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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1900.
DESK STUDIES FOR GIRLS: MONEY AFFAIRS
(Copyright. 1S99, by Seymour Eaton.) . '
THE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROFc SEYMOUR EATON
TT. SOME LAW POINTS FOR GIRLS.
Promissory Xotes.
Have nothing whatever to do with prom
issory notes. This Is, perhaps, 'the best
advice which can he given to girls and
women, buthls does not mean that you
are to know nothing whatever about
promissory notes.
A promissory note is a. written promise
to pay a definite sum of money. Any such
promise is really a promissory note. At
the time -when such promise Is written
there are two parties connected with It
the one who makes the promise and the
one to whom the money Is to be paid. "I
promise to pay Charles Brown $10. (Signed)
John Smith." This Is a promissory note.
John Smith Is the maker and Charles
Brown Is the payee, that is, the person
to whom the money Is to be paid. Such
& promise should be dated, and it should
etats also when the money Is to be paid
In one month, or In three months, or on
demand. If Charles Brown wanted to
turn this note over to his grocer in pay
ment of a Mil he ought to have had It
worded differently. It should read: "I
promise to pay to the order of Charles
Brown"; that is, John Smith will pay the
$10 to Charles Brown or to the baker or
grocer or anybody Charles Brown "orders"
it paid to. The note is then "negotiable."
"Negotiable" means ""transferable." All
United States bills are negotiable. They
read "the United States will pay bearer";
that Is, will pay anybody bearing or hold
ing the bills. A note may be written on
nny kind of paper In Ink or in pencil."
The words "value received" are not le
gally necessary, although they usually ap
pear on ordinary promissory notes. Thou
sands of good notes made without any
vafiuc consideration are handled daily. The
promise to pay of a negotiable note must
be unconditional. It cannot be made to
depend upon any contingency whatever.
A note made payable in anything but
money is simply a form of contract, and is
not a .negotiable instrument.
Notes and acceptances that are made in
settlement of genuine business transac
tions come under the head of regular legi
timate business paper. An accommodation
note, or acceptance, is one which Is signed,
or indorsed, or accepted, simply as an ac
commodation, and not in settlement of an
account or in payment of an Indebtedness.
With banks, accommodation paper has a
deservedly hard reputation. However,
there are all grades and1 shades of. ac
commodation paper, though it represents
no actual business transaction between
the parties to it, and rests upon no other
foundation than that of mutual agree
ment. No contract Is good without a con
sideration, but this Is only true between
the original parties to a note. The third
party, or Innocent receiver or holder of
a note, has a good title and can recover
its value, even though It was originally
given without a valuable consideration.
An Innocent holder of a note which had
been originally lost or stolen has a good
title to it if he received It for value.
A note does not draw interest until after
maturity, unless the words "'with Interest"
appear on the face. Notes draw Interest
after maturity and until paid at the legal
rate.
An indorser of a note is any person who
writes his name -on the back of It, and by
so doing guarantees Its payment. Indorse
ments on notes are usually made in blank,
that is, without the words of "pay to the
order of." The receiver of the note Is
then tree to indorse It or not at his pleas
ure If he wishes to transfer it. The in
dorser is liable for its payment if the
maker fails to meet it. If an indorser
should be compelled to pay a note he has
a good claim against the maker and
against each indorser whose name appears
above his own. An Indorser to whose or
der a note is drawn or indorsed can trans
fer It without becoming liable for Its pay
ment by writing the words "without re
course" before or after his name on the
back. A person who receives a promissory
note in good faith for fair value before
the day of maturity, takes it free from
all defects of title and rom all claims that
might be set up against any preceding
holder. This is not true of notes trans
ferred after maturity.
A note should toe presented on the exact
day of maturity. Notes made payable at
a bank or at any -other place must be pre
sented lor payment at the place named.
SHOP AND TRADE
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rr.-EASY MICCHASflCAI, DRAWING.
Lckkoii A'o. 4.
The student will now proceed to use rul
ing pen, ruler and compass in making the
drawings described in the following exer
tosos: 1. Make a working drawing for a par
tition 9 feet high and IS feet Ions, with
one arched doorway and one door. Give
exact measurements In every Instance.
