I 12 THE MORNING flREQONIiffl SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1302. IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS TIMELY VOLUME ON A COUNTRY WHERE STRIKES ARE UNKNOWN sr NEW ZEALAND'S LAW It is interesting at this time to read' of a land where they have no strikes. In New Zealand, at the antipodes, this pleasing condition of affairs exists, if Henry Demarest LJoyd Is to be believed. He has been there to study Industrial conditions, and he ought to. know. From a first glance at the title of his book. "A Country Without Strikes" (Mc Clure's). the average citizens thinks It a tale of Utopia or Plato's republic, or the New Atlantis, delightful places, all of them, but, unfortunately, -mere' air-drawn . fancies of the brain. On turning the pages these misty impressions fade away in the light of his clear.hard-headed and emi nently convincing narrative of surprising conditions. They are a clever lot of people in New Zealand. That enterprising English stock which found home too tlow and came to America to spread out and build up these United States has been at work just as energetically at the other end of the earth, though few of ua realize It. The Austral ians can teach us some things that we might be the better for knowing, and the New Zealandcr3 are a little ahead of the Australians, notably in the matter of their industrial lawa. The legislators of that island do not stand on precedent- When a thing needs doing they look Into the situation as care fully as the conditions allow, and then they go ahead and do it. The awful circum stance that it was never done before has noi the paralyzing effect on these bold antipodeans that it appears to have on the Leririator in older lands. William Pem bef Reeves, Minister of Labor, when he ha4 a great strike of workmen In the shlp plns Intercuts on Ills hands, and a threat ened strike of railway employes looming up beiore him. didn't meet the situation with talk. He consulted all the authorities an! precedents that he thought would help him, and when these failed in suggestive ness he went ahead and forced a compul sory arbitration law through the Parlia ment. Here, according to Mr. Lloyd, is how the plan works: "The moment either side with a griev ance or any apprehension of a strike or lockout summons the other before the board or court It becomes a punishable offense for the workmen to stop wdrk or the employer to cl05e down. Both must keep on until the board or court "has come to a final decision. "The law goes beyond this prohibition of strikes or lockouts while disputes are pending before the court. There must be no strike or lockout beforehand to fore stall such intervention. The act guards against the probability that workmen might be discharged or the employer be left by his men because one side has learned that the other Is about to demand conciliation or arbitration. In such cases, If there has been any tuch discharge or lockout to evade an arbitration, the ag grieved party may at any time within six weeks after the strike or lockout appeal to the court and get full consideration and redress, and the court can stop the strike which it was denied the opportunity to pre vent. "The necessity for this was shown In a case which arose In South Australia, where certain worklngmen resolved to try arbitration, but the employer, getting wind of what was coming, promptly discharged all his hands.. He then said to the court that it had no jurisdiction because there was no dispute between him and his men. meaning the men he had taken on after wards. " It is quite true,' he said, 'that I have had a dispute with certain men. but they are no longer my employes.' This New Zealand law gives the state power. If in voked, to step In and stop strikes or lock outs, even though they have broken out." It is not claimed that the law is perfect, but it is declared a success so far and likely to be more so. It must be evident to anyone that at the last the success de pends really on the Judge, who sits as ar bitrator in the final court. Fortunately, although these Judges usually come from the liighest social stratum, they have been unprejudiced and have greatly ameliorated the condition of the worklngmen. It 13 claimed that In 1900 New Zealand was the most prosperous country on the globe, and that It was due In considerable measure to the law In question. What would hap pen In times of financial distress maybe Imagined, and it is for this season that the book, however interesting. Is incon clusive as a real demonstration of the abll ityof the law to settle disputes under all circumstances. Tho author frankly admit this, and has essayed to do no more than give a lucid account of the workings of the law after a most painstaking Investi gation on the ground. He also admits that it is not necessarily to be argued that what Is a success In the new and thinly settled New Zealand, where nearly all the population are Britons.