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PORTIiAXU, TUESDAY, AUGUST IS.
COULD TURKEY FIGHT LOXG?
It is very plain that the Turkish
promised scheme of reform has fallen
down In Macedonia; the Turkish sol
diery are face to face with a formida
ble insurrection in Macedonia which
clearly has the full sympathy of Bul
garia; the situation is sure to end in
Turkish outrages and massacres in the
Christian villages that will force Eu
rope to intervene. The policy of the
Macedonian and Bulgarian patriots has
always been to provoke the savage
Turk to bloody reprisals In order to
enlist the sympathy of the Christian
pow ers of Europe. Prime Minister Bal
four recently said in the English Par
liament that the balance of criminality
was more with the Macedonian revolu
tionists than with the Turkish soldiers,
who are determined to compel Euro
pean Intervention at whatever cost to
the peace of the world.
This is exactly the policy which pro
voked the great war of 1S77-78 between
Turkey and Russia. The Turks and the
Bulgarian Christians vied with each
other in gross barbarities; old men,
women and children were murdered on
both sides. The barbarity of Mr. Glad
stones "unspeakable Turk" was not
more In evidence than the barbarity of
these Macedonian and Bulgarian Chris
tians. The Russian whipped the Turk
to a standstill before the gates of Con
stantinople. and if England had not In
terfered and prevailed upon the rest of
' the powers of Europe to Interfere, the
treaty of San Stefano, which lifted the
yoke of Turkey from the neck of Mace
donia, would not have been replaced
by the treaty of Berlin. The peace of
Europe Is threatened today, and always
will be threatened, because Great Brit
ain would not let things stay settled
when Russia settled them right.
The anomaly of Christian Macedonia
being ruled by governors who are aliens
In blood and religion, and whose de
crees are executed by a savage soldiery
of fiercely fanatical "Mussulmans, can
only produce one result, that of chronic
war and insurrection. The Macedonian
revolutionists are determined to risk
their lives in order to destroy Turkish
rule. They know that the Turk Is
strong enough and savage enough to
6tamp out their rebellion with an iron
heel, but they hope that before thl6 is
accomplished the powers of Europe, In
order to preserve the peace for the fu
ture, will Interfere and force a decent
jmd humane settlement. The manifesto
of these Macedonian insurgents asks
for a Christian Governor-General of
Macedonia, who In local administration
alum ue iiiuei'eiiueui jj. uie rone: in
other words, home rule for Macedonia,
to which she Is as much entitled as
Bulgaria, and which she would have
today had It not been for the great
wrong wrought by England when be
tween the treaty of San Stefano and
that of Berlin the project for a greater
.Bulgaria, including Macedonia, was
wrecked. The worst act that England
has committed since she signed the
treaty of Paris In 1856 has been her nui
llflcatlon of the treaty of San Stefano
and the substitution of the .treaty of
Berlin.
From the standpoint of International
anoral equity, Macedonia has a right to
ask Great Britain to interfere today
and insist that Macedonia shall hence
forth enjoy home rule under a Christian
Governor - General, even as Bulgaria
has homo rule under its ruler.
Christian monarch whose suzerain Is
the Sultan. The Congress of Berlin
pledged Itself to enforce radical reform
in the government of Macedonia, but it
has violated Its faith, simply because it
has been money in the pockets of the
powers signatory to this treaty of Ber
lln to Ignore its pledges to Macedonia
and suffer the Turk to work his savage
will with the Christians of this prov.
ince. Russia Is very angry today be
cause of the murder of her Consul by
Turkish soldier, and Russia doubtless
could obtain autonomy under a Chris
tlan Governor for Macedonia from the
Sultan if she insisted upon It as a con
dition of peace. The Sultan has seen
Pervla, Roumania, Bulgaria. Bosnia
Herzegovina, all scale off from his em
plre, and he might as well let Mace
donia go on the same terms as Bui
garia, Virtual autonomy under a Chris
tian Governor Is what Macedonia needs
and demands, and Europe can exact
this concession from Turkey if Europe
chooses to do so. Turkey must yield, if
the powers of Europe offer no alteraa
live but war, because Turkey is bank
rupt and cannot afford to go to war.
If her army chest was full. Turkey
could put up a very pretty light; for
she has an army of SHJ.00d men. which
could be easily swelled to a million.
Her regulars are well armed, well dis
clplined. sober and brave, and her Gen
erals are men of ability. Her troops
are armed with, improved muskets and
cannon, and they hate the Christian
enemy with hatred of intense and fer
vent heat. But Turkey's army chest is
empty; she could not endure a great
campaign against the powers of Eu
rope, even if it lasted not more than
ninety days. She is without money to
pay her current debts, and while equal i
to the ferocious suppression of the
Macedonian revolt, Turkey could not
possibly sustain war with a coalition of
the powers of Europe.
For this reason Jt will be surprising if
Macedonia does not ultimately obtain
her demands for virtual autonomy un
der a Christian Governor. Macedonia
will succeed probably because the peace
of Europe will not be possible until
Macedonia is given home rule, for she
can always force a rupture of her rela
tions with Turkey by lighting up the
flame of a war of race and religion that
will be dangerous to the tranquillity
of the time. Macedonia is a plague-spot
of war; Europe cannot afford to let
Turkey massacre all her Christian- in
surgents, and so Europe will be com
pelled to force the Sultan to do justice.
