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YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem
perature, 88; minimum temperature, 54; pre
cipitation, 0.
TODAY'S WEATHER Increasing cloudiness
and cooler; easterly winds.
PORTLAND, FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1D03;
A FORMIDABLE FIGHTER.
If Turkey had as full an army chest
and as good credit as Great Britain or
the United States or Germany, she
would stand off any one of the great
powers of Europe and probably any
two of them, -for the Dardanelles Is
Impregnable to naval attack since its
forts have been armed with modern
guns. The Turk, man to man, is the
finest soldier in Europe in the estima
tion of German, French and English
military critics. He is exceedingly ro
bust and powerful in physique; he
uses no alcohol in any form; he Is pa
tient, robust, hardy, enduring, has the
desperate courage of a religious fa
natic; he is.. well armed, well drilled
and disciplined, and the ease with
which the Turkish General crushed
Greece' proves that the leaders of the
Turkish armies are not lacking in sci
entific skill and professional enterprise.
During the war with Greece in 1897 the
Sultan "without difficulty mobilized
600,000 men. Since that date the organ
ization of the army has been perfected
according to the most approved Ger
man methods. Its war footing has
been Increased to a total of 1,500,000.
Only--Mussulmans are included In the'
organization of tne Turkish army.
Christians are excluded from the Otto
man military service, and1 are com
pelled to the payment of a substitution
. taxi In the medical corps only are non
Mussulmans found, who are generally
Jews or Armenians.
For Ottoman- subjects military serv
ice is' obligatory, for twenty years from
tha age of .20 to 40. The Nizam, or act
ive army, has a war strength of about
375,000 men and 1494 guns. This active
army includes 320 infantry battalions,
200 squadrons, 255 field, horse and
mountain batteries, 3G companies of en
gineers, besides fortress artillerists,
railway and telegraph companies, mili
tary train troops. Besides the Nizam
troops there are 374 battalions of Redif
Infantry and 48 squadrons of Redif
cavalry. In addition there are 136 bat
talions of gendarmerie and 200 squad
rons of mounted .gendarmes. Then
there are 26 squadrons of Kurds or
ganized and. armed on the Cossack
model. The Nizam or active regular
army are splendi . soldiers, and the
Redif are almost their equals. These
troops possess permanent cadres, com
posed of all the officer's necessary for
the mobilization ofv"the units. The
Captains', reside in the middle of their
company districts, and attend to the
training of the men, who are called out
usually for one month every two years.
At the, present day the Ottoman Em
pire, can mobilize nineteen army corps,
twelve of wliioh are Redifs, while the
total armed: .strength, excluding the
gendarmerie and unorganized militia,
foots up. 1.310,000 officers and men. At
least a million of these are excellent
troops. The Turkish army has always
been of splendid fighting quality. As
late as 1738 the Turks ravaged Hungary
and lorced Austria to make an inglori
ous peace. As late as 1774 the Turks
worsted Russia in a campaign on the
Danube, and today, if Turkey was not
bankrupt, with her million of sturdy
soldiers she could repulse any attempt
to expel the Sultan from Europe; but
war under Its modern conditions is so
costly that Turkey cannot make war
lohg with a strong foe. The present
military operations against Macedonia
cannot cost Turkey- less, than $500,000 a
Week, and the Sultan cannot stand this
drain long. He cannot make war sup
port war, as the founders of the Otto
man Empire did. The number of troops
he can jmt In the field Is limited by the
capacity of his treasury to endure the
strain and the capacity of the commis
sariat to keep them supplied. Turkey
owes every government in Europe that
has been willing to lend the Sultan a
dollar, and Turkey will not be permit
ted tomake war long In a fashion that
decreases her ability to pay.
It is an interesting situation. Turkey
has the elements of military strength
save the sinews of war. She has a mil
lion of splendid fighting men who are
as fanatically devoted to their religion
as they were when the Saracen expelled
the crusaders from Jerusalem, or when
a victorious Turkish army more than
once pressed up to the gates of Vienna.
Sobieskl rescued Austria once, Prince
Eugene saved her a second time, and
the power of the Turks seriously to
threaten Ghrlstendom cannot bp said to
have been broken before the last decade
of the eighteenth century. Its decline
then was due chiefly to. the enormous
development of the military strength of
all Christian Europe by the wars of the
French Revolution and the Napoleonic
struggle. If Turkey were governed
with the same economic intelligence
and honesty with which Egypt Is ruled
under Lord Cromer, Turkey would have
a full treasury, and with a full treas
ury: there Is no reason why Turkey
could not fight either Russia or Aus
tria as gallantly and successfully as
she did -up to the close of the eight
eenth century. But Turkey is bank
rupt; her Sultan is an able man, but no
soldier. If he had military genius like
the great Sultan Amurath, or like the
famous pasha, Mehemet All, or his son
Ibrahim, .he would answer the inter
ference of Russia and the powers of
Europe Jby appearing on the Danube
with an army of' 250,000 men. But he
has no .money in nis army che3t; he has
no military taste or talent; he has
plenty of - gallant soldiers, but without
money to pay ' or feed them, the more
men he has the more powerless he Be
comes for" aggressive war. In the event
of an invasion his Irregular troops
would make a stiff fight at their own
expense, but for aggressive warfare
Turkey' is powerless because she cannot
find money "enough to 'feed a great
army and fight It for any length of
time; she cannot pay her army, for It
Is how grumbling because Its pay is In
arrears.
