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YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem
perature, 78; minimum temperature, 69.
TODAY'S WEATHER Portland and vicinity:
Partly cloudy; westerly -winds.
POKTLAAD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21.
AN TJXDECIDED DECISION.
"While a racing- yacht should be all
things to all breezes, a ghost in light
airs and a flyer In half a gple, It Is emi
nently satisfactory that yesterday's
contest 'between the Reliance and the
Shamrock was cut short by the auto
matic guillotine of the time limit. It is
not so much that a drifting match is a
spiritless affair, as that in fluky winds
one yacht may catch puff after puff, or
a, favorable slant, while the other lies
a pictured ship. Disappointing as is
the failure to complete the course, the
rule is of the greatest benefit, and does
away with the chief element of chance
that attends yacht racing. '
Yesterday's contest has cheeered the
friends of the Reliance very consider
ably. The cup, although regarded as a
well-protected piece of plate, was felt
to be attacked by a more formidable foe
than ever. The long list of American
victories seemed more likely to be
broken this year than ever before.-With
this feeling in mind, although its lack
of real strength was shown by the fact
that New Yorkers were ready to plank
down their money at 2 to 1 on Reliance,
the watchers must have been greatly
pleased to see the American vessel slip
away from the Shamrock in the light
wind that blew at the start of the race
yesterday. Here was supposedly the
Shamrock's best point of sailing. Her
windward work Jn light airs, had been
such that she far outfooted and out
pointed the old challenger; she was re
garded Indeed as the proverbial ghost.
Yet on crossing- the line yesterday the
Reliance sailed both faster and closer
to the wind than her rival, her clouds
of canvas proving of far greater value
in the conditions than the two minutes
or so sheAhad to allow the Shamrock
on their account.
Sir Thomas Linton is stout-hearted:
he may still smile and talk of bringing
back the cup, but yesterday's little
brush has gone far to reassure any who
felt that the old mug was at all inse
cure upon its base.
THE 11 It AG G AllT AI1UOAD.
One side of a story Is good until the
other is told. Upon the strength of this
safe and trite statement the public
that has heard from the maltreated
man himself the story of "tar and
feathers" that came In from Hillsboro
Wednesday can only regard with horror
and reprobation the Indignity, humilia
tion and torture inflicted by a number
of men upon an undesirable member of
the community. Pending the present
ment of the other side of the story, it
may be well to suepend judgment in
the case. It is difficult to believe that
a coat of tar and feathers has been
applied to a man by citizens of a quiet
rural community within a few miles of
this city, and of course It Is Impossible
to believe that the victim was thus
treated merely or chiefly because he, a
stranger, had "married a widow" wjjo
had won the regards of his assailants.
While, Judging from this man's story.
he Is an individual that a community
could well spare, there is no -law that
Justifies his forcible expulsion. The
best way to deal with an offensive
braggart Is to let him alone. Notoriety
Is as the breath of his nostrils. He
would even prefer a coat of tar and
feathers to being Ignored, or simply
laughed to scorn. Those who cater to
his whim by giving him the notoriety
he desires are only less foolish than he.
The Individual who, in his own esti
mation, suffers persecution because of
his superior talents or personal attrac
tions, is known In most rural or village
neighborhoods, but to the credit of the
good sense of the people resident therein
be. seldom receives notice to quit unless
he becomes Indecent as well as boast
ful In his efforts to secure the notice
that he covets. And even then, to the
credit of our civilization be It said, he
is seldom barbarously treated. Having
"heard one side of this very improbable
story, the curious public awaits the
other side, reserving its judgment In
the meantime until the evidence is
ell In.
In 1S27 the British, French and Rus
slan fleets attacked and destroyed the
Turkish neet at .Navanno and com
pelled Turkey to permit the organlza
tlon of the present kingdom of Greece.
In 1S30 Turkey was rescued from the
victorious Russian by the interference
of the powers of Europe. In 1S39 Tur
key was saved from conquest by Me-
hemet All, Pasha of Egypt, by the in
terference of Great Britain. In 1SS4-56
Turkey was rescued from Russia by
England and France, and In 1S77
w hen Russia had Turkey at her mercy
the powers of Europe Interfered to pre
vent the autonomy of Macedonia. To
day Turkey Is still in trouble with her
Christian subjects In Macedonia, and
Rtfsl(u Ui the approval p jhe jjojcergj.
of Europe, is obliged to Interfere to re
store peace and order. If the powers
of Europe had allowed Russia in IS30,
1829, 1S54 akd 1877 to force Turkey to
grant home rule to. all her Christian
subjects, such home rule as Servla,
Roumania and Bulgaria enjoy today,
there would have been peace In those
provinces Instead of the continued sav
age insurrections savagely suppressed.
Turkey's present authority in Europe Is
an anachronism, and should no longer
bepermltted. The Ottoman Empire has
no more title to, be treated as a desira
ble civilization than had the Iroquois,
the Creek or the Sioux Confederacy.
