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Cooper & Co., i40 kfarket street: Goldsmith Bros.. 230 Sutter fend Hotel St. Francis News Stand; L. E. Lee, Palace Hotel News Stana; r. w. i-itis, 100S Market; Frank Scott, b jsiiis; is. rheatley Movable News Stand, corner Mar ket and Kearney streets; Foster & Orear. erry News Stand. Washington, V. V. Eouitt uouse. i-ennsyi- ranla avenue PORTLAND. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 11. IN MARYLAND The recent contention in Maryland, lover the proposed amendment of the institution of the state, has attracted so much attention mat il may oe as In ell to give a brief statement as to the (purpose oi the amenameni, or wnai ias intended by It It was a proposal to disfranchise, by subtle methods, the colored population f the state. It proposed tests for the suffrage which it was believed not one colored man in a hundred co.uld meet, yet would let white, men in, by avold- lance of the tests required for colored Imen. It was beaten heavily on the popular vote, because it was consld- ered, unfair. In its outward form tne amendment iwas a proposition to restrict the suf frage by Imposing certain qualifications I upon electors. Yet the avowed purpose was to eliminate the negro vote. It ! contained the provision adopted in many Southern States, known as the "grandfather clause," which was to (preserve the suffrage to all who pos sessed it by law down to January 1, 1869, and to their lineal descendants. This would have created a privileged class of voters; exempt from any edu cational test, but would also have made I difficulties for white who might have been unable to prove that they had the right, by inheritance, to vote. Since ithere were very few negroes who, by the law of Maryland, before 1869, could vote, the scheme would have eliminated, practically, the negro vote of the state; which was the real object of the pro posed amendment. But it would have made trouble also for a multitude of white citizens having no family pedL- gree or genealogy; and It seems it was the vote or the influence of these that I turned the scale and beat the amend i ment. In still another feature the amend ment was partisan and oligarchical. In order to secure registration and there fore the right to vote, it was provided I that the applicant must be able to read j any section of the constitution of Mary land submitted to him by the officers of registration, and to give a reasonable explanation of the same, or if unable to read such section, must be able to understand and give a reasonable ex. planation thereof when read to him by the registration officers. This would have given the officers of registration a power over the suffrage practically un limited. They could have decided in favor of one and against another, as they chose, making elections merely a farce. The qualifications of voters were to be decided by tills board; and, although right of appeal from it to the courts was allowed, thiB right would have been practically null, and useless to the humble citizen. It is greatly to the credit of the peo pie of Maryland that they have re fused to centralize the suffrage of the state in the hands of a few unscrupu lous partisans under the leadership of Senator Gorman. Yet, had it been understood that the effect of the amendment would have been merely to disfranchise the negro, it probably would have carried. But, in order to make sure" of disfranchising the negro, provisions necessarily were inserted which could have been used effectively, under party exigency, for disfranchisement of great numbers of whites. all who might not have been able to prove their eligibility for regis tration. If they could not offer proofs of genealogy or descent, -or show knowl edge of letters, or of the constitution ot the state, to satisfy the register, they were to be shut out. It was. not. the intention, indeed, of the authors of the amendment lo shut white voters out, no matter how Ignorant or unfit; but with all their ingenuity, with all the skill they could command for protection of the right of the White man to vote, through the "grandfather clause? while ruling out the negro on -educa tional tests to be arbitrarily enforced. they could not draw up a proposition that would not give alarm to a strong white element that saw its rights threatened in possibility at least by the endeavor. Maryland Is a very con servative state, yet wants no oligarch ical government A Government immigration inspector is in trouble at Spokane because he trapped one Beaudreau. In to giving him a bribe th,t he might bring charges against Beaudreau for bribery- Judge Whitson ordered the -inspector's arrest fox accepting a-bribe. The Inspector incited Beaudreau to commjt crime, and he must' pay the penalty. The late Judge Bellinger took the same view -of the immoral and criminal practice of Government officials who procure evi dence against suspected criminals In. this manner. A Linn County man who had been persuaded to make bogus sli ver coins in the presence pt a Govern ment detective was dismissed from cus tody by Judge Bellinger: and the de tective was severely reprimanded.. Such methods are not legitimate, and no up right Judge will countenance "them. "IT IS' SOMETHING MUSTY." . Newspapers of Massachusetts, the Boston Herald, the Springfield Repub lican and many more, urged the elec tion