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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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' At all druggists. Sample free. Address.
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. 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.
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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. We
take this opportunity to thank the public
for its liberal patronage, and that they
will all continue In the good work and
bring their friends.
d o a
"Little strokes fell great oaks." You
may escape winter colds by taking Hood's
Sarsaparlila.
vrvrTjn imv r.nhtor! with nlcnt emissions, dreams, exnaustinir drains, oasn-
, .M .- OU.1.1.U. ... . .......
fulness, aversion to society, which deprive you of your manhood. UNFITS YOU
FOR BUSINESS OB MARRIAGE.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN who from excesses and strains have lost their MANLY
POT"7ER
BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, painful, bloody urine.
Gleet. Stricture, enlarged prostate, Sexual Debility. Varicocele. Hydrocele, Kidney
and Liver troubles, cured WITHOUT MERCURY AND OTHER POISONOUS
DUUGS. Catarrh and Rheumatism CURED.
Dr. Walker's methods are regular and scientific. Ha uses no patent nostrums
or ready-made preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medical treatment
His New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent Free to all men who describe their
trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All letters answered In
plain envelope. Consultation free and sacredly confidential. Call on or address
Doctor Walker, 132 First St., Corner Alder, Portland, Or, , ,
OSTEOPATHY
A New
Science
of Healing
This system of healing treats disease as
the result of a strain, fall or some con
dition, causing a misplacement of bone,
ligament or muscle; this abnormal condi
tion causes pressure or interference of
the nerves and blood vessels, thereby ob
structing the free action of the vital forces
to the organs they control and nourish.
The Osteopath, by his knowledge of
anatomy and physiology, together with tho
principles of osteopathy, Is able to detect
and remove these conditions. 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. Shields, Prop.
347 Morrison St.
The Old Book Store
Carries the largest atock in the Northwest. New
and second-hand books. Mall orders receUe
prompt attention.
HYIAAI BROS.,
329-231 Yamhill St., Portland.
L iL
TWENTY YEARS OF SUCCESS
In tho treatment of chronic diseases, such as liver,
kidney and stomach disorders, constipation, diarrhoea,
dropsical swellings, Brlght's disease, etc
KIDNEY AND URINARY
Complaints, painful, difficult, too frequent, milky or
bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured.
DISEASES OF THE RECTUM
Such as piles, fistula, fissure, ulceration, mucous and
bloody discharges, cured without the knife, pain or
confinement.
DISEASES OF MEN
Blood poison, gleet, stricturu, unnatural losses, 1m
potency, thoroughly cured. No failures. Cures guar-
HE PALATIAL
r ft
Not n dark office in the bnlldliigl
absolutely fireproof; electric liarhta
and artesian irnterj perfect sanita
tion and thoronsh ventilation. Ele
vators run day and night
Rooms,
ABRAMS. "W. R.. Cashier Mutual Ln &-..... 400
ANDERSON. GUSTAV. Attorney-at-Lav--...6IJ
ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. L. Powe.l. Mgs ...3WI
BANKERS LIFE ASSOCIATION, of Des
Moines, Ia.r C A. McCargar. State Assnc.902 3
BEHNKE. H. W.. Prln. Ternln Shorthand
School .............. ......21t
BENJAMIN. R. "W.. Dentist 311
BINSWANGER. DR. O. S., Phys. & Sur .-Ul-in
BRUERE. DR. G. E.. Physician 412-413-414
BUSTEED, RICHARD. Plujr Tobacco 602-6QJ
CAUICIN. G. E.. District Agent Travelers
Insurance Co...... .... 713
CARDWEUU DR. J. B 500
CLARK. HAROLD. Dentist 314
CLEM, E. A. & CO.. Mlnln? ProperUes...315-alU
COLU1IBLV TELEPHONE COMPANY
...- 604-605-000-007-013-614-613
CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phys. and Surgeon 200
COVER. P. C.. Cashier Equitable Life... 30i
COLUER. P-. F.. Publisher; 3. P. McQulre.
Manager ............... ..........413-410
DAY. J. G. &L N 313
DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia
Telephone Co........ .................... C07
DICKSON, DR. J. S, Physician 713-714J
i x 1
1JKAKE. DR. H. B.. Physician 512-513-514B
EDITORIAL ROOMS. Eighth lloo;
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
L. Samuel. Manager; P. C Caver, Cashier .30(
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder stree
FALLOWS, MRS. M. A., Manager Women's
Dept. Mutual Reserve Fund Life of New
York .
FENTON, J. D.. Physician and Surgeon..500-3H
FENTON. DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear 511!
FENTON. MATTHEW P.. Dentist
FIDELITY MUTUAL LIPE ASS'N: E. C
Stark, Manager ...........301
FOREST. MRS. E. R.. Purchasing Agent... .71
FRENCH SCHOOL (by conersat!on); Dr. A.
