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THE MOKNING OKEGONIAX. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1900.
GOLDEN AGES
(Copyright. 1900, by
THE OREGONI AN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE:
XXV. VICTOR HUGO A?TD THE COL
DEX AGE OP FRENCU FICTIOX.
BY ARTHUR G. CAXFIELD. A. M.
In spite of the conflicting claims o Tari
ous schools and with all due rega.xJ to
the triumphs of later realism and to the
great and original talents that the pres
ent generation of novelists In France can
boast, it Is safe to say, -without trying
to be precise about dates, that the golden
age of French Action lies in the half
century between the first and the last of
the novels of Victor Hugo. When In 1S22.
he gave to the world the youthful and
fantastic "Han d'Islande" Alfred de Vlg
ny had not yet produced those historical
novels In -which the Imaginative realiza
tion of a past epoch learned from Walter
Scott la deepened and darkened by a pro
found and somber philosophy peculiarly
his own ("CinQ-Mara." "Stello"); Stend
hal bad not yet pointed the way to that
cruel and cynical observation of conduct
and analysis of motive that was to leave
such profound marks on the art of fiction
("Ie Rouge et le Jfolr," "La Chartreuse
de Parme"); Merlmee had written none
of those well-balanced masterpieces of
awift narration, vivid description and
characterization that will long remain
models in their kind ("Colomba," "Car
men," "IEnlevement de la Redoute");
Dumas! George Sand and Balzac were
etlll names unknown. When "Ninety
Three" appeared In 1S74 all of these were
dead but George Sand, and her last novel
had been written; the best work of Feull
let, Sandeau, Cherbullez and all that gen
eration -was already done; the main phases
of the evolution that the novel has ac
complished In this century were fully de
fined. Flaubert had long before started
realism on a new development -with
"Madame Bovary" (1S57); the brothers
Goncourt had brought it still further on
its way toward a scientific method and a
dependence on documentary evidence
, C'Renee Mauperin," "Germinie Lacer
teux"); Alphonse Daudet had already glv-
en proof of that rare combination of
sympathy and sentiment with penetrating
and minute observation and of that magic
gift of style that lend his novels such a
'3eculiar and individual charm ("Le Petit
Chose. Fromont Jeune et Risler Aine");
and Emile Zola had. drawn up the final
creed of naturalistic or experimental nov
el and had sketched the imposing outlines
of that series of "Rougon-Macquart" nov
els that were to furnish the "natural and
social history of a. family under the sec
ond empire."
From this array of names and there Is
not one of them that Is not represented
by some work of more than ordinary
merit it is clear that the age has been
as conspicuous for the great mass as for
the quality of What it has produced. But
in site again of the conflicting claims of
schools It may be maintained that among
all these considerable novelists there are
lour who in a special way dominate the
field Hugo, Dumas, George Sand and
Balzac.
This does not mean that these four have
been in all respects unsurpassed. tl is
quite likely that many would name on
their list of the greatest French novels a
majority by other wrlteis. It is even quite
certain that these have not been the most
important novelists, if we are thinking of
their literary influence and the effect of
their work upon the theory and practice
of the art of fiction.
No writers could well be more unlike
than these four masters of the novel, nor
could four well be chosen anywhere whese
works would present a greater variety of
qualities and interest. They well exhibit
the wide range of the noel as a liter
ary form and Its capacity for the most di
verse effects.
If Victor Hugo comes first on the list
of novelists, it is not so much by reason
of the fame of "Les Miserable:," which
is perhaps for the mass of English read
ers his only novel, but because he was
the great literary genius of his time, the
first man of letters of his century. Ths
novel was far frcm being his main in
terest. One sign of this, among many
others, is found In a peculiar feature of
his career as a novelist it Is made up
of two period, separated by the Interval
of a whole generation. From "Notre
Dame de Paris" (1S31) to "Leg Mlserables-'
(1S62) no part of his incessant activity
was given to the novel, though It was In
these years that it was ce.ebrating Its
great triumphs and assuming a new and
more serious Importance. especially
through the work of Balzac. And when
he came back to the novel in "Les ML
erables" there was little to chow that
these changes had had any effect on him.
"Les Miserablcs" and the novels that fol
lowed it are plainly from the same mind
as "Notre Dame." and were built upon
the same plan. In them all he is essen
tially a poet. Their qualities are poetic
qualities amplitude and grandeur of con
ception. Imaginative power. In "Notre
Dame" he Is a poet of 30. in the heyday
of romanticism, under the charm of the
historical Interest, in the exuberance of
youth; in "Les Miserables" he Is a poet
of 50. looking back on years of political
and social agitation and unrest, confront
ing from exile the somber perplexities of
his time, and reflecting on the past and
present of human affairs and institutions.
Each novel has for theme some large and
Imposing phase of our human lot. And
the mature poet became also a philoso
pher. The novels were to be philosophic
interpretations of history and life in cer
tain great and universal phases. But
what the reader remembers of these nov
els is not the philosophic" theme, but the
poetry of the details, the wealth of ideas,
the vividness of description, the intensity
of the situations, which, especially in the
later works, constantly tend to descend
to the melodramatic, the dazzling magic
of the language, and more than all, pe.
haps, the deep and ardent human sym
pathy that is all-pervasive in them, i.ic
Indomitable faith in humanity that irra
diates them.
With Alexandre Dumas we are In an
other world. Studious meditation on the
problems of man and society does not
enter this region. Dumas has no philo
sophic interpretations in his eye. He Is
too Intent on hunting the argument, as
Mr. Maurice Hewlett puts It. It Is not
wealth of Ideas that you shall find with
him, but wealth of energy, activity, ad
venture. His great gift is an InvenLve
imagination of exhaustless fertility and
unflagging vivacity. The moment a man
'or group of men Is presented to it, it
seizes them and they speed oft at full
gallop on a round of h!gh and exclth.g
deeds. There will be plot and counter
plot. Deep schemes will be undone by still
deeper ones, and marvelous obstacles sud
denly thrust in the waj will call out great
er marvels of daring and prowess to eur
mount them. The flushed face of achieve
ment "Mil never be "sicklied o'er with the
pale cast of thought," Here are no qualms
of conscience, no mental struggles, no tor
turing introspection and self-analysis, no
war between ideal and convention, no
carting care These are "historical ' nov
els: but do not expect painful solicitude
for the historic fact. The actors do not
disappear behind the costume or the
ccenery. but pursue their eager, ab
sorbed way equally unconcerned for time
and place.
