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-"Jtvw?rnp" -v -- V 10 TELE MOUN1NQ OH-IfiaOKlAN, WEDxNESDAi, AiAItcH 54 1006. 1. Jpl GOLDEN AGE OF ITALIAN LITERATURE THE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON GOLDEN AGES OF LITERATURE XII. DAXTE AND HIS RELATION TO ilODERX LITERATURE. BY C. "W. BENTON. PH. D. The philosopher Globertl has compared Dante to the acoatha tree in India, which, by throwing out from Us branches new shoots into the ground, becomes of itself a forest. "The Middle Ages," saye Low ell, '"were reflected in his soul as the uni verse in a drop of dew." As the materials of different geologic ages entered into the composition of his favorite church of San Giovanni, the gates of which 'Michael Angelo declared were worthy to be the gates of paradise, so the "Divine Comedy" embraced earth and heaven a curl a. porto rnano e clelo e ter ra. Italy had been the center of the crusades. Her popes had given the order to march. Her ships had furnished the means of transport. The enthusiasm of that con flict of centuries had not fallen with the heroic figure of St. Louis, but was turned in other directions to the building of ca thedrals and great systems of thought. Armies as well as Ideas had crossed the national boundaries. The conflict be tween Gregory VH and Henry IV of Ger many, was still shaking the Continent, a distant echo of which was recently henra in the remark of a German Prince that there was no more going to Canosea. Frederick Barbarossa and Henry VII were still fighting to maintain the Imperial power. In England from the weak hands of King John was being wrested the Mag na Charta. In Spain Alphonso X heard the first strains of the poem of the Cld. In Franco the troubadours of Provence were producing the first outburst of lyric poetry In any language of modern Europe, while the North was singing of the prow ess of the paladins of the -great Emperor and covering the land with Its white man tle of churches. In Italy the free air of the sea brings to Venice and Genoa the sense of liberty and the commerce of the Orient. Nominally under the suzerainty of the Emperor, In fact independent republics, most pt the Italian cities of the north, electing their own magistrates while many of the na tions of Europe were still under the rule of despotism, show that boldness of char acter and thought which are fostered by the Institutions of popular liberty. To gether with this political ardor were other influences of culture, chief among which was the memory of ancient Rome. Al though the empire was no more, Rome still lived In her splendid ruins and in her literature. Her monuments, visible on ev ery hand, still spoke of a greatness and a dominion which Italy blushed to have lost and dreamed to regain. The German Em perors who Inherited the title of the holy Roman Empire, given by the Popes to Charlemagne, promised that dominion, and Italy followed the Emperors. This was the Ghlbelllne party. The Popes, on the other hand, with the title of spiritual Governors of the Universe and makers of Kings, promised that dominion, and so Italy fol lowed the Popes. This was the Guelf or popular party. Moreover, many of the Popes themselves sprang from the com mon people. Hlldebrand, the greatest of them, was the son of a carpenter: Syl vester II, who. as the Monk Gerbert, had Introduced into Europe the Arabic numer als and encouraged learning, was the eon of farmer peasants of Lorraine: Urban. IV was son of a shoemaker; Celestln V was a hermit. While the nobles had some shadow of excuse In calling In the Emperor, who was their sovereign, to le their disputes, the Popes, on the ot. er hand Boniface VIII. for example had called In the aid of the Princes of France without having any such excuse. Thus Italy became the battle-ground of Europe, and the Papacy was fighting to take back a dominion which Itself had formerly bestowed. The Popes found, more than once, reason to regret the-'r having evoked from the tomb the imperial shade. By eo doing they had darkened the history of Italy. It was be cause they had not limited themselves to spiritual weapons, but had used corrupt means for dominion, that they aroused the wrath of Dante, who consigned some of them tp the flerest penalties of the Infer nal world. The poet stood where all the influences of the century met. His star Is always on the horizon. His ancestor, Cacc!agulda, had been knighted for hero ism by Coprad III. in the third cruaade. eo that he not only breathed the air. but In his veins flowed the blood of the great movement. "Warrior at the Battle of Cam paldlno. ambassador, prior of Florence, a political exile and wanderer, his home was the world and human destiny his song. Out of the wars and