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"- I S Sy jyT""M" i "- -e6wiir THE JIORNJNG OBEGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY G, 1902. " 2s IN THESUNNY SOUTHLAND "GRIZZLY" VISITS TEXXESSEE'S FAXED STOCK FARMS. . General Jackson and the Great Homes at Belle Meade Ttie Sew South and Railroads. GALVESTON, Dec 23. Special cor respondence.) During- my stay In Nash ville, I visited the breeding farms ot Mr. E. S. Gardner. Jr.. at Avondale, In Sumner County, and of General "W. H. Jackson, at Belle Meade, the latter being the handsomest and In every way the best improved farm In America of this class; Avondale, a more recent creation, being less than eight years old. Its found er, the elder Mr. Gardner, -was one of the men -nho believed In doing things -well and not branching out too extensively. Avondale, therefore, contains about 1700 acres of beautiful rolling land about six miles from Gallatin, and the barns and buildings are all of modern style. One feature I thought commendable was a foaling stable -with a bedroom for the groom and windows so arranged that he can turn on the electric lights at any hour of the night. Into three stalls, and see whether any of the three mares are In need of his assistance. The apparatus for extinguishing fires Is almost perfect, and everything about the place Is up to date. The stallions on the place are the native horse Himyar and the Imported stallions Quicklime and Masseto. Himyar enjoys the distinction of being the only sire in American turf history to get the winners of over $200,000 in one season. The old horse is now coming 28 years of age. and is sightless as Milton, but his back is little swayed with age and he is certainly the best-preserved horee I ever saw. Quicklime has been something of a disappointment, although he got Lime water and several other good ones. Mas setto is a typical St. Simon horse, a trifle over 16 hands high, and a rich brown in color. He got Tommy Atkins, the second best two-year-old of 1900. Thomas Cat, a winner of 30-odd races, and Waring, win ner of the two richest handicaps run for In California In the year now closing. His book is full for 1902. Notwithstanding the lateness of the season, there was plenty of good green grass in the Avondale pad docks and the matrons of the stud looked exceedingly well. At General Jncknon Staliles. Two days after my visit to Avondale, my wife and I went out to Belle Meade to spend the day with General "W. H. Jackson, who Is a man of affairs If ever the State of Tennessee produced one. The day was dark and stormy but we were to leave Nashville shortly and there was no other day to be spared. The handsome family carriage, drawn by two magnifi cent thoroughbred bays, dashed on through the rain and sleet, and In 40 min utes landed us at the hospitable doors of a magnificent house now nearly 70 years old, where the veteran of two wars held out both hands to us in his usual hearty way. After warming up. we went out to see the stallions. The first horse shown was Longstreet, a horse beaten by none save Proctor Knott and Salvator, and a winner of more races than both of them together. He is the sire of The Parader, who won the Realization stake of J2S.000 last season. Next was shown imported Tithomis, a St. Simon horse, a trifle small er than Masseto but an exquisitely turned animal, already a winning sire. Next came Luke Blackburn, now 25 years old, the greatest three-year-old winner (so far as the number of races goes) that America has ever produced. After Luke came the Apollo of the farm Inytor B the well beloved Enquirer. The storm had ceased for the moment and the mild rays of a Midwinter sun glinted down approvingly upon the rich silken coat of the big and beautiful bay. Next was that magnificent young sire. The Commoner, by the dead hero Hanover, and, following him, came the English horse Loyalist, brother to Paradox, who won the 2000-guinea and Grand Prix de Paris In 18S5. After him came imported Madison, by Hampton, out of a St. Simon mare, so that his breeding Is exactly the reverse of King Edward's famous horses, Florizel and Persimmon. Next was Huron, son of the lamented Iro quois, who won the Derby and St. Leger of 18SL I was very much taken with this, liorse, for two reasons. First, he is set on shorter legs than his sire; and second ly, he Is a horse of much better temper. I predict great succes for Huron, as he Is a superb Individual. After a glass of the real old-style egg nog, that is such a distinctive feature of Southern entertainment, we had such a luncheon as only Belle Meade can spread; and then the General and I went