George Sand is the novelist of the
heart. The spring of what she writes
!s always what she has felt. Her first
novel ("Indiana." "Leila") were little
else but the embodiment of her passion
ate quarrel with the Institution of mar
riage as It was conventionally understood
and practiced In France. They were pro
tests, against convention and In favor of
the free emotional life. Thej lack re
straint and wisdom, being the work of
youth, but they are sincere. In her re
volt against that standard of moral Judg
ment that underlay the marriage de con
venanee. and that left the voice of the
OF LITERATURE
Seymour Baton.)
DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
heart altogether out of the question In
laying the foundations of the sanctity of
the family, she at first erected that voice
Into an infallible oracle. But wider ex
perience tested disastrously in her own
life the worship of this divinity also, and
with her experience she won a wiser
view. Her hotly submissive heart was
allied to an eager mind that had the wid
est range of .sympathies and Interests.
She saw that society was ailing at more
than one point, and she threw herself
ardently Into that movement of soc.al
theories that so stirred France between
1830 and 18JS. Then her novels became .
pleas and arguments, sometimes terribly i
long-winded, for social reforms ("Le
Meunier d'Angibault"). But the perfect
masterpieces of her art came when she .
had left the preaching of social theories
and had withdrawn from the turmoil of
Paris to the quiet of the old country home '
at Nohant. There she produced these
Idyls of French peasant life ("La More au j
Dlable," "La Petite Fadetie," "Franco s j
le Champ!," "Les Maltres Sonneurs") that '
nave never oeen surpassed in their do
main, pictures of plain but strong, sweet
and wholesome country lives, in which
the heart still plays the commanding role.
VICTOR
but not with the passionate and stormy
violence of her younger years. The flame
of passion has burned down to a pure
glow, and a rich experience of life has
brought a ripe and mellow wisdom, which
sees that love, to bring forth its perfect
flower, needs to grow in good moral soil,
to have the support of a good and dis
ciplined will and the shelter of calm and
reasonable thoughts. No doubt we must
not seek here the faithful portrait of the
average French peasant. We shall miss:
from her farmer some of these qaullties
that often belong to him and some of those
things that always belong to his life;
those hard qualities and those unlove. y
things that Balzac and Zola dwell on so
persistently his greed of money, hi?
coarseness, his crushing toll, the smell
of the stable on his clothes. But for all
that her canvas Is not lacking in essen
tial truth, for she knew her peasants
from a long Intimacy, such as neither
Balzac nor Zola enjoyed. The source of
the difference is that what she saw and
dwelt upon especially was the Ideal part
of his possessions, for she believed In
tensely in the reality and power of that
ideal part. One could hardly desire a
better exponent and example of Idealism
in the art of fiction. With her, art was
not the pursuit of mater.al reality, but
the search for Weal truth. What she
would give us was not a faithful reflec
tion of the outward form and feature of
our human life, but a moving picture of
It, as it is In lte inner forces and capac
ities. Quite the opposite of all this Is Balzac.
He Is the great realist. He worships "the
god of things as they are." His gift Is
observation the keen, penetrating and
all-devouring glance. He watches the hu
man animal. He studies him, not with
sympathy, for he has scant respect for
him, but with an Insatiable curiosity. He
notes his every turn and motion, evtry
look and gesture. He strips off his mask,
exposes his hj'pocrlsy, pursues him Into
the privacy of those actions which he
supposes safe from the gaze of men, lays
bare the root of meanness and seltlshmss
and pricks the bubble of his respectabil
ity. And what he sees he writes. His
vast store of facts he pours out in his
novels. In the well-known Judgment of
Talne, Balzac Is. after Shakespeare, the
writer who offers the largest collection
of "human documents." One sees at once
on examining these documents the new
prevalence of things. The whole- materia!
background of our lives Is brought into
view. It has been said of Balzac that he
first gave us novels In which people eat.
His people are no abstractions. They are
not the mere masks of ideas, as Hugo'.n
sometimes are. They are not the Invin
cible conquerors of circumstance that
Dumas loves. They do not live by the
forces of heart and will and xn'nd, like
the heroes and heroines of George Sand.
They are creatures of flesh and blood,
obedient to instinct, amenable to hunger
and the other bodily appetites. They are
narrowly dependent on their material en
vironment, and they move in the midst
of all those things which both character
ize and determine them their clothes,
ornaments, houses, furniture, pictures,
china, gardens, horses and carriages and
all the rest.
Of the four names, Hugo, Dumas. Sand
and Balzac. It is Balzac's that has
loomed largest in the domain of the novel
as the years have flown. That is nartlv
his good fortune, for the pendulum of
tho world s thought, especially under the
impulse of the physical and biological
sciences and of the Idea of democracy,
has been swinging In the direction of his
view of the world, and everywhere more
and more men have felt themselves under
the sway of that "over-maetenng sense of
this present world" that was pre-eminently
his. But partly also t has been
well deserved; for bejond question he was
one of the most prodigious minds that.
have so far given themselves to the
novel.
University of Kansas.
Dncterla Good 'and Bad.
Chicago Tribune.
A chance of onlnlon s in hmu.io v
arisen among medical men. Hitherto It
nas Deen claimed tnat all bacteria were
injurious, but now the opinion is enter
tained by many that most of them are
harmless, althouch manv aro riv!riii- in
jurious, while a few are perhaps benefi
cial, ine aiseaee-produclng bacteria are
not nnlversaly present as are those that
are innocuous. The Philadelphia Medical
Journal points out that the harmfulncsa
HHHLb
of food depends upon the kind of germs,
not their number. An experimenter moist
ened an Innocent preparation of milk with
sterilized soup, and in 24 hours 100.000 colo
nies of bacteria had been developed, and
in 40 hours the colonies were Innumerable.
