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A 1'OLITK'AX, l'llEXOMEXOX.
Without a parallel since the days
when "the Virginia dynasty" controlled
tho country has "been tho ascendancy
of the Republican party In Congress
from 1S94 to the present time. Cleve
land's election to the Presidency in 1S92
carried with it a largo Democratic ma
jority In tho House of Representatives.
Changes that had been going on dur
ing a considerable time culminated in
ISM In results that gave the Democrats
. majority in tho Senate. Thus, In
1KD3, for the llrst time In a long series
of years, tho Democratic party gained
full possession of the Government.
That is, they gained the President and
"both branches of Congress. But in 181)4
the reaction against that party set in
with terrific force. It elected only 93
members out of a total of 357, and car
ried so few states that the pos-ltlon of
the parties in the Senate wag again re
"venped, as soon as the Legislatures
could take the necessary action.
Beginning, therefore, with 181)5. the
Republicans have held control of Con
jtrifs, without a break. Election of
McKinley, in 1S9S, carried into the
House of Representatives a great Re
publican majority. In 1S9S there was a
viewer match 185 Republicans to 163
Democrats, and 9 Silver Populists.
-Again in 1900 the Republicans won the
Iloune, by a strong majority; and In
19(12, when it seemed for a time that
sure defeat was before them, the in
terposition of President Roosevelt on
the side of the miners in the great coal
contort secured the House to them once
more, but by a slender margin. But in
.1904 the campaign made in the name of
Roosevelt nearly wiped the Democratic
party off the political map the Re
publicans gaining 113 majority in the
House. During this whole period their
strength in the Senate was increasing
till now there are no Democratic Sen
ators but from the continued Demo
cratic states excepting only Gearln of
Oregon, Senator by appointment, and
the two from Colorado, one from Mon
tana and one from Idaho, who proba
bly w ill be replaced by Republicans.
In the ordinary course of events the
Republican? might have been expected
rro this to lose the House. That they
have not i due to the serious differ
ences in the Pemoeratic party that
have arisen between its conservative
and its radical-socialistic elements.
Again this year those differences are
U'Hglng; and In this alone the Republi
cans tind their chance of winning the
House in next month's elections. It is
the middle of a Presidential term, the
occasion when the administration party
has usually lost. But the Republican
leaders now have a good deal of con
lldence that in the next House there
w ill be a considerable Republican ma
jority. Thoy cannot hope, indeed, for
any majority comparable with the
present one; for this one is the fruit
of the extraordinary voting of 1904.
Some deem it possible that there may
even be a Democratic majority, but
from the. present outlook it is scarcely
possible. "Wo shall not be surprised,
however, to see a close result between
the parlies in the contest for the
House.
It is a remarkable fact that the Dem
ocratic party, out of power, has devel
oped more differences within lreelf
than the Republican party, in power,
has developed within its own body.
This Is contrary to all former history.
usage and experience. It could come
about only through the radical leader
hlp of such men as Bryan, Hearst and
lesser lights, who have carried the
party, as many of He members believe,
far away from the course of rational
action. Any party, long in power, will
surely, under normal conditions, afford
to its opponents grounds of criticism
and attack, which will make an impres
sion on many voters; and moreover, by
factional strife among its own mem
bers, by disappointments on the part
of those who are sure to believe they
have not been treated according to
their deserts, and by the natural hu
man desire to "get even" with rivals or
opponents in the party. It is a re
markable thing, therefore, that the Re
publicans have teen able to elect eix
times in succession a majority of the
House of Representatives three times
liy majorities almost unexampled. It
lias been due only to distraction of the
opposition hy a leadership whose ex
treme vlewo and socialistic tendencies
the country and many Democrats have
disapproved. Twelve years without
break, la control of tho House of. Rep
resentatlves by a single party, with
prospect of another victory for the
same party, ie without precedent since
the days when parties began to con
tend actively, under present divisions,
for the helm of the country. It ie not
so much a run of luck for one party as
a run of folly by the other.
SENATORS AND TRUSTS.
The Springfield Republican displays
an unexpected and almost startling
charity in a recent editorial upon Mr.
Bailey of Texas. The Republican can
find nothing essentially wrong in Mr.
Bailey's employment by the trusts as
their attorney while he pretends to
serve the people In the Senate; but it
thinks- he would be a better Democrat
should he remit the practice. Remem
bering the Republican's unbending se
verity in judging Mr. Roosevelt's lapses
from the higher ideals of etatesmanly
conduct, this spiritual laxity toward
Mr. Bailey's shortcomings needs to be
accounted for.
Nor is the' reason for it difficult to
discern. Mr. Bailey Is the one Demo
crat prominent in public life who has
some ehreds of respectability and con
servatism clinging to him. Mr. Till
man w ishes to shoot down the negroes
like skunks. Mr. Bryan has gone wild
with his impracticable theories, or, at
least, the Republican thinks he has.
