THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL" 26, 1902.
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CLUBS' GOOD WORK
Very Satisfactory Progress
Throughout the State.
DELEGATES TO LOS ANGELES
Reports From Many Organizations
Books and Children Hott Jeivlslx
Council Has Grown Litera
ture and Art
f TO LOS ANGELES BIEJTNIAL.
Delegates
Mrs Wado
Mrs. Geer
Mrs. Dalton
Mrs. Dunlway
Mrs. Guernsey
Alternates
Miss Kaley
Mrs Calbreath
Mrs. Water
Mrs. Stafford
The State Federation of "Women's
Clubs bad an Important and Interesting
session yesterday. Valuable papers were
read and profitable Ideas dev eloped. The
convention closes today with the elec
tion of officers.
Both the morning and afternoon ses
sions of the State Federation of Wom
en's Clubs -were largely attended yes
terday by the clubwomen of Portland
and surrounding cities. Although the
hall In the Selllng-HIrsch building was
never at any time crowded, desirable
seats were often hard to secure and In
the afternoon late-comers had to be con
tent with chairs In the rear.
The most impbrtant business of the
morning session was the election of del
egates to the sixth biennial convention
of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, -phlch will be held in Los An
geles next month. The candidates nom
inated were Mrs. Dunlway. Mrs. Dalton
and Mrs. Wacer. of
Portland: Airs.
i. .,... , -M-fce 17 a lav nf PMIilletOnt
nnd Mrs. Geer. of Salem. The ballot
resulted In the election of Mrs. ueer,
Mrs. Dunlway, Mrs. Dalton and Mrs.
Guernsey. Miss Haley, Mrs. Calbreath,
of Salem; Mrs. Wagner and Mrs. Shaf
ford were elected alternates. The presi
dent, Mrs. Wade, was. also elected a
delegate to the convention.
The president appointed as a commit
tee on rules and regulations Mrs. Davis,
of Union; Mrs. Stlllman. of Pendleton,
and Mrs. Chllds, of Boseburg. A com
mittee on resolutions was appointed,
consisting of Mrs. Spauldlng, of The
Dalles; Mrs. Moore, of Corvallls, and
Mrs. Elmore, of Astoria. Brief reports
were received from Fortnightly Club, of
Eugene; the Reading Club, of Granite;
the Neighborhood Club, of La Jrande,
and the Self-Improvement Club, of Mc
MJnnville, and then an adjournment was
taken until 1:30 o'clock.
At the afternoon session reports were
received from other clubs which had
not previously been heard from. For
the Mothers' Club, of Oregon City. Mrs.
Brownell said a decided effort was being
made to improve the condition of all
children. As there was no public library
in Oregon City, .the club had purchased
books and circulated them among
the children and their mothers. The
Council had been asked to pass a
curfew ordinance. The Parliament
ary and Thursday Afternoon Clubs,
of Pendleton, reported through Mrs.
Stlllman and Miss Raley that the
work carried on in Eastern Ore
gon was bearing good results. Mrs. Mar
quam. president of the Portland Wom
en's Club, briefly reviewed the work of
that organization. A school of domestic
science had been established and the
club had taken up the civic improvement
question, and was doing all in its power
to secure the Improvement of the streets
of the city. X
An interesting paper was read by Mrs.
A. L. Newman, president of the Coun
cil of Jewish Women. Mrs. Newman
spoke of the objects of the council,
which was organized nine years ago by
15 women who considered it their duty
to improve the condition of women and
children whose stations In life were
neither so high nor so pleasant as their
own. The council now has CO0O members
who are actively engaged In religious
and philanthropise work. The Portland
section, which has been In existance
six years, has a membership of 23G and
has been important factor in woirien's
work. Manual training has been af
forded to boys and household training
the girls, and the children, after their
lessons in school, have unremittingly
prosecuted their studies in the classes.
She lioped to see the time when every
child, irrespective of race of creed,
would be students in these classes, and
were the work to be actively continued
the day would arrive when reform
schools would be institutions of the
past Biblical study was advised, and
the speaker said it should be begun in
the child's early years.
"Vocal selections were rendered by Mrs.
Fletcher Linn, accompanied by Mrs.
Warren E. Thomas, and then Miss Car
oline Barnes outlined the work being
none Dy the Teachers' Club. Interest
lng lectures have been given at differ
ent periods and the members have de
rived a great deal of instruction from
them. Mrs. Childs said that the Rose
burg Mental Culture Club has devoted
the past year to the study of English
history and literature and art. Mrs.
Geer spoke for the Salem Wom
en's Club and Miss Rauch for the
Silverton Club. Mrs. Harlow made
a report for the Troutdale Club.
