THE SUNDAY . OKEGONIAN, POUTLAND, JULY S, 1900.
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WHEEE MURDERWINS DISTINCTION
Nature Worshipers Among Uncle
Make Propitiatory Human Sacrifices to Imaginary
Gods Bagobas of SoutherQ Mindanao.
(Copyright. 1000, by FrankG. Carpenter.) i Bagoba -who lias killed the most men 1b
DAVAO, Island of Mindanao. May 10. I the most thought of. He say when a
This Province of Davao situated in tho ' young man reaohes his majority he starts
southeastern corner of the great Island ' out on a Wlltoir tour in order to make
tST ,tt ml8 CaHed ' SaSft JISS& ?&
jumplng'-off place of our Philippine pos- . ,n ambush -with his spear or bow and
sessldns. has some of tho queerest sav- j poisoned arrows and waits for human
ages on earth. It has tribes which wor- game. When he has killed a man or
ship the great volcano "Mount Apo, which I woman, he cuts off an ear or Anger and
looks down upon me as I writ. It has brln&s J1 !" and sh8 " Tf ne, " ,an
tnr-rxn toi, ,. , .... i i .w i enemy in his own tribe he may kill him.
Moros who are more fanatical in their , and , he hafi wIed a numbei? he ls ae
iionammeda,n belief than the dervishes ectcd by the datto. or chlof, as a profes
ot Egypt, and it has nature worshipers I slonal and given an apointment at court.
who sacrifice human beings" to their
impjlnary gods. I have met during the
pftst ve"ek a large number of two of the
'Tripes which have human sacrifices, and
through the Vice-President of the town
of Davao hare learned much concerning
them and their customs. The Vlce-Presl-dento
Is perhaps the most learned man
of this region. He has been a school
teacher, and has a working knowledge of
21 different languages. Including many of
tho native tongues. My conversation
'With him was In Spanish, which he speaks
aind writes fost fluently. He has lived all
his life In this part of the world, and has
close association with some of the most
aavage tribes.
This man tells me that 14 different
languages aro used within a radius of 30
miles of this place, and that the whole
country is divided up among hostile sav
ages, who are nearly-always at war with
one another. (Most of them are head
hunters, and some, such as the Manobos,
t Choose jos their chiefs the men who have
committed the greatest number of mur
ders, la some of the other tribes men
m are not supposed to be ready for mar
riage before they have killed one or more
"human beings, and the Bagobas and
Guingas have a class of special murderers
appointed by their chiefs who have the
right to wear what might be called the
murderer's turban, which gives Its own
,er a license to kin. This is not worn un-
tll the man has put to death a certain
number of people. It ls a piece of red
cotton the size of a large bandana hand
kerchief, with white polka dots scattered
over it. I saw a Bagoba wearing one to
day, and asked him how many men he
had killed. His reply was, "Twenty!"
Among; the Bngobas.
The Bagobas live within about 10 miles
of Davao, and parties of them frequently
come into the town to see tho strange
white giants who have sailed across the
-seas to take possession of the, country.
They are not allowed to bring in their
arms, and they deposit the great knives,
, swords and spears which they always
t carry when at home on the other side of
he Davao River before they venture
within range of our soldiers' guns. The
Tesult is that one feels perfectly safe In
moving about among them. I have talked
with many of them and have made, I
venture, the first photographs that have
ever been taken of them.
The Bagobas are the finest-looking peo
ple I have yet seen in these islands. They
, are taller and better formed than the
Tagalos or the VIsayans, and far more
intelligent than the Moros. They look
jnore like Persians than Malays. They
have bright yellow skins and luxuriant
hair, which they wrap up In a knot at
the crown under their turbans. Their
foreheads are high and broad, their noses
straight and their lips rather sensual.
The ears of many of them cannot be
"" JSqcn for the Immense earrings which: they
wear. These are of Ivory made in the
rhape of an- old-fashioned cuff button,
with the top disk three or four inches
braa''" and the under one at least an inch
' -i ' ameter. The under disk of the but
to i ls slipped through a hole in the lobe
rf the ear in such a way that it holds the
unper disk firmly against the side of 'the
C3d. hiding the ear.
" In order to get the exact size of one of
these earrings, I persuaded the savage
to take It off. and made a tracing of It
In my notebook. It is, ,1 Judge, just about
as wide as two columns of this news
paper, or about as big around as the rim
of a pint tin cup. The under disk or
button, which goes through the lobe of
the ear, which I also traced. Is as big
" round as a half dollar. The earrings are
of the finest ivory, and, 1 Judge, costly.
