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HISTORICAL ECHOES. Mr. F. E. Johnson, of Eugene, under date of December 13, addresses this note of innulry to The Oregonian, viz: An arOelft in the SeDtember North Amer- Ican Review by Robert Bingham states that "the New England States, through delesatea mtcuiuicu u. i nion in isis. .is uns su. The September number of the North American Review is not at present within our reach; but it is surprising to be told tnat tnis wen-Known puDiica- tlon has contained an article which makes such statement For the stater ment Is not true. The purposes of the Hartford conven tion were narrow and" unwise. The con vcntlon was called as a protest against real grievances, which New England nuAi ions uecxi ouitiiiiB uauuo i i Jefferson's and Madison's administra tions. New England had, been terribly oppressed by the embargo act and by the war policy led by the statesmen of Virginia. It had annihilated her com merce and laid burdens of defense upon ber states which were not equally borne by others that is to say, by the General Government. In October, 1814, a resolution was adopted by the Legls lature of Massachusetts for the ap -nolntment of twelve deleirates "to meet and confer with deleirates from the other New England States, or any other, upon the subject of public grlev- J ances and concerns: noon the best means of preserving our resources, and 6f defense against the enemy; and to devise and suggest for adoption by those respective states such measures as they may deem expedient," etc A letter was also prepared and addressed to other states asking their Leglsla tures "to appoint delegates to the ap proaching convention, the object of which was to devise. If practicable, means of security and defense, which may be consistent with the preserva tion of their resources from total ruin and adapted to their local situation and habits, and not repugnant to their ob ligations as members of the Union." The purposes of the call, thus stated, were altogether proper and patriotic; and the reasons given wholly Justifl able, and In no" way inconsistent with fidelity to the Union. Of the compos! tlop of the convention, it Is only neces sary to say that It included leading names in fee history of New England families who had led in the War of the Revolution. They were Americans of America. All the New England States sent delegates. The convention was in session from December 15, 1814, till January 5, 1815. The unwisdom of it lay chiefly in he tact that it held lts sessions in secret. From this clr cumstance, which afforded ground for partisan misrepresentation, arose a prejudice against it that has not com pletely disappeared even yet. Hence such misrepresentations as .that in the recent article in the North American Review. By its secretary, Theodore Dwight, the history of the convention was pub lished some years afterwards. Giving the reasons for the call of the conven tlon, he says: "The situation of the New England States was In the highest degree critical and dangerous. The ser vices of the militia, for two years, had been extremely severe; they were con stantly taken from their farms and from their ordinary occupations, and in addition to all the losses which such a state must necessarily produce, they were subjected to hardships and1 the hazards of a camp and the life of a sol- dier. In the meantime the united States had withheld all supplies for the maintenance of the militia in 1814, both in Massachusetts and Connecticut and thus had. forced upon the states the Taurden of supporting the troops employed In defending their coasts from invasion and their towns from being sacked and pillaged. It had "be come perfectly apparent that If the New England States were to be rescued from these calamities at all, it must de- pend, so far as human means were concerned, upon their own, exertions, and that they could not place the least dependence upon the National Govern ment Indeed, they had been told re- peatedly that such was the state of Portland and throughout the North thlncs. by the National Government" west We might have done more to The Government, under control of Virginian ideas, supported by Southern and Western politicians, and to an ex tent by the Middle States, which then had made no considerable advance in commerce and manufactures, was in tensely hostile to the interests of the commercial section of the Union, which then was New England, but later in cluded the Middle and Middle Western States. In these conditions lay the genesis of the Great Civil War; and-the hold on the country of the "Virginia dynasty," established by Jefferson, Was never broken till Its Ideas and purposes were completely crushed in the cata clysm that ended at Appomattox. The Hartford convention did not propose eeceielon.' It recommended to the states the adoption of measures to I protect their jnllltla from abuses com plained of, at the hands of the General Government, and urged that the states should apply to the General Govern ment for consent to act separately or in cnnivrt nr-alnnf tho enAm-c TnrfViAr - ' - 11 proposed amendments to the Constl- eluded from the basis of representation substantially the same controversy as to -negro representation which yet ex ists; prohibiting Congress from laying an embargo for more than sixty days; prohibiting Congress from interdicting commercial Intercourse with fdreign nations, without the concurrence of two-thirds of both bouses, and requir