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THE SUNDAY OEEGOMAIsr, PORTLAND, MARCH 25, iSfOO. NEWS OF LEDGES AND PLACERS Record of Mining Progress in the Pacific Northwest Discoveries and Development in the Various Districts. ASHLAND. Or., March 23. Tho warm j weather of the past two weeks has been j melting' the snow on the mountain sides and In the higher altitudes quite rapidly, and the various creeks of Jackson and Josephine Counties are well filled with water. Even the dry gulches and smaller streams are running good bodies of water of which the industrious miner is taking every advantage. The pleasant weather has, also, been a great boon to tho min er, enabling him to put in full time and overtime developing claims and work ing them day and night. The hydraulic claims have more ihan an abundance of water to keep the giants supplied. There is also a very good supply of water for sluices in the dry diggings in many of which the water has "been very scarce in past years. Quartz mills running by wa ter, too, have been enjoying an abund ance of power for their batteries, etc Tako everything into consideration, the season for profitable mining was never moro favored than Is the present one. In the Ashland mine, the old portion of the malnadlt is being repaired, while sinking continues on the main shaft. Preparations are also being made to place the hoisting and pumping machin ery on the 250-foot level, by which the ore will bo drawn out by the main tun nel on the north side of the mountain, where the new mill Is to be located. This will be done in a few days, and then sinking on the main shaft will be pushed along, and drifting will also be begun. All the men that can bo worked will then be put on tho day and night shifts. The 1400 foot tunnel, connecting the west shaft of the mine with the lower tunnel, was com pleted about two weeks ago. The rich ore strike recently made Is regarded as a most important and highly profitable one. At the present time 30 men are em ployed on the Ashland mine, and the Montreal & Oregon Mines (Limited) op erating this valuable property disburses through Its pay roll over ?3000 per month. Messrs. Bennett, Reynolds & Mattern, the owners of the "Wabana mine, have purchased, a one-half interest in the claim of J. L. Coyle, which adjoins the well-known Jlllson ledge, next to which is the "Wabana mine. Development work is still progressing very favorably at the Wabana, Reports of good finds from Ash Creek, on the Klamath River, continue to be made. Downing & Co., who recently struck such a rich pocket on their quartz ledge, are still finding good pay, and from the numerous pockets they have al ready obtained on this property they feel confident that there Is a rich ledge some where on the mountain side they are working. The Southern Pacific Company has been discouraging the purchase of the com pany's lands in the Gazell district for speculative purposes. TV. H. Mills, the agent of the company, gives the prefer ence for purchase of the lands in that locality to prospectors or persons resid ing on the land. A goodly number of mining claims in the Gazell district have been bonded during the past two weeks. The Dewey quartz mine, on Squaw Creek, In that locality, is showing some very rich rock as development work pro gresses. It is expected that a mill and smelter will soon be placed on, the mine. M. Mitchell, who was formerly Inter ested with Lord Sudley, of London, in the Braden mine, has recently made a very rich strike on his Whitney ledge, near Tolo, In Jackson County. After tunneling for 40 feet he struck the ledge, which Is 14 inches wide, and then drifted 20 feet along the pay chute. The rock la exceptionally rich and will mill $2000 to the ton. "W. II. "Venable, who has a very valua ble quartz claim on the Applegate Creek, about 14 miles from Ashland, is arranging to put a two-stamp mill on the property. He has been doing considerable develop ment work this winter, and has had bet ter results than he had hoped for. The ore from this ledge, which Is well defined, goes $50 to J200 to the ton. Considerable attention has been attract ed to the Star gulch hydraulic placer mine of Bert Haney, on the Applegate Creek, during the past few days. It is located about 13& miles from the county seat, where Mr. Haney has 450 acres of deeded land. The pay streak on this property is 150 feet wide, and has aver aged about 3714 cents to the yard. There has been an abundance of water to work this placer, and a day and night shift has been hard at It during the past few