GOOD CHANNEL ASSURED.
Most encouraging Is the unqualified
assertion of Superintendent Hegardt, of
the Fort Stevens jetty work, that a
forty-foot channel at the mouth of the
Columbia is a certainty as soon as the
jetty extension now in progress Is com
pleted. Obstructions In the river above
Astoria are of small consequence com
pared with those which have delayed
shipping at Its mouth. The ease with
which the big dredge of the Port of
Portland cut a twenty-five-foot channel
through the bar at Reeders shows quite
plainly that the river can be taken care
of if it is properly handled, but the one
great menace to the shipping interests
of Portland has been the bar at the
mouth of the river. Portland Is In a
measure to blame, our lack of vigilance
permitting the bar improvements to
cease when the completion of the old
jetty -gave us for a time a thirty-foot
channel at the mouth of the river. That
remarkable work was completed at a
cost far below the estimates and ap
propriations, and at the time the depth
secured was regarded as ample, for the
demands of commerce. Those demands
did not require the, services of any
thing larger than vessels of from 3000
lo 4000 tons capacity, but since then
larger vessels have come Into the trade
and ships of 7000 to 9000 tons capacity
are not infrequent visitors at the port.
Unfortunately, as the vessels In
creased In size the bar began shoaling,
and before the machinery of the Gov
ernment could again be enlisted in our
behalf the situation was nearly as bad
as it was before anything was done on
the original jetty. ' All of this evil will
now be remedied, and with money for
the completion of the jetty practically
assured, a big bar dredge provided and
the channel already showing some im
provement, It will not be long before
we can send out to the shipowners of
the world the good news that the Co
lumbia River can handle the largest
vessels afloat. The Government Is do
ing good work at the mouth of the
river, and every dollar that Is Invested
there will indirectly or directly benefit
every producer in the great Columbia
Basin.
The improvement at the mouth of the
river has always been given precedence
by the people of Portland over that of
any other portion of the big stream,
and, now that the Government has that
work under sufficient headway to guar
antee its completion next year, the
work of opening the river to the in
terior should be rushed. Portland has
uncomplainingly spent vast sums of
money in improving the channel be
tween this city and the sea. The mo
tive was in a measure a selfish one, but
in maintaining her prestige by keeping
the river open this city directly bene
fited every producer in the Columbia
Basin.' The object of all river and har
bor work is to facilitate commerce, and
as the advantages of water commerce
cannot be restricted or confined to the
special benefit of any one city or local
ity, any action pertaining to It becomes
a matter In which the people of the
entire section affected are Interested.
It Is thus the duty of the Government
to take over the entire work of Improv
ing the Columbia River from the head
of navigation to the sea. The Port of
Portland has accumulated a good plant
for handling river Improvements, and
with this plant in the hands of a thor
oughly competent engineer like Captain
Dangfitt good results would be assured.
It is unfair that this work of Im
provement should be thrown on the
taxpayers of this city alone, and that
the honest members of the Port of
Portland Commission should be obliged
to give their time free to aid In carry
ing out a work for which the Govern
ment pays high salaries, and for which
the people of three states will reap the
benefits. It is difficult to secure good
men to serve on the commission, 'and It
Is equally difficult to prevent unsuitable
men securing a place there. The work
of the Port of Portland should be taken
over by the Government as quickly as
possible, and if Captain Langfltt can
secure an executive officer to handle
the river end of the work In such an
admirable and economical manner as
Superintendent Hegardt has handled
the work at the bar, a commercial prob
lem of many years' standing will be
solved.
OLD JOHN DROWN.
As often as' the name of old John
Brown, of Osawatomie. is mentioned,
coupled with some striking Incident of
the stormy later years of his life, inter
est that is born of admiration for a
dauntless spirit and pity that mourns
the misdirected efforts of a brave, con
scientious man are aroused. History
holds no picture of sturdy endurance,
of uncompromising conviction, of per
sonal bravery, more vivid, rugged and
complete than that for,which the name
of John Brown stands.
There has not been in recent years
any question of the old man's sincerity
or of his disinterestedness. His scheme
as worked out, or rather as checked
at Harper's Ferry, wag a wild one,
foredoomed In the very nature of things
to failure, and It Is well that It failed.
The consequences as they fell upon him
and upon a number of his associates
could .not have been otherwise.
Yet there Is something sublime in the
way John Brown met his doom, as
there was much that was pathetic and
weird in the conveyance of his body,
attended by a very few who shared his
convictions, in regard to the iniquity of
the slave system of the South, to Its
lonely -resting-place near his one-flme
home In the Adirondack Mountains. At
this "late day -it may be said without
arousing political or sectional bitter
ness that John Brown lived, for a pur
pose, and died In its faithful pursuit.