ing the concurrence of two-thirds to declare war or to authorize acts of hos tility against any foreign nation, ex cept in defense or In case of actual invasion. rTom tnese declarations one sees clearly what the grievances were. As to the defense of New England, against the common enemy, that defense had rested almost entirely on the state gov- ernments. For that purpose they had expended very large sums, and from the bankruptcy of the General Government, under Virginian management, this state of things was likely to continue. The embargo and war policy, pushed by the Virginian dynasty, bad at the same time" completely ruined the com merce of New England. Against the policy and its results the Hartford con vention was a protest; but it did not go to the extent of attempting to nullify acts of Congress, nor of seces sion, nor even proposing secession "from the Union. In certain ways, however, it was un wise. It sat with closed, doors, which u au enormous mistake giving rise to every kind of misrepresentation by political opponents, which has lasted 1 . , i, . , . , , . I w "a ua. auuiuunai raisiane was the proposition to carry on the war against "the common enemy" Great Britain through state action, inde pendent of the General Government. This was foolishly impracticable; for there could bo no central authority and no co-operation. The war ended im- mediately afterward for the treaty of peace bad already been signed and the e v;um.ruvens was ai once aDan- doned. But the Hartford convention red political prejudices" and gave rise to puuucai recriminations not vt -r- hausted. But the worst mischief of all was that when the Southern States se- ceded some forty-six years later they emDloved the assertion falsA it xrn that New England bad set the prece- dent for secession through the Hartford convention. Of this false note the Sep tembrlst of the North American Re view sounds a, distant echo. At the time of the secession of the Southern ot-aies j.oou-bi tnat raise note was heard all round the land not merely irom tne secessionists of the -South, but from their partisan symnathizers in every Northern State. FOLLY IN RANGE WARS. Strife continued between cattle and sheep interests in Eastern Oregon will lead to two inevitable remedies first. stern enforcement of law and punish ment of murderers and destroyers of property by the military forces of the state; second, abolition of free range, The warring factions would better nave a care le8t tkelr disregard of one another's life and property shall bring aown on inem "le strong nana of the state ana cause tne national Govern- l ment towithdraw a Coon on which, they J have long thrived. I The State of Oregon is bound to have peace in Its borders and security for its citizens, be they herders of sheer or I cattle. The United States will not hnlrt out a bounty which sheepmen and cat tlemen cannot share without doing vio lence to one another. Under the law a cattleman has no ex clusive right to any public range against a sheepman, and the latter Is entirely within his legal privilege wher ever he may take his herds on the public grazing lands. But cattlemen frequently have equity on their side against encroachments df sheepmen. They give up all claim to protection, however, when they try murder and violence. Then they should be hunted down as criminals, for such they are. The Governor should use all the powers which the law places in his hands, to bring them to Justice. The free-range system Is but a tem porary makeshift which the National Government will abolish on small prov ocation. There is no more reason for the Government's providing a citizen's or B,eP ",th P"ture than his children with food and clothing. Some day, not far distant, free range will be withdrawn and grazing privileges will be allowed to such only as acquire them by lease or purchase of the land. Sheepmen and cattlemen are hastening the day. HOW ABOUT A SLUMP? It looks as If the time has passed when the most obvious need of Port land appeared to be a number of first- class funerals. This was merely a po- lite euphemism for the desire, once al- most universal, that a few gentlemen who rejoiced in a chronic condition of mossbacklsm might withdraw from the affairs of this world and go to heaven, where they could rest for all eternity; for ther,e progress is unknown and un- desired, and the existing order suits everybody. Truth is that some of our I pioneers have been our most enterprls ing citizens, and others have not been enterprising; but it is a significant fact that in great part the leadership in commercial, industrial and xflna3icial circles In this city has long remained in practically the same hands a re markable advertisement of the solvency and sanity of our business methods and a standing tribute to the intelligence and breadth of our local captains of In dustry. We can perhaps find no real .fault with the ways of the people who are here, and what they have done. The only trouble has been that there have not been more of them, because there are opportunities waiting for new blood, new enterprise, new wealth, In Invite and attract men of push and re source from elsewhere; but they are coming, and they are here to stay, and the spirit of making a long pull, a strong pull and a pull altogether per vades all Portland aa It never did be fore. Everybody, the old-timer and the newcomer, has a move on. It is too much to say that the Lewis and Clark Exposition did it all. But It