Ordinary flour and oatmeal were found to
be as rich in bacteria, while 10,000.000 are
found in each grain of good butter. The
bacteria are Incapable of development
when the food Is boiled, but even when
this is done thousands of living ones get
into it on Ita way to the mouth. The readi
ness with which the bacteria are ger
minated la made the text of a sermon
upon the importance of preventing contam
ination of all foods, and especially of such
foods as milk, which Is eaten without
being sterilized by cooking. The Medical
Journal insists upon a careful supervision
of milk supplies in the country as well as
In cities to ward off typhoid fever. The
housekeeper and sinltarian are able to
prevent the ravages of the harmful bac
teria because they have a narrow local
range and perish when exposed. The in
jurious bacteria are starved by being de
prived of places where they flourish, and
the best way to check theee and to pre
vent disease Is to keep houses, yards and
streets clean.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Hoir Trasts Raise Up Foes to De
utroy Themelve.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The war between, the rival refiners of
HUGO.
sugar Is Interesting, In more senses than
one. In the flrst place, the American
Sugar Refining Company has bten ac
cepted as a sort of archtype of the giant
monopolies which have abused the corpor
ate principle. In order to wring bloated
profits from the necessities of the con
suming masses. It has been held by many
shrewd men of affairs that the competitive
method of business would, in the end, be
found effective, and that the overgrown
concern would thus fall to pieces of Its
own weight. Up to the present time, this
hope has been entirely delusive. One, af
ter another, the most powerful competitors
have been merged with the trust, and. If
current rumor be not entirely at fault,
the Arbuckles have followed the example
of Claus Spreckels and others who have
acted on the belief that refineries are built
to sell.
Then, again, it must never be forgotten
that the business of refining sugar has
long been a mere side issue with the mas
terful men, who know by experience that
the real margin of profit lies in the manip
ulation of the securities which drift about
Wall street, under the black flag of mys
tery and double-dealing. Sugar stock
fluctuates in value with such exceeding
quickness as to present an Irresistible
temptation to the guileless outsider, who
seeks to achieve fame and fortune by
guessing numbers off the blackboards of
the great exchanges. Of course, the In
siders play with loaded dice, but they have
never yet been without ready and willing
victims.
For some weeks' past there have been
reports that the Standard Oil party medi
tate a corner In sugar, and the syratlons
of the stock have lent color to the story.
It is hardly necessary to say that such a
coup would be the merest child's play for
the multimillionaires, who have amassed
unimaginable wealth through the favorit
ism ot the common carriers of the land.
The first step In such a programme would
be the acquisition ot a controlling Interest
in the company Itseli. the next move
would be In the direction of beguiling the
public Into selling the stock "short." As
the actual certificates would repose in the
strong boxes of the clique, the bears would
:lmply have to pass under the "Caudtne
Forks" of their remorseless antagonists.
Such transactions are of comparatlvelj
little moment, so far an tnelr purely spec
ulative phases are concerned; but the case
is different when they come to be viewed
as symptoms of a deep-seated disease.
How many people have ever grasped the
meaning of the accumulation ot SIOO.COJ.OOO,
resting In the pmcsslon of a single man.
and breeding on the principle of compound
interest? It must be renumbered that the
cdlossal fortunes are Invested In the cer
tainties of life, and that the unfailing ln
comes thus d- rived ere beyond the taxing
power of Nation, state or city. The hu
man brain Is Incapable of taking In the ul
timate meaning of a state of affairs so un
exampled and so menacing; but If history
bo philorophy teaching by example, there
can be no doubt ps to th" direction is
which we are drifting. Against a distfi
bution of wealth so terribly unequal, the
masses of men will hurl themselves in
vain. In the end. even the millionaires
will disappear from the scene, and a few
multimillionaires will hold control of the
luxuries and the necessities of life, with
an Iron clutch. The keenest vision can
not penetrate the cloud-curtain of the fu
ture, but one neds no gift of prophecy to
foretell that the logic of the time Is un
dermining many things which now seem
as solid as adamant. Americans of all
parties, and of none, are pondering this
mighty question In a silence that Is most
ominous. A solution must soon be found,
or the Republic will become the victim of
its own overflowing prosperity. ,
NO LOST TIME.
You can leave Portland on the Portland-Chicago
Special after breakfast, and
yet reach Cnlcago or New York as soon
as those who leave via other routes the
day before. Remember, there Is no
change of cars via the Union Pacific
between Portland and Chicago. Pullman
palace and tourist sleepers, dining cars.
buffet smoking and library cars, barber
shop and pleasant reading-rooms. City
ticket office, 13S Third street. Telephone
Main SOS.
But You Know Xow.
Chicago Chronicle. Dem.
Oregon votes next Monday, but as the
result is dubious we decline to say wheth
er it will be of "tremendous importance"
or of "purely local significance."
Biliousness. rttTzln-K tinus!? hfndnnhf
are relieved by small do.rc of Carter a I
Little Liver Pills. J
CANT AND THE CANTEEN
METHODIST VIEW OF THE "Sl." OF
ARMY DRIXKIXG DISCUSSED.
Practical Question In Ho-rr to Pre
vent Excesnlve Imbibing Canteen
the Beat Mean for Purpose.
We printed on Sunday a very earnest
Lal1? a very sood-tempered letter from
a Methodist clergyman, Mr. Cornish, on
our recent remarks with reference to the
Methodist general conference and the can
teen In the Army, says the New York
Times. Every sincere contribution to such
- uiscussion as this is to be welcomed.
