The Sunday Oregonian., September 21, 1902, PART FOUR, Page 31, Image 31

THE. SUNDAY OKEGOrflAK POHTLASD, SEPTEMBER 21, 1902.
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IN THE REALM OF BOOKS
THE FALL SEASON OPENS "WITH SOMETHING DIS
TINCTLY NEW IN LITERATURE PIDGIN'S THE
CLIMAX."
CHAHL.ES PEL.TON PIDGIN, vrho
wrote "Blennerhassett" and "Quln
cy Adams Sawyer," has achieved
something new in American fiction. It is
a historical novel -wherein he has in
vented all the "history!, except a few of
the names. Aaron Burr is the central
figure. "Wild as are Haggard's stories.
they are tamo when compared with thlsJ?3 talked with upon occasibna, nd his
fairy tale. It opens with an account ofTTJSlf CeCCS f "ther of American
Alexander Hamilton engaging a woman
to act as a spy on Burr. She figures In
many chapters. The action begins In
earnest? when Burr forces President Jef
ferson to appoint him General of the
United States Armies. In that capacity.
Burr Invades and conquers Mexico and
Central America, and acquires all the Is
lands of the West Indies except Jamaica.
Then Burr Is chosen President. Says the
author:
"It was the Summer of 1S0S when the
great reception of Burr and his victorious
Generals took place at the National cap
ital. Tho Americans were then, and al
ways have been, idol-worshipers, and
Aaron Burr was the idol of the hour. By
popular acclaim he was nominated for
the Presidency, and the selection of dele
gates and the casting of ballots was. of
pro forma character. ... But if Bun-
had startled his political opponents by
his military operations, he was to astern
ish them still further by the changes
which ho suggested in- tho Constitution of
the United States."
With charming naivete, Mr. Pidgin tells
of a constitutional amendment under
which Burr was re-elected for a term of
eight years. In his first term as Chief
Magistrate, he created the Departments
of Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactur
ing and Mining, put through a homestead
law, built a canal across the Isthmus of
Panama, emancipated the slaves and set
tled them In Mexico, Central America and
the West Indies, and inaugurated a vast
scheme for internal improvements. He
then declared war with England, was
victorious on the sea, and added Jamaica
to our possessions.
After this victory, leaving the Vice
President (name not given) to tend shop
at Washington, Burr took command of
a great army. Invaded Canada and cap
tured Montreal. Then came the great
battle of Chaudlere before Quebec, and
the surrender of that citadel. Canada was
added to United States territory. To
ward the end of his second term (1820) he
forced the nomination of Andrew Jackson
as his successor and dictated Jackson's
policy!
These In brief are hc main events as
recorded by the modern Hans Christian
Andersen. Incidentally In the Canada
campaign Burr falls in love with Steph
anie, Countess d'Auxrols, the daughter of
Kings, whom the French revolution has
exiled. He appoints her as ono of his
aides in th6 assault on Quebec However,
this was not strange, as several of his
Generals took their wives with them on
this campaign, the ladies serving with
bravery and intelligence in carrying or
ders. At the age of SO, long after he has
retired from office, Burr marries Steph
anie. And a vein of rude comedy runs through
tho "history." Able! Budlong, a country
bumpkin of Litchfield, Conn., carries it.
He bobs up unexpectedly in every big
event chronicled, always with "Hello,
Aaron," "Hello, Abe," when the great
man greets his humble admirer.
A short paragraph in the short preface
saves the author from the extremity of
ridicule: "One more word; being purely
Imagination, this work cannot be histor
ically true; but I would ask the reader if
he or she does not .wish It were true."
Dr. Cuyler's Autobiography.
Recollections of a Long Life, an auto
biography, by Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler.
D. D.. LL. D. (The Baker & Taylor Com
pany.) Autobiographies of famous divines have
been frequent, and like the autobiog
raphies of many prominent men, they
have often been labored and not very
accurate pictures. The common faults
of such books, however, cannot be urged
against "Recollections of a Long Life,
an Autobiography," by Dr. Cuyler, of
Brooklyn.
When the book was undertaken. Dr.
Cuyler felt unequal to the task of ade
talled autobiography, to say nothing of
his prejudice against such "big books of
little interest" As the book developed,
however, the doctor's "recollections"
rounded into a life story of the most In
teresting and fascinating sort. The doc
tor Is seen against a background of other
people with whom he has been associated,
and thus the picture Is most characteris
tic of his life.
Two things contribute greatly to the
Interest of this book first, the doctor's
remarkable memory even for conversa
tions of many years ago and for anec
dotes and stories of the great men with
whom he has been associated; and, sec
ond, his Innate dislike of anything that
is tedious. He has condensed his auto
biography and recollections into a vol
ume so full of life and thought that It
cannot but leave the average reader hun
gry for more.
When Dr. Cuyler was 20 years of age
and fresh from Princeton, he traveled
in England and Prance. He was full of
energy, and) his interest in th6 great writ
ers still living led him to seek these
people In their homes, an occurrence not
as common then as in these days of pro
miscuous interviewing and Ilon-huntlng.
