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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1906)
THE H0RSI5G- OREGONIAX, FRIDAY. tEBRTJARY 2, 1906. Entered at the PoBtofflce at Portland, Or., as Second-Class Matter. 'SUBSCRIPTION KATES. CT INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. "Q (By Mall or Express.) DAILY. SUNDAY INCLUDED. Twelve months f.00 Six months - t,'Z.t Three months ...... --- One month 'j? Delivered by carrier, per year .ow Delivered by carrier, per month - Less time, per -week - .-0 Sunday, one year j-0 Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday)... 1.00 Sunday and Weekly, one year 3...0 IOW TO REMIT Send postolflc money order, express order -or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at tho sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The S. C. Beckwltk Special Agecy New York, rooms 43-50. Tribune .building. Chi cago, rooms 510-til2 Tribune building. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex, Postoffice News Co.. 378 Dearborn street. St. FaaL MIbb. N. St. Marie, Commercial Station. . . . . 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Ptt. 1008 Market: Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; N. TVheatley Movable News Stand, corner Mar ket and Kearney streets; Foster & Orcar, Ferry News Stand. "Washington, D. C Ebbltt HouseJ Pennsyl vania avenue. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1896. CHECKS UPON AN EVIL. A scapegoat Is almost a necessary an imal. Theer are abuses In fortiana, and there is flagrant vice: and Rich ards may as well be the scapegoat as any other. But no one supposes there are not other places in Portland as ob jectionable or bad as the Richards place or -worse. -However, that is not to the purpose, except to point a moral. These reforms go by fits and starts, and they quit, content -with a raid or two, enough to appease the conscience and satisfy the requirements of small poli tics. Liquor-selling, though as legitimate a business as any, is liable to great abuse; and it must therefore be kept under close restrictions and regula tions. The Oregonian is well aware there are those who resent the Idea that it is a legitimate business, or should be tolerated at all. But It is only necessary to appeal to general, in deed to universal, human judgment In every civilized country alcoholic liquors are made and sold. The world will not do without them. But restrictive measures are' neces sary; and in every country they are en forced. It is as necessary as right, and what is right Is necessary. Use of al coholic liquors . in excess and without proper restraint leads to ali the vices that tare worst. Use of liquors by the young Is especially associated with abuse of the sexual relation source of the greatest of all evils. Places, therefore, open to the .charge of debauching our youth, through liquors, must be closed. Even suspect ed places must be closed. It Is no Jus tification of one place to say that oth ers quite as bd are not molested by the authorities. That may be due to favoritism. And of course there will be favoritism through politics or other In fluence. But that doesn't excuse any offender. , The two sides of this question are ever in conflict. On the one hand are those who, seeing, and feeling deeply, the evils arising from sale and con sumption of liquors, would forbid the sale altogether. On the other rare those who push, the sale of liquors for profit, beyond reasonable bounds, and who minister to other vices to which Im proper use of liquors leads, for addi tional profit. Between these extremes is the legiti matellquor trade. This trade is found ed bn the reasonable and decent de mand for liquors, and use of them, which the gre3t body of the people "never will deny. In rural and village districts prohibition may prevail, but never in the life of active and growing t itles. Following the long experience which countries of the Old "World have passed through, we shall probably settle down to their methods of dealing with sale of liquors. We shall have close regulation, severe restriction, and rig orous punishment of abuse or violation of the regulations. Such Is the trend or tendency among us, at the present time. It is not a trend or tendency towards prohibition. For prohibition in any active, growing and progressive state is inconceivable. Nevertheless, there is a growing' move ment in the direction of restriction, of regulation, of abatement of abuses, of forcing accountability for evil conse quences of the sale of liquors especial ly when the young are misled, and con ditions are such that sexual vices and corruption of the young are concomi tants or. consequences. MARRIED IN HASTE. If Mrs. Yerkes' purpose was to show contempt for her late husband by a re marriage following so hard upon his death, she has achieved It only In part. A church wedding performed by a bishop with pomp and publicity would have expressed her feelings better, and the public could have interpreted it with more certainty. . .Her shamefaced denial of the secret ceremony seemed to Indicate that whatever contempt she may have felt was for her new husband rather than for the departed. To deny that both 'bf them merited some such feeling would be difficult. As for Mr. Yerkes, whose life was passed between endowing' pious institutions and deserting- wives, let'hls sins be forgotten. His -millions may do more good than his life did harm If they are diligently em ployed for' some centuries; and If he has any power of sensation at present. it is doubtless sufficiently occupied to make him disregard any slight his widow may show to his memory. But the case of the youth who has married this mature matron with such unseemly haste merits more deliberate contem platiori. Has he mUrrled her for money? It seems unlikely, for he is eald to be a IClondiker who has