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OUR DEFECTIVE TONGUE.
A very grave lack of the English lan-.
guage has been brought to our atten
tion, by a recent remark of Senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts. The Senator
was defending the Dlngley tariff, and
said:
Skillful politicians I will not say dema
gogues are very apt to indulge In generali
ties, which make plausible and taking war
cries until you come to demand something a
little more -specific.
The truth is In diametrical, compre
hensive and thorough-going antagonism
to Senator Hoar's assertions. It is
strange that a man of his lofty charac
ter, broad learning and sincerity of
thought can fall Into such gross mis
statement. It has been a long time
now since the advocates of tariff re
form have been confined to generalities,
or at all interested in them or in the
slightest degree dependent on them.
The specific allegations are theJrs the
generalities are all with the standpat
ters. For example: According to Mr. Car
negie, four-inch steel billets can be
made and sold at a profit at Pittsburg
today for '$13.50 per ton, plus "several
dollars per ton." A profitable price for
the billets should therefore not be over
$18.50 per ton. But the Iron Trade Re
view quotes four-inch Bessemer and
open-hearth steel billets at $27 to $29
per ton. In other words, the producers
are making from $8.50 to $10.50 per ton
more than they can possibly have any
.good commercial claim to make. And
it is argued that the tariff on steel is
unnecessary. .
This is .only a random illustration of
the high prices which American trusts
are able to exact from the American
public by means of the tariff. Demand
for revision of the Dingley schedules
proceeds exactly upon these specific
lines. Take the prices and the duties
and figure out just how many dollars
a ton or cents a pound the trusts exact
exorbitantly by reason of unnecessary
tariffs on salt, paper, copper products,
leather, shoes, and so on down the line,
' and there you have the case for the
tariff reformers.
Now, how about the (standpatters?
"What Is "the specific demonstration
which they oppose to these glittering
generalities of the revisionists? "We
have a fairly good acquaintance with
current tariff discussion, and we under
take to say that Senator Hoar, great
man that he Is, wise, just and eloquent,
would be put to considerable pains to
And a single candid discussion of the
steel or any other schedule of the Dlng
ley bill from the side of the standpat
ters. On the other hand, he will find
the glittering generalities of reform
confronted by such specific "evidence as
this:
HURRAH FOR HANNAI
THE FULL DINNER PAIL.
LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
THE COUNTRY IS PROSPEROUS.
PROTECTION FOR AMERICAN LABOR.
THE TARIFF MUST BE REVISED BY
ITS FRIENDS.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THE
ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Senator Hoir is perhaps the greatest
living American, measured by his pub
lic service, his incorruptible patriotism
and his statesmanlike accomplish
ments. You can't call him a liar. You
can't characterize his most reprehensi
ble utterance as a falsehood. That Is
where the defective nature of the Eng
lish language is apparent. There is no
word to designate a most palpable and
mischievous perversion of truth by a
man whose character is above reproach.
There is no term available by which
you can call a man a liar in a way to
do Tilm honor and earn his affection
xind esteem.
President Roosevelt made the princi
pal address yesterday at the unveiling
of the monument to the troops of New
Jersey who fought at Antietam. Antle-
tam was one of the Important battles of
the war, but so badly fought on the
Union side that the chief glory of it
was obtained by the Confederate army
under Dee, which, only 40,000 strong, re
pulsed all the attacks of McClellan's
army, which was 87,000 strong. Lee lost
10,000 men killed and wounded; never
theless, he offered McCIellan battle all
the next day, despite the fact that Mc
CIellan, who had lost 12,000 men, had
received 14,000 reinforcements, while
3L.ee bad not been reinforced by a single
man. Antietam has been called a drawn
battle, but under the circumstances it
looks very like a Confederate victory
for. 40,000. men to stand off S7j000, lose
10,000 men and yet offer battle again the
next day. The late General Mlchle a
graduate of West Point, and for years
one of its professors. In his life of Mc
CIellan says that Antietam was so blun
dering a battle in all its antecedents
and -its executive battle tactics as to
prove that General McCIellan was ut
terly without capacity either as a
strategist or a tactician. The only crit
icism to be passed upon Lee Is that he
should not have fought the battle at all
at such severe' loss when It was not
necessary' to secure his retreat The
New Jersey troops, In whose memory a
monument was dedicated yesterday,
consisted of Tprbert's New Jersey Bri
gade, Slocum's division. Sixth Corps, and
the Thirteenth New Jersey Volunteers,
a new regiment which, was attached to
Knipe's brigade of Crawford's division,
Twelfth Corps. The four regiments, of
Torbert's brigade suffered small loss,
but. the Thirteenth New Jersey was in
the attack made by the Twelfth Corps
and suffered severely.
THE OPIUM HABIT.
