THE MORNINQ OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1900.
IN THE SEVERAL COURTS
TRIAL OF DAMAGE SOlT AGAIXST TS
JBAJf, POULSEX fc CO.
"Widow of an Employe Killed In
Tbelr Srtt Mill Asks tor S5000
Court oles.
Tie trial of the suit of Marie Sillier, ad
ntintntratrix of the estate of her husband,
Frederick J. Miller, deceased, against In
hmlb, Poulsen & Co., to recover $5000 dam
ages, was "begun yesterday before Judge
Sears and a jury.
Killer was killed on the night of No
vember 2L 1SW. while employed by the
defendant as a laborer, by being caught
oa the coapling of a revolving line shaft.
It le contended that a certain bolt through
the coupling was allowed to protrude and
project to such an extent as to be danger
ous to employes, and it caught Miller's
clothing. The duties performed hy Miller
were to remove blocks and sawdust from
near the shaft, which came down an ad
joiBtog big chute.
H. W. Parker and J. R. Robinson, both
of whom witnessed the accident, testified
that Miller was in the act of stooping
down, picking up blocks, and the next
jaoroeat they saw that he was caught on
the revolving shaft, ana then rushed to
his assistance. Mr. Robinson explained
that the blocks were cut oft by the saw
la the trimming of ties, and the blocks
And sawdust had to be removed and carted
away to make room on the ground for
others to follow. Mr. Robinson stated
that he saw the protruding bolt when the
machinery was stopped. It projected about
an inch and a half from the nut. When
the machinery was going it revolved so
fast one could not see the bolt. It was
not there the next day. A, model of the
machinery Is in use at the trial, to aid
the jury in arriving at a better under
standing of the evidence.
The answer of the defendant admits the
occurrence, except that It Is denied that
the bolt projected unusually or unneces
sarily, and it is alleged that everything
was as it had been for six years previous.
It is stated that Miller was familiar with
the surroundings, accustomed to the work,
aad that the accident occurred through
Mb ewn carelessness. Miller was 49 years
old, and left a family. An employers' lia
bility insurance company, which carries
risks of this nature, figures in the case,
as It does in various damage suits. When
the plaintiff's case was concluded, Attor
neys Mallory and Gearln moved for a non
suit, which was contested by Gustav An
derson and John Manning, counsel for Mrs.
Miller. Judge Sears denied the motion,
a4" the defense will introduce testimony
this morning.
Dit orce Coses.
The suit of Mrs. N. I Starr against
her 'husband, W. Starr, to compel him to
pay her a monthly allowance for support,
was heard by Judge Cleland yesterday,
aad was taken under advisement. The
evidence of the plaintiff was that they
lived together as husband and wife for a
number of years, and had no especial
trouble until July last. She was about ta
go oa a visit to San Francisco, the de
feadant having given her money for that
purpose the day previous, but he sud
denly became enraged, after she had
signed some deeds, and ordered her to
leave and never return. She called a
neighbor to corroborate her statement that
she was directed to go. He did not see
what took place, but testified that he
overheard some of the loud talk. A police
man was called for the same purpose.
Starr, concerning his ability to provide
for his wife, was called, and admitted that
he is worth $19,000, free of Incumbrance,
and also had transferred some other valu
able property to his attorney to secure
the payment of an attorney's fee In an Im
portant suit in which he is interested.
Ha, however, maintained that his Income
just now is not large. He said he had
allowed his wife about ?55 a month for
a long time. He denied that he drove her
away, and stated that she was to blame
and did sot treat him right. His evidence
on that point was like in kind to much
frequently heard In cases of domestic In
feitaky. He practically confessed that he
is aWe to furnish support, but contended
that she is not entitled to It. John F. Lo
gan and John L. McGinn represented Mrs.
Starr.
Minnie M. Jones has begun suit, In the
state circuit court, against Edward S.
Jones, for a divorce, because of cruel treat
ment, and asked to be restored to her
maiden name, Harpole. The plaintiff avers
that ever since 1S8S her husband has failed
to provide a home for her and their
child, and compelled her to work as a
domestic for her support. While they were
both employed on the same farm, near
Arlington, in September, 1S9S, and while
Jones was bestowing his attentions and
affections upon another woman under the
same roof, Mrs. Jones says he drove her
from him, expressly demanding that she
should go away. They were married at
Salem, Or., in November, 1892.
Harriet K. Beck has sued John C. Beck
for a divorce for desertion, alleged to
have taken place in January, 1S99. They
were married at Vancouver, Wash., in 1S9C.
Samuel P. Goodwin has sued Alice Viola
Goodwin for a divorce, and alleges as
grounds of complaint that she struck him
in the face, and on another occasion threw
a oup of tea over him, and encouraged
the eWest son of the plaintiff, William H.
Goodwin, to insult and threaten him, and
thai, Wh. January 16, the son made him
leave the house. The plaintiff also alleges
that for a long time past the defendant
has refused to speak to him, except to
Insult him. and to find fault. They v. ere
married at Vancouver, Wash., in 1S79.
Criniiunl Court.
Fanny Riley pleaded guilty In the crim
inal oourt yesterday to larceny of a watch
from Charles Aplln, and was sentenced
to M Hays' in the county jail.
John Hurley, indicted for larceny of a
satchel and a suit of clothes, the property
of George Halbert, pleaded not guilty, and
his trial was set for February 15.
Sam Howard, a lad of 16 jears, pleaded
guilty to larceny of an overcoat and two
suits o clothes, the property of Henry
Mltter, and he also pleaded guilty of a
charge of larceny of an overcoat, the prop
erty of Robert A. Moore. He was sen
tenced to six months in the county jail
for each offense.
