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rORTLAND. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 27. 1005.
THE LEWIS AND CLARK JOCRXALS.
Appearance of the seventh and final
-volume of "The Original Journals of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition," under the
editorship of Professor Reuben Gold
Thwaltes, of the University of Wiscon
sin (New York, Dodd, Mead & Co.).
gives opportunity for review of this
llrst publication of the original Jour
nals, with estimate of their value. All
editions hitherto have been summaries,
rewritten from the text, as abridge
ments, or gathered largely from state
ments made by various members of the
exploring party. Here, for the first
time, are the official Journals, printed
in the exact form Jn which they were
written, with no attempt to correct the
grammar or orthography. And here,
for the first lime, are the Journals in
their entirety, supplemented by those of
Sergeant Charles Floyd and Private Jo
seph "Whltehouse, members of the
party, never hitherto printed.
The original manuscripts of Lewis
and Clark passed Into the possession of
the American Philosophical Society of
Philadelphia. Just how, does not very
clearly appear. It had -been the inten
tion, of Lewis and Clark to publish
their own Journals; they had made no
official detailed report to the Govern
ment, and President Jefferson seems to
have left them to make such literary
u?e of their material as they saw fit.
They made an attempt to get the Jour
nals printed In Philadelphia, but failed.
Lewis died, and Clark, after a while,
engaged 'Nicholas Blddle, of Philadel
phia, to edit the journals and preface
them for the press. Blddle rewrote the
Journals, following them closely as tar
iis he thought practicable, but in msny
places omitting particulars and chang
ing the forms of expression. He did
not, however, supervise the passage of
the work through the press, but passed
it on to Paul Allen. This edition, basis
of all subsequent ones until the present
one appeared, was published in 3814.
The first story of the expedition to
obtain publication was that of Patrick
Gass, one of the members of the party,
who kept a Journal, ivhlch was pub
lished in iS07. It became the basis of
numerous account? of the "Travels,"
"both in Europe and America. Recent
editions have been published, but the
original, that appeared at Philadelphia,
is one of the scarcest of American
ibooks. It is not included in the pres
ent edition, but In Its stead we have
the journal of Floyd, March 13 to Au
gust 18, 1804, and of Whltehouse, May
J4, 1804, to November 6. 1S05; which,
since never hitherto published, will be
new to all readers.
The present edition of the Journals
contains a full historical Introduction
and an exhaustive bibliography. It
cannot supersede the admirable edition
of Dr. Elliott Coues, which Is especially
valuable for Us geographical itinerary;
nor is it intended to do so. This edl
tlbn has Its value in minute, accurate
and full reproduction of the original
ext, never before printed. Besides,
there is a vast amount of material,
containing details of the expedition
heretofore unpublished; observations of
every kind upon the country traversed
by the expedition, the geography, to
.pography, the fauna and flora, the In
dian tribes, their customs and numbers.
Jt is unfortunate that this highly
valuable edition was not undertaken
earlier, so it might have been fully ad
vertised, simultaneously with ihe prep
arations for the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition at Portland. It will, however,
certainly find Its way into every li
brary, public and private, that has a
department devoted to collection of
books, on the historical development of
America. To us of the Oregon Country
it has special value, since it lies at the
very foundations of our history. This
elaborate work is not likely to be re
printed; it will soon oecome scarce, and
they who may want Jt -after a -while
will find it practically beyond price.
This edition will always hold its own
.place in the literature of the explora
tion of one of the great regions of
"North America. It is the "original." at
last.
The Victoria Sealing Company has
just declared a dividend of 20 per cent
on its capital Mock, and in addition
has set aside $50,000 on operating ac
count. This Is the result of the work of
seventeen schooners which were sent
out 3sst year, and, in addition to the
regular operating expenses deducted
from the receipts, the maintenance f
twenty-three schooners In idleness was
charged up against the year's profits.
The season was so successful and seal
were sighted In such large numbers that
the company is now preparing to send
out every schooner In 390S. It is need
leas to repeat that the fortunes which
the Canadians are piling up in this in
dustry would have been divided with
Americans had the United States pro
tected the American sealers Instead of
the Alaska fur monopoly. The manner
in which this Government has handled
the sealing question for the prist twenty
years is a. commercial crime that can
never beatoned.
OETTIXO AT THE FACTS.
We are getting the facts about civil
service in Portland from first-class authority-.
Commissioner Brewtter tells
why the rules were changed, and it was
then 7i miraculous coincidence that Pat
rick Bruin, a soldier of fortune, who
uoesn'i belong here, or anywhere else
particularly, made his peculiar qualifi
cations 6quare with the revised methods
of examination. Of course it really is
no great matter whether Bruin has a
bona fide residence in Portland or not,
so long as he is competent to be police
captain and police Inspector, and others
are not, as Mr. Brewster intimates, and
indeed plainly says. The real wrong is
in the pretense and fraud that the civil
service rules were not changed to get
in Bruin, or anybody else that It suited
the fancy of Mayor Lane and his clique
to put In. It would have been far bet
ter to make a frank avowal that civil
service is a failure in Portland and that
none of the men in the -department are
qualified for promotion. Are we to un
derstand now that these are the reasons
why Bruin was railroaded in and other
members of the force desirdus of pro
motion were kept where they are?
