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&&&''' 'a-r"'' "'-; il . t 6 TTTE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1900. jp- 3'&-yxfyktrr&j&ePi0&ii&"iwfV'f'aT: ', he (DzzQomcau ntered at the Postofflos at Portland. Oregon. . aa second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Ilooms..lCS I Business oae....68T REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. I Br Mall (postage prepaid). In Advance slly, with Sunday, per month ..... 0 S3 Mr. Sundar excepted, per Tear...... T CO Pally, with Sundar, per rear s 00 lundar, per year ............ 3 00 n -Weekly, per rear.................. .. 1 80 be Weekly. S month. .... ....... CO I To aty Subscribers ily. per week, delivered. Sundays exoepted.ISe illy, per week. delivered. Sunday lnduded-IOa The Oregcnlan doea not buy poem or atorlea lnaiviauils. and cannot undertake to re- any manuscript aent to It without solicits- on. No atampi abould be Inclosed tor thli iPuget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson. MBce at 1111 Psrffle Avenue Tmnu. Bar BS3- I acoma pastotnee. I"1 Business Ofllce The Tribune butld- ms. .w iora city; "roe Rookery. Chicago; hj C T1wlr.4lL - -w I. . ., m eu x rancisco or J, A. iioper, 46 Market street, sear the Palace hotel, and f!iU-lik .i u.. .. ... TCm . t. tm. c . . . . .. n . wvtwiuiiiu jros.. o amier street. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. Newt Co, II Dearborn street. TODATS WEATHER. Showers and slightly j:r; wuia 10 west wines. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, APItlL O, 1000. sEsrisn NOT THE day op smalt. TIIIXGS. Robert Beverley, the historian, -who lometlmes indulged himself In upbrald- hg his fellow-countrymen for their wn gopd, wrote of the Virginians of iiuo: I They have their Cloathlng of all airts from r.slsnd, as IJnnen. Woollen, Silk, Hats and Leather. Vet Flax and Hmp grow no where In World better than hre; their Sheep yield mighty Increase, and bear good fleeces, but firy shear them only to xI them. The Mul- erry-Tree, whose I.eaf Is the proper Food of ;ie Silk-Worm, crows there like a Weed, and I Ilk-worms have been otervd to thrive x- Ircamly, and without any hazard. ... In- leed som. lew Hides with much adoe are tmn'd. and made Into Servants Shoes; but Its) careless a. rate, that the Planters don't ire to buy them. If they can get others. ... Kay, they are such abominable Ill-bunbands, lat tho their Country be over-run, Vlth Wood, let they rune all their Wooden Ware from Eng- nd; their Cabinets, Chairs, Tables, Stools, bests. Boxes, Cart-wheels and all other things. Iven so much as their Bowls, and Birchen prooms. to the Eternal Reproach of their Laii- . . Thus they depend altogether upon he Liberality of Nature without endeavoring i Improve Its Gifts, by Art or Industry. They purge upon the Blessings of a warm Sun. and fruitful Soil and almoM grutcb. the Pains of athering in the Bounties of the Earth. I Ihould be asham'd to publish this slothful In olenee of my Countrymen, but that I hope It 111 rouse them out of their Lethargy, and ex- llte them to make the most it alt those happy aavantages which nature has given them; and It does this, I am sure tbey will have the ness to forgive me. There la much In Beverley's whole- ome berating of the Virginians that Its the average Oregonlan of today. Pe buy woolen goods, hats and shoes om the East, though we have the ma- erials here to make as good an article Is we import. Experiment has demon- Itrated flax culture to be a success. let what would be a profitable lndus- in linen manufacture receives no mention. Our wool cannot be sur- lassed anywhere for length and flne- less of staple, but, like the eighteenth entury Virginians, we shear our sheep aiy to cool them. We ship the wool past to be scoured and returned, with mscontlnental freight added, as Kcthlng. The same thing applies to lldes; they are shipped away and ought back as shoes. Our forests teem pith the finest of woods suitable for urnlture manufacture, but we are ontent to buy most of our furniture Ind woodenware from other states. Like the Virginians, we have basked In tie sun and swapped tales at the cross- cads store until the liberality of na- ire begins to show signs of exhaus- on. There was some excuse for Industrial luggUhness In Virginia two centuries go. Laden ships came to the wharvei nd If suited the planters tastes and is method of living to barter a few ogsheads of tobacco for the commodlt. es he needed. Sundry trades and alts could have been made to flour- Ih, but for the baneful effects of th fbacco currency. No such dlscourag g conditions confront jis In Oregon iaay. we nave a sound and stable rency and a constantly growing opulatlon which offers a market for pmmoditles that can be made out of baterials close at hand. The kernel of le unsatisfactory condition of the In- strlal situation Is that we don't make le articles we ought to make. We are font to look forward with confident ctatlon to immense establishments tpltallzed at millions, while we over- lok the little factory which can be op- iiea ror comparatively little monev ad which has been In all ages and all buntries the genesis of industrial de- elopment. ITUC BUGADOO OF ailLrTARISM. Nothing Is more stupid and shallow p isryan-s speeches than his efforts to bvlve the political bugaboo of mill krlsm. The United States Government as never sought to Increase the ranks I the regular Army bevond thu mill. kry necessities of the time. "When nur ivll War broke out our Army of what ryan cans "professional soldiers" did pi, exceed 10,000 men, but we expanded 1 to about 50,000 men, and no less than i.OOO men were enlisted for the reenlar Irmy during the war. There were over million of men on the rolls of the rmies of the Union, Hay 1, 1S65. l.ltnin three months from this date ds vast Army had all been dlschnrirfd ive some 50.000 volunteers