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New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
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ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-.
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1905.

Travellers returning from Italy often bring
with them regretfm tales Of what is going on
to diminish the historic charm of the cuun-
try. They bewan the presence of the little
steamboats, In Venice. They depIore the fact
that every building threatened by decay is not
instantly safeguarded Nevertheless. the ItaI-
1ans are to be honored as foremost among
the nations IN watching over the treasures COM
mitted to their care. Those who have read
the reports from Verona, stating that the house
OF the Capulets is on the verge of coIlapse
may have been inclined to repeat the familiar
criticism. But in the first place it is probable
that something is already being done to save
the ed1hce, and, furthermore the signs of Il
national solicitude for the preservation of the
monuments in the peninsula are everywhere
visible. One recent enterprise deserves to be
recorded with special appreciation. The famous
pine forest of RaVenna, so closely identified
With ltaly's greatest poet, has frequently been
menaced by utltarian schemes and latterIy
IT'S destruction has seemed sorely imminent
Whereupon Signor Raya, the Minister of Agri-
culture himself a native of Ravenna, has mott
he'd the Italian Dante Society that he is draft
ing a bill which, when passed, will make the
forest permanently inviolable. The idea of
creating memorial to the poet in that melan-
chOly but beautiful domain is surely one of the
finest ever conceived
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
II LAUREL WREATH.
BOccaccio's Tribute to Dante IN a
Capital Translation.

LIFE OF DANTE. Written by Giovanni Boccac-
clio AID translated from the Italian BY
Philip Henry WickSyeed. 4tO. pp. "A HOUgh-
ton Mifflin & Co.
One great merit of the series of special edi-
tions issued from the Riverside Press is that it
gives US not simply fine examples of Typography
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
HUBG4RIAE PoLK,soYG

BY MAY BYRON
The white rose-petals in the dust
Are falling, falling:
weep, I weep, because must;
Another weds my rose to-day,
And in the wood the violins are calling
Haste, ffer hastel
! Play, fiddler, p1ayl
: A wedding should be bIithe and gay!
And in the wood the violins are calling
The shepherds reed-pipes DER the plain
, Are calling, calling:
My star is quenched in bitter pain,
Yet in my heart hide its ray
And through the night the lonely stars are fall
ing
Haste, fifer hastei
Play, fiddler, playt
A wedding should be blithe and gay!
And through the night the lonely stars are fall
ing.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

A contributor to "The Dial" Mr.. Charles
Leonard Moore, is in an agitated state of mind
over The American Literary Instinct" He
Is distressed by our commerciaIism, which he
hndS lnim1ca1 to the birth and best devel-
Opment Of creative art, and he thinks that
the dominance of woman in our life has super-
induced "a worship of prettiness and decoru1n -
He continues in this terribly doleful strain:
Our women instructed minds shrink from
strohg r@ssions and tragic situations
haIuly anything, indeed, is read to-day except
mat winch deals gracefully with the common
pace, touches on the domestic emotions, or
gratteS social vanity by reviviner the
names and deeds of our not very remote fore
lathers: The corolary to the uniformity
OF our life is notable lack of depth and variety
OF personalities in our books . . . Certainly
there Is little in America TODAY to encourage
lover of the things of the mind. Our poets
are driven into business, artists into exile.
Our thinkers become college professors, where
they dry up and blow away We can
not expect great literature if we do not sup
port and back the persons who can produce
But Americans do not want a great literature
We are really sorry for Mr. Moore. It is =
pity that he cannot see what is evident 10
most of us, that more good books are being
read in this country to-day than ever before
and that steadily increasing number of them
are written by Americans. That writer's of
high imaginative power are scarce in America
IS true enough, but they are scarce in every
other country. They are never produced. like
good crops, by favorable conditions" but
arise lneXplcably at almost any period and in
almost any place. Mr.. Moore need not be
alarmed about the reception accorded by Amer
leans to the next genius v.uchsafed to them.
The performance of King Lear" at the The
atre Antoine, in Paris, has Interested NJ Mae
terilnk, and he has written a brief paper on
The subject for the "Fortnightly Review" He
notes that the critics were mostly wanting in
appreciation, describing M. Nozt6re, in the GIL
Bias and M. Brisson, in the Temps" as
standing almost alone in trying to speak of
Shakespeare with respect. He quotes M
FaGuet as declaring that king Lear" "con-
tary to the majority of ShakeSpeare's TRACE
dies, in which hideOus coarse melodrama is
mixed with work of art, is little more than hid
Cous coarse drama without admXture" NJ
Maeterlinck sadly endeavors to explain all this
by the genuine differences that exist between
the domestic geniuses of the two races, and
also by our inability, in this country H. e.
Francel, to know Shakespeare otherwise than
through tranSlations, of which the best as is
inevitable in the case of an essential poet
keep three-fourths of his soul unrevealed" He
adds, too, that the performance given by NJ
Antoine of 'the most formidable tragedy born
under our heavens" was not such as to "dispel
the misunderstanding" Nevertheless the at
titude of the French in this matter remains
profoundly astonishing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
WILL MITCHELL RESIGN?

