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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27.
OREGON'S GREATEST NEED.
There is but little to add to the story
of river and harbor needs in Oregon,
"Washington and Idaho, as told in our
dispatches yesterday morning. The
Chief of Engineers v has recommended
$500,000 for the Columbia's mouth, $500,
000 for the channel between Portland
and Astoria, $300,000 for the opening of
the dalles, and numerous smaller sums
lor other rivers and harbors of the
three states., In almost even case the
amounts specified are less than needed,
less than local engineers have calcu
lated to be necessary. But it is too
much to expect that the three state
delegations concerned should secure
any substantial increase over the sums
recommended. Yet they will be held to
account, and justly, for the securing of
these amounts. Their work is" cut out.
Let them attend to it
It is the most important subject for
their attention, and for the attention
of the people themselves. Especial
stress must be laid just now upon the
channel from Portland to Astoria.
"With every equipment fully at work;
with the Port of Portland Commission
and the United States Engineers in full
co-operation, the best possible channel
available under existing undertakings
Is twenty-five feet at low water, the
stage at which the grain fleet must be
moved. This is not enough. Every
effort must be made to cut the channel
deeper and deeper, both by permanent
work and temporary dredging. The
jmporary work of the Grant and the
extension of the south Jetty have taken
care of the bar. But to make that
work effective the river channel must
be kept open.
This is a matter of vital Importance
to the people of the Columbia Basin,
regardless of whether they live in Port
land or the interior. "What the farmers
of this region need is cheap transpor
tation which is only another word for
low prices on supplies and Wgh prices
on crops. The less it costs to get wheat
from the farm to the sea, the nearer
Its price at the farm will approximate
the Liverpool price.' Attached to this
matter of cheap transportation Is the
matter of a great market "What Ore
gon needs Is a great city, with its great
demand for meat, potatoes, vegetables,
fruits and melons of all sorts. A great
city at Portland means prosperity on
the farms of Oregon.
An open river from the Upper Colum
bia to the sea means a great city at
Portland, lower freight rates on every
thing shipped in or out, and a pros
perous interior. We know what the
harbors of Puget Sound have done for
Seattle and Tacoma, Whatcom and Ev
erett If Portland is to hold Its own
with its competitors, its "harbor must
be made free from dangers and delays.
The State of "Washington Is divided Into
districts about three cities. The State
of Oregon has but one good-sized city
and it can be made a very great city
if its transportation facilities are prop
erly cared for. Nature has done much
for this city and state; but man must
make the most of what Nature has
given him. A very serious responsibil
ity will rest upon the Oregon members
of Congress If they neglect anything
that will tend to open the Columbia
River and keep it open.
The average yield of potatoes in the
United States per acre is from GO to 90
bushels. This is the result of plain,
ordinary methods of culture, where
land is plenty and the potato patch can
cover as much ground as the farmer
cares to give to it In the Island of
Jersey, which contains less than 28,000
acres, of wlilch only about 19,000 are
arable, the farms are necessarily small.
Many of them contain less than three,
and the largest not more than fifty
acres. Necessity finds a powerful ally
there in Intensified farming, with the
result that the average yield of pota
toes on the "tight little Island" Is 333
bushels per acre. Such methods ap
plied to the arable lands of the United
States would feed the population of the
world, were it many times as large as
it now is. Intensive agriculture, as
practiced in Jersey, wijl not be neces
sary in this country for some centuries,
perhaps, but the results there prove
that large farms are not necessary In
order that the people may be fed,while
with us large farms, the surfaces of
which are scarcely more than scratched
and the yields of which are meager,
show ihat much land may easily prove
a disadvantage and a disappointment.
"Ten acres enough," has been laughed
at as an absurd proposition, but it has
many times been satisfactorily worked
out
ANYTHING IN A NAME?
For. Jerome was a man who always sacri
ficed a friend to an opinion and when he
changed sides In a controversy expected his
acquaintances to-follow him . . . His usual
bitterness ... To Indulgo In violent con
troversy ... Broke violently against ...
"With more than even his usual bitterness
. . . The violence of his invective. Life of
Saint Jcromo.
Vehement denunciation ... Bold and
vigorous declamation . . ..Bold even to
rashness, his courage was shown rather In
bursts of furious vehemence than In the
equable tenor of his llfo. Life of Jerome Not
Prague.
Observe by these tokens that the Dis
trict Attorney of New York City has
two very high precedents for the bellig
erence with which his career is ordered.
Is there anything in the determined
and almost hostile sound of the word
Jerome which has stamped the man's
character even from the cradle? Is
there something In its martial and
strenuous tone which nerves him, all
unconscious, to march in keeping with
its trumpet call?
There Is obviously no way of find
ing thisout Certainly we should have
the right to expect a somewhat more
picturesque and spirited career from
the boy called "Jack" than from one
who had been addressed from his
earliest years by the mellifluous and
enfeebling appellation of "Charley."
The strong word John seems to have
Imparted some increment of ruggedness
to Its possessor. Even the beloved dis
ciple was known as one of the "Sons of
Thunder," and Whittler. with all his
gentleness, could be stern enough upon
occasion. But if one's name has any
effect at all upon character, that effect
must be practically lost in the multi
tudinous complications of other Influ
ences. Thus we have: vl
CHARLES THE GREAT. J
CHARLES THE BALD. '
CHARLES THE FAIR.
