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Norfolk, "a- Jamestown Exposition News Stand; Potts & Roeder; Schneider & Kaiser. Pine Beach, Va. W. A. Cosgrove. i PORTLAND, MONDAY, JCNK 10, 1907. ' WAR AND PEACE. It Is not through peace, but through war, that the progress is made which . conducts the world to freedom. Peace, indeed, as Milton said, hath its vic tories no less renowned than war; but the victories of peace never come till 'war has cleared the way for. them. In the development of society and insti tutions wrong Intrenches itself every where; but it never surrenders will ingly the advantages of its usurpa tions. Most wars, consequently, are the results of man's rightful efforts to get rid of abuses and oppressions. In recent times, moreover, the seeds of war have been sown in the rivalry of nations; but herein the same prin ciple is at work. One nation wishes to deliver Itself from the menaces of an other, as in the late war between Japan and Russia. In this case, as in so many more, it is believed that ground has" been cleared by war for the progress of the world in peace. But never can any International peace congress prevent wars whose causes lie so deep in national and racial, competitions.- Yet those who have been fondest of war have always professed peace as their leading object -peace and the well being of the conquered, as well as of the conquerors. Even Napoleon, In his exile at St. Helena, insisted that the great ideal towards which all his ef forts had been directed was to gain through war the conditions of last ing peace; that Is, the concentration of great European peoples, divided hith erto by a multiplicity of artificial boun daries Into homogeneous nations, out of which he would have formed a con federation bound together by unity of codes, principles, opinions, feelings and Interests. .. It was an Idle dream, if we view it In the light of the fierce international rivalries which still persist a century after he drove his ploughshare over Europe. Napoleon explained that he . had Intended and expected to place France at the head of this league, to watch over the common weal of the great European family. It Is strange, indeed, that so keen an observer of human nature and of politics should ever have expected to accomplish such a thing. The effort was sure to evoke an opposition that would destroy him. Tet he prophesied, after his fall, that the ideal would yet be realized, sooner or later, by the force of circumstances. "The impulse has been given," he said, "and I do not think that after my fall and the disappearance of my system, there will be any other great equilibrium possible In Europe than the concentration and confederation of the great peoples. The first sovereign who, in the midst of the first great struggle, shall embrace the cause of the people, will find himself at the head of all Europe, and will be able to accom plish whatever he wishes." , Yet the rivalries of the leading na tions of Europe are more Intense, and apparently less reconcilable, than ever before. Germany, most powerful of them on land, will not reduce her legions; England, most powerful of them at sea, will not reduce her naval armaments. The less powerful nations follow these examples, at such dis tances as they may be able, but none can cease to do its utmost so long as the more powerful insist on maintain ing their armed superiority. On their own side the more powerful feel that they cannot afford to relax a single effort, lest they lose thoir advantage, or the opportunity to maintain it. ' It cannot reasonably be supposed, there fore, that The Hague Peace Conference will yield any fruits. Patriotism, or love of one's own country, and pride In it. are not extinct. Germans, English men. Frenchmen, stand each and all for their own country before all others. If it be alleged that this is but a provincial brutality, at variance -with a broad philanthropy, the answer is that It accords with ineradicable principles of human .nature. Napoleon came nearer to the realization of the ideal of a great confederation, as we may suppose, than man ever will again; but the other nations of Europe did not want and refused to have or be a party in a great benevolent empire under the aegis of France. Yet there Is reward in these great national rival ries. They stimulate nations to the utmost, and bring out all their powers, both in peace and war. Every country that feels itself able to assert or maintain a leading place in the affairs of the world knows that it must create and maintain an effec tive armament, the extent of which must be proportionate to its resources and to its liability to attack. A rich and populous nation, open to attack and without an armament to repel it, and If necessary to make aggressive movement against Its enemies, would be In a position of monstrous absurd ity. Armaments,, therefore, cannot be reduced, but, as heretofore, will con tinue to increase in proportion to the wealth of nations and to their exposure to probable and even possible enemies. For a wealthy nation, without means of defense, only invites attack unless, like Belgium, Holland, or