This club was formed last Octo
ber with a membership of 16, but
it now has 53 names on its rolls, a free
reading-room and 318 bound volumes.
Mrs. Wright said the Union Club had
41 memberB and a free reading-room, and
Intended taking up the matter of estab
lishing a school of domestic science.
Reports were also received from the
Oswego Club, by Mrs. Plttingerf the La
Grande Tuesday Musicale, by Mrs.
Schilke; the McMlnnville Self-Improvement
Club, by Mrs. Bardon, and the
Portland Tuesday Afternoon Club, by
Mrs. Plowman.
As the reports consumed more time
than was expected, the convention had
to decline an invitation to attend a re
ception to be extended to It by the
Portland Art Club. At the request of
the president, Vice-President Dunlway
took the chair. A resolution was intro
duced that the conventions ot the fed
eration be held annually instead of bi
ennially as at present Mrs. Hidden and
others spoke In favor of the resolution,
tnd. it was adopted; ayes, 41; noes, 6.
Mrs. Lillian Cole-Bethel, of Columbus,
0., was Introduced o the convention and
tmade a short speech. She complimented
the federation upon the fine programme
which had been arranged and the rapid
ity with which business was transacted.
A question which had troubled the Ohio
federation three years had been settled,
and that was the matter of proxies,
In Ohio a woman had gone into a con
vention and voted six proxies, but now
the delegates must represent them
selves. "I favor proxies In voting stock," said
the speaker, " but not in conventions."
Miss Isom, of th Portland Library read
a paper on the "Relation of Women's
Clubs to Library Work." Miss Isom said
the development of libraries during the
past 10 years has no parallel. Libraries
are no longer confined to the cities. They
arc to be found now in the small towns
and villages, and traveling libraries are
sent out from various places. The travel
ing library was only 10 years old. The
Idea did not originate withwomen's clubs,
but women had a great deal to do with
the circulation of the books. The library
should be the workshop of all women's
clubs and debating societies.
Mrs. Dockery. of Boise, said that the
Idaho Legislature appropriates JC00O bien
nially for traveling libraries, and 2- per
cent of all school moneys go to the school
libraries. Mrs. White, of Baker City,
said that place had a library which 'was
secured after a great deal of hard work.
Entertainments had been given and the
admission to each was one bound volume.
Mrs. Evans said that under -a law passed
by the last session of the Legislature the
schools were entitled to a fund for library
purposes. So far as she knew, no attempt
had been made to collect the money. Mrs.
Elmore told ot the struggle Astoria had
In securing a library. A young women's
society which was going out of existence
donated $200 to a library fund. By dona
tions and entertainments 3000 volumes have
been obtained, and the city "now ap
propriates $25 per month toward the pay
ment of expenses.
Mrs. Games asked if children did riot
read too much for their own good. Ijlgr.
only daughter, who has not yet reached
her 12th year, had been reading 14 books
a week until the speaker obtained a pledge
from her not to look at a book until the
first of May. The child perfectly under
stood everything she read, and since she
stopped reading she has been unable to
pass away the time and has been anxiously
counting the days between now" fend the
first Mrs. Wade advised the substitu
tion of solid literature- for light Stories,'
and Mrs. Dunlway said the mind of a
healthy child would naturally assimilate
what was best for it.
When the discussion ended T. N. Strong,
representing the State Board of Charities
and Corrections, wasr introduced to thfe
convention and .poke of the necessity of
having trained attendants nt the hospital
for the Insane, who shall convey patients
to and from Salem. Mr.. Strong said the.
matter was first taken- up 10s years ago.
The system then, as now, waa Immoral
and dangerous. Female patients could. -not
receive proper care from their male
custodians, who were Inexperienced In the
handling of the Insane and. who were often
simply friends of the Sheriff. Repeated
efforts to secure a change of the law had
been made, and once they' would have
been successful had noft a, 'powerful lobby
of Sheriffs induced the members to vote
against it. The other "day he saw an at
tractive young woman being taken to
Salem by a burly officer from Eastern
Oregon. She leaned over him and prattled
tb him like a child. This was a case
where the attention of a woman guard was
required. Coming down from Alaska some
time ago he saw a woman being taken
to Salem by a female officer. The woman
was like a child In the "hands of the trairied
attendant, and no one suspected her sanity
until one day she "began tb tosa dishes
around.
"The little district of Alaska," said the
speaker, "has trained nurses to accompany
Its patients to our asylum, but the great
state of Oregon turns Its Insane women
over to the care of Deputy Sheriffs or -to
loafers. Ladles, you can assist us to se
cure the amendment of the law."