CHARLES THE WISE.
CHARLES THE MAD.
CHARLES THE VICTORIOUS.
CHARLES THE FAT.
CHARLES THE BOLD.
It must be mere accident rather than
from anything in the name, that a cer
tain comprehensive talent has per
tained to the genius of so many "Will
iam's Shakespeare, the Conqueror, the
Silent, Thackeray, McKlnley. It must
be something due to Coeur de Lion and
the Plantagenets that Richard carries
to this day a suggestion of the valiant
The great politician of the apostolic
church was James, and more of our
Presidents have borne his name than
any other, to say nothing of men like
Blaine, who tried for the office, but
failed.
The sad thing about names Is that the
fond hopes of the mother as she bends
over the cradle of her newly christened
boy are so often dashed by cruel fate.
If there were a mystic power in any
name, that could be known and called
into requisition, there would soon be no
other name in use. But it does not en
dow the boy with any moral fiber to
call him George "Washington or Paul
or Theodore Roosevelt. No doubt poor
Hannah King Arnold bestowed the
name Benedict upon her boy with fond
pride, as she thought of his ancestors
who had honored It
The mother of Judas little thought
she was selecting the synonym of base
ness for all future time. A boy was
once complaining that his name was
commonplace. "But It is in your
power," said his old teacher, "to make
it aji honored name." The good, old
name of Andrew followed two Amer
ican Presidents as different as Jackson
and Johnson. Every surrounding may
be the same In two lives and yet their
character and destiny be as far apart
as the poles.
From the same cradlo's side.
From the same mother's knee.
One to long darkness and the frozen tide
Ono to the peaceful sea.
MISREPRESENTATION THROUGH
IGNORANCE.
Tacoma a few days ago 'cleared the
second cargo of wheat since July 1, and
the event was the signal for an ava
lanche of old-style stuff and guff about
Tacoma's greatness, with the incidental
slurs at Portland and other Coast cit
ies. The News, in heralding the great
ness of the City of Density, says:
Tacoma Is the Minneapolis, Duluth and Chi
cago of the Northwest. What those three
cities are to the wheat belt of Mlnnetota and
the Dakotas, Tacoma Is to the great Inland
empire of Washington, Idaho and' Oregon.
It might almost be said that Tacoma firms
dictate whore all the wheat of these states
shall be marketed. ,
All of which sounds very much like
Tacoma and is very wide of the truth.
The "men who control the wheat trade
of the three states are residents, of
Portland, and It is In this city that the
wheat grades for the three states are
established and the money for moving
the crop secured. Five-sixths of all of
the wheat that was exported from Pu
get Sound last year was handled by
Kerr, Glfford & Co., Balfour, Guthrie &
Co., Puget Sound Flouring Mills Com
pany, Portland Grain Company, North
west "Warehouse Company and T. M.
Stevens & Co. With the exception of
Balfour, Guthrie & Co., whose Tacoma
branch is secondary In importance to
the Portland headquarters of that firm,
all of the ex'porters mentioned have
their headquarters In Portland. The
Puget Sound Flouring Mills Company
and Its warehouse system are owned
and managed by the Wilcox-Iiadd In
terests In this city. The wheat is
bought and the ships are chartered
from the headquarters In this city. The
same is true of the other firms men
tioned, except the Northwest Ware
house Company, which charters from
San Francisco.
Portland not only ships practically
all of the wheat crop of Oregon, but
nearly half of that of Washington and
Idaho, and controls the purchase and
shipment of the greater part of the re
mainder, which goes out by way of
Puget Sound. There are a number of
small Independent dealers at Tacoma
and Seattle, but their operations are
inconsequential in comparison with
those of the men who make their home
and headquarters at Portland. "Liver
pool, which is the world's market pays
no attention whatever to Tacoma's
wheat grading, and the grade of the
1903 prop for Oregon, Washington and
Idaho will not be established until the
matter is taken up by the Grain Com
mittee of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce this week.
A considerable amount of the non
sense about thfe wheat business that is
printed by the Tacoma papers is the
result of ignorance. The big flrtriB in
this city do not always keep their local
agents at Tacoma advised as to what
they are doing down here for, the same
reason that the agent at Podunk or
Tie Siding Is not kept fully advised as
to their movements except In territory
where the agent Is stationed. This Ig
norance of the Tacoma paper Is not
only reflected in the. nonsense about
Tacoma's greatness as reprinted from
the News, but in the same Issue of the
News appears the statement that
The cargo of the Heathdcne Is the largest
single cargo of wheat over shipped from
the Pacific Coast to Japan.
Of course every grain exporter on the
Pacific Coast that keeps In touch with
the business, knows that "the largest
single cargo of wheat ever shipped
from the Pacific Coast to Japan" was
aent from Portland on the steamship
Elba by Balfour, Guthrie & Co.of this
city, their cargo amounting to 189,600
bushels, compared with 166,000 bushels
on the Heathdene. Incidentally, it
might be remarked that Portland has
dispatched more biff cargoes of flour
than have been shipped from any other
port on the Pacific Coast and next
week will clear the largest cargo of
flour that has ever been floated on a
single ship.
