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All the men who hitherto have been influential in the Democratic party of New York, who have directed its policy and con trolled its action, Hearst calls "rats" and "cockroaches," "tools of corpora tions," "Croton bugs'' and other choice names. His writer and mentor, Arthur Brisbane, who has a picturesque, flow ing and variegated style, has-wrltten a speech for Hearst, which Is a contrlbu tion to the gaiety of political New York, and even to the gaiety of the country at large. Though coarse and vulgar, it is superb In audacity as vitriolic in expression. Hearst is the candidate of a so-called Independence .ueague. He has the Democratic nom ination also, but It is secondary. To 'Hearst's new kite, the Democratic party 1ms been made the tailpiece. That is. the Democratic party of New York has been superseded, or forced Into the background. It doesn't even play second fiddle. For the present, it is dead, or, perhaps, only somnolent; for if thoee members of It who have been pushed aside by Hearst can now beat him, he will be done for, and the party will be awakened to life again The election next month will decide what the Democratic party of New York is to be hereafter; and in large cegree the decision will affect the Dem ocratic party of the whole United States. Should Hearst be elected, he may also push Bryan aside. He is a better representative of. the radical, and ex treme element of the party. It seems that the revolutionary movement has gone so fast and proceeded so far that even Bryan is In danger of being left behind. The party may forsake Bryan for Hearst, Just as' It forsook the old leaders and the old policy for -Bryan. In revolutions, the radical leaders of today are run over by the more radical leaders of to-morrow. The only thing that can prevent complete transforma tion of the Democratic party is defeat - of Hearst. It looks as If this might be effected, but it would not be safe to conclude that It Is a certainty. For, though Hearst will lose thou sands, and. probably tens of thousands, of Democratic votes, he may receive equal numbers from those - hitherto classed as Republicans. Such division as such a candidacy as that of Hearst makes is likely, to cut straight across party lines. Its tendency certainly ls to divide parties on property lines the old strife between the Haves and the Havenots. This feature Is deplor able enough, for it will force class di visions in politics and parties, from which hitherto the country has been measurably exempt. The inevitable tendency of such a campaign as- Hearst Is making In New York is to force men of property and business out of the transformed Democratic party, In the hope of" filling their' places by the greater number supposed to be hostile to property and to business. Whatever else Bryan has done, he has, latterly at least, - tried -to avoid a course- that would divide the people into classes and array one against another. Bryan, therefore, is too conservative for the Hearst programme. It seems most probable that Hearst will be -defeated, but It would be un wise to assume it. A mighty "ruc tion" Is going on in the Empire State. During the next four weeks it will hold the attention of the country, to an ex tent rarely seen in even a Presidential contest. The Democratic party Is fac ing a crisis in which as much may be involved for it as in the division at the Charleston Convention In 1860. If Hearst should succeed, the historic Democratic party would cease to exist; for, though It should retain the-name. Its metamorphosis or transformation would be complete;: and no one could foretell the consequences of the revo lutionary movement in politics, that would receive a mighty Impetus and baptismal consecration from Hearst's election. v It is quite clear that the department of superintendence at "Salem acted wisely in -not Indorsing the suggestion that district school boards be. required to select teachers from lists submitted by the County Superintendent. Such a plan would make the County Superin tendent a Czar in the educational af fairs of his county a Czar whose head would'rest as uneasily as does that of the Czar of Russia. Wise School Boards counsel with their County Superintend ents; few of them would accept his dictation. If any teacher Is so lncom petent that she should be barred from the schools by the act of the Cbunty Superintendent,' the Superintendent should have the power, and it should be his duty, to revoke her Certificate. P.U.TKI CRITICS. Salem Statesman. The Coos Bay Times has a very; hu morous bit of sarcasm In connection with a recent editorial utterance of The Ore gonlan to this effect: It is not too much to say for it Is the truth, absolute truth that Portland is known and Oreson is known chiefly from the fact that they are the home of The oregonian. Every one knows It. Even the envious bigotry that carps at this paper reels It. The-Oregonian Is a great newspaper, but such a claim in its own editorial columns was in rather poor taste. If there were any honesty In these critics, they wouldn't do work of this paltry kind. They have wrenched a statement made by The Oregonian from the context. In order to Indulge this fling. The Oregonian had been accused by a scurrilous assailant of having