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Boyle. , Omah.i Bsrkalow Bros.. 1012 Farnbam: Magedth Stationery Co., 1308 Farnham. McLaughlin Bros.. 240 S. 14th. Fhoenlx, Ariz. The Berryhlll News Co. Sacramento, Cat Sacrameny News Co.. 420 K. street. Bait Xake Salt lAke News Co, 77 West Second street South. fianta Barbara, Cat S. Smith. Baa Diego. CaL J. Dlllard. San IrancUco J. K. Cooper b Co, 740 Market street; Foster & Crear. Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Bros, 230 Sutter; L. E. Palace Hotel News Stand; F. W. Pitts. 100S Market: Frank Scott. SO Ellis; N. Wheatlcy. S3 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis New 1 Stand. St. Louis, So. E. T. Jett Book & News Company. 608 Olive street. Washington. D. C. Ebblt House News Stand. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28. , A WORD TO THE PURPOSE. Last night the following statement was reported and adopted at certain so called evangelical meetings in Port land: Whereas. The Morning Oregonian In Its Is sue of today. March 28, 1905, has unjustly and venomously attackedDr. D. S. Toy, one of the honored members of the corps of evangelists whom we have Invited to our city; and. Whereas, The Oregonian persistently arrays Itself against evangollcal Christianity. sneer Ins; at Its methods and scoffing at Its funda mental truths; and. Whereas. The Oregonian. for yesra, has taken a position en moral Issues subversive of the higher life of the community and In antagonism to the moral Interests of our city; be It Resolved. That we. the members of the evangelical churches and congregations of this city, do hereby condemn the discourte ous and uncalled for treatment of Dr. D. S. Toy, the noted and honored minister of the gospel; and. further, be It Reolved, That we do hereby enter our vlg. orous protest against the policy of The Ore gonian In maintaining such an unfair an unreasonable attitude toward those Interests so vital to the moral welfare of our city. That it may be seen, in connection with, this statement, just what the ar ticle was that has called it but. the article is here reproduced, viz:- ONE'S MORAL NAKEDNESS. "Rev. Daniel 6. Toy will tell the trtory of his life. 'From Sporting Life to Preaohlng. " Such ls the public announcement. Brother Toy probably, has been a very vile. Immoral and -wicked man. Such confession, unhappily, ls Included In his statement, or at least ls to be Inferred from It. But Isn't ellence about such a life better than exposition or exploitation of It, for sen sational purposes? ls it edifying, -can It be conducive to the cause of truth 'and virtue. for one like Brother Toy to tell how bad he hafl been? Again, wouldn't It be more In accord with the dignity of human nature if such an one should enter Into his closet and shut his door. and refrain, even for revival purposes, from exposure of his past life. In Us monstrous moral nakedness? Most people are decent people and moral people. They have an Invincible repugnance to chorters who undertake to preach virtue and morality and religion by telling bow bad they ineinseivcs nave oeen. The oregonian In a newspaper of the old faahlon. It doubts eeriously whether the best preachers of morality and-ylrtue are those who admit they have been dissolute, but profess reformation. Doubtless, It ls a great thing for a woman wno has led an evil life to abandon It But she can't proclaim herself ad van tagcqusly as a reformer. Your revival preacher wno tixe -reiormed" la much In the same caw. Quiet repentance and works meet for repentance are better, every way. There are situations In which modest still ness and humility are especially becoming, and Impressive, too. Brother Toy doubtless knows why he ought to repent and what he has to repent of. But be needn't tell It; and It will not neip the cause of "virtue. If he should. Readers will judge. Mr. Toy was a sport Now he ls a preacher. It is his capital. The Oregonian expressed its opinion. Of course, if the criticism had not been just. If it had not touched sore spots, naa mere not been in it statements known to "be in accord with reason, right feeling, truth and morality, had It oeen vicious or wrong in spirit, im moral or untrue, and therefore impo tent. It would have passed without no tlce from those whom it criticised. But It contains truth that Is timely arid hiuu jh u. jj.iuvipit; lxicll is everiasunjr. The reason why it ls assailed ls that it bears so hard, and yet so Justly for it wouldn't be felt unless It -were reason able and just on the form of error and evil which it criticises. Every person instinctively feels and knows that the kind of preaching and exhortation thus censured is unbecoming, and even worse. For the rest. The Oregonian has been published here more than fifty years, It has always been a leading advocate and main stay of order, reason, truth Justice, judgment and morality, in this community. Its record speaks for It, and it cares not, nor ever did, for the denunciations of emotional and hyster ical preachers and upstart politician's and lecturers who come and go. Of course, it never would have won its place, and held its place, against all comers, through all these years, had not its career teen well In accord with the requirements of honor, truth, in teDigent purposes and .high moralends It has stood against the storm of every tvTonsiand rage and folly, and every body knows it. No other answer 13 necessary, to any assailant. The Oregonian may leave Its history. all these years, to speak for it. But It Is accused of "a. course subversive of the higher life of the community.". It knows why such accusation