Mr. Hearst is the abomination of deso
lation. If one were forced to condemn
Mr. Bailey for his traffic with Standard
Oil it would be too sad a plight. Xo
wonder the Republican clings to euch
ehreds of reputation as the Texan has
left.
Mr. Bailey knows perfectly well that
he cannot serve the trusts and the peo
ple at the same time. He knows also
that, since his fees from the truets
exceed those from the people many
times over, the former will have 'the
major fraction of his loyalty and zeal.
To cease from these questionable prac
tices would not necessarily make Mr.
Bailey a better Democrat, but it would
certainly make him a more honest man
and a statesman more loyal to the Na
tion whic,h he pretends to serve.
The propriety of a Senator receiving
fees from the trusts Is not debatable.
It ought to be a criminal offense. The
devotion of a public eorvant ought not
to be divided between the people and
their worst enemies. If the Senators'.
sense of decency and honor is not suffi
cient to regulate their conduct in this
matter, tho law must interpoee.
M ICS. JEFFERSON" DAVIS.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, after long lin
gering in the Ara!ley of the Shadow, has
passed on. Perhaps no figure in the
fallen fortunes of the Southern Confed
eracy, except that of Jefferson Davis
himself, was more conspicuous and in
a eense more pathetic than his loyal
and heroic wife's.
The eighty years of the life of Mrs.
Davis covered a period at once the
most stormy and peaceful, the .most
gloomy and the most prosperous, in
the history of the Republic. Like all
Southern women, she was Intensely
sectional In her loyalty to her country,
and though time had taken the keen
edge from her disappointment and sor
row at the failure of the attempt to
establish the Southern Confederacy,
and age had softened the asperities
born of Intense convictions and bitter
conflict, she was until the last loyal to
what she considered the Just contention
of the South for a separate government
with negro slavery as its cornerstone.
MrsC Davis during her late years had
lived in the North, finding its bracing
air more conducive to her health, and
possibly also preferring to pass her re
maining years away from the scenes of
the bitter disappointment of her earlier
life. In this she was wise. Nothing Is
to be gained by brooding over the past,
and it is easier to dismiss the "angel of
the backward look" when surrounded
by new scenes and new faces. To her
resolute determination Mrs. Davis owes
no doubt her lengthened lease of life
and her ability to bear with an admira
ble degree of fortitude the death a few
years ago of the daughter who was for
many years her inseparable companion.
A striking figure on the dial of time
has passed into eclipse with her pass
ing. . The tomb at Richmond, revered
by a multitude of loyal hearts through
out the Southland, will open today and
to it w ill be given the remains of one
who has long been hailed as the
"mother of the Confederacy" a tomb
sacred to the memory of the "lost
cause," for which Jefferson Davis died,
a heartbroken man in his prime, and
for which his wife mourned through all
her years. It Is possible to sympathize
with the feeling that was the ruling
force in these lives and yet be glad of
the victory that was the essence of its
bitterness. It t thus that those loyal
to the North and its contention for
union will greet in reverent sympathy
those loyal to the South in its struggle
for disunion as the grave closes over
the remains of Mrs. Jefferson Davis
and the last act in her long life drama
passes into history.
KOOSEVEI.T AS A SENATOR.
President Roosevelt, it is said, may
enter the United States Senate on ex
piration of his present term of office.
It is quite possible that Roosevelt could
serve the people of this country quite
as effectively in that capacity as he
could during a third term in the White
House. His achievements in the past.
in face of opposition that would have
overcome a weaker man, warrant the
belief that as a member of the United
States Senate he would bring about re
forms for want of which this Nation
has long been suffering. In the$ mldat
of senility, plutocratic favoritism and
deafness and blindness to public inter
est, Roosevelt would create a stir that
would awaken memories of a Senate
far different in character from that
which now holds power. New blood,
young blood, red blood, is needed in the
United States Senate. Honest men.
fearless men. active men, are needed in
the Upper House to regain the confi
dence of the people in that branch of
Congress.
Roosevelt has impressed upon the
American people ideas of government
which his successor cannot do other
wise than attempt to carry out. The
next President must be a Roosevelt In
purposes, though he may be lacking in
Rooseveltian ability. With a man in
the White House who will respond to
popular will, and with Roosevelt him
self In the Senate from New York, the
cause of popular government would be
advanced even more rapidly than it has
been under the present administration
The United States Senate has been an
almost insurmountable obstacle to
progress in Government. All the re'
forms Roosevelt has accomplished have
been achieved with the opposition of
the Senate. That is the department of
Government now needing investigation
and reformation. To weed out corrup
tion and Incompetency is the task be
fore the people. The work cannot have
a more auspicious beginning than tit
election of Theodore Roosevelt to suc
ceed one of the Senators from New
York.
THE CARNEGIE PRIZES.
