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THE MORNING ORBOONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1901
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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12
Desire of outlying portions of Port
land to be withdrawn from the city
limits must not be satisfied, and the
owners of such tracts will do well to
desist from any such efforts before the
Legislature. The burdens of taxation
here are heavy, but they must be
borne by all in due proportion. The
city is spread out over 26 square miles,
when it should, perhaps, have been
confined in 10. But the present area,
large as it is, is the basis upon which
our city debt has been negotiated, and
upon no narrower basis than that must
the revtnues for its payment be de
rived, Nothing less is just, nothing
less, it is probable, could stand in the
courts. The beneficiary of urban de
velopment nowadays is not the metro
politan district, but the suburb. There
the electric-car has transplanted pop
ulations who leave their central habitat
untenanted, there must be extended the
street, sewer, sidewalk and street
lights The country Insisted on becom
ing city. Let it bear the burden of
municipal dignity and magnificence. It
Is not an auspicious time to come be
fore the community with plans for eva
sion of taxes Let us get the real es
tate valuation back to $40,000,000 and
assess personal property in proportion.
Then w? shall all be encumbered with
equal and exact Injustice. The Pen
ncyer and Frank administrations must
be atoned for, not with tears of repent
ance and prayers for forgiveness, but
witn heavy blows of high taxes. There
fore, let evey back be bared to Its
proper number of stripes.
The beginning of the year and the
century finds Portland In an advan
tageous position to tighten its belt and
take a fre3h grasp on destiny or else
lie down and let other places walk over
it. There are just a few things to be
had here with progress and self-respect,
or to be foregone with stagna
tion and disgrace. If we stand still,
our rivals will not and we shall be left
behind. For example:
THE OREGON AND ORIENTAL CEXTEN
NIAL. OF 1906.
A SMELTER.
A St lSAR REFINERT.
A RAILROAD TO THE NEHALEM.
A DRYDOCK.
The Centennial is required both by
apprehension of the historical slgnlfl-'
cance of the Lewis and Clark expedi
tion and by the importance of identi
fying Portland in the National mind
"with Oriental trade and with the
possibilities of Oregon's development.
The right kind of a smelter would be
likely to double the population of Port
land in ten years. The sugar refinery
will insure us a manufactory of great
local alue, and a steamship line to
Honolulu. The railroad to the Neha-
lem will enable Portland to get cheap
coal, an essential element in any
seaport's problem, and, through ex
tensions to the south, to gather to
Itself c nee for all the West Coast trade.
A dry dock is another necessity if we
are to have equal chances with Puget
Sound in trans-Pacific trade. Portland
"will pixbably have to bond itself for
the drjdock, and to this end an ena
bling act should be secured at the com
ing Legislative session. Portland can
put out a few thousands now and
take in millions In the next few years.
Or it can keep the thousands and never
hae any more.
The City of Salem recently bonded its
municipal indebtedness, amounting to
565 000. In order to effect a reduction of
Interest from S to 4 per cent. The
bends were issued to run for ten years,
with the proviso that they may be paid
before that time if the city has the
meney and desires to reduce the
amount of the bonded indebtedness. If
all of the bonds run for the full period
of ten jears, the total amount of the
Interest will be $2,0M. but if they are
paid eff in the meantime from year to
year, a large saving can be accom
plished. It is generally the rule, how
ever, with a municipality or other cor
porate governing body, that when once"
in Indebtedness is bonded and out of
Ithe way it cases to bother, and Is
lsually permitted to run the full limit.
In that case, the Interest charge will
ie 526 000. Governments do not often
?t out of debt when once In. A bond-
:g scheme is a deceptive one. For in
stance, had the City of Salem planned
pay the $6S,0W Indebtedness at the
ite of 510,009 per year, and 56000 the
!venth year, and continued the S per
:ent Interest on the warrants, the total
Interest for the whole time would have
seen 519,600. On the same plan at 6
?er cent, the interest figures up 514,700,
:d at 5 per cent, 512,260. If the bonds
redeemed in this manner, that Is,
510,000 each year, and 55000 the last
year, at 4 per cent, the total Interest
would be only 53800.