struck it rich. For social position? Mrs. Yerkes is Tepuied to have been persona non grata to se lect circles. She can scarcely elevate this barbaric youth to sochl heights whither she herself could not climb. Perhaps, then, it is a marriage for love? Let us hope so, but the question when young Mlzner did his courting raises shocking possibilities. -His future, too, looks somewhat repellent. When he is 50 his wife will be declining toward four-score. A Klondlker at 50 is In the very prime of his manhood. What con solation will he find in the withered charms of a. wife 80 years 'old? Tho adventure smacks so rankly of folly that it is certain to end In repentance and iprobably In -divorce. One might use it for a warning, but no one except -fools "needs such a warning, and fools will never heed it. The sooner the event Is forgotten the better for every body.o - TIMBER AND SYNDICATES. Senator Fulton's Interview in yester day's Oregonian, answering a recent editorial in this paper, is based upon conditions which are, we think, entirely imaginary. His great fear is that the repeal of the timber and stone act will retard development of this state be cause there will be no -way for syndi cates to acquire title to the timber lands. He says that "in Western Ore gon, throughout the const counties, there are vast areas of timbered land which, denuded of timber, will be val uable for grazing and dairy farms." Is there any locality in the coast counties in which there is a vast area of timber tend which will be denuded less quickly If the timber and stone act be repealed? Practically all the Umber land'in those counties is already in pri vate ownership, and the owners can be gin cutting the timber off whenever they get ready. The lands still in pub lic ownership arc either lightly tim bered or are situated 1n remote places not accessible to market. From the way Senator Fulton speaks of the re peal of the timber and stone act retard ing the development of Western Ore gon counties, it might b supposed that he thinks, as soon-asthe repeal be came effective, everyawmlll in this sect'fon .jf the state would close down. The Oregonian feels sure that no such conditions exist. Oregon mills are lo cated in the midst of vast forests of timber In private ownership. Land grabbers have bought up all the Umber land likely to be needed for manufac turing purposes for many years to come. By indirection and violation of the laws of the country they have ac quired these lands for speculative pur poses at a small part of their real value. The only reason the syndicates have failed to secure all the timber lands is that some lands were so remote from market as to be considered invaluable. or they are Included in forest reserves. The point The Oregonian made in re ferring to Clatsop and Tillamook Coun- Ues was that the timber lands In these counties are already in private owner ship, and repeal of the timber and stone act could not retard development. The same is true elsewhere. Lumber mills are not suffering from a scarcity of timber to be cut, and are not likely to experience sudi a difficulty for many years. The question of development Is not and cannot be Involved with the question of repealing the timber and stone act. The issue is whether the Government shall permit syndicates to conUnue buying up the timber lands and holding them for speculation, or whether the title to the land shall be retained by the Government and the timber sold to manufacturers whenever it is needed. No one is advocating a policy of withholding timber from mar ket when needed for manufacturing purposes, and the repeal of the timber and stone act could not have such aa effect. IMPORTANCE OF RAILROAD FEEDERS. The promoter of the mysterious North Coast road announces that his line will be operated strlcUy Independent of tany present or prospective transcontinental road, and will be used largely for In ternal development of the State of Washington. It will be, in effect, an independent feeder of the big lines whose territory it is invading. This an nouncement gives color to the report that the road is In some manner con nected, or will be connected, with the Spokane & Inland, a company building an elaborate system of electric lines through the richest agricultural portion of the State of Washington. The Spo kane & Inland, .which to outward ap pearances is controlled by Spokane cap italists, has -been particularly active in the best wheat territory reached by either the O. R. & N. or the Northern Pacific. As only a comparatively small portion of the products of the country reached can find a market at Spokane, it must necessarily make traffic arrangements with some other road'to handle the busi ness -which !t milords over Its Irtcnl lines. Neither the O. R. & fc. Co. nor the Northern Pacific could e expected to aid this road In competing with them in territory where they have been firm ly intrenched for years, and it accord ingly becomes necessary for the line to seek an ouUet either by extending its rails to the Coast or by making an agreement with some other road. The North Coast, if we are to accept the statement of its promoters, is to enter the field for the purpose of serving all branch or main lines of railroad with strict impartiality. This road, as well as the Spokane & Inland, with which it may -connect, will find a good field for exploitation, and Its appearance In the Evergreen State will enhance the value of property and Increase the profits of the farmer- and lumberman wherever the road runs. Both the O. R. & N. Vo. and the Northern Pacific have given the terri tory In the Immediate vicinity of their tracks a fairly good service, perhaps very good, when the "newness" of the country Is considered. The growth of both Oregon rand Washington, and es pecially Oregon, has been -retarded through lack of just such a system of