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SOME MISTAKE HERE. "We have been so accustomed to the idea that Seattle Is entitled by right divine to the entire earth and the full ness thereof, and to the further Idea that she gets everything that Is coming to her by virtue of an alert persistence which is the despair of all Imitators arid would-be rivals, that It is with something of a shock that we come across this paragraph In the columns of the Walla Walla Union: S. B. Caldcrhead. general freight and passenger agent of the W. & C R,, has given the Seattle Post-Intelligencer an in terview In which he calls the attention Of the Jobbers of Puget Sound to the fact that Portland gets the business of the Wal la Walla territory while Seattle and Ta coma hardly get a slice. Of course, in Portland's favor it must be remembered that the distance Is shorter and that the haul Is not as great, but nevertheless, as has been pointed out by this newspaper be fore. Portland makes a decided effort to get the business of Walla Walla, while Pu get Sound as a general proposition Is ap athetic. Perhaps Seattle and Tacoma have all the business they wont without the Walla Walla territory, but it stands to reason that if such wa the case they could make an enlargement and keep at least the business of their own state. If any one can explain this mystery we should like to have it done. The discrepancy between the Isolated phe nomenon and the established order of the universe Is painful and puzzling. It not only appears that Portland gets business, but that she gets It by virtue of effort, and that Seattle, moreover. is apathetic These things are un thinkable. It Is sufficiently understood, we have supposed, that Seattle has all the bust ness there Is anywhere; that she gets it by pure energy, unaided by railroad influence; that she Is never apathetic upon any topic where her Interests are concerned. It is also an axiom of com merce that Portland is asleep, always has been and always will be; that she does no business, and that this achieve ment in nonentity Is the logical and Inescapable result of her own supine' ness. Mr. Calderhead, if there is such a man, is evidently an impostor. He is a renegade to the Seattle Idea. To 'him may be appropriately addressed the words of the old song: Does yo believe yo' honey or yo' eyes 7 MANKIND'S GREATEST NAMES. William E. Curtis was asked recently to name the twelve most eminent men In human history, not including those mentioned In the Bible. Answering the request through the Chicago Record- Herald, Mr. Curtis gives a list at which there will probably be some cavil, but which shows that he has been a close and impartial reader of history. By way of preface he says that, in his opinion, the only way to determine a, man's greatness is by measuring the influence he has exerted upon the af fairs of mankind. In this view he places first in the catalogue of great ness the founders of the great religions who for ages past and even up to the present day guide and control the con duct of hundreds of millions of the world's inhabitants. At the head of the list he places Buddha, a man of humble origin, who was born in a lit tle village in the Himalaya Mountains in the year 560 B. C. and died eighty- eight years later. The adherents of the Buddhist faith, after the lapse of more than twenty-three centuries, number about 400,000,000. The basis of the re ligion preached by Buddha is defined as four noble truths, viz.: Love of mankind, holy calm, the expression of desire and the protection of life. Next to Buddha Mr. CurtlB places Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, who lived from 550 B. C. to 475 B. C. He taught no 'religion, but founded a code of morals the maxims of which are the foundation today of Chinese morals, law. Justice and systems of government. Then comes Mahomet, the camel- driver, who lived from 570 A. D. to 632 A. D.. founder of the Moslem religion and author of the Koran. His follow ers number today not less than 300,000,- 000, and they are loyal to their faith. Fifth comes Martin Luther, the founder "of the great Protestant faith, and next comes Charlemagne, whom Mr. Curtis estimates as the founder of civilization. Number seven is Alfred the Great, of England (871-901), founder of law, courts and trial by Jury, and the first to Impeach the doctrine that "might makes right." Then come In order George Washington, founder of civil liberty; Napoleon Bonaparte, the greatest of soldiers; Michael Angelo, the greatest of architects, artists and sculptors; "William Shakespeare, the greatest of writers, and Plato, the founder of philosophy and ethics. An attempt to revise this list would be fraught with difficulty. Opinion rules In a matter of this kind, and Its rule Is at once dogmatic and variable. Our National pride Is not flattered In " Dcienuij, biuuc uic uumc ui uut American appears.ln the list, we couia easily extend It to Include Franklin and Lincoln, but upon Mr. Curtis' basis of greatness could not expunge any name that he has given to make room for one of these. After all, America Is new In- the annals of the world, and may be accounted fortunate If In little more than 400 years It has given one to the list of the twelve greatest names in the history of the world, outside of those mentioned In the Bible. Measured by their Influence In human affairs, no names probably are equal to those of Alexander of Macedon and Julius Caesar, after the lapse of more than twenty centuries. If not what In detail what they made it, yet In sub stance and in fact what they made It. This could easily be developed