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I'(11TL.M). WATl RDAV. ATR1L IS. IWK.
A KMIll U.IHIE t HIXE.'-E EKEIUNTT
I.UMla rpi'eivcd a rudo awakening;
from her dream of conquest when the
Japanese trailed the royal banner of
tile Muscovites In the dust of the Far
Khsl Hrtd conditions been reversed,
and had Russia instead of Japan
rmerKod from war a victor, the posi
tion of the Czar in the disputed terri
tory where he sought an outlet o the
I'ailllc would have been Impregnable.
Ji Is true that, to reach the warm
waters of the Pacific, Russia had for a
thousand miles across Manchuria laid
the iron of the trans-Siberian railroad
in territory over which the Chinese ex
ercised at least nominal control. This
control, however, was so weak, and
I'hlnese resistance was so feeble, that
until Japan stepped into the breach
Uussla's conduct in the Manchurian
territory traversed by her railroad was
thai of a bona fide owner, instead 'of
an Interloper.
It was the Intention of Russia, when
the railroad from St. Petersburg
across Siberia was originally planned,
u. keep the road on Russian soil
throuRhout the entire distance. This
i u!d have been accomplished by fol
low ing what has always been known
a the Amoor River route, and it was
I he Intention of Russia to stick to that
route; but, before the western end of
Die great road was constructed, the
allurements of easier construction, a
richer country and shorter mileage,
coupled probably with 1 the even
greater Incentive of Manchurian an
nexation, caused Russia to swing
away from the Amoor route, and cut
across Manchuria by way of Harbin.
The road was built, but Manchuria
failed to become Russian territory,
and now. apparently with all hope
Kone of raising the Russian flag over
that rich Chinese province, 'Russia is
preparing to go back to the old plans,
and build a railroad along the Amoor
on indisputably Russian soil.
Hy this means only can the great
rmpire reach an outlet on the Pacific
xcept through alien territory; and,
although the cost of the new line, or
rather completion .of the old line, will
approximate $120,000,000, the Rus
sian government regards the project
most kindly and Kill without doubt
provide the funds. The line as con
templated will run from Khabarovsk
t .i Xertchlnsk. A distance of about 1400
miles. Instead of passing through a
rich country, like the country now
traversed by the Manchurian line, it
will run through a barren, mountain
nus district, sparsely populated and
from a traffic standpoint, practically
worthless. For the greater pari of
the distance along, the Amoor, the
ground is perpetually frozen at a
depth of three feet throughout the
year, and agriculture is almost Im
possible. But the building of the line is re
garded as a necessity for protection of
Russian interests in the Par Bast, and
I' will be constructed If it is never
destined to carry any traffic except
soldiers and sailors bound to and from
the. Orient. When work is actually
begun on this line It will be generally
regarded as final acknowledgment of
toinplete sovereignty of China In Man
cbiirla. for, aside from China, no other
lountry. prior tt the Japanese-Russian
war, had a stronger hold on Man
churia than Russia.
The course of the Chicago wheat
niwrket for the past few days has been
decidedly erratic. As this Is tho sea
ton of. the year when crop scares of
till kinds appear. It Is not at all prob
able that the "pit" will be for several
Aveeks, much of a refuge for a nervous
IMTson. The market shot up two cents
per bushel Thursday, largely on the
strength of a prediction of small Ar
gentina shipments. The shipments,
which 'were posted yesterday, were
fully as amall-as expected, for the first
time this season falling below- J.000.-
000 bushels, but the erratic market
failed to hold the advane of the pre
ceding day, and prices closed a cent
lower. Locally, there is not much
wheat remaining unsold, and for the
first season on record comparatively
high prices have ruled from the time
the crop commenced to move, until
It was practically all sold. It is also
very pleasing to note that up to date
prospects for another big crop m Ore
gon. Washington arid Idaho are very
good. With continuation of these pros
rectC and a good market price, the
Pacific Northwest will be Independent
01 any financial stringency which may
affect less favored parts of the country.
TMO VAU'ABI.E LESSONS.