out for an Inspection of 11 two-year-olds and "SO yearlings, just about as handsome as could be seen anywhere In the world. The famous old mare of this stud, whose sons and daughters have won in England and France, as well as in America, are allowed to run about every day till 3 o'clock, when they are taken in and com fortably housed. That Is. between No vember 20 and March 20. The rest of the year they are out of doors all the time. Belle Meade. Belle Meade embraces about S000 acres, of which 1200 Is a park full of deer and elk. It was reclaimed from a canebrake by John Harding, who built a log cabin there and began his operation In O80S. To him was born a son named William Greene Harding, who commanded a retrl- inent of the Tennessee Volunteers in the Beminole war. Aftr that struggle was over, the brave young soldier returned to his paternal acres and began breeding op erations upon a scale that has kept the old farm famous to the present hour. His first stallion of note was Childe Harold, by Imported Sovereign, out of Maria West, by Marlon. After him followed Jack Malone, Vandal, Bonnie Scotland, Great Tom and one or two others which covered the time up to his death. General Harding left two daughters. Selena and Irene, who married, respectively, General W. H. Jackson and his brother, Howell B. Jackson, now about six years dead. In Judge Jackson the State of Tennesse sent to the Senate, and, afterwards, to the Su preme bench, the ablest man the South bad produced since "the late unpleasant ness." As we entered the elegant old dining-room the portrait of the great Jurist looked down upon us from the wall. I have seen handsome men, but none whose face, beamed with such rare and radiant Intellectuality. The fine gray eyes told their story of a peace "after life's fitful fever," that awaits none but those who are fearless in their devotion to princi ple and their broad sense of equliy; and who are the slaves of their plighted word alone. Good friend, honored public ser vant, sleep well. , The afternoon wore along, as we sat in the library by the genial glow of a hick ory flro and talked over the events of the 15 years that had crept by since we had met at President Cleveland's first inau guration. The shadows grew long about the magnificent ancestral home as we rose to depart. The glistening ivories of the negro coachman shone out from the box of the carriage as the kindly host fol lowed us to the door and bade us good night, adding: 'Tkm't stay so long the next time." The coachman closed the door, gave a chirrup to hie horses and wo dashed out Into the otorm once more, ar riving at our hotel at Nashville an hour later. It is allotod to few men and women to spend a more thoroughly enjoyable day than was ours at Belle Meade. Fade not from my vision, dear home of con tentment. Where childhood found mirth and the aged repose; Where our hearts wcro as light as the. breath of the rephyr. Our thoughts ever pure- as the dew oa the rose. In Memphis. We remained in Nashville over Sunday and then took a train for Memphis, ex pecting to catch the steamer "New South" for. New Orleans. She had left Cincinnati on Saturday night and we looked for her to reach Memphis by Tuesday night, or Wednesday morning at the. very latest. Judge of our surprise when the agent told us she had not reached Cairo and would be at least a week in reaching Memphis. So, we took the train for New Orleans over the Yazoo Road and, after a fearful. Jolting ride, reached the Cres cent City on Thursday morning. But before leaving Memphis I made a pretty fair inspection of the place and can be Justified in expressing tho belief that It does more business for its population than any city in the South. It has been an off-year for cotton and corn, but it is nothing unusual for Memphis to re ceive 25,000 bales of cotton in one day. In my days in the South, "previous befo de wah," all the cotton was handled by the steamboats and cotton seed had no commercial value whatever. Now the seed Is made into oil and the hulls sell for about ?S 50 per ton for fattening cattle, so that the yield from an acre of cotton is far In excess of what it used to be. Nevertheless, the cotton-planters west of Nashville and east of Memphis, will have hard work to pay their bills for the crops are all about 50 per cent short. Comparison With Ante-Helium Days. It seemed odd, too, to be in Memphis, with seven or eight boats going out every day and only one a week to New Orleans. The last time I was in Memphis, in the Spring of 1SC1, 1 saw the Eclipse, Pennsyl vania, Robert J. Ward, Aleck Scott and Sultana, all over 1500 tons, pass there within five days; and besides these there were also the Ingomar, Magenta, W. M. Morris and H. R. W. Hill, any one of which could carry 1000 tons. In those days 100 steamboats alongside the New Orleans levee was no unusual sight. Now it is a rare thing to see 0. The changd In the condition of things was due chiefly to the Civil War and the advent of the Republican party to power.