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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1900.
THREE MORE GRAIN SHIPS
LOOTS PASTEUR, JTU&ES YER3TE XXD
J,TH2BA&AX ARRIVE IX PORT.
Heavy Reinsurance Wan Paid c
Both of the French Vessels
FIrnt 1900 Ship.
The San Francisco reinsurance specta
tors who took up the offers of 7 per cent
and per cent made on the .French
barks Jules Verns and Louis Pasteur, had
what sporting men would term quick
action on their money. As has been stated
before in these columns, the Jules Verne
could hardly be classed as fully due, while
the Louis Pasteur was not long enough
overdue to cause the slightest uneasiness
In local shipping circles. Both of these
vessels arrived In at Astoria yesterday.
The Pasteur experienced some rough
weather in rounding the Horn, but met
with no serious mishaps, and, compared
with other vojages around the Horn, es
pecially considering that she was in light
ballast trim, the voyage was not a long
one There is nothing else on the en
route list, that Is fully due except the
Colony. Chili and C. S. Bement. and nretty
last time would need to be' given them
to make all of them due. The length
of their voyages, however. Is already suffi
ciently great to give the hysterical San
Francisco insurance men an excuse for
offering 7 per cent to 25 per cent rein
surance on them.
In addition to the two French barks,
another grain carrier, the Aldebaran, ar
med in last evening. She comes from
Parama, and has made a very good pas
sage of 61 days, or less than half as long
a voyage as was made by the St. Enoch,
which was the last previous arrival from
the fever-stricken port on the Isthmus
Another square r gger was reported out
side, and is thought to be the American
ship C S. Bement, from Shanghai. But
few ships are being added to the list, and
with the arrival of those now due, the
fleet still en route will be of very small
proportions.
WHAT'S IX A XA5IE?
Some Curious Xoxnenclatnre Found on
the Marine Records.
"Vessel-owners rarely select name3 for
their craft that are -appropriate, says an
exchange. A fine-looking clipper ship may
be called the Z. Klaberstockholden, while
a hulk of a coal barge may be "known as
the Pr.de of the Sea, A fish- scrap or
manure schooner may be called the Sea
Queen, while a beautiful three-master
Wiil be designated as the John Smith. A
horribly built and worse designed bark
may be called the Columbia, while the
finest square-rigged craft "which has ever
vis ted the port will loom up as the Bur
germeister Jonkheer Coleman.
The schooner Snowflake is painted green,
the schooner Red Jacket is coated wth
b.ack, the schooner Pathfinder Is always
running ashore.
The bark Brilliant Sailor was one of the
s'owest ever built, and never made any
thing for her owners except long trips.
The fishing schooner Hard Luck was one
of the best paying boats on the Banks,
w h le the Bonanza never made a dollar,
and was lost with all on board.
The steamship Irishman was built this
year In Scotland for English owners.
The bark Germanla has an American
captain and is owned by Americans. The
steamship American was built In Ireland,
and Is owned by Englishmen. The Lehigh
Valley railroad has the coal barge Blue
Bird painted black.
The True Republican was manned by a
democratic crew and was owned by a pro
hibitionist. The schooner Tom Paine had
a local preacher for a captain. The
schooner Rev. John Fletcher was sold re
rently and its name changed to Robert
IngersolL
The bark Wandering Jew was wrecked
on her home coast, which she seldom left.
The fishing schooner Imogene was the
dirJest vessel on the Banks. The Only
Son was comanded by a captain who had
12 brothers. The Pilot's Bridge never took
a p lot.
The schooner On Time "was always late.
The schooner Yellow Pine was built of
oak, and the sloop Oak was built of yellow
pme. The Olive Branch had a scrapper
lor a captain. The schooner Progress has
not moved since the world's fair at Chi
cago began. The schooner Active was al
ways laid up, and the Generosity was
awned by the meanest man on the Pacific
coast.
FIRST 1000 SHIP.
Edenhallymore Clears and Glenholm
Goes to Sea After Quick Dispatch.
The first ship of the 1908 grain fleet was
cleared by G. W. HcNear jesterday. The
vessel was the British ship Edenhally
more, and she has aboard 100,316 bushels
of wheat, valued at 553,167. A number of
the other vessels in the river are well un
der way towards completing their car
goes, and the January shipments fhla j ear
will probably be as large, if not larger,
than those of January, 1SS9. The Eden
balljmore will leave down the river to
morrow morning.
The fleet which has arrived since Decem
ber 1 has been receiving very quick dis
patch. The British ship Glenholm, cleared
by Balfour, Guthrie & Co. December sp,
crossed out from Astoria j-esterday. She
was delayed at quarantine for several days
on arrival in the river, but in spite of
this delay was In the river but 23 days,
a record which is not often beaten except
at Portland, where ships are always given
better dispatch than at any other port
on the coast.
