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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
BRITISH COLUMBIA'S PROTEST.
It Is regrettable to And thief newspa
pers of Canada, and especially those of
our near neighbor, the Province of Brit
ish Columbia, taking it so grievously
that the Alaska boundary Commission
declined to give to Canada territory
which no Canadian-, not even of British
Columbia, ever thought of claiming till
after the discovery of gold in the Klon
dike, some six or seven years ago.
Especially furious, as we find them,
are the newspapers of British Colum
bia. Their wrath exhales In about equal
parts against the United States, against
Great Britain, and against the Govern
ment of Canada. The United States,
they say, put up a game of bluff, on
claims without merit; the Mother Coun
try, Great Britain, was willing to sac
riflce Canadian Interests for the friend
ship of the United States, and the Gov
ernment of Canada, by agreeing to the
arbitration which has terminated as
ought to have been foreseen, has be
trayed the interests of the Dominion,
and may as well get ready to "jret out,"
for it will find the vengeance of the
people a consuming Are.
Can It bs that any part of the people
of British America really supposed or
believed that the plain language of the
treaty of 1825, between Russia and'
Great Britain, under which we hold as
the successor of Russia, could be set
aside? Had there been any ambiguity
an argument might have been founded
on it But this treaty was drawn with
unusual precision. There is not a doubt
ful word in it The starting point
named is "the southernmost point of
the island called Prince of "Wales Isl
and, which point lies in the parallel of
flfty-four degrees forty minutes north
latitude." There can be no question
here. As to Prince of Wales Island,
there Is no doubt, nor the parallel of
flfty-four forty. Then from the south
ernmost point of thl3 island, In fifty
four forty, "the said line shall ascend
to the north along the channel called
Portland Channel, as far as the point
of the continent where It strikes the
fifty-sixth degree of north latitude;
from this last-mentioned point the line
of demarcation shall follow the sum
mit of the mountains, situated parallel
to the coast, as far as the 141st degree
of west longitude; and finally, from the
said point of Intersection, the said me
ridian line of the 141st degree, In Its
prolongation as far as the frozen ocean,
shall form the limit between the Rus
sian and British Possessions on the
Continent of America to the north
west." Tot It was expressly stipulated that
"the Island called Prince of Wales Isl
and shall belong wholly to Russia,"
and on the other hand It was stipu
lated that "wherever the summit of the
mountains which extend in a direction
parallel to the coast, from the 56th de
gree of north latitude to the point of
intersection of the 141st degree of west
longitude, shall prove to be at a dis
tance of more than ten marine leagues
from the ocean, the limit between the
British Possessions and the line of
coast which is to belong to Russia, as
above mentioned, shall bo formed by a
line parallel to the windings of the
Coast, and which shall never exceed the
distance of ten marine leagues there
from." The language of the original treaty
was French; though the English ver
sion was collated and indeed collabo
rated with It. By the French version
strong light Is thrown on the English
text. For example, where it is said in
the treaty that the boundary "shall be
formed by a line parallel to the wind
ings kit the coast," the French word
for windings is "sinuosities," a much
more specific and exact term. By the
British Government the French text
has been recognized and printed as the
official version; and French Is accepted
as the language of diplomacy.
Here, then. Is the definition of the
boundaryline.wlth explanatory clauses.
From the southernmost point of Prince
of Wales Island the line was to follow
Portland Channel, north, to the fifty
sixth degree of north latitude. As to
Portland Channel there, could be no
dispute. It was laid down on all charts
and maps, and on charts and maps re
peatedly made by both parties after
wards. The line was to follow this
channel, northward, to the fifty-sixth
degree of latitude another definite
point, about which there could be no
dlsputa. From this point the summit
of. the mountains parallel to the coast.
to the intersection with the 141st de
gree of. west longitude. Again no pos
sibility of mistake. It was well known
that a range of mountains lay parallel
to the coast, and near It, all the way
round to the north and west; but as the
object of Russia was to shut out Great
Britain in that regldh from access to
the ocean, and that only, It was pro
vided that when the summit of the
mountains should be- at a distance of
more than ten marine leagues from the
coast, the boundary limit should not be
further from the coast than this dis
tance of ten marine leagues. That is,
the .Russian territory was to reach back
from the sea to the summit of the
mountains, unless the distance to the
summit was more than ten leagues; but
in any event the British territory was
to come to a line within the ten leagues
of the sea.
Here again, as throughout the treaty,
there could be no possibility of mistake
The only thing that remained was to
mark the summit of the mountains; or.
If the summit were more distant than
ten marine leagues from the coast, then
a line ten marine leagues back of It. If
anything more conclusive than the text
of the treaty were necessary. It was
supplied by reprinting the maps of the
time, and the British maps down to
1S77, and corrected to 1S9S. These maps
coincided throughout with the claim of
the United States.
