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THE MOKNES'G OREGONIA, THURSDAY,-. MARCH 15, 19Q0.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF
(Copyright, 1900, bj-
THE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE
GOLDEN AGES OF LITERATURE
IX- THE GOLDEX AGE OF ROMAA
LITERATCHn.
BT JOHN EBENEZER BRTANT. M. A.
There are two epochs In the hlstoryof
Borne when literature shone resplendent.
The earlier epoch was that -of Cicero and
Caesar. It la generally spoken of as the
Ciceronian age. The later epoch -was that
of Virgil and Horace. This epoch Is gen
erally called the Augustan age.
The history of Rome for the 50 or CO
years that ended "with the death of Caesar
was a fearful thing. No modern history
parallels it, except that of France, for a
little whlle during and just after the rev
olution. There was no leisure, no room,
no possible chance for '.he development of
the literary spirit as a factor of general
culture. The nation if Rome at that
time can be called a nation was wholly
engrossed in the turmoils, the embroil
ments, the upheavals of fierce internecine
struggle. And yet. out of the chaos of
those times were developd two literary
products that had the quality and matter
of universal fame In them.
Cicero (B. C. 10C-43) was a great man If
mere Intellectual qualities be considered,
one of the very greatest men of antiquity.
He was an orator, a pleader at the bar. a
parlimentary debater, a scholar, a critic,
an essayist in polite literature, a philoso-
Vlrjrll.
phor all of the first rank: and as such he
has always been regarded. His main am
bition, however, was to be a successful,
practical politician. In thU he failed.
His character was not strong enough,
either on Its good side or on its faulty
Bide, for effectual coping with the master
ful unscrupulousness of his age. In the
end his head was struck off. taken to
Rome and displayed in the senate house
a proceeding which, though It eeems wan
tonly atrocious, was only typical of the
time.
Cicero Is known to scholarship principal
ly for his parliamentary orations and for
ensic addresses. Ids philosophic treatises,
hLs essay and his familiar letters. These
have served as inexhaustible fields of
ptudy for the academic youth of 30 centu
ries. But Cicero's greatest title to fame
rests upon the splendid fact that It was
he who by his literary art and literary
power fixed' the character of the Latin
tongue as a vehicle for literary expression
for the greatest nation of antiquity during
the whole period of Its greatness, and lnti
tutod models of style and construction
which all subsequent Iatln authors fol
lowed. And when we reflect that the
Latin language was for 10 centuries the
language of the whole civilized world, this
great achievement of his measures up to a
much greater magnitude than even first
appears. Indeed, It Is scarcely too much
to say that the moileLs of literary style
and rhetorical construction which Cicero
pet up are the models that have been ac
knowledged wherever oratory is practiced
or literature written, right up to the pres
ent day.
Caesar (B. C. 100-44), the other great
name of the Ciceronian epoch of Roman
literature, was a greater man than even
Cicero was. Caesar was. indeed, the great
est man In all antiquity. And. unlike the
ease of Cicero, the more critically Cae
sar's character and achievement are stud
led the greater do they measure. He was
a great general, a great statesman, a
great emp'.re-bullder and codlfler of law;
also a great politician and orator. In lit
erature, however. Caesar was great not
because of conscious effort pent on lit
erary labors, but through the sheer ln
evltableneas of genius. His only literary
labors, so far as the world now possesses
the fruits of them, were his anonymous.
or. rather. Impersonal, records of his own
exploits in war. And yet these simple rec
ords "notes," ho called them, or "com
mentaries," as we now say were, in his
own time, and have ever since remained,
in succinctness, perspicuity and brilliancy
of phrase the despair of all who tried
or have tried to Imitate them. Even Cicero
acknowledged this.
The nge of Cicero and Caesar was Illu
minated by other great names in litera
ture besides the two greatest ones. But
these need not be mentioned here. There
is ono writer of the nge. however, who
merits special mention. Lucretius (B. C.
SG-52). the author of "De Recum Natura"
("On the Nature of Things), was a poet
whose genius was so remarkable that It
lacked adequate recognition almost down
to our own day. Only with the advance
in sclenco and the explanation of tho
causes of natural processes which the 13th
contury hus witnessed, has the far-reaching
scope of the great poem of Lucretius,
written nearly 20 centuries ago, been fully
understood. In Its own day it was but
little understood, and, indeed, but little
known.