This trip was taken 60 years ago, and the
chapter on "Great Britain Sixty Years
Ago gives us glimpses of the zrreat
iautnors which probably no other Amer-
of Burns and learned from the old peas
ants of the respect and awe in which the
Scotch poet was held. He vlJted Words
worth at Rydal Mount Cottage and
talked with the old poet and his wife.
They walked about the country together,
and In him the doctor found. Instead of a
"grave recluse in scholastic black," a
genial man much like the average New
York farmer In appearance. Dickens he
saw In London, and he account of his
two visits to Carlyle, the first on his trip
when Carlyle must have summed up the
Impressions of the other great writers In
his opening sentence. "You are a vera
young mon." In hla broadest Scotch, but
with a genial laugh; and later, when the
doctor was a famous pastor and visited
Carlyle. then bent with age and not In
cheerful humor. The recollections of Car
lyle are among tho most fascinating and
striking parts of this book, and furnish
a new view of the old Iconoclast
Shortly afterward he resolved to enter
the ministry, and In the 60 years since
that time his life has been dovoted to
Christ Strong, hopeful and vigorous, tho
doctor has been interested in practically
all of the-great forward movements of
the past 50 years, -and in this life work he
has stood shoulder to shoulder with the
greatest men of the times. His glimpses
of these men and his stories about them
are perhaps tho best and most Interest
ing parts of the- book. Of the famous
preachers and students whom he knew
intimately and well, few, If any, remain
alive today, but the doctor is laboring as
best his age will permit in the same
causes to which, he has devoted his life.
Beecher was his fellow-worker In Brook
lyn. Spurgeon, Newman Hall, Dean Stan
ley, Moody, Sankey. Finney, Father Theo
bald Mathew, John BT Gough, Heal Dow,
the Alexanders, and many of the great
hymn-writers, philanthropists and evan
gelists, and In fact all of those whom we
identify with tho great reform move
ments of the last half-century, are re
called here, and the generous love and
keen wit of Dr. Cuyler are seen in hi3
anecdotes about them.
Washington Irving Dr. Cuyler knew
iic iftiv uiwiniiiiu uuu seem
to take the reader back to another period
.of American life very remote from the
present generation. Whittler and Greeley,
an odd pair perhaps, though linked In a
common cause, were both Intimate friends
of Dr. Cuyler, who came to his home and
of whom he had a fund of pleasant recol
lections. Of statesmen. Lincoln through
the Civil War and Gladstone are also
written about These men commanded
Dr. Cuyler's deepest love and respect
Tho book, to spite of this vast fund of
anecdotes, is not very long nor for a
moment tedious, nor is it all recollec
tions of prominent men.
In dealing with the "new theology," and
primarily "With the theory of evolution,
he quotes from Spurgeon, who said: "If
wo are not tho product of God's creating
hand, but are only the advanced de
scendants of the ape, then we ought to
conduct our devotions accordingly and
address our dally petitions 'not to our
Father which Is In heaven, but to our
father which is up a tree. "
Jeans, the Jew.
Jesus, the Jew, and other addresses, by
Harris Welnstock. (Funk & Wagnalls
Company, New York and London.)
Progressive Hebrew thinkers, such as
Dr. Felix Adler and late Rabbi I. M. Wise,
have never lacked an Interested and ap
preciative public for their utterances, even
when these have run counter to the fixed
beliefs of orthodox Jews and sectarian
Christians. A similar reception has -been
accorded Mr. Harris Welnstock, a Jewish
liberal, who recently delivered at Stan
ford University a course of lectures upon
the relation of the Jews to the Gentile
world, and. In particular, their attitude
toward the person and teachings of Jesus.
Owing to tho widespread attention which
these addresses commanded, both from
Jew and Gentile, and the continual de
mand for printed copies, their publication
In a single volume was determined upon,
and this book, which takes its title from
the initial address, Is the result
As to the nature of its contents and the
kind of readers to whom It appeals, we
quote the words of President Jordan, of
Stanford University, who writes tho intro
ductory: "What is the modern Jewish idea of
Jesus? Do tho Jews look forward to the
coming of a Messiah? Do they continue
to look upon themselves as God's chosen
people? Does the modern Jew approve of
Intermarriage? These and similar ques
tions have been asked of the author by
non-Jews who were seeking enlightenment
on these subjects.
"These addresses are designed, not espe
cially for the theologian, nor for the lay
man; not for the churched, nor the un
churched; not for the Christian, nor for
the Jew; but for all who are earnestly In
terested In these Inquiries. An effort has
been made to bo as explicit and simple
as possible."
"Ship of Silence ana Other Poems'
In a recent number of The Outlook there
appears from the pen of ,Mr. James Lano
Allen a really notable review of Mr. Ed
ward Ufilngton Valentine's fThe Ship of
Silence and Other Poems." (The Bowen
Merrill Co.)
In this charming essay, for it Is nothing
less than that the beautiful possibilities
of a book review are revealed; and it
would be well for the discouraged reader,
who is' ever mourning the lost critics, to
turn for inspiration and encouragement
to Mr. Allen's flawless excmnle of literary
reviewing.
"A fresh voice has of late been singing
through thn green wood of American
poetry. Those who have had the good
taste to listen must soon have discovered
that the songs are not always made out of
material within tho wpod."
