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' i'l?pK'&i!fsiim-fcrt ?yi ffyytfr: rg -a. iJSfi?Jyw"fT5' 10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRITJ 26, 1900- MAGAZINE LITERATURE OF 2000 YEARS AOG (Ccpyrlgh:, 1900, by Seymour Eaten.) THE OREO-OMAN'S HOMESTUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON XVIII. EARLY BRITISH PERIODI CALS. By Thomas Hare Parrotf, Ph. D. The origin of English periodical litera ture may be traced back to the Courant or Weekly News, published at Irregular Intervals from 1621 to 1C41 by Nathaniel Butter. This was an attempt to give the public at large what had been the priv ilege of those rich enough to pay for a newspaper. It had to contend on the one hand against the severity of the official censor, and on the other against the In difference of the public But with the advent of the Long Parliament the censor ship was temporarily overthrown and the public awakened to the liveliest Interest In the events of the day. Consequently, tho period of the civil wars Is marked by the sudden and numerous appearance of Intelligencers, DIurnals and Mercuries. Bitterly partisan In tone, these were not so much newspapers as weekly outbursts of scurrility. The Mercurlus Aullcus of Oxford advocated the royal cause "with a great deal of wit and buffoonery." Its .rival, the Mercurius Brltannlcus, was th work of Jlarchmont Xedhara, styled by his enemies "that Goliath of the Phili stines." But the Restoration put a sharp and sudden stop to these productions. Hoser L'Estrunf-e became at once the censor of the press and the publisher of the official organ, which doled out scraps of news as royalty deigned to al low Its subjects. After tie Revolution 'however, tho press sprang Into lusty life. Three newspapers appeared on the very day after James fled from London, and such a publication as the Athenian Mer cury. a mild weekly which discussed phil osophic and fanciful questions, showed a demand on the part of the public for something more and better than broken bits of news. This demand, Daniel Defoe from his uncomfortable quarters In Newgate, un dertook to gratify. His Weekly Review of the Affairs of France (17H-14) was tho first step towaid higher journalism, and Defoe was the first editor In our modern sense. He not only gave the news, but commented upon It. warned the people against the prevailing frauds and follies of the day. and in a department entitled "Advice from the Scandalous Club," gave a weekly history of nonsense. Imperti nence, vice and debauchery." The game of publication went merrily on. By 1709 there were six periodicals appearing on Monday. Wednesday and Friday, and a round dozen on the alter nate days on which the post left London. The Tntler. In the midst of this Jostling throng there appeared the Taller, owned, edited and in great part written by Richard Steele, Esq. Always in financial straits, Steele was at this time looking about for some means of adding to his Income; possibly the need of supplying "Prue" with guineas "for her pocket" was more than usually Imperative. The Issue of a periodical somewhat above the common type promised to be remunerative, for he had special Inducements to offer the pub lic As editor of the official Gazette he would have early and authentic news of the war In Spain and Flanders, as a gen tleman of the beau monde he could serve up under the thin disguise of classic names the-latest gossip of court and town, as poet and playwright he could furnish news of the world of letters, and, lastly, as author of the Christian Hero, and self appointed censor morum he could con tinue the atack on fashionable dissipation , begun by Jeremy Collier and Jonathan Swift. All that was needed was a ficti tious personality to give unity and char acter to the periodical, and for this he seized upon the mock astrologer, Isaac BIckerstaff, whom Swift had created a year before to the confusion and ridicule of old Partridge, the cobbler, astrologer and almanac maker of the day. The Tatler was published trl-weekly on the post days. The first four 'numbers were distributed gratis, after which the price was fixed at a penny, a humorous apology In the first number recounting the pains and expense to which Sir. BIck erstaff was put In gathering news at the coffee houses. Steele took pains, no doubt, but I fancy he was put to little expense In collecting material for the Tatler. All was stuff that came In his way. Thus. In the first few numbers we have a bit of society gossip, a report of the benefit for tho old tragedian, Bctterton, the news of the gathering of the forces for the cam paign of Malplaquet, a eulogy of the Whig ministry, a broadly humorous sketch of the adventures of a strolling pack of players, and nn outspoken re buke of a young nobleman for coming drunk Into the theater. From first to last Steele was responsible for the Tatler. and by far the greater number of Its papers are his work. Swift. Indeed, gave occasional aid, and the names of one or two others are mentioned as contributors. But to quote Steele's own words: "I have only one gentleman, who will be nameless, to thank for any as sistance. This good office he performed with such force of genius, hu mor, wit and learning that I fared like a distressed prince who calls In a powerful aid. I was undone by my auxiliary: when 1 had once called him I couid not sub sist without dependence on him." The nameless gentleman, who of course. Steele's old friend, Joseph Addison. With Addison's old the Tatler ran on some two years, and then ceased to ap pear, but only to make way for the Spec tator. The Spectator. The Spectator Is Addison's work aa the Tatler