Note. In Indicating measurements the
common method is to place arrows at Oe
extreme points and a dotted line between.
The above drawing would Indicate that
the distance from A to B Is to be 9 feet.
2. Make a working drawing for a brick
arch over a window. Follow the outline
as shown above.
3. Make a working drawing for a flat
brick arch, as shown in the above draw
ing. Indicate the measurements.
4. Make a working drawing for a Gothic
brick arch. Note that two radii are
taken, one at A and one at B. Indicate
the measurements.
Note. This drawing shows the usual
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When no place is specified the note is pay
able at the maker's place of business or at
his residence. The note must not be pre
sented before or after maturity, but upon
the exact day of maturity, if the lndorsers
are to be held liable for its nonpayment.
When a note Is presented for payment
at maturity and is not paid, it is uaually
protested; that is, a notary public makes
a formal statement that the note was pre
sented for payment and payment was re
fused. Notice of such protest Is sent to
the maker and to each Indorser.
If a payment is made to apply on a note
such payment should always be Indorsed
on the back of the note. Such indorse
ment requires no signature. The usual
form is to give the date and write: "Re
ceived on within note," stating tho
amount. An ordinary separate receipt is
not sufficient. Each amount indorsed on
the back reduces the face value.
It is generally understand that a debtor
is more likely to pay a promissory note
than he is to keep a simple verbal prom
ise. It will injure his credit if he allows
his paper to go to protest. It is difficult,
too, to dispute a claim after a note has
been given in settlement The note may
be used by the creditor in raising money
for his own use; that is, he may get it
discounted sell it to a note broker or to
a bank. But there are some disadvant
ages. If a note is accepted from a debtor
the account cannot be collected until the
day of maturity of the note. You may hold
a note against a debtor, and If your note
Is not due you cannot by any process of
law prevent your debtor from selling
everything he owns and leaving for parts
unknown. A note that Is overdue is, in
some particulars, better than a note not
yet matured. An overdue note draws in
terest at the legal rate from the date of
maturity, and legal steps to collect it may
bo taken at any moment
To discount a note or draft is to sell It at
a discount The rates of discount vary ac
cording to the security offered, or the char
acter of the loan, or tlie state of the money
market For ordinary commercial paper
the rates run from 4 to 8 per cent.
Notes received and given by commercial
houses are not usually for a longer period
than four months.
Negotiable paper, whether made for ac
commodation or otherwise, may be trans
ferred by Indorsement and delivery or by
delivery alone, either before It has fallen
due or afterward. There is a difference,
however, in the liability attached to ln
dorsers, and the value of the paper rnay
be affected by the defenses existing be
tween the original parties. It would be
well to consult a lawyer before accepting
overdue paper, particularly If It has ln
dorsers. A Judgment Ifote.
Some of the states, noticeably Pennsyl
vania, have a form of promissory note
called, a judgment note. In this form ot
note the maker confesses judgment if thp
note is not paid, and authorizes the court
to take possession of sufficient of his prop
erty immediately to satisfy the amount of
the claim. It is really a very severe form
of contract, and should be given only un
der the most extreme conditions.
Certificate of Deposit.
If you deposit money temporarily in a
bank for safekeeping, you will receive a
receipt therefor. The receipt Is usually
called a certificate of deposit It often
occurs that such certificate Is used Instead
of a bank draft in the payment of distant
bills. Interest Is allowed under certain
conditions. It is practically a bank's
check on itself. In Issuing certificates of
deposits to strangers, the bank should
take their signatures upon the margin or
the certificate book, so that when the
certificates come home for redemption the
Indorsements may be compared with the
original signature, if it seems necessary.
Of course, every properly managed bank
has a ledger account of certificates of de
posits issued, which is a full Tecord of the
amounts and names of all certificates is-'
sued, together with their dates and num
bers. Returning certificates can be com
pared with this record as they are present
ed for payment through clearing-houses
and over the counter.
Note. A paper "by Dr. A. S. Bolles. of
the university of Pennsylvania, entitled
"The Law Relating to Married Women,"
will be published In this department next
week. This will be the concluding paper
of the series.
