The Sunday Oregonian., June 01, 1902, PART FOUR, Page 31, Image 31

THE SUNDAY OKBGONIAN, PORTLAND. JUNE 1, V&.
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IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS
A FASCINATING ROMANCE, THE MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE,
WOVEN ABOUT JOHN LAV OF LAURISTON.
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UNDER the title "The Mississippi
Bubble" Emerson Hough has writ
ten a Splendid riznonce around
John Law, of Laurlstonj fcest knbwn as
the originator of what Is usually called
the Mississippi scheme. It is not of the
type of today's historical novel with
which the country has bees deluged.
Law's extraordinary career, without a.
parallel in the world of finance, is subor
dinated to the loye story- The author
vrlth exceptional t,kill has ma.de flesh and
blood men and women of thpse who lived
200 years ago. He paints John Law as a
man of vigorous body and mind, no dis
honest schemer, no dreamer, no mere
speculator. Law is a man of Imperious
mold, commanding by the force of his
intellect. He deils with the regent of
France in exactly the same mood that
he directs the movements of a band of
French Canadian voyageurs through the
Great Lakes. Law's commendable qual
ities are not plastered over with eulogis
tic slime and his minor faults are not
concealed. "The Mississippi Bubble" Is
not primarily a biography. It Is essen
tially a romance based on history. Open
ing In London where Law and his brother
flrist meet Lady Catherine Knollys and
her friend. Miry Connynge, we are told
how the young Scottish genius was called
into consultation with Montague, Sir
Isaac Newton and John Locke at the
Bank of England over a stable currency
system. In less than 200 words Law
gives his views which are to this day
the basis of sound finance. The plot
opens. Law kills In a duel a nobleman
who had provoked an unnecessary quar
rel. He Is sentenced to death, but makes
his escape and takes ship for America.
Of thoEe who have painted the country
of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi
two centuries ago none have worked with
greater charm than Mr. Hough. Ho
wastes no time on detail, but puts on his
color with bold and strong ctrokes. In
connection with the romance he creates
two dramatic scenes of great power that
appeal irresistibly and there Is not the
least taint of the melodramatic to mar
them.
Law founded a settlement on the banks
of the Mississippi and saw Its agricul
tural future. The author's style Is fairly
bhown In the following extract:
Lot others hunt, and fish, and rob the In
dians of their tare, after the accepted fashion
of the time: as for John Law, he must look
about him. and think, and watch this, growing:
of the corn.
He saw it fairly from its beginning, this
GOOD -READING
MARY FRANCES ISOM,. LIBRARIAN
PORTLAND LIBRARY.
At the last meeting of the Young People's
Culture Union of Temple Beth Israel, Miss
Mary Francos l&om, librarian of the Portland
Public Library, upon the Invitation of Dr.
Stephen S. W'lc, read an excellent paper on
Vacation Rtadlng." After a general state
ment that one must follow his own likings.
Miss Isom said:
T
HE llrst rule in reading should be
to read what Interests you, but
be sure that your interests are I
worthy ones. Remember good old Bishop
Wil&on's advice: "Firstly, never go
against the best light you have; .secondly,
take care that your light be not dark
ness." Choose your hooks as you do your
friends. We are often told they are as Im
portant; grapple a few- to your soul with
hooks of steel, and be keen to recognize
rew ones. Wasn't It Dr. Johnson who
said that a year was lost in which he
did not make a friend? So It Is with
books. One gained a year, the book which
cu can read over and over again, and
absorb what a priceless possession! Gold
smith sjiy8:""The fiist time I read a new
book It is just as if I had gained a new
friend, and when I read it again it Is as
If I had met an old one." Those are the
books that sustain end comfort and ad
vice; that assuage gTlef that solace old
age; that feed the hungry and clothe the
naked. Wise words of philosophers, both
ancient and modern, fall In this qlass
much poetry, some records of noble lives.
Then there are the books of Information
which we must read to keep abreast of
the Interests of our fellow men, for we
dare not live unto ourselves alone. We
must fight hardly won battles- under the
African sun. send mysterious messages
with Marconi; we must plunge Into the
darkness of the frozen North and we
must listen spellbound to the story of
the past retold from musty records by the
careful student. It Is a great mistake to
ft el that large leisure is necessary for
good reading. Many a well-Informed man
has acquired all his facts, all his In- J
formation, in the odd half hours, and If
you do not read for Information, but just.'
for the joy of It, time Isn't to be taken
into consideration at all. Every moment
counts.
Now that this time of Summer vacation l ij"- a l??e f Poetry. Poetry Is the
Is coming on, when tie stolen minutes f ?" felns.beca"5e the most 8tImu
t A,n .. ' . .a. . ... ... , ,. I latlntr to thoueht. Do nnt momnri.o it-
lengthen Into long, delightful hours, let
me plead for better reading. Who that
has seen the trath in the hands of pre
sumably intelligentpeople at seaside and
mountain places does not deprecate the
loss of time and the" dissipation of mind?
