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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.
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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?"
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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.