of the Democratic ticket this year as means of giving emphasis to the . voice of that state for "free raw ma terials." But the people of Massachu setts see how illogical it would be to insist on protection for manufactures while denying protection to the materi als out of which they are made.v This is an old contention, but it is 'worth while to notice it again. The Boston Herald, just before the election. aid: "The people of Massachusetts are deeply Interested In obtaining un taxed the raw materials, of their manu factures. Republicans and Democrats alike are vitally concerned in extending our trade through reciprocity treaties with other countries, particularly with Canada." Strange It is there are those who never can understand that protection as a one-sided theory protection for special Interests at expense of others never can be maintained. Protection for finished goods, which Is the life of New England, will not outlast the act that cuts off protection from the ma terials of which goods are made. Manufacturing industry has its seats mainly in the Eastern States. The ma terials are produced mainly in the West and South. The East If we may believe newspapers of Massachusetts, wants to get "free" materials from foreign countries, and sell Its protected manufactures to us. There Is political power yet in the West and South, and some common sense, too. The wora "free" is just as good for materials as for finished products. One section -of this country never will consent to "be taxed for the benefit of another. If the protective theory Is wrong, let us have done with It altogether not ex pect to make it an instrument through which one section may profit at the ex pense! of another. This New England Joke Is "something musty." PROFITABLE LIVESTOCK. An average cow, well fed and oared for, will yield her owner something like $30 a year net profit. This is rather les than the net annual value to a street railroad company of a suburban pas senger who rides to and from his work six days in the week. His daily con tribution to the company is 10 cents. which amounts in a year, leaving out Sundays, to $31.30. This sum is the yearly Interest at 5 per cent upon $BSC. Since street railways can borrow all the money they wish at 5 per cent or less, that Is a fair rate to assume, and It follows therefore that each suburban passenger whom they regularly carry to and from his work is the exact equiv alent to the street railways of an In vestment of 5626. Hence every man who Axes his residence ina. suburb , by that act makes a. free gift to the street railway -of $626 at least and probably two or three times as much, for his family must also travel. It may be objected that this makes no allowance for' the expense of carry Ing the man back and forth. It does, however. That expense for each pas senger is trifling, and his Sunday rides, which we have omitted, will more than cover it for the year. Very well, then. Each man who locates in a suburb is in effect a free gift, a legacy, a godsend, to the street railway of $626 at least. and probably a great deal more. In other words, for every such passenger the company can issue six and a quar ter shares of stock- at $100 per share In the full confidence that his daily fares' will produce an annual dividend of 5 per cent on them. These figures show how the mere act of settling up the suburbs creates alue for the street railways and creates it at an enormous rate. It takes very little arithmetic to discover that 1600 worklngmen settled in a suburb will warrant the issue ot 10,000 shares of watered stock at a par value of $100, upon which the com pany is sure of a 15 per .cent dividend and may reasonably expect twice as much. Let us now proceeds, step further. To simplify the calculation, suppose each car makes only a morning and evening trip. It is Teally running, all day, but no matter; two trips will do. Let us lib erally concede that each car will seat forty-eight passengers. It will not but to be perfectly fair, let us admit the fiction. Then, since each passenger is the equivalent Qf 6U shares of watered stock, each car under these suppositions will earn 5 per cent dividends upon 300 shares. But this is on the hypothesis that every passenger has a seat. If forty-eight passengers can be bullied Into riding without seats, of course that doubles the earning capacity of the car. It will then pay S per cent dividends on 600 shares of watered stock instead of 300. As a matter of fact each car oiuits morning and evening trips habit ually carries some 100 or more passen gers, a living freight whose cash value to the company exceeds $62,000. Of course no sane person expects a street railway company to care for anything except its own Interest The interest of the public which created it, bestowed its franchise and provides Its Income we expect it to Ignore habitually and contemptuously, and so it does. But Its own interest one would think, would lead the company to take good care of tills livestock which pays so well. And. in fact considered as livestock, the pas sengers are handsomely dealt with. They are packed In close to prevent being tumbled"about dangerously, just as cattle are for shipment They are unloaded at humane Intervals for feed, water and sleep; and comparatively few of them are slain in transit. What more could you want, considered as a dairy cow or a "beef