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PORTLAND, MONDAY, APRIL 17. 1805.
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METHODS IN CONTRAST.
Doctor Chapman, the revivalist, gives
it out from Seattle thathe finds that
city a cleaner and more decent place,
better, morally and spiritually, than
Portland. That opinion is based on
two conditions -worth examination. Iaet
it b judged how sound they are.
First, on coming to Portland Doctor
Chapman fell into the hands of a group
of persons who, for reasons of their
own, represented Portland to him as a
veritable Sodom. That is, they misrep
resented the city to him and defamed
it, during his whole stay here. By so
doing they made opportunity to vaunt
their own self-righteousness: which
w ould carry the corollary that as they
were "the best people," the government
of the city and the. control of its affairs
ought to be in theirown hands. Among
these people are certain ones who as
sume a financial dictatorship of Port
land, as well as the proprietorship of its
morality and spirituality, too. Largely
for promotion of their own various
schemes, they Joined in this undertake
ing and exploited it; and during the
stay of the "evangelists" the terrible
iniquity of Portland -was the one thing
dinned upon their ears. But at Seattle
ihey get a reception of a very different
kind.
At Seattle everybody stands up for
the city church people, bankers, mer
chants, politicians, manufacturers and
the entire population. In the church
circles, -where the revivalists naturally
were introduced first, every man, -woman
and child had a good "word for Seat
lie. It was the business of every one
to show the best side of the city, in all
things, to avoid exposure of every f ea
ture not favorable to its good name; to
make it plain that vices few or none ex
ist there, and no irregularities In the
management of the city's affairs. The
people of Seattle, following their habit
of telling all comers that theirs is
model city in all -ways, took It upon
themselves to impress these visitors es
pecially with an idea of its purity and
perfection In government and in bust
ness, as well as "morally and spirit
tially." whereas at Portland, there
was defamation of the city from the
beginning, by those who brought the
revivalists here.
No one in Portland can have a wish
to say aught against Seattle.- As It
becomes no individual to say, "I am
holier than, thou," neither does it .be
come any city to make such comparison
between itself and another. Eom crit
Seal remarks about Seattle, therefore
The Oregonian will refrain. But It has
a right to say that It becomes no citi
zen of Portland no dweller In this city
to revile and defame her. Portland from
the first was, throughout her entire
career has been, now is, a city In which
order, oecency, morality, good behavior,
public virtue, private virtue, and sense of
civic duty, tprevail and control her life.
The lessons' and monitions which this
community received from its ancestors
it has not forgotten, nor ever will.
Hence, in its sense of civic duty,. In its
devotion to Ideals, moral, political, edu
rational; in its adherence to sanity,' so
cial, moral, political, religious this city
holds and ever has held, a first place in
the Pacific States. "Without casting
flings at others, it is the right of any
citizen of Portland to say these things
of Portland, because they are true all
revilers within and without her agates
to the contrary notwithstanding.
It Is -not pretended that there is no
vice nor wrongdoing in Portland. Nor
is it supposed that vice and wrongdoing
can ver be wholly eradicated from
Portland, or from any other consider
able city. But it is right and necessary
to protest against sensational exag
wgeratlons and false and mean compari
Bisons, made for sinister purposes. "With
a heightened emphasis, indeed, if The
Oregonian could command it, this jour
nal would repeat the declaration that,
from the first foundation of Portland
to this day, the good people of this city.
they who made this city -what it island
who passed on the sense of duty to their
descendants, have prevailed here, .in
person or in spirit. The result is a
great and strong city and a great moral
city, not free from faults nor asking to
be exempt from criticism or e'en from
censure, but asserting her right to pro
test against misrepresentation of her
character and against defamation of her
life and spirit, instigated by her Maw
worms of politics and religion, for their
selfish ambitions.
THE PROGRESSIVE PRINCIPLE.
The state, is to take control, direction
and administration of "public utilities."
Chicago has set the new example. It
is spreading rapidly. In New York the
idea is getting a foothold. In San Fran
cisco the agitation is already extreme.
But what are "public utilities"? The
idea is socialistic It begins with pub
lic schools, the postofilce, waterworks,
lighting plants and street-car systems.
Already it has advanced far. The next
proposal will be inclusion, of the Tail
roads of the country; next the -manufacturing
establishments and next the
banking business, which also is In. the
nature of a private monopoly. The
state, it will be argued and urged, could
conduct and administer such business
on terms more fair than can be expect
ed from private monopoly.
As to the newspaper business, it is
quite unimportant, and it will have to
take its chances with .other small things
that lack the quality of "public util
ity." But the socialistic programme will
have to be considered. The term "pub
lic utilities" is of wide and widest
range. The socialistic programme, now
starting anew on its career, like a giant
rising refreshed with new wine, will
claim the logical right and the ethical
right, to advance from one step of con
quest to another. Its theory includes
the whole scheme of the production and
distribution of the goods necessary for
all the people. Only so, it is insisted,
can private m6nopoly be cut out. To
descend to particulars, why shouldn't
the socialistic state provide the people
with gum shoes and chewing gum, now
great private monopolies, as well as
with coal oil and sugar, now great pri
vate monopolies?