The interference of the police with a
sideshow of the Carnival which Includ
ed an opium den where two fiends were
"hitting the pipe" deserves hearty com
mendation. The view of the police is
that the open display of the methods
and effects of opium smoking is a most
demoralizing exhibition to Immaturity
and Ignorance that witness it. If it Is
sound public policy to keep boys out
of gambling-houses and liquor saloons
on the ground that immaturity and in
experience make them easy victims to
vice, it Is certainly still more desirable
that they are not exposed to the specta
cle of an opium joint.' The terrible na
ture of the opium vice, whether It is
used as the Chinese use It or in the
form of morphine or laudanum, cannot
be exaggerated. Alcoholism is a noisy
vice. It walks in iron shoes, the clangor
of whose Irregular footsteps vex the
peaceful air, but the victim of the mor
phine or opium habit walks in shoes
that are shod with wool. A noiseless
vice compared with alcoholic intemper
ance, It Inflicts far more permanent
ruin upon the victim.
Because it Is a noiseless vice, because
It can be pursued in comparative se
crecy for at least ten years, the opium
vice has a larger pen cent of fcompara
tlvely Intelligent, well-bred persons on
Its roil of ultimate death" than alcohol.
Men and .women who slirlnk-from the
notoriety which the Intemperate user of
alcohol obtains in public and private
not' seldom acquire the opium or mor
phlne habit Once acquired, It is sel
dom' abandoned; the determined- strug
gles 'of men of great natural powers of
mind and high intelligence have seldom
been successful in the effort to break
the chains of the opium habit The
great Lord' dive, 'the founder of Eng
land's empire' lii India,-. called In the
aid of opium to obtAIn'ease from the
pains of disease contracted In the trop7
les, and was gradually enslaved by
this treacherous ally and in a fit of de
pression following Its use he died by his
own hand when he had just completed
his 49th year.
Coleridge never wrote any poetry of
fine quality after he was 30 years of
age, because In 1796 he commenced tak
ing opium to alleviate the pangs of
rheumatism, and acquired the habit
which -ruined him. All his famous
poems were written before he became
a slave to the opium habit He did
much work of various sorts for twenty
five years or more after he became a
user of opium, but his poetic power, his
noblest gift, he was powerless to invoke
and employ with any ability after 1796.
He wrote lectures; he wrote on meta
physics and phychology, but his poetic
imagination was blasted by his opium
habit A man of the finest native en
dowments, the son of a clergyman, a
man of religious spirit, a man of con
science, the .opium habit made a wreck
of Coleridge. He was all his days bor
rowing money of his friends; he left the
support of his wife and child to his
friend and brother-in-law, Southey; he
spent the last fifteen years of his life
in the house of a friend who generously
offered him an asylum; he was a worth
less husband and father, not because
he was naturally a bad ma.n, but be
cause he fell into the opium habit, like
Lord Cllve, to alleviate disease and be
came a hopeless victim to Its Indul
gence. It made Coleridge incapable of
continuous industry; his life was one of
long passages of unproductive indolence
Interrupted by a spasm of exertion.
Macaulay describes the demeanor of
Lord Cllve, broken down by opium, In
language that recalls Carlyle's picture
of Coleridge's last days of a drugged
life. Macaulay says: "To the last his
genius occasionally flashed through the
gloom. Sometimes after sitting silent
and torpid for hours he would rouse
-himself to the discussion- of some great
question, would display In full vigor
all his great talents and would then
sink back Into his melancholy repose."
This Is about what Carlyle says of Col
eridge, and this Is the terrible record
of what opium did for a great soldier,
like Cllve, and a great poet, like Coler
idge. The story of De Qulncey's strug
gle with opium is told with fascinating
eloquence In his "Confessions of an
English Opium-Eater." De Qulncey be
gan his servitude to the deadly drug
by taking laudanum at intervals for
neuralgia of the face; then he became
an opium-user; he conquered the habit
twice, then resumed It, but finally suc
ceeded In reducing his dally dose grad
ually down to a very, small quantity.
He lived to be an old man of over 75;
he produced a variety of most excel
lent literary work, but his opium vicis
situdes -spoiled his life, dislocated his
Industry, so that he became eccentric In
his domestic life and personal manners.
He made a more successful struggle to
conquer opium than Coleridge, so that
while Coleridge became wrecked for his
best work, De Quincey was only period
ically crippled.
There are other cases of conspicuous'
men of iron will like Cllve, of religious
sensibility like Coleridge, who have
struggled desperately but in vain to
break the anaconda folds of the opium
habit, but these serve to Illustrate the
powerlessness of jeven superior minds to
break its clutch. But every intelligent
man from his own circle of private ac
quaintance knows the tenacious quality
of the opium habit; knows Its preva
lence among respectable people of both
sexes, who are repelled by alcoholism.
A gallant officer in a New England
regiment who was mortally wounded in
the last charge before Petersburg In
April, 1865, said in his dying hours that
he was glad to die; the war was ended
nobly; the Union secure; there was
nothing left for him to do; his opium
habit unfitted him for the steady work
of peace. This officer was a finely edu
cated man, a fine scholar and writer, a
fine civil engineer, and astronomer, but
opium had claimed him for Its own, and
but for the glorious opportunity of the
war he would have perished ignobly,
probably by his own hand. .Alcoholism
yields to medical treatment and per
sonal reform' but the victim of the
morphine habit is nearly always hope
less, even when he earnestly struggles
against the busy, meddling fiend. It Is
a case where repentance can do noth
ing, because one cannot repent Be
ware the morphine fiend; he will not
leave you while life lasts, and life will
not ordinarily last long. Doctors know
how terribly common Is the morphine
vice. The hypodermic syringe has
many votaries in both sexes! ' For ten
years or so the vice may be kept se
cret; but chronic ulceration of the bow
els at last brings the victim to a prema
ture5 and miserable death.
