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For aale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co., 015 Royal street. On file In Washington, D. C with A. W. Dunn, 500 14th N. W. For sale In Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Hendrlck. 006-912 Seventh street. - TODAY'S WEATHER. Partly cloudy to rloudy, -with occasional showers; southerly winds. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, lOOl Alaska has ceased to be a mysterious land at the end of the rainbow. It has come to be a country of industrial pos sibilities. Imperfectly known, it is true, but still a tangible, substantial quan tity to be reckoned with very much as the rest of the world is. The idea that men and women had only to go to Alaska to get all the gold they could carry home has largely been outgrown, and most people now regard it as it is, a wild and rugged country of rigorous climate, and with few of the refine ments of civilization. That it has great natural wealth in minerals and in fish eries is not to be denied; but It Is foily to expect all who go there to get rich. A sober, steady, hardy, persevering man willing to do hard work will stand a good show for success in Alaska, as he will elsewhere in the world. The adventurer, the ne'er-do-well, the man who Is possessed of the notion that the world owes him a living, the gambler and soldier of fortune, will also hold his relative position in Alaska. The law lessness that often accompanies the swift growth of new communities may be expected there. Hardship Is sure to come to most of those who go; perhaps it would come to them if they remained at home. All this being conceded, the rush to Cape Nome can only be ex plained on the theory that general pros perity enables people to gratify their desire for new experiences, and, per haps, warrants the taking of chances in the new land. This year's rush to the north, however, is sure to be saner than those that have preceded it, ahd more substantial general results may be expected. The world has heard much of Walla Walla. It Is a mellifluent, soothing, musical name, and It has been carried to the ends of the earth. First it sang a siren song of gold when many, many thousands of grimy men tramped over che plains to the Salmon River diggings of Idaho, stopping at "Walla "Walla as the last supply point, the last outpost of civilization. Some of the stories of those days might lead to the inference that It was beyond the limits of civil ization. But it flourished, and its fame spread apace. As first Impressions arc lasting, the world has not connected the name of "Walla Walla with Puri tanic prudery. Rather it has stood for a hilarious good time. But the glamor of ancient glory Is fading from "Walla "Walla. "Tex" Arberry died the other day, and now the City Council proposes to oppress the dispenser of liquid nour ishment liquor is nourishment in Walla Walla by exacting a license fee of $1000, whereas the modest figure of $350 has prevailed heretofore. It is painful to contemplate the possible re sults of such an act. Walla Walla without opportunities for adder-stinging or serpent-biting is not to be thought of. In Walla Walla 5350 is nothing a stack of white chips, a tri fling wager. But $1000 is another mat ter, and may change the character and the sparkling fame of the town. But If the old glory shall pass, Walla Walla will live In history, in poetry, in fable and in fact. Moreover, Walla Walla as a fact is very much more im portant than Walla Walla as a mem ory, however blessed. And it will not die, even if it has to raise the price of drinks. German commercial interests have increased rapidly In Central America in recent years. United States Consul Deldrlch, at Bremen, in this connection calls attention to the fact that Ger many has just appointed its first sala ried Consul to that part of the West ern Hemisphere, accrediting him to the State of Nicaragua. Besides this sal aried Consul, there are In Central America fifteen other Consuls, Vice- Consuls and Consular Agents,, whose duty it is to look after the Interests of at least 4000 German residents and business firms in that region. Accord ing to official statements, the German interests, chiefly in Nicaragua, Guate mala and Costa Rica, as represented by banking, industrial and business enter prises, aggregate in value $59,500,000. Through these agencies, not only all the business between Germany and Central America is transacted, but most of the trade between the latter and England and California is controlled by the same means. In addition to this, German plantations and farms occupy more than 742,000 acres, on which are planted 20,000,000 coffee trees. The trade between the two countries runs be tween $7,140,000 and $11,900,000 annu ally. In view of all this, and in con junction with the fact that Nicaragua has been selected as the German trade center because the Isthmian Canal will eventually make that country most Im portant to all the great powers of the world, German sagacity may be said to have scored a good point In securing a foothold for German trade In Central America. Certainly the reorganization of the German Consular service in that country is a significant step, indicating the possibility that the Monroe Doc trine may be circumvented in spirit, if not abrogated in fact, by German In dustrial and trade methods. PRESIDENT HIS OW.V PREMIER. John Hay is again confirmed as Sec retary of State, and is nominally the head of the President's Cabinet. The