helped. AH got together in the first instance to make the. Fair a go; now the Fair is. the. tie that binds Portland en ergy, ambition, pride "and determina tion. Secretary Reed, of the '05 manage ment bad an astonishing interview in The Oregonian yesterday. Every per- son in Oregon should read it, every line. He told what had been done for the Fair and -what the Fair bad already done for Oregon and the whole Pacific Northwest. Estimates as to Fair at- tendance are. of course, guesswork. "We I can let that pass. In entire confidence I tUa it- -IH TJf tt. nan -nut c " " down In black and -white what has been done In Portland during the past four years. "In that time." saya Mr. Reed. "Portland has increased In population to 140.000. her Job bing trade to $183,000,000 a year, her manu factures to J50.O00.000 a year, the bank de posits to 35.000.000. and baa expended about $15,000,000 In public Improvement." Never mind what the figures were four years ago. We all know they were not jiearly so large. We know that the city and the state as a whole have been -unprecedentedly prosperous. We know, too, that real estate values here have advanced, though slowly. Mr. Sweeny, a Spokane capitalist, came here and invested large sums of money in business property "because," he said. "there are no such opportunities else where. "Values are lower." That Is doubtless the fact, all things considered. It would indeed seem to be true that the apprehension of a slump after 1905 had contributed much to retard rise in realty values, notwithstanding a heavy Increase In population, activity in building and an unusual development in all lines of commerce and industry. We may well inquire, indeed, if the anticipated slump has not already come and gone. CANAL PLANS NOT SETTLED. A sea-level canal tot Panama would be the ideal thing. But it would- take many years to build it, and the cost would double the estimate for a canal with locks. It may - be accomplished some time, but hardly will be under- ken now. For we shall be reluctant -rtr- an Inna- o mo n'rtt nmhohlv I " - i shaI1 Put through a temporary canal. on a plan which may be utilized largely for the permanent one. Control of the Chagres River, a tor rential stream, in a mountainous re gion of immense rainfall. Is a very great part, if not the greater part, of this whole problem. The plan that ap pears to have most favor Is that of a great sewer or tunnel, to carry Its waters away from the line of the canal causing the river to discharge Its floods into the Pacific Ocean. A canal with lift locks could be con structed perhaps within five or eight years. But this greater work would re- quire a period whose length could not yet De approximated. There is differ ence In the tides of the Atlantic and Pacific some eight or nine feet but It would be no great matter. No plan has yet been adopted as a finality. Yet before serious work shall begin some definite plan will be neces- sary. It is a problem for original tal- nc anQ engineering skiii, comomea. TO SAFEGUARD STOCK INVESTMENTS. President Roosevelt may not have foreseen the present; remarkable war between the great stock gamblers. In which hundreds of innocent, well- meaning investors have been beggared by the manipulation of certain securi ties supposed to possess an intrinsic value sufficient to protect them from such raids as have been ma-de by "Frenzied" Xawson and his band of nnanclal outlaws That the President realized that some action was necessary I m oraer to avom me inevjiaoie msas ter attendant, on, continuation or tne present policy of these corporations ia apparent in the following warning words in his message if corporations are to continue to do the world's work, as they are beet fitted to, these Qualities in their representatives that have resulted In the present prejudice against them must be relegated to the background. The corporations must come out Into the open and see and be seen. They must take the public into their confidence and ask for what they want, and no more, and be pre pared to explain satisfactorily what advan tage will accrue to tho public if they are given their desires; for they are permitted to exist, not that they may make money solely, but that they may effectively serve those from whom they derive their power. Amalgamated Copper and a large number of kindred stocks were placed on the market by corporations supposed to be controlled by honqrable men, and the innocent investors who purchased those stocks are entitled to some pro tection at the hands of these men. For the stockjobbers and gamblers like Lawson, Gates and their retinue of "pikers" no sympathy need be wasted. Their money was never placed In the shares of any corporation as a legiti mate Investment, but solely for gam- bllng purposes. When in tho manlpu- latlon of these stocks for the "purpose either of depreciating or Increasing their values, they affected the legiti mate investment of the man who had placed his savings in the shares of any of the corporations Involved, these gamblers should have been called to ac count. It has been Bald that no man should buy stocks unless he Is prepared to hold them indefinitely and thus es cape the effect of bear raids which wipe out the margin operators. This Is hardly Just, for the reason that many a prudent man bought Amalgamated on a showing that convinced him that it was a safe permanent investment on which he could realize whenever he so desired. No matter how careful a man may be