FOR NEXTSEASON LOADING
BARGE C. H. WHEELER, ASHORE NEAR YAQU1NA.
THE MQEXTNG OBEGONIAN1 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 19QL
1
GERMAX BARIC CHILE CHARTERED
FOR OCTOBER, 1O02.
First EHsrHRemeBt Made for the 1002
Wkeat Crop Grain Fleet Lea-ving:
-AuffHst Shlpa Arrive Out
The first "wheat charter for the grain
crop of 1902 was reported yesterday, and
is believed to be the earliest move In this
direction that has been made for several
years. There was some pretty long range
chartering indulged in last Summer, when
ships for February, 1902, loading were
taken, but the element of chance in those
transactions was not so great as that of
the charter just reported. At that time,
a big crop of wheat was practically as
sured and it was a certainty that many
bhips would be needed to handle It. At
this time the case is vastly different. The
w heatgrowers ancient enemy, the hot
wind, may appear and wither the crop,
prices may sink to a level where farmers
will not sell, freights may tumble, all
over the world, and make the rate paid
so high that a loss of many thousands
will be entailed. All these are chances
that the exporters are forced to take.
In order to get a fleet of ships headed in
this direction several months before they
are needed.
The vessel, which will head the list for
season of 1902-03 charters is the German
bark Chile, a craft that has loaded in this
port before. She is now at Hamburg,
discharging a cargo of nitrate from
Iqulque, and is already under charter to
load coaloil at Philadelphia for Japan.
She will cross the Atlantic in ballast,
and is due at Philadelphia about January
15. With ordinary dispatch, she will
not get away much before March 1,
and should reach the Orient about the
middle of July. Allowing six weeks for
discharging cargo and taking in ballast.
and the Chile will not be ready to sail
for Portland much before September J,
and it will probably be about October 15
before she Is ready for cargo at Port
land. After leaving Hamburg, the Chile
will be obliged to sail over 24.000 miles
before she arrives at Portland. The rate
paid was 33s 9d, and in view of the rates
that have been paid for the past four
years, it looks very reasonable, but as
stated before, the elements of chance are
so many and so great that It may lose
all appearance of cheapness before the
ship gets around for the cargo that is not
yet grown
FEIT FORCE OF THE GALES.
"William Smith. Complete Voyage
From Tacoma to San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11. The force of
the northern gales was felt by the Amer
ican ship William H. Smith, which came
into port today, 27 days from Tacoma,
with a cargo of cool. The Smith, one
hour after clearing Cape Flattery, was set
upon by a great gale and battering waves.
For nearly three weeks, or until Decem
ber 5, says Captain Cully, there was noth
ing but southeast and southerly gales. On
December 3, during a terrlblo gale, a
heavy sea boarded the vessel, staving in
the bulwarks and one of the boats, smash
ing the companion-way houses and flood
ing the cabin. All the stores were wet. In
the height of the storm the cargo shifted.
On the morning of December 4, Captain
Cully saw a ship with the head of her
foremast and main topgallant mast gone.
The Smith went close to the unknown ves
sel, on which Captain Cully could see the
crew repairing the damage that had been
Inflicted. The ship made no signal to the
Smith, and asked for no assistance. Hel
name could not be made out, but it Is
probable that she was the Lucille, which
arrived off port last evening. Since De
cember 4 the Smith had been in moderate
weather.
LOXG YACHTING TRIP.
Six Yonnjj Men "Will Circumnavigate
the Globe.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. The sloop yacht
Valiant, on board of which six young men
expect to circumnavigate the globe, is
expected to leave Seagate today on her
long voyage. The sextet who are to sail
more than 30,000 miles, if disaster does not
overtake them, are Harry Langdon, H. J.
McGehan. Russell Millard, C. R. Middle
by. of Boston; H. C. Dana and W. C.
McMlchael. All are under 25 years of
age.