. Each reported award from the Carne
gie "hero fund" was to a person who
had sisked his life to rescue others from
death. Most Teaders will agree that
these acts cf heroism were typical
rather than exceptional. The impulse
to rush Into danger for the sake of oth
ers seems to be instinctive in the
healthy modern man. The person who
can sit coldly by and see another perish
is not normal. The natural propensity
is to give aid without a thought of the
risk to oneself. What seems to distin
guish heroism from the common im
pulses of generosity is the wisdom
which mingles with the sacrifice. The
ordinary man rushes to the rescue of
those who are in danger regardless of
the necessary means to accomplish his
end. The hero rushes no lees rapidly,
but at the same time he considers how
to effect his purpose. The mere sacri
fice of one's life is not especially he-4
role. Unless life ie risked wisely and
with calculation, it is simply wasted,
and waste is not heroism. Such sacri
fice is only a little less blameworthy
than suicide.
The essence of heroism, then, seems
to be the power to reason shrewdly in
circumstances of great difficulty and
danger. The hero must not lose his
life, otherw ise he would lose the life of
the person whom he wishes to save.
He husbands his strength. He seeks
devices. He takes advantage of every
favorable circumstance. What would
be cruel in the ordinary routine of life
may become heroic in extremities. The
rescuer of a drowning man is some
times compelled to knock him insensi
ble. The Carnegie. Commission seems
to have recognized that the power to
reason well in time of danger is an es
sential factor in heroism, for each of
their awards was given to a person
who had not only ventured his life
courageously and unselfishly, hut also
rationally. Neither foolhardiness nor
blind recklessness received a medal in
any case.
The deeds for which the - Carnegie
prizes were awarded ought to put to
shame the pessimists who believe that
the world is growing indifferent to suf
fering and that the modern man lives
only for selfish ends. As a matter of
fact, he not only sacrifices himself more
readily than his ancestors did, but the
objects of his sympathies have multi
plied. He will do for any member of
the human race what the ancients
would do only for their friends or coun
trymen. We hear a great deal about
the indifference of the United States
and other nations to the rights of con
quered peoples, and much that is done
is blameworthy. Still it. is only within
a few generations that a conquered peo
ple was supposed to have any rights at
all. The rule was to butcher the men
and sell the women and children into
slavery. There is something to criticise
in our dealings with the Filipinos, but
compare our treatment of them with
what the Romans did in Sicily as de
scribed by Cicero. Or, not to go so far
back, compare it with the proceedings
of Cromwell in Ireland.
Most of us seldom stop to think how
very modern the idea of "reform" is
and what a recent type of man is the
reformer. A few hundred years ago he
did not exist. There has always been
plenty of drunkenness in the world, but
temperance societies date from the be
ginning of the last century. Few had
ever dreamed that slavery was immoral
two centuries ago. The ancients could
tart a revolution, but of improvement
through rational, sympathetic effort
they knew nothing. The only reforms
that were ever heard of before the
eighteenth century were innovations in
religion. All this goes to prove that
our sympathies are vastly wider than
those of our progenitors, and that we
are Incomparably readier to take trou
ble for the sake of others than were the
en of former ages. Think of the enor
mous amount of unrewarded energy
which is spent every day by mission
aries, temperance workers, friends of
the Indian, anti-imperialsta, apostles to
the negroes, advocates of purity, and
heaven only knows what besides. The
fact is that a very large proportion of
all that is done by modern men is done
for others.
The Jew was allowed by the Mosaic
law to treat outsiders very differently
from his own countrymen. The ancient
tales of sacrifice are invariably either
for friend or native land. Lucian nar
rates several moving incidents of what
one friend did for another, but he has
never a hint of sacrifice for a stranger.
Indeed, such abnegation of self as Elsie
Plantz showed in her effort to save
three strangers from drowning would
have looked like folly to a Greek or
Roman. The tendency of the modern
world, despite . all incidental appear
ances to the contrary, is strongly in the
direction of universal helpfulness and
brotherhood. The very idea of "univer
sal brotherhood is modern, and, one
may add, Christian. It Is perhaps the
one great contribution of Christianity
to the consciousness of the Aryan na
tions. The others have it yet to ac
quire. Whether the Cttrnegie prizes will help
or hinder the growth of world-wide
sympathy it is idle to debate. Their
teaching is that sacrifice is noble. Such
teaching necessarily promotes the gen
eral movement of the world toward the
recognition of right and the award of
justice.
THE MCI.TITUDES OF CHINA.
