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JHTQfoftNiy G 8REgbyi AN. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1900.
THE MOST FAMOUS POET OF ANCIENT GREECE
(CopyrighL IOOO, by
THE OREGONIAN'S HOMESTUDY CIRCLE:
GOLDEN AGES OF LITERATURE
VII HOMER AXD THE GREEK EPICS
BT CHARLES FORSTER SMITH. PH. D.
It is a commonplace of criticism that
Hompr Is onr- of h thrw rrreaiest "writers
of the world, and Matthew Arnold is
doubtless right In considering the Homeric
poems "the most important poet-cal mon-
uments existing." Homer gives us an ex-
traordlnarily vivid and Interesting picture
of the world's young springtime, me
Greeks were the lirst peop'.e that came
with eyes to see; tho world was young
and fresh and fair; things and ideas were
still in large part unnamed, and the
Greeks had the Instinct to give names that
would describe. Homer portras a life
that he knows, and describes things naive
ly, simply, directly and unashamed. The
"Iliad" and the "Odyssey" are the eternal
books of youth, and a perpetual lesson In
good taste, because their form is perfect.
But the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," though
the earliest Greek poems extant, are not
tho work of a primitive poet, nor do they
describe an initial stage of Greek civiliza
tion; rather they mark the cose of an
epoch. They presuppose long periods of
development, and the form of the verse
was unquestionably the growth of cen
turies of literary culture. The great Ach
aean age, which Homer represents, and
of which the siege of Troy was doubtless
the most notable event, culminated before
"Homer and its cataclysm came no great
while after in the Dorian invasion.
The real theme of the "IIIad"is the wrath
of Achilles. Paris of Troy had carried
away from Sparta Helen, wife of Mene
laus, and most beautiful of Greek women,
and all the chivalry of Hellas, under the
leadership of Agamemnon, was besieging
Troy to recover Helen. The poem opens
in the tenth year of the war, and the
period of the action Is only about 42 days,
"With consummate art the poet plunges
at one In medlas res, as if all the. pre
vious course of the war were known.
.Achilles had advised Agamemnon to etay
a pestilence In the camp by restoring his
captive Chrysels to her father, the priest
of Apollo. The haughty Agamemnon re
stored the maiden, but insulted Achilles
by taking his own captive, Brisels. Where
upon Achilles, obeying the Goddesa Ath
ena, had not slain Agamemnon, but re
nounced the war. Persuaded by Achilles
goddess mother. Thetis, the supreme god
Zeus sent defeats and disasters upon the
Greek host, and Agamemnon soon recog
nized that without Achilles, the Achaeans
could not take Troy. In vain, he humil
iated himself by sending an embassy of
the bravest and most honored chiefs to
offer fullest reparation to Achilles, even
Agamemnon's own daughter, as a bride.
Achilles was inexorable. "Worse disasters
followed. The greate&t Achaean leadens
ere wounded. Hector Is storming the
Greek camp, and only AJax saves tho
ships from fire. At last Achilles' permits
Patroclus to lead out the Myrmidons
against the foe, but he falls a victim to
his own 'recklessness, and his body,
stripped of Achilles' armor. Is rescued
only by prodigies of valor on the part ot
AJax and Menelaus. Achilles' grief was
terrific He threw himself on the ground,
cast dust on his head and dress, and
writhed In agony. Desire for revenge now
took the place of anger. He appeared on
the rampart and gave a battle-shout which
dismayed the gravest Trojans and made
their very horses cower and tremble. As
eoon as Thetto could procure his other
armor from Hephaestus, the artlflcer of
the gods, Achilles attacked the Trojans
and slew their bravest, last of all Hector.
Patroclus dead body then received splen
did funeral rites and Hector's corpse was
restored to the aged Priam.
The "Iliad" and "Odvosey" aro not di
dactic poems, but they present a remark
able picture of Achaean life. "In a man
ner chiefly Incidental." says Mr. Glad
stone, "there Is supplied to us a mass of
information in history and legend, re
llg'on, polity. Justice, domestic life and
habits, ethnical and social relations, the
conditions of warfare, navigation. Industry
and of the useful arts, exceeding In
amount what has ever at any other pe
riod been brought for n?e Into one focus
by a single mind, except possibly by the
philosophical works of Arlctotle, If we
possessed them entire." "The Homeric
poenv." says Mr. Gladstone again, "have
alo through the Intervention of the Greek
and then of the Roman civilization, for
both of which they form an original liter
ary base, entered far more largely than
any other book, except Holy Scripture. Into
the formation of modern thought and life."
