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Omaha Barkalow Bros.. 1612 Farnhem; lageaih Stationery Co.. 1508 Farnham. l'bocnlx, Ariz. The Berry hill News Co. Sacramento. CaL Sacramento News Co.. 429 K street Salt Lake Salt Lake News Co., 77 West Second street South. Santa Barbara, CaL S. Smith. San Diego, CaL J. DIUard. San' Francisco J. K. Cooper & Co.. 748 Market street; Foster & Crear. Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Bros, 236 Sutter; L. E. Lee, Palace Hotel News Stand; F. W. Pitts. 1008 Market: Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; N. Wbeatley, S3 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis News Stand. 6t. Louis, Mo-K T. Jett Book & News Company, 606 Olive street. Washington, D. C. Ebblt House News , Stand. ' PORTLAND, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1905. WHAT OF RUSSIA? : In the well-known English periodical. The Fortnightly Review (February), 'Dr. A. S. Rappoport propounds the question, "Is Russia 'on the Eve of a Revolution?" Entering upon an analy sis of Russian character and noting the ' fact that the masses of the people have or at least evince no disposition to claim liberty and self-government, he concludes that the idea prevalent in - the outer world, that Russia is on the eve of a revolution, that the discon- tent and rage of the people at large I are continually increasing and accurau- lating. that the long pent-up feeling will soon break forth, overturn the gov- . ernment and open a new era. of light and freedom, is devoid of foundation. The reasons in brief are that the -spirit . of individual freedom does not belong to the Russian personal or national character: the temperament of the vast . majority is one of profound apathy and resignation; their chief characteristics ' are Inertia and a horrible fear or moral i cowardice, and, above all, a profound ( ignorance coupled with a religious re spect and veneration for the Czar, . whom they regard as an incarnation of the Divinity. There is no Voltaire, no t"k Rousseau, there are no cyclopedlsts, to A break up these superstitions; nor can there be, because there is no large pro portion of the people capable of under -standing such exponents. s This writer insists that the agitation in "Russia does not portend revolution. therefore, and in its main character is .nothing but a strike of artisans who re quire higher wages. The people have nothing to do with it. Thvre Is, indeed, a . band of revolutionary agitators a few -thousands, yet a mere handful, among a , population of 130,000.000. These terrorize ! the court, but make no impression on " the 'body of the people; who, though op pressed by exactions of every descrip tion,. meet every distress submissively. make the sign of the cross, pray to their saints and ikons for "Our Little Father," and murmur, "The will of the Czar be donc'v The cause of this lies in the tempera.' mcnt and character of the race. Hence. as this writer declares, "The Russian . autocracy finds Its most powerful sup porter in the psychology of the nation": and "it is In political institutions that the sovereign power and soul of a race especially manifest themselves." These people "are stubborn of submission and ever behind the age. Life appears to them as a fixed condition which no man lias power to alter. The Russian never relies upon hie own strength, but looks to some one else, to some higher "power. riot only for guidance but also for com 'inand. ' This writer says the "agitators" who ... started In years, ago with expectation of awakening the people, have found it Impossible, know It cannot be done, and have given it up. The masses in whose bahalf the appeal was made allowed : the propagandists to be sacrificed and oven assisted in doing it. Convinced that It was impossible to raise the peo pie, who. In their submissiveness and passively. Would revolt only by order of ,fhe Czar, the agitators finally gave up flbls veffort and were thrown upon the ruse jf Violent means against the gov ornment bombs, assassination, terror ism. The adoption: of' this method is proof Chat the discontent and readiness -for revolution are Confined to a very few; and of these few hardly any are freal Slavs. Most of the revolutionaries are of German. Jewish or .Latin ex traction. That this ic a judicious estimate of conditions in Russia is. rendered prob able by the course of recent -events strike of arjisans for" higher wages is not a political revojutI6n though else 'where than in Russia such demand of the labor class might be a powerful auxiliary of 1U Perhaps It would be rash to say that the awakening in Rus sia never will come, because the nation never "will revolt against the Czar. But I the time when the nation will do it is Knot yet, and it may never come. This nvriter insists that the Intervention of other powerful nations for liberty in fc'Bussla is" the only chance for. .liberty there: and "whether it is in the interest of other nations to drag: these ignorant masses out of their torpor against their own -Rili, is for statesmen to decide." This could come about only through Russia's continued aggressions. Japan has become a new force, "whose Influ ence may be both potent and perma nent. But defeat of Russia in Asia will not start revolution throughout Russia. Napoleon had the power, had he possessed the patience, to set forces in motion that might have transformed the country; but bis opportunity will not occur again. UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. One of the singular Incidents of mod ern history is the. fact that it was through the initiative of the United j States that Japan was opened