Through all the warp and Woof of the
completed emancipation fabric the even
thread of this purpose runs. His meth
ods were Impracticable; his hatreds
were the fierce hatreds of the Christian
who Interprets the precepts of the Bible
literally and Is ready to enforce them
with the sword; his love of righteous
ness was intense; his" patience was sub
lime and his submission to his fate as
to ithe wittof 'God wasabsolute.
The cold-blooded Interpreter of his
tory reckons these as the essential ele
ments of fanaticism, the weapons and
the defenses of the visionary. But the
unreasoning element in human nature,
the feeling that Is touched with the
beauty of self-sacrifice, regardless of
its folly, will persist In placing his
name In the category of those who died
for liberty and reckoned death In such
a cause a reasonable sacrifice.
GOOD NEWS FROM NEW YORK.
Those dyspeptic persons who fre
quently rise to remark upon the degen
eracy of the times should read the
noble message promulgated from New
York City by the American Society of
Professors of Dancing, which is holding
its steenth annual convention. If mem
ory serves, this dignified and necessary
body was last heard from as the Soci
ety of Dancing Masters, and we have
heard no explanation of the change.
Yet it may be approved. Professor is
obviously more becoming than master.
One may profess anything In. all mod
esty, whereas "master" implies a cer
tain self-satisfaction. But let that pass.
By any other namethe dancing master
would smell as sweet
" It Is the commendable and courageous
act of the masters, or professors-, to
denounce In scathing terms 'the "Yale
glide" and "Harvard dip" and other
modern Innovations which have disfig
ured the ancient and honorable em
ployment of dancing. No more dis
torted attempts to tread a measure In
two-four time when the music calls for
three beats in a bar; no more simian
contortions, college fads, grotesque po
sitions and football tactics, are to be
allowed. At this good news all rlght
mlrfded dancers will rejoice. The
v.ogue of the flying wedge in the once
conservative Virginia reel is reprehen
sible, and the .strenuous life of the
twentieth century waltz is most hap
pily likened to a clash between tackles
or the scrimmage preceding a touch
down. The professors are evidently al
luding to the horrors of a beer garden
on a Sunday night, whose fatalities
challenge those of the most violent
football game and should long ago have
been suppressed In the Interests of In
nocent noncombatants. '
It Is to be hoped that the professors
will not weary In their good work, but
advance upon the entire unlovely lot of
modern ballroom abominations. Away
with your Newports and Comuses, and
other irregularities! "What is the mat
ter with a law restricting all terpsi
chorean activity to the good, old waltz,
schottische, polka and quadrille? The
professors utter a feeble protest
against the disappearance of the square
dance In the larger cities, where Fish
er's Hornpipe and "The Girl I Left Be
hind Me" have long ago lapsed into
innocuous desuetude. As for grace,
there is more of it in the trusty waltz
than in all the new-fangled combina
tions put together, and if a man needs
exercise there is nothing more calcu
lated to limber up the joints and set
the blood to coursing than a well
tuned fiddle and a caller that knows
his business.
The football tactics and grotesque ef
fects of the modern ballroom are poor
affairs compared with gents chassez
or swing on the corner. Balance all!
Swing your honey! Grand right and
left! This, we submit, is the stuff!
This Is the real thing. And if the pro
fessors only have the courage of their
convictions, so as to take the matter up
with President Roosevelt, we make" lit
tle doubt that they can, without much
trouble, persuade that energetic re
former to address a letter on the sub
ject to them, or to Congress, or to Gov
ernor Durbln of Indiana.
"CROWDING" AT SCHOOL.
"We have already noted the recent ut
terances of Professor Goldwln Smith
concerning the social and Industrial
revolution shadowed forth in the com
munistic tendencies of the time. An
other very suggestive and helpful serv
icfe of this great scholar and critic -Is
his investigation into the faults of our
modern educational methods. In a re-,
cent expression concerning the educa
tional trend of the times, he said:
"Having set out with a very weak con
stitution, I believe I owe my attainment
to old age to my not having been over
worked at school as a child. At the two
schools at which I was, one of which
was Eton, work was very light. I
cannot help fearing that children
now, especially If their constitutions
are not strong, are overworked."
This is not the Idle vaporing of an old
man fallen into senility, and sighing
with unreason for a return of the so
called "good, old times." Elsewhere In
the address of which the above is an
extract- he notes the marvelous prog
ress of the world within the period of
his mortal ken; of invention of the
discovery of new forces and their appli
cation to mechanical, moral and polit
ical development, and of evolution that
has disclosed the origin and growth of
man. Seeing all of this and hailing as
marvelous the progress of the man and
his environment, Professor Smith Is the
more competent to lay a warning finger
upon that which, under the name of
progress, Is a menace to the physical
vigor of the race. w
It Is a truth which deserves wide at
tention that much of what goes under
the name of education cramps instead
of expanding; "kills or renders torpid
instead of making alive. Against this
hard, mechanical, brain-taxing process
which for the sake of brevity Is called
"stuffing," unceasing protest should be
made. As expressed by the Troy Times,
"education should be an invitation, not
a threat; a path of purposeful endeavor,
not a menace to constitutional vigor."