Caesar achieved the unification and con.
eolldatlon of the Roman -world. He re
Cicero.
duced chaos to order, faction and internec
ine contention to cohesion and strength.
He puld the price of his achievements with
his life. After his assassination (B. C
44) faction and contention raised head
once more, and chaos again ruled every
where. But only for a short time. Cae
sar's work had been too well done, and
Caesar's grand-nephew and heir. Octa
xianus. known to fame as Augustus (B. C.
6J-A. D. 11) perfected and made pcr-
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ROMAN LITERATURE
Seymour Eaton.)
DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
manent the great consolidation which Cae
sar had planned and Inaugurated. With
the order and peace which Augustus estab
lished men' minds had opportunity to de
velop along the lines of their natural
bents. Literature blossomed out once
' more into beauty and strength,, and the
glory of letters In his reign was such that
his name, as applied to a literary epoch,
has ever since been regarded a synonym
for transcendent excellence. The Augue
tan age of literature In Rome was, in good
reality, a "golden age."
And yet that age derived its principal
luster from only two great names. Both
of these were poets. So that while the
Ciceronian age was an nge of prose (for
Lucretius. It will be remembered, was but
little known in his day), the Augustan age
was an age cf poetry. The one epoch
represented, indeed, the culmination ol
prose literature among the Romans; the
other, the culmination of poetry.
Virgil (B. C 70-15) ranks as one of the
world's greatest poets. For many cen
turies he was named with Homer, which,
of course, was to place him in the highest
rank of all. Then a reaction set in ami
he was looked upon for a time as somr
what thin and artificial. Of late years a
truer criticism has placed him back in a
position corresponding closely to his ear
l'er one. While not the equal of Homer in
force. In rapidity of movement. In plc
turesqueness or vital Interest. Virgil yet
possessed qualities which Homer did not
have and which no other poet showed till
comparatively modern ages were reached.
For with all h's brilliancy of objective
description Virgil also was a subjective
poet. He brooded over the pathos of life,
the tears of things." to use his own
phrase. His heart went out in pity for
tho distresses which fate Imposes on hu
manity. Whereas Homer Is as uncon
cerned with the destinies of human beings,
except to portray them accurately, as an
pagan god upon Olympus.
Virgil is read today mostly for his
"Aeneld." an epic poem, describing chiefly
the fall of Troy, taking up the s'ory
where Homer left it In the "Iliad." but
dwel'lng chiefly upon the exploits and ad
ventures of Aenes. a Trojan hero who
after the fall of Troy came to Italy and
became the reputed progenitor of the Ro
man people. But the "Aeneld" was a
pos humous publlcat'oa. On hU deathbed
Virgil made it his laBt desire that the
manuscript of his poem should be de
stroyed, for though he had been at work
upon it 11 years, he Judged that three
years more were necessary to perfect it.
This wisu was not carried out only be
cause of the express command of Augus
tus. The publication of the poem was
effected immediately, and so much ap
proved was it by the Roman people that
scarcely a century had elapsed before Vir
gil's tomb became, as It were, the ehrine
of a god.
Virgil was a poet for all time. Horace
(B. C 65-S) also was a poet for all time,
and yet he was distinctively and em
phatically a poet of the age he belonged
to. The "Odes" of Horace derived their
origin, their being, their very soul, and
essence from the life of fhe times they de
picted. Horace Is the singular example of
a poet who is really not a great poet, be
coming by his art, the Infinite felicity of
his art, greater that is to say, more wide
ly read, mora endurlngly ronowned than
the very greatest of poets. For without
doubt. Horace has been more widely and
more continuously read, more widely and
more frequently quoted, than any other
poet who ever lived. He ows this mar
velous popularity a popular.ty extending
through every age and throughout every
civilized country not to power of thought
or of suggestion or of inspiration, but to
an Inimitable aptress of expression which
gives to even mediocre Ideas such lodg
ment in the memory that once they are
there they are never dUplaced.
