The World's
. (Byi Selma Lagerloef.) .
- On the eve of the-first Christmas on
fnis arthUNataros i Christmas a
; man went out into the night to borrow
- tie. -From I house to house he went
and knocked! r
--Goo4 folks,'1; he said, "take pity
on my helplessness. "Wife has just
borne a wew babe, a toy, and I want
fire to warn her and' the little one,"-
But as this night was far advanced,
and a it wa very dark, no one an
swered his prayer. The happyunhap-
- VT father j. proceeded, disconsolately,
crying In rain for a bit of warmth,
.when in the distanee be., perceived, a
bxigTit, light .Gaining the spot, he .sals'
around a big fire a flock of sheep, at
tended by ib ol.l shepherd, wbQse au
thority was reinforced by three mighty
dog.- - :
The bounds awoke at the trancrerf
epproaeh, and it looked for a moment
as if they were going to , throw them
selves on him -and tear hn ta pieces,
for they opened wide their jaws, bar
inj their tifetb, their back bair stood
up In'aner, greenish eyes gleamed
vieiously in the darkness hot not . a
sound 'escaped their lip. This dark
onc will go for my feet, the o'cher for
'my hands, the third, 'for my throat,"
thought the stranger. But as the dogs
reached ninil, their threatening attitude
Ahrnged into silent submission and
: they wagged their tails. -
The dogs; had leaped over the backs
of the sleeping sheep and the stranger
could see 4 other way to reach the
fire "than by walking, over the peaceful
animal, they lay so thick. He was a
tall js-an, well built,, evidently a man
of brawn and muscle, but the patient
cattle did not seem to mind his weight.
When the stranger came toward the
fire, the snepherd looked up.. lie was
wn ill-tempered man, given to regard
his fellow-beings with rancor and dis
trust. Perceiving the stranger, he un
hesitatingly threw hrs weapons at 'aim,
which was a might pikw, ending in a
sharp point, wTiieh be used to fight
Sheep stealers. Ordinarily, the "hep
herd was! an excellent shot and the
ane went straight-to Hire mark a
usual, but just as it was about to strike
the tall maa.it swerved sideways and
whixzedpast him Into the open field. .
" The. stranger thanked the heavenly
father for; his miraculous preservation,
2nd then addressed the herdsman:
Friend," he said, "I pray thee io
trip me. These two Ijours ago my
good wife bad a babe, a lovely boy, I
assure thee, and I am looking for . a
it of 'fire to warm them both."
In' bis beart of nearts, the shepherd
TeTt like denying the petition, but
when he reflected that ,his dogs, the
.fiercest in all . Judea, were evidently
powerless to hurt-th intruder, that his
ftheep had borne sianger s weight
peacefully, and.iSfiafly,' that his own
. feared "weapon !iPfowide of the
mark, though ne threw it with deadly
"tfrn-eo-asidering this, the shepherd,
for the-first time Jn... bis life, felt
v strangely constrained!,' .to perform an
act of -kindness. . Mufch,;as he wished,
bo hadnot the courage -to deny the
wander 's requvst.
"Take what r you want," he said,
gruffly.
SWEET SCENTED
A. SALEM TEACHER AMONO THE
, JTLIPINOS AND SOME OP HfS
OBSERVATIONS. .
Jle Telia of the Honesty of the Native
' Officials and a Queer ELind of. a Post
Offlce The Chief of Police and May-
or Divided Wltn Bobbers.
' C. A. liatcliflf, -son of T.' A. Rateliflf,
of this city, was the first man to be
examined and to jro from' this-neighborhood
to the Philippia , onder pav
ef the United States -government, to
teach school in the islands.
Folio win y are two interesting letters
from Mr. Ratcliff: -
"Lilio, Laguna, Xpr. 30, 1904, :
-'Dear Fo'ks at Home: 1 have no
tine ta write now, .thoueh I. must sJi
mit that I bad time enough yesterday
and neglected it. This is the last dav
of the month and shall rt reports from
both here and Majayjay. Thue I have
an-unusually busy day before me.
"There have been some' evidences of
Kod (fl Filipino -government here by
lipinos this -ast week. The prov
ince to the south of this (Favabas has
-for some time been molested by ' la
drones, i. e., bands of cutthroat rob
ber marauders; ete - t
"The native army force nnder Amer
ican ofHcerf have been trying to cateh
them for some time, but they always
got away and hid. the authorities knew
not where. At last 'in a skirmish wua
them one was wounded and captured.