to the I world and started upon her present wonderful career. Till 1S52 Japan had carefully secluded herself from the j world at large. This -was effected through the exclusion of foreigners ! from her shores and closure of her ports against other nations. She was content then with her isolation the nation that now has burst Into the arena of the world, fighting one of the greatest of the powers. In order that she may establish and maintain her own ascendency or Influence outside her island empire. In 1S52 the Government of the United States sent Commodore M. C. Perry, younger brother of Oliver Hazard Per ry, of Lake Erie fame, to Japan, with Instructions to negotiate with that country for protection of American sea men wrecked on the coast, and If pos sible to effect a treaty by which. Amer ican vessels should be allowed to enter ports of Japan to obtain supplies and for purposes of trade. Perry's squad ron, which consisted of seven vessels. entered the Bay of Teddo, almost against the protest of Japan. The task was a delicate one, requiring tact and skill; but it "was crowned with success, and in the year 1854 certain ports of Japan were opened to the United States as harbors of refuge, supply, trade and consular residence. "Within a few years like privileges were obtained by Great Britain and other nations, and Japan was no longer isolated from the world. In this way the country that is now forcing her power on the attention of the world was redeemed only one-half century ago from her ancient and self chesen Isolation. "Within this period she has become a factor of the first magni tude in the world's affairs. Ambitious now for extension of her power and maintenance of her prestige as she was jealous formerly of her Isolation and disposed to preserve it, she now aston ishes the world by meeting and rolling back the colossal power that dominates Northern Europe and Northern Asia. "What is wonderful is that a nation that has such stuff in it lay dormant so long. Just now tt. is worth while to recall the fact that the United States was the "discoverer" of Japan. A monu ment, commemorating Commodore Per ry's visit to Japan, was erected in that country In 190L In a circular sent out by the "American Association of Japan," of which the Japanese Minister of Justice Is (or was) president, the fol lowing statement appeared, viz: "Per ry's visit was, in a word, the turn of the key which opened the doors of the Japanese Empire, an event that paved the way for and accelerated an intro duction of a new order of things; An event that enabled the country to en ter upon the unprecedented era in na tional prosperity In which we now live. Japan has not forgotten nor ever will forget that she owes her present pros perity and greatness to the United States of America. It was at Kurlhama (where his statue has been reared) that Commodore Perry first trod the soil of Japan, and for the first time awoke the -country from her centuries of slum berous seclusion, and there first gleamed the rays of her new era of progress." THE DISCRIMINATING 301. HILL The decision of the United States Su preme Court on the Northern Securities matter has undoubtedly settled the HHI-Harriman contest over the owner ship of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Mr. Harriman, who went into the Se curities deal with holdings of common and preferred stock sufficient to give him control of the Northern Pacific, emerges with a portion of his former holdings missing, and the remainder insufficient to give him the control he formerly enjoyed. This defeat of Mr. Harriman meets with great satisfaction on Puget Sound. The Seattle Post-In telligencer in commenting editorially on the decision says: It Is now assured that the railroads which have their terminals on Puget Sound and their Eastern connections In territory which afford a large market for our lumber prod ucts, will remain In hands warmly friendly to our Interests and keenly intent on the upbuilding or our clues ana uie aevejopmeni of our trade, The greatest danger wnicn has yet threatened this city particularly has been happily averted. Mr. Harriman may be a very danger ous man. but the Post-Intelllgencer will have difficulty in explaining where his policy would be any more detrimental to "our cities" and "our trade" in the Pacific Northwest than that which is now being carried out by Mr. Hill. The Great Northern Railroad has made a rate of $9 per ton on barley from MIn neapolls and adjacent points to the Orient. The steamship rate on barley from tidewater ports on the Pacific Coast to the Orient has until quite re- cently been $5.50 per ton, but Is now $5 per ton. At the latter figure it would leave $4 per ton for the railroad which hauled the grain across the continent. The rate on barley from most points in Oregon and Washington to Seattle Is about $3.50 per ton. although these points are about 1500 miles nearer Seat tie than the points from which the Eastern barley Is shipped. From this it is plain that Mr. If ill Is exacting $3.50 per ton for a haul of 300 to 400 miles. while he charges but 50 cents per ton more for a haul of about 2000 miles. There is no law to prevent Mr. Hill from hauling freight 2000 miles for $4 per ton, but there is strange incon gruity in his making such a low rate for the Minnesota and Dakota farmers, while for the same haul from Oregon and Washington points to Eastern mill ing centers he is exacting a rate of $12 per ton. If the $4 rate granted the farmers of the Middle west is a fair and equitable remuneration for the service performed the 512 rate which is wrung irom the Pacific Coast farmers is manifestly un just. A