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TO H.TL A3TD , FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1003.
RUSSIA READY FOR. THE WORST.
The resolute attitude of Russia In the
matter of the occupation -of Manchuria
has only one adequate explanation, viz.,
that Russia Is ready for war if . Japan
insists upon It. Russia Is' ready for
War, because -She has made Port Ar
thur Impregnable to the attack of the
combined naval forces of Japan and
Great Britain, so long as she can main
tain her railway communications In
Manchuria Intact, The North China
Dally News is of the opinion that Japan
4:ould not place on the mainland a suf
ficiently large army to carry the strug
gle into Manchuria; that Russians prac
tically invulnerable; that so .far as
Japan is concerned she could not Inflict
serious injury upon her antagonist. In
the Japan and Chinese waters ;Japan
has thirty war vessels, large and small,
with a tonnage of 203,192, while England
has fifteen, with a tonnage of 130,380.
Russia has twenty-two vessels, with a
tonnage of 186,149, while France has six
vessels, with, a tonnage of 38,804. ..The
combined fleets of Russia and France
would comprise twenty-eight vessels,
with a tonnage -of about 225,000 tons,
while the united fleets of Japan and
England would comprehend forty-five
vessels, with a total tonnage of 335,500
tons. ., .
.Now, it is possible that Japan might
jjrove'-a match at sea lor Russia's riaval
forces; it is quite probable, with' the
help of England's naval squadron,
Japan, -might defeat .Russia's fleet, but
the defeat of the Russian naval forces
would not cause the fall of Port Ar
thur any more than the occupation of
the Black Sea and the Sea of Azof by
the English fleet gave the allies posses
sion of Sebastopol. If Sebastopol could
bid defiance to attack for two years,
Port Arthur could hold out Indefinitely,
unless Japan could enter Manchuria
with a great army, smash the Russian
railway communications behind Port
Arthur and force Its surrender by cut
ting pf Its supplies. Japan could not
do this. Japan has about 250,000 well
drilled, well-equipped troops; in a strug
gle for life or death to repel Invasion
Japan could probably put an army of
500,000 men into the field, but in a war
of invasion against Russia, in Manchu
ria or Corea it Is not likely that Japan
could put Into the field over 250,000 good
troops, Russia could assemble at least
200,000 men in Manchuria at short no
tice, and 200,000 Russians could hold
possession of the railway connections
of Port Arthur in Manchuria against
the invasion of any army that Japan
can assemble for the invasion of Man
churia, even if the Russian naval forces
he defeated by the combined British
and Japanese fleets.
Port Arthur is the key to the Rus
sian occupation of Manchuria. It can
not be. taken..by naval attack In front.
The be'stjguhs In the American Navy
fcoukl notgfozce the obsolete defenses
of -Santiago; the Test guns in the Brit
ish fleet did no damage to the defenses
of Alexandria In 1882 that would have
forced a; civilized' xoe to evacuate them.
Had Santiago been well supplied with
food and munitions of war, the destruc
tion of Cervera's squadron would not
have forced its surrender. The City of
Havana, so Jong- as Jt was well supplied
With food and munitions of war, would
have been impregnable to -a combined
naval and military attack, for modern
naval guns afloat are no -match- for the
fire of land batteries and do not seem
able to inflict much damage upon them
in return. These facts Illustrate .that
Russia is prepared to hold Manchuria
as long as she is able to hold Port Ar
thur and defend its railway lines of
supply from Invasion and destruction.
Port Arthur is too hard a nut to crack.
The combined British and Japan fleets
could not force It to surrender by a
naval attack In front, while to turn Its
defenses would require a powerful army
of invasion. That Japan could land
and support an army of more than 200,
000 to 250,000 good soldiers In Corea and
Manchuria no Intelligent man believes;
that an army of 200,000 Japanese could
seize and Irrevocably hold the Manchu
rian railway behind Port Arthur no in
telligent man believes, for before the
Japanese get within striking distance of
the -railway communications of Port Ar
thur there., would be at least 250,000
Russian soldiers in Manchuria.
All that is necessary for Russia to do
Is stand upon the defensive; while
Japan, to reach Russia, must assume
the offensive and invade Manchuria.
Standing on the defensive, Russia's po
sition in Manchuria is today invulner-.
able. All that England can do to" help
Japan would be lend her money and
,help her to defeat the Russian squadron..
at sea. After this is done Russia will
remain In possession of Port Arthur
and Its railway communications In the
whole of Manchuria until Japan can
assemble an army of Invasion large
enough to defeat and expel the Russian
army of occupation. Japan cannot as
semble any such army, and ft Is high
ly probable that England sees that Rus
sia is In Manchurla-to stay beyond the
power of ejectment through land or sea
attack, arid, therefore will not support
Japan with money and ships In a war
that Is sure to be of wearisome length
and enormous 'cost. Russia sees' all
thls; she knows' that Japan will not
venture on,war without England's sup
port; she knows that Great Britain feels
4toopoor -after- the Boer War to enter
another barren contest, and she knows
that, even If Great Britain and Japan
both make war upon her, .she can defy
the worst they can do. She can hold
Port Arthur against all possible naval
attacks; she can protect its railway
communications against successful at
tack. Russia .is v ready J. or the worst.
