Morning Oregonian., January 28, 1904, Page 9, Image 9

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AMUSEMENTS.
SIAKQUAM GRAND THEATER (Morrison at.
between 6th and 7th) Tonltht at 8:15, Al
berta Gallatin, la Ibtea'a drama. "Ghost.
THE BAKER THEATER. Third and Yamhill
etreete Evening. 8:15. the Baker company
In "A Celebrated Case."
ARCADE THEATER, Seventh and Washing
ton Continuous vaudeville, 2:30 to 10:30.
CORDRATS THEATER, Washington Si.
Evening, 8:15, "Maloney Wedding."
Fixes for Throwing Orange Peel, on,
"Eidetfjllkb. Complaint Is made that a
mention of the vile habit of throwing or
ange peel on the sidewalks and endanger
ing the life and limbs of passers, published
In these columns on Monday was couched
In too light a vein. The complainant says
that, as he was passing the Aider-street
front of The Oregonlan building about
5 P. M. Tuesday, a well-dressed young
lady stepped on a piece of orange peel on
the sloping sidewalk and was pitched head
first at full length on her face and seri
ously bruised and jolted. In regard to
comparing the offense of throwing orango
peel on the sidewalk with that of expec
torating on the walks, which Is punish
able by fine, he says that a fine should be
provided for both, and asks that atten
tion be called to the filthy condition of the
sidewalk, on the Stark-street side of the
"Western Union Telegraph office, which
Is so disgusting that women frequently
have to turn back there and go around
some' other way. He says a policeman
should be stationed there to keep in order
and decency, the gang of messenger boys
which terrorizes the neighborhood. The
attention of Special Officer Caswell Is
called to this matter, and also to the car
cass of a cat which, defiles the street
within half a block of the United States
Custom-House. The streets and side
walks must be made neat and orderly be
fore the 1905 Fair.
Game Scarce in Market. The game
supply Is rather short at present, owing
to many sportsmen having taken up
trap1LGuich(
shooting Instead of duck hunting, a result
of the ducks becoming wise enough to
get out of range and stay there. The
public has had a very liberal supply of
wild ducks this season, for a good many
thousand of them have been disposed of
here. The limited supply now coming In
from points up the Willamette Valley
principally. Includes specimens of about
every species of duck that winters here,
from the canvasback and mallard down to
the tiny teal, with occasional wild geese
and swan. The only dainty morsel now
seen In the markets is the snipe, which
appears to have no close season, and
which goes off like hot cakes at 25 cents
each, though a whole one makes only one
good mouthful. They are largely con
sumed by sick people, for whom the doc
tors prescribe squabs, which are very
scarce at this season, so snipe are substi
tuted. Already incubators are at work,
and before long delicate Spring broiler
chickens will be obtainable and the poor
little snipe will be given a show for their
lives. There Is a good supply of fish, but
prices have undergone a change. Colum
bia River smelt have dropped from 50
cents a pound to three pounds for 10
cents, chlnook salmon from 50 to 25 cents
per pound, and other salmon to 12 cents.
Gardening Season Commences. The
cultivation of flower gardens has com
menced. Tho earliest move In this line,
as usual, has been made on the premises
of P. J. Mann, at Third and College
streets, where there has always been since
early days, when Judge Lewis lived there,
one of the most extensive and best-cared-for
flower gardens In the city. Judge
Lewis was an enthusiastic and skillful
horticulturist and his tastes and skill in
this lino have been Inherited by his daugh
ter, Mrs. Mann, who -maintains many of
the old-time flowers as well as a fine col
lection of roses and shrubbery and has al
ways a line showing of flowers. The next
finest garden about town in the old days
was on tho premises of Justice Levi An
derson, at Second and Main streets, which
was also a fine one In those days. Janu
ary is about past, and it Is only rarely
that Winter, as this season is called'lln
gers Into February In Oregon. Signs
of beginning gardening operations are
risible in many places on the West Side,
whero the season Is a week or so earlier
than on the East Side, the gardens being
better sheltered. Early In February gar
dening will be general on both sides of
the river, and all will be glad when Win
ter Is o'er and past and the time of tho
blooming of flowers has come.
Pibparino rem School Examination.
The usual half-yearly examinations in the
public schools of this city will begin on
Monday next. February 1. City Superin
tendent Rigler has been amusing himself
during cvory spare moment for about two
weeks in preparing the lists of questions
for the various classes, and his stenog
rapher has been copying them with a
mimeograph. If the civil service examin
ers had to attend to the examinations in
the public schools, they would think they
were "up against It" sure. There are
about 40 pages of questions to be prepared.
Of these 11 are in arithmetic for the
fourth to the ninth grades. Inclusive.
There are 10 pages in grammar, three
pages In spelling only, as teachers In all
grades abovo the sixth prepare their own
questions; two pages on history, one on
citizenship, and so on. At least one copy
of these questions has to be printed for
each of the 20 schools, and for a number of
them several copies, as in some schools
there are several classes In each grade.