no character as an honorable newspaper, but "for sale to any cause that would pay its price." The above quotation, garbled by these critics from its context, was part of the Justi fiable answer. "HOlJttNO THE NIGGER DOWN'.' Blame for the race war in Atlanta, beginning September 22 and lasting five days, has been laid at the door of sensational afternoon newspapers by the grand Jury-of Fulton County, espe cially at the door of the Atlanta News, which lost no chance before the riots to incite the whites against the blacks by Inflammatory articles and by offer of cash rewards for killing of negro assailants. Some twelve women had teen at tacked by negroes in. the two months preceding the outbreaks. The grand jury has declared that the sensational manner in which the afternoon papers presented the news of these acts "has largely Influenced the creation of the spirit animating the mob," and that the reward offer and editorials of the News have been calculated to create a dls regard for the proper administration of the law, and to promote the organ ization of citizens to act outside of the law, in the punishment of crime;" and that the "sensational extras" of the News oh the afternoon of the first riot "among excited men and boys greatly inflamed the crowd and promoted the formation of the mobs." Therefore the grand jury resolves: That the sensationalism of the afternoon papors in the presentation of the criminal news to the public prior to the riots of Sat urday night, especially in the case of the Atlanta News, deserves our severest con demnatlon. and we trust that. In the Interest of law and order in Fulton County, there may be a cessation of such Journalistic methods. But one strains his ears in vain to hear of the grand Jury's indicting the editors of the Inflammatory publica tlons. The truth is that this would not accord with white public sentiment in Atlanta, and there would be no con vlctlons. The respectable white popu latlon censures mob violence and its in centives, but would hardly punish a white man for his effort to "hold down the nigger." One man has been indicted and arrested In order to preserve the fiction of law observance; but every one knows that there will be no con vlction. 'Such men as you are a disgrace to Atlanta," said Recorder Broiles, of that city's Police Court, when some of the negro slayers were brought before him. "If you had not killed innocent ne groes, it would not be so bad. But you did. I will not allow you the privilege of paying a fine. I will send you to the stockade," and there they went for thirty days. Such is public sentiment In Georgia ordaining that negro slayers must be punished as disturbers of the peace. but not as murderers. Recognition of this white feeling in the South will en able the North to understand better the race situation, though not to par don the white spirit. The ringleaders of a white mob In the South are exempt from the penalties that would be im posed on the leader of any other kind of violence or anarchy. So with newspa pers that act the part of ringleaders. And it matters not if the massacre of .blacks be.equally as savage as of Jews In Russia its perpetrators go unpun lehed. CHANGES IX SCHOOL. LAWS. In their annual session held last week at Salem, the public school super intendents and principals seem to have given careful consideration to the sub Ject of needed changes In the existing laws upon the subject of education, and without doubt their deliberations and recommendations, together with the bills they will hereafter draft, will be of aid to the members of the next Legislature. At least, they have opened a number of subjects for discussion and paved the way for a thorough Jn vestlgatlon of the merits of measures proposed by them. This Is the time for discussion, while the Legislators are at their homes and free to give consideration to the questions present ed. Next January the solons will be 60 busy with a multitude of laws that they will be unable to give any one of them the attention It deserves. But while the public school superin tendents may be given credit for ear nest and careful work, It is not to be assumed that their conclusions are cor rect or that their recommendations may be 6afely acted upon without fur ther question. Public school teachers and workers are as likely to err as other people, and, since their work Is cast in closely confined lines. It will not be surprising If they have been in fluenced lri their conclusions by the limited range of their experience. Per haps their recommendations are well advised probably they are but of that each member of the Legislature must Judge for himself. Upon two subjects In particular, it will be advisable for members of the Legislature to consult the conditions that exist in their own counties before going to Salem to vote upon proposed educational laws. One of these is the proposed increase of the minimum length of the school term from three to. five months. Certainly five months is a short enough time for public schools o be kept in any district under ordi nary circumstances. Yet three months is better than none, and. If there are any outlying districts In which it is Impracticable or Inadvisable that five months' school be kept each year, the law should be so framed that the fail ure