If the powers of Europe fool with this
matter of compelling the Sultan to
grant Macedonia the autonomy enjoyed
by Bulgaria, there -will be a flame of
insurrection all over the Balkan States
and it is not impossible that the Sultan
may play the Pekin trick upon them
and make terrible war upon all Chris
tians by taking an appeal to the relig
ious fanaticism of every Mussulman in'
Africa, India and China.
CAMPAIGN AGAI.VST RESERVE POL
ICY.
"When the late Governor De Forest
Richards ventured to criticise the for
est reserve policy of the Federal Gov
ernment and predict antagonism from
"Western men to President Roosevelt at
the next Republican National Conven
tion, he was promptly laughed to scorn
by all the forestry theorists of -the
country. Governor Richards was prob
ably too hopeful In his estimate of the
power of the anti-reserve movement.
The enemies of the Government's pol
icy seem singularly obtuse to the fact
that reserves once formed are restored
to entryand settlement piecemeal as the
facts concerning their various parts ap
pear, and they are actuated solely by
Immediate private desires of mining or
lumbering interests, to the exclusion of
the public welfare as Involved In per
petuation of forests and water supply.
Evidence accumulates, however, that
Governor Richards knew exactly what
he was "talking about, so far as "Wyo
ming sentiment . and probably that of
adjoining states is concerned. His suc
cessor adheres to his views; and in the
current North American Review Is to
be foun'd an able presentation of the
case for the anti-reservists, from the
pen of James P. Kimball, a geologist
and forestry expert of some note.
Among other things, Mr. Kimball
says that in the Cascade forest reserve
of'Oregon, where timber is redundant.
important mines and 'mills have been
closed down during the past Winter for
want of fuel for steam, oh the dictum
that timber cut on one mineral location
cannot be used on another group of lo
cations under one and the same owner
ship. Strict compliance, clinched by
signed promises to comply with all
rules and ragulatlons, Is made a con
dition to the granting of a privilege
under any one of them. When the
United States Courts have not been
found on the side of department exac
tions, local forest reserve officials prac
tice successful intimidation on the em
ployed when the attempt has been un
successful with the employer. Wood
cutters or herderst threatened with
arrest, are not unlikely to take alarm.
even In the absence of power to make
arrests, and desert their jobs. No with
drawals of forest reserves have been
reported except to enable a certain
county of Washington to resume busi
ness, two-thirds of whose area had been
turned Into a reserve. Withdrawals
have been vainly sought by many un
der the terms of the statute, for sake of
release from the dictation and domina
tion of forest reserve officials, In favor
of territory ImmeBIately or closely
within reservation boundaries and
shown to be more valuable for agricul
tural or mining purposes than for for
estry uses.
The area of forest reserves, thlrty-
flve in number, on March 1, 1900, was
71,697 square miles, distributed In eleven
states. The additions of 1902 made by
President Roosevelt In Wyoming and
Montana make the present area over
S0.000 square miles, an area equal to
the combined areas of the New England
States, together with that of Maryland.
The additions of 1902 to the forest re
serves of 1891 and 1S97 Inclose the Yel
lowstone Park on all but the western
side, making an expanse of 9000 square
miles In Wyoming and some 2200 In
Montana. In January, 1903, President
Roosevelt merged the Teton, Absaroka
and Yellowstone forest reserves with
additional territory of several hundred
square miles, all to be known as the
Yellowstone forest reserve.
Under forest reserve dispensation It
Is now proposed to curtail the privilege
for grazing horses and cattle over the
vacant surface of this public domain
and to withdraw It wholly from, sheep.
Upwards of a thousand square miles of
grazing upland, destitute of forest In
any fair sense of the' term, and mostly
above the timber line and partly on the
outer bdrder, have been taken Into the
new reserves now united. This terrl
tory has been the last resort of stock In
times of drouth, such as has prevailed
during the last few seasons. Neither
water supply nor reforestation here
comes into question, nor are forestry
purposes subserved, except in control of
grazing limits and policing against llres,
Game protection Is no administrative
concern of the Federal Government
beyond the preservation of certain wild
animals In the National Park to which
the Government has acquired title by
purchase. Even within the National
Park Infractions of the game laws are
punishable only by the state.
This enormous reduction of grazing
limits In Montana and Wyoming was
urged upon the President by cattle
growers as a measure for banishment
of sheep, but two cattle-growers were
.appointed to 'supervise the new re
serves. .Despite the iact that the de
claratory clause of the statute gives
agricultural and mining Interests pre
cedence over forestry purposes, these
Interests have been subordinated to for
estry purposes by administrative ofll
cers, in spite of appeals through the
Department of the Interior to the Pres
ident for remedial measures, and Mr.
Kimball says:
Until reserve lairs b5 -wrought Into specific
provisions. It Is urged that unferested Erasing
territory on the outer margins of reserves, as
well as certain mining- territory, bo restored
to the unreserved public domain. The genera!
public of the Western states, as voiced by
the press, further asks the protection of same
ehau not welch at Washington in the creation
of forest renerVes. but be left practically, as
it 'is formally, to the states; also, that no
forest reserves be created or maintained, ex
cept within the limitations of the declaration
of the statute, and with due regard to all as
-well as single local industrial interests of
importance, impartially and relatively con
stdered.