Into a volume. Buddha, Confucius and Ma- hornet have had no great Influence upon the larger course of human af fairs. BRYAN'S OPPORTUNITY". If Mr. Bryan would undertake the nomination of Grover Cleveland for President at the hands of the Demo cratic party next year, he would dis play a measure of political wisdom which has thus far been Justifiably de nied him. He would atone somewhat for the damaging errors Into which he led his party; he would; unite It as nothing else can unite it, and he might possibly start It on the road to victory It is possible that a united Democracy with Cleveland as the candidate might carry enough doubtful states to give him, with the aid of the solid South, the election. It Is perfectly certain that a divided Democracy cannot do this. If we nut aside for the moment the money question and the suppresson of labor riots, there Is nothing In Mr. Cleveland's' Chicago speech which need give a man of Mr. Bryan's views any offense. There is very much in that speech which Is In direct accord with Mr. Bryan's views. The ex-President's position on the tariff and the trusts is Bryan's own. The method of attack is the same. Moreover, this subject Is to be the main reliance of the Democrats in the campaign. There is Htt9e differ. ence between Cleveland and Bryan on our Insular policies. There is no dif ference between them on ship subsl dies, on the negro question, on reform of the administrative departments at Washington. As to the money question, and labor. Mr. Bryan has already set himself a notable precedent in the case of John L H. Clarke, candidate for the United States Senate from Ohio. He Is a gold standard man today as In 1896. He is a capitalist and a believer In law and order. His expressed attitude toward the trusts and the tariff, which Mr. Bryan has commended, Is substantially Mr. Cleveland's attitude. It would be a remarkable and an Interesting thing to see Mr. Bryan going up and down the land next year, attacking the tariff and the trusts along the line of Mr. Cleveland's Chicago speech. If he would now enter Into an undertaking to nominate Cleveland, he could com pass It. He coKld be nominated for "Vice-President. He might be Presi dent. He could be nominated for Pres ident in 1908. He would execute a stroke of policy that has never been surpassed for boldness in our political history. It is too much to expect of Mr. Bryan to do this; but it is a more promising course of action than any other that lies open to him; for "otherwise he must either win out at next year's conven tion and see his party beaten in the East, or else he must see the Cleveland faction prevail and organize a bolt. It Is to be feared that he thinks more of having his own way than he does of his party's success, or of seeing the anti trust and tariff-reform Ideas shared by himself and Mr. Cleveland carried to victory at the polls. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND THE LABOR VOTE. The "walking delegate" form of labor now denounces President Roosevelt and passes resolutions condemning him, but it is not likely that this denunciation means that the labor unions will make a concerted movement to defeat him for election in 1904. The membership of the labor unions Is estimated to be about 2,000,000, while the wageworklhg population is something more than 18,- 000,000, which Includes farm laborers, who are never organized, and women workers, who are but imperfectly or ganized. Not more than one-tenth of the 80,000,000 people In the United States are believed to be In trade-union fami lies or owe their support to trade- unionists. It' is not believed that the railroad brotherhoods, who are verx conservative, would oppose the present Administration. Many labor organiza tions are not affiliated with the Amer ican Federation of which Gompers Is the chief, and between that organiza tion and the Knights of Labor there Is hostility of long standing. The Knights of Labor are estimated .as 100,000 strong. It Is asserted by the opposition to Presi dent Roosevelt that New York State has 65,000 labor union votes, Connecti cut 5000, New -Jersey 11,000 and Indiana 15,000. The enemies of Roosevelt say that if only half of- these votes In the states named were thrown against the Repub lican candidate his case might be crit ical. It Is further pointed out that when Harrison defeated Cleveland in 18SS he lost New Jersey and Connecti cut, carried New York by only 13,000 and Indiana by only a little over 2000, and the question Is asked by the Roose velt opposition whether with 65,000 and 15,000 union labor votes against him In New York and Indiana his chance of election would not be endangered. In the next electoral college 239 will be a majority. The solid South, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia will fur nish 169 of these. New York, New Jer sey and Indiana would add 73 more, making a total of 242, or two more than enough to elect. Theoretically, this Democratic forecast of the assumed hostile organization of union labor seems plausible, but as a matter of fact labor unionists are cut up In politics Just like everybody else, and in .a Na tional contest it would be practically Impossible to make them ajl vote as a solid labor unit Furthermore, the la- bor unionists for the most part will not refuse to admit that the President Is sound In his decision that under his sworn duty to execute the laws of the land he could not do otherwise than re fuse to dismiss a man from the service of the United States because he was a nonunion man. The Central iTabor Union of New York City at a recent meeting stated that they are not opposing