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south to weet winds.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem
perature, 69; minimum temperature, 52; pre
cipitation, trace. ,
POUTfcAD, WEDNESDAY, IS'OV.' 13.
HEEDLESS ALARM.
After all the complaints from Ger
many about American competition, It is
a trifle disconcerting to learn from Consul-General
Mason's report that the
empire's foreign trade is larger this
year than ever before. It is a fair in
ference that the depression in Germany
pervades not business so much as spec
ulative circles and that the American
Inroads on German trade are more
alarming in prospect than reality. Our
latest Government summaries cover the
nine months ending October 1, and our
trade with Germany presents this show
ing: IMPORTS FOR NINE MONTHS.
1898 ? 05.416.53S
1000 77,411.072
1&U1 78.422.212
EXPORTS FOR 2INE MONTHS.
ISM $108,157,402
1600 134.110,887
1901 120,774.438
This is not discouraging to Germany,
but quite on the contrary. Our exports
to her have fallen off more than have
her sales to us, but the difference in
either case is not alarming. Compared
with 1S89, in fact, there is an Increase
of 58,000,000 In her sales to us, and of
521,008,090 in our sales to her, and if she
will sell American securities, we must
pay. ner in something. In hardware,
for .example, we have sold her less than
last year by 5200,000 worth, in sewing
machines less by nearly as much, and
in many other lines, concerning which
great uproar has been made, the falling
off Is equally noticeable.
Specific testimony Is not necessary
to establish the reciprocal character of
commerce in the View of any who ap
prehend trade in its true aspect; but it
is well enough occasionally to be re
assured from the record. The power of
tariff schedules and reciprocity treat
ies to hamper or advance International
trade is limited at best. Our American
producers get there somehow, whatever
the handicaps. The Iron and steel in
dustries export heavily without regard
to the tariff, our nominally protected
farmers compete at Liverpool with the
cheap labor of Russia and India, our
shoe men pay a duty on hides but In
crease their sales abroad, and Stand
ard Oil seems -to succeed about as well
without protection as the sugar trust
does with it "We ship rails and cotton
to protection Germany as well as to free
trade England.
JThe more prosperous we are in the
United 'States, the more we can "buy of
Germany's honest wares, and when the
Germans want American merchandise
and have the price, no Reichstag or
Bundesrath Is going to keep them from
buying it.
DRYDOCK DELAY.
Portland Is taking care of the deep
water shipping in pretty satisfactory
shape, in spite1 of the unprecedented
low1 stage of water and mismanaged
channel improvements. There is one
very Important factor in the equipment
of a first-class seaport in which this
city 13 lacking, and that is a drydock.
In the ojd days, when shipowners de
manded and received a differential of
about $2 50 per ton more for sending
ships here than they would accept from
San Francisco, and 4 or 5 shillings more
than they would accept from Puget
Sound, the absence of this valued aid
to shipping was not so seriously felt.
The owners would take the extra $2 50
per ton directly from the exporters, and
indirectly from the wheatgrower, '.and
have their ships -docked at other ports,
or they would shorten the supply of
tonnage available here by refusing to
send their ships to a port that had no
drydock.
It Is about twenty-five years since
Portland began to think seriously of
having a drydock, and it is eighteen
years since the first attempt to build
one was made. Through bad manage
ment this attempt was a total failure,
and, after another seventeen years of
Idle talk, the way for securing a dock
at last seemed plain. It Is now nearly
a year since the Port of Portland was
granted authority to construct a dry
dock suitable to the needs of the port,
but if this authority has conferred any
benefits on the city or hastened in the
slightest degree the completion of the
dock, results are not in evidence. The
matter comes up for discussion occa
sionally, and there seems to be a unani
mous opinion In favor of the construc
tion of the dock. That the dock is
needed now, this year or this .century,
however, does not seem to have Im
pressed the powers that be.
"All things come round to him who
waits," and perhaps if a sufficient
amount of waiting is indulged In the
drydock will come round. To be 6ure.
it may not reach here until rival ports
north and south of the Columbia River
have .so far outstripped us that there
will be no work for It, but why make
te? If we cannot keep up with the
procession, we still retain 'the right to
trail behind it. Nearly two years ago
a former president of the Port of Portland-
Commission secured plans and
made arrangements for the immediate
construction of a dredge to be used in
connection with the one now in use.
He was removed from office before his
plans could be carried put, and the
project of a muoh-needed dredge has
since slumbered with the drydock
scheme, although it may be years be
fore we again have such a low stage of
water, when it could be worked to such
good advantage as at the present time.
The transport Seward may be re
paired in Portland, and she may not
be. One of the strongest arguments
outside bidders use against this port in
such cases as this is that we have no
drydock with which to handle vessels
in need of repairs. Old Von der Decken
always ran the Flying Dutchman in on
a smooth beach and hove her down
when repairs were needed, and the May
flower received repairs in a similar
fashion, but these methods are no
longer Jn vogue in seaports having such
aspirations as Portland has. If the
Port of Portland cannot provide the
city with a drydock after receiving full
power to act and the money to act
with, immediate steps should be taken
to get the matter in the hands of par
ties who will move before it is everlast
ingly too late. Two jobs which alone
would have disbursed $50,000 la thjs
port were turned away from here
within the past year through lack of
drydock facilities, and dozens of smaller
ones are continually being diverted.