Let no one mistake. The theory will
be pushed with rigor and vigor. "Will
any of those socialistic philanthropists
who have carried it forward to its pres
ent state, tell how they are to stop, and
where? Combinations and monopolies
are making enormous profits out of
plows, Wagons and sewing machines, at
the expense of the people. And as to
Insurance fire and life why shouldn't
the Government take up the business,
cut out the private .monopolists and
give the people the benefits of their
own co-operation?
And here is the street-car system of
Portland. Monopolists have the use of
the streets and practically the main
use of them for which they pay noth
ing. They say they have "franchises"
for which, however, they paid nothing
that are to run yet these twenty-five
or thirty years. But suppose the people
of Portland rise up at any time to take
possession of their own again? The
"franchise," in fact, is worth nothing
at all; and if the owners should claim
anything they could get only what their
cheap roadbeds might be valued at. So
with the telephone. So with the meat
business under modern conditions an
other private monopoly.
"We shall all find out where we stand
after a while. .
BASIS OF THE STRENGTH OF JAPAN
In a way It is true that when the
United States, broke into Jajian, that
wonderful country, which now is fight
ing successfully one of the world's co
lossal powers, was in the Infancy of
development not yet even In the gris
tle of youth; yet in fact Japan had had
a growth antecedent to that time, upon
which is based the strength with which
he now astonishes the world.
The strength is based upon an eco
nomic organization of very Ipng stand
Ing. Agricultural industry, with its
close economies, Jles at the root of it.
The Japanese of today are not carry
ing their burdens alone their ancestors
in a very direct sense are helping them;
and one way in which that help is ex
tended is through the simple and sens!
ble habits set up by those ancestors,
and, with equal good 'sense, continued
by their descendants down to our day.
Count Okuma brought all this out re
cently In a little speech made by him
before a club of Japanese bankers.
He said that the problem of, Japan,
long ago, was that. of adjusting a rap
idly increasing population to a fixed
amount of arable land. The group of
islands constituting Japan then and
now Is relatively small, and only about
one-twelfth of the surface of these Isl
ands is available for cultivation. The
long-continued policy of exclusion had
the effect of developing internal re
sources to the uttermost.
"The leading and most natural result
of the situation," Count Okuma says
"was the exaltation of the farmer
class." The cultivation of the soli was
raised to the dignity of .a profession
and, Indeed, of a fine art? "Every ef
fort was made by the government not
only to improve the condition but also
to cultivate the self-respect of the agri
cultural classes. The farmer of Japan
was made to rank next to the soldier of
Japan in the social scale; and nothing
could have been better devise to estab
llsh.tbe individuality and Independence
of the tillers of the soiL" This, he ex
plains, is the basis of the strength of
Japan. "The pinching and searching
economies enforced upon the masses
having become not only the law, but
the fashion, even In the higher ranks
of society, have resulted in that stm
pllclty of living, and consequent free
dom from superfluous wants, which
have practically made the Japanese, In
the best sense of theword, the most in
dependent people of the world."
This is Interesting, indeed, 'and even
wonderful. Further explanation is sup
plied by the Japan Daily Advertiser,
from which the following quotation Is
made:
Japan Is rich beyond compare in .precisely
the same sense as is France, one of the -wealth
lest nations .upon the globe. The wondrous
power of recuperation which the latter eaowed
after her -war -with Germany, and the ease
with -which she paid the enormous Indemnity
exacted from her, finds a close parallel here
In the Far East, -where habits of thrift and
economy have been for centuries sedulously
inculcated, resulting in great accumulations of
small savings anions: the- common people.
It Is a lesson for every nation. of the
world. The people of Japan are able
to subscribe to the loans necessary for
their great war, and they do it. The
journal from which the above quotation
is made, in its comparison of the forces
of the combatants on either side in the
present war, says: "The financial as
well as the military situation may be
summed up in the simple statement that
-the -one government has behind it
people who can be depended upon to
the last grasp, while the othec must look
for help abroad In a world growing
daily more unsympathetic and distrust
ful." Russian credit today is largely
maintained by buying with state money
such Russian bonds as are pushed to
sale, and thus keeping up the price;
while Japan calls upon foreign mar
kets only for amounts sufficient to cover
her foreign purchases, thus protecting"
her gold reserve, and paying all other
bills at home from that stock of small
avlngs accumulated by the Japanese
people, who, as the Advertiser says,
raise no question of any expenditure
in the cause of their beloved country."
WHEAT FAMINE NOT IMMINENT.
The Agricultural Department, which
annually places in circulation a pleas
ing array of figures purporting to' rep
resent the wheat crop of the country.
has made another remarkable discovery
regarding the cereal. Facts are mat
ters of small concern to the Government
wheat-crop experts, but they are quick
to get a "half-hitch" with the red tape
lariat on any new theory that conies
cavorting their way. There was a short
crop of wheat in the United States last
year, and at the same time an abun
dant supply of money that is, pros
perity was rampant in the land. Thus,
with an increased purchasing capacity
and a wheat crop below the average, we
experienced the highest average prices
for wheat In evidence for many years.
