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THE SCXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER ff, 1905.
"Reading is one of
It has contributed
The Second Trench Empire Napoleon III.
the Empress Eugenie and the Prince Im
perial, by Dr. Thomas V. Evan. Illus
trated. SS. D. Appleton & Co.. New
York City.
This Is verily a voice from the dead.
Many remember the name of Dr. Evans,
the American dentist who cnp.bled the
Ktnpress Eupenie to escape from Paris
during: the Franco-German Wur and And
peaceful retreat in England. The present
book, of 527 pages, contains a mass of his
torical Information, part of which orig
inally appeared ill Dr. Evans "Memoirs
and Unpublished Works," and its publica
tion is authorized by his executors, as di
rected by Dr. Evans in his will. The
K-ork Is edited by Dr. Edward A. Crane,
and Is a most valuable contribution to
historical biography, shedding light on the
human, sympathetic side of the last Em
peror of the French and his wife and son.
As Dr. Evais personally knew them, the
family did not have the absolute thirst
for blood and power of Napoleon I, but
were the creatures of circumstance their
power to declare for -war or peace was
nullified when France was determined to
fight Germany, her ancient enemy.
Napoleon III, however, cannot escape
blame for his criminal Ignorance that the
French army was not ready to fight. He
was surrounded by bad advisers. The
U ar Minister. Marshal L'bocuf. made his
memorable declaration: "I am ready.
Never have we been more ready. Never
shall we be fo ready. The war, sooner
o later, is inevitable. let vis accept 1U
Not even a gaiter button is wanting." Dr.
Evans wrote: "Marshal L.eboeuf not only
gave the Emperor a wrong impression as
to -the general efficiency of tho French
army, but he made averments concerning
the armies and military resources of Ger
many, of which he knew but little, that
were entirely erroneous." Dr. Evans had
traveled extensively in Germany, and. as
he was not only the Emperor's dentist,
but friend as well, he told Napoleon that
Germany would prove a formidable an
tagonist. The French Foreign Office
made blunder after blunder, and war
came.
Dr. Evans wrote an intimate account of
the scenes that followed in and around
court circles, and, while he exposes tho
fallacies of French officialdom, ho gives
tiH a new Empress Eugenie in the midst
of her trials a good wife and mother.
diplomat and wise ruler. Once, in speak
ing to Dr. Evans of the Immense fortunes
of tho few and the penuury of the many,
Rhe said:
X nder existing social conditions, no matter
how -much our. Knowledge and control over
the forces of nature have Increased, the re
ult seems only to Increase the starlllnr In
equalities In the distribution of the earnings
of labor and to multiply and Intensify class
distinctions. Is a remedy for this state of
tHnKB never to be found! And If not.
what must be the consequences? Do you
know that the Emperor and I. In our time,
iverfc the only real Socialists In France?
Dr Evans was of the opinion that as
regent, Eugenie was the faithful executor
of the will of the Emperor, and the policy
of her councilors, but when catastrophe
came that she "stood like a soldier at
her post." Napoleon Is shown, to have
been personally responsible to the nation
for the surronder of Sedan. Dr. Evans
gave tills memoranda from Napoleon's
iflldal paiers:
The army, commanded by the Duke of
Placenta, did Its duty nobly, and fought
heroically annlnst an enmy of twice Its
numbers. "When driven back to the walls of
the town and into the town Itself, 14.000
dead and wounded covered the field of bat
tle and I tiaw that to contest the position
iiny longer would be an art of desperation.
The honor of the army having been saved by
the bravery which had been shown. I then
exercised my sovereign right and gave orders
to hoist a flag of truce. The Immolation of
C0,000 men could not have saved France.
Dr. Evans viewpoint of Napoleon is
mure sympathetic than that of Bismarck,
who hnd n. poor opinion of his grc 1 an
tagonist, both as a man and a s.dler.
