THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL . 23, 1904.
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XOBXLAXD, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 100.
REGISTER NOW!
ITbti haven't registered yet, some of
you, many of you; yet you can't vote in
the June election, nor in the Presiden
tial election in November, unless you
register before May 16 without an in
finite amount of trouble in securing the
Bix necessary householders as witnesses
on election day. It is easy now to reg
ister. After May 16 there will be no
registration, for the books will be
closed, not to be opened again. Regis
ter now! There are many thousands of
electors not yet registered.
No trouble now to register; -but you
can't vote either in the state election in
June, or In the Presidential election in
November, without a great deal r
trouble, unless you register before May
16, but little more than three weeks
hence. Therefore register now. In
Multnomah County alone there are
from 5000 to 8000 electors still unregis
tered. Is the electoral franchise of
value to you? Then register.
'A. PROPOSED CHECK UPON IMMIGRA
TION. Statisticians are busy with the ques
tion of foreign immigration, its bearing
upon the industrial life of the Nation
and upon the labor queston, while the
more bold among politicians along re
form lines discuss the Influx of foreign
ers upon our shores from the standpoint
of political economy and urge in this
connection a prompt revision of our
naturalization laws.
Among the latter recently appeared
Representative Adams, of Pennsyl
vania, Introducing a bill which is a. lit
tle out of the ordinary. He proposes,
if he can make Congress see it that
way, to make it unlawful for more than
80,000 aliens of any one nationality to
enter the United States during any
fiscal year, provided this restriction is
not made to apply to domiciled resi
dents of the Dominion of Canada and
the Republics of Mexico and Cuba, nor
to aliens not seeking domicile who
come over as business representatives
of foreign commercial or mercantile
nouses. After the full quota allowed to
any one nation has been admitted dur
ing the limit prescribed, the bill pro
vides that all other citizens or subjects
of that nation who may present them
selves shall be refused admission and
returned to the place from which they
came in the manner provided in the
case of other inadmissible aliens. The
author of this bill explained upon in
troducing it that his object is to give
the American people an opportunity to
digest and assimilate their immigration
by not unloadng a too great mass upon
them, at one time.
The idea has much to commend it,
but It Is considered, upon the whole.
Impractical. As applj'Ing restrictions
against the energetic, the intelligent
and the able-bodied who form the over
plus, similar to those that shut out
paupers, the diseased, the crippled, the
Imbecile and the inflrm, for obvious
reasons it will meet strenuous objec
tion. A not inconsiderable number of
native-born Americans object to the po
litical classification that places them
into the political category of paupers,
imbeciles and insane persons an objec
tion that appeals to the selfrespect and
sense of justice of men who, for vari
ous reasons, are opposed to extending
the privilege of the franchise to women.
It Is easy to understand the resentment
engendered by this classification, and
quite natural for self-respecting per
sons to sympathize with the feeling
that prompts it. Still, this is consid
ered a minor matter in the woman's
suffrage contention, and may be so re
garded in the other case.
It Is shown that the application of
the rule for which Mr. Adams' bill pro
vides to the Immigration of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1903, would have
prevented the landing of about 340,000
out of the S57.000 who found lodgment
of some kind upon our shores. The
three nations whose quotas would have
been reduced m this way are Italy,
Russia and Austria-Hungary. No other
nation reached the immigration limit
of 80,000. The United Kingdom came
nearest with about 67,000, while next in
order was Germany with 40,000.
To what extent the tremendous im
migration from the three countries first
named has been assimilated, and in
what degree, can only be a matter of
surmise, but the load which the Nation
was called upon to absorb was certainly
a heavy one. As a measure warranted
to protect the National digestive forces,
politically and economically speaking,
from a surfeit of one kind of material,
Mr. Adams' plan is presented. 'It pro
vides against an inundation of imml-
grants from anj' one country, which is
held to be an objectionable feature in
our present system; it renders assimila
tion of immigrants possible, if not easy,
and, more than this. It Is held to be
more practical. If we are to have effect
ive restriction, than the educational
limit, which has long been strenuously
urged in certain quarters.
rUPREGNABLE TRADE POSITION.
The impregnable position of the Pa
cific Coast, and especially that of Ore
gon and "Washington, in the Oriental
trade, finds ample illustration in the
business brought about by the Russo
Japanese "War. Both of the combatants
have been heavy purchasers of flour,
barley, oats and wheat, and the two
North Pacific States have enjoyed prac
tically a monopoly of the trade. The
monopoly thus given us by our superior
natural location can be extended and
maintained indefinitely as we increase
and diversify the production of com
modities of which the Asiatic conutries
stand in need. It Is freely admitted
throughout the East that the-greatest
field for commercial conquest that Is to
be found anywhere on earth lies in that
land of mystery, the Par East. Ad
vancing civilization is dally" opening in
this vast field for Industrial exploitation
new channels through which increasing
streams of trade will flow.