Three of the young men, Iangdon, Mc
Gehan and Millard, called on J. P. Mor
gan and told him their plans. They said
the Azores would be the first stop. They
will reach the Indian Ocean by way of
the Mediterranean. Mr. Morgan ques
tioned them very closely as to their own
knowledge of seamanship and navigation,
and ended by wishing them Godspeed
and a safe return.
Grain Fleet Moving.
The delayed grain fleet at Astoria made
a move seaward yesterday and the tugs
succeeded In getting out four sailing ves
sels and one steamer on the morning tide.
Among the sailers was the mammoth
Henriette, which has been lying at As
toria over two weeks. The Norwegian
steamship Tiger also crossed out. Tho
delays of these vessels have not been
without their compensation, for it has
had the effect of silencing the persistent
misrepresentation of the Astoria papers
as to the exact point in the ''Columbia
River where ships were delayed.
ABgHt Snips Arrive Out.
The -'British bark Dumfriesshire and the
British ship Argus both reported out at
Queenstown yesterday, after very good
.passages from this port. The Dumfries
shire mado the run in 115 days, while the
Argus did a little better than the aver
age with a passage of 127 days. These
were the only two sailings in August, al
though four vessels cleared in that month.
The record of the fleet that has already
arrived out is a fine one, tho average
time being faster than that of any fleet
that has left Portland for several years.
Mitchell Off the Columbia.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec 1L The British
ship William Mitchell, from Table Bay for
this port, which has been on the overdue
list and reinsured, Is now positively
known to be off the mouth, of the river.
Captain M. D. Staples boarded her on
Monday last, and It was reported that
everything was all right on board of her.
Overdue Prince Albert Spoken.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 1L Local ship
ping men today received dispatches stat
ing that the bark Prince Albert, 211 days
from Vancouver for Queenstown, with
lumber, and on which reinsurance was
quoted at 75 per cent, had been spoken a
short distance from her destination.
The Overdue Matteavran.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11. The collier
Matteawan, now out 10 days from Nanai
mo for this port, has been added to the
list of overdue vessels, and reinsurance
has been quoted at 20 per cent. If noth
ing is heard of the vessel within the next
24 hours a tug will be sent out to search
for her.
Wreckage From Matteavran.
SEATTLE, Dec 1L It is reported from
Neah Bay that wreckage with the name
Matteawan on pieces of it has washed
ashore 14 mile south of Cape Flattery.
The find was made about a week ago by
natives.
Broke Her Shaft.V
HALIFAX, N. 6., Dec 11. The steamer
Ella was towed Into North Sydney today,
with her shaft broken.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Dec 1L Sailed at 8 1 M.
Steamer W. H. Harrison, for Tillamook. Sailed
at 8:40 A. M. Tug Vosburg, for Nehalem.
Balled at 10:30 Steamer Columbia, for San
1
The lumber barge C H. "Wheeler, which was abandoned by the tujr Vosbure, Is mill rest
ing on the Yaqulna beach in comparativ oly good order, except for the upper w orks and bul
warks. She la "hogged" slightly, and Is imbedded in the cand to such an extent that It
Francisco; French bark General Mllllnet, for
Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. Sailed at
10.50 French bark Europe, for Queenstown.
Sailed at 11 :30 Norwegian steamship. Tiger,
for St. Vincent for orders. Arrived down at 1
P. 31. French bark Duguesclln. Sailed at 1
P. M. German bark Henriette; British bark
Barflllan, for Queenstown. Arrived down at
4:30 P. M. Norwegian steamer Guernsey. Con
dition of the bar at 5 P. M.. smooth; wind
northwest; weather clear.
Glasgow, Dec 11. Arrived Astoria, from
New York.
London, Dec 11. Arrived Menominee, from
New York.
Queenstown, Dec 11. Arrived Belgenland,
from Philadelphia tor Liverpool; Majestic, from
New York for Liverpool.
Southampton. Dec 11. Arrived Philadel
phia, from New York.
New York, Dec 11. Arrlv ed Southward,
from Antwerp; Georglc from Liverpool.