The British Commissioners could not
escape the conclusion, and the Cana
dian Commissioners could avoid it only
by abrupt refusal to admit the force of
the argument and the inevitable con
clusion. Canada wanted the head of
Lynn Canal, because It is the gateway
to the Interior. Her Commissioners
were in the position of children wanting
a thing, wanting it badly, and seeing
no force or reason in any statement
why they shouldn't have It.
HOSTILITY THAT HELPS THE
PRESIDENT.
The New Tork Sun has steadily at
tacked the President for Interfering
in the coal strike and prosecuting the
Northern Securities Company. The
Financial Chronicle says that the vic
tory of the miners in the coal strike
stimulated organized labor to .present
extreme demands, which caused exten
sive contraction of building and brought
about a great reduction in the con
sumption of Iron and steel. This caused
a break In the market, the cut In the
steel dividend, and the collapse of steel
stocks, which In turn Influenced all the
markets adversely. The conclusion of
Wall street In short Is that President
Roosevelt Is responsible for the recent
slump In the market.
Far from doing the President any
political Injury, this silly accusation
of Wall street and Its dependencies
Is making public opinion solid for
the President's nomination and elec
tion next year, for the Independent
Journals -of the country that have not
hitherto been advocates of the Roose
velt candidacy have "been prompt to
protest against the shallow accusation.
The Springfield Republican, the Provi
dence Journal, the New York Evening
Post, the Philadelphia Ledger, all agree
In the opinion that "the people will
resent this attempt of Wall street to
hold the President responsible for trou
bles of Wall street's own manufac
ture." The Springfield Republican tells
Wall street that President Roosevelt's
Interference' In the coal strike ended a
deadlock which was Injuring Industry
more than all the strikes that have
since happened put together. The strike
epidemic was due to the great Increase
in prices andthe cost of living, pro
cured .through the combination of cap
ital, but followed by no increase In wages
of labor. Capital cannot expect greatly to
Increase the size' of the dividends at the
expense of consumers of all classes
without starting a demand for an In
crease in the wages of labor, and In
citing a strike in event'of refusal. This
was evident In the business reylval of
1866 and in the good times of 1891-92,
This is the answer of the independent
press of the country, which has never
been a thick and thin supporter of the
President's Administration, to the cry
of the piratical population of Wall
street that he Is an "unsafe" President,
who Is responsible for the collapse of
trusts and the low quotations of stocks
The Independent presB of the country
has done President Roosevelt b.ut aim
pie Justice in this matter, just as It did
last June when J. P. Morgan was quoted
as denouncing the President because of
his position toward corporate Interests
and his sympathetic attitude toward la
bor. .The Oregonlan repeats today what
It said last June, that "President Roose
velt does not need Wall street," for in
any large sense the united wealth and
wiles of Wall street never ruled this
country, and never will. Let it be once
widely understood that Wall street Is
opposed to the election of Roosevelt on
account of his Interference In the coal
strike and toward piratical trusts, and
Its opposition would insure his elec
tlon. Roosevelt will be elected, as all
popular Presidents have been, without
the money power, and in spite, of the
hostility of certain of the moneyed
classes. Jackson was vigorously op
posed for election In 1832 by certain
powerful moneyed Interests in the coun
try, but their Influence was not visible
In the vote of the Electoral College fol
lowing the election. The money power
supported Lincoln In 1864, Grant In
1868 and McKlnley In 1896 and 1900, not
because it was a hero worshiper, but
because all the eggs of Wall street
were in the basket of the Republican
party. If the Republican party had
fallen down In 1896, the eggs of Wall
street would have been smashed In the
Republican basket and the victorious
Bryan would have wrung the neck of
the gpose that laid the golden eggs at
the first opportunity. The money power
bets Its money on the winning horse,
but the money power never in the his
tory of this country dictated the
nomination of a Presidential candidate
In either party; never yet. had appre
ciable Influence enough in politics to
turn the scale of the election betweeen
the two great parties. The truth Is
that Wall street never yet could make
a man by Its friendship or break him as
Presidential nominee by Its hostility.
Wall street might elect a few Congress
men In close districts, now and then,
with the corrupt Influence of Its concen
tratedcapltal;Wall street might corrupt
a local municipal or even a State Legis
lature, but when you spread the effec
tive political Influence of Wall street
over the entire country lt spreads ex
ceedingly thin. Wall street Is nothing
but a gambling house; it bets on elec
tion, but it does not nominate, much
less elect Presidents. Wall street bets
on the winning horse, when it thinks It
has correctly named him, but the reso
lute banded opposition of the money
power could not possibly hope to defeat
the election of Roosevelt. The money
power never nominated a President who
JL would not otherwise have been nomi
nated, or elected a President who would
not otherwise have been elected. For
this reason It is of, no appreciable polit
ical consequence whether Roosevelt Is
popular with Wall street or not.
The people at large would be sure to
uphold Roosevelt If they believed that
Wall street wished to upset him. Jack
son, a man thoroughly dreaded by the
money power of his day, was always
popular and ever victorious. The money
power ultimately went with him, but he
won not through its support but by his
defiance of its hostility and his Indiffer
ence to Its influence. Grant and his
Secretary of the Treasury, George S.