In the Greek drama, characters are apt
to represent types, but In Homer the char
acters are marked by the clearest and
subtlest distinctions. In the "Iliad" the
protagonist is easily the mest consplcudu
and attractive figure. Of all the heroea
he is the tallest, strongest, fleetest and
most beautiful, an orator whose supre
macy Is acknowledged by Vljwes, and
whoso chief speech (in book 9) Is consid
ered by Mr. Gladstone unsurpassed In the
annals of eloquence for 3000 years. A mu
sician he Is, too, and next to the dlvsne
Paeon, perhaps, best understands the art
of healing. His love for Patroclus passes
that of women: he Is the soul of honor
and above deceit; Irascible and inexor
able, yet quick to pity and gentle to the
helpless. Ho Idealizes the youth of the
GroeTc race, "a lustrous figure, ever po
tent, ever young, but with the ash-white
nureolo of coming death around his fore
head." Under the hands of the dramatists
his Immortal character never degenerated
as did even that of Ulysses.
As Achilles represented the element of
passion, eo did Ulysses the function of In
tellect. He is pre-eminently distinguished
"by forethought, presence of mind and self
control the shrewdest and wiliest of tho
Greeks, a profound and astute man of tht;
world. The "Odyssey" especially glorifies
his youthful curiosity and spirit of adven
anco combined with a passionate yearning
for honra and native land: but even In the
"Iliad" he Is second only to Achilles. The
two prefigure the manly Ideals of the Hel
lenic race. Other clearly drawn charac
ters aro the stubborn fighter AJax, "tower
of battle," and the garrulous old Nestor,
whose "speech flowed eweeter than honey."
Among the Trojans most conspicuous are
Hector, the knightly gentleman and bul
wark of Troy, and his aged father Priam,
who has suffered unmeasured Ills, and yet
must sue to Achilles for his son's body,
faying: "I have borne snen things as no
man on tho earth hath ever borne to lift
to my lips the hand of the man who hath
Elaln my son."
Of women in the "Ulad," two are of
surpassing interest. Helen "has exer
cised more, perhaps, than any of the
creations of poetry a profound effect on
men's imagination." Lessing has pointed
out in the "Laokoon" how Homer con
veys an Impression of surpassing personal
beauty, not by describing her, but by giv
ing voice to the old men's admiration:
"Well may the Trojans end Achaeans Rtrlve,
And for a lone time benr aorrow and unrest.
For such a Tremon. In her cause and quest,
Who. like immortal goddesses In face
Appeareth.
But Andromache Is the most lovable of
Homeric women, Her parting from Hec
tor in the sixth "liiad" le the best-known
part of the poem, and Hector's love for
his young wife is as touching as anything
In modern romance. "We next see Andro
mache in the 2d "Iliad." when, hearing
.Hercuba's cry of. anguish, she rushes to
the wail, only to see her husband dragged
vt Achilles' chariot .wheels, and then we
hear her bitter lament .at his funeral.
She has appeared but ior jx,few moments,
and yet no woman of the "Illadk" and
,few -in literature, have had such a hold
on hearts, both ancient and modern.
Homer was the universal text-book in
Greek schools. A young- man In Xeno
phon's "Symposium" remarked that he
CId say the whole "Iliad" and "Odys-
Seymour Eaton.)
DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
sey" by heart, tthd his ei&mple was probi
ab"y not unique. The young- Alciblades
indignantly slruck a fcchdolrcaster who
confused that he hcrt nothing of Ho
mer', and .Jexander the Great admit
ted that he had formed himself bn the
character of Achilles. The elegiac poets
develop wrsc and languege out of the
epic, and all the ttreatet lyric poetfe show
j Homer's influence-no m8re than Pindar.
In an important tenee Homer was the
master of Herodotus and Thucydides; and
Greek emmmarlanB tecH aa German
, crltlce, have discussed tho Homeric style
and thought In both historians. Aeschylus
, called his tragedies "fragments from Ho.
mer's great banquets," and Sophocles re-
celved no higher pral?e than "the tragic
HOmer," The Homeric sly 6 and langiingc
are noticeable in Plato, as wed as the 'at-
ter's frerfent citation of the epic pocL
tatcd Homer, In tlv Alexandrine poetry
Homeric influence was predominant, es
pecially In Theocritus. Indeed, Hbmef
was the key to all subsequent 6reek llt-
if. TBF i
HOMER.
erature, as no other poet has ever been
i-Tj, p ""--". even me miiuence
.. .uo -li.i.tjut.u .oiuie ie;ng less determi
native in our own literature.