San Francisco, Dec 1L Arrlv ed Schooner
Sailor Boy, from Gray's Harbor; ship William
H. Smith, from Tacoma; 6teamer Santa Ana,
from Seattle; barkentlne Gleaner, from Wll
lapa Harbor; ship Luclle, from Oj ster Harbor.
Sailed Steamer Asuncion, for Tacoma; uteatn
er Signal, for Coos Bay; schooner Bender
Brothers, for Sluslaw Klver.
Tacoma, Dec 11. Sailed British bark Pans
of Melfort, for Queenstown. Arrlv ed Steamer
Umatilla, from San Francisco; British ship
Mllverton, from Antofogasta; British bark El
ginshire, from Yokohama,
New York, Dec 1L Sailed Oceanic for Liv
erpool; St. Paul, for Southampton; Frlesland,
for Antwerp.
Liverpool, Dec 1L Sailed Ivernla, for Bos
ton. Shields, Dec 10. Sailed Kalsow, for Ta
coma. Pernambuco, Dec 0. Sailed Capri, from
New York for San Francisco.
Antwerp, Dec 1L Arrived Haverford, from
New YorkT via, Southampton and London.
Sydney. Dec 1L Arrived previously Moana,
from Vancouver, via Brisbane; Ventura, from
San Francisco, via Honolulu and Auckland.
Antwerp, Dec 11. Sailed, 10th Herc nla,
for San Francisco.
Hoqulam. Wash., Dec 11. Arrived, Oth
Schooner C H. Merchant, from San Francisco
for Aberdeen. Arrived, 10th Schooner C. R.
"Wilson, from Honolulu for Aberdeen. Sailed
Steamer Santa Barbara, from. Aberdeen for San
Francisco.
Seattle, Dec 11. Arrh ed Steamer Czarina,
from San Francisco; bark Elgenshlrc, from Yo
kohama; British ship Pass of Melfort, from Ta
coma; steamer Hyades, from San Francisco.
Gibraltar, Dec 11. Passed Steamer Hyson,
from Tacoma, via Hong Kong and Manila, for
London.
A DANGER SIGNAL.
Log-Rollins Should Be Prevented
In Next Leclslatare.
SALEM, Dec 1L (To the Editor.) Ore
gon next June will be called upon to elect
members of the twenty-second assembly
of the Oregon State Legislature That
body will be called upon to pass an appro
priation bill, donating money to aid in
carrying out the details of the Lewis and
Clark Centennial. Would it not be well
at this time for the people at large to
carefully test the metal to be used by our
various county conventions In molding
candidates for the Legislature? I have
heard it suggested already that, as the
Multnomah delegation will be bound to la
bor for a large donation by the state to
aid this Exposition, that we in Marlon
County must see that Marlon gets her
share of slate appropriations, in return
for our aid In securing Portland her ap
propriation from the state, to aid her in
carrying out her much-cherished plan.
Now it teems to me that this sugges
tion in Itself is a danger signal, both to
the Exposition and al.o to the state. Sup
pose that the legislative delegations from
all the various counties should come to
Salem "loaded for bear," is It not possible
that the twenty-second session of the Ore
gon State Legislature might be one not
easily forgotten, having a United States
Senator to elect, in addition to the other
very important business? It seems to im
that it Is very important that we consid
er well the timber to be used In the con
struction of the next Legislature and that
the merits of all proposed candidates be
carefully considered. I am not a moss
back, nor a real estate boomer, but I am
friendly to the Lewis and Clark Centennial,-if
it can be carried out on sensible
and economical lines. It should be made
a source of great benefit to the whole Pa
cific Northwest. We cannot expect people
to come from New York, Chicago and otn
er large cities to see the latest designs In
architecture, nor that people will flock
from Paris, Geneva and other large cities
of Europe, expecting to see wonderful de
signs In art; but I am confident that It is
possible for us to advertise to the worla
in a proper, Impressive and appropriate
manner the wealth and development of
our wonderful resourcee. But In bringing
this about we do not wish to eee the size
of the state buildings at Salem doubled,
the college buildings at Eugene and Cor
vallis abnormally increased, a branch In
sane asylum built in Eastern Oregon, each
of the several counties not already on the
list presented with a set of normal school
buildings, or any unnecessary appropria
tions for those already In operation; and
It seems to me that when the coming Leg
islature convenes all these unnecessary
"enterprises" should be thrust aside, cool
business judgment prevail, and then a do
nation can be made by the state to aid the
Lewis and Clark Centennial In a proper
manner, without mortgaging the future
prosperity of the state that posterity may
condemn us. Not being a candidate for
the Legislature, nor an overgrown speci
men of the "Salem hog," I make these
suggestions, thinking them worthy of con
sideration. M. W. HUNT.