in his business ventures, there are times when it becomes necessary for him to part with some of his investment secu rities. If such emergencies arise when Btock gamblers carrying enormous lines of stock on margins take a turn at ma nipulation, the loss Is just as heavy on the prudent investor as on the gam- bier who was short In his margins. These sensational raids are made pos sible only because the corporations do not ""come out into the open." Baqk of their flamboyant prospectuses, which attract the investor, there Is an air of mystery which laxity of the corpora tion laws in most states does not com pel them to remove. The laws regard ing corporations are much better In some states than 1n others. Accord ingly we find the Standard Oil Com pany with headquarters in New York incorporated in the rotten borough of New Jersey simply because the cor poration laws of that "home of the trusts"- are so liberal as to permit the unloading on the public of almost any thing short of gold bricks or green goods. Under the New York law, Standard OH, Amalgamated or any and all of the rest of the big corporations would be forced to issue periodical sworn state ments showing the exact financial status of the corporation. This Infor mation would give the smallest as well as the heaviest stockholder authentic information as to the condition of the stocks in - which he was interested. With such information in the hands of -every . holder of a certain stock, it would be Impossible for fakers of the I Lawson stripe to frighten them info believing' that some mysterious force was - working to- depreciate their hold- lngs. None of the Lawsonian broad- sides with which the stock market has been bombarded contained specific charges, but Instead vague bints of terrible disclosures which were yet to come, and in which the monumental faker "pledges his word to the Ameri can people" that he will cause no end of trouble for certain other financial highwaymen with whom he Is tempor arily disagreeing. If Amalgamated as well as the other- stocks Involved in the present depres sion were under the jurisdiction of a National corporation law, there would be no such vibration In -prices and hys terical rumor would be supplanted by sworn statements as to the actual con dition of the stock. In the language of the President, "it is an absurdity to P to eliminate the abuses of great corporations by state action be cause more than one state pursues the policy of creating on easy terms cor porations" which are. never operated within, that state at all, but In other states whose laws they ignore. The National Government alone can deal adequately with these great corpora tions." The Pacific Northwest is a land of big things. We ship more big cargoes of flour and lumber than are floated In any other ports in the world. This year the movement of wheat by rail from Oregon and Washington to the Atlan tic slope was one of the remarkable features of the American grain trade. In the aggregate It amounted to some thing like 12,000.000 bushels. To move this required about 12,000 cars, and, as there was a great desire to get It out of the way quickly, tho railroads were temporarily blockaded. This also gave us an impression that our grain trade tfrtB r, tV.tr.r Ho o-r.o tnoca Viir rnm - --a """o- o- parison, however, has been dwarfed slightly since the Russian crop began moving to market. With average ship ments of over 5,000,000 bushels per week for several months. It is surprising1 to learn that in the last week in Novem ber there were 91,000 carloads of the cereal at interior points awaiting ship ment; Russia is a little short on bat tleships Just at this time, but she is certainly "long" on wheat The opening to settlement of the un allotted lands of the Yakima Indian reservation will in a comparatively short time result in increased wealth and population in that portion of East em Washington where the tepee of the red man is now the only habitation. The lands concerned, while less valua ble than those of the rich Colvllle res ervation, are-still capable of sustain ing a large number of- people, and, as the Government will sell them to in tending settlers on very easy terms, it is probable that they will be taken up as soon as they are placed on the mar ket. The money realized for their sale will be sufficient to take care of the few remaining Indians for a considerable period, and the Indirect benefits aris ing by supplanting the red with the white man will more than equalize any additional cost of their support. Germany will be rather quiet for a time now. A Berlin dispatch in yester day's Oregonian announces that three of the most eminent scientists in the empire, .after months of experiments, thave Just discovered, the secrets of a trick horse. Another dlt patch from the German capital announced that the wedding of the Crown Pxlnce "Frederick William would take place the latter part of May. With two such momen tous questions settled, there does not appear to be much on the schedule to worry over except the lambasting that some of the family circle Is receiving over in the vicinity of Port Arthur. En nui might be warded off by inducing young Bill to All In his open time before May by Joining the trick horse and doing a double turn around the vaude ville circuit. It is reported that the Weyerhausers, who are among the largest timber and sawmill men in the United States, will build a big mill at Portland. They are heavily interested in timber in this vi cinity, and the output of a plant In keeping with their timber holdings, added to that of the big mills already in operation here, would make Portland one or the largest lumber ports In the world. The growth of this industry at Portland within the past five years ha9 been phenomenal, and, as there is still more standing timber tributary to the Columbia River than to any other stream In America, we may expect a still more rapid growth In the future. Pretended dispatches from Washing ton City say that H. W. Scott wishes to be Secretary of the Interior, and has been trying to "undermine" Secretary Hitchcock and to succeed him. These "dispatches" were written in Portland; they did not come from Washington. H. W.