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FURTHER- COURSE OF THE WAR.
The New York Sun prints an extract
from a personal letter received from
Toklo, written by a person who is said
to be in clbse touch with Japanese offi
cialdom, in which the provable course
of the -wax, on the part of Japan, Is
outlined, with what seems to be strik
ing: Judgment. This writer says the
Japanese will not pursue the Russians
very far towards the north, for the
difficulties are too great. To go even to
Harbin would require a long line of
transportation; the railroad has been
virtually, destroyed by the Russians,
and It "will take a long time to recon
struct its, roadbed and restore its
rails and bridges, and there Is scarcity.
indeed total lack, of cars, which can
not soon be supplied. Consequently,
after inflicting all possible damage
upon the retreating Russians, as far
as they may Te able to pursue them.
the Japanese -will go for Vladivostok
by sea, landing a. large force north or
south of and Isolating It by cutting the
railroad between It and Harbin. It .Is
believed the Japanese are now organiz
ing this force for operations against
Vladivostok; but so effective is their
system of maintaining secrecy that the
utmost efforts of seekers for news for
transmission abroad are unavailing.
It Is not. Indeed, within probability
that the Japanese will undertake to fol
low the Russians vers' far Inland. To
do so would Immeasurably Increase the
difficulties of their situation and add
enormously to the expenses of the war.
Near the seaboard they have every ad
vantage. They have gained Port Ar
thur, have expelled the Russians from
Southern Manchuria, and certainly now
can take Vladivostok. Their supremacy
at sea makes their projects compara
lively easy, so long as they continue to
operate on short lines of communica
tion.
: But they .' nust wrest Vladivostok
from Russia, because it is essential to
their military purposes to deprive Rus-
ela of a sea base, during the remainder
of the war. Yet Japan would not wish
to retain Vladivostok, if Russia would
yield her position in Manchuria. What
Japan undertook to do was to free
Corea from the pressure of Russia, and
to force Russia to relinquish her millr
tary hold on Northern China. To these
ends it was necessary to take Port Ar
thur and to expel Russia from the
Manchurlan seacoast. These things
now are accomplished, and Japan has
Jlttle to do more, beyond maintenance
of what she has gained. But to make
her position secure she must take
Vladivostok. Then, holding what she
has won In Manchuria, and organizing
that great province and the kingdom of
Corea against Russia, she will make
them and herself secure against further
Russian aggression.
It may be the Japanese will be able
to push on up the country to Harbin
the Junction of the railways from
Port Arthur and Vladivostok; and she
may think It necessary. But every
day's further journey into the interior
will multiply the difficulties and In
crease the cost of her campaign. Rus
6la is fighting far from home, and has
this heavy handicap. Japan will not
wish to take part of this burden, or
like one, upon herself. It Is not im
probable, however, that a Japanese
army sent to Vladivostok would cause
withdrawal of Russian forces from the
Japanese -front above Mukden to meet
it; when - the Japanese might advance
without much further resistance
Harbin. The Japanese may be ex
p'ected to make strenuous efforts, now
and continuously, before Russia can get
new forces and necessary supplies up
to the seat of war. over their five thou
sand miles of railroad.
The extreme of folly is witnessed In
the eagerness with which tourists press
upon belching, hissing, flre-ejecting
Vesuvius to obtain a view of Nature
pyrotechnics at close range. Guards
have been stationed to keep these in
panely curious persons from passing
the danger line. In spite of the great
est vigilance, nowever, some -win suc
ceed In "running: the lines," to return
If at all none the wiser tor their fool
hardlness. In this -we find & striking
example of the futile effort of applied
prudence for the protection of folly
stricken people from themselves. A
pessimistic poet has It that
Man Is to man the surest, sorest I1L
The truth of -this statement is never
more manifest than when the Ills en
countered are self-inflicted and In defi
ance of all efforts of the law to turn
them aside.
. THE GENERAL ADVANCE.
In many states, mainly in the West,
state authority Is hot on the trail of
monopolies and combinations that en
gross business in various lines and are
believed to make unconscionable prof
its. Missouri has Just passed a maxi
mum freight-rate bill; Wisconsin, no
longer deterred by the failure of her
former efforts to control her railroads
by legislation. Is now again making a
determined effort to force the railroads
within her borders to terms; In South
Dakota it Is proposed to put the Btate
into the manufacture of binding twine;
the Minnesota, legislators are consider
ing the advisability of a state factory
to turn out harvesting and binding ma
chines. Washington has Just enacted a
drastic railroad commission law, and a
good while ago entered Into the busi
ness of making grain "bags. Texas has
enacted stringent laws against the
Standard Oil Company, and Kansas Is
golng-into the business of refining oil,
in avowed opposition to the great mo
nopoly. Governor Hoch, of Kansas, fa-
ors a popular loan for the state oil
refinery bonds. His idea Is to have
them Issued In denominations of 5100
each and offer them to the public with
a limit of five to each purchaser. "You
see, 3ays the Kansas City Star, with
a pretty sarcasm, "that when you give
the people a chance to take a crack at
Rockefeller, you must restrain them In
some way.
