THE SU0)AT OREGCXNIAN, PORTLAND", MARCH 25, 1900. 3f FARING LANDS Odd Features of Country Life Observed by Correspondent Car penterIndomitable "Joe" Wheeler. (Copyright, 1000, by Frank G. Carpenter.) PANIQUE. Feb. 7, 1900. I have been rid ing all day through one of the richest valleys of this Island of Luzon. I have come with General "Wheeler and his staff 'trom Manila over the railroad to the Jlttle town of Panlque, where the General now has his headquarters. "We are S3 miles north ot Manila and within 40 miles of the end of the railroad on the Gulf of Llngayen. This Island reaches for 150 miles north of that point, and below Ma tnlla its tall extends out to the southeast a distance of at least 250 miles further. From this you may get some Idea of the great size of Luzon. If a railroad were to be built from Its southernmost point to the "extreme north it would be longer than the distance between New York City and Pittsburg. The biggest part of the Island Is north of Manila, where it Is on the average, over 100 miles wide, and longer than from New York to "Washington. It has an area fully as great as that of the State of Ohio, and an enormous amount of good land. I have met during my stay In the Philippines men from nearly every part of It, and all speak of its lertlle valleys and rich rolling foothills. It has moun tains covered with valuable timber and de posits of copper and gojd. Some of the olhcers who have just returned from the extreme north tell me the fcavages there showed them gold nuggets, and quills of gold dust and coarse gold. They ay the people wear rude rings made of puie gold, and, that the Chinese travel to ihe north and trade with them for the precious metaL I expect to make an expedition north before 1 leave the Philippines, wnen I shall be able to give a luher detail of its mineral resources. Valley North of Sltmiln. I wish I could show you the rich valley which extends all along both sides of the railroad from Manila to the Gulf of L.in gayen. It Is a vast Hat rice field from U) to 59 miles wide and more than 100 mi es long. Here and there Is a little patch of corn, and above Calumplt some few plantations of pa.e green sugar cane, but the ret is all rice, rice, rice. There are few fences. I saw none except some aDout tne cane fields. You can look over miles of level fields, now gray with the harvest ed rlue, but green where the vegetation la sprouting up through tne cut-oft stalks. Is ear the railroad at least there is no irrigation. The fields are very small and tu.cn is surrounded by a little mud grass grown wall to keep the water, but the water comes from the Hoods of the rainy fceason, when It rains for days and days, somet.mes dropping the -water almost in streams. I am told that the rainfall In parU of the valley is as much as eight feet In a year, bo that If all the water was held In It would almost cover the head of the average Filipino stand.ng upon the shoulders of one of his brothers. Now ever j thing Is comparatively dry- The wajls about the lields are usually about a foot high and not more than eight inches wide. Thty form the paths through the country as the water falls, and tome of them are quite worn. Some parts of the valley hve a slight slope and In such places the fields arc terraced, rising gep tly from one platform to another. The valley Is spotted with groves and clumps of jail bamboos, great bunches of ,green featheis witn stalks 0 feet tall and branches, which quiver with every pass ing breeze. You see but few houses. They -are in most casts hidden by the bamboos, which, hhade them. The people do not live on their farms, but In ihages and towns spattered along the roads just as do the futmers of Frar.pc una"U6nnany. Many of them walk several miles to 'their work every day. I am told that the roads are nearly everywhere lined with houses and that some little towns consist of a single street several miles In length. Queer Country Scene. But let me give you some pictures df our Filipino subjects as they work in their fields. You must first Imagine the beauti ful vajley made up a great patchwork -of these little silver gray patches sewed together with wide stilps of green and embroidered with wild flowers. You