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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 2S, 1901.
SOME MEMORIES OF FIELD
FRANCIS WILSON'S LECTURE FULL
OF REMINISCENCES.
Comic Opera Star Told New Stories
of the Poet Like Thackeray in
Diversity of Ills Genius.
Lyceum hall -was not large enough to
accommodate all those who went to hear
Francis Wilson, the comic opera comedian,
tell in a delightfully reminiscent way
of his long acquaintanceship with Eu
gene Field, says the Kailsas City Star,
ilany persons stood in the aisles through
out the lecture, which began at 4:30
o'clock, and lasted for one hour. The
lecture was given under the management
of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae,
and at Its conclusion ai) Informal recep
tion was held. Miss Cora Tracy sang the
"Japanese Lullaby" and "The Sugar Plum
Tree."
If Francis Wilson were not so clever a
comedian he might have acquired fame
as a lecturer, and if an inherited love for
children and the promptings of a heart
tmbhling over with rhythm had not
brought, Eugene Field Into the world of
letters, the stgge -might have been the
richer forj-anotherqualnt comedian. Few
persons today know 'that oneY of the
abandoned ambitions of Field's life was
tp become an actor, and not many are
aware that the children's poet spent hun
dreds of dollars for a Shakespearean
wardrobe, and that he played In many of
the smaller towns of Missouri. But he
gave It up, Just why, is not clearly
known, and when ho did so the world
gained a poet able to enter into all the
little joys and sorrows of the children
whose friend he was.
EnRcne Field's Parental Debt.
Mr. Wilson captured his listeners, who
were nearly all women, by his first sen
tences. "It doesn't matter very much,"
said he, "who or what a man's father
may be. It Is his mother, who counts.
Every man is glad to subscribe to a com
pliment -paid his mother, and I believe you
will agree with me, when I say that
every woman is willing to subscribe to a
compliment paid to herself. The father
is a sort of left wing to the family guard,
which wheels to the rear in the time of
strife. We hear very little about father.
With possibly two exceptions, I cannot
remember that he is mentioned in any
of -our popular or once-popular songs, and
in those exceptions he Is reported to have
fceen intoxicated. In one we hear a lit
tle child plaintively beseeching her father
to come home because, forsooth, the
clock in the steeple has struck the hour
of 1. In the other instance the world is
told that 'The Old Man's Drunk Again.'
But even the -most unpromising father has
some redeeming trait.
"In contradistinction to the lives of
most men who have achieved a degree of
greatness, Field inherited his unusual
mentality from his father. What his
mother might have been he never knew,
but his love for her was sufficiently strong
to inspire him to write that beautiful bit
of verse: 'How fair you are, my beau
teous mother.' There Is not a single line
in Field's prose or poetry referring to or
dedicated to his father. It may be urged
in extenuation that the father is not so
romantic a figure and that about him
there do not cluster the delicate memories
which we are wont to associate with the
mother; but I shall believe always that
it was a deliberate conspiracy to deprive
the father of his just dues. From his
lather Field Inherited his power of rhythm
and his love for children. He romped
with them, he entered heartily into all
their little troubles. He laughed with
them and also he wept. He played for
them on his violin. AVhere he got his
spirit of mischief, whether from his father
or his mother, I do not know."
Mr. Wilson said that Field was a great
judge of human nature. He did not min
gle with those who showed uninteresting
traits. His recommendations to young
men of the proper hooks to read varied
with each particular man, and have mold
ed many a good character and have taken
many out of the darkness Into the light
of good literature. Nothing in Field's life
so became him, said the speaker, as the
splendid pioneer work he did In making
lovers of books out of oftentimes unprom
ising material. To be able to help others
to a proper appreciation of literature,
Wilson believed to be ample excuse for
existing. Field was very careful In his
re"commendations of books, very careful
of his language, and grammatical always.
He laid particular stress upon things
which might, to others, appear trivial.
Two New Anecdotes of Field.
Not the least interesting part of the
lecture was two new anecdotes of Field.
"When he was employed as a reporter on
the Denver Tribune," said Mr. "Wilson,
"he was invited by a wealthy man to take
dinner in his home. Notwithstanding the
ftlme was midwinter, the dinner included
strawberries, brought at great cost from
a distant state. A bowl of the tempting
fruit was set before Field, who pushed It
aside. 'Why,' demanded the host, with
surprise, 'What's the matter. Field? Don't
you like strawberries?' 'Yes,' replied
Field, resignedly, 'but I'm afraid they'll
cpoil my appetite for prunes.' "
"Field was acting as a reporter on a
St. Louis paper," continued the speaker,
"when, years ago, Carl Schurz was cam
paigning through Missouri, and Field was
detailed to accompany him, and report his
meetings. One night they came to a lit
tle place where Mr. Schurz was to speak.