OXE REUS OX THEY HATE HIM.
It is no wonder that newspapers like
the New York Sun are enraged at our
preaching President. It means a great
deal for righteousness when the Presi
dent of the United Stages puts boldly
forth such words as Mr. Roosevelt ut
tered at Oyster Bay on Sunday to .the
Holy Name Society of Brooklyn. There
Is no fear here of being accounted god
ly, or pure, or decent. There is no timid
cringing to the philosophy of the man
of the world, with his irrellglon, his sar
donic estimate of virtue, his sneers at
purity and truth. It means a great deal
for righteousness, as we have said; and
it also means a great deal for those
roaring bulls of Journalism, like the
New York Sun, in whose view the Bi
ble" is a thing to be Jockeyed with, the
church an institution to be destroyed if
possible by pretending to defend it, and
human ambition an end in itself be
holden to no higher law of religion or
morality.
American public, life is' better today
than It has ever been. It Is probably
better than that of most, perhaps of
all, other nations. But as it is it Is
honeycombed with corruption. It is
dominated by- low ideals. Catch our
most eminent and useful Senators on
the way to the White House to urge an
appointment and you will find that the
applicant they are Indorsing is a com
ponent part of their machine, and that
is why. they want him. It is not be
cause they have discovered the man
who will best promote the public good
In the place he seeks, but because they
feel that his appointment will fortify
themselves and their political machine.
This policy or that, they reason, will be
good for me or good for the party.
What Is best for the country they do
not know, because it never occurs to
them to inquire.
There are a few men In public life
who stand above this low level of con
ventional politics. One of them is
Mayor "Williams, of Portland. He Is
trying to do his duty by the city and
give it the best government of which
he is capable. Another is President
Roosevelt. His Sunday sermon to the
Catholic society is not mere froth and
cant, but it is the gospel he tries to live
day by day. The President despises the
namby-pamby man as he despises the
weakling. But he believes In goodness.
in honesty, in decency, in piety. His
words and his life rebuke In the most
pointed way that hard philosophy of
sharp practice which permeates politics,
business and society and which is often
couched in obscene and profane lan
guage. The day that sucH a man be
came President, with all his convictions
and his courage, was a good day for
every virtue, for the sanctity of home,
for the honor of womanhood, for the
greater happiness and better training of
the little child. In the knowledge that
such a man fills the "Presidential chair
there is incentive for every lover of de
cency to lift his head a little ' higher,
and for every follower of a purely self
ish and worldly life to feel somewhat
ashamed. Many men are sometimes
weak enough to give boys to under
stand that it is more manly to swear-
and use foul language than to be clean
of speech. They get no encouragement
from the President.
That the President's speech will stir
up fresh antagonism to him there need
be no doubt. Some will give no out-
-ward sign at the resentment they feel
at his rebuke of unscrupulous meth
ods in politics or business Others will
covertly sneer at the "official" indorse
ment of goody-goodyism; and through
out the half-world, where the idea
reigns supreme that the statesman off
duty is always a sad rogue, there will
be much mystification and concern.
But all these antagonisms and resent
ments will not affect the President's
popularity where he wishes to be strong
in the affections of the good and true
and In the court, if there be one, of
heaven. They who feel uncomfortable
with righteousness at the helm of state.
whether they are on wall street or in
the slums, are against him already. He
will be sure of their ill-will. He de
serves the support of the decent.
THE G. A. U. REL'XIOX.
The annual meeting of the National
encampment of the G. A. R. begins to
morrow at San Francisco. If it be
true that 20.000 veterans are in attend
ance, it is a remarkable showing, for
the atendance at Boston In 1S90 was
not estimated to exceed 30.009. Death
has made a large Inroad upon the ranks
of the old soldiers of the Union. Since
the beginning of the present year Ma
jor-Generals A. McDowell McCook,
William B. Franklin, William F. Smith,
Frank Wheaton and EH Long have all
jwissed away. Of the corps command
ers of the Army of the Potomac, all are
dead save General Daniel E. Sickles,
who is over S years of age; General
Oliver O. Howard, who Is nearly 73, and
General O. B. Wilcox, who is S.
Of the corps commanders under
Grant, Sherman and Thomas all are
dead save Lleutenant-General Schofield,
who is 72 years of age; General Thomas
J. Wood, who is about Si; General Baird
is about 79; Generals Merritt, Wilson,
Miles, Carlln, Rugcr and Carr, who
were comparatively young men when
the Chi! -War closed, are all upon the
retired list of the Army.
Death has not left many of the gen
eral officers of the Confederate army.
General Longstreet, Lee's greatest corps
commander, survives at SI, and General
John B. Gordon, his youngest corps
commander, is 71. General Fitzhugh
Lee and General Joseph Wheeler are
upon the retired list of our regular
Army. Major-General Stephen D. Lee
Is the only surviving corps commander
of the Confederate army of the West
that served under Bragg, Joe Johnston
and Hood, and of the famous division
commanders, Major-General Bate alone
survives.