Mayor Morris, of Ottawa, Ont. proposes
to establish a municipal coal yard In or
der to checkmate a combination of local
dealers, which was organized to Increase
the price of fuel to a figure never before,
reached In the city.
BOOKS
Types of Naval Officers, With Some Remarks
on the Development of Nrival Warfare Dur
ing the Eighteenth Century. By Captain A.
T. Mahan. Llttlo, Brown & Co., Boston.
For sale by tho J. K. Gill Company, Port
land. Although the distinguished seamen,
whose lives and professional character
istics It is the object of this work to
present In brief summary, belonged to a
service now foreign to that of the United
States, they have numerous and varied
points of contact with America; most of
them very close, and In some Instances
of marked historical Interest. The older
men, indeed, were during much of their
careers our fellow-countrymen In the col
onial period, and fought, some side by
side, with our own people in this new
world, others In distant scenes of he
widespread strife that characterized the
middle of the ISth. century, the beginnings
of "world politics," when, In a quarrel
Tmrlv Tiirnrwnn In Itc ftHHti "hlnolr
J men," to use Macaulay's words, "fought
on tne coast oi (joromanaei, ana rea
men scalped each other by the Great
Lakes of North America." All, without
exception, were actors in the prolonged
conflict that began in 1739 concerning
the right of the ships of Great Britain
and her colonies to frequent the seas bor
dering the American dominions of Spam;
a conflict which, by gradual expansion,
drew in the continent of Europe, from
Russia to France, spread thence to the
French possessions in India and North
America, Involved Spanish Havana in
the Western Hemisphere and Manila In
the Eastern, and finally entailed the ex
pulsion of France from this continent.
Thence by Inevitable sequence, issued the
independence of the United States. Tho
contest, thus completed, covered" 43 years.
The four seniors of Captain Mahan's
series, Hawke, Rodney, Howe and Jervis,
witnessed the whole of this momentous
period and served conspicuously, some
more, some less, according to their age
and rank, during its various stages.
Hawke, indeed, was at the time of the
American Revolution too old to go to sea,
but he did not die until October 16, 1781,
three days before the surrender of Corn
wallls at Yorktown, which is commonly
accepted as the closing incident of our
struggle for independence On the other
hand, the two younger men, Saumarez
and Pellew, though they had entered tho
British Navy before the American Revo
lution, saw in it the beginnings of an
active service which lasted to the end of
the Napoleonic wars, the most continu
ous and gigantic strife of modern times.
It was, as the enemies of the American
cause, that they first saw gunpowder
burned In anger.
Now was it only amid the common
places of naval warfare that they then
gained their earlier experiences in Amer
ica. Pellew. In 1776, on Lake Champlaln,
bore a brilliant part In one of the most
decisive though among the least noted
campaigns of the Revolutionary contest,
and a year later, as leader of a small
contingent of seamen, he shared the fate
of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga. In.
