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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, XEB. 25, 1905.
THE TACILLATOB.
Because the Russian people, to all
their social and governmental ills, add
that of a -weak man on that throne
which now, more than ever in the past,
calls for decision and strength, their
state of miserable disorder is to be con
tinued, thousands on thousands of their
sons are to "be slain, and no end for
them in sight. Because there is, it may
be admitted, a possibility that Kuro
patkin may turn the tables on Oyama,
the Tvar Is to go on. The pretext is that
the Romanoffs may be held by their
subjects responsible for the blow to be
incurred by Russian pride if they make
peace before they are beaten to their
knees and forced to it
The chances, in the eyes of all outside
observers, are many to one that no de
cision in Manchuria favorable to the
Russians can be even dreamed of for at
least many months to come. And
meanwhile Russia bleeds at every pore.
The baby in the palace was a. costly
gift to the people if his future is the
pretext for his father's letting the war
drift on.
"Was ever such a spectacle as what Is
still called the Russian. Empire shows
today? The war of the races In -the
Caucasus commenced; Poland In revolt;
Finland ripe for insurrection; mutiny
and riot rife in the Black Sea; reserv
ists refusing to serve; the Cossacks
usable only to massacre the people; the
Immense army in Manchuria to be re
cruited and fed; the governing clan of
the Romanoffs ready to give the gladi
'fc.tor's farewell Those about to die. Oh,
Caesar, salute thee!
VICARIOUS PUNISHMENT.
Oregon is suffering for the misdeeds
of a group of men, either proved or al
leged. It is worth, while to ask if, at
this stage, the stain on the fair fame of
the state Is not a good deal darker in
the sketch, than it should be in the fin
ished "picture. In the first place, it is
lair to remark that when the small
boy Is brought before the Judge for
Btealing the apples at the door of the
fruit store man, the first question is if
the apples were in any way protected
from the little hands of the thief. No,
admits the dealer. Then, says the
Judge, you are as blamable as the boy
for putting temptation in his way.
Now, the apples in our case never were
Oregon's apples, and she has no respon
sibility for their exposure to stealing.
Erne lax and provocative laws which set
the door wide open to the thieves never
were Oregon laws, and have been main
tained by the Nation to her detriment.
Oregon is no gainer by millions of acres
of timber lands within her boundaries
being locked up indefinitely in the own
ership of speculators from other states,
nor should she bear the blame of their
misdeeds.
Next, the loose writing about "hun
dreds, perhaps thousands, of Oregon
men being implicated" in these timber
land frauds Is entirely wide of and
ahead of the facts. Time enough to
pass sentences when trial has been had,
especially when mud of this sort sticks
even to innocent skirts. This word "im
plicated" is very attractive to a writer
having general notions but no full
facts to go on. Is a man "Implicated"
In the stealing of a group of claims
when his own compliance with the
terms of a loosely-drawn law has been
reasonably complete as to the one claim
that he has sold? How much less are
the great majority of the honest claim
holders "Implicated" because one or
perhaps two of the neighboring claims
have been fraudulently acquired or
transferred? Is it fair to describe
"hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Ore
gon men" as implicated in frauds when
the story of those engaged in the trans
actions has never seen the light?
"What makes an Oregon man? Is an
Oregon man one who comes as a stran
ger into the state, "whether on his own
account or sent in by a Minnesota, Wis
consin or Michigan syndicate for the
special purpose of taking up a timber
claim? The Oregon men, it is fair to
assert, are residents of the state by
birth or adoption, and to "whom the
purchase of a timber quarter section
has been a side issue to their ordinary
pursuits. The affidavit each had to
make was that he desired to purchase
the timber land, "not on speculation,
but In good.Jalth. to appropriate it to
his own exclusive use and benefit."
Plainly this clause Is open to many In
terpretations. How did it hit the six or
seven hundred purchasers of timber
lands formerly on the SHetz reserve?
How could they appropriate to their
own exclusive use and benefit? Could
each one take in a little sawmill to the
wilderness and saw out his eight or ten
million feetr Could he do other than
sell it as soon as his $400 was paid to
the "United States? And so all over the
State. The strict "wording of the law
created an impossibility. Those condi
tions lie at the root of many an "impli
cation," one may be sure. It will be
time to use the wide brush of the "hun
dreds and thousands of Oregon men"
when the full number of claim-takers
and buyers has been reckoned, and the
goats of fraud have been divided off
from the sheep of honest owners.
Meanwhile let the very vagueness of
the charge, and of the similar scoffs
running through the press, help Oregon
men to bear them "with an even mind.
The population of Oregon is not over
five hundred thousand, and we may
perhaps venture to hope that the tlm-ber-stealers
do not number one in every
hundred or two of our people.
Some of our critics may, It is Just pos
sible. Have before long to see to their
own garments. Zeal is a most excellent
quality. "When shown in the applica
tion of the tar brush, it may be overdone.