Dr Evans modestly tells of the successful
work he accomplished In enabling the un
1 appy Empress to reach England, and his
description of Nupoleon's deathbed scene
is memorable for its unswerving fidelity
t n true friend, although that friend was
exiled Emperor.
"nnada As It Is, by John Foster Fraser. $2.
I! ustrated. Cassell & Co.. New York City,
and tho J. K. Gill Company. Portland.
Kipling never made more foes in Can
nda than when he, thinking to please
the people of that region, wrote a poem
r-ititlcd "Our Lady of the Snows." Mr.
Fraser says that "Winter is a touchy topic
with the Canadian, and that tho latter
Prefers to talk about Summer, the gliding
f the prairies with corn and the dyeing
if the trees with glorious reds in Sep
. ember. Intimate acquaintance with our
Northern cousins reveal? that they do
not wish to possess a republic of "their
vn. but to become a real integral part
f the British Empire, and to have a
1 'oportionato voice in the control of that
uiplre.
In the Autumn of last year Mr. Fraser
nade an extensive trip through Canada
fmm end to end and this book is the re
sult It is not one of fulsome praise, but
rather of critlAil. kindly appreciation
about trade prospects life, destiny. The
healthful, enthusiastic belief of the "Ca
nadian in himself is fittingly voiced, as
befits one who has the manhood and the
brawn to go into the prairie and make
homes for himself and those who come
after him. There Is not a dull page in
the book. Mr. Fraser mingles facts, fig
ures and humor until they are a delicious
confection.
The Houfce of a Thousand Candles by Mere
dith Nicholson. Illustrated by Howard
Chandler Christy. The Bobbs-Merrill
Company. Indianapolis, Ind.
A great American novel, filled to the
Tim with rapid-action Intrigue, sparkling
xinvcrsation. and an ingenuous plot,
where not even one murder is called into
icing to add Intensity to the story. The
scene is laid in Indiana, and the great
manor-house of John Marshall Glenarm is
?o filled with peculiar, romantic environ
ment that its history will gratify the
most ardent lover of the sentimental.
"The House of a Thousand Candles"
reached its luminous conclusion . In the
Christmas number of the Reader Maga
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rated within its pages caused widespread
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a-
its dramatic rights, and the novel lias all
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cover. The house received its name from
tho fact that tho elder Glen
arm, a recluse, insisted on light
ing it with Candles until it must
have resembled a Russian monastery. The,
younger Glenarm certainly received a pe
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ideal with the restless energy of an Amer
ican youth burdened with too much
money. But his character deepens tvith
his responsibilities, and his love story.
which Marian Dcvercux is the leading fig
ure, is as sweet at a nut, although Mr.
Nicholson swims -with the modern cur
rent in which novelists first make hero
ines hate their young men and afterward
become infatuated "with them. The cle
ment of mystery is so well planned that
not until the 3C9th page is reached does
tho reader get an inkling of the cider
Glanarm. who was all the time supposed
to be dead. But he fools them.
The novel Js embellished with Illustra
tions by Howard Chandler Christy, but
the printing of these same pictures on
the paper is so blurred that much of the
artistic beauty is spoiled. But that
doesn't hurt the story. The latter Is
wholesome and true. The character work
in the development of Miss Dcvereux Is
as refreshing as a breath of morning air
from a mountain top.
Itwftla, by Theophlle Gautler. Illustrated
with 50 photogravure. Translated from
"the French, with additions, by Florence
Mclntyre Tyson. 2 volumes. Cloth. $5.
The John C Winston Company, Phila
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tion of the whole world to Russia as
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Of these. Theophlle Gautlcr's work
will be read with Interest.
The author has traveled extensively
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hnd many an opportunity to observe
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ly impress the traveler from foreign
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it Is not free from some errors, while
the occasional notes by the editor. In
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Nevertheless, the books are worth
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The books are well bound In cloth,
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Advanced Civics, by Dr. S. E. Forman. The
Century Company. New York City.