The massacre of the Innocents, so force
fully dilated upon by Mrs. Lew "Wallace
in the Ladles' Home Journal some
months ago, is not the less cruel be
cause practiced under the guise of do
ing them good. The pressure In the
name of education, tinder which thou
sands of children , literally groan today,
hundreds of whom may be found in our
own city, was In the beginning un
thought of. Like everything else, it has
been a growth in this instance, If we
may believe the evidence of our senses,
a pernicious one. It began with the
ambition to enlighten the world by
teaching everybody, and it has led to
the mistaken conclusion that It is a
duty to teach, everything.
Selection and option have lately be
gun their work toward mitigating this
mistake, but the remedial process is
necessarily slow. The realization that
the "how" is more important than the
"what" has come to educators of larger"
mold and wider experlence'.arid obser
vation. The next thing is to make
those of narrower view, but of equally
fair Intentions, see this fact and act
upon It in the arrangement of the pub
lic school curriculum. The multiplica
tion of -technical schools and the inter
est that has been aroused in manual
training In all useful lines of Individual
endeavor show that the educational
skies are brightening, even though
thousands of puny girls, racked with
headache and backache, and only a
less number of boys of retarded phys
ical development, go through the High
Schools year after year,, absorbing, not
digesting, a lot of stuff, well -enough
In its way, but of no practical value to
them.
Mr. Cole Younger, but recently re
leased from the Minnesota State Prison
in advance of the expiration of a sen
tence of twenty-five years for highway
robbery on the "poor fellow" plea, is
not one to seek retirement. Far from
it He Immediately plunged Into litera
ture of the historical novel type now
In vogue, and in "The Story of Cole
Younger" demonstrated the mistake
which was made in turning an un
abashed rascal out upon the community
to make -a hero of .himself. Not con
tent with exploiting himself throligh
his escapades and crimes, this last of
the Youngers formed a partnership
with Frank James, who some years ago
gloried in the title of the Dick Turpin
of Missouri, and together they fared
forth as the star attractions of a "Wild
West" -show which is now doing the
Southwest. The country has become
used to the reformed drunkard shout
ing temperance, and of sinners of vari
ous degrees turning evangelists and
proclaiming to decent people of well
ordered, lives "the way of salvation."
But an ex-bandit In the role of a hero,
abroad for the purpose of showing the
youth of the land "how It was done,"
presents a spectacle new and to the or
dinary moral sense revolting.
It is all over, and the America's cup
stays put for another year. The su
periority of American yacht designers
was never better illustrated than In the
series of races that ended yesterday.
The Shamrock had been heralded as
the very best product of British brains
and skill as no doubt she was and
even In the face of years of defeat Brit
ish yachtsmen felt sanguine of success.
-The Shamrock came, was seen, and
was conquered. The Reliance showed
herself superior in every detail. Blow
high, blow low, it was all the same to
Herreshqff's masterpiece; she merrily
left her rival astern. The Reliance,
with 12 per cent more 'sail area, has
shown herself to be as stiff as the
Shamrock; she has shown herself faster
both on and off the wind; and. she has
invariably pointed higher in wind
ward work. She excels In everything,
and that is the story of the whole af
fair. It would be Interesting were she
sent to England next season to compete
in some of the principal regattas. No
doubt several big cutters would be built
to meet her, and the trip across would
show that the only conceivable handi
cap on the America's cup challengers
was of no hindrance
Mr. C. Oliver Iselln and his million
aire associates have again demonstrat
ed the superiority of American yacht
designers over the Britishers. Is, it not
possible now for them to work their
sporting blood up to. a. pitch where a
few modern clipper-built merchantmen
can be placed on the-high seas to carry
the American flag around the world?
The late Arthur Sewall never built any
racing yachts and was not a promi
nent figure In the society which claims
Mr. Iselln as one of its shining lights.
He did, however, build a fine fleet of
splendid sailing- ships, which are today
successfully meeting the ecompetltlon
of the craft of all other nations and are
keeping the Stars and Stripes on the
high seas as a continual refutation of
the charge that American ships cannot
be operated without a subsidy. In the
old days the races of the clipper ships
attracted almost as much attention as
the international yacht races, and a re
turn to that profitable form of amuse
ment would be welcomed by all Amer
icans, whether they belonged. to the 400
of were only plain citizens.
Mr. I. H. Amos, of the Prohibition
party, In a le.tter printed in The Ore
gonlan yesterday:
' A man of high character, as the candidate
of a saloon-controlled party, does not mark the
moral level of that, party; neither will he con
trol its policy. Its level Is marked and Its
policy will be dictated by the most corrupt
vote In the party necessary to Its success.
Which would indicate that the num
ber of persons entitled to vote should
be very few only those that come up
to a particular or special "moral level,"
and that level Is the height "we" oc
cupy. All the rest should be disfran
chised. Government should be In the
hands of the saints and "we" are the
saints.