1776, also, Saumarez had his part In an
engagement which ranks among the
bloodiest recorded between ships and
forts, being on board the British flag
ship Bristol at the attack upon Fort
Moultrie, the naval analogue of Bunker
Hill; for. In the one of these actions as
in the other, the great military lesson
was the resistant power against frontal
attack of resolute marksmen, though
untrained to war, when fighting behind
entrenchments a teaching renewed at
New Orleans, and emphasized In the re
cent South African war. The well-earned
honors of the compaartlvely raw Colo
nials received generous recognition at the
time from their opponents, even In the
midst of the bitterness proverbially at
tendant upon family quarrels; but It Is
only just to allow that their endurance
found its counterpart in the resolute and
persistent valor of the assailants. "In
these two battles," says Captain Mahan.
"with which the War of Independence
may be said fairly to have begun, by
land and by water, In the far North and
the South, within the American Republic
we of two different nations, who yet
share a common tongue and a common
tradition of liberty and law, may well -forget
the wrongs of the earlier strife, and
look only to the common, steadfast cour
age with which each side then bore Its
share in a civil conflict."
Tne professional lives of these men,
therefore, touch history in many points,
not merely history generally, but Ameri
can history specifically. Nor Is this con
tact professional only, devoid of personal
tinge. Hawke was closely connected by
blood with the Maryland family of Bla
den; that having been Ws mother's maid
en name, and Governor Bladen of the"
then colony being his first cousin. Very
much of his early life was spent upon
the American station, largely In Boston.
But those were the day of Walpole's peace
policy, and when the maritime war, which
the national outcry at last compelled, at
M'ncd large dimensions, Hawke's already
demonstrated eminence as a naval leader
naturally led to his employment in Euro
pean waters where the more immediate
dangers, if not the greatest interests, of
Great 'Britain, were then felt to be. The
universal character, as well as the decls-
Ive issues of the opening struggle, were
will b Impossible to move her. That portion of her cargo' that still clung to her when ohi
stranded Is scattered along the beacih. The craft will undoubtedly be battered to pieces by
the Winter storms.
as yet bur dimly foreseen. Rodney also
had family ties with America, though
somewhat more remote. Caesar Rodney,
a signer of the Declaration of Indepen
dence from Delaware, was of the same
stock; their great-grandfathers were
brothers. It was from tl.2 marriage of
his ancestor with the daughter of a Sir
Thomas Caesar that the American Rod
ney derived his otherwise singular name.
Howe, as far as known, had no rela
tions on this side of the water; but his
elder brother, whom he succeeded In the
t.tie, was. of all British officers the one
who most won from the Colonial troops
with whim he was associated, a personal
affection, the memory of which has been
transmitted to ue; while the Admiral's
own kindly attitude toward the colonist,
and his intimacy with Franklin, no less
than his professional ability, led to his
being selected for the North American
commahd at the time when the home
country had not yet lost all hope of a
peaceable solution of difficulties. To this
the Howe tradition was doubtless expect
ed to contribute.
Jervis, a man considerably younger than
the other three, by the accidents of his
career, came little Into touch with either
the colonics or the colonists, whether be
fore or during the Revolutionary epoch;
VPfr Vfn hf iv Ills Intlmnta fi-!nH:hin
with Wolfe and Intercourse with his last
days. Is broucht into elo.so relation with
an event and a name Indelibly associated
with one of the great landmarks crises
In the hMory of the American Continent.
Although the Issue of the strife depended,
douutlcio, upon deeper and more far
reaching considerations, it is not too
much to say that In the heights of Que
bec, and In the name of Wolfe, is sig
nalized the downfall of the French power
in America. There was prefigured the ul
timate predominance of the traditions of
the English-speaking races throughout
tnis continent, which In our own mo
mentous period, stands mediator between
tte two ancient and contrasted civiliza
tions of Europe and Asia, that so long
moved apart, but are now brought into
c!oe. If not threatening, contact.
Interesting, however, as are the his
torical and social environments in which
their perspnalltles played their part, it
is as Individual men, and as conspicu
ous exemDlars tynes-of the varied char-
acteristlcs which go to the completeness of the military side of his calling predoml
an adequate naval organization, that they nate.d; the other was hefore all. the sea
are h.ere brought forward. Like other man. The union of the two perfects pro
professions and esppclnly like Its sister J fesslonal character,
service, the Army, the Navy sends to, and i The question may naturally be asked
xor eiuciency requires specialization.