In Steele's. Of the K3 papers Ad dison contributed 274, as against 23G by Steele. But there Is more than this. The Spectator himself, the fictitious personality from whom the paper was supposed to proceed. Is Addison, or, better, Addison's life mask. Around him are grouped the figures of Sir Roger. Will Honeycomb, Captain Sentry and others, originally de signed by Steele, but Instantly appropri ated by Addison. When we open the old volumes of the Spectator we turn at once to Sir Roger at church, visiting the thea ter, or rowing to Spring Garden, with the one-legged waterman, who had fought at La Hogue, and this Is all pure Addison. It was Addison, too. who struck out the news items which had once filled so much of the Tatler and replaced Steele's lively theatrical notices by the famous critical papers on "False and True Wit." and the then unknown epic of "Paradise Lost." We must not be unjust to Steele. He has suffered much from his detractor llacaulay; more, perhaps, from his friend Thackeray. Only of late years Is a tardy tributo being rendered to his delightful genius. He was by far the more original of the two: franker, gayer and more sym pathetic than Addison. Nothing that the more perfect artist has written approaches In poignant human pathos the lines in which Steele tells of his first childish ap prehension of sorrow, or narrates the death of his old friend's wife It Is a character istic story, too characteristic not to be true, that Steele broke into tears over this last paper and left It to Addison to sim ply the moralizing close with its apt quo tation from "Paradise Lost," and Its se rene rebuke to Mr. Dryoen. Between them Steele and Addison carried the Spectator to the hignest pitch of pop ularity. It penetrated to the remotest corners of the kingdom, lay on the morn ing teatray of the young lady of fashion, and made the round of the coffee-houses. Even royalty began the day with the Spec tator. It was Issued dally, and before Its close had attained j circulation of 10,000 copies. As fast as numbers enough ap peared they were bound up In octavo vol umes, and over 9000'of these were sold at a guinea apiece. Considering the limited number of the reading public at that time. we may well believe Macaulay's statement that the popularity of the Spectator ri valed that of the Waverley novels ot the most successful works of Dickens. The Clone of the Period. Politics proved the ruin of the periodical . .i( .A. u. literature of that age. The Spectator was nonpartisan, but the restless spirit of Steele had long been chafing under the onslaught of the Tory Examiner, and he brought the Spectator to a close on De- Inn, In which the political element speedily I assumed the predominance. In October o the following .year he founded the lt.ng Ushman, "to rouse In this divided nation that lost thing called publlck spirit." Un fortunately public spirit when invoked by the press .is only too apt to appear in the form cf party strife, and in the Spring of 1714 Steele was expelled from his' newly won seat in the Common for certain ut terances in the Englishman and for his pamphlet, "The Crisis." In the following year Addison was '.n gaged by the government, now thoroughly Whig, to support the House of Hanover In a paper entitled the Freeholder. In 1710 we even find the old friends and allies at daggers-drawn over the peerage bill. Steele attacked the measure In the Plebeian, to which Addison Immediately responded in the Old Whig. There was an unseemly exchange of personalities, and a rupture which was never healed In this world. For a little while Steele cherished his argtr. but his generous nature overcame his re sentment and he paid" In the Theater and the preface to "The Drummer" full and noblo homage to "that excellent man whom heaven made his friend and his su perior ... whom he had almost wor shipped while living." Steele survived Addison about 10 years. But the golden age of the periodical essay was passed long before ills death. The type which he had created and AddUon perfected had but a brief existence. Yet it Is Impossible to overestimate Its value Not only did It set a model for English proso style, witty, lively, transparently clear and exquisitely tactful, but It played the part of moral censor to an age whose excesses cried aloud for such an officer. It taught a frivolous and sceptical world that vice, not virtue, was the proper target of satire, that a man might actually love his wife without exciting public ridicule, and that there was no necessary contra diction between the characters of a gen tleman and a Christian. And to us in theso later days what a picture it presents of the "teacup times of hood and hoop." "As we read in these delightful volumes of tlie Tatler and the Spectator." rays Thack eray, "the past age returns, the England of our ancestors Is revivified. The Maypole rise in the Strand acaln In London: the churches are thronged with dallr worshipers: the beaux arc Catherine In the coBcvhouses; the sentry are going to the drawing-room; the ladles are thronging to the toy shops; -the chairmen are Jostling In the streets; the footmen are run ning with links before the chariots or fighting round the theater doors." r Princeton University. EASTERN MULTNOMAH. Getting Roadn In Good Order Regis tration In Profrresslnc;. Supervisor Cleveland is kept very busy Just now In putting tho roads of his dis trict in good condition. He has a large force of men at work on the cress road between the Base Line and Section Line, running from Andrews' machine shops to the Vance place. The road will be cleared of all obstructions this week and made ready for grading. Mr. Cleveland