To us it seems that the discussion Is of
the first Importance, since by the consent
of everybody concerned It affects the
physical and moral welfare of the enlist
ed men of the United States Army. The
practical question is how to prevent them
thJnSulSPSF .to xcess- The officers of
the United States Army say that the can
teen is the best means yet devised for
this purpose. It enables soldiers to do
their drinking, if they must drink. In
such conditions as render It extremely
,kly that they wUl dr,nk to excess.
The Methodist general conference says.
In effect, that It does not In the least
matter whether the canteen promotes
temperance or not. It la a covenant with
death and an agreement with hell. The
n,!r.n,,e for the Am' k absolute pro
hibition. If prohibition in name means
drunkenness In practice, that Is a detail.
The main point Is that to connive at any
drinking whatever Is sinful, even If con
nivance leads to temperance and the pro
hibition to drunkenness. The legalized grog
business Is sin," says our correspondent,
and refuses to go any further.
In the first place, what warrant has
anybody for saying that the recognition
of facts by the law is a "legalization" of
them? In the second place, what war
rant has anybody for saying, as the
Methodist general conference says, and
our correspondent repeats, that to legal
ize, which Is to say not to prohibit, the,
sale of intoxicating liquors is a "sin"?'
Who made it a sin? Protestant nations
have not got rid of the Pope in order to
put another Pope in his place, whose de
liverances, shall be binding upon their
consciences. It does not matter whether
the other Pope calls Itself the Methodist
general conference or by any other name.
Its pretensions to invent and classify new
sins are opposed to the essential spirit
of Protestantism. "Confute "me." said
Luther, "either by proofs from Scripture
or by plain. Just arguments." That Is
what any Protestant of our day may well
say, to whom a conference of papal pre
tensions says that the liquor question is
outside the pale of reason and Judgment
and evidence, that it must not be Judged
by the actual efficacy of the means adopt
ed to dlmjnsh the admitted evils of In
temperance, that you must not recognize
the practice of drinking in order to regu
late It. because to recognize it is "sin."
We said that such a state of mind as that
denoted by the proceedings of the con
ference must proceed either from hypoc
risy or from fanaticism. Distinctly the
pretension of any man, or of any body
of men, to declare that any use whatever
of Intoxicating liquor is "sin," is fanati
cal, and fanatically Insolent. When we
said that the only excuse for the action
of the conference was Ignorance we of
course did not mean, as our correspond
ent seems to have talcen us to mean,
general Ignorance, but only ignorance of
the actual workings In the Army of
nominal prohibition on the one hand and
of the regulation of the canteen on the
other.
And yet the fanatical view, the view
that the people of the United States are
bound to admit and act upon the sinful
ness of. a sin which has been Invented
within the lifetime of living men, and
which has been adopted Into the catalogue
of sins of the Methodist general confer
ence. Is the only ground upon which nom
inal prohibition can be defended as
against the regulation provided by the
canteen. As soon as It Is admitted that
the question of promoting temperance in
the Army is a practical question, to be
settled in accordance with the proved
adaptation of means to ends, the Meth
odist general conference has not a foot
to stand upon. We have referred once
or twice to the testimony given by 'Col
onel Mills, the superintendent of the
Military Academy, to the Board of Visi
tors of that Institution. We reprint the
relevant part of it. The superintendent
was speaking of the prohibition of the use
of tobacco at West Point:
"The regulation was made by the Sec
retary of War with the Initiative of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
and organizations of that kind through
out the country, who are often actuated
by what they consider the best motives,
but I think they made a mistake, and
this regulation Is a mistake. But I would
not like to have this rule changed. 1
think there would be a howl throughout
the country by the people who are making
an assault on the canteen in the Army,
which has done more for discipline and
the contentment of the men than any
other one thing that has been done for
the army. My experience and the "records
of Fort Custer, Mont, will show that for
the first year after Its establishment there
violations from drunkenness were reduced
between 70 and 75 per cent. Fort Custer
was an ideal place for'a test of this kind.
It was In the middle- of a big Indian res
ervation, and far away from any town.
Before the regulation went into operation
tho post trader was in control: He sold
beer loaded with alcohol, and Sand Hill
sherrj't which would drivo a man crazy
If ho drank enough- of It. When pay-day
came around, the guardhouse would be
filled with soldiers. When the trader was
closed up and the canteen established,
there was no perceptible Increase In tho
number put Into the guardhouse after
pay-day; probably there would be five
or six soldiers In all. The soldier was
given the cho'ce of beer of good quality,
but the endeavor was not made to induce
him to drink beer, but by providing other
amusements he was encouraged to dimin
ish the resort to beer."
Tho Adjutant-General reports that the
experience of Colonel Mills Is the experi
ence of 93 per cent of the officers who
have reported upon the effect of the can
teen. In other wordf the practlcally
unanlmous testimony of the Army is that
the canteen Is an agency for the promo
tion of temperance, and that nominal pro
hibition Is an agency for the promotion of
intemperance. There is simply no gain
saying the testimony of such a cloud of
witnesses, who are, moreover, the very
men most warmly Interested in the effi
ciency and well-being of the soldiers. The
lescon of It can be rejected only by saying,
as tho Methodist General Conference has
In effect said, that practical results have
nothing to do with the question. If rec
ognition by the Government of any use
of Intoxicating liquors be a "sin," as the
Methodist General Conference has out of
its own Inner consciousness declared, then
the man who accepUi the declaration may
say that prohibition ought to be pro
claimed even though the consequence of
the prohibition were that every soldier
in the Army should fill a drunkard's
grave. But If that be not fanaticism, we
are at a loss to give an illustration of
what fanaticism is.
Early Morning? In Connemara.
Donahoe's.
