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THE L OREGON . JOURNAL,". PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY MORNING, . MARCH 27 1904. 16 r i I- J r r I: GOSSIP ABOUT SOMr CURRENT BOOKS t . , . .......i.. Never since the days when Dickens made bin attack on America through Martin Chuxslewit and" American notes, has there come from the English press such, & -wholly unwarranted representa tion of America and American customs as has Just been produced by one Paul f ountain ana puousnea Dy liongmans. ; ureen & uo. . 'mere is mis amerence. hn-wnvpr rMrVen was correct from his point of view and. sufficiently informed to avoid mistafces or . geograpny ana orthography, when describing things wholly American. ' He- also refralaed from traversing the fields of science In -hl-h hA kii li-nrnimttited. while Mr Fountain. In his book with the Imposing title: "The ureal- jxorinwes. ana Great Jjake Region of North America," attempts to cover all the known sciences from Darwinism to the vernacular of the -u-hA- -nri la nllll MS absurd in all. If. however, one reads the book. , for anv thing; but Instruction, u may nave its uses, for the very egotism of the writer stives a - humor in the start which may be maintained throughout 1 If the' reader has a keen sense of the ridiculous. Of Darwin and most of , the other naturalists, all of whom he dis agrees with, he says: "I do not say that I think that many Of the theories and doctrines of the modern naturalists and scientists are wrong. I know it That goes miles , beyond thinking Evidently that Is the way the book was written the author thinking he knew It all, which went miles beyond giving the subject any thought . . , .7. " 7 - Snobbery;:"" gluttony;:. -, boastf ulneM, lying and carelessness are the dis tinguishing characteristics he gives the typical American. - Evidently his conception of The Great Northwest" Is Ohio, Michigan and the country adjacent to Winnipeg on the east, for the great northwest, as every schoolboy knows it from north of the Missouri and west of the Red River, Is never mentioned. Even the geography of the points he covered is badly mixed, and although he has been a rover over some parts of the country, one Is in? duced to believe many of his facts aw from what he has heard rather than what he has seen, and given without any attempt at accuracy, as for in stance: He graphically describes a settlement of "Shakers" he visited In liebanon. Mans., while as a matter of fact, "there la no such town or post office In the state, but la New York there Is a lbanon springs and a. New Lebanon, both of which are Bhaker set' tlements. His horror of the vulgarism of Ameri can slang Is side-splitting, especially when he undertake to translate it, and even at times the spelling displays grotesque ignorance. "Imagine," he says, "when the Ameri can wishes to , abandon a position he says Varmlsh the ranch. " ' He con demns, without even getting the spelling correct, a perfectly proper and legiti mate Spanish phrase "vamos rancho," (leaving or letting go the home of the herdsman). A "tenderfoot" he ex plains is "a vicious scoundrel," and says, "there Is no such thing as a bull In the States; hero it is a gentleman cow." It seems almost a waste of time to have given so much space to such ab surdities, were it not tnat we wisn 10 show one EnglUh critic we are not lack nr in unnrprlnt inn of fine humor, even when Jt Is dealt out to us In such huge chunks, and also to warn a "tenderfoot" against reading such a screed with any Just to show that a JEALOUS RIVAL cannot daunt me, I will give the ladies of Portland the benefit of a little WHIRL OF EXCITEMENT for a week or two. Until further notice I will carefully, patiently, skillfully and thoroughly remove every vestige of ' .' Wrinkles, Blotches, Scars, Smallpox Pittings, Erup tions, Powder Burns, Superfluous Hair Or any other deformity of the face at exactly HALF PRICE. I do this for reasons of my ; own, and furthermore, I will do as I always have done, GUAR ANTEE EVERYTHING I DO. BUT NEVER SUBMIT TO BLACKMAIL. My institute work is known in every part of America, and of a truth IS NOT ECLIPSED ON EARTH. All dermatologists who know anything about the busi ness at all, know this is TRUE, The Saxe Institute methods are in Paris, London, Berlin, Ham' burg, Rome and all the great cities of our own country and everywhere acknowledged . the best the world has produced. I CURE THE WORST . CASES OF That can he brought' to my In stitute, and WITHOUT delay. Mme. Gertrude Saxe Charges Very ' Seasonable. 