has had tho graders at work several days on the Section Line road, and is employ ing all the teams and men he can get to finish up the work. KcjrlKtrntlon Prosrresslnir. Registration of voters goes on regularly at all the country towns, and the indica tions are good that all those who are entitled to vote will be on the rolls before the last day. At Gresham the list num bers about 150 names, with probably SO more yet to come. Places for registration are kept open at Troutdale, Cleone. Rock wocd and Terry, where voters may regis ter twice a week, and the plan has proven quite successful, as It accommodates those who are too busy to visit the city at this time of the year. Brief Notes. Hllllard Bros., of Orient, sold their saw mill on Monday last to Grow & Co.. who will continue the cutting of railroad ties for the O. R. & N. Co. Mrs. Mary Klttredge, of California, Is visiting with relatives in Gresham, and will remain several weeks. Miss Ethlln Hoagland, of Gresham, and Mr. Collin Beeby. of Hope, Idaho, were married at the brldo's home on Wednes day last. They left at once for Idaho, where they will reside. Miss Minnie Metzgar. of Gresham, left for Baker City on Saturday last, at which place she was married next day to J. S. Atkinson. They will make Baker City their future home Lntlles' Auxiliary. The first ladled auxiliary to the Order of Railway Conductors of America for this state wao duly organized yesterday after noon In tho Logus building. Grand ave nue, by Mrs. Anna Page, president of the Tacoma auxiliary. She was assisted 'n the work of organization by Mrs. O. r. McCall. Mrs. Fiancls Foster, Mrs. Les lie Smith and Mrs. E. Hurd, all of Ta coma, who accompanied her to Portland for the purpose. There were IS charter members, but the full membership is ex pected to reach 50. Mrs. "Page gave an ex planation of th- workings and purpose of the auxiliary at the opening, after which the auxiliary work was formed. It will be auxiliary to Mount Hood lodge. No. 31, O. R. C., of Portland, and takct the num ber 91. Mount Hood lodge donated the auxiliary 100 to give it a good start. Mrs. Page, assisted by her Tacoma associate Installed the following officers, who had been elected: President. Mrs. Rooe Sim morvi; vice-president, Mrs. Delia Houston; senior rister, Mrs. S. P. Veatch; Junior sister, Mrs. Hughes; correspondent, Mr. Bristow; guard, Mrs. Nash; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Scely; sub-agent, Mrs. Dusttn. At the close of the business session the auxiliary adjourned to the banquet-hall, where Ice cream and cake were served, and an hour was pleasantly spent. Mount Hood division has a room In St. Vincent's Hospital, where sick conductors are cared for, and thl forenoon the members of the auxiliary will assemble at the Imperial Hotel and prorred to the hospital to see this rocm This afternoon at 1:33 the auxiliary will again come together at the Logus building, when ecvcral candidates will receive the work, and there will be further Instructions by Mrs. Page, the organizer. This Is the first auxiliary to be started in the state. Its objects are to unite fra ternally the wives of the members of the Order of Railway Conductors for moral, social, beneficial and charitable improve ment; to secure its members support und assistance In times of sickness and dis tress; to sustain the cause of temperance: to co-operate with the Order of Railway Conductors of America in further extend ing their Interest and membership. s Last Mmmbc of Dr. Hula. NEW YORK. April 23. The State De partment at Washington has notified Mrs. Rita L. Ruiz, widow of Dr. Rlcardo Ruiz, who was murdered in prison at Guanabacao, Cuba, while c captive of the Spaniards, that the chair on which he wrote his last message would be for warded to her. This chair came Into the' possession of General Fltzhugh Lee soon after the mur der of Dr. Ruiz, which occurred Febru ary 4, ISM. General Lee kept It until he j left Havana two years ago. when he gave jts.ij il'SHMS'"! i ! Ml J-fr J It to tho British Vlee-Consul. Mr, Jer ome, who kept It until General Lee's re turn to Havana after the war. At the re quest of Mrs. Ruiz he has forwarded It to Washington. The message, which was written on the back of this chair by Dr. Ruiz, who dipped his nails in his own blood, reads: "Mer cedes, mine. Evangeline, RIcardlto, good, bye. My children of ray life, I give you my blessing. Be obedient to your mother. Good-bye, Rita of my soul." i s VIOLENCE ENDS NOT SWEETLY Ur. junto's Rejoinder to J. C. Lace's Answer on the Lcnsc Question. SALEM. April 2S. (To the EdItor.)rA lease law should not be made for the John Day country especially, and Mr. Luce's naming &000 as ordinary flocks chows the fiockowncrs there are too rich In flocks to wish any lease law so long aa they can have a country to themselves in which "they could keep three times as many" if they "were let alone." The statement shows that much land would be ungrazed if sheep Mr. Luce considers foreign were not taken there for Summer j pasturing. I agree with him that the cus tom Is a source of much bitterness of feel ing, but the history of the mln.ng trouble In Idaho Is sufficient proof that destruc tion of private, or even corporate, prop erty, does not end sweetly. I have seen and enjoyed the hospitality of many of "the snug dwellings" on "cosy farms" on the lower John Day, and I know they are Just- as good breeding grounds for so.dlerj as are similar situations In North Africa n Aitctrilncl HTh. liitt, rntinti-w lint long discarded the herding system, finding j the paddock system enables owners to carry one-third more stock on the same area better and at less