There are the people in their vacation
time and spirit, and left behind them
are the books they ought to want and
often do want to be reading, and in de
fault of what they want they read the
cheap novels and magazines only. One
should as soon think of going away for
the Summer without one's shoes as wlth
."jt one's books. I wish at our library
v.e were able to offer our patrons a cer
tain number of books for vacation read
ingfour, six or eight and extend the
time upon them one month or two
months, but the Impoverished condition
of our shelves prevents that at present.
cay mat. you nave spent a. winter in ji" im... i... 7 v v '
arduous study of some critical period r, S'irES .Lon0nl0r b2?8
histnrv nr ,n rivin nt m,tr. ,,. h.se wMtual repasts-a grace before
ence or are so engrossed In business cares
that the pleasure of study has been de
nied you at all. The tired mmd demands
relaxation. Plan mental surprises for
jourself. Follow some outline, If you
will, or, better still, happen upon the In
teresting book, for tho chief charm lies
in spontaneity In following out one's
own bent and Inclination. Browse among
the books until the. right one seems to
fall Into your hand, then store U away
In your boxes for the golden afternoons
that are comlngf Are you Interested In
travel? Spend one Summer, for instance,
in the Arctic regions. Sail with the
older men Baffin and Parry and Franklin,
not leaving behind dear Dr. Kane nor "his
biography If you can get it. Let your
hearts be stirred with pity and admira
tion and thrilled with the rescue after
the "Three Years of Arctic Service." Go
with Nordenskjold in the Vega md see
If you do not find the origin of Kipling's
white seal story. Then go from East to
West with unhappy DeLong In the Jean
nette and with Melville In the search
over the frozen delta. Then come
through thrice with the fortunate Fram
and surely all this will create a keen
and ever-present interest In the problems
growth of the maize, thla plant which never
yet bad growa on Scotch, or English, soli; this
tall, beautiful, broad-bladed, tender tree, the
very emblem of all frultfulness. He saw here
! and there. dromed by the carelt-ss hand of some
departed Indian woman, the little germinating
seds Just thrusting their pale-green heads up
through the soil, half broken; by the tomahawk.
He saw the clustering grn;ahoota numerous,
in the sign of plenty all cfowdlmr together
and clamoring for light, and life, and air. and
room. He saw the .prevailing of the tall and
strong upthrutting etalks, after the- way of
life; saw the others dwarf and whiten, and yet
cling on to the baae of the older stem, para
sites, worthless, yet existing, after the way
of life.
He eaw the great central stalks spring
boldly up, so swlftlr that It alnfost emei
possible to count the successive leaves of prog
ress. He saw the,etroog ribbed leaves thrown
out, waving a thousand hands of cheerful wel
come and assurance these blades of corn, so
much mightier than any blades of steely Ha
av the broad beckoning banner of-pale, tas
sels bursting o'lt atop of the etalk, token of
fecundity and of the future. He caught the
wide-driven jwJlen as It whitened upon the
earth, borne bjvthe parent "West Wind, mother
of Increase. He saw the thickening of the
green leaf at the base. Its swelling, its growth
and expansion, till the indefinite enlargement
showed at length the Incipient ear.
He noted the faint brown of the ends of the
sweetly-en-eIopng silk of the ear, pale-green
and )ft underneath the sheltering and pro
tecting husk. He-found the sweet and rallk
whlte tender kernels, row upon row, forming
rapidly beneath the busk, and saw &t length
the hardening and darkening of the busk at
its free end, wfclch told that man might
pluck and eat.
And then he raw the fading of the tared,
the daraenlng of the silk and the. crinkling of
the blade; and there, borne on tin strong par
ent stem, he noted now the many full-rowed
ears, protected by their nusks and heralded by
the tassels and the blades. ''Come, come je,
all je people. Enter n' for I w.lil ye
all"' This was the song" of the xnaUe, Its
invitation, Its counsel, lto'promlse.-
The scene shifts to France at the time
Philippe," Duke of Orleans, succeeds the
"grand Monarch." Here the Mississippi
Bubble is Inflated to its utmost and
bursts. As .Mr. Hough tells the story, it
is keenly. interesting, not to say exciting.
Here, also, are tw,o genuinely dramatic
Incidents which "make the.' Wader's blood
move faster, "
The romance? Read the book. It Is
a misdemeanor almost a crime to spoil
the pleasure of reading a good novel by
I telling "how it is going to come out."
There, are two young women in it: one
the right sort,the other otherwise.
Whether viewed as" a love story, n. histor
ical novel, a boox of travels, a biogra
phy or a .study of human nature and
"The Mississippi Bubble" embraces all
of these It Is easily the most fascinating
FOR VACATION
of the great, mysterious North. Or, if
Ice and snow chill your enthusiasm, take
Africa. You have all read Olive Schrel
ner's "African Farm." Go from It to
her "Problems of South Africa," and
tlen back to the old volumes of Moffatt
and Llvlng&tone. Read Poulteney Blge
low's "White Man's Africa": read Klngs
ley'u travels. Stevenson's vivid descrip
tions, and prepare finally for Bryce's
"South Africa." with Uk flno. mnat holn.
u, maps Gj Indla wUh Klpngt
we nave an gone. iJt Airs. Steele tnrin
you with her account of the; siege of
Delhi In "Chi ibcFace of the- Waters.''