It looked for a time as if the labor
situation In Seattle, as represented by
the demands of the Draymen's Associa
tion, might duplicate on a smaller scale
the situation in Chicago, -in which the
"unorganized public," as set forth by
Ray Stannard Baker In an article to
which reference wasmade in these col
umns yesterday, was to be the victim
of the organizer's pernicious activity.
The attempted "squeeze" has failed to
secure In Seattle the sympathy of
brother unions which Is essential when
it comes to putting down the thumb
screws with vigor necessary to secure
complete submission. '
Toobad! Not that Sir Thomas Lip
ton did not win the America's cup, but
that Shamrock III did not take at least
one race. All America could have been
glad, without abating one Iota of its
loyalty to the American yacht, her
builder and skipper, if Shamrock had
taken two out of five races In the late
contest As before, however, the plucky
Sir Thomas will -have to content him
self with compliments and good dinners
and return to his native heath more
fully convinced than ever in the su
perior skill of the American yacht
builder. The influx of white labor Into South
Africa has introduced a new power Into
politics there. For the first time In the
history of the country, trades unions
are bidding for .parliamentary repre
sentation, and are succeeding In get
ting It The Bond regards the move
ment with favor, as a check Is thereby
put upon the capitalistic party, al
though, curiously, enough, the labor sec
tion Is not at all In harmony with the
Bond; . being Intensely progressive and
exceedingly British In sympathies.
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
Trade SlacJ Betweea Sessions.
Tacoma Ledger;
Olympla Is said to be about to lose a
brewery. One by one the joysof being
a legislator are passing.
Is the Case "RcfcHlar"?
Ashland Record.
The prayers of a Cottage Grove woman
restored her sight just as she was about
to be operated upon. The State Board of
Health will probably protest against this.
Never Too Old to Learn.
A'urora Borealis.
Mayor Williams, of Portland, now says
he never Intended to eradicate gambling
and other forms of vice In Portland, but
merely turn them Into a money-making
business for the city. Somehow this
doesn't harmonize with some of Tils ante
election statements. -
How They Do It at Metlford.
Medford Mail.
"Monday was street cleaning day In Med
ford and the merchants were all out with
hoe, shovel and broom. There was a great
army of them when all were out, and
when they were all out of work there was
a decided Improvement m the streets' ap
pearance. This affords a few hours .of
recreation, saves quite a bill of expense
to the city and makes things look a
powerful sight better.
Along With His Chief.
Eugene Register.
Mr. Hitchcock is showing his hand in
Oregon matters as no other Secretary of
the Interior has ever sought to do. There
is not, a Pacific Senator from "Washington
to California with whom Hitchcock Is on
friendly terms; In fact, Hitchcock has
long sincd Incurred the general hostility
of Western Senators and Congressmen
to a marked degree that has made him
exceedingly unpopular.
Seems a Playful Caress.
Salem Statesman.
Senator Simon has complained that
President Roosevelt gave him no ear In
the appointment of a Register of the Land
Office at Oregon City, but the solar-plexus
jolt Just handed out to the present Ore
gon delegation by the same blow from the
Presidential shoulder makes Simon's
grievance seem a playful caress by com
parison. And the delegation Is not com
posed of Jews, either. Neither "is the
President a Macedonian Turk. Nor yet
a Bashi Bazouk.
Explanation Considered Inadequate,
Roseburg Plalndealer.
Senator Mitchell puts the Plalndealer
In mind of a superannuated old granny.
Before Hermann was elected to Congress,
President Roosevelt served notice on
Mitchell that he would not under any
consideration appoint Knowles to the La
Grande Land Office. Mitchell sulked and
the President kicked him and now he
says the President sat down on him hard
because Hermann was elected. We ad
vise Mitchell to I make some cotton-root
tea, and that will cure the pain.
Editorial Amenities at Tillamook.
Tillamook Independent.
Baker struck a malicious blow at U3
last week from behind B. L. Eddy as a
shield, but that gentleman, not appreciat
ing the situation, called him to task for
it In no mild manner, and so this week
he had to leav6 him out of the ring and
uses his squlrtgun from behind half the
business men in town, dosing them with
his slime some of whom are feeding him
today. He will use the wrong man some
time, who'll Just turn around and beat
his brains out (if he has any) with a
stockin o mud.
The Fight in the Mayor.
Forest Grove Times.
But it Is down in Multnomah that
things are doing. All the big politicians
there have their scalping knives in hand
and when not slashing each other they
are sharpening them for the next chance.
It is a regular Donnybrook fair time, and
the one rule tfiey all seem "to observe Is,
"If "you see a chance to crack a head,
crack It" The trouble runs through
every department of city and county af
fairs. It is causing the fight on the Chief
of Police and Mayor. It affects the Port of
Portland Commission. It Is the Inspiring
cause of the investigations of the ac
counts of ex-county officers.
Resentment as a Newspaper Re
source. Ashland Tribune.