The story of the horse that committed
suicide In this city the other -day is
weak in that Jt failed to show sufficient
motive to justify an intelligent animal
In making an end of things. Had the
animal beta n peg p r dcea or.
hundred employed In grading streets or
upon excavations for buildings In vari
ous parts of the city, he would by the
act have demonstrated a clear under
standing of the hopelessness of-hls case.
That a horse upon being gently urged
forward would beat his own brains out
rather than take to the road for a
pleasant drive Is an imputation upon
equine patience and sagacity that may
be fairly said to.be unjustifiable.
XOTABLE ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENT.
Yesterday the monument erected, by
the State of "Vermont at Fairfield to
mark the birthplace of President Ches
ter A. Arthur was dedicated. Among
the speakers announced for the occa
sion were ex-United States Senator
William E. Chandler, Secretary of the
Navy under President Arthur; Robert
T. Lincoln, his Secretary of War, and
Senator Teller, his Secretary of "the In
terior. President Arthur was the son of
an Irish-born Presbyterian minister, a
man of ability but a poor country cler
gyman all his days. His son earned his
own support from early boyhood,
taught school In. Pownal, Vt., and
worked his way through Union College,
where he graduated with honor. He
studied law and was in good practice
at the outbreak of the Civil War, dur
ing which he held an important posi
tion on the staff of Governor Morgan.
Despite the fact that he married a
Southern woman, who was the daugh
ter of the gallant Captain Herndon, of
the United States Navy, Chester A. Ar
thur "was la man of strong anti-slavery
opinions and was an early advocate of
the rights of the negroes In New York
City to seats in the horse-cars and
steamboats. A man of splendid phys
ical presence, charming address, fine
temper and superior executive ability,
he was made Collector of the Poet of
New York and became a leader In the
Republican party of New York State,
was the ablest lieutenant of Roscoe
Conkllng In the great contest between
Grant and Blaine for the Presidential
nomination In 18S0. When Garfleld was
Anally nominated, the anti-Grant fac
tion supported Arthur for Vice-Presi
dent and he was easily nominated.
Conkllng urged Arthur to decline the
nomination, but he accepted it, and the
assassination of .Garfield suddenly made
him President.
It is to the everlasting honor of Pres
ident Arthur that his accidental eleva
tion to the Presidency lifted -him from
the level of a merely able, astute party
manager of the politics of New" York to
that of a high-minded, magnanimous
statesman. He was most outrageously
abused and insulted by the anti-Conk-llng
faction In New York, from first to
last, while at the same time he lost
the friendship of Conkllng, who wished
him to use his new-found power and
opportunity to demolish the Blaine fac
tion in the Empire State. President
Arthur was a gentleman in spirit, and
he replied that he regarded his eleva
tion to the Presidency aa a terrible ac
cident; that he felt It would be dishon
orable to undo the work that Garfield
had wrought in the matter of political
appointments In New York State. The
Blaine faction did not appreciate his
magnanimity, but turned the party
over to defeat when Arthur's Secretary
of State was nominated for Governor
In 1S82. President Arthur showed the
same fine spirit In the matter of noml
nation for the Presidency In 18S4. He
was urged by his friends to use the pat
ronage--of the -Administration- to pack
the convention In his own behalf; It was
pointed out that John Sherman, when
Secretary of the Treasury under Hayes,
had not hesitated to use his opportunity
to pack the National convention with
Southern delegates who were Treas
ury appointees. President? Arthur re
piled that nothing would give him more
pleasure than to be nominated for Pres
ident as a popular indorsement and ap
proval of the quality "of his public ser
vice, but, said he, "The office of Presi
dent of the United States Is a very
great office; an office that any man
could afford to accept and no man could
afford to disdain; but It Is an office no
gentleman In my position of present in
cumbent can afford to Intrigue for by
using the vantage-ground of his posi
tion to pack the National convention lii
his own behalf."
President Arthur was an able man of
affairs, an advocate of sound finance, of
tariff revision, and of all pur. accidental
Presidents none manifested more abil
ity for the executive and administrative
duties of his high station. He left the
White House In. March, 1SS5, and he
died the next year, aged 56. His fu
neral was attended by men of all par
ties; Mr. Blaine, who was his most
famous enemy In life, was 'there, and so
was United States Senator 'Edmunds,
his most Intimate political friend and
confidential adviser. Mr. Blaine, while
he was willing to bury the hatchet In
President Arthur's grave, behaved at
the funeral as If he would like to bury
the hatchet In the brain of Senator Ed
munds. President Arthur was natur
ally a man of large mold, and this he
proved by being equal to the duties and
the dignity of new and unexpected offl
clal responsibilities. He grew rapidly
In breadth and nobility of character
after he became President. His whole
nature was severely shocked and deeply
touched by the murder of Garfield, and
he treated his new trust with reverence
and administered It with absolute in
tegrity and freedom from self-seeking
and ulterior personal advantage. None
of our accidental Presidents have been
more than the peers of President Ar
thur, and few of them obtained so
largely the respect, confidence and af
fection of the. people. John Tyler In
creased his reputation as an able and
crafty politician, but lost standing
among men of honor In both parties
Fillmore, from his stupid jealousy of
Seward and Thurlow Weed, had not
courage enough to live up to the prece
dent of Taylor's administration, John
son's personal habits obscured his nat
ural ability and made his temper er
ratlc.
