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THE HORNING OttEGONTAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1900.
THE GOLDEN AGE
(Opyrlgbt, 1900.
THEOREGONIAN'S HOMESTUDY CIRCLE
GOLDEN AGES OF LITERATURE 1
XIX.
ADDISOX AXD THE AGE
OF
PIIOSE AND REASON.
BY JOSEPH VILLIERS DENNEY. A. M.
The age In which Joseph Addison stands
as tho representative literary man has.
been called the Augustan age, the classic
age. the age of critloism. the age of prose
and reason. No one of these names ie
convincing without explanation, though
all of them point to the same general
characteristics The last name carries
with It the Judgment of the ISth century
upon the writer of the ISth. and is Intend
ed to be both a verdict and an acknowl
edgment of services; but It is a nam'
which the ISth centurv would not have
appreciated. The JHigg-vtlon that Pop
metrical eae&ys should ever come to b:
accounted valuable chiefly for their rood
Influence upon the proe stle of succeed
ing generations would have been rejected
with acorn. For it -war especially with
poetry In mind that ISth century crlccs
applied to Pope and Add son the high
title Auguetan. It was believed that
these writers had brought Er.g'Ish llter
nttire to the highest degree of rellnemenJ.
They had done for BivglUh literature what
the French Augustans had done for
French literature a generation earlier;
what Cicero. Horace and Virgil had done
for Roman literature under Augustus; they
had found It crude and primitive "ub
formed" ie a favorite adjective of the
period and had left it poUahed. ftn'shed,
regular and free from extravagance. Popj
and Addition were thencefortn to be the
r'andards by which all writers should be
measured.
The present age dissents from this con
ciufCon. not becauee it denies to the Au
gustan superiority in literary linlsh over
their predecessor, but because It refuses
to deterra ne ranerlcrlty on so narrow a
baris as literal tlnMi. The present age
per-elves in EllEafcethan poetry and drama
qualities InnnJtelj higher, a spirit both
deeper and freer, an Interpretation of lifi
that is stronger and truer, than can o;
f.und In the poetry of the ISth century. It
ao nnds a trfmllar Miperiorlty in the
rplrit of the greatest poe;p of the prewsnt
contrary- But it does not deny to Pope
the honor of having shown to succeed ns
ages what literary workmanship means.
It aser.bes to hint wonderful skill in
producing terse, precipe, pointed and bal
anced verso. And it obeerves that the
verses of Pope have always Invited quo
tation, that the have the proper a m of
p'o -e immedvatc Inte. Ig.bl Ity and lend
themselves to the practical needs of ordi
nary Htlndc. Through well-nigh unlver.al
quotation Pope's vcrac must have had an
innneitse Influence in communlca lng to
K-CXtah proe someth ng of their own
c. arnss and tersenefrs.
To achieve corrcctntsa and elegance of
expression, to win perfect on In s'yle. ware
the principal alms of the leading writers
o' the ISth centurj. They had found out
ihst there ie an art cf poetry, that it
matters how a thtag is slid. Unregulated
by art. poetry among the minor writers
after Shakespeare had become extrava
gant and fantastical The IS.h ccn.urj
t tudled to avoid these forms of untruth
In France a school of criticism had ap
peared the Iniluence of which was potent
in rosr.pe ling attention to pol.shcd foims
of expression, and th. French Influcnc;
greatly reinforced, though it did not
create, the impulse to correctness and reg
ularity of form among English writers. At
the beginning of the ISth century this 1 n
jHilfe had become dominant In English ilt
tiaturc. Readers xere bcg.nnlng to de
mand that such idtas as were to be ex
pressed, though they might be common
pace and unpoetlcal idea;, should be
x-t forth wlkh neatness and symmetry.
Commonplace and unpoetlcal Ideas were
not to be rejected if the style In which
they appeared was clear and atractlve.
The French Influence had shown Itrelf
most conspicuously In the English drama.