The adaptability of those fine, smoothly
sanded roads for motoring or cycling is
simply Ideal. Those perfect roads are ever
in perfect order and entirely innocent ot
loose stone or pebbles, a condition due to
an absorbent sub-soil, coupled with a suf
ficiency of good clayless sand and a lack
of traffic
There Is at once a solemnity, a grand
eur, and a romantic freedom In careering
over this vast seml-untenanted waste; the
numberless lakes, mountain peaks.
streams, glens and chasms constitute It a
delightfully enjojnble touring arena. At
early morning when a fiery sun lights up
the glittering dew-bedlamoned landscape,
the spell of a delicious quiet reigns para
mount; it is fascinating beyond measure,
away from the busy haunts of men, to
wheel along some precipitous mountain
ridge overhanging the s:a beneath. In
such moments one extends his limbs, or
expands his chest. Inhaling big draughts
of Heaven's glorious oxygen, and asks. Is
this sweet, undrcamed-of sensation real
ity, or Is. it only some transitory day
dream. Yes. one then keenly appreciates
Adam Lindsay Gordon, in:
On the tall cliff rugged and gray.
With the surf at my feet.
And betyeen my teeth
The stem of the soothing- clay.
MEETING OF BIRD LOVERS.
Friends of the Songster to Gather
at Unitarian Church. Today.
At A o'clock this afternoon, in the rooms
of the Unitarian Ch'-ch, there will be
organized a society to fpstcr and protect
Oregon's feathered songsters. Rev. W.
R. Lord, pastor of the First Unitarian
Church, who has been an aggressive work
er for the beautiful birds of this state to
secure them from wanton destruction, is
largely instrumental In exciting interest in
this meeting. There are many persons
whose admiration for the Innocent little
warblers enlist their ardent sympathies,
who would gladly co-operate In any move
ment for further protection and care. That
all such public-spirited citizens may Join
forces and conduct organized campaigns
is the purpose of the proposed society.
Oregon's birds are a matter of great
pride to persons capable of appreciating
feathered beauties. In the past some ex
cellent work has been aone by Individuals
in importing song birds. That nature is
not so careful In distribution as to give
each locality all the birds that are adapted
to Its climate, is evident from the sur
prising increase of the Mongolian pheas
ant imported by Judge O. N. Denny to
Oregon. This state is now blessed with
one of the finest game birds of the coun
try, in plentiful numbers, within a very
few years after it was first Introduced
from - the Orient. The same work on
smaller scale has been done for some song
sters. The skylark, or marvelously rich
and inspiring notes, had a poor substitute
here In the meadow lark. Enterprising
citizens brought a few of the skylarks,
and while they do not propagate like
pheasants, they seem to have a hold that
means a permanent stay. For the man
who -brought to the state the English spar
row there are but few words of praise, al
though his Intentions were beyond re
proach. '
It is not solely to import new birds that
the society is to be organized this after
noon. Oregon has birds of peculiar char
acteristics, which are eminently worthy
of preservation. There Is a wanton spirit
of destruction In many nosoms, which
wreaks cruel and wasteful loss on the
weaker animal subjects of man. In every
advanced community societies have been
organized to study out these wrongs and
rectify them so far as possible by throw
ing around the little tribesmen of the air
the strong arm of the law. As the hu
mane soelety protects animals of the do
mestic order from excesses, the bird so
ciety will protect birds, and especially
songsters, by every means possible.
All lovers of birds are urged to attend
this meeting. It may mean much to the
beauties of the state.
WAGONLOAD OF MONEY.
This Wan Required to Pay Duty on
Cnrgo of Grain Bnfrs.
When bags of money are loaded on an
express wagon and hauled from one place
to another In the city as potatoes are.
there should be no complaint of a scarc
ity of money In that locality. That is
what happened in Portland yesterday af
ternoon. A one-horse wagon drove up to
Ladd & Tllton's Bank and two or three
stout young men began to carry out
bags of coin and load on the wagon. Some
of them could carry two bags at once.
Others carried only one. When nearly
1000 pounds of the precious stuff had been
plied on the wagon, the men Jumped on
and drove away.
A small crowd gathered, and hungrily
looked on as the bags were "heaped up.
One man declared that he had never seen
money handled like "spuds" before, and
gave It as his opinion that somebody was
preparing to pay his election bets.
This was not what the money was for,
however. It was to pay the duty on a
cargo of grain bags, which arrived here
on the Wendur from Calcutta.
Uncle Sam's charges in this matter
amounted to about $90,000. That is con
sidered by the average man as a pretty
good sum, yet Portland firms did not
think anything of paying out that amount
as duty on the shipload of sacks
Of the wagon-load of money. $14,000 was
in silver: $1000 to the ibag. This weighed
In the neighborhood of S50 pounds. Then
there -was $16,000 in gold, -weighing be
tween 100 and 200 pounds. The re
mainder was In currency, and the entire
load would have made a tempting morsel
for the hold-up man.
ANOTHER LOW RATE EAST
On account of the Democratic conven
tion to be held at Kansas City. July 4,
the O. R. &. N. has placed in effect thj
extremely low rate of $60 for the round
trip to Kansas City and return. At the
same time tickets are sold to Kansas City
tickets will also be sold to St. Paul and
return at the came rate, $30.
Three trains dally via the O. R. & N
with through cars direct to St. Paul and
Kansas City. Time to St. Paul Is 70 hour
time to Kansas City is 71 hours. Ticket
office, 80 Third street, corner Oak. Tele
phone. Main 712.
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To Congratulate the Mayor-Elect.
A full representation of all the Repub
lican clubs of the East Side met last even
ing at 51 Grand avenue, office of C. N.
Rankin, to make arrangements to con
gratulate Henry S. Rowe on his elecoion
as Mayor of the city of Portland. Or.
the short notice given there was a largo
attendance, and much interest was dis
played In the proceedings. After th
meeting had been called together it was
finally decided that Monday evening be
selected as the time, as Saturday night
woo considered too early. This settled,
on motion, it was decided to appoint a
committee from nil portions of the East
Side. The following were named: S. R.
Mason, R. F. Robinson. John P. Sharkey
Gus Logus, M. A. McEachern, J. E
Reinkie, F. A. Bailey. J. T. Gregg. E. c!