Oregon and Washington, or even the
entire Pacific Coast, cannot control all
of this trade, for, as yet, we are not
prepared to handle It So far, however,
as our resources have been developed
and our products meet the requirements
of the Asiatic buyers, we can hold the
trade against all comers. The Southern
cotton planters will never meet with
much competition from the Pacific
Coast, and It will be many years before
Iron and steel products are obtainable
In great variety on this side of the
Rocky Mountains. Aside from these
two great staples, the opportunities are
bright for the Paclflc Coast to lead In
nearly everything that will be needed
across the Pacific. Atlantic Coast job
bers who have been losing their grip on
this trade as transportation facilities
on the Pacific have Increased are gaz
ing longingly Into the future when the J
Panama Canal will give them a short
route to the Orient The new route will
have a decided advantage over the Suez
or Cape route from the Atlantic to the
Far East, but It will still place the
shippers at a decided handicap In com
parison with those who are up here In
the Pacific .Northwest at the terminus
of the Great Circle route, which 13 the
shortest distance between the United
States and the Far Orient
The Japanese and Russians are not
purchasing our grain, provisions and
lumber from motives' of sentiment but
simply because we have the commodi
ties of which they stand in need, and
"which they can purchase from us to
better advantage than from any other
traders on earth. The Chinese, undis
turbed at present by war troubles,jire
buying our products for exactly "the
same reason, and nothing but an un
natural diversion of trade can ever cur
tail our operations in China or prevent
their expansion. The only serious at
tempt that has been made to cut the
North Pacific ports out of this trade
was made by James J. Hill when he es
tablished an abnormally low rate on
flour from Minneapolis to Hong Kong.
This artificial and unhealthy forcing of
trade was a flat failure, not only en
tailing an actual loss through the cost
of moving the freight, but stirring up
animosity against the road In districts
that were affected by the discrimina
tory rate. The attempt has been aban
doned, and it will not soon be repeated.
The decided advantage which our lo
cation gives us over every other portion
of the United States when the grain
and lumber trade Is concerned can be
increased in other directions. The Ori
ent is consuming rapidly Increasing
quantities of fruit, meats, hops, dairy
products and numerous other commod
ities which, in many localities in the
Paclflc Northwest are already proving
more profitable than grain. Everything
In this line that we have sent to the
Orient has given excellent satisfaction,
and as modern civilization wakes ud
that long-slumbering world the demand
for this class of products will be prac
tically unlimited. The entire United
States will profit by the expansion of
the Oriental trade, but the Pacific
Coast in general and Oregon and Wash
ington in particular will lead all other
portions of the country In this newly
developing field for trade across the Pa
cific GROWING STRENGTH OF PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT.
New Tork has spoken. The Repub
licans of New York have declared for
the nomination of Roosevelt and the
'Democracy of the Empire State have
Instructed their delegation for Judge
Parker. This means that either Roose
velt or Parker will be the next Presi
dent of the United States, for thore, is
no doubt of the nomination of Roosevelt
by the Republican National Convention,
and there Is small doubt of the nomi
nation of Parker by the National De
mocracy. The electoral vote of the Em
pire State Is essential to the triumph
of the Democracy, and the Solid South
has already Indicated Its conviction that
the choice of the Democracy of New
York State will obtain their support
Under these circumstances it is grati
fying to note the growing strength of
President Roosevelt. This growth, ls
acknowledged by the Springfield Re
publican, one of the very ablest critics
of President Roosevelt's Administra
tion, and the influential voice of the
"independent" vote that holds the bal
ance of power between the two great
parties In New York State. The Re
publican In a recent issue confesses that
President Roosevelt's speech at the
Washington dinner of the Periodical
Publishers' Association was "a sober,
sensible talk of a National mission
right here among ourselves and respon
sibilities right here at home." Here
are some of the words of the President
that pleased the Republican":
We have a very largo field in warring
against evil at homo. When all Is as it
ought to bo in the nation and state and
municipality here at home, we can thon talk
about reforming the rest of mankind. Let
us begin at home.
Furthermore, It Is reported that ex
Presldent Cleveland Is reported to have
cordially recognized what he believed
to be the growth of President Roosevelt
and to have said that It might under
certain circumstances be. the part of
wisdom for the Democratic party to
permit -the election of President Roose
velt by default Mr. Cleveland doubt
less had In mind the possible nomina
tion of a Bryanlte candidate on a Bry
an lte platform. It is a pleasant proof
of the excellence of President Roose
velt's personality that he has always
enjoyed the personal friendship not
only of ex-President Cleveland, but of
Judge Parker, who is likely to be his
antagonist in. the National political bat-
tlefleld. Of Roosevelt's' election, even if
Parker should carry New York State,
there would seem to be no reasonable
doubt
There is no prospect that the Demo
crats can carry Indiana, and very small
prospect that they can carry Illinois.
There 13 very small prospect that the
Democrats can carry New Jersey, and
no prospect that they can carry Wis
consin. New York at best Is a doubtful
state, and altogether the prospect of
the election of Roosevelt Is exceedingly
bright The present outlook Is that
Roosevelt will earn all' the Northern
States, the States of the Middle West
and Paclflc Slope, with the possible
exception of Illinois and New York.