Voltaire called Addison's "Cato" the firs;
regular and reasonable play ever written
In England, because it fulfilled the strict
formal requirements of French cr.tlclsm.
of which the chief requirement was the
observance of the unities In time and
place. The poetry of the age was for the
most part written In lines of five Iambic
feet, the two adjacent llneo rhyming and
forming a ooup.et, each couplet usually
making complete tense. The labor and
pains expended before Pope brought the
rhymed couplot to perfection told im
mensely In favor of regularity, condesa
tloa. point and balance In all species of
writing. It cramped and dwarfed poetic
power, but It gave to the prose sentenc
qualities which prose had hitherto lacked
The age was critical In the sense that
its literary lawgivers demanded of its
writers a close adherence to formal rules
of writing. It has also been called a
critical age in contrast with the age of
Shakespeare and with the later period In
which Byron and "Wordsworth and She-Ley
are the leading figures periods made Il
lustrious by works of the creative Imag
ination. As the rules which It followed
were deduced from a stud of the best
works of the ancients. It has also been
oalled the classical age. The study of
raodeis and the imitation of ancient clas
sics gave to writers a common standard or
formal excellence toward which to work.
Horace was the model studied most close
ly. His satires were imitated, and his
Ars Poetlca" became the l'teraty code
of the age To the widespread interest
In the classics must be attributed tht
Alexander Pope.
great success of Dryden's translation of
Virgil and Pope's translation of Homtr,
as woll as his "Imitations'' of Horace
Though untrue to the manner and spirit
of the original. Pope a translations f uitt.led
men's ideal of classical dignity. It was
easy to appreciate a literature which set
forth the rules by which It wished to be
judged In the form of maxims which a 1
could understand. The keenest Interest
was excited In subjects of literary Inquiry.
lien became concerned about questions of
correct taste. Ancient writers were reap
praised; contemporaries held one another
to standards that all accepted as true. A
knowledge of the accepted rules of literary
construction was believed to be more Im
portant than Inspiration or genius. No
style could be considered gocd which did
not obey these rules. Such a splr t cou d
not help being unfavorable to the produc
tion of any but the most artificial poe rj
It was most favorable to the development
of an orderly, definite prose.
Matthew Arnold has soldi'
"The glory of English literature Is in
poetry, and in poetry the strength of the
ISth centurj' does not He Nevertheless,
the ISth century accomplished for us an
lmracnce literary progress, and Its 'very
shortcomings in poetry were an Instru
ment to that progress, and served It.
The practical genius of our people
could not but urge irresistibly to the pro.
ductlon of a. real prose style, because for
the purposes of modern life the old Eng
lish prose, the prose of Milton and Tay-
OF ENGLISH PROSE,
by Seymour Baton.)
DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON !
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1s cumbersome, unavailable, impos- !
slble. A style of regularity, uniformity. I
precislon. balance, was wanted. These are
the qualities of a serviceable proie style.
. . . Our literature required a p'ose
which conformed to the true law of Drose.
and that It might acquire this the more
surely, it compelled poetry, as In France, '
to conform itself to the law of prose like
wise. The classic verse of French poetry
was the Alexandrine, a measure favorable
to the qualities of regularity, uniformity,
precision, balance. Gradually a measure
favorable to those very same qua.ltles j
the 10-sy"lable couplet estab Il-ed Iself ;
as the clas&Ic verse of England, i,nSi! in
the ISth century It had become the ru'ing
form of our poetry. Poetry, or ra her the
use of verse, entered In a remarkable de
gree during that century Into the who'e of
the dally life of the civilized c'arses, ard
JOSEPH
the poetry of the country was a perpetual I
scnoDi oi tne qualities requisite lor a goou
rrose, the qualities of regularity, uniform
Ity. precision, balance. This may have
been of no great service to Eng Ish po
etry, although to say that It has been of
no service at all. to say that the ISth cen
tury has in no respect changed the con
ditions for English poetical style, or that
it has changed them for the worse, would
be untrue. But It was undeniably of sig
nal service to that which was the great
want and work of the hour English
prose."
