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THE MOKNIEG OKEGUISLAJs, THUudbAY, liTS-rfKUARY lo, laUO. 10 AGE OF PYRAMIDS, OBELISKS AND TEMPLES (Ospyrigbt, 1900, fcy Seymour Eaten.) THC OREGONwWS HOMESTUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON GOLDEN AGES OF LITERATURE t-JTHK MTBRATURB OP EGYPT. BT PJWTB880R PAUL BLXBR MORE. Harvard nteraty. Btor to the vmb. of ancient Greece and Rome. Egypt was & 1&& t darkness, and to ue of. today something of the old mys tery and allurement still attach to the dwellers on the Kile. Herodotus brought away admiration for this people, whom he visited, because, as he said, they did everything exactly opposite to the rest oC the, world. And Plato declared the Greeks were but ctattdrea, ignorant of life. In comparison with the riper civili sation of Egypt. From a careful study of inscriptions and papyrus manuscripts we have come to know many things about tfce land that were dark to the wise men of Athene. We know that th Greeks dtd not learn nearly so much as they thought from the priests of the Nile, and we know that Herodotus' account of the Bgyptian religion is in some important particulars quite falee, hut we have still men to dtecover. Yet In one respect our faettag toward the land has not changed from that of Plato and his contempora ries. Its civilisation i6 indeed old, and gtvee us authentic records that go further hack probably than any others of the world, and a strange immutability seemed to possess the land. It is this antiquity and Immutability that more than any thing else lend a mystery to the people of the Nile. The vast pyramids, the sol eon, temples, the placid reiterated forms of sculpture, the Sphinx staring out upon inanity all these affect us with the same aws of magnitude and long-enduring time that aroused the wonder of ancient travelers. Sven the written language of th land 1 impresses us in the same way, and mere is no more romantic chapter in the history of scholarship than the deciphering of the Merogtyphs. In 17 one of Napoleon's of fence discovered at Rosetta a stone con tnwrtnc an Inscription in hieroglyphic and d (Miotic writing with a Greek translation, guage the well-known Incident of Joseph and Potlphar's wife, and this is the more interesting to us because it was probably enough written about the time of Joseph's sojourn in Egypt. There Is, too, real de lineation of character in the story, and the picture of the young Bata leading the cattle to the pasture In the morning and bringing them back In the evening, with Its quaint touches of Old World com munion with nature, forms an Idyl of genuine and permanent value. Careful study of documents and Inscrip tions the world over has of course given us truer notions of ancient religions, and yet in one respect It has added only con- realm, where In some way he became for ever more Identified with the god Osiris. Lttt CuX Harvard university. &z FEELING FOR THE BOERS. Sympathy for Them This Land of Is Natural Liberty. in TRADE FREE IN THE EAST APPROACHING COMPLETION OP NE GOTIATIONS WITH THE POWERS. The Mutual Character of the Agree ments and Effect p Nentralitr of Nicaragua Canal. Pharaoh's Bed. The Rosetta Stone. and the attempt to decipher the Egyptian characters by means of the Greek gave the first real impulse to the study. But it remained for another Frenchman, Cham poDJau, to find the key to these strange signs. He began his study of the language in IMS, and in nine years had laid the foundation of all that has since been done. The Egyptians employed three kinds of writing the hieroglyphic and the hieratic, used especially by the priests, and the demotic, of later origin and less Import ance, used by the people. The hieroglyph ic Is composed of pictures and convention al signs, some of which represent ideas and others mere sounds. Thus, for in otawos. the picture of a vulture Is drawn to signify the word, and such a picture is called an Ideograph. The phonetic signs, on tne other hand, form a sort of alpha bet, and In a curious, primitive way. Thus the word for lion (as in Englifh) begins Ptolomy II hh Ptolemy I and Bornioc. ArInoe. ((MM Osm Strwek to Announce the Deification C Ptofcamr I and His Wife.) with L, and accordingly the picture of a lion is made to stand for the sound L; the word for noose begins with O. and the pic ture of a noose does duty for that letter. The hieratic was a cursive hand derived from the hieroglyphic and was adopted by the priests as more readily written than the other. IhsorlnthMts on stone reach back as far as the fourth dynasty that is. to about 4BM B. C. Besides these there are pre served In the tombs and elsewhere innu merable writings on wood and manu scripts on a sort of paper made of strips of the inner flber of the papyrus reed. In thte way the bulk of Egyptian documents that have come down to us is enormous, extending over a period of about 4000 years, and embracing almost every branch of literature. Perhaps the most interest ing of these documents to us (apart from the famous "Book of the Dead") are the short stories, a considerable number of which have been published in easily ac- tranalatlons. For example. fusion to our understanding. "When our knowledge depended chiefly on on or two writers of the period who had written systematically on the subject. It was easy to form a clear conception of the religion as a consistent unity, but wider informa tion shows us that no such unity ever