The Democracy will carry the whole
South, with the exception of Delaware,
which means 155 electoral votes. Add
to this the electoral vote of New York
and Illinois, 66 votes, and the Demo
cratic candidate would still lack votes
enough to elect him.
A PRIDE THAT HAS ITS LIMITS.
A visitor to our city has written to let
the public know how perfectly delight
ed he was, In skirting about In the sub
urbs, to discover a home that held and
cared for forty babies, who are worse
than motherless and fatherless; forty
babies for whom there Is no place in
the world during the helpless years of
their infancy, outside of some charita
ble Institution.
Now, while all good citizens must bo
glad, with our visitor that there Is a
place where these Infants receive shel
ter, with the promise of careful bring
ing up. It is a good deal to ask of them
to join in the pride which he feels in
this swarm of nameless ones, the num
ber of whom Is "dally Increasing." And
here It may not be amiss to say that
the care of these babies, and others
similarly unfortunate. In the first
months of their lives, should not de
volve upon "gentle nuns" or paid
nurses. The most promising element of
reform In the case of the mothers of
"fair and sinless babes of sin" Is in the
care of their offspring. Any plan the
purpose of which Is to uplift the fallen
of this class Is deprived of its strongest
element of possible success 'when the
young mother is at once relieved of the
responsibility and labors of caring for
her infant. It Is of very little -use to
say to a young woman, after a few
weeks of sequestration. "Go and sin no
more," when everything that weak
sympathy can devise and do has been
devised and done to relieve her of the
consequences of her moral lapse. She
should be cared for, certainly; hu
manely cared for,' and kindly treated,
but not relieved from all responsibility
'for her child.
Why, Indeed, should the gentle care
takers in an institution which contains
forty babies "whose number is daily
Increasing" be sorely perplexed and
obliged to resort to puzzling makeshifts
in order to keep these Infants com
fortably clothed? Why should the gen
eral public be appealed to to help these
gentle caretakers out on this "ways and
means" problem? Wh not require the
mothers (the fathers being an unknown
quantity), after an apprenticeship In
caring for and nursing their babe3, that
will moat likely awaken the maternal
Instinct In them. If this Instinct has
not responded to the call of the birth
cry, to go to work and pay a stipulated
portion of their earnings into the treas
ury of the institution that sheltered
them In their dire distress, and Is still
sheltering their offspring?
Of course, a rule of. this kind would
not cover all, cases. Some, perhaps
many, would evade it But to the ex
tent that such payment Is evaded the
reform attempted and for wh'Ich such
an Institution stands maj be held to
have failed. A foundling asylum may
be something of which to be proud. But
this Is true in a restricted sense, the
limit of which Is not extended by the
announcement that the number of ba
bies In the Institution "Is dally increas
ing." ECHOES FROM THE FARTHEST SOUTH.
We are accustomed to hear, at inter
vals, from the farthest North. Much
less frequently come echoes from the
farthest South, but when these come
they arrest the attention of the scien
tific as well as the curious world.
Hence the recent news of the release
from fetters of Ice in the Antarctic
Ocean of the British exploration
steamer Discovery has been received
with pleasure not unmixed with curi
osity. This vessel had been ice-locked
near Mounts Erebus and Terror since
December, 1901. Leaving the ship m her
rigid cradle, her captain and two other
men started for the South Pole by
sledge along the coast of Victoria Land
and succeeded in reaching 82 degrees
17 minutes south and 163 degrees east,
which is the highest latitude yet
reached In the Antarctic regions. The
journey was a strenuous one. The ex
plorers lost all of their dogs and had
to drag their sledges on the return
trip. A relief ship reached the impris
oned Discovery with supplies a year
ago, and last October two vessels went
south to release her. This object was
accomplished February 14 by blasting
a channel through the Ice pack with
dynamite.
The Discovery reached New Zealand
a. short time ago with but ten tons of
coal in her bunkers and -all on board
well, and having experiences to tell of
life at 60 degrees below zero. Victoria
Land Is described as a vast continental
plateau 9000 feet above sea level. How
vague and dim are the theories taught
In the schools half a century ago con
cerning the great Antarctic Ocean!
And yet they are not more unreal to
the general mind than are the findings
of explorers who, with the hoar frost
of many Winters of isolation clinging
to them, come out of the white silence
of the farthest South with tales of a
vast continental plateau traversed by
great glaciers and rising high above
the level of the frozen sea. The story
is a weird one, but it Is attested by
facts that have all the fascination of
a fairy tale.
The first memorial In this country to
Paul Jones, the founder of the Ameri
can Navy, was unveiled In a public
schoolhouse In Boston bearing his name
on the afternoon of April 16. The me
morial is a tablet which occupies a con
spicuous place in the main corridor of
the building. The American flag which
veiled the tablet was drawn aside by a
daughter of Governor Bates and the
following inscription was disclosed:
"This schoolhouse, named for Cpmmo
dore Paul Jone3, founder of the Amer
ican Navy, is inscribed under the aus
pices of Paul Jones Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, MCMTV."