In this general effort on the part of
so many states and more states doubt
less will follow the example many
things will be attempted that will prove
very impracticable, and after a while
will be called foolish. Indeed there are
those who clearly see now that some
of the Ideas are extremely crude and
unworkable. But the country will not
be satisfied to allow things to continue
as they are, without some effort to con
trol monopolistic actions and tenden
cles. The first efforts must be tenta
tlve, and there will be blunders, of
course. But the state has a right to
make laws for regulation of all busi
ness within Its limits, and particularly
for the regulation of the business of
corporations that have a sernt-publlc
character. Such corporations depend
on the state for authority to exist and
do business.
Between the efforts of the states and
of the General Government there Is
now to be close Inquiry Into the meth
ods by which monopolistic combina
tions do business, and It will be Judged
whether It Is Just that prices and sup
ply shall depend on the volitions of the
few who have gained control of so large
a- part of the production and business
of th6 country. If it shall be found
that there has been no oppression, the
country- then -certainly .will stand
amazed at the moderation of those who
have had the power. But a present
THE BEEF TRUST INQUIRY.
Government Inquiry Into the methods
of the beef trust began yesterday, and
it is said that plenty of evidence will
be submitted to prove that the octopus
has been "restraining trade" since Its
Inception. There seems to be a pretty
general opinion that Commissioner of
Corporations Garfield failed to bring
back that for which he was sent, when
he reported on the beef trust. The re
port was entirely too pleasing to the
packers to warrant the belief that it
represented conditions as they actually
existed. The Investigation of the Com
missioner was supposed to be for the
purpose of determining whether or not
the trust had violated any law through
combination In restraint of trade be
tween stages, or whether or not It had a.
monopoly of any branches of the trade
in which It was engaged. Commissioner
Garfield failed to report on this feature
of the matter, but instead submitted
figures on "beef" showing that the
profits on the gross amount of business
handled were but 2 per cent, and that
the difference between what the stock
man received for the animal on the hoof
and what the packer received from the
Tetaller was but 51 per head.
That the percentage of profit on the
total amount of beef sold in a year has
but little to do with the point at Issue
Is apparent, for two reasons: First, be
cause the capital invested may be
turned over a dozen times a year; and
second, because the charge against the
trust was not one of exorbitant profits.
the latter not constituting a legal of
fense. What the public desired to know
and what it hopes to know by the time
the Inquiry which began yesterday ls-
concluded. Is whether these profits were
the result of a monopoly created by se
cret rebating, unlawful combinations of
capital and other nefarious methods, or
whether they were secured In legltl
mate business open to legitimate com
petition. Commissioner Garfield devot
ed practically all of his report to the
"beer industry, which is only one of
many wealth-producing factors that
have aided the trust in piling up colos
sal fortunes.
The trust slaughters sheep and hogs
and it handles in immense quantities
butter and eggs, fruit, vegetables, game
and nearly every other product that is
of vital necessity to the existence of
man, while the profits on its private re
frigerator cars, exclusive of the rebates,
amount to nearly 510,000.000 per year.
But even on the beef report, with its
suspicious-appearing figures, there Is
general belief that the Commissioner
was "jobbed" by the accommodating
packers, who aided him In his research
through their books. A Kansas City
commercial writer "who has been
close touch with the livestock and
packing-house markets for twenty-five
years has furnished the New York Her
aid with detailed figures which take up
specifically each detail of the business,
including all costs, expenses, raalnte
nance of plants, etc. By these figures
he shows that. Instead of a. profit to the
packers of 51 per head on cattle, as re
ported by Commissioner Garfield, the
trust is making an average of $7.41 per
head. He places the nominal capital!
zation of the trust at 5110,500,000, and
on this valuation submits figures show
Ing that the returns exclusive of the
private-car graft are more than 40 per
cent per annum. The beef trust by Its
arbitrary methods has accumulated
large stock of enemies, most of whom
have suffered financial ruin at its
hands. From, these enemies aome In-
teresting testimony will be forthcom
ing and. as the nature of the business
makes It not difficult to trace transac
tions, this evidence can much of it be
easily corroborated. Commissioner Gar
field can hardly have satisfied the
wishes of President Roosevelt in this
matter, and the Inquiry now under way
will probably develop many iniquities
more glaring than any that have yet
been officially uncovered.
HOW HISTORY IS MADE.
