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fnniatoiL, by Winston Churchill. Illustrated.
l..r.o. The Macmlllan Company, New
York City.
It Is a rcsrrettablc incident when so
many reviewers in writing of a new
book by n famous author often say:
-This novel is the best that Mr. Blank
has so far produced. He has reached
the glory of glories!"
Mr. Churchill is probably the most
popular novelist in this country at the
present time. We know him from the
immense literary success he has
achieved in: "The Crossing." "The
Crisis," "Richard Carvel" and "The
Celebrity." Now, he comes before our
vision In n new field, and In "Coniston"
tells the story of a New England po
litical boss named Jethro Bass. In
deed, the author could very well have
srlven this title to the novel:' "Jethro
Bass. Boss: A Story of Self Sacri
fice" for Jethro is the one strong,
masterful personality.
"Coniston" is unlike anything that
Mr. Churchill has previously written,
and because of that reason it can
neither be compared with his other
novels nor the opinion hazarded that 1
It is the best he has yet given us.
"Coniston" has a rugged American
spirit that will make one a better
American after reading it. Impressive
as a complex character study, the
novel Is also a throbbing and absorb
ing love story, where the old love is
deftly caught and placed Into a dia
mond with a new setting. Its quiet,
almost dry humor Is as delicious as a
nut. Mere and there are reminiscent
strains suggesting the imagery of
"Kavid llarum" without the latter's
horse deals, if such a situation can be
accepted.
On page 49 we are told: "The town
of Coniston, it must be explained for
the benefit of those who do not under
stand the word 'town in the New Eng
land sense, was a tract of country
about 10 miles by 10. the most thickly
settled portion of which was the vil
laRe of Coniston. consisting of 12
houses." The town cannot have been
very far from Boston, although in his
Rfterword Mr. Churchill expressly
states that the locality will not be
recognized in justice to those fam
ilies whose local pride might otherwise
be offended. Jethro Bass, at the time
of the opening of the story, is a man
ebout 30 years of age, who wore a
dusty suit, a coonskin cap and bis
trousers tucked into his hoots. He
was the tanner of Coniston. and
speaks with such a funny .hesitation of
utterance and native shrewdness that
he might have jumped from some of
the pages of Artemus Ward. He also
has a peculiar habit of phrase repeti
tion. Jethro loved Cynthia Ware, and
In discussing the career of Napoleon
Bonaparte, said:
"Not a very bit place, this Corsica not a
very big place."
"Poor Josephine!" said Cynthia, 'I always
wish he had not rast her ofT." r
"C cast Tier off?" said Jethro. "Cast her
off! Why did he do that?"
"He cared more ahout getting on In the
world than he did about his wife."
"Wa wahn't the woman to blame any?"
asked Jetrro.
"Ftead the book, and you'll see," retorted
Cynthia.
Jethro knew as little about women
as the average man which is very
little. He was also an uncouth lover.
Jealous of the superior attractions of
Isaac Worthington. Jethro made this
love speech to his sweetheart:
"f'ynthy. if you'd took him I'd have killed
him. C'ynthy. I love you I want you to be
mv woman "
"Tour woman!"
He caught her. struggling wildly, terror
stricken, in his arms, beat down her hands,
flung back her hood, and kissed her fore
head her "hair, blown by the wind her
lips. In that moment she felt the mystery
of heaven and hell, of all kinds of power.
In that moment one was like a seed flying
In the storm, above the mountain spruces
.whither, she knew not. cared not.
"L love me Cynthy love, me, don't
you?"
It is certain that Jethro and Cynthia
devotedly loved each other, but he so
mismanaged matters that his beloved
very firmly married somebody else.
William Wetherell, who was afflicted
with lung trouble. The Wetherells
had an only daughter, whom they
called Cynthia. In the meantime Jeth
ro had married a woman of eminent
domestic qualities. In quick order the
novelist kills Mrs. Bass and Mr. and
Mrs. Wetherell. The latter's young
daughter Is adopted by Jethro and she
grows up to be a young woman of
tine character. In most novels Jethro
would have found In her the re-incar-natlon
of his lost love and would have
made her Mrs. Bass No. z. But not
so Mr. Churchill. Miss Wetherell finds
her ideal in Robert Worthington, son
of Coniston's money king.
The sentimental situation Is an un
usual one, but Mr. Churchill plans his
climaxes so cleverly that the Interest
never flags for a moment. You are
treated to a succession of surprises.
