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6 THE MOBNING OBEGONIAN, MOOTAY, DECEMBER 19, 1904, (1 Entered at the Postcfflce at Portland. Or. ,, - n rr I Caiir. with Sunday, per month.... .S3 Dally, with Sunday excepted, per year.. 7.50 T-k.It Cimitoo n.r V-nr U.UU I Sunday, per year i'ftr. Mr ver 1 so Dally per weelc. oeuverea. ssunaay 1 cepted i-vr-vvir;::-;:- I wec uenvero n Ca postage bates. tTnir KtntM Canada and Mexico 10 to w-paSe paper ic to 30-page paper ,....2c 32 to 44-cace naper o Forelcn rate. double. 7' EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE.- The S. C. Beckwlth Special Agency New Xork: rooms 43-50. Tribune buiidine. ciji- caca; rooms 010-oiz xriDuno Duuamc. Tli. Hmnnil.n n no, V111V mvm or StO- I rir. from individuals and cannot undertake to return any manuscript sent to it without oticitatlon. No stamps should bo inclosed icr uus purpose. KEPT ON SALE. cuicaco Auditorium Annex; i-osiunito News Co.. 178 Dearborn street. Donrrr lullu Black. Hamilton & Kend- rtck. 8P6-012 Seventeenth st.. and Frueautt " Broa, COS loth st Kansxs City. Mo-Rlcksecker Clear co. vi-.i. .- nr.im.t I tm r..i.. ti v onr. 25B Boutri i Eprinir. and Harry Drapkla. - ....fc..w. . " - . Oakland. CaL W. H. Johnston. Four- teenth and Franklin st. ri xr T V...O Rnnth I fTblrrf- 1 Recelsburcer. 217 First avenue Boutli. New rork City I. Jones & Co.. Astor Mouso. Ocden-F. R. Godard and Myers and Har- rep. OmahoTinricniow Bros.. 1612 Famam: I Maceath stationery Co . 1308 Farnam. 6aU take Salt Lake News Co.. 77 Wect Eecond South street. San Francisco J. K. Cooper Co.. 746 Mar- ktt street: Foster & Orear. Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Bros.. 236 Sutter: L- E. 0e Palace Hotel News Stand; F. w. rut, iwa juarKCL. x mutt, owiu ow , -- i . . . . tt. i. en fin.- n. vrheatir. 83 Stevenson: Hotel St. Francis News stand. Washlncton. D. C Ebbitt House News stand rORLAND, MONDAY, DEC. IB, 1904. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE. Mr, J. G. Elliott, of Colfax, Washing ton, addresses The Oregonian thus: VThy wouldn't it be fair to base representa- t.cn rn the number of votes cast instead of - n the number of inhabitants as at present? Th.s method would settle the question of representation in the South, and would be is' and equitable for the whole country- It wculd also leave out of calculation the citl xrn who has not Interest enough in public r-.atters to cast his ballot. Tour views on this subject would be matter of interest. It would be equitable, doubtless, but the difficulties are insuperable. First, the plan would call for amendment of th? Constitution of the United States, which requires that representatives l.n the House) "shall be apportioned among the several states according to the.r respective members, which shall be determined by adding to the nvhole rsurrber of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, thrce-lifths of all other persons.-' The 3three-nfths of all other persons were slaves; but there are no slaves now; so the basis of representation is fixed on free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and ex cluding Indians not taxed. But ,the reference to persons "bound to service for a term of years" referred mainly to the old apprentice and servant system, r. w obsolete. Hence now all free per- sons, except Indians not taxed, whose numbers are very small, constitute the basis of representation, and Congress must apportion representatives among the several states according to the number of these though there may be possible limitation under the peculiar provisions of the Fourteenth Amend ment. In any event, however, until the Con stitution were changed, there could be no possibility of basing representation in Congress on the number of votes cast. Then since any amendment must be ratified by three-fourthB of the states, the suggestion at once becomes Impossible, for the states that will not allow the negro to vote, and yet are uu Willing te cut the negro population out of the basis of representation, are nu merous enough to put the veto upon it, Besides, there are many other states In which the proposition would be re jected, for one reason or another. Cer tain states have excess of male popula tion, others of female population. The proposal would be a bid at once for woman suffrage, in every state. Four states now have woman suffrage. All of them would rush to it as. a means of Increasing their representation in the House of Representatives. Another ob jection would be this, that the plan would practically take control of the suffrage out of the hands of the states and place it in the hands of Congress foreseeing tnese and other conse quences, most of the states would re ject the proposal. It is doubtful whether it would get the support of one-fourth of the three-fourths re quired. It is next to Impossible to amend the Constitution of the United States in any important particular, perhaps ut terly impossible, without passing through the cataclysm of Civil War. CRIMES OF VIOLENCE. Sir A. Conan Doyle recently made this statement in London. We have it through cable to the New York World: Americans are our own stock; they can ha, r no mere and no less tendency to law lessness than wc. yet. whether measured by murder, robbery, divorce or any other symp tcm. the irregular state of things ln the 1 cited States not only exceeds that in any European country, but bids fair to exceed r. 1 KwrAnMTi rnimtrlps rnmhlnpil. Thi fl r- tires are dreadfuL and the last ten years have shown a great increase in them. The British army in South Africa lost dur- leg three years 22.000 men from all