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ACCOUNTANTS.

J. d. BATES.
Public Accountant and Auditor,
O6ces, f07 and 7o6,
Washington Loan and Trust building.
9th and SITS. NV. Telephone 972
Mercantile. Corporation and Legal Accounting.
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1887. so. The Cumberland, AZ
srISS7. 80. 1881 9th NV. o.
l2r S35. so. .221e iltb NV. Sr
wv s35. The Marlborough, 2r
Ia s32. so. .2225 Decat ur pl, Or
6F sa2. so. 1407 Corcoran. Or
Or s32. 0.Th Montgomery a
l3r $50 so. .I204 c ne. Or
Ia, $50. so. IL l NV, Tor
81 $40. =. .50l D NV. ofiices
Or $40. .2226 Decatur pl. Or
l3r $50. The Brunswick. q
l1r $3.50. :. .6ll So ne. Or
l1r $27 .G5. 1893 10th NV, Or
OR f27 IS. 1920 Kingman pl.T
Or is2T so. 222s Decatur pl, Or
2r sec. so. :. .1l0S It'll ne, sr
81 s26. 40. -. .635 A Sc, II
I0r lt22 30. Tho Cumberland, 2r
Or $50. SO. 1856 Harvard NV, or
er $40. ). $40 II NV, once
Srls2o. The Cumberland. Or
5rlS19.3o, -. .20f X ne. IL
Or $40. 1921 Pa ay NV, I'd O
srIs15. =. .6f5 r NV, offlces
4rIsl5. go G NV. rear, shop
or SIS. - Sol d NV, Once
.9i5 18th NV. Or
4r $3.50. .e14 18th NV, Ct
81 So. 80. .823 7th Sc, store
6rls10. LIST & X sw, coal I'd
4fl$10.--.. $40 p NV. ofncs'
property for rent send fos
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PROPOSALS WILL BE Received AT THE
Bureau OF Supplies and Accounts Navy Depart
Inent, Washington, D. c., until 10 O'Clock an Oc-
tSber 10. 1905 and publicly opened Immediately
ton. D. O.. quantity Of miscellaneous hardware,
brass pipe, terra Gotta sewer pipe, porcelain rings
refer to ssns not
be furnished upon application to the bureau. 81.
7. b. HARRIS. Paymaster General o. g. N. e-l6-O6
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FUR RENT
THOs. J. FISHER & CO., mo-,
REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE.
1A14 = ST. NV.
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Or UNFURNIsHED.

