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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1905)
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In a lone article the Pacific Christian Advocate (Portland) attempts reproof ana rebuke of The Oregonian, because it Sias not yielded to the demand that the Lewis and Clark Fair be closed on Sunday. It says: There Is no reason to doubt that The Ore gonlan wants the Fair to be a success, and hat the editor thinks the closing of the gates would mean the loss of the entrance fees that would be taken In every Sunday simply that. and nothing more. But let him consider that host which no man can estimate, because they are a modest company, will refuse to coma to the Fair or In any wav c&tmnizr if If lta gates are "'To be opened oa the Lord's Day These people are the most desirable peo ple of this great land, for they are people of convictions; and people with convlctloai have splnallty and Integrity. They- honor God and bless man. There Is a lot of cant here, hut let It pasa -without particular notice. It may be there are persons -who will not enter the sates on Sunday though, they may do worse. But It Is their right to re fuse, and no one will question it Some even may go so far as to. resolve to boycott the Fair entirely, unless its gates are closed on Sunday. They have & Tight to do this also; but the num bers of. such -will be small. Action so extreme, in the name of him -who -was himself accused and denounced because he refused to conform to the alleged law of the Sabbath, is not llkelv to carry much force or weight. There Is one conclusive answer. The Sabbath anct Sunday Is an attempted transfer mation of It was made for man, not man lor the Sabbath. And there are more reasons than the lorn of gate receipts. That one reason has some Importance, but it Is trifling. In comparison with others. If the Fair is to be immoral It should never be opened. But If moral on other days of the weeklt cannot be immoral on Sun day. Open on Sunday, it will be a place for quiet recreation: and for mul tltudes it will be the only day of the week. If there be those -who cannot conscientiously attend on Sunday, no one "will complain of them; no one will tease or annoy them. But are these conscientious persons to be forcers of the conscience of others? There are several classes of persons who differ In everything else, yet who want the Fair closed on Sunday. Chief of these are the extreme and rigid Sab fbatariane, the lower sort of saloon keepers, the proprietors of vaudeville shows and amusements, and! persons engaged in transportation service not dlreotly connected with the Fair Grounds. All these, except the extreme 4unday-Sab(batarIans, expect or hope to make money through closure of the Fair on Sunday; because people will -do something and go somewhere, and .will not mope, on Sunday; and the Fair will bring large numbers who must find entertainment somehow, and if the gates of the Falr are closed shows and picnics and excursions will take them to say nothing of the "other ,places" always open. There Is no mor ality in .the proposal to close the Fair on Sunday. As for religion, it is a mat ter of individual and private con science, with which the state has noth ing to do. It has no right to insist. on observance of Sunday, or of any other day, as a "holy day." The State of uii niui. oui ii. muuuL ineiBi on en forcement of wiy religious observances in the conduct of it. "No law," says the constitution, of Oregon, "shall in Ll. V.I. Ti II . . . any case whatever -control free exer else and enjoyment of religious opin ions, or interfere with the rights of conscience." Again, "No religious test shall be required- as a qualification for any office." Still further, "No money eh all be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any theological institu tion, nor shall any money be approprl atedi for the payment of any religious service in either house of the Legis lative Assembly." The plain andVloar purpose of these provisions "Is to Torbld any attempt to control or to enforce any theological or religious belief. Yet in this category the theological and ec clesiastical Idea of Sunday belongs. Not wholly so, however; for there are theo logical and1 ecclesiastical dissidents from this opinion; for Sunday is not the Sabbath, and some make one dav a matter of conscience and some an other. But the state can properly take no notice of these opinions. It cannot con kcern itself .about the sanctity of one day or another. The state's Sunday is not a holy day. but a holiday. Never theless, since there are those who wish to treat it as a hob day and not as a holiday, certainly let them do so. They will have no molestation. But the freedom of conscience they insist on must not be a one-sided thing. Most persons will wish to enter the gates of the Fair on Sunday. Some will not. The upshot of the . matter is necessity of toleration and freedom of action. A Senator is to be elected in Con necticut.