-'Scott does not desire to be Sec retary of the Interior, nor to hold any other office. He never before heard of any mention of his name In connection with the office of Secretary of the In terior, never thought of it, never spoke to the President about it, never asked any person to 4 s0 doesn't Imag ine the President ever thought of it The touching and beautiful regard of Abram CannOn, Mormon and polyga- mlst, for his deceased brother, David Cannon, has been developed by the Smoot trial. Miss Lillian Hamlin had been set aside to be David Cannon's wife, but when he died Abram Cannon nobly stepped Into the breach and married hex- "for time," he explained, "but she would be Dayld's wife for eternity." In three weeks Abram Can non died. We do not want to be In delicate, but it would be Interesting to know whether Lillian Hamlin-Cannon Is wife or widow, and whether she Is David's or Abram's. Boston, the hub of America's culture, has again gone Democratic This Is either a high tribute to the Democratic party or a hard "slam" on Boston. An Alderman serving a two months' sen tence In Jail was re-elected. Possibly they re-elected him because they ex pected their Aldermen tcr stay In jail, where they could do least harm. Mr. Hearst has sold his Chicago newspaper. He has enough to do to advise the President, run Congress and otherwise direct the country's destiny The value of Mrs. Chadwlck's securl ties slumped, from $28,000,000 to noth ing; and Wall street had nothing to do with It. General Jack Frost continues to be the most efficient Russian commander at 'Mukden. " NOTE AND COMMENT; Today's amusements shopping. A tip to speculators: Don't take any tips. Strangers in town" thought it was rain ing yesterday. Port Arthur seems likely to 'dodge tho Mikado's stocking. Is there a Santa Claus? Dunno, but If there Is he doesn't pay the bills. . There's nothing much doing this session of the Zerastvo at Washington. If Lawson goes broke he can get a job most anywhere as an ad writer. At present, you can't rely upon "the stock market any more than on a weather fore cast. Rockofeller has-glvcn tho University of Chicago anothor couple of millions, so there, Lawson. A Berlin man Is able to walk on his head. Over here we prefer to walk on other people's heads. A Welsh priest says that he can bring ihe dead to life. He might come over and trj his powers on Alton B. Parker.. One of the witnesses in the Smoot in vestigation said that he had 26 children. Is there a special Mormon Santa Claus? George Washington has been shooting some of his messmates aboard the battle ship Illinois. For shame, George; just as if your name were Bill Jonson. The Chadwick case is warming up to melodramatic pitch. Already a cduplc of bankers are "In the toils," and the wom an's Cleveland home is described as "an abode of Oriental splendor." Some heartless remarks directed at the town cow by tho Skamokawa Eagle are having a wide circulation in various East ern papers. "Knock, and the world knocks with you." To an- unprejudiced observer .it must soem a needless expense for Now York to have a Judge and jury to try Nan Patterson when the New York papers are doing the same thing. What's the" use of killing one bird with two stones? Since the University of Chicago has abolished the Doxology, the . Louisville Courier-Journal offers thisr substitute: Praise John, from -whom all dollars come, To make our Alma Mater hum! Praise Rockefeller's mammoth spoil. Praise boundless greed and Standard OH! - Mrs. Chadwick says that she will write a story of her experiences, "giving names." We have trouble enough dodg- ing Evcrybofiy's now, but if two frenzied serials are to be on the bookstalls every month we shall run Into one of them to a certainty. Tour correspondent has a few teeth which are productive of untold agonies. His other troubles are forgotten for the present. Larch correspondent Soo News. ine .uarcn correspondent will never make a newspaper man if he can only remember one trouble at a time. Says the editor of the Telfair (Ga.) En- terprlse. "We can feel no sympathy for tne sioDocnng sycopnant wno nopea to win favor from a victorious enemy by crawling on the belly and licking boots.' All this refers to the results of the late election. American Medicine Is discussing tho question of physicians' assistants. In England It is the custom for a physician with a large practice to have an assist ant, and American Medicine thinks that the custom is a good one. One viqw of the case Is given in the advice of an English authority to young medicos; "Go out as an assistant, and make your mis takes in another man's practice." In Plttsburg.the Criminal Court had a chance to decide an interesting question At what time does a man become an In