The hall was packed with an expectant
crowd, but the man who was to have
introduced Mr. Schurz did not appear, and
finally the speaker suggested quietly to
Field that he should fill in the part Field
acquiesced readily enough, and, advanc
ing to the front of the platform, his hand
placed to his throat, he said with a splen
did German dialect:
" 'Ladles und Gentlemen: I haf con
tracted such a very severe cold that It is
impossible for me to speak tonight, but I
haf Induced the great journalist, Eugene
Field, to take my place. I am sure you
will be bleased and benefited by the
change.'
"Mr. Schurz nearly had a stroke of
apoplexy, and it took him some time to
explain the situation."
In, sharp contrast Mr. Wilson recited a
number of Field's most famous pieces to
show the diversity of thought of the poet
and the facility with which he went from
pathos to humor. "Little Boy Blue" and
"Good-bye, God Bless You," were com
pared with "The Limitations of Youth,"
In which Field enters heartily into the
feelings of the boy who believes himself
to be the victim of oppression and who
would perform deeds of valor and of re
venge against his persecutors. "If I das't;
hut I dasn't."
"Compare these," said Mr. Wilson,
"with the lullaby, 'Winken. Blynken and
Nod.' If contrast be the thing to please,
one cannot fail to be interested in a man
Tvho could turn from the 'Limitations of
Youth to write a lullaby so pathetic that
It would wring tears from a politician."
The lecturer turned from his compari
sons of Field's poems and prose to liken
him in many respects to Thackeray.
"Their writing was similar," said he.
"Both drew badly, but Field never
thought, as did Thackeray, of becoming
an artist. Field never wrote a "Vanity
Fair,' but Thackeray never wrote 'A Lit
tle Book of Western Verse.' Field, like
Thackeray, had not the gift of conversa
tion. Neither had any love for society;
perhaps they felt, like Thoreau, that It
was to give away their birthright for a
mess of pottage. Field detested shams
and Thackeray saw only the real. Field
saw the real and the unreal and he felt
that mankind would be better for having
childhood pathetically placed before them.
The chief note of .Thackeray's work was
iancy and tenderness. Both these quali
ties Field also possessed, but with them
were buoyancy of spirit and enthusiasm.
If there was any black care or shadow In
Field's life, very few ever knew of it.
His writing was "clear-and concise, and
grammatical always. For pure lilting,
laughing, dancing lines, what can surpass
his 'Odes to Horace'? Field read con
stantly and perfected his style from the
best literature and proved that one can
not begin too early, nor study too late,
to become, as Field was not, great too
soon. He was a long time In the garden
of life before he got a bite Into the sunny
side of the peach."
One more story and Mr. Wilson con
cluded. "When Field, Bill Nye and James
Whitcomb Riley were traveling together
they were very careful about the subject
of conversation. Sometimes nothing at
all would be said for an hour, each bus
led with his own thoughts or his book.
They had been sitting thus one day in
Indianapolis in silent conclave, when
Field said quietly: 'I had a peculiar
dream last night.' 'Did you?' said Riley,
'tell us about it.' 'I dreamed,' said Field,
'that I had been dead for 50 years when
suddenly I came to life and found myself
talking to the janitor of the hall in the
little town in which we spoke the other
night. "Doubtless," said I to him, "in
your long service here you have seen
many shows." "Yes," the old man re
plied, "many shows, indeed." "Do you
remember," I asked him, "a show given
by Field, Nye and Riley?" The janitor
began to laugh and then to roar at the
recollection. "Of course I do," he an
swered. "Can I ever forget Field? He
was the brightest, the wittiest, the
smoothest talker I ever heard. Oh yes, I
remember Field." "But Nye and Ri
ley?" I demanded. "Nye and Riley?
Never heard of them In my life." "
INFANT CIGARETTE SMOKER.
Boy Three Years Old Starts a Fire
Willie Puffing; in a Bedroom.
New York Tribune.
