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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1905. Entered at the Fostofflc at Portland. Or., as second-class matter. SDKSCHEPTIOX RATES. INVARIABLY TS ADVANCE. (By Mall or Express.) Dally And Sunday, per year $9.00 Sally and Sunday, six months COO Bally and Sunday, three months.... 2.05 Dally and Bunday. por month -S5 Dally without Sunday, per year 7.50 Dally -without Sunday, elx months 8.00 Dally without Sunday, three months... 1-93 Dally -without Sunday, per month -63 Sunday, per year 2.00 Sunday, six months 1-00 Sunday, three months CO BY CARRIER. Dally without Sunday, per week 15 Dally per week. Sunday Included.. 20 THE WEEKLY OREGONIAN. (Issued Every Thursday.) "Weekly, per year 1-50 Weekly, six months 75 Weekly, three months -50 KOW TO REMIT Send postolflce money order., express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's ri6k. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. Tbo S. C. Beckwith Special Agency New York: Rooms 43-50. Tribune building. ChI" cftgo: Rooms S10-512 Tribune building. The Oregon Ian does not buy poems or stories Xrom Individuals and cannot under take to return any manuscript sent to It without solicitation. No stamps should be inclosed for this purpose. KEPT ON SAtE. Chicago Auditorium Annex: Postolflcs Jfws Co.. 178 Dearborn street. Denver J ullus Black, Hamilton & Kend rick, 006-812 Seventeenth street, and Frue miff Bros., 605 Sixteenth street. "Kansas City. Mo. Ricksecker Cigar Co.. Ninth and Walnut Los Anjfeles Harry Drapkln. akland, CaL W. H. Johnston, Four teenth and Franklin streets. JtUaaeapolis M. J. Karan&ugh. 50 South Third; L. RegeUburgcr, 217 First avenue South. New York City It. Jones & Co.. Astor House- Ojcdeis F. R, Godard and Myers & Hart-op. Omaha Barkalow Bros., 1C12 Far n ham: Mageath Stationery Co., 1303 Farnam. TSalt Lake Salt Lake News Co., 77 West Second street South. San Frauds co J. K. Cooper & Co., 746 Market street: Fester & Crear, Ferry News Btand; Goldsmith Bros., 2S6 Sutter; I. E. Xe. Palace Hotel News Stand; F. W. Pitts, 1008 Market; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; N. Wheatley, 88 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis News Stand. WashlBctos, D. C. Ebblt House News Stand. PORTLAND, SATURDAY, FEB. 11. 1W5. THE PROGRESS OF ERROR. No question but the Legislature of Oregon Is composed of men who wish to do right things. Nor Is there dispo sition in them to extravagance In making appropriations. But on the one hand the constitution of the state has been disregarded in many ways so long, and on the other the habit of unnecessary and unconstitutional ex- penditure lias -become so firmly fixed and set, that the joint system has su perseded the constitution Itself. The constitution now is the will of the Leg lslature, which is supposed to reflect the popular wilL However, the popular vwill Is seldom an ascertainable quan tity, and is subject, as all experience shows, to sudden and violent change. "Written constitution was ordained. therefore: but in Oregon we were as well without one, for it Is not allowed to be guide in legislation, where any combination of interests can muster strength to override it. Violations of the constitution began in small ways, and crept along for many years almost unnoticed. But they grew after a while to large and larger proportions; and then it was found that precedent and Interest had made another system greater than the constitution Itself. For illustration of this fact take the system of locating state institutions elsewhere than at the capital, which is directly inhibited by the constitution, and the increase of the salary of state officials, equally in vio latlon of Its plain letter and mandate. It was for the best of reasons, found ed on long experience, that the makers of the -constitution inserted in that in strument the mandate 'that all public institutions should be located at the seat of government. The one distinct purpose or object was to prevent a sys tem of "log-rolling" and "cross-lifting among and between members of the Legislature from different parts of the state, In combination, to get appropria tions tor their own localities out of the treasury. This evil haVi been observed elsewhere, and it was the thought of those who made the constitution of Oregon to prevent its Introduction and growth here. But that provision, with Its inhibition, has been overridden by one Legislative Assembly after another lor more .than thirty years; till now It has become the basis of all greatest evils of legislation. It produces ex travagance and corrupts legislation in all directions especially If the legisla tion proposed Is in any way important. The member who has a measure that Is meritorious and ought to go through can't get it through without casting his lot in with the "general combine." Possibly for this vast evil there might toe a remedy in a constitutional con vention. "Without it there is not likely ever to be; for the present system under which violation of the constltu tlon broadens from precedent down to precedent, will grow as the state grows So It has grown these many years; so it will grow still, for it is a rapacious system, never satisfied, working chief ly, though not wholly, thus far, In the educational system, it will find new means for extension in new fields, for which It is ever alert. It might be stopped by a constitutional convention which would furnish a new start. But it never can be cast out of the present system. As directly in violation of the constl tution, though not so full of evil In Its consequences. Is the .so-called flat-sal ary bill, now at last passed by both houses. The article of the constitution that "fixes" the salary of the Gov ernor at 