In this way, Mr. Allen begins his esti
mate of 5Ir. Valentine's verse and he
closes his nattering, but judicial analysis
with this paragraph
"This is Mr. Valentine's first book. It
makes its appearance with the distinction
of unobtruslveness. There Is a certain
triumph for literature in the fact that a
man should find, as the chief concern of
his art the beauty of the world In which
we must all live, and the beauty of the
human spirit which we should all share.
To succeed on these heights 1b success
Indeed."
An Epitomized Biography.
The Initial volumo of a first-novel ee
rles to be brought out by, a New York
publisher this Fall is entltlod "The Rag
ged Edge," and Is written' by John T.
Mclntvre, a Philadelphia newspaper man
who gives the following biographical mat
ter about himself "Born In November,
jSTl; was sent to school at 7; stopped go
ing at 11; began to write for publication
when 20, and now has a package of re
turn nllns from publishers which Is about
a foot thick. First thought of writing
Ragged Edge in '91; began it In '98, but
gave it up' after a few months. On tho
advice of Talcott Williams,' took story up
again, and when it was finished I sent it
to a New York publisher. The train on
which It was carried was robbed and the
manuscript was lout I rewrote the. story
and when this work was finished the orig
inal turned up. This Is about all there is
to it"
A Jfew Book by nilcy.
Prominent in the Fall list of books for
young people, Scrlbners announce a vol
ume of now verses by James Whltcomb
Riley. The book bears the happy title of
"The Book of Joyous Children."
Mr. Riley, as Is well known, has, among
hla other gifts, that of aptly naming his
books, and this one certainly bears a fe
licitous title. His success In tho writing
of rhymes of children and for children
has been markedly great.
Of late years he has paid more atten
tion than formerly to this class of compo
sition, and the encouragement he re
ceived led to the making of this .last book,
which doubtless will contain the best that
Is In him.
His last previous book for children was
"A Child's World," which was hailed
with delight; not only in this country, but
abroad.
Dr. "Wilson' American 'History.
Dr. "Vvoodrow Wilson,, recently elected
president ot Princeton 'University, has
completed his "History of the American
People, upon which he has spent several
years of writing, and the work will be.
published within a few days In a five
volume edition. Professor Wilson has
spared no abcr in collecting from the
original sources all the material neces
sary for his work, and the publishers have
supplemented his efforts by obtaining from
many different sources copies of old prints,
paintings and sketches. One of these is a
portrait of Columbus, dated 1490, the orig
inal of which Is In the Spanish Govern
ment collection at Seville. r
Mark Trraln or "Hnck Finn."
It will be recalled that not long ago the
Omaha public library barred out Mark
Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" on the
ground that Its Influence upon the youth
ful mind was pernicious. The Omaha
Wcrld-Herald sent Mr. Clemens a tele
gram, which called forth the following
characteristic letter: - '
York Beach, Me., Aug. 23. Dear Bit: Tour
telegram has arrived, but, as I have already
said all I want to say concerning Huck Flan's
new adventures, there Is no 'heed to say It over
again. I am making his remark "by mail
instead of telegram in order to secure speed;
your courtesy requires this promptness ot xsc
Lately It has twice taken a telegraphic dis
patch four hours and a quarter to reach ma
hero from Boston, a distance of 40 or 50 miles;
therefore. If i should answer you by that ve
hicle I estimate that it would be upward of
eight days on the wire, whereas I can set it
to you by mall in two.
I am tearfully afraid this noise is dolus
much harm. It has started a number of hith
erto spotless people to reading "Huck Finn."
out of a-natural human curiosity to learn what
this Is all about people who had not heard
of him before; people whose morals will gn to
Tvrck and ruin now.
The publishers are clad, but it makes me
want to borrow a handkerchief and cry, I
should be sorry to think It was the publishers
themselves that got up this entire little flutter
to enable them to unload a book that was tak
ing: too much room In their cellars, but you
never can tell what a publisher will do. I
havo been one myself. MARK TWAIN.
On How Stories, "Come Out."
Wilkie Collins has told us that for a
writer to establish satisfactory relations
with his readers he must "make 'em
laugh; make 'era cry; make 'em wait"
If a fourth maxim might be added which
should also include the other three, it
might be said, ''make 'em satisfied." The
average reader, caring little for rhetorical
Juggling or artistic studies In psychology,
wants his story to come out happily, or
at least satisfactorily, for all concernedV
says the New York Independent
Tho author of the "Hoosler Schoolmas
ter" takes his readers Into his confidence
ina manner reminding one strongly ot
Thackeray, and he devotes his last chap
ter to "how it came out" He says:-
"We are all like children In reading sto
ries. We want more than all else to know
-how It all comes out in the end, and If
our taste Is ndt perverted we like It to
come out welK For my part ever since
I began to write this story I have been
anxious to know how It was going to
come out"
And so we find all .our Interesting and
delightful companions In just abcrat such
conditions" as we should wish for them.
Ralph and Hannah and Bud and Martha
are properly married, just as they should
be. Ralph becomes a successful teacher,
Bud a sheriff and Hhocky a philanthropist
Ana they ail live happy ever after.
