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rOKTLAND, FRIDAY. Jl I.Y U, 1806.
CONTINUATION OF THE TRAGEDY.
George Mitchell killed Cref field to
avenge the dishonor of his family and
to put an end to the horrible influence,
hideously immoral and criminal, that
Creffleld held over certain members of
It. A Seattle Jury acquitted Mitchell.
All know why. Now Esther Mitchell,
a young unmarried sister of George
Mitchell, kills her brother because he
killed1 Creffleld. Some say the two
homicides are alike, and that, since
George Mitchell was acquitted, Esther
Mitchell will be acquitted also.
But it will be found that the two
homicides will stand in the public mind
on very different bases1. The moral
grounds on which George Mitchell was
acquitted will not avail the sister who
has taken his life. On the contrary,
they will supply invincible arguments
for her conviction. That Creffleld
should have had so wicked an ascend
ancy over female members of the
Mitchell family will furnish fresh jus
tification In the public mind for his
taking off: and the murder of George
Mitchell by his sister will add new
opprobrium to the name and practices'
of Creffleld, and stronger condemna
tion to the woman who slew her
brother to avenge the monster whose
indecencies) men cannot name nor
women hear. . ,
This affair, from beginning to end,
has both amazed and shocked the
country. It i-s too horrible to have
had a precedent, and too horrible, we
may believe, ever to have a parallel.
But of one thing we may be sure,
namely, that the Justification that
George Mitchell found at the handB of
a Seattle Jury will not be found by
Esther Mitchell at the hands of an
other Seattle Jury; for no Jury ever
will be drawn who will admit that her
act could have any excuse In the
feelings or sentiments of the outraged
human soul, or in regard for the wel
fare of human society motives upon
which George Mitchell was acquitted.
It was to avenge this sister's honor
and that of his family that George
Mitchell slew Creffleld: and It gives a
new and deeper shock to the general
mind to learn that this sister has
slain her brother for It. We think It
will be found that her act was the
result of a conspiracy on the part of
Creffleld' followers to take their re
venge. SELFISHNKSS IN THE TARIFF.
The Albany Democrat tells the wool
growers of Oregon that at the bottom
of the protective system they rely on
Is a selfish Interest. For It finds
them not only contending for pro
tective duties on wool, but for free
trade in burlaps, In which the wool is
baled for market. The Democrat
doesn't say this is "Inconsistent," for
It isn't. It is merely a consistent self
ishness. But the Democrat says it's
"awkward." Awkward, indeed, it is
for the tariff reformers, but not awk
ward for the man who wants the most
he can get for himself out of the
beneficent principle of protection, yet
wants the "other fellow's" goods put
on the free list. This, however, is
about the substance of the difference
between the political parties on the
tariff question, and between many or
most of the individuals who constitute
the opposing parties. Our candid but
sorrowful friend at Albany, proceeding,
moralizes thus:
Many people have been for years demanding
a reduction of the tariff rates on wool and
woolen goods and the farmens In Easte: n
Oregon have closed their ears to this cry of
relief. Is this just? la not this course selfish?
The truth ie the whole protective tariff ayetem
as a whole. Is a burden, and no man or class
of men have any right to ask relief from that
portion of the aystem which la a burden to
them while refusing to consent that others
may be relieved of their burden, also.
But can you argue with this selfish
view of the tariff? Nay, verily.
'Twere bootless. When General Han
cook said the tariff was a local ques
tion he made an illuminating remark
It is a personal question, too. Viewed
from the standpoint of any producer
or manufacturer, It includes only him
self, or the special Interest with which
he Is associated, In the general "hold
up."
The effective strength of each of the
great political parties is sectional, and,
as the range of the industrial produc
tion of the country Is great, the parties
divide on the tariff mainly with a
view of protecting the Interests of lo
calities where they are strong, respec
tively, while forcing free trade on the
"other fellow." The exceptions to this
rule are only numerous enough to
prove It.
Of all dumb creatures, or creatures
that can speak, the horse laboring on
the grade Is the most entitled to sym
pathy trfese hot July days. The hu
mane man, unable to ameliorate the
condition of the straining, half-exhausted
animals, l fain to turn his
eyes away when the horse bends every
muscle to the task of dragging the
wagonload of earth up a steep Incline
to the street. It is a relief, therefore,
to read that the Willamette Valley
Traction Company, failing to get teams
to work on their steep grades, has re
sorted to a traction engine to pull a
big plow through the hard, gravelly
soil along its line dutside of Salem.
The steam laundry for -washing, the
steam engine for heavy- grading, and
the trolley for movlnf he street-car,
are evidences of progress along hu
mane as well as practical lines that
attest the truth of the declaration that
the world moves.