51500, of the Secretary of Stat at 51500, of the State Treasurer at 5800, of the Judges of the Supreme Court at 52000 each, and then expressly declares that "they shall receive no fees or per qulsites whatever for any of the duties connected with their respective offices, and then clinches it air by saying that "the compensation of officers. If not fixed by this constitution, shall be pro vided by law" this article has been re printed in these columns so often that it is needless to reproduce It In its en tlrety here? Violation of this article also began over thirty years ago. It began in allowance by the Legislature of "fees and perquisites," directly for bidden by the constitution, to officials which have been licreased from time ' to time till the whole business has be come a public scandal; and now the Legislature, instead of going back to the plain letter and insisting on en forcement of Its mandate, passes an act to pay salaries three or four times In excess of the constitutional limit. Ad mitting' the salaries provided by the constitution are Insufficient to meet the conditions of these times, why then doesn't the Legislature propose amend ment of the constitution? Why not ad mit that these varlouB conditions may now make- a constitutional convention desirable? Again, admitting that the constitutional salaries are low, should not officials who have sought these po sitions, with ample knowledge of the constitutional limitations, be falrly estopped from demand for Increase, either directly or through fees and per quisites? Protest now Is -useless, of course; yet The Oregon Ion has thought that it would be matter of Interest to the peo ple to have the facts presented to them in form for consideration. Some day the people may take action. MACHINE-MADE CITIZENS. Among the heaviest burdens of the state Is the extravagance of our edu cational system. The system consti tutes a "machine," which has no inter est in industry, or business or taxpay- ing, beyond the desire to get the most it can. It besieges the Legislature at every session for "more"; it raises its cormorant voice with incessant clamor before the county and municipal au thorities and before school boards. It is brother, or sister, or both, to the horse leech and to the grave. "Woe to the poor devil of a taxpayer the man or woman who by laborious, Industry and lifelong self-denial has made a lit tle accumulation. The school machine chief of machines wants It, and sets up its claim to it as a sacred right We must not only have common schools, but high schools and normal schools and academies and colleges and. universities and municipal libraries and circulating libraries and "institutes" of all Imaginable kinds, and kindergartens and schools for manual training all carried era. the back of the patient and laborious plodder, who is believed to have reward enough If he still can manage to exist on the husks that are left him. In the opinion of the ma chine he has no right to have property except for the purposes of taxation for support of the machine. The political machine was heavy enough, but this is" far heavier. People are going crazy on public edu cation; and the educational machine, taking advantage of this catalepsis of intellect or prostration of judgment. rides the dumb beast under whip and spur. The result Is not merely the ex travagance of the system, measured in money; the worst or it is tne conse quence of endeavoring to rear the whole of our youth of both sexes to the point or stage where they may live by their wits, without personal exertion. and especially without manual labor. For they who have relied on the state for education, and indirectly for sup port, up to manhood and womanhood, will be very much disposed to lean on the state all their lives. But these alone would not be able to force the system forward. The chief agent in the work is the educational machine. It Is composed of persons who live by It and through it, and who make it the business of their lives to work for its extension because it is the vocation they live by. Their days and nights are devoted to- study of means to extend the system, to devise new expedients for enlargement of itr to work up more departments, more kinds of schools and libraries and Insti tutes, through which members of the machine may obtain place on a public payroll. For it Is irksome to attempt to do things and to support oneself through private initiative and enter prise, and on personal endeavor. The consequence Is reflected In the charae ter 'of the pupils of the system; who. having been carried eo far by the state. are scarcely to be blamed if they ex pect the state to carry them, one way or another, through the remainder of their lives, and their children after them. There is nothing in this world not even any good thing that may not be carried to excess. So it Is now, with the system of public education, in many of our states. This extravagant system did not produce the strong, energetic and self-reliant men and women who laid the foundations of our National life. Time was when young persona were supposed to be able to do some thing for themselves, on their own ac count. Our present system is fast mak ing them caterpillars or other parasites of the state. If any one finds life difll cult the first thing he or she is encour aged to do is to turn to the state, in one way or another, for relief. Tour machine-made citizen knows no other resource. And our educational system is at bottom of it. It forms character on this basis. Instils this habit of thought and action, cuts individuality. Independence and self-reliance out of personal character. The lower tone witnessed in our public and in our pri vate life, and constantly growing, is a direct consequence of It. OUR