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pwiipwwymw fvww wr THE MOttNHCri OttEGONIAN, TUESDAY, MAT 7, 1901. SI?!5?5!??5P??5!5 "HWSPw ttig regomoit Sintered at the Postofflce at Portland. Oregon, -as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Eooxns.....l06 I Business Office.. .607 KEVISED SUBSCRIPTION HATES. By Hail (postage prepaid), in Advance Dally, ivlth Sunda. per month........-..? & Dally, Sunday excepted, per year......... 7 60 Xatly. with; Sunday, per star.... ,. 59 Sunday, per sear ........... .--. 2 00 The "Weekly, per year .............. ; The Weekly, 3 months To City Subscribers Daily, per week, delivered. Sundays excepted,15c Dally, per week, delliered. Sundays included.20c POSTAGE BATES. "United States. Canada and Mexico: 30 to 10-page paper.. .............. ...Ic 10 to 82-page paper......... -k... ....... -c Foreign rates double. News or discussion intended for publication in The Oregpulan should be addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregontan." not to the name of any Individual. 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For sale in Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co., 77 W, Second South street. For sale In Ogden by "W. C. Kind, 204 Twenty-fifth street. On file" in Washington, D. C, -with A. TV. Dnrtn, COO 14th N.IV., On file at Buffalo. N. T.. in the Oregon ex hibit at the exposition. For sale in Denvw, Colo., by Hamilton & 3Eendrick, 00-012 Seenth street. TODAY'S WEATHER Cloudy, with possi bly occasional showers; cooler; winds becoming southerly. PORTLAND, TUESDAY. JIAV 7, 1901. ITH05E HIGH SCHOOL SOCKDOLA GERS. Many a man knows more at 20 than he does at 40. In school, or fresh from graduation, his mind is stored with les sons that become dim In the busy life of the succeeding years. Yet sometimes the superior wisdom 'of 20 is largely mere assurance. To state a proposition Impressively is to come near perfect demonstration. This seems to have Tjeen the case in the Saturday debate at the Sigh School over retention of the Philippine Islands; for when four posers were launched by the antls at the defenseless heads of the pros, the conviction that they settled the whole thing was so strong with the authors of the posers that It spread to the audi ence, we are told, and from that mo ment It was all over with the annexa tionists but the mere collection of the votes of the judges. The aforesaid pos ers are these: How are they going to prevent the unre stricted influx of Chinese labor? How are the going to reconcile the differ ences in the tariff o that it may not work injury to the Filipinos. Can we not gain all the adantages they have enumerated by treat with the Filipinos bb a. nation, and if not. why not? How are they going to hold, the islands tin der our Constitution and- not work irreparable Injury to us? The bugbear of Chinese labor Is well enough for California sandlots or the slums of our great cities; but It 111 be comes our iiigher institutions of learn ing. There, at least we have the right to expect recognition of the industrial needs of cheap Jabor in .laundries, gar dens, kitchens, etc, in performing tasks American labor will not do. Lands have leen cleared and railroads built on the Pacific Coast by Chinese labor, when white Jabor was not to be had. Hawaii is complaining at Its lack of cheap labor and wants to colonize natives from Guam, Africa or Portugal. Is there no one In the High School to teach these young debaters that where cheap labor congregates there Is need for It, and that the anti-foreign crusade of twenty years ago forms a discreditable chapter in our Pacific Coast history, fit compan ion for the Know-Nothing craze of New "York and New England? Is toleration to be only a name. Invoked by sufferers of every race and creed, but repudiated 2y them when they think of other hap less victims of persecution? The argument is that the United States cannot hold the Philippines be cause, if it permits them to be overrun iy Chinese, civilization there will be undone, and if it closes them to the Chinese, we shall be estopped from urg ing the "open door" in China. Either alternative is .fanciful. Such work as Chinese do in the Philippines will be needed there, whether under patlve or American rule, and in practice we "can take restrictive measures concerning immigration there as well as here, with out impairing our Influence at Pekin. If the "United States, with "all its power, is "unable to keep Chinese out of Lu ion, how will the little Tagalog republic do so? The anti's mind Is nothing if not Uloomy. He might say that it is for our advantage to keep the Islands, but jus tice to them, requires us to forego the yrlvlleEre; or h might say that Tvhlle TVe undoubtedly could confer great benefits upon them. It would be attended with such inconvenience to ourselves as to render annexation un desirable. But neither of these things content him. At the same time we are trampling over the Filipino in pursuit of our own gain, he will be undermining our civilization and working us "irre parable Injury.' There is, for example, the tariff, which is certain to "work In Jury to the Filipinos." How to promote trade between the Philippines and the TJnlted States without iniquitous tariffs may seem a hard question at the High School; but harder problems are met and solved every day without serious inconvenlen6e. Whatever tariff system ; -we adopt, it will be superior to the re i presslons of old Spain, and will be bet ter for the Islands as a part or tne I "United States than they could expect as an Independent nation. There is no Piliplno nation except in the fond vis- Ions of the anti. There is a congeries of tribes, and they must be governed. They will be governed without Injury, out with gain to us, if It is done with justice and humanity, qualities which I are denied to the American people oy a low order of