She' is In Manchuria to stay, and she
clings to It as tenaciously as Great
Britain clings to Egypt.
THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS.
Portland and the State of Oregon
should have full representation at the
annual meeting of the Trans-Mississippi
Commercial Congress, to be held In Se
attle next month. This organization
represents the industrial and commer
cial Interests of all that part of the
United States lying West of the Missis
sippi River, and from a small beginning
has developed into a powerful factor in
trade expansion and internal develop
ment. Originally Intended to promote
only the transportation Interests of the
country, -the scope' of" te organization
has widened until now'it ls taking an
a'ctlve, interest in everything pertaining
to ' commercial life in the West. Irri
gation, which "is changing so many
great deserts into productive farms,
'will be paid special attention at this
meeting of the Commercial Congress.
- An effort will be made to outline a
plan for storage reservoirs by- which
the excessive flood waters which np.w
cause such- havoo as -they move' sea
wardvcan be stored fqr the benefit of
the agriculturists of the interior who
need- the moisture, and also for the
benefit of those nearer the sea who suf
fer "by 'Its presence' In such large quan
tities. Other .subjects to.be ponsldered-
in which Oregon has a special Interest
are the opening of the best routes from
the productive centers of the interior to
tidewater, developing of the mining
wealth, protection of forests and Im
provement of natural waterways, and
trade expansion across the Pacific
This latter Item and pie transportation
methods by which lt'can be handled to
the best advantage are of universal In
terest East, North, West and South.
The cotton-planter of the far South Is.
desirous of sending his product to the
Orient by the best possible routes. The
wheatgrowers and millers of the West
need the cotton shipments to fill out
cargoes, thus insuring a more frequent
steamship service across the Pacific
The lumbermen of the West are also
vitally Interested in the securing of the
best transportation facilities East by
rail and West by water.
The fact that this congress Is to be
held at Seattle, a port which in the
past has been none too friendly toward
Columbia River Improvements, ; will
hardly militate against us. There Is a
large and Increasing element in East
ern Washington' and Idaho that is not
willing to concede that the Columbia
Riyer Is strictly an Oregon stream.
This element has been reinforced in the
past year by Senator Ankeny, of Wash
ington, and Senator Heyburn, of Idaho,
with a growing disposition on the part
of Senator Foster and Congressman
Jones to -increase their efforts In behalf
of this wonderful stream and the vast
territory It drains. In attendance at
this congress will be a number of men
of National reputation men who will
not only listen while our delegates ex-
. plain the needs of our country, but who
have a sufficient influence to aid us in
securing what is due.
The railroads have granted a very low
round-trip rate, giving delegates the
right to extend their trip from Seattle
to Portland without extra expense. The
number who will avail themselves of
the opportunity will be large, but 1L
might be increased by a good, active
delegation of Portland hustlers, .who no
doubt will be there with the proper cre
dentials. The occasion will also offer
an excellent opportunity for setting
forth the merits of the Lewis and Clark
Centennial.
A HOME FOR AGED MUSICIANS. .
One of the good things that came of
the late National convention of music
teachers. at-'AshevlIle, N. C, says the
Pittsburg- Gazette, was a determination
to found a National home for aged
musicians. While some musicians
make a financial success of their voca
tion, it is a sad fact that very many
come down to their later years in pov-
erty, or at least still pursued by the
necessity of earning their bread by
"giving lessons." The push and jar
and grind of industrial life long ago
Intruded upon tfie professional life, and
that which was the fashion a few years
ago has become out of date. We have
all known the outdated musician the
old man who has tolled conscientiously
for the sake of his art more than for the
benefit of his purse; who has given his
services, in season and out of season,
to help the church and secular charities
by means of concerts; who has drilled
th choir, Insisting on thoroughness,
punctuality and harmony until the cry
of "old fogy" has been raised and he has
had to give place to a younger man
with new methods and an operatic dash
and air. One of these a musician of
the old school, painstaking, diligent,
courteous, devoted to his art, with many
years of conscientious endeavor in this
city to his credit found himself without
pupils, .without money, shabby, sensi
tive, old, and, alas! homeless. After
making as brave an effort as was pos
sible for a broken man, shrinking in
every nerve from rude contact with the
world outside of his profession to make,
he finally accepted the hospitality of a
local charity and spent several pathetic
but withal cheerful and not unmusical
years in its .retreat, thpugh wholly out
of tune with his surroundings. A grave
in Rlvervlew and a modest stone at Its
head attest that there were those who
remembered him in the end, but his
later struggles to maintain himself in
his profession are even' in retrospect
pltlfuL His case, counterparts of which
:are more or less numerous in all of the
older communities, testifies to the need
of o,. suitable retreat for aged and im
pecunious musicians, and who should
provide such a retreat but those who
have come on the musical stage at a
later day, to. be In turn outdated?
More pathetic still, perhaps, is the
woman, whose name is legion, who in
her busy day helped to fill the world
with music and with good musicians.
Surely, says .the journal above quoted,
she Is entitled to cdre and comforts In
her old age. .She did not make money;
she never had a bank account, perhaps
because she knew more about harmony
than she did about business. A home
without congenial surroundings would
not be a home to her; It would merely
be a shelter. Who should know this
better than musicians who are still In
the heyday of their profession? And
so a National home for aged musicians
has been planned. It will have an
abundance o'f light and air and warmth
and sunshine and flowers. And music,
of course; for what would a musicians
home be without music? Let us hope
that the home will soon become a real
ity, and, entering It, the musician, aged,
outdated and poor, may still feel" that
there Is a place for him on earth until
mayhap strains of sweet old music
make him dreamily aware of his intro
duction Into the choir Invisible.