Switzerland, it is too small to be aggressive on its own account and is able, therefore, to find protection for Itself through the rivalry of great neighbors. There is another war brewing be tween Russia and Japan. The causes that will lead to it were left over from the recent struggle. No observer thinks another war between these na tions can be avoided, or that it can be postponed many years. Renewal of the conflict lies In the very nature of things. Nor Is there more than a truce between France and Germany, which will last no longer than the op portunity will come to France through obtainment of a powerful ally. - France now, in war with Germany, would quickly be overwhelmed, and the only present guarantee of the peace of Europe is, therefore, the mighty mili tary establishment of Germany. Hence Germany will pledge herself to nothing at The Hague Conference. AMERICA CAN TAME THE ROWDIES. No part of the United States, nor any city other than San Francisco, con dones attacks on Japanese. It is, therefore, not to be endured that San Francisco should embroil' this country in trouble with Japan on account of depredations of rowdies there. The in terests of this country cover too great a. territory to suffer such a thing. The outrages are not the outbreak of any national sentiment In the United States of hostility toward Japa nese. This country could find no com mon purpose In war. It is Just as well for San Francisco politicians, ' who cater to the votes of the hoodlums, tB understand this. The State of Califor nia, even, does not share the anti Japanese feeling. It is easy, If this country so resolves, to put its military into San Francisco to force peace and order. And this will come sooner than war with Japan. San Francisco should know that its anti-Japanese outrages are antagonizing the whole United States as well as Japan. And as for Japan, that country. If looking for complaints against this country, will find them In abundance. Any nation, if foent on trouble, . can find It, Just as any individual. But If wanting harmony, Japan can find that, too, by taking into account the unusual conditions in San Francisco, following the earthquake, and the rule of labor union rowdies and others, and the dual government system of America. This will riot free the United States from re sponsibility, In the Japanese mind, for the violence in that city, but It will keep Japan on a friendly footing and cause the United States Government to take hold with a strong hand of the troublesome city, should there be occa sion for It. The rowdies have more enemies in America than In Japan. They can have all the fight they want with the United State's, before reach ing out toward Japan. If American citizens were mobbed repeatedly in a foreign seaport, the people would demand that the Govern ment send a fleet of war vessels there. When Boxers cooped up Americans In Pekln, their countrymen at home re quired the Government to send soldiers to that place. If Japan should dis patch a fleet to San Francisco, exact indemnity and suppress the hoodlums. It would be carrying out the American Idea. Such a result is not impossible. To prevent it, the United States would plant Its soldiers in San Francisco right quick; likewise, if a fleet of chas tising Japanese warships should simply "appear" Mn San Francisco Bay. The United States soldiers would take hold of the rowdies, hoodlums and toughs with a stern hand. But maybe the Japanese would send their ships after some other port, nearer their own country. In the Philippines or Hawaii. That would also drive the United States to stop the rowdyism in San Francisco. The point Is that If San Francisco should excite international trouble, there will be demand ' all over the-United States for punishment of the peace-breakers, and the Govern ment will be compelled to use its force to prevent further disorder. COLUMBIA BAB IMPROVING. The comparatively slight delays to whioh vessels drawing from 24 to 26 feet of water have been subjected at Astoria within the past six months In a measure has prepared for the an nouncement that an official survey of the Columbia River Bar will show a greater depth of water than has been secured for many years. -Even should the surveys fail to show as great a depth as existed soon after the stop page of work on the Jetty about 10 years ago, the importance of the changed condition of the bar cannot be overestimated. Completion of the Jetty, as originally planned, was fol lowed by a dep,th of 30 feet at low tide. This demonstrated quite effectually that there was a sufficient amount of water flowing out of the river to make a deep channel, if it was confined in proper limits. Shortly after the completion of the Jetty as it was first planned, it was found not to have been carried far enough seaward to sweep the sand out to a point where the northerly current would catch It and carry It away. The river again spread out, and instead of one 30-foot channel, there was a re turn to old conditions, when the waters were divided Into three or 'four chan nels. The best of them seldom has shown more than 24 or 25 feet, and not infrequently a much smaller