Tacoma has an excellent harbor and
Portland exporters find It quite con
venient to handle considerable of their
business from territory not tributary to
Portland, from Puget Sound. The
Portlanders have never for a moment,
however, had any intention of transfer
ring their headquarters to that city,
and as soon as the Columbia is proper
ly improved, will curtail their opera
tions over there and increase them at
Portland.
THE LYRICAL MINER.
Of all forms of poetry the lyric Is
appreciated by the greatest number.
Lilting like the song of a bird, and as
short it strikes upon the busiest ear
and brings pleasure among the noises
of the. market-place. Perhaps it Is on
account of this universal appreciation
that the lyric gift has been granted to
so many singers. Poets of all classes,
from Milton and the learned Jonson to
Plowboy Burns and Shepherd Hogg,
have given the world Its lyrics. And
yet wide as we know the diffusion of
the gift of song to be, it is with sur
prise that one hears strains of the pur
est melody from a coal-miner, who
spent the greater part of his life slav
ing in the "dark and dismal mine."
Is it not surprising that so gay a
measure as this "Tit for Tat" should
be sung by a laboring miner?
"Say whither goes my buxom maid,
. All with the coal black e'e?"
'."Before I answer that." she said,
"Give ear and answer me."
"Pray, hast thou e'er thy counsel keptT"
"Ay, and still can," said he.
"And so can L" said she, and swept
A-liltlng o'er the lea.
The lines were written by Joseph
Sklpsey, who died a few weeks ago at
the age of seventy-one. And of his life
forty years were spent in a Northum
brian coal-pit forty years in which he
never saw the sun save on Sundays. At
the age of seven he began work in the
mines, his father dead and his mother
near to starvation. At an age when
children are glowing in the sun, hear
ing the birds, learning the beauty of
the flowers, this boy went into the
subterranean darkness wherein he was
to toll through the long, black years.
And he sings such a song as this:
The' lark Is up awoke with morn, .
His merriment to tell;
While harkl In Jocund mood the burn
Goes "Jinking down the dellt"
Oh banish sorrow, banish spleen.
And hasten to thef grove;
Or, hand In hand, ppon the green
To merry measures move.
It Is a moving picture, that of a boy
of seven teaching himself In the few
intervals of toll to read and write.
Candle-ends were his lamps, a piece of
chalk his pencil, and the boards of the
ventilating trap his book. But he
learned, and the result was, twenty
years after his descent Into the pit a
little book of verse. Other thin volumes
followed, and Skipsey became known to
men. like Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Wealth did not "come, however, and to
the end of his life the "collier lad"
worked hard, for he was one of the
most skillful and active men In the
mine.
There Is no cause for regret for
Sklpsey's sake,, at least that his na
tion did not aid so brave and so worthy
a son. To him the darkness was lumin
ous with visions. In" his own perfect
words: .
What tho in Bleak Northumbrian mines
His bettor part of life hath flown?
A planet's shone on him, and shines
To fortune's darlings seldom known.
And while his outer lot "Is grjm,
His soul, with light and rapture fraught,
Oft will a carol trill, or hymn.
In deeper tones the deeper thought.
NON-SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION.
The President of th Woman's Chris
tlon Temperance Union at Its recent
meeting In Salem referred to the fact
that
Oregon, with all other states and the ter-
J-rltorles, has scientific temperance instruction
In Its public schools. Physiology Is taught
with special reference to the effects of al
cohol upon the body.
In the recently Issued "Physiological
Aspects of the Liquor Problem" Dr. H.
P. RQWdltch, of the Harvard Medical
School, and Professor C. F. Hodge, of
Worcester, Mass., take the position that
much of the so-called "scientific" tem
perance instruction in the American
.public schools is both unscientific and
undesirable, and support their conten
tion by an analysis of the text-books
and by the testimony of a considerable
number of both teachers and physiolo
gists. Dr. Bowdltch maintains that the
so-called "scientific temperance instruc
tion" in the public schools is not a true
physiological study of alcohol; that In
stead of the scientific truth, the public
school student is provided:
With & kind of half-knowledge that later
experience Is almost certain to show him Is
both inaccurate and biased, thus preparing
the way for a reaction that will eventually
often defeat the very ends aimed at by tho-
present system of education.
With a single exception the twenty
one members of the American Physi
ological Society are opposed to the pres
ent "scientific temperance instruction'
not only on the grounds of unjustifia
bly inaccurate science but also on those
of false pedagogy. Of eight Continental
scientists, seven of whom are known to
the scientific world for their Interest In
the "cause of reform in the use of alco
hol, only one was willing to approve
the use of the American public school
text-books on the subject The major
ity of the teachers In Massachusetts,
New York and Wisconsin declare them
selves opposed to the present teaching
of alcohol physiology as promoted by
the department of scientific temper
ance instruction; to the making of such
Instruction compulsory by state law;
to the "approved and Indorsed" school
physiologies; and finally to the results
of such Instruction as being bad Instead
of good.