Prices soared so high, in fact, that
Americans held their wheat and the
millers in some cases were forced to
buy supplies from Canada.
Secretary Wilson, basing his opinion
on the record of the past year, is out
with a statement that the time is ap
proaching when the United States will
be unable to produce a sufficient amount
of wheat to meet our own require
ments. This warning has been taken
seriously by the Eastern papers and Is
being quite generally discussed as an
Immediate probability, Instead of the
remote possibility which It seems to be.
The deduction arrived at by the Secre
tary regarding removal of the United
States from the list of wheat-exporting
countries might be fairly correct a gen
eration or two hence, but even under
our present careless, slipshod methods
of farming, the new acreage coming in
each year is more than sufficient to
meet the requirements of the lncreas-
ing population. The United States wheat
crop last year was the smallest har
vested since 1896, although there was
probably but little difference in Its
dimensions and that of the crop of 1900.
Prior to this season this country has
been shipping about 200,000.000 bushels
annually to Europe. In fact, from the
record crop of 748.000,000 bushels in
1901, we exported 234,000,000 bushels.
These enormous exports kept reserves
in this country down to such small pro
portions that, when the approximate
dimensions or last years crop were
known, the statistical showing was so
strong that wheat moved slowly
throughout the season. But, in spite of
the short crop and high prices, we have
continued to ship an average of about
1,000,000 bushels per week since the sea
son opened, and there will be no fam
ine before another crop is available. It
would be a decided advantage to this
country if we could use all of the wheat
grown here, instead of being obliged, to
sell it to foreign markets in competi
tion with wheat-grown by pauper labor
of Argentina, India and the Euxlne.
But the present generation will hardly
witness this great economic change.
If the dimensions of the 1905 crop ap
proximate the average for the past five
years,, we shall not only be unable to
use more than three-fourths of It at
home, but we shall probably be obliged
to sell It abroad at much lower figures
than have prevailed for the past year.
The experience of the present season
has demonstrated that Europe can get
along with but very little' wheat from
this country, and the outlook today is
that we shall be forcing supplies on her
at low prices within six months. The
American wheat famine is yet quite a
distance in the future.
ACTORS AND ADVERTISING.
Blanche Bates, the actress, has a
maid, who has absorbed much talent
from the artistic atmosphere In which
she lives. This maid got on a street
car In St. Louis the other day, and paid
her fare. Soon the conductor returned.
and again demanded a nickel, and
when his fair passenger declined, rude
ly ejected her from the car. A damage
suit for 10.000.10 $10,000 for Injured
feelings and bodily pains and 10 cents
for the unreturned fares swiftly fol
lowed; then Interviews with the tearful
maid'; Indignant protests from the beau
tiful Blanche; sympathy from the gen
eral public, which turned out en masse
to "The Darling of the Gods," and
smiles at the overflowing theater treas
ure box by the ingenuous Miss Bates
satisfied manager.
While this spectacular episode Is
breaking through the columns of the
appreciative newspapers. Miss Bates'
manager, Mr. David Belasco, Is making
things very tropical for the theatrical
syndicate in the courts of New York.
"We are Just a trifle vague ahout the
immediate cause of the trouble, which
arose over division of the profits of
"The Auctioneer," presented by David
"Warfleld under the joint direction of
the syndicate and Mr. Belasco. The
syndicate is really on trial, for Its meth
ods are being shown up by Mr. Belasco
It seems that the syndicate Is made up
of a number of enterprising gentlemen
who control nearly all the first-class
theaters of the country. They have an
arrangement for orderly booking of at
tractions, assignment of territory, di
vision of profits, and exclusion from
their playhouses of all "independent'
attractions. The syndicate says this is
"business"; the opposition says it is
"monopoly." The syndicate says It pre
vents ruinous competition, helps the
profession artistically, guarantees
steady and better pay, and insures flner
productions. The opposition says it
crushes Individuality in the actor, and
makes him a mere menial, supplant
art with commercialism, makes stars
out of minor actorsj gives the public
wtiat it does not want, lowers the tone
of the stage, makes excessive charges
for bookings, robs the local managers
and piles up Inordinate profits.
"We find it hard to plead for Mr. Belas
co, for he seems to be able to keep the
wolf from the door through the agency
of such charming actresses as Mrs
Carter and Miss Bates. "While we sus
pect that what he says Is true or large
ly true, we also suspect that what the
syndicate says Is also true or largely
true. Here In Portland, where we de
pend greatly on the syndicate, we have
not had much consideration during the
past year; but while the syndicate has
not done much for us, we have done
very little for the syndicate. Perhaps
that Is the reason we have not seen
much worth seeing. But we have done
as well by the syndicate as by qur local
stock company, which failed, or by
some of our vaudeville shows, which
have had 1 to seek pastures new; or
even by the delightful Miss Bates her
self, who was here with, a play that no
body understood. "We are impartial In
our lack of theatergoing enthusiasm.