THE AIM OF BUSINESS.
"When a conciliation board, appointed
to consider certain differences between
mlneowners and mine employes in the
State of Pennsylvania, could not agree
on sundry questions, It was determined
to refer the latter to an umpire. For
that office the conciliation board' select
ed Mr. Carroll D. "Wright A report
from Mr. "Wright Is now on- file. "We
quote:
Taking the rulings of the court, the as
sertion of the Anthracite Coal Strike Com
mission, the clauses In the agreement made
by and with tho United Mlneworkers of
America and the admissions of the different
members of the Board of. Conciliation,
whether on tho one side or the other, there
can be no doubt that a man has a right to
quit the service of his employer whenever
he sees fit, with or without giving any
cause, provided he gives proper notice, and
that the employer has a perfect right to
employ and discharge men in accordance
with the conditions of his Industry: that he
is not obliged to give, any cause for dis
charge, but that he should, as In the re
verse cose, give proper notice. This right
to discharge must, therefore, be sustained.
Any other view of the case would result In
compelling men to work for an employer
when they did not wish to, and thus en
slave them, and, on the other hand, It
would compel employers to employ men
whether they had work for them or not,
and whether the men were incompetent or
not, and would thus stagnate business and
work to the injury of all other employers.
"We shall reproduce also the comment
of two of the best American newspa
pers upon the principle laid down by
air. "Wright, thus:
Brooklyn Eagle. '
No labor union on this earth denies the
right of a workman to leave his task unfin
ished for ,any reason that to him seems
good, or for no reason at all If the walking
delegate happens around and arbitrarily
orders him on strike. The right of tho
workman to do this thing has been sus
tained by courts, and always will bo sus
tained by that fair public opinion which be
lieves a man should bo permitted to exer
cise the. largest measure of Individual lib
erty compatible with the safety of society.
But if to tho employe be conceded the
privilege of dropping his employer, a parity
of reasoning must concede to the employer
the right to drop his employe. In neither
case is it Incumbent upon the man who
does the dropping to explain the whys and
wherefores to the man who is dropped.
New York Tribune.
Precisely so some expert accountant
might declare that a banker in casting up
his accounts had a right to reckon two and
two as making four, and would be under no
obligation to give reasons for so doing. We
make no reflection upon Mr. Wright. His
decision was Just, and It was apparently
necessary In the line of his present duties.
But what a state of affairs it Is In which it
Is necessary thus to enunciate and reaffirm
an axiom of freedom! -Let the
primary class in the kindergarten stand
forth. Little children, free men are free.
It Is not lawful for one man in a free coun
try to make a slave of another and to com
pel him to work for him, whether he will
or not. Neither Is it lawful for one man to
compel another to omploy him, whether he
will or not.
That is to say, for this Is what Mr.
"Wright, the Eagle and the Tribune fire
all driving at, an employer has a per
fect right to discharge his men because
they belong to a union, and they have
no right to call him to account He can
tell them frankly that Is his reason, or
he can withhold all explanation what
ever. That is his privilege, and Its ex
ercise gives no one any cause of com
plaint against him.
True enough, so far as it goes. But
It doesn't go very far. A man has an
undoubted right to discharge all his
men or take such steps as will Induce
them all to quit He has also the unde.
nlable right to burn up the money and
valuable papers in his safe, or to break
all the dishes In his china closet It Is
his privilege, but It Is not business.
The aim of business Is the conduct of
affairs with success, honor- and profit,
it is not-to wreak revenge or gratify
every, stupid and unprofitable whim
that may He within the purview of a
man's moral or legal rights. The em
ployer who Is always' fighting with his
help can't be arrested for that; but as a
business man he Is a lamentable failure.
The man who pays too much for his
goods and sells them at ruinously low
prices Is not more hopelessly unfit for
business than is he who has never
learned the necessity of securing cheer
ful, contented service from his em
ployes. A LAY SERMOJf.
A writer In the New York Herald has
this to say of the treatment of horsesj
"I remember' reading once in a Boston
paper something to this effect: '.Tie a
horse up In the sun, cut his tall off,
check his head high up. and If he Is a
horse of common sense he will take the
first opportunity to run away with you
and dash your brains out. If you have
any.' "
"With this as a text, the writer pro
ceeds to Indite a strong sermon that
should be given wide publicity, sayincr:
"Through the most stupid ignorance or
inexcusable thoughtlessness, the patient
animal is being tortured half to death.