What made a good working prose Indis
pensable to the ISth centurj' was the fact
that modern life had come In with all of
Its practical and Intellectual interests.
Scientific investigation had received a
great impulse from the founding of th
Roj-al Socletj' In 1CG2. Inventions and d's
coveries in science followed one another
rapldlj'. It was the time of Sir Isaac
Newton. Boyle and Halley. Phllcsophj',
like science, awaited the gift of popular
statement that It might enter the lives of
the masses. The revo.utlon of 16SS had
made public opinion Important, and party
leaders -ought the services of literary
men who could create It. Satire In prosa
or verse was the favorite instrument of
writers who would bring about political
changes or advance moral reforms. Noth.
Ing bears stronger testimonj' to the polit
ical characteristics of the age than tho
prevalence of satire In the writings of
Drj-den, Addison, Swift and Pope. If sa
tire adopts the garb of poetry, verse, it
Is onlj that It maj- Increase Us sharpness;
Its level Is the prose level. The age was
unimaginative; it lacked enthusiasm,
moral earnestness and- lofty faith; but Ita
leaders were striving to make It an age of
reason, and tho time came when It prided
Itself upon its philosophy and common
sense.
Of this age of prose and reason, cover
ing roughly tho first half of the lSlh cen
tury, Addison Is the best ropresantatlve.
He Is chosen rather than Swift or Pope
because his work exhibits the literary
tendency of the period In sober and mod
erate aspect. Addison Is never extreme.
His satire, for Instance, Is without Pope's
stinging sharpness and without Swift's
mlsanthropj'. Moreover, his personality
as seen In his .works and life Is admirable
above Pope's and Swift's. He Is chosen
rather than Drj'den, though Dryden is a
very Important namo In the hlstorj of
prose. Dryden's position is that of a plo.
neer of tho period under study. In the
"Essay of Dramatic Poesy," and the
prefaces to his plays and pooms. Drj'den
used a shorter sentence than his prede
cessors had used, and showed that he
knew how to rid English prose of intrl
cacj and obscurltj. Drj'den's fame, how.
ever, rests mainly not on his prose, but
on his verse, while Addison's rests mainly
upon his work as a proso essayist. Dr.
Johnson's famous appreciation of Addi
son "Whoever wishes to attain an Eng
lish stj'le, familiar but not coarse, and
elegant hut not ostentatious, must give
his daj's and nights to the volumes ot
Addison" has been repeated without dis
sent bj' many critics of the 19th centurj'.
It Is almost excluslvolj' In his character
as prose cssajist that Addison Is attract
ive to modern readers. His life, save only
the period of his work as essayist, may
therefore be passed over with very brief
notice.
Note This study will be concluded to
morrow. Gradnntc With. Hlprli Honors.
At the graduating exercises of the
North Pacific Dental College held last
night at the Assembly Hall. In the High
School building. William Adolph Davison
received a special certificate In anaesthe
sia. Dr. Davison, who graduated with
highest honors of the class of 1SC0, had
charge of the operative clinic of the Ta
coma, Washington, Dental College nil of
last Summer while yet a student, and
was a nractical man of venrs Mnrlonp
long before he took up theory- He was
wen versed in all branches of practical "uo ai ino iar company, and Invited set-dentlstrj-
before entering the college. The ' tlera to locato on the lanc, and a consld.
manager of the New York Dontal Par
lors, where Dr. Davison has been em
ployed for some time past, speaking of
his success last evening, said: "Dr. Da
vison Is a marvel In fine workmanship,
and I am glad that he has graduated with
such high honors. All of the professors
speak so well of him, and he deserveo
It all. I never saw a faster and more
accurate workman, and j'et everything
he does is done so easily and carefully.
