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rOIlTT.AN, THimSDAY, MARCH 20.
TRUSTS HELD IX CHECK.
In the light of the present conflict
between Hill an&Harrlman, the absorp
tlon of all the railroads Into one "com
munity of interest" takes -on the aspect ought tQ taow
1 ahnro tint mnnv of them, look as if the 1 course, national self-Interest rather than j occasional fresfe rose to keep up the &c-
oia cluny window curtain was doing ancient family ties predominates, dul it i uon or June ana oeaatyi compare inesc
eerdce again and left-over tidies had is difficult to believe that any or tne i negieciea plants witn otaers ot use same
Wn ntmzpa bV clever aeslcnera." It is I creat cowers of Europe would approve variety and in practically the same lo-
ttaII r.nt to be eeesorious In a matter of 1 of the annexation of Holland by Ger- i cation from which the old blossoms have
this kind. Fashion does not often err j many and Belgium by France. France j been clipped; and note the grateful re-
nn thi side of economy. Let us be ai- would be sure to protest against it; so sponse in fresh roses and new duos.
would Great Britain and Russia. And when, .in addition, to thlsy attention
For France to consent to the annexa- J which any one can bestow with a very
tlon of Holland by Germany, provided I slight expenditure in time: and thought
Belgium was annexed to the French Re- j fulness, the pruning shears are used
public, would be like a chessplayer who J when necessary to curb an awkward
not only loses in the exchange of pieces
but in the situation of the game. Hol
laodMe worth far more to Germany than
Belgium possibly could be. even If
preclative of a fad that makes use of
the odds and ends In the garret, that are
too flimsy to be added to the charity
bag or used as a salve for the con
science in the Thanksgiving donation.
Few things pase under this head. Score
one, therefore, for the old cluny window
curtain and another for the left-over
"tidies."
France were secure in its possession for matter of making Portland a "rose city"
DISCKIMIJfA-
of a ghastly joke. Here is the Union
Pacific proposing by Improvements in
roadbed end rolling stock to reduce the
time between New Tork and San Fran
cisco to 3 days. Here Is Mr. Hill.
while resting from his efforts to wrest
control of the Government transport
business from San Francisco and trans
fer it to Seattle, now endeavoring by
"WITHOUT
TIQX.
If the Harts plan for improvement of
the Columbia between the dalles and Ce-
lllo Falls is impracticable in any of its
parts, the sooner we know it the better.
"We have had enough of monkey work
with boat railways and similar instru
ments of circumlocution and delay. Any
time spent in a project that must be
abandoned at last is worse than wasted.
Let us start, but let us start right.
"We d eel re to acquit Captain Harts
and the United States Engineer Corps
generally of any deliberate purpose to
block the undertaking of an open river.
But there is room for impatience at the
exasperating delays and cross purposes
upon which Congress and the "War De
partment have so industriously collab
orated.
The boat railway was adopted and
whooped up for ten years or more before
anybody in Congress or the department
dared to breathe a hint of its worth
lessness. Once it was thrown aside.
none was so poor to do it reverence.
Now the entire Engineer Corps, our
Congressional delegations and our com
mercial bodies have been standing in
speechless admiration of the Harts plan.
none daring to breathe a whlper against
Its perfect availability, until a. persist
ent investigation by The Oregonlan's
"Washington correspondent discloses the
fact that the engineers really believe
that Captain Harts' rocks of twenty or
thirty tons with which he proposes to
dam the Columbia at Five-Mile Rapids
would float down that torrential and
stupendous stream like chips on a cur
rent. It is well to knW this now. It
would be better to have known it two
years ago.
Captain Harts may be right and his
critics wrong. Or he may be wrong. It
doesn't greatly matter. The point is, we
The point is that the
earnest desire of the 1,000,000 producers
and consumers in the Columbia Basin
for an open river, and the professed
willingness of Congress to open it and
the reputed anxiety of the Engineer
Corps to co-operate, deserve some more
satisfactory issue than the discovery
every time Congress adjourns that there
Is some fatal defect in the legislation for
the future, which would be very doubt
ful. Belgium and Holland are about
equal In home area and population; but
the Dutch colonial possessions in the
East Indies are of great value and the
Dutch commercial and marine resources
are so great that in German hands Hol
land would become a priceless posses
sion. It is absurd to credit Emperor
"William with entertaining so audacious
OUTSIDE AID FOR THE FAIR.
The failure of the Colorado Legislature
to take a liberal interest in the .uewis
and Clark Fair is not surprising nor ia'
the least fiiscouraglBg. Ceterado fees so
direct share in the historical associations
of the coming event and no direct busi
ness or social interest with either old Ore
gon or new. Leaving oat the peiat of
geographical propinquity, the interest of
Colorado in our affairs is precisely that
of the states beyond the Rocky Moun
tains: her sentiment is cordial, but not
lively: she has every motive of good feel-
ing. but absolutely nothing to gain
through co-operation with us.
The situation of Colorado is very duter-
bushes in all available places about ent from that of the State of Washing-
their premises, that to be successful In j ton, which through the action of its Gov-
growth or to detach broken or spent
branches, the effect Is very noticeable.