weeks, averaging over ?200 pec day. Many good-sized nuggets have been found, a quantity of them as heavy as $17. Enough coarse, heavy gold can be picked up on bedrock to more than doubly pay the expense of working the mine. Though the locality of Starr Gulch has been mined since the days of the early '60s, and thought by croakers to have been worked out, the section is still pro lific of mineral wealth, and this hydraulic mine, where Mr. Haney is now operating, shows that much of the ground has only been - scratched over. Many localities, which, like it, have, been neglected for years, offer great possibilities to the in telligent miner and prospector. v The -big Evans mining ditch, of which bo much has been said In the past, prom ises to be a reality In the very near fut ure. The promoter of the enterprise, William H. Emerson, of Philadelphia, has organized a company for its imme diate construction. The ditch will start from the middle fork of Evans Creek, 123 miles above Woodvllle, and running to Pleasant Creek, will have a total length of 20 miles. The ditch will be 11 feet on top, seven feet on the bottom and four feet deep. It will have a capacity of 5003 miner's inches of water. There are thou 6ands of acres tributary to this ditch, which will be one of the most Important enterprises of the present year, and will be of Incalculable benefit to both mining and farming enterprises in the section which it will pass through. The ditch has already been surveyed and the work of digging has started. The Watts hydraulic mine, on Mur pheys Gulch, Is now working 6teadlly with a very good supply of water. The clean-up this year promises to exceed that of any former season. COAL IX BAKER COUNTY. Organized Efforts to Develop the Mcanures to Be Made This Seahon. BAKER CITY, Or., March 23. There is every probability that the extent and qual ity of the coal beds ly.ng tributary to Baker City will be thoroughly investigated Mils Summer. Miners and capitalists havo devoted but little time to this branch of mining industry in the past, as the piom lslng strikes that are made from t-me to time,- some of them almost at the very doors of Baker City, have absorbed their whole attention. Capitalists, however, have now turned their attention towards testing and developing these coal measures, and If they prove to be of the quality and extent that some believe they are, development work on a huge scale will be be gun at once. The country affords every facility to prosecute the work, as there Is plenty of water and timber. A company has been organized in th'J city for the purpose of developing the coal deposits in tho vicinity -of Lower Powder River. Tho company is composed of prominent businessmen and capitalists of this city. Machinery has been sent tc Che scene of operations, and active devel opment work will be commenced Immedi ately. So far,, a vein four .feet In thickness has been opened, and the quality of the coal is fair. Further development may prove the deposit to be more extensive, in which case it would prove of Immense valuo to the owners, as -well as to the whole state. Another coal property lies 30 miles from Baker City, on the Snako River. It was bonded a short time ago by a well-known Baker City mining engineer, for which a larg sum was paid. Negotiations for tho purchase of the property by an Oregon corporation are now pending, and it is said tho deal Is In a fair way to be closed. THE CORATJCOPIA DISTRICT. Activity In the Mine In Paying Development "Worlo CORNUCOPIA, Or.. March 23. With the approach of Spring this camp has boomed beyond the dreams of her most enthusi astic friends. There are more men em ployed today in the Cornucopia mines than at any time since the first prospects were found In 1SS5. The Union Companion mine Is now working over 100 men in the xnine, and 20 or more are at work In the 20-stamp milL A full crew is at work at the Lust Chance, and the Red Jacket will soon be tho scene of action for a largo force. These properties aro owned by the big syndicate, at the head of which Is John Q. Searles, the sugar king of a few years ago. Last Fall these mines were bonded to a syndicate of Toronto, Canada, capi talists for $750,000. This bond will expire April 1, and there is no doubt that the sale will be completed before that time. P. J. Clrkle, general manager of all the Searles mining interests, Is now in Baker City, where he will meet, the representa tives of Canadian capital and arrange for the formal transfer. A. W. Irwin will soon begin hauling the concentrates to Baker City, there to