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10 THE MORNING OKEGONTAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1900. RECENT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES (Cenrrlght. 1900. by THE OREOONWWS HOMESTUDY CIRCLE Note.-'nww usnuwp on .prooweai aewaee am been prepared Joe The Oregonim'e Hotae StwJy Circle by PwC WottuuijL Bepktea, of Drexei Institute L LIQUID AIR. Tke Permanent Gaue.' But & short genermtteB ago, as gener ations are usually reckoned, men still spoke with some confidence I the "per manent ganee." This term, when it was introduced, meant those BUbstaaces which occurred onlr in the 8tae of gas, such as oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen, and which It wasrigteally thought could not possibly be made to become liquid or eoUd, A interest in the matter grew and euc- ceeslve experiments, scattered, perhaps. over long Intervale of years, aocom pUshed the change for one gas after an other, the ltet of the so-called "perma nent ' gases grew smaller and smaller, until there remained but the three. These successfully restated ail efforts te .liquefy I them, although It was generally recogr- &lzed by the most advanced scientific Michael FaraSay. ann that there was needed only a greater perfection ln method to change them also, &nd that every substance, under appro priate conditions, would assume the solid or the liquid or the gaseous state. "Per manent' gas had then come to mean only a gas which was very difficult to liquefy Th term, however, has now no meaning. t r there Is no known gas which has n b en converted Into a liquid. " Karly Experiment. The first important etep in this line of wurk may be said to be marked 1 Fara uj s liquefaction of chlorine gas. Some i v. experiments "before this seemed to i u some measure of success, but they v. i re isolated and In most cases doubt fi In 1823, however, Faraday, who was t f-r Sir Humphry Davy's assistant in N Rojal institution, tried an experiment, a Day's suggestion, which had import & it and unexpected results. In a closed Mv of thick glass he heated a substance vi Men produced chlorine gas. Davy was T ' present, but Dr. Paris, a friend of Imvj s, happened to be. The anecdote has i en often told, but k is worth repeat ng ttrre Both Davy and Dr. Paris were to dine out and the doctor, finding himself erased, with time to spare, dropped ln the laboratory of the Royal institu tion where Faraday, the assistant, had i n lfft to work. He found Faraday ja .ng something in a tube, and. glanc irg at it, he rallied the experimenter on Uf np unclean vessels, oalNttg his atten t or, to an oily substance In the tube. Taiaday looked, acknowledged the jtis-U- of the remarks and immediately pro cifdul to file off the end of the tube. Imm.diately, to the great surprise of It " r there was a violent explosion and Ire oU vanished. i" Paris went off to h'.s dinner, and la-adaj went on with his work, and on ,1 c .iowlng day the doctor was surpcoed t rtcttve this note: "Dear Sir: The oil v. noticed yesterday turns out to be aid chlorine. Yours faithfully, M. Ps-a.day " I ne was the beginning, and It was not h ng before Faraday and Davy had suc o. i i,-d in converting to the liquid form 8frrat gaes. Including ammonia, nitrous ox f the "laughing gas" of today and va'lon d oxide, or "carbonic ac-d gas." 1 is carbon dioxide Is a gas of the most - irinon occurrence. It Is produced by i -atlon and by combustion of any k.rd respiration Is but one form of com-buMlc-ii and Is a constituent of atmos p'rr, a'.r ln pretty definite and constant X , o' ilons. The balance is maintained by t" - anion of plants, which break it up. u t the carVm and set free the oxygen ti ' Carbon dioxide proved to be com 1 .. T t ve.y easy to liquefy and even to so dlf and was for many years Import- t, in work of this kind, being used in " ' o liquid or the solid form to produce i n If mperatures. TV i -o came now a break of many years In Faraday's work upon gases, and In th's r'al the name that stands out most ' it 'nently is probably that of Thilorier. 1 - -a -reeded m producing liquid carbon . .u- in large quantities and ln solidify . s it at MQ degree below sere cent er without compression. This solid ned with ordinary ether Is known es rhilorler's mixture." and will produce a .T1eratur of 11 degrees below aero i rade or Ml degrees below aero Fah- i"h. Some unsuccessful attempts were " 'e o lqusCr hydrogen and oxygen by '"' s"-re alone. we snouia Know now , - such attempts could not possibly sue- 1 " 1M5 Faraday, stimulated by the work (. Thlorler, began again to experiment i " gases. He succeeded in liquefying s: ' their names would be familiar only 'he chemist and m solidifying some of The liquids were, as a rule, trans it and colorless and the solids crys- . ne transparent or translucent. He T- rot successful In Hquefy'ng the , nnnent" gases, but he predicted that . ow enough temperature could