417 AsuroTOir , Btrrxsmra. txi3- MOM MAW as, ''.. . . ? - ? v 7 ECZEMA I other intention than to get the ,most fun possible out of it. t Tolstoy, the Man" Edward A Stein- er. It Is refreshing to turn from a book of pretenses to one so genuine, so Straightforward, so pure. It Is discov ering the crystal spring after stirring the depths of a muddy pool to slake the thirst. Tolstoy la undoubtedly one of the unique figures of this age. .Admirers and detractors alike give htm this place in the literary and sociological world. Towering above all competitors In what ever field he entered, he has been the target for the shafts of most Intense hatred and devoted admiration. To the masses, men in this position, even though ' like Tolstoy they delight In mingling and being a part of It, seem to be encased In an atmosphere that repels any close intimate knowledge of the man apart from his creation. To charge this atmosphere with a certain familiarity and enable the reader to' con template tha man 'apart from his books, and yet seeing the work as a logical result or the thinking, feeling, throb bing man, is just what Dr. Stelner has done .in this book. It might be called the primer to the works of .Tolstoy" and be no misnomer, for .conditions un der which each book was written and In cidents lrfthe life and history of the au thor that led up to them are so clearly portrayed that the causative in effect explains many of the obscure and mis understood portions of Tolstoy and his doctrines. - - - . ." While -writing - from -.- the - vantage- ground of early amuatntanca and friend ship, which continued into mature years and renewed when the author, at the In stance of the Outlook company, again visited the subject of his book, Dr. Bteln er does not write as the personal friend, but as tha searcher after truth, when ha turns the limelight of personal criti cism upon his subject The beauties of Tolstoy's character were never painted with gentler hand, but the degradations and Indulgences of earlier years were not left out or lightly touched. Dr. Stelner shows . a deep personal touch with the Inner man Tolstoy that many have felt whose souls' liave gone out to the jarlter while reading his books, and yet were unable toi express so' tenderly as he when he says: "In the portrayal of such men a Moscow debaucher one always feels that al- though he does not spar them tn de pictlng their faults, their deep Inner decayed self, he does It with the thought. It might have been I. " A striking paragraph in the book la a parallel he draws between Ruskln and Tolstoy, the first sentence of which Is the keynote to a resemblance one must perceive at once while wondering why It was not thought of before. "Both were aristocrats to their finger-tips, and1 both were mak ing the way straight for the coming of a democracy." But if one wer to quote all the good things It would be to leave nothing out from cover to cover, and we can but briefly say that no collec tion of Tolstoy literature would be com plete without Dr. Stelner'a book, and no lover of Tolstoy's writing has gotten the best and all there Is tn them without having read It. Outlook Publishing company, New York. Price 11.60. "Running the River" George Canr Eggleston. From the time the haughty Spaniard paddled his pirogue till today, when the naphtha launch dances upon Its bosom, the Mississippi river and Its tributaries have held a wealth of mate rial for the story-writer and the most delightful charm to the lover of the ad venturous. A story that finds Its plot "in the old steamboat days," or whose hero achieved distinction or wealth while "running the river," is sure of an audience and welcomed as eagerly as though it were an entirely new theme. Naturally, a book bearing the very title of this fascinating occupation has been received without question, and will. con tinue to have a large sale. The story opens with three boys in their "teens" sitting on the forward boller-deok guards of their father's steamer High flyer, Indulging tn almost too mature a conversation regarding life and Its pos sibilities as seen by the