Who was Homer? When and whore was
he born? What works did he compose? '
There is perfect agreement on'y as to tho '
name. We do not know who Homer wiif.
According to a Greek epigram, seven
SHw?..?!1- t0 be "omer'8 birthplace; ,
but. In fact, far more places, on both sides
of the Aegean and among the Islands, ar
rogated this distinction, and the state
ments as to the date of his birth range
over more than 400 years. This Is In real
lty perhaps a tradition of the rise and
spread ot epic poetry. And what did Ho
mer compose? Earlier Greek anttnultv
SSboUflfitoJSaPffii"j;5! 5l J
arship denied his title to all except the
lliaa and the "Odyssey." Even the
unity of -the authorship of these two was
attacked, but the authority of Aristarchus,
the greatest of ancient scholars, silenced
the so-called "separators." Early In the
18th centurv fl Nearolltnn rlnTnH fh!it i
HomrR nnpmg u-orn mn4 V... ..l. ,. I
poets and not committed to writing at ! w,thout the compromise that went to the
first, but proofs In support of this view . Percentage and not the principle of the
were first given in F. A. Woff's famous rong. Congressman Watson, of the
"Prolgomena" (1795). Wolf argued that j Sixth Indiana district, sayo that the Presi
our Homer was originally many small un- I dent sent for him and induced him to vote
vnuon poems, me unity oeing due to a
commission In the time of Pelslstratus
(sixth century). Wolfs followers, espe
cially Lachmann, attempted to dissect the
"Iliad" into the original lays. All great
Greek scholars of all lands have in tho
last century been arrayed on one side or
the other of the Homeric question, and it
has been almost as far-reaching in phll-
ology as the Darwinian theory has been in I
inal nucleus or rontrni norm no,- . '
smaller; but critical opinion does not tend
toward unity of authorship of both "Iliad"
and "Odyssey."
Of translation of the "Iliad." Lord Der
by's in verse, and Lang, Leaf and Myers.
but other vion X e"nea; I Then, followed the mistake of commls
Dut otner versions, such as Chapman s. I. -,., . . ..
Pope's. Cowper's. Bryant's, have many I slon Instcad o Preserving what might
claims to consideration. For the "Odys- ' have been Pardned as dignified silence-
sey, Aorsley's translation In verse and
Butcher and Lang's In prose are doubt
less unequaled, -though Palmer's rhyth
mical prose version merits especial com
mendation. Valuable helps to the general reader In
appreciating Homer nr wcMc-a rv, vii.
torlesof Greek literature. Jebb's "Introduc-
tion." Leaf's "Companion to the Hind"-
Agnes M. Clerke's "Familiar Studies in i
Homer"; Jebb's "Classical Greek Poetry,'
i-napiers ji and III; Sj-monds' "Greek
Poets," Volume I. Chapters III and IV;
Mahaffy's "Social Life of the Greeks."
Chapters II and III; Gladstone's "Homeric
Studies" and "Juventus Mundi"; Bonltz'
"Origin of the Homeric Poems," and
Matthew Arnold's "On Translating Ho
mer." University of Wisconsin.
Baaqnet to T. W. Cnthbert.
The Southern Pacific band ,,. !
amd numerous friends tfmriri t ti- I
numerous friends
Cuthbert a banquet and farwn ,-L"
tion last night at Foss' hall, on Grand
and Hawthorne avenues. On the tirst of
tho month he severed his connection with
the company, after having been connected
with it for the past six years, and (hir
ing hat period Mr. Cuthbert became
wuiiiiCJfL aii iiuliiv ivnvQ nni rnA i.A
attendance at tho hall lost evening at-
ttested the esteem In which he is held in
this communitv. and nlsn tho r-r ...
he will be called elsewhere.
At about S o'clock the host of the even
ing was escorted to the hall from his
home in The Brown by District Attor
new Russell E. SeweM and Councilman
SZZZZr !
Ho as given the place of honor, but T.
C. Devlin quickly stepped forward and In
a few appropriate remarlts presented Mr.
Cuthben with a beautiful gold-headed
cane, Inscribed with the words "T. W.