Specialization, In turn, results most satis
factorily from the free play of natural
aptitudes: for aptitudes, when strongly
devolopcd, find expression In Inclination,
and rendlly seek their proper function In
the body organic to which they belong.
Each of thi-sc distinguished officers, from
this point of view, does not stand for him
self alone, but Is -an eminent exponent
of a class; while tho class Itself forms a
member of a body whlcr. has many
organs, not one of which is independent
of the other, but all contributlve to th
body's welfare Hence, while the effort
has been made to present each In his full
Individuality, with copious recourse to
anecdote and Illustrative incident, as far
as avllable, both as a matter of general
interest and for accurate portrayal, spe
cial care has been added to bring out
occurrences and actions which convey the
Irnpreeslon of that natural character
which led the man to take the place he
did In the naval body, to develop the pro
fessional function with which he Is more
particularly Identified": for personality un
derlies official character.
In this sense of the word, types are per
manent: for such are not the exclusive
possession of an age or of any service, ' ne.v. Mr. Hoadley Compares Him
but are found and are essential In every With Shakespeare.
period and to every nation. Their f unc- !
tions are part of the bedrock of naval j SALEM. Or.. Dec H. (To tho Editor.)
organization and of naval strategy, Thc undersigned was somewhat sur
throughout all tlmo; and the particular .priced at a recent utterance of the brainy
Instances here selected owe their special Oregonlan that we need not spend much
cogeny mainly to the fact that they are time In puzzling oer Robert Browning's
drawn from a naval era, 17S9-1S15, of ex- t verse A leaf withered and dry may be
cpntlona! activity and brilliancy. taken up with scarcely any effort, but
There Is, however, another sense in h who dies for cold Is rewarded In flnd-
which an officer, or a man, may be ac
curately called a type; a sense no less
, .significant, but of more limited and tran
sient application. The tendency of a pe-
rlod especially when one of marked trans-
ltlon its activities and its results, not In- J Browning always asks what is the pur
frequently find expression in one or more j posc ana explanation of life. While the
historical characters. Such types may j exposition he uses Is distinguished for a
perhaps more accurately be called per- beautiful variety, yet the principles under
sonlficatlons; the man or men embody- I lying his art never change. He la not far
mg, ana in action realizing, laeas ana
processes of thought, the progress of
which is ai the time unnoted, but Is after
wards recognized as a general character
istic of the period. Between the begin
ning and the end a great change is- found
to have been effected, which naturally
and conveniently is associated with the
names of the most conspicuous actors;
although they are not the sole agents but
simply the most eminent. It Is In this
sense more particularly that Hawke and
Rodney are presented as types. It might
even be said that they compliment each
other and constitute together a single
type; for, while both were men of unus
ually strong personality, private as well
as professional, and with very marked
traits of character, their great relation
to naval advance Is that of men who by
natural faculty detect and seize upon
incipient ideas, for which the time Is
ripe, and upon the practical realization
of which the healthful development of
the profession depends. With these two,
and with them not so much contemporan
eously as in close historical sequence is
associated the distinctive evolution of na
val warfare in the ISth century; in their
combined names Is summed up the 1m-
nrovement nf svstpm to which TCpl.snn.
under the peculiar and exceptional circum
stances which made his opportunity,
gave an extension that immortalized him.
Of Hawke and Rodney, therefore, it may
be said that they are in their profession
types of the element of change, in vir
tue of which the profession grows; where
as the other four, eminent as they were,
exemplify rather the conservative forces,
the permanent features. In the strength
of which it exist. and in the absence of
any one of which it droops or succumbs.
It does not, however, follow that the one
of these great men is the simple contln
uator of the other's work; rather it Is
true that each contributed, in due suc
cession of orderly development, the fac
tor of progress which his day demanded,
and his personality embodied.