Syndicates don't worry us much. The
truth Is that in Portland- there are, or
were, too many theaters more actors
than patrons.
If Mr. Klaw, Mr? Erlanger, Mr. Hay-
man et al., pursue the startling devices
of the press agent, In order to keep In
the public eye, we observe that Mr.
Belasco and his popular protege, the
amiable Blanche, are not so slow at
that sort of thing. Syndicates may
come, and syndicates may go, but an
actor's an actor for a' that.
The Lewis and Clark Fair will be
ready June 1, and in that respect It
will be unique in the history of exposi
tions. The unfinished condition at St.
Louis at the date set for opening a
year later than originally planned was
widely advertised and did much to di
minish the total attendance. The 1905
Fair will be rsady for visitors the first
day, andthey cap see practically every
thing thenthat is to say, all that can
be seep In a day. And there will be
more. The foliage, flowers, trees and
entire landscape will be at their fin
est, and the whole will make an im
pression oh the visitor never to be for
gotten, No miBtake will be made by
any one who comes here June 1 and
remains as long as he can.
Andrew Carnegie is preparing to dis
tribute $12,500,000 among, fifty colleges
throughout the "West. As the Carnegie
millions were rolled up by much the
same methods as those followed by
John D. Rockefeller, it would seem that
here is- an opportunity for the presiding
elder of some of-these educational in
stitution's" to get in 'and ride on a favor
ite hobby. It Is notexactly clear where
the steel dollar has any advantage over
the Standard Oil dollar. In this con
nection It might be mentioned that, If
Mr. Carnegie would spend $12,500,000 In
an effort to secure tariff revision, he
would benefit more people than he can
possibly reach by the library or college
plan.
Rulings by the Postofilce Department
concerning place names have caused
some annoyance In California, where
the romantic and musical Spanish
names have In some instances been
chopped short or altered, and the San
Francisco Argonaut laments the re
sults. San Buenaventura becomes Ven
tura, El Rio is pressed into Eirio, as
Dos Palos becomes Dospalos. Las Lla-
gas, which means the wounds of Our
Lord must be written Llagas. or let
ters will go to the Dead Letter Office.
It is a little contest between senti
mental associations and business rush,
and as usual business rush Is the victor.
ban Jcrancisco aavices state tnat a
gas war Is imminent between the ven
erable Claus Spreckels and the Rocke
feller-Addlcks combination. As the sin
ews of this war have all been provided
in advance by the dear public, the ap
proaching conflict with its probable dis
tributlon of accumulated surplus from
sugar and oil dividends will be viewed
with a feeling akin to joy. Oil and
water may not mix, but. If reports are
true;'Oll and sugajy.are about to mix in
San Francisco, and the progress of the
"mix-up" will be watched with great
interest and not much sympathy for
either of the contestants.
German merchants are asking their
government to move for the Inroductlbn
of an international postage stamp. The
merchants say that lettera from abroad
frequently remain unanswered because
return postage Is not inclosed. The
adoption of this proposal' would be one
of those little Improvements that count
for a great deal. Persons with corre
spondents In other countries would find
such a stamp of the greatest conve
nlence.
At last President Roosevelt Is out of
the glare for a while. In the wild he
need not worry over a possible slgnlfi
cance to be attached to his most casual
remark; he can even do what he pleases
without reading next day a long ac
count of his deed and guesses at its
motive. For the time he is just an ordi
nary nonofflcial citizen, who can go his
way without remark or criticism.
It would seem to be sound judgment
that the state should not subsidize or
guarantee the bonds of any system of
waterworks or other Improvement for
any municipality within its limits. Yet
this question now agitates Port Town-
send, and other towns, in the State of
Washington, which desire to take ad
vantage of the state's credit, for their
own behoof.
Dr. Grant says Rockefeller Is not s
thief, but just a hog. Yet the good doc
tor thinks that the churches are under
no obligations to Inquire whether his
money is tainted. That Is right enough
One dollar looks very much like an
other, and, if It Is a trifle greasy, the
oil can be rubbed off.
If Davy Jones had claimed the bones
of John Paul, this rising cloud of doubt
as to their present whereabouts would
never have appeared, and the great
naval hero's fame would shine as bright
and last as long. On one point both
parties to the controversy agree John
Paul Jones Is dead.
San Francisco has Jusf paid $90,000
for 'a season of twelve operatic per
formances. From the numerous tales
of starvation and despair printed In
the yellow journals of the Bay City, it
is apparent that the California metrop
olis has it better ear for music than
for misery .
Don't be too hard on Dleutenant
Commander Knapp for making Mrs.
Costello eat at the second table. The
Navy has got to keep busy with some
kind of trouble, even In time of peace.
. There are no indications that the
"little colleges" will reject Carnegie's
money as tainted. They will take It
and probably ask for more.