- would be of" the same degree in older and more populous countries. The administration of the law is swift and cheap and lawyers are only admitted in difficult cases, the court using experts on both sides rather than exposit ors of the law. It Is an Interesting book, which will be read with great Interest at this time. Jonqnln Miller's Complete Poetical Works. Admirers of the "Poet of the Sierras" will welcome a revised edition of his complete poetical works. Issued this week by the Whlteaker & Ray Company, San Francisco, in most attractive typographic al form. In Ita 227 pages will be found all of his poetry that Miller thinks is worth preserving. This includes, of course, all his notable work, which at this late day need? no review. In his preface the poet Indulges in a. "heart-to-heart talk with his readers, saying: "Born a 'rover and a lover, I have wandered farther, perhaps, than any man living, for my poetry opened all doors and made traveling a delight. Then I was paid Immensely for my prose. But If I had dependedk on my poetry, I should have stayed home and half starved. Take care! "I traveled so much all my life till late years that I had hastily to feed my corn out. weed and flower, green or ripe com. from the four quarters of the world, as I ran. Hence the need of this revision. And yet, even now, after all my cutting and care. I am far from satis fied, and can commend to my lovers only the last few poems in the book. True, the earlier ones have color and clime, and preference of wood or waste, and I am not ungrateful for the friends they brought me, but I fear I fall short of the large eternal lesson which the seer is born to teach the vision of worlds be yond. I have, tried to mend this fault In my later work: to give my new poems not only body, but soul." Miller devotes two Interesting pages to bis life in Oregon, and tells of his first work that went into a printed page, the valedictory class poem, Columbia Col lege. Eugene, the germ of the present University of Oregon. He closes his mes sage thus: Let me again Invoke you. be loyal to your craft; not only to your craft, but to your fel low scribes. To let envy lure you to leer at even the humblest of them Is to admit yourself beaten; to admit yourself to be one of the thourand failures betraying the one success. Braver It were to knife In the back a holy man at p;ayer. I plead for something more than the Individual here. I plead for the entire, Republic. Not to have a glorious literature of our own Is to be another Nineveh, Babylon, Turkey. Nothing1 ever has paid, nothing ever' will pay. a nation like poetry. How many millions have we paid, are still paying, bleak and rocky Scotland to behold the land of Burns? Byron led the world to scatter Its gold through the ruins of Italy, where he mused and ang. and Italy was rebuilt. Greece sur vived a thousand years on the-melodies of her' mighty dead. Finally, use the briefest little bits of baby words at han'd. Write this down in red. and remember. Shall we ever have an American literature? l'et, when wc leave sound and words to the winds. American science has swept time and space aside. American science dashes along at 50. CO miles an hour, but American literature still lumbers along in the old-fashioned Eng lish stage-coach at 10 miles an hour; and sometimes with a red-coated outrider blowing the horn. Wc must leave all this behind us. We have not time for words. A man who uses a 'great, big. sounding word, when a short one will do, is to that extent a robber of time. A Jewel that depends, greatly on Its setting is not a great Jewel.. When,the Messiah of Amer ican literature comes, he will come singing, so far as may be,-In words of one syllable. Which Indicates that Joaquin Miller, after all. Is the same childlike, manly Joaquin of old. "A Qnfver of Arrows." Under this title more than three-score rermons.by David James Burrell, D. B., LL. D., have been published by the Funk & Wagnalls Company- They were select ed and epitomized by Thomas Douglas, Ph. D. a whole library of sermons com pressed Into one volume. Seventy pulpit discourses delivered during the last few vears. by the pastor of the Marble Col legiate Church, of New York City, have been reduced by a discriminating editor, each to the compass of a 10 or 15 minutes' address. The gist of each sermonlc illus tration has een presented with at least one main "moral" and suggestions of minor- apDlications. The