There was a" time not so very long ago
when to know one's Horace was the shlb-
boleth of culture. Readers of Bulwer's
novels will remember how continually Hor
ace is quoted by him and by his charac
ters. If men of polite society met any
where, their discourse with one another,
their jests, their repartees, were sure to be
flavored by Horatlan allusions, and often
times. Indeed, by direct Horatlan quota
tions. That time is past. The great expansion
of knowledge In these later days has made
the leisurely study of classic literature,
once the rule once, indeed, imperative on
all who aspired to culture quite impossi
ble. Today even the professed classical
scholar scarcely knows his Horace as well
as 40 years ago the well-trained schoolboy
knew it. "
Some idea of the most classical authors
can bo obtained from translations. Ho
mer, especially the "Odyssey." has been
well rendered Into English. So. too, has
Virgil, but with less success. Virgil's art
Is too personal, too characteristic of his
own individuality, to be adequately trans
ferred by another mind Into another lan
guage. But of all classic authors none is
so impossible to translate as Horace. His
aptness of phrase, his crystal-cut deftness
of metrical construction, in a translator's
hands vanish entirely. The result is prose
bare, commonplace prose. Even Bul-wer-Lytton.
with all his abounding love
of Horace, with all his wealth of classi
cal scholarship and skill in English versi
fication, made nothing of his attempt. To
enjoy Horace at all, one must do so in
th original.
Besides Virgil and Horace, there were
other ornaments of literature in the Au
gustan age. but none, of course, who np
proached these two. Ovid (B. C 43-A. D.
6), & younger member of the Augustan
group, was a more typical representative
of the ideas and manners of the Augustan
age than even Horace. But Ovid, though
a poet of exquisite felicity of expression
and almost unequaled narrative power,
does not rank and never has ranked with
his older contemporaries.
Another great nnme of the Augustan
ago was Llvy. Llvy (B. C. 59-A. D. 17)
was not a poet. He was a prose writer,
and one of the first rank. He was a his
torianup to his time the greatest of
I.atln historians. Llvy was not critical.
He was not exact or painstaking. But he
narrated history dramatically, and gave
to the world pictures of men and man
ners which, if not true to actual tact. are.
like Shakespeare's dramatic histories, ac
cepted by the world as truer in their gen
eral correctness of portraiture than the
narratives of more technically accurate
historians. fc
There was. a Uttle iater on. a third
epoch of Roman literature, not inconsider
able in its greatness by any means. It
continued for a number of years for some
distance into the second century. Indeed.
It Included Senega, the philosopher; Mar
tial, the epigrammatist; Pliny, the natu
ralist "the most learned man of his age,"
JuIIub Cnwar.
as he -Kas Justly called; Tacitus, the his
torian; Qulntilian. the rhetorician, and
Juvenal, the satirist. Of these the mosf
worthily renowned was Tacitus. Tacitus
(A. D. 61-117?) has "been aptly called the
Latin Carlyle. The piercing, scorching
phrases by which he transfixed a charac
ter and showed the evil lurking within or
lit up as with strokes of lurid color his
usually somber and awesome portraiture
of the fateful procession of historical
events, are unique in l.terature. Tacitus,
Indeed, in his way, was one of the great
est historical writers the world has
known.
REPRESENTATIVE TONGUE.
Reaxons Advanced In Favor of Hi
Re-election.
FOREST GROVE7Or., March 6. (To
the Editor.) In your article of last Fri
day's issue, "A Leaf From History," you
say that "several individuals and some
newspapers have been making spiteful
thrusts at The Orcgonlan because it made
a statement some time ago that Hon. T.
H. Tongue, among others, had not, in
former times, been sound on the money
question. The Orcgonlan will revile not
In return, but will content Itself by re
printing the letter sent to it by Mr.
Tongue." Then follows Mr. Tongue's
letter of November 3. 1S31.
The authenticity of this letter is not
questioned by me. I read it carefully at
the time of Its first publication, and re
marked lo a friend that Mr. Tongue was
Just to the point where he would make a
special study of the money question.
This, it appears, he c!d. for in the latter
part of the June campaign of 1S96 I had
the pleasure of listening to a speech from
Mr. Tongue, which had the true ring of
the "single" gold standard.
