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Little partisans find much fault with
The Oregonian. It is to be expected.
They never can -understand an inde
pendent, newspaper.- Indeed, they do
not want to understand it. A favorite
theme with them. Is The Oregonian's
"Inconsistency." Yet so inconsistent
are they that they will themselves fol
low their own party in all its tortuous
coursesnow for expansion, now anti
expansion; now for gold, now silver;
now in bitter opposition to issues of
paper currency by the government, now
defending such issues and 'clamoring
for more; now for free trade and now
for a tariff that protects trusts a tariff
so had that their own president (Cleve
land) denounced it as "an act of per
fidy and dishonor" and refused to sign
it. But whatever bears their party's
name or suits their party's present pur
poses they accept, without a word of
criticism or objection, regardless of its
want of consistency with former posi
tions of their party or its antagonism
to safe and rational principles.
2vow here is the Albany Democrat.
It seldom or never prints an editorial
not devoted to carping at The Orego
nian. It thinks it a pity that The Ore
gonian should be "hampered with a Eig
zag reoord" on tariff and other sub
jects. First, let The Oregonian say that
It doesn't feel the need of this sympa
thy. During its career of many years
this journal has found it necessary to
deal with many questions, in their con
stantly shifting phases. Discrimina
tion has been necessary in examination
of the innumerable phases under which
such a subject as the tariff has been
presented. Of course, The Oregonian
could not expect such .as the Albany
Democrat to know or to care anything
about the actual facts in such matters.
It is enough always for such to accept
whatever is put forth in the name of
"the party," and The Oregonian haB
had no thought of trying to supply
them with intelligence to understand
anything. This journal is not a be
liever in '"protection" as an economic
system or doctrine. During many
years it has made this plain. But It
has not accepted the democratic party's
method of amending the tariff. It has
shown that method to be unfair, par
tial, fraudulent, violative both of sound
economic principle and of fairness and
justice to various interests. The demo
cratic party has not proposed a policy
of tariff reform, and The Oregonian has
shown it. But stone-blind partisans
like the Albany Democrat accuse The
Oregonian of "Inconsistency," because
it has not accepted democratic tariff
measures as true tariff reform. Even
President Cleveland repudiated the
democratic tariff act of 1894. In a let
ter to the leader of his party in the
house of representatives he declared
that sound principles had been surren
dered In the preparation of the bill;
that the course the party was pursuing
was well calculated to justify the
charge of its opponents that it was
wanting in abiHty to manage the gov
ernment; that outrageous discrimina
tions and violations of principle had
been forced into the bill; and that such
course, in view of the promises of the
party, was nothing less than perfidy
and dishonor. 2lr. Cleveland indig
nantly, or contemptuously, refused to
approve the bill, and it became a law
without his signature. But it was
good enough for the Albany Democrat,
because it was a. party measure.
Since that paper has asked "How
docs The Oregonian like this little
sketch of itself and of its attitude be
fore the public?" The Oregonian will
say that it likes it doubtless quite as
well as the Albany paper will like this
"little sketch" -of itself and of its party.
The truth is that neither party has ad
hered to any true principle In handling
the tariff question. The republicans
have adhered too much to extreme
dogmas of protection, and the demo
crats have devoted themselves chiefly
to the effort to place the products of
certain sections of the country on the
free list, and to save protection for the
products of other sections under the
name of tariff reform at the same
time looking out for the interests of the
sugar, coal and iron trusts, as Presi
dent Cleveland set forth in his letter to
Chairman "Wilson.
The Oregonian Is not disturbed by
charges, of "inconsistency" in its treat
ment of this whole business. It has not
expected such as the Albany Democrat
to follow any discussion of these com
plicated Setails, or to understand where
any principle lay. All such are too in
dolent or too dense. It suffices them
to pronounce the party shibboleth end
carp at what they can't understand.
He who takes the position that his
party is right and always will he right
on every subject, and that those who
criticise it are always wrong, may es
cape fatigue of mind and of spirit, and
deem that escape sufficient reward.
Such, questionless, is- the Albany Dem
ocrat. The release of seized flour and the
rule said to be promulgated leave
something still to be desired. No flour,
we are told, will be considered contra
hand, unless intended for the enemy. A
good share of the American flour, by
the confession of its consignees, was!
intended for the Boers. Why, then,
should it he released? It is evident
that the body of facts upon which an
Intelligent view of the Delagoa affair
can be. made up. is: inadequate ' Ihe
Hale resolution should in due time
bring this information, which would
doubtless have come along in due
course through Mr. Choate. The one
thing certain Is that the excitement of
hotheads, both in Germany and the
United States, has been without justifi
cation In fact a preliminary whose? ab
sence Tarelyinterferes wtih activity of
antMsm or race hatred.
RECOGNITION AJfD ADMOXTTIOS.