- Prior to that era no political party had dared to hint at such a thing as giving away ot the public domain, or any portion thereof, as an encouragement in the direction of Internal Improvements. With the sub sidizing of the Union and Central Pacific ! Railways a new era dawned upon Wall street, for the negotiation of railway bonds at C per cent was made feasible almost anywhere. The South was invad ed by hordes of needy speculators who elected Legislatures composed of ignor ant and irresponsible negroes and then procured the passage of railway fran chises in every direction. So long as they could realize their commissions on the sale of these bonds, the Wall street bankers did not care whether the Interest thereon was ever paid. As the result ot these conditions, the South was com pletely gridlroned with roads that would really be premature In 1920. This Is less true of Texas than of any other Southern State, because she Is not only a vast producer herself, but, because her har bors are the natural outlet for the cereals of Nebraska and Iowa. But these prematurely-built roads not only stifled the commerce of New Orleans, but lit erally stamped out a strictly American profession river steamboatlng. Railroads vs. Steamboats. In the good old days two-thirds of the tonnage employed on the Mississippi was owned south of Cairo. The engines were built In 'St. Louis, Cincinnati or Louis ville and tho hulls at any one of 50 places. But the earnings of these boats, often 575,000 over all expenses in a single season, went Into the pockets of South ern men and were distributed generally throughout the states on whose waters those boats "were employed. Now the first money earned to the railroads which drove those boats out ot business, goes abroad to pay the Interest on their mort gage bonds. After that, there are a few small salaries paid to the train employes and local officers; and what is left, goes up to Wall street, to pay the salary of a pig-headed president, who signs his name to about a dozen vouchers dally; and whose true labors are performed by an alleged "private secretary' whose fam ily resides in New Jersey among the mos qultos and whose salary is about $1000 a year. And yet, in spite of all this 'down right misfortune for these new railroads have made but few new towns, nor ma terially developed any new industry the New South still grows and thrives. Demand for Horses. The exportation of mules and horses from the vicinity of Memphis, ever since the outbreak of the Spanish war, has been enormous. Add to this the demana which has come In from South Africa since the Boer uprising, and you can readily see that an enormous amount of money has been put in circulation fn Tennessee in the past six.years. "Ah doan' have to go to Cincinnati to sell mah mules and pay an ockshuneer no five per cent commis sion no mo'," said a big, lanky fellow to me In the smoking-room at the Peabody House one night. 'JThe buyers comes around to my place and offers to take every golderned hoof I got. and pay me the spot cash, you h'ar me: I doan car whar the long-eared bastard go to, nuther, so long as I've got the soap In the flank of my jeans." "It must be pleasant to do business - t.f f (At.. fffia. ........... 1....Mtfti..n, mi..,,..., mum........ in........... . ;; MT. HOOD-THE CROWNING POINT OF OREGON SCENERY. :; fr r , ; - , ;; !' ' " ! f Copyright photo by H. A Hal. " when you can make money with so little effort?J I remarked. "Yer dead right, str-a-n-g-e-r." said the long-legged man. "Ez long as you can go out to hunt customers for whut ye've got to sell, they kin make yew dew blz ness their way. But when yew kin sit on yer front porch 'n smoke yer cob-pipe while they are lookln' over yer stock, then yew know yew've got '-em whar the hair is short. I tell yew, mistopher, I've a man Unit's hed a heep of hard luck. But jlst now, jassaxe9 Is trumps, an Tea. a holden a full hand!" In New Orleans. The day was breaking cold and gray, as the train stopped at Baton Rouge, and I looked out at the old capitol building for the first time in nearly 45 years. From there to New Orleans the train seemed to make very slow progress, for we stopped at nearly every sugar plantation along -the line. About 10:30 the train halted