Dr. Bowdltch In conclusion says that
There baa been grafted upon the public
school systems of nearly all our states an
educational scheme relating to alcohol that
is neither scientific, nor temperate, nor In
structive. Falling to observe the distinction
between the diametrically dpposite concep
tions of "use" and "abuse," some of its ad
vocates have not hesitated to teach our chil
dren that the terrible results of a prolonged
use of alcohol may be expected to follow
any departure from total abstinence. That
the originators of this educational scheme
were honest In their Intentions there Is no
reason to doubt, but they have violated
sound principles of pedagogy In forcing sub
jects upon the attention of children at an
ago when their minds cannot possibly be
adapted to comprehend them, and have
shown themselves absolutely Indifferent to
the demoralisation of our educational sys
tem resulting from forcing teachers to glvo
Instruction In a way which tholr experience
has shown them to be Ill-adapted to accom
plish the ends In view, and from compelling
children to memoriae statements sure to be
contradicted by.tho experience of their later
lives. ,
Brigadier-General "Fuhston, U. S. A.,
commanding the Department of the Co
lumbia, in hia official report says that
recruits for the Army are hard to ob
ta.in;(are of inferior quality; that very
few men re-enllst, and that desertions
and dishonorable discharges are of increasing-
frequency. General Funston
thinks that these conditions cannot be
cured except by increasing the pay of
the privates so that it approaches that
of the farm laborer. The present pay
offered new recruits is $13 a month,
with military clothing, board and lodg
ing. After two years It Is $14; after
three years $15, and after four years
$16, with $2 added on re-enlistment and
$1 on subsequent re-enlistments. This
is about the wages paid the regular sol
dier fifty years ago. The wages of
productive labor have been rising while
those offered by the Government in the
Army remain about the same The pay
of farm labor in the United States
averages about $22 a month, with board
and lodging, and to compete with this
labor the Government would have to
raise the pay of the private soldier
from $13 to $18, which would add. $4,000,
000 to the annual expenses of the mili
tary establishment. In the opinion of
a large majority of the Army officers
a most essential reform is an Increase
of pay of the noncommissioned officers,
whoare chosen from the rank and file.
The pay at present Is not commensur
ate with the Increase of work and re
sponsibility. The First Sergeant, whose
duties and responsibilities demand more
ability and Intelligence than those of
any man in the company, save the
Captain, is paid only $25 a month; a
Sergeant is paid $18, and a Corporal $15
a month. For the superior intelligence
and capacity necessary in a noncom
missioned officer, the Government pays
the wages commanded by an unskilled
laborer who shovels dirt or carries a
hod. Many Army officers believe that
an increase of pay to noncommissioned
officers would result in great improve
ment In the quality and general effi
ciency of the troops. Double the pay of
the noncommissioned officers and good
men would enlist at $13 a month be
cause of a possible ultimate promotion
to a position that Is fairly well paid.
Late accounts agree with the simple
recital of Miss Ellen Stone's experiences
among the brigands which was the sen
sation a year ago, that Turkey is a good
place for American missionaries to keep
out of. Not that Miss Stone made this,
assertion, but no one with an Unbiased
mind who read her story could avoid
reaching this conclusion. Wedded en
masse to Islamlsm, the Turks have no
use for Christian missionaries, and at
best but slowly and suspiciously make
room for them. While the pity of the
enlightened world is aroused for the
twenty-one American missionaries In
Turkey who recently appealed to the
American and British governments to
send without delay a Red Cross con
tingent to their relief and to the succor
of their' persecuted converts in Mace
donia, the feeling prevails that these
missionaries are out of place, and that
the present state of those whom they
have arrayed against Islam Is worse
than that In which the missionaries
found them more than half a century.
ago.
According to a synopsis of the situa
tion In the Japanese army, as published
recently in St Petersburg, its weakest
point is Its cavalry arm. The lack of
horses and of suitable places for exer
cise have retarded cavalry develop
ment The defect, In the presence of
modern long-range guns that comprise
the equipment of infantry and artillery,
can hardly be considered a very serious
one. The safety of Japan lies in pre
venting the landing of an army of In
vasion, not in the overthrow of such
a force after a landing has been effect
ed. In this view the fact that the
strength of the Russian cavalry avail
able against Japan is seven times
greater than that of the Japanese is
not necessarily significant of disaster
ta the Island Empire. The man behind
the gun Is a much more efficient factor
In modern warfarethan Is the cavalry
man, however numerous and well
mounted, drilled and equipped the lat
ter may be. ,
British Columbia miners and mine
owners are jubilant over the shutdown
In the Montana copper mines, and great
activity Is expected by our northern
neighbors. 'Twas ever thus, that one
man's meat was another man's poison.
When the farmer waxes rich and happy
over high-priced wheat there are bread
riots in the Old 'World, where the poor
ly paid laborer has difficulty in bearing
the added burden of high prices. The
recent corner In cotton made million
aires out of a few speculators and en
rlched a few planters, but It ruined a.
number of millowners and threw thou
sands of laborers out of-work by rea
son of the forced closing of the mills.
Some system, of political economy
which will work out all of these vexed
questions to the satisfaction of all par
tie's may be possible in that Utopian
land toward which we are steadily
jlrif ting, but it will never be In evidence
"on this earth.