bo shipped by rail to tho smelter in Ta coma. Had Portland a smejter, this busi ness would go to "Oregon's metropolis. To haul these concentrates will require the services of six six-horse teams, at the start, with a probability that more will bo added soon. Davey & Son, who lately completed the purchase of the Robert Emmett mine from tho Wrights, of Union, are pushing operations, and their efforts are about to bring them returns. They havo just put In a new Huntington mill by the side of the one already In use, and are about ready to begin shipping In earnest. P. F. Foster & Sons have the contract for haul ing their product to tho railroad. The Daveys came here last fall, and have put forth almost superhuman efforts to make a mine out of a prospect hole good to be sure; but still a prospect only. The sum of $12,000 was spent before their ore could be milled, and. then only a beginning was made. Now they have begun their har vest. The Powder River Tlacer Mining Com pany, whoso works are at the junction of the Snake and Powder Rivers, has begun operations for the season. Tho work Is In charge of Manager Joe Vance, and as he is a successful mining man, of long experience, a big clean-up will be the result. The output of these mines for last year was greater than ever before, and they have been worked for years. A new strike is reported from the Vaughn, the big copper producer at the mouth of Pine Creek, on Snake River. The Sparta District promises to become one of the best camps In the land of good mines. Considerable Portland capital is interested, and a great deal of work will be done this season. It used to be said that the moneyed men of Portland wese not looking for money to b made in mining, but they are very much in evi dence now. YIELD OF THE GOLDBUG. One of the Rich Mines of the Mount He lib en District. GRANT'S PASS, Or., March 24. A re cent trip to the Goldbug mine, on Mount Reuben, has shown that the Winter's work has greatly increased the value of the property. Development is proceeding by four levels, the longest being 750 feet. The ore body Is found in a true fissure vein, the hanging wall in many places being as smooth as a piece of slate. Although the vein Is only three feet wide at the first tunnel. It gradually increases in size until on the lowest level there Is a solid body oi ore 1C feet wide. Contrary to the usual run of things, the value of the ore has in creased as the lower levels were reached, and $S0 ore Is no rare thing. The quartz is white and very hard, showing some copper stain and peacock ore. A five-stamp mill has been running steadily for 15 months, working night and day, while three men working 10 hours a days are able to keep sufficleont ore in the bins. The monthly cleanup has been $6000 to 510,000 the average yield being over 530 per ton. The percentage of free milling ore runs up to 75 per cent of the assay value. All, tailings are impounded, to be worked over at some later period. The Goldbug is one of a group of eight claims which are owned by Senator S. P. Jones, S. L. Jones and H. M. Gorham. The company Is a close corporation, no stock being for sale. Plans are being made to sink a two-cage working shaft on the mine and also to develop some of the other claims further, as evidences of plen ty of good ore are found in several of them. The claims are located 18 miles south of Glendale. A fine mountain road has been built to the mine. The whole of the Mount Reuben district is rich In gold-bearing quartz, and several rich discoveries have recently been made. W. G. Palmer has found some very fine rock, but has not developed his claim enough to show what is there. C. D. Burnett and E. W. Dana, working on the Copper Stain mine, have just struck a fine body of ore, which assays very high. This property is considered one of the best in the district, and has tha making of a fine mine. MAX1" FIXE XUGGETS. Report From Creeks and G niches Tributary to Grant' Pass. GRANTS PASS. Or.. March 2L Green &. Harmon, who have an excellent claim about two miles above the mouth of Gal Ice Creek, have been running steadily since October 15. In coarse gold they have already picked up $1700, the nuggets rang ing from $5 to $58, the latter figure being the largest nugget 'found on Gallce Creek for years. Mr. Green and two men have done all the work. The bowlders are large, and are broken with powder until small enough to be run through the race. J. T. Layton has smarted his Ferris Gulch mlno earlier than usual, on account of the light snowfall, which will give less trouble to his