CONGER WIRES
fROr.1 PEKIN
The Ministers Are in Danger cf
Annihilation.
TREACHERY Of CHINESE OfflCMLS
American Troops PId Yoemen Service
at tbe Battle Between the Allien
and tbe Opposing yorees. f
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.Another
eabk-gram ramc to the Stati" Iepart
incut this a f term ton. from Miuister
Conger it t Pekiti, which 'is tlrt second
received direct from turn wince June
12th. It is the first which has conn
direct from the Minister nim-e the
nliove datt, tlie otler having iNt-ri re
cvlved thniugh Minister '.Wu., Ttslay's
telegram hov.s that the situation iu
Ike Chinese, capital Is of a very serbii
character; that the Ministers arc still
la danger froin tin Chinese troops, and
that their supplies of ammunition and
provisions have lsett reduced to a very
considerable exteut. So luqiortaiit
were the tdatements contained iu the
dispatch tliat a conference wa held
by wire Itetwecii several of the official
1 ten and the President at Canton, last
ing tor several hours. At its -conclusion.
-1 ha cablegram from Conger wa
luade public as follows1: ,
" "Ti Nan Vau'ii. Aug. 7. --Secret a ry
of-State. Washington; Still hosieged.
position, mow precarious. . t'hinese
Government i insisting on our leaving
J'ekiti. w lik U w uld In certain tkttit.
Rifh; firing ttjwm us daily by Imperial
troops. Ituvc abundant courage, but
little auimuuitiitn or provisions. Two
progressive Yanwn Ministers behead -
d. AH -oHMcc'cd iviih the .cgai:t.o
of lie- I'irtid Siate are well : the
present jiMHi'iil. tSignrdi Conger."
The cablegram raujc iu the otl'uial
cipher of ih. In -purl incut. It is check
ed by t!ie telegraph coiniuiiiy art liav
lug Iieen put i lie tvln-s yi I s4 A.iu.
a iargc city about eighty miles south
east ofTVkftf. on August 7th. The dis
patch readied the I tep.frf ment at 4:"it
p.m. That this dispatch will t i inu
la t; the energies of tire i vcru'mut to
ili utmost endeavor to. press forward
the advance in vcm nt toward Pekiu
in certain, for Ct nuer's ntewsage makea
It clear, that fur the Ministers to leave
Pekln would result iu their death. The
oflieiaN had l-en led to believe that
the condition of tiro I,egationcrs was
much improved, but today's advices
s how
a very dirt-rent aio t of. affair.
' t'lIAIT Hirs liKPnp.T.
VashUgiVn.! Any. 7.--The inf u iiia
tion which caiut toilay, that the Amer
ican tros wt're encased in batlh' at
IVi Isjina:. cstaltiishcd Hsiti-ct- f(i
tlie first time that, oot 'witsiandiug the
diMtculiies wliich t'eneral 'liahee had
t'licoimt'. mi --in debarking the :troops
and supplies, nt least a part, and a
considerable part of our force wa in
the vanguard of the forward uove
inent. tjcnt-tal t'hatTee's dispnich to
the War 1 e.u ,tii.-'..l ..!.! the
most s;itisfatiirj evidence tliat the
cominahders had thorotsgldy a.treel in
jolvaiKcup.ui a plan r action, and
that tlicrie is'eviny in.li. al ii.u that this
plan has beu folIoWie.I. as (,'eiieral
fhaffee on i'rlday sent a cable saying
tliat .'tin attack tijMui the t'liiiie at
Pel Tsang Would. I'h made Sunday, the
day when Admihil Kemey and' the
press ciH-rcstMMideiits say the .fighting
IWIITlil. '
(tc-tieral fhaffee's aiiiioiuiceiuent Mutt
the 'present objintive f the Inlcrpi.-
tiotutl col. nun is-Yattg Tsttn. is iuterJ
prMetl by the official nt the War
, part men t to , 'menu ihat this, point,
where; the river, railroad ami wagon
road ihet't. Is to 1n made tlw advanced
Kiso for th oterations ou l'ekiu. Tlie
Ninth and Fcirteenth infantry, lieily's
liattery and te marines were Intlie
batU td; 1M Ttang. It wjim this force
which, with the Japanese, lnire the
brnut. of tlie attack oh the left Hank,
which was to turn the enemy's isj
liou. , j
No light has yet' tieeti thrown ujhui
the Knliject ot whetln-r the c iutmanderH
of the Intvrnatioiial forns have agrni
tijM'ti a imiH.iinlcr. Ceneral ChafTn-'
UsiMitcIt Would seem to ind!-ale t li it
notK" had lieen aurced Uhi. Thisi
inovetncut was planned evidently by
'the commanders in a onfereice. and
the part which each command was t
play was agrevd iiimhi Jn advance. U
-is Hrba pni noteworthy ami ttignifteain)
that in this plan of attack nin liif
enemy at IVi Tsjitig. the Atnericaiiji
l'.ritlsh and Jap.inese were joined in a
- movement to turn th, enemy's flank;
while he Kussiays and French opciv
atd together m the opissit ?Jde of
t ho river against the enemy's lef.