Mr. Bass Is at his best as a political
boss dictating to the Massachusetts
legislature, and the manner In which
various deals are rushed through and
solons bought and sold like sheep
surely Thomas W. Lawson In his wild
est moments never excelled such a
significant picture. The moral awaken
of bisrussion
3ofcn Stuart Bill.
ing of Jethro Bass is told in the
twelfth chapter where Cynthia shows
him he has reached political power by
the, open purchase of votes. ' The
period of the book is prior to and fol
lowing the Civil War. A notable inci
dent is a conversation participated in
by President Grant. The clever Illus
trations by Florence Scovel Shinn are
typical of the time in which the char
acters lived.
Recollection! of a Lifetime, by John. Goode,
of Virginia. 12. The Neale Publishing
Co., New York city.
To those of us who view American
history from a Northern viewpoint, this
book of Judge Goode's telling us of the
Southland, war and the triumphs of
peace as probably Lee and Stonewall
Jackson would have spoken of them,
raises mingled emotions. Judge Goode
was born in the year 1829 In the county
of Bedford, Virginia, and in his varied
career as lawyer, soldier, statesman
and private citizen he has led an active
and useful life. He was a member of
the Virginia secession convention, the
Confederate Congress, the United States
Congress, was Solicitor-General of the
United States, commissioner of this
country to settle claims against the
United States and Chile, president of
the last Virginia constitutional con
vention, and also held other offices.
For a long time he has been one of the
most enthusiastic supporters of the
Jamestown Ter-Centennlal Exposition,
to be held next year.
It is Impossible to read Judge Goode's
memoirs extending to 2(i6 pages--without
a feeling of great respect for
the man, and admiration for the man
ner In which he has begun and com
pleted the task. All who wish to have
a representative collection of the books
or Southern authors In their libraries,
ought to include this book, because it
contains historical material that cannot
te met with In any other publication.
The pages are pathetic, reminiscent,
legal, humorou, and bear the Impress
of a strong intellectuality.
This Is Judge Goode's view of the
negro question:
One result of the bestowal of unlimited
negro suffrage at the South lias been to
create in the breast of the negro the idea of
eoelal equality, an Idee, which the white peo
ple will never tolerate for a single moment.
The omnlscent ruler of the universe, for
some wide purpose, has made them different
and all the waters of old ocean ate not suf
ficient to WRJth out the difference Tn ttil
desire for social equality may be attributed
all the fiendish outrages which have been
committed by black men upon unprotected
and defenceless white females. Such out
rages were never heard of in the daya of
slavery.
The one adverse criticism that can
be leveled at this book Is: Judge Goode
gives a purely sentimental view of the
negro, and he- would have us believe
that to a largo extent the old planta
tion life "befo' de wan" was the Ideal
one. The majority of thoughtful Amer
icans hold to the opposite opinion.
Morgan's Cavalry, by General Basil W. Tuke.
Illustrated. 2. The Neale Publishing
Co., New Tork City.
Out of all the great soldiers who
fought on both sides during the Civil
War, General John H. Morgan, the
famous Confederate cavalry leader, Is
no doubt entitled to credit of having
discovered uses for cavalry, or rather
mounted infantry, to which that arm
was never applied before. Totally Igno
rant of the art of war as taught from
books or In the academies, self taught
in all he knew, and a born scout it Is
a fortunate circumstance for the safety
of the Jnion as we now know It, that
the South only raised one "raider" like
Morgan. He created his own little army
a force which at no time reached 4000
men, according to Confederate records
and yet this command killed and
wounded as many of the Federals and
captured more than 15,300. This Is
"Wlll-o'-the-Wisp" Morgan for you.
General Duke writes a stirring his
tory of his old commander, from the
commencement of the war to practically
its finish for the sequence of war
events is taken tip after Morgan was
killed in a skirmish, September 4, 1864.
The book of 441 pages tells a story of
audacity and wiry skill. It has the
sound of hoof heats and trumpet calls.
The District Attorney, by 'William Sage. Lit
tle, Brown & Co., Boston.
Only last month this novel of civics was
published, and so strong is It in Ingenuity
and consistency that it Is already among
the most readable books of the season.
This Is all the more creditable to Its au
thor, when it Is explained that he has
written straight pleasing fiction, and that
he is not a muck-raker. Mr. Sage has
cleverly caught the tide at Its fullness and
his boat will float on. He writes with
skill about current events that really In
terest the reading public at the present
time the ruthless power of plutocrats, the
misuse of money and the reign of graft.
The book la heroic and optimistic.
Who is this District Attorney? Richard
Haverland. son of a money king, whose
father Intended him to he a eoclal butter
fly. But the young man had Galahad vis
ions which prompted him to be a lawyer.
Then- he was elected District Attorney
on the independent ticket and had the
satisfaction of sending unsavory grafters
to jail. His own father became implicated
is ait
in doubtful financial deals and just es
caped being indicted, but his associate.
Thomas Cadwell; who was caught buying
his way into the Senate, was convicted
through the District Attorney and Impris
oned along with other rascals.
