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Wheatley; Oakland News Stand; B. E. Amos, manager nve wagons lioldneld, Ner. Louie Follln; C E. Hunter. Eureka, Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. DEC. 11, 1907. THE BURDEN OF A STATE. The grievance of Oregon against the o-called Harriman railroad system is that It has done nothing these twenty years, or next to nothing, to extend the railroads of Oregon.- Yet the combine has fenced Oregon In, and warns all other railroads out. Hence Oregon languishes. Hence its growth Is slower than that of any other West ern Stat. . . , . Yet enormous sums of money drawn es profits from the West, one hundred and -forty millions, a full share of which has been contributed by Ore gon, as the reports of traffic and of profits sho'.v, have been "Invested" in the stock of such roads as the Balti more & Ohio, New York Central, the Illinois Central and Chicago & Alton, for the purpose of controlling them and of working stock-jobbing opera tions In Wall street. The losses on these gambling schemes would have built all the railroads that have been denied, or that Oregon will want these next twenty years. But of course It is useless to expect anything from that quarter. Nobody Is so credulous as to believe that work on "extensions of. the Harriman sys tem" will be "resumed" in Oregon. Not till everybody now living is dead, and the Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific cease to be called the Harriman system, may we expect any railroad extensions in Oregon from this quarter, even the completion of the spur to Coos Bay. This is the "system" that fences a country In, then does nothing itself nor permits anybody else to do any thing, within the territory it claims as Its own. It build a road from Port land to Seattle, which nobody wants, on ground already fully occupied, sim ply to tease a rival, and leaves 50,000 square miles in Oregon without any railroad whatever. One advantage we are spon to have. Portland and Oregon will soon be. in close connection, through the North Bank road, with the Northern Pacific and Great Northern. This will be a help of which we shall, of course, avail ourselves to the utmost; but mean while we shall not cease to lament that all interior Oregon remains un provided. PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITT. All the duties of society, all the du ties of the, state as the authoritative expression of the means and measures necessary for the regulation of society, are of little importance in proportion to the duties of parenthood; for every thing depends on the watchfulness of parents and on their right care and direction of the children for whom they are responsible. The state, with all Its authority, can at best be but a helper. In our pioneer days the young were exposed to few allurements or tempta tions. Yet parental authority and ex ample were very rigid. . In these later days the allurements and temptations are very numerous; but parental au thority has diminished, till It is in In verse proportion to the need of it. Through irresponsible parentage so cial bankruptcy that is, bankruptcy In social and moral virtues corrup tion and loss of the young1 Is an even greater danger than bankruptcy of our financial and Industrial system, through foolish overestimate of possi bilities in schemes of speculation. There Is a large class of parents who feel no responsibility. They are not accustomed, perhaps, to the conditions that require a watchfulness greater than that of primitive times. By so much more as new social conditions present increasing allurements and temptations and complexities of life and action, by so much more is it necessary for parents to exercise in creasing care ad watchfulness over their children. The parents are the natural guides. The state never can take their place. The sympathy of the social body never can supply the want of responsibility in parents. This Is the lesson to be learned here, as It has been learned In the older societies of the Old World In France and Germany and Holland, where the old family virtues prevail to an extent not known or equaled among the peoples scattered through various newer lands. The future of this country does not depend so much on our boys and girls as on parents who realize their respon sibility and do their duty. The boys and girls then will be what they ought to be. THE HUMOR OF IT. The Oregonian finds a critic who censures its because it published a few days ago a list of persons who are "dreaming of themselves as possible candidates for the office of Governor." This critic says "most of the persons are two-bit politicians, not fit to be pig-stickers; yet an independent paper would palm them off as proper candi dates for the highest office in the state." Then The Oregonian Is accused of "failure to give the people discrim inative editorial guidance." Why, it Is Inquired, doesn't The Oregonian name some man really and properly fit for the office of Governor, and put its Iron heel on all these .cheap pre tenders? The Oregonian suspects it would be accused of trying to estab lish a "dictatorship," and that there would be violent revolt from it. In & news article It was proper, we suppose, to print a list of men of the two parties who may offer themselves as candidates. It