be pro- l they would pass Into the liquid or solid state, and he hoped to see v.x u. n nitrogen and hydrogen "either as ' or solid bodies, and the latter prob- c as a metal." This lapt has proved o be the oasa. for solid hydrogen is v inly non-metallic, according to the e irents of the experimenters who have . o ned It. ers were working at the same prob "' - but none of them succeeded la solv . X although Katterer produced in his t atus the enormous pressure of 360) i .spheres about M,M pounds to the e . a-c inch, ILc PasslMa: of the "reraaaeBt" Gas. . he mooting of the French academy ?mbr M. 1877. two commun'cations w read. One was from Oatlletet, and . en ln the care of a member of the -n y for three weeks. In It Callletet under the date of December 2. 1S77: e to tell you nrst, without losHig nent that I have today liquefied i . o ." He seemed to feel some ion In making so broad a .state- for be had produced only "a mist se" that he "Inferred the presence apor very near Its point of llquefsc- and he was anxious to be able to xygon new. other eommunlcarJon was a tste- from Pictet. at Geneva, dated De- r tt. WT: Today I Uquened oxy- a pressure of SM atmospheres and - perature of M degrees (centigrade) At liipher pressures Pictet sue- in ootn r!n an actual Jet of ua- vab HejRM oxygen, the fepitd et K... Seymour Eaton.) DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON surrounded by a mist of particles, prob- ably solid oxygen. Greater successes followed quickly. Cail- lotet soon produced liquid nitrogen only a few drops, which remained but three seconds; then liquid air, and Anally hy drogen ln the form of a mist. Pictet Ob tained hydrogen partially liquid and prob ably partly solid. The "permanent" gases were no more. All known gases had at last been liquefied, although the liquid obtained from the most refractory had cost much more than Its weight ln dia monds. More than half a century had van smnt in th slow evolution of ef. flcient apparatus and much effort wasted ln tuUle methods of attack. The result would probably have been reached some years earlier If one property of gases. which was not clearly set forth until late in the 'GOs, had been understood at the beginning. - This Is the "critical tempera ture" a particular temperature for each gas above which no pressure, however great, can convert the gas to liquid. That some such condition must be fulfilled was vaguely appreciated by the greater minds, but it remained for Andrews to elucidate the whole matter. One more thing was to be done before the process of liquefaction of gases was established on a satisfactory basis. Some method must be perfected "by which lique fied gas could be produced ln quantity at a reasonable cost. This was accomplished in the so-called "regenerative method," or meth6d of cumulative effect, ln which no cooling substance is used except the gas Itself. The principle Involved was al ready thoroughly understood and had formed a part of the process employed by nearly every successful experimenter, but its possibilities, as applied to this purpose, had not been appreciated. Note. This study will be continued on Tuesday, February 27. RICHARD ELBERT PERRY. Soldier of Second Oregon, Who Died nt Manila Interment in Yamhill. .SOUTH YAMHILL., Feb. 17. (To the Editor.) At the request of many friends of the late Richard Elbert Perry, late private, company A, Second Oregon vol unteers, who died at Manila, P. L, whose remains were returned here to his par ents last Saturday, and whose funeral was held "Wednesday, the 14th Inst., I inclose copy of the funeral address made by Mrs. Nettle Olds Haight, requesting the pub lication of the same ln The Oregonian. L.EB LAUGHLIN. Funeral Address. Sad as is this day, there Is yet a sweet pleasure bending o'er it, and ln the midst of our sadness we cannot but rejoice that it has been given us. Today we claim our own, and are permitted the one last opportunity which mourning love so craves, of laying, with tender .reverence, the body of our loved one to rest in his own native land, ln the soil he knew and loved, amid the scenes of home and friends, which, ln life, were his joy and pride. "We have this blessed comfort to day, which, it all sad things, is so often denied the Ibved ones left at home by those who go to fight and die on foreign shores. Let us endeavor in this our sad hour to rightfully appreciate this blessing. Friends, it is not my purpose to speak to you of the man. or I might say the boy, Richard Elbert Perry. He was born July 31, 1S77, near this place, and lived to the year of his majority in your community. It was not my pleasure and privilege, as it was yours, to thus know his person ally. Tou were all very familiar with his dally walk ln life. Tou were his com panions, his schoolmates. Today you viv idly remember the period and circum stances of his enlistment, how with readi ness and willingness and earnest convic