All of this Is merely to suggest to per
sons who are really in earnest in the
and who are preparing to plant rose
this venture into the realm of color and
fragrance they must give the plants at
least reasonable care. A successful
grower of roses went so far recently in
speaking upon this subject as to de
clare that rose bushes are sentient
things to the extent that they appreciate
a project as obtaining Holland with the I and reciprocate affection and make
approval of Europe for Belgium ren
dered up to France. A fair exchange is
no robbery, but this is not a fair ex
change, and. would be robbery.
grateful response to cultivation and
care.
If any one is disposed to be cynical
upon- this point, let him select his rose
from amongthe standard varieties that
STRENGTH OP COUNTRY SCHOOLS.
i
Several of the educational workers
who contributed to the symposium in
last Sunday's Oregonlan on the subject
of the state course of study asserted
that poor results are obtained in the
country schools, but they attributed the
shortcomings to the fact that one
teacher has charge of a large "number of
pupils In a half dozen different grades.
It was said that the reason satisfactory
work cannot be done in such a school is
that the teacher has not time to give
personal instruction to pupils. At first
thought this explanation of the alleged
poor results seems quite plausible, but
many who received their education in
the ungraded country schools of this or
other states will find another and better
explanation of any failure of the coun
try schools to accomplish as much in
the education of children as is attained
by the city schools.
In the rural schools referred to one
teacher conducts classes In all the
grades, from the primer class to the
eighth grade. Perhaps the grades are
blended so as to make but half a dozen
grades, but In the course of a day the
teacher instructs and hears recitations
from pupils ranging in age from 5 to 20
years. Necessarily he or she has little
time to give exclusively to one pupil,
and with the exception of the little time
that may be given to a whole- class, the
children must "dig" into their books
and learn their lessons as best they can.
Now, It is not to be assumed without
question that the child who Is helped
over all the hard places and who there
fore makes the more rapid progress,
crnor has declined to make any financial
provision for the fair. But here again
there is no cause for discouragement. In
the generous appropriation voted by the
Legislature, In the expressions by the
"Washington press and in unnumbered
other ways we have assurance of the
friendliness of the "Washington people
toward our exposition and of their wish
that their state shall be adequately and
generously represented in it. And this
being so. there is not the slightest doubt
that ways and means will be found. If
are carried Dy all good norisie ana try oUjer plan suggests itself, the clUes
the effect of such blandishments, and he ScatUef Xacoma and Spokane may he
will see what he will see. In. the mean
time, let everybody plant roses not for
getting that, to insure a season's return
in bloom end beauty, vigilance will be
necessary and affection not misplaced.
President Roosevelt must think be Is the
whole Government appointing power and all.
He sends two names back to the Senate that
failed of confirmation. That bod)' Is just as
Independent a part of the Government machin
ery as the President. Each has Its limitations.
President Roosevelt may appoint, but he does
violence to that Constitution he Is sworn to up
hold when he endeavors to force tfiS- Senate.
Eugene Guard.
Possibly President Roosevelt took both
the idea and the precedent from Presi
dent Jackson, whom he resembles in
some ways; and of whom he 13 In many
things a follower and admirer. Presi
dent Jackson in 1833 nominated "William
M. Gwin, later of Confederate and So-
nora fame, to the office of United States
Marshal for Mississippi. The Senate re
fused to confirm him. Then, jUBt as
soon as the Senate had adjourned, Jack
eon again appointed Gwin and put him
In possession of the office. Again the
Senate refused to confirm Gwin, and
again as soon as the Senate had ad
journed Jackson restored him to the po
sition. Jackson won at last, for he kept
his man in office most of the time for
several years, and finally got him con
firmed. President Jackson didn't think
he was doing violence to the Constitu
tion when he was trying- to force the
Senate, not only in this but in many
more important matters. President
Roosevelt certainly has some of the
low grain rates to m"for; opening the dalles. The wording of the measured by pages, is receiving the bet- Jacksonlan qualities.
stuff carriage from the Pacific Coast to
Asia.
The dimensions of this engagement
are such as to put all other exhibits in
competition to the blush. Harriman
proposes to tunnel the Sierras and make
the line from Omaha to San Francisco
equal in roadbed, grade and equipment
to the best trunk line between New
York and Chicago. Hill Is building
mammoth steamships and buylns costly
railroad connections East and terminals
West so as to be hooked up for a win
nlng -fight. It is a battle of giants
Never before has the railroad world
known what competition really is. It
law Is such, and the limitations of the
department are such, and the opinions
of the engineers are such, that appar
ently nothing can be done.
The "War Department will see what
can be done. The engineers will see
what can be done. Senator Mitchell
and Senator Fulton will see what can
be done. They will stir around at a
prodigious rate. The delegation will
rush over to the "War Department and
rush back again. The Secretaries and
Generals and engineers and clerks will
look wise as Socrates and send tele
grams everywhere and. get themselves
ter education. Far from It. The prob
abilities are, rather, that the child who
must rely upon his own resources, who
must "take the same lesson over again"
because he did not master It the first
time, and who must think out his own
solutions of difficult problems, will be
the more thoroughly educated child.