ditches, which have a com bined length of 26 miles. This is one of the few summer mines which does not begin work until others begin to clean up. The mine employs eight men, and! has a gravity pressure of 350 feet, using a three inch nozzle. The gravel is easily washed and show& a bank 50 to CO feet high. The annual clean-up is about $15,000. John Custar and Ernest Lindley picked up some fine nuggets last week, one piece of $C2 50, and another of $20 being found. Their claim is located on one of the small tributaries of the Applegate River, In a region known for its large nuggets. A few years ago a $350 nugget was found not far from there. Jadgrc Fee for Prosecuting. Attorney. Pendleton East Oregonlan. The name of ex-Judge James A. Fee Is mentioned la connection with the District Attorneyship, and it Is said that he will most likely receive the nomination from tho Republicans for the office. James A. Fee is worthy of ,it As a lawyer and a man no is abovo suspicion. He filled for a number of years the important trust of Judge, nd ho did it with ability and fidel ity. Judge Feo Is a man who does not lack conviction, and he has force on account of It Tho Democrats will find It difficult to nominate a man who could cause Judge Fee any uneasiness in the race. If the Republicans nominate Judge Fee It will force the Democrats to also nominate a fit man, and this would insure to the peo pie a thoroughly good administration of this Important office, no matter who was elected. e FOR THE RELIEF OF BOERS. Mayor Storey "Will Receive ' Any Contributions. Mayor W. A. Storey Is a member of the general committee of the National Boer Relief Fund Association, of New York. His Honor Is taking active interest In raising funds among pro-Boer sympa thizers In Portland, and will act as the local custodian of moneys raised for the benefit of the widows and orphans of tho heroic Boers who are killed In the present war In South Africa. This association was organized upon tho advice and desire of, Dr. W. J. Leyds, "who Is tho European Envoy and Rep resentative of the Republic of South Africa; Dr. Hendrlk Muller, the Envoy Extraordinary pf the Orango Free Stato to the Netherlands, and J. H. Hofmeyr, of Cape Town, president of (the Afrikan der Bond of South Africa, and former Premier of Cape Colony to secure united action through one main body among pro-Boer sympathizers throughout tho United States, and thus prevent waste. Mr. Hofmeyr says in a recent letter: "Of Red Cross Societies we already have quite enough. Only the other day a wire was received here in Pretoria, via Delagoa Bay, declining the help of "ambulance corps, worthy South African medical stu dents and doctors sent from Edinburgh, as so many ambulance parties had already arrived from Europe and elsewhere. What ever the result of tho war may be, thou sands of Boer widows and orphans will be left In a state of destitution. Hun dreds of thousands of dollars will be re quired to render them some effective aid. But when the stirring events of the war are over, the lot of these poor, sorrowing ones will not appeal to the public Imagina tion, and, unless the public purse-strings be untied now, they will be left to starve." Dr. Leyds and Dr. Muller have lately written to the same effect, saying that tho Red Cross Societies have ample funds, and that provision must now be made for widows and orphans, and urging united action throughout the United States as most effectual. Contributions, no matter how small or large, to Mayor Storey, will be gratefully acknowledged by the immediate return of the association's official souvenir receipt. Personnel of the Committee. Officers of the general committee of the National Boer Relief Fund Association are: Hon. ""W. Bourke Cockran, N. Y., chairman: George Van Sickle, secretary treasurer; Alfred Chasscaud, general man ager; headquarters, St. James building. New York. Among the members are: Hon. H. D. Money, United Senator from Mississippi. Hon. George L. Wellington, United States Senator from Maryland. Hon. William E. Mason, United States Senator from Illinois. Justice Henry A. Glldersleeve, Supreme Court, New York. Hon. John W. Goff, Recorder, New York. Judge Moses Hallet. United District Court, Colorado. Justice James W. Dunwell, Supremo Court, Lyons, N. Y. Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Governor of Colorado. Hon. M. B. McSweeney, Governor of South. Carolina. Hon.