- A well-known clergyman. Dr. Newman Smyth, has attempted to control or influence the election, on grounds that lead the Bridgeport Farmer to say that "Dr. Smyth seems to forget that the Congregational Church in Connecticut was disestab lished by the ratification of our present constitution in A. D. 1818." DIFFICULTIES TO BE DEALT "WITH. The meeting of the Chamber of Com- j merce with its guests Wednesday even- ; ing was notable in many respects. The new president, Mr. W. D. "Wheelwright, in his address set a high mark for the work of the representative bodies of the city during this most . Important year. The constant necessity of com mon action for the common good Is ob vious. The point most strongly brought out by both the retiring and the in coming president is, however, that the commerce of Oregon Is struggling un der artificial and needless bonds. It seems neither pleasant nor profitable for American citizens "to dwell under an autocrat, even If the Iron hand wears a velvet glove; yet this is the deep-seated cause for the Ills our local merchants bear. The railroad monop oly rules our commerce; Mr. Harriman rules the railroad. 'Does the ruling end there, or is there yet another power to be reckoned with behind that throne? Our merchants and traders complain in many Instances of excessive charges on both eastward and westward-bound freight. What are they going to do about It? Their appeal Is only to the very authority that Imposes the rate. If the small trader or the farmer is in jured; or thinks himself injured, he can not, even by combining with his fel lows, obtain redress. The Interstate Commission was framed to provide remedy for such troubles. But there is seen a court with no power to enforce its decrees. The -Quarles-Cooper bill, now before Congress, proposes to make the rates ordered by the Commission effective -unless reversed or amended by the Federal Courts surely a meas ure worthy of serious and careful con sideration. But the hand of the railroad does not lose its force when the limit of the road on land Is reached. The same power which decrees the land rates provides the ocean trans portation, and thereby controls both outward and Inward trans-Pacific freights. The steamships of the rail road company go and come with full cargoes of through freight both inward and outward. Competing steamships have a hard life, and, even if they se cure outward cargoes from this port, are apt to return with very light loads. Another interesting fact was noticed by Consul Miller In his speech. The Japanese steamships from Seattle ac cept cargo on straight through bills of lading to any Chinese or Japanese port. If trans-shipment to coasting steamers is required, the steamship company undertakes this at Its own cost and risk. Consequently such cargo is delivered to its destination at specified time, for on Inclusive figure. and, if robbery en route occurs, the steamship company makes it good. The Portland ships accept cargo. It is, -true. for ports other than those reached by the ocean steamship, but decline re sponsiblllty for-loss or delay An trans shipment or unloading. Naturally the Seattle line commands the first choice. Mr. Miller tells us that the -Chinese system at some of those ports is In deed organized robbery since the com pradors and longshoremen have a reg ular scale- of stealing, the profits of which ?tre systematically collected and divided. What, then, are the remedies for which Portland by organized and by individual effort should strive? The hands of the Government should be held up in its endeavor to establish an effective court "of. Inquiry, decision and appeal as between the shippers and the railroads. The entry of Independent ocean steamships into the Portland Oriental trade should be in. every way encouraged by the merchants and trad ers of this city. Such changes in the forms of bills of lading should be In sisted on as would place the Portland ships on equal terms with the Seattle ships in enforcing the regular and com plete delivery of cargo in -whole condi tion at its destination. Portland should be warned of the possibility of a step by the Har riman lines which would shut her for good and all from the immense and most valuable field now opening for her trade into the great region known as Central Eastern Oregon, and ex tending as far south as Lake County and the California boundary. Every one "knows that San Francisco is In tended to be made the Home of the Pa clflc Coast, to which all roads converge. A railroad built from Ontario up the Malheur Valley, across the Harney Val ley, and then striking southwest in a direct line for San Francisco, or to a nearer connection In Northern Califor nia with the Southern Pacific, would find not only a quite practicable route, but would establish San Francisco as the governing point for all traffic aris ing in this immense field, which is properly Portland's own. There are op portunities in the history of states and of cities which, once let pass, can never be regained. For many years past the chance to conhect Portland with the great Central Oregon field has been open. She has hitherto waited, and is still waiting, for some divinity to In terpose and do this work for her. It is not yet done. IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE SWAVXE. The impeachment of Federal Judge Swayne, of Florida, by Congress for high crimes and misdemeanors In office, presents at once a serious and an Im pressive' spectacle. The rarity of such proceedings, as well as the gravity of the charge, suffices to draw public at tention to the case in an unusual de gree. Following the formal impeach ment by a select committee of the House of Representatives two weeks ago before the bar of the United States Senate, twelve articles of impeachment under the general arraignment -were presented yesterday. These articles accuse Judge Swayne of presenting a false claim of $230 against the Government; of obtaining money under false pretenses by collect ing 510 a day for expenses, when these were less; of appropriating