DREYFUS VINDICATED.
The vindication of Dreyfus by the
highest court in France is the dramatic
close of a series of events almost un
paralleled in history-
From beginning to end. the Dreyfus
affair, as the 'French call It, has been
remarkable for mendacity, prejudice,
cruelty and desperate villainy, on the
one hand, and patient persistence, he
roic resistance to wrong and self-sacrificing
courage on the other. Abso
lutely innocent of any crime, he was
the victim of a conspiracy which de
prived him of ltberty and honor and
banished him to a prison colony where
he endured for a time hardships worse
than death. The question of his guilt
or innocence became a political issue
which divided the French nation, and
more than once brought it to the verge
of revolution. Condemned by a mili
tary tribunal for a military offense,
the honor of the army was supposed to
be involved In the reality of his guilt.
and those who ventured to assert his
Innocence or try to prove it were de
nounced as traitors.
Colonel Picquart, who first moved for
a new trial and accused Esterhazy of
the treason for which Dreyfus was suf
fering punishment, was degraded and
dismissed from the army. Zola, the
great novelist, who published the fa
mous letter in the Aurore accusing the
officials of conspiracy and forgery, was
condemned to fine and imprisonment.
It was a case where injustice seemed
to have won a complete triumph, one
of those which to the shallow mind al
most prove that there Is no moral gov
ernment of the world. Little by little,
however, the facts came DUt. Colonel
Henry, one of the forgers of the docu
ments which had convicted Dreyfus,
committed suicide. Esterhazy was
shown to be a villain of the first mag
nitude. The frenzied military fetlsh-
worshlp died out; the anti-Semitic
hatred cooled somewhat, and finally it
became possible for the victim of
wrong which had seemed Invincible to
obtain a fair trial and ultimate vindi
cation. The military fanatics who conspired
against Dreyfus, who is a Jew, were
also the enemies of the entire Jewish
race and of republican government in
France. Their final defeat is to be at
tributed more directly to the Influence
of the socialists than to that of any
other political party. The socialists
admit neither anti-Semitic prejudice
nor adulation of the army. The steady
increase of their Influence in France
during the past decade has contributed
with other causes, but more powerfully
than any of the rest, to restore the
public mind to sanity, eliminate the
revolutionary factions, and place the
military in proper subordination to the
civil power. All this tended to reduce
the question of the guilt or innocence
of Dreyfus to normal dimensions, It
ceased to be a political issue, and be
came merely a matter of evidence, and
when the evidence once came to be
fairly examined it vanished.
The Dreyfus affair will go down Into
history as a warning against the in
justice of majorities. But the fair
minded student, as he ponders its les
son, will reflect how much rarer such
Instances are than those of equal or
greater wrong inflicted by individual
tyrants, and the story of the sufferings
of Dreyfus, bitter as it Is, will increase
rather than diminish his confidence in
republican institutions.
PORTLAND'S RAINFALL.
The alleged excessive rainfall in
Portland and Oregon has been the sub
ject of so much Jest and balderdash
that great harm has been done the
state through too seriou9 consideration
being given to flippant jokes about the
Oregon moisture. To the native-born
Oregonlan, or to the "naturalized" in
dividual who has resided here for a
few years, it is unnecessary to make
any excuses or apologies for the rain.
We know that it is perpetual insurance
against a crop failure, and that It is
a large contributing factor in produc
tion of the finest fruit and flowers to
be found anywhere in the world. It
gives to our fair women a bloom and
freshness which last long beyond an
age at which their less fortunate sis
ters In dryer climates begin to fade.
It brings with It both health and
wealth, and is one of the greatest of
the many blessings which the Almighty
has showered on the people of this
favored state.
In the early days, before civilization
had gained much of a foothold In the
Pacific Northwest, gome pioneer hu
morist, to fame unknown, attached to
the romantic and 'beautiful name Ore
gon .the misleading and Inappropriate
term "Webfoot State." There Is no
logical reason why this term should
mislead people who would never for a
moment believe that the people of Illi
nois were "Suckers" or those of Wis
consin "Badgers." Unfortunately, It
has had some effect In creating the
wrong impression regarding our cli
mate, and it is necessary that the error
be corrected. The thousands of Fair
visitors who enjoyed the weeks and
months of perfect weather last Sum
mer and Autumn will all be walking,
talking and lasting advertisements of
this glorious climate, but no effort
should be spared to correct the misap
prehension among those who have not
yet been disabused of the old Illusion
regarding the "Webfoot" State.