This may Indicate the line of cleavage
aiiHng the allies, w hve general tlhs-n -Kious
were reiHrteI at Tien Tkiii. It
is - also ex eeditidy tdgniticaut that
eneral Fhatiee does not mention tlie
German tones u all. The War !
partnient ottieials tlo not Is'lieve that
this could have leen due to an over
sight n his part, if It was arranged
that they wen to participate in the
movement. It. therefore, teenis likely
that the tJermaos were wot eiigagel at
IVi Tsaug. It Is thmiglit itK8ibly that
they vould 1 acting independently.!.
The War Department recti veil the
following . caNcgrain from v tietteral
Chaffee: ., ,.- - . j
Clt Foo. Aug. 7. Adjutant llciwral
Wasliiugtim. Tkn -Tsio. August Stl.
CHifcrence totlay decided to give bat
tle on Sunday. Chinese are eutreuch
m1 vast awl west through IVI Tsang.
lJost of the Chinese are protectctl by
flooded grottutl, practically unassail
able. Japanese, Knglisli anil American
forces, alout lMn strong, will attack
the Chinese right, west of tle river la
Hank. Other forces, llussian, French,
uboHt 4M) on the opposite . side, 11 te
tween the river atwl tlie railrad. The
'hinese ssition
is apiwrenlty strong. ir(0sitSveI.r unexceptionable. Manlfest
tHW between IV Ilang hy, jt wa my duty to jupjK,rt that
Army reportetl
nnd ang.Tsun. or ertfssinjs of road to
Pel Ho. Yang Tiuug is the objective.
tur' force, 2kio amPbattery CtttDie
" mango arrived with the Sixth cavalry
which has ls-cu left at Tien Tsin for
.'''-'.. ' '
ttse guard of the city and arc awaiting
mounts.
ailnlstcrs
were safe on tnj
July.
Chaffee.
T ' SUNDAY'S BATTLE.
Ixunlon, Am?. 7. A special dispatch
from Shanghai, dated today, ays:
It I ivpM'tcd titat heavy lijjhthifr
tok plan; hist Sunday, east of I'ei
Tsuus. the allies -lostus -10O, of wbw
hiity-live were ltntish. V ' 1 k'i;
rThe Jaijan-ie artillery did splendid
wn io Iu the; face of a jrallin 'ld
! Tos?-lire. under which tuev. lost
lMMvily. . - - . ... . :
The t'hlnese were forced to rt'treat,
biit avft their srun.s. Their rear
jruard wai attacked , and practically
d)chnated."
i IX S4ItK
ShanKlial, Aujs
STIiAITS. ; '
7. Th" 4 a pa im-x?
eon.nl here receivetl, by wire today, a
message to the effect tint t the ftrei?:a
Mitdstert at I k In were wife ou Aug-
1st, but that, they expected a re
newal of .the attack by the Chinefse at
any moment. It was aiklel that only
twenty-Ure cartrklses ach. uimI six
days provisions were left. It was also
said tliat tin Japanese Secretary had
dk'd'uf l.ls woatiils.