Robinson. Frank Melvln. Dr. L. M. Mel
vin. E. M. Carson. Th's committee was
empowered to make all the arrangements
neccsarv. After me further dK-vusslon,
the meeting adjourned to give the com!
mlttee opportunity to commence work.
The comm'ttee decided that the residents
he invited to assemble at Grand and Hol
laday avinues at 8 o'clock Monday even
ing, to proceed to the home of the Mnvor"
elect. Good musfc will be provided. Res
ident from all portions of th clv are
Invited to take part, as the nffalr Is not
confined to the Eoet SId. Further an
nouncements will be m.,'d wh- all th
arrangements are oompMpd. The com
mittee also extends an Invitation to al'
flubs of the city to send representative
and participate, without regard to party.
Oonntcrfeltinp: PIctnres.
Art Amateur.
There Is no doubt that the counterfeiters
of paintings by well-known artists are
hard at work In anticipation of the rush
of halMnformed picture buyers to the
Paris exposition. One well-known plc'ure
dealer Informs us that Brusse'o and Am
sterdam are full of spurious old masters,
and he Instances the case of a picture sold
by him about a year ago which has
turned up In the former city bearing a
name more famous than that of Its au
thor, and priced at 10 times the amount
for which he had sold It. From another
source we 'learn that two of the most
famous falsifiers of pictures In Europe,
GattI and Vogler. are rushed with orders
for their specialties, among which they
now Include pictures which are expected
to pass for the work of the late Alfred
Slsley. The London picture factories are
turning out old English paintings by the
dozen, and the -unscrupulous buyer may
obtain Sir Joshuas, Galnsboroughs, and
Romneys for 10 to 20 apiece. An ex
pert appraiser at the New York Custom
House tells us that he saw there lately
three dozen false Montlcellls and other
pictures on the same day. Everything
that will bring a good price Is being
counterfeited. A certain American art
ist, of somewhat inflated reputation, is
proudly going about announcing that he is
among the victims. This is. of course, a
method of self-advertising, like the period
ical robberies of actresses' jewels, but we
have every reason to believe that the
painter's claim Is true.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
Raymond "Whltcomb
Excursion
A Brown wife
Mrs Belle 31 Lawrence
Miss L J C Daniel
Mrs E E Clark
MIs A D Barton
Bernard Jenny
Mrs C A CofHn
H C Newhart. Denver
F C Bailey. Chicago
Geo Bovvhlll. Chicago
M S Hyland. Chicago
Mrs S J Chadwlck.
Colfax
Miss Chadwlck. Salem
Mrs Robt Lutke. city
Mrs Claud Gatch.Salcrn
Miss Alice Coffin
Mrs J S Bartletf
Miss Jennie Coflln
;Mlss M Kneer. Peoria
Josephine D Crocker,
Ashland
Walter Burns & wife
Mrs W H Kellner
Miss Edith Kellner
J P Bassett
Mrs F F Baldwin
Mrs E J Towne
Miss F M Robinson
Mla S E Robinson
S C HoHey & wife
Mrs C H Johnson
A O Hewitt
S H Cllne, San Fran j
Mr & Mrs E A Brlnck
erhorT. Englewood.XJI
A J MInard. Chicago
Mr & Mrs A Hemphill,
I Chicago
Odell "Wilson. X Y
E J Senk. San Fran
Ph Jacobovles. San Fr
R Brent Mitchell, Jr.
Alameda. Cal
Lcland S Foulke, do
Franrls Fitch. Medford
S H Emanuel
Wm Ellery. Boston
Go M Herzlgr. JJ Y
Mr & Mrs E M Hamil
Miss Brinckrrhort. do
ton, England
Margaret Brlnckerhoff.iA Pigeon & wf, Boston
Englewood. X J ! J A Barham. Sant Ro&a
Janet Brinckerhoff. do .Mrs J A Barham. do
M Mochen, vet & dtr.
Miss Barham. do
Dr & Mrs H Kreuts-
man. San Francisco
Master H Kreutzman,
San Francisco
wiuows. cal
C D Slocum. Boston
J A Cranston. Portlnd
E W McComas & wife.
Pendleton
C M Cram. Pendleton
F AV Kettenbach, Lew-
Iston. Idaho
Geo H Kester.LewIston
u L, Knight & wife.
oisom. ual
I Bart F Bretherton. Kf
John B Agen, Seattle (Henry Doyle. San Fran
H J Eads. St Paul
T J Kelly. San Fran
F Strong. Eugene
C St Hllo. Eugene
R L Ross. X Zealand
M E St Hllo, do
W M Welch. do
Harry E Lewis. S F
IG F Derrick. San Fran
Phil Sellg. San Fran
John H Eames & wife
(Chicago
Ike New, Chicago
iF H Powell. Chicago
Win A Plnkerton. Chgo
V Starr Whlton. do
Columbia River Scenery.
Regulator Line steamers, from Oak
street dock, dailv. except Sundays. The
Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks,
and return. Call on, or 'fone Agent for
further Information.
THE PERKINS.
E M Lalley. Hammond
Bert Seydel. Chlppeira
Hilda Jamison. Marys
vllle .
2B.U3
E L Heath. Seattle
i Peter McCIung, Pom-
eroy. Wash
Mrs Peter McClung. dc
Miss McClung, do
J A Laughead. Bandon
Mrs J A Laughead. do
J S Bradlev. Hrldal il
Mrs Capt Stuart, Fort
uan&y, wash
Alex Bremmer.Astorla
J W Kennedy, Spokn
i t? xviiig, ;u
jas x urqunart, DalIesXrs E J Dunphy &.