Is learning your ambition?
There is no royal road;
Alike, the peer and peasant
Mut climb to her abode.
Who hath a thirst for knowlcdgo
In Helicon may slake It.
If he have still the Roman will
To find a way or make it.
The ideal organization of the state's
prison would be a superintendent select
ed for professional merit that is, upon
the basis of successful experience in the
management of criminals holding his
place subject only to the propriety and
Integrity of his own conduct and as
sisted by a corps of subordinate offi
cials under careful and professional
discipline. There is no more reason or
'excuse for political organization of a
penitentiary than for political organiza
tion of a hospital. The very Idea of It
interviewed and urce and exnlaln and
rages all along the line, from the bitter pr0TOise you to a. standstill. Miles of an advantage the value of which many
clasnes in. wan street to xne qdcks oi chaJn wilJ be dragged over the slippery of uo have realized. The child In such
San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. roc,a ftt the dall and who! nrrM of a echool has all the benefit of hearinir
Never before have railroads been exceiient drafting paper will be popu- the instruction given to upper-class
equipped for fighting on this colossal 1 wIth intricate and accurate ealcn- nunila. Belnir so constituted that he
and sanguinary scaie. nere is a. iignt jations. Inspiring and mutually con- cannot contiuually concentrate his at-
1k rpnnsmant fo common jns inci the
The ungraded country school has also responsibilities involved In prison ad
ministration are very largely of a moral
for your money. Competition is not
dead.
All of which may remind -us. that there
are many other influences in operation
which will tend to modify or reverse
the popular fear concerning trusts. The
well-ascertained injurious tendencies
and positive acts of the trusts can
neither be denied nor explained away
But the consciousness that they are to
be restrained by law will very materi
ally alter the popular view of their of
fenses. One corporation is not necessar
ily worse than another merely because
It is larger. One railroad is not neces
sarily more iniquitous than another
merely because it Is longer. The moral
quality ot an action Is not conditioned
upon whether It is performed by an in
dividual, a partnership or a corporation,
Congress has passed a lot of anti-trust
laws. They will be enforced. The
courts, moreover, are establishing prece
dents against monopoly every day. The
effect of ell these things cannot be dis
regarded. They can only tend to allay
popular resentment against the trusts.
All that is needed, in short, to let all
the gas out of the big balloon of antl
monopoly and Government ownership of
everything from railroads and coal
mines down to street-cars Is due en-
gratulatory messages will fly back and
forth between our Senators there and
our Chamber of Commerce and Board ot
Trade here. But the old Columbia rolls
majestically on Its way not a single
tention upon his own lessons, he sits In
his seat and listens to the recitations of
older pupils. In this way he picks up
such information as his mind Is pre
pared to receive. Thechild In a graded
grain of sand disturbed in its place, not city school hears none but the recitations
a drop of water changed in Its course,
while' the Klickitat squaw dries her fish
along Its banks in the primeval loneli
ness and wheat pays 10 cents a bushel
from "Wallula to Portland.
This thing may be all right, but we
doubt It. It has a most disturbing re
semblance to the vlclssitudinous course
of the Nicaragua Canal In Congress.
The inspiration of the delay In that case
was railroad obstruction. It is to be
hoped nothing of that sort obtains in
this case. It is strenuously denied.
Wherever the responsibility rests, the
delay is Incontrovertible. We don't like
it. And we don't care who knows it.
GERMANY AND HOLLAND.
It Is reported that the Kaiser only
awaits a favorable moment to annex
Holland. The independence of Holland
and Belgium Is guaranteed by the treat
ies made between the powers after Bel-
glum became separated from .the sov
ereignty of the Netherlands In 1S30, fol
of his own classmates, and associates
principally with children of his own age.
The lessons assigned him may be In
many Instances unsuited to his stage of
mental development, but he must- con
fine his thoughts to those designated
subjects or spend his Idle time In seek
ing mischief. When a child In a coun
try school has reached the fifth grade
he already has a general understanding
of the subjects taught In that grade,
and is ready to grapple in earnest with
the work before him. In the four pre
ceding years he has, in moments of
mental relaxation, imbibed much of the
knowledge that is to be imparted in the
studies of the fifth grade. Unconscious
ly he has studied and learned many
facts andprinclples in advance of the
time when he was expected to learn
them, and this without any appreciable
lack of attention to those studies which
were assigned to him.
Other things being equal, the un
graded country school does not rank be-
and wholly of a non-political kind. As
has already been deplared In these col
umns, the transference of the superln-
tendency of the prison at Salem from
the Governor's office to that of the offl
clal superintendent la an excellent move,
but it is only a beginning. Something
better than we have had In times past
may be expected from the new prac
tlce, but the thing will not be as it
should be until a change of Governors
shall not imply a change of prison su
perirrtendents. Even under the reform
proposed by Governor Chamberlain
there are possibilities of political infec
tlon from which the penitentiary ought
to be free.