depth has been reported. The increased depth of water reported in the south channel will probably result in its becoming the permanent channel to sea, and ef forts may cease to make a course straight out to sea, as was planned when the old south channel was aban doned. The deflection caused in the current of the river as It sweeps past Point Ellice and Sand Island shapes it up for a natural discharge through the south channel, and whatever work is now undertaken still further to im prove the depth of water on the bar should be with a vlewjto assisting the current to make use of this natural outlet to the sea. To assure the per manency of this channel, it will un doubtedly be necessary to build the north Jetty as speedily as possible, but with the work already done on the south Jetty,- it is hardly probable that we shall ever again be troubled with as low a stage of water as in the past has hampered the movements of deep draft ships. If the proper depth can be secured and maintained in no other way, a good bar dredge should be se cured and kept at work until It has scoured out any depth desired. There is enough water discharged by the Columbia to give a wide 40-foot channel, if it shall be confined in proper channels. It does not matter much whether the boundaries of these channels are made with a dredge or with the Jetty. If one method Is not satisfactory, the other will be, and Portland will never be satisfied until it can get ships from Astoria to the sea with as little delay as in getting them from Portland to Astoria. COALS TO NEWCASTLE. The expression "carrying . coals to Newcastle" has become something more than a synonym for a preposter ous reversal of natural conditions. In the Pacific Northwest we have already be&un carrying coals to Newcastle, and unless there Is relief In the near future. we are in a fair way to suffer the dis comforts and expense of a worse fuel famine than confronted us last "Win ter. There are at the present time, en route from Japan with coal for Van couver, B. C, two large steamships, and a third is en route from Japan for Seattle with coal. The Canadian port is Just across the Gulf of Georgia from the greatest coal mines on the Pacific Coast, and Seattle long has been fam ous as a coal-exporting port. Portland, within easy reach from the mines trib utary to Puget Sound or Coos Bay, has en route from Newcastle, Australia, more than 15,000 tons, and San Fran cisco, with oil wells of apparently In exhaustible supply right at Its doors, has en route or under engagement from the Australian port 150,000 tons of coal. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the situation is that some of the coal cqmlng to Vancouver from the Orient, and some of that coming to Portland from the Antipodes, is for use on the railroads, which In the past have al ways managed to secure sufficient sup plies from mines along the line or in the immediate vicinity. The necessity of importing coal, which for genera tions has been regarded as the limit of economic waste. Is not due to any slackening in the output of home coal mines, for the official figures for 1906 show that the output last year was more than. 21,000,000 tons greater than in 1905. Washington, British Columbia and Wyoming, which supply the Pacific Northwest with coal, all turned out more of the fuel than they did tn the preceding year. The scarcity, now so pronounced as to necessitate importa tion of coal in large quantities from Australia and Japan, is undoubtedly due to the unparalleled volume of busi ness on the Pacific Coast, and espe cially In the Pacific Northwest. For the first five months of the cur rent year there was cleared from Port land and Puget Sound ports an aver age of 18 steamships per month for Oriental ports alone, compared with an average of but 13 per month for the first five months of 1906. To coal this increased fleet alone would require nearly 25,000 tons more coal than was used for the same period last year. There has also been a corresponding increase in the number of coasting vessels and steamers bound to other ports than the Orient. On shore, even, the Introduction of oil as a fuel on locomotives has hardly proved suffi cient to prevent an increase In the amount of coal required for motive power. The river steamers no longer burn cordwood, but the price of coal has been hustled up so rapidly that no difficulty is found by dealers in dis posing of all of the cordwood obtain able, at prices ranging from double to treble those prevailing a few years ago. This strange proceeding, of bringing coals to Newcastle, is not, however, devoid of benefits for the country. We are about to harvest an Immense wheat crop, and the big fleet of vessels now headed in this-direction with coal will offer a good supply of outward ton nage at moderate rates. Another ad vantage Is the renewed activity on the part of those who are searching for coal. There are, undoubtedly, in the Northwest, vast deposits of coal which have not yet been located, and the In centive to locate and develop a coal mine Is much greater when the price is hovering round $8 and $9 per ton than is the case when the price