ME SUNDAY OREGOtflAST, POHTLAOT. JUNE 22, 1902.
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IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS
NEW EDITION OF JOHN RUSKIN'S WORKS SOON
TO BE PUBLISHED LITERARY NOTES.
fITHIN a short time a complete
edition of the works of John
Ruskln will be Issued, and,
Btrance as it may seem, it will contain
more matter than such an edition -would
have contained had Mr. Ruskln been living-
The present editors and publishers
are of the opinion that Mr. Ruskln -was too
careful and too exacting with his own
work- Take the case of "The Seven
Lamps." The manuscript as It now stands
ready for publication has had restored to
It some good words which Mr. Ruskln had
cut out. There are also numerous notes
from diaries which the editors declare
are not personal chronicle, but are pages
of set literature.
MrRuskln had peculiar methods of writ
ing, and he held himself Tigidly to a
standard of perfection. "Nothing was too
much for him." says Mr. George Allen, his
publisher, "and nothing could be too well
done. He would get up in the night. If
an Idea occurred to him, in order forth
with to put It pn record. He once said,
what was very true, that he never wrote
a line for money. He wrote because ho
had something to cay. If he had not been
a rapid as well as a careful writer, he
could never have got through so much
work. I am thinking not only of his
books, but of the many letters which he
was in the habit of writing. I think I
have myself a thousand letters from him,
and mest Interesting they are."
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The appearance of Michael Davltt's j
The Boer Fight for Freedom" Is scarce
ly opportune at this time, since the war
Is now officially over and the book, is not
so much a history as a political tract. It
Is Interesting as giving in more complete
form than has hitherto appeared to the
Boer side of the controversy and that must
have after all a purely academic Interest,
seeing that the incident Is closed. Mr.
Davltt is a man who has on many occa
sions shown the courage of his convic
tions. e resigned from Parliament at
the opening of the war and went to Pre
toria, where he made a study of the situ
ation, the result of which appears In his .
book.
Mr. Davltt Is a violent partisan of the
Boers and states the case for their side
both politically and In arms as favorably
as possible. He thinks that there were
no TJltlander grievances sufficient to lead
Chamberlain to take the stops ho did, and
considers that Kruger gave all the as
surances necessary. The story of the war
is not written as carefully as others have
done, nor in the same manner, but It does
include information as to the Boer armies,
resources and casualties that have never
before been given to the public As a
mere record of military events It Is In
ferior to the work by Conan Doyle, who
was thought by the British to concede too
much to the Boers. Mr. Davltt feels that
Cronje several times threw away the sit
uation when he had it In his grasp, and
blames him for his many delays when a
bold stroke might have accomplished
much.
In one respect the book Is novel. It
takes up the history of the war after the
surrender of Bloemfontein and Pretoria in
diary form and gives in detail the many
petty engagements which followed In the
next two years, closing with the last day
of December, IDOL It is thus practically
complete, since the events of this year,
have not been of the first Importance.
While Mr. Davltt Is prejudiced In fa
vor of the Boers, his book contains much
that will interest those who are corres
pondingly prejudiced in favor of the Brit
ish. It contains much information gained
from official Boer sources and has some
excellent pen portraits of the men who
fought for the Boers, including the Irish,
who managed in one way or another to
get Into the service.
It Is evident that this Is not the last
book on the subject. The war hes
aroused great antagonism all over the
world and there has -been controversy
over it out of all proportion to the military
losses on cithor side. It was 0 years af
ter Appomattox before anything like a
correct history of our Civil "War was un
dertaken and we are just now getting it
In what may bo the authoritative shape.
It will probably take as long to do justice
to the history of the war which has "TJst
closed, which has been small in some
respects and of great magnitude In others.
The book Is a large volume, fully Illus
trated and written with lnclslveness.
(Funk & Wagnalls Company.)
A Vacation "With. Katurc.
Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage. son of
the late T- DeWitt Talmage, has written
"A Vacation with Nature" (Funk &
"Wagnalls Co.) It Is the musings of a
minister in wood rambles. He Is evidently
a student of nature and rural life, and
many of his brightest passages are drawn
from wood and valley, stream and fleld,
farmhouse and cabin. "A Vacation with
Nature" has been described, by a minister
who read it in manuscript as "a book of
the outdoor world translated Into the high
lessons of the soul." Taking a text from
Goethe's "Faust," In which nature as the
revelation of deity's attributes, is de
scribed under the figure of the "garment
of God," the author portrays spiritual
lessons in parables drawn from the forest
and field.