RIVER IMPROVEMENT ASSURED.
The river and harbor bill passed the
House with a rush, and Chairman Bur
ton is quite hopeful of similar success
in the Senate. The passage of this bill,
carrying with it appropriations suffi
cient to admit of the continuation of
the highly Important work at the
mouth of the Columbia, as well as at
other points along the stream, is a mat
ter of much importance, not only to the
people of Portland, but to every pro
ducer In the Columbia Basin. When
the economical wave, swept over the
Capitol a few weeks ago a determined
stand was made against appropriations
for both the mouth of the Columbia and
the Celllo Canal, Chairman Burton in
sisting that one or the other of these
projects must go unprovided for. At
tempt was made In certain quarters to
create a sentiment favorable to the
abandonment of the Celllo improve
ment in favor of the work at the mouth
of the Columbia, although the Govern
ment by the strongest of promises and
moral obligations was committed to
prosecution of work at both places.
Attempt to cut out the Celllo appro
priation quite naturally provoked pro
test that was so emphatic that the pro
posal to abandon one project In favor
of the other was promptly dropped and
a sufficient amount of money to carry
on work at both places arranged for.
If the bill passes the Senate, as it now
seems certain it will, it is probable that
there will be no more trouble at future
sessions in securing money needed to
complete improvements now under
way. The shortage in funds for Jetty
work is due almost entirely to the vast
sum that was expended in converting
the transport Grant Into a dredge and
maintaining her under heavy expense
for the past year. All of the enormous
cost of remodeling the craft, as well as
the heavy expense of keeping her in
service, came out of the fund that had
been set aside for the completion of the
jetty, and, had that fund been used for
no other than Jetty purposes. It would
have been sufficient to carry the work
along for another year, regardless of
the present economical administration.
The good accomplished by the dredge
is to a great extent problematical.
There has been improvement in the
depth of water at the mouth of the
river, but whether it is due to work
done on the jetty or to the dredge is
a point on which authorities differ.
The merits or demerits of the dredge
are not yet sufficiently understood to
warrant retiring her from service, pro
viding that the craft can be kept in
operation without jeopardizing the
funds available for jetty work. There
is an element of uncertainty about the
result of the work of the dredge. There
Is no uncertainty about that of the
jetty. With the commerce of the river
steadily increasing and the Port of
Portland maintaining a fine channel be
tween the head of deepwater naviga
tion and Astoria, there should be no
disposition on the part of the Govern
ment to withhold any funds needed for
improvements, either at the mouth of
the river or on its upper reaches.
The Washingtonlans have at last
awakened to the fact that this great
river from its source to the sea offers a
highway for a greater area of the State
of Washington than that of Oregon.
That Congressman Jones fully recog
nizes this feature of the situation Is
apparent in the hard and successful
fight which he made to have the Celllo
Canal provided for at this time. From
now on we may expect still further aid
from Washington's delegation at the
Capitol, for Senator-elect Piles owes his
election to the strength thrown -him by
the East Side members, who are vitally
interested in an open river, and he Is
virtually under pledge to carry out
their wishes regarding river improve
ment. The greater part Of the credit
for our prospective aid in continuing
the work must be given to Chairman
Burton, for it was due to his Intelligent
grasp of the situation that we were so
well taken care of in the present bill,
and if It Is rushed through the Senate,
as he now hopes it will be, most of the
credit for its passage will be due to his
efforts.
THE HUMAN WRECK AND ITS MESSAGE.
The answer to the question "Is life
worth living?" would certainly be
given in the negative by the nonogen
arian who, homeless, feeble and of weak
mind, was taken in charge by the police
in this city a few days ago and given
lodgings in the County Jail, pending his
examination for insanity. Imbecile
rather than insane, the condition of this
aged man is a sad illustration of mis
directed effort. There Is no reason to
suppose that he has not made an effort
along lines of ordinary Industry.
Neither is there any evidence that he
has wasted his energies in dissipation.
Indeed, his length of years and his sim
ple, mild demeanor forbid this pre
sumption. The records of life are hid
den in his past and closely guarded by
his lost mentality. All that is available
is written in his face, upon his aged
form and in his destitute, friendless
condition, and these may all be summed
up in the single word "failure."
A human wreck stranded upon the
farther shore of time as applied to the
span of human life, waiting for the tide
to bear it beyond the visible verge, is
an object of more than compassion.
Poverty in its mot pitiful form is here
presented. But this is not all. It tells
of aimless though perhaps strenuous
endeavor; of a long voyage upon the
sea of life without chart or compass;
of a purposeless existence, waiting for
all that is left to wait for disappear
ance from the scene of its long, aimless
drifting with the tide, or perhaps as
aimless battling with the storm.
