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34 THE MOKNISre OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUAKY 1, 1900. OTHELLO, THE (Copyright, 1S09, by THE OREGONlAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: POPULAR STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE Contrbultors to this course: 3r. Edward Dow &eiO Dr. Willuisi J. Rolfe, Dr. Hamilton W. aVcDemmon.Dr.VidaD. Scaflte-jwil others. EC. OTHELLO. Intrldnctory Stiidy. The tragedy of "Othello" Is everywhere acknowledged to be one of the greatest trl--umphs of human genius. In both conception and execution it stands unsurpassed In the literature of ancient or modern times. It j fulfills all the conditions of high tragedy. Here, If anywhere in art, we stand face to face with the solemn mystery of evil, the possibilities of human wickedness; the heights of human devotion. In Iago on the one hand and In the Moor and his gentle lady on the other, the extremes of human character meet in mortal conflict, and there Is no band to save. The evil pre vails so far as evil can ever prevail. We ,plty and tremble and are chastened. Can anything new be said about this stu pendous -work? For 100 years now learned critics and lovers and Shakespeare, from Schlegel and Coleridge to George Brandes and Sidney Lee, have given us the results of their studies upon Jbe subject In all its phases. As we turn from the survey of the mass of writings that have gathered about the play we are apt to feel as though there were nothing more, either wise or foolish, left to be said. The better we know the piece the more we are likely to feel with Dr. Johnson that "the beauties of this 'play1 Impress themselves so strongly upon the attention of the reader that they can -draw no aid from critical Illustration"; and, perhaps, the most helpful advice one can give Is, to read, and to reread, and to read again. For cne to attempt to sum marize, abridge or Interpret piecemeal for another, seems almost an Impertinence. In plot structure "Othello" shares v.ith "Coriolanus" the distinction of being the most symmetrical and evenly sustained of the author's works. The explanation of this In the case In hand may be seen in the nature of the theme and in the form of the original story. In Clnthlo's tale the plot is simple and the characters are few. Only one of his persons bears a name ("Desdemona," the ill-starred). Shake speare selects names for the others, and In place of the wife's "relatives" puts Brabantlo. To this small group he adds the dupe Boderigo, a creature of his own invention; and to what Important use he puts him In bringing out the real nature of Iago Is speedily apparent. In their first words together we early discover the "eternal villain," "the busy and Insinuat ing rogue," as he acts out his dastardly plans. ICot less,cleariy appears the noble, unsuspecting, free and open nature of his victim, the Moor. The lines of attack are worked out with precision, and the nature of the- struggle is plainly f oreshaa owed. In spite of all his efforts to escape the hero is gradually but securely entolled, and the plot proceeds with steady and re lentless movement to the tragic close. The climax or height of entanglement Is reached In the third act, and the curtain quickly falls upon the catastrophe in the fifth. There Is no digression; scene fol lows scene uninterruptedly and remorse lessly. No explanations of the awful con sequences are offered, no moral drawn. Let the student compare the finished play with the Italian original (given in full In Furness) and learn once for all how Shakespeare handled his materials. In .character development this play is again somewhat exceptional among our author's works. The time is too short for growth. Othello, Indeed, appears a very different man at the end from what he was at the opening of the play, but the change is mostly due, not to any growth in character, but merely to the rousing of passions already dormant In his breast. The unfolding of character, however, seen in all the principal persons of the plot, has nowhere, been surpassed. As a stage play, "Otnello" has always been a favorite with the public and with the profession. All the great actors of modern times, from Burbage to the elder Salvinl, have appeared in it, several of them with world-renowned success. Of the last it was common to say that he dla not play Othello; that he was Othello. A like judgment was passed upon Edmund Kean by his contemporaries. In studying any work of Shakespeare's we do well to remember that he wrote for a London audience, and that he was thor oughly English. Especially do we need to keep this In mind when confronted with the mass of antiquarian and other matter that has been literally piled upon his plays In recent years, much of which serves to darken rather than to elucidate their meaning. We are not to suppose, for ex ample, that in wrltng "Hamlet" he cared jnuch for Danish customs as such; or, in writing "Corlolanus" for the life of pre historic Rome. For romantic purposes his scenes were generally laid in remote places or distant times, or both, and he preserves in varying degree the local coloring or his sources. This, however. Is