failure of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty to pass the Senate except in an amend ed form, and the present disposition promptly to abrogate the Clayton-Bul-wer treaty, is a fresh illustration of the decreasing Influence and conse quence of the Secretary of State. While few intelligent, fair-minded men sym pathize with Senator Morgan's bully ing clack about Great Britain, nev ertheless there is no doubt that the majority of both parties were dissatis fied with the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and believe that the shortest road to the construction of the Nicaragua Canal is the prompt abrogation of the Clay-ton-Bulwer treaty which has survived its usefulness and has been violated re peatedly by Great Britain. The time has been when the Secre tary of State and our Minister to Eng land were very influential persons In our International politics, but that time is long past. Since the days of Secre tary Fish under Grant's Administration no Secretary of State can be said to have been a commanding flgure in our International' politics. This fact Is due something to the change of modern life through ocean cables and swift trans Atlantic navigation which has placed the public in such close communication with Europe that neither our Minister to England nor our Secretary of State fills so large a field of statesmanship as formerly. Even in the first half-century of our National life our Secretary of State was never a distinct command ing diplomatic force in our Interna tional politics as was Lord Salisbury when at the head of the English For eign Office. The truth is that whenever we have had a strong President, like Washington, Lincoln or Jackson, the real diplomatic force behind the treaty was the President. It was the personal Influence of Washington that forced the Jay treaty through a sullen, reluctant Senate; Jackson, not his Secretary, Liv ingston, was the diplomatic force be hind our treaty-making with France. With a mediocre President a strong Secretary of State became a person of Increased consequence. John Quincy Adams was the diplomatic brains of the mediocre Monroe's Administration; Webster and Calhoun stood for genuine diplomatic force in the Administration of Tyler; Webster was to Fillmore's Administration a commanding figure In National diplomacy, as was Marcy to the Administration of President Pierce. These great Secretaries had seen long service in Congress, were possessed of wide political acquaintance, and justly commanded the confidence of the coun try. How completely a strong President becomes the real diplomatic force rather than the Secretary of State is Illustrated by President Lincoln, who was so masterful a man that not even so astute and accomplished a politi cian as Secretary Seward was permit ted to dictate and design our diplo matic policy In foreign affairs. Partial biographers and panegyrists of Seward have attempted to credit him with the brightest glory of Lincoln's Adminis tration of foreign affairs, but the record shows that Lincoln more than once In stantly overruled Seward's insane pol icy, for Seward, among other things, wanted Lincoln to abandon Sumter, and urged declaration of war against France and Spain. Lincoln did not urge declaration of war against France and Spain, but he thenceforth rewrote Seward's foreign dispatches of conse quence with his own hand. So long as Lincoln lived he w.s the vital force of our International diplomacy, but as soon as Lincoln was dead Seward held the helm with a weak hand. When Grant sent Sheridan to the Rio Grande in May, 1SC5, Sheridan found that a quantity of Confederate muni tions of war had been turned over by the ex-Confederates to the Imperialist com mander at Matamoras. Sheridan de manded their return, and, had he not been prevented by Secretary Seward, would have crossed the boundary with his well-appointed army of 50,000 veter ans and put the patriot cause under Juarez on Its feet. As it was, owing to Seward's temporizing when the day of temporizing was over, Sheridan had to content himself with leaving large sup plies of arms and ammunition at con venient places on our side of the river to fall Into the hands of the Mexican patri ots under General Escobedo. During the Winter and Spring of 186G Sheridan thus covertly supplied the Mexicans with 30,000 muskets and ammunition. It was not until January, 1867, that the French were ordered by Napoleon III to evacuate Mexico, and Sheridan In his "Memoirs" declares that he doubts whether such a result could have been achieved except for the presence and support of the American Army on the Rio Grande, sent there, in the words of Grant, because the French invasion of Mexico was so closely related to the war against the Union as to be essen tially part of It. Thus after Lincoln was shot. Grant and Sheridan, despite the timid temporizing of Seward, ena bled the Mexicans to make such head against the French that Napoleon III called home his army of invasion and left Maximilian to his fate. Lincoln never would have hesitated to support Grant and Sheridan in their demand for the Confederate munitions of war turned over to the imperial commander at Matamoras; Sheridan would not have been obliged to smuggle help to the Mexican patriots and leave a French army in Mexico nearly twenty months after our Civil War had closed, when we had a splendid army of 50, 000 veteran Union soldiers on the Rio Grande, chafing for a chance to cross the river and tumble the French forth with out