CONSUIAR SERVICE. The Lodge bill, the object of which is much-needed Improvement in our Consular service, is before Congress on its merits. If the general Indorsement of the press, the President and intelli gent people has weight, it will become law. It Is not believed to be possible that the interests of this Nation abroad will continue to be delegated to men whose claims to selection too often rest upon their political usefulness to the Senators and their party. The time for Consular inactivity, if it ever existed, is past. Commercial competition is sharp and aggressive. Each country, must push Its way Into the great centers of the world's trade If It gets there. To accomplish this men of acute discernment and thor ough business training must be a& signed to foreign Consular service. The Lodge bill is recognized as an Administration measure. It provides a stated salary instead of fees; graded service, classification and increased sal aries In certain grades; recognizes the merit system; compels knowledge of the French, German or Spanish lan guage; limits term of service only by efficiency; makes an understanding of the commercial life of the United States necessary and suggests a thorough Americanization of the service. Our Consular service is much better than It was several years ago, but it Is conceded by all who are conversant with its workings that it is still sus ceptible to great improvement. That it suffers by comparison with England Germany, France, Japan and Italy is well known. ' There is no excuse for this. It is due entirely to the inatten tion of Congress to a matter that has been frequently brought to its notice, and to the reluctance of controlling members of that body to relinquish a cherished political privilege. As said by the Minneapolis Times: American Consuls have something more to do thar draw their feea, attest the shipments of goods, and occasionally look otter the interests of American citizens who may pass their way. They are the great army of trade e coats that the Government sends out to locate new end promising fields for Invasion by American trndo; they must be perfectly familiar with the country In which they are located. Its neods and the home manufactures that can supply them. This is a plain statement of a simple business proposition, the solution of which is embodied in the Lodge bill. A FORTY-CENT RATE AGAIN. A correspondent writing from Che halls, "Wash., complains of a recent editorial paragraph in The Oregonlan in which the 15 per cent dividend of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Com pany was mentioned as refuting- the claim of the lumbermen that a "forty cent rate" was the only thing that would save the lumber Industry from ruin. Our Chehalis friend asserts that "a wrong was done the lumbermen of Washington, who are fighting for a reasonable rate to the East, and whose future depends on getting it." Continu ing, he says: The St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company Is in possession or special advantages In many ways. It Is closely allied with -the Northern Pacific, is known to have plenty of trans portation when others are suffering, and is assisted In many ways not possible for the smaller men. It also has In Eastern Wash ington a large line of retail yards that com pletely dominate the best tectlon for tho dis posal of common lumber the bugbear of the average mill. It Is Impossible for any other firm to survive in the Bame towns only on sufferance. How this comes can but.be con jectured. It makes Immense profits on the lumber thus sold, and gets rid of material at good prices that elsewhere has to be sold at a loss, as 75 per cent of the common "aide lumber" was during the year ItXH. The ad vantages that made the declaration of the large dividend possible were no small factors In the defeat of Sir. Foster in the recent Sen atorial contest. Comment of The Oregonlan on the 'forty cent rate" has been to the effect that If the mills could not cut lumber at a profit on a higher rate, and the Tallroads could not haul It at a profit at that rate, the business must stop, and both parties thus become losers. There Is always a mutual interest be tween the railroad and the shipper, each being interdependent to a certain extent on the other. Railroads are operated cn business principles. Cer tain fixed charges, such as interest on the bonds, insurance, taxes, salaries, etc., must be met whether ten cars or 10,000 cars of lumber are hauled out of "Washington. Under such clrcuxn stances it Is a necessity that the great est possible volume of traffic be handled so long as there is a fraction of profit in handling it. If the lumbermen are ruined by a higher rate, the roads can get no busi ness, and it is accordingly plain that it would be suicidal for them to with hold the rate demanded unless it is im possible to handle the lumber at such a low rate. It Is not at all clear to The Oregonlan how the Introduction of a 40-cent rate would change the relative profit-earning' capacity of a great tide water milling concern with unlimited capital and fine shipping facilities, and the smaller interior mill with poorer distributive facilities. Our correspondent complains of cer- talnadvantages enjoyed by the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company. "Would not those advantages still exist If the 40 -cent rate were placed In effect? A 40-cent rate will not enable the small manufacturer at Chehalis to make cargo shipments by water from Tacoma on even terms with Senator Foster's concern, and neither will it permit him to establish a "large line of retail yards" unless his capital and facilities are on a par with those of the Tacoma firm. Economic conditions in all branches of Industry are constantly changing