The population of China is the guess
ing puzzle of the ages. It Is a large
unsolved and seemingly an unsolvable
mystery. The Chinese themselves know
nothing about It that is even approxi
mately reliable, though latterly they
seem to be trying to solve the question
of their own commercial strength. The
latest conclusions, which are based
largely upon supposition, place the
population of China at the beginning of
the Christian era at 80,000,000. A census
made in 1812 gave China 360.000,000 peo
ple: sixty years later the labored
effort of counting these myriads of
human flies resulted in a showing of
408,000,000. This enumeration is re
garded as more nearly correct -than
any other that has been made and is
probably as close to the mark as any
that it is possible to make. It is, in
fact, near enough, the truth for all
practicable purposes, since a few hun
dred thousand people more or less, in
the present status of the Chinese em
plre can make but little difference.
politically-or industrially, one way or
the other. -
China is. however, said to be "awak
ening." The missionary takes courage
at the suggestion and renews his
efforts to displace Confucianism by
Christianity; the commercial spirit is
aroused and becomes alert in the pros-
Ipeci or vast gams in wtrunsr inie w iu
field, rich beyond the dreams of
1 avarice; tie iolUical poyer pf the
world is aghast at the possibilities that
this awakening suggests and talks
gravely of the "yellow peril."
When it Is remembered that the
stupendous figures which represent the
latest and most authentic estimate of
the population of China equal the com
bined population of Russia, England,
France, Germany, Japan and the United
States, the meaning of an "Awakened
China" has a significance that may
easily become appalling. The popula
tion of India, according to the accurate
census made by the English govern
ment, now ..exceeds 300,000,000. It is
therefore nor unreasonable, certainly
not impossible, that China, with its
vastly larger area may have a popula
tion exceeding that of India by 100,-
000.000. This is suggestive of a latent
power, that, inspired by the spirit of
progression, might develop a move
ment for commercial, industrial and
political activity sufficient to cause the
western world to regret that it had
prodded "Sleeping China" until it found
Itself confronted by China fully awake
to the immensity of its power.
The probable origin of the word can
teen, used as signifying a place at a
camp or post where liquors are sold,
is the Latin word quintanus, signifying
the fifth," "of or belonging to the fifth
in rank or order." In military usage.
ll the Roman camp, "quintana via"
was the street in the camp which in
tersected the tents of two legions in
such a manner as to separate the fifth
maniple, or company, from the sixth.
and the fifth turma or squad from the
sixth. Here was the market-place or
business section o.f the camp. Other
attempts have been made to find the
origin of the word, now so generally
in use among those who are trying to
enforce prohibition in the army; but
this citation of the word "quintana,"
from Roman usage, is believed to fur
nish a. much more probable explanation
than any other.
Mr. Virgil P. Kline joined his voice
to Lawyer Troup's in chanting halle
lujahs to Standard Oil as the Findlay
case closed. Mr. Kline thinks it is
contemptible to complain of trust pira
cies "in the midst of the greatest pros
perity the country ever knew." On the
same principle a prosperous stockman
must not grumble if his herders steal
one in ten of his lambs; nor is it proper
for a flourishing merchant to find fault
if his clerks pocket every fifth dollar
they take in. Great is Standard Oil
and marvelous the logic of its lawyers.
"The Morning Oregonian." remarks
the Salem Journal, "was the only pa
per in Oregon to support Mr. Malcolm
for Collector of Customs.". It Is proba
bly only a coincidence that the Salem
Journal was the only paper in Oregon
that supported Editor Hofer for the
same office. However, The Oregonian
did not support Mr. Malcolm, or any
other applicant for the Collectorship.
It has no candidates for office.
The charivari party which wrecked a
man's house in Wisconsin and mal
treated his bride merely carried an
abominable relic of barbarism to its
logical end. "The charivari spirit is half
pruriency and half greed. Once it was
good-natured fun. but that was a long
time ago. It belongs, with negro burn
ings and witch trials, to the dregs of
civilization.
Mr. Armour's donation of $500 to
help keep boys on the farm ought to be
a fine commercial investment. The
more farmers the more beef. The more
beef the better the embalming indus
try. In the hands of a truly good man
it is often difficult to distinguish be
tween charity and business.
There are some men on the Standard
Oil jury who agree with Judge Banker
and Attorneys Kline and Troup that
Standard Oil is a grand benevolence
and Rockefeller a saint. But there
need be no surprise about it, for that
is what they are on the jury for.
Two Scotchmen who were buncoed
out of $10,000 through the complaisance
of a thrifty Chief of Police at Salt
Lake are disposed to make trouble for
the officer. Outrageous. ' What right
has a Scotchman in Utah to have
money ?
The Government Subtreasury at St.
Louis is short $61,000 and they don't
know whether it is a mistake in the
count or somebody stole it. Meanwhile
they are, of course, trying to catch the
thief.
Little w onder that the Cubans, after
remembering Funston's record as a
suppressor of insurgents, wanted none
of him in their island. They feared
perhaps, that he might Aguinaldo them.
The statement is widely published
that , the bank deposits of Kansai
amount to $106 per capita. Yet some
how envy Isn't the matter with every
body living outside of Kansas.