A demurrer to indictments recently re
turned against six Chinese charging them
wfttt selling lottery tickets Tas argued
before Judge George yesterday and was
taken under advisement. The state was
represented by Mr. Glltner. The Chinese
have fought the lottery law for months
past, and as a rule have been worsted.
Only a few cases have been tried in the
circuit court, for the reason that, to begin.
with, they were prosecuted in the lower
court until it was decided 'that the city
charter does not give the city power to
pass an anti-lottery ordinance. In the sev
eral trials in the circuit court the Chi
nese were convicted and fined $100 in each
case, which amounts were paid.
Salts Filed.
FMschner, Mayer & Co. have sued R.
A. Graham, in the state -circuit court, to
recover $796 oa a note executed at San
Franenwe.
The First National bank, of McMInn
ville. has sued H. RLUUefleld and J. C.
Mfcfeaux-to recover $S3S on a. note.
T. M. Stark has filed an action against
T P. Swennes for $1S1, due on a note, and
interest from ISM.
Railway Company Wins.
In th uk of William Roe against the
Portt&jttt Railway Company, tried before
Judge Fraaer. the jury returned a, verdict
for the defendant, after two hours delib
eration. Roe demanded $12,000 damages
oa account of injuries sustained in falling
from the Vancouver trestle, on April 8,
UN. He was employed as a section hand,
ana. a the time of the occurrence, was
engaged ia pushing a handcar. He tea- j
-tilled that the guard rail "was rotten.
This the company denied, and endeavored
to prove that Roe was not Injured as
he said he was, and was soon afterwards
able to go to work, and that he suffers
from causes other than the falL
Probate. Blatters.
Robert Ti. Piatt was appointed adminis
trator of the estate of Christian Tode,
deceased, valued at $3600. Tode died in Ger
many in Marph, 1S96. He left a will de
vising his property to a 'brother in Ger
many. He also Sled, and Mrs. Maria Tim
merman, a sister in Omaha, became en
titled to the estate, but she, too, died,
leaving a will in favor of her son, John
Timmerman.
J. C. Moreland, administrator of the es
tate of A. G. Walflng, deceased, was
authorized to sell lots l, 2, 3and 4, block
119. Portland. They are- mortgaged for
$5000.
THunagre Claims Filed.
Christian Llnder has filed a claim against
the county for $230 damages. In the mat
ter of the extension and alteration of the
Germantown road, which will pass through
his 40-acre tract of land, John X.fnder
has also filed a cialm. for $250 damage
for the same reason.
Petition In Bankruptcy.
Ellis Ireland and Carroll C. Ireland, man
and wife, of Umatilla county, by occupa
tion farmers, yesterday filed a petition
in bankruptcy In the United States court.
Their liabilities amount to about $2000
assets, $255, exempt
AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION.
Bourko Cockntn's Proposal Only a
Little Iegs Ridiculous Than
Bryan's.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Mr. Bourke Cockran. proposes that the
democratic party should make antl-lm-Jjertallsm
the sole issue of the next cam
paign, letting free silver alone for the
present, and relegating the trust ques
tion to a subordinate place. Much Itera
tion of the phrase does not make it any
easier to understand precisely what Mr.
Cockran and the antl-exnanslontets mran
by Imperialism, and how they propose to
arouse the country to its dangers. Is it
to be assumed that the constitution of the
United States has been violated and its
principles outraged by the acquisition of
Puertp Rico, the Hawaiian islands and the
Philippines? The democrat who should
have to defend Buch an Idea on the stump
would have to asperse the historic pol
icy of his own party. For 60 years that
policy was persistently and resolutely an
nexationist, and every great addition to
our territory has had democratic prompt
ing or approval. It was men of the
other party who denounced the Louisiana
purchase as worthless and derided the
notion that Oregon or Washington evpr
could be of any use. It was Daniel Web
ster who declared to the senate that Cali
fornia was not -north a dollar. It 19
true that the treaty under which we ac
quired Louisiana contained the stipula
tion that "the inhabitants of the ceded
territory shall be incorporated In the
Union of the United States and admitted
as soon as possible, according to the
principles of the federal constitution, to
the enjoyment of all the rights, advan
tages and Immunities of citizens of the
United States," and that no similar stipu
lation has been made In regard to the in
habltants of Puerto Rico, Hawaii or the
Philippines. But do the leaders of the
democratic party seriously propose to go
before the American people with the pro
posal that we should keep these Islands
only on the express understanding that
their people are to be admitted to full
fellowship in the citizenship of the United.
States? The administration policy clear
ly contemplates no such action, and It is
one of the functions of-an opposition to
have a policy different from that of the
party in power. But it must be a policy
that plain people can understand, and It
must have some Immediate practical re
lation to public affairs. Now, there can
bo nothing more certain than that a vast
majority of the people of the United
States are in favor of keeping our new
possessions were It for no better reason
than that we should not know to whom to
surrender them, and It is equally certain
that neither to the Filipino nor to the
native Hawaiian would It be either safe
or expedient to delegate the full privilege
of the voting franchise.
That there Is anything In the constitution
to prevent us holding these possessions Is
about as nonsensical a claim as that we
cannot hold them without treating them
as inchoate states. The power to acquire
"territory or other property" is as un
doubted as the power to govern It as we
please. The democratic party cannot plant
Itself on a mere negation as to any of
these things, much less can it hope to
regain the confidence of the American peo
ple by simply condemning what has been
done, Without offering any formula of Its
own in regard to the future of these de
pendencies. Mr. Cockran may have a plan
that would stand ten minutes' discussion;
Mr. Bryan evidently has not What the
administration plan may be we have no
means of knowing, but it may be presumed
that it Is not essentially different from
that outlined by Mr. Whitelaw Reld in his
Princeton address last October. He said
that as to the Philippines, his Idea of the
natural development of our rule was some
what as follows: First, until entirely clear
that It Is no longer needed, military gov
ernment. Next, the rule of either military
or civil governors, relying gradually more
and more on native agencies. Thirdly, the
development of dependencies, with an
American civil governor, with their for
eign relations and their highest courts con
trolled by us, and their financial system
largely managed by members of a rigidly
organized and jealously protected Ameri
can civil service; but in most other re
spects steadily becoming more self-governing.