Portland pwes a debt of gratitude-to
the nine merchants whose terms,, as
trustees of the Chamber of Commerce,
expired Wednesday. Theirs wa3 a busy
year, and the new life given to the in
terests of the city and the state at large
by their enterprise and energy will long
be felt. The trustees devoted, on the
average, half a day a week to meet
ings of their board, and of the general
body. In addition, there was a vast
amount of committee work, painstaking
research and .preparation of reports.
This was willingly and cheerfully done.
General Beebe merits special praise for
his visit to the East in behalf of the
city. For several weeks he neglected
his large private interests to devote his
time to the welfare of the community.
Perhaps the most important achieve
ment of the Chamber of Commerce last
year was the embarkation of troops for
the Philippines. This was formal and
substantial recognition by the war de
partment of Portland's fine harbor. In
line with this .accomplishment is the
work the Oriental committee is doing
for larger trade in Asia and the Pacific
and for making Portland the depot for
through traffic between the United
States and the Orient. The decision of
the chief of engineers. Indorsed by the
secretary of war, to give the- mouth of
the Columbia a forty-foot channel is
the result of years of active campaign
ing by the Chamber of Commerce and
Its immediate predecessor, the old
board of trade.
The chamber has made wise choice of
officers for 1SO0-190L Mr. Taylor, the
president; Mr. Hahn, the vice-presi
dent; Mr. Fleischner, the secretary, and.
their associates on the board of trus
tees, are men of large interests and
long experience in commercial affairs.
They are men In the full vigor of life,
energetic, enterprising and conserva
tive, and they may safely be depended
upon for "the long pull, the strong pull
and the pull all together" that counts.
There Is nothing of the mossback in
their make-up. Among the many sub
jects commended to their care ar-e:
1. A SO-foot channel'to Astoria and a 40-foot
channel at the mouth of the Columbia.
2. A drydock at Portland.
3. A smelter at Portland.
4. A "United States assay office at Portland.
5. Encouragement of hemp and flax growing
and other industrial enterprises.
6. Boat railway between The Dalles and
Celilo.
7. Trade development In the Orient.
8. Permanent general hospital at Vancouver.
9. Reduction of Philippine import duties.
10. Permanent exhibit or Oregon products.
11. Enlargement of the federal buildings- at
Portland.
12. The Nicaragua, canal.
13. Enactment of laws for Alaska suitable to
conditions existing there.
The work the new trustees have be
fore them requires not only their time
and energy, hut the active support of
the entire community. Great things
cannot be accomplished unless the sen
timent of the people Is behind the object
sought to be accomplished. Continued
work of the hardest kind will be neces
sary to keep the government steadfast
in its purpose to deepen the channels
between Portland and the sea. At
times, funds In excess of those derived
by the chamber from dues of mem
bers will be required by the trustees.
Money and the substantial backing of
all interests they should have. Port
land's people must heartily co-operate
with the trustees in every movement
undertaken in the interest of the city.
PIiAIXLY SAID.
It is imperative that parents and oth
ers having in charge boys and girls,
men and women in an immature sense,
recognize the fact that the individual
safety that was one unquestioned
feature of pioneer conditions in which
everybody in the community knew and
had a friendly interest in everybody
else, no longer exists in our social life
urban pr suburban. Evidence of this
fact is, unhappily, not far to seek, since
it has been spread with appalling fidel
ity to detail upon our court records
within a few weeks; while whispered
but nevertheless revoltingly audible
statements in regard to the attempted
debasement of young boys by creatures
known and hailed in the community as
men, have supplemented the record of a
murder of a lad that took place within
the city limits a few months ago under
circumstances that left no doubt that
the mo'tive for the .killing was moat
vile.
That the danger that has tracked
civilization to this state In the form of
the sexual pervert, duly disguised with
the cloak of decency, and dominated
by a brutal cunning that enables its
possessor to evade apprehension, or,
being apprehended, to outwit justice, is
not confined to the city is well attested
in the story that comes irom a rural
community in Lane county -of an al
most Incredible outrage perpetrated
upon a young girl on her way home
from church, alone, last Sunday even
ing. Plainly, this -was a preventable
occurrence, and the means of Its pre
vention were most simple. "It a girl
cannot go to church alone in safety,
where can she go?" it is asked. The
answer is plain "If after dark, no
where." If there is no one to go with
her, she should stay at home, even
though this means a monotonous,
dreary evening supplemented by going
to bed at S o'clock. This may sound
harsh and unsympathetic. It has, on
J the contrary, its basis in true sympa
thy. It matters not that the young girl
protests after the manner of the Inde
pendent American lass that she is "not
a bit afraid." Neither bravado nor
courage, unsupported by physical
strength, will save her from the assault
of robust villainy when opportunity of-
j fered by helplessness, darkness and
solitude presents Itself, any more than
innocence and trustfulness .will save
her from the wiles of smooth-tongued,
polished villainy that finds its opportu
nity in long, lonely rambles. The sim
ple safeguard of youthful innocence
and helplessness Is in parental care and
watchfulness that provide proper es
cort for the girls of the family when
going out in the evening, or insist
upon the alternative of their remaining
at home; that establish a basis of
confidence between the boys and their
parents, to the end that the where
abouts of the former may at all times :
be known, and the old-fashioned rule of j
"early to bed" become the -law of the
family.