patriotism. The fire InJacksonville, Fla., by i which 10,000 people were made homeless land twice as 'many more brought tem- jporarlly face 'otface with hunger that neither they nor their more fortunate fellow-citizens hattthe means to relieve, i ia. r&carded as the most oisastrous event In the history of the South, with the exception of- the earthquake In Charleston some years ago and the more recent destruction of Galveston by flood. The condition of the victims of this fire would be desperate, not withstanding the mildness of the weather, which reduces the discomfort of being without shelter to the mini mum, but for the fact that sympathy and generosity have come full-handed to their aid with food and clothing:. Private and municipal aid Is supple mented Ty the statement of the Presi dent that the Government will supple ment these efforts, If necessary, thus affording assurance that, though many may go hungry before organized as sistance can reach them, no one will perish from starvation. History repeats itself in matters of this kind with a fidelity that Is a credit to human nature. IS IT LUCK? The Springfield Republican smilingly concedes that everything seems to be coming McKinley's way. The insurrec tion in the Philippines is in a state of seeming collapse; the Cuban Commis sioners have gone home placated by the President; the authorities of Harvard reply to the alumni protest with a unanimous vote for the degree of 11. D. for "William the Fascinator; the stock market is booming with what "Wall street defines as the proof of prosper ity, ancTwherever the President goes in his journey the people toss high their ready caps in the air in enthusiastic welcome of the President The RepuB llcan does not seem to be quite sure whether it is a time for laughter or tears, and says: This is the supreme hour in McKlnley'B ca reer. There cannot be. It would seem. In the nature of things, another more supreme. A phrase was widely current during Mr. Cleve land's first administration "Cleveland lurk." But it was as -nothing to what we may Irrever ently call McKlnley luck. Is It luck? It is not luck except so far as there may be an element of luck In the success and popularity of all pub lic men who aim to be adroit, astute opportunists rather than statesmen who are ready fearlessly to play the hero's part, even when it probably implies the martyr's crown. There is nothing re markable about McKInley's popularity; he is popular as President very much through the same superficial qualities that explain the popular man in every community. He Is a man of fine per sonal appearance, and Is so charmingly cordial in his manners and "address that his urbane refusal of a request proba bly does not wound the average man's self-love half as much as the ungra cious, growling, reluctant manner of those men who are temperamentally in capable of remembering that God loves a cheerful giver. Then President McKlnley Is a man of unblemished private morals; he is the devoted, gallant husband of an invalid wife. "While there Is no taint of Immor ality about him, nevertheless he Is not a man of ascetic life or Puritan vices of temper. "Without Intolerance, he is an orthodox Christian, and yet he is not afraid of those Methodists who do not approve of the use of wine or tobacco; and feels no concern when some bitter anti-Catholic Protestant wonders whether President McKlnley does not treat Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland with excessive cordiality. His charming temper is always under con trol; his private speech Is discreet and conciliatory, and Ills public speech Is felicitous In its persuasiveness. He is a man without "Isms"; a well-behaved, urbane, good-looking man of the world, of correct personal morals and capti vating public manners and powers of speech. His whole political career has "been guided by the homely -wisdom of the old maxim that "molasses catches more flies than vinegar." That a man of such remarkable superficial attract iveness should be popular in the Presi dent's chair Is not remarkable; the re markable thing would be if he were not popular. Such men are always popular without the President's chair; why should they not be popular within it? There have been men of equally charm ing temper and manner and powers of public speech In the President's chair who were not popular, but odious, like Franklin Pierce, but Pierce was no op portunist like McKlnley; he was as in tense and intolerant a pro-slavery man as Calhoun on Hob Toombs; his public attitude was so odious to the North that his charming personality was of no avail, because he was utterly unre sponsive and reactionary to the lift of the great instinct of resistance to fur ther extension of slavery that was hurrying the people forward to Insur rection and political revolution. But McKlnley has been fortunate not only in not violating public sentiment, but he has met no military disaster or even transient political defeat He held off from taking the initiative In war with Spain until both parties in Con gress insisted upon it "War with Spain was short sharp and decisive. The in surrection In the Philippines was unex pected, but the American arms suffered no reverse. The American arms in China won distinction and incurred no disaster. The American people, by a very large majority, have been with the President so clearly from the start in the matter of the Spanish '"War and its consequent the war in the Philip pines, that it was impossible for him to mistake aB to what public opinion wanted. To have clung to peace after the destruction of the Maine would have been the political ruin of the President; to have hauled down the flag that Ad miral Dewey planted In Manila would have made the President a common butt and jest for the Democratic party. Under the circumstances, there is noth ing more mysterious about 'President McKInley's great National popularity than there is In the popularity In every community of a man who has good looks, good morals, good temper, per sonal graces, social tact, -with a ready gift df Intelligent tasteful oratory on all public 'occasions. He has always been a man of vigorous, healthy body and amiable, sanguine temper, and such men are never prophets of evil, but optimistic fellows who can always see a sunburst in the darkest hour. Such men are always popular, because they confirm the confidence of the san guine and kindle the light of hope In the eyes of those who are naturally prone to predict calamity for the future. McKlnley Is an optimistic man, arid present prosperity makes us an op timistic people. No wonder the Presi dent's words win applause all along the line. It is no more remarkable than it would be to hear "God Save the King" at a British banquet With all the su perficial virtues that appeal to the aver age, every-day American, -who believes -Mmr n. mnrt who -was farmer-born and bred, who foueht far tixa fiasr in. rtis youth, who is a model of domestic, con jugal virtues, who is the friend of re ligion and righteous habits, is a model man for President what wonder that a hospitable, good-natured people cheer every utterance of McKlnley to &e echo, for his invariable attitude and speech always imply an irrepressibly cheerful mind in a sound body. Will iam the Fascinator always feels good, and irradiates and animates his audi ence with his contagious confidence so completely that even scowling Prohibi tionists loolc pleasant as the President passes and the clouds roll by. THE WORLD'S PUBLIC -DEBTS. A study of the public debts of the world Is chiefly Instructive as dispelling any alarm that superficial observation of them is apt to promote. And for two reasonsfirst, the people are really ow ing themselves, and, second, wealth in creases more rapidly than debt. The wealth of the United Kingdom, France, Spain and the United States in 1800 is estimated at $20,244,640,000, while Mul hall in 1895 estimated their wealth at $195,759,829,000, or practically ten times that at the beginning of the century. The debts of these four nations In 1793 aggregated but $1,630,279,000, and in 1900 were $11,764,000,000, or seven times as much as in 1793. This indicates that lp the case of the four nations whose wealth in 1800 can be measured, the wealth figures for 1900 are tenfold those of 1800, and the debt figures seven-fold those at the begirining of the century. It is obvious that under the present method of pursuing wars, railroad building and other public works on pub lic loans, a considerable increase in national debts is to be. expected, simul taneously with Increase of possession. Germany's war with France in 1871, for example, added to the possessions of the victor; and the same Is true of Britain's present war with.South Africa and our own war with Spain. In gen eral, also, the debts of thrifty nations are held by their own people, so that the public debt becomes" in reality a mere device of bookkeeping, by which a people takes of one of Its pockets and puts into another. In general terms, it may be said that the British securities and those of the British colonies are chiefly held in the United Kingdom, as are also the bulk of the 'securities Issued by the Latin-American countries, The French securities, as a rule, are held in France, and are very widely distributed among the masses. In ad dition to this enormous sum, securities of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Russia are held in France in large amounts. Most of Portugal's large bonded in debtedness is held outside of that coun try, and a larger proportion in France than In any other country. Probably more than one-half of 'the Italian debt Is also held abroad, the larger share in France, and this may also be said of the Spanish Indebtedness. Of Austria Hungary's debt the 'large proportion Is held by her own people. Of Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark. Swe den and Norway, it may be said that practically the entire debt is held by citizens of the respective countries named, -while probably one-half of the debt of Russia is held abroad, chiefly in Germany and France, the large, pro portion in tfje last-name'd country. The recently incurred Indebtedness of Japan and China Tias been chiefly placed in England and Germany,' while s about one-half of the debt -of India Is h'eld In England. Practically all of the debt of the United States is now held by her own people, who, it will be remembered, forwarded to the United States Treas ury in 1899 subscriptions aggregating Ave times as much as the National se curities offered on that occasion. To conclude that public debts are uni formly Increasing would be Inaccurate, however, for in some Instances reduc tions are clearly noticeable. France owed $1,192,292,500 in 1850, $2,676,575,000 in 1870, and $5,800,691,814 In 1890, but in that period both Great Britain and the United States had paid off large debts. In 1850 the United Kingdom's debt was $4,0S2,59G,603; but this fell to $3,896,606,550 in 1870 and $3,060,926,304 in 1890. The South African War will raise it to prob ably $3,200,000,000, but in an era of peace It will again decline. The debt of the United States was $2,331,169,956 in 1870, and by 1890 had been reduced to $1,107,-711,257.- The first of the present month It stood at $1,072,745,256, the reduction in April being due to bond purchases of about $4,000,000 As Secretary Gage Is making further purchases almost daily, we may look for a reduced show ing again June 1. The Nation will soon be bringing its public ' debt down so low as to make some new arrangement necessary for a National bank currency. By that time, prejudice against banks should have subsided so low that we can adopt a system like that of the Scotch or the Canadians. EUROPE AND MONROE DOCTRINE. Count von Bulow exaggerates the scope of the Monroe Doctrine when he Intimates that a league of Europe against America will ultimately prove to be "a necessity of civilization." Theirstatesmen now seemto apprehend that the powers of Europe would b& excluded from South America under" the same extreme interpretation o the MonrQe Doctrine which had been made ty President Cleveland in the matter of the Venezuela arbitration with Great Britain. All the Monroe Doctrine declared was that if any foreign sovereigns attempt ed to bring liberated American cqlo- nies again under their sway or set up by force new subject colonies on Amer ican shores against the wishes of the populations concerned, the United" States would regard such action as a menace and a danger to the American Bepublic, and must not be expected to look quietly on without an attempt at Intervention. The United States- sim ply served rlotice on the despotic rulers of the Old World what to expect ifi they ventured to set up despotic states on the shores of the New WOrld. The only European despot who ever disregarded the warning was Napoleon HI, when he attempted to set up a Mexican Empire by the force of French arms on the ruins of a subjugated Mex ican 'Republic. So soon as our hands were freed by the collapse of the South ern Confederacy, Napoleon hastened to withdraw his French troops from Mex ico. It Is possible, perhaps probable, that when that wfsa dictator and be nevolent despot. President Diaz, dies, Mexico may find no successor able to perpetuate his excellent government, and in that event it is not unlikely that before the century Is half run -the peo-. pie of Mexico may with substantial 'unanimity ask to come under-the pro tection of the American flag. "" Thlc ma.v tube nlare. but hevond this possible enlargement it is not probable that the boundaries of the United States will be enlarged by the annexation of any more territory either in the New or Old Worlds. As for South America, its various states will be left to work out their own salvation, subject only to the vindication of our right of self protection. We are not looking for a chance to take territory an.d create colonies; we are only looking for an en larged opportunity to compete for the world's trade. - s H. J. Wilson, of Douglas County, furnished a long letter to The Orego nian, which was printed Thursday, In which he attempts to justify his action In flying the contract with James G. Clark, in which the latter agreed to give him a deed to certain land Inter ests and persbnal property, with speci fied exceptions in the latter, provided he would take Clark into his family and provide, for him while he lived. Mr. Wilson confesses 'to thl3 agreement and the gist of his letter Is that the old man proved more helpless and dif ficult to take care of than he had an ticipated; hence, disregarding value re ceived, he had thrown up the contract and engineered his charge Into the In sane asylum. The letter is not in any sense a defense of the writer's conduct toward Clark. The latter has no doubt; outlived the reasonable expectations of his legatee, and still shows a discourag ing persistence in that line. No doubt, also, it is a great care to watch over him and supply his wants. Perhaps, furthermore, the property for which the undertaking was entered Into did not prove as valuable as the recipient ex, pected that It would. It may be that, had he honestly stuck to his bargain, he would have had the worst of It. All of this being granted, however, he still fails to show cause why he should not fulfill, as an honorable, upright man, the contract made, as shown by a clause in the agreement, which he quotes; "with' the understanding that he, H. J. Wilson, was to maintain, sup port and keep hiih, James G. Clark; as one of his family during the .remainder of the latter's life.""' .The ' Oregonian may state here that in this particular case It has no special Interest. Its comments have been made upon data furnished by its news cprrespondent, and practically substantiated by H. J. Wilson himself. The pbject in calling attention to the case was to empha size the folly of ah aged person in entering into an agreement of this kind, as illustrated by its frequent shameless violation, of which Clark's case is-but a familiar example. It de sired also to call attention to the very prevalent abuse of the state's gener osity n the commitment of persons of Clark's type to the insane asylum when there were those in duty bound to care for and maintain them, through filial or property considerations. It submits, further, that the case .of H. J. Wilson has not been improved by. his ample presentment of the facts in connection therewith. He simply shirks or repu diates an obligation which he assumed In full view of the facts, because he got .tired of It. Fanaticism, which ' runs riot under various names in opposition to medical and surgical science' and treatment, scored heavily at an apartment build ing fire in Chicago Sunday.. One of the victims of the. fire, an.mfant' of two years, had to be torn from the grasp of her father for medical treatment The child was seriously burned and In frightful agony, the fanatical father holding on to her until part of the flesh was torn from the burned arm, and when finally overpowered by the police he cursed those who sought to relieve his child's pain and prayed that they might be punished for subjecting her to the "worldly science of medicine." Scarcely less .astounding than this statement is the fact that the man es caped lynching. He is under arrest, and will probably, when the time comes, defend himself by voluble quo tations from "Mother" Eddy's books, which deny pain, suffering and death as vagaries of "mortal mind." The lit tle one is in the list of those who will probably die from the effects of severe burns an event which, -since it will re move her from the custody of a fanati cal tyrant, cannot, humanely speaking, be deplored. Sir Thomas Llpton is confident that Shamrock II will win the America's cup, so long successfully defended by American yachts and yachtsmen. This confidence gives surety of a good, gen erously contested race, since without it we should have a, "half-hearted contest that would afford neitljer pleasure in success nor respect in defeat. It is en tirely possibfe, of course, that the Eng lish yacht will win a long-deferred vic tory over the regulation course of the New York Yacht Club, but there Is doubt enough about .it to render the coming race most interesting and excit ing. This Is to say that It will be one to delight all true yachtsmen, whether American or English. J According to the report of the British Qonsul at Nlu Chwang for the-year 1899 it appears that at least two-thirds of the foreign imports into Manchuria dur ing' that year were of American origin. The vahie of the American kerosene whlcH passed through. Nlu Chwang on Its way Into t,he Interlor'was, more -than $2fl,000, the Russian kerosene imports being valued at only $21,000. American drills, sheetings and jeans all showed a large. Increase in 1899 as compared with 1858, and together represented an, investment of some $8,000,000 a surpris ingly large figure. Moreover, of the $2,500,000 railway plant imported in 189? the' larger part came from ' the United States. We can grow all our coffee in- Por"to Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines, says the Treasury Department. Then when we have arranged to grow all our tea fii the South, all our sugar in the West and the Philippines, and make all our own manufactures, what shall we buy of Europe in exchange for expbrts, and what use will there bfr for a merchant mafrine? Mr. PlerpontvMorgan, having invested a billion in steel, $50,0p0,000 In the Brit ish loan, $10,000,000 In coal and $10,000, 000 Jn steamships, ought not to be trou bled over a little thing like a. few Amer ican railroad systems. The latest Is a shovel. trust. The milk bottle trust and the coffin trust are now In need only, of a graveyard trust to make the round of life complete.. Send your Lewis and Clark button to some .frifl it the East' who will THE WEST IS J0ST BEGINNING Chicago Record-Herald. The increase in the population of the Atlantic States during the last decade and the Very slight movement westward of the center'of population are taken to signify that a steady retardation of this Western movement has begun. Here after, It is claimed, there will be no more of those wondrously large gains in the West which have been the marvel and the envy of the East. The probabilities are", however, that the check is only temporary. Jn its capacity for development and room for develop ment the West still enjoys much the same advantages that It always has. A little essay In comparative statistics will bring this fact forcibly to mind, as may be seen by the following table of states, with their areas and population; ' Area Popula- States. sq. miles. tlon. Mftcftflchnxpfts : B.54tl 2.605.340 Connecticut 5.012 0O8.333J New York 53.718 7.2G8.WU Now Jersey , 8.173 1.883.063 Pennsilvanla ....,-, 45.H23 6.301.365 "Washington ....70.574 MT.flJS Oregon 00.838 413.532 California ,.-,. 158 333 1.485.05.1 Kansas fe2.2J0 1 4CU.4 HJ Nebraska 77.531 1.0C8.U01 It will be observed that Massachusetts has nearly doubie the population of Cali fornia on about one-eighteenth of the area, and. although there Is relatively more waste In the Western, state. It has an enormous excess of fertile soil and can support a very much, larger number of people than Massachusetts. The two other Pacific 'Coast Spates have hardly begun their development and neither in them nofc In California will It depend upon agriculture alone. The Impulse which is now sure to come in Oriental trade wllj expand their commerce, boom their ports and stimulate the increase of their manu factures. Their timber, their coal, their varied mineral wealth, will all stand them Jn good stead. Throughout that whole territory 'there are likely to be eras of Immigration whfchi will surpass the experiences bf the past States like Kansas and Nebraska are practically all arable land, and with tho accumulation of capital from agriculture industries will be diversified and employ ment wljl be giyen to thousands upon new enterprises. This will be the case oyer the entire western part of the Mis sissippi vauey, anu.uiere can. uo uuuuus like the same promise of development In those crowded districts of the East, whose condition is so graphically told by the figures of the table; Intricate calculations might -be re quired to indicate the probable movement of the center of population, but the idea that the period of great emigration to the West has closed is absurd, A new impulse from the old fever-will be felt as soon as 'the country has thoroughly re covered from the effects of the hard times. ' An Unset Gem. New York Times. In refraining from telegraphing ab stracts of the speeches of welcome ad dressed to President McKlnley by the spokesmen of local delegations at his various stopping places, the Associated Press shows a wise discrimination. It is enough tq read what the President has to say ex officio and to see with what skill, he avoids saying anything Indis creet ' We frankly regret, however, that an exception was not mr.de in the case of the speech of Senator Daniel at Lynch burg. What he says does not usually mean much, but the language in which he manages to clothe it is so beautiful and furnishes such an Interesting Illus tration of a style of oratory nearly as extinct as the great auk that his utter ances merit preservation. On the occa sion referred to he must have surpassed himself. We can imagine him using the commonplace facts of local history is a springboard from which to leap Into the rarefied atmosphere of prophecy, and have no doubt that if Mr. McKlnley listened to him and remembered what he said he left Lynchburg with an un alterable conviction that when the mo mentarily more populous and more prosperous cities of the North shall be "one with Nlnevah and Tyre" Lynch burg will be. great with the arduous greatness. of things accomplished and In the enjoyment of a prosperity more en during than the fires which burn behind the ardent photosphere of the sun. What an addition this would have been to the rapidly subsiding torrent of typical American eloquence! It probably is not lost, but until it Is crystallized in the posthumous papers of this great orator, who stands pre-eminent among our pub lic men for sonorous word-building, thou sands who might have been made happy by and derived inspiration from the flow ing periods of his welcome of the Presi dential party to his home city will have to jdo without them. This is a pity. i A Clergyman's Slip of the Tongue. Chicago Tribune. Dr. Rainsford. rector of St. George's Church, New York, let his feelings get the better of his judgment for a moment last week while addressing the credit men of that city. In defending the missionaries in China he said there had crept into the controversy too much "damned rot." When the phrase appeared in cold type In the newspaper headlines the next day Dr. Ralnsford was among tne nrst 10 realize the bad taste of such language from a minister of the" gospel. A weaker man or one with less moral courage might have tried to evade the responsi bility 'for his slip of the tongue by deny ing that he said these words, He might have taken refuge in the frequent plea that the reporters had misrepresented him. Instead of ths Dr. Ralnsford man fully did the right thing by writing a brief card to be printed in the New York papers publicly acknowledging that he "spake unadvisedly with his lips," and expressing his sincere regret for the action. His public apology for his hasty and indcorous form of speech does credit to ' his character. Almost any man may say things which he wishes afterward he had left Unsaid, but not all men with unruly tongues have the courage to make a frank public confession of their mis takes. Failure of the Prune Trust. St Paul Pioneer Press. The prune crop of the Pacific States for the year just paesed amounted to nearly 200(000,000 pounds. The trust organized to control the crop appears to have been badly managed, as the fruit has been wholesaling at 2 cents a pound, in the face of the fact that most of It Is of a quality as good or better than that which the Twin City housewives buy at the rate of thre pounds for a quarter. It, iooks as If the trust ostensibly organized for the benefit of the fruitgrowers had really de voted itself to reducing the latter to a condition like that of the "shorn lambs" of Wall street. Profound Dianulet in Boston. Newark (N. TO News. At last the reformers in and around Boston have tackled an issue that is in every way "worthy of their steel." It Is the- degraded and degrading game of whist, which is apparently making hor rible Inroads upon the profound morality and polysyllablic virtues of the Boston youth, giving them a terrible distate for tranecendentallsm and other brands of philosophy. Mayors and other leaders of- thought are deeply stirred, and bean fed" intellect: is rallying for a remorse less crusade against the new evil. Denae Gloom. Baltimore American. For dense, almost palpable, gloom there has been nothing of late to compare with the silence' of Atkinson et al., of Boston. Agulnaldo's manifesto and recog nition of American superiority has ap parently cut the ground from their feet, and the tongue from their despair. They should pluck up more heart and Imitate the buoyancy of Agonclllo, who, not dis mayed by adverse fate, keeps on "gayly appointing' heads for the Flllpinds on the chain leter system. AMUSEMENTS. After sharing with Nathan Hale some of the most exciting moments of the Rev olution, one feels entitled to see that hero rescued from the halter at the last min ute; but -although the p!ay ends a, tragedy, the stirring words of the patriot, "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," thrill all true Americans like the news of a great victory, and show that Clyde Fitch chose the only logical con clusion for his play. "Nathan Hale" was seen at the Marquam by a good audiencj for the Urst time last night with Howard Kyle playing the part of the brave young soldier, and a supporting company that was In every way adequate. The play Is a rather curious blending of comedy and pathos, the love of Hale and his girl sweetheart, Alice Adams, making his tragic taklng-off well-nigh unendurable, in spite of the fact that It means for him a glory that no years can dim. The situa tions are all strong, and the climaxes are so admirably worked up as never to be lacking In effect The play Is full of patriotism, and It Is Indeed a cold audi ence that can sit through it and not be stirred with the feeling that there I3 but one country and one flag, and that the spirit which supplied the place of fuel and food at "Valley Forge could be count ed on just as readily today should the need arise. Opening In the school taught by Hale at the outbreak of the war, the story at first gives no Inkling of its somber hue it takes on as the scenes go by. Hale's love passages with his pretty pupil, the quaint picture of the old schoolroom, and the dainty wooing .of the backward Lebanon by Alice's pretty friend, . Angelica, all unite to provoke clean mirth until Hale accepts the mission that leads to his cap ture. In the second act, the return of Nathan to Alice, and the rueful appear ance of Angelica, with her secretly wedded husband, furnish as delightful a half-hour entertainment as can be Imagined; but after that it is all serious business, and jvhile there la plenty of opportunity for applause, It Is with tears and not with laughter that the audience testifies to its appreciation of the playwright's lines and the players' Interpretation of them. Howard Kyle makes a brave, dashing Hale, full of energy in the character of the patriot, and of tenderness In that of the lover. His scenes with Alice -are all well done, and tn the later acts, when luck has turned against him, he bears himself, as one would wish to see a brave American do In like circumstances. Jes sie Izett Is a winsome Alice Adams, pleas ing In the comedy scenes, while in her farewell to Hale in the lost act, she is able without a ward to set the handker chiefs fluttering all over the house. An toinette Proctor, as clever a little come dienne as on,e sees In a season, has but one opportunity,vher return home to con fess the. awful news of her marriage to her mother, and the way she does it is altogether excellent. Frederick' Webber, as Guy Fitzroy, is a sufficiently offensive villain, and John Miles, as Cunningham, well earns the hatred of the 'gallery. The remainder of the cast Is. adequate. The play is handsomely staged, and cos tumed with elaborate attention to his torical accuracy. The house last night was unusually demonstrative, responding loudly to the many appeals to patriotism scattered through the lines, and demand ing curtain calls repeatedly after every act "Nathan Hale" will be repeated tonight and tomorrow night Miss Roberts' Repertoire. . "A Suit of Sable" will be presented to night at Cordray's for the last time, by Miss Florence Roberts and her excellent company. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday matinee, will see a magnificent presentation of the play, "Camllle." Miss Roberts assumes the' role of Camllle, a part conceded to be one of the greatest in her repertoire. Miss Roberts Is said to depart from the stereotyped Camllle, making the character a charming and an unhackneyed and natural creation. The full strength of the company will be In the cast, and the management promises an elaborate stage setting and effects. Miss Roberts will wear some magnificent gowns. "Sapho" will be repeated on Friday night, and for the closing performance the dramatization of Bizet's opera, "Carmen," Is underlined, with Miss Roberts in the title role. Notea of the Stage. "Roanoke" will be the attraction at Cordray's next week. Charles Hanford has closed his season in "Private John Allen." Joseph Jefferson is playing a limited en gagement in New York. Sarah Bernhardt may produce a French version of "Mistress Nell" In Paris. John Drew and his daughter Louisa will make a European trip this Summer. Henrietta Crosman has returned to New York with "Nell Gwynn," and is doing a big business. John Philip Sousa has received notice of his appointment as an officer of the French Academy. "Sag Harbor," James Heme's great play, Is among the attractions yet to be seen at the Marquam this season. E. H. Sothern has written a curtain raiser, with the circuitous title of "Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You." John E. Warner, acting manager of the "Nathan Hale" company, Is renewing old acquaintances in Portland. Mr. Warner was formerly here with Nat C. Goodwin. A bill has been prepared to be introduced In the Prussian-Parliament to prolong the copyrights on Wagner's works. Under this law they will hbt become public prop erty till 19. Colonel "Wnttcraon'a Terrible Muse. New York Press. Colonel Watterspn has again broken for.th Into song, glorious and uplifting, bearing upon Its melllc pinions the sweet name of Tom Johnson, of Cleveland. The final burst, a panting Pindaric peridd. whoops triumphantly to 2eus. Note the finished elegance, the fluctuating ebb and roll, the sonorous majesty: Let the boy& In the trenches pray That it may be so; That this chip oft a sound old Kentucky block. Born in Dixie, Blesaed by Indiana. Blazed forth a leadr in Ohio. This "Cousin Tom Johnson of ours," Who went hence a barefoot . To come back with a pocket lull of buckeyes. May sweep the State of Ohio As he has swept the City of Cleveland; That he may fight and win the ante-Presidential battle of 1003, And that, repeating the etory of Tllden and Cleveland-, He may finally come to his Kingship, At the head of a mighty host of Democrats, Unterrlfled and undented. Nor castlne one look of longing or regret be hind! Ohio's Tom Johnson may live up to the pocketful of buckeyes, but to the lyric intensity of this silver pen no, uh, no! i Good Bonds Object-Leasons. Buffalo Express. The good-roads train, which Is to make a journey through the Mississippi Valley Under the auspices of the National Good Roads Assdclatlon, is now on its way to New Orleans, where the first work will be done. This train carries many kinds of roadbulldlng Implements, with which practical demonstrations will be made. Short stretches of road will be built at various points on the trip back to Chicago in the expectation of Interesting farmers In the work. The expedition will Involve an expenditure of about J30.W0, which was collected by the National Good Roads As sociation. There can be little doubt that the trip will benefit the good-roads- move .rnnt , i4 .NOTE AND COMMEXT' Russia will soon be-as unsafe a place of residence for Tolstoi as it i3 lor tha Czar. Zola has just written a play called "The Hurricane." It ought to be able to raise the wind. ? 1 Of couree, the new Shamrock Is faster than the old. She had to be if she ex pectcd to get a place. Now doth the soda fountain SIzz merrily away. And flir the fond young lover "With Indigo dismay. The capital of the country Is moving around about as rapidly these days ae did that of the Filipinos. Why doesn't a commission inquire Into the sanity of that Chicago professor who has never kissed a girl? ' The green apple and the swimming hole will soon take care of a portion of the surplus juvenile population. This is the time of year when people who can't afford to take ice beginf to keep the butter in a, pitcher. There are a good many rich men's sons In Omaha, and crooks who ore" out of. money should help themselves. Of course, San Francisco will get up a. few prizefights and a murder trial with which to entertain the President. The President la finding that'thereia no South, no North, no Northeast, a point North, and no Northeast by East. The press of New Orleans has suffered an Irreparable lose In the death of O. H. Stein, of the Times-Democrat. Mr. Stein, was a writer whose charm was appre ciated by the readers of hl3 paper no more; than by his brother newspaper writers In all parts of the country. His "By the Bye" column in the Times-Democrat waa clipped more liberally than the feature work of any contemporary writer. It waa well worth copying. John Cairns Is the agent of an express company at Scranton, Kan. Not long ago a Jug of liquor came to his office ad dressed to a certain man, and It had a C. O. D. attachment The man tq whom It was addressed refused to take it out and Cairns notified the shipper at Kansas City. Thereupon the shipper Inetructed Cairns to deliver the liquor to any one who would pay the charges, a procedure which Is said to be quite common In the state. Some citizen of Scranton paid the charges and toolr the liquor, but a. little later Cairns was arrested on the charge of selling whisky contrary to law. At the trial he was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of $100 and 30 daya in jail," from which, however, he has taken an appeaL Not many days ago the owner of a farm, wandered into New York and bought a. ticket for a "continuous performance." An Oriental wizard from the Eastern edge of Mandalay did some strange things on the stage. One of his feats was the tosalng about of three lighted lamps in a fashion that even Aladdin never dreamed of, Tho rural observer was filled with wonder. When he returned to his domestic hearth he could not resist the temptation to try to juggle the three kerosene lamps which, were the only sources of illumination in his humble homestead. He tosqed them about to such effect that his house waa soon afire, and the amateur "equilibrist"' was speedily aflame. The Insurance ad justers, both of the fire companies and the life companies, are still uncertain 'as to the amounts which they should equita bly pay over. August Siebner. of Waukesha, Wis., be lieves that he has solved the secret of the solar system. He has Invented an instrument which, he believes, will eome day make him fabulously wealthy. He has had for some time the Idea that there Is more than one sun, and by means of his Instrument he shows all the way from. two to 35 suns. The numerous suns ap pear In a group, one directly above the other. The instrument, when placed in another position reveals two suns some distance apart He says that he can, by means of his apparatus, bring the moon so close to the earth that every line on It Is discernible, and he says that It fs full of holes. He also tells wonderful tales of the inhabitants of the planets. He Intends to take his instrument to the State Observatory at Madison. PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHERS Henry's Failing. "Do not weep." they eald to the mourning' widow; "remember that Henry has cone to a land flowing with milk and honey." "I know," she sobbed. "I know But poor Henry was always so careless about his rubbers." Baltimore American. She Agreed With Him Husband B.ut ou must admit that my taste Jjfefljjhanfrybura Wife Tes, of course, ltr Is- Husband I'm surprised to hear you say so. Wife Oh. there's nothing remarkable about It. The mere fact that you married me and I married you proves it. Chicago News. Appendicitis. Tho woman wept when we told her that her husband had appendicitis.. Of course we strove to comfort her. "He may recover!" we urged. "Tes. but In any event, it Is "now the doctor's wife who gets a new Spring hat, and not It" she sobbed, con vulsively. Detroit Journal. , . Better Than No Bread. Cook (severely) Tes. ma'am! I'm going. And I can't give you a recommendation with the ladles of my pro fession. Though I will be aaylng that Mr. Sharpe Is a glntleman second to none. Mrs. Sharpe (meekly) Thanks, Bridget. Perhaps that will do Harper's Bazar. A Suggestion. "Don't you know," said tho kind-faced old Gentleman who stops to tallc to the children, "that it la very wrong "y to flght a boy smaller than yourself?" "Yes, was the reflective reply. "I'm willing to take my share of the blame. But I think he ought to have a. lecfure. too, on the Impru dence of speaking rudely to boys that are big ger than he is." Washington Star. It Jarred Him A Chicago broker recently found a postal card In his morning mall read ing as follows: "Dear BIr: Piease buy me 0000 shares of People's Gas at 05 cents and sell the same at $1 15. After deducting your commlMlon, you may remit me the balance In a registered letter. Tours very Respectfully, Mrs. Blank. P. S. My future patronage de pends upon the promptness with which you act (n executing the above order." Chicago News. Ambition. Washington Star. Supposing you succeed, oh! man of wealth, -At last in owning all this fruitful earth.. ., Tou could, not make the climate fpare you health Nor guide the humblest songster's twittering mirth. Tou could not make the "Winter cease its v storm. Nor let July take oa a gentle chill; Tou could not chanie the- smallest island's form. Nor bid the far-off thunder's note be etlli. Tou could not stay the urchin's whirling top Much less forbid old earth his daily spin. Nor force the sun to shine, the rain to drop. Nor change the things that make us weep or grin. "While. I admire the might which you turn loose, ' nM t . Un Ti,OTnnL T tun nt a. loss-. . Great power may b sweet, but what'stha rise Of owning something- that you cannot dossi