The boney-bee dusty ever of the hills
arid fields and plains, ruthlessly robbed
of the fruits of his .Summer's toil and
not Infrequently smoked out 'and starv
ed out of existence. Is the best friend
of agriculture, horticulture and floricul
ture. These kindred Industries are but
Just coming to acknowledge their debt
to the-busy rover for his important and
indispensable aid in the fertilization of
many plants, as positively necessary to
the fertilization of others and as bene
ficial to all flowers that he visits. Cross
fertilization is nature's road to prog
ress, and bees are assistants In the
work; for them there Is no substitute.
The entomologist in disseminating
knowledge concerning Insects that are
Injurious to vegetation does a great
wprk, the value o( which can be dupli
cated by giving correct Information In
jgard to Insects and birds which are
helpful to the fanner,
MERELY A FAMILY DISPUTE.
Chicago Record Herald.
It Is a well-known fact that the United
States Steel Corporation, in seeking anew
an English market for Its products. Is do
lag so with the Intention, and, indeed, un
der the necessity of accepting a very
much smaller price abroad than it will
continue to get at home. During the last
year the trust "has been similarly selling
its steel In Canada at prices below those
charged in this country.
An interesting discussion of the effect
of such action by the trust Is given in
some correspondence which Senator Al
lison has just made public The letters
are written by William Fetzer. secretary
of the McSherry Manufacturing Company
of Middletown, O., and James M. Swank,
general manager of the American Iron &
Steel Association. Senator Allison plays
the part of a seeker for Information.
Mr. Fetzer begins by charging that since
the Canadian manufacturers of agricul
tural Implements can buy American steel
cheaper than the American manufacturers
can buy It the Canadians are selling their
implements cheaper, and are In conse
quence driving the Americans out of the
Canadian .market
Mr. Swank admits that the prices of
steel to foreign customers are "in some
cases" lower, than to domestic trade, but
he defends such prices on the usual
grounds. Only the surplus products are
so sold, he says, and the result la that
mills are kept open instead of being
closed, workmen are not thrown out of
employment and large scale economies
can be maintained. Then he retorts to
Mr. Fetzer with a "tu quoque." The ag
ricultural Implement men, he charges, are
also price-cutters abroad. Inasmuch as
they have their own tariff protection, he
thinks they have no good ground for com
plaint He asserts that if American im
plement men are troubled at all. It Is
rather directly because of the high price
of steel, which is due to Increased cost of
raw material and high wages, than be
cause of the preference shown the Can
adians. To this Mr. Fetzer retorts that the sales
in Canada have not been sales of surplus
products, but sales made at a time when
the mills were overcrowded with orders
and months behind-hand in filling them.
Furthermore, he says that a claim of
higher cost of raw materials will not hold,
because it is well known that the United
States Steel Corporation handles its own
raw materials from rolne3 to furnaces.
As to sales of Implements at cut rate3
abroad, he admits it only for harvesters,
threshing-machines and hay-presses, when
they are sold for cash in Canada, Instead
of on Jong time at home. The Implement
mnh's margin of net pro'flt at home is, he
say's, less than 10 .per cent In short, he
insists that the kind of protection the Im
plement men have obtained from the
Dlngley tariff Is very different from tho
kind the -steel men have obtained.
It Is an Interesting correspondence, even
If it is somewhat in the nature of a fam
ily dispute carried on within the walls of
a protected home.
ORTHODOXY IN WEST VIRGINIA
Washington Post
Something moves us to wrestle for a
spell with the Greenbrier Presbytery of
West Virginia on the following propo
sition just enunciated by that eminent
and worthy body:
Resolved. That It Is the solemn and painful
conviction of this Greenbrier Presbytery that
some of the ministerial brethren are depart
ing from the time-honored custom of the
fathers in wearing bobtalled coats, and the
presbytery would hereby warn the brethren
against conformity to this custom of the
dudes. Let the offending brethren be warned
of what the -unclrcumsised may do to them,
as recorded In First Chronicles, xlv:l-5. We
respectfully point them to the vestures of tho
fathers and brethren of tho presbytery. Revs.
M. H. BIttlnger. W. T. Frlce and Ml L.
Lacy, as having coats becoming In length.
In opposition to conformity to the fashions
of the present day.
We do no,t deny that there is a cer
tain levity of suggestion, if not of actual
thought and purpose In the bobtalled
coat In combination with a silk hat,
patent leather skates and gaudy neck
ties as frequently occurs It Is, we un
hesitatingly admit, an agency of grief
and apprehension. It is not at all diffi
cult to believe that the bobtalled coat
projected to its ultimate development
may lead to violence, especially In such
a serioua And right-minded region as
West Virginia. Even in large cities,
where the golf and tennis regalia, the
white canvas ' shoes, and the mutilated
Panama hats of the aristocracy have
taught us self-restraint and Inured us
to abstinence" from homicide, we still re
tain the fierce yearning for a gun at
moments of especial provocation. Up to
this point. In fact, wo are with the
Greenbrier Presbytery, tooth and nail.