PIONEERS OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
The death of Cassias M. Clay, of Ken
tucky, in -his 93d year, removes from
this world the last of the famous cham
pions of the constitutional extinction of
slavery through Its nonextension as dis
tinguished from the Garrisonlan aboli
tionists, who denounced the Constitu
tion as a "covenant with hell," and re
fused to vote so long as the Federal
Constitution recognized the right' of
slavery to legal protection in any part
of our borders. Casslus M. Clay was
not a Garrisonlan abolitionist; he was
ha follower of the anti-slavery creed of
the famous James G. Blrney, who, like
Clay, was a Kentucklan born and bred,
a child of wealthy parents, and for a
number of years a slaveholder In Ken
tucky and Alabama. Blrney was gradu
ated with honors at Princeton, was
trained to the law, in which for several
years he enjoyed a very large and lucra
tive practice; he was for several terms
a member of the Kentucky Legislature,
and was a warm personal and political
friend In his early career of Henry
Clay, to whom he was strongly drawn
by Clay's advocacy-of gradual emanci
pation. From Kentucky Blrney moved
to Alabama and became a prominent
member of its Legislature.
As early as 1823 Blrney refused to
allow the overseer of his plantation In
Huntsvllle to use the lash. In 1832 Blr
ney refused to support Clay further In
politics because Clay had abandoned
his efforts for gradual emancipation, in
1833 he returned to Kentucky, and in
1834 set free his slaves and devoted his
life to extinction of slavery by consti
tutional methods. He was then in his
42d year, a man of handsome counte
nance, polished manners and fine pres
ence. He was a scholar, an eminent
lawyer, who advocated his cause with
judicial calmness and never vjojated
the courtesies pf good society- inpubllc
debate or' private life. He emancipated
twenty-one slaves belonging to his
father's estate In 1839, paying the co
heir $20,000 for her share. Having thus
cleaned his own hands of all..staln of
slavery, Blrney established an anti
slavery paper in Cincinnati. His press
was repeatedly destroyed by mobs. In
1837 he moved to New Tork City. In
1840 and 1844 Blrney was the "candidate
of the Liberty party for President. In
1840 he polled only 7369 votes, but In 1844
he polled 02,263. New York, with lta
thirty-six electoral votes, was turned
over to Polk and the- "Democrats by the
defection 'of -15,800 nntf-slavery "Whigs,
who votd for Birney because of Clay's
Alabama letter favoring the annexation
of Texas; and Michigan, with five elec
toral votes, went to Polk because of the
Whig defection to Blrney. But for the
defection of .New York alone Clay
would have been elected.
The anti-slavery platform of this Lib
erty parjy of 1840 and 1844 a party cre
ated by the pen and tdngue of James G.
Blrney was identical with that subse
quently put forth by the Free-Soil party
of 1848 and 1852, and by the Republican
party of 1856. From 1837 to 1850 Blrney
lectured In every state; he published
many controversial letters and pamph
lets, and his anti-slavery agitation was
always strictly limited to constitutional
lines of action. He distinctly opposes
all Interference with slavery where It
already exists. He declines to move
even for its abolition In the District
of Columbia. He Insists that it is the
duty of every man to vote under our
form of. government. N He was not a
disunlonlst, like Garrison, but he was
an unflinching . opponent of secession,
whether North or South. This man
Blrney, Kentucky born and bred, a
slaveholder until he was 42 years of
age, was the John the Baptist of the
Republican party. He was In the anti
slavery field as early as Garrison, but
he always opposed the Garrisonlan abo
litionists, because as an able lawyar of
calm judicial quality of mind .he saw
slavery could only be reached by con
stitutional resistance to Its further ex
tension Into free territory; he saw that
the American people would never ac
cept the doctrine of Garrison that of
disunion and destruction of what Gar
rison termed "a covenant with hell."
The Garrison abolitionists have been
erroneously credited with having been
the pioneer agitators against slavery
and. educators of the public mind for
the work of the Republican party.
The truth Is that James G. Birney -was
pleading the cause of constitutional re
sistance to the encroachment of slavery
upon free territory as early as 1835; he
was as early In the field as Garrison;
his fame as a lawyer, an ex-slaveholder,
his great powers as a writer and speak
er, his fine personal presence, made him
a man of Impressive quality. He stood
high In the personal esteem of such men
as Salmon P. Chase, Horace Greeley,
Charles Francis Adams, John P. Hale
aiid William' H. Seward long before the
Republican party was organized, and
he lived to see that -.party organized
upon the identical anti-slavery platform
he himself had formulated in 1840-44.
The-real anti-slavery pioneer of the Re
publican ' party was not Garrison, but
Blrney, who began his work as early
as Garrison, and pointed out to the anti
slavery sentiment of the North a better
way than that of disunion and non
political action at the ballot-box.