The tongue of censure Is silent in this
pathetic presence; the voice of blame Is
hushed before the dumb hopelessness
that admits of no reply, either- of ex
planation or extenuation. An object
lesson in desolation that had its ' basis
in misdirected effort or in failure to
provide for the end In the beginning,
the message,, of the human wreck
stranded upon the outer verge of life,
waiting dumbly for Its last anchor to
be released'by the dissolving sands, is
not written in cipher, but in words so
plain and clear that all "who run may
read. It needs no interpretation, be
yond that which Is furnished by pru
dence when it supplements the mute
message, saying: "In the Summer of
life prepare for its Winter."
A CROOK COUNTr PASTIME.
Soon Portland will be a-blush with
the myriad roses of Spring, but the
reddest petal of them all must pale be
side the flaming cheeks of the town
dwellers who are held up to the ridicule
of the men who ride the range. Up on
Camp Creek, in the County of Crook,
dwell men who are accustomed to look
unmoved Into the bright face of danger.
They have heard of the hullabaloo
Portland made over a mountain lion,
panther or cougar; how parties of men
"armed to the teeth" penetrated the
fastnesses of Marquam Gulch; how oth
ers In the panoply of the chase watched
beside a booing calf In the hope of
shooting the dread visitor as he ap
proached the lunch-counter! Camp
Creek has heard of these doings, and is
disgusted. Let the mewling city
dweller hang his head in shame; let the
red badge of Ignominy blazon from
cheek and brow the tidings that his de
generate spirit has been stung. From
Camp Creek, In the County of Crook,
rings this clarion:
CROOK. Or., Feb. 16. (To the Edltor:)-I
e In The Oregonlan that the people- of Port
land are being terrorized by a mountain Hon
or panther. If there Is anything In It tho
men from the Pot Hook Ranch will come down
and lead him through town for sport. As
ono of the men was riding on the desert the
other day he caught a cougar that measured
S feet C Inches from tip to tip. and led It
Into camp. The foreman on the ranch catches
all the bear he sees Just ropes them for pas
time. I never saw the animal that could not
be handled with a rope. This Is no false re
port but can fetch proof of the same. If
nothing happens wo will both be at the 1005
Fair, and may call on you.
A CONSTANT READER.
A rope, and lo! the cougar, panther or
lion lion sounds best Is led a captive
to grace the cowboy's triumph. Small
wonder that the hardy men of Camp
Creek, who rope bears as Portlanders
play lawn tennis, should be disgusted to
find the people of this great city "ter
rorized" by one yowling, prowling Hon,
if indeed the bloodcurdling yowls did
not come from a lost cur. It would do
Portland a vast amount of good and It
.would attract thousands from the yet
more stagnant East, were the men of
Camp Creek to give dally lion-roping
exhibitions at the Fair. In the mean
time. Portland cheeks burn with shame.
If that thrice-accursed varmint returns
to the wildernesses of Marquam Gulch or
Front street, its career will come to a
sudden end. Spurred on by the flouts
and jeers of the rangemen, Portland's
citizens will turn out en masse, and the
Hon will have no more show than a tin
can before the Civic Improvement As
sociation. It must be the air of Crook County
that causes men to flourish, and it also,
apparently, develops unexpected qualities
In sheep. The sheep down here Is nota
vicious animal, nor a dangerous. It is
handled without even a lariat. Yet the
sheep In Crook Is a ferocious beast, and
in a country where cougars are quietly
taken Into camp must be met with lead.
Although the state has placed no
bounty upon sheep, large numbers of
them are shot. It must be that the do
mesticated animals, such as man and
the sheep, display almost incredible
prowess in the stimulating atmosphere
of the range. This, however, Is mere
speculation. If the men of the Pot.
Hook Ranch come to town during the
Fair, we trust a Hon will be obliging
enough to visit the city at the same
time, so that Easterners may be shown
a little real Western sport.
PRESIDENT HARPER'S WORK.
William Ralney Harper, for fourteen
years president of the University of
Chicago, is In the valley of the shadow.
He has not yet reached his fiftieth
year, yet has done a big life's work.
In a community given over to com
mercialism, where trading and manu
facture absorb the best effort of a re
markably active, conquering people. Dr.
Harper.founded the greatest university
In tho Mississippi Valley. Nay, more.
He created it and he put into his creat
ure such intellectual force as raised it
from a Western college almost to a Na
tional Institution. With rare tact he
secured ample funds from various
sources it is a common error to say
that RockefeUer subscribed the largest
share of its endowment, because all
hl3 contributions were less than half
of the total and he directed with rare
judgment the use of these funds. He
set high Ideals, none higher In this
country, and he inspired student and
faculty to Uve and work up to them.
Dr. Harper Is a scholar. It is not
easy to point to an American of his at
tainment in the Semitic languages.
Greek and Latin. In this branch of
learning he won distinction long before
his capacity to direct the affairs of a
university was put to the test. Born
in Ohio, graduated from Muskingum
College, later from Tale, then tutor,
teacher, principal and professor in the
South and the West, always an Indus
trious student, he equipped himself for
his crowning career. In him are com
bined the intellect, the ethical stand
ards, the ripe scholarship and- executive
skill requisite to success in the highest
o callings.
