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Ariz. The Berryhlll News Cp. Sacramenlo, Cal. Sacramento News Co., 42ft -K street. gait Lake Salt Lake News Co., 77 West Second street South. Santa Barbara, Cal. S. Smith. San Diego, CaL J. DUlard. San Francisco J. K. Cooper & Co., 740 Market street: Foster & Crcar. "Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Bros., 230 Sutter: L. E. Lee. Palace Hotel Nevs Stand; F. "W. Pitts. 1008 Market: Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; N. VVheatley. S3 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis Ncm-s Stand. St. Louis. Mo. E. T. Jett Book & News Company. 806 Olive street. Washington, D. C. Ebblt House News Stand. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1905 IMPERIALISM'. In the President's message to the Senate dealing with Santo Domingo he used some suggestive words "th& for ward race," "the backward race." In that expression 4s contained the essence of that imperialism which is at once the burden and the reward of the forward nation's onward' movement. It is so .mingled, .so interwoven, that to obtain the reward without bearing the bur den is. impossible in the eyes of gods 'and men. To lift the burden comes first The contact of the forward with the backward race begins in the rest lessness of the individual, seeking' new worlds to inhabit and control, if not to .conquer. "When it was said that Cecil Rhodes would spread the red oer all Africa by the younger sons of the Eng lish the working out of this passion on the largest scale was indicated. We see the same process operating now in Santo Domingo, where the nation Is fol lowing in the track hewed by the Amer loan -adventurer, be he trader, miner, speculator or capitalist. The nation may hang back, hesitate, even refuse to take the critical step of hoisting the flag when the- first Invitation comes. But that step does come so surely that the action of a law can be discerned In the facts of history. The crisis Is seen when the interests of individuals of the forward race have so multiplied in the new surroundings that races stand face to face. Clashes and issues are in evitable, and then the reserved powers of, the forward race come into action, and the flag is raised for good. In modern history conquests which have followed the course described have inured to the benefit of the backward race. Take Egypt for an example. Or der, security and Individual opportuni ties in native life have followed the English occupation. The forward race has used and is using for the benefit of the backward races all the resqurces of mind and matter of her best men. The most recent Instance is the As souan dam or "barrage" of the Nile. Ten million dollars have been invested in the splendid work of the British en gineers. But results already in sight confirm the predictions of an annual return of the whole amount in the products from the newly Irrigated land. At the present time preparations are In the making for another bridge over the Nile at Cairo, and improvements in the surroundings of the city which in volve one and one-quarter miliions of dollars more. Lord Cromer, the Brit ish pro-Consul, prophesies more Nile barrages, the establishment of local markets, village improvements, and the construction of electric roads in the im mediate future. Meanwhile the yoke of the money-lenders on the villagers has been broken, taxes reduced, crime diminished because punishable without bribery of Judges and officers. Space cannot be afforded to do more than mention the Berber & Suakim Railway, connecting the Red Sea littoral with the -interior Soudan, the Uganda Rail way, from the Indian Ocean to the great lakes; the selection of healthy ' regions on the high lands from Uganda south to the Zambesi,, where white men and their families can live and pros per, and the lighting of the lamp of civilization at all these spots of the Dark Continent. In our own recent ex tensions of influence and control the entrance of the American has been the' signal for war, on disease, -filth, dis order and ignorance To success in that campaign the world bears willing or unwilling witness. The conviction that this Is true may reconcile the Na tion to the almost automatic extension of its sphere now In progress. That opportunities for American enterprise and investment must also result from taking up the forward nation's burden will help many to do their part who might turn deaf ears to the beneficent side of the world's -work. It is true in deed that the danger Is great to tha character and career of the Individual men of the forward race, who form tho points of contact fwith the earlier in habitants.. The, nation often suffers frcm excesses due fo a very few of her children. For this there Is no remedy save in watchful oversight Tjy the au- thoritles at home, and in the strength ening of the ties linking' the nation to its distant outposts. To the onward sweep of beneficent Imperialism there can be no fixed and unyielding bounds set, for a -world's movement is In sight. A FEW CHARITY FIGURES. Mr. Thomas N. Strong, president of the City Board of Charities, three days since addressed to The Oregonian a communication in which he maintained that the system of relief adopted by his organization was modeled exactly after approved modern methods. No proper criticism could be made, said Mr. Strong, in effect, if in 1904 the Portland board had disbursed its fund of 56424.75 in the following manner: 54895 for ex penses, including salaries, rent, insur ance and kindred things; $1529.65 In "aiding persons worthy of aid." For the purpose of showing- how prudently and efficiently the whole charity system is conducted in Portland, Mr. Strong offered the following: In Minneapolis In 1908 the total expendi tures by the City Board of Charities were 7003.66. Salaries. 