terse, direct style of the original discourses has been heightened, yet not .to the point of ob scurity or Inelegance, by. judicious elimi nation of all save essential words and phrases. In short, we have in the present book the principle of the "digest" applied to sermonic discourse. The work is thus rendered of the highest value to those who are In search of homiletic models, and yet desire to be left free to construct their sermons In their own rhetorical style and with original application of principles. If the example of this digest should be followed, bookshelves would groan less under many-volumed and dust-laden col lections of discourses, while the desk and center-table wpuld be occupied by handy works of use and Inspiration in ' the- re ligious life. "Value as a work of reference is given to the book by a topical index, wherein every subject treated is entered under the threefold division of theme, propo sition and illustration. Here is a quo tation from a sermon on the literary value of the Bible: Where wilt you And such poetry? Milton said. "There are no sonss like the songs ot Zlon." Or such oratory? Daniel Webster said. "If there Is aught of eloquence In me, it Is because I learned the Scriptures at njy .mother's knee." Or such lode? Lord Bacon said, "There Is no philosophy like that of the Scriptures." Or unity and completeness of beauty and power? Froude says. "The Elble Is in and of itself a liberal education."' Or what book, or books can compare with It? Sir Walter Scott said, "Bring me the book." "What book?" "There is but one book the Bible." "Swords and Plowshares." About two years ago Ernest Crosby pub lished a book of radical verse entitled "Plain Talk In Psalm and Parable," which was highly praised for Its boldness, originality, and vitality by such competent Judges of these qualities as Tolstoi, BJorn son, Markham and ZangwJU. His second volume of poetry, and the third book which he has published (the nnti-mllltary novel. '.'Captain Jinks, Hero," intervening), is composed of verse written since anti-Imperialism became an issue in American politics, and since Mr. Crosby retired to his farm to live the "natural life" to which his social philos ophy and his love of the country had long Inclined him. Accordingly, as finely Indi cated by the title,' the poems' selected bear upon two contrasting themes hatred of war and oppression, and delight In scenes of perce and Industry. Unity of theme and concentration of purpose, therefore, mark the book as a work of art In- the broadest and highest sense, and, as such, it is destined, to be memorable in the an nals of American literature. Mr. Crosby's verse-forms are as oppo site in character as his themes. He em ploys ,the. strong, free, "verse-paragraph" of Whitman, tor plain, direct description, as did its Inventor, and for bold Indict ment of social "wrong, as .does Edward Carpenter, the radical poet of England. This verse-form is relieved by shorter poems In the simple lyric measures hal lowed by the use of all our nature-loving poets from Chaucer to Whltticr. If the combination of strong and direct thought with simple and pure expression Is the essential requisite to a phrase's immor tality, there are passages in "Swords and Plowshares" which the world will not al low to die. (Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York.) "Every Day In tlie Yeqr." A book that Is attracting wide attention among sch.ool teachers, parents of school children and students of history and poetry, and is certain to hang from the boughs of thousands of Christmas trees this season is "Every Day in the Year," the new collection of poetry, which is aptly styled "A poetical epitome of the world's history-" This volume, edited by James L. and Mary K. Ford, consists of nearly S00 poems, commemorative of the most striking events in the history of the world, and arranged according to the days of the calendar Apart from Its value as a treasure-house of poetry blended with history, it is a book or rare fascination because of the many forgotten annlvcisarles which it recalls to mind. For example, December 14 I3 the anni versary of the death of George Washing ton In 1719; of that of the Prince Consort of Victoria in 1S51; of that of his daugh ter, the Princess Alice, just 17 years later, and of that of Professor Agasslz, In 1873. Dr. Samuel Johnson died 118 years ago, on December 13, 'which Is also St. Lucy's day. and the anniversary of the battle of Fredericksburg, fought in 1S62. The day before was the 13th anlversary of the death of Robert Browning, and the 15th will be the 62d of the final Interment of the great Napoleon under the dome of the Invalldes. All these events are fittingly