must add magnificent mountains as blue asthe Blue Ridge or the Alleghanles, rising "and falling In rugged vo.canlc beauty away off at the right and left, and through the valley these tall tufts of bamboo green. Upon this as a background the Filipinos stand or rather stoop, more picturesque even than their surroundings. There are .hundreds of women dretsed in queer clothes In which bright red often forms the principal color. They have great round hats like bread bowls turned upside down, short Jackets which always seem to be Just about to fall off their shoulders, bag like skirts which are often tucked up to that half a leg shows, and bare feet. The men wear their whirls outside their thin cotton trousers and many of them have on great hats like the women. There are also children of all ages, some dressed mqch like their parents, and a few with almost no clothes at all. See that boy over there. He .has a white hhlrt, the tall of which Just T'o'u'b'hes his hips, with a black belt round his waist. The rest of his body is as bare as when he was Jjorn. The most of the rice has been cut some weeks ago. The heads have been taken off one by -pne.'Hleu up In bundles not much bigger than a good-sized .bouquet, ana carried home to be threshed. Half of the straw, for some reasqn. Is left In tne field, and people are now goipg through nd cutting the stalks. They tie them in bundles and shock them up in low wind rows and small piles. Each girl has a hook like a knife, with a long handle, and she bends over low as she cuts. Some .of the girls are quite pretty, and visions or Ruth as se gathered the straw for old Bcaz come before you. A Human Threshing: Machine. But. what are they doing In that field pver there? A man and a woman, facing each other, are hanging on to a pole nailed to. bamboo stakes in the ground, and jumping up and own on the rice straw which lies under their feet. That is the human threshing machine of Luzon They tre treading out with their weight the rice left in the straw. The crop Itself Is threshed when the grain Is first cut. The little bundles are stacked up about the hut, or placed, with their heads down- ward, on the ground Inside an Inclosure to dry. "When thoroughly ripe the heads of the stalks are put in a mortar made by hollowing out a block of hard .-wood and men or women pound unon tho ' u great wooden pestles, thus threshing the- .Vc "m mis siraw. xne winnowing Is dQne by the wind, the rice being thrown into the air again and again caught In a tray. We lopk in vain for cows and horses to the fields of this valley. The ponies of Luzon are raised in other stinnc nn Ltfce only animals visible are the water oun-ajoes or cariDou. and now and then n ugly black pig. The caribou nr pM,v. where. They drag great farm carts with Wheels a yard in diameter: thev m i.. hrough the rice fields, for the ground Is 'o soft that no wagons are used there. ' Y6u see them plowing, going along with inc-ir HCO.US uuttu, uragging rude one handled plows like those of the Scrip tures. They are ridden as well as driven The men usually mount their backs go home from the fields. You see them rid den by the children, and, still stranger they are ridden by tho birds. ' Erery other buffalo you see In the field! ht & bird on Us back. There i w-Mr . uu vy( Wat, xnere is a black OF PHILIPPINES caribou now. with a great white crane , roosting on him. Further on there is an- other, with a crow on Its back. Each bird ls pecking at its buffalo, but the buffalo understands It. He realizes that the birds are good fly-catchers, and that they live i uii me macuu wuiuii e irjms 10 nve uu. , Battle of the RIce-PoHaera. ( Speaking of threshing rice reminds me of an incident which created quite an ex citement in General Wheeler's brigade some weeks ago. The pounding of the pestle in the ace mortar makes a boom. boom, boom, which In its, irregularity sounds like the firing of musketry. The lngurrectos were supposed to be very close to General Whtfeler one day, when Captain E. V. Smith, of the Gen eral's staff, thought he heard tiring. It seemed to be about two miles off, and It came In Irregular shots boom! boom! boomety boom! He was standing by Gen eral Wheeler at the time, and