The San Francisco Sunday EXamin-
er in discussing the delicate question
as to whether Senator Mitchell will
resign as chairman of the Panama
canal committee, in order to permit
the work of the committee to proceed,
on the opening of congress, says:
The mastery work of Francis j.
Heney in convicting United states
Senator John H. Mitchell of oregon,
of completely in land frauds against
the government has an interesting Sc
quel, something that is being quietly
talked about by Senators Perkins and
Flint of California, and other Pacific
coast confreres of Mitchell in the sem
ate.
Mitchell is chairman Of the senate
committee on Oceanic Canals. and his
Pacific coast associates are wonder
ing if, realizing the delicacy of the
situation with reference to himself, he
will resign the craftsmanship, especial
ly in view of the important duties that
await his committee in the coming
congress. 1t is presumed that he will
retain his seat in the senate until the
supreme court has passed on his case.
1t is no secret that there was strong
opposition to appointing Mitchell in
the first place. Numbers of the sena-
tors thought at that time he was not
the right man for the place.
But senatorial courtesy won, and
Mitchell thereby was enabled to gel
the honor he coveted But he was
never able to enjoy it owing to the
land fraud scandal that hung over
him, and which ended in his convic-
| ton.
The California delegation in con-
gress admits that there will be much
discussion OF Panama canal matters
before the forthcoming session OF
congress, even if there is no forma
/ inquiry as to how canal matters and
money have been handled up to date
SO the question of what Mitchell
| will do with his chairmanship in the
! senate is a pertinent one, but the
| California members say that consider
ations of delicacy prevent them from
| publicly discussing the affair.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
WHAT UMATILLA OFFERS.

A wrong impression obtains among
many of the leading citizens of this
county as to what Umatilla county
really offers the homeseeker.
It is said that only $4,000 men need
apply for locations in the county. 1t
is persistently declared by capitalists
and real estate men that many big
opportunities exist here, but precious
few small opportunities.
We are over-shooting the mark,
over-drawing the situation, when we
say this. Never before in the state
were the small opportunities more in
viting than right now in Umatilla
county. While $4,000 land deals are
being made day after day. $1,000 land
deals are also being made. and there
is more real profit more chance for
increase in values, more opportunity
to multiply property and capital in
the small $1,000 purchases than in the
$4,000 purchases.
The story Of the prune land at
Freewater, published in the East Ore
gonian of yesterday, is but an index
finger pointing to countless oppor-
tunities of this kind.
One prune crop at Freewater more
than paid for the land, and this year,
the second crop raised by the pur-
chaser, is worth almost double the
first cost of the land.
Is anything more inviting to the
small homeseeker than this? Is any
country blessed with richer opportuni-
ty for the poor man than country
which holds out such increases in
value?
Echo, Foster, Butter Creek, Free
water, Hudson Bay, and large
stretch Of country lying along the
route of the Furnish ditch in the
northwest and western portion of the
county-an these districts offer just
such opportunities for small capital.
Big deals are more pleasing to rea
estate men. it is true, but they should
not be allowed to overshadow the
smaller opportunities lying undevel
oped all over the county.
Irrigation, the reclamation of thu
desert, the conversion of the waste
into tillable land. these vital forces
are at work-and from the slow pro
cess Of transformation will be borl
one Of the finest settlements of small
farmers and orehardists, in differen
portions of Umatilla county, that will
be found on the Pacific coast
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
MEMPHIS Is "CLOSED. D"