retaino.l rnr irvice along the Rio Grande, under aerldan. In readiness tn ni.t fh rench from Mexico. Before the com- etion of the year 1E66 there was not Union volunteer remainlnc In son-. e, and the regular Army had been auced to about 30,000 men. When the panisn -war broke out our vrmil.ir Irmy was about 25.000 strong: that is. e naa only 15,000 more "professional" Hdlers when we were 73.000.000 nf tim. le than we had when we were but ,000.000. in 1661. The act of March 4, 1899, authorized le President to Increase the regular ny to tj.000 enlisted men. nni tn Ise 35,000 volunteers. Over 60,000 of js increased Army of 100,000 men is w In the Philippines, and xovornl glments are In Cuba and Puerto Rico. Je act which provided for this ln ease provides also that "the Increased gular and volunteer force shall not nunue in sen-ice later than July 1, m." This Is the actual situation out of ilch Bryan tries to pvnlvo tho roei- overpowering militarism and make walk. We are In no sense a mlll- ry people, but we are a sufficiently actlcal Deople to understand lhnr n. Ltion of 75,000,000 of people needs more. oiessionai" soiaiers than It needed forty years ago, when we had but 32, 000,000 of people. We have always ex panded and contracted our regular Army according to our National emer gency: we did so" in the Mexican War, in the Civil War and in the Spanish War and its consequent, the war In the Philippines. Our regular Army has never been and never will be large enough to afford the slightest cause for any alarm on the subject of militarism, but It ought to be large enough to fur nish the professional soldiers neces sary to leaven the raw lump of our citizen soldiery. Our citizen soldiery were absolutely worthless for the work that was done by Shatter's army of 17,000 regulars before Santiago. It would have taken six months or a year to have converted seventeen volunteer regiments Into soldiers fit to execute such a feat of arms, and it could not have been done In that time except through teachers and leaders that were what Bryan terms "professional" sol diers. If we ever have a serious war, we shall soon find out that citizen soldiery are worthless until they have been trained and disciplined by "profes sional" soldiers. AMERICA LABOR'S ADVANTAGE: Why Is It that our American people seem to succeed best In products that are either In a crude state or else ad vanced to only a limited degree beyond the stage of raw material? We have always been a heavy producer of wheat and raw cotton. We have conquered the iron and steel and kerosene mar kets, and now we seem to be coming to the front In the same way with. coal. We think we are bright and enterpris ing, but are we always to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the rest of mankind? In 1S99 we sold abroad: From our farms J7S1.0S3.0ST From our mines 2S.KCC0S From our forests 42,i:a,tKM From our fisheries 0,03,440 Otbr crude products 3.2S1.K.9 Total J8C5.2S5.0CM In the same year we sold abroad $338, 675,558 worth of "manufactures," but as a rule our exported manufactures are those Into which only a limited amount of labor has entered. Articles that can be turned out by some rough process of machinery we excel in, but those that are only made after deft fin gers have labored long upon them and developed them to a high state of pre cision, finish and beauty we continue to buy abroad. Why Is this? Is It our misfortune or. our gain? The answer seems to be that we can make more money out of crude or easily manufactured products, .because In them we use machinery to best advan tage, and require only a minimum of day's works. Machinery Is what does 1L Wheat, to be sure. Is a raw prod uct, but In a sense It Is manufactured by machinery. What little work the farmer does he does in the operation of machinery, from seed time to har vest. These great outputs of Iron and steel in crude forms are raw material; but they represent not so much human labor as machine labor. The ore is dragged out of the ground by huge ma chines and lifted on to steel barges that take It to Chicago or Cleveland. Tho coal mines are Invaded by ma chines. The transportation of prod ucts Is almost wholly one of machin ery, whether through canals with locks and steamers or by railroad. The fact is that a great machine using people has a tremendous advan tage over people working mostly with their hands. A thousand paper bags could formerly be made in six hours and thirty minutes by hand: they are now made In forty minutes with the aid pf a machine. To rule 100 reams of pa per on both sides by hand required 4SO0 hours: with a ruling machine the work Is done In two hours and thirty min utes of one man's time. In shelling corn by hand, sixty-six hours and forty minutes would be required to shell a quantity which can be handled by a machine in thirty-six minutes. A mow ing machine cuts seven times as much grass per hour as one man can cut with a scythe. Mr. Carroll D. Wright's cal culations show that In 1890 there were over 30,000 locomotives in this country. It would take 57,910,320 horses to do their work, or 3(7,425,920 men. The total horsepower used In the United States In 1890 was about 6,000,000, equiv alent to the work of 3C.000.000 men, while only 4,476,881 persons were em ployed, the two kinds of power having a ratio of 8 to 1. A force of 36.000.000 men represents a population of 180.000. 