So far as I can learn he expects to re
main with us right along. We all like
him, and admire him on account of his
skill. As a matter of fact we cannot af
ford to lose such a clever man. So I can
assure you he will continue to be found
at the New York Dental Parlors. If
there were more dentists like Dr. Davis
on there would be more people having den
tal work done."
Simple Question In Percentage.
PORTLAND, May 1. (To the Ed.tor.)
We have had considerable discussion con-
cernln's the relative sizes of Oregon and
California. On a basLs of 10)000 square
mllen to the former and 150.000 square
miles to the latter, some Insist that Cali
fornia Is only 33 1-3 per cent or cne-th!rd
larger, whereas we maintain that In above
I number of square miles California Is o0
per cent or one-half larger, A h:ch Is cor-
rect? H- J MILLER.
Visitor at the Park School, addrcsslns
children of third grade In this room there
are 100 pupils; In Miss Smith s room there
are 150 pupils. Now, how many per cent
more are there In Miss Smith's room?
Children, In chorus Fifty per cent.
EASTERN MULTN0M4H.
Varlomi Xctv Industries Alone; the
Columbia River.
The Columbia River Fishing Associa
tion, otherwise known as the "combine,"
has just completed the buildings neces
sary for a new salmon cannery at Roos
ter Roclc The main building Is C0x300 feet
ADDISON.
set on piling, with a wing of nearly tho
same dimensions, resting on the river-
bank. The association has lust finished
the construction of four new flshwheels
which are stationed at different points
along the Columbia; besides these it has
two old wheels, and will run two glllnets.
Operations will begin this week with tho
emplojTnent of 65 men. mostly Chinese.
New Planlnr Mill.
A new planing mill Is Just being com
pleted at Latourell Falls by the Latour
ell Falls Lumber Companj-. It will have
a capacity of 15,000 feet per day and
will be used for dressing the lumber sawed
by the companj'e mill on the mountain.
The lumber Is sent from the sawmill to
the planer hy means of a flume, and when
dressed will be piled alongside the O. R.
& N. Co.'s railroad, ready for shipment
to any part of the countrj-7
"Warrendalc Cannery.
The Warrendale cannerj', owned by T.
J. McGowan & Sons, will begin operations
on Wednesday of this week, with a full
force. They will operate seven nets on the
upper river between the Cascades and
Corbett.
Gravity "Wntcrrrorks.
The town of Latourell Falls Is now
supplied with pure spring wafer by a
gravltj- sj'stem of works recentlj' put In
by Joseph Latourell. The water comes
from a spring high up on the mountain
and flows with a great pressure. The
charges are 50 cents for each faucet
Sandy Road District.
Road Supervisor T. L. Evans has about
30 men at work on the county roads In
his district, which lies between the Sandy
River and Rooster Rock. The roads are
being widened, and graded, and Several
steep hills have been cut down. The
Falls road will be graveled from Spring
dale to Grange Hall, a distance of three
miles, with gravel taken from the bed
of the Sandy River. When that section Is
finished, there will be a cood travel mni.
way the entire distance from Portland,
milieu is mnes. Much work Is also
being done In Ellis road district, further
cast, but the conditions are not so favor
able there for good roads, as the country
Is very hilly and the timber heavy, which
make the roads very hard to work.
Horses From Grant County.
Several Eastern Oregon stockmen are
located In different parts of the county
with bands of range horses, which they
are selling to the farmers here. About
50 head have been disposed of lately at
good prices. The animals come mostly
from Grant County, and are In excellent
condition and make good farm horses.
Aflre In Bed.
Mrs. Fred Crane, of Rockwood, was
nearly suffocated In bed last Saturday
morning. She had struck a match during
the night, and In some way a spark Ig
nited the bedclothes. Mrs. Crane went
to sleep again without noticing the spark
and was only awakened by the fire which
had burned a large hole in the quilts and
blankets. She was uninjured, but was
badly frightened.