critter" on the way to the stockyards? And that is precisely the way the street railway company thinks of Its passengers. The only weakness Im the corpora tion's position comes from the dawning belief of the passengers that they are not cattle. The dangerous opinion Is growing among them that they are human beings; that when the company takes pay for a seat it ought to provide one; that in the deal thus far the pub lic has given everything- and received nothing but contemptuous maltreat ment; and, finally, that it Is high time the issue weresquarcly drawn .whether the public exists as so many head of livestock for the street railway or the street railway as a convenience for the public. ' HELP FOR THE RUSSIAN JEWS. The" chief sufferers by the dreadful Russian riojs have been the Jews. They have been 'slain by the thou sands, their gnomes invaded, despoiled and destroyed, .their women subjected to unspeakable indignities, and their children murdered or mutilated, or both, with unmentionable atrocities. The Jew at best has had an unhappy time In Russia; at the worst the fury of the mob haVbgen'turned on him, and, being unarmeaVund therefore Impotent he can but Struggle vainly, and die. 1 Is said that Si.ODO Jewish people have? been kllleM. For these nothing can now be done; but how about the sur vivors? The terrible calamity that has befal len the Jews in Russia has stirred the sympathy of all people, all nations. But something more than sympathy Is needed? and that is Immediate aW. Rescue from their Intolerable plight Is probtfbly now Impossible: yet much may be done In the way of relief from destitution .and impending starvation. Money Is needed rribney in great quan tities. The Jewish people of the United States, always quick to respond to any call for help from either Jew, or Gentile, hRve undertaken to raise,' a great sum to f onward to Rus sia. Here in Portland we know that the Jewish people are prominent In all charitable enterprises; yet they rarely or-never ask for aid in any benefaction of their own. They have ever , felt abundantly able to take care of their own sick, ailing and poor, and to do muoh-more besides. But here te a tre mendous emergency that confronts them and they feel that they wouM be glad to receive the help of all who are disposed to give it The local committee is already ac tively at work. Thay are calling jwh the Jewish people only 'for contribu tions; but they should receive many offers from tbegeneral pubWc. THE ANTI-SUICIDE COMMISSION. Mayor Tom Johnson, Qf Cleveland, alarmed to learn that sixty-eight in habitants of his city have committed 'suicide during the last nine months. has appointed an antl-sulclde commis sion. Three men compose It To these men intending suicides are to relate their troublos and the commission In turn will do what It can to relieve their distress and change their purpose. A scheme so Ingeniously benevolent da serves to be commended, and some lim ited success may be predicted for It There is occasionally an aged man or woman thrown out of work who com mits suicide rather than burden hte friends or go to the poorhouse. If sttch persons .can be Induced to' confide i the commission, tbey may be saved and their declining years brightened by learning ways to be useful and Inde pendent. The dtflicuJty In reaching, otaer classes of Intending sukides fe that they seldom announce "their purpose. They do not wfcth to be proven ted. To take the . commission into their coafl dence would be -to thwart a deep and cherished .purpose. Such would cer tainly be the case of the suicidal ma niac, who. when his purpose Is discov ered, will resort to ingenious deylcas to escape his guardians, and even com mit murder to gam freedom to commit suicide. The anti-sulclde commission will hardly secure the confidence of those who wlFh to destroy their lives-because life seems to have lost all possibility of surcease from misery. The peasants in the German army who kill them selves to escape brutal monotony of cruelty from their officers are exam ples of this class, though In America we can find them only among the vic tims of grisly accldentSt of Incurable disease and among betrayed women. Beyond the help of any commission we must also count the phlloaophical suicidq, the sufferer from Weltschinertx. who flnds the universe evil at the core and kills himself from a high sense of duty to help Annihilate alt life and so put an end to pain. Nor- will Mr. Johnson's scheme' help the suicide from sudden passion, for men kill them selves, as they do others. In the boaH of anger and revenge.' To slay oneself on an enemy's doorstep Is a favorite way of "gettlngtrven" In China., It would be harsh to criticise Mayor Johnson's scheme as spectacular and unpractical, but It would certainly seem that the sanie amount of effort spent in removing general conditions which tend to make life unbearable would produce better results. SHOULD HE MARRY IIHR? "A unique case of breach of promise has been decided at Seattle, by award to the plaintiff of damages in the Sum of $16,000. The defendant' wsa Mayor Zook, of Ballard, who admitted his en gagement to the plaintlffv Miss Rosina G rover, and also the fact that be re fused to fulfill it because the young woman had consumption. II was also admitted that the 5oung woman had consumption, but thb jury was . unani mous In the belief that