And, finally, autonomous colonies,
looking to us for little save control of
their foreign relations; profiting by the
stability and order whdeh the backing of
a powerful nation guarantees; and culti
vating more and more intimate trade and
personal relations with that nation, and
coming to feel themselves participants of
Its fortunes and renown.
Circumstances may occur to modify the
successive stages of this process, but It Is
a perfectly intelligible and apparently
natural one. No objections can be Inter
posed to It by other nations, and If the
work Is honestly and capably done It will
go forward with but little protest from
our own people. The American voter is
not apt to concern himself greatly about
purely abstraot questions, and the demo
cratic attempt to make party capital out
of the perverted use of a political byword
Is as abject a confession of poverty of
Ideas as any great party has ever made
In our history. To arjpeal to the country
on an antl-lmperlallst Issue Involves the
necessity of defining at what stage of the
progress of the .war with Spain or of the
events which followed it the attitude of
this country ceased to be republican and
became imperial. It has beep well said
that If any complaint on this score Is to
He It must relate to the critical period
when we were accepting responsibility for
order at Manila, and at that time the only
charge that could be made against us was
that we were exercising too little power
and -not too much. We had a very clearly
marked responsibility for the restoration
of order where the fortunes of war had
produced chaos, and there Is no point of
the long struggle that survived the war at
which we could honorably have left the
Philippine Islands to their fate. The rest
of the world never entertained any doub s
on that subject, and it would be an extra
ordinary assumption even on the part of
the Bryanlzed democracy that other peo
ple understood more about our affairs
than we do ourselves. Idr. Cockran's
whole programme is equally a reflection
on the Intelligence of what is left of lead
ership in the democratic party and on
the common sense of the people to whom
he proposes to make his anti-imperialistic
appeal.
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"COlDSTEErUSED INWAR
THE BAYONET AGAIN IS KAVOR
AMONG MILITARY. EXPERTS. -
Its Use tor the British In South Africa
Invention, Rise, and Vicissi
tudes of the Bayonet.
There are signs in the news from the
seat of war In South Africa that "the
British bayonet" Is not yet by any
means past its deadly usefulness. At
Mafeklng, the dispatches say, one night
attack upon the besiegers' trenches, de
livering a dose of "cold steel" when dark
ness prevented the Boer riflemen from
shooting with good effect, was of the
greatest service in preventing a close
advance of the parallels. There Is- a story,
too, which Is probably mythical in Itself,
but equally probably based on general
facts, that In an attack on trenches some
where near the scene of Bullets recent
defeat a cry of "Fix bayonets and give
them the cold steel!" had more effect
upon the defending party than many
rounds of Lee-Metford ammunition would
have had. If the Boers, brave enough, as
everybody admits, in what Kentuckians
call a "shooting scrape," fight shy of tho
bayonet, says the New York Tribune, It Is
all the less to be wondered at, as thejr
themselves appear to be unprovided witn
any such weapon, and are certainly not,
as the British Infantryman is, trained to
its use.
Since the Crimean war the opinion that
the bayonet has had its day has gained
ground. Considering the enormous in-
crease in the range and power of rifles
since that time, it is rather wonderful that
any one should think otherwise. But his
tory has been far from unanimous on this
point; in fact, it has been self -contradictory,
ju,st as It has been in the matter
ot the saber for the cavalryman. There
must have been little or nothing, for In
stance, in the scene at the Turkisn
trenches before Plevna to remind the war
correspondents who watched and recordea
it that this was not a battle of the old
heroic man-to-man period. These corre
spondents told how, as the victorious Rua-
slan Infantry approached the works, fir
ing and receiving the Turkish fire, a long
line of red-capped, loose-trousered demons
sprang up from within the breastworks,
and, whirling their rifles aloft, with a yen
of "Allah IP Allah!" came down on tno
Muscovites at the old-fashioned "charge."
It was the officers who made the surren
der qf Plevna a decent modern affair; tno
Turkish rank and file could, and would
without doubt, have gone on at their wont
of point and butt until none were left to
surrender to the surviving victorious Rus
sians but the staff.
So much for the Turk. But about two
years later history had an entirely differ
ent tale to tell. The tale of Majuba Hill
goes that a battalion of British Infantry,
wearing the uniform of the same regiment
which Included the "MInden Yell" among
its traditions, was beaten off by a band
of Dutch farmers and utterly destroyeu.
because the crack British regiment trusted
to .their bayonets and the farmers shot
from behind rocks.
The Bayonet In Infantry Fighting.
And yet If the efficacy of the bayonet
had been on trial before a jury of experts
It could certainly have been considered to
.have had every advantage in being put In
to me nanus or British soldiers. The his
tory of Infantry fighting sums up some
thing like this: First, the Macedonian
phalanx, with long lances; then the Roman
legion, with short, stout spears; then au
Interval, say, of 12 centuries, during most
of which the mounted man had things all
his own way; then the 200 years begin
ning about 1550, when the Spanish "lnfan
terla" was considered Irresistible by rea
son of its pikes, which were, practically,
the Roman "plla"r then the Introduction
of the matchlock, and with it a threat of
an end to all "close quarters," as early as
the beginning of the 16th century.