Samuel Haller, 3 years old, was sitting
in the bedroom of his home, on the
fourth floor of the six-story double tenement-house
at 173 Orchard street, yester
day afternoon smoking a cigarette, when
the cigarette dropped into the bed and
set it afire. The fire department respond
ed to an alarm and the fire was extin
guished. Mrs. Haller said that her S-year-old
son was addicted to cigarette
smoking. He picked up the stubs In the
street and smoked them. Twenty cigar
ette 6tubs were found In his pockets after
the fire.
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cost is $10,000.
NO STRIKE SAYS MORGAN
HIS ASSURANCE TO DELEGATION'
FROM ANTHRACITE REGION.
Declined to Hold a Public Meeting:
"With Labor Leaders Mitchell
to Malce His Report.
NEW YORK, March 27. A delegation
composed of five men representing trade
Interests In the Pennsylvania anthracite
coal regions, headed by the. Rev. Edward
S. P. Phillips, held a conference today
with J. P. Morgan In the private office
of Mr. Morgan In this city. The condi
tions of unrest in the anthracite region at
present were set forth In the briefest pos
sible form by Father Phillips, who pre
sented the delegation to Mr. Morgan, and
to whom Mr. Morgan expressed his In
terest In their errand and his willingness
to make a personal effort to prevent a
strike, though he declined to hold a pub
lic conference with the labor leaders. The
delegation comprised the Rev. Mr. Phil
lips, from Hazleton; Edward Lauterbach,
treasurer, and A. T. McAlester, secretary
of the Hazleton Board of Trade, and J. H.
Serby, president, , and L. TV. Marquardt,
chairman, of the manufacturers' commit
tee of the Pottsville Board of Trade.
Father Phillips made a brief presenta
tion, saying that the delegation was mere
ly trying to prevent a strike; It was ready
to act as an intermediary body, or to be
used In any way that would compromise
any differences existing. Father Phillips
asked Mr. Morgan If he would meet John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
workers, who has been In New York for
several days. Mr. Morgan said In sub
stance that his attitude up to the present
has been toward the prevention of a
strike. He. said he was much Interested
in the mission of the delegates, and as
sured them that they could rely upon
him to do all within his power to prei'cnt
any action that would paralyze business.
He remarked, however, that he was dis
inclined to hold a public conference with
the labor leaders. Indicating as a reason
for this action the belief that, should a
public meeting between himself and the
labor leaders be held, the publicity thereof
and possibly attendant conclusions might,
hamper the achievements of the best ends
which all were seeking: In other words,
as Mr. Morgan remarked, should ho hold
a public meeting or conference, "half of
New York would be upon his heels." Mr.
Morgan added that the ends sought could
best be achieved through other channels,
and he assured the delegation that he
might communicate with the Boards of
Trade later. "You may rest assured that
I believe there will be no strike." re
marked Mr. Morgan.
Mitchell Calls a Meeting.
TVIL.KESBARRE, Pa.. March 2T. Pres
ident Mitchell, of the United Mineworkers,
has Issued a call for a Joint meeting of the
national executive board, and the presi
dents of the three anthracite districts of
Pennsylvania, to be held here Friday
morning at 10 o'clock. The meeting is
called in pursuance of resolutions adopted
by the recent convention of mineworkers
at Hazleton, and for the purpoee of con
sidering the report. President Mitchell
will present regarding his visit to New
York, where he has been endeavoring to
secure a conference with the coal opera
tors. It Is believed the action to be taken
at Friday's meeting will remove the un
certainty as to whether a strike will be
declared April 1.
A meeting of the National executive,
committee has been called to meet at
Indianapolis to be held at the same hour
ao the meeting here. Action taken on
President Mitchell's report here will at
once be wired to Indianapolis, and. It Is
reported, will be promptly ratified by
the National board.
Oregon Notes.
The new pump of the Pendleton water
system was in use Sunday for the first
time.
It Is reported that a milling plant will
soon be Installed at the Badger mine,
near SusanYlIIe.
A Coos County baseball league will be
formed of members representing Marsh
field, Myrtle Point and CoquIIle.
John L. Crawford last Saturday at Echo
was injured by a pile of rocks, which
fell upon him. He sustained a com
pound fracture of his left leg.
Lues Beddlngfleld. a "Wallowa County
eheepfterder, committed suicide at the
Hayes Kernan ranch last week. He left
a note saylnK that he was tired of life.
Marshfield hose company No. 2 has
completed organization, and elected the
following officers: President, Henry Wel
der; secretary and treasurer, Alton Seng
stacken; foreman, John-R. Herron.