tumult of his life sprang one of the serenest works of human genius. Over the storm ap peared that perfect arch of many colors uniting two hemispheres. Through his work the memories which thrilled his gen eration re-echo still. As the statues of stone on the cathedrals still radiate their lessons of faith, eo. In the 'IDlvlne Com edy" the faces of Glotta and Clmabue and the musical strains of Casella become articulate with speech. Like St Paul, be had a vision of divine perfection: like Bun yan, he traces the pilgrimage of the soul. With him, as with Homer, a whole age, otherwise forgotten, comes to life again. He holds the same relation to modern lit erature that Homer does to that of an tiquity. Both gave that herolp Impulse to literature and art which carried them through a three-fold development, from the sublime to the beautiful, and finally to a search for the true. What would the literature of Greece be without Homer? The Ideals and forms of classic art are all there. The breath of the morning and the brightness of the day. There are no shadows, no darkness with out stars. The earth and Olympus, Jupiter and the council of the gods, the temples and the cities, Ulysses wandering over the resounding sea, Agamemnon, the King of Kings, tho words of Nestor, falling like flakes of snow; the War of Troy, and the conflict of heroes, fable and history, fancy and science, all the depths of the tradi tions of ancient Greece, lighted up with an immortal smile. Over all the rustling of the divine wings. Minerva with her shield, Apollo with his lute, Thetis rising from the sea. Mercury flying through the air on some message of the gods. Reading him. the world feels young again. Said Michael Angelo: "When I read Homer I look to see If I am not 20 feet tall." With Homer awoke Greek literature and art His Ideals were realized In the beautiful forms of Phldeas and Praxiteles, the tragedies of Sophocles and the Ideas of Plato. Then came the third period, which ends with Aristotle and the search for the true. Greece had accomplished her work and the torch passed on to other hands. The same three periods reappear In Italy. From the sublime in Dante art passes on to the beautiful in Petrarch and Raphael, when the whole noonday glory of the Italian renaissance burst upon Europe and kindled the flame of devotion to art and letters which, beginning with Italy, surrounded the world. Then came the third period, with the search for new worlds by Galileo and Columbus. It was In the "Divine Comedy" that all the elements of culture which were at work In the Middle Ages, each in Its own sphere and possibly In a different language and in a different clime from all the others, meet for the first time and combine In one living and perfect whole. Dante Is at once a creative and a tra ditional genius. He said what everybody else was saying, but in a language and in an artistic form that no one thought of using. He takes the common dialect spoken by the women and children of Italy, thought unworthy for any serldus work, and In It he treats the great themes of philosophy and science hitherto con fined to Latin and the quiet of the cloister. There was the fine wheat of the Latin, I he said, but there was also the barley bread of the vulgar dialect and It was In this alone that the common people could be fed the bread of life. Tho "Divine Corn ed'' contains a record of all that con cerned Europe In the Middle Ages; a com plete system of what was thought and felt on politics, on art on astronomy, on religion. These element which each ex isted separately would probably have been outgrown cr supplanted, were they not combined through the mysterious prin ciple of life by the personality of the poet It was this faculty of harmonizing what were opposing tendencies of civilization, the po,wer of expressing the thought of all time in the language of today and In the faultless form that make an era In literature, for Dante first showed in an eminent degree that openness of mind which appreciates and appropriates the good wtiere'er It is found, and which al ways must remain the mark of the high est culture. It is this universality which characterizes the work of Dante which .has given so many theories as to the contents of the "Divine Comedy." For' one it is a history of the political parties of Italy, containing portraits never to bo forgotten of the warriors and criminals of history. To another it is a treatise on scholastic philosophy. To Florence" and other Italian cities of the 14th and lath centurlps It was a textbook on morals, and I was so commented in the churches. To ' another It was the first clarion note of the Protestant reformation. To another still It Is the most Intimate personal reve