calculation based On per ton per mile-would probably show that the 512 rate was not excessive tor the service performed, and Mr. Hill would not be open to criticism for levying ex cessive toll on the farmers of the North Pacific States, were it not for the ridic ulously low rate which he is now mak ing to aid the farmers q the Middle "West There is nothing in the situation that would indicate that this abnor mally low rate has attracted any busi ness that would not have offered at regular rates. There Is a great demand In the Orient just at present fjor bar ley, oats and hay, and, if this demand cannot be satisfied by the .Pacific Coast producers, those of the Middle "West will be called on, and the business is undoubtedly profitable enough to war rant the same rate per mile .per ton that is demanded of the Pacific Coast pro ducers. This very rank discriminatory rate has had the effect of shutting Portland out of a large portion of this business. There Is still considerable barley and other forage in Oregon, "Washington and Idaho, but so long as the farmers of the Middle "West are getting Into the Oriental markets on practically even terms with those who are more than 1500 miles nearer those markets, there is small likelihood of much of the re serve supply coming out. Just how the ascendency of Mr. Hill is to improve the condition of "our cities' and "our trade" in the State of "Washington so long as his present discriminating rate against the farmers of Oregon "Wash ington and Idaho is continued, is a mat ter that Is not at all clear. "INCREASED COST OF HYING Much is said these days about "the increased cost of living;" Let us under stand this. Plain living, such as we all were content with erstwhile, costs no more now than in former times. But there is tendency always, among those who can possibly afford It, to better living, and to luxurious living; and this costs more. The necessaries of life and the sub stantial things of life, such as we all in the early times were glad to get, cost far less now than they cost then. To this statement there is scarcely an ex ception. But they who complain that the cost of living has Increased would not be content now with what we all had to be content with then. Better food, more variety, better cooking, lodg ings furnished better, clothing In bet ter style and of better goods, furniture, equipage, travel, and social expenses once unknown, have Increased the cost of living; but they who may be willing to live in the old style of simplicity, yet having enough to eat and to wear, can live now more cheaply than at any former time. There can be no question about it But of course everybody must "keep up with the times"; and the cost of living therefore increases from year to year. It almost always increases in proportion to one's resources, actual or prospective. Increased cost of liv ing, consequently, arises from the in crease of desire and from the wish to gratify it. Then, moreover, "if a body Is to be anybody," he or she must keep step with the social movement and Its demands. Each one at least is apt Uo feel so. Herein lies "the increased cost of living." Even so, it la comparative or proportional. In many cases there is no limit but ability to pay; nor does it stop even at that, as tradespeople will tell you, who talk, about "bad debts." Such is the social demand, or the re quirement of social, life ''society" that one cannot live in the simplicity of former times, nor ought to be expect ed to, and yet "keep up with society": but there Is a mean here that merits the best attention of every person, and especially of every young person. There are many who could live on one-half what they spend, and yet live decently. These, more often than others, complain that they can't get on because of "the Increased cost of living." SIDELIGHT ON AN ANSWER. The first question propounded by the Yamhill County referendum committee to the President of the State Senate regarding the passage of the million dollar appropriation bill was this: Did he or any of the persons who arc so nctlve with him in opposing the referendum make any effort to secure the introduction of fMparate bills appropriating these funds? Did b or any of his friends ever attempt to make the normal school appropriations a separate bill? To this President Kuykendall replied in his letter published in The Oregonlan March 10: "No. I did not; nor did any of the other members." So far as directness and precision are concerned, this answer is all that could be desired. It goes to the point and permits of no quibble over words. It is a point-blank denial that any effort was made in the Senate to secure introduction of sep arate bills on the normal school appro priations, since President Kuykendall is so positive on this point, it is up to the calendar clerk of the Senate to ex plain how the following entries have crept into the Senate calendar: S. C R. 2, Sen. Miller That every proposed appropriation for any normal school or other rpecial purpose shall be introduced as a single appropriation bill and distinct from any other subject or appropriation. Referred to commit tee on resolutions, February 6, 1005. Reported back with recommendation that it be Indefinite ly postponed, February 8. Reported back with recommendation that it be indefinitely post' poned, February 13. Indefinitely postponed. February 13. HOW IT IS DONE. xne uregoman yesteraay printed a dispatch from Tie Pass, Manchuria, dated March 12, 2 A. M. It illustrated most wonderfully the fine news service of the Associated Press during the war. Here Is a complete and circumstantial narrative from a remote corner of the