The President Intimates that he
doesn't propose to hunt bears with a
brass band. Give the bears a show,
Mr. President.
The soft drinks, which Dr. Chapman
says are the only kind sold In Seattle
dancehalls, produce some pretty hard
characters. -
At last we beat Seattle in one thing:
if you- hear our home Ptiarisees. '. JY'e
.are more Immoral' "" ' , -' ""u
NOTE ANDJGOMMENT, .
Morally Bnd spiritually. Seattle Is ahead of
Portland. The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman.
Seattle won't be nearly so pleased as
If Dr. Chapman had said "she was finan
cially and commercially ahead.
It Is reported from lone the California
one that a negro escaped from jail by
kicking out a brick wall. The story must
be wrong, because butting would have
been the natural way of breaching the
wall. .
General Stoessel is being tried behind
closed doors In St. Petersburg-. That's
how he was tried at Port Arthur.
Six families and a cow live In one house
In South Portland. Such overcrowding
cannot be healthy for the cow.
With the Fleets.
SINGAPORE. April lS.-(By trolley-car.)
A seagull Just arrived Is believed to
have sighted the Russian fleet yesterday.
If so, the ships were probably In line
abreast and were steaming northwest at
eight knots, south-southeast three knots.
SAIGON. April 16. (By overland subma
rine cable.) Three dozen champagne bot
tles (empty) have been washed ashore
"near this place. Tho Russian fleet Is
believed to have slipped past in the dark.
SINGAPORE, April 16. (By Pineapple
Press.) Heavy firing can be heard dally.
Most of the correspondents have already
been fired, however, and the supply will
soon run short.
DUTCH HARBOR, April 16. (By craw
fish to Nome.) Rojestvensky has not been
sighted here.
TILLAMOOK, April 16.-(By heck!)-Nor
here.
SINGAPORE, April 16. (By trolley-car
to the Pineapple Press.) The Russian
squadron "mistook two American cruisers,
British battleship and a German mall
steamer for ten Japanese destroyers, and
sank all the vessels.
lone, In two syllables, seems easy
enough, but a stranger recently referred
to it as "Eye-wun," or One Eye twisted
round.
Since Carnegie got his new fad, don't
you wish you were a small college.
newspapers In Egypt supply Jerome
Hart with good copy in the current num
ber of the Argonaut. The brief, matter-
of-course way In which news stories are
handled is enough, as the writer says, to
give an American city editor fits. Con
trast the following paragraph with the
pages and pages devoted by the San Fran
cisco papers to a similar discovers"
GHASTLY DISCOVERV.-Tlie body of
woman wun tno head, hands and feet cut
off -was found yesterday on the banks of the
Mahmoudteh Canal, near Ramlch.
some otner paragraphs that would be
spread upon" over here are as follows:
BIG FIRE. The enormous Walkcr-Mclmarchl
tores were destroyed by fire yesterday. Two
firemen were killed and many injured. Loss
00.000.
THE MECCA PILGRIMS. Over SOOQ nersons
nave arrived since Wednesday from AlKiers.
Morocco and Stamboul. en route to Mecca. Near
Djcddah the last lot of pilgrims found a for
midable force of Bedouins awaiting them for
piunaer. After the fight the pilgrims with
drew, leaving 52 of their number dead on the
field.
iie.UArUHOL.T DEATH. Yesterday after
noon a clerk, who Is very well known and In
the employ of a prominent merchant, commit
ted suicide in the merchant's office by blow
uui uruina wun a revolver, ills face
was much disfigured.
It Is said that the Duke of . Manchester
will go to work as' a Yailroud .clerk in this
country. However, we don't suppose he
will. be' allowed to damage the road too
To Be Settled on the Ocean.
New York Sun.
There is good ground for tho intensity
of interest with which intelligent persons
an over the world arc watching the move
ments or the Russian and Japanese
fleets In the Far East.
Especially is it not surprising that at
Tokio and St Petersburg suspense and
expectancy are wrought to tho uttermost
point or tension, for never has a nati&n's
future hung so completely on the outcome
of naval operations since Nelson, search
ing ror tne vanished French warshlns
undertook a wild goose chase to the West
Indies, while the vast array assembled
at .Boulogne by Napoleon needed to con
troi tne British Channel for only a few
days in order to effect an invasion of
England. For the British aristocracy,
Wellington was and still Is an idol, for
in the Peninsula and at Waterloo he per
sonified the triumph of their Continental
policy. The masses of the British peo
ple, however, are not thrilled at the
mention or his name, and it Is a right
insunc mat prompts them to look else
where for a hero.yand to recognize Eng
land's savior In the victor of Trafalgar.
wnat nelson was to England. Toro
may be to Japan. Oyama, the vanquisher
of Kuropatkin. and Nogi. the conqueror
of Port Arthur, are names not to be for
gotten in the annals of the Janancse
but the Mikado's humblest subjects know
tnat tne destiny of their country is to be
seined on tne ocean, and that a mis
calculation, an oversight, a stroke of evil
fortune on the part of Admiral Togo
may compel thera to renounce the hope
of expansion on the Asiatic mainland and
condemn them to eventual suffocation
within their narrow, insular domain.
lassoing in Executive Mansion.