The contractors who are digging the
Brltt ditch, extending from below Med
ford to the Britt farm on Rogue River,
have their work nearly completed. This
ditch will enable Mr. Brltt to utilize a
large tract of pumice land which Is now
useless.
Prairie City citizens have nominated
the following for city officers: Mayor,
G. W. McCord and B. Durkhelmer; Coun
cllmen, V. A. Hartley, I. Laurence, V.
C. Belknap, William Donaldson, Joe
Dixon and C. Gunther; Treasurer and Re
corder, W. R. FIsk and George Dollina.
The following deputies have been ap
pointed by Assessor Schmidt, of Wasco
County, to aid him In making the assess
ment for 1501: J. B. Wood, Mosler;
M. A. Nickelsen, Hood River and Cas
cade Locks; Henry Hudson, Boyd,
Dufur and Eight-Mile; Murdock McLeod.
Klngsley; Asa Stogsdlll. Tgyh. Wamlc
and Waplnltla; Fred "Wallace, Antelope
and Bakeoven.
Complaint came one evening last week
from the neighborhood of Brlggson, on
"Wild Horse Mountain, of the efforts of
embryo desperadoes there to terrorize
public meetings, says the Weston Leader.
A phrenologist attempted to lecture at
Falrview schbolhouse, and his discourse
was interfered with by a gang of young
toughs. After the meeting they endeav
ored to make night hideous with yells of
derision and by reckless shooting as the
people left the schoolhouse.
KIdwell Bros., the horse buyers,1 of
Walla Walla, met with quite a misfortune
Tuesday, says the Canyon City News.
They started from John Day with a band
of 150 cavalry horses, which they had
purchased from Chas. Officer. Four driv
ers accompanied the band. When they
arrived on Beech Creek two of the horses
broke from the band, and during the
attempt to get them back the entire herd
stampeded and took to the hills.
TVnsliinjctoH Notes.
A. B. Howard has secured a contract
for building the Yakima Armory. The
work is to be completed by May 23.
President Bryan, of the "Washington Ag
ricultural College, will hold a farmers'
institute at Monroe next Friday and Sat
urday. March 29 and 30.
"William Tweitmeyer, a farmer living
near Palouse, killed a large brown eagle
.a few days ago that measured six feet
nine Inches from tip to tip.
The public shade trees of North Yakima
have been declared a nuisance and are
being cut down and burned. The old
shade trees have been prominent land
marks since the building of the city in
1SS5.
Hector McLean has sold his farm, one
of the best in the Walla Walla Valley, to
William Loney for 51S.600, at the rate of
$30 per acre. Mr. McLean purchased one
half of his section a year ago at 520 per
acre. The farm lies 6 miles west of the
state penitentiary.
State Grain Inspector George P. Wright
has received unusually favorable crop re
ports from Eastern Washington districts.
The acreage of Spring wheat will be large
In the Big Bend country this year. In
I Columbia County a big acreage of barley
Is being sown. A new departure in the
Walla Walla country is the cultivation
of flax.
Secretary T. B. Gunn has notified the
members of the State Fair Commission
to meet In his office on Monday. April
1, for the purpose of organizing the board
for the coming year and arranging for
the fair. The fair will be held September
30 to October 5, Inclusive.
The records of the County Auditor's of
fice at Aberdeen show that the number of
instruments filed for record on the 20th
InsL, was greater than on any one day In
the history of the office. The lists show
all kinds of transfers, deeds, bills of sales,
articles of Incorporation, leases and mort
gages. TV. H. Collins, of Rockford. has been
convicted of cruelty to animals. This
case Is a sequel of the famous dog fight
In which White's bulldog and the defend
ant's bird dog were the principals and
about half the town accessories. Mr. Col
lins threatens to app'eal to the Supreme
Court.
Mrs. Anna E. Wilson, an aged woman
who lives at Sumner, has begun suit
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company for DXJO damages for the death
of her husband, TV. TV. Wilson, who was
killed by a passenger train last August
while crossing the tracks at Sumner on
a bicycle. Wilson was 70 years old.
Two logging firms have recently Incor
porated at Aberdeen. The Thomas Mer
rill Logging & Lumber Company, with a
capitalization of ?200.000 has completed or
ganization. The Humptullps Boom &
River Improvement Company has filed
articles. The capital stock Is ?5000, and
the object of the Incorporation is for the
purpose of clearing out and Improving
rivers and streams tributary to Gray's
Harbor and the construction of dams for
logging purposes.
BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
Ex-President Cleveland's Lectnrc at
Princeton.