REEFS AXD GALES.
Perils of Navigation at Sea and in
Port in California.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2. The steam
er Orizaba, which struck Point Garda
rocks, on her last trip to Eureka, was
more seriously damaged than was at first
supposed. The steamer is now on the
drydock at the TJn'on iron works, and the
probabilities are that she will remain
there for at least two weeks undergoing
repairs. Sixteen of her plates have been
more or less damaged by contact with
the jagged rocks of Garda reef.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2. The training-ship
Adams was ashore during a gale
on the bay today. The vessel dragged her
anchors, and was carried into shallow
water on Goat Island. It is not thought
any serious damage was done.
"SVILL TRY TO 3IOVE LIGHTSHIP.
Two Tugs WUI Assist Today, if Con
ditions Be Right.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 2. Tomorrow the
bar tugs "Wallula and Escort will assist
in getting the lightship off Mackenzie head
at high, tide Captain Conway, superin
tendent of the water line of the O. R, &
N., is here, and the work will be under
his direction. The tugs will leave here
early in the morning and pick up the life
saving crew at Cape Disappointment, and
when they arrive off Mackenzie head the
life crew will carry a small line to the
lightship with which to take a. hawser to
the tugs. The present conditions are fa
vorable for the attempt tomorrow, and
both Captain Conway and Mr. Mcintosh
believe that the lightship will be at the
Tongue point buoy station tomorrow aft
ernoon. STEA3ISHDPS FOR MANILA.
Governxncnt "Will Establish a Regm
lar Transport Line.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Upon the recommendation of Quartermaster-General
Ludlngton, Secretary Root
(bas directed the establishment of a gov
ernment line of steamships connecting
Sen Francisco, Honolulu and Manila, slm-
ilar to thaj running between New York,
Cuba and Puerto Rlcan points. The ves
sels which will be attached to the "Pacific
lines are those transports the property
of the government, now in the Pacific
ocean.
All the steamships chartered by the
quartermaster's department will be re
leased Immediately upon their arrival at
San Francisco, and the supplies, recruits
and officers intended for the army in the
Philippines will go to Manila by the pro
posed line. The discharged enlisted men
and officers ordered home will return on
the vessels.
AXOTHER $5000 FIXI3.
The Louis Pasteur Had o Consular
BUI of Health.
ASTORIA, Jan. 2. The French bark
Louis Pasteur, which arrived in from
Limerick today, did not haye a consular
bill of health, as required by the customs
regulations, and her master was this even
ing fined $5000 by Collector of Customs
Fox. The matter will be appealed to the
department at "Washington.
Trip of the Louis Pasteur.
ASTORIA, Jan. 2. The French bark
Louis .Pasteur, that arrived in today, had
bo hard luck story to tell, and her cap
tain was much surprised when told that
his vessel had been reinsured for 25 per
cent. He says that he made a fair run to
Cape Horn, and was off there for 35 days
on account of severe weather. When the
vessel got away from there she made the
run to the mouth of the Columbia in 42
days. She met with no accident, except
slight injury to her rigging. No one on
board of her can speak the American lan
guage. The Arab In Port.
The Oriental liner Arab arrived in at
Astoria yesterday morning, leaving up
as soon as she got clear of the quarantine
officer at Astoria. She will be at her dock
early this morning. She comes-from Kobe
and accordingly has a light inward car
go, but will carry out a record-breaker
for the Orient.
Lost In the "Wreck of a Schooner.
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., aJn. 2. The schooner
Puritan was driven ashore on Cabot isl
and in a heavy gale yesterday, and eight
out of her crew of nine were lost. Six
were married men with families. The
survivor broke his arm.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Jan. 2. Arrived at 9 A. M.
and left up at 1:15 P. M. British steamer
Arab, from Kobe. Arrived at 11:30 A. M.
French bark Louis Pasteur, 152 days
from Limerick. At 2:30 P. M. French
'bark Jules Verne, 131 days from St Na
zals At 4:40 P. M. German ship Alde
baran, 61 days from Panama. Sailed at
11:30 British ship Glenholm, for Queens
town. At 2:30 P. M. Schooner "Wahkia
kum, in tow of tug Samson, for San
Francisco. Condition of bar at 5 P. M ,
smooth; wind, west; weather, cloudy. A
square-rigger is outside.
San Francisco, Jan. 2. Arrived Steamer
Geo. "W. Elder, from Portland; steamer
Mattewan, from Tacoma; steamer Austra
lia, from Honolulu.