and the tendency is steadily toward re duced cost of production due to larger output. These changes may be disas trous to the small manufacturer and the system may be wrong. That is an economic question not under discussion in connection with the 40-cent rate. That rate, if applied to all manufac turers, big and little, cannot nullify the advantages of the favorably-located big mills, or increase the profits of the less favorably-located small mills. BREAEXASTXESS SCHOOL CHILDREN. Reports have been freely circulated through the public press lately to the effect that conditions of exceptional destitution have prevailed In the homes of the worthy poor of New York City during the present Winter and that a vast number of children In that city go dally from these homes to school with out breakfast The forces of benevo lence have been alert to discover If these tales were true, and if so to de vise and direct such means of relief as were practicable In the premises. The result proves that even the con dltlon of the poor among the working classes of New York the worthy poor as these . earnest strlvers are desig natedcan be, and has been greatly ex aggerated. As stated by "Charities," the weekly journal of the Charity Or ganization Society of New York, "there has been a vast amount of foolish talk about the number of unemployed in New York during the present Winter, the number of children who go break fastless to school and exceptional desti tution In general." It was found that i'these stories originated chiefly from careless paragraphs written more than six months ago, long before the present Winter began, and 'that they could therefore have no reference to present conditions. It is the old story of calamity gather ing volume and momentum as it moves on, and assigning the cause to dis astrous conditions, to the Government, to our methods of finance, to Industrial affairs to anything, in short, except to the lack of individual responsibility. The truth in this matter as disclosed by careful and thorough Investigation is that, while in ail probability many children who attend the public schools of New York are Insufficiently nour ished, and that the failure of many to win promotion in their grades may be due to this fact, this condition is chiefly due to ignorance or bad management in families in the purchase and prep aration of foods. For the reasons thus presented the journal above quoted assumes that free breakfasts" for school children will not afford a remedy for tills condition. They will merely transfer the responsibility of feeding such children from the par ents, where It belongs, to charitable Institutions, and perpetuate rather than eradicate the evil It is a pity that any child in all this land should go breakfastless to school. It is a double pity, and one that handi caps all effort in the relief of the un derfed child, when this condition is due to Ignorance, indolence, or bad man-v agement on the part of parents whose duty it Is to supply their children with wholesome, nourishing' andwell-cooked. if necessary cheap, food. It is this- complication of .the problem that the practical philanthropist finds It impos sible to solve, and that free breakfasts for school children serve to make In the long run more complex. It costs no more to give a child a bakedpotato for his breakfast than it does"' to give him a fried potato; no more to give him sweet, wholesome bread than sour, soggy bread; no more to give him oatmeal porridge than boiled cabbage. As long as parents who are notion the charity list do not, because of Ignorance, mismanagement or indifference discriminate between nourishing and non-nourishing food, either in Its purchase or preparation, there will be underfed, insufficiently nourished children in the public schools. The question is not one of free break fasts, but of personal responsibility, and if it is ever solved it must be solved on the latter basis. The free breakfast In such cases may be lik ened to putting a new patch on an old garment in that it will only in crease the need of further cobbling. The Governor vetoes the Port or Port land bill because he deems It uncon stitutional. A most shallow reason. In Oregon nothing is unconstitutional. This talk about "unconstitutionality" Is about the poorest and cheapest stuff of our times. "Whatever a majority of the- Legislature wants, or may sanction, from one session to another, Is consti tutionalor rather the constitution has nothing to do with It. There is no con stitution to check anything that the Legislature, through "log-rolling," may desire or enact; and the Governor him self Is receiving unconstitutional "per quisites," in large sums. And he knows it. And in all probability that Is, we may suppose he will approve the bill just passed, to make unconstitutional salaries permanent salaries, and to give them the sanction of law, In defiance of the constitution. There is nothing un constitutional In Oregon. All talk about it Is poor stuff and cheap fig ment. Let the Governor of Oregon cease to violate the -constitution him self and to put the money In his pocket and then he may talk about viola tions of the constitution. This Is not criticism of the present Governor, merely. It refers to a long line of his predecessors. But it Is grotesque, when a Governor of Oregon, beneficiary of constitutional violation, censures violation of the constitution by oth ers. Violation of the constitution has been a steady practice these thirty years with approval of all Governors, including Governor Chamberlain. It is rather fate to protest, and entirely su perfluous. A life covering nearly three-quarters of a century, the greater part of which was lived In this city and its vicinity. was ended In the passing last Thurs day