The last suspension of the Medford
Enquirer by Its publisher, Horace Mann,
Is said tp be final. It is distinctly cred
itable to the people of Medford that they
declined to support the Enquirer longer
in their midst. Mann's newspaper has
gone the way that all newspapers go in
morally healthful communities, which are
given too much to useless resentment
and try to hold out longest in stubborn
malignity against those whom the editors
fancy are creating conditions to embar
rass them, but which are really of their
own making through a superabundance
of conceit, ignorance and hypocrisy.
His Sincere Judgment.
Pendleton Tribune.
General George H. Williams, of Pprt
land, has met the gambling question faco
to face and has spoken openly on tho
subject. He is not. playing to the gal
leries nor toying with politics, as he
has long ago passed these stages in a
man's earthly career, but it would seem
that he has acted In accordance with
his best judgment based on the condition
of things as they exist in tho City of
Portland. His actions, of course, may
not be sustained by those who contend
for a high standard of morality, yet when
confronted with actual conditions and re
sults, even the sticklers for pure morals
are forced to recede from their foremost
position and take the bull by tho horns
on rational grounds.
Only Waiting for Hnrrlman.
.Klamath Falls Express:
Mr. Harrlman will not return from
Europe until September, and there is
waiting in Portland City for his decision
as regards the extension of tho Colum
bia Southern, which will not bo handed
down until that gentleman ceases his
touch with things foreign. A decado or
more has gone glimmering with Portland
waiting. Waiting for a decision from
Harrlman! Sure. To wait means inac
tion. Inaction Portland people like, and
by it they maintain the esteem of the
fellow abroad, who doesn't propose to
build a railroad through Eastern Oregon
southward unless conditions are such that
that he must "You must" will not come
from a people who wait. When the iron
steed toots a California hello to Central
Oregon, Portland lethargy will have been
disturbed, but then, the Harrlman de
cision will have been made.
The Better Part of Valor.
North Yamhill Record.
We are told that the S. P. freight en
gineer who switched a couple of cars over
onto Mr. Patterson's farm a few days
ago is frothing considerable because of
what we said about the affair In our last
Issue, and that he has Intimated that
if the job press, the Record or the "devil"
with a strong accent on the last named
will go over to the depot grounds he will
proceed to pummel us into insensibility,
anu make such a radical disturbance of
our handsome features that our family
will not know us. Since we do not want
to undergo such a change of facial
"beauty" as will estrange us to the bosom
of family, and. moreover, since we are
averse to taking the leading role in a
funeral procession at our present young
and useful (?) age, after much delibera
tion, we have wisely decided not to peril
ourselves by going about tbe depot
grounds while this most .dangerous man
is present. No sir'el Wo know what's
sood for us.
FRENCH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Consular Reports.
A Chamber of Commerce In France may
only be established by act of the govern
ment They are only created after a thor
ough Investigation as to the utility of such
an institution in the district where It is
demanded. There are 137 Chambers of
Commerce in France; including those In
Algiers and Tunis, and 28 in tho French
colonies. There are also 27 French Cham
bers of Commerce in foreign countries.
The duties of a French Chamber of
Commerce are to furnish the government
with such advice and information as may
be required concerning commercial and in
dustrial facts and Interests. The cham
bers must make a thorough study of all
the conditions surrounding public works,
harbors, river navigation, postofflces, rail
roads, etc., in their respective districts,
and be able to furnish the government
with reliable Information at any time.
Especially has this been the case in aid
ing the government to prepare tariff legis
lation and commercial treaties. The cham
bers are often called upon by the govern
ment to provide part of the funds neces
sary for the execution of such public
works a3 harbor improvements, the equip
ment of working plants of ports, con
struction of telephone and telegraph lines,
etc. In such cases, the chambers are
authorized by special acts of Parliament
to contract loans for this purpose. "The
cost of the improvements now under con
struction in the port of Havre, for ex
ample, is estimated at $5,790,000, of which
the government provides 53,332,750 and the
Chamber of. Commerce in that city $2,457,
250. French Chambers of Commerce also
take a lively Interest in the founding of
commercial and Industrial schools.
French Chambers of Commerce in for
eign countries are to a certain extent inde
pendent organizations. Their object is to
protect French interests in furnishing to
the Government and the Chambers of.
Commerce in France such reports and in
formation as may tend to promote the
commerce and Industry of France. They
are also called upon to furnish statistics,
to organize museums of samples, to serve
as tribunals of arbitration and concilia
tion concerning commercial disagreements
between resident Frenchmen, and to keep
in touch with the French Consular rep
resentatives. The yearly subvention
budget of the French government today
Includes $19,300 for the purpose of helping
these Chambers of Commerce in every
part of the world. These institutions are
placed on an equality with the homo
chambers, with which they maintain reg
ular correspondence. When requested,
they appoint reliable agents In foreign
countries and give Information concern
ing the standing and credit of business
houses.
The Chambers of Commerce in France,
and, as arule, those In the colonies, re
ceive no subventions from the govern
ment' directly; but by virtue of the laws
existing they receive a portion of the
special tax paid by merchants and others
engaged in business. Every year Chambers
of Commerce present the budget of thelr
recelpts and expenditures, and the Min
ister of Finance Increases or decreases,
as the cases may be, the special tax on
merchants in order to meet the require
ments of the budgets.
