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For sale In Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & XendrIck, 900-912 Seventeenth street; Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co., 10th and Lawrence streets; A. Series, 1653 Champa street. TODAY'S WEATHER Partly cloudy, with elowly rising temperature; northwesterlj winds. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, C9; minimum temperature, 39; pre cipitation, 0.02 inch. 'PORTLAND, TUESDAY, APRIL 22. , TROUBLES OP PBAXUT POLITICS. The delay of the Simon people in get ting out their contingent for the Demo Simon ticket has been due to the diffi culty of finding men who are Republi cans in fact, or even call themselves Re publicans, who are willing to stand as candidates of a faction which is seekingj Jts own interest merely, or pursuing Its "own motives of revenge, regardless of the general interests of the country, or of the welfare of the Republican party as an instrument necessary to the well being of the country. It is exceedingly difficult to find persona whose ttfought and purpose are so wholly bound up in Simon that, they would consent to be candidates, yet whose standing Is such "that their nomination would not be ab solutely ridiculous. But why the hesi tation to nominate Simon's well-known and anicent "trusties" for the legislat ure and cdunty offices? For the Legis lature, why not Mackay, Bates and Ross? For the city and county offices, rw'hy not Cohen, Spencer, Bernstein, "Ted" Holman, "Abe" TIchenor." and so on down the line? It te a difficult thing, of course, to get -men of good reputation for dis interested citizenship and patriotic 'character to identify themselves with a beaten faction, desperately try ing to hold on to the shreds, rage and xemnants. of the political power still in their hands, and seeking moreover per sonal revenge. Republicans who care lor something more than factional poli tics, petty offices and personal revenges, yet who will consent to be candidates of such a faction, are not eaey to find. Hence the delay in filling out the Sl xnonlte contingent for the Demo-Simon ticket. To every Republican of high princi ples, to every Republican worth the name, it seems -a good time now to stand by the policy and purposes of the Republican party. Never was party more completely vindicated by results than the Republican party has been by the events of the last five years. Phe nomenal prosperity; extension of Na tional prestige; expansion of commerce; increased employment for labor at high est rates of general wages ever known; advance of the National flag in two hemispheres; complete establishment of - National credit and character at home . and abroad; entry of the United States into Oriental commerce on a scale that already has reached great proportions and is augury of more; absolute dis proval of every argument alleged against the policy of the Republican party during the Bryan crusade; entire and complete" vindication of Republican forecast, principles and purposes against the pessimistic predictions and conten tions of Its opponents are not these sufficient reasons for standing by the Republican party?" .- And there are other, reasons. Oregon will not want to go on the record against the National Administration. Oregon will not desire to announce to the country that In this state a reac tion has set In -against the policy that has delivered the country from the Slough of Despond, In .which it was foundering only a few years ago. Ore gon will not seek the bad eminence or doubtful honor of being the first state to condemn the vigorous Americanism, of President Roosevelt. Oregon will not be willing to declare to the country that a Pacific state, one of the group more concerned than any others in Na tional expansion in the Pacific Ocean, and in commercial expansion beyond it, is first to repudiate these results, and to call for "scuttle," retreat and con- rtraction. The one way to emphasize " the voice of Oregon on this subject is to hold the Republican majority In the state up to the high-water markT Upon such view ofthe subject what little, narrow, cheap, selfish, peanut and "graft" politics the work of this Simon faction, in co-operation with Democrats, one-half of whom are really ashamed of the association. Is! No such spectacle was ever presented here as that of these nominations of the Simon contingent, handed out to 'and accepted by the Democratic party. 'Behind these people there Is no pretense of authority from any quarter. The names are srmply dictated by the three . or Jfour sub-bosses of the inner Simon ring. The burning of the steamer City of Pittsburg last Sunday morning was a river "disaster that has few parallels in the navigation of the Mississippi River. It recalls the story of the "Prairie Belle," as sung by John Hay years ago. In the suddenness with which the disaster happened, 'but -unfortunately not In the fatuity that attended It. A calamity of this kind Js'not greater than that frequently -witnessed in the wreck of a railway train, but the hor ror of it all the darkness, except as the blazing- steamer "burned a -hole in the night," the rudely awakened pas sengers compelled to choose between being burned to death or drowned, the screams and struggles and vain at tempts to reach a place of safety, and, mingling w4th all other sounds, .the crackling and roaring of the flames, suffice to paint a picture of human ex tremity from which the dullest imag ination shrinks and turns away. The sounds borne under such conditions upon the "hot, black breath of the burning boat" has been well designated an "Infernal roar." Of necessity it soon ceased, and the record of another great tragedy was written. SUNBEAMS FROM CUCUMBERS. It is silly, the way some are talking, that the Republican vote of the