Arthur, by his dignity, his business
ability, his self-restraint, excited unl
versal respect. Had It not been that
he became an accidental President at
a most unfortunate crisis, when Blaine
and Conkllng were warring upon each
other with Indian weapons and more
than Indian hate, Arthur would have
easily been nominated in 1S84 and might
have won, as he was far stronger In
New York State than Mr, Blaine. The
Edmunds-Conkllng antl-Blalne faction
would have worked for Arthur, and
Blaine himself told his followers to sup
port Arthur if he could not be noml
nated, but In no event to support Ed
munds in convention. The State of "Ver
mont has done well to erect a monu
ment to President Arthur, He was
born a poor boy In one of her small
towns; he worked his way up honorably
by his own unaided exertions as com
pletely as did Garfield or McKinley, he
did not abuse the power and oppor
tunity of his accidental Presidency to
ajiatrigus lor -bis pwa nomination;
died in his prime and left a .name which
the little state of his hirth has done
well to honor.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey has
undertaken to reply to the question
'Does the Mississippi River run 'up
hill?" and answers It In the affirmative.
The mouth of the river, by reason of
the fact that the earth -is not a true
sphere, but an oblate spheroid, is. about
four miles farther from the center of
the earth than Is "Lake Itasca. The
stream ascends, therefore, Instead of
descending, to the' Gulf of Mexico. But
for the centrifugal force generated by
the rapid revolution of the earth upon
its axis, the waters of the Gulf would
flow, it follows, with tremendous "force
up the Mississippi Valley to the north
pole. It Is found by the Survey, as
quoted by the Washington correspond
ent of the New York Evening Post, that
In the larger part of the United. States
east of Colorado a plumb line does not
point to the -center of the earth, but a
line a mile long averages an Inch out
of true. This deflection Is caused by
the attraction exerted by great masses.
such as mountains, above sea level, and
by variations In density of the earth's
crust below sea level. At certain points
the plumb Is attracted to. one side, or
experiences an attraction less than the
average. In India there are great de
flections of the plumb line, owing to
the vast mass of the Himalayas on the
north and the lack of density in the
ocean depths on each side of this great
cape, the deflections being sometimes
as .much as nine Inches to .the mile. In
most affairs, the failure of the line to
point straight to the earth's, center is
of no practical Importance, but at sea
a mariner who computes his position
by the stars may on this account err
to the extent of half a mile.
A co-operative Irrigation scheme has
been planned In Choteau County, Mon
tana, which, when worked out. will
afford homes and farming and grazing
lands for hundreds of settlers. The
plan Is for each man who wants land
In the tract subject to Irrigation by the
projected canal to take out a certain
number of shares" of ditch stock, to be
paid for in work with teams. It will
be necessary, or at least prudent, for
Intending settler or ditch stock-takers
to have their rights In the premises
sharply defined by competent legal
agreement before they "engage In this
scheme, always remembering that cap
italists do not engage In large under
takings from . philanthropic motives.
With his rights and privileges properly
defined and secured, and opportunity
to select lands for occupancy, the plan
should be beneuclal to ranchmen, since
It Is clear that singly no man can re
claim to agriculture even a few acres
of arid land. Water rights, land
boundaries, line fences and open ranges
are burning questions on the frontier,
and possible misunderstanding In re
gard to them should be avoided as a
means of bad blood and its frequent
disastrous results. That there are thou
sands of acres of lands that could be
made fertile through co-operative Irrl
gation plans throughout the seml-arld
region is true. The difficulty Is In se
curing Just, honest men and consider
ate to enter Into the undertakings.
Mr. Edward "W. Bingham would re
press crimes of the mere heinous type,
aa arson, rape, burglary, train-wreck
Ing, holding up cars, etc.,. by hanging
the perpetrators thereof not lynching
themr but hanging them In accordance
with law that he would have enacted
to cover such flagrant cases of evil
doing. While the remedy proposed Is
somewhat drastic, it is not Inconsistent
with justice. The burglar, for example,
becomes a murderer If he Is likely to
be caught; a train-wrecker and a hold
up man ruthlessly place Innocent lives
In jeopardy, and the man who commits
rape, his victim being an innocent
woman or a guileless child. Is guilty of
-an act that is commonly adjudged
worse than murder. It Is not a bad
idea to have these acts taken out of
the list of minor offenses and placed
upon the list of capital crimes. Per
haps the growth of the lynch Idea Is
due, after all, largely to the determl
nation on the part of the public to
make the punishment fit Uie crime a
feat which lawgivers In many Instances
have failed to accomplish.
Among other questions that will be
discussed at the Red Cross Convention
at Geneva.next month will be the prop
osition to detail with each detachment
of "cavalry and artillery In .the military
service a contingent of noncombatants
whose duty it will be to look after
horses that are wounded In battle.
These men will be employed as civilian
veterinarians, and they will be Instruct
ed to put to death horses that are
wounded beyond recovery, and to treat
humanely and Intelligently animals
that can be reclaimed to the service.