is only half that figure. DAIRYING THAT PAYS. Dairying In Oregon pays. That is to say, it can be made to pay, and that substantially. The records of this in dustry for the last 10 years, or, bring ing tiiem still closer, for the last five years, abundantly prove this state ment. Hence, when a Farmers' Insti tute is called by the State Agricultural College, and the men and women of the district included In the call re spond, it is expected that new or ad dltional proof will be adduced to show that this, branch of agricultural effort. though flourishing, is susceptible of still greater improvement. This expectation was fulfilled at the Farmers' Institute held last week in Washington County, under the aus pices of the State Agricultural College. The two condensers In that county pay more than half a million dollars a year for milk, the demand is growing faster than the supply, and prices are maintained that make it worth the farmer's while to increase In number and quality his dairy stock. A topic of special interest was Intro duced by a practical and successful dairyman, who urged farmers to know "what each cow on his premises was doing," that he- might thereby increase her value as a factor in his business or discard her for one more productive of good results. In' Mr., Schulmerich's view, the dairy cow should be care fully bred, properly sheltered, kindly treated and systematically fed, in or der to realize upon her as an invest ment. This view is supported by the expej-lence of all practical dairymen. The cow without special commercial value may, because she is a family pet, be kept and coddled, provided the owner can afford to yield to sentiment in the matter, but every such animal retained on the farm detracts from the profits of dairying and represents a waste In labor, feed and shed room. It la manifest from the presentment of facts in regard to profitable dairy ing, as evolved from experience, that this Industry has been taken from the haphazard methods of the ojd , farm and dairy ranch and placed upon an intelligent business basis. Given care fully bred cows, practical experience in handling them, humane and intelli gent, methods in caring for and feed ing them, and dairying in all Its branches will pay and does pay in Western Oregon. Farmers have de cided- that it Is worth while to learn the dairying business. Formerly they merely "took It up" and pursued it in a desultory way, without progress in or profit from the slack, easy-going in vestment. They were not to blame for this, as both modern methods of dairy ing and the market for its products are features of but . recent yesterdays. Old things have passed away; the thud of the churn-dasher has Joined that of "the dull thunder of alternate flails" in the domain of the past; the separa tor has relegated the slow process of separating the cream from the milk by gravity to the same shadowy region; the scrub cow has given place to the Jersey and Alderney, and the scrimped Winter ration of hay and dry corn stalks of a former time to the ample ration from the silo, varied to produce the required flow of milk. Briefly stated, dairying has become a business, every detail of which Is carefully worked out. the profits of which are in, aggregate enormous and in detail substantial. The remarks of the dairyman who has made the busi ness pay are followed attentively at the Farmers' Institute, and the State Agricultural College proves the useful ness of Its mission when It fixes places where farmers may meet and receive the benefit of Its technical knowledge upon "How to Make Dairying Pay." In San Francisco a man wearing a union-labor button goes into a Japa nese restaurant to eat. Another man, wearing likewise a union button, en ters and beholds the sacrilege and pro fanation. He tries to pull the union button from the diner's coat; where upon a fight ensues, the noise of which draws a crowd of Mayor Schmltz's ad mirers, who Join 'in the fray, which continues till the Japs are badly beaten up and the restaurant reduced to wreckage. For redress Japan threat ens war. We fear the people of our Eastern States will not be so ready as we could wish to fly to the defense of San Francisco, against whose hoodlum Ism and corruptions they entertain very strong prejudices. It was almost necessary that most of the schoolbooks In use In Oregon should be changed. In none of our pursuits and activities has there been greater progress within recent years than in the making of schoolbooks. Some of the old texts had not been re vised since the last adoption, and some that had been revised were not up to the quality of newer books. Since changes had to be made, it seemed best, therefore, to take newer texts, in many cases; for readoption would still have involved cost of exchange. In order to get the newer editions. On the whole, it may be doubted whether there will be any increase of cost, in consequence of the changes made. Mr. Harriman will not be prosecuted for owning two paralleling but non competing railroads. The danger of owning such properties seems to be comparatively light, when one con siders that the New York Central, with Its "competing" line on the opposite side of the Hudson River, has been unmolested for almost as many years as Harriman has been railroading. For the "deadly parallel" in restraint of competition, the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific are far, far apart in comparison, with the two Hudson River tines. Mr. Bryan returns to the charge that Mr. Roosevelt has stolen his principles. But why didn't Mr. Bryan take out a patent, or at least file a caveat, for protection of . principles he claims as his own? Mr. Bryan's principles, how ever, were summed up in free coinage of silver at the sacred ratio of 16jto L We haven't heard that he accuses Roosevelt of .trespass on these de mesnes. The crown of vthorns and cross of gold remain all Mr. Bryan's own. Our Southern States boast that the value of their agricultural products In 1906 reached a total of $2,000,000,000, and their manufactured products nearly as large a sum. The South was left with out property, as the result of. the war, and her new prosperity, exceeding all that was known in the days of slave labor, is the just boast of her people, as it is their wonder. Time corrects mistakes. In properly reconstructed tariff bud gets we should have reversal of the policy through which only a small per centage of the money paid ty the con sumer passes into Government coffers, the bulk of it going directly into the pockets of "the captains of industry." Hence the greater part of the over grown fortunes, like those of the mas ters of the steel trust. A Missouri preacher is holding back a $5000 subscription to the Missouri Bible College because the college is not teaching the story of Jonah and the whale. This action would indicate that not all Missourians are skeptical. Here at least Is one who does not need to be "shown," but stands by the generally accepted version of the great fish story. The issue or result of the trial of Haywood depends on the extent to which particulars given by Orchard may be confirmed or supported by di rect or circumstantial evidence. En tire invention of such a story as he tells is, however, impossible. The new wife of "Mysterious Billy" Smith, perhaps being a person who can look out for herself better than her predecessor could, may discipline Billy Into a very desirable husband. Mr. Dooley's essay on our troubles with Japan Is very choice reading. If you missed It in The Sunday Orego nian you will not regret the trouble of turning back to find it. Now some live boniface ought to start a summer hotel near the coast defenses at Fort Stevens, where the militia boys are going to hold forth. It is known with certainty that the man who does not know "where be is at" is not one of the defeated candi dates for office in Portland. The weather yesterday was too cool to make an appreciative thirst for the last "wet" Sunday. SHIPPING OP GERMANY. Growth Has Been Astonishingly Fast la Thirty Years. Official statements published in Ger many show astonishing growth of the shipping of the country. In 1905 German vessels of all classes are credited with 114,157 voyages, representing a movement of 1,365,538 registered tonnage. In 1ST5 the' number of voyages on record was only 45,302. while the tonnage was but 8,604.610. Thus the number of voyages was multiplied about two and a half times and the tonnage nearly ten times in the space of 30 years. A further ad vantage is exhibited in the fact that, while in 1S75 about 20 per cent of the re turn voyages of German ships were made in ballast, in 1906 only TVj per cent of them were made without cargoes. Analyzing the voyages between ports in Germany and those of foreign coun tries. It appears that Denmark leads in actual number, i47 vessels clearing from German ports for hers and 4,369 from' hers for Germany. England comes next In number of voyages, but leads in ton nage, the movement being from Germany to England. 1.750.000 tons; England to Germany, 1.870,000 tons; total, 3.620,000. The United States comes second with 1.780, 000 tons coming from German ports and 1,820,000 going to Germany, or a total of 8,600,000 tons. The total tonnage of the Danish commerce Is only about 700, 000 tons. This figure, however. Is double what it was in 1901. Since the same year the Increase in trade under the German flag with England. Africa, Brazil and the southern countries of South America has been very marked, while there has been a falling off for the northern coast of South America "and British North appears further that 198,887 ships of all nationalities, with 48,406,743 tonnage, entered German ports in 1905, against 87, 55S ships and 12,722,710 tons in 1S75. Thus while the ratio of Increase in tonnage is enormously in favor of German vessels, as shown by the figures given at the be ginning of this article, foreign tonnage has more than held its own. EUGENIE'S LEGACY OP HATRED The Ex-Empress, Neartna- Her Bad, StUI Has Her Vanities. New York World. Paris crvlmr "an ti,ini -. , . ""r ""ci. tuier its once Idolized Eugenie and denouncing her as .u.llutsawos, more Insulting ex pression of national hatred of a fallen fa vorite could there be? The offense of the ex-Empress of the French is