Mrs. Marquam introduced a resolution
indorsing the previous actions of the
Board of Charities and Corrections; that
the federation do all in Its power to
arouse public opinion and secure a change
of thedaw, and that steps bo taken to se
cure the establishment of a school for
feeble-minded children. The resolution
was referred to the committee on resolu
tions. Mrs Dockery said that In Idaho trained
attendants were sent out from the Asylum
for all Insane patients. Mrs. Calbreath,
wife of Superintendent Calbreath, of the
Oregon Asylum, said trained attendants
were necessary. Female patients from
Portland and also from Coos County were
accompanied by both male and female
attendants.
The convention then adjourned until
9:30 o'clock this morning. The principal
business today will be the address of the
retiring president, Mrs. C. B. Wade, of
.Pendleton, and the election of officers.
Walla "Walln Educators Abroad.
Miss Imogene Boyer, principal of St
Paul's School, of "Walla "Walla, an Insti
tution which follows lines that have made
it famous in the educational life of the
Eastern sections of the country, has Just
completed a very pleasant stay of several
das in this city. Accompanying her Is
Miss M. C. "Whipple, a graduate of
Berkeley and a very successful teacher
of English in the "Walla "Walla school.
It Is the fortune of these teachers dur
ing their threp weeks' leave of absence
to visit the principal schools of "Washing
ton, Idaho, Oregon and Mpnfana, for me
purpose of studying the educational
methods of these states and applying the
knowledge that can be better gained by
comparison than in any other way, to
their own work. These young women
represent fitly the culture of the "West
and the relatively new life mat dominates
its educational methods and institutions.
The effort, Involving, martyrdom, of
Marcus Whitman and .Narclssa, his wife,
has ripened with the' years into Whitman
College. So the efforts of early educators
have ripened Into St. Paul's School, and
of both of these institutions Walla Walla
is Justly proud. Like the worthy citizens
of other sections of the country, the peo
ple of Eastern Washington are proud of
the advancement in education, of which
the teachers above named are conspicuous
agents. They naturally boast, as they
are fully Justified lit doing, their fine,
healthful and bracing climate as auxiliary
to mental culture as well as nhvKiivii
health, and confidently believe that Walla
Walla will become the" seat of the
weiiesiey of the Pacific Ndrthwest
Address by Mrs. Conde Hamlin.
Last evening, the members nt thc
federation attended & lecture .on civic Im
provement, by Mrs. Conde, Hamlin, of u
Paul, Minn., at the "First Baptist Church.
The lecture was given under Jhe auspices
of the Lewis and Clark Civic Improve
ment Association. Mrs. Hamlin Is Becond
vice-president of the American League for
Civic Improvement, president of the
Women's Civic League, of St. Paul, and
chairman of the town and village Improve
ment committee of the Minnesota Federa
tion of Women's Clubs. She is on her
way to Los Angeles to attend the bi4
ennial meeting of the genorar'federatlon,
and during her trip to "the Coast she
has delivered several lectures. She has
spoken at Deer Lodge and, Butte, Mont,
and Walla Walla and Whalcom. Wash,
not as a lecturer but as a clubwoman!
She arrived In Portland yesterday morn
ing and spent the greater parf of the day
visiting various sections of thcity under
the guidance of CityAudltDr.Devlin
la her lecture last night Sirs. Harnlin
based her remarks upon hefrobservations
in different cities throughout the coun
try. Street signs were as conspicuous In
St Paul as they were in Portland. Over
hanging wires were once a great nuisance
but lately mosl of them have been put
under ground. In some cities t)f beautiful
shade trees, especially Buffalo, N T
trees havo died for lack of. attention," and
she advised her auditors tb take up this
matter with the city authorities.
"Will of Dr. Joseph Sooth.
NEW YORK, April 25 The will of Dr.
Joseph Adrian Booth, a brother to Junius
Brutus, John Wilkes and -Edwin Booth,
and of Asia Booth Clarke, the widow
of the English tragedian, has been filed
for probate. The estate in New York
amounts to $35,000. The value of property
which Dr. Booth owned in New Jersey
is not stated.
Sonthvrorth'H Gift to Yale.
NEW YORK. April 25 Yale University
will get the residuary estate of Edward
Wells Southworth, and also a revlslonary
Interest in a bequest of $15,000 made to a
relative of the testator for life, according
to the terms, of Mr. Southworth's will,
which has been filed for probate. The per
gonal property is estimated at $200,000. and
the realty at $30,000.
rAinrimir If Lninr 1 n Pr '
LUnUL?rU3 TIAKM: LL3LHe imagines himself the porter In hell
FEDERATED TRADES COIWCIL
GOES OX RECORD.
