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10 THE MO'UNltfG OKEUOitflAtf, SATURDAY, MAKOH 17, 1900. m Qinnnirc oiifrn lllUUi VIUUVUV, UUlliil Vi. (Copyright. 1000. by THE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES FOR GIRLS BY CHARLOTTE BREWSTER JORDAN. V. SAIIAH KE31BLQ SIDDONS. (1755-1831.) Sir Joshua Reynolds magnificent portrait of Mrs. Slddons as "The Tragic Muse" Is Interesting aside from Its artistic value, because It recalls the gallantry of the painter and the personality of his subject. "When the great actress came to Sir Josh ua's studio he took ber by the hand and ceremoniously escorted her to the place generally occupied by bis sitters, saying: "Ascend your undisputed throne and gra olously bestow upon me some good Idea of the Tragic Muse." Mrs. Slddons com piled with bis request with such easy grace that the delighted artist seized his palette, and imploring her not to change her first attitude painted her as we see her today. Sr Joshua Reynolds seldom signed his pictures, but In this Instance be painted It upon the border of the robe of the Tragic Muse, and Justified his ex ceptional act to Mrs. Slddons by exclaim ing: "I could not resist the opportunity of sending my name down to posterity on the hem of your garment." In striking contrast to the social and professional adultatlon of ber maturer years was the early life of Sarah Kemble. Daughter of Roger Kemble, manager of a company of strolling players, she was born at the "Shoulder of Mutton," an inn at Brecknock, South "Wales. Notwithstand ing his bumble vocation, Roger Kemble was well bred and of unquestioned integ rity, ingeniously described by his wife as "the only gentleman Falstaff that I have ever seen." Mrs. Kemble, also of play going extraction, gave to her daughter Sarah, her striking beauty, her supple and majestic figure, together with educational advantages, especially in music, far be yond her lowly station. As a child Sarah was forced to follow the family voca tion and strive after that Intrepid self confidence which she gained with great difficulty in her maturity. At 17 a mutual attachment sprung up between Sarah Kemble and a Mr. Slddons, an Indifferent actor In ber father's com pany of Itinerants. This attachment met with the stern disapproval of the imperi ous Mrs. Kemble, who hastily exiled ber daughter to the companionship of a coun try family. Thereupon the disconsolate SIddon6 "dropped off Into poetry" and sang to a sympathetic audience a metrical ac count of the banishment of Phyllis from the company of ber bewailing Colin. Mr. and Mrs. Kemble. although greatly exas perated by these personal allusions, final ly consented to the marriage at Coven try. "With the exception of his Ill-judged poetical ebullition of bad taste, Mr. Sld dons proved to be In every way commend ablea model husband, a devoted father, a satisfactory actor and an obliging cipher In the household of genius. Immediately after their marriage young Mr. and Mrs. Slddons began acting at Cheltenham and attracted the favorable criticism of the aristocratic families of the neighborhood. In some ways this patronage, friendly and encouraging though it was, proved of doubtful advan tage to the debutante, for It induced Gar rick to invite her to act at Drury Lane, where her Immaturity caused Inevitable failure and mortification. Ill-dressed, frightened, frequently Inaudible, ber Por tia drew down such unfavorable comment upon the management that she was curtly and unexpectedly dismissed. But the hereditary tendencies of four generations of actors were not to be downed by this sudden blight. "With her husband and two children Mrs. Slddons now returned to the provinces," where for six years she played, chiefly at York and Bath. This period of disciplinary training, oftentimes necessitating disagreeable or subordinate parts and dally exhaustive Journeys, caused her. nevertheless, con stantly to rally her forces and make ev ery effort tell In reacblng that higher plane upon which she eventually stood as an unsurpassed actress. In 17S2 Mrs. Slddons received from the new management of Drury Lane, an offer of a three years' engagement. For the sake of her three children she agreed to reappear upon the stage from which she bad been so summarily dismissed. "With many misgivings lest her voice might not prove strong enough to efface the Impres sions of her former failure, she dragged through a memorable fortnight of nerv ous rehearsals, and finally appeared with her beautiful S-year-old boy In Southerne's tragedy of "Isella." Her success was Instantaneous and indisputable, only sec ond to Garrick's Incomparable first night. Garrlck had retired from the stage shortly after acting as Shylock to Mrs. S'ddons (discreditable Portia. Rumor said that her early dismissal had been largely due to Garrick's Irritation over her uninten tional blunder In making him act one ot his favorite passages with his back to the audience, a mortification which it was d'f ficult for the veteran actor to brook. Mrs. Slddons always felt that he flattered her unduly only to dash her heavily down ward. He certainly did not discern In her early unequal efforts the genius which was to make a triumph of her reappearance. Since tragedies were becoming Increas ingly fashionable, society