Sometimes the most expert surgeons
err In diagnosis. It may be that Presi
dent Harper's dread disease is not ma
lignant, though the eminent men who
operated on him. Including Dr. Arthur
D. Bevan, formerly of Portland, hold
out no hope. If this Is the beginning of
the end. It is a matter of National re
gret. There "is no way of estimating
what Dr. Harper might have done for
higher education in tho next twenty
years.
The County Court, in deciding to
build quarters at the county farm
where paupers suffering from tubercu
losis may be properly housed and treat
ed, has come to a wise and humane.
conclusion. From whatever standpoint
the matter is viewed it Is unwise- to
keep this class of inmates of the poor
house in the same building with those
who are not thus afflicted. Considera
tion for the comfort of all concerned
and for the safety of those who are not
thus afflicted. Consideration for the
comfort of all concerned and for the
safety of those who are not thus af
flicted renders' this segregation of con
sumptives necessary. Nineteen persons
thus afflicted are now at the county
farm. Some of these may recover by
the open-air treatment contemplated In
connection with the new quarters, and
all will be more comfortably cared for,
while the danger of spreading the, in
fection will be eliminated. If Multno
mah County can afford to care for its
indigent sick at all. It can certainly af
ford to care for them In a humane and
sanitary way. To do otherwise is, to be
distinctly behind the times.
The financial advantages of indus
trial operations under the American
flag as compared with those under the
British cross are quite pronounced, ac
cording to the view taken by the Senate
committee on claims. That committee
has recommended the payment to the
Wales Island Packing Company of 581,
6S? in the nature of damages sustained
by the packing company by being
forced under the British flag through
the change in the boundary line in 1903.
The report of the committee stated that
the amount was the minimum damage
caused by the forced change of loca
tion from American to Canadian terri
tory. This is not very flattering to the
Canadians, but it is probable that the
amount recommended will be highly
satisfactory to the Americans who were
shifted with the boundary line. "
The Montana Senate has reported fa
vorably on a railroad commission bill.
Before making the report the Senate In
committee of the whole amended the
bill by naming the commissioners. If
the Washington Legislature would fol
low out this plan, the prospects for a
commission bill In that state might be
much Improved. With the appointing
power vested In 136 men Instead of one
man, opportunities for making a very
drastic political machine are much less
than they would be under the provis
ions of the bill which Is now disturbing
the political situation In our neighbor
ing state. It Is not exactly clear why
Montana needs a railroad commission,
but, ir-she will not be happy without It,
her statesmen have certainly shown
good judgment In dividing the power of
appointment.
Another hop-contract suit has been
filed by buj-ers who falted to secure the
crop which they had contracted for
when prices were low. These suits
have not been infrequent in the past,
but until the rise in price placed the
"shoe on the other foot" by making the
dealer and not the grower the plaintiff,
they excited less comment. The pres
ent experience of the dealers in being
obliged to right in the courts for what
they supposed they had clinched up inl
legal form win give them an Idea of
the feelings of their farmer friends, -who
not Infrequently in the past were forced
to Invoke the aid of the courts In order
to secure recognition of contracts which
were made before hops declined. It. has
always made a difference whose ox was
gored, and probably always will.
Yesterday's sunshine and genial
warmth turntd the thoughts of thou
sands to their flower gardens, where
roses take first place. The novice
asks: "Isn't it time to prune my
bushes?"; the woman in a new home
wants advice on the best varieties to
plant, and the ambitious amateur seeks
.to-learn what he can concerning new
productions. With commendable public
spirit, Mr. Frederick V. Holman con
tributes to The Sunday Oregonlan to
morrow an article covering the three
topfes. Every one who wishes to add
to Portland's fame as the Rose City
should read It. There will also be pub
lished tomorrow the very excellent ar
ticle on the pruning of roses, with Il
lustrations, first printed a year ago.
There will be no railroad-rate legisla
tion at this session of Congress. That
Is definitely settled. The- Senate, which
is never in a hurry about anything, has
decided to appoint a committee to take
testimony and investigate the whole
question during the coming recess. Per
haps Its labors will be concluded by
Fall, and then the Senate will proceed
in Its own leisurely way to consider the
question. It may be that the Senate
thinks the interest in the matter on the
part of the public will not then be so
acute; or it may be thaj. the Senate
has its own reasons for not being in a
hurry, -whether the Interest is acute or
not.
How did Father Gopon, the Russian
revolutionist, under the eyes of the
most vigilant police in the world, suc
ceed in organizing so many working
men and inspiring them to revolt? A
St. Petersburg correspondent, who
smuggled a letter through, tells of the
priest's deceptive tactics In the Sunday
Oregonlan tomorrow. He paints the
human side of this young, powerful
priest, who began life where Tolstoi
quits it at the plow.