Here Is a striking paragraph In the book
which shows the author's trenchant style:
Success bred In corruption and tainted
wltn dishonor cannot endure. Success,
which has cxnlolttHl the country for Its
own selfish ends, and degraded the repub
lic, cannot endure. It is not success. It
is failure! . . . John Hancock. Alexan
der Hamilton and Ahranain Lincoln down
to men of our day. have given themselves
for love of their country. It is that they
may not have given their services In vain
that some of us are striving today. Tt Is
because we cannot stand idly by and see
the republlo which these men labored to
build up bartered, sold, degraded and ex
ploited for pay.
Vanitv Square, by TCdgar Saltus. J. B. Lip-
pincott Company. Philadelphia. Pa.
Dramatis personae:
Mr. and Mrs. I'xhtll. born tired.
Bishop L'pjohn, of Massachusetts.
Stella Sixmlth. dealer In sleeping draughts.
Dr. Sayce. In love with Stella.
Deals with the smart set of Fifth ave
nue. New York City, and with nice skill
tells of the pretty frivolities of Idle peo
ple who have more money than brains.
Just the novel to enable you to spend a
pleasant hour or twi the developments
being unexpected and dramatic. The chief
mystery portrayed ip where Miss Sixmlth,
a Canadian nurse, gives to married wom
en doses of a deadly poison, the effects of
which are hardly visible even to the most
expert physician, the nurse's object being
to marry the rich widower surviving. Mrs.
Uxhill's portrait: "She had the face of
a fy. the waist of a wlllis, hair of burnt
orange and Vesuvlan eyes. At a piano
presently she was strumming something
a strain sweet and sad and slow, haunt
ing and cloying, one that suggested a
minuet of lovers who already are ceasing
to love."
Breakers Ahead, by A. Maynard Barbour.
The J. B. Llpplncott Company, Philadel
phia. Pa.
The title of this novel surely gives you
a hint of the intensely dramatic atmos
phere that is to follow. It is not a milk-and-water
story. There is plenty of in
trigue and restless ambition which spells
ruin. The hero Is Thomas Macavoy Den
ning, an English aristocrat, who was com
polled to marry the daughter of a moun
taineer In an Eastern State. Deserting his
wife. Denning first went to South Amer
ica and latterly to the western part of
the United States, where he became a
financial magnate and candidate for Gov
ernor of his state. In the Interval, with
out being divorced from his first wife,
Denning bad married Mrs. Wynne, a
widow. In the heat of the Gubernatorial
contest Dennings enemies published the
fact that he was a bigamist, and he lost
the election. Out of this exotic combina
tion Mr. Barbour has written a dramatic
novel that will win the applause of all
who like the mysterious.
Meda's Heritage, by Mala Tettus. The
Neale PublUnlng Company, New York
City.
Quite an unusual novel written with
strength and sweetness5 describing the
unique religious experiences of Meda,
TraVerse, daughter of a clergyman. The
prologue opens gloomily enough, de
scribing the death of Meda's father, as
he says with bis last breath: "See
Meda's heritage the cross."
Meda's life is one of ever present
trouble until a way out comes in the
17th chapter, when as a preacher she
joins the Society of Friends. In this ca
pacity she has remarkable success. Her
lover disowns her for the step she has
taken, but she speedily gets a new one.
A typical book for the library of a
Sunday school. Throughout its pages
are given numerous verses relating to
the beauty and usefulness of a good
life. A part of one thrilling chapter de
scribes the Boxers' attack on mission
aries in China.
Glimpses of the Kan Francisco Disaster, be
ing 11S views, Laird 4. Lee, Chicago.
By far the best views that have yet
reached this city of the San Francisco
earthquake and fire and the miseries that
followed. Many of the pictures of the
buildings are of the "before and after"
period, and have all the varied beauty of
a picture gallery. Not only are views of
San Francisco given, but also those of
Oakland. Napa. Salinas. San Jose and sev
eral of the buildings of the Iceland Stan
ford. Jr., University. Underneath each
picture Is a condensed description of the
subject Illustrated, and, .taken altogether,
any one wishing to keep a picture souvenir
of the darkest hour San Francisco ever
knew cannot do better than buy this pub
lication. The cover is of blue and gold,
and the book is sold in a neat-looking
box.
American History Versified, by Felix Faber.
The Neale Publishing Company, New York
City.
Forty-one stanzas of American history
are here presented, one for each week of
the school year. The lessons) can be sung
or recited in unison, and the complete
book will interest young children in his
tory. Samantha vs. Joslah, bv Marietta Hollev.
Illustrated. $1.50. Funk & Wagnalls Co..
New York City.