Frederick Law Olmsted.
Boston Transcript
By the sudden dca$h of Frederick Law
Olmsted the country loses a man who
in a quiety yet strong way has done more
to develop its aesthetic possibilities than
any other of his generation or In the Na
tion's history. He has left the Impress of
his taste, and, it Is not too much to say,
of his genius, either by way of suggestion
or actual superintendence, upon some of
our most superb parks and public grounds
in all parts of the country- His record as
an interesting writer on vital topics and
his intimate connection with philanthropic
and public-spirited enterprises would of
themselves have distinguished him among
the men of his time, both at home and
abroad; but these were merely companion
activities to what was his real life work.
He originated a new profession and easily
remained at the" head of it through a long
and busy life. He introduced the landscape',
architect in his best expression to the
American people, and that at .a time when
his services were most needed. He changed
the blotches on the face of nature to
radiant beauty spots. As the sculptor sees
In the rough and formless stone shapes of
immortal beauty and grandeur, so did ho
see and demonstrate in nature's most un
sightly manifestations the potentialities
of many an earthly paradise. Fortunately,
long life was vouchsafed him in which to
establish methods and principles on so firm
a foundation that there is now no danger
of their being lost He was an inspiration
not only to his own generation but still
more to a younger one; and, as we wander
through avenues of beauty that have re
sulted from the Impulse that he gave, we
can feel that his memorials glorify the
land, and can say of him wherever we
are: "Si monumentum requiris, clrcum
spice." Rnns In Drunken Chicken.
New York Times.
The strangest prisoner ever taken to
the Seventh-street police station, Jersey
City, was a drunken chicken.
The festive bird was arrested on Friday
afternoon at Sixth and Henderson streets.
It had escaped from a crate that was be
ing transferred from the Pennsylvania
Railroad freight yard to New York. The
driver did not attempt to recover the bird,
and it wandered along Henderson street
until some joker concluded to have some
fun with it by feeding it with corn
soaked in whisky. It swallowed the grains
greedily, and when Policeman George
Stratford saw the bird there could be no
question, he said, that the fowl was
drunk. He took it to the police station
and Sergeant O'Brien, who was at tho
desk, formally committed it to a cell to
"sleep off Its drunk."
It is one of the traditions of the depart
ment that a policeman named Brady once
arrested an elephant but the story is not
true. Tho elephant, which had escaped
from a circus, was found wandering in the
street, and Brady merely drove It to the
police station, in order that it might be
restored to Its owner.
P-p-punched by P-p-polIceman.
Philadelphia Record.
James Beck was arraigned before Magis
trate Barlow in Yorkvllle Court today
charged with raising a disturbance in
front of the Fifth-street police station.
"I w-w-w-wasn't d-d-doing anything
yr-w-wrong, your honor, b-b-but I
c-c-cbuldn't tell the p-p-polIceman quick
enough and he p-p-punched me."
"You'd better keep out of .trouble If
you can't he more prompt In making ex
planations," said Magistrate Barlow.
"You can go this time."
, And Crews Arc Shanghaied. '
Shanghai Times.
Schooners crossing tho bar frequently
accompany chips that pass in the night
Who Wins His Love Shall Lose Her.
Swinburne.
Who wins his love shall lose her.
Who loses her shall gain.
For still the spirit woos her,
A soul without a stain.
And memory still pursues her
With longings not In vain!
He loses her who gains her.
Who watche3 day by day
The dust of time that stains her.
The griefs that leave her gray.
The flesh that yet enchains her.
" Whose grace hath passed away I
Oh. happier he who gains not
The love some seem to gain;
The Joy that custom stains not
Shall still -with him remain.
The loveliness that wanes not.
The love that ne'er can wane.
In dream3 she grows not older
The lands of Dream among, .
Thoush all the world wax colder.
Though all the songs be sung,
In 'dreams doth he behold her
Still fair and kind and young.
NOTE AND COMMENT
Goodbye, Sir Thomas.
The Duke of Roxburgh lifted what ha
came after.
The Astoria pilots must-spend more time
at the bar outside.
President Parry, of the Manufacturers'
Association is his own best press agent.
Mr. Nine should remember that if he
associates, with poker sharks he'll be ate.
What a really fierce temper a deaf mute
must have to quarrel in a written con
versation. The trunkmakers are on strike In Chi
cago, and It looks as If Jhey'll find them
selves In the wrong box".
' '
When a man kills himself because he
has Jost $100, people are disposed to- accept
his life at his own valuation.
Baker City babies have been winning
prizes at Asbury Park. But then people
change so as they grow older.
The Birmingham minstrel who fired a '
loaded pistol into the audience should
have relied more on shafts of wit
Utah had better borrow some of the
New York Yacht Club's ttalls It she wants
to keep the Irrigation cups from Oregon.
Arms for the Mad Mullah are supplied
by an English firm. Thus the Briton si
multaneously Increases his exports and
his death rate.
She was a sweet young thing from Ore
gon City, and she puzzled a little over this
question In the examination for teacher:
What physiological action takes place to
cause one to blush?