is not the province of The Oregonian to pick out the nin compoops,, pig-stickers and two-bit politicians among them. Possibly their critic would like to distinguish these by printing their names. For the critic Is the erratic man, the -wild man, of the Salem Journal. And it is a fair guess that every "pig-sticker" and "two-bit politician" and "absolute ly unfit man" among them would deem himself as well qualified for the office of Governor, or for any other office, as their kind friend, Mr. Hofer, is for the editorship of a newspaper. Nor would The Oregonian say it would dis agree with them. JAMES HENRY STODDART. Measured by the generally accepted standards, James H. Stoddart, who died Monday, was not a great actor, but during the closing years of his long and eventful life no other player on the world's stage was more, cordial ly received or awakened greater Inter est than this grand old man. The public admired and applauded his magnificent portrayal of Lachlan Campbell, the stern and unforgiving old Scotchman In "The Bonnie Brier Bush," for 'he not only "acted," but seemed to "live" the part; but it felt an even greater interest in Stoddart the man by reason of his connection and close relationship with the great artists of the long-departed past. It is a far cry to twentieth-century the atrical life from the days of Charlotte Cushman and Macready, on through the years which brought before the public the Booths, father and eon; Sothern, Joe Jefferson, Edwin Forrest, Laura Keene and others contempo raneous with these famous people of the stage. But Stoddart as a gypsy boy was playing with Charlotte Cush man seventy years ago. Half a century has passed since Joseph Jefferson made his first ap pearance In New York, but Stoddart, then an actor of twenty years' experi ence, was his leading support, and with nearly aJl of the great people of the stage for the past seventy years he was intimately associated. Through all of his long career on the stage, a period far greater than .the average life of man, he lived an honest, up right life and won the reBpect and af fection not only of the children of the stage, but of the public,' who will mourn his loss. A few more people of the Stoddart type and. a decrease In the number who trail the traditions of stage purity in the dust would have a decidedly elevating effect on the American stage. TERMINAL RATE LIMITS. " . The League of Southern Idaho Com mercial Clubs .is making an active campaign for the Heyburn amendment to the interstate commerce -act. In a memorial, copies of which have been sent to nearly every commercial or ganization west of the Missouri River, it is set forth that the amendment provides "that no railroad shall col lect more charges for a shorter haul than for a longer haul over the same line In the same direction. It means a square deal all around, and that the inland cities can build up the Jobbing and wholesale business to which they are entitled. This does, not deny the Justice of terminal rates, and does not seek to' do away with terminal rates, but places you on a terminal point basis." According to advices from Boise, Senator Heyburn has written from Washington that his amendment is meeting with a favorable reception at Washington, and "even the Coast cities are not showing the opposition that was expected." The reported lack of opposition from the Coast cities Is perhaps due to their faith In the present Interstate Commerce Commission's ruling on rates affected by water competition. The Commission has never assumed, nor could it legitimately or legally as sume, any Jurisdiction over rates which are at all times subject to the Influence of water transportation. At a meeting held in Spokane about a year ago Commissioners Prouty and Lane listened to elaborate testimony from all parties Involved In the mat ter, and in the course of the Inquiry It developed that a steamship line with regular . sailings was taking freight from as far west as Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago by rail to New "York, thence by steamer to Portland, and from here to Spokane by rail, at a lower rate than the Spokane rail rate. It also developed that this same steam ship line was handling In Its regular business In greater or less quantities 95 per cent of the commodities named in the railroad's Western freight clas sification. If the . Heyburn amendment should pass and the law be held constitu tional. It would effectually bar the rail roads from participating In any of the through rail business to the Pacific Coast. It would thus increase the cost of every commodity shipped east from the Pacific Coast, as It would be neces sary to haul empty cars west from these new "terminal rate" points, and the expense of this haul would have to be borne by the Coast shippers. Water competition forced the railroads to Ig nore the seeming incongruities of the long and short-haul rates, when freight was brought round the Horn. It tightened its control of the situa tion when the recent completion of the Tehuantepec -Railroad brought lower rates .and faster service, and when the Panama -Canal is completed it will make its Influence felt still farther in land with much lower rates than are now Iri effect. The Boise memorial asserts that it does not deny the Justice of terminal rates, and that