It was not in the forecast of the writer,
but in the process of treatment he came
to recognize that, like Hawke and Rod
ney, the four others also by natural char
acteristics range themselves In pairs pre
senting points of contrast. In deficiencies
and in excellencies, which group them
together, not by similarity chiefly, but as
complimentary. Howo and Jervis were
both admirable general officers; but the
strength of the one lay In his tactical
acquirements, that of the other In strateg
ic Insight and breadth of outlook. The
one was easy-going, indulgent as a supe
rior; the other conspicuous for severity,
and for the searchingness with which he
carried the exactions of discipline Into the
minute details of dally naval life. Sau
marez and Pellew, less fortunate, did not
reach n,Sh command until the great days
of naval warfare In their period had yleld-
ed to the comparatively uneventful oc
cupation of girdling the enemy's coast
with a system of blockade, aimed primar
ily at the restriction of his commerce, and
incidentally at the repression of his navy,
which made no effort to take the sea on
a large scale Under these circumstances
the functions of an Admiral were mainly
administrative; and If Saumarez and Pel
lew possessed eminent capacity as gener
al officers on the battle-field, they had no
I opportunity to prove it. The distinction
; oi ineir careers cuinciues wun intir ten
ure of subordinate positions In the organ
Isms of great fleets. With this in com
mon, and differentiating them from Howe
and Jervis, the points of contrast are
marked. Saumarez preferred the shlp-of-the-llne,
Pellew the frigate. The choice
of the one led to the duties of a division
commander, that of the other to the com
parative independence of detached service
' of the partisan officer. In the one, love of
uy uiuuujs ira ui uutai umtcm .a
their no mention, other than casual of the
name of Nelson? The answer Is simple.
Among general officers, land and sea, the
group to which Nelson belongs defies ex
position by a type, both because It Is
small In aggregate numbers, and because
the peculiar eminence of the several mem
bersthe eminence of genius so differen
tiates each from his fellows that no one
among them can be said to represent the
others. Each, In the supremacy of his
achievement, stands alone alone, not only
regarded as towering above a brilliant
surrounding of distinguished followers, but
alone even as contrasted with the other
great ones who In their own day had a
like supremacy. Such do not In fact form
a class, because, though a certain commu
nity of Ideas and principles may be traced
In their actions, their personalities and
methods bear each the stamp of originality
in performance; and where originality Is
found, classification ceases to apply.
There Is a company. It may be, but not
a class.
PRAISE OF BROWNING.
ing the metal that Is the standard of all
honest money. Sometimes gold Is not
found In the earth because it Is not there,
but the thought full of worth Is In every
nne Browning wrote,
behind Shakespeare In the element of hu-
manlty; In suggestlveness he is original
and rich; in expression he says neither
too little nor too much. If in softness of
melody he Is not the equal of Tennyson,
he. surpasses him in the vivid and vigor-
! OUs portrayal of truth. In all of those
ringing lines of Browning we find none
of the Indecencies that so often mar the
art of Shakespaere and Burns, none of
the cynicism of Byron, no sneers; but
we do find a splendid optimism and ex
uberant vitality. .
Browning brought his age up to Shakes
peare; In spirituality he is far above the
bard of Avon. While Shakespeare Is pre
eminent in knowledge of human nature,
yet to find the portrayal of holiness
William is not our guide such as we find
In Robert.
Who familiar with poetry has not re
read Browning's words to Shelley in
"Pauline"? Who does not admire "Para-
Merry Christmas!
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OF THIS HAPPY SEASON
ROTHCHTLD BROS.,
Portland, Or.
celsus," the history of a soul struggling
for triumph 'over environment, that so
often mars it? It Is true, Carlyle sneer
lngly said that his wife had read "Sordel
lo" without being able to make out wheth
er Sordello was a man or a city or a
book, but Carlyle had no more resnect
for men of science and of philosophy than
for such poets as Browning.
"PIppo Passes" is a beautiful drama.