Another Interesting contribution to
the defense of increased Federal ex
penditures against the ready charge of
extravagance is provided by Mr. Car
roll D. Wright, the statistician, In the
Century Magazine. He shows that at
the opening of the last century the
Government's expenses were only 51 40
for every person. The "War of 1812 did
not quite triple them. At the beginning
of the Civil "War they were only 52 01,
but in five years of fighting they had
risen to 537 34. By 18S5 they had fallen
below 55. During the second half of
the last decade they were 56 39. These
figures by themselves might be taken
to indicate extravagance. Even with
out the pension payments the Govern
ment cost three times as much per cap
ita in 1900 as it did 100 years before. But
Mr. "Wright shows that this added bur
den on the people is for the most part
only apparent. It is true that the duties
of the Government have multiplied out
of proportion to the population. The peo
ple pay more, but they are richer and
they get more in return. The per cap
ita expenses of a village are consider
ably below those of a city, but so are
Its advantages. The weather bureau,
the coast and geodetic survey, the De
partment of Agriculture, the improve
ments in rivers and harbors, all cost
money which the citizens of the Re
public in its early days did not have to
pay. Yet the funds spent on these de
partments of Government usually are
returned to the public In full measure
in practical benefits. The people can
afford to pay for such advantages and
for the Indirect benefits of an adequate
Army and Navy because they are far
richer than ever before. Mr. Wright's
figures show that during the last half
of the century the per capita wealth
had Increased from $308 to 51232. For
the same period the value of manufac
tures and farm, fishery and mineral
products advanced five-fold. The Na
tional debt, which stood at 560 46 per
capita In 1870, has been decreased to
514 52 In thirty years. This does not
show that we are not extravagant and
wasteful. But neither does it show
that we are. How efficient and honest
the Government is must be determined
by examination of its methods, not by
mere inspection of Its total appropria
tions. So long as the Federal Treasury
has such easy methods of raising
money as. customs and Internal reve
nue, the mere size of appropriations af
fords no evidence as to their moral
quality.
THE FLAG WILL REMAIN.
Congress ought not to dally or palter
with the Philippine question. The peo
ple of the United States, by a majority
of nearly one million, only two months
ago, declared it to be the intention of
this country to maintain its sover
eignty over the Philippine Islands. Such
memorials as that presented this week
by Senator Teller, of Colorado, from
a number of natives at Manila, de
manding Independence for the islands
and denouncing the soldiers of the
United States and the authority of this
Government, ought to be answered at
once by a resolution from both houses
of Congress, making plain and em
phatic declaration that this Nation is
not going to relinquish its sovereignty
there, but intends to maintain it.
For this is the purpose of the people
of the United States. We doubt
whether any party that should go forth
before the country upon plain avowal
of intent and purpose to surrender the
Philippines would carry a single state.
The people of the United States are not
accustomed to back down from their
undertakings. It was with deliberate
purpose that they took the Philippine
Islands, by Joint act of conquest and
purchase; and they mean to hold them.
Our country never has sold or surren
dered territory thus acquired. It never
will.
It is wrong, therefore, to permit con
sideration in the Senate or House of
memorials or petitions for Philippine
independence. It should be stopped, by
passage of a Joint resolution declaring
it the fixed purpose of this country to
retain the islands. This is the short
way to peace and settlement. To pal
ter with the subject, to allow the In
surgent leaders to believe that they
may yet make successful appeal to
Congress, is the gravest Injury and
wrong that can be done.
The Chicago Chronicle, a Democratic
journal of great prominence, which
supported Bryan in the late electoral
contest, calls the attention of its party
to the fact that the spirit of the Amer
ican people on this subject is unmis
takable. It says:
By a greater plurality than was thrown In
favor of any of the measures that secured the
results of the War of the Rebellion, by a
greater plurality than was ever before given
to any candidate for the Presidency, by a
greater plurality than was ever before thrown
in favor of any public measure in the United
States, the people last November made It Im
possible for anybody now in authority or likely
to be for some time to come to trade away or
give away American territory. The right to
do so and the power to do so may Inhere in
the treaty-making authorities of the Republic,
but It cannot be exercised In the face of such
a vote as that.
It is wrong, therefore, to juggle
with the subject In Congress. Such
course only raises false hopes In the
minds of the insurgents, and makes
new difficulties for our soldiers. The
assertion that the flag of the United
States in the Philippines stands for
"tyranny" and "despotism," while that
of the insurgents stands for "liberty,"
is shallow and absurd, beyond pa
tience. The man who calls himself an
American should be ashamed of it.
PROPOSED RAID WITHOUT EXCUSE.
The proposal to restore compulsory
pilotage on the Columbia and Willam
ette Rivers has a double object. One
part of It Is to compel commerce to sup
port a body of men who have too little
enterprise to support themselves; the
other part Is to throw obstacles In the
way of this commerce in the supposed
interest of Astoria. Surely the Legis
lature cannot misunderstand It.
If this law should by any possibility
be passed, we could only expect a re
currence of the delays on the river
which marked the last years of the old
compulsory pilotage regime. No such
satisfactory work was ever per
formed on the Columbia River as has
been done by the O. R. & N. Co.'s tow
boat captains since they have been
handling the ships without state pilots.
The O. R. & N. employes who handle
the ships with no charge for pilotage
are expected to put their boats through
in the shortest possible time, and If
they fall to do so other good men are
waiting for their positions, and soon
have them. The river pilot of the old
compulsory pilotage days waa in a
sense amenable to no one. The state
gave him his Job, and left it to his own
discretion whether or not he should
keep his shfp moving after nightfall
or when wind and rain made It disa
greeable. The owner of the boat tow
ing the ship had nothing to say In the
matter except to pay the extra expense
caused by long-drawn-out voyages be
tween Portland and Astoria.
We are assured that the bill will have
the unqualified support of the Astoria
delegation. This Is quite natural.