The prevention of crime against chll-
di;en along these lines- should not be
difficult, while of remedy after the deed
is committed it is useless to speak.
Surely, the men and women of a com
munity, of the family, ought to be able
are able to control the, children for
the latter"s own good. Therein lies the
only safeguard of innocence, the only
sure protection of the physically help
less from the-possible assault .of the
sexual pervert.
NEVER SURE OF HIS FACTS.
The address of United States Senator J
J)enew in memory of Vice-President
Hobart is marked by his characteristic J
fluency and fatal facility in the manip
ulation of historical facts. To illus
trate: Mr. Depew says:
With Adams and Jefferson -was the mutual
repulsion of the Puritan and the Cavalier. In
Jefferson and Aaron Burr tne revolutionist -Was
seeking to destroy the patriot. The practical
JacTtson and the philosophic Calhoun were eeon
at war. Tl'e man of action threatened to hang
f the theorist, if he carried his ideas to tnelf
logical conclusions.
- This is absurd. The enmity between
Adams and Jefferson was not born out
of any such nonsense as "the mutual
repulsion of the Puritan and the Cava
lier." Adams was perhaps something
of a Puritan, but, like all the Adamses,
he quarreled with everybody, not be
cause he was a Puritan, but because
he was an "Adams." Fisher Ames was
of Puritan stock, but he did not quar
rel with everybody. Nor did Adams
quarrel with Jefferson because of "the
mutual repulsion of the Puritan and
the Cavalier," for Jefferson did not
stand for the Cavalier stock of "Vir
ginia in his social or political theories.
He came of well-to-tdo farmer stock, of
Welsh ancestry, but there was no "Cav
alier" ancestry or aristocratic quality
about Jefferson. His father was well
to do for his day, and Jefferson was a
well-educated man, but he was of as
radical democratic sympathies as Pat
rick Henry. The only man of distinc
tion In Virginia in the Revolution who
was pf Cavalier stock was Richard
Henry Lee, and he and Adams were
always warm friends, as were Lee and
Sam Adams. The "repulsion" felt be
tween Adams and Jefferson was not
thajt of Puritan and Cavalier; it was
only the natural Adams hate for a
smooth, skillful, successful political
rival; the same hate he felt for Hamil
ton, who was certainly not a "Cava
iler," but who tried to "throw" Adams
In his own party. This "Puritan and
Cavalier" talk is all rubbish that has
no historical foundation, and Senator
Depew ought to be ashamed to try to
make it do duty again In a speech.
Professor W.Gordon McCabe, of Rich
mond, Va., a gallant ex-Confederate
soldier, In a noble speech made at the
New England dinner In New York city
on the 22d ult., treated this Puritan
and Cavalier fetich with deserved con
tempt. Among other things, Professor
McCabe said:
Even as thirgs were the typical Puritan of
our time never saw Plymouth Hock, and no
drop of Pilgrim blood coursed in his" veins he
who "stood like a stone wall In the shock of
battle," the perfect type of that glorious Scotch
Irish stock from which we sprung- that daunt,
less race, in whose- heart beat bo strong the
fear of God, that there was no room left for
fear of any other thing; while our Ideal South
ern cavalier, "from spur to plume. the very
etar of chivalry," Albert Sidney Johnston, the
Idol of his Southern Ettldlery, wee of purest
New England strain on both sides of his house.
Not less ahsurd is Senator Depew's
intimation that Jackson and Calhoun
quarreled because Jackson was a man
of action, a. practical man, while Cal
houn was a philosophic' statesman
whom the "practical" Jackson threat
ened to hang if he carried his ideas to
a logical conclusion. The truth, accord
ing to historical evidence, is that Jack
son hated Calhoun personally because
Calhoun, in Monroe's cabinet, as secre
tary of war, had denounced Jackson's
lawless action in hanging Arbuthnot
and Ambrister. Jackson never forgave
a personal criticism, and while Jack
son had-, defended the doctrine of state
supremacy in the case of the Cherokee
Indians vs. the State of Georgia, he be
came a fanatic unionist the moment he
found that Calhoun was the leader of
the nullificationlsts. Mr. Depew's
speeches are full of historical illustra
tions, but usually, as in this case, not
bottomed on historical facts.
THE SOUTH: AFRICAN WAS.
All news from South Africa suddenly
stopped, about five days ago. Since
then there has been absolutely nothing.