of Mexico. Lincoln's death proved that he, not Seward, was our diplomatic aggressive force. By narrow-minded men like President Johnson Seward was allowed to dilly-dally with France, and so It has always been In our history: the Secretary of State to accomplish anything must either command the confidence of Congress or the President must command it. Sec retary Hay is a man of excellent diplo matic training, but he has never had any political experience. During the worst crisis of the Chinese outbreak the real diplomatic brains of the Cabi net were the President and the Secre tary of "War. Mr. Hay is a good man, but he is not Mr. Fish; he cannot nego tiate a treaty on a vexed subject that will stand fire in the Senate. INJUSTICE ENDS IN ANARCHY. There are signs of better things at the South. Last month Judge Candler, at Fairburn, Ga., sentenced Pegram Cochran, one of the members of a band of Whltecappers who shot and killed Sterling Thompson, a negro, to the Penitentiary for life, and the Governor and courts of South Carolina are evi dently determined to probe the stock ade scandal in Anderson County to the bottom and place on trial the persons who are responsible for placing inno cent negroes in the chains of Illegal servitude. An ignorant, non-criminal negro was put in a convict's stockade and worked like a convict without due process of law. He was under no sen tence of the court; he had not been tried, and yet he was guarded like a convict, made to labor like a convict and treated in all respects like a convict. The testimony showed that this poor, Ignorant colored man had been arrested on some trumped-up charge, and, without being taken into court, was hurried off to a stockade, where he was held under a binding con tract to labor like a convict The ne gro tried to escape, and was shot down as a felon might be shot down trying to escape under the sentence of the law. On the samp farm eighteen other col ored men were held under virtual slav ery, and this system has existed for some time in Anderson County. The form of illegal contract under which these colored laborers are held and to which their nominal consent is gained by force and fraud,, subjects them to a state worse than slavery. The Governor of South Carolina de nounces this state of affairs as worse than lynching, and says that he will conduct an investigation himself, re gardless of cost, if the law officers fall to do their duty. Another sign of bet ter things at the South is the fact that this exposure of this outrage is due to the Anderson Mall, which has not hes itated to denounce the system and the nefarious traffic it implies at what must have been a serious personal and pecuniary risk to the editor. The An derson Mail and the Columbia State agree that the infamous system of leas ing negro convicts Is at the bottom of this whole dreadful business. These Journals are right; the convict lease system is a frightful abuse at the South. It was eloquently denounced years ago by the gallant and accom plished Colonel Allston, of Georgia, whose courage and humanity cost him his life, for he was shot to death in the Governor's room by a miscreant named Cox, who was Interested in the perpet uation of the convict lease system. The popular Insurrection against this successful attempt to reduce ignorant negroes to a state of illegal servitude Is a sign of better things at the South. Of course, If wealthy men are permit ted to reduce Ignorant negroes who are without friends to a state of Illegal servitude, why, the next step will be the enslavement of friendless, Ignorant, poor whites, and so It will be with this lynching habit if it goes unchecked; every man who is weak or friendless will be robbed or his fundamental rights, which require that he shall not be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. If the mob may take a black man's life or lib erty or property without due process of law, the mob will soon learn to take any presumptively weakf worthless, friendless white man's life, liberty or property without due process, and the ultimate is a state of society In which the only query Is not What are a man's legal rights, but can he be murdered or robbed of liberty and property with Impunity? A'ATIOXALIZATION OP THE STATE GUARDS. An article under the foregoing head, written by General Thomas M. Ander son, in the current number of the Forum, bears the unmistakable stamp of the soldier conversant with his topic. Quoting Sir Charles Napier as authority for the statement that the English people were "warlike but not military," General Anderson asks: "Are we as a nation either military or warlike?" Proceeding with the answer to this question, he says: "We have shown ourselves belligerent at times, and capable of heroic endeavor. Neverthe less, we are a peaceably disposed peo ple, and only take up the sword when no other alternative is left us." He sees as a reason why we find It so hard to decide how large an Army we re quire that a large proportion of our people do not recognize the need of any Army at all. They try to persuade themselves that we shall never have another rebellion or another war. Too patriotic to wish the country to be with out any resource in such a contin gency, they yet know nothing of mod ern military methods, and cling to the belief that a volunteer force, called out when required. Is sufficient for any emergency. Either this must be a cor rect view or we, as a Nation, must trust to luck to meet the always pos sible shock of war. The latter