STUDIES FOR BOYS
Seymour Eaton.)
method of representing ordinary stone
masonry.
5. Make a drawing to represent a stone
wall 3 feet high, IS inches thick, and 30
feet long, with stone gate posts 2 feet by
IS inches and 5 feet high, with cap stones,
the cate to be 3 feet wide.
6. This drawing shows squared rubble
brought up to level beds with hammer
dressed quoins and chisel-draughted mar
gins. Make a copy of It
7. Make n. working drawing for the join
ing of two beams as shown in the Illus
tration. This method is sometimes em
ployed when the timber Is under a cross
stress. The lower fibers, being In tension,
aro connected with a wrought-iron plate.
8. Make a working drawing for a book
case. 9. Make a copy of the above drawing of
a. pulley.
Note. This lesson concludes the "Desk
and Shop Studies for Boys." An exami
nation will be set on Wednesday, Janu
ary 31, as a basis for the granting of cer
tificates. Another "Word About Revised Ver
sion. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Editor.)
I was much interested In the reports con
cerning the merits of the revised version
of the Bible that appeared recently in
The Oregonian. Permit me to say the
revised version has met as great opposi
tion as that which Impeded the accept
ance of King James version, which was
most stubbornly fought for 50 years be
fore it was sure of a footing. Taking
the position that the Bible is to be stud
ied not for texts but the context, no
person needs to doubt the superiority of
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the revised over the authorized. The po
etry of the Old Testament, consisting of
parallelism, is put in in such form by
the revised version that the most rapla
reader can easily discern-lt. To. me this
is an.advantasej-J.haPe yjiot failed to
emphasize to my classes 'In' Bible- Engusln
For Instance, turn to Song of Moses,
Deut xxxii, and the story of Balaam, in
Numbers, xxli-xxlv.
B. J. HOADL.ET,
Portland university.
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PR0-B0ER SENTIMENTS.
Citizen Who Is Confident That It
Overstates Itself.
PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Edrtor.)
The prevalent belief in Portland, and, for
that matter, all over the United States,
seems to be that Boer sympathizers out
number nine to one those who hope for
British victory In South Africa. I be
lieve this Is a fallacy, born of the fact
that all the Bombastes Furiosos in the
country, known generlcally as "cranks,''
are howling for Kruger and his hosts,
while conservative people, who are not
everlastingly striving to air their person
ality, are in sympathy with the Anglo
Saxon, but do not Tlse on their forked,
ends In season and out of season to prate
about It '
"The shallows murmur while the deepa are
dumb."
Lightning destroys while thunder only
rattles. In the last presidential campaign,
silver-tongued Bryan drew larger crowds
and greater bursts of applause than any
orator on the stump. The woods were
full of his sympathizers. And yet, and
yet McKInley reigns in the White
House.
And why, forsooth, should an American
sympathize with the Boers? Because In
the last century, under the Inspiration
of the semi-demented George III,
who was opposed by all the great and
liberal men of his reign, England waged
unholy war against us? If so, then why
forgive the South for giving us battle
to perpetuate so Ignoble a thing as hu
man slavery? It Is all very well to
wrangle In the family, but when an out
sider chips in, sympathy, other things
being equal, should go with kith and kin.
But the blatant and untiring screechers
for freedom (and the only freedom they
really care a straw for is freedom to wag
their tongues) tell us that we should up
hold the Boers because the Transvaal
Is a fellow-republic, and then they call
upon the bird of liberty to flap' his pin
Ions over Filipinos and Boers, over an
archy and misrule, and everything that
puts a spoke in the wheel of civiliza
tion. A fellow-republic! God save the
mark! Comparisons are, Indeed, odious
when an American stoops to compare his
country with the bigoted, semi-civilized
travesty ruled over by Oom Paul and the
arrogant, ignorant, yet autocratic assem
blage of burghers who support him.