000, so that. If the products of the man ufacturing establishments were all made by hand. It would require a pop ulation of that size to do It, with none left for agriculture, trade, transpor tation, mining, forestry, the professions or any other occupations. This Is one reason why wages are high in the United States. A man's efficiency Is multiplied by the machine he uses. With the gold standard firmly maintained so as to secure him full value in the purchasing power of his wages, and with foreign markets open for sales of his products, the Ameri can worklngman can compete with the world. . Admiral Dewey's talk upon his candi dacy for the Presidency resembles closely the declamation-of the hesitat ing, diffident schoolboy speaking his unaccustomed "niece" with the bor rowed courage which the knowledge that the prompter is at his back fur nishes. "I have discovered," he says, "that thfc position of Admiral Is not the highest in the United States." Simple as is this discovery. It is clear that (being entirely outof his line) the Ad miral bad Important assistance In mak ing It. "The office of the President Is not a very difficult one to fill, his duties being mainly to execute the laws of Congress." Straightforward old sailor, perhaps his prompter did not expect him to-reveal so plainly the line of his tutoring as this. "If the people want me for President, how can I refuse?" Evidently the compliant old Admiral has been convinced by his training of the past few months that he ''cannot refuse," though time was, and not so many months ago, when he did refuse, with the sturdy ring In his tones of the man who knew his own mind. The only sentence attributed to him in this connection that, has not the hesitating accent of the duly coached schoolboy is that In which he declares that, if elected, he would faithfully execute the laws of Congress as he has "always executed the orders of his superiors." Therein spoke the sailor that AdmlraP Dewey is, and always will be, regard less of the ambitions that others enter tain for him in clvlL life and that he Is vainly, painfully, trying to convince himself that he entertains for himself. It may,, perhaps, be said of him, after duly considering his utterances upon the subject, "Dewey Is willlnV But it is painfully apparent that be is not anxious. It may be added that he ap pears to a much better advantage in the role of a lion doing battle than In a lamb being Jed to the slaughter. He has been a star in the former role; he can never be anything but a cheap un derstudy in the latter. THE FATE OF BRYAN. Of the renomlnatlon of Bryan there is small doubt. His adherents are in possession of the party organization. The action of the Tammany Democracy of New Tork in giving the glad band of welcome In public to Bryan is a con fession that Bryan's control of the party machine was too strong to be broken. Tammany under Croker deter mined to support Bryan because they felt that only by supporting Bryan could they secure admittance to the convention and retain their opportu nity to recapture hereafter the Na tional party machine from its present control, composed of financial brigands and socialistic pirates. Croker is too cunning to incur the fate of the New York delegation In the Chicago con vention of 1896 He does not propose to suffer party exile at the hands of the National Bryanlte Democracy by send ing an anti-Bryan "gold-standard" delegation from New York State to Chi cago. He remembers that four years ago, when Bryan was not in possession, the HHI-Whltney gold delegation was admitted only to go into voluntary party exile when the convention adopt ed free silver at 16 to 1 and nominated a blatherskite Populist for President. Croker knows that this year a Njw York delegation known to be hostile to Bryan would never be admitted to the National Democratic Convention, and for this reason has decided to send a delegation that In advance will indorse the Chicago platform and favor the renomlnatlon of Bryan. Croker will do this not because he be lieves in free silver, in the Chicago platform, or In Bryan, but because he sees that Bryan is in absolute control, that he is sure to be renominated and the Chicago platform reiterated. What Croker cannot possibly cure he will pa tiently endure' In order to remain in side of the Democratic party organi zation, 'ready to take advantage of the certain defeat of Bryan. Croker knows that Bryan cannot be displaced at this .late date by anybody, but he also knows that if Bryan is again defeated next November, his power In the Dem ocratic party and that of the influences behind him will be broken finally. Croker will keep his word with Bryan to the extent of support in convention for nomination, and then he will give Bryan the same kind of superficial seeming outward support, utterly lack ing in real zeal, that General Hancock obtained In 1SS0 from the Tammany chief, John Kelly. Croker is a hard headed man of business, and really a Wold Democrat and an anti-Fopullst, who will support Bryan simply because he sees that the shortest and cheapest way to get rid of Bryan and his Popu list board of party control Is through Bryan's renomlnatlon and his subse quent unloading through defeat Bryan may. Indeed, be beaten far worse than he was In 1896, because the election tvlll take place at a time of business progress and prosperity unex ampled in our history, a situation clear ly due to the defeat of Bryan In 1S96. The Industrial and commercial forces of the country will naturally contrast the prevailing prosperity with the re membrance of the depression and ca lamity of the three years preceding the election of McKInley; they will not for get that this depression and calamity were procured and precipitated upon the people by silver inflation. The business and Industrial forces of the country know that the gold standard was pre served by the defeat of Bryan; they know that the Republican pledge to maintain the gold standard has been redeemed practically in the passage of the currency act, and that If Bryan is again defeated next November the con sequent prosperity will continue; they know that, if Bryan Is elected, doubt will replace confidence, foreign capital will take alarm, enterprise will halt, new apprehension as to the security of the monetary standard will arise, since no protection for the gold standard would remain except