Theyonugwoman of Seattle who was
married last month, to a Chinese hop
grower of North Yakima has secured a
divorce from her almond-eyed spouse on
the plea that she loathed him and that
his presence was disagreeable to her
beyond her power to describe. Ia It pos
sible that the disgusted" woman married
this man of alien race and habits of life
without having seen him? Was there
no courtship in the case, or did she be
come possessed of Mr. Toy In the tradl
tlonal "pig in the poke" manner? The
whole matter is revolting, even, to her
escape from her matrimonial bargain
with a snug sum of her Chinese bride
groom's money. The court could not,
of course, disallow her plea for divorce,
depended upon to arrange for an exhibit
that will be second to none. Nobody
doubts that when the next Legislature
meets at Olympla it will by the prompt
ness ajid liberality of its action give evi
dence of the universal disgust felt with
respect to Governor McBride's ungracious
act. In one way or anotherprobably In
many ways Washington will be repre
sented at the Lewis and Clark fair as be
comes her greatness as a state, the energy
and spirit of her people, and her char
acter as Oregon's eldest daughter.
-The provision made for our exposition
by California is larger than appears upon
the face of the direct appropriation
($20,000), placed by the Legislature to our
credit. We are to have intact the great
exhibit which Is being prepared at a cost
of $100,000 and upwards for the
St. Louis exposition. It being provided by
the act authorizing this exhibit that it
shall be transported from St. Louis to
Portland at the charge of the St. Louis
appropriation. The fund appropriated for
Portland Is designed to pay for a building
to be constructed upon the fair grounds
next year in time to receive the Califor
nia exhibit after the close of the St.
Louis fair; and to the end that the whole
sum shall be available for the actual
work of creating a building the Governor
of California is to serve as commissioner
without special compensation. It Is fur
ther undeistood by the Governor and oth
ers In positions of authority at Sacra
mento that provision will be made by
the Legislature which meets in January,
1905. for reinforcing the St. Louis exhibit
and for its maintenance during the ex
position period; that for this work a sec
ond and liberal appropriation will be
made.
It Is further suggested -that in respect
of the close trade relations between Ore
gon and California, the commercial bodies
of San Francisco may unite to erect a
special structure on the exposition
grounds to be maintained as a social and
unofficial California headquarters. Some
thing like this was done for the Charles
ton Exposition of last year by the com
mercial bodies of New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and two or three other of the
larger cities of the East. The matter has
been suggested at San Francisco, and
while It 13 too early for positive action, It
is not unlikely that some such -complimentary
representation of the special
trade Interests of California will be made.
On the whole, .there is every reason to
be gratified with the recognition which
the Lewis and Clark Fair has received
from outside our own state. If It has not
taken the form of extravagant approprla
tlons everywhere, it has eyen In this re
spect at least equaled the expectations of
those whose experience In such matters
gave them the right of judgment. When
It Is considered that the Exposition is
more than two years ahead and that In
nearly every state, another legislative
session intervenes between now and the
date fixed for its opening, the response
appears on the whole to have been both
general and liberal. The only failure
where much was expected has been In
the state of Washington, and that is to
bo charged not against the people or their
Legislative representatives, but against
a single official. And when the last word
is heard from Washington there will be
no cause to feel that she has not done a
fair and generous part.
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.
Kansas City Star.
President Roosevelt's Increasing- power
as a party leader Is shown by a compari
son of the Tesults which he secured from
the session, of Congress just ended wltn
those obtained from the previous session.
His first message to Congress was rather
long and contained a large number of
recommendations. His second message
was only about half the letigth of the
other and a much larger proportion of
its suggestions was enacted into law.
His chief proposals a year ago were
for a reduction in duties on Imports from
-Cuba, publicity for trusts. Government
supervision, of corporations, tne upDuiw
ing of the merchant marine, reciprocity
treaties, irrigation, the isthmian canal.
Chinese exclusion, restriction ot immigra
tion, a larger Navy, a general staff for
the Army and a reorganized militia,, civil
government for the Philippines, an eight-
hour day, a Pacific cable, a Department
of Commerce ana a census juureau, cur
rency reform and free delivery extension.
Of this score of recommendations about
half a dozen weathered the storm in both
Houses. Laws were enacted authorising
the canal, providing for a Philippine gov
ernment, beginning an irrigation system.
excluding the Chinese, extending rural
free delivery and instituting a permanent
Census Bureau.
Last December the President's recom
mendatlOns were for trust regulation, for
removal of the anthracite coal duties, for
Cuban reciprocity, for a canal treaty, for
reform in. land laws, for the bettering of
the National Museum, for more scientific
work in the Department of Agriculture.
for additional provisions for the safety of
railway employes, for Improving conditions
in Alaska and for several of the proposals
made in the first message, including those
relating to military and naval affairs, to
the Department of Commerce and to Im
migration.