comes from such a source. Every one knows why. It is because The Oregonian thinks no ecclesiastical creed absolute truth or morality; nor doesany rational hu man being. The Oregonian is not a canting Pharisee. God forbid that it ever should bel Tet here are those who imagine all morality and all religion their own. They are of those who make broad their phylacteries, pose and pray on street corners that they may be seen of men, make an Imaginary world of ecstatic folly, and live In it, and hold all people of plain morals and orderly lives, sons f perdition. But a just es timate of things .comes about. All these things settle themselves, in course of time. The .Oregonian Is a rational, not a fanatical, newspaper; it doesn't mistake a silly ecstasy and the cant that goes with it for morality and re ligion. It speaks for common intelli gence, common judgment and common sense. God, as it supposes, does not damn everybody to hell who doesn't fall in with the scheme of these hys terical revivalists. The Oregonian would have avoided speaking so plainly, and it does so only because it is challenged In a manner that makes plain speaking necessary. It has within It no "undiscovered crimes unwhipt of justice"; and It has merely requested, mat xnose wno nave may better repent and keep silence. The Oregonian challenges the jurisdic tion of all such to sit In judgment upon morality and religion, either for Itself or for any who protest with it. " cine VIRTUE. "We have heard a good deal lately about "civic pride." Exhibition of this most excellent trait consists largely, we have been told. In cleaning up the city as It la today purifying the alleys and back yards, reducing the billboards within picturesque limits and decent matter, painting the telephone poles. bringing order out of chaos in vacant lots and ragged spaces, indulging, in fact, in a general Spring cleaning. If you come to think about it, this can all be done by deputy. Heads of house holds may give some instructions, hire some work done cheap work sX that pay for the dolng, and close the ac count. They may get the advantage. they and their families, first in Improv ing the surroundings of the home, and second in the satisfaction of having taken part in the procession of civic improvement. So far so good. But there are surely other burdens to lift and carry where the work cannot be done by deputy, by giving orders and drawing a check or two personal responsibility, personal effort, personal sacrifice, the outlay of personal time and trouble conditions, in fact, where a man must be content to give himself for the public benefit. If such a call comes to a man, he must either enlist or else refuse to serve, for sub stitutes are not allowed as between the man and his afterthought (which some people call conscience). The time Is close at hand when City Councilmen have to be selected with a view to their being elected. If Portland ls to be the city her people desire, her high estate can only be won and held because her best citizens are willing to serve her. It is not in the well-paid and prominent offices which bring glory and dollars, but in the day-In-and-day-out over sight, care and thought-needing places where honest work Is Its own best re- ware We have too many critics in Portland. It is easy to stand aside and tell the other fellow to pick im the load and walk off with it, and then whisper "See how he staggers; you wouldn't have thought that little thing would have been too heavy for him. I wonder if he knows the road." And so on. "We have all heard it, too often. It may be, It often ls, that the work Is too hard for the laborer. Possibly he had to take It, for want of a better. In the ancient days no man was too good to serve his city. From the city he drew his repute, rather than that he shone by his own light, and let the city catch a ray or two from him if she could. The same thing is true today if we could but re allze It. The man diligent in his busl ness can always find time to 'serve his fellows, if he wllL There's the rub. One word, then, of counsel to those who are "looking round" to choose men for city offices. Select the best, and refuse to take no for an answer. Who are the best? "We all know. Cjharacter ls not and never can be hidden. Those who serve the city must be honest. wise, laborious, Interested, kindly, mod erate, and gifted with that best of en dowments, common sense. WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE TOR. The School Board wisely declines to permit the public schools to be drawn officially, so to speak, into systema tized methods for beautifying the city. That body is to be commended also for declining to sanction the suggestion made by a patriotic citizen that school children be asked or required to bring lunches from their homes to be sent to the soldiers of the Nineteenth Infantry on the morning of the departure from this port of the transport Buford with these troops. The public schools are maintained for a specific purpose. This purpose does not comprehend the formation or in dorsement of Juvenile boards or soci eties for any purpose whatever. Cer tainly it does not comprehend invasion of the kitchens and larders of patrons with a demand upon the family sup plies, even for a most worthy purpose. Employes in any business, or those to whom any special interests are dele gated, are discharged of all obligation when they have faithfully met the re quirements of such business or Inter ests. The tendency at,present is toward works of supererogation. Intentions are of the best, but the place which. according to tradition, is "paved with