He was induced to tell of their retreat.
It was in the country belonging to Li
lio. An . expedition was .made and the
police force of Lilio called upon to as
sist in finding the men. but nothing
was found. Further information from
the prisoner made it appear; to the
American in charge Chat a second. ex
pedition should be made secretly, eon
. ducted by the wounded prisoner who
was now able to travel.
They came by way of Ma jayjav,
where I first saw the outfit. There was
an American lieutenant and six native
aolaies. The soldiers were disguised
and went strscling along the road like
ordinarv wayfarers, but under " their
loose Chinese shirts were 45-ealibre
' Colts revolvers. They reached Majayjay
about dark. I took the lieutenant in
-with me for supper, ne stayed "with
me 'until 9 o'clock, then went on.1
, They reached the house about midnight
and cautured three. . One was the cap
tain of the band. From all -pretty "full
information; has been - gathered, and
ripht here is where the bonesty of the
Filipino officials confes in. -
It - has been shown that the chief
'of 'n.-liee of this town was givint' them
protection: that the" have 'had the use
of the -dice f?nns that two- policemen
: on several raids : cenmranied themj
that the ehietvhf roliee received'1 the
stolen '-oodsyaffS the -vresidte fmav
cr) sold thea ; that the chief of la-
V v-' " -
First Christmas
But, meantime, the fire had nearly
burned out;; not a jingle stick left, and
tle stranger , bad neither shovel nor
bucket, to carry the red embers., ; i
Observing to Is, the shepherd repeat
ed the invitation. "Take all thou need
eat.1" Jt pleased 'nim.to see that the
wanderer was , unable to make use of
his offer. Bu't miracle upon miracle!
Behold Yne stranger kneel down-; by
thejside of the, fire, gather a mass of
red f hot ashes with naked hands and'
place them in the cloak. And,, stranger
still, iiis bands escaped Injury and his
man fie carried the. glowing .freight as
if those live eoala were nuts of apple.
And the shepherd marvelled greatly.
"What kind a Hi-gut is this when my
dogs ref use to : bite, r when my -sheep
tufa beasts of burden, when my lance
refuses, to kill aid when, to top- the
climax the fire doe ; not burn and
hurtf" "i
"Stay," he cried arter the stranger,
"and explain: Way are all things, liv
ing and dead, so full of eharir to
night f" : .
' I cannot tell, thou " must find he
answer in thine own heart,'? replied
the stranger. And as the. shepherd still
tried to hold'hiiu baek, he begged, leave
to withdraw, at oiace: 4 Consider, the
wife is waiting and the wee baby, and
they are sadly in need of warmth. I
durst not. taryy." , j
, The shepherd feeling strangely mov
ed followed him clandestinely to as
certain what it all meant, and liis as
tonishment, was boundless when he per
ceived that the object of his grudging
charity possessed not'"even a hut or
hovel-for his wife and Child.
The little family dwelt in a stable
situated in a recess of . the mountain
wall. Damp rocks all around and above,
only a heap of straw and hay for
comfort. : The shepherd was a hard
man, but seeing the wee babe in the
manger his heart melted within himu
"The child will perish with the cold,"
he said to himself. And from the sack
he' wore .across his back and shoulders
he took a soft, wbite' sheepskin. "Take
this" he j said, "and bed thw little
one jon it. The wool will keep his tiny
limbs warm."
And while he was talking his e'yes
opened and; he saw what he had bevn
wishing to see and hear , for the last
hour, but what could not be revealed
to him as he Was lacking man's crown-,
ing virtue: Charity.
All around thw manger stood a host
of small silver-winged angels. And
each angel held in his white-robed arm
- ' .... 1 1 V
la golden haru on wmett;io py
accompaniment to the chorus, joyous
message: "Behold, thw Savior, come
to-purify the world from sin.'
.Then the herdsman -understood why
in this night of nights-men and ani
mals and thing's were so full of joy
and happiness and good will that they
could not work evil if they trivd.
Angels about the manger, angels ev
erywhere! They filled the grotto and
mounted guard en the- hills without.
The air was full of them and the path
was, all eager to obtain a glimpse of
the blessed child. ' .