55247.38; office rent, print ing, postage, water, emergent teller. $351. Uj; office supplies, telephone and telegraph. $121.23; streetcar fares, furniture, books and periodicals, delegates to conference insurance. provident fund, stamps and bond for collector take all the rest. The Oregonian was greatly surprised at this showing, and felt quite sure that Mr. Strong was mistaken. In order to remove any doubt, it instructed its Minneapolis correspondent to investi gate and reporL The result is as fol lows: The report of the Minneapolis City Board of Charities and Corrections for 1904 shows net total expenditures of $28,481.69. Salaries, of fice, etc.. S3771.55: actual relief, exclusive of city hospital, J24.710.14; city hospital ex penses, 550,842.05. The disbursements for 1904 were slightly under 1903. In other words, It costs the Portland City Board of Charities 54B95 to disburse 51529.65 among the worthy poor. In Minneapolis It costs 53771 (or 51124 less) to disburse 524,710, not taking into ac count the city hospital expenses of 550, S42, which it appears is conducted un der the same auspices. The Oregonian will be glad to exam ine and investigate any other figures President Strong may desire to submit. A GRAVE MISTAKE. One of the mistakes of trades-unions, and a grave one, that cannot fail to leave its handicap upon labor in the next generation, Is that which sets a sharp and narrow limit to the number of apprentices allowed In each affiliat ing trade of the federation. As stated by Mr. Emery at the Chamber of Com merce meeting "Wednesday, the labor unions of San Francisco allow only two plasterer apprentices a year In that city. This rule, If allowed to stand, means one of two things. Either plas ter will'be put on by' macihnery a quar ter of a century hence, or by unskilled daubers who have "picked up the busi ness," Just as carpentry today Is being essayed by hundreds of men to whom the right of learning the trade by proper apprenticeship has been denied. Technical schools have come to the rescue and given mansT, young men a chance that 'the trades-unions have de nied them; but the restriction of the number of apprentices has, neverthe less, loaded down the trades, or many of them,, with clumsy, unskilled workmen of the class that among car penters are fitly called "wood-butch-erF,-' who are a constant source of an noyance and ldss to contractors and builders, and of exasperation, to use a mild word, to ownors of houses. From' this cause very few buildings are con structed to completion without extra expense to builders, and very few, rela tively speaking, are occupied three months without having defects in some department of the construction dis closed that can only be attributed to the Ignorance of Improperly taught and hence unskilled workmen. This evil is not an Imaginary one, and It Is one that will Increase rather than diminish, except as under Its stim ulus machinery continues to crowd out hand labor, and technical knowledge widens its domain and enforces terms against practical knowledge of the type that has not been wisely and carcfully developed through apprenticeship. This will entail a handicap which It will be difficult to work off, and which It is both-unjust and unwise for one genera tion to place upon the endeavor and the prosperity of another. FASHIONS IX LEGISIATURES. Fashions change in legislative meth ods, as In everything else. Time was when a bill would encounter heavy seas and lee shores in Its passage, if its course was not judiciously smoothed with the oil of lucre. "What I want to know," asked a Chicago Alderman of a certain ordinance, "Is what Is there in it for me?" Nowadays the safest -way to bring about the passage of an ordinance or bill appears to He In drop ping hints that its defeat means some thing for all who vote against it. Kansas legislators were scared to death of voting against any of the measures proposed, for the assassina tion of the Standard Oil Company. Ru mors that plenty .of boodle was on hand to reward the men who remained faith ful to corporate interests had been skillfully spread, and the result was that men voted for measures they did not entirely approve. However, Kan sas is now across the Rubicon, and cannot draw back for further delibera tion. The Investigation now going on In the Indiana Legislature was brought on by another example of the same tendency. Indiana is stamping out the burning cigarette as much as possible, and Representative Baker, in telling how he would vote for the ahtl-clgar- ette bill, pulled an envelope out of his pocket, extracted a 5100 bill, and, wav irig it before an astonished and'possl bly envious House, declared that the" money , had been sent him as a bribe by the Trust. Result: Seventy-four votes for the bill to seventeen against So now when the Governor signs the bill the manufacture or the sale of cig arettes in Indiana will be illegal, and any person having cigarettes in his pos session will be liable to a fine. Aside from the effect of the 5100 bill upon the votes, it seems that a Callfor nia Senator at 5350 is a long way ahead of an Indiana Representative, who ap pears to be valued by expert lobbyists at an even hundred. It is another tri umph for the Pacific Slope. Indiana, on the