celebrated by one or more poems in the pages of "Even' Day in the Year.' a book of such variety that no after-dinner speaker need be at a loss for a subject, no matter when he may be called upon to speak. (Dodd, Mead & Co., New York.) Timely Book on Kng MaUIngr. "How to Make Rugs," by Candace Wheeler, Is more than Its name Implies, for It is not only a treatise on rug mak ing, but an essay in economics. Thought ful people are1 asking themselves why In America there are no well-established and prosperous domestic manufactures. The author of this books shows how the farm er's wife may make her spare time profit able, and goes on to explain at length, and by the aid of useful and simple diagrams, how rugs of various kinds are made. The author, believes, and gives reasons for the belief, that hand-made, home-made rugs can compete successfully with the machine-made article. The book should prove useful to many people. (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.) "Ad Antra." One of the most beautiful of ths holiday books is "Ad Astra," just published by R. H. Russell. Tew Yorti. The volume Is made up of selections from ,the "Divlna Commedla" of Dante, which have Tjeen brought together with great Intelligence and sympathy. Life and death, and "all that lies between" are illuminated by these selections, from the greatest poem In the world. Margaret Armstrong planned the present work. In collaboration with Helen .Maltland Armstrong. Both executed the illustrations, which are done in a spirit ol perfect sympathy with the text, and include 10 full-page drawings, decorations, etc.,. with a beautiful frontis piece in photogravure. The book Is ex quisitely printed oh deckle-edge yellum paper. A Great Missionary. Raymund Lull. First Missionary to the Mos lems. By Samuel M. Zwemer, D. D.. F. R. G. S. Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York. T Raymund Lull was, of all great men of the Middle Ages, the most versatile in character and strenuous in endeavor. His achievements In any single line of activity would of themselves make a considerable volume. He was poet, novelist, scientisf, philosopher, theologian, evangelist in Christian lands, and missionary to the heathen. One of Lull's biographers states that " the works of .ull numbered 4000. Many of these have been lost. Of his writings In Latin, Catalonlan and Arabic, it is said that 1C00 were extant in the 15th century. Fewer than 50 are extant today Irj, printed form, though many unpublished manuscripts are to be found scattered through the libraries of Europe. The present biography contains a bibliography of 321 titles of Lull's books, and 21 titles, of books about Lull. It Is chiefly of Lull's work as a mission ary that Dt. Zwemer writes, and most appropriately As Robert E. Speer says in his introduction to the present book: "It would be difficult to find another so competent as Dr. Zwemer to write a life of the first great missionary to the Mo hammedans. For 12 years he has been working with his associates of the Ara bian mission of the Reformed Church on the eastern coast of the Arabian peninsula and in the Turkish region northwest of the Persian Gulf. To an almost perfect command of Arabic, an accurate knowl edge of the Koran, untiring zeal and in Oomltable courage, he has added an ab sorbing love for the 3Iohammend3ns, and a desire to make known to them In truth that Savior whom in their belief their prophet annuls and supersedes." Like the great man of whom he writes, Dr. Zwemer has found time, amid his arduous missionary labors, to produce valuaole historical and geographical books. His "Arabia, the Cradle of Islam." is the standard authority on that country. As there was propagandist purpose in Dr. Zwcmcr's historical work, so is there in the present biography. He says in his preface: "Since the 20th century Is to be pre-eminently a century of missions to Moslems, we should rescue the memory of the pioneer from oblivion. His philosoph ical speculations and his many books have vanished away, for he knew only In part. But his self-sacrificing love never fallcth and its 'memory cannot perish. His biog raphy emphasizes his own motto: 'He who lives by the Life cannot die.' It Is this part of Lull's life that has a message for us today, and calls us to win back the Mohammedan world to Christ." Prlxe of ?0000 Offered for a Book. The faculty of Lake Forest (111.) Uni versity offer a prize of ?C0O? .for the best book or treatise "on the connection; rela tion and mutual bearing of any practical science, or the history of any race, or the facts in any department of knowledge, with and upon the Christian religion." In 1S97 the late William Bross, of Chi cago, Lieutenant - Governor of Illinois, 1S66-79" as a memorial to hl3 son, Na thaniel, who had died in 154, transferred to the Lake Forest University a large sum of money, to be put out at interest, the income for one decade to be spent in the followlrg decade for the purpose out lined above. In his deed of gift the founder had in view "the religion of the Bible composed of the Old and Now Tes taments of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as commonly received In the Pres byterian and other evangelical churches." His object was "to call out the best ef forts of the highest talent and the ripest scholarship of the world, to illustrate from, scknee or any department of knowl edge, and to demonstrate the divine or igin and the authority of the Christian Scriptures: and, further, to show how both science and revelation coincide, and to prove the existence, the providence, or any or all of the attributes of the only living and true God, Infinite, eternal and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth." The scope'of the deed of gift is thus so comprehensive that any phase of Christian truth, or of human history,; or of modern life, that may throw light upon the Chris tian faith as it is received, by the great body of Christian believers, would be a fitting theme for any book offered In the competition announced. 1 Authors must present their work type written in triplicate on or before June 1, 1905. There is no special limit to the length of the book. The offer is open to scientific men. Christian philosophers and historians of all nations. Bright Little Poems. A good holiday book for the young is "Bright Little Poems for Bright Little People," by Catherine Wheeler. (The Whlteaker & Ray Company, San Fran cisco.) The author understands children and how to entertain them with rhyme all of it helpful and abounding in cheer. On the title page she says: Dear little comrades, I am but a child; But let me you, my younger playmates, teach. (That I may with simplicity the while List to the precious gospel that you preach. And In this spirit all the verses are written the voices of natural, healthy children singing untrammeled. Scribner's Ilngazlne. The Christmas number of Scribner's Magazine has been always made notable by the richness and beauty of its pictures, and the fine quality of the sentiment and exquisite workmanship of Its stories. The issue of this December number sustains and adds to that reputation. It contains eight short stories, most of them Illus trated, and special articles and poems, among them a beautiful unpublished poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, written in 1S72, when he was a young man. The poem shows the charm of Stevenson's style at the very outset of his career. The color-printing (In which Scribner's led tho way years before it appeared in any othe? magazines) is especially beautiful In this number. The cover by Frank "V. Du Mond is in gold and nine colors, a charming, bright design typical of the holiday sea son. The most delicate piece of color printing yet attempted by this magazine is found In the illustrations by Jessie Wlll cox Smith. ENTERTAIN Y. M. C. A. CROWD Clara Lonise Thompson Gives Illus trated Monologue. Clara Louise Thompson, the elocution ist, gave an illustrated monologue en titled "The Chinook" in the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. last night, the per formance being a number on the star course of the association. The play was illustrated with stereoptlcon pictures, while the reader took the parts of the 16 characters. The drama, which is by a Seattle writer, deals with life in Colo rado and the East. The Chinook is a sunny Individual who is brought from his Western mine to aid In straightening up his father's finances, Injured by the mis deeds of an elder brother. The girl he loves is also 4n trouble, and just as his father's creditors refuse his interest In the mine for his father's debts, a tele gram arrives offering a- huge sum for the property. All is settled satisfactorily to every one concerned, especially the Chin ook, and the girl, who become engaged at the close. The monologue attracted a good crowd, and both the reader and the pictures were entertaining. Merit wins, and this Is the reason for the unequaled popularity of Hood's Sarsapa-rllla. COULD NOT SET (i!S LEG CASE OF SON OFhBNRY ROTH PUZZLED PHYSICIANS. Finally Discovered 'Cause of Trouble by Meann of the X-Itay-Boy Now Recovering. Through the medium of the X-ray the fractured, Jeg of the 12-year-old son of Henry Roth, of Columbia Slough, was finally put In position after repeated at tempts made during the past few weeks had failed, . and after two surgeons had