to his own use a private car of a railroad then In the hands of a receiver appointed by himself, in Avhlch he made many jour neys, including one to California; of making malicious and -unlawful decis ions In contempt cases; -and of falling to acquire residence in his district, as required by law. The presentment is serious enough, and formidable enough in each, of the above counts, if proven, to degrade and. dismiss a Federal Judge from the hon orable position to 'Which, as aa honor able man and a worthy citizen, he has attained. At this stage of the proceedings, however, it may be cited that one side of the case- only has been presented as yet to Congress. Judge Swayne's friends, assert that -lis animus of the whole proceedings is prejudice against him as a "carpet-bagger" a charge which still represents the sin of sins, politically speaking-, in, -the South. The other offenses, it is said, are. technical or trivial, trumped upjto give the case a standing before Congress. It will now devolve upon the Senate to resolve itself into a high court of justice, summon the accused and en force the .attendance of witnesses. The trial will follow the custom of the Fed eral Court The vote of the House by which Impeachment was decided upon was 198 to 61, and it is obvious that, if Judge Swayne is successful in defend ing his judicial character, he will have to bring strong- evidence in 'rebuttal of the testimony upon which his impeach ment was ordered. This much may be said in advance of the trial before the Senatorial High Court of Justice: The charges upon which Judge Swayne is arraigned rep resent acts that are supposed to pass current in official life. This does not make the acts of which complaint is made , legal or honorable, but it does make conviction under them difficult if not doubtful. This fact is attested and the possible result of the trial fore shadowed by the dissenting report signed by two members of the House committee of seven Representatives Little field and Parker which declares that the only valid articles of Impeach ment presented are those based upon excessive expense accounts, and even these Representative Glllett would dis miss, on the ground that it is custom ary for Federal Judges to make out ex pense certificates of J10 a day. It is doubtful, In view of all the" clrcum-v stances, whether the Impressive trial of Judge Swayne, even If the charges in the main, or to a considerable- extent, are proven, will not result m greater humiliation than profit to the American people. GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN'S MESSAGE. A message to a Legislature by the Governor of any state is ordinarily a perfunctory document. Its purpose Is to review the financial, Industrial, so cial and official conditions of the state in all its departments, to criticise its faults, and to suggest recommenda tions for Its defects. If It falls to de vote due '.attention to any important feature in the state's administration, it will not have performed its function If it manifests an intelligent and- dis criminating interest In the details of public business, it will have shown that the executive knows what he is about. Biennial messages are made to be printed, not read. The intelligent clti zen who goes through such a document "from beginning to end is a public bene factor. He thus Teveals a patient and patriotic desire to inquire into the welfare of the body politic and to de termine for himself what should be done to cure any conceivable corporate ills or to enhance the happiness of all citizens. Such an one may find out all about Oregon if he will read in full the 15,000-word missive of Governor Cham berlain to the State Legislature. The Governor discusses -state-finances and taxation, the public schools and the normal schools, -the.-.Sqldiers' Home and the State Board of Agriculture,! the Penitentiary and Insane Asylum, the National Guard and the Indian War Veterans, public lands and salaries of state officers, and all other 'subjects made familiar by the official literature of his predecessors in office. -He makes few new recommendations along con ventional lines, but he Introduces some new topics. For example, he complains that two normal schools are enough. but he -finds that an obstinate Legisla ture two years ago had disregarded a similar recommendation then made and had passed a bill to create another nor mal school, which be bad thoughtfully vetoed. Most people who have given the subject consideration will go the Governor one hotter and say that one normal school is quite enough for any state. The public schools In the Gov ernor's opinion do not entirely fulfill their mission. This is not surprising. But we reckon they are here to stay. It is Interesting to observe that Governor Chamberlain places himself In an attitude of practical opposition to any project for convict employment that serves to disturb the present ar rangement, by which a large number of prisoners are used in the manufacture of stoves. The Governor evidently thinks that It Is not safe to attempt to utilize the labor of convicts on roads. except In the vicinity of the State Peni tentiary, and that it would be inhuman to deprive them of some occupation within the walls of the prison. "My investigations Into the subject," he says, "lead me to believe that our con vict labor comes "less In competition with free labor, in Oregon, at least, under the present system, than In any other form of employment." This ac cords with the best Judgment of this troublesome