Muzzarelll, Manager ......M... ...... .....71
GAL VAN I, W. H., Engineer and Draughts
man .........-................ ...........001
GEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician and
Surgeon ...... ......21221.
GIESY, A. J.. Physician and Surgeon.,. .709-71'
GODDARD, E. C & CO.. Footwear, ground
floor 129 Slxtn stree
GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhattan
Life Insurance Co., of. New York. ...... 200 21i
GRANT. FRANK 3.. Attorney-at-Law 01
GRENIER. MISS BEATRICE. Dentist-..
HAMMOND. A. B...... v.... 31
HEIDINGER. GEO. A. & CO., Pianos and
Organs 131 Sixth St
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C, Phys. & Surg... CO 1 30i
KADY. MARK T., Manager Paclflc North
west Mutual Reserve Fund Ufa Asso.. 604
LAMONT, JOHN, Vice-President and Gen
eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co.... ,.C0i
UXTLEFIELD. H. . Phys. and Surgeon. ,20i
MACRUM. W. S., Sec. Oregon Camera Club 21
MACKAY, DR. A. fe. Phys. and Surg....7H-71
MAXWELL. DR. W. S., Phys. & Surg. ,7ot 2-,
McCARGAR. C. A.,. State Agent Bankers'
uie Association ................002-50:
McCOY. NEWTON,. Attorney-at-Law... ...7l
mcfaui. .Misa IDA E.. Stenographer... ...20
McGINN. HENRY E.. Attorney-at-Law..311 31
McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers Representa
tive 30'
MILLER COLLECTION AGENCY. .....30:
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C., Dentist and
Oral Surgeon ........ ............ ....60S-'
MOBSMAN. DR. E. P., Dentist 312-513-31
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of
New York; W. Goldman, Manager...... 200-21
McELROY, DR. J. G., Phys. & Surg.701-702-70.
McFARLAND. E. B.. Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co......
McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. 5. Collier.
Publisher ...... ....415-41'
McKIM, MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of New
York; Wm. S. Pond. State Mgr..... 404-403-40'
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N.
M. T. Kady. Mgr. Paclfle Northwest.... 004-60:
NICHOLAS, HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law. .71
NILES, M. L.. Cashier Manhattan Life In
surance Co. of New York..
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY
Dr. L. B. Smith. Osteopath.... ........408-41
OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-210-21
PERNIN SHORTHAND SCHOOL; H. W.
Behnke. Prln ........ ...........21
POND, WM. S.. State Manager Mutual Life
Ins. Co. of New York. 404-403-40
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY..
............ ....Ground floor. 133 Sixth stree
PORTLAND PRESS CLUB.. 71
PROTZMAN. EUGENE C. Superintendent
Agencies Mutual Reserve Fund Life, of
New York .CO
PUTNAM'S SONS. G. P.. Publishers 01
QUTMBY. L. P. W.. Game and Forestry
Warden 716-71
REED & MALCOLM. Opticians.. 133 Sixth stree
REED. F. C. Fish Commissioner... ....... ..40
SAMUEL. L., Manager Equitable Life .30
SANDFORD. A. C. & CO.. Publishers Agts. 31
SCRIBNER'S SONS. CHA3.. Publishers;
Jewe Hobson. Manager.... 515-516-51
SHERWOOD. J. W.. Deputy Supremo Com
mander. K. O. T. M 61
SMITH. DR. L B.. Osteopath 408-4C
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 50'
STARK. E. C Executive Special, Fidelity
Mutual Life Association of Phlla., Pa...... 30
STARR & COLE. Pyrography 4r
STUART. DELL. Attorney-at-Law... 610-610-61
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist ...7C4-70
STRONG. F. H. & G. M.. General Agents
Union Central Life Ins. Co .....402-40J
SURGEON OF THE 3. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO 70
STROWBRIDGE, THOS H.. Executive Spe
cial Agent Mutual Life, of Now York 40:
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE. 2C
TUCKER. DR-GEO. F.. Dentist 010 61
UNION CENTRAL LIFE INS. CO.; F. H.
& O. M. Strong Agents ,402-4'
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU 008-007-908-OCj
U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENOINEERS. 13TH
DIST.. Captain W. C Langfltt. Corps of
Engineers. U. S. A........ 8Ci
U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE. RIVER AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Captain W.
C. Langfltt, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A..,. 81
"WALKER. WILL H.. President Oregon
Camera Club .... 214-215-210-21
WEATHERRED. MRS. EDYTH. Orand Sec
retary Native Daughters . ........ . 710-71
WHITE. MISS L. E. Asa't Sec Oregon Cam
era Club .........21
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Phys. & Sur "fM
WILSON. DR. GEO F.. Phys. & Surg- ..706 71
WILSON. DR. HOLT C . Phys. & Surg 507 JOi
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician.. 412-412-41
WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO... ..61
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Company of Oregon, 100 Third at., o
to the rent cleric In the otiildlziff.
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