillip's "Ulysse" I receiving very" flattering mention from the review ers. The author' effort to revive" the poetic drama, a shown in this work, in hi "Herod" and his "Paolo and Frances es" may not achieve a great popular suc cess, but it is much to his poetic credit that he dares attempt it, in this work-a-day age. People seem to be In doubt whether Frank Stockton meant hla recent' novel, "Kate Bonnet" for a satire on th con ventional historical novel, or tor a bona fide, competitor for honors In that class. W have his word for it, however, so far as that goes! that the amateur pir ate Is truly historical, and that he has tried to give us a faithful picture of the times,; s-T s.".-Jii.y r-1-': .'-i t?. - i m lltt 1 m ... ' (Archibald R. Cclquhoun's analysis of V. Clllnnlnn nh.KAtu In Vila "MftatarV J,orthe pacifle" M not very encouraging tbj those Americans who think that un furling our flags over the Island ,and establishing free schools will transform the Flllpplnos Into American cltlsens. He considers that the Intermixture of Chi nese and Spanish characteristics .with those of the Malay .makes a peculiarly hopeless combination. ANCIENT RAWHIDE TRUNK. Traveling Case Made in'1760a Valu able Relic In Washington. Washington. A local trunk dealer has lately secured possession of what is per haps the oldest and most remarkable trunk in the district' Thuf trunk was made in London in 1759 and, ; like all trunks of that early period, is not quit as large as a modern traveling 'or dress -ult case. It 1 covered with rawhlds, with the red cow hair adhering to the outside, ' although' worn away ' in places by age and long, usage: The corners and edges are strengthened and protected by strips of very heavy strap-Iron, rusty with age. The original paper lining of this trunk had evidently disappeared be fore 1S1, for tn place of the original lining appears a copy of ths old Patriot, and Mercantile Advertiser, published in Bal ttmore, Md, Thursday, February 4. 1819. It is quite amusing to read the columns of this paper that for the most part are made up of piping hot editorials denounc ing the British, personals about the' elite of Baltimore, a' few "grapevine specials" of what was then In progress In Europe (news, brought over by the masters of sailing vessels), and quaint old advertise ments of'prim negroes,'" Jamacla rum, flour, molasses,' and Madeira wine. ' This trunk came Into the possession of Miss Nancy Henderson of Baltimore along In 18D0, and . passed into the hand of her granddaughter, Mrs. Alrayra Gray of this city, In 1837. It I. perhaps, the oldest trunk in this city, not excepting th one used by George Washington, which .' now in the national museum. Asked to be Excused. This amusing story Was told. of the niece of Phillip Brooks, the famous divine: ' " "'" ' ' V One evening, a her mother was tuck ing her snugly in bed, a caller was wait ing. In": the pa riot-. He"motherAtold the little one to say her prayer and said that she would be back In a few minutes. ' ;vThe caller' stayed only; a short .time, and when the mother went upstairs again he asked the little girl It she had said her prayer. "Yes, mamma, I did and I didn't," ahe said. , "What do you mean by that, dear?" : "Wellj mamma, I -was awfully sleepy, so I Just asked God If be would not ex cue m tonight, and h said . "Oh, don't mention It, Miss Brooks. ' .' - ' . i. bet .Tinkens that my bicycle could go a mile a minute for SO miles, X won." ' "You don't mean to say that you rode that fast r . ' ."No". ' . i . t "Then how did you arrange ItTT "Why, I put the bicycle In the baggage car of a through limited." .. Have 'you tried Peacocn ..bard wheat flonrf Ihs Real Estate Situation IMiOVEMENTS Tb demand for rai estate; the flow of building permits; the sound of th barn met1 and ,the aa v show that thr . is somethIn"doin " sll oyer the city. Real estate men are hopeful and show that business is good with thsnv It Jsn't mere ly talk, lthen ' Th record bear them out in what they ay. A , -' Dr. K. A X McKensi wUl ereot a two storyfrains building on the northeast oorner of Davie, and Sixth streets. The ground floor has already bean leased, and will be devoted U store,, leases for which have already 'been signed. ' Lydla Carter wUl put up a $3,600 house on Union av-' hua between East Market and East Mill streets. At, a post of 4,SO0 Captain Bailey; will build two flats' on Tenth street be tweeaCoUege and Jackson, At ths south east, corner, of Seventh and Clay streets,' at a coat Of $4,000, Jull Marquam "Will have built ;k wo-storjf residence.-,- - - Tf!j mzrrr-r -, . FACTS THAT, COUNT, , Notable improvements ' are making ' In the alteration" of the Northern Pad flc city ticket offloe at, the tcoraer of Third and Morrison: The'cuttlng down' of 'the site of the Mason's Scottish Rite, Cathe dral near the High School is progressing finely. The earth has been removed down to grade and "excavation will follow The. Frank Schroltt , Company's factory ' at East Eighth and ' East Taylor is getting on famously.