causes; tn three years the United States lost 31.000 men from homicide. London, with 0.000.000 .rhabitanus, had 24 murders last year; Chi cago with lee than 2.000.000. had 128. Of London's 21, nine were hanged, of Chicago's 12S one was hanged. The single states of Georgia and South Carolina had each more murders than the whole British Empire. N?r was this due to emigrants; It was most marked in the purely American states. It would indeed be a piteous end to high hepes if this should bo tho ultimate verdict vpen that fair land whlcH Idealists of the human race have for centuries looked to as the possible Utopia, the model state, but cf course this Is not the end. Our cousins with their energy and adaptability will find e?ir.e way of stamping out this hideous growth. Among the homicides in the United States Sir Conan Doyle must include the numbers who perished in railway and other disasters, which ought to have been prevented. Else no list of 31,000 homicides could be made. Cer tainly there was no suph list of mur ders. He goes on to discuss the meas ures which he thinks ought to be taken here to reduce the amount of violent Mme. namely, "to strengthen the hands of Justice all through; to purify the police, place Judges beyond reach of temptation, and have strong laws strongly- administered -without fear or favor." I e NOW TO COME TO A HEAD. xi is nes nere, unw. wines u liic nr.,... . j , , v. . I , , . . ,r,,v auiuiwswu iuii.ui4iuib Mii.tw all -Dnnvnnl.. Un.rti in I , , . , ,, I land frauds. This report, telegraphed , . , ... . , x,. ,.. , . . j t"" "f "f". xiumors are imci, acre iuui pressure olla rV.o TVronnr Moontlv ZSTm to tSL a . .7 7 U '. . , .71 It ,L .Z? T B ! them off with fines, if they tell all: oth- 1 1 . . ' , "i " , " " . " ' ". tLl ,1 " t ..v,," ' ,1 7 c U14V- ""aL "lL lu BCf- 1 -out it is eu xnui. .nermann ana ft .V. T1 V...l An. mu.. .1 I .,, v- " v; ' , 7 presseu me upuiiun a e tu uiat 4.iiej uu8ni w wme, hi response to the official call served upon iut:iii. e ougiu now soon to reacn the bottom of this business. The scene . , "7C& w 7 ?1 ieresii ir ine censures ana accusations or at least tne insinuations against Tri. - v. ii j rr, - - I . . .. i npnnirp nnano nr rrnnp in nn pnn mprp i ,,. . , . ,, - - H.-111. can t continue mucn longer. 1 tunvAix xaxsuo. it would be impossible to employ the I lajhnr nf convict In anv tvrv In which no, Cflmp . wIth , : ; r" iree ana nuiiorauie wage laour. jout . are convicts therefore to be kept in idleness? ict V, mn, 5 fh rl .77 7 7, 7 . ' . i.wj w6 T:i,.y.u,cu, wueu employed at all. under a contract With I stovemakers. The verv low wace-rate J . - i ... i nv. a . . - . . i V w"vio ia en- aDies tnem to maKe oves in uregon. Ana tne contract brings a considerable Tevenue to the state. But it is urged now through our labor unions that this system be.discontln- uwl hpraiiAA It Intprfa with fro. , . i ..cj ia.Mwi. wiwui "'"- Tnaue in uregon an. union age rates, a. . . . . i out certainly have not -been to an Im- portant extent. By far the greater- part of this class of goods in our mar- kets are from nther ctntes Ariit hnt I 7 . . ...... . i i I . higher than the man ought to have, or even -less still It remains a question whether local manufacturers of stoves could pay them, against Eastern com petition with its superior facilities, and wage-rates on the whole lower than those on the Pacific Coast. Again, on ithis class of goods, the railroads make a low rate from the East, and thereby in many lines hold .down Western man ufacturers. Some say the convicts ought to be employed In roadmaklng. Here also "they would be even more directly in competition with free wage-labor. For many of our counties, perhaps most or all of them, pay a day wage for -work ing the roads. Even the rockpile vaga bonds of Portland are doing work which, to some extent, more or less, iwould be paid for to wage-workers. It is not possible, therefore, to employ convicts in work where they will not compete. Yet the competition of a com paratively few "convicts is a small' mat ter so inappreciable a proportion does the amount of work they perform bear to the whole labor performed by our people. Moreover, it Is demoralizing in every way to the prisoners, and Inhuman be sides, to keep them confined ln Idle ness. At present we say nouimg about the additional burden to the taxpayers. who, chiefly, are the working people of the country, though a small proportion of them are members of labor unions. GOOD ROADS AND THE MOSSBACK. At the Good Roads Convention which closed at Salem last Friday there was an apparent unanimity of opinion in favor of placing public road construc tion under the supervision of trained men. When it was asserted that public highways should be laid out and all grades established by civil engineers. there was not a dissenting voice. Dr. Withycombe told the delegates present that the average farmer doesn't know the first principles of roadbuilding, and no one uttered a protest against this sweeping statement. Throughout the whole convention it seemed that the whole theory and practice of road- building has undergone a revolution and that the evils of the past are to be no more. But let us not be deceived. Such is not the case. In the first place, the men who attended the convention were among the most progressive citizens of their communities, and went to Salem to learn the most approved methods of roadbuilding. They were men who were willing to lay aside present self- interest and to build for the future and for the good of all. While the conven tion did not contain more than a small fraction of the entire number of pro