' Nebraska State Journal.
A unique plan of entertainment, a lasso.
Ing match, was carried out at an lnfor
mal party given recently at the Execu
tive Mansion by ilr. and Mrs. J. H,
Mickey. The first thing on the pro
gramme was a hunt by the gentlemen
for the ladles who were hidden In the
various rooms with a general "round
up" In the halls. The crowd of fair fern
inlnity was then driven to the "rosebud
agency," In other words, io the ballroom
on the third floor. Here the flnal fun
began. Each man took his turn at lasso
ing a partner for supper in the order
of the number he had previously received.
The whole plan was a great success, but
could scarcely be carried out satlsfac
torily In an ordinary house lacking ball
room facilities.
English as a World language.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In arranging the terms of the surrender
of Port Arthur the Japanese .and Rus
sians talked English. Neither side could
talk the language of the other with such
fluency as to allow either of those tongues
to be used. Commonly heretofore In all
dealings between countries using different
languages French has been used. This
has been the case since Louis XIV's days.
Most of the peace pacts, too. from that
which ended the seven years' war in 1763.
In which most of the world was engaged
at one time and another, onward to that
which brought the Spanish-American
conflict of 1S38 to a close, have been
framed in Paris. For many generations
the language of International intercourse
has been French.
Chance Tidings.
Julia Elizabeth Dodge.
Dead and I knew it not! How couldst thou so
Away from earth.
And not one moment's passive shadow throw
Across ray mirth?
Methdusht I ehould have heard thy partins
Or felt the chill of sorrow drawios nish
If thou ahouldst die.- ,. .'."'. "1
THAT ROCKEFELLER $100,000.
The Views of Some Religious Con
temporaries.
Congregatlonallst.
Tho protest of these ministers repre
sents a fine and praiseworthy ethical
passion. It Is one of the many tokens
of our time that indicate righteous im
patience with things as they arc and
burning desire that the kingdom of
heaven shall come to the American busi
ness and industrial world as well as in
far off Asia and Africa. We dissent not
from the spirit, but the method seems
to us ineffectual. Even Mr. Rockefeller
deserves Christian treatment from the
prudential committee; and if there is to
be a great contest in this country with
the Standard Oil Company, the right
weapons and the right agencies must
be employed. There are other universal
ly applicable, more normal and more
effective way3 of curbing the money
power In this country than" by turning
down Mr. Rockefeller's gift to the Amer
ican board.
Churchman.
In general. It would appear that where
offerings are made to God through His
church by the ordinary channels, tho
representatives of the church are not at
liberty, much less are they called upon
to investigate the sources of those of
ferings; but representatives of the church
assume a grave responsibility when they
solicit or exploit gifts from those who
are notoriously charged with violating
principles which she Is in tho world to
teach and to preach.
Christian Register.
Would It be better for the morals of
the community If the rich men of today,
who seem to be honestly interested in
good things and are giving great sums
of money to endow good institutions,
were men who were spending their
money for luxury, In vicious indulgences.
and In the support of public amusements
which are demoralizing? A generation
ago we had a set of roystering rich men
who rade their money like thieves and
spent it like pirates. Their example was
certainly not more conducive to good
morals than It would have been if they
had given their money to colleges and
churches. Only a generation has passed
and now through its children,. In whom
the moral Instincts, lying la'tent In their
fathers, have waked up their millions
are being turned to good account, and
nobody protests. Let only one genera
tion pass, and money. If administered
by clean hands. Is purged of Its evil as
sociations. If all good men and women
would agree to say together, we will not
allow ourselves to be made responsible
for any man's reputation because he
gives money to sustain the good works
In which we, arc Interested, the air
would be cleared at once.
Christian Work and Evangelist.
We enter upon no defense of Mr. Rocke
feller; on the contrary, wo believe, that
his methods of business are not such as
to commend him to the favor of his coun
trymen. The papers publish lists of his
benefactions, exceeding the great sum
of J33.00O.O0O. But these, if reports are
correct, amount in the course of his busy
career to a year's income: we rejoice
to believe that countless thousands have
given proportionately more than our
multi-millionaire; we believe the poor
widow "tops" Mr. Rockefeller, In tho
matter of giving whose benefactions
carry no spirit of sacrifice. But even
so. we leave the rich man and the poor
widow with Him who will judge us all.
and from whose judgment there is no
appeal, while we rejoice whenever the
hand of opulence opens and relieves tne
sufferings of the poor or helps forward
the work of carrying the Gospel to the
benighted regions of the earth.
HOW EMPIRE STATE HANKS
First in Population, Wealth and
Manufactures.
New York Sun.
New York, the Empire State, ranks
first In the populations of our family of
states with 8,500,000 people, or more than
one-tenth of the Nation's entire popula
tion.