contingency no soldier of experience is willing to face. Luck Is not a factor In military tactics, though it has occasionally served an army when In stress. And since popular opinion seems to be strongly opposed to the creation of an Army of the strength and organization believed by most military men to be prudent, If not necessary. General Anderson suggests a soldier supply system, so to speak, sim ilar to that of the Swiss, Swedes and Canadians that is, a permanent staff, controlling a well-organized, instructed and equipped militia. This he concedes Is very far from being an ideal method, yet he believes that an unscientific system carried out heartily and in good faith would be better than a system which, though better in the abstract, is unpopular and not In accord with what Is figuratively termed "the genius of our institutions." The first drawback to absolute de pendence upon the placing of volun teers in the field to meet a sudden emergency is, according to General An derson's estimate, "tardiness In mobili zation." For example, the war with Spain was declared April 21, 1S98. The first expedition that sailed to the Phil ippines left San Francisco May 25 one month and four days later. This ex pedition consisted of five companies of regulars and two fulL regiments of vol unteers, and went without a single field gun, horse, mule, wagon or cart. Two expedltioqs followed within a month, bringing the American force up to 11,000 men, but it was wholly without trans portation except such as could, be se cured upon the Islands, and Manila was not attacked until August 13, nearly four months after war was declared. And, although Admiral Dewey reported that he could have taken Manila at any time after the destruction of the Span ish fleet, General Anderson, In his contention for an efficient land force declares that neither our fleet nor any other fleet could have taken Manila had that city been courageously defended Every man to his vocation. Admiral Dewey is a sailor. General Anderson a soldier, and each is no doubt sincere in his estimate upon this point; yet when the latter supports his view with the statement that "the walls of Ma nila are of the heaviest masonry, and the waters of the bay are too shallow for heavy vessels of war to go within breaching distance," it may be conceded that his point is well taken. Pursuing his contention farther, Gen eral Anderson cites that General Shat ter's expedition landed at Santiago two months after war was declared, and that only three volunteer regiments en tered Into that expedition. The conclu sion, that "this kind of mobilization would be too slow for either offensive or defensive warfare against a first class power" is clearly well based. In the view of the writer An Ideal system under a Republican form of government is a standing army large enough for Immediate need, linked with a reserve force of citizen soldiery. The artillery and cavalry should be permanent. They cannot be Impro vised, and no intermittent system of training can make or keep them efficient. The infantry should be localized, and their depot battalion linked, for purposes of drill and Instruction, with local organizations. Concluding, he says: The objections to bur militia and volunteer systems as they stand are: State control. In adequate appropriations, the election of of ficers, insufficient theoretical and practical training, and the lack of a co-ordinating con trol by the General Government. If these ob jections could be eliminated. It would seem possible, by a judicious combination of our regular and volunteer establishments, to create a military system which would be both popular and effective. Lest the assembled sheepmen at Pen dleton should finish their convention and depart for their homes under the conviction that the sheep Industry con stitutes the livestock business of Ore gon, a number of horseralsers got up an impromptu parade of blood stock, displaying to the very best advantage the fine points of fifty-odd high-bred horses. The cattlemen could also bring conclusive evidence to prove that the Oregon ranges do not belong to any one branch of the livestock industry, and that the rights of all should be consid ered. There is room for all if due con sideration be shown to each, and a fair understanding between those engaged in different branches of stockralslng should secure this and put a stop to war upon the horsemen by the cattle men, and vice versa, and of both upon the sheepmen. Rear-Admiral Barker, United States Navy, a very warm friend and Admirer of Admiral Sampson, totally dissents from his views in regard to the promo tion of warrant officers in the Navy. Admiral Barker among other things says: For myself, I believe that ability and Integ rity should be the only standards in Judging men for promotion In the Navy. Of course, I do not want to be drawn Into any contro versy. The Navy. In my estimation, exists for business, not for social ends, and capable men should get promotion. In the Marine Corps non-commissioned officers have been commis sioned since the war, and harmonious relations exist between them and the other officers. It Is the man, nor his social qualifications, that counts in this Republic and all men In the service should be eligible for promotion, pro vided their ability Is satisfactory. Seems as if we are getting uncom fortably close to the British aristocracy. An Oregon girl, born and bred, might have been Duchess of Manchester but for the trifling fact that the Duke met