Mr. Roose velt and that they will not make a political fight against him, and that the union does not intend to cause Presi dent Roosevelt political embarrassment. Intelligent leaders of union labor see that the President would only have stultified himself to reach any other de cision, for when the Anthracite Strike Commission last Spring decided In favor of the open shop, this commission had on It the head of' one of the great National railroad labor organizations, which has always practiced the princi ple of the open shop; it had on it Bishop Spalding and Colonel Carroll D. Wright, both supporters of the claims ol labor. These men united in recommending that employment In the anthracite mines should be open to any man, Independent of his membership In a labor organiza tion, and President Roosevelt" approved the findings of this commission. He could not repudiate this approval, and It guided him In his "no discrimination" order. Many of the strongest unions in this country have long accepted the principle of open access to every work for every worker, without reference to his membership in any society,, organi zation or union whatsoever. The intelligent and upright leaders of union labor know that the President could not possibly have done other than decide as he has done, and they know that the President Is a sincere friend of American labor, save when he is asked to do that which he cannot do under the laws he has sworn to execute. The President, as a careful student of Amer ican history. Is familiar with the honor able and successful struggle of Amer ican labor for enlargement under the law, and he heartily sympathizes with it He knows that at the opening of the last century a Labor day proces slon, had it formed, would have been promptly dispersed by the police in New York City, and its leaders would have been open to Indictments. Less than a hundred years ago labor unions were under the ban of the law In New York, and the calling of a strike was punished as a criminal conspiracy. President Roosevelt knows that to labor unions has been due the fight for safe and decent conditions of toll; he knows that It has been a conservative force In the Industrial revolution that followed the Introduction of steam power; he knows that at the outset unionism In both England and America was a fight for fair play between labor and. Its em ployer. But because President Roose velt knows thoroughly the history of the upward struggle of labor for Its Just rights under equal laws Is no rea son why he should be expected to favor the attempted restoration of the closed shop of the medieval guild. He be Heves In the freedom of labor; he re fuses to permit any man to say who shall or who shall not work for the Government of the United States. The people are clearly with the President In this matter, and all the forces of our democratic institutions are with him and we do not believe that organized labor, can be brought into a state' of active political hostility to tbe Presi dent, simply, because he says that he cannot dodge his plain duty under his sworn pledge to execute the laws. The President has been an ardent, an earnest and aggressive friend of Amer ican labor in time-of need, and organ lzed labor knows that It would be neither justice nor sound public policy to cast a solid vote against the elec tlon of a man who . has only obeyed his oath of office In his "no discrimination order, and who Is sustained by the vast majority of public opinion, a public opinion whose support Is necessary to organized labor In all Its subsequent conflicts with autocratic employers Opposition to President Roosevelt would be an act of Injustice that would discredit the governing wisdom and vlr tue of organized labor with the Amer ican people. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. The idea of municipal ownership is slowly but steadily growing In the leading cities of the land. Its growth In New York City is exhibited in the platform adopted by the New York Citizens' .Union, .which declares Its 'be llef In the principles of municipal own ershlp and control In the matter of water, light and transportation, and urges that the city shall have full power to either lease for short terms or operate such Instrumentalities of the general public service. Private fran chises should be limited to short terms with option of- resumption by the city on prearranged conditions. The amend ment of the rapid transit act Is de manded, so that the city should control the situation, and If necessary the city should have the power to operate the service. Ownership of gas and electric light supplies by the city is advocated as well as retention by the city of own ershlp of all Its franchises, with no leasing of the same, save for short periods. The principle of municipal ownership of ferries has already been applied to the Staten Island ferries, so that the city will own the plant and through Its Increasing value be able to lmprov and extend its service. It is notewor thy that the New York Citizens' Union which advocates this extension of mu nlcipal ownership, is largely composed of men of property Interests, a class that Is generally-hostile to municipal ownership. In Chicago the Municipal "Voters League, In its efforts to Im prove the character of the City Coun cil and purge It of boodle Aldermen who vote away public franchises with out compensation, has found out that the presidents of banks, great business men and financiers interested in public utility companies were the chief source of corruption, the chief beneficiaries of these boodle Aldermen. These men curse the reform of the