Nor does gerttle woman protest "With
out a thought she gladly takes her place
In the carriage to be pulled by the most
wretched of the wretched; If the horse
Is lame or has wounds under the har
ness, she sees it not; If the. blinders flap
against his eyes, she sees it not; if the
files are tormenting the mutilated horse.
she sees It not; without having any Idea
of the miseries of the creature in front
of her, she drives on and on and enjoys
the ride under conditions against which
with the whole force of-her womanhood
she should protest"
This is the society animal risked ud
for the sacrifice. But what of the work
aday animal? Overloaded, jerked this
way and that by an angry, impatient,
Ignorant driver, backed through nar
row, rough spaces with heavy loads.
scourged with the whip when pulling
every ounce that he can null, because
he cannot move several hundred pounds
more surely his condition cries out for
mercy. And If the horse of "common
sense" takes occasional revenge In the
shape of a runaway or a vicious kick,
who can wonder? "It would be well
if that horse knew the latent power
tnat lies m-hls heels and would us it
against his cruel taskmaster," said a
woman on the East Side a few days
ago, as she saw a horse bravelv strug
gling to move a heavily laden express
wagon out or a rut Into which the care
less driver had allowed one wheel to
drop. Swearing and beating the help
less animal with a narrow piece of
Aboard, the driver was, to all intends and
purposes, insane, and one could but join
the wish above implied that he might
be sent on a stretcher to a hospital by
a well-directed blow from the horse's
heels and given time to recover his
senses "If he have any."
A few years ago a man was kicked
in the stomach In a stable In this city
by a horse that he was beating in Its
stall with a piece of scantling. The
force of the blow doubled him up so
tight thatfthe undertaker thought for a
while. It 'was said, that he would have
to bury him according to the Japanese
custom I. e., in a sitting posture. And
thbugh-vas in: duty bound the public
spoke of the occurrence as a regrettable
and sad accident, humane, people who
were honest with'' themselves rendered
a secret -verdict which was- tersely ex
pressed in three words "Served him
right"
It dld-not require .a prophet to foresee
the early, aownf all, "through drink, of
Sam Morris, the Nez Perces baseball
pitcher. Any man of ordinary observa
tion could have .foretold this sad sequel,
though perhaps It has come sooner than
the most apprehensive could have ex
pected that It would. It was idle, of
course, to suppose that the deviltry that
finds amusement In the antics of a
drunken man would fail to ply this
Indian youth with drink, and equally
futile to suppose that excess would not
Immediately follow. The authorities of
the training school at Chemawa, who
had charge of Morris, hesitated, it was
said, to allow him to join the baseball
team. "Well, indeed, they might have
hesitated. The wonder Is that, being
custodians of the Indian, and in honor
responsible for him for s"ome time to
come, they considered for a moment the
offer made to him, through them, to
sign away the fair prospect of decent,
reputable manhood that was before
him. If the superintendent of the In
dian School could prevent this, and It
Is fair to "suppose that he was In a posi
tion to do so, his action In permitting
Morris to leave school for an occupation
that was certain to throw him In the
way of temptation that he Was not
morally strong enough to resist cannot
be too severely censured.
Commissioner of Pensions Eugene
"Ware braves the Indignation of a mul
titude of young wives of old soldiers by
urging in his annual report the enact
ment of a law prohibiting the giving of
pensions to women who were married to
old soldiers after the latter had become
pensioners. Mr. "Ware's predecessor, it
will be remembered, brewed a barrel of
trouble for himself by righteous out
bursts against this and other pension
abuses. If the Commissioner would be
popular In a presumably Influential politico-military
organization, he must
touch lightly the tender places in the
hearts of the veterans. Of course,
every one knows and the-untrammeled
public and press may declare that It Is
a shame and a scandal for a young
woman, born perhaps years after the
fall of Richmond, to marry a decrepit
old soldier so that she may Inherit his
pension, but the Commissioner of Pen
sions makes such a statement to the
peril of his peace, if not his position.
He will soon hear from many sources
that he-is there, not to criticise or. seek
to amend the pension laws, but to carry
out their provisions. He may hold a
contrary opinion and the President may
back him up fri it but Is the game
worth the candle? Ask Mr. H. Clay
Evans. His testimony should be con
clusive on that point
The citizens of Ravalli County, Mon
tana, are congratulating themselves,
each other and the rest of the state
upon the speedy movement of justice In
the "Walter Jackson murder case. The
crime, an unusually abhorrent one, was
committed August 13, the victim being
a-boy 6 years old. The people of "West
ern Montana were greatly shocked, and
It seemed for a time that the murderer
would be lynched. There was reason
able assurance, howfever, that the per
petrator bf the monstrous crime would
not go unwhlpped.of justice, and the
counsels of moderation prevailed. It is
said that every movement of the case
was under close scrutiny by a deter
mined public, and if the slightest loop
hole for the escape of the prisoner had
been opened, the officers would not have
been able to protect him from public
vengeance. The trial from Indictment
to verdict moved with commendable
promptness, and In less than a month
from the date of the crime the perpe
trator was legally condemned to die
The Helena Record observes that the
example of prompt justice In this in
stance will do much to quell the spirit
of mob violence In the state, while peo
ple who believe In proceeding In all
cases according to law will take new
courage.
The bishop of Durham complains that
the English language will soon consist
of nothing but "slang and initials." The
Boston Transcript seeks to console the
venerable pessimist by suggesting that
he consult the latest of American die
tlonarles, where he will find that there
are still about 300,000 words in good and
regular standing. The complaint. is a
typical pne; Its text Is, "Oh, the times;
oh, the manners!" delivered with a deep
Intonation, of disgust, not to say alarm.