often little more than a matter of names. In his Italian and Scotch scenes he has preserved more fully than elsewhere the local atmos phere, and from this It has been claimed that he must have visited those countries in person. However that may be, as he wrote for an English audience, and In the English tongue, he naturally made his characters men and women not too foreign io English blood. Accordingly, Theseus becomesan English nobleman, Hamlet' an r English prince, 'Desdemona an" English wife. Even his supernatural characters are English. English, fairies dwell in Ath enian "groves and English witches on the blasted heath of Scotland. Does this rule hold for Othello? Not a few critics, following the lead of A. W. Schlegel, have maintained that Othello can only be understood In the light of his racial peculiarities. "We recognize n Othello," says Schlegel, "the wild nature of that glowing zone which generates the most raging beasts of prey and the most deadly poisons, tamed only in appearance by the desire of fame, by foreign laws of honor, and by nobler and milder man ners. His jealousy Is not the jealousy of the heart, which Is compatible with the tenderest feeling and adoration of the beloved object; It is of that sensual kind," etc. No doubt difference in blood appears to serve a purpose in brlne-inc nn h catastrophe of the play, as in the original tale; but is this difference essential or ac cidental with Shakespeare? Commentators who1 seek, to rationalize the poet's methods and to find a cause for every effect, will of course, make this difference the 'main spring of the tragedy. But Is this the real truth of the matter? May not the mad jealousy of Othello be met with under every sun? Did Shakespeare's audience need to go to Italy for examples of inno cence misled, betrayed, destroyed? Was the noble, credulous, passionate man a stranger to their observation? Othello's African blocd is a mere accident, and must not blind us to the real significance of this marvelous presentation of a uni versal fact, as mysterious as it Is univer sal, the presence In the world of -malignant and deadly forces In human shape, and the consequent danger that threatens, we may almost say, Is Inherent In, the pos session of the noblest virtues. Dops the wickedness of Iago pass belief We shculd lo glad to think so; and yet our des're to think so may blind us to the real truth about wicked men, as the simplicity cf Desdemona and Othello osed their eyes to the real nature of their adversary. That cold, calculating serpent-Wop intellectuality, .which considl ers truthfulness folly and virtue a fig. Ja slil pr"er.t in the world In which we live. St. Paul found It In his dnv: Shakespeare had evidently encountered MOOR OF VENIC Seymour Eaton.) - DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON It; theScr!pture paradox, "Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves," points to Its existence. Yet, bad as Iago Is, true to human nature even In its most villainous form, he goes seeking for mo tives to Justify his diabolical schemes. "The Moor had passed him by unjust ly!" In this connection, Coleridge's -well- o phrase, "the motive-hunting of a motiveless malignity. must do duty once more. Was Othello a blackamoor? Wo have no means of knowing how Burbage pre sented the character; but from the elegy written upon him at the time of his death we may infer that this was his greatest triumph. "But let me not forget one chlefest part Wherein, beyond the rest, the moved the heart, ,The grieyed Moor, made Jealous by a slave, Who esnt his wife to fill a timeless grave. Then slew himself upon the bloody bed." The language of the play seems to make Othello black, not tawny. One passage especially leaves room for little doubt on this point: ' x "Her name, that was as fresh As Dlan'a visage, 19 now begrlm'd and black Aa mine own face." (111., 3. 386-388.) Throughout the 18th century, from Bet terton to Kemble, he was uniformly so represented upon the English stage, and generally In the scarlet uniform of a Brit ish officer. Garrlck so played the part. The elder Kean (1814) was the first to break the tradition in this case, as in the case of Shylock, and acted the part as a tawny Moor. His example has been gen erally followed from that day to this. The question of color divides itself Into two parts what was Shakespeare's In tention? and what Is most effective on the modern stage? On the second point we may safely assume that the lighter color Is the only one acceptable to the audience of today. Did Shakespeare himself con sider the matter Important? In CInthlo's tale the wicked ensign urges the blackness (nerezza) of the Moor as a reason for Desdemona's alleged aversion to her hus band. Did the poet take this literally and think It not worth while to modify it, or did he deliberately choose to startle us by another of those daring contrasts which approach the very limit of proba bility, such as the wooing of Anne in "Richard HI," or the opening scene in "Lear," or Hamlet's cruelty to Ophelia? Christopher North held to the latter opin ion, and argued it with no little per suasiveness. "Black Is the utter antithe sis." "Pity