UsT. COS 14TH ST. NV.
1906 N Cap, Or, b. $3.50
1850 Oak, 6r, b.. .20-0
81 N De. Or: ..::;;12.5o
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FOR REST-R. w. WALKER & SON. 1905 ST.
, s NV lar b. e. Tsio%s Psrk 1Ir bso GO
l719 NV, 11r b. IS 90 Stable rear 1725 N. rs 90
1924 NV, 12r. b. .e5 90 1918 Lamar pl. Or. b22 90
sSos 10th NV. l2r IS 90 Near North Chevy Chase.
1885 10th NV, Or. b..50.00 Or house. Il acres 300
1909 Corc'n Or. 40 50 Stable 2o2h 14th 90
1905 ST. NV. 12r b.. furnished. per year. 1 POO
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1924 NHav NV. lar. bis 90
1912 X NV. 11r. b. 90. 90
I'll 9th NV. 12r. b. 30. 90
1924 I4th NV. Tor, b.42. 80
1911 Q. pit Of fur h. 1000
Bachelor apis. 1907 Y INV
Warehouses. 80 4 K uw
ONCE rooms, 1907 F NV
I'd. Inc, 1907 r st. NV.
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ONLY s4.O0 PER FOOT.
q st. north side, between 9Th and 7th sts !;
lot "a 76xl11t SUITABLE FOR WAREHOUSE
OR BUSINESS PURPOSES.
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FOR RENT-BY II. L. RI
FURNISHED.
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1923 NJ. Tor. b. ....125.0OI
r near 18th. 1lr. b. 1890
UNFINISHED.
1880 10Th, i2r. 2b. 10000
ll61 18th, flr, b.. .6O.00
1915 18th. Tor. b. so. 90
114s Ore ay. Tor, b 1880
2s11 14th, Or. b. 1910,
S026 +, 11r, b. .....42 50
1859 l3th. Tor. b. 40. e5
1851 Stoughton. Or. b. 40. so
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81. 900.
18th Ct, near 2: !: ave-; EXCEPTIONALLY
WMLCONSTRUCTED property. containing largs
store on nrst floor. with seven-room and hath
apartments above: LOT 24x152 to wide alley
RENTED AT 81 800 PER ANNUM. Cost ownei
$4,000.
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FOR RENT
Ne cor 18th & Clifton,
18r. 40. fur. $500
i40l Mass av, Dir, So $50
Gil 18th NV. 35r, Oh. $50
nth mr. Q. Tor, b, fur. 15o
s22 Conn sv. i8r l2a
10 2d Sc, Or. b, fur. 100
1922 n X av. 14r, b. IS. 90
TYLER & RUTHERFO
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I'll CO., 7TH & L NV.
O40 1th NV. store. %. 90
037 Fla ave NV ,6r, b. %. 90
IS o ne. 7r, b. -. ~ 80
2s1S N NV. sr. b. 1850
410 LIST NV. ID. 90
1850 9Th NV. Or, b. Is. so
2035 Gale ne, Or. w.10.50
2023 Sth nw.pt Of b. 90
452 d NV, Office rs.$7&$S
/. NV. (steam heated.
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AGAh NJ ElN ID
1919 VT av, 6r, b.
CoyN.ood. 1928 L NV, Or. b
Coywood. 1928 L NV. E, o
Darlington. 4r & Dr..
Alden. 5r. b. 90
&c Todd pl. Or. b. q. ~ ~
l724 Pa av, Or, b. 20 W
lila 18th ne. 4r, b.. 10. o0
Ii9 18th ne. Ar, b. .-1S.0
1907 II ne. ar. b. ...R.p
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y y g. Or w..:-MW
1eM 18th NV. 6r, b.e5.6o
sel6d.A
HOFFMAN. REAL e
Ier, 10Th and = 81. NY.
1916 b NV. Tor. ~. 90
!e2! l4th nv, APP. o.. M9
eQ6 r NV, fr......N.W
1102 18th NV, 0r. $3.50
1853 18TH NV. Or. -0.Q9
1894 b -. Or. $3.50
cEs,
"Atiantic Coast Line''
bldg. from $40 to tss
LES.
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FOR REHr-HoUsEs.
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FOR RENr-BY L. / MILLS. eos sra 81. NV.
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In IA a small village, where she has lived unIA
The kas attained the shady side of thirty IN CON
ktauk attendance on an invalid mother ana win
ant contact with the outside world SuooeniS
she 4. TRANSPORTED to a French watering pIdce
an rhaperon TO a worldly, too knowing niece,
IN. daughter of a sister Of unsavory life anu
r.nu4a+ton. Here she is thrown IN intimate
nAtattons with some very dubious people anu
eoIIa IN love with a recent admirer OF ner SIS
fer,s who is seeking distraction not unmlneleu
With revenge by making love to the daughter,
Miss Van Worst shows skill in her treatment u
tho Gradual if belated, unfolding OF the CHAR
.r+ar of the heroine in so mixed an assemblage
end in working out the ultimate regeneration
of +bs hero But while we may applaud the
attn of the physician, we may be pardoned tor
,hr,nH+pe from the revelations of the clinic.
In sThe House of Merrilees, Mr.. Marslan
tells another Of those impossible but entert
ing tales of mystery that hinge on hldoeh treas
,re The plot is too intricate to be elucldaleu'
and TO undertake it would be to destroy the IN
terest in the novel for the reader where
motives are so unusual as TO lead 20 such COM
tons as are herein narrated, 1t is lInposSi
BILE to predicate the actions of the persons con-
cerned from what we are permitted to learn Oh
their characters, and surprise takes the place
of logtcal. development The scene is laid IN the
England of to-day, and the hero is a young
man of enigmatical parentage and paragon
of oil manly virtues He is almost too GOOD
70 bA really interesting but there are plenty Oh
o+ber characters, more entertainingly sketched'
With whom the threads of his life are strangely
tnta,voven to give zest to the working out or
the story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