lent Its sanction to the popular enthusiasm and the tragic actress became a social as well as a his trionic celebrity. Occasionally she essayed comedy, but not with marked mlrthful ness. Tragedy was more favorable to her cast of powers, her extraordinary physical endownments, her we!rd majesty, brilliant beauty and solemn dignity. So well were these characteristics combined In her im personation of Lady Macbeth that Charles Lamb said In his "Last Essays of Ella": ""We speak of Lady Macbeth while we are In reality thinking of Mrs. Slddons.' "While playing she prmltted no distrac tion from the palnfulness of the drama In which she was to enact her part. "I never," shewrltes. "from the beginning of the play to the end of it, once suffered my dressing-room door to be closed. In order that my attention might be con stantly fixed on those distressing events which I could plainly hear were going on upon the stage, the terrible facts which were to be represented by me." Her stately manner In tragedy gradually became habitual to her dally life, and was not always encaging to strangers. Mrs. Thrale exclaimed upon first meeting the renowned actrefs: ""Why, this Is a leaden goddess we are all worshiping! However, we shall soon gild It." Her statuesque bearing was largely affected by her study of antique sculpture. Once, while touring ' in the provinces, she wao requested to buy a stucco bust so unlike herself that she did not wonder that the salesman failed to recognize the original. Feeling that she could do better, she studied at sculpture In her leisure moments, and executed a bust of herself which may be eeen today In South Kensington. Her studies of mar bles of antiquity served to heighten her statuesque charm as Hermlone In "The "Winter's Tale." She told Lord Lands downe that "the first thing that suggested to her the mode of expressing intensity of feeling was the position of some of the Egyptian statues, with the arms close down by the side and the hands clenched." Comparisons with Rachel, the great French tragedienne, were Inevitable. These favored in beholding the art of both ac tresses were generally agreed that in burning intensity Rachel surpassed Mr. Slddons, especially In her rendering of pas sion In Its fiercer concentrations, while the English artist retained pre-eminence in finish, dignity and pathos. Although occa sionally accused of parsimony. Mrs. Sld dons never sank to the grasping avar iclousness for which Rachel was so no torious, and Dr. Johnson said of his coun trywoman after one of his frequent visits: "Neither praise nor the loVe of money, the two powerful corruptions of mankind, Beem to have depraved her." For SO years she charmed her audiences op tup. m m mwvZzzxzx'Sfiz XllXJ AiilVJtllUU WiXXUU Seymour Eaton.) DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON with her distinctive stage genius, 'her rich, warm voice, and her sympathetic inter pretations. Her spirited face has been described by a contemporary aa "so thor oughly harmonized when quiescent and so expressive when impassioned that most people think her more beautiful than she Is." In 1S12 she took her leave of the public in her great character of Lady Macbeth, and reappeared on the stage only ly varied the irksome vacuity of the re- I malnlng 20 years of her life by readings j In public or before the royal family, chief- ly from Milton or Shakespeare. Some havo ' asserted that the Bible, Shakespeare and ( Milton were the only books which 6he thoroughly comprehended, and hese she knew by heart. Although her intellectuality laystrlctlyalbng varied reading In addition to this exceptionally strong foundation. MRS. SIDDOXS. (From an original painting by Gainsborough In th National Gallery.) In 1822 she published a book called "The Story, of Our First Parents. Selected from Milton's 'Paradise Lost,' for the Use of ioung Persons. tier poetical composi tions were never fully published. The latter part of her life was sad dened by the loss of husband, children and friends; 26 of her friends dying In six years left her restless and desolate. The greatest blow was the death of her eldest son, Henry, the proprietor of the Edin burgh Theater. Although her voice was gone, and she said her sight was almost washed away by tears, she determined to ,the "Outlook for the Temperance. Re devote the remainder of her life to her form." The meeting was under the charge son's widow and children. Before her death, in 1S31, she was overjoyed at the favorable reception given to her niece, Fanny Kemble, whose performances she watched with tears of Joy running down her face. Throughout her long life of 76 years, she ' was sincere. Industrious and courageous. , Uual elevation, should hold a meeting with an unconquerable love of truth which , there and at the present time. Mrs. Har won her the immediate confidence of all i ford was then Introduced. She read first with whom she came In contact Even the ; from Isaiah, xl:3: "Prepare ye the way riotous mob around the theater fell back cf the Lord," which she applied to the wnen ji neara me aeep voice oi tne aigni- j fled woman in the sedan chair appealing: e001 .eople' let me paas' am Sarah I o. ,. r. . . ! Sir waiter Scott. In responding to a toast , to this great actress and noble-splr.ted better than