tion he left hl3 school, his home and friends, to serve in his country's cause, saying that it was somebody's duty to go, and that he could go much better than many others. If I knew nothing else of Richard Perry, this one remark were nnoueh to show me the nobleness and beauty of his character. He not alone had the spirit of patriotic devotion to his country, but also that great love for his fellow-men which enabled him to carry, with pleasure, the burdens of his less fortunate brothers. The patriotic pens of our countrymen have done noble justice to the brave and fallen sons of this republic. I can scarce ly add more worthy words than that this voung life was given for his country. There Is nothing nobler or subllmer with in the possibility of words to convey. Our country Is dear to us because she cost us the precious blood of many of our boys; young men whom .the ties of home and friends could not stop or stay ln their determination to answer duty's call; young men of heart and brain, of courage and devotion; young men of business, social and educational promise, to whom we justly looked with pride and fond an ticipations of future beneficence to our communities and to the world. "With sad and sorrowing hearts we gave of these, our best and brightest, for our country's sake. It was a dear price, and the names thus enrolled on liberty's sacred banner must forever be to the American people first in our hearts, our reverence and our most sacred memory. After fhe first dull pangs of grief have passed. It will be a consolation to par ents, relatives and friends to know that son, brother and companion was one of these precious gifts for liberty; that his momory Is forever enshrined ln the Immortal tablet of our country's honor, safe from the ravages of time, the mol- dering power of death. "What a blessing Is this faculty of the human mind to find consolation, even for the most poignant grief. Much of our sorrow for the loss of friends is selfishness. "We mourn the loss of those who minister to our happi ness, because in their death our happi ness Is diminished. But when we can overcome selfishness when we can look beyond the cloud, then does the light of consolation appear to cheer and bless. And It Is only as this consolation comes to us and dries our tears and rests our aching hearts that we can solve and know the higher, grander meaning of the life and labors of our dead. Today, while old wounds are torn anew by the presence of all that now remains of one whose loved form once moved among us, here ln this place and amid these surroundings we shall not be able to do justice to the higher worth of our fallen brother; but a little way removed from these sad scenes, when consolation shall have bound up every wound and dried every tear, then shall we truly know how grandly bautiful was his life how grand'y noble was his death. "We shall know that his life, builded upon the principles of honesty, purity and thoughtfulness, has left Its Immortal Influence for good upon this community and upon all who knew him; we shall know that by his earnest ness as a student, a seacher after knowl edge, he has helped to lead others Into the true path: we shaH knew-ithat through his enlistment ln'thewtuse of justice, to liberate an oppressed and suffering peo ple from the rule of a tyrant nation, he has horned t irive a newer, better mean ing to the o'd flag, he has helped to strike a fatal blow at the monster Tyranny, he has helped t olace the banner of justice and equal rights a little hieher on the standard of the earth's nations, he has helped to hasten the jad dnv when men shall not onDi-ess their fellow-men. no matter f what nim or mtlon: when rlcht anfl not mieht shall b the snnreme ru'er In the affntr of "nanklnd. and when war. stHfe jd bt"odshd shall he po trior. "W will !"? r'l thnrA crlnrrtm rutis. nrtfl w 'fhn'l sIf V-now tht v hjp ne,"vto nnfl cVnth.'T n ant '-d ho h"."5 M the blrht roJblp tr'hut to Vinwn ntir trtory of ! Mnti-r i T"'n 1 which ln turn owes It to the heroic exam ple of such brave boys as he that she can. boast of her loyal and patriotic sons. Then who can say that this young life," though blotted out thus early, was fruit less? How Ions we live, not years, hut actions, tell. Seldom is It permitted to be crowded into such a short lite so much that is truly fruitful, so much that will remain a living factor for good. This, my friends, should be to us an object-lesson. Each and ah of us should constantly endeavor to so live every day and month and year that, when death shall remove us from this scene of ac tion, there shall have been something of worth accomplished that will grow and blossom and bear useful fruit In the lives of those who remain. For thus do we build our immortality. No good deed, no generous act, no noble Impulse of the human heart. Is over wasted. Like a halo of joy and glory it remains to b.ess and guide throughout the years of