From Gus Lehmelers experience in
the Municipal Court at least two strik
ing and important lessons may -be
drawn. Perhaps a skillful expositor
might extract from it more than two,
but they would be recondite, far
fetched, elusive. . Our pair of wisdom's
gems lies on the surface for everybody
to use and enjoy, though 'the two are
not of equal value. We begin with
the less precious, which Is that in
Oregon a husband still. In certain con
tingencies, retains the ancient and
honored prerogative "of beating his
wife.
What those contingencies are the
court did not completely disclose, but
It may now be regarded, perhaps, as
settled law that when a husband finds
his wife in a "cafe" at 4 o'clock In the
glimmering morn, where she has been
"singing like a lark" all night, he
may kick her home without fear of
legal complications. Naturally, the
wife has the same privilege. When
she discovers her spouse similarly dis
porting himself she may hasten his
homeward progress with the mop or
broom and the law will look on with
an approving smile.
Or do we err in drawing this infer
ence from the court's decision in
Lehmeler's case? Is it perhaps true
that the right to chastise his partner
In the marriage bond belongs only to
the stronger of the two? Suppose
some particularly robust wife should
undertake to treat a puny husband as
Lehmeler treated the frail tenant of
his heart, would' she be guilty of as
sault? Or would she stand for the
moment In loco parentis and find her
chastising kicks approved by the
court?
The second, and far more valuable,
lesson which we draw from Gus
Lehmeier's adventure before Judge
Cameron Is that a- husband should
not return to his domicile before he
said he would. Gus set Sunday even
ing for the time of his arrival. In
stead of waiting for that time to arrive
he made his appearance at 4 o'clock
cn Sunday morning. What could he
expect from such irregular conduct?
Must a wife stay at hotne all day and
all night when her husband goes away,
never permitting herself a breath of
fresh air, lest he return and find her
missing? The evils of coming home
prematurely were pointed out long ago
by Boccaccio and other great author
ities on matrimony. Had Gus read
their instructive books he would have
known what to expect and would not
have fallen into panic and plunged
himself into the clutches of the police
when he found his domestic hearth
cold and his house forlorn. Even as
It was there were alleviations of his
fate. His wife had deserted his bed
and board, to be sure, but she had left
the dogs. Is It quite certain that Gus
was a loser by the exchange? Would
It not have been wiser upon the whole,
for him to have let his wife go her
ways and consoled himself with the
dogs?
AN tIJ EVt' INDl'STRY.
Some years ago aYumber of active.
Intelligent women, . headed by Mrs.
William P. Lord, of Salem, ably as
sisted by the late Mrs. J. C. Card. Mrs.
O. K. Denny, of this city, and others,
took up the question of flax Vulture
in Oregon and worked It with such
persistence and enthusiasm that the
state bid fair, as it seemed, to become
noted as a producer of flax, and later
as a manufacturer of flax' products
of various grades. It was demon
strated through this effort that flax
of excellent quality for various grades
of manufacture could be raised in
several sections of the state, and espe
cially in the Willamette Valley, where
soil and climatic conditions were ex
ceptionally favorable to the growth
and maturity of the plant. Some ex
periment Id flax manufacture fol
lowed the limited production, but this
ended unfortunately and now for sev
eral years little or nothing has been
heard of flax growing and its' possi
bilities In Oregon.
This is unfortunate, .since it was
demonstrated or seemed o have
been that the flax-field as auxiliary
to the grain-field and "orchard, and
flaxseed and by-products could be
made a profitable adjunct to Oregon
agriculture, filling in a gep, so to
speak, In seed-time and harvest opera
tions that would .accrue to the benefit
of the Vliest, hay and hop-grower. It
was conceded by many of those who
could be induced to give attention to
the matter that flax-growing could be
successfully carried on In the state.
If once properly established: but such
interest as was aroused in the pro
posed Industry has almost, if not com
pletely, died out. Whether it will be
revived again or not can only be a
matter of conjecture. ,
Statistics show that the flax, hemp
and Jute manufactures of the United
States have increased in volume and
value enormously in the last quarter
or third of a century, and espeeially
since ISflO, or about the time that in
terest was awakened In flax-growing
lu Oregon. Up to the year 18S0 the
manufactures of these products of flax
were of such small importance, com
paratively speaking, that they were
not given separate enumeration in the
census, but were entered under the
general head of "other Industries."
Ten years later they had grown to
such, importance that they were given
separate classification, with a produc
tive valuation of 137,313.021. Since
this time the value has nearly doubled,
giving the Industry a rank second to
that of silk manufactures.