other hand, had a more thor oughly organized system. A Senator, It is said, sent sealed envelopes to Various members of the House during tho de bate on the anti-Cigarette bill. These may have contained merely the Sena tor's compliments, but through a coin cidence Representative receiving the missives made strong Bpeeche against the bill. It Is possible, therefore, that there were other 5100 bills. In thn House, and. that Representative Baker's im- pulsive action caused several worthy men to hurt their consciences by voting for a measure they had a hundred rea sons to kill. FOR A CITY BEAUTIFUL. The vigor with which prominent citi zens and men of affairs of this city have taken up the subject of civic Improve ment is gratifying and encouraging In a high degree. Upon one fact all are agreed. "We want Portland to present to strangers during the Fair an aspect of cleanliness, of bloom and of beauty that will redound to the credit of qur citizens, indicate the moist mildness of our climate In "Winter and its abound- ing sunshine In Summer, enhance the beauty of location and surroundings which Nature has been so lavish In be stowing. To bring all of this about systematic effort is necessary. That which is everybody's business is nobody's busi ness, except as details are arranged and the execution thereof Is properly dele gated to suitable persons. In recogni tion of this fact President? "Wheelwright, of the Chamber of Commerce, has out lined a method by which the best that is In the city along lines designated by cleanliness, bloom and beauty will be brought out. Proceeding upon the as sumption that every loyal citizen of Portland feels a just and honest pride In the appearance of the city before company, so to speak,he proposes that the city be divided into districts of a size that can be conveniently covered by a superintendent appointed by and under the supervision of the Civic Im provement Board. This officer is to be responsible for his district and direct the work of neighborhood clubs, each of which will have the care of from one to four blocks In pursuance of the gen eral purpose. With this force In the field, It will be possible to have all unsightly things put out of sight and all 'possibilities of beauty and cleanli ness wrought out. "With the aid of an active, intelligent and fearless attorney wljo has a full measure of civic pride in his composition and is familiar with the city ordinances, all of these looking to the object in view may be rigidly en 'forced. To secure the services of such an attorney Is part of the plan. Since it is a fact that many persons are clean and careful in their surround ings only by compulsion, this will prove a valuable feature of the general plan for carrying on the campaign of clean liness and beauty. A few arrests, con victions and punishments of careless persons for violating the ordinances bearing upon the subject will do more to make the city presentable than any amount of pleading is likely to do. There are those in every community who prefer indolence and dirt to indus try and neatness. Portland no doubt has its share of such people, and to reach these with compelling power is necessary if we are to have a clean city. Among the rest, and by far the larg est number, the contagion of cleanliness will spread readily, and police persua sion will not be necessary. "Women must .and will, no doubt. gladly bear their part In this work. It may Indeed fitly be called municipal housekeeping, and no house can be properly kept, with due regard to the details that make a house a home. without the touch of a woman's hand. "Women will touch nothing that they do not adorn," says President Wheel wright, thus giving evidence of the fact that he is an observant man. It Is for the: cultivated energetic, tactful women of -the city to justify his generous es timate of their artistic taste. This is the plan In outline. It was fully detailed in the report of the meet Ing of the league last Wednesday even ing, as published yesterday. "Will It succeed?" asks President Wheelwright, who, answering, says: "That depends upon those who have a sense of duty to themselves and to the public; who love their city and want to see her hold an honorable place among her sisters; who realize that It la the aggregation of individuals that makes up the com munity, and that the failure of one in dividual to do his (or her) part affects injuriously the Interests and the high est good of all." PIULIPriN'E SUGAR AND TOBACCO. The House committee has made a fa.- vorable report on the Curtis bill rcdue Ing the duty on tobacco and sugar from the Philippine Islands. As there was but one dissenting vote, the bill will undoubtedly become a law. There has been opposition to the proposed meas ure on the ground that It would Injure the tobacco and sugar Industries in this country; but, as the total exports of sugar from the Philippines to all coun tries In 1904 amounted to but 52.66S.507, the effect, if any, on the industry In this country, will not be serious. The State Department Is advised by Consul Nossfeld, at Trieste, Austria, that the Austrian sugar-beet crop for the year endjng September 30, 1905. will be about 20 per cent less than last year. It Is also shown In the same Teport that there is available for consumption dur ing the coming year a total of but 12, 977,000 tons, while the world's consump tion for the year ending August 30, 1904, was slightly In excess of 13.000,000 tons. These figures would Indicate that the comparatively insignificant exports from the