lation of a powerful human soul. It Is a textbook on astronomy and mediaeval science. All these and other theories have been given, and all are true. It depends on the side from which the work Is approached. Like the Bible, every one found In It what he wished to find. Some read it because It placed their enemies In hell; others with the hope of finding their friends In heaven; others because they find there the thought and feeling of many centuries, compressed like the gifts to humanity In Pandora's box. into the compass of one "mystic, unfath omable song." No danger that the spir its of the deep or the odors of the celes tial plains shall ever evaporate, for they are held secure as by plates of triple steel. Each perfect In Itself, they follow each other, like the waves of the sea, those shafts of glowing rhyme revealing the wonders of the deep, until the travelers have reached the further shore. And when they ascend the laborious mount and later. In company with a heavenly guide, tho poet continues his flight through circles of Infinite space, there Is no touch of weariness until the great song Is done and ends with the word etelle the stars. "The central man of all the world." says Ruskln, "as representing In perfect balance the Imaginative moral and intel lectual faculties all at their highest." We receive from Dante the same im pression of universal Intellect as from Shakespeare, with this difference: That while Shakespeare conceals his own per sonality behind a moving multitude as broad as humanity, Dante himself Is al waj's present with his undying love as "transcendent as his scorn". "A little philosophy," oaid Bacon, "leads away from religion, but much philosophy brings back to religion." Salnte Bcuve has similarly remarked: "There is a cer tain degree of poetry which carries away from reality, and there is a greater amount of poetry which brings back to it, which embraces all history." Such is the poetry of Dante. For him poetry Is the very soul and utterance cf truth. This Is the character of Hebrew poetry. The prophets and the psalmists and the sub lime author of the book of Job did not write history as such. They had another motive. But this view was so vast and so deep that It Includes all history In one lasting lesson for all tho centuries. And so in Dante are contained In germ all the forms of modern literature. He has In spired the artists and the thinkers of the UZZltJL?' " Vm' ihe W01.? 2 - ... u.t t.i. Jin no la mo ituiici of the romantic school by the power of his Imagination and the abundance and Intensity of his personal feeling, yet as he always subordinates fancy to reason, he has reached that simplicity and per fection of form which is the mark of the classic genius. Both of these tendencies which have divided all literature and art unite in him. This is why his book Is of interest to all classes of men the his torian, the artist the dramatist, the phil osopher. His statue holds the place ot honor in the ancient court of the College de France, which at the beginning of the French renaissance was founded by Fran cis I to teach the humanities. And In the Hotel de Ville, on the other side ot the Seine, In the Salon des Beaux Arts, Is the first poet of Italy to symbolize the Intellectual .life of the artist In tho famous picture of Raphael In the Vatican, representing the holy sac rament he again finds a place among the doctors and theologians of the church. Note. This study will be continued to morrow. ADVERTISING WANTED. Now III a Good Time to Brine Oregon to the Front. PORTLAND, March 27. (To the Editor.) Another enterprising friend from the Atlantic Coast reports tha a great many people. are about to migrate to the Middle Northwest as far as Dakota and Montana, but that few, however, are headed in this direction. The reason for this Is that practically nothing Is being done in the East in the way of advertising our city and the State of Oregon. Some of this has been done with good results but, like the umbrella In Oregon, It must be kept up. We have natural resources that are aching for de velopment, and conditions that should be taken advantage of. Will not our Cham ber of Commerce arise to the occasion. and at least distribute literature and ad vertising matter amone the neonl in th Eastern states? It Is doubtless a cer- DANTE. talnty that many would lend their efforts to raise a. fund for this pufrioSe if deeMed neceisary. With tile coming 6f Spring it Is but rea sonable to hftpe tot ah Influx St people from the Eastern and Northern states" td the Pacific Coast Oregon should have, her share of the exodus, and doubtless would If people Were enlightened as to the Opportunities afforded here: Indeed, the Ignorance with regard tfl Portland