-W. A. Poynter, Governor of Ne braska. Right Rev. John AMichaud,- D. D.. LL. D., Bishop of Burlington; Vermont , Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D. D., New York. Rev. William Elliott Griffls, D. TX, Ith aca, N. Y. Rev. Charles S. Vedder, D. D., Charles ton. S. C. Rev. Corn M. Van Aken. Administrator of the.Dlocese of Helena, Mont. Hon. William Astor Chanler, member of Congress from New York. Hon. Melville Bull, member of Congress from Rhode Island. Hon. Amos J. Cummlngs, member of Congress from New York. Hon. William Sulzer, member of Con cress from New York. Hon. Thomas G. Hayes, Mayor of Balti more. Md. Hon. George R. Perry, Mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich.. Hon. George T. Baker, Mayor of Daven port, la. , Hon. James L. Schaadt, Mayor of Allen town, Pa. , Hon. Albert M. Collett, Mayor of Iron ton. O. Hon. Samuel J. Swartz, Mayor of Colum bus. O. Hon. Frederick W. Vaughn, Mayor of Fremont. Neb. Hon. B. Rush Feld, Mayor of Easton, Pa. Hon. William O. Jones, Mayor of Lin coln. HI. Hon. F. M. Currier, Mayor of Mankato, Minn. Hon. W. C. Elmendorf, Mayor of Ithaca, N. Y. Hon. David Douglas, Mayor of Eau Claire. Wis. Hon. George A. Sean, Mayor of Cum berland, Md. Hon. P. L. Kabler, Mayor of Hannibal, Mo. Hon. H. Grube, Mayor of Watertown, Wis. Hon. Michael HIgglns, Mayor of Racine, Wis. Hon. M. T. Maloney, Mayor of Ottawa, HI. General J. B. Henderson, ex-United States Senator from Missouri. Hon. Richard Heard, Boston, Mass. James J. Banbury, president American Drug Trade Association, New York. John J. Bealln, superintendent Bureau Statistics of Labor, New York. A. A. Raven, president American Bu reau of Shipping, .New York". Walter C. Reld, secretary American Warehousemen's Association, New York. William Malley, president A. O. H., New York. Professor William H. Carpenter, Colum bia University. New York. General Appleton Morgan, vice-president Society of the War of 1812 In New Jersey, Westfleld. N. J. Hon. George F. Hollls, late United States Consul at Cape Town and Minister Pleni potentiary for the Orange Free State; Maiden, Mass. Cyrus Northrup, LI. D., president Uni versity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Hon. William H. Atwell, United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas, Dallas. Tex. Rev. Gerald P. Coghlan, D. D., Phila delphia, Pa. Hon. Leonard Charles Van Noppon, A. M., Cambridge, Mass. 8 Judge Lowell's Candidacy. The Dalles Chronicle. Judge Lowell, of Pendleton, publishes In the Heppner Gazette an address to the Republican voters of the Sixth Judicial District, announcing that while he Is not a candidate for United States Senator and will not be one, In the sense of seek ing the office, he would deem It a dis tinguished honor to represent his adopted state, and should those who are known to be' candidates fall of election and a new man be selected he would "be gratified to receive tho preferment In plain United States, the Judge's lightning-rod points vertical to the stars, and Barkis is willing to 'sacrifice himself on the altar of his country. The Judge, however Is a clean, honorable, able man, and if a dark horse Is to win the race, the state and- the Republican party would be honored by the success of Judge Lowell. ' mmW-,. J rrtii itrnwnn l M THE parasitic germ i measured under the .miproscope by the twenty-fiv thousandth part of an inch. Its power is measured by the cholera scourge, the plague, consumption, and other decimating diseases. The germ lies in wait for human life on every side : jn earth, air, water and food. Attention has of late been drawn to pets as disease disseminators. Many a boy has "taken diptheria from his pet dog; many a girl owes consumption to her canary. In London, England, they are legislating to compel a monthly examination of feathered pets, by the board of health, because the experts on consumption say that "numerous cases of cor sumption have been shown to originate from the deadly tuberculosis germs which breed with such startling fecundity in these supposedly harmless pets." Says a scientific Writer, " Act ual tests -have shown that twenty per cent, of the dairy cows of the United States are tuberculous," and again, "the average grade of milk sold in large cities often contains as high as 80,000,000 bacteria in a cubic inch." These facts are appalling. The ve'ry existence of the human race seems threatened, as indeed it is but for one defence. To quote again from a standard -scientific article : " So fast, indeed, are new parasites being produced that were not science con stantly elaborating counte '-checks our boasted civilization would soon come to the end of its tether." One of these great scientific counter -checks