The movement Is instinct with the
spirit of true humanity, that requires
man to be merciful to the dumb creat
ures that serve him, or fall In his way.
The Churchman declares that
church should have a head, a chief
executive officer, just as the Nation has.
In the Episcopal Church the presiding
bishop Is described as having nominal
authority, and it cannot be denied that
it Is better to have a real head or none
at all than one merely nominal.
Struggling authors may complain
that postage on manuscript Is too
high, but they should never appeal for
aid to newspaper men. If a manuscript
Is good, the reward will soon compen
sate the author for any expenditure In
stamps; If bad, no postage rate could.
be too high.
The Canadian Senator who Eays that
America Is anxious for war with
European power is as keen of sight as
the lynx, which, it has been said, can
see in the thickest darkness objects
that do not -exist.
The Industrial South can now point
with pride to a $14,000,000 cotton com
bine, as there Is no more convincing
proof of somethln' doln' than a big
merger.
Fortunately, moral victories do not
count in the yacht races; otherwise the
Shamrock would have a black mark
against her already.
The Hope Is Speedier Justice.
Atlanta Journal.
We venture to say that If It were known
from practical experience that the heinous
crimes which provoke lynching would be
punished by sure legal process within ten
days the rope and fagot would disappear
from current history. And In no part of
the country would It disappear sooner
than In the Southern States. Speedy
justice, ia Alabama, or in Illinois, or on
Boston Common, Is the. sole remedy for
lynching, so long as the two races remain
together, and so long as one produces
black demons and the. other li of Saxon
a Baltic blocdL '
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
"Why It So Loager Hart.
Eugene Register.
There was a time la Oregon when to
mil a man a mossback made him mad
because it was so. Now to use the same
appellation makes him laugh because it
is not so. Oregon mossbackisra Is dead
beyond resurrection.
Respeasibllltr Where It Belongs.
Myrtle Point Enterprise.
A man who will gamble away money he
Justly owes some one else Is no better
than a thief and ought to be regarded
as such. Wo would vote for the enact
ment of a law making It a felony for any
man to gamble who owe3 money.
Tien We Take It All Baclc
Y Eugene Guard.
- Editorials . In The Oregonlan defending
the preachers' son from his long borne as-
peration and reputation of being the
worst bird outside of a Jail are welcome
to Eugene reporters. Three item snatch
ers In Eugene are of ministerial parent
age.
Trust ia Religion, sad Morality.
' Walla Walla Statesman.
Now that most of the gamblers have
left the "state owing to the decision of the
Supreme, Court upholding the validity of
the new antl-gambllng law, the railroad
lobby will have somo trouble In getting
boosters and floaters to pack the prima
ries, as It has been In the habit of doing.
The macques are also under the ban, and
the machine' will have to fall back on the
hobos who have hitherto been regarded
as a nuisance by the railroads. The elim
ination of the floating element from tne
voting population will give the law-abid
ing people of the state a better opportu
nity to control the primaries and to nom
inate good and true men for public of
fice.
Coyotes Again oa tae Warpath.
Condon Times.
Since the repeal, of tne coyote bounty
law these vermin have had a run of un
disturbed bliss, only a very small portion
of their number having bit the dust. The
ultimate- result of this IS that sheepmen
and farmers .vdlll have a hard time guard
ing their sheep, hogs and chickens' as
these varmints get very bold when not
molested. Already we have had reports
from the country that coyotes are num
erous this year and the loss from their
ravages Is expected to be much larger
than it Jias been since the bounty was In
stituted. Some stockmen are paying a
premium out of their own pocket for the
destruction of wild animals as they con
clude this Inducement helps herders and
others to be more watchful for marauders.
The Oae Great Object.
Boise Statesman.
If the Trans-Mlsslsalppl Congress to bo
held In Seattle should devote Itself to the
one subject of opening the Columbia
Basin by Improvement of the river it
might accomplish something useful. That
Is. the one great subject before the North
west, and such a congress might exercise
great Influence on Congress In connection
with the subject. Three states would be
directly benefited by such river Improve
ment, and all local consideration should
be brushed aslos in order that the greater
project should receive the attention It de
serves. The congress, by uniting upon a
programme of that kind, could bring thl3
subject forward In a manner that would
attract attention far and wide and ma
terially assist In securing the needed ap
propriations for tho work.
One Advantage of Xervport.
Albany Herald.
A narrow escape from drowning and a
death from chill at the Bay the last few
days should be a warning to those spend
ing a Summer at a seashore resort that
the old ocean cannot be trifled with
There are two facta that they should not
forget, and these are that the Pacific
Ocean at that latitude Is cold. If such
were not so, tho seashore would have but
little attraction, but being cola It makes
the seashore cool and pleasant. The other
fact to be remembered Is that the tide
and waves have great force and are
treacherous, and are not to be trifled
with. Surf bathing at Newport beach,
however. Is not dangerous to the cautious.
and to those who use judgment and are
prudent. These two suggestions should
be observed by all at all times. Never
venture beyond the breakers at ebb tide.
and do not stay In the water until you
are thoroughly chilled.
iraodlojun Won't Be Gentlemen.