and the State of Oregon In Eastern cities Is surprising. Since the part the "Oregon boys" have taken In the Waf; the wonder ful performahee of the battle-ship which proudly bears our name, and the prizes won for 6ur state at the Trans Mlsslsslppi Industrial Exposition, our time 1b at hand, as heVer before, to advertise our city and state, together with Its won derful resources and great possibilities. I think If the Chamber of Commerce and oUr Various commercial organizations would join In the effort to embrace dur present opportunity that many citizens would arise to the necessity of present action to secure the benefits to which we are entitled, and lend a helping hand. By unity of purpose and action, such an achievement Is sure of attainment. FRANK HOTTER. i c " ' ' ' AGAINST FUSION. Mr. tJ'Rcn Appeal to the Popnllsts to Stand Alone. OREGON CITY. March 27. (To the Ed itor.) Will you kindly allow mo a little space on the effort of some Populists to force fusion on the Democrats In Oregort this year? I am not permitted to discuss this subject in our local "Reform" paper. Since the adoption by the Oregon Demo crats of that portion of the Populist prin ciples demanded by the Fuslonlsts In 1SSS, there Is no good reason, from the stand point of principle, for the continued exist ence of a Fusion Populist party organiza tion. The Democratic leaders do not want state fusion, though they are not averse to local deals. But there are other reasons for fusion, and Hon. Will R. King, the chief Fusion Populist, In a recent letter made it plain that fusion this year Is for office for Pop ulists. He said: "Whether tho Democrats favor union or not, we should give them a chance to refuse, and If refused, then let them carry the responsibility of one of the greatest defeats that will ever be known In the state to all reform forces, which Is sure to follow. If a union Is not effected." "Sure to follow If a union Is not effected." This Is plainly an effort to force fusion on the Democrats by the threat that If they do not divide the of fices and the name, Populists will not vote the reform ticket, even though It stands on the platform of 1S9S. The distribution of the Federal offices If Mr. Bryan Is elected. Is the prize really sought under this cry of "union." and not the state nominations. As the chief Fu sion Populist if Mr. Bryan Is elected. Mr. King, If his attack on the Democrats suc- j ceeds. can control a larger portion of the3e I fat offlces than he could by voting the democratic ticket for his principles and taking pot-luck with the -Democrats for ;pie. iur. iving says me proposal tnat .Popu lists shall be Independent voters In this campaign Is "too ridiculous to admit of argument" Certainly, while they might advance some of their principles by that action, not an Independent Populist In the state can hope to get a fat ofllce. Mr. King's letter was published after tho meeting of the. State Central Committee, and his followers did not know at that time the true reasons for giving the Dem ocrats a chance to refuse "union," but that more of them see It now and will not permit themselves to be used as trading stock In this scheme Is proved by the number of counties already heard from where the Populists will not call a county convention. In past years our party has fused with the Democrats In some states, and with Republicans in others, always hoping that our measures might sooner be enacted Into law by thus trading some of the offlces to these forces for their adoption of part of our principles. But we have never before "iit fusion with either party undTr threat to defeat the ticket If we did not get some of the offlces. Fusion in. the stato will not add a single vote to Mr. Bryan's column, because most of the Populists will vote for him In any event, but they will do so as Independent voters, and not as members of the Democratic organization. A majority of the Populists have always been willing to trade, votes and salaried offices to advance our principles, but wo never have and will not now be a party to trading votes and principles f6r politi cal pie-counter privileges. We oppose this effort to force fusion on the unwilling Democrats because It Is the same ple huntlng scramble on the part of a few Populist chiefs for" which we have often condemned the old party leaders, and we honor those Democrats who refuse to be scared Into submission by this threat of defeat to "all the reform forces." The Populist convention, and the mem bers of the party, can have vastly greater power to affect legislation, by resolving to be an independent force in politics for certain principles, than the same number of voters can ever exert either as Fuslon lsts or as members of either of