at the old canal basin where the oyster boats used to come up from Paps Christian and Lake Ponchartraln. As we worked our way up slowly Into the city I began to recognize the quaint old French architecture, with which I had been so familiar In boyhood's days, when I sailed i on my grandfather's old cotton shin, the I .tiotunguer. i had a later recollection of it, too, for I was there In the war cloud days, and was one of 226 men who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States. I was taken up Into General Beauregard's office and asked: 'Why do you refuse to take the oath of allegiance to the Southern Confed eracy?" "Because I am not a Southern man. was my answer. "I am a native of New York, and a qualified voter iin California. I expect to return to California In about six weeks.',' You will have to go sooner than that,' replied little Beauregard. 'The steamer leaves here for Havana next week, con- nontinr TCitv, n tn ati.oii . must go on her. During Vhat interval you j can take your choice between going to Jail or reporting yourself at this office each day at 10 A. M. and 4 P. M." I reported myself daily as required, and then the Bieurvllle left there for Havana. sne had on SS0 men wh owere like myself, uo" ,liuu" v" UU1 UJUUUUl"' "" unwilling to enroll themselves under the work was so successful that two writers Southern Confederacy. General Bob I "ned into print to protest and urged wheat, who was had known me UD alongside ol patriate started to march down Canal street. "Take hold o' my left arm, boy, and If anybody offers to burr vrfu. I'll Ips' , riddle him," said poor, old Bob. How ' clearly I recall his face and burly figure today. I shall never forget the volleys of abuse we got as we went down that stree. "Oh, look at the mackerel catchln of ." says one. "Git out o' here, ye gallderned pork-an-molassos Yanks," "Trot away from here, ye d d black hearted abolishinesses." And that's the way it went. I got back to California all right and never again saw New Orleans for 40 years afterwards. Today there was not a man in the Cres cent City that, had ever seen me before. I was Just as great a stranger there as I had been in Paris, five month? pre viously. At the St. Charles Hotel I ran across a chap that had known me In Oregon, and he gave us an elegant little dinner party at Tony Brasco's. Two hours later we were on board the Sunset train bound for Galveston. GRIZZLY. LONDON YEARNS FOR TUNNELS Transformation Is Expected "Wliea American System Prevails. London Sketch. Darkness and mud, the characteristics of this City, of Dreadful Night, afflict Pall Mall Just as sorely as they do Rat cllff Highway, and) the clubman, spat tered with mud as he sits in a hansom- cab, longs as earnestly as any traveler on foot for the good time coming wher we shall be able to move all over Lon don below the surface In light, clean, dry tunnels. The Americans, whom no difficulties deter, run their tramways un der the roadways in many of their cit ies, and, when Mr. Ycrkes has trans formed the underground, that Stygian cave of sulphurous horror, into a clean, whitewashed, brilliantly lighted tunnel, no douot otner Benefactors to humanity will thrust clean, whito ways north and south and east and west through the London clay, and London will be criss crossed below the surface with "tubes." The omnibus will either disappear or be converted Into a vehicle so comfortable that travelers will prefer its- luxury to that of the cars below the surface, and the "tubes" will aid In the good work that the automobiles will surely accom plish within a very few years' time, that of sweeping off from the streets all the commoners among horses, all the halt, the maimed and the blind that are worked at night when the "S. P. C. A." and the police do not see or do not take any notice. killed at Chlckacnaugua. ' "Ie '"" " purapmns ana poiaioca. in California, and stepped -'.. wuonao. ncgieciea mem. u not me r us as th column nf . writers? Lvcry state in America has Its ,MMMlLtMnMHMHMM.tM .M .' ' M- .