Boutwell, excited the hatred of the gold
gamblers of Wall street by interfering
to break the "gold" corner created by
Flsk and Gould on "Black" Friday, in
18C9, but the wreck of the pirates did
not weaken the Administration with
the people. The support of Wall street
could not have elected Bryan In 1S96
and 1900, and Cleveland was easily
elected in 1892 without any particular
support from Wall street Wall street
counts for very little In a Presidential
campaign; In time of peace Wall street
could not make or break any man for
the Presidency.
"ELIJAH" WILL LOSE HIS CASE.
"Elijah" Dowle.. at his general meet
ing in New Tork City yesterday, de
nounced the recent decision of the New
Tork Court of Appeals condemning a
Zionlte for letting a child die for lack
of medical attendance and said he
would carry the case to the United
States Supreme Court The case re
ferred to was hat of a young girl
treated for pneumonia simply by the
prayers of her parents. The defense
offered was that In belief of the parents
such prayer constituted "medical at
tendance"; that to require the parents
to call In a physician contrary to their
conscience was to deny them religious
liberty. But the New Tork Court of
Appeals Intimated that under such an
absurd view of "religious liberty," sin
cere Ignorance or infatuation might do
a helpless child to death, might offer up
his child as a blood sacrifice, .in obedi
ence to insane religious belief.
About twenty-five years ago a reli
gious fanatic In one of the small towns
of Barnstable County, Mass., did, with
the approval of his wife, deliberately
murder his own child as a blood sacri
fice to their religious belief. The mur
derer was a man of fair Intelligence, of
excellent previous character, and was
sane enough In all the ordinary affairs
of life. His "religious belief" did not
help him. He was convicted, and was
placed In an asylum for the Insane, and
after a -fiumber of years' confinement
was released entirely cured of his de
lusion.
If "Elijah" Dowle carries this case up
to the Supreme Court on further ap
peal there Is little doubt that the United
States Supreme Court would sustain
the lower court The state assumes the
duty of Interfering to protect a minor
child against its parents In cases of
cruel and abusive treatment, and the
propriety of such action is generally ad
mitted. If it is the- duty and rltfit- of
the state to protect a child in such a
case, It cannot be reasonably pleaded
that the state should refuse a child
protection against parental neglect or
action that rested on superstition or
religious eccentricity or Insanity; that
1b, the state cannot permit a- chlld to be
done to death by neglect born of Ig
norance or religious Infatuation. If the
State of Massachusetts was correct in
punishing a parent for offering up his
child as a blood sacrifice, the State of
New Tork surely may legally punish a
man who suffered his child to go to Its
death for want of treatment that sci
ence has demonstrated to be effective;
that Is, the State of New Tork may
legally punish a man who murders his.
cnna oy neglect There are well Inten
tloned persons who believe that It Is
healthful to walk barefoot through the
grass every morning; to go barefoot" as
much as possible; suppose other per
sons passed beyond the bounds of mere
whimsicality and Insisted that their
children should sleep naked out of
doors In the most Inclement nights of
the year, the state's right to Interfere
to protect the child from being done to
death by exposure would not be dls
puted. If the state may do this, the
state should see to It that in sickness
the helpless child should be assured of
such protection as established medical
science and surgery can give It, and not
be abandoned to the ministrations of
amiable Ignorance and religious mania.
LOW FREIGHTS AND SUBSIDIES.
Now that ocean freights have declined
to the lowest point on record, and every
port In the civilized world is crowded
with idle tonnage seeking employment
at rates In many cases below the cost of
operation, the main argument of the
subsidy-seekers has been demolished.
The subsidy scheme reached high tide
In Its prospects a few years ago, when
unparalleled commercial development
all over the world caused a temporary
scarcity of shipping and rates advanced
accordingly. Even at that time, there
was nothing In the situation which pre
sented anything but the flimsiest ar
gument in favor of the subsidy. France
had a subsidized marine which was ex
tractlng toll from the taxpayers by
means of a law almost exactly similar
to the one Grlscom, Morgan et aL were
endeavoring to foist on the Americans,
but her merchant marine was so busy
making long voyages to foreign coun
tries for the purpose of earning mileage
bounties that the Frenchmen were com
pelled to ship the greater part of their
freight under alien flags.
Not at any period during the era of
high freights did the French shipping
subsidy benefit the French shipper or
producer, for the shipowner exacted all
that the law o'f supply and. demand al
lowed him. This law, it is needless to
state, was regulated by the unsubsl-
dlzed fleets of other nations and not by
the French vessels, which at all times
accepted the limit established by world
wide conditions. It was thus made
quite plain that subsidies were of no
assistance or value to the shippers dur
ing the periods of high freights. Now
we are In the midst of an era of low
freights, and more ships than can And
profitable employment are available at
the lowest rates on record. Every
branch of commercial Industry', whether
it Is the ocean-carrying trade or the
business of producing something to be
carried to market, Is entitled to fair
remuneration for the services rendered
or for the commodities produced.