good intentions, gives evidence of close proximity when the meddlesome spirit becomes rife. People who attend to their own busi ness, now as ever, are at a premium. Those who do not (and the littered, unsightly i and even filthy places that abound InVthe city show that there are many of these) may well be notified of their delinquency through the Civic Im provement League, or any other duly constituted authority, and required, un der pains and penalties, to "clean up." The duty of the School Board in this line is to see that the school property is kept in a clean, sanitary condition and in good repair. Teachers may, if they choose, interest their pupils In "beauti fying the grounds and In keeping them clean. For the latter object those in Immediate charge of the schools may be justly held accountable by and to the Board. "Whether the schoolyards are sanded and used as playgrounds, laid "off in walks, bordered with roses, or set with geraniums, may properly be decided by the principals and teachers after due consultation with the Board. This ls largely a matter of taste, though the advocates of physical exercise in con nection with study advance some ar guments in favor of the sanded yards that' are. worth considering. A clean. well-drained playground, though devoid of verdure, can hardly be called an un sightly spot, especially since one has only to lift his eyes in any direction from one of these in our city to meet a wide diversity of landscape and yaried tints in leaf and blossom. BUSINESS IS A SOUND BASIS. Unquestionably the business of the country is in good condition. In all the Important centers of manufacture and trade business is better than it was a year ago. It ls shown in larger orders for goods, In increased 5ank clearings. in projects of railway extension. "Wages, on the whole, are better. The output of all business is greater. Reports of financial transactions in Eastern centers show that money ls not lying Idle. It is at work. Building op erations show Improvement. "Wages are maintained, and in general prices are maintained. All these conditions indicate healthy state of business. Many persons haye thought, or pro fessed to think, that reaction or re verse, from the favorable conditions of the past seven years, was due this year. There has been so much talk to this effect that timid ones have actually been expecting the predicted conse quences. But, contrary, there has been actual improvement since last year. On all sides there are proofs that the American people believe that their in dustry and business are on a sound basis. The main trouble in the period from 1892 to 1897 came from the attack Sn the money standard. That was a readful experience, not likely to be re newed Impossible, indeed, of renewal; Sound money assures continuous indus try, sound values and steady prices. Trr.ATtTm TOR THE COAST. Out of Wall street, home of the railroad-makers, comes another story that the Chicago, Milwaukee Sc. St. Paul Railroad will extend Its line to the Pacific Coast. The same story, with occasionally varying de tails, has been circulated a num ber of times in the past, and with each appearance there are new confirmatory elements attending the announcement. That the big road from the Middle West has long viewed with envious eyes the immense traffic that ls now crossing the Rocky Mountains on rails owned or controlled by some of its ac tive competitors has been no secret In either the railroad or the commercial world. That It should eventually make arrangements for securing a larger part of that traffic than It can handle with its present restricted mileage Is quite natural. No other portion of the United States ls attracting so much attention at the present time as is given the Pa cific' Northwest. Not all of this Inter est ls exhibited on account of the won derful resources of the Pacific States. but it ls .because the marvelous trade possibilities beyond the Pacific are at tracting attention of the American rail roads. In these days of railroad consolida tion- and absorption, the lines that are forced to turn over a portion of their traffic to other roads which complete the haul to market are at a dlsadvan tage compared with the "ocean-to ocean" systems which divide their traffic with no other company. This stead drift toward consolidation has undoubtedly been a prominent factor In Inducing the Milwaukee to make an effort to get into the Pacific and Ori ental trade over its own rails. The Mil waukee ls a great road. It has grid- ironed the States of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota with its tracks. and has thrown alr-llne branches as far west as Evarts and Chamberlain, Dak., north to Fargo and Duluth, and south as far as Kansas City. Through out all of this vast section the MUwau kee has built feeders and spurs over which have rolled on to the main lines an immense traffic. So thoroughly has the road gone after the traffic that the system includes nearly fifty branches. In a sixty-eight mile stretch between Janesville and Shullsburg, Wis., there are five spurs and branches varying from seven to thirty-four miles in length. But the Milwaukee is only one of a number of big roads that have cultivated that Middle West territory so carefully that It is yielding large returns In freights. There are a number of other roads. some of which are much closer to the transcontinental lines than the MUwau kee, and they also have feeders and branches radiating In all directions through that rich territory. It ls un necessary to explain that only a 'portion of the traffic from that section is avail able for the transcontinental