One of the most interesting and val
uable exposures of this popular fallacy
regarding the Oregon climate appears
in the last issue of the Chamber of
Commerce Bulletin from the pen of
Edward A. Beals. District Forecaster
for the United States Weather Bureau.
Coming from a Government official of
the ability and standing of Mr. Beals,
this correction of an erroneous and
harmful impression is exceptionally
valuable. Quoting from the official
records. Mr. Beals gives the annual
rainfall for Portland at 47 Inches, which
is much leBS than that of New Haven,
Conn.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Charles
town, S. C. ; Jacksonville. Fla. ; Atlanta,
Ga. ; New Orleans, La.; Galveston, Tex.,
and Little Rock. Ark. It Is practically
the same as that of Boston, New York
and Louisville. Ky.
Not only does Portland make a most
favorable showing In the amount of
rainfall, but also in the number of
days in which there were rain or traces
of rain. Rochester, N. Y., and Cleve
land, O., are cities regarded as excep
tionally favorable from a climatic
standpoint, but in both of these cities
there were 167 rainy days in 1905, com
pared with 152 in Portland and 185 at
Buffalo, N. Y. The widest possible
publicity should be given to this inter
esting and official statement regarding
a feature of the Oregon climate which
has been so frequently misrepresented
that It has undoubtedly been the
means of diverting a great amount of
tourist travel which otherwise would
have paid Portland a visft.
LED BY THE SOCIAL INSTINCT.
The" great educational picnic and out
ing Chautauqua is in progress at
Gladstone Park and at Ashland. Head
quarters of various colleges, clubs and
organizations have been established,
restaurants swarm with the hungry,
the great auditoriums seat comfortably
and without crowding the many people
eager to hear the music and lectures
presented, and the groves are alive
with women and children and white
with the tents spread for family out
ings. Unique in a way, and yet fa
miliar in aspect and in detail, are
these meetings. Chautauqua has taken
to some extent the place of the old
fashioned campmeeting in the section
that it supplies. The annual gathering
at Rock Creek and Clear Creek, well
remembered by the fading few that
are left of those who attended them,
supplied for Clackamas County the
regular outing now enjoyed at Glad
stone Park. There was more of gos
pel, as then interpreted, dispensed by
William Roberts and Gustavus Hines,
and J. W. Miller and John Flynn, than
is now dispensed by J. Whitcomb
Brougher and others of the present
day. The quavering tones of the sis
ters, rising high on old Dundee and
Amherst and Coronation, could not be
called music, perhaps, when gauged
by the swelling notes of the Chau
tauqua soloist, but they rang out ear
nest and sincere. Here is culture,
there was spontaneity of feeling; here
fashion holds sway, with her silks and
gewgaws; there simplicity reigned, clad
in calico.
Each for its time and place filled the
thought of the neighborhood, the first
of a narrow, the last of a wider area.
The one was the stepping-stone to the
other, and both gave pleasure in kind,
If not in degree. In the campmeeting
the gospel was distilled drop by drop
through a labyrinth of hard work. It
was the only outing of the year for the
pioneer mother. The Grange came
later, and later still the temperance
lodge, each with an occasional picnic;
then the woman's club, and now Chau
tauqua. Each was and is fed by the social in
stinct. "I see people there whom I
never meet anywhere else," is the suf
ficient explanation that a middle-aged
woman gives for the hurry and labor
of getting her family and household
goods off for a week at Chautauqua.
"Maybe I will see them at campmeet
ing," is the wistful thought that
backed the extra endeavor of the
woman who fifty or sixty years ago
spurred herself to the double task of
cooking for hay harvest and camp
meeting. This Is the social sentiment, slmply
expressed. All gatherings together of
people in a community are due pri
marily to its Influence. In the camp
meeting of the old days, this senti
ment went by the name of religion, and
it was not a cheap religion; in the Good
Templars Lodge It went by the name
of temperance; in the Grange by the
name of nelghboriiness; In the wom
an's club by the name of culture; in
Chautauqua it is denominated educa
tion. But underlying it all is the gregari
ous instinct of human nature, the de
sire to meet with and speak to friends
the eagerness to hear Henry Watter
son or Rev. Dwight Hillis or Abigail
Scott Duniway speak; or to hear the
latest in song voiced by some local
singer of fair repute, and to stop at
the pump and exchange greetings with
friends "seen nowhere else throughout
the entire year." So blessed were the
campmeetings in the old days, blessed
has been every stepping-stone leading
to social enjoyment; and blessed be
Chautauqua, the present expression of
the social desire in the community of
which it is the center.
ALL COMPETITION ELIMINATED.