CAXAL AND WICKED WORLD. ,
It is expected that President Roose
velt will strcngly recommend the Nica
ragua CanaJ. in his forthcoming mes
sage, doubtless but what of it? Pres
idents have done the same thing from
time immemorial. It does not signify.
The new treaty between Hay and
Pauncefote will obviate the objections
raised in the Senate to the former
treaty. Doubtless but what of it?
Does any one suppose that the tprms
of the last treats' were the real obstacle
in the Senatorial mind? Perish the
thought! If the old reasons are ren
dered inoperative, new ones must be
invented. There will be some trouble,
of course, but Senators must expect to
do something. Nobody will pay them
for doing nothing.
"What's to do? The London stock
holders In American transcontinental
railroads know. They are already ac
tive with the complaint that the treaty
gives up everything on Great Britain's
part and gets no gift from us. This
will not interfere with converse com
plaints on this side that Pauncefote
has again pulled the wool over Hay's
eyes and sold out the interests of the
"United State3. We shall' be alarmed
with rumors that some pernicious quid
pro quo, like Alaska boundary reason
ableness, is to be offered. Maybe we
shall have more amendments proposed,
and certainly we shall have all sorts of
suggestions looking to delay or to Pan
ama, offered out of ostensible but Ivlng
solicitude for the public welfare.
Another difficulty Is the prospective
loss of some of the canal's most ardent
and sincere advocates. These are the
dredgers and fortifiers. If we can't have
infinite dredging, what will become of
the idle machinery already quivering
with expectation at profitable sale" or
employment? If we are to guarantee
the canal's neutrality, Instead of forti
fying it, who shall solace our fortifica
tion and ordnance contractors, who
have been patriotically hoping for bet
ter things?
A neutralized canal has few friends.
It would realize the dream of the cen
turies and promote commerce. But
when you have said that you have said
all that can be said in its favor.
GOVERNOR DURBIN'S DEFENSE.
Governor Beckham, of Kentucky,
charges Governor Durbln, of Indiana,
with violation of his oath of office to
support the Constitution of the United
States by his refusal to honor the requi
sition for the surrender of ex-Governor
Taylor, charged with complicity in the
assassination of Governor Goebel. Ex
Governor Taylor was Governor of Ken
tucky when Goebel was assassinated.
After the murder of Goebel he moved
to Indiana, where he has since resided.
Governor Mount refused to surrender
him, and every requisition for his per
son on the Governor of that state has
been refused. The Constitution of the
"United States says that "A person
charged with treason, felony or other
crime, who shall flee from justice, and
be found Id another state, shall, on the
demand of the. Executive authority of
the state from which he fled, be deliv
ered up to the state having jurisdiction
of the crime."
The Governors of states have always
claimed the right to exercise some dis
cretionary power in such cases. In 1839
William H. Seward, a lawyer of the
first rank, refused when Governor of
New York to send back to Virginia
three men claimed as fugitives from
justice. Suppose the Governor of Indi
ana should surrender a man on a requi
sition from Kentucky, knowing that he
was sure to be seized and cruelly mur
dered by the mob; would he not be open
to just denunciation for not In the exer
cise of his discretion refusing to honor
the requisition until all probable dan
ger of mob murder was dissipated? The
exercise of this discretionary power by
Governor Durbln, who has refused to
surrender ex-Governor Taylor, is amply
justified by the fact that he would not
be accorded a fair trial in Kentucky.
In the Goebel trials thus far in Judge
Cantrill's court the whole purpose has
been to convict the defendants in con
tempt of the evidence. Referring to
this burlesque on justice, Governor Dur
bln said to the Governor of Kentucky:
"The monstrous rulings and instruc
tions of the court, with its vicious par
tisanship, further represented by a jury
composed exclusively of Goebel Demo
crats, Is of itself sufficient cause for a"
refusal of your request" And he added
that he had received letters and re
quests from many- prominent Democrats
of Kentucky, and from editors of Dem
ocratic newspapers, universally con
demning the prosecution in the Goe
bel trials as a travesty on justice, and
urging that no requisition be honored
for Mr. Taylor "until reason has re
sumed her sway and the good name of
Kentucky in its proceedings under law
in the courts be resumed."
The Indianapolis Journal says that
the late President Harrison fully ap
proved of the refusal of the late Gover
nor Mount, of Indiana, to honor a requi
sition from Kentucky for ex-Governor
Taylor's person, and that ex-President
Harrison also advised Theodore Roose
velt, when he was Governor of New
York, to refuse to honor any requisition
made on him by .Kentucky for ex-Governor
Taylor when the latter was pass-
l lng through New York State. Benja-
min Harrison stood in tlie front rank
of the legal profession, and on his opin
ion the Governor of Indiana may safely
rest for logal defense of his action.
Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, is not
the supreme law of the land, and the
be3t thing he can do, if he is not satis
fied with the present situation, will be
to execute his threat and take an ap
peal to the courts of Indiana and thence.
to the Supreme Court of tne umieu
States. The probability is that ex-Gov-emor
Taylor would not get even the
shadow of a fair trial In Kentucky, if
he were not promptly assassinated by
the Goebel gang.
A BALD PROPOSITION.