world, giving a thrilling account of the disastrous retreat of the Russians be fore the onward march of the victorious Japanese. It was written from the Russian objective, 40 miles north of Mukden, in a strange and barbarous country, amidst the frightful carnage and manifold horrors of war. It Was a consecutive and intelligent survey Of a situation that covered the entire battle area, about 100 miles. It was doubtless filed In the field, with an Improvised telegraph instrument, and sent nearly 6000 miles to St. Petersburg. There it was translated and edited, and again sent on to London. There again it was re-edited and sent by Atlantic cable to New York, whence it was distributed throughout the United States. It was printed in The Oregonlan on the same morning- it was sent from Tie Pass, two-thirds of the long distance around the world by the Eastern route. The fact that the day dawns In Manchuria sixteen hours before the same day's sun rises in Portland does not lessen the marvel. The Associated Press is covering the war at vast expense. It has a very large corps in the field, and at various Important centers throughout the Ori ent. It has men with the Japanese and the Russian armies. It has a bureau atTokio, whence it dispatches all avail able news at the enormous cost of 4 cents per word for Pacific cable tolls alone, It has another bureau at St. Petersburg, where It receives much matter -by overland wire Jrom the front. It is a curious fact that the earliest and best accounts of all battles have come via St. Petersburg; The Russian war censorship, under all the circum stances, has been astonishingly lenient. Due allowance must be made for the Russian reluctance to tell of their own reverses. The Japanese have permitted the story to be told only when the deed was accomplished, the fight over. Readers of The Oregonlan have found in their paper each day for the past ten days a greater volume of matter than was contained in any metropoli tan journal during the American Civil "War, not excepting- the reports of the greatest battles. The service is alto gether more complete, costly, readable and satisfactory. The reason Is that the modern methods of newsgathering nave developed amazingly. The world Is now the newspaper field. Neither time, space, nor cost is to be considered. If it happens, and is worth the print ing, it will be secured for immediate publication, no matter at what outlay of labor or expense. "Enemy's dead left on the field, twenty-six thousand five hundred." This Is the report of the Japanese Field Mar shal. It Indicates a slaughter unknown In historical records. Of course, since the Japanese were the assailants, their losses must have been quite as great, or greater. The wounded In either army must have been three times as many as the slain. . This estimate would raise the casualties on both sides to 160,000. The bloodiest battle of modern times, hitherto, was that of Borodino, before Moscow, In 1S12, where the Russian loss was 18.000 killed and 40,000 wounded, and the French loss 12,000 killed and 30,000 wounded. This was the work of a single day. At Lcipslc, In October, 1S13, there was nearly equal slaughter, but the battle lasted a week. In the operations about Mukden there has been ten days' strenuous and nearly continuous fighting. The Japanese say their empire was founded by the Emperor Jlmnu, 660 B. Cj and that the dynasty founded by him still reigns. It was long time sus pended; but in 1868 the now ruling (de jure) sovereign overthrew, after a short war, the power of the shogun (the de facto sovereign), who had held the rul ing power in successive families since the twelfth century, under a sort of feudal system, which in 1871 was en tirely abolished. Till 1883 the system of government of the Japanese Empire was that of an absolute monarchy. A constitution was, however, proclaimed in that year, which created a Parlia ment, consisting of a House of Peers and a House of Representatives. The pattern is the English-American sys tem. It Is a striking instance of tho transplantation of the idea of repre sentatlve government. "It is whispered," says a writer on 'World-Politics," in the North Ameri can Review, "that) situated as Russia and Japan are, there can be no half way house between open enmity and open friendship; that they must be either at war or in alliance; and that having learned to know and to respect one another and realizing the impossi bility of final victory on either side. they will learn to be allies rather than foes." But since Russia and Great Brit ain are natural competitors, if not ene mlea, what would this mean? Simply, instead of an Anglo-Japanese alliance. Russo-Japanese alliance. Yet it is but conjecture. The Anglo-Japanese convention will last two years yet. Events may call for renewal of it. Uncle Sam is not the only purchaser of marine gold bricks, although the as sortment which he collected during the Spanish "War was of most imposing pro portions. Yesterday's telegraphic dis patches told of the sale at Victoria for 52000 of a torpedo-boat which cost His British Majesty's government 540,000 two years ago. The boat will now be used for towing logs. The only advan tage In favor -jk the British in connec tion with this transaction when com pared with some which were negotiated by Uncle Sam lies in the fact that quite a .few of the craft which were palmed offon our uncle were unfit even for towing logs. The population of Japan Is about 43,- 000,000 one-third, that of Russia, But Japan has a homogeneous population and is near the seat of war. Her sup ply of men will not fall, and her people are prepared for immense sacrifices. The