"You will have to excuse me while
you argue the case," said the Judge in
the story, "but, when you are through
with your arguments, you will find my
decision for the plaintiff under the die
tlonary on my desk." By a similar fine
line of intuition, the Washington Rail
road Commission seems to have ar
rived at the decision that the O. R. &
N. Co. should turn its line irtto a feeder
for the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern. The object of this joint-rate
order Is to divert wheat from its legiti
mate route to market into an unnat
ural route over the Cascade Mountains.
In order to do this, It has become nec
essary for the Railroad Commission
practically to take possession of the
O. R. & N. Co. and operate it as a
feeder to the other roads. It is an
nounced that the railroads will not
make a fight against the joint-rate or
der at this time, but instead will obey
the Commission's order for a few
months, in order to show the Impossi
bility of the farmers receiving any
benefits whatever from the unnatural,
unreasonable and glaringly unjust pro
ceeding. The joint rate offers no reciprocal
benefits for the road against which it
is aimed. The Commission has arro
gated to itself the right to force the
O. R. & N. Co. to turn over Its Wash
ington lines to the Northern Pacific
and the Great Northern, but it, of
course, refrains from ordering the
Puget Sound lines to turn over their
business to the O. R. & N. Co. It Is
always questionable whether in the
.long run anything Is gained by sub
mission to a wrong when -an action in
court would right It. For that reason
the reported intention of the O. R. &
N. Co. to permit the Railroad Commis
sion temporarily confiscate its property
is hardly satisfactory to people who
believe in fair play and equal rights
for all.
At the same time, if such action suc
ceeds in showing up the ridiculous
claims that have been made by the
politicians who have for many years
been engaged in cultivating Railroad
Commission .sentiment in the State of
Washington, it may be pardoned. So
far as Portland is concerned, there is
no reason to fear that this unnatural
and unlawful order will divert much
if any wheat from its natural route to
market. The O. R. & N. Co. has In
the past succeeded fairly well in hold
ing onto the business to which it was
entitled by Its enterprise In going after
it not through a political Railroad
Commission but by means of a road of
its own construction. By compelling
the Portland road to turn over its line
to the Puget Sound roads, the Commis
sion offers a severe rebuke to enter-
prise. In effect, it says to the cor
poration or individual who might be
gazing with longing eyes on some rich
region: "Don't build in there just yet,
for, if you wait a few years, Portland
will build a line, and we will force
them to turn the business over to you
as soon as they develop it."
This utter disregard for the property
rights of others is the most offensive
feature of the joint-rate matter, and is
the one point at issue that has lined
up all the roads against it. It was the
intention of the Commission, in appro
priating the Portland road to be used
as a feeder for the Puget Sound roads,
to divert business from its natural
route and turn it over at the expense
of the O. R. & N. to the Northern
roads. This at first glance would seem
to be highly satisfactory to the North
ern roads, but a railroad, like any
other business proposition, must have
some fixed, definite principles of right
and wrong. The precedent established
by a permanent admission of the right
of the Railroad Commission to appro
priate the property of one road for the
benefit of another would surely appear
some time in the future to punish the
road which aided in its establishment.
Up to date the people of Washington
have secured for their $75,000 invest
ment in a Railroad Commission the
promise of a new freight-house at
Pasco, a junketing trip for the Com
mission to the Island of Cuba, a reduc
tion of fifteen cents per hundred
pounds on grain bags, and now the
Joint rate, which will eliminate all com
petition and transform the entire rail
road system of Washington Into one
compact monopoly. This showing will
undoubtedly prove highly satisfactory
to the taxpayers, and yet it may prove
otherwise.
The fervid rays of the midsummer
sun, so exhausting to denizens of the
city, give just the energy needed for
bringing on the harvest. The grain
crops of the Pacific Northwest give
promise of an enormous yield, and, with
a month or six weeks of good hanvest
weather, help enough to gather the
grain without wastage, and with cars
enough to move it promptly, there will
be such a bulk In breadstuffs added to
the world's supply as will give assur
ance of profit to the producer and
plenty to the consumer. Labor's op
portunity is here and now, and, if
soberly and earnestly met, it will lay
the foundation of many a rural home,
the lands of which will In future har
vests add their bounty to the food sup
ply of the nations.
The hot weather brings with It the
usual number of accidental drownings.
The temptation to seek relief from the
heat of the sun by a plunge In the
cool waters is so great that there are
hundreds of Inexperienced swimmers
who cannot resist it. These tragedies
are of almost daily occurrence in the
Pacific Northwest,- and the loss
throughout the United States runs up
Into the thousands every year. Fortu
nately for the youth of Portland, estab
llshment of free swimming baths has
afforded hundreds of youngsters oppor
tunity to learn to swim, and drowning
accidents in the city limits are much
less frequent than they were when
Portland had a much smaller popula
tion than at this time.