Few newspapers, if any, are more
truly catholic In their attitude towards
correspondents than is the New York
Times. This highly esteemed journal
allows Its friends and foes equal scope.
Neither does modesty quail before ful
some adulation nor discretion set the
blue pencil upon personal thrusts aimed
at the editor. Promoted by such lati
tude, the "communication" In the Times
often becomes a thing calculated to
make one miss histrain, and sometimes
to make the judicious grieve.
One such unrestrained old subscriber
or constant reader or vox populi or pro
.bono publico was permitted to Inquire
one morning for a recipe In aid or sup
pression of the hlccpughs. Another of
equal turpitude was suffered the suc
ceeding day to offer the desired pre
scription, and there the matter should
In all conscience have dropped. But
next day the presiding genius of the
violent ward, otherwise yclept the cor
respondence column, put into the copy
chute a letter Inquiring In dulcet phrase
after a cure for baldness.
What should be done to a man wio
would send such a thing to the composing-room
Is hard to say, inasmuch
as cruel and unusual punishments are
denied us by ihe eighth amendment to
the Constitution; but his offense is
slight compared with the deeper Igno
miny of sending up next day several
replies to his Baldness, purporting to
give true and faithful devices for caus
ing the hair to grow en barren soil.
In evidence, here are some of the
recipes:
Essence of turpentine ? 25
Ammoniac (not ammonia).... 8
Camphorated alcohol , 1C7
Or: '
Sulphur, precipitated glycerine, of each.... 10
Camphorated alcohol 20
Distilled water - 1C0
Both these are formulae of the Hospital St.
Louis, cf Taris, the greatest skin clinic In tho
world, where probably more "baldness" Is
treated successfully than anywhere else. I
should advlso that he try first the following:
Rcsorcin .' 8
Acid salicylic 2
Spirits rectlficat 21
Ol. riclnl 4
Ol. bergamot vol violet 4
Rub In at evening time.
My own personal remedy Is the following:
Resorcin C
Tlnct. green soap 120
Wash the scalp with. It, and afterward -with
water twice a week.
To' the Editor of the New York Times: Will
you kindly Inform "J. L. N.," who asked for
a remedy for bald hoads, that the Julco of an
onloi would surely restore tho hair and make it
soft and wavy; that is, if it Is used continuous
ly until the light grovth on the head appears.
I know of a man on Long Island who had an
absolutely bald head, and ho has, by the use
of the Juice 0f onions, been successful In pro
ducing a fine growth of wavy hair on his head.
This Is perfectly harmless, and a pure, un
adulterated vegetable tonic which produces re
markable results. If one can stand the dread
ful odor long enough, the result will be effica
cious. No man should be allowed to adver
tise remedies for baldness en the edi
torial page of the New York Times
for less than 51000 an agate line, because
if he Is straight he can malie about
$100,000,000 In two years. In this case
The Oregonlan apprehends Itself parti
ceps crlmlnls, accessory both before
and after the fact. It can only plead
guilty, therefore, and throw itself on
the mercy of the court.
GOOD FOR DANIEL.
Audiences expect much of actors,
and have the right to. The money they
pay at the box-office should entitle
them not only to seats In a theater
during a performance, but to" the best
entertainment those on the 6tage are
capable of giving, earnest endeavor to
Interpret parts, and intelligent effort to
make a play worth seeing and hearing.
But those who compose audiences
should remember that they themselves
are not exempt from the duty of re
spectful attention, a duty they owe not
only to the actors, who cannot remain
keyed up to their work without it, but
as well to the others in the house, whose
enjoyment is seriously Interfered with
by ill-bred whispering during the course
of a play or Impatient anticipation of
the conclusion some minutes before the
curtain descends.
Mr. Daniel Frawley, who has done
much to give Portland amusement-lov
ers wholesome dramatic entertainment,
Improved an opportunity to remind the
audience of its duty Sunday night.
Fully five minutes before the play
("Lord and Lady Algy") was done, and
before the logical conclusion of the
story was even in sight, nearly 100 peo
ple who thought they "saw the finish"
began busying themselves with prep
arations to depart, and fully half of
them actually arose and began making
for the exits as if their lives depended
on it Naturally, In the confusion aris
ing, It was Impossible for those who
remained in their seats and desired to
see the termination of the play to hear
a word that was said on the stage. All
Mr. Frawley d'id was to stop the per
formance, but it was enough. The
sight of the actors standing speechless
and motionless on the stage checked
the outflow, and unanimously the de
serters reseated themselves and kept
their places till the performance ended.
This habit among playgoers is a com
mon one, and it is time a few more
stage managers followed Mr. Frawley's
example. Women often begin putting
on their hats as soon as they see how a
play is going to end, completely shut
ting out the view of those behind them
and creating a turmoil that drowns the
words of the actors. Men jump up and
scurry for the door, crowding past oth
ers in the same row of seats, treading
on feet and dresses and making them
selves unmitigated nuisances. If it
were known that such actions would
stop a play where it happened to be,
and that the impatient spectators
would have no opportunity to turn and
catch the last words at the door, there
would be much less of this sort of
thing, and it is the stage managers who
have the opportunity to force the issue.