asked: "General, do you hea rthat?" "Yes. sir," xeplled the General; "It sounds to me as though they -were llrlng over at Bacalor. I think we had better go to the 'look-out and And whether any thing can be seen." The 'look-out' was a tall tree. In which a man was stationed with a pair of glasses to scan the country and guard against surprise. Upon being asked as to whether he saw anything, the sentinel replied that he did not, but that he was certain there was firlpg about tto miles off. Upon this the General and his staff started with the regiment in that direc tion. As they came nparer the sound they were able to locate It, and they found that the shots came not from muskets, but from the pounding of the rice. There were a half dozen women and one man at Work, and that was all. Since then tho. ILSn Hi kn,!ln !.n Wheeier's htlw b?-U f f the r,Se-)ounders' I A somewhat similar case of -premature excitement occurred Just outside Manila, near La Loma Church, In which the Twenty-fifth Infantry formed the actors. It was when the regiment was new to the Philippines. The soldiers had been placed there on guard, when they saw what they thought were signals, Hashing here and there through the darkness. They shot at them, only to learn afterward that they had been fighting the fireflies. It Is said that General "Andy Burt sent to the men orders for them to forward him a list ol the casualties. Only Railroad In Philippines. The railroad which goes through this valley ls the only railway of the Philip pines. It ls now In bad condition, having been torn up again and again by the in surgents. Many of the stations are in ruins, and thero are eight locomotives ly ing near Banban in one of the rivers which cross the track. You see the "re mains of Intrenchnients at every few miles, and in some places the fortifica tions thrown up by our soldiers, behind which they lay and shot at the enemy. The railroad belongs to an English syn dicate, which "will undoubtedly attempt to make the Americans pay heavily for their use of the road. It ls a question whether anything should be paid, for the road, I S S&2K2 S VrJz&gKjZ t,. , nnoc rrUn W t,o. D A to tho railroad. Its depots and rolling stock. The railroad is 120 miles Jong. It goes through a country as flat as a floor, and its construction must have been compara tively easy and cheap. It has 50-pound rAnnnfail nn1 ItlVtCkllksl tt-I Vi Vv Vknn1 ft I . tt.i.-j o... r . the United States Government. Tliey are old, box-like affairs, uncom- fortable to an extreme. There Is first, sec ond and third class, the first not being . .. . .. - . . . oeiter tnan xnat 01 our immigrant cars. m, i , i t v,.i ..aJZ three feet above the surrounding country. cKtd ,sUt ? m- l00' J0 mCV ' fimC ple"3 r burIep' and wItn e a,d H MffliTh? pn for her nnd it iflm5 to b enough to nrPSPi-L-n it i L . J"11.1!1 n woman, who squats j some rope made them Into a lohg coat, I -? her slae am .her worshlperl f, th flnnd, of thn rainv MVnn This railroad has been in operation for about eight years. It was orlglnajly built on a guarantee of 8 per cent from the Spanish Government. But the first con tractors failed, and those who followed claimed they had to pay so much to the - - -- - j .v.., government In the way of bribery that they could make no money. The orjgtnal capltal was to be less than tf.COQ.O00. but the road ls now bonded up to the neck. and what will be done with it when peace permanently comes is not known. It should be a very valuable property, for It runs through one of the richest parts of t V .' ana mufil nave ,n ine ne,sn j borhood of 50 square miles of rice and tne islands, and must have in the nelgh- 1 sugar lands along the track. It has also other territory -which It taps, connecting the northern part of the Island with Man. 11a. PUIUILTII ". .U Afcuou . Col.ll... Y 41ia TTnaiY At present the road is run entirely by ; h to Wilted. Qeneral Whee,er has the soldiers. They are the brakemen and we, notwIthstandlng nls age te an evi the engineers, the mail clerks and the ta- j dence, 50 he thinks, of the salubrity of tton men. 