Cuthbert, from the Southern Pacific Brass
BaDd." He was bo overcome that for the
moment ho was unable to respond. The
band fojowed with a selection. After an
JntcrmterJon. he whole company gathered
about the Jorur rtajble. Then for over two
hours the timj jtvns , passed with witty and
grave speeches district jUtoroey Sewell
,... .. "it1"!" jn.ee scievjuuu.
responded to the toast. f"Jfr he Southern
Pacific Bond," tayWdi Jjepay Wgh trlb-J
ute tS; the host 8f the evening., )tner short
adidrcases were 'delivered by Mr. "Wester;
gard, Councilman Cameron, L. Youngpf
and others. The addresses were Inter
spersed with inusic and lively repartee.
. Tho speakers referred lb thfe. fact that
Mr. Cuthbert was malnl Jnitrunlcntril
in Organizing the Southern Pacific band
and aiding In bringing It tip" to its present
efficiency.. He was also bne 8f the 6rlg:
inators of the Fred G ,Leftt Relief As
sociation, wbich resulted In the permanent
relief of a blinU locomoUve fireman. He
does not Claim tho credit for tqe move
ment, but it is admitted thai lie, with
1. W. Younger and several. Bthers, were
tho moving forced that carried, it forward
tb success. He also Organized the Rail
way Employes' Purchasing Association,
which now numbcis abdut 700 members,
and which has resulted in so much good
to railway m&n. These and bthcr matters
have made him promine.nt and deservedly
popular with his associates and friends,
and tne banquet last night was an ex
rjrmslon of the esieem in which he is
hold.
B
A NEWSPAPERS WARNING.
Bit 8f ddod AVor'k That Muy Help
Make nifclory.
Here Is the Chicago Times-Herald's ed
itorial that made so much talk in "Wash-
lngton the other day. "We give It as the
Times-Herald printed It,
double-leads,
black type and all.
THE PRESIDENTS MOMENTOUS MIS
TAKE. Not since the speech of Senator Proctor,
setting forth the hnrrorvtrfi- Buffering nt
Cuba under Spanish mlsgovernment. has
American sentiment beep so universally
aroused as at the present moment over the
bill to exclude Puerto Rico from free ac
cess to American markets. Indignation
mingles with the amazement of Republi
cans throughout the country that their
representatives should be so dead to pop
ular opinion as to flout it.
this worse than unfortunate state of
affairs responslbll ty Xcr the reversal of
the Republican policy toward Puerto Rico
Is laid directly at the door of the Presi
dent. It is credibly reported that but for
Mr. McKInley's change of front the bill
reported by tho ways and means commlt-
. .. .
WOU1Q na C
been defeated with or
for the bill In the face of hundreds of tele-
graphic protests from his constituents.
The press dispatches from Washington
all testify to the fact that one word from
the White House reaffirming the Presi
dent's declaration of last December would
have rallied Republican Congressmen
from every section of the Union to the
performance of "our plain duty" to Puer-
that word, which, like a blast from the
horn of Roderick, would have carried dis
may and consternation through the lob
bies of sugar and tobacco In Washington.
ina was a mistsKe or omission of a
piain juty
leaving to Congress its responsibility and
reserving to the executive Its freedom to
follow the course of plain duty in accord
with the almost universal will of the peo
plethe President permitted it to be under
stood that he favored the action of the
ways and mear6 committee and .wished to
s free trade with the United States de-
nled to Puerto Rico.
In this we think President McKlnley
committed the first almcst irreparable mis
take of his administration a mistake that
we fear will not down unless through hla
Influence with Congress he can Induce the
Senate to throw out the House bill for
the substitute that shall enact free trade
with Puetto Rico as an integral part of
the United Statws.
We are told from Washington, and es
pecially we of the Mississippi "Valley are
told that we do not understand the mo
tives behind the President's altered atti-
tua towarfl erto Rico.
tenner ao tne Kepubiicans of the coun-
try understand these motives. But they
unaerstooa tnis, inat witn an tne light
before him, that he and the people now
possess, last December President McKln
ley declared:
The marlcetK of th United States
.Hiionld be opened up to her nrod-
-nets. Our plain duty Is to auollali
cn"tom tRrt between the Una
ed stRtc" and Pno "co and arlve
fir product free access to onr mar.
JcetM.
Moreover, the Republicans understand
that If there were any sufficient secret
reason why our duty In December should
not be our duty in March, there is no art
" ven that can reconcile the about
face in this case, where the Impression
has gone forth that It was brought about
in the interest of two great trusts.