,
A man can stand everything but the
ridicule he brings on himself by his own
ineptitude or stupidity. It was not
merely General Buller's dispatch to
General White, besieged in Ladysmith,
that brought Buller down, but this silly
estimate of himself, which subjected
him to merciless ridicule: "I assert
that there is nobody at this time In
Eneland junior to me who Is as good
as I am I challenge the' TImea to say
who is the man they have in thplr eye
more fit than I am." Some likened this
to the bombast of Pistol; others to the
gasconade of Parolles or Bobadil. But
the best hit of all was a quotation from
Falstaff: "There, live not three good
men, "unhanged In England, and one of
them Is fat and grows, old God help
the while!" Buller's friends iiaturally
begged him to talk no more.
The irpnworkers of San Francisco,
who went out en a strike on the 20th
of last May to enforce a demand for
nine hours work without reduction of
pay, have made a stubborn but appar
ently a losing fight, and are now return
ing to work. The loss of wages for s'x
months, the debts incurred and the
habits detrimental to health, economy
and thrift formed during six months
of "nothing to do" would be but poorly j
recompensed by the concession in tne
matter cf wages and hours asked.
When even this poor fruitage of victory
is denied, the strike may well be re
corded a "failure" and in a sense a
calamity to all concerned, Including in
a greater or leaser degree the com
munity in which it occurred.
Pistol practice has, it appears, been
taken up by infants in the State of
Washington. As a result, William
Henry Saxton, aged 5 years, whose par
ents live near Tacoma, was fatally snot
last Sunday by an infant of about the
same age whose family name Is Sar
geant. Since it is too much to suppose
that these children had been reading
the details of the Considlne trial, now
in progress in Seattle, it is fair to sup
pose that the spirit of destructiveness Is
In the air In those parts. Either this or
some fathers who carry ptetols are ex
ceedingly careless in placing these
weapons when they take them off and
some mothers pay little heed to the
playthings with which their young chil
dren amuse themselves.
Mark Twain, In his famous article,
"Christian Science and the Book of Mrs.
Eddy," writes that when a practitioner
of that cult sent in her bill for services
to him. he said: "'Nothing- exists but
Mind,'?" " 'Nothing,' she answered. 'All
else is substanceless, all else is imagin
ary.' I gave her an imaginary check,
and now she is suing me for substantial
dollars. It looks inconsistent."
The Cologne Volks Zeltung has an
editorial which is regarded as a short
,arm jab at Emperor William. The Co
logne Volks Zeltung will probably get
out Its ensuing issues in some nice, sub
stantial jail.
Mr. Dooley, talking about the Booker
Washington incident, can't see why the
colored brothers thumb in the finger
bowl as a guest is so .much more of
fensive than in the soup bowl as a
waiter.
A remonstrance has been filed against
setting Indians to work on roads. If
the Indians were left alone, they would
probably solve the problem to the satis
faction of the remonstrators.
The fight over the Naval observatory
steps In on the heels of the court of
Inquiry. It appears that our Naval offi
cers are not to languish for want of
something to quarrel about.
The British Government insists that
the war in South Africa is not a sub
ject for international arbitration. The
ground is that the British Government
is putting down a rebellion.
A self-dirigible trolley-car seems to
be one of the crying needs of Portland.
"'POSSUM AND 'TATERS."
Introduction of a Georirla Delicacy
Into England.
Baltimore Sun.
If it be true, as stated In a dispatch
printed in the Sun yesterday, that ar
rangements have been made by which
truck farmers in the South are to pro
vide our English friends with vegetables
and fruits, and If Georgia epicures can
be trusted, the Englishman who has
never tasted " 'possum and 'taters" has
a heavenly delight in store. The Mary
land gourmet may boast of the incom
parable oysters of his state, the terrapin
and canvasback duck, but no Georgian
"native and to the manner born" will
admit that there is any dainty In this
world equal to baked " 'possum" flanked
by sweet potatoes.
No doubt the Georgia truck farms which
are to provide the London market with
Southern delicacies will pay particular
attention to the " 'possum'' Industry. It
is stated that the English promoters of
this scheme have contracted to buy all
the steers that can be raised In Southern
Georgia. Possibly the beef of the Cracker
State may find a ready sale abroad, but
nobody In Georgia will eat it when " 'pos
sum" meat can be had. When our Eng
lish cousins are Introduced to this product
of Southern forests it is safe to predict
that no bill of fare In a first-class Lon
don restaurant will fall to include pos
sum" among its list of dainties. Prob
ably there will be " 'possum" lunches or
teas.
No Time to Think.
London Saturdav Review.
If we could sweep away half of the
things we have got to learn nowadays
we might learn to think. There is no
time. Such a crowd of material things
press on us that we cannot tell what
are necessary and what are superfluous.
In addition to what we have already to
get up, there 13 the alleged necessity of
that commercial and technical education
Of which we hear so much. How much
more French and German and Italian and
Spanish shall we have to learn in order
to compete with our rivals In huckstering?
Perhaps we cannot do without this new
apparatus. For self-preservation we ma
be driven to It, but what has It to do
with our capacity for thinking? Ingenu
ity like that of the American of which
Lord Rosebery speaks is a rather inferior.
mental activity, prompted partly by van
ity, partly by restlessness, which mut
always be doing something from sheer
nervousness, partly from greed. Lord
Rosebery Is doing his bsst to taunt us
into imitation.
His Gootl E&axnilc.