Its tendency is to magnify the evil and
minimize the good a most un-Chrlstlan
occupation, certainly, for a bishop.
The annual report of the Commls
sloner of Pensions shows five names on
the roll on account of the "War of the
Revolution, 1116 on account of the "War
of 1812, 4734 on account of the Indian
wars, and 13,874 on account of the Mex
ican "War. These names are as leaves
from the past, buffeted by the storms of
a century. They represent in 'the ag
gregate an army tottering with age and
nearing its last bivouac.
The death and burial In Washington,
D. C, of Colonel James K. Kelly recalls
Incidents and actors In and of the pio
neer era to which he belonged. His
history In Orecon forms a consnleuous
chapter "in the political annals of the
state during the period of his residence
His part was well performed. Full of
years and honors, he has passed on.
There Is this to be said to the credit
of Evangelist and Divine Healer John
Johnson. He does not have a book on
sale at his meetings, and is not seeking
and acaulrine- wealththrouirh th PTPr
else of his "gift" in treating the af
flicted. This Is evidence of his sincerity
Mn proclaiming the dominion of mind
over matter.
The "open mind" Is an admirable
thing in a philosopher, but Mr. Balfour
Is finding it a very Inconvenient' pos
session for a statesman.
ONE SERVICE OF THE FAIR.
Oregon's enterprise in arranging a fit
ting celebration to mark the centenary
of the Lewis and Clark expedition is
being recognized throughout the country,
and is in some instances acting as an
incentive to similar action. Indeed, the
reputation of the state Is being magnified
to such an extent that Oregonlans will
have to increase even the present pace
if they are to live ud to the estimates
of their friends. The Louisville Herald
speaks thus of the exhibition:
The people of Oregon are preparing act
ively for the Lewis and Clark Exposition,
to begin in Portland In 1005. In 1804-6
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, act
ing under orders from President Jefferson,
ascended the Missouri -to Its sources and.
crossed the Rocky Mountains. Striking tho
head waters of the Columbia, they floated
down that river to its mouth, and explored
a great deal of the Oregon country. Their
explorations embraced nearly all of the
country south of the 40th degree parallel.
Tho exploring party consisted of nine Ken
tucklans and 14 regular soldiers. Having
explored nearly all the great Northwest,
thoy started on their return Journey March
23, 1S0C.
The Lewis and Clark expedition Is a
memorable Incident in American history. It
is part of Kentucky's many contributions to
the triumphant march of American civiliza
tion. Tho people of Oregon have the hearty
good -wishes of this state and. Indeed, of
everj section of the Union, in their pro
posed commemoration of an exploration as
valuable to civilization as thoso of De Soto,
Do LoSalle and Pere Marquette. The event
they propose to commemorate is an Amer
ican triumph of" the first step taken to
make this Republic mistress of the Pacific
and beneficiary of Its commerce. The Ex
position of 1005 should exercise a power
fully beneficent Influence on behalf of
American Institutions, trade and Industry
among all nations, but particularly those of
the Far West.
The energy and executive ability shown
by the .people of Oregon In the promotion
of the Lewis and Clark Exposition should
Incite the South to prepare for a due com
memoration of the First Settlement jot Vir
ginia, at Jamestown, In 1007. No event In
all American history Is of more transcend
ent Importance. There the Anglo-Saxon
race made Its first enduring establishment
in the New World. Not through seas of
blood like Cortez and Plzarro did the
founders of Amorlcan freedom march to
success. They brought to America their
ancestral love of freedom, and In 1010 had
the satisfaction' of seeing representative
popular Institutions established on this con
tinent. The trl-centenary of the settlement
at Jamestown in every sense deserves com
memoration. It is an American event.
Without it there had been no Louisiana
Purchase and no Lewis and Clark explora
tion. There is something especially appropri
ate In an exhibition that at once 'com
memorates an historical event'of the. first
Importance and marks a stage of current
development that calls for the attention
of the world. Such happy combination will
be evident in the Lewis and Clark Fair,
and, should the Herald's Idea become a
reality. In an exhibition to celebrate the
tri-centonary of the first settlement of
Virginia.
The Price la Too Hi Kb.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Department of Commerce and La
bor publishes statistics to show that our
Pacific states are In condition to com
pete for the lumber trade of the Orient
We are already making heavy shipments
of lumber and other forest products to
Japan and China, and the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor says:
. The American lumber Industry of the
Pacific Coast has the advantage (over
the Russian) of organization on a large
scale and of mechanical equipment. This
Is evidenced by the rate of annual pro
duction. The annual cut of lumber and
shingles of the three Pacific states is
4,600,000,000 feet At this rate the forests
of tho Pacific Coast will be exhausted in
40 years.
The proposition Is to increase the lum
ber output "so as to control tho Oriental
market, and In doing so deforest the
three states in 40 years.
That Is too high a price to pay for con
trol of the Oriental lumber market The
lumber .dealers, "organized on a large
scalo" to Increase the lumber output, may
not think sd, but the people of the three
states, Interested not so "much in Imme
diate profits as In the future of the Pa
cific Coast know that It Is. The forests
of Oregon, Washington and California
are worth more to the country as stand
ing forests than as lumber in the far
East
TJie President nnd the Tricksters.