But Is It well and fruitful that we should
put behind us the turpitude of the bob
tailed dude, only to surrender ourselves
to the wild dissipations of the opposite
extreme? Thero may be as great ex
travagance, albeit of a different kind, in
the vestures and habiliments of Brother
BIttlnger or Brother Price as in the high
water sacks and unveiled legs of the un
regenerate. There Is the vanity of ugli
ness, as well as the vanity of grace.
Clothes cut out with a knife and fork,
trousers that bag villainously at the knee;
waistcoats too tight across the stom
ach, and coats with balloon effects be
tween tho shoulders these are no bet
ter evidences of a pure mind and a con-J
trite heart than the very briefest round
about or the most prismatic front Let
s be temperate In all things! It will pay.
Vanderbllts Heard Memorial Eulogy.
New York World.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt, her sons, Al
fred and Reginald but not Cornelius
heard at Sunday morning's service In St
Bartholomew's Church a warmly affec
tionate trlbuto to her late husband, ut
tered by the rector, the Rov. Dr. David
H. Greer. The three bronze doors, a me
morial to Mr. Vanderbllt, given by Mrs.
Vanderbllt and her children to the
church, were used for the first time. A
page of the leaflet bearing the order of
the day's service was devoted to a no
tice to that effect
That notice and the sermon itself were
the pertinent features of what was
planned to be a service in memory of the
man who was in his lifetime the leading
parishioner of St Bartholomew's. The
service was the usual morning prayer and
sermon, with no other ritual embellish
ment thart is seen In any low church In
the country, except for the elaborated
music features. Mrs. Vanderbllt and her
children sat in the family pew. George
W. Vanderbllt, her brother-in-law, was
also present
A Woman Coach for a University.
Indianapolis News.
Woman's sports at the" Northwestern
University ofvChlcago will soon receive an
Impetus by the acquisition of an athletic
coach. Through the Influence of the
Woman's Athletic Association an appro
priation has been secured from the uni
versity, and a coach will soon be selected.
Basket ball Is the favorite sport The new
coach will act as physical director and
coach of the basket ball team. The offi
cers of the Woman's Athletic Association
are as follows: Miss Emily H. Grecnman,
president: Miss Fannie Campbell, vice
president; Miss Emily Harris, secretary;
Miss Ella Treaslese. treasurer; Miss Olive
SIberts, Junior member board of control;
Dr. O. F. Long, faculty member board of
control.
.
Awful Dilemma.
Chicago Tribune.
"O. Aunt Rachel, we are facing the
mast terrible alternative you ever heard
of!"
"What Is the matter, Becky?"
"The janitor of the building wants to
marry our Amelia. She can't bear the
sight of him but how can we ever dare
to run the risk of offending himt"-
D0 NOT FORGET THE EXPORTS. '
Chicago Tribune.
The New Tork Sun prints a table
which it says Indicates a demand for
farm products which the American farm
er does not supply and which would re
quire the cultivation of many acres and
the employment of many hands in mak
ing good the deficiency. The demand for
farm products which the American farm
er is invited to taka care of will be un
derstood by a glance at the following
table, the first column of which gives
the value of eggs, butter, hay, and some
other articles imported during the fiscal
year ending June SO, 1902:
Imports. Exports.
, Value. Value.
Eggs.....:. S 37,400 $ 62S.O0O
Honey 56,000 106,000
Hops - S34.000 1,550,000
Butter 81,000 2.SS5.000
Cheese 2,550.000 2,745,000
Rice 3,000,000 29.CO0
Beans and dried peas. 1,150,000 636.000
Onions 609.000 117,000
Potatoes 3,100,000 564.550
Vinegar 46.000 19.C0O
Hay 3S1.000 2.6SO.00O
Barley 33,000 3,995,000
Totals ..$11,877,400 515,754,550
The second column of the table gives
imformatlon which was overlooked by
the Sun and which is valuable because
It shows that as regards some Impor
tant items, the farmers, produced more
than tho country was able to consume.
That was especially true of hay, barley,
and hops. As the total exports of the
articles mentioned in the table exceeded
the imports by nearly $4,000,000, the farm
ers were not altogether neglectful of their
duty to their country and themselves.
There are valid reasons for some of the
Imports. The Italians in this country
do not like the tame flavor of American
cheese, and they Import nearly $1,000,000
worth of the more palatable home-made
article. In time American dairymen will
turn out as good Swiss cheese as the
Swiss, .and as potent Italian cheese as
the Italians, but they have not done so
yet The barley of Canada Is better for
malting purposes than that grown In
most parts of the United States. So a
little of that grain Is 'imported while
much Is exported.
Sometimes, to the great grief of ,the
farmers, a crop will fall and other coun
tries have to be called on to make good
the parsimony of nature In America. In
1901 the potato crop was poor and im
ports were heavy. In 1902 It was fair, and
the value of potatoes Imported during
the last fiscal year was only J23S.00O, while
the exports were valued at $558,000.