morning of Theodore Wygant. The name of Mr. Wygant Is connected in separably, not only with the names of manv honored pioneers who found a field for their activities in the Pacific Northwest half a century and more ago, but with the early transportation business of the "Willamette and Colum bla Rivers. With Captains J. C. Alns- worth, A. F. Hedges, S. G. Reed, Dan O'Neill, George Jerome, Sebastian Mil ler, R, R, Thompson, John Cochran and George A. Pease he was associated in a great and progressive Industry. Most of the men for whose endeavor and place in the world these names stand have passed the great divide. No his tory of the early steamboat business on Oregon rivers will be complete without them and the record of the work that they represent. If H. B. Miller shall be appointed to another Important consular post In the Orient, the Government will have re tained one individual in the service who will do something to improve both Its efficiency and personnel. Mr. Mil Jer is a keen-minded, active and tactful man, who has just occupied with par ticular credit the peculiarly difficult post of Consul at Niuchwang, for long time a most important center of the Japanese-Russian troubles. The interests of Japan were besides turned over to him, but he continued to fill his dual mission acceptably to all con cerned, Including the Russians. All so journers at Niuchwang during and be fore the war say that Mr. Miller was at all times courteous, hospitable and alert, and he was -besides the friend of all sufferers from the rigors of war. For that and other good reasons he is to be promoted to a more congenial and Important post. The speaker of the "third house" Salem did well to administer a rebuke to the persons who In a spirit of levity introduced a resolution to vindicate Hon. Binger Hermann. This Is not matter for jest, or ridicule. Complete vindication can come from no less sol emn a body than the Oregon Legisla ture, which, when It sets about to do a thing, does it thoroughly and convlnc ingly. But why this regrettable delay or hesitation, or doubt, or perplexity, or whatever It Is? A very beneficent and ' timely dona tion is that made by Mrs. C. H. Lewis and Miss Mary H. Couch to the sur gical equipment of Good Samaritan Hospital. A gift of this kind leaves no loophole through which litigation can come in and defeat the purpose of the devisors. It moreover gives them an opportunity, all too rare. In the world of benevolence, to enjoy what they be stow through witnessing the blessing that others receive from their benefac tlons. As the constitution of Panama re quires the maintenance of a standin army and the protection of the United States renders such a luxury needless the isthmians have reduced the strength of the army to 20 officers and three men. If the officers take turns in drill Ing the rank and file, Panama should have the most efficient army in the world. The report of the City Board of Health for January shows that of 131 deaths recorded during- the month, 14 were of persons between 60 and years of age, 15 5f persons between 70 and SO, and 10 of persons between SO and 100. Oregonians arc apparently tenacious of life. The Salem Statesman denies with great vigor that Hon. I. L. Patterson has purchased' an interest In the Statcsmanvor has furnished any money to the Statesman. Well, well. How did he escape-? The Drain Normal School, seems .to have been "well named. X0TE AND COMMENT. "Blue sky and hot air"' were the con stituents of certain Chicago securities, according to a -witness in tho case. That Is a happy expression and worthy of a Swinburne. Football will not bo made a felony in Nebraska, but It Is strange to note that the House was divided on the subject. 73 to 43. Evidently there is no lack of Ncbraskans who think the game should be felonious. Boxing is evidently a good healthy busi ness to follow, if one does not include booze in the list of enemies to be downed. Benjamin Van Slyke, who has just died in .New York, was a professional boxer and at tho age of 87 he became so enthusi astic during a lesson as to knock out his 200-pound pupil. Most people would find boxing too strenuous a recreation at 47, to say nothing of ST. Squabbling over the shackling- o Jeff Davis should be conducted behind closed doors, and any inquisitive members of the public should be told that nothing of general Interest had been said or done, Just as when the School Board Is boost ing the City Superintendent's salary. Russia 13 losing hor desire for "peace with dignity." Plain, ornery peace with out trimmings is now the demand. "Clean up or abut up" is becoming a familiar command In Portland. A -powder mill In Alabama blew up and nobody was hurt. A small stick of dyna mite exploded In a Montana mine and killed three men. kismet. It is a Disgrace: Nit From Success. To half do things or persons. To refuse a loan to a richer man. To steal in small quantities. To be poor in these get-rlch-quick days. To miss getting a seat in a street-car full of women, n To blackmail anyone but a billionaire, To be ignorant of tho usages of good society. To act in accordance with such usages. Chicago gave the illustrious Hoch a wel come worthy of his deeds of gallantry, Crowds waited to greet the man who had dared matrimony so many times, and not a few members of the Society or Dames of Hoch went to the police station to receive their ex-husband. Mrs. Emilie Fischer saluted her well-beloved with. 