Seme 65 copies in all have to be mimeo
graphed. When all this Is completed the
troubles of the pupils will begin.
Codiftino Citt Ordinancks. The city
ordinances at present occupy two rather
bulky volumes, and It is difficult to search
through them and find the law on many
subjects, as frequently there aro several
ordinances of different dates, one amend
ing another, and even after all these have
been examined, it is often difficult to ar
rive at a conclusion as to just what the
law is. Auditor Devlin has been at work
fcr several weeks recodifying the ordi
nances, combining the vital parts of sev
eral into one when necessary- He hopes
to have them completed in about two
months and to havo the whole code In one
volume, not so large as either of the
present two. forming the most compact
and convenient code the city has had In
a long time.
Reform school for Girls JJeeoed. At
the regular meeting of the Central W. C.
T. tT. yesterday afternoon, a plan for the
establishment of a State Reform Fshool
for Girls was discussed by all present
Great Interest is being manifested in this
Important movement, and the W. C. T. V.
hopes that all women's clubs throughout
the city and state will take it up. A let
ter was read telling of a victory recently
achieved at Ashland through the united
efforts of the churches, the Anti-Saloon
League and the W. C. T. U., by which all
saloons In the town have been closed. Mrs.
Slelth. recently from Iowa, 'made an In
teresting address upon temperance mat
ters in that state.
Showcases ron Citt Musecm. Eight
new showcases ordered some time aso for
the City Museum are now ready for de
livery, and Colonel L. L. Hawkins will
have them filled and placed in position
along the halls at once, as he has a lot of
articles of interest on hand which he has
not been able to exhibit for want of space.
These cases, when filled, will make an
Interesting addition to the exhibit, which
has become one of the main attractions to
people from the country visiting Portland.
B. P. O. Elks. All members of Portland
Lodge. No. 112. are urgently requested to
be present this evening for final action on
plans of proposed building. By order of
the lodge. John B. Coffey, secretary.
No better Pancakes than OltAfic.
C C Newcastle, dentist. Mohawk bldg.
S- H-Gjujbeu, lawyer, 617 Com"! Blk.
Model of Tillamook Light as Ex
hibit. The United States Engineers who
have headquarters in the Custom-House
are preparing a model of Tillamook Rock
and the light station thereon for the St.
Louis Exposition. It is on a scale of an
eighth of an inch to the foot, and so will
be about four feet long by two feet high.
It is constructed of lumber, in sections,
so as to be packed in small space. The
model has been so far completed that it
was sent to a "costumer" yesterday, to
have the waves which break high on
the rock, put on. The lighthouse and. the
keepers' residence are being constructed,
and the tower will be fitted with an elec
tric light, so arranged as to flash at in
tervals as the light on the rock does, but
the engineer in charge of the construc
tion, Mr. Warwick, is somewhat puzzled
how to reduce the time between flashes to
make it compare properly with the scale
of the model, as the flashes will come at
such short intervals as to make the light
appear continuous. The proportions of
the model may be better understood when
it Is known that the Image of the keeper
of the light will be only three-quarters of
an inch high. As for the gangs of sea
lions which used to haul up on the rock
and which fiercely disputed the possession
of it with the first keeper landed there,
the flashlight has driven them away by
disturbing their sleep, and so no models
of them will be required, and, as there
is not a blade of grass or vegetation of
any kind on the rock, another difficulty
is avoided. When the model Is complet
ed a view of it through a magnifying glass
of proper focus will give a good Idea of
the appearance of the rock which has
withstood the assaults of the waves for
untold ages.
To the Elks and toe Public in Gen
eral. The committee appointed oy Ex
alted Ruler Clinton, of Portland Lodge of
Elks, No. 142, to arrange for the Elks'
benefit In the Marquam Theater on Fri
day evening, Jan. 29, met last evening and
received most encouraging reports regard
ing, the prospects for a big attendance.
The committee consists of John E. Lath
rop, P. A. McPherson, H. L. Moreland,
C. Unna, J. Upton. Leo Cooper, director
of the programme, has perfected the de
tails and everything is in readiness for one
of the most attractive events of the sea
son. Bracing Up Front-Street Bridge.
Front-street bridge, across Marquam
, is being strengthened to place it
in condition to relieve First-street bridge
of traffic while the steel bridge is under
construction. The Front-street bridge re
ceived some repairs not very long ago, and
is in better condition than was expected.
A little bracing here and there will ren
der it serviceable for a long time.
Because Lent Comes Earlt. Having
discovered that Lent begins unusually
early this year, namely, on February 17,
the Scottish Rite Masons have postponed
the entertainment to be given in their
cathedral from February 22 to Friday,
April 1, which will be after Easter.
Dr. J. H. Davis, room 402 Mohawk build
ing, is sick and will not be in his office
for a few days. .