an Ohio girl who was heiress to mil lions, changed his mind and became the son-in-law of Papa Zimmerman, of the Buckeye pork metropolis. His Grace of Manchester is said to have looked "worried" when he stepped from the train at the London station a day or two ago. Too bad. He should not al low trifles to ruffle his ducal spirits. If Miss Portia Knight shall win her breach of promise suit against him, obliging Papa Zimmerman will no doubt satisfy the judgment. Many persons will view with deep regret the malfeasance of Charles N. Scott, treasurer of the Trinity Church fund. It is inconceivable that any man of sober habits and business sense should do a thing of this sort. Expos ure, when the sums handled are rela tively small and liable to be drawn upon at any time to meet the current or contingent expenses of the church, could only be a matter of a few months, and its results could be nothing less than disgrace and disaster. Mental un balance Is the only solution yet offered for this misappropriation of what was distinctively a trust fund in the hands of this defaulter, and thus is by no means a satisfactory solution. Canada need not be surprised to find her greatest industries controlled In the United States. This country has long exerted a greater Influence in Canada than has Great Britain, not, of course, governmental, but industrial and so cial. American capitalists are also branching out in the United Kingdom going to the very heart of London ac tivities. The world 13 likely to wake up some day and find the enterprising Yankde to be its .sole proprietor. i J. J. Hill Is, it is said, preparing to fight the steel trust. What manner of weapons he will use to puncture this more than rock-ribbed body can only be as yet surmised. The country can only hope that this gigantic combina tion has found in the sagacious and aggressive railroad operator an oppo nent worthy of Its steel. Seattle appears to have over-reached herself In the matter of bidding for Government favors In competition with Tacoma. Exposure of her methods was enough to defeat her purpose. The idea that the whole world is not a mere tail to the Seattle kite seems to be sprout ing. A fellow over in Tacoma has chosen Chehalis as the base of a good story of subterranean mystery. It is to be feared that the explanation of this will be much like that offered In another similar case: The boy lied. OREGON HORTICULTURAL REPORT Oregon may safely lay claim to the honor of having published this year the most comprehensive and instructive re port that has ever come from a State Board of Horticulture. Oregon's Com missioners are men of practical experience In frultralsing. They are progressive, and the work they are doing for them selves and fellow orchardlsts is reflected In the large and handsomely printed and illustrated volume which Is now ready for distribution. The book contains the horticultural laws, quarantine regulations, the reports of President Smith and the several Commissioners and recommenda tions for successful spraying. Among the many views none is so suggestive of Or egon's adaptation to fruitgrowing as that of the two-mile boulevard through an apple orchard in the so-called desert land near Ontario. Another strong one is that of the prune orchard near Cove, whose 625 eight-year trees produced 44 tons of fruit. Especially valuable to the horticulturist is the appendix of 300 pages treating of horticulture in all Its aspects. The ar ticles are from the pens of authorities men like Dr. J. R. Cardwell, John Mlnto, G. B. Brackett, the United States po mologlst, H. B. Miller and many others. Never have the diseases which Infest the orchard been so amply described and Il lustrated. Writers of scientific and prac tical knowledge treat of the codling moth. apple plant louse, woolly aphis of the apple, fruit-tree bark beetle, larger apple tree borer, oyster shell scale, pear-leaf mite, clover mite, San Jose scale, red spider, peach-tree borer, bud moth, peach twig moth, black aphis of the peach, plum aphis, pear slug, hop-plant louse, apple-tree anthracnose, brown spot of the apple, pear blight, pear scab, and brown rot. The concluding article Is "The Forest Resources of Oregon," by Martin W. Gorman. The credit for the wide range of sub jects In the report and Its topical method of arrangement! Is due to Mr. Henry E. Dosch, secretary of the State Board of Horticulture. The Intent of the board was to Issue a report that would ac quaint all fruitgrowers with Oregon laws and leave no excuse to any for non compliance with regulations or neglect of his trees to the detriment of the painstaking orchardist. Colonel Dosch has met all expectations and the volume which has come from his hands will be appreciated by the friends of the fruit Industry. Let the Senate Investigate Clark. Chicago Times-Herald. The interests of decent politics and clean government demand a thorough and fearless Investigation of the meth ods by which William A. Clark, of Mon tana, again secured a seat in the Uiftted States Senate. To admit Clark without an exhaustive overhauling of the charges of bribery now preferred against him would be an affront to public intelligence and an advertisement to the world that the United States Senate was no longer disposed to scrutinize the credentials of its members, even though tarnished with the gravest allegations of dishonor. . There are many who believe that a nun once convicted of corrupt practices in an election should not be admitted to the Unted States