spirit of her soldiery is splendid, as the lighting shows. Japan can furnish men enough. She can place more men at the seat of war than Russia can. Her main problem is the financial one; but herein she certainly has no more dlffl cult problem than that which confronts Russia. Less difficult, probably. A New 'Westminster Chinaman. has been arrested for endeavoring to bribe the Chief of Police, the sum Involved being 58. Unfamiliarity with the char acter of Canadian chiefs of police ren ders it difficult to estimate with any degree of accuracy what might have happened had the Chinaman made the amount 59. The unfortunate Mongolian was probably proceeding on that mis leading axiom that "every man has his price," and no doubt blames himself for an error of judgment. To climb upon a packing-case in order to peer over the transom is, according to Chief Hunt, "a degrading means of ascertaining whether or not a saloon Is open," but to take up a convenient po sition and spy upon the door is in ac cord with the finest Instincts of duty and morality. Is it possible that the distinction is thus made because the packing-case method is the more effect ive, in its rough and ready way? But wouldn't Napoleon Bonapart turn pale with rage or green with envy. If, In th6 Elyslan Fields, he were told what Japan has just now done Jo Rus sia? That Bonaparte was a consider' able man for his time, and he went to Moscow. . But Russia went a little later to Paris. She will not go to Tokio. Members of an Idaho family have dis covered that they ate heirs to an Eng. llsh estate valued at 5200.000.000. They will leave for England to claim the money, if they don't wake up. Poles are campaigning to have the official use- of the Russian language abolished In favor of Polish, probably on the ground that the lesser of tw6 evils should be chosen. The referendum boomers will have none of the Initiative. We havo fallen on strange times, "What's the matter with the initiative? S0TE AND COMMENT. New Polishing Agent. The home or Mr. and Mrs. John G. John- ston (nee Linden) has been brtrbteoed by the advent of a son. San Francisco Argo naut. Mrs. Cody was frequently under the in fluence of spiritualists. ' Buffalo Bill Cody wa3 frequently under the Influence of spirits. Quite a spiritual, spiritou and spirited household. One of John Bull's torpedo boats has been sold to a British Columbia logger, who will use It in his business- Behold the hornet of the sea. Turned useful now, a busy bee. Some one in Roseburg sends us a letter from Day's Creek, apparently written to one of the Roseburg papers. It gives an idyllic picture of pastoral Douglas county. where the people sit dreaming and won dering In the perfumed air. The letter follows: Days Creek Ore Mar the S Dear Editor 95 "We are having lovely weather. CroDs are looking fine, business In this locality Is looking up. Dame Nature has spread her green mantle over mother earth and Jentle breasea waft the perfume of the wild daisy and hotter cup to us while we sit dreaming and wondering If we are rearly going to have a telephone system established, a meet ing was held last Saturday with a view to that effect, but adjourned, without coming to any definite aggrlemct. Our little burg naa oeen weu represeniea wim agents this entitled the Perfet Woman the book has bees. Introduced In most of the homes on Days creek. The Salvation, arcney Is with us again, working very earnestly for the Cross. SuBSCRBER. Oyama finds Kuropatkln as hard to catch as a greased pig. Artificial silk Is to be manufactured on a large scale In France and in America. Tlmo for the silkworm to turn. A distinct novelty In vaudeville turns Is offered by a New Yorker, whose letter to an actress Is printed by the Dramatic Mirror: Dear Madam: Knowing you to be inter ested in anything novel In theatrical enter tainments. I should like to make an ap pointment to show you my collection of trained germs. They have the well-known flea circus skinned to death. The star of the company Is a typhoid fever bacillus named Mike, who can stand on all seven of bis hands and whistle "Home. Sweet Home" through hla teeth. I have also two young measles microbes who do a sister act, and a family of diphtheria badlll, the youngest of which can tuck his limbs under his neck and sit on both ears at once. The perform ance can be given on a stage two Inches quare. Kindly let me know when and where you will see me. Ola Klsscm, of Arlington (S. D.), re cently married Hulda Huggus, and the News remarks that the names promise peculiarly happy matrimonial experi ence. Ghost stories arc always Interesting, especially the "really truly" kind. One of this sort is told by the Tattler in Its 'prize chestnut" column: A young lady arrived late at night on a visit to a friend. She awoke In the darkness to find a while figure at the foot of the bedl While she watched the bedclothes were suddenly whisked off. and, the apparition vanished. After an anxious, not to ray chilly, night, the visitor went down with little appetite for breakfast. At the table she was Introduced to 'a gentle man, a very old friend of tho family, who had. she learned, also been sleeping In the house. Ho complained of the cold. "I hope you will excuse me." he said to the hostess "but I found it so cold during the night that, knowing the room next mine was unoccupied. I took the liberty ot going In and carrying off the bed clothes to supplement my -own." Few Eastern papers have failed" to re mark that Rider Haggard; who has come-. over here to study tho land question, should on no account fail to visit Ore gon. A jury in New York recently found that 511C4 was a' reasonable