a small majority in the Senate. Bryan In his speeches announces that he Is today in favor of every plank of the Chicago platform of 1896; that if he is elected he means to exert his personal influence to the last extremity In the effort to make the principles of the Chicago platform crystallize Into laws. The personality and record of Bryan will be platform enough to procure his defeat at the hands of the industrial and commercial forces of the country, which are the potential forces of pop ular self-Interest In politics. These forces may be divided on the question of the personal worth or weakness of President McKInley. but will be a unit In the conclusion that it would be su preme folly at a time of unexampled National prosperity to place the ad ministration of the National Govern ment In the hands of a party whoso engineers are a piebald collection of political cranks and charlatans, whose finance Is equipped with the brains of folly and the soul of fraud; whose statesmanship would In anarchy soon survey Its National empire and behold its ultimate home. The stars In the courses have fought against Bryan and his faction since 1S96, and he will prob ably be beaten to a pulp next Novem ber, because the prosperity of the coun try has utterly discredited him as a political prophet and stigmatized him as nothing but a vociferous quack and tireless political tramp. Through some accident, a brief pas sage in Mr. Bryan's speech, referring to The Oregonlan, was dropped from the report yesterday morning. In dis cussing the Republican change of front on the Puerto Rlcan tariff proposals, Mr. Bryan said: . They haven't all flopped yet. I believe The Oregonlan hasn't flopped yet. But, my friends, give The Oregonlan time. There was no intention to omit this trenchant observation, and readers of The Oregonlan are assured that if they wait long enough they will see it flop on the Puerto Rlcan question. Just exactly as it has flopped on the other principles it has stood for here since Mr. Bryan was a freshman at Illinois College. The synopsis of the Puerto Rico bill printed in our Washington dispatches this morning will serve to enlighten numerous inquirers as to the provisions of the measure. It seems that all hope of reformation of this most unfortunate and reprehensible undertaking must now be abandoned, and It will stand for all time as a blot upon our first deal ings with deoendencles. If this la true. the best to be hoped is for the speediest possible enactment of It and an end of the suspense and uncertainty. The ad ministrative provisions ceem to be well considered. The only good thing about the tariff section is the proviso for its abrogation by Presidential order so soon as certain preliminaries are gone through with. The stickling for a smalt tax in order to save a trifling benefac tion from the Treasury la a pitiful piece of niggardliness, and the Constitu tional grounds upon which it Is sought to be Justified are baseless and insin cere. The least Congress can do now Is to hurry the thing through and let us think of something else. The sooner the agony is over the better. The attempt to assassinate royal per sons In Europe is in the present day wholly without excuse beyond that fur nished by a brain cracked by social istic ideas. The Empress of Austria, as harmless and gentle a woman as lived, was the latest victim of' this utterly senseless purpose, though the Prince of Wales owes it to the bad marksman ship of the fanatical youth who pulled a trigger on him In a railway car at Brussels. Wednesday, that his name was not added to the list of royal mar tyrs to this vicious form of lunacy. The power for mischief of the more deadly sort thaf lurks In envy and Irre sponsibility wearing the name of so cialism Is enormous, and the wonder is, not that an Innocent Empress, scarcely a figurehead In an Empire, a mild-mannered and gouty Prince with out inclination or opportunity to be a tyrant, or a Queen who keeps "up the semblance only of a ruler, should be come targets for the anarchist's pistol, but that these swarming malcontents so infrequently shoot or shoot at per sons whose names repre'snt a station In life superior to their own,. and hence excite their envy and hate. The mobility of the Boer forces and the deliberate movement of the British Army are points in the South African military situation that overshadow all others at present. Heavily handicapped by its baggage, the latter moves slowly; without baggage In the English military sense of that term, the former moves with celerity, now and again crippling Its antagonist by the capture of a ponderous supply train. Of course. Lord Roberts, with his English-host, well fed and amply equipped, will "get there" eventually, go into battle on full stomachs, and win. In the meantime, however, the Boers, by their very ac tivity, their ability to do without sleep or sleep running, making at the same time an ample meal on "biltong"; their disdain of military outfits and their consequent freedom from baggage, will gain now and then a temporarily im portant victory, and may even tax Brit ish military tactics to the utmost In order to keep them out of Bloemfon teln. These conditions have a tendency to prolong the war, but they do not make the final triumph of the British arms less certain. An effort Is making at Portland In advocacy of the appointment of Mr. C. H. Dodd, of Portland, to the vacant Consul-Generalship at Yokohama. It is a movement that should have the hearty Indorsement of the state's commercial Interests, unit edly and persistently. Few men are better qualified for this past, through business experience, ready address and tireless industry. The commercial In terests of the Pacific Coast would be. In his hands, well looked after. Strenu ous endeavor here may succeed In se curing his appointment. Otherwise, the place will go elsewhere, to our