to-maintain a school five months will not deprive .the district of funds to maintain a school three months. Three months is too short a school year, if conditions will permit maintaining a school longer than that time. The other subject that will require investigation of local conditions Is that which relates to the ' increase of the minimum rate of levy for school pur poses. The law now provides that County Courts shall levy a school tax sufficient to raise a sum equal to $6 per capita upon the number of children of school age In the county. The super intendents recommend that this be in creased to JS per capita. Quite likely the gradually increasing salaries of public school teachers and the proposed lengthening of the school year make this increased revenue necessary, but each member should inform himself as to the interests of his own county be fore the Legislature meets. Public edu cation is a poor place to be niggardly with funds, and also a poor place to be extravagant. If $6 per capita is suffl clent, let It stand; if $8 Is needed and the people can stand the raise in taxes, let us have it. But let us not have a law passed inadvisedly. THE FARMER A CAPITALIST. The farmer has always been thought of as a laboring man, and to a great extent his work has been classed as unskilled labor. His interests, and therefore his sympathies, have been in general, identical with those of la boring men of other, walks of life. In controversies which have arisen ' from time to time between large employers of labor and the employes, it has al ways been assumed and has generally been true, that the farmers hoped to see victory perch upon the banners of the employes. Though the farmer Is an employer of labor, his attitude and relations toward his employes are dif ferent from those maintained by the manufacturer, the railroad company or the construction concern. He works in the field beside his hired man, eats at the same table with him, and In all things meet upon a common plane. But the paet year or two has wrought a change in conditions which have long prevailed. The" farmer has found dlffi culty in securing help, and the laboring man, realizing the strength of his posi tion, has held up the farmownercfor wages higher than the farmer could afford to pay. The dairy farmer has sought help only to be rewarded by a contemptuous refusal when the sug gestion of milking is made. Grubbing stumps is too low a class of work for the farm employe of today. The wage- earner on the farm has by force of circumstances become dictator, and the employer must take care lest he of fend his hired help and lose them at a critical time. The farmer has been brought to a realization of the fact that he is a capitalist, with a large in vestment In a property which employs labor, and that now he must manage carefully if he hopes to make the gross receipts from his farm pay a net profit after giving farm labor the share it demands and exacta Quite naturallv. the farmer will take a different view of labor problems a view determined by his own interests. He is no longer a laboring man he Is a capitalist. I A VEXED QUESTION. The question of ministers' salaries like that of the salaries of teachers, is one that will not down. Its discussion reveals facts concerning the shifts and makeshifts adopted by a large propor tion of young men who, for conscience sake, follow a vocation so poorly paid as is that of the ministry. The secular and religious press alike agree that the clergy are underpaid. The former, of course, sees the easy way out of this condition by leaving the ministry for some vocation that pays better, while the latter urges the community, for conscience sake, to see that its spiritual advisers are given salaries adequate to the needs of fam ily life. Systematic inquiry lately Instituted by a minister of a Pennsylvania town reveaiea the fact that of fifty pastors addressed upon the subject, only seven teen reported an increase in salary con sequent upon the prosperous times, and that only twelve of the entire number receive salaries sufficiently large to meet their living expenses, while only ten can live comfortably on their sal aries. It is noted in this connection that the proverbial "large family" of the minister of fifty and a hundred years ago has dwindled to the fashionable limit, owing, it Ib supposed, to that quality of worldly prudence that re fuses to bring children into the world for whom the family income will not adequately provide. Of the fifty pas tors addressed upon the question of salaries as compared to living ex penses, size of family, etc., twenty-five have- no children, or not more than one or two. Only two have the old regu lation family of six children, and these are both in small communities on a salary of J1000. Sixteen have two chil dren, six have only one, three have three, seven have four, and five have five. It is further noted that all of the pastors whose living expenses do not exceed their incomes have but one or two children. The. charge Is boldly made that the churches, by paying small salaries, are making "race suicide" a necessity in the parsonage. That many pastors are devoted to their work is indicated by their shift ing about from place to place, in the hope of bettering their financial condi tion without