vanishing fur trade of St. Louis. The smokestacks of another of their father's steamers comes into sight, and in the .space of about 15 minutes, if one is to Judge from the rapidity with which things fly past, both steamers are sunk, the boys escape after various heroic acts, the father who Is tossed almost Into eternity Is discov ered to be blind from scalding water, and the boys find themselves standing on the bank taking up the conversation almost where It was Interrupted, though really the space of several days has elapsed. The boys who would have in herited the business and wealth of the two steamers find themselves penniless, with an ariiicted father and young sis ter dependent upon them. Cheerfully they take up the burden, and also re solve to rebuild their father's line of boats. The story Is of how they kept their resolve. River adventures, the ups and downs of river traffic, quaint fron tier characters and customs of the times go to make up a story tf young Amer ica's perseverance that would delight the boys and interest the girls, as the sister shares In her brother's fortunes. It- is not the vigorous book, however, that most parents delight to put in .their ; children's hands nowadays, and we ven-1 ture to say the up-to-date boy would know "It was too good to be true." It has too much the flavor of the ancient Sundayschool book. However, it is clean and pure, which cannot always be said of MItinlsalppl-rlver stories. A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. Price $1.60. "An American Cruiser In the East" By John D. Ford, engineer, United States navy, has been recommended by the navy department for adoption Tor ships' libraries. Mr. Ford, who was with Dewey at Manila, has written a full account of the present status of Japan, China, Korea and the Russian possesions In the far east, with a sketoh of the war between China and Japan. In the account of Japan's mili tary resources, A 8. Barnes & Co., the publishers of the volume, have Included among the numerous illustrations some Japanese pictures of naval battles, "The Viking's Skull" Two editions of this new novel by John R. Carting, author of 'The Shadow of the Csar," which Little, Brown A Co. published March IS, have already been printed. This stirring romance is said to contain at leant three series of great dramatic interest. The plot which tells how Idns Marvllle, true Earl of Ormsby, recov ered a treasure hidden by one of his progenitors a viking of the ninth cen tury and how he cleared the 'memory of his father, who had been wrongfully convicted of murder. "The "Viking's Skull" has already been published in England, and it Is said to be a worthy succeasor . to the author's remarkably successful novel, "The Shadow of the Csar." Popular Novels A special diBpalch to the New York Sun from London an nojnccs that the Fall Mall Gazette's'pop ular vote as to the ten best novel Is sued in 103, gives Richard Whiting's "The Yellow Van," fourth- place in pop ular favor abroad. The Gasette also announces this compilation or results received: -' Henry I Seton Mrrlman's -'BarUscb, of .the Guards,"- a percanUge LARGEST DAYLIGHT STORE IN THE NORTHWEST THE "DIFFERENT STORE" PAWNBROKERS FOO crnr loan bank ui cvaam rmscr . Closter Scar! Pin. 10 beantlf ally wait sad prtatlr briliiaot stone, fljuklci aad tMrkUojt. around a Baby, Kaitrald er Tar quoite tenter. The most ssaatUQ Karl pis Worth 111 and MjlUk rarf trora. '."52:50 oar pns of 81. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's "Lady Rose's Daughter,", a percentage of 65; F. Marlon Crawford's "Heart of Borne," 61; Richard . Whiting's "Yellow Van," 50 r ' Stanley Weyman'a "The Long Night," .44 Frank Danby's "Pigs in Clover," 44; Ellen' Fowler's "Place and Power," 44; Quiller Couch's "Hetty Wes ley," 2; Beatrice Harraden's "Katha rine Frenscham," 12; E, F. Benson's "Relentless CHr.'' !0. WATZB OI P32SBBT XJUn. ...floOert , 'L Uir. Si" JHuAWi " IVwer 'publish Nad5C i'ii i j1'1 in 1 ov l X 4, -.TAe. X 5t lr x'7 CfpjeX -a X X rX i i 1 : v r sw 'kv -r. -t-1 i. li m B. aa. t a - "k, SP -. s m v -bsl. -sa -sj. "r m. v. vs. I tih i 5-w y-x r i;Siojtliaawii A , TirS wmtmn SksS hsr2si J ijfh tim 71 ? LAiA r v i i i v k t. i -x i . v l I N X) c it X 1 1 fttf dueruteapropmy wwikj i t- i i i..,.. .