Philippines would be absorbed without in any way.affectlng the Indus try In this country. The reduction proposed by the Curtis bill leaves the duty at 25 per cent of the Dlngley tariff, and t is believed that it will greatly stimulate the culti vation of both sugar and tobacco In the Islands. Whatever the sugar trust may think of this reduction in the duty, it is certain that it will meet with the approval of the consumers. When the great sugar war between the Have meyers and Arbucklc was on, a few years ago, Havemeyer testified that re fined sugar could be produced at profit in tms country at 3 cents per pound. As the price has for many years been hanging around a. figure nearly double that named in his testf- mony, there Is no reason" to believe that the admission of the comparatively small amount of sugar that will come from the Philippines will work a hard ship on the people as a whole. There is a renewal of the talk of abandoning the Philippines, and It is not Improbable that the time will come when this can be done, perhaps to the advantage of both this country and the islands. It has been the endeavor of the Americans since they relieved the Spaniards of the Philippines to Improve industrial as well as political conditions in the Islands, and in pursuance of that policy it 1b a duty to aid our tfuggllng Oriental dependency to get on its feet by increasing the output of the many commodities which are grown In the Islands. The scarcity of labor has re larded the expansion of the sugar In dustry there, and as the. Chinese imml crallon laws now apply to that coun try as well as our own, there is not much prospect for immediate relief from that direction. The methods of cultivation as yet are crude In compar ison with our own, and the freight to the over-sea markets is high. In his last annual report the Secretary of War called attention to these features of the situation and warmly recommended a reduction similar to that which Is now embodied in the Curtis bill. , Another feature of the situation which should relieve the . American planters of fear of too much competi tion lies In the fact that next year the coastwise laws will be extended to the Philippines, requiring that all traffic be tween America and the islands shall be carried in American bottoms. As there will be no such restrictions regarding trade with other countries, most of the sugar will be sent foreign instead of coming this way at a higher freight rate. The American consumer will nat urally fail to profit directly by this feat ure of the situation, but In the end any Increase In the world's production of a commodity so generally used as sugar will have some effect on prices. The fact that the sugar trust and the Amer ican planters oppose the reduction In the tariff on Philippine sugar Is good evidence that it Is to the interest of the people as a whole that It should be re duced, especially as we are promised that the reduction will increase the output and thus better the welfare of a people who are not yet fairly on their feet In a commercial sense. "Now." KAld thA old iflrk In a. ntorv which delighted and instructed the chil dren of a past generation In an old school reader (McGuffey's Second). 'now, my children, we must move." The farmer and his son, after vainly trying to enlist the kind offices of their neighbors In the fact that the grain In the field where the lark had built her nest and was rearing her brood was overripe for the sickle, had- resolved to cut It themselves. Hence the decision of the wise old bird that moving could not safely be longer delayed. "And now' says the president of the Civic Improvement League in effect, "we in tend to put an organized force In the field in the interest of a clean and beau tiful city." The warning is to the "old larks," who never move except on com pulsion, as well as to the entire brood. who wait serenely for a leader before they undertake to do what they really Intend and are perfectly willing to do when the time for "moving" Is fixed for them. Now let us all "move," rank and file, in the direction of a Clean City and a City Beautiful. The Czar is not yet ready for peace. With the very air of his capital humid with treachery and assassination, him self and his royal family captives be hind palace walls; with thousands of his subjects being murdered by his sol diery because death seems preferable to life under Russian rule, he has de elded that the awful sacrifice of life In the Far East must continue. And Rus sia by sheer force of numbers may yet win out. In the struggle to retain her grip on ner Pacific harbors, but If she does it will be at a cost that will stag ger humanity, and, while the shot and shell of the enemy will continue to shatter her ranks at the front, the bomb of the terrorist and the stiletto of the assassin will be busy around the palace walls at home, and her soldiery will continue to shoot down all who dis approve of the awful reign of blood and terror. High prices for wheat and excellent climatic conditions have resulted. In a very large acreage of the premier cereal in the Willamette "Valley. The rapid strides made in diversified farming In the Valley will, of course, prevent that garden spot of Oregon ever again at taming the prominence It has enjoyed In the past as a wheat section, but If the present prospects are not marred by unfavorable weather later In the season It is highly probable that "Ore gon, ' or, as it Is known here, "Valley," wncat will again be seen on the Liver pool market. Home consumption and the