Labor Union Men Believe City Should
Receive Fronts, and Ask Coun-
cilmen to "Wait.
At its regular weekly meeting last night.
tlVe Federated Trades Council passed a
S?K?2!2? ElXS!?.fcaft!SS !
of the City Government to lease the old
Mechanics' Pavilion building to a private
corporation for market purposes. The
council held that the city itself should J
erect market buildings on the site and,
receive the profits which the renting of
the same will bring. It was decided to
ask the Common Council to delay action
in the matter until the citizens at large
are heard from
The arbitration committee, which had '
Inquired into the differences between the i
laundry -workers and their .employers, was
not prepared to report, and the difficulty
was referred back to the laundry-workers'
union. I
The" following resolution was Introduced
and was adopted: I
Whereas. At the general election to be held
in the near future the constitutional amend-
mnf vnwn n. tiu tnitiitun nni rrrindiim
will be voted on; and. .
Whereas. This measure, it carried, will be
ot great benefit to the people and the state;
therefore,, be it . '
Reoled. That It la the dcslr,e of thl Feder- ,
aiea uraaes council inai an canciaaies an
each ticket who hae the welfare of the state
at heart will have printed en his election cards
the following line, "Vote for the Initiative and
retererdum amendment to the constitution,"
and also that this resolution be published In
tje local papers and placed on our minutes.
After a short discussion, the council in
dorsed the L'ewls and Clark Civic Im
provement Association's campaign against
street banner'st and appointed President
Gurr a cbmmlttce of one to meet a com- j
mlttee from the association and to ar- '
range for an audience with the Common j
Council. I
G. T. Harry, special "organizer of the
Jt 8. Kye.J
State Federation of Labor, who has just
returned from a trip down the Willam
ette Valley, reported that prospects for
the organization of a strong federation
were very bright. Organizer Duke Said
that 14 unions In Astoria would send dele
gates to the convention, which will be
held in the A. O. U. W. hall on May 5.
Delegates from the Bartenders' Union,
which was recently organized, were seat
ed. The Painters' Union reported that It had
admitted 45 new members during the past
month, and tnat there was not a 6ingle
nonunion painter in the city.
An excursion to Salem will be given by
the council on June 1.
ANTI-SHAKESPEARE IDIOCY
Bacon and Shnkcpenre "Wide as the
Poles Asunder.
London Times.
The fact is that among those whose
sense of humor, probability, and literary
style Is so defective as to allow them to
take this controversy seriously, the argu
ment is waxing so hot that each side is
now abusing the principal figure on the
other. Mr. Bompas does not allow to
Shakespeare a single rag of character,
ability or common sense. Every lampoon
or satirical couplet of the period he ap
plies to Shakespeare, without In most
cases alleging any other reason that that
he thinks the application probable Or
conceivable, and every one of these spite
ful effusions he accepts as a Judicial state
ment of Indisputable fact CMr. Calvert on
the other hand, bruBhes aside everything
that has leen alleged in apology or In
vindication of the dubious passages In
Bacon's life, and. paints him asa monster
of unredeemed meanness, mendacity and
treachery, He certainly has the great
advantage over Mr. Bompas that he can
point to many authentic acts of Bacon's
and to many things written by his own
hand, which, to say the very least, the
admirers of that great man have found
to require a great d.eal of special plead
Ing. Jp attempting to reduce Shakespeare
to the same-level, Mr. Bompas has to re
ly upon mere gossip, the ephemeral ex
pressions of obvious Jealousy or preju
dice, and the perverse misconstruction of
things easily capable of natural and In
nocent Interpretation. He has. In addi
tion, to Ignore many testimonies by con
temporaries to the honesty and upright
ness and good fellowship of the man
Shakespeare whom they knew. It seems
rather a pity that the question of the
authorship Of Elizabethan literature can
not be argued without resort on both
sides to unmeasured vituperation.
The parallelisms with which Mr. Bom
pas, like many of his predecessors, tries
to bolster up the Bacon theory are only
second In absurdity to the cipher Itself.
Sometimes" the matter of two passages is
' fairly parallel, and then it is alwavs found
that the two writers were using the com
mon knowledge or ignorance of the age.
But the manner places them wide as the
poles asunder, and constantly recalls
Speddlng's saving that there are not five
consecutive lines in Shakespeare which
could have been written by Bacon, or as
many in Bacon which could have been
written by Shakespeare. To produce sleep,
Bacon recommends the "tears of poppy,
henbane and mandrake." The poppy had
been known as narcotic for thousands
of years; the virtues of henbane and the
superstitions clustering round the man
drake Were known to every old woman in
England as well as to Bacon. But Shake
speare takes the same common knowledge
and embalms it in the memorable lines:
Not poppy, nor mandragora.