feeders as the North Coast and the Spokane & Inland are projecting for the State of Washington. The value of these feeders is amply illustrated by the experience of Gilliam County, In this state. Before construction of the Condon branch of the G. R. & N. Co., the -beBt wheat lands of the county were so far from the railroad that they were a drug on the market at $5 and 510 per acre, and cultivation was much restricted. Immediately following con strucUon of the branch line land values doubled and trebled, and value of the wheat output is Increasing at the rate of more than $250,000 per year. New settlers are pouring In, new towns springing up, and the aspect of the en tire country has changed for the better. The Astoria & Columbia River Railroad worked similar industrial magic along the Lower Columbia, and sUIl more striking results will follow compleUon of the road which Mr. LyUe is now building into the Tillamook and.Neha lem country. The North Pacific country can sup ply business for all transcontinental roads that are now headed for the Coast, and they will all be given a cor dial reception. But neither "the country nor the transcontinental roads which serve it will ever enjoy the limit of prosperity until Oregon, Washington and Idaho are cross-sectioned by small lines and feeders penetrating the nu merous rich localities which are now without means of transportation. The Harrlman system has announced tho intended construction of a great many miles of these feeders and branch lines in Oregon as well as in Washington, and unother year will undoubtedly wit ness the enUre Pacific Northwest with better facilities for Increasing the per capita wealth than wc have ever before possessed. Railroad projects like the North Coast line and the Spokane & In land are less expensive than transcon tinental lines, but in their way they are extremely valuable in districts which the big roads do not reach. WHAT ONE TAX BILL CONTAINS. A few days ago The Oregonian as serted that not even the f rimers of the Willamette Valley Development League's tax bill understood its pro visions. Now comes Colonel E. Hofer, president of tho league, and conclusive ly proves the assertion. It was shown in these columns that the proposed tax law will amend the present law so that 560.000 which is now going into the gen eral fund every year will go into the common school fund, thus making it necessary to Increase tuxes for general purposes to the extent of 560,000 a year. Colonel Hofer denies that this is true, and says that the Insurance tax "would go where it has always gone. Into the general fund." His statement, when compared with the terms of the bill, demonstrates that he doesn't know what the bill really provides. If Colo nel Hofer will turn to line 27 on page 42 of the bill, he will find this language: All fines and penalties received and taxes paid on premiums under the provisions of this act shall be paid Into the state tcboal funds, and GO per cent of all Ucraees collected by the Commlevioner rhall be paid Into the gen eral fund of the state, and the CcesmUrioner ahall be entitled to receive the Xeca and 40 per cent of the licenses prescrlbta by law, aa compensation for his services. The taxes paid on premiums by insur ance companies amount to about 560,000 a year, and this money has beeri going into the general fund, thus reducing state taxes by that amount. The pro posed tax law will divert this money to the school fund and make It necessary to raise 560,000 a year rnore by general taxation for state purposes. Tho Sec retary of State Is Insurance Commis sioner. As will be seen by the sentence quoted, the tax law declares that the Commissioner shall be entitled to re tain tall the fee-? and -10 per cent of the licenses collected, as his compensation. The last Legislature passed a flat-salary law and the people understood that all fees and perquisites were to be cut off. Now comes this measure end pro poses thai the people, .who are superior to the Legislature, shall themselves en act a law restoring some of the perqui sites of the Secretary of State. NO FATHERS NEED AITLT. In considering the class to be bene fited by the day nursery. Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, president of the National Federation of Day Nurseries, says: "Fundamentally there must be no fath ers; we help only women who are wid ows through death, separation, deser tion qr divorce." This is plain; it Is, moreover, as it should be. It Is the most ungracious act of charity and the most mistaken to relieve fathers of the just responsibility of the support of their children and the mothers of their children in homes that represent in comfort the best that their endeavor can provide. No one wants to do this. Even pity that comes to the relief of misery with outstretched hands and tearful eyes recoils when it encounters upon Its relief mission the Incompetent father, complacently smoking his pipe (for which, whatever the family stress. he always manages to find fuel) and waiting to be "helped." Pity is, however, unreflecUng, and charity Is too often under compulsion. since, after all, the only "fathers" that are not helped by this practical char ity, the purpose of which is to give mothers of babes and young children a chance to earn support for these de pendent ones, are those whose wives have been made widows. A father is discharged of his obligation by death honorably discharged, unless he was a suicide and if charity were only called upon to aid the children of the dead, its load would be immeasurably lightened. But what tongue shall execrate enough fathers of the much larger ckss who, finding that it requires strenuous. manly endeavor to support their chil dren, deliberately abandon them to the care of the mothers? If there is a feel ing that grudges the help that Is given to women thus situated, it is founded In