to germ Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery. The germ generally finds en trance into the body through the stomach. It enters by the door of the mouth in our food or our drink. A Great RI was a great sufferer from dyspepsia for over two years, and I wa3 a com plete physical wreck," writes Mr. Preston E. Fenstermacher, of Egypt, Lehigh Co., Pa. "Had many torturing, grawing, and aching pains I think about all that a dyspeptic has or ever could nave. I also suffered much with constipation, I tried many different medicines, which were recommended to cure the trouble, but these only made me worse, and my condition was more sluggish and weak than before. It seemed that I was gjetting worse all the time. At the same time my stomach was in a weak condition. It was so weak that the least and easiest kind of food to digest would get sotir in my stomach, and I had such a weak and debilitated appearance that it seemsd as if I had hardly any blood in my whole body. Muscles were soft and flabby, circulation poor and slow. Suffered greatly from cold hands and feet I wrote to a number of medical firms for medicine and advice, and most of them asked of me a large sum of money to cure me, but this I could not afford. At last I came across an advertisement of Dr." Pierce's. I wrote to him, stating my symptoms and pains. I received by return mail the best and most substantial advice that I ever before read'. This advice gave me the greatest confidence in the World's Dispensary Medical Association, even so great that I at once left off all former remedies and tried Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and ' Pleasant Pellets.' I used about eight vials of the Pellets' and ten bottles of the Discovery,' which brought me nearly back to my former state of health." FINE PICTURES ON VIEW REMURAXDT COLLECTION XOW EJ - HIBITED IX lilBIlAIlY BUILDING. "Worlc of the Man "Who Itanlzn Forc 'most Anion fr Naturalist Paint ers of the "World. Tho Rembrandt exhibition announced earlier and postponed In order that 3IIss Osgood's lectures, given under, tho auspices of the Portland Art Class, m'gnt have fuller Illustration, Is now In place in the lecture halt. of the Library Building, and wac thrown'open to tho public on Friday evening. The photograph collection contains about lo reproductions of Rembrandt's paint ings, and SC of his drawings, beside oo'mo of tho better-known etchings of the col lection of the Dresden gallery. The space available permits the display of something moro than 100 pictures, and care has been taken to select such as will show not only the highest achievement, but the range and variety of the master's work. Rembrandt Harmens (Harmens' son) "Van Rljn,,was born -at Leyden, July IS, 1G0S. He was the flf'h hoi. if a prosper ous miller, and it was at flret Intended that he should study jurisprudence at the university; but his taste for art wan so clearly manifested that he wao appren ticed to Jacob van Swanenburg, a painter and engraver of Leyden. Three years later he went to Amsterdam and studied for a short tlmo with Pleter Lastmann. But his wonderful achievements seem to. have been due lo his own conse'entious study, since from neither of these masters could he derive the qualities that made the essential greatness of. his art. He returned to Leydonin 1624 and for seven years studied and worked, soon gain ing reputation and patronage as a painter of portraits, the' branch of art in which he .was always strongest. After his father's death ho moved to pets and parasites. BOW DREAD DISEASES AREDISSE wBmPk JSft jyflRraP i mmammtussmssrw disease is i OSfrA Sufferer yFj oo Given mm En the past year Dr. R. V. PIsrse has given away so many copEes of the PEOPLE'S COMMON SENSE MED ICAL ADVISER, that ths expense to him exclusive of tho cost of mailing has been over twenty-five thousand dollars. This groat work, containing 1008 pages and over 700 illustrations, is sent FREE by the author on receipt of stamps to defray expense of maiSIng ONLY. it feiis the plain truth In plain English. Send 21 one cent stamps for paper-bound book,-or 31 stamps for handsome cloth-covered volume. Address : DR. Rm V. Amsterdam (1631), whero for a time he en Joyed great prosperity and fame. In 1C34 he married Saskla van TJylenburgh, who brought him a considerable fortune. His work commanded larg'e prices, but he lived somewhat extravagantly, being especially profuse In expenditure for works of art and curiosities. In 1C43 Saskla died. About this time, too, Rembrandt's popularity began to wane, partly because