What does Wooster give away? 7th-Mor.
A FAIR LDTK OF TWEED SING.
Granddaughter of Richard Connolly
Now the Marchioness de Gabriac.
New York American.
By the recent death of the Marquis de
Gabriac a distinguished French diplomat,
who served as Ambassador at tho princi
pal courts of Europe, an American wom
an becomes the Marchioness. She is the
Countess de Gabriac formerly Fanny
Barrett Flthlan, granddaughter of the late
Richard Barrett Fithian, who was Con
troller of New York under the Tweed
regime.
The new Marchioness is counted one of
the most beautiful women in Paris. Edu
cated In the famous convent of the Sacred
Heart, she has lived so long abroad that
her English is now marked with a French
accent, though much of her success as
entertainer and a leader in the .Faubourg
St. Germain set is due to her native Amer
ican wit and grace. The Marchioness is
about 30 years old, tall and willowy, with
a wealth of blonde hair and a superb fig
ure. Toward the close of the Tweed regime In
New York, Richard Connolly's daughter,
Fanny B., married Joel Adams Fithian, a
young lawyer. Two daughters and two
tons resulted from the union, tho daugh
ters being Myra TownBed Fithian, who
subsequently became the wife of Clarence
Andrews, and the new Marchioness de
Gabriac.
The Flthians followed Richard Connolly
abroad, and have since made Paris their
home, though they maintain a big estate
at Santa Barbara, CaL, where Mr. Fith
ian died a few years ago.
It was In October, 1897, that Fanny Bar
rett Fithian, who was named after her
mother, married Count Arthur de Ga
frlac Tho de Gabriacs are one of the
oldest and most aristocratic families
in France, their ancestors being traced
back to the days of theN Crusades. Count
Arthur was born in Rome while his
fatlffcr was serving as French Ambassador
in Italy and was confirmed by Pope Leo
himself. Their wedding was celebrated
at Saint Honore d'Elyan, which has seen
the union of more ancient houses than
any church In Paris. Genoral Horace
Porter, the American Ambassador, and
Chester Alan Arthur, son of the late
President of the United States, were tho
witnesses for the bride, and the Marquis
de Monteynard and Count Joseph de Ga
briac were witnesses for the bridegroom.
Pope Leo sent his blessing to the young
couple, and the ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Pere de Gabriac, a brother of
the Count.
The new Marquis is one of the best
amateur singers, in Paris. His particular
forte Is church music, and his admirable
oratories forcharity are among the fea
tures of the Paris season.
The sister of the Marchioness, formerly
Mrs. Andrews, Is now the wife of Chester
Alan Arthur, and also lives most of the
year In Paris, near ler mother, who main
tains a magnificent establishment there
the year round.
Senator Tillman's Bad Luck.
Boston Advertiser.
Since Senator Tillman was stranded on
a lecture tour'last Summer, because his
railroad passes had been picked from his
pocket, an evil fate has been dogging
him quite persistently. Always the de
nouncer of corporations and arraigning
his fellow Senators for accepting cor
poration favors, he was himself "caught
with the goods on.V as the police phrase
runs. Since that event It has taken all
his spare time to explain to his con
stituents how he their anti-pass Idol,
had come to lose his passes.
The bridge Is no more than safely
crossed when officers of the law in his
own state, acting under the dispensary
act. raid one of his farms and find a
"blind tiger" In full operation. The dis
pensary act, under which the raid was
made, was framed by Senator Tillman
to prevent unlawful saloons and to pro
mote temperance. In which the Senator
professes to believe.
Of course, Tillman can prove to the
satisfaction of a South Carolina jury
that he knew nothing of the "blind
tiger's" operation, and of course a South
Carolina Jury will take a South Carolina
gentleman, United States Senator, anti
pass devotee and temperance advocate
at his word. But It will not be so easy
to discourage the evil. fate which is on his
track. .
The Russian Bath.
Philadelphia Press.
Ragson Tatters Gee! I hope dem Japs
jumps in on' licks de stuffin out de Rus
sians. Weary Willie I guess dem Japs is
pretty decent people.
Ragson Tatters Yen; dcy don't make
no trouble fur nobody; dey ain't got no
bath named after em.
Five-room flat for rent; central.
Graves & Co.'s Music Store, 225 Wash.
ATTHETHEArERS
"GHOSTS."
Mrs. Alvlng Albert Gallatin
Oswald Claus Bogel
Pastor Manders Allen Davenport
Jacob Engstrand.. John Ravold
Beglna Engatrand. Hose Curry
As an apostle of modern realism, Henrik
Ibsen is alternately praised and censured,
and his problem play, "Ghosts," presented
last night at the Marquam Theater before
a large audience, by Alberta Gallatin and
her capable company, will be viewed Jn
the same manner by the majority of peo
ple. It is a play that singularly appeals
to educated people who have sufficient
omental catholicity to break from the bar
riers that make a Chinese wall around
conventionality and guard the marriage
relation. It is a-sermon to Illustrate the
tremendous power of heredity, and shows
with ferocious logic that the sins of the
father shall be visited upon the son, yea,
unto the third and fourth generation.