James G. Blrney was great man, who
opposed the extension of slavery with
the brains of. an able Jurist and the
heart of a far-seeing philanthropist
Casslus M. Clay was never a Garrison
lan abolitionist; he was an anti-slavery
man in a slave state on the same lines
of constitutional resistance to its en
croachments that were laid down by
Birney ten years before Clay came to
the front In Kentucky. Birney was
eighteen years the senior of Clay; was
a conspicuous anti-slavery agitator in
Kentucky in 1834, when Clay was In his
25th year. Blrney, not GarrlEon, in
spired Clay, for Clay always preached
the anti-slavery creed of Blrney and
never that of Garrison. Blrney formu
lated In 1835-40 the creed that Abraham
Lincoln accepted when he was elected
President in 1860. The Republican
party's first President was born in
Kentucky, and the peculiar anti-slav
ery creed of that party was first formu
lated and advocated by a Kentucky
born arid bred Jurist and statesman
twenty years before. Lincoln's election.
The Bureau of Forestry, in its "Cir
cular No. 25," makes a strong appeal
to the selfish' Interest of lumbermen to
co-operate with it in reDlantlhsr the for
ests as they are cut. This" pamphlet In
cludes a paper by R. L. McCormlck,
president of the MIssLssIddI Valley
Lumbermen's Association, who nolnts
out that It has become necessary to the
uttue t-u use more economic memoas in
the forest and the mill, owing to the
diminution In lumber. The black wal
nut and black cherry are crone: the
white pine of the North will be gone In
ten years; the yellow nine of the South
will soon follow. The trade cannot
longer afford the policy of wasteful cut
ting wnicn takes no note of the neces
sity of replanting and rearing trees to
take the place of those destroyed.
Among other things, Mr. McCormlck
says:
We have reached th mint now vh,n v. .r
often unable to supply the enormous demand
for lumber which we have, fostered. u mult
look to the producUon of a second crop upon
tumoerea ianas or prepare to stop lumbering
When the first .crop is irone. In tha old dava
it was easy to lumber one forest and then
iurn to anotner. Today, however, we can not
count upon new fields to turn to. We must
make the best of What we hav. and rrhernvrr
It pays we must lumber conservaUvely.
Mr. PInchot, In hl3 address from the
standpoint of the forester to the lumber
manufacturers; tells them that "It Is
perrectly obvious that the supplies of
certain kinds of timber are raDidlv dis
appearing, that the lumber trade Is fall
ing DacK year by year on poorer ma
terial and longer hauls, and that the
question of its continuance Is already
demanding an answer." "The Question
I want to bring to you Is simply this:
Is it worth your while, from a commer
cial point of view, to consider the for
est as a part of your plant, and from
that point of view should you cut off
your timber and let the land go back
for taxes? The real' question Is
whether you will take the timber off In
such a way that when you have cut
over the land It will be In condition to
go on producing timber without further
expense." These Ideas of Mr. PInchot
are of Interest Just now, In view of his
approaching visit to the Pacific North
west. 1
Hon. Casslus M. Clay and Pone Leo
XIH were born the same year (1810) and
within' a few months of each other. The
difference in the retention of mental
and physical vigor by different men Is
shown In the conditions In which these
two men passed the later years of their
long lives. Temperament, environment
and occupation were the ruling forces
of these lives. Both were men of supe
rior Intelligence, both- were active in
the affairs of life as thes'e came lo. the
lot of each, arid both were honored In
walking the ways of men. The seren-.
ity of Leo was that of a scholar, an ec
clesiastic, a recluse, a man to whom
honors came; the unrest of Clay was
that of a man "of pronounced physical
as well as intellectual vigor, worldly
care3 and aspirations, a politician and
statesman accustomed to-con tend stout
ly for what he won in the battle of life.
The one passed serenely out, though
with a conserved vital force that pro
tested against death untif the last,4tthe
other passed out stormlly, fighting to
the end, his mind In sad eclipse. With
conditions of life total dissimilar, these
men had nothing whatever In. common
save the breath of the years between
1810 and 1903, and this they yielded up
simultaneously and fearlessly. Whether
the end, so far as Individual existence
Is concerned, has come to them, or
whether they will continue to work In
widely different spheres In another
state of existence, -no man knows.
"Close shuts the grave, nor tells one
single tale."
The old question of how to make an
empty bag stand upright Is vexing the
directors of the Russellvllle school, dis
trict, who. have been charged with the
duty of building a new schoolhouse.
They find themselves confronted on the
one hand by a. specific demand for
money, and on the other .by an empty
sack. The cause of this predicament is
the new school law, which provides that
the State School Board shall be given
the first chance to take "the warrants
that the district proposes to Issue at 6
per cent. Heretofore residents have
been given the preference In such mat
ters. Large bodies move slowly, which
perhaps accounts for the fact that the
State School Board has not responded
to anxious Inquiries made some time
ago as to its wishes or Intentions in the
matter. Hence the perplexed directors,
the -waiting contractors and the empty
sack.
- The;man who Is reported to have shut
up a;band of 500 horses In a wheat field
in Eastern Washington and left them
to perish of thirst Is a monster of cru
elty, for whose act there Is, unfortu
nately, no adequate punishment. It is
difficult to construe" .or conceive a mo
tive for such an act, and until the
owrier-of the wretched animals is dis
covered alive and well It Is charitable
to thlnk'that accident Inducing uncon
sciousness or death has overtaken him.