As an Illustration of Mr. Talmage's
style, as well as presentation of the theme
of his book, we quote a portion of the
preface:
"A naturalist claimed that dumb brutes
are not dumb. The reason they do not
speak intelligently to man is because man
has never learned their languages. To
test this theory, he hied himself to Afri
can jungles and built a cage. He lived
there for weeks and months, listening to
the chattering of the squirrels, the hissing
of snakes, the whistling of the birds,
the convocations of monkeys, and the sal
utations with which forest monarch called
to mountain king. At last th,Is naturalist
came forth and tried to startle the worjd
with the Idea that he had manufactured
a Rosotta Stone, which Interpreted those
habbling tongues. Such a theory is ab
surd. But the Inanimates poetically feel,
as the dumb brutes can figuratively
speak. Then clouds weep, and tholr
cheeks are wet with falling tears. Then
setting suns enjoy the reflections of their
own glow. Then happy brooks laugh and
gurgle and sing, and modest roses blush
under their wistful glance of love."
Americans the Best Short-Story
"Writer.
In Harper's for July Mr. Alden, in dis
cussing the evolution of tlu? short .story,
maintains that In this field of literature
American writers are supreme:
"Until rocontly the shortest stories by
English writers were of considerable
length," says Mr. Alden, "showing how
firmly established among them was the
habit propor to the noveL The best ex
amples of the really brief short story
have been French and American. The
French writer takes naturally to the
vivid and piquant sketch, and the Amer
ican roadlly adopts the characteristic Na
tional habit of telling little stories a hab
it firmly established In our speech before
It appeared In our literature. The simple
conditions of early American life gave the
racy anocdote and the narrative of adven
ture their primitive eminence. Our pioneer
life not only cherished the story-tclllng
trait, but furnished material for the stor
ies, often somber, if not tragic, but more
frequently humorous. It Is easy to see
from what matrix sprang the tales of
the older Dana, of Hawthorne, and of
"William Gllmoro Sims also tho produc
tions of our long line of humorists down
to Mark Twain, Stockton and Bret Harte.
Poe and Irving stand In a class ;not so
sharply severed from European tradi
tions; and we can readily understand
why Dickens and other English writers to
such a degree admiringly fellowshlped
the latter, and why in Franco the former
received singular appreciation, being
there the only American "writer familiarly
known.
"The are of short-story writing as rep
resented by such authors as Maupassant
and Gautlcr and Merlmee reached a high- j
er point oi excellence man inai attained
in uie worK or tneir American contempo- i
raries, and there have been very few 6V
our writers wno in tnis neia nave np- ;
piuauucu lutBcuicn nnu wensjewici. xuv-
iur .nsusaspeaKin readers tne iicm nas
been most satisfactorily occupied and al
oecn most aausiacioruy occupiea ana ai- ns it Is striking affords the author con
most monopolized by Americans. In bold- stant ODnortunltv for scenes at once ah.
ness of conception (though avoiding mor
al risk). In sincerity of feeling, and In
humor they have surpassed all others."
"Wliy Blclrenx Live.
In tho Harper's Easy Chair William
Dean Howells discusses tho reasons for
the hold which Dickens has maintained
on the public Ha says:
"Dickens could never have had his
tremendous hold (which we are instruct
ed from time to time he has never really
lost) upon the English-reading world of t
mis un it. 11 u hull uecu uiciciy u gicnk
literary mannerist, a prodigious conven
tion as to how life was to be looked at
in fiction, a sentimentalist of roach as
wide as the whole surface of human na
ture. He was something far greater and
better than anything of either kind- In
the first place, he had a wonderfully dra
matic talent, not of the finest or truest
sort, but the strongest. He did make
things live upon that vast and thickly
peopled stage of his. and he religiously
respected the Illusion of their Incentive
among all the actors. They might bo
puppets, but he never called them so; they
might be melodramatic, and for good or
bad they mostly wore, but they wero
never undramatlc He never felt them
bo, and he never suffered the spectator
to feel them so,
"He was true to thom; but. better than
this, he was true to certain needs and I
hopes of human nature. He showed such 1
tenderness for tho poor, the common, the .
hapless and friendless, that one could
not read his books without Imbibing a
belief In his goodness, which survived
distinct proofs of his peccability. Long ,
after he appeared not qulto tho unselfish i
and gonerous fount- from which such j
kindness as hl3 ought logically to have
flowed, he kept the respect, or the show
of respect, which he had always cherished
for those needs and hopes of human na
ture. His work made always for equal
ity, for fraternity, and If he sentimental'
Ized the world, he also in equal measure
democratized it. We fancy It was the
Instinctive and often unconscious dem6c
racy of Dickens which did much to ondear
him to Americans, whom otnerwise ne ;
took little pains to ondear himself to;
and we could wish him back In hl3 old in- J
fluence for that reason if for no other.
Rudynrd Kipltngr's Xcw Story.
A new story by Rudyard Kipling is to
appear in an early number of Scrlbner's j
Magazine, and It is one of the boldest and
most brilliant expressions of Mr. Kip
ling's genius. "With the exception of a
fAw skMrfifis Tflatlnsr to experiences In
Couth Africa, no ' short story has come ,
from Mr. Kipling for several years, and
he has produced no btory of this rank In
a much longer time. The title, "Wire- j
less." gives- a hint as to the modern de-.
velopmonls in electric phenomena that
suggested the story to Mr. Kipling, but It
contains In it no Intimation of the amaz-
lng originality and skill with which ho has j
worked It out And yet no other title
could describe so exnetly the extraordl- J
nary psychological situation that forms
the main Incident of the tale. Scribner's
think It is a story that will stir the Inter
est of readers to enthusiasm.
tory of Animal Life.