Therefore, according to a well-known
American humorist, if a man wishes to
possess healthy blood and sound bone and
muscle to fit him for the battle of life, he
should be careful in choosing his grand
parents. There Is not one bit of humor in
Jbsen's "Ghosts," and people who go to
see it played and expect to bo pleasantly
entertained will be disappointed.
It is about nine years since Miss Gal
latin appeared In this city as leading lady
with Thomas W. Keane In "Richard HI."
"Hamlet," "Othello" and other Shake
spearean plays. On that occasion, for the
first time In her life she plaj-ed Ophelia.
Now she comes as a star- and shines in
emotional honors as Mrs. Alvlng In
"Ghosts." There are only five people In
her company, and ohe does not present
elaborate scenery. The terribly realistic
story tells Itself without juiy stage fur
nishing, and last night the audience sat
silent under Ibsen's weird spell. Instead of
applauding at regular intervals. Claus
Bogel, playing Oswald Alvlng, suffering
from &r disease bequeathed to him as his
birthright by a dissolute father. Is a
young actor of no mean, ability. Just as
the curtain descends, when he implores
his mother to give him morphine to end
his miserable existence before madness
finally seizes him, women looked at the
strange stage picture with shivering won
der. Allen Davenport was iron-clad, old
fashioned Pastor Manders, with his
wearisome notions of what he called law
and duly, to the letter. John Ra'vold, as
Jacob Engstrand, the crippled carpenter,
dominated the stage when he delivered in
a magnificent voice his line's Illustrating
cant and hypocrisy. Rose Curry was Re
glna, Mrs. Alvina's maid, and she was the
essence of a plump, healthy but stupid
country girl. Miss Curry has good looks
In her favor, and Is a fair ingenue.
Ibsen wrote "Ghosts" about 1881, and,
like his companion book, "A Doll's
Home," the former creation Is viewed
by critics as the reverse of the prob-
Klem to which "A Doll's House" is the
obverse. "Ghosts" is a most radical,
revolutionary play illustrating the sin
that comes to us by our blood and also
by our own living, that the last 20 years
have presented.
Captain Alvlng is not satisfied with the
Tove of his young wife, but ruins a maid
named Johanna. Mrs. Alvlng runs away
from her brutal husband and flies to
the shelter of Pastor Manders. who loved
her before she married Alving, but he
advises her to return to her husband.
She does so, and afterward her son Os
wald was born. Mrs. Alvlng conceals
from the world the fact of her husband's
life of secret sin and dissipation for her
boy's sake, and then her drunken hus
band dies, leaving her property. One
day her son comes home to her a young
man stricken with a strange malady,
falls in love with Regina. but is horri
fied to discover that his father was also
her father. Madness comes on Oswald
as tho curtain falls, leaving him a poor
creature with a vacant face, mind gone,
repeating with stony accents: "The sun!
Give me the sun!"
Tho last performance of "Ghosts" is
given tonight. Once seen, it will not
be forgotten In a hurry. It cuts to tho
bone, like a surgeon's knife.
At the Baker Next Week.
Theater-goers will hall -with delight and
anticipated pleasure the coming of the
Pollard Lilliputian Opera Company, which
returns to Portland for an engagement
of one week, beginning Sunday matinee.
This organization Is composed of bright,
talented and clever youngsters from far
away Australia, and they have won ap
plause In nearly every English-speaking
country on the globe. "The Belle of New
York" will open tho engagement
Rehearsal for "Faiinltza."
Tonight at 8:15 o'clock there will be a
rehearsal at the Empire Theater, en
trance by the stage door, of the military
opera "Fatinltza," under the direction of
W. H. Boyer, and all those taking part
are asked to be promptly on hand. There
Is only room for ladles who were present
at the first rehearsal, but several more
tenors and bassos can still be received.
"Maloney's" Wedding" Tonight.
"Maloney's Wedding" opens at Cord
ray's Theater tonight, and remains over
Friday and Saturday matinee and night
Its chief attraction Is In musical num
bers that are new, some clever commedl
ans and a chorus of pretty girls. It
amuses and that is all that Is claimed
for it. --y i
"The Fatal Wedding."
The advance sale of seats will open to
morrow (Friday) morning at 10 o'clock
for the clever melodrama "The Fatal
Wedding," which co'me3 to the Marquam
Grand Theater next Monday and Tues
day nights, February 1 and 2.
"Mickey Finn."
"Mickey Finn" comes to Cordray's The
ater next Sunday, opening with a matinee,
and continuing all week. The company is
headed by Rube Welch and Kittle Francis,
two entertainers who are known through
out the entire country.
At the Baker.