the fact that by this help fathers are encouraged In their shameless aban donment of parental duty and given an opportunity to devote their own earnings, whatever they may be, to their own appetites and selfish devices, So in spite of the interdiction against fathers In connection with the practical charity that reaches out and cares for young children while their mothers go out at day labor for their support, many fathers are Its beneficiaries. The best that can be done is to keep them from sharing the morsel earned by the labor of the mothers. Men who cannot. or will not, or do not, support their families must die or decamp before their wives and children oan be the recipients of this kindly aid. To maintain the bond of responslbll lty between mother and child, the nom Inal sum of 5 cents a day Is charged for the service rendered. In all of Its as pects, except the one noted in relieving the father of responsibility, the day nursery is a. most worthy charity. And as there is no way to reach these hu man animals, whom it were a libel upon manhood to call men, with a power compelling them to work and from the proceeds of their labor support their fanjilles, the charity that makes the deserted mother's lot easier and surrounds her hapless offspring with the decencies and comforts of life while she is necessarily absent from them is a most gracious one. though there Is this fly in the ointment of Its endeavor. It is graUfylng that the Department of Commerce and Labor has ordered an investigation, into the Valencia wreck. It might have been desirable that the Government cake the Inquiry out of the hands of local officials, who may. Justly or -UBjucUy, fee suspected of favoriUara, and, whether they show It or not, are almost certain to be accused of a desire to shield this or protect that person. We have no reason, however, to think the inspectors stationed at SeatUe are not honest, diligent and competent, and desirous of ascertaining and declaring the whole truth; nor do we suppose that the people of Seattle as a whole will make any effort to cover up the facts. If there had been any thought of that kind on the part of any person, it must have fccen cnUrcly removed by the reso lutions of the Seattle Chamber of Com merce, which demand a complete and searching inqulsiUon Into all the cir cumstances of the dreadful affair. If any one Is culpable, it Is evident that the SeatUe Chamber of Commerce wants him exposed, whoever he Is, and punished, whatever his excuses. The Oregonian Is glad to commend the ac tion of the representative Seattle body, and the spirit and purpose of Its formal resolutions, which are to proclaim the facts to the world and fasten the re sponsibility where Jt belongs. The new year brought no relief from the steady stream of immigrants which the Old World Is dumping on our shores. In a single day last week more than 6000 of the newcomers entered New York, and only a small portion of them brought more than the minimum amount of collateral necessary to grant them admission to this country. The steamship lines are reaping a harvest. Of the crowd that swarmed in last week more than 1600 came on the steamship Slavonla and more than 1400 on the Princess Irene, both of the ves sels coming from Italian ports. The new year has also brought an Increase In the number of English Immigrants, the difficulty in securing employment In the United Kingdom having become a very serious matter. So long as the present wave of prosperity continues to roll over the land there will not be much difficulty in assimilating most of this labor from Europe, but with the first breath of hard times there will be an army of unemployed In other cit ies than. London. Oow orders If you break owners' Is a ruIeTViat is more honored in the breach thanra, the observance. "Obey orders If It cosic human Uvea" would seem to be the rule under which Cap tain Cousins, of Xhi Queen, was pro ceeding when he deliberately abandoned scores of helpless passengers on the wreck f the Valencia. The excuse that he was obeying orders will hardly clear him of the awful c'horges which the public will hold against him for tho remainder of his life. The man "higher up" in steamship circles cannot always be at the elbow of a timid captain, and orders given on shore in an office are always revocable on the judgment of the man who receives them if the emer gencies which arise demand that they be revoked. In refusing to save life in order that he might save his poslUon Captain Cousins. If he receives his just deserts, will And that too strict adher ence to orders is much worse than a necessary violation of them. Mr. Schwcrin's ability as a steam ship man has never very favorably im pressed the Portland men who have felt the effect of It, but Portland's ex perience with most of the Government officials who have had anything to do with the steamship traffic between the Pacific Coast and Manila has not been of a nature that was -flattering to the Government. For this reason, as well as for the straightforward story which the Pacific Mall manager told the Sen atorial committee at Washington, wc are quite ready to believe that the usual red-tape methods that character ize Government action have contributed more to the demoralization of business at Panama than have the dilatory movements of the Pacific Mall. Mr. Schwerln stated another truth when he told the Senators that the completion of the Tehuontepcc Railroad would kill the American commerce which now crosses the Isthmus. King Christian of Denmark left but a modest fortune of 5250.000 or there abouts from the proceeds of a long life, of high official position. This would be surprising, since his habits were sim ple and economical and his large fam ily was provided for by the state, but for the well-known generosity of the King in giving of his substance to the poor and to charitable Institutions. Whether he gave wisely or not, he gave abundantly and died poor, as the es tates of Kings are reckoned. Since Tacoma and Seattle insist that the port of Portland and the Columbia River are not to do business any more, we do wonder, we do Indeed, why the Northern Pacific and the Great North ern ara.. buTitnng that road down the north bank of the Columbia, and bridges over the Columbia and Willam ette, and acquiring terminal grounds at Portland, and putting twenty millions of dollars into a dead enterprise. 