BUt, alas, all this Is changed. There is
a growing tendency among modern writ
ers to assume that the most satisfactory
relation to establish with their readers Is
to "leave 'em howhere." Any one who
has read the fiction in the midsummer
numbers of the magazines would have lit
tle 'difficulty In finding a dozen stories
whose endings might be characterized by
objections varying from unsatisfactory to
abominable. A husband and wife become
estranged and separate; they find them
selves unhappy in their new surroundings
and lnstlnctlvelj' they turn toward "each
other. The reader eagerly turns the page
to learn tho manner In which tho writer
is about to bring them together, and ho
finds the heading of tho next story.
Again a boy and girl love affair Is clev
erly developed until the reader becomes
truly Interested in their concerns. In the
natural order of events he sees a dozen
ways In which they might be brought
together. But his hopes are rudely shat
tered as ho finds himself obliged to leai'e
his hero gazing sorrowfully at the lovely
lady as sho passes by him ono of a long
line of sisters In a convent Dumas or
Scott would have battered down the walls,
and Dickens would have developed some
piece of extravagance by which the heart
of the Mother Superior would have been
melted, and the girl sent to tho altar with
her blessing. At any rate, we should have
thought we had read a story.
But it may be objected, those modern
writers are realists; they wrlto things
down just as they happen In ordinary life.
Well, It may be that events In our own
lives and those of our neighbors do not
come out exactly' as we might wish; but
on the whole the problem Is usually
solved before the curtain falls. Then, too,
the writer Is like the physician he must
be an optimist Tho physician who tells
his patients about all the cases with
which he Is familiar In which tho outcome
was unsatisfactory, soon has no patients
left to listen. And so we look to our
story tellers, not for portrayals of excep
tlonal cases ot misanthropy and disapr
polntmcnt. but for cheerful and hopeful
views of life.
Occasionally, once in a lifetime, a writer
may bo enough of an artist to leave his
story unfinished and still have it satisfactory-
But there was only one Stock
ton, and he wrote only one "The Lady or
the Tiger." It Is greatly to be hoped that
tho uncompleted story Is only a passing
fad which tho editors of the magazines
will remedy by a proper enlargement . of
the borders of their waste baskets.
The Hen In Llteratnre.
Indianapolis News.
Two stories that are being much read at
present Introduce the domestic hen. The
readers of "The Virginian" have laughed
immoderately at "Emly." Eraly was a
hen that was determined to sit. An ef
fort was made to keep her from it. and
she was successively placed on onions,
potatoes, stones green peaches and va
rious other articles, moro or less egg
shaped. Nothing broke her of the habit,
and the climax was capped when she was
found hovering a litter of puppies. The
writer tells the story of Emly with all the
thrilling details, and Emly-the-hen occu
pies the center of the stage for a consIdL
crable space. "The Diary of a Goose
Girl" tells not only of one hen, but of
several. There Is "Cannibal Ann," that
ents her own eggs and a hen that rivals
Emly of "The Virginian" in her desire to
sit Indeed, she breaks the record by
brooding several young kittens. One
might almost think that Mr. Wlster and
Mrs. Wlggln, the two authors, had con
ferred, or that ono had read the story of
the other first but It would be rash to
say which originated the idea. To show
the degree to which the hen hcu found a
place In literature It might be mentioned
that one of tho wisest and brightest wo
men of a leading club agitated the mo
mentous question, "Can a chicken hatched
In an Incubator love Its mother?" Thus It
may be seen that the hen. Is fairly to tho
fore.
Never, indeed, has the hen been so con
spicuous in her rolo as now. Her na'tural
lnstlncta to .raloe a flock and provldo
Spring fries or her human contempora
ries have furnished scope and verge for
much humor. She may not be absolutely
new in literature, hut she has been re
tired for so long that her 'reappearance
may be said to rank with the farewells of
PattI likely to occur at any time. It is
simple Justice to the hen that she should
be celebrated occasionally, just to let her
know that she Is not forgotten. She rare
ly forces herself on one's attention, ex
cept In her desire to let her owner know
she has laid an egg, which ho has
the liberty of finding. She Is always;
giving her best talents to her duty to the
world, and if the novelists do not write
her up in their best stylo once In awhile
her manifold virtues might remain un
heralded and unsung of men.
Help and Good Cheer.
This Is a series of brief messages ad
dressed by the venerable Theodore L.
Cuyler, D. D., to his old friends and all
who are In need of help and strengthen
ing. The spirit and tone, In spite of Dr.
Cuyler's years, are as fresh and vigorous
as In his earlier books.
Corncernlns Books and Authors.
A short time before his his death the
late Grant Allen selected 10 of his short
stories which he believed to represent the
best work he had done in the line of fic
tion and expressed the hope that his liter
ary reputation as a story-teller might oe
allowed to rest on these. These stories
have been published by Lewie, Scrlbner &.