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Lnnd Cases Settled.
rni0860 f J2 Oregon Land
Company vs. some 22 defendants In a suit
for ejectment, the case wan yesterday
dismissed as to 27 defendants by Judge
Bellinger, said defendants having effected
a -settlement with the company, and de
rrrurmv In five other cases were st for
hearing two weeks hence. Thcso defend
ants will probably atoo effect a settlement
with the company.
The lands in question are in Grass Val
ley. Harney Countj', and were originally
comprised In a grant to the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Companj-. The grant was
forfeited, and the Eastern Oregon Land
Company claimed title to th inni .
virtue of a wagon road grant. The Land
deportment refused to acknowledge (he
crablo number of persons did eo. Tho Innrt
company brought suit to ejec the settlers
and the decls'on cf the United States Sul
premo Court In the "overlap cases" gave
tho companj the ownership of the lands
In question, so the settlers had nothing
to, cto hut make the best possible terms
with the comrnnj-, but thev feel that
they have not been well used by the Gov
ernment. Preparing for Conference.
Rev. N. Pfcupp. of Salem, presiding elder
for th Portland district. Evangelical As
sociation, Is in the city making prepara
tions for the coming annual Oregon con
ference. whlch w31 convene in the German
Church May 1L There to much prelimi
nary work to be done before the confer
ence opens, and Mr. dhupp will be kept
busj' from now on. The Evangelical
churches also will make their arrange
ments for the entertainment of the mlnis
tera and lay delegates who will attend.
Bishop Bowman, who will preside at the
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wett,
conference. Is now in California holding
conference He will be in Portland May
10 in time to open the conference the fol
lowing morning.
EAST SIDE AFFAIRS.
Pccnlinr Case of Dementia- Other
Mnttcrs.
Tho friends of Christian Schroeder. an
old solcKer of the Civil War and an East
Side pioneer barber, who has a Shop on
Powell street, have found It necessary to
send him to tine .Asylum for the Irexme
at Salem. His dementia Is of a peculiar
character, and hae been, a long time de
veloping. It took a pronounced form short
ly after the war In South Africa began.
Ho was a violent opponent of the Brit
ish. The drift of his mind witWn the
past few weeks was evident to those who
patronized his shop, and the last man
who went there to get ehuved became
alarmed at his manner after his face had
been lathered and jumped through the
door Into the street. Members of the
Grand Army posts have been with him
almost constantly within the past few
weeks.
He became Imbued with the Idea that
be was posscesed of vast wealth, and
talked of the erection of great churchefl
for the benefit of the communltj-. Under
the lmpresrfon thtat he was worth at least
$2,000,XK), he proposed to put up a mag
nificent church near the Southern Pacific
carehops. costing $100,000. Churches carrj
Ing heavy Indebtedness were to be re
lieved. Arrangements were to be made
by which all old soldiers In the United
States were to receive $100 per month. In
Portland he proposed to erect a beautiful
memorial hall to i Grand Army of the
Republic, In which all the posts of tho
city 6hou!d hold their meetings. He
talked of establishing libraries and read
ing departments In connection with the
churches, and all his wild echemes were
philanthropic. Schroeder before his de
mentia was a man of Intelligence and wido
lrrformatlon. He has relatives in public
positions In Detroit. It was hoped that
he might recover, but It was finally
deemed best that he should be committed
to the Asylum, and ho was taken thoro
j'cstcrday.
Funeral of a. Pioneer.
The funeral of Walter Croxton. pioneer
of 1S52 and a well-known resident of the
ftate, took place j-esierdaj- afternoon from
Dunnlng.s undertaking parlors. Relative!
and many friends of the deceased were
present. Rev. H. "W. Kellogg, partor of
Taylor-Street Church, conducted the srv
Ices. In Gpeakinf: of Mr. Crox ton's af
fliction, he ssdd Ws life had beeh that
of a hero. For the past 22 vears. Dr.