the Heyburn amend ment merely places the interior Job ber on a "terminal point" basis. And yet this Is an impossibility, for the terminal point on which all of these rates are based is an ocean, port on the Pacific, which, of course, is not avail able from an inland point without the additional freight charge' from tide water. The Coast cities,- as shown by the testimony at Spokane, could secure about 95 per cent of their freight by water if they were obliged to do so, but it would be monstrously unfair to the railroads to compel them to aban don this trade, as of course they would be obliged to do if they attempted to enforce a. long-haul charge, based on the short-haul rate to the interior points. The Heyburn amendment is an attempted nullification of the ad vantages conferred by the Almighty on the natural terminal points at tide water, and It will not succeed because it is wrong In theory and inoperative In practice. TAJT ANT HTGKES. Mr. Aldrich's reputed opinion of Mr. Hughes Is illuminating. Accord ing to the Senator from Rhode Island, "Governor Hughes Is not only un known, but apparently unknowable." This language looks portentous, but of course all It means Is that Mr. Hughes puzzles the distinguished rep resentative In the United States Senate of Standard Oil and other interests that live by what they can grab. Mr. Aldrich cannot understand the Gov ernor of New York." A man who can neither be bullied nor bought by the voracious tribes which own Mr. Aid rich Is to him an Insoluble problem. The eminent Rhode Islander regards Mr. Hughes much as Satan did Job. The devil could not to save himself understand why a man like Job, who had everything 'he wanted, should go on worshiping God, and he told , the Almighty plainly to his face that if Job were tempted a little he would fall. Thereupon the Lord permitted Satan to tempt Job a great deal in stead! of a little, but through it all the good man stood firm. Satan was puz zled; he could not understand Job. In the same way Mr. Hughes puzzles Mr. Aldrich. All the fat things which the preda ceous interests have to offer have been spread invitingly before the Governor of New York for many months, and he treats the goodly feast as If It were so much sawdust. Every Inducement has been tendered him in the way of trust presidencies, political advance ment. Inside opportunities, to sell him self to the corporations which repre sent the devil in the modern world, and yet he stands to this day unsold and seems likely to remain so always. He is not in the market at all. To a mind of Mr. Aldrich's type, used as he Is to bargaining himself away and buying men like sheep, as he bought Mr. Bailey, of Texas, such a phenom enon as Hughes Is the wonder of won ders. Vice never can understand vir tue. Mr. Hughes takes his own course. He thinks out what should be done and then he does it, regardless.: of whose feelings may be hurt. He can not be "worked." He cannot be bought. He cannot be frightened. Any one of these traits, taken' by it Belf, would make him undesirable to the Interests. Taken all together, they form a combination so dangerous to systematic robbery that one is sur prised at the favor which Hughes has found in Wall street- and similar haunts of the corporate ravens. The explanation lies in their un conquerable hatred of Roosevelt. To every man in the country who desires to rob under the forms and protection of the law Roosevelt is anathema. The thieves hate to become honest under anybody's rule; but they hate it ten fold under Roosevelt's. "If we must stop stealing," they have said among themselves, "let's- try at all odds to give somebody else than Roosevelt the credit of reforming us.V So they have been booming Hughes, not because they wanted him in the White House, but because they thought he was a thorn in the President's flesh. Some of them boomed Hughes because they hoped he could not be nominated; some because they believed he could not be elected; and all of them be cause they thought he was repugnant to Mr. Roosevelt. Now the wise Mr. Aldrich, experienced in artful wiles, points out to the syndicated robbers of high finance what a mistake they are making. They are taking Just the course, he tells them, to rouse Mr. Roosevelt's "dander." This defiant flaunting of the Hughes banner may at any moment excite the President's fighting spirit, and then what will be come of their petty politics, their hopes of fishing in a disturbed polit ical pool, and- theif revenge? With Roosevelt as a candidate the thieves and their schemes would be swept away in common ruin. 