detri ment. The spectacle presented by Admiral Dewey not knowing "where he Is at" is a painful one. He asserts that there Is no organization behind his candi dacy, and whether he is a Democrat or a Republican he cannot say. As nearly as he Is able to define his position, he is "in the hands of the American peo ple." A sailor without a chart Is not safe In any sea. particularly one so full of reefs as that upon which our Admiral's advisers are striving to em bark him. General French, who, with 12,000 mounted men, allowed 5000 Boers to slip through his fingers In the narrow strip of country east of Bloemfonteln, after the evacuation of Bethulle and Ner val's Pont, has lost the best chance of distinction that has fallen to him since the opening of Lord Roberts' campaign. Dewey cannot be nominated by either party, and, if nominated, he could not be" elected. He Is being played upon for unworthy ends by scheming politicians. The more noble and generous a maVi Is, the more easily he falls a prey to such designs. For once Bryan showed discretion In declining to talk. He refused to say anything on Dewey's candidacy, realiz ing, perhaps, that he has all he can do to defend and uphold his own. Dewey's gulleles3ness is enough to make an old politician dumb with amazement. As to what party he will be nominated by, he Is not particular. COLONICS A SOURCE OF STRENGTH. Coherence of the British Empire a Case. In Point. Louisville Courier-Journal. Statisticians figure It out that with tho inevitable close of the. war in South Afri ca Great Britain wll. have in all her pos sessions an area aggregating 11,500,000 square miles and a population of over -SO0.-000,000 souls. The area will be three times the size of the United States, with Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Philippines included. Only 60.000,000 of the enormous population ft ill be white, the remainder being of all colors. The British Empire will thus become mot only the largest known to history, but also the most widely scattered, as. Indeed, It has been for many years. The spectacle of this tremendous aggregation of colo nies, provinces, protectorates and depend encies of all kinds Is a wonderful one, and one which surely our own "antl-Imperlal-Ists" ought to hold up as an object lesson of the danger of promiscuous annexation of strange lands and peoples with their divers tongues, religions and commercial Interests. Surely these worthy fanatics ought to maintain the Impossibility of the coherence of such an empire as 'this if they continue to Insist that the United States cannot 'maintain Itself in the Philippines without endangering its safety at home. We say the antl-lmperiaJlats ought to hold up the British Empire as a warn ing of tho danger of extended territorial acquisitions, but can they? In fact, has not the South African war furnished an illustration, of the coherence of this ex traordinary heaping together of nations? When we see such colonies as far-away Canada, New Zealand and Australia Joining in the expenses of the war and sending their own volunteers 10,030 miles to fight the battles of the mother country It looks as though the possession of these territories were an element of strength and not of weakness. It does not mat ter that these colonies which have come so -valorously forward are republics, while Great Britain Is a monarchy In form they are Just as willing to fight for Anglo-Saxon Interests as the natives of the "right little tight little island" them selves. The consequence is we see the mother country suddenly developing en ormous and hitherto unsuspected re sources of the greatest defensive and of fensive value. It has always been known that vast numbers of troops could be drawn from India upon occasion, but now the colonies with no moral or legal ob ligations to help tn war are volunteering men and money as evidence of their loyal ty and of the common Interests of the English-speaking races. The lesson will certainly not discour age the retention of the lands we our selves have seized. APTEB-DINNEB. SAPS. At Eighty st Good Many Precautions Are Desirable. It Is not surprising that Dr. D. K. Bear sons, now In his eightieth year, should wish to live until he Is 100 and possibly for .some time after that exceptional age. There are many who will hope that he may realize his wish, and among them will bo found the trustees of small colleges who will pray fervently that his life may be spared until that time. The doctor having publicly announced that he pro poses to give his fortune away while he lives, and hla preference for colleges a? recipients of his bounty being well known, they are Justified in the hope at least that so long as he lives a slice of his bounty may come their way. But apart from his possible future dona tions to struggling colleges and his desire to live long enough to dispose of hU money and see that It Is properly be stowed. Dr. Pearsons, replying to the 'C ceptton committee for the Dewey day cele bration, philosophically informs that botly that he is In the habit 'of taking a nap after dinner every day and declines, there fore, to serve. He Is of opinion that "old men must bo kept quiet," and that "one day In the Dewejr celebration might make me sick 10 days." Evidently the doctor does not care If he Is caught napping, at least after dinner, and he does not pro pose to lose his siesta to greet the hero of Manila Bay or any other hero. Prob ably If Admiral Dewey were to utter his real sentiments he himself would much prefer an after-dinner nap to being dragged around Chicago, as a public spec tacle and for the glorification of certain other people. Be that as It may, the doctor Is sensible. When a man Is SO years of age and wishes to arrive at the century mark, he must take care of the remaining 20 years and not risk one of them by serving on com mittees, dancing attendance at parties, or