Kellogg eald. his onerglfti had been paral-j-zc-d,
and he had beer compelled to sit
helpless in hl chair and wa4ch the mov
Ing of events, unable to tike part In the
activities so dear to a men of his abiiitj".
The entcrprtecs he sought to put on foot
languished for wint of his management.
Dr. Kellogg said that his life had In
deed boen wonderful. Twenty-two lon
j'ear5 chained to a chair ard held In in
activity had Indeed been a hard experl
ence, but could hardlj' be urden-tood by
the active man. He could not jo'n In the
struggle In tho erdeavcrs and efforts of
others. Dr. Kellogg eipoke with much elo
quwe. At the close of the services, tho
remains were conveyed to Lone Fir Ccm
eterj. The pall-bearers wore Dr. Pluiri
mer. Reed, Krletzer and Stewart.
Pnneral of E. A. Ilofcr.
The funeral of E. A. Hofer, the j-oung
man who died Monday evening, took place
j'ecterdcj- afternoon from the Third Pres
byterian Church. There was a great pro
fusion of white flowers, and many trib
utes were brought to the church by the
frlendi of the young man. The most at
tractive piece w?j that from the Chris
tian Endeavor Socletj-. of which he had
been em active and effective member. Dr.
McLean, the pastor, conducted the serv
ices. The choir at the opening sung "We
Shall Meet. But We Shall Miss Him."
The remarks of Dr. McLean were very
touching: as he referred to the short life
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of tho joung man and the worthjr exam
ple he had left when so many jxung men
are drifting: Into -vice and shiftleseness.
He had kept himself clan, noble and up
right. His Influence had alwaj-s been on
the rigbt side. At the close of the serv
ices In the church, tbe casket, banked
high with the floral tributes, followed by
the j-oung men of the Christian Endeavor
Socletj-, was moved to the hearse. Lone
Fir Cemeterj was the place of Interment.
Slock of Land Sold.
The block bounded by East Seventh and
East Eighth, East Washington and East
Stork streets, known as the old brewery
propertj-, has just been bought bj- Theo
dore Xlcolal. The price paid was 30O.
About one-half of the block Is solid and
high ground. On this are two cottages
and the old brewerj- building. The west
half is the low ground In the Asjium
SJough. It Is the intention of the new
owner to put up some cottages on the
ee&t noix arxl some sort of a factory
J building on the west half. The character
. of the factorj' is not j-et made public.
Enit Side Xoten.
I J. K. Lalng. formerly a Councilman of
J tho old East Portland cltj- government, la
very sick with the grip.
Henrietta Rcimer. the Infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harrj' Reimer, died yester
d&j', after a short Illness.
i Rev. T. C. Moffett, who has been pastor
of the Westminster Presbj-terian Church,
Holladay's addition, will leave for Colorado
thto week, where he will take work. Mr.
Moffett has been in Portland for a j-ear
and a half, and will leave manj' warm
friends. His successor. Rev. H. C. Tem
pleton. Is expected to arrive this week,
and be present at the services the coming
Sur.daj'.
The Pleasant Home school has closed,
with the followiig graduates: Belle Cum
ming. Mfcs Blackburn. Arthur Lusted and
Raj-mond Beagle. Countj- School Super
intendent Armstrong was present at the
exercises. There was a profusion of
flowers and a largo attendance from the
sirrrourdlngs.
There was a short programme rendered
at the Catholic fair !cjt evening in Go
mez Hall. Henry S. Rowe. Republican
nominee for Majxr. was present by invl-
I tation and was very kindlj- received. Mlai
Moslor cave a recitation. Misses Elizabeth
and Katie Hoben gave instrumental ductft
The attendance was large and there was
much interest dlspla-cx.