D. Appleton & Co. have just published
"The Story of Animal Life," by B. Lind
say. The keynote of this fascinating ro
mance of zoology, as the book might
well be termed, Is to be found pt the
vastly increased interest of the study of
animal life due to tho progress of mod
ern discovery, which "has taught us to
see in the animal kingdom ono large fam-
ANOTHER 1804 DOLLAR
ANOTHER specimen of the so-called
1G04 American silver dollar has
turned up. Tho history of this remark
able coin Is as follows:
A short time aco a snortlnir. man named
B. H. Smith got stranded In Lima, Ohio, j
He visited a pawnbroker there and asked
a loan of 525 on a coin. Tho pawnbroker,
seeing that it was an 1804 dollar, became
suspicious, and reported the matter to the
police, who, in turn, reported It to the
United StateB authorities.
Smith was arrested, and is now in Jail
at Toledo. The coin has been forwarded
to the Chief of tho Seoret Service De
partment at Washington for examination.
The question for him to decide is whether
it was actually struck at the mint or
whether it Is a counterfeit, or a dollar
coined previous to ISM, the date on
which has been altered. The officials who
caused Smith to he arrested -were unable
to discover any evidence of alteration
after a careful examination of the coin.
Smith claimed that he got the dollar
from a school teacher In Hamilton, Ohio,
who, being in hard luck, gave him tho
coin as security for a loan of $25, and
failed to redeem it. Smith said that the
teacher told him that he had had sevoral
such dollars made In Cincinnati every
year and sold them. The authorities did
not believe this story, and had the teacher
brought to Toledo.
Hoiv He Got It.
He explained that he got the coin In
question in Southern Ohio. While on a
hunting trip he stopped one night at the
home of an old German farmer. During
the evening the subject of old coins com
ing up, the German remarked that he had
a relic. He then went to a drawer and
took out this 1M dollar. The teacher
offered him $2 for it, which was accepted.
The German then explained how he came
into possession of the coin. He said that
he was once a soldier In the British Army
and was sent to South Africa for service.
When he was discharged his story as
published does not state where he re
ceived among the coins in which he was
paid off this 1804 dollar. He kept it as a
relic Shftrtly after his discharge he came
to the United States.
Whether or not Smith will ever get the
dollar back Is a question. If It Is a coun
terfeit it will be confiscated by the Gov
ernment. If it is a genuine coin the Gov
ernment may confiscate It, as all the 1S01
dollars wero called in shortly after they
were Issued. The other three existing
dollars cannot be taken by the Govern-
ment, as tney are owned oy certain per
sons, but this particular coin has fallen
Into the hands of the Government, which
will probably retain It.
The 1804 Dollnr.
The coinage of sliver dollars was dis
continued after 1B03. It was not resumed
until S36. In that year the Director of tHe
lly making Its way upward from humble
beginnings to more perfect structure and
more complete Intelligence." The au
thor's advance from protozoa to man is
made in clear and simple language, which
tells a story of continuous Interest. This
book may be recommended as a peculiar
ly luminous and valuable presentation of
a great subject in a succinct form. It Is
most elaborately Illustrated.
IVoics of Books and Author.
A. C. McCiurg & Co. are preparing an
Illustrated edition of the popular romance
of Indian Oregon, "The Bridge of the
Gods."
Current History and Modern Culture for
June portrays the world's history for tne
month of April in Its usual judicious and
concise style. From Its frontispiece por
traits of the' King and Queen of England
to the closing necrology department js
presented a thorough and Impartial digest
such as la to be obtained In no other
publication,
The Smai
Th Sm.irt Rpf- fnr 3nv nnni with a
n0Velette by Edward S. Van lle, entitled
"Clarissa's Troublesome Baby,'
a story-
that is unique. In it a situation aa novel
t stant opportunity for scenes at once ab
sorbing In their Interest, and bubbling
over with humor. From the first lino to
tho last "Clarissa's Troublesome Baby"
is distinctive and delightful, and amaz
ingly clever.
Herbert Spencer's publishers state that
his latest book, "Facts and Comments," is
to be his last This fact lends Interest to
A. C McCiurg & Co.'s announcement that
they are soon to publish what should be
an admirable account of the life of the
I'great philosopher. Dr. Charles H. Rlebef,
0r st-infor TinivAr-sitv hR hnn nfri
for some me on the work, which Is to
be called "Herbert Spencer, the Man. the
Scientist, and the Philosopher." There
will also he an Introduction by D"r. David
Starr Jordan.
Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, is widely
known in the Catholic church as a great
and good man, and outside of the church
he Is almost universally known as one. of.
the most Intelligent essayists of modern
times. The appearanco of one of his ad
mirable little volumes la now a regular.
feature of the late Spring publishing sea
son, and one that is eagerly awaited by
those who desire all that is best In mod
ern thought. This year the bishop has
collected a number of essays under the
title of "Religion, Agnosticism, and Edu
cation," and the work will be ready tor
the public this month. There are eeven
essays in all, along the lines suggested
, .,,, fU1. AA , a.i.,, A .
nninnoi Tno-rnii iiti. ottmnt inn-
RHftMlriw Attention
slderablc attention.
Literary Kotcn.
John Fox, Jr., Is never mora effective
tnai "when picturing tho humors of life In
tno mountains, and in the July Scrlbnor's
ne will have a story full of tho most
amusing situations, enuuea "xne Army
of the Callahan."
A short love story by Marguerite Tracy,
In the July Scrlbner's, has for its hero n
Yale athlete of tho class of '93. who,
while under the displeasure of his mill
ionaire father, goe3 to Paris and be
comes one of tho guards In the exposition.
The new edition of Poe, soon to ap
pear under tho editorship Of Professor
Charles F. Richardson, of Dartmouth
College, is an evont of Importance In the
world of lottcrs. A remarkable foaturo
of the edition is tho series of Illustra
tions by Frederick Simpson Coburn.
For the first time the complete works
of "Whitman are to bo obtainable In a
uniform edition. By arrangement with
Messrs-Small, Maynard & Co.', and with.
tne assistance or Whitman's literary ex
ecutors, this edition has been prepared,
and will be published by the Putnams,
through their subscription department.
Sane, humorou? and wise 'is Leslie
Stephen's biography of George Eliot, the
now volume In the "English Men of
letters Series.'' One. would imagine that
there was nothinr to foe khUY -on thi iir
and work of a novelist whose name has
been a household word for 50 years. Wlth
a biographer of average ability this would
be true, but interpreted through Leslie
Stophon's personality, and eeen with his
eyes, George Eliot's life becomes a eub-
Ject of criticism so fresh as to make one
feel that the subject Itself Is now.
The July Century Is to be the "Sum
mer fiction number" of that magazine,
and thfc chief point of Interest Is likely
to bo a posthumous story by Paul Lei
cester Ford. Its title Is "Wanted: A
Chaperon," and Jt "relates the adven
tures of a young 'woman from tho coun
try, visiting In New York, who, acci
dentally, Is left at the doorstep of the
wrong house on a stormy Winter night.
The story Is said to possess the attrac
tiveness of Mr. Ford's- lightest touch, and
the pictures by Mr. Gilbert' show a win
some and Ingenuous heroine.
SPEOMAN OF THIS REMARKABLE COIN
HAS MADE ITS APPEARANCE.
Mint, Gobrecht, was authorized by Con
gress to get up designs for a silver dollar.
He designed several different types, and
from each of tho dies cut with them he
had coined a number of pattern pieces.
One design was of a type Identical with
that of the dollar whose coinage was dis
continued In 1803. He gave this the dato
ISM, It Is supposed, because that was the
nearest year to ono In which the old
styled dollar had been coined. In other
words, ho did not want a pattern piece to
be merely a restrike of some coin actually
in circulation.
Tho design that was accepted, says the
Utlca Herald-Dispatch, was that which
developed after 1SSS Into the well-known
dollar bearing Liberty seated on the ob
verse and a spread eagle on tho reverse.
Tho 1S01 dlo, however, was not destroyed,
and many years afterward some time In
the '50s a coterlo of speculators In the
mint Itself struck off several coins with It,
The exact number of these restrikes
does not seem to be known. But after
they got out and collectors began to be
Interested In them, they sold for big
prices. It transpired, therefore, that In
the early '60s another coterie of mint
speculators brought the 1S04 die again Into
service. After they had coined another
batch of dollars, however, they discovered
that there was no lettering around the
edge, the part of the die that nut this on
tho pattern pieces and the flrst restrikes
having in some way been lost.
Dlen Destroyed,
The speculators, therefore, put the let
tering upon some of the dollars with hand
punches. It Is claimed that these second
restrikes can be easily detected beoauea
tne lettering follows a tort of zigzag line.
It would thus appear that there should be
threo different kinds of ISM dollars In ex
istencethe Gobrecht pattern pieces, that
are really the only genuine coins, and the
two different restrikes. Tho work of the
last lot of speculators caused such a
scandal that the much-abused die was de
stroyed In ISO by order of Congress.
Besides the dollars that were struck
from It from time to time, others bearing
the same date are found that are either
out-and-out counterfeits or have altered
dates. One method of alteration Is to
take, say, an 1S03 dollar, plane off the 3,
and solder on a 4. Another Is to Insert In
the coin a small block of silver bearing a
4. This kind of work Is sometimes so
skillfully done as to be difficult of de
tection. The Bishop Smoked.