Do not forget llacaulay and, best of al,
read the two most delightful and moat
authoritative volumes' upon India Lord
Roberts' 41 years.
Then there Is the field of biography so
intimate, so personal, so engrossing. Why
concern ourselves with the dull gossip
of the town when we may listen to
Thomas Carlyle's own voice, may cross;
the threshold of Abbotsford with Sir
Walter, may listen reverentially to Rob
ert Browning's lovemaklng and saH io
strange foreign lands with brave Robert
Louis Stevenson? There are the outdoor
books, too, with their unfailing sympathy
with nature in all her varying moods
pillow-smoothing books some one calls
them pleasant books for reading- alone.
Read Tboreau and love him and be
amused at his fierce struggle against
conventionalities and laws; let John Bur
roughs take you Into the fastnesses of
the Adirondack, and go a-hlrdlng- with
Bradford Torrey over the sweet New Eng
land roads. Ernest Ingersoll with the
heart of a lovenand the trained eye of
the scientist will tell you of the wild
animals that haunt orchard and forest and
field. And dp not forget Richard Jef
fries, whose anguish lent sweetness to his
strain. Who loved the earth, with Its
richness of harvest, its hills golden with
corn, the radiant sun, the Summer heav
ens and the old sea more than he? Per
haps these book3 are almost more for
those denied the country, those whom
duty keeps at their posts during the hot
Summer days; they lend the vacation J
spirit anu country really Isn t necessary.
Thoreau said so truly: "Some are nearer
the frontiers on feather beds In the towns
an, thers on nr twlss. In the back
woods.'
An untrammeled snlrlt can soar at wllL
and just one word In plea for a cultiva
absorb Jt. He that has committed to- the
precious keeping of his memory his Shel
ley, his Browning, his Tennyson, his
Burns, has gained treasure without alloy.
See the golden daffodils. Is not your joy
In them the greater that you can see them
with Wordsworth's eyes, "tossing their
heads In sprightly dance"? Isn't the sky
lark's song; the sweeter, that Shelley has
interpreted it to us? Can you stand on
the shore of the loud-sounding sea and
not be conscious of old Homer mistily at
your side?
This is but the veriest list of the com
pany we may all keep who love good
books, both of the new and the old. "I
own." Lamb says, "I am disposed to say
0. grace upon twenty other occasions be
sides my dinner; I want a farm for set
tine out upon a pleasant walk, for a
moonlight ramble, and for a friendly
.nfjiiuu, . grace ueiore anaKespcare, a
devotional exercise proper to be said be
fore the Faery Queen?" "Of all the pleas
ant things which, can possibly be imag
ined for a hardworking man after his
daily toll" John Herschel says, "there
is nothing like reading an interesting
book. If he has the taste for It. and has
the book to read- It calls for no bodily
exertion, of which he has had enough or
too much. It rel!eve9 his home of Its
dullness and sameness, which sq pfjen
drives him to the tavern for his own
ruin and his family's. It goes with him
to his next day's work, and If there be
anything in It above the very Idlest and
lightest, gives him something: to think
about beside the drudgery of his every
day occupation, something to enjov while
absent and look forward to with pleasure
when he returns to open Its pages again."
Isn't it one pf God's best gifts that the
world Is brim full of these beautiful
books, friends that we may make tor the
asking? May I leave with you this advjee
of the old Roman philosopher: "If you
employ your time In study, you will avoid
every disgust in life; you will not wish
for night; nor be weary of the day; you
will be neither a burden to yourself, nor
unwelcome to others,"
book of the year. Its literary finish Is
well-nigh perfect. (Indianapolis: The
Bowen-Merrlll Co.)
Ttolrteea FIa,e Short Stories.
"Under the alluring titlo "The World's
Greatest Sbot Stories," A. C. 2lcCiur&
& Co., of" Chicago, have published in "'a
volume of 412 pages on miserably poor
paper, IS short stories selected by Sher
wlh Cody, author of "The Art of Short
Story Writing." These are the stories:
3. Patient Grlselda, from the "Decameron"
of Boccaccio.
2. "Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp," from
"The Arabian Nlshta."
3. "lUp Van Winkle," by Washington 1$-,
Ting. N
-4. "A Passion In the. Desert," by Honoe de
Balzac. '' -s. '
t "A Child's Dream of a Star, by Charles
Dickens. "
6. "A Christina Carol." by Charles Dick
on. v '
7. "A" Princess's Tragedy," from "Barry
Lyndon," by W. M. Thackeray.
8. "The Gold B,ua"'by Edcar Allan Ppe.
8. "Tht Great Stone Face," 4y Na'thanicl
Hawthorne. "'
10. "The Necklace and the Btrlns," by Guy
de Maupassant.
11. "The Man Whb Would Be Klny." by
Budyarfl Klgllntr.
12. "Kow Gavin Blrw Put It to Mag- Low
nit,' by J. ii. Barrle.