Nor all the drowsy .syrups of the world.
Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
Which thou -owedst yesterday.
This is what they call a parallel, prov
ing that Bacon wrote "Othello!"
Bacon kerit a notebook In which he
jotted down words, phrases and proverbs
that took his fancy. Because there is an
entry consisting of the single word
"Rome", we are confidently asked to be
lieve that he wrote "Romeo and Juliet"
When he does put an thing of his own
in the notebook .he can blunder in the
oddest way. The porter in Macbeth's cas
tle, being heavy with drink and sleep, is.
partially aroused by knocking at the gate.
and apostrophizes the knockers as If they
were lost souls seeking admittance. As
he comes to himself he exclaims: "But
this place Is too cold for hell. I'll devil
porter It no further," and so proceeds to
open the gate. Bacon appears to have
heard this phrase, obviously coined by
Shakespeare for the occasion, but failed
to catch the meaning from the context.
He tries to puzzle It out for himself, and in
his notebook this Is what he makes of it:
"He Is the devil's porter who does more
J than what is required of him." It seems
rather a stupid oDservauon, duc u ii na
any sense nothing can be clearer than
! that the man who wrote it could never
have thought of using "devil-porter" as
Shakespeare uses it These are fair sam-
pies of the puerilities that do duty as ar
I guments from parallel passages.
Mr. Bompas deserves credit for grap
Dlincr with the poems, which are usually
passed sub sllentlo by the Bacon worship
ers. He Is clear that Bacon could not
have written the "Venus and Adonis," ap-
parently on me ground mat uacon s morai
tone was far too high. But, of course, he
is also clear that Shakespeare was far too
rude and Ignorant to write such a poem.
Therefore, he concludes that Bacons.
brother, Anthony, must have written It.
Poor Anthony never had a line of verse
to his name while "he lived, but that is a
mere trifle. It follows quite naturally that
Anthony wrote also the "Lucrece" and
the Sonnets. No evidence is offered or
pretended. The thincs were written; the
scarecrow that Mr. Bompas has rigged up I
for himself and christened Shakespeare
could not have written them: Francis
Bacon could not have written them; there-
fore Anthony Bacon did.
Mr. Calvert perceives the awkwardness
of the poems for the Bacon people, and
draws from them one of his most effective
arguments. "Venus and Adonis" was pub
lished in 1593 with- a dedication by Shake
speare to Southampton. It took the pub
lic by storm, edition after edition being
called for, and it won for Shakespeare
the notic,eand favor of .Elizabeth, now.
Bacon would hav6 given- his ears to be
able to proclaim himself the author of a
success of that kind. Even If we allow
Mrs. Gallup's argument that to be known
as a playwrlter would have damaged his
prospects, no one -can pretend that wrlt-
DEATH OF AN OREGON
PIONEER OF 1850.
JEFFERSON. Or..April 24. J. S.
Nje, who died at his home near
this city, April 20, was one Of the
highly respected pioneers of th
Willamette .Valley. Mr. Nje was
born In Onlo. .December 10, 1823.
In 1837 he moved to Iowa, where
he married Mary E. Chllders, who
surtlvcs him. They crowed the
plains by ox team in 1850. coming
down the Columbia River n canoes.
They settled on a donation land
claim near Jefferson in the Spring
of 1851, where the family has lived
almost continuously since. Mr. Nye
was the father of nine children,
seven of whom are still living
They are: Mrs. Mary M. Carey, of
Cottage Grove; R. Percy Nye, of
Jefferson; James M. Ne, of Fort
land; Mrs Frances B. Finland, of
Salem; Benjamin F. Ne, of Jefter
eon; G. Allen Nje, of Salem, and
Mrs. A. Elsie KIghtllnger, of Port
land. lng a poem would have that effect under
a sovereign who made Spenser her poet
laureate. There were, besides, a score or
two of Jealous scribes, who would have
been only too glad to rob Shakespeare
of the credit won for him by the "Venus
and Adonis." Yet, there Is not a whisper
of contemporary doubt about his author
ship, and, what Is equally remarkable,
his contemporaries did not find It at all
strange that ho should have written the
poem. The same applies to "Lucrece" and
the Sonnets. No one doubted that they
were written by Shakespeare, or found it
surprising that he should be capable ot
writing them. All which shows that
Shakespeare, as known to his contempo
raries, was a very different person from
the Shakespeare imagined by the Bacon
worshipers.
People who cannot conceive how the
man they picture could have written the
works of Shakespeare must blame their
own dullness or their own ignorance. That
they cannot conceive how the thing was
done is of no importance in the world.