Woman's Home Companion.
Here's a story about tho late Bishop
Phillips Brooks that will appeal not only
to smokers, but to those who detest the
weed.
On ono occasion, after being hospitably
received at Windsor Castle, tho bishop
was shown to his room, and soon pro
ceeded, to light his accustomed cigar.
Presently the smoke reached the nos
trils of a custodian somewhere not far
away, who came to the door, and asked
the guest not to smoke, as It wis for
bidden. Bishop Brooks went Into the
corridor and continued smoking there.
The custodian again begged him to desist.
The bishop went back to his room and
out upon the balcony 'and resumed his
cigar, thinking that he was now in the
open air.
Again the custodian came, this time
passing through the bishop's room, and
said: "Smoking is not permitted, sir. in
any part of Windsor Castle."
Once more he disappeared and Brookx,
who gavo up a cigar with great reluc
tance when he had once lighted it, re-'
turned to his room.
A happy thought occurred to him. There
was an open fireplace In his room. The
bishop lay down on his. back on thn floor,
put his head up Into the chimney and
began to smoke there. This time he was
undisturbed. Before the smell of tho ci
gar had betrayed him; now the -smoke
went up the chimney.
The cigar was finished in peace.
SPOONS FOR BABIES
Immigration Agent's Task of Supply
ing Danlcnrd Children. '
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Dunkard babies promise to work the
.financial ruin of Max Bass, general im
migration agent or, the "Great , Northern,
who some years ago, when Dunkard set
tlers, were scarce In the West, offered a
solid silver spoon as a birthday gift to
each new colonist.
When the ,, first baby came, Mr. Bass
was notlfledthat It had been named. Max
Bass Peters; He sent a spopn by the first
mall and &, letter of congratulation to
tho parents'. That was 10 years ago.
Last, year tho new Dunkard babies
amounted to near 200, andfach one re
ceived Its sliver spoon, although there were
so many that the letters of congratula
tions were omitted, anda card was sent
Instead. This year promises to break
"even that 'record, land "Mr. Bass, although
he Insists that every honored custom
shall be maintained, is beginning to "view
with alarm."'
"I always- loved children," Mr. Bass
said Jn telling of his babies. "The flrst
little Dunkard was named for me, and It
pleased me greatly. At that time there
were perhaps a dozen families In North
Dakota. There are now more than 25,000
of this quaint sect In the colonies at
Cando, B,ugby and Devil's Lake, and the
babjes well, there are ne-pr babies every
week.
"I still send silver spoons, and shall
continue the gifts as long as my money
hclds out, but only last week I received
"seven letters In one day telling roe of
new namesakes. There was Max John
son and Max Bass Peterson and Bass An
derson, and in one case they oven turned
my name wrong end to for the sake dt
the little -one. Boys and girls alike take
my name. I don't believe any German
family was ever honored as mine. Sure
ly no railroad man ever bad a larger fam
ily. "When the babies come so often that I
can't keep pace with the new arrivals, I
guess the Great Northern- will take my
place, but when I think of all those" stur
dy little German iolkt I think it's, wprth
more than all the spoons in the world
to have them belong to me."
Six thousands more Dunkards will be
added to the North Dakota colonies this
month. Mr. Bass, who brought the first,
will reach St Paul. March 25, with a
heavy movement of settlers from Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania,
The Dunkards are German Baptists who
originally came to the United States be
cause of their religious beliefs. They are
clannish, and when their families In
creased preferred to seek new homes for
the sake of having their grown-up chil
dren with them. Those that go West this
month have been living mainly upon rent
ed lands, and will now.settle upon gov
ernment tracts. They are farmers all,
preferring gralnralslng to diversified
crops, They marry only with those of
their own belief; and are exceptionally
thrifty.
Many of those that came West 10 years
ago are now wealthy. Elder Peters, fath
er of Mr. gass's first namesake, was then
a poor man. He isinow worth 130,000, has
a flno farm, and four months In the year
is a traveling passenger agent of the
Great Northern.
"The Dunkards make splendid settlers,"
Mr. Bass assorts. "I have never known a
lawsuit among them; they do not drink
or gamble, attend their churches regular
ly, and have established schools, and are
hard working men."
Xew Care for TnbercnloHls.
The announcement made recently to the
Berlin Academy of Sciences by Professor
Emll von Behrlng of the results of his re
searches In consumption Is of tho deep
est import. Professor Bearing's notable
act In turning over the Nobel prize of
540,000 to the medical research institution
he has founded at Marburg was recently
noted in Jhese columns; his standing In
the scientific world, his discovery of the
diphtheria serum, stamp his judgment
with the highest authority. Briefly, as
the result of six years' investigation,
Professor Behrimr finds that tuberculosis
in man and In cattle (and other animals)
Is one and the same disease originating
with one and tho same germ. This, It
need hardly be said. Is diametrically op
posed to the views of the famous Dr.