&. ... OREGON AND SIGHTSEERS WHAT THE STATE OFFERS FOR LOVERS OF FIXE SCENERY. Will G. Steel Describes Array ot Xataral "Wonders and First Ascent of Moant Hood. When the meek Galilean sought to breathe .forth sentiments inspired with heavenly graco, he left the plains and valleys and climbed to the moun tain tpp. He never went down in the valley to commune with God, but sought him on the mountain top. So witn Abraham and Isaac and Jacob; and In all those days Pharisees and scribes and sinners wondered why they climbed the mountains so high. Even In these days when there are no Pharisees or scribes or sinners sprigs of society gape at moun- tain climbers and scorn them for their weakness, aping a young rooster, who once scratched and strutted on a dung heap, where he uncovered a long-lost brooch of precious stones and scornfully thrust it aside, unable to appreciate its value. In the dark days when despots strangled liberty, where was freedom pre served? Not on the plains or in the val leys, but in the rough and rugged moun tains. You can conauer nlalnsmen and re- I duce them to ..slavery, but the spirit of liberty abides In the mountains. Oregon, rich In golden grain, luscious fruits and glittering gold, welcomes trade Rlth the uttermost parts of the earth and revels In wealth of field and stream. Volumes are written on salmon and for- 731?! rhP 1 ? ,h SS'hS .S do " none of these. They are good. "? ? JUSJ1 our resources famous, let us not be Jeal ous one of the other, but each do his own 8"are unmmoiui or. oiners. Last summer wne? efforts were being put forth to at- agricultural resources and exhibits mon- ser squashes. But few of them have snow-capped peaks and rugged mountains. Summers without tornadoes, cyclones or heat. But few have their feet bathed in the sea while their hoary heads tower in the skies above. But few can show you rich valleys and plains and the wonderful grandeur of Switzerland, too; but we have them all here. They are all our own, ana shall we not show them to our less for tunate brothers? Excite within them a vague, indescribable desire to leave their scorched plains or frozen cities and revel in" the romantic wlldness of unknown mountains. Infatuate th'em with our scenery and they will remain among us and raise pumpkins, if need be. Let them Look on the waves; their stormy voices teach That not on earth may toll and struggle cease. Look on the mountains; better far than speech Their silent promise of eternal peace. What Oregon Offers to the Sightseer. Take them up the Columbia on a day without a cloud and their enthusiastic de light will be music In your ears. From Council Crest feast them on valley, plain and snow-clad peak. Climb old Hood early In the morning and set their brains awhirl with the world at their feet. To the West the Willamette Valley, In broad expanse, leads off to the south. The great Columbia swings In from the dis tant northeast and rolls ever on to the Pacific in the west. The great plains of Eastern Oregon and Washington flank tho rugged mountains that rear themselves north and south. Yonder stand Rainier. Baker, St. Helens, Adams, Jefferson, Three , sisters. Diamond Peak and Shasta; giant mountains of a giant rfnge. When did mortal ever see the like? Take them to the limestone caves of Southern Oregon and climb from chamber to chamber. See the restless antics of Beelzebub's Imps in the Devil's Banqueting Hall and the ex quisite beauty of snowy stalactites In the Queen's Chamber. Go with them to Cra- j ter Lake. Dame Nature's own resort, than which the world never saw more impres sive grandeur. Let them look upon It In all its quiet solemnity, then think of the monotonous plains from which they came. Pumpkins and potatoes, bedaubed! They can raise then here as well as there, so why not live in God's own country? Then show them your wheat fields and your orchards, and don't forget to call their attention to shiftless farmers from way back, who live in ease and plenty. Show them our mines, forests and fisheries and beg them to remember they have seen very little of the grandeur and wealth our state contains. Thousands of men visit Europe to wit ness such scenes and spend millions of American capital in foreign lands because they do not know any better. However, Downing, Hopkins & Co. ESTABLISHED 1803. WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor the tide is setting this way. Fifty tour ists per day visit the three leading hotels of Portland, rhlch means 1S,2jO per an num. If they spend on an average 515 each the annual sum total is 5"iTS,T50. There are 50 hotels, all of which contribute something in this line, to say nothing of lodging-houses and private residences. It is not an Idle fad that preaches moun tains and scenery, but it means more cash to the state than many an Important in dustry. The average tourist loves nature, but worships his own comfort and objects to our scenery because It is remote from Pullman car lines. Doubtless such Is the case, but railroad enterprise is rapidly overcoming this objection. Crnter Lake for National Park. Crater Lake was discovered by a party of prospectors In 1S53 and is located in Klamath County, Oregon, on the summit of the Cascade Range, S5 miles