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Wheatley. 83 Stevenson; Hotel 'Et. Francis News Stand. Washington, D. C. Ebblttr House News Stand. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 87 degrees; minimum temperature, 67 degrees. Precipitation, none. TODAY'S WEATHER Fair and cooler, winds mostly westerly. . PORTLAND, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. JUST THINK IT OVER. In 1B93-4-5-6 our country was produc ing Immense quantities of wheat, cat tle, wool, Ash, hops and metals, hut there were no prices. People were not buying, and wages went down to any thing: the workman could get when he could get work at alL Nature was just as bountiful as ever; but the Demo cratic policy was not favorable to the welfare of the country. Does the coun try wish to return to that policy? Hardly. There will be a bit of thought and reflection about it For it is known, for it has been proved, that the policy of a party has much to do with the public welfare, with the tides of business, with mar kets, with employment of labor, with financial confidence, with the whole system of affairs on which industrial and commercial prosperity depends. Tour Democratic orator or newspaper will tell you that the policy of a party doesn't cause wheat to grow nor mines to yield; that crops and seasons are independent of party policy, and so on. Only a half truth, and hardly a half truth; for the worst times this country has known within living memory was that season of nightmare and despair, from 1893 to 1897, when the seasons were as favorable as ever and the crops never better when wool fell to 5 cents a pound, wheat to 25 cents a bushel and wages were practically annihilated. It was the policy of a party that did it. And just so soon as that party was completely defeated, its policy arrested and assurance of stability, on rational conditions, restored, an unexampled tide of prosperity set in, which has con tinued to this day. f Is not the country now sufficiently prosperous? Does it wish to change its policy and bring back the conditions of 1893-97? It is a pertinent Inquiry. It is cheap enough to say that crops, production, movements of business and general prosperity are Independent of party policy and of party action. It is cheap enough and flippant enough, but it isn't true. Confidence is necessary to business, markets are necessary to la bor and to production. If you wish to form a judgment as to whether Demo cratic policy will produce these results, indulge a little retrospect. And recall how quickly everything revived when Democratic policy was so decisively overthrown, by the election of the year 1896. Look at our history, review our ex perience, to see whether the policy of a party makes any difference. fVould it have been well had the Democratic party won in 1896-1900? Incredulity here must be tolerated and excused. IRRESPONSIBLE PARENTAGE. It is a truth all but universal that proper sense of parental responsibility and exercise of it in bringing up chil. dren will prevent the young from fall, ing into vicious, idle or criminal hab its. As a rule it will be found that if children are wayward it is the fault of the parents. "When you see a family of criminals you may trace it to a parent age that is -vicious or worthless per haps both. The young criminals who are operating among us the boys as .robbers, highwaymen and murderers, the girls as thieves and prostitutes re not accidental or phenomenal prod- nets. They come from the sin's of omis sion and commission of parents, yet are not therefore excusable. The main pity is that their parents -cannot be punished also. The parentage that brings children" Into the world without any thought of s-esponsllbllty or consequences, that lets .them grow up without training in mor ality or necessary preparation for the work of the world, is responsible for much the larger proportion of the vice and crime that harass society. The young man and the young woman, who themselves have had no training in the duties of life and have no reasonable means of support, mate together. They have no calculated rules of Industry and prudence, get only a precarious liv ing, and partly by methods of sharping or indirection; children come for whom there is no home worth the name, the .parents, idle and worthless, often sep arate; the boys and girls leave to seek their own livelihood and what is to be expected? They have been taught no industry; have had no moral training; .the worst happens. But not by chance. (Their lives are the legitimate fruit of Che parent tree. TJXXim boots it, however, to moralize fcBVjQ-Qbvious a lact momentous as it is. The class cf persons to whom such fact ought to appeal will take little heed or none at all. Irresponsible par entage will continue. Tet it cannot be amiss, and it may render some service, to hold up continually, through press and pulpit and every other agency by which the public may be reached, the truth that the underlying cause of nearly all the vice and crime ainong us is irre sponsible and worthless parentage. Fir the forces through which this de linquency may be corrected or lessened lie only in improvement of the moral tone and standard of society, which is a slow process. AH ranks of society ought more and more to set the coun tenance against imprudent and ill-sorted marriages, and strive more and more through social pressure to hold parents up to the line of duty. Irre sponsible