And overcome by somuen happiness
and heavenly music, the shepherds fell
upon his knees and prawed the Lord
for having opened his eyes and "heart.
drones paid the presidente $500 for his
protection."
The Second Letter.
"Lilio, Laguna, Dec, 4 1904.;
"liear Folks at Home: I have not
received a letter tor a Ion? time; but
1 think that it has been a long time
since there' has been a mail from the
United States'. There is One' in. though,
now, 1 am ouite sure, and I believe
that there is msil in th office now for
me. But the ofliee is in Majayjay. I
sent a man over there today to eet it,
but the postmaster Was not in town, so
be returned without anything. Besides
probable ' letter from home, I know
tht there are official letters there for
me, some of which I wished to use in
this town. I shall go there tomorrow.
"Last Friday I went down toward
the-lake to Parane barrio, to see about
the school .house that -they are verv
slowlr building. Then I continued on
to Santa Cruz, where I stayed all
nisrht. Saturday -morning I went to
Prw-sniin to see the superintendent.
We have a new on o now. Mr. B. H.
N"ee?y. 'it former teaehr here, nis pic
ture is In the group of -ormal teach
ers T nt you.
' Arone other .things; . I . lesrned
wMle there, two more or less importsnt
thlnrs to me. One wss that my salarv
hsd ben inerssed to $120O a vear, to
tske effect November 1. The other was
thst I. must give up Lilio to Mr; Me
Tieod, Of Xfcsrlin.-for be hss. already
given n- PiH. and hss only Nagcarlani
Td thst with a lady assistant. Miss
nenessy.'f . - " . r ' r: : I
"I mnst take in its stead Mafdalens.
I argued against the ehange, but geo
graphical locations were against me. I
tried to get the superintendent to send
the Santa Cruz man out there, because
it is equally as close and. better roads.
Also the Santa Cruz man has an assis
tant, his wife. But any way,"l had to
take what was iven me.
VI am to ehange as soon as possible.
I will have to come back here again to
put things in shane for Mr. MeLeod to
.take them over. ;(
i "There is one advantage to me la
making : the change, ; and tha that j
Magdalene is ' nearer the laae port.
From there I fan go to Manila on Sat
urday and return on Sunday i -i
It is also nearer Pa--sanjsn 'and the
superintendent oiuce, and Santa Crux
and the commissary store. s ; ;
'But since I had been here nearly a
year and made acquaintances with the
people, -1 hated to .make the ehange.
One is shut off from any society here
so that when once Acquainted with the
Filipinos of a place it is bad to have
to tirv. another.. It takes. quite a while
to get acquainted, too. i r
"Well. I am well just now: Had a
chill and fever last evening.' HaVe had
a few others -recently. They about lav
me up for a dav: the rest of the time
I feel well." '-: . : -'.
The Salem Statesman issued very
creditable New Yearns edition this
year. Jt is probably th best paper
ever Issued In the Capital :Ckvv and is
eertainly a 'er-dit to-the publishers.' It
is especially -illustrative of Salem and
Marion county. Silvert on Appeal. rt
YHLIAIJSA1ID -HUNI
ARE FREE
INDICTMENTS A UTS DISMISSED OS
MOTION" OF MAITNINO. ,
KC SECOMMEKDS EX0NH2ATI0N
The District Attoraey Says He Is Sat
' ' isfled Any Jury Would Acquit
f ' ; : th0 Mayor. " , .
Said That No Man Was Above tie Xw
and if Ha Thought Mayor wmiams
Was Guilty B Would Prosecute Him
Vigorously Trial Not Justified.
PORTLAND.! Jan. Tarpon a motion
of District Attorney- JohnJSanning to
day, the indictments returned by the
county grand jury against j&Tayor Wil
liams and Chief o Police Hunt of this
eitv, were dismissed. .Manning A also
asked that Mayor Williams be fullv ex
onerated of any offense charged in the
indictment. Mr. Manning in the course
of his remarks said:
,:"I fully realize that no man is above
the law and if Mavor Williams -upon
evidence sufficient in a court of law to
justify trial would be presumably
guilty of any illegal act, I would be the
erst to prosecute hint. But, after hav
iiig carefully investigated the evidence
upon which this indictment is predi
cated, I find nothing against the mayor
that would warrant me .ryuM" this case,
as I am satisfied any jury would and
ought to acquit the mayor. Under the
circumstances I am compelled to reeom
mend that the indietent arainst Wil
liams be dismissed and he be fully ex
onerated of any offense charged in the
indictment."; -'.