New York ranks first in banks, bank
deposits, bank clearings, bank dividends
and banking business generally.
New York ranks first in Increase (L-'s,-
720) of population between 1S0O and 1900.
New York ranks first In population
(4,060,571) living in cities.
New York ranks first both In male and
female population abbut cually divided.
New York ranks first In white popula
tion, both native and foreign born.
New York ranks ilrst in population
(1.639,395) of militia age.
New York ranks first because It has the
greatest number of children of school
age and the greatest number attending
school.
New York ranks first because It has.
proportionately, by far the least number
of Illiterates.
New York ranks first because it has the
largest number of males of voting age.
New York ranks first because It has
the greatest number of married couples.
New York ranks first because It has the
largest factory payrolls of any state in
the Union J40S.000.000 a year.
New York ranks first because It has the
largest amount (Jl,615.210,000) of capital
invested In manufacturing enterprises.
New York ranks first In number (78,-
65S) of factories within its borders.
New York ranks first In number (849,056)
of factory wage earners, of whom 605.686
are males of over 16 years of age. 230.181
women over 16, and only 13,159 children
under 16 years.
New York ranks first in tne manufac
ture of collars and cuffs, leather gloves
and mittens, hosiery and knit goods, salt.
and paper and wood pulp.
New York ranks first in the number
(60,358 of the total. 78.65S) of factories
owned by Individuals; also in the 13,578
owned by partnerships and in the 4523
owned by corporations. This rather up
sets the oft-repeated assertion that New
York's manufacturing Interests are con
trolled by "trusts."
New York ranks first In the number
(5839) of water wheels in use In its power
plants.
New York ranks first In manufacturing
Interest, with an annual output of $2,500,
000,000 worth of American made goods.
New York City ranks first In manufac
turing among the cities of tho Union,
with Its 39,776 factories, using $922,000,000
capital, paying $24o,000,000 yearly wages
to 462,763 people, and turning out $1,371.
000,000 worth of manufactures yearly, as
shown by the census of 1900.
Discussed in Verse.
From The Green Bag:.
(In the case of Harvey Steel Company vs.
United States, the Court of Claims recently
rendered a judgment, by a majority of tour
of. the five Judges, the majority opinion being
written ay riott. raier justice, and a dissent
ing opinion by Wright, Justice. The follow
ing lines are dedicated to Mr. Justice tVrlgbt:)
That "Wright Is Wright and Nott Is Nott,
logicians must concede.
That Nott Is right and Wright is not.
Four Judges have decreed.
That Nott Is right and Wright Is not,
"We all must now agree;
Then Nott la right and Wright la Nott
The same thine, to a. t.
It Nott IsNott and Wright Is Nott,
It comes without a. wrench
That we have not. If not two Notts,
Five Judges on tho bench.
11 only four, as shown before.
And three agree with Nott,
The. Judgment Is unanimous.
And Wright's dlesent is naught. -
The knot is not, la Nott not Nott?
But is Wright right or not?
Is Nott not right? What right has .Wright
To write that Nott la not?
Do I do right to write to Wright
Tbie most .unrighteous rot?
C0PHETUA ANDBEGGAR MAID
New York Evenlns; Post.
The recent engagement of a young mil
lionaire to a girl who has worked In a
cigar factory hag fluttered the dovecotes
not merely on the East Side ef this clt .
but throughout America. In sivfog liirge
space to this affair of the heart, the prrs3
though It has often passed all bonne' 1
of taste has but followed the most re
spectable literary tradition. A poor girl
who marries a thrifty young mechanic
has achieved no mean success; sHe en
vied If she attracts a woalthy rak wJmj
Is In desperate need of reformation; and
when she gets both the money and hus
band who Is a modal of all the virtues,
she becomes a heroine, worthy of r
three-volume novel or an epic- No wondr
that men and women of all degree r
eager to see her picture, and to rend what
she has said. The world has hung braatfc
less on the adventures of her prototypes
In fiction; it is ecstatic over the realisa
tion here and now of the theme'of a thou
sand romances.
For the story is almost as old as th
language of man. Cinderella gives tm qm
version of it. Ruth, the lonely gleKoer.
lifted to high estate by Boz. that "mighty
man of wealth," is another. Somewhat
less familiar is the bftlfed of "King Ce-
phetua and the Beggar Maid." Still .
fourth variant is one of the most popular
novels ever written in English. Richard
son's "Pamela." ...
Men, and above all women, will never
be so sopuisticatcd. so disillusioned, that
they will not turn with fresh hope U
every repetition of the history of Ktihj
Cophetua and the Beggar Maid. The sor
did background of a commercial era but
heightens the charm of the romance. Pub
lic solicitude in the urcsent instance need
not, then, be set down wholly to the mere
vulgar sort of prying. It is a ign that.
busy as we arc with stocks and bonds, we
still recognize instinctively a thome fit foe
sages and poets, we still leap at a pretext
to throw to the winds the teachings of the
worldly wise and to renew our daekiratle
of sentimental Independence.