Co., of New York, under the title of "The
Backslider." The high rank which the
book has taken proves that Mr. Allen's
judgment la sustained by the reading
public and testifies to the warm place ho
holds In the affections of those who are
fond of well-told tales
Governor Wlllam H. Taft who undoubt
edly Is better Informed than any other
American in regard to the Philippines and
their resources, is enthusiastic about the
possioniues oi uiese new poscseions oi ine
United. States. As he expresses It: "There
are plenty of blank checks In these islands
waiting to be drawn on nature's resource
ful treasury." Governor Taft has written
the Introduction to the book "Oportunl
tles In the Colonies and Cuba," which hag
Just been Issued b"y Lewis, Scrlbner & Co..
of New York. He says: "The book con
tains just the Information everybody
wants in regard to these new fields opened
to American enterprise." Among the
other contributors to the book are General
Leonard Wood, Charles H. Allen. ex-Governor
of Porto Rico; Hon. Perrecte La
coste. Secretary ot Agriculture of Cuba,
and Hon. M. E. Bcall. of the .division ot
Insular Affairs, Washington, D. C
President Hadfey, of Yale, has In the,
September Century a suggestive little arti
cle called "The Twofold Cause of Betting,"
in which he draws an instructive parallel
between betting and dueling.
Miss Louisa M. Alcott left, two unpub
lished stories, which were written by her
for her own little niece. They have been
secured by St. Nicholas, and will appear
In that magazine during tnc coming year.
The Baker & Taylor Co. announce for
publication In the early Fall "Reciproc
ity," by Professor J. Laurenco Laughlln,
head of the department of economics In
Chicago University, and Professor H. Par
ker Willis, pf .Washington and Lee Uni
versity; a "Lire of Ulrlch Zwingll," the
Swiss patriot and reformer, by Samuel
Simpson; " Valid Objections to So-Called
Christian Science," by Rev. Andrew F.
Underhlll; The Rolfe Shakespeare, In
limp leather, and "Over the Black Coffee,"
compiled by Arthur Gray.
"Tho Strollers," tho novel and the comic
opera of that name are in no wlso related.
Frederic S. Iaham, the author of .the suc
cessful romance, procured the copyright
of "The Strollers" several months before
tho musical production was known. Since
the manuscript has been in his publish
ers' hands for a year, and since the name
seemed to fit the story so well, he decided
to-adhere to the title.
Small, "Maynard & Co. will publish on
September 27 a book by George Horace
Lorimer, editor of the Saturday Evening
Post of Philadelphia, entitled "Letters
From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son."
This volume contains 20 letters purporting
to be written by John Graham, head of the
house of Graham & -Co., porkpackers, In
Chicago, and familiarly known "on
change" as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his
son, Plerrepont, sometime an undergrad
uate at Harvard University, and facetious
ly known to his fellow-students as "Pig
gy." and later an employe of the house of
Graham & Co.
Booth Tarklngton does all his
work late at night very often - he
works through tho entire night.
His first draft of a story is in
the form of pen and pencil sketches of
the scenes which he has pictured out In
his mind. When he has transferred these
to paper he begins to wrlto the story. Not
long ago Mr. Tarklngton was reported as
saying that he was tired of the conven
tionality of society. 'falseness of modern
life, etc, and that he proposed to retire to
some country spot, where he could be
apart from the haunts of men. Tarklng
ton's best friends do not credit the story.
Every man may at some time hanker af
ter the book of verses .underneath the
bough, a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and
Thou, singing beside me In the wilderness:
"Ah, Wilderness were Paradise enow!"
but such a companionable fellow as "Tark"
did not mean to bo taken seriously when
he said ho was tired of pele?
A curious but very effective argument
against the Baconians appears In a book
published this Spring, "In My Vicarage
Garden," by Canon Ellacombe. "Shake
speare," says Canon Ellacombe, "was a
versatile genius, and one can place one's
finger on but three spots in the map ot
knowledge which he left apparently unex
plored. He praises not the. fragrant weed,
tobacco; he loves not his lady's dog; but,
far more surprising and weighty than
these omissions, nowhere throughout the
plays do we find a single description of
architecture or of any architectural struc
ture. Now, considering the passion- shown
by Bacon In all his writings for architec
ture, this oralsnlbn will need more plaus
ible explanation than Is even In the pow
er of a Baconian theorist to give, in order
to remove the obstacle it raises. No such
great artist as he who wrote the plays of
Shakespeare, possessing at the same time
as intricate a knowledge of architectural
details as Bacon, could have let slip so
many opportunities ot glorious Illustra
tion and description as are afforded by
Instances In the plays.
Law and Llerature.
It Is surprising to, find how many mas
ters of prose and. poetry were lawyers
and lawyers' clerks.
Boccaccio would have been a lawyei
had not a visit to the tomb of Virgil flrea
his Imagination. Petrarch was a' law
student. Goldonl was a lawyer , when he
fell In lave with the stage and became
the delight of his nation.
MetastasIo was a law student. Arlos
to and Tasso studied law In the Univer
sity of Pauda. Polltlan was a doctor of
law. Schiller studied law two years, then
took up medicine, and all the while was
making for himself a name In literature.
The prince of German writers, the
CATARRH
The treatment of Catarrh with antiseptic and
astringent washes, lotions, salves, medicated tobacco
and cigarettes or any external or local application, is
just as senseless as would be kindling a fire on top of
the pot to make it boil. True, these give temporary
relief, but the cavities and passages of the head and the
bronchial tubes soon fill up again with mucus.