question, and wil no doubt, serve to render It probable that no political party in Oregon for any demagogic purpose will Undertake to prevent the-employment of convicts at Salem in some useful labor. The ques tion of pecuniary benefit to the state is entirely aside from humanitarian con siderations. Governor Chamberlain wants the emoluments of the State .Printer re duced; so does everybody else except the State Printer. He wants the Dairy and Food Commissioner and the State Veterinarian placed directly under con trol of the State Board of Health, which may be a proper enough ar rangement if we shall always have a State Board of Health as efficient and painstaking as the present Board. He wants a gross-earnings tax imposed upon franchises of express, telephone, telegraph, Pullman car and other sim ilar public-service companies. He Is not alone In his desire, but the utility of that sort of taxation is, neverthe less, questionable. Then be recom mends that the present fellow-servant law shall be extended from railroads to all other forms of hazardous employ ment, and he criticises severely the prevailing system of employers' liabil ity insurance. His position Is that in all litigation between .any Injured em ploye and corporation the real de fendant Is the insurance company. No doubt; but why should not the em ployer have protection In the hazards of his business, just the same as the employe, who asks that he shall be pro tected under the provisions of a fellow servant law? To drive liability insur ance companies out of the state, which the Governor seems 'to contemplate. would not be of Jemfit ts Ike eajptoye. and would certainly be a' great diaaa- vantage to the employer. Flat salaries far stater oScers. have been a long time cs-mlag. bat we are to have them, and the Governor Is ex- ceedinglr glad. If we were obeying- the constitution we should have them now. The constitution has fixed them, and the Governor Is receiving his share of the excess. Juvenile courts and the In determinate sentence, which have been tried elsewhere, are cordially recom mended. He wants an emergency fund to employ secret service men to detect the sheepkillers in Eastern and Central Oregon. Well enough. If the legisla ture has got to do the work that the executive himself ought long ere this to have undertaken, on hla own ac count, it should do It promptly. Everybody except the sheepkillers would have applauded drastic action by the state executive. long time ago. Then the wifebeater the Governor fa vors the installation of a convenient and workable whipping post He struck apopular chord tijere. On the whole, the spirit of the Gov ernor's message is good, and his desire to be on amicable terms -with the Leg islature Js apparent. If his recommen dations are not followed, we may pos sibly bear from them in the next cam paign. It they are adopted, we shall probably learn also at that time that such wise and timely legislation Is due entirely to the Initiative, patriotism and statesmanship of our genial Dem ocratic executive. v Of the decision of the Department of Education to remove "Evangeline" from the English course in the public schools of British Columbia, the Vic toria Colonist approves on the ground that It should not be placed In the hands of children "until they are In a position to appreciate it as literature and not as a truepicture of a mournful episode of the past." "Evangeline" Is as popular in Great Britain as -it is in America, but the British Columbia au thorities think that it gives school chil dren a false idea of British harshness andcruelty, as the critical nature of the times is not understood by the young reader. Not to have read "Evan geline" in youth is a loss to any per son, and especially, one would think, to a Canadian, with part of whose country it deals, and the Idea of Long fellow as an incendiary is surprising enough to prove amusing. A parcels-post arrangement with Peru Is advocated by Consul Gotts- chalk, of Callao, who reports that sim ilar arrangements between Peru and European countries have resulted In an Increased trade. Dress goods, shoes and such things are being ordered in increasing quantities by this system of postal importation, and the recent postal money-order agreement between this country and Peru should logically be followed by a parcels post. The countries of South America are more neglected by United States merchants than more distant and less profitable markets. President Roosevelt in his last mes sage to Congress had the following: The wlfe-beater. for example. Is Inade quately punished by Imprisonment, lor Im prisonment may often mean nothing to him. while it may cause hunter -and want to the wife and children who have been victims of his brutality. Probably some form of corporal punishment would be the most ade quate way of meeting this kind of crime. No doubt the President had in mind the whipping post, Now Governor Chamberlain comes forward and urges that that ancient- and -useful institu tion be revived. They did things bet ter in the old days along some, lines. Vice-Admlral Doubassoff,' the Rus slan member of the "North Sea Commia sion, is something of a humorist In a recent statement he declared that provisional peace was very probable. Japan retaining Port Arthur and Rus sla In the meantime preparing an "In vincible fleet for a future effort." Th. idea that Japan would stop licking an enemy to permit preparations ror. a sec ond fight on better terms should ha-( appealed to even the Russian sense of humor. Dr. J. R. Cnrdwell