changing their vocation. Statistics show that the majority of pastors ao not stay more than three years in one field a fact which Indi cates unsettled conditions in theology. insufficient salaries and a demand for spiritual food of a quality that the minister who is wrestling constantly with the question as. applied to his own family, "what shall we eat and where withal shall we be clothed," finds it practically impossible to supply. When these phases of the matter are considered, and the' inquiry that Is shaking theological beliefs, if not in herited religious convictions. Is taken into account, it is little wonder that the ministry is not an attractve voca tion for young men of letters, or that older men. not Infrequently exchange its petty cares and ill-paid services for the quick returns of an active reaf estate agency or the enticements of commer cial life. There is not perhaps in all fiction a more faithful picture drawn of a con scientious, loyal, Intelligent woman in the role of a minister's wife in a poor parish than that of Josephine Scanlan in Miss Mullock's story, "A Brave Lady." The conditions were those of forty years ago and more in an Eng lish parish, and a selfish husband a pampered, impractical man, who was curate of the parish by what he held to be divine right, was the most griev ous clog upon her dally life. We can well believe that the picture, modified in some degree as to the last feature, or with that feature wholly lacking. has been a living reality through many dreary years of the lives of many pa tient, sorely tried womeji in the homes of poorly paid preachers In this coun try. Pitiful, indeed, are the expedi ents to which 6uch women must resort In order to make the meager pay of the minister keep the family wardrobe up to the Sunday standard of respect ability, -the house in order for an al ways possible visitation of the elders and their censorious wives, and some thing extra in the larder against the unannounced appearance of the bishop or presiding elder, who considers the minister's house his home when dn of ficial duty in" the town. No wonder the question of the inadequate salaries of ministers will not down. It repre sents not a ghost, but a grim reality In most places outside of the large cities and larger towns. The Tacoma News, speaking of "dif ferentials" against Portland, mentions the "risks of a hundred miles of nar row winding (river) channel" and "safe anchorage" at Tacoma. If the News would recite the names of the numer ous vessels that have been lost at the entrance to Puget Sound's straits of Juan de Fuca the most terrible ma rine graveyard in the world it will have nothing to boast about and a great deal to be silent about. Besides, why should ships go to Tacoma when to do so they must pass Seattle? The fact Is, that Is the reason so many ships do not go to Tacoma. The News boasts of Tacoma's "unequaled water facilities." They are unequaled, In deed. Several years ago they swal lowed the ship Andelana, masts and all, and she has not been seen since, though it is supposed she rests at the bottom of the harbor. Mr. Bryan prints in large type, at the head of the first page of ' his latest Commoner, this significant statement, viz.: No man who la financially connected with a corporation that is seeking privileges ought to act as a member of a political organiza tion, because he cannot represent his corpor ation and the people at the same time. Ho cannot serve the party while' he is seeking; to promote the financial interests of the cor poration with which he is connected. Is this a whack at the distinguished Senator from Texas and other possible rivals of The Peerless for the Presi dency? Possibly it is a parting shot also at Grover Cleveland and Alton Parker. New York harbor Is too shallow for the big ships now building in Europe. The World says they couldn't get into the harbor now, nor perhaps for years to come. Also that " two years ago in July the Baltic tailed from New York carrying 6000 tons lass than her capa city' because a full load would have put her aground, and this has become a Ojpmmon case with the larger liners The World insists that the Government shall bestir itself. Perhaps needs like this may open the way to a general river and harbor bill. Mr. Ogden makes out a clear case for Miss Jenkins, the teacher, who had the diphtheria and did not call a phy sician for several days. She did not know she had it, possibly because she wouldn't believe it. But she believes it now. So does Mr. Ogden. What Mr. Ogden believes he believes all over. which is why he can see more In Chris tian Science than some of the rest of us. But other religions, or creeds, or beliefs, might be the better for so sturdy and indefatigable a champion as Mr. Ogden. - - The Charleston News and Courier, the old reliable Journal of South Caro lina, always Democratic, says that "the mob in South Carolina Is invariably composed of white people, notwith standing the fact that the state is ab solutely under their control." They make the laws and fill all the offices. continues the News and Courier, yet burst out into mob violence. That paper concludes by saying that it is "a reproach .to the white people of South Carolina." In one of his recent speeches Hearst said: "I believe that the