this did not constitute a disability to marriage, and foundor Miss Grover. It 3s said, however, that the 'point upon which this decision turned in the plaintiffs favor was that she -had con sumption when the engagement was entered into, and that the defendant knew this and sent her to Arizona in the hope that she would recover her health. While there can only be sym pathy for Miss Grover In .her declining health, the enlightened view of, the age must support Mr. Zook In hi!; decision that .marriage with lier would be un wise and that it was, under the circum stances, undesirable. The man or woman who imrrrles a consumptive. In whom the disease is plainly developed, does so at the imminent risk of hhV or her own health. More than this, such a marriage casts the shadow, not to say the bane, of susceptibility to con sumption upon the children that may be born of the marriage, This. In the light of medical and sanitary scioiicc of to day, no man or woman has a moral right to do. . Having had jbQt-'the barest outlines of ,thls case through the press reports, it is difficult to speak upon it specific ally, but it may be said without re serve that, for a hejflthy person to marry one who has tubercuIoIsflsTnost unwise, and from the broad standpoint of humanity it is most reprehensible. This is a fact that has been oo often -demonstrated1 by experionce to require further proof. It is easy to agree with the Seattle jury that the man should not have entered Into a contract to marry a woman who had consumption If he did not Intend to rodcom his promise, but without abating a Jot of the sympathy which is the due of the afflicted young woman, many thought ful, prudent and humane people will think he was wise In declining to marry her when It became evident that she was incurably affected with the disease. People who look to the ultimate conse quences In contracting marriage are all too few. The Engineering News, commenting upon a late bulletin and diagram Is sued by the Department of Labor In regard to change In rates and average hours of labor and in cost of living, says: "The striking thing which It shows is that the steady rise In the av erage wage rate that has been going oil since 1891 has been closely paralleled by an increase In the cost of food," adding: "There has been since 1S9S a steady reduction in the average hours of labor performed per week. This partly offsets the Increase In the wage rate per hour, so that. If a line were drawn representing the weekly erfrn inB of workmen. It would follow closely the line representing the cost of the workmen's food." It Is this ele ment in our prosperity that misleads men Into expenditures, upon the basis of the increased wage rate, that they cannot afford, and that will find them when the next period of Industrial and financial depression comes, without re serve forces with which to sustain It High wages are not always and alto gether a benefit, since the spending ca pacity keeps pap e with them, regardless of the Increase all along the line ot liv ing expenses. Professor W. B. Bailey, of Yale, from an exhaustive study of the statistics ot suickle.V finds that the men who take their own lives outnumber the women by seven to two, while, the age period between 20 and 60 coders nearly two- thirds of all the cases. This statement leaves much to conjecture, but the rea sonable hypothesis Is that as business losses produce a large percentage of suicides, this cause applies to a groat extent to men. Under the lower age limit there are few people who And life unattractive, whereas after 50 the natural end of life seems so. close at hand that It Is scarcely worth while to precipitate its arrival. R Is found furth'er that Monday is a favorite day for suicide with men, while Sunday, being the most unbearable day for women who are a prey to domestic trouble. Is the day on which the largest number take their own lives. As for the hour of greatest weakness, this is apparently from 9 to 12 in the evening. Pacts in every community shatter these estimates, but after all they, are as nearly correct as any that can be made upon this baffling subject War has been declared In the dlnlng hall of-the Chicago University over the deportment of students, the conflict, centering around the use of tooth picks In public. According to Miss Frances Yeomans. who has charge of the dinlngrball. the use of toothpicks Is a relic of barbarism and Incompatible with higher education and art Said Miss Yeomans: "The habit of using toothpicks is most vulgar and unbe coming to students. I have noticed the students leaving the dining-room, and the spectacle they present with the toothpicks in action is most annoying. Cultivated people do not do It." Miss Yeomans is right Europeans criticise us Justly on this point. First-class ho-. tdts and restaurants make ostentatious' displays of toothpicks, and after meal tme lobby fuls of people may be seen Industriously digging their teeth But they are not well-bred folk. Across the Atlantic the plain "people have not acquired the toothpick habit; we have. Reform Is necessary, but Chicago does not seem to be an ideal place for an effective start As shown by the report of the Pan ama Canal Commission, of the $4,000, 0M expended from June, 1902, to June, IMS," only $694,000 was applied to the actual canal "construction." The pur chase of materials and