'Tis very strange. Henry Clews thinks the stock market has about reached Uie top limit. But Tom Uawson will tell him there's noth ing original about that discovery. Yet there are perhaps more people who will believe Qlews than Lawson, even when Lawson told us & few things a year or so ago that nearly everybody said were fairy tales, and now nearly everybody knows were true. Suspension of a bunch of boys by Eastbam College for hazing and dis missal of cadets at Annapolis for the same brutality hold out hope that no Jerome is needed in our higher institu tions of learning. Wilson Mizner's good taste In marry ing Charles T. Yerkes newly-made widow may be questoned; his financial acumen, never. He didn't sell himself cheap and he made the trade a C. O. D. transaction. The Black Hand postaj cards pro duced just about as much free adver tising as"! the Richards agitation. Yet testimony is available that some ndver tisingfdoeen't pay. Fortunately, sixty days elapse be tween Uie opera season and the latest date for paying taxes. Thus is the wind tempered to the shorn lamb. Suppose Uie steamship Qu'een did abandon the wreck of Uie Valencia? She was of just as much service to the survrvors after she left as before. Let us not put all Uie blame on Cap tain Cousins. There are several other Puget Sound shipmasters who Tescued nobody from Uie Valencia. Mrs. Yerkes is old enough to. know whether she Is married or not. So is Miiner, we hope. THE SILVER LINING. , Thought for the Day. Lives of lobsters all remind us We are not Uie only clams; Fool destroyer, he will find us .Prosperous as other haras. If the weather be sunshiny. Sleep not until half-past eight: Be not peevish, dull and whiny. Brace and take your whisky straight. A. H. BALLARD. How many people have remarked that Schwerln was swearin angry? It is only 9 o'clock, and I have said it first in this office, anyway. Mrs. Yerkes, Mrs. Mlzner; Mrs. Mixner, Mrs. Yerkes: Introduce yourself to your self, or don't recognize yourself. Just aa you please. Your getting married is all right, but you needn't have been so darned previous about it. That's alL Many another married and unmarried woman doesn't announce 1L Your friends spoke too quick; that's what's the mat ter. The North Coast line we hear so much about now Is like the Belt line in New York that Mr. Whitney bought. The belt line only connected with all other roads, but It ulUmatcly absorbed them. The projected North Coast is announced as In Icndlng to connect with all other lines, and, ore presume, absorb as much of them as It can. The temperance campaign orator has hit Portland In a dull season. Hackdrlvcrs will tell you that there never was bo dry and listless a time in Portland's history. The night life simply doesn't exist any more. The revoking of one prominent license, one little raid that shook the pillars of society, has put a quietus tem porarily on the quick happenings In this sorrowful webfoot vale of tears. -' Definitions. (Tips on the Race of Life.). PHOTOGRAPH An Ingeniously con trived mirror that makes all people be lieve they are good-looking. LOVE The fire that runs the world and bums It. too. FRIENDSHIP The feeling a man en tertains toward all people who are useful to him In his business. DUTIES A general term for everything that Is left undone. ACTRESS One who pretends to be what she is not. I LAWYER A reckless individual who recognizes no law. COUNSELLOR One who gives bad counsel. LYING Synonym for succeeding. Thus, a successful man Is always and neces sarily a liar. EVASION The habit or symptom by whlch a person diseased with riches may be detected. An extraordinary marriage took place In Paris recently, when two artists, Al- phonse and Gabriel Chanteaud. twin brothers, wedded twin sisters. The best men at the double wedding were another pair of twins, cousins of Uie bridegrooms. The report is that they are to buy twin automobiles, tour the south of France to gether, go to America on a twin-screw steamer, visit the twin peaks in Wash ington, and that in both families every thing but twins will be thrown away when they come. A distinguished man in Uie East has re ceived so many honorary degrees that they call him the Human Thermometer. One gosling covers two miles In a mln utc with an auto. Some people want to be faster than any one else alive, if they have to die to do it. Will It be Winter or Summer today, asks the man of himself as he takes up his hat and reaches for which overcoat? James J. Corbett discussing the subtle Uos of Bernard Shaw is a rare treat for those who can survive It. He handles the playwright with gloves, as he handled John L. Sullivan in prehistoric times. The world's supply of platinum during the year 1$H was about 13.SG0 pounds. 