state Is going to Chamberlain. It Is talk mere ly, from Democratic sources. Inquire among Republicans and you will find there is nothing in It, That the Simon junta in Portland will help Chamber lain to the extent of its power is not questioned. It will give him a squad or bunch of votes, but the number can- ) not be sufficient to make an Impression on the general result. When Democrats and Simonltes talk as if the Republican party had been disrupted and was about to dissolve, that Its voters were turning to the Democratic party, and that Chamber lain and his associates were to have a walkover, they merely chatter among themselves. They ask those who hear them-to suppose that Republicans have ceased to be Republicans. The leaders of the Simon gang here undoubtedly are for Chamberlain and the Democratic ticket, Of them, more hereafter. Here and throughout the state they may muster a few hundred votes on election day: but to Demo cratic ears their croak Is as If there were ten thousand frogs In a pond, which yield's but two dozen when the pond is drained. Republicans adhere to their party be cause they see reason to be Republicans and to adhere to It. They see noth ing In the recent history or conduct pt the Democratic party that is attractive to them. "They see how fortunate the country was and Is to have escaped the pit of Bryanism. They want business, commerce, sound money and Industry, and don't want "scuttle." Stories are told that Republicans are going to vote the Democratic ticket; but they are told by Democrats and by the handful of members of the Simon Inner clique, who, for revenge, would like to defeat the Republican party since they can't control It "Which, if not victory. Is yet revenge." It was not a gentleman of admirable character who said that. We shall see whether the Republicans of Oregon have suddenly become Demo crats. The Oregonlan must be excused for its Incredulity. . DEARER BREAD IN ENGLAND. Our" dispatches announced yesterday that the trades unions will protest to the British Parliament: against the pro posed imposition of a revenue tax on corn. This protest was to be expected, for the original purpose of the repeal of the corn laws in 1846 was to make cheap bread possible to the wjorklhgman, since without cheaper bread the manufac turer would have to face a demand for higher wages from his employes. The manufacturer was able in 1846 to force the repeal of the corn laws, and thus through cheaper bread was able to es cape the relatively high wages that would have "been inevitable had bread imports continued to be taxed in the interest of the English agriculturists. The London and Liverpool bakers have already announced the Increase of half a penny in the price of a two-pound loaf of bread, and as peas, rice, lentils and manufactured articles like macaroni will pay a duty under the class of grain and flour, the working classes are face to face with an increased price of living, which prompts the trades unions to pro test to Parliament against this imposi tion of a tax on imported foodstuffs. The protest will not be- heeded, and then there will be a demand for increased wages, which, if not granted, will be followed by strikes. Political disturb ances will be sure to follow, for the Liberals have promptly given notice of their strenuous op"posltion to the grain tax, upon the ground that it will pres3 ultimately and with the greatest sever ity "upon those least able to afford It; that It imposes a burden on the masses while It aids landowners; that it aban dons free trade in food and irritates labor because it is sure to distress It. , Great Britain has been brought to this decision to tax grain Imports largely through the stress of military expend-" Itures for the South African War. The present yearly British expenditure Is $870,000,000, twlcetbe outlay of five years ago. This outlay is $130,000,000 over and abqve the preseVit revenue for a year to come, and the deficit for the past year adds $80,000,000. The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to raise about $15, 090,000 of the new revenue by taxation of grain, flour and meal. This bread tax is not technically a return to protection, for It Is laid for revenue only, and It Is freely predicted that it will be repealed at the first opportunity. At th'e same time, It must be recognized that In or der to effect its repeal expenditures must notably decline, and present bur dens may disappear only to be replaced by new ones. Thus, while the pressure of the Boer War sooner or later will be relaxed, Great Britain is doomed to a vastly increased annual expenditure to keep up her navy to its present point of supremacy over the united navies of France arid Russia, or those of France and Germany. These powers are stead ily increasing their fleets, and Great Britain, to maintain her present advan tage, must spend a great deal of money I even if no new war overtakes her. The political situation in Ireland promises to make the government of that coun try expensive. The situation in China and Japan may breed war at any mo ment There is small prospect that Great Britain will at any near date be able to repeal the new taxes on grain, meal and other food imports The rad ical Liberals, backed by the laborvote, will, of course, oppose the imposition of these new food taxes, but they cannot nope -to unseat the present Salisbury government, because a good many in fluential liberals, like Lord Rosebery, will support these war taxes on grain because they are in full sympathy with the idea of "strengthening the bonds of the empire," as .Mr. Chamberlain puts it The imposition of these new grain duties will be welcomed by the British colonies and dependencies that are anx ious to secure preferential treatment for thejr products in the British market. Canada 'and