Hugh Ferguson, Gol- chdn. Gr Forki. N D
dendale Emma Gray. Astoria
E F.Schneider, North Mrs O N Williams, do
Yamhill M Young. Astoria
C S Barry, Sauvle's IChas Butler, Pt Townsd
Mrs Barry, Sauvle's 1 Donald McGowan, An-
u it Joraan, sauvle s telope. Ur
J P Wagner, Forest Gr
Ira Hallsteftcr. Fossil
F a Grlffln. Taeoma
Mrs Grlffln. Taeoma
C R Baker. Boise
A C Haley, Pendleton
Jas T Lanson. Taeoma'
Wm H Derr. Lincoln
C "W Rollins. San FrawG L Baker. Xew York
A H 'Wlllette. BridalVlfMrs Baker, Xew York
J W Stearns, PullmanlM A Miller, Lebanon
W L AVhltmdre. Chgo M Levy, Astoria
THE IMPERIAL.
C. W. Knowles, Manager.
E "W Haines, Forest GJ H Raley, Pendleton
F W Worchester, Lou
C H Chapman. Dallas
lsvllle
Mrs AVorchester, do
J H Kunzle, Seattle
R S Bryson, Corvallls
Wm Bird. New York
E B Henry, Klam FIIs
H Harklns, Seattle
Frank Clarenger, Day
G W Potter. Chemawa
J S Lackey, Astoria
Mrs Lackey. Astoria
W P Connway. Moscow
J S Cooper, lndp. Or
A E Anderson, Fort
Douglas, la
L M Brown. Bums
ton
F F PJowdcn. San Fr
Mrs J K Wright. LaGriAnna Metschan. Tacom
Miss Jessie Duncan. !C E Vilas. Seattle
Detroit Jos L Warner. Alamo
Walter Topham. OakldlGeo Russell. Oakland
W L Whltmore. city Dr E V Hoover. Hosebg
W A Hunter. W II ChlRev W E Copeland. Sa
John A Carson. Salem lem
Mrs Wm J Clark, Ger-IH R Xewbauer. San Fr
vats. Or (Mrs Xewbauer. San Fr
Mrs Merrlman. McMlnjE Valentine. Seattle
Mary Chadwlck. SalemMrs Valentine. Seattle
John E Gratke, AstorIaF C Reed. Astoria
J Falck. Walla Walla -Mrs J S Delllnger. dc
Mrs Falck, Walla IV IR S Spencer, Astoria
J H Rosenburg,PrInevlMrs Spencer, Astoria
Ilotel Hmnsvriclr, Seattle.
European: first class. Rates, 75c and up. One
block from depot. Restaurant next door.
Tseoraa Hotel, Taeoma.
Strictly first-class: newly furnished
throughout: tourist headquarters.
LIVELY LIVERS
Perfect PurificationtheOnly
Life Prolonger.
Keep the Sewerage System Open It
You Want to Enjoy Many Years of
Health and Happiness. The
Advice of Rcaqon.
The liver is the biggest organ In the hu
man body, and has lots of work to ao.
It passes Judgment on the food we cat,
separating the useful from the useless.
All food must pass the liver. AU food
must go this one way, and if the liver Is
lazy and doesn't attend to its duties, all
the other organs suffer.
It Is Just like stopping the engine in a
factor-. All the rest of the machines are
thrown out of work until it starts up
again.
Another duty of the liver Is to take the
bile out of the blood and send it into the
bowels, where it acts as a sort of lubri
cant and helps the undigested matter out
of the body.
If the liver does not act properly, the
bile goes wrong, remains in the blood,
makes yellow-greenish complexion, "liver
spots," and causes all kinds of aches,
pains and sickness.
The liver must be kept lively and at
tending to its duties, and the safest, sur
est, simplest way is to use Cascarets Can
dy Cathartic, the Ideal laxative, agreeable
to the taste, convenient hi form, antisep
tic, and a fine stomach tonic. They purify
the blood, never grip nor gripe, and do
their work mildly but positively.
Buy and try Cascarets today. You'll
find that It's what they do. not what we
say they'll do. that proves their merit.
All druggists. lPc. 25c. 50c or by mail for
price. Send for booklet and free sample.
Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago,
Montreal, Can., or New York.
This is the CASCARET TABLET.
Every tablet of the only genulno
Cascarets bears the magic letters
"CCC." Look at the tablet before
you buy, and beware of frauds.
Imitations and substitutes.
THISTLES AND DAWDRUFF.
An Interesting: Parallel and a Val
uable Deduction Therefrom.
Cutting down thistles no more relieves
the land of thistles than does scouring
the scalp cure dandruff. In each case per
manent relief can only come from eradi
cating permanently tho cause. A germ
that plows up the scalp In searching for
the hair root, where it saps the vitality,
causes dandruff, falling hair, and bald
ness. If you kill that germ, you'll have
no dandruff, but a luxuriant suit of" hair.
Newbro's Herplclde Is the only hair prep
aration In the world that cures dandruff,
falling hair and baldness by killing the
germ. "Destroy the cause, you remove
the effect."
THIS BADGE
Is an "emblem of
consideration" and
s gnlfie's the wear
er's intention to
help the Retail
Cle.ks and mer
chants to shorter
hours by making all
purchases before S
P. M.
1&J
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THE PALATIAL
QUI BUILDING
Xot a. dark oftlce In the bnlldlnsi
Absolutely fireproof: electric lights
and arteitian -rrnterj perfect sanita
tion and thorough vcntllntlon. Elc.
valors ran day and night.
Room.
ALDRICH. S. W.. General Contractor C10
AXDERSOX. Gt:PTVV. Attornev-at-Lnw...r,ia
ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell. Mgr..800
AT'STEX. F. C. Manager for Oregon and
Washington Bankers' Life A.iwciattcn. of
Des Molnen. la 002-503
BAXKERS- LIFE ASSOCIATION". OF DU3
MOIXES. IA.:F. C. Austen. Manager. 502-303
BBALS, EDWARD A.. Forecast Offlclal U.