Now Mayor Lane is to go on the
stand and explain his part In this busi
ness. We shall expect him tp be can
did, as is his wont- Possibly we shall
learn from him why, if none of the
present detectives was fit either from
lack of character or experience to be
Inspector In charge of detectives, they
are kept pn the force In any capacity?
irttAT IS A DEMOCRAT
The question "What Is a Democrat?"
Involves admittedly many knotty
points. To attempt to solve them all
would be presumptuous, nor is such a
rash intention ours. One may. how
ever! without seriously Impeaching his
modesty, contribute his humble ray of
light to the investigation in the ex
pectation that where there is so much
darkness it will be welcome welcome
not only to disinterested inquirers who
would be glad of some unmistakable
earmark to know a Democrat by. and
doubly welcome to members of the
party, who ought to be glad of some
slga to know themselves by. Let no
one decry our benevolent enterprise
with the sneer that It is superfluous.
It is not superfluous. Strange as Jt
may seem Jn the case of a party which
began -with our Government and has in
varying degrees of tenuity and exigu
ousness existed ever since, there Is no
infallible way to tell a Democrat, and
never has been.
The contention that he may be known
by the lean and hungry look that comes
from perennial disappointment and the
bitterness of hope deferred has, no
doubt, a certain weight; but an ear
mark or a brand to be effective must
be unique. It must appear on no other
cattle, either long or shorthorns, except
the bunch to be distinguished. The
lean and hungry look, while of course
'appertaining to Democrats, does not
appertain to them exclusively. We
must not forget the Prohibitionists.
Nor does it appertain to all Democrats.
There is an occasional Mayor, not to
mention now and then a Governor or
Senator, of a serene and complacent
fatness, who calls himself a Democrat.
To be sure, the claim ' Is disputed in
manj cases, but the fact that there are
fat Democrats, though impostors,
makes leanness and hunger an unsafe
mark of Identification.
The heedless may disparage our seri
ous investigation of this question as of
no consequence. "What difference does
it make," such an one may ask con
temptuously, "whether a man Is able
to distinguish at sight a Democrat from
a sane and rational citizen or not?
The species Is rare at worst, and for
the most part harmless." Very true;
but the same may be said of the amia
ble and simple-minded auk, whose hab
its are, nevertheless, of great Interest
to science. We may pity the Demo
crats for their Infrequency and sorrow
over their simplicity, but we should not
scorn them. Difficult as It Is to believe,
still they are the handiwork of the
Creator, and to treat them with con
tempt or cruelty is a sin. Indeed, their
forlorn and Isolated condition entitles
them to our sympathy, and how can
we sympathize with them unless there
is some mark to know them by? How
sad it would be to weep over a man
supposing him to be a Democrat and
have him turn out nothing better than
an impostor!
Sad as it is to waste tears upon an
impostor. It Is a good deal sadder to
waste votes upon one. and that Is what
Democrats are always doing. Their
party history Is one long and heart
rending tale of misplaced confidence.
What sighing and grief some Infallible
mark of identification would have
saved them! From Jefferson to Lane
the story of their leaders' conduct is
summed up In the awful word "treach
ery." Jefferson betrayed all the princi
ples of his party to purchase Louisiana.
Jackson became a double-dyed traitor
to Democratic doctrine when he com
pelled South Carolina to eat crow on
nullification. Cleveland rent his party
In twain by his unholy alliance with
Wall street, while Bryan exploded the
two halves into scraps by his shocking
affiliations with anarchism. Xow comes
Mayor Lane and caps the dismal climax
by retaining Republicans In office.
There Is none that doeth good, no, not
one.
From all these spiritual calamities
the Democratic party .might have been
saved had there been any way to teJl
the true from the false, some touch
stone toy which to distinguish party
.gold from dross. The present local
problem whether or not to invite Mayor
Lane and Sheriff Word to the Jackson
dinner would be Instantly solved could
any person answer the question "What
is a Democrat?" It is to such an an
swer that we are with difficulty feeling
our way in this inquiry. The search for
an external sign Is hopeless. Let us
turn Inward. Let us try to identify the
genuine Democrat by his political creed.
For example, what does he believe
about the tariff? In Pennsylvania he
believes in a tariff wall as high as the
Himalayas; In Florida he is a free
trader for everything except oranges.
Upon the tariff, therefore, the Demo
cratic creed iscludes every imaginable
dejpma. That wonderful document re
joices In IncompatHsMties and delights
in contradictions. To a genu4ne Demo
crat bo proposition concerning tbe tariff
excludes Its opposite. He believes them
all. Tertulllaa was ready te believe Bis
creed -because It was Impossible; the
Democrat swallows bis because It con
tradicts itself and the more contradic
tions the keener his relish. He revels
In Incongruities; he dwells In a peren
nial org- of Inconsistencies. He Is for
protection and free trade; for the gold
standard and free sliver; for the trusts
and against them; he admires Folk and
commends Gorman; he advocates Indi
vidualism and preaches socialism.