demands for milling are taking up so much of the wheat, however, that even with a big crop there would b but little for export as raw material. It will be a relief to all concerned. Including the thousands who read the newspapers in every civilized land. when the fragments of the body of the late Grand Duke Serglus are finally hidden away in a receptacle In the Chaudoff Monastery. Think of expos ing his head, the fragments of which had been gathered up. pieced together and placed in a receptacle upon his comn. to the public gaze! And think of the public that trooped In by tens of thousands to gaze upon the ghastly ob ject, or glance curiously at the urn In which It was placed! No wonder the Grand Duke Vladimir1 had. a chill and could not attend the funeral, or that the Cxar took counsel Of prudence and remained at Tsarskoe-Selo. "Neutral zones" across the Atlantic are suggested by the Massachusetts Board of Trade as a means of prevent ing undue interference with commerce in time of war. The Idea is that the great Atlantic trade routes should be recognized by the maritime powers as "neutral zones," and that within these defined limits merchant vessels pro ceedlng on legitimate business should be free from Interference by the bellig erents warships. It Is difficult to see what advantage could be gained by such an arrangement. The high seas are already neutral, and merchant ves sels are now free from undue Interfer ence, especially if their national flag also floats over a good navy. England will. It is said, cheerfully pay her share of the enormous cost of the arbitration council that has decided against her in the Dogger Bank lnci dent. This is perhaps true. John Bull Is noted for his ability to take his medi cine, when he agrees to take it. without unnecessary gulping or wryness of face. But let arbitration be proposed another time when the rights of any of the sub jects of the British realm have been In vaded. and someeven one of their lives have been wantonly or Ignorant ly sacrificed. Ho will be very apt to reply by drawing his sword. Why, ask some persons. It the direct primary law Is going to strengthen the hold of the bosses on the people's poll tics, do the bosses- deteHt the law Chiefly because they" axe in a quandary how to proceed under the law, X ma chinist likes his old tools best; likewise a machine politician Dr. Osier thlnka a man is ''cdmpaxa tlvery useless after he Is forty years old." Dr. Osier Is aged flfty-aix, 8ojna men have queer ideas after they are fifty: NOTE XXV COMMENT. A correspondent sends us the following essay from Vancouver: "Revolt smolders in the Caucasus. Rus- I sian Poland is in a state of unrest. The great ones of the Empire have been marked for the assassin. Revolutionaries busy themselves In spreading the propa ganda of rebellion. Workmen abandon their labor and students their studies. AH the Russias seethe with discontent, and toll with blind strugglings after a happier life. The Little Father has become the distrusted tyrant, but the signs of the times are less to him than the symptoms of a child's illness. The baby Czarevitch has the grip. "Thousands of miles away Kuropatkin truggles to uphold the honor of the Rus sian standards. Bleeding soldiers freeze to death. Thousands die unattended in the unsheltered hospitals. Bullets slay their thousands and disease Its tens of thousands. 'Fight on says the Czar, and turns to pray, for the baby Czarevitch has the grip. "Death In all its unsoftened terrors lies In wait by the imperial palaces. The as sassin bides his time, and the Czar knows not when his hour shall come. But he forgets people and army and murderer, for the baby Czarevitch has the grip." And by lhl3 time the reader probably has the pip. When the King -of Italy gets his Inter national Board of Agriculture Into work ing order we 'may have some, strange re sults. Countries axe gradually losing their distinctive features in social and racial ways, and the new scheme may make all countries uniform In their, crops. The market gardens of Rome may soon produce fine pumpkin pies, while Irri gated Oregon Is one great field of waving spaghetti. Pineapple trees may yet di versify our prune orchards, and English market-gardeners may cultivate Ore gon cedar. Germany may grow our corn cob pipes, while our Chinamen cultivate the sauerkraut viae. The world will be deadly dull In those days nowhere to go for a chance, for It will be the same everywhere. Oscar Hammerstein recently called Dis trict Attorney Jerome a "bajazzo,"' and the New York papers have been printing learned commentaries on the word. It seems to us a pretty good name, without commentary or explanation. "Why I Never Have Trouble With Sen,- ants," Is the title of an article in the March number of a popular ladies' maga zine. This is easy. Either she doesn't have servants or she tells whoppers. Max "Beerbohm. the irrepressible carica turist and essayist, has been censuring English actors for their lack of ease on the stage. Parisian actors and actresses are not conscious that they are dressed up, he thinks, whereas in London the op posite Is tho case. "We have no drama yet," says "Max," "but we have cos tumes." Therefore the irrepressible would have actors wear the costumes of their parts at all times, so as to accustom them to feel at ease therein. Thl3 Is a good suggestion from the public point of view, however it may be regarded by the stage. Think how it would liven up our somber crowds to have seeming knights, cour tiers, Romans, barbarians, pages, kings. and so