Literature bearing upon flax cul
ture is. it is said, now more sought for
than ever before a sign of earnest
ness and intelligence in quest oT in
formation in regard to an industry
upon which there ia so much to learn
that Is prophetic of the continued
and Increased growth both In the cul
ture of flax and manufacture of its
products.
Under the stimulus of these condi
tions A revival of interest in flai
rrowlna- in the Willamette Vallev Is
not Improbable: at least it Is not hope
less. It Is an industry In which capi
tal and labor, -agriculture and manu
facture. must go hand in hand in
order to produce satisfactory results.
Such an industry does not spring up
la a night, nor In a year, but once hav
ing been carefully systematized and
established it will, like Its products,
be of lasting value.
WHKRE rORTUAXn IS EXOWX.
Refusal of the California Secretary
of the Navy to send any of the battle
ships to Portland Is, of course, a griev
ous and unwarranted slight to Colum
bia River prestige. It is also an Insult
to a great many thousand Oregonians
whose sole opportunity for viewing the
ships in which we all have a prido
would be at Portland. But let no one
be troubled over any possibility of the
maritime prestige of the port being In
jured in the slightest degree by this
petty discrimination and attempt to
belittle the port. Fortunately for Port
land, the maritime records of the
greatest ports on earth offer plenty of
evidence as to the depth of water in
the Columbia River, and It is evidence
that can neither be "doctored" nor re
futed. Within the past fortnight fully
a dozen big steamships, .which loaded
at Portland to drafts of from 24 feet
to 25.9 feet, have reported at coaling
ports or at final destination in arious
parts of the world.
When that endless procession of
mammoth steamships, which move
slowly through the Sue2 Canal, last
week exchanged greetings at Aden and
Suez with the big steamships Baron
Cawdor and Tweeddale, outward
bound from Portland, all of their mas
ters knew that the Orejfon metropolis
was one of the big-sh'p ports of the
world, for right before them was the
evidence. When the British steamship
Glenstrae, from Portland for Ham
burg, drawing nearly 26 feet of water.
a deeper draft than the average At
lantic liner, steamed into the Elbe a
few days ago, every Interested ship
ping man in the great German port
knew that Portland, Or., was a safe
port for twenty-six-foot ships. This
same forceful kind of advertising of
Portland was given the port last week
when the St. Hugo passed Gibraltar;
when the Tricolor arrived at Shang
hai, the Mortlakc at Adelaide. Aus
tralia; the St. Egbert at Ho llo, the
Cratgvaar at Antwerp. .Strathendrick
at Hull, and other equally large car
riers at other ports.
These big steamships of 24 feet to
23.9 feet draft have carried the fame
of Portland around the world. On
their outward voyage from Portland
they have called for coal or for orders
at Aden, Perim, Port Said, Singapore,
St. Vincent, Coronel, Montevideo, New
castle, and at Cape of Good Hope and
at Japanese ports. Wherevef they
have called or reported the news has
been flashed throughout the civilized
world that they were, en route from
Portland, Or., and hundreds and thou
sands of shipping men were thus af
forded positive knowledge that Port
land Is a port which dispatches great
freighters of deep draft.
Shipowners "throughout the world
know that it is safe to send 26-foot
vessels to Portland. The California
Secretary of the Navy' pretends to be
lieve that it is unsafe to: send those
of 24 feet draft. Portland cannot,
well prevent the Government Jron)
sending a few of Its diminutive eraft
here, bnt they can hardly be expected
to receive as much attention as would
be extended a big steamship of the
type to which Portland is accustomed.
The toy ships will afford some pleas
ure to the children, but they will only
serve to intensify the resentment of
the people who know that they have
been shamefully mistreated by the re
fusal of the California Secretary of the
Navy to send large vessels here.
A GREAT BENEFACTOR.
How many Americans are prepared
to weep over the tomb of Ferdinand
Schumacher with intelligent grief?
We venture to say that not one in ten
of those whose breakfast tables
abound with the products of his inven
tive dnd hygienic genius know who he
was or what he did. Such is the. in
equity" of fame. Ferdinand Schu
macher was a great benefactor of the
human race. He Invented breakfast
foods. His death removes from the
sphere of human activities one who
has done as much as any of his con
temporaries to make those activities
free from dyspepsia and bile.