Memphis, Tenn, one of the most
typical southern towns. where gambl-
ing and open and all night saloons
have been the custom for "tlme out
of mind" has at last experienced an
awakening Of conscience and will en-
force the Sunday closing laws strictly.
The following from the Memphis
News-Scimitar gives something of the
earnestness with which the law is be-
ing enforced in Memphis:
Judge Moss instructed the grand
jury Friday shortly after noon to in
vestigate the rumors which reached
the ears of the court to the effect
that Sunday closing laws were not be-
ing rigidly enforced by the police de-
partment
He instructed the inquisitors to
make a full investigation of the ru-
mors, and II they were found to be
true, draw indictments against such
officers or policemen who are shown
to be derelict in their duty.
His charge in part follows:
gentlemen, the court has received
information, or rumors have reached
| the ears of the court, to the effect that
the Sunday closing laws are not being
as rigidly enforced by the police de-
partment as they might be. 1t is clear
ly the duty of the police to enforce
| these laws, and they must do so. This
court has the assurance of the CHIEF
| Of police that he has issued orders
| to close all saloons on Sunday.
at, therefore, devolves upon his as
sistants to enforce the laws by carry
ing out the instructions of their SUI
perior officer. If they neglect to dc
this, they are amenable to the law
and should be punished. 1t will be
your duty to investigate this matter
and report back to this court as soor
/ as possible.
"This court is determined to see
that the Sunday closing laws are en-
forced rigidly and there will never
be relaxation as long as the pres
ent incumbent has the honor to pre-
side upon the criminal court bench
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
LA FoLLETTE's LAWS.

The so-called La Toilette laws,
enacted at the recent session of the
Wisconsin Legislature, form long list.
The most noteworthy are:
/. The railroad commission rate
act.
.. The anti-pass act.
3. An act introducing the merit
system into the state government.
4. An act strengthening the rail-
road taxation laws.
5. New ballot law.
6. Amendments to the primary
election law.
:. Bonus acts regulating incorpor-
atoms.
8. \ law to prohibit corporations
from influencing elections.
.. a law prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale of cigarettes in the
state.
La Follette's most notable victory
was i'm obtaining the enactment of his
/ railroad rate bill in the form in which
/ he had It introduced. The "stalwarts
fought it, They tried to kill it by
/ loading it down with amendments
but the governors forces stood firm
| and I'm the end the measure wen
through by a unanimous vote.-Even-
! ing Wisconsin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
FIRST TELEGRAPH LINE NOW
BEING BUILT TO ICELAND.