we know. The good effects of woman, gracefully voiced the attitude of our labors wlll be manifested in the com his contemporaries regarding her charms. Inp generations, and in that way we have After describing the usual struggle to se- bullded a worthy monument. One of our cure tickets for her. .nerformanceT the I principles Is a firm belief In the gospel of S of,f liL0 h?thrtei theudayv,aS the Slden ruI. and t ach man's life i l te a fe,hUr! !Lalt WLthLn' . should be an example safe and beneficent elf; In aco5'3h.n,USh h?.m0b- m for otners t0 folIow- According to the m V, any,lhlTiS ,cId , Bible. God created man and woman In tilSn?2?jLA hIs own iage. and consequently there wrfi p tlrntMn ,? frrc L should ne standard of purity and well as the setting un of Mrs. Slddons. I rights fn ,, Those young fellows." he reiterated, "who "?." . J ti,Am . ., t ,. have only seen the setting sun of this dls- ?, "i'J1, A,daAm' ndA. ? tlngulshed performer, beautiful and serene J L TZ t" m mlRht n0t n it -, ttm, -u. m foii. v I have becn tne woman. have seen Its rise leave to hold our heads a little higher." .. , ,..- -j v.u ...vra niiu , AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ' If for none other bel'eve we are gain- I inr In Qur work, for once the public sen- .,..,, v 1 t.i . . .. , ' tJinGnt favors a cause, then half the bat- Sevcral valuable Accessions Made tie Is won AVlthin the Weelc. "it is of the greatest importance to The rooms of the Oregon Historical So- J!Jfft8n tfr!lPffC!lJnd,V!iU,al that thl! clety. top floor of City Hall, northwest f- S L 2'. ' ' fV?,4 corner, will be open for public Inspection ?' ln'?2' th fought of total abstl from 10 to 12 o'clock A. M.. 1 to "6 and 7 to . "L v M, ? of ,a31,men J,Rd 9 P. M. today. More than 3000 visitors Wf n.B ac thc sl" and m,scr have registered in these rooms since date h,ch e "whole world groans Is the of opening. December 1C. and many have "quor t"1 ffl,?; J1 certainly the worst expressed their high appreciation of the vl1 't7lth, wn,ch wta l? deal- "ng important work so favorably begun. The 6em3 JTu'? J", e, fr?nt rank states of the Union having well-equipped WJJ Ie trutn s overshadowed, but there and well-supported historical societies are '5vm come a t,me lf we stand Armly when those which stand In the front rank In , we. sha11 ""l1"-' , business and cducatonal activities. Among , At tho cIose of thc lecture and during them may be mentioned Massachusetts, ' the Dleasant social hcur which followed. New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, new members were taken Into the union. Illinois. Wisconsin. Minnesota. Kansas Sht refreshments, served by the ladles and Nebraska. The degree of prominence of the East s,do -Tnln. enhanced the that these states have Is largely due to; enjoyment of the hcur. the Influence of their historical societies. I ' a xne wregon aocieiy is attracting tne at tention of scholarly men as never before. notwithstanding It has only started on thn c"-""u titI " " lc- -from a pureu Hon. S. T. Jeffreys, of Portland, last Sat business point of view it is worthy the urday evening. March 10, at Heppner. with most loyal support from all citizens, and the following officers: Junior past pres lt is hoped before long that some one or ident. Frank Gilliam; president, E. S. more of the wealthy citizens of Pert- Freeland; first vice-president. M. B. Gal. land will provide It a permanent home- . loway; second vice-president. Ell Kesney; one commensurate with the work ncces- i third vice-president. Jack Matlock; re- -j w v v.w..v, ... vr.uc Wat . nua.il ug of the greatest value to the citizens ot this city, and to the public generally. The accessions for the past week have been numerous, and among them may bo noted the following: York, via Cape Horn to Oregon. In 1S40 by Rev: J. H. Frost and Hamilton Camp-, A bedstead that was brought from New bell, starting in October. 1S39; the sum- 'r,JT . .t w"'"- " "'U1. " mer of 1S40 It was taken by Mr. Frost to ! K?5"?vtof Jhe populaUon of the state. nif5nn ti rrh.n w fv . . than Western Oregon. when he wen establish a m'sslon. and when he left In 1S43 he sold It to Solomon H. Smith, who was the owner until his death In 1S7G: v.o it -rra.. cni tft tv "vv Dnvm A after his death it was "the" property of his widow, formerly Miss Elmlra Phillips, who caused It to be sold at auatlon a short time before her death at the Patton Home early this month. A lunch basket, made by the late James Abraham In 1S51 In Indiana, cut of h'ekory, and brought to Oregon In 1S52 over the plains. The Oregon presidential election ticket of 1SC0. The California presidential election of 1SC4. A copy of "The Voice of the People and Albany Whig." Albany N. Y.. De cember 6. 