to rent one OF these modern flats by the month
Is out of the question in London. The tenant
must sign a lease for no less than three years.
binding himself to forfeit $50 more, as the
case may be- and to redecOrate the rooms for
the next tenant if vacating them after two
years are up and before the expiration OF the
lease A pressing inquiry fails to elicit what
would happen to any one taking the fat who
lost his means of livelihood or whose income
stopped before the two years are up, and, being
without funds, must move and break his con-
tract or remain rent free Persons able to pay
who desire TO promptly told that the
courts will hold them responsible for the full
two years rent besides the fine provided in the
lease for vacating before the end Of three years
The result is that not few tenants, account
Of death in the family for other causes, often
sublet their premises-sometimes at a loss-in
order to go elsewhere. Those renting fats from
the 1essees get them by the month as long as
the lease runs. After that they must lease the
place for themselves, especially if they wish it
cleaned and renovated. This is about the only
way in which new modern fats may be rented
by the month in London.
The man who wishes to rent living quarters
he can leave on short notice must look for apart
ments in old fashioned houses He is lucky If
he finds a bathroom not usurped for a kitchen
with his apartments. He acquires large, com
Portable rooms however. and usually at low
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
He SAW NOTHING

Charles NJ schwab. in address at LorettO.
praised resourcefulness.
""The resourceful man." he said Tets nothing
discourage him. In the most untoward condi-
tions he thinks and thinks until he hits on an
expedient which turns the very untowardnes
of things into help Let me illustrate this
point with a foolish story that yet has a lesson
In it.
"a mother. fearing that her pretty daughter
had betrothed herself to young man of in
feror station. hired her little son. boy of seven
or eight to stay in the parlor throughout an
expected visit of the unwelcome sutton
'"The boy carried out his contract duly. and at
10 o'clock, tired and sleepy, he came to his
mother and asked for his pay.
eagerly. ..
'''Y Yes; all the time he answered
" Well what happened%
1--WE played blind mans buff said the boy
and it was lots of fun; but they kept me ''it-
the whole time"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
AMONG THE LOWEY."
Recent Work of Leon Lhermitte Sc
cured By Metropolitan Museum.

valuable acquisition to the collection of the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art has just been made
through the purchase of the last important work
of Leon Lherrnitte, upon which he is said to
have spent most of his time in the year 1904.
The painting, which is entitled "Chez les Hum
bIes" or, Among the Lowly" is a religious one
In it the Saviour is shown in a French peasant s
hut surrounded by an attentive and evidently
awe inspired group of peasantry. The costumes
and surroundings are Of the present time. The
idea of the painting is perhaps best described in
the words of the painter, who in letter to Her
man Schaus by whom the painting was brought
to this country, wrote of his work as follows:
Wissant, Pas de Calais,
August II, 1905
Gentlemen: To succinctly reply tc the ques-
ton that you have asked me concerning the
Salon painting of which you have just become
the possessors 1 will say to you that have
wished to depict the Christ, the friend of the
humble folk eternal CONSIDER Of the poor for
whom life is a burden.
He brings to them, in coming into their midst,
the comforting and helpful words which en-
gender hope.
large part of the interest in my painting
centres upon the young mother surrounded by
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in q good residential street This is a little of
set by being deprived of some OF the features Of
newer fats Wardrobes and overmantle mir
rors must be bought as well as shades, stair
coverings, etc.
While the American in London whose income
is small finds house rent less than at home, he
soon discovers the cost OF living is just as high
If not higher, on account Of the high price Of
food. Meat, for example, is % to so per cent
above New-York quotations. and for a great
deaf Of fruit two or three times the New-York
prices must be paid. The London table lacks
sweet potatoes. green corn, watermelons and
other distinctive American products. while pine
apples, peaches and grapes will cost many times
over what they do at home The London prices
for milk and cream, butter and eggs equal when
they do not exceed the New-York charges for
dairy products.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
HER AMENDMENT.

Congressman W. Bourke Cochran was mar
rating in San Francisco, his experiences in the
Far East
But we made the hest of It," he said, of a
sampan mishap. I'VE were like the Glovers-
vile widow.
''This woman's husband a glove finisher, died,
and so inconsolable was the poor lady that she
spent $500 on a granite shaft inscribing on the
base thereof:
My grief is so great that cannot bear it
Before year had passed, however, her grief
had sufficiently faded to allow her to marry a
young glove stitcher.
EShe sent a stonecutter to the cemetery a few
days before the wedding, and caused him to add
to the inscription on the shaft the single word:
Alone"
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LYING IN LONDON.
Continued from fourth page.