Australia will be sure to press with renewed hope for their de mand, for preference over American farmers In the British markets. They will be sure -to ask that the new grain duties be not imposed upon Imports from their countries, while remaining upon the Imports from the non-British world. Mr. Chamberlain has long been looking for an opportunity to give the colonies preferential treatment, and now he has it at his hand. The out look Is at present that the new tariff for revenue grain duties has come to stay; that they are but the beginning of the end for the British worklngman of the policy" of free food. Of course, to the workingmen, for whom the trades unions make their present appeal to Parliament against these new grain duties, it Is a practical question; they don't want dearer bread or kindrei'food products. Dearer bread doesn't taste any "the sweeter because the tax is not protective In any sense, but for revenue only. To the worklngnian a tax that Is burdensome to him is offensive because it is oppressive, and he doesn't care a button under what policy nr name he is paying more for his loaf of bread. EGREGIOUS INGRATITUDE. A baseless and unjust attack Is made upon Representative Tongue by a Marshfield parer because of his efforts on behalf of the mouth of the Columbia River. The Marshfield Mall under stands that ''Mr. Tongue Is too closely in sympathy with Portland to do the best for Coos Bay." Nothing could be farther from the truth than is the Im plication that Mr. Tongue's activity In behalf of the Columbia River, affects adversely his capacity to secure appro priations for Cocs Bay. The fact is that Coos Bay, In common with all other waters whatsoever, has to stand on its own merits, not only with Congress, but with the Engineering Corps, by "whose recommendations Congress is guided. The fact regarding Mr. Tongue Is that he has always put the Interests of his own district first, and, further, no dis trict in the United States has a more consistent, insistent and persistent ad vocate In Congress than the Second Ore gon District has in the person of Mr. Tongue. He has done all for Coos Bay, and for Taquina Bay, that anybody could do, and more than most could do. And If he has exerted himself on behalf of the Columbia River, it is much more because he realizes that Its improve ment Is of great Importance to the en tire Pacific Northwest, Including South western Oregon, than it is because Of any desire he has of creating political sentiment in his favor In Portland, which has nothing to do cither with his nomination or his election. The needs of the Columbia River rest upon too broad a basis to be menaced either by an indifferent Congressman or the demands of Coos Bay. Carrying the commerce of three states, aggregat ing some $13,000,000 a year, this great waterway is certain to be recognized In Congress so long as any other projects are recognized. The cheapening of transportation by this improvement, moreover, affects the values of prod ucts and land of all Oregon, Including Cocs Bay. The expenditures carried by the present river and harbor bill aver age but $1 per ton for the Columbia's commerce, while the amount carried for Coos Bay in the last-bill was $1 50 per ton of Coos Bay's commerce. It is unfortunate for Coos Bay that its public sentiment is out of harmony with the rest of the state, enough so to justify one of Its newspapers In mak ing this attack upon Portland and the Columbia River. Strenuous efforts have been made here to enlist the co-operation of the people of Coos Bay In bind ing that region more closely to the people and the commerce of the state to which It belongs. But without ap preciable success. The affiliation of the Bay is mostly with San Francisco, and the apparent desire is to continue it. Portland Is proud of the rich country drained by Coos Bay, and wishes that Its overtures there were more kindly received. Doubtless the operation of a railroad connecting Marshfield with Portland is the only thing that will make Coos Bay actually as It is nominally a part of Oregon. The efforts which Oregon men have put forth and which have resulted In the jetty" there and the present chan nel, have only served to facilitate trade between Coos Bay and San Francisco. These efforts will doubtless be contin ued unabated by Mr. Tongue, and the thanks he gets are such sneers as we have reprinted from the Mail. A DELIGHTFUL HUMORIST. The late Frank R. Stockton was a most delightful humorist of very rare quality in our American literature. The great majority of our American humor ists are depicters chiefly of what Is transient rather than what is permanent In our National life. Irving is a gentle humorist, whose best books are written in the spirit of Addison and Goldsmith, and because of this they still hold a place In the libraries of men of good taste and good feeling. Mark Twain, a man of original genius both as a coarseihumorlst and a vigorous satirist, has written some books that will sur vive his generation, but a good deal of his earlier work was thrown off as mere "pot-boilers," and Is so charged with transient local color and atmosphere that It will not long survive him. John Phoenix, Artemas Ward, Nasby. Or pheus C. Kerr, were all men of fine tal ent, but their work stood for" the tran sient rather than the permanent in American life, even as the diverting ut terances of "Mr. Dooley" do today. The humor of Dr. Holmes In his "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," with its suc cessors, "The Professor" and "The Poet," will always be good reading, and so will his humorous pqems, "The Last Leaf," "The Comet," "The One-Hoss Shay," "Rip Van Winkle, M. D.," and "How the Old Horse Won the Bet," but when we remember that Holmes' llter ary career extended over half a century, his humorous