Every additional dollar of needless ex
pense that can be saddled upon a ship
visiting Portland is regarded by the
misguided Astorlans as water on their
wheel. Portland, however, will have
something to say in this matter. If
her shipping interests must bear the
expense of maintaining a dependent
gang of pilots whose merits apparently
are not sufficient to enable them to se
cure positions for themselves, they
must be looked after as other indigents
are, but they should not be given spe
cial privileges which admit of raising
5S0O0 jackpots for corruption funds, to
be used In perpetuating their "graft"
The plea of these pilots that all other
ports of Importance maintain a com
pulsory pilotage service does not fit
their case. An excellent pilotage serv
ice is maintained at the mouth of the
Columbia, the same as In San Fran
cisco, New York and other ports. The
bar pilots earn every dollar that is
paid them, and they have been accept
ed as an unavoidable Institution; but
the river pilot on a sailing vessel In
tow of a steamer guided by a skillful
master, Is of no more use than the
fifth wheel on a wagon.
Why do these grafters stop In their
demands for but one pilot on a ship?
Why not make It three? If an easy job
with plenty of money must be pro
vided, why not make It as easy as pos
sible? Three river pilots in addition
to the licensed master of the towing
steamer are as greatly needed as one
would be.
CUSHMAN.
Representative Cushman has earned
the distinction of exhibiting himself in
more and more varied aspects of error
and folly than the ordinary statesman
can aspire to. He Is surprised that sec
tions from which river and harbor com
mitteemen come get more improve
ments than other sections, ignoring the
palpable fact that members from dis
tricts containing great waterways nat
urally seek and obtain places on that
committee. Mr. Cushman will find no
body from Nevada on the agriculture
committee; nobody from Arkansas on
immigration; nobody from Iowa on irri
gation; nobody from Maine on Missis
sippi River improvement; nobody from
Missouri on merchant marine; nobody
on mines from New York, Pacific rail
roads from Florida, or on public lands
from all New England. Yet he could
doubtless prepare a very Impressive
chart showing that surveys for unoc
cupied public lands are parsimoniously
withheld from Massachusetts and Jer
sey, that no mining experts of the In
terior Department have been sent for
some years to Manhattan Island, and
that no mail subsidies are allowed
steamship lines plying between Chi
cago and Louisville. It is monstrous,
to Mr. Cushman's way of thinking,
that river improvements should be
made on navigable streams and dredg
ers put to work in actual harbors. His
charts emphasize the Infamy of our
failure to improve the waterway be
tween Indianapolis and Columbus and
deepen the harbor of Cheyenne; and
there are just enough empty-headed
people In the House galleries to ap
plaud such argument as statesman
ship. Mr. Cushman Is incensed at the effi
cient efforts of Representative Tongue,
of Oregon, on behalf of the Columbia
River, that great interstate highway
whose Improvement benefits Washing
ton and Idaho as well as Oregon, and
he must needs bolster up his case with
an egregious misstatement of fact that
the mouth of the Columbia is shallower
than It was before the Jetty was built.
The truth Is that ships drawing seven
teen feet used to have difficulty In
crossing the Columbia bar, but the
work of the Jetty enables vessels draw
ing twenty-five feet to go In and out
now with ease, as one did the other
day. Nobody Is against the improve
ments Mr. Cushman craves for his
state, and Congress will doubtless reach
them in the order of their Importance
and In accordance with the painstaking
and conscientious recommendations of
the United States Engineers. In this
assault on the river and harbor com
mittee the Abe Lincoln of Washington
State has maintained the reputation for
coarse invective he invincibly estab
lished in his attack on Senator Hoar,
for which those who got him to Bos
ton had to apologize, and which Mr.
Hoar and his friends properly treated
with silent contempt.
The effect of the Cushman diatribe,
so far as it has any effect, is to dis
credit in the popular mind the whole
cause of Internal Improvements, to
which our Government Is committed by
theoretical and practical considera
tions, by the traditions of both great
parties, and by its results in cheapen
ing transportation and improving the
general lot of the people. There Is no
readier resoit of the superficial and
envious mind than the cheap and base
less cry that every river and-harbor
appropriation is a- job. Such appears,
indeed, to be Cushman's conception of
those beneficent projects, derived,
doubtless, from his own Inner con
sciousness. He has a great deal- to
learn, both of government and of man
ners, but he will learn neither from
the galleries in Washington.
BRILIilANT, BUT ERRATIC.
The defeat of United States Senator
Chandler for re-election by the New
Hampshire Legislature means the end
of a remarkable and In some respects
brilliant political career. At 20 years
of age William E. Chandler was ad
mitted to the bar; at 28 he was Speaker
of the State Legislature; at 30 he was
First Assistant Secretary of the United
States Treasury. In 1876 it was due to
the energy and acuteness of William E.
Chandler that the Initial steps were
taken to contest the election of Samuel
J. Tllden as President of the United
States. Chandler was the "visiting
statesman" who went to Florida and
South Carolina to interview the return
ing boards. In 1881 Chandler was ap
pointed Solicitor-General by President
Garfield, but he was so odiotls to the
Democratic majority of the Senate that
his nomination was rejected.