Taking cold is the first step towards Catarrh, for it
checks perspiration, and the pofspnous acids and
vapors which should pass off through the skin, are
thrown back upon the mucous membrane or inner skin,
producing inflammation and excessive flow of mucus.
much of which is absorbed into the blood, and through the circulation
reaches every part of the system, involving the Stomach, Kidnej-s and other
parts of the body. When the disease assumes the dry form, the breath
becomes exceedingly foul, blinding headaches are frequent, the eyes red,
hearing affected and a constant ringing in the ears. No remedy that does
not reach the polluted blood can cure Catarrh. S. S. S. expels from the
circulation all
ss SZi
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Dr.Walkcf.a49 FjrstSU bet Alder and Mwrlsoru Portland. Or.
glorious Goethe, studied law In Lelpalg,
and the strangely gifted Heine was a
lawyer; as well as a dreamer and poet
Uhland held a post in the Ministry ot
Justice "at Stuttgart Ruckert was a law
student at Jena. Mlckdewlcz, tho great
est ot Polish poets, was ono .of a family
of lawyers, all celebrated In the profes
sion. Kacincsy, the Hungarian poet and cre
ator of his country's tcrature. stud
ied law at Kaschau. Cornellle was an
advocate and son of an advocate. Vol
taire was for a while a practicing law
yer. Chaucer was a- student of the Inner
Temple. Gower studied law and was
Chief Justice of Common Pleas. Nicholas
Rowe studied for the bar. Cowper, tho
pensive Christian, was the last person
in the world to be called lawyer-like, but
he was a genuine attorney, and Commis
sioner of Bankrupts. Butler was clerk to
a Justice of tho-Peace.
Sve all know how Scott adorned the
profession of law, as well as of letters.
Thomas 'Moore was a student of the In
ner Temple. Gray studied law, but did
not practice. Campbell was In tho ottlco
of a lawyer in Edlnburg. Longfellow wa3
the son of a lawyer, and studied in. his
father's office.
The Cloud. ,
I bring fresh showers for. tho thirsting flowers,
From the seas and. tho streams; -I
bear light, shade for tho leaves when laid
In their noonday dreams.
From my wings are shaken tho d8ws that
waken-
The sweet birds, every one.
When rocked to rest on their mother's breast
As she dances about the sun. "
I wield the flail of the laslilng hall, '
And whiten the green plains under.
And then again 1 dissolve It In rain,
And laugh as I pass- in thunder.
I sift the snow on the mountains below.
And their great pines groan aghast;
And all the night 'tis my pillow white.
While I sleep In the arms of the blast
Bubllme on the towers of my skyey bowers.
Lightning, my pilot sits;
In a cavern under 13 fettered the thunder;
It strugglesTmd- howls at fits.
Over earth and ocean, with gentlo motion,
This pilot is guldlng me.
Lured by the love ot the genii that mov
In the depths ot the purplo sea.
Over the rjlls, and the crags, and tho hills,
Over the lakes and tho plains.
Wherever ha dream, under mountain or stream,
Tho Spirit he loves remains;
And I all the while bask In heaven's blue smile,
Whilst he Is dissolving In rains.
The sanguine sunrise, with his meteor eyes,
And his burning plumes outspread.
Leaps on the back ot ray sailing rack,
When the morning star shines dead.
As. on the Jag ot a mountain crag,
Which an earthquake rocks and swings.
An eagle, allt ono moment may Bit
In the light of Its golden wings.
And when sunset may breathe, from the lit sea
beneath,
Its ardors of rest and of love.
And the crimson pall of ve may fall.
From the depths ot heaven above.
With wings folded I rest on mine airy nest.
As still as a brooding dove.
That orbed maiden with white flro laden.
Whom mortals call tho moon.
Glides glimmering o'er my flcecf-llke floor,
By the midnight breezes strewn;
And wherever the beat of her unseen feet
Which only the angels hear.
May havo broken the woof of my teat's thin
roof.
The stars peep, behind her and peer;
And I laugh to see them whirl and flea.
Like a swarm of golden bees.
When I widen the rent In my wlnd-bullt tent
Till the calm rivers, lakes and seas.
Like strips ot the sky fallen through mo on
high.
Are each paved with the moon and these,
I bind the sun's throne with a burning zone.
And the moon's with a girdlo of pearl;
The volcanoes aro dim, and the stars reel and
swim.
When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
From capo to cape, with a bridgo-ltko shape,
Over a torrent sea.
Sunbeam-proof, I hang like a roof
Tho mountains Its columns be.
The triumphal arch through which I march,
With hurricane, flro and snow.
When the powers ot tho air are chained to my
chair,
Ts the million-colored bow;
The sphere Are. above, its soft, colors wove.
While the moist earth was laughing below.
I.am the daughter of earth and water,
And ths nursling of the sky;
I pass through the pores ot the ocean and
shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
For after the rain, when, with never a stain,
The pavilion of heaven is bare,
And tho winds and sunbeams, with their con
vex gleams,
" Build up the blue dome of air
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,
.And out of the caverns of rain.