engaging In tea lights. He must shun ex citements, and how can he put In his time better than by taking his after-dinner nap and letting sleep "knit up the raveled sleeve of care"? The sagest Te mark of Sancho Panza was his Invocation of a blessing upon "the man who Invent ed sleep." The doctor Is fortunate In hav ing arrived nt that condition of life where he Is a sufficient master of his time to allow himself a dally afternoon nap, and not think It time wasted. Not all of those even who have arrived at his age can do it. Most of them are too fussy, and some of them are too crabbed. It is difficult to keep them quiet after dinner or be fore dinner. The doctor, from his point of view. Is right. In Insisting that nothing must interfere with his after-dinner nap. and the governing bodies of educational institutions will applaud him for his cour age in sticking to his old-time habit. When a man gets to be SO, particularly If he wishes to reach, 100, In the language of Emerson It Is time to be old. To taie in sail; Contract thy firmament To compase or a tent. There's not enough ror this and that. Make thy option which of two. i i NEW CCKJIENCY CAN CONTRACT. Denial of Elasticity to It Seems to Be UujustlfinMe. New York Evening Post. Tho chairman of the House banking and currency committee concurs In the view which we have taken of the outlook for new bank circulation that while a healthful increase Is altogether probable, no such wholesale expansion or "infla tion" can occur as was lately predicted on the markets. Mr. Broslus points out again the fact that circulation Issued In excess of actual trade needs will Inevit ably return to the Issuer through the Treasury redemption office. Pending re demption, and until Its reissue by the bank, the circulation Is directly unprofit able. It Is earning nothing; It requires, during the redemption process, substitu tion at the Treasury of other kinds of money; and the larger the quantity In cir culation, all other things being equal, the more quickly the notes will return to the redemption office. The motive for the promptness with which bants send to the Treasury, at ordinary times, the notes of other Institutions. Is not distrust' of the banking currency, but the wish to ex change It, under the law, for money which may be used as lawful reserve against de posits. Mr. Broslus notices the further check which the price of Government bonds imposes on excessive circulation. Heavy demand for new circulation means an equally heavy demand for this collat eral. But with each additional advance In price of the bond collateral, profit on circulation necessarily diminishes, and chance of loss, on depreciation of the bonds. Increases. This very week has clearly proved that the larger banks, at any rate, were In no haste to Issue notes when the 2 per cent bonds could not be purchased under 105 or 107. i e i Subsidy Bill 3Iay Promote a Trust. New York Evening Post. The ship-subsidy bill, so far from tend ing to Increase the foreign commerce of tho United States, may, by means of a little engineering, have precisely the op posite effeot and It would be tn the direct Interest of those who are pushing the bill to bring this result about. The entire annual contribution of $3,003,000 will about pay full rates tor the existing lines. Thay are the chlet purchasers of large Iron and steel ships, and their relations with these shipbuilding concerns are very close how close It Is Impossible to say. In. these days when almost all affiliated In dustries are connected by some sort of a trust arrangement. Every new ship built for the foreign trade will cut down the profits of the lines which have been made enormously profitable by the subsidy, and It will be directly" in the Interest of the existing lines to prevent this Increase In commerce an Interference with their rofUs. it will, therefore, be quite within possibility, and quite within precedent. It this bill becomes a law, 'for the existing lines and the few concerns capable of turning out steel and Iron ships to combine In the Interest of a limited division of the Government's annual donation to their pockets. This yearly contribution of $3, 000,000 malcea a large fund and represents tho lnterst on an enormous sum, and every Inducement Is offered to the comparatively few who really control these large enter prises to avoid competition and keep down tho number of ships and keep up the profits. i To Preserve the Pheasants. Minister Conger writes from Peking that upon a petition of the Society for the Pro tection of Gome In China, sent through the Consular body In Shanghai, the Diplo matic Corps last SeptenVber unanimously requested the Tiung-11-Yamen. as a tem porary measure, to prohibit the exporta tion of pheasant skins. This was done be cause a great demand had recently sprung up In European markets for their plumage, which increased the price here inordinate ly; and that the birds were consequently being so ruthlessly slaughtered that, it it were not In some way stopped, the pheas ants would very soon have been entirely exterminated. The Tsung-11-Yamen grant ed the request; and the necessary orders to the customs officials have been issued. This it understood to be only a tem porary expedient, which may serve until there can be prescribed and enforced some rules and regulations In regard to close and hunting seasons, "which will other wise avert the extermination of these beautiful birds, which are very valuable to the Chinese and the foreigners' living In China, but of no great importance 'else where. i A LONG SIEGE. That of Gibraltar Breaks the Record, of Modern Times. London Dally MalL Although by no means the most terrible, the last siege of Gibraltar, when the Rock was held by a British garrison under General Elliot, against the combined ef forts of the Spaniards and French from July 5, 1779, to November 26, 17SL holds the record as the longest important siege of modern times. The fact that every now and again the garrison were able to add to their provisions by successful sorties kept them from succumbing to hunger, but scurvy claimed nearly 1000 victims. For weeks together over 6000 shells wero thrown into the town dally. A curious point about this siege is that the Governor of Gibraltar, after having done every thing he could think oX to strengthen tho fortifications. Issued a proclamation call ing on any of the garrison who had any schemes to propose to call on him with thorn, as ha did not wish the Rock to fall when by listening but a few minutes to a private Individual it might be saved. The holding the fortress of Plevna dur ing the Russo-Turklsh War, from Septem ber 7. 