- for the man would not sell them for less
" than ?20. The hole in the lobe of the ear
- was at least an inch long, and the man
Btretched It out by pulling down tho lobe
when he Inserted the button. 1 under
stand that the holes are made by piercing
the ear and inserting pieces of wood or
grass, adding additional sticks or straws
from time to time, until the holes are en
larged to the required size. Others of
, the Bagobas had earrings of wood, and
one I noticed had thrust a large cigar
th -ough his ear lobe and was carrying it
in this way.
4 Clothes "Woven ot Grass.
The clothes of the Bagobas are curious
in the extreme. These men wore jackets
and short trousers made of grass cloth,
dyed red and white, and heavily embroid
ered with bCads. Their Jackots did not
reach to their wosts, and their sleeves
came but little below their olbows. The
trousers were tied on with rope at the
waist, and In no case did they extend-
muoli below the middle of the thigh. All
of the Bagoba men wear bracelets about
their wrist, and nearly all have bandB
of beads about the legs between tho calf
and the knee. They carry on their backs
knapsaoks of grass cloth, gorgeously em
broidered with beads of many colors, and
those whom I saw wore turbans of
bright hues.
I watched them at their meals. They
eat with the fingers, all dipping their
hands Into the same bowl of rice. They
phew the betol nut, like the Moros, and
are very fond of American tobacco, beg
ging it of the soldiers whenever they can.
. Tho Vlce-Presidente of Djivao tells mo
that the Bagobas aro oiygamists. Every
man haa two, three or our wvo, accord
ing to his means, and all tho chiefs own
, slaves. They nslave the captives whom
they take In war, and it is from the slaves
that they set their --tctims for sacrifice.
They are nature-worshlpors. praying now
and then to the volcano Mount Apo, and
it is, I believe, to this mountain that they
make their sacrifices. The man who
furnishes the slave for the purpose ls
thought to be favored by the god, and
therefore Is the chief official at the cere
mony. 3 The slave ls stripped and so tied to the
Umb of a tree that he or she Is forced
to stand upright. Then the owner gives
the first blow with his sarong, a sort
of knife, which ls as sharp as a rasor,
and as heavy almost as a butcher's cleav
er. "With this he, chops the victim across
the" neck from behind.' The neck is
stretched and he usually cuts the head
from the body, whereupon the rest of the
tribo rush up one by one and give a cut
at the dying human. Before the cere
mony is finished the body has become
mincemeat, and the gods are then sup
posed to be pleased, and if angry, ap
peased. These sacrifices are celebrated
at least once a year at the national feast,
t and also at times of sickness or famine,
when the gods are supposed to be frown
ing upon humanity. As a usual thing,
but one slave is killed at such a cele--bTatlon.
Slaves are bought and sold among these
people. They are traded for with the
- neighboring tribes and are also brought
In at times and sold to the Christians.
According to the Vlce-Presidente, . the
Sam's Philippine Subjects Who
Those who have killed ten or more men
are called mataderos.
The Bagobas are very revengeful. They
have the vendetta and carry their enmity
to the families or slaves of the men they
hate, and spear or lance them on sight.
i They are adepts In the use of the lan-e
and the spear.
One stabbed a Vlsayan here the other
day, driving his spear clear through the
body of his victim. The Vlsayan "was
armed with a bolo, and. with the spear
still In him. he turned and chopped off the
head ot the Bagoba. The Vlsayan' was
brought into the town, left for several
days without treatment, and then hand
ed over to the care of Captain A. I
Haines, the surgeon. Dr. Haines put him
under ether and performed an operation
that saved his life. I called upon the sick
man the other day and found him almost
recovered. He ls very grateful to tho
doctor and has given him the bolo with
which he tilled the Bagoba as a. reward
for saving his life.
The ITfcgobas are not entirely savago
In their way of living. They have small
farms and cuftivate rice and sweet pota
toes in the intervals of their hunting ex
cursions. They have houses erected on
poles high above the ground. They raise
some hemp and weave the most of their
clothes from it, choosing the best of the
fiber.
The Bagoba women are bettor looking
than the other female Eavsges of Mlnda
noa. They are almost white. They aro
straight and well formed. Their dress is,
a skirt, reaching from the waist to the'
knee, and a very short Jacket. Both skirt
and Jacket are heavily embroidered with
beads. They are fond of Jewelry and
wear lltle earrings of much the samo
shape as those I have described as worn
by the men. They wear strings of bells
above the knees at about the place where
the American girl wears a gartor, and
have heavy brass rings about the ankles.
They have a sort of headdress which cov
ers their hair, which is often so long that
It hangs almost to the knees. "When, fully
dresed they adorn their hair with fancy
feathers and hemp.
"Women Do the "Work.