the old parties. Nearly all of us had some practi cal experience In seeking the success of reform measures, either as earnest Re publicans or Democrats, and very few of us will now take the back track and again become blind worshipers of a party namo and party leaders, whether the conven tion "offers union" or not W. S. U'REN. Timber Land in Coos County. Marshfleld Sun. We have it from good authority that tho timber rangers in Coos County are here In the Interest of the Northern .Pacific Railroad Company. This company has lo cated in the past year over 40,003 acres of land in Douglas and Lane Counties, and has filed CO contests against timber ap plications in the latter county. Over COO applications for land patents have been filed Jn the United States land office in Roseburg since January L so if any one In Coos County is desirous of locating on vacant land now Is 'the time to act before It Is too late. NEW TRAIN SCHEDULE SOUTOEnX PACIFIC TO improve SERVICE APRIL 10. Portland-Albany- Trains Closely Con necting: "With Northern Pacific Railroad Notes. The new time-card on which the South ern Pacific has been figuring for some time past, will take effect April 16, and in addition to the time of the old trains be ing much more satisfactory to the trav eling1 public, an additional- train will be put fin between Albany and Portland. In stead of between Salem and Portland,' as was talked of some time since. The new trains will he Nos. 13 and 14. No. 14 will leave Albany at 7 A. M., Salem at 7:54, arriving at Portland at 10:10. No. 13 will leave Portland at 4 P. M., reach Salem at 6215, and Albany at 7:10. No. U will continue to leave Portland at 8:30 A. M., passing Salem at 11 A. M., Al bany at 12:10 P. M. No. 15 will be changed from 7 P. M. as at present, to S:20 In the evening, making close connection with the Northern Pacific train from Puget Sound points. No. 1G will arrive at 7:45 A. M.. instead of 9:15 as at present and the dining-car will be stopped at Rosaburg, as the early hour will make It unnecessary to perform the additional service of hauling the 200 miles between Roseburg and Portland. A change in time on the Yamhill divi sion has also been decided upon, lraln No. G, which now leaves Portland at 4:30 P. M., will leave at G P. M.: will reach Dallas at 8:25, making closo connection with the motor reaching Independence at 9:10 in the evening. This change Is made for the purpose of providing a connection at Whlteson Junction with the AVest Side train leaving Portland at 5:50 P. M., enab ling passengers from points between Portland-and Whlteson, both on the Yamhill division and West Side, to reach either Dallas. Independence or Sheridan, as the case may be, through connection which will now be made at Whlteson. The through evening train formerly stopped at East Washington street; but ;as the -Albany express Is expected to do all the local business. It has been decided to discontinue the practice of stopping the southbound California evening express at East Washington street PASSENGER RATE AVAR PROMISED. First Step Said to Hnvc Been Taken by Canadian Pacific. SEATTLE, Wash., March 27. The first step toward what It is believed will ulti mately result In a coast-bound passenger rate war between continental, lines was taken today when the Canadian Pacific, according to local advices, accepted a large 'party destined for Washington through the Buffalo gateway at less than the tariff. So far as any of the Seattle agents are advised, neither of the Ameri can transcontinental lines have yet moved In the matter, but all are agreed that un less some action Is taken that will result In controlling the Canadian Pacific a rate war Is at hand. ExtcnMon to Mount Baker Mines. NEW WHATCOM, Wash.. March 27. Construction was ordered commenced to day on the extehtlon of .the Belllngham Bay &. British Columbia Railway from its present terminus at Sumas Into the Mount Baker mining district a distance of 24 miles. Hearing r.t Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Cat, March 27. The In terstate Commerce Commission met here today, and began a hearing of Important coast freight problems. Today's proceed ings concerned the complaint of the St. Louis Business Men's League against the transcontinental railroads. Clover Leaf Railroad Sold. TOLEDO, O., March 27. The Clover Leaf Railroad was sold here today for J12.200.000 to Messrs. Hartshorn and Pay ton, representing the bondholders' reor ganization committee. Railroad Notes. W. C. DIbblee, AValla "Walla, local agent .; BS Lv,..3 ''!iCsTji r.:?jM Thprp is no doubt about There is no doubt about WM manufacturers maKe a special 6?-iSJ If you want to test this, go 1 nnntbpr storo and huv a OEO I$&i V. "U T I TC! rlimr icx nlpneo Vll- WAllWW ... w jr.