But some French or Spanish soldier
whose name has been lost to fame hit upon
the brilliant Idea that these new-fangleo.
machines might be converted Into honest
Bayonet of V. S. Magazine Rifle.
pikes occasionally by simply sticking the
butt of a dargger into the muzzle of tne
matchlock. This scheme seemed to work
well for half a century, until It was gen
erally felt that If the firing of a match
lock was to become other than a long ana
deliberate ceremonial, as seemed to ne
probable with the Improvements that
were coming from Nuremberg, the corking
and vmcorklng of the barrels would have
to be obviated in some way or other.
In 1689 General Mackay Introduced
among his Infantry the ring bayonet. Tne
name of the weapon has been connectea
with Bayonne, the French seaport As a.
matter of fact, "bayona" and "bayoneta"
are Spanish words, and mean neither more
nor less than "sticker" and "little stick
er.". But the etymology of the word did
not trouble the British and Irish infantry
whom it helped to raise to the topmost
place among the troops of Europe in- tne
period from 1703 the date when Wauban
introduced the socketed bayonet in the
armies of the Great Monarch to the mid
dle of the present century. The transi
tion from ring to socket was a perfectly
natural one. The two rings In the earner
weapon were merged Into a sort of tube
fitting on the end of the musket barrel.
The blade was connected with this tune
by a stout neck, so as to leave it clear ot
the bullet's path when the gun was dis
charged. In order to give the blade great
er strength It was made triangular ip sec
tion. Finally this triangular blade was
hollowed out to make It as light as possi
ble, and so reduce to a minimum Its disad
Rice Trowel Bayonets,
vantage as a weight oE the end of the piece
in firing.
Thus was evolved the form of bayonet
which Is to this day- the conventional latu.
of it entertained by uninformed civilian
minds. It was this form, that was in use
in the Peninsular war, where more than at
any other time or In any other part of
the world the bayonet won its fame
"British bayonets" became in those days
a synonym for the military power of the
British empire, though it would have been
only fair to say "Hlberno-Britlsh bayo
nets," considering the share, out of all
proportion to th. population of little Ire
land, which the Irish soldier had In mak
ing Wellington's bayonet charges terrible.
An Irish tradition goes that "thanks to
the bayonet, we may sing 'Garyowen.' "
KWhatever degree of truth there may ba
la tne story qf the Peninsular war with
which this saying Is connected, It has of en
been remarked that the superiority of
British Infantry in tho bayonet charge
could never have been without the admix
ture of at least an equal part of Celtic
blood to give "elan" to the steady, stolid
fighting quality of the Anglo-Saxon Teu
ton. In the earlier part of this century the
authorities of the United States army were
fully alive to the Importance of skill with
the bayonet. General George B. McClel
lan wrote the manual of bayonet exer
cise, which was the authorized text book
for the' army at the beginning of the civil
war. It Is interesting now to the lay read
er chiefly on account of the elaborately
minute instructions on position. In those
days much stress was laid upon the effec
tiveness as a military spectacle of a large
body of men going through the bayonet
exercise. McClellan's book Is now obso
lete, and bayonet drill In the United States
nrmv Tine fnlron Hi frtrm rt on atVilfttlf
exercise, like boxing, carried on with bay- j
onets" made safe by pads attached to the
points. In the British army, to judge by
the complaint of a recent writer In the (
United Service Review, the Idea of bayo- I
net exercise as an affair of parade-ground
display has prevailed until recently, though
many ctirrimandlngr officers have worked
hard, and, It seems, with some success,
to substitute for the formal parade drills
of companies and battalions, man-to-man
contests with blunted weapons, small
prizes being given to the victors. General
McClellan, It must be said, contemplated
the same practice. In his "Manual" there
are plates, curious enough to look at after
the lapse of half a century, showing in
fantrymen of that period wearing the
padded "plastron" to protect the body, and
going through what look to the ees of
this generation like very stagey move
ments, with specially made whalebone
bladed bayonets. The whalebone blades
are made detachable from the hilt of the
bayonet, so that a blade broken by a "pal
pable hit" can be replaced.
In the article In the United Service. Re
view already mentioned, the writer evi
dently takes the view that the day of the
bayonet Is by no means past. The "trowel
bayonet," designed by Colonel Rice In the
'70s, with the Idea of furnishing the In
fantry scldler with a convenient and ever
ready Intrenching tool, was never a suc
cess In a practical sense. The Idea of it,
however, serves to show how little Import
ance was attached to the bayonet as a
weapon 25 years ago. But since that time
the bayonet has been gradually improved
up to the present form of a broad-bladed
knife, attached by a spring below the bar
rel of the rifle, to which It adds less than
one pound In weight and about 12 Inches
in length.
ANOTHER VERSION OF OMAR
Introductory Remarks, "With Speci
mens of the Quatrains.
Miss Elizabeth Alden Curtis, In a fore
word to her dainty little version of the
Rubalyat of Omar Khayyam, says the
New York Times, sets forth her aim so
modestly and beautifully that it should
disarm criticism, if the interest of her
book did not justify its own existence.
Fortunately for its author, it does stand
that test ot the critical examination which
all attempts to follow In Fitz Gerald's lead
awaken. Miss Curtis says:
You who live In the country know that there
are men and women, and little children even,
who rake after the loads In the fragrant season
of the hay harvest. ... Wise men have
translated the philosophy of the Persian
Omar. Thlo little book is but a raklng-after
"these greater ones," lest, perchance, one crim
son rosebud, one chaplet of Vine leaves, be left,
forgotten, by the wayside.