The exercises were of a patriotic order
and dealt especially with the achieve
ments of the American Navy. A lesson
of this kind can hardly be lost upon
the school children, to whom It is given.
Tho flrv facts of hlntnrv ro rol!vrt
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and made interesting when presented in
connection with an object-lesson that
stirs the blood of every boy with the
Impulse of patriotism and quickens the
pulses of every girl with admiration
for a brave hero's brave deed. The
Idea is one that might, with profit to
the rising .generation and the honor of
the Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, be enlarged upon. To bring the
matter home it may be said that Port
land has more than one schoolhouse in
which a memorial tablet to an Amer
ican hero might fitly be placed and
thousands of school children who would
learn eagerly of great events in Na
tional history In realistic manner from
exercises appropriate to the ceremony
of unveiling such a tablet The city
also has a Chapter' of the Daughters of
the American Revoltulon.
George P. Upton, an acknowledged
authority upon statistics of suicide,
lynching and other subjects that are
claiming the attention of thoughtful
men, speaks In a late Issue of the New
York Independent of the steady in
crease in the use of poison as a means
of self-destruction as due to the ease
with which carbolic acid can be ob
tained. He says:
More persons kill themselves with it than
with all other kinds ot poison combined. It
is cheap within the roach of every one; and
it is certain In its eSect. Most other poisons
can only be had on presentation of a doctor's
prescription; but carbolic acid can. be had as
freely as flour or sugar. It is In general de
mand for domestic use and It is easy, in this
way or by other plausible reasons, to get It
from the druggists. In Chicago, in 1002.
there wero 147 cases of suicide by poison, and
In 127 of them carbolic acid was used. It is
not unlikely that legislation restricting its use
would tend to decrease the number of suicides;
but it Is urged, on the other band, that any
such action as would make It difficult to ob
tain would bo a hardship In the home where
It Is in such common use as an antiseptic.
If this be true, then chemists should suggest
some other equally efficient antiseptic of equal
cheapness. The promiscuous sale of 'other
poisons is forbidden. Why not that of carbolic
acid 7
It is added that the question of sui
cide Is now more for the alienist than
for the theological doctor. Legisla
tion, though . repeatedly tried, has not
checked it in any case. Statistics show
that suicide Is rapidly Increasing,
while estimation of the value of human
life Is decreasing. Beyond these facts
lies the wide realm of speculation, In
which one opinion Is as good as an
other. A philanthropic movement that Is at
once practical and of high historic in
terest should command the hearty sup
port of the American people. Such Is
the Perry memorial relief fund, organ
ized In Toklo this year, the fiftieth an
niversary of the signing of the memora
ble Perry treaty between Japan and
the United States. The purpose of the
fund, to which many Japanese and
many Americans residing In Japan have
already contributed freely, is to aid the
destitute families of Japanese soldiers
and sailors. "This enterprise," said
Marquis Ito In a letter Inclosing his
contribution to the fund, "Is Interpreted
as an endeavor on the part of those who
first Introduced us to Western Ideals to
lead us further toward a universal
community." Americans may be justly
proud of the part this country has
played In the awakening of Japan, and
there could be no better way of express
ing the feeling than by practical old
to the survivors of the men that fall
for their country.
The tremendous pressure of traffic
upon the Burnslde bridge as the result
of closing the Morrison-street bridge
for purpose of construction calls for
such relief as the city and county au
thorities can devise. The free ferry
scheme proposed by Mr. Fred A Ballln
Is well worth considering. Perhaps It
was too much to expect a street rail
way company to share Its profits with
the public, from which it has received
so many and such substantial favors
for years, during the stress of the next
few months. It Is certain that such ex
pectation was In vain, as no conces
sions to the people, because of the ex
isting emergency, have been made and
the concession asked for has been re
fused. It is ever thus when servants
become masters a transposition which
municipal rulers should provide against
when the question of a street-car fran
chise is brought before them.
Oregon will lead off In June with the
most splendid Republican majority ever
thrown In the history of the state. It
will be, as it should be, b'lg enough to
electrify the country. Such majority is
due to President Roosevelt, as the first
voice of the campaign of 1904 to Presi
dent Roosevelt the man whose knowl
edge of the West, whose sympathy with
the West and whose service to the
West, are unequaled. To Oregon it Is a
special appeal; for to him, more than to
all others, Is due the recognition ac
corded by the United States to the Ore
gon Exposition, upon which all eyes
here are now concentrated. Approve
the President In June by twenty thou
sand! It is his due.
"All professions are overcrowded," a
young man hears when he seeks advice
from a practitioner. Still there Is one
exception doctor of veterinary science.
Dr. B. N. Hutchinson, who had charge
of the Portland Bureau of Animal In
dustry for several' 3'ears, will, tell In
The Sunday Oregon ian tomorrow exact
ly what opportunity that profession of
fers to the young man of scientific turn
of mind. The day of the country
"horse doctor" Is past In his place has
come a man of learning who has earned
the respect of doctors of medicine and
their hearty co-operation. Dr. Hutch
inson's talk Is of particular Interest to
a region where stockralslng Is an Im
portant Industry.