Our inquiry, therefore, has not been
in vain. Without presuming to lay
down all the characteristics of the gen
uine Democrat ve are able to name
one with confidence; namely, he Is a
man who believes every possible prop
osition on ever' Imaginable subject. If
Mayor Lane and Sheriff Word can
meet this test, they are eligible to seats
at the Jackson dinner; otherwise they
are not.
VAXITV OR CHARtTT.
Just why the mining men of Eastern
Oregon should undertake to raise a
dowry for Miss Alice Roosevelt has not
been clearly stated. There Is no infor
mation that she Is in need of pecuniary
aid, or that her prospective husband Is
unable to support her decently. Her
parents have made no appeal for ohar
Ity. She Is not In want and Is not likely
to come to want If she were short of
money, she has friends who would not
deny her, and If they turned a deaf ear
to her request the chances are that she
would rather work than become an ob
ject of public charity. Why take up a
subscription for one who neither needs
relief nor desires benefactions?
A beautiful and gracious young
woman. Miss Roosevelt has done noth
ing to deserve a National testimonial.
If we had a royal family we should, of
course, expect to be taxed for the for
tunes of the Princes and the dowries of
the Princesses. Such Is the custom of
monarchies. But America is not a mon
archy, and while Mr. Roosevelt's family
Is highly esteemed. It is not royal and
neither expects nor deserves royal pre
rogatives. The chances are that If the
promoters of this strange enterprise
persist and actually raise the $800,000
of which they speak. Miss Roosevelt, of
her own motion and certainly with her
husband's concurrence, will devote It to
some charity or some college. Many
excellent uses for Jt could be found,
but to reserve It for her private purse
would not be one of them. The chiv
alry, or vanity, of the donors might
thus Involuntarily contribute to the
public good, and therefore their un
rcpublican scheme cannot be utterly
condemned; but. If they are determined
to give, why not select some object of
charity where their liberality would be
useful and where there would be no
doubt of Its welcome?
SEATTLE'S UXXATCRAL LOGIC.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a
special dispatch which It asserts came
from New York, and which announces
that the Harrlman line will be extended
to both Seattle and Tacoma before the
end of next year, "and by a direct
route, not through Portland." Editor
ially our good friend and well-wisher
at Seattle states that there Is little
doubt that this report Is substantially
correct, although "there may be some
questioning of the ability to construct
a line across the Cascade Mountains
within the brief limit of lime given In
this dispatch." The Post-Intelligencer,
with, deep solicitude for the Harriman
Interests, says that construction of this
direct line to Puget Sound is a neces
sity in order to prevent loss of the
grain-carrying trade of the system, and
that the handicap of the Columbia
River bar and the river channel to
Portland Is too great. Concluding Its
task of adding another railroad system
to Its long and growing list, the Seattle
paper says:
It Is In the natural logic of events that
Harrlman should seek to are the business
or all the branch lines of the O R- Jt N.
which penetrate the wheat belt, even at the
expense of the line down the Columbia. The
only way to save the buxlness Is to extend
his road to Purer Sound and the line will
come by a direct route from the wheat belt,
not by the roundabout way of the Columbia
Rlrer.
"The roundabout way of the Colum
bia River" is not nearly so distressing
to Mr. Hill or Mr. Harrlman as It Is to
our newspaper critic at Seattle. On the
contrary. It presented features of merit
which were so attractive that Mr. Hill,
the greatest railroad genius the world
ever produced, is building a road along
that "roundJbout way of the Columbia
River" as rapidly as men and money
can force It, and, as soon as It Is com
pleted, will cease hauling wheat by the
"direct line" to Puget Sound. The
"natural logic of events" Is that the
wheat traffic, and the merchandise
traffic that goes with It. should follow
the course of least resistance and move
to and from tidewater by the water
level route, instead of over lofty moun
tain ranges, where ten engines are re
quired to perform the work that one
can do on the road which follows "the
roundabout way of the Columbia
River."
The argument, or. to be more explicit,
the assertions, of the P.-I-, are based
on an erroneous conception of actual
condition of the wheat traffic. The rate
on wheat from Eastern Washington
points to Seattle averages about 10
cents per . bushel. The rate from the
same, points to Portland averages ex
actly the same as that to Seattle. This
fact has confused the ideas of the Seat
tle editor, and he is now assuming that
the cost to the railroads of moving a
bushel of wheat from Eastern Wash
ington to Seattle Is the same as the cost
of moving It to Portland. Mr. Hill does
not think so. He Is so firmly convinced
that a carload of wheat can be rolled
down grade to Portland so much
cheaper than It can be lifted over the
Cascade Mountains that he Is blasting
a road out of solid rock down the
"roundabout way of the Columbia."