verses of permanent qual ity are few and lar between. Lowell's Yankee dialect poetry belongs to the list of humor of permanent quality. To this short record it is safe to add the name of Frank R. Stockton. The man was a great artist. He did not try to say iunny things, but he created a fine, humorous atmosphere. He made the situation gradually unfold Itself from start to finish, and did it so skill fully that you commenced to smile gently in the first chapter, and never stopped smiling to the last. There was no coarseness or rankness In his work, no broad. farce, no "meat-ax" humor. He wasas non-sensational, as playful, as gentle and well bred in his humor as Charles Lamb, whom he resembles in his capacity for gradual creation of a humorous atmosphere by taking hu- mor from every side and giving it forth I on every side. ' Mr. Stockton was a man of original geniua. This conclusion forces itself upon you when you try to think of some celebrated humorist to w-hom he was indebtcdfor thejnanner, if not the mat ter, of his 'humor, and you find that he has no closely related prototype. He is not the echo of any famous hu morist In England or America; he is sul generis. The time will come, if -it has not already arrived, when Stockton wIU be recognized as belonging to the first rank of American humorists of permanent rather than mere transient excellence. His stories and sketches will always be humorous, for the same reason that Sancho Panza is, as divert ing today as. he was to the Spain of Cervantes; for the same reason that Falstaff is as Inimitably mlrth-provok-lng today as he was to the England of Elizabeth. It has been discovered, fortunately in time to prevent serious and perhaps appalling disaster, that the roof of the Centenary church building on the Ea9t Side Is unsafe and liable, to collapse from any unusual weight of snow, or through stress of heavy wind. This discovery " serves to illustrate the chances that people unwittingly take through lack of, or carelessness in, an Inspector of construction. This build ing, a costly and Imposing edifice, erected through the energy of a boom pastor In boom times, has been the cause of much, trouble in and out of the courts, but those who attend serv ices there, and indeed the public gen erally, since the building has -often, upon special occasions been crowded to the very doors, have reason for con gratulating 'themselves and each other that they were saved from the worst that could have happened, as the re sult of the methods by which this building was raised. It is hoped by the many friends of the church that the trouble in regard to this structure will end with the repairs now in progress,, the object' of which is to strengthen it where it was lamentably and Indeed criminally, weak In construction. While the findings of the repairing architect are sufficient to "cause a shudder to pervade the community, the fact that they were discovered in time to pre vent a catastrophe is sufficient cause for an occasion of special and' earnest thanksgiving. Castle Loo, where Queen Wllhelmlna lies 111 of typhoid fever, is an ancient pile, without any of the sanitary appli ances for drainage. Like Buckingham Palace, where the Prince Consort of England met his death from typhoid. and Marlborough House, where King Edward, then Prince of Wales, con tracted the samje disease and barely escaped with his life, this old Dutch palace Is not rotten only because it is built of stone, which the. slime and ooze of generations render dank and unwholesome, but cannot corrode. King Edward has introduced modern appli ances of drainage, ventilation, heating and lighting Into gloomy old Bucking ham, and thoroughly renovated It, mak ing it habitable according to the mod ern interpretation of that term. Viewed from the present standpoint of the en lightened sanitarian, it is a marvel that any one can llye la these dank Old World palaces. Queen Wllhelmlna haB learned her lesson as King Edward learned his, and if she recovers to apply lt, will doubtless do so' with a house cleaning such as Castle Loo has never before known. President Roosevelt In recording his first veto of a pension bill has won the admiration of every veteran of the Civil War who believes In maintaining the honor of the pension roll. The pen sioner turned down by executive veto Is Thomas Walter, a Lieutenant In a Pennsylvania regiment during the Civil War, but who was, cashiered by sen tence of a general court-martial for dis obedience of orders In regard to ploket duty. The President's estimate in this case will bear carrying from the news to the editorial columns of all journals that stand for justice to old soldiers in the matter o'f pensions, and Is as fol lows: To inscribe his -tfame on the pension roll would be to condone an lnexcusablo offense by a commissioned officer, to detract from the high estimate in which the pension roll ought ever to bo held and to- do injustice to soldiers now on that roll, especially those under the act of Juno 27, 1680, where an honorable" discharge from the service Is a condition precedent to ob taining a pension. The Russian Empire has been "sum moned by Divine Providence to contrib ute toward the friendly intercourse be tween the Orient and the Occident." Thus Is Its presence' in Manchuria ex plained; thus the cause of the constant ly increasing "number of Russian sol diers in that province Is made plain; thus the fact that It has taken posses sion of one of the finest deep-water harbors of the Pacific is Justified. The Manchurlan occupation scheme was elaborated by Divine Providence with Russlaas its agent modest, unassuming Russia, that longs for world-wide peace and attests the sincerity of this longing by Increased activity in its navy-yards and an aggressive policy in its own Fin land as well as in- China. The