forth, strutting up and down Washington street. Even more attractive would be the actresses in costume, al though we fear traffic would be blocked when certain musical comedy shows were" in town. It's getting so that a hard-working criminal isn't safe In his own Joint. A patriot Is a man who favors a big navy. President Roosevelt remarked to a Phil adelphia cop that he used to be on the force himself. As a consistent Jollier the President is less famous than he de serves. He usually manages to sav the right thing, and. Just as his ancestors help him out with a visitor from abroad, so rils Jobs help him out with the people at home. Married life, we fear, will be a time ot anything but peace for the Crown Prince Frederick and the Grand Duchess Cecelia. Already it Is evident that the Prince will have a critical mother-in-law and that the Grand Duchess will have an Inquisi tive father-ln-law. Both have been mix ing up In the affairs of the betrothed couple, and It will be strange it the course of royal love runs smooth. Premier Balfour has cause to rejoice that Secretary Wyndham added no post scripts to his MacDonnell letters. ' The woman who lamented the fate of the horses wounded by the bomb that killed ScrgluB had prototypes in the French women who went to. sec a man torn asunder by horses. "Oh. the poor horses!" they exclaimed, as the execu tloners lashed the brutes Into action. Tennessee has towns named Shoo Fly, Turn Yum, U Bet. Twlsp In Washington and Gooseberry In this state are put In the shade to a certain extent. "Business is Business" Is the title of a play running In New Yorjc. It .would be more apt to call It "Charity Is Bus! ness." Diligent readers of the LAdles' Home Journal have doubtless profited by the series of" articles on how to build a 53000 home on a salary of 54-56 a week. By this time every subscriber must have sue cceded In the establishment of a home, so the magazine Is devoting attention to weddings. Dealing with the subject of presenting gifts to bridesmaids, an art! do says: "A luncheon given by a bride to-be may be planned simply or elabor ately. and the souvenirs should be mere trifles like pearl studs." The 53000 home crowd must be branching out. now that pearls are regarded as "mere trifles." WEX. J. Svarga Sopanarchanam. Lahore Civil and Military Gazette A Hindu lady in Amrltsar has Just seen her fifth generation the son of her great-grandson. She has undergone a ceremony called Svarga Sopanar Chanam (rising to heaven by means Of a ladder). After a two-hours service. of thanksgiving a heap of rice was put before her oh which was plaeod a small ladder of gold. The naw-born child was then brought in and placed in the lap of tho lady, who then put her rlgh root on the first rung of the ladder, and there were cheers all arOIibu, and now era were showered On her. Four Generations In an Office. St, James' G&xette, One of the most remarkable? in stances of hereditary office among so llcltors Is that of the acting- tinder Sheriff for the City of London, Mr, Tufnell Burchell alls in hlfl Sheriffs Court in Red Lion Square on tho bench that his father, grandfather and great grandfather .successively, occupied. RUSSIA AT HOME AND ABROAD Sidelights Upon Conduct of Affairs in St. Petersburg and Manchuria From various sources. Writing from Manchuria to the editor of the Novoe Vremya, N. A. DemchlnskI, Russian publicist, says: "The most preposterous of the St. Petersburg fables is the one which declares that Kuropatkin is loved and trusted by his officers and soldiers.' That is child ish nonsense. Ask your correspondent about it and he will tell you that the attitude of the army toward Kuropat kin Is one of ridicule. Four times he deceived them all. Once, in reviewing the troops, he said to them, "From here we will not take a backward step. It is now our turn to advance;" and a few days later we retreated. When ho rode around the positions at Liao Yang on the 30th, he said solemnly. "In these positions you must be victorious or die. From here there Is no road backward. All his officers concluded then that he would retreat that day. or at latest the next. That's the kind of "trust" they have in him. "Like you. I don't propose at present to discuss Kuropatkin's "military tal ent:' but,as an eye-witness, I have a right to crluclze the administrative or ganization of the army. For example. I go into the Intelligence Bureau, and the Bureau Chief says to me, Tm up to my chin in work. Four days' cipher telegrams have not yet been decipher ed.' What would you think of intelli gence that had been deciphered only at the end of four days? "The president of one ot our mllitary courts recently said to me. 'What can you expect from an army that is com manded by criminals?' I have in my hands the official papers of an investi gation which . shows that at G o'clock on the evening after the Kiuliencheng battle (the battle of the Yalu) General Zasulich was 60 versts from Kiulien cheng. driving furiously away In a troika and knocking down everybody In tire road. He wa m command of an army corps only because Kuropat kin selected him and then, through ob stinacy, refused to remove him. as In the case of Stackelberg-. "Criminals through "obstinacy' command army corps! And this information is given us by army omcers: xney must oe closely linked together! A few days ago an officer of the Red Cross, who was under orders to start for the Far East, gave me the sub stance of a tak that he had Just had with- the director of that organization at Its headquarters in this