Another long and weary day. twen
ty-four slothful hours, seventy-two
thousand tiresome seconds, and tomor
row will come," said The Virginian to
the happy young woman who was to be
his bride, ""and we shall be married at
last." Before, that beatific morrow
The Virginian killed a man, dis
persed the "rustlers" to the four winds.
and restored law and order on the
range. A day may make history, or It
may not. It depends on who makes It
and how It Is done. Sometimes It takes
longer, other times shorter. For Illus
tration, great things In Oregon are
not frequently done in a briefer time
than a. year. Three-hundred 'and sev
enty days ago there was a Republican
primary in Multnomah County. Three
hundred and slxty-slx days ago there
was a Republican convention, made up
of 129 delegates, divided as follows:
Regulars 114
Independents' 15
Total 129
A cursory glance at these figures dis
closes that the convention was a some
what one-sided affair so one-sided
that the Independents did not get even
"look in." It. Is true that the gen
tlemen who regarded themselves as
responsible for the political being of
the 114 delegates had some slight 'diffi
culty among themselves, and a few un
fortunate slate - smashing episodes
marred the harmony of an otherwise
ery pleasant affair. It transpired, too.
that In one or two other particulars it
would have been better If the slate
smashing operations had been conduct
ed on a larger scale, for the electors
took a hand eighty-one days later and
punched two gaping holes In the pro
gramme. But that Is an old story.
Now we are going to have another
primary; but It is of a new kind. We
look In vain for the machine, the slate,
the boss and the heeler. Why they are
gone It Is bootless to inquire; but a
long" series of events seems to have
made it desirable for them to seek the
strange repose of seclusion. We shall
miss them; though perhaps In time we
shall summon them back. But not
now; not now. There arc no birds In
last year's nests.
WHEN FISHING IB WRONG.
Few persons would choose for a pul
pit the bottom of a capsized boat in
the middle of the Columbia River, es
pecially with the water as chilly as It
was on Sunday; yet from Just that po
sition a small boy made a remark that
is worthy of 'passing notice. "I guess
we won't go fishing any more on Sun
day," said the boy to his father, who
shared the precarious hold of the
cranky boat's keel. The essential hu
mor of the remark was probably not
appreciated at its full value until the
tug had come along and rescued the
party and clothes had been dried be
fore the fire; but those who merely read
about It must pay it the tribute of a
smile.
It will be observed that the boy's re
mark was based upon two premises:
First, that fishing on Sunday Is wrong;
and second, that the capsizing of the
boat came as a punishment for the
wrongdoing. Regarding the second.
there Is not much to be said. When
something bad happens to a neighbor.
it's a Judgment, as the old Scotch.
woman said, and when it happens to
one's self, it's a dispensation of Provi
dence. The Iroquois fire killed hun
dreds of theatergoers; and the Slocurn
wreck ended the existence of a Sunday
school.
As to the first premise, disagreement
may be expected. There Is a sort of
fishing that Is wrong on Sunday and
also on Monday, and the other days of
the week. The restless, record-seeking,
unduly-prevaricating, three-Inch-trout-murderlng
rogues make fishing wrong
on any day. They are not fishermen.
Says the mllkwoman to Plscator, "And
my Maudlin shall sing you one of her
best ballads; for she and I both love all
anglers, they be such honest, civil
quiet men." Your true fisherman Is
honest barring such trifles as stretch
ing his fish a few Inches and adding a
few ounces to their weight. He Is
above all quiet, and his communion
with Nature makes him civil. Fishing
to such men is exercise for the body.
recreation for the mind and balm for
the spirit. Your complete angler Is his
own parson.. The river bank Is his
church, the birds are his choir, and the
blessed world Itself his Bible.
'I guess we won't go fishing any
more on Sunday," said the boy on the
upturned boat out In the icy Columbia.
But, now that he is safe and dry on
shore, does he hold to the same opln
ion?
A FRAUD ON ITS FACE.
Those who followed Apostle Joseph
Smith, through his testimony In the
Smoot case, were justified In the belief
that the president of the Mormon
Church was a hypocrite of the coarser
grain; that he had borrowed the livery
of falsehood as a mask for truth, and
that, though he attempted to adjust
this livery in sanctimonious way to
hide his moral nakedness, this was still
plainly visible through the clumsy ad'
Justment of the flimsy garment.
Posing as an apostle of the revealed
word of God, as a man chosen of God
to do His work on earth, by his stud'
led subtlety he gave the lie to his own
pretensions then as he now openly and
unblushlngly gives it to his sworn tes
timony upon that occasion.
The assumption and rant of this
boastful hypocrite might be fitly passed
In the contemptuous silence that they
otherwise merit but for the fact that
they have weight with people of a cer
a in sort, unfortunately too numerous In
the politics of the States of Utah and
Idaho, and even in Oregon, and In the
high places of the Nation.
Of the common herd that listen
eagerly when he prates of "revelation'
of the close .fellowship between him
self and God; of the "anti-Christs,'
who must be cast out of the temple.