'Tls thus that 'Mr. Aldrich. sagely counsels his fellow-members of the band when they are assembled in their cave. And he goes on to tell them how much wiser it would be to discard the perplexing Hughes and unite-on Taft. The reasons are obvious. As long as there Is hope for Taft there is no danger of Roosevelt running again. This is in Itself a boon almost heaven ly, but there are others. Mr. Taft has, in fact, for the last few months shown a certain pliability of disposi tion which greatly augments his avail ability from the point of view of men like Aldrich. Two yearsgo Mr. Taft roundly denounced Boss Cox. of Cin cinnati, and all his works, saying that a good patriot ought to vote against his party rather than uphold such a scoundrel as Cox. This year we And Mr. Taft In close alliance with the Cin cinnati demagogue, who, by the way, controls both parties in that city, thereby economizing time and brain power. By his example and that of the exalted Mr. Herrin in California, who is a Democrat although boss of the Republican party, we can estimate how much certain eminent personages think of party loyalty. Moreover, while last year Mr. Taft was fervent in advocating the separa tion of National and city politics, this year he did his best in conjunction with Mr. Roosevelt to make the Cleve land ejection turn on National Issues. The people of Cleveland showed al most as little respect for Taft'a advice as did those of Oklahoma, while their rejection of him and his candidate for Mayor measurably diminished the magnitude of the Secretary as a Pres idential candidate, and encouraged Mr. Foraker to put forth new hopes. It may be doubted whether the warmth of Aldrich's love will help Taft a great deal with the country at large. It takes more than Wall street and Standard OH to make a President. Most people will think their favor rather tends to unmake Instead of making one. Decided support by "the Interests" would be the precise thing which would put" the finishing touch to Mr. Taft's hopes. So far as Mr. Aldrich is concerned, what he and his crowd really want is to play Taft and Hughes off against each other. When one of them shows strength they will boom the other and thus weaken both until some man like Foraker or Fair banks can be pushed forward and nominated. Taft shows increasing pliability,' but he still has too much backbone to suit Wall street, while with the idea of supporting Hughes the syndicates are, of course, only playing. What they want in the White House is a man whom they can mould and direct. A Tacoma dispatch announcing the departure of the steamship Aparlma with a record cargo says: "Since the opening of the present grain season five big steamers have left port with wheat cargoes valued at $1,107,913." This is a very good showing for Ta coma. Portland is not yet noted as a steamship port, but "since the opening ot the present grain season" there have cleared from this port with wheat eleven steamers with cargoes aggregating 2,225,000 bushels valued at about $1,950,000. There are now In port loading and to clear this month five other steamers with a capacity of 1,100,000 bushels of wheat, and twenty-three sailing ships with a capacity of 2,500,000 bushels of wheat. This fleet, with four steamship cargoes of flour for the Orient, will enable Port land to make a fairly respectable showing, even when compared with the combined shipments of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett. The man who "lives throughout the years of a long life without family tles- or associations, "alone in his cabin," presents a sad phase of human life, the conditions of which are not made more sorrowful, when in the fullness of time he dies as he has lived alone. There is, it is true, something shock ing in the close of such a life by acci dent, as was the case with a pioneer of Coos County who recently met his death in the smoke and flames of his cabin home; or by violence, as is not infrequently .the case where the rer cluse was a miser. But generally speaking, a human being who lives from youth to hoary age entirely for himself leaves no ripple on the sea of life when he sinks, alone, beneath the surface. The pity is not for his Jonely death, but for his lonely, fruitless life. Gold imports or gold engaged for Import since the Wall-street panic be gan have reached a total of $102,750, 000; and there is more to follow. This is a vast sum of money, but it would probably appear small in comparison with the milions now In hiding In New York alone, waiting for the restoration of confidence. Gold imports are nearing a dangerous point, as their proportions are liable at any time seri ously to disturb conditions abroad. Confidence would be worth more than foreign gold to this country Just now, and as we cannot Import It, any means that will encourage it should be adopt ed with a rush. Says the San Jose. Times: .'The words of The Oregonian that cut deep est are these: "Like Romeo at the . play, The Oregonian will be a candle- holder ana look on. a Tom just what source The Oregonian got its Informa tion that Romeo was a mere candle holder would prove an Interesting bit of news to students of the Immortal bard." What's the matter with the critics? Romeo, at the dance, or play, urged to "betake him to his legs," an swered: A torch for me; let wantons light of heart Tickle .the senseless rushes with their heels; For I am proverbed with a grandalre phrase, I'll be a candle-holder and look on. Judge Hanford, of the Federal Court at Tacoma, has decided that 'a vessel is not liable for debts incurred by the master, even though they are alleged to be on account of the vessel. This is something new In maritime law, and if the decision is sustained by the higher court, will destroy that an cient legal tradition that a ship is re sponsible for the acts of her master. Incidentally It will permit a dishonest master to "beat" a good many Inno cent creditors. The First National Bank of The Dalles, with deposits of 'nearly $500, 000 and a 62 per cent reserve on hand, is