"The Chinese Boy and Girl" is a book which will be published in the early fall by the Fleming H. Revell Company. It is from the pen of Prof. C. T. Headland, of Peking University whose "Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes" makes a volume of no small importance, considering the light it throws upon the formative influences of the Chinese child's mind.

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William A. Mowry has written a book now in press at Silver, Burdette & Company's which is expected to throw more light upon the Whitman controversy. The author is supposed to have exhausted all pertinent material.

In Art

The meeting at the Hopkins Art Institute in San Francisco recently resulted in a decision to erect a monument in Union Square, commemorating Dewey's victory at Manila. Thirty-five thousand dollars have long since been raised for this purpose by subscription. The committee to select the design consists of William G. Stafford, Captain Robert H. Fletcher and Mayor Phelan.

Leonardo de Vinvi was the master whose work held the attention of art students at the association's rooms in the Portland library during the month of May. There was also on exhibition a picture by Jacques, painted in 1869, and loaned to the Art Association for the time. It was a rural scene, representing a peasant shepherdess tending her flock in a grassy glade.

In Education

Dr. J. W. Hill, one of the leading educators on the Pacific Coast and who has been principal of the Bishop Scott Academy of Portland for the past 23 years, will open a new school in Portland in September. The new academy will notbe under the domination of any church or society, and judging by the high standard which Dr. Hill will maintain the school will at once take high rank among secondary educational institutions. Military and manual training will be amongst the characteristics of the new institution. Dr. Hill was the pioneer in these branches of education on the PaCinc Coast.

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The proposition emanating from some of the states of the South to "divide the school fund so as to give all the taxes derived from the whites to the education of white children, and only the taxes derived from colored people to the education of colored children" meets with prompt condemnation. Dr. J. L. M. Curry declares: "We must elevate the colored race or it will drag us down." That the negroes, as a people, are not rich enough, wise enough and strong enough to elevate themselves is too evident to admit discussion. Education is the negro's hope. The Outlook, speaking on this subject, says that "The colored people educated and made a component part of the industrial and political organization of the South, will add to the wealth, prosperity and happiness" of that region.

In Religious ThoughtPandita Ramabai, who is called "the mother of India's widows," has rescued 1700 women and girls during the famine in her stricken land. These, in addition to being fed, are receiving instruction and training in Christian life and principles. "Still," as Ramabai herself says, "no one of them is compelled to break caste or become a Christian." It speaks well for the teachers that most of them take kindly to new religion. "South Africa is now covered," according to recent authority, "more or less closely with a network of missions." From Mashonaland, in the north, to Madagascar there is not a district that is left unprovided for.

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The Sultan has issued instructions prohibiting the settlement of Jews in Palestine.

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It is stated in the religious journals that Mormonism is making elaborate preparations to invade Japan.

"The Breakers"

A Splendid Resort for Long Beach

The new and elegant hotel, The Breakers, at Long Beach, Washington, will be open to the public in June, coincident with the first trip of the "Potter," which will probably be on June 29. The opening up of "The Breakers" will mark a new era in the history of Long Beach, inasmuch as it at last gives the beach first-class hotel accommodations.

The new building is three stories high, has an ocean frontage of 100 feet and rivals anything on any of the North Pacific beaches. It contains 125 large, airy sleeping-rooms, besides billiard and poolrooms, a library and a dining room capable of seating 200 people at one time. No part of the 2576 square feet of floor surface of the dining room is not in plain view of the ocean. The hotel is hardly 200 feet from the ocean at high tide, built on a slight eminence,. and from the observation tower the ocean in all its grandeur can be seen spread out to the right and to the left and in front of you as far as the eye can see.

The hotel is provided with every possible convenience, among which is an electric light plant, and at night the bright glow of 300 electric lights will add to its cheer. Nothing can ever obscure this hotel or any part of it from plain view of the ocean. It is constructed on a plat which has 440 feet of ocean frontage. The grounds belonging to the hotel comprise 62 acres, and afford ample room for tennis courts, baseball grounds, football and golf grounds, all of which attractions will be added by the time the season opens.

Rates $2.00 per day and upwards; American plan.

Floor plans of the hotel are now on exhibition at 40 First street, where they may be examined and rooms engaged.