"cut adrift and let go"; of his own deep
piety and utter infallibility, there Is
nothing to say except that they are
the shallow dupes of his presumptiop
and but for the fact that they have
votes women as well as men they
would not be worth considering.
It Is this last condition, however, that
nrmt tn mnt of dancer In th
J sections. These people , are eo thor
oughly grounded in the sophistry of
Mormonlsm that they are incapable of
thinking for themselves, and readily
become the tools of the sophists when
the elders desire to "work" them for
some special object.
It is in the presence of aihost of this
kind that President Joseph Smith can
unblushlngly acknowledge that he lied
under oath when giving testimony be
fore the Congressional , committee on
the Smoot case. And the people that
compose this host will find full Justifi
cation of this boldly proclaimed false
hood In, the excuse of their "sanctified"
leader that he swore falsely In order
to Avoid a trap set for him." A wiser
people, a more Independent, self-reliant
people than are these dupes of Mor
monlsm, would at once see that In de
nying that he had "revelations" when
questioned upon that point by the com
mittee. Apostle Smith told the truth
because it served his purpose better
than a He could do under the circum
stances then existing; while in declar
ing that he still has revelations from
God he Is telling a cheap and transpar
ent lie In order to serve his present pur
pose.
We judge, says the Boston Tran
script, that the News-Leader, of Rich
mond, Va., Is not wholly in sympathy
with the hysteria that was developed
over the Booker .Washington luncheon
at the White House and some of the
other incidents which have produced
such a prodigal expenditure of emotion
in that section. At all events, It was
not of those worried about the possible
presence of negroes in the inauguration
this year, and advises Its readers to be
equally philosophical. It regarded it as
none of its business if they happened to
be found there, and in a procession five
or six miles long it doesn't believe the
Caucasian mass was polluted by con
tact. "Nobody believes," it says, "In
drawing the social race line tighter or
holding It harder than the News-Lead
er, but there Is no sense in going to
extremes or -talking a lot of nonsensi
cal bosh. If some of the Idiot news
papers with which we are afflicted in
the South choose to stir up this subject,
as they usually do, and If some sappy
ouths from Georgia or that neighbor
hood see fit to fuddle themselves with
liquor and say absurd things concern
ing It, the best course for the rest of
us is to Ignore them entirely, let the
subject go by default, and go on calmly
about our business or pleasure." This
reference to the fuddled saplings from
Georgia doubtless harks back to the
bumptiousness of the Georgia militia at
the Manassas maneuvers last Fall, and
their outraged feelings over the presr
ence of colored troops, who, by the way.
behaved with much more dignity and
decorum than the white gentlemen
from Georgia.
Detective Joe Day- Is handy with his
pistol, very handy. Everybody knows
that. Schumer had no business to run
away after arrest. He thus defied the
officers to use the mo3t extreme meas
ures to capture him resort to their
weapons. If need be. The question in
this case, as in all other similar cases,
would seem to be largely one of fact a
question as to whether ordinary means
of physical force, pursuit, detention,
wereexhausted and he could be stopped
or caught by no other available method.
What has an -officer a pistol for? It Is
not only for defense, but It Is the-, very
symbol and instrument of his authority.
On the one hand, then. It was Joe Day's
business to get and keep his prisoner.
and not to kill him. On the other hand,
It was Schumer's place to submit to
arrest, or take the consequences.
Whether Joe Day did what he could,
and all he could, before resort to his re
volver to shoot Schumer In the leg, as
he says may not be satisfactorily de
termined even by official investigation.
The growth of Birmingham (Ala.) is
one of the marvels In the growth of
our cities. When the census of 1870
was taken, the site of the city was a
corn neid; in 1889 the enumerators
found 2000 Inhabitants; In 1890 they
found 26,178; In 1900 there were 38,415
and, according to the city directory,
there are now 61.000 people In the city
proper, is ear by are the towns or Bes
semer, 10,000; Ensley, 9000; Piatt City,
5000, and smaller places. In this dis
trict, comprising Birmingham and
close-by towns, there are now more
than 100,000 inhabitants, with Industries
already enormous and rapidly grow
ing, based chiefly on coal and Iron. It
Is destined to become one of the great
est manufacturing districts of the
United States, and there are. those who
believe that one day it will rival Pitts
burg.
A nice spectacle was afforded the
country by the House of Represents
tlves in voting an appropriation for the
payment of mileage for a special ses
sion that began Immediately on the
conclusion of the regular session. This
was evidently "constructive" mileage
for a "constructive" Journey during a
constructive", recess to a "construct
lve" home on a "constructive" road
that furnished no "constructive
passes.