existed. Religions grew up naturally, and were the result of many diverse tenden cies, more or less crudely grouped togeth er. So In Egypt every nome or province had Its peculiar gods and ceremonies, and when In the course of time these different currents of belief flowed together to form what may b called the Egyptian religion tho resulting discrepancies were never entirely obliterated. We know the names of a great number of gods, and the attri butes of many are fairly well defined, but of a uniform system of belief we have no knowledge, and, In fact, It probably did not exist. The Egyptians seem chiefly to have wor shiped the sun, and the highest gods were but names of that luminary; They were passing through the stage of what Max Muller has called henotheism, which Is not exactly monotheism, but the habit of ad dressing and worshiping now one god and now another as If he were supreme, espe cially the sun-god. as there are hymns that sound like the psalms to Jehovah. But beyond this henothelstlc state of mind there comes to light at times a notion of the Dlety quite apart from these nature gods. Read for Instance these lines from a well-known hymn: God Is One and Alone, and there la none other with Him. God U a Spirit, a hidden Spirit, the Spirit of Spirits, God Is the Truth, He lives by Truth, He llvos upon Truth, He Is the King of Truth. God is compassionate to those that fear Him and heare these who cry unto Him. For us the religious literature of Egypt, has three points of Interest. First, be cause many of the customs and rites of tho Jews as related In the Old Testament were probably due to Egyptian Influence, as, for example, the custom of holding swine's flesh as unc3an. Secondly, be cause we may take encouragement to our selves In reading the moral precepts of this ancient people, and '.ft finding that as far back as time goes mor ality Is still the same and always a measure of civilization. Sometimes these precepts were quite separated from religion, and In general we may say that the Egyptians were more advanced In their moral than in their religious Ideas. Others of their maxims breathe a true spirituality, as -for example this: To obey is to love God; but to disobey Is to hate Him. And thirdly, we may find interest in this religion because, as Herodotus says, "The Egyptians were the first to main tain that the soul of man Is Immortal." In a certain sense this statement Is true, although It Is not to be supposed that the other peoples of the world borrowed the doctrine of Immortality from the dwellers on the Nile. The Egyptian notions concerning the fu ture are the result of a conglomeration of various views, and are so confused that It Is impossible to give any clear account a n n f La- Hicrogrlypliics, with helrntic and explanation. w KSDI? 2T tgggj?ii5Bf77wQ i3 T55 vmi wkm mm INSCRIPTION ON A ROCK, ISLAND OF ELEPHANTINE. "Egyptian Tales." edited by W. M. Filn- Petrte. two volumes, punished by & Co.. 115. It cannot be claimed that these stories have great Intrinsic value as literature. Bt on the other hand, they do possess what commonly forme the chief interest of exotic works: they enable us to trans pert ourselves to strange wads and past tlim.ii. and so to extend our sympathies. To road these stories in chronological or er would show us that in Egypt fiction passed through stages very similar to the growth of the modern novel, and as Mr. Tannin Petri observes: "It would not bo dtOcutt from these papyrus tales to start an historical dictionary of the ele ments of action." The best of the tales are: "The Shlp wvertna Bailor" an "Anna and Bata." The former is the story of a sailor cast usesi a magic island, where he has a jliaaar adventure with a monstrous ser pent "Buddenly." the tale goes. "I heard a noise as of thunder, which I thought to he that of a wave of the sea. The trees shank and the earth was moved. I un uawnrsd mr fee snd I saw that a serpent sew near. He was M cubits long, and Mfcs hoar greater than two cubits; his kaaW was mm overlaid with goM and his that of true mzun. ah enter of the two brothers, "Apu , tells in simple, Beautiful laa- of them. Everybody knows how careful the people were In hewing or building tombs the pyramids stand as witness to this and In embalming the dead. "These tombs." Diodorus Informs us, "they called eternal habitations, and spared no magnifi cence in their construction; but they called the houses of tho living inns, to be Inhabited only for a little while, and took small care to adorn them." We do not quite understand why the Egyptians were so careful in building their tombs and in preserving the dead. They seem to have had some notion of the resurrec tion of the body. They also believed In a sort of double of the man, called his KA, which hovered near his dead body, and received nourishment from the KA or the food which was offered up by the man's relatives In the tomb. All this while the actual soul of the man was sup posed to be going a journey down that mysterious river that flowed through the region of death as the Nile flowed through Egypt. On the way he had to encounter all sorts of devils and monsters who at tempted to seize him, and to escape these it was necessary to repeat certain magic formulae. These formulae were collected In the so-called "Book of the Dead, a copy of which was commonly burled with the corpse to refresh his memory during the journey, and which, though of little philo sophic or