In 1882 President Arthur appointed
Chandler Secretary of the Navy, and
he was the best Secretary that ever
presided over that department until the
accession of Secretary Whitney. In
deed, to Chandler belongs the credit
of beginning our new Navy. He was
ejected to tne United States Senate in
June, 1887, to fill the unexpired term
of Austin F. Pike; was re-elected in
June, 1S89, and again in January, 1895.
He retires in his 66th year after a Sen
atorial service of nearly fourteen years.
Senator Chandler was a lawyer of dis
tinction; was an excellent man of busi
ness; was esteemed a man of superior
intellectual ability in debate, and yet
it may be said of him, as was said of
the late Senator Ingalls, that he made
no impression, in the Senate or out of
it, in proportion to his abilities. He
was an erratic man, disposed to be an
Ishmaelite; a man of vigorous and ver
satile brain, but not of impressive force
of character. Men of far less keenness
of mind and excellence of talent have
made more Impression upon their time
than either Ingalls or Chandler, who
seemed to want humane, statesmanlike
purpose. With less literary and orator
ical ability than Ingalls, Chandler was
a far better lawyer and man of busi
ness; but, like Ingalls, he was Incon
stant In his loyalty to the cause of
sound money. He was a stubborn "bl
metallst," even after Tom Reed, Hoar
and Lodge had reluctantly abandoned
the financial gospel of the late General
Francis A. Walker. Chandler, In brief,
was temperamentally disposed to be
"an off ox"; a hypercritical man, dis
posed ta rock by himself rather than
pull with his party.
From reports made at the annual
meetings of the fifteen co-operative
creameries of Redwood County, Minne
sota, it Is ascertained that about 1,500,
000 pounds of butter were turned out in
1900, and the average price was about
20 cents per pound, making the Income
5300,000 for" the season. For running
expense of the creameries 535,000 Is de
ducted, leaving the net Income 5265,000
to the farmers. In addition, it is esti
mated that 550,000 worth of butter was
marketed by farmers unable to pat
ronize creameries. The creamery but
ter Industry of that county has grown
up In the past ten years, three cream
eries having been added in the past
season. The county is in the Valley
of the Minnesota River, In the southern
part of the state, and has railroads
skirting Its northern and southern
edges. It is advantageously situated
for the creamery business, but no more
so than many counties In Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, and In the mat
ter of climate it is not to be' compared
with any portion of the Pacific slope.
With the same attention devoted to
the butter Industry here, it must be
more successful than In the Ice-bound
State of the North Star.
The Canada thistle and the English
sparrow are imported pests which seem
to have fastened themselves firmly to
American institutions. The law has
been repeatedly drawn upon both, but
both continue to flourish and extend
their territory in defiance thereof. In
despair of exterminating or of even
checking his Increase, a generous at
tempt has been made in later years to
prove the sparrow a benefactor to the
farmer and orchardlst. Instead of a
ruthless despoiler of his crops, and so
to check the useless warfare against
him. The Canada thistle still lacks an
apologist, and itbev array -qf words
against It Is periodically renewed.
When farmers quit killing! the pest
with their mouths and combine the ex
terminating influences of the hoe, the
plow, the mattock and the torch
against this light-winged, firmly-rooted
enemy of their fields, they will proba
bly dislodge It. It is certain that this
result cannot be reached either by stat
ute or by words. As well attempt to
destroy the resistance of the Boers by
declaring that the war in South Africa
is over.
George Glover, who Is a Christian
Scientist of Lead, S. D., refused to have
his children vaccinated, and sent them
to school. The School Board promptly
ejected them. Glover appealed to the
courts, and finally the Supreme Court
of the state on the 3d Inst, rendered a
decision in favor of the board. A num
ber of Christian Scientist families took
the same ground as Glover.
The action of the Senate In regard to
the canteen shows that that body is
susceptible to extraneous influences,
after all. But the W. C. T. U. repre
sentatives are probably the only people
who can swerve that august aggrega
tion from the path of Its self-sufficiency.
The crush "of business In the Supreme
Court might be relieved by restricting
appeals, but such a solution has not
suggested itself, at least not to lawyers.
The action of Congress In the canteen
matter, puts our amiable President In a
place which will test his diplomacy to
get out of.
The Cuban postal frauds are so bad
that they cannot be reported, even to
the Senate.
There are 100 years In this century,
and the British need not be in a hurry
in Africa.
Let" any "citizen who thinks he, has no
luxuries look at the city budget of ex
penses Antl-Iraperinllsim a Disease.
' New York Sun.
The Hon. Edward Atkinson has been
eating some of the products of the Alad
din Oven, although his physicians have
often warned him of his danger. The
products have gone to his bile and head
and have found vent in a letter to the
Springfield Republican. The United States
Navy makes sad and mad the worthy
cook-statistician and statistics-cook. He
scratches the pa.nt of the ships "con
structed under the dishonorable and for
the disgraceful purpose of 'commerce-destroyers.'
" He tries to smash "the use
less marine engines called battleships,"
but becomes almost happy for a moment
in the thought that there is no prospect
of "our ever being able to man them."