This is one view of the case, and
perhaps the true one: but there is an
other. No less -an authority than Dr.
Woods Hutchinson he-Ids breakfast
foods up to derision. He pronounces
a ban upon the whole tribe of mari
gold oats, toasted barley corns, baked
sawdust and predigested pine chips. In
his opinion they are no better than so
much cold iron in the human stomach,
and we would be healthier and hap
pier had they never been heard of.
Very likely the true view lies some
where between sheer idolatry of the
late Herr Schumacher and the utter
rejection of him and all his breakfast
foods.
As between pie for breakfast and
toasted oak chips with coffee, we pre
fer the latter. They are more
hygienic and less destructive to true
religion. But why eat anything at
that perilous meal? Dr. AVoods
Hutchinson has declared in a famous
article that old-fashioned fried pork,
swimming in grease, is the- ideal re
past at the awesome hQur when the
early bird is catching the worm; but
another great medical authority, Dr.
Fletcher, differs from him widely. Dr.
Fletcher, who has written a big book
for every one of Dr. . Woods
Hutchinson's-, articles in the Sat
day Evening - Post. avers that
the only proper breakfast "con
sists of a vigorous walk and a cold
bath. Strange as it may seem, multi
tudes have, adopted his view and find
themselves healthier and happier for
it. It seems, according to the best
modern medical authority, that eating,
like disease, is merely a bad habit,
from which one can emancipate him
self if he tries hard enough.
Dr. Fletcher is a hale old man of
great wealth, who rises early and
works hard all the forenoon on the
nutriment derived from his walk and
bath. He eats nothing until noon, and
then nothing more until the next noon.
This is doing pretty well, but some of
his disciples have done better. One
of them fasted sixty days, according
to the accounts, gaining in health and
vigor all the time. Fasts of forty days
are commonplace among the Fletcher
Ites, unless they exaggerate. The fact
is that most people eat too much, both
in the morning and at noon and night.
The superfluous food which they de
vour clogs the system and wastes the
energy required to eliminate if.-- We
should all be healthier If we con
sumed less and took more pains to
masticate it. Under the plan of eating
no more thap we needed It would not
make a great deal of difference what
we had for breakfast or dinned either.
What a person .eats Is of small im
portance compared with how much he
eats.
Last year, owing to reports of heavy
damage to the potato crop of Califor
nia, there was a great rush to plant
potatoes in all the Coast states. Ir an
ticipation of high prices. As a result
the supply was large and the prices
fair or less, with a slow market. 'vTith
no particular inducement this year to
plant potatoes, the situation will prob
ably be more favorable when the 1908
crop is ready for the market, and
farmers may reasonably count on a
margin or profit. This profit must,
however, depend largely upon the
quality of potatoes produced. As a
local produce dealer remarks, too
large a proportion of the potato crop
is of poor grade, and commands a low
price. This is due largely to use of in
ferior seed, planting in worn-out and
depleted soil, and poor cultivation.
To a great extent it Is true of potatoes
as with other crops, whatsoever a man
plants, that shall he also dig. Small,
knobby and scabby potatoes will pro
duce their kind, and if the soil be poor
and -the growing crop be neglected
during the dry season, the size is likely
to be small. Potato-raising, like
poultry-keeping, is usually an adjunct
of general farming, and too frequently
a neglected feature of farm operations.
At this season, when planting, is in
progress, particular attention should
be given to quality of seed and prep
aration of soil. Thus will a good start
be had toward the production of a
crop of fancy potatoes which cost but
little more to raise than inferior stock
but which bring a far better price.
There are very few, if any, great
men in history who are credited with
saving their country so vast a sum as
1300.000.000. But it seems reasonably
certain that General LlncVitch, who
died at St. Petersburg Thursday, was
the means of preventing Japan from
collecting the huge indemnity de
manded from Russia. The forceful
manner displayed by Linevitch. in re
organizing the demoralized Russian
army, and checking the advance of the
Japanese at the critical period, when
peace negotiations were under way,
not only saved Russia an immense sum
of money, but, had Linevitch been per
mitted to continue operations, the war
might have had quite a different end
ing. General Linevitch got to the
front a little too late to prevent the
great change that was made in the
political map of the Far East, but he
arrived in time to make for himself a
lasting place in Russian war history.