Under the auspices of the civil au
thorities of the state that he served
long and well, and of the Grand Army
of the Republic, all that is mortal of
General Joseph R. Hawley will today be
carried to the tomb. Honored both In
the councils of peace and the ranks of
war. General Hawley goes to his grave,
having performed his part in life vig
orously, faithfully and acceptably.
The prosecution of the Oregon land
swindlers evinces the fact that the pub
lic domain is now small enough to ena
ble the Department of the Interior to
keep a sharper eye upon it," says the
Milwaukee Wisconsin. This suggests a
new cause for thankfulness. Let the
Nation rejoice that It has been swindled
out of so much that It can easily watch
the remnant.
"A Parliament would wreck Russia."
Not the Russian people, but the Rus
sian autocracy. And if the Russian
Empire cannot be held together with
out the autocracy, tyranny and autoc
racy might well depart together.
Mexicans are alarmed over the ex
actions of a "beef trust," They might
reassure themselves by calling In Com
missioner Garfield to report.
If estimates that the Exposition will
draw 2,000,000 are correct, we may be
sure that 2.000,000 people will see a show
worth seeing.
Russians now admit that "their recent
losses aggregate 120,000. Kuropatkin at
least put up a fight before he turned
and ran.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Russians are making a bee-
Linlevltch fcr Harbin.
Brother Brougher and some of the
others talk as if they would Ilka to
begin the experiments with the Osier
theory on Mayor Williams.
According to a local authority, dogs
are keenly sensitive to the disgrace of I
being arrested. That's more than many I
From the New York Press:
A Bare Living.
Chorus girls.
Sienklewlcs describes school life in
Poland as a "round of chagrin, tor
ment and tragedy." Are Polish schools 1
run on the merit system?
During the tremendous excitement
attending the final struggle in the Mis
souri Legislature over the election of
a United States Senator, a page quieted
the tumult by singing "My Own Blue-
belL A popular song will con most
anybody; even a lot of wrangling Mis
souri politicians.
so rar commendable restraint has
been manifested by the weekly and
monthly neriodicals. For days wo have
not seen a single reference to a; "fair
penitent. Thank the Lord, race suicide
is popular with some classes.
As the Washington Post says: Reed
Smoot was not asked to address the
congress of mothers. Probably he hadn't I
time to prepare a speech.
Now it. is understood what is meant I
by the threat to let daylight through
a person.
Henry James says that the modern
novel Is "tinkling dialogues and twad
dle." And In most of them the dialogue
doesn't even tinkle.
A Louisville woman has patented an
invention which, the Herald says
"promises to revolutionize the lacing
of shoes by fat people." By pulling a
string the shoe enn be laced without
stooping anu a tig at another string
loosens the laces. This invention may
revolutionize the lacing of .shoes by
fat people as the Herald thinks prob
able, but It is a cinch that Angelina
won't have It along when her shoe
comes untied as she's out walking with
Edwin.
Ten out of 20 French recruits recent
ly examined confessed that they had
never heard of Napoleon. Perhaps the
other European nations remember the
Little Corporal better; he did his best I
to impress himself upon the memories
of most of them.
Harpers 'describe "The Marriage of
William Ashe" as "a great breathless
story." Amusement for literary socie
ties: Try reading "William Ashe" and"
holding your breath at the same time.
The St James Gazette is naturally
provoked Into severe criticism of proof
readers by an Incident In Nova Scotia.
In the first edition of St Matthew in
Mlcmac, It appears, the translator found.
when he came to revise It, that in chap-
xer xxivw, instead or ".Nation shall rise
against nation." he had written "A pair
of snowshoes shall rise up against a pair
of snowshoes." But there was only one
letter misprinted naooktukumikslj Ik (a
nation), having been displaced by naook-
takumlksijlk (a snowqhoe). Such a care
lesanesa.
Collars for women are doomed by fash
ion, perhaps at the Instigation of the
soap manufacturers.
The Springfield Republican accuses Kan-
sas people of going to church when
there's no dogfight on.
ui a
etlemlnate state thats going to buck
Standard Oil.
No prettier compliment was ever made
than one attributed by the Spectator to a
small boy. who admiringly asked a girl.
Are your eyes new onesr
Some Russian soldiers kissed the ground
they had been holding against the Jap
anese. Sad things are these good-bye
kisses.
In extracting comfort out of misery the
Los Angeles Times Is the Mark Tapley
of the newspaper world. Referring to the
rain that was drowning out that part of
the country last week, the Times says:
If any resident of Los Angeles has ever
felt an unholy desire to change his habi
tat to Seattle or Portland, the weather
for the past four days will show him a
sample of what he escapes by remaining
where he is.
Dr. Anita Newcombe McGce. who was
an acting Assistant Surgeon in tha war
with Spain, has returned from an of
ficial visit to the Japanese hospitals. "We
worked side by side with the Japanese
nurses," says Dr. McGee. "Their meth
ods are very similar to ours, only they
are not quite so methodical and system
atic as the American nurses. They pay
more attention to the whims of their pa
tients." Of course, It's a shocking thing.
from an official medical viewpoint, to
bother about what the patient thinks, but
we fancy the wounded would be Inclined
to condone the nurses' offense.