another of the Interior financial in stitutions which is in a position to re ceive a run with perfect equanimity. The remarkable showing made by all of the country banks easily accounts lor the failure of the people in the in terior of the state to get excited over the strained situation elsewhere. There is a Bourbon County in Kan sas. We see a paper, called the Pilot, published there. Bourbon County in so violent an anti-liquor state as Kan sas! Why doesn't the Governor sum mon a special session of the Legisla ture, to change the name? Governor Hughes Is thought well of by the country; but Rockefeller will not help him as a candidate for the Presidency by declaring a preference for him. Harriman, also, is urged to declare for Taft. And that wouldn't help Taft any. North Dakota's law prohibiting the adulteration of paint has been upheld by the Federal Supreme Court. If the complexions of the women folk do not improve from now on, they will have only themselves to blame. There is room for wide range of opinion as to the actual value of se curities set forth in Receiver Hill's re port. The exact ' truth will develop when it comes to realizing on them. Kentucky now. has a Republican Governor. We scarcely think Powers will be hanged. If he should be con victed, doubtless he will be pardoned; but he hasn't been convicted this time. As with other valued products of the soli, this year's crop of Oregon Christ mas trees will be quite asbountiful as usual. Where is the man who predicted the "slump after the Fair?" WHAT IS OUR NATIONAL ANTHEMt Origin of "America" Dates Back to the Time of Henry VII. WOODSTOCK, Or.. Dec. 10. (To the Editor.) In last Sunday's Oregonian this question Is asked and your reply is: "We have no National Anthem. In the public schools 'America,.' whose melody was borrowed from 'God Save the King,' is preferred to The Star-Spangled Banner.' In a popular sense 'America' may be considered our National Anthem." Please permit me to furnish a little more historical and interesting light on the origin of this Anglo-American Na tional melody. In Agnes Strickland's "History of the Queens of England," (volume 11, page 74), the origin Is given. The music and the following words to it were composed for the first time in honor of the marriage of King Henry VII, and Princess Elizabeth of York, eldest daugh ter of Edward IV.; which took place at Westminster, January 18, 1485-6, nearly 423 years ago. God-feeve King Henrie whereso'er he bee, And for Queene Elizabeth now pray wee. And lor all her noble progenye God mve the Church ot .Christ from any follle. And for Queene Elizabeth now pray wee. Thus, it will be observed that the words, and still more the melody, re semble very clSsely England's National Anthem; from which "America" is bor rowed. Let me say that "America" could not have been derived from any better or more appropriate source; when we re member that it was under the auspices of King Henry VII., in 1497-8, 11 years after his marriage, that the Cabots made the first discovery of America, and that, too,, more than a year before Columbus saw it. Furthermore, let us remember that the Cabots discovered that portion of it in which our race made its ' first settlements; and over which the United States fllag, the star-spangled banner, and the flag of England, in which the crosses of St. George, St. Andrew's and St. Patrick the patron saints of Eng land, Scotland and Ireland are blended, float with Immortal glory and romantic reminiscences. If, as you say, "Amer ican assemblages, if seated, rise when 'The Star-Spangled Benner' is played: but they do not get to their feet at 'America,' " this only shows that they are unconscious of the far older and nobler prestige attaching to the melody and words of "America." Our public school histories may be to blame for this Inadvertence; as much as these are for giving Columbus precedent in glory and honor over the Cabots. R. M. BRERETON. Quentln Roosevelt Hsi a Romance. Washington., D. C, Dispatch in Phila delphia Press. Quentln Roosevelt, the President's 10-year-old son, was "lost" for a cou ple of hours one afternoon, recently. When he did not return from school at the usual hour his parents became alarmed, and the White House detec tives were sent after him. After a short eearch Quentln was found on Massachusetts avenue at play with some schoolmates. He was totally ob livious to the flight of time, and was unaware that his absence had been noted at the White Houee. Behind Quentin's truancy there is a little romance. Quentln is the admir er of a girl wtio lives on Rhode Island avenue. When his school closed at 3 o'clock P. M., Quentln went to pay her a visit. It was 4 o'clock before he started for home, but on Massachu setts avenue he fell in with some boy playmates,-and he Joined in their sport. .It was about this time that his par ents grew anxious, and the detectives were sent on' his trail. They soon found the home of the girl, who told them of -Quentin's visit and the route he had taken when he left her. The finding of Quentln was then a simple matter. Fortune Tellers Like Hard Times, New York Sun. - Just as a matter of curiosity a woman who lives across the street from a fortune-teller counted the persons who called to consult the seer In one forenoon. The number astonished her. In