world, having been duly enlightened upon this matter, will now heave a sigh of satiSj faction. The Missouri farmers are urging their Governor io protest against any inter ference with the purchase of horses and mules by the agents of the British gov ernment on the ground that this export trade in horses and mules has been worth about $7000,000 to Missouri for the past year. According to British statistics, the value of the horses ex ported by the United States to Great Britain from 1895' to 1901 amounts to the sum of $35,000,000, while our shipments of mules to the United Kingdom from September, 1S99, to December, 1901, ag gregate In value over $6,000,000. In 1891 the exports of horses from the United States amounted to less than $1,000,000. In 1901 the shipments of horses to South Africa was 37,465; to- Great Britain 22, 698. Since 1895, Great Britain alone has received from the United States on the average 50,000 horses annually. The other day a Hon and bear fight was witnessed by thousands of specta tors in a Mexican town. Something1 far more repulsive than this spectacle was the recent "Grand American Handicap Shoot" at Kansas City, whose result was 13,000 dead pigeons, a butchery of tame, helpless birds. New York State prohibits by law such exhibitions. Women took pact in this Kansas City match. Such exhibitions are more bar barous than applying -the "water ciire" to a Filipino spy or assassin, for the Filipino brigand and assassin. is a nox ious animal, while the pigeon, is incapa ble of mischief. A. LETTER FROM JUDJGE LOWELL HI Complaint Afeeut His Defeat fer Mr. PHrBlik, PENDLETON. April 2L CTo the Edj tor.) In yesterday's- issue- of your paper you pay me, a private citizen, the high compliment of edltorla? notice and while I have no desire to question either The Oregonlah's analysis of my character or its estimate of. my atandlng and popular ity in my own county, I think I am Justi fied in asking the publication ot my letter to Mr Chamberlain, in ordcx that my true position upon the governorship matter may receive the same publicity as you have given the ,attack upon my motives. The following is th'e letter in .full: AprUT 12. 1902. Hon. George E. Chamberlain. Portland, Or. Dear Sir: Psrmlt me to extend congratulations upon, your nomination for the position ot chief executive ot the state, and to express the hope that you may triumph at the. polls. I am, as you know, a Republican, bred In the faith, and In aeco'rd with the historic prin ciples of that party. Its candidates, witn the exception of the nominee for Governor, will receive my support and vote at the approach--Ins election. Its platform I fully Indorse'. The Issue raised, however, upon the Gov ernorship is not political, but moral, and goes to the very existence of popular government, the question thus to be settled at the ballot box being whether or not the office of Gover nor of the commonwealth is on article of mer chandise, which can be bought By money, and attained by the arts of the political free booter; I. for one. propose to go on record in th negative, and shall rote for you. "With assur ances of high personal regard, I am, respect fully yours, STEPHEN A. LOWELL. I know of no other letter of mine to which your editorial comment could refer, except ohe of We "tenor written to the Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. I do not think Mr. Matthews hits published the latter, but If he deslr.es to do so he has my fullest permission. STEPHEN, A LOWELL. It is open to Judge Lowell as to every other man to take what course In poli tics he may choose. But the public will Judge him when he wrfces this kind of letter. He was a candidate fdr Gover nor In the primaries of Umatilla. County. Mr. Furnish beat him five to one, on a full vote. He now says that Mr. Furnish is "a political freebooter," and declares that the tesue is "whether or not the office of Governor of the commonwealth is an article of merchandise which can be bought with money." It Ja for the Re publicans of Umatilla County to put an estimate on this estimate of themselves. It Is apparent, however, from the vote in the primary there that they do not take Judge Lowell at his own valuation. He no doubt i3 a worthy man in many ways but all, who know him (and all who. do not) must be. sorry to witness this exhibi tion of meanness. Again, his assumption that Mr. Cham berlain la the pink and perfection of per sonal and civic virtue does his intelli gence as little credit as the other as sumption does credit to his magnanimity, Mr. Chamberlain Is what he is. He is merely "a good fellow," who depends on politics, but docs no official duty thor oughly, because he Is always -trying to "make votes" ; and at this- moment he is. and for a year past he has been, allowing vice, crime and unlawful Infamies to run Tampant In Portland though as District Attorney he has full "power to suppress them. It Is this vote that Is expected to contribute to the scheme to make him Governor. If Judge Lowell doesn't know these things it Is because he prefers not to "Know them not to know the "moral issue" which he says is "raised upon the governorship." It is a pity that Judge Lowell has made this exhibit ot himself. It seems to have been an unerring judgment. that led the Republicans of Umatilla County to prefer another citizen of the county to himself for Governor, by a vote of five to one. WAhE AS A'VEnSIFIER. Samples of Efforts by tbe New Com missioner of Pensions. Rochester Post-Express. Eugene F. Ware, of Kansas, whom President Roosevelt has selected to suc ceed H. Clay Evans as Commissioner of Pensions, Is a bigger .man than his repu tation. It is safe to say that "IronqulU" is a name unknown to most readers, yet under this nom de guerre Eugene F. Ware has published verses that ought to, and probably will, withstand a good deal of the buffeting of time. The "Rhymes" were first published 10 or 12 years ago, in Topeka, with every precaution of pri vacy to keep -them from the notice of those who would be likeliest to enjoy them. But they made their way, not withstanding, by intrinsic force, and have gone through 10 editions. President Roosevelt has admired Mr. Ware's poetry for many years, and he never sets forth on a hunting expedition without the "Rhymes of IronqulU" In his grip. Here Is a samplq of Ware's humorous verse: A father said unto his hopeful son; "Who was Ltonldas. my cherished one?" The boy replied, with words Of ardent nature: "He was a member of the Legislature." "How?" asked the parent; then the youngster salth: "He got a pass and held her like "grim death." "Whose pass?