supplies, the building of hospitals, the outlays for sanitation, the purchase of lands and buildings, the acquisition of control of the Panama Railway, are all at the present stage of the work as essential to the success of the undertaking as is the actual work of "maklnsr the dirt fly, and for these a good deal of the money has been expended. Those people who have a feeling of tenderness and regret .for Inanimate things in their passing will save them selves a pang akin to sorrow by keep ing away from the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds at pressnt. Later on after another season's growth perhaps the shadow of- a vanished splendor will hover over the nlace. softenintr and bringing out again Its wild beauty. But Just now the hand of the despoller is everywhere in evidence, and It is well to keep the place In memory as it was until Nature restores its quiet beauty. The murder, with Its revolting inci dents, of the American missionaries in China. Including men, women and chil dren, shows at once the barbarous na tures of the Chinese and the futility of trying to make them over in the Inter est of civilization and bf Christianity. The murder is a sad sequel to half a century, more or fess, of self-dchylng effort on the part of missionaries to undo what Nature did when "She made these -insensate creatures and gave them human shape. Governor Herrlck bows to the' will of the people;, but he doesn't feel called upon to refrain from pointing out an error or two they have made In believ ing a groat many things that were not so. and not believing some things that were so. The Washington Railroad Commis sion has a fine chance to make a "hor rible example" of an Oregon railroad, and it Is going to rise to Its opportu nity. A railroad commission has got to do something to somebody some time. Count YXtte has ordered "a thorough investigation of all the Jewish massa cres." Who Is-to do the Investigating? The officers who committed the mur ders, of course. There are no others in the empire. Schmitz as a candidate for Governor of California Is understood to be the programme next year for the Hon. Abe Ruef. A city gets good government In proportion to Its deserts. Why not a. state? It Is good economy to make con victs earn their living by work on the roads. And the work is good for the convicts. All monej spent on good roads, if honestly spent. Is. returned ten-fold In moreasett marnet vaiue ot rarms. SILHOUETTES Mr. Shonts will never be able to" dig the Panama Canal with his mouth. He should stop talking and go to work. Olga Nethersole has become a comed ienne. In a recent Interview she. de cries the American divorce evil. . f. ' . Chicago Janitors are in rebellion against flat owners. Next thing we know, we'll hear that the Sultan of Turkey and Czar Nicholas have revolted against their sub jects. ' Prince Henry and Admiral Evans have turned prizefight lmpressarios. Thus do the two great Anglo-Saxon nations work hand In hand for the Christianizing of. the world. . Hearst is master of the art of "making copy." Before It Is done the yellow papers" will get out as many extras on the election contest as they did on the Spanish war. The Russian Oligarchy to the Jews of the World "Well, what are you going to do about It?" - a s That Detroit stonemason who erected a monument to the devil did nothinir en tirely unique. There are a number ot monuments ot that kind right-In this town. - It now appears that In spite of the up heaval, the Equitable is still in the hands of one man and that man Thomas F. Ryan. A Hyde by any other name smells Just as sweet f If this epidemic of hold-ups 'continues it might be a good 'scheme to buy a little good hemp rope; From the frequency with which Port land saloons are going Into bankruptcy Infer that a lot of our people are on the water wagon. . That young man who received 2300 volts of electricity and still lives knows now how an Oregon Congressman feels when a Jail s entente is passed upon him. The American minister denies the re port that there was a revolution In Hon duras yesterday. . I've quit trying to control my temper- since I hoard that a whole carload of phonographs has arrived In town Now that suffrage has been granted the people of Russia' they never will have any peace over there. Gqin Home at Night. Dfdtated t Eaet Side . resident and the O. W. P. & R. Company. "There's lots of room up there ahead," The trolley-car conductor said; "Git off the platform! Crowd In there! Be quick about It! Where's your fare? Your transfer? Say. don't you get gay; I'll give It to you when you pay; Don't like your looks much, anyway. Mean to tell me you want a seat? I like your nerve. Hero's Franchise street "Git on here, passengers: duck In quick. -ow wnars tne mailer; jjon t see no seat? Well, you surely ve got me beat; Why there, you slob, on that woman's lap, It ain't a workin'; all the rest is full. Git out ' the way. You ain't got no pull. Quit your grumblin'. Won't sit on laps? Expect a cofa? Say, you yaps. That do the knockln', don't go too far. Me and the company owns this car." Naked truth Invariably offends moral prudes. . a An impure soul, though It Inhabit a well- dressed body, can .no more conceal its presence than a dead rat in a palace.. a a Happiness Is a bribe which conscience offers to Influence our actions. a Q. Why Is our captain ot detectives like a