It is not necessary to indorse, or, in
common phrase, to "believe In" an emo
tional revival of religion, in order to
admire the deliberate and systematic
plans now being made by evangelists
for a campaign against the "world, the
flesh and the devil." All Is being or
dered with the precision of a military
campaign, and with gospel songs in
stead of martial music the onset will be
made on regular schedule time.
During the bankruptcy proceedings at
Cleveland, Mrs. Chadwlck took the witness-stand.
"This she did very grace
fully," says the report, "smiling pleas
antly and cheerfully as -the referee ad
ministered the oath." If the authori
ties don't watch out, the prisoner will
have them as docile as her bankers used
to be.
President Roosevelt's recommenda
tion of the whipping post Is said to
have turned public sentiment in Den
mark in. favor of a similar measure.
It is getting so that American state
papers are read by the world.
As most of the European news agen
cies sent out several forecasts' of the
North Sea Commission's report, their
next dispatches can truthfully begin,
"As predicted by the Center Agency."
According to District Attorney
Jerome there are some honest men on
the New York police force, but not
enough to hurt.
X0TE AXD COMMENT.
Eastern exchanges which devote much
space to fashions in dress and form as
sert that the fat-faced girl Is to be the
queen of them all this Summer. The girl
with sharp features and thin checks may
console herself with the thought that she
is more intellectual in appearance, but
socially she will be little better than an
outsider. This is all very well, but the
next item confuses us a little. A long
paragraph tells of a "radical revolution
in corsets," but it is too technical for
any but an expert to understand. We
gather from It, however, that a return
is to be made to the wasp waist that was
fashionable some years ago. How In the
name of Nature is a woman going to
keep up with the mode which Insists upon
a thin waist and a fat face? It is a prob
lem that men would not even attempt to
solve, yet we have no doubt that in a
few months Portland's streets will be full
of wasp-waiated and pudgy-faced women.
Luckily lynching is less popular in the
South or the Charleston News and Cour
ier would not dare to venture on such a
Jest as this: "Governor-General ot the
Philippines." Does that Luke Wright?
Members of the School Board who are
at all uncertain as to the precise nature
of their duties should learn by note the
following essay by a Kansas kid, as re
ported by the Ellis Headlight: "The
school directors expel and take back bad
boys, buy the school supplies, such as
chalk and teachers, and see that they are
O. K."
"The police of this city," says an Asso
ciated Press dispatch from Warsaw,
"threaten to strike for higher pay. They
constitute an Independent force, paid by
the city, and at present receive $6 a
month and their uniforms. The police
subsist chiefly on money obtained from
other sources." The last sentence should
touch a responsive chord In the hearts of
some American forces.
Little Toto.
A prize of S250 has been offered by the
Animals' Guardian for the best antl
vivlscction novel. The following Is believed
to be a probable winner:
I.
Elsie was running about the house wild
ly. "Where Is Toto?" she cried. Presently
the whole house was in an uproar. Every
corner was searched for the missing pug.
but not a trace of him could be found.
His breakfast of chicken livers and cream
was untouched, and Elsie went Into a
paroxysm of grief when she thought of
poor Toto out In the streets without his
rubbers and his sealskin coat, and hungry
for his breakfast.
II.
A little dog lay bound upon a glass
table. Around him were gathered some
eight or ten men with cruel, hawklike
faces. The cruelest-Iooklng of all held a
knife In his hands. This repulsive brute
cwas the famous Dr. Slyker, whose reputa
tion rested upon his monograph on "Le
sions of the Pocketbook." The others
wore members of his class. "Gentlemen,"
said Slykor, "L hope to demonstrate to
you today that a pug's tall curls so tight
ly because of the shortage of akin, caused
by the wrinkles on Usmaak." He took
up the knife and was about to jab it into
the helpless Toto, when Elsie burst Into
tli room.
III.
"Toto!" she shrieked. "Toto:" A stu
dent, whose heart was not yet "hardened
to the sclontific degree, cut the bonds of
I the poor animal, which sprang into El
sie's arms. Slyker attempted to catch
Toto, but with a shriek the chjld dived
.under the table. Elsie's brother, fol-.
lowed by a crowd of angry citizens, broke
through the window. Hoarse cries of'"A
rope for Slyker," "Lynch the brute,"
"Burn him," "Death to the vlvlsection
lst," were heard outside. Slyker at
tempted to flee, but strong hand3 grasped
him.
IV.
A body swung from a telegraph pole.
It was all that remained of the great Dr.
Slyker. In full view of the ghastly ob
ject, Elsie fed Toto his 'chicken livers
and cream.
This Is a pretty fierce old burg, accord
ing to the police. According to the Sher
iff, It's not so bad. According to the pub
lic. It's good enough and bad enough to
live In.
Mount Hood is all right In its way, but
one of these billboards everybody is roast
ing Is a good deal more Interesting.
The editor of the Cumberland (Md.)