The book also contains a short introduc
tion by Mr. Richard Burton, referring first
of all to the present great Interest in Omar
Khayyam, which, while in a certain sense
ephemeral, has yet uhderlying it all a gen
uine and lasting appreciation:
The appeal which old Omar makes to us
across the centuries suggests two things. It
denotes the modern sympathy for his type of
philosophy, with Its blend of Horatlon hedon
ism and Old Testament fatalistic pessimism,'
sounding the deeps of life and death, and,
what Is of more Import, It shows that truly
fine literature Is, In a sense. Of no time; the
fundamental human cry has no nationality.
Mr. Burton "also reminds us that this
Interest in Omar is evidenced not only by
an ever-Increasing circle of readers, but
also by the number of English-renderings
In which this Eastern classic Is constant
ly appearing. Fifteen or twenty years
ago, an acquaintance with old Omar was
most unusual. We all remember how the
first and second editions of Fltz Gerald's
version would not sell at any price; not
even at the penny a copy asked by Quar
ltch for a book now hardly obtainable at
any price. And how suddenly people be
gan asking each other If they knew the
Rubalyat; a question which soon resulted
In a flood not only of editions of Fltz
Gerald's version, but also of other trans
lations and versions like Whlnfleld's three
separate Issues containing a varying num
ber of quatrains in the separate volumes;
the two Garner editions, the second of
which was amplified; the prose version by
Justin Huntly McCarthy; the Payne ver
sion, the various Heron-Allen issues, that
by Richard Le Galllenne, and one by Mrs.
Cadell, which came out only a short time
ago. There Is no question, of course, as
to the rank Fltz Gerald's version takes.
It Is without question matchless; but It
Is perhaps no heresy to allow it contains
more of Fitz Gerald than it does of Omar.
Speaking of Mr. Le Galllenne's version.
Dr. Burton says:
Yet Mr. Le Galllenne has shown us of late
that on the side of color and seduction of music,
"Old Fltz," as Tennyson was fond of calling
him, has not said the laut word. Fltz Gerald
performed a feat next to Impossible for the
translator; he made a second classic of hla
task, gltlng the world an English poem which
challenges the original In sheer strength and
beauty. Nevertheless, In Mr. Ie Galllenne'o
quatrains there are felicities that overmatch
like places in the older rendering. And so oth
ers are still led to the essay; before the eyes
of every lover of Oma' It would seem as if
there hoered a dim fair creature beckoning on
to the endeavor to express in still more perfect
phrase the magic melodies of that poet of the
Mystic Vine. . , . Miss Curtis' version la
most sympathetic finely yet delicately touched,
at times lovely In the extreme. .... Those
familiar with the existing versions will be In
terested to get in hand a new rendering so able,
and will realize how good a piece of work Is
here; while those who receive their first Intro
duction to Omar through her efforts may be
assured that the lady-usher who bows them
into the presence has the manners suited to
such society. '
It Is unquestionable that there are many
Omar lovers who consider' M,r. Le Galll
enne's version a delightful one at times
almost rivaling in interest Fitz Gerald's;
and they will doubtless find a great deal
of the same quality in this, which seems
to reveal fresh beauty with each new
reading. Typographically, the book is
most satisfactory, being the work of the
Marion Press; printed on Dutch hand
made paper of a very pleasing quality,
and attractively and plainly bound. The
valume, which is limited to 600 copies
printed from type. Is privately Issued by
the Brothers of the Book, and Is by far
the best and most important work they
have done. A few quatrains, taken at ran
dom, have been selected here to show
the charm of Mis3 Curtis' rendering,
0OOBMON SENSE
litems so strange that some people will take medicines about wnieh tbey really know nothing- som" ef Vhlch
might be, and are, really harmful ; when on the other hand it Is easily proved that over one million wonWwT .
restored to health by Lydia E. PinkhanVs Vegetable Compound. uww women nave beea
, e V? published in the newspapers of the United States more genuine testimonial letters than hava ever W
published in the interest of any other medicine.
We have thousands like the following addressed to Mrs. Pinkham :
Monthly Suffering Back"
ache and Bearing-down
Pains always Cured hy
Lydla Em PInkham's Vege
table Qompoundu
"I suffered untold agony every
month, could get no relief until I tried
your medicine ; your letter of advice
and a few bottles of Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound have made
me the happiest woman alive. I shall
bless you. as long as I live." Miss
Jole Saul, Dover, Mich.
" Pour years ago I had almost given
up hope of ever being well again. I
was afflicted with those dreadful head
ache spells which would sometimes
last three or four days. Also had back
ache, bearing-down pains, leucorr
hcea, dizziness, and terrible pains at
monthly periods' confining me to my
bed. After reading so many testi
monials for your medicine, I concluded
to try it. I began to pick up after
taking the first bottle, and have con
tinued to gain rapidly, and now feel
like a different woman. I can recom
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound in highest terms to all sick
women." iVHss Rosa Helden, 126
V. Cleveland Ave., Canton, O.
which, with Whlnfield'-s and Le Galll
enne's, certainly ranks next to Fltz Ger
ald's own:
Up! Now the sun ablaze In guerdoned might.
Has routed all the scarry hosts of night.
And hurling shafts upon the castle wall,
Secures the vantage to- the realm of light.
A roll of Verse, a cruet of wheaten bread,
Thy voice for music, and my soul Is fed;
The ruby of thy crimson lips for wine
Ah, who would chooae a Paradise Instead?
And, struggling spirit, let not worldly gain
Nor worldly loss provoke thy heart to pain,
For all the burden of such fevered dross
Will filter through thy wasting palms like rain.
The sap that dyes yon crimson-drenched, rose.
Perchance from some dead monarch's bosom
flows:
And7 that dark violet may well have drawn -lis
azure from a maiden's eyes, y&o knows?
These slender sedges that ye calmly trace
Along the river brink ah, muse a space,
Maybe that when ye tear them from the
sward
Ye mar the beauty of some tranquil face.