Thirty-three little stories full of hu
man nature and very droll a continua
tion of the series of Miss Holley In
which Samantha and her husband have
become famous. The title page story Is
"A Borrowed Automobile and What
Came of It." Of course Josiah meets
with trouble In running his auto, but
the story is told with quaint philoso
phy, humor and shrewd comment. The
other tales deal with such subjects as
psychic demonstrations, a vision of the
unseen, hired girls, ministers as ad
vertisers, a male Magdalene, etc.
Tallowstone Letters of Rube Shuffle. Valet,
edited and illustrated by A. u. Heaton.
Tne Neale Publishing Company. New York
City.
Of course, as all people on the Pacific
Coast and a goodly portion of the re
mainder of this country are aware, the
most convenient and best plan to visit
the Yellowstone Park . is to accompany
the excursion arranged by The Oregonian,
which leaves this city early next month.
But if the pilgrims wish to peep into the
future pictures of the trip, they will find
a most amusing guide in Mr. Heaton's
book of 125 pages. .The letters are. writ
ten from the National Park by a valet to
his sweetheart. Sophie Ann. and both
humor and spelling are original and most
laughable. 1
Imperial Purple, by Edgar Saltus. $1.
Mitchell Kennerley, New J one city.
A reprint of "Imperial Purple;" which
was originally published over a dozen
years ago. Its brilliant and exotic style
Is representative of the manner of its
author, who has been called the Du Mau-
rier of America. The subject of the nine
descriptive sketches is "Ancient Rome in
Her Most Corrupt Days, Following tne
Murder by Brutusof Julius Caesar." The
handsome book cover is In purple ana
gold. J. M. Q.
IX LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP
"The Future of the Steel Trust." by Wil
liam Hurd Hillyer. is In Moody's Magazine.
e
How Ought Wealth to Be Distributed?"
asks T. N. Carver, in the Atlantic Monthly.
r. 3. Holmes writes. In the Burlington
Magazine, of "The Development of Rem
brandt as an Etcher."
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"The Art of Facial Expression" Ls a moat
amusing story, written by Anne 0Hagan, and
appears in Harper'ai Bazar.
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, is. in the
limelight this month in the Cosmopolitan
part of the series of articles written by David
Graham Phillips, entitled "The Treason of the
Senate."
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Jack London's animal story. "White Fang."
has reached the dignity of chapter one. part
two. In the June Outing. There's also a
holiday spirit in this number.
.
"All la Not Damned" is a rosy view of the
Pennsylvania Railroad management as viewed
by the latter and la an article from James
Creelman, appearing in Pearson's.
"Where the World ' Is Going," by A. F.
Collins, Is In Smith's Magazine. It's a com-
fortlng view of astronomy, as the author favors
the leroy-robey theory that the end of the
world will not come for 25.000 yeans hence.
"The Destruction by Gearthquake of San
Francisco" is splendidly told by photograph
picture In the World today. Other readable
articles are: "How One Family Solved the
vacation froblem and "Making Gardens Out
of Lava Dust."
a a a
"At, Mediator's Place." by Holman Day. Ifl
a powertuny told story or sacrifice in a forest
nre. and leads In the American Magazine. VV
U Unley, of this city, writes on "Home Life
in a Gull Colony."
a a a
"The Fortune-Hunter. " which has recently
been appearing In serial rorm In the Reader
Magazine, Is finished In the June number.
The story is now published In book form and
u reviewed elsewhere on this page. The
Reader pictures this month are first class,
a
To obtain the knowledge that enables us to
control yellow fever, it was necestai-y to ex
periment upon human being. Samuel Hop
kins Adams' article, "Yellow Fever; A Prob
lem Solved." In the June McClure's. tells of
the men who voluntarily allowed themselves
to be bitten by Infected mosquitoes, thus
risking death, and exhibiting -an almost un
paralleled heroism.
e e a
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., haa blossomed out
aa a jokesmith. His latest. In connection with
Ellis Parker Butler'a poaular little book,
was told to 40 new members of his Bible
claje to whom he gave a dinner In the room
of the Young Men's Club. 11 West Forty
fifth etreet. New York. Here It Is: "I hardly
think this story a proper one to read before
a Bible clas. However, I have been re
quested to read It. The title of the story Is
Pigs Is Pigs.' " After having read aloud
how two guinea pigs Increased to more than
4t .on. Mr. Rockefeller said, with a umlle:
"You see, they did not believe in race eul
clde." in his Illustrations for Kipling's "Stories of
Old England." which are appearing in Mc
Clure'e, Andre Caetaigne la doing come re
markable "restoration." Of course. In the
days when the Roman cohorts held the Great
Wall across the north of England against the
Plcls and Danes, the life must have been
strangely barbaric and picturesque, but few
of us ever Imagined It to ourselves, for there
, la scarcely anything In records or remains to
suggest to us what It did look like. Castalgne's
drawings are a remarkable tour de force for
his powerful magnetism has supplemented the
few facta at hand, and haa made that old
world live again.