McAUTIILTi HAY L.1JAD.
IXew Y'orfc. A tiff. 7. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Iihdon, says. The,
c(irrespoulent of the Bx press at Tien
Tin lw-lievcs that the adv inee of the
allied troops on the capital will 1h
strongly ! rcisHt!. tii tim -onsnmed
bi iHt-nationnl confereocps bavins
enabled the fThlnei to concentrate an
etMirnioiis opHs!tioii. I lie Mi.inj;iiai
eorreiKadcnt of the Darily .Mail r-
HON. AC V
I democratic Nominee for
r.7' ?7y -
;; l7-- ' A
Vice-President, and His
Adiai i:., Jr. '
ports that there ban been great fric
tion among the allies as to the iip
Miut merit of a Comiuander-in-Chh'f.
;en-ral MaeArthur has. it is staleil.
U-en put. forward for the place by
the Americans, while an unollicial
Iiris telegram says that Ceneral Voy
ron. the commander of the French
exiMilItioiiary coriK, has actually lseu
!pointel.
TOVVNE HAS WITHDRAWN.
NOTIFIES TI IK I'OPII.IST COM-
'jilTTHK OF HIS Atrritx.
Will Not Be Candidate for Vice Pres
ident, but 'Will Support Hon.
Adiai K. Stevenson.
DCLFTII. Minn., Aug.' 7.-Foriiier
Congressman Chas. A. Towue. who
was nominated for. Vice Proideut br
the Populist convention held in f?ku-c
Falls in. May, lias sent a letter to Hie
committee on notlfleation. declining
tlie; iiomittation. Mr. Towue s;tys:
."After matnre consiileratimi of all
the factors iuvolved that cnticeni the
welfare of the canst of political re
form In this country, and my;., own
"duty thereto. I am constrained to in
form you. Id alt respect, that I. must
HtHiine , tlie nomination fetnteretl me
by i hit t convention. "
"To my mind this action of the
Sioux Falls convention In nominating
for Iresldetit a representative of the
Democratic, party, ami for Vice Pres
ident -i a representative of the Silver
Itepublk-an party,; Is" one of the most
encouraging and Iospirlug sjiectacles
iu recent iolitics. " Its unselnsbntss
and magnanimity, its testimony to the
precedence of the cause of the people
over any tnerelv pa rtlsan advantage,
ralsotl the procetltire of tltat conven
tion Into the serene tipper air. of true
civic heroism. t r -v,v v , i
"WIttsi ' Mr. : StevvoRon " was nomi
nated, what was It tny duty to do?
My nam' bad Ieentef ore the conveu
t km along with his, and I liad been
beaten! The nomination had been
made decisively and with absolute
fairness. 1 Tlw" caiulidate chosn wii
nomination, in what light should 1
apsar before ttte American people If,
while' advocating the election of one
ticket. 1 smotHft te goiig Ihrongh the
form of running on another? Nobody
WEEKLY OREGON
STATESMAN,
, (
in the United States would think I
had Tne'.MMiritiest cnauce of ts'in
elected, and nobody wouU believe
that I considered myself as a candU
date, unless at the same time lie be
Uovel me to be absolutely lscklnsr In
mramon sense. ; Whom could stieu
plianrom randidaey deceive?-y .
fonsisteney and t-andor in polities,
therefore, ray- own elf . ; resisH't. a
projer deference to- the People's party,
stud sincere regard ftr the welfare of
the cause of political reform In the
United States, all counsel that" I now
respectfully place In your ha mis the
honorable trust which your great par
ty committed to me: in contemplation
of a different complexion of affairs
than that which has resulted."
AH IMMENSE LOG OBIVf.
Arrangement Iteing Made to Kxieli
ditiously tVmvcy the Logs Past
: .Sidein Steamer Service.
(From Ifctily Statontan. Aug. H.t.