In the ranks of civil life there remain
of the Union Generals none of distinc
tion save General A. S. Webb, of New
York City, who is 78; ex-Governor
Chamberlain, of Maine; General Adel
bert Ames, who was the hero of Fort
Fisher; General G. M. Podge, who was
the commander of the Sixteenth Army
Corps in the Atlanta campaign; General
D. M. Gregg, a famous cavalry leader
in the Army of the Potomac, and Gen
eral Osterhaus, an excellent division
commander under Sherman, who now
lives at Mannheim, Germany, and is
upwards of SO. These are about all of
the notable officers. of the' Union-and
Confederate armies that survive today.
The lapse of thirty-eight years since
April, 1S65, has not- left many notable
men of either army ungathered by the
hand of death, but the longevity of both
armies Is remarkable compared with
that of the Generals of the Revolution
ary "War, none of whom reached SO Save
Stark and Sumter, who reached SO.
"WOE FOR MISSOURI.
Out of Africa comes once more the
"something new," this time In the form
of a substitute for the mule. The con
tinent that during the late unpleasant
ness between Briton and Boer served
as an almost Insatiable market for the
Missouri mule .Is traitorous. The mule
that tugs with equal diligence at gun
carriage or plow, that helps both "red
neck" and burgher, is to be supplanted.
and in its stronghold. A cross between
the horse and the zebra, of all nature's
freakish animals, is to be exported to
America with the idea that it will oust
the mule from his glorious position as
the most useful worker in the "Western
Hemisphere.
Consul-General Guenther, of Frank
fort, Germany, sounds the note of
warning. "German papers say the.
mule will probably be replaced in the
twentieth century by a more efficient
animal," he writes, "as It has been
demonstrated that the mule, the cross
between horse and donkey, is inferior
to the cross between horse and zebra.
Formerly the opinion prevailed that the
zebra was almost extinct. The, opening
up of Africa, particularly the eastern
part, reveals these fine animals In large
numbers. Three species of zebras still
exist in Africa the so-called Grevy'
zebra, on the high plateaus of Schoa;
the common or mountain zebra, for
merly found everywhere in South Af
rica, and the 'Burchell' zebra, still fre
quently found. Professor Ewart has
produced crosses from mares of differ
ent breeds and zebra stallions of the
Burchell kind. The offspring is called
zebrula, and on account of Its form and
general bodily condition especially the
hardness of the hoofs Is specially
adapted for all transport work hereto
fore performed by mules. The zebrula
is much livelier than the mule, and at
least as intelligent. The Indian govern
.ment has already experimented with
ebrulas for transporting mountain ar
tillery at Quetta. In Germany, much
Interest In this animal is manifested.
The well-known Hagenbeck is experi
menting in this direction, and intends
to Introduce the zebrula Into Germany"
and America. The zoological garden at
Berlin possesses some very fine speci
mens. The zebra stripes are often well
preserved, while the undertone of the
skin is generally that of the mother. A
full-grown zebrula Is fourteen hands
high and the girdle circumference about
160 centimeters (53 inches). The experi
ments so far have been so successful
that it is predicted that the zebrula
during the present century will com
pletely sppresede the mule:"
Sic transit! An animal, gay with
stripes, "much livelier and at least as
intelligent," petted by scientists, Is to
displace the homely but beloved mule
But Hagenbeck forgets the tariff. The
most ardent free-trader will help build
a customs barrier that even a much
livelier animal than the mule cannot
jump.
DEHT AXD' DEBT.
Benjamin Franklin, sage and philoso
pher of his time, inveighed against debt
as a handicap to thrift and accumula
tion that should at all cost In per
sonal deprivation be avoided. "Lying,1
as proclaimed by Poor Richard, "rides
on debt's back"; and again, "the second
vice is lying,, the first Is running in
debt"; still again, "rather go to bed
supperless than to run in debt for
breakfast."
While these maxims are as true today
In their application to the ordinary
transactions of life in small things as
they were in the days of the Repub
lic's beginnings, they do not apply to
the larger transactions of the world of
finance, investment and industry, which
combine to form the sum of the coun
try's prosperity today. Great enter-
prises are undertaken, floated and car
ried forward to success through saga
clous; well-defended indebtedness which
It would be simply impossible to insti
tute and carry on without these means.
The railroads that spafi the continent,
the great manufacturing industries, the
large mercantile establishments all the
great wealth-producing, employment'
giving, business schemes. In fact, that
have entered Into and created the won
derful prosperity that the American
people now enjoy had their foundations
laid in loans the Interest and principal
of which in due time had to be met out
of the proceeds of the Investment. It is
easy to see how, in the hands of honor
able, sagacious, energetic business men
men who had reputation to make and
those who had characters to sustain
this obligation of debt brought in'
creased responsibility and energy.
It was not debt of this kind that Ben
jamin Franklin, and later Horace Gree
ley, denounced as the basis of anxiety.
poverty and distress, and which they
in terse language warned all men to
shun. In point of fact, there was no
incentive to go into debt in these wider
fields of Industry, business and develop
ment in the days of Franklin, and the
country had not yet adjusted Itself to
the larger transactions of progress
when Greeley detailed his sad experl
ence with debt in his "Recollections of
a Busy Life." In the earlier time the
factory, with its whirling spindles and
booming looms, had not yet succeeded
the hand loom, nor the flying railway
train the slow-moving stagecoach, while
.the nucleus of the great department
: store of today was tucked away In the
general merchandise store, where
everything, from candles to sliks and
soap to lace and calico, was sold over
the same counter. Those were days of
beginnings, and to keep head above
water, financially speaking, it was ab
solutely necessary to keep out of debt.