-''ri .f j a i . - m. .. w z. '-. mm l m. v . s.rs..te...rr..t ; I X SG&ffi , A ssaatKal encrsTad Sastfa st wtta i Uim if Mlituer. KjmHt 'I Xv VVb. 'Jt laS X !; I ssan tat rsrr kciUiaat rtarn BfJ mntJbMstSs ' '' T"" Tys" f vS V5-'sL IS. e.Sn- XsA i Tassa samst ha Ult tmm opr w-ltaaaa iriufaat stw."s! ' j I,5 ' 4:- Hsh ' . ffl ba "' .. '''S' I ftaalBS fWHto wsrtk I ; "saw fold flUsd I amiUiia mm. VWwW T7X X ' ShW ' ' :rv;:::::::::r;:::r, 1 1 ', :,;.,: ,:,::rT;l,1r;:::r:,d 1 r f vsv f f1 V xs lSxD5 From The Dalles Chronicle. Yesterday J. H. Thomas, who has been sinking an artesian well on the Beards ley land, opposite Castle Rock, on the Washington side of the river, struck an Immense flow at a depth of 160 feet About a year ago, while prospecting for oil, a flow was struck at what la known as Rotten springs, about a mile from Castle Rock, but it was on low ground, and as ths casing was only put through the gravel and sand near the surface. It was impossible to determine how high the water would raise in a standpipe at this point, and owing to the difficulty sf driving a. casing In this hole, it waa thought bent to sink another well on higher ground. This has been done with the result that they have now a flow of water that they can run over from 2,000 to 3,000 acres"of land and convert it from a barren sand waste into a garden SPOt . " .'. i About a week ago a number of Dalles cltlsens purchased over 1,000 acres, which land lies In the Immediate vicinity of Castle Rock, and there have also been 40 or to desert claims" taken by our citizens in the same section of coun try. ; From this we would Judge- that in the near future many of our cltlsens will be ready to retire and live on the Interest of the money made In what they at first termed a rash gamble. . .Arrangements are. at present '. under V , I ' ' . mmm - s PORTLAND'S BEST' SORT O SHOP well way to alnk a well south of Castle Rock, and the success of this will prove a thorough solution of the Irrigating problem and make the settlers independ ent of the government aid In tha recla mation of this land. This section has the mildest climate of any In Oregon; the soli, under Irrigation, will produce any fruits or cereals that will grow anywhere else on the coast, and with the river and railroad within easy reach the settlers will have all they can de sire In the way of transportation fa cilities. IMPORTANT RULING IN SLANDER CASE A complaint alleging . slander must show that the person eued hat accused the complainant of a crime. This in substance was the ruling of Presiding Judge Cleland (n the state circuit court yesterday morning In disposing of a de murrer ' to the answer . filed by J. Dechenbach to the damage suit of, D. a Rlma. The men had legal troubles before the suit for slander was Instituted. Rlma alleges that Dechenbach called him several bad names, -one of them being prefaced by the title "Dago!" Ho. also charges Dechenbach with stating to dif ferent persons that he is a thief and had tried to Influence a jury. The court held that the alleged statements In reference to the Jury constitute an accu sation of crime and overruled those paragraphs In the demurrer. He sus tained -the demurrer as regards the first three paragraphs of the complaint,-declaring that calling a man a "Dago" does not accuse him of a crime. Our vtctbtties depend on now we take ur defeats; ' .:'rv ' l: ,) '; ' X ---r-'Tii- .-- rx .- . . Twit Cluster Slag SolH.lra Sctrt Tin Umd fjicher. Soliidre Stud, r V5&AA Mbr. SMti m t Frfattf wklta , ,; M ; rtOj ir.lt aa. P i I V. satis saatsi, twmnatA. , MOImt i n t Uni fha Usmb. WfilS-fta- brilHast S r Itarat ' ' V Z T VA 1 I V aabrittsstatajMftraoi. ; rtssa, kaad sst t ,; w -fc j-yg stoaoa, hand at In ; rJ V V ! iaaeUr srtIUs-4 iv Wtj cold flllsa movml fMt ; ( ksaty sW ftU4 taooat. ! ' M ! V W XI - ' w-IU stoaaa. rtet tos Om stse, (tkay mm Mt wit fa, ' lass, Ow prica (tky 4 Xa X b. f. waHwsrOi 'l! lmo-l wSstl ! 1 ! ba AatlasiU-4 l ? 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MS Alder street, Portland, Or. --Mention this paper. . , trnintelllglble Talk. From the Philadelphia Press. ' -'8o you two girls are studying French, What's your Idea In thaty - "So we can talk in putjUo, you know, without letting everybody understand what we are talking about Don't you think we'll succeed 7" "Yes, Indeed. You'll succeed even If you get Into' a crowd of Frenchmen."