that she has sued to recover musuem nrtiplAa . . "f.' u w personal property of Napoleon III, and the courts " ""wuea ner claim. These articles, represented as of "no historic and little intrinsic value," prove to be tapestries, paintings and works of art presented to the Emperor by foreign states and now appraised at 1,000,000. The government, moved by the outcry, has entered an ap peal against the decision. Are republics so little grateful? What Is the matter of a mere Sl.OOO.ooo in ,., in. the sovereign who was wont to spend as "'"' Brauiy a wnim. and who, when she fled from Paris in 1870, left a ward robe valued at xsno non in w . together with furs worth 3120.000? oums or tnis size are but trifling items in the national riahit atn3 -c . . .i t uio .em press whose vanity provoked the war "my war and my son's." as she said the wui winun uiuvier proclaimed to the Deputies "with a light heart" which was to nABt Wnnon n n n -l cn u . " . J 'r r I , r. "J uvCSp LWW rich provinces, an enormous treasure and liib unai inaemnity or nve milliards of francs. Is It to be wondered at that "the Span Inn wnman' mtv,..! . i j . . . . i.iini,,,,, . gioaior uujeui Q popular detestation than "the Austrian," with all her frailties, the diamond neck lace scandal included, ever was? The splendor of the Second Empire is a mem ory only. The ill-fated Emperor is gone, and th& er-in In wfenm TJ .-. .. v. " .u ...lulu uuuaaiuDL iLvyia centered. There survives only the de crepit woman or so, ner Drllllant reign forgotten the lingering shadow of the beautiful bride the way to whose boudoir through the church door cost France more than all Its Pompadours and Main tenons. The national hatred which is her legacy is a heavy price to Ipay for her brief hour of glory. t Sanity aad the Oonstltutioa. Louisville Courier-Journal. The Courier-Journal is doing what it can unexcitedly. Intelligently and disin terestedlyto consider and' discuss the po litical situation as it slopes slowly down toward the Presidential period of 1908. It truly wants to elect a Democratic Presi dent. It Invites its Democratic contem poraries, in and out of Kentucky, to share Its investigation with it and to Join it in the consideration of the actualities of the situation. But. In a spirit of 'inquiry and Of brotherhood. Does any one of them purpose, without an effort at agreement and preparation, to surrender our chance of victory In ad vance; with eyes wide open to walk blind fold to defeat? There are serious differ ences. Can they not be reconciled? There are many factions. Must they continue to baffle our hopes? The Courier-Journal may be mistaken, 'but it is sincere. It Is unselfish, and it is in earnest. It seeks nothing but a Democratic triumph. If the party can be unified it believes this possible; yet not, however, if many Dem ocrats follow our two Lexington contem poraries In stigmatizing the Constitution of the United States as "a fetich" and Its worship by Democrats as "a dangerous form of political idolatry." What One Man Did by Hard Work. La Grande Observer. C C. Frasier, one of the wealthy men of Union County, has passed away. His life exemplifies what can be ac complished within a few short years in this county. Twenty years aga Mr. Frasier came to this valley with 3300 In money, which comprised his en tire capital. His estate is worth 3100, 0J0. " This large fortune was made farming. Mr. Frasier was possibly no better manager than others, but all give him credit for being a tireless worker. Until the last three years, when his health began to fail, he scarcely knew what it was to rest. He was a' pusher. Everything on the Frasier farm moved and thus accumu lated his thousands. He paid the price, but after all, did it pay? He practical ly wore himself out much sooner than he should have done. However, this Is only conjectural, as Mr. Frasler's tem perament was such that he could not take it easy. That kind of a life to him resulted in greater loss to his nervous system than to keep everything going under full pressure. Mr. Frasier was a man of honor and his word was equivalent .to his note. Sapphics. Lady, yon ara one who reads th dally papers, Never could I hope to woo yon and to win you By the kind of poem generally doped out By Robert Herrick. . No, for you ara jerry to all tha new ex pressions; No, for you ara hep to all the verbal phonies II I should spring the other sort. I guess you'd - ' Give me the office. Lady. I would not seem to be. a mollycod dle. But. If yon must know, I've got aa awful - brainstorm Down in the depths of my exaggerated ego And you're the reaaon. I have got Zementia Americana All en your account and no reactionary. Where do I stand? O lady, lady, please dout Pass me the grapefruit! - Tuck. SCHtRI ON CHAXCELLOBSVILLE I He Attributes Fanlta la That Battle to General Howard. Chicago Tribune. The last Installment of Carl Schurz's "reminiscences of a long life" deals with the battle of Chancellorsville and the mishaps of. the Eleventh Corps. General O. O. Howard was the corps commander, and General Schurz was in command of one of Its divisions. That luckless corps was struck and smashed by