1S77, to December 10, against tho pick of the .Russian army by the Turkish garrison, under Osman Pasha, accom plished the Impossible, according to both military and medical experts. For not only did they defy the besieging force when It numbered nearly 50 to 1 against them, brut they lived for 12 weeks practi cally without food. Yet on December 10, after having eaten their last grain of rye, they sallied out and plucklly tried to cut their way through the Russians. s Disraeli's Answer. Memorial of the Duchess of Teck. It always gave her Royal Highness great pleasure to meet Mr. Disraeli. She admired his imperialism, and had the greatest confidence In his judgment, and she felt that, whatever the Issue before the country might be, the honor of Eng land was safe in his hands. The great statesman also liked to converse with Princess Mary, but, while appreciating her grasp of political proDiems, wnen it came to disclosing camnei secrets ne was not to be charmed into making ad missions, or telling tales out of school. One evening at dinner, during a crisis In rorelgn affairs. Princess Mary, wno was Duzzled at the Inaction of the government. turned to him and said: "What are we waltlne for. Mr. DIsraellT" The fnme Minister paused for a moment to take up the menu, and. looking at tne rTincess, gravely replied, "Mutton and potatoes, A Dnnqnet tlndernround. Philadelphia Record. Lord Beauchamp. the Governor of New South Wales, has had a novel experience. While on a visit to the collieries of New castle he was entertained at a banquet In a coal mine 300 feet below the surface of the earth. In a chamber 90 feet long, 15 feet wide and 9 feet high, 70 guests sat down to dinner. The novel dining-room showed no signs of what It had been, for electric lights, flags, evergreens and car pets had transformed It Into an elegant apartment. e i Travel In Eopt. New York Tribune. An Egyptian paper announces that "first class, up-to-date, modern dining-cars" are to be run this season between Cairo and Luxor, and that "an American dentist has started In business at Assouan, which Is on the edge of the Soudan." A "palace hotel" at Khartoum for the special ac commodation of tourists will also be com pleted and opened for business In about three months. i i The Wise Boston Girl. Chicago Record. "What reason do you think that Boston girl offered for rejecting me7" "I can't Imagine." "Land of goodness! She said she was afraid to marry me for fear she would outgrow me." I s Ills Unsoundness. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "No, he couldn't get his life Insured." "And yet he always looked sound and robust." "Ye?, but he never had 'enough money to pay the premium." e Tne Flsn Story. Yonkers Statesman. Bill Did you notice his eyes sparkle when he was telling that fish story? Jill Yes, but you know he said himself that he couldn't believe his own eyes. Possession. Detroit Free Press. He Will you be mine? She Hardly that. Henry. Why can't we arrange it so that each of us will be ours? s Ilnd Them All. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "What grip symptoms did you have?" "Had 'em all and seven new ones." s 'NousU for Me. James Foley, Jr.. in Bismarck Tribune. Sometimes I think I'll thrash him, good, lie needs It bad. I'm sure. An' sometimes well, I bileve I would 'Nd then I can't endure T tech th' 'mustn' llttlo kid. For when he emlles, y see. He looks Jes like his mother did, ' An' that's enough for me. I Kuess a hundred times or mors I've taken him inside Th' bedroom there, an closed th door An' tried an tried an' tried T bring myself to strike him, onct, Jes onct an" then I see His mother's smile on his wet face. An' that's enough .for me. First thins I know I'm sittln' there Pettln' tb' little chap. An' etrokln of his curty hair, Holdln' him in my Up, An' dreamln' of her seeln her ' Jes as she used to be. An somethln' makes my eye t blur An' me err silently, He's got the fame brown eye she had An' the same silky hair. Looks so like her. th' little lad, That well, I Jes' don' dare To lay a finger rough on him, , "Td almo seem as though I was a beta" harsh to her. An' so I let him go. He ain't a bad boy no, he ain't, Jes mischievous, that's all. In all his make-up th ain't a taint O meanness an I call T mind when things she used to do Rxactly like he does, I thought was jes th cutest an' Th' dearest ever Vraa. T know, sometimes he'll come t me An say to me: "Say, Dad. Y" ain't goln to whip me. now, are ye? I ain't been very bad." An then heil twist, an' sort o" smile, My eyes got blurred' an dim. Th' ain't enough gold In th' world T hire me t' tech htm. Folks say I'm spoilin him may bo I am, but 1 don't dare To tech him rough he looks like she Did, an' so I den't care. He puts his little arms oroun' My neck, an" I can see Her In his eyes, so big an' brown. An" that's enough for me." MOTE AND COMMENT. .Bryan-camaacd saw and talked. April was the original llghtnlng-charrgo artist. ' Dewey's candidacy Is regarded as a Joko by every one but Bryan and McKInley. Dewey has got back again to his wonted place in the first column of the first