Intrinsic Interest, Is much the best known work of Egyptian literature. At the end of the journey the soul en tared the great hall of judgment, where before Osiris and 42 judges he must give an account of his life. His heart was The Sphinx. weighed In one arm of the scales and the law of righteousness in the other. If his heart weighed the balance he was allowed to pass on into the heavenly PORTLAND, Feb. 9. (To the Editor.) If in America the majority of the people are not In sympathy with the Boers, as some of our writers try to make appear, then the people must have changed won derfully In a very short space of time. Only two short years ago, when the Cu bans were struggling to throw off the Spanish yoke, while Spain strove to crush and exterminate them, how did the Amer ican people feel; and how did they act? Did any one think then that they were not sincere? What other country could give such a manifestation of sympathy and feeling for the weak and oppressed, and who but did not feel proud of a country that possessed such a spirit? And to day, as of yesterday, the slumbering spirit of freedom is awakening, and again the strains of sympathy are vibrating. It is evident that the majority of the hearts are yet in the Tight place. Tho only dif ference between now ana then Is that now we have a finger in the pie ourselves, and we don't care to take It out just yet. And it was England that stood up for us and said to the other countries: "You stand back; it's theirs." Now we feel that we owe Enjrland our gratitude. They tell us that England Is fighting the war of civilization. She has never taken to herself the task of civilizing any country where there was no territory to he gobbled. Where the land did not abound with riches, she has not noticed that the people were in need of belns civilized. No credit Is due her. She Is amply paid by her increased strength and power; she has gained her object. But why should they speak of civilization in this war? Do they mean to say that these peaceful farmers need to be civilized? A real war of civilization is generally a one-sided one. The uncouth savage, with his bows and arrows, and spears, will melt away before the modern guns. It Is generally conceded that the mode of warfare Is a measure of civilization. Which, then, stands most In the light, the Boers with the better marksmen and the better guns, or the British with their short-Tange cannon and tom-tom bullets? There is a possibility of the British com ing out of the country more civilized than when they went in. A great and power ful nation, beaten back at every turn, and finally driven from the land, would, Indeed, be an appalling thing; but It would not vibrate the strains of sympathy In the minds of the American people as much as It would to see the Boers beaten and sub dued In their own land. We know that the British have ample territory without the Transvaal, and each of the soldiers fighting there has a home In some other clime, and when they are licked they can go bad? to their homes, there to rest and recuperate. Not so with tho Boers, driven and crowded and hemmed In on every side. Where else can they go to find a place they can call their own? Yet men will argue that England does not aim to crush them, nor drive them from their land, only to force th hand of justice, and open the gates of freedom. If she comes to do them good, why do they resist? Why do they fling such a desperate wave against hor? Why have they learned to hate and to fear her? Nations, like Individuals, are Judged by their deeds and actions by the history of their past. The Boers are enough advanced to know what Is best for the welfare of their country; they have experience from the past. Were they to grant the concessions which Eng land has asked, she might gain her end without a war. Were they not so able and shrewd, they might bow their heads In submission and allow England to fasten the yoke upon their necks. True, they Invited Immigration to their country, and offered Inducements to settle the land; but this Is a common thing to do, and It shows good statesmanship. They also have a right to legislate against foreigners If they see danger ahead; other countries have done the same. They are not seeking to hurt any other country, nor they could not If they chose. Thy only desire to be let alone, and their laws are for their own preservation. The Boers are now fighting the battle of their lives, They must triumph In order to exist as a republic. Upon their shoulders now rests their fate and their destiny. No wonder they fight like demons. If they be conquered It will be when their last stand Is taken, when their last gun Is fired, and their last drop of strength Is exhausted; when their land Is red with blood. All praise to a people who so nobly defend their country. They are surely satisfied with their laws and their mode of govern ment; they must enjoy freedom, else they would not be so brave and resolute. Yet they say that If England does not triumph In this war civilization will get a back set, and they fear It will be the beginning of the downfall of England. We need not fear that there will be any turning back of the world. The people will ever advance step by step. .Every form of gov ernment, as every form of life, that has ever fell and sank Into oblivion, has been superseded by a better one. Although Eng land may lose this war, it may ultimately bring her good, and leave her stronger