In view of the ruinous rates at which
frelghtls now being carried on the high
seas. It ps perhaps, fortunate that only a
small number of the world's tradesmen
have their money Invested In ships. And
yet while this comparatively small
number of men are suffering a loss or
at, the best are receiving no profits, an
enormously greater number of farmers,
lumbermen, millers and other producers
are profiting by the low freight rates
at which they, can send their goods to
market These minions of "freight pro
ducers" would be obliged to pay the
ship subsidy If the Iniquitous subsidy
bill ever became a -law, and yet they
would reap no profit whatever from it,
either when freights were high or when
they were low. The question accor
dingly becomes one of "the greatest
good to the greatest number," and on
this basis the millions of producers
should never be compelled to pay a
bonus to a few hundred shipowners so
long as they have the fleets of the.
World to draw on for tonnage supplies.
The low freights and attendant
shrinkage of profits will naturally have
the effect of shortening the supply of
new tonnage, and in due season, fire
disaster and old age will retire many
of the craft now lnise. Then there will
be the inevitable reaction, and with It
will come more new ships and possibly
another period of overbuilding, followed
by low freights. These changing condi
tions In the carrying trade have been In
evidence since the ocean-carrying trade
began, and they will probably continue
until the end of time. Many nations
less fortupately situated than America
can find no better Investment for thelr
people than In shipping property. They
will accordingly continue to Invest
their money In such property, and, tak
ing the good years with the bad, will
make a small profit out of it, while
America Is making a good profit In sup
plying cargoes and hauling them to
tidewater from the vast regions lying
Inland. When the profits in this latter
business become too small, Americans
will return o the ocean, and without
luc am ui u. suusiuy or un aruuuiui
means of assistance will hold their own
with the fleets of other nations.
The "Allied Council of Building
Trades" of Philadelphia having at
tempted to prevent any man from
working as a plumber unless he be
longed not only to a union, but to a
union which It recognized, the plumb
ers discharged because of this attempt
stood on their legal right to work and
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
sustains them In a decision In which
Mr. Associate Justice Dean, speaking
for the court, says: "The workman
must have the unrestricted privilege of
working for such employer as he
pleases at such wages as he chooses to
accept." Judge Dean stands upon the
final rlghtrsecured by the Constitution,
of every man to free labor. He shows
that neither the Legislature nor the
executive can deprive a citizen of
Pennsylvania "of the unrestricted prlv
liege of working for such employer as
he pleases, at such wages as he chooses
to accept" Judge Dean asserts that It
is the right of- any person to go and
come from his work, not only without
overt violence, but without threat, mo
lestatlon or any form of outer pressure
whatever. Any man or any number of
men may agree not to work, to refuse
a certain wage or refuse to associate In
work with other men, but they can
touch no other man; they cannot coerce
him to join their labor organization,
cannot threaten him nor worry him
with so-calhsd "argument," "persua
slon" or "picketing." By the same
laws, courts and constitution Is pro
tected "the unrestricted privilege"
of any man or any number of men to
stop work, to -strike, to ask any wages,
to join any union, to work with or
without 'any other man, and to require
in any given work any condition, stip
ulation or limitation whatever in hours
or anything else. The Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania here follows the law
as laid down in Massachusetts, In Ohio,
In New Tork and in the Federal Su
preme Court
The great copper mining Industry of
Montana, that In one way or another
touches the other great Industries of
the state smelting, lumbering, coal
mining has received a stunning blow
In the decision of the court of the Sec
ond Judicial District of that state
against the Boston & Montana Com
pany, known as the Amalgamated Cop
per Company. All of the mines, smel
ters and other properties of the Amal
gamatcd have been closed, and thou
sands of Idle men throng the streets of
Butte, Anaconda, Great Falls, Belt,
Bonner, and other seats of the com
pany's operations. With a Rocky
Mountain Winter just at hand .the sit
uatlon Is extremely grave, and its re
sults cannot yet be fully realized. F,
Augustus Helnze, In whose favor the
decision was made, has, it is claimed, a
friend at court so close as to render It
Impossible, for the Amalgamated Com
pany to do buslnesss In Montana. Be
this as It may, the decision In his favor"
has been followed by a shut-down In
mining properties that cannot fall to
work great hardship upon thousands of
miners and other worklngmen In the
great. copper centers of Montana.
The movement to abandon the no!
some basements of public school
buildings and Institute playgrounds
commends Itself to all who have any
knowledge of the unsanitary and even
disgusting conditions that have long
prevailed In many of these basements.
Dark, 111 ventilated, malodorous, these
places, one and ill, should be aban
doned as playrooms. Parents will do
their part by dressing their children so
that they can play out during the brief
recess and noon hour without discom
fort in all weathers. This can be done
and the health of the children will be
benefited thereby. Basements that are
microbe hatcheries, and consumptives
as teachers, are a part of any public
school equipment that should be dis
continued.