Iceland is without telegraphic con-
nection with the rest of the world.
For the last four or five years the
local government and the authorities
of Denmark (to which country the
island belongs) have been discussing
schemes for providing such facilities
At one time it was thought that Mar
conf Instruments might be adopted to
span the gap between the shores of
Iceland ana the nearest telegraph
station of the old type. But the pro-
ject has now been abandoned
II is announced that company
known as the Great Northern has OBJ
tanned charter for a subj marine ca
BILE from Iceland to the Farce Islands
(about 500 miles away, and thence to
the Shetands, 200 miles nearer to
Scotland. The work will soon be un-
dertaken, bids from contractors hay
ing been invited.
According to Engineering. the cable
will proceed from the shetland Is
lands to Thorshaven, the biggest town
i'm the Farce Islands. and from there
the cable will go direct to the east
coast of Iceland, landing either at
Seydis Fjord or Reyder Fjord, whence
an overland line will be carried to
Regkjavik, the capital of Iceland,
which line will also touch several
smaller Icelandish towns.
The cable and the overland line
have separate owners, the former be-
ing laid and worked by the Great
Northern Telegraph company. while
"a. ,,rI,9 9.I II
defrays the cost of the construction
and the working of the overland line.
The telegraph company, however.
contributes 100000 kroner or about
$50. 900 toward the construction OF
the land line on the other hand re-
ceiving an annual subvention of "a, 600
kroner C$15.OO0) from the Danish
government. and n further $4,000
kroner (S1O,0O0) from the Icelandish
exchequer These subventions have
to be paid for a period of 20 years
from the time the cable is opened TO
traffic The maximum traffic is to
be fixed by the Danish minister for
public works for period of five years
at a time. The Great Northern Tele-
graph company's concession is given
for n period of 20 years, but can be
renewed.
If the company does not want the
concession renewed without subven-
ton, Denmark and Iceland are enti-
tied to take over jointly the cable
without any remuneration to the COM
pany at the proportion of two-thirds
and one-third; and if Iceland will not
join, Denmark is entitled to take over
the cable alone.
AS long as the concession holds
good, concession for telegraphic con-
nection between Iceland and Europe
can be given to no one else. This,
however, does not apply to wireless
telegraphy, which Iceland and the
Farce Islands are at liberty to ar
range The cable is to be ready for
working about October !, 1906.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06

them. He has already been signally
honored by the naming of the big
tree" of California "Sequoia glgantea"
after him. In England this tree is
known as WeIlngtonia," after quite
a different type of great man.
Why not SeQuoyah? 1t is a musical
name, easily spoken and remembered.
TwenU-eight of our states bear In
dian titles, usually place-names, Two
are named for kings, Louisiana and
Georgia, and five for queens-Mary-
land. North and South Carolina and
Virginia and West Virginia, whose IT,
ties recall the virgin Queen Elizabeth
One, Delaware, is named for Lord
De la War;; one, Pennsylvania, for
the plain Quaker commoner William
Penn; one for George Washington,
but his name had to wait until 1889
for statehood honors No other state
commentaries in its title any Ameri-
can citizen. Two states, Colorado and
Florida, have Spanish names.
The worst choice OF all was that
which condemns three fine states to
wear the names of English York, Jer-
sey and Hampshire with tne belittling
prefix New" Though such fanciful
ade-to-order titles as Indiana, YER
mont and Montana are also rather
unfortunate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
WAITING.

Serene, | fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind. or tide, or sea;
| rave no more 'gainst time or fate.
For 10! my own shall come to me.
stay my haste, 1 make delays,
For what avails this eager pace?
l stand amid the eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my
face.
Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends | seek are seeking me-;
No wind can drive my bark astray.
Nor change the tide of destiny.
What matter If | stand alone?
| wait with joy the coming years:
My heart shall heap where it has
sown
And garner up its fruit of tears.
The waters know their own and draw
The brook that springs in yonder
height;
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul of pure delight.
The stars come nightly to the sky
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, noi
high,
Can keep my own away from me.
John Burroughs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
SEQUOYAH.

The decision OF the statehood con-
vention al Muskogee to apply for the
admission of the Indian territory as
a state under the name OF sequoyah
does deserved honor to one of the
really great men whom America owes
to its red aboriginal inhabitants.
George Guess, the half-breed.
known to his tribe as sequoyah, was
the inventor OF the Cherokee alpha
bet, by means of which he brought
written knowledge in their own tongue
TO his people. He was also states
man and a peaceful leader among
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06

a break in the Selah canal is miles
from here up the Naches occurred
Friday night aud caused considerable
damage to the Fechter & Janecll
ranch. The break in the Selah caus-
ed the WapatoX to overflow and break.
sand ana gravel We're washed over the
fields bc'oN the ditch at the point of
the break. Considerable damage was
done to the hay fields of Fechter &
Janeck by the silt that washed over
it, The repairs to the ditch are being
made today,-North Yakima Repub-
lie.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
Z %++++*+++++++++++.