Portland Catholic Sentinel.
Hon. H. W. Corbett, by donating the
sum of $20,000 for the Lewis and Clark
Exposition, has given a splendid example
of public splritedness, and deserves well
of his fellow-cltlzehs. Jf the proposed
exposition Is to succeed, it must have
the hearty support of all residents of the
state, and the example of Mr. Corbett,
who has done so much for the upbuild
ing of Oregon, should have the effect of
arousing all classes to active measures for
the success of the 1003 fair. Mr. Corbett
has set the pace; let our other wealthy
men follow his generous example.
They Will Stand Up at the Pie Conn
ter. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Senator Tillman declares that no gen
tleman of the South will sit at the table
with the President after the Booker
Washington incident, but they would
probably not refuse to stand up to his
pie counter.
OUR STRENUOUS PRESIDENT.'.?
Illustrative Story Told ly a Cleric In
a New York Book Store.
New York Times.
"For a persistent, indefatigable, and
positively tireless man, commend me to
President Roosevelt," remarked one of
the clerks of an up-town bookstore.
Whose special duty Is as a searcher for
elusive titles. "When the President was
writing his articles for the 'Cyclopedia
of Sport,' he brought in here a list of
books that he said he must have, and
have right away. In about a week I had
managed to get together about 50 per cent
of the lot and turned them over to him.
Ho Kas back the next day on a still hunt
for the rest. I told him some were out
of print, and the rest books that no dealor
regularly carried in stock.
" 'But I must have them, every lus,t
one of them, and. I must have them
right away. Get a hustle on. my boy,
but don't dare miss one of them. I can't
work without them.'
"I hunted hlfrh and low. onlv to be
stirred up at least once a day by Mr.
Roosevelt, who had in-seme way learned
the hour he was sure to find me at the j
store, and who never failed to be on
hand to give me a good-natured prodding. I
At last I managed to get together all tho i
dooks ne wanted, but for a couple of
weeks I had such a stirring up as I had
never had before, and such a one as J
sincerely hope I may never have again,
though Mr. Roosevelt was In the best of
humor and good nature fairly oozed from
him when he was pushing me in his most
strenuous fashion. He made a hustler of
mc for just one month."
SAPONACEOUS REPARTEE.
The Dirty-Handed Boy Was Too
Much for Ills Censor.
Philadelphia Record.
This happened In a Tenth-street quick
lunch cafe: A man with a four days'
growth of beard on h!s face a bristly,
black beard was seated at a counter devouring-
a plate of Irish stew. Presently
a messenger b'oy entered and perched
himself on the adjoining stool. The boy's
hands were black and grimy. "Gimme a
piece o' punkln pie," he demanded. The
pie was forthcoming, and beside it on the
plate was a small piece of cheese. The
smallness of It aroused the boy's sarcasm.
"What's dat?" he asked, pointing a dirty
but scornful finger at the cheese. The
waiter did not hear.
"That." said the man with the four
days' growth of beard, "Is a piece of soap.
Go and wash your hands with It."
The boy took the man In from head to
foot, and then gravely picked up the piece
of cheese and held It out to him. "Here,
you take it," he said. "You take it an
shave yourself." The man with the four
days' growth of beard finished his Irish
stew in silence.
Another A'ersntfle Statesman.
One by one the cheap little fellows who
left the Republican party to run off after
Bryan and base money, in order to main- t
tain their hold on politics and office in I
silver-crazed communities, are coming
back. It is now said that Senator Fred T.
Dubois, of Idaho, is preparing to "take !
the double backward somersault. He was i
elected last Winter by a combination of
Populists, Democrats and so-called silver ,
Republicans. A dispatch to the Boise
Statesman says of Dubois:
Having six years before him, and being froe
to act without regard to strict party lines, hla
position during his term will bo practically
that of a free lance. With the silver Issue, if
not dead, certainly in a very quiescent state,
and with a strong Republican Congress, to
which Idaho must of necessity look for favors.
It. is highly probable that tho Senator will
affiliate to some extent with the majority.
Having once bcrved as a Republican, It would
be strange were he to do otherwise. In tho
discussion of public questions, because of his
peculiar position, he will have greater latitude
than many of his colleagues, and he may bo
depended upon to exercise it. One of the most
Important subjects, and the one to which Sen
ator Dubois promises to devote a great deal
of attention this Winter Is that of National
legislation for arid lands In the West. Whllo
not an advocate of Federal appropriations for
this purpose, he is Inclined to favor somewhat
the Newlands plan of allowing the states to
use the proceeds of the sale of public lands
under proper guarantees from the states to
build Irigatlon plants and utilize available res
ervoir bites for the storage of flood waters.
It Starts It Moves It Goes!
Walla Walla Argus.
The 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial
Fair is starting most auspiciously. The
remarkably liberal subscription of $30,000
by Mr. Corbett virtually assurers a speedy
raising of 5300,000 capital stock. Mr. Cor
bett's handsome subscription Is certainly
commendable, encouraging, exemplary.