If Mr. Hill were assured that the pres
ent wheat rates could be maintained
Indefinitely, he might have deferred
construction of the line that Is to place
him on even terms with Mr. Harriman
in competing for the wheat traffic; but
Mr. Hill and Mr. Harrlman and all
other Western railroad men are satis
fled practically to a certainty that the
time Is approaching when reduction
must be made In rates. When that re
duction Is made, the new rate will be
based not on the cost of lifting the
freight thousands of feet to the sum
mit of the Cascade Mountains and then
dropping It down thousands of feet on
the other side, but on the cost of mov
ing It Wer the line of least resistance,
which Is and always will be by the
"roundabout way of the Columbia
River."
That winding river, which lias worn
its way tferoutfc granite walls and bar
riers and made for man a water-level
route to the sea. will act for all time as
safety valve to prevent railroad rates
rising above norma! heights, and to
serve as a base for rates which must
be met by mountain-climbing roads It
the latter are to do any business. A
more careful study of the conditions
which govern railroad rates In Oregon.
Washington and Idaho will prevent the
Seattle paper making such, absurd
statements as 'are contained In Its lat
est article on Portland.
The civilized world stands appalled
at the news from Russia, conscious of
the fact that with all of Its death-dealing
and herror the half is not and never
can be told. Tet humanity Is strong In
the hope and steadfast In the belief
that from these throes of empire lib
erty will be born; that from this bap
tism of blood a nation will emerge or
oe created, based upon the right of the
people to live and thrive upon the work
of their own hands, and the even dearer
right of justice before legal tribunals.
Unhappy Russia, treading the highway
of revolution, made red and slippery by
the blood of her children. wlll, it his
tory repeats itself, reach by this trou
bled road a place In civilization to
which myriads of her people have, long
aspired, but from which they have been
withheld by the Iron band of despotism.
The preliminary stages having been
passed. It may be hoped that, the strug
gle now on in the Russian Empire will
be a flght to the finish, with Justice tri
umphant. To read even the briefest sketch of
the work of the Salvation Army in dis
pensing Christmas cheer to the poor is
to conceive anew the Idea of this grand
organization's purpose. Its mission and
Its usefulness. The men and women,
clad In the uniform of this army of
peace and good will, who stood guard
-patiently through days of rain and fog
over the Iron kettles at the street cor
ners. Into which the pennies and nickels
of the surging mass of Christmas shop
pers found their way. received the re
ward of faithful, unselfish endeavor In
he homes made glad by the simple of
ferings of charity and good cheer on
Christmas day. All honor to the Salva
tion Army in Its broad field of lowly
endeavor. The sufficient plaudit of this
endeavor Is thus: "Inasmuch as ye
have done It unto the least of these, my
ore thren, ye have done It unto me."
Mr. E. E. Snyder, formerly of OHn,
Iowa; was yesterday sentenced to pay
a fine of J100 and costs of a trial just
closed. The offense apparently was not
so serious as that of stealing a bog or
a few sections of arid land. All that
Mr. OHn was guilty of was the wreck
ing of a bank, of which he had charge,
and which caused depositors to lose
about 5100,000. A sentence of this se
verity cannot fail to impress the Iowa
bankers with the necessity for exercis
ing the greatest care ' In conducting
their financial affairs. It is unfortu
nate for Mr. Blgelow. the Milwaukee
banker, that he operated In Wisconsin
Instead of the neighboring state, which
has set a new mark In condoning bank
wrecking offenses.
Goats and poultry will.be on exhibi
tion ' at the annual fair of the Polk
County Mohair. Association, to be held
at Dallas next month. The profits that
have been made in both goats and poul
try would Indicate that not enough of
either were being produced In this
state .and anything that will Increase
the scope of the industries Is entitled to
earnest support from -all who are In any
way Interested in promotion of diversi
fied farming. With eggs selling at 40
cents per dozen a,nd the fresh article so
scarce as to be almost unobtainable. It
Is a certainty that our poultry flocks
are too small and Infrequent.
The Chinese boycotters are worship
ing the photographs of Fung-Ha-Wel.
who has recently died after starting the
boycott. His photograph, accompanied
by boycott literature, is being circu
lated through the empire, and one of
the pamphlets says: "We must not stop
the campaign till all restrictions on our
laborers are removed." If these mis
guided sons of Confucius adhere strictly
to this doctrine, not only they, but
their descendants as well, will be as
dead as Fung-Ha-Wel a long time be
fore they reach a stopping-place In
their campaign.
Again the Greek and Italian laborers
employed on the Southern Pacific In
Southern Oregon are disturbing the
peace, this time by shooting at passing
trains. Complaints made by passengers
over the Indecent actions of this scum
of the Old World which is at work on
the railroad have been most numerous,
and It would seem that a new foreman
or a new gang of men would be a ne
cessity If the observation cars of thatj
charming scenic line are to be safe
places for self-respecting sightseers.