S Wenther Bureau ...010
BEXJAMIX. R W.. Dentin 31
BIXSWAXGKR. DR. O. S.. Phys. A Sur 410-111
BROOKE, DR. J. M.. Phys. & Surs 703-703
BROWX. S1YRA. SI. D r.13-314
BRUERE. DR. G. E.. Physician 412-413-iU
BUSTEED. RICHARD. Acent Wilson & Me-
Callay Tobacco Co C02-603
CAUKIX. O. E.. District Agent Traveler
Insurance Co. 71S
CARDWELL. DR. J. R 504
CARROLL. W. T.. Special Agent Mutual
Rcerve Fund L'fe As'p MH
COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPAXT
O04-co5-x5-no7-ri3-6i4-rn
CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phyn. an.l Furceon 200
COVER. F. C.. Cashier Equitable Llfrt 30
COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher: S. P. McGutre.
Manager 415-419
DAY. J. C. A I. X 31S
DAVIS. XAPOLEOX. President Columbia
Telephone Co Wt
DICKSOX. DR. I. F.. Physlclin T 13-71 4
DRAKE. DR. H. B.. Physician 012-513-314
DWTER. JOE. F.. Tobaccos 4C3
EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth floor
EQUITABLE LIFEASSTJRAXCE SOCIETY:
L. Samuel. SlanaKer: F. C Cover. Cashler.308
EVEXIXO TELEGRASr .125 Alder rtrect
FEXTOX. J. D..Phyrician and Sumeon. 509-510
FEXTOX. DR. HICKS C Eye and Ear 511
FEXTOX. S1ATTHEW F.. Dentint 5C9
FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSCCIATIOX:
E. a Stark. Slanaiwr COt
GALVAXL W. H.. Enslneer and Draughts
man coo
GAVIN. A.. President Orejcon Camera Club.
214-2I3-21C-217
GEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician and
Sunreon 212-213
GEBBIE PUB. CO.. Ltd.. Fine Art Publish
ers; SI. C. McGruvj-. Slgr 513
GIESY. A. J.. Phj.ilelan and Furseon... 700-710
GODDARD. E. a & CO.. Footwear
Ground floor. 120 Sixth street
GOLDSfAX. WILLIAM. Slanaper Manhattan
Life Insurance Co. of Xew York 209-210
GRANT. FRANK S.. Attorner-at-Law C17
HAMMAM BATHS. King & Compton. Prore.303
HASTMOND. A. B. ' ..',..,...310
HEIDIXGER. GEO. A. A CO.. Pianos and
Organn 131 Sixth street
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phys. A Sur. .504-303
IDLEJfAX. C SL. Attorney-at-Law..41C-:7-13
JOHNSON. W. C 315-310-317
KADT, SIARK T.. Supervisor of Agents
Mutual Reserve Fund Life As3n 6O4-C0J
LAMOXT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen
eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co COt
LITTLEFIF.LD. H. R.. Phys. and Surgeon.. 2ut
MACRU3I. W. 5.. Sec. Oregon Cimera Club.2H
MACKAY. DR. A. E., Phyn. and Surg. .711-712
MAXWELL. DR. W. E.. Phys. A Surg. .701-2-3
SlcCOY. XEWTOX. Attorr.ey-at-Law 715
McFADEX. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer 201
McGIXX. HEXRT E.. Attorney-dt-Law. 311-313
McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers' Representa
tlve 303
METT. HEXRY 213
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist and
Oral Surseon C0S-C09
SIOSSMAX. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-314
MAXHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of
New Tork; W. Goldman. Manager 209-210
SIUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N;
Mark T. Kady. Supervisor of Agnts..604-C01
Mcelroy, dr. j. g.. Phjs. &. sur. 701-7112-703
SIcFARLAXD. E. B.. Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co. 809
McQUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier.
Publ'sher 413-413
SIcKISI. MAURICE. Attornpy-at-Law 3WJ
SIILLER & ROWE. Real Estate. Timber .
and Farming Lands a Specialty 700
MUTUAL LIFE IXCURANCE CO.. of Xew
York: Wm. S. Fond. State Mgr. .404-405-404
NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorne-at-Law.713
XILES. M. L.. Casnier Manhattan Life In
surance Co.. of Xew Tork .....203
OREGOX INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY:
Dr. L. B Smith. Osteopath 40S-4C9
OREGOX CAMERA CLUB 214-215-21C-2I:
POXD. WM. S.. State Slanage- Mutual Life
Ins. Co. of Xew York. 404-405-409
PORTLAND PRESS CtUB 501
PORTLAND EYE AX DEAK INFIRMARY.
Ground floor. 133 Sixth street
PORTLAXD MINING A TRUST CO.; J. IL
Marshall. Manager 513
QUIMBY. L. P. W.. Game and Forestry
Warden 71G-717
ROSENDALE. O. M.. Metallurgist and Min
ing Engineer 013-513
REED A SIALCOLM. Opticians. 1.33 Slxst street
REED. F. C. Fish Commissioner .....407
RYAX J. B.. Attorney-at-Law 417
FASIUEL. L-. Manager Equitable Life 20i
SHERWOOD. J. W.. Peput Supreme Com
mander. X. O. T. SI 317
SMITH. Dr. L. B.. Osteopath 40S-40J
SONS OF THEASIER1CAN REVOLUTION. SOU
STARK. E. C. Executive Special. Fidelity
Mutual Life Asscclatlon of Phlla.. Pa... .001
STUAltT. DELL. Attcrney-at-Law.... C17-i:iS
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-703
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND X. P.
TERMIXAL CO 70
STROWHRIDGE. THOS. H.. Executive Spe
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SUPERIXTEXDENTS OFFICE 201
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F.. Dentist 610-611
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU 9O7-0OS-UOa-Ul
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retary Xatlve Daughters 710-717
WHITE. SUSS L. E.. Assistant Secretary
Oregon Camera Club 21
WILSOX. DR. EDWARD X.. Phys. A Sur.301-J
WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phis. A Surg. .706-707
WILSOX. DR. HOLT C. Phi a. A Surg.5o7-30S
WILSON A McCALLAY TOBACCO CO.:
Richard Busteed. Agent 602-C0J
WOOD. DR. W. L., Physician 412-413-414
WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO... 613
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