of a want of appre ciation of the greater qualities now more fully developed In his work. At this time, too, a condition of financial depression throughout Holland may havo made pay ment less sure. At all events, he suffered rrti?r.Vi nmlinrrflccmnnt Tt-h!Vi It 1C?T7 sta-vm to a climax In hanknintev. A foroed es1o ' i led to a sacrifice of. the -valued paintings, ! engravings and other works of art, the j collection of which betrayed so fine and ! catholic a taste. From this tlmo he was i dependent upon his son, Titus, Saskla'3 j only surviving child, and Hendrickje Stof i fels, a faithful servant, who lived with i him as his wife and whom, according to I some accounts, ho- married. She died in : 1664. Titus in 1G6S. and Rembrandt did not I long survive. He died October 8, 16C9, and was burled In the "Wester 'Kirk, at Amsterdam. Cornelia, a daughter by J Hendr'ckjc, survived him. ' During all the period, of his adversity, i Rembrandt labored with unflagging indus- try and with a power and Insight that . gained almost to the very Inst. The fol- . lowing ..estimate of his art Is taken -from j 1 a catalogue of etchings and engravings i lately published by the British Museum: . "Now, two centuries and a quarter after his death, the fame of Rembrandt has J; risen to a point that it had never reached ! 1 before. He has taken hls placo as the ' I foremost of the 'naturalist painters of the J world: a true Dutchman, resolute to see ' ; and Interpret the world according to his J j own vls'on of It, observing Northern na- j , ture with a Northern eye, and not at- tempting to imitate the Greek or Italian grace of grouping or perfection of physical I type: but investing life as- he saw It, and the tiUst as ho imagined It. with an es- sentlal poetry of his own. The somewhat superficial element In this poetry depends ( upon a peculiar love for blzzarrerles and j curiosities of Oriental and other costume and -.adornment a tasto which ho shared MHNATED. Its future power for harm depends chiefly upon the condition of the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition. When food is perfectly digested and assimi lated, when the blood is pure and abundant, disease finds no foothold. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery makes the body practically impregnable against disease. It heals diseases of the -stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. It increases the activity of the blood-making glands and so increases the supply of pure blood. It carries off the waste and poisonous accumu lations from the system. It makes aN strong, healthy body, built up of sound flesh instead of flabby fat. Even when the lungs and respiratory organs have been attacked, and there were obstinate cough, bron chitis, or hemorrhage, weakness and emaciation, "Golden medicine sacredly Gured in Mrs. Ella Schall, of Moosehead, Luzerne Co., Pa., writes: "Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cured me in one month, sound and well. You remember my case was abscess of the breast. We had spent lots of money for doctor bills, and I had almost given up in despair, when I told my husband I was going to write to you. I am very glad I did so; I had used yonx medicines before with the best results. t Her Doctor was Wrong ""When I commenced taking your medicines, eighteen months ago, my health was completely broken down," writes Mrs. Cora L.Sunderland, of ChanevviUe, Calvert Co., Md. "At times I could not even walk across the room without pains in my chest. Tie doctor who attended me said I had lung trouble and that I would never be well again. At last I concluded to try Dr. Pierce's medi cines. I bought a bottle of Golden Medical Discovery,' took it, and soon com menced to feel a little better, then you directed me to take both the ' Golden Medical Discovery and the 'Favorite Prescription,' which I did. I am now almost entirely well, and do all my work without any pain whatever, and can run with more ease than I could formerly walk." PiZRGE, Buffalo, Mm Y, with several of his teachers and contem poraries. "Far profounder elements were his un rivalled Insight into the strength and pa thos of human character and feeling, not disdaining the common, the degraded nor the grotesque, and his acute and wholly original sense of the magic ot light and shade and atmospheric mystery, as envel oping and transfiguring all th objects of vision, and revealing in them a thousand subtleties of form, color and relation un percelved by comon eyes. From tho gift of nature and from indefatigable self training, he derived