The works of fejv historical writers
have taken wider range than those of
William Edward Hartpole Lecky, whose
death, In his 66th year. Is one of the
announcements In the news of the day
His most elaborate work was his. "His
tory of England In the XVIIIth Cen
tury," In eight large volumes. It Is
comprehensive and able, but the style
Is heavy. More satisfactory to general
readers are his two works, In two vol
umes each, "A History of Rationalism'
and "A History of European Moral3.
His literary career has extended over
forty years; and though England has
produced In his time historical writings
more brilliant and attractive, she has
produced none more useful or better
grounded In the philosophy of history.
"An Italian in America six months
seems to become an American," "ex
claimed Alfred Moseley, the English
merchant, who has a habit of bringing
over parties of his countrymen to study
American methods. The -remark was
made as the Investigator was In one
of New Tork's public schools, and was
an unconscious and powerful tribute
to the school system, which has prob
ably done more for America than any
other one Influence.
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
Hard Duty of Democrats.
Cowlitz Advocate.
To be a Democrat one must be a pessi
mist. If you don't believe it Just read the
editorials In the Democratic newspapers.
Contentment at Harrlsburg.
Harrisburg Bulletin.
The business people of this city report
a larger volume of business this season
than for years. The only concluslonNto
be formed is that our merchants have the
goods in demand and aro selling them at
living rates.
Fair Notice to Canada.
Eugene Register.
Some day a qtrestlon greater than the
Alaskan boundary question will be settled
when the boundary between the United
States and Canada is wiped oft the map.
Greater Salem will not be In It then with
Greater United States.
How About This, Mr. Hitchcock?
Roseburg Plaindealer.
The man Hitchcock Is of about the cali
ber of a man who would Jump on a wom
an. The real thieves are being protected
by the Interior Department whoso ac
tlon Is to raise a howl for Hitchcock and
thus protect the grafters.
Sure to Be Beaten Anyway.
Spokane Chronicle.
At this distance It may be hard to guess
whother the Democratic presidential nom
inee will or will not be Hearst next
Summer: but it's an easy bet that, he
will be hearsed all right when the votes
are counted In November.
For Competition in the Sky.
Woodburn Independent
The Lewis and Clark Fair management
should have an International airship com
petition. An offer of a $100,000 prize would
gain considerable free advertising, and
lead the outside Into the Idea that the
Fair is to be something big and worth
visiting.
'Frisco's Temperance Airship.
Nt Eugene Guard.
Now a San Francisco man has Invented
a marvelous, airship, which, after perform
ing several stunts over the roots or the
city, wound up by plumping Itself and its
inventor into the bay. These airships have
a passion for water that merits official
recognition from the W. C. T. U.
Have to Die Sometime Somewhere.
Tacoma News.
The death on the field of a player In
the football game at Annapolis-yesterday
brought the contest to a sudden and
tragic end. The player was doubtless Ig
norant of the conditions of his heart
Such an event sad as It Is, is not a prop
er text for condemning football playing.
People-'die of cardiac syncopo In bed.
Miss Ware Not Yet Proven Guilty.
Eugene Register.
After all the noise that has been made
at Washington about the land business In
Oregon the only case yet to reach the
stage of Investigation Is that of the
former local commissioner of Eugene who
Is yet to be proven guilty of any crooked
work while in offlec and who, If guilty. Is
not guilty through any collusion with
local people in getting claims nor with
any Lane County citizens In violating
provisons of the law. In fact the charge
lies at the door of Horace McKlnley, a
timber locator, whose Interests He outside
of Lane County and whose crookedness.
If any, does not Incriminate local people
who, for themselves, sought to acquire
claims.
Boom Started for Turner.
Walla Walla Statesman.
The award of the Alaskan Boundary
Commission granting all the claims of the
United States except an unimportant one
regarding the Portland Canal is-gratifying
to the people of the whole country, and
especially to those of the Pacific Coast It
will greatly Increase the popularity of ex
Senator George Turner, who was one of
the three American commissioners. It is
very likely that If the Republicans turn
down Govrnor McBride next year. Turner
will be prevailed upon to accept the Demo
cratic nomination and his chances to win
will be quite as good as were John R.
Rogers' chances in 1S0O. Although the
Republican majority In this state Is all
the way from 20.000 to 30.000, there are
thousands of Independent voters who will
not support the candidate of the railroad
lobby under and circumstances.
Unexpected Good News From Bend.
Bend Bulletin.
The Oregonlan takes a recent Bend in
cident as the text for a rather pointed
arraignment of upright citizens in general
for their failure to support movements
for the preservation of law and order.
They want the newspapers to pitch In and
show up the pluguglles and offenders of
high and low degree, but themselves
shrink back Into the shnde or espouse the
cause of disorder. This Is a lamentable
trait of weak human nature. But The
Oregonlan does Injustice to Bend through
the Inference that law and order has few
supporters here. The law and order
element Is strong here and the forces of
disorder, though noisy, are greatly In the
minority. The evidences of this fact that
have come to the Bulletin are unexpected
ly numerous and gratifying. Bend Is all
right
Recreation for Poetic Correspondent.