time. The death of youth is always particular ly sad to me, and yet who can say but that It Is best, "Just In the sunniest hour of all the voyage, while eager winds are kissing every sail, to dash against the unseen rock and hear the billows roar above the sunken ship?" After all, It may be best to pass quietly from harvest field, ere yet the growing grain Is touched with gold, for the harvest so seldom brings that reward which hope gave us reason to expect. It may be best to gently close the eyes while yet the shadows are fall ing toward the west, for dark and deep and tragic are the clouds which too often skirt the sunset of life. Touth is hopeful, youth Is Joyous. The future is radiant with all that ambition craves. Kind nature withholds from youthful eyes those scenes of discourage ments and trials which, alas, too often cause the aged to sigh for the relief of death. Then can we not today rejoice that our young friend drank of life's cup of joy, without tasting so much as a sin gle dreg? "What while yet his bark tossed lightly on, the waves in the bay. It went suddenly down, escaping the madly foam ing billows just beyond life's harbor bar? Yes, there Is at least this consolation for us, that, though this dear life was short. It was full of brightest Joys and anticipa tions, and having accomplished much that will remain of permanent value to the world, he escaped much if not all of life's sorrow and sadness. Bummer dewa and winter rains, Sweet powers of earth shall kiss. And thoughts shall bloom that he is free From Borrow such as this. As for death itself, our young friend had no fear. His life was testimony of his belief that if one does his whole duty as he sees it; if he goes forth with bravo and loving heart to every task; if he does the right as it appears to him, without hope of reward or fear of punishment, he builds with his own efforts that which immortalized him In the hearts of those whom It was his pleasure to serve. Death ' Itself Is a principle o nature, and quite as necessary to our well-being as is life. If aught of joy or comfort awaits man after passing from this sphere of ac tion, It will be none the more or none the less because of any belief he may hold. If man has a conscious existence after this one, it is a fact in nature, and the guarantee to happiness there does not depend upon our beliefs, but upon our acts. For a life well lived, for a life fraught with kind and loving deeds, such as was the life of this truthful, loyal, lov ing boy, there is no fear. He Is entitled by his acts to the highest and best that nature gives, and he will receive it. The greatest benefactors of our race are those who, with loving hands, have snatched from the pillow of death every thorn of fear. The dead do not suffer. Peace reigns within the tomb. "We are content to leave our dead where nature leaves them, on the silent shores of eter nal rest. On the sea of eternity, every bark Is bearing outward. "We watch them pass the harbor bar, beyond which line no human eye can catch the sunset's pur ple hue. In vain we watch, but none return to tell us of the land beyond. Thus we know that it Is not for us to serve the dead. Our service is meant for the living. If this young life was so lived that we know he Is deserving of the best that nature gives, then we should strive to make conditions possible for other lives to be as nobly lived. Let us honor the dead by helping the living. Let the example of his honesty, his loyalty, his consecration to all that was purest and best ln life, be to us an Inspiration to nobler efforts and truer lives. Let us go. from this sacred dust resolute upon serv lnEr the hst Interests of our fellows upon pakirg the world better and happier every day we live in it. so that when we shail he called upon to Journey across the si lent sea. our Immortalitv sh?H he secure in the evfr-lncrpfptnr 1oy and happlneoq nt thos whose interests we have served. Thf voice of Richard Perry says to us today: B iopt w tni" rl I "tin -i wlfti loyal hands Every tapk that dally duties give; Fear not. In death Is perfect rest; He shall know to die who knowa to live. 3 AN ATTACK RESENTED. Spirited Reply to Unwise Aspersions of Germans and Irish. PORTLAND, Feb. 16.