'Every train has guards In unl- , the climate of the Philippines. He eaya from upon It, and at ever' station there j these islands are as healthful as any part t j.. ArA .m.t. i of hi TTnltptl Stnts. "He tells me ho has i or , ru, i ""-'" tack. ow ana men some one 8aa the cars as they go flying along. "We had j one such shot on the way to Panlque. but ( n0 one was hurt Until recently none, hut j soiajers were allowed to travel on the road i wlthout a pQS3t but it will soon be open to both passengers and freight of all kln'Ie, ' and it may be that It will be handed back j to Its owners In a short time. i Panlque Is a typical country village. At least, It is typical of this part of Luzon. ' Nearly every section of these Islands has peculiarities of its own. The dialects arc j so different that it is said that the com- ' mon people of Southern Luzon are unable he took the soldier's gun and :rnarched to make themselves understood In the ' with the regiment. He kept up" all the porth. At the same time, the Tagalo and way, making tho 12 miles n less than four SCENES IN THE PHILIPPINES. "" - i . i "irrLUfeMb-lyil fir-! Irn wfc.7" A Gonntry Honqe. RIcp Pounders. Spanish are enough to enable one to trade anywhere. The common people are not travelers, The ordlnarr man does not know any thing about the country 10 or 15 milea beyond him. Not long, ago a priest was asked If there were not some mpn In his village who could guide one of the regi ments over the mountains. He replied that he supposed there was not a man In tho town who had ever been In the mountains. Only the fewest of the Fillpiios of North- ern Luzon have ever visited Manila, and. as a rule, the averatre man seldom aoca five miles away from home. Outside the savage regions, the houses of the people are much the same everywhere. Every village has a plaza or open space In the center, with the church, the govern ment offices and some of the best houses facing it. Back of this, often running for miles Into the country, the roads are lined wfth thatched huts, made of poles of bamboo and having walls of woven bam boo and roofs of nlpa palm. These huts are usually from three to six feet above the ground In order to be out of the way of the water during the rainy season They are so high up that the water buf falo and other livestock of the owner can be stabled under the hut. This often forms a shelter for the farm ing tools, carts and sleds. The houses of the better class have a first story of stone 1 "- """ " l"C lUUUWa. HUltll UlC very large, usually consist of a lattice work, filled with thin oyster shells. Th a6 ManllaTue the ground floor for tha stable, and the lady or gentleman who COeS Out to mil nn n t-1iVi TTIllnlnr. rrton,! i ,oolc In times of peace. Just now they are ilr In 4lmA. vow i',n. Dmnit t i .i ii-i.i. .- --i h '' ,, "V " V" J". t , unK jou wouiq aue and leaver considerable change after the purchaso was maae. The averace store Is n smnll v.,, nmn in ,, '"',. .. - L.J ntu Pcn to the street, the goods being i Z"rl"OI,s ine oods as she waits for - iiht rusinmora T r "" -i ""vc y ome "me with General Whee er at his headquarters In the field, - i k 's"3Ilderfll1- He Is as active at C3 as he was when he was at the head nni if3r ? ot the Confederacy. Zr?Z aZ as0;He si:e"d6 , been In active mtr IZr ' iT ' hrrp h h, ??"'?,! f.Ves n5e.h.e cam" I mont nn ,V .YC" " "...i1, enPa?- , m h dashing mlltarv T .T Jl-111 qnntmi,. ri u ,"-" - -""v .4w SawoVk. 3n? S .k"Cr. "" ???'' ,r,r hchcmor,-,dsri ., . ..vu. ,4,tf lWuj.s tcic under Are directly In. front or the enemy's i Xortiflcatlons. He. was In" a number ol j skirmishes, and It was- a great regret to mm tnat ne was ioj. given uenerai i,aw ton's command In the south after that " -,- .... dK ,taM h.eL.' hm. mm tn notwithstanding he has marched for rtayjj wJth hJa clothes wet to the sklnj has slept on tne &r0Upd ana imdergona au sorts of hardships, At one time I am told tljat some of hla officers objected to allowing- the troops ta march further on a certain day. The Gen- j eral thought it was impqrtant to reach the. next town, 12 miles distant, and he said; "I will not ask my men to do anything -which I am not willing to do .myself. Here, Captain, you take my horse. Give it to that sick soldier and I will carry a gun and walk." With that, as the story goes. Paniqnc, Luzon-Typical