On the title page of this thoughtful
book on civics Illustrating tho spirit form
and the functions of the American Gov
ernment, appears this quotation from
Aristotle, which cannot fall to be In
structive to every American schoolboy:
"The best laws, those sanctioned by every
citizen of the state, will be of no avail
unless the young are trained by habit and
education in the spirit of the constitu
tion." In the preparation of this volume of 441
pages the author has kept In mind the
truth that instruction in civics should
have for Its highest aim the Indoctrina
tion of the learner In sound motions of
political morality. At the outset the
learner begins to bo imbued with the
true American spirit and almost before
he knows it he Is getting an insight into
the Governmental machine. Including tho
everyday work of Government. There aro
51 chapters and the plan embodied In the
work must commend Itself to the thought
ful appreciation of those whose duty It
Is to train young Americans who are soon
to be our futuro citizens.
At the Sign of the Jack O' Lantern, by
Myrtle Reed. $1.50. G. P. Putnam
Sons. New York City.
At the end of the average novel follows
the wdding of the two devoted lovers and
the honeymoon, where they live happily
ever after. In "At the Sign of the Jack
o Lantern." the honeymoon of Mr. and
Mrs. James Harlan Carr is described In
the first chapter, their place of habita
tion being the old-fashioned house from
which the book takes Its title. Carr. a
literary man. who has married on J-000.
spent 5300 on his honeymoon, ana took
his wife to the strange, rickety house
settled upon him by a kinsman. The ar
rival of various relatives who had not
heard of the death of Uncle Ebenczer
and who had imposed on his hospitality
Summer after Summer, leads to many
ludicrous incidents. An uncommon, most
amusing novel, the book cover and deco
rated pages being artistic and pretty
studies in chaste colors.
Deerfoot in the Mountains, bv Edward S.
Ellis. Illustrated. l. The John C. Wins
ton Company, Philadelphia.
The third and last volume or the
'Deerfoot Scries" Is a description -of th
return journey of the Indian guide and
his two boy friends to their home In
Ohio. The party paddle up the Columbia
and encounter ferocious Indians, but the
guide fights them slnglehanded. After
several other adventures with Indian
tribes the trio meet the great explorers.
Lewis and Clark, and finally reach their
home in safety. A thrilling tale that wilt
mako a boy's heart beat faster as the
climax of adventures Is reached espe
cially an Oregon boy.
The Mayor of Troy, by A. T. Qulller-Couch.
M.M. Charles Scrlbners' Sens. New Tork
City.
When we meet with the word Troy
these days, we think of that wonderful
city In New York State famous for its
steam laundries. But the Troy In this
novel Is the City of Troy. Cornwall Eng
land, the period of tho novel being when
-
Napoleon was at war with Great Britain.,
Mr. Qulller-Couch is at his best in
writing sentimental fiction, dealing with
half-forgotten English towns, and into
his work he places a wholesome yet
piquant humor peculiarly his own. In
"The Mayor ef Troy" the novelist writes
it as "Washington Irving might have done
so marked is the fanciful imagery. The
central figure In the book is that of
Solomon Hymen, the Mayor of Troy, who
went to fight the French and was sup
posed to havo died a hero's death In
battle. Instead. Hymen returns home In
cognito, one of his chief landmarks be
ing a wooden leg. Nobody knows him and
by his epitaph he roads what a good fel
low he was In life. He walks out of the
book as assistant In a cook's galley la
Plymouth.
.The Ancient landmark, by Elizabeth Cherry
"Waltz. McClure, Phillips & C.. New York
City.
The tiresome question of divorce Is the
motif of this book with Kentucky women,
horses and whisky as other distractions.
Mrs. Dulcie De Witt finds she has mar
ried a man who Is drug-mad, and about
the samo time one. Luclan Beardsley.
comes into hor life. Beardsley becomes
her protector and afterward secretly
loves her. "The Ancient Landmarks" is
the objection the Kentucky citizens in the
book entertain against divorce. One of
the characters, Kitty May. says:
The best o' men nert o feels, when he gets
a marriage license, that ho is getting a
clutch on to something he can treat as he
pleases and sometimes works out his salva
tion on. Sometimes tho woman can handle
him right and make her own way smooth,
hut, in other caser, she Is real helpless, to
oppose him In his born cussedness. Your
husband think he owns you soul and bodr.