The advance guanl of the bis log
drive of Hjaulding l?ros. luts com
menced to pass IntleiH-ndeuce and wlil
reach Salent lu;a wekior ten days.
The. drive ecinprisea i!.'aVHK feet, and
is eoniiK-st! of white fir and IkiIiii logs,
and destined for ; lie regon City paier
mills. In moving this largi lot of logs
forty men and eight horses are rv-nuin-l.
ThrtH- ws are required .for
the aceoiuuiolatiou f the men and
hordes. Iides muncrous small lsats.
The drive is nicessrily slow, as the
logs get into sloughs and on the gravel
bars, anil much tim is "consumed in
getting' tiiein 'iKick into tlie channel.
At tltis city provision Is ls-ing made
t prevent the Joljring on the gravel
bar and iu the river slough at this
E. STEVENSON
(J rand sou and
Natiiesakt
.- -
j'
Ioiut. A log iHMtm has been establish
! in the river parallel to the huge
gravel bar oMsite this city.f Iast
year, in tlk? alseiic? tf such a loom.
inuuiiH cable logs hslged on the river
bars and iu shallow water, requiring
several days to again float Jhe drive,
which was nearly as large as the one
now teing cHi(lii( tetl tlown the river.
HesiU the unnsually low stage tf
the upper illaiiicttt; river, the Caiital
City c ntitMies to enjoy a splendid
Kfr-au-lxKit service with Portlauil. This
tat is due to the nterprise of tho i)r
egua City TransNM-iatirtu ;i'ipaiiy.
which ha sticei'itleil thus far iu regu
larly following their river schedule, its
tw simmers--the Altotia and Pomona
- t(eing abk- to run almot on sclieilul
thn.e. Tti cuipaiiy Is doing an cimh--rnoitS'
freiglit business atnl with Its
combiunl freight nnd.'piss(iger avrvk-e
is givyig splcndMl satisfaction.
l-or a lime it Was feared this com
puny wotdd ; lie obligil to ret. re its
steamers from the river for the re
maindcr.of the wtimnier season, but I..
S. Carter, of - Portland, who is tempo
rally '-stationed her as agent for the
coiiifKiny iu .the absence of Agent M.
P. Paid in. who Is enjoying a visit lit
the Fast, yesterday slated that he was
satisfied his lioats would lo able to
tmt.lniH' to rnti lietween this c:ty and
Portland thronglsHit tlwt season, and
then-by maiiitaiii the company's regu
lar daily service with the uietrois.lls.
The btKits leave this city alternately,
every day, at 7 o'clock In -the morning.
RELRASKI FROM Pit I SOX.
Fort leaven worth. Kas.. Aug. 7.
William Pindar, of Trwp A, Seventh
United ? States f)avalry. whise sejr
tuco creatett such a furore in ArTuv
circles almut a year ago. was released
from thej military - prison here today
and hnmediately started for his home
in Itowlirig tfreeii. thio. Pindar, with
other, was arrestetl at a bulinght In
Cnba and put; In the guard house. He
and, another sought to escape from the
guardhouse amr were caught pulling
itr a Hank that they might, get out.
They were- tried by a military "court
and. aqntcijccd to a jvar eacli in
prison. i i, ' , : .
-...BOUND FOIt CIIIXAv
Ifansas City, Mo., Aug. 7-Two bos
pital cobis. kstimd - for service 3u
China, passed through . Kansas City
t his morning on their way to Sa n
Francisco. :-;-.- 'J " . .-""'--..-z.
Pacific" Homestead, ''Salem. Or. Best
farm paper. Issued weekly. $t a year, j
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10,
TEL TILE JOKE OF A
imwu
PEOPLE WHO PER
FORM IMPOSSI
BILITIES. ;
Sir Christopher Wren, architect of
that great English cathedral, St.