Hear him console himself vlth his. delu
sions: It Is one of the highest signs of progress in
our civilization that men cannot be found so
ill off among the working people of this coun
try to Induce them tp enlist in the Naval
service in sufficient numbers to man even the
present Navy. The prospect of enlljting Army
recruits lor the aggressive warfare la the
Philippine Islands is yet worse, from the point
of the jingo yet more encouraging from the
point of View or a true citizen. Few but dead
beats and degenerates will now enter that
vicious and degraded service.
According to Mr. Atkinson, neither men
por officers can be induced to enter that
vicious and degraded service. The Gov
ernment may build ships, but there will
be, nobody to man and command them.
Obviously, the Navy must come to an end
when the country is thoroughly Atkin
sonized. What is the matter with Mr.
AiKinsqni uunoreas oi persons nave
asked this question. At last he answers
it himself:
There must be a physical cause. Is It not to
be found in that appendix, said to exist In the
brain, or survival from tha brute, which cor
responds to the appendix in the digestive or
gans, which, when congested, destroys the
power of digestion This cerebral appendix la
said to be in the mechanism of a blind eye at
the bas of the brain, apparently fitted for
use, except that no ray oi light can penetrate
It through the outside integuments. When this
blind eye becomes congested, does it not pro
mote cerebral appendicitis, leading men to put
down their heads, like butting rams or he
goats.?
Every time Mr. Atklmon partakes of
Aladdin Oven messes, his blind cerebral
eye is congested, his cerebral appendix
follows suit, and ha butts against the
solid walla of common sense and common
knowledge. He needs an operation.
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GIBES AT KANSAS CITY.
A Democratic Ball Look Funny to
Classic Porlcopolta.
Chicago Journal,
Our enterprising and hustling neighbor,
Kansas City, is entitled to a wreath of
bays. It is the only Western city that
has had the ambition to celebrate the ad
vent of the new century with a public
ball, and the scoffs and gibes that have
been sent heavenward by newspapers of
rival cities afford proof of the envy that
has arisen when too late.
It was a bright Idea, The figure that
it cuts on dress parade marks a communi
ty's growth and progress. We can not
all dance at Sherry's or Del's, but we can
at home, and when we do there's fun
afoot and the deuce take the piper. We
were not invited to the Kansas City ball,
but forgive the oversight In the Joy of the
published accounts. Had we been there,
we would have waltzed with Uttle Goldie
or hit up a two-step with Prairie Mag at
a gait to burst with envy the scornfulest
local swain. As it is, we see the whole
gay scene In glittering chiaroscuro. We
see Hotfoot Harry of the Yards back
beellng and kow-towing to Madame the
Dowager with fine packing-house court
esy; In the light of the rod lamps we
may discern Conductor Blood punching
his own ribs instead of bobtail-car tick
ets; thlc to keep himself awake in his
delight. It requires no opera-glasa to see
the dry-goods nabob from the corner, with
four diamonds in his shirt front, and one
of his own celluloid collars biting his
ears, bending himself double In a bow' to
his star saleslady in the cotillon. It is
a glad and glorious view, an Kansas
City has a right to pride herself upon it.
In Kansas City no stupid and stilted
ideas of etiquette hold sway. A top hat
may be worn with a Tuxedo without be
ing shot at, and russet shoes "go" if the
wearer la afflicted with corns. The fiddler
"calls off." the square dances In a reson
ant bass, and soup is served from
syringes at supper. A ball in Kansas City
is a wholesome and satisfying function,
the beauties of which are unknown to
cities and societies that have become
effete. The dawning of the new century
was a Jolly time for Kansas City to
choose for a ball. In short hooray for
Kansas City's ball. We ho'pe it. was a
high one.
AMERICAN WHEAT PROBLEMS.
Plant Selection and Breeding to Se
cure Ruat Resistant "Varieties.
The problem of the wheat supply of
the world Is doubtless one of the most
important new before the scientific men.
Eminent authorities are alarmed that
the exhaustion of wheat soils, so notice
able In the far West, will continue to a
point that will make the production of a
large enough crop for the world's needs
a serious matter. Of nearer Interest, in
the immediate future Is the study now
being conducted by the Government's ex
perts as to tha best varieties of bread
wheats. Unfortunately, Nature In the
vegetable world, has consistently carried
out her impartial spirit and nothing pos
pesses all the good qualities, One variety
is desirable from the miller's point of
view, and another from the farmer's.
Rust-resisting varieties seem to be at the
moment the most desirable quality to se
cure. From a long series of experiments,
extending over the past four or five sea
.. . .
sons, It has been concluded that the qual
ity must be bred into a variety either
by rigid selection of the most resistant
individuals of that variety or by crossing
with resistant varieties of other wheat
groups and selecting from the resultant
progeny such types as combine In the
highest degree the usual qualities of the
bread-wheat group with that of rust re
sistance. Drought-resisting, eany maturing and
yielding power are other associated prob
lems that are now engaging the attention
of the agricultural experts, The work la
being carried out under the direction of
the Division of Vegetable Physiology and
Pathology. The first announcement of
work accomplished has Just been pub
lished In a bulletin entitled "The Basis
for the Improvement of American
Wheats."