Pacific Unitarian.
"We republish In another column an edi
torial, which, we are proud to say. Is from
a newspaper published 'on the Pacific
Coast namely, Tho Portland Oregonlan.
"Coming events cast their shadows be
fore." The character" of the newspapers
already engaged In the attempt to belittle
President Roosevelt and to prevent his re
nomination indicates the nature of the
approaching campaign. The public press
wields much Influence, but not as much
as It, did before the school and university
contributed to the general Intelligence. It
Is true now that the Intelligent and up
right voters of the country cannot be seri
ously affected by the attitude of any news
paper. It Is becoming more and more dif
ficult, thanks to tho schools, and churches
as well, for unscrupulous journals and pol
ltlclans to profit by sophistry, lying, and
even by witty ridicule. President Rooso
velt will be commended byi tho majority
of upright men, we believe, for his manly
stand In favor of honesty, righteousness,
justice and patriotism, no matter which
party they have voted with heretofore.
Good men will love him for tho enemies
he has made.
The Passing of "Gee, Whoa, Havr."
New Tork Times.
"One thing in the management of horses
In this town that surprises mo Is the ellm
Ination of 'Gee, whoa, haw, from the
driver's vocabulary," said the man who
was brought up In the country.
"In one capacity or another, I have
been brought In close association with a
number of teamsters and their horses, and
I have noticed that the old-fashioned
horse talk with which I was familiar up
state Is almost unknown here.
"In Its stead, the drivers say 'HI there'
and "Get along" and shout numerous other
directions that I do not care to mention.
The animals seem to understand these
strenuous remarks and obey fairly well,
but I can't help wondering why the own
era have abandoned the 'Gee, whoa, haw"
of my boyhood days."
In Limerick Land.
Mlhvaukeo Sentinel.
I.
In Limerick land the rhymester strays
Like a happy child o'er flower-Btrewn ways.
He spurns the sonnet, tho stately ode,
The ballade, the musical vlllanelle.
His pegasus gallops along the road
And the ragtime ring of a tinkling bell
Floats through the air on every hand
In laughing, lilting Limerick land.
It is never a resonant ring
Tho ring of the song that wo'd sing;
It ripples along,
A quaint little song,
And tho subject Is any old thlngl
II.
In Limerick land no sorrow dwells
"Wo hear no tolling of funeral bells.
The song of death, of the sable hearse.
Must ever be couched In stately verse.
Tho deeds of heroes, the clash of arms,
The grim recital of wars alarms.
Make deathless themes for songsters
grand
"We sing not thus in Limerick land.
v
It is never a resonant ring
Tho ting of the song that wo sing;
It ripples along,
A quaint little song.
And the subject la any old thing'
FASHIONS FOR THE SANCTUM.
New York Sun.
The Hon. John Davis Long of Hlngham,
state of Massachusetts, Is reported to have
emitted this view of editorial articles and
their authors: , j
Tou read an editorial In a dally and it
seems tp speak with all the authority of a
great paper, but think when you read It
that it was written by a man in his shirt
sleeves, with his hat on his head, In a little
7 by 0 room, and If he should buttonhole
you on the street- you would want to get
away from him; and your opinion Is Just as
good as his.
Possibly Mr. Long speaks with authority
as to the conditions which prevail In the
thought-parlors of the Journalists of Buck-
field. Me., and Hlngham, Mass. The heat
generated by Intellectual motion may well
drive tho motor to his shirt sleeves; and
these must be convenient for the absorp
tion of some of tho tremendous eddies of
ink that whirl In the tempest of composi
tion. The correlation of Inward mental energy
and the hat, in position, as its visible sign,
is curious "While tho hat Is there the
head cannot be lost; that must be the
psychology of it. But why does Mr. Long
gibe at this habit or peculiarity? He is
a Dry. ? Surely he does not wish us to
surmise that his esteemed contemporaries
in Buckfield and Hlngham would produce
subllmer pieces If they garlanded their
convolu.tions with a wet towel, wrapped
their talents In a napkin, so to speak.
Notice the size of the editorial room
known to our excellent marine friend. He
gives us the fact, but not the explanation.
"Long's Law," as readers of Ganot's phy
sics remember, is this:
Tho number of square feet in the edito
rial room Is the number of linear inches in
the editorial desired.
But we are not to accept Mr. Long's
assertions as generally true, even for New
England. Thus some editorial artlclesiin
the Boston Transcript are written in a
frock coat: others in a kimono; the "edi
torial paragraphs" In a shirt waist, and
.so on. Uncle Dudley of tho Boston Globe
always wears- a linen "duster" when In
the travail of composition. Thus no par
ticle of fiery matter disengaged Is lost.
The Hon. Solomon Bulkley Griffin of the
Springfield Republican cannot compose un-
icaa me Beat ot nis revolving cnair is cov
ered with a full-armored pincushion and
three well-stocked vinegar cruets and a
carboy of sour milk are on the sideboard
of weeping willow. General Sambo Bowles
of Agawam writes out of doors In bis song
coat of feathers. In short, habits differ;
and many respectable editorial writers are
so far from wearing a hat, when on duty,
that they don't even wear any visible hair.