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING TODAY
SM-Msr-Mi-ss
(By Linda Lee, in Business Woman's
Magazine).
Arixona has a Chinese cattle queen,
Miss Lee Kue. Her father, a very
rich - Cbiaese ranchman, died lately,
leaving her property paying .$10,000 4
year in live stock and farm and veg
etable products.' Every detail 'of the
ened horse in which she nearly lost, her
life because of her side-saddle and long
riding skirt.
An American girl only 19 years old is
winning an enviable place as a' maga
zine illustrator in the line of faee and
figure work. ' Her pictures are signed
"CL B. Dillon," or "Boyd Dillon,'
which j her rear name, but those who
do not know suppose her to be a man.
. Miss Emily 11. Bourne has given a
school building to the George Junion
Bepublie at' Frseville, New York.
Every day we iave opportunities to
make our life a bridge on which an
other may pass over to something that
he could not himself have attained.
Mrs. Frona Eunice Wait, once a news
paper woman, is now' a professional
wine taster, and one of the most expert
in the world. Mm. Pommery'of the
famous wine making family was ' the
greatest wis testing expert mi hM
time. .
A woman who lives near Philadel
phia has for several years reared gold
fish for sale an? made it pay extremely
well. . She bad a plas of her own with
some ponds on it. These she trans
formed into small lakes 'and stocked
them with the fish, then learned how
to take car of and feed them. The
work is not difficult.
Ruta Abbott Wells is the little girl
who enjoys the unique distinction of
being the only little girl alive who
has made a fortune. She lives in Har
lem, she is the smallest member of a
family of three, her mother, her grand
mother and herself. Ruth began earn
ing money when she was two years old.
By the time she was two and a half
she had money in the bank. When she
was three she had money invested in
other ways. : - K'ow, at the age- of five,
she is a little heiress. She has thou
sands and " thousands, and Is busily
earning more. This has all been possi
ble because she is the best child model
in 'he world. Recognizing this her
'Science has found out why it is 'that
women' are not able to do some things
"just like a man.": It is because they
lack the 'tool sense." They cannot pull
a cork or hammer a nail for the reason
that nature has withheld from them 'a
special faculty. '
It is Prof. O. T. Mason, anthropolo
gist of the National Museum, who thus
authoritatively declares. He says:
"It is simply because she lacks the
'tool sense' that a woman cannot sharp
en a lead pencil. She does not know
how to use a knife, and is always more
or less afraid of the instrument, pre
ferring on .every "possible occasion to
employ some other means, such as a
pair of scissors, for cutting. Of a ra
zor, because of its extreme sharpness,
she has a great dread so great indeed,
that she cannot be induced to handle
me.
"I" have ''seen a woman take a new
lead pencil tend sharpen it away until
nothing was left of it, in a vain effort
to get a point on it. By reason of the
same incapacity she cannot whittle a
stick. Never in your life, I will ven
ture to say, have yon seen a woman
whittling. - It is only when compelled
to do so that she will use a knife, for
any purpose, and I know of but Aie
way in which she employs suea an in
strument expertly. ' She can cut bread
much better than & mas can. -
i Hammer and CorkBcrew.
. 4A 'Woman will never hammer a nail
if she can get a man to do it for her.
Her lack of skill in such a performance
has passed into a proverb. Here again
want of the faculty to which I have
given the same of 'tool sense is ac
countable. , The same remark applies toJ
puiang a cork out of a bottle. A woman
can pull a cork,' but she does it awk
wardly. It is not the pulling, thst
puzzles her, "however, but the problem
of inserting the corkscrew , -v ?
' If .f a. . wemaa finds : trouble -. in
hitting a nail-squarely mr the head she
is equally , incapable when .tee- use of
." ... . ..mm ...... .O
Why Women Miss Nails
Q. ................. i . ............. . . .0
mother tnanaireBi. the business and She
receives ,aa uea: as. 23 an Ifont for L,
posing, and ber time is-all taken up.
If aha keeps on she will nave a million
dollars before she puts cn iong dresses.