Stonewall Jackson's flank ing movement. At the time It was made by many a scapegoat. The fail ure of Hooker's campaign was ascribed to its alleged misconduct. It Included a large number of German regiments. Hecker's Eighty-second Illinois being one of them, and men who were stlll infected with Knownothing sentiment poured out abuse upon German soldiers wno had displayed signal bravery in many a hard-fought battle. The true story of the battle of Chancellorsville has been told by sev eral persona of late years. The as sertions of misconduct on the part of the men of the Eleventh Corps have been disproved. It has been shown that the corps was routed because it occupied a position where successful resistance was impossible. So what Mr. Schurz has to say in defense of the Eleventh Corps will provoke no rejoinder. . It Is all true. But he has much to say about General Howard, on whom he places considerable of the blame for the disaster to the corps. Mr. Schurs says that hours before Jackson struck his blow he became convinced that a flanking movement was Intended and pleaded with Gen eral Howard to take steps, to meet it. But the General could not be con vinced and clung to the belief that Lee was In full retreat. Mr. Schurz says he made repeated efforts to shake Howard's obstinacy, . but In vain, and that finally he, on his own responsi bility, made changes in the position of a few regiments, which served to delay Jackson's furious advance a little. After the battle General Howard did not, according to Mr. Schurz. speak a "frank and sympathetic word to re move the stain of ignominy from the slandered troops." On the contrary, he complained of their "bad conduct," and in his official report, failed to admit that he had been warned of Jackson's flanking movement, and made at least one assertion "glaringly at variance with the facts." In short, Mr. Schurz charges that General How ard shirked respon.-dblllty for the mis fortunes of the day "and put undeserved blame upon brave soldiers. It is impossible for the living to carry on an acrimonious controversy with the dead, but presumably General Howard will feel called on to make a reply to the posthumous charges brought against him by Mr. Schurz. The battle of Chancellorsville, as far as the Eleventh Corps is concerned, may have to be fought over again. METHODISTS AND PRESBYTERIAN'S A Very Striking; and BnggtsUTe Com parison. Columbus (O.) State-Journal. A prominent Methodist minister who has been attending the Presbyterian as sembly faithfully, remarked the other day that the Presbyterian church was about what the Methodist church was 25 years ago, and that the latter is about where the former was then. He meant this, that the Presbyterian church had taken on a good deal of the old-time Methodist enthusiasm, while the Methodist church had been marking time a little, and taken up the Presbyterian gait of the former time. There was in this little expression of opinion a mingled note of gladness and regret. He was pleased that the Pres byterians had abandoned their measured step and a little sorrowful that the Meth odists had taken it up. We quoted the remark of this minister to another well known clergyman, in the same denomina tion, and he said, with a smile, "I guess there Is a good deal of truth In what the brother said." It is hardly probable, however, that this interesting transformation is more than apparent Or rather, the fact is that both have felt the stamp of the age, as all denominations will and must, for as sci ence, art, invention, education advance, so also do temperaments and habits change, and even the statements of doc trine. The stirring revival of a century or more ago does not often take place now, and especially In our rich churches, but one could not doubt there Is as much real, sincere religion in these as in those former days, when religious fervor was more easily aroused. There is a new dis position, but the faith is about the same. And yet, when one thinks about It, he is apt to believe that in those early days the verj winds of heaven were blowing through the Methodist churches, and to day If the Presbyterians are catching the breeze they are mighty lucky. There was noted in the tones of these two clergymen a feeling of Joy that the Presbyterians were getting hold of the Methodist spirit, but at the same time there was, evident also a resolution to reserve a large portion of. it for them selves. . , ' Notable Epitaph. The famous "Amen" epitaph at Crayford, Kent, to the memory of one Peter Snell, who repeated his "Amens" diligently for 80-odd years, Is reprinted: The life of this clerk was Just three score and ten. Nearly half of which time he had sung out Amen. In his youth he had married, like other young men. But his wife died one day-eo he chanted Amen. A second he took she departedwhat then? He married and burled a third with Amen. Thus his Joys and his sorrows were treble, but then His voice was deep bass, aa he sung out Amen. On the horn he could blow as well as most men. - So his horn was exalted to blowing Amen. But he lost all his wind after three score and ten. And here with three wives ha waits till again That trumpet shall rouse him to sing' out Amen. WHAT SO RAW AS AN v X 4 THINGS DOING IN THE COLNTRY Problem la Cathlamet. Columbia River Sun. Why will a man blow in J10 a night on high balls and then walk his wife around two blocks to avoid passing an ice cream parlor? Debat of a Trick Mule. Prlnevllle Journal. A spotted mule colt belonging to Steve Yancey created a good deal of Interest on the streets Tuesday morning.