The Bagoba women do the most of the
hard work. They do the weaving of the.
people and plant the crops and keep out
the weeds. '
Still quoting the words of the Vlce
Presldente, "those people are very hos
pitable and universally troat guests well,
when they come to see them. Their hos
pitality, however, ends after he has left
the village, at which time he had bettor
keep his eyes open for one of the young
men who ls after a head, finger or an ear
to establish his reputation."
The Vlee-Presldente says that they mar
ry very young and that the groom al
ways has to pay a certain price for the
bride. The amount ls regulated by the
beauty of the girl and her standing in
tho tribal society. If she ls good look
ing and tho daughter of a warrior she
may be estimated at $30, although tho
sum will not be given in money, but in
vegetables, chickens or hemp. One way
of estimating such things is at the price
of a brass gong. Such a gong Is worth
30 silver dollars, and It is a valuable
maiden who will bring two brass gongs.
The Vice-Presldente has given me the
names of 12 different tribes whtfltve in
this vicinity. They are as follows: Tho
Bagobas, the Guyangas. the A etas, tho
MIndayas, the Malobas, the Samales. thJ
uaiaganes, tne Belanes, the Moros, fhe
Tagacaules and the Sangals and Tirur
ayes. He says that the Monteses, whom
Dean "Worcester seems to consider a sep
arate race, are of different kinds, the
word being used as a general term for
"mountain people." Tho TIrurayes live
near and In Cottabato. They are not so
savage as the Bagobas, go almost naked
and live chiefly by hunting and fishing.
Their women wear short skirts, less than
a foot long, and adorn their ankles and
wrists with brass rings.
The Tagacaules, who live on tho east
coast, of Mindanao, about 30 miles from
here, are hill worshipers. They aro said
to be the poorest, weakest and most cow
ardly of the savages. They live In settle-
ments, cultivating small farms and being
governed by a Datta or Chlof.
The MIndayas show traces of Malay orl-
gin. They live In the "branches of trees
or upon houses built upon ppsts from
15 to 18 feet from the ground. They crawl
into their houses by means of notched
sticks, which they pull up at nljrht Only
a few days ago Lieutenant Lowry made
a trip up the Kin Kin River, which flows
Into the Bay of Davao, not far from here.
He took five natives and 15 men with him
ana expiorea tne river to Its source. He
passed many nath'e huts, which must
nave been those of MIndayas.
Homes In Trees.
He tells mo that the houses were 12
to 15 feet square. They consisted of a
framework of bamboo poles covered with
a nipa thatch, bullf high up in 'the air
on trees, that had been cut off with bolos
for tho purpose. In many cases thero
I were three, four ana'five hoases-tn one
TWO SPECIMENS OF BAGOBAS TRIBE OF MINDANAO SAVAGES
bunch, a common polo with cross-pieces
serving as a ladder for the whole. The
floors of the houses were of heavy tim
bers, each about eight Inches thick, put
together so tightly that it would be Im
possible to shoot an arrow through them, i
The inhabitants of these villages were
almost naked savages. They were armed
with lances, bolos and bows and arrows,
the latter being, it is said, poisoned. The
savages looked at the soldlors from a Summer Solstice Induces Sentiment- ! seems amplified and enriched when Na
distance, but did not venture to attack J al Tendencies Among Ordl- I ,ture don nor Brecn robes and woos the
them.
Theso are only a few of the strange
things which I hear of the wild people of
this part of the world. The stories are
hard to believe, but the authorities are
good. There ls almost nothing known
about the people of the mountains, and
there Is a great chance for the ethnolo
gist to make original investigations. So
far the savages have not been described
in the books, nor have the white men
lived enough among them to know much
about them. The Spaniards did not go
beyond the limits of their army posts, and
tho field is practically one of virgin soil j
ior me explorer, as to now many sav
ages there are in Mindanao there Is no
accurate means of Judging. .The Bagobas
arc said to number about 7000, ami the
total number of people In all the tribes
must he large.
The Moros themselves aro almost sav
ages, although, as I have said, they be
lieve In the Mohammedan religion, and
In some cases own Korans. Very few of
them, however, can read and write, and
none have any Idea of modem clvillza-
tlon. Many of the Moros who have visit-
ed the posts where the soldiers aro have
expressed great surprise at the strange
things which they have seen. Our mules
attract crowds wherever they go, and
the big American horses are admired by
all the Inhabitants, Christians and .Mo
hammedans. Scnrert Into Submission.