I recognlze'd in that letter of November
3, lS&i. the groping for light, which I had
myself felt in 1S77-7S. I had shouted for
the "dollars of our daddies," and had
been asked If I had ever made a special
study of the money question, and had
been told that I would find It a very inter
esting study. I stud'ed It carefully and
conscientiously, the result being that 1
became a firm believer in the single stand
ard of value, and that the gold standard.
I have never seen anything since to
change that belief; but, on the other hand,
much to confirm It.
That the result -would be the same with
Mr. Tongue I did not doubt for an in
stant. The evident desire to help the peo
ple to a better state of financial condition,
I think you will agree, permeates his en
tire letter. Mr. Tongue made a study of
the question, and very ooon after seeing
the light, he embraced the true faith and
has ever since been a steadfast advocate
of the gold standard. Every speech and
every vote cast has been for the right of
this question.
He has been bo "sound" on the money
question that tho National Congressional
Committee, in 1S9S, selected one of Mr.
Tongue's speeches, in Congress, on the
money question, as a campaign document
for circulation in every Congressional dis
trict in the United States holding an elec
tion that year, thus conferring upon Mr.
Tongue an honor very seldom accorded to
a member of Congress before the expira
tion of his first term.
Criticism of the public acts, of public
men, through the medium of the press. Is
a very salutary practice. But spiteful
thrusts back at those critlc'sms only stulti
fies those who make them. The great
difficulty with the parties who have been
making thrusts at The Oregonlan, I ap
prehend, was that they fancied It was an
tagonizing the return of Mr. Tongue to
Congress, instead of showing that all Re
publicans were not the original gold-standard
Republicans.
That Mr. Tongue once held a friendly
regard for silver is manifest: still, you
know, a wise man changes his opinion,
upon evidence to warrant such change, but
a fool, never. Mr. Tongue has been, since
his election to Congress, a conscientious
worker for the true principles of Repub
licanism. He has been, and is now, right
upon every National question affecting
his Mlstrlct, the state or the Nation, and
I hope to see him succeed himself In Con
gress. Four years of service, fairly good com
mittee positions and an acquaintance with
the men who shape the affairs of our Na
tion, are among his recommendations, and
are certainly worth a great deal to the
district and state. Wltn these, he ought
to be able to accomplish more for the
district and state than men who possess
equal ability and fidelity, but who havo
not had this service and experience.
J. W. WHEELER.
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PASSED A HARD EXAMINATION
Eleven Out of Twelve Applicants Be
fore Pharmacy Board.
The State Board of Pharmacy conjpleted
the business of the session yesterday in
the parlors of the Imperial Hotel. The
only thing that came before the board
was the examination of the applicants for
state certificates, of which there were
12. seven juniors and five seniors. All
passed tho examination but one Junior.
The state law reads that a person must
serve two years' apprenticeship before tak
ing his first examination, and ho is eli
gible to the second a year after passing
the first. The examination completed yes
terday Is regarded as the hardest one In
five years, which accounts for the low
standing of the successful candidates.
Those who made over 70 percent and are
entitled to certificates are:
Juniors O. W. Castleman, Weston, 80.8;
Fred G. Walch. Portland, S0.6; Chester
Lewis, Portland. 79; Arthur W. Foshay.
Albany. 7S.4; J. H. Hill. Junction. 73, and
C. Ross King, Weston, 72.4.
Seniors W. N. Morse, Oregon City,
SS.2: E. E. Larks. La Grande. S1.2; H.
McKea. Salem. 7S.4; S. H. Merrlman. Hllls
boro. 77.6, and E. C. Illldge, Portland. 72.
Having no more business, the board ad
journed, subject to the call of the presi
dent, Ev A. Terlngton, which will be some
time early in June.
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Alblnn Repnbllcnn Clnb.
The Albina Republican Club held Its bi
ennial meeting for election of officers and
other purposes lost evening in Gomez Hall,
on Russell street. There was a large at
tendance of Republicans of the Tenth
ward when President Whalley called the
meeting to order. Some lively music was
furnished by a colored quartet at the
opening, and then business was taken up.
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The secretary read the constitution of the
club, adopted In 1S32, which included ome
ancient history of the organization.' That
document was held In force except the
membership provision, this having been
modified so that only residents of the
Tenth ward are eligible to membership.