Congress adopted a- good percentage of
the suggestions. It enacted three antl
trust bills emanating from the Department
of Justice, granted a rebate on all coal
duties for a year, adopted the Cuban
treaty though possibly with nullifying
amendments ratified the Colombian con
ventlon, gave a new building for the Mu
seum, strengthened the Department of
Agriculture, provided more protection for
railway employes,' passed land laws for
Alaska, organized a general staff, reor
ganized the militia and lncreasea tne
Navy, established the Department of Com
merce and bettered somewhat the imml
gration statutes, though refusing to grant
the desired educational test.
In securing so close n. following of his
programme by Congress, President
Roosevelt has shown himself the real
leader of his party. His position may
still be contested by some of tha older
members of Congress. But it is too se
curely based on the confidence and ad
miration of the rank and file of the party
be readllv assailed. Through his
trength with the people the President
has often been able to hold the recald
trants in line, and through remarkable
tact he has avoided a break with party
chiefs who have been ready to quarrel.
His success in dealing with Congress has
been one of the remarkable political
phenomena of recent tlme3.
Balfour on the Hlfrher Criticism
Minister Balfour's Speech to Bible Society.
Our collection of sacred books has been
subjected to an examination so minute, to
a criticism so learned, to a comparison
with other literatures of similar dates
that no doubt the scholar of today looks
at the Bible in a somewhat different set
Src?menrof rightusSwsln SSrtlE lowing the siege and capture of Antwerp city school because,! any lack with the "dried rat" which he had tried Unff from that m which the scholar of im
l br the French army. Great Britain is ?' Ul"e on th J e ttcher to, ,ake her e.at In e.vldence but a looked at It. My critic will say, "Does
tion of the public Interest. The stupen
doUs fabric of demand for Government
ownership of the anthracite properties
in Pennsylvania has tumbled down as
In a night before the report of the strike
commission, with Its demonstration that
justice can be had under existing equip
ment of Jurisprudence. Wherever City
Councils are brave and honest enough
to exact from car lines the community's
Just due for the use of the public streets,
nobody will seriously think of taking
them over to municipal ownership.
Whenever railroad mergers pursue their
purposes by betterments, lower rates
and higher wages. Government control
as a political doctrine will inevitably
languish.
Let us pay a just tribute here to the
grand old man of modern philosophy,
who long ago saw all these things as in
a vision. The Integration of social insti
tutions was as clear to Herbert Spencer
as the kingdom of God was to Jesus of
Nazareth. In his books he has shown us
how the merging of capital oh one hand
and laboc on the other bears U3 continu
ally on toward the socialistic regime
which must strike the death knell of
progress. But, he said, we can prevent
this, and our remedy is Education. In
its broad sense, therefore, Education is
doing Its work. That is, we are learning
how to guard ourselves against the so
cialistic danger. We are arming the Hills
and Harrimans for their Titanic battles;
we are framing laws and electing Roose
velts and Knoxes to enforce them, 'and
we are widening the scope of municipal
charters to meet the new and unfamiliar
needs. Every offense against the gen
eral good finds society at its first per
petration without a law for it; but it will
not be long till penalties are framed
exactly to1 fit the case. Society as a
whole lags a little way behind the
giants In the Industrial field; but It
keeps on coming with a sure and steady
step.
A fashion writer in -an Eastern p'aper
says: "Not all the lace waists In the
among the guarantors of the Independ
ence of Holland, but It Is doubtful if
Great Britain would fire a shot to pre
vent the annexation and absorption of
Holland by Germany. Nevertheless, if
Great Britain did not Interfere France
would be compelled In self-defense to
do so. It is reported that France would
be placated by being allowed to annex
Belgium, which Is French in sentiment
and largely French in language. France
could not be Imposed upon by any such
cheap artlflcer and Emperor William Is
too astute a man to attempt 1L
France today has her frontier fairly
well fortified. The only weakness is on
the side of Belgium, and this is secure
so long as Belgium retains its independ
ence. If France should annex Belgium,
she would be obliged to rectify and
fortify her frontier to meet the scheme
of defense of- her new .possession, and
when that had been done France would
be face to face with the Germanized
territory of the Netherlands. There
would be no advantage to France in this
new situation, and it would cost her
many millions in money to accomplish
it. Nor Is it easy to see what Advantage
there would be to Germany In the an
nexation of Holland to compensate for
the cost and the enormous risk of a
great war with France, backed possibly
by Great Britain.
This report that Germany Is about to
annex and absorb Holland Is an old
fable and is subject to periodical resur
rection at the hands of the sensational
journals of Europe. There is probably
nothing in it It would be too serious
an undertaking for Emperor William to
revise and readjust the map of Europe
by annexing Holland. After the revo
lution of 1S30, when Belgium became an
Independent kingdom, its first sover
eign, elected in 1S3L was the uncle of
Queen Ylctorial, of Great Britain; and
his son, the present King, Is on very cor
dial terms with the British government,
and the relations between Holland and
Great Britain are also most friendly. Of
impart personal Instruction. The great
difficulty with the country school Is that
the term covers a period of from three
to six months only; and, though the
term may be longer, a large proportion
of the farmer boys and girls must re
main away from school during the busy
season. The boy who gets .up at 6
o'clock In the morning and "does the
chores" and has another round of work
after school In the evening may not
seem to make as rapid progress as the
city boy, but he develops greater mental
power. Whatever deficiency there may
be In the results of country- school edu
cation should have been ascribed to the
length of term, and not to the method
of work.
white woman who marries a Chinaman
Is entitled to little sympathy, and it
may be added, she receives little from
people of ordinarily decent Instincts,
whether her matrimonial bargain palls
upon her or not.