bear In the Spring? A. Because hera Bruin who has been hibernating. a . a . Many people mistake a patronizing man ner for bcnevoloncc Politics-makes strange bedfellows. So does the clerk of an overcrowded hotcL a a a There should be separate compartments In street-cars for women who chew gum. a a a Most of the people In this world are hand-me-downs. a a a Many a man affects a military stride who belongs only to the army of the un employed. a a a- Football Is an answer to' the call of the wild. a a a When I look at some of the married couples of my acquaintance I'm thorough ly convinced that love Is blind: a a a That one who fcols envy wears an adder next his heart. a a a Common sonsc Is a most uncommon commodity. ARTHUR A. GREENE. The Divine Bqll. Technical World Magazine. It was nearly 200 years ago that Ed' mund Halley constructed what Is often -referred to as the first diving bell, al though the apparatus must have been much like that which was used in the presence of Charles V. The principle of the diving bell is sim ple. An Inverted Jar, sunk In the water, retains air at its top, and if there Is enough air men may live and breathe and work there, and keep dry. ' Dr. Halley'a diving bell was a large wooden chamber, open at the bottom and loaded there with lead to prevent It from turning In the water. Pieces of glass set In the roof furnished light Air was supplied by an ingenious method, for leaded casks, full of air. were sent down. bung downward. Tipping the barrel, water would rush into It and drive out the air to the man In the bell chamber. At the depth ot 33 feet the air Is com pressed to half Its former .bulk, and the bell is therefore, at that deptb. half filled with water, and as the depth Increases so doos the compression and the pressure Literally Miles of Fish. Boston Herald. Scattered along the shores and flats ot Courtney Bay. which extends to the east ward of St John. N. B., are thousands of sardine, herring, hake and haddock. At 'one place the nsh are plied to height of more than three feet, covering an area of fully 50.000 square yards, wmie for a mile In either direction the shore is hidden by these fish. The herring were chased in this direction by the hake and the latter were chased by the dog .fish.- They are all In confused heaps, and "since Saturday, when they came In. scores of teams have been at work hauling them away, some to be used by farmers as manure, some to the fertilizer factory and the remainder to fish dealers to be .sold as bait Many poor persons hav packed enough to last them for the whole season. . ROCKEFELLER CONFESSION. : Chicago Chronicle. i John r Ttrwkifiler L. dolnc a great Aai nr tniiHnr- in "Ma nil nee and is Inci dentally shedding a great deal more light on bis own principles and practices ia even Miss Tarbell did. Not content with talking, he has now taken up the pen also, and his maiden literary effort Is an article contributed to the London Dally Mall entitled !'How I Became tne ru on es t Man In the World In this article he candidly confesses fhnf Vi cnt- hto flrt fnrt In life bV Joining the church, the Sunday school and tne loung .Men's tjnnsuan Associa tion, and lnferentlally by "worKing" tne irll.tn.i1n iwnnU xplth whnm thfcs COUrfAft brought him Into contact He urges all young men to join tne cnurcn ana aun dav school nnd the association for this purpose as the best possible start in matung money ana Decoming rica. xie says: cupatlon In church, In Sunday school and In the Young lien's cnristian Assfocmuon helped me more than I can tell you to mnlfo a. hpelnnlni tn cet a nosltlon and the opportunity to begin my life work. I beg every young man not to pui on. iaeu tlfylnic . himself with the Christian church." It Is imoosslble to Imagine anytblng more shocking to a sincerely religious than h!a. ronfcsalon and this rec ommendation. It Is perfectly true that a young man who belongs to a large cuj church In which there are many prosper ous business men stands a good chance of getting a lift from some of them. It Is alsn nerfectlv true tnat some young men nrofew rellslon and join the church with this object In view. There to nothing new about mis, dui h-f "i riciiM man In the world." him self a great professor of godliness, should confess that he was guilty of this bypoc- rlsy and then recommend young men iu follow his example is both new and un speakably revolting. The hldeousness ot sucn aavice is uchl seen In contrast with the teachings of r?r-.rfTt whom sir. Rockefeller proiesses to follow. According to Jesus the first step toward becoming his rouower is 10 all wealth and all aspirations after wealth and to sell out all present possessions and give tne proceeas io ue jpftiix taught that so far from tmininir friends bv a life of sincere piety it would raise up enemies and persecu tion on every hapd. even in ones own family. If Mr. Rockefeller has found out mm u-av hv which a. life of Inflexible Christian principle will make a man pop ular and 3 tarx turn -on tne roaa iu w- i-vma. "tha richest man m tne worm ne haa discovered something that his master never knew. stmTVMsino- that Mr. Rockefeller were rhHsMan himself and were to give advice to young men on the sub ject of riches and the relation oi ncuea to piety he would speak somewnat as follows: Ac nn -who hat been slnKUlarly sue cessful In amassing wealth I solemnly caution young men