and wiser. High, proud heads must often bow, lest blinded by vanity they fall In their might. The storm that sweeps the forest may appear to be creating a havoc and to leave a trail of ruin in Its wake; yet after It Is past a healthier state of life exists; the long-bending branches broken, the rotten and decayed limbs carried down, the tottering giants felled. England, we know, gives to many of her colonies home government; and they flourish and thrive In peace and freedom. She has gained wisdom by experience; her levies and extortions are exactly what their temper will bear. How lightly she must deal with Canada, with a shining ex ample of liberty close by her doors. The freedom she has advanced to them Is not her original thought, rroud rulers relax their clutch of power only by compulsion. The lords of men have never humbled themselves, nor severed the source of her itage; but the onward march of the world has torn away and trampled over many a crown. Would America be what she Is today were Bhe yet under British rule? How much darker the old world would be as well as the new. And this Is what Inde pendence and freedom has gained for the world today a better and more advanced stage of civilization fewer crowned heads and more happy homes. And this Is the reason today that the masses of the Amer ican people are In sympathy with the Boers. It Is certainly true that the expression of sympathy Is the Impulse of feeling born of love and justice the feeling that flows from the people In a land of liberty so free from race and religious prejudice-, and they that hold the reins of state, and expect to gain the patronage of the peo ple, should not turn to them a deaf ear, nor frown upon them. FELIX O'NEIL. a a Why People Are Right-Handed. Chicago Chronicle. A professor who has made a study of children says he has discovered why the majority of people are right-handed. In fants use both hands until they begin to speak. The motor speech function con trols the right ide of the body and the first right-handed1 motions tending to help out speech. As speech grows so grows right-handedness. o How It Was. Boston Journal. Jack I hear you lost a lot of money on Wall street while you were drunk. Tom I wasn't drunk, but the stock I bought took a drop too much. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. (Special to New York Journal of Commerce.) The ne gotiations In regard to the maintenance of the "open door" in China will soon be completed. There has been some misap prehension In regard to the degree of mu tuality of the agreement, but its effect will be substantially what was announced In these dispatches a month ago. Secre tary Hay, with the help of Chief Rockhill, of the bureau of American republics, upon whom the secretary has greatly relied in these negotiations, is engaged in the prep aration of a diplomatic note to each of the powers. This note will set forth what all the others have promised in regard to the maintenance of the "open door" in China. It was one of tho conditions of the assurances given by each of the pow ers to our government, that the agree ment should be binding only In case simi lar pledges were given by the other leading powers. It remained for the arrival of theso assurances from Russia and Japan to complete the- circle of the contracting parties. The pledges of Austria-Hungary and Italy could have been dispensed with without embarrassment, and were not originally asked for, in view of their small share In the empire of the East, but they were accepted with cordiality when it was learned that these powers were desirous of being factors In the maintenance of a liberal commercial policy. The pledges given by mall by each of tho leading pow ers were sufficiently specific to cover the programme of the United States, since they involve the assurance of complete equality of treatment for American citi zens and American trade in all territory which may be leased or influenced by the power taking part In the correspondence. Secretary Hay took the pains at the out set to specify that the assurances desired related not merely to the tariff rates levied at the frontier, but to ail Internal taxes and commercial regulations, and even to the right of American citizens to compete upon equal terms for Industrial contracts, railway franchises and all classes of con cessions. The question how far this agreement is mutual depends, like other phases of the agreement, upon the moral Influence of the powers entering into it. As the ne gotiations stand, there might be a color able pretension that a Frenchman in Man churia would not have the same right to protest against discriminating charges as an American, but, in fact, it would be al most impossible to deny equality of treat ment to the citizens and subjects of all the contracting powers. It would be ex ceedingly difficult for Russia or any other power controlling a sphere of Influence in China to refuse to th citizens of other countries than the United States the free dom of trade relations which have been promised, because th subjects of other nations would Insist that they are entitled to the privileges of the most-favored na-1 tlon. It Is possible that surreptitious dis crimination in such matters as the grant or valuable franchises might not invite a general protest from the powers, but It Is felt that the combined Interest of all would require. In the matter of tariffs and Inter nal charges at least, that a