exhausted their efforts to set the limb. The case was very unusual and interest ing. A horse fell on the boy's leg, fractur ing the large bone in two places and the smaller one in one place. A physician-was called and apparently reduced the frac ture, but he was surprised when he went to visit the boy again to find the leg in bad condition, the two broken ends hav ing slipped. He reset the bone, leaving' it "all right, and the next time he went out he was accompanied by another physi cian. The bones were again found dis united as in the first instance. The physi cians then decided to have the boy re moved to the Good Samaritan hospital. Several physicians were present when the leg was operated on. It was reset and all the physicians present were cer tain it was all right and would certainly heal, but the X-ray was then applied, when It was clearly seen that there was some foreign body between the two ends of the bones. It could be seen very plainly by means of the X-ray. An In cision was made and a small, ragged piece of bone removed. It had caused all the trouble. After its removal the ends of the bones were wired together, and the patient Is now getting along in a satis factory manner. When the horse fell on the boy the piece of bone, afterwards found, was broken and slipped between the ends of the bones, wncre it effectually (prevented healing. AUTOMATIC CHINAMAN. Machine Invented. That Will Clean More Salmon Than Seven Men. "Improvements and new Ideas are Intro-, duced into tlie salmon canning business every season," said A. E. Wadhams, a canneryman, from Blaine, who Is regis tered at the Portland. "The last, ma chine which wc hive put on trial Is called tile automatic Chinaman. This, of course, is not the name under which the patent was obtained, but Is derived from the character of the work the machine will do. "It Is claimed by the Inventor, and wc have partially proved the statement, thdt one machine will clean as many salmon as seven Mongolians. The fish are fed Into the mechanism head first, and by an Ingenious system of knives their heads are cut off and their bodies split open. A stream of water operated under a high pressure cleans the fish as they pa.s through the various parts of the appa ratus, and a set of revolving brushes completes this portion of the work. There is practically no limit to the quantity of fish that such a machine will clean in one day, and while Its operation was not perfect In the past season, ""still the de fects were minor one's and will all be rem edied by next Summer. In fact it Is prob-. able that by the time the salmon com mence running again a machine will be invented that will perform every part of the butchering and cleanslfur. work which is now done by the tihlnamen. Under these circumstances a salmon will not.be touched by hand after it Is once started down, the chute to. the first machine." Finns of Institute of Architects. WASHINGTON, Dec. li The Ameri can Institute of Architects today elected the following honorary members: Andrew Carnegie., Samuel A. Abbott and Emll Nauchiamer. It was announced that the institute proposed to raise a fund of 520,000 for the execution of a project to' be disclosed later an.d that $15,000 had been ralssd tov.-ards the 530,000 necessary to purchase the .historic Octagon House in this city for permanent headquarters. One of the largest home publications, the Woman's Home Companion, wants a man or woman In this city to conduct a magazine route. It is a chance for any energetic person to work up a monthly income regularly. If you are now can vassing for anything else, it will be a profitable side-line for you. and we advise that you address at once Circulation De partment, Woman's Home Companion, Springfield. O. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL KEPOUT PORTLAND, Dec. 12.-8 P. M. Maximum temperature, 47; minimum temperature, 39; river reading, 11 A. M., 12.2 feet; change In 21 hours. 0.7 foot; total precipitation, 5 P. M. .to 5 P. M., 0.17 Inch; total precipitation since Sept. 1. 1!K2, 18.51 inches; normal pre cipitation since Sept. 1. 1002. 14.35 Inches; ex ce". 4.10 Inches; total sunshine Dec. 11, 5:00: possible sunshine Dec. 11. 8:42; barometer (re duced to sea level) at 5 P. M.. 29.94. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The storm which has been central oft the mouth of the Columbia River during the last several days has moved northward, and 13 this evening central. In a much diminished state, near Vancouver Island. It caused high south erly winds along the Oregon and AVashington coast. Straits of Juan de Fuca and on the Inland navigable waters of Western Washing ton. 