, The difficulty with many of I
: us is that we talk too much and I
J think too little. Back of speech !
: if it is to be of value, THOUGHT I
J must stand. We are talking I
, nation. With each nationality 1
: absorbed, the American people 1
]. seem to have added that nation I
+ ality's gift of talk. We are a 1
= nation of speechmakers or self I
: imagined orators. Our political 1
: campaigns are campaigns of I
; talk. Talk is our eternal occu- !
! patton, on the cars, at home, in I
: clubs-everywhere. And if we :.
; stop talking by chance, we rush I
+ off to meetings or theaters to I
! hear others talk. Our climate, !
: our system of competition, our !
: original freedom from estab- I
+ lished precedents. have made of 1
: us a restless, nervous, self 1
: firing peopIe.-Ambrose Bierce. l
a 4.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
SCROFULA
FROM PARENT TO CHILD

The laws of heredity are invariable
and the diseased blood of parents is
handed down to children in the form OF
Scrofula. Being thus deeply rooted
nothing can reach the disease but con.
stitutional remedy. The very foundation
of the blood is diseased, and until it is
purified and made strong, those who are
born with a scrofulous tendency cannot
have the blessing of robust health.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
Work on Boise Cathedral.

A contract for the excavation and
erection of basement walls OF the
Catholic cathedral was awarded today
to Charles Bumgran for s13,700.
Work will begin Monday. Mr.. Blum
gran is the contractor doing the stone
work on the Regan residence Boise
CaDItal-New
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
w. T. PARKER
Dealer In Dry Goods. Groceries and
Notons-Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes
and Farm Produce.

I have just purchased the d. B.
Richardson store at Helix, Oregon
and am going to thoroughly remodel
It and greatly increase the stock. ]
solicit your patronage. and II good
goods and fair treatment can hold
your trade, then know you win trade
with me. Bring in your farm pro-
duce. Highest market price paid.
HELIX OREGON
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06
Cleveland, o., 1o9 Brownell St,

inherited Sorofula from my ancestry,
and this means, of course, weak, impure
blood and a rundown, debilitated con-
dition of the system. Treatment of ply
sicians did not do me anything like tine
It. 1t promotes appetite and digestion
gives strength and energy, builds up
the general health in every way, and in
addition to being an excellent blood pu-
ritier 1t adds to its success as a remedy
for Scrofula. 1t did more for me than
anything have used, and with pleas.
ure recommend ii. s. 8. s. completely
cured me of this blighting disease.
MRS. LOUISE COHEN,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06

Robert Bacon, the new assistant
secretary of state, is As years of age,
and a Massachusetts, man by birth,
education and raising.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06

At Charlton, Mass, trolley car
left the track and crashed into a tree.
Two were killed and 13 injured, two or
three probably fatally.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06

REX BUGGIES.
Are well built and they afford the
simplest, safest and most luxurious
means OF conveyance for town or
country use. Prices all in your favor.
When you buy wagon it's lust
common business sense to look sor
the vehicle that will give you the
most for your money.
WINONA WAGONS.
will prove an investment and not an
expense. They are reasonable In
price. they cost little to maintain, are
honestly built, and will stand the
strain of heavy load.
We look after the interests of our
customers and they are protected by
shop well equipped with up-to date
machinery.
Neagle Bros.
BlacksMiths
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06

S. S. s., the king of blood purifiers, is
the medicine that is required, because it
changes the quality of the blood by
cleansing it of all poisons and impurities
building it up and strengthening the Ell.
tire system. When S. S. S. has restored
the blood to a healthy condition and
forced out the scrofulous deposits, there
is sure return to health. No remedy
has ever been found to equal this great
vegetable nrenaration for the cure of all
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-06


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