protective principle Is valuable in itself, but it has been unreasonably extended and rigorously abused. I believe in the pro tection of infant industries." He also said: "I am a Jefferson Democrat, which, as I understand It, is practically the same fhing as a Lincoln Repub lican." That staid Democratic paper, the Charleston (S. C.) News and Cou rier, thinks this "remarkable language for a sober man." Is it timely to Inquire whether the Vancouver tragedy would have oc curred if there had been a soldiers' can teen at the barracks? Probably not. But why worry about an occasional murder or two, and the sacrifice of a soldier's life, when a great principle is involved, the principle being that a sol dier cannot buy beer on a military reservation, but may get fighting whis ky at any adjacent saloon? We seem hardly to have made suffi cient - progress in construction and maintenance of common roads through out the country to Justify us in the be lief that public ownership and man agement of railroads would be wholly success ful. Hearst's defiance of the old Democ racy of New York presents matter of Interest to the country. It looks as If Hearst might be the "rat" that had been driven Into his corner and iai turned to fight. It is estimated that Americans hold property in Cuba of the value of $153, 600,000. This property desires stable government, which would mean that it would have annexation, if possible. The Hon. "Joe" Bailey is having a tough time in Texas. He has got rich through Standard Oil fees, but doubt less wishes he had not taken them. They say when you want to hire a Filipino to work he will say "manana" tomorrow. Has he learned this from America, or America from him? All the rubbish about the "new spelling',' having been cleaned up and 6wept out, we shall now go on spelling In the old familiar way. The New York World insists that Democrats axe not despondent. They are entirely hopeful, It declares, of beating Hearst. While it may be true that Mrs. Piatt has firm convictions as to tariff or ali mony, still she declines to stand Piatt. Senator Bailey thinks any Congress man has a right to make all he can on the outside. Anyhow, Bailey did. Bryan's speeches nowadays are noise less, compared with thoseof Hearst. J THE MAN BEHIND MR, HEARST The Versatile and Ingenious Brisbane, and Hla Career. World's Work. Arthur Brisbane, the working editor of all of Mr. Hearst's newspapers. Is one of the most versatile writers In America. He talks off editorials on economics, babiea. matrimony, politics, and every conceivable subject, and these? appear simultaneously in the different newspa pers of the Hearst group. Mr. Brisbane's style Is simple, clear, novel and argumen tative; capital letters and interrosratton marks are always prominent. Hl3 father, a friend of Horace Greeley, was also an able writer and what might now be called a Socialist. He was a member of the Brook Farm community, and had many extreme theories. Arthur Brisbane re ceived a cosmopolitan education in the United States, England, Germany and France; when he returned to New York in 1SS4 and went to work as a "kid" re porter on the Sun, he could write and speak French more fluently than English. From the Sun he went to the World, and ffom the World he was engaged by Mr. Hearst at a compensation which has so increased that it is reported almost to equal the salary of the President of the United States. Forty years ago such a1 forceful per sonality as Mr. Brisbane's would have stood before the public' as the great edi tors of those days did. Now his financial recompense is much larger than theirs, but his personal fame has been swallowed up In the Hearst myth. Hearst Mny "Down" Bryan. Louisville Courier-Journal. Mr. Bryan leads the regular Democrats in promptly declaring for Hearst. He could hardly have done less. And j'et, If Hearst should be elected Governor of New York, Mr. Bryan will tave no mean competitor for the Presidential nomina tion two years hence, and the Democracy a pretty kettle of fish. The Hearst prop aganda is equally unsparing of persons "and expense. It plays no alternates. It Is for Hearst and Hearst alone, first, last and all the time Tf It pari enm- .tun Empire state its argument will be that It can carry the Union a plausible theory and, brushing; Mr. Bryan out of Its way. It will take the National field for all that ia in sight. -Technically, the character of the Independence LoaRue and Mr. Hearst's relation to it, and the circum stances preceding and attending the Buf falo convention, absolve from the support of such a combine all Democrats who will care to follow the lead of Mr. Jerome. Hughes Like Cleveland and Roosevelt, Says President Kchurninn. Ithaca (N. Y.) Dispatch in New York World. "The nomination of Charles E. Hughes is enough to hearten all the best voters of the state," said President Jacob Gould Schurman. of Cornell, in the formal open ing address today. "We know him as a man of unimpeachable integrity, cour age, intellect and backbone. The pro fessors in the law school remember him as a man of wonderful legal learning, grasp of affairs and mental power. His advent in politics is of equal significance with that of Grover Cleveland and of Theodore Roosevelt. He is of the type of man who elevates the standards of our National