In the small or relatively small things
of life this is still true. The man whose
income is not sufficient to support his
family and leave a surplus for the pay
ment of a monthly or quarterly install
ment on a $5000 house manifestly places
his first investment in jeopardy by in- i
curring this obligation- But this is not
to say that he might not undertake the
building of a home at a cost of $2000 or
$1500, with the perfect assurance that at
the end of the three or five years to
which he limited his undertaking he
would be able to cancel the mortgage
and have a home of his own. Prudent
Ben Franklin himself admits this, say
ing: "Large estates may venture more,
but little boats should keep near shore."
This maxim, freely Interpreted, con
tains all the counsel that any prudent
man needs in regard to running in debt.
"When, however, it comes to the
chronic, Impecunious borrower, the man
who, having "worked his friends" for
all that he could, goes into bankruptcy
in order to save the 'gewgaws that com
prise his few. assets; who pleads "hon
est Intentions" in extenuation of his
habit of borrowing in order that he
might cut a wide swath In the social
field or the field of sports; or to the man
who "runs bills," as the saying goes, at
vthe butcher's, the grocer's anywhere
that he can get credit without the
hope; prospect, or, perhaps, the desire,
'to meet them. Poor Richard's maxim
which couples debt with the vice of ly
ing applies as fitly today as It did a
century and a half ago. Such debtors
are the bane of a community, even as
the larger debtor who liquidates his
financial obligations promptly when due
from the proceeds of his energy, enter
prise or thrift, is the agent of the com
munity's growth, and, taken in aggre
gate, the mainspring of the country's
prosperity.
" Associate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court David "W. Brewer has
spoken strongly through the public
press upon the crime of lynching. His
opinions carry the weight of the care
ful, conscientious jurist and the man
who has been In close touch with the
law. Its methods, intricacies and techni
calities throughout the greater part of
long life. When, therefore, he asks
the question. "What can be done to
stay this epidemic of lynching?"
thoughtful men may well pause for his
answer, which immediately follows:
One thing is the establishment of a
greater confidence In the summary and
certain legal punishment of the crim
inal. Men are afraid of the law's delays
and the uncertainty of Its results. Not
that they doubt the Integrity of the
Judges, but they know that the law
abounds with technical rules and that
appellate courts will often reverse a
judgment of conviction for disregard
of such rules, notwithstanding a full
belief in the guilt of the accused." In
support Of this opinion Judge Brewer
advocates doing-away with appeals In
criminal cases, and cites this principle
as the foundation of English justice in
such cases. As said In the beginning,
this opinion, as coming from Justice
Brewer, Is entitled to the highest re
spect and the most thoughtful consider
ation. If the remedy for lawless exe
cutions lies in the law Itself, those who
administer the law through the courts
should be prompt in applying It. Clear
ly, the epidemic of lynching which, is
rapidly extending to the perpetrators of
less heinous crimes, cannot be stayed
by fulsome eulogy of the majesty of the
law in the face of its very apparent
shortcomings.
Notwithstanding the very large num
ber of houses, mainly of what is termed
the better class, that have been built
in this city during the present Summer,
the demand for dwellings this Fall Is
likely greatly to exceed the supply.
Very few of the new, buildings rent for
less than $20 a month, while the aver
age rental asked and readily secured for
a new, modern cottage of five or six
rooms is $25 per month, and this prac
tically without regard to location, pro
vided it is near a street-car line. Owing
to labor troubles and the increased cost
of work and materials, this rental does
not represent more than a Just return
upon the Investment, including insur
ance, taxes, etc., but complaint is made
that there are many who sre unable to
pay such rent and a demand for houses
of a cheaper class Is heard. This de
mand it is exceedingly hard to meet
first because sanitary requirements In
plumbing, sewer connection, etc., must
be met by builders, and again because
those who complain at high rents are
not willing to live in houses that are
not supplied with ordinary modern con
veniences. Thrifty, intelligent people In
these days demand to be well housed.
and, though they may complain at the
cost that this Implies, will -find ways to
meet It rather than return to the stinted
accommodations that the cottage of a
few years ago supplied.
The middle of August is regarded as
the hSight of the season at Summer re
sorts, corresponding In this respect to
the days Just- preceding Lent In the
Winter society season. The return tide
of seaside revelers will set In within ten
days, and by September 1 the hosts of
Industry will be again in the harness,
Fall housecleanlng will be In progress,
sunburned children will swarm the
streets, sewing machines will be hum
mlng upon school dresses to supply the
place of the garments worn out In vaca
tion sports, and heads of families, who
have been compelled to stay by the shop
and rustle money for the outing, will
be able to sit down to Well-cooked, de
cently served home meals once more.
The glad cry, "Hurrah for vacation!"
that rose upon the June air, will be
changed into the more Joyous shout.
"Hurrah for home!" In this exultant
tone is the key to the real vacation
pleasure the joy of getting back to
work and school and home.
German papers report the discovery
by Edward Mollard, a Frenchman, of a
new metal called "sellum." According
to the English Mechanic, the discoverer
claims that sellum costs but one
twelfth as much as aluminum, and is
lighter and stronger. It does not rust,
and Is therefore suitable for use In
shipbuilding, for the manufacture of
pipes, and for railroad construction; On
account of Its cheapness and as it is
capable of a fine polish, resembling
nickel It would be desirable for manu
facturing cooking utensils. Its density
Is 2.6 and its hardness not quite that of
Iron, but greater than lead or zinc. Its
power of resistance is said to be greater
than that of Iron, but less than that of
steel. The melting point Is at 1600 de
grees C As the Consul at Frankfort
suggests, however, it will be well to
await more definite information con
cerning Its properties.