- It is Intended to complete It by "June V There are so many im provements going on in every direction that It is almost impossible to keep track of them . all, ,t . ZJJ--r,.ijli : -fe --i The record Of real estate transfers for the past tour day , shows:' Saturday, $),3o2; Monday,: $28,110.60; Tuday. $16. 10S.20; Wednesday, t4.$7t; total, 163,648.70, , The building permit for th same peri od ar as follows: Saturday, $14,5; Mon day, $4,350; Tuesday, $10,7W; Wednesday, $5,775; total,' tSt,7e;-': Through the Courtesy of Charles K. Henry, The Journal is glvsn some valua ble data. Mr. Henry has kept a careful record, ot building permits since January 1. These show for theEatt Bide: Janu ary. 1 to March 13, -72 permits of the -value of $lt.4O0; March IS to April 1, 28 permits of the value of $35,676, or a total of $1S0, 075 for 100 permits. For tb West Side, from January 1 to March 13, there were 50 permit Issued of the total value of $241,600. . - .. EA8T SID?. IMPROVEMENTS.1 Opinions of, some ot Portland's' promi nent dealers follow: Charles K. Henry "I have been selling more generally all over tjie city than ever before. Of course I eonfin myself large ly to -East Side property and consequently endeavor to keep better posted there than elsewhere. ' It Is a posRlVe' fact "thatthe larger majority v.of building permits I mean In number, not in amounts of val uation are issued for the Bast Side.. "According 6 my bbservatlon, I should say that .iha. greater amount of improve-. north ot East Ankeny and extending -as far out as the city limits. Prices are stiff, but they do not show a material rise yet over the prices prevailing a year goMore.-saJ .. .aya. belngfifitde now shaA ave WpreA?.; Jfii 1 "I notice' one feature 'of thw market that is ; somewhat. Interesting, T I have sold considerable vacant property for im provement tfll newjrcotee5,v from Idaho, Nebraska, North Dakota,' Iowa, etc. Some of these new-comers have been in PorUand fora:j!year(. living in rented houses. . They admlt the they like it so well here that they are glad to' live here permanently and thattsthe'redson they are buying' vacant ' Wts and putting up homes of their own.'" : ; i 1 . ON THE L)P-URADE. Ben. I. Cohen, s President of the Port land Trubt Company, said: ' . "in a general way I may say that w are now getting .he accumulated benefit of years of saving and that real estate will advance more rapidly- from now on during, the next 12 months. This Is true because real property has tehind it this accumulated force. .; . ' '.i'"' "There IS every Indication that Fort land will become a big city, and in all big cities tots-are more closely built upon than here, consequently the values per squaw, foot are higber.Y, , . " "T think the day li past wheAone can afford 'to give w fuH-'iied lot, 50x100 feH to build,, a cottage bpon renting for $12 a month. r- The tendency seems to. be to cover the lot' with buildings', and thus, by making an increase In rentaClncomes, to add very largely to the -Value , of the ground.; ',' '. ' .'. ' ,...' "IB addition there is a big immigration to Oregon. Portland has'' never yet out' grown the territory tributary to It and lust how the city Is growing fully ss rapidly as the country. Msny of the new-comers have money with which to buy property on a cash basis. All these various complicated causes make for higher price in Portland realty." ".' ; A petition l now In circulation for signatures for the improvement of East Couch, East Davis, East Everett, East K iUROOTES. Mr. " E.' t'J Caswell has filed suit in the State Circuit Court agalnat E O. Caswell and L. E. Caswell to recover possession Of five lots in- Peninsula: Ad dition. Which .she claims E. O. Caswoll, as trustee, had no right to sell to a third party -? : r ri-r , s t William . J. Wright was yesterday or dered to pay to Llssie E Wright, who s suing for a divorce, $35 suit money. COMTE DE ST. CHARLES - PALMIST, CLAIRVOYANT He tells your name, the object- of your visit and the month you was born with out asking you a ouestlon-.- He reveals the .mysteries ot the f ature.- and no mat- ; ,ter (now doubtful you . are, he will convince f you by his remark 'able revelations that his ' power Is su preme. : ' Full life reading. ,60o The Cosmos. 