It Is hard to believe that any man In
possession of his senses would deliber
ately subject helpless, unoffending
creatures to death from the tortures of
thirst. " '
Yesterday a slip was made in the
statement that when Rome and the
Roman -Provinces were incorporated In
the Kingdom of Italy the pope was
guaranteed a yearly Income ,of $65,000,
000. It was 5650,000, or nearly that sum,
the actual amount being 3,225,000 lire.
But the total, which now amounts to
nearly $20,000,000, remains unclaimed
and unpaid. It would, however, have
been paid year by year, If called for.
But the Vatican has steadily refused to
"recognize" the Kingdom of Italy. .
The export of gold from the United
States has been rather large of late,
and financial wiseacres are shaking
their heads dubiously. But then, when
we Import $30,6oO,000 worth of diamonds
In a year, we must expect to pay for
them in gold, since that Is the current
) medium of exchange that Is good every
( where.
Relative to a recent hostile utterance
concerning Mr. Frank Baker, made by
a Medford paper. It should pjerhaps be
stated that the paper's edl'tor and pro
prietor is understood to be one Charles
NIckell, the Democratic candidate for
State Printer in a campaign when Mr.
Baker was elected.
PREACHING THE GOSPEL.
Humboldt (CaL) Standard.
An altar and pulpit adorned with a
billiard cue and ball, a deck of cards, a
bowling ball, a gun, a. football, a fishing
pole, a baseball and bat, a dice box and a
croquet mallet was tho unusual sight pre
sented at the Congregational Church last
night to- the largest crowd that has gath
ered In Eureka Church, for many months.
Rev. Franklin Baker attempted to prove
last night that many sports t and amuse
ments coming under tho ban ot the church
are In themselves not only harmless but
are healthful 'exercise for both mind and
body. The reverend, gentleman took the
position that there is absolutely no harm
in billiard playing-and Illustrated his re
marks with cue and ball caroming from
the bouquet holder to the altar Bible and
making masse shots without tearing the
altar cloth.
He shuffled and cut a dock of cards
with expert hand and vowed that whist la
most intelectual and that all card games
are beneficial. He said, however, that
when society, ladles gave euchre parties
and hung up prizes for their lady friends
to play for they were doing Just as wrong
as their husbands who played poker at a
dollar ante. .
He seized a dice box and shook razzle
dazzle, avowing that it is harmless when
playing parchesl and kindred games, but
Is gambling when men shook for a cigar.
He familiarly handled gun and rod and
extolled the sports of shooting and fish
ing. He objected seriously, howeven, to
men using the Sabbath .day to indulge In
theee sports, but said he would consent
to a man going fishing or hunting on Sun
day if the man would come to church
morning and evening. He thought that
less than one year of his sermons would
make the man quit sporting on Sunday.
Mr. Baker Illustrated all the various
games and sports with the paraphernalia
which adorned his pulpit and then turned
his' attention to dancing and theater-going.
Both of these amusements found a
warm advocate in Mr. Baker. Ho said:
"Dancing is objected to on account of the
position, yet you allow your daughter to
go driving with a young man in one of
these narrow-seated buggies, where the
contact is much closer than In dancing."
Mr. Baker said he had attended the
performance of "Captain Swiff at the.
Ingomar last Friday night and added: "If
you had been there, my hearers, you
would havo thoroughly understood my
text 'As ye sow so shall ye reap.' " He
also said that if he remained here another
term ho would put on the play of "The
Christian." by Hall Calno, taking the part
of John Storm himself.
"Cheap Skate" in Politics.
Spokane Review.
Senator Fred T. Dubois of
rare agility In his clever straddle of the
strenuous Democratic situation. Declaring
in one breath that the Democratic candi
date for President must be "one who
stands for the principles enunciated in the
piuuonns upon wnicn Mr. Bryan ran,
and In which the followers of Mr. Bryan
oeneve," senator Dubois hastens In the
next breath to "sauare himself" xdth Wn
Eastern brethren bv deelarine- thn. Jnri
Alton B. Parker of New York would be
an ideal candidate.
It is apparent that Judge Parker's Presi
dential candidacy la
class of Democrats who bolted Mr. Bryan's
uuimuauuu .n io ana in isuw. xney are
using his candidacy as a means of forcing
themselves back into a position of party
control.
Dubois' frank admission that the "iusL
ness interests of the East" are hostile to
President Roosevelt's re-election, is re
freshing, because It carries with . It the
tacit admission that Senator Dubois Is
willing and anxious to Join with those
"business interests" in defeating Mr.
Roosevelt. Was it not Senator Dubois
who in 1E96 rose In revolt against the
"business Interests of the East?" What
change has come over the spirit of Sena
tor Dubois' dream in seven years?
Relief Fund a Power for Charity.
Sacramento Union.
"Bortland raised ?26;000 for tho relief of
Heppner. The stricken city accepted but
510,500 of the fund, and advised that $1000
be sent for relief of the families of the
men who were lost in the disaster at
Hanna, Wyo. This was done, leaving
$14,500, which Portland has resolved to
make the basis of a permanent relief
fund, all Its earnings to be added to tho
principal. That is wise policy, and calls
for commendation of Portland for lib
erality, financial wisdom and long fore
sight. There is something nearly parallel
to that In the history of Sacramento,
Many years ago the people were called
upon to aid sufferers here by flood and
by steamboat disaster. An organization
of citizens known as "The Howards" was
made the agency of disbursement of the
money raised. But when due service had
been done, there remained a handsome
sum-added to thereafter by bequests
which was placed in hank by the How
ards, and has ever since remained intact
as the basic fund of' the association, that
has foe a. third of a century been the
chief charity agency in this city.