The. Port Arthn newspaper, Novik
raheh little Lee Eos Wderetanda bet
ter ian any man. ' ; ' -
1 A new record for speed" copying on a
typewriter, has been made at the pat
ent office. Miss Mary Pretty of , that
office until recently held the reeord of
22,000 words in seven hours, but Miss
O. B. Cameron of the same ofiaee now
has 23,000 words to her credit in the
same time, i,.' f'-'-4' .';
Mary, crown, princess of Boumania,
who is s, niece of King Bdward of Eng
land, baa given ;up the side-saddle and
rides only the -cross saddle, man fash
ion. "She was impelled: to this course
by a terrible experience wltn a fright
rai, of November 12th, brought here by
the Russian torpedo destroyer Bastor
opny, contains the romantic Story of
Haritena Jiorot,kiewitcli, who; although
a - woman, served valorously rn many
fights at Port Arthur until death .ej.
edner strange eareer.; The husband of
Haritena Korotkiewiten. was serving
at Port Arthur, , Jn, endeavoring , to
joinnim sbe wag stopped a' Harbin
and was not allowed to proceed further
owiner to her sex. She donned mascu
line attire, and succeeded in reaching
Port Arthur sbortlj before the landing
of the Japanese on the peninsula of
Liao, Tung. Finding her husband's
regiment, she enlisted in tt, and par
ticipated in numerous sorties and in
the defense of the forts. ' Although "her
sex was soon' discovered, the woman's
reeord for bravery, tireleasness and
attention to the wounded, and the ex
cellent moral influence she exerted over
the soldiers, wbo never swore in her
presence, won her . the right to remain
in the ranks. . While fighting side by
side with her husband the latter was
wounded. The wife nursed bint until
the crises In bis ease was passed, when
he returned to the front, where ' she
became messenger to Capt.' Gouzakoflky
of 'the ; Thirteenth regiment. In the
performance of ber duties as; messenger
sue was often seen riding fearlessly
from one position to another, seemingly
unaffected by the bursting of shells or
the din of battle. On October lffih the
woman visited the trenches wita di
patehes, when hrge shells from ths
apaaese guns struek - and destroyed
the Russian position. She and eight
others were iastantly killed. Tney
were buried invne grave, with the Rus
sian, flag wrapped., around, Haritena 'e
body. The " Novikrai . concludes Its
story: Haritena Korotkiewiteh lad
won the respect., and . admiration, not
only of the soldiers, but of the higher
officers and bad shown all how to die
nobly." .. . fc ; , .
WALKING UP TO THE LICK LOO.
1 met a manfrom Texas a , week or
so -ago and his woebegone face moved
tne to ask what -troubled him.
"Wisdom -tooth," said be. "
"Why don't you have it out?" I
asked. .
"I've been meaning, to," he said,
"but when it ache I couldn't bckr the
extra pain of . Jjaybig, a dentist fool
with It, and"; .when ..it doesn't ache
there's. no, neo tT bother about it. To
tell you the truti, I lack the nerve to
walk upli6;; thcj;iick-log and have
it
over. ' '
Is lickiog ' a
f5
Te"ias name
dentist,' I spiked. ,
"My goodness, where were you
raised t " he asked. ' Didn 't you ev er
see cattle on a"farm walk up and lick
salt' out of a hbllow.ed out log, a lick
logf f Lick-log -doesn't mean dentist.
It's a, metaphorical Texan expression
for toeing thoTnark, facing the music,
Coming up to the scratch."
Sickening Shivering Fits
Of ague and malaria can be relieved
and cured with Electric Bitters. This
is a pure, tonic medicine; of especial
benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true
curative influence on the -disease, driv
ing it entirely out of the system. It is
much to be preferred to quinine, having
none 'of this drug's bad after effects.
E. S.'Munday of Henrietta, Tex., wTites
"My brother was very low With malar
ial fever and --jaundice, JiH he took
Electric Bitters;-which saved his life."
At Dan 1 J. Fry's drug store; priee 50c
guaranteed.