The death of Mrs. Violet O. Harding
at her home In this city on the 21st Inst
closed the life of a gentle, pioneer
woman, the span of whose years ex
tended over four score and three.
Mrs. Harding lived for many years In
Oregon City. Her husband died there
nearly forty years ago, and though even
at that time she was a seml-lnvalld,
she had In her quiet way enjoyed life
through all the Intervening years. An
unusual coincident was her death upon
the day upon which Hon. L. T. Barln,
her son-in-law, was burled. Many
friends of pioneer years will remem
ber Mrs. Harding tenderly and note the
event of her death with sadness.
Next year 1905 a census of the pop
ulation of Oregon will be taken, under
the law of the state. It will indicate
the growth since the census of the
United States, taken In the year 1900.
In that year the population was 413,536.
In 1905 the total will be about 500,000.
The pressing question that confronts
some thousands of Portland's citizens
many times every day Is, "How shall
we get across the river with the least
possible delays" - v -
THE SAME AS IN OREGON.
Chicago winter Ocean.
We recognize that particular tariff schedules
are neither sacred nor immutable. Rates of
duty may be altered when changed conditions
demand, hut no revision should be undertaken
unless It la dear that the benefit will more
than compensate tho inevitable disturbance of
business which attends any revision. Platform
)t Massachusetts Republican Convention.
Knowing that sober-minded men will
not seriously consider its "paramount"
Issues of the last three campaigns, it Is
well nigh certain that the National De
mocracy will try to mako one on trusts
and the tariff, attacking the protective
policy not directly, but indirectly, as
sheltering trusts.
The country wants no general revision
of the tariff. Until they have forgotten
1903 the people will not deliberately con
sent so to hazard their prosperity. They
can be induced to commit themselves to
general tariff revision only if angered by
the senseless opposition of those who
hold the present schedule sacred.
Massachusetts has been regarded as
one of the chief seats of those tariff radi
cals to whom the DIngley schedules are
afetlsh. It is tho headquarters of agen
cies through which these radicals have
worked for years against reciprocity,
the complement of sane protection. And
It is the excesses ot these radicals that
are most likely to provoke the people to
angry naste in tariff revision.
Hence It Is especially pleasing to find
that the Republicans of Massachusetts
declare that particular schedules are not
sacred, and may be revised when con
crete advantages are to be gained. That
is the soft answer that turns away tho
wrath aroused by tho tariff extremists and
saves the essential principal of protec
tion from the effects of such wrath. That
Is sanity on the tariff.
Much better for the Republican party
and the Nation than the "Iowa Idea,"
which furnishes only weapons to the
Democratic arsenal. Is the Massachusetts
idea, which appeals to the common sense
and common Interest of all Americans.
Send the Immigrant West.
Chicago Tribune.
One satisfied immigrant anywhere in
the United States is an immigration
buerau unto himself. Becauso of his
satisfaction with conditions In the At
lantic seaboard cities he is overpopulatlng
them with people of his nationality.
Losically the remedy for this evil Is to
attract the future Immigrant to the
Western agricultural sections, where la
bor Is needed and where out of his new
conditions he may be led to write home of
roseate prosperity and opportunity.
Inis the Senate committee on immigra
tion would do In Its proposed bill for the
establishment of a bureau at Ellis Island,
where the Incoming stranger might be
directed to new fields and even find help
to them through state agents. Tens of
thousands of these immigrants were agri
culturists in Europe. But with friends in
American coast cities, they have fallen In
this country Into the urban colony condi
tion. Now the proposition Is to take
them West before they have had a taste
of American city life. Let their en
thusiasm rise over bucolic prospects. In
a few months the grain fields of Kansas,
Nebraska and tho Dakotas will beckon
for help. Turn the immigration tides
westward. The city cannot digest the
alien hordes. The rich prairies of the
West can swallow them and clamor for
more. Tho best foreign citizen type Is
found tilling the ground, working the
country roads In season, and sending his
children to the little red schoolhouse.
John Barrett's Promotion.
Buenos Ayres (Argentina) Herald.
It is officially announced that the United
States Minister at this capital, tho Hon.
John Barrett, Is shortly to be transferred
to another post, and that he has communi
cated to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
such notification. Under tho circumstances
It is only natural that he should have
maintained silence upon tho matter until
tho official announcement had been made.
This news. If It proves to be true, will
be most unwelcome to tho wldo circle of
friends Mr. Barrett has already won for
himself In our midst Irrespective of his
official position, and this regret will be as
sincere among tho British community as
with his own countrymen. Readers of the
Herald will recall that at the time of the
appointment of Mr. Barrett to this diplo
matic post, tho prediction was ventured
that his stay amongst us would be short;
that, indeed, tho Administration which he
represents at this capital would need his
services sooner or later elsewhere for
some mission which would be counted
more urgently Important than the main
tenance of the uniformly smooth and cor
dial relations existing between Argentina
and the United States.
The Democratic Chill.
Salem Statesman.