13.200 pounds of which came from Russia. The United States produced 3 ounces, valued at 54160. All of this came from California and Oregon, the Wyoming mine having suspended operations. The price of platinum increased 10 per cent during Uie year. According to Dr. David T. Day, of Uie United States Geological Survey, the outlook for an Increased production dur ing 1105 Is good. The present price of platinum E0.50 an ounce Is Uie highest which this metal has reached in recent ears. "The art of being slick." said tho travel ing man. "usually pays about as well in poker as It does In Wall street. But sim pie Innocence at Umcs gets a clutch on a stack of blues, that no frenzied finance on earth could pry loose from the other fel lows In Uie game." The Castcrn and the Western Man. The life of the business man in the Coast city is as bustling as that of his fellow on Uie other side of the states only there is this difference. In the North west he works just as steadily, but you find him behind Uie counter or at the desk an hour earlier, and he remains an hour or two later, so that he puts In about 25 per cent more of the day. He has tho telephone at his elbow, his stenographer within range of his voice ready for dicta Uon at a moment's notice. He has the Ume-savlng and labor-saving system down to a fine point. Yet, despite the day after day of keeping at It. the bald heads are few. Nor do men grow gray before their time. Their nerves stand Uie strain de spite the truly strenuous lives they lead. Why? Because they have not let Uie chef get Uie better of their stomachs, their homes In the heart of the out-of-doors are filled with fresh air from sea and moun tain. The sunlight can come in on all sides. They do not need a morning bracer, so that there Is not so much temptation to dissipate. They prove that work will not break you down if you keep yourself In trim for Uie tasks of each day. Caspar Whitney. Some "Men's Hair. Harper's Weekly. There hvan exchange In Parts where one may purchase locks of hair which have adorned the heads of celebrities. Two dozen grown by Lord Nelson recently sold for 5623, and this was considered a rare bargain, since a much smaller number went for 53SO. Nobody seems to care much for the hair of Uie Duke of Wellington, since hjs hirsute product Is quoted at only 57.50 per lock. Napoleon, who had some that hung right In Uie middle of his fore head, is rated at from 55 to 516). accord ing to demand, and Lord Byron rules fair ly steady at 537.50. J. D. Rockefeller's I name does not appear In the list. YOUTH AND DRINK. American Medicine. The age at which drunkenness Is established was Investigated by Dr. Charles L. Dana, and his conclusions, being' based upon some thousands of cases, are not only of great scientific value, but have a practical application as well. Briefly, It might be said that inebriety usually begins -before 20 years or nge, and If a man has not in dulged to excess before he is 25 he Is not likely to do so later. There are so few who begin excessive drinking between 30 and 40 years of age that one who has reached the nge of 30 without excesses is almost surely safe. Dana stated that no cases arise after 40 years of age. There Is a popular idea, no doubt, that numerous cases do arise after 40. but it is not at all un likely that Investigation Into their early histories will bring to light a long- series of occasional overindul ge nccs with some symptoms dating back to childhood. Dana evidently refers to real Inebriety in youth, and not to the lapses which so many young- men wrongfully assume to be a part of their education, nor does he assert that all youthful Inebriates are Incurable, but merely that old cases began at an early age. Wild'-is must be reaped In sorrow and pahfbut they do not necessarily choke the whole crop of good seed. These statistics are of such profound significance that It Is quite remarkable they have elicited so little comment and have not been made the basis of practical measures for the prevention of drunkenness. Tho cause of the early incidence of Inebriety Is not known, and probably cannot be discovered until there has been more investigation of the patn ogeny of- this disease, and there now seems to be no reasonable. doubt that there Is a pathologic basis for the craving. Of course. It Is also gener ally believed that there Is a habit gen erated by the pathologic changes wrought by the alcohol itself, and that in the immature years ttiese effects arc more easily produced than later. Dana seemed to believe that it was a matter of habit and environment, though it had a neuropathic basis. It was one of the accidents befalling the nervously unstable, who are not suf ficiently protected until age could work greater stability. The average healthy man might, and perhaps does, out grow his youthful indiscrctiions. but the defectives cannot. There might be some cases congenltally so neuras thenic as to be unable to stand Uie ordinary stresses of life and who would drift Into drunkenness or vag abondage no matter what guards surrounded their childhood. It is hard to believe they are numerous, though the wish may bo father to the thought. The neurasthenic cases constitute but 20 per cent, and It is easier to believe that !n most of these the weakened nervous condition Is acquired. Ten per cent are periodicals, and here a real defect of development can be as sumed, the causes having- been active either prcnatally or In the early years of life, with bad heredity probably an additional factor. These few cases are tho only ones in which we can afford to be pessimistic as to prevention In youth and early manhood. The 70 per cent who are mere besotted drunks seem to be results of the habit of In dulgence accidentally acqulsed in a bad environment, the original nervous instability having been most probably the normal condition of youth exag gerated, to be sure, though not to a pathologic degree. There is some evi dence of more or less neuropathic taint In relatives of these unfortunates, but how often Is not known. a Paying- boys to abstain from alcohol is a distinctly modern movement, and though It has a firm scientific basis for a trial. It was no doubt suggested to many a father as a means of protecting- his sons from dangers which near ly wrecked his own life. Every HtUe while we learn of some boy who has been promised a certain sum upon his twenty-first or twenty-fifth birth day, or even yearly the sole