and delinquent parentage is the chief curse of our modern and yet Immature social communities. The so cialistic state might And legal remedy for it; but that probably would be worse than the disease it tried to cure. NEED OF A JACKSON. There Is a painful falling off in the Democratic demand for a reversion from the dictatorial regime of Roose velt to the safe and sane order of the peaceful and constitutional Jackson. This should not be. The Democratic ideal should be continuously held up as an example for this autocratic age. It will be remembered that Jackson in his youth was described as "the most roar ing, Tplllcklng, gamecocking, horserac ing, cardplaying, mischievous fellow" ever seen in the town of Salisbury. It was perhaps due to this aspect of his school days that he so ably and vehe mently maintained to the day of his death that the world is flat; and it Is certain that Jackson's habit in parlia mentary procedure was one influence that induced the constitutional conven tion in which he sat to enact as one of Its rules of order that "he that di gresseth from the subject to fall upon the person of any member shall be sup pressed by the speaker." It was Jackson's gentle and constitu tional method that earned for him among the Indians the nicknames of "Sharp Knife" and "Pointed Arrow," and, among his friends, of "Old Hick ory." In Congress he fought "Washing ton bitterly and championed Aaron Burr; and Thomas Jefferson says he had often seen Jackson arise to speak but so choked with rage that he could not utter a word and had to sit down. It was Jefferson who said, when Jack son was aspiring to the Presidency, that there were a hundred men in Albe marle County, "Virginia, better fitted to be President than Jackson was. As President Jackson threatened to hang Calhoun, handled the Government mon eys in flagrant violation of the law and was censured by vote of the Senate. He once broke up his Cabinet as the con sequence of a personal quarrel over so cial recognition for Mrs. Eaton, wife of the Secretary of "War. , The poise and self-control of General Jackson may be strikingly contrasted with the violence "of Theodore Roose velt; for in 1795, when 28 years old, he fought a duel with Avery, the opposing lawyer in a suit, over some hot words that had passed in the courtroom. In 1806 he killed Charles Dickinson in a duel. After acting as second in a dis graceful duel he quarreled with Thomas H. Benton over it, tried to horsewhip Benton and was himself shot In the shoulder. At one time he was going to shoot Governor Sevier, of Tennessee, on sight, and at another he challenged General "Winfleld Scott to a duel. In New Orleans he baniBhed a' Judge that offended him, and was subsequently fined $1000 for contempt of court. which he refused to pay. "When ordered to disband his army he marched it home in a body. He hanged Arbuthnot after that sus pect was regularly sentenced to lashes and imprisonment, and by his arbitrary and violent acts kept the Cabinet at "Washington awake nights In order to ward off open ruptures with European powers upon whose territory in Florida and elsewhere he freely trespassed to pursue a fleeing foe. Jackson's birthday was the 15th of March, and he died on the 8th day of June. It is thus too late, unfortunately, to make an anniversary celebration of his achievements as an incident to the Parker campaign against violence and dictation. But this need not deter all true Democrats from mentioning Jack son's name as often as possible be tween now and November, as'the ideal which the Democratic party would sub stitute for the dictation it complains of at the "White House. TERRIBLE MODERN WARFARE. The high-pressure civilization of mod ern times, no matter what Its advan tages may be to the world at large, Is ever startling us with exhibitions more spectacular and awful than any our ancestors have ever known. Our trains and our steamships are running faster than ever before, and their ac cidents are more frequent and more ter rible in their results. Rushing through life at this terrible pace, we seem to expect all this. Express trains racing across the country at lightning speed collide or leave the track, killing our fellow-men by the score. Great ships sink into the ocean, carrying hundreds to eternity; and outside of the Immediate circle of friends of the unfortunate vic tims the world hardly notices the inci dent, and a day or a week later it has been crowded out of mind by some fresh disaster Just a little more awful in its results. "With these features of modern life in times of peace so terrifying, it is but natural that modern warfare should be correspondingly fearful to contemplate. "War from the beginning of time has been the handmaiden of civilization. It has traveled In the van guard since the world began. That it has kept pace with the changing times or set the pace for the new phases of modern civilization cannot be doubted after reading accounts of the awful carnage now reddening the soil of the Far East. Two armies with a fighting strength numerically greater than that of the combined voting population of Oregon, "Washington and California are lined up in a struggle to the death, and under the withering rain of lead their ranks are being decimated at a rate awful to contemplate. Death and bloodshed in wholesale quantities have marked the path of the war god from earliest tlmesjjut the in genuity of man has perfected imple ments