page. A New York newsboy tried to bunco Russet Sage out of a penny the pther day. He did not succeed. People who fall In among politicians-are likely to fall out with them before the acquaintance ends. There is a tide In the affairs of men. which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune, Dewey unfortunately failed to take It before the turn However dull the primaries may be else where, a good attendance Is expected In the Ninth Ward. There are candidates enough to poll a foil vote. As neither the British nor the Boers know when they are whipped, they are Ukely to keep on fighting till there isn't any moro of either of them. General Roberts has tarted a newspa per at Bloemfonteln. As It win not be subject to censorship, it ought to land more beats than any publication In ex istence. The Iowa Legislature unanimously re solved In favor of free trade with all the territories acquired from Spain where tho people had accepted American. sovereignty without resistance. Lord Roberts tens with delight that a little nephew of his, when asked what the letters d. C B. (Grand Croes of Bath) stood for after the General's-name replied: "Generally Called Bobs." Chairman W. S. Pardee, of the gold Democratic committee of New Haven, Conrj.,announces his return to the regular fold. He says that in the enactment of tho gold-standard bill, the gold party has won a conclusive victory, and there Is no longer any reason for Its existence. Admiral Sir Henry Keppel. the oldest flag ofilcer in tho British navy list, l traveling In North Borneo at the age of 92 years. Ho saw service In Borneo wa ters when a young man, chafing pirates, and published his "Expedition to Borneo, with Rajah Brooke's Journal," in 1S47. Since we've heard that Dewex entered In the Presidential race We begin to have suspicions) Of a woman In the case. Now doth the busy housewife Her plans adroitly lay . To turn her husband ontafdoora Till after moving day. Fears that Lord Roberts may be soon caught in the Transvaal in the dead of Winter are premature. In South Africa the warmest month Is Feoruary and the coldest In July. The temperature is not as trying as that of Central Europe. The rainfall for tho year is light, varying from 5 to 20 Inches. A Portland gentleman, in speaking of the remarkable manner in which Bryan draws crowds on his preeonvention politi cal Junketings, draws a comparison. "It reminds me," said he, "of an Incident In the careers of Webster and Calhoun. One time Calhoun, In addressing Webster on the great size of his political audiences, remarked that it was truly wonderful how many people were willing to hear him talk, and how f ev were willing to vote for him. It strikes me that Bryan's Is a par allel case. There are plenty who will listen to all he has to say, but when elec tion day comes around, theso will be tho very ones who will be least, likely to de posit a ballot for him." Tho recapitulation of the British army In tho field In South Africa gives an ef fective fighting total of about 13000 men and 336 guns. The forces composing It are 19 regiments of cavalry, 79 companies of Imperial Yeomanry of 116 men each, 10 batteries of horse, 43 of field and 2 of mountain artillery and IS of engineers. Ill battalions of regular and mlHtIa infantry, and 37 colonial contingents of varying strength, aggregating about 23,000 men. In addition to the regular artillery there are some few colonial guns and corps machine guns: and the mounted infantry form sep arate organizations. The rest of the large army under Lord Roberts is made up of the various noncombatant services and the transport corps. It's not extremely probable that -Bryan's voica will fall. But if it doea the Democrats seed not their fate bewail. For there has risen In the land a school of gifted men Who talk as mucih as ryaodoe3, and halt as much again: And If ycung- William's Iron jaw Is any mis hap quits. The Democrats canaflll his place wtth Sharkey, Jeff or Fltx. They're not so long on silver views, but under stand the ring. And when it comes to .argument they will not do a thing But talk opponents off the earth ani calmly wait for more. And all the time keep talking an as freely as , before. Their Intellects may be untrained, but what they lack In wits They make up with their volca-and wind do Sharkey, JeK and Fltx. Of course, for any thinking men-these fellows will not do. But they can handle Bryan talk until the air is blue. And if the Democrats nra wise they'll sign the gentlemen. And send them out to prove the lung is stronger than the pen; For if there ever lived three men cut out for vocal hits. It's these three gifted gentlemen it's Sharkey, Jeff and Fits. Chief Justice Snodgrars, of the Supremo Court of Tenneseee. calls himself a Bryan Democrat, but ho Is not, for at the recent celebration of the birthday ef Bryan. Judge Snodgrass arose at tho banquet and said: . "The retention of the Philippine Islands Is practically settled. There will nevr be an lesuo about It. There Is no doubt of our retaining them." "To succeed we must present living, ag gressive issues, not dead negatives of ob jection." "We (the Democracy) have gone before the people biennially and preached relief by professions In favor of tinkering with tho tariff and amending the Ten Com mandments." "Let us offer them something broad and hopeful, the addition of great territory, the freedom of a great body of people, the extension of our trade, jmd the upbuilding of all business." "Let us go before them to show that we will soon causo every fragrant breeze that blows over these distant Islands of the Pacific to be laden with the hum of Amer ican Industries; the music of American civilization and the shouts of American freedom." "Let us teach tho world a new lesson In National enlargement, prosperity and power for tho advancement of J"Tn'' liberty." 'J. . ffca. iBilt i , Vl--- Ip- V-,