roads, but there Is already a -vast amount of it. and It ls increasing. The transtonti nental roads and their connections sweeping across the United States, with a gulf stream of commerce, are not only developing an Immense west- "bound traffic, but the east-bound traffic ls increasing so rapidly that for months it has taxed the capacity of the roads to handle It. The Milwaukee road follows the Mis slsslppl River from Minneapolis to Rock Island, and adown that stream In the past have floated numberless mil lions of feet of logs and lumber. With the exception of the comparatively small amount useS In the river towns and cities, the railroads distributed this lumber on both sides of the river 'through an enormous area of country. the business since its inception contrib uting millions to their revenues. Now the lumber trade of the Mississippi Val ley has gone forever. That vast region. formerly supplied by the pineries of Minnesota ana Wisconsin, is now turn ing to other fields for stocks, and in no other quarter are these supplies so abundant or obtainable to such advan- age as.In Oregon and Washington. This traffic alone will reach astonishing pro portions within the next ten years, and it is a certainty that not only the Mil waukee. but other big roads from the Middle West, will extend their lines to secure a portion of it and also some of that traffic which 'is now flowing across the Pacific in a rapidly swelling stream. The teachers of Chicago some time ago entered into a systematic compact to secure unlfprm and adequate wages? double-dealing strengthened the pur- pose of the teachers engaged In this workup protect themselves, and after many adverse and discouraging experi ences they have emerged from the con flict fully equipped to do battle for their right to a living wage. The movement which resulted in the formation of the National Teachers' Federation was, ac cording to an article published in the April "World Today." born of a con dition. This condition was one of in difference or worse on the part of School Boards, and constant encroach ment upon the rights of teachers in various ways. The Federation of Teachers has grown to enormous pro portions, and extends to the large cities throughout the East. It will doubtless in due time show its power, in com pelling recognition to the just demands of its members. The story comes from lane County of a boy of 12 years cruelly beatenby his father; of a fine imposed upon the brutal parent, on his own admission of guilt, and the subsequent hiding under the house for three days and nights by the terrified child, where he subsisted upon scraps thrown to the dogs, from fear of his unnatural parent. The first Inquiry that arises in connection with this case Is, Where was this boy's mother and ,what was she doing while her child was being thus Inhumanly treated? A woman of any spirit would not 6ubmit to such abuse of her child. even though to stop or prevent it she had to havo recourse to a club or, to boiling water from her teakettle. To fine a brute of this kind la only to im poverish his family to the extent of the amount imposed, without offering them further immunity from his bru tality. A punishment that would fit the crime is the only safeguard against its repetition, and the mother is the agent ordained by Nature to Inflict it. The Japanese loan ls taken enthusi astically in Ixradon. But the Russian loan goes a-beeginir. even in Paris. Great Britain Is an ally of Japan and prepared to back her. But France Is no such ally of Russia. Sea power, or power at sea "commandment of the sea," as Lord Bacon put it ls and ever will be the decisive factor In interna tional affairs. Upon it depend the po sition and supremacy of Great Britain among the nations. Power at sea will be the test of the. position of the United States. This is what President Roose velt foresees and understands. Power at sea gives standing in the financial world and makes national loans possi ble. If Russia had sea power, the Jap anese loan wouldn't have standing in. London. As It Is, crowds in London rush to invest in the new Japanese loan, and people In long lines struggle for admission to the windows where the loans are taken. The hop contract continues to gain standing in the courts. At Salem Mon day Judge Galloway decided two cases In favor of dealers who had sued for failure to deliver their crops at a stlp ulated price. There has been much of this class of litigation during the past year, and the results have in nearly every case been disastrous to. the hop- grower. Perhaps it was the example set by the dealers themselves, a ' few years ago, that caused the growers to make a legal test of the -value of a hop contract. In former years.' -whenever the price declined, there was an aston ishing number of contracts which the dealers refused to fulfill. Some of those cases got into court, but the old-time hop contract was such a jug-handled affair that the grower made little or nothing by attempting to enforce it against the wishes of the dealers. The gravel pit Is an unsightly and unsafe excavation, a damage to adjoin ing property in a town, and wholly at variance with the utility and symmetry 01 street-ounoing ana purposes in a city or a flourishing suburb. The pro test of the people of Woodlawn against the further excavation of these pits within the limits of the city corpora tlon is well placed. The gravel pits are unhandsome and objectionable," said Mayor Williams in Indorsing this .pro test. So say we. all of us. It is too bad that the hangman's noose may prevent a quiet little wed ding id Paducah. The woman