White Salmon Notes in Hood River Glacier.
This week your Whito Salmon corre
spondent, driven by the cold winds of
adversity onto the shoals of compeinon,
has been doing some nonunion plastering
at his country villa, "Altndena." Alta
is the Chinook word for now, and dena
is a Kamskatkan word signifying, enjoy
ment Our motto Is, "Have a good time
while you live, for you'll be a long tlmo
dead." But to return to the subject,
you ought to have seen us besmear the
celling. Tho egg of a guinea hon is uni
form in color compared with our be-
specked countenance. The oozy mortar
clung In chunks to our inflamed eyeballs
and hung In graceful festoons from our
sweeping eyelashes. Like a continuous
lava flow It ran down our sleeves and
hardened as It reached our vertebra. We
. began to realize that we had severed with
our Incisors a little more than we could
masticate with our molars. We were re
minded of that beautiful couplet from
Browning:
With bloodshot eye and face bedaub
I set me down, to rest besob.
While mortar's ooze my clothes bedeck,'
And pains course down my swan-like
neck.
The Norsk Nightingale.
W. F. Kirk in Milwaukee Sentinel.
Maude Muller, on nic Summer day
Raked in meadow sveet vlth hay.
Her eyes ban sharp Iak gude sharp knife.
She ban nice girl, ay bet may life!
Before he ban dar wery long
She start to senglng little song.
The Tudge came riding down big hill
In nice red yumping ottomobllL
Maude say "Hallo. Yudge, how ban yu?"
The Tudge say "Maudle, how y du?"
He say, "Skol yu tak little ride,
Ef yu skol lak to. yump inside."
So Maude and Tudge ride 'bout sax miles
And Tudge skol bask In Maudes sveet
sullies.
The Tudge say "Skol yu be may pal?"
Den ottomobill bust all to hall
Den Maude ban valklng, 'bout half day,
Back to meadows sveet vlth hay.
"Ay love yu still, dear," say the Tudge,
But Maude she only say "O fudge 1"
"Of all sod vords than men skol talk.
The saddest ban Valk, yu sucker, vclkl' "
PREDICTS CHAMBERLAIN'SSUCCESS
Chicago Record-Herald.
Marshall Field Is quoted as follows In
a New York interview: "I certainly ex
pect Mr. Chamberlain will win and Eng
land will- soon take her place alongside
the other protective countries of the
world."
Mr. Field has' just returned from Eng
land, and we may suppose that he Is in
fluenced in his opinions by what he heard
there, but no man can take a poll of a
nation, and we must assume further that
he is largely affected by his personal
judgment on the forces how In conflict
This Is the Judgment of a .man of very
exceptional business acumen, a man who
is engaged in the largest enterprises both
as a trader and an Investor of capital,
and undoubtedly It should carry great
weight. While Mr. Field could not tell
us much as to the details of party cau
cuses, he Is an expert witness on the
business situation, and business Is joined
with Imperialism In Chamberlain's tariff
policy.
It is significant therefore, that the Chi
cago merchant should feel so sure of the
British statesman's success. If Mr. Field
can feel as he does because of the neces
sities of the case as they appear to him.
It would be natural to suppose that the
business men of Great Britain, or many of
them, would be affected much more deep
ly. The Chamberlain propaganda would
be specially attractive to manufacturers.
and would prove alluring to exporters of
every kind, as well as to those persons
who are chiefly concerned In the protec
tion of the home market
There has been from the first an Impres
sion that the cause was by no means a
hopeless one, but the common opinion haa
been that It would have a slow develop
ment Mr. Field makes bold to predict
not only that It will triumph, but that It
will triumph In the near future. Hl3
Interview conveys the Idea that It Is In
dispensable Jp save the country from
stagnation, to equip It against the ag
gressive rivalry and enterprise of the
new Germany and of the United States.
The Worn-Out Preacher.
Chicago Inter Ocean. ,
Better provision for the care of worn-
out preachers, their widows and orphans,
seems likely to be a leading question be
fore the Methodist General conference
at Los Angeles next year.
What Is now dona. by the church in this
respect may be Judged from the facts that
It has about 2350 superannuated ministers.
for whom was collected last year but
$297,000, or an average of only 5126 each.
What the church might do for Its worn-
out servants, If- It gave to them the same
energy that Is given to Its other activi
ties, may be Judged from the facts that
the value of its houses of worship and
parsonages now amounts to nearly $150,-
000,000, and that It marked the opening of
the present century by raising $20,000,000
for Its general work.
The chief cause of the disproportion be
tween what the church does for Its worn-
out preachers and what It does on other
lines of duty seems to be that Its laws
do not make the support of superannu
ates exactly a covenanted duty of mem
bership, like the support of the pastors.
presiding elders and bishops, but rather
an option of benevolence.