President Eliot Will Not Resign.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Cambridge, Mass. "The suggestion that
Benjamin Ide Wheeler or any one else will
succeed President Eliot, of Harvard, so
long as he cares to hold his position is
not even worthy the trouble of &. denial,"
said one of the Harvard overseers to
night. "The suggestion is preposterous."
How a story could be started that Presi
dent Eliot is to be succeeded by any one
until death or falllnsr health overtakes
him is a good deal of a mystery here. No
man In the world is more secure than
Dr. Eliot, and as his health is still splen
did and his years far from advanced he
will undoubtedly continue to administer
the affairs of the Cambridge University
for many years to come.
President Eliot is now in Bermuda,
where, he went immediately after the No
vember election. He will be home very
soon.
San Francisco, Jan. 4. A report was cir
culated here last night to the effect that
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the
University of California, would soon re
sign to accept the presidency of Harvard.
The story, which seems to have had its
origin in the brain of some Eastern man,
name unknown, Is vigorously and posi
tively denied by those In a position to
know. President Wheeler Is now in the
East, probably in Washington or New
York. Professor Bacon, personal friend
of President Wheeler, said today: "The
story Is nonsense."
The Growth of Bowling.
Chicago Tribune.
The holdlns of the National bowling
tournament in Chicago this week calls at
tention to the remarkable growth in pop
ularity of this sport during the last few
years. Even in small towns and villages,
where five years ago bowling was un
known, alleys have been fitted up and
teams been organized which not only play
among themselves but meet the cham
pions of rival towns in friendly matches.
In many parts of the country state bowl
ing associations have been organized, the
leaders in which come together, as dur
ing the present week, in National con
tests. More recently an almost equal in
terest in bowling has been aroused among
the women of the country. They, too,
have their bowling meets, and in many
men's clubs the bowling alleys are set
apart for the use of the women on cer
tain days. As a sport which furnishes
physical exercise to people who might
otherwise neglect It, bowling deserves the
vogue which it enjoys. It also trains the
eye and hand to accuracy, and, as It can
be played in all weathers, it is well cal
culated to take the place of golf and
baseball during the Winter months. The
only danger which seems to threaten its
present popularity is that of professional
ism, which follows every sport which has
many followers. The makers of bowling
supplies and the dealers In the same class
of goods should make it their business, as
a matter of policy, to see that profes
sionalism Is discouraged rather than promoted.
Yellow Journalism.
Montreal (Canada) Herald.
The aim of yellow Journalism is to hu
mor the people, to take one course today
and, if neoessary to the same end, the
opposite course tomorrow. Had there
been a yellow journalism in Walpole's
day it would have screamed for war, and
denounced the Minister for opposing it.
It would have applauded him when he
gave way and when the bells were rung
for joy. It would have denounced him
again when the time came for the people
to wring their hands for sorrow, as ho
prophesied. If there is any progress be
ing made by humanity towards higher
ideals, as clearly there is. It comes only
through strenuous assertion and insist
ence upon those principles of human con
duct and human government Justified and
approved by the test of experience. But
men are not born with the knowledge of
these things, and if tha press is to aban
don the task of keeping its millions of
readers Informed and instructed, to whom
shall they turn? Religion is a positive
force in the world when It Is positively In
sisted upon. The clergyman who would
refrain from the presentation of the foun
dations of religion because he believed
some of his parishioners might be offend
ed might become popular, but his work
would lose it3 character. Just so a sound
public opinion cannot be made in a day
or an hour, for the reason that opinion
is not formed in that way at all.
Gone to Her Soldier Lover In Manila.
New York Evening World.
Atlanta. Ga. Miss Belle Morrow, of Co
lumbus, O., begins a new century by be
ginning a long journey to her own wed
ding. She starts for Manila, where she
will become the bride of Lieutenant John
Boniface, U. S. A.
At the beginning of the Spanish-American
War Miss Morrow, with her mother,
was stationed at Fort McPherson, Ga.,
her two brothers, with whom she made
her home, being ordered to the front
with their respective regiments. In the
May following the first trouble the
Georgia regiments were sent to Cuba and
the young women of Atlanta organized a
relief association. Miss Morrow joined
the association and soon became one of
the most popular members of the relief
work;
It was during this period of patriotic
work that what has proved Miss Mor
row's "romance of the war" began, when
she met Lieutenant Boniface.
Shortly after the time of their marriage
was decided upon the young soldier was
sent with his regiment to Manila.
As time wore on and the home-coming
of our soldiers seemed so uncertain the
old saying that "love finds a way" proves
itself, for although Lieutenant Boniface
cannot come home to claim his bride, she
will so to him.
'
An Estimate of Mr. Corbett by a Po
litical Opponent.
Salem Dally Journal.