Of course. "The Ring and the Book" Is
the greatest poem Browning wrote. In
one of the books, "Pompllia," wo have
these words:
We shall not' meet In this world, nor the n(jxt.
But where will God be absent? In his face
Is light, but in his shadow henllns, too;
Let Guldo touch the shadow and be healedl
If Browning had written no more than
these lines
All service ranks the same with God;
There Is no last nor first.
I would take off my hat and give him
three ringing cheerb.
B. J. HOADLEY.
FAVORS STEEL DRYD0CK.
Captnln Pope ExplnjtnM Why It Iji
4 Preferable.
PORTLAND, Dec. 1L (To the Editor.)
On the 6th inst. Mr. W. H. Corbctt
addressed a communication to you rela
tle to the subject of material for the
forthcoming drydoek construction by tho
Port of Portland. There are some points
in the gentleman's letter that deserve
notice and commendation, especially
those that refer to tho great neces
sity of placing this port in a position of
the first rank of seaports, by speedily con
structing the dock, for which the Port of
Portland Commission has ample powers.
There are other suggestions, however, as
the lawjers say. not well taken. Mr
Corbett. It appears. Is strongly In favor
of a wooden structure, and as wood Is
one of the banner products of Oregon, he
udvocates its use in construction, and.
apart from his lojalty to Oregon's prod
ucts,, gives the gist of his investigations
of similar institutions in New York State,
which appear to hae confirmed his idea
that a wooden do dock would be the best.
As the Port of Portland Commission re
quested my views some time ago, which
were published In The Oregonlan, one of
the interrogatories related to material,
and I gave my conviction strongly in
favor of steel. I still adhere to this con
viction, and therefore ask your indulgence
for trespassing on the space of your col
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umns in making my then expressed opin
ions still clearer.
In the first place. I frankly admit that
a wooden dock would serve our purpose
for ail practical ends as regards, the hand
ling of ordinary traffic, but I contend that
a wooden dock would cobt more In the end
than a steel dock, even if the steel dock
should cobt $100,X) more than Its wooden
equivalent, and for the following reasons:
The ordinary life of a wooden dock
would at the be,t be between 15 and IS
jears; the life of a steel dock between 75
and SO, or longer, according to the cato
taken of it. In our fresh water the last
named structural material would. In fact,
be indestructible. To make this plain 1
will cite an analogous case. Less than
15 years ago the steamer Victorian was
built of wood at Portland. The Olympian,
now in our harbor, built of steel In li5s!,
was built at Wilmington. The hull of
the Victorian haj had to be renewed; the
Olympian's hull is ai good as ever. This
will convince any reasonable man of the
difference; but this i not all. A drydoek,
although to all Intents and purposes it
may be considered as the hull of a -vessel.
Is subjected to entirely different usage.
The hold of a vessel Is constantly kepc
dry and air circulates, freely In It. Not
so with a wooden drydoek. This struc
ture would be dry and wet alternately
ery frequently, and the strong Summer
heat beating with almost tropical fierce
ness on the deck, would create such con
ditions under deck. In comparison with
which a Russian bath would be a mere
mist. The result can easily be imagined.
and for proof ttut this Is so, I refer to the
IJuget bound drjdoclc at Quartermaster
Harbor.
But there Is another reason why we
should build the best. The Federal Gov
ernment will alwas give the preference
for Its work to be done to an institution
that carries with it the best essentials of
safety. A steel dock would have thee
essentials. The rate of insurance would be
In its favor, and the safety factor would
be equally on Its side. We all know that
up to lately the Government has given
San F.'anclsco and Puget Sound the bulk
of the work for repairs., but if we had a
first-class steel doek. our delegation In
Congress could fearlessly demand a fair
share of the work to be done on the Pa
cific Coa3t. for It Deloiigs to us, once we
are properly equipped for It.
One more reason, and It 13 thLs: It is
Froposed to Issue bomK running 30 vears,
or the purpose of raising the necessary
funds. Would these bonds bring anj thins
like fair valae with a wooden structure as
security? ufcuuufc; rvrE.
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