Edgar Saltus. whose latest novel. "Van
ity Square." is reviewed In an adjoining col
umn. Is estimated as being among the most
clever and artistic of American novelists. By
education he Is a lawyer, having graduated
from the Columbia College Law School In
Previously he attended the Sorbnnne. Paris,
and studied- in Heidelberg and Munich. Ger
many. Mr. Saltus was born in New York
City In 1858, and few other writers can de
scribe with more graphic power or intimate
knowledge the lire of the ultra-fashionable
set of that metropolttaji city. Among Mr.
Saitus' most successful work are "Balzac: A
Study," "Mary Magdalene," "A Transaction
In Hearts," and "The Perfume of Eros."
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"How Ought Wealth to Re Distributed ?"
1m the striking title of a striking article in
the June Atlantic. Professor T. N. Carver
has come significant things to say here about
the various theories that are holding the
field today. They may all be reduced, he
maintains, to three, which he terms the aristo
cratic, the socialistic and the liberalistic or
democratic theories. We have Uetened to
so much pyrotechnic eiquence of late on the
subject of socialism, that It is a relief to
hear Its clalma so soberly estimated and
criticised. "From every one according to his
ability to every one according to his needs"
this, says Professor Carver, "is a formula
which fairly well summarizes the socialistic
theory of distribution." The chief difficulty
with the theory is that it does not deter
mine what the special ability of each man
la nor what his special needs are, either.
"There Is 'always a class,' 'he says, "large
or small, as the case may be, who need the
stimulus of a prospective advantage to them
selves to call forth their best efforts, who will
do their best only when their rewards depend
upon the value of their services."
' E. Kay Robinson, author of the "Religion
of Nature," which McClure, Phillips & Co.
announce for Immediate publication, is the
editor of an English periodical, "The Coun
tryside," in which his work has been ap
pearing before it was collected in book form.
Mr. Robinson has had long and interesting
experience as a Journalist. After having
edited a column In the London GloDe. he
went to India, where he assumed charge of
the Civil and Military Gazette In the Pun
Jaub. There he found Kipling Installed aa
the assistant editor, and he was the first to
recognize the young poet's genius and to
urge him to leave India and seek a wider
fame. lAter. Mr. Robinson returned to Lon
don, and to the Clobe. where he had, in
succession, as assistants, the two poets, Steph
en Phillips and Harold Begble. Thus, as Mr.
Robinson says, he had. under his direction,
at different times, three of the best-known
English poets of our day.
- One of the best stories in O. Henry's "Four
Million" is "The Furnished Room." The fol
lowing paragraph from It will bring reminis
cent sensations to many a transient New
Yorker: "A poychromatlc rug like some brilliant-flowered
rectangular tropical islet, lay
surrounded by a billowy sea of soiled mat
ting. . . . The mantel's cbastely severe
outline was lnglorlously veiled behind some
pert drapery drawn rakishly askew like the
sashes of the Amazonian ballet. Upon It was
some desolate flotsam cast aside by the room's
marooned when a lucky sail had borne them
to a fresh port a trifling vase or two. pic
stray cards out of a deck. And In one of
tures of actresses, a medicine bottle, some
the bureau drawers were found 'odd buttons.'
a theater programme, a pawnbroker's card,
two lost marshmallows, a book on the divina
tion of dreams."
M. Pierre Lotl's new book. "Les Desen
chantees," Is to appear in this country next
Fall in an English translation. The book,
which has. by the way, been copyrighted in
the original In this country, Is said to deal
with-harem life in Constantinople.
The Macmlllan Company announces for
issue In the Fall a new book by Daniel Greg
ory f Mason, entitled "The Romantic Compos
ers." This new volume by the author of
"From Grieg to Brahms" will consist in
seven distinct essays, which will deal re
spectively with the chief composers of ro
mantic music.
"Tuberculosis: Its Origin and Extinction"
Is the title of a book by Dr. W. P. Turner,
of the Isle of Wight, which will be pub
lished shortly. The volume attempts to deal
with tuberculosis as a whole, to trace Its
origin, and to Indicate a method by which it
can be completely abolished, in both men
and animals.
'
At about the same time that Henry Holt
A Co. Issued In their "American Public Prob
lems" "The Ejection of Senator" by George
H. Haynes. they were obliged to reprint the
first book in that series, "Immigration," by
Prescott F. Hall. It Is further Interesting
to note that this earlier book, though orig
inally published as a work for general read
ers, has been adopted as a class text-book. In
the University of Indiana.