13. "On the Stalr," from "Tales ot Mean
Stretsl by Arthur Morriion.
Probably there Is not another maru. fa
miliar with the English language, profes
sional writer or merely a lover of short
stories, who would have selected this list
to fit the title. Mr. Cody, however, saves
himself in a. sub-titier- "Selections- from
the World's Greatest Short Stories Illus
trative of the History of Short Story
Writing." In his preface he remarks:
"It will be observed that hut threo -selections
have been made from current or
comparatively recent writers," and then!
hs apologize for not including Edward
Everett Hale's 'The Man Without a'
Country," Robert Louis Stevenson's "A
Lodging for the "Night" or "WJ11 o' the
Wisp." Bret Hartes "The Luck of
Roaring Camp," Mary E. Wllklns' "The
Bcent Of Roses,'-' and others familiar to
America and England. He tacitly admits
that he could have made a better selec
tion from Klpljng.
Mr, Cody fixes the beginning of the
modem love story with Decameron and
the modern romance with the "Arabian
Nights " and fears that his selections may
be a little tiresome because the world has
outgrown them. He takes up and briefly
discusses conscious and unconscious nri,
and finds: ''Short story writing Is but a
ijranch of the larger ari of fiction, which
comprehends the novel, and though short
slory writing has become a conscious art)
we find no supreme, artist In It vbo is also
a aupr.eme genius. Novel wrlflngas an
art ie still In the unconscious stage, and
we may yet have odr Shakespeare In 'fic
tion. In the history of short story writing
Maupassant Is probably the supreme con
scious artist, but he is a genius of no,
euch caliber as Poe and Haw't,horne. Poe
probably comes nearer than any other
story writer to being our great conscious
artist and genius combined; but Poe's,
powtrs as a story writer are too limited in
scope to entitle him to any position which
wo may call supreme. Hawthorne was
also a conscious artist In part, and his
field of succees Is Just that portion of the
great field which Poe left untouched. To
gether they mark the beginning of the
modern conscious and fixed art of short
story writing. Hence wo claim this art as
fairly American; and this Justly encour
ages us to' hope that the future perfect
form of the novel will spring from Amer
ica." Having said so much for the American
Fhort story, the wonder Js that Mr, Cody
did not use for Illustration of recent art
the products of American writers, which,
even to his own way of thinking, are at
least equal to- those of European writers.
Concrntn? Authors. '
Henry Wallace PhlUlps, author of "Red
Saunders." who says that he was born In
New YorK City, lived all over the place
in usual New York style and In early
youth gave promise of a futuru If he grew
up. .relates many- good stories ot his
experiences In tho Black Hills which are
not recorded in his stories. Phillips
worked aa feeder in a stamp mill con
nected with a mine. At one time his
mother came out to the camp and started
a Sunday school. His mother and a
banjo furnished the music, helped by the
Swede svlfe of the carpenter, who knew
none ot the words nnd very few of the
tunes, but did the best she could. "My
mother," says the author, "asked one
small boy If he knew what God was. and
he replied: 'Yes. ma'am a cuss word,' and
seemed surprised that a Jady should use
suoh language. But as long as we have
missionaries in China, what's the odds'."
adds Mr. Phillips.
Dr. Henry Van, Dyke, the recently elect
ed moderator of the general assembly of
the Presbyterian Church, lays more Im
portance on the teaching of literature than
on the teaching of doctrine. His election
to the highest office in the Presbyterian
Church is a graceful tribute to him not
only as a man of the church, but as.a man
of books and right reading. Not 16ng
ago Dr. "Van Dyke remarked:
"I have tried to preach a great deal
and have, succeeded, perhaps in doing a
little. I have tried not to write a great
deal; and. if I have failed, at least there
might be more. The study fire has been
very helpful. Now I am trying to teach
young men how to read."
Along with the transformation of "Iron
qulll" to. Pension Commissioner, comes a
chango in his publishers frqm the West
to the East. A leading New York firm
will shortly Issue a new edition of
"Rhymes of Ironqulll," heretofore pub
lished In Kansas, In which Is being In
cluded a poem by James Whltcomb Riley
which Is eulogistic of IronqulU's work. It
Js not because he Is ashamed that Eugene
Ware puts It under tlje name of "Iron
qulll," or refuses to allow his own name
to go on the title page, but because he
wishes to keep his personality as a writer
distinct from his profession as a lawyer.
Now that he has become Pension Com
missioner, he Is all the more anxious that
ho shall not be burdened with a literary
fame.
Pacific Trail Camp Fires
Is the title of yet another new book of
great interest to Oregon readers, pub
lished by the Scroll Publishing Company,
of Chicago. Its author Is Dr. Reeao P.
Kendall, of Med ford, Or., and his- style
Is vivid and graphic. The greater part
of this hook Is given to the portrayal of
incident and adventure In the great Im
migration of 1S43. and relates much that
Is new and full of Interest. MoLoughlln,
Lee, Whitman, Applcga.te, Nesmitb and
all the great pioneer names "of early Ore
gon appear in numerous pagfs and char
acteristic anecdotes.