The Baker Theater Company is doing
excellent work in "A Clebrated Case,"
the strong emotional drama that has been
revived this week. The usual matinee will
be given Saturday.
William Tell's Rivals.
Heath and Excella at the Arcade this
week do a clever gunspinning act and
their Imitation of William Tell is skillful
and' amusing.
The Taciturn Cavendishes.
Manchester Guardian.
The Devonshire Dukedom was created
one day later than that of Bedford a
narrow margin, but one not to be for
gotten In a country, where the rules of
precedence have still occasionally to be
studied. As the late Lord Charles Rus
sell used to say to his friend Lord George
Cavendish, "You are a much richer man
than I am, George; but I go out of the
room before you. Yes, I do, my boy. Oh,
yes, I do." Richer, indeed; for sturdy
level-headedness, businesslike qualities,
and an absence of deleterious romance,
combined with rigid honesty, have al
ways distinguished the Cavendishes. Most
of them have married heiresses. And
when Horace Walpole described Devon
shire House to Sir Horace Mann, he
wrote: "The Duke of Devonshire (the
third Duke) has built himself a large
brick house in Plccadl'ly, plain and solid,
and good as himself."
Of such a family It is not astonishing
that reticence has been a distinguishing
quality. Here is the supreme example of
It if one may rely upon the oral gospel
of the family anecdotage. When the
fourth Duke of Devonshire and his broth
er, Lord George, were once traveling tit
a post chaise, they "stopped and asked
for lodgings at a. certain inn. The land
lord informed them that there was only
one bed. and the brothers, wisely reflects
ing that even rich beggars cannot be
choosers, decided to take it When they
were shown intot the bedroom they no
ticed that there were two beds, only
one of which, however, was prepared for
sleeping. The brothers silently undressed
themselves, and one got Into the prepared"
bed. Soon afterwards the other got Into
the -same bed. There they slept without
expostulation or explanation till the
morning. TJien they resumed their jour
ney, and it was not till six hours later
that either broke the stony silence..
The Duke said: "Brother, did you see
what was in the other bed?"
"Yes,- brother," was the answer.
"So did I," rejoined the Duke.
There the subject dropped. -The chroni
cler must here step in and supply the
narrative what does not appear from the
dialogue. What was in the other bed
was a corpse covered by a sheet and' laid
out preparatory to burial, hut so- chary
were the brothers of words that they
had made no further allusion than this
brief history relates to so unusual an ar
ticle of bedroom furniture.
EEMASKABLE LONGEVITY.
Pen Portrait of "the Two Oldest Men.
N in the World.
London Express.
"Is life worth living after1 the century?"
ask some. Who can answer this save
those who know? Here is a story of fact
which carries, on its face the only possible
answer to the question: -
Away among the bills and valleys that
roll between the lofty forest-clad slopes of
Bussaco and the pale blue waters of the
Mondego. Portugal's' classIcrTlver of ro
mance, dweira race of people famous for
the ages they attain. Men over SO and
even SO are found so frequently that they
excite little attention.
Two men In this district now living,
are, as far as can be ascertained, the old
est inhabitants of the world. United, their
tale of years well authenticated scores
235. One of them Is 115, the other is five
years older. The latter can remember
carrying his young rival across tho ford
of the Mondego more than 100 years ago.
Both remember the Peninsular War as If
it were an event of yesterday.
They dwell In adjacent villages, each man
the pride and glory of his own people. The
younger of these ancients Is Antonio Nca
va, of Pinhelro. Stride across two miles
of pine-carpeted sward and you reach Val
Remigio, the village of the elder, univer
sally known as Jose.
The only thing that the two patriarchs
have In common Is their honorable age.
Two men more different In temperament
appearance and bearing It would be diffi
cult to find. Jose Is a Jovial, happy, cheer
ful 'man; Antonio Is haunted, by grim
shapes of fear and terror. Jffe passes his
days in an agony of doubt less death should
suddenly pounce down and put an end to
his long immunity. Jose skips about con
fident in the belief that death has lost its
power over him, and that he is destined to
pass his days in an Immortal youth. Jose
sits on the steps of his humble dwelling
passing his days in serene satisfaction. He
rambles under the trees, scarcely more
from custom than from necessity. Antonio
lies on his bed in darkness with his face
to the wall. There aro furrowed wrinkles
of content on Jose's sunburnt bro An
tonio's face is a white drawn mask of
death.
There is little more to say of Jose. I
leave him as I saw him the center of a
picture of satisfaction and health, quaff
ing, In the glorious -sunshine of that lovely,
country, a goblet of wine that had been
pressed from grapes that grow in Mon
dego vineyards. -
There is a very different story to tell of
Antonio Neava. His 1 house required somo
finding, even in sucn a miniature village
as Pinhelro. After we had looked Into
three or four dark dwellings and offered
apologies to contented and Indifferent cat
lie for Intruding s. stately; .dignified dame
came to our rescue. She knew what was
wanted by Instinct Hundreds of persons
had come our way before. Was she will
ing to show us the house oX Antonio the
ancient? Quite so. Who was better quali
fied to conduct the senhores to the old
man? Was she not Antonio's own daugh
ter Josepha?