Another mysterious party of survey-
ore has left Huntington by way of the
Snake River, presumably in search of
a route for another railroad down that
stream to Lewiston. The Harriman
surveyors have been in that field for
weeks, and It is highly probable that
before completion of the Lewiston
Riparia branch of the O. R. & N.
active work will have begun on the
Huntlngton-Lewiston route. It is, of
course, all right, in the opinion of the
Washington Railroad Commission, to
attempt to force the hauling of freight
over a lofty range of mountains, but
there is plenty of evidence in this day
and age that all new roads under con
struction are getting as close to water
level as possible.
For the protests of Dr. Small against
the claims of infallibility by Dr. Hill
for the creed he professes, and for
protests by Dr. Small against Dr. Hill's
habit of holding all who do not be
lieve with him to be sons of perdition
Dr. Hill cares not; for isn't Dr. Small
what they call a Universalist that Is
one who does not helieve there is a
hell for endless punishment of those
who do not agree with him, while Dr.
Hill earnestly hopes for better things?
The construction force on the Wil
lamette Valley trolley line could not
get teams enough to plow up the
ground for grading, and finally secured
a traction engine that would do the
work of ten teams. If the supply of
engines gives out, resort might be had
to automobiles, which might be trained
to haul plows and scrapers. Where
there's a will there's a way.
One of the riflemen In the National
Guard competition at Salem fired four
shots into his rival's target by mis
take. That kind of shooting In the
heat of battle might be the difference
between victory and defeat, as it was
In the contest for the state trophy.
It won't be such an awful calamity
if the Portland schools should be a lit
tle late this year In opening. There
will be room for the young people In
the hopflelds and prune orchards all
through September and part of Oc
tober. Forecaster Beals adds to the general
hot-weather misery by saying that
Portland's rainfall is far less than that
of large Eastern cities. Wouldn't that
wilt you? We did look forward to
next Winter with some degree of en
thusiasm. Truth crushed to earth has risen
again after twelve years. Perhaps it
takes longer In France than elsewhere,
if the victim of the crushing happens
to be a Jew.
The opening gun of the Cannon boom
Is about to be fired In Illinois; and It
will be no mere slzzler. Uncle Joe is
almost as wise as he looks.
The authorities insist that Bigamist
Dame, who was married to two women
at the same time, is not insane. Well,
well!
Two hundred and twenty thousand is
the estimated area of the wheat fields
to be harvested in Umatilla County.
It may be hoped that Captain Drey
fus will find his vindication to be all
he thought it would be worth.
We shouldn't mind being either the
ice man, or Eliza crossing the ice, or
Walter Wellman.
THE RAINFALL AT PORTLAND.
'ar I.e Than In the Average Eastern
City.
(Edward A. Beala. District Forecaater.
United States Weather Bureau, In Cham
ber oC Commerce Bulletin.)
All forms of atmospheric precipitation.
whether rain, snow, or hail, are classed
under the general term of rainfall. The
rainfall of the United States varies trora
over 100 inches In its extreme northwest
corner to less than three inches in the
Colorado Desert, situated in the valley
of the Lower Colorado River. Thus It is
in the West that we find both extremes in
rainfall. The proximity of Portland to the
wettest portion of the country, together
with the distribution of Its rainfall into
two seasons, the wet and the dry, have
caused an impression - to prevail among
persons otherwise well informed that
Portland has a very wet climate, and that
for this reason it is an undesirable city
to live in.
The annual rainfall of Portland is
slightly less than 47 inches, and there are
many "beautiful Eastern and Southern cit
ies having more rainfall than Portland,
without the public considering them un
desirable places to live in. so far as the
element of moisture is concerned. Among
them may be noted New Haven, Conn.,
with an annual rainfall of 48 inches; Chat
tanooga, Tenn., 53 Inches; Charleston, S.
C, 57 inches; Jacksonville, Fla., 54 inches;
Atlanta, Ga., 50 Inches; New Orleans, La..
60 Inches; Galveston. Tex., 49 Inches, and
Little Rock, Ark., 54 Inches. Other cities
having nearly as much rainfall as Port
land are: Boston, 45 inches; New York,
45 inches, and Louisville, Ky., 46 Inches.
Thus we see that so far as quantity is
concerned, the rainfall of Portland Is less
than that In the Gulf and South Atlantic
States, and about equal to that In the
Middle Atlantic and New England States.