against a passion ior riches. If wealth comes without inordi nate seeking It may be welcomed as a means of doing good, but there la nothing truer In holy writ than tnat tne love ot mnriAtf fa thfl root Of all evil. "The real riches are clean nanas, ov conscience and a soul at peace with God and man. I would give all I possess for one hour of the pure devotion inai i knew when I was a child. If I could raise t-oice o as to be heard by every young man In the world I would entreat him to give his heart to aod. to ieaa a life of sincere piety, let it cost what it may, to forsake this world for the world to come and to lose his life that he may flnd It" The trouble with Mr. Rockefeller Is that he Is a worshiper of mammon and Is Trmamieradlnir as a lover Of God and a living example of Christian perfection. Modern Treasure Trove. New York Evening Post. Prnm an Inland off Grand Traverse Bay. in Lake Michigan, two men. according to uncontradicted report have just dug up siuirtft in o-old. It Is suonoscd to be gold that was stolen from Chicago at the time of the great Are. It Is also stated to oe Snaniah eold thouch the currency oi the pistole nnd the dubloon In Illinois only two years before the crime ot is, is a xaci in financial hlstorv not Kencrauy noiea. This, however. Is a mere detail. The Ira-" nn.. fan Id that a treasure hunter has actually unearthed a very substantial sum in real money. It will put nope imo ma hMrti nf manv hitherto unsuccessful ex cavators, and the stocks of treasure-prospecting companies none of which, so far as we know, are listed on any exchange should go up several points. The phrase "like finding money" (one ot the most familiar In our popular speech) shows In Itself how even humdrum 20th century society Is permeated by the no tinn nf treasure trove. Other equally onmmnn flirurea of snecch. It will be noted. relate to experiences as familiar as them selves. Spilt milk and chlcKens coumea before they are hatched come within the limits of everyone's knowledge. But hard ly anybody finds money. When one does. It Is usually only a dime or a nickel In the gutter. The phrase goes Into homely lan cc Wnnw rvnnle are thinking about finding money, not because they are doing One reason for the fascination which hidden treasure has for persons of all ages and periods Is that on no other ground do romance and practical sense approach so closely. That there were pirates along our coasts enough of them to make up a popular series of the now extinct cigarette pictures Is as Indisput able as that there were slcners of the Declaration of Independence. They cer tainly amaBsed great stores of gold and sliver. It was their regular practice to bury this, and nobody has ever dug It up. Therefore If Is still where they burled It for anybody's taking. The Twin City Feud. Independent Ij. E. Riddle of the Kansas City Engi neering Company used to live In Minne sota and was talking tho other day about the Twin- City feud. "Minneapolis and St. Paul hate each other. Incredible to all save MInnesotans Is the mutual aversion that smoulders. In these fair cities' hearts. This aversion never lessens. On the contrary, It Is being dally Increased. Thus: "A St Paul man was Invited to Minne apolis to make a speech. It was hoped that In his speech he would say pleasant things of Minneapolis. It was hoped that hl.i speech would, maybe, bridge the breach between the two towns. "But, alas, this Is the way the St. Paul man's speech begart: " 'When a man from Minneapolis does a good deed his townsmen erect a monu ment in his honor. There are no monu ments In Minneapolis " Good-Bye, Summer. X). H. Kenny. There's froat on the clorer and crisp Is th air. The Sammcr Is over, but why hould I care? There's fun for a fellow all time If he try To kep a heart mellow and bright laugh Ine ere. Good-bye to the boating, the aurf-beaten itrand. The courting and loaflnj upon the white and; The flihlng and fighting mosquitoes and files. The buzzing and biting and fishermen's lies. Good-bye to the camping, the bugs and tSe ants. The trail and the tramping, the torn coat and "cants": Good-bye Summer falry, my Winter girl's here. Maybe not so alrj. I know not so dear. Come Christmas, gee-tchlzzlng, and presents galore. The hugging and kissing the girls by the score: The buggy rides, gracious, with one arm entwine About a waist spaclotu, I 'spects wllL be IN THE OREGONIAN TOMORROW .First and foremost the most com plete and fullest record of the world's news by the Associated Press and special telegraphic serv ice to this paper. In this respect. The Oregonlan Is equaled by no other Pacific Coast newspaper. Be sides the news service and the cus tomary departments: STORIES BY THE LATE HORACE S. LYMAN This man of letters was a born story-teller, and had the happy fac ulty of not only Interesting chil dren Immensely, but of teaching them unconsciously valuable ethical lessons. His style suggests the Im mortal Grimm Brothers, with no suspicion, however, of Imitation. He wrote about 20 stories, intend ing to amplify them into a volume. His untimely death prevented the fulfillment of his desires. These stories were bought from his exec utors by The Sunday Oregonlan. The first. "Hans, the Cobbler of Nobody's Town, and the King." will appear tomorrow. It Is a first-class preachment on civic Improvement , that will appeal alike to mature persons and youth. THE STORY OF ALL THE ROOSEVELTS Human sketch of the President's blood relatives from the time of Claus Martenszen Rosenvelt. 