for the contrast and the thought of the Immense love that has overcome It." "Every jot of soot you take from his complexion, you take an iota from the signified power of love." Such are his words; but he tempers them with the reflection that "on the stage some consciousness that everything is not as literally meant as it seems that sym bols of humanity, and not actual men and women, are before you saves the play." Wilson's view (1850) had been an ticipated by Charles Lamb (1811) in his delightful seml-qulzzlcal essay "On the Tragedies of Shakespeare." The love of Desdemona for Othello Is there cited as an illustration of "the perfect triumph of virtue over accidents, of the imagination over the senses." But while he justifies this in a reading play, he objects to its visual presentation upon the stage. Was Othello jealous? Coleridge argued with his usual subtlety that he was not. The answer to the question depends upon our definition of the term. Othello Is cer. talnly not such a jealous man as was Leontes. We commonly associate with the word the element of morbid distrust. Othello was clearly not Jealous In this baser sense. He is wholly unsuspecting at first. Iago's Insinuations surprise and frighten him. "Therefore these stops of thine fright me the more." He does not welcome distrust; he .fights against It. Yet his suspicions are finally aroused and confirmed by the satanic in genuity of Iago and the co-operation of fate, and his great heart is fired and torn by the pains of jealousy. This he him self realized when It was too late; and perhaps the best answer to our question, after all. Is that given in his own words: "One not easily Jealous, but, being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme." True, a few moments before, when con fronted with his deed, he exclaimed: "For nought did I in hate, but all in honor"; Yet, when the full sense of his rashness comes over him, he falls Into self-reproaches of the bitterest tone: "When we shall meet at compt, This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, And fiends will snatch at it"; And a little later: "O fool! fool! fool!" But these reproaches are not Shakes peare's, nor shall they be 'ours. We pre fer Cassio's final word: "For he was great of heart." Indeed, we miss the true Import of the play entirely if we do not see and dwell upon the wrong done to Othello rather than the wrong done by him. The appall ing calamity that falls upon him is the central theme of the whole. The fate of Desdemona, pitiful as it Is and it could not be more so is secondary to the other. Coleridge has rightly urged that we must perseveringly put ourselves In Othello's place and remember his entire confidence in Iago's honesty, a confidence we find THB RIALTOr it difficult to comprehend from the point 106 Front street. The business was es rJiiT , a merJ,e sPectator. Unless tablished in 1862, ahd has grown steadily Othello wins our deepest sympathy for from the very first. . ZTvl ana "merited fate, the trag- I uj uuui ivr US. Such eonmnsslrm nan arise only from a sense of irinov.r -rfi, his nobility of nature. The theater-goer of ancient Athpnc at the foot of the Acropolis, with the blue vault of hpftwn nhnv. h?rA 11 2x1 ?SLVStaS2d1,S: aTound'h m and listened to the cries of suffering man in the toils of inexorable fate, as por fro vnfl nv t ., "The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child." Long centuries after, and under far other skies, a motley throng flocked to the Bankslde to hear the "Oh! Oh! Oh!" of the grieved Moor and witness the tragic loading cf the bed. How different the scene, the time and all! Yet the two were oiie. Here, as" there, human hearts were touched by human woes, when tuned by the master hand; and here, as there, the awful mystery of unmerited suffering and anguish pressed upon and subdued the proud spirits of men. University of Michigan. Kfirlfr T.lfYTtnn T79nn4 4"wtl. The Solely Lljnea, at Its regular meet- I lng Friday evening, elected the- following officers for the ensuing six .months; Presi dent, J. L. Wallin; vice-president, Miss Tilda Holm; recording secretary, B. Swenson; financial secretary, G. Helmet; treasurer, Samuel Holm; master of cere monies, Charjes Ek; librarian, Adolph Peterson; assistant librarian, Mlsu Carrie Olson; trustee, John Ecklund. i s VERY LOW DEATH RAT-E. Portland the Most Healthful City in the Country. Health Commissioner J. P. Menefee has practically completed his report for the year 1S99, from which the following- state ment of the mortality of the city of Port land for the year Is compiled, and which shows a death rate of less than nine per sons out of 1000, among the lowest If not the very lowest death rate of any city of- the size of Portland In the United States. The total number of deaths from all causes during the year is S51," with De cember to b& heard from. The-age, sex, OREGON'S YOUNG COMPOSER. ) o o v Miss Constance Mattlngly, of Portland, Is the composer of the "Oregon March and Two-Step," dedicated to the battle-ship Oregon. The piece was first played by the Kinross orchestra at the Hotel Portland; afterward on Oregon night-at--the" Portland exposition, and holiday week