of -destruction to such an extent that each succeeding war presents new features in the science of killing. The ancient Spartans went forth to battle depending on brute strength and agility to vanquish their foes. They met in confllpt and hand-to-hand fighting de cided the contests. Today the modern fighters accomplish their greatest de struction by operating guns that can throw explosive shells for miles, while the arms of the infantry carry missiles that are fatal at a distance almost as far as the eye can reach. "With such destruction possible at long range, the carnage becomes all the more, terrible when the forces of two opposing armies clash as they have been doing at Llao Tang this week. The Japanese are fatalists to a marked degree, and the phlegmatic na ture of their "Joes makes them In a measure , Immune to terrors "that make the strong heart weak and bring a pal lor Into the cheek," but both of these contestants must In the awful fighting of the past few days realize to the full est extent that "war is helL" No less dreadful than the work on land has been the destruction of mammoth war ships at sea. Millions of dollars In property and hundreds of lives are swept out of existence In a few mo ments. On sea and shore the fight ing of Japan and Russia has been strictly up to date, and haB been so ter rible In Its consequences that when the final results are known the world, cal loused though it be to all forms of bloodshed and disaster, will shudder at the awful loss of life and treasure. THOUGHTS ON A TELEGRAM. The Parker cause Is full of mysteries, and each attempt to clear one of them up seems only to Involve us In fresh mazes of uncertainty. This morning, for example, we' print the Brooklyn Eagle's explanation of the famous gold telegram; but it only leads into worse perplexities. In the first place, this explanation says that Judge Parker sent "the fol lowing telegram"; but no telegram Is given, following or otherwise. It was doubtless designed to reproduce the telegram, but on second thought the purpose was abandoned. This excites suspicion; for It has never been posi tively determined which one of the various versions that were printed at St. Louis was genuine. Certain It Is that Democratic leaders who were thrown Into transports of rage at first sight of the telegram were cooled off a good deal on the basis of the telegram that was subsequently read to the convention. There are many Democrats who, believe that the telegram actually sent by Judge Par ker was offensive to the convention and was correctly reproduced In the St. Louis evening papers-of July 9; but that it wa3 subsequently doctored up so that Tillman and other excited dele gates could argue for accepting Its terms. The full history of this tele gram remains to be written, and It Is more Imperatively demanded than ever by the Eagle's action In withholding its exact wording. As this story purports to make a clean breast of the whole affair, why does It so deftly cover up Important points to which It brings the narrative as to a climax? "We have alluded to one; another is the nature of the tele gram received by Judge Parker a short time before 11 o'clock Saturday morn ing. "We are told that it contained "further information." Yes, but what Informations' "Who sent It? What was the point covered In this telegram which not a morning paper in New Tork had been able to secure? Obvi ously there Is something Important yet to tell, which has been concealed. "We are also assured that the Judge consulted the "morning papers." This shuts off the claims of the Evening Post and Brooklyn Eagle, which' de manded the gold utterance, but the con fusion is still as great as before, for both the "World and the Times ad dressed a similar admonition to the candidate. The mystery as to which oi these mentors deserves the credit for which all have been wrestling is deep and dark. Another letter is needed -Nor does the Brooklyn Eagle or jts cor respondent strengthen its position with thinking men by throwing in the in cidental reference to Judge Parker's "well-known" gold-standard views. He voted for Bryan In 1896 and 1900. His gold views, If he has any, were not "well known." On the contrary, they were studiously concealed so as not to drive away the radical vote. They are not "well known" or known at all even yet; for Parker has said no more than that he regards the gold standard as "Irrevocably established." In this he Is wrong, as It Is no more Irrevocably established than the tariff Is. This Is npt a view of the money question at all. It signifies nothing as to whether Parker is at heart a goldbug or a silver loon. It is no more indica tive of his principles than if he were to say that he believes the Dingley law is irrevocably established. Nobody would know whether he was for protec tion or free trade. There is one assertion in this story that must be accepted without question and leaves no room for further doubt or mystery. This is the fact that for thirty hours preceding the celebrated telegram no word had come to Judge Parker from the Democratic leaders at St. Louis. This Is the best and worthi est thing the Eagle has ever had to print or ever will be able to print about Its candidate. Those thirty hours cover the most momentous period of the St. Louis Convention; the struggle over the platform, the battle of Friday night over the nomination. "What an unnat ural situation! One would have sup posed