Tagalog and Correspondent Carpenter. hours, and came out of It without Ijelng especially fatigued. At another time he had charge of the provisions for General MacArthur's divis ion. It was very important that some J 24,000 rations be moved across one of tho principal rivers These rations weighed about 120,000 pounds. The soldiers needed them immediately, and there was no bridge or boats to get them across the river. When the General arrived at the stream he found that the soldiers had j built a raft which would carry.only about S00 pounds at a time. He saw that with such means the train would bo delayed for days, so he decided to build a pontoon brldee. bridge. The only wood was on the other s'de of the river, but he tpok 20 men .with him, and, stripped to the!r skin, they swam the river, with their axes, and cut I the bamboo necessary to make the bridge. Notwithstanding that he was several houre without clothes, he says he experienced no evil results from this action. His work resulted In the rations being carried across that river In less than four hours.'- FRANK G. CARPENTER, MADE A GRASS COAT. Clnd In Vivid Green, a Snn Quentln Convict AttcmptH Escape. Green Casey, a convict at San Quentlir. has won, says the San Francisco . Call, tho admiration of his feHow-convicta. for tho novel contrivance he Invented ln".or- I der tott mako hIs escaPe 'rora th toop some tIme 3C0. 1 CaSOV Was a kind of tniStv nrrmnrl "fho !-. . - . " - f - . he strolled around on the irreen erniw nn iaea sirucK mm tnat. if he could Imitate .l m . ,. .. ... .- . ." . ' . T, """?: 1""1 "lttt' lL "e, coum muate i the irrnss hv snmr mAins Via nmii ninn i the watchful sentries and' make cood his escano. rw . ..... . Through convict friends h procured , that would cover him completely when lying on me grass, tie tnen secured some .i - - .. - -' wheat from the prison stable, and sowed i it one the first layer qf his cont. Ho cast it down carelessly at pne end of the prls- I on grounds, and watered It dally. In a few weeks the grass grew up through the isack coat' and beff a srent while the P ece f Dur,ap was transformed into a- grassy lawn. - . .11C was. now ready to carry out his. P a.VS ' " pa"en"y wa"!d. an ?PPortu- , mi. ai iu&i ob succccaeu in getting his I mw wtrtvnnc. across lo the noMhwS Isjz&s&Af --- -ag too rapta' ana v rery soon he l?eard foqtsteps- coming-In. his direction.- They - were those of a guard, who- had noticed the grass moving ,and came to Investigate ;the phenomenon. A kick In the ribs ap prised Casey that his plan had been dis covered. The guard took Casey, and put him behind lock and key. FEW NATIVE TO AMERICA. Nearly All -Y.eKetables Have Their Or - - islix Elsewhere. . "Sow many housekeepers picking over thV vegetables on the stall know anything about) them'? asked a contemplative cus tomer of. a friend, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, as he watched his green grocer l fill a small measure' with potatoes. "Lots of thenjJ.' promptly replied tno other marketer, "Why, here are the po tatoes In my hand, for Instance. They are natlveAmerloan." 'fi guess -not. They went to Europe from the hills of South America, and a strange matter of fact, when you come to Uhlnk 0 it Is that in tho United States none save' maize, and the -"ground artichokes are native 'products." "Nonsense," said the amazed Yankee. f'No nonsense about It," continued the contemplative customer. Europe, Asia, Africa and South America are all more richly endowed than we. I used to think tho watermelon was ours, but bless -you the North African trjbes grew the big. Juicy fellows and gavfs us our first seeds. As to the muskmelon. It is a vegetable of such ancient lineage that, like the cabbage and lettuce, nobody knows Just who were their first wild ..progenitors. The melon came out of Persia as a developed table delicacy, while tho Adam of the cabbage ,famlly flourished 'way back In Central Asia. The Romans ate. cabbage salad. "Thero is another Roman delicacy," continued the customer, pointing to a box of beets. "They do say that xtho Greek philosophers thought a dish of boiled Village.' General "Joe" Wheeler beets, served up with salt and oil. a great aid to