cost. That fa-t led to the Government adopting the lease system and that of meeting half the first cost of boundary fencing, leaving the tub dlrlsion as economy and convenience might guide the owner. I understand owners of moderate means, handling their own flocks, have greatly Increased under the leasing system. I do not take Mr. Luce's talk of slaughtering sheep seriously, though shameful work of that kind has fceen done In Oregon and In Colorado. Such actions furnish the most Imperative rea sons for a lease law. The screening of thosQ who commit outrages and dodging the law by subleasing can be prevented from doing much harm by two short sec tionsone making the Government agent a party to nny change or sale of the lease, and the other making the United States District Court protect the leas'd lands from trespass. Mr. Luce thinks the draft submitted might do for 25J sheep. I am quite willing to see a law passed naming areas to support flocks of 2000, 4000. 7000 and 10,000. but I would In sist on resident ownership and give the lowest number the easiest terms. JOHN MINTO. a The Coenr d'AIcne Investigation. WASHINGTON, April 25. When the Coeur d'Alcne Investigation was resumed today, there was no outward evidence of yesterday's exciting affray between tho witness, Bartlett Sinclair, and Attorney Robertson. The members of the commit tee gave a good-natured turn to affairs by an exchange of raillery on Mr. Sul zer"s Vice-Presidential aspirations. Mr. Sinclair's testimony dealt with Ihe pbrmit system. When Attorney Robert son began the cross-examination of Sin clair, he made no allusion to their person al conflict. The. cross-examination was made, showing that Sinclair's exercise of authority was inconsistent with a state of martial law. HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE PORTLAND. S WltkowsVL San Fr J M Batterton. N Y D Wltkowskl, San Fr iLee Jacobs, San Ft If Jacobson. San Fr E R Barker. Chicago N Eckstein. Seattle j Marshall, Montreal 1) J Medbury. N Y Jett A Klrby, Chicago Ben Appel. lea MolncL P Sanders & wife, Harry M Hlrsch. do I Butte, Mont Trank Adams, TacomajJchn L Baker, Chgo W A Taylor, Mass (Mrs F Daley. San Fran J C Eells. Dayton. O jchas Sweeney. Spokane A C Hrejmcr. beatll Leo Hamburger, Louls Major A W & Mrs vllle. Ky Jones. Victoria ij O Wltharo. Boston Miss Hilts. Victoria IFred I Monsen. San Fr A S Reld. Victoria IMorrla Wollhclm. S V F G Hutchinson 4 wf.lW A Brown, city Seattle C H Callender. Knapln J IV Rankin. OlympU (I B Coleman, ToIedo.O II S Stebblns. Seattle t A Macrum. Forst Orr W C Hawley. Salem Chas Milne & wife, Dawson It A B Young, Tacoma! imager Walter Demorest, Ta coma Thos Doyle, Tacoma F T Barlow. N Y W D McCann. San Fr IC It Jones. Tacoma t" A raakenberg.Denver Ed J Duftey, San Fr A O C Hart. New York Wm Yulle. wf & chllu,, !J Davis. San Fran aiontreai, tan Miss Lalng, Montreal Mr & Mrs I Levi. IluIIalo. N Y G E Kline. Chicago Mr Mrs Henry C Strong. Sandusky, O C C Aldrich & wife, McLean. Ill M Abrams & wf. S F Irs G Lownsdale, Sa lem Mrs II McXary & son. Salem Mrs R Slnnott, Dalles Robt L Taylor, Knox I vllle, Tenn John P Cooper, do C VC Barr. do F T Southerland & wf. uenver V A Merrineld, Free pert. Ill W W D Turner & wf, Spokane G A Kilmer. N Y p W Nlbley. Baker Cy Mr & Mrs W V MM- dlecorr. Stockton. CM (Harry Lofmeler, Ash I land Wis IT H Curt!". Astoria Dr W A Hendryx, Los! airs syaney v smltn. Ban Francisco Miss Bradbury, K Y Angeies C E Stevens. do w C Stlnson. do i THE rEHKINS. Tatsy Bollver. ChicasoIL Jacobson. Chicago Carljle Abendorf. do pi Jones. Wasco. Or II 8 McGowan.AstorlaV II McChesney. T Jchnvm. Seattle j Omaha V 8 King. Seattle J Evans. Hppner W C Snlders, SpokaneiMrs J Evans, do Mrs S Cameron. S F F L Young. Baker Cy Mrs D A Cncsney. do iMlss 1 Parker.Thorpe, Mrs Eugene Rook. Yh Youngstown. O IFrack KHratrlck. city Mrs M A Matthews, !1 Thompson. Tacoma Chicago V B Butler. Kelso, Wn L R Folrchlld, St L (Mrs W B Butler, do Cbas E Miller, Dalles j; W Henderson. S F Mrs Chas E Miller, do J Jacobson. San Fran Miss Miller. do iC P Loon-v. AMoila. A S Bennett. do iDanlel Eaby, McMlunvI Mrs A T Kant. Helrnai K J Stlckley, Menoml u W Miller. Wardner Mrs C V Miller, do Mrs L L Stanley, Sunipter. Or Mr R D Scbelber. do nee, vt is B A Bennett. La Cenli Mrs S L Muore, Steven son, wash tMrs W L Gray, do E C McReaby, Union B Church,Whlte Saimn Marie Church, do J N Parker. Salem W II Short. Marshneld J jenson, Grangcvllle, Idaho Wm Smith. Baker Cy F M Alford. do Geo H llaymond, Sclo C A Athens. Chicago E A Taylor. Ores: City T E Going. Sumpter i t uecker. umpter M H Dreyfus. Chicago II R MeGowan. ruyal-, lup. vt asn A ii ivunn. uoqutam Mrs M Brower, Salem lit E Tusk. Mt Pleasant Mrs H J Mclll. Monte-1 J W Bates. do rano. Wash E J Diven. New York Chas Fosner. do H A McClelland. Stock- W M Crosby. Dalles ) ton. Cal Frank Rogers, HeppnrW B Boss. Astoria THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles. Manager. R A Stewart, Seattle JMrs Otis Patterson, A W Ely, Tacoma The Dalles airs ;iy. tacoma Walter Ely. Ft Louis Mrs Ely. St Louis H Savllla Sherard. Ui ker City J V Helsner. do E E Goucher. McMInn J W Roland. Baker C Mrs Roland, do A M Smith. Astoria J II Hllllard. Bakr C ADel f Jiennot.CowIltx W O Pattenon. eltv A H Winn. San Fran Mrs uoucner, McMimi It K snerldan. Hoscbrc Miss Goucher. McMimiHarry W Meyers.Salem P Morton. St LouU D A Dlnsmoor. Salem Mrs W D Pugh. Salem Mrs C S Moore. Salem IJ X Max ell. Seattle Alex uurucr. Spokane T 11 Kay, Salem Geo Russell, Oakland David It McGlnnU. it Paul John F Burns. St Paui .