from Med ford, the nearest railroad point, from which place a good wagon road leads to the top of the lake's walls. It was sub sequently known as Deep Blue Lake, Lake Majesty, Mysterious Lake and final ly as Crater Lake. A movement was started by the writer in 1SS5 to establish a National Park, at which time ten town ships were withdrawn from the market. Beyond thl3 the movement has not yet been a succes?. He also had the pleasure of sounding the lake for the Government In 18S6, at which time the discovery was made that It is tho second body of fresh water In depth, and the deepest In Amer ica. In connection with E. D. Dewert, of Portland, and S. S. Nlcollnl, of Ragusa, Austria, he secured 260 trout minnows at Gordon's ranch, 47 miles from the lake, which were carried by hand the en tire distance, in a bucket of water, which was changed at every opportunity. Every possible effort was put forth to carry them safely, but we were only able to get 37 live fish into the lake, on August 31, 1S88. In 1S96 Professor B. W. Evermann made a thorough examination of the lake for the United States Fish Commission to determine whether or not fish would thrive In Its waters. On August 22 he took the temperature of the water as fol lows: Surface, CI deg. & feet deep, 39 deg. 1040 feet deep, 41 deg. 1623 feet deep, 46 deg., on the bottom. In reporting on the subject, he says: "While the conditions obtaining at Crater Lake are not the most favorable to fish life, there seems to be no reason why trout in limited numbers might not thrive in it. The water is all that could be desired as to purity and temperature, but the depth is so uniformly great that only small areas of bottom suitable for spawn ing beds are found." During the Autumn following Professor Evermann's Investigations, the Govern ment made an attempt to stock the lake, but it was too late in the season, and proved a complete failure. This lake Is located in the remains of Mount Mazama, a volcanic cone of the Shasta class, the top of which has been blown out and fallen In, leaving a cavity nearly six miles In diameter and 4000 feet deep, containing 2000 feet of water, mar velously clear and Intensely blue. The walls surrounding it are nearly perpendic ular, and vary from 500 to 2000 feet high. Vldal Peak Is 19S9 feet, Glacier Peak 19SS feet, Dutton Cliff 19S5 feet. Cathedral Rock 1926 feet, Llao Rock 1909 feet, and Wizard Island 845 feet. The surface of the water is 6239 feet, or only 54 feet less than New Hampshire's great Mount Washington. Except in Cleetwood Cove there is no beach, but the walls rise directly from the" water's edge. A very narrow beach extends along Cleetwood Cove, sloping gradually for a few rods into the lake, thus affording the only sandy bottom to be found. Many fine camp grounds over look the lake, but the most available is on the south side, to which a good "wagon road leads. As a rule August is the best time to .visit the lake. Previous to that time late snows and .mosquitoes prove troublesome. First Ascent of Monnt Hood. Now, a word about Mount Hood. It is located in Clackamas and Wasco Coun ties, 50 miles from. Portltnd on an air line, a little south of east. Is 11,225 feet high, and was discovered by Lieutenant Broughton, of Vancouver's party, Octo ber 29, 1792, and named for Lord Hood, of England. It was known among the Indians as Pat-to, meaning high, snow capped mountains. Looking south from Hood a little peak may be seen just north of Jefferson, which Is sometimes referred to as Mount Washington. It was known Copyright photo by H. A Halo. MMMMMM .). t Chamber of Commerce among the Indians as Pat-to Pat-to, or little snow-capped mountain. In 1S46 an effort was made among American resi dents of Oregon to change the name of the range from Cascades to President's range, and the highest peaks for the vari ous Presidents. Under this plan Hood was called Mount Washington. It Is said to have been In a state of eruption 'in 1S45. It Is now a smoldering volcano. T. J. Dryer, founder of The Oregonian, claimed to have attained the summit In company with Wells Lake and an Indian August S, 1S54, but In this they failed, having only succeeded in attaining the summit of Steel's cliff. His description of the sum mits sufficient to prove that he never at tained the summit of Mount St. Helens, which he claimed to have reached In Au gust, 1S53. The first actual ascent ot Hood was made July 11. 