Port Angeles Sailed Jan. 1 Steamer
Mineola, for Nanaimo.
Port Townsend, Jan. 2. Arrived Bark
VIdette, from Redcndo.
Hull Arrived Dec 29 British ship Dal
gonar, from Tacoma.
Queenstown Arrived Jan. 1 British
ship Bothwell, from Portland.
Manila Sailed Dec. 28 Steamer Pennsyl
vania, for Portland.
Yokohama, Japan Sailed Dec 30 Brit
ish steamer Empress of Japan, for Van
couver. Arrived Dec 31 British steamer
Breconshlre, from Victoria.
Sydney, Jan. 2. Sailed British steamer
Mlowera, lor Vancouver.
Liverpool, Jan. 2. Arrived Cevic, from
New York.
Yokohama, Dec. SL Arrived Brecon
shire, from Tacoma.
Manila, Dec 3L Arrived Columbia,
from San Francisco.
Sydney, N. S. W Jan. 2. Sailed Mio
wera, for Vancouver.
Plymouth, Jan. 2. Sailed Pennsylvania,
from Hamburg, for New York.
Port Arthur, Dec 28. Arrived Tyr,
from Vancouver.
CIVIL SERVICE.
A Backward Step That Can Be Only
Faintly Defended.
Chicago Tribune
The president defends in his last annual
message the executive order of May 29
last by which he took out of the classified
civil service several thousand positions
which had been included in It by President
uieveiana's order of May 6, 1S9S. He says
the main object of his order was to se
cure "a more efficient and satisfactory
administration of the system of appoint
ments established by the civil service
law," and that "It is believed the merit
system has been greatly strengthened and
Its permanence assured."
This roseate description of the effects of
the executive order of May last does not
convince those who have taken the deep
est interest in the merit system and have
labored most strenuously for its estab
lishment The Civil Service Reform
League, which held Its annual meeting re
cently, was unable to find anything to
praise in tho action of the president. The
review by Its president Mr. Carl Schurz,
of the policy of the president as to civil
service reform during the last year, was
moderate and good-tempered, and for that
reason all the more convincing. Mr.
Schurz showed that the executive order
was not for the good or the public serv
ice. He does not speak on this question
as a mere doctrinaire He was secretary
of the interior once. He enforced the
merit system when it was more difficult
to do so than now, because there was no
law for it
It will not be denied that some of the
offices taken out of the classified civil
service by the president's latest order were
properly taken out of it That is not true
of a majority of the offices An analysis
of the order will show this to be the case.
No analv sis Is needed, however. When all
the friends of the merit system deplore the
president's action and all the practical
politicians and spoilsmen applaud it fur
ther investigation is unnecessary.
There is no disguising the fact that the
president has taken a backward step so
far as the merit system is concerned. The
slowness with which he acted argues an
unwillingness on his part to take that
step. Possibly he may have acted on the
maxim of "a little ev II for a great jjood."
He may have believed that by letting
down the civil service bars somewhat he
could secure greater harmony among sen
ators and representatives of his party and
a more cordial support of measures which
he looks on as of special importance. It
Is certain that nothing does more to pro
mote momentary good humor and oblig
ingness among congressmen than a liberal
distribution of patronasre. President Cleve
land's last order left little for them. They
have been badgering President McKInley
over since he was inaugurated to do some
thing for them. Much was done for them
In violation of law chiefly In Secretary
Gage's department before the president's
ordr was issued. That order legalizes
past violations and encourages new ones.
The lust of politicians for patronage
grows bv what it feeds on. They will ask
the president for more and more. What
ever he may do for them, he will be un
able to keep them good-natured. There
fore, he should cease making the effort
He has no further need of them. He will
lose nothing by being deaf to their Im
portunities. So what is left of the merit
system and a good deal remains should
be protected by him. If he does that his
previous surrender to expediency will be
forgotten.
c i.
Dyspepsia In Its worst forms will yield
to the use of Carter's Little Nerve Pills
aided by Carter's Little Liver Pills. Dose'
one of each after eating.
EW SETTLER
CHEHALIS .COUNTY, WASHINGTON,
GAINED 2000 IN 1800.
Lumber Cut for the Year Amounts
to 200,000,000 Feet, Valued at
2,000,000 Farming Neglected.