condition being abstinence from alcohol, to bacco, or both. The average boy will work for such a prize as a matter of course, and it will tide him over the period in which alcohol does the most harm. If It Is really true that absti nence until 25 insures a life of so briety, by all means let the scheme be extended to more boys until it be comes fashionable. Boys are sticklers for custom and will dhun drink as soon as it becomes bad form. College Sport and "Training American Medicine It Is wrong to put anyone in train ing at any time, to create a physio logic cardiac enlargement which re mains to plague him in after life, but to place the growln'g boy under this regimen Is nothing short of criminal. No college sport should require "train ing." no matter how much practice is needed, and no game should single out a few very abnormal men. Sports are necessary part3 of youthful life, the essentials of a child's education, indeed, and every one must take part in them to educate the nerves not to deaden them. Games are normal only when they cultivate perceptions to ac curacy and qulcknesa. but never should they put the tissues to their maximum allowable strain. The only use of the present game seems to be to afford relaxation to those on the grand stand nele-faced boys who should be at some game themselves instead of rooting for the beef of the college. Tho gambling and commercialism do not concern the medical side of the matter, Tsit are features having a dis tinctly pernicious psychologic effect upon boys at the very age they can be most injured. We hope that these dreadful Harvard revelations will be the final argument to convince edu cators and college faculties that they must wake up to their duty to regu late sport. Play of animals and chil dren !; really a means of educating or exercising other parts of the nervous system than the mere memory, which seems to be the main thin? drilled in our college youths. If some play is beneficial and there does not seem to be any doubt on that point, then It must be utilized and encouraged for every student, and not so utterly ig nored and allowed to degenerate to a form which Is injurious. NEWSPAPER "WAIFS. Citlmin "Do they kep a servant gitlV Subbubs "Oh! certainly not. But as soon as on leaves they encase another." Phila delphia Prefts. "Hft carved ont hl own fortune." "fioa sense! He married it." "Well, he had to cut out a lot of other fellows, didn't he?" Cleveland Leader. "One can't be too polite." "Tes, they can. Ever have someone try to hold your overcoat when the lining; was ripped In the sleeve I" Indianapolis Star. "Wot does dey mean by fads' In de public schools. Jimmy?" "Aw. readln', wrltln'. rlthraetlc. gagraphy. hlst'ry. grammar, an' all dem kin o things." Puclc "Are you one of the expert witnesses?' In quired the court officer. "J am." answered the high financier. "I've been on the stand two hours and haven't told 'em a thing." Washington Star. "He claims that his private record will bear the strictest scrutiny. Do you believe him?" "Well. I wouldn't be surprised If there was something In It. I never heard of his lend ing any money to society publications." Baltimore American. Her Ladyship (who Is giving a servants ball to butler) "We shall begin with a square dance, and I shall want you. Wllklns. to be my partner." Wllklns "Certainly. m'Lady: and afterwards I presoom we may dance with oom we like?" Punch. Sandy Pikes "Tes. mum, thought perhaps I would remind yer of yer husband." The lady (astonished) "Tou? What In the world is there about you to remind me of my hus band r Sandr Pikes "Why. mum, I am wearln de necktie yer gave Tilm for a Chrlst raas gift." Chicago Dally News. AFFAIRS INJPHILIPPINES. Commission Suppressing Lad roses and Increasing Prosperity. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The annual report of the Philippine Commission for 1904-5. Just issued by the War De partment, shows that with the excep tion of the provinces of Cavite. Batan gas and Samar. peace and order have generally prevailed throughout the islands. In other provinces Instances of lawlessness have been few and in significant. Cattle stealing, a common occurrence a few years ago. has al most entirely ceased, and an Increased sense of security has come to the peo ple, says the report. But the provinces mentioned above have been much af flicted during- the year by organized ladrone bands, which have terrorized and plundered the people at intervals for a considerable time. The result has been tho abandonment by many of the Inhabitants of their richest agri cultural land and the seeking of police protection In towns. Thc semi-barbarous hlllmcn of Sa mar, fired by the fanatical teachings of an old Filipino who called himself "Pope" Bulan. who supplied the sol diery with charms called "Anting-ant-ing;" which they were told rendered them immune from rifle fire, banded to gether under the direction of shrewd leaders', some of whom have been out laws since the Spanish regime, and be gan attacks upon Isolated detach ments of constabularly and the inof fensive people -who did hot want to Join them, and committed many cruel tics and barbarities. Cause or Snniar Rebellion. The Governor General and' two mem bers of the Philippine Commission made a personal visit to Samar and held a number of hearings with the people and official?, from which It ap peared that the discontent of the peo ple Vas largely caused by the fact that the local officials of the coast towns were acting as the agents of the large export houses In Manila for the pur chase of hemp, the principal product of the Island, and that In many cases they had not dealt fairly with the Ig norant natives, who inhabited the re mote barrios and the hill country, as they took their hemp at a nominal valuation and much below the market value and turned it in to the export houses at the market