-(To the Editor.) I have read a communication ln your issue of the 14th Inst from one calling, or sign ing himself, "Commen Sense." I am sorry to see that he is so pocrly informed In regard to the war In South Africa, and, furthermore, I notice his prejudice ln re gard to the Irish and Germans. In the first place, the Irish and the German peo ple, as a general rule, do not hate the English, as individuals, ifui they do as a nation, as they look upon the English governing power as a land-grabbing pow er, which, under pretense of civilization, wants certain parts of the world, and its wealth, as, for instance, the Transvaal. "Commense Sense" uses very little sense when he wants to have us believe that England was our true friend in our war with Spain, and if that be true, that we should stick to her now, whether she 4s right or wrong ln her war with the South African republic. "C. S." says that the Germans hardly know anything else than to turn good water into bad beer, and fresh milk Into bad-smelling cheese. I am inclined to think that "Common Sense" thinks that lager Is not Intoxicating enough for him, and that he therefore regrets every gallon of water not made Into good old English stout or ale, and that instead of the Ger mans (some of them) turning out Ameri can cheese- they should turn out good old English cheese. "Common Sense" Is very cautious, as he even withheld his name from the pub lic, showing him to be either a man with very little sense or too much prejudice to allow his name to be seen by the public who read The Oregonian. He also says, ln regard to the Catholics, that they are meddling ln this war, especially the Irish, but It must be remembered that the Boers are not Catholics, but either Lutherans or Protestants, and this is well known by most people. In all "Common Sense" has not brought forward anything new, or of any benefit to us, whether we sympathize with the Boers or not; but his whole purpose was simply to use The Oregonian as a tool .or medium to abuse the Germans and Irish, as most of us sympathize with that fearless, true, patriotic and God-fearing people, who have so far earned the re spect of all nations, English not excepted. They have shown to the world what a small nation, determined to uphold and defend their country, can do, and have done so far, against a great land-grabbing power like England. ANTON KELTERER. o Belief and St. Peter. PORTLAND. Feb. 10. To the Editor.) For Mr. Gibson's Information: Belief "Is tho substance of things to be hoped for; the evidence of things that appeareth not.' Taking a Byronlc view of the matter, the only way that come people will ever flop wings will be by pursuing their earthly tactics at the Celestial kop and sneaking n during the rumpus, ?, H, MURPHY, A CATHOLIC RESPONDS ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHY HUSHMEN DISLIKE ENGLAND f Catholics Have Been Faithful to the United. States Government Many of Tlicm in Maine's Crew. SALEM, Or., Feb. 17. (To the Editor.) Having remained silent through all the varied expressions of sympathy with Boer and Briton in the columns of The Orego nian during the past three or four months, I desire to say a word at last, especally as a demand has been made which calls for one of my birth and belief to come to the front. I want to say, to begin with, that I have taken very little Interest -.n the discussion relative to the merits of the combatants ln the Transvaal war, nor do I care a pin, on general principles, who the win ner is. I do not recognize the Boer as a model of civilization or his government a pattern lor emulation; neither do I con sider that Great Britain is actuated in the contest by any motive better than self aggrandizement; hence, as an American citizen. I don't think I am called upon to mourn, much one way or the other, or to interfere ln the scrap now going on. I do not believe the Transvaal war should enter Into our political conventions, our legislatures, or any other deliberative as sembly, where It Is liable to disturb the harmony of our acts and feelings as Americana, or that the quality of a man's citizenship, or his worth as an Individual, should be gauged in the remotest degree by his sympathies ln that struggle, any more than by his alignment on a dogfight or a horserace. Tho only thing that has attracted my notice and grieved me throughout the discussion of the past few months has been tho wanton abuse of the Irish Cath olics, as such, on account of the sympathy expressed for the Boers by the large ma jority of our people, (in common with a majority of the men I meet every day, natives as well as foreign). The most significant feature of the wordy conten tion Is that nearly eyery champion of the British side of the controversy brings In the Catholic, especially the Irish Cath olic, for the most virulent abuse, and giv ing as an all-sufncient reason for love of England by every American, the fact that the Irish Catholic makes cause asalnst her. It gives me much satisfaction that very little, If any, of this abuse comes from genuine Americans or from intelli gent minds of original Protestant stock. The authors of this abuse are of va rious classes. The most vituperative, be cause it comes the most natural, to him, is tho Canadian or Irish Orangerdan, who never takes the oath of allegiance to any other government than the king or queen of Great Britain, unless forced to do so by some circumstance that threatens his property or liberty, and in that case he registers purjury against himself, be cause that oath directly contravenes an other he has taken. Another class is the descendant