Friends of the great fair, and that means
practically everybody In the Northwest,
should be too much elated to question the
unselfish motive of such men of affluence
as help so liberally. As a philanthropist,
?30,000 bespeaks great generosity; as a
business Investment the sagacity of a suc
cessful business, and his unbounded, spon
taneous confidence in the great business
enterprise. In either event, whether this
timely aid is a great outburst of tho phil
anthropy for which Mr. Corbett is known,
pr Is his usual business foresight, he has
another noble deed to his credit as a public-spirited
man and a citizen loyal to
every interest of the Northwest. But he
is without a peer in all the wide domain
once traversed by Lewis and Clark. "vVho
dares to measure up by him to the wealth
piled up In the regions of the Golden
West?
Million Dollnrs to Beautify Chicago.
Chicago Corr. New York Tribune.
The movement for the beautifying of
Chicago has assumed proportions which
promise something definite. Under the
auspices of the Municipal Art League
$1.000,OCO is to be raised and expended
along lines which contemplate that Chi
cago shall become within 10 years more
artistic even than Paris, and the most
beautiful city In the United States.
Branch clubs of the art league are to
be formed among the hundreds of busi
ness and social organizations In the
city, the plan being to have an -active
membership of 500,000 persons. Each
member is to be assessed $2 annually.
The money thus to be raised will be
expended for works of art, like public
statues, fountains and arches. Not only
are the leaders confident of raising the
sum hoped for, but they expect to elicit
the active co-operation of those having
the future of the city's artistic develop
ment at heart.
Rcndy to Help.
Pendleton East Oregonlan.
The commendable spirit displayed by
tho Portland promoters of the Lewis and
Clark Centennial interests all Oregonlans
and causes them to desire to lend assist
ance in every manner possible. The East
Oregonlan moves, and believes the motion
will be heartily seconded from the Clatsop
plains to easternmost limit of the state
let the amount of stock for the Lewis
and Clark Centennial be increased to
5750,000 and let the people of the state
be asked to subscribe sums such as they
believe will be just according to their
financial ability. In the event this plan
be followed, the East Oregonlan offers
a $100 subscription and thinks Pendleton
would be good for at least $1000. The pre-
limlnary discussion has clarified the at-
mospiieru nu iiiu ou,lA7 auusuiiuu ui
H. W. Corbett has injected enthusiasm
into the enterprise that is manifest all
over the state. Success seems now as
sured for the big fair.
Washington George or Booker.
The Outlook.
No Incident In the entire jubilee (Yale,
bicentennial) aroused such enthusiasm as
the reference In Justice Brewer's joration
to Mr. Booker Washington. It came with
a suddenness and force which took tho
great audience literally off its feet. When
Justice Brewer referred to the power of
recognizing the great qualities that make
a Washington, and then, with a pause,
added, "Whether the first name be George
or Booker," the response was heartfelt
as It was instantaneous.
. - AMUSEMENTS.
Enthusiasm held riot last night at ths
Exposition building. Seldom has a Port
land audience been fired Mo such vehe
ment expression of its approval as was
bestowed upon Channing Bllery's Royal
Italian Band upon the first of the series
of concerts now being Inaugurated in this
city. A year ago this same band, under
a different leader (Mlnolitl), visited Port
land and carried tho place by storm. This
season it shows a marked gain in dash
and brilliancy. Fifty picked men, .all of
them Italians, each one a skilled musician
upon his chosen instrument, make up a
band that In the opinion of many out
rivals Sousa's. The new leader, Croatore.
is a tempestuous little man, a very wiz
ard of a conductor, whose whole soul very
nearly files away with his body when
ever a stormy passage In the music is
reached. He conducts without a note of
music before him, yet every phrase be
comes a living thing in his hands. He
draws melody from each man at the
nroDer moment bv sheer force of will
and his own triumphant personality. Is
it the oboe that has a measure? Then
Creatore stands over the player with an
all-compelling gesture and fairly forces
the sweet, long-drawn notes from the in-
strument. He may be extravagant and
theatrical, but at least he Inspires the
men to produce music the like of which
has never before been heard in Portland.
Each number leaves the audience a-quiver
with excitement. The overture to "Tann
hauser" was as superb, startling and Im
passioned rendering of a well-known con
cert piece as over took an audience by
storm. In contrast to this was the Schu
mann "Traumerei," dreamy and languor
ous, while PonchlelJi's "La Gloconda"
(prelude "Dance of the Hours Galop")
was an extraordinary demonstration of
what rich variety of tone-color may be
hypnotized out of 50 instruments. No
cornets are to be found in Creatore's
band, their place being taken by trum
pets and fluegel horns. The quartet of
saxophones is another Innovation.
The two soloists Mme. Barlll. soprano,
and Miss Helntze, harpist won great
favor from the audience. Portland peo
ple will be given the privilege of enjoying
this exceptionally delightful band in three
more concerts this afternoon and even
ing at the Marquam, and tomorrow even
ing at the Exposition building.
"THE LIARS."
Jones' Comedy Cleverly Given
by
Frnwleys at Cordray's,
Henry Arthur Jones bright comedy,
"The Liars." was admirably presented by
the Frawleys it Cordray's last evening,
to a house thit occupied nearly every
seat. Its reception was in accordance
with Its desserts, being enthusiastic from
first to last.