Senate, no matter how regular may have been his subsequent campaign and election methods. Mr. Clark was found guilty of corrupt prac tices In securing an election to the Sen ate a year ago by the Senate committee on privileges and elections. His vacation of the seat and flight was a virtual con fession of guilt, and fixed a stigma upon his name that cannot be effaced by any subsequent triumph in the State Legis lature of his state. His deliberate viola tion of the Montana statute requiring that returns should be made of com palgn expenditures Is of Itself sufficient Justification for a Senatorial Inquiry. Direct charges have been filed with the Senate committee by a citizen of Helena, Mont., alleging that Clark expended more than $200,000 In his campaign. The charges are accompanied by definite specifications giving the amounts ex pended in certain counties to secure the election of Clark candidates to the Leg islature. With these charges Is an official notice of Intention to contest Mr. Clark's right to a seat in the Senate. In a speech In the Senate on Saturday night Senator Chandler presented a statement In which he estimated Clark's aggregate expenditures In his Senatorial campaign at $2.059,S30. of which J1.000.0X) was spent in corrupting voters before the last November election. The Senate cannot afford to Ignore charges of such a character. When Mr. Clark presents himself to take the oath of office today Vice-President Roosevelt should tell him to step aside to await Senatorial Inquiry. If Clark is Innocent of these charges let him prove It. A Triumph, of MlHrnle. New York Mall and Express. There has never been a more brazen ex hibition of Matthew Stanley Quay's ma lign Influence as a party boss or a more extreme Illustration of a vicious denial of home rule than appears in the enact ment by the Pennsylvania Legislature of what Is known as the "Ripper bill." This measure Is ostensibly designed to provide new charters for three of the largest cities In tho state, Pittsburg, Allegheny and Scranton. But It was prepared by Quay's henchmen, It was enacted by Quay's Legislature, It will be signed by Quay's Governor, and Its real purpose Is to punish Quay's enemies in three com munities where there Is a nowerful. re spectable and fearless opposition to Quay methods. The "Ripper b'lll" abolishes the present municipal government In the three cities mentioned and provides that until new charters are adopted the chief executive officer In each shall be a Recorder to bo appointed by the Governor. The Legisla ture of Pennsylvania meets once every two years, unless assembled In extra ses sion to do something for Mr. Quay. It will be seen, therefore, that for the next two years the principles of home rule and local self-government will be virtually sus pended In Pittsburg, Allegheny and Scran ton, and that the affairs of those cities will be directed by politicians with or ders to crush Quay's foes and strengthen the Quay machine. We are asked to sympathize with the unfortunate Finns whose political rights have been destroyed by the Czar. What about a little sympathy for the people of three great cities of Pennsylvania whose right of self-rule has been nullified by the Boss? Some of Evart's Mots. Brooklyn Eagle. "While Hayes was in the White House," remarked Mr. Evarts, "water at his din ners flowed like champagne." Another made In an elevator crowded with can didates for foreign apolntment: "This Is the largest collection for foreign mis sions I ever saw." Still another, at a restaurant: "You can always tell the difference between a red-headed duck and a canvasback duck by the length of the bill." One more: "Washington threw a dollar across the Rappahannock and a sovereign across the Atlantic." And again: "The French doctors tell me I must not read, I must not write, I must not think. All I can do Is to make speeches in the Senate of the United States." And this one: "No; It is not the different wines which trouble me, but the indifferent ones." Also this, to a young man after an able speech: "Al though you have laurels on your brows do not think you can browse on your laurels." But he sometimes got as good as he gave. After he left public life, his cousin. Senator Hoar, and he feigned a dispute as to which should precede the other at a social function. Said Hoar, "I am a Senator. You are en ex-Senator. You must go first. The x's always go I before the y's." NAMES FOR THE 1905 FAIR. Juliet's doubt as to there being any thing in a name is not shared by a num ber of citizens who are interested in the 1905 exposition, and who firmly and po tently believe that the name of that en terprise. If not "the whole thing," will at least be a very important factor In Its success. Following S. H. Frlcdlander's suggestion in yesterday's Oregonlan that the fair be called the North Pacific Cen tennial come several other suggestions, and there is reason to believe that as time wears on names will be at hand to sup ply all the fairs that may be given dur ing the present century- As there is no doubt as to the importance of an appro priate and "catchy" title to head the ad vertising matter sent out concerning the fair, it is hoped that any one who has a suggestion concealed in the recesses of his brain will come forward with it, as the more material there Is to choose from, the better is likely to be the choice. "An Oregonlan," who is also a resident of Portland, sends the following two sug gestions: Atlantic-Pacific Oriental Exposition, Portland, Oregon. Lewis & Clark, 1805. Atlantic-Pacific Oriental Exposition, Portland. Oregon. 