an unequaled com mandwhich steadily strengthened from youth to age of the technical resources required for expressing these powers and sensibilities on canvas." Among the exhibited portraits, those of the master himself cannot fail to Interest the student, from the portrayal of a gay young man often dressed in a bizarre costume, made up from studio properties, to the sober, earnest expression of the experience of llfo and sorrow shown 'n the face of age. Saskla, too. Is often painted, and Titus and Hendrickje. Among tho earliest pictures of the col lection arc the famous "Presentation" of the Hague and the "Coppenol" in the Hermitage, both ot 1631; while tho so-called "Jewish Bride," of Amsterdam, and the "Prodigal Son" of the Hermitage, are the work of his last years. One of the best-known works to be noted is the famous "Anatomical Lecture." of 1632 (Hague), and of thl3 some of the heads separately photographed on a larger scale are exhibited. The celebrated "Night "Watch" (1642), or "Sortie of the Company of Franz Ban ning Cocq," to give the true subject of the painting, already hang-s in the entrance hall of the Library, as does the 'Syndics of the Cloth Drapers' Guild." Details ot tho latter wiljie displayed, and no work can be mentioned that will better Illus trate some of the master's best qualities Fromentln felt fthat It vros "too cele brated and too deservedlv consecrated for him to emphasize Jt." To quote a part of what he says and no student of Rem brandt can afford to Ignore the exquisite criticism In Fromentln's "Old Masters of Belgium and Holland": "Tho clothes and felt bats are black, but IHBEZSLjiSEHHHDmSMHHH Medical Discovery" has restored the sufferer to perfect and permanent health. If you are sick begin to use "Golden Medical Discovery" and you will begin to be well. There is no substitute for the "Dis covery" and nothing "just as good." Any attempt to sell you any other preparation in place of Dr. Pierce's has only one object, the de- sire- ot the dealer to make an exces sive profit There is no alcohol in "Golden Medical Discovery," and it contains no cocaine, opium or other narcotic. Persons suffering from chronic forms of disease are invited to con sult Dr. Pierce by letter free. All correspondence is strictly private and confidential, and all replies to 9 correspondents are mailed in plam envelopes bearing no advertising or printing of any kind. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, One Month through the black a depth of red is felt: the linens are white, but strongly glazed was bistre; the faces, which are wonder fully living, are animated by fine, lumi nous, and direct eyes, which, do not ex actly look at the spectator, but yet thelt glance follows, interrogates and listens to him. They are Individual, and ar like nesses. They are certainly burghers and merchants, but notables, assembled in their own house before a table with a red cover, with an open register upon It. surprised In full counsel. They aro occu pied without acting; they speak without moving their lips. Not one of them is posing; they are living. The blacks aro sharp or Indistinct; a warm, atmosphere. Increased tenfold in value, envelopes the whole with rich, gravo half-tints. Tho re lief of tho linens, the faces and the hand3 Is extraordinary, and the extreme vivacity of tho light is as delicately observed aa If Nature herself had given Ite quality and measure. It might almost be said ot thia picture that it is one exhibiting tho greatest restraint and moderation, there is" Euch exactitudo in its balance, were it not that beneath all this maturity, full of cool self-possession, can be lelt nerv ous force, Impatience and fire. "It is superb. ... It bears witness that the seeeker has revolved the samo problem often in his mind, and has at last found the solution." Tho works of Rembrandt Include (besldo portraits, Scriptural, historical and myth- i ological subjects), ' works of genre ana landscape; but beside his achievements with the brush, bo was the greatest of painter-etchers, and to fully understand his art one must study tho products of his needle. Of the available books on tho master's life and work, Michel's 'Tilfo of Rem brandt" and Hamerton's "Etched "Work of Rembrandt" may be specially men tioned. 9 9 As Vlevred In Croolc CoiuvtT Prinevlllo Journal. The Puerto Rlcan tariff bill recently passed by the House of Representatives has raised a storm of indignation. It 13 wrong in principle and lays those re sponsible for its passage subject to tha charge of- Insincerity or woreo. W V