A little while upon this grassy steep,
A little while, and under It we sleep.
And though we live and lo e and sink to rest,
The burning stars their circling vigils keep.
From youth to age, I sought to ewell my store.
And begged of priest and scholar each his lore,
'But though my shadow lengthens down the
years,
1 still am standing at a fast-closed door.
O, what are we, who for a space abide.
To seek our cause of being, far and wide.
But pebbles, thrown, upc-n ji shelving beach,
And worked jibout -by each recurring tide? . ,
And huraaiuJIfe, asdettllct that -drifts"" t .
Forlorn upon a. course each current shifts;
Poor craft, forsook of beacon and of crew,
And left to founder la the yearning rifts!
Think not the Lakl shall create no more
When yoU and I are slipped beyond the Door,
For through the floodgates of Eternity,
The tide of souls unbendingly shall pour.
We are but shadow-figures rudely thrown
Upon the lanthom-cloth, and dimly ehown
In vacillation on the Master's arm
To whirl anon Into the blank unknown.
Aye, we are pawns In that portentous game
Of chessor life, why cavil at the name?
Soon will He sweep the pieces from the board,
And then, the rose will blossom all the same
Then bless thy sweet or fear thy bitter fate,
The world Is aging and the dawn is late;
What canst thou do with curses or with pray
ers One deslned letter to obliterate?
a p '
Let TJs 31ind Our Otto Business.
St. Helens Mist.
This government cannot be wheedled by
sentimentalists or dragooned by political
opportunists Into forming or delivering
any expression of sympathy for or Interest
in the South African conflict. It Is none
of our business, anyhow. One of the con
testants Is our friend, bound to us by the
ties of consanguinity and mutual interest,
and the other Is a people struggling for
what it believes to be its rights. Let the
god of battle decide It, and let us as a
nation, keep our flngera out of the fire.
1 9
The Mystery Of It?
Stayton Mall.
A Forest Grove editor's effects were
sold at auction the other day, and netted
;L rtlETEOROIiOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Feb. 9.-8 P. M. Maximum
temperature, 50; minimum temperature, 42;
river reading at 11 A. M., 5.2 feet; change in
the past A hours, 06 foot; total precipitation,
8 P. M. to 8 P.M., 001 inch; total preclplt&Uon
from Sept. 1, 18&9, 24 33 inches; normal pre
cipitation from. Sept. 1, 1899, 28.4S Inches; de
ficiency, 4.15 Inches; total sunshine Feb. 8,
1.5S; possible sunshine Feb. 8, 10.00.
. WEATHER STNOB3IS.
Rain as fallen west of the Cascades la the
past 24 hours, and snow fell east of them last
night. lit Southern Idaho the snow ceased early
this morning". The temperature has risen, de
cidedly east of the mountains, and west of
them there has been little change. The tem
perature ranges from 44 deg. on the Straits to
&1 deg. at Roseburg. and from 30 deg. at Spo
kane to 42 deg. at Walla Walfe An area of
high pressure coders Idaho, Oregen and Wash
ington, which Is expected to produce fair weath
er in. all these states, except along the coast
and Straits.
WEATHER- FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 23 hours
ending at midnight Saturday, Feb. 10:
Western- Oregon Fair, except rain on coast;
southerly' wlndsv- --
Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho Fair:
southerly winds In Oregon, westerly in Idaho.
Western Washington Fair, exeept rain on
coast and Straits; southerly winds.
Eastern Washington Fair; warmer, except
about Walla Walla; southerly winds.
Portland and vicinity Fair; southerly winds.
WITH WOMEN.
If apmrsonisIKamlneedsmmmoImm im H
mot wise to get omm thmt has stood th tmsi
time and has hundreds of thousands of ourmm
to Its credit 2
A great many women who are MS try mvmry
thing they horn of In tho way of mmdfoins, and
this experimenting with unknown drugs Is m
constant tmrnaam to their already knpmlrmd
health
This is Verv unvrfse. for then n rumnrlUii -rt.'My.'V. .. . t
ments and have been known years and years to ho doing' only food.
Take for instance,
lydla Em PIsakham's Vegetaklo Compound.
For thirty years its record has beoa one unbroken ohahi of suc
cess. No medicine for female His the world has ever known has Buck
a record for cures.
Another Gase of Kid
ney, Womb and Bladder
Trouble Cured hy lydia
Em Pinkham's Vegetahlo
Gontpoundm
"Deab Fetexd Two years ago I
had child-bed fever and womb trouble
in its worst form. For eight months
afterbirth of babel was not able to sit
up. Doctors treated me, but with no
help. I had bearing-down pains, burn
ing in stomach, kidney and bladder
trouble, and my back was so stiff and
sore. The right ovary was badlyaff eoted
and everything I ate distressed me, and
there was a bad discharge.
"I was confined to my bed when I
wrote to you for advice and followed
your directions faithfully, taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, Liver Pills, and using the "Wash,
and am now able to do the most of my
housework. I believe I should have
died if it had not been for your Com
pound. I hope this letter may be the
result of benefiting some other suffer
ing woman. I recommended your Com
pound to everv one." Mrs. Mary
Vaughan, Trimble, Pulaski Co., Ky.
the judgment debtor $7 80. It Is not at all
surprising that an editor should be n
barassed by his creditors how aa then,
but where did he amass that $7 86.
Gentlemen never smoke cigarettes made
by Japs or Chinamen. Zarina cigarettes
are made by white people.
AUCTION SALES TODAY.
Sale continued at 10 A. M., at 191 Third st.
J. T. Wilson auctioneer.
MEETING NOTICES.
All comrades are requested, ta
meet at undertaWag parlors af Fte
ley & Son, cor Third aad Jefferson
to attend the funeral ot ow lots
comrade, John Romeine. at 2' P. Ml
today. J S. F68;
Com. Geo. Wright Peat.