mental exercise. For my part, though, I don't know a vegetable that should be prouder of Its family history than the radlbh. Radishes, come from China, but a scientific Journal the other day announced the discovery, from a Translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, that Pharaoh fed his pyramid builders on radishes. He even went-so far as to spend 1900 silver talents in order to regale his Jnasons with tho crlsD and snlcv rent Again, It you read the Old Testament carefully; you will be sure to come across ine announcement that Ip Egypt tho Chll- j dren, of Israel ato melons, beets onions i nnH o-o,-h ' "Besides tho melons and nonphK nn.i geraniums," continued the sarrulous cus tomerf "for all of which we have to thank productive Persia, water cregs comes from her valleys and brooks, and she taught the world how to grow and .head lettuce. However, the Roman gourmands ' who adop-ted both these salads ate green peas and stringed beans that the4r trnrHPnT found j;rowing!n France and South Gor- jnan, ana cucumbers were popular. 'To Arabia honor is due for the burr artichoke. They at,e, it for liver difficul ties. Rhubarb, they say, was ne.vpr known until the loth century, when tb.e Russians found It on the banks of the Volga, and if. you will Relieve It. the only European people that appreciate the egg-plant as we 'do arc tho Turks. North Africa first produced this fruit. However, the potato had to, make a desperate struggle for pop ularity, and for nearly a century after it -was imported and grown in Europe no body could be persuaded to touch It." " - Jlnllnd of Lost Love. The fair Anita has eone away; "Sh Is mad with her lover." the wise ones - - say, , And never that lover she will recall, V"- "--r- "" " " recall. anousn ms tears ujte rain in mimmer fall. . TTn.i.iniihicun rri.i-n i ..-. i "He'll die for love." oo the- w ' j The fair Anita In grief returns: I urue; jspe was, ana her proud heart yearns ..fiP 0, " that lover nndr Jfot groplnj; hla way through ' blind. Z;,i ""'""" a lost world, r ".nr prnmni? nm vav tiMSMu But playlnjr billiards to aa his mind! Atlanta Constitution. 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To principal points In Japan and China. THE FASTEST AND MOST DIRECT lINE TO THE EASTANDSOUTHEA IS THE 0?CT05V The Direct Line to Denver, Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louis. Only 3 Days to Chicago, Only 4j Days to New York and othqr Principal Eastern cities Through Fnllman Palace Sleepers Tourist Sleep era Dining- Cars (meoli a la carte), and Free Reclining- Chair Cars Operated Dally on Famt Mall Tralna Throush tickets, haggago checks and sleeping car accoinmoJatlons can be arranged at CITY TICKET OFFICE 1 35 Third Street Portland, Oregon J. H. LOTHROP. GEORGE LANG, Gen'l Agent. City Puj. tc Tkt. Agt. Tho Magnificent Trans-Pacific Passenger Steamship TACOMA Registered tonnage, 2SU tons; capacity, 4000 tons; passenger accommodations, 100 first class, 900 second class. Thla steam ship has Just been released from the gov ernment service as a troopship, and has every modern comfort and convenience and Is the largest steamship in tho Cape Nome trade. Will sail from Tncoma and Seattle on or about the 25th of May. For rates and full Information apply to DODWEKL & CO., LTD. Telephone, Main, 96. 252 Oak Street. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES UNION DEPOT. For Maygers. Rainier, Clatskanle. Wtstport, Clifton. Astoria. War renton. Flavel, Ham mond. Fort Stevens, Garhart Park. Seaside. Astoria and Seashore Express. Dally. Astoria Express, Dally. ARRIVES UNION DEPOT. 8:00 A. M. r:ob p. m. 11:15 A. iL 0:40 P. it. ticket offlco. 225 Morrison sL an4 Union depot. " J. C MATO. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Aatoria. Or. WrHTE COLLAR LINE COLUMBIA RIVER & PUGET SOUND NAV3- GATION CO. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. BADLEY GATZERT (Alder-street dock) Leaves Portland daily every morning at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Oregon 'phone Main 351. Columbia 'phone 351. U. B. SCOTT. Presldent- CAPE NOME VIA DAWSON Alaska SteamshipCompany NEXT SAILING, THE DIRIGO, MARCH 2S, The only company having throush traffic ar rangements to Atlln and the Klondike Weekly sailings from Tacoma. For full Information ap ply to J. L. HARTiTAN. Agent. Portland. Or.. 3 Chamber ot Commerce. pv:io"ve?!x TRAVELERS' GUIDE. MOT $&&& ST vi &Ngy A YlA iTi sunset Y-n O Oal?rS4ASTA -1 1 SOUTH W Leave Depot FIfta and I Slreets Arrive OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS for Salem. Rose burs. Ashland. Sac ramento. OffdcD, San Francisco. Mo Jave, Lcs Angeles. El Paso, New Or leans and the East At Woodbum (dally except Sun day), morning train connects ivlth train for Mt. Ansel. 311 V e r t on. Browns ville. Sprtngrleld and Natron, and evening train for lit. Angel and Sll verton. Corvallls passenger Sheridan passenger 7:00 P. 3J. S:30 A. M. 0:15 A. 3L 7:00 P. M. t7:30 A. 7J. 14:50 -P. M. XZZ0 P. 1Z. JS:25 A. M. Dally. JDally except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac' ramento and San FrancIsco. Net ratea 17 first! class and $11 aecond class, including steeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern points ana Eu rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU anii AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from J. B, KQtKLAND. Ticket Agent. HO Third St. TAMHILL DIVISION. ' Passenger Depot, foot of JefTerson Street Leave for Oswego dally at 7:20. "9-40 A. M.J, 12:30. 1:55, 3.25. 5:15. ft.25. S:W, 11:30 P. M.;5 and Q.00 A. XI. en Sundays only. Arrive at Portland dally at 0.35. S:30. '10.50 A. M.; 1:35. 3:15. 4MO, 6:20. 7:40. 10.00 P. 3L: 12:4C A. M. daily, except Monday. S.30 and 10.05 A, ji. on aunuays oniy. Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday. atT 4:30 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:30 A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Airlle Mon days. Wednesdaj-3 and Fridnjs at 2:45 P. M. Returns Tuesdajs. Thursdaja and Saturdays. Except Sunday. 1 R. KOEHLER. C. H. MARKHAM, Manager. Gen. Frt. & Pats. Agt. Turn it this way, it 's on. Turn it that way. it 'soft the berth light on the Burlington's Electric-Lighted Limited between St. Paul and Chicago. The Limited is the train the "know ing ones " take. They take it because it is as homelike a their own homes; as luxurious as a Sio-a-daj hotel. m A. C. SHELDON". General Agent, icoThird St.,Portland,Ore. GO EAST VJA aoiS- ON THE FAMOUS Chicago - Portland Special And Travel in Luxurious Comfort Dinlner Cnrs. Service a In Cnrte. Llbrnry-ISuffet Smolclnp Cnrs, Palnce and Orillnary Sleeping: Car 34 Free Ilecliningr Clinir Cars. The only train running through solid frcnj Portland to Chicago. No change of cars. Ever; car Illuminated 'nlth Plntsch gaa. Leaves 8 P. M., Portland. Arrives C:45 P. M. CITY TICKET OFFICE 1 24 Third St. Phone f.!aln 569 W. E. COMAN, General Agent. J. R. NAGEL, City Ticket Agt. lj&mlimimm Ticket Olflce: 122 Third St. Theme (ISO LEAVE. No. 4 3:45 P. M. The Flyer, dally to anl from St. Paul. Minne apolis. Duluth. Chicago anl all points East. ARRIVE. No. 3. 8:00 A. iL Through Palace .and Tourist Sleepers. Dlntns and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP IDZUMI .MARU For Japan. China and all Asiatic points will leave Seattle About March 28th. SEATTLE IE Yukon River Points Steamer OHIO (3300 tons) has been re leased by the United States Government after nearly two years' service as a trans port to tde Philippines, and wlil sail for CAPE NOME on or about MAY 24. 19C0. For passage and freight rates, apply to any railroad atrent or sub-agent of the International Navigation Co.. or direct to EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO., 607 First avenue. Seattle, "Wabh. Pacific Coasi Steamship Co. rOR ALASKA THE COMPANY'S elegant steamers, Cottage City, City of Toreka and Al - Kt leave TACOMA 11 A. M.. SEATTLE ! P. M. Mar. 11. 10, 21. 20. 31. Apr. 5. 10. 15. 20. 25. 3U. May 5. and every fifth day thereafter. For further Infoi- The ci mpar rcwrves the right to change steamers, sailing dates and hourti of sailing, Without previous notice. AGENTS-N. POSTON. 240 Washington at.. Portland. Or.; F. V. CARLETON. N. P. R. r! fleck Tacoma: J. F. TROWBRIDGE. PuSet Sound Supt.. Ocean dock. Seattle. GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agt. 8. Jm II OF THE WR3ST, 139 vS3 iMn Kjy Frtl til tfZi fnl W$ m