temperate person Just before he takes the drink that makes him 'woozy,' or after he takes it and is 'woggled?' " A saloon keeper was arrested for selling liquor to a drunken man, and it was shown that the customer was all right before he got the drink, although he appeared a bit squiffy after taking it The court didn't decide the question, however, for the prosecution was withdrawn, and an Important ques tion is thus left open. The- second gust of the Pacific Breeze blew In upon us yesterday, exhorting the world to "rejoice and be glad." The paper does its best to live up to its own motto and should prove of material aid to others that may try to do so. Among the items of college news we note that the junior class has a matrimonial club, and the Breeze advises the co-cds that As sure &s comes your wedding day, A broom to you he'll send; In sunshine use the brushy part; In storms, the other end. Furthermore, the Breeze tells of "a stu dent who was recently taken down with the grip, on going to bed drank a cup of yeast which he had mistaken for a glass of Cyrus Noble. The boy rose a llttla after 12." The Breeze Is a neat four-Daeo paper. Long may it blow. WEX. J. Cannibals Awaiting a Shipwreck. Atlantic Monthly. At 11 o'clock at night, while the captain and myself were engaged on deck In our usual game, the second officer, Mr. Mc- Farland, came up excitedly, and said "Captain Mather, thero are breakera ahead." The Islands had been visible for a day or so and now were not far distant on either hand. We went to the bow and looked and listened. The roar of the breakers was as audible as that of the surf on the south shore of Long Island. The night was clear and the light of the moon and the stars was brilliant The wind had almost died away, the canvas was full spread; the sails hanging idly, occasionally flapping. We soon found that a very strong cur rent was setting us in rapidly toward the breakers and that the wind wholly failed to help us counter it We at once equipped two large boats with studding sails and halyards for two lines, manned the boats with six oarsmen each, and lowered them from the davits. They Instantly took hold of the ship and the twelve oars were vig orously pulled. With the utmost exertion of the oarsmen for hours the ship only swung round, head on to the current, and the men could barely hold the ship steady. With the aid of the glass we saw thou sands of natives ot points on the shores. evidently waiting for our approach and expecting disaster. They were reputed to be cannibals, ana our cnances were ois- cussed with considerable Interest The captain, then in reduced flesh, assured the chief officer, unusually plump and fleshy. that he (the chief officer) would be roasted and carved first, and that he (the caDtaln) would be kept awhile at least till they could fatten him. We generously passed down good Jamaica rum to the oarsmen and encouraged every exertion After several hours of toil and tension a breeze a blessed breeze, a favoring breeze sprang up, filled our sails, and enabled us to claw off. and slowly round the southern islands of the group, GREAT SAILORS OF JOHN PAUL (By Arrangement with the I prefer a solid to a shining, reputation, a useful to a splendid command. John Paul Jones. 0 F the mapy brave and disinterested men of foreign birth who helped the American colonies wrest thoir free dom from Great Britain, the. name of none shines so resplondently upon the pages of history as that of the doughty and invincible sailor. John Paul. Jones. John Paul was ono of the fiercest and moat audacious fighters of naval his tory. The English, unable to forgivo the smashing blows he dealt thoir com merce and naval prestige, still call him "the pirate." Never, however, did ho violate tho laws of civilized -warfare existing at tho time of tho Revolution. He was as chivalrous as he was fear less, and as honorable as he was In domitable. The founder of American naval greatness, he has been well call ed ' the Drake of tho now world." "He was baptized at his birthplace in the parish of Kirkbean. Kirkcudbright, Scotland, as John Paul. He assumed the .narao of Jones after cominjr to America. John Paul's childhood vas spent on the shores of Southern Scot land. Hero he acquired an almost pas sionate- love of tho sea. which charac terized him throuch life. His early education had been scanty, but he made thorough study of seamanship and raDidlv became a skillful sailor. He was first, mate for awhile on a slaver. Having left the 3lave trade in disgust. ho started from the West Indies for England as a passenger on the John O'Gaunt. The ship had proceeded but a short distance when the yellow fever attacked those aboard and carried off the captain, mate and all but five of the crew. John Paul toolc command oi tno fever-stricken brier and brought it safely into port at Whitehaven. In 1773 John Paul succeeded, by the death of his brother William, to the proprietorship of the valuable Jones es tate in Virginia, took his brother's adopt ed name of Jones, and for two years en joyed the agreeable, uneventful life of country squire. He read, entertained lavishly, mingled with the first families of Virginia, became gentleman, scholar and politician, as well as a master of the art of the sea. When the rupture between the colonies and the mother country came he was among the first to perceive and to point out to Washington Jefferson, the Lees, and other Revolu tionary leaders the advantages that