On one of the gunboats the other day
a partly of Moros were shown one of the
Colt's automatic, guns, wnloh shoots
about 1500 shots a minute. The Moro who
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frightened that he could not let go, and ..Qu,. women of today analyze them
the other warriors almost dropped to the j. solves to find out whether they possess
ground with fear. A few days ago one of ' dangerous, frivolous, mercenary or erotic
our gunboats used its searchlight, send- j tendencies. That does not signify that
ihg long rays of electricity lto one of ! . -&n nQture lsIn unessential char,
the-.viiragos on the shore and lighting up- frfcterlstlcs.'very much the same from one
the town. The next day a delegation was generation to another, but the average
sent out to the ship asking that the peo- j woman o today thinks more than sho
pje do permittea to submit, for they could ,
not, pretend to fight people who could
turn night Into day
At another time the telephone was
shown to a party of Moros. It -was on a
gunboat. The Moros could not under-
stand where the sound came from, and mer afternoon, did not deliberately plan
during the rest of their stay they went , to bo flirtatious and frivolous, but sho
around from one Instrument to another Was. Maud, with her golf sticks and
all over the ship listening for strange , her bicycle, or In her sleeveless and de
sounds. One of them put his ear against collcte evening gown, does, and she ls.
the mouth of a cannon and, with an ex- J "Always has the Summer Induced sentl
poctant face, held it there for some time. ! mont, and always has the dog-night's
Another man, a datto, said to one of the '
officers
"If we go back to our homes and tell
our wives what we have seen today they
will say we are Hats."
One of the things which surprises the
savages most ls the electric lights. On
one of the ships they were turned oft and .
on to show how they worked, but the '
Moros could not understand It. and went
around pressing the walls to find buttons
and touching other things to see how it
j could possibly be done.
I This town of Davao has until now been,
lighted by cocoenut oil, although since
Major Liggett has taken charge some
kerosene lias been used. Manv of thel
j street lamps are old ginger ale and beer
bottles, with'' wicks, hung to a string,
I which is tied across tho mouth. Major
Liggett wants to put In an electrfc light
! plant Ho says, it oan be run by water
J power from the Davao Blver, and if tho
, nonnip of th mmi iriii'nav fhn Ynnu
j of putting it in one of the soldiers cou'd
run it. He also wants a sawmill and a
j lot of agricultural Implements of Amer-
5 loan ,make- Sttch things will civilize these
people more quickly than fighting, and It
seoms to roe that It wpuld be economy to
the Government to furnish them.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
"I really can't bagln to tel the benefit
I derived from HPPd's SarsaparJilV' isj
wharmany write.
ADVICE TO SUMMER GIRL
pitCXEZ GARDE!" COUNSELS ELLA
WHEELER. WJLCOX.
nary Mortals.
In Bummer time I stem to-bo
A part of sky and earth and sea.
I feci the anion of the noon.
I sorrow with the pallid moon;
The freedom of the glorious mala
Is In my spirit and my brain. '
And wllh th whimpering forest leaves
My heart in secret laughs and Brieves,
Lc Hue buds that bloom and blow.
New hopes within ray being: grow
All Nature! In sweet Summer's wine
v I drink to, you, dear kin ot mine.
"It would be Interesting to know just
what our grandmothers would have.
thought ot the term, '.Summer girl, "
wrltos Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the New
York Journal.
Those well-meaning dames," she con
tinues, ""were quite as susceptible to
Summer and its allurements and frlvoll
tIcs as the maids of today, but they were
not as conscious of the fact. ,
"In Kate Jordan's interesting book.
BAGOBAS, WITH KNAPSACKS
'The Circle In the Sand,' Anne Garrlck
says: 'No, I am not the new woman. 1
am the awakened woman.' That ls the
whole difference between the women of
yesterday and today the old Summer girl
and the new one.
"A bright girl said to two of her com
panions recently: 'You two are always
digging yourselves up by the roots to see
how you grow.'
"This ls the feminine tendency of tho
day. Our grandmothers took themselves
frr irrRntprt. as crond. nlous. modest, do-
I IT- ,,' .u. ... ' " A rnwt
am an acpartea ages, ana on more mac
pendent lines.
The Difference.
"Arlma, with her embroidery and her
ringlets, sitting on her piazza of a Sum-
moon made lunatics of sane mortals. Is
It the silent sorrow of the pale moon.
thinking ever of its vanished Joys, which
stirs us mortals so? Certainly the pallid
Summer moon conveys her anguish to
tho heart which watches her In solitude;
to bo alone In tho moonlights of Summer
is to feel alone In tho universe.
"xne American girl ls not often sub
jected to this experience. With the free
dom which she ls allowed, or takes when
not allowed, she considers a man ls
indispensable to her enjoyment of the
man In the moon. I have seen
rocks overlooking tho sea dotted with
men and maids on Summer nights, as
thickly as with barnacles, while some
whore out of hearing and sight unmo
lostlng parents and chaperons exist, in
truo American confidence that all is
well with their charges.