1 a boring instrument, such as a cork:
screw, is concerned. To ner, therefore,
the modern atomatic kind of a cork
screw is decidedly a boon. It is a pity
that somebody does not invent, for her
benefit," an; automatic knife and , fork
for carving, for the management of a
carving knife" is' to her a hopeless puz
zle. Once in a long while one sees a
woman carve well, but it is a rare ac
complishment amcng members of the
gentler sex. j
"Some women, for that matter, can
sharpen a pencil or nammer a nail clev
erly, but they are very exceptional per
sons. The professional whistler in petti
coats is not unknown, yet it is undenia
ble that few women, are able to whistle
at all. I once saw a young girl throw
stones with remarkable accuracy, but
she was a fleak. Of eon'rse, she could
not throw very far, becaase no woman
is built, anatoniieally . speaking, tn
tnrowrng. Her arm is not put on at
the shoulder jn quite the same way as
a man's, and the nrusculaf arrangement
is somewhat different. j
"If you will watek a man throwing
you will see that the arm lis used some
what ia the manner of a Whiplash, dis
charging t he, projectile with a. vigorous
snap. A woman,, on the! other hand,
uses a sort of overbeand heaving mo
tion, which is relatively weak. - With
such a movement it is very difficult to
give accurate aim to the missile." In
dianapolis Star ! ,
OT H H H1W T Rg
Praise keeps "a woman young and . a
mandead "broke. .
You sever realize what a small sal
ry you -get until Jae plumber sends in
his bilL , .-"..
When a man is too old o be made a
fool ef by a pretty woman ae's -certainly
In the centenarian elass.
A woman's' glory is in her hair-un-!ess
yon catch ner witb it done ,p ia
end p-tpers. Chicago News.
rnmm:7PAPT
-HU Ult-ft JLrLV& XALVA
OF WAR 60B''
IS
WHAT CONGRESSMAN BAKES
CALLS THE PRESIDENT. .
FORTIFICATIONS BDLL PASSED
Secretary of Navy Will Sign Contract
for Four Submarine Boats
Soon. '
Chief of Trade Bureau Resigns Extra
dition, Treaty With Panama Rattfled
by the Senate Other News - From
Nation's Capital.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The House
passed the fortifications bill and ad
journed until Monday. After Repre
sentative Littauer of Pennsylvania, had
drawn a lesson.from the siege of.Port
Arthur to show that the submarine
mines proved of. the greatest -por-.
tanee in warfare. Representative Baker
enlivened the .7 ""5In
$?&?nT:!l It ;
Tirni.ri.il . . i .f Tf
Tt:ii.i 1 1 .1. - . I.r.t..
Baker found fault in the provision of1
the bill permitting the fiitry of ucn
war material as zuiirht be purchased
war material as might -be purchased
abroad and ebanged the Republican par
ty "with being guilty of fraud in its con
teatyon that the foreigner paid the
tax. :
Opposes Omnibus .Statehood Bill.
Washington, Jan. 6, Senator Bard
today occupied the time of the Senate
given to the joint statehood bill. 'He
made, an argument against the union
of Arizona and New Mexico on the
ground that the people of the two ter
ritories did not desire it. Several bills
of minor' importance were passed.
Treaty Ratified.
Washington, Jan. 6. The Senate, in
executive session today ratified the ex
tradition treaty between the United
States and Panama, and also, a treaty
amending the convention between the
Unitj States and Sweden an! Norway.
Will Contract for Submarines.
Washington, Jan. 6. Secretary Mor
ton will soon sign a contract with the
American Company for four submarine
boats, $600,000, the amount necessary
for lluir construction, having been ap
propriated by the last Congress. The
boats will be built largely for experi
mental purposes.
Chief Emeiy Resign:.
Washington, Jan. .6. The resitgna-
null in J I run jt n. ijajtajt, vu'a. Ui iup
BureOM of Trade Relations, has been
accepted by Secretary Hay, and he will
retire March 31.1 i ,
"THE HOLY CITY"
WONDERFUL SPECTACULAR PLAY
AT COLUMBIA THEATRE,
PORLAND.
for!AMinister 's Review of This BibUcal
Drama, by Kev. ueorge x. owning,
of Los Angeles, CaL All Agree that
It Is Distructlve.
The following review of the wonder
ful spectacular play. "The Holy City,"
which" is to be put on at the Columbia
Theatre by the Columbia Stock Company-
ti is week, was written by Rev
L George T. Downing, of Los Angeles.
The Columbia production is on a. scale
of magnificence never equaled before in
Portland, except perhans when "Ben
Hur" was produced. AH ministers
agree that "The Holy City" v is the
most beautiful and instructive drama
of the day, and reconciles the etage
with the pulpit. The review follows:
"The author, Thomas W. Broadhurst;
has shown that he understands the
power of reserve. He knows not only
what should be said and done, but also
what should neither, be done nor: said.