America would derive from having a for midable navy- He was disappointed at not being given a Captaincy la tho new navy, but cheerfully accepted a senior Lieutenancy, believing that "time will make all things even." In December, 1775, he hoisted over the ship Alfred a flag on which appeared a rattlesnake colled around a pine tree. It was the first American flag even thrown to the breeze. Two months later he started from the capes of the Delaware with the first American fleet ever afloat. In May he was made captain of the Providence With this ship he cruised along the American coast, and in six weeks fought an Indecisive battle with the British frlg- ata ATllfnrr? r!jti-nvr1 sPVfirnl small VPR- sels took 16 valuable prizes. Being made captain of the Alfred, he went up the Atlantic coast as far as Canso, sunk a transport laaen wim provisions, cap tured a letter of marque ship with a rich cargo, and boldly took three ships from the British coal fleet, which was directly under tho guns of LouisbUrg. In June, 1777, when he assumed command of the Ranger, he raised the Stars and Stripes with his own hands. It was the first time that that beautiful and glorious em blem ever floated over a ship o war, and under its folds the Ranger was to achieve the first decisive success of the American Navy. Captain Jones believed that the pres tige of the American Navy could be best raised by carrying hostilities into the en- Wtt mnp.iWA th rleht nrolect. and von are the right man to execute It." said BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE. Valueable Space Needlessly Thrown Away. Salem Journal. Trio TAiirnnl nrxrtta H3 TflJlllpr."? an anoloCV f0r printing its editor's name In several places in this paper. It will not soon occur again If it can be prevented. Mr. Thomas Makes Himself Solid. Athena Press. - The family of John Thomas have moved from Milton to this city, and are occupying- a cottage in the north part of town. Mr. Thomas is a new sub scriber to the Press. The Hurlburt's Busy Dayv Corvallls Gazette. The four Hulburt brothers, who main-. tain baited duck pond3 across the- Wil lamette from this city, assisted by a cou sin, O. D. Hurlburt of Pendleton, killed 4S7 ducks In one day last week. ' And the Dog Came Back. Roseburg Review. A long trip for a dog was made by one owned by Roy Spaugh, of Looking Glass, and taken to CrooK county, ure- gon, last aeptemDer Dy v. . opaugii. The dog returned alone to Looking Glass, arriving on December 9. A rare case of animal instinct Captain Johnson Again Moulds Pub lic Opinion. Walla Walla Statesman. Captain P. B. Johnson is doing edi torial work for the Union, the paper which he founded and conducted with marked ability for many years. Cap tain Johnson has lost none of his old time force and vigor as a writer and his scintillations of wit and wisdom will be eagerly read. Grievous Mistake of an Albany Beau. Albany Democrat Reported hold-ups generally termi nate about the same way. one recently happened this way: A young man was Eroing- home, ho was stopped, a pair or strong arms thrown around him and his money demanded, but he succeeded in breaking away and reaching home in safety. It was a young lady dressed for the occasion who wanted to have a joke on her friend, and she had it Burning Question Definitely Settled. Monument Enterprise. Quite a number of our young people attended the debate Saturday evening at the Putnam Schoolhouse. The subject of dehatn -was: "Resolved. That fire is 1 moro destructive than water." Both sides, wer0 wen argued, and a lively contest was kept up for some time. The decision of the Judges was in favor of the negative. Another debate is scheduled for tonight (Friday), the subject being "Resolved. That tobacco Is more Injurious to mankind than liquor." Excitement Over That Huskin'. Bee. Eugene Register. Professor Burden will bo the host of the' Huskin Bee and Mrs. Tolmle the hostess; Steve Burton as Farmer Corn- hopper will make things go some. MODERN TIMBSgf JONES Chicago Tribune.) Washington. A few months later tne Caotain was hanging oft the Brltisn coast, spreading demoralization and de struction In tho English navy and mer chant marine. On April 24, the Ranger methe British sloop of war Drake, car rying 20 guns, on the north coast of Ire land. A desperate ngnt ensucav in wnicn American courage and gunnery pre vailed. The Drake was maue an un manageable log on the water and strucK its flag. The moral cirecta ot tnis vic tory were enormous. The defeat of a British ship of war by an American ship in a fair fight caused the breasts of Eng lishmen to heave with mingled alarm and Indignation, and filled tne enemies ot England with nope ana entnusiasm. When Captain Jones arrived at Brest with his prize he was given a roaring saiuie by the French fleet. He became the hero nf the hour'in France, and was applaud ed and admired equally by court and peo ple. . ... Hero though he was, ne naa a nuru wuo P-otf!rnr to spa asain. With the ingrati tude said to be characteristic of republics. Congress handed the commana ot tne Ranger over to its J? irst ueuienam, It was only after many trials and a long watt that Paul Jones was enameu, thrnnirh thft rrenerositv of the trencn Kin?, to set forth again with a small fleet. including the40-gun man-of-war ijuras, now called Bon Homme Richard, in compli ment to Dr. Franklin; the frigate Alliance, the frigate Pallas and tho brig Vengeance. It was a motley armament The ships were not half fitted, their