gressive and public-spirited citizens of the state, it was characterized by the entire absence of that class of men who are content to do all their work in the way their fathers and grandfathers did. The convention was not a representa tive body of men, for the pessimist, the obstructionist and the stick-in-the-mud were not in attendance. These men were not heard in the convention, but they will be heard at the crossroads, and their names will be found on the always-ready remonstrance. The cam paign of education in behalf of good roads has made great progress, It is Mrue; but it has not yet reached the point wjiere the men who pay the ex- pense of roadbuilding can be made to see the economy of modern methods and to put those methods into practice. To a very large number of people, es pecially to those who work with their hands and not with their heads, econ omy means a present saving of money rather than a judicious use of iL They look not very far into the future for results. They save one dollar that might be spent for paint today and later lose ten times that amount ln the wear of the elements upon a wagon or other farm Implement. They waste hours of time and labor carrying a gate open and shut rather than con struct one that will swing on its own hinges. Thes' haul light loads over soft roads when it would require less labor in the end If they would build a hard road over which they could haul heavy loads. In any one of these instances proof can be offered to show that they are wasteful, but they have gone on for years ln the same old way without seeing their folly or without trying to end It With such men as these the campaign of education has not ended, and there remains, for the intelligent, progressive people of each community the task of showing in a practical way the economy of good roads. When this much has been accomplished and prop- erty-ownera understand that an Invest- ment in permanent road Improvement TTtin .t r Via-a ctlll MmnlnR thf I 7 " f M tho n- . . .. nt -rV In 1 Wllieu 1111 will JUlil. upuu luo ft.- i manent road improvement depenas, ior tn nnl tn h nlrootlv benefited must w ' ' I oear ine preaier puruuu uv. iuc " . ,-u xne annum touveuuwu wwwx. Roads AssociaUon was producUve of , . . OMc,r,er ntrMt In u'u"' " that ,s to eaEily. e.1: Each year hereafter the association win hold four conventions, two in Eastern 1 " , , .J uregon, one in shuuicih wuu one in the Willamette vauey. ay mis means there will be kept up a continu- ous campaign of agitation and educa- tl6. until the unanimity of opinion wMr in thp. invention at "... ..... I Baiem WU1 extena to every ruuu uisnriu!. in the state. 1 . the noire that c - j- v..v..v- shock occasioned by the recent news- -.iti nnmiinnr nnn- Tmi';-7fc. ,A. .MBB.i,.n -' 1"" wranei .uiwae, "u'"'- " ""T y,ai - A Vilt In th ctrirlf marKPt. ana I mi -rrr t .v v.lt Vio P!nin- I luuuitia iv. jaiioviit w ww. ai Tf -mm v.. rmi that the wires were ecxv. Inn - nrminta frf tnA aonroacninK en- I n,.ntor Wo dl-oW tnlr! that Mr. -LaW- . . unrr 5vhnt j Vnri mwn ",e ttUli -4r:" rr.!:" . " on au tne resources o, nis vocabulary ror nis response jae wem, ,, Va sm, iv tiuitefl. ' BtWnl, ir,,, rit " "7 - -tt-, et aneaa ox our Blul-' ""'7 been painfully wanting as to wnat it I w au atoouL Our Eastern exchanges. . , ,.,.f,- -ith I . . . , i viv n TiariicuiR.riiv. iuiunei uiccuc. seema accused Lawson of dishonestly - - j - i mfln,T,lllatinir thA stock market, and in- ,Aanfo,,v nn,,,,, vim fla a "fakir. ., . i i.. r i, 7 -.TV. L" U.vT.r"" V " or, JUUl J-"e i'""" .cu. , , but Lawson with great presence or vinr Tawnnn w th rrpnt nrp.sence oi i mind took his pen in hand and wrote mnl zirtV Vile nan In hnnrl nnd wrote Alitiiv .w v. vrt... ... i about Greene for the accommodating ory.,,r rina for th nocommodatinsr neWBOai)eras newspapers: . . ... . ..i,, ?J, LrL""" V ta. told He's a great big hearted fellow who would starve before doing a wrong. He has told me many a time that he killed four men. . l"twr. v " r..,.V" juC many u. umc wh i but they needed killing. I believe It. Two ... ...... , ....... i. rrwn 1 were shot ln the back, but, as he explained It, that was the only way he could get them. The bloodthirsty Colonel did not come, and Lawson then addressed a few fur ther trenchant remarks to him in a letter: My Dear Colonel: I know you for one of the blceest hearted, sauarest men I have ever met. Notwithstanding your mean, in sane attack upon me in today's newspapers, I have the fairness to repeat it. You say I attempted to rob you and your Greene company. You know you lie. But you have picked the wrong customer. You or any of those who have egged you on. or any of the dirty curs of the "system. may come to my office or other place that is convenient or accessible, and when you come I will be there to meet you. Painstaking reading of the foregoing will disclose that it is just a trifle con tradictory; but doubtless the Boston author thought that the amenities should be preserved between gentlemen, though it was necessary for him to in timate that Colonel Greene could have whatever he was looking for. But the Colonel was not yet ready to drop hla handy pen for the reluctant pistol, for he rejoined: Now, Laweon is saying a lot of stuff about me today. I haven't read it, and don t want to read it. I'll tell you the real facts. I only met him once, and he tried then to swindle me. . . . -He tnea to put me in a note and get my property for nothing after I had treated him fairly, and signed papers with him. ... No, I am not going to Boston tonight to see Lawson. My interview with him can wait. But Colonel Greene finally