4tb and Morrison. En , trance, - itiihi Morri son. Hours, 10 a. m. ..to 8 p. m. daily and , Sunday, 7 .Kvx PROSPECTS; FACTS Flanders, Hoyv Irving, Glisan and Ore gon stree's, front the east line of Twsn.v- eigntn street . to ,ne easr une ' oi Haw thorn' First Addition. ' There is also one golnf th round for twrovemeots from East Twenty-ninth and Glissn to ths Sandy Road. Those inolude grsdins, ldwalks, swrs, water mains,, eta. , . . ':t: . , .' .': 1 '"' : ? QENERAL4MPROVEMENT.? . Knapp A Maxwell "We feel amased at the a Vilvicrai am wtnnInsV . T'hssras siaamei - IUf IJ BW mn- wwM not the slightest doubt but that' real es tate Is stiffening under the unusual de- constant movement. . There ' is a great aeai more oemg soia tnan nas oeen. saia before In many years. In Irvington. it seems to us, there perhaps Is. a greater evidence of Improvement than anywhere else on the East Bide." . : . - Mr, Maxwell declared that In a rest- ritnnn fiAr of mam thA.n 9(1 van he never saw so many changes or' so great an, im provement as that made within the. past six months In every part of the city. - . ' ,The Hawthorne isstate is one whloh Is . well worthy.of observation. The 20 blocks which It owns and which I bounded- by East Twelfth and East Sixteenth and by Hawthorn - avenue - and .East Yamhill show great Improvements... These, ar a. credit to the city, and it Is little wonder that lot are selling here rapidly.:' The sidewalk's bejng laid In this territory sur- rounding the whole 20 blocks, are pf ce ment The bouses, now, building on this , tract. are modern. and the equal, if ndf, th aunArior' to mnnv dtherft. . .1 Within the past six months there bsve , been completed, or .are now In course of construction on the Hawthorne tract 20 . homes at an aggregate cost of more than $50,000. . Contracts have been' let for 10 more residences here that will ha v an aggregate cost of more than $30,000. Haw- , thorne avenue is to be widened from East., Eleventh street to Twenty-first street to a uniform width of 70 feet. Hawthorne avenue, when this Improve- . ment Ms completed, will, with it easy grade, become doubtless, a favorite drive- -way. Hawthorne Park Itself Is a beautl- . ful place, and all the purchasers of prop erty in the tract have access to this park , where Nature has done so much and man so little. It Is an Ideal spot .for children - A condition of sale Of lots in this, tract provides that no house shall be erected that shall coat less than $1,600. end that no one shall be allowed to build mors than one house on a. lot 'Since this is so tns "part' of the city, when fully built up, ; will, 'present an attractive- appear ance, and it is unlikely that any archi tectural' freak will be reared to offend the eye of good, taste. EAST 8IPE PROSPECT8. M, EX Thompson "I am handling prin cipally property in Williams Avenue Ad dition, in , Upper' Alblna. This . addition was platted by the Portland Trust Com- . pany last Novemberf I -made the plat, 'whtefhtconj3'ts of $5 acres and contains 10 large blocks, with 2 lots to the block, .600x200. This property was taken up 'right out in the stumbs and brush. It xtepds from j v71Ulamys ayenue on. th -set to union i even uat on utne easBemai rot ut-eptHtrr'J ;" iont,6n theinorW.. did 4 tPt V o remove the stumps, but merely cleared way th brush. ' v We have awarded the contraots for. the improvement ot this tract which call ifpr the removal of 0.006 cubic yards o -earth in the way of grading, etc.,' and for the laying of a mile of sidewalks, A' natulan has been sent the Water Com- ' pany for main to serve the whole tract Negotlations) , are progressing with th , gas company to put , in gas main; 'A.1 large number ot persons, are ready to commence building as soon as the streets' shall have been graded and the water, gas and sewer plpee ehall have been laid. . '." ,".'',' "We have made a condition binding buyers who propose, to build in this ad dltlon. - For all lots between the east and. was HAitnriorv. llna In th hlftka South of Fargo street and extending to Morris street, it Is provided that no residence shall be erected at a cost of less than 11,000. On all lots north to Fremont no, house'. can be built that shall cost less! jyan $800. i . "Since November l.MasU there '' have ; been; sold In Williams Avenue Addition' about 100 lots, leaving 93 tots still on the market .These range in j) rice from $378 td $$00, but there are many that aire held 'at 5C00. These are reasonable at these nrlces. because they Include 'Improve ments.' i-''; ' f "Now as to realty in other parts of the city.' I And inquiry for desirable resi dence -property, in- every- direction. Take -lots at Woodlawn and at Portsmouth, for example. These are In -demand, and are being aold on a rising market In soma localities where one could heardty even give away a' lot a year ago, they are how ' selling readily. Great as tnb amount of building now Is, if the price of building: ' materials, plumbing, etc., was less ex pensive than they now are, there would be even a greater activity than Is now prevailing." " " Mrt.' Stocks Scientific Palmist, No, 205 Goodnough Building. , . ( Larsen iiie , ruiiiiibu ' If you want your hand r.-ad go to Lar- - sen. H will tellyou f or 60C what the , lines 1 iv your hand Indicate. Mr. Latsen' 1 an authonty on palmistry and is the - book clroulntlng alt over it he United r Stat of which th seoond edition I nww xhaunted. Mr. Larsen Is no faker, but a ' Student of human nature end a scientltio , palmist. ?, He Is located In the Allsky v Bulldlng, corner ' Third end - Merrtsoa -Streets. . - f ' ; ' - ' ',:;:'S i.;t:'' 35v -A