Chehalis cOunty has, probably, 2000 more
people today than it had this day one
ear ago. The Incoming people are from
various sections of the United States. For
eign immigration last year was almost un
noticeable, save for the few Finnlanders
who came to the Gray's haibor mills and
to small farms In the eastern end of the
county. Instead of farms and farm lands
being in demand, they ha e, in some cases,
where distant from the towns, be'en aban
doned, their owners saying., that lack of
roads and schools forced them to give. up
their homes. This has resulted in high
local prices for butter, milk, horses, hogs,
cattle and vegetables Poultry and eggs
now command the highest prices known
for years. It is unusual for farms to be
neglected when such high prices prevail
for farm products.
There ib no more favorable place in the
Northwest for farmers than Chehalis coun
ty. Good husbandmen would find openings
for gardening, dairying, bee-keeping, as
well as grain and stock. In gardening, a
scientific man would find but little com
petition. In dairying, one finds two cream
er.es doing a wholesale business, and two
on farms. In bee-keeping in a county in
which white clover Is indigenous from
one end to the other, the profits would
be limited only by the amount of effort
put forth.
Lumber Cu,t 200,000,000 Feet.
Lumbering Is the principal business on
Gray's harbor. With a stumpage of 25,000,-
003,000 feet of merchantable lumber, worth
$20,000,000 to the stumpage owner, worth
$80,000,000 to labor for logging, worth $100,-
000,000 to the mill-owners and their labpr,
It is no wonder that everything else should
be neglected for lumbering. The mills had
a year of great activity, as orders from
the interior and from foreign and domes
tic ports were far in excess of their cutting
capacity. The lumber cut of 1S09 w as fully
200,000,000 feet. This was worth $2,tKX),030,
of which $1,000,000 will go to the loggers
and $200,000 to stumpage owneis.
A noticeable feature of the year was
the Introduction of large machinery. The
Gray's Harbor Commercial Company put
In a band saw 60 feet long, that cuts with
ease a log 10 feet In diameter, and does
11,000 feet per hour. This is the largest
saw on the continent, and at the time It
was put In, more than 1,000,000 feet of
large, unmanageable logs were in the
boom of the company, out of which the
company saved almost the cost of the new
equipment.
The basket factory at Hoqulam put in
new equipments for handling large logs.
It is said that the basket factory expended
$3009 and the Gray's Harbor Commercial
Company $10,000 "in these pieces of machin
ery. The mills have extended their finish
ing equipments very considerably. One
mill can supply orders for 50 kinds of ma-
terial, and as a result of the ctrttlrig and
finishing and handling of 50,000,000 feet of
logs, it keeps 500 men constantly at work
in its lumber and shingle mills.
Log Supply in Excess of Demand.
Logging operations have been pushed
beyond all requirements. The various
camp3 have an annual capacity of 275,000
000 feet of logs, against an annual mill cut
of 200,000,003 feet. At one time last sum
mer the camps- were, cutting LOOQjOOG, feet.,
per day, as against a mill consumption qf
600,000 feet Ninety donkey engines, of all
makes known to the coast, are working in
the woods. Some of them are of enor
mous power.
Two of the large camps use railroads
of their own, while two other large ones
have successfully handled many million
feet hv rail alonl tho TCnrthernnPnnlfler
line. These developments have caused
eight of the large loggers to begin business
with Puget sound, where logs, are higher
and in greater demand. Unless these men
succeed in shipping to the Sound, logging
will be dull on Gray's harbor during the
winter. Labor in the mills and camps ha3
been hard to get, and wages bave steadllyr
advanced, reaching, in , the- camps, r f he-high-water
mark for all grades" of wofk.
Grab's Harbor Jetty.
The jetty at the entrance to the harbor
is S000 feet seaward, leaving over 10,000
feet to be built Good results are already
apparent.
Deals in Timber Lands.
The sale of the Northern Pacific rail
way lands has been made to Eastern lum
bermen. No one knows what effect Jt I
will have on the Immediate future, ffhese
lands contain at least 8 000.000,000 feet of
the 25,000,000,000 feet of merchantable tim
ber in the county. Hundreds of land
transfers were made last year. These
represent many thousands of dollars.
This has kept the forest full of cruisers,
and vet the work goes on.
A new feature in land values is the
tendency of millmen to buy hemlock
One company recently offered to take
6,000,000 feet next year. So much hemlock
is mixed up with the cedar that loggers
hesitate to develop cedar lands They
lose money In the operation. With sale
for the hemlock, the quantity of timber
will be doubled from what are now
known as cedar lands.
The spruce forests are being rapidly
exhausted, and mills are not pushing
spruce as they were a few years ago
Along the central part of the harbor, on
both sides, spruce formerly stood in the
valleys and on the first benches. These
have been largely denuded. The eastern
portion of the county never had any
spruce, the timber consisting of red fir of
a fine quality, with considerable cedar
in the valleys and high on the divides.