The Transvaal may not be darkest Af
rica, but it is dark enough. Evidence of
this is forthcoming every day, not from
Englishmen only, but from Americans and
other foreigners, who have resided In
this alleged fellow-republic of ours. They
tell us that human rights, such as 'even
Russia grants to aliens, are persistently
and wilfully trampled upon, and that
strangers In this free, liberty-loving Boer
land are denied every privilege dear to
mankind. But there are none so deaf as
those who will not hear, and "Billy"
Mason, of Illinois, and . Obstructionist
Bailey, of Texas, will continue to invoke
the bird of liberty from his eyrie on
the Rocky mountains to shoot his feath
ered arrows at the "awful British ty
rants." but the bird will not respond, nor
do I believe that reasoning Americans, en
masse, will give their sympathy to the
Boers airainst their own kith and kin of
Great Britain, the only nation on the
globe. whose hearts and hoDes were with
us in out little scrap with Spain.
AMERICAN.
"THE BOY."
Chicago Anti-Cfprnrette League's
Worlc and Publication.
PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Editor.)
There came to my study table this morn
ing an attractive new publication, fresh
from the press, a unique paper, the worthy
organ of a most worthy movement In
Chicago recently the agitation which has
been ifor some time going on in forming
anti-cigarette leagues, culminated in an
incorporated society, under the laws of
Illinois, known as the Anti-Cigarette
League, and this new paper is its official
organ. It is an interesting fact that the
officers "of this league are prominent men.
The president is Colonel Jonathan Mer
rlam, United States pension agent; Rev.
"V. V. Thomas, vice-president; secretary,
Frank W. Baker, M. D., professor of ma
teria medica, Hahnemann-medlcal college;
treasurer, Charles S. Roberts, Metropoli
tan National bank.
The league Is composed of boys be
tween the ages of 13 and 21. The city
of Chicago has been districted, and a very
thorough organization is going on. The
public schools of Chicago took up the
work some time ago, as also has been
done in other states.
Mrs. Lucy Page Gaston has been a
prime factor in the work of the league,
and Is general superintendent Rev. Wal
lace Struble, well-known in Oregon, his
former home, is lecturer. Colonel Mer
riam, In his opening greeting, says:
"What of the Boy? This of the Boy:
He Is the hope of the race. If we lose
the boy, we lose all the hopes we have
for the future greatness of our beloved
land. Every patriotic man and woman
must be Interested in all that pertains to
the welfare of those who are so soon to
take their places in the great contest
which Is to settle the problems of the
ages. The boy with the cigarette habit Is
on the high road to ruin. He may be
saved, but not with a cigarette in his
mouth to deaden his best purposes and
weaken both brain and heart"
This bright paper, foupded for such a
noble purpose, has for Its motto: "My
strength Is as the strength of ten, because
my heart is pure." Mrs. Gaston, a well
known writer and newspaper woman. Is
the supervising editor, while the editor-in-chief
and associate are boys.
All hall the boy editors, and may God's
blessing rest on the noble effort toward
purer, nobler manhood! L. H. A.
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No Pnnlc In England.
G. Levoson in North American Review.
One of the most striking features of the
present situation is the steadiness and
freedom from panic shown, not only, as
is natural, Jn military circles, buJ by', the
British public at large. This has been
equally noticeable upon previous occa
sions when partial and preliminary re
verses had occurred in the initial stages
of a campaign. Military students, of
course, are aware that to meet with un
checkered success In a contest with a
brave and well-armed enemy is a piece
of good fortune too good, to be relied upon,
for, in spite of the skill of commanders
and the valor of troops, Isolated checks
and reverses are as probable In a mili
tary campaign as in the conduct of com
plicated business transactions. Especial
ly must this be the case where troops
are dependent upon a long line of com
munication -in the presence of forces nu
merically their superior, and where rela
tively small bodies of men are operating
over a field of vast extent and are neces
sarily occasionally isolated from each
other.
Constructed in South Africa.
Scottish American.
The armored trains which have figured
so prominently In the fighting round Lady
smith were put together at the railway
workshops a$ Durban. Thp train Is com
posed" of ji nowffurehfclnci tender1 -and',
three 20-ton iron trucks', the sides of which
have been raised lo over six feet high,
with one-half Inch bciler plates, loopholed
with vertical slots for the men to 'fife
through.