The United States should raise more
rice than it does, but that is a matter
which peculiarly concerns Loulslanlans,
Georgians and South Carolinians. North
ern farmers cannot attend to It
THE EXTINCTION 0FJAPAN.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Hardly has the world done thrilling over
the tragic extinction of the vigorous
young nation of the Boers, when its emo
tions are stirred by the impending fato
of a gallant nation that was powerful and
enlightened when the ancestors of the
Boers lived in scatteredv tribes in the Ger
man forests. These national tragedies
crimson the path of empire from Babylo
nia to Russia. Those live longest in his
tory whose climax Is marked by such
gallant death struggles as that the Boers
have Just finished and that the Japanese
seem about to begin.
If Japan dares to fight for her life, she
must fight alone. That has been clear
since England left her to her fate In 1SS6.
Russia has enlisted the whole continent
of Europe in her plan of absorption of
China. The one vital nation of Asia,
which could have reorganized and de
fended China and opened It to the trade of
the world, must do battle for its own life
against tho most powerful empire, with
all Europe hostile and all Anglo-Saxon-dom
passive, though sympathetic.
True, Japan has an alliance .with Great
Britain, which binds the latter to aid her
if attacked by two powers. She relies on
this for security against being baffled by
the French naval power, after destroy
ing the Russian fleet and throwing an
army on the mainland, if she should be
so fortunate. But. in spite of her sea
power, Great Britain, with broken-down
army and shattered government, is a
weak reliance for war against the two
greatest armies of the world. Probably
she will find a pretext for leaving Japan
in the lurob, as sho did before.
Japan, It appears, will not fight for
Manchuria. Corea Is another matter.
Corea is her Ireland. A great power In
possession of it would dwarf her to in
significance. She must have Corea, keep
it independent or fall back Into the ob
scurity out of which Bhe leaped to such a
brilliant destiny a generation ago. Her
only choice seems to be between slow and
rapid extinction. She may march val
iantly to certain destruction in war, as
the Japanese officer in China marched to
death under a mined gate, or she-maylet
Russia fool her with another treaty neu
tralizing Corea, and wait a few years to
seo it torn"-up and thrown In her face,
like that for the evacuation of Manchuria.
She can sell her nationality, like the
Boers, for a price of blood "that will
stagger humanity," or she can surrender
It for nothing by slow degrees, as It suits
tho convenience of Russia to take it
Conductor Who Deserves Promotion.
New Tork Sun.
A man got on a trolley-car in Brooklyn
the other night while It was raining so
hard. When the conductor came for the
faro the man discovered that In changing
his trousers he had forgotten the money.
"That's all right" said tho conductor,
when matters were explained to him. "I
guess we can carry you freo tonight and
If you want the loan of a quarter, maybe
I can have let you have it There's folks
been caught before Just like you, and I've
often helped them out and never failed
to get the money back the next day. Sure
you don't want any?" ,
The man said he didn't, because he was
going somewhere where he could get a
larger loan, but he made a mental note
that there was one conductor who ought
to be general manager of the road.
The. First Cob Pipes.
Kansas City Journal.
The first cob pipes, according to the
Warrensburg Standard-Herald, were not
made in Franklin County, Mo., but at
Warrensburg. "Fritz TIbbs, a German
cabinet makir, who resided In this city
In the early 70s." says the Standard
Herald, "used to whittle them out with
a jack-knife. He afterward moved to
Washington, Franklin County, where he
engaged with his brother n the manu
facture of cob pipes and became wealthy.
Both the old men are dead now and the
sons of the brother continue the busi
ness." London Lights.
Herbert Melton Ayres In Shanghai Times.
Last night as I was sittln' In my 'ome,
Andysmokln' of my pipe wiv no one nigh.
I "arf dosed off and straight I seemed to see
The lights of Lunnon sparklln' In the sky.
Tls many years since I 'ave seen them
lights
A-gleamln on the old Embankment's side.
And I 'avc done a many thlng3 since then.
And I 'avo traveled very far and wide.
But we'resumover I 'ave chanst to roam
And. all tired out, to sleep 'ave laid me
down.
Them little stars wot twinkle up above
Brought back to mc the lights of Lunnon
town.
O Lawdl them lights, and all wot with
them goes
Tho boose, the love, the foolishness, the
pain.
The crowded streets, the music of the "alls,
W'crc'cr I go, they call me back again.
'Tls pleasant 'ere and 'times Is not 'art
bad
I cannot rightly beef about the land.
But I 'ave seen them lights and fain would
swap
The bloom.' Horitnt for the 'ummln
fitrand, v.
- N'OTE AND COMMENT ' ?
To the Woman That's Good.
Ho! All your glasses up, I
Each lady fair, each gallant and lover;
A kiss to the beads that brim In the cup
A laugh to the foam split over;
For the soul Is alllt and the- heart beats,
high.
And care has unfastened Its tether;
"Now. drink!" says the Sage, for tomorrow
we die.
So let's have a toast together:
Swing the goblet aloft to the Hps, let ltalt
Then bend you the- knee to address, her, x
.And drink, gentle friends, to the queen of
us all.
To the woman that's good God bless her!
Ah! Bohemia's 'honey was sweet to the sip,
Tho song and the dance were alluring;
The mischievous maid with the cardinal lip
Had a charm for a moment enduring;
But out from the music, tho smoke-wreaths
and lace
Of that world of the gaudily clever.
There floats the rare spell of a pure little
face.
That has cleared away folly forever.