1S36, from William H. Young, McMinnville. An ox wagon of the type In common use 50 years ago, built In Johnson County, James Abraham, of the East Side, and, with five yoke of oxen attached, driven across the plains in 1S52. and was used by him on his farm for more than 40 years thereafter. Placed in the care of the society by Mrs. Jane Abraham. A heavy curly maple stand with draw ers, constructed by John B. Garrison In 1S54 and used as a receptacle for legal doc uments for many years by the late Judge "W. "W. Page. Donated by Multnomah Printing Company. A portrait In oil of Rev. Elkanah "Walker by Stanley. In 1S47, a noted portrait J painter of that day, and the first In Ore i gon. He had arranged to paint portraits I of Dr. Marcus "Whitman and wife, but the massacre on November 29-30, 1S47. pre- vented It, Deed from Ablel Pease, "Long Meadow, County of Hampshire and State of Man sachusetts," for the consideration of ?33 31 lawful money, to Theophllus Swetland, of eight 'acres of land, dated June 24, 1799. From L. Q. Swetland of this city, who Just returned from a brief visit to Mas sachusetts. Educators, students and strangers in rooms are rapidly becoming a center of positive educational value. i EAST SIDE W.C.T.U. MEETING AddresH by State President Helen Harford, Followed by a Reception. Mrs. Helen D. Harford, state president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, gave a lecture yesterday afternoon at the First United Evancellcal Church on of the East Side Union, and Mrs. Sarah Kern, as president, made a few Introduc tory remarks. She said that that church was conducting revival services from evening to evening, and that it was pe culiarly fitted that the "W. C. T. U.. which stood for evervthinc directed toward sDir V. c. T. U. work. She said in part: Our work is not fOT effects, and we shall probably not see them in our day and tlme DUt our dut' caIls us to lay the fmmdnttnn nr r thinir f hniMin. rrl,.-. v.-- V. J..11.J i , j-iiciu iiiui ucvu u. ucciueu cn.uiKU in public sentiment In regard to social drink ing, which change Is undoubtedly due to . the work of our women. For this reason. Xntlve Son of Oregon. "TTnelft" Jnrk Mnrrow'a PnWn TTnflv ' Sons of Oregon. No. 24, was organized by rnrrtlntr spcrMnrv .T Tt TJool- nnonMii secretary, J. V. Shipley; treasurer, Geare uonser; marshal. J. J. Wells; trustees, A. B. Thompson. Walter Crawford. Frans Sloan. Eastern Oregon is rapidly coming to the ( border of kZ UT' " lR ftl er ' g ? ? 1 Another vcrv strong cabin will be or ganized at Canyon City within a few days by Hon. A. D. Leedy and still an- other at Burns. Others are contemplated at.thfr DOjnts vry s00n- The order la gathering strength rapidly, ' " ' ' ' noodstock School to Open. The Woodstock School, which was closed two weeks ago on account of the smallpox scare in that district, will be reopened Monday morning. It has now been about two weeks since the patient was removed io me pest nouse. anu the directors think that all danger of a spread has passed. As a child from the afflicted family had been attending the school up to the time the patient was removed, the parents oi the pupils were very much alarmed and the school was closed. B.efore this was done the pupils were all vaccinated. The apprehension at Woodstock has also about subsided. THE UNIVERSAL GRAB ISSUES TO AXXOY REPUBLICANS FATE OF RECIPROCITY TREATIES. Interests of Expansion and Protec tion Grently Embarrass thc Party. Washington. D. C (Chicago Record's- staff correspondence.) Sooner or later the Republican party will come up against an economical question which will seem a thousand times more serious than that which now perplexes Its leaders In connection with the government of Puerto Rico. It will be a blessing for all con cerned If It can bo settled by the courtfl before It reaches Congress, but even then every Republican, from the President down, will be compelled to adapt himself to new conditions which the expansion -policy of their party has created. At this session of Congress the Republican man agers and the high-tariff protectionists have been sorely disturbed by the reciproc ity treaties which their National Conven tion pledged the President to make; by the admission of Hawaii, which was also a prominent feature in their platform, and by the Puerto RIcan tariff law. Every new proposition connected with commer cial or territorial expansion seems to hit some Industry that Is protected by the tar iff, and to Involve the political future of one or more Republican politicians and the control of t)ie House of Representatives. If tho French reciprocity treaty Is ratified the New England and New Jersey manu facturers will bolt; the woolgrowers of Ohio, Wyoming, Montana and other states will vote the Democratic ticket if the Ar gentine treaty goes through: the sugar beet farmers threaten to revolt lf the rec iprocity treaties with the British West In dies are ratified, and Connecticut will go Democratic lf Puerto Rlcan tobacco Is ad mitted free. These and others that might be mentioned are Republican propositions, pledged by the Republican National plat form, and the people were asked to vote the Republican ticket four years ago In order that the Republican party might carry them out; but the bitterest and most determined opposition to every one of them is found In the Republican ranks. These are but trifles, however, comparpd with the great questions which are Im pending, whether we shall have free trade with the Philippine Islands and what shall be done to secure commercial monopoly In Cuba. Many able lawyers are confident that the Supreme Court will decide that the Philippine question was settled when the treaty of peace was signed, and that Its ratification by the Senate extended both the Constitution and the statutes over tho people of those islands. But It It decides