- Mr. Tancey has been offered J200 for the curiosity. Coming; la Couplets. Antelope Herald. Born, to Old "Calamity Jane" (property of C. S. McCorkle) twin mule colts, and although they are without hope of pos terity or pride of ancestors, they are not a bit discouraged. NothluK Like It. Brownsville Times. Don't you wish those people In the East, who are shivering with the cold, could enjoy our fine climate, see our beautiful roses, and partake of some of our delicious strawberries? Preparatory School, So to Speak. Condon Times. Bishop C. J. O'Reily was a pleasant caller at the Times 'office last Saturday. The bishop formerly had charge of the Catholic Sentinel in Portland and real izes the rich heritage of a strenuous edi torial experience. Herder la the Sheep Dip. Pilot Rock Record. After 8000 sheep belonging to Julius Weg ner Had passed through a vat, "Joe," the herder, fell Into the "scab" solution which was 110 degrees Fahrenheit. "Joe" will have no difficulty In passing inspec tion for admission on the reserve. His hands were badly pllstered. but otherwise he suffered no personal Injury. TurBlnfr of the Worm. Dallas Itemtzer. For unadulterated gall In the continu ous grafting of newspaper space these traveling musical workers are the limit. They pull you for costumes for j-our chil dren who take part, try to get half price on job work, and then want you to puff them up for two or three weeks for noth ing. We are golpg to quit it. "We Youth." James P. Wilson, of Corvallls, is nearly 85 years of age and besides being re markably well preserved, physically, his eyesight is such that he never yet had to wear glasses, and a few days ago shot a bird that had been bothering the prem ises. Albany Herald. "Old Man Bennett'' Is the way The Oregonlan and some more of our jocu lar contemporaries speak of the young man who has charge of these columns. We say "young man" advisedly, for a man of 63 who has taken care of himself, behaved himself and kept no bad com pany, as in our case, ought to be good for at least 30 years of good hard work. The Dalles Optimist. The W. F. M. S. ladles of the Metho dist Episcopal Church were guests of Mrs. Minor Swlck, Wednesday afternoon, the occasion being In honor of the 86th birthday of Mrs. Swick's mother, Mrs. Stewart, one of the first white women to settle in Marysville, now Corvallls. She came to Oregon in August, 1845, settling on the Lucklamute, but the next fall came to Corvallls, where the Stewart donation claim was taken up and where the family became one of the best known in this section of Oregon. Mr. Stewart died In 18S0. The family came from Mis souri. "Grandma" Is hale and hearty with a remarkably clear mind, and has a wide circle of friends who Join In wish ing her many happy returns. The cele bration, Wednesday, was attended by 44 and a delightful time is reported, Mrs. Swick being a very hospitable and suc cessful hostess. Corvallls Gazette. George Butler, who Is crowding his 60th year, is undergoing a siege of whooping cough, and the way he "whoops" Is not slow. This second childhood run on in fantile diseases Is getting epidemic HlUsboro Argus. Disaster Predicted for New York. Mlddletown, Conn., Dispatch New York Tribune. Horace Johnson, a wealthy prophet, whose home is in Middle Haddam, says that ab.out the middle of August there is to be a cracking and open ing of the earth near New York city, and that the city will be destroyed, one-half of it slipping into each river. Johnson says that Manhattan Island has been loaded with iron and stone until there has been a great disturb ance of the equilibrium of the earth, and that the catastrophe cannot be averted. Johnson is a prosperous farmer with a good education, who has read widely and made astronomy a specialty. He predicted the bliz zard of 1888 and many other storms. Eel Eats Shirts and Clothea Line. New York Sun. A big eel from Highland lake swal lowed two feet of clothes line and several shirts on the farm of Joseph Whitney, near Winsted, Conn. Modera Sapphics, ' Puck. Lady, you are one who reads the dally papers. Never could I hope to woo you. and to win you By the kind of poem generally doped out By Robert Herrick. No, for you are Jerry to all the new ex pressions; No, for you are hep to all the verbal phonies If I should spring the other sort, I guess you'd Give me the office. Lady, I would not aeem to be a molly coddle, But, If you must know, Pvo got aa awful brainstorm Down in the depths of my exaggerated ego And you're the reason.. I have got Dementia Americana All on your account and no reactionary. Where do I stand? o lady, lady, please don't Pass me -the grapefruit! EASTERN DAY IN JUNE x S r From tha Philadelphia Inquirer. 7Vr cf ti it R, V. ' t: