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It Is permissible, probably, ta croup imder the generic head of bank Ing reform such remotely connected. topics as National bank notes, the inter est-bearing debt and the gold in circu latlon, agreeable to the theory that all of them go to make up our banking problem, and to the fact that the Gov eminent itself, with its- bonds and Treasury notesr Is in the banking busi ness. "Within the fiscal year just closed 339 National banks, with a capital of $25, 000, have been organized at places of 3000 population or less. This Is a cog ent testimony to the efficacy of the gold-standard law of March, 1900, and incidentally operates to take wind out of the sails of both asset currency and branch banking. The Controller, 4a-, deed, dwells updn the .consolidation ofj smaller and weaker banks and the ab sorption of others by large Institutions.; This does not argue more for branch banks than it argues against them, In view of the fact that so far such rec ognition of the scheme as practical business men have given it content plates restrictions upon branch institu tions which would make them all but independent. If they can't stand alone, they are as well off under the present law as under any that can be framed in the present temper of Congress and the banks themselves. Observe, further, how the currency is taking care of Itself under existing law. Gold in the Treasury has In creased, since this day a year ago. about $71,500,000, and gold certificates in circulation have increased, ta the- great strengthening of the currency, by approximately $73,000,000. The Sher man noteB meanwhile have shrunk from $30,000,000 to $18,000,000 a negligible quantity where- once we had danger, the loss having gone In the advan tageous way of silver coinage from Treasury bullion into the circulation. Simultaneously the amount of Govern ment funds on deposit in banks has risen from $124,000,000 to $152,000,000, the depositaries themselves from 574 to 710. The bank circulation Is $56,000,000 larg er than a year ago, the bonded debt is less by $100,000,000, and. the annual in terest charge is less by $2,000,000. . The sources of these ameliorations are many and diverse, notably the re form bill of March 14, 1900, the refund ing act of March 26, 1903, the enticement supplied to gold by Republican ascend ency, the general prosperity of the country, and the increasing courage and decision of the Treasury Depart ment. Their tendency Is noticeable, as we have said, In discouraging radical measures of so-called banking reform. They may further reassure Congress into the belief that improvement may continue and increase, even under ex isting statutes, partly through the con stantly lessening proportion our Gov ernment paper bears to the gold and bank notes in the circulation, partly through the evolution of a wise and forceful Treasury policy, and partly through banking devices' for which au thority already exists. It seems as if the record of this fiscal year should give pause to the question .able projects of the Aldrlch bill. The Iowa platform, It Is worth noticing. though collaborated on by Shaw, Alli son, Cummins and Director Roberts, has not a word about currency tinker ing. Interest in the banking problems are- largely speculative; and it ia better so. Far fall the day when the mint ratio of two metals Is again submitted to popular vote! British journals very generally say they have little or no hope of a result favorable to the claim of their country inthe matter of the Alaskan boundary. It Is scarcely possible, indeed, to see how they could have." For the bound ary depends on a treaty written with a precision that seems to leave no room for dispute. We .got our rights from Russia, and between Russia and Great Britain the treaty was made in 1825 that defines them. In. this .treaty there are no ambiguities. The object of Rus sia was to cut English trade off from the coast, down to a certain point that was clearly defined. It was known that a range of mountains lay back some distance from the coast and followed its sinuosities; so the Russians insisted that the boundary should follow the summit of this mountain range, except la places' where tfe swmK. 'of- the ran re was more than tea -1mvm dis tant from the windings of -the coast, and In such places the distance of ten leagues should be the boundary line. This was accepted by Great Britain, and no question was raised asout it till it - became desirable to get kite the Klondike. DEAD AS A DOORNAIL! . When the Initiative and. referendum amendment to the Oregon constitution was submitted -to the people by the Legislature, The Oregonlan hazarded tte conjecture that it would ultimately fall In the courts, for precisely tn rea son now cited by the Circuit Court In declaring it Invalid namely, that other Amendments were'oendlnr and rendered Its enactment Illegal. This view has obtained by the unanimous verdict of the four Circuit Court Judges'. We. as sume that their 'decision will strand. whether reviewed by the Supreme Court or not So there's an end of the poor old thing at last, and its death Is be yond resuscitation. For its. advocacy of the amendment in 1898 The Oregonlan has no dlsposl tlon or tfccaslon now to apologise. The fact remains, now as then, that such an instrument of the popular will would inevitably act as a deterrent upon cor rupt legislation. It would be an anchor when both Governor and .Legislature failed. The merits of the case are not affected, either by the combination of politics which brought the amendment Its effective support or by the fact that Its first invocation was In behalf of un worthy and discreditable purposes In theory the referendum Is not at all cen surable for the effort of wildcat mines to nullify the corporation tax, railroad machination against the portage road or the abortive effort of painters and carpenters to put the Lewis and Clark Centennial out of business and thus escape the danger of work on expos! tlon buildings, But In practice this vengeful trinity of loot, labor and lunacy has stabbed the referendum to death for all future time. They tried to put It In supreme power, but with such faultless inaccuracy that it can never recover from their atten tlons. Thrice upon the Lupercal, etc.. but now lies it there and none so poor to do It reverence. The pen of Cowgill, the arrow of bold Cock Robin and the hammer of the Carpenters Union have done the business. They are all honor. able meiv but grievously hath the late lamented Imitative and Befundum an swered it. He will be bold, indeed, who offers to launch the Bhlpwrecked craft again upon the troubled sea of Oregon politics. The story of 1897 and Its ensu ing complications can never be dupli cated, And, therefore we propose you, gentle men, the constitution or Oregonjust as It stood when Bigned by Matthew P. Deady, president; Chester N. Terry, secretary, and M. C. Barkwell, assist ant secretary, "at Salem the eighteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-second," and ratified by the people November 9 following, by a vote of 7195 to 3195! It survived the Civil War and has weath ered the storms of Populism. May we all live to celebrate its semi-centennial in the harvest days of 1907! ANOTHER LESSOR U ENDEAVOR, Today a grave In Lone Fir cemetery will close over all that Is mortal 'of a man whose name has left the Impress of the endeavor of half a century upon the growth of this city. Since Port land was a straggling pioneer village the name of Joseph A. Strowbridge. has stood for a factor in its progress, and dying at the age of 68 years he left here the accumulations of his busy, purpose ful life. Coming here in his early youth, the eldest of a family of five children who had suffered the Iosb of their father by death, he at once grap pled what from this distance and to more experienced minds than was his at that time seems to have been a des perate situation. It was only by per sistence that he was- able to obtain work,, and he was even then compelled to go to Oregon City, the headquarters of pioneer Industry and trade, to secure it. He possessed a commercial mind, however, and made his employment In a hotel In that place a stepping-stone to fortune. Transportation facilities in those days were of the most primitive type, and trade conditions were slow and its demands were limited. Still, there was room for the entering wedge of business, and young Strowbridge placed and gave it in those days many a sturdy stroke. Following these first years the record of his long life of busi ness enterprise, of civic usefulness and latterly of the quiet pursuits of the careful man of leisure is as an open book in this community, and he will be borne to his rest today as a citizen who has discharged his duty to -his family. to society and to the community with sorrow and regret. The Incidents of the life of Joseph A., Strowbridge as evolved from pioneer conditions may be said to belong to the commonplace, yet a greater measure of financial success followed his endeavor than did that of many others who shared his opportunities and were his equals in energy. This is simply to say that all men have not the characteris tics that make honorable endeavor count in accumulation the "faculty,1 as It is termed In New England, of turning their earnings, whether o: labor, skill or trade, to account. Tet the-young men of today, surveying the broad and broadening field of opportu ulty that Invites their endeavor, may learn of the persistence, the enterprls and the Integrity that followed the commercial instinct in his case, a lesson that cannot fail to be of value. This Is distinctively a commercial age, and though all do not possess by inheritance the commercial spirit, and few, relatively speaking, are urged for ward by the spur of necessity that was applied to Mr. Strowbridge In his youth, such compensation as may be found for the lack of these Is furnished in the careful training that modern business methods Insist upon and in the unex ampled era of progress and prosperity which Invites to enterprise and en deavor. The days In which great fortunes were founded by running ferry, as was the case with the Vander bllts, or In which modesf but stIU ample fortunes were laid In small beginnings in mercantile business by youths who slept under the counter and swept out their awn shops, or in commercial bus! ness by the young, man who gathered up- and shipped country produce, to limited market, or by yet another who turned his attention to candy-making and worked himself up into the banking -business, are forever past. But supple mental to them is. the sharp competition that business energy has developed and. the skill which counts In accumulative effort. Hen who rose to meet th op- portunltlec atterded by primitive condi tions had tkelr lone and. busy day, and of its efcraings aad accumulation they nave given life and energy and the solid foundations of prosperity to the' com munity. It remains for those who fol low them whether, as direct heirs of their fortunes or as joint heirs of the prosperity that they were instrumental in promoting, to grapple with new con ditions with spirit. Intelligence and without Trhich success In -any line of endeavor, even with inherited wealth as a basis, Is Impossible. GEXBCtAI GORDOTT Otf GETTYSBURG. Today Is the anniversary of the battle ef Gettysburg, where after three days' fighting theUnlon Army, under Gen eral Meade, 'finally repulsed the mag nificent assaulis of the Confederate army under General Lee. General John B. Gordon, of the Confederate army, who participated in this great battle, has contributed his story of It to the current number of Scrlbner'a Maga zine. With the exception of General Longstreet, who Is. In his 84th year. General Gordon Is the only survivor of General Lee's distinguished subordi nates at Gettysburg. General Gordon on this occasion commanded a brigade In Early's, division of Ewell's corps. General Gordon was then, but 31 years of age, but since An tie tarn, where he was five- times wounded before he was borne from the field, Tie had been In the front rank of "fighting" Generals. Few of Meade's leading, subordinates survive save Generals Howard, Sickles and Webb, and they have already printed their story of Gettysburg. General Longstreet, ln his book. "From Manas sas to Appomattox," has described the battle and has said that General Lee lost the day from his Imprudence In assaulting a veteran army of superior numbers occupying a very strong posi tion. Longstreet says that Meade held the shorter line and could reinforce his assaulted flank or center more rapidly than Lee could; that is, he was sure to get there first with the most men." Longstreet says that he urged Lee to execute a turning movement, which, by threatening Meade's communications, would compel him to leave the position, at Gettysburg. This turning movement could be repeated until Meade was forced to fight In a position that was less advantageous than that of Gettys burg. The fighting of the first day had cost the Federals 10,000 men, killed and wounded, while the Confederates did not lose more than half this number. Lee was so encouraged by the result of the1 first day's. fighting that he re jected the counselsof Longstreet and assaulted . the Union left flank July 2. This terrible assault cost the Federals 10,000 killed arid wounded before It was finally repulsed at dark, cand cost the Confederates about 7000 men killed and wounded. On the third day General Longstreet again begged Lee to refrain from further as sault of the Union lines and to turn Meade but of hfs position by a flank movement. General Lee again rejected Longstreet's counsels and assaulted tne jreaerai jeit center with a column ot 18,000 men. Tne spear point of the charge was Pick ett's division of Longstreet's corps, about 10,000. strong. The. charge was so severely repulsed as to leave the victory in the hands of the Union Army. This is Jongstreet's statement, of tne battle, but General Gordon In his article direct ly takes- issue with Longstreet and in slsts that General Lee was not -impru dent nor headstrong; that he lost the battle because of the failure of General Longstreet promptly and vigorously to execute the orders of General Lee. General Gordon says that Lee's pur pose In his Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania was to subsist his army at the expense of the enemy, to gather supplies for the Confederate commis sarlat. The whole country betweeen the Hapldan and the Potomac had been swept of supplies by both armies, and so liad the Shenandoah Valley. General Lee's purpose was to defend Richmond by threatening Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. A great defeat of the Union Army would send gold to such a premium as to cause a nanlc in the financial centers and cause the great business interests to demand that war should cease. General Gordon's command was thrown directly on the right flank of the Union Army. July L 1863.: So successful was Ills attack that had not General Gordon been ordered to lialt his command, in less than half an hour his troops would have swept up and over the heights for the possession of which the two armies struggled so desperately, in the two days' terrible oatue mat ioiiowea. so terrible was the confusion and flight In the Eleventh Corps of the Union Army that General Gordon refused to obey the order to halt his command until a peremptory qrder reached him saying that General Le'e did not wish to give battle at Get tysbUrg. Gordon says that if, instead ef Generals EweU and Early, a man of the quality of Stonewall Jackson had been his superior that day, he would never have halted him, but would have urged him forward and pressed the ad vantage to the utmost, simply notifying General Lee that the battle was on and he had- decided to occupy the heights. General Gprdea says that if Lee had been present this undoubtedly would have "been done. General Gordon . Is doubtless correct, for Jt was a matter of astonishment to General Hancock when he reached the field and saw the condition of the shattered Federals that occupied Cemetery Hill that the victor! ous enemy, allowed that position to re main in Union hands. At any time between 3 P. M. and P. M. the enemy could have brushed the Federals away like flies and seized the heights, but the enemy had no man of the Jackson quality in supreme com rnand, and the only opportunity to win Gettysburg was lost Gordon urged a night assault, at 2. A. M. to carry the heights, on the ground that by morning It would cost 10,000 men to take them Concerning the final disastrous repulse of Lee's army, July 3, General "Gordon says that "had Lee's orders been promptly and cordially executed, Meade's center on the third day would have been penetrated and the Union Armr overwhelmingly defeated. Had all the commands designated by Gen eral Lee operated by simultaneous as s&ult, had the onset upon the left cen ter of Meade's army occurred In the early morning as Intended by Lee, this great commander's object. would have assuredly- been achieved." General Gordon approves Meade's decision not to' attack. Lee on July 4 as .marked by the. same prudence that persuaded Lee not to leave his stro-nr position and at tack Burnde after the Union repulse af Fredericksburg. General Gordon is a generous man. whe is determined to believe that Gen eral Lee aever err ta military judg meat, bwt LosMPtatet! view has fceee generally accepted as correct that Lee unde;sstimated his enemy and the strength of. the position assaulted. He made- the same mistake at Malvern Hlli, which for .the numbers engaged and the losses of the Confederates In a slnglo day's fighting was as bad a. re pulse as Gettysburg. He made the same error of Judgment when he fought 80,000 with 4O,&0 at Antletam and lost 10,000 men to no sound, military purpose. Finally, Lee In his letter written to Longstreet the following Winter says: "Had I only taken your advice at Get tysburg, how - much better our outlook would be today." This is confession on Lee's part that Longstreet's criticism Is just viz., 'that the soldier in Lee sometimes Impaired the General. The harrowing .story from Wyoming Is simply a new chapter In a recital as old as Is the delving of men in mines for coal. The deadly firedamp and the miner's uncovered lamp are the agents by which death was dealt to 260 men, as It has been dealt to thousands before them. The one element with which me chanical devices cannot cope In the at tempt to make workmen safe In the mine's lower levels Is human careless ness or lapse of caution. Of the miner whos'i lamp caused the explosion, noi the slightest trace has been found, h0 having paid for his careless act,, not only with his life, but by the utter an nihilation of his body. The usual scenes of grief are being' enacted at the pit's mouth, and the usual wall of the bereaved and destitute appeals to the pity and benevolence of the people. The usual acts of heroism In the at tempt to rescue the Imprisoned miners. are recorded, and In a few days the story of the latest coal-mine disaster will take Its place In the long record of similar events, and coal-mining, stalked by its hideous specter, will go on as be fore. On the referendum the decision came up In a sort of negative way. The char ter of the City) of Portland was declared valid, as It went Into effect on the emergency clause, because the referen dum amendment, which sets aside or prohibits the emergency , clause, except in a certain narrow class of cases, JLa in-. valid. It Is Invalid because the require ment!! of the constitution as to methods of amendment were not observed and followed. Though the question came ud in a sort of roundabout and negative tray, yet Incidentally and parenthetical ly the referendum "got it" In the solar plexus. In amending the constitution the procedure required by the constitu tion must be observed. The constitution of Oregon Is a copy, almost verbatim, of the "constitution of Indiana of 1851. Chester N. Terry, long time secretary of the Territorial Coun ell, and the first chief clerk of the Ore gon House of Representatives under the state government had come from Indl ana and was made secretary of the Con stltutional Convention. He brought In his baggage to Oregon a copy of the newly adopted Indiana constitution. This would account for the large use made of the older document in con struction of the newer. Mr. Terry went to California, and after some years died there. William Christian, negro miner, who at imminent personal danger rescued from death a dozen or more fellow- workmen from the burning mine at Hanna, Wyo., has In him the stuff of which heroes are made, r For Inspira tion he. had no bugle, no flag, no leader, no admiring multitude, no cause but human sympathy. Courage 13 his, for he defied danger; bravery la his, for he did daring acts repeatedly; valor Is his, for he fought an enemy the more dan gerous because It was unseen. Meas ured by the highest standard, this hum ble African Is a hero. . Experiments by the Department of Agriculture covering six months of act ual tests reveal that certain foods pre served by borax and boraclc acid retain their natural qualities, and that the chemicals used are not a menace to health. The next test will be with salycillc acid. After the campaign In Cuba "embalmed" beef was the butt of every paragraph er and cartoonist In the country. Official reports made pub lic yesterday-, cover this subject. Dr. Wiley, of the Agricultural Department declaring meats so treated to be nutri tlous and healthful. A typographical error In yesterday's Oregonlan destroyed the sense of an Item regarding the estimate of the Northwestern wheat crop for 1901. The Oregonlan on September 6, 1901, estl mated the crop of that year at 46,950,000 bushels, and the actual out-turn as de termlned ten months later was 46,564,328 bushels. The estimate of the 1902 crop printed -September .8, 1902, was 4L685.000 bushels. The., actual out-turn was 41, 678,435 bushels. Charles S. Falrchlld, Secretary of the Treasury under President Cleveland, has small hopes for his party's success In the next Presidential election. He says that It would, require "something1 in the nature of a revolution to afford the Democrats a reasonable chance to have a majority In the Electoral Col leee." addmet "I 'do not believe that there is the least doubt about Mr. Roose velt's election." The record-breaking"- performance of Alan-a-Dale, who 'ran a mile without whip or 'spur In 1:37 3-5 at Chicago Wednesday, proves-that the horse, not the apparatus, has Improved. There Is no room here for talk about better bal anced sulkies and pneumatic tires. Why all this ponderous array of tes tlmony to the young man Herman professional skill and business acumen? One need not be a paragon, we may suppose, In order to be able to set up a money-order form and run It oft on a Job press. It cost Uncle Sam $559,000,000 to run his Government last year. Of this amount about 42 per cent was paid by the tax on liquors and tobacco. Cus toms receipts were $53,000,000 more than the Income from Internal revenue. The "imitative and refundum," as our old friend Pennoyer used to call It sarcastically. Is In hard luck. But very likely a majority of the people of Ore gon will conclude, after all, that it'i Just as well. One very unfortunate expression In the Iowa platform Is the reference to "our relations with the Philippine Islands." It might as well have re ferred to our relations with Iowa. A mile a minute by rail Is the limit for short distances. The thought of alxty-slx miles an hour over Irish country roads in an automobile fairly takes away one's breath. RICH- MEN- PROMOTING AMARCHY'rCLEVER TRAVESTY ..OK POtlTICs The Outlook. I Tf wxtv woll "ho HnulatMl wttptbnr thoi I reddest socialist Is doing-so much to un- I dermino respect for property .rights as,j the Napoleons of finance who lay society I under contribution to reat fortunes that I lack thft solid basis ox preporuoaato l services rendered to the community, ad- ancing the price of oil 30 per cent in tlmo of fuel famine, after dividing profits to thet amount of 45 per cent for the year. Yet the fundamental principle of so cial justice so flagrantly repudiated con tinues to be appealed to in a small way by people, who dispute what they deem exorbitant bills for services rendered. It constantly affirmed in the courts where such disputes are adjudicated. Money is held to- be the measure of ac tual service, and the legal claim for It Is limited to the amount of the service It reaultes. In this, as In other points, the ethical standard ot the law Is In advance of the ethics of the business world, which prone to look at "what the market will bear" In the line of extortion, rather than at the cost of the service rendered. as the measure of demand. This is pre cisely what the New Testament brands "covetousnefls. alone with vices which modern society punishes as crimes. And, indeed, the enormous Infractions of ethical principle committed by the auto crats of the market in exacting a trib ute, from the community exceeding any imposed by" ancient conquerors on sub ject provinces are, "in their way, as de moralizing to the public conscience of right and wrong as the most lascivious theatrical' shows could be. These the law suppresses, but In the absence of any legal check upon those it Is tlms that the churches and their teachers were awake to the moral crisis that threatens the stability of the commonwealth, while It tests the moral quality of current re ligion. The ethical significance of money, as the Intended medium1 and measure of that fair exchange of service, with service which makes society a mutual-benefit association. Is one of the most Important and most neglected subjects In the reli- clous teachins: or today, wegiecc oi it tends to make society an arena of mutual spoliation, in which democracy and Christianity perish together. The only hope that our democracy will not take the down-grade track, in which all ear lier attempts at popular government have ended ingloriously, is in the con- servatlce influence of Christianity. This. however, Is but salt that has lost Its savor, powerless ,to avert corruption. If it fail to Insist on social righteousness, and to couple with Us zeal for creeds and rites an equal zeal for what is just and equal between man and man. DRUMMER BOY OP SHILOH. Identity of LleHteHarit-Colonel Clem, Quartermaster1 Department; Washington Post "An Item in the Post mentioning the presence. in the city of Lieutenant-Colonel John L. Clem, of the Quartermaster's department United States Army," said a veteran of the Civil War, "brings to mind his first appearance on the military stage as the 'Drummer Boy of Shllob.' At the age of 12 he was a drummer in the Twen ty-second regiment Michigan Infantry, and his extreme youthfulness, tog-ether with his bravery under fire at the battle of.Shlloh. Tennessee, interested a num ber .of officers, and at the close of the war he was educated under their aus pices and a commission secured for him In the regular army a fact that the gen eral public long ago lost sight of, for, though the newspapers made frequent mention of it thirty years ago, I have not seen a reference to It in many years "During the battle a general of brigade saw the little fellow in the thicKest of the fight and he called an aid. " 'See what that child is dolntr there on the firing line'Clem" was a little fellow. even for his age 'and send him to the rear.' "The order was obeyed, but Johnny could, not bo kept at the rear, and he was Soon again In ' the thickest of the fight and having abandoned - his 'drum and secured a musket he was' doing his best with a gun that weighed almost as much as- he did. - A Prince as an Orator. London Express. Presiding at the Hotel Cecil over the 29th festival dinner of the Royar Medical Benevolent College, Epsom the largest gathering ever assembled In England In aid of a medical charity the Prince of Wales made an earnest appeal for a rec ord subscription. He could not imagine many charities more deserving of support than those whose object was to help members of the medical profession or their families, -who. tnrougn misiortune, were Drougnt io re duced circumstances. The doctor was their confidential friend from.- the cradle to the grave. He (the Prince) spoke feelingly as one who had been brought through a serious illness. The popular idea that medical men were rich was erroneous. The rich ones could be counted on one's fingers. 1 The medical profession had earned the gratitude of the nation, and nine-tenths of the medical advice at the hospitals was given gratuituosly. As president of the college. Lord -Rose- bery challenged any orator, however prac- tlcea, to vie with the pathetic, eloquent and true terms In which his royal high ness had spoken. Hoch .der Kaiser I Chicago Chronicle. There can be no doubt that the German Emperor has two entirely different man ners, one of which he consistently mani fests toward his subjects, the other being reserved for foreigners toward whom he feels kindly disposed. This latter phase of the Imperial personality waa most pleasantly shown at Kiel the other day. Nothing could have been more cordial. jovial and democratic than the manner of Wilhelm toward the officers and men of the American squadron. He was apprecia tive, interested and commendatory. He talked with everybody In the frankest fashion, praised everything he saw and conveyed the agreeable impression that he had thoroughly enjoyed his visit It is safe to say that every man whom he met will henceforth be his friend and admirer. It would be an impertinence, of course. to undertake to aflvlse an Emperor, but tne conviction Is Irresistible that if the Kaiser were to bestow upon his subjects tne same uruanity and good fellowship which-he manifests toward foreigners tha socialists would have a mighty small rei- resentation In the Reichstag at tha next elections. Lady Clara Vore De Vere. Alfred (Lord) JPennyaon. Lady Clara Vere de Vere, Of me you shall not vrln renown; Tou thought to break a country, heart, For pastime, ero you went to towi At me you smiled, but unbegulled I saw the snare, and I retired; Tbe daughter of a hundred earla. You are not one to be deslred.- Xady Clara Vere de Vere, I know you proud to bear your name; Tour pride is. yet no mate for mine. Too proud to caro from whence X came. Nor would I break for your aweet sake A heart that dotes on truer charms, A simple maiden in her flower 2s worth &' hundred coats -of-arms. Trust me. Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heaven above ua bent The gTand old gardener and his wife Smile at our claims of long descent. Howe'r It ba. It seems to me 'Tls only noble to be good; Kind hearts -are- more. than coronets And simple faith than. Norm an blood. Clara. Clara Vere de Vere, It time be heavy On your "hands. Are there no beg jars at your Kate, Nor any poor about your lauds? O teach the orshan bay to read, O teach the orphan girl to sew. Pray heaven for a human heart. - And let the foolish ye&xsaa go. . . Kansas. City. Star. Yestenla.v's session of the scnooi ior Vice - Presidential candidates, was the most exciting o the term. Interest Jn tne worn has been growing rapidly, and new pupils Join the class daily. When Teacher Hanna rapped for order yesterday 35 members responded to the roll-call. "That's good. said tha Instructor- approvingly, "very good, Indeed. If this growth keeps up, we shall soon equal In numbers Professor Bryan's Presidential academy. Providence is certainly with us or we never should have so nearly caught up. Does any little boy remember exactly how many pupils Professor Bryan claims to have today?" Instantly an impulsive youth In the front row directly before the teacher's desk had both hands waving in the air with his fingers snapping like torpedoes. "Well, Bertie," said the teacher, with an encour aging smile "we will hear from you." And he added to the class: "Children, observe how alert the little Beverldge boy Is. Always emulate him. Mr. Reed could never have said of him that he was a Vlce-Presldehtlal impossibility." At this Johnny Dolllver blushed so very red from his seat In the back row that he attracted the attention of his mates', and an audible snicker ran through the room, which the teacher Instantly suppressed by rapping sharply. "Never mind, Jona than," he said, giving the embarrassed boy a kindly glance over his spectacles. "I dessay Mr. Reed didn't mean it liter ally. Nobody Is a Vice-Presidential Im possibility. And remember there Is an election In 191S and another In 1920 still." Here the Beveridze boy, bubbling over with pride and enthusiasm, interrupted with; "Please, sir, counting this week's Commoner, Professor Bryan has only 48 Presidential candidate pupils, including himself while we are 36." "How do you make that out, Bertle7 inquired the teacher with an indulgent look. "I thought the rollcall showed only 36. "So it aid, sir," replied tne eager boy. "So It did, -But counting you" He was Interrupted by a thwack on the desk that broke the teacher's ruler and scared a modest little Brentano boy from Illinois into tears, "How often," exclaimed- Teacher Hanna In a choked vocer "have I told you that I am the instructor and that under no circumstances am I to be counted a mem ber of the class I Bertie, you may stand in the corner. We will proceed with the lea son. -Myron, ten tne class wnat are tne essential qualifications for a Vlce-Presl dential candidate." "Please, sir," answered the boy ad dressed, with a confidence that an Ohio politician could hardly equal; "an avail able Vice-Presidential candidate is a man who stands well with the chairman of the National committee and who has just been elected Governor of one of the most important states In the Union." "Correct absolutely correct -commented the teacher, complacently. And, boys. Myron might have suggested that such rare aualiflcatlons under ordinary circum stances would make excellent Presidential timber." Here he paused and added, sad ly: "But not next year, children, not next year. At mis point a boy Bitting well back in the rcom began to snap his fingers. "Well, mv hoy." said the benlm teacher, "what Isit?" "Aren't you going, to give me a chance to recite?" said the boy. "I've got the lesson down fine' "That's good." said the teacher. "Such pushfulness ought not to go unrecognized. But what's your name? I don't seem to recall your face. "Grant" replied the boy, promptly. "U. S. Grant of California. I am" Tho Grant boy was here interrupted by a scuffle In the corner where Albert Cum mlns had just pitched Into Robby La Fol lette for pinching him. In a minute more all the boys were pushing and hauling In the middle of the floor. The teacher hastily, turned in a call for the fire de partinen't and adjourned school. "They're too .many for me," he washeard to.mutter j as he hurried down the nan. i aont see i 11UVY A OiJctli CVC1 UlMiia&V JWMftQf fc.J- cals without Perry Heath.", A Thriving? City From the Aatorian. Every true Oregonlan is proud of the magnificent Increase in size and commer cial Importance of tho City of Portland during the last few years. No less than 2S00 houses were built in 1902. In spite of the strike the number erected this year will be much greater. Ten years ago the factories consisted principally of sawmills and a few other small concerns. Now the many plants In operation entitle Portland to be classed among the manufacturing cities of the nation. Her population numbers 110,000, the census showing an actual gain of 25 per cent in the number of school children In one year. That Oregon contains such a metropolis -is. just cause for self congratu lation. Qnacks at Home and Abroad. Kansas City Times. One of the criticisms made upon the American people by that .keen German observer, Professor' Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard University, -is the ease with which they are duped by their pseudo Eclentists, quack doctors and the like. It is interesting, therefore, to observe that the German government has been obliged to undertake an active campaign against the quacks In the empire and that according to a Berlin dispatch, "In no other civilized country are there so many quacks of all sorts and nowhere else are they so rewarded by numerous and well-to-do patients." Statesman in Great Luclc Baltimore American. Every American politician must secret ly thank his stars that he was not born In England, where .officeholders are ex pected to resign when they are criticised by the public, with such sensitiveness to public opinion it would be difficult over here for the patriots who serve their country to amass even a moderate com petence. Desperate Effort. Colonel J. W. F. Hughes has the fol lowing advertisement In a Topeka (Kan.) paper: 'Wanted, a girl for housework. No washing; small family; good pay; hot and cold water bathroom; horse and buggy; both telephones; piano." DELAWARE'S IVYNCHIXG BEE. Wa trust Bussla will not protest to our State Department against tho Wilmington burning. Philadelphia Ledger. Those burning at the stake throw much light on the so-called barbarity of the dark ages. Baltimore American. This burning at the stake In Delaware makes even AaaiCKSlsm ioojc iiko & cuuiparauvciy small daub. Boston Herald". It Is evident that the whlpplng-poet has not exercised tho civilizing Influence in Delaware that its admirers hoped for. Washington Star. Delaware la a little state, but In view of recent events her ability to create a. commo tion is Just as large as Ohio s. Atlanta Jour nal. The Delaware preacher who helped to incite lynching can name his own salary If ha will accept a. call to Alabama or Mississippi. sur falo Courier. It Is feared that the Czar will be highly edlfled when Count Cassia l gives -him an Idea of the extent and details of our lynching sys tem. Cleveland Plain Dealer. All offers from the Czar to swap Klshlnef for Delaware should be prompUy and firmly turned down. "We need- It in our peach busi ness. New Tork Mall and Express. The negro clergyman in Chicago who ap pealed to negroes to buy guns Is the natural corollarr of the white clergyman in winning ton, Del., who upheld lynching. Buffalo Ex press. Down In Delaware there Is a clergyman who preached the doctrine of lynching from the oalDlt and ithen a mob ot 4000. burned a negro at the stake. Let's see, what are some of those things that we wera saying about Rus sia? Detroit Journal. NOTE AND COMMENT. Just one more day. Kadderly pays the freight And It's only a day, thank . Heaven! Farewell, old referendum,, farewsll, and Jet us hope forever! It looks as If the referendum would soon be a closed Incident There were no casualties in the automo- bllo race And It .was. in Ireland. If Riddle gives it to the Czar and the Czar won take it what will become of It then? Which Is -worse, . a lounge -In a wine- room or a luxurious apartment in a swell assignation house? We guess that a petition that Isn't loaded won't ruffle the feathers of the Russian eagle very hard. The fire Insurance companies are much pained at. the extent of their losses. There is such a thing as business belnjf too lively. There are moments when our revered forefathers who -Invented the glorius Fourth must' be glad they have gone where there are no fireworks. "Duties that are too low should be in creased, and duties that are too high should be reduced," declares the Iowa platform in clarion tones. Great. The effort to suppress the news of the referendum decision is evidently a. base attack o'n the palladium of our. liberties. This immolation of the common people upon the altar Of monopolistic Journalism is awful., frightful, redinkatlve. Alas. that humble champions of the poor should stoop so low! The steady growth of ill health among members of the House of Commons sug gests to a London writer the necessity for a change In the present house and hab its of Parliament. Numerous serious cases 'of illness have been noted of late, and the writer in question says the moral of It all is that the British Empire "la governed by- tired men." When Henry Irving was rehearsing for his production of "FaUat" he experienced much difficulty in restraining the exuber ance of the supers, who persisted in be ing light-hearted, even in hades. Sir Henry is proverbially long-suffering about such matters, but his patience finally gave out and he thundered: "Kindly re member that you are supposed, to be In hell, not picknicklng at Hampstead heath." Mme. Norcrosse, the- beautiful Cali fornia singer who has won great success In London, made her first appearance as a very young girl at the Madison-Square Theater, New Tork, during a run of "The Colleen Bawn." One of the principal fe male performers was taken 111 suddenly, and she was given the part at an hour's notice. She made a hit but declined to adopt a dramatic career. Shortly after ward she went to Paris and began her musical studies. According to a French writer colored bills posted In streets reveal the charac ter of the people the posters are Intended to Interest. He finds the English poster cold and ironical, the French light and subtle with veiled , reflections, the Aus trian soft and freshly. He observes, stiff ness and awkwardness In the Swiss- post ers and Intricate design In tho German. Italy In her posters shows herself noisy. "with debauches of Indigo and solferino red," while Spain posts bills with tints of an orange omelet. Posters in this country, says the discoverer, "still reflect the puritan ancestry of the- people," which remark seems to Indicate that he has not as yet crossed the Atlantic. Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont drove up to the station at Hempstead, Long Island, from her country place and found that a hackman was occupying the spot at which she wished to stop. Mrs. Belmont ordered him to move, but the hackman said quietly that he had as good a right there as anybody and there he would remain. "I don't wish you to bring any more passengers to my house," said the Indignant society woman. "All right ma'am," was the reply. "I've lived hero for 40 years and was making a living long before you came. I guess I can get along without you." For a long time there has been war between the wealthy -colonists and the hackman, and now the fight is more bitter than ever. Among the institutions of Manhattan Island is Robert M. Budd, "Back-Number Budd," as he Is called. He has a tunnel-like place of business in Thirty sixth street- where one may find back numbers of almost any paper or peri odical from the year 1S33 to date. Many years ago, being then a newsdealer, he noticed that there was a continual de mand for old papers which were not to be procured at the offices of the publication and often not at all. So he began to save papers every day and week, and as he found that he could sell back numbers at an advance of from 1 to 500 per cent on the original price he took to buying up old papers, magazines and other printed matter.. These he had assorted and in dexed until he had an enormous stock. His customers are not numerous, but thegp pay tremendous prices, occasionally for the privilege of merely copying some thing from an old publication, and "Back Number Budd" makes quite a good liv ing out of his queer business. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPH ERS Variety Is the spice of vice. Life- "Brain-worker, is he?" "Oh.no. He -writes words for popular songs." Judge. The son of the self-made man generally be gins at the top and works downward. Chi cago Record-Herald. '"Are you married yet. old chap?" "Tet? Of course, I am. Did you think I had bees getting a divorce?" Chicago Tribune. ' .He Look! Look! I think that man out In the breakers is drowning!. She Ob. heav ens! and I have left my camera at home! Judge. The next morning he read In the papers that his wife's fete champetre beggared de scription. IThen. I am not alone In being beggared by It!" he- exclaimed, and at strange comfort crept Into his desolate heart. Puck. Reporter (In the Mastadonastoria) Is It true. Mr. Goldwaller, that you have bought this hotel? Innumerabllltonalre No, sir! It Is not necessary; I can afford to be a guest. Puck. Mrs. Naggus What an odd. Interesting piece ot furniture! It looks like an antique. Is it a chiffonier or- a bookcase? Mrs. Bonis (wlfa ot struggling author) Neither. It's my hus band's writing desk. He calls it his '.bureau of publicity. Chicago Tribune. May He's awfully nervy. He tried his best to find out how old I am. Fay Tes. ha ad mitted that to me. May And Just for fun I told him I was 34. Did ho tell yon that? Fay No, but he did say you were tha. most truthful girl he had ever met. Philadelphia Press. The New Generation. He Tes. I suppose it waa awfully good ot the "Governor" to leave me this place, but I don't care for It. Ha waa too practical a man to' have really good taste. She Still, you ought to be ' glad to have a place Ilka this to rest in after your father's labors. Brooklyn Life.