the afternoon she, too, visited the woman. "I shouldn't. think," she remarked, "that you would have such a brisk trade these hard times. I should think that peeping into the future at your price per peep would be a luxury that most people would cut out." "On the contrary," said the woman, "trade Increases In hard timea. When everybody Is prosperous people are satis fied and don't care especially to spend money in finding out if there is any ill luck .coming, but when times are hard they will spend their very last quarter to find out If there is anything better in sight." Alabama Women Clean Streets. Montgomery, Ala., Dispatch in New York World. The women of Girard, a, town of 2000 Inhabitants, impatient with the men, who allowed the streets to remain dirty, pitched in with pick and shovel and put them in good shape them selves. The women cleaned up the highway, filled in the holes and ruts and removed the debris. They sang ae they worked, while men -thronged the sidewalks to look on. Many a girl in the "squad" saw her beau in the on lookers, and others saw rivals that were ready to make capital out of -it. But nothing deterred them. They worked until the streets were spick and epan. Grass was put out In some places and gutters were dug to carry off the water. Rock was carried tar the low places and bridges were built. Marries the Cook, a College Girl. Brockton, Mass., Dispatch In New York World. P. J. Hollls, Jr., Harvard graduate and clubman, the son of P. J. Hollls, a wealthy shoe manufacturer, eloped with and married Ellen O'Donnell, cook In the Hollls family. Now, they are back in the parental home and received in so ciety. But Ellen, the cook, is the daughter of Thomas J. O'Donnell, an attorney of Southbridge, and is a Wellesley graduate. She had a sociological bent, and to get closer to the working class she decided to do housework. She got her first Job with the Hollls family. The marriage took place in Providence, R. I., on the bride's day off. About the Rockefeller Ancestry. Leslie's Weekly. , The Rockefeller family association, of which, by the way, John D. is not a mem ber, though many of its members claim kinship with him, has traced the history of the name back to the south of France, where there is still a Baron Roquefeuille. The French Rockefellers, being mostly Huguenots, - went to Southern Germany after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes: hence the Teutonic form of the name. The first Rockefeller came to America in 1720. Life Is prolonged by Good Teeth. New York Tribune. The Berlin branch of the Imperial In surance Company has set aside $25,000 a year to provide a dental institute for worklngmen holding Its policies. The in stitute will provide artificial teeth for all worklngmen needing them. It has been found by the company that men provided with good dental apparatus make a bet ter risk than others, and the new insti tute is expected to save much money to the company in the course of a few years. Stovepipe as a Fishing; Line, Philadelphia Record. Abraham Johnson catches catfish in the Passaic . River. New Jersey, by means of a stovepipe which he pi ante in the stream. He says catfish like a dark place at night. MR- ROOSEVELT AND HIS POLICIF.S. Polls Taken Anions: Republican and Democratic Congressmen. x Washington,. J. C, Dispatches in New York World. Following are the questions ' asked by the World of Republican Senators and Representatives now In Washington, with the net result of the poll: Question 1 Do you think that party and public demands will result in the re nomination of Roosevelt? Yes, 22: cir cumstances may make his nomination j necessary, o; no, as; non-committal. So; total, 141. Question 2 Should he not receive the nomination will he. In your opinion, dic tate the nomination and the party policies? Yes, 16; no. 34; no, but his policies will be Indorsed, 4; non-committal, 73; total, 127. Question S To what extent has the financial situation changed the political outlook? No effect. 60: may have had effect on Republicans. 20; helped Rooae velt, 7: non-committal. 51; total. 138. Question 4 Should the platform be constructed on radical or conservative lines? Conservative. 47; radical. 3; pro gressive. 8; stand-pat, 5; should affirm Roosevelt's policies, 13; should affirm Cannon's policies, 1; non-committal, 61; total. 138. Questions asked of the Democratic Sen ators and Representatives now in the city, with the net result of the poll: Question 1 Does Bryan's recent an nouncement of his candidacy, followed by his Washington speech, eliminate all other Democrats from consideration by the Democratic National Convention? Affirmative, 44; negative. 18; declined to answer, 11; non-committal, 7; too early to say, 1; total. 76. Question 2 Who. besides Bryan, in your opinion, will receive serious con sideration, and why? No other than Bryan, 10; non-committal, 6; declined to answer, 9: any one of several, 6; John son. 1: total, 32.. Question 3 To what extent has the financial situation changed the political outlook? Helped Democrats. f)9; no ef fect, 5; non-committal, 1; no answer, 7; too early to say, 1; total, 73. Question 4 Should the party platform be constructed on conservative or radi cal lines? Conservative. 3S; radical, 4; non-committal. 1: progressive. 