-, iieyer, an rntn Mrs W O Wilkinson. Astoria H S MeGowan. Astora M Hlrschbaum. S F r S Da-ldson. Hood K.F Calllschonn. San Fr wra i-.usworin. uiymppirs K camscnonn. Co O A Palmer. Salt La!c THE ST. CHARLES. John Wilson, Cham- (Frank Byrne.Aberdeen poeg jj B Thompson, do E Hoyt. Champoeg iH E rinney. Chinook J E Eldrldge. do IR C Snider, Lyle. Wn J A Keel. Champoeg IE W Jones, do L Conn. San FranclscoH A Lamb. RldgeSeld H Austin. San Fran G B Flher. Pendleton Ole Relnxetb. San Fr Frank Cleary. do C W Jensen. Monitor R A Sawyer. Seattle Herman Jensen, oo wm MItcnell. Corvnllu. C Forest. Euraula Tnos Talbot, Cornelius F MeKlnnon. do Geo Howatson, do J A Melser, La Center A B Roots. Cathlamet C Armstrong. do C H Howett. do B S Grogg. Stella Wm Young. Stella Wm Wlnill. Stella II B Karr. Nehalem H Hlbbard. Astoria Jas Qulnn. Qulnn. Or B Johnpon. do W A CooDer. do do A B Rowe. IIOOI tfTKlCStOQ. do G B Preston. Gresham Harry Johnson, Bo- Mrs Fields & chid. Lewlston nemia It C Baeh. Cal E P Holllngsnorth. do Kate Robertson,Dartn C A Hudson, Arllngtn B C Wlndom, Beaver Tllle l. ii uearxuiey. Fort McDowell Hotel Donnelly. Tacoma. European plan: headquarters for com mercial men. Chllberg's restaurant In connection. WORKING A CITY MINE STAMP MILL ADJOIXIXG ASHLAXD IS STEADILY FOUNDING. Qsnrtx and FInccr of Sucker Creek Enersetlc and rromisIn.jr Opera tions In Southern Oregon. ASHLAND. Or.. April M. Work en the Shorty-Hope mine, adjoining the city lim its of Ashland. Is now -being pushed with great vigor under the direction of the resi dent manager, H. a. aaniora. oi .cw iuin City. The 10-sump mill, on the property is pounding night and day on very rich rock, while extensive Improvements are contemplated In the near fu;ure. A ppedal meeting of the stockholders of the com pany, which Is organized under the liberal laws of the State of West Virginia, has hun "Alio, tn meet In Lonz Island City. N. Y., Friday, April 27, at which a riso luiinn tn irurAif. tho caoital stock from J40.000 to tlOO.OOO will be proposed and voted on. H. S. Reed, of Portland, has been out looking up development work on his Dia mond R. mine, en Sucker Creek, during the past week. Work on the Diamond R. Is progressing favorably, but not with the activity that Is proposed In a short time. At present the force consists of 10 men. but additional roach nery and appliances have been arranged for, which will require a much larger force. The Diamond R. contains both quartz ana piacer proposi tions, consists of over MO acres, and ad Joins the property on Bo!and Creek, where the Immensely rich strike was made by W. D. Gardner, a few weeks ago. It is a very profitable mine now, and. with the projected Improvements and betterments. It will be one of the most important in Josephine County. Tho coming Summer a wagon road will be 'oulll to connect the well-known Eure ka mine, on Soldier Creek, with the Swecd Barin road. The Eurtka mine haa recently been bonded by A. F. Nelson to G. M. Freeman, of this place, and Mr. Griffith, the New York agent of the Montreal & Oregon Gold Mines, Ltd., for $75,000. This wagon road will open up a large mining section of country, which is constanlly growing In importance. Is rich In unde veloped gold and copper resources, and U drained by the waters of Soldier. Slate, Pickett. Clear, Slx-MHe, Sweed and Onion Creeks. Tho Eureka mine, to which It Is proposed to build the new road. Is situ ated on the ridge which divides Soldier Creek from Slx-MHe. It was formerly known as the Denver City ledge, and shows a faco width of 30 feet, with a rich pay streak two feet wide abutting against one ot the walls, and has been traced for several hundred feet on the mountain side. It was formerly owned by an eccentric miner named W. H. Miller, well known In Southern Oregon, who placed a fabulous value on the property for years. Considerable development work has been done since It has passed Into the hands of A. F. Nelson. A 90-foot tunnel has been dug and much cross-cutting done. A great deal of very rich rock has 'been taken from the Eureka, the lowest going 145 to the ton. and from that away up Into the thousands of dollars. , The McClune Bros., who arc operat ing the well-known Oak Flat mine, on the Illinois River, have moved their plant from the extreme high channel to the lower bar of the river, which Is said to prospect well In fine gold, which requires much care to save. The lack of proper dumping facilities was .formerly against this location, but that has been overcome by the construction of a reservoir, on a natural site, situated on the divide be tween Briggs Creek and the Illinois River. This reservoir will be filled during the night, thus giving a full head of -water during the day' time. The McCoy placer mine, on Boland Creek, has been sold by George A. Pease et al. to J. F. Wiseacre, who will Improve Its plant. W. J. Harris, the mining man, of Spo kane, who owns the gold dredger plant Josephine, that has been doing such profitable work near Waldo, in Josephine County, Is so well satisfied with his min ing Investments In Southern Oregon that he has concluded to Increase them, and has purchased the James Little copper proposition, consisting ot two claims, near Waldo, and close to the location of his dredger. There has been been much work done on these two claims for some time past. What has been done on them con sists of the running of about 300 feet of tunnelling, some drifting and, open cuts. It 13 the intention of Mr. Harris to push work on this new copper property with the same activity that has characterized tils operations of the dredger plant, and as the property has always been consid ered a valuable one. only requiring tho capital necessary" to work it properly to show Its richness. It