"All is usually well with the Summer
girl. She knows how to take care of
, tiarcnif , . in.nn w,- i
' that her ideal is a man whom she can
trust Implicitly at all times. Yet he
does not alwrys live up to this Ideal, nor
J does she always , realize her own knowl-
edge of self-protection
"She is but human and he ls sometimes
loss, and a man drunk with tho beauty
of a Summer day and a Summer girl is
not wholly responsible for his words or
actions.
. "would advlso
every .youns woman
who goes forth on her Sumrxfer outing
to tako for her motto. the two words
prencz garde. It is a pretty safe motto
for a woman of any age, at all times of
the year, but youth and Summer form
an especially dangerous combination.
I "It ls a scientific fact that cold con
; tracts and heat expands. This Is not only
I true ot material objects, but of the emo
j tions as well. The heart expands, the
I affections reach out. the whole being
kisses of the sun.
"When schools, churches and business
houses close, the practical and workaday
side of human nature draws down its
blinds, and the door to the languorous and
emotional side opens. At the portal
stands Cupid sometimes known as Eros.
Folly, too, stands there waiting, and Joy
and Mirth and Pleasure, and back in the
shadows, or around the corner hidden
from .public view. Sorrow and Disgrace
and Despair may be seen lurking. It is
well to be on guard. Do not. O lovely
Summer girl, because you have let go
of some ot the formalities of life for a
season, let go of all of the conventions
also.
Hnnd In Hnnd.
"Stimmer and Indiscretion walk hand
in hand oftentimes through our free
American Republic: but take prudence
with you for a comrade and turn the
dangerous 'trio Into a safe quartet. Do
not mistake recklessness for abandon,
hysteria for mirthfulness. Old Sol Is a
universal lover. Not content with firing
the heat of the earth, the forest and the
sea, he quickens the pulse and stirs the
blood of humanity. Under his Influence
wisdom becomes folly, frost fire, coldness
ardor.
"Lovo and passion are plants of tropic
growth. That they flourish, too, in Arctic
lands is due to artificial heat. There are
temperaments which the fervent Summer
weather affects like a drug; others which
It intoxicates like a stimulant. It ls
only the phlegmatic nature which Is nor
mal during the Summer solstice.
"The Summer girl who goes to country
or seashore meets the dangers which He
In Mother Nature's opulent moods, while
tho Summer girl who remains In the city
encounters the Winter-hidden characteris
tics of human nature. These, too, are
often opulent. In either situation the
motto I suggested will not bcr out or
place pronez garde.
BEARDED WOMEN COMMON.
Number Steadily Increasing Causes
and. Remedies.
Feminine mustaches and beards are on
the Increase. Every coiffeur and per
fumer acknowledges this, says the
'New York Press. with cheerful
resignation, as a rule, since the sale of
"Infallible" nostrums thereby ls kept up
to a profitable point. Opinions of sci
entific authorities are divided as to tho
cause. Some say that the constant use
ot greasy complexion creams Is respon
sible. Others declare that the cause lies
much deeper, and It ls to be found In
those mysterious racial developments
that have added three Inches to woman's
average height in tho last 20 years,
broadened tho feminine shoulders and
decreased the roundness of the feminine
chest and made the contralto singing
voice much commoner than it was.
However this "may be, it Is certain that
hairy disfigurements arc becoming
shockingly common. Depilatories only
increase the evil, as a rule, causing the
hair to reappear In stronger form after
every "clean sweep." Bleaches, which
whlton the offending hales and cause
them to fall away through brlttleness,
have less bad effects; but they do not
remove the disfigurement completely.
Some women are heroic enough to, clap
sticks of hot resin on the skin, and pull
them off with when cool, tearing out the
hairs on masse. This, however, in
flames tho skin, and does not prevent
return.
Electrolysis remains an operation by
which an electric needle Is driven into
the root of the hair, killing the latter
for good. It is tedious and expensive,
but It ls usually-r-not Invariably effec
tive. Unless performed by a thoroughly
skillful person. It is about as rleky an
operation as could well be conceived.
Qualified surgeons are shy of undertak
ing it unless they have made special
study of the process, for. they know the
danger of fearful burns, scars and disfig
urements If a mistake Is made. Where
they fear to tread, however, the un
educated man or woman with a few
weoks training steps cheerfully In and
operates on any number of patients, al
ways maintaining (what learned skin
specialists will not maintain) that failure
and mishap are alike Impossible.
PEDDICORD'S "REVIEW".
Critic Who Fails to Grasp Its Spirit
and Design.
PORTLAND, July a CTo the Editor.)
The literary critic of the New York Times
nas been reviewing Mr. Peddlcord's "Rud
yard Reviewed," with the result that he
falls to apprehend the design of the work
and the spirit In which it was written.
He misquotes and garbles the text, and
dismisses the topic by declaring that the
difficulty has been to make the chord of
an Englishman's sentimentality to vi
brate; yet "certainly this Rudyard Kip
ling has found the precise place, the
emotional center, in the stolid English
man's being."
Among the other misstatements we note
the following: "Mr. Peddlcord thinks that
all that Mr. Kipling has written must
pass into oblivion, to be classed with 'old
court calendars, and sermons printed at
the request of congregations." What Mr.
Peddlcord says. Is that, "as a specimen
of versification as a mean3 of conserv
ing good English, as a sourde of numer
ous Innocent diversions, we consclentlous
.y declare the great body of Klpiins a
verses" will be relegated to that limbo.
Again, the critic states that tho author
of "Rudyard Reviewed" "scarcely admits
that Kipling has even talent of a medio
cre kind." This Is what Mr. Peddlcord.
has written: "We do not say that none
of Mr. Kipling's poetry has any merit
far from It. A certain species of merit
jnay ho found even in many of his bal
lads and ditties." Also. 'There is no com-
parlson between Kipling's verses and
those of Palmer Cox." Mr. Peddlcord's
words are: The fact that barrack-room
ballads and departmental ditties are
written for dignified men and women, and
the 'Brownies' for manly and womanly
boys and girls Is in no wise confusing to
their respective morlt. The fact that the
one deals mainly with grotesque, coarse,
sensual men and women for the edifica
tion of adults, and the other with gro
tesque, imaginary beings for the amuse
ment of children, ls no bar to their com
parative literary merits." Again, says the
Times. "Umbrage ls taken because when
San Francisco was described, no mention
is made of Senator Baker's tomb, which
overlooks the Pacific." "Why should Mr.
Kipling have told of a street fight which
he saw?" etc.
In the chapter entitled "American
Notes." Mr. Peddlcord wrltos: "Instead
of giving his countrymen at home a Just,
fair and Impartial Idea of the city's best.
mo3t Intelligent and noblest citizenship,
not n line concerning her great men phst
or present. Not a line concerning our
eloquent Senator, E. D. Baker, whose
tomb at Laurel Hill overlooks the Pa
cific. On1 the contrary, ho mingles with
her ward politicians to pick up pioneer
stories and catch lewd jokes, attends the
Bohemian Club for tho same purpose, and
dubs the oratory of his entertainers
'blatherskltelsm.' "
The merits of Mr. Peddlcord's work are
not reached by thus skimming over the
surface. The purpose of the author is to
Inculcate a purer style and cultivate a
better taste In literature, both of which
Mr. Kipling grossly violates In much of
his versification, for which there is no
apology at tho present day.
As an Index to the genius of Mr. Peddl
cord's work, we quote this passage: "We
have seen that Emerson calls literature
'the record of the best thought"; while
Sismondl styles poetry 'a happy union of
the two fine arts, which has borrowed Its
harmonies from music and Its Images
from painting.' Now when the literary
world shall Insist upon tho union of these
high standards best thought; with har
monies borrowed from music and Images
from painting, as their definition of poet
rythen will the vulgar and libertine
cease to expose for sale to a decent public
the products of tholr diseased Imagina
tions and perverted tastes."
FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR.
TItA.VKH:US' GtlinR.
VIA
SOUTH
I.cnve
DfMt Fimaall Streets
Arrive
OVKP.LAN'D EX
PRESP TRAINJ
for Solera, Rose
bur?. Ashland. Sac
ramento. O g d e n,
Saa Francisco, ilo
Jave, Ixis AngM-.
1 Pao, New Or
leans and the Eat
At "Woodbura
(dally rxcept Sun
oa). morn In train
connects with train
for 2ft. Ansel. 511
r t r t on. Hrown
vllle, EprlnciliM
and Natron, and
evening train fer
Jit. Ansel and SL
erton.
S:SO P. &L
3:30 A. 1L
7:43 A.SI
0:30 P. li.
4:00 P. M.
J7:30 A. M.
:.co P. M.
Albany passenger 10:10A.M.
Corvallls passenzr $3-30 P. M.
Sheridan p&iaenjer JS:23 A. M
Dally. JDally except Sunday.
Rebate ticket. on ale between Portland, Sac
ramento and San iTranciaco. Net rates $17 art:
clasa and $11 oecoud clut:. including sleeper.
Rates and tickets to E&aiern points and Eu
rope. Alio JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from J. D.
1CIUKLAND. Ticket Agvnt, HO Third at.
TAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, loot ot JcUerson Street.