Contemporaries knew that the thing wa3
done, and understood without any diffi
culty that Shakespeare did It That any
man born of woman could do such a
thing is, we grant, astonishing enough;
but the thing being done, there Is not a
shadow of inherent Improbability in the
statement that Shakespeare was the man
who wrote the poems and plays bearing
his name. f the fact does not fit In with
what some people hold to have been
Shakespeare's character and powers, It
only follows that their notions of these
things are wrong. Those who really knew
the man as he lived and moved among
them knew him capable of writing "Ve
nus and Adonis," and knew that as a
matter of fact he wrote it But, as Mr.
Bompas perceives, if that poem has to
be conceded to Shakespeare, the whoie
elaborate fabric of a priori reasons why
he could not have written the plays falls
to the ground at once.
No one can follow the windings of the
Bacon-Shakespearean controversy without
being struck by the tact that it owes
much of Its vitality to the currency of
foolish conventional judgments upon both
the great men wlj'ose names are Invoked.
Shakespeare Is expensively admired by
people at second hand by people who do
not understand in the least why he Is ad
mirable. Therefore he Is continually
praised on wrong grounds, sometimes for
qualities which he shares with much less
distinguished men. and verv often for
j things which are the mere accidents -and
accessories of his genius. We find people
expatiating upon his universal knowledge
and proving- to their own satisfaction that
he was a. sneelaHst In this eir-thA nthar lf.
I partment Baconians take the monster re
sulting from the summation of these un
wise lucubrations and declare It Incred
ible. They are right In a way, but the
monster they reject is not Shakespeare. It
Is only a composition of wildly distorted
pictures of Shakespeare. He was not In
the technical sense iearne.d, he was not
an expert In anv thing except knowledge
of the human heart and the poetical ex
pression of every shade of human feeling,
and his universal knowledge is merely the
general acquaintance with what was
known or believed In his time, which was
at the disposal of any man who brought a
good memory, an open mind, and a keen
intelligence to reading and conversation
with the eager literary society of the
London of Elizabeth. His Information can
be easily accounted for, and for his genius
no accounting is needed. The appearance of
genius follows no known law and can be
traced to too definite set of conditions.
Bacon, again, is much more talked about
than read, and more read than critically
appraised. Eminent men have written as
if knowledge began with him and as If
he were the Inventor of Inductive reason
ing. As a matter of fact his original
contributions to knowledge are more eas
ily declaimed about than named. He the
orized about science and scientific meth
od, but he knew Ies3 about either than
his namesake, Roger Bacon, who lived
300 years before him. He systematized
and set forth in sonorous diction the
vague speculations and asplratlons.current
among the graver thinkers of the time.
But he also accepted the crudest falla
cies then current as simply and uncriti
cally as Shakespeare himself. For, exam
ple, we find him gravely asking whether
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there be virtue In the stone which the
toad carries in his head. A sclentlfie mind
would first have Inquired whether there be
such a stone at all. and on its authentic
production would have proceeded to find
out Its properties by expriment Bacon
was not alwavs even abreast of the best
scientific work of his time. He dismissed
Galileo with the eminently scholastic re
mark that his reasoning would be all
very well If the earth moved, but that,
as we know it docs not move. Galileo's
speculations are naught In an ordinary
man or even In a great poet, these things
and there arc many more like them
would not call for remark. They can
scarcely be passed over In one who
claimed all knowledge for his province,
who Is hailed as a prodigious scientific
thinker and reformer, and who has been
credited with "tho meat exquisitely con
structed Intellect" ever bestowed upon
man. Rhetorical exaggeration has d's
tortcd the images of both men, and the
Baconians make capital out of the mud
dle. But if we must reduce the two to
one, it is Infinitely easier to believe that
Shakespeare wrote Bacon than that Ba
con wrotev Shakespeare.
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Governor Odell Starts "Vet.
NEWBURG, N. Y April 25 Governor
Ortoll. with his wife, his dnuehter. Estelle.
and his sister. Miss Ophelia Odell, started
today on a trip for California, aney
will go via Washington, where they will
be Joined by ex-Mayor B. B. Odell, the
Governor's father, and Senator Ellsworth.
AT THE HOTELS.
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Toklo
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THE PERKINS
M P Sailor, St Louis I J P Anderwn. Tacoma
Mrs M P Sailor do IT AVlgman. Tacoma
"Wine of Cardui is Indeed a blessing to
Hred women. I know of nothing which, will
lake its place, and having suffered seven
years with weakness and bearing down
pains, and having tried several doctors and
different remedies with no success, I am glad
to be able -to say that your "Wine of Cardui
was the only thing which helped me, and
eventually cured me. It seemed to build op
the weak parts, strengthen the system' and
correct irregularities. It is certainly an ex
cellent medicine as I know by experience."