AS TO ROSE BUSHES.
Hose bushes In dooryards, rosa bushes
along the curbs, rose bushes by the acre
on tne Lewis ana uiarK j?air site:
Everybody seems, to be In favor of
planting rose bushes wherever there is
a spot that can be utilized for this pur
pose. The Idea is a pleasing one. It
suggests possibilities of beauty and fra
grance that even In imagination are de
lightful. There is reason to fear, how
ever, that many rosea will be planted in
the belief that when this Is done our
glorious climate will do the rest. This
is an erroneous idea. Nature is bounti
ful and will do her part, but each one
who plants rose bushes must make up
his or her mind to give them a degree
of Intelligent care and attention If "the
desired results are to be attained.
A rose bush, for example, that has
been prodigal In June Toses Is an' un
sightly object a month later unless the
spent blossoms are neatly clipped from
the stems and the litter of withered rose
leaves is disposed of. Go to a rose gar
den in July or August and note the un
sightly appearance of rose bushes that
have been left to shed their blossoms in
their own time and way. How tired
end dilapidated, even dissipated, they
look, even with the brave show of an
The handsomest class gift yet re
ceived by Harvard and the old univer
slty has received many is a stadium
presented by the class of '79. It Is to
cost 5175,000, and will have a seating
capacity of 30,000. "Thrice and four
times lucky Harvard," says the Boston
Herald, "to have so many well-to-do
alumni in the great classes she is gradu
atlng year after year. Their generosity
and loyalty to their alma mater are
only equaled by their resources." All of
this is fine. With proper compassion
for the plain people and their laudable
thirst for knowledge, the Journal above
quoted further says: "A stadium,
sonny, wasthe Greek measure of length.
It likewise signified 125 Roman paces,
which was the length of the footrace
course at Olympla. Hence it came to
mean an athletic course and amphithe
ater. It Is a fine classic term, and it
will harmonize with the classic shades
of Harvard."
It Is at length stated, with official
positiveness, that Mrs. Florence May
brick will be released from her English
prison upon the completion of fifteen
years Incarceration therein. This term
will expire in April, 1904. There has
from the first been a doubt in the minds
of many well-informed persons of the
guilt of Mrs. Maybrick.. Even the most
rigid stickler for justice roust admit
that for the folly of marrying at
18 a man of 42 and utterly uncongenial
In temperament, Mrs. Maybrick has
been sufficiently punished. No one Is
likely to grudge the woman her liberty
providing she lives a quiet life and
turns a deaf ear to the blandishments
of the agent of the Boston Lecture
Bureau.
not this In some respects chill your en
thusiasm; does not It diminish the ardor
with which you desire to spread abroad
the knowledge of the Bible?" I think the
fact Is to be admitted. The conclusion
is to be repudiated with all the strength
which we possess.
In my view, however, whatever that
view may be worth, the ever-Increasing
knowledge which we have of the history
not only of Israel, but of all the nations
who Influenced or were influenced by the
Jewish people; our knowledge of the texts
our studies In the history of the Roman
Empire Immediately subsequent to the be
ginning of the Christian era these things,
so far from rendering the Bible less val
uable to us or less Interesting to us, from
a religious point of view, greatly augment
In every respect the value It must have
for an educated community. These re
searches make it far more of a living rec
ord of the revelation of God to mankind
than It ever was or ever could be to those
who from the nature of the case had no
adequate conception of the circumstances
under which that revelation occurred, or
the people to whom It was vouchsafed.
and I moat truly think that not only Is the
Bible now what It has always been to
the unlearned a source of consolation, of
hope, of instruction but it is to those
who are more learned, but probably not
nearer the kingdom of heaven, it is to
them augmented in interest and not di
minished, a more valuable source of spir
itual life than it could ever have been In
the precritlcal days.
COST OF ASPHALT PAVING.
The Prices Now Paid In Nevr York
City.
Now Tork Sun. March 20.
Borough President Cantor awarded 37
contracts yesterday for nearly $250,000
worth of asphalt paving. Twenty-eight
went to the Barber Company, seven to
the Uvalde Company and two to tne con
tinental Company. The prices were the
lowest ever made to the city. They aver
age $1.10&.a square yard where the asphalt
c in h laid on the old Belgian DiocKS. ana
about $1.93 where concrete is to form the
foundation. Two of the streets to be as
phalted are Twenty-third from Broadway
to the East River ana jsouin wuuam
street.
In -the last year of the van WycK ad
ministration when the paving of streets
was in the hand of the asphalt combina
tion the contracts' made by Commissioner
John P. Keating of the Department of
Highways ranged from J2.6S to $3.03 for or
dinary thoroughfares. But ror tne paving
of Broadway from Canal to Fourteenth
street the Barber Company got J5.69. In
the Keating contracts it was provided
that the asphalt should be maintained ior
ten years., The term Is now five years.