1S57. by Henry L. Plttock, W. Lyman Chittenden, James G. Deardorff, William Buckley and Professor L. J. Powell. Of this number Mr. Plt tock founded The Daily Oregonian, and became a charter member and subse quently president of the Mazatnas, a club of mountaln-cllmbera organized on the summit of the mountain July 19, 1S94, at which time 196 persons reached the top. J. S. Dlller, Chief Geologist of the United States Geological Survey, In a letter says: "It is probable that the fish we saw In Crater Lake were some of your plant. We saw over 20, so that It Is probable your 37 must have multiplied somewhat or else we happened to come across a large num ber of the members of your family. We saw no small ones whatever. Those we saw ranged from about six Inches to the neighborhood of 30 Inches In length, and the larger ones were generally more or less white on the back and sides as is often the case with old salmon far up in the rivers." WILL G. STEEL. SOBS SAVED PARENTS. Child's Tears Toacked Jastlce "Biff" Hall. Chicago Post. "Please, mister man, let my mamma and papa go and dey'll be dood; oh, so awfully dood," This assurance, lisped between sobs by the 6-year-old boy of D. W. White and his wife, brought tears today to the eyes of Justice Hall for the first time in his ex perience as a Justice of the Peace and se cured the release of the lad's parents, who had been arraigned for shoplifting In State-street stores. The court had Just heard the testimony of store detectives and the woman's ad mission that she and her husband, driven to desperation by the want of food and money, had taken a large amount of jew elry, when the child clambered over the rail surrounding the court's desk and made the pathetic plea. The voice of the child in the courtroom checked the usually noisy rapping of Bailiff John Griffin's hammer, and Clerks Landgraf and Clinton looked up to see the magistrate In tears, clasping the lad closely in his arms. The Justice entered un order of dismissal upon the court sheet. The court's disposition of the case was a surprise to many, but It was not ques tioned. Tne child's head reposed upon the broad shoulder of Justice Hall, while the two laughed and cried together for sev eral minutes, until the court put tho little fellow down and emptied his purse into the hands of the man and the woman. The tale which the woman told the court was that her husband had been a telegraph operator In Pittsburg until Ill ness compelled him to give up the confin ing work and forced her to toil to keep the family of three alive. They decided to come to Chicago last week. Despondent over the husband's Inability to secure employment, the .couple went Into the Boston Store and Schleslnger & Mayer's and took Jewelry valued at 534. This they intended to sell, but they were caught with the booty in the woman's possession. "I don't remember when I have cried so hard," said Justice Hall. "That little fel low Ju3t captured me completely." Some one suggested that the child had been trained. "If he has been." said the Justice. "It was the best acting I have ever seen, and in my career as a dramatic critic I have seen plenty of good art." Persons suffering from sick headache, dizziness, nausea, constipation, pain in the side, are asked to try one vial of Carter's Little Liver PI113. 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Portland. Or.: F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R. Dock. Tacoma; Ticket Offlce, 618 First a-e., Seattle, M. TALBOT. Comm'l Agt.. C. W. MILLER. Aat. Gen'l Agt., Ocean Dock. Seattle: GOODALL. PERKINS & CO., Gen'l Agents, San Francisco. WHITE COLLAR LINE STR. TAHOMA. DALLES ROUTE. Winter schedule Leaves foot Alder street every Monday. Wednesday and Friday morn ing. 7 AM. Leaves The Dalles every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday morning, 7 A. M. Stops at all way landings for both freight and passengers. ASTORIA ROUTE. STR. BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-st. Dock.) Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7 o'clock, 'except Sunday. Returning, leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Oregon phone Mala 351. Columbia phone 351. JMMMlIi U Vh ' Special Announcement Kc Service to Hedlterrancaa Th Nttr Glnntle Twla-Sctnr Sltinxn "Cbm. I tontlb.r 1XO0O toat. eon fm ton. nJ E "Nw EnOana." H.eco tons. 63 ftt lont. will Mil from Botton la OlbnlUr AlcUr. &!:. Kitplu ana Alexandria. Effrtn. a roTIowi. 'Commonwealth." Jan, 4. IKH2; "Xrm Eat- ' ViPi'LJ3 t802: "ComaoawtaltH." rb. ! 12. 16. Ptrfact Mrrtea ad eulttna. Awtr THOMAS COOS & BOM. P. C. Go.- Aetata, t Efl Market at.. Ban Praaciaco. Calif. c P2 53 ii "Send for Illustrated Mediterranean Booklet. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. rfurpnai? lis Tib wj rassHR KLywii gHQJr LINE UNI0NPACIFIR AMD THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST UNION DEPOT. Leave. Arrive. CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL. For the East via Hunt ington. 