Mrs. DcWitt, on page 215, says, that
"fin" has divorced her husband and her
self, but In tho pases that follow the in
cident of divorce Is barely mentioned. The
plot thickens until the second last page
of the book, from which It Is assumed
that Luclan and Dulde marry. One land
mark removed.
Algernon Charte Swinburne, by Gerg Ed
ward Woodberry. McClure, Phillips & O..
New York City.
Nobody was wrprijvd when a student
In tho class of English literature in an
Oregon college recently said: "After
looking at the aristocratic pallor of Swin
burne's face as seen In the best views of
him, one cannot be surprised to learn
that, born in 1537, he was the eldest son
of an English Admiral) his mother being
a daughter of the third Earl of Ashburn
ham: and that, being an arbxocrat, he
could not write poems for the common
people." With all deference to this criti
cism, Swinburne now stands alone, the
last of the great English poets of the
18th century, with a fame not forgotten
in tho annals of that time thro n zed
though It be "with poetic names and
voices of matchless splendor and music."
Mr. Woodberry's book of 117 pages Is a
critical appreciation of the poet, remark
able for its sympathetic literary portrait
ure. Wc arc Introduced to a Swinburne
whom wc admire
Great Pedacogical Haj-A. From Plato to
Spencer, by Dr. F. V. N. Painter. $1.26.
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With growth of scholarship there comes
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to mention those who write our English j way down In Maine. A tourist once de
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Twenty-six extracts from world-famous
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extract Is a biographical sketch. In pre
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A tain, by VicnUe de Chateaubriand. Ilhs-'
trated. IL M. Caldwell & C. New York
City.
Chateaubriand had the distinction of
being a French litcrateur who had the
friendship both of Napoleon and Louis
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the love story of two savages and an
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Natchez Indians of Florida that will
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The present edition Is handsomely bound
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Riley Sobs O' Cheer, by James Whltcemb
Klley. Illustrations by Will Vawter. The
Bobbs-Mcrrlll Company. Indianapolis, lad.
Over 50 poems by Jamen Whitcomb
Riley, who needs no Introduction except
the mention of his name, at this dav.
The present volume of 1S3 pages Is printed
on thick cream paper, and Mr. Vawt er's
pictures add distinct value. As for the
poems themselves, many loved favorites
are noticed. The offerings will be most
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Th Gospel of ZJfr, by Charles Warner. JI. 1
McClure. PhilHps & Co- New Terk City
Happy 1p the preacher who can dip his !
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we are not all Charles Wagners. This is
his chance. He frankly says la the prcf.
John D. Rockefeller.
tm "-ran mr m
are that he reproduce one dozen ser
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the keen Insight into human nature and
sympathetic character portraiture, dis
played. In short, one feels better after
these helpful words sink Into our very
souls. Says Mr. Wagner: "If public
worship, if preaching, has any aim. it is
to blend Into ono all prayer and toll. It
Is to help u to live by casting light upon
our way. by Interpreting our experiences,
by teaching us to unravel the divine woof
In the rude stuff of the way of this
world."
Tlnltf and Infinite, by Thomas Carran Ryan.
J 1-50. J. B. Llpplneett Company, Phila
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things which God has caused In short,
the divine method. Mr. Ryan thinks that
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Christianity of Chrlst-
A Javelin of rate, by Jeanie Gould Lincoln.
fl.Zi. Houghton. Mifflin & Co.. Boston.
A. sword suspended by a hair hangs
over the action of this novel of 255 pages.