denial of equal freedom to one should be treated as the In jury of all. There Is little doubt that the administration will adopt the same liberal policy In the Philippines. Perhaps the most graceful way of doing this, without an open abandonment of the protection ist principle, Is the method which has been decided upon, of vesting In the presi dent complete control of the government of th Islands. The United States may see fit to maintain a revenue tariff In the Philippines, but If It Is maintained equally against the United States and all other countries, It can hardly be a. subject of remonstrance by any of the powers. With comparative freedom of trade pledged In China, and between the Philippines and all other countries, the United States will be committed to a policy of commercial freedom In the East which will make co operation easy with Great Britain and Japan. The effect of the amendment of the Clay-ton-Bulwer treaty, providing for the neu trality of the Nicaragua canal and for equal charges to the tonnage of all na tions, will point In the same direction of commercial freedom as the policy which has been adopted In the East. The oppo sition to the new treaty with Great Britain regarding the canal may result in some amendment, permitting the United States to fortify the approaches, but is not likely to Impair the quality of all nations In the use of the canal In time of peace. Chairman Hepburn, of the house commit tee on commerce, has been disposed to fa vor discriminating charges in favor of American vessels, but the enlightened pol icy of President McKlnley and Secretary Hay will probably prevail with congress. A strong combination of the more liberal powers will thus be rendered possible In opposition to the excluslonlst policy which has been feared from Russia and France. Judging from the language of the replies to the suggestion of the state department for the open door, both these countries are as cordially In favor of a liberal policy In China as the United States, Great Brit ain, Germany and Japan. If there Is any doubt of their sincerity In the matter, there Is little doubt that they will adhere to a liberal policy in the Immediate future, when It is sustained by such a formid able concert of powers, embracing those of the greatest Industrial capacity, as that which supports the policy of com mercial freedom now advocated bv the republican party under the lead of Presi dent McKlnley. Arnold speak in his own words. "One of the legitimate poets, Emeison, in my opinion, Is not His poetry is interesting, it makes one think; but it is not the poetry of one of the born poets. Milton says that poetry ought to be simple, sen suous, and Impassioned. Emerson's poet ry is seldom either. In general it lacks directness; It lacks concreteness; it lacks energy. Even passages and single lines of thorough plainness and commanding force are rare In his poetry. They exist, of course; but when we meet with them they give us a slight shock of surprise, so little has Emerson accustomed us to them. I do not, then, place Bmerson among the great poets. But I go further, and say that I do not place him among the great writers, the great men of let ters; men like Cicero, Plato, Pascal, Swift, Voltaire writers, with a genius and in stinct for style; writers whose prose Is by a kind of native necessity true and sound. Emerson has passages of noble and pathetic eloquence; he has passages of shrewd and felicitous wit; he has orisp epigram; he has passages of exquisitely touched observation of nature. Yet he is not a great writer; his style has not the requisite wholeness of good tissue. Emer son is, however, the propounder of a phil osophy, but he cannot, I think, be called with justice a. great philosophic writer. He cannot build; his arrangement of phil osophical Ideas has no progress in it; no evolution. We have not, then. In Emerson a great poet, a great writer, a great philosophy maker. His relation to us is even superior to that of any of these personages. His relation to us is mora like that of the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius. who Is a friend and alder of those who would live In the spirit." C. S. M. 8I r ?vs li cJ I .4mA ill Uap. 3fe ffr"A OIiffl ARNOLD AND EMERSON. Former's Estimate of the Place the Later Holds. CORVALLIS, Feb. 13. (To the Editor.) "The enchantment of the Middle Ages" In vested Oxford in those years when Arnold studied In Its classic halls. At Weimar, London and Concord, Goethe, Carlyle and Emerson were sending out their voices through all the world; voices potent in their eloquence and magic to catch tlie ear and stir the heart of one dreamer at least, who was to send on to other days the thrill that comes from high ana noble thinking. "At Oxford, Emerson was but a voice speaking from 3C00 miles away a clear, pure voice," but so well he spoke, saya Arnold, that Boston Bay and Concord were from henceforth charmed names to the Imagination. At last, after years of educational and literary work, Arnold finds himself in Emerson's own country, standing in one of Boston's lec ture halls, confronting a sea of upturned faces, eager to hear what this apostle of culture had to say of the sage of Concord. It must have "been a trying ordeal for Arnold, whose wish was to say only agree able things of this beautiful spirit; and yet "who was as unwilling as Emerson himself would have been to have his works tested by any but the highest