Paul's, in Ixjudou, once piayetl a little
joke on sVune IuiiHrtant clients. He
had designed a public building Tor (he
law 'courts, and Inunetliately over one
of the entrances, the design showed an
ovcieanging lulcony.? Tle learned
iihmi who passed uiKn thet plans tld
the architect that it was impossible,
that so grestt a weiglt as tlie proiosed
bitkHiny coukl ls sustained without
supiKirting pillars. Tlie Architect ar-
gt'Vd and pleadetl. He knew' what was
oossible in his urofessiotiJ He knew
the laws of gravity. He would stake
his reputation on the stability of this
lmlctiuy unsitpporteil. Jtut, wise men
of the committee knew-.ln-tler. That
balconv could not stand without nil-
tarn. So the pillars were put in place
,'ihIit tlm projecting stone, and the
wise men were satisfied.
That's where Hie Joke came iu.
IOiig y.ttrs passed awaj. Sir (,'hris
tpher was chad and the wiw men
who thought t lve.v knew, more than he
of .architecture were dead also.
Ore day it entered into the heatls if
he powers that be to renovate the
building. So men on ropes, and lad
sTVis. and platforms.- wer soon swa rul
ing and swinging about tlie front of
ke g? iniy ediiitx'. ,s . "
And then came t discovery. g
. They found that the pillars supposed
to supjiort the bah-ony 'did not reach
it by two or three inches. So all these
years the balcony had leen 'snlf stip
IHrted just as the. architect plannetl,
and the' pillars were of. no more serv
ice than a fifth wheel to a coach.
THINOS KKEMINO P.OSSI BI.K.
l! perfornutl by men lik'"" Christopher
Wren, who ate masters of their-own
profession. When it was proposed to
send the first steamsliijr across the
Atlantic, it was detnonstratctl tt ls jni-
-Iw4it)l.
To men of genius nudability things
tre possiiMe wtucii to ltrsser men . ot
lesser liiiuds ate itnjMysible.
This is one of the facts iirouglit into
promhienee by the practice of 7r. it.
V. I'x-rce. t-hief coustdting physician
lojhe lnralids Hotel and Surgical In
stitute of Ituffalo, Y.
It is an every lay matter for him to
receive letters from persons given; tip.
by local physicians as Incurable. Anil
it is an every day matter -to have these
same people .whose cure was inios
sible" writing to say that they are jer
fectly and permanently cured' by -the
kind advice tif Dr. Pierce and the us"
if Ms "; ihleii Medical Discovery.
They. can hrrdly iM-lieve It themselves.
The olstinaie cough is entirely gone.
TPetui ;iriM" tistre heinorrtiagcs. The
weak lungs are made strinig. The loly
Is again healthy and acUVe. "and has
put on many isutnds of) solid, whole-'
some tlesh. ' y
I wottid like to express my grati
ttre to yon for the iMiK-lit 1 have re
ceiveil front jour wonderful medi
cines." writes 'Mrs. If arret te Martin. f
petllo. K4sny .'.. Ark, "For '-several
years I suffered with n complication of
diseases incltidMig heart troubk. ' dys-M-p!a.
catarrh of the stomach .and f
inale weakness. During that time I
think I suffered
ctMitd suffer. I '
jKtin somewhere
all that human tlesh
was never without
or other. Was just
part of the time In
1 1 ragging around
led. and was
at all. In the
unable to .do anything
smuttier i of IXiS I was
obligetl-to go to bed. llatl smothering
Kiwi Is and a great misery in the Kwer
lsiwels and a very severe -oiigh. For
twelve weeks I waSyfiVatet! by three
of the lest doctors thi; country1 af
fords. I could not sib tip; -only as :I
was propped up in Istl. or I would
cough . and -smother until -1 could not
lie down. I would take one-half -pint
of cough medicine a day. Finally the
diettrs T said I had . consumption!'- in
the last 5ta"ge and that J was imund to
die.' No one that saw- ihe'safcl I would
eT get well, so I .gar 'up in d-sair.
My Ii.iM.Hind' persuaded me to try I r.
Pierce's nitliciue. s the last of Sep
temlKT h iKittght. me a btrttle of, pr.
riei-e's flolden Medical Discovcrv. I
could tell my t-ough was better after
the first. kse. I -ontinettTiTs nietHcine.
until
Miold
I had taken six Itottles eacht of
n
Medical Discovery and JFa-
vorit4 Prescript kiu Now I do my own
work for my family of, four. "
IJemarkabh ss this cure may seem.