- What pass?" the anxious father cried. " 'Twos the'r monopoly," the boy replied. In deference to the public we must state' That boy has .been an orphan since that date. There's nothing attenuated about this humor. It is spontaneous and delightful. The gem of his work is in his collec tion of Aesop's fables retold, the "Zephyr et Canine," which Czar Reed considers the best humorous verse In the English language. It Is worthy of preservation in the most exclusive scrapbook: Once ft Kansas zephyr strayed Where a brass-eyed bird-pup played. And that foolish canine bayed At that zephyr. In a gay, Seml-ldlotie way. Then that zeDhyr. in about Half a Jiffy, took tha pup. Tipped him over wrong side up. Then turned him wrong side out. And It calmly Journeyed thence With a barn and string of fence. HAEC FABULA. When communities turn loose Social orders that produce The disorders of a gale. Act upon the well-known law; Face the breeze, but close your Jaw. It's a rule that will not fall, If-you bay It, Jn a gay, ' Self-sufficient sort of way. It will land you, without doubt. Upside down and wrong side out. Is it strange that the President should bestow political honors upon a roan who can write like this? Not Principle, bHt Self-interest. Dallas News. It Is natural that the Democrats of Louisiana should vigorously oppose any concessions to Cuba, since thla would en able that island to get its sugar into this country and stll it to the people at a less price than Louisiana growers now sell at. But they ought not to try to convince anyone that their opposition la baded solely on their natural hatred of the sugaY trust. Subsidies Have Failed. "nisewlicre.. Boston Herald. The plan proposed by the Hanna-Payne or the Frye shipping subsidy bill Is one borrowed from the French and Italian practices ot the past, a practice that in both of these countriee has proved abso lutely Ineffective Xor the attainment of tho desired end. A Practical Temperance 3TeaHre. Boston Herald. Glasgow has banished barmaids, too, following the example of other cities of Great Britain. It is in the line of tem perance and detracts considerably from the charm of taking a drink. I RQMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS. Chicago Inter-Ocean. A volume just published at Baltimore with the sanction of Cardinal Gibbons contains Information which, while doubt less well known to Roman Catholics, may come as something of a surprise to mem bers of other Christian communions. It is a history of the Society for the Propagation- of the Faith, and shows how and by whom the missionary enterprises of the Roman Church are sustained. Most Protestants are probably under the Impression that these enterprises are directed, and the revenue for their sup port collected, by the board or committee In Rome commonly called "the Congrega tion ot the Propaganda." This is an er ror. The propaganda's income does not exceed $135,000 a year, and this is wholly I absorbed by its schools and printing- house. Missionary priests who cannot ob tain Their living from the people among whom they labor are supported by various special associations, of which the Society fdr the Propagation of the Faith Is the largest and most widely spread. This society was organized in Lyons in 1S22 by a dozen persons assembled to hear a priest describe the progress and the diffi culties of the Roman Catholic missions la America. Its beginnings were very humble, but Its founders persisted in their worft, and in 1S40 an encyclical from Pope Gregory XVI commended the society to all ehurches. From 1S22 to 1900 the society has collected and distributed no less than $65,690,017. France has been the great contributor to Catholic foreign missions, having given no less than $42,076,503 of the total. Italy has given $5,20,135; Germany and Austria, $S,S62,666; Belgium. $3,701,140; Great Britain and Ireland. $2,301,764; Holland. $1,167,634; Canada. Mexico and the West Indies, $1, 143,476; the United States. $1,120,421. and no other country as much as $1,000,000. The greatest expenditure $25,932.446 has been in Asia. In Europe $9,799,834 has been expended; In Africa, $8,815,953; in Oceanlca, $6,011,630, and In America. $9,973,916. of which $5,807,393 was In the United States. f The missions now maintained in this coun try are chiefly among the Indians. The administration of the society, which sustains but does not seek to direct reli gious work. Is almost entirely in the hands of the laity. The division of funds Is made by agreement between the central councils of Lyons and Paris. Member ship is voluntary and Individual, though members are usually -organized in bands of 10, each headed by a "promoter." The .requirements for membership are dally prayer for the cause, and the giving of 5 cents each month. The society has no permanent or invested funds. At the opening of each year the total collected during the preceding year is distributed. Its work depends from y?ar to year upon the continuing zeal of the faithful. By these means