1005. Almon A. Platts comes forward with the following design, which he submits to the committee with his compliments: 1905 The last contributor heard from yester day sent In an even half dozen names, any one of which he Is willing shall be chosen. Here they are: GREATER AMERICAN EXPOSITION. THE ORIGINAL OREGON AND ORIEN TAL EXPOSITION. THE AMERICAN EXPOSITION OF ORI ENTAL EXPORTS. THE TRANS-PACIFIC COMMERCE EXPO SITION. THE GREAT WESTERN AND ORIENTAL EXPOSITION. THE PACIFIC STATES EXPORT EXPOSI TION. Here Is a good start. The committee may wait longer and fare worse, and, again, It may do better In the light of suggestions yet to come forth. With the minds of every one interested in the suc cess of the fair at work on the problem, a fitting name surely should be selected, and there is every reason to hope that it will be. 0 Trouble In the Ofllce. Chicago Tribune. "Why is a woman like an umbrella?" asked the exchange editor. "Because she Is made of ribs and at tached to a stick." replied the information editor. "Why is " "Wrong. Guess again." "Because she always has to be shut up when " "Nawl! You fatigue me." "Because she 6tands In the hall and " "Nawl It's nothing about standing In the hall." "A woman Is like an umbrella because nobody ever gets the right one. Why Is " "Ring off! That isn't the answer, eith er." "It's a better one than you've got." "Don't you reckon I know whether it Is or not? Whose conundrum Is this yours or mine?" "Well, she Is like an umbrella because It isn't because she fades with age, is It?" "You ought to be ashamed of yourself." "I am. Is it because you have to put up when cloudy and threatening no, that can't be It. Because she's a good thing to have In the house.. Why Is " "You're not within four counties of it." "Because you can't find any pocket In either. Why Is " "No choice. Vote again." "I won't! A woman Isn't like an um brella. There Is not the slightest resem blance. You go on with your work and let me alone." "I knew you couldn't guess It. It's be cause she's accustomed to reign." Then the Information editor rose In his wrathr, and they were only prevented from doing mischief to each other by prompt and wholly unexpected work on the part of the labor editor. Suited Him Exactly. Washington Evening Star. A very small pile of coal lay on the side, walk In front of a house on A street southeast. A correspondingly small son of Ham was sauntering along, and, see ing it, scented a Job. He rang the door bell. "Am dat you-all's coal?" he asked the lady who appeared at the door. "Yes." "Want It toted In?" "Kaln't I glt do Job?" "Why, you're pretty small, and then you might charge too much. You might ask more than I could pay." "How much Is yo' got?" asked the small man of business. "Kin yo raise a dol lah?" "Oh, my goodness! No." "Seventy-five cents?" "No; run along and don't bother me," and she started to close the door. "Mebbe yo'll gib 50 cents?" "No, no; run along." "I reckons yo ain't got er quahtah." "No." "Ner a dime?" "No, not even a dime," replied the wom an, beginning to laugh. "Well, how much have yo' got?" ques tioned Ham. showing his Ivories, "l sui lnly does wanter glt dp Job." "I've got just a nickel." "Well, I'm Jus' a-lookln' fer nickel Jobs," and he straightway began. Next Summer. Edward Singer in Indianapolis Sun. What's the use o workln'? Nuthtn'! Tell you what I'm goln' to do Goln to set a klvered wagon an' a hoss er mebbe two; Goln to take the kids an' Lydy, climb up on the seat an say "Glt up!" to the lazy hosses when the blos- soihs bloom in May; Goln to strike acrost the country to the lands what never was Not a-payln tax er nuthin", like a rovln gypsy does. I have talked an' talked with Lydy, an she's with me even clip. . An the little kids Is yellln' at the prospect of the trip: First we kind o thought a houseboat kinder easier 'd be. Floatln down the Mississippi clean to Mem phis, Tennessee But a klvered wagon's better than a house boat ever was Jlst a-drlvln through the country like a. rovln' gypsy does! That's the kind o life I'm wantln'! That's the kind o life fer me! That's the acme o' perfection an' the slogan of the free! Not a thine to keep m worried 'cept to find a. place to lay Er to swipe some new pertater? on the farms along tho way; With the kids back In the wagon an the hosses ploddln' slow Takln any blessed pathway that the hosses want to go I "What's the use to stay hen workln' 'spe cially the like o us? Slavln in a dog-gone country .throttled by the octopus! Never see me bow to Hanra! Things has got In slch a way Jlst as Tillman In the Sonde shot It to 'em yesterday. What's the use o' worklj'? Nothln! I'll climb on the seat an say, "Glt up!" to the lazy howes when tho blos soms bloom In May. NOTE AND COMMENT. I Naval ships. officers should stick to their The Sampson Incident is so far closed as to give Mrs. Nation another opening. Father-in-Law Zimmerman's money will do as much good In Oregon as in Lon don. , The Boer War is to be ended July 1. Do the British admit, then, that it is still In existence? Mrs. Nation calls It the "death-dealing, hellish cigar." Somebody must have been giving her a campaign article. Bulgaria Is threatening to go to war with Turkey. The Sultan has not placed this country in his ally column. The rapid disappearance of that new star Indicates that It needed someone to sue it for divorce or steal Its diamonds. Rhymed advertisements are appearing in