Without disparaging any other gentle
man who desires to be a candidate for
United States Senator from Oregon, a
great many legislators will be happily dis
appointed when they meet Henry W. Cor
bett, the Portland business man. He has
been represented by not always disinter
ested persons as an enfeebled paralytic
and superannuated individual, when in
reality he is a man of great energy, and
transacting the largest banking business
in the state, in fact, all the business mat
ters falling upon him that formerly de
"volred upon both himself and Mr. Failing.
The ungracious task of treating a man
of years and experience as an interloper
in a state he has helped to build from its
beginnings may be left to a class of poli
ticians who have no respect for any
thing but their own bread-basket, and
no apology Is needed for Mr. Corbett as
against their' animadversions. If such
qualities as nerve, grit, pluck, courage
and persistence weigh for anything, the
old New England Yankee will be found
able to wield a full hand in the Oregon
Senate, and the younger politicians who
throw up his age are apt to find that they
have their hands full in the fight he will
put up at Salem.
Early Days) of Freemasonry.
The New Llpjxlncott.
Outside of England and her colonies the
development of Masonry was- by no means
rapid, but the church early took the
alarm, and In 1738 Clement XII condemned
it In his bull. In Eminent!. No reason
for this was alleged except Its secrecy and
that under its rules men of all religions
associate together, giving rise to sus
piclons of evil, wherefore all members In
cur excommunication removable only by
the Pope, and all bishops aro Instructed
to prosecute and punish them as vehem
ently suspect of heresy. As the Parle
ment of Paris refused to register this
bull, it could scarce accomplish much out
side of the papal states, except In Spain,
but within them It was rendered effective
by an edict of the cardinal secretary of
state, January 14, 1739, pronouncing irre
mlssoble pain of death, not only on all
members, but on all who tempt others to
Join or favor the society In any way, such
as leasing a house for its use. This was
a declaration of war to the knife, although
the only victim of the death penalty is
taid to have been the French author of a
book on Masonry.
The Raskin Monument.
St. James's Gazette.
The monument shortly to be placed over
the late Mr. Ruskln's grave In Conlston
churchyard will take the form of a tall,
slender cross of pre-Norman type, stand
ing about nine feet high and carved out
of the hard green stone found in the
neighborhood. On the side facing the
grave is a figure representing tne late
master's earliest works, while above, In a
panel of Interlaced work, Is his name and
the dates 1819-1900 all the rest of the story
Of his life being told in pictures.
Not as Bad an That.
New Orleans Picayune.
Much of the cowardly hazing by West
Point cadets being educated at Govern
ment expense took the form of making
the victims swallow disagreeable liquids,
but none of the hrutes went so far as to
make a plebe eat embalmed beef for the
benefit of contractors,
Kmpp's Gifts to Charity.
Chicago Tribune.
Berlin In addition to his donation of
5119,000 to the workmen's Invalid fund of
the Krupp works, Herr Krupp has given
5119,000 each to the officials' pension fund
and the fund for building laborers' houses,
making a total of 5357,000.
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"WHEN TEDDY RODE THE GOAT."
Facetious Poem Upon Roosevelt's In
itiation Into Mnsonry.
New Tork telegram to Chicago Inter Ocean.
The following poetic account of the initiation
of Vice-President-elect Roosevelt Into the mys
teries of Masonry is published by the Evening
Sunr
WHEN TEDDY RODE THE GOAT.
"When Teddy rode the goat last night,
Tha goin's on, they say.
Beat all the records out of sight
For fun In. Oyster Bay.
The mystic boys they all turned out.
Just as they did to vute.
And viewed the sight with wild delight
"When Teddy rode the goat.
They tossed him up an tron him down
An' stood him on his bead.
An' ducked him till he almost drowned,
An' yanked him out half dead.
They made him Jig an' sing a song
An' yell like a coyote
B'gosh, you'd ought to been along
When Teddy rode the goat.
He rode wild horses In the West
An lassooed crazy steers;
A buck In' bronco was a Jest
To him in early years;
But e'en the Jaunt up San Juan,
That famous history wrote.
Was nothln' to the goin's on
When Teddy rode the goat.
NOTE AND COMMENt. ; ,
"All Coons Look Alike at Me," Is the
chicken's version of the aged song.
The Chinese are wise In not accepting
that joint note on such poor security.' '
Bryan says reorganization must be in
the party. And yet he considers himself
In the party. .
Lord Kitchener is promised many hon
ors if he shall end the war. More than
Roberts got?
If there is anything In the weather lino
you haven't had In the last three days,
please speak up.
If it Is really true that salt will restore
life. It ought to be a favorite food with
Adlal E. Stevenson.
The announcement of a new steel com
bination sounds as If Richard Croker was
mixed up in it somewhere.
Boston is to have a weather prophet o
her own. He will have the advantage of
being abused only In classic English.
The British are determined to crush the
Boers by ferce of numbers. They might
succeed if their numbers had more force.
Beer is now made from oats, and tho
youths who sow their wild oats aan sow
them where they will do the most good.
A Kansas man swore off lying New
Year's day, and the fish in the oreeks of
his neighborhood are breathing more free
ly. Would any one have believed In May,
189S, that the first papers of the 20th cen
tury would contain no mention of George
Dewey?