The President nnd the Republican party
-nust remember that the people of tho
United States are at this time peculiarly
.suspicious of thS occult influence of great
trusts on National Jeglalatlon, and that
Trifles Hpht a air
Arc to the Jeslouojftfirmatlons Ktroag
As nreofp et Hcly Writ.
No $2,000,000 sop of customs rebated for
the tse and -benefit of distressed Puerto
Ric&n ean drue the conscience of the
American people or lull to sleep the sus
picions ,ihat insist that gross injustice Is
being done to Puerto Rico because the
Sugar and ToBacco trusts dread Cuba and
the Philippines ioomlns in the future.
President McKInley's mistake Is big with
the possibllites of serious disaster for
his" party in this year's elections. It may
not Jeopard his own renomlnatlon and
election, but It puts a whip In the hands
of every Democratic speaker with which
t3 scourge Republican Congressmen wher
ever they appear for re-election. What
answer, for Instance, can Congressmen
Mann, BouteU and Foss make to the
charge that they preferred fo serve the
ulterior Interests of the Sugar and To
bacco trusts than to obey tho dictates of
"our plain duty" as pointed out by the
President last December?
Not one of these congressmen voted for
the Puerto Rico tariff without warning.
They all knew that the sentiment of their
fconstltufents was solidly for free trade for
Puert3 Rico, not only because it was sim
ple justiEe; but because It was the best
policy sustained by the reports and rea
sBnlng of every official or commission that
had Investigated the subject.
The Times-Herald knows that It voices
the sentiment of the entire Mississippi
Valley when it says that by abandoning
the attitude bl his message in regard to
Puerto RIc8 President McKlnley has Im
periled Republican control 6f the next
rJSnsress. Even his own prospect of re
flection would be In Jeopardy were It not
for the utter Impossibility of the Democ
racy to get from under the load of Bryan
and Its own futility.
But the Republican partj- should remem
ber that the people sometimes shut thel;
fcyes to all risks when they wish to punish
neglectful or recreant parties.
AIDING RUSSIAN FIRMS.
Foreiftn Fnctorlcs "Wlli ?Sot Snpply
Mhtcrlalu for Siberian Itond.
NEW YORK, March 7. According tfl the
statements of a gentleman representing
the Russian government, whd has just re
turned fr6m a visit tb St. Petersburg.
American manufacturers must ndt Idok for
the immediate receipt of any large con
tracts for equipment and material for the
trans-Siberian Railroad. The gentleman
referred to, who is In close touch with the
officials of the Muscovite Government,
said:
"Prince Hllkoff. the Russian Minister of
Ways and Communications, and M. Le
wltte. the Finance Minister, are entlrelj
opposed at this moment to sending heavy
contracts out of the country. This decision
has been arrived at In view of the fact that
several of the large Russian manufactur
ing concerns are shutting down througn
lack of work. Orders for 5000 freight cars
for the trans-Siberian Road were being
awarded Just as I left the capital to four
Russian concerns that were on the eve of
suspending operations because of the dull
ness In trade. In fact, these firms were
actually in the hands of receivers, owing
to financial embarrassment. The cars are
to be delivered inside of one year. I was
told by one of the principal engineers In
the Ministry of Ways and Communications
that the trans-Siberian Road will require
15,000 cars In all, so that as contracts for
5000 have been placed as above stated, 10,000
more will be ordered.
"Contracts for bridges estimated to be
worth some $500,000 have Just been placed
with Russian manufacturers. Such pro
ceeding was actuated partly by the min
ister's policy, but It was also found that
while further fostering native industries
by awarding the contracts to Russian
brldgemakers, the latter offered additional
advantages, as they undertook to deliver
the material by June, whereas, the best in
ducement as to delivery that American
bridge manufacturers could make was com
pletion of the contracts by November
next."
As to the prospect of orders for tho
Chinese Eastern roads, the speaker, who
acted last year as purchasing agent for
that system, saldr
"I expect to see a goodly number of sub
stantial orders emanate from Port Arthur
before long. I know of three Americans
out there now, and I feel assured that
the result will be most pleasing to man
ufacturers in the United States.
Reverting to the prospects of purchases
abroad for the trans-Siberian Road, he
said:
"As I mentioned before, the Russian
Government is Very reluctant at present to
send heavy c6ntracts out of the country,
but it would undoubtedly welcome an in
flux of foreign capital, and is prepared to
offer many Inducements for the building of
manufacturing plants In many .desirable
localities throughout Siberia and Southern
Russia."