BUSINESS MOVES SLOWLY
sesixth 3iakes uttxe progress
with Financial bill
House Has Done Absolutely Nofhlnff
in Way of Advancing legislation
Hearings in Progress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Congressional
business has been moving rather slowly,
although the foundation is being laid in
the committees for a rush of work later.
Since, the holiday recess the senate has
been sitting four days a week, but up to
the middle of the month only two speeches
have been made upon the financial bill,
the most important measure pending
before congress. One was by Senator Al
drich, chairman of the committee on
finance, who reported the bill, .and his re
marks were In the nature of an explana
tion of its provisions. The other was by
Stewart, of. Nevada, who is not a mem
ber of the finance committee, but who is
opposed to the bill, as everybody sup
posed he would be. The other work of the
senate consisted largely of discussions of
various resolutions that have been Intro
duced by those wno oppose the expansion
idea, and which are evidently drawn for
tthe purpose of making a demonstration
showing that the republicans have been
wrong in their Philippine policy. In the
house there has been absolutely nothing
done since the holiday recess, to the mid
dle of the month, although the commit
tees have been hard at work. It is, of
course, necessary for legislation to "be
properly prepared befcre It can be pre
sented to the house or senate. The con
gressional committees also deem it nec
essary to have hearings on all conceivable
subjects in order to be informed as to
what action shall be taken. As a matter
of fact, hearings very seldom amount to
mudh, although occasionally information
Is brought out which cannot be shown
otherwise.
Our IVeTV Islands.
The committees appointed by congress
to care for legls.atlon upon the subject of
tho new island, possessions of the .United
States have been busy Avith hearings of
various kinds to obtain information con
cerning the needs of the new possessions.
The senate committee on foreign rela
tions has already gone to the extent of re
porting a bill tor Hawaii forming a ter
ritorial government of that Pacific group.
Reporting" these bills in the senate and
getting them passed are two different
things. The belief Is general that it will
take 'a 'great deal of debate to get the
bills through, because anything that Is
done either for Hawaii or Puerto Rico,
will have its effect upon the subsequent
legislation for the Philippines and Cuba.
Men will hesitate considerably about es
tablishing a precedent regarding trade re
lations and commerce with Hawaii and
Puerto Rico, which might be foiloweu
when we come to legislate finally upon
the Philippines and upon Cuba, if it be
comes a part of the United States. The
commerce with Hawaii and Puerto Rico
is not so great as materially to affect any
of the Interests of the "United States, but
the Philippines and Cuba, so rich in pro
ductiveness, and so large In extent, are
bound to cut a very great figure in the
commercial world, if they are given the
same advantages as states of the Union
or territories of the United States. It is
already apparent that some of the most
ardent friends of the expansion idea, rep
resenting highly protected industries, are
now making an effort to prevent the is
lands from being considered as Integral
parts of tha Union, simply on account of
the effect it will have upon the manufac
tures and products of various states.
The Pacific Cable.
It has been pointed out quite frequently
that the most Important matter in a
commercial way to the United States is
tho construction of a Pacific cable. It
-has-been apparent that nothing is more
needed for the commercial and military
Interests of the government than the
construction of a Pacific cable, and there
ought not to be very much of a question
about building it. The trouble seems to
be that some advocate the construction of
the line by the United States government
alone, while others are insisting that it
shall be done by a corporation, which
shall be subsidized by the general gov
ernment Some sort of a plan ought to
be formulated whiph will build the cable,
and it ought not to be defeated by the
various conflicting interests which have
sprung up.
Senatorial Differences.
An examination of the United States
senate discloses the .fact that men on
both sides of the chamber are not In har
mony with the parties to which they be
long. On the republican side Senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts, and Senator Ma
son, of Illinois, are notable examples.