Railroad to Hoqulam.
Last year the Northern Pacific railway
built to Hoqulam from Aberdeen. Most
of the work was done in 19S This exten
sion has opened to the Eastern trade near
ly all of Aberdeen's industries and all of
Hoquiam's, and has been a great factor
in the material development of the two
cities.
Town Growth.
Hoqulam has advanced to a city qf
the third class. It has 2800 people, fine
schools, f'ne streets, two great mills, one
of the hardsomest hotels on the coast, a
basket factory, a shingle mill and a ship
yard. The building of a number of resi
dences and business buildings, and the
reopening of the big hotel, mark the be
ginning of an era of prosperity for which
1800 people fondly hoped during the hard
times. The system of water works, be
gun In 1E98, has been comp'eled
Aberdeen location, Aberdeen grit, Aber
deen enterprise developed Aberdeen dur
ing the year. The American Mill Com
pany, built and operated by W. J. Patter
son and Dan Gillies as principal stock
holders, has a capacity of 18,000,000 feet
a year. Two new sawmills are being
built A new shipyard, owning. its own
grounds, has already turned out three
vessels. A new panel and box fac
tory is being built. By purchase, the
Douglass Bros, have consolidated the two
iron foundries and machine shops. Two
hundred buildings were put up last year.
Merchants have come in and remained.
A plant for the manufacture of tar and
kindred products from mill refuse Is
about ready for operation. All in all,
Aberdeen is probably up to the 3750 notch
In population, and there is no crowding
In any business or profession.
Cosmopolis has shared in the general
prosperity. The Gray's Harbor Commer
cial Company has so extended its busi
ness and increased its pay-rolls that
many cottages have been built There
are no empty houses in the town.
Logging operations have helped Monte
sano, and logging and milling have
boomed Elma. Twenty-five buildings
were put up at Elma last year.
westport receivea mo impetus wnicn
the "building of the first mile of the great J
Gray's harbor jetty would naturally
cause.
Chehalis county has three strong bank
ing institutions. The national bank at
Hoqulam has reached the $150,000 deposit
mark, and finds" good security for loans.
The private bank at Aberdeen does a
good "business, and carries large' deposits.
The same is true of the bank at Jlonte
sano. Fisheries.
An enormous catch jof fish will soon be
reported Crom Gray's harbor. By permis
sion of the government, fisherman have
been permitted to use the traps built 12
years ago, and seven traps above and be
low the mouth of the 'Neuskah river, have
been equipped at an expense of over S9Q00.
Some catches qf 2000 fish in one trap have
been recorded. Car after car of salmon
has been shipped East, and the cannery in
Aberdeen has "handled Immense quanti
ties The county's finances are in exception
ally good condition. No mercantile fail
ures have occurred, and but one logging
camp has succumbed. r
There are no mines of any kind in Che
halis county. G M. POWELL.
Neuskah, Wash.
THE CYCLE PARK TRAGEDY.
Necessity of Keeping Boys and Girls
Clean and Pure.
REPUBLIC, Wash., Dec. 26. (To the
Editor.) The Dally Oregonian reaches the
borderland of the United States, and I
read with gratification its editorial, "The
Verdict," which is one of the grandest,
truest utterances of your truly great pa
per. The truth is, no one part of our lives
Is separate from all or any of the others.
The tragedy of Cycle Park must be treat
ed as one of the symptoms of moral dis
ease, just as the eruption of smallpox is
the index of the internal physical condi
tion. The ultimate solution of the prob
lem must be accomplished in the same
way that Henry WaTd Beecher said the
slavery question must be solved: Flrst
educate a generation of slavery-haters."
The problem is, how to keep the thoughts
and lives of the children and youth of
our land clean and pure. We must edu
cate a generation to hate vice and im
morality and Teverence the purity of their
bodies us well as their souls. The key
note of the present century philanthropy
Is prevention; not how to rescue, but
how to guide; how to assist evolution.
Prevention, not reformation, is the point
we must emphasize. t
Dr. Von Hojst, one of the greatest liv
ing historians, In an opening lecture to a
class of men and women, made thli
statement: "The future of this republic
lies in the hands of the mothers and
teachers." Every intelligent person will
agree to this, more or less, though many
of us would include the father's respon
sibility as well. A sfgnlficant and hope
ful thing Is that scholarly men and wom
en are beginning to realize what must be
the basis of good citizenship and good
government, of an advancing civilization
All knowledge Is valueless unless the
boys and girls of our land are trained
In the right direction. In whatever di
rection we look and whatever improve
ment in existing conditions we seek to
effect, we come back to it again and
again, that the end Is determined by the
beginning, and that the foundations of
all public betterment have to be laid In
the children.