that Judge Parker and his friends at St. Louis would have been In con stant communication as the battle raged, with messages of mutual counsel and encouragement, hope and fear. But they ignored him, and why? The reason Is that there was not a man in that pestiferous bunch of low down politicians In the New York dele gation at St. Louis who had anything In common with the honest" man and upright Judge they were trying to nom inate, for the sole purpose of helping themselves to spoils. Not one of them loved him enough to cheer his isolation, not one of them shared his confidence enough to appeal to him. It i3 a trag edy that men like Parker persist in clinging to the party of Hill and Shee han, Taggart and McCarren, and have to submit to be managed by them and discredited by association with them. One could almost wish Judge Parker a defeat for his own good; for election would only bring him Into infinite con fusion and disgrace from the atmos phere of corruption and greed with which these harpies would surround him, to the shipwreck of his Adminis tration and to his own Infinite humilia tion and shame. The extraordinary eenrgy of the Northern Pacific in getting Masonic trains for its lines is undoubtedly a leading cause for the throngs of well dressed tourists upon the streets of Portland -the past week. This Is good work, and should not be Ignored. These Masons represent the cream of Eastern .business and social life, and as they have visited the Lewis and Clark grounds, their Influence for the Expo sition and for Oregon generally will count for much. There will be other tralnloads of them returning this way after the conclave Is over. Let us do all in our power to make their stay pleasant and send them on their way with a good impression of Portland. GRAFT IN CHARITY. The Chamber of Commerce has voted to provide a permanent committee of five whose duty it shall be to pass on the worthiness of such charitable organizations-as come to the business community of Portland for financial aid. It Is proposed to classify the char ities. Presumably the committee will make a list of societies which have a moral right to ask every one to con tribute to their support Creation of such a list Invites an opposite classi fication, and it is pertinent to inquire where you are going to find a man or a set of men willing to make a "black list"; for among Portland's organized charities, whose names make up several pages in the city directory, you will search In vain for one deserving to be classed as unworthy. None such exists here. "What the Chamber of Commerce evi dently set out to do but this was not made clear in the published report of the resolution adopted at the la3t meet ingis to protect Its members and other business men who are not members from graft under the name of charity. Portland's established vcharltles do not "work" the community. Periodically facing an empty cash box with which to meet a season's expense they must make reluctant public appeal, followed at times by personal solicitation under taken still more reluctantly; and to the credit of this community be It said for the hundredth time, no appeal for aid to the sick, distressed or needy has ever been made to deaf ears. Portland purse-strings are not tied in hard knots. There are in Portland at least twenty-five charitable organizations which stand in no need of a certificate of character from a trade body; but every season one or more of these charities are made the tools through which clever but purely mercenary strangers of either sex work a graft. This visitor has talent in the "show" line, Is un known except for a letter from Jersey City or Oshkosh, usually "broke," un able to hire a hall, pay for advertis ing and give his show on Its merits. So he or she proposes a "benefit" for -psome charity on some such basis as 75 per cent to the entertainer and the bal ance to the beneficiary, provided the receipts overrun expenses. Then a host of ticket-sellers are turned loose iiv the business district and life Is made mis erable for the man who must listen to solicitations. These "benefits" begin usually in October, and run until June. If it were known that the proceeds of a 50-cent or a dollar ticket went di rectly Into the spclety's treasury, re sponse would be prompt and cheerful; but when suspicion points to six bits of graft In every dollar paid out, contri bution is' necessarily made with a grudge No pleasure attaches to the gift; the man feels that he has been held up. Against bogus benefits the Chamber of Commerce will do well to protect its membership as well as hun dreds of professional men Who are neighbors. Still there Is field for discrimination. Many benefits are genuine all the way through, Involving strenuous labor by good women who love the humankind and Bhow it by their works. These need have no fear from the proposed classification. Eliminate the graft and there will be so much more for pure charity. You can always depend on generous Portlanders who are familiar with the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians. For half a century they have been lending to the Lord. LIVING CLOSE TO NATURE, Few If 'any large cities on the Amer ican Continent can equal Portland In affording an entire population, Irre spective of financial conditions, such excellent facilities for enjoying an an nual outing. The thousands who spend the Summer months at the seashore, returning brown and hearty