Importation of Arms Into China.
Baltimore Sun.
The Russian Ambassador at Washington
has requested the United States to co
operate with other powers in preventing
the Importation of arms into the Chinese
EmDire. When the allied powers aictateu
terms of peace to China alter tne iioxer
uprising they Inserted in the protocol a
clause forbidding the Chinese to bring Into
their own country weapons ana mmtary
suDolies purchased abroad. The Chinese
Government agreed to this stipulation un
der protest, and evidently Is making no
effort to enforce It. Rifles are Deing im
ported from Great Britain, Germany and
the United States, whose representatives
signed the treaty. It was asserted when
the powers were negotiating terms with
China that they were not justified in de
priving the Chinese of the right to Import
arms. That was tne contention oi xne
Chinese Government,, but Its objection
was overruled. The enterprising manu
facturers of this country and Europe ap
parently have no Intention of abandoning
a profitable trade wltn enma mereiy De
cause that trade Is prohibited in the
treaty. They are perfectly willing, it
seems, to sell the Chinese all the rifles
for which they can pay, regardless of the
use to which these weapons may be de
voted in the future. It was the idea of
the European diplomats who framed the
treaty that If China could not buy arms
abroad there would be no more Boxer up
rising: that peace would prevail for an In
definite period, and foreigners would not
be molested in the Celestial Kingdom, ac
cording to the statements of the Russian
Ambassador, the anti-foreign feeling in
China is as strong as ever, and there may
' be an outbreak at any time. The Imperial
government is not strong enough to con
trol the millions of Chinese who resent
European interference in the affairs of
China, and are determined, apparently, to
rise at the first opportunity and free them
selves from foreign domination. It Is
intimated that Congress may enact legis
lation prohibiting the exportation of arms
from the United states to tjnina. it is
doubtful whether such a law would ac
complish much. It would probably be
evaded If the trade were large enough to
tempt Americans to take risks.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The press will not be muzzled nor stilled
though walls do crumble.
Wise choice of companions profiteth a
man more than a rich father far distant.
The investigation of Kansas City's police
department makes It plain that St. Louis
is not the only blotch on the map of Mis
souri. s'
It Is now plain why the calamity howl
ers used to think our freedom worse than
the despotism of Russia. There are IfO
holidays to the year In the Czar's coun
try.
The United Mlneworkera are already
feeling their oats. An advance In the ini
tiation fee from 52 to $10 is rather larger
than the advance in pay of miners recom
mended by the commission. But those
that are in are running the union just
'now.
Thirty-three pages of the Congressional
Record sufficed for the proceedings of the
Senate up to the time Morgan embarked
upon the Panama treaty "discussion."
Then it took 100 pages, mostly of extra fine
print, to contain the remarks of the wordy
Alabaman.
In Pasadena Is sold a decoction called
"harmless beer." One John Bendowsky
Imbibed considerable of it, went home and
brutally beat his wife. It took three men
to get him to jail. If "harmless beer" has
that effect in Pasadena, the Sacramento
Bee wants to know what whisky would
do in that climate.
The latest estimate places tho total
number of apple trees of bearing age in
the United States at something over 200,-
000,000. This is nearly three trees to every
person. These trees yield more than 175,-
000,000 bushels. Not all of these apples are
consumed at home, for in years of full
crop more than 3,000,000 go abroad. Yet
the apples kept at home are more than
two bushels to every adult and child.
William Jennings Bryan is serving on.
the Jury at Lincoln. The first case called
was one in which a widow opposed a cor
poration. Tho defendant attorney turned
to Mr. Bryan and asked him. if in the
case of a woman against a big corpora
tion he could act fairly and impartially,
according to the evidence, and Mr. Bryan
answered: "I think I can." There was
a disposition to challenge him, but the
former Presidential candidate was sworn
in.
According to a story In tha Chicago Inter
Ocean, John Gridley, of Gridley, Colo.,
raises hogs and wheat. His wheat has
suffered greatly from wild geese, and
neither scarecrow nor shotguns helped
him out. So he stuck a lot of stakes in
his fields and on each stake he fastened a
fishline and fish hook, the latter baited
with a pancake. The first morning he had
27 geese. That afternoon he got 14, and
the next day he got 62. He fed the geese
to his hogs, which seemed to like the un
usual food.
Costly Naval Practice.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Preparations for killing men have killed
the sardines on the French coast,- so the
fishers are threatened with starvation.
The destruction of these valuable food
fish Is attributed to the submarine explo.
slons during the French naval maneu
vers last September. These explosions
were on an extensive scale, and It Is well
known that a. shock comparatively slight
will rupture the air bladder of fish and
destroy them. In all probability the sub
marine engines will never be used to kill
men. But the killing of fish has been
8UfiicIently costly to warn all governments
to have a care. If care Is not observed
the waters of the globe may become fish
less, especially on the coasts of highly
civilized nations.
A Needed Guide.