She was not without interest herself.
When asked her age she replied with a
touch of true femininity that she was 49.
More than that she would not admit but
In reality she was in her 90th year. Twen
ty years had she been a widow. Now she,
as a dutiful daughter, was her father's
nurse and guardian.
Josepha was old, undeniably old. Her
face was heavy with the ridged furrows
of age. She looked In reality considerably
older than her father. The stateliness of
her bearing was the result of a life In the
open and the peasant practice of carrying
all burdens on the "head. Her dignified
manner was the due accompaniment of an
unspoiled peasant people, 'Nature's most
royal race.
Taking a brazen lamp of ancient make
in her hand, she bade us follow' Anton
io's house stood before us, the door wide
open. Up six steps we clambered, turned,
and stood inside in black darkness. Away
still further to the left In a recess, was
a white glimmer, and from the glimmer
came the low moaning echo of a voice.
Holding high the lamp with its naked,
swaying flame, Josepha moved toward the
voice. Before her the darkness disap
peared in huge silence, closing in her
wake.
nVThe lamp flickered and flared, lighting
up in dim, uncertain wise a little walled
niche three feet long, three feet wide, and
perhaps six feet In height Here, on Ms
be, covered with a single sheet, lay An
tonio. Ho moaned out some unintelligible words.
One of those who stoou by, bidding Jo
sepha to raise the lamp still higher, took
him under the shoulders and lifted him
Into a sitting posture. More than one of
those who stood In thfi doorway of the
niche protested. . To handle such a frail
casket seemed fraught with certain dan
ger. Every moment we feared that the
trembling spirit shrined in the worn body
would pass under such contact into the
greater shades and glooms- it so much
feared. And no one would wish to have
any share in the death of a man who had
defied the- shadow for such a length of
time.
"It Is all right,' said Josepha. "He
wants to look, at you."
Antonio passed his hand3 before his
eyes and looked at each of us with a
plcrcfng, eager glance, as though he were
anxious to convince himself that he were
still In the land of the living. Then he
sank back on his bed. Eight years he had
lain in that darkness. Eight years ago
they raised him from his bed and set him
In the sunlight at his doorway. The old
man stayed there a few minutes, pouring
out his soul In torrents of tears. It was
an evil thing to do, he declared. Why
had they set him there for death to see if
he chanced to pass? Weeping, he was
borne back to bed, and there In the gloom
he has remained, thinking that perchance
the darkness may make it more difficult
for the King of Terrors to recognize and
claim him.
The Colonial Museum at New Orleans
New Orleans Picayune.
The Colonial Museum, Installed by the
Louisiana Historical Society and filled
with a highly Interesting collection - of
mementos of the old days in Louisiana,
has been continued at the old archbishop's
residence on Chartres street and still
draws, large numbers, both of those who
are personally Interested as the descend
ants of the notables mentioned and the
stranger who comes to the city and hears
of It
A number of new relics have been placed
on exhibition during the past few days,
and it has been decided to continue it
until after Mardl Gras. One of the inter
esting new acquisitions is the original
permit to W. C C Claiborne to practice
law In "Virginia, which was loaned to the
exhibit by Mr. William Claiborne Other
valuable new papers newly added to the
collection were a copy of the bill -of sale
MANY HOMES
MADE HAPPY
Through Biers Piano House
Co-operative Clubs.-
Scores of Buyers Taking Advantage
of Wholesale Prices and Liberal
. Terms as to Time and Payments
Piano Clubs all filling rapidly. Two of
them certain to close hy the end of the
week. Club "A" now has 87 members,
Club "B" 76. It will only take 37 more
members to 511 them both. Piano sales
so' far this week have averaged 17 a
day. This gives us 37 for Clubs "A" and
"B" and. 15 over for the other clubs. Buy
ers, therefore, who want to get In on
the terms offered In these two clubs must
join at once.
Prices and Terms
Members Joining Club "A" now obtain
a fine new piano upon payment of $5
down and weekly TJayments of Jl-25.
(Larger payments may be made It de
sired, but nothing higher required In this
clubO
Club "B" members secure a fine piano
upon payment of $12 down and the bal
ance at the rate of 51-60 weekly.
Terms to those joining Club "C are
512 ' down, balance in payments of-v $3
Twenty dollars down and $2.50 weekly
are what members of Club "D" pay.
Those Joining Club "E" pay $25 do-vtn
and the balance as suits them best, pro
vided the remainder is paid within two
years.
Payments in all clubs can be made by
the month instead of weekly, if more con
venient Every Instrument is fully guaranteed
and Is further accompanied by our writ
ten agreement to refund all money paid
If it fails to give entire satisfaction.