"How' Ferns Grow." by Margaret Slosson,
Is promised soon. This book will be of spe
cial Interest to fern students in that It con
tains original and scientific matter In regard
to the development of the different species. It
alms not only to aid in recognizing the nature
ferns, but in recognizing the-dlfterent species
in different stages of their development and
to give an idea of the origin and relation of
these species. The book will contain 48 re
markable plates made by the author.
The Macmlllan Company's list of new
books: "The Garden, You, and I." by "Bar
bara." the author of "The Garden of a Com
muter's Wife"; "Months at the Lakes." by
Rev. H. D. Rawnsley; a new edition of "In
the Heart of the Canadian Rockies." by
James Outram; "First Steps in Mental
Growth." by David R. Major: volumes XI
and XII of "Hakluytus Posthumus; or, Pur
chas His Pilgrlmes"; a new edition of "Lit
erary Associations of the English Lakes,"
by Rev. H. D. Rawnsley, In two volumes;
"Anthology of French Poetry: From the
Time of Frolssart Up to the Beginning of
the Present Century." complied by Frederick
Lawton. M. A.f and "An Inquiry Into the
Evidential Value of Prophecy." being the
Hulsean prize essay for 1904, by E. A. Edg
hlll. BUCKET-SHOP "SHARKS"
The Warm Campaign Begun by
Everybody's Magazine.
It's an insult to say to any respecta
ble shark to compare him with the "vile
brood of bloodsucking reptiles" described
by Merrill A. Teague in June Everybody's
Magazine. If you have, or ever expect to
have, a few dollars to invest, you'd better
read what these so-called "bankers and
brokers" did to Ridgway Bowker in Phil
adelphia, how they stole his savings and
his home and left him roofless and penni
less in old age. These sharks Infest near
ly every town in the Union, occupy fine
offices and put up a front of eminent re
spectability, but they steal a hundred mil
lion dollars a year In the name of "Invest
ment."" Perhaps thejr are stealing your
money now. You'd better learn about
them before they get your last dollar.
If you're a real man or real woman
with red blood In your veins Instead of
sawdust you can't help being roused up
to sympathy and appreciation by the
white-hot sincerity of Everybody's splen
did fact-and-flctlon stories this month.
You can't help feeling that decency and
humanity are well served by Russell's
account of the shameful starvation in
India. Eugene Wood's report of the
"Campaign Against Consumption" and
I.awson'8 "Punch-and-Judying the United
9tates Court." It seems as if you could
feel the very shaking and grinding of the
walls and the shriveling flame-blast while
you read James Hopper's account of the
San Francisco disaster as he saw and felt
It. There never will be another story of
that awful three days and nights, so full
of graphic reality and terror. The beau
tiful pencil drawings of the city made
two weeks before, by Vernon Howe Baily.
complete' this Incomparable souvenir of a
vanished city.
There's stirring life and spirit and hu
manity, too in "The Outlaw." Edwin Ij.
S-abin's powerfully pathetic horse story.
Every one of the nine other fiction stories
In the number shows that strong, clean-
cut, virile quality which characterizes the
best literature In any form, and appeals
Irresistibly both to men and women. This
June number Is one f the most notable
numbers of Everybody's Magazine ever
issued. Its two dozen contributions are
alive with clear, positive, brilliant value
all held together by a pervading human
solrlt. like a chain of 1ewelR.
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new York
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greater urgency than In older people. In their
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come at a fatal moment, and the sunshine of
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twitching or tremblings. Elixir Kostne should
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This remedy fs the d!covery of a well
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known cure for epileptic fits. It can be uid
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local agents, have so much faith in this
remedy that they give their personal guaran
tee that It will cure or else the price II. 60
will. refunded. Mall orders filled. The Ko
slne Co., Washington. D. C, or Woodard,
Clarke & Co., Portland. Or.
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THE COMFORTABLE WAY.
Twnntreoi wn tditnc mn v
ft.! nzs,... afaaaa a
IHK ORIENTAL UMITKD
Tha Faa Mall
VIA SEATTLE OR BPOKANB.
Dally. Portland Dally.
Loava Tims 8choduIa. Arrlva
To and from Spo
8:30 im kane. St. Paul, ldln- 7:00 am
neapolls, Duluth and
11:13pm All Points East Via 8:50pm
SeattU.
To and from ' St.
Paul. Minneapolis,
6:13 pm Duluth and All 8:00 pm
Points East Via
Spokane.
ireat Northern Steamship Co.
Catling from Seattle for Japan and
China ports and Manila, carry Ins
pasaeniters and freight.
8. 8. Minnesota. July 25.
6. S. Dakota. Sept. 2.
XIPPOX YVSE KA1SHA
(Japan Mall Steamship Co.)
S. S. RICUUN MARU will sail
from Seattle about June .10 for
Japan and China ports, carrying
passengers and freight.