Koch, of Berlin. Professor Behrlng has
found that the disease-bearing germ Is
altered In passing from the blood of man
to cattle, or tho reverse; hence the confus
ion which has existed. But what Is most
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LiXc Miracles Performed Ths
Secret of Long Life of Old-
en Times Rcvivzd.
Tim Remedy Is Free to All Who
Send Name and Address.
After years of patient study, and delv
ing. Into the dusty record of the past, as
well as following modern experiments In
the realms of medical science. Dr. James
W. Kldd, 1654 Baltes .Building; Fort
Wayne, Indiana, makes the startling an
nouncement that be has surely dls-
Dr. JAMES WILLIAM KIDD.
covered the "elixir of life. That he Is
able with the aid of "a mysterious com--pound,
known only to- himself, produced
as a result of the ?ears he has spent In
searching for this precious life-giving
boon, to cure any and every disease that
is known to tho human body. There Is
no doubt of the doctor's earnestness In
making his claim, and the remarkable
cures that ho Is daily effecting seems to
bear him out very strongly. His theory
which he advances is one of reason and
based on sound experience In a medical
practice of many years. It costg nothing
to try his remarkable "Elixir of Life," as
he calls It, for he sends It free to anyone
who Is a sufferer, In sufficient quantities
to convince .of Its ability to cure, so there
is absolutely no risk to run. Some of
the cures cited aro very remarkable, and
but for reliable witnesses would hardly
be credited. The lame have thrown away
crutches and walked about after two or
three trials ' of the remedy. The sick,
given up by home doctors', have been re
stored to their families and friends in per
fect health. Rheumatism. neuralgia,
stomach, heart, liver, kidney, blood and
skin diseases and bladder troubles disap
pear as by magic Headaches,, backaches,
nervousness, fevers, consumption, coughs.
cold3, asthma, catarrh, bronchitis and all
affections of tho throat, lungs or any
vital organs are easily overcome In a,
space of time that is simply marvelous.
Partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia,
dropsy, gout, scrofula ard piles aro quick
ly and permanently removed. It purifies
the entire system, blood and tissues, re
stores normal nerve power, circulation
and a state of perfect health Is produced
at once. To the doctor all systems are
alike and equally affected by this great
"Elixir of Life." Send for the remedy to
day. It is free to every sufferer. 8tate
what you want to bo cured of and tho
sure remedy for it will be sent you free
by return malL . ' "
Important is that Professor Behring has
beep able to fnoculate very young animals
(hitherto found lmposslblo), and has ob
tained from these an antltoxlne serum.
after tho manner that the smallpox vac
cine Is cultivated. This Is stirring news,
and should it provo well grounded, an
other Nobel prize should be awarded this
great bacteriologist. Tho event will be
awaited with the keenest interest. Tho
hopes of a genuine cure for tho "white
plaugue" havo been blighted so often that
scepticism in this field has grown a habit.
No known physical force, no imagined
unreality, no fad or folly known to the
human mind, has been neglected. It would
seem. In the search of a remedy against
this most deadly enemy of tho race.
Everything, from bare feet and electricity
to a close semblance of the Filipino
water-cure, has been tried nay, vaunted.
The scourge goes on. Unto Professor
Behring, or whomsoever wrests the secrot
at last, every nation upon earth should
erect a great memorial, suchas the peo
ple of France raised to their beloved
Pasteur. Harper's Weekly.
THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE.
A delightful trip of a few hours will
take you through the famous "Columbia
River Gorge," the greatest combination of
river and mountain scenery on earth. O.
R. & J. train leaves Portland dally at 9
A. M. Return can be made by steamer
from Cascado Locks. Special low rates
for this trip. Get particulars at O. R. &
N. ticket office, Third and Washington.
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and it costs no more to travel on
then-famous North- Western Lim-
i IttA than it does on inferior trains.
CITIES Minneapolis and St, PipI.
VOX IXyORUATIOX.
248 Alder Street, PORTLAND. ORE.
TRAVELERS GUIDE.
R2 &S9 &&W SSS? VmBR
H
QN
HiT um
An
THREE TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
UNION DEPOT.
Leave.
Arrive.
CHICAGO-PORTI.AND
SPECIAL
For the EAit via Hunt-
Iczton.
0:00 A. M.
4:30 P. M.
Daily.
Daily.
SPOKANE ST.TER.
Fcr Eastern 'VVaahtnsr
too, Walla Walla. Iew
Uton. Coeur d'Alens
and Gt. Northern points
8:13 P. iL
Dally.
7:00 A. M.
Dally.
ATLANTIC EXPKESS
For tb East tU Hun:-
laetoa.
8:50 P. M.
Dally.
8:1Q A-St.
Dally.
OCEAX AND lUYEIt SCHEDULE.
FOR SAN FRAN
CISCO. S3. Geo. W. Elder
Juno 1. 11, 21.
S3. Columbia
June , 16, 20.
Frora
Alnsworth
Dock.
5:00 P. M.