INE OP CARDUI is a standard veg
etable extract that is recommended
by doctors all over the United
States. But the recommendation of doc
tors is backed up by thousands of volun
tary testimonials from women who know
what Wine of Cardui is from, personal ex
perience. These letters tell of cures Wine
of Cardui has effected in every kind of ail
ment known as "diseases of women". These
cures took place in the privacy of home,
without & physician's examination or a
Burgeon's operation. Many of them were
severe and chronic cases where the family
physician failed to bring relief. Such a
case was that of ITrs. Laura Adams of
Galveston, Tex., whose earnest letter heads
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P Davis, Great Falls J A Imbrle. Hlllsboro
Mont (Mrs J A Imbrle do
J M Flanagan, Wll- Geo Buzan. Fendietor
mlngton, Del ,Mrs E M Sackett. do
Mrs A T Kelliher, Sa-JI.eona St Mlchell,
lem. Or Omaha
Gran; Arnold, Toledo B D Smith, Pendleton
Wash I V J Brown. Pendleton
klrs G Arnold, do (J W Booth. "Wasco
H G Clark ban Fran i Mrs D J Kretzer,
Alby Schmidt, Ro3cbr' Shanlko. Or
J R Whitney, AlbanjV Stone, Wasco. Or
.rercy iveney, -A.iD.iny iJ a narve. Asnmnu
S Lawler. San Frau ,G V Samson. La Faet
Mrs S Lawler, do H L Cowles. Gaston
Edwin L Baker. SalemJ C Mansfield. Cleveld
Mrs E L Baker, do ,C F Jones. Walla V
N O Chrletenson. Jef-jJoMn A Balslger, S F
feraon, Or iC C Sprager, Chicago
H E Catswin. Kelso Mrs H A Davis. Elma
Mrs H E Cagwln, do H Johnston. U S N
W B Palmer, La Grnd Mrs W Marella.Loomla
J M Hodgson. CrlppleiMrs B Moss, San Fr
Creek. Colo iGeo L Wlrth. Leadvlll
H E Bcr-i. Wasco iMrs G L AVlrth. do
J A Smith. Pendleton J AV Shomate, "Watts-
Mrs J A Smith, do
I vllle. Or
Thomas Johnson, do
J J Miers Iowa
Mrs J J Myers, do
Miss Miers. do
wm uoty, uaies v-ny
W J "Warren. Cathlamt
C- H Brown. uaKianu
Mrs C H Brown, do
A R Downs. Roseburg
Geo F Keith Los Angt
P F Wells. Manl'a
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Mra M W Briggs. do Mrs W Kramer, do
Mlsa Maggie Baker, Henry Bcrk3. Roeburg
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E F Lentz, Brookings, j Otto Clanser, Daven-
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Geo B Haber. do Mrs Adele Clanser. do
Trank Brown. N YamMrs Mary Byler, Mln
"WIU B DuBo's.Vancvrj neapolls
C C AUord, Goldendl Mrs Ora Jackson, Junc
J L Tucker. San Fr Hon City
P J Ruesell, Seattle W F Wright Harrlsbg
A P Cahlll. Da ton. L WImberly, Roseburg
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Mrs J B Candall.Wls Miss Alice Fisher, do
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H G Hobson. San Fr 1 Chester Fisher. do
John E Senner, do MIs L Bllgan Eugene
W H Thomas, TacomaiA C Bllgan. Eugene
D J Gilbert. Salem C B Barnes. Eugene
O M Jones. Hoqulam k M Hurd. Slletz. Or
G Johnend. Albert jMlss Salzman, Eugene
Lea. Minn j M Fletcher. Roebrg
Mrs- W Fostner, Ho-
W R Warner, Roebrg
D L Martin, Roseburg
quiam. Wash
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THE IMPERIAL.
C. AV. Knowles, Manager.
G B Hlngen. N T
W T Dennlnt. Myrtle
Point
W Nelson. S F
E Z Ferguson, Asto
Robt S Hjde. city
m Polk. Moro
Mrs P A Trulllnger,
Astoria
Mrs Nelson Moer. do
S D Webster. Boise
I W Hope. A'ale
J N AVIsner. Jr. U S
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Brewed in a plant as clean as the
your inspection
of Galveston, Tex.,
Praises Wine of Cardui.
this article. She suffered seven years be
fore she secured relief. She knew vthat it
was to be worn out and tired by nervous
exhaustion. Mrs. Richard Jones of Glen
deane, Ky., corroborates her statement by
saving:
"I am doing my own housework without
any help and I did my washing last week
and was not a bit tired. Before I took Wine
of Cardui I used to lie down five or six times
a day."