Its seems to be the ominous silence that
precedes great events. General Buller
must now have from 30,000 to 35,000 men
at the Tugela river, the passage of
whloh at this season of the year is a
matter of extreme difficulty. It can be
executed only by a flank movement,
which may not be possible without
more transport service. In the total
absence of news there is nothing but
conjecture as to what General Buller
is doing. But it may be set down as
certain that very serious work is pend
ing. If the passage of the river can be
made, a mighty effort will be put forth
to break through the Boer lines, but
if the British gain a victory they will
be compelled to pay a tremendous price
for it. But they will pay It without
flinching, if they think they see any
kind of fighting chance. They are
working up to the point of resolution
where they will be ready to pay for
victory as much as they paid on such
fields as Albuera and Talavera. And
yet such Is the advantage assured by
modern arms to troops In defensive po
sitions the British may go to defeat in
all these efforts to end the war by hard
fighting, and may only succeed at last
through the superior resources which
will enable them to wear their ene
mies out. The British forces In South
Africa will soon be twice as great as
the greatest forces the Boers can put
in the field. It is only the peril of their
garrisons that makes present effort on
the part of the British so urgent; for
it has been apparent from the first that
there was great danger that all these
garrisons amounting at the beginning
of the war to 24,000 to 26,009 men would
be lost.
Archbishop Nozaleda has asked more
than he willget if Archbishop Chapelle;
elects to reorganize the Catholic church
in the Philippines on the basis of the
administration of the affairs of the
church in this country. In the matters
of title to property and parochial au
thority, he- wants restoration of the
friars to the position they held under
Spanish rule; the church to be allowed
I to administer Its affairs without state
interference; the teaching of the Cath
olic catechism in the primary schools;
the establishment of a new college for
the instruction of native priests; con
tinuation of parochial fees and, control
of pawnshops. Many of the questions
Involved concern only the Catholic
church, and Archbishop Chapelle, as
papal delegate, has full power to settle
them, Religious instruction, in public
schools is repugnant to Americans, and
would not be tolerated. Once begun,
there is no telling where it would end.
Control of pawnshops is a civil func
tion Archbishop Nozaleda probably is
pleading the case of himself and the
Spanish friars. The Filipinos- detest
him. They remember him as the prel
ate who recommended the suppression
of the Tagal insurrection of 1896 by
wholesale execution. At any rate, it io
pretty near time for the Catholic
church in the Philippines to go out of
tne government touslness
Representative Stephens, of Texas,
has introduced a pension bill which
provides that veterans, or others now
pensionable, who shall possess $1000
worth of property, or who shall receive
a salary from the' government or from
any state, county, municipality or cor
poration, in excess of the amount of
the pension to which they are entitled,
shall be no longer pensionable-. No
more pensions, according to the terms
of this bill, are to be paid to persons
residing abroad who are not citizens of
the United States. It also provides
that the commissioner of pensions shall
have the authority to summon pension
ers before examining boards, with a
view of ascertaining if their disabilities
cannot be lessened or cured by treat
ment, and, if so, to ascertain why the
pensioner has not employed such treat
ment. On failure to comply with the
recommendatlonss to employ proper
treatment, the pensioner is liable to be
dropped from the rolls. Pensions to
heirs of any person, except for military
service, are prohibited, and the exist
ing pensions repealed, except where the
recipients show that they have become
impoverished in property since the
granting of the pensions. This bill
ought to become a law.
The Tammany administration in New
York has. increased the salaries of office-holders
$2,000,000 yeaTly and cut
down the appropriation for free libra
ries. In the meantime, the teachers of
the city have vainly clamored for their
pay for months, payment being de
ferred in the name of economy, supple
mented by the plaint of "no money."
Still and this applies as well to the
taxpayers of Multnomah county, who
are chafing under the cost of official
ism New Yorkers are getting what
they voted for, either directly or in de
fault of public duty, and therefore they
merely advertise their folly or derelic
tion by complaining,
Early exhaustion of the borrowing
power obtained by British authorities
from parliament compares unfavorably
with the more statesmanlike provisions
made in similar case by our 'Congress,
which promptly authorized emergency
bond issues of $400,000,000 and due bills
of $100,000,000. Revenue measures hur
riedly started up additional income.
We had plenty of money. Yet com
plaint Is a necessary accompaniment.
Britain is censured at home because her
funds run low, and pur antis are scan
dalized because we have enough and to
spare. . . .
Gotham Is endeavoring to solve the
problem that has long perplexed civili
zation the servant girl question. An
economic association has been formed
there to supply kitchen autocrats, but
mistresses must furnish certificates of
character and deposit acceptable proof
that they are not unreasonable. An
anxious public will await with bated
breath the outcome of this deferential
policy toward her ladyship, the house
maid. Mr. Bryan's latest declaration of
anti principles marks considerable ad
vance over previous ground. The doc
trine of contiguous territory only is
abandoned, together with the alleged
unconstitutionality of expansion. But
as he finds the Filipinos unfit to be a
part of the United States, is it too much
to ask that he explain how, then, they
can be fit for self-government?
Quarrels between Free Staters and
Boers are easy to manufacture. Wishes
breed opinions with great fecundity.
There Is not enough evidence of their
truth, however, to do more than sug
gest, for they do not prove, the old
truism about the impotence of barbari
ans to prevail against civilization,
through their inability to combine.