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I our ail savs: " Amornin? draucrbtl
of this itimulatinjr nrroarationi
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Drujrtits and Fancy
rojdiDealen In U.S.,
Canada, and Furmv
FERD. 7 HOPKINS. Proprietor. 37 Great Jonas St. N.Y.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
Go East
ensi
Cheaply, comfortably, quickly,
In one ot the tourist sleeping
cars which les.ve Seattle for
Kansas City Mondays and
Thursdays.
Just the thing1 for people of
moderate means.
No changes; no delays; fine
scenery; fast time.
Full information at
Ticket Offlce,
100 3rd St., ccr. Stark, PariUoJ,-Or;ii.
R. "W. FOSTER.
Ticket Agent.
GEO. S. TATLOR.
City Passenser Aeent. .
WASHINGTON & ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO,
Steamship "CITY OF SCATTLE" will leave
Seattle at S P. M. on Thursday, Feb. 22. and
every In daya thereafter, tor Vancouver, Ketch
ikan. Juneau and Skajrway. making trip from
Seattle to Skatnvay in 72 houre.
For freight and passage inquire cf
DOUAVLZLL. &. CO. t LIMiTKD. AGENTS,
fer
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Plf
in $
Mmu
raj It will zlve you good health theVj--
lljiyear 'round by keeping- yourstom-3jFfl
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5.1 perfect condition. Its dally usejl
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IttAVEXEttS' GUIDE.
Unlofi Depot, Sixth and J Streets.
TWO TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
"FAST MAIL AXD PORTLAND - CHI
CAGO SPECIAL ROITC."
Leaves for the East via Spokane dally at 3.45
P. M. Arrlea at 8.00 A. M.
Leaves for the Eaat. via Pendleton nnd Hunt
ington, dally at S.OO P. M. Arrives, via Hunt
ington and Penaliton, at 0:45 P. M.
THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST
SLEEPER3.
Water llres schedule, subject to change with
out notlcei
OCEAX A!sD HJVElt SCHEDULE.
OCEAN DIVISION oteamahlps all fr-tn
Alnsworth dock at 8:00 P. M. Leave Portland
Columbia sails Saturday, March 3; Tuesday.
March 13; Friday, March 23; Monday. April 2:
Thursday. April 12. Slate of California lls
Thursday. March 8: Sunday. March 13; "Wed
nejjlay, March 2S: Saturday, April 7.
From Eah Francisco State of California nails
Saturday, March 4; Wednesday. March 14; Sat
urday. March M: Tuesday. April 3: Friday.
April 13. Colunbln sails Friday. March 9: Mon
day. March 10; Thursday. March 20; Sunday.
April a.
COLUMBIA RIVEIl DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
Steamer Hassalo lea es Portland dally, except
Sunday, at 8 00 P. M.: on Saturday at 10.00 P.
M. Returning. leaes Astoria dally, except Sun
day, at 7:00 A. M.
WILLAMETTE IUVER DIVISION.
PORTLND AND CORVAL.M5. OR.
Steamer Ruth, for Salem. Albany, Corvallla
and way points, lpavee Portland Tuelays.
Thurfdajs and Saturdas at 6.00 A. M. Return
ing, ltars Coratlls Mondays, Wcdnesdaje and
Frldas at 6:00 A M.
Steamer Modoc, for Salem. Independence nnd
way points, leaves Portland Mondays.Wednes
day and Fridays at 0 00 A. M. Returning,
leaves Independence Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays al .V30 A. M.
YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE.
PORTLAND AND DATTON. OR.
Stenmer Elmore, for Dayton and way points,
leaves Portland Tuesdaj. Thuradajs and Sat
urday at 7 A. M. Returning, leaves Dayton for
Portland and way points Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 6 A. M.
SNAKE RIVER ROUTE.
RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO.
Steamer Spokane or steamer Lewlrton leaves
Rlparia dally at 1:20 A. M.. arriving at Lewlston
at iz 0 clock noon. Returning, the apokane rr
Lenlston leaves Lewlston dally at 8:30 A. M..
arriving- at Rlparia same evening.
W. H. HURLEURT.
General Paopenger Agent.
V. A. SCHILLING. City Ticket Agent.
Telephone Main 712.
NewSteamsbip Lineto the Orient
CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND.
In connection with THE OREGON RAILROAD
& NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. 1000 (subject to
change):
Steamer Leave Portland.