Men and women everywhere are think
ing, talking and writing on this sublet
in earnest, practical ways. Doubtlea
some have grown tired of hearing thai
"the education of a child must begin with
fIts grandfather." Since this Isan Im
possibility, why not begin with the'fath-
'ers and mothers? How often we heat
the statement, "the building of character
begins with the hour of birth." Doea
it not begin still earlier?
It is an awful thing to commit murder
to take a human life; but students ot
heredity are beginning to realize that it
-Is. a far more awful thing to give life. 1
quote from Heleft Gardner': ""It Is'a'fai
more solemn responsibility to give than
to take a human life! In the one case you
Invade personal liberty and put a stop
to existence more or less valuable and
happy, but at least all pain 13 over for
that invaded individuality. In the other
case In giving life you invade the lib
erty of an infinite oblivion and thrus.
into an inhospitable world another hU
man entity to struggle, to sink, to swim,
to suffer, or enjoy. Whether the one
or the other, no mortal knows, but surely
knows it must contend, not only with
Its environment, but with its heredity
with Itself."
A leading medical expert recently said
there was not more than ope family in
ten, and certainly this is a conservative
estiniate, who qould show (a clean bill of
health, mental, physical and moral, free
from hereditary taints, serious In threat, J
and almost certain of development In
one form or another. One needs but Jread
a few of the statistics given in works on
criminology and insanity, in regard to the
feeble-minded and "kindred subjects, to
realize this awful responsibility of men
and women. The United States census
of 1SS0 (I have pot at hand later govern
ment statistics) presents this appalling
summary: In the ten years since the
census of 1870 the population of our coun
try has Increased 30 per cent, but the
defective class has increased 150 per cent.
The insane, idiotic, blind, deaf mutes,
prisoners and paupers are enumerated as
defective.
Right hejejjs the leading argument in
favor !bf ithetchlgher .education of women
and their complete emancipation, because
women are potential mothers, and they
should be developed to their highest ca
pacity, phvsically, mentally, ethically and
spiritually. Thus only will there be wom
en who are wives and mothers because
they truly want to be. The highest In
tellectual capacity and broadest sympa
thies are needed to guide and mold the
minds of little children and youth. Some
one has said that If woman had the wis
dom of the fabled gods and the self-poise
of the Milo, she would not be too well
equipped for bearing and educating the
race in her keeping. While emphasiz
ing the knowledge needed by the mother
do not understand me as saying that the
father needs less.
The history of the world proves the
divine power given to parents and to
mothers especially; because children are
placed in a more intimate and closer re
lationship with the mother during the
time when the character Is in process df
formation. Yet how many children grow
nn with absolutely no Instruction from
parents regarding the highest function ot
their bodies, regarding the carq whjch
should be taken of these tenements of
the soul. "I can't talk about these things.
It Is too delicate a subject," many par
ents say. Rather, it is a holy subject.
Tlfls is not the lowest, but the highest,
noblest part of our being. I have been
asked. How old must a child be before
mother can talk freely? When a child is
old enough to ask questions, he or she Is
old enough to bo told the truth.
I call to memory two friends of mine
who have taught their children these les
sons in beautiful ways, directing their at
tention first to the flowers and birds, and
lastly to themselves. I cannot believe
that these sons and daughters as they
grow to manhood and womanhood will
ever look upon God's beneficent law of
procreation with other than the purest
thoughts. They have been shown tho joy
of obedience to this law and taught the
awful penalties which follow lt3 violation.
Children will learn these lessons, must
learn them, and if girls and boyslet me
emphasize the boys do not learn these
life lessons at home In a clean, pure way,
they will learn them somewhere in an
Impure way. The knowledge will come
as something that must be kept secret
must not be mentioned to fathers and
mothers, the very mystery au malting it
savor of evil. This occurs as often among
children comlnpr from homes in which.
apparently, they are surrounded by the
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children whose parents would sacrifice
their lives for them, and yet utterly Ig
nore this side of their education. Side by
side with this knowledge of self must
be the discipline developing self-control
Sne'of Ipe greatest needsof olir'tfme. '
I cannot refrain from mentioning the
practical work now being done by the
members of the W. C. T. U. for the up
lifting of those unable to lift themselves.
Who can estimate the good resulting from
one branch of their work, the Travelers'
Aid Society? Anohrmost jiopeful indi
cation pf theprestjme lies' in this:
Peopje of, the broadest culture, and truest
nobility of soul are universally recog
nizing the beautiful principle of "noblesse
oblige," without which there can be no
successful uplifting of humankind.