did go to Boston. Colonel Lawson (he certainly must be a "Colonel") waived ceremony and called on him at his hotel. The faithful chronicler, with a calmness that is creditable to his nerve and be speaks long experience in his observa tion of great occasions, says: Mr. Lawson stepped forward half-way to meet the New York man. He seemed con strained, but Colonel Greene smiled warm ly, uttered a cordial salutation, and, ex tending his hand, which Mr. Lawson seized, invited the Boston operator to his room. The gentlemen were In conference al most seven hours, when it was officially given out that "each gentleman had a perfect understanding of the other s position." We should say that, judging from the preliminary correspondence. there was very little room for misun derstanding. THE JURY SYSTEM. Attorney-General Crawford has ren dered an opinion holding that under the Oregon constitution the Legisla ture has no power to enact a law pro viding for verdicts by less than a full Jury. In recent years there has been quite a strong demand for a change ln the jury system, so that one or two men on a Jury of twelve cannot pre vent a decision being reached. There are some who advocate a law permit ting a majority of the Jury to find a verdict, while others would require that the verdict be found by two-thirds or three-fourths of the entire number. What ever the details of the proposed plan, the purpose is to promote Justice by taking away from a small minority the power to prevent the majority from reaching a decision The present system is based upon the theory that a verdict ls more likely to be just if it requires the concurrence of all twelve men. In practice this re quirement often leads to unjust ver diets, for the majority makes a con cession to the minority in order to reach any decision at all. An obstinate and unreasoning juror can. frequently com pel the other eleven men to yield a part of what they believe to be right in order to secure at least partial relief for the litigant who is entitled to a verdict. In other words, a verdict that meets the entire approval of eleven men is more likely to be right than a verdict to which the eleven have been compelled to agree against their judg ment in a compromise with the other one. There is a further argument in favor of giving a majority tlie power to find a verdict. It may be possible, occa- sionally, for a litigant to bribe one man on a jury, or perhaps two, but it would be practically impossible to .bribe three or four. Sometimes personal friendship, prejudice or indirect interest will influ ence the action of one or two men on a Jury, but this would not prevent a Just verdict being given if a majority or two-thirds majority could frame the decision The agitation over this subject in the last few weeks, together with the At torney-General's opinion, will furnish one more argument tor those who be lleve it is time for Oregon to have o. constitutional convention. The consti- tution provides that the right of trial by jury shall not be abridged, and this mn n trial "hv inmmnn.law 1nr- arid wmil, wHnf nnnrf h 1v Tho nlMm0r.t ,nM,l nnlv umiuuiiib c tuusuiuuuu. The sucwstlnn mnrt- hv RrPtarv nf icn.c uuuar uini apttiai iuuua suuum va 0kh, i v, U1J uc uwue avaiiauic iui mc vJ"":ul of claims against the state, is a good nno T v,e'r, ro ivMo. hlc " . v....-w, es into funds and postpones the payment of a debt because the particu- iar fund set aside for it is temporarily 1 . T. , , witiusicu, 0.1 is entirely pruuer lu piute a limit upon the amount of money to be expended for a particular purpose, but as long as there is money in the treas- ury it should be available for any of Oip - dt nf th rat Thlj ti-nnlil r ut course, apply to trust iunas, ot wnicn tne state merely acts as custo- dian. The State Agricultural College Is a -tvnrthv ln.tltntlnn nnri l rlnnhr. esg . rlv rrnm vi.f i,OM to " , iuuwuw oi reason wny u. apeujua apportionment should be made and a special fund created for that one instl- tution. TIt,0 nrnHnn-ihRf. - i ojjiJUiuuuB ic ioamc i Ior au otner state Purposes in one sum . ...... i and then apportions the revenue for the State Atrrlenlrm-Al foll. Tr .thPri . " I . t"" i"tt" nowea, it applies with as mucn iorce t0 tne State University, each of the Normal Schools. Uia TnSn Aovltim anA - ...... r ------ - -----. -.- ""'u" wive mar money irom ine general fund appropriations, and the system should be simDlified by placing ihft AirHri.ltitroi r-n itu "c 4' Whpn Roncont,tiv. Tr v,,- - arooVr - ... , n j uujirvju, n ui rurimuu ua a. mem- i . . - . i ber of the Merchaht Jlarlne Commis- sion, he bewailed the fact that the American merchant marine had shrunk n anoh oii ,t idV 7 ." U. if .n.Wo ,n . uu. u .u.c a.. an a. usnintrion aisnaicn in vesier- i QaV S UreffOnlOn Mr HiimtlhrflV ! - w -. x i Quoted as statlnsr to the President that quoted as stating to the President that "forty American ships were lying Idle "forty American ships were lying Idle in the waters of Washington, while the in theavntera nfWo.hinrMn n.