life. 3Ve-w York'n Political Catechism. New York Times. What is the force of Hughes? Moral ity! What is the force of Hearst? Im morality! What Is the force of party call? Soli darity! What is the force of common weal? Mutuality! What is the force of things to be? Rascality ! What is the force of reflective thought? Rationality! What is the force of the people's voice? Finality! Countess of Wnrvrlek, Socialist. London Corr. New York Sun. The Countess of "Warwick appeared as a prophetess at the session of the Trades Union Congress at Liverpool. Wearing a big Gainesborough hat covered with a mass of black ostrich feathers and a handsome black-and-white costume, she told the delegates that she was perse cuted by the aristocracy for her adhesion to the cause of Socialism. Then, stretch ing out her arms, which were Immacu lately gloved with white kid, she dra matically exclaimed: "Before long the storm will burst. There will be a social revolution, and In a social revolution I will be more useful than now. Soolalism is the only hope of the workers." Despite the undoubted sincerity of the Countess, there is a marked divergence between the Socialists and the Laborites regarding her championship of the cause. Many think that the presence of a wealthy, richly gowned aristocrat on their platforms must weaken the movement. They express contempt for their protesta tions of earnestness. The vanity of oth ers Is tickled by intimate association with a peeress whom they call "Comrade War wick. Pope Pins Opens a Press Bureau. Rome, Italy, Despatch. As if to disprove the statement repeat edly made in the newspapers that he had become nothing but a tool in the hands of the Jesuits, Pope Plus X. has astonish ed all Rome by opening a veritable press bureau inside the walls of the Vatican. Newspaper correspondents, by applying to this bureau, will be given reliable infor mation as to what is really going on wlthjn the immense building, which now for years has been the Jail of the suc cessor to St. Peter. This is only one of the objects of the bureau, however. A special staff of young men will have the task of reading news papers from all the large cities of the world and prepare clippings for the use of His Holiness, who finds it impossible to keep himself informed on what is going on in the world. The clippings relating to his own person and to anybody connected with the Papal household will be kept separate, and if any erroneous statements are found they will be denied by the bu reau. The Kaiser has a similar bureau In his palace at Potsdam. Itouih Riders Are Kept on Tap. Omaha Bee. Mr. Roosevelt ought to have little trouble In getting together his regi ment of Rough Riders, if he needs them for servioe In Cuba All of them have Government Jobs, Bo they can easily be located. O Omar! What Crimes Are Committed In Thy Name! He gave much, more thought to the sybarite sons Than he gave unto sermon or psalrn. His friends frankly told him his habits were wrong; "He referred them to Omar Khayyam. He Indulged in some very unorthodox views And did things 'twas otten quite hard to excuse. But remorse never brought him a, trace of the blues; He quoted old Omar Khayyam. When his conscience grew lax and temptation yrevauea, For he had an excuse which had never yet luiieu: TTo reflft tt in fima- Tfhnwam He'd repeat the quatrains and declare they were fine Especially those which alluded to wine. If he over-lndulg-ed he would never repine. j. was according to umar Khayyam. In an Indolence contest, the neighbors declared. He WOUld eaSllV CAnttim ih. nalm He heard their opinions, but he never cared: "e uocinne or Omar Khayyam. "The Pleaaantest sort of existence," said he, 'To a hnnlr jinri n itio. nA - nn , , i. . If you don't like the scheme you should not It's the method of Omar Khayyam." Washington Star, DO NOT CLAIM TOO MUCH. Better Always to Keep Close to Aotnnl Census. The. Dalles Optimist. In 1880 the population of Omaha was 80,51, and during the ensuing few years that city had a remarkable growth. But many of her people were not satisfied with the actual facts, and they began to claim a very much larg er population than they really had. These "boomers" in 1890 claimed 150, 000, and when the Federal census was taken in that year they saw that it would bo an awful blow to get Into the census table with a population of 80.00J or 90,000, after claiming double that.v So they got busy and by fraud the census returns were padded and the enumeration went out to the world as 140,452. But what was the result? Why in 1900 by a fair enumeration the population was found to be only 102,550, or a decrease of 37.897, or 27 per cent, as against a claimed and padded increase of 360 per cent during- the preceding decade. We call these facts to the attention of somu people of Portland, Seattle and other cities of the Northwest and beg to re mind the boomers that it is dangerous to claim too much in the way of pop ulation. Omaha will not recover in two decades what she lost by the bogus claim of 1900. Mosby's Veterans To Hold Reunion. Washington (D. C.) Times. Those few last tottering monuments of the Lost Cause who swept through the valleys of Virginia in Mosby's Twenty third Cavalry, and who at the end of the bitter struggle for supremacy between the states