If the number of rainy days and not the
amount of rain is considered an objec
tionable feature, it will have to be admit
ted that the number of rainy days in
Portland Is greater than the number of
rainy days in any of the Eastern and
Southern cities having as much, or nearly
as much, rainfall as Portland. Figures
showing the average number of rainy
days in these cities are not available for
comparison, but we can take the condi
tions as found lf.st year, which fairly
represent the average conditions. In 1905
there were 152 days in Portland with a
rainfall equaling or excedlng .01 inch. On
many of these days the rainfall consisted
of a small shower from a passing cloud,
and the remainder of the day was pleas
ant. In the Gulf and South Atlantic
States the number of rainy days ranged
from 87 at Galveston, Tex., to 145 at
Chattanooga, Tenn., the average being 122
days. This shows that when it rains in
the Southern States the rains, as a rule,
are heavier than they are in Portland.
If we are to take the number of rainy
days as a criterion in passing judgment
upon whether or not Portland is a desir
able city to live in, we can make a com
parison with a favorably known Eastern
locality where the number of rainy days
exceeds those In Portland without the an
nual rainfall being so great. Last year
there were 185 rainy days in Buffalo, N.
Y. ; 167 In Rochester, N. Y., and the same
number in Cleveland, O., and 174 in
Houghton, Mich. Cleveland, Buffalo and
Rochester are delightful cities in which
to live, but at the same time they all have
more rainy days than Portland, and if
It were not for the fact that so much of
the rainfall in those cities is in the form
of snow, that region would be known as
the "webfoot" country par excellence, and
Portland could claim no distinction in that
respect.
At Weather Bureau stations a record of
cloudiness is kept, and the scale used is
10 for wholly cloudy and 0 for wholly
clear. Last year the region of greatest
cloudiness was along the soutn shores of
Lake Brie and Lake Ontario, where the
average was 6.4, and the region of least
cloudiness was in the Colorado desert,
where the average was 1.6. At Portland
the average was 6.3. and at Seattle it was
6.5. These figures show that Portland's
reputation for rain and cloudiness is un
warranted, as more rain falls in a num
ber of Southern cities, and greater cloud
iness prevails in a number of Eastern cit
ies. If In conjunction with the rainfall
we should compare the temperature of
Eastern cities with those experienced in
Portland, we would find that Portland has
a smaller range in temperature. In Sum
mer Portland is a cooler city than any of
the Northern or Southern cities mentioned
and in Winter it is warmer than it Is in
the Northern cities, and in only a few
Southern cities is it any warmer than in
Portland.
The foregoing facts ought to be more
widely known, and if they were it would
do much toward destroying the prejudice
that now exists in the minds of many who
have never given the question of climate
more than a passing thought. Every lo
cality has Its disagreeable features, anu
some localities have more agreeable' fea
tures than others. In dry countries we
have abundant sunshine, but always wltn
an abundance of sunshine there Is a dusty
atmosphere, and the absence of luxuriant
foliage and flowers, except where oases
are formed by means of Irrigation. In
wet countries there Js an abundance of
foliage and flowers nd a pure atmos
phere, and these are the conditions that
make Portland a Rose City in fact -as well
as in name, and render it one of the most
healthful cities in the United States.
Not ao Crazy After All.
London Tribune.
While a wedding breakfast was be
ing held yesterday in a restaurant at
Fresnes les Rungls a naval officer in
uniform entered the room and was in
vited to preside over the feast. He made
himself very agreeable, sang songs and
delivered speeches. He was proposing
the bride's health when two policemen
rushed in and arrested him as an es
caped lunatic from a neighboring asy
lum. It is further asserted that he
thereupon politely turned to the offi
cers and said: "I think you have made
a mistake gentlemen. There," pointing
to the bridegroom, "is the man you
want,"
All About Dog.
Chicago News.
A very splendid beast is he.
With a recorded pedigree.
Exhibited at any show.
He's sure of a first prize. I know.
His massive head is finely set.
His muzzle Is a black as jet
His ears have Just the proper lop.
His tall the very latest crop.
He's thoroughbred from tall to tip.
I hear he has an awful grip.
Such teeth, so very white and keen.
In such array are seldom seen.
His legs are bowed, his chest is deep.
His rumbling growl would make you creep.
His Jaws are like a big steel trap.
I shudder when I hear them snap.
I love a dog that's finely bred,
But oh, I wish that dog were dead
That some dishonest man, at leaat.
Would kindly come and steal the beast.
For my part I would much prefer
A poodle or toy terrier.
I do not think her father's right
To let the creature loose at sight.
ORIGINAL. MEAT-TRUST MAN.
How Mr. Brooks Catered to Public In
Matter of Veal Pies.
Sam Weller in "Pickwick Papers"
(Charles Dickens) in 1836.