Through all the regenerating influences
of which the training of children is the
most essential, may we not hope to real
ize a consecrated fatherhood and mother
hood and teacherhood, that men and wom
en together may reverently strive to meet
their Joint responsibility in winning- the
battle -for 'sound morality? Then the
tragedy of life will be changed to har
mony, and the question confronting us
today, "Is modern civilization a failure?"
will be answered, and a new and better
civilization will dawn.
PRANCES MQREL.AND HARVEY.
kECORD OF EXPANSION.
Materials for Itcpublicnn Pnrtj's
Iiternrj' Bureau In lOOO.
Chicago Times-Herald.
One of the reasons assigned by a corre
spondent of the drawing poy,Ters of Phila
delphia's certified check in locating thep
next republican national convention was
the desire of tho national committee to
have a large fund avajlable for "cam
paign of education" on the new Issue of
expansion. As the estimated total expense
of the convention woujd be $50,000, there
would be an equal amount left to be de
voted to the publication of literature in
defense of what promises to be the most
popular Issue ever raised in the annals
of American politics.
In the last national qontest the repub
lipans Inaugurated, a campaign of Tprlnters'
Ink to beat back the rising tide of silver
sentiment. The republicans went before
the people with economic arguments that
were designed to break down popular and
captivating fallacies. It is doubtful If any
political party In all human history ever
made such a direct appeal to the intelli
gence of thinking men upon a purely, eco
nomic question.
The literary campaign of 1895 was so
successful in reaching tne public con
science that the national committee has
concluded to adopt the same policy In pre
senting the arguments for expansion,
which now appears to be the cnl issue
upon which the democrats are willing to
make a fight, although It is predicted by
some that even this will have to be aban
doned before June. 1900 In the case of
expansion, however, the argument will
be an appeal to the Americanism of the
people rather than to economic reasoning.
The writers of the expansion literature
for the campaign of 1900 wijl seek to jus
tify the new policy of the administration
by an appeal to American history from
tho 13 original colonies down to Hawaii
and Puerto Rico.
That it will be an easy and satisfying
task is apparent to anyone who cafes to
trace the story of our national develop
ment The groundwork of the expansion
argument wil be the various additions
that have been made to the original area
of 809,37$ square miles, which were as fol
lows: Sq. mile?.
1798-Misslssippi tract S9 000
1803 Louisiana tract .1,235.450
1821 Florida tract 5S.G8Q
1845 Texas tract 265,780
184S California, Utah, Nevada. Ari
zona and New Mexico tracts 5S9,Ci2Q
1853 Gadsden purchase , 45,535
1S67 Alaska tract 531410
1809 Hawaii territory .". G.740
1899 Puerto Rico 3,600
1899-KPhIlippines ... J. 143.000
1899 Sulus and Guam 50
Total by expansion 2,978,935"
The expansion writer -will show tha
these acquisitions have contributed great-
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cause they contain alum, a corrosive poison.
ly to the wealth, power, grandeur and wel
fare of the people; that the additions have
been made regardless of the wishes of the
original inhabitants; that this policy haa
been uniformly sanctioned by our ablest
statesmen,
nd nnaiiv dv tne naoDier tnat
from a commercial -aM sirategfc jtipax ?
view the insular dependencies that nave
come under our flag as a result of the war
with Spain are all necessary for "the com
mon defense and general welfare of the
United States."
SENATOR FRYE' ORxISf1 :
Worth
Repetition, nnd Therefore
Worth Reading:.
-Salt Lake Tribune.
Senator Frye made a speech, in Boston
last week. He believes that It Is the duty
of this government to hold the Philip
pines. He says the archipelago fronts the
China sea, Is only two dajs sail from mfint The orjginal Iunction of the news
Hong BW; It Is right at thfr frbntajoor paper was to purvey-news It depended
of 700.000,00 people of the Orient, and gives ; for It3 ravenue soleiy- on it3 &le ow
to the country which possesses the Islands i adays, advertisements form the backbone
a potency undreamed of. ' ' i of a newspaper, and I am afraid news Is
Further on he said: "Why, the nations. of t published only that advertisements micht
the eartn are near neisnuurs muaj. xu
touch elbows. They all heard the thunder
of Dewey's guns, and they saw' this coun
try of ours gr6w up nil of a sudden Into a
great world power. Are you alone of them
all to refuse to recognize that stupendous
fact?"