city. After giving him his instructions and the money for his trip, the director said. "The most Important thing is to look as carefully as possible after the nurses and attend ants In your division." Upon being asked In what way the latter were to be looked after, the director replied, ,"In the most ordinary way: see that they aon t tod the wounded. One of them was caugnt at it only a little while ago. He sys tematically plundered the sick and wound ed, and sent the money to his wife in Russia. When he was detected he had stolen 2400 rubles. Kuropatkin sent him to a court-martial, and he will probably be shot: but others will do th same thing more cautiously, so you'll have to look after them. On an average It ap pears that every one of our sanitary at tendants has against him a record, ot at loaBt ten legal Judgments." The confes sion was certainly the most frank one. but how Is one to explain such astonish ing carelessness In the selection of Red Cross subordinates? One reason, of course, Is the Indifference and negligence of the higher authorities, and another 13 the complete lack of systematic control In the organization Itself. Tho manage ment here seems to aim only at getting the ereatest possible number of attend ants and nurses at the lowest possible cost. Hdw they will do their work Is a matter or God's mercy in any event, no account of It will ever have to be ren dered. Hearing that a special commission was A NEW THEORY OF SLEEP. Harper's Weekly. An Interesting and novel theory of has reeentlv been DUt forward by Dr. Claparcde, a French scientist, who holds that sleep Is a positive tunciion or an Instinct designed to arrest func Dr. Clanarede makes the as sertion that wo sleep not because we are Intoxicated or exnaustca, oui in order to avoid such conditions. ot nniv are there various kinds and degrees of "sleep, but it does not always follow exhaustion. Furthermore, u is weu known that sleep is not proportional to exhaustion, and It may be either total or partial. In measuring the profoundness or sieop various conaiuuus are encountered which are not susceptible of explanation on the toxic theory, out tvi-itrh nrrrn nerfectlv with the hypothesis that It Is a positive nervous function. The definition of sleep, accoramg io im new theory. Is a reaction produced by various excitants, and Is an Inhibition which manifests itseit suDjecuvoiy oy a lack of Interest In exterior things. Puzzled. New York Sun. There was a now bellboy on the forty ninth floor ot one of the uptown hotels, and from the moment of his advont he eomeH o Vie. in hot water. On his second morning there was a violent ringing at the-bells and he nastcned to see wnai was wrong with the Inmate of room 4,976. "Did you ring: no asucu, ju ho knocked at the door. "Did I ring? Certainly I rang. Here. ' shouted the Irate guest, "look at. those boots. Can't you see they're different? One Is five inches longer than the other." "It's a put-up Job," murmued the new bellboy. "A put-up Job. is it?" I'll show you. What do " "Yes," interrupted the boy. "It's a put up Job Just as I says. The gent In the. next room has been complalnln as the same thing's the caso with hls'n. I can't make it out at all.' Reflections of a Bachelor. Now York Pre3. A woman will always trust a man un less he Is trustworthy. A man has a hard time convincing him self that his son Is as- smart as he thinks he la. Content Is not knowing how many things there are that you would want If you knew about them. It Is a sign of good breeding to own an awful lot of handkerchiefs, but not to have to use them. A nice thing about a girl's going sleigh riding Is when she cornea In blushing she cart act as If It was the frosty weather that did It. Alkali Eye's Denial. Houston Post. Tho story ter tho effect that we busted our Jug and spilled our Jag fallln' out of a waggln th other night lacks a hull lot o( beln" true. Wo did fall out of a wagsln and we did bust our Jug, but we didn't spill our jag by a hull lot; we strained one o' our stilts and bent our plats, but at this wrltln wa air doln bet ter'n we expected; three frlenda have aent In booae an' the doo left noma o' th' atronceat liniment we ever drlnked. Al-.. kail Eye. . A Cruel Disappointment, Ohieago Nowa, Bess Why. did yon cut his aquainN anoe? Nell He kissed me unexpectedly one evening when he called, Bess Well, you didn't -mind a little thing like that, I hope, Nelt-That'a Just it, I expected him to keep it up, but he proved to be a quitter. on Its way to Inspect the military maga zines at Novoradomsk, Russian Poland, the officer in charge fled, after bribing two soldiers to set fire to the magazines. They got drunk on the money, and the commission arrived and found the maga zines nearly empty. It was General Sakharoff who invented the term "south front" for the Russian rear, and now the London Times compli ments him upon inventing a "graceful turn of phrase" In his official report of the battle of Helkoutal, when he said that It was impossible for the Russians to remain at Sandepu "without risking t feat." The Times remarks: "It is. in deed, customary for one array or t..c other "to quit the field at the close of a battle, but It has been usually considered hitherto that they do not take this step to avoid the risk of defeat, but becaust they had already suffered It." In Carl Joubert's. "Truth About tl5 Czar' occurs the following remarkab? passage: The grand visit which Nicholas II paid to France a few years ago was a period of severe strain both to himself and to his gentlemen-in-waitlng. . Twice