-hiio tho r.W h" T German ships were carrying the lum ber for the Panama Canal." This C IL" "7 r""0. . L - oer iur tne ranama ijanai. xnis i . I would seem to be a confession that there were already more American ships than could find profitable employment in competition with other vessels. Any additional construction that would re sult from a subsidy would only inten sify the congestion now in evidence, and so far as known the men who sold the lymber have not suffered from the fact that it is going forward in vessels that will carry it the cheapest. Chicago has long been noted for the hustle-and -push of her citizens. There Is something In the atmosphere of the Windy City that seems to have a ten dency to accelerate the pace of all who become inoculated with the Chicago germ. For that reason, it will not come as a surprise that the two most successful revivalists that have invaded England in the last fifty years are from Chicago. This pair has been so success ful in England that in some of the provinces where they have held meet ings, the public houses have been aban doned, and miners who formerly turned a deaf ear to religious movements are being converted by hundreds. The fact that' the evangelists have made them selves famous in a foreign land need not be taken as evidence that they ran out of matrlal to work on before leav ing Chicago. The religious scruples of the dwellers in the lakeside metropolis are not such as to obviate the neces sity of a little missionary work at home. The sunshine which came glinting through the fluffy clouds yesterday was warm enough to cause any one but an Oregonian to wonder if this really was December. The pleasing effects of an ideal Oregon Winter day were height ened by a perusal of the Eastern news dispatches, which reported car lines blockaded with snow and the mercury suffering a severe sinking spell, while gales raged on sea and land. There are times, of course, in Portland, when umbrellas and overcoats are not incon venient, but there are so many beauti ful December days that the contrast with the Winter weather east of the Rocky Mountains becomes very pro nounced. There are some people ln our coun- trynot many who are awfully afraid thnt If wo VRn tho slreloton nf nn orn-iir " " -""""l", ; iii- tions on the coast at exposed places, we shall therefore be not wholly un- iul Miauuiw, 11 oiiuuiu oe lurueu on us. uuuairj m un ui- torlv AofonQolocc .lata nnnronoro1 fnn V vT- a " , 7WC w ii.w their Ideal. All these people supported Trlrr ,,.V,t.V, Jvtloe It, n. .o.nn Parker which doubtless Is one reason why he got so few votes. The new novel which Miss Haliie Er- mlnie Rives says she -will write will probably be full of color. Telegraphic advices continue to drift in from the various one-night stands where Hal- lle Is visiting. Informing us that she has tarried there to seek color for her new novel. If she finds color in proportion to the vigilance of her search, the new novel will blaze brighter than the auburn tresses of the heroine in Sister Amelia's "Quick or the Dead." The member of the Scandinavian royal family who is said to be desirous of marrying Miss Alice Roosevelt is Prince Gustavus Adolphus, aged 22. He is the eldest son of Gustavus, the Prince Royal, and Is therefore heir pre sumptive to the throne of Sweden and Norway. We observe that the effort to deprive Oregon of a Presidential Elector is con fined almost entirely to the Republican press. The Democratic press seems to have lost Interest. There can be no doubt that both Mitchell and Hermann will "deny the allegation and defy the allegator." That's Right; Make an Example of the Hog Man. Eugene Register. A. M. Griffin and son, of Coburg, had an unfortunate experience last evening. TVhll.1 1rlvlnr- tn Tviicono thlr hnriiA took fright at a dead hog being dragged along the road, ran away, throwing them out and bruising them badly, breaking the buggy, and finally ended by running into a barbed wire fence cutting itself badly. They feel , greatly aggrieved and think they can recover damages from the man who was dragging his hog away. NOTE AND COMMENT. Toklo reports that the battleship Sevas- topol has been successfully torpedoed ten I times. The torpeuoes must be bum sped- j mong If there is enough of the Sevasto- j pol left to make a paper-weight. A Seattle preacher has been ordered by the courts to confine his energies to preaching. This seems to be tough luck for the congregation. An exchange mentions four kinds of bats the ordinary winged bat, the acro bat, the baseball bat and the brickbat. The editor can't be much of a rounder or he would have mentioned the ordinary bat without wings. . Another Definition. "Pa, -what's the difference between a drama and a melodrama?'' "AbouHJl a seat." A. J. Crooks, the "unkissed" professor of geology at the Northwestern Univer sity, is engaged to an "Ohio girl. Professor Crocus is the man who told his class about three years ago that, although he had grown to manhood, he had never kissed a woman, haa never smoked and ,had never drank. He received by mall scores of letters and offers of marriage f w " iuijiicncu uj ins smiemcnu ii wuuiu nave oeen inier- esUng to see the Ignorant professor's first smack, but he orobablv won't tell his ""j""t J'"K ictcieu on uia lunner an- nouncement. ... Aipnonse and uaston nave none the bet ter of Nogi andXStoessel. flM T?m,hiin Q,r , , . . Bluucul " ever i,iow ,s feuuu to become an American classic. President Eliot has doubtless told It many times. -,... ... . ... .... : .. inrousrn an iinnrMo urnipn no fipnvrn ..-.. - recently In New York. In illustrating nmo int h. n minv to t,i nndi. tth .... . I """"J nce ""Qfn.1 " "?5! " X ' t.":!. ,V "'"i.-tr Biuuent i ever Knew, iiis lamuy was ae- vnaiii r,tr,nr.a.A n vi v... i ..M . ..t. .m nuum hul unonu icliuio. uuu n uuiu v. .