Teb. 20
"ABERGELDIE" March 21
"MONMOUTHSHIRE" April 3
For rates, accommodations, etc.. apply to
DODWELL & COMPANY. Limited,
General Agents, Portland. Or.
Tb principal points In Japan and China.
THE FASTEST AND MOST
DIRECT lINE
TO THE
S PlCTOfc
The Direct Line to Denver, Omahi,
Kansas City and SL Louis.
Only Z Days to Chicago,
Only 4j4 Days to New York and
other Principal Eastern cities
Throuxrli Pullman Palace Sleepera
Tourist Sleepcri
Dlnlnj? Cam (menl a la enrte). and
Free Reclining: Chnlr Cars
Operate! Dally on Faat Mall Trains
ThrctJsh tickets, baggags checks and sleeplns
car accommodations can be arranged at
CITY TICKET OFFICE
1 35 Third Strecl Portfond, Oregon
J. H. LOTHROP.
Gen'l Agent.
GEORGE LANG.
City Fiu. & Tkt. Aft.
THE DINDJG CAR ROUTE FROM PORTLAND
TO THE EAST.
THE ONLY DUtECT LINE TO THE TELLOW-
STONE PARK.
EASTANDSOUTHEAST
IS THE
H
Leave Cnlfin Depot, Flfti ai J I Stl Arrive
No. 2. rast mall for Taco- No. X-
ma. Seattle. Olyrnpla.
Gray's Harbor anl
South Bend point.
Spokane. Rosa land. D
11:13 A. M, C-. Pullman. Moscow. 550 p. 3a.
LewUton. D n f f s l o
Hump mining country.
Helena. Minneapolis.
SL Paul. Omaha. Kaa
n . t&a City. St- Louis.
No-- Chicago and all polnu KO-
east and southeast.
11 JO P.M. Pugtft Sound Express 7:00 A.M.
for Taconia and 5eattl
acid Intermedial points
Fnllman flrst-class and tonrut sleepers to Min
neapolis. SL Paul and Missouri rlTer polnu with
out change.
VestllralM trains. Union depot connections 1
all principal cities.
Bagxage checked to destination of tickets.
For handsomely illustrated descriptive matter.
tickets, sleeplnc-car reservations. tc, call on of
writ
A. D. CHARLTON
Assistant General Pansensrer Agent,
255 Morrison St.. Cor. Third.
Portland. Oregon.
FOR CAPE IN01V1E
The Magnificent Trar-Paclflc Passenger
Steamship
TACOMA
Registered tonnage, 2SU tons: capacity.
4G0O tons; passenger accommodations, 100
first class, S00 second class. This at cam
ship ha3 Just been released from the gov
ernment service as a troopship, and has
every modern comfort and convenience and
I3 the largest steamship In thn Cape Nome
trade.
Will sail from Tacoma and Seattle on or
about the 25th of May.
For rates and full Information apply to
DODWELL & CO.. LTD.
Teepb.pne, Main, 50. 232 Oak Street.
TRAVELERS GUIDE.
EAST j
SOUT
Leave Qtfol fm and , s,reets Arrivo
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS
for Salem. Rose
burg. Ashland. Sac
ramento, Otcden.
San Francisco. JIo
Jae. Los Angeles,
El Paso, New Or
leans and the East
At Woodburn
(dally except Sun
day), morning train
connects with train
for Mt. Angel. 511
v e r t o n. Browns
v llle. Sprlngneld
and Natron, and
evening train for
Mt. Angel and SU-
erton.
Corvallte passenger
Sheridan passenger
7:00 P. M.
D-.15 A. M
S:30A. 3d.
r.Ta.Bu
J7:30 A. M.
$4:50 P. M.
$5-50 P. 1L.
JS:25 A. 1L.
Daliy. JDally except Sunday.
Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac
ramento and San Francisco. Net rates $17 flrat
class and $11 second class, including sleeper
Rates and tlcVets to Eastern points and Eu
Pr Alio JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and.
A-VJ?FRAL,IA- c&n he obtained from J. B.
KIRKLAND. Ticket Agent. 140 Third sL-
TAMHILL DIVISION,
rassenger Depot, foot of Jefferson Street.