ODD BITS 0FJREG0N LIFE,
Looks Suspicious.
Harbor corr. Por; Orford Tribune,
A certain individual seems to have a.
good many excuses for visiting unyor
Yv'lnchuck of late, and he alwuys return
ho- e smiling.
Bridge Creek's- Obduracy.
Mitchell Sentinal.
An effort was made Saturday to chaitga
Bridge Creek back in it okl channel; hut
Sunday morning it was back to where ft
was changed from.
Jilfc Is Well Worth laving.
Cresweli Corr. Eugene Guard.
Creswell is booming. A socml Inet
night and a show tonight. Since w haafo
got our new hall there is somethlufr" to
go to almost every night.
How to Make- a. Postofficc Popular.
Rainier Corr. St. Helen's Mlet.
Miss C. IS. Pomeroy is Interfering With
the U. S. males not mails at the post
office now. "She Is a good girl and voey
efficient," says Postmaster Clark.
Fate of the Delinquent Subsurlbor.
Mitchell Sentinel.
Breathes there k man with soul m
dead, who never to himself hath sold.
"I'll pay, before I go to bed. the k?b&
I owe the printer?" There are somo we
know full well who never rfuch a tte
can tell; but they, we fear. wlH go to
well, the place where there's no wtafar.
Apostrophe, to Llmburser Cheque.
Frecwatet Times.
OvIng. to the fact that the reeteiMns
went out of business the "HMt or S
weeK. tne editor and sunt are oacning
that and other reasons ami yeoterduy a
rural subscriber brought us in a niece
of limburger cheese, saying that If we
didn t care to eat it we could use It
to drive away ants. W1U it drive away
ants? Will it! Verily I say unto you.
it will drive dogs out of a tanyard; It
will drive buzzards away from a carcass:
it will drive a herd of buffalo through
a burning forest and a mule through a
barbed wire fence; it will drive a nmrt
crazy if compelled to stay within feet
of its polluted presence; indeed, it wilt
drive away anta and uncles,' teo. and
mothers and fathers, brothers, sisters
and grandmothers, even to tho ' seventh
generation: still there are some who
claim to like Limburger.
An Idea for the Mission Board.
WHITE SALMON. Wash.. April 1. (To the.
Bditor of the Hood River Glartw:.) Iw weal
thto do for a compromise between the pses I
who are willing to accept' all the money Mr.
Rockefeller wants to donate to mifskm a4
the folk who look upon his money jus Me4
money, polluted in the getting"?
"Whereas, Mr. J. D. RocKefeller. wwm ca
pacity and generosity are well known ameoK
men and aUo among angels, has offered te
furnish needed lubrleation to the otherwise
dry roadway of our mteeionary zeal, aad
"Whereas. The chalknoda ot the Brute
coast are said to be made up ot the poweersd
skeletons ot countless millions of living er
ganlnw that have eaeh contributed Its attte
to the general result; and
"Whereas. Mr. Rockefellers 'system' rtoce
to the dignity of being almost supersatural la
Its facilities for grinding wealth out OC- Ua
hslplessneio of the people, and as sueh com
mands our undivided admiration aad awe; new.
therefore, be It
"Resolved, That while we recognize in the
'system' a cruel dteregan! of individual 'liberty
and aspiration, yet we want the money and
trust that God, who notes the sparrows teM,
will bless Its use in the conversion of the
heathen to the benign religious faith that Mr.
Rockefeller represents.
"Reeolved, That with our eyas on neaven,
and our upturned palm outstretched beatnd
our hack to receive the benefactions from the
Organized Brotherhood ot Burglars of Amer
ica and the Modern Highwayman's Soeloty e
the United States, we hereby condemn petty
larceny as sinful and demoralizing." S. W. C.
The "Perfect Office Boy."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The paragon of office boys, the boy
who never made a mistake and who
earns $75 a month as a result thereof,
has been discovered. His name is John
K. McKeough. He is office boy at the
Board of Education. He is 13 years
old and began working five years ago
at $4 a week. '
"John is the boy who lias never made
a mistake in all his service for the
board," said E. G. Cooley, superin
tendent of schools. "I never have
known him to do anything that was
not done just right. The finance com
mittee raised his salary to 575 a
month last week. The committee had
to, ot it would have lost John. He
was wanted at the City Hall.
"If another boy of John's character
exists. It would be like hunting for a
needle in a haystack to find him. He
walked In here quietly five years ago.
He was never in the way, but If any
thing was wanted he know where to
lay his hand on it. Then the finance
committee raised his salary because he
was worth it. John Is ready to' work
nights and holidays.
"A great many requisitions are han
dled up here. It wasn't John's work
to look after them, but he soon became-
so proficient that it becamo part
of his work to assist with that kind of
work. He learned to use the type
writer. The knowledge has proved
useful to him.".
Different Dissipations.
Atchison Globe.
Girls are always finding spota that
would- jnake Ideal picnic grounds; and
older" women see lawns, that ' would be
Ideal for a church social. '