-....-. LANG -:-i:vW- iS4iC saNiK-.' V-- .r.ZXf2tr tV V . .W:!W55S.-iT:5:Sf: --.. r-. ft A - . 1 ."- &.t-'.v ;.. m . m m -.-. - .-.-. -. :. t "- K-. V f" .-J'lITW w:LY.T.Vfit r WT - J JSmVKmV&72hT;av;, &a the CHILDS last year or this year, or -wuether you buy it next year, you -will always find tho M Quality the same,, and that quality the very best that is put into any5c. cigar in the whole world. uUv.'m Ynn -will fvpn have to hunt n. lone tmri K&fnro vn. t..mi .. in. t ..itT vnnt. - - w ..... .. - - . " D .-w ww.w. v JUU nil! JJllll .1 1U1L IIIkliLl LllffI- mil UCO.!. i &. ism of the O. R. & N., was In Portland yester day. D. St Clair, Seattle, agent of the Le high Valley, was among yesterday's tran- , stents. W. A. Whitney, chief train-dispatcher . of "the Union Pacific at Grand Island, j ncu., was in me 'Ciij yeaieruu.. The Rock Island will bring In a party of 30 people about April 15. from Kansas points. These people will outfit In Port- 1 land for Cape Nome. J. W. Blabon, Western traffic manager of the Great Northern, at Seattle and R. C. Stevens, general Western passenger agent of the line, also at Seattle, were in the city yesterday. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. R. Livingstone et al. to John Enery. lot 6. biock 10, Caruthers Addition; February 2S 5 S40 "A. Fischer and wife to Caroline Fischer, W. lots 7. S. block 54. Car uthers Addition; lot 3. block 21: lot 2, block 23. Carson Heights; lots 7. 8. block 19. John living's First Addi tion; lots 6, 7, block 1; lots 16. 17. 23. 23. block 9, Peninsular Addition; lots 13, 14. block 6, Peninsular Addition No 2: lots 3. 4. block 62, Stephens' Addition; lot 2, section 21. T. 1 S.. R. 3 E.; 22.40 acres; March 16 1 atherine e. Sloan to John Enery, lot 6. block 10. Caruthers' Addition; March 14 10 Susanna Dayman to V. A. Dayman. . TV 1-L nt -V 1 -.! Tf.li I j 7z " . 72 vl liuumn luciiuy ju.u tu xj. .u. u oeing au acres in section 34. T. 1 N., It 3 E.; Octo ber 20. 1S99 1 Fredericka Stark and Frank Stark to George Schrelber. lots 13, 14. 15. 16, block 11, Alblna Homestead; March 2G 1200 Louis J. Goldsmith to Fredericka Stark, same; March 26 30 Sheriff for John D. Wilcox et al. to Fred Rehorst. undivided of all lots and blocks. Jefferson Street Addition, excepting lota 7, S. 10. block 1. and lots 1. 5, block 1; lots 10, 12, block 2; and lots 14, 16. block 2; Mnfch 12 ... 11C0 Theodore E. Clark and wife to Her man Blaser, N. y. of E. y, of W. V of SW. U. section 8, T. 1 S.. R. 4 E.; November 30 1 Edwin AV. Abbott and Jennie M. Ab bott to W. H. Jacobs and Dora Ja cobs, lot 2. block 2. Alblna Addition; March 19 1175 Charles H. Bishop and wife to George E. Lawrence, lot 5. block 1, Maeg- ly Highland; Marcht2C 500 Building Permits. Mrs. J. AV.. Cook, two-story apartment house. Fourth street, between Mill and Montgomery; $4500. Julius Dor!:heIrcer. alteration to house on Lovejoy street, between Twentyfourth and Twenty-fifth; 51000. G. W. Bates, alteration to bulldlns on Fourth, between Washington and Stark; S10Q0. S. G. RIchardsrn, alteration to house on East Eighth street: S250. Deaths. March 25 Rose Bonser. aged 72 years, St. Vincent's Hospital; chronic gastritis. March 24 Mrs. A. S. Talbot aged SI years: Talbot Heights; old age. March 26 Infant of W.- H. and Anna Games, aged 7 hours, 147 Thirteenth street; hemorrhage. March 26 Lenox von Carnop, aged 2 months, 526 Mill street; pneumonia. March 25 Kenneth A. Ross, ased 10 years 3 months, 534 Grand avenue; pul monary tuberculosis. March 25 S. P. Andrews, aged 25 years, city; typhoid fever. Birth. March 25 Boy. to the wife of John AV. Shcpard, 156 Nebraska street. March 26 Girl, to the wife of E. M. Phllebaum, 229 Clackamas street March 24 Boy. to the wife of J. P. Mendt, 471 Alberta street. February 27 Boy. to the wife of Willis E. Bender, 265 Fifth street. Contagious DlxeaKCM. Edna Randelln. S63 Michigan avenue, aged '10 years, diphtheria. L. Bohlander, 633 Savler street; typhoid fever. Mr. Therln, 30S Davis street; typhoid fever. Marriage License. J. P. Rankin, aged 22; Cora Saltmarsh, aged 16. d O Flenxnnt Home Encampment. R. N. Pool, comiriander of the M. A. Ro3S" post of Pleasant Home, nays the post has started preliminary arrangements for the annual reunion of 1SO0. It Is pro posed, he says, to give about a week to the creneronslv cood nnnli'v f u. the generously good Quality of ihe v .v -. ) -csfMggMw j--iii pomt oi always preserving its excellency. Whether yon bought into one store and buy an ordinarv W. -CHILDS. Nlnofv-rrfna timoc , vnn hast . vvu ..!.?.