Senator Bourne has introduced a
bill directing the Secretary ' of the
Treasury to adjust and settle claims
for services performed, by citizens of
Oregon in the Cayuse Indian war of
1847. Similar measures have appeared
at intervals in the past sixty years,
but the claims are still unpaid. The
progress being made, however, ought
to encourage the Astoria citizens' who
had their sealing schooners seized
about 1886 The Cayuse war claims,
of course, have quite a lead on the
sealing claims, but along about 1950
the latter ought to be heard from
again, and the dawn of the twenty-first
century may witness the payment of
both the Cayuse war claims and the
sealing claims.
Some of the parlor navigators in
the United States Navy, who seem to
be afraid of the Columbia River, are
probably endeavoring to follow the ad
monition of the famous Sir Joseph
Porter, K. C. B., to "stick close to your
desks and never go to sea, and some
day you'll be ruler of the queen's
navee." They at least display a tim
idity which is not complimentary to
their calling. ,
John -Miller, a Champoeg farmer,
who had disposed of his ranch, was
garroted while drunk in this eitv
Thursday evening and relieved of
$720, the proceeds of the sale he had
just made. As both of the financial
transactions took place, on the same
day, the old adage might appropriately
be varied by saying that a fool and his
f.irm are soon parted after one is
turned into money, and whisky is
turned into the other.
A Salem man has sued the late in
sane asylum superintendent because
he (the Salem man) was released
from the asylum on condition that he
ltave the state and by thus leaving,
he (the Salem man) lost large sums
of money. Why doesn't the Salem
man simplify matters and increase his
prospect of damages by suing the su
perintendent for releasing him at all?
Abe Hummel, the New York lawyer
of unsavory fame, is so well pleased
with London that he Informs, a New
York paper that he never, wants to
leave the world's ' metropolis. There
are plenty of good American citizens
who recall the crimes for which Hum
mel served time, that will now trust
that nothing will happen to change his
opinion of his new home.
Erstwhile opponents of Senator
Fulton are now handing him bouquets
for his big vote in his home county
1225 to 198. But the Eugenie Regis
ter, not jet "pacified." says Fulton's
opponents could not see anything
good in him before the primaries. If
soft words won't harmonize the Re
publican party, what will?
Another outrage at Stanford. A stu
dent has been expelled for being drunk
on the campus. However, the dis
missed student with his companions in
drlnk-hiay be assured of a cordial wel
come, and no questions asked, at any
Keeley Institute.
Shall any Republican be nominated
by the state convention. May 1 4, for
presidential elector, who refuses to
vote for the people's choice for Presi
dent? The Oregon courts, like those of
several . other - states, are confronted
with the question whether justice or
fine-spun law should prevail.
The showers damage the Spring
suits, but make rhubarb and potatoes
cheaper. Give us the showers.
Over in Japan, also-, they are quite
sure that the fleet should return to
the Atlantic, .
M.KADJI KOR BIRO PROTKl-flOS
W. U r later Orwamwrea Irwwol for
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MILWAVKIK. Or.. April 24. (To the
Editor.) At the meeting of the Oregon
Fish and Game Association, held last
Wednesday evening, it was voted to
propose an amendment to our present
duck law. extending the ahootlng sea
son up to March 1 and in this way ad
vocate "Spring shooting."
In the face of all the facts we have
to show that our game birds are de
creasing rapidly, this association has
proposed a most pernicious piece of
wild bird legislation. Instead of pre
serving our birds they are recommend
ing us to take the shortest road to
bird extermination.
There are two classes of membera In
the Oregon Fish and Game Association,
gunners and sportsmen. At the meet
ing when this amendment was adopted
the gunners predominated. A gunner
looks out for himself alone. A sports
man has some idea of fair play toward
birds. One pots a sitting bird: the
other will at least give It .a flying
chance. One wants to shoot all he
sees: the other prefers to leave plenty
for seed. A sportsman Is far-sishted
enough to know that If he doesn't pro
tect, but kills continually, his 'sport
will vanish in a few years.
The gunners who proposed this
amendment stated at the meeting that
they would fight the association to
finish If it was not adopted and they
did not secure their rights. To some
of us who attended this meeting it was
very evident that the gunners' rights
were uppermost. Rather foolish of us.