165S, to the present date. The list in cludes men and women distin guished for character, brains, phil anthropy, public service and the capacity for money-making. FEMALE TOLSTOI WHO ENJOYS LIFE This Is the story of a remarkable English woman who voluntarily went onto a farm, worked like a man. and found health and happi ness through manual labor in the open. Incidentally, she became a rational reformer, and Is her neigh bors' adviser. CHINESE BOYCOTT ON AMERICAN GOODS Frederic J. Haskin. writing from Canton, points out how our officials blundered, by underestimating the power of the guilds. He believes any other powerful nation would have nipped the boycott in the bud. HOW IT FEELS TO BE CHEWED BY A LION The sensations are described by Donald Mackenzie, the English ex plorer, recently returned from Afri ca, who lived to tell the tale. It is a most remarkable story. THE FOOTBALL HERO'S SPARTAN TRAINING What it means in the way of hard work and deprivation for two months to be a star among the ath letes In the great Thanskgivlng game. Few outsiders appreciate the ordeal through which hundreds of . college men are now going. This article will not only enlighten, but entertain, them. HUNTING THE CHINESE PHEASANT Oregon sportsmen find the gaudily plumed bird a crafty customer to bag. even with the aid of good dogs. O. R. & N. HAS MODEL SHOPS AT ALB IN A New general shop plant of Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, nearlng completion, at a cost of 532S.CCO. Is to be among the best equipped plants of Its kind In the West. The working space Is doubled, and the new machines aro to have direct-connected electric motors. The article Is Illustrated. BUSY SCENES AT PORTLAND LUMBER DOCKS Barely a day passes without the departure of one or more lumber cargoes from the Portland harbor. With a page of pictures, the busy scenes of loading this lumber are depicted, together with the story ot where the products of the forest go. BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE During the past year many beauti ful homes have been erected in Portland on the east side of the Willamette. The Oregonlan tomor row will print an illustrated article showing some of the most attract ive of these new residences, and telling of the general building activ ity which has been In progress in that section of the city. His Name Was Dennis.. ' Tampa (Fla.) Tribune. It is not commonly accepted that the wildcat Is go vicious as to attack human beings, and this section has lately fur nished the cat that proves the exception to the rule. Albert Dennis, a guard at the Varn Turpentine Company's convict camp, was attacked by a monster cat In Gillette Creek, not more than a mile from the camp, and had he not used un usual presence ot mind would most like ly have been torn to pieces. The young man was returning to his quarters at a rather late hour from an evening pleas antly spent with h!s parents three miles distant, and upon reaching the swamp ot the creek was literally held at bay by the cat, which held the pass to the bridge beyond and refused to move when ad vanced upon by Mr. Dennis. Tho young man was armed only with a clasp knife, and with this weapon he waded Into the brute, kicking him over first The cat sprang quickly upon him and succeeded in doing the young man's Sunday clothes considerable damage before his throat was cut Mr. Dennis has killed several cats In his time, but says this one Is tha biggest he has ever seen. It Is said that the female cat Is especially vicious dur ing tho period of nursing, and the one in question was seen to be carrying young. Different at Chicago. Chicago Chronicle Mayor Jones of Minneapolis is in high feather because he closed all the Minne apolis saloons last Sunday, but consider ing that everybody could go across the river to St. Paul and get all the liquor he wanted. It was not much of a per formance. It would be quite a different matter to close the 7000 saloons of Chi cago and compel .250.000 people to go dry or take a trip to Milwaukee to quench their thirst Some things can not be done evpn If the law requires it. Gray's Elegy Up to Date. (The Norfotk (Va.) Landmark's reflections upon a colored preacher Jailed for stealing chlckenst.) The breesy call of Incense-breathing morn. The foolish pullet fretting to be fed. The cock's shrill clarion and the hen forlorn Jfo longer rouee the parson from his bed. For hliri no more (for 30 days) shall burn The blazing hearth, or housewife ply her care; No children run to lisp their sire's return And help him s hide the booty In his lair. Let not McCurdy mock this rural guile. This pious theft and felony obscure; Nor Perkins note with a disdainful smile The , short and simple gratturc of the poor. Insurance to hlfi eyes her ample page. Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Cox stole but poultry, and a vulgar cage Restricts the' genial current ot his soul.' A village Hyde he. that with dauntleas zest The little chances of his field embraced: A bud-nipped Alexander here may rest. A Cbauncey a little lower placed. v i Full many a magnate, caught a bit too soon. The dark., unwholesome country lock-ups bear Fulj many a . "financier" too roughly hewa. .ww Aw t u b a millionaire.