"A very good thing is a weal pie when
you knows the lady as made it., and is
quite sure It ain't kittens: and. after
all, though, Where's the odds, when
they're so like weal that the wery pie
men themselves don't know the differ
ence? "I lodged In the same house with a
Pieman once, sir. 'What a number of
cats you keep, Mr. Brooks!' says I when
I'd got intimate with him. 'Ah!' says
he, 'I do a good many,' says he. 'You
must be fond o' cats,' says I. 'Other
people Is,' says he, a-winkin' at me;
they ain't in season till the winter,
though,' says he. 'Not in season?' says
L 'No,' says he, 'w'en fruits Is In, cats
Is out. and wlce wersa.' 'Why, what do
you mean?' says I, 'Mean,' says he,
'that I'll never be a party to the comr
binatlon of the butchers to keep up the
price o' meat,' says he. 'Mr. Weller.'
says he, squeezing my hand very hard
and vispering in my ear, 'don't mention
this ere again, but It's the seasonin' as
does It. They're all made o' them noble
animals," says he, a-pointin' to a wery
nice little tabby kitten, 'and I seasons
'em for beefsteak, weal or kidney, 'cord
ing to the demand; and more than that,'
says he, T can make a weal a beef
steak or a beefsteak a kidney, or any
one on 'em a mutton, at a minute's no
tice. Just as the market changes and
appetites vary." "
Tamnumy Heard In Chilly Silence.
New York Sun.
Before Representative Henry of Texas
Is again Invited by Tammany Hall to add
lustre to Its Fourth of July celebration
with his flowing periods he will doubt
less be taken aside and coached in a few
"Don'ts."
In Texas, where the local appetite Is
gluttonous for canned Democracy, a nice
discrimination between Democrats is not
expected. Being made in the mold of
Thomas Jefferson, ail are good, like the
spirit distilled from corn and rye. and
all are worthy of the highest political
reward.
The gentleman from Waco came to the
wigwam to whoop things up for the
party of the pee-pui in the style which
enthuses In Texas. His tribute to Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, "the truest Demo
crat that has lived since Jefferson," was
well received, bob when Mr, Henry pro
posed "j our own brilliant Representative,
Charles A. Towne," for second place on
the tlc'.tet "which cannot be defeated."
and elevated to the seat of Chief Justice
"that brave Democrat and Incomparable
jurist, your own fellow-citizen, Alton B.
Parker." the dish was too strong, for the
educated appetite of Tammany Hall.
There are no illusions about Mr. Towne
on the East Side, and while Judge Par
ker may be respected as a good loser, he
lost by too wide a margin to be a popular
Idol.
Tammany Hall's opinion of Orator Hen
ry is .aat he might pass for a politician
in Texas, but would make very poor
material for a district leader In New
York.
Depew Wont Die Or Resign Now.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Senator Depew had been so generally re
garded as "done for," since he reached the
sanitarium stage, that much surprise may
be felt over the announcement that he in
tends neither to die nor to resign from the
United States Senate. The announcement
goes further. Mr. Depew will soon sail for
Europe to complete his cure, and he ex
pects to return a thoroughly well man,
able to find his way again about the
haunts of statesmanship. No one with
half a heart can regret Mr. Depew's res
toration to health, if that much has been
accomplished, but his political influence
is entombed where resurrections are un
heard of.
Still the Sennte Halts.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Four times the house has passed a
bill reserving the petrified forest In
Arizona as a National park, but the
Senate has failed to agree. It Is fortu
nate that the big trees turned to stone,
one of the world's wonders, can not be
split into clapboards or cut up for
stovewood.
Her Bathing: Costume.
Chicago Chronicle.
Her costume was -well, rather bright,
A cherry color trimmed with white.
Some women viewed it with a Btare
And wondered how the girl could dare.
But the spectators masculine
Pronounced it "charming" and "divine."
Or, in the argot of the beach.
Asserted that it was "a peach."
And others: "Say! Ain't that a beaut?
Get on to that swell bathing suit!"
A Jaunty little cap she wore;
The prettiest along the shore.
The sandals on her tiny feet.
They were particularly neat.
And, altogether. I must say
She was ong reegle and oh fay.
I never saw, I must confess,
A sweeter, more becoming dress.
You'd never guess what happened, though
It sounds Improbable, I know.
For one would naturally think
She'd stop right at the water's brink.
She didn't seem to care a pin.
However, but she splashed right in.
And hang me If she didn't get.
That precious bathing suit all wet-
THE STAIN IS
GAINS BY ENFORCING LAW.
Yankee Treasurer After Violators mt
Collateral Inheritance Tax.
Newburyport, Mass., News.