Following the reading of the constitution a
long list of new members was received
and ordered enrolled. President "Whalley
announced that biennial election of officers
was In order. The following were then
chosen for the ensuing two years: Presi
dent, John C Jameson; vice-president. Dr.
W. H. Boyd; secretary, Fred A. Bailey;
asstant secretary, E. C. Robins; treas
urer, T. W. Vreeland. Each of these re
sponded with thanks for the honors be
stowed. Mr. Jameson, the new president,
on taking the chair, asked for the co
operation and support of every Republican
In the ward. The president then appoint
ed the following committees:
Finance-John T. Whalley. M. A. Mc
Eechern and N. C. Meyers.
Membership L. B. Cottingham, J. W.
Shaunnessay..
Executive A. F. Nichols, S. E. Wlllard,
A. M. Brown. J. C. Jameson and Fred A.
Bailey, the last two being members by
constitutional provision.
Following appointment of these commit
tees the hall question was dlsDosed of by
motion to rent Gomez Hall for every
vveanefcaay night, which prevailed. Then
followed other discussions and short ad
dresses. The oluTj Is now thoroughly or
ganized for campaign work.
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.
Value of Edccntlon In Settling the
Rnce Qucntlon In the South.
NEW YORK, March 14. The difficul
ties of the race problem of the South,
which are hardly realized by the people
of this section of the country, were set
forth by Rev. Edgar Gardner Murphy,
of Montgomery, Ala., at the annual meet
ing of the Armstrong Association last
night Among the most Interested listen
ers was Professor Booker T. Washing
ton, of the Tuskegee Institute.
William J. Schleffelln. the president of
tho association, reported great progress
In the work done at the Hampton Insti
tute, which was founded by General Arm
strong, and said that graduates were now
competent to uplift their fellows, instead
of going out into the world merely as
skilled mechanics, as they elld a few years
ago. This was due. he said, to Improved
instruction, which had added more than
J20.000 a year to the salary list of the In
stitution. "The bad Southerner, the poor white
trash." he said, "complain that they can
not get work owing to the competition
of educated colored men, and a man Is
running for Governor on a ticket calling
for the abolition of these schools."
Mr. Ogden introduced Mr. Murphy, who
said in part: "It gives me great pleasure
to talk to the representatives of the Arm
strong Association, for the reason that
upon the platform of helpfulness in re
lation to the problem of education of the
colored man. the North and the South are
united. North and South agree that the
chief problem before the negro today Is
his practical efficiency In relation to his
aotual opportunities. Northern Interfer
ence is resented, for there Is bitter feel
ing In the South, not only because of
the reconstruction policy, but because the
white master feels that the negro was
the Instrument of his humiliation."
Mr. Murphy objected to President
Schleffelln's remarks about the "white
trash." and said that the poor whites of
the South had much to complain of. "He
feels," he said, "that every dollar going
to the negro is a dollar taken from- the
educational opportunities of his own chll.
dren." Mr. Murphy advised the Northern
people to invest in philanthropic under
takings In the South.
Professor Washington said:
"We have emphatically heard the voice
of the politician, but with this conference
we hear the voIcc we have much need of
the voice of the highly educated people
of the South."
Other speakers were R. Fulton Cutting.
George Foster Peabody and Silas McBee.
Reports showed a membership of 600 and
a prosperous financial condtlon. In clos
ing the meeting. Mr. Schleffelln said that
for the first time the appropriation for
the Indian teaching at Hampton was
cut off on the ground that it was a sec
tarian institution. A motion was adopt
ed authorizing the officers to write let
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TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
It is 7787
Few people realize what a
big railroad the Burlington
Route is. It Is the second long
est railroad in the world. It
employs 3G.CO0 men: owns 16(M
engines, 35,000 freight-cars;
runs 600 trains a- day, and
earns 545,000,000 a year.
Omaha, Chicago, Kansas
City, St. Louis. J Choice of
three routes. Berths and tick
ets at
Ticket Omce,
100 3rd St.MCsr.Sttrk,p3rMi3j, Or:u.
R. W. FOSTER.
Ticket Agent.
GEO. S. TAYLOR.
City rasaecger Agent.