the other way and leaves our new territory to the mercy of Congress, the question of commercial expansion will have to be decided, and that Involves se eral Important matters, chief of which Is the beet-sugar Industry, which Secre tary Wilson, with the approval of Con gress, has been working with so much energy and ability to develop. There are now 2S beet-root sugar mllli In the United States, representing an In vestment of about S5.000.000, where there were only four In 1S96. and they are scat tered all over the Union. The amount of their product Is trifling compared with the total quantity of sugar consumed bj this country, which Is said to be an aver age of CO pounds per year per capita of our population, but It is very Important to the farmers who are growing the beets and the men who own the factories that have re cently been erected. t The total amount of beet sugar pro duced In the United States In 1S96. accord ing to Wlllett and Gray, the statisticians of the New York Sugar Trade Journal, waa 37.536 tons: In 1S99 the total had In creased to 95,000 tons, and during the cur rent year it la expected to reach 125.C03 tons. The total cane sugar produced In the United States In 1S99 was 132.000 tons, which was less than half the average crop, owing to various causes. A normal crop of cane sugar Is about 250.000 tons, and, taking tho beet and cane sugar together, the product next year, under favorable circumstances, will be In the neighborhood of 350.000 tons. The total sugar Imported Into the United States during the last calendar year was 2,002.902 tons, or 3.9S0.250.569 pounds, val ued at 594,964.120, and It paid a duty of J61.42S.332. The average duty on sugar Is 1.7 cents a pound, or SI 70 a hundredweight. It costs about 4 cents a pound to produce beet or cane sugar In the United States and pay a fair profit to the men who raise thc beets and the cane and run the refineries. Therefore, to compete with them and pay the duty, the foreign producers are com pelled to sell their sugar for not more than 2.3 cents a pound, of $2 30 a hundred weight, which has been the ruling price since the present tariff was imposed by the Dingley law. No doubt sugar can be pro duced at that cost In any other country than the United States, because of the cheaper labor, and hence the people of this country are taxed S61.42S.332 or there abouts annually, year after year. In order that a few farmers and manufacturers may make a living raising beets and squeezing the saccharine from them. This tax must be permanent. It cannot be removed at any time In the future, we are told, without destroying the hugar beet Industry, and the longer It Is contin ued the greater the damage If the protec tion Is removed. The Important question is, Is It wise to attempt to build up any kind of an industry at a cost of J60,OCO,000 a year? A bill now pending In Congress proposes to expend a maximum of $9,000,000 a year In building up a fleet of merchant steamers to carry our products to foreign markets. One of those markets Is Cuba; another la the Philippines, but both wlll'be practical ly unimportant unless we encourage their sugar Industries by removing the burden that rests upon their products which are imported Into the United States. Cuba is the greatest sugar-producing country In the world, and its normal crop Is about 1,000.000 tons. With the intro duction of American enterprise and the removal of the restrictions which were Imposed upon the planters by the Spanish Government, the Industry will be exonded rapidly, and ood Judges estimate that the output of the Cuban plantations will reach 2,000,000 tons within the next five years, while the future capacity of the Island Is practically unlimited. It Is asserted that Cuban can produce sugar enough for the whole world under favorable conditions at a cost of not more than 2 cents a pound. However, if we expect to control the mar ket of Cuba for our agricultural products and manufactured merchandise. It will be necessary to give preference to the sugar and other products of that Island In our own markets, and to do that at least n part of the protection now enjoyed by the beet-sugar men must be sacrificed. The annexation of Cuba, which Is universally accepted as the manifest destiny of the Islard. will of course be even more serl ou. and It was a beet-ugar manufacturer who wrote the Teller resolution that was passed by the Senate two years ago pledg ing Independence and a republic to the Cubans. Hawaiian sugar already comes In iree. V-'c have taken the ent're crop for many years. In 1S99 It amounted to 2S2.S07 tons, valued at J22,5O0,OCO. which was an Increase of 53,000 tons from 1S9S and 51,000 tons from 1S96. The sugar capacity of Hawaii Is not eo great as that of Cuba, but Is ver large, and people familiar with conditions there predict a crop of 500.0M tons within a few years. The Philippine Islands have a similar productive capacity, anc for many years previous to the American occupation pro duced about the same crop ns Hawaii, which, however, fell off during the revo lution that preceded American occupation, and will not be recovered for a year or two. In 1S96 the exporto of sugar from the Philippine Island." amounted to 202.001 tons; in 1S97 to 178.000 tons; In 1S98 76.003 I tone, and In JS99 