-n.. v.i t..i ln New Tork teletrranhed me askin- , :reAr.r"n .A'"" ",ttL at"VmQ oe"er comc on nerseu ana im-Aot mta gvi " vousuit, uuu v-oiivu txu uro uuufi i man's lodging and found him still In bed at 11 o'clock In the morning, with 13 un opened telegrams on the table, and he strenuously objected to getting up even then. I am informed, nevertheless, that that young man is today -one of the most successful lawyers ln his state. They are having a great religious re vival in Wales. The strange thing about the matter is that the football season 13 also In full swing over there. Who. is that man with the furrows In his brow? He Is a respectable citizen. Why does he wear that hunted look? He is trying to think of a suitable pres ent for his wife, and he has just escaped from a department store. What does he think of buying? He is too worried to think. What do you think he will buy? He will itot buy anything. He will give his wife the monev and tell her to h.1? Does hl3 wife know this? Betcher life. Choosing a Gift. Little Willie was homeless. His father was a millionaire and owned nothing but a palace. Christmas brought no joy for Willie. He had already owned and smashed all the toys that had been Invented. Santa Claus pondered long upon the sub ject of a suitable gift for the boy j-inauy nc decided to leave a large financial Catastrophe In the palace. "Tv,0 ,, i . ... ...a.nwj iAia.no wiciu tui nappy again." i.l. 0Atu. Chicago has been showing Prince Fu shlma the stockyards, and the Prin a mlts that he saw nothlmr Hk If in Tfoo mits tnat ne saw. nothing like it in Bos- An English court has ruled that schoolmaster is not a "gentleman in law,' niwiuusn ne may oe a "gentleman In fact. In other words, the schoolmaster may own an automobile. WEX. J. PROPORTION OF THE SEXES. Prom n n,,iifin . , . r, Jasuea Dy tne census Bureau we get information as to the proportion of the sexes In the United States, which affords matter for onrlmia a-nA tt 1" r"H"Aua- " aj-saia nmt m Ujlo year 100 thGrA wero 1,638.000 more males than f- males, of about two In each 100 persons it is Deneveu tnat in the nnnultnn nf the world there aro several millions . - . " " moro maics rnan females, although the relative excess In this country is great- er tnan tne averaSe. In Europe the fe- j . j excess The rule !. that in C ' " -ce&S. inc TUle IS that In enoi-cnl.. J - I icsiuiia mere is an ex- cess ot maie3 and ln densely settled ter- ritorles an excess of females. For the cities, however. (I.a mnni tion is reversed. In tho cities of this country there are about 202,000 more females than males. This is attributed largely to the greater opportunity for women to find employment In laren cities. An Interesting deduction from the census statistics is that women live longer than men. As tho .Scriptures promise long life as a reward of wis dom, the fact Is somewhat compllmen tary to the female sex. Educators will be prepared to believe the statement that since 1S90 there has been an Increase in the proportion of females among persons attending cxh.ml Tho advnnce of civil Iznt Inn Is distinctly shown in the concessions which society has made to the right of the cirl to education equal In extent to thit of the bov. . , , , wans "u" prODiems in aoemi uisinuuuun, ii ia in- tn nnto thnt thp condition; In this new and great country are similar enough, ao far as the proportion of sexes is concerned, to those in other lands to prove that the natural laws regulating the quality and number of the human race persist and that while individuals pas? away the type con tinues with very slow modifications. Cheerful English Breakfast. Indies' Field. Breakfast is .perhaps the only unpleas- ant item or a .uonuun nu. uu me down every morning to the same yellow eggs on the table and the same yellow fog outside, while the male thing oppo site makes ,the same gloomy comments uoon what is in the papers, until the average woman ls reduced to the lowest depths of depression. NEWS AND VIEWS From Sydney (N. S. W.) Bulletin, Nov. 10. The law badly wants to arrest a Tainape (M.L.) dog for aiding and abetting his own- er to quench an unlawful .thirst. The owner had a violent desire for beerr and he also had a prohibition, order out against him. So. not belnK able to cet beer personally. he handed the dog a kit with a smiling In It. In a few minutes the dog came Vioilr minim V,r -.Villi.,-. V,1- TcltVl ft. hftt- """"- c wuw ...... --- I tie of beer. The local policeman has been lying awake at nights wondering whom he Is to arrest for infringement of I the prohib. order. For one thing, it can't be proved that the man told the dog to get the liquor. The dog can't be accused of willfully supplying a prohibited per son, partly because the dog had received no legal notice that its master was pro hibited; partly because the dog wasn't a vendor of liquor; partly, also, because it didn't take the cork out to see what was in the bottle. So it can't he proved that it knew what it was supplying. And there is no law against supplying liquor to dogs, 'so it is hard to see how the pub lican can be dealt with. Gentlemen who wish to look smart should pay a visit to Wild's halrdresslng saloon, where six first-class artists are engaged. The establishment is -under the patronage of Lord Northcote. Address 30 Sydney Arcade (upstairs), entrance from j George or King street. (Advt.) From proceedings before Victorian But- ter Commission (P. and O. manager Tre- Llawny under examination): Did you not refuse to come and give evi dence when served with a subpena? No. If a prominent solicitor In Sydney swears that you did will you deny It? I saw no prominent solicitor. I saw a very dirty and a very rude boy. who did not take his hat oft. He thrjew the subpena on the table and said, "Here's a shilling." But It might have been. "Prominent solicitors" run In all shanes. n-i- Quaint ad. from Age Missing Friends column: OLD FRIEND. The usual result of femi nine Intruslonrnto my business (dismissal.) Those, who have wronged me God will re- quite- aeet