You. Rett
Duluth News-Tribune.
"Sawduster" Is a new political slang.
It means a man who makes a great show
of political strength and conviction, but
who can't deliver the gods. Do you know
any of this class?
And "We Can't Tlirovr Them.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Regret. Repentance. Remorse the three
rough-riders of the soul.
HOT SHOT AT UNION METHODS
New York Evening Pest.
Is not American humor neglecting an
opportunity, even a duty, in not apply
ing itself to the absurdities of our labor
situation? We have tried wheedling and
flattering: we have resorted to appeal
and warning and objurgation; hut we
hava not made so large and effective a
use of ridicule as we might. Yet what
could be more open to satire, what could
be more readily held up to laughter, than
the extravagant pretensions of labor
unions? A good example of the retort
satirical to trades-unionism was recent
ly furnished by a wholesale house in St.
Paul. It had received in June a printed
circular from the San Francisco Labor
Council, asking that It Join in the boy
cott of a local firm of tanners, Kullman,
Salz & Co. The circular went on in this
fashion:
We are satisfied that they lost 33 1-3
per cent of their business through the
boycott placed last August. We were In
hopes, and we were fully of the opinion.
that this would bring about the desired
results. It would have convinced any or
dlnary person of the necessity ofrecog
nktlng some of the rights of working peo
ple. Not so with Kullman. who persists
in his attitude as a despot of tyrannical
rule, with no law of tho rights of others.
or of Justice, to hinder him In carrying
out his purpose to destroy. Arrogant and
relentless, he persists in his course to
destroy the union."
The St. Paul firm made a reply which
is a model of mordant irony. It is so
delicious that we allow ourselves the
pleasure of reprinting It In good part:
"We are gratified beyond measure to
learn that you have been able to cripple
the business of Kullman, Salz & Co. to
the extent of 33 1-3 per cent. Of course.
it has taken about ten months to accom
plish this most gratifying result, but the
restructlon of so vast an amount of prop
erty must be, in the beginning at least, a
slow process. We expect to see the day
when the present slow and unwieluly
methods- of the strike, intimidation, and
boycott will be relegated to obscurity,
and when union principles are to be ea
tabllshed, this destruction shall be more
quickly, surely and effectually wrought
by the Judicious use of tho bomb and
torch. A little kerosene, a few shavings.
a match and a stick of dynamite would
have brought about the same results In
an hour that you have been working ten
months to accomplish. To be sure, the
arrogant despots.' of whose methods
Kullman. Salz & Co. are the exponents.
might call this anarchy, but trade-unions
have a God-given mission to accomplish.
and the means they use are only an inci
dent. We are profoundly shocked that
Kullman, Salz & Co. should havo dis
charged or otherwise discriminated
against any of your members who had a
hand In damaging their business to the
extent of, as you say, 33 1-3 per cent. It
has been our invariable business policy
during tho past 35 years, when we dis
covered an employe who stole our money.
uesiroyea our gooas, disorganized our
help, and otherwise persistently tried to
bring about what you so truly refer to
In your circular letter as 'the desired
results,' to Immediately raise his salary
give him the combination to the safe, and
ultimately tako him Into partnership.
A HIMIoprrnpliy of Mr. Pinero' Plays.
Chicago Record-Heraia.
In view of the fact that Mr. PInero will
give to the world another play title not
as yet announced In a few months, a list
of his complete works may prove Inter
esting. The following bibliography In
cludes 31 farces, comedies and tragedies.
covering a period of 24 years, beginning
witn tne time wnen nr. Pinero was an ob
scure actor In London:
1S7T "Two Can Play at That Game."
lSn "Two Hundred a Year."
1S79 "Daisy's Escape."
1SSO "Hester's Mystery."
1SSO "Bygones."
1550 "The Money Spinner."
1551 "Imprudence."
1SS1 "The Squire."
1SS3 "Lords and Commons."
1SS3 "The Rocket." .
lSSt "The Ironmaster" (adapted from Ohn-
et s "Ie- Maltre des Forges").
1554 "Low Water." - - '
1555 "The Magistrate."
1S8G '"The Schoolmistress."
ISSft "The Hobby Horse."
18S7 ''Dandy Dick." '
1SSS "Sweet Lavender."
1SS9 "The Profligate."
"The Weaker Sex."
"The Cabinet Minister" (printed in
1S91).
"The Times."
"In Chancery."
1S91 "Lady Bountiful."
1S03 "The Amazons."
1S03 "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray."
1895 "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmlth."
1S05 "The Benefit of the Doubt."
1807 "The Princess and the Butterfly."
1S6S "Trelawny of the "Wells."
1000 "The Gay Lord Quex."
1001 "Iris."
Of these plays about 20 have achieved
the dignity of book form, and they are
well worth reading both for their con
structlve skill and literary finish.
What Alls Breathitt Countyt
Chicago Tribune.
One-third of the white voters of Breath
itt County, Kentucky, are unable to read
or write. That county has always had a
deficit in Its accounts with the state.