WTien Mr. McCusker gets his fran
chise he purposes to give 65 cents'
worth of gas for 65 cents, which will be
a little different from getting 30-cent
gas for 95 cents.
The French have asked the British to
help rescue the crew of a sunken sub
marine. And the submarine was built
for the purpose of destroying the Brit
ish navy.
Burton, of Kansas, must go to jail at
last, but it may be doubted that, if he
should meet an untimely end, the
schools would be adjourned Jn his
honor. . .
It would be Interesting to cull out
from the hard , things Democrats are
saying about each other what outfit of
Democrats is the true Democratic arti
cle.
M Taft waves aside the crown, say
ing he will not be the next President.
We could also name several other per
sons who are in the won't-be class.
Additional proof that Russell Sage
was a skinflint is found in the fact that
no favorite women have been bringing
lawsuits against is estate.
Jerome hasn't said a word since
Hearst was nominated. Pass up an
other of those hero medals, Mr. Carne
gie.
Having seen something of the Big
Stick, the Cubans will learn something
about the square deal.
Doubtless several members of the
Portland polce force are now believers
in Chinese exclusion.
Whatever should happen, to Hearst,
Murphy Is in position to get satisfac
tion out of it.
'WANTED, A MASTER MINT.
Then the "Willamette Valle-y Mar
For Applea 3 per Box.
Corvallis Times..
Hood River and its apples are in the
public eye. Many Oresjnians journeyed
Hood Riverward last week to see the ap
ple fair. The display of fruit, is said to
have been beautiful. It was the talk In
Portland that the exhibition was as line
as the world can make in the apple line.
Great, indeed, is Hood River and her ap
ple industry.
There is, howe-er, something remark
able In this story of apples and the beau
tiful vallev up the Columbia. It is is- val
ley known in the markets and busy streets
of New York City. It is known in the
wealthy homes of that great town. It is
known in London and to London apple-
buyers. "Hood River Apples" emblazoned
on a box of fruit sells the apples without
question on the part of the buyer. Ihree
dollars and fifteen cents a box for Spitz-
enbergs and $2.90 for Newtowns, is the
price Hood River growers got for their
apples this season" The crop is all sold.
Three dollars and fifteen cents a bushel
is a beautifully profitable recompense for
the trouble of growing apples. The snug
sum of $150!) is what a 20-acre orchard
netted one man. and there are dozens
and seores of similar instances in the
Hood i.iver Valley. The growers are all
getting rich, just as hopgrowers have
made fortunes in the Independence dis
trict the past years. Yet it is a truth, a.
solemn, sacred truth, . that great as is
Hood River, famed and fabled as are her
apples. It is possible to grow and sell ap- '
pies just as well in the Willamette Val
ley. Equally good apples can be produced.
and equally fancy figures can be secured
for them. A box of apples displayed for
sale in the Corvallis market last week
and grown on Benton soil were just as
fine apples as the best exhibited at the
Hood River fair. That is the statement
of a man who saw the box at Corvallis
and saw the apples at the fair." He is an
apple expert. He knows whereof he
speaks. He has no motive that would
rause him to misrepresent. What he says
is not In derogation of Hood River, but in
prlorlflcation of Benton and other Willam
ette Valley counties.
But whv has Hood River all this fame.
and why are her apples clamored for all
over the world at fancy prices? The an
swer is easy, according to this apple ex
pert. It is a case where 'one far-seeing
mind and one indomitable worker led his
community up and on in progress. This
man saw that the world wanted perfect
apples, and would pay liberally for them.
There is no fruit so standard, so stable,
so all-valuable in a home as an apple, and
he knew it. But it must be an unblem
ished apple. It must look right. It must
taste right. It must be clean and at
tractively packed.
All this the Hood River leader under
stood and he began to preach it to his
neighbors. In season and out he talked,
explained, demonstrated. He proved it by
what he grew. By degrees he convinced
his neighbors. He induced them to spray.
to cultivate and to adopt every method
suggested by scientific inquiry. The trees
now are gone over when the apples are
babies, an inch or two through. If too
thick, the apples are thinned by picking.
They are not allowed to grow nearer than
five Inches apart. That makes an apple
of perfect size and shape. It lays the
foundation for fame and fancy figure. A
skiled association packs and ships all the
fruit. The private orchardist doesn't do
it. Enlightenment directs every depart
ment of the industry. Experience shows
that it is easier to do it that way than
by the old-fashioned, slipshod method.
The consequence is that every grower is
getting rich. .
It could be. the same in the vv lllamette
Valley. The soil is here. So is the cli
mate. In all the uplands of the foothills
is the place. That is what an apple ex
pert who knows says. Tile industry,
tiiough, lies dormant, dead, unawakened.
There is no master mind to arouse it.
There is no firm hand to lead. There is
no clear-headed prophet like they had at
Hood River to foresee and to go ahead
and blaze the way. There Is no B. L.