'You old hog, you got my 5750. didn't you? ' Familiar, uut indicative ot a warm Impulsive heart. Hoch was foolish to let such a woman go- Mrs. Ellen Hoppe at first thought she recognized Hoch as a former husband, and then she thought she didn't. Marriage In Chicago is evi dently such a trifling cpisodo In one's life that It is impossible for women to be come thoroughly acquainted with their husbands. It is truly a strange case, this of Hoch It is strange to find a person Beared out of committing suicide by the coldness of the water. So easy to be warmed up later. A Lane County man has worn the same pair of trousers for 50 years. Tho trou sers are a fine instance of fixed habits. Mavor Weaver, of Philadelphia, is "tearing up the, town," and thereby in troducing tho revolutionary precedent of regarding pre-election promises as made to observe. It may be the intention of tho adminis tration to have Colorado annexed to San to Domingo. The Army Messenger, which is the om cial organ of the Russian forces In Man churia, recently contained the following paragraph: The recent remarkable rescue of the suns as well a of eo many human Uvea of this Mat terj Is to be explalaed by the fact that in the first gun-limber was carried the Ikon of the Savior, handed over to the Forty-third Brigade by HIa Majesty, the Cxar himself. Now will the Japanese be good. New York women now have a Society for Genealogical Research. Members wear a hade which has the arms of the United States at the top, then a ribbon bearing the name of one's first recorded ancestor, and below is the coat of arms of Great Britain. Isn't that a pippin! En vlous outsiders should start a new organ izatlon which will have a badge blazoning to all who can read one's entire family tree, ancestors who were hanged being printed In red Ink. . The Christian Intelligencer says that eminent religious leaders agree that the great religious awakening In Wales is to affect this country. Dr. J. "Wilbur Chap man says that the revival spirit is deepen ing each day. The religious forecast thus indicates lively times ahead. "Czar is sanguine," said an exchange. Must mean sanguinary. A new disease of the peanut plant has been discovered in German East Africa. It seem? to U3 that it must take a pretty hungry parasite to attack a peanut. Documents discovered in the archives ot Genoa show that Spain paid $7000 to dis cover America. Peoplo are still buying things they don't want. Nice hearty handshakes they must have down California way. One man testifies to leaving a little roll of $330 In the hand of a politician. That's the kind of secret grip that is understood the world over. Some Ingenious scribe sent out a story that Mrs. Pat Campbell had contracted painter's colic by kissing a Philadelphia woman who came to seo her in hos pital, and Mrs. Campbell denies the story in toto, thereby gaining a little more pub licity. - WEX. J. The Real Cowboy. Pilgrim." The cowboy, of necessity, was a ver satile man. In a Winter camp In the North, I saw a patchwork quilt made from old trousers and neatly lined with a bed blanket, every stitch of the work be ing done by ah idle cowboy. Again, on the lower Rio Grande, 1 heard the blessing of the saints Invoked on tho head of a lad who had repaired the sowing-machine of a poor devout Mexican woman. In a brief article like this, it Is possible to notice but a few of the cowboy's duties. In turn, he might act as engi neer, carpenter, or machinist, as thoro were earthen tanks to build in preserving tho scanty water supply, houses to erect, while the windmills and pumps of a ranch were In constant need of repair. In ad vance, in working in a well In tho far South, we always lowered a man with a lantern and hatchet on the lookout for live snakes'. Not a desirable task by any mean?, but with a pump out of ord?r and a thousand suffering cattle lowing In their thirst, there- was no alternative but to go down, kill out the reptiles, hoist the piping and repair the machinery. In an arid country, moisture attracts snakes, and many a fine well has been taken pos session of by them, requiring a strenuous fight to recover It from Its. creeping voZ iefsors. xSHORT STORIES Unhappy Experience of the YounjyBenedlct Who Stayed Out Intc Cnr That Did Not Get Past Hovr Spider Won the FIrM. w HO has not aeon his car go by in a swirl of speed just at a moment when it was most important to catch it? Who has not at such agonistic moments felt a desire to deliver a terse oration on the subject in the presence ot the street car company and the particular car crew? Who has not found that there is no rem edy except to Gfferversce harmlessly until the next car comes along and ameliorates matters? But some slight retribution has been dealt out to hurrying street-car men. It happened a few evenings ago aftor the theater. There -were lowering clouds and signs of rain, and a well-dressed lady hurried down Sixth street for hor car. She had reached Washington street when tho car shot past, the mdtonnan seeming not to see her signals. The car was nearly a block on its way when the motorman succeeded in setting the brakes in answer to a violent ringing of the bell. A man of ample proportions stepped from among tho passengers when the car stopped and warned the conductor not to start until the lady who had been left behind was aboard. He then started back after her. The impatient conductor muttered things, but he did not dare to start, for the passenger was acting within hl rights and, furthermore, had seen the conductor's number. Thus, some three minutes later, the gallant passenger returned with the lady. just as tho first spattering drops of the storm were falling. And Mr. and Mrs. Leo Friede rode home together. H IS name doesn't matter. You will recognize him from the peculiar hoarseness of his voice, if you happen to run across him during the course of the next few days. The hoarseness is nothing like that of a bad cold, so there is no danger of a mistake. The man in question Is a professional man. Furthermore, he is a young man and a benedict of less than a year's