has for the seven teenth consecutive year been chosen by his associates Jn horticulture president of the Stare Horticultural Society. A man devoted not only to the interests of fruitgrowing, but a worshipful son of Nature as the great mother mani fests herself m all growing plants. Dr. Cardwell Is very properly continued in this position. The appointment of Ronald D. John son, of this city, as a cadet to West Point Is held to be a promising one. Of sturdy pioneer stock, and having received his preparatoryeducatIon thus far entirely In Oregon, he Is a repre sentative youth whose record In the great National Military Academy should reflect credit upon the state. With the arrival at Olympla of the Legislative body which made gambling in Washington a felony, the roulette and black-jack men have opened up for business, just to show the members what a harmless f olly'ls the thingthey made a penitentiary offense. ConqueredRussian officers were given a reception at Nagasaki that would hardly have been excelled had they re turned as victors to their native coun try, but the world has ceased to be surprised at any evidence of Japanese magnanimity. Apparently the only candidate King County has at Olympla who has a chance of election is the man King County says it does not want. But Xing County may,changc Its mind. Se attle is not a majority of the State of Washington. It is nonsense to talk about legisla tion to prohibit the sale of cigarettes. If the present law to prevent sale to minors under IS Is enforced, everything that ought to be done will have been done. No doubt President Rocsevelt will take the first opportunity to Intervene in the present war. All he wnnts Is a chance. Nobody enjoys war, not even the noncombatants. Now it is an uprising in the Congo Free State, which Is fast qualifying for the title of Africa's geyser ot trouble. The famous question of "Where did you get it, Mr. Croker?" appears to have crossed the ocean. "Arbitration, treaties and a formida ble navy" is Dr. Roosevelfa-peace prescription. KOTE AND COMHEXT. ' ' Ose the ships sunk at Port Arthur. was te Djldjld. Djid djever hear such a umc before? Portland" had a alight fall of the hor rible yesterday. ' ; These are boydayn. Didn't the sleighbells make vou think of the "Down East" show where in they -Jingle before the door opens and Uncle Zeb stamps in out of the paper snow? It Is now said that Alice 'Webb had resolved to be married to Brodle Duke, whether he was willing or not. Noth ing very novel in that; in half the marriages- the man Is a helpless captive.. whose consent is of no moment. Our wbrst enemy cannot accuse us of ever having referred to our Legis lators as "Solons " Snowflakes and Roses. Portland town's a t6wn Of TTMM Where every kind of roses growses. Summer and "Winter the eltv klrnm "With roses and roses and ih mnA mM And' the Portland girl has a cheek that glowses As red as the reddest rose of roses. But alsi! when In rortland town It iikiviu. Prom cheeks the roses goescs to noses. Vienna has a hospital for diseased flahes, and a carp is belnjr treated there for appendicitis. If the hoSDital au thorities find a carp with some really fatal infectious disease they can find a home for it In the Willamette. Jlu Jitsu experts, it develops, are merely upon the threshold ot, their art. Judo is the real thlnsr. Tf iin ittc. what would Judo? A check made out on a clam 'shell was recently paid by an Atlantic City Danic Money talks, even if a clam doesn't. a correspondent writes: A certain North Nineteenth street, unknowingly exposea herself yesterday afternoon to suspicion ot being a shoplifter. Ac companied by several other ladles ot her set, she had luncneon at the grill and then proceeded to do some shop ping. Among other things mirehaRri was an armful of that dainty decora tive vine, the asparagus shrub. The party visited a certair large apartment store, and a few purchases being made, went to a furrier's, where the young lady In question was to have a fitting for a fur. Suddenly one of the matrons in the party exclaimed, "For goodness' sake. Miss , what have you been doing?" Somewhat aghast by the rather alarming tone of the questioner, Miss was not slow in casllng her eyes over her gown, the natural in stinct of most women, and there, hang ing to the asparagus vine, were several yards o expensive ribbon which had in some manner attached ltaelf to the vine when the luncheon party was making us purcnases in the big store. Need- less to say. another visit was paid to the department store and the ribbon restored, amid embarrassed explana tions, which, however, were not lacking In humor. Poor L Alton B. Parker's Jane, is dead. mb. pet lamb. Mary Poor Mary Jane. She bad a pain: Relief" was vain. And so she hied. To be beside The boom that died. In reading a Klickitat County paper, the first three names of places noticed were Dot, Bluelight and Six Prong. The Cleveland correspondent of the Blckleton (Wash.) News has a lot of worry with the weather. His dally let ter usually contains' some praise or blame, usually blame, for the state of the sky. His first bulletin reads: "Well. I am still after the weather, but In spite of my efforts I am utterly unable to keep pace with her. It is raining and thawing to day, but what the morrow will be Is beyond my vision to see. Tho last bulletin marks the resigna tion of despair: "Well, we have been Co win' pretty hard all weekv The wind, calfed Chinook. Is now blowing at a pretty lively rste, taking the snow oft faster than we