Mar He Spank His Wife
Kansas City Star.
Has the husband the right under the
law to spank his wife when conditions
warrant it? This is the question that
Justice Severson, of Chicago, will be
called upon to answer. The husband In
question is Carl Roessler, 3H Noble street.
Mrs. Roessler. brewed the coffee as usual
for breakfast yesterday. It did not re
semble coffee to any great extent. At
least Roessler so declares. Thereupon he
remonstrated with his wife. Words led
to threats. Mr. Roessler suddenly and
emphatically drew Mrs., Roessler across
his knee and worked enthusiastically with
a slipper. Mrs. Roessler, when her
wounded feelings permitted her to. leave
the house, put on her bonnet and sought
the West Chicago-avenue Police Station.
Now a fine point of law will be decided
by the court
Edltorinl Amenities.
St. Louis Republic.
Immortal Potts, who for so long held
the record for billingsgate and abuse. Is
milk-mild beside some of our modern
scribes. Here is a sample of Kansas
spleen: "Apropos of the attack made by
our esteemed contemporary In a neighbor
ing town upon the Representative of this
district In the Legislature, we would ob
observe that from time immemorial it has
been customary for ants and fleas and
flies and fools, scoundrels and scalawags
and Bkunks, Januses, jackasses and Ju
discs, lizards, leeches and lipe, to assail
mankind In general and their superiors in
particular." How well Is obeyed the
bard's Injunction to mix gall with the ink!
Portland Might Economize, Too.
Pittsburg ChronicleTelegrapb.
"It costs lots of money to keep up
police forces that don't 'do anything,"
oommented Davy. : !'
"Yes," said Squire Mack,1- "and there'3
no sense in the city spending all that
money. We ought to put the people on
their honor to obey the law. Then we
could do away with the nollce. We'd
get just as much protection, lor when
anyone found out who robbed him. ho
would make an information' before' a
squire,' just as they djj now. No one
that expects justice 'goes to the police
with a tale of woe." .
Mocking: Montana.
Helena Record.
A Tacoma paper eays thoiiGovernment
has Just closed? a dicker for a bit of
Tacoma real estate and has done well.
Evidently the representatives of Uncle
Sam was too watchful to permit the Ta
coman3 to slip any extra acres into the
deed. .
, Blessed. Texas.
Dallas News.
The Texas peach and the Texas peach
arlna continue to lead all the earth In the
matter of luscious beauty and incompar
able sweetness.
CECIL RHODES' SCHOLARSHIPS.
Correspondence Kansas City Star.
In the United States, the first election
of Rhodes scholars will occur between
February and May. 1901. Those chosen
will bo expected to begin residence at
Oxford In October, 1S04. All scnoiars
must have reached at least the end ot
their second year In a recognized college
or university of the United States, that
confers degrees. They must be between
19 and 25 years of age, must be citizens
of the United States, and must be un
married. At some time between February and
May, 1904, an examination will be held
in each state and territory, or at con
venient centers, for candidates for the
scholarships. This examination is not
competitive, but one scholar for each
state and territory will be chosen from
those passing the examination. The ex
amination will be based on the require
ments for responsions, which Is the first
public examination demanded by Oxford
from a candidate for a degree.
The requirements are as follows:
1. Arithmetic tho whole. (Vulgar and deci
mal fractions, pracUce, proportion, interest,
square measure and square root.)
2. Either algebra. (Through square root and
simple equations containing one or two un
known quantities, or geometry, Euclid's ele
ments, books I, II.)
3. Greek and Latin grammar.
4. Translation from English into Latin prose.
5. Greek and Latin, authors.
Candidates must offer two books, one
Greek and one Latin, or unseen transla
tion, and the following portions of the
undermentioned authors will be accepted:
Demosthenes (1) Philippics 1-3, and olyn
thlacs 1-3 or (21 Do Corona.
Euripides Any two of the following plays:
Hecuba, Medes, Alcestls, Bacchae.
Homer (1) Iliad 1-5 or 2-6; or (2) Odyssey
1-5 or 2-6.
Plato Apology and Crlto.
Sophocles Antigone and AJaz.
Xenophon Anabasis 1-4 or 2-5.
Caesar De Bcllo Galileo 1-4.
Cicero (1) The first two philippic oraUons,
or (2) the four Catiline orations and In Ver
rcm, act one; or (3) the Orations Pro Murena.
and Pro Lego Manilla; or (4) De Senectuto and
De A'mlcltia.
Horace (1) Odes 1-4. or (2) SaUres, or (3)
Epistles.
Llvy Books 21 and 22 (after Michaelmas,
1803, books five and six.)
Virgil (1) the Bucolics, with books 1-3 of the
Aeneld, or (2) the Georglcs, or (3) the Aeneld,
books 1-5 or 2-0.
Copies of these examination papers for
past years and the Students' Handbook
of Oxford can be obtained from the Ox
ford University Press, 91 and 95 Fifth
avenue, New York.