city govern ment, call it "anarchy," "socialism," denounce It as "hurting business," be cause corporations had left the city and others that had planned to come to Chicago had gone elsewhere. The au thor of the article on Chicago in the cur rent number of McClure's Magazine makes these startling representations, and among other things says: "But Isn't the reform Council honest?" V asked. "Honest! Tea, but oh, h 1!" "And do you realize that all'you say means that you regret the passing of boodle and would prefer to have back tho old corrupt Council?" That brought a curso or a shrewd smile or a cynical laugh, but that they regretted the passing of tho boodle regime is- tho fact, bitter, astonishing but natural enough. The Bigns of the times are good, both in Chicago and New York, but New York will probably extend reform In the- matter of municipal ownership far ther than Chicago, because there are stronger property Interests actively en gaged in its support In New York than in Chicago; that is, there are more ab solutely vulgar, brutal rich behind boodle government In Chicago than In New York. Today a majority of the cities of the country own and operate their water works. Quite a number of municipalities have gone into the alec- trie lighting business, and a few Into the gas lighting, and the Illinois Legis lature at Its last session enacted the Mueller municipal ownership bill, un- I uer wnicu every cuy in niiuuia io i powered, to own, construct, acquire, maintain and operate Street railways I within the corporate - limits, and to lease the same for periods of not longer than twenty years. This measure was framed and forced to Its passage by the Chicago Municipal Voters' League. The people of Chicago have over whelmingly exnressed themselves In favor of municipal ownership, but they were obliged to appeal to the Legls lature for this Mueller law In order to stop boodllng In connection with street, railway grants. Under the new law all action regarding the purchase or con struction, the operation or lease of street railways must have the approval of two-thirds of the popular vote. So successful has municipal owner ship been In the matter of public water supply that in future the granting of franchises to water companies Is likely to be Infrequent. With very few ex ceptlons only small cities In the United States have municipal electric plants, and scarcely any have attempted to manage municipal gas works. Most of the street railways now In operation In the United States have been built and are managed under franchises granted by City Councils for periods of from twenty to forty years. When the privileges were "granted the street railways did not make very great profits, but In the course of a few years a franchise has become worth an enor mous sum, no part of which has found its way Into the city treasury. In case there Is a union of different companies which has averted, competition, the cities are obliged to suffer from poor rv!Po hirtps th lnss nf Incomo thpv his "American Government," writing with regard to "public utilities," holds that three rules may be laid down Firt, streets are public property, and should be used solely for the good of- the community; it follows .that, if permission is given to individuals or corporations to ia.y iruuns ur naicr ji":, ui iu cic jiuica that carry electric wires, the benefits ac- crulng to the citizens should bo In propor- tlon to tho value of tho privileges granted. ci'cunui), a ciiy snuuiu. rctcnu u. uui in come from the use of its streets for such purposes, whether the. business Is conducted by the municipal government or by pri vate parties. Thirdly, the citizens should have the benetlt of good srvlce at reas onable rates. That the desirable results can be best obtained by private rather than municipal ownership will depend upon whether the business undertakings are naturally monopolies or become mo nopolies. In that event there would be need of adequate municipal control, if not municipal ownership. In case the original cost of the undertaking Is large In proportion to the annual ex pense of operation, as in the case of water works, public ownership would be clearly advantageous. But any business of a eml-public nature. In which the employment of large num bers of men Is necessary, Mr. Ashley thinks is best left to private parties. except where the continuance of pri vate ownership has proved a menace to the welfare of a' city. Even In that event he would advocate private man agement under public ownership, The mists of fifty years dissolve In the light of the present and the old Acadeny building, half-finished, square and Indeed of paint, gleams among the oaks that stand upon the college cam pus, at Forest Grove. At a little dls tance among the trees is seen the log cabin in which religious services were held on Sundays, and a little farther on another cabin in which other serv ices were held there being even at that early day church factions, each with a leader and each stubbornly in trenched in what was believed to be "the right." Hard by stands a ram- Mine- slrnntnr half rimntv. half w bllng structure, half shanty, half log cabins the boarding-house of the infant college, of which Grandma Brown is the head. President S. H. Marsh Is there, and the worthy woman whom the academy girls firmly believe had never been young enforces a discipline partly In his honor that makes meals there as formal and solemn, an occasion as the most orthodox commemoration of the Lord's Supper. There are few who with mortal eyes can see this picture now, but to those who can it furnishes a glimpse of another world The