A Democratic paper asserts that tho
nomination of BInger Hermann caused a
chill. It did. This Is tho eighth time his
nomination has caused that same identical
chill. It Is congestive In Its nature and
always resuis about two months after
ward In a first-class Democratic funeral.
Any Democrat who noticed that chill
would recognize It Its symptoms are al
ways tho same, neither Is there varying
or shadow of turning In Its deadly effects.
A Healthful Change.
Washington Star.
Public opinion has turned against lynch
ing so steadily of late that the action of
the Colorado Sheriff who, single-handed,
stood off a mob at the point of his pistol
represents a popular new fashion in offi
cers of the ''law. A few more such In
stances of determined official fidelity and
courage will greatly help to cure tho
lynching habit.
He Is All Right.
Knoxvlllo (Tenn.) Sentinel.
Tho New York Times says Judge Par
ker has acted with "perfect dignity and
propriety" In refusing to declare himself
on the Issues before the people. As he ha3
been a consistent Democrat and as his
opinions have favored tho masses of the
people. It must be assumed that he Is
all right
Even in Aladdin's Day,
New York Sun.
Aladdin was rubbing his wonderful
lamp.
"Isn't it lovely?" they cried.
"No," ho returned. "I'd much rather
skin the gas company."
With a heavy sigh he paid the bill.
The Way of a Man's Heart.
William J. Lampton.
She didn't ride,
She didn't drive.
She didn't swim,
She didn't strive
To be an athlete;
Nor was she
A flguro
In society. ,
She didn't dance, ,'t 4
She didn't flirt, ,
She didn't try ' .
To be expert i
In art and books; '
She didn't train
A bulldog:
On a silver chain.
She didn't golf.
She didn't row,
She didn't take In.
Every Bhow; ,i
She didn't give "'
Her purse distress ..
By straining it J
On too much dress; :
She didn't play,
She didn't sing,
She wasn't up
On everything.
But, men and women,
Understand, 4
That she could cook ' .
12 lo beat tha baad
ASIA THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
Springfield Republican.
The Russian people wore Bomewhat
scornfully referred to tho other day by
a leading American journal as having ori
ginally come out of Asia. Tho same might
be said of other European peoples, if
ethnic origins were being sought
To "come out of Asia" possibly has a
significance In our Western civilization
which most Occidentals have never real
ized: for it is true that Asia, or, more
broadly speaking, the Orient has contrib
uted enormously to the culture and
achievement of which wo Westerners are
so proud.
If what the Persians, tho Arabians, the
Indians, the Chinese have done were to
be blotted out with all that has been
built upon their original work, our mod
ern society could not endure a day.
The Japanese, by their military prowess,
have done more than all else to raise tho
respect of the modern Western world for
the Orient for there is nothing we seem
to respect so much as force but this res
pect may be still further increased by
some recognition of the great triumphs
of the Oriental mind.
Where did our alphabet come from the
A B C of learning? Out of Asia. The
letter alphabets of all Indo-Germanic peo
ples we owe to the Semites, the grandeur
of whose achievements tho average per
son of today cannot appreciate. Or con
sider our Arabic numerals whenco did
they come? Suppose that we still were
compelled to use the old Roman numer
als, and had to write lxxxvlll Instead of
SSt how much modern bookkeeping could
be done in our banks and stores?
The simplest arithmetical operations,
such as division, could not be done with
tho Roman system; while the logarithmic
table would be beyond human conception.
All our modern mathematical sciences are
based on the simple expedient of the
Arabic numerals.
Now, when the time camo for this
colossal invention to bo introduced in the
Western wcrld, tho civilization of Greece
and Romp was Incapable of producing It
Europe did not receive it until the middle
ages, and then It camo through tho Sara
cens, who brought It from Arabia. And
even the Arabians got thoso wonderful
numerals from India, which Is- nearer
still to the heart of Asia.
Without the alphabet and the numerals
of modern commerce, wo literally would
not oxist Tho City of Chicago would bo
a prairie waste and tho Plymouth Rock
Itself, perhaps, would still be unpressed
by tho feet of white men.
But this is merely the beginning of tho
list of things that have como out of
Asia. The mariner's compass alone mado
the navigation of the wide oceans possible,
thus bringing about the discovery of
America by Europeans, and tho compass
we owo to the Chinese, whoso knowledge
of the magnetic needle can be traced back
to the second century after Christ
Gunpowder, too, originally camo out of
Asia, and gunpowder Is the foundation of
modern war.
Splendid as these Inventions were, an
other ranks with them In Its vital im
portance to all advanced civilization, and
that Is tho art of printing. This, too, camo
out of Asia.. To modern printing the
Semitic system of phonetic writing, by
which the language can bo represented
through two dozen signs and a cheap
writing or printing material, are essen
tial. The idea of printing Is very old,
as may bo seen In the ancient Babylonian
mint stamps and cylinder seal signs.
The next great step was tho Invention
of paper. The writing material of ancient
Greece and Romo was too costly to be
extensively used, and the art of printing
would have died In its infancy had not
the genius of the Asiatic again supplied
tho want of mankind. We aro Indebted to
the Chinese for our modern paper.