timbers were rotten, they were commanded by French officers. who were sullenly jealous ot tneir commander-in-chief, and of the 375 men whom John Paul, now a Commodore, had got .together, only 50 -were Americans, the rest being French, Portuguese and British the riffraff of Europe. On September iz. 1779. the Baltic fleet of 41 merchantmen laden with valuable naval stores for Great Britain, and convoyed by the ships Sera- pis, a new 44-gun frigate, and tne sioop-of-war Countess of Scarborough, was sighted. Jones flew the signal for a gen eral chase. The Allianco treacherously paid no heed. The little Vengeance was practically worthless in a fight. The Pal las attacked the Countess of Scarborough. Tho half-rotten, slow-sailing flagship. Bon Homme Richard was thus left to deal single-handed with the far superior Serapls. It was 8 o'clock in the evening when the Richard drew alongside its' antagonist and gave it a broadside. Two 18-pound guns in the lower gun deck of the Richard burst and created terrible havoc. The ship began to sink. Its Intrepid .com mander saw his only hope lay in a grap ple with the enemy, and with his own hands he lashed the two ships together. At 9:30 the Alliance came up, but instead of helping the Richard, it treacherously discharged a broadside into its stern. Captain Pearson, of the Serapls, hailed John Paul and asked if he demanded quarter. "I have just begun to fight," John Paul thundered in reply. At 10:30 o'clock Jones caused the British ship to be boarded with 30 picked men. and Cap tain Pearson surrendered. The Richard was a wreck and on fixe. The next morn ine it went down. "The last mortal eyes rever saw of it," said its commander In his official report, "was the defiant wav ing of its unconquered and unstricken flag." Only 150 of the crew of the Richard were fit for service, but they made their way to Holland with their 230 wounded, 350 prisoners, and the Serapls and Scar borough as prizes. On his return to the United States Commodore Jones was received with every manifestation of enthusiasm, and tendered the thanks of Congress. The Revolu tionary War was soon ended. Being un able to secure further employment in Un American Navy, and his fortune having been entirely dissipated, John Paul en tered the French navy. He wa3 later Rear-Admiral In the Russian service, and won a great victory over the Turks In thrj Black Sea. For this triumph the Empress Catherine created him Vice-Admiral and decorated him with the order of St Anne, and he is reputed to have become one of the numerous lovers ot that ficklo des pot. Tiring of Russia, where he was con stantly beset by powerful enemies at court. Admiral Jones went to Paris, where he hoped to secure employment from the French revolutionary government. He failed In this, however, and died in Paris on July 18, 1792, a disappointed, morbid, irascible old man. It was a sad close of a glorious career. S. O. D. Pompey Fred Steiwer will surprise his friends by his novel entrance. Mrs. Hay and Mrs. Cornhopper, Mrs. Tolmjo and Mrs. Mahon, will do a llttlo stunt that will amuse their friends. A big cake will Jje walked for by nine char coal bollos and beaux, famous for grace and depth of color. The Hey Rube dancers arc the worst that ever came over the pike but too good to miss. Prolific Chinese Women. World's Work. One of the Federal Judges has esti mated that. If the stories told In tho courts by the Chinese, about being born in the United States were all true, every Chinese woman who was living in the United States 25 years ago must have had at least SCO children. One of the wretched features of this situation Is that, since wives of bonda fide Chinese natives of the United States have been declared entitled to ad mission, each ono of these fraudulently admitted Chinamen may bring over a slave girl masquerading as his wife. She commands a market price of from 52000 to J3000. The Reg'lar Army Man. Joe Lincoln in Manila Sunday-Sun. . He ain't no sold-lace "Belvidere," Ter sparkle in the sun. He don't parade with gay cockade. And posies In his gun; He ain't no "pretfy soldier boy," So lovely, spick and span; He wears a crust o tan and dust, The Reg'lar Army man; " The marchin', jarchln'. Pipe-clay starchin' Reg'lar Army man. He ain't at homo In Sunday-school, Nor yet at eoclal tea, And on the day he gets Ms pay - He's apt ter spend It free; He ain't no temp' ranee advocate, He likes to fill the can; He's kinder rough, an maybe tough; . The Reg'lar Army man; t . The rarln. tearln. Sometimes swearin', i ' Reg'lar Army man. ' No state'll call him Vnoble son,,"" Ke ain't no ladies' pet. . - But. let a row start anyhow, . They'll send ior him. you bet! . " He don't cut any Ice at all " . In Fashion's eoclal plan; He gits the job to face a mob. The Reg'lar Army man; The millln'. drillln', Made fer klllin". . . Reg'lar Army man. They ain't no tears shed over him . When he goes off ter war; He gits no speech nor prayerful "preach" From Mayor or Governor; He packs his little knapsack up And trots oft In the van, Ter start the tight and start It. right; The Reg'lar Army man; The rattlln'. battlln', - Colt or Gatlln', Reg'lar Army man. Ha makes no rues about the Job. He don't talk big or brave; He knows he's In ter fight and win. Or help fill up a grave; , He ain't no "mamma's darlln," but He does the be3t he can. , And he's the chap that wins the scrap, The Reg'lar Army man; The dandy, handy V Cool and sandy. , ' Reg'lar Army-man. r 4 I