l the darkness when He Is the light. K- L- We have had the Obituary poem, the A" emoriam poem. ana tne r,ew- paDy poem, isow tne Iost-JOD poem oomna n one The most orofane bird on earth Is nroh. ably the old-man cockatoo haunUng the aterv Rently an imported actress ven- tured to caress this remarkable bird, .t , ,. . .. ... . . riciiy cuckv. gne gaiu. UOPirv lq a pretty bird.';. Cocky rounded on her. ruf- fled his crest, and stated all the cuss- words he was acquainted with. The actress listened, horror-stricken, until cocky had finished, and then she said: Heavens, what a stage manager!" A recent "Bast Lynne" company, olav- lng in Maoriland, broke the crowd uo. Just before the last act. when "Little SundX SL V1 vas found that the scene was not ready. ao Arcnioald carlyle came out and In nery tone declaimed: "Murnhv shall not feet. Then "Little Willie." who was a " .v...e..w, ui auuicllIIllK IU U1UI El- ratner stout lady of 40. died In due course. Mrs. Ennis. a Ieadinc- Hchr In A Ho lalde Society for Hindrance of Ferocity iu .ceasis, nus applied to be made a special constable. So the next baker boy who whacks his hdrse unduly may expect to oe arrested and marched off to the lockup In a novel and romantic manners As long as this special con- stabulnry is confined to ladles of a cor V"" muigH may go smoothly tlful miss tak'es to the business. Edwin win murder all the does in the street. Just for the Joy of being arrested by Angelina. Aim ir she has lately been cold to him he may kick a horse out- aiue ner premises, so as to aret a. tuautc lj npcttft. iu uer wane oemg run in. and ni- her ir aim nn nnrP tains any of her old affection for him and if all ls really over between them, - The Maori strugjrllncr with the Enr- lish language commits many a blun- der, but, when we think of his ances try, perhaps the following may be re peated. A schoolmaster in a Maori col lego one day asked a scholar to define I oupci nuuiciu. .ceiling men luie at nlfrhr " ne lh o.n, i .hn hnrl nnflioori "cimnrhll o " Tv.lfVi human supper. Another example of the atrocious sweating methods introduced to the Victorian railways by Manager Tait turned un n tho Arsrus t'other dnv- A correspondent from Euroa wrote: Many women In charge of stations actually receive no pay, while others receive only the nominal pay of ls (25 cents) per day. The "woman-ln- chargo" at a station on the Northeast line has to signal the .trains, attend to passengers and parcels, collect and sell tickets, receive and consign all goods and keep accurate acounts. Tho freights on outward goods from this station are not less than from 6 to 10 (530 to 350) per day. apart from other revenue, yet the department re fuses to Da anything for these serv- 1 ICeS. In mOSt Cases tne Woman 13 tnO wife of a line-repairer, and the hus mnr? la nllftwert tn nponnv n onttn.vn rent free, and It Is the fear of eviction which compels the wife to work for thb I uc"" w..ifc, ino WOrsl-iemperea set Ot men in and around Sydney, taken as a class. are members of fowl-laying clubs. Dur- ine competitions ana tney are wnaies for egg-laying competitions they na h?tt an nnMrhltn nrnrqa thnn ffrn rV fttt sinH Tinotrhltft TtrnrjA thfin 1 " pony-racers. The things they say about fellow hen-owhers are blood-curdling, I have been awaKenea rrom my peace- ful sleep by a hen-owner who thought the other fellow's chook was ahead in the egg-race: he came to tell me that tho other fellow drank. First lawyer In this case, your , -r : . o .h " , I opposea oy mo moau unuiniba;u cal In th( lesral profession. Second lawyer My learned friend is such a notorious liar that TTIs -worship It would probably ex pedite business If counsel would con fino their remarks to such things as are matters of dispute. t trtipss the American people would conslder themselves In heaven if they had a brand of politics like yours Sid- ney ciementson, an American visitor. Mr Held Mr. Iyne apparently could not get anv from the filthy party Issue. (Ulsonicr.) Mr. Lyne-You t are ,a f filthy humbug. you are M Teid The honorable member wants monopoly of making offensive statsments. Mr. Hutchinson He could not have a monop- oly while you are here. Mr. Lj-ne-I never had anything atruclc out of Hansard. I . inolrfdnt rchlch nrlv ld tn Mr. fran 'V0'1.11 on the floor of the House occurred ln the As sembly last night. Uncle Sam (In heaven) Gee-whiz! ef I'd on'y guessed it wuz one-half so fino as this I'd have died years sooner! Styles in Typewriters. Pittsburg Dispatch. Either blonde typewriters are very scarce in Kew York or they refuse to notice iob-lot advertisements. When the Madison Square Garden typewriting ex position opened today the manager found the need of 300 demonstrators, and he advertised for them, specifying that they be blondes. The net result of the "ad" was one redheaded girl, one bru nette treated heavily with peroxide and a colored ladj recently graduated from a business collceo ANTIPODEAN BITS OF OREGON tIFE. They've Heard About Itrat Lasti ' Pine Cor. to Baker City Herald. A Christmas tree is being talked of at this place. Acknowledgement to a Friend indeed; Free Water Times. V Mr..L- B. North was, helping th? printer this week and last ..... ,,t-!l- O CUI. M-J. loweign naynne uncimiim Buell Corr. Sheridan Sun, The shed covering the hay scales of this vicinity Is completed. Poor Unripe Mr. Forcier. Correspondent Gervals Star. I Forcier has not dug his spuds on ac count of not being ripe yet. Ah, there, Cecil! We're Watching Yotf Wallowa Chieftain. Mr. Cecil Ghormley Is over from Pawwatka again. What is the attraction,. Cecil? . Oh, Listen to the Band'.; -" flmnt Pntmtv "NTotva The band Instruments have arrived.