It Is not a happy story. Starting In the
Virginia mountains, an aristocrat, after
ward known as Mrs. Vans it tart. leaves
her baby, born out of wedlock, with a
dark' couple, although Aunt Polly says
"Ef yo' desert yo own llttlo baby th
Lawd will sutalnly punish yo where It
hurts most." The action runs through
the Civil War, In which Mrs. Vansittort
is a spy for the North. At her leisure
she went Into the mountains again to get
her neglected daughter from Aunt Polly,
and found that the child had Inherited
all her mother's physical beauty, but
In her soul tho light of reason had never
dawned. A moral lesson certainly, but
an Ibsen one.
The Moral Crusader, WlUtara Lloyd GarrUoa,
by Ooldwla Smith. Funk & Wagsalls
Company. New York City.
December 10 will be celebrated as the
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win Smith, was published In IMC and Is
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founded on "The Story of Garrison's Lifo
Told by His Children.' and Is the view
of an Anglo-Canadian who sympathized
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but to England, as the great cmand
pating nation and to Canada as the
asylum of the slave. The book, of course.
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Squire Thin.- by Holman F. Day. $1.30. A
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Squire Phln. otherwise known as Phln
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fool CO houses bunched around 'era and
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sayings of the King- Solomon order. He
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! of each chapter there are clever, amusing-
verses of poetry, which show that Mr.
Day can write prose and poetry with
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Poems ef William Cewpr. with an Introduc
tion by Alice MeynelL . II. M. Cald
well Cerapaay. New York City.
Strange that such plain, good sense, per
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Attractive In binding, printing and ar
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Knocks. Witty. Vilsf aad . by Minna
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A. collection of smart sayings. Illumi
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. 1n - .V... 11 .TTV.. -
his wife's troubles begin." "AH that a
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Is to an angry man."
That Reminds Me. 75 cents. Gorte W.
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Chootlax a Career, by Orison Swstt Marden.
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Fifty-four popular fairy tales, from
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Xoem S aad 7 Winchester House. 3d aad
Ban-side Street. Portland. Or.
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Phone Main 6S0.
2 OVERLAND TRAINS-DAILY O
Tire nftrevTAr. ttuitkii Sm
The Fast Mail
VTA SEATTLE OR SPOKANE.
Leave.
Dally.
PORTLAND
TIME SCHEDULE.
Arrive.
Daily.
To and from Spo
kane. St. Paul. Min
8:30 am
11:45 pm
7:00 am
6:10 pm
neapolis. Duluth and
All Folnts East Via
SeatUe.
To and from St.
i-aui. .uinneapoi;:-.
Duluth. and All
Points East Via
Spokane.
C:15 pm
S:00 am
GREAT NORTHERN STEAMSHIP CO.
.Sailing From Seattle for Japan and
China Ports and Manila, carrying pas
sengers and freight.
S. S. Dakota (37,366 tom). Dec. 10.
S. Sx. Mbiac9ota (displacement). Feb. 1.
NIPPON YCSEON KAISHA
(Japan Mail Steamship Co.)
S. S. ITO MARU will sail from Se
attle about Dec. X- for Japan Ports,
carrying passengers and freight-
For tickets, rates, berth reservations,
etc. call on or address
H. DICKSON.
City Fassenger & Ticket Agent.
122 Third Street. Portland. Or.
S.F.& Portland Steamship Co.
Operatlar the Only Fasseager Steamers-for
Saa Francisco Direct.
Sailing Dates From Portland S. S. Co
lumbia. Dec. 2. 12. 22: Jan. 1. 11. 21. 31.
S. 8. Senator. Dec 7. 17. 27; Jan. 0. 18. 2U.
From Alnsworth Dock lend of 3d st.) at 3
P. M.
REDUCED ROUND-TRIP RATE. $2i.00.
Berth aad Meals Included.
JAS. H. DEWS ON, Agt.
Fhoae Mala 2&S. 313 Washington St.
UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE
From Portland to Irricon and way points.
IN CONNECTION "WITH REGULAR LINE
AND STATE yUKTAGE -RAILWAY.