a Missouri newspaper. Let Edwin Markham come forward and prove an alibi. The first business to be attended to when Congress meets again is the passing of a resolution of sympathy with the people of South Dakota. A young Philadelphia rounder who thought he had seen the limit In strange happenings ran up against a new one, re lates the Record. He drifted into a hotel bar for a drink, and while standing at the bar an elderly man, very nicely dressed, and with every indication of prosperity. If not wealth, came in and ordered a drink of 15-cent whisky. Inquiring at" the same time if that brand were not sold at the rate of two drinks for a quarter. Upon receiving a reply in the affirmative the old chap produced a flask, laid down a quarter and asked the bartender to put the other drink in the bottle to take away with him. The bartender, dazed, did so without a word, and the incident was closed. The winds of March bring freckles on girls whose skins are susceptible to these blemishes, and the druggists are antici pating the annual demand for lotions guaranteed to remove them. "It Isn't part of my business to know whether or not these preparations really do remove freckles," said the talkative apothecary, the other day. "Perhaps they are just as efficacious as the old remedies my grandmother used to tell me about, and which were thoroughly believed in. March snow was one of them. Just why March snow should have virtues not possessed by the snow that falls during the other months she was never able to explain, but it la a fact that freckle-faced girls used to wash their faces In it diligently." Because the tendency to habitual drink ing is otten a disease. It does not follow that It Is not frequently merely a vice, dogmatically asserts the Medical Record. The authorities at Bellevue Hospital, New York. It seems, are beginning to com prehend this, and, In the case of chronic "repeaters" who "get on a Jag" with the consciousness that It will be worked off in the comparative comfort of a good bed in the alcoholic ward, shelter from In clement weather and a sufficiency of square- meals, have determined1 hence forth to transfer all such offenders to the police authorities for more suitable and adequate treatment. One "patient" al ready has been transferred to "the Island" for six months. The memory of General Alexander Ma comb is said to be honored with no monu ment except that over his grave in the old Congressional burying ground" at Washington, and yet General Macomb was the most distinguished military com mander of the War of 1S12, and held tho position of General-in-Chief of the Army from 1S35 till 1841. In 1S14 he gained a victory over a superior force of British In the battle of Plattsburg, at the same time that Commodore Macdonough defeated them on Lake Champlaln, for which he was commissioned Major-General, and re ceived a vote of thanks and a gold medal from Congress. The City of Detroit, General Macomb's birthplace, is at last suitably to commemorate his achieve ments with a monument, which will be a fitting, though long-delayed, tribute. PLEASANTRIES OF rARAGRAPIIERS Fond Parent No she won't work! She never would work! She never will work! There's only one thing she'll ave to go out to service! Punch. Horrible Threat. Mother (firmly, to little daughter who is about to have a tooth drawn) Now, May, If you cry I'll never take you to a dentist's again. Tit-Bits. The Margin for Labor New clerk What are your office hours? Employer Well, how much tlmo do you think you can spare us from your cigarette smoking? Chicago Record. An Ordeal. She I warn you, dear, that my family Is very particular about whom I shall marry. He Haven't ypu told thsm yet? "No. I actually haven't the courage." De troit Free Press. Unpardonable Mrs. Ondego (making a call) I am sorry to hear you are having trouble with your cook. Mrs. Upjohn Yes, I shall have to let Serena go. I didn't mind her practising on tho piano now and then, but she wants to Join our golf club. Chicago Tribune. Query. Elsie Mamma, there's a funny old man In this Pickwick book that'a always tell ing his son to beware of the widows. Why Is that? Mamma Well, a widow is supposed to be skillful In catching a husbaqd. Elsie Gracious! I wonder If I'll havo, to be a widow before I can get married. Philadelphia Press. The Lost Battle. Strike me now a clanging chord. Till from out the whirring strings. Like an angel of the Lord, Armed for battle. Freedom springs; Freedom, dearer far than life. Where Is Freedom? Tell us, Strlffc Bugle cries and crash of brands. Crash of ax on foeman's shield. Rallying shout of patriot bonds. Hemmed upon the bloody field. Yielding Freedom with their breath . Where Is Freedom? Tell us. Death. Comes a cry from out the waste, Women weeping o'er the slain; Death hath yet no bitter taste, 'Scaping from a tyrant chalh: Death and Freedom kissed today, Where Is Freedom? Justice, say. Bertrand Shadwell In Chicago Record. A Stationary Quantity. Washington Star. They tell us trusts are making life A great deal more expensive; That's why this vale of tears and strife. Seems dark and apprehensive. And men with wealth at making more Each day grow still more clever. But let's restrain our feelings sore Since talk Is cheap as ever. ; That consolation lingers still, Though coal and beef go higher. And other prices rise until x They Quite exhaust the buyer. , Our friend the orator will cling Close to his kind endeavor, And prove, to soothe our sorrowlsx, That talk Is cheao aa ever.