SEATTLE
Yukon River Points
Steamer OHIO (3300 tons) has been re
leased by the United States Government
after nearly two years service as a trans
port to the Philippines, and wl.l sail for
CAPE NOME on or about MAY 24, 1S00.
For passage and freight rates, apply to
any railroad agent or sub-agent of the
International Navigation Co.. or direct to
EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO..
GOT First avenue, Seattle, Wash,
WASHINGTON & ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Steamship "CITT OF SEATTLE" will leave
Seattle at S P. M. on Thursday, Feb. 22. and
ery 10 day thereafter. lor Vancouver, Ketch
ikan. Juneau and Skacway. maklnc trip from
Seattle to Skatrtvay In 72 hours.
For freight and patwaE Inquire of
DOD1VELL fc CO., LIMITED. ACF.XTS.
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CAPE NOME VIA DAWSON
Alaska SteamshipCompany
NEXT SAILING. THE DIRIGO. MARCH 14.
The only company having through trade ar
ranjtenaenui to Atlln and the Klondike. Weekly
nailing! from Taccma. For full Information ap
ply to J. L. HARTMAX. Agent, Portland. Or..
3 Chamber of Commerce.
VANCOUVER TRANSPORTATION CO.
Steamer Undine. Captain Charles T. Kama,
leaves Vancouver at 8:30 A. M. and 1 P. M.
Leaves Portland at 10:30 A. M. and 4:30 P. M.
Sundays excepted. For freight or panaee ap
ply on beard, foot of Taylor street. Round trlv
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TRAVELERS GUIDE.
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Union Depot. Sixth and J Streets.
TWO TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
"FAST MAIL ASD PORTLAND - CHI
CAGO SPECIAL IIOCTE."
Leaves for the Ea?t via Spokane dally at 3.45
P: II. Arrives t 8:00 A. M.
Leaves for the Eaot. via Pendleton, and Hunt
ington, dally at 8:00 P. M. Arrives, via Hunt-
J ington and Penoleton. at 6:45 P. M.
THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST
SLEEPERS.
Water llrcs acceUule, subject to change with
out notice:
OCEAX AXD RIVER SCHEDULE.
OCEAN DIVISION otcamshtps sail rr-:m
Alr.swora dock at 8:00 P. M. Leave Portland
Columbia satis Saturday. March 3; Tuesday.
March 13; Friday. March 23; Monday. April 2;
Thursday. April 12. State of California satU
Thursday. March 8: Sunday. March IS; "tt'ed-
naay. .March 28: Saturday. April .
From San Francisco State of California palls
Saturday.. March 4; Wednesday. March 14, Sat
urday. March 24: Tuesday. April 3; Friday.
April 13. Columbia aaJte" Friday. March 0. Mon
day. March 1: Thursday. March 29: Sunday.
April 8.
COLUMI1IA RIVEII DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
Steamer Hassalo leave? Portland dally, except
Sunday, at S:00 P. M.: en Saturday at 10:CO T.
M. Returning. Ieaes Astoria dally, except Sun
day, at 7KX) A. M.
1VILLA3IETTE RIVER DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND COItVALLIS. OR.
Steamer Ruth, for Salem. Albany. Corvallta
and way points. leaves Portland Tuesdays.
Thurwiajs and Saturday at 0.00 A. M. Return
Ins, leaves Corvallls Mondays. Wednesday and
Fridays at 0:00 A M.
Steamer Modoc, for Salem. Independence and
way points. leaven Portland Mondays. Wednes
days) and Fridays at 0:00 A. M. Returning1,
leaves Independence Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdo at .".30 A. M.
YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE.
PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR.
Steamer Elmore, for Dayton and way points,
leaves Portland Tuesday. Thursdays and Sat
urday at 7 A. M. Returning, leaves Dayton for
Portland and way points Mondays. Wednesday
and Fridays at 0 A. M.
SNAKE RIVER ROUTE.
RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO.
Steamer Spokane or pteamer Lcwlston leaves
Rlparla daily at 1:20 A. M.. arrlvire at Lewliton
at 12 o'clock noon. Returning, ttw Spokane or
LoTClston leaves Lewlston dally at S:30 A. M..
arriving at Rlparla same evening.