STEAMER -MOUNTAIN GEM- leaves Ce
lllo every TUESDAY for ARLINGTON and
WAY POINTS, and every FRIDAY for
IRRIGON. ARLINGTON AND WAY
POINTS. Special rates for Umatilla. Wal
lula. Pasco and Kennewlclc
FREIGHT RECEIVED at Aider-Street dock
For further information addess Supt. W. P.
Gray. Ceiuo. or or inquire at offlca of
Regulator unt i-cona jaaia 014.
For South -Eastern Alaska
steamers leave Seattle 0 P. M.
S. S. Humboldt. Dec C. 17.
Q a rvtrr. rM.- -i.
Vancouver and Sitka. Dec.
S. 23.
For San Francisco direct.
Queen. City of Puebla. Uma-
l-f O 1 "Vf Tl. A n , I
19. 24. 20. '
Portland Office. 249 Washington st. Main 223
G. M. LEE. Pass. Sc. Ft. Agt.
C- D. DUN ANN. G. P. A.. 10 Market st.. S. F.
ALASKA
FAST AND POPULAR STEAMSHIPS
LEAVE SEATTLE 9 P. M.
"JeffenoB." Nov. 28. 9 P. M via
WraactL
-Dcihla. Nev. S and 17. 3 P. if-,
via WraageL
-TaraHe. Nov. 10 and 24. 3 P. It.
via Wrangst and Metlakahtla.
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES.
Oa excursion trips steamer calls at
Sitka. Metlakahtla. Glacier. Wraagei.
etei. la addltlea ta regular ports of
alL
Call or scad for "Trip to Wosderfnt
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Poles.-
THE ALASKA S. S. CC
Fraxk Woiiey Ceu. Agents.
232 Oak Sc. Portland. Or.
TRAVELERS GUTDX.
Oregon
Swogr line
S TWAINS TO THE SAST DAILY
Through Pullman standards and tourist
leeDlnz-cars dallr to Omaha. Chlcaco. Sso-
kane: tourist sleeping-car dally to Kansas
City; through Pullman tourist sleeping-car
(personally conducted) weekly to Ch!ca.
Reclining chair-cars (seats free) to the Kait
aaur:
UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND 0:13 A. M. 3:23 P. M.
SPECIAL for tha East Dally. Dally.
via Huntington.
SPOKANE FLYER. ir8-
For Eastern Wasalacton. Walla Walla.
Lewlston. Coeur d'Aleas and Great Northern
points.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS
S:15 P. M
Dally.
7:16 A. M.
Dally.
tor the East via Hunt.
lngton.
RIVER SCHEDULE-
FOR ASTORIA and 8:00 P. M. 3:00 R . M.
way points, connecting Dally. Daily,
with steamer for Ilwa- except JXCPZ
co and North Beach. Sunday. Sunday,
steamer Hassalo. Ash- Saturday.
st. dock (water per.) 10:00 P. M
FOR DAYTON. Ore- 7:00 A. M 5:30 P. M
gon City and Yamhill Dally. Dally.
River points. Ash-st. except except
dock (water per.) Sunday. Sunday.
For Lewlston. Idaho, and war points from
Rlsaria. Wash.
Leave tupana 5:40 A. 34. or upon arrival
train No. 4. dally except Saturday.
Arrive mparia 4 P. ii.. cally except rTiaay.
Ticket Office. Third and Washington.
Telephone Mafax 712. C. W. Stinger. Cltj
Ticket Agt: A. L. Craig, Gen. Passenger Agt
EAST via
SOUTH
UNION DEPOT.
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS
for Salem. Rose
burg. Ashland.
SU3 P. M.
Sacramento. Or-
den San Francis
co. Mojave. Los
Angeles. El Paso,
New Orleans and
the East.
8:20 A. M.
Morning train
connects at Wood
burn dally except
Sunday with train
.'or Mount Angel.
SUrerton, Browns
ville. Springfield.