of some old Irish family whose father or grandfather changed his name and his religion that he might enjoy the favors which England was always gene rous with to renegade Irishmen. Anothtt class is made up of those who have been fed upon the falsehoods and contaminated by the asoclations of the other two. The type of this class is an ignorant native who has never read history and is full of bigoted prejudices, for the possession of which he could give no good reason. Another class, and these are excusable, are the English-born men who can never see anything comparable to that which is "English, you know," and whose dis like for an Irish Catholic proceeds from the fact that the latter will not acknowl edge the supremacy of the British em pire. "We can pity this type, because he is generous at heart and his prejudices are founded upon excusable principles. Another, and the most despicable class, is made up of the fellows, who. In their life ln Ireland, prospered through their perfidy to the people, through their be trayal of their neighbors, through their service under the government, either as spies, landlord agents, proceas-senvers, sheriffs' officers or other menials who 'fattened by the sale of their souls and bodies. For all of these the Irish Catholic Is always a welcome target, and the weapons against him cannot be too cruel, nor the excuse too trivial to demand their use. But, with all this abuse- chat has been so lavishly bestowed, I would have re mained silent had I not deemed It proper to answer some of the questions propound ed by J. L. Mcrherson, of Lent, under date of 14th Inst, wherein he displays a very pronounced hate of the kind I have already mentioned. He asks: "Why, if England is such a tyrant such a hideous monster that every colony except 'poor Ireland' is ready with money and men to fight when the mother country Is In trouble? "Will some Irish Catholic arise and say Just why Scotland, Australia, Canada and other colonies love England and will 'fight for their queen,' while all Catholic Irish and all 'Byron men hate England?" In answer, permit me to say that "poor Ireland" is not a "colony," but is a part of the Kingdom of "Great Britain and Ireland," yet, strange to say, It is dis criminated against in every sense ln a manner that the government would not dare to assume toward any of her col onies. Imagine one of our sovereign states ruled as a dependency and you have tho condition of Ireland. In every colony of Great Britain there is freedom of thought and action, and an untram meled right to the exercise of citizens' privileges. Yet, if Mr. McPherson will read the current news of the day, he will find that our Canadian neighbors are not united In their love for Great Britain or their readiness with men and money to aid her In South Africa. He will find that blind loyalty to the queen Is confined to the British and their descendants, who were placed there by the government un der pay, and were vell provided for with gifts of land. The loyalty of Australia comes from the same class, and is en hanced by the non-interference of the home government ln their affairs. The loyalty of Scotland arises from the fact that for many years the rights of her people have not been curtailed on ac count of religion, antl a large measure of freedom has been enjoyed ln the manage ment of her local affairs. Her manufac turing and commerce have not been crip pled by unfair legislation, as was the case with Ireland, and the peace and happiness of her people have not been destroyed through systematic oppression; through legislated starvation; through the pres ence of a cruel standing army, and through the thousand forms of Inhuman treatment which have blasted the lives of the Catholic Irish for several hundred years, and have generated an undying hatred of the government that perpetu ated them-. The Irish people believe that the soil of dear old Ireland Is their own, yet they have seen It wrenched from their owner ship and distributed as premiums for perfidy and cruelty toward themselves; they have suffered the most unbearable abuse and outrage from these usurpera; they have seen the time, when to avow their belief In Catholicity was sufficient provocation to take away from them their property horse, cow or other article of value found with them on the public high wayand the despoller was protected by the law in case he could show that poor Pat was an avowed Catholic. They have seen the time when the price of a morsel of food from the public charities which were generously supplied by donatio; from America was the denial or abandon ment of their religion, and they have seen thouoands die ln the ditches, of starva tion, who were too faithful ln their re ligious belief to pay the price. Americans of liberal and enlightened minds cannot understand how such things could be. and are inclined to pass over such accusations as the outcome of preju dice, but