bill for three weeks' board at the St. Regis Ho'teL Part of the time the customer was stalled in a room at 510 a day and part of the time in one at 543. His restaurant bill varied from 56 to 530 a day. This proves conclusively that a man can live cheaply enough in New York if he doesn't hanker after luxury- Chicago has some child wives, but they are not so interesting as those in India. "What would you say," says M. San- tos-Dumont, "if I told you that next Sum mer I am confident of giving a new Im pulse to aerial navigation; that I myself hope to be able, before ending my ex perience, to cruise over Europe,, for a week at a time, without descending to earth, in a yacht that will be in itself a flying bouse?" We should simply say Nuts!" Two stories of children are told by the Argonaut this .week. One says that R. J. Wynne, the' Postmaster-General, tells a story about a small boy who was in vited to a party given by one of vhla little friends. After he had eaten ice cream and cake three times, somebody offered him some candy, but the little chap shook his head, and said in a sorrowful tono: T can chew, but I can t swallow. The other concerns J. 11. Barrio, who. While composing his play, "Peter Pan," went to a children's supper party. Among the guests was a little boy whose healthy appetite provoked from his "mother the pleading threat: "You will bo III tonight.' "No, mother, not till tomorrow," was the calm, response of tho contented creature of the moment. It caught and pleased the car of Mr. Barrle, who put It into his play, and promised to the juvenile Joint author a halfpenny royalty upon every performance WBX. J. About St. Patrick. Philadelphia Record. His baptismal name is said to have been Sucat Llttle is known of him. He was born at Nernthur. Nemthur, Scotland, Is now Dumbarton. He was born in 36 and died in 453. His father was the deacon, Calpurnlus. In 411 Patrick was captured by the Plcts and sold Into Ireland as a slave. After six years he escaped this slavery and devoted himself to the conversion of Ireland. Then hfe prepared for the priesthood. entering upon his mission about 423. It was in the year 441 that he was con see rated a bishop. Of his writings there were his confes sions and an epistle. One prominent authority says that the only thing actually known of him is" that he existed. And not a word as to his greatest deed of effectually" fixing matters so the sons 6f tho Emerald Isle cannot see snakes! "Mother Eddy" No Loner? New York Times. Boston. Alfred. Farlow. president of the First Church ot Christ. Scientist,- of Bos ton savst "A recent reference to llrs. Eddy as Mother Eddy" in the public press In duces me to refer briefly to the fact that Scientists do not at the present tiwKT -re fer to Mrs. Eddy in this manner. "Mrs. Eddy has grown so weary of it herself that "she has caused a church by law to bo made preventing the members from applying that" term. tohtr." : . THE X0RMAL SCHOOLS. j West Side Enterprise. ' Mr. Kuykendall should have kept still. Ad vice from him at this time comes with poor grace. His interview, published In The Ore-j gonUn. was In bad taste. His birthright was traded for the Presidency of the Senate that he might Kuykendoodie the Legislature. This object accomplished, he now would lecture the people aa to how they should receive the appro priations of a Kuykendall Legislature. The people are not deposed to receive directions from the klngpla of the organliaUon that has flaunted In their face a $1,000,000 bUl gotten up In defiance of public sentiment. It is in the hope, of forever burying Kuykendoodlelsm that the people are now muchly stirred. The people have no ear fcr the advice of the late President of the Senate, however good for them It may be. and before presuming to offer it he should deliver fruit?, meet for repentanee. On the head of the Kuykendall organization rests the onus of the unusually large appro priations for college and normal school pur poses. It Is well known that the Influence of the President of the Senate not only kept Drain on the list, but had the aUowance for the school of ttvo graduates raised from $15,000 to 521.000. It Is also conceded that Drain, whose hills and hollows are so dear to him. was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and that, had It been left off the outcry against House Bill ST0 would not have been heard In such thunderous tones. The leaving off ot Drain would have been accepted aa some Indi cation of a desire on the part of the Legisla ture to meet. In a decree, at least, the demands o for form In the state's normal school policy. Now, before he can ask to be heard by the people. Dr. Kuykendall cannot do less tir call together the Drain board ot re gents, of which he Is a member, and have fur ther attempt to conduct that school at state ex pense called off. Dr. Kuykendall. it's up to you. You are versed la swapping and "log-rolling" In the Legislature. Try It on the YamhUlera. Picture to them the great sacrifice it would be to cut that lead-pipe connection between Drain and the stale treasury, and offer it up in ex change for a "lay down" on the part of those who are clamoring for the dismemberment of that ? 