WEX. J.
The Novel-Reading Habit.
The Bystander.
I have known ladies who devoured as
many as three novels in a day, and one
wonder of her sex assured me that she
read "The Egotist" in a train Journey
from Peterborough to London! I have
read most of Mr. Meredith's books, and
I believe I do not exaggerate when I say
that each, on an average, took my leis
ure hours for eight or nine days. M.
Charles Legras, the French critic, has
aptly pointed out that we have to llva so
long in the company of the characters of
any of Mr. Meredith's novels he puts It
ai oa)-umt t a uu nuuucr we re-
member them. I know a journalist who
alleges that he Tead through Boswell's
"Johnson" one Sunday. I don't believe
him. But for the average modern novel
uiree. or jour uuma auuum oe ampie ai-
lowance. I read thoroughly "The Prod
igal Son." and wrote a column of a daily
newspaper on it, in one day; but that was
conscientious reviewing! Some reviewers
confess to -polishing off half a dozen books
in a day. Yet even that may be done
quite honestly, for it Is possible by close
ly studying the first few chapters to get
Into touch with an author, and then to
skim lightly through the remainder with
an eye to the evolution of the plot only.
This I recommend as no bad plan to those
who wish, to keep in touch with current
fiction, while giving the solid stretches of
their leisure to the standard authors.
Must Envy Theodore.
New York World.
How would the Czar like to have been
the central figure in an inauguration
like that of March I ?
' IS THE "TELEVUE" A MIRACLE? '
Portland 3!an Seems to Have Solved the Problem of Transmlttlnjc Color
and Form br Telephone Reault of a Critical Examination. '
In an age of marvels, one marvel
more or less passes without much at- !
tentIon.We vibrate between absolute -1
attitude of instmotMi rommi "at,
demanding proof not Insensible to evi- I
dence, I3 the only one to be encouraged.
ao wnen a friend said on SaturJay
last: "Have you seen the televue? If
not. let us go and look Into It," the sug
gestion was acceptable. Both of us had
heard of It, but had not paid much
attention.
We fqund a long storeroom close to
the temporary postofflce in which two
Dooms or enclosed ceils were built.
Just like those fop the long distance
telephone, some distance apart and with
partition between. Electric or tele
phone wires led from one to the other
overhead; also a separate hand tele
phone apparatus in each cell enabled
one to speak to the other. Entering one
of the boxes and closing tho door thero
was no means In evidence of communl
eating with the other save by wire.
When seated on a stool thero was op
posite one s face a black box having a
solid black face with a tiny orifice Ift
the center just large enough to look,
through. The little hand telephone was
given to each of us to talk through.
Looking through the center hole
toward the other box there was noth
ing but blackness for a second or two.
Then a face became visible, not all of
it at first, but forehead and eyes, then
nose, mouth and chin: then, as the face
turned In obedience to my request "by
tne pnone, my friends face was not
only visible but unmistakable. It was
sttn as if In a small mirror, but color
of hair, eyes and cheeks were as 'dis
tinguishable as shape. First one play
ing card and then another was held in
front of the face, and. form, designation
and coloring were absolutely clear and
distinct.
As my turn came to be the seen, not
the seer, I was told to turn round on
my stool, and therefore, to turn my
back on the other box. I found my face
fronting a half globular lens about six
Inches in diameter. Three small elec
tric Incandescent lights. Just above the
lens, being turned on, threw a strong
but not a glaring light on my face. As
the light fell on my faco it became
visible to my friend in the other box in
the same gradations in which his face
had been seen by me. Similar use of
the playing cards made them plain to
him in the other box. One of the ap
paratuses was somewhat more effec
tive than the other, the features being
more distinctly seen with their lines
and marks.
After exchanging some remarks by
phone wo left the boxes and walked
round and about and inspected the
room enough to satisfy ourselves that
no arrangement of mirrors and lenses.
no either direct or reflected rays had
provided, so far as we could tell, the
THE AMERICAN POLICY.
Timely Reference to the Position of
James G. Blaine.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
James G. Blaine. It, will be admitted.
was instinctively right on the greater
questions of American policy. Political
opponents called him a Jingo, and inti
mated that he would be a dangerous man
In the Presidential chair because of his
aggressive Americanism, but they rarely
criticised his enunciations of American
policy. As a member of the House, as a
Senator, and as Secretary of State he
made a record - that any American,
Democrat or Republican, must now be
proud of.