Sioux City Journal.
The South got excited because Booker
Washington was Invited to dine at the
White House, and now Utah is mussing
up Its hair because Senator Smoot didn
get a bid. There seems to be urgent need
of a new work on "Tne Diplomacy of
Dinner-Giving."
What Maw Says.
Sam S. Stlnson, in Leslie's Monthly for March.
Maw says I'll never 'mount to much.
An' gen'rally maw's right.
I never seem to git in touch
With things, jest like I might.
Maw says to me the other day:
(Maw's sixty in her prime)
"What makes you fool your time away
A-flshln' all the timer
Maw says to me: "How old he you?"
I sorter hung: my head.'
You know I'm nearly forty-two.
An Maw knows, too. She's fed
An' clothed me now for quite a spell.
I never earned a dime.
A feller can't do nothln well,
A-flshln' all the time.
Some day I'm goln to so to work.
An' make a lot o' money.
Well, say. you needn't smile an smirk;
It ain't so gol derned funny.
Worse folks than me has made their pile,
An loafln' ain't, no crime.
An' while I'm rich I'll rest awhile.
An fl&h the whole derned time.
An odd story come3 from Texas to the
effect that a negro preacher of the name
of Stokes was making speeches in Gregg
County against prohibition when he was
seized by a mob of white men, who car
ried him across the Sabine Biver and
were preparing to lynch him. At this
juncture Stokes says he gave the Masonic
sign of distress, whereupon the leader of
tho mob stepped to his side nd told his
followers that the man's life must be
spared. It it were spared, tha leader
guaranteed that Stokes were never enter
Gregg County again. The mob acquiesced
and Stokes left the county.
Paul Kruger Is regarded by interviewers
as an exceedingly "tough proposition."
The New York Times says that Poultney
BIgelow on one occasion attempted to get
the old man to talk, but could get only
monosyllables in reply to questions. He
employed every art of tho interviewer, but
to no avail. Finally, desairing of get
ting any information of use to him by
tralght questioning, he determined to be
diplomatic and approach Mr. Kruger from
his family side. So ho said, very non
chalantly: "Is your wife entertaining this
season?" Short and sharp came the gruff
answer: "Not very." Bigelow exploded
with laughter and gave up the task. Oom
Paul smiled grimly as ho said: "Goodbye."
A Berlin correspondent calls attention to
the antiquated and cumbersome method of
forwarding remittances in Germany. A
check system such as has been developed
and perfected as an Instrument of com
merce in Britain or the United States is
practically unused there, payments being
usually effected by means of money or
ders, bought at the local postofflce. The
English bank exercises the double func
tion of adjusting accounts and guarding
wealth, whereas the German bank, under
favorable circumstances, scarcely does
more than the latter. For the German
merchant the postofflce Is, in. a sense,
what tho clearing-house of the English
and American banking systems is for the
British and American business man; It 13
an active partner in the settlement of dif
ferences between debtor and creditor.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGBAPHEHS
Patient Can you tell how bad a man is by
bis tongue, doctor7 Doctor Yes, If he is a
profane man. Yonkers statesman.
The elopers have returned to ask your bless
ing." "Blessing, eh? low ao icejr
In the form of an allowance, or a cash de
posit?" Life.
Hurieigh How did you ever nappen 10 pics
out nuch a suit of clotnes? uurieign ua, x
just went it Wind. Hurlelsh And deaf?
Judge.
Beryl-Such table manners! Why, I hear that
Jim eats the pie that his wife, bakes with a
knife Sibyl If you saw the pies you'd im
agine he'd have to eat them with a saw, a
chisel and a stone crusher. Baltimore Herald.
Gussie Cholly says he met you and aw that
you wemarked he was a puzzle to you. Miss
Pepprey Yes; he reminded me of the average
puzzie the moment he was introduced to me.
"So simple when you know it." Philadelphia
Press.
Mr. Pansy Just think, I was told today of a
man'who burled a wife and two children in the
afternoon, and then went to theater in the
evening! ifrs. Pansy And yet, he wasn't In
considerate; he was only an undertaker. Town
and Country.
Mrs. Ferguson George, when you smoke so
much ia the house I have to get the curtains
washed every month. Think how expensive
that Is. Mr. Ferguson Yes, but I'm gettlns
my cigars at half price nowadays. Think how
much money we're saving that way. Chicago
Tribune.
Jllson Do you think Mercer knows anything
about parliamentary law? Brown Oh. he's all
right. He's the model presiding officer. I saw
him in the chair at a meeting once, and in
stead of rapping on the table for order he hit
the man who was making the disturbance over
the head with the gavel. Boston Transcript.
Holding Him to It. Absent-Minded Young
Professor (after discoursing learnedly, but
vaguely, for 15 minutes) I beg your pardon.
Miss de Mulr. but I seem to have wandered
from the subject I had in mind when I came
here, and find myself unable to pick up tha
thread, as it were, of my Blushing Maiden
I think, professor, you were asking me to marry
you. Absent-Mlnded Young Professor To oe
sure. (Wanders again.) Chicago Tribune.