For tlcketa. rates, berth resorwa
tlona. etc.. call on or address
H. DICKSON. C. P. T. A.
1Z2 Ihlrd St.. Portland. Or.
Phono Main 688.
TIME CARD
OF TRAINS
PORTLAND
rienSLrf A 4
Yellowstone Para - Kansaa
City - St. Loui Special
for Chehalle. Centralla.
Olympia, Qray'a Harbor.
South Bend. Tacoma. be-
attle. Spokane. LewuKon.
Butte. Billings. Denver.
Omaha. Kansaa City. St.
Lioula and Southwest. . . . 8:30 am :S0 pm
North Coast Limited, eleo
trin lighted, for Tacima.
Seattle. Spokane. Butte.
Minneapolis. St. Paul and
the Kaat 3:00 pm 7:00 am
Puget Sound Limited for
Claremont, Chehalls, Cen
tralis, Tacoma and Seattle
only :S0pm I0:H :a
Twin City ExDresa for Ta
coma. Seattle. Spokane.
Helena. Butte. St. Paul.
Minneapolis. Lincoln. Oma
ha, St. Joseph. St. Louis.
Kansas City. without
change of cars. Direct
connections for all point
Eaat and Southeast 11:43 pm 6:50 pm
A. D. Charlton. Assistant General Passenger
Agent. 2&o Morrison St.. corner Third. Port
land. Or.
ALASKA
EXCURSIONS
S. 8. Spokane, Jnne 7, 21;
July 5, 20; August 2.
"AROUND ri'CET SOrND" EXCURSIONS
EVERY FIVE DAYS.
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA ROUTE.
From Seattle at P- M. for Ketchikan.
Juneau. Skagway. White Horse. Dawson and
Fairbanks
S S City of Seattle. June 10. 20. 30.
S. S. Humboldt. June 4. 14, 2.'t.
S S. City of Topeka (via Sitka). June.
15, 23.
NOME ROUTE.
Second sailing S. S. Senator about
June 2S.
FOR SAX FRANCISCO DIRECT.
From Seattle at 0 A. M. Queen. June 6.
21: Umatilla. June 13. 28; City of Puebla.
June 18. July 8.
Portland Office. 24S Washington St.
Main 229.
G. M. LEE. Pass, at it. Agt.
C. D. DUNANN. O. P. A..
10 Market St., San Francisco.
Astoria and Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives.
Dally. For Maygers. Rainier. Daily.
Clatskanle, Westport.
Clifton. Astoria. War
g:00 A. M rentoo, Flavel, Ham- 11:35 A.M.
mond. Fort - Stevens.
Gearhart Park. Sea
side. Astoria and Sea
shore. 7:00 P.M. Express Dally. 8:50 P. M
Astoria Express.
Dally.
C. A. STEWART. J. C MATO.
Comm l Agt.. 248 Alder at. "- at P- A.
Pboc Main DOS.
ANCHOR LINE U. S. MAIL STEAMSHIPS
NEW YORK. LONDONDERRY, GLASGOW.
NEW YORK. PALERMO AND NAPLES.
Superior accommodation. Excellent Cuisine,
The Comfort of Passengers Carefully Con
hhiered. Single or Round Trip Tickets Issued
between New York and Scotch, English.
Irish and all principal continental points at
attractive rates. Send for Book of Tours.
For tickets or general Information apply to
anv lo-'nl agent of the Anchor Line or to
HENDERSON BROS., Gen'l Agts., Chicago, Hi.
TRAVELERS GUTDlf.
D4 aJO liiQ
Yip?
(ftp
Oregon
-ahd union Pacific
3 T&AIX3 TO THE EAST DAILT
Throufh Pullman standards and tourist
le-eplDST-cars dally to Omaha, Chicago. Spo
kane; tourist Bleep in it-cat dally to Kansaa
City. Reclining chair-cars 1 scats tfi t
tea Kast oauy.
t'NION" DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND 9:30 A. M. 17:00 P. M.
SPECIAL for tha Ea4t Dally. Daily.
via Huntington. ,
SPOKANE FLTKR. S:1D5.P,yM' S:D5.uV.M'
For Eastern Washington Walla Walla.
Lewlston. Coeur d'Alene and Great Nortbera
points.
ATLANTIC EXrKtSj, ,.., p M T.,j A Ji.
for the East via Hunt Dally. Dally
Ington.
PORTLAND-BIGGS 8:15 A.M. 11:00 P.M.
LOCAL, for all lo
cal points netween
Biggs and Portland.
RIVER SCHEDULE. '
FOR ASTORIA and e:00 P. M. 3:00 P. M.
way points, connecting Daily. Dally,
with steamer for llwa- except except
Co and North Beach Sunday. Sunday,
steamer Haasalo. Ash Saturday
at. dock 10:00 P. M.