A. C. SLOAN. Adjt.
COURT MOUNT HOOD, NO. 1. F. OF A.
Members of Court Mount Hood, are hereby no
tified to meet at our hall Sunday, Feb. 11. at
1 P. M., to attend the funeral of ew late
brother, David Olsen. Sister courts invited.
F. R. BINGLEY, F. S.
HENRY CLEAVE. C. R.
MULTNOMAH DRIVING ASSOCIATHN. A
special meeting will be held at the office ef
Cake & Cake, attorneys-at-law. Chamber if
Commerce building, this (Saturday) eventes.
at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of conoWot
lng plana for the coming season and to dfeeues
and consider such other matters as are essen
tial to the welfare of the association. Members
and others interested are Invited, to attend.
H. C. BREEDBN. Pre
G. ROSENBLATT, Sec.
CAMEL7A CHAPTER, NO. 27. O. B. S. A
regular .communication this (Saturday) evening
at 7:30 o'clock, in Hlll'a flail. Upper Aletsa.
By order TV. M.
NELLIE MeKINLBY; Sea.
DIED.
OLSEN In this city, Feb. 6, 1000. David Oieeat
born In Denmark, June 22, 1S01.. Funeral no
tice later,
SMITH Friday afternoon, Mrs. Henrietta. L.
Smith. Funeral Sunday at 1 30 P M., from
her late residence, 708 Irving at. Services at
the grave private.
ROMAINE In this city. Feb. 8, 1900. Jobs Ro
malne. aged 65 years. The funeral servlees will
be held today at 2 P. M. at J. P Ftaley- &
Son's chapel, cor. Third and Jefferson sts.
Friends Invited. Interment at Lone Fir oem
etery. NFLSON At the residence of his parents, 68
Seventh St.. Feb G. 1800, Alfred P. Nelson,
Jr., beloved son of Augusta, and Alfred P
Nelson, aged 2 years, 2 months, 28 days. The
funeral services will be field at the reaWesee
Sunday, Feb. 11. at 1 P. M. Friends, and ae
quaintainces Invited to attend. Interment at
Rlvervlew cemetery.
EDWARD HOL3IAN, Undertaker, 4th.
and Yamhill sts. Hena Stlnsoa, lady
assistant. Both phones No. 607.
J. P. FINLETT & SON, Undertakers.
Lady Assistant. 27S Third st. Tel. f.
F. S. DUNNING, Undertaker. 414 East
Alder. Lady Assistant. Both planes.
NEW TODAT.
Mortgage Loans
On Improved city and farm, property, st lowest
current rates. Building loans. Instaltaaat
loans. Macmasfer & Blrrell. 311 Worcester bik.
NEWCASTLE COAL
Has been leading coat on coast for 20 yean.
Pacific Coast Co.. 249 Washington it. TI. 230.
Mortgage Loans
On improved city property, at lowest rates.
Title Guarantee & Trust 6., 7 Chamber of
Commerce.
Teachers' Examination.
Notice Is hereby given that the regular ex
amination of applicants for state eerttfleatea
and state diplomas will be held In tfee rooms
of the Portland business college. Fifth ana
Yamhill streets, on February 14, 1, 18 and IT,
as follows: Commencing Wednesday, Feb
ruary 14, at 9 o'clock, and continuing until
Saturday, February 17, at 4 o'clock.
Branches for "Wednesday PentnansMa, his
tory, spelling', algebra, reading, sebool law.
Branches for Thursday Written arttbm4e.
theory of teaching, grammar, bookkeeping,
physics, civil government.
Branches for Friday Phytftetegy. geegrapby,
mental arithmetic, eomposiom, paysicat geog
raphy. Branches for Saturday Botany, ptene geom
etry, general history, BngMsn literature, pay
clwjtojry The state board of education bos decided that,
an applicant for a state paper need not write
on all brancnes required for the same a any
one examination. The work may be mode t
extend over three consecutive examinations; the
applicant choosing the branches to be taken at
eaeh. The writing on the different branches
must be done on the particular days afceve
designated. nd all applicants who cheese a
certain branch must begin thereon at the bsbm
time,
IN'TEXPLANATION.
It should be partleuiarly noted that this ex
amination is for applicants far state nausm
only, and net for these, who desire to sninhi
county eertlneates. An examination t ajunV
canta for county certtfleaies win be hM m
April 1L 12 aad 13. -C T ARMSTHCmO.
County Superintendent.
TALK
A Letter Which Proves
That Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
WiSI Remove Tumor and
Cure Other Weakness.
" Two years ago I was a great suf
ferer from womb trouble and profuse
flowing each month, and tumors would
form in the womb. I had four tumors
in two years. I went through treat
ment with doctors, bat they did me no
good, and I thought I would have to
resort to morphine.
" The doctor said that all that could
help Boe was to have an operation and
have the womb removed, but I had
heard of Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and
decided to try it, and wrote for her
advice, and after taking her Vegetable
Compound the tumors were expelled
and I began to get stronger right
along, and am well as ever before. Can
truly say that I would never had got
ten well had it not been for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Compound." Miry A
Stahl, Watsontown, Pa,
AMUSEMBWTS.
MASQUAM GRAD
CALVIN HKILIO. Masai
Extraordinary Bvent. Four Nights and Satur
day Matinee, oommonoteg Wednesday Feb 7.
Managers Wagenfcaw and Kemper present
LOUIS JAMBS, KATHRYN KIDDEB.
CHARLBS B. HANFORD,
Saturday Matinee, "The Wlater's Tale",
Hr&iy Blgbt, "The Rivals."