at the theaters. The march is out In sheet music, and is popular as a piano piece. color, nativity and social relations of de cedents are as follows: 497 males and StM females, 810 white, 2 colored and 49 Mon golian. Figuring on the basis of 96,600 population, as given by the directory .for the year 1899, makes the death rate 8.98 per 1000 Inhabitants. This Includes all cases brought here for treatment to the hospitals. Of thosewho died, there were married, widows or widowers, 431; single, over 20 years, 211; single, under 2Q years, 219. Born in Oregon, 209; other states In the United States, 340; foreign, 312. There were 115 deaths from tuberculosis, 21 from typhoid fever, 9 from diphtheria and 11 from other contagious and infectious diseases. The total number of contagious diseases reported by attending physicians was as follows: Diphtheria, 109; scarlet fever, 114;" typhoid fever, 67; measles, 301; chickenpox, 23; smallpox, 10. These cases of smallpox have all been brought In the city from without the state. There were no less typhoid-fever cases reported than last year, or in 1898, indicating that Bull Run water, repairing of unsanitary plumbing and filling up old vaults and cesspools has done Its good work in keeping down the death rate to one of the 'lowest in the United States. The ages of the deceased follow: Under 1 year, 121; from 1 to 5, 54; 5 to 20, S3; 20 to 40, 220; 40 to 60, 187; 60 to 100, 219, The total number of births for the year, as reported, was 1115562 males, 553 fe males; 1102 white, 3 colored and 10 Mon golian. The excess of births over deaths was 254. e ? JOHN CLARK & SON. Have Made Extensive Improvements in Saddlery and Harness. Prominent among the old and substantial firms of Portland is John Clark & Son, 104- VENICE. Dealers are. 'requested to are. t equested to observe the special cuts of. their leading saddle, saddle trees and the latest bucking roll in the il lustrated supplement. They have applied for a patent on the bucking roll, which is cuiisiutseu iu ue mo greatest aevice or its ? n the Tf' """P td tol ush rIders and c?ys. They have built up an enormous trade on their saddles, and are noted for making 'the finest and easiest-riding saddle-tree for both, man and animal the famous "Glarlc" tree is known in at least six or seven states. Formerly they Imported harness quite largely, but now they have practic ally shut out Eastern manufacturers, as Clark & Son's lines are better adapted for the requirements of this country. SMITH'S DANDRUFF POMADE I Removes all dandruff upon alx appllca I tlons; one application stops itching scalp. ' At all druggists. Sample free. Address. amitn Bros., Fresno. Cal. . s 1 a . Dyspepsia in its worst forms will yield' to the use of Carter's Little Nerve Pillo. pf whaftiraUn P1U DSe' AIDS WOMAN'S WORK STATE1 FEDERATION WORKING Oft . MODEST LINES. New Factor in the Social Develop ment o the State, and One That "Will Appeal to Newcomers. Since the 1899 New Year's edition of The Oregonian, Oregon has added to her al ready long Hat of attractions to home seekers one that will be appreciated by the wives and daughters, who, with the good men of the family, are studying the advantages to be gained by a change of location, and that Is the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs. Responding to a cor dial invitation extended by the Portland Woman's Club, a large-majority, of .the best working clubs of the state sent dele gates to Portland In October, who, work ing together, followed the example that had been set by so many of the states east, west, north and south, and organ ized a state federation. The clubs of the state, each In its own way, had long been watching the growth or the federations I in other states, and working towards this end In our own state. It seemed, during those pleasant days when the club women from all parts of the state were gathered in one place for the first time, that the chord of good-fellowship had been touched, and that the right hour had ar rived. From Union, La Grande and Pen dleton on the east, to Roseburg in the south, and from the Valley towns up the Willamette, it was a goodly company that met for the discussion of the benefits of state federation. Words of encourage ment and good cheer were received from prominent club-women In other states, and the presence of a veteran club worker. Mrs. A. H. H. Stuaftrof--jQiympIa, and a representative from far-famebTSoisis. added much to the interest of the occa sion. . In these days, people looking towards a new location do not stop with Inquiries about the churches, schools and water supply of a town, but also ask, "Is there a'woman's club?" So, In looking at our ferand state, with its wonderful resources, Its boundless wealth In forest, mountain and river, Its healthful climate, its un told material advantages, thoughtful men and women wishing to come here to mate their homes and rear their families will not overlook the state of intelligence, the degree of culture, and the up-to-date In terest in all of the vital questions of the day that a state federation of women's clubs implies. Our federation has begun its work mod estly. Both officers and clubs are untried