PRINCETON, March 27. Ex-President
Cleveland delivered the first of his two
lectures on "The Venezuela Boundary
Dispute" before the students and friends
of Princeton University tonight In Alex
ander Hall. Mr. Cleveland, at the outset,
spoke of the vagueness on the subject of
the boundary lines, in the establishment
both of the Venezuelan Republic and of
British Guiana, He said that from the
first there was evident need of "extrane
ous assistance" before bounds so loosely
named could be "exactly fixed." He then
referred to the Initiation of the dispute
In 1811 between the Venezuelan Minister
to Great Britain and Lord Aberdeen,
Chief Secretary of State for Foreign Af
fairs. The making of the Schomburgk
survej' and lis bearing upon the dispute
were fully explained. The lecturer, quot
ing constantly from documents, showed
the repeated appeals of Venezuela to
Great Britain In favor of settling the
question by arbitration of the whole sub-,
Jcct, declaring that their constitution pre
vented them from making grants of ter
ritory except by a process, the result
of arbitration. Meantime, England con
stantly refused arbitration on the general
subject, declaring that it feared the Vene
zuela constitution would still be used as
a pretext for disobedience to an award.
Great Britain also objected to the arbi
tration requested by Venezuela, fearing
that an award might be made in favor
of the Venezuelan claim. In which case
"an Important territory which has for a
long period been inhabited and occupied
by Her Majesty's subjects and treated
as part of the colony of British Guiana,
would be severed from the Queen's do
minions." On this Mr! Cleveland said:
"England alone had treated it as part
of .British Guiana. Her immense power
had enabled her to do this, and her own
decrees seemed to promise greater advan
tages as against her weak adversary than
arbitration could possibly assure."
The British Government at one time of
fered a plan of arbitration which did
not cover the entire disputed territory,
but never consented to arbitration such
as proposed by Venezuela, which would
Include the entire territory In dispute.
The lecture tonjght brought down the
narrative with much detail to September,
1SS3.
PAPERS LACK COURAGE.
Alfred Harms worth's Opinion of the
American Press.
NEW YORK, March 27. Alfred Harms
worth, proprietor of the London Dally
Mall and other publications, sailed for
home today on the White Star steamer
Oceanic Mr. Harmsworth Is suffering
with a fever which he contracted In Flor
ida. When asked whether he had reason
to change his opinion, which he expressed
on his arrival here, as to the changes
which will be made in newspapers, he
said:
"No, I believe that the changes will
come, and that there will not be a grad
ual change. You are slow In many things
in this country. Here they are fast as
far as elevators, motor cars and other
things are concerned, but very slow In
other ways. In England we are testing
and beginning to adopt some Improve
ments which have already been tested
and adopted here. Just so we have In
use In Epgland Improvements which are
not used here. The newspapers In Eng
land are too heavy and those here are too
light. Your afternoon editions are too
frequent. In the anxiety to get out first
there Is often not enough time to handle
the news. I have seen many goods things
here which I shall adopt when return
MUM
Are peculiar to women. Men rarely
faint. Many women are liable to what
theyterm " fainting spells," and this
liability is always most marked at the
monthly period. This alone is sufficient
to connect the "fainting cpell" with a
ueranpea. or euseasea
condition of the
womanly organs.
The use of Doctor
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription cures
irregulanty, heals
inflammation and
ulceration, and stops
the drains which
weaken the body. It
Duuas up the nerv
ous system, increases
the vital powers, and
so removes the com
mon causes of faiut-
ness in women.
There is no alcohol
in "Favorite Pre
scription;" neither
aocs it contain
opium, cocaine, nor
any other narcotic
"It girts tae much
pleaiure." writes Mis
EUa Sapp, of James
town, Gulliord Co.. N.C.
"to thank Dr. Pierce for
the treat rood received
from tlit use of his
Farorite Prescription
and ' Golden Medical
IiMOTey., I had suf
fered for three vearx or
more at monthly periods. It seemed as though
I would die with pain in my back and stomach.
I could not stand! on inr feet without fainting;
had given up nil hope of ever being cured, when
one of my friends insisted upon my trying Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. With but little
faith I tried it. and before I had taken half a
bottle I felt better, had better appetite and
slept belter. Now I have taken two bottles of
Favorite Prescription' and one of 'Golden
Medical Dsjrovcry,' and nra happy to say I am
entirely cured, and all done tn two months'
time. wri all other medicines had failed to do
any good'"
Keep the liver healthy by using Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Wf-DS.