EVKNINC PRICKS Baleonr. last six
SOe; balcony, second three rows, 75c balcony,
ftrst three rows, ?1; lower floor, SI 60, boxes
and leuroa xS.
MATINEB FRICBS-SOe, 78e and SI. GallerrJ
saetteee aiwt evening, 36e.
MAROITAM GRAND
CALYIN HBIHO, Mt
Three nights, begtiwlg Monday Feb. 12.
"The Little Minister" Is a trrampa lor
ta theatricals. New York Herald
tMR. CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS
SUCCESS Of THI CBNTURT.
"THB Lrm. MWH8TSR. '
Br T. it. Barrie. funded Ms and- ft
same Baste, reseated far 380 nlgfcts in Ne
York. PRICES Lower floor, 1 50 balcony!
first 3 rows, SI, seoond 3 rows, 75c last S row!
60c, gallery, 25o. Seats now on sole
CORDRAyS THKATER
STANDING ROOM ONLY LAST NIGHT.
TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT THIS '
MATINEE SATURDAY
RICHARDS & FRINQLE'S
RICHARDS PRINOLB3
FAMOUS GBORGIA
FAMOUS GEORGIA
MINSTRELS.
MIN8TRKLS.
Introdttclmr the Whirlwinds of the
Simon Bonomor'e rTrouDe of Arabs. BO Peoola
60. An entire train of special cars. 2 Mag4
nmcently Equipped Brass Bands x so: '.a ur
ohestra of 12 Musicians. 9EB The List 01
Minstrel Mokes; the Funny Comedians as
JlWiwwp wait lor it' Bee It' Enioy it
Grand free street parade daily Usual prioes.1
CORDRAYS THEATER
"RIN GO BRAUGH"
AH the week, commencing' Sunday Feb. 11
A company that stands pr-xceileno in
Dramas.
THB MOORB-ROBERT3 CO
THB MOORB-ROBERTS CO
Sunday. Monday. Tuesday and Wednesda
"Mrs. Qalnn's Twins'', Thursday, Friday, Bat
uraay Matinee and Saturday evening,
oawlt's great play, "Arrah Na Pogue. '
Correct costumes. Special seentery.
east. USUAL PRICES.
NEW TODAT.
MEAT, FISH, POULTRY
Poultry choice and plentiful today
Chicken, to broil 36o up to i
Chicken, to roast 3Ge up to
Chicken, to stew .......... 26o ud to I
Turkeys 13e to 18c per
Geese 73c fa;
Sw&s .- . 36c to 7!
Special reeeipts of Mtuer
Fancy creamery, per 2 Bs......,..
Choice dairy, per 2 lbs ....-...,
Country, per 2 lbs
The best market In the city for choice 1
at tne lowest prices.
Tel. 101. VINCE'S, Fevth and Al ler
OREGON RANCH EGGS, BONELESS AV
featherless, lBo dox. , Oregon dairy out er 1S
and 40e, creamery, extra, choice, 46c and &cj
faney creamery, Z Ins., ooe and ouc
Rook Candy Drips. 4c Cneese Cream.
llmburger and Swiss. AU goods retailed
wholesale prices.
LA GRANDE CREAMERY "t
ONE THOUSAND POUNDS FINE, "TIES'
Oregon turkeys at Joe per pound. Ctilc
geese and turkeys, all fresh In. "h&ac
meat you can buy See tne L& Grande rr
ery Co.. 2i Yamhill. Both, phones
VP YOU ARE A SHRBWD BUYER. THIS
will be of Interest to yes:
Rkgs. 2 dozen for ....., 28
Cheese, cream, per m.... ...... 12
Butter, dairy, per rH , To
Hams. best, per lb
Baeon, lean II
Oranges, navels, per bosom. ... '9
Chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks; nice ft
stock, direct from the farm, at whoiestul
Briees PAC. MKT. & GRO
Phone Grant 701. 149 F'rst. !
FIELD, CAMPBELL 8c CO.. SUCCESSORS Jj
,2)ersZBui ton awsc, ttrv-oiw wun f ttb
Street, syeuo-t m- ouBBf am auuuo
Oregon eggs, 2 doz
Costa Rica coffee, per lot 2 lbs
Rice, 20 lbs I
Potatoes (raised on. Mga land), a. sack
iV-lu am.z jrvnc; m nuw. .rcvM. ok j
Our Royal Moeteft and Java coffee is a
iraoe winner; 9 juh
Both phones.
HEWITT-4 LBS. FRSSK SODA CRATCH
16c. pure lard, m bulk. 10 tbs. 80c narrii
sugar cored. 12s per Jb., breakfast bacci
lie per lb. , cottage hams; We per lb Lu n
Columbia coffee. 2 packages, 36c ! d sail
graham flowr. lie; 10-lb, sack Farina. 25c
Mg packages muss, ane. ia iniri sc
TftBHilb
WOS. SsaLS AT A BARGAIN LOT W"
need 10-rcem house, in a deeirabl" par
the etty, witbra IS Weeks of postofflce as
nan block Irons street-car line easy r-i
rart navment dawn, balance on time "w
ef Mterc. By Parrtek & Watklno, 246 W :
tngtsa si.
SACK) TAPIOCA, SPLIT PSAS. PEAR" "
ley. cornstarch, ztoes stare and dried jr
uu Sm ar MuaL Aa MaKlnnon j-xe
Co.. 173 Thtard St.
xn tv. hu no 1 1 1 m m nv T.irct
. Wc. PrtU: 48 "c
BONDS MORTGAGES
-mv m.M mrbM uM tor munlefps'
rvr. w .. ..TZ. ,.ui mortzace '--arid
Witt take charge et estates as agent or -nisi
a reasonable terms. ,..-
W. K. TSAR, 4M Chamber o CoauBeroe.