standards." Arnold's treatment of the writngs of this rare mind was that of one "who com munes with time and nature," permitting no Indulgence that time would not ac cord; no Illusions that the coming years would sweep away. With this high praise he commences his analysis: "Emerson was your Newman, your man of soul and genius, visible to you In the flesh: epeak lng to your bodily ears, a present object for yon heart and imagination. That is the most potent of all Influences. Noth ing can come up to It." And farther on he says: "There are hundreds of lofty sentences In Emerson's writings I never have lost out of my memory; I never can lose them." But we must pass on to the estimate of Emerson as a poet, as a writer. Let THE CLAIM OF THE FIREMEN Sir. Pennoyer Insist, as Usaal, Tliut He la Faultless. PORTLAND. Feb7l4-(To the Editor.) In this morning's Oregonian, alluding to the firemen's judgment against the city you say that "this claim unon tho it t one of the fruits of the loose methods of do ing business characteristic of the Pennoyer regime." This assertion Is not true but it is "one of the fruit of the loose meth ods" of The Oregonian in making charges against political adversaries. This claim upon th city Is the result of a charter gotten up by rerjublicans. and t nxmi before I took office as mayor, and I most respectfully suggest that I have sins enough of my own to answer for without belfig held responsible for the sins of th republican party. There was a claim (De Boest vs. Gambell) against the city which accrued under the Pennoyer regime. The firemen (democrats) In that case, sued for what would make their pay equal to what firemen had received before them and what firemen now receive, and they lost their case. In the suit referred to by you, which originated before my term of office, the firemen (republican) sued for more than any extra firemen had received before, and more than any extra firemen receive now, and they gained their suit, thus showing that justice and court decis ions are not always synonymous terms. It pleases me very much to see The Ore gonian come to th defense of the op pressed taxpayer, and as this Is St. Valen tine s day, allow me to lovingly suggest that you should be Impartial in your efforts and favor the repeal of the very bur densome and useless law compelling the publication of the delinquent tax Ut thus relieving the poor taxpaver from a heavy burden. SYLVESTER PENNOYER. The Oregonlan's statement was confused and Inexact. It mad a. slip which It will candidly admit and as frankly correct. It finds this state of facts, viz: The orig inal act providing for the Portland paid fire department contained the provision that the salaries of certain firemen "shall" be a certain sum. This language was car ried Into the charters of 1891 and 1893, and was not changed until tho charter of 1S98. It is upon the mandatory word "shall," in the law, that the firemen base their claims for back salaries, claiming that the several boards of fire commis sioners, in their efforts to reduce the ex panses of the department, had no legal right to reduce these salaries, even when the firemen made an agreement with the city to accept a reduction. In the particular case referred to, the suits for back salaries had their origin prior to Pennoyer's administration. There are other similar claims not yet decided. A claim against th city for back salaries of firemen employed during Pennoyer's administration has been decided upon In favor of the city by the supreme court. It Is not for The Oregonian to reconcile the differences in the rulings of the court. It will pass that subject. But It will say that all these claims against the city have arisen from a demagogical scheme of econ omy, In which the administrations of Mayor Frank and Mayor Pennoyer alike participated. Instead of reducing the ex penses In the legitimate way, the employes were required to take less pay than the salaries which th law allowed, or made mandatory. The fault was partly In the legislation. The Oregonian will not dispute Mr. Pen noyer's admission that he has sins enough of his own to answer for. It leaves him to wrestle with that problem. As to his "loving suggestion" that the law which requires publication of the delinquent tax lists be repealed, It ho only to say that If th people of the state desire its repeal. The Oregonian will make no objection whatever. But do they desire It? "That would be scanned." The honest taxpayers of the state probably do not consider the publication "useless and burdensome." They desire that tax-shirkers shall be compelled to pay their taxes. And If Mr. Pennoyer and all others will pay their taxes when they ought, or even within six months of the time when they ought to pay them, there will be no delinquent list to publish. Again, it is not the ready tax payer, but the delinquent, who Is called upon to pay the additional cost. However, If the people of the state want this method of forcing tax-shlrkera to come up and pay, repealed, The Oregonian will ac quiesce, hoping to be able also to "beat" the collection, as others may. Sorae men have anxka that it is beneath a man's dignity to trouble him self much about his personal appearance. it anything is sai upon the subject they snort with dk dcin, and say thev leave vanity to the women. A man never made a greater mistake. A man should not only be at all times neatly aressea. Dnt also clean and wholesome of body The