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IHi&Sp fr Wmnen
Yffco Are Afcvays Tired
"I do not feel very well, I ana so
tired all the time."
You hear these words every day ; as
often as you meet your friends just so
often are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signifi
cant words yourself, and no douht you
do feel far from well most of the time.
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, TYis.,
whose portrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two years with bear-ing'-down
pains, headache, backache,
tndhad all kinds of miserable feelings,
Mrs. Ella. Rich
all of which was caused by falling and
inflammation of the womb, and after
doctoring with physicians and numer
ous medicines she was entirely cured by
Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Com
pound. If you are troubled with pains,
fainting spells, depression of spirits,
reluctance to go anywhere, headache,
backache, and always tired, please re
member that there is an absolute
remedy which will relieve you of your
suffering as it did Mrs, Rice. Proof
is monumental that Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound is the
greatest medic' fie for sufferinc womca.
to England. The papers here lack cour
age." KnUern Will Strike.
NEW YORK. March 27. Of 15.000 bak
er threatening to strike in Manhattan
and Brooklyn May 1 5000 have already de
cided to strike. M. Lurie. business agent
of Union No. S6, who was informed last
night of this decision by representatives
of other bakers' unions, declared the
strike will be the largest ever known In
the city
CUT OUT
THIS AD.
Enclose It to Me With
Ten Dollars
And I will furnish you all complete,
ready for use, my 1901 Model No.
7 SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT. It is
superior In make, quality and
power to any belt offered by other
dealers for which they charge flO.
ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS.
"Write today for iny latest Iiook
"Health In Xature," and "Strength;
Its Use and Abase by Men."
DR. A. T. SANDEN
Cor. 4lh and Morrison
PORTLAND OREGON
K3LAU1T
NEVER
COMPLETE
without a thick,
luxuriant bead of
soft, glossy hair,
which is in truth
"woman's crown
ing glory." The
faithful uso of
Nowbro'a Horpl
cido nevor fails to
froduco hair o
his character,
for, by destroymjr
the deadly germs
that feed upon tho
oil of tho hair root,
it makos dan
druff, falling hnir
and all scalp dis
eases impossible
It then promotes
a new and thick:
growth torcplaco
tho old thin and
hrittlo heir.
One bottla via Ter
tfy theso itttcjatsts.
For Sale at all First
Class Drg Stores,
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P mm I
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MALT
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Purify
above
suspicion.
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j .Distributers. Tff -. Cga
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The hops used in Schlitz
beer are the best hops grown
in the world; most of them
are imported from the re
nowned Saaz district in Bo
hemia. They are personally
selected at the hop-picking
season by one of the owners
of our business.
Then we keep them in re
frigerating rooms until they
are used. We preserve their
aroma, so that they come to
our vats with all the freshness
and virtue that they had on
the vines.
That's one reason why
Schlitz beer is so palatable.
Every ingredient used in it
is the best that money can
buy.
But without purity that
expense would be folly. No
beer can be good unless it
is pure. To insure absolute
purity we largely increase
the necessary cost of our
brewing.
Your physician knows
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OV.1J1IL4, U1C UCCl llidL IlldUC fry
Milwaukee famous. PI-
Phone Main635 (O.T.Co.1 J.Sllve
stoac, 005 Ch. Com. Big, Portland.
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IT IS A CRIME TO BE WEAK.
Every Weak man or worain can be re
stored to perfect health and v Itallty bjv
proper application of Electricity. Dr.'
Bennett, the great Electrlcalauthority.
has written a book, which he sends
free, postpaid, for the asking. His
Electric Belt and Electrical Suspen
sory are the only ones which do not
burn and blister and which can be re
newed when burned out. Guaranteed
to cure Varicocele. Lost Vleor and Vi
tality. Kldnev. Liver and Stomach
Disorders. Constipation. etc.jWrlte for book today
DR. BENNETT Electric Belt Co.
8 to 11 Union Block, Denver, Colo.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
In a Chair Car
You can sleep like a top In a Bur
lington chair car.
The air is good: the car is not
TOO warm, and your seat, when ad
justed at the right angle, la nearly
as comfortable as a couch. Cover
yourself with an overcoat or shawl;
get a pillow from the porter and
there you are, reaay for a comfort
able night.
At 10:20 the lights are lowered,
and from that time until morning
the car Is almost as quiet as your
own room at home.
Omaha, Chicago. Kansas City, St.