a day he received absolution from his chaplain. In his clothes was concealed a small piece of garlic, as a talisman against the plots of his enemies. A Pop? of the Orthodox Church used to lick the Czar's left eye twice, a day as a prevent ive against the machinations i? tho Nihilists. No one but Baron Freedericksz knows the extent of the misery which ho suffered until he returned to Russia. If I have been well Informed by my St. Petersburg correspondent, says the Paris correspondent of the Independent, Father Gopon ha3 taken as his guide In more ways than one the bold and healthy teachings of President Roosevelt, "th- strenuous life" being one of the things he is continually preaching to the apa thetic Russian peasant and workman who sufTer themselves to be "driven about like sheep by the whips of the brutal Cossacks." as he wrote on one occasion. In a private letter to an old friend cf mine. Roosevelt's two books "The Strenuous Life," and "American Ideals" which have appeared here In French during the last year or so. have found their way into Russia, with warm wel come, I am told. The Winter palace of the Czars is a fitting center from which to carry on the fell work of repression allotted to Trepoff. Almost every stone ot the walls and every square yard of the plaster lining them cost a life. Nicholas had given the order that the palace must bo rebuilt In a year, and what was human, life against the despot's will? Six thou sand men were kept at work day and night, with the palace heated- at CO Reamur to dry the walls rapidly, while the temperature outside was often 20 degrees below zero Reamur. Tha men could only work with ice packs on their heads, and, experiencing a dally change of 60 degrees, they died by the score every day. By the end ot the yoar the death roll was somo thousands, but the palace was finished. - The offending battery atr'St. Petersburg which fired case shot, at the Winter Paice by accident or design has recalled an anecdote of another Russian battery. It was at the siege of Warsaw, where a Russian Marshal ordered the battery to concentrate Its fire on a certain point Nothing came of this, and the Marshal rode up to the artillerymen In great wrath. "What imbecile Is In command here?" ho demanded. "I am." said an officer calmly. "Consider yourself under arrest. Your shells are no good." What can you expect?" retorted the officer. "They won't explode. See for yourself" He took up a shell, lighted' the match, and held It out to the Marshal, who stood with his hands behind him waiting the result. If the shell had burst both men would have been blown to pieces. But the match went out. and the Marshal re marked simply: "You are quite right." ODD BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE. Misplaced Taffy. Home Walnut Tree Corr. Daytoa Chron icle. The party at William Baldwin's last Wednesday evening was enjoyed by all. The taffy was fine, so the boys who got tholr whiskers in it. think. Emma Knows When She'3 Well. Off. Haystack Corr. Madras. Pioneer. Miss Emma Pike 13 living on her home stead now and several old bachelors around here would like to be employed to Improve the farm for her. Rash Mr. Greenwood. S prague- Times. It cost Ed Greenwood $3 and coats to release his three cows from the city pound without the consent ot Poundmaster Bcr dln. It also cost him a few bad bruises for trying to lick the aforesaid pound master who handled a wicked club with neatness and dispatch. Trying It on the Dog. Madras Pioneer. William Brownhlll and family are very much at home just now on his home stead near Frog Springs. Billy says his family (dogs and pup) are getting along" nloely. He has to get up in the night to take the llttlo fellow to bed and get him warm once in a while, but he cnjoy3 It just the same, and, of course, the pup does, too. Billy Is arranging to build a kitchen addition. Wc wonder what tho incentive is. Things On Ought to Do. Chicago News. Why don't you answer your friend'a letter at once? It will have, double value if written promptly and will take no more time now than by and by. Why don't you make the promised visit to that invalid? She is looking for you day after day. and "hope deferred maketh the heart sick.'.' Why don't you send away that little gift you've been planning to send? Mere kind Intentions never accomplish any good. Why don't you speak out the encour aging words that you have in your thoughts? Unless you express them they are of no use to others. Why don't you try to share the burd n of that sorrowful one who works besld? you? Is it because you are growing selfish? Why don't you take m'ore paK lo be self-sacrlflclng and loving In th- everyday home life? Time is rapldly paasirtg. Your dear ones will not te with you always. Why don't you create around yOu an atmosphere of happiness and helpfulness, so that all who come In touch with you may be made better? A Bill of Sale. New York Sun. In one Of the Police Courts the other -day the Question of ownership of a horse arose. Said one: "Your Honot here. Is a bill of sale thai X drew up myaslf. and ho handed the Judge a paper which read "This Is to certify that I sold iaaft" Cohen one, little mal horse with sorel main and tale, whloh la now his." H Was Immune, Chicago News. "I ouspeet," said the fair maid, wh-i had talked for fifteen consecutive min utes without pertrtittlug him to get ft word in edgeways, "you are tired of; hearing me talk," "Not at 811," replied the gailant young man, "I get shaved' at a barber's and am Used to that' sort of thing."