The author gives the credit of his work
tQ Genera Ellsha L. Applegate, whose
recollections of men and .events, linked
together by Dr. Kendall in continuous
narrative, form its principal material.
No other book has given so much In
teresting Incident of the exploration and
settlement of Southern Oreg6n. and to
residents of that section of the state this
will prove a valuable history.
The last 100 pages of the book gjve the
story of Charles Taplin. one of Fremont's
men, who died In the Soldiers' Home at
Qulncy 111., In 1837, and whose recollec
tions, narrated by Dr. Kendall, add a
number of interesting and appropriate
chapters. In addition to the FrTrtont
chapters the story of the "Barneburg Con
tingent Is also given aa a finale.
A number of unimportant errors will be
found by critical readers, but they are
more than atoned for by the value of
the narrative. The book Is well bound,
with an excellent cover designed by'Pa
lenske, (The J. K. GUI Co., Portland.)
3Xas?asinc Notes.
The Smart Set for June opens with a
novelette by Gertrude Lynch, entitled
"The Fighting Chancel" This story Is as
I Interesting as it is valuable," It presents-
FOR THE SCRAP
TXcOjitiair.
Oh. Brfgnall banks are wild and fair.
And Greta woods are green.
And you may gather garlands there
Would grace a Summer queen.
Ar.a aa J-rode by Daltoa.JHall
Beneath, tha turrets, hlsn. . ...
A maiden on-the .cattla wall . "
Was sln !? Merely? ""
"Oh, Brlcnall banks are fresh asd-fair,
And -Greta vwooda ara RTen; ,,VJ
I'd rather rova with Eomcnd there. -
Than reign our. English Queen'
'If. maiden, thou wouldst wend with, ma
To leave both tower and town.
Thou first must guess what life lead we
That dwell l?y dale and down.
And It thou Cfinst that riddle read.
As read full well you may.
Then to th greenwood shalt thou speed
As, blithe ax Queen of'Mar."
Tet sung sheV "BrlgaalL banks are. fair.
And Greta "wooda are gretaT " ""
I1 rather rore with Edmund ther
T'han rclgn our English Queen.
"I read you by your bugle-horn
And by your palfry good,
I read you for a. BAogtc. sworn-
To keep tho Kins' greenwood."
"A Jiangfr. lady, winds hla horn.
And 'tis at peep of light;
Hrs blast la -heard at mrrry-morn, "-
And mine at dead Of night."
Tet sung she, "Brfgnall banks are fair.
And Greta woo-fc are gay;
I would Twf-Trlth "EdniiinJ'thera -
To reign bis Queen of Mayi
"With burnished brand and musketooa
So gallantly yju come.
I read you for a bold dragoon.
That lists 'the tuck of arum.
"I list no., more the tuck of dnim.
No mora the tpimpct bear;
But when tho betla sounds his bunt
My 'comrades take the snear. . '"
And'opt though Brlgnall barilcs b air.
And Greta woods be gay, " ""
Tet mlckle must the. maiden dare
Would reign ray Queen of May,
"Maiden, a nameless life I lead,
A nameless death I'll diet
The fiend "whose lantern lights the measl
Were better mate thaq Ij
And when I'm wUh my comrades cast
Beneath lh greenwood, bough,
"Wba once we Vers we all forget.
Nor think what we ara now.""
Tet Brirnall bankv. ara fresh andalr.
And Greta woods are green,
And you may gather garlands there
Would grace fcSummer Queen.
Blr Walter Scott.
The Reverie of Poor Susan.
At the corner of Wood" street, when daylight
appears.
Hangs a thrush that sings loud; It has sung
for three years;
Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has
heard
In the silence of morning the song of the bird.
Tls a note' of enchantment fwhat alia her? She
A mountain ascending, a vision of trees;
Bright volumes of . vapor .through Lothbury
glide.
And a river flows through the vale of Cheap
side. Green pastures she views In the midst of th
dale.
Dawn which she so often has tripped with her
pall;
Abd aingle roiall cottage. ' a neat Ilka a
dovs, '
The only one dwelling on earth that she loves.
She looks, and her heart Is in heaven; but they
fade. ' ,
The mist and th.e river, the hill and the shade:
The stream will not flow, and the hill will not
rise.
And tho colors have all passed away from her
William Wordsworth,
eyes.
a vivid picture of a phase in the life of
an honeflt statesman, and the theme Is
treated with great skill by an author
whose personal experiences enable her to
write luminously of department life in
Washington. The love. Interest in the
story is fascinating, while the plot Is, ab
oolutely distinctive, as original as It is
satisfying. Beyond all this there Is the
charm of very clever dialogue, which per
meates the novelette. The short stories are
of great variety, but all very human and
all of the best literary standard. A not
able story of the most romantic type Is
The Tree of Love," by Justus Miles For
man: "An Indiscreet Divorce." by Wal
ter E. Grogan, Is a most diverting bit of
humor, while "Madame Bo-Peep-, of the
Banches," by O. Henry, Is a pure love
story, altogether delightful; there Is also
a most ftriklng story by John Regnault
Ellyson, entitled "A Swirl of Dust." Car
oline Duer contributes a remarkably
clever play in one act, "Mr. Shakespeare
at School." and there are articles that
entertain and Inform in equal measure;
"The Troubles of the Prince," by Alfred
Henry Lewis, and "The Power of "Wom
an," hy Henry Collins Walsh. Again the
Smart Set is distinguished by the number
"and merit of the poets contributing.