8:00 P. M.
FOR ASTORIA and
way points, connecting
with atr. Xor Ilnaco and
North Beach. tr. Ha
lc Aah-sutt Dock.
S:00 P. M.
6:00 P. 1L
Dally,
ex. Sun.
Dally ex.
Sunday.
Sat..
10 P. M.
FOR CORVALLIS and
way points, steamer
Ruth. Ash-street Dock.
(Water permitting.)
FOR DAYTON. Oregon
City and TamhlU Riv
er point tr. Modoc,
Ash-street Docs.
6:45 A. M.
Mon.,
Wed..
6:00 P. M.
Tues.,
Thurs.,
Sat.
3:00 P. M.
Mon..
Wed,
Fri.
Fri.
7:0Q A. M.
xues.,
Thtin
twater permitting.)
Sat.
TICKET OFFICE. Third and Washington.
Telephone, ilala 712.
PORTLAND & ASIATIC
STEAMSHIP CO.
For Tokohama. and Hone Kony, calling at
Kobe. K&casakl and Shanghai, talcing freight
via connecting: steamers lor Manila, Port Ar
thur and Vladlvoatock.
INDRAPURA SAILS ABOUT JUNE 23.
For rates and lull Information call on or ad
dresa offlcials or arenU ot O. R. & N. Co.
tAM via
SOUTH
Depot, tltli and
Lcavo
tloyt Sta.
Arrive
OVERLAND EX-
PKttofa IxiAl.-ib.
80 P. it,
S:30 A. M.
lor saleni, Kose
ourg, Aaiiund, bac-
: A. M,
7:00 P. M.
ranicstu, Ojdta,
sun Jbiunc.sco, &io-
jave, Loa Angcie.
Sl i'ato. Hew Or-
euns and the Ease
At Woodburn
vdatly exuii aun-
iiy;, nioruiti iiui
.uuiiecu wiui train
.ur mu Angel, all
.trrton, bruu u a -
1 1 1 e. aurtn&htiid.
and Ntiron. and
Albany Lccal tut
ilt- Ansel uud btl-
yrcrton.
4:00 P. M.
70 A. M.
Albany passenger ..
Corvallls pasaenser.
10:10 A. M.
3:50 P. M.
II:30 J?. II. Sheridan passenger. IS:23 A. St.
"Dally. ((Dally except Sunday.
YAMHILL' DIVISION.
Passenger Depot," loot of JeOersoa street.
Leave Portland dally fur Oswego at T.-i'j a.
K.. 12U10, 1.03. 3:23. 4:10. G, b:30 f. M.
Dally except sundry, -5.30, ii.io a. 1L. 0:w,
ll:3o P. M. Sunday only, e a. it.
Arrive at Portland dally at -:30 A. M..
138, 8.10. 4.31. tJUO. 7:4Uw 111 P. M. Daily
except Sunday, 0:33, 10:3o a. M.; exeep:
Monday. 12.0 A. M.; Sunday only, 10:03 A. M.
Leave for Dallas daily except Sunday, 6.03
p. M. Arrivr Portland 0:30 . M- Passenger
train leaves Dalian for Airlle Mondays. Wednej.
days and Friday at 3. CO P. M. Returns Tues
days and Saturdays.
Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac
romento and San Francisco. Net rates. $17.50
first class and 514 second class, becona ciasa
Includes sleeper, first class does not.
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe. Also
JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and AUS
TRALIA.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and
Washington streets, i none Main tiz.
TIE CARD
OF TRAINS
PORTLAND
Depart. Arrive.
North Coast Limited... 2.00 P. M. T:0O A. M.
Twin City Express... .11:30 P.M. 0:20 P. M.
Kansas City and St.
Louis Special 8:23 A.M. 11:10 P.M.
Puget Sound Limited.. 825 A. M, 4:43 PM.
Take the Puget Sound Limited for Olympia,
South Bend and Gray Harbor points. All
trains dally. Four trains dally to Tacoma and
Seattle. Three through to the East,
A. D. CHARLTON,
Assistant General Passenger Asent.
253 Morrison t, comer Third. Portland. Or.
IeHBreat Northern!
Ticket Office 122 TWrd St. Phone 630
rpivr (The Flyer dally to and
No 4 tram St. Paul. Mlnne-
-ibh ic Upoli. Duluth, Chicago
ARRIVE
No. 3
7:00 A. M.
Through Palace and Tourist Sleeper Dining
and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
KAGA MARU
For Japan, China and all Aslatlo points, will
leau Seattle
About July I.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
For South-Eastern Alaska
Leave Seattle:
COTTAGE CITY. CITY OF
SEATTLE or CITY OF TO
PEKA. P. M.. June 4. u
IC. 11. 28. July : , lu, u
10, -ii. -o v. aruKAJTK.
9 A. M., June 14. 28, July 12.
For Saa Francisco
Leave SEATTLE at 0 A. SL every fltth day.
