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PORTLAJfD, THURSDAY, JULY 25.
jTHB PITT OP THE TWO ADMIRALS.
There Is apparently an end of all hope
ithat the Schley-Sampson controversy
mlght be allowed to die. It has already
become the most memorable feud In the
history of our Navy, and Its appearance
In a court of Inquiry, if not later In a
civil suit for libel, will heighten the scan
dal and its demoralizing effect upon the
leervlce. All of which Is to be regret
ted. The truth Is desirable of establish
ment, but this Is a case where one would
fain be content to rest in ignorance of
the facts, If thereby the Navy's morale
and good name might be spared injury
and aspersion. But this is not to be.
The good that these two sterling offi
cers have done Is known to all. Inves
tigation will serve to bring out their er
rors and unworthlnesses over all of
which History would have been glad to
pass In silence. More in sorrow than In
anger must be viewed the part played
in this controversy by Its principals.
They have suffered from the advice of
fool friends, conspicuously from the
lack of counsel of wise friends, especial
ly in Congress. "With all their bravery
and allegiance to duty, they have be
come the victims of stupid and rancor
ous charges and counter-charges, the
least discreditable of whose excuses
was partisan fury.
These two men typify in their charac
teristics the complementary qualities
that have made the American Navy.
Sampson Is the organizer and perfecter
of the seagoing machine, Schley Is the
fighter. One is all invention, fore
thought and care; the other all dash
and bravery. It 111 becomes the Ameri
can Nation, happy today through the
labors of Its inventors and mechanics,
,to belittle Sampson's work" of perfect
ing our guns and explosives, as it
would 111 become them to depreciate the
heroic traditions which Schley has so
gallantly sustained. Himself a poor
,workIngman inyouth, and the son of a
day laborer, Sampson embodies the me
chanical Ingenuity and application
which puts America at the head of
naval as well as industrial achieve
ment". The armament of the new Navy,
the perfect condition of its guns, the
state of constant preparedness In which
the "West Indian fleet was kept, were
his work. Nobody knows quite so
much about ordnance as Sampson.
Hard study and constant effort have
given him for years authoritative emi
nence on modern armor and armament,
and on the use and comparative value
of explosives. So long ago as the es
tablishment of the Naval War College
at Newport." Sampson was the Instruc
tor oii torpedoes. As Inspector of Ord
nance at the Washington Navy-Yard
he assisted In the installment of the
present magnificent gun factory, and
'as chief of the Bureau of Naval Ord
nance he did the foundation work with
out which the victories of our war with
Spain would have been impossible.
Schley's career, on the other hand, is
a long succession of brilliant exploits.
They are too familiar, too closely inter-
woven with history, to need repetition
here. His rescue of Greely, his fine
record in the Chilean troubles, and his
1 admirable work at Santiago, are only
,-Ballent features in a record of uniform
faithfulness, determination and Intrep
.idlty. In view of the idolatry In which
he is held by the masses of his coun
trymenidolatry denied to Sampson by
his colder nature and In view of the
enthusiastic fetes and presentations
,with which he has been honored, it
would seem that a heavy burden of
generosity had been laid upon him as
well as upon Sampson, who is charged,
and not without reason, with its lack.
The trouble between Schley and
Sampson consists principally of the
later and unnecessary additions to the
original source of contention. Upon a
feeble flame an Immense conflagration
has been piled up. It was Sampson's
place to report the victory of Santiago.
That the terms of his report were un
fortunate may be conceded, and they
,were fittingly answered by Schley when
he said there was glory enough for all.
The matter might well have been ended
there, but so-called friends of each
began forthwith to war upon the other.
It was thought necessary to abuse
Sampson for his absence at the Slbo
ney conference with Shatter In his plain
line of duty, and, on the other hand, to
asperse the bravery of Schley in with
drawing the Brooklyn from where" It
"blanketed" the fire of the other ships
in the blockading squadron, notwith
standing an investigating committee
characterized his action as "the crucial
and deciding feature of the combat, and
of the most decided advantage."
The two men are commendable in
achievement, and they are equally cen
surable In controversy. There Is no
doubt that Sampson is morally culpable
for the attacks made on Schley in the
Maclay history. On the other hand, the
sketch of Schley contained In the "Na
tional Cyclopedia of American Biog
raphy," from materials manifestly fur
nished by Schley tolmself, asperses
Sampson. He is charged with dishon
estly claiming the credit for the San
tiago victory, and in another place the
chronicle bluntly says: "Sampson was
wrong." There has been ill-mannered
vindictlveness. therefore, on both sides.
Altogether, the affair is one of the
most lamentable In our history, espe
cially in view of the possibilities of
friendly esteem and co-operation with
two men of such high abilities and long
service. Their old age, which should be
crowned with peace and honor, is to
die out, it seems, In bitterness and ran
cor. Schley is 62, and Sampson 61.
Each entered Annapolis at the age of
17, one a year behind the other, and
in that order, a year apart, they gradu
ated. The opening of the Civil War
found them both boys In the Union
fleets, and It was upon the same day,
July 16, 1S62, that they were commis
sioned Lieutenants. The same year
that Schley distinguished himself in the
Insurrection of Chinese coolies on the
Middle Chlncha Islands, Sampson was
commended for bravery In an affair in
Charleston Harbor. From 1867 to 1869
the two men were instructors side by
side at the Naval Academy, Sampson
having natural philosophy and Schley
having languages. Twenty years later
they joined forces at Santiago, where
joint victory should "have crowned the
acquaintance of a lifetime with fra
ternal gratitude and rejoicing, but
where Instead was raised up a feud of
undying hate. It is a story of great
ness, and yet littleness, from which one
is fain to turn with heart-sickness and
regret Few days without a cloud
somewhere on the horizon. Few sun
sets without heavy shadows between
Its lines of beauty.
THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC.
President Eliot, of Harvard Univer
sity, -points out in the Independent that
the atmosphere and habit of democracy
makes the Roman Catholic Church
something other In America than it is
in Europe. Dr. Eliot notes the fact
that the present' pope has conceded the
principle of government from the peo
ple, abandoning the old dogma of the
divine right of Princes, so that the
Catholic Church of today does not hold
that God appoints and approves for the
people any particular form of govern
ment or selects particular men who are
to rule. American Catholicism is some
thing very different from that of Euro
pean countries, because of the modifica
tion which the American democracy
has brought about In the quality, func
tion and manners of the Catholic prel
ate and the Catholic priest. The Amer
ican priest Is a different creature In
manners, customs and intellectual hab
its from the European priest.
President Eliot had in mind, of
course, the kind of Catholic priest in
America that Is Illustrated by Cardinal
Gibbons, Archbishop Ireland, Bishop
Keane and Bishop Spalding. Bishop
Spalding, in a recent address before
the National Educational Association
at Detroit on "Progress in Education,!'
illustrated the Americanism which
President Eliot says colors the Roman
Catholic in this country. Bishop Spald
ing was not born and bred in the Old
World, and yet he is not a new convert;
he Is the son of an old Catholic family,
and he is proud of his American ances
try and his country. He dwelt with
enthusiasm on "the great system of
schools In which free education Is of
fered to all," and every other develop
ment of our educational system. The
Rev. John B. Coyle, of New Haven,
Conn., recently said, replying to a gen
eral attack upon the Catholics made by
Rev. Charles W. Merriam, of Spring
field, Mass., that the charge that Cath
olics were disloyal to the United States
Government because of their faith was
without foundation. He said that the
Catholic Church never Interferes with
the law of the state. Our Government
Is founded on just laws, and Interferes
with no one's right of conscience.
Rev. Father Malone recently said at
Denver that the American Catholics
want no union of church and state, even
in the Philippine Islands, Whose people
are nearly all Catholics, and where
union of church and state has endured
for centuries. Father Malone says that
the American Catholics want no union
of church and state because they have
seen its disadvantages in other lands
and believe the church In the Philip
pines will rapidly develop along the
lines followed out by the Catholic
Church in the United States, free and
untrammeled and entirely independent
of the state. The contrast between the
entire separation of church and state in
the United States and the perpetuation
of a state church in England is strik
ingly illustrated by the protest of over
thirty of the members of the English
nobility against the denouncement of
doctrine of trans-substantiation em
bodied in the declaration made by King
Edward on his accession. This dec
laration repudiates, as "superstitious
and Idolatrous" the Roman Catholic
I doctrine that through consecration by
a priest tne suostance of bread and
wine is changed Into the substance of
Christ's body and blood. This declara
tion of the King Is deemed by the Cath
olic peers as an Insult to Roman Cath
olic subjects of the British crown. The
Catholic peers of England Include the
Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Rlpon and
a number of very able and accomplished
members of the British nobility. The
efforts to procure any satisfactory re
vision of the declaration has failed,
owing to the fact that the great mass
of English Protestants, while willing to
grant liberty of speech to Roman Cath
olics, are firmly opposed to any amend
ment of the declaration made under
oath by every King of England since
the test act was passed in the reign
of Charles II.
There is really no way out of the
difficulty in England so long as there Is
a union of church and state. American
Catholics can discern through this dis
agreeable situation in England the
trammels to which union of church and
state subjects their church. No wonder,
remembering this. Father Malone pre
fers what President Eliot calls ''the
voluntary church in a democracy." It
Is true that the Catholic Church in
America teaches loyalty to the political
faith of the people in which it makes its
home. Archbishop Hughes was an able
and enthusiastic supporter of the Union
cause, but the Catholic Church at the
South, true to its environment, was ar
dent in its devotion to the Confederacy.
The most beautiful tributes to the
Southern cause, lh victory and in de
feat, were written by the poet-priest,
Father Ryan. This Is always the pol
icy of the church in America; for any
other policy would be fatal to its best
Influence for the future. Where the
Union flag waved Bishop Hughes and
his church were loyal to it, because it
was the flag of their environment, their
section; and where the Confederate
flag waved the Catholic Church was
loyal to It as the flag of their environ
ment and their section. There was no
state church, and the Catholic Church
accepted the local politics of its flock,
North or South.
SUDDEN DEATH.
The sudden death of Rev. Dr. Gue
while in active pursuit of labor in his
special line of endeavor closes a life of
devotion to duty as duty appealed to
him, and was a sad shock to the com
munity, and particularly to those who
attended Centenary Church. As he fre
quently expressed himself, Dr. Gue
loved life for the sake of its beauty and
the opportunities that It offered, but
he was ready to yield it up upon a mo
ment's notice. Even this brief notice
was apparently denied him, as it Is pos
sible that in the final summons he did
not with his mortal senses recognize
the call of death. Though a stereotyped
prayer, followed each successive Sun
day by thousands of worshipers, enu
merates "sudden death" as one of the
evils from which deliverance Is asked,
many, perhaps a large majority, of
sober-minded persons regard the sud
den summons with less apprehension
than the wasting, lingering, fading
process of dying which is directly op
posite thereto. Indeed, many thought
ful persons have placed themselves
upon record as desiring a sudden call
from earth when their allotted time
had expired. We are all familiar with
William Cullen Bryant's expressed
wish to meet death
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him and lies down to pleasant dreams,
And his biographer notes in his peace
ful and unheralded death on a quiet
Summer day the fulfillment of a wish
often expressed.
Robert Ingersoll, the great agnostic,
had his wish in a sudden and painless
death, and Mrs. Barbauld, an English
poetess of rare sensibility and delicacy
of expression, tenderly sang:
Life, we've been long together
Through pleasant and through cloudy weather;
'Tls hard to part when friends are dear
Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear;
Then steal away, give little warning.
Choose thine own time;
Say not good-night, but In some brighter clime
Bid me good morning.
This thought, it may be added, found '
expression among persons in all con
ditions of life, the more unselfish tem
pering the wish for a sudden and pain
less "going to sleep" with pity for the
shock that its fulfillment would give to
friends, but still clinging to the hope
for a quiet, unheralded exit from the
world, to which, having been warned
by the monitor Palnu they might be
disposed to cling with unseemly and
fruitless struggle.
A death that was at the time heralded
as "shocking" or "beautiful," according
to the view of the person who spoke
of the event, occurred In one of the
churches of this city a few years ago.
The subject was a gentle woman of de
votional spirit, who found, it was said,
her greatest enjoyment in church music,
and so fitly was the closing of her life
already past middle age ordered that
she died during the singing of one of
her favorite hymns, the devotional at
mosphere vibrating with the sweet
strains of music she loved. Certainly,
as compared with such a passing, the
death after hours or days of wasting
Illness, surrounded by tearful friends
sorrowfully waiting for the event. Is
to be feared and dreaded.
Of Dr. Gue his friends will say exult
antly, "He died in the harness." On his
way to the railroad station to meet a
detachment of the Epworth League,
members of which many hundred
strong he was preparing to greet at
Centenary Church on the following
evening, he simply fell forward, and
his work was done. While there may
be just cause for regret and sorrow
among his people at losing him since,
according to his estimate, there is still
much to do for the church there can
be no reasonable regret at the manner
of his taking off. The lesson of his
death, and one that has much wider
significance than that given to It by
eccleHlastlclsm, Is. embodied In the text,
"Be ye also ready," a lesson which, If
applied to the material affairs of life,
would leave fewer families unprepared
for the always possible emergency of
the breadwinner's sudden death.
FREGXANT HINT FROM CHICAGO.
Chicago has an alderman who pos
sesses many of the attributes of Cap
tain Reece, of H. M. S. Mantelpiece,
and Chicago Is standing under the
shade of her skyscrapers and pointing
to him with as much pride as the tem
perature will permit It Is not always
that Chicago so justly points with
pride, either, for this Alderman, whose
name Is John MInwegen, is a walking
solution of the problem of municipal
government, and wherever two or three
like him shall be gathered together
there will rise a model city. Strolling
along the lake front the other day, this
paragon observed several hundred
boys gazing with pathetic wistful
ness at the margin of the lake, which
was so littered with' drift and rubbish
that the free bathjng privileges to
which they were entitled were denied
them. The Alderman did not put his
hands In his pockets and walk indif
ferently away; he did not start in mo
tion the cumbersome municipal ma
chinery that would have cleared the
beach In time for the skating season,
and he did not sit down and reflect on
the great mistake people make by com
mitting poverty. He simply shed his
coat, summoned the youngsters to his
assistance, and cleared the beach so
that In less than an hour the lads were
diving and wallowing in the waves,
rising up occasionally to call him
blessed.
A day or two later Mr. MInwegen
crossed a bridge, and, observing In the
driveway a hole of sufficient size to
admit the passage of a horse's body,
he alighted from his buggy, hunted up
nlanks. hammer and nails, again
cleared his back for action, and re
paired the break.
The lesson which this remarkable man
has taught should be printed in large
letters on the first page of all treatises
on municipal reform. However start
ling the Idea that Councllmen should
go and do likewise, It cannot be dis
puted that here In Portland, for ex
ample, a few men like Alderman MIn
wegen could do things. On the East
Side. In South Portland and on Alder
street are certain elevated roadways
which have given rise to some trifling
discussion as to the manner in which
they should be repaired. Why not or
ganize a brigade of able-bodied Coun
cllmen, equip them with lumber, tools
and Industry and set them to work
patching up the rotting woodwork of
these highways until such time as the
city shall be able and willing to pay' for
new ones?
It may not have escaped the notice
of sharp-eyed persons 'that the pave
ment on Third, Fourth and North
Sixth streets is not free from imper
fections. The Asphalt Company has a
traction roller, a kit of long-handldd
flatlrons and some melting-pots which
could be rented cheaply, and with a
few Councllmen to man them, wonders
could be accomplished in the way of
smoothing up these gently undulating
thoroughfares. Macleay Park needs'
pathways to make It accessible, and a
party of two or three Councllmen,
working Industriously for a couple of
afternoons a week, could soon supply
them. In fact, there seems to be no
limit to the good that could be accom
plished by the adoption of Alderman
Mlnwegen's policy, not only In Im
proving and beautifying the city, but
to the Councllmen themselves, for each
night they would hasten home with
tired but enlarging muscles, excellent
appetites and that elevating and en
nobling consciousness that "something
attempted, something done, had earned
their night's repose."
Records are cited to show that Presi
dent Cleveland, in his second Adminis
tration, granted more pardons to vio
lators of the United States banking
laws than did President McKlnley dur
ing his fir3t or completed term. In
President Cleveland's record 44 applica
tions for pardon in banking cases ap
pear, 41 of which were acted upon fa
vorably. In President McKlnley's, 60
cases were acted upon 36 favorably.
In neither case can the record be said
to be creditable to the Executive. Bank
thieves are the last criminals who
should be permitted to escape the pen
alty of their peculations. Whatever the
showing made in their behalf looking
to Presidential pardon, It cannot
be granted without Injustice. The
bank-robber from the outside would be
presumptuous Indeed were he, having
been duly convicted, to apply to the
state executive for pardon, yet he who
at once abuses the confidence of the
thrifty, and, under pretense of saving
and securely Investing their earnings,
steals them bpldly from the bank, ap
proaches the Chief Magistrate of the
Nation with his plea for pardon and
retires smiling with the coveted docu
ment in his hand. It is plain that,
whether Cleveland or McKlnley appears
In the role of pardon-grantor to bank
thieves, he discredits his position by
playing it-
The late Lewis Elkin. of Philadelphia,
left a large fortune as a trust fund for
the benefit of teach'ers of the public
schools of that city who have taught
therein 25 consecutive years, and, be
coming superannuated, have no means
of support The benefaction is to be
known as the Lewis Elkin fund for the
relief of disabled school teachers in the
employ of the City of Philadelphia. It
amounts to about $2,000,000, and each
duly accredited beneficiary is to re
ceive an annuity from the investment
of the fund of $400. There will be rela
tively few beneficiaries, "for the reasons,
first, that relatively few persons teach
twenty-five consecutive years, and,
again, that those who do are of the
thrifty class who save during the earn
ing period of life for Its non-productive
stage. Still, the fund will find benefi
ciaries, and, finding; shed comfort and
contentment upon the closing years of
many men and women who have been
useful In their day and generation
withbut being accumulative. Such per
sons constitute a distinct class of the
aged poor, since almshouses In the or
dinary Interpretation of the term ,are
not for them, and homes for destitute
old people of gentility are already over
crowded. Commissioner Hermann has, by a re
cent decision, In which upon appeal he
was upheld by the Secretary of the In
terior, dispelled the hopes of another
"squaw man" who expected to come
Into possession, through his halfbreed
children, of a fine tract of land as a
tribal "allotment." The land In ques
tion Is about fifteen miles from Fort
Benton. Mont. The Commissioner held
that, having married a white man, the
Indian woman had severed her tribal
relations, and that neither she nor her
children, the Issue of such marriage,
are entitled to consideration as Indians.
This decision is in the Interest both of
justice and of decency, and may per
haps discourage such marriages and
the multiplication of children for whom
there is no place, either among Indians
or whites.
Adah Isaacs Menken, the Ill-starred
wife of the late R. H. Newell (Orpheus
C. Kerr), was during her wild life in
Paris the boon companion of Alexander
Dumas, the famous author of "Count
of Monte Crlsto" and "Trie Three Mus
keteers." A picture of Dumas, sitting
cheek by jowl with "The Menken," was
In general circulation In Paris, and was
for sale In the New York City picture
shops some thirty-five years ago. The
contrast between the man and woman
was so violent as to be repulsive. Du
mas, an old man with strongly marked
negro features, was a singular mate for
a young and beautiful woman. Dumas
was only quarter-blood negro, but, as
not seldom happens, his negro blood
was strongly revealed In his hair, com
plexion and lips.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, which Is the
property of John R. McLean, thus ad
monishes C. K. Wheeler, of Kentucky,
who still professes allegiance to the
Chicago and Kansas City platforms:
"Not all that Democratic conventions
have resolved upon from time to time
is to be obstinately adhered to. Heaven
forbid! . . . The Ohio Democratic
platform adopted at Columbus In this
blessed year of our Lord 1901 is worth
a thousand Chicago and Kansas City
platforms of 1896 and 1900. It is repre
sentative, not of the situation five years
ago, but an expression of the views of
the live Democrats of the State of Ohio
this minute."
Oliver Stevens has been District At
torney of Suffolk County, Mass.," for
twenty-seven years. He is now 76
years of age, is a Democrat, and was
elected In 1874, when the Democrats
elected Gaston Governor and sent four
Democrats to Congress, besides two In
dependents elected by Democratic sup
port Mr. Stevens is a brother of the
famous Isaac I. Stevens, who was the
first Governor of Washington Terri
tory and was killed at the head of his
troops at Chantllly, Va., September 1,
1862.
Prairie fires have added their hot
breath and flying cinders to the tropi
cal heat under which portions of Colo
rado. In common with other Rocky
Mountain sections, Is sweltering. This
means terror and loss to settlers, and
great anxiety to stockralsers, which It
is impossible to overestimate.
WHEN WILL THE WORLD BE FULL
Chicago Eyening Post
In the current Cosmopolitan J. Holt
Schooling wants to know when this, old
world will be compelled to hang out the.
sign, "Standing Room Only," and he pro
ceeds to answer his own query in a very
Interesting fashion. In general, figures
and statistics do not make inviting Sum
mer reading, but as Mr. Schooling's sta
tistics are in the nature of things specula
tive, and as they suggest further specula
tion of an inconclusive and not brain-fogging
character, they may be read, as most
magazine offerings are read at this sea
son, simply to while away an Idle hour.
Mr. Schooling's first duty Is to fix the
present population of the world; his next
to determine what has been the average
rate of increase for a given period he se
lects the 19th century.
In 1SS6 he finds the world's population
was 1.483,000,000; it was 6S2,000,000 in 1S10.
With these figures and those for interme
diate periods and years he reaches the
conclusion that "we take as our unit of
comparison the fact that the population
of the world has increased during the 19th
century at an average yearly rate of 10
persons per 1000 of population," and with
this percentage of Increase he proceeds
to fill the world In this fashion:
"We have now to look Into the future,
and ascertain when the world will be full.
I propose to take as equivalent to 'full'
a population of 1000 persons to each square
mile of land In the world. This is a dens
ity of population which is not far short of
being twice that of the thickly massed
population of Belgium 572 persons to the
square mile.
"At this rate of 1000 persona to every
square mile of land on the earth, the
space Jtor each person would be, on the
average, less than two-thirds of an acre
apiece, or a square-shaped land space
each side, of which measures only 55
yards. This average land space for each
person living in the world would have to
suffice for all purposes; agriculture, min
ing, roads, houses, parks, railways, fac
tories, etc., and thus an average density
of world population that is equal to 1000
persons per mile of land may bo regarded,
not inappropriately, as equivalent to the
world's being full.
"If we apply to the future growth of the
world's population the rate of Increase
that has obtained during the 19th century
one person per 100 per year we obtain
the following forecast:
No. to
Tear. Millions, square mile.
1900 1,600 or 31
2000 4.32S or S3
2100 .i 11,706 or 225
2200 31,662 or 609
2250 52,073 or 1,001
"As there are 52,000,000 square miles of
land on the earth, and as we are to con
sider 1000 persons to each square mile as
the equivalent of the world's being full.
It follows that we want a world popula
tion of 52,000,000,000 persons to fulfill this
condition.
"A glance at the above statement of
growth in the world's population shows
that the necessary growth fom 1,600,000,000
in the year 1900 to the 62,000,000,000 of per
sons wanted for our purpose will eventu
ate.in the year 2250, almost 300 years ahead
of the present time, when it may be neces
sary to hancr out a notice to the effect
that the world Is full to the utmost
limit. '
"At the present time thB density of popu
lation in the world is ahput one and a
half times that of the population of the
United States. In the year 2000 the density
of the world population will still be con
siderably under the present density of
China or of Spain; In the' year 2100, how
ever, this density will be on the track of
Germany's present density of population,
and will have passed the present density
of France, while In the year 2200 the dens
ity of world population will have gone be
yond the present high density of Belgium's
population; and in the year 2250 there will
be 1000 persons to every square mile of
land In the earth and the world will be
full."
Then let all newcomers take heed that
they must stand In the aisles or view the
great drama of life from the back of the
big, overcrowded playhouse.
Now those who wish to fill in their Idle
time with nencll and oaDor may try to
figure out the average decreasing effect of
disasters, .wars, plagues, etc., on popula
tion, the average rate of Increase or de
crease of habitable land not forgetting by
the way that scientists have told us the
waters of the earth are drying up. Per
haps this process of evaporation may keep
pace with the increase of population. Then
when the earth really is full It may con
tain a population so dry that almost any
other kind of fullness would be prefer
able. You see, there is no end of light
and diverting speculation along these lines,
and the beauty of it is It needn't cause
a particle of worry.
The First Folio Shakespeare.
To the Editor of the New York Times:
The cabled account of the sale of a first
folio Shakespeare for 1720 Is sadly lack
ing In details, for which reason it is per
haps wisest to reserve comment until
fuller information Is obtainable. When a
copy was alleged to have been sold some
two years ago for a sum approximating
yesterday's price the present writer, over
his signature in the Evening Post, ques
tioned the price, or the genuineness of the
sale, and the late Mr. Bernard Quaritch,
shortly before his decease, admitted that
"owing to a vpecular chain of circum
stances" at least $2500 (500) more was
paid for that volume than it was worth.
It seems absolutely safe to assert that no
known copy Is actually worth any such
sum as that said to have been paid yes
terday. Your comment that the Daly copy is one
of the finest extant calls for decided
qualification. In using the words "finest
extant" concerning such a book as the
first folio the number of copies to which
such language could be applicable is so
limited that I know of no copy ever likely
in the future to reach the auction-room
which could properly be so described, save
that belonging to the Baroness Burdett
Coutts. It is a most remote contingency
that her copy will ever be offered at
auction. c. A. H.
Tariff Goes Up; Wool Comes Down.
Chicago Chronicle.
With the highest tariff on wool that the
country ever saw, standard Ohio wool is
now cheaper than it was before the Ding
ley tariff rates were adopted. The "pro
tective tariff instead of stimulating
wool prices, has stimulated phenomenally
the production of cheaper substitutes for
wool. Science and enterprise have caused
various treatments of other fibers In such
a way that the world is getting along
with less wool th.an It formerly needed.
The flocks are decreasing in number and
the wool supply is falling off. Yet the
price goes down and down. Ohio fleeces
which were worth 35 cents a pound in 1900
are now worth but 27 cents a pound. And
the professional woolgrowers are saying
that they must have a still higher tariff.
They learn nothing. They would find that
a higher tariff would have the effect to
Increase still more the supply" of sub
stitutes for wool. As the tariff on wool
goes up the price of wool will come down.
Virginia I Next.
Philadelphia Times.
Virginia is likely to be the next state
to cut loose from Bryan and Bryanlsm.
The Democrats of the Old Dominion will
hold a state convention in August, and,
according to good judges of the situation,
they will follow the wholesome example
lately set by Ohio. If this shall be done
It will be another significant step in the
complete reorganization of the Democratic
party. Strength is lent to this prediction
by the fact that the Virginia constitu
tional convention recently resolved not to
listen to a speech from Bryan, who was
then visiting the capital of the state.
Dnngerjous to Fool With.
Kansas City Journal.
Along In May there was much complaint
that the cool, wet weather was retarding
the corn crop. Perhaps somebody prayed
for a warm, dry season and put too much
unction Into the effort We 'must be care
ful how we meddle with the elements.
AMUSEMENTS.
Not elnce "The Tyranny of Tears" was
given here, more than a year ago, has
such a brilliant comedy been produced at
the Marquam as "The Importance of
Being Earnest," which was the bill
given by Henry Miller and his company
at the Marquam last night. But seven
people figure In It to any extent Mr.
Miller, Mr. Cherry, Mr. Thorne, Miss Eu
stace, Miss Rockwell, Miss Elllston and
Miss Clement and each plays his or her
part so artistically that It would be dif
ficult to draw comparisons, although Miss
Eustace has perhaps a shade the best
of It, owing to a superior opportunity.
The comedy Is a topsy-turvy affair, so
full of wit that one has to be constantly
on tho watch for it, and abounding with
recurrences of the unexpected.. It is
handsomely mounted, and the costuming
of the women was such as to cause a
flutter among the feminine portion of the
audience every time a new gown ap
peared. "D'Arcy of -tho Guards" will be the bill
tonight. '
Notes of the Stage.
Maurice Barrymore Smith, of Cordray's
Theater, is picking up points in box-office
ethics in San Francisco.
Arthur Elliott, of the Miller Company,
appeared in Portland last with Blanche
Walsh, and has been here in support of
Fanny Davenport.
Mr. Rosebrcok, the musical director of
the Henry Miller Company, for a num
ber of years played the cornet In various
Portland orchestras.
The Marquam orchestra has been rein
forced this week by the leadership of
Sam Drlscoll, who led Cordray's orches
tra through the Winter and Spring.
An ostrich on a ranch near Los Angeles
has been named Jame3 Neill, and the
actor plumes himself on the supposition
that it Is because he has made so many
long runs.
Blanche Bates, who Is bringing to a
close the last week of her successful run
In "Under Two Flags" in San Francisco,
Is preparing to appear In Ib3en's drama,
"Hedda Gabbler."
A Sprnprne Heirloom.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The President has appointed Richard L.
Sprague, of Massachusetts, Consul at Gib
raltar. It has not been generally believed
that there is anything like hereditary of
fice In the United States Governmental
service, but the career of the Sprague
family would indicate that there Is a pret
ty close approach to It.
The Spragues came from Boston and
in 1S32 Andrew Jackson appointed Horatio
of that family to the Gibraltar Consulship.
Mr. Sprague had taken up his residence in
Gibraltar soon after the War of 1S12, and
was In business there at the time of his
appointment. His son, Horatio J., lately
deceased, was born in the Consulate and
began to assist his father when he was
9 years old. In 1S48 the elder Sprague
died while on a visit to the United States,
and President Polk soon after appointed
the son to the vacant position, and he
held it until last Thursday, the day of
his death. He had served under 14 Presi
dents, and was the dean of the Consular
Corps. Although he seldom visited this
country, he Is said to have been intense
ly loyal to the United States and always
looked after the Interests of Americans
carefully.
The appointment of Richard H. Sprague
to the place once filled by his father and
grandfather means that the heirloom
will still remain In the family. It is prob
able that a better choice could not have
been made. The salary is a pittance, but
the work required has always been well
performed.
It is said that owing to the geographical
position of Gibraltar, the nearest United
States Minister being at Rome, the Consul
there is often called upon to act in mat
ters requiring a high order of intelligence,
and the thorough acquaintance of the
Spragues" with tho Mediterranean ports
and people has In a large measure been re
sponsible for the continuance of the fam
ily In the Consulate.
i m
Coxey Reverse Himself.
Time presents some strange mutations,
but none stranger than the wide con
trasts In the career of "General" Jacob S.
Coxey. Less than 10 years ago he was
the moving spirit in that remarkable ag
gregation of discontent known as Coxey's
army, the champion of disorganized and
dissatisfied labor in its march across the
continent to Washington, the man who,
with his motley following, was told to
"keep off the grass" of the National Cap
itol grounds.
Today he is chief stockholder of the
Coxey Steel Casting Company, of Mount
Vernon, O., and expects soon to be turn
ing out steel billets and bars and having
trouble with the labor unions. A decade
ago the deity of every Idle tramp in the
country, the mounted leader of a foot
sore and aimless mob; today cheek by
Jowl with "plutocrats," anticipating war
with his old-time comrades, forecasting
victory for the steel magnates 4n the pres
ent struggle with the Amalgamated As
sociation. If labor ever fancied it had an apostle.
If the "brotherhood of man" doctrine ever
had a preacher, It was Coxey. Of course,
nobody believed In him except, those who
were shiftless, unfortunate or discontent
ed, but none the less his following was
large, and the movement he started was
for a time disquieting. Now all is differ
ent. Coxey has had his troubles with
strikers; they have touched his pocket;
and his views have changed.
Coxey has forgotten his old comrades.
Weary Willie and Wandering Walker. Ho
fain would keep step from now on with
Schwab and Pierpont Morgan.
The Popping of "Bud."
Indianapolis Sun. "
Yes, modest as a Illy was sweet little Dory
Wilkes
With hair as soft an' silky as the silkiest of
silks.
An on hT peachy dimpled cheek the downiest
o' fuzz
An' eyes that never looked at you, bo bashful
like they wuz.
She wuz purty no denyln that! 'Mongst
women high an' low
She would surely take tho ribbon in a purty
woman show.
I tried to pop a dozen times I started, but
law me!
I felt so sorry fer the girl I had to stop, you
see.
She trembled like a maple leaf an' blushed
until I swore
To Dory Wilkes I'd never pop the question
any more.
It happened, though, a year ago, a hull big
wagonload
Went down to Nclderhouser's dance down on
the lower road,
Well, every tlmo I'd swing that girl she'd
blush like everything.
Her blushes flowed as easy as the music from
the string, '
An when a set wuz ended an' w"d go set
down an rest
An' I would ask here who on earth she thought
she liked the best
She'd J 1st look at her shoes er fall to study in' a
crack.
An' then some chap from Millersvllle, he
passed tho applejack.
I downed three cups, an Dory, she took three,
too, If you choose.
An' then tho fourth, because she wuz too bash
ful to refuse!
The music played we took the floor I rickel-
lect it yet
In all my life I never danced sich a delightful
set!
The dance wuz through, an' not a sound came
from the fiddle strings.
But Dora Btayed out on the floor an' danced
four Highland flings!
"Well, goln' home that night the moon shone
QUlet-llko an' still,
An Dory's hat wuz on my head when we
passed Millersvllle,
But happy as a bird I wuz, fer I'd asked Dora
an'
She said: "You bet I'll marry you! Old boy,
give me ye-hand!"
"All's fair In love." I thought an' said "Git
up there," to the bay.
Tho person who kin hold tho most's the one
who wins today.
NOTE AND COMMENT. -
Aro the down-river correspondents af
fected with the flsh-story fever?
Carbolic acid Is effective, but not know
ing It was loaded Is considerably moro
Immediate.
Writers of history would do well to wait
until all the men of whom they write
have passed Into It
President Shaffer seems to be one of the
few remaining Institutions which J. P.
Morgan doesn't own.
This big run of salmon will do Astoria
more good than all the common-point
rates in the tariff sheets.
The horse may worry about the automo
bile, but the carrier pigeon Is not yet
viewing the airship with alarm.
Tho people who call this hot weather
ought to be doomed for a certain tlmo
to walk the sidewalks of New York.
When Admiral Dewey goes to the coro
nation of King Edward he will leave that
capture-or-destroy dispatch at home.
There are still enough expert swimmers
and men who rock boats left to mako
an active market for grappling hooks.
Actor Cummlngs can not find any suits;,
but attorneys for members of his com
pany seem to be able to dig up one now
and then.
Perhaps if William Waldorf Astor will
be real good King Edward will let him
shoot off a few fireworks to celebrate tha
coronation.
The Los Angeles Times prints an ad
vertisement of a cemetery which is so
attractive as to expose that city to art
epidemic of suicide.
The man who" catches 3500 pounds ofi
fish in one day had better keep still
about It If he places any value on hla
reputation for veracity.
A good rainmaker could command a sal
ary in Kansas now which would makJj
that paid to President Schwab took like J
the average contribution to a Populist
campaign fund.
Pierre Lorlllard's estate appears to bd
worth only about $4,000,000, or much less
than was commonly supposed. On tho
other hand the estate of tho late John
I. Blair, of Blalrstown, N. J., which ap-'
peared in the will to be worth from $20,
000,000 to 30,000,000, Is now valued by tho
executor at $50,000,000.
It Is well that the Sampson-Schley con
troversy Is to be Investigated. It will
bring the two Admirals from the modest
oblivion with which they have wrapped
themselves since the Jack tars under their
command deposited the Spanish fleet be
neath the sad sea waves.
Under a rule recently adopted by tho
Board of Education of New York City
school children will no longer be allowed
to give presents to their teachers unless
tho gifts shall be sent anonymously to tho
teachers' homes. The object of the new
regulation Is to put an end to favoritism
In the public schools, charges having
been made that certain teachers wero
partial to the children of well-to-do par
ents because of the presents which such
youngsters brought them. Such a rulo
has been In effect in the Portland schools
for a number of years, and- is rarely vio
lated. Sir Harry Poland, a British maglstrato
noted for his brilliancy, Is careless In hU
dress. Once his family persuaded him to
go to Poole and order a fashionably-cut
suit To the chagrin of the household
Sir Harry looked more outlandish in the
new clothes than in his old ones. His
brother-in-law went to see Poole about It
"It is not my fault, sir," the tailor as
sured him. "Every care was taken, but
how could we fit a gentleman who would
insist upon being measured sitting
down?" And the only satisfaction that
could be obtained from Sir Harry Poland
himself later on was the dry comment:
"Well, It's my business, not your. I like
to be comfortable. I spend three parts
of my life sitting down, and I prefer to
be measured so."
A Chicagoan and his wife recently were
visiting an' old friend who owns a ranch
near Phoenix. Mrs. Lakeside had gone
there for her health and a 17-year-old girl
was detailed to wait upon her, relates a
gossiper. One afternoon mistress and maid
were seated in a room together, when the
girl saw a good-sized rattlesnake colled
In a corner not far from the Invalid's
chair. The girl knew the delicate condi
tion of the Chicago woman's health and
quietly thought of a plan to save her any
undue excitement "I think I heard Mr.
Lakeside calling you at the gate." she
said quietly. The Invalid left the room
in search of her husband, and as soon as
she was out of hearing the girl ran for a
whip and In a few moments had killed
the reptile. She had just carried It away
when Mrs. Lakeside returned, saying that
she could not find her husband. Then the
girl told her what had happened. Tho
Chicago man was overwhelmingly and
substantially grateful to, the cool-headed
maid, who Is now installed in his South
Side home as his wife's personal attend
ant The rattlesnake's skin 13 being
fashioned into pocketbooks as souvenirs
of the nerve-trying occasion.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGIUPHBRS
Common Enough. "I saw a girl with four
sets of teeth in her head yesterday." "Nol"
"Yes. She wore side combs." Philadelphia '
Bulletin.
The "Widow's Intended. 'Well, Tommy, has
your" mother told you of my good fortuno7"
Tommy No. She only said she was going to
marry you!" Punch.
Teacher Johnny, how many different kinds
of force are there? Johnny Three kinds.
Teacher Name them. Johnny Bodily force,
mental force and the police force. Tlt-Blts.
Doubts and Difficulties. He One cannot al
ways tell whether a girl means what she says.
She And one cannot always tell whether a
man cares whether she means what she says.
Puck.
Economy. Mrs. Newbrlde How much are
your Spring chickens? Poulterer Dollar a pair,
ma'am. Mrs. Newbrlde Well er I've got to
be vory economical, so Just give me the very
smallest pair you have. Philadelphia Press.
An Unlucky Coincidence. Silas How did
Ezry Marks come tew lose his farm? Jason
He thqught his neighbor's fence wuz encroach
In' on his land, an the very fust darn law
yer ho spoke tew about It thought so, too.
Boston Traveler.
A Waning Love. Mrs. Brlderly If you real
ly loved me, you never would have taken a
flat on the top floor. Brlderly Why not? Mrs.
Brlderly Only think, when you come home
from the office, how much longer It takes.
Harper's Bazar.
His Friend Gray. You certainly have a fine
collection of antiques. But is there no doubt
about the authenticity of any of these old
articles? The Collector None In the slightest.
I had them manufactured to my order; so,
you see. I know Just what I have got. Boston
Transcript.
Understood His Business. Fruit Vender
Why you notta. tella me move on? Policeman
Your cart Is not in the way there. Fruit
Vender Den I put lta in da way, and I wanta
you tella me move on. Policeman What for?
Fruit Vender Dat maka big crowd and I sella
banan. New York "Weekly.
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