could, so we will simply hand over the lines for this week and let -her blow. - There Is a 'good story on President Roosevelt. Ho has great admiration for Mrs. La Follette, wife ot the Gov ernor of Wisconsin, and no wonder. The beginning of this regard dates from an occasion when Mrs. La Follette and himself were guests at a "reception some time ago. The Washington cor respondent, of The Chronicle tell3 about It. Mrs. La Follette and Mr. Roosevelt were standing in one corner engaged in conversation and eating Ice cream. He was doing the bulk of the talking, and she was an attentive and unwavering lis tener. "Suddenly I discovered." snys the President, "that for the last five minutes I had been pouring- Ice cream down the front of her handsome .even ing gown. She had known it all the time, but had not Indicated it by even the quiver ot an eyelash or the slight est change In tho smiling. Interested expression upon her face; she had sim ply been too polite to interrupt me by word or look or move, no matter what happened to the gown." WEX. J. ' THE NEW YEAR'S 0REG0XIAX. Independence Enterprise. The Oregonlsn put on a New Tear's edition that reflects the resources of the Northwest in an attractive way, and It is one of the best advertisements of Oregon and the Lewis and Clark country generally that has ever been put out. Long Creek Ttanger. The New Tear's edition of The Portland Oregonlan, (last Monday's paper) is mainly composed of write-ups of the different feat ures of the Lewis and Clark Centennial and Oriental Exposition, as Is the resources of enterprising counties of the state. It Is Just such a paper as should be widely circulated throughout the East. Lakevicw Examiner. The New Tear's Oregonlan is a good ad vertisement tor Oregqnia'na. People Interest ed In the state's welfare might send a few East to fritnds. The Song of Oregon. . Minna Irving, In rustle's Weekly. My home Is In the great Northwest. The land of wheat and gold. And mighty forests dark and tall, - And men ot Iron mold. I help the Nation's destiny. By word and deed, to shape; And wear about my brow entwined A garland ot the grape.- Th blue Pacific laves my shore, My throne Is on Mount Hood. Capped with eternal mows and cloth TVlth miles of waving wood. And when within tho halls of state The toga I put on. My voice Is heard around the world. For 1 am Oregon. STRANGE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD THE ESKIMOS (By arrangement with the Chicago Tribune.) THE Eskimos extend across tho whole northern coast of the North 'American continent from Greenland to Bearing Strait. They come as far South as Labrador on the Atlantic and as ,the Yukon River on the Pacific. Throughout this vasr territory they are much alike in looks and customs. They average only about 5 feet 6 inches in height, but tall men are sometimes found among them. Their dress makes them look shorter than they really are. The men wear a jacket of skin which is pull ed on over the head like a shirt. Attach ed, to the Jacket Is p. hood of the same material. In winter another Jacket with the fur turned toward the body is worn inside this outer Jacket. Their trousers also are made ot skins and reah below Jhe knee. Their boots are of an excellent quality ot skin, which is chewed soft by the women before being made up. The 'dress of the women and children varies but slightly from that of the men. The Eskimos are fair skinned, but they are always so dirty that the stranger would not suspect It. Water Is their pet aversion. None of them in a state ot nature ever took a bath or even washed his face after the civilized fashion. Tha mother cleanses her babes as a cat does her kittens by applying her tongue to them. The Eskimos faces are fat and flat, their mouths extremely large, and their hair black, coarse, and straight. They are not a handsome people, and it Is easy to believe the story that when Sir Martin Froblshers sailors first saw one of their old women they pulled off her boots to see If she had cloven feet. The Eskimos lead the same sort ot life year after year. In September the var ious bands, each composed ot Ave or six families, move to v different well-known passes, where the men He in wait to spear or harpoon, the reindeer, geese, whales, and other animals which In that month begin their southerly migrations. The long, dark winter Ib a period of In activity, and feastlnir. On the return of .light in the spring the seal hunt, the most perilous, exciting, and enjoyable occujja tlon of the year, commences. The hunter goes forth on the Arctic sea In his "kayak," a- small canoe made of whale bone, covered with skins. The hole In the top of the kayak is barely large enough to admit the hunter's body. His line is colled in front of him. and fast ened to the end of it ishls harpoon. When he sights a seal he never quits chasing and spearing him until the ani mal Is dead. Tho hunter may turn hl3 kayak completely over and right It again without danger, but he is so closely fast ened in that he cannot get out quickly, and if the Ice knocks a hole In his canoe he goes to the bottom of the ocean. The Eskimos show ingenuity In hunting the, polar bear. They coil a piece ot whalebone, cover it with stringy pieces of whale blubber, and throw it In the bear's path. The bear swallows the bait, whole, and when the warmth of his stomach melts the blubber the whalebone uncoils and kills him. The Eskimos are the biggest eaters in tho world. In the autumn they consume large quantities of cranberries. Blueber ries, etc., and