The French northern squadron has
been ordered to Russian waters, in an
ticipation of possible trouble. If the
possibilities for complications continue
to multiply In Europe the dove of peace
will shortly be In for as long a flight In
search of a resting-place as she had
when Noah set sail with the first Inter
national squadron.
Uncle Joe Cannon rises to deny that
the country fa going to the dogs, though
he admits that the millennium Is not
here- Not everywhere, it Is true. But
It has very nearly been attained in the
House of Representatives under Speak
er Cannon's benign regime. Who ever
before heard of a Republican boss for a
Democratic minority?
General Jim Ashton merely wants It
understood that any transcontinental
railroad seeking to get Into Tacoma has
got to do business with him, for he Is
Tacoma's tJdeland king. Any railroad
that Is anxious to reach Tacoma ought
to have to do business with the General.
Odell revolts from Piatt and sets him
self up for a boss. Hlggins revolts from
Odell and sets himself up for a boss.
Piatt goes south and says he doesn't
want to be bothered about politics.
Puzzle: Find the real New Tork boss.
As Mayor Lane understands it. civil
service Is a device to put the brakes on
Republican city administrations only.
As for this administration. It has Its
fingers crossed on civil service.
The Longworth-Roosevelt engage
ment simply goes to prove once more
that there la no way to keep an Ohio
man out of the White House.
There Is also a side entrance to the
City Hall fer those who knew the com
Mnatlon.. - Brum stumbled on- It long
ago
;t; nTHE PBSIMIST.
"On. do yen remember sweet AHee
Roosevelt?"
a
They are repairing the Marquam build
lag already.
One million dollars and a pretty actress
are too much to lose at one time. Al
though Carey has resumed diplomatic re
lations with his wife, he must feel poverty-stricken
and lonely. How much bet
ter and cheaper it would have been If he
had stayed at borne? However, he should
reflect that, sad as his life will be, there
Is one whose case Is worse. Let him think
of the poor blacksmith who ts dying by
inches of a broken heart. .
"Can I again that form caress.
Or on that Up In rapture twine.?
No. no! the Hp that all may press
Shall never more be pressed by mine."
Alas! poor Fltx.
I am glad to say that, although he has
lost his last wife besides his last fight,
there Is a rift in his cloud of dark despair.
He has gained a lifelong friend In George
W. Henneway, the Poet of the Cascades,
who writes:
"Waahougal. Wash.. Dec 22. 1305. (To .
the Editor of The Oregonlan.) Off reading
the account of the Fitzslmmons Sc.
O'Brlne flght I wrote the enclosed lines,
whltch I hope you will Se fit to publish
And If you Se fit I might follow it
up once In a while.
"G. W. HENNEWAY.
"P. S. If you print it please -print my
name."
It Is gladly printed here, with the hope
that It will reach Robert In this, tho hour
of his saddest affliction:
"Friendship has a power
To soothe affliction In her darkest hour."
George's contribution is as follows:
On Fltzsimmons.
It's an honor to man
To stand at the bead
And be proudly conscious
There is nothing to dread;
To have the proud knowledge.
Though might be the power.
That you arc exalted.
Though but for an hour.
To speak words like Lincoln
That never can die.
Or HJce Grant give commands
That cause thousands to fly.
Tes. or to stand like FltxslmmoVs.
Don't hiss, shout or yell;
Though he "was knocked out.
Twas a hero that fell.
A number of unreasonable people on the
East Side are bitterly complaining about
the condition of Belmont street. They
contend that no one can cross from one
side to the other without great trouble
and extreme danger to his life. A major
ity of them are holders of policies in the
Mutual; and since McCurdy began to put
his property In his wife's name, they' say
that they cannot afford to take any
cbances. They are Insisting that some
thing be done. While I am certain that
the street Is not as bad as that. I am
aware that some care Is necessary at cer
tain crossings. For example, on Steenth
street, where T cross every night. I am
obliged to follow a course carefully laid
out for me by a civil engineer who has
lived In the neighborhood for years. I
have no hesitancy In recommending the
course, as It Is quite safe.
One should provide himself with a pock
et compass with anjllumlnated dial, and
practice stepping exactly three feet to a
step. Ladies who .cannot reach that far.
should have a tape measure. Passengers
getting off the Morrison-street car. should
follow' the wrst line, of the cement slde
wa. on the cast side of the street to a
point one chain and 37 links east, and two
chains north of the northeast cornier of
the house diagonally across the street.
This Is the starting point: if one can lo
cate It the rest Is easy. Proceed thence
south 20 dep. west nine feet. This will
take you safely by the place where a
horse fell down and broke his leg last
Summer. Thence east 11 feet and 3 Inches
to a spike In the center line of the road
way. This last movement should be ex-"
ecu ted with great care, because Just east
of the line Is a hole that deep-mud sound
ings Winter before last showed to be eight
feet deep. Thence. south In an easterly
direction to the curb.
Councilman Dan Kellaher. who has the
matter In charge, promised to have the
Sixteenth-street crossing charted before
New Year's Eve.