FOR DAYTON. Ore- 7:00 A. M. 5:80 P. M.
gon City and Yamhill Dally. Dally.
River points. Asb-st. except except
dock water per.) Sunday. SunrtaT.
For Lewlston. Idano. and way points from
Rlparla. Wash. Leave Hlparla 3:40 A. M .
or upon arrival train No. 4, dally except
Saturday. Arrive Rlparla 4 P. M. daily ex
cept Friday.
Ticket Office. Third and TVashlngtoa.
Telephone Main lit. C. W. Stinger. City
Ticket Act.: A. L. Cralx. Gen. 1'aaa. Agt.
EAST via
SOUTH
UNION DEPOT.
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS
for rl", Rose
burg. Ashland.
Sacramento. Og
den, San Fran
cisco, Stockton.
Los Angelea. ES
Paso. New Or
leans ana tha
Eaat.
Morning train
conneota at
Woodbura dally
except Sunday
with trains for
Mt. Angel, silver
ton. Brownsville,
3prtngHeld, Wend
llng and Natron.
Eugena passenger
conneota at
Woodbura with
Mt Angel and
lllverton local,
Corvallla passen
ger. 6herldaa passen
ger. Forest Grove pas
senger. s:4S r.- IL
T .M A, H.
10 A. M.
T. VL.
4:1S P. M.
IM A. U.
4:60 P. it.
nous p. m.
10S aV
CM P. at
8:25 ATM.
11:50 P. U.
Dally. tDally except Sunday.
PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN
SERVICE) AND YAMHILL .
DIVISION.
Depot. Foot of Jefferson Street.
Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:S
A. M. ; 12:60, 2:U6, 4:00, 6:20, 8:25. 8:30, 10:10.
11:30 P. M. Dally except Sunday. 5:30. 6:30.
8:3S. 10:25 A. M. Sunday only. B A. M.
Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland,
dally. 8:30 A. M.; 1:53. 3:05. 5:03. 6:15. 7:35.
8:55. 11:10 P. M. : 12:25 A. M. Dally except
Sunday. 6:25. 7:25. :30. 11:45 A. M. Sun
day only. 10 A. M.
Leave from same depot for Dallas and In
termediate points dally. 4:15 P. M. Arrive
Portland. 10:15 A. M.
The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line
operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle. con
necting with S. P. Co'a trains at Dallas and
Independence.
First-class fare from Portland to Sacra
mento and San Francisco. t'JO: berth. $5.
Second-class furs. 15: second-class berth.
$2 50.
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe; also
Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, Corner Third and
Washington Sta. lbone Main ?1.
C W. STINGER. A. L. CRAIG.
City Ticket Agent. Oen. Pass. Agt,
" REGULATOR LINE"
The Dalles, Portland &
Astoria Navigation Co.
Boats leave Portland and Tha Dalle
dally, except Sunday, at 7 A. M.. arriv
ing about 5 P. M.. carrying freight and
pasengers. Splendid accommodation iof
outfits and livestock.
Dock Foot of Alder St.. Portland; Foot
of Court St., The Dalles.
Pbone Main 914. Portland.
San Francisco Portland
Steamship Co.
Operating the Only Direct Passenger
gteamers.
Future sailings postponed indefinitely ac
count San Francisco water-front strike.
JAS. H. DEWSOX, AGENT,
phone Main 208, 248 Washington St.
Steamer Chas. R. Spencer
FAST TIME.
Co the beautiful Columbia, the most en
joyable of river trips. Leaves foot Oak a,
tor The Dallea and way points dally at T
A. M.. except Friday and Sunday; return-
tag at 10 P. M. Sunday excursions for
Cascade Locke leave at A. M.; return
P. M. Phone Main 2x60.
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
Steamers for Salem. Independence and AJ
ttnr leave. 6:45 A. (. dally ecept Sunday,.
Steamers tor CorvalU and war points
leave : V. TuesUajr. Thuredajr aa
Saturday.
OKtfciON CITT TRANSPORTATION CO-
Office and dock, foot Tay.or St.
FAST AND POPULAR STEAMSHIPS
LEAVE SEATTLE P. M.
"Jefferson," May 27; Juna 6, 18.
P. M., via Wrangei.
"Dolphin," May 22: June t. 12. 24.
CHEAP EXCURSION KATES.
On excursion trips steamer calls at
Sitka. Metlakahtla. Glacier. Wrangei.
etc.. In addition to regular ports of calL
Call or send for "Trip to Wonderful
Alaska." "Indian Basketry." "Toleta
Polas."
THE ALASKA S. S. CO.
Frank Woolsey Co., Agents.
252 Oak St.
Portland. Or.