in the case confesses that she -poisoned her three children, saying that the man had promised to marry her when she got rid of these "Incumbrances." Both the prospective bride and the prospective groom are in. Jail. It is a pity that the marriage should be thus rudely Inter rupted, for if ever two persons were made for each other, these two were. Russia has now given out the text of her last offer to Japan. It contains nothing of especial interest, except the firm refusal to permit Japan .to use Corea for "strategic purposes." In other words, Russia might make her self ready In Manchuria to take Corea when she wanted it, while Japan must remain defenseless. Russia's disclosure of this document has not helped her much. Pedestrianlsm on a railroad track has an unexplalnable charm for a deaf man and a drunken Indian. White Bull, a member of the Cayuse tribe, living near Pendleton, is the latest ex ample of the perils attendant on indulg ing in this diversion. The O. R. & N train which had the right of way was uninjured. Perhaps John Dough Rockefeller would spend his money to greater per sonal advantage if he gave 5100,000 to send missionaries into the wilds of Kansas, which really doesn't think much of the benevolence and deep re ligious spirit of the Standard Oil Com pany. Loggers, farmers and miners are all rejoicing over the generous showers of the past few days. Naturally an end less chain of Industries will profit ac cordingly, and if there is any complaint against, the weather, it has not yet been registerea wnere it CQUia oe neara. Rebels are said to be actively organ lzing against President Castro, of Vene zuela. Castro seems so fond of blood and cayenne pepper that he may keep a few energetic rebels in his pay to prevent attacks of ennui. Santo Domingo insists on paying Its debts, whether the United States Sen ate interferes or not. This Is some thing new for Santo Domingo. No doubt the word "union" has a spe clal attractiveness to mo3t school teach xs. Rousseau ls doubtless also the youth who fired the Ephcsian dome. NOTE AXD COMMENT. While the motor car does not give the same glorious effect upon the, stage as does the prancing destrier upon -which Joan of Arc or some glittering knight ap pears. Jt has the advantage In scenes wherein it does not actually appear. In scores of plays the audience hears the- Iover or some other character sigh. "Will she never come!" and then there is a plttitr-pat that grows louder until the carriage draws' up In the wings and the hoof -beats are .heard no more Or in the 'down East" plays, the jingle of Bleigh- bells is heard before the door opens, and the fur-clad fanner's daughter enters, while the cruel wind whistles wildly past. These devices are tamo and ineffective beside the hoarse toot-toot that heralds tho approach of the heroine in an auto. Nervous women in the house involuntar ily Jump when they hear that familiar croak. Tes, the toot-toot has the hoof beats and the slelghbells badly beaten. The Dally Consular reports say that tramway line will be built in Java, and that contractors should apply for in formation to the Nederlandsche Handcls. Maatschappy. Pas or can. That's even a better chappy than OkrjeiaJ, the lock smith who "bombed" the Warsaw police station. None but a locksmith could ever master such a combination. Judge Smith namo Indicative of plain. strong, common sense-has decided In a Chicago court that a widow is not to bo blamed for being pretty. It appears that a widow was sued by a wife,, who wanted $30,000 for the alienation of her husband's affections. The widow was "as pretty as paint and also had plenty of dough. However, since she didn't unlike widows encourage the flirtatious, husband, she wasn't mulcted of the $50,000. "Kim" appears to be the Corean equiv alent of the English "Smith." A clip ping from the Seoul News contains an Item about a robber who took bags of rice from Mr Kim, Mr. Mln. a second Mr. Kim, Mr. Choi and a third Mr. Kim, Another paragraph in tho same clipping says that the magistrate of Syukchou ls In hiding. "He punished a man too se verely. The man died under the opera tion, and the man's relatives are now looking for the magistrate." Relatives appear to be somewhat of a check upon tho Corean Judiciary. Dr. David Paulson, lecturing before the Chicago Institute of the W. C. T. U., recently said: "The poor cook Is in league with the saloonkeeper. The poor cook is the bane of modern life, and the rec ords will show that where a man re turns to drink after he has been tempo rarily cured It ls because he has been driven to It by poor food, poorly cooked. "Poor," as applied to the cook, docs not express any Idea of pity In this Instance, but refers to the cook's qualifications, or lack of qualifications for her job. Fur ther says the sober Dr. Paulson: "Highly seasoned food la another factor in the making of drunkards, and the young man .V, V.. 1 . ,, . nuu uuja u. 11U.UX btuiuwicii ana. seasons It with mustard ls laying the foundation for a drunkard's life." Shun, oh, shun the devilish mustard-pot. If you must tickle your palate with mustard avoid the pungent English brand and stick to the less demonlzlng French. As for the poor cook, reason with her. Tell her you don't want to be a drunkard. Raise her wages as an Insurance against the rum fiend. Make the poor woman dissolve her un holy alliance -with the saloons. Thus, with abstention from titillating condi ments, you may live soberly if your spectacles fit, for another authority says drunkenness is caused by misfit glasses. Dogs of the different Jbull" varieties had an honorable place in the news yes