0.00 A. M. Dally. 4:30 P. H. Dally. SPOKANE FLYER. For Eastern Washlnc ton. Walla Walla. Lew lston. Coeur d'Alene and Gt. Northern Points. 6:15 P. M. Daily. 7:00 A. M. Dally, i ATLANTIC EXPRESS. For the East vis. Hunt- tnston. i 8CO P. 1L Dally. 8:10 A. M. Dally. v OCEAX AJfD RIVER SCHEDULE. FOR SAN FRAN CISCO. SS. Columbia Jan. 7. 17. 27. SS- Geo. W. Elder Jan. 2. 12. 22. From Alnsworth Dock. 8:00 P. M. 6:00 P. 2C FOR ASTORIA and 8.00 P. M. B.0OP. S Dally. ex. Sun. way points, connecting with atr. lor Ilwaco and Dally ex. Sunday. Sat. 10 North Beach, atr. Has ealo. Ash-street Dock. P. M. FOR CORVALLIS and way points, str. RUXH, 6:45 A M. Mon., 6:00 P.M. Tuea.. Thurs.. Sat. Aon-street dock. (Water permitting.) wed., Frl. FOR DAYTON. Oregon City and Yamhill Riv 7:00 A. M. ITuea.. 3.00 P. it. Mon Wed.. f FrL, I er points, sir. jsimore. Thurs.. Sat,. Asn-streeiuocK. (Water permitting.) TICKET OFFICE Third and IVashlngtoai Telephone. Main 712. PORTLAND & ASIATIC? STEAMSHIP CO. For Yokohama and Hong Kong, calling M Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight) via connecting steamers for Manila, Port Ax thur and Vladlvostock. INDRAVELLI SAILS JAN. 23. For rates and full Information call on or & dress officials or agents of O. R. & N. Co. EAST SOUTH Depot Fifth aad -Arrlvft Leave X J . Ut I OVERLAND EX 8:S0 P. M. 8:30 A.M. PRESS TRAINS, for Salem. Rose burg. Ashland, Sac r a m e n to. Ogdcn. San Francisco. Mo- 7:45 A. M. Kop. 3t Jave, Loa Angeles. El Paso, New Or leans and the East. At V o o d b urn (dally except Sun day), morning train connects with train for Mt. Angel. Sll verton. Browns ville. Springfield, and Natron, and Albany Local for Mt. Angel and S1I- verton. Albany passenger ... 10:10 A M. 5:50 P.M. 118:25 A M. 4:00 P. M: 7:30 A M. 114:50 P. M. Ccrvallls passenger. Sheridan passenger Dally. UDally except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale between Portland, Sac ramento and San Francisco. Net rates $17.50 first class and $14 second class. Second class Includes sleeper; first class does not. Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and AUSTRALIA Can be obtained at Ticket Of flce, No. 254, cor. "Washington and Third. TAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, oot of Jefferson street. Leave Portland dally 7:20 A. M., 12:30. 1:55. 3:25. 4:40, 6.25, S:30 P. M. Dally except Sun day, 5.30, 0:40 A. M., 5.05, 11:30 P. M. Sun day only, 0 A. M. Arrive Portland dally. 8:30. 10:50 A. M.. 1:33, 3:10. 4:30. 6:15. 7:40. 10 P. M. -Daily ex cept 8unday, 0:35. 0:30. 10:50 A M.; except Monday, 12:40 A. M.r Sunday only, 10:05 A. M. Leae for Dallas dally except Sunday, 5:03 P. M. Arrive Portland 9:30 A. M. Passengee train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mondays, Wedne das and Fridays at 3:50 P. M. Returns Tu days and Saturdays. Except Sunday. V. A. SCHILLING. City Tkt. Agt. R. B. MILLER, Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt. TIME CARD 0FJRA1NS PORTLAND Leave. Arrive. Overland Express 2.00 P.M. 7:00 A It, Twin City. St- Louis & Kan. City Special 11:80 P.M. 7:43 P. M Puget Sound Limited, for South Bend. Gray i Harbor. Olympla, Ta- coma and Seattle 8:35 AM. 850 P. "st Two trains dally to Spokane, Butte, Helena! Minneapolis, St. Paul and the East. , A D. CHARLTON. i A3t- General Pass. Agt.. 255 Morrison street. Portland. Or i? Ticket Office 122 Third St Phone 630 LEAVE No. 4 6:00 P. M. The Flyer, dally to and from St. Paul. Minne apolis. Duluth. Chicago and all points East. ARRIVE No. 3 7:00 AM. Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP KAGA MARU For Japan. China, and all Asiatic points will leave Seattle. About January 14th. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. Depot Fifth and I Street. LEAVES ARRIVES For Maygers, Rainier. Clatskanle. Westport. Clifton. Astoria. War renton. Flavel. Ham mond. Fort Stevens, Gearhart Pk.. Seaside. Astoria and Seashore Express. Dally. Astoria Lxress, Dally. 8.00 A M. 11:10 A.M. r.-oo P. M. 0:40 P. M. Ticket offlctr i55 Morrison St. and Union Depot. J C MAYO. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Astoria. Or. Salem, Independence, Albany Corvallis and McMinnville. Steamer POMONA, for Corvallis. leaves 6:45 A. M Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. Steamer ALTONA, for McMinnville, leaves) 7 A. M. Monday. Wednesday and Friday. OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO. Offlce and dock, foot Taylor at. Phone 40. MS)rfea3?l R O CfflEH4SHASm)-J IfTM ROUTES yQJ "X