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from
the tomb,
' I arlso and upbuild it again.
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Charles Becker, an expert forger, who fa
about to be released from the California peni
tentiary, has agreed to quit ...his old business
Jn consideration of a pension that Is to be al
lowed him by the bankers. Flvo hundred dol
lars a month Is to be allowed him, and the
bankers think they are buying him off cheaply
at that price.
offensive matter, and when rich, puro
uiuuu i ciguiu wuisiug miuugu me uoay me
mucous membranes become healthy and the skin
active, all thetllsagreeable, painful symptoms disap
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DISEASES OF THE RECTUM
Such as piles, fistula, fissure, ulceration, mucous and
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mailed In plain sealed envelope. The receipt la
free for the asking, and they want every man
to have it.
READ! READ! READ!
What ttife Well-Known Peo
ple of Portland
Say ot
C. GEE WO
THE GREAT
CHINESE DOCTOR
Can it be wondered
.that he is called
great, when his won
cerful remedies cure
and help so many
sick and suffering
people, not only here,
but througnout tho
United States? Many
arc given up to die;
others told that an
operation was the
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yet their lives were
saved without the
great suffering of an
operation. Cured by
these powerful Chl
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buds, barks and vegetables that are en
tirely unknowh to medical science i ih this
country, 'lhrough thouse of these 'harm
less remedies he treats any and all dis
eases of men. women and children. Ohta
famous doctor knows tno action of yer
600 different remedies that he has suc
cessfully used in dlhcrent diseases. He
guarantees to cure catarrn. asthma, lunjj
troubles, rheumatism, nerrousness 3tom
acn, uver, Kianoy, ieujiu
manhood and all private daeasas. Read
following testimonial.
more at nis oince.
Testimonials of well-known people:
G. W. Stafforo, 63 aixth street oared
of kidney and oladder trouola of one
year's standing. , , . t
Q. A. Lane, corner Eleventh and North
rup Cured of kidney, liver and bladder
trouble of several years' standing.
Miss S. Starbuck, G'J2 Front street Suf
fering from inflammation, womb and
stomach trouble.
Mrs. N. A. Dibble, Burn3, Or. Stomach
and female weakness, several years' stand
ing. .1 recommend his ivonaerful treat
ment. A. Jensen. 300 East Clay street, cured ot
Indigestion, stomach and liver trouble ot
10 years' standing, and cured In six
weeks
Mrs.'lladson Suffering from hemorrhage
of womb and female weakness of four
months, and was cured In a short time
by this wonderful treatment.
Charges moderate. Call and see him.
Consultation free. Patients out of tho
city write for blank and circular. Inclose
i tamp. Address The C. Gee Wo Chlneso
Medicine Company, 1S2M; Third street,
Portland. Or. Mention this paper.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
Way IDast
is thocgh the
BIG TWIfi GITIES ZHX
and over the
Nortli- Western Line
with its
FAMOUS TRAINS
To Cfo.ica.
All Thro' Trains from North Pacific
Coast connect with Trains of this line
In Union Depot, St. Paul.
THE . . .
NORTH-WESTERN LIHITED
; Is the
Finest Train Entering Chicago.
Call or write for Information
XT. Ii. SISLER, General Agrent
248 Alder Street, - PORTLAND, ORE.
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVES
Depot Kirth una
I Street.
AKKIVE3
For ilaygers, Itatmer.
CUtskanle, "Westport.
Clifton. Astoria. Vr
restun. Flavel, Ham
mond. Fort Stevens,
Gcarhart Fk.. Seaside.
Astoria and Heasbors...
Express Dolly.
Astoria. Kxpreas,
Dally.
8:00 A. .
U:10 A. n.
7:00 V. M.
8:40 P. at.
Ticket office, 253 Uorrlaon at. ana Union Depot.
J. C. liATO, Qta. Pub. Act., Astoria, Or,
Best WW
TRAVELERS GUIDE.
MOiT Line
THREE TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
UNION DEPOT. Leave. 1 ArrlrK
CHICAGO-PORTLAND 9:00 A. it. 4:30 P. M. '
SPECIAL. Dally Dally,
For tna East via II via t
lnston. SPOKANE FLTEIt. C:15 P. AL 7:0O A. i, '
For Eastern Wash Ins- o&Uy. Dally,
ten. Walla Walla.
Iston. Cotfur U'Alene
ana Ot. Northern points
'vlHtSv&t PS sSosTST 3:10A.M.
For too East via Hunt- DaUy. DaUy.
OCEAX AKD RIVER SCHEPPLH.
K)R SAN FRAN- iFrom
cc. CJSCO. Alnaworth
ES. Geo. w. Elder-. Dock.
e$e;0' 1- 5:00 P. it.
ES. Columbia 8:00 P. II.
Sep;. 4. 14. 21.
FOR DATTON. Oregon r"
City and Yamhill River 7:0OA. 31. 3:00 P. V.
points. Btr. Modoc. Ash- Tuea.. Mon.,
8trcct Dock. Thurs.. Wed.. "
(Water permitting'.) Sat. Frl.
Telephone Main 712.
PORTLAND & ASIATIC
STEAMSHIP CO.