Senator Hale is also an anti-expansionist
but he does not take such a prominent
part In the discussion and in the promul
gation of anti-expansion doctrines as the
other two named. On the democratic side
Morgan, of Alabama, is, of course, an ex
pansionist, but his views have always
been well known and pronounced. He has
not only been in favor of the Nicaragua
canal, but he was an ardent Hawaiian an
nexationist and now believes In holding
and developing every fooF of territory
which came to the United States as a re
sult of the war with Spain. Morgan Is
highly esteemed in his party, and his op
position has not been such as to cause
his party associates to break away from
him. On the other hand. Senators Ken
ney, of Delaware, McLaurin, of South
Carolina, and Sullivan, of Mississippi, are
all severely criticised in private by their
democratic associates because they voted
for the ratification of the treaty with
Spain. It Is claimed that a great deal
of pressure was brought to bear upon
all of these men to vote for the ratifica
tion, and that there was every reason why
they should have resisted it and stood
with the party. In fact, all of them were
counted upon at one time to stand with
Gorman, Jones, Cockrell and others who
were leading the fight against ratifica
tion. Senator Hoar's position causes some
friction with his republican friends, and
especially with his colleague. Senator
Lodge, who is chairman of the Philip
pins committee. Being Senator Hoar's
colleague and sitting beside him day after
day, he naturally feels somewhat embar
rassed in having to oppose what the old
er senator wants. Senator Hoar has had
several little tilts with other senators be
cause of his pronounced opposition on the
subject of expansion, and. naturally, it
makes more or less disagreeable feeling
among them. While Senator Mason's op
position is treated somewhat as a joke,
yet there is some friction on account of
his position. On the democratic side it is
decidedly marked, so far as Senators Ken
ney, McLaurin and Sullivan are con
cerned, for the other democrats think
there is no reasonable excuse for them to
have taken the prominent position which
they did in the support of the treaty,
when opposition to it was made a party
measure.
His Proud Moment.
Every ambitous American youth finds
in history or fiction some ideal to whose
level he himself would Tike to ascend, and
make for himself a mark in the world,
but It is seldom that the ideals last for
any considerable time. Lieutenant George
M. Dreher, of the First Washington vol
unteers, whose home is 'in Spokane, re
cently called on Senator Turner, and his
visit recalls a rather Interesting story.
In his youth, Dreher was an interested
reader of the war stories of Captain
Charles King, and no work by that popu
lar writer ever escaped his eye. From his
early boyhood he closely followed the pen
of Captain King, admired his characters,
his portrayal of army life, and afterwards
meMCaptaln', Kfng-1hfmslef, the manrho
'admired more than alj else. Whenjthe
Spanish war broke out, Dreher was first
sergeant in battery A, of the Spokane Na
tional Guard. His battery was anxious
to enlist in the volunteer service and be
sent to the front in Cuba. When they
learned that no artillery organizations
were to be en.lsted, they dropped the
red for the white, and became company A,
of the First Washington Infantry. When
the change was made, young Dreher, be--causd
xf his efficiency in military mat
ters, 'was promoted and commissioned
as first lieutenant For some "time he
waited at San Francisco with the
regiment, Impatient to be sent to
Cuba, but when the Order camo
sending them to the Philippines, his heart
was glad. Shortly after the regiment
landed It went into action, and on repeat
ed occasions Lieutenant Dreher distin
guished himself for unusual bravery. At
the time this regiment was In the field,
Captain Charles King, then promoted to
brigadier-general of volunteers, was also
in the Philippines, and had a chance to
observe the workings of the Washington
regiment. After one prolonged engage
ment, he looked over the men, and, pick
ing out Lieutenant Dreher, commended
him in the highest terms for his gallant
ry. Lieutenant Dreher, in speaking of the
lnqident, says that was the proudest mo
ment of his life, when he was praised by
the very man who, from early boyhood,
he had looked up to as his Ideal soldier.
To Flont the Maine.
From the time the battle-ship Maine
was sunk in Havana harbor up to the
present time, and probably on indefinite
ly Into the dim future, various schemes,
some plausible, others the merest specu
lation, will be brought forward for rais
ing the battle-ship and bringing her to the
United States, to be exhibited at the prin
cipal cities of the East. The latest scheme
that has come to public notice is to em
ploy that most recent of physical agents,
liquid air, in raising the wrecked vessel.