Tho immortal invention was mado by
Tsai Iiun about 100 A D. He .was tho di
rector of tho Chinese arms factory of that
day. Finding silk too costly and bamboo
inconvenient he hit upon a new mate
rial made out of rags, fish nets, hemp and
bark. Thus paper camo out of Asia.
Printing on paper soon developed In
China, as a consequence; the art of print
ing from plates was in use at tho ond of
the sixth century.
In ouir Ignorance wo Westerners long
credited the European Gutenberg with
the Invention of printing with movable
types; but that too camo out of Asia. A
Chinese named Pl-shong Invented movable
typeB In the middle of tho 11th century,
or 350 years "before Gutenberg was born.
Let us remember Pi-shong and Tsai Lun.
Nor Is this all that has como out of
Asia. Somo small things are our pas
times, such as playing cards, checkers,
and chess, which came from the Mahom
etans of tho nearer East; even the food ot
hens' eggs wo owo to India, where that
particular fowl was originally developed.
When you see a tulip with Its brilliant
coloring tho coming Spring, remember
that It came out of Asia.
From these we may ascend again to
moro Important things, such as tho ex
traordinary decorative art of the Japan
ese, which has hod so far-reaching an ef
fect upon our modern culture. China gave
us silk and porcelain. It Is even true that
tho pointed arch, which mado Gothic
architecture possible, waB first developed
In tho valley of tho Nile; and Egypt must
bo embraced In tho Orient rather than
tho Occident
Tho choicest products of tho Oriental
textllo Industry cannot bo equaled with
our Western science and Invention, as
the Oriental rugs Id your homes so easily
demonstrated.
Then there is the Ideal revolving stage
for tho theater, which on8 or two German
cities have Introduced. That camo from
Japan, or out of Asia. Tho seven-day week
came from Babylonia. And do not be sur
prised to learn that the ratio of IS to 1
between gold and silver originated also in
Babylonia, In computations concerning
the revolutions of tho sun, moon and
planets.
Our literature i3 saturated with Asiatic
genius one needs only mention the "Ara
bian Nights" and the Bible. Tho very
ideas of God and the devil, this world and
another world, which pervade the great
monotheistic religions, originated In Per
sia. Christianity itself finally camo out
of Asia.
Asia, when all Is told, is quite worthy
of -the respect of any man dwelling In
London, New York or Chicago. Asia was
the cradle of civilization, and It may yet
influence profoundly the life of mankind.
Tho very war wo witness In the Far East
Is possibly a sign of the new awakening
of tho Oriental world.
Paul Revere According to the Norsk
Nightingale.
(Milwaukee Sentinel.)
Listen, Christina, and yu skol hear
Bout midnight ride of Paul Revere.
Seventeen hundred seventy-five,
Hardly a geezer ban now aliv
Who live har ven Paul ban wolunteer.
Somo British falters ban getting gay
So Paul yust giving- his horse some bay'
And say, "Ay skol roak a grand-stand play!"
Den he tal Tohn Brenk Tohn ban his frend
Who borrow venever Paul skol lend,
"Tohn, yust go up bar In old church tower
And yust so sune sum yu find out hour
British skol march, give me good yal
And ay skoll bustle and ride lak hall"
So op in the church go old Tohn Brenk
It ban first time in his life, ay tenk;
And von dese English get busy, he yal
And vave big lantern to his gudo pal.
Maester Paul Reere, who yump on mare
And off for Lexington he skol tear!
"Te whtzi" he eay; "after dls ay guess ,
Ay skol getting my picture In 'Success.'
Bey skol tenk ay'm smart old son of a gun
Ven ay gallop Into Lexington !"
Vol, he raak dls ride yu bet yure life!
And' fellers .grab gun and drum and fife
And march to ecrap vith deee British men,
Maester Paul ban yolly bravo hero den.
And back in the church tower old Tohn Brenk
Climb from his porch and tak gude drenk!
VaL dls ban all, Christina dear.
Bout midnight rido of Paul Revere.
NOTE AXD COMMENT.
.The New South.
Mr. James Mount has purchased a very flna
graphephone. which keeps things pretty lively
In that part" of the town. Damascus (Md.)
Correspondence.
Hope deferred maketh tho fan sick.
The Smoot enquiry Is .as endless as a
Mormon family.
Battleships, like officeboys. get that
sinking feeling after being blown up.
Bryan objects to the first ton planks
In the New York platform. The rest of
It, although not very good, he thinks
may pas3.
Russia's newly-purchased fast commerce
destroyers will soon be doing good work,
but they will havo "Maru" tacked to
their names.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican re
fers to Portland as "one of the remotest
'corners of the United States." Spring
field 's another of 'em.
By tho closing of the Gem Club tho
city loses $350 a. month. The amount
gained by the citizens Is not stated, so
it Is impossible to strike a balance.
Arthur Brisbane, editor of tho New
York American, .Is about to erect a the
ater costing $150,000 on his property In
New York. Presumably the stage will bo
given up to Happy and the rest
A musical note from the Eugene Reg
ister: Schurmann-Helnk will play a return
engagement In Portland Saturday night
It will be remembered that Helnk played
to a packed house In Portland several
week3 ago, and tho audience was elec
trified by his wonderful genius.