Finally, After a reminiscent shiver, she
wrote:
If mommer comes In -when he has his arm
around your -waist.
We all know the third rail, but not
everybody knows the fourth rail, as Tip
calls it In the New York Press. It is the
rail In front of most bars, and Tip declares
that he Is not sufficiently familiar with
saloons to know which foot a man usually
puts on it Personally that is, we mean
inquiry leads us to believe that the right
foot goes on the fourth rail.
The police committee is entirely judicial,
the members say, and cannot investigate
things for Itself. This would be a good
reply for a man- sitting on a powder keg
If someone pointed out that a lighted fuse
was connected with the contents. "My
functions are judicial," he might say. "If
an explosion oocurs I'll decide what it
is, but really I cannot investigate pres
ent conditions."
The chief salesman in a big New York
house was discharged lately because he
did not wear the brand of underwear he
was engaged in selling. The manager
took the position that the salesman could
not be efficient without wearing that par
ticular make. Should this idea become
general it would create an interesting
state of affairs. The cigar drummer
would have to smoke himself to death on
Flor de Cabbage, 2 for 5; the soda-fountain
girl would have to drink quarts of
Tuesdae, and the cemeteries would be
overcrowded.
Fancy, if you can, a show of women's
wearing apparel sans Chauncey Depew.
Dreadful to think of creations from Pa
risian creators with no Depew to Im
mortalize them In a well-prepared ex
tempore speech. And how pleasantly the
new styles in clothes would have con
trasted with the old styles In jokes! The
Inimitable one might easily have "mado
over" his anecdotes to fit the occasion, but
the frocks, alas, can never be made over.
Their bloom Is lost as easily as the dust
from a butterfly's wing. The opportunlty
has gone for both the confections and the
confector. TAe urbane Senator has lost
the tide that would have carried him
above high-water mark on the shores of
fame.
A Voice from the Grave.
NOTE AND COMMENT Tbe Grand Army to
the flag: Morlturl te salntant.
We are highly gratified to find on our return
that there are Pulitzer College graduates (!)
on tho staff. The Dead.
As the writer is dead, he should seize
the opportunity to better his acquaint
ance with tho dead languages, before mak
ing blundering criticisms.
What's in a Name?
From on Issue of the Boulder, Colo., News.
SHE BREATHED HIS NAME.
Roy B. True, formerly cleric In the County
Treasurer's offlce, now cashier of the Walden,
North Park, bank, was married Sunday even
ing at the residence of S. M. NIcol In thl3
city to Miss Lizzie K. Dodge.
SHOULD HAVE GONE TO WHEELING.
Mrs. Lottie Barrows la off on a. visit -with
her folks In Topeka, Kah.
A ROLBY POLEY PARTY.
Miss Ethel Poley will give a party to a,
number of net young friends this afternoon.
A LOOP THE LOOPER.
Sam Looper, a colored man -who was sent
to the penitentiary from here some years ago
for stealing Colonel J. H. Nicholson's horse,
has been leading tho Denver officers a merry
chase.
ORIENTAL.
J. A. Tergarden, who acted as superintend
ent of the street railway during the busy sea
son, has retired.
WILL COME CROPPERS.
D. B. Cropp. of Mitchell, S. D., the new
university coach, has arrived.
WOMAN SPEAKER, TOO.
Justice Brown Tuesday mada one flesh of
Victor H. Manspeaker and Miss Alice Greer
of Longmont.
A PRETTY PICKLE.
On Sunday afternoon William Goldsworthy
and Miss Emma L. Plckel wero united In
marriage.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
He Black and red spots appear before my
eye3 every night. What would you advise me
to do? She Stop" playing poker. Trenton
Times.
Caller Your sister Is a, longtIme making
her appearance. Johnny. Johnny Yes; she's
got to make It, of course, 'fore she comes
down. Chicago Tribune.
Newrlche Say! Do you know Boobleby
boasts that one of his ancestors was beheaded
In the Tower of London? Gromshaw' Yes;
pity It dldntt run In the family! Puck.
Father Why, when I was your age I didn't
have as much money In a month as you spend
In a day. Bon Well, pa, don't scold me
about It. Why don't you go for grandfather?
San Francisco" Wasp.
First Scot What sort o minister has ye
gotten. Geordie? Second Scot Oh, weel, he's
muckle- -worth. We seldom get a glint o'
him; six days o th' week he's envees'ble and
on th seventh he's Incomprehensible. Ram's
Horn.
"Naw," drawled the native of Kansas, "It
don't pay to be too prosperous." "Where's
your argument?" asked his friend. "Why,
Hank Blrdly had so much corn he had to pack
some In his cyclone cellar. When the cyclone
came Hank had no place to go, and It lifted
him Into the next state." Philadelphia, Recr
ord.
"What are you going p do -with that gun.
Jedge?" "Goln" to hold up the first automo
bile that passes an fine the fellow Inside fer
fas' riding." "But. suppose ho Isn't riding
fas1, Jedge?" "Well, ho better had be. I
need a new pair of pants an a pound of to
bacco." Chicaeo News.