The best Ionz-distance He that has ap
peared yet "Is the news Item from Paris
about Constantino the distinguished
French Inventor, with his electric boots.
It seems that he has a 16-pound automo
bile with a 1U horsepower motor fastened
to each foot- The current, which is sup
plied by an accumulator he carried
around his waist, goes down an Insulated
wire on each leg. Equipped In this simple
and scientific manner. It Li his custom to
shoot up the Champs Elysees and around
the Boise du Boulogne at the rjste of 30
mites an hour.
Another one. emanating also Irom
France. Is that of the. war automobile,
which can Jump into an excavation 30 feet
deep and out again without a break In
speed. A fire engine of that type should
be purchased by the city for the Sullivan
Gulch territory on the East Side.
Since the Fair, the street-cars have been
for the Inconvenience of the public
M. B. WELLS.
Be Gentle When Blowing Your Xose.
London Dally Mall.
Medical experts are calling the attention
of the public to the Importance of per
forming the nose-blowing operation in a
scientific and hygienic manner. First one
nostril and then the other should be blown
without undue violence.
Doctors state that the two nasal pas
sages should never be closed at the same
time. If they are obstructed, as In the
case of a cold, the back of the throat is
filled with compressed air, and thb. to
gether with the discharge and the 'mi
crobes it coa tains, may be driven through
the eustachian tube into the middle ear
and lead to serious results.
A great authority on the subject used to
forbid his patients to blow their noses
when suffering from a cold. This course
is hardly one which will commend Itself
to those In the habit of catching colds.
The best advice would seem to be that
when it Is necessary to blow the nese the
blowing should be done gently.
A Hindu. Crown for $179,690.
Calcutta Englishman.
At the recent auction of the jewels, of
the late Mabarana of Dbeleur. the state
crown was up for sale- This regal headpiece-was
of pearls and diamonds. The
set of pear-shape pearls was perfectly
graduated, and as a set was unmatchahle.
The diamonds were all of the best, quality
and in the center was set the "Grosvenor"
diamond el watery clearness. Supplied
with the crown was a necklace of. dia
monds. o which the larger pearls eeuld
be attached fer wear as" a neckbue. The
lot west fer 17,S,
THE REAL RUSSIAN CZAR.
. W. T. Stead is the World Today.
r have hew assured that the Emperor
was a very stupM. ignorant, and even
half-witted man. who reads nothing,
knows nothing, and spends his life in
terror. I have been told that he was a
nervous wreck, that his hair had turned
gray, and that his face was haggard with
wrinkles plowed by care. He has been
represented as false, treacherous, cunning
and heaven knows what. So the old hag.
Rumor, spins her spider web of calumny
round the person of the Emperor until
the Tsar, to many of his subjects and
the outside world, has completely disap
peared and been replaced by a kind of
mythical monster who Is only saved from
being a hobgoblin by the consciousness
that he Is Impotent to barm. Tho people
who say these things and the still great
er number who believe them will be some
what rudely surprised when the douma
releases Nicholas II from his prison
house and restores him to his proper place
as the Taar-tribune of a loyal and self
governing people.
There Is not a word of truth in the
popular legend as to the physical weak
ness or nervous prostration of the Em
peror. It was six years since I had seen
him. And such six years! But when he
greeted me at Peterhof only a few weeks
since, he did not seem to have aged a
day since I bade him. goodbye at Tsarkoe
Selo on the eve of the Hague Conference
In 1S99. His step was as light, his carriage
as erect, his expression as alert. His
brow bore no lines of haggard care- I
could nqt ace a gray hair on his head- His
spirits were as high, his courage as calm,
and his outlook as cheerful as ever. The
last time I had seen him was on the eve
of the greatest victory of his reign. I was
now meeting him on the morrow of his
worst reverse. But the man was -exactly
the same. He might simply have returned
Instantly from the door that had been
closed six years before to .repeat his
adieu.
Name Survives the Use.
London Globe.
One of the most remarkable Instances
of the name of an article surviving its
use is the penknife. Wc talk of It every
day, but the purpose for which the pen
knife was originally designed exists no
longer. The pen of Western civilization
was fabricated, as old people remember,
of quills, and quilt pens are still affected
by old-fashioned perrons, who declare that
no-efficient substitute has yet been found
for them. The penknife of our great
grandfather's day was. Indeed, a triumph
.of the cutler's art In the keenness of its
edge. According to a rhymed list of the
requirements of a complete writer, the
scribe needed "a penknife, razor metal."
always at hand, and people who remem
ber how soon a- quill pen became unsuit
able In the hands of vigorous writers wlil
appreciate the necessity.
To be a good pcn-mcnder was one of
the first essentials In a village pedagogue;
his penknife was as indispensable to him
as his cane. Strangely enough, there were
menders of pens who seemed born to fulfill
the function, and men who could never
learn the art. let them try as they might.
But the penknife, properly so-called, is no
more, and with its disappearance has van
ished the expert who wielded It.
The New Anaesthetic.
Chicago Post.