standing. The other night he -went to a wmst party the kind of whist wherein chips are used and three cards of a kind beat two pair. As a charac teristic of the game. It held out until a ghostly hour of the mornlnsr. when our hero started for home with a feeling- he had not experienced sluice the days of paternal strictness when late hours merited an arduous session, of a generally familiar order. He took off his shoes at the door of his home and crept inside like a thief In the night. There were hopes that he could get into bed without arousing the other half of tho household, but by a luckless mischance a chijir impeded his course and lie stumbled" with a crash. "What time is it. Henry?" sounded a voico from an adjoining room, almost before the sound waves from the col lision died out. "It is er half-past twelve, my dear," responded Henry (which is not his name) In his most angelic voice, as he struck a match and saw with a gulp that the hands wore racing down the home-stretch for 4 o'clock. He was just congratulating himself on his easy vic tory and the kindness ot fate when he chanced to remember the little clock ODD BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE. Eyesight Good, Thank Heaven. Granite Hill Corr. Grant's Pass Herald. Babies, dogs and cats arc plentiful at Granite Hill. We're thankful we're deaf. And pretty girls? Well, we're thankful we're not blind. Blood Will. Tell. , . Independence Enterprise. Marsh Merwin could not resist tho temptation to do the cakewalk act yes terday when the "coon" band struck up ragtime music on the street. Prohibition Reaches a Climax. Tillamook Independent. Talk about prohibition! Gee wIz! as Baker would say. There havo been more men staggering around on the streets of Tillamook tho past week than in any other week for the past six months. Merely Rumor. Hay Creek Corr. Madras Pioneer. On last Saturday evening two bucka roos were seen galloping down the road below R. Parrish's ranch, two miles be low Hay Creek. The riders were swell looking people and it Is said they were going to tho place of worship. Did Singer Forget a Sewing-Machine? Thorp Cor. Ellensburg Capital. C. C. Singer, professor of agriculture in the Thorp schools, went to Ellensburg last Saturday ostensibly to attend "phe teach ers' meeting, but he came home loaded down with garden seeds, harrows, 'lawn mowers, hoes, etc. It is reported that he also looked in on the furniture stores. Why? Mrs. Ede's Righteous Indignation. Pine Creek Corr. Lakevlew Herald. Last Tuesday Bert Wade put on a wig and false whiskers and Landlord Bdc took hlra over to tho hotel for a lunch. It being long after breakfast was over. Mrs. Ede discovered the deception after Bert was eating and "fuzzed" him out of the hotel. She then returned and chased Ede out also, much to the Joy of the lookers on. Society Note From Gilliam County. Condon Globe. Louis Doonar and Beulah M. Naftzger were married Tuesday evening in his office on Main street, Justice Ncele per forming the ceremony. Mr. Doonar is in terested in the Condon Light Company and is also installing a local telephone system here. The woman he married has been an occupant of one of the red llght houses on the hill an'd was known In sporting circles as Beulah Woodcock. Wattle-Days. Sydney, X. S. W., Bulletin. It came to me at sunset. In the heaven's golden glow: When the sun flun? banners streaming I heard heralllnp low Calling from the homestead As she walked behind the cows; And here and there a loitering cow Stayed lingering to browse. Calling. "Don't strip the wattle. Jee! Don't strip tho wattle! Joe. let the wattle grow! Oh. her volco so sweet and low. Calling! I am far from dear Australia In a land of fog and stent; But the golden glow of suHt. How it makes my fond heart beat! For I sec the ol3 creek rippling Bcsido .the shady farm; And once again she turns to me Calling in sweet alarm "Oh. how the wattles glow! Don't strip tho wattle, Joe! Joe, let the wattle, grow!" Calling! Calling! And over all tho lands and aoa, 3Iy spirit !Hs to mt her. As down besid the wattl-trcs I used to mt and greet her; And golden eve Is round me now. And golden dn-g are falling. For through th golden wattle's gtow The golden past is calling Calling: "Joe. let the wattle growl" Calling; , "Dpn't srip the wattle.. JhcI", Calling! Calling! . OF REAL LIFE -The in the hall. A cold sweat came ovcu, him as ho recaled it would strike forth the word "1-1-a-r" in four distinct, musical syllables, and that, too, in less than a minute. There was no time to lose. Henry went into tho hall and held a match before the brazen face of the 'time piece. He saw the time was already ripe for it to strike. On an impulse he began to cough loudly. For a full minute he coughed spasmodically and then paused out of breath. On the in stant he heard what he thought was the false stroke that precedes the ring ing of the bell. He broke forth intc another spasm. This continued until he was at the point of exhaustion until his throat vas raw and painful and until tho voice of his wife came out "n worried ac cents, remarking at the terrible cold he had contracted. Was the clock never going to strike? The situation was truly becoming seri ous, for his" lungs were exhausted and his wire was getting up to prepare something for the malady when the longed-for peuls commenced. He threw all his remaining vocal force into the final cough. His effort was successful, for he barely heard the hour himself. And now he. is using his voice spar ingly and mostly in hoarse whispers, for it hurts him to talk through a raw throat. Incidentally, he lias sworn off on "whist." NE of Portland's athletic enthusiasts has just returned from the Middle West with an account of one of the most extraordinary boxing contests