price and. when the producer protested, he was ar rested on some trumped-up charge ami thus both despoiled and punished. The report continues: Ladroncs in Cavite. The Province of Cavite. known as "he mother of ladrones." has again been t&e the ater for the operations of this class f peo ple, generally recruited from th Idle and vicious classes, who have preyed upon t peaceable and Inoffensive people. Their Iai. crs, most of whom had criminal records dur ing the Spanish regime, styled themselves by such namea as "Dictator of the Filipino Re public." "Lieutenant-General of th Array Liberation." and other correspondingly hlg sounding titles, and Issued frequent mani festos while spending most of their time dodging the police. The ladrone?. dressed as constabulary made sudden attacks on small post? and captured a few rifles, and their number was augmented by some 30 desperate prisoner who escaped from the lAllltary prison afte murdering the small guard which accom panied them from their work. Their early successes In capturing arms and escaping: to their mountain fastnesse caused them to show more activity and to become bottle They established a system of extortion by which they levied tribute and mulcted every one within their reach of as much as Vw" thought he could pay. Thes collections wer largely made by Intimidation and thr threatened those who did not pay or who reported their operations with punishment? so horrible that most of the people found it easier to pay and maintain silence- about It than to run the risk of torture and mutila tion if they refused or told. Spread Terror by Mutilation. Ther had always had a very coniderabl--following scattered through the towns o Cavite and the neighboring provinces, manr of whom were "fences' far their stolen ca tle and other plunder, and by reason of thtr activity and cruelty had thoroughly tntlm dated the otherwise peaceable and law-abiding among the masses of the people. Th general statement as to their cruelty hard conveys a fair idea of the meaning sought " be given. In every instance where the were able to get their hands on any man whom they suspected of having given lr -formation to the authorities or of being un friendly to them they either murdered Mn outright or cut oft his Hps or cut the tendon of his legs, thus furnishing grim object les sons to the country people of what the'" might expect If they took sides with th constltutcd authorities or failed In giving aK to the ladtones In the snap of supplies or money upon demand. Several municipal offi cials, who In obedience to their sworn dut gave Information of the presence of ora ladrones In the barrios, were thus mal treated. A Justice of the Peace who dared to bind over a ladrone was sentenced t- death by an outlaw band and kidnaped b them, but managed to escape while th" were carrying him In the night, to th?l? retreat. Prosperity on Increase. With the exception of the disturbances elt- quiet and order have generally prevails throughout the archipelago, and. on the whoie. life and proaerty have been as safe as la other civilized countries. In many province there is fully as much land under cultlvatloa as ever before, and In all of them the onlj drawback to full cultivation of all lands here tofore cultivated has been the lack of cara baos and other draft animals, on account of th death of many from rinderpest and othe- cattle dls-aafP. There was an increase In ex ports over the preceding year of 52.120.T3S There Is a falling oft In the Imports of .3 203. entirely due to the falling oft la impoc tatlons of rice, the principal article of focl of the people. More than $4,000,000 was ex pended for rice than the year previous. Thyt simple statement tells Its own ory. T prospect for the next rice crop is- unusuaU good, and It is confidently expected that, ur less some- unforeseen disaster occurs, a sti.I further decrease in rice Importations will b made the coming year. The ordinary Arr.fr--can plow, reaper, harrow and ho are grad ually being Introduced, and the Filipinos read ily appreciate the difference between their crude agricultural Implements and those em ployed by us. Output or Sugar and Tobacco. The recommendations heretofore mads In reports of tho Philippine Commission that Congress be urged to repeal the duties on sugar and tobacco from the Philippine Islands, or at least to make a targe reduction In the same, when Im ported Into the United States, are ear nestly renewed, as both Industries are in a languishing state. It Is stated that there is only a limited area of lands adapted to the profitable cultivation of tobacco and sugar, and that the Quality of the former Is generally poor. The total output of cigars In the Philip pine Islands for the fiscal year 1WM-5 was only 2 per cent of the number consumed In the United States, and the total num ber exported to all countries was only 1 per cent. Tho high-water production of sugar under Spanish sovereignty was X0. tons, and the total amount exported for the last fiscal year was only 125.CCO short tons, which Included a considerable amount held In warehouses from previous years. Controlling reasons are clearly and con vincingly set forth as to why the total output of both tobacco and sugar, if ex ported to the United States and consumed here, would be so Insignificant a propor tion of the total amount of these two products used by the people of the United States that they could not by any possi bility disturb the home market- The only eltect of the abolition of the existing duties In the United States on tobacco and sugar, either now or for years to coma. Is said to be simply to enable the producer to obtain a living price. Window-Glass Trust Breaks. PITTSBURG. Feb. The proposed combination of tho window-glass manu facturers of the country, under the name of the National Window-Glass Company. has been abandoned.