4: Demo cratic, 5; on the fence, 10; declined to an swer, 7; tariff the issue, 4; total, 73. FARMER'S LOT IS A HAPPY OXB Ho Can Readily Dominate the Finan cial Situation. Charleston News and Courier. We know a South Carolina farmer who has 20 bales of cotton in the bonded warehouse. He has sold 20 bales, and all his debts are paid. Five bales re main to be harvested, ginned and packed, He has no house rent to pay at the end of the month. He has no water rates to pay; his water comes from a spring under the hill. He has no electric light bills. He has corn and wheat, and the mill is two miles away. Five hogs are in the pen, and they weigh 200 pounds each. The pea crop has been good; he has plenty of cotton-seed meal and hulls; the hogs were fattened on peanuts, though he has ten bushels of the latter stored away for the family. Half a dozen pe can trees on the farm are bearing, and he has plenty of delicious nuts. There is popcorn in the garret for Christ mas, enough for Winter and to give some to the neighbors, too. The sor ghum crop was fair and real sorghum sirup is quite as good as "maple sirup" in quotation points. The two cows yield more milk and butter than are needed, so some is sold every week. Of course, the supply of honey is abun dant, as usual, and the surplus yields a little cash. One or two beeves might be sold to the butcher and would fetch a good price, though the provender being plentiful, they will be fattened for' a month or two and sold later. The woodlands on the farm have been carefully looked after, and fuel is to be had for the cutting and hauling. The supply will never be exhausted, so long as it is husbanded by the far mer we are speaking of. The troop of a dozen Thanksgiving turkeys in cludes at least two gobblers that weigh 20 pounds each, and there are guinea fowls, ducks and chickens besides. The farmer has' $2000 Invested In local banns and cotton mills, the dividends from which are $150 annually. He may have a mortgage for $500 on ft neigh bor's farm besides. He has $200 de posited in bank, and his credit up to $500 is as good as Rockefeller's in any store 'in the County town. Can this farmer hold cotton? Why not? The clothes for his family for the Winter cost about as much as one tailor-made outfit for a city man. We fancy that he can hold the 25 bales in the warehouse until they wear out. Hear What the Unjust Judge Snltb. Philadelphia Ledger. The routine of the Criminal Court pro ceedings had been marked by only one unusual Incident, and that was the alac rity with which a certain hard character was sentenced for 60 days to the- work house. . "Judge," observed the District Attorney at the close of the dreary session, "you seemed to relish the privilege of sending that man to the workhouse. Did his case Impress you? ' "Now, look here," whispered the Judge, as he beckoned the attorney aside, "that man is a worthless fellow. Always drunk and never contributes a cent to the sup port of his wife, who Is a most deserving woman. I feel sorry for her, and when ever he Is in prison she comes to our home and. assists my wife in the kitchen. "And," chuckled the Judge, as he tapped the attorney's shoulder cheerfully, "she does know how to bake apple pie." Senator Tillman's Son a Miner. Carthage (Mo.) Dispatch in N. Y. Times. Benjamin Tillman, Jr.. son of the South Carolina Senator, Is now a miner In the Southwestern Missouri district. He came here last week, and after visiting a few days with his cousin. J. B. Tillman, of this city, caught the "mining fever." Sen ator Tillman has mining interests here, and the son will assist in taking care of them after learning the business. Mnle Knocks Out Fighting; Rear. New York t)ispatch. Peter Brown, driving to market with a mule near Cochecten Centre, N. Y., was attacked in the road by a bear, and in the fight that followed between the mule and the bear the latter was knocked out. Has Its Uses. Nashville American. The hammer is a useful tool. And If you ever doubt it Just try to build a chicken coop Or picket fence without It. But If you use the iron sledge For other kinds of knocking. Go tapping- at your neighbor's faults. Results are sometimes shocking. Do not be a knocker. Kind, impatient pir Hammer out for every one Sharpened, as It were. Though you're armed for business With a tinner's kit. You can hardly ever Make a three-bass hit. There's nothing wrong about It If " - You're listed with the tollers And hooping barrels Is your trade Or building iron boilers. But if you only wield a pen And toy with words and grammar It Isn't very bright In you To use it as a hammer. Do not be a knocker As through life ynu pass. If you're looking out for faults. Get a looking glass. Throw away your hammer And your friends surprise. Do some boosting If you're Needing exercise. itVBOOrfcS & LIKE all great men, Robert Barr, the novelist, ' recently honored the Place of his nativity by visiting it Wallacetown, Ontario and aftr he departed the village story-tellers be gan their reminiscences of him. When Barr was a boy. It seems that the fav orite resort for young and old to goa- m ine village harness shop, and young Barr liked to perch, himself on the harness-maker's "horse" to listen to the news of the day. One afternoon. Barr swung himself on the "horse," but found to his distress that his cloth ing was affixed to