The action revolves about the closing
days of Jesus' life in Jerusalem. It
was a delicate exneriment, and if the
author had attempted to haveintroduc
ed a presentation of the Lord himself,
his efforts would not have" survived the
'opening night. But while he is the cen
tral figure, he never appears. He is
described by those who see him, by
the results which he accomplishes; the
turning of Barn anas, the robber chief,
into a penitent; the 'rescue from sin of
Mary Magdalene; but that is all. And
the effectiveness with which this is
done i one of the highest evidences
,of the writer's art.
"As a result we have a revelation of
what, with the accessories available in
these modern days, may yet be accom
plished when the drama shall become as
it once was, an interpreter 'of religion.
The reverent worshiper of Jesus Christ
who would at first shrink, as did the
writer, of this review,'- from witnessing
the story of that divine life, presented
from behind the footlights need not
hesitate to attend this performance.
The whole atmosphere is one of ouiet
reverence and some of the: scenes are
remarkably beautiful." .
Cathrine, Countiss will do the finest
work of her eareer ax Mary the Mag
dalene, and in the first. act, which is
the best of all the plav. the,climax is
superb. Mr. Baume will . present an
ideal Barabbas. The scene ia which
Judas goes insane and the silver ia
his hand tnrns into clots of blood, as
portrayed , by. -William Bernard, will
never be forgotten by those' who wit
ness it. "The Holy City is a play
which caa do, good and only good.
. Salem people desiring tickets may
address A1. 11. Ballard, eaTe Columbia
Theatre, Portland, and , they will be
cared for. r '
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' 'M : A: Grim Tragedy. ; v
It daily enacted in thousands of homes
as death e- ras, in each one, another
victim of consumption or pneumonia.
But when coughs and colds are prop
erly treated the tragedy is averted.- F.
O." Hnntley, of Oaklsndon, Tnd., writes;
"My wife had the consumption - and
three doctors gave her up. Finally she
took Dr.- King's - New Discovery . for
Consumption, ; coughs and Colds, which
cured her, and today she is well and
strong." It kills the germs of all dis
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Historic
l BOSTON, Jan. 7, 5903.-rCuriously which .serves practically! the whole of
enough. ! Boston's latest' step in the , greater-Boston. It is not aa extraorlia
marc'a of modern progress, the opening! aril impertant branch, except to the
of the East Boston tunnel as one more J city 's detached ward across the harbor,
extension of the city's remarkable j which, heretofore has been dependent
transportation pyatem, is the means of ; entirely on ferry boats, with the coo.
preserving one of-the last of the Puri-jquent delays and discomforts of such
tan capital's famous historical ' land- i
marks, the Old State. House at the head
of State street wuere it! touches .Wash
ington, street. The; lower story of thU
quaint old structure has now become a
great underground. , passenger station
for the tube under the liarbor by which
the rapid fransfi lines of the island
suburbs of Bast Boston and Winthrdp
have just been connected with the ele
vated, nubway and surfacp car systems
of the mainland.
Probably no building in the country
"hum nl.lor nr. in a "rt Min nr. morn 4m-
norrat historical t associations than '
this. As is told" on the two bronze tab j
it in th Assaot-nrnv t throturh
ot rjround floor of the !
U,uUJing to entrance to tae.-inder.l munhyhis to meet.
roun(1 car JineS thii wa, in 1634;Jhej As a railroad station the Old Plate
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3657, was erecfied Boston's first town
whieh: fJM burned in 1711 and
rt-iuacru t v ct "" u lire i.iru,
replaced two vears later bv the present!
building. The Great and General Court
iLBU ue nvi umiuisuimrr . j
jthree Georges oceapied these quarters-
while Massachusetts had a colonial gtv -
ernment; in them Joan Hancock was in-
augurated first -governor of the Com-Jing'
ihonwealth in. 1780, and the State 'a
General Court sat from then until 1798.
From 1S30 to 1S39 thee"Uy government ;
was in posnesiuon, and iu recent
the upper part of th building has
taiiiol tne collection of toe Boston 'of the city eacn day a total oi not
Historical Socioty, as it will continue" less tlian $2VmUlion a year. Then, too,
to .In. . itoston has become the channel 'of a
The F.ast Boston tunnel which has !
converted this 'ancient seat of govern-
inent, to modern industrial uses is sim-
ply the newest branch of the Boston
Elevated Railway Company s system '
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teen hundred Japanese are marching
the' Streets of Vancouver this evening
in celebration of the fall of Port Ar
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OPPOSE CLOSED SEASON.