In time to get the children ready for school, attest the value of Nature's masterpiece as a health restorer and preserver. Others in perhaps smaller numbers rest In their Summer camps up near the snow line on some of our grand old moun tains, where the nights are cool and the days are glorious. But the moun tain and the seashore are accessible to certain classes In any city on the Amer ican Continent. It Is simply a question of cost in reaching them. In few if any other cities can they be reached at so small a cost as from Portland, and their attractions are accordingly brought within the reach of a larger number of people in proportion to the population. The country has not yet become so thickly settled as to overcrowd the sea shore resorts, and as a result accom modations of all kinds, from tenting grounds to first-class hotel quarters, are obtainable at very reasonable rates. There Is a class, however. In every large city to whom Is denied even the luxury of a few days at either moun tain or beach, no matter how small the cost of reaching them may be. The de mands made on these people for the ac tual necessities of life are so great In comparison with their earning capacity that the accumulation of a luxury fund Is often too difficult to be attempted. This class in Portland Is not barred from an outing, and frultgatherlng and packing and hoppicklng in the terri tory close to Portland annually present an opportunity to thousands of people by which they not only enjoy a diver sion from life in the crowded city, but at the same time-make a little money. That there is a keen pleasure attached to this variation from the humdrum life of the city Is shown by the large number who are not actually In need of the money thus obtainable, but who join the ranks of the fruitgatherers and hopplckers more for the pleasure of the outing than for any financial profit that may be derived. The gratification of this annual desire to get a little closer to Nature' Is beneficial alike to the rich, who dwell In their fine cottages at the seashore and mountain, and to the poorer classes, who take their outing among the aromatic hopvlnes or under the fruit trees. Out in the open, where the rush and rattle and roar of the city are forgotten and have been replaced by the music of the surf, the whisper of the evening breezes and other voices of Nature, mankind responds to the sur rounding influences and takes a broader and more generous view of life. Years of association awaken strong bonds of sympathy and confidence among city neighbors and friends, but high walls and paved streets are also great breeders of suspicion. The stran ger in the city without the proper crei dentials is usually regarded as un worthy and he must prove his worthi ness before any great degree of confi dence is reposed in him. The stranger in the country as a Tule is regarded as worthy of confidence, and he must by act or deed prove his unworthlness be fore, that confidence Is withdrawn. That Nature Is responsible for this more wholesome air of good-fellowship out In the open Is abundantly proved by the occasional transposition of the country man to the city and the city man to the country. If these changes I were more frequent, society as- a whole wuum oe me gainer, until tney Be come so, the city will share wjth Its children In the benefits resulting from these annual pilgrimages to the-various shrines of Nature. THE JEFFERSON BIBLE. Over two years ago a resolution was passed by Congress providing for a re production from manuscript in its pos session of what is known as the "Jef ferson Bible." The book was to be is sued through the Government printing office. It will not be placed on sale, but will be distributed, as are ordinary public documents, by Senators and members of the House of Representa tives. The printing of this, book is regarded as rather a strange undertaking for ths Government, but It Is excused, If not explained, upon the basis that the subject-matter Is an Improvement over a good many of the books Issued from the Government printing office. It is held further that Its publication will induce a revival of the study of the Bible in a reverent and Inquiring "spirit. The work bears the title "The Life and Mor als of Jesus of Nazareth, Extracted Textually From the Goespels in Greek, Latin, French and English." Thomas Jefferson, though classed by many of his contemporaries as an athe ist, devoted- his leisure time for many years to the reverent study that pro duced this work. It Is composed of a, collection of passages- from the New Testament, descriptive of incidents in the life of Jesus, and a record of his utterances. The conception and execu tion of the work were characterized by reverence and simplicity. The leaves were photographed to make the plates from which the Government edition of 9000 copies Is to be or has been printed. The manuscript of this peculiarly In teresting work, so intimately associated with the leisure hours of Thomas Jef ferson, was purchcased many years ago by order of Congress from Miss Ran dolph, of Richmond, Va.,' for $400. The object of the purchase was purely pa trlotlc As a sample of the work of the author of the Declaration of Independ ence and a former President of the United States, It was placed in the Smithsonian Institution, where in the course of years it was forgotten by all save Dr. Cyrus Adler, the librarian. He Interested Representative Lacey, of Iowa, In