Louis and EVERYWHERE be
yond. TICKET OFFICE i Cor. Third and Stark Sts.
R. W. Foster. Ticket Agent.
PACIFIC CLIPPER LINE
For
CAPE NOME DIRECT
Sailing
From SEATTLE APRIL 27, 1001.
S. b. "AOMU CITY."
Finest wooaen steaxusiup on tne i-aclflc, steam
heat and electric lignta .n every room, will be
sheathed with Iron bark to work her way
through the Ice.
FOR CAPE XOME, TELLER CITY,
PORT CLARENCE and GOLOVIX BAY.
bailing irom bKATTLiS, June 1, ll)yi.
The Pacific Mall Steamship Company's
S. S. "CITY OF Sl'D.tEY."
Accommodations tor 50 paajensers, regis
tered tonnage .S517 tons. This Is without ex
ception the finest and fastest steamer in the
Nome trade.
For further Information apply to
F. P. BAUMGAltrNER. Agent.
Couch-street Dock. Portland. Or.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
FOR ALASKA.
The Company's steamships
COTTAGE CITY. SENATOR.
STATE OF CAL. AND AL
KI leave TACOMA 11 A. M..
SEATTLE 0 P. M., March I.
6, 11. lt. 21, 20." 31, Apr. 0,
10. 16, 20. 25. 30. May 3.
Steamers leave every fifth dav
tnereai.er. for further lu
formatlon obtain Company's folder.
The Company reserves the right to changs
steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing,
without previous notice.
AGENTS N. POSTON. 249 Washington St..
Portland. Or. F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R.
Dock. Tacoma: Ticket Otllce. C18 First ave..
Seattle. M. TALBOT, Comm'l Agt.. CV. MIL
LER. Asst. Gen'l Agt. Ocean DocV. Seattls;
nOODAI.L. PERKINS & CO.. Gen'l Agents.
Ean Francisco.
WASHINGTON & ALASKA. STEAMSHIP CO
Fast mall, express and passenger service for
SKAGWAY, calling at Port Townsend. Van
couver, Ketchikan and Juneau, connecting
with White Pass Jfc Yukon Route for Dawson.
Atlln and all Yukon River points. Through
bills of lading laaued.
SS. CITY OF SEATTLE on March 0, 10
SS. "VICTORIAN on March 3. 13 and 23.
From Seattle at 8 P. M.
DODWELL & COMPANY. Ltd.,
General Agents.
252 Oak st. Telephone Main 00.
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TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
Mty &lo
OREGON
Shot Line
and
Union Depot, Sixth and J Streets.
THREE TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
"CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL."
Leaves for the East. la Huntington, at a. 00
A. 4L; arrives at 4.M P. M.
SPOKANE FLYER.
For Spokane, Kaotern Washisston, and Great
Northern points, jeaved at J .K il.; armes at
7 A. M.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS.
Leaves for the East. ia Hununjton. at 9.00
P. ii., amies at e.-io A. M.
THKOUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST
fcLEEPKKb.
OCEAN' AND 1UVEK SCHEDULE.
Water unta bcucCulc subject to cuango with
out notice.
ottAA DIVISION From Portland, leave
Ainswortn .Dock at a i. M., sail every j cay a,
Oteo. . Kiaer, ban., alu u Weu.. .Jarcn 1j.
bat., aiarm 'Zi, lu.s., April -, in., .vpnl 1-.
CoiumDtj, Fri., Marcn a, Aiun.. -l.wv.a la;
luurs. jarch Jb, aau., April 7.
From San Francisco ball every 3 days.
Leave aitar-sueet Pier -i at IX A M., Co
lumbia. Mon.. March 4. Thurs., March H,
Sun., March 24; Wed.. April J, bat.. Ayril 1J.
Geo. W. Elder, Sat.. March 0; lues.. Marco
10; FrL March tii); Mon.. April a, Inura.,
Marcn la.
COLUMBIA ItlVEIl DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
Steamer Ha&salo leaves Portland dally, ex
cept Sunday at 8.00 P. M., on Saturday at
10.00 P. M. Returning; leaves Astoria dally,
except Sunday, at 7.00 A. M.
WILLAMETTE JRIVER DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND SALEM, OR.
Steamer Ruth, for Salem, independence and
way points. leaves from Abh-street Dock at U
A. M. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays.
Returning, leaves Independence at 0 A. M.,
and Salem at 0 A. M.. on Tuesdays. Thuradajs
and Saturdays.