Smith, for he is the man who, more than
all others, is the maker of the fame and
fast-multiplying wealth of Hood River.
A Group of Telephone Texta.
Baltimore Sun.
His number is 666. Rev., xlii., 18.
Thou didst call me. I. Sam., III., 6.
He tellest the number. Ps.. cxivii., 4.
I understood the number. Dan., ix., 4.
There is no speech nor language. Ps.,
xix., 3.
When I call, answer me speedily. "8.,
cil., 2.
I said in my haste, "I am cut off." Ps.,
xxx., 22.
I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Cant., v.. 6.
They could not take noict or nis woras.
Luke, xx., 2b.
We use great plainness of speech. II.
Cor., lit., 12.
His name should not have been cut off.
Isa.. xlviii., 19.
Call now, if there be any that win an
swer thee. Job, v., 1.
Ye have heard my conversation in time
past. Gal., i.. 13.
If he cut off, and shut up, who can hin
der him? Job. xi., 10.
Then they waited according to their or
der. I. Chron., vi., 32.
Where is the receiver? Isa., xxxvi., 18.
Let every man be swift to hear and
slow to speak. James, i., 19.
Call thou and I will answer, or let me
sneak, and answer thou me. Job. xili., 22.
Except they give a distinction to the
sounds, how shall it be known? I. Cor.,
xvi.. 7.
I had rather speak five words with my
understanding than 10.000 In an unknown
tongue. I. Cor., xiv., 19.
Except ye utter words easy to be under-
stood, how shall it be known what is
spoken? For ye shall speak into the air.
I. Cor., xiv., 19.
A Matter of Glass.
Harper's Weekly.
Andrew Carnegie once delivered a little
homily to the pupils of a public school
in Washington, D. C, wherein he en
deavored to demonstrate that the judg
ment of men Is apt to be warped by
sentiment and feeling.
"In Scotland." asserted Mr. Carnegie,
"the people abominated hymns simply
because the Episcopalians used them
The Presbyteriang sang only the Psalms
oc J-Javlo:. l ne episcopalians usea stainea
glass in their church windows, and for
that reason the Scotch looked! upon
stained glass as something of unholy
origin.
Continuing. Mr. Carnegie told a story
of a Presbyterian minister who had been
bold enough to introduce the hated In
novation of stained glass. He was show
ing it in triumph to one of his parishion
ers and asked her how she liked it.
"Aye. it Is handsome," said she sadly,
"but I prefer the glass Just as God made
it."
Don't Sulk.
' Joa Cone, in Judge.
Whatever you do If do tt you must.
Don't eulk.
B happy and healthy and jolly and lusii
Don't sulk.
Don't ffrumble. and mumble and be out of
eear
Three hundred and sixty-five days In the
vear;
Whatever your fortune. Just he of good
cheer;
Don't sulk.
If matters don't happen to tumble your
way,
-Don't sulk.
Tour plum tree will drop you & fruitage
some -day.
Don't sulk.
There's nothing will scatter the clouds of
despair
Like a confident, hopefuls and rollicking
air;
Just give your "old grouchy" the go-by for
fair;
Don't sulX ' -
PRESIDENTS IX RETIREMENT.
Ten Rave lived loiter Thaa Mr.
Cleveland After Lravlns Office.
New York Sun.
Only ten men who have held the office
of President reacheei or surpassed Mr.
Cleveland's present age of tS; only six
exceeded It by so much as ten years,
and none exceeded it by quite 20 years.
Only ten Presidents have survived their
retirement from office longer than Mr.
Cleveland, and four of these lived to a
great age.
Washington, who survived his retire
ment less than three years, thought him
self an old man when he was first made
President, at the ape ot 57. John Adams
survived his retirement a quarter of a
century, and his son. John Quincy. who
outlived his retirement nearly 20 years,
was the only President who had nearly as
conspicuous a public career, after oc
cupying the Presidency, as before.
Monroe's six vears after hLs retirement
from office were passed in comparative
obscurity as a resident of this city, and
his dying hours were embittered by scan
dalous accusations In connection with
Jackson's seizure of Spanish forts in
Florida during the first Seminole war.
Polk outlived his retirement less man a
year, and there is every reason to sup
pose that hail Arthur compassed his am
bition of an election to the Presidency in
1SS4 he would have died early In his term,
for he outlived his retirement less than
two years.
Tyler, who outlived his retirement -0
years, emerged from obscurity near the
end of his life to preside over the vain
peace convention on the eve or me tiu
war. He afterward served in the Con
gress of the Confederate States.
Rnrhanan lived more than seven years
after his retirement, and took the op
portunity to write what was in effect a
defense of his administration.
Jefferson and Jackson were tno onij
Presidents who exercised a really power -ful
influence over party councils after
their permanent retirement from public
office, though Van Buren was an active
politician as long as he had nope oi
rcnomination at the hands of any party.