landscape only Is the same. And the remaining few to whom the vision of fifty years ago appears look upon It fondly for a. moment and are fain to steal softly away as "from a house where someone Heth dead." The Zionists, who have descended 3000 strong upon New York City, differ In personal appearance, In language and In mode of travel from the Dou- bokhors of Manitoba, who some months ago set out on a pilgrimage to. Winni peg. The quality of the religious fa naticism that spurs them on Is, how ever, the same. With narrow minds trained upon a single Idea they propose to bring all the world to terms. In so doing they add a brief but not a new chapter to a story centuries old, the plot of whloh turns upon the emotional nature of man wrought upon by the subtle power of the zealot. The disgust of people of decent sensi bilities over the announcement of the union of May and December Is never quite complete until the pictures of the twain are printed In the newspapers. Smirking senility Is pitiable by the contrast with the charms of youth or the well-preserved beauty of middle life, and the contrast becomes painful when the two are presented as husband and wife. Modesty turns away sickened at the sight of the pretty face of the woman, and dignity frowns darkly at the self-satisfied smirk on the face of the" aged man. Senator Piatt, of New York, has made his second spectacular appear ance before an astonished public the first In a political, the last In an ama tory role. The catch-rfhrase of the first was "me, too." Upon the Hps of Miss Mae Wood this phrase would be very appropriate to the present occasion. To the gay and festive Senator, however, the words "we three" would' be much ought to have obtained If they had hot A"er e t wouoiesomo worn nan gone d butter but it . j - , , , never to return. Mr. Knapp hastened home 1 churn; it mnKes gooa Dutier, out it parted with their franchise for "a pic- ?r.Zt nil n throws awav a lot of buttermilk." ture book." Roscoe Lewis Ashley. In I , . u ,'. I r-hnxioa Sumner in the Senate more suggestive. SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Who Wib Itf Eunene Journal. Many a man In trying to kick a- fellow I man down the stairs of prosperity and I nonor.nas lost nis own balance ana gone farther and acquired more bumps than hl3 Intended victim. Even Reform Has Its Objections. , Olympla Recorder. A Walla Walla warehouseman com plains of the effect of the antl-gam-bllng law, Formerly, when ;the gambling houses were open, harvest hands rarely thrm,n tll, mnn.. i,n got back to work. Now It often requires a week for them, to "go broke .and in consequence the labor supply Is erratic and Intermittent. This Is certainly a new view ot me vexea question. Eugene Register. Will it be necessary for the Eugene press to hammer away for the next six months to convince the general public that Eu- gene's water supply has been pronounced by experts toMie absolutely pure? That Is the fact. The greatest trouble has been for lack of sewerage which Is now be ing rapidly supplied. Very few typhoid "'b i.oiuijr iluJJUCU. Viijr IJI"'""" cases have existed la Eugene and what 1 have appeared are not due to the city 1 water. Eugene objects to being persis tently libeled In this matter. His Record for Economy. Salem Journal. Mr. Simon 13 turned down about once in 10 years, but he soon comes up again and history may be repeated in the not far distant future. The last State Senate controlled by Mr. Simon Is remembered as a very economical body. It Is also- re called that few since have been. In Mult nomah County Mr. Simon's friends are largely the big taxpayers "and when his faction has been In power taxes In the city and county have been low, If there Is ever such a condition In Portland Dentists Are Often Butchers. Pnrt Orfnrrt TrUnino. Louis Knapp Is the handiest man about town. Mr. Knapp can get up a good dinner, butcher a beef, grease a wagon. fnllr a loc nff rman n ton mlmitAn nhnnt I a dog. or pull a tooth. We last week! trttnoccDil tKft fiTinrntlnn TtrnHft io I trantoA o tnnth fnv n ln'rlv "Ur Tfnann I hung on "to the tooth" and the lady Ism that It had produced splendid char hung on "to the chair" unUl finally tho acters. "Yes," Mr. Beecher replied, Cal- two were narted the lady and the tooth, quired his attention. Natural Gns In Alaska. Juneau Record-Miner. One of the wonders of the Kayak district is Kousterca Lake named Devil's Lake by the Indians, who believe that his sa- I mnic majesty Qweus in cavernuua uepi.ua beneath its bed. This belief is due to the fact that gas generated from the oil and coai deposits beneath the lake sometimes causes the surface of the waters to rise several feet in a short time, m tne win- ter the gas explodes and sends large blocks of Ice Into the air, and at times causes the frozen surfaco vto rise and tall like the surfaco of the sea auring a storm. Tho gas can easily be collected by means of a rope and funnel and set on fire. Heroism Not Forgotten. Heppner Times. The people of lone gave a banquet Mon day in honor of Leslie Matlock and Bruce Kelly for their heroism In making the June 14, to warn the people of the Willow Creek valley and those of the town of TnnA nf tho lmnendlne dancer of the ter- iv,i wwi .na ei..ninp rtmvn fhp vallev.. Beside banoueting these gentle- men in royal style, at which numerous appropriate toasts was afeature, each hero was presented with a valuable anu beau tiful ebony, gold-headed cane which, he- side the name of each Individual, contains the following Inscription neatly engraved on the handle of the canes: "Presented by the peoplo of lone In grateful remem