U Is only fair examrde of clasn. of
cjijes leing perfornK-d every day ry
the use of Dr. !iereeV.ioldiii Medical
li-scoverj-, Aftpr the local doctor bis
said "there is no hope'Vand the sltffer
er is left to lie madej t'as eomfoHable
a!s isssibk"', for the i lrief remaining
term of life, a friendV advice or some
craped' pamphlet suggosts as a forlorn
hope to try "Golden Medical Discov-
1900.
iery." and the result is perfect beating,
ir "Twonty-nye years ago. wheu I was
thirteen years did, I had wliat -the
" dtK-tor called consumption." - writes
Mrs. Ella Taylor Dodge, Matron, Hono
for Missionaries Chfldren, "Box ltCi,
-Morgan Park. I1L "He told my mother
that nothing ciuld Ite done for me ex
fcpting to make me as cvmfortabIe as
jtossibl. Tlie iwstor . or tlie 31. .
Church In the place where I lived
heartl of niy. condition, and, although
he was not nciualit:l with our family,
he calhd, and during the call asked
my mother if she would allow me to
take a medicine if he would send it to
tiM. She thought It would do no harm
If it did no good, no he sent a lwttle of
1V. PiereeVtrolden iledJcal Discovery.
P-cfore the lsttle was gone my friends
saw a little Improvement in my hearth.
whepeniHm another bottle was bought.
I can't say now just how much I took,
but 'I Improveil steadily, and totlay I
am a well, strong woman, as you
lUa5'
I ma trine I imist.be xto have the
caro of this Home." . - .
The way of natituk is the
, wav of health.
The reason for the sin-cess of Dr.
Pierce's treatment lhs primarily iu the
fact tliat it works iu perfect cO-ofera-
tion with nature. A gic?tt deal Is naid
and written alsut blood-ma kiiig tmdi-
iclnes. ; Put no 'mnllclne can make a
; droit of blotsl. Blotnl Is made from
; fissl. which is properly tligested and
iwrfet-tlv Jissiinilated. 1'he blood is
the life," it is the vital force. " P.ut
I'lotsl dcjieniLs m fwHl. Starve the
btM'y ami the life goes out of it.
It i.s this great .act. that thosor.rce
of the life supply is -in the stomach.
.which tindorlics .Dr. Pierce's treat men?
Anng tlie Itrst sv'iiitttams or tttsrase
is loss of-appetite, and tbis is general
ly sissoeiatctl with "weak stomai h. a
d-iseasnl condHion of the. stomach
wliicJi perinits only Imperfect digest ion
and' waitial asshuilation of f immI. I!;it
when this condition of "weak" stom
itch ..exists, there mtist 1m a collateral
weakness vif other organs, which ail
deiend m tl:f stomach' for tbeir IIomi
st'pj'ly. their vital power. The "weak"
4-lomach doics weak work, and hence
the entire 7lood -supply is. diminished
and the organs arc imperfe-l ly noitr
Ishod. The consequence of "weak"
stomach js sure to be "weak" In tigs.
wati lieait. or weakness ol -sonic
tl her organ.
If is evld"iit, then, that nothing can
In done to give strength to "weak
lungs uiriil something gives strength
to the weak" stomach. For tls
strength of the lungs must come from
the stomach and organs of tligcstion
ami nutrition. Hence Dr. fierce s ax
iom: "Diseases that origlnale in a dis-
ased condt'ti'Oit t:f the stomach are
cured through the stomach." "Ooldeit
Medical Discovery" cures diseases of
the stomach and digestive system. If
increases te activity of the bhxt-
inaklng glatnls and so causes a rich
and pure supply of-. blood to be poured'
into tie weak organs. It eliminates
the clogging accumulations which
make the blood a breeding ground for
tltsease. It liuilds up the ImmIv with
goed, found, hcaltiiy tlesli. It's no use
to come down to tlie level of the weak
stoiiKicli -with weak ftMids as Is done
1n the ti--o tf cod liver oil. emulsions
and invalid finnls. The necessity is to
make the stomach sirong, so that It
can digest strong fsi and assimilate
it. .Itt that is done' by Dr. I'ierce's
;il"en MetlieaS Discovery.