The story of the play Is that of an
Indiscreet woman, Lady Jessica Nepran,
who contrives to meet a dinner engage
ment with Edward Falkner, a gentleman
who is not her husband. Her husband's
brothcr discovers her and announces his
intention of reporting what he sees, and
in the endeavor to shield her all her
friends become Involved in weaving a
fabilc of falsehood that reaches a cllmix
JS'jLri.'nn
comedy situation, the whole assortment of
liars is cornered by the husband, and
Falkner owns up defiantly to everything.
Mr. Frawley's part, that of Captain
Deerlng, a military man with a touch of
brogue, and a desire to help everyone
who Is in trouble. Is one of which he
makes a great deal, giving a delicious
flavor to his brogue, and entering Into
everything he does with more zest and
enthusiasm than he has heretofore been
suspected of possessing. Harrington Rey
nolds, as Falkner, has only one good
opportunity, when in the third act that
worthy avows his love for Lady Jessica
and defies her husband, but he rises to it
with much lire. J. R. Amory gets a good
deal of fun into the part of a snubbed
husband, Wallace Shxw does the best
work he has done In Portland In the
character of an unwilling party to the
company of liars, and H. S. Duffleld is
equal to the part of the supposedly
wronged husband.
Miss Van Buren is just the bright and
vivacious flirt Jones evidently intended
Lady Jessica to be, and adds to the golden
opinions she has already won in Portland.
The rest of the women In the cast have
comparatively small parts. The play Is
mounted and costumed with the Fraw
leys usual excellent taste. It will be
repeated tonight.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Peg Woffington.
Tho advance sale of seats opened yes
terday morning at the Marquam Grand
Theater for the engagement of Eugenie
Blair, who will appear tomorrow night
and Saturday afternoon In Dumas' "Ca
mllle," and Friday and Saturday nights
in "Peg Woffington." As presented by
Miss Blair, "Peg Woffington" Is a dram
atization of Charles Reade's celebrated
novel of the same name, adapted espec
ially for the star by Wendell Allison
Hobart In the title role, which Is of
her own creation, Miss Blair Is afforded
many opportunities to display her emo
tional powers, yet is versatile enough to
dance a rollicking Irish jig at the close
of the second act. Miss Blair's con
ception of the role of the unfortunate
"Marguerite Gauthier" Is said to be a
most sympathetic one, calling for a great
display of emotional force.
"The Convict's Daughter" at Cor
dray's. "The Convict's Daughter." which will
be the attraction at Cordray's following
the Frawley Company Is said to be a
melodrama with an original plot. The
scene Is laid In the south, and the prin
cipal character Is a tramp with the In
stincts of a gentleman a man who Is
leading the life of a hobo In order that ho
mnv trnw his mlsslnc: daughter. W. R.
i Ogden, who plays this part, is an actor
who has made consiaeraDie oi a refuta
tion for himself, and is said to have a
line opportunity to do an excellent piece
of character work.
Matinee at the Marquam.
Ellery's Royal Italian Band will give
a special matinee at the Marquam Thea
ter this afternoon, and a concert there
tonight. Attractive programmes have
been arranged for both concerts.
Matinee at Metropolitan.
There will be a matinee performance
of the "King of the Opium Ring" at the
Metropolitan Theater 'this afternoon at
2:15. The company has played to stand
ing room only every evening of Its en
gagement, so great has been the popu
larity of tho attraction. The manage
ment announces that on Friday evening
the theater will have direct telegraph
connections with the ringside of the
Jeffrles-Ruhlin fight, and will receive
bulletins during the entire performance,
which will be read from the stage dur
ing the entire fight.
A Word From Idaho.
Grangeville Standard.
One of the neatest little booklets ever
( t out ,n the AVest Js issued by The Port
,and Qregonian, in the interest of th(
the
Lewis and Clark Centennial in 1005. The
book is really charming in the excellence
of Its many Illustrations, and in the lucid
way it has of proving that the earth and
several of the stars are mere milking
stools In Portland's back yard. It Is so
well written as to make the casual reader
believe It, even when he knows better
The Pawning of a Fallacy.
Chinook Observer.
The free coinage of silver has been de
feated In India by a large majority vote,
The world might as well give up the fight.
There is no chance to win. The battle In
the United States in ISfiG was Waterloo.
Gold Is king. Those who talk free silver
nowadays are either reminiscent of
dreaming.
NOTE AND COMMENT
Spain has abandoned free sliver. It
takes Spain a long time to learn.
The City Jail is not very large, but there
should always be room in It for one more
footpad.
John L. Sullivan is going to star in
"Uncle Tom's Cabin." He will probably
play Topsy.
The Kansas convict drive is proving
considerably better sport than rounding
up jackrabblts.
London theaters Insure their patrons
against fogs, but they make no prom
ises as to frosts.
The most unfortunate thing about that
street-car runaway Is that the car wasn't
full of end-seat hogs.
I
It Is to bo hoped that Chief Musician
Schmltz will not give San Francisco a
ragtime administration.
Owing to the satisfactory arrangements,
the Sublime Porte will not be placed on
tho list of French wines.
Manchester, England, has a football
hospital. Here is an enterprise attract
ive enough to issue stock in America.
Owing to some oversight, Dewey has
not yet been indicted on a charge of sink
ing the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.
As Minister Wu doesn't speak Pldgin
EngllBh, that classic language will still
be without a professor In Columbia Uni
versity. If Seton-Thompson had only a namo
like Sing-Sing. Walla-Walla or Urlbe
Urlbe, he would have been saved a lot
of trouble.