brance of heroic ride during tho flood at Heppner June 14, 1S03." The boys natur ally enough feel very proud of their pres ents, and the manner In which they came causes the boys to prize them very highly. An Eye to Wrapping Pnper. Medford Mail. The annual visitation of Klamath In dians to Medford commenced this week. several families having come In to do Vi( "Coll fi-ndlnf HiitHih th a Ti!at ffw nru w f tonms nn the. road. This has become a trade which the Medford merchants have come to rely on every Fall, and it amounts to no mall sum. Besides that, it is cash on the nail. Indeed, some of the older Indians have a system that they in sist upon following, and which has the effect of prolonging the transaction to a considerable extent Instead of handing l X.i A hn.rlnf. filing inrl tVlOTl nav ns In a 'lump, the red man selects an article, has It wrapped up and pays for It. Then another article is purchased In the same manner. No matter how large the bill Is It must be purchased In this way. This makes the transaction slow. but It is the only way. Felony Lnvr Recommended. Chehalls Bee-Nugget. Portland's ministers may recall. If they will, that the venerable Mayor Tom Humes, of Seattle, was elected repeatedly by overwhelming majorities on a platform In which he declared mat it elected ne -would run a wide-open town. It IB not unreasonable to presume that Portland citlzons would re-elect Judge Williams on the same kind of an issue, for theposi tlon he has taken. Public sentiment In Portland Is undoubtedly back of the Mayor, and he knows it. Jiayor jaumes knew this In Seattle. What Oregon should do Is to enact an anu-gamDiing law sucn as we have In asnington, ana put the professional gambler out of the business. There usea 10 ne open gam- bllng over here In Washington, and. now that It has been suppressed, conditions nr nsanrpdlv better. True, tho sure- thing men who used to run the games command this Independent vote Is Grover Cleve- exclaimed Miss Weery, ostentatiously emu have uone to work at honest labor like land. No one else that we know of can do It. latlng tho abyss. "I don't suppose it began " . . -. I ... I tn vnnrn until vrtut rr nnn t f t Phtlolat nthor nfonl but that hasn't miurea so- clal conditions In the least, and the gen -. . . . . eral business of the towns of the state has been bettered rather than suffered as a result of tho riew law. How It All Ifnppened. I got to thlnkln' of her. and a wundern what she done. That all her sisters kep' a-glttlng 'married one by one, And her without no chances and the best girl of the pack. An old maid with her hands, you might 6ay, tied behind her back! And mother, too, aforo sho died, she ust to ius take on. When none of "em was left, you know, but Evallne and John. And Jes' declare to goodness 'at the young men must be bllne To not seo what a- wife they'd git it they'd got Evallne! I got to thlnkln' of her, as I say, and moro and moro Td think of her dependence, and the bur dens 'at sho bore. Her parents both a-beln dead, and all her sisters gone And married off. and hor a-llvln' there alone with John You might ay Jes' a-tollln' and a-elavln' out her life For a man at hadn't pride enough to git hlsself a wife Less some one married Evallne, and paoked her off some day So I got to thlnkln' of ' her and It hap pened In that way, James Whltcomb Riley In Collier's Weekly BOSTON HAS HFARD ur Boston Herald. Another fair in commemorauon oi im historical achievement is projected to follow close upon the Louisiana Purchase Vn,, Qf t npxt vear. This Is T . - ionnt,d to be wiv. jcwia uiiu v. i held In -Portland, Or., in Summer or 1505, to commemorate the centennial of the crossing of the continent by these Intrepid explorers whom Jefferson In duced to undertake the difficult task soon after the completion of his bargain for the Louisiana territory, then extending to Canada. They went up the Missouri iver, crossed tne tocKy iuounuinia, followed down the course of the uoium bla River to the Pacific. The "country west of the State of Missouri was then wholly strange. The directors of this Fair have just determined to ask Congress for ! J2.125.O0O In aid of the project, and we are disposed to believe they will get it, or most of it. The Pacific Coast States want a great centennial Fair of their own, and it Is a good while to wait for the centennial of the acquisition of Cali fornia or the discovery of gold In that state. One or the other of these events 0 vrlll be duly celebrated when the time comes. ANECDOTES OP BEECHER, Recollections of Ills Successor in Plymoptli Church. Pulpit. Lvman Abbott in the Atlantic . One April 1 Mr. Beecher found in his morninff mail a letter containing only the words "April Fool." "Well, well I" he said. "I hayo received many a letter wnere a man fonrot to slcn his name; this Is the first time I ever knew of a writer signing his name and forgetting to write the let ter." After I took the editorship of the Chris tian Union I urtred Mr. Beecher to give his views on public questions through Its columns. "As It is now," X sata, any Interviewer who comes to you gets a column; and the public is as apt to get your views in any other paper as in your own. "Yes," ho saia, "l am use uio iw u mimn: aTTV One WHO Will COIUB UUU num. the handle can carry off a pall full of water." On One Occasion I aTKUed for Calvln- vinism -nakes a few good men ana ae- and. Thaddeus Stevens In the House were pressing the reconstruction measures for forcinb universal suffrage in tne uoutn. Tn conversation with me Mr. Beecher thus dlaenosed the situation. "Tho radl- i nrA trvinsr to drive the wedce into uA ,nt, fatt end foremost: they will nm thir hpptlp." Thev did: they solidified the South and diviaea tne ne pubiican party. If ho had been preach- Jnff on reconstruction the figure would haVQ flashed on him then, and he would navQ given- it to his congregation from the oulnlL I -tTm Beecher was denouncing tho lncon- slstencv of church members; stopped; imacrlned an interlocutor calling him to account for exposing the sins or cnurcn members before the world, ana thus re- piled: "Do you not suppose the worm knows them better than I do? the world sees this church member In Wall street. as ereedv. as rapacious, as eager, as un- scrunulous' as his companions. ie says to himself. 