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THE BREAKERS,

Long Beach, Washington

Leading Events

March 25-The American government, through Secretary Hay, declines to protest against the seizure of Manchuria by Russia. March 26-State department at Washigton makes public its note of warning to China against secret treaty with any one powers.

March 27-Aguinaldo is captured by General Funston.

March 28-Emperor Williams' speech at Berlin causes a sensation throughout Germany.

March 29-Sir Alfred Milner returns to the Transvaal with military escort.

March 30-Frederick Funston is appointed a brigadier-general in the regular army.

March 31-Extensive frauds discovered in commissary department of the army in Manila.

April 1-Thirty thousand ironworkers are idle in Scotland, the result of a strike.

April 2-Aguinaldo takes the oath of allegiance to the United States.

April 3-China gives formal notice to Russia that it is impossible to sign the Manchurian convention.

April 4-The President signs General Funston's new commission.

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April 5-Diplomatic relations are tablished between Venezuela and France. April 6-Members of a Macedonian revolutionary committee are arrested in Sofia.

April 7-United States cruiser New York sails from Algiers for Manila.

The general trade situation continues eminently satisfactory, and industrial conditions are favorable beyond expectation. The recent severe storms and floods did considerable damage, and temporarily interrupted business in the Pittsburg district and in the Ohio valley. The distribution of merchandise by retailers was checked in a measure by the continued rainy weather, but despite these drawbacks the volume of general businsss was large, and all indications favor continued activity in trade.

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The reports from the iron and steel trade are of the most encouraging character, and the demand for finished materials is so great that an advance in prices was made in order to hold buyers in check until makers can in some measure catch up with the volume of orders now on their books. Not a little adverse criticism has been called forth from representative iron interests as a result of the advance of $2 per ton in the price for steel rails, and the charge of bad faith is made against the controlling interests in the United States Steel Corporation. It is claimed, and I believe justly, that the new company came into existence on the platform of "better service, improved quality and lower prices"; hence the action of the steel rail makers in advancing prices is regarded as an attempt to squeeze all possible profit out of buyers who are forced by necessity to come into the market at the present time. The sales of steel rails thus far in the year foot up 2,150,000 tons, or within 400,000 tons of the total capacity of the rail mills. It is not the amount of profit so much as the apparent breach of faith that has called forth criticism, and the point is made that prices for other materials may be advanced in a similar manner. Particular stress has been laid upon the ability of the new steel combination to realize large profits from economies that are to be made effective, and the statement for the month of March, showing net earnings of $9,200,000 over and above interest on the underlying bonds, is suggestive of what the combination I will be able to show when it gets all its machinery in thorough working order. On the basis of March results, the United States Steel Corporation will earn over $111,000,000 a year. From this amount it will have to pay $53,700,000 for bond interest and the 7 per cent dividends on the preferred stock, leaving $58,000,000 available for dividends on the common and for depreciation.

The demand for all classes of finished materials is active, and makers of agriculturai implements have placed heavy orders. This reflects the prosperity of the agricultural community, as the farmers are not given to buying machinery except when they are

HOTEL FLAVEL

If you contemplate "Going to the Coast" this Summer

you should bear in mind the unparalleled advantages that the Hotel Flavel offers over all other Coast Resorts. This hotel was erected at a cost of over $100,000.00 Every room is electric lighted, steam heated, with electric call bells, and the finest carpets and furniture money could buy. Every suite of rooms has private bathroom, stationary wash-stands with hot and cold water, and toilet.

The hotel is situated on Young's Bay. at the mouth of the Columbia River, only five miles from Astoria, and hence it is reached two hours earlier than any other coast resort. In addition to this, Hotel Flavel is reached by two trains daily and by all boat lines. This is an important consideration for business men. The Western Union Telegraph Co. and Pacific States Telephone Co. have offices in the hotel.

In other words, Hotel Flavel is as complete a summer resort as is to be found anywhere, and it boasts of the finest bathing grounds on the Pacific Beaches. The temperature of the river takes the chill off the ocean and there is no undertow. Excellent fishing can be had within three hun. dred feet of the hotel, and Old Fort Stevens is only a mile distant In connection with the hotel there are tennis courts, double bowling alleys, billiard and pool tables, and dark room for photographers.

The rates are $2.00 per day and upwards. For further information address

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HOTEL FLAVEL. Flavel, Oregon

J. L. MITCHELL, Agt.

615 Morquam Building

Portland, Oregon