W. H. HURLRURT.
General Passenger Agent.
V. A. SCHILLING. City Ticket Agent.
Telephone Main 712.
New SteamshipLincto the Orient
CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND.
In connection with THE OREGON RAILROAD
& NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. 1000 (subject to
chance):
Steamer. Due to Leave Portland.
"ABERGELDIE" March 23
"MONMOUTHSHIRE" April 11
"BRAEMAR" May 2
For rates, accommodations, etc.. apply to
DODWELL & COMPANY. Limited.
General Agents, Portland. Or.
To principal points In Japan and China.
THE FASTEST AND MOST
DIRECT lINE
TO THE
EASTANBSOUTHEAST
13 THE
VpStoS
The Direct Line to Denver, Omahi.
Kansas City and St. Loub.
Only 3 Days to Chicago,
Only4 Days to New York and
other Principal Eastern cities
Thro nth Pullman Valuer Sleepers
Tonrlst Sleepers
Dlnlxifr Cnra (inenls n In carte), and
Free Rccllnliis Chair Cars
Operated Dally on Fast Mail Trains
Throu3h tickets, baggage checks and sleeplnc
ear accommodations can be arranged at
CITY TICKET OFFICE
1 35 Third Straei Portland, Oregon
J. H. LOTHROP.
Gen'I Agent.
GEORGE LANO.
City Pais. & Tkt. Agt.
FOR CAPE NOME
The Magnificent Trane-Paclflc Passenger
Steamship
TACOMA
Registered tonnage, 2S11 tons: capacity,
4000 tons: passenzer accommodations, 100
first class, 900 second class. This steam
ship has Just been released from the gov
ernment eervlce as a troopship, and has
every modern comfort and convenience and
is the largest steamship in tho Cape Nome
trade.
"Will sail from Tacoma and Seattle on or
about the 25th of May.
For rates and full Information apply to
DODWELIi & CO.. LTD.
Telephone. Main. 96. 252 Oak Street.
SOO PACIFIC LINE
Offers the LOWEST RATES and BEST SERV
Ice to and from all Eastern points and Europe.
Through tourist cars from coast to St. Paul.
Toronto. Montreal a&J iiosloa WITHOUT
CHANGE.
Direct Route to
Kootenay Mining District
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific trnl null JCtuaijlj, lines U
lapar ant i:i:r)ju
Tci rtB .and Information, apply to
H. H. ABBOTT. Agent.
E. J. COYLE. H8 Third street, city.
A. G. P. A.. Vancouver. B. C
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVES
UNION
DEPOT.
f Tor Maygers. Rainier.
Clatskanle, Westport.
' Clifton. tcrla. War-
UNION
DEPOT.
rentoa. Flavel. Ham
mond. Fort Stevens.
Gearhart Parle. Seaside.
Astoria and Seasaora
Express.
Dally.
Astoria Express.
Daily.
11:13 A. M.
1:90 P. M.
0:40 P. M.
Ticket office. 233 Morrison Mt. and Un!on depot.
3. C MAYO, Gen. Pus. Agt.. Astoria. Or.
TRAVELERS GUIDE.
lAvjI via
SOUTH
Leave I Depot FIRS asd I Streets I Arrive
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS
for Salem. Rose
burp. Ashland. Sac
ramento. Ogden.
San Francisco. Mo
Jave. Lea Angeles.
Kl Paso, New Or
leans and the East
At Woodbum
(dally except Sun
day), morning train
connects with tram
for Mt. Anrtl. 511
v e r t on. Browns
ville. Sprlngneld
and Natron, and
evening train for
Mt. Angel and 5ti
verton. Corvallls passenger
Sheridan passenger
7:00 P. M.
S:30 A. M.
0:15 A- M.
7.-00 P. 3L
t7:30 A. M.
:4:30 P.M.
:30 P. SL
S:25 A. M.
Dally. tDally except Sunday.
Rsbate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac
ramento and San Francisco. Net rates 17 flrst
class and ill second class, including sleeper.
Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu-i-wrrjVT
?APi- CIII-N'A- HONOLULU and
vVwiy' .Can " Stained from J. B.