-m town, and already Director Tyler Is busy with the details of organization and praq- tlce. Why Idaho Democrats Lost. Lewiston Tribune. Senator Dubois practically admits that by driving the Mormon vote out of the Democratic party. Democratic success and Democratic government were made Impossible. Real Sport In Benton County. Corvallls Times. " The hunting club which controls the lakes and ponds ln the Hulburt neigh borhood went out Tuesday for another "big day of joy," as the members term a day's shooting. The result of the shoot was between 500 and 600 ducks. Sure, We Won't Give It Away. Springfield News. It is rumored quietly and secretly that the Springfield ladies are soon to enter tain in the "good, old-fashioned way." The News reporter was confidentially In formed and requested to keep It under the hat" that the swellest event of the year was yet to take place. Mr. White's Surgical Operation. McMinnvUIe Telephone Register. T. A. White one day last week picked a brier out of his finger with a hat pin. and In a few days blood poisoning set In. i i-i-i. x. j i.. t. I UUIU wiiiun lie iiuuKicu ackcicij ainuc. iv was feared for a while that it would be necessary to amputate his hand, but he has Improved somewhat, and it is now be lieved he will recover without that loss. Mr. Wagner Makes an Explanation. Aurora Borealla. We have received the following com munication, which speaks for itself: aSd takes e liberty of Inform n11 .tn tn know that he ls not trav. "Notice to the reading public The un- 7v. .-, .v. " .7 XL-j.. -."i.. x. and pleasure combined. DAVID WAGNiSK. Gathers Grapes in December. Jacksonville Sentinel. rn the first dav of December. C. ;H. Sampson picked from a 15-year-old vine on his place north of town ten crates of grapes holding 23 pounds. Two of these he kept for his own use and sold the other eight crates at Jl each. Up to this time there had been no frestnd the fruit was In perfect condition. .MrSamp son has about SO vines of this planting. When Father Makes Son a Visit. Sheridan Sun. A. B. Thomas, of ,Forost!?vf3i!?ve,. t8 again ln Sheridan, and when he Is 'around I 40 ou...-."...0 i there is something doing. He. has been 1 nusv assisting nis son. a. n. Miiomaa. in repairing his building. The place hardiy looks like the same building. He has repapered it ana arranged mines m such a manner that It Is nleaslnjr to look upon. Let the work of Improvement go on. The Drama Under Difficulties. Eugene Guard. Last evening, just before the perform ance of tor iwotner s baKe, at tne theater, five of the seven ushers employed ln the house Informed Manager Gilbert that they would not work any longer If their wages were not raisea. xieau usner Polndexter was given authority to at once Head usher secure oiuer uauuia i uu ai" places, and before the show was over he had twice as many applications as mere were places to fill. Launching the Dramatic Lifeboat. Rainier Gazette. TVio -Rolntor Trnmntlf Pliih has heen resurrected from the shadows of the dead past, and night, sundry sounds of shrieking heroines, baffled villains and . dying lovers give evidence that the noble band are ln a stage of preparation to bid for honors before the glittering foot lights. Their first effect will be "Through the Breakers. We now breathe a prayer that they may get "through" all right. The glorious "first night" will be some time in January. As to Vardaman. New York Sun. A Washington dispatch to The Tribune savs tnat tne inaugural commm.ee u Sorely perplexed" as to sorely perplexed as to wnetner it should send an Invitation to james K. Vardaman. Govern ... , rrk. l fnn. me rion. ernor of Mls- I . i t rrh. Mw.n.lS-AA footer tVo- r I S1S31PP1. 1'K lUUlimr.vi, -""- Governor would make a reply In Varda- manese. We can't believe that the com- mlttee Is entangled in such a perplexity. The State of Mississippi Is entitled to the same courtesy as her sister states. Her Governor should be treated courteouly. whether he chooses to pay In kind, or not. rr .Tnhnnnn's nhrnae. "thft triumph of hQpe QVer experience," should be in the "ui,c . . f r minds or tne committee in iw ireaimen of the Mississippi Chesterfield. Consult also Proverbs, xxvl:4. His Wonderful Flow of Language. Chicago Inter Ocean. It ls easy to understand where "Tom" Lawson got all his information, but it i- still a mystery where he got his trer- mendous flow of language, unless he . ,. tne xv. Boston -ferry- boat. REJOINDERS. r "Kow then." said Mrs. Polk, after dinner, how shall 1 dress for the theater this even ing?" "In time to see part of the first act. dear," replied her husband, mildly. Philadel phia Press. She It must be terrible to find out alter one 1.. nLiS of "maSe OhI I don't know. There are lots of married people who seem to be both cheerful and hope ful. Chicago Record-Herald. Young Professor (who has taken her-down to dinner) By the way. Miss Gaswell, have you ever seen the nebula of Andromeda? Miss Gas well No; I was abroad with papa and mamma when that was played, but I've heard that it drew crowded houses. Chicago Tribune. 'This servant-girl problem will make me old before my time!" "Bothers you, too, does it?" "Indeed It docs. If I have an ugly maid my husband Is away all the time, and if I have a pretty one he is at home .all the time, and I daren't go away; so there It Is." Houston Post. District VMtor I've just had a- letter from my son Reggie saying he has won a scholar ship. I can't tell you how delighted I am. I Rustic Party I can understand yer feelings, mum. I felt just the same when our pig won a medal at the agricultural show! London Punch.