As Secretary of State Mr, Blaine de
clared that Cuba and Porto Rico were in
tho American system. He gave notice
to European nations and to Japan that
the Hawaiian Islands were in the Ameri
can system, and must always remain
there, whether the Islands were annexeC
to the United States or not. He declared
this Government to be committed to the
abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
n n .1 (nnlntn V.n .V. A TTnlt.a4 dfatao IFtnl)
never perraltNany European power to con-
irni inn Amencan uuimui.
In 1S81 he definitely enunciated a policy
for the supervision of the finances of the
South American and Central American
republics. He proposed to do in Vene
zuela what President Roosevelt nas prom
ised the Dominican people to do for Santo
Domingo. No one at that time questioned
the wisdom of Mr. Blaine's businesslike
statement of the situation. What he rec
ommended was not carried out, simply
because France, one of the negotiating
creditor nations, declined to accept the
proposition.
What Mr. Blaine declared as to JUDa,
Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands
belns a part of the American system has
received the sanction of law. xne Ha
waiian Islands and Porto Rico are Amer
ican territory are cart of the American
political system as weli'as of the Ameri
can commercial system and uuDa is di
rectly under American Influence. The
Blaine policy on the Isthmus has been
carried out. The Clayton-Bulwer treaty
been abrogated and It has been made
impossioie lor any xiuropena. ur ajwut
nower to control the American isthmus.
Mr. Blaine's ideas as to American su
pervision In Venezuela have been recog
nized and nut In practice. His ideas as to
supervision in Santo Domingo have re
ceived the sanction of President Roose
velt In the agreement now before the Sen
ate. Tho Roosevelt policy, therefore, dlf
fers in no essential particular from the
Blaine policy of 24 years ago. Why should
the Senate hesitate to approve for Santo
Domingo what Mr. Blaine recommended
for Venezuela and the other South Amer
ican republics?
Imaginary Appendicitis
Rochester Post-Express.
London Is suffering from an operating
mania. The Dally Mall, veracious organ,
is authority for the statement that In the
course of a fortnight one well-known
operating surgeon has had no fewer than
ST cases of ivurely imaginary appendicitis.
Imaginary appendicitis is a malady in it
self, and It is a nice point whether the
sufferer should not have the appendix
removed to cure the sickly Imagination,
or the Imagination operated on in some
way to cure it of fanciful ailments. It is
true that the inquiring scalpel has never
ferreted out the exact place In which the
Imagination lurks. To some people this
may seem a difficulty in the way of oper-
atine. But those who reason In that way
do not know the fecundity 01 resource or
the medical fraternity. Science has made
many advances, and, if a doctor cannot
operate on a man for a diseased Imagln-
atj0n, which ne cannot locate, wno can;
prori one fact It Is possible to reason
to another, and we know that whereas
neonle'ln London still retain the
vermiform appendix, there has been a
considerable transfer or. good Jinglisn gold
from unprofessional into proiessionai
pockets. This proves that there was at
least a supposititious maiaay, ana wno
save a meflicai man is enuuea 10 tees
for curing a man of an ailment he never
bad?
Where the Woods Are Densest.
' Chicago Record-Herald.
Where, oh where. Is Alexien. the man
who oereuaded tho Czar to fight on the
assurance that the Japs could never effect
a landing in Manchuria?
First Catch Your Elihu.
Chattanooga Times.
Elihu Root has refused a $100,000 canal
Job. For the very reason tnat .ne. couia
afford .to refuse'it Mr. Root. is the man
-for the place.
means for transmitting the -images
from ono box to the other. ' .
We were in the presence either1 of a
nn infant Invention of novelty and far-
reaching importance- The .Inventor was
In the room, but not near the boxes. He
answered our Questions with all frank
ness compatible with his position as? own
ing an as yet unpatented invention. He
told us that he was just starting for
Washington to apply for his patent, which
he dared not delay any longer, although
he felt that the methods he used were
capable of much Improvement and devel
opment. Still, he considered that he had
so far succeeded In seizing and apply
ing tho principle that time and patience
only were needed to carry him to com
plete and recognized perfection.
The inventor was aware of the early
history of the telephone, and. though not
fully informed of the many stages through
which It had passed, he had. I thought,
been treading a parallel road. Neither to
my friend nor to myself was there any
Indication In his modest conversation of
the charlatan. We. came away with tho
Impression (not yet the conviction) that
this man had solved in principle at least
the old problem of transmitting form
and color by electrical current through
wire.
He told us that ho had so far operated
through 450O feet as the longest distance.
He compared tho experiment we had wit
nessed, through, say. 20 or 25 feet distance,
with the early success of Alexander Gra
ham Bell in transmitting articulate
sounds by wire from the cellar to the
attic of his house. It sounds incredible
ono readily admits, to forward form and
color through wire by electricity. The tel
ephone was no less of a wonder at Its
birth time In view of the then condition
of knowledge. The turning electric im
pulses loose in the air. catching them
hundreds of miles away, and translating
them into a previously arranged lan
guage. Is surely no less wonderful.