the society sustains and helps 15.000 priests, 5000 teaching brothers, and 45,000 sisters, besides native priests and helpers a great religious army ex hibiting the power of systematic charity when that charity Is supported by faith In the righteousness of the chosen cause. LONG OX NATIONAL GOYERXMEXT. He Sees Reasons for Good Cheer in. HIS Outlook. (Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, in the Congregationalism So far as I can see, there has been a steady Improvement In American political life, and its outlook for the future Is full of good cheer. There have been few backward steps and there certainly have been a great many forward. The man in political life has kept pace with the prog ress in all life. His standards of personal conduct and habit are better than they were. Our executive officials are men of first-rate character and ability. Our Rep resentatives In Congress do not have their superiors In any other body of men of the same number. This Is true, not only In respect of their general ability, their power of Investigation and expression, but in their personal character and walk. Many of them arte men of small means, but they are above suspicion of purchase or corruption. They live simply and mod estlv: IntemDerance is rare, and while par ty .spirit is sometimes high, they are de voted to the welfare of their constituen cies. I have long regarded tne congres sional Record as a very treasury of In structive and Informing debate, dealing exhaustively with the public questions of the day. In the civil service of the country there has been a marked advance. The great body of clerical places are no longer the spoils of the victor, secured by political favor, but got by merit. The result is a noticeable Increase of efficiency and a still more marked relief both to the appointing power and to the Congressman. A Cab inet officer now, Instead of spending half his time In putting In or turning out the members of the clerical force, can devote himself to the legitimate work of his office. Nor have heroism and pluck and daring lost ground. To be sure, nobody fights a duel nowadays, but on the sterner battle fields which demand moral courage there has been, no falling off. I am thrown a good deal, of course, among Naval officers, who, by the way, are certainly a part of onr political life, and I am especially struck with the high sense of duty in serv ice which animates so many of them, and which, notwithstanding all the little fric tions that attend every organization from c military department to a singing school. Inspires them to the greatest loyalty and sacrifice in time of emergency. I believe that they are representative of the per sonnel of other branches of the Govern ment. . . . Wealth has increased, but It has brought with it an Increase of temp tation to luxurious indulgence and cor ruption as well as better provision of the comforts of life for all. As there is good cheer in looking upon all these advances, there must also be good cheer In taking up the burdens and problems which they bring. It la going to be a long fight yet before we have the ideal man or the ideal state. There is enough to make one faint who looks forward to the tremendous work to be done, but good cheer helps in doing it A merry heart goes all the day, A sad tires in a mile a, A Catting Exposure. Boston Herald. Seldom has there been witnessed In either branch of Congrees a more com plete exposure of the folly of undertaking to debate a subject of which a man is ignorant than that contained Jn the re ply of Senator Blackburn of Kentucky to Senator Denew of New York, in the Sen ate debate ot Friday of last week. The re port sent out from Washington to the press generally gives little idea of what was said, as it appears in the Congres sional Record. The discussion was over Kentucky politics, and It was provoked by an attack on the part of Mr. Depew. It can. hardly be pceslble that his side of the case- was not stronger than he made it to. appear. He really did not know any thing about the subject which he had un dertaken to invoke, and Mr. Blackburn made" a humiliating exposure ot Mr. De pew's ignorance on every point In it that he had treated. Abon Ben Adhem. Lelzh Hunt. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe Increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace. And saw within the moonlight in his room. MaklnK. it rich and like a Illy In bloom. An angel writing In a book ot gold: Exceeding peacehad made- Ben Adhem bold. And to the presence In tho room he sald( "What writest thou?" The vision raised it3 head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord. Answered. "The names of those who loye tho Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low. But cheerily still; and said, "1 pray thee, then, Write roe as one that loves his fellow men." i The. angel wrote, and vanished The next night It came again, with a great wakening light. And showed the names whom love of God had bless'd, And, lol Ben Adhem's name led all the rest! NOTE AND COMMENT. The handshake stump. Is mightier than the It will now become the Pension Com missioner's turn to be Ware. The roar of the sea will soon be echoed by "the guests at the beach hotels. Feople who visit the North End shooting galleries do not get even million-to-ono shots. If General Miles doesn't find a repri mand-in his morning's mail he calls down his office boy for losing his letters. A street-car strike In San Francisco, where all the residence property Is set on edge, must be something horrible. Mr. Bryan feeems to be a firm believer in Washington's theory that every defeat is but additional training for ultimate vic tory. Thus far the railroads have not found It necessary to run excursions out of Port- land In order to accommodate the bunco Both the