Out of 51 felony cases on the docket at
a single term of court there was but one
conviction. There have been some con
vlctlons since the present Governor went
Into office, but he has granted pardons In
2S cases. These statistics apply to the
white population of Breathitt County. It
must be a paradise for whatever negroes
may be there. No lynchlngs ever are re
ported from Breathitt County. The
whites are too busy settling their own
grudges and enmities to pay any atten
tion to negroes.
That Breathitt County Is "the dark and
bloody ground of Kentucky" Is not
strange. The schoolmaster Is not
'abroad there. It Is hard to civilize
people without schoolhouses. The courts
have hitherto encouraged lawlessness by
failing to punish. There are signs, how
ever, that Breathitt County Is beginning
to realize that It has been disgracing it
self and the state. What it needs, to do
is to hang a few of Its murderers arid
build some schoolhouses.
If It has courage enough to do this,
Breathitt County may redeem Itself, and
this may encourage some other Kentucky
counties to do likewise. There are 12
counties in that state without a news
paper and without schoolhouses enough
"to say so." You cannot gather figs from
thistles.
Pension for Wooden Leg:.
Successful American.
Senator George . Plunkett and a
friend were sitting together at the Wal
dorf recently, when General M. C. Butler
walked up. He was Introduced, talked
a while, and then went away. "You'd
never think, to look at him," said Plunk
ett. "that he had a cork leg." "No,"
said his friend. "WelL he has. He Is a
Confederate General, you know. They
stood him up to "be shot as they did many
another of us. They shot off his leg. He
was sent to the hospital, where eventual
ly he was supplied with a cork leg. He
went to the war again. They shot off his
cbrk leg. If that man had been in the
Union Army," he' finished, "the country
would have given him a double pension."
Proem.
Madison Cawem.
There is no rhyme that is half so rweet
As the song of the wind in the rippling wheat;
There is no meter that's naif so One
As the lilt of the brook under rock and vine;
And the" loveliest lyric I ever heard
Was the wlMwood strain of a forest bird
If the wln.d and the brook ana the bird would
teach
My bert their beautiful pans of speech.
And the naturalart that taeysay these with,
My soul wouKi sing oi oeauty aca myw
In a rhyme and a meter that nSne before
;Have sung in their love, or dreamed la their
lore.
And the world would be richer one poet more.
HOW TO STOP LYNCHING: '
Harper's Weekly.
No white woman in the negro belt dare
traverso the public highway alone; while,
on the other hand, any negro woman can
go from the Potomac to Texas alone, on
foot, unmolested, la absolute safely. The
white farmer's wife sits at home in fear
and trembling, even though her husband
may be- working In a neighboring field.
This Insecurity has had a disastrous ef
fect on agricultural prosperity; because of
It thousands and thousands of fanners
havo left the rural districts for the towns"
and cities. The writer In the Sun declares
that If Justice Brewer and his "popular
uprising" will find a remedy to stop the
assaults upon tho white women, so that
they can have the freedom of the high
way, or enjoy peace and safety In their
homes, thousands upon thousands of fami
lies will go back Instanter to the old'
farms, and the waste places of the black
belt will once more blossom as the roso.
It Is offering no remedy to say that, if
the negro assailant of a white woman is
caught, he can be punished by law.
As General Fitzhugh Lee pointed out
the other day, it is asking too much of
tho poor victim to require .her to go to a
courthouse, and there, before a curious
crowd, go Into details of her sufferings
and humiliation. To a modest woman
suicide were preferable. In the judgment
of white women at tho South, tho vital
question is not how shall lynching bo
stopped, but how shalr whito women be
protected? It is a question, moreover,
which the North is bound to fceip too
South in solving. As the North took tho
negroes from their white owners after the
Civil War. and organized them into so-
called "loyal leagues," and started them
along lines adverse primarily to tho
Southern whites, and Indirectly to the
blacks themselves, destroying the influ
ence of tho former masters and teaching
the negroes to look to tho North
for teaching and guidance It now be
hooves the North to undo Its work.
if it can, and to make the ne
jrroes understand that white women shall
not? be assaulted, and that, if negro teach
ers, and preachers, and negro colleges
fall to stop the atrocious crime, the Jorth
will withdraw Its countenance from them.
or co-operate in a movement to coerce
negroes into a repression of their brutal
instincts.
And. Yet They Feed Maine.
Bangor (Me.) News.
The rustlcator Is with us. The rustlcator
in prehistoric times was called the Sum
mer visitor. But It has developed rapidly
and strangely, and with the new form has
taken the new title. Tho rustlcator gener
ally comes from the cities out of the
state. It is sun-burned and athletic; if a
male, it wears trousers that are cut pear
shape, a hat with strange devices on the
front and sides, smokes a pipe, and pro
pels Itself by means of a walk that has
neither grace nor lasting quality. If
female, It wears short skirts generally
gray. A hat like grandmothers used to
make; and It also has an air of original
vivacity. It is especially diffident to pub
licityperhaps gentle readers may havo
noticed It diffident especially when
crowd strikes the city together. The na
tlva Is the antithesis of tho rustlcator.