The Rock River, the North Indlona and
other conferences are memorializing the
general conference so to amend the dls
choline, or church law, that the claims of
superannuates may stand on the same
basis with the membership as the claims
of ministerial support There Is also i
T7rOTins.il thnt a oermanent fund of $3,000.
000 to $15,000,000 be raised, whose income
shall be devoted to the care of the worn
out preachers.
That something ought to be done, ana
must be done, seems to be generally aa
mltted among Methodists. Observant lay-'
men are justified In the belief that some
thing will be done from the fact tnat tne
Rev. John Lee has taken up tne suDject
with all of his customary enthusiasm.
Mr. Lee. it may be remembered, Is the
determined Illinois preacher who began
some years ago to agitate against the
civil disabilities Imposed upon all emus
tlans not of one particular communion In
certain South American states. Mr. Lee
did not shriek on the street, corners, but
he wrote letters to men of power, setting
forth the facts, until finally he had tho
governments of the United States, Great
Britain and Germany uniting In diplo
matic representations.
The cause that enlists discreet but un
tiring enthusiasts Is certain to win. Since
It has evidently begun to enlist 3uch en
thusiasts the cause of the worn-out Meth
odist preacher is certainly looking up.
For to all Methodists, not merely as
Christians, but Just as men, the- welfare
Of none should be dearer than the welfare
of those who have burned the candle of
life at both ends to light their fellows
into everlasting peace.
Won an Expensive Game.
Kansas City Star.
One of the reasons for believing that
there Is no immediate -danger of war be
tween Russia and Japan Is tho fact that
hostilities would cost rather more than
the Czar's government can afford to pay
at present Russia is carrying on some
expensive development work at home, and
It is rather difficult to maKe Dotn enus
meet Of course, at a pinch enough
money could be raised to carry on war.
But fighting under modern conditions Is
a tremendously expensive business, and
It Is the general Impression In Europe
that the Czar's government would much
prefer to keep the peace for a few years
longer.
Where He Scores.
Atchison Globe. N
Tho man who has a steady Is sure of a
bead watch fob for a Christmas present
this year.
4
Song of the Civil Service Commission
The following verses describing tho
march of the Civil Service Commission
are taken from a song which has made a
hit at Washington. It Is pretended by the
New Tork Sun that they were found In
the desk of William Dudley Foulke after
his resignation from tho Commission, and
that he wrote them to Irrigate tho arid
ities of business.
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick
maker
Are all the classified list
The watchman and fireman, the cook and
the pieman "
Must do Just as wo insist. '
The porter and painter, the plumber and
-welter
Are examined when we dertand.
Oh, we're getting them all; they come at
our call;
And we're right up behind the band.
I think, we may say, as wo work day 'by day.
To show what a pupil Isn't worth.
That at some future date. Just when we
won't state.
We will rule o'er a classified earth.
When every one here, on this eligible sphere,
Will greet us with outstretched hand.
Oh, we're . getting them all, they come nt
our call.
And we're right up behind tho band.
The kickers and knockers and growlers,
you know,
May roast us "as much as they please.
But they haven't a show for the Govern
ment dough
Lost they pass their exams, with ease.
No official" nor clerk, with a shirk to his
work.
Can bluff us with frown or glad hand.
Oh, we're getting them all, they como at
, our call,
And we're right up behind the band.
When we rule every Job on the classified
earth,
We'll turn our attention to Mars.
And when there'-s a dearth of classified,
worth
We'll examine the classified stars.
We're here with our lists and we're here
with the Jobs.
And we trust you will understand
That we're getting themall, the great and
the small.
And arc rlcht up behind the band.
&0TE AiYD COMMENT.
1
How a KiDlina. Review Reads. J
In the "Five Nations" (copyright 1903. by
Rudyard Kipling) Kipling shows a marked
advance in his art. ,fSuoh expression as
"sleek-barreled swells" (copyright 1903 by
Rudyard KJpHng), "swingling waves"
(copyright 1S03, by Rudyard Kipling) and
"holy Moses" (copyright 1903. by Rudyard
Kipling) Indicate an attention to detail
that was lacking jn tho "Seven Seas"
(copyright 19CO. by Rudyard Kipling.)
Some of the lines bear quotation. The
refrain of, the bell-buoy, for Instance:
(Shoal, 'ware shoal) Not rae.
(Copyright. 1003, by Rudyard Kipling.)
How stands the Old Lord Warden?
Are Dover Eggs still fresh?
(Copyright. 1003, by Rudyard Kipling.)
After the "Seven Seas" (copyright) and
the "Five Nations" (copyright) Kipling's
next book will probably be the "Two by
Four Island" (copyright 1903, by Rudyard
Kipling.)
(Extracts by permission of Doubleday. Page
& Company; Kipling's O. K. by cable.)
The Humorist Abroad.
Mark Twain sails for Florence, Italy, to
day.
There was a young lady of Florence
Who said, "Humorists aro my abhorrence;"
But from laughing at Twain
She was doubled with pain.