1.000. COO offspring of the Kuykendall Legislature. Such an act onthe part of the late President of the Senate Is necessary befare he may expect a hearing at the hands ot the people. Constructive Legislation Needed. Oregon City Enterprise. The movement, initiated at a public meeting in Yamhill, to Invoke the referendum on the appropriation bill in an effort to eliminate the biennial allowance for the state normal schools Is open to criticism- Constructive, rather than destructive. legislation is the only means of treating the subject without a serious and cost ly Interruption resulting to the state in the management of Its various institution for which an appropriation Is absolutely required to be available every two years. People Are In Earnest. Albany Democrat. The matter of the reference ot the approprla tion bill to the people, as provided for under the referendum, has attracted a great deal of attention, from the fact that" the people seem to be In earnest In the desire to give the State Legislature a lesson that shall bo remembered. They are heartily tired of this tying a bill up Inside the general appropriation bill In order to keep the hands of the people off It. No Repudiation of Obligations. Ashland Tidings. If we must have a referendum on the unl versly and the normal schools let us alao have It on the other state Institutions. Sober con slderation by the voters of the state will not Indorse the Populist movement from Yamhill and Multnomah. The people of the -state are not going to follow the Populist Idea ot repu diation ot their ohllgaUona. Claims Will AU Be Paid. Oregon State Journal. Under our present laws. It Is fair to presume that If the appropriations shall be Ued up by referendum petitions certificates will be issued covering the expenses of all tho state Institu tions, and perhaps including the normal schools, and will eventuaUy be paid with Interest, but will perhaps be heavily discounted, bo the state and its officers and employes will lose what the money-lenders and discount brokers will gain. Up Against a Stone Wall. Eugene Guard. The press ot the state Is practically a unit In opposition to Invoking the referendum on the legislative appropriation. Our Yamblll friends are up against a stone wall on the proposition. They may tie np tho appropriations and put the taxpayers to needless expense, but they will accomplish nothing in the end. That la a foregone conclusion. Fanaticism Need Not Apply. Weston Leader. Tatnhlll County would have the state disown Us institutions, but Justice, and not fanaticism, obtains In courts of law. The petition can be filed, but not to a point so sharp that it will stick. It Is. a useless weapon a lance without the barb, a blunderbuss without the- powder. Place Trust In Fate. Ashland Valley Record. The necessities of peanut politics are unyield ing, and the small minority who have cahrge of the state's Institutions and their charges can place their trust In Fate, and hope that at the end of the next election the shyster poll Udans of all tribes and Isms win sacrifice each other "upon the necesalUes of the dirty game. Rebuke Is In Order. Santlam News. The people have concluded that a rebuke is now In order. They regard It aa a duty they owe themselves, for their peace of mind and for the future prosperity of the state. They rightfully argue that If this Legislature goes unrebuked, that the next one will Increase the dose. They believe that It la hazardous to delay action any longer. All Right In Its Place. McMlnnvIlle Telephone-Register. The lnltlaUve Is all right In Its place, but It does not act quick enough. The time for It la after the referendum has stopped the-present graft. The referendum proposes to stop the evil now, tho lnltlaUve proposes to put It off tmUl some future time. , For Occasions Like This. Oregon City Courier. We beUaVe the referendum was adopted by the people for exactly such occasions- as this. It should be Invdked In this case in order- that the people may express their .disapproval of the Lcstelafgfe's action. Gormandizing at Sea. Menu of tho New Cunard Liner. fiefofc Breakfast Tea, coffee; choco late, grapes, pears, melons, biscuits, bread and butter. Breakfast'-Bverything customary, fin ishing up with hot cakes and syrups. 11 A. M. Pint cupa of bouillon; blicuita 12 Noon Sandwiches of all sorts, car ried about the decks. 1 P. M. Lunch. Items that did not appear at breakfast, and some more. 2 P. II. Trays of ices, biscuits, cakes. i P. M. Tea, coffee, chocolate, biscuits. bread and butter, toast, cakes. 5 or 6 P. Mi Taffy and other sweets'. carried around on trays. 7 p. M. Dinner. A new creation, in cluding oysters, whitebait, turtle soup, venison, hot-house fruit and similar deli cacies. 9 p. M Supper. Broiled bones, sand wlched. . fruit, tea or coffee; lemonade. etc. '." SO' $5 HATS ON 5-CENT HEADS. NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. "Eschew cheap jewelry. Quit taking $ buggy rides on $S a week. Don't put a $5 hat on a 5-cent head," was the salu tation of Booker T. Washington to the colored people who gathered at the People's Forumto listen to his lecturo on The Successful Training: "of th Negro." Two thousand persons heard E Washington's lecture and dozens of times the speaker's voice was hardly audible owing to the applause. - Cheer after cheer went up for the negro lecturer, and while he was pass ing from the theater to his carriage hundreds of colored and white men blocked the passage to shake the hand of the colored leader who has dined with President Roosevelt. "Get a bank account.' continued Washington. "Get a home of your own. Get some property. Get a-start in the world in some way. .What good i3 It to you Northern negroes that you live in cities with paved streets it you don't own anything? Don't be satis fled with the shadows of civilization; get some of the substance for yourself. Just as soon as you do you will bo recognized and encouraged whether you are In the North or South." Now. some people are bold enough to say that there is not room enough in this country for the negro, and that the best thing