Whatcom Reveille.
If this thing could be confined to re
spectable, sensible people who could play
at this diversion of confetti throwing in
a mutually friendly spirit, it would all be
well. There would be no complaint, and
it would even become, possibly, a popular
thing. But this has, almost Invariably,
proved Impossible. It Is never safe to
grant a license or a privilege that Is con
stantly abused by low-bred people. The
additional Immunity granted, to people
visiting street fairs and carnivals, having
been shown to be so often taken advan
tage of by the thoughtless and the brutal,
should be removed altogether. People
should be compelled to behave at these
affairs In the same way as at other times
and places. Then there will be fewer re
ports of Injuries received and disturbances
created by people who have not the judg
ment to know or the decency to care
when they overstep the bounds of pro
prlety.
Commended in the Sonth.
New Orleans Picayune,
President Roosevelt has written a let
ter to Governor Durbln, of Indiana, Which
is most timely and worthy of universal
attention. The President by no means pro
poses to temporize with lynching, but he
has gone to the root of the matter. He
finds Its chief cause In tho failure of the
courts and In the loss of confidence by the
people In them. The majesty of the law Is
In tho law's own keeping. If the ministers
of the law fall to maintain its authority.
d&nlty and efficacy in the punishment of
criminals, then It la like salt that has lost
Its savor. It will be cast out and trampled
under foot. As to the President, bis ut
terance Is full of sense and reason, and It
shows a full comprehension of the entire
situation which has made popular Justice
such a prominent feature In American life.
The people have created the machinery of
justice, and when that falls the people
must and will apply some other remedy
for the protection of society and the re
pression of crime,
In the Attic,
W. IX. Hesblt in CMcaeo Tribune,
Ifp In the attic -where mother goes
In a trunk in a shadowed nook
A trunk and its lid she will ott unclose
Jis if It were x precious book.
She kneels at its side on the attic boards
And tenderly, soft and slow,
She counts all the treasures she fcndlr hoards
The things of the long ago.
X relfowKur dress, csca tea sheerest white,
That shimmered in joyous pride
She looks at It now with the girl's dellbt
That was hers -when she stood & bride.
There is a ribbon of Jaded blue
She keeps with the satin gown;
Buckles and lace and a little eboe;
Sadly she lars that down.
One lock of hair that is solden ettil
"With the sold o the inoralng sun:
Tes. and a dollle with frock, and frill
She lifts them all. one by one.
She lifts them all to her gentle lips
Up there la the afternoon;
Sometimes the rain from the' eave trough drips
Tears with her Quavered croon.
TZp la the attic where mother goes
Is a trunk in & shadowed place
A trunk with the scent of a withered rose
On the satin and shoo and lace.
None of us touches Its battered lid.
But sate In Its niche It stays
Eaered to an that her heart has hid
J f-'ffi sr Sir rftr -, -
CONGRESSMEN AND .CONTRACTS
Minneapolis Tribune.
The case of Representative IJttauer, of
Brooklyn, nas not yet come to trial, and
must not be prejudged; but the chief
witness against him is a responsible busi
ness man, and his categorical statements
In relation to IJttauer may receive prima
.facia credit. This witness is a manufac
turer of gloves like Ldttauer, and he does
not seem to conceal that his attack on the
Representative Is Inspired by the greater
success of tho latter in getting Army con
tracts. But there Is public Interest In the
fact that a member of Congress has an
advantage over a private manufacturer la
getting Government contracts. Moreover,
If the evidence of interested persons were
excluded, no one could ever be convicted
of this kind of corruption in the public
service. All that can be required of this
witness is mat ne prove his statements;
ana ne asserts tnat he has record and
documentary evidence to support all of
them.
Briefly, this man. Timothy Keck, of
Johnstown, N. Y., says that he obtained
25 Army contracts in the ten years before
Mr. IJttauer was sent to Congress, in
open competition, and made only a fair
profit. Since Mr. Littauer has been in
Congress, Mr. Keck says that he has got
only three minor contracts. He says that
he Is- prepared to prove that this is be
cause the other contracts have been
awarded to a long list of bidders, who are
only dummies for IJttauer; that the bids
of these dummies were higher than oth
ers, and the gloves they furnished were
Inferior; that political pressure had to be
used to get Army officers to accept them;
that the bidders were not manufacturers.
but go-betweens paid a commission by
Lattauer to get business for his own fac
tory; that Uttauer refused his (Keek's)
request to let him .have part of the con
tracts, and offered him 5 cents a pair not
to bid, telling him that he paid the straw
bidders only 1 cent a pair for the use of
their names.
This would be, not only a scandalous.
but an Illegal transaction in any case.
When the successful monopolist uses his
Influence as a member of Congress td sup
press competition and defraud the Gov
ernment, far-reaching suspicion Is
aroused. Should Mr. Keck prove his
charges. It will not be enough to drive Mr.
IJttauer out of Congress, or even to put
him In Jail. It will be necessary to In
quire why the contracts were given to
him. A complete answer ought to throw
a good deal of light on the mysterious
triangular relations between administra
tive officers, members of Congress and
Government contractors, of which we get
such unpleasant glimpses every now and
then. We think that the President and'
Secretary Root may be trusted to pursue
this Inquiry with the same vigor and pub
lic spirit the President and Postmaster
General Payno are showing In the post
office Investigation.