'Is that Christianity? I will go to church next Sunday and seo what the minister says about this." He goes; and what Is the minister saying." Instant- ly Mr. Beecher folded his arms upon his breast, held an Imaginary cat purring comfortably there, as he stroked It Tilth the other hand, and continued: lfte mm isfer is saying. 'Poor pussy, joor pussy, poor pussy.' Air. ueecner maoe ma win- inn in tr-Vi nrf rvr cor rmrnnsA Jinn Z V" itZT'ir n w i,,p.t, w h. ItCVCI 1U1 "lO .Jlfc-n-vj w. CJ-" ocn. vm Mmcpif raw. and made tnern see, those lncongrunres wmtu u-ie mo essence of humor and often the most powerful of arguments. Co nun Doyle's Departure. New York Mail and Express. We do not know that Sir Conan Doyle Is exactly a genius," but ho comes, at any rate, within the category of eminent men whose interesting avocations we have in mind. Sir Conan, It appears, in emulation of Mr. Georee R. Sims, who has success fully combined the pursuit of letters with the production of a rare quality of hair oll. Is now the part proprietor ot a ma chine for making portrait busts In marble. We are delighted to hear It Sir Con an Is u- Jutiuucu w. iuU -u ul In literature. What will not these men of genius do In order to surprise us? The great Greek scholar. Porson, drank Ink. Emerson ate pie. Byron became a GreeK rebel, uoetno tried to become omniscient, uictcens es sayed the stage. Victor Hugo trifled with sneare and Btok w Skespear.e . and Shakespeare was an I aillUlCUI UUIK1U1. " " " "" ' ' lam Black tried to Invent a new fly for trout: Ruskln a new machine for potters, and William Morris a device for bookbind ers. So much for the lngenultjfeof men of letters trenching upon the preserves of men of action. As for the latter, it Is to be noted that from the time of Socrates to Lord Rob erts tney have been as handy with the pen las the sword. Not to mention the distin guished contributors to the Napoleonic memoirs, what trainea or proiessionai writer could have set down so simply and charmingly as did Grant his personal rec ollections? By which we would not Imply that the sword Is mightier than the pen; only in vite consideration ot tne apparently greater ease with which the master of one turns to the casual play or tne otner, ir not lesser. Implement. VIEWS' OF CLEVELAND. Wke prospective Republican candidate. Grover Cleveland Is a record-breaker, and It may jai to his lot to break the unbroken line 0j precedents against a tniru term. iroy trres. It mU3t be admitted that the Democratic vote, when divided, cannot elect a President in mi without outside helD. The man who can aioDiie itegisier. 1 ..... The strongest man m tne party, ot course thn man who would bring to the support of the National Democratic ticket more voters than any other who could be warned Is. Grover Cleveland. Ho has the confidence ot the coun try, the courage of his convictions, the ability to administer the offlce with entire satisfaction to the business and commercial interests of the country- Charleston News and Courier. There Is a large sprinkling of Democrats In tho South who favor tho nomination of Mr. Cleveland, while every" Southern State would give him. Its electoral vote if he were nomi nated. It is not surprising that Republicans are opposed to Cleveland's nomination, but they cannot prevent it, 'nor could they nrduco the Southern voto for him by appealing to the prejudices of Southern Democrats. Nashvillo American. As for the former slave states. Mr. Cleveland would sweep every one of them. Could Mr. Cleveland carry the States of New Tork, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana? It he is un able to carry those four states, there is no living Democrat who can. In any one of those four states any posslblo disaffection on' the part of the Bryanlto element would be far more than counterbalanced by votes gained, from those Republicans who look with distrust upon Mr. Roosevelt. Harper's Weekly. Ex-Congressman Jefferson M. Levy, of New York, has returned from a Southern trip with the information that the tide in tho states he visited is setting strongly toward Mr. Cleve land as the next Democratic candidate for the Presidency. There Is tho third-term tradition dead against him, but Mr. Roosevelt has against him the tradition that no man who has succeeded to the Presidency by a death has won a Presidential election. That is Just as good an "unwritten law" as tho othor. Philadelphia Record. mnnra man It IS IlKA .1 ; JiOTE AND COMMENT. October. The poet tipsy, poet sober,. Both are singing of October. One declares the whole world grieves At the fulling of the leaves; "While the other feigns alarm At the job of keeping warm, . And enjoys a passing- knock At the price of coalmen's stock. Then we hear tho sad one sighing For the year, exhausted,, dying: "While the glad ons, smiling -wider, Hails' the , hardness of the .cider. Sly old Piatt! Records are troublesome" things. "All Join hands," Is Cleveland's advlco. Tillman