And wopt tears of amusement In torrents.
Official Enterprise.
Chief of Police Shaw has a force o2 snow
shovelers at work this morning. The Chief
Is there -with the goods when It comes to
enterprise. Juneau Dispatch, October 15.
The Difference.
"Tou say he works for the city?"
"Nope; I say he has a city Job."
"Oh!" Baltimore News.
Tho school for barbers has short terms.
Some people can't touch land without
getting muddy.
The Baker City Herald Is acquiring tho
acquittal habit
Kalama wants a "milk factory." What's
the matter with a cow?
Sherlock Holmes has solved the mys
tery of drawing big houses.
Neptune will disown his namesake that
tried to sink Nelson's Victory.
Big Bill Devery has gone back on Sam
Parks; forpolltical reasons only.
What Montana copper corporations need
13 a separate Judiciary for each.
Some of Dowle's followers require a
chariot of fire to cure their cold feet.
Dan Patch exhibits the great pecullar
ltv of the patch family they last so quick.
"I grow hair In one night," says an ad
vertisement Must be of the Belgian kind.
It Is evident that the men who eloped
with a Chicago & North-Western engine
have a loco motive.
"We observe with pleasure that "Peter
Pindar" and Henry Vaughan are still writ
ing in the Kansas City Star.
The price of pies having been raised In
Chicago, labor has the best of reasons for
demanding an increase of wages.
Enterprise must miss the esteemed Brick
Johnson, who prevented ennui by shooting
up the town at suitable intervals.
Lots of people kick at swallowing- a lit
tle formaldehyde, and fill themselves, dally
with stuff that's Just as deleterious.
Dowle declares that his son Gladstone
has never kissed any woman but those
of his family. That's what the boy says.
Lloyd's has raised the war rate of ves
sels In Oriental waters. This Is one of
the cases where money talks Intelligibly.
New York papers allude to Dowle as
Elijah the Prollt, and thereby perpetuating
an Ill-natured witticism first used by Ahab.
If the Government could only find a de
sign for the 2-cent stamp that would stick
as well as the stamp there would be much
less changing.
Newsboys, laborers, and convicts on the
platform In Salem illustrated a lecture by
a VTf C. T. U. speaker. For tho sake of
all their feelings It is to be hoped that the
specimens were , clearly labeled.
No more will the police of Boston gently
lift Into -a hack the victim of too- much
lobster salad, or prop against his own
door the citizen who wabbles In his walk
as the result of too much strong coffee.
Instead, a call will be sent in for the pa
trol wagon, and. a charge of "drunk" will
be placed on the blotter against the name
of the erring one. Strict orders ""have
been Issued by the Boston Police Com
missioners that all drunken persons aro
to be locked up, and as a consequence the
Jails are full to overflowing.
It Is with deep regret we learn that
the Australian Senate has rejected' Tumut
as the federal capital, and has chosen
Bombala. Tumut would have had tho
unique distinction among capitals of pos
sessing a name that read the same back
wards or forwards, and It was in addition
short and distinctive. Not that Bombala
Is a bad name, by any means. It Is away
ahead of Washington, London or Ot
tawa. Uncertainty as to the accented syl
lable alone saves it from being made the
subject of a congratulatory ode.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Mother Tommy, stop asking your father so
many questions. Don't you see It annoys him?
Tommy Why. mother, it's not tho questions
that make him angry. It's because ho can't
answer them. Puncfi.
"De Turks Is klllln up de Christians," said
Brother Williams. "Tea," replied Brother
Dickey. "But I wish dey'd come our way
dey's so many Christians In my settlement
needs weedln out." Atlanta Constitution.
The Clergyman (proudly) People aro
loth to leave my church. Why, after the
services It Is fully 15 minutes Before the
edifice Is emptied! The Sinner I don't
wonder at that some people are very hard
to awaken. Town and Country.
"Tried to skin me, that scribbler did!"
"What did he want?" "Wanted to get out
a book Jointly, he to write the book and
I to ' write the advertisements. I turned
him down. I wasn't going to do all the
literary work!" Baltimore News.
First Soaked Creditor- I understand the
cashier stole so mpah money -from the firm
that the thing had to be placed In the hands
of a receiver. Second Soaked Creditor
Tes, and now I hear they've found out that
the "receiver is as bad as the thief."
Baltimore American.
"I see," raid Mrs. Oldcastle. as her
hostess led her through the magnificent li
brary, "that your husband likes a pinch
of Attic salt now and then." "Tes, Joslah'a
a great hand for seasoning, but there's ono
strange thlnr about him. He can't stand
nutmeg on anything." Chicago Record
Herald. Beers Good mornln. Could you give a
little relief to a needy vetern wot fought
wld Sheridan? Businessman (without look
ing up from his writing) Fought nfKlth
whom? Beers Wld Phil Sheridan de: hero.
Businessman (after a pause)-iWhich
licked? Kansas City Journal.