The promoters cf this scheme offer for $1
to refloat the Mi'ine and "rescue what i3
left of the S6 g.Ulant sailors that have
slept in the foul waters of Havana har
bor for nearly two years." They propose
to raise the vessel, pump out her com
partments and then construct a new hull
around the wrecked portion before tow
ing her to American waters. A provision
of their contract is that if, at the expira
tion of a year from her arrival on this
coast, the government should desire to
repurchase the Maine, it could be done
at -a. price fixed "by a special board. This
company says that by employing' liquid
air it can raise the wrecked vessel and
float her with her wrecked portion undis
turbed, showing the reality of the awful
havoc caused by the explosion of Feb
ruary 15, 1S93. In employing this liquid
air the company proposes to freeze the
waters In the wrecked portion of the battle-ship,
and then, by applying the liquid
air under the vessel, to freeze the water
of the harbor, and gradually, but steadily
raise the wreck. Once raised, and the
breaks protected, they contemplate no dif
ficulty in getting tho hull to American
waters. So confident are they of the suc
cess of their scheme, that they have al
ready issued complimentary tickets ad
mitting the recipients with friends on
board "the refloated battle-ship Maine,
at any port a which she stops between
Havana and Chicago, 111."
To Better the Weather Service.
Willis L. Moore has been considerably
in evidence about Washington as chief
of the weather bureau, and has had con
siderable to say In reference to improv
ing the service. As a matter of fact the
weather bureau service has never been so
good-as it was under the war department,
and It was only a little concession, sup
posed to gratify farmers, by placing it un
der tho agricultural department, where it
has been for the most part a failure. None
of the big storms of last winter were pre
dicted by the weather bureau. Several
large hurricanes were predicted during the
summer which never came, and much of
the prediction done by the weather serv
ice is now discounted and has little value.
When the weather service was under
the charge of the United States army, and
men were operating it who had no reputa
tions to make save to do their duty, and
do it. right, it grew to be a great serv
ice, and was highly appreciated. While
it was continued under army officers in
the agricultural department It was con
ducted very nicely and gave very good
satisfaction. Of late years It has been
somewhat of a failure. Mr. Moore should
be encouraged In his efforts to better the
service, and congress should not hesi
tate to make additonal appropriations, If
that Is what is needed.
Nicaragua Canal.
The action of the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce indicates
the temper of the house on the subject
of the Nicaragua canal, and if the com
mittee on rules can be Induced to set
apart a time for the consideration of this
bill, it ought to pass at this session. It Is
known to be Chairman Hepburn's Inten
tion to try to get early consideration,
but the rules of the house are such as to
make It necessary to have the concur
rence of the speaker and the committee on
rules on the project. It Is believed that
after due time a petition will be circu
lated among the members of the house,
asking the committee on rules to set
apart a time for giving the Nicaragua
bill a hearing, in which event probably
two-thirds of the house will join the re
quest. Speaker Henderson is a man who
recognizes the fact that the majority
ought to control, and possibly he will ac
cede to the request made In such strength.
ARTHUR W. DUNN.
An Admirer of "Old Tom."
HILLSBORO, Or., Jan. 22. (To the Edi
tor.) I was pleased with your editorial
of yesterday upon Thackeray, as I have
long ago come to the conclusion that, take
him all in all, he was the greatest novelist
that the English-speaking world has ever
known.
In your mention of his writings, how
ever, In yesterday's editorial and in sev
eral others, you speak of "Vanity Fair"
and "Pendennls" as his best works. While
I have a high opinion of them, it has al
ways seemed to mo that the character of
Colonel Thomas Newcome is sufficient to
cause "The Newcomes" to take first rank.
He is the highest type of the simple, hon
est, unpretending, old-fashioned gentleman;
the grandest character In my humble judg
ment that has ever been portrayed by
any writer of fiction. S. B. HUSTON.
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The Doers' Use.
"An English Officer," In the Forum.
The Boer has not been without his uses
in the world-scheme of civilization. Like
the American backwoodsman, he has
blazed the way for the march of progress.
His bold and restless spirit has pointed out
a path to the crowding nations of the
Old World. His have been the privations,
his the toll, and his the peril. But his
function is at an end; civilization presses
at his heels; the land from which he drove
out the kafilr calls for a denser popula
tion. He must submit to absorption or
perish. For the present he refuses to be
absorbed. "Mene, mene. tekel upharsm.
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Itvas ailllctetf with ca
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