Is expected to develop Into one of the greatest copper producers of this locality. Work Is progressing very- satisfactorily on the mine ot the Big Yank Mining & Milling Company, ot Portland. Operations are still going on In the big tunnel of the mine, but the west wall of the ledge has not been reached. The management will soon begin drifting along the rich pay chute of the ledge. Copper Is absorbing much attention and divides Interest with the search for gold. A nunvber of localities throughout this section where good copper ledges exist are being developed, one of the richest of them being the Preston Peak, on the summit of the Coast Range of mountains, and which Is now thought to be one of the richest copper mining districts on the Coast. Tho Preston Peak Mining Com pany has there a ledge fully 100 feet tn width, of very rich ore. It Is situated near the boundary line of S sklyou County, a short distance south of the Oregon line. The water shed on the east side is Indian Creek, which empties into Klamath River at Happy Camp, while the west side rcems to be the headwaters of Smith River, emptying Into the Pacific Ocean, near Crescent City, and also of tributaries of the Illinois River, emptying Into Rogue River. Preston Peak locality, being at an altitude of about 000 feet, still holds a Eoodly depth of snow, which Is reported to be as deep as 30 feet In some places, and which will afford an abundant water supply during the coming Summer. The Rocky Gulch Mining Company de clared a dividend of 12 DO per share last week, and left a substantial surplus In Its treasury In addition, as earnings during the past six months. The Rocky Gulch hydraulic mine Is situated Just north of the Alexander & Bent mine. In the Gallce district, and is owned by residents of Grant's Pass. The ground covers 140 acrte, and Includes five channels lying across the mountain side, which have been worked during tho past 20 years, with more or less success. The present own ers of the mine have equipped the prop erty thoroughly, building a ditch several miles long, and constructing a large reser voir. Its facilities' are now such that one giant Is operated for the whole of the year, and during the season of plentiful water two giants are tearing away at the gold burdened gravel. Southampton, April 23. Arrived New York, from New York. Cherbourg. April 25. Sailed Kaiser WHhelm der Grosse, from Bremen, via Southampton, for New York. BEEGHAN S PILLS For Bilious and Nervous Disorders Are Without a Rival. CJUnrUAL 3AIZS OVER ,000,000 BOXES. ! ; locentsand35ecBt.at Alldrnffstorea, u&.&iri-: Ukw., .. JU . You have been in the power house of some great plant of machinery. Did it occur to you that your body was a more wonderful machine ? In the term of a natural life the heart beats three thousand million times and with a pressure of thirteen pounds to the stroke, lifts in that time, half a million tons of blood. What care are you taking of thb wonderful machine? Shortness of breath, buzzing in the ears, dizziness, palpitation of the heart, sleeplessness, stomach trouble, indiges tion are only some of the evidences that the machinery is undergoing a strain which sooner or later will break it down. What the lubricant is to the machine of iron, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is to the machine of flesh and blood. It reduces friction to a minimum, ind keeps the great organs in proper running order. It does this by healing diseases of the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition, and increasing the flow of pure and healthy blood. "I used tea bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and several vials of his 'Pleasant Pellets' a year ago this spring, and have had no trouble with indigestion since." writes Mr. W. T. Thompson, of Townend. Broadwater Ox, Montana. " Words fail to tell how thankful I am for the relief, as I had sufi fcred so much and it seemed that the doctors could do rae no good. I got down in weight to uj pounds, and was not able to work at all. Now I weigh nearly 160 and can do a day's work on the farm. I have recommended your medi cine to several, and shall alwavs have a good word to say for Dr. Pierce and his medicines." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigor-ate-the stomach, liver and bowels. Use them with the "Discovery" when a pill is required. Weay Womca. Tho social nnd domestic demands that arc mado upon tho women of today are to blame for a great deal of tho trouble called female weak ness. ' The constant strain upon tho nerve forces weakens the vital powers, and headaches, neuralgia. Indigestion, constipation, imputo blood and liver and Kidney troubles, nil aggravate the cneclal weakness that tills thousands'ot homes with dellcato mothers, wives and daugh ters. Weak and nervous women can be relieved, and made well and strong, fuU of vital energy and-at-tractive sweetness, If they will take Dr. Miles' Nervine. "For fourteen years I was troubled with female weakness and nervous ness, dizzy and sinking spells, and was confined to my bed more than one-half the time. The doctors all told me that I could not live long; but the second day after I began taking Dr. Miles' Nervine I could eat well and could sleep all night with out waking, and when I had used six bottles I was cured. Louisa O'Neal, Hipley, Ills. Dr. Miles' Nervine Is sold at all ' druggists on a positive guarantee, '' write for free advice and booklet to Dr. Mlle3 Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. TRAVELERS GUIDE. es Parcels. AH Burlington Route day coaches and recllnlng-chalr cars are equipped with parcel racks extending the full length of tho car, and providing plenty of room for one's valise, hat, over coat, and umbrella. Only those unfortunates who have experienced tho annoyance of trying to keep their belong ings in a 2x1 pocket, such as you find In nine cars out of ten. can fully realize the superiority of the Burlington arrangement. Omaha. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City ALL points Bast and South. Three routes East via Billings, Denver and St. Paul. Ticket Offlce, 100 3rd St., cw. Stark, Putt ill. Of.'ju. It. W. FOSTEn. Ticket Armt. OEO. S. TATLOR. City raaaencer Astnt. es $ GO EAST VIA ON THE FAMOUS "Portland-Chicago Special" OR THE "OVERLAND LIMITED" The only trains running through solid from Portland and Chicago. Every car Illuminated with Plntsch gaa. Two trains dally. Dlnlnfr Cara. Service a la Carte. Lilirnry-llurlet snoklne Cnrs. Palace and Ordinary Slccplnc Cara. Free Rccllnlnc Cnalr Cars. Leaves. .TTAYe- 0:15A.M.... DnDTi A Wr"'4:0OP- JL c:2o r.M.... PORTLAND ...jj.ooa.il CITY TICKET OFFICE 124 Third St. Phone Main 363 W. E. COMAK. 3- R. NAGEL. General Astnt. City Ticket An. WASHINGTON & ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. Steamship "CITY OF SEATTLE" will leav Seattle at 8 P. M. on Tuesday, April 3. and every 10 days thereafter, tor Vancouver. Ketch ikan. Juneau and Skag-way. rnaklr.r trip from Seattle to Skacway In 72 bcunn For frelcht and paasace uutulr of DODWELL CO. LIMITED. AGKHTS. .. CiN.-Ai?.-.. -W. m Wmm tofeS TRAVELERS' -GUIDE. In) T&F! Union Depot, Sixth and, J Streets. THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "PORTLAXD-C1IICAGO SPECIAL." Leaves for the Eaat. via Huntlnxton. at 9:22 A.U. "OVERLAID LIJIITED." Leaves for the East, via Huntington, at C.20 P.M. "Sookane Fiver" eanlDment Is carried on this train, via Umatilla. Paaensers for Spokane, Eastern Washlnston and Great Northern polnw take this train. THKOUQK PULLMAN AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. Water lice schedule, subject to cbaci with out notice: OCEAX AD RIVER SCIIEDULE. OCEAN DIVISION Steamships sail from Alnsworth dock at 8:00 P. M. Leave Portland Columbia. Monday. April 2: Thursday, April 12; Sunday. April 22: Wednesday. May 2: Sat urday, May 12. state of California. Saturday. April 7, Tuesday. April 17; Friday. April 27; Monday. May T. From San Francisco State of California. Tuesday. April 3; Friday, April 13: Monday, April 23; Thursday. May 3; Sunday. May 13. Columbia. Sunday. April 8: Wednesday, April IS: Saturday. April 2S: Tuesday. May 8. COLUMBIA RIVER DIVISIOX. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Steamer Raasalo leave Portland dally, except Sunday, at S.CO P. M.: on Saturday at 10:00 P. M. Returelrg. leave Astoria dally, except Sun day, at 7:00 A. M. "WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISIOX. PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. OR. Steamer Ruth, for Salem. Albany. Corvallla and war mints. lea.vM Portland TuedaTJ. Thursdays and Saturdays at 8.00 A. V. Return- Mr. leaves Corvallls Mondays. wednesaajB aaa Fridays at 6:00 A M. Steamer Modoc, for Salem. Independence ana way points, leaves Portland Mondays-Wednes-days and Fridays at COO A. M. Ueturnlnr. leaves Independence Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at 5.30 A. M. YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR. Steamer Elmore, for Dayton and way polnta. leave Portland Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sat urdays at 7 A. M. Returning-, leaves Dayton for Portland and way polnta Mondays. Wednesday! and Fridays at e A. M. SXAKE RIVER ROUTE. RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON, IDAHO Steamer Spokane or steamer Lewlston leav.s Rlparla dally at 5 A. M.. arriving at Lewlston at 3 P. M. Returning, the Spokane or Lewis ton leaves Lewlston dally at 0 A. M., arrlvlns at Rlparla same evening;. W. H. HURLBURT. General Paasenaer Agent. V. A. SCHILLING. City Ticket Agent. Telephone Main 712- iNewSteamSuipLinetotkOrient CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND. In connection with THE OREGON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. J30O (subject to change): Steamer. Due to Leave Por'Iand. "ADERGELDIE" March 23 "MONMOUTHSHIRE:' April 11 "ERAEMAR" May2 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 EASTANDSOUTHEAST IS THE P5f-Tta 1 B lall issstj grauimixM '.- y ---JbL JsUT V "0'SPICT0V The Direct Lin to Denver, Omaha. Kansai City, SL Louh Chicago and Other Eastern Points TWO DAILY SOLID VESTIBULED TRAINS. Portland to Chicago Less Than Three Days. Only Four Days to New York and Boston. Through Palaco and Tourlat Sleepers, .Buftet Library Cars (Barber Shop) Dining Cars. (Meala a la carte) Preo Reclin ing Chair Cars. Through tickets, baggage checks, and sleeping car accommodations con be ar ranged at CITY TICKET OFFICE 135 Third Strtsi Portland, Oregas J. H. LOTHROP. GEORGE LANS. Oen'l Agent. dry Pax. A Tkt. Act. FOR CAPE NOME The Magnificent Trane-Paclllc Passenger Steamship TACOMA Registered tonnage, 2311 tons: capacity. 1000 tons: passenger accommodations, 10 first class, SCO second class. This steam ship has Just been released from the gov ernment service as a troopship, and has every modern comfort and convenience and Is the largest steamship In tho Cape Xome trade. Will sail from Tacoma and Seattle on or about the 25th of May. For rates and full Information apply to DODWELL & CO.. LTD. Telephone. Main. X. 232 Oak Street. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES ' UNION DEPOT. For Maygers. Rainier. CUtikanle. Westoort. ARRIVES UNION DErOT. Clifton, aatorla. War- rentoa. Flavel, Ham mond. Fort Stevens. Gearhart l"arlc Seaside. Astoria and Seashore Elpresa. Dally. Astoria Express, Dally. 