In workJng together. We mean not to make the mistake of undertaking too much at first, and thus dissipate our en ergies. We have chosen out of the great number of committees thabiwe might ap point but two, for our"bregInnlng; one on education, andone on library work. The federation is made up of clubs in terested In various lines of work and study. The "literary" pure and simple, the study class, the department club with its different interests, the teachers' club, that will be able to show the others how they may be helpful to the school (some thing that appeals to every mother in the clubs); the club of wide-awake, Intelligent home-makers, studying domestic science; the club that wants to know how to do business with order and dispatch. In all these we believe we have he elements of a useful and successful federation. We "shall gain strength with our progress." Other state federations are doing fine work with committees on civics, domestic science, libraries, schools, art. etc. The Georgia federation, only three years uia, nas paia tne expenses or a .. lil- lI1 young lady of the state Oread institute, in Worcester, Mass., a school of domestic science in all that the term Implies, and Includes much more, as will be seen by reading the. cur riculum, which is as follows: Cookery, chemistry of food, marketing, house economics, sanitation, physical culture, elocution, physiology, physics, chemistry, bacteriology, emergencies, history of foods, feeding of infants and children,. iaunary, sewing, peaagogy ana psychol ogy. There is unlimited opportunity for work before us. In doing this work the Indi vidual club elevates its standard, and the Individual woman Is broadened In mind and sympathy; her outlook is widened, and when through the beneficent influence of our federation the majority of the tdwns in our state have their clubs of earnest, intelligent women studying along all of these suggested lines, who will doubt that it Is an organization that Is a power that makes for righteousness? ADELIA D. WADE. Pendleton, Or. MAY COME TOO LATE. Delay in Securing: Engrlish Par- trlderes for the Valley. The sportsmen who contributed $500 to Introduce the gray or English partridge Into tho Willamette valley are not cer tain whether they win be able to have the birds here In time to turn out next spring or. not. They were made the vic tims of misplaced confidence by a man who wont over to Europe a few months ago and promised to secure .tho birds and bring them back with him, and who, after writing that he had arranged for the birds, and would start with them on a certain 'date, returned without them. The only comfort the sportsmen have under the circumstances is that they did not place any Of their money In the hands of this man. They are now endeavoring j to negotiate with people in Europe to bring the partridges over here, agreeing to pay $5 per pair far 100 pairs landed here. These partridges remain about farms and cultivated grounds, and will fill a place which the native grouse and pheas? ants of Oregon leave vacant. The ring neck pheasant, Introduced into Oregon from China by Judge Denny a number of years ago, and which have thriven and increased so wonderfully, made themselves perfectly at home around farms, contest ing with the domestic fowls for the privi leges of the barnyard, as long as they were protected by law, but when shooting of pheasants was allowed, they soon learned to hunt cover, and now take to the brush as readily and display as much skill In concealing themselves In trees as the native, pheasants. ANOTHER NEW ENTERPRISE A Recent Acquisition to Portland's Many Extensive Manufactories. Among the many great manufacturing enterprises which have been located In Portland, the most recently established Is that of the Doernbecher Manufacturing Company, one of the largest furniture fac tories in the West. The plant was first established at Chehalis, Wash., but, desir ous of being more centrally located and of obtaining more adequate facilities for carrying on the business of the company, the management decided to locate in this city. The plant of the company has been lo cated between East Twenty-eighth street and Hoyt avenue, on the main line of the O. R, & N. Co., In the Hawthorne tract. The site contains four acres of land, three of which will be occupied by the buildings and the other used as a lumber yard. The buildings will be the handsomest for man ufacturing purposes on the coast, and the work of contructing them is to commence at once. Practically all of the grading for the plant has been done, and on Sat urday last President Doernbecher went over the ground, setting out the stakes for the location of foundations. Lumber and material for the buildings will probably be on the ground this week. From 50 to 75 men have been constantly employed since October last in clearing and grading the blocks on which the plant Is to be erected. The O. R. & N. Co. Is construct ing new sidings and switches, which will give a line directly through the site. The plant will employ 300 men, and, when completed, will have an annual out put of about $250,000. Mr. F. S. Doern becher, the president and manager of the company, has