Delay in make-up of the state tax
levy Is due to no fault of Secretary of
State Dunbar, whose promptness in
acting immediately upon receipt of the
tardy rolls from the counties is to be
commended. Multnomah Is tHewchief
offender in this respect this 'year, ' as
frequently in other cases.
Mr. Edmunds thinks discriminating
duties are sufficiently set aside by the
reflection that they can also be used
by our competitors. It Is curious he
does not seem to see that the same
point can be raised against the subsidy
scheme he so unreservedly advocates.
Were the Filipinos capable of self
government they would have restrained
themselves from making war on the
United States. Their attack on our
troops showed in a most striking Way
their lack of power of self-government.
The one mortal affront Great Britain
can offer William will be to smooth
over the Bundesrath matter before he
gets his naval hill enacted.
DIPLOSIACY WDLL EXOT7GII.
But We Mast Be Willing: to
Fish
, . for Our Asiatic Trade.
United States Investor.
Nothing of a formal nature is to be ex
pected as a result of Secretary Hay's re
cent negotiations regarding the continua
tion in perpetuity of our existing treaty
rights in China; and it necessarily fol
lows that the assurances about which we
are now hearing so much are of no more
real value than the paper on which they
are written. Does any one, for instance,
who is acquainted with the character of
Russian diplomacy suppose for one In
stant that the foreign office at St Pet
ersburg imputes a serious character to
the poHte note Which it has conveyed to
the representative of the United States
government touching its future policy in
China? No one is -so credulous. The Rus
sian foreign office Is somewhat notorious
F for the ease with which it promises, and
the still greater ease with which it un
blughlngly ignores its promises. Its con
ception of diplomacy Is truly Oriental and
1-mediaeval. The whole question of our
future status in China rests, aslt al
ways has rested, upon tho display of
force which we are prepared to make. '
Let us not be lulled Into forgetfulneea
of this fact. The question for us to con
sider is, Does the Orient hold out to us
trade possibilities worth the shedding of
blood? This question might have been
answered in the negative a few years
ago, but not now. The East, and par
ticularly China, is believed today to hold
out richer trade prospects to the United
States than to any other country pro
vided free competition is not prevented
by arbitrary and-high-handed sequestra
tion of Chinese territory by European
powers. It Is useless. to sneer at the
mercantile greed, so-called, which Is
likely in the future to embroil us in
armed conflict with, more than one o
the great powers. It Is as idle to attempt
to stay the policy of territorial aggran
dizement for trade purposes as it would
be to sweep back the Atlantic. It will be
well for this country, if it desires to se
cure that trade with the East which
should naturally fall to it, to keep it3
powder dry.
Q ft 1 i.
THE GOAIi OF THE) INFLATIONISTS.
Drift of the Democratic Party Im
nerinnry Money.
Memphis (Tenn.) Scimitar (Dem.).
The drift of the silverite inflationists to
ward the populist doctrine of absolute fiat
money has frequently been noted In ob
serving the evolution of Bryanlgm In the
democratic party. That this is the inev
itable goal of the 16-to-l advocates Is ap
parent; for having affirmed that money
is "the creature of law," and that the
government stamp can give 40 cents'
worth of sliver bullion the value of 10Q
cents, they cannot logically dispute the
proposition that the government can make
a bit of paper worth as much. And paper
being more convenient to handle than sil
ver, it should be preferred.
This is certainly the view taken by
John P. Altgeld, who 1b far and away the
ablest of the "cheap" money apostles. In
answer to the question, ,lWhat will be the
status of silver in the year 2060?" he
said:
From present Indications both gold and silver
will pass out of use as money and -will be sup
plemented hy a philosophic or rational cir
culating medium and meaeure of vahte. The
absurdity of making the world's Industry, pros
perity end haplness depend upon the accident
f mining is already attracting the attention
of all thinking men, and tne atlll greater ab
surdity of haying a large portion of the ener
gies of the human race spent In digging aorae
thlng out of the ground that shall be a mere
meaaure of value and he in Itself of no earthly
use to any human being, when the government,
under proper regulations and limitations, could
furnish the country a. circulating medium and
measure of values that would cost practically
nothing.
If the theory thus expounded will ha
sound ICO years hence, it Is sound today.
Time can have nothing to do with the
question whether it is essential that the
material of which money Is to be made
should have Intrinsic value. Practically,
therefore, Altgeld declares for the old
grenback proposition, and would discard
the precious metals as money material.
In so doing he takes at once the posi
tion to which the less courageous cheap
dollar advocates are gravitating by de
grees. AVERY SWEET TOOTH.
Enormous Consumption of Sngrnr n
the United States.