Steamers connect at ban Francisco, with com
pany's steamers for ports in Southern Callior
nls. Mexico and Humboldt Ray.
For further Information, obtain, folder. Bight
is reserved to change steamers or sailing dates.
AGENTS! N. PUaTON, 21U Washington c.
Portland, F? W. CARLETON. X. P. Dock.
Tacoma: Ticket Ofnce. 113 James St.. Seattle.
M. TALBOT. Comm'l AgU: a D. DUX ANN,
Gen. Pass. Agent; GOODALL. PERKINS it
CO.. Gen. Agents, San Francisco.
I18&7 Mi
fpJf SUNSET
Un reuTCs Inj
TRAVEITRS GUIDE.
Low
Excursion
Rates
To the East
Juno 23th and July 1st. 2a, 3d
and 4th tho Burlington -will sell
tickets to all points East and re
turn at greatly reduced rates.
This Is your opportunity.
"We give you choice of routes
Go one way and return another.
"WE "WILL Reserve your sleeping-car
berth.
1 j Plan an Itinerary for
you.
Advise you whatslda
trips to take.
"What to see.
Call at office, or -write for full
particulars.
H. W. FOSTER
Ticket Agent Burlingion Rouia
100 Third Street, cor. Start, Portland, Or.
U. S. MAIL ROUTE.
NOME
SAILINGS
Northern Commercial Co
will dispatch its first-clas
steamers, carrying; V. S.
malls, for
Nome & St. Michael Direct
aa follows:
FROM SAN FRANCIS CO.
S. S. Portland About June 25
S. S. SU Paul .....About July 10
FR031 SEATTLE.
S. S. Ohio - July 8
S. S. Indiana July 2S
Connecting at Nome with Steamer Saldle.
earn In jc United States Mall for Teller and
f Candlo Creek, and Steamer Dora for Bluff
City, (uolovin acd St. Michael, and connect
lag at St- Michael with the Company river
steamers for Dawson, Koyukuk and all Yukon
River points.
For freight and passage apply to
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO..
&5 Market at., San Francisco,
Or EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO.. Puget
Sound Agent, Seattle. Wash,
Geo. A. Cooper, Agent, 5 Chamber ot
Commerce Bldgv, Portland.
-1
REGULATOR LINE
STEAMERS
Sally, except Sunday.
DALLES-PORTLAND ROUTS
TIME CARD.
STR. REGULATOR.
Leaves Portland Tuea.. Thurs.. Sat., T A. 2C,
Leavea Dalles Mon.. Wed.. Fri.. 7 A. M.
STR. DALLE3 CTTT.
Leaves Portland Mon.. "Wed., hvU, 7 A. 3d
Leaves Dalles Tues., Thurs., Sat., 7 A.M.
CASCADE LOCKS AND RETURN DAILT.
LANDING OAK ST. DOCK PORTLAND.
M. V. HARRISON. Agent.
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Depot FlftU and
LEAVES
X Streets. I ARRIVES
For Maygers. Rainier,
Clrtskanie, Westport.
Clifton. Astoria, "VVar
renton, Flavel, Ham
mond, Fort Stevens.
Gearbart Pk., Seaside,
Astoria and Seashore
Express, DaUy.
Astoria Express.
Daily.
8:00 A. M,
11:10 A. M.
7:00 P. M.
8:40 P. M.
Ticket ofllce. 235 Morrison st. and Union Depot.
J. C MAYO. Gen. Pass. AgL. Astoria. Or.
FOUR SEPARATE AND
DISTINCT SERVICES.
Fast Twin-Screw Passenger Steamers sail
ing regularly from Boston, Portland and
Montreal to Liverpool, also Boston to
Mediterranean ports. Send for booklet,
"Mediterranean Usstntal" For rates, etc,
apply to Thos. Cook & Son, General
Agents for the Pacific Coast, tax Market
St., San Francisco, Cat.
i
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
STEAMER POMONA, for Salem. Independ
ence. Albany and Corvallls. Leaves Portland
Tues.. Thurs, and Sat. at 0.45 A. M.
STEAMER ALTONA. Xor Dayton. McMlnn
vllle and way landings, leaves Mon., 1Ved and
Fri.. 7 A. M.
STEAMER LEONA, for Oregon City, leaves
dally at 8.30 acd 11:30 A. M,. j.tX) and d:is
P.M.
OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO.,
Taylor-street Docks. Phone 40.
. 1
ANCHOR LINE U. S. MAD STEAMERS
Sailinz regularly betneen
2CEW YORK. LONDONDERRY AND CLAS-
NEW TORE; GIBRALTAR AND NAPLES.
Superior accommodations. Excellent Cuisine.
Every resard tor the comfort of passengers
studiously considered and practiced.
Single or Round Trip tickets issued between
New York and Scotch, English, Irish and all
Principal Continental points at attractive
rates. For tickets or general information ap
ply to HENDERSON SROS.. Chicago, or any
Local agent.
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