the work, with the result that In a short time the 9000 copies author ized by Congress will be ready for dis tribution. As a historical work, the book will be of comparatively little value. The life of Jesus has been so long and so often the theme of students, and Its presentment the finished work of schol ars, that tills simple record will throw little if any additional light upon it Its connection, however, with a name honored In American history cannot fail to give Americans a new interest In an old and not too familiar story, which the wisest may read again with profit and the simplest with increased reverence. JAPANESE ENDURANCE. To say that the Japanese soldiers have within recent months astonished the world is to voice the paramount thought of the present time. Alertness, endurance, skill, activity these are the qualities that have made the little brown men conspicuous as fighters. By and through these they have more than held the Russian bear at bay; they have "rushed" him at every point, and again and again driven him into a corner. The skill and endurance by which the Japanese have been able, practically speaking, to destroy two fleets or drive them from the sea have astonished the nations; the alertness and valor of their campaign In Manchuria ha3 enlisted admiration and wonder. The secret of their power lies In prep aration, and especially In that branch of it that is denominated "training." George Kennan, In an article in the Outlook, descriptive of a Japanese naval school at Yetajima, furnishes a key that unlocks the mystery of the effectiveness of the navy by presenting In detail the work required of the ca dets of the Mikado before they are sent out to command and man his ships of war. The situation of this naval academy Is described as an Ideal one for the purpose. The harbor upon which It stands Is landlocked by a semicircle of steep hills, practically Isolated a3 to shipping, so that there Is nothing to in terfere with torpedo or gun practice, while the villages along its shores are all small and offer no distracting temp tations to the cadets. The Yetajima Academy was founded In 1886, and It has educated since that time most of the officers of the present Japanese navy. It Is open to any youth of the empire not more than 20 nor less than 16 years of age, and who Is a graduate of a middle-class school. Selections are made, however, not through political Influence or favoritism, but by competi tive examination; and, since the school cannot receive all applicants, only the most proficient are taken. The regular course of study Is similar to that re quired in such schools everywhere, it may be mentioned in passing that a knowledge of the English language Is Imperative. That part of the Japanese naval offi cer's training that differs essentially from that of other nations is in physical culture. There is, for examnle. at th Yetajima Academy no gymnasium, no football team, no baseball club and no racing crews. "What there Is in the place of these is comprehended in the terms "Jujutsu," "kenjutsu" and "bo tori," which may be translated into wrestling, two-handed sword fighting and pole scrimmages. The first was in vented by the Japanese, and is founded upon a knowledge of anatomy. It de velops quickness, skill in movement, re sourcefulness and endurance. Of the second, Mr. Kennan gays: "I am not a single-stick player, and can express no opinion of the expertness of the Japan ese cadets in fighting with the two handed sword; but I am prepared to bear testimony to the fact that when thirty or forty men are fighting In one room simultaneously the place Is a bed lam of clattering sticks, wild cries, stamping feet and bewildering move ments." . The gun practice in another depart ment is described as a most realistic picture of war, in which every partici pant really imagines himself for the moment fighting a battle under Admiral Togo off the entrance to Port Arthur, and throws Into his actions an amount of energy that transforms a peaceful exercise Into a semblance of real war. Going through this article one can no longer Wonder at the toughness of fiber, the quickness of movement, the disre gard for personal safety, the indiffer ence to bodily suffering, the reckless ness of life and the utter fearlessness. of death which makes the Japanese en during in war. Their system of phys ical culture Is distinctly their own; It extends, as far as what is called "ju jutsu" is concerned, to all classes, in cluding women, and begins at an early age. By it strength Is developed, not wasted, and endurance becomes a na tional characteristic. The quality of this endurance Is now being taxed to the utmost. It seems too-much to believe or hope that It will prevail against shot and shell delivered unceasingly at short range; against fa tigue and exertion and the fierce thirst that Is begotten of battle. The his tory of the world Is searched In vain to find its counterpart, and military and naval experts can only look on and marvel at Its persistence. Fighting for very life, for room In which to live and breathe, the little brown men of the Orient command at once the wonder and the admiration of the world. And beneath It all runs the undercurrent of hope that they will tri umph over their bulky foe and drive him out of Manchuria arid back upon the wide steppes of his undisputed em , pire. A useful and much appreciated feat ure of the work of the Y. "W. C. A. in