Among them are "Madison Cawcln, Har
riet Prescott Spofford, Josephine Preston
Pcabody, XhepdoBla" Garrioon, Susie M.
l?est, Clinton Scollard and Gclett Burgess.
The Forum will be published quarterly,
instead of monthly, as heretofore. The
general character of the magazine will be
the same, and its high standard will be
maintained, but Its purposes will be more
specifically those of a-Tcvfcw and outlook.
It Is believed that by publishing quarterly
a review- of the world's events In every
field, as well np to some extent an out
look based on tho conditions presented,
the essential features can be fully cov
ered. The first authorized statement that John
Alexander Dowie, founder of Zlon City
and of the Christian Catholic Church in
Zlon. has ever given out to the general
public is a distinguishing feature of Les
lie's Monthly for June. This authorita
tive account of one who Is certainly a re
markable matC at the head ot a remark
able movement, gives those facta which
are needed for a calm judgment of his
career, and supplies data which has" until
now been withheld from the public The
man-kllllng horses of our Western coun
try, and the sports of the students In
the studios of Paris, nre the subjects of
two elaborately Illustrated articles writ
ten ahd drawn by men who know, and
giving vivid Accounts of two very- active,
though very different, kinds of life. The
results of a nunber of recent ahd Inter
esting experiments dealing with the ef
fect 'which the proportion of mbisture in
the air we breathe has upon our minds
and bodies, and the remedy for the pres
ent unhealthy and Sahara-like condition
ot the air in many of our homes, are
well told by one of the experimenters. A
delightfully amusing story of children, a
rattling, snappy newspaper story, and a
very human love story make up part of
the fiction of the number, "hlch Is round,
ed out by many lighter sketches and
verses.
Farewell to Nancy. .
Ae fond klsa and then we sever!
Ae fareweU, and then for ever!
Deep In heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee;
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
Who, sbalj say that Fortune, grieves film.
While the- star of hope she leaVes fifint
Me, nae chefrfu twinkle lTghta',aa'e;
Dark despair around benights me.
I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy A
Naethlng could" rwlst my Nancy;
But to oe her was to love her,
Xove but her and love for ever.
Had we never loved aaa Jdndfy,
Had we' never loved sae bllndiy.
Never met or never pared
We had ne'er been brolcen-heaterd. .
Fare thee weel, thou :arat and fairest!.
Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest!
Thine be Ilka Joy and treasure.
Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure!
Ae fond kles, and then we sever!
Ae farewell, alas! for ever!
Deep Ip "heart-wrung tears 111 pledge thee;
Warring sighs 'and. groans I'll wage.'the..
" ' Robert Burns.
OOKJ
The WaltlHsr.
I wait and watch; before my eyes
Methlnks the njaht grows thin and jay;
X wait and watch the' eastern skies'
To see the golden spears uprise
Beneath the crlflamme of day!
Uk one whose- limbs axe.bQund in txanca
-1 hear the day-aounda swell.and"-graw
Ai& see across the twill it lit glance.
Troop after troop," in swift advance. 4
The shining ones with plumes of snow:
I know the errand orthelr feet,
I know what mighty work- Is thelrsj .
X can "but lift up hands unmeet
The threshing floors o God to beat.
And speed them with unworthy prayers.
f V
Jt will not dream In vain despair,
The sfepi of progress wait for me;
The puny leverage of a hair -
The planet's Impulae. well may spar, .'
A drop ef daw tho tided sea.
The loss, if loss there be. Is mine.
And yet not mine If understood;.
For pne shall grasp and one -resign,.
One drink- life's ruo, and one Ita wine.
And G6d shall make the balance gpod.
Oh. power to do! O baffled will!
Oh. prayer and action! ye are one.
Who may not strive, may yet fulfill
The "harder task" of sjandlnr still"
Ana gooa out wisnea witn uoa i.i done!
J. G. WhltUer.
" ""'
-.The "Bluebird's Sons;.
When lea is thawed and snow la gone.
And racy sweetness floods the trees;
When snowbirds from the hedge have flows,
And on ths hive-porch swarm the "bees
DIfUng down the first warm wind
That thrills the earliest Aays of Spring.
Th bluebird seeks our maple groves,
. And charms them Into tassellng.
lie sits among the delicate sprays.
With mists of splendor round him drawn.
And through the Spring's prophetic veil
Sees Summer's rich fulfillment dawn;
He sings, and: his la nature's voice
A gush of rch lody sincere
From that' great fount of harmony
Which thaws and runs when Spring Is her.
Short Is bis zong, but strangely sweet
Tq ears aweary of the low.