terday. A couple of bull terriers kept watch over their mistress, who had drunk something that "went to her head." These plucky and devoted little fellows guarded the woman until she was taken to the -police station, and then, seeing that they could do no more, trotted off and brought back their owner's husband at least they came to the station with him. Then an Albany man, who sold a bull pup for MOO shares of worthless mining stock, finds that the stock I3 so far from worth less that he has sold half of it lor iOOO. That is a waggish Chinook man who calls his goose Macduff because she lays on. Twenty-four egg3 In SO days, and still she hasn't cried "Enough!" Judges' wigs are to be done away with In British Columbia, and. as a conse quence, there are now wigs on the green. Revelations tsf an International Spy. I THE FATAL ERROR. By "Q. T." (Synopsis of previous chapters: Moasleur VQ. T." receives a. message from the Grand Duke TTclrlyvItch. cum naming them to St- Peters burg". The hand which tbnist the measagc through the roof of his hansom cab proves to bo artificial, and Monsieur "Q. T." keeps It In his pocket. As he ls about to enter the Winter Palace a heavily ' veiled woman lays her hand upon hla ehoulder, shows that she knows tho famous agent, and Is about to disclose a secret w&n the -sate of the pal ace opens.) CHAPTER ni. It was Nicholas himself! I was about to speak when the Czar ad dressed me. he said fiercely. "But, Tour Majesty say. I ventured to he exclaimed. "In that case," said I, "there remains but one thing for me to do." said the Czar, with some surprise. "Precisely," I answered. exclaimed Nicholas, In a tone of decision. I started. In that event I should be helpless. At that moment a bomb was thrown with great accuracy right between us. When the smoke cleared away, what a sign 1 met. -my eyes: Editor's Note Erased by the Imperial Censor. (To be Continued.) y WEX J. Beating of Dead Hearts. April St. Nicholas. Hearts of cold-blooded animals will beat for a comparatively long time after death or removal from the body Of kept cold and moist), because of powerful In ternal collections of nerves, known as ganglia, whose automatic impulses cause the regular contractions of the muscles. Similar ganglia exist in man and other warm-blooded animals, but their action is less prolonged. Scientists have ascer tained that a turtle's heart will beat after removal If put on a piece of glass, kept cool and moist and covered with a bell-Jar. I believe it has been known to beat 36 or even S hour's; 12 or 14 hours is a common record. You Bet It's NoU Atchison Globe. The fat la bacon la'net as fat as It used to be- HOOLIGAN AS A WORLD POWER Far-reaching Influence of Starving British Paupers In Shaping Na tional Policies Described by John Dennis, Jr., In Everybody's. ONE day in London last Summer when the sun happened to shine clear. four wretched men warmed themselves in tho rare geniality, clinging to the rail ings of Leicester Square. The street tides flowed past, unnoted and unnoting. There was presently a stir on the sidewalks; people stopped and turned, necks were craned, a buzz went through the throng. A man was driving by In a carriage, a clean-shaven man. elderly, erect, with firm, keen face and cold, steady eyes. In front of the Hooligan squad a stout, florid person, who somehow seemed to haye stepped from a Cruikshank drawing as he in the carriage from a Punch car toon, raised a clinched fist and shook it. "Chamberlain!" hS snarled, "Chamber lain! xJ's no good!" Some of the crowd laughed, some jeered, some looked shocked at the departure from London decorum. The men against tho railings did not laugh, nor jeer, nor rouse from sodden lethargy, nor heed aught, but only stretched anlmal-llke in the sun. And yet if 1.10 man'in the car riage had alighted there, it he had taken one of these creatures by the hand and cleped him brother, if ha had stood there side by side with, him in the face of Lon don, the spectacular requirements of a great worla-drama would have been com plete. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain and the Hooligan, the Hooligan and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, side by side in Leicester Square, as side by side they .stand on the world's 'stage to pull down its vast com mercial fabrics, to overturn national con ditions, to build empires, affect destinies and change maps. Sometimes with a half-score of his tribe Hooligan summons courage to rob a drunken man; onco with a hundred thou sand llko unto himself he startled com placent London by marching in procession through her streets. Otherwise he has merely existed; otherwise he has crawled from his lairs and back again unheeded and unheeding. And now this melancholy, feebly creature, the titular sport of the unthinking, the type of all that is weak and fataous in mankind, suddenly stands forth the most portentous figure on tho world's horizon: now he thrusts forth a flaccid hand, and the farmer of America, the starving peasant of India, the cattle herders of Australia and the Pampas, tho builders of empires and the lords of war, and millions that never heard of Hooligan will feel his clutch around the world. Is It not something to make us all stop, half-appalled, to think that from tho slums we have tolerated and neglected should Issue. In a moment, vengeance In this fantastic shape and threaten to pull our houses about our ears? Why? Because for the sake of Hooligan the whole economic policy of the British nation Is to be overthrown. For him the British free trade by which America has thriven Is to be destroyed, the wisdom