survived, battle-scarred and tattered, will meet In Richmond. Va., October 10 for another notable reunion. Mosby's Men, as the grizzled veterans are known, now number about 100. When Colonel John S. Mosby dashed through the mountains of the Old Dominion In the early days or civil strife there were over 6C0 stalwart Southern riders who followed where he led. Of the 600 who marched to battle more than half were shot down upon the bat tlolleld. The surviving 100 veterans are scattered far and near, but they never loiget the annual reunion when the old heroes gather about the campfire and live again the days of suffering which cemented lifelong friendships. This year's reunion will be the thir teenth celebration. The old soldiers never follow out any conventional programme, but mingle in the spirit of good fellow ship. Since the last reunion taps have been sounded for many of the fast dimin Ishing band. An important part of the annual gathering will bo the memorial services for these departed veterans. IjOUfrworth's Oppourut For f onfrrens. Cincinnati Dispatch in New York World. Thomas Bentham, nominated by the Democrats of the First Ohio district for Congress to run against Nicholas Long worth, President Roosevelt's son-in-law, worked 20 of the 44 years of his life as a coal miner. He commerced in the Pennsylvania mines near Fittston as a breaker boy when 9 years old. He had practically no schooling until he was 29. He attended a normal school at Leb anon, Ohio. He then came to Cincin nati and attended law school for two years. He has been practising at the bar here for 10 years. Mr. Bentham has a considerable prac tice and Is special counsel for ono of the city board at $2100 a year. He Is energetic and popular and a fine speaker. It is believed that he will number among his supporters almost the entire local organized labor army here. He is married and has two children. Bishop Walks 210 Miles In Ten Days. Wilmington. Del., Despatch. "Yes, I walked 210 miles in ten days, and that is not a bad record, for a man of 70." laughed Bishop Leighton Colman. of the E-plscopal Diocese of Delaware. He had Just returned from a trip on foot through western PennsyH'anla and Mary land. Bishop Coleman left this city ten days ago for his long tramp. Only his imme diate friends knew where he was, and a3 he traveled Incog, ho had amusing ex periences, on several occasions being taken for a tramp. For several years the bishop has been spending his vacation in this manner. Ho intends to tell of his experiences in lec tures for charitable purposes. Ilotlleful of OH Stops Pipe Organ. Pottstown (Pa.) Cor. Philadelphia Record. Philadelphia experts came here to ascertain what had caused the bipr pipe organ in the First Presbyterian Church to balk for over a year, and discovered a large bottle of oil that had been left In the Instrument when it was in stalled, 12 years ago, was responsible. It was found near one of the big pedal pipes the 16-foot bass and was un corked. The vibration of the immense pipe had upset thQ big-based bottle, causing the oil to run out and swell the wood of that part of the organ bo much that the stops worked Imperfectly. Walked 1)00 Miles on Vacation, Baltimore News. Professor Edwin B. Davis, professor of French at Rutgers College, hoping that his health would be benetlted, walked 900 miles while on hla vacation this year. He was accompanied by his son Donald, aged 16 years. They left New Bruns wick, N. J., and walked through the mountain district of New Jersey, through New York, thence to Quebec and down the St. Lawrence river to Maine. They made the trip In Bo days, making on an average of 25 miles a day. Professor Davis, who has Just returned, says his health was greatly benefited. Everybody's Sick But Father. From the Lebanan (Ind.) Pioneer. Mrs. "Ben" Long is poorly again. Jackson Beck is no better. "Will Campbell is much worse' again. Frank Hall is not doing very well, but is able to be at the store. James Higgs had a spell of Indigestion Monday night. Otto Eaton was kicked by a mule one day last week, but is not dangerously hurt. Uncle James Silvers Is sick again. Ha had Improved very much, but Is worse again. In, the East Also. Spring-field (Mass.) Republican. These are trying days for the family consumer. As the necessity passes by of taking ioo at nearly three times tho usual prices, the price of milk goes to an unheard-of level, eggs reach a mid-Winter price before the Summer is fairly ended, and various other ne cessaries of living move In company. POLITICS MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS ; vi' s jrn, ; : Tr'EEL.N I SO. I LIFE IX THE OREGON COCXTUY. Deed of the Hunsrry Goat. Kent RecorcVr. Frank Payne attended lodge in Grasi Valley and some miscreant stole a gcoi lap robe, 40 feet of rope and two burn off his buggy. Benton Cnonty Sounds Xote. Philomath Review. Ammle Cameron, who has been corre sponding with a lady in tho East, an nounced to his" friends Monday that hi is to be married that is, on conditioi that ehe is satisfied; with the layout Ammlo is primping to beat the band. Common Trouble. The Dalles Chronicle. If the Chronicle should publish tin names of all the people of The Dalli'i who "sponge" , or "panhandle" the papoi for various reasons, there would be somt loud howls