Those who have experimented with
scopolamine claim that It has none of
the disadvantages of the older anaes
thetics and has good points which re
peated tests in the operating rooms will
bring to knowledge. While It has been
used alone for simple operations and to a
considerable degree In connection with
other anaesthetics, it has not yet won
the confidence of conservative surgeons
to the extent that they feel justified in as
serting It. to be of a merit that will drive
ether and chloroform from the operating
room. The use "of scopolamine is, how
ever. In Its earliest stage, and the sclen-'
tlflc men will not rest until Its value has
been tested most thoroughly. One of the
most Important advantages cited Is that
this newantiesthetlc may be administered
hypodermlcally. and the patient sinks
Into an apparently natural slumber. Re
peatd injections cause a complete anaes
thcsla. and after tho operation tho pa
tient awakens as If from a natural sleep.
It Ik stated that he feels no sense of
discomfort and is without the distress
ing nausea which follows recovery from
the anaesthesia of ether and chloroform.
"Want an Automobile?"
Says Eugene Wood In his amusing es
say "Do I Want an Automobile?" in the
January Everybody's:
"Let me see. now. It would be the
dickens and all getting It up and down
the cellar-way. And there's the furnace
and the two coal bins. No. the cellar
won't do at all. As for the attic I
wouldn't lug that big. heavy thing up and
down stairs It you gav It to me. There
Isn't room under the front stoop, for I've
measured. And if I built me a Say,
how do you pronounce that word, any
how? Ga which? Oh, yes! Ga-rozh. Ga
rozh. Accent on the last syllable. I
must 'remember that.
"If-1 built me a you know out In my
back yard, what becomes .of all those
raspberry canes and currant bushes and
things that the nurseryman soaked me
so for last Fall? I'll tell you what. I'll
bet they've got automobiles, one for every
member of the family the nurserymen
have. And the baby cuts his teeth on
tires at JiO each."
Doings of Heal Americans.
Watonga (I. T.) Republican.
Black Owl was a Colony visitor this
week
Mr. Young Bull went to Cantonment
Tuesday.
Mr. Hunter and mother-in-law Sioux
woman have gone to Darlington this
week.
Mr. Bear Tracks went to Darlington
last week and while there made Major
Stouch a friendly calL
Mr. Red Hat and family passed
through Wednesday from Cantonment en
route for Colony.
McPherson Prairie Chief, the assistant
farmer of Arapahoe, came in Monday on
business.
Messrs. Howling Crane, Pawnee Man.
Red Teeth and Mrs. Red Teeth left Fri
day of last week for North Cheyenne
Agency. Montana.
Mr. Big Nose went to Kingfisher last
week and took his daughter.' 'Miss Big
Nose, with him.
The Difference.
exchange.
FIRST.
They were rich, but most plebeian,
Made 'their pile In pork).
Papa Biet a knife to eat with;' -.
Rarely uted x fork.
Mama, too, spoke Incorrectly. ' '
Said; "I ain't sot no"
Bot they lived within a .palace, . .. .
And abroad did go.
There a duke espied the daughter.
Asked her tor her Band. -Now
the daacater I a ducheif -
Isn't that Jutt grand;
SECOND.
They were rich, and most bfue-blooded
Swellest of the swell:
Emperors, and kings, and priaces.
Tttey kaew very well.
Father he was kaown world-over
As a snU'lloaaire;
Mother she ' was very spieadld
Caused- the world to stare.
Then the sea-espied a. damsel
Whe m tig sis- was clad; '
They married. -"She lefU the -ehoru
Isa't tHat tasn-bad? x
AN IDLE WOMAN'S .WARY
London MaiL
John came home yesterday in a dis
tinctly fractious mood.
He walked around the -garden and
grumbled at its condition.
Why had not the dead roses been
cut off?
Why were the late peas not planted?
Why the dickens was It that nothing:
could be done if he was not there to
see to It himself?
The pony had cast a shoe on the way
back from the station. He didn't really
see why no one could have noticed that
It was loose, and told Jobson to take,
him to the forge.
The dressing gong rang. The grum
bles continued. I heard them rising
and" falling through the half-open door
of trie dressing room. What John said"
about the washerwoman I -will not re
peat, and his final grumble X will do
him the Justice to own was not really
intended to reach my ears. It was to
the effect that an Idle woman with
nothing to do hut Just see to the house
hold might really make life a little
easier 'or a hard-worked man!
At dinner Sir Hugh Gascolgnc. who la
staying- with us, all unwittingly hit on
women and work as a topic of conver
sation. The "Idle woman" is an object
of envy to the. average man. John and
Hugh, it seems, are "hard-worked"
men. Jonn goes up to "London three
times a week by the 10:30 train, and
comes home by the 5:15. He Is a part
ner In an olJ-cstubllshed firm of wine
merchants.
On Sunday he goes to church once
and amuses himself for the remainder
of the day. The other three days of the
week, he hunts,- shoots, plays golf and
takes a gentle interest In politics.