The native likes to see the rustlcator ap
proachlng. The native has good eyes and
sees for a long distance. When the rus
ticator actually arrives he distributes
cigars and good will, and the native, under
tho impulse of generous Influence, marks
all the prices up. However, the two get
along very well together. The navtive
says nothing but observes much. The rus
ticator appears at his ease and wonders
how the native struggles along In the
Winter time. Now that the Summer
exodus from Bangor is on and it is
funny thing, too, when Bangor is as sweet
a Summer resort as one could wish for
we are seeing more and more of the rustl
cator up for the day from down river or
in from the country. But he Is a good fel
low, although he has a leaning to grand
stand work, and we are always glad
see him. There aren't so many people
going away "from here for the Summer as
usual, a numDer oi streets are aesoiate,
however, and. more, will be before the
middle of August.
ItecUlexs Toying AVItli n. Hoodoo.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The new pope must be free from petty
superstition or he would not have adopted
the name of Plus. That has been a name
of evil omen for the papacy for more
than 100 years. Only one Plus has escaped
calamity so portentous that it has left Its
mark on history. Pius VI was driven out
of Romo by the wars of the French re
public In Italy, his temporal power de
stroyed and a Roman republic set up on
its ruins. Peace was made and the tem
poral power restored on the accession of
Pius VII, but a few years later he was
dragged to Paris to crown Napoleon as
Emperor. After a few years more ho.
suffered great humiliation In the quarrel
between the empire and thp church, and
was practically a prisoner in France for
some years. Plus VIII escaped calamity,
but Plus IX was the sport of revolution.
tne humiliated protege of another and
more vulgar Napoleon, and lost his tem
poral power forever on tho fall of that
imperial reprobate. Pius X must have a
happy and fortunate reign to. redeem the
name he has chosen from this accumula
tion of III omens.
A HenrtTelt Tribute.
Louisville Herald.
A Joint committee of the recent session
of the Louisiana Legislature visited the
state penal farms at Angola and Hope for
the purpose of reporting on the work done
by the Board of Control. The members of
the committee spent considerable time
talking with the negro convicts, and pres
ently one of the negroes recognized a
member of the committee, who is a rising
young lawyer in New Orleans. "So you
know Mr. B ?" inquired one of the com
mittee. "Yaa8. sah, I know Mr. B
mighty well. He's de one sent me heah,"
replied the darky, a grin spreading all
over his face. Tho member of the com
mittee had not heard of Mr. B officiat
ing as a Prosecuting Attorney, and he
wanted to know how he came to send tho-
convict there.
"He wus my lawyer, sah." explained tha
aarisy.
A Merry-SO-Ttonnd.
Tudor Jenks in the Century.
G. Whilllkins was a writer bold
Who never lost a chance; .
"While good at many sorts of work,
His best hold wa3 Romance.
He wrote a lively, stirring thing.
A. tale of love and youth.
With a dashing maid and a clashing blade.
jut never a word or truth.
"It's very good." wrote the publishprs.
Dut tne puDiis taste at present Is for
character-study."
G. Whilllkins then hied him homo
To make another start.
He studied up psychology;
He took men's souls apart;
He learned the naive, tha morbid.
The crazy, the quaint -and queer.
And wrote a book wltheut a plot.
(Note: Time elapsed one 'year.)
"Why didn't we see this beforer the pub
lishers asked. "Political Economy is
what s selling just now."
Once more G. Whilllkins set out.
with economic lore
He soaked his very being full-
It oozed from every pore.
He proved all .poverty a crime, J
And chose a worklngman"
For hero, one who ran a strike
Upon a novel plan.
Excellent." was the publishers' verdict,
'but-not timely. "We're doing the homely
agricultural now."
G. Whilllkins did some thinking.
And thought this time he'd watt
Until the wheel had made Its turn,
Instead of chasing Fate.
"I'll bide my time," said "Whilllkins,
"Until Romance comes around."
But when tho cycle reached Itomance,
It found him underground.
But his widow was wide awake and drew
royalties cn some fifty thousand copies.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Turkey Is preparing to knock" the
out of the Kurds.
yhey
If King Edward really desires to travel-
Incognito ho should shave.
"Corea- tears that her future as art in
dependent nation Is gravely menaced,"
says a dispatch. Timid little 'nation.
Some convicts broke front Folsoca
VA week or two ago:
Since then they're last to vision.
As formerly Pat Crowe.
In conquence of a smallpox, epidemic
in tho Chester, Pa., jail, a condemned
murderer is being closely watched, lest
ho should break out.
James AV. Casey has admitted that of
all tho .fish ho has brought back from
many trips during seven years only' four
were caught by himself. And now a high
er pedestal Is being erected in heaven.
A woman in Eugene is said to have re
covered her sight as the surgeons wero
about to operate on her eye. This seems
like a development of the system whereby
toothache is cured through going as far
as tho door of a dentist's office.
The country Is agitated now over tho
question of nightshirts or pyjamas for the
navy. "Who has ever been routed out of
his hammock on a cold night will havo
little to say In favor of a garment that
spends its time in devising new ways
to wrap itself around a man's neck.
A daring German scientist is about to
introduce the zebrula into this country.
Tho zebrula, it may bo explained, Is tho
striped animal resulting from a cross be
tween tho zebra and the horse, and la
said- to bo likely to supersede tho mule,
What a kick there will be In Missouri.
To Him Tlint Has.
I am not addressing weaklings or I
should not tako tho trouble to come here.
The 'President at Oyster Bay.