From those certified as passing the
examination, the committee of selection
In each state or territory or the uni
versity making the appointment will
choose the scholar endeavoring to com
ply as nearly as possible with the terms
and the spirit of Mr. Rhodes' will. Ex
cept In Washington and certain states
east of the Mississippi, the president of
the state university or college Is. the
chairman of the committee of selection
for that state or territory.
Candidates who expect to take the ex
amination should notify the chairman In
their state or territory during January.
190!. A candidate has the privilege ot
competing either from .the state of his
residence or from that in which he ob
tained his collegiate education.
As Is generally known, the scholarships
are worth about $1500 a year for a period
of three years.
The Only English Pope.
New York Press.
Adrian IV was the only Englishman
ever elected pope. He had a most singular
name Nicholas Brakespeare. He is said
fn lifivn wt Entrland as a bejrear. and to
have become a servant of a lay brother
in a monastery near Avignon, in ranee,
where he studied with such diligence that
in 1137. at the age of 37, he was elected
abbot. Pope Eugenlus III. that brilliant
ascetic, soon discovered his merits and
made mm a cardinal Disnop. an .uo n? ww
elected pope against bis own inclination
and received the formal congratulations
of Henry H. It waa Adrian IV who
forced Frederick I .of 'Germany to hold his
stirrup while he mounted his horse,
though it took two days to make the Em
peror yield the desired homage. It is said
that Frederick prostrated himself before
the pope, kissed his foot, held his stirrup
and led the white palfrey on which he
rode.
Manchurians Thinlc Ilusslan."
(Alfred Stead In Nineteenth Century and
After.)
The economical control of a rich nrov
ince more than three times the size of the
British Isles; and ... in such
a way that nearly all the expenditure- has
been applied directly to the development
of Its wealths Tho inhabitants now
"think Russian and almost recognize the
Russian flag as being as much their own
as the dracon banner. Besides the prov
ince, the expenditure of this J250.000.000
haa bought 1000 miles of well-built railway,
two large towns and all the mining rights
throughout the whole country.
Ffcsh From the Mint.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"A few years ago only enough mint was
sold in Birmingham to supply country
boys or farmers' wiyea with pocket change
in Summer, but now the mint traffic has
Its larger commercial side," said a truck
farmer. "There aro more saloons today
and the saloons have more Julep drinking
customers than was the case some years
ago. And in addition to the demand which
tho saloon makes for mint all tho
firet-class venders of soft drinks buy largo
quantities of mint. The value ot the
mint trado In Birmingham for the season
amounts to fully $10,000.
Jim.
Woman's Home Companion.
tVhen Jim, the hired man. first came
He never had a word to say,
'Cept Just to answer to his name;
He'd sleep all night and work all day.
And eat his meals, and go and come,
'Most llko as it he's deaf and dumb.
I didn't care. Why, nol Of course.
Sometimes pa'd send me down the farm
To tell him to hitch up the horse.
Or help us get the bees to swarm;
But not a word he'd say not he
He wouldn't even look at me.
"Well, by and br that made me mad,
As tall, and clever built, and trim,
Nice teeth and hair oh, not half bad
To look at, and I looked at him
Considerably, first and last.
And jest as temptln' as I di'st.
I used to curl my hair at night.
And dress. and fix up every day;
He never cared a single mite
He'd always stare the other way
And pet the dog, or stroke the cow.
Or coax the cat oh, he knew now:
Course, other fellows came around.
Much better dressed, and not so sny;
They cared enough, but I was bound
To make him care, or I'd know wny,
And so I picked on Sammy Snow,
And. glory I how I flirted oh!
"We used to set nights Sam and me
Out on the porch. One night Jim passed
A-goIn In to bed. Says he,
'Folkses, good night!" And Jest' as fast,
Fore I could think, he stopped, like that.
And. kissed me on the mouth, right fiat!
"Well. Sam, he took his hat and flew
Off In a rage at me, not Jim
And me? Good lands! "What could I dot
I didn't care a snap for him.
But Jim. It he'd 'a' slapped my face
I'd not have felt a worse disgrace.
I cried, and then I said: "Who cares?"
And then I cried again. But when
X went Indoors, there, on the stairs.
That Jim was waltln". Then oh, then
Lucky 'twas dark you'd think that he
Would never get through klssln' me.
t -
And bo," as -soon as my focs knew.
They sent him packing? I guess notl
Why., '.there he sets,, la front of you,' .
BLeadlnV.hls paper. Yes. that's, what
Father, I've been o-tellin' her
Jest how you didn't court me, slrt
. , NOTE AND COMMENT. .
- t
Lipton lost the Shamrock in a fog yes.
terday. Reliance will lose her, too.
That his brother has been In Jail seems
a poor reason to damn Cardinal Gottl.
The Moberly reporter who quit his job
to go Into a. shoe store must have been a
cub Kansas City Star. He might have
heard those sock stories.
Assistant superintendents of free deliv
ery we read, are allowed a per diem ot
$4 a day. It is pleasant to know that It
Isn't a per diem of $4 a year.
"Castro's double with bases .full" has
nothing to do with revolutionary strategy
In "Venezuela. . It is merely the Baltimore.
American's way of telling a baseball
story.