Mr. Long's conclusions aro interesting.
though his observations are severely lo
cal. We understand that Chancellor Snow
of . the Kansas State University has de
cided to call Mr. Long to the new chair
of Journalism In that institution. A more
complete conspectus of the sociology p
editorial writers will then bo expected of
Mr. Long.
Her Selections.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho following Incident is told of a popu
lar and well-to-do Thirty-second Ward
bachelor who is a patron of the Wagner
institute branch library:
"I am going to the country. Miss Blank.
he said to the young lady at the desk.
"and want to take a couple of interesting
novels, but I can t make up my mind
which two to select Couldn't you help
me out?"
"I am afraid my selections might not
prove interesting to you," replied Miss
Blank.
"Just pick out two books for me, and
I'll guarantee to like them," he rejoined
gallantly.
'Have you read Barrle's or Reade's
novels?" she asked.
"No; get me one of each, and I'll be sat
isfied," ho replied.
She selected two and handed them to
her spouseless acquaintance, who, after
warmly thanking her for; the favor she
bad done him, turned up the backs of the
books and read these titles:
"When a Man's Single."
"It Is Never Too Late to Mend."
IUvnl Schools of StatesmnnHbfp.
New York Times.
Tot homines! Both President Roose
velt and ex-President Cleveland are
sportsmen; but President Roosevelt pre
fers land game, whereas ex-President
Cleveland prefers water game. Both citi
zens have a leaning toward offspring, but
the object of the President's endeavors
Is the creation of citizens who shall be
unswervingly true to their duties, where
as the ex-President favors nothing of
more moral worth than fishermen. Ex
President Cleveland glories In the fact
that he weighs the proceeds In his fish
scales, and even at that can only get a
return of nine pounds. President Roose
velt asks no more favorable scales than
are afforded by the common market place.
glorying in number rather than In Indi
vidual bulk. President Cleveland shouts
for protection only as regards the fishery
of Buzzard s Bay, but ho cares for that
more than for the policy of the next Fed
eral administration. President Roosevelt's
enthusiasm for protection and for off
spring extends to infant industries of
whatever kind or age. Tot oplnlones!
Keep Away From Seattle, Brother,
Dallas (Texas) News.
It looks as if Bremerton, Or., were built
as a sort of saloon annex to the Puget
Sound Navy Yard. The .Government
threatened to move away from the place If
the saloons were not put out of business,
and now the people of the place want to
sell the whole townslte to the Govern
ment
The Blaine ENtate.
The estate of James G. Blaine, as left
by his widow, is appraised at $1,000,000, ac
cording to a Bangor (Me.; dispatch to the
New York Times. It is all loft to tho
children.
The Little Brown Brother.
Robert F. Morrison in the Manila Sunday Sun.
I'm only a common soldier-man. In tho blasted
Philippines.
They say I've got Brown Brothers here, but I
dunno what It means.
I like the word Fraternity, but still I draw
the line,
He may be a brother of William H. Taft,
hut he ain't no friend of mine.
I never had a brother, who would beg to get
a drink.
To keep himself from dying, when he hovered
on the brink.
And when my Pal had give It him, and emptied
out his sack.
"Would take the opportunity to stick him In
the back.
I never had a brother who could take a wound
ed boy,
And .bury him to the armpits, with a most
unholy Joy,
Then" train the Red Ant3 on him, like some
caged Bubonic Rat!
Thank God, I've got no brother, who would
ever stoop to that.
Nor yet have I a brother, w.ho'd commit a
nameless shame
On a poor dead Soldier, lying where he gave
up hope of fame.
"Who could mutilate so fiendishly a piece of
lifeless Clay.
And say his prayers the moment that his pas,
slon died away.
I'm here and I have seen It, so you can't make
game-of me;
I'd rather be an Orphan, as in such a Famltee.
The L. B. B. may eult some folks, but after
all Is said.
The beet one that I ever saw had an overdone
of Lead.
I'm only a common Soldier-man In the blasted
Philippines.
They say I've got Brown Brothers here, but I
dunno what It means.
I like the world Fraternity, .but, still I draw
the line1,
Mo may be a brother of 'William K. Taft, but
be ain't so friend of mine.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The President Is back at work making
speeches.
The only dog that Isn't ' taxed Is the
dog in the manger.
Lip ton didn't get the cup, but he got the
appendicitis all right
While the Maine guide Is a rough and
ready sort of fellow, many hunters think
he's just a deer.
The court Is -up against a tough propo
sition when4t has to decide the degree
of friendship implied by giving a girl
crawfish and taking her to a dance.
A Colfax "woman ' named Cabbage Is
suing for divorce. Evidently when single
she wanted to get a head of Cabbage,
and now she's married she wants to get
ahead of him again.
If any man has capacity enough to
make the Democrats, the leaders of "Wall
street and' the labor unions work together
in a political cause he should be elected
President by unanimous vote.
The house in which Dickens was born is
the latest to be selected as a museum. If
this sort of thing goes on there will soon
be no houses left for the living,' and the
head ot a family who seeks apartments
will bo barred by the ghosts of dead
authors.