from places wholly unex pected by the public. . It Is a very small matter, but It betrays tho character and calibre of the man. Getting; the Habit. Hillsboro Independent. Samuel Gow.in and Mrs. Agnes Camp bell, both of this city, were married oc Sunday last by Rev. Samuel J. Lindsay, at the home of the bride. This is Mr, Gowan's third leap into matrimony and his friends here will wish him all kinds of happiness in his new venture, and as his bride has made the third venture aj a wife. Sam ought to prove the old maxim of "three times and out." Case-Hardened Skeptic, Yoncalla Courier. A young kid with a white face like a cow, and delicate, soft, little hands tod nice to "earn his bread by the sweat ol his brow" blowed into town Wednesday afternoon, and in the "name of the Lord" proceeded to do some real up-to-dat$ grafting. From the way he pulled in the shekels in his house to house cunvass ono would think he had been taking per sonal lessons from pious old John D. Ilia preach cflorts are of about as much value to humanity us a brass band to the condemned of the bottomless pit. Such individuals, along with other tramps and hobos, should go to work and earn aq honest living. Editorial Tribulations, Canby Tribune. The editor of this old rag of freedorrl is pursued by divers ill omens of all kinUs and conditions. Hero 1B a fair sample. One night this week some ono broke into the postofflce store and sto'e a box of cigars. They happened to ba tho kind we had been smoking and Post-ma-ster Deyoo at once stated that ho be lieved we wore the guilty party. At Ore gon City Wednesday we bought a ticket to Canby anil handed tho agent a half dollar, and ho forthwith slammed it on tho counter several times to reo If it wasn't counterfeit. When wo reached home that evening and walked down the street a good lady etuck her head out the window and exclaimed: "There goes that new Methodist preacher." And the Lord only knows what will come next. Vaudeville Down the niver. Astorian. A big, overgrown "Rubo" lounged into Kinkolla's barber shop on Bond street Monday afternoon and mounted a chair for a shavo, which wag given him in duo and proper fashion. Upon being asked "if he wanted his neck shaved?" he replied: "Well, you bet I do!" and rlslnff from his chair face.l about and deliberately laid himself down in It o:i his stomach, to the amazement of ail iiiinus in mo sn id. nut I m n.-irner w nil down the back of his neck-gear, shave mm nan-way down his hack, during a in vviiiuii hiiim Lm; lurce ami 1:10 visi tors in the shop were convulsed with the 7 fun of tho thing; and "Rube" unfo!d all the news from Pvruko Hollow, dow ' an to the la.st calf horn to "old Uncle Uy renJfgi-uss' brindle muley." Call It What You Will. New York Mail. "Plunderbund" Is the name Hearst ap plies to everybody who will not voto lor him for Governor. It remains tr find a fitting name for "The Gilsey House coterie" which has taken charge of his political fortunes and taken over the Democratic organization. You might call the Hearst trust tho "Wonderbund," for it is truly a fearful and wonderful thing, and Its manager cannot but be wondering what a party is going to do to the ticket which is put in the field under the Cockran maxim, "If I must choose between rottenness and riot, I chooso riot." You might call it the "Sundorbund," for it has split the Democratic party asunder, sundering tho ties which bound tens of thousands of life-long Democrats to their allegiance, sundered tho moorings of all the Democratic newspapers In this city. You might call It the "Blunderbund," as a delicate tribute to the strategy (?) that put an "anti-boss" campaign in the) hands of Boss Murphy, Boss Conncrs, Boss McCabe, Boss McGulre. But there is one thing you will not call It, If you have a mind for giving things their right name. You will noO call it the Democratic party. Unionist's Salary Raise Vetoed. Pittsburg Dispatch. William Charles Steadman, the builder, who represents trade union Interests in. the British Pariament, recently asko-1 tho trade unions to raise his salary. fli a week, but they refused. s I A Sneer From Philadelphia, Philadelphia Press. The new tunnels under the Hudson Itlver Will De greatly appreciatea ua an additional means of getting out ol) New York. NEWSPAPER WAIFS. "Ah!" sighed the rich old widower, 'T would williuely die for you." "How soonr' queried the pretty but practical maid. Ci cago tally News. Prospective Employer Why did you lrve your last place? Irato Cook Humph! Why did yer last cook lave hers? Baltimore Amer ican. "What is the goal of your ambition, Harry?" "I ain't got no goal. I'm named after ma's bachelor brother, who's a n-illion-alre, and ain't golrB- to leave ajiyth'ag to charity." Chicago Record-Herald. "Tommy," said the hostess, "you arnear to be in deep thought." "Yes'm," replied Tommy "ma told me eomethln' to say if you should ask me to have seme cako or anythln', an' I bin here so ions now I forslt what it was." Philadelphia Preas. "Wealth has Its disadvantages." id tho philosopher. "Yes," answered the man with sportinir inclinations. "It muet be vary mo notonous for a man to be able to hot 5,0o or $10,000 on a horserace without caring; whether he loses it or not." Waahlngton Slar..1 -New Yorli Evsning; World. "mx i iL u j i iui i