Eastern cities, notably In New York and Philadelphia, Is the maintenance of "Summer vacation homes" for work ing girls. These homes are for the use of self-supporting girls whose confining work has made rest a necessity and to whom fresh air is a needed tonic. The inmates of these homes bear a share in defraying the expense, and thus the "offense of charity" is averted. A sim ilar work. Is carried on by the "Working Girls' Vacation Society of New York. This society makes use during the va cation season of seven cottages three In Connecticut, two in the Adirondacks and two in Orange County, New York. Benefits are limited to girls who are broken down in health a regulation that needs explanation If not excuse. This is furnished on the basis, first, that the society has not the resources to devote to those who are in health, and second that In this way nothing but wise charity is offered. These are valid reasons, yet against the rule that they defend rises the old maxim which regards the ounce of prevention as worth the pound of cure. Government experts are conducting a series of experiments In conjunction with the experiment station at Boze man, Mont., with a view to discover the extent and virulence of .the trouble some loco weed so dreaded by stockmen of the Rocky Mountain States. The question Is a perplexing one. There are a number of diseases to which cattle are subject that are attributed to this pestilential weed. "Whether these are caused, as is popularly supposed, by eating of this weed i3 doubted. Having already successfully combatted the larkspur and death camas. Government experts are hopeful of vanquishing loco by enlightening stockmen as to the time of its greatest virulence, the early symptoms that result from its poison and measures that render It lnoxlous. "Whether these measures will consist In keeping stock from grazing durina cer tain months In the year wheref- the weed abounds, or In antidotes that will destroy the virulence of the poison, the investigation cannot fail to benefit a great Industry and demonstrate anew the value of the work of the National Department of Agriculture. Emperor "William Is an affectionate and proud father, but he Is not a fool ish one, blind to the ordinary defects of humanity as reproduced In his chil dren. Hence when the architect who designed the restoration of the Protes tant Church at Spires, the capital of Rhenish Bavaria, selected the portraits of the Emperor's seven children In their fourth year for the heads of seven an gels In the windows around the chancel, the father objected, saying: "My chil dren are not angels." The Empress, however, was charmed and flattered by the idea, and overruled His Majesty's objection. The result Is that the heads of seven little Hohenzollerns, with their typical German faces, make mockery of angelic attributes in the dim light of the old-new chancel at Spires. Secretary Shaw's remark that if he had the say about it the patchwork on the Portland Postofnce would be stopped and a new building put up is certainly In line with sound public pol icy and with Portland's Interests. Isn't there a hint here for our delega tion In Congress? Certainly the Treas ury Department would favorably in dorse an application for a fine new building that would be a credit to the city and to the Government. The pres ent affair will be Inconvenient at best, and never anything but patchwork, uglier as time goes on. ' Six Indians at Turtle Mountain, N. D., died Thursday from drinking wood alcohol and lemon extract. The ability of the Internal organs of the noble red man to stand the fire test has never been questioned, but as the perils of mixed drinks are well known, this hasty departure for the happy hunting grounds was undoubtedly due to the assimilation of the lemon extract along with the illuminating fluid. The latest Murderer Dunham cap tured will probably be released, as he does not answer the description of the man wanted. Unless Dunham took a dip in some fountain of youth Just af ter committing his crime years ago, it will soon be a difficult matter to make the old description fit him, even when they capture him. Time does not stand stm certainly not in California. It may be observed that while the doubtful issue of the Northern Securi ties litigation restrains railroad build ing In Oregon, it does not obstruct Northern Pacific acquisition of termi nals in Portland or Union Pacific pur chase of Chicago & Alton. The Evening Telegram, wanting a big war headline, wrote "Kuropatkln's Rear." The Salem Statesman calls it a happy hit, since Kuropatkln's rear has been thus far the most conspicuous feature of the campaign. Japan, fighting for her existence. Is putting up the price, and apparently is getting the result. NOTE AND COMMENT. Hoi for Mukden. Even Kuropatkln admits It now. "Whew! "Who said Summer was over? Just what Kuropatkln intended to do all the time. Ruslans want to get to Mukden the worst way, and maybe they're taking It. It's easy to catch a murderer when he he doesn't know how-to get away. On secondthoughts General Kuropatkln may decide not to tarry at Mukden. "With something like 45,000,000 bushels of wheat about to drop In his sack, the Northwest farmer is the original Sunny Jim. If we understand Mr. Hearst's views correctly, the criminal trusts are those which refused to support his late can didacy. The Local Option Saloon having closed. It may be assumed that the proprietor didn't