to 70,000 tons, During the Nervous That Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People have cured obstinate cases of locomotor ataxia partial paralysis, and St. Vitus' dance, is the best evidence that they will cure all lesser ner vous disorders, because the principle in the treatment of all nervous diseases is the same. Nervousness is a question of nutrition. Food for the nerves is what is needed and the best nerve food in the world is Pink Pills for Pale People Mri. Annie H.Magee, of Port Austin, Michigan, ecru: "My dangh ter. Jean, was always a delicate child, had stomach trouble, nervous debility and general weakness. She had to be taken out of school and kept from all study for nearly five years. About threo years ago sho began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and 1 am happy to say they havo helped her to become a healthy, happy girl who no longer needs medicine of any kind. It scarcely seems posalblo alio can be the tamo ono who a fow ycara ago was a dellcato, almoit a hopeless, sufferer." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People contain, ina condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood, and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St.Vitus Dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after-effects of the grip, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all dealers, or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50c a box or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. current year an export of 125,000 tons la estimated. Under the present law sugar from the Philippine Islands pays the same duty In the United States custom-houses ns that from any foreign country' viz., 51.70 per hundred weight but the most of it has gone to the neighboring countries of Japan, China and Corea, and some of it to Europe. In fact, it Is entirely proba ble that those countries will absorb all the sugar that can be raised In the Phil ippine Islands In the future and that the producers In the United States have little to fear from competition in that quarter, which should be a consolation. Of the sugar Imported last year, we got about 300,000 tons from Cuba, 50,000 tons from Puerto Rico. 300,000 tons from others of the "West Indies, 2S0.000 tons from the Hawaiian Islands, 500,000 tons from Java. 350,000 tons from Europe, 75,000 tons from Peru, 50,000 tons from Brazil and the re mainder from the other Central and South American countries. EAST SIDE AFFAIRS.' Flngr-IUUnine: at "Wlllinms-Avenue Scliool Other Matters. The handsome new flag Just purchased by the directors for the "Wllllams-Avcnue School, to take the place of the old one which had been worn out, was raised to the top of the schoolhouse staff yester day afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock, with an appropriate exercise. Preparations for the raising were made yesterday and were not elaborate At 1 o'clock the entire school marched from the rooms through the main entrance facing Russell street and assembled on the lawn on the east side of the building. There are nearly 700 pupils In this building, and they made a great showing as they marched from the rooms and assembled on the grounds. Tho ilag had been raised In a bundle to the top of the staff, and Just as It was un folded to the breeze the entire assemblage of pupils, led by Principal Pratt, saluted the flag In concert with the words, "One flag and one country." Then, led by one of the teachers, "Red, "White and Blue" was sung. This was followed by a short address appropriate to the occasion. Ref erence was made to the making of the flag by Betsy Ross after consultation with General Washington. George Ross and Robert Morris, and Its adoption by Con gress June 14. 1777. It was particularly significant that "Williams-Avenue School should raise a new flag. In view of the fact that this school sent with the Second Oregon Regiment over 41 volunteers, a rec ord not excelled by any other one build ing in the city, and also Edwin Hampton, first volunteer to fall In the Philippines, had been a pupil of the "Williams-Avenue School. After singing "America," the pupils marched back into the building and resumed their studies. Following the flag-raising several members of the Seo ond Oregon fired 21 guns as a salute In honor of the new flag. This was done by loading the Alblna wooden gun with bombs and discharging them. Improvement at Engine Co. No. S. Engineer Fanning, of Engine Company No. 3. Upper Alblna. has contrived an ex cellent Improvement for keeping hot water In the boiler, of the engine, which Is In advance of anything of the sort at any of tho engine houses. He sank a deep shaft In the ground under the rear of the place where the engine stands, which he bricked up. Here he placed a heater, with the smokestack passing out under the engine house and then up the side. Attached to the heater Is a hot water boiler, through which the water circu lates when thc engine is out of service. "When In the station the hot water circu lates through the boiler direct from the heater underneath. To keep the required amount of steam up with this device for 1 20 hours takes the same amount of coke used formerly In 12 hours, which Is a considerable saving In fuel. When the j engine leaves the house all the