The current number of the Sugar Trade
Journal estimates the consumption of
sugar In the United States during the
year 1SS9 at a total of 2,094,610 tons. It Is
the calendar year just ended that Is cov
ered by these figures. The equivalent in
pounds would amount to 4,691,925.400, equal
to nearly 61 pounds per head of the pop
ulation. The Trade Journal's computation
on this point is 61.7 pounds per head In
1899, against 60.3 in 1S9S. The largest con
sumption per head occurred in 1B92, when
it amounted to 67.46 pounds, to which
maximum It had jumped at a bound from
54.56 pounds per head in 1891. This sensa
tional increase of consumption in 193 was
due to the removal of a susar duty of
about 2 cents per pound. It shows in a
marked manner how quickly the reduction
In cost finds a response in the growth of
consumption. Of the sugar used in the
United States last year only 249,968 tons
were produced in this country. Of this
I amount 120,400 tons were cane sugar, 79,36$
tons were beet sugar, 5200 tons were sugar
made from domestic molasses, and 5000
tons were maple sugar. The total con
sumption of foreign sugar was 1,829,643
tons. Practically the whole of the sugar
used In the United States Is refined sugar,
the direct consumption of raw sugar be
ing only about 50,000 tons. In Great
Britain raw sugar enters Into consump
tion much more largely than in this coun
try; indeed, we have understood that cer
tain fine flavored qualities of raw sugar
enjoy a decided preference over refined
sugar on the tables of wealthy Britons.
The Retort Effective.
Washington Post.
It was at a department store bargain
counter for odds and ends. The crusn
was terrific. Women squeezed and el
bowed and shoved to get alongside the
counter. Frequently two of them hap
pened to pick up the same bargain at one
and the same time, and then they both
retained their clutch on It, and looked dag
gers at each other until the stronger of tht
two won the victory or the bargain was
rent into ribbons.
A haughty matron, with an electric seal
coat, picked up a box containing three
cakes- of Imported soap for 8- cents at tne
same moment that a hunmble-lookmg lit
tle woman in a faded tan coat had fas
tened her grasp on the box.
"I believe I Was the first to take hold
of this," said the matron In the electrio
seal coat, freezingly.
The humble-looking little woman held
on for a minute, studying her antagonist,
then she slowly relaxed her hold on the
bo.
rWeIl, you can have It," she said ami
ably. "Tou look as if you need the soap."
The bargain counter is the place to ob
serve how they love one another.
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Tho Exclusive Hyde Part of London.
Americans visiting London for the first
time are more than likely to hall a han
som the day tbey arrive and start prompt
ly to see the Row. Half the books, sto
ries, newspaper articles, etc., treating of
English life, make prominent mention of
this, the smartest driveway in the world.
London society circles largely about Hyde
park and naturally enough tourists regard
it as a good starting place from which to
study British manners and peoples. Im
agine then the indignation and the disgust
of a pair of pretty girls, accustomed to
traverse home drives in any fashion they
like to be warned back from Hyde park
entrance by a six-foot arm of the law. No
tips, no remonstrance, no pleading has tho
slightest effect upon stern "bobby," who
simply orders cabby to depart, and tells
his fares to get a more correct equipage
if they desire to take part in the Row
parade. It 19 livery or nothing and if the
visitor continues to long for a glimpse of
the Hyde park show, she must have boots
and breeches to drive her, thereby having
at least the semblance of a private estab
lishment. No admittance Is the standing
exile for the ostensible cab.
Her $12 Patent Leather Shoes.
New York Tlmea.
"Oh, dear," says Miss Grace Elliston,
the Lady Curtoys in "Wheels Within
Wheels," the patent leather shoes I wear
with my tailor suit in the play are lovely.
They cost $12 and I don't suppose a soul
In the audience knows that I so much as
wear shoes, to say nothing of such pretty
ones."
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A&reed.
Detroit Journal.
"The soir," remarked the economist, "la
what supports us
Here the lawyer admitted that land Is
the cause of three-fourths of the litiga
tion, while the doctor1 did not deny that
effluvia from the ground leads to much
sickness.
THE OREGONIAN'S ANNUAL
Oregon It it Second Choice.
Lafayette, Ind., Journal.
The Portland Oregonian makes a 60
page special edition as its greeting to
the new year. The Oregonian has done
more in developing the farther North
west than any others one agency, and de
serves all the prosperity its nine-story
office building testifies it has received.
The paper in question has 500 illustrations
of the scenic attractions of Oregon, and
they are very seductive. If Tippecanoe
county were not the paradise It Is, one
would advise all prospective "movers" to
settle In the region The Oregonian has
made famous.
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Oreeron's Pronperity Advertised.
Salt Lake Tribune.
The Portland Oregonian Issued a mag
nificent annual on January 1, containing
60 pages. The year Just closed has been
the most prosperous in the history of the
etate. The statistics of marvelous growth
are so elaborate that justice cannot be
done In limited space, but the articles are
well prepared and put in attractive form.
No section and no industry is overlooked,
and tho whole forms a valuable addition
to any library. Not content with this,
The Oregonian has an Illustrated supple
ment, printed on enameled paper, giving
over 500 views of the scenic attractions of
the Northwest, that la a work of art It
is a very masterly effort.
Justifies Pride.