they consider half digested lichens from the belly of the reindeer a delicacy. But raw meat, especially raw fat meat. Is their main article of diet. Many of them devour eight or ten pounds of meat at a meal. A man will He on the floor when he has got so full he can no longer move and grin with greasy joy while ius wife forces tlbblts of fat and blubber down his throat. They don't care how much dirt gets mixed with their food. They chew so much sand with it that the teeth of the middle aged and old people are usually worn down to their gums. The women have a pleasant hab it, after they have cooked meat, of lick ing the dirt off it with their tongues be 1 AX EASTERN VIEW. Criticism of Men and of Conditions In Oregon. New Tork Prees. If Senator Mitchell Is eager to keep the pub lic good-will m the time during which" the law must presume him fhnocent he Is unfortu nate in his attitude. "I defy my accusers says he. Hla accusers are headed by President Rooseveft. for everyone knows that so mighty a personage as a "United States Senator would not be Indicted unless the President gave the word to prosecute him and, moreover, unless the President watched the prosecution with a Jealous care to aee that the District Attorney's ardor did not cool and that nobody "got to the grand Jury." The theory that a United States Senator can do no wrong has been rudely as sailed by the three cases of Burton. Dietrich and Mitchell, tho rldlcfllous- "vindication" of the Nebraskan by the immaculate Senate not withstanding. Nor does the Oregonlan Inspire confidence of the strength of his defense when he boasts of a residence of 45 years in his state and of the mere fact (ss' if It were proof on its face of his Innocence) that he is a Senator In Con gress. The. Senate has sheltered scoundrels In Its time and Addlcka Is still trying to break In! As for the 45 years' residence plea, the grand Jury apparently has not considered It an answer to the "sworn tesUmony of witnesses that the Senator used his official Influence "to help In the spoliation of the Government. Mr. Mitchell Is "sure" he cannot be connected In any way with any land frauds, "except by the grosses perjury of self-confeseed and convicted thieves and perjurers." The Senator need not have made the exception, for the President, whose motto is "a square deal for every man." will not urge his conviction by perjury, -and. anyway, that kind of testimony could not con vict the meanest Individual in the land, not to speak of a United States Senator. Secretary Hitchcock, however, seems to be loaded for United States Senators and Repre sentatives and other big game. 'These land fraud Indictments," pays he, "are the result of two years of the most searching work, and are a .part of the unalterable determination of the President to bring to Justice all offend ers of the law, be .they high or low."' The public waits for the facts, neither convicting Senator Mitchell out ot hand, nor yet rushing to the absurd conclusion that Tils accusers are a band of perjurers, or that the President and the Secretary of the Interior have set out -to ruin him and have no thought of prottlng the Interests of the people In their property. Land Frauds NothingNew. Hartford Cqurant. It was on May 28, 1789, that Mr. Scott, of Pennsylvania, offered In committee ot the whole house a resolution looking to the estab lishment ot a general land office, "for the sale of the vacant and unappropriated land In the JVestcrn territory." Mr. Madison, of Virginia, told the committee that, lir" his Judgment, the business should receive Congress early atten tion. Congress attended to It after a while; the land office was established. Almost from that day to this the administering of the laws relating to the public domain has been giving rise, intermittently, to trouble and scandal. Fixing the Age of an Egg. New' Tork Press. A simple method by which the freshness of an egg can be tested is based upon the fact that the air chamber at the fiat end of the egg increases in sire with the age of the egg. A fresh egg lies- in a horizon tal position at the bottom of a vessel con taining: a salt-solution. At the expiration of from three to five days there is noticed an inclination upward of 20 degrees ot the flat end. When the egg la two weeks old it assumes an angle of 60 degrees. A month-old egg floats vertically. fore handing It to a speciaUy fastidious guest. - -'".: The Eskimos make as many changes of residence annually as a civilized famllv of wealth. Their summer dwelilhgs"are rude tents made of skins. Their more permanent houses are square or conical huts built half under ground and made of earth, bones, turf, etc They are lighted by windows of whale intestine. A stone lamp with moss for trtek mi blubber for oil hangs from the center of tne ceiung. and serves for light and fire. A tunnel so low that the occupants ot the house have to crawl through it on all fours is the entrance. The object of the tunnei is to prevent unannounced and un welcome visits from the hungry polar bear. On two sides of the house r benches that serve for seats and heti. The huts are always filthy. They are aiso not and odoriferous, there, being al most no ventilation. If the Eskimos hap pen to be moving about in the winter they build snow huts, the blocks of show ot which they are constructed being fit ted together in the walls and arched in the roof with an expertness that a skill ed mason might envy. xne Eskimo bor and cirl are' betrothed and married young as soon. In fact, as me lormer