is not guilty, but Gonzales ap pears to be dead. Put a criminal behind the bars, and some woman will fancy him an angel. Schwab's attitude toward the shipbuild ing trust stamps him an Ideal financier. A Redding hotel boasts of having the only elevator between Sacramento and Portland. Los Angeles Times. H. E. Huntington has lost $500,000, but Is not yet disqualified for tho Financial Red Bcrok. Soon we shall have nations declaring war on those that won't sign arbitration treaties. N Dowle Is rash. It is more than likely that tough old New York will pervert hla "restoration host." Maud Adams will be welcomed back to the stage, if only by those anxious to find a change from Lillian HusselL King Emmanuel's visit to Paris must have made the dry bones of the triple alliance rattle In their caskets. lA Downey girl who read William Dean Howells' new book, "Questionable Shapes," says she was grievously disappointed. In tho contents. Los Angeles Tlmea. Oom Paul Kruger's 78th birthday re- mm(i3 that he who "staggered human- ity" is drawing quietly to the grave. With bears at Mount Scott and bears in Phoenix on a Sunday morning, too Ore gon towns have other game than the tiger. Mayor Condon, of Troy, has been re quested to send a supply of eligible girls to Seattle. Arid tho census so far in tho future! It would keep the curious statistician busy a month or so to compute the num ber of "Florodora" soxtetters that have been divorced. The New Tork restaurant man who shot a customer because payment for a meal I was not forthcoming, should have waited for the grub to get In its work. The Blackfoot Indians threaten the man whose, sale of whisky resulted in seven deaths by violence. It seem3 unfair that ' all the threatening to be done should be left tb the redskins. In mournful mood. Senator Piatt writes to Miss Mae Wood that "such Is the Ufa of a politician." Other people having the same sort of time would use the same phrase with anything but a mournful tone. Salem has had the courage to bust the old tradition that plays must not begin before 8:30 P. M. Now. if nlaces farthar aI tho lme take the same tack, we I shall be able to see the show before . - ureuis.iiat.. A Portland man ha3 been cured ot swearing through watching the peaceful pigeons of the city. Let him never at tempt to cultivate a garden, or the sub urban chickens will undo all the work of their cooing cousins. Tho announcement that Congress will make no "pork-barrel" appropriations in view of tho approaching election, makes one think of the dear little wife that keeps buying less and less expensive hata as the end of the quarter draws nearer. A Kansas City blacksmith wanted to commit suicide, so he jumped off a bridge 50 feet high. The only result was a few bruises. Did this blacksmith joyfully arlse, and go forth rejoicing that fate was guarding him for some good purpose? Not so; he walked to the nearest railroad track and put his head under a freight train. This time he accomplished his ob ject WEX J. PliEASAXTIUES OF PARAGRAPHS RS Tommy Pop, what is a health resort? Tommy's Pop A health resort, my son, 13 . a place where people go to die. Philadel phia Record. Nell She's awfully hysterical. Isn't she? Belle Yes; somebody foolishly told her that she was most charming when she laughed. Philadelphia Ledger. Visitor Remember, my-friend, that "stone walls do not a prison make, nor Iron bars a cage." Tuft HcXutt Den I guess I mua' be hypnertized. New Tork Journal. Mr. Brown If we all go to Jones' wo must start home early. Mrs. Brown What for? Mr. Brown Why, four of us and four of them that's 32 good-bys that will have to be said. Detroit Free Press. "Remember," said tho serious man, "that money is not tho only thing to be striven for In this life." "Maybe not," answered Senator Sorghum, "but a whole lot of peo ple think It is, and. I am not egotist enough to try to set any new fashions." Washing ton Star. "I had scarcely' taken a dozen moro steps," continued Mr. Borem, "when right before my feet I saw a yawning abyss!" "Indeedl" -t " i " " I Thfo T.afoAr Jack I hear you are going to marry Mlsr Prettyun. Permit -me to congratulate you on your excellent taste. Tom But the en gagement Is off. I'm not going to marry her or anyone else. Jack Indeed! Then allow me to congratulate you on your good sense. Chicago News. "Old Gaffer 'Iggins says as 'ow 'e won't ave 'Is 'air cut huntll Llpton fetches the Hamerlca cup 'ome," says one of the hab itues of the public house in London. "Bllmyl" comments the barmaid. "Gaffer 'Iggins is bloomin well safe hln sayin that. E'i bald as a hegg." Judge. "I see," said the Missouri Legislator, "that it cost France $120,000 to send President Lbubet over to England." "Gosh!" said hla fellow-member, "I guess the railroad and steamboat, companies over In them coun tries can't think ot any more laws they'd like to git passed." Chicago Record-Herald Mother- I heard Mr. Haggard telling you last night that It you treated him coldly he would go away and never come back. I was glad, also, to hear you say he could do as he liked. Daugter Tes. mother, that was what -I said. Mother Was that all ha said? Daughter Why er no; you didn't hear tho first part. Ho said he'd like to kiss me. Philadelphia Pres3. Phrenologist Here Is a man out of hla proper sphere. His head betokens high in tellectual and spiritual qualities, yet he Ij spending his time behind tho grocer's coun ter. Sir (to tho grocer), I wish to ask you a question.- Have you any aspirations Grocer (calling to clerk) John, have wo any aspirations? Clerk All out, sir. Have somo In tho la3t ot the week. Kansas Cliy Journal.