Chicago seems satisfied with her chief
of police. He has just completed 30 years
In the department. Portland seems dis
satisfied with her chief of police, but
then he has been, so to speak, only SG
minutes in the department.
The Centervlile (Mo.) Record is author
ity for the story of a young man that
wrote to a girl steadily for three years,
Intending to marry her eventually. A
few days ago he got a letter and a pho
tograph. The letter told him that the girl
had been married a year and that the
photograph was of her baby. A post
script was to the effect that both the
writer and her husband had greatly en
joyed reading the letters,- and that they
hoped for a continuance.
This long-range courtship never was a
success.
Interesting services were held the other
afternoon in old St. Paul's Church, Broad
way. v Now York, in connection, with, the
golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert "Wllhelm Berg, 78 and 7J
years old respectively. .Arm In arm they
walked up the same aisle that they tra
versed half a century before, four chll
dren and fivo grandchildren acting, as es
cort. The services consisted of prayers,
music and the reading of passages appro
priate to the occasion. Relatives, and
friends of the old couple filled the church.
Mr. Berg Is a well-known composer of
church music, and several of the pieces
played were of his composition.
Maud Gonne, now Mrs. McBride hung a
black flag on the occasion of the King's
visit to Dublin. She held off the police
force with buckets of boiling water.
No note of discord the city knew,
Though green was twined with orange
and blue;
And Dublin's streets were all a-rlng
"With greeting- cheers to Ireland's king
The fiercest Fenian looked not black
At sight of the three-cross Union Jack
A miracle seemed to be ushered in,
The Irish had nothing to be agin;
But Mrs. McBride was very mad,
And oh, but she was bad as bad!
She tore down the measly Union Jack,
And hoisted a flag entirely black;
With boiling water she awed the cop,
And the King was brought to a sudden
stop.
Ho glanced at the black flag overhead:
"Poor Maud, she's a little gone," he said.
Six students from Harvard and Prince
ton having become exhausted in the Kan
sas harvest, fields, "their' work was finished
by four' Kansas gfrls.' ' " " '
Miss Kansas all the Summer day
Raked and raked and raked away.
Beside her raked a Harvard boy,
Whose muscles were his only joy.
He raked and raked, and say, .Great Scot
He found it most confounded hot. "
He'd pulled an oar la Harvard's eight.
Wad chosen center for his weight.
But how he felt tho toll and heat,
A-rushlng Farmer Johnson's "wheat.
Miss Kansas worked right next to him,
And looked as gay as Sunny Jim.
Some hours went by and Harvard's prida
Fell tumbling down the girl beside.
She 'dragged him to the nearest shade.
And murmured at her work delayed!
"Just, like a soft New Englarid slob
That means fur me an extry Job."
The Itobher's Lid.
"Oh my, what clews," the flycop groans,
"If this ain't Jimmy Doughnuts' hat."
"And here's a man caught Sinkers' tones,
Them robbers won't know where they're
at.".
The bulls reported to the boss.
And asked him what they ought to do
"Do?" said the leader, not at loss, .
"We'll surely nab them, me an you.
That there" you say is Doughtnuts hat,
It's clear he very soon must miss it.
So when he's wonderin where It's at
You pull It out and say, 'Is this it?
He's very sure to seek his own.
And Sinkers we can catch the same;
You say a feller caught his tone, -So
ho will, too, put In a claim."
And have they caught them yet, you
frown.
Not yet these criminals are goats,
For Doughtnutii bought another crown
And Sinkers even changed his notes.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGItAPHERS
"Why did Gayboy's handsome stenographer
leave him so suddenly?" "He says she found
a number of letters from his wife In his desk."
Judge.
Young Tutter (to hostess) I have had a very
pleasant evening. But. then. I always, manage
to enjoy myself, no matter whore I am. Brook
lyn Life.
Bev. Dr. Thirdly Young man. don't you
know thero Is no such thing as a certainty?
The gambler Say. partner, I reckon you never
ran a shell game. Boston Herald.
He Now, there's a woman I can't help ad
miring. She's so easily satisfied; has such plain
tastes. She I didn't know you knew her. Ho
I don't; It's her husband I know Brooklyn
Life.
Clubbcrly What's the matter? Is that widow
I've seen .you with troubling you? Castleton
Yes, on my nerves. 1 can't make up my mind
whe'ther sho Is going to marry mo or not.
Detroit Free Press.
"If you'ro sure the fellow who beat you In
the saloon was a policeman why didn't you
take his number?"
"Well, I had a number too many already."
Philadelphia Press.
First sportsman Good guide. Is he?
Second sportsman Oh, yes! If necessary he'll
do the shooting and bring homo the game and
let you say you did it, and whip anybody that
says you didn't. Puck.
Deacon Goode We shall all know one another
In the better land. I have no doubt. Mrs. Gold
lng I don't suppose, however, we shall hava
to recogn!ze( everybody we meet there, deacon.
Really, it would be so awkward to have to
apeak to people (rulto out of one's set! Boston
Transcript.
Mrs. Nexdore There's a new baby in the
bouse on the other side of you. Mrs. Pepprey
Yes, I've heard it. Mrs. Nexdore Poor little
thing; it does cry so. Mrs. Pepprey Yes, but
it's so accommodating. It always criesat the
right time and drowns the noise ef your
daughter's piano, Philadelphia Press,