1!?ave for Oswego dally at 7:20. 0:4O A. M.r
Fk U55' 3-25- "-15- &-25. 3.05. 11:30 P. il.t
and 0.00 A. L on Sundays only. Arrive at
Portland dally at 0 3T. 8 30. 10-50 A. M.;
1:35. 3:15 4.30. G.20. 7:40. 10 00 P. M.; 12:40
A. II. dally, except llonaay, S-30 and 10.05 A.
il. on Sundays only.
. faAe Aor Dal,a3 dally, except Sunday, at
4:30 P. M. Arrle at Portland at 0:30 A. M.
Passenger train leaes Dallas for Alrlle Mon
daje, Wednesdays and Frldajs at 2:45 P. iL
Returna Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdaja.
Except Sunday.
R. KOEHX.ER. C. H. JIARKHAM,
Mannger. Gen. FrL & Pass. AgL
GO EAST VIA
ON THE FAMOUS
Chicago Portland Special.
And Travel in Luxurious Comfort
Dlnlnc Cnr.i. Service a la Carte.
Llbrary-HnfTet Smoking: Cnrn.
Palnce and Ordinary Sleeping Cars.
Free Recllnlnc; Clialr Cars.
The only train running through solid fronK
Portland to Chicago. No change of cars. Every
car Illuminated with Plnt:h gas.
Leaver 8 P. M.. Portland. Arrives 6:45 P. M.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
124 Third St. Phone Main 56Jh
W. E. COILVN,
General AsenL
J. R. NAGEL.
City Ticket Aart.
iOO PACIFIC LINE
Offers the LOWEST RATES and BEST SERV
tce to and from all Eastern points and Europe
Through tour.st cars from coast to St. Paul.
Toronto. Montreal anu Boston WITHOUT
CHANGE.
Direct Route to
Kootenay Mining District
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific njil mail stuuMbl lines t
Japar ail AuiUal.a.
Ft 1 rile and Information, applr to
H. H. ABUOTT. AgeaL
E. J. COYLE. 146 Third streeL city.
A. G. P. A.. Vancouver. B. C
Ticket OfQcet-123 Third St. 'Phone OSU.
LEAVE.
No. 4
S:45 P. M.
The Flyer, dally to anl ARRIVE,
from St. Paul. Mlnne
spoils. Duluth. Chlcagi r, 3
and all points East. S.C0 A. It
Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers. Dining;
and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE.
STEAMSHIP tJKINSrllU MARU
For Japan, China and all Asiatic polnt3 will,
leave Seattle.
About March 12th.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co..
F0 ALASKA
THE COMPANY'S elegant
steamers. Cottage City, Clty
of Topeka. and AI - KI leave
TACOMA 11 A. M-. SEATTLE.
9 P M.. Feb. 4. 9, 14. 10. 24.
Mar. 1. 11. ttf, 21. 26. 31. Apr.
5. and oery fifth day there
after. For further Information
obtain company's folder.
The company reserves the right, to change,
steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing,
without previous notice.
AGENTS-N. POSTON. 249 Washington L.
Portland. Or.; F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R.
dock. Tacoma: J. F. TROWBRIDGE. Pugst
Sound SupL. Oicean dock. Seattle.
GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. Oen. Acta.. 3. P.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
COLUMBIA RIVER & PDGET SOUND NAVI
GATION CO.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
?SSi
BATLET OATZERT (Alder-etreet dock)
Lea-rea Portland dally erery morning at T
o'clock, except Sunday. Returning. leaves Ae
torla every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday.
Oregon 'phone Main 331. Columbia 'phone 35L
U. B. SCOTT. PresIdenL
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVE3 1 For llargers.
Rainier. ARRIVE3
UNION Clatsfcnnie. WestoorL
UNION
DEPOT. (Clifton, stcrta. War-
rentcn. lavet. tim-
mcai. Fort Stevens.
Gearhart Park. Se-iside.
Astoria and Seasbora
Express.
Dally.
Astoria. Express,
Dally.
8:00 A-M.
11:15 A. 3L
IrfP. M.
0:40 P. 3
Ticket office. 223 Morrison L and Union dtpot.
J. C MATO. Oen. Pass. Agt.. Aatorla, Or.
VANCOUTEK TRANSPORTATION CO.
Steamer Undine. Captain Charles T. Kamrn.
leaesi Vanconver st 3:30 A- M. and 1 P. M.
Leavw Ponland at lOitO A- M. and 4:30 P, M
Sondays excrpted- For frdght or paorage ap
ply oa iojrd. loot or TarloirirEei Round, trlft
?jf SUNSET nl
(O 05DEN S SHASTA -ill
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