pay his money, and" the Sheriff had no choice. Ex-Senator Hill's praiseworthy ambi tion to retire from politics January 1 will be given a big boost by the public at large November 8. "We don't exactly claim that the Re publican Administration is responsible for that 45,000,000-DUshel wheat crop of ours, but what's the use taking chances? In commemoration of the Indian Prin cess Pocahontas, who died at Gravesend, England, when about to sail home to Virginia with her husband in 1616, St. George's Church, In "Wapplng. Is to have a pulpit made from wood brought from Virginia. Pocahontas Is buried in the chancel of St. George's Church. Some New York notables, including Sen ator Piatt and Governor Odell, were chat ting not long ago, when the latter told of a visit he had been paying to a prison. He was, admitted by a "trusty," who, on closing the gate behind him. said: "Gov ernor, one good turn deserves another. I let you in; why can't you let me out? Honest, I'm no more deserving of being in here than you arc." Senator Piatt cackled grimly as he remarked: "No wonder that fellow is a 'trutsy.' He's a good Judge of men." Senator "Joe" Blackburn's politeness was disastrous to him upon one occasion. He was making a trip to the mountains In the eastern part of Kentucky, and made his stopping-place a farmhouse at a remote point from the city. On the day of his arrival he was rather late for din ner and the lady of the house apologized for the coffee, which at that time was lukewarm. "Oh, I do not mind It in the least, madam," said Senator Blackburn; "I really prefer my coffee cold, you know." It was served cold during the remainder of his two weeks' stay. Conrad Mueller, a cigar and tobacco dealer of New York, has the more or less enviable distinction of being practically an exact double of Judge Alton B. Par ker. Mr. Mueller says he has had more fun out of this resemblance than he ever had out of anything else. On one occa sion ho was interviewed at length by a New York reporter, and expressed some startling vlew3 on questions of public in terest. "When the reporter hurried away the Joker called up the newspaper office by telephone and explained things. Mr. Mueller is a life-long Republican. There is an opening for a good man on the Monson railroad, a line eight miles long, running from a slate quarry In Pis cataquis County, Maine, to Monson Junc tion. The place was "made vacant by the recent death of W. L. Eatabrooke, and as yet no one has been found who is re garded as competent to fill the 19 differ ent positions held by the deceased. The new employe must be general manager, superintendent, general ticket agent, general freight agent, general baggage agent, lost freight agent, claim agent, purchasing agent, roadmaster, superin tendent of bridges, train dispatcher, sta tion agent, telegraph operator, conductor, engineer, baggagemaster, brakeman, ox press messenger, mail clerk. The Norsk Nightingale. Milwaukee Sentinel. Ef yu ban wise, and ay sposo yu ban, Tu know 'bout Yeneral Sheridan; But maybe yu ant remember the day Yen he jump on horse, and den he say, "Ayna yust about twenty-six miles awayl" Some rebel fallers ban start biff row In Vln Chester ay ant know yust how. But ay tenk dey ynmp on some'Tankee guys And trying to give dem crude black eyes! So Yeneral 'Sheridan bear dese guns And drank some coffee and eat aome buns, And tal dls har landlord "gudeby, Tack I Ay akol paying my bill ven ay com back!" Den ho ride so fast that sune he say. "Val, now a j ban soxteen miles away!" Dese cannons ban roaring gude and loud It ban tough game for dls Yankee crowd. And Lieut. Olson ha tal bis pal: "Ay tank ve ban due to run lak hal!' So dey start to run, or else retreat Dls ban noder name for gude cold feet. And dey run so fast sum dey can go, Lak Russians luring dese Yaps, yu know. "Yee whiz!" say Sheridan, 'Tump, old hoss! Ay tenk my soldiers get double cross! An s'poss yure boots gettln purty sore. But ve only got bout sax miles more!" Val, Yeneral Sheridan meet his men, And he say, "It's now yust half-past ten. Ay hope ay.skol never go to heaven Ef dese Rebel Svedes ant licked by eleven! Yust turn around, now. In yure track Com on, yu fellers! Ve're going back!" And yu bet yure life dey vent back, tu. And put gude crimp in dls Rebel crew. But soldiers ban careless sons of guns And the Yeneral never settled for buns! Williams Useth Language. D. A. M. In Chlcazo Chronicle. Oh! Johnnie Sharp 13 a learned boy. And a learned young boy is he; And Latin to him Is as much a Joy As la English to you and to me. In corpora eano's a delight to him And a delight to him Is it; If the corpus a barrel of golden vim Is out where It can bo hit. So, also, mens sana Is a Joy, And a Joyful yawp giveth he; For, lo. It Is a most rare toy To find In democracle. So. inter alia and Inter nos And propria persona, too. He taketh Unc' Gassaway. sub rosa. And hlnteth what to do. But uncle he. too, la a wise old crab And a crawfishing crab is he; Wise In the school of grasp and grab, But not liberallte. And of meum et tuum well he wots, And woteth he well of each; And hlmcelf, alias barrel, off he trots Out of Tom Taggart's reach. Now, what is the good of Latin at bank. Oh! what Is its bonum at all. If it can't coax argentum from Uncle Hank Or araw big drafts at call? It looks like the times are all awry; Id est; all awry are they, When the summnm bonum of Johnnie' try Like teropus fug Its away!