Troy (N. T.) Times.
The annual number of The Oregonian
(Portland) contains sixty pages of read
ing matter on the various sections of the
state, their present industries and the
possible new ones, such as that of silk
culture, already tested. The Targe, illus
trated supplement, on calendered paper,
embraces fine half-tones of the shipping,
railroads, natural curiosities of the state,
Indian types, panoramic views of the city
of Portland, portraits of public men, etc.
No feature of interest seems to have been
neglected, and the whole Ib a production
that justifies a large amount of pride.
One of the Best.
Leadvllle Miner.
The Morning Oregonian of Monday,
January 1, 1900, Is a magnificent specimen
of newspaper enterprise. In conjunction
with Interesting and complete descriptive
articles setting forth the wealth and re
sources of the country tributary to Port'
land, It has issued a volume of half-tone
cuts, printed In an artistic manner upon
heavy book paper, illustrating the Indus
tries and beauties of the great North
west. The ensemble is Striking, and The
Oregonian has produced one of the best
annual reviews that has yet reached our
table.
One of the Handsomest.
St. Louis Star.
The annual number of the Portland
Oregonian, printed on January 1, has
Just been received, and it is one of the
handsomest special editions which have
appeared In many a day. The illustrated
supplement contains over 500 Illustrations,
all printed on the finest quality of enam
eled book paper, the views embracing
all the noted scenic attractions of Ore
gon and covering every important Indus
try of the Pacific Northwest. The Port
land Oregonian has reason to pride itself
over the Issue.
"Work of Art and Instruction.
Detroit Tribune.
The annual number of the Portland Ore
gonian has been received. It 13 a credit
able Issue. The supplement is a work of
art and very valuable to those Interested
In that section of the country and the
Industries of the Pacific coast. The Illus
trations are both handsome and instruc
tive. o
Overcoats in Restaurants.
Can a man who, on going into a restau
rant, hangs up his overcoat on a peg near
his table, recover from the proprietor of
the restaurant If the overcoat disappears
while its owner Is enjoying his meal? A
decision to the contrary has been handed
down In New Tork state in a case involv
ing this point, heard before the appellata
term of the supreme court. We- quote
part of the decision.
The rule to he adduced from, an these cases
la that, beforo a restaurant-keeper will ba hld
liable for the loss o an overcoast c a cus
tomer while such customer takes a meal or re
freshments, it must appear either that the over
coat -was placed in the physical custody 01 the
kejer et the restaurant or his servants, or
that the overcoat was necessarily lahi aside
under circumstances aho-wimr at least notice o
the fact and ot ouch necessity to the keeper o
the restaurant or his sarvants, In -which there
Is an implied bailment or constructive custody;
or that the Icsa occurred by reason ot the in
sufficiency of the general supervision exercised
by the keeper of the restaurant for the protec
tion of customers' overcoats temporarily laid
aside. After all, each case must largely de
pend upon. Its own. particular facts and cir
cumstances, for It Is well known that there are
an kinds of restaurants. In some of them good
taste and. etiquette require that a customer
should remove h'o hat and overcoat while eat
ing a meal or refreshments, while la others,
especially the so-called quick-lunch establish
ments, customers frequently remove neither hat
nor coat.
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Obscure Martyrs.
Edwin. Arnold.
They have no place In storied page.
Nor rest in marble shrine;
They are past and gone with a perished age,
They died and made no sign.
But work that shall find Its wages yet.
And deeds that their God did not forget.
Done for tbalr love divine
There wero the mourner3 and these shall be
The crowns of their Immertallty.
Oh, seek them not where sleep the dead,
Te shall not flhd their trace;
No graven stone is at their head.
No green grass hides their face;
But sad and unseen la their silent grave
It may be the sand of a deep sea wave.
Or a lonely desart place;
For they needed no prayers and no mourning
bell
They were tombed In true hearts that knew
them well.
They healed eick hearts till thelra were broken.
And dried ead eyes till theirs lest sight;
We shall know at last by a certain token
How they fought and fell In the fight.
Salt teara of sorrow unbeheld.
Passionate cries unchronicled.
And silent strifes for the right
Angola shall court thesj and earth shall sigh
That she left her best children to battle and die.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
At last accounts General White had not
managed to escape to Buller's relief.
If this Is winter. We shall be in need
of fans and ice cream soda by Easter.
The populists will nominate Bryan in
haste, and he wtH repent or. It at leisure.
The people who swore oft In '93 are now
making resolutions to take effact January
1. 1S0L
The proceeding to oust Mayor Storey
seem in a fair way to tsrmlnate simul
taneously with his term of office.
Senator Pettlgrew is making a hard race
for the position of chief clown in the sen
ate, but Mason Is still maintaining a good
healthy lead.