new Pension Commissioner and the Secretary of State formerly wrote poetry. There is -some hope for Alfred Austin yet. Santos-Dumonfs first care when he ar-l rives In St. Louis will be to select a num ber of good soft spots around the town for terminal facilities. Count BonI de Castellane has a son. and will soon know how It feels to be touched for a couple of hundred thousand every month or two. It will do Kitchener no good to refuse to send men to confer with the Boers. The Boers will have the conference, if they have to capturesthe conferees. Great consternation was created because the Russian Minister of Police was killed by a student. Over here, where students play football, the mere killing of oe man would have attracted little attention. Lord Kelvin, the great English scientist who is to be entertained by American scientific societies In New York, Is entitled to use the following portentous string of initials after his name. G. C. "V. O.. D. C. L.. LL. D.. M. D., D. Sc, Ph. D M. A., F. R. S., F. R. S. E. He has been decorated by nearly all governments. He is 73 years old, but is still a very lively. man, fond of a good dinner and a good Joke, and, unlike most scientific men, not at all sedentary in his habits. At college he pulled a good oar and was reckoned a first-rate musician. Judge .Pennypacker, of Philadelphia, tells a story which shows the readiness of the Pennsylvania Dutchman to obey those in authority: In 1S61 Sheridan, under orders. burned every barn from a valley above I Staunton to a certain point Deiow Win chester. A band of angry rebels followed, this raid, watching for a chance to picki up any stragglers. Among others who fell! into their hands was a little Pennsylvania! Dutchman, who quietly turned to his cap tors and Inquired: "Vat you fellows goir to do mlt me?" The reply came short and sharo. "Hanjr you." "Veil." he sald.l meekly, "vatever is de rule." His good- natured reply threw the Confederates intol a roar of laughter and saved his life. An American contractor sought a fat contract In Russia, but after trying by aH ordinary means to secure t was about to give it up when one more Idea occurred. One fine morning he made a friendly cau on the personage who had the work In charge. He carried a large umbrella, and the Rusisan remarked that on such a charming day there was little ocacslon for protection of that kind. The American shot a keen glance at the Muscovite and said: "I will bet 100,000 rubles that rain w'ill be falling heavily inside half an hour." His offer was accepted, and he lost, for the weather remained beautiful for several days. But he got the contract, which netted him vastly more than tha amount of the bet. The Seed-Dlstrlbutlns Abuse. Indianapolis News. When Is Congress to pitf a stop to the farce of sending out packages of seeds to the constituents of members? What was at first Intended to be an aid to agricul ture in supplying farmers '"vjth new varie ties of seeds has been resolved into, a vote-getting scheme. If Congressmen are nrmitiiri tn spnrt nnt nackaces of seeds by the carload, why may they not bell allowed a distribution of rakes, hoes, plows 11 nnd threshlnsr machines? fl A Conscienceless Trust. Utlca Observer. The beef trust has marched into our- homes and attacked the breakfasts of tno well-to-do and the dinners of tho poor. On the wav It has stopped to wreak ruin on snmo who are slow or reluctant to do Its bidding, and to demonstrate that its machinery Is constructed to work ven geance as well as accomplish robbery. Small Loail by Comparison. New York World. What a protesting roar will rise In Brit. aln if the ministry carries out its ruraoreu rrtwt nt nnttlmr a tariff upon grain and flour! But a duty of 4 per cent, such as ! London rears aoes not "- " '""' tn ATTiorirans.' who meekly pay 3o per cent on furniture. 60 per cent on clothing and on raw 6ugar 9o per cent. PIjEASAXTIUES OF PAItAGKAPHERS A Raise. Pres3 Agent The star says she wants a raise. Manager All right. Tell her I'll add halt an inch to the height ot tha letters In her name on the programme. Judge. Ills occupation. Asked by a Justice to giva an account of himself, a Georgia darky r$ iilled: "I des a po" ol nigger, suh. votiijr aroun" fer a hones' Hvla !" Atlanta Consti tution. Didn't Glvo It. "Willie, did you give John, ny Smith a black pyc?" "No, ma'am." "Ar you sure?" "Yes. ma'am. He nlreaJy had the eye, an I Jest blacked it for him." Chi. cago Post. Llteraticus Have you read about the re. cent discovery by a" noted explorer of "Tha Missing Links?" Edgar Golfly N'o; what club Is supposed to have played on them? Chicago Dally News. Little Bertie had been taught not to ask for anything at meals. One clay poor Bertie had been forgotten, when he pathetically In quired: "Do little boys get to heaven when they are starved to death?" TitfBlts. An Opening for Revenge. Harry Harriet, don't you be so- haughty with those people next door. Harriet Why not? Harry First thing you know they'll offer cook a dollar more and get her away from us. Puck. Easily Pleased. The Host I'm more than sorry. Colonel, but you know I never havo wine on my table when my children are pres ent. The Colonel No offense, sir I'd Just aa soon have whisky and water. Brooklyn Life The Lesser Evil. Ascum (after the perform ance I shouldn't think you'd care 'to tak part In amateur theatricals. Slnnickson (en of the cast) I don't, but If I didn't, I'd prob ably have to sit up In the audience. Philadel-t phla Press. A Blessing In Dlgnl"e. "I was so sorry to hear a fox had been stealing your poultry again. How unfortunate you are!" "Oh, wa can bear It, Miss, thank you kindly. You see, the Slophlre Hunt country comes up to our farm on one side, and the Jowlers on tbe other, so we make a claim on both and they each pay for tho old hens. Punch. t