that was over held. The facts, as he relates them, have been entirely verified. It occurred at Pocatello. Idaho, some days since. Through missing a train the Portland man was forced to remain in that burg over night. His grief was entirely dispelled when he heard that two youths. Spider Somebody and Kid Some body else, were scheduled to appear that evening at the Pocatello Opera-House to grill 'each other for and during a period of 20 rounds. The pair were middoweights and they started In the first round with a ferocity that promised results. This whirlwind kind of work kept up until the fifth round, when the Spider began going down jfor the count. Finally, after a stiff jab, he lay down as if he had gone his limit and the referee began to reel off the vital count of ten. The referee had counted seven and the prostrato man .was writhing about on tho floor us if trying to recover hlmseic when something happened. This some thing was the Chief of Police, John Ford, who stands six-feet-three in his stock ings. As he sprang into the ring the fight fans thought the battle was ended. Sev eral started In disgust for the door. But Chief Ford's intentions had been mistaken. He was not going to do such a commonplace thing as stop the mill. What he did was to selzo the quailing Spider by the nape of the neck and drag him to his feet. "Fight, you little snipe, fight, or I'll give you just 90 days on tho rockplle." And tho Spider did fight. He fought with all the fight there was in him and he got the decision over the Kid in the tenth round on a knockout. MR. CARNEGIE'S GIFTS. From the Independent. Especially from a socialistic point of view, this support of the libraries by-voluntary taxation and their management by tho people and for the people are of much more importance than the original ift. For one thing leads on to another; town libraries suggest art galleries, lecture courses, concerts, plays, all forms: of pub lic Institutions for pleasure and profit. No one can say that the Impetus which Mr. Carnegio has given will stop short of mu nicipal workshops and the complete so cialistic regime, and, accordingly. If thla comes, Mr. Carneglo must be considered one of Its chief promoters. There are two ways of promoting the socialization of capital: One la by talking about it and tho other Is by doing It. Wo do not mean to cast any slur upon thoso whose services to this cause are confined to the uso of tongue and pen, and we real ize that their -monetary contributions, however small In amount, involve more self-sacrifice that the donations of the wealthy. It may bo claimed if the wealth of a Carnegie were bestowed upon a poor Eoclallst ho would make the aaroo or a better use of it for the public good. Such hypothetical potentialities wo do not feel competent to discuss. Nor can wo phoph euy what revolutionary changes in soci ety may bo effected In the future by tho propaganda of Ideas now being carried on. But if we consider only what has so far been actually accomplished, Mr. Car negie must be held to be a greater social ist than any so classed from Plato to Bebel. We do not need to take Into considera tion Mr. Carnegie's motives, and this is fortunate, since we do not know what they are. Some think that he gives under the stimulus of an accusing conscience and as a cover to his industrial crimes; Home that he throws out his money bags to save himself, llko tho Siberian travel ers, from the revolutionary wolves that are on his track: somo that he has an In satiable desire for popularity and the per- I pukuiiuuu oi nis name; some even venture to noid tnat he is actuated by unselfish and philanthropic motives. The theory that he Is a socialist in disguise does not have so many advocates as its plausibil ity warrants. Perhaps this Is because, from a socialist point of view he Is be ginning at the wrong end, for while every .socialistic schome of society, when worked out in Utopian completeness, in cludes public ownership of such things as libraries, this Is of less consequence than ownership of industrial plants. Libraries, lecture-rooms and laboratories, while in a sonsc they an? public utilities and even means of production, are not. according to the socialist?, what the worklngman most needs to make him economically in dependent. Why did not Mr. Carnegie give to the city of Pittsburg his steel works, instead of tho Carncgio Institute? Why did ho give his profits, and not what produced them? We do not know. We only suggest that one reason was because he thought that it was easier to find a man competent to run a museum or a li brary than to run a foundry or a rolling mill. It is more difficult than some peo ple think to keep a goose in good healthy condition, so she will continue to lay. gold en oggs In all weathers. Washington at the Fair. Tacoma Ledger. Everyone who has visited Tortland and renn tho buildings at the Fair Grounds dar ings tbo last two or three months give a meat enthusiastic report of the work accomplished and he prospect for a groat Exposition. The T.cdgr is disappointed that a larger appropriation was not made by the Legis- , laturr for the use of the Washington Com ' w1lon. but th" $7.".00O appropriated will t tw stspplementd no doubt by liberal appro j prVatlone by counties, cities and commercial rtaK"!. n important min now is to gtt ail tho exhibitors and contributors in line at one and have the Washington exhibit attd advertising matter to bo distributed rady..when the Pal- opens. It will not do to wak up to the opportunities Offered by the Exposition after tho crowds have ar rived and tho big Fair is in full swing. Now is tho time to act,, and to oxorciso the fore slpht, good judgment and ontorpris 'that will yield to Washington a fair arid full hare of the results.