connec- , tlons are severed automatically. There Is nothing for any one to do. The engl- ' neer may be at some other portion of the building, or on the outside, but that makes no difference. The Instant the engine 13 moved out the connections are all broken, and the hot water then commences to cir culate througb- the boiler In the shaft be low. From all points of view the con trivance Is highly useful and very cred itable to Engineer Fanning. Auilllnry Will Assemble. The "Woman's Auxiliary of the Multno mah Ex-Soldiers' and Sailors' Association will meet with that organization on tho evening of March 23 to aid In preparing for the encampment of 1900. The Joint meeting will take place In the Foss Hall, corner Grand and Hawthorne avenues. Dr. Flora Brown, president of the auxil iary. Is unable to Issue personal notices to the members for the reason that their residences are not known. The names of the members were simply put down on the membership book without either Ini tials or addresses. President Brown de sires that all who are members aid In preparing for the coming meeting. It la the purpose of the auxiliary to prepare en tertainment and a lunch for this Joint meeting, and the president would like ta have some conferences with the members as soon as possible. Dnmnpren A-ivarded. The case of Phillip Chaperon against tho General Electric Company to recover damages for the ruln of a horse was tried yesterday afternoon In Justice "Vree- ! land's court. There was a long array oi witnesses on both sides and the trial brought out many spectators. Chaperon j was driving his delivery nagon at an early j hour one morning in December on "West People Park and College streets. There had been a storm, and It was alleged that the horse was knocked down by an electric shock, the current coming from a broken wire of the General Electric Company. It was further alleged that the animal received a second shock, and, while the horse was not killed outright, he was so badly Injured that he was rendered worth less. The defense admitted that the hcrsc might have fallen, but. denied that he had been injured by the electric shock, or that there was any evidence that the horse had received a shock. His present condi tion was accounted for on the grounds that he had been used up in heavy ser vice. Justice Vreeland decided that the plaintiff Is entitled to $50 damages. The electric company gave notice of an ap peal. Ertat Side Sotc. The Multnomah-Union Republican Club will meet this evening at its quarters In the Holman Block on Grand avenue and East "Washington street. Hon. C. A. Cogs, well and J. T. Gregg will adress the meet Ing, and there will be good music pro vided. The new quarters are now full? and comfortably furnished, and all will be welcomed to this gathering. The funeral of W. H. Hunter, the veter an hotel man, took place yesterday after noon from Dunnlng's undertaking par lors, and the place of Interment wa RIverview Cemetery. Rev. R. "W. Farqu har, pastor of the Hassalo-Street Congre gational Church, conducted the services and there was a large attendance of the deceased's old associates. A Retrnctlon. PORTLAND. March 16. (To the Editor.) Referring to my article In today's Ore gonlan on Christian Science. I desire to recall all of that paragraph entitled "A city ordinance needed." I wish this done because I have since learned that I was misinformed as to certain particulars bearing on the funeral of a child. The funeral was private not public. I do this cheerfully, and wish also to say that no reflections of a personal nature were in tended. R. H. BLOSSOM. children are sick children. Their inactiv'ty and sober faces are not in keeping with robustchPdhood. Theylack vitality and resistive power, and are very susceptible to colds and contagiousdiseases. ScotH 5nuifetciL brings new life to such chil dren. It enriches the blood; it restores health and activ ity ; it gives vigor and vitality to mind and body. 50c and $i.oo. all druggists. SCOTT & BOWJCE, Chemists, New YoA. A Wonderful Medicine. For Dillon 3 and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain in the Stomtch, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Fulness and Swelling after meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness, Cold Chills, Flush incs of Hest. Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Costlveness, Blotches on the Skin, Dis turbed Sleep, Frichtful Dreams.and all Nervous and Trcmblinc Sensations, etc. These ailments all arise from a disordered or abused condition of the stomach and liver. Btecham's Pills will quickly restore Females to complete health. They promptly remov any obstruction or irrexularlty of the system. For a Weak Stomach, Impaired Digestion, Sick Headache, Disordered Liver, etc., they act like maelc a fev doses will work won ders upon the Vital Orjans; Strengthening the Mmeulsr SvMem. restoring thelone-Iost Com plexion, bringinc back the keen edge of Appetite, and afousinp with tho Rosebud of Health tho whole pnysicai energy of the human framo. For throwing off fevers they ara specially re nownad. These are "facts" admitted by thousands, in all classes of society, and one of the best piarantecs to the Nervous and Debilitated Is that Beecham's Pills have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine in the World. T-his has been achieved Without thc publication of testimonials. Beecham's Pills have for many years been the popular family medicine wherever the English language is spoken, and they now stand without a rival. 