Then, giving the trade statistlcszof the
Islands, showing a balance of more than influence a newspaper exercises In poll
$24,000,000 In the last year of Spanish mis- I tics, for instance. Is due not to Its supply
rule, he added: "Gve them decern: gov- f of news, not to Us circulation, not to its
eminent; give them protection to life and display of advertisements, but to tho
property; give Sficurj,t Jn.jcppitala.nd.sa.fe- i prestige it has won by the sagacity, the
ty to Investors-,, open art acqess. to, tbe-S.ea force, the conviction with which it ex
Inspire them -with a dcclreou'wonk; gtve Prases Its opinions in Its leading col
them all these things, and who doubts unrps, and which has given It an indi
but that commerce quadruples in a short , vlduality and a personality all its own.
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Then of the trade of the Orient he said:
"These peoples imparted lasUjear 51,500,- j
fim.QQO worth nf iust such thlncs as you I
have to sell. There Is an advancing civil-
lzatlonin the Orient which flight to double
that Importation in a fewr sears, for civ-
ilization alwajs- doubles the necessities, of
a people." v -i-tf (
He said further that sirfce the- battle, ot
Manila bay our exports of cottoa.to North-
ern China have more" than doubled. Of tha
future of the Filipinos, Tie saldr -nwK!ll i
give them a good govtfrnnwjnY; vre tpIU
struct -ilroads and hhway glvj
Islands. Wewlir see that labor & fafrlv
paid. We will prqtect them In all their
social, civil and religious rights. Ahd'jusr
so far and so fast as It Is afe to do It,
we will intrust to them a local and mu
nicipal government, gradually teaching
them how to assume and carry on the re
sponsibility of government"
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senators in one respect. When a jouth 1
Senator Frye has the advantage of most
lie went iu ecu xor tnree years.
He knows
the significance of a great ocean trade In
Its bearings on a nation's wealth and pow
er; he knows how England's ships have
made that country rich and great; he
knows that the revenue which the Dutch
have collected from their islands, just be
low the Philippines, has made Holland
the richest country per capita in Europe;
WHAT
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Resl"tered
Nov. 24, 1896.
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them, for I know they wtU do ou gtradv Twoycars ago I bad rheumatism, and my Jemtg were
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sitting, Tweb dava after using the Oxjdqnor the rheumatism andstlft, joints wero entirely
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hence, he wants a Nicaragua canal; ha
wants steam lines to the world's Important
ports; he wants this nation to draw to
Itself every advantage possible, that it
may take Its proper place In thq commerce
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the Pacific. Wrfflr.nj iwnAbdflHAnt
English-speaking races are to- be the- cfcfef-
directors of the world's material progress
during the coming half century, and that
the people of the United States should fit
themselves to perform their part of the
wprk with credit, to themselves apA-wJth
gdod to ail wimanlty, ours being ntife
"B orld's great republic
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A Xeivapaper Witb Individuality.
The Cornhill.
Let it be remembered that a newspaper
Is not a beneficent institution, endowed
like a hospital or school by some philan
thropist. It is purely a commercial un
dertaking. It must pay its way or ceasa
to exist, lust like a draoerv estahHsh-
De ootained. leading articles are un
doubtedly of less Importance to the com
mercial success of a newspaper Ihaw'ad
vertlsements, and, lmieeaYJtMrf! 'even tile
supply of news." Yellt i3,Tby"it& feHdftlg
articles that the position anil "weight ot
every newspaper m public- an!airss'are de-
i termined. It will be found that' 'whatever
A Correspondent's Medal.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Melton Prior, the English war corre-
spondent, who is now in South Africa,
I has won so many medals that there is
noc room tor au or. tnem upon nimseit.
and he has to hang the remainder on the
chests of the various, valets who always
accompany a British war reporter. He
ML3?!"5? ,n campaigns, fighting with
British troops In almost every part of the
woa- ,v'nen "e, is not reporting wars
" ml urT whIch lnvarbly
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A Terribly Engine ot Warv" ' "
Boston Traveler.
The new military motorcycle Is a ter
rible engine of war, Tho machine Is drlv-
, en by an automatic petroleum motor, and
.' mounts a 27-pound automatic- Maxim gun.
j capable of discharging 600 rounds per min-
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Extreme Economy.
Chicago News.
Ida That family In the brownstone
mansion Is very economical, I hear.
May Extremely! Why, they- (actually
had their last winter's, Jura made Into
mufflers for their footman and! coach
man. ' ! lS
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to free the fpa-ixonv disease , ,
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appetite. Send tor wr book contorn
Ing hundreds of "Grateful Reports
from reliable persons In all parts of
the country, who have cured, them
selves. Toh wilt be convinced.
One Oxydonor will serve an entire
family. Large book of instructions
with each Oxydonor.
iB. a VANDBRFOREh
Room -lit Commercial block, Portland, Os-