And I pledge my last toast ere I go to my
rest
Ah! fortunate earth to possess her
To the dear tender heart In the little white
breast
Of the woman that's, good God bless hor!
A Soldier.
The Drum Major.
Says William Archer: There is un
deniably something of the brass band
and the swaggering drum major about
Mr. Kipling's manner that makes one
yearn for music of a smoother and
subtler strain.
Tho blaring brass that stuns the ear,
And struggling Echo overwhelms.
Seems but a swaggering rOysterer hero
In Music's more melodious realms. .
But ah. when men march down the street.
And booms, booms, booms, wild, war's alarm,
The band sets every heart a-beat,
The brass blows might to every arm.
The collar factory got it in the neck.
So the Mad Mullah is still alive and
still mud!
Too many studies has been tho cry
for these many years, especially from the
children.
If you see a reporter laughing today
you can be sure that he is thinking of
something he's going to spring at the
Press Club's minstrel show.
When marine underwriters refuse war
risks at 20 guineas per cent it is almost
time for the war correspondents to carry
their toothbrushes in their pockets.
The runaway car of a swooning motor
man killed a boy In Jollet and gave a
curious illustration of the saying that
in the midst of life we are In death.
Corona Rlcardo, an actress, has been
mysteriously shot In New York. As the
bullet missed her heart by less than an
Inch, we are forced to conclude that
tho hand of her press agent must havo
been shaky.
WEX J.
A World-Old Handicraft.
Everybody's Magazine.
The "hot pepper" seller of Mexico Is a
merchant who derives his livelihood from
tho fact that the Mexican must have his
peppers, whatever else he may deny him
self. They are brought to his door by the
countryman, or he may go to the market
place and find them spread out for sale on
matting. The market man, while dressed
inexpensively as far as his bodily garb is
concerned, wears in nearly every Instance
an elaborate head covering. Some of these
Mexicans own hats that cost as. much as
the rest of their wardrobe. The pride of
the white man In his Panama Is not to
be compared to that of the Mexican In
his sombrero. It is a racial characteris
tic which finds its counterpart In the
apron of the Portuguese onion seller.
Her occupation may be lowly, but her
apron might be that of a woman of
higher degree; plush edged with fur is
not uncommon.
A Son-in-Law's Rich Reward.
Philadelphia Record. .
A check for $100,000 was the present re
ceived by S. Fiest, New York city. Some
years ago Mr. Fiest fell in love with a
young lady, whose parents were rich.
Fearing that it was money he sought
they refused him their daughter. He
married her, however, and Supported her
without aid from the parents.
Fully convinced that Fiest did not
marry the daughter for money, they gave
the daughter a check for $100,000, ac
companied by a letter from the mother-in-law
begging the couple to accept it
The Cost.
u Philadelphia Press.
"It's just an ordinary bolt, you see,"
shrfd the man. "You ought to be able to
duplicate itfor 25 cents or so."
"O, I guess so." replied the machinist
"It's for Mr. Puffer's aiitomobile, you
know."
"O! er that bolt will cost you $2.50."
Nothing Done.
Syracuse Herald.
"You know th,ey say money talks," sug
gested the woman with the subscription
paper, cheerfully.
"Well, I never was any hand for extrav
agant speeches," replied the close-fisted
millionaire.
Expectations.
Chlcaco News.
"Your last husband was tall and dark,"
said the great fortune-teller.
"Why, that is my present husband,"
said the Chicago woman In alarm. "Don't
tell me he's to be the last"
That's Different.
Atlanta Constitution.
"The old lady'll give you hail Columbia
for betting on a horse race."
"No she won't This time I won!" "
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"Miss Elderly came from a very old. fam
ily, didn't she?" "Oh, yes." "Well, she
looks It." Town Topics.
Willie Boy Do you think this hammock
will hold two? Summer Girl Tes, dear.
I've never yet known It to fall. New York
Times.
Bobby Do I have to go to school again,
mother? Mother Of course. Bobby. Bob
by Why. mother, I heard you tell father
last night that I knew entirely too much.
Detroit Free Press. v
He We had best elope about 2 A. M. I
will bring my "auto" to the next corner,
and She Oh. couldn't you make It a
little earlier, dear pa and ma do so want
to see Qs off. and I don't like to keep them
up so late! Puck. '
Johnny T asked Tom for the core of his
apple, and he gave me the whole apple.
Mamma And what did you say to Tom
my? Johnny I didn't say nothing: but I
did the right thing. I gave him the core.
Boston Transcript.
"Ho! Caitiff!" cried the Sultan, just
awakened from his sleep, "what have you
done with my shirt?" "O, Highness," re
plied the Grand Vizier, "It will be here
Immediately. The Imperial blacksmith has
been mending It." Philadelphia Ledger.
Great Man Have you begun my prelim
inary campaign work yet? Private Secre
tary I have ordered from one of tha mem
bers of the' American Press Humorists ' a
complete set of anecdotes of you, together
with eight personal reminiscences guaran
ted to be absolutely original, and to have
been usd In connection with no other public
man. As soon as we get these distributed
among the newspapers you may crack your
whip and away we'll go. Baltimore Amer
ican.