had many years' experience in the furniture manufacture business, and enjoys the reputation of being one of the best-posted men in the United States In his particular line. In addition to the construction of the plant, arrangements have been comploted for the erection of a hotel and a large number of dwelling-houses for the accom modation of the employes. The logs and lumber to supply the factory will be brought Jronfthe Columbia and Cowlitz jYeTs7where the supply of the proper kinds of timber Is almost unlimited. By the acquisition of this Immense factory, the output of goods manufactured in Port land will not only be greatly enhanced, but undoubtedly over 1000 people will be added to the population of the city. t DAVIDSON, WARD & CO. Oregon Real Estate and Mining: Bu reau. In our real estate department we make a specialty of Portland city property and Willamette valley farms- In our mining department, we make a specialty of tho Bohemia and Gold Hill mining districts of Southern Oregon. Our office is the Port land headquarters for the Gold Hill High Line Ditch Company, a company organized for the purpose of constructing a high-line ditch to carry 10,000 miners' Inches of water from Rogue river to the -dry agri cultural lands and rich placer gold fields In the vicinity of Gold Hill, Jackson coun ty, Or. Our office is also the Portland headquar ters for the Gold Hill Development Com pany. Keep an eye on Gold Hill. It is the center of one of the richest quartz mining lstricts of Oregon, and in its vicinity are manythousands of acres of rich placer gold fields, wherelter-milllons of tons of rich ore mined and milled by the elements and awaiting the grand "clean-up" wHich will be made possible soon by the Gold Hill high-line ditch. DAVIDSON, WARD & CO., 272 Stark street, Portland, Or. OOP ERICKSON'S Finest Concert Hall In the City. Erickson's concert hall In Portland was opened to the public during 1SS9 by August Erickson, who is also proprietor of the Louvre, at Astoria, the latter being the finest and most elaborate establisnment of its kind on the coast, known far and near. It must also be borne in mind, however, that Erickson's. of Portland, of which Henry Martzloff acts as manager, located at 21 North Second street, corner of Burn side, is exceptionally fine, being handsome ly and artistically fitted up in every de tail. The interior is brilliantly lighted, contains statuary and oil paintings which are genuine works of art all In all, it is most attractive and substantial. The bil liard tables are well patronized, musical concerts are given each afternoon and evening, and hot lunches are served dur ing the latter hours of the day. An auto matic orchestrlal Instrument aids materi ally in the entertainment features, and the outside illuminated signs attract more than passing notice. The best imported and domestic wines, liquors and cigars are carried In stock. . . 1 o t A GOOD RESOLUTION. Mr T,. T. Shell, nf The Creamerie Res- taurant, has resolved to give his oustomers j it. i e .v.t .,,. l it l more gOOU JJlUl&a tui men muucj, xi. it. possible, in the year 1900 than in the past year, as we are always adding something i new and good to our bill of fare. 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This re moves the Irritation to the muscles and organs, allowing nature to perfect a cure. DISEASES OF WOMEN Osteopathy Is a science, which recog nizes causes heretofore unknown to tnn medical science. For many years women have been seeking relief for the many Ilia peculiar to their delicate organisms, by means other than those usually practiced, the surgeon's knife and local medication. Osteopathic treatment at last fills this long-felt want. DISLOCATIONS AND DEFORMITIES All schools of medical science other than osteopathy are unable to treat disloca tions, shortening of the lower extremi ties, spinal curvatures, joint diseases, etc, without jackets, braces and other annoy ing appliances. It Is the pride and practice of osteo pathic physicians to do away with them and to give to the patient an opportunity to grow strong and become normal nat urally by the means of mechanical ad justment. By calling at our offices In tho Dekum building and seeing references and testi monials, you will be convinced that OSTEOPATHY CURES Drs. Northrup & Alklre, whose office is in the Dekum building, have had wide experience in their profession. Every cour tesy will be shown to those wishing to Investigate the merits of this new science. All forms of nervous and chronic dis eases successfully treated. Call on or address Drs. Northrup & Al klre, suite 416 the Dekum building. Third and Washington streets, Portland Oregon. And approved by Pacific Board of Under writers. Produces SO to 100 candle power light and consumes but one-eighth of a pint of oil per hour. ECONOMY GAS LAMP CO. H. W. Manning General Agent for Ore gon, Washington and Alaska, 43 Third street. Dr. G. W. Vaughn Veterinary Surgeon, 122 Fifth St, Cor. Washington. Portland Artificial Ice & Cold Storage Co. Eighteenth and Upshur Streets W. H. Harris, Manager. Ann Arbor Bakery The Only Home Bakery In Portland M. 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