The Seattle Post-IntelUgencer thinks
harmlessness in fiction Is very commend
able,' as Is the absence of formaldehyde
in milk. , Hero Is richness of thought
Sure it is. Harmlessness in fiction is al
most as commendable as the absence of
tacks In rolled oats, or the absence of
buttons In pie.
Colonel Hawkins having offered a prize
for tho decoration of cement sidewalks.
ithe following Ideas are presented free to
Intending competitors:
Impression of a policeman's foot
Impression of a faro chip.
Impression of a reform wave.
Impression of a new leaf.
Impression of the general public.
Reflections of a Huslmnd.
A woman will not go into a church
without a new dress, but she will break
Into a conversation without even an ex
cuse. Some women are so modest that they
blush to look at a man's picture without
a chaperon.
A husband Is as close- to a lover as somo
women get.
A hair in the head is worth two on tho
shoulder after coming from the club.
The woman with an odd figure usually
finds some way to get even.
A husband Is tho first thing a girl thinks
of; he Is the last a wife endures.
When a woman marries for money sho
Is disappointed if she gets brains.
If all women kept secrets men would
never have any.
When a woman finds another woman
out she does not always" leave cards.
Many a woman who thinks herself
abused merely needs a new gown.
When a woman 13 vaccinated tho gods
look the other way. F. S. B.
The Pitcher That Went Too Often.
Every Indian in his tepee
Felt uncomfortably creepy,
For the- prophet of the trlbo was on tho
stump;
"Who. on pondering his matter,
Thus began his wordy clatter,
And he emphasized the starting with a
thump.
"I can see the paleface coming from every
point around,
And he's crowding out the Indian to tho
happy hunting ground;
"We shall lose our broad possessions and bo
penned in a reserve,
And they'll try to civilize us, a fate we
don't deserve.
"When somo small dispute arises we won't
settle It by fight.
But in tedious litigation to the lawyers'
great delight;
"We who've roamed tho wide states over
shall bo wards of Uncle Sam.
And hl3 agents men who know that wool la
useless to a lamb.
Thus our sons shall live as subjects till a
day in Nlnteen-thrce,
"When a youth shall rise to save us and tho
whites his glory see;
Ho shall take them in their stronghold and
shall bring them Into camp,
"While the crowd shall shake tho bleachers
as their wild applauso they stamp.
His name will be Sam Morris, I hear It In
their shout"
Here the prophet sank exhausted, for his
pipe had flickered out.
And the redskins were contented with this
ending to the story.
For the scion of their chieftain's house re
gained the race's glory;
But had the wily prophet just prepared an
other pill
The vision lie'd have vlsloned would have
made him very HI;
He'd have seen the brave young tyeo. with
an eye described as ory.
A-headlng for the. skookum house, despite
his bunch of glory.
And the prophet would have profited by
noting this thing down:
"You may paint your faces all you please,
but never paint the town.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPIIERS
Purchaser But you said It was an extra.
Howling Newsboy Well, 'tis. Dey give me one
more dan I paid fer by mistake. Chicago
News.
Patient I seem to be a little better. Doc
tor, but I'm stlfl short of breath. Doctor
Just have patience, sir, and we'll stop that
altogether. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Talk about a man being the lord of crea
tion 1" exclaimed Mrs. Ferguson. "What would
tho Garden of Eden Itself have been without
Eve? "What was it after she came?" re
manded Mr. Ferguson, In a rasping voice.
Chicago Tribune.
First citizen (of Lonelyvllle) I think tho
cook we have now will stay with us for soma
time. Second citizen How Is that? First citi
zen She don't get up in time to catch the 8.03,
and she's Intoxicated every afternoon before
the 5:12. Harper's Weekly.
"I beard today that your son was an under
taker. I thought you told me he was a physi
cian." "Not at all." "I don't like to contra
dict, but I'm posltlvo you did say so." "l"ou
misunderstood me. I said he followed the
medical profession." Philadelphia Press.
"I wish the big boop-aklrt style for women
would come In again." "Why?" "Well, I
figure that when women had to manage them
they didn't have time to try to manage so
many other things in this world, and man had
more ot a chance." Chicago Evening Post.
"Willie, you may finish this piece of pie
If you want it," said mother. "It Isn't enough
to save." "Mother" said Willie, when he
had finished It, "a boy In the family comes In
very handy when there is a little bit of pie
over, doesn't he?" St. Louis Poat-Dpatch.
"It was sheer carelessness on somebody's
part that caused Charlie to lose money on that
race." said young Mrs. Torklns. sympathet
ically. "How do you know?" "I saw It In the
paper. The horse was left at tho post. The
Idea of putting a horse In a race and then
neglecting to unhitch him 1" Washington Star.
So when the King had banished the three
young Princes to the top-story back room of
the tower, there came an argumenta,tor, who
wanted to know the whererore and the why
fore of It all. "The Princes are there," re
plied the Lord High Chamberlain, "on account
of the King's health." "Elucidate!" said tho
argumentator. "Well, the court physician
declares that the King needs a change ot heir!"
And so it was, and so it ever shall be, that
one of the most ancient puns In the business
must go on and on and on, Selah ! Baltimore
News.