Tor Tpkohama and Hons Kons;, callln at
Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking frilfiht
via connecting: steamers lor Manila. Port if
thur and Vladtvostock.
INDRAVELLI SAILS ABOUT AUGUST 23,
For rates and full information call "on or
oress onlclala or agent or O. R. & N. Ca.
EAST
SOUTH
Union Depot
Arrlre
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS,
for Salem. Rose
burc. Ashland. Sac
ramento. O b d a a.
Saa Francisco, Mo
Jave. Los Anseles.
El Paso. New Or
leans ar.d tho East.
At Woodburn
dally except Sun
day), morning train
connects with train
for Mt. Angel. Sll
virrton. Browns
v 1 1 le, Sprlngfteflld,
Wendllng and Na
tron. Albany paa.ienJtr ..
Connects at Wood
burn with Mt. An
sel and Sllverton
local.
Corvallla passenger.
8:30 P. M.
7:45 A. 3C
8:30 A. M.
7:00 P. St
M:00 P. M.
10:10 A.
7:30 A. M.
5:50 P. 31
IU:SQ P. M-. 5?hrldan passenser. I IR:25 A. M.
Dally. Dally except Sunday.
PORTLAXD-OSWEGO SUBURBAN SERVICE
AND
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Depot foot of Jefferson otrcet.
Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:20 A.
M.: 12:H0. 1:55, 3:25. 4:40, 0:25. 8:30 P. M.
Dally except Sunday, 5:30. 0:40 A. M.; 5:05,
11:3a P. 3d. Sunday only, 0:00 A. M.
Returning from Oswego arrive Portland dally
8:30 A. M.: 1:33. 3:10. -1:30. 6:13, 7:40. 10:00
P. "M. Dally except Sunday, tl:33. 0:30, 10 .-SO
A. M. Except Monday, 12:4tr A. M. Sunday
only. 10:03 A. M.
Leave from same depot for Dallas and Inter
mediate points dally except Sunday 5:05 P. M.
Arrive Portland 0:30 A. M.
The Independence-Monmouth motor line oper
ates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle, connecting
with S. P. Co.'s trains at Dallas and Inde
pendence. Rebate tickets on salo between Portland. Sac
ramento and San Francisco. Net rates, $17.50
first class and $1-1.00 second class. Second
clasa Includes sleeper, first class does not.
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe. Also
Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and
Washington streets. Phono Main 712.
TIME CARD
OF TRAINS
PORTLAND
leaves. Arrive.
Paget Sound Limited.. 7:23 A. M. 0:45 P. X.
Kansas City-Si. Louis
Special 11:10 A. M. 11:10 P. M
North Coast Limited... 3:30 P. M. 7:00 A. it,
Tacoma. Seattla Night
Express , 11:43 P. 1L 2:05 P.M.
Take Pu?et Sound Limited or North Coast
Limited for Gray's Harbor points. Talcs Pa
get Sound Limited for Olympla direct.
Take Puget Sound Limited or Kansas City
St. Louis Special for points on South Bend
branch.
Doublo dally train oarvlco on. Gray's Har
bor branch.
Four trains dally between Portland and Ta
coma and Stattle.
A. D. CHARLTOX,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
255 Morrison at.. Portland, Or,
Pacific Coast Steamship Ct. ,
For South-Eastern Alaska.
Leave Seattle t
Steamships Cottage' City, .
City of Seattla or Spokane,
0 P. M.. August 27. 31; Sep-
temDer 4, o. lz. 16, 20, 24,
3; October 2. 8, 14. 20. 20.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO Steamshipa leave
Seattle at 9 A. M. every fifth day.
Steamers connoct at San Francisco with,
company's steamers for ports In Southern Cal
ifornia. Mexico and Humboldt Bay. For fur
ther Information obtain folder.
Right Is reserved to change steamers or sail
ing dates. .
AGENTS N. POSTON, 240 Washington at.
Portland; F. W. CARLETON. N. P. dock, Ta
coma; Ticket Office, 113 James St., Seattla;
M. TALBOT, Commercial Agent. Seattle;
GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. General Agnt;
C. D. DUNANN. General Passenger Agent,
San Francisco.
1 R EAT $B RTH SR wj
Ticket Office 122 Third St. Phone 633
LEAVE
No. 4
6:15 P. M.
The Flyer dally to andlARRIVJl
from St. Paul. MInna-1 No. 3
apolts. Duluth. ChIcaso7:Ck A. AT
and all points ast.
Through Palaca and Tourist Sleepers, Dlntn
and Buxfot SmoUng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
KAGA MARU
For Japan. China and all Aslatto polnta. win
leave Beattla
About September 23.
Itm ROUTES jfQj
Willamette River Hoi
Salem and way landings Str. Pomona leaves
6:45 A. M. Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday.
Str. Altona. for Mission and way landlnga. 7
A. M.. Monday, Wedneiday and Friday.
Oregon City beat leaves Portland 10:30 A.
M.. 4 :30 P. M. Leaves Oregon City 7:30 A. M.,
1:30 P. M. Round trips, 25c. No Sunday trips.
OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO..
Dock foot 02 Taylor at.
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