Southern' Women's Intuitions.
'The Independent. .
No white man can be long In the South
and on frlendy social terms with Its In
fluential families without discovering that
the most intense feeling against admit
ting the negro to social equality is found
among the white women, and that It Is
Inseparable from the Instinct of race-
purlty. To a pure-minded woman her
conduct and the blood of her race are
one. She "can no more think of her honor
apart from the traditions of her ancestry,
.and the Ideal of an unsullied posterity,
than she can think of family Integrity
apart from her honor. To take from her
the Ideal of purity of blood is to cut off
the very springs of her. moral life.
Through generations of social experience
she has learned that the only effective
barriers to Intermarriage arc those estab
lished in the usages and conventionalities
of society.- Families, classes, nationali
ties and races that mingle freely In social
Intercourse on terms of recognized equal
ity are bound to intermarry no power
on earth can prevent it. Here is the very
fountain head of-the Southern determina
tion to resist the social equality of the
races to tho uttermost. The Southern
white woman regards Intermarriage with
horror, and she believes that social equal
ity means inevitable Intermarriage.
Different From Boston.
Honolulu Bulletin.
When the Young brothers were out In
one of their launches cruising about Dia
mond Head the other day, they took
soundings at a place which was marked
on the charts at 28 fathoms and were
naturally very much surprised to find
that the lead registered but 20 fathoms.
They began to wonder if some mistake
had not been made, and so started to
cruise about a little over that portion
which was set" down on the charts at 23
fathoms. ' It was Invariably the same
thing. The lead kept showing 20 fath
oms or n slight variation.
Since the bottom where the soundings
were taken Is sandy, the filling in theory
is untenable, so that the only theory left
Is that the bottom of the sea at the place
indicated has been heaved up eight fath
oms toward the surface of the water by
volcanic action.
The Young brothers are most positive
In their statement that the place where
they took soundings is none other than
that which Is set down on the charts at 23
fathoms.
Distribute the Immigrants.
Denver Renubllcan.
The remedy Is to be found In a wider
distribution of the flood. Scattered
throughout the Union 1,000,000 foreigners
would exert but little influence, and In the
course of a few years they would acquire
a knowledge of American ways and Insti
tutions. Their children would grow up
in the midst of an environment, and,
learning the English language and attend
ing public schools, they would become
American In every sense. The country is
big enough and has sufficient resources
to accommodate" many more people than
will come, even though they come at the
rate of 1,000.000 a year for the next half
century.
Hovr She Got Heady.
London Tlt-Blts.
She'd dressed up to so out with him,
'Twaa on the topmost floor.
Before the mirror she had posed"
X weary hour or more.
At last she started down the stairs.
And he was glad, but then
She tarried on the second floor .
To see herself again.
Before another mirror there
he turned and turned and turned.
And took her time and seemed as though
She only was concerned.
She patted bows and touched up tucks,
And felt her fluffy hair,
And rearranged her new "flat" hat
With undiminished care.
And then she gathered up' her skirts
And fixed them in her hand,
Coquettlshly looked back once mora
Into the mirror, and
Went down another flight of stairs
To the reception room.
Where he was huddled like a chunk
Of rainbow-colored gloom.
Se smiled as any husband should.
But managed not to speak.
And It was well; far he was sure
He'd waited there a week.
He rose to go. but she advanced
Upon the large pier glass.
And back and forth In front of It
Began to pass and pass.
She started with her hat and hair.
And carefully looked down. i
Inspecting things until she reached
The bottom of her gown.
She caught her skirts again and looked
To see how Bhe'd appear;
And, evidently satisfied.
She said, 'Tm ready, dear."
He heaved a sigh, but made it soft.
And headed for the street, ;-- .'
But hearing not the footfalls 6t'"
Hef Louis XLV feet ' .
He tBrned he staggered and be fell
Against the nearest wall
She was gnrtrg ia the mirror m
: jess fcatrack la the haU.
NOTE AND COMMENT.'.
Even the wind, hates to see elthervyacht
lose.
Upton , has a little longer time to be
confident.
Japanhas a newspaper name'd the JUL
Sounds like a racing guide.
The only thing that the automoblllsts
cannot run down Is the automobile Joke.
It was another Instance of horse sense
when one committed suicide rather- than
work in August. " .
Neptune must be sorely purzled as to
whether ho should attend the yacht races
or the Astoria regatta.
In spite of all the Jokes, how mauv neo-
ple on vacation regret that they. didn't get
it over earner in the year?
If Philadelphia continues to take cricket
so seriously the ball team will have to
quit or play three-day matches.
If the canal Is to be built Uncle Sam
should soon make the dirt fly; and. tho
best place to begin would be In the Co
lombian Senate.
Governor Pennypacker has refused to
honor extradition papers from an Illinois
newspaper man. Thus" doth justice over
come Inclination.
A new era Is said to be opening for
Ireland, but there is little doubt that the
Individual Irishman would pay more at
tention to the opening of a new bottle.