are provided with passenger lifts. The effect Of
the bare halls and plain staircases, though per-
haps more hygienic than dark. carpeted hall
ways, is rather chilly and unhomelike to one
accustomed TO the cosier looking or more ornate
corridors in New-York apartment houses.
When the house hunter looks at the unoccu-
pied fats he finds them in the state the builder
left them, implanted and unpapered and if sur
prise is expressed is told that English flats are
not decorated until taken. He also learns that
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her children. She is wholly absorbed in the con-
temptation Of the divine visitor, to whose ex-
hortations she is listening in rapt devotion
p 1 have endeavored to bring to all of the figures
in this scene the varieties of emotions proper
to each, but united as one in the expression Of
confidence respectful in the old, searchingly so
In the young.
To better convey the feeling, have placed
in the light in this sombre hut, the principal
actors of the scene, taking advantage of that
privilege which nature placed at my service to
help me in my artistic intentions.
1t is thus that the effect of the concentrated
light has seemed to me to contribute to the ex
preston of the feeling, the emotion, sought
I am happy to that you have not been
insensible to these researches in art and
charmed that this picture the execution of
which occupied nearly all of last year, goes to
America as a specimen Of my work.
/ do not forget that il, is to you that owe
this honor, which I fully appreciate.
Permit me, therefore, gentlemen to offer to
you in this regard, with feelings of gratitude
the expression of my most distinguished sent-
ments and entire devotion.
LEON LHERMITTE.
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TERMS IN "SIR NIGEL "
Some of the Unusual Words Found
in This Weeks InstdJmegt.

This weeks instalment Of "sir Nigel" Conan
Doyles serial story appearing IN The Sunday
Magazine section has fewer terms that win puz-
zle the reader than the opening chapters Here
with are presented some definitions and explain
atory paragraphs.
Pevensey, village on the coast Of Sussex, Is
the reputed landing place Of William the Con-
queror The well preserved remains OF a Roman
fortress inclose the keep Of the Norman castle
to which the author refers.
Guildford. seventeen miles southwest Of Lon
don, is the capital Of the County Of Surrey Its
most interesting building is the old Norman
keep of the royal castle, built about 115O, with
walls ten feet in thickness.
Bodrnin is in Cornwall. 235 miles from Lon
don. The town grew up in the neighborhood OF
a monastic building founded in the tenth cen
fury and at the time Of the Conquest was an
important place Parts of many ancient build
ings remain, some of them built into more
modern structures.
Marches is from marca. meaning border.
bound or frontier. The word is most commonly
used with reference to the boundaries between
England and Wales, and between England and
Scotland. The latter were divided into two
parts, the western and middle marches, each
with courts peculiar to itself and a kind Of
president, or governor, who was called warden
of the marches.
Cresset lights were cups mounted upon pole
or suspended from above and containing some
infammable material for lighting purposes
coil of pitched rope was often used Many
cressets were artistically wrought in metal
The mangonel was military engine formerly
used for hurting stones in time of war Some
of them were of large size, hurting great quaint
ties of missiles at every discharge.
Citole Is our modern musical instrument the
either in its Middle English form. Originally II
was like the ancient Greek Tyre an upright in
strument rather than a recunbent one. as the
either now is
Imping is from the middle English word
impynge, and in falconry was the operation or
method of mending broken feathers.
1.-The Doolin Cor Doom of Mayence" Is an
early French chanson relating the deeds Of
Doolin, the son of Guy of Aayence, and ancestor
of Ogter the Dane, one of the paladins of Char
lemagne 1.-THE Song of Roland recorded the
deeds Of another paIadin, most famous for his
prowess and the manner Of his death at the
battle Of Roncesvalles in IT'S. In like manner
"Sir Isumbras" was a tribute to the fame Of
another medieval hero.
Senlac is hill in Sussex where was fought
on October A. 1866 the battle Of Hastings. as it
is sometimes called. in which William the Nor
man defeated the English under Harold, and
thus became William I of England and William
the Conqueror in history.
Venerie the obsolete form Of venery was
the general term applied to beasts of the chase,
game, hunting hunting trains. hunting dog ken
nels, etc.
Household was a right enjoyed by some ten
Nts on English manors insuring them sufT1-
vs1ent allowance of wood to repair the house and
supply fuel Fire-bote was the allowance OF
fuel only.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

It appears that we may expect new view
of the pre- Raphaelite movement in Mr.. Holman
Hunts Forthcoming book. My narrative, ne
says. must conflict with nearly all those which
have hitherto appeared on the purpose ana
progress of our reform movement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
LITERARY NOTES.