Leave for Oswego daily at 7:20. "0:40 A. M.:
12:30, 1:S3, 3:25. 4:40. 0.23. 8.3u. 11:30 P. M.;
and 0.00 A. U. n Sunday onty. Axrlva at
Portland dally at 0.35. b:30. I0 30 A. M.;
1:33, 3:10, 4.30. G.15. 7.40. 10.00 P. 1L. 12.4U
A. M. dall). except Monday, 8.30 and 10:03 A.
M. on Sundays only.
Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, a:
3:03 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0.3O A. M.
Passenger tr-ln leave Dallas for Alrlle Mon
days. Wednesdays and Fridays at 2:45 P. M.
Returns Tuealays. Thursday and Saturday.
Except Sunday.
R- KOEHLER.
Manager.
C. H. MARKHAM.
Gen. Frt. Pa. Apt.
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As Good as
Can
e
The St. Loul? special Is
clnss train for first and
a flrst-Becond-
class passengers.
It carries sleeping, tourist and re
clining chair cars, and a dining
car. In the dining-cars are served as
good meals as can be had at ANY
hotel on the Continent. So good
are they that If the St. Louis spe
cial were the very slowest Instead
of. as It ls. the very fastest train
from Portland to Kansas City, and
St. Louis. It would still bo the part
of wisdom to take It.
Ticket Office.
100 3rd St., cor. Stark, Portland, Ortgw.
R. "W. FOSTER.
Ticket Agent.
aro. 3. TATLOR.
City Passenger Agent.
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Ticket Office, 26S Morrison Street, 'Piioa: 63)
No. I apolls. Duluth, Calcngi' Xo, 3,
0:00 P. M. j and Ml point Cast. j 7'00 A. M.
Through Palace and Tourist S!eeira, Dlnluj
and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
STEAMSHIP JRIOJUN MARU
For Japan, China and all Asiatic points win
leave Seattle
About July 18th.
WASHINGTON & ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
The fast steamship "CITY OF SEATTLE."
sailing from Seattle every 10 day tor Juneau
and akagway. Steamers "FAKALLON" und
"RUTH." xalllng every seven days from Seat
tle for Skagway and all other Intermediate
Alaskan points.
For freight and passage Inquire of
DODWKLL & CO.. Ltd..
202 Oak st. Telephone Main 80.
hf suxarr -n
OlCGEEKfc SHASTA M
l(n rafts; In
CB&CREgrWOMHEBwl
TUAVBLEUS' GUIIiE.
Inion Depot. Sixth and J Streets,
THREE TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
"CUICAQO-POHTLAXD SPECIAL.'
Leaves for tho East, via Huntington, at 9:15
A iL. arrives. 4 P. M.
SPOlvAXkl KLYEIl,
For Spokane. Eastern Washington, and Great
Northern portits. lcacs at o P. M.- arrives at
7 A. M.
ATLANTIC EXritKSS.
Leaves for the Ea.U la Huntington, at 9
P. iL. arrives at 8 4o A. M.
THKOL'GK PL1.LMAN AJCD TOURIST
SLEEPEUS.
Water llres scbeuul. subject to chang -without
r.utlc:
OCKA. AMI ItlVJCIt SClfKUOLK.
OCEAN DIVlbiON Steamships sail from
Alnmerth Dock at 8 P. M. Leave Portland
Columbia. Sunday, July J; WeUnrday, July
li. c.m.ja. aui 21. Tuesday. July Jl. Fri
day. Aug. 10. State of California. Friday.
jui i. .Joiwav. July In. Thursday. July 20:
Sunday, Aug. 5.
From ban t ranclsco Leaving Spenr-Street
Pier Xo. 24. Skr Fianclco. ut 11 A. M-, as
follows. State of California. Monday, July 2.
TuMi-idar. jMty 12. burdu. July . Wednes
day. An 1. Saturday. Aug II. Columbia.
Saturday. Juir 7; Tuesday. July 17. Frlda.7.
Jly 27. Mondcr. Aug a
COLUM15IA lyYliH DIVI&1UA.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
Steimer Haa-uuo kjvc ."ui.iaiiii onily. excels
Eunday, ittw P. ih. vti s-nUruny at 10. tW P.
M. I.eturnlng. Ieaes Astoria Jhil. ceut !
day. nt 7:Ui A. M.
Steamer T J Pott-r leaven Portland Tues
days and Thurdas at 1) A. M.: Saturday I
P M , for Atorift and Long Beacli. Leaves
Uraco Tuesday. Thursday ind Sundays frota
T to SI M . according to tide
wiLLA.Mirrri: ittvnit mvisiox.
PORTLAND AND SALEM. OK.