Harry Up, Girls.
Henry Warner has purchased a new ton
buggy. Who is tho lucky girl to get tho first
buggy ridel Pekln (111.) Tribune.
"He Thoufrnt."
Of all the deer season stories that havo
for years pounded It Into the heads of tho
people that many men with guns In their
hands were more to bo dreaded than, tho
pestilence walking at noonday or any oth
er old time, tho following, from the Phila
delphia North American, Is easily chief:
BROOKVILLE, Pa., Aug. 11. Thaddeus
Hall. C5 years old, whose .long brown and gray
whiskers wero mistaken for a groundhog, wa3
shot and killed today in Knox Township.
William Carey- had chased a groundhog Into
a thicket and followed it with a gun. Hall
was in the thicket picking berries. Carey
only saw his beard through the- leaves of
the bushes, and. believing It to be the ground
hog, fired at short range. Tha full charge
entered the old man's head and he died within
13 minutes. Carey was arrested, but was sub
sequently released when tho shooting waa
shown to hava been purely accidental.
A Defense of Lynching.
Lynching has been attacked by men of
all classe.3, from Justice Brewer to re
vivalist preachers. No language has been
too strong for its denunciation, no epithet
jhas been to vile to fling atdta adherents.
Argument has been regarded as foolish by
the vast body of citizens that believe In
lynching a body that must surely .Include
a majority of the Nation, for In whatever
hamlet a lynching has occurred tho in
habitants have acted with practical unan
imity. This body of people, we repeat, be
lieves In lynchlnff. and so firmly that there
is no hesitancy about putting theory into
practice. It is tho minority In this case,
as in all others, that Is the noisier party.
We will not defend lynching upon tho
ground of economy, although it would bo
an admirable thing if the application of
the principle wero extended so that tedlou3
and expensive trials of admittedly guilty
persons wore completely abolished.
Lynching Is logical. Even the cumbrous
structure known as the law, built up by
generations of men dep.endent upon it for
their living, makes provision for tho first
form of lynching. If a man is struck in
the face ho would never bo punished foe
striking back. Why, then if tho commun
ity is struck In tho face should It not
strike back promptly and effectively? An
eye for an ey& Is still the basis of. all
local systems.
Thus lynching Is clearly the legitimato
expression of man's fundamental nature.
Instead of weakly whining about Its use
In extreme cases, its nerveless traducers
should rather approve its extension. For
Instance, if a man's chickens are stolen
by a neighbor, why should he not mako
up his loss, say, by taking a sackful of
tha offender's potatoes? There is no rea
son in tho world why this should not bo
done, to the great economy of time, labor
and money.
i
PliEASAXTIUBS OF PARAGItAPHKRS
Mamma And who dwelt In the Garden of
Eden, Freddie? Freddie Tha Adamses. San
Francisco Wasp.
Brlggs What do you consider among tha
greatest temptations? Sprlggs--A lone and
defenseless umbrella. Baltimore American.
Bulky Bitters Is dey swell folks up at dat
house? Woeful waiters Is dey swell? Say,
dey didn't hit ma wit' nuttln but golf clubs.
Plain Dealer.
"Were you ever staga struck?" asked tha
romantic maid. "No," replied the practical
youth, "but I was run over by an automobile)
once." Chicago News.
HIam Bgosh Hey, Constable, I've been
robbed. "What's tha quickest waay ter git t
tfa perllce station? Policeman Kelly Insoolt
an orfleer. New York Sun.
"Is she pretty?" asked Xangulde. "Quite,"
replied Statlstlcus. "fully CO per cent a3
pretty as she thinks she Is, I shoufd say!"
Cincinnati 'Commercial Tribune.
Nell May has a beau, hasn't she? Belle
Tes; she calls him "April Showers." Nell
What's the Idea In that? Belle Ho brings
May flowers. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Hasn't the baby had the measles yet, Mr.
Popps?" "Sh-sh! Don't speak so loud.
Whenever he hears anything mentioned that
he hasn't got he cries for it." Tlt-Blts.
BInks The Shamrock III is showing great
speed In her trial trips. Jinks Yes. but
there Is many a slip between the cup and tha
trial trip. Columbus (Ohio) State Journal.
"Faith. Mrs. O'Hara. how'd ye till thlni
twins apart?" "Aw. 'tis alsy. I sticks me
Anger in Dlnnte mouth, an' If ee bites I
know It's Molke." Tha Harvard Lampoon.
Mrs. Cobwlgger JVhy don't yon go to that
French restaurant again? Mrs. Parvenue
Because I paid a Wg price for a dish with a
fancy name and it turned out to be only a
kidney stew. Judge.
Mrs. Illington Herbert, you are breaking
my heart! Only think of their finding you at
3 this morning hugging a lamp post! Illing
ton My dear, it surely isn't possible that you
are Jealous of a lamp post! New Yorker.
"You say a woman can't keep a secret" re
marked the philosopher; "how about telling
her age?" "That's Crver a secret," replied
the wise guy. yawnlBg; "her school friends
who were in tha grade below her always at
tend to that." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Husband Do you think, my dear, that all
this so-called culture, these fads, these lec
ttures and ethical -and philosophical move
ments of yours really do you any good? Wife
Incalculable good! Why. every day I llvo
I appreciate more and more fully what an
insignificant creature man is I Life.