HIKKLAND. Ticket Agent. HO Third at.
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, fcot of Jefferson Street.
.Leave for Oswego dally at 7:20. 0A0 A. M.;
U:Si. L05'. 3-25 5:I5- b-Z- S:05. 11:30 P. M.;
and 3:00 A. VI. on Sundays only. Arrive at
JrtIaP4. de,,y at 6:35. S:30. M0:5O A. M.:
1:33. 3:13. 4.30. (1:20. 7:40. 10.00 P. M.; 12 40
A. M. "Ally, except Monday, S.30 and 10:05 A.
M. on Sundaa only.
Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at
4:30 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:30 A. M.
Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mon
daje. Wednesdays and Fridays at 2:43 P. M.
Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays.
Except Sunday.
R. KOEHLER. C. H. MARKHAM.
Manager. Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt.
TnE DINING CAR ROUTE FROM PORTLAND
TO THE EAST.
THE ONLT DIRECT LINE TO THE YELLOW
STONE PARK.
Leave L'nloa Depot, FHti aai 1 St; Axrlva
Fast mall for Taco
ma. Seattle. Olympla.
Gray's Harbor aaJ
South Bend points.
Spokane. Rossland. B.
C., Pullman, Moscow.
Lewlston. Buffalo
Hump mining country,
Helena. Minneapolis,
St. Paul. Omaha. Kan
sas City. St. Louis.
Chtoago and all points
east end southeast.
Puset Sound Expres
for Tacoma and Seattle
and Intermediate points
No. L
11:13 A.M.
rn reflTEs jnj
If jP'l
5:30 P. M.
No. 3.
7:00 A. M.
Pullman nrst-class and tourist sleepers to Min
neapolis. St. Paul and Missouri river points with
out change.
Vestlbuled (rales. Union .depot connections la
all principal cities.
Baggage checked to destination or tickets:
For handsomely Illustrated descriptive matter,
tickets, sleeping-car reservations, etc. call oa ox
writ
A. D. CHARLTON
Assistant Gencrnl Pn.iwcnfccr Aicent,
2T5 Morrison St.. Cor. Thlnl.
Portland. Oregon.
GO EAST VIA
ON THE FAMOUS
.Chicago - Portland Special
And Travel Fn Luxurious Comfort
Dlnlner Cars. Service n In Carte.
Lilirnry-BufTct imokln Cars.
Palncc and Ordinary Sleeping: Cnra.
Free Ileclininpr Chair Cars.
The only tialn running: through solid from
Portland to Chicago. No change of cars. Every
car Illuminated with Plntsch gas.
Leavctt 8 P. M.. Portland. Arrives C:43 P. M-
CITY TICKET OFFICE
124 Third St. Phone Main 569
W. E. COMAN.
General Agent.
J. R. NAGEL. '
City Ticket Agt.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
FOR ALASKA
THE COMPANY'S elegant
steamers. Cottage City, City
of Topeka and Al - Kl leave
TACOMA 11 A. M.. SEATTLE
!) P. M.. Mar. 11. 1C. 21. 215.
31. Apr. 5. 10. 15, 2U, 25. 30,
May 5. and every nfth day
thereafter. For further infor
mation obtain company's folder.
The company reserves the rlgnt to change
steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing,
without previous notice.
AGENTS N. POSTON. 240 Washington st..
Portland, Or.: F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R.
dock. Tacoma: J. F. TROWBUIDGE. Puget
Eound Supt.. Ocean dock. Seattle.
GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agts.. S. F..
TIcUet OfTJce: 122 Third St. 'Phone 080
The Flyer, dally to and f x-aT'w
from St- Paul. Mlnnt- " -spoils.
Duluth. Chicago 1 No. 1
and all points East. ( 8:00 A. M.
LEAVE.
No. 4
3:45 P. M.
Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining
and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
STEAMSHIP IDZUMI MARU
For Japan. China and all Astatic polnt3 will
leave Seattle
About March 25th.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
COLUMBIA RIVER & PUGET SOUND NAV1-
GATION CO.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
j5
BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-street dock)
Leaves Portland dally every morning at T
o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As
toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday.
Oregon 'phone Main 351. Columbia 'phone 35L
U. B. SCOTT, President.
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