Mrs. 21. S. Eaton, No. 808 Jackson Bou
levard, Chicago, 111., praises Wine of
Cardui for the same reason Mrs. Adams
does when Mrs. Eaton writes:
UI have been using Wine of Cardui for
falling of the womb and have derived much
benefit."
Mrs. Mattie A. Anderson, of Benton,
La., wa3 a great sufferer from irregular
menstruation but she was cured by Wine
of Cardui the same as Mrs. Adams. Mrs.
Anderson writes:
" I have been a sufferer with irregular pe
riods for three years. I tried everything that
I heard would benefit me but was not re
lieved until I took Wine of Cardui and Thed
ford's Black-Draught. Now I am, in srood
health." B
In the office of the Chattanooga Medi
cine Co., the manufacturers of Wine of
Cardui, there are 10,060 such testimonials.
These letters show that Wine of Cardui
acts the same in all cases. This pure
Wine perfectly regulates the menstrual
flow and painless menstruation is the re
sult. The freshness of health returns with
the stoppage of the wasting drains. With
such evidence as this before you1, how can
JRA ADAMSTK l5kw"'?
RDUI
G M Piper. Akron. O IL. S Perklrs. Monmouth
V H Blhne Cottage G Vm Henderson. Aurora
B S Hunt. Sidnev. O
Emma Strode. Dallas
Mrs L Roberts. Pasa
dena H W Jeffries, do
W E Duncan. Sacto
Mrs W E Duncan, do
J R Whitney. Albanj
F I Dunbar, Salem
Chas S Moore. Salem
C C Hogue. Albanj"
Mrs Conde Hamlin, St
Paul
L M Holden. Tacoma
G T Earl. S F
F D Kuettner. Asto
Mrs F D Kuettner. do
J W Thomas. Butte
A W Stowell. Salem
II G Van Dusen. AsiO
H M Brink. Cor-all!-
Jos H Koontz. IJahc
Mrs Koontz. od
Clias Hlmrod. Boise
Mra Hlmrod. do
Ida Hlmrod; do
Hattle Himrod. do
Mary Hlmrod. do
Ida Burkett. do
C P Thomas. Maine
Mrs W T "W right.
Roscburjr
Dr S K Buick. Roae
burg
G Kimball, do
Mrs N I Griffith, city
I L Patterson. Salem
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J C Holden. Tillamook
Veil
H S McNulty. Baker
R D Kent. Clatskanle
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Groce
G E Graves, Milwau-
kle
J E Brooks, McMInnv
Mrs M E Harold. La
Center
Frank Medder & wf,
Wasco
Geo Rockey. Seattle
A Perry, city
L Michael. Stella
G B Preston, Greshamjj B Emery, Scoggins-
R D Gould. Kal!pcll
I vllle
F E Carpenter, city
M Z Burton. Orient
Paul Blrkenfeld. Mist
Maggie Gray. XV W
Jas iianary &. wr.
Marshland
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Master Harry Earl. doThos Cooper. Kalama
trank Manning. Asto III Foster & wf. Alrlie
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Geo Dowd. Clatskanle C Warner, do
Mrs AV H Ford, do IL A Young. Castle Rk
Andrew Hughes. OrlentU Nevln", city
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Tacoma I Chas E Kuhn. S F
Dan Hamilton, Everett J B Doris. S F
T C Peters .. wf ScitJa" Clark. Los Angeles
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Pleasant Key J M A Ullams, Eugene
L Drugan. S F V!rs W R Beamer and
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jou allow your trouble to run on until you
are past recovery? Wine of Cardui will
not cure female diseases when they have
developed into "consumption. What else
can happen when irregularities are sapping
the blood and you let them go on? But do
not let them go on. Stop them now. Wino
of Cardui never f aib in an uncomplicated
case. Tour druggist sells $1.00 bottle3 of
Wine of Cardui and you should be taking
this remedy in your home now. Secure a
bottle cf Wine of Cardui and get the same
benefit and cure from it Mra- Adams did.
If you think you need advice write to The
Ladies' Advisory Department, The Chat
tanooga Medicine Company, and tell them
v our symptoms and a letter of advice will
be sent you. '
Colfax Chesser, of Frederickburg, Tex.,
writes:
"Wine of Cardui is the- best medicine that
ever was mace for women."
Ida M. Vaughn, Pearis, Ky., says:
Wine cf Cardui did me more good "ari
all the doctors' medicines."
The experience of a million women
shows that Wine of Cardui
relieveafemale ills.
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