10 cents and 25 cents, at all drug stores. -WWWVWWWV' PARKER'S Promotes the growth, of the hair and gives It the lustre and sllklness of youth. "When the hair Is gray or faded It BRINGS BACK THE YOUTHFUL COLOR. It; prevents Dandruff and hair falling and keeps tho scalp clean and healthy. 4vvywMVivsvrtwvv Bl"g3S&3 mgm Hair gll3g Balsam THE PALATIAL Hi BUILDING Hill Not a. dark office In the bnllfllncT) alisolntely fireproof; electric lights and nrte.nlnn -water; perfect sanita tion nnrt thoronprli ventilation. Ele vators run day and nlsht. Boom. ANDERSON. OUSTAV. Attorney-at-Law...ei2 ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell, Mgr..806 BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION, of Deo Moines. la.: C. A. McCarjrar. State Agt.HJ2-3 BEHNKE. II. "W., Prln. Pernln Ehorthand School 211 BENJAMIN. R. W., Dentist 314 BINSWAXGER. DR. O. S.. Phys. & Sur.410-411 BRUEP.E. DR. G. E.. Physician 411M13-414 BUSTEED. RICHARD. Agent "Wilson & Mc- Callay Tobacco Co. CO2-C03 CAUKIN. G. E-. District Agent Travelers' Insurance Co. T13 CARDWELL. DR. J. R COG CLARK. HAROLD. Dentist 314 CLEM. E. A. & CO.. Mlnlnp Properties .315-310 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY CO4-C05-GCV(M7-613-G14-613 CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phys. and Surgeon.. , .201 COVER. F. C. Ca3hler Equitable Life 3CKJ .COLLIER. P. -F.. Publisher: S. P. McGuIre. Manager 415-41 J DAT. J. G. & I. N 315 DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia Telephone Co CO" DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-7X4 DRAKE. DR. H. B.. Phyxiclan 512-313-514 DUNHAM. MRS. GEO. A 71? DWTER. JAS. F.. 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M., Attorney-at-Law..41G-17-lS JOHNSON. W. C. 315-316-317 KADY. MARK T.. Manager Pacific North west Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asso.. 604-603 LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen om! vnawr Columbia Telephone Co COG LITTLEFIELD. H. R-. Phys. and Surgeon-..200 MACRUM. W. 5.. Sec. Oregon Camera Club.214 MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg. .711-712 MAXWELL. DR. W. E.. Phys. & Surg. .701-2-3 McCARGAR. C. A.. State Agent Bankera Life Association 502-303 McCOY. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Latv 715 McFADEN. MISS IDA B.. Stenographer... 201 McGINN. HENRY E.. Attorney-at-Law.311-312 McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers" Representa tive J303 MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist an 1 Oral Surgeon GOS-C09 MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-314 MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of New York; W. Goldman. Manager 209-210 McELROY. DR. J. C. Phys. & Sur.701-7t2-703 McFARLAND. E. B., Secretary Columbia Telephone Co t0 McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. CoUler. Publisher 415-410 MeKIM. MAURICE. Attomey-at-Law . ..500 MUTUAL LIFE INCURANCE CO.. of New York: Wm. 5. Pond. State Mgr.. 404-405-400 MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N. M. T. Kady. Mgr. Pacific Northwest. .G05-G03 NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.715 NILES. M. L.. Cannier Manhattan Life In- surance Co.. of New York -09 OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATH: Dr. L. B. Smith. Osteopath 40S-4CO OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-21G-X.17 PERNIN SHORTHAND SCHOOL; II., ". Bchnke. Principal ;,; TOND. WM. S.. State Manager Mutual Lite IrA Co. of New York 104-403-406 TORTLAND EYE AN DEAR INFIRMARY. Ground floor. 133 Sixth street PORTLAND PRESS CLUB 716 PROTZMAN. EUGENE C. Superintendent Agencies Mutual Reserve Fund Life, of New York Mi QUIMBY. L. P. W., Game and Forestry Warden 71G-717 REED & MALCOLM. Optlclans.133 Slxst street REED. F. C. FUii Commissioner 407 RYAN. J. B.. Attorney-at-Law 417 SALISBURK. GEO. N.. Section Director. V. S. Weather Bureau '. 310 SAMUEL. L.. Manager Equitable Life 30G SANDFORD. A. 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Grand Sec retary Native Daughters 71C-717 WHITE. MISS L. E., Assistant Secretary Oregon Camera Club 214 WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Phys. & Sur.304-3 WILSON. DR. GEO. F., Phys. & Surg. .700-7C7 WILSON. DR. HOLT C, Phya & Surg.5"7-30S WILSON & McCALLAY TOBACCO CO.: Richard Busteed. Agent G02-(T3 WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-413-414 WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO.,.fil5 A few more elcsnnt offices niny be bad by npplj-lnjr to Portlmtfl Tnwt Company of Oregon, 100 Third t., or to the rent clerk In the building;. MEN-NO CURE. NO PAY - THE MODERN APPLI ANCEA iioxltlte way to perft-ct manhood Evtrythlns els falls. The VACUUM TREAT MENT CURES you without medicine of alt nervous or dlseanes of the generative organs, luch aa loa manhood, exhautnlng drains, vari cocele. Impotency. etc. Men are quickly re- "li'lu iif fallen. ur-i,iii 14U oiciib.tA. 1 tl write tor circulars, torrenponaence nuuucu tlal. THE HEALTH APPLIANCE CO. rconu 47-43 Safe Deposit buljdlnc. Seattle. YlPS-