Wendllng and Na
tron. Eugene passenger
connects at Wood
burn with Mt. An
gel and Silver! on
local.
Corvallla passenger
iherldan passenger
Forest Grove
Passenger.
5:33 P. M
'4 :15 P.M.
10:33 A. it
7:30 A. M.
M-SO P. IL
"5:30 P. M.
S3 A. M
tl30 P. M
t!0:45 P. M.
Dally. tDally except Sunday.
PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN
SERVICE AND YAMHILL
DIVISION.
Depot. Foot of Jefferson Street.
Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:CC
A. M.: 12:50. 2:03. 4. 3,20. 6:23. 8:30 ,10 :lj.
11-30 P. M. Dally except Sunday. 5:o0. J.Ju.
8:33 10:25 A. M. Sunday only. 0 A, M.
Returnlnr from Oswego, arrive Portland,
dally. 8:30 A. M.: 1:33. 3:03. 5:03 6:13. 7:33.
9:55. 11:10 P. M.. 12:35 A. M. Dally except
Sunday. 6:23. 723. 3:30. 11:45 A. M. Sunday
only. 10 A. M.
Leave from same depot for Dallas ana in
termediate points, dally. 4:13 P. M. Arrive
Portland. 10:10 A. M.
The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line
operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle. con
necting with S. P. Co. trains at Dallas and
Independence. .
First-class fare from Portland to Sacra-m-nt
aud San Francisco. 520. Berth. Jo.
Second-class fare, 313. Second-class bertii.
32.30.
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe; also
Japan. China. Honolulu And Australia.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and
Washington streets. Phone Mala 712.
C. W. STINGER A. L. CRAIG.
City Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agt.
Astoria and Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives.
Dally. For Maygers. Rainier. Dally.
Clatskanle. Westport.
Clifton. Astoria. War
renton. Flavel. Him-
g 00 a. M. mond. Fort Stevens. 1120 A. M.
Oearhart Park. Sea
side. Astoria and Sea
shore. Express Dally.
7-00 P. M. Astoria Express. 9:50 P. M
I Dally.
C. A. STEWART. J. C MAYO.
Comm'l Agt 24S Alder st. G.F-&P.A.
Phone Main 906.
TIME CARD
OFTRAINS
PORTLAND
DAILY.
TJeT-axt- Arri-ra.
Yellowstone Park-Kansas
Clty-St, Louts SpecIaL
for Chehalls. Centralla.
Olympla. Gray's Harbor.
South Bend. Taconva.
v Seattle. Spokane. Lew-
x iston. Butte. Billings.
Denver. Omaha. Kan
sas City. St. Louis and
Southeast - 8.30 am 4.oU pas
North Coast Limited,
electric lighted, for Ta
coma. Seattle. Spokane.
Butte. Minneapolis. St
Paul and the East 2:00 pm :00an
Puget Sound Limited for
Chehalls. Centralla. Ta-
' coma and Seattle only.. 4:30 pm 10:33 pra
Twin City Express for
Tacoma. Seattle. Spo
kane. Helena. Butte.
Yellowstone Park. Min
neapolis. St. Paul and
the East 11:43 pm 0:30 pm
d Charlton. Assistant General Passen
ger Agent. 253 Morrison U corner Third.
Portland. Or.
COLUMBIA RIVER
Portland, The Dalles Route
Regulator Line Steamers
Leave Portiancl and The Dalles' daily
except Sunday 7 A. M.. coanectins
with Columbia. River & Northern
Railway for Klickitat Valley Poirtt3.
Direct line for Moffets, Mineral,
St. Martin's and Collins Hot Springs.
Landing and wharf at foot of Alder
Street.
'Phone Main 914-
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
Steamers Alton and Oregon
For Oregon City. BstUvlUe. Cha-apoeg.
Newberg. alem aad way laadlngs. Lea
Tarter, street. 8:43 A. M. dally, except Saa
day. brigs City TraaspenaUe-. Ca Ffceaa