there are probably 1C0 men in Oregon of undisputed veracity who could give personal evidence to substantiate these assertions. England, Scotland. Can ada and Australia have not passed through the same awful experiences. Can Mr. McPherson see any reason to justi fy a difference In feeling toward the Brit ish crown? The Celt has a long memory for either kindness or an outrage, and the British government has so ground the latter Into his every bone and fiber at each turn ln his existence that he has Utile else to think of. Mr. McPherson asks, "Some good Cath olic to explain why they did not arise in their might and do something for Cuba In her 10 years' war for liberty 7' My im pression is that the voice of the Catholic Irishman was as strongln sympathy for the Cubans as that of any other nwn In existence and that the Catholic Irishman was as numerous as any other in the ranks of those who carried the Stars and Stripes to the delivery of Cuba. My recol lection is that no other church was so largely represented as the Catholic among the murdered crew of the Maine, and I know that during the days of enlistment and organization of regiments. It was publicly remarked by prominent Amerl- in MaTTreTVTOTca thfi.t ThTlP catnoucs cwro rnmlner forward with vlcorous oa- , triotlsm all over the country, there was painful and suggestive silence among the . whilom "patriots" who, but a few months before, were proclaiming themselves the especial guardians of this nation against Catholic encroachments. Mr. McPherson says: "My opinion is that if they could only succeed ln de stroying Protestant England the next ln order would be Protestant America." Mr. McPherson Is evidently one of these chaps whose occupation of firing the American heart against Catholics was destroyed by the Spanish war, and who would like to resume it again when there is no danger of his being called upon for active duty. Allow me to inform him that the battle of Ireland against England is not a re ligious one. The British crown has no more loyal subjects in the world than Catholic Englishmen, who are numerous and powerful, and even in Ireland there are many Influential Catholics as loyal to the government as any citizen of Eng land, while on the other hand during the past century the most strenuous oppo sition to the government has come from Protestants, such as Robert Emmet, "Wolfe Tone, Curran, John Mitchel (a relative of my friend, Mr. Irvine, of Mehama). Rev. Nelson and many others. The great principles upon which the contention of Irishmen is founded are outside of the pale of any particular church or creed. The religion of the Span iard and of the Cuban was the same, yet that fact did not make the oppression any more pleasant to bear. The religious belief of the pickpocket does not add to or diminish the loss of your stolen purse. The oppression suffered ln Ireland has just as much sweetness In It coming from an English Frotestant government as If that government were Catholic, Hindoo or Mahommedan. So far as "Protestant America" is con cerned, she is In no danger except from blatant, bigoted demagogues such as Mr, McPherson, but even these fellows will be kept harmless. The Catholics have helped to make "Protestant" America what It is in wealth and glory and free dom of citizenship, ana they will help to keep It progressing along those same lines, taking very good care that the bigots and disturbers are given no oppor tunity of tampering with our liberties or subverting our free institutions. This great country knows no creed. Such Christianity as Is recognized is all embracing and all-vsusbainlng, and the day must never come when sectarian hate shall be allowed to enter powerfully Into our public affairs. The enlightened press of the nation has a great duty to perform in eeeing this intelligent spirit of tolera tion firmly planted in the minds of our developing citizenship. Respectfully, FRANK DAVEY. PROTECTION OF DEER. Enforcement of the Lniv Desirable for Various Reason. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 16. (To the Editor.) I noticed an article In The Oregonian a few days ago, from Mr. "Wheeler, of Groenleaf, stating that the local senti ment ln his locality Is not in favor of en forcing the game law. Now, of course, nobody likes to Inform on his neighbor, even if he la In favor of the law, and as there Is no great loss without some gain. It might be a good thing, for some reasons, if the game were All destroyed one of which is the accidents that oc cur every year; another Is the habit that hunters have of setting out fires In the open hills ln the dry season, for the pur pose of clearing off the brush and fallen timber, in order to make better hunting ground, destroying millions of young firs that are just springing up; still another, as ln the case of Mr. "Wheeler; is the dam age they do to grass and garden truck. 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