Summing Water" is the title of Mr.. A. E. w.
Mason's new novel. There is said to be pos
gibfiity that it may be printed as a serial In
'<Scribner's."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

DR.. Nansen, who is going to London as Nor
wegian Minister. is preparing to engage not only
in diplomatic but in literary work He intends
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

Mr.. John H. Ingram, who intends to bring
out AN entirely new and faithful biography OF
Chatterton, says there is still much unused ma
the unhappy youths works-"much to supply
and much to discard in both" He adds: my
mother having spent her early, life in closest
standing in society who were personally ac-
Quainted with Chatterton, I have had unique
opportunity for gaining a knowledge of his life
and character
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

How should Trafalgar" be pronounced? A
discussion in England on this subject evokeS
this quotation from Scott:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

Nor mourn We less his persisted worth,
Who babe the conquerOr go forth,
And launched that thunderbolt Of war
On Egypt, >Hafnia, Trafalgar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

The edition of Cowper which Mr.. J. c. Bailey
Is editing will contain twenty new letters and
one new poem. Among the illustrations there
will be two designs by Blake hitherto unpub-
Hshed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

"'he first and second volumes of "a History
of Modern Liberty" by Dr. James McKinnon.
will soon be brought from the Longmans press.
The work, it is announced will trace the de-
velopment of political intellectual and religious
liberty from the Middle Ages down to recent
times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

It has always been thought that Nelson's be-
loved captain Thomas Masterman Hardy, de-
stroyed his letters, for he shared to the full,
it is said the admirars dislike for what he
called your pen and ink men" But these let
tiers have lately been discovered hidden away
and are to form the basis of a book about Hardy
"a book which ought to be full Of interesting
historical details.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

Here is a scene in the Hogarth Club described
by the anonymous author of a recently pub
lished book Of "reminiscences:
A painter. friend and went into the club one
day and found a member thereof sitting on the
table in the morning room There was an air OF
mystery about the whole proceedings. To
mis- member entered James Mcneil Whistler; the
member got off the table, and expressed his in
tentfon of giving Whistler a thrashing. Then the
row began. Whistler was not big man, but II
ended in his opponent going down the stairs very
pwn volitiOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

The new volume of the memoirs of the third
Lord Holland has this passage Wellington's
treatment of Napoleon:
Wellington is said to have censured in private the
appointment Of Sir Hudson Lowe to st. Helena
foreseeng. from his knowledge of the character Of
that gaoler, that his usage of the iustrious pris
would be neither humane decorouS. Such
regret, if expressed, was never conveyed to the
quarter where it might have rectifed the mistake
and alleviated the sufferngs of the prisoner. We'll
tngton preferred the Odium of abetting the op-
preston of a great man to the hazard of losing
royal favor mourning the resentment OF official
pride by an act of humanity and generosity. He
must abide by the consequences
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

Mr.. Henry James has not entirely pleased the
English critics in his book English Hours.
Perhaps" says 1.-The Academy" his manner
Is sometimes a little too obviously that of q
guest writing of his hosts. There are moments
when we feel in reading him that we should
prefer a clear-cut opinion. even if unfavorable'
to courteous reticence-"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-03

a touch of realism to book concep-
tions and will introduce the people of
the West to the East as we'll as the
people of the East to the West.
"It is a better exposition than st.
Louis offered, in that it may be seen
in its entirety. The visitor may depart
feeling assured that he has missed
nothing. The person of this county
who does not attend this exposition,
held at his very door, will make a
serious mistake and you may rest as
sured, the laudatory comments of
those who do attend will convince him
of his error"
Mr.. Phillips will return to Portland
tomorrow morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-03
Two Battles Over Negroes.

Chicago, May 3.-Four hundred col
ored strkebreakers who arrived this
afternoon from st. Louis and Kansas
City, led by Strikebreaker Curry,
were rushed in a body to Randolph
and Michigan, where a crowd of 5000
jeered and pelted them with stones.
A wagon driven by union team
ster ran into the negroes, knocking
several down. Curry struck a boy,
who was jeering at him, which precip-
itated riot. The mob hurled bricks,
bottles and sticks and several shots