Johnson was the only retired r-resiaent.
to enter the United States Senate, and
the vouneer Adams was the only one to
serve In the House of Representatives.
Cleveland and Harrison have Deen me
only retired presidents to be conspic
uously successful in private 'Dlisines;?. il
Is not generally known that Mr. Cleve
land still serves as consulting counsel in
law cases in which his experience in the
office of President may be supposed to
have given him special qualincations as
an adviser, his iees in sura t-iiatro
large, as were those of Mr. Harrison as
a legal adviser and a lecturer on con-
titutional law.
Orator Sheridan's Strategy.
Leslie's Weekly.
. whn a nnnnl tn an enier-
Yll " , . -
gency was the late George A. Sheridan,
a noted "spellbinder" often engaged by
the Republican National Committee. At
a big meeting he was aaaressniB in a.
io.. x-,n Vrtrir ii -wR introduced
by a Mr. O'Brien, the chairman, in most
flattering terms, in oroer to recipnu-aw,
-t ci,A-t n irlrttt-lner tribute to
the sterling qualities of the chairman, 'and
wound up the eulogy Dy asserting mm
no man "could say Mr. O'Brien owed him
cent.
,..r- mA yal rfrtllnrR" r-flTTIfl a keCH
liv; unca hii.. .J...- -
Celtic voice from the rear of the audi
ence.
It was almost a solar plexus blow ior
the orator, and the audience started to
i i. ,i -t,.- Daiivinc tVto sneaker
UlUKll m-iiu jet.. -----
said: "Don't be alarmed, good friends; I
will answer, mat man preaeuui.
In time. and. If pos-
s.ole, have the audience forget the inci
dent; but again tnat penetrating
cried out: ,
"He owes me three dollars cow casn:
. j : - V.a .aa nf tVlA nlfltform.
AUVUUt'lllK IV tuj,v ,
General Sheridan, in a confidential tone.
said: "Yes. I know all about the tnree aoi
lars. for my friend, Mr. O'Brien, has
given me the inside tacts, jjaiues mm
w ....,i to Dlmnlv thlK. and
gentlemen, uiic - .t, ..... .
it reveals a peculiar character: This man
who has interrupted me mc. -.m.
aclraH i1m for the loan Of
retouiij "iu ......... ......
$10. 'I haven't got ten," said generous
Mr. O Brlen, dui nere bib oevc..
, ji -v.- tn him Now this man
lianuiiig hit: ,m...w " . , . , .
is going around saying my friend, the hon
orable chairman, owes mm mi era uuni,
, i -n..ii lanri him nnlv seven dol-
C-eCUUSej lira wuha -
lars. when ten were requested." A roar of
laughter filled tne nan, aim me i.u.Bw"-
man tried to answer me urmui.
, j rriu- r.vintrmfin whisoered
nuwieu. uuwi. -
in General Sheridan's ear. 'You have
saved me you are a genius."
Light Upon Bible Terms.
Ram's Horn.
A day's journey was about 23 l-o miles.
a Kahhath day's Journey was about an
English, mile.
A hand's breadth is equal to 34 inches.
A finger's breadth is equal to one Inch.
A shekel of silver was about 60 cents.
A shekel of gold was $8
A talent of silver was $o38.30.
A niece of silver, or a penny, was 13
cents.
A tartning was a c-rani. ,
A mite was less than a quarter of a
cent. .
A gerah was a cent.
in mih or hath, contains seven gal
lons and five pin
A. Din was one isainj"
A firkin was seven pints.
An omer was, six pints.
"Mr. Kicker."
TCew York Sun.
He grumbles if his coffee's hot
And wails lr it is cum;
He whines In case the maid Is young
And roars if "he Is olQ.
He hates a pleasant day because
Tiie sunshine hurts nis eei.
And cloudy weather makes him shake
His fist up at the sKies.
If Mrs. K. goes out to call.
"A gadabout!" ne growis;
And if she stays at home with him.
"You're watching me: ne howls.
"The world is growing worse," he sighs
"I wish that I were dead!"
And that's- the only hopeful thing
He ever aald.
A REPUBLICAN PAPER'S VIEW OF THE PENNSYL
VANIA CAMPAIGN
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
BRYAN NOW. BOYS, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TO KNOCK OCT THAT
KEYSTONE A'I THE WHOLE ARCH WILL TALL DOWN.
PLIGHT OP THE DEMOCRACY.
Chaoa Describe." Polltlral Situation in
- Massachusetts-
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Dem )
October 1J.
The plight of the Massachusetts Dcnwc-.
racy, now that it has surrendered to
Moran and tljesn't know whether it has
got him for a candidate or not, is pitiable
in the extreme. Never was there a poll
tlcan situation in this state like unto this
one. and all concerned with It must be
leady to pray that they may be delivered
from anything resembling It In the
future. The most that G. S. MacKarland.
who appeared before the state convention
in protest against the Bryan resolution
and vouching for himself as John B.