'The following maximum wind velocities are reported this evening: North Head. 52 miles, from the south; Tatoosh' Island, 48 mile?, east, and Seattle, 30 mile, southeast. Storm warnings were ordered at 7 A. M. to day at all seaports In this district. 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Yours truly, Adelaide R3Aiil. r?4 St. Ann's Ave"., New York City."' $6000 forfeit If original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced; along the Northern California coast. Light snow- fell In Eastern Washington and' Northern Idaho. THE RIVER. The Willamette River continues to fall at all stations. The .following stages were reported this evening: Portland, 12.3 feet; Albany, 11.5; "Salem. .15.0; Eugene, 7.4 feet. Tlie river at Portland "will continue to Jail during the nest few days. " I . PACIFIC. COAST WEATHER. Wind rn 5 STATIONS. Astoria Raker City ... Bismarck UoIe Eureka Helena ICamlocns, B. 1 North Head .. Pocatello Portland ...... Red Bluff Rof-eburg Sacramento . . . Salt .Lake San 'Fra'nclsco Spokane Seattle Tatoosh Island .'SO'O.SSt 8! SW. ,V406.CO '.NV . 'S0.00 jE Cloudy Ctoudy Clear I40I0.C0 .V!0 fl2 cr Ft. cldy PL cldy Cloudr 1 N Clm SW litvo.io'oo ISntfwlng JCIoudy Clear Cloudy iClcar '3'JIU.OU SW Raining Clear Clear 1 Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy . Cloudy Walla Walla Light. WEATHER FORECASTS. . . Forecasts made at Portland for the28 hours ending at midnight Saturday, December 13: Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy, -with occasional showers; south to west winds. Oregon Partly cloudy, with, showers .In west, portion r southerly winds. . 1 . Washington Showers in west, light snow or rain in east portion; winds' mostly southerly. Idaho Fair In south., light snow or rain' in north portion; southerly winds. A. B. AVOLLABER. Acting Forecast Official. UNCALLED-FOll ANSWERS. ANSWERS ARE HELD AT THIS OFFICE IFOR THE FOLLOWING ANSWER CHECKS AND MAY RE HAD BY. PRESENTING YOUR CHECKS AT THE OREGONIAN OF FICE: - ' A iil. IS 4. 1G, IS. . C 12, IS. D 7. ' 1 13 2(1, - . -. v 1:, 21. , G 20. 21. 22. H 12, 22. , - I & J IO. 15, 10, 10. K 11, 10. L 13. ... ; 7.17. 17. r . X 20. 1- Oll. 17, 21, 22. V S. 1H, 18, IO, 22. (112, 21. ' It 20, 21. S 10, 21. - ' ' T 18. 20. 22, 85. . V 14. 1(5. 20, 21. AV 15. 20. X IO. 12, 13. 10. IS, 22. Y IO. 13, 2 23. BEST $6.50 COAL On this market Is Renton Lump Coal. Both Phones. VULCAX COAL CO. 1 , 4.7 O.39U0' S .30 0.001 N . -18 0.18 -rSW . 30 0.00 8!NW .140(0:05? OlNH .ir.2!0.loo olsr .'ai;!o.62 isa .;480;22 22!S . 44 0.04 101S . 42'O.OQ S 55 The Best Christmas Present for so Little Money $1.75.. Can you better invest $1.75 for your entire family circle than in, a sub scription to the Paper? Christmas Present Coupon,, PRAEL, HEGELE & CO., Inc. 100-106 FIFTH STREET, CORNER STARK The Markets of it, as we are inevitably a little prejudiced, but come arid see for yourself. If anything finer in the line of high-grade ci - gars, beautiful pipes and to bacco jars and artistic smok ers' supplies can be found anywhere in the world, we don't know where it is. Dur ing all of 1902 we have been buying and collecting for yourprespntpleasure. Come in and see the result. SIQ. SICHEL & CO. , r 92 THIRD STREET Opp. Chamber of Con?. Sellers of the Real Garcia Clgara DR. B. E. WRIGHT. Graduate Iowa Gtate Univ. for Infants Castoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic Bubstance. It destroys "Worms and allays Feverislincss. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. It relieves Teething- Troubles and cures Constipation. It regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. n Tho Children's Panacea The mother's Friend. Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Sn Use For THE CCMTAUn COBMWr. TT TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1903 At 2 o'clock P. M., AT MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE SAX FRANCISCO WE WILL SELL THE SHIP SNOW & BURGESS Thlf vessel is now m the port of San Francisco, ana can oe examined by in tending purchasers. j S. I. JONES & CO. Auctioneers, Snn Frnncifico. j MEETING NOTICES. SOUTH PORTLAND IMPROVEMENT AS SOCIATION will meet this evening at 7:30 at Hobklrk's Hall. Business of Importance. Sell- J wood Bord of Trade, county representatives t and citizens of Fulton Park are Invited. J. F. CAPLES, Pres. I CAMELIA, CHAPTER. NO. 27, O. E. S. A -regular 'communication this (Saturday) even- 1 lng at S o'clock.. Election of xuTlcers. By or- i der W. M. NELLIE McKIULEY, Sec. MOUNT TABOR HODGE, NO. 42. A. F. & A. M. Stated communica tion this (Saturday) evening, 7:30. Election. All M. M. invited. By ot der of W. M. W. V. MINAR, Sec. OREGON COMMANDERY. NO. I. K. T. Special conclave this evening at 8 o'clock. Order of the Temple. W. S. MACRUM. Rec- DiEn. CONLEY In this city. Dec. 12. 