StMirner Lutti. for Salem and way points,
leaes Portland Monda, dnc daja and Frf
duyH at : 0 A. M. ileturnlng. leaves Sulem
Tue.dayb. Thurrdajs and Saturdays ot o.W
A. M.
YAMHILL ItlYISIt KO'JTE.
1'OUTLA.Mi A j l)V!ON. OH
S'eamer l.liiK.re. ?"T l)u)Ut. niiu wnj points,
leaves ljr:.unl rui.iJis. Tuuruta and Sat
uruRj? at A. M. Koiurmsg. eae Da) ion for
Portland ar.2 n-ny points Moi..in). i....jJ
nw i rnu.iH a ; A. M.
sxaki: uivku ttui-rn.
KIPUtlA. WAMI . AND LdVISTON. ItM" -tcjincr
cpuivu.ic vr ..;.. U n r rfi;ur lnvt
Rlparia dally at J.35 A. M.. arriving at Lewis
ton at 3 P il Returning, the Spokane or
LevtiMon Iiavf-p Lewlston un!ly nt 'J A. iL.
arriving at Ripurla same evening.
W. II JlUltLKl'RT.
General Parwengrr Agn
V. A. SCHILLING Tltv Tlrk-t Aci-nt
Telephone Main 712. SO Third street, cor. Oak.
MewStcamshipInctotheOricnt
CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND,
la connection wlti. THE OltKuON RAILROAD
fr NAVIGATION lO. biheuuV. lyiHi subject to
change):
Steamer. Due to Leave Portland.
"WON il'TilSHIRE" June 21
"BUAEMAR" July 13
"ARGYLL" Aug. 5
lur rcts. accommodations etc.. apply t
DODWELL A COMPANY'. Limited,
General Agents. Portland. Or.
To prlrclpnl points In Japan and China.
THE FASTEST AND MOST
DIRECT LINE
TO THE
ASTANDSOUTHEASTi
15 THE
SpwrroS'
The Direct Lincto Denver, Omahi
Kansas City, St. Louij
Chicago and Other Eastern Points
TWO DAILY
SOLID VESTIBULED TRAINS.
Portland to Chicago Less Than Three
Days.
Only Four Days to New York and
Boston.
Through Palaco and Tourist Sleepers
Buuet Library Oare (Barber Shop)
Dlnlnc Cars. (Mcao a la
carte) Free Reclin
ing Chair Cars.
Through tickets, baggace checks, and
sleeping car accommodations can ba ar
ranged at
CITY TICKET OFFICE
1 35 Third Strxt! Portland, Oregoa
J. H. LOTtinOP. QEOnOE LANO.
OtraTl A rest. City Pac. & Tkt. Act.
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVES j For Maysers. Italnler.
ARRIVES
UNION
DEPOT.
UNION Clatskame. '.Yitport.
DEPOT Clifton, .itort. War-
renton. Klawl. Ham
mond. Fort Steven.
Gfarmrt Park. Se.iMde.
Astoria and a'eashor
Esprc.
Dally.
Astoria Exprtji.
Dally
Seashore Express.
Saturday only.
B:00 A. tt.
11:10 A. M
0:iO p. il
0:40 P. 1L
G:K5 P. M.
2:30 P. M.
Excopt Saturday.
Ticket office. 333 Morrison it. and Union dtpot.
J. C UAYO. Gen. Pass. art.. Aitorla. Or.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co,
FOR ALASKA.
THE COMPANY'S elegant
steamers Queen, Cottage City,
City of Topeka and Al - K.I
leave TACOilA 11 A. il., SE
ATTLE 0 P. M.. July 1. 4.
l. 14. 10. 19, 24. 20. 31: Auc.
S. 8, 1.1, 13. 18. 23. 28; Sept.
2. and every flfth day there
after. For farther informa
tion obtain company's folder.
The company reserves the right to changs
steamers, sailing daten and hours o sailing,
without previous notice.
AOENTS N. POSTON. 240 VashnBton at.
Portland. Or.; F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R.
Dock. Tacoma.; II. H. LLOYD. Puget Sound
Supt-: C. VT. MILLER, Asst. Puget Sound
Supt.. Ocean Dock. Seattle.
GOOD ALU PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Ants.. S. F.
u
F0RCape Nome
And Yukon River Point
S. S. "OHIO," 3500 Tons
Sails from Seattle
on or about June 30
Reservation can now bo made upon applies
tlon to any railroad or sub-agent ot the Inter
national Navigation Company, or to
EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO..
SEATTLE. WASH.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
BAILEY OATZERT (Alder-street Dock
Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7
o flock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As
toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday.
Oregon phono Main 351. Columbia phone S51.
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