Is able to keen a, famllv. Polygamy is permitted but seldom prac- iicea. The women are- treated with in difference, but not cruelly. The chil dren, on the other hand, are humored and petted. The mother has a large pouch on the back of her Jacket in which she carries her babe. The youngster, who is fed at his mother's breast until 4 years old. soon begins alsb to- regale him self with quantities ot blubber that would founder a man from the temperate region. The Eskimos are a sociable race. Often more than one family lives under the same roof, and they are always. collected in villages of half a dozen or more fam ilies. The houses face on a narrow lane, which is sometimes covered in the win ter, and thus becomes a porch. Some vil lages have council houses in which feasts are held at the end of the hunting sea son, and the great deeds of each hunter are duly extolled. They have no laws or magistrates, but are ruled in patriarchal fashion, each rovxi being a monarch in his own house. When a- roan gots too old and weak to enforce his authority he' Is quietly shelved. His place Is usurped by a younger member of the family, and he is left to govern, with more or les3 suc cess, the women and children. Their religion Is a belief in spirits of various degrees of potency and in a cold. Ice-bound heaven In which reindeers, seals and whales will abound and hunger will be unknown. Some of them worship the moon. The Greenlanders have a tra dition, however, that tho moon was once a wild young man who forced his unde sirable attentions on an Eskimo youRg woman. She smeared his face with soot so she would know him it she met him again. Hence the blackness of his coim- . tenance' at times when civilized men say he Is in eclipse. Explorers and traders differ -In their estimates of the Eskimo's character. His love of his children has been' extolled, but there is an authentic story of one who, after weeping copiously over the loss, of his babe, ate a hearty meal off its dead body. They are peaceable among themselves, but they used to have wars with their neighbors, the Indians, in which they showed courage, revengeful ness. and terrible ferocity They are hos pitable, grateful, and unsurpassable as Hara. They love their Ice-bound country fondly. Those who have been brought to civilized countries have been impress ed by what they saw, but have always on their return to their own people rid iculed the white man. his land, and his strange. mode of Ufe, " S. O. D. BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE. 'Rapid Movements of Miss Kellogg. Elma Corr. Aberdeen Herald. Miss Abble Kellogg, of the Aberdeen schools, was in town between trains Thursday. Now in the Legislative Game. Albany Democrat. Fat MacArthur ind W. Lair Thomp son, two famous football men,- both made good touchdowns at Salem. W.iat Could a Poor Bachelor Do? Irrigon Irrigator. It is currently rumored that one of our young men Js going away in a few days to bring back a wife. We take some stock in another rumor, to' the effect that he has been refused by, every girl in Irrigon. His Perquisites. Independence Enterprise. A reasonable amount of fleas is good for a dog. It reminds him tnathe is a , dog. The annual receipt of garden seed is supposed to be good for . the country editor. It rubs It in on 'him that he is a country editor. Doubtless He's There Already." Tillamook Independent. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Vaughn, on Friday. 5th Instant, a son. Sam Downs says Warren has been fig uring on how long it will be beforetli ' young man will be able to take his place on the milking stool, ever since his arrival. . f Warner Man's Unprofitable Year. " Lakcview Examiner. There wag a goad-looking man her from Warner first of the week who an nounced that since any of the fair sex failed to propose matrimony to 'him during leap-year, be would take up the search for a wife where, he left oft one year ago. Qualifications of ap plicants to wear a dress. Having Fjin In Modoc County. Iakeview Examiner. ' A few evenings ago at Bldwell. Modoc County, a lot of vaqueros came - in from the range and started" in to hav a little fun. After loading- up on John Wall's whisky the kind they- drink in Idaho the boys went to the livery stable, where they secured a one-horse buggy- They then lassoed a wild steer, hitched the beast to the buggy, and after placing Charley Streig. the ona legged fruit peddler, on the seat and tying him down .with ropes, they turn ed the steer loose in the street. Then the fun commenced. The steer run and bucked and "bellered." but the buggy and Charley stayed with him. down one street and up another, till nnallv the whole outfit piled up in a heap on the hotel porch, where the harness was cut and the steer turned loose, also Mr. Streig. Both were. mad. Railroading in East Africa. - New York Tribune. K collision recently occurred on -the Uganda Railway. British East -Africa,, that, would be possible nowhere else on earth. A huge bull rhinoceros rushed out of the bush and charged, at full speed the so-called "up mixed" train. rxhlch was slowing cown as It approached the station Sultan HsmoncJ, 218 miles from Mombara. The train was stopped and the "rhino" was discovered about 100 yards down the track. Slowly he returned to the jungle and was lost to sight He did not escape unharmed, for pieces of his thick, akin were found adhering to the train, but the fierceness of his assault smashed the en gine ftep and splintered the inch and a half footboard of the first carriage. s