This way that somo women have of
dressing their hair In a roll about 20
Inches through ought to bo barred in
theaters. It happens now and then that
when a woman takes her hat off, tho per
son behind her can see less of tho stago
than before. As hair that is seen In such
enormous rolls Is presumably detachable,
thero would bo no great hardship in re
moving It during tho show.
One of tho English weekly papers tails
a good "caddie" story:
A distinguished amateur cams to tha
Hnk3 with tho air of ono who has only
to come and seo In order to conquer.
"Haw, caddie," ho said. "Yes, sir."
"What is tho length of this holo?" "Two
hundred yards, sir." "Haw, I see. Just
a drive and a putt" He addressed tho
ball, swung, and drove It a couple of
yards. "Noo," said the caddie, "noo
for the de'll o a putt!"
When Daniel Sully, tho "Cotton King"
of a few weeks, was walking down Fifth
avenue the other afternoon, says the New
York Times, ho was accosted by a busi
ness acquaintance with tho remark:
"Woll, Sully, how goes thlng3 by thi3
timer'
"Oh, I'm on my feet again," answered
Sully, cheerfully.
"What! So soon?" replied his friend,
incredulously.
"Yos; I've sold my horses," replied
Sully.
Is It posslblo that all our Ideas of tha
chorus girl Ideas gathered from tho
comic papers and' frivolous drawings aro
utterly wrong? Manager Block, of La
Salle Theater In Chicago, has established
a rulo whereby each girl has a night eft.
That is not tho strange part ot tho story,
however. Thi3 manager, as a token ot
his appreciation of their "untiring work,"
gave each of the girls what? a box of
candy. This Is the first time that we
havo ever heard of candy and chorus
girls being played as a combination, but
the manager of tho theater surely ought
to know.
Tho woman reporter was interviewing
Senator Arthur P. Gorman about suf
frage, says tho New York Times. Tho
astute politician answered with a story:
"Now, young woman, what would hap
pen to men If women entered politics?
Why, they aro keener than we are, even
In their Sunday schools, and wo wouldn't
stand any chance with them.
"In ono of tho few Sunday school
classes I ever addressed I was nonplused
by a miss of six Summers. I was telling
tho girls tho story of tho seven wtsa and
sevon foolish virgins, and I asked what
wo might learn from the beautiful story,
when a llttlo blossom in blue replied:
" 'That's easy enough: learn to keep
our eyes peeled for a bridegroom!' "
The ambitious young Now York woman
who has been trying for tho last two
years to compllo a completo dictionary of
slang is almost ready to despair, says tho
Pittsburg Dispatch. Sho has found 18
slang synonyms for "whiskers," and yet
sho Is like a child on the soashoro trying
to find tho prettiest shell. A new jowel
was turned up today by tho house de
tective at the Imperial, who off-handedly
described a guest with a fine set of red
whiskers as "tho man with, tho roan
chihuahuas." It la utterly impossible
to put tills Into a dictionary, because tho
effect depends moro on tho gosturo than
on tho words. It Is necessary to place both
hands to tho face, and, twiddling tho
fingers, mako a sweep toward the waist
line.
WEX J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"He's what I call a "budding genius.' "
"Who? Brags'?" "Tea, like all budding
things, he's inclined to blow." Philadelphia
Press.
"How much did Beasley'a uncle leave him?"
"Leave him? He didn't leave him a day for
17 years. Beasley supported him ail that
time." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Fond Father The man who marries my
daughter, sir, wlna a prize. Guest My word,
that la a noel idea! Is It a money prize, or
Just a silver cup? Boston Globe.
"Was your elopement with Miss Goldborg a
success?" "Hardly." "What went wrong?"
"Her father, the millionaire, sent ue a tela
gram saying: 'Do not return and all will be
forgiven.' "London Telegraph.
Mr. Chic My automobile nervos didn't cut
any dash at all at the sanatorium, lira.
Chic Why not? Mr. Chic Oh, the doctors
were all wildly enthusiastic over a man who
has flying machine nerves. Puck.
"I'd hate to feel," ahe said, "that I was the
wife of a man who had bought me simply for
my beauty." "Tes," her friend replied. "I
don't blame you. Being married to a tllnl
man would be awfully disagreeable, I shou.d
think." Chicago Record-Herald.
Aunt Prue Marry Faustina! Why. sho has
been engaged four or five times every seascn
since she eame out! Danny I know it, aunt;
to have been my wife's first love would havo
been a satisfaction, but to be her last is a
distinction. Town and Country.
Tho explorer was entertaining his frienls
with yarns of the ice country. "And once."
h related, "I was cornered by a polar bear
and didn't have a bullet to protect myself.
Tears came In my eyee as I thought of homa."
"What then?" asked bis breathless friends.
"Why, the tears froze hard as rocks and. ram
ming them In my gun, I fired and' killed tho
-Abear."-Chlcago News.
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