Times says that Swinburne's verses on
the Czar "read like the rant of a man
maudlin drunk." And yet they say thl3
is an age of "appreciations."
With the completion of another great
tunnel, the graduating class' favorite
theme will have to be revised to "Under
the Alps lies Italy."
By his "Kill them off at 60" speech. Dr.
Osier, at least, succeeded In stirring up
the animals.
Ambassador Porter isn't so much of a
diplomatist after all. If he had but cir
culated a story to the effect that a lot ot
pirate treasure had been burled with
John Paul Jones, he would have had all
the digging done for nolalng.
A man committed suicide with tho pho
tograph of a Seattle girl in his Dana. In
the other hand ho had a pistol.
P. S. It was the pistol that killed him.
Henry Watterson, who is making a
journey through Spain, has a long letter
from Barcelona in the Courier-Journal.
He skips from Cervantes to Voltaire, and
asks:
la writing even newspaper writing ona of
the lost arts? Do people no more hearken
to the printed page, or are those who might
awaken and arouse them dead? There are
th pert paragraphens I But Heavens, they
agree about nothing, not even aboot tho de
coction of a Julep, or tho shape and size of
& mint-bed!
So Marse Henry still has It In tor the
pert paragraphs, he publicly condemned
once before, the pert paragraphs that are
used with good enect by his own Courfer
Journal. But Bee how in far-away Bar
celona, where, as he says, the blrd3 are
singing and the flowers arc blooming, the
heart of the editor turns towards his old
Kentucky Julep. What is sherry to a
julep, what are roses to a bed of mint?
WEX. J.
Reflections of a Bachelor. "
Now York Press.
Half the time a girl gets engaged to be
ahead of some other girl.
A man could make a lot of money by
not Investing it in sure things.
When a man is not afraid of his wife
It Is a sign he is not telling the truth.
A man would fight like anything against
staying out lato at night If nlo wife tried
to mike him.
The first time a girl wears a low-neck
dress she feels like a man who goes swim-
j mlng and has his clothes-stolen.
GREAT ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
MACREADY AND FORREST
By Arrangement With Chicago Tribune.
THERE Is no more sensational or dis
graceful episode In the history of the
English and the American stage than
tho rivalry between William Charles
Macready and Edwin Forrest and the fa
tal Astor place riot on May 10, 1S49. In
which It culminated.
Macready was an actor by Inhcrltanre.
His father was playing in the Covent
Garden Theater Company in London
when William Charles was born. The
son's first appearance took place at his
father's theater at Birmingham when ho
was but 17 years old. his part being
Romeo. The audience applauded nolsly.
and the youth, delighted with his suc
cess, exclaimed that he "should like to
act it all over again." But his fondness
for the stage soon changed to dislike;
and he professed, during most of his life,
thoroughly to detest It. He longed above
all things to be considered, not an artUt.
but a gentleman. A prince of snobs, he
wa3 prouder to be seen in the company
of a lord than to achieve a triumph in
Hamlet. Circumstances, however, forced
him to remain an actor, and his strength
ot will and character are proved by the
fact that, without either liking or great
aptitude for his profession, he made him
self, by dint of hard, patient effort, one of
the most finished and accomplished of
English actors. Macready played on one
occasion with Mrs. Slddons. "You are In
the right way." that great actress said to
him. "but remember what I say: study,
study, study, and do not marry until you
are ZO." He attributed his later success
to following her advice.
Edwin Forrest was Macready's exact
opposite, both as man and actor. As a
boy he had divided his time between
thrashing the gamins on the street of
Philadelphia, where his parents lived, and
spouting Shakespeare on corners and in
cellars. His "first appearance an any
stage," as the English managers say,
was as the beautiful Rosalia de Borgia
In "Rudolph, or the Robbers of Calabria,"
a roaring, bloodletting melodrama. Na
ture had not cast the big double-flsted
boy for feminine parts, and the spectators
received the beautiful Rosalia with peals
of laughter. Rosalia lost her temper,
shook her fist at a jeering youth in the
front row. and swore a round oath at
him. "She swears, by heavings. the lady
swears!" cried the scoffer. The curtain
was run down and the young actor went
home in disgrace, but not before he had
hunted up the youth in the front row
who had jeered him and given him a
sound beating.
The beginning of Forrest's stage career
was typical of all of It. In he got an
engagement with a traveling troupe at $S
a week. In New Orleans he made a "hit."
gambled, drank, and learned from James
Bowie himself how to carve a foe" artis
tically with the knife that bore this fa
mous killer's name. Disappointed In love
by the leading woman of the company,
he challenged his successful rival, the
manager, to a duel, and then went
to live with the Choctaw Indians. He
won his first great triumph when he
played "Othello" at the Bowery Theater
In New York. Then, as later, opinions
differed as to the merits of his acting.