Dull tramp of Winter's suilen feet,-
Sandaled In Ice and muffed In snow;
Short Is bis song, but through It runs
A hint or dithyrambs yet to be
A sweet suggestlveneaa that has
The Influence of prophecy.
Sing strong and clear, Q bluebird dear I
While all the land with splendor fills.
While maples gladden ln1h,e vales.
And plum trees blossom on the hills; ,
Float AoWn. the, wind on shining wlngi. '
And do thy 'will by grove: and stream
While through iny life Spring's freshness, runs,
Like music through a poet's dream.
A Maurice Thompson.
Ode on Solitude.
Happy the man whoso wish and cara
A few paternal acrs bound.
Content to" .breathe his patlve air
In his own ground:
tvhose herds with milk, whose fields
with
bread.
Whose flocks supply hlm'wltb attire;
Whoie irees In Summer yield him shade.
In Winter fire.'
Blest, who can unconcernedly find
Hours, days and years slide soft away;
In haltb of body, peace ofmlnd.
Quiet by day:
Sound sleop by night, study and case,- ,
Together mlxt. sweet recreation;
And Innocence, which most doth pleasa.
With meditation.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus, unlamented. let me die.
Steal from thd world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie. Alexander Pope.
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OREGON
a Union Pacific
THREE iTRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
vmou DEPOT.
LeavV.
Arrive.
CKICAGO-POnTLAKD
. SPECIAL
For the East via Hunt
ington. O:0O A. M.
Dally.
4:30 P. M.
Dally.
SPOKANE FLTEK,
For Eastern Washing
ton. Walla Walla. Lw
iston, Ccecr -d'Alene
and Gt. Northern points
0:15 P. M.
Dally.
7:00 A- M.
Dally.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS
For the East via Hunt-
in gton.
3:50 P, M.
Dally
gi0 A M.
Dally.
OCEAX AXD RIVER. SCHEDULE.
FOR SAN FRAN
From
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CISCO.
SS. Geo. W. Elder
June 1, 11. 21.
SS. Columbia
June 6. 10. 20.
DOCK.
5:00 -P. M.-
8:00 P. M.
FOR ASTORIA and
way points, connecting
with atr. forllwaco and
North Beach, sir. Haa
alo. ABh-tret Dock.
S.OO P. M.
0:00 P. i
Dally,
x. Sun.
LDatly ex.
Sunday.
10 P.
M.
FOR CORVALTVfK an
S:45 A- U.
:00 P. M.
Tuesv
Thurs.,
Sat.
3:00 P. M.
Mon..
Wed..
way points, steamer
Mon.,
"urn, Asn-street Dock.
-iY!fater Permitting-)
FOR DATTOX. Oreson
City and Yamhill Riv
er points, str. Modoc.
Ash-street Deck'.
Wed..
Frl.
7:0O A. M.
ixues..
Thurs,,
ivair permitting.
Sat.
Frl.
TICKET OFFICE. Third and Washington.
PORTLAND & ASIATIC
STEAMSHIP CO.
For Yokohama and Hong Kong, calling at
Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight
via connecting steamers for Manila. Port Ar
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INDRAPURA SAILS ABOUT JUNE 2S.
For rates and full Information call on or ad
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EAST vu
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OVKLa.SJj i..v
Pucaa liiAl-Ns.
lor &ttlm. .ttuac-
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T: A. M.
"too p. m;
uurg, .AaUiand, SAW
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ian .cranciaw. ilu
jave, 1-Q4 Aiigetej.
5:30 A M.
ci caau, 2vr ur
eans and tne EaaU
At WooJbuti.
uauj exc.yt aun
.;. nioruftitf tiaiu
-oiuiecia wim train
ur Alu Ansel, ail
crton, li r u v ii -
lite, surtnglietli.
and iNaitoii, una
Aioany i-ocal tut
ilu Ansel ana Sti
vrton. Albany pasaenger ..
Corvallls passenger.
aherldan passenger
4:00 P. M.
7:30 A. M.
IM.SQ r. M.
lOtlO A M.
5:50 P. M.
118-2.. A. M.
Dally. (IDally except Sunday.
Rebate, tickets on sale between Portland. Sac
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AUSTRALIA. Can he obtained at Ticket Clt:
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i
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Pasaenger Depot, foot ot Jefferson street.
Leave Portland dally for Uswgo at 7 Civ a.
M. 12:30. li. J.23. 4.40. 0U. i:j0 P. M.
Dally except tsunday. 6 .So. U:to A. M.. S:ii,
U:JU P. M. Sunday only, tf A. M.
Arrive a: Portland dally at a 30 A. M..
1:35. 3:10. 4:30. 0:13. T.4o. io p. m. Dally
except Sunday. 0:35, 10.50 A. M-: excep:
Monday, 12:40 A. M.. Sunday cnly. 1U:03 A. M.
Leave for Dallas dally except Sunday, 5.ui
P. M. Arrl'-e Portland W:30 A. M. Pawnger
train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mondays. Wednes
days and Friday at 3.50 P. M. Returns Tues
days and Saturdays.
Except Sunday.
It. B. MILLER. Gen. Frt. A Pa.. Agt.
V. a. 8CH1LLINC. City Ticket Agent.
TIME CARD
OF TRAINS
PORTLAND
Depart.
North Coast Limited... 2.00 P. M.
Twin -City Express 11:30 P.M.
Kansas City and St.
Louis Special .- 8:25 A. M.
Fuget Sound Limited.. 6:25 A. M;
Arrive.
7:00 A. M.
6120 P. M.
11:10 P. M.
0:45 P. M.
Take the Puget Sound Limited for Olympla
South Behdk abd Gray'a Harbor points. All
trains dally. Four trains daaly to -Tacoma and
Seattle. Three through to tb East.
A. D. CHARLTON.
'Assistant General Passenger Agent.
255 Morrison st, corner Third. Portland, Or.
ss-gREAr Northern
Ticket Office 122 Third St. Phone 6S0
tpjvp IThe Fljer dally to and
ft-tn if. iapolLs Dultuh. Chicago
o.io i. it. iajd aU pouf j,
ARRIVE
No. 3
7.1-0 A. M.
Through Palace and Tourist Steepens. Dining
and Buffet Emoklng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
STEAMSHIP SHINANO MARU
For Japan. China and all Asiatic points, will
leave. Seattle
About June 3.
Pacific Coast Steamship Ct.
For South-Eastem Alaska
Leave Seattle i
Steamships- COTTAGE CXTT
CITY OP SEATTLE or GITJf
OP TOPEKA. 0 P. M., May
6. 11. 15. 20. 23, 30; June
14. 18, 19. 28. SPOKaNK
D A. M. June 14. 28.
1 For Sas Francisco
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Steamer, connect at San Francisco,! jk ith. coml
pany's steamers for porta In Southern Califor.
nra. Mexico ahd Humboldt Bay. VJ.
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is reserved to change steamers or saujac date.
AOSNTsj-K. PO3T0.V 24U Washlna toa stT
Portland; F. Y. CARLETON. N. P. Sock
KINS ft CO., den. Aseau, Saa Francisco. "
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is though the
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and over the
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with its
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To Cliica&fo
All Thro' Trains from North Pacific
Coast connect with Trains of this, lihs
In Union Depot, St. Paul.
RTKE . . .
1 NORTH-WESTERN LIHITED
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i 248 Alder Streal. - PORTLAND. ORE.
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SAILINGS
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Tvtll illnnntch It flrst-class
ateaxners, enrrjinff l. s. mails, ior
Nome & St. Michael Direct
aa follows:
FROM SAX FUAIVCISCO.
S. S. St. Paul v Jnne J
S. S. Portland Jul
FltQM SEATTLE.
S. S. Ohio .- June a
S. S. Indiana June
Connecting at Xome with Steamer Saldle.
carrying United States Mail for Teller and
Candlo Creoii. and Steamer Dora for Bluff
City, Golovln arl St. Michael, and connect
lcs at St. Michael with the Comuaoy's river
steamers for Dawson, Koyukut and all Tukon
Itlver points.
For freight and passaje apc'y to
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04p Market St., San Francisco.
Or EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO.. Pus.t
Sound Agent, Seattle. Wash.
Geo. A. Cooper, Asrent, Chamber of
Commerce Jlldsr., Portland.
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EXCURSIONS
VIA THE
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TO POINTS IN x
Alabama, Georgia. Florida, North and South
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REGULATOR LINE
STEAMERS
Dillj-. excest Sunday.
DALLES-PORTLAND ROUTE
TIME CARD.
STR. REGULATOR.
Leaves Portland Tues., Thurs.. Sat.. 7 A. M.
Leave Dalit Mon.. Wed.. KrL. I A. AC
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Leuva.DuJl4 Tuc., Tliur?.. ,Sat 7 A. It
CASCADE LOCKS AND RETUN DAiLJT.
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I rieim! Mrth and i
LEAVES I I Street."-. IARRIVFS
For Matrrs. lCiimer.
CUrskjnltr. escort.
Cuttan. Astoria. u
tenton. Flavel. Ham
StOO A. M.
mond. Fort Stoeu. 111:10 A. M.
uearnart xik.. staaiut.f
Atuorla ana stualiuE.
Kxpr:, Dally.
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uaii.
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DISTIHGT SERVICES.
Fast Twin-Screw Passenger Steamers sail
ing regularly from Boston, Portland and
Montreal to Liverpool, aiso Boston to.
Aleuiterrancan ports. Send for booklet,
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apply to Thos. Cook & Son, General
Agents for the Pacific Coast, 621 Market
St, San Francisco, Cal.
Willamette River Route
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Tues., Thurs. and Sat. at 0: A. M.
STEAMER ALTUNA. for Dayton, McMlnn
Tllle and ray landings, leaves Mon., AVed. and
Frl.. 7 A. M.
STEAMER LEONA. for Oregon City, leaves
dally ac ts:30 and U.3u a. M., Swu xni a: 15
P.M.
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