It was. to mention the rights of birds!
The logical time to shoot game-birds
1 In the Fall.- The breeding season Is
over. The broods of young birds are
well grown and In good condition. It
Is the beginning of their struggle for
life. Some will fall from natural
causes, many by the gun. Nature tries
to provide for this decrease. Only the
fittest can survive the Winter. They
are of the best blood. They have won
out. They deserve the reward of wild
life. It is unsportmnnllke. it is die
honorable not to recognize these bird
rights.
I have said before that Spring shoot
ing is the shortest road to ' bird
extermination. -The bird is often hard
put during the Winter. -If he, survives
he has the best bipod of his race. Al
low the gunner to kill him and you
destroy the seed of the next generation.
In our climate the ducks get ready for
breeding early In the year. Female
birds killed at this time often have
well developed eggs. To shoot birds
Just before or during the breeding sea
son Is not right from the bird stand
point, and it- is not right from the
human standpoint. It Is not fair play.
One hunter who lived where Spring
shooting was permitted told me that
many of the ducks shot during that
season were poor and not fit to eat.
After feasting on the fat young birds
of the Kali he said he got little satis
faction In killing and eating birds that
were about ready to breed.
Public sentiment for wild bird and
animal preservation In Oregon IS better
than in many other parts of the coun
try. If the Oregon Fish and Game
Association expects to influence legi
lation and get enough votes to pass
this harmful amendment it might as
well begin explaining its position. The
members claim to represent the spirit
of true sportsmanship. At the ame
time they propose to send their legis
lative committee to Salem to fight for
the most unsportsmanlike legislation
against our water fowl. Spring shoot
ing is legislation for the gunner.'' not
for the sportsman. It is legislation for
bird extermination, not bird projection.
Is the Oregon Fish and Game Associ
ation to be dominated by gunners or
by sportsmen? '
WILLIAM L. FINLEY.
AKTHRAOOSE OS APPLE TREES
Mr. Lonasdale Thinks Thai ."praying
Won't Kill Dead-Spot Dlaease.
LAFAYETTE, Or.. April 23. (To the
Editor.) In a recent Interview. J. H.
Reid is quoted as saylng-that the State
Board of Horticulture recommends spray
ing for scale in certain old apple or
chards along the line of the Southern
Pacific Railroad in Clackamas Countv.
1 wish to emphasize the fact that this
order applies only to treatment of scale.
It has no reference whatever to the hand
ling of anthracnosc. the funsoid trouble
that is so prevalent in the old apple or
chards of the state. Mr. Reid Informs me
that in the district along the S. P. R. R.
in Clackamas County, the old orchards
are comparatively free from this fungoid
trouble. I hope there is no mistake in
the diagnosis of these cases. It would be
very remarkable. if trees in the low, damp
lands along the Willamette River should
be immune. If this be the case. It will be
the only section in the Willamette Val
ley where such immunity exists. I have
made no study of the locality, but in
Oregon City, in the only trees I -have ex
amined. I recently found abundant evi
dence of the disease.
I wish to repeat, for the benefit of fruit
inspectors as well as for the Information
of fruitgrowers generally, that no amount
or spraying will avail for the eradication
. 1?. dead-spot disease, when it is-once
established In these old trees. A man
may apply a hundred barrels of sprav
every day of his lifetime to one of these
trees and when he goes to his grave if
the tree be alive, the disease will -he
there. In th-sp trees It must be cut on
and destroyed if we want to be rid of the
S?"Ve r-,n'i,le- aml in the old orchards
of the w lllamette Valley this means the
tlVJ, ,n. ' Whol ,OD- so infcrnallv
prevalent is the disease.
M. O. LOVTNSDALE.
Bag Wildcat Instead of Fox.
Port Jervis Dispatch to New York World
f tj!,","; and h,R daughter Maude!
of Philadelphia, who are visiting a friend
above Lat-kawaxn. in company with the
eldest son of the fanner, holed what they
thought was a fox in some rocks.
A feedhag was obtained, and Miss Bur
rows held it over one hole while her com
panion, who had made a Are. began the
smokiug-out process at the other hole
Suddenly there was a rush and, something
plunked Into the bag with a snarl