If experience and time justify the claims
of this inventor, and it is permissible to
hope if not to fully believe that they will,
the Bcope of tha "televue", alone and In
connection with the telephone, is wide In
deed. The train dispatcher will see his
trains arrive, the arrested man will stand
in full sight of the Informer, the dlstart
child will be In sight of tho parent, the
invalid will seo as well as hear by phone
the play, the uncovered vein at the bot
tom of the mine will be shown in actual
sight of the stockholder, or purchaser, the
physician in his office will see his patient.
What else time would fall to describe.
Practical difficulties in working out are
certain to be met. It may be that they
will he Insuperable and the Invention dio
stillborn. But the mere fact that tho
idea has been so cm-rent In the minds of
men for years, and that the students
here and everywhere have set it befora
them as a goal to be reached. Indicates
success for some one. It may be for the
Portland man. in whom his townspeople
at any rate should feel and express their
interest.- WALLIS NASH.
WATTERSON ON GAMBLING.
Monte Carlo letter to Louisville Courier
Journal. All gambling 1s vulgar. Call It what
you will, assign for it whatever motive
you please, it is an Irrational, an Igno
ble struggle for money.
Money got for nothing on the turning
of a card or the revolution of a wheel
bringeth good to no man, not even" to
him who wins it. And to him that
loseth? Sometimes perdition, often. 'ery
often, that sinking sensation, that tired
feeding even where the value loss Is Im
materialwhich follows futile effort and
says as plain as whisper in the ear,
"The world's against you." - - - "
There is a postal-card picture which
shows us the facade of the Casino at
Monte Carlo, with a drove of sheep, fat
and woolly, going in. and the same drove,
nude and skinny, coming out, .and no
friendly voice to cry: "May heaven tem
per the wind to the shorn lamb."
Gambling, like everything else, is rel
ative. The sin lies In the overplay, with
its collateral vices, chief among them
Improvidence. The reigning sovereign.
who has only his money to lose, and
plenty of that, is not to be classed with
the banker or the banters confidential
clerk or secretary, who has everything at
Btake, character included, though each
Plays for the same end that 13, tne di
version and excitement. Asked what was
the greatest pleasure in life, Fox said,
"Winning at cards," and tha next, "Los
ing at cards." There was a gambles for
the love of it, and yet Fox played- never
for high stakes after hQ was 40, if ho
played at all.
A Tammany Vocabulary.
New York Mall.
Shlmsha" Is tha latest word to coma
Into circulation as a result of Tammany
rule In the Police Department. It may be
well to collect and define some of tho
words and phrases with which Tammany
rule has enriched the Knickerbocker vo
cabulary:
GRAFT. A politician's or policeman's
private commission.
HONEST GBAJTT. una commission in
the form of a contract to a relative.
WAYWARD SON. The relative who
gets the contract.
PANTATA (Bonemian). a. grarung
police captain.
WARDMAN. ma collector.
THE ICEMAN. A Jocular translation
of pantata.
SBAEJsJ-TJP. A round dance of pan-
tatas.
SHAKE-DOWN. It follows a shake-
up.
THE TENDERLOIN. The district where
a pantata hag the richest pickings.
THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT. Tim."
Sullivan's sphere of influence.
CADET. The runner for a disorderly
house.
SHIMSHA CTIddlsh). A cadet
THE BRASS CHECK. A shimsha's
token money.
JOHN DOE. The gambling syndicate.
HIGHER UP. The head waiter who
gets the lion's share of all political tips.
CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS ON. The
only Tammany crime.
There remains only to illustrate our
lexicon with two Tammany sentiments,
one of today, the other of Tweed's time:
(1) "I am working for my own pocket
all the- time;" (2) "What are you going
to do about it?"
Charge of a Doubtful Judge.
Kansas City Journal.
A Missouri paper says that a new Judge
arose to charge the jury and spoke as
follows:
"Gentlemen of the Jury, charging a jury
Is a new business to me, as this Is my
first case. You have heard all the evi
dence a3 well as myself. You have heard
what the learned counsel have" said. If
you believe what the counsel for the plain
tiff have told you, your verdict would be
for the plaintiff; but if. on the other hand,
you believe what the defendant's coun
sel has told you, then you will find a
verdict for the defendant; but If you.
were like me, and don't believe what
either of them said, then I'll be d d If
I know what you'll do. Constable, take
charge of the Jury.'
To a Good Old Age.
Cleveland Leader.
Let science .teach us how to live in
good health and In full possession of
our faculties up to four score years.
ana uv. vjsier 10 me contrary uutwiiu
standlng, the world will be better and
Its units a good deal1 more content than
they would be" with the seven ""and a
half score limit. . . - .