A party of Republican candidates and
some others will go to Sellwocd this even
ing to atterd the meeting of the Sellwood
Republican Club at Chat place. The club
is hoKeng meetings everj Wednesday
night. The meetings are held In the Fire
men's Hall and close to the Oregon City
Railway.
John A. Strowbrldge. of Powell's Val
lej was married to Mirs Sadie E. Wll
coxon, at Montlcello. Ind., April 19. They
are expeoted back In a short time. Mr.
Strowbrldge has long resided In Powell's
Valley, where he is well known.
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! NORTH TAMHILL, April 30. (To the
Editor.) How did tho Boers come Into
possession of the Transvaal? Have thej
owned It as far back as we have hlstorj",
or did they purchase it from the original
owners, or did thej take It bj- force from
the original owners, and in either case,
have thej- held" it from their first posses-
l sion to tho present time, as their lnde-
I pendent propertj-. and thej- themselves
as an Independent people? If they have
not. at what time were thej- subject to
other power or powers, and to what ex
, tent were thej- subject, and for what
cause did thej- become subject to other
I powers, and whj- did the Boers declare
j war with England?
' JEREMIAH WILLIAMS.
The Boers won the Transvaal from the
natives, and kept them off, with British
aid. Thej have been partly independent
and partlj- under British suzeralntj. Thej
! had need of British protection. The un
certainty of the status of these relations
between Great Britain and the Transvaal,
YEA
aiff
E Pinkham's
Cmpuad.
226, Romeo, Mich., writes:
Has made more absolute cures of Femalo
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Makes the menses painless and natural,
Overcomes Backache and Kidney Trou
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Exhaustion and Nervousness.
Helps women through childbirth, change
of life and all natural crises.
fi&.irji
I aggravated by other disputes, led to the
i .present waf. The questions left open, in
i 1SS4 are being settled now. The migra
tion from Cape Colony to the Transvaal
occupied 1S33-7. The first organized re
public dated from Januarj-, 1S52, and tho
first British protectorate from 1S77.
Xe-nr Directors of St. Panl & Duluth.
ST. PAUL. Minn., May 1. At a meeting
of the directors of the sit. Paul & Duluth.
Charles S. Mellen. president of the North
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elected members of the board.
First Governor of Ila-irnll.
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' of Hawaii. The formal announcement will
. be made when the list of Hawaiian of
i ficiate, to be appointed' by the President, la
complete.
The Gentle Voice of SprlngAnnonn-
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AXDERSOX. GTJSTAV. Attorney-at-Law...C13
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AXTPTEX. F. C. ilanager for Oregon and
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Des ileinefl. la 502-503
BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DES
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S "Weather Bureau 010
BEHXXE. H. V,'. Prin. Pernln Shorthand
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BENTAMIN. R W.. Denti-t 3U
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BROOKE. DR. J. M . Phys. &. Surg 70S-703
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BrSTEED. RICHARD. Agent WlUun & Mc-
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CA.RROLL. W. T.. Special Agent Mutual
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CLARK. HAROLD. Dentist 314
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DRAKE. DR II B.. Physician 312-513-311
DWTER. JOE. F.. Tobaccos 402
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EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder rtrect
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FENTON. DR. IflCKS C Eye and Ear 511
FENTON. MATTHEV. F.. Dentist SCO
FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION:
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GALVANI. W. II.. Engineer and Draughts
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GAVIN, A.. President Oregon Camera Club.
214-213-2IG-217
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GIESY. A. J.. Phslclan and Surgeon... 7C0-710
GODDARD. E. C. & CO.. Footwear
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HAMMOND. A. B , 310
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McCOY. NEWTON. Attorne7-at-Law 713
McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer 201
McGINN. HENRY E.. Attorney-pt-Law.3ll-3J3
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MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-314
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Mcelroy, dr. j. g.. Phys. & sur.701-702-703
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McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier.
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MILLER & ROWE. Real Estate. Timber
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MUTUVL LIKE INCURANCE CO.. of New
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