a piece of wax placed there by sme mischief-maker. His efforts to free himself were greeted with subdued rhur!tio iti.i Barr exerted all -his muscular power! mere was a wrench, and he was freed 'Did you have tn n-nrt i,.. away. Bobby? What sort of an exhl- a you call it?" was asked "Waxwork," wittily replied the fu ture author. Curious to relate, returned travelers say that James M. Rarri tv. of the inimitable "Thrums" stories, is not so highly revered as one would suppose at Kirriemuir. ScnUnnri original of Thrums. The latter place is mentioned so often and lovingly in Barrio's stories that one would think the natives should hall him as their patron saint. A party of American tourists lately visited Kirriemuir, and fell in love with "the Auld LIcht Kirk." A blue-bonneted Scot solemnly regard ed them. "I suppose you Thrnms peorrto are great admirers of Barrie?" he was asked. "What Barrie?" he cautiously quer ied. "Why, the author of 'The Little Minister' and other Thrums stories, of course." "Oh, ye mean that wrltin' fellow," crossly replied the native. "Aye, he's been here noo an' then. I'm thinkin'. The lest time Malster Barrie wis here, he drapplt a bulk, an' I handit it back tae aim. Wull ye believe me whin I tell ye. that the miserly-minded man said: 'Thank you.' Humph. I thocht the great Barrie wis at least guld for a gill o' whuskey, at least." Alfred Austin, the poet laureate of Great Britain, is reported as having an exalted idea of the Importance of his position. Not very long ago, he was asked to attend an "at home" by a sculptor he knew, and the sculptor Im pressed upon his wife the fact that she must talk literature to the great man. But the hostess is troubled with a poor memory. When Austin ar rived, she saw a staid looking man, and she talked about theology and the latest researches of archaeologists in Asia Minor. Austin looked his Anguish. Too late, it dawned on the hostess that this was the author her husband had mentioned. "I think I have heard of you before, Mr. Austin," commented the hostess, sweetly. "Ah, you are a son of Miss Austen, the authoress, I believe?" At the NewYork City Public Library fiction department Jusf now, the work of two Americans is In popular demand. Mrs. Burnett in "The Shuttle" and Mrs. Wharton s "The Fruit of the Tree" oc cupying respectively first and third places. Sir Gilbert Parker's "The Weavers" is second. That dainty girl creation in fiction, "Emmy Lou," is said to have met with a rival in George Madden Martin's "Le titia: Nursery Corps, U. S. A." Among new books of travel and foreign observation are: "Below the Cateracts," written and painted by Walter Tyndale a fascinating account of the artist author's own experiences as an exca vator in the Lower Nile Valley and a splendid two-volume octavo on "The Egyptian Sudan," by E. A. Wallis Budge, together with "Tyrol: The Land of the Mountains," by W. A. Balllle Grohman, which, besides an Inviting; text full of atmosphere and anecdoto, has an excellent collection of repro ductions of Tyrolese photographs. There is, too, an Important biograph ical book, which has already been fav orably criticised by European public ists, "The Life or Cavour," by Edward Cadogan, which, besides being an au thoritative and intimate biography. Is also a critical analysis of the politics of Europe, amid which the great Pre mier of Victor Emmanuel II played his role. Among books that have their Initial publication this week is the extra Win ter number of the International Studio, entitled "Gardens 'in the Southern and Western Countries," which contains 150 full-page illustrations in color nnd monotint. There lsalso a short, in timate biography of PaderewskI, by Edward A. Baughan, among the Illus trations of which are reproductions of two original sketches and a bust by Emll Fuchs, a characteristic memory sketch by Orlando Rouland and a drawing by Venlno of New York, to gether with recent- portrait photo graphs by Schnell and Bauler. A number of old favorites are re appearing as reprints, and among thesa are the third and twenty-second print ing respectively of Charles Pierce Bur ton's "The Boys of Bob's Hill" and Mrs. Voynich's novel of the early days of Italy's struggle for unification, "The Gadfly." There are also new editions of the following Revell books: Arthur J. Brown's "The Foreign Missionary," Dr. Charles F. Aked's "The Courage of the Coward," Maltbie Davenport Babcock's "Fragments That Remain," Charles Stelzle's "Christianity's Storm Centre'' and Dr. Richard A. Holmes' recently Issued novel, "The Maid of Honor." The seventh printing is announced of Mary E. Waller's "A Daughter of the Rich," a nineteenth printing of Miss Waller's "The Wood-Carver of 'Lym pus" and an eighth printing, of 10.000 copies, of Eliza Calvert Hall's "Aunt Jane of Kentuckyl" A biography of Edward Montagu, the first Earl of Sandwich, is in prepara tion In London. He distinguished him self at the battle of Naseby on the side of the Parliament and gave a good account of himself In the reign of Charles II. As ambassador to Madrid, he also conducted the delicate negotia tions which" resulted in the marriage of Charles II with Catherine Braganza. The redoubtable Samuel Pepys was Lord Sandwich's secretary, so, perhaps, some new sidelights may be thrown on that lively old gossip. I