VANOOUVFR, Jan. 7. The British
Columbia Fishermen's Union in mass
meeting .today adopted resolutions op
posing the proposition that the ean-ners-have
closed season on N salmon
fishing on the Frazier river in 1JKHJ
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TO REMOVE RUSSIAN PRISONERS.
TOKIO, Jan. 7. It is understood
the oan Yo railroad has instructions
to prepare to transport 20,000 Russian
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means of transportation. Already work
has been starred onthe construction of
a tunnel running Nje length of the
city's congested district in which will
be put the trains or the elevated lines,
now carried through the same territory
by the old Subway, which was the first
underground .road built in this country.
Very shortly the construction of a con
joined . subway and elevated' line to
afford more rapid transit between Bos
ton and Cambridge will begin,. But the
East Boston tunnel is interesting as
the first of the lateral arms, stretchisg
out from. I the main syste.m, by which
the' local transportation management
plans fo solve what is possibly tne most
diflleult problem of its kind any corn-
most remSrkable network of transpor-
tation lines and terminals in the United
Statos. and probably in the world.
pibhi, ' j
Greater Boston, as distinct from the in-
iurjwip v
much -M-attet eotrimuuiity of upwards
1 of two , jruMlion . people, hundreds of
J thousands Of whom travel' evlery work-,
morning "into town" and every
. evening but 7iome again. No other
eitv in the land has relatively suci a
large proportion of commuters; fully
years. 7,"'(fi,0 men and women pass in and
i con-'out of street and steam railroad stations
surprising vacation traffic that is
brought is to Neyr England from the
Middle tates and the West, and that
flows outward from the Hub to .every
corner of-the whole New England roast.
piisoners from Sbimonoseki to Kure.
It is pTolable the prisoners will be
quartered near iKuro. The most ser
ious eases of sick and Wi-ended will be
left in Port Arthur for the present.
It is. proposeil to extend the motor
line from Portla'nd Jro Hillsboro on to
Tillamook. Such a road would hare
more than it could do in the summer
season, and plenty of businese tho
balance of the year. , .
If the line to Hillsboro and Tilla
mook goes, and the one from I'ortlanl
to Salem', Salem o Dallas, 'and- Balemr
to Rose'dale, a very fair start will "nave
been made in rendering Western Ore
gon a checker board of motor lines,
. f l l 1 - 4
wmcu it is uoonu t 1x7.
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PREMIUM WFIH
The only 00m Mete h ouss
hold fulo-i tad nllibw
KnuiB -Dllual bock
er puMUbed.
Erery dliim to which
(hs bnmin race Is abjrt,
) f ally irestl In this et- -bnaiiirs
Tolam Nw
ttswi, Tres'.ment sol
Thcortes which have ap
pearril within the put
lew yfara, and which sis
not even mentioned la
oiher so-called m-diel
books, are hrln dlmti
d.and tb treatment and
rin)lea set forth, tueb
aa Bact-r!olofy, apyeodl-rl'l.TnbrTcnIls.ll7trio-tiam.
Venereal and Skla
it-itM, La i-i-l ppe, NrT
ons Ilaraa, ato.
' Treatmeat and cure o
rrery d iaeae of Men and
Wr.men and Cbildrea; tb
n'mpUit and beat rem -diea;
mlnata direction la '
cases of wounds, scalds,
bursa, poison, Brdropbo-J-U,
aoDtroke, flu. falls, .
rpralna, brotaaa; also lor
k n d d n diaeaaaa, like
cronp, cholera, en. It da-M-ribea
tha cause, the na.
tura, Ui ajmptoma, U
vfTect, tha fraatsoani and
tba ratBedr ft arcrr dia
raa which affects humao
f ty. Treatlaea on the raa
l n and K motion a, ot h
a Lots. Hop. Jvr, ABre
tlB. Jealooy,Or1f, 'aar,
I-mralr, avartra, Cbartr, ,
berfulna., abowloa tba
innuenca of the mind ou
m body; antlneatlf cal
rnUUed to arouaa tha peo--la
to tha fact that fcwUih 1
drpnOa to a groat decnM '
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