Sick iiersons ?tre invited lo consult
Dr. Pierce, by letter. alsMutely fre.
All letters are held as strictly private
and sacredly confident 7a I. Write,
witlsutt fear or fee, to Dr. 11. V. fiorce,
Itntlslo. X. Y. '
Stftnciimes dealers are tempted bv
th extra profit to offer a suNstiiute for
the "Discovery." If yon ask for tlie
'tolkn Medical Discovery" insist on
having -I. There is nothing else "just
as good."
A FPEE OFFER,
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Imok, the Commtdi Sense Medical Ad
viser, free, on receipt of MampM. to
pay exjuse of mailing only. This
great Work, containing ' puss larg
pages. Is full of yalna tle information
for every man and woman. It deals
with the nrigin of life, ami answers
the questions that rise to the lips of
every young nia n and woman. Scud 31
one-cent stamps (excnse of mailing
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ANCIENT
UXDOX
PEARINti.
IS D1SAP-
Impmvenvnts In the city
liOtnlon have leen. going
plan of
forward
MaHiJy during 1 he past half century
until imw IImto are many sections of
tne grestt metrrw.Iis that would int
U rectguizcti by the lovers of tbe old
streets traversed by Mr. Pickwick and
Sam Vyelk-r, and later by the very
rese-table memlers of tlie Newcome
family, Barnes and C'Hve, and the no
ble old colonel. 'Tte cHy has not leen
torn to jnetvs and nuote ver, as was
Paris by Baron Ifaussiuanu in the
days of t he tiifrtl JV.a fioksut, lsit Im
portant' letterment have gradually
leci ma.de, invoiving' tle destmctkn
of much that-was ancient Iximktn. T
' Fine job printing, Statesman Ofllce
THE SPINSTERS OF FORTY.
Nowatlays They Often Eclipse Their
Youuger Rivals Jn Society.
A spinster Iwide of 4 is certainly u
trine too mature, says u writer in rn
of t'ho loudon ieiisiicstls. of that
there can 1h no tlonbt. , But sue Is ls
coming more and more frequent,
IKH-lally In high society, Ami-for some
ictt soti which f have i vainly tried U
analyze, the, look of youthful fresii-
ness can le retainetl In a ierfectly
marvelous fashion by the women of
totlay. Compkxious re soft and fin
at 40, and are sometimes even more s
than wl en the owner was 'J . In fact,
I know two or t lint woum'u of 4'ji
whose conjpIexkns aro far lielter now'
than they were in gtrlhotMl. And what :
gives a more youthful look than soft
and lovely coloring and a tine texture,
of the skin? r -
But your surprise at the brid's
youthful ksiks was natural enough. A
girl of 22 always thinks anything .over
."(.quite antique. T well rememlicr.
wlirn a girl, thinking that all the n
ieanc4's tuhlenly disaM-ared from tlw
Kurroumliugs of Florence Nightingale
when we-realixetl that she was :y
yean old In tin' Crimean war time.
We reganlel that as very elderly. Hut
now, .12 apiedrs to be the fasliiouaMe
age. Brtnol-aml-bufU'r 17 is quite Jg.
isiretl. The novelists of the niiil-ccni-ury
all 'made their 4ieniinis aliout 17,
and dressetl tlsmi in white muslin. p,,n
our own net iou writers place thein hi
the 2ts, and gown them In twtiil or
navy strgv. ,
OUGHT TO BE GIVEN THE LAHill
- Some sople are so disagrecat.lt'
they feel ashametl when they lauh.
New Y'ork Press.