If England could exchange every big
warship In her possession rar a little gen
eralship, a more speedy termination of
hostilities in South Africa might be ex
pected. The Chicago Tribune keeps a record of
gifts to educational, religious and charita
ble Institutions, of which public announce
ment is made, and its figures for the past
year are phenomenally large. Altogether
they rise to $79,749,956, as compared with
a total for 1S33 of $23,9S4,900, $33,612,814
in 1S97, and about the same figure in 1S95.
The 1SS9 record includes $38,000,000 turned
over by Mrs. Leland Stanford to tho
university of that name, and $10,000,000
given to the university of California by
Mrs. Phoeba Hearst.
Hobson Is not the only great man with
! a penchant for osculation. On the recent
visit to Portland of the famous pianist.
De Pachmann, he was Introduced to two
ladles and a gentlemen, who had heard hl3
recital and expressed a desire to meet
him. The pianist bowed low over the
hands of tho ladles, and Imprinted en each
a "chaste salute," but when the gentleman
was presented, he was gripped fervently
by both hands and kissed as K he had
been the musician's long-lost brother. At
last reports he was still recovering from
his surprise.
"Is your wood dry?" asked the house
holder, over the telephone.
"It burns well," answered the conscien
tious fuel dealer. "It is Inside wood."
When the householder discovered it
dumped in the mud and obstructing the
froe flow of his gutter, he found that It
certainly was Inside wood. Such chunks
a foot square had the inside track on any
ax. and needed giant powder to split
them. Only Oregon trees could produce
such Inside chunk3, which had been In
side the river at no very remote date.
But the patient woman who has to cook
with such stuff struggles on in the hope
that electricity will eventually revolution
ize cooking and abolish the everlasting
struggle with wet wood.
Statisticians are always figuring out how
many million miles of gold chains couil
be built with the money spent every year
for tobacco; but somehow they never glvo
any figures as to the number of boxs of
good, comfort-yielding cigars that could
be bought by tho money spent on gold
chains. Here Is a conversation between
a reformer and a smoker, which is now
going the rounds:
Reformer How much did that clgat
l cost?
Smoker Twenty-five cents.
Reformer How many da yousmoke a
day? ' ' '
Smoker Ten.
Reformer Do you know that If you had
not smoked for 20 years you couWi own
that fine building across the street?
Smoker Do you own itj
Reformer No.
Smoker Well. I do.
A deed signed Mrs.
and husband
seems to partake of the new woman fla
vor, where the man Instead of the woman
Is the Insignificant end of the bargain. A
deed or legal instrument executed, for ex
ample, by John Jones and wife is the
usual form, but as tho result of 19th cen
tury civilization wherein woman is grant
ed fall Individual property rights, the
husband now frequently has to play sec
ond fiddle In these matters, and- deeds In
which the name of the wife leads are
becoming quite common. Tho indignity,
however, of a husband having to permit
his wife to be the legal head of the fam
ily is compensated for when a man does
business in his wife's name after he has
exhausted his own credit, and can no
longer safely hang out his own shingle
without fear of being pounced upon by his
creditors for old obligations.
The fact that there has been no snow
in Portland, and but comparatively little
In the mountains from Which the Willam
ette "leads away," will save Portland from
the disastrous effects of a midwinter rise,
and from the equally disastrous prophe
cies of one. Last year tho merchants on
Front street were put to conslderabla ex
pense moving goods to upper docks, on
the strength of a forecast which had
both precedent and probability behind it.
But the weather cooled, the waters abat
ed, and the merchants had their scare for
nothing. There la, as usual, a good sup
ply of snow In the mountains that feed
the Columbia enough to AH the river far
overbank and make things lively on the
water front if the right conditions shall
prevail, and there will be no. end of talk
of high water and dire prophecy, from
river men, oldest Inhabitants and In
dians. But there is no help for that. It
Is perennial. -.
Compensation.
Rudolf Stelnhagen in Boston. Transcript.
I know not how the grief of mind.
The fevered doubts and hopes and fears
Will mingle In the lapsing years;
And yet I hold that God is kind;
That emlles from sorrow's tears will grow.
And harvests from the sower's seed'"
That each self-crucifying deed
Will bear fruition's bloom of snow.
To dream of glories' yet to be
Embodied forth In perfect thought.
That In the cycles win be wrought
Into the temple's majesty;
To lock from attic casements, where-
The silent, shorelera seas of night
Gleam with sidereal voyagers bright.
And guide the wayward fancy there
Amid the music of the spheres.
Io more than wealth or conquest glvesj
Our dreams, In which the spirit lives,
Are golden towers that It reara.
The pallid, care-seamed, yearning face
Turned heavenward with eubttme uiweat
Has sung the song we love the best.
Or carved some statue's perfect grace.
And It may be some deed of love.
Some silent sacrifice of mine
"Will, like eve's Jeweled planet, shlna
Eternal in the heavens above.
The violets know not that tiey give
A sweetness to the common air;
Nor sunsets dream their glories rare
Havs made the glowing canvas Hve.
Then do thy work, my soull Thou'lt sea
The earth-born spirits reap the gain.
"What matters here to strive la valaT
Thy meed ia immortality I