1002, Mrs. Agnes Conley. wlfejof W. S. Conley. aged 28 years. Remains at.F. rf. Dunnlnc8 under taking narlors. FUNERAL 7VOTICES. O'CONNOR At San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 8. 1902. Patrick O'Connor, aged 48 years. 2 months and r, days. Funeral Sunday. Dec. 14, from residence. 251 Morris st.. In this city, at 1:30 P. thence to St. Mary's Church, cor. AVlllIams ave. and Stanton st., at 2 P. M. lntermant at Mount Calvary cemetery Friends Invited. FRANKLIN Friends and acaualntances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services of the late Frederick De Gross Franklin which will be held from, the family residence. 250 7th st., at- 1 P. M. Sunday. Dec. 14. Interment Rlverview. KOAVALSKE Friends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral services of Evea KowaUske, which will be held from St. Patrick's Church, cor. 10th and Savler sts.. at 0 A. M. today. Interment at Mount Calvary cemetery. TIMM In this city. Dec. 11, 1002. William Otto TImm. aged 17 years.. 8 months. 15 days. Funeral services will be held at house, C50 3d St., Sunday at 2 P. M. Friends In vited. J. P. FINLEY Jt SON. ProgreMlve Funeral Directors and Emliilroen, cor. 3d and Mndtxon ' streets. Com petent lndy nss't. Both phones No. 0. EDWARD HOLM AN, Undertaker. 4th and Yamhill sts. Renn Stlnson, Imdy assistant. Both phones No. C07. CHRISTMAS ' GIFTS In Lamps, Cut Glass, dainty pieces of China, Charing Dishes, French Steam Coffee Pots are useful and orna mental. Also Haviland, French and several good patterns in Austrian China Dinnerware to select from. Our lines in every department are thu product of the very best factories. Our prices are. the lowest. Naturally we are somewhat proud of our exquisite Holiday goods that we have hunted all over the world for. Therefore we ssy, don't take our word for Ilk Sfssg Jm OUR METHODS APPROVED KTJGENE, Nov. 23, 1202. Dr. B E. Wright. Dear Sir: Too mu-h -cannot be said in your praise. I thank you for painless dental work. I extend my thanks to your entire sraff. attendants and all you certalnly have a deserving force. You verify all that you adver tise. Yours, truly. L. G. ADAIR. S. P. Agent. DR. B. E. WRIGHT'S gmcE 342 Washington, Cor. Seventh Olflce hours: S A. M. to 5 P. M.: evenings. 7:30 to 8:30: Sundays. 10 A. M. to 12 M. Telephone North 219L and Children Signature ot Over 30 Years. MUHHY GTWECT. HKW YORK CITY. AMUSEMENTS. MARQUA1I GRAND THEATER CALVIN HEILIG. Manager. Two nights only. Monday and Tuesday, December 15 and 10. PRIMROSE AND DOCKSTADER'S BIG MINSTREL COMPANY. Under the management or JAS. H. DECKER. Prices Entire parquette. $1.50. Entire par quette circle, $1. Balcony, first G rows, 75c: last 6 rows, COc. Gallery. 35c and 25c. Boxes and loges, $7.50. Seats ere now selling. Carriages at 10:50 o'clock. THE BAKER THEATER GEO. L: BAKER. Manager. Phones Oregon North 1070. Columbia 500. MATINEE TODAY AT 2:15, TONIGHT AT 8:15. Last two performances of Marie "Wainwrlght's greatest success. "SHALL WE FORGIVE HER?" Presented by the incomparable Nelll Stock Company. The Baker orices Matinee. 10c. 15c. 23c; evening, 13c. 25c. 33c, 50c. Starting tomorrow Matinee, "We'uns of Tennessee." CORDRAY'S THEATER Today, Matinee and evening, last two perform ances of E. J. Carpenter's big production. "A LITTLE OUTCAST" A ber.utlful story of woman's love and devo tion. Eight gorgeous scenes. A flrst-clasa (tar cast, including tho popular Newsboys' Quartet. PRICES Evening, 25c and 50c; matinee. 25c to any part of house, children 10c. NEXT WEEK The James Boys in Missouri and the Telephone Girl. NEW TODAY. C0M0X LUMP COAX Reduced to $8 per ton. Excels for furnace use. Imported by Pacific Coast Co.. 240 Wash. st. MORTGAGE LOANS On improved city and farm property. R. LIVINGSTONE. 22 Stark st. MORTGAGE LOANS On Improvfd city and farm property. Building loans. Installment loans. WM. MACMASTBR. 311 Worcester block. LOAN WANTED. $3000 at C Der cent Interest for five years against mortgage of city property of ample value. F. V. Andrews & Co.. Hamilton bldg. Crematorium, on Oregon City car line, near Sellwool; mod ern, scientinc, complete. Charges: Adults, i35: children. J25. visitors, a to 6 f. M. Portland Cremation Association. Portland. $25,' $35 and $45 Down Will put you in your own home, up on a lot containing one-quarter of an acre and your monthly rental will pay the balance. The land is close to the street-car line in St. Johns. This proposition is intended only for laboring men, paying from $10 to $15 per month rental and can be ex tended to only a limited number. Hartman, Thompson & Powers 3 Chamber of Commerce. 5 -