6:00 A. M. T.-QO P. M. 11:13 A.M. :0 P. M. Ticket office. 2S3 Morrison st. and Union dtpot. J. C MATO. Gen. Pass. Art.. Astoria. Or. WHITE COLLAR LINE COLUMBIA RIVER .1 PUGET SOUND NAVJ. CATION CO. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-treet dock) Leave Portland dally every morning at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Oregon 'pnote Main 351. Columbia 'phone ZZV V. B. SCOTT. President. CAPE NOME VIA DAWSON Alaska Steamship Company NEXT SAILING. DIRIGO. APIUL 23. The only company having through traffic ar ranffements to Atlln and the Klondike. Weekly mlllnca from Tacoma. For full Information ap ply to J. L. HA1VTMAN. Acent. Portland. Or.. I Chamber at Commerce. -.-t." rf--JW Jfi.t..i a"Tisgji iil l JiSl 'i TRAVELERS GUIDE. Ms EAST vu SOUTH LAVUrnt AtyfSMWTiOO- Mpt. leave Dtp'. Fifth jol I Strrtts ArrlT OVERLAND EX PRESS TKAIN3 for Salem, Itose burg. Ashland. Sac ramento. O s d e n. San Francisco. Mo Jave. Loa Angeles, El Paso, New Or leans and the East At Woodbura (dally except Sun day), moraine train connects with train tor ML Angel, oli ve r ton. Browne Tllle. Sprlngllell and Natron, and evening train for Mt. Angel and 5U verton. Albany passenger Corvallla passenger Sheridan paaenger "80 P. M. 3:30 A.M. 7:45 A. SCOP. 4:00 P.M. 17:30 A. M. WSO P. M. 10:10A.S :SO P. saA.i Dally. Dally except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale between Portiami cJ ramento and San iYanclsco. Net rate 17 nrs class sum -.i aecona ciaa?i inciuaing- sleeper. I Jtates and tickets to Eastern ooltta anT J-.J rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU acl AusiiuuA. iin De ootainea zrom J. KIRKLAND. Ticket Agent. I Third at. TAMHILL DIVISION. Paasenger Depot, foot of Jefferson Street Leave for Oswego daily at 7:10. 'DM A. M.I 12:30. 1:53. 3.25, 4:40. 0:25. 8.30. 11:30 P. M.I and 0:00 A. L en Sundays only. Arrive al Portland dally at 6:33. a.SO. '10.50 A. Mj ld3. 3:10. 4:30. 6:15. 7:40. 10.00 P. M-. 12:tl A. 31. dally, except Monaay. 8:30 and 10:05 M. on Sundaya only. Leave for Dallas dallr. excent Siidav. 5:05 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 9:30 A. M. I Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Monl aayo. weunesoays and Fridays at 2:45 P. IB Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and SaturdajraTI -ixceyi oucjay. R. KOEHLER. C IX. MARKHAM. Manager. Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt. : THE DININO CAR ROUTE FROM PORTLANT TO TIM EAST. THE ONLT DIRECT LINE TO THE TELLOTfJ STONE PARK. Leave talon Depot, FMs ail I S!t Arrive No. 2. Fast mall for Taco ma. Seattle. Olympla. No.L Gray's Harbor an! South Bend points. Spokane. Rossland. D. 11:13 A.M. C.. Pullman. Moscow, u. b v Lewlston. Buffalo m Hump mining country, Helena, Minneapolis, St. Paul. Omaha. Kan sas City. St. Louis. Chicago and all points east and southeast. Puget Sound Express for Tacoma and Seattle and Intermediate polnta No. 4. 11:30 P.M. No. JL 7:00 A.M. rullman nrst-class and tourist .'eepers to Mia. I neapolls. St. Paul ani Missouri river points wlth-l out change. I Vestlbuted trains. Union depot connections tal all principal cities. Rsaxace checked to destination of tickets. For handsomely Illustrated des-rlntlve matter. tickets, sleeplnfi-iar reservations, etc. call oa oil writ A. D. CHARLTON Assistant General ranrnger Agent, SSS Harrison St.. Cor. Third, Portland. Oregon. SOO PACIFIC L1N ner.-. th T.nlV VM'V RATES -nil nFrr SERV- Ice to and from all Eastern polcts and Eurooew Through tourist cars from coast to St. Paul. Toronto. Montreal ami Boston WITHOUT CHANGE. Direct Route to Kootenay Mining District British Columbia Canadian ParlOc tut! uiU KaiuuQli, Cnes as Japar ant tirjul.t Fc-r rates and Information, apply to IL H. AUHOIT. Agent. E. J. COTLE. 148 Third street, city. A. Q. P. A.. Vancouver. B. C. tjivBreatWorthernI Ticket Ofllcei 122; Thlril St. 'Phone CSO LEAVE. No. 4 0:20 P.M. The Flyer, dally to and from St- Paul. Minne apolis. Duluth. Calcagr and all points East. ARRIVE. No. 3. 8:00 A. M. 'Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers. Dining and Buaet Smcklng-LIbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP TOSA MAHU For Japan, China and all Asiatic points will leave Seattle About .May 21st. Pacific Coasl SteamshlD Co. F0 ALASKA THE COMPANY'S elegant steamers. Cottage City. City of Topeka anl Al - Kl leave TACOMA 11 A M.. SEATTLK O P M.. April 5. l'W 15. 20. 25. 30. Msy 5. 10. 13. 2Q. 23. 30, June 4. and every tilth day thereafter. For further Infor mation obtain ompany'efoider. The company retwrves the right to change rteamera. sailing uatw and hours ot sallies, without rrevlou notice. AGENTS N. POSTON. 249 Washington St. Portland. Or.: F. V. CARLETON. N. P. R. R. dockT Tacoma: J. F. TI-.OtVBr.IDaE. Pugtt Sound bupt.. Ocean dock. Seattle. GOOD ALL. PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agts.. 3. V. EMPIRE LINE SEATTLE CAPE NOME Yukon River Points S. S. "OHIO." 3500 tons, after two years service as U. S. transport, has been released, and will sail from Seattle for Cape Nome about May 21. Rates First class. $100 and $125; second clara. $73. For bertha, etc.. apply t any railroad agent, or agent of tho Interna tional Navigation Co., or to EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO.. 607 First avenue. Seattle. Vi'ash. VANCOUVER TRANSPORTATION CO. Steamer Undine. Captain Charles T. Kamm. leaves Vancouver at 8:30 A. M. and 1 P. M. Leaves Portland al 10:3o A. M. and 4:30 P. M. Sundays excepted. For freight or paie ap ply en beard, foot of Taylor street. Round trie, 30c -n Sr SUNSET - OlOXENS SHASTA - OiS4. NJJ