that he can do is to re turn to Africa. The negro race Is not preparing to go to Africa, nor the Philippines, nor any other foreign country- We will remain here. What ever problems grow out of our pres ence will have to be worked out be tween the white race and ours. I be lieve that there is common sense enough among the American people, and fairness enough; to enable the two race3 to live side by side and work, out our destiny. What the negroes want to do is to get a little piece of land, build a cot tage and educate tho children. "Keep away from the cities unless drawn there for some special advan tage. Rural life is best for negroes. There is no race line in tho labor mar ket in the South. White men and ne groes work together at the same benches. What the negro should do is to catch up with the white man. When we catch up with the Amer ican white man there will bo no one ahead of us. "The negro does not seek to exercise political supremacy over the white man, nor is social intermingling with any race considered by the negro es sential to his progress. Our people are as proud of their racial identity as the whites are of theirs, and as they be come intelligent social prido increases. I was never prouder of the fact that I am a negro than I am today. "The white race does not know the best that is occurring among my peo ple. A people should be judged by their best, not by their worst- I can point you to groups of my people In nearly every part of our country that In In telligence and high and unselfish pur pone, in their school and church life, and in the purity and sweetness of their home life and social intercourse will compare favorably with any race on earth." Dr. Osier Gets Funny. New York Tribune. Dr. William Osier, formerly of Johns Hopkins, now regius professor of medi cine at Oxford, was talking, during his recent tour, about the importance of pre cision in the writing of prescriptions. 'Wherever a sentence may have two meanings," said Dr. Osier, "rest assured that the wrong meaning will bo taken. Hence, It is important in prescription writing and in directions to patients that the greatest clarity and precision is ob--talned. "A young foreigner one day visited a physician and described a common mala dy that had befallen him. " 'Tho thing for you to dc' tho physi cian said, -'ls.tovdrlnlohotrf.water-arnihour before breakfast every morning. " "Write it down, doctor, so" I won't for get It, said the patient- "Accordlngly the physician wrote the directions down namely, that the young man was to drink hot water an hour be fore breakfast every morning. "The patient took his leave, and in a week he returned. " 'Well, how are you feeling?' the phy sician asked. ' "Worse, doctor; worse, if anything,' was the reply. Ahem. Did you follow my advice and drink hot water an hour before break fast? ' 'I did my best, sir, said the" young man; 'but I couldn't keep It up more'n ten minutes at a stretch. Last Sayings of Famous Men. Ambrose Biercc. Emperor William I am- about to;grant an audience to God. Grover Cleveland I fall into innocuous desuetude, a sane and safe Democrat. Whltelaw Reld Ambassador to tha Court of St. Peter. Czar Nicholas Drive to tho palace. The Mikado I did not know that the British alliance was loaded. General Miles I enter Into my firs! long rest. Admiral Schley Perhaps they will ad mit that I had something to do with my funeral. King Edward Plant Jersey lilies on my grave. John Sharp Williams Maybe I can' real ly lead In singing. Professor Osier I fear I am too. old tc be able to breathe my last. President Roosevelt Fear the. devill Of course not I raised him. General Stoessel Repent? 'Bad! J stood Port Arthur. Secretary Hay I am willing to "loaf around the Throne." Senator-elect Smoot Inscribe upon my tomb: "His polygamy was academic" Senator Mitchell The -Promised Land is apparently not open to entry. Columbus, the Hired Man. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It Is with 'surprise nothing short of painful that we receive tho information, just dug up at Genoa, Italy, that' Chris topher Columbu3 received only $300 for tho job of discovering America. The sum of ?50 a month, at which rate Mr. Columbus was paid, Is nob sufficient ly dignified, in our estimation, to be classed as salary. Fifty dollars a montb is plain old wages. Columbus was noth ing but a hired man. Queen Isabella, ac cording to her ledger, just brought ta light, employed him to go out and dis cover a new continent. Just as she would "hire a new cook for the royal household or pay a hobo a quarter of a peso for sweeping off the sidewalk In front of the palace. It pains us to think or Mr. Columbus in this light. We did not seek to be dis covered In the flfst place, but if It were Inevitable that wo should be discovered, we would have much preferred that the job. be dono by an-Admiral-bdld-am-I in full dress, sweeping the horizon with a big field glass from his conning tower, rather than by ah illiterate hired hand, such as Columbus, was, who had" po more respect for our feelings than to land on us on Friday. No Good In the Kicker. Richmond Mlssouriah. Kickers always .attract attention one class Of them sells high ba the market. The highest-priced four-legged 'kicker Is a hybrid creature, irritable and -somewhat unscrlpturaL The chronic kicker is an amusing two-legged "animal, not so dangerous, however. A. kicker never bulld3 up. He is great on tearing down. The world's happiness has been promoted more by compliment than by curses, ao, good reader, when you feel like kicking, Jost retire to the back yard and kick yourself a few times rather than Join, the knockers' chorus. 1