Critical persons said he bellowed and
pawed the stage too much that he had
more muscle and lungs than art. But
there was no question as to the Impres
sion he made on most of those who saw
him. He rapidly became, and for many
years continued to be the most popular
of American actors.
Secure of his laurels at home. Forrest
went. In 1S35. to England to repeat his
"L0.G LIVE WASH1XGT0X"!
Everybody's Magazine. for March.
Both of Washington's Inaugurations
were dignified and simple. On the first
occasion Washington's own desire was
for as little display as possible, but a
grateful and loving people set his wishes
aside and turned what he had meant to
be a quiet Journey from Mount Vernon
to New York Into a triumphal march.
General Washington expressed his de
sire that the oath be administered to him
in private, but he was overruled by his
counsellors. At noon accordingly on
April CO. 17S9, Washington stepped out
upon the balcony of the Federal building,
at the corner of Broad and Wajl streets.
We arc told that he was dressed In a
suit of dark-brown broadcloth, white silk
stockings, silver buckles to his shoes, a
stecl-hllted dress sword at his side, his
hair powdered and gathered In a bug. It
is further of interest that his clothing
was woven and made on the looms at
Mount Vernon under the watchful eye of
his wife.
An eye-witness reports that Washing
ton's face was grave almost to -sadness,
and that his voice was scarcely audible
when, after the oath had been adminis
tered, he bowed, kissed the Bible and
said in a deeply solemn tone: "I swear,
so help me God!"
Chancellor Livingston, turning to the
crowd, waved his hand and cried: "Long
live George Washington, President of the
-United States!" The cry was taken up
and went rolling across the harbor and
out Into the country. The artillery roared
out Its salute and the bells of the city
gave tolfguc to tho words.
Livingston's method of announcing to
the peoplo the fact that the oath had
been taken was severely criticised a3
being too much after the manner of the
monarchical shout of "Long live the
King!" and has never since been repeat
ed, but in the main features the present
forms of inauguration are not found to
differ widely from those set by Wash
ington. A Hot-Stuff Retort.
Everybody's Magazine for March.
"While I have hitherto sworn off smok
ing, as a New Year's pledge which has
never been kept." said a Unlversallst
minister at the Jewelers' Club dinner in
Chicago a year or two ago, "this night,
with a beautiful smoking-set a3 a souve
nir, has brought to mc the determina
tion to make a new pledge that I can
keen to smoke as long as I live."
William Porter Williams was the toast
master. He had been considerably
scratched at by the Unlversallst brother.
When the minister was seated Mr. Wil
liams said:
"When I reflect upon the uncharitablc
ness of my brother in what he said about
me I am constrained to wonder why. In
making that resolution to smoke as long
as he lived, he necessarily drew the lino
at his death."
' Disappearance of House.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Robert Cerdie has returned to Acton
from Newton, Kan.) where he went to
look after some real estate which he be
lieved he owned there. When he arrived
in Newtotn he discovered that a dwelling
house which he had once owned had been
moved from the lot where It formerly
stood. No one knows where the house
Is at present. Mr. Cerdie has been re
ceiving a monthly rental for the house
for many years. Recently the income
ceased abruptly. He made an Investiga
tion and discovered that some one had
stolen the house. The building has com
pletely disappeared and no one can give
any clew- to its whereabouts.
Why She Was Angry.
The Now Yorker.
She confronted him like an angry tigress.
"Never," she cried, "darken my doors
again!"
He cowered before her glance.
"After"
Her voice was harsh with resentment.
"T had told you to be so particular to
finish all the woodwork In light effect!"
In silence he prepared to mix hl3 paints
anew.
triumphs. He was well received by both
critics and audiences. Among those most
gracious to him was Macready. A few
years later, when Macready came to
America, Forrest entertained him at his
home. Soon, however, the relations be
tween the English and American actors
became less friendly. American admirers
of Macready drew contrasts between him
and Forrest which were unfavorable to
the American and his robust style of
acting. Forrest's friends retorted by as
serting that Macready was a prig, cap
able only of winning genteel applause
from kid-gloved Anglomaniacs.
The Imbecile controversy got into the
newspapers and when Forrest began an
other engagement in London, in 1S43, he
was hissed by his audiences and spitted
and roasted by the critics. "The grand
feature," said one writer, describing his
Macbeth, "was the combat. In which Mac
beth stood scraping his sword against that
of Macduff. We were at a loss to know
what this gesture meant till an enlight
ened critic in the gallery shouted out,
'That's right; sharpen it!' " The prin
cipals had as yet taken no part In the
absurd war of words, but Forrest's proud,
truculent nature was rapidly being goaded
to fury. He was in Edinburgh one night
when Macready was to play "Hamlet,"
and went to sec him. In the scene where
the court is about to enter to see the
play a loud hiss came from a front box.
When Macready. always a gentleman,
heard that the boor who had insulted him
was his rival he could scarcely believe it.
Forrest not only admitted his guilt, but
had the impudence to write a letter to
the London Times defending his conduct.