Judging from the success of the "Oxford
and Cambridge golfers, the Americans
have mastered the Scotch highball more
successfully than they have the Scotch
game.
When a detective awakes from sleep to
find that the prisoner to whom he" was
shacklea has made him fast to a steam
pipe, robbed him, and when he finds that
the train crew looks upon him as the
guilty man, he feels like well, there's
only one thing he could feel like.-
Can It be that Judge Marquam is work
ing the old fairy tale dodge on Portland
gardeners? You remember the man who
told his sons there was a treasure hidden
In their field. The sons dug up every foot
of ground without finding any bidden gold,
but such crops as they had the following
season!
The report from New York that George
W. Lederer, the theatrical man, had gone
Insane Is now denied. It was started by
some Idiot aa a joke and quickly gained
credence. The story was that Lederer's
prize of $300 for the best state song had
produced such a number of replies that
the donor had gone crazy In his effort to
judge them.
The first class was about to graduate
Lfrom the Pulitzer College of Journalism.
"How," asked Henry Watterson. who
had visited New York on the Invitation of
Mrs. Astor to see the Shamrock V de
feated, "how would you describe the Hold
ltfast and the Shamrock?"
Nine hundred and sixty-seven replies
came as with one voice:
"Like greyhounds straining in the
leash."
Mrs. Kinney repulsed a bold, b3d burg
lar by catching him between the eyes with
an alarm clock, that tooted its alarm as
soon as It landed. The robber thlnkst
Mrs. Kinney had fimeyto" spare.
The clock struck when it hlt .
It went off when it landed.
Jt was going when it stopped.
Time files, sometimes. -
He did well to leave the clock for Pro
crastination.
What MaItreLaborl need3 Is jurors with
stronger Imaginations. 'He asks them to
suppose that Mme. Humbert haci national
skeletons hidden In her mysterious safe,
to suppose that some suppositious per
son supposed that Mme. Humbert Would
suppose that some other person would
suppose it dangerous to open the safe, in
short, that Mme. Humbert was a kind
woman supposing herself to be making
others suppose things for the good of
the nation.
From the BalUans.
Over the cable carao terrible -news,
Tho telegraph editor Jumped with glee
"The Mustasareef has surrendered at last.
It's captured." he cried, "whatever It be,"
The writer on space made a page anda half.
Describing the frowning old fortress that
fell;
He told how the bastions were eighty feet
through,
And the donjon how old there was no one
could tell.
He described the attacks it had stood in tho
past.
How the Christians and Turks- had surged,
round It in fight.
He told of Its owners, Its legends. Its wealth.
The ghost of the chatelaine murdered at
night.
The writer felt gleeful In spinning It out,
But alas, what an ending there came to his
plan;
The telegraph editor dashed all his hopes
With the news that the Mustasareef was a
man.
PLEASAXTIUES OF FAItAGItAIHEIlS
"Bridget, can I trust you with the china?"
"Sure, ye can, ma'am. Ol'lt save every piece."
Life.
"I came near marrying that girl once." "Did
her parents object?" "No;- sho did." New
Tork Journal.
Josh They say he's tho logical -candidate.
Ellas Shucks! There's halt a dozen of 'em
kin argy as good as he kin! Puck.
The Booster But I should think you'd have
enough to eat, The Hog Not at all, my
friend! I have one of those appetites that
can be gratified, but not satisfied; Puck,
Nell Why was their engagement broken oft?
Belle He told her he was unworthy of hep,
Nell Oh, they all say that. Belle Yes j but
she took him at his word. Philadelphia Rec
ord, "This Is a new recipe I am using, George,
How do you like the pier "You greatly re
lieve me, dear. I Wasn't quite sure." "Sura
of what?" "That it was a pie." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Mammy," said Pickaninny Jim, "I's Jes
discovered why a chicken alius cackles sq
when- it lays anegg." "You g'way fum here!"
r 'Deed I has. She's heggln' you to take de egg
instld of her fob. dinner." Washington Star.
She (reading a scientific work) Isn't It won
derful. Charley, dear, that the sun Is supposed,
to be millions of miles awayt Charley, Dear
(suffering from the heat) Millions of mllea
darling! Good thing for all of us that U
Isn't any nearer. Punch.
"Well, sic" was the straightforward reply,
"It was this way; The firm had been locate
on the corner for a long time, and they had
a big building there, so when we disagreed It
was easier for me to move than it was for th
firm." Chicago Evening Post.
Goodman I think I made an Impression oa
Luschman today. I pointed out to him that tf
he'd only save tne money that's usually spent
for his drink, he'd have several hundred dol
lars at the end of the year. Newitt Wrong;
tack. It you want to see that money saved
atfeak to Luschman'a friends. Philadelphia.
Press.
The prisoner, soon to be tried for stealing a
mule, was sitting in his cell In an attitude of
deep dejection, when the Jailer opened the,
door and a man of most sinister and forblddinif
aspect entered. "What are you in. for, pardt"
asked the prisoner. "1'zn. the lawyer your
friends have engaged- to. defend you," replied
the newcomer. Chicago Tribune.