It is a little late in the day. but It
may be worth while to suggest that New
York has Just done the most .successful '
Job of bucking the tiger on record.
The patronage of Mayor Low will
amount to more than $200,000 per night.
This represents the money which will
be drawn from the New York City treas
ury by the heads of departments and
others appointed directly by Mayor Van
Wyck's successor in oflice. By custom
those officials directly appointed by tho
Mayor will consult him In regard to tho
appointments which they are authorized
to make, so that the patronage directly
controlled by the Mayor will be many
times greater than that which the char
ter revision placed directly in his hando.
Mayor Low's salary will be 515.000 a year.
So simple a proposition as naming the
Presidents of the United States in order
right off the reel will stump about 20
men in 100. A New York school teacher
received this list from a promising pupil
of 12 years, who admitted that his father
had assisted him In Its preparation:
"George Washington, Jack Adams, Joseph
Jefferson, Jim Madison, Monroe Doctrine.
Queechy Adams, Peter Jackson. Marty
Vankeurln, William Tippecanoe, Watt
Tyler. Leonldas Polk, Buck Taylor, Mil
lard Fillmore, Benjamin Franklin. Rob
ert "Buohanan, Abe Lincoln, Ben Jonaon.
U. S. Grant, Sol Haas. Jimmy Garlit.d.
Port Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Ben Har
rison, McKinley Bill and Teddy Roose
velt..'' PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGUAPIIERS
Power of Wealth. Frddl"Vhat's a kleptu
mantac, dad? Colnvlgr A person who has
monty enough to pay for what he steals.
Judge.
Could Draw Hla Own Inference. Cholly
And did Miss Chipper say anything about mc?
Miss Cuttlnge She suld ycu w ere Juat as bright
as ever. Puck.
Visitor And have you any uncles and aunts?
Winifred Oh, yes, lots of uncles awl aunt3.
But I'm very sea.ee In grandfathers and granJ
mothers! Punch.
Cutting Remark. Hanger-on What's making
that rasping notee In the next room" Bailiff -I
think It's a woman flllns an application far
divorce. Chicago Tribune.
Diplomatic "The earrings are very prett;-."
she said, with Jat a tlne of disappointment,
"but the stones are very small." "But, my
dear," replied the foxy man. "If they Tero
any larger they would be all out of proportion
to the size of your ears." Philadelphia Pnso.
The Other TSxtreme. "Mtee Lavlnla." sail
the Rev. Dr. Fourthly, while making his pas
toral call, "you want to go to heaven, do you
not?" "Y-yes. sir." returned the 14-year-oIJ
daughter of the family, "but I think I'd llko
to visit Paris flrrt." Chicago Tribune.
Friend (over the wine after dinner) Your
wife is certainly a brilliantly hamteome wom
an. I should think you would be Jealous of
her. Ills Host (confidentially) To tell you tin
truth. Seymour, I am. I never Invite anybody
here that a sane woman coukl possibly take
the least fancy to. Tit-Bits.
Things That Went "Wrong.
Chicago Tribune.
THE MARKETW'OMAN AND THE IIOOD
LUH.
The rude boy stood on the edge of the side
walk and made faces at the marketwoman.
who was exceedlag'y angry.
Directly behind the rude hoy stood a man
In a brand-new Prince Albert suit and rlug
hat.
He was mueh amued at the seene.
Suddenly the marketwoman. enrage! beyond
the power cf word to expreee. selaed a soft
tomato and threw it with all her might at tho
boy.
It hit the boy squarely on the meuth.
JOHNNY AND HIS TOOTH.
Johnny's tooth was aching dreadfully.
He started for the dentist's office.
"When he came to the stairway leading up to
the oflice he didn't hesitate an instant.
His tooth was aching wors than ever, and
he went upstairs and had it extracted.
This, it is believed, never happened before.
In Just this way.
SINGULAR CASE OF A HAT.
Being prevented by a sudden and malicious
rainstorm from going home to dinner the other
evening. Mr. Brlggs went to a hotel.
As he entered the dlnlng-rosm he left his
hat, a fine new derby, sire 7&. on the rack at
the entrance.
He was hungry, and ate a long time.
When he left the taMa and went eut he was
the last man. and there was only ene hat on
the rack.
It was his.
Looking Forward.
Charlotte Bronte.
No coward soul U mine;
trembler In the world's storm-troubled
No
sphere;
I see Heaven's glories shine:
And Faith shines equal, arming me from fear.
O God within my breast!
Almitchty, ever-prtsent Deity 1
Life, that In me has rest.
As I undjlns Life have power In Thee!
Vain are the thousand creeds
That move men's hearts unutterably vain;
Worthless as withered weetie.
Or idlest froth amid the boundless main
To waken doubt in one
Holding so fast by thine Inanity;
So surely anchored on
The steadfast rock of Immortality.
"With wide-embracing love
Thy Spirit animates eternal years;
Pervades ami broods above.
Changes, sustains, dissolves, ereates and rears.
Though earth and man were gone,
And suns and universes ceased to be.
And Tho wert left alone.
Every existence would exist la Thee.
There is not room for Death.
Ner atom that his might eoaW render void:
Thou Thou art being and breath
And what Thou art may never be destroyed.