Hugh has a large estate, which he
looks after when such duties as polo,
big game shooting; motoring, and a
fortnight's training- with his yeomanry
allow him leisure to do so. I have
nctaelly known him to write five let
ters fa one morning- when -very hard t
pressed.
And I,' so they say, am an "idle
woman."
How. I wonder, do 1 find time to be
so' Idle?
I have a husband; ana a husband who
Is inclined to suffer from his liver. I
have four children ages 9. months to
1 years.
I have a largish 'house, and a house
hold consisting of seven servants and
a governess. I am expected to enter
tain in a mild manner.
I am the honorary treasurer of an
excellent charity, and I must play a
certain part in the affairs of' our own
village.
Hero in my diary I will enter in de
tail the occupations which fill my idle
days.
Tuesday. 7:30 Called. The two elder
babies come in for a quarter of an
hour's play.
Eight .o'clock Letters arrived; read
them as I dress.
Nine o'clock Breakfast.
9;30 to 10 Play with two younger
babies and interview nurse. Nurse
thinks that Miss Enid needs some
larger shoes and that her flannel petti
coats cannot be let down again. Will I
order shoes and flannel? Also she
doesn't know wlsat Fraulein may
think (sniff), but to her mind Master
John should be taken to the dentist.
Furthermore, she doesn't think as Jane
(the, nursemaid) is altogether satisfac
tory. I make note of shoes, flannel, torchon
lace for trimming, and administer
soothing remarks on the subject of
Jane's deficiencies.
Ten o'clock Order dinner. With
much tact convey to Mrs. Jobson the
intelligence that the chocolate mousse
last night was a. failure. Mrs. Jobson
Is inclined to be hurt. When soothed.
I write out for her a receipt for a new
salad which we met at the L 's.
and which John much appreciated.
10:20 Anne, the head housemaid,
wishfes to speak to me. She wquld like
to leave At the month- Any reason?
Silence and a Sphlaxllke expression.
"Very well, Anne.' ''.Note. Write to
Mrs. about new housemaid, and
sigh at the idea of the letters which
will have to be indited before the new do
mestic is found.
10:40 HIckson. the butler, would like
to speak to me. He has told the master
several times that we are nearly out of
Chablls. If I could kindly see to It.
James, the footman, had an accident
with the large cut-glass bowl yester
day. Thinks It could be riveted. There
will not be enough wine glasses if the
master has a large party before the
Conservative fete, I may remember
that James had an accident I do re
member. Make note of Chablls and
wine glasses.
Eleven o'clock Write letters 13 in
all. Do up household books. Total too
high. Discover that the butcher is
charging "4d per pound more than
prices agreed upon. Find that suffi
cient use Is not 'made of garden pro
duce. Think out menu for luncheon
party for 20 before Conservative fete,
and write monthly store orders. Begin
to write Invitations for garden party
on the 22nd. A
12:i3 Frightful screams from gar
den. George has cut his finger with
his new pocketknlfe. Bind It up and
restore order. .
One o'clock Luncheon. Governess
and elder children attend this meal.
1:30 Provide games for children and
discuss lessons, dentists, etc., with gov
erness. Two o'clock Read the paper.
2:30 Write more Invitations.
Three o'clock Change dress and try
on and arrange several details about a
morning blouse which maid is making.
3:30 Start for eight miles' drive to
garden party sale of work. Should
give great offence If I did not go.
Spend 3 on things I do not want,
and talk to a great many boring peo
ple. 5:45 Home in time to welcome the
J s, who came for a three days'
visit.
6 to 7 Play with children in garden
and cut oft dead roses and geranium
leaves. We have a large garden and
only two gardeners. John loves the
garden to be spick and span.
Seven o'clock Answer three notes
which came by late post.
7:30 Say goodnight to children.
7:35 Dress.
Eight o'clock Dinner. Mr. F ,
and Sir J , and Lady D , dine to
make up party.
9:30Bridge.
Twelve o'clock Bed and half an
hours, reading.
. . And this Is-the day of an idle wo
man. From "The Other Portland."
Portland (Me.) Argus.
Forty years of devotion to politics of
the Mitchell brand have demoralized and
paralyzed the party in Oregon, says the
Portland Oregonlan. And 48 years of de
votion to politics of the Prohibition brand
with all Its humbug and hyproclsy, is be
ginning to demoralize and paralyze the
same party In Maine.
Brownlngv
B. G. Brawley In the Boston Transcript.
T stood where t could salff the salt sea air.
And where the wind was masterful and
strong:
Ten thousand stars were keeplnjr vigil there.
And from the depths resounded a sweet song;
Through all the caverns of the deep It. ran.
And o'er the world the great gale swept It
free;
Back it resounded from the heart of man.
And nestled la the bosom of the sea;
Then fresfc with spirit-life and the sea'a
tang.
Frara out the deep uprose a mightier voice
The sterner notes of faith and hope it sanr.
And MBgtsg- bade, the sens or God rejoice;
And all the men and women on the shore
"With a new courage went to- work oaee -