Tho college students who are living on
15 cents a day can appreciate how Count
de Castcllane feels now that his allow
ance has been reduced to $30,000 a year.
The detectives who won't admit that
they don't know the kidnaper of young
Cudahy haven't anything to Crowe about,
even If they are standing pat with a $25,000
Jack-pot in sight
Editor Harmsworth thinks he looks like
Napoleon, but the people who have judged
him by his style of journalism are under
the impression that he more nearly re
sembles 30 cents.
The House of Representatives is too
large, In the sense that members of it
cannot cut as big a figure as they wish.
The IJouse of Commons 13 larger, but its
members do not arrogate the importance
of American Representatives.
That the phonograph would some day be
used to teach foreign languages was long
ago predicted. The prediction has come
true. Records are now made and sent
with special text-books to supplement
their use. There is one distinct advant
age Ir this method. Whenever a student
wlsh'.s to have a particular sound re
peated, all he has to do is to set the cyl
inder back as often as he wants. He can
also regulate the speed to suit the prog
ress of his ear. The language-phone, as
it is called. Is said to be espeolally good
in learning the languages of the far East,
Which have no alphabetical characters,
but only Ideographs, and in which so
much depends on singular accents and In
tonations. Rear-Admlral Hichborn, Chief Construc
tor of the Navy, was at one time a com
mon employe at the Boston nayy-yardj
When he hecame Chief of the.Bu.reau ofP
Construction and Repair, with the rank,
of Commodore, he had occasion to pay an,
official visit to the yard. The day before
he was scheduled to call he strolled
through the yard without announcing
himself. He heard a bell ring and saw
the old familiar lines of employes passing
about through the yard, each man carry
ing a dinner pail and his movements reg
ulated by the bell. An officer of the yard,
recognizing the then Commodore,, asksd
if he desired the Commodore's salute
when he called the next day. "I havo
been thinking." said the Chief Construc
tor, "of the time when I used to go to
work and quit at the sound of that bell,
I carried one of those dinner palls and
moved at the bidding of others. I think
the Commodore's salute would be quite a
pleasing contrast to the sound of the old
bell. Yes, you may give the salute when
I come tomorrow."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHKnS
Towne That was a rather disreputable-looking
man you Just spoke to. Browne Sir! That
was my brother. "Oh! beg pardon; I might
have known that." Tlt-Blts.
A Success. Husband (wearily, after the re
ception) Well, that's over with, and what
have we gained? Wife (triumphantly) Gainedl
Why, a lot of new enemies. Brooklyn Life.
He (In his wrath) When I married you I
had no Idea what a fool you were. She (in ber
equanimity) The fact that I was willing to
marryVou should have removed all doubts on
that point. Boston Transorlpt.
Means to an End. Bowers Say! Did you
ever hear that Saners was a member of a
suicide club? Mowers Yes; I've heard so.
Bowers Well, I guess It Is his turn to go
next. He told me he bought his wife a chafing-dish
for a Christmas present. Puck.
"Now, auntie, you knew I want to marry
Jack, and you know you are going to leave me
all your money so we can set ourselves up
nleely." "But, good gracious, child, I am not
going to die yet!" "Of course you're not, you
dear old thlnr. and I wouldn't have you for
the world. But don't you ever get any fun
out of anticipation?" Life.
Giving the Sign. "What a fraud that young
Mr. Allfront Is!" "What has he been doing
now?" "He went into one of the hook stores
the other day when It was crowded and bought
a copy of Owen Meredith's 'Luelle' In order to
make people think that he had Juat become
engaged to tha,t Miss Dymonds he's been hang
ing around lately." Chicago Tribune.
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Taps.
Susan Whalley Allison In Youth's Companion.
All down the road, with flag-draped load,
With muffled drum and low,
Now sound, now hush from sobbing horn
As the way winds to and fro.
Our soldiers march through sun and shads .
Glory and gloom, of eve,
Far, as they may w'th a friend on his way
To take his last long leave.
For toll and strife and roving life
He loved the soldier's lot;
Breathed full and deep where prairies sweep, -
And the world is bounded not-
All unconflned as the sailing wind.
His soul launched forth to roam, , -
But It neared the strand of his childhood land.
And he longed for hla Father's home.
Now lay hla head on the cool soft bed, -
That soothes as a mother's breast;
For the sod Is the soldier's fitting couch, f.
And he loves to He and rest ,
Where pale stars shine o'er the musing pine, .
And the moon rides through the boughs.
While the bugle-call of "Taps" doth fall.
So soft he may sot rouse:
Comrade, cheer!
Dost thou wake?
On thy sight
See yon bright
Morning break!
Comrade dear.
Night la here!
There the light!
Then home they march, 'neath the darkening
arch.
For the sun hath left the sky;
The dogwood white with a ghostly light
Starts forth as they hasten by;
And the hemlock standi with skeleton hands
Stretched up to the last red ray.
And the night descends, and its peace portends
I The dawn of a brighter day.