For there is no heroic oeni in the
world but is at ttottom a biography,
the life of a man: aIo, it may Icsai.l.
there Is" no life f a man. faithfully
lecordinl. but Is a heroic jmk-iu of its
stirt, rhymed or uiirhytned.- Carh le,
"Sir Waller Scott."
rf- X uT. .
Ih! Kind Yoa Haw klmiz Bour.
NEW TO-DAY.
CAM, FOR BIDS.
Pidswill be 'received at the ottice of,
the City Recorder of Salem, Oregon. '
to. and including, the tweniy-lirst lay
of August, 1 !i, for supplying the lire
department of said city with the fol
lowing feed supplies:
Fifteen 1" tons 'of first-class cheer,
hay, in quantities of one to fifteen
tons; three hundriMl and fifty. i.To
bushels of first-class oats, tnew cropi,
in quantities of fifty bushels, and up
ward. I "delivery to 1h made on. demand. The
i-lT; is reserved to reject any and all
bids offered in this liehalf."
I lone by ork-r of tin Common Coun
cil, this eighth la v of August, p. mo.
n. .i. ft i.n.
( 'ity Revorder.
N,;H-2tw.
A I M I X I ST I C A Tt Ht'S SALM.
Xofice is hereby given that the" tin-,,
dersigned. ' as the .administrator de
I.on's nun of the estate of Ilk-Hard Fov.
decea-etl. was duly a ut lsriyi'etl by tin
county court of l.iiin county. Oregon.
by an order duly mad" and entered, of
record thetein on I'eb. l'.nm. to
make sale of the following described
real property, to-wit: The soutliea-st
ijeaifcr of the southwest quarter f
section -' aiid th: north l-.alf t)f the
northwest quarter of Scli. n "'o. all in
Tp. ! S. of R. 1. East.-Will, "der.'jti
Mill ion coiinty. Oregon, and containing
VA acres.
That I will in pursuance of the satl
order s iU;nlc ..us aforesjtid. on Sat
urday. ,ti.;jr.th day , of September.
t'Hfft, at tin hour of to o'clock a. m. of
said day at the front door of the
county court house of Marion county,
Oregon. In. Salem. Oregon, offer for
sale at public auction for. cash in hand
to the highest bidder the said land and
all f the -light title and interest ' of
said ticceased in and to said pro'icrty
above descrilied.
Dated this August 7. P."N.
F. M. REDITEMV
Administrator tie Ixmis lion.
G. W. Wright. AttornoT fur Atlm'r.
X:10u"t.
THE PACIFIC IfDMESTFiAD. "Sa
lem. Oregon. Is GIVING A NEW
MCNSON TyPEWIllTER. theFii
cycloj media Brittauica. valuable 1kmUs.
a Guitar, 'Mandolin, 'etc., to those who.
will send in a certain number of sub
scriptions. Von Kltuplv wnd fhe re-qulretl.nnmlM-r
and GET THE PRES
ENT. This is not ojM-n to regular
solicitors to whom a commission ii
paid. ' Write for particulars and a
copy of the paisr. We will-pay a
cash .commission to those who will
devote their time to soliciting for 'the
pajs'r. Address
PACIFIC HOMESTEAD.
" Salem, Oregon.
Hewitt Pays the freiglit
On all orders of '$jq and upwards,
within a radius of PK mill's Of Poi't
land. Railroad and Logging Camps
a Specialty. ;
A. HEWITT,
No. 183 Third Street, Portfind, Or,
WILKES' STALLION. "JERCMt"
; ; " NO. 2903t
Will stand fr Mares the coming soft-
son at Corner of Ferry and tilerty t
stwets. For l'edigree ami particulars, ,
call on ' - -
Dr. A. Long
Venterinary Surgen. "
Salein, Or.
Money to Loan
On improved farm and elty property
t. lowt eurrettt rates.
T. K; FORD, - .
0r lAdd & Buah'a bank. '
WARRANTS WANTED- nighei
OA0TO
premium paid for Marion .ana
county warrants.-at the flk-e of B-;
P.reyjnan. with Boise Barker. 2?.
Commercial street Salem. 7;l-dw'
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