The quarrel broke out with increased
virulence in 1S49. when Macready came
again to the United States. Forrest
charged his rival in a card published In
the newspapers, with having "suborned"
writers on the London press to "write
him down." Macready published a de
nial. The "silk stockings" took up the
cudgels for Macready. The "groundlings"
hissed him and denounced as unpatriotic
everybody who did not think Forrest the
greatest actor since Rosclus. At Philadel
phia Macready was egged. At New Or
leans he was given a public dinner. At
Cincinnati a dead sheep was thrown on
the stage as a "muttony tribute to his
Hamlet."
On May 7, when Macready tried to play
Macbeth in the Astor-Place Opera-House.
In New York, such quantities of eggs and
vegetables and so many chairs were
thrown at him he could not proceed. He
announced that he would attempt It again
May 10. Inside the house, on this eve
ning, Macready's friends predominated,
and, in spite of much disturbance, he was
able to finish the play. Outside there was
a howling mob of Forrestltes that seemed
resolved to have the Englishman's life.
The police were unable to disperse the
rioters. The militia was ordered out. and
In the melee that followed 17 people were
killed. Macready was saved only by
strategy. He left the house with, the au
dience, escaped recognition and went to
Boston. A short time later he returned
to England and In two years retired from
the stage.
Forrest continued to act 20 years longer.
But the discreditable part he had played
against - Macready. his troubles with his
wife, his declining powers, and the rise of
a new star of surpassing brilliancy In the
person of Edwin Booth undermined his
popularity, and he had long been ne
glected and almost forgotten before he
made at New York in 1S71 his last ap
pearance as an actor. S. O. D.
FABLE OF THE HEN.
Boston Posr.
Once upon a time (very recently) a
hen went upon a strike and refused to
lay. Other hens followed her exam
ple, and the scarcity of hen fruit which
resulted caused eggs to retail for some
thing like 50 cents per dozen. In other
words, strictly fresh eggs laid by scab
hens were worth about 5 cents each in
the shell. Even cold-storage eggs,
which were deadly explosive and had
to be handled with care, brought 30
cents.
The people got together and remon
strated with the hens, but it did no
good. Finally an arbitration commit
tee waited on the hens and tried to per
suade them to go back to work. The
arbitration committee pointed out that
only the rich could afford to eat eggs, but
the honsr refused to return to work. The
arbitration committee then told the
hens that if they persisted in the strike
they would bring race suicide on them
selves. Then a wise old hen arose and spoke
as follows:
"In the Spring, when us hens wish
to sit, the people give us porcelain door
knobs to sit on. If porcelain door
knobs are as good as eggs to sit on,
they ought to bo as good to eat as
eggs. Tell the people to eat porcelain
doorknobs."
The arbitration committee could not
answer this argument, and departed in
tears.
Moral Deceit will come home to
roost.
Startling the Reporters.
New York Sun.
Reporters at a college fraternity dinner
in an uptown hotel a few nights ago were
rubbing their eyes to keep awake under
tho soporific speeches of hosts and guest
of honor. A young man. possibly a grad
uate of a year or so, hurried up to the
pres3 table.
"Gentlemen." ho gasped, "are any ot
you classical scholars? If you are." he
didn't wait for a reply "we beg of you
a favor. The Greek motto of ur frater
nity was inadvertently spoken by one of
our orators a few moments ago. It 13
sacred to us, a thing we wouldn't tell,
even to our wives. We beg of you not
to mention tho motto la the paper.
The young man was solemnly assured
that his wish regarding so great a sen
sation would be respected.
Filling the Breach.
London Punch.
Miss Smythe (organizing a subscription
dance) I'm in despair about our dance.
Mr. Brown. So many people have failed
trie! You'll come, won't you?
Mr. Brown Really, Miss Smythe. I'm
not a dancing man. I don't dance at all.
Miss Smythe Oh, that won't matter in
the least. You'd help to fill up, you
know. '
Mr. Brown Ah, yes: with pleasure. 7
will look In about supper time.
A Boy and a Girl.
Collier's Weekly.
I saw them ono day In the sunshine.
Out there jarhere the clover blows
A wee Iittletiny towheaded elrl
And a boy with a freckled nose;
"With-an oldstraw hat without any brim
And galluses holding his clothes:
A wee little girl with a pigtail braid
And a boy with two stubbed toeri.
I saw them one eve in the twilight.
Down there where the river flows;
The pigtail braid is a bis braid now
How a lad or a lassie srow3
The old straw hat is a. new hat now -
And never a freckle shows
On the face of a youth who. bendlns hl
head.
Gives a fair-headed maiden a. rose.
I saw them again In the sunshine.
And whatever do you suppose?
Between them and about them there romped
And ran and clung to their clothes.
A wee little tiny towheaded girl
And a boy with two stubbed toes:
A wen little girl with a pigtail braid
And & boy with a freckled noss.