Eilers Piano House, 351 Washington St.
corner Park, Large stores San Francisco
and Sacramento, Cal.; Spokane and Se
attle. Wash:
of a negro wench by John Roosevelt
great-grandfather of the President to
James Morris, for 5, In the City of New
York, April 5, 1796, and the Gazette of
January 4, 1800, of Ulster, N. Y., adver
tising the sale of a slave. Both were
loaned by Judge Seymour. "One of the
most Interesting new acquisitions was a
part of Pere Antolne's date palm, cut by
Dr. Joseph Jones In 1889. ThiB was pre
sented by Mrs. Jones. An original map of
the Bienville plantation was loaned by
Caspar Cusachs, is also the commission of
de Pontalba to take charge of Fort
Natchez, In 1732.
DEBTS OP THE NATI0ITS.
Trance Leads the' List With an
Enormous Aggregate.
New York Tribune.
In an abstract Just Issued by the Bureau
of Statistics of the Department of Com
merce and Labor a comparative statement
13 given of the debts of the leading na
tions of the world. How heavily burdened
with obligations these chief nations are
few people realize, and few are aware
how unevenly these national burdenB are
distributed. The total indebtedness of the
civilized powers Is put at about $35,000,
000,000. But of thla total about half Js car
cried by five European countries France,
the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and
Spain.
The greatest debtor nation of the world
Is France at the same time one of the
richest and the most frugal. An enormous
outstanding -debt is one of the cherished
tracutlons. of French statesmansmhip; and
neither the French government nor the
French people can be brought to view
with alarm the fact that France's obli
gations reach nearly $6,000,000,000, more
than a sixth of the total indebtedness of
the world. The French debt in this latest
summary stands at $5,SS6,312,S92. A slight
increase Is shown over the figures for
1902, when the total stood at $5,800,691,814.
The United Kingdom stands second in
the list of debtor nations. Its indebted
ness has Increased materially since the
outbreak of the Boer War. In 1901 the
total was $3,060,926,304. For 1902 the total
is given as $3,885,166,333. Russia is the third
largest borrower among the great nations.
The Russian debt Is now $3,333,938,338, a
slight Increase. The total for 1501 was
given b)r the Bureau of Statistics as
$3,167,320,000. Italy and Spain are the fourth
and fifth powers In the debtor list Italy's
debt Is increasing.. It fell from $2,583,983,780
In 1901 to $2,560,605,000 in 1902. Spain's, on
the contrary, is growing, and growing rap
Idly. For 1901 It was $1,727,004,620. For 1902
it is put at $1,061,3S9,972. Spain has a larger
debt per capita than any other impor
tant power save France. Austria-Hungary's
debt is $1,112,790,247. The .only other
countries having debts of over a billion
are British India and the Commenwealth
of Australia. British India owes $1,102.
905,139 and the Australian Commonwealth
$1,047,819,629.
The United States takes low rank among
the debt-making nations. Our policy has
run to a speedy redemption of national ob
ligations, and we are constantly taking up
bonds by purchase long before the time
for redeeming them has arrived. Our
debt In 1901-02 was $959,457,241. In the table
now Issued by the Bureau of Statistics
the debt is given as $925,011,637. Germany's
imperial debt is only $69S,849,400; but the
states which compose the German Empire
have debts outstanding aggregating $2,
657.621,000 most of these obligations, of
course, antedating the consolidation of
1871.
But the true measure of the debt burden
of each country is to be sought not in
the actual aggregate of debt, but In the
proportion of debt to population. In per
capita New Zealand and Australia dis
tance all rivals. New Zealand has piled
up obligations amounting to $327 for each
inhabitant Australia owes $277 for each
inhabitant. The other extravagant bor
rowers are Portugal, with a per capita
rate of $150; Uruguay, with $132; Honduras,
wih $124; Spain, with $110; Argentina, with
$100, and the United Kingdom, with $32.59.
The United States has a debt per capita
of only $11.51, and is' incomparably the
stablest and least hampered of all the
great debt-Issuing powers.
WHERE TO DINE
All the delicacies of the season at the
Portland Restaurant; fine private apart
ments for parties, 305 Wash., near 5th.
Imperial Hotel Restaurant 2d floor, six
course dinner, 50c; first-class service, a la
carte, 6:30 A- M. to 8 P. M.
Have you friends comtng from the East?
If so. send their jiames to the Denver &
RioGrande office. 124 Third street. Port
land. Or.
FRED PREHJN
DENTIST
Room 405
Dekum BulJdla
IKIUBEIMU CUStUTE
M. W.DAVIS
FIRST AND MORRISON.
FxpertSoId Crown and Bridge Workman
CrC. NEWCASTLE
Dentist
412 Mohawk Bld$d ana Marrlsaa
Plicae a&im 7S9.