- & CO., PORTLAND, DISTRIBUTORS tho. encampment this year, which Is much longer than taken up In former re unions. Mr. Pool says the post and Women's Relief Corps are able to carry out whatever they Undertake, and If they conclude to hold an encampment for a month they will make It go. Negotiations are in progress between the post and the fraternal orders so that two days of the week may be given up to the orders, while the remainder of the week will be oc cupied by the post and c:orps. Jt will not be easy to orepare a programme for every day for a week's time, and it is thought that the Interest can be best kept ud by giving a portion of the time to fraternal orders. At the next meeting of the post the conference committee will report to the post what has been accomplished. Meanwhile, the post will take steps to Im prove the camp .grounds and put them In better shape than ever before. Roads will be built so that access will become di rect and water will bo provided. All these details will be gotten out of the way so that when It comes to making up the dally programmes there will be no outside mat ter to take up time. BRAIN FOOD Is of Little Benefit Unless It Is Dl srestcd. Nearly every one will admit that as a Nation we eat too much meat and too lit tle of vegetables and' the grains. For business men, office men. and clerks, and in fact every one engaged In sedent ary or Indoor occupations, grains, milk and vegetables are much more health ful. v Only men engaged In severe outdoor manual labor can live on a heavy meat diet and continue In health. As a general rule, meat once a day Is sufficient for all classes of men, women and children, and grains, fruit and vege tables should constitute the bulk of food eaten. But many of tho most nutritious foods are difficult of digestion, and It Is of no use to advise brain-workers to eat largely of grains and vegetables where the diges tion la too weak to assimilate them prop erly. It Is always' best to get the best results from our food that some simple and harm less digestive should be taken after meals to assist the relaxed digestive organs, and several years' experience .have proven Stu art's Dj-spepsla Tablets to be a very safe, pleasant and effective digestive and a rem edy which may be taken dally with the best results. Stuart's Dyspesla Tablets can hardly be called a patent medicine, as they do not act on the bowels nor any particular or gan, but only on the food eaten. They supply what weak stomachs lack, pepsin diastase, and by stimulating the gastric glands, increase the natural secretion of hydrochloric acid. People who make a dally practice of taking one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after Ccich meal are sure to have perfect digestion, which means perfect health. There Is no danger of forming an Injuri ous habit, as the tablets contain abso lutely nothing but natural digestives; co caine, morphine and similar drugs have no place In a stomach medicine, and Stu art's Dyspepsia Tablets are certainly the best known and most popular of all stom ach remedies. Ask your druggist for n fifty-cent pack age of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and after a week's uso. note the Improvement In health, appetite and nervous energy. Avoid drying Inhal ants, use that which cleanses, and heals the membrane. ELY'S CREAM BALM (a such a remedy, cures CATARRH easily and pleasantly. Contains no mercury nor any other Injuri ous drug. It Ls quickly absorbed. Gives Belief at once. It Opens and Clean!- ffl n In. IJE'IR A3the Nasal Passages. JQUJ VH HLA! Allays Inflammation. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Kestores the Screes of Taste and Smell. Regular Size, 50 cents; Family Size, Sl.CO at Druggists' cr by mall. ELY BROTHERS. 50 "Warren Street. New Tork rrvn -ttt otiTT-rcj tn mm K&v fTKO. V7. r.HTTS efcarV Tho 10c clear, and then, co into e ,,ama ,- -R-m irn CATARRH W ifm ::& VSoM HE&ft It V THE PALATIAL 0UI1 BWIi "Sot a darlc office In the bulldinci absolutely fireproof; electric lights and artesian water; perfect sanita tion and thorough, ventilation. Ele vators ran day and night. Rooms. ANDERSON'. GUSTAV. Attorney-at-Iw...Cia ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell. Mr..S00 BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION", of Dea Moines. la.: C. A. McCargar. State Agt. 502-3 BEHNKE. H. W., Prln. Pernio Ehorthand School 211 BENJAMIN. R. W.. Dentist 314 BIN'SWANGER. DR. O. S.. Phys. & Sur.410-4U BRUERE. DR. G. E.. Physician.... 412-413-4U BUSTEED. RICHARD. Agent "Wilson & lie- Callay Tobacco Co. 602-603 CAUKIN,. G. E., District Agent Traveler Insurance Co ....... .713 CARDWELL. DR. J. R 50J CLARK. HAROLD. Dentist 314 CLEM. E. A. & CO.. Mining-Properties. 315-510 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY 0O4-CO5-C0C-6OT-613-ei4-(U5 CORNELIUS. C. W.. 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