of Cobden and Bright is to be made foolish ness, the one feature of British policy that for more than 50 years has been held to be fixed and immovable is to be reversed; the circle of British possessions is to be brought into a new and compact commercial empire; conditions, trades, commerce. Industries, international rela tions, treaties are to be changed. The slum has overcome the palace, the dweller in the subcellar of Stepney haa proved more powerful than tlje millionaires of Park &ane, and Hooligan, rags. dirt, neckcloth, hunger, and all, arises In this extraordinary fashion a triumphant world power. Ho has stood thus before' in his tory when the triangular steel was busy in the Place de la Concorde and the Seine rolled heads seaward. Forms change, and tools; work and Ideas remain. the same. The slum does not use the guillotine now to avenge Itself, nor force, nor bloodshed; but in the fullness of time its day seems to come as certainly. For there is nothing In the tariff pro posals of Mr. Chamberlain now convulsing Great Britain, nothing but Hooligan. Thev know in England the useful art of phrase-spinning. Much they say in this iremenaous aiscussion oi igur ixaae ana equalization, of "dumping" and unfair competition, of cheap food and dear food, of colonial brotherhood and British ex pansion. But back of all the neatly woven webs ls Hooligan alone, steady. In sistent, starving. All the ways of thought and discussion lead back to Hooligan, child of the slums. No one mentions him, no one refers to, nor hints of him: but all men that think at all, think of him with a growing sense of the "awful question he compels, "What shall we do about Hooligan?" Do you know what forced him upon, the reluctant attention of reflective states men? The Boer war, that big-little strug gle that has already meant so much In so many ways to British greatness. A few thinkers had taken note of him be fore and uttered unheeded warnings. They had said repeatedly, "This can not go on; this overcrowding and starving: this slum-living and alley-swarming; this Is the sure road to trouble." For in spite of all. Hooligan multiplied ODD BITS OF OREGON LIFE. The Drum Wouldn't Stick. Prlnevllle Review. - E. xl. Smith, the saddler, can, make anything, from a bass drumstick to a Hoe-made chain "harness and make it while you wait We had labored two hours and a half trying to make a drumstick and had to give It up. Smith fixed It in 12 minutes. Cubit Steps High Now. Grizzly Com Madras Pioneer. Albert Cubit returned home from Prlnevllle the last of the week with a brand new saddle which he had pur chased from Jake Boone. We don't wonder at him wearing his hat on the back of his head, but then we can't blame him a new saddle Is something all bronco busters are proud of. Dancing Good, but Pies Shy. Grizzly Corr. Madras Pioneer. We had a nice little dance at the M. W. A. Hall on the 10th. QUite a num ber from Lamonta and Hay Creek attended- We hope they enjoyed them selves and will come again. There wasn't many ladles present hut the boys filled the vacancy almost as well. 'Twas a basket supper, and one young lady lost her pies. We hope they wero good, but as we didn't get to sample them cannot say. How about it. Wes? But. come again, boys; we'll have more pie?1 next time. Matrimony Will Out. Prlnevllle Review. The wedding cannot be very far off now. Every evening they go down and visit their future residence, Inspect the linoleum on the kitchen floor and sweep the carpets clean of any unfor tunate speck of dust that happens to' stray in through the windows. The kitchen stove has received three coats of blacking In readiness, and the par lor table is covered 'with the finest damask. If we hadn't been sworn to secrecy. Mart, we should certainly give the names to the public. A New Game. Atchison Globe. . An Atchison man and his wife decided they would not buy anytnlng for a month that they could get along without They spend on an average of $50 a month, but .the. month they made the experiment they sbent just 312. amazingly, and in spite of all. Hooligan lived -and bred in places and conditions fatal to health and strength. He cama from the country: that was the double edged harm. Ho had been coming from the country for more than 50 years. In the silent revolution that followed upon the abolishing of ihe corn laws upon free trade, if you will agriculture, which had been the backbone of English char acter and English strength, withered away. Vast areas devoted to the growing of wheat became hunting fields, meadow lands, moors, nothing. The stout yeo manry, their country's pride, ceased to exist. England turned from agriculture to manufacturing; the country and the country town and village began to dry up. and a steady stream of indigent men and women poured Into the great cities. The yokel became a Hooligan. The blow that the wise men had fore seen fell with the Boer war. It was the first serious struggle that England had confronted since the Crimea, almost 50 years gone: the first war not with in ferior peoples. Enlistments were called for to supplement the regular troops that had been invulnerable against Ashantis and Louis Rell's halfbreeds. In a day. as It seemed, the nation awoke to the fact that its physical vigor was sapped. It had no material for soldiers. The per centage of rejections at the enlistment stations appalled every reflective mind. The standards were lowered, the test3 were conveniently made easy; the rejec tions continued to bo most alarming. Regiments were ratched together of boys and anemic youths. They were food for the hospitals, not for powder. Once in South Africa, enteric swept them off like flies; they were only the shells of men. But one man saw or believed he saw the road of light. Hooligan was- the product of decaying agriculture. "When the farm lands of England had teemed with wheat and oats he was unknown. When the typical Englishman of the class that went to war the John Bull of tradition was broad-shouldered and deep-chested, a ruddy-cheeked giant, then the brawn and endurance of the Englishman were a proverb. Against him Hooligan, anemic neurotic, emaciated, too often degenerate, dull of wit and feeble of will, showed like a figure of fright. Yet John Bull had vanished ana Hooligan cowered JM his place. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain be lieved that the only way to bring back John Bull and remove Hooligan was to restore agriculture, and by making it profitable and largely followed, draw the teeming millions again to the country. The way to do that was to place import duties on foreign agricultural products. In other words, to "abandon free trade and return to protection. And that, in naked terms, Is the Chamberlain pro posal and the reason for It- No one knows better than its projector the enor mous difficulty of the task he has under taken. Or am I exaggerating about the cause of these calamities? In 1852 Great Britain produced nearly all the food It consumed; now It Imports 75 per cent of the food it consumes. In 1S76, according to a very able writer In the Nineteenth Century, the yield of British wheat was IS.000,000 quarters, valued at $235,000,000; in 1901 the yield of British wheat was 6.500.000 quar ters, valued at $45,000,000. In 20 years there has been a decrease In the cul tivated area of British green crops of not far from a million acres. And meantime the normal population of the agricultural regions has decreased by half a million souls. Tes. Mr. Chamberlain and Hooligan will win: soon or late they will win. And when they win, and Mr. Chamberlain stands premier In the full glory of the most astonishing- achievement in modern politics, how about us? How about the rest of the world? At present Great BrH aln takes 40 per cent of our total ex ports. How will It be when a tariff, wall shuts oft this enormous business? whit about our wheatgrowers then? Over In Manitoba, across the border, the farmer will be sending his wheat free of duty to our old customers, cut off from us by a preferential tariff. What will - Dakota wheat farms be worth then? How about our manufactures, deprived of their larg est and most lucrative foreign markets? What will Canada be when all her prod ucts are admitted duty free and ours ara excluded? And not ours alone, but all the non-British world. Germany, that now floods England with cheap and excellent goods to the error of the English manufacturer, where will she turn for a market? What about the ironworkers of Belgium, the dairymen 6f Denmark and Holland, the lace and silk weavers of France and Switzerland? How about the wheat-growers of Russia and Argentina? , And all this for Hooligan; all this for the gaunt, shrinking, wretched creature: all this for the -reeking slums that Great Britain has neglected so many years. Is It not a monstrous price to pay for slums and slum products? But so was the price monstrous when the heads rolled Into the Seine. Wher ls wisdom and what nation learns it? ESSAYS OF LITTLE BOBBIE. Milwaukee Sentinel LOVE. love is the beginning of mariage if the beginning alnt munny. love ls what maiks the wurld go" round and It keep3 going round until yu git in a flat and have to live there without no steam, when yu cant eet maybe you are in love and maybe yu have a week stumlck. yu cant always tell the diferens. 1 hoap when i gro up i wont be in love vary often, its all rite to be In love wunst In a while but sum fellers i kno is always In love with sumbody and sumtimes 2 or 3 gurls at the saim time and that is pretty nice till they ketch on and then thare ls trubble about It sum grate people who have been in love are Mark Antony and Cleopatry, and Lillian Russell lots of times and Venls and Adonis thay had quite a case too but Adonis he had lots of sense and he said to her Well you look pritty good to me but i only git a small salary and If I marry you 1 am afraid I'll have to quit smoaklng & drinking, so I guess we better call it off. Venis she felt cheap and so she went and married a .undertaker and they buried Adonis when he got killed by a wild bore and dident send his foalks no bill. ' love Is of different kinds, for-instens 1 love my teacher and thats all rite but if Fa loved my teacher thare would be sumthlng doing at hoam. I doant love no gurl. most of them is too much stuck on themself to have anyone love them. 1 love my dog best of all. When you love a girl you git 'married and when you love your dog yu only git fleas. The Papal Flag. Chicago Journal. The. papal flag- Is comparatively un familiar Outside of the Eternal City. The war flag of the defunct temporal power of the pope was white and in its center stood figures of St Peter and St Paul, with the cross-keys and tiara above them. The flag of the mer chant ships owned by the subjects of the states of the church Is a curious combination, half yellow and half white, with the design of the cross-keys on the white. In the banner used by the crusader" King of Jersualem. Godfrey, the only tinctures Introduced were the two metals, gold and silver, five golden crosses being placed upon a silver field. This was done with the intention of making (he device unique, as in all other cases It Is deemed false heraldry to Dlace metal on metaL