man who is so is the man that suc ceeds. The man who does not care a copper about his dress, whose face is rendered unsightly by pimples, blotches and eruptions, whose complexion is sallow, whose eyes are heavy, whose shoulders are bent and whose carriage is slouchy, does not succeed, either in busi ness or in social life. A ma like that should be sentenced to live for thirty days in a room where all the walls were mirrors. He would then get sick of his own unwhole someness, just as other people do. Such a man should, have an honest protrait that did not flatter him always before his eyes. It only costs a trifle for a man to dress well, and it costs still less for him to keep clean, wholesome and healthy in a physical way. When a man's stomach is right and his di gestion is right, his blood will be pure and rich and he will be wholesome and healthy physically. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery makes a man right in every way by making his stomach, liver and digestion right. It gives him a hearty appetite and facilitates the assimilation df the life-giving elements of the food. It drives out all impurities from the blood. It is the great blood-maker and flesh-builder. It does not build flabby flesh or make corpulent peo ple more corpulent. Honest druggists don't advise substitutes. "I was tired all the time." writes J. Edward Davis, Esq (care of Geo. F Lasher), 147 No. icth SU Philadelphia. Pa. " In the morning I fcK as if I had never slept and was too languid to eat. I was troubled with pimples, boils, dizzy head, backache and hcStow cheeks. At one time I had twenty -eight boils on my back. I was very despondent and thought nothing would cure me Then I commenced to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery This medi cine, together with Dr Pierce' Pellets, cured me. Folks now say Hello, Ed I "What's be come of your pimples? ' " mm 9 Do you know the most luxurious bath in the world ? Have Pears' Soap? you used Constipation, Indigestion, Biliousness, Sick Headache, maen,wo3ienor children, cured by Getthegenuinelf you ' waub 10 ue cureu. 10 casta & 23 cents. at drag stores. fection from t h a t Labora tory of Nature where Good Health is the presiding genius. It is important then for every woman to know about Abbey's Effervescent Salt "THE 'SALT' OF SALTS") Atoaspoonfnl of Abbey's, in a glass of water, every morning before breakfast, is the greatest aid to good health over discovered or in vented. It keeps you well by keeping tho stomach, the liver, the bowels and the blood in such per fect condition that disease cannot successfully attack you and it is pleasant to take. DR. J. R. SUTTON, New York, states: "Since becoming acquainted with the anti-uric-acid nature of vour salt, combined with laxative qualities, I recommend it to my friends and pa tients. Abbey's Effervescent Salt re lieves chronic acne watch I thought due to close shaving, and I was cured myself by a few doses taken for morn ing headaches, with the above pleas ant cosmetic effect- My patients find it pleasant, palatable and eflective, and the only thing ot its kind on the market." THE MONTREAL MEDICAL JOURNAL states: "Abbey's Effer vescent Salt is one of the most useful -remedies knownforkcepingthc blood and the system generally in proper condition. By its constant use the system is kept clean, the digestive or gans in a normal condition and a healthy appearance and clear, bright complexion is the inevitable result." There are some people who never doanything until they aaveto. Don't be one of them. Take care of yoar health -ft hue you have iu Retain your health by the daily use of Ab bey's Effervescent Salt. At druggists' only. 25c, 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. Send 4 cts in stamps, to pay oostasre and oackiner. and we will mail you one of the most dainty ana oeaucuui coiorea calendar creations of the year. The Abbey Effervescent Salt Co., Dtpt T, 13 Murray St., few York. THE PALATIAL OREBONUH BtllLBi; hi itH Wmt lilil SS P fe flf B BES' fr Xot dnrk Wee li the bnlldli KlulHtel ftreHruwf, uterine I ll aatl arttratai wHleri perfret nanll tiua HMd t:iiuh vwntUuUou. fc. vatora rau du ad alsht. I TEUi&Q VXhATION OF BEALTE J Good Health Helps J I Good Looks I I Abealthy woman fa a good-look- I ing woman. Bright eyes, rosy ciieeKs, a lovely complexion ana an n I -"-" s easy and 1 I vSJ ?r,ace"l 1 yif?Hw X ul car 1 1 1 yMSayS fb It ha t n i 5,l,!",,;''''!7 -J ., come in 1 I vr.;:;;;i &$$ full per-1 $jj fection PI : Sr f r o m a n I! I USED DAILY, GIVES HEALTE NO PAIN! NO GAS! StdJ fc?T 2sEr &P RadWay'a Ready Relief for all aches pains. Safe to use by adult or infant. No charjra fcr painless extraction when teeth are ordered. All work, dcoe by graduate dentiata of 12 to 20 years' experience, a specialist in each department. We will tell you in adva.no exactly what ytrur work will est by a fre examination. Give us a call, and you will flad we do exactly as we advertise. Set of Teeth .?5.00 Gold Filling l.OO Gold Crown $5.00 Silver Filling .00 jJ0 PLATES vVPW fcooa AXDERSOX. OCSTAT. Attemeyat-Law ASSOCIATED PmUS; K. L. Fttwell. Mgt BANK3WW LUIS ASSOCIATION, of Des Uotoes. la.. & A. McCatgor. State Axen BEilNICJE. M. W.. Pita, rerate Saoriiaji Scbset BKNJAXIX. H. W.. ItoMWt Bi.NSWA.N8tR. DR. O. 9.. Pfcys. Sur U BPUEKK. DR. G B.. rtoyxietea 412-4.2 i BUSTEED. tvlCHBD. Atftat Wilson & M CaMay TOtacco Co L . CAUK1N. 6. C. DMrM Aent Trave.er Insurance Co .., . CARD WELL, DR. J. B CLARK. HAROLD. DMfet CLEM. B. A. A CO.. Mining Proper ea 5.J I COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMFA.NV at-ow wa at-r Gi3-Cit CORXEUVS, c. W. Pny sad Surgeua COVER. P. C. Castater EquitaMe Life COLLIER, p T.. PuMtotMr. A P lUau re Maaager .4.3 DAY. J. O I. X DAVIS. NAPOLSOX. PrMMcat Coiambx Tttepfeoae C DfCKSOX. DR. J. F. PHystckm..... .. ": DRAKE. DR. H B. Plqmheiaa 5U : - DUXHA3I. MRS. GEO. A . , DWYER. JA8 T , Tobaccos EDITORIAL ROOMS E.ul -j EQUITABLE L1F3 ASStTBAXCE SOtlrT L. Samuel. Manaaer; F. C Cover Cas : EVEV1NQ TELEGRAM 3J5AJi" FEXTON. J D.. Physfian and Surgeon :.S ; FENTON. DR. H1CK9 C . Ey and Ear FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Deatlet .. FIDELITY MUTUAL BJFB ASSN. E. C Stark, Manager FRENCH SCHOOL, (by saversatlon). hr A Muzaarelll, Manager GALVANI. W H.. SMgiaeer and Draus J- ! raaa . ., GEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician a-2 Surgton 2 G1ESY. A. J. Physician and Surgeon ..7 GODDARD. E. C CO.. Paoiwear gr..u A floer :2 - x GOLDMAN WILLIAM. Manager Manha' an Life laMwance Co.. of Xw York , .. 1 3 GRANT, FRANK S Attonwy-at Uvs GRBNIKR. MISS BEATRICE. Deaus. . HAMMOND. A. B HEIDINGER. GEO. A. CO , P anos a.-2 Organs..... 13 i HOLIJ3TER. DR. O C. Phys & Surg C H IDLEMAX. C. M Attornay-at Law 4. KADY. MARK T. Manager Pacific Kr west Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asset C.i LAMONT. JOHN. Vlce-Presklenr and G? era I Manager Calwnabta Tateshone a LITTLBFIELD. H. R.. Phjrs. and Su-geoi MACR0M. W. S.. Sec. Crngn Camera v. , MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phy and Surg . T MAXWELL. DR. W. E.. PhV. A Surg " . McCARGAR. C A, State Agent Banke-s Life Association ,. . C McCOY. NEWTON. Attoroey-at-Lanr . McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer McGINN. HENRY E.. Auoroey-a. Law S.I McKELL, T. J.. Manttfaetarers' Represea a- tlve . . ., MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist Oral Surgeon . 6 3 MOSPMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312 Z.Z J MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO o? New York. W. Goldman. Manager Mcelroy, dr. j. e . Phy. a surg y McFARLAND, B. B Secretary Co.umi i Telephone Co . .. McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Colder Publisher , 4.3-i McKIM. MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO . ot New York; Win. 3. Pond, State Mgr 404 4 : MUTUAI RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS N M. T. Kaiiy. Mgr Pacific Northwest CC4 i NICHOLAS. HORACE B. A:torney-at Lav NILES. M. L., Cashier Manhattan Life In surance Co.. of New York OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY Dr. L. B. Smith. Osteopath... . t4-S-4 OREGON CAMERA CLUB . 214 2IS-Z PERNIN SHORTHAND SCHOOL. H. W Bebnke. Prte . POND, WM. S. State Manager Mutual L.e Ins. Co. of New York 404 4 ; PORTLAND EYE AND EAR IXFIR1I .RY . .Orowtd floor 133 Sixtli s' PORTLAND PRESS CLUB PROTZMAN EUGENE C. 3upe-1menei Agencies Mutual Reserve Fund L.te of New York ., PUTNAM'S SONS, (i. P . TtrtllMiers QUIMBY. L. P W.. Game and Forest-v "Warden . TT REED A MALCOLM. Opticians 133 Sixth s- RFED. T. C . Fish Comrotsotoner . , 49 RYAN. J. B.. ArtorjHSir-at-taw . SjALI'BURY. GEO N.. Section Dlr"-t-r U S. Weathar Bwroan .... SAMUEL. L.. Manager Bquttable L"e S3 SANDFORD. A C CO . Publisher Ag" SCRIBNER'S SONS. CHAS.. Publ!st-r3 Jesse Hobeon. Manager 3'5 r ,- SHERWOOD. J 1. Denwy Supreme C "i roandor. K. O. T. M t SMITH. DR L B . Osteopath. 408-48 CONS OF THE AMERICAN REVrLT-TT: STARK. E C. Ex-cttve Special F'ielT Mutual Life Association of Phlla Pa ' STARR A COLE Pyrogranwy a STEEL. G. A , Foreat lMpector : STUART. FELL. Attorney-at-Law 01 j-T a ' STOLTE DR. CHAS E. Dentist T 4 " SURGEON OF THE 3k P. RY. AND N P TERMINAL CO 7 STROWBRIDOE. THOS K.. Exeeut'vo Cje- ctal Agent Mutual Lit, of New Yrk 4 SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE . TUCKER DR GEO F Don '1st U S WEATHER BUREAU 906-00" IP" : U. S LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS HT1 DIST. Captain W. C langfitt. Corps cf Engineers. U 8. A U. S. ENGINEER OFFICII RIVER AVO HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Cap.a n TV C. Langfltt. Corps of Bngineers. U S 31 WALKER, WILL H.. President n-eg i Camera Chsb . 214 213 2 " I WA.TERMAN. C H-. Caahlor Mutual L.j of New York 41 WATKINS. Miss M. U. Pttrchaoiig g- 7S WEATHERRED. MBS. EWYTH. Grand retary Xallve TMugsMon . . 7 " WHITE MISS L. E.. Aao-t Sec Oregon Ca-i era Crab ?1 WILSON. DR. EDWARD N., Phys A Sur "14 WILSON. X. GEO F.. Phys. A Surg WILSON. DR- HOLT C. Phys. A Surg o T 5(1 WILSON A McCALLAY TOBAU O t Richard Bwtwi, Agent r 2 WOOD. DR. W. L.. Pbystetan 412-4. WILLAMEXT VALLEY TELEPH. CO.. All work examined by professional manager. Dr. J. S. "Waiter, registered dentist. New York Dental Parlors N. E. Cor. Foartfi asl Slorrljaa Streets Lady always in attendance. Hours, & to 6. Sundays, W to V A ferr mere elesinat offices mar 1I bml by applylasr te PertlaBtl Trn Compaay ef Oregea. 10t Third at te the rest elrJc 1m the building MEN - NO CT RE Nl PAY- THIS ii PPLIAN(-F- v 3 way to perfect ma" Everything ! falls The VACV. it T -A MENT CURES yon without med ,. nt all nervous or disease of the genera s -gan M-fc as lam manhood, exhausting drains, ir u3 ek-. lmpotonay ote. Man are quiclcjr restore.! Write for circulars C rTspondeni conldorj tiai the m:iTn tfUAsci; 'v ' 17-48 Safe Depusli wuild. -&, SoatUo. WuS.