Law Is of no use without some one to
enforce It. Law lacking enforcement is
worse than no law at all, for it leads peo
ple to a lax observance of all state made
statutes, and a breaking down of respect
for law is certain to lower the standard
of citizenship.
We have had occasion prior to this to re
fer to the good work of State Treasurer
Chapln. He has brought to his Important
office a zeal and a knowledge which have
not been equaled In the last half-century
of the office. He originates., he Improves
and he accomplishes. He is a born finan
cier, and he manages his office with a
high regard for the interests of the state.
Just now he Is ascertaining to what ex
tent a law passed 14 years ago by the Leg
islature has been ignored. The collateral
Inheritance tax has been on the statute
book for this length of time, and In all
that period has been more honored In the
breach than In the observance Just be
cause no official has taken the trouble to
emphasize its provisions. Mr. Chapln In
tends to insist on an enforcement of the
law, with the consequent advantage to
the state which it was meant to provide.
To this end he has been having made a
careful search of the probate records of
the different counties. The result of this
Investigation has shown some Interesting
disclosures. In a number of cases admin
istrators have closed up estates without
paying any attention to this law. Ignorant
in fact of the existence of such a law. and
now they are called upon to pay not
merely the amount of the tax, but Inter
est on the same at the rate of 6 per cent
per annum.
The carelessness of officials has resulted,
it will be seen, in Innocent parties disre
garding a law which they should have
been glad to observe, and It has cost them
considerable money, as Is again attested
by the fact that they will now be forced
to pay to the state, not only the tax which
Justly belongs to the state, but Interest
upon the same from the time when the
sum was withheld from the state treas
ury. Mr. Chapln Is to be commended for
his course. It will mean more money
in the state treasury, and there Is need
enough of It. not to speak of the value
of enforcing the law.
For a Cure, Sultan Gives $30,000.
Berlin Dispatch.
The Sultan of Turkey may not have
money to pay his soldiers, but when it
comes to remunerating a physician who
he considers has saved the Ufa of his
daughter he is anything but stingy.
Recently the famous scientist and phys
ician. Professor Bergmann, of this city,
was called to Constantinople to treat the
third daughter of the Sultan, Princess
Refieh Sultana, who was suffering from
appendicitis.
He succeeded in curing her and before
he left for his home In this city the Sul
tan personally handed him a grand star
of the Osmanieh Order in diamonds, a
draft on Berlin for 30,000 and a document
conferring upon him the Degree of the
First Rank to the Imperial Medical Ac
ademy and Hamldleh Hospital of Con
stantinople. La Follette Will Bear Watching;.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
8enator La Follette Is quoted In a Wis
consin dispatch to the New York Tribune
as paying the warmest kind of praise to
President Roosevelt. "He Is doing splen
did work," remarks the Senator. "He
may be creating new prerogatives, but
with so many others violating theirs, the
people will uphold him while he Is fighting
their battles. As things stand In this year
1906, Roosevelt Is the only man who could
defeat Bryan." With Roosevelt pledged
not to run again, it surely does no harm
to La Follette's own candidacy for the
Senator to encourage the idea thAt the
Republicans need to put up a radical If
they are to stand any chance against
Bryan. The Wisconsin Senator will bear
watching; he does not miss many tricks.
Real Linen a Rttrlty.
New York Press.
Not a tenth part of the millions of
collars sold In this country each year
are made of linen. Our housewives
hardly know what genuine linen Is un
less they take a trip abroad and use
their cajolery with tne custom inspect
or on returning. With us the pride of
the wife is her silver. In Europe, and
especially Ireland, the housewife's
pride is in her linen. We have tried to
equal the Irish linen and failed. They
have failed too in Scotland, England,
Germany and Russia. It Is said there Is
something in the Irish climate. An
other argument is that the superiority
lies in Irish flax, but most of the Irish
linen nowadays is made from flax
grown in Russia.
Everything; Adulterated.
Kansas City Times.
City girl (who has been to the coun
try) Don't you know, I think the
farmers put preservatives In their pro
ducts. I saw one scattering some
chemical mixture on ground he was
preparing for green corn. Later I saw
him salting his cattle. I don't think
we get any pure food anywhere nowa
days. "Wild Western College Veil."
Pryor Creek Clipper.
Oklahoma! Oklahoma! What's the
matter with- Oklahoma? Oh, she's all
right! She won the statehood fight.
Rip! Roar! Bang! Let the bells
clang! Oklahoma has come to stay!
W are it! Get out o' the way! Rip!
Rap! Rah! Without a flaw. Listen
at our Jaw! Rah! Rah! Rah!
TO BE REMOVED
Prom the Chicago Record-Herald.