S. W.
Special
Men's $ 1,00
ififfht Sobes
Either Plain or Military Necks, in a Wide
Variety of Patterns
SHUR-ON
THE EYE-GLASS THAT
STAYSCPUT."
WALTER REED
THE OPTICIAN
X 133 SIXTH STREET.
Closiu Out Curio Sale
On account of lease expiring
soon, we are compelled to
close out the entire stock of
Japanese and Chinese curios,
consisting of fine IVORY
CARVINGS, CLOISON
NE, BRONZES, DECO
RATED CHINAWARE,
SILKS, MATTING, RUGS,
TOYS, ETC. All at sacrifice
prices. Retiring from retail
business.
Cor. Fourth and Morrison
You don't know how good a
genuine Welsbach light is
until you use it Then you'll
have no other.
Afl Dealers.
llttWWYS
A Skin of Beauty la a Joy Forever.
D
r. 1- Felix Gouraud's Oriental
Cream, or Magical Beautifler
11-
Removes Tin, Hraplcs. Fmktrs
iteth ratchet. Kah, and Skin rin
easel. n.1 e rery Wrai
tth oa beant7iuli
fies detection. Jt ha
stood the test of v.
ears, aad Is sobanu.
less we taste It to Oe
suae It is proper v
made. Accept noax.it
terfeltofsimllarnaoc
Dr. I. A. Sayre said ;
a lady of the haat-ir ;
(a patient': "As jru.
laoUs will osc them '
recommend "Gonr
ted s Cream as tee
least harmful ofall O -SUa
prenarations.
Fnrsale br all Dni
ristsand Fancy Coeds
Dealers tn toe u. a.
Cinrfi s. aod Ecr;
my T. HMIIS. frts. 17 m! Jisss Simt. tn Ink
. FaBy tall bee (teaSaia ttasfcey
ctffcertalr. Jha
imperial Hair Repuraftf
2a reepMatbta for aort et t&a tessatal
ibadta oi fc&lx you to to-dar. R laatao
lately baraleaa, easily applied. Jtrrahv
able lor Start and Hsstaaeae: Saavlc
etbair colored tree. Send for PaEB&iei.
larperl OaUVx.O.lU?tlHSL,Krv Ytrfc
Schwab bbos. pbinting co.
I EST WOXK. SEASONABLE MICE3
24714 Stark Street Phone Main 178
RadwayaKcadyRellef Is a. cure for every pain,
tocUiacba, tealacbe. ueuralrlo. rbeeaatUm.
1 For All Starching 1
B VA from dainty laces to the heaviest pieces for the best re-
m r, iffTBykia suits for the greatest economy, use g
1 iiHi iNGfi?RD's I
I fSK SILVER GLOSS STARCH 1
m H.&3kf A J Jw Ita superiority shows in the results purest whiteness, satiny M
M fH2i!i?t?S flnlah a Btiflaew that la flexible and -elastic not harsh and H
kJHbV jfetV? I crackly. These ar some of the points by which 70a know is
- 9Kl K. (W goods starched with this starch. It saves because a smaller f
ftgj EgjjiBsJ'l quantity Is needed. All grocers hare it. g
j OSWtOO STARCH FACTORY, OSWCQO, H. Y.
y This Shield on ,he Baner
A as Vtsgz&n ' '
cor. Fourth and Morrison Sts.
Outing "Flannel
OREGONIAN BUTLDIXG.
Complete with record
on Installments. .
$5 down and $1 per-week
will secure you one of our best
machines. Old machines and
records of any make taken in
part payment for new ones.
Columbia Phonograph Co.
US SEVENTH ST 313 WASHINGTON' ST.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
FOR TOILET AND BATH
Flagsrs roughened by needlework
catch every stain and look hopelessly
dirty. Hand Sapollo removes not only
the dirt, but also the loosened, injured
ttitlcle, and restores the fingers to
their natural beauty.
AM, GROCERS AK2 DRUGGISTS
For descriptive atlas and full Information
about the
E
IN WESTERN CANADA,
Write to Superintendent of Immigration. Ot
tawa. Canada, or authorized Government
Agent J. N. Grieve, Auditorium, building:.
Spokane, Wash.
Domestic and Foreign.
The best in this market.
The Pacific Coast Company
249 WAteHiNUlON 3TKEST.
CHARLES H. GLE1AI, AGENT.
LITHOGRAPHING
and PRINTING
ANDERSON & DUNiWAY CO.
I'hone Main 17
203 ALDER ST.
Issaquah Coa
IS UNEXCELLED AS A HOUSE FUEL
$7.00 Ton, Delivered
Main UZ5. KING COAL CO.
VULCAN CQAL CO.
339 BORNSHJE ST.. OFP. P. O.
BEST HOUSE aSSuS1::::::?
THAI n Rock Springs now
here 9,00
PHONE MAIN 2770. Delivered Per Ton.
Or r r RRQWN BTE AKD EAR dis&asss.
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