CORVALLIS AND ALBANY.
Steamer Modoc leaves Portland at 0 A. M.
on Tuesdays, Thurdaya and Saturdays. Re
turning, leaves Corvallls at G A M- oa Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
YAMHILL IUVEU ROUTE.
PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR.
Steamer Elmore, for Oreeon City. Buttevllle.
' Champoeg, Dayton and nay landings, leaves
i Portland Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturday
at 7 A. M. Leaves Dayton for Portland and
' way points Mondays, Wednesdays and Frldavs
at u A. M.
SNAKE RIVER ROUTE.
RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO
Steamers leave Rlparla at 3:40 A. M. dally,
arriving at Lewlston about 3 P. M. Returning,
leave Lewlston at 8.30 A. M., arriving at ltl
parla sarrw evening. A L. CRAIG.
, General Passenger Agent.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
2o4 WnaliiiiBton St., Corner Third.
PORTLAND & ASIATIC
STEAMSHIP CO.
For Yokohama and Hong Kong, calling at
Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight
via connecting steamers for Manila. Port Ar
thur and Vladlvostock.
For rates and full Information call on or
address officials or agents of O. R. Si N. Co.
EAST m
SOUTH
Leave lUepot Fifth and i Arrlvc
1 A 3 liCClfl
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAI.NS.
for Salem, Rose
burg. Ashland. Sac
r a m c n to. Ogden,
San Francisco. Mo
Jave. Los Angeles,
El Paso. New Or
leans and the East.
8:30 P. M.
S:30 A. M.
7:43 A. M.
7:20 P. M.
At W o o d b urn
(dally except Sun
day), morning train
connects with train
for Mt. Angel. Sll
v e r t o n. Browns
ville. Spring!! eld.
and Natron, and
Albany Local for
Mt. Angel and Sll
verton. Albany passenger....
Corvallls passenger.
Sheridan pasvnger..
4:00 P. M.
7:30 A. M.
1 14 .50 P. M.
10:10 A. M.
5:50 P. M.
S:25 A. M.
Dally. JIDally except Sunday.
Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac
ramento and San FrancUco. Net rates 17 first
class and $11 iccond class. Including sleeper.
Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu
rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from J. B.
KIRKLAND. Ticket Agent. 140 Third street.
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson street.
Leave for Oswego dally at 7-20. 0:40 A. M.;
12.30. 1:55. 3.25. 4 40. i".:25. S.30. 11:30 P. M.;
and 0:00 A. M. on Sundajs only. Arrive at
Portland dally at J:.".5. 8:30. 10:50 A. M.;
1:35. 3:10. 4:30. 6:15. 7.40 10 00 P. M.: 12:40
A. M. dally, except Monday. 8:30 and 10:03 A.
M. on Sundays only.
Leave for Dallas dally, exept Sunday, at
5.05 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:30 A. M.
Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mon
days. Wednesdays and Frldavs at 3.5.) P. M.
Returns Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Except Sunday.
R. KOEHLER.
Manager.
C. II. MARKHAM.
Gen. Frt. & Pas. Agt.
Tickat Office. 122 Third 5L ' Phom 680
LEAVE
No. 4
COO P. M.
The Flyer, dally to and
from St. Paul. Minne
apolis. Duluth. Chicago
and all points East.
ARRIVE
No. 3
7:00 A. M
Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers. Dining
and I3uifet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
2.TEAMSHIP KINSHIU MARU
For Japan. China and all Asiatic points will
leave Seattle
About April 1st
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVES I DCPitSFrie"1Jland ARRIVE3
For Maygers. Kainler,
Clatskanla, Westport.
Clifton. Astoria. War
renton. Flavel. Ham
mond, Fort Steven.
Gearhart Pk.. Seaside.
Astoria and Seashore
Express.
Dally.,
Astoria Express.
Dally.
8:00 A. M.
11:10 A. M.
7:00 P. M.
0:40 P. M.
Ticket ortlce 255 Morrison st. and Union Depot.
J. C MAYO. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Astoria. Or.
WHITE COLLAR LiNE
STR. HERCULES takes the place of
BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-street Dock),
Leaves Portland daily every morning at 7
o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As
toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday.
Oregon phone Main 351. Columbia phone 35L
Steamers
Altona and Pomona
Dally (ex. Sunday) for Independence. Salem
and all way landings. Leave Portland 6:45 A.
M.; leave Salem 8 A. M.: Indspenience, 7 A.
M. Office and dock, foot Taylor st.
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