Moran's chief manager, could say vester
day in defense of his doubting and "doubt
ful candidate, was this: ,
"I have come to the conclusion that this
thing Is not hurting Moran. People are
beginning to believe that he is the victim
of a conspiracy, and that is going to
help him. You know he can do a lot of
things an ordinary man could not do anil
still maintain his prestige. He will come
out all right."
To that conclusion Mr. MaoFarland
may have come, hut he stands in isola
tion with It. No sensible person in Mas
sachusetts fails to see that the state of
the Moranized democracy Is c)ing In
finite harm to that party and to the cause
of radicalism with it. The. fantastic rout
of Bedlam i.s in evidence, and without
restraint, (if effective, sane leadership
there is nothing left. If a candidate for
Governor can kick up such a rumpus and
display such unbalanced quality, whether
of temper or of mind, what might ho not
(V if by any chance he were mado Gov
ernor of the state? Thl is the serlom
side to a situation which has ranged from
ir.iReny to ine broadest comedy, and now
comes back to deep tragedy as the situa
tion of the partv of tho onnosltinn in
the state is contcmpluled.
ine nominations were made last Fri
day, and still it was deemed an unsettled
question yesterday whether John B.
.-uoran is to accept his nomination for
Governor to fish, cut bait, or go ashore!
Here is foolishness worse confounded it
beghij to approach something like sheer
idiocy. If the nominee he Sane, he Is
not posing as rational, for eccentricity
never went to greater lengths than this.
A very imp of disorganization could not
do more than he has done to throw his
supporters Into utter and hopeless con
fusion and disorganization, to mar the
prospects of a campaign, to cover a cause
with contempt and ridicule. The man who
has been capable of this can never hops
as a candidate to appeal with success to
the sober thought of the voters of Mas
sachusetts, an3 the democracy will now
be very fortunate if able to rescue itself
into any semblance of a fighting line be
fore election day comes around. The can
didacy of Moran has disappeared be
yond the hope of its decent resurrection
as a fighting force, and the very devil
is in It.
All of which reminds us of "a story."
after tho Lincoln fashion. There was a
good preacher long r.go whose misfortune
li was whilo in tho delivery of his sermon
to have some hornets begin active opera
tions within his clothing. This was more
than even pious flesh could stand with
stoicism, and so the good man began
to dance about in most unseemly fashion,
to tho shocking of his deacons and flock,
while he declared: "Brethern. the word
of the 'Lord Is in my mouth, but the
devil's in my breeches "! Ixive of the
peoplo still animates the heart and plat
form of the Massachusetts democracy,
but Moran is in its breeches, and with
most doleful and surprising results.
Pish That Journrya on Land.
London Graphic.
Several examples of a zoological para
doxa fish which would speedily be
drowned if placed in deep water have
just been added to the collection at Re
gent's Park. This is the African walking
fish, which spends the greater part of its
existence upon the mud banks of tropical
rivers. Its method of progression has
been described by naturalists as of th
"hop, skip and jump" variety, and w.S-o-journeying
inland, as it does over 1
distances, it climbs by means of-'-fhe
breast fins over the roots and even in
the boughs of trees. These curious crea
tures, which belong to an important group
known as lung fishes, form a connectir
link with the higher forms of life, the
bladder being converted into what io
practically a lung. When the rivers dry
up In the hot season, they bury them
selves in the mud, breathing In the. air
like a frog or a newt. In Australia there
are several varieties of lung fishes, one
of the largest, which is much esteemed
as an article of food, sometimes attain
ing a length of six feet.
Girl Baby Born to Millions.
Boston Dispatch in New York Sun. '
One of the richest baby girls in America
is born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Deshon
Brandegee at Brookline. Mother and
child are reported doing well. Mrs. Bande
gee's private fortune is conservatively es
timated to be $15,000,000, and her husband
Is also reputed to be a millionaire. Mr.
Brandegee, who comes from Syracuse,
was a classmate of Hon. Charles F.
Sprague, the first husband of Mrs. Bran
degee, who died several years ago. Her
maiden name was Pratt, and her fortune
was inherited from her grandfather.
Sing SInjr and New York's Election.
Raleigh Evening Times.
New York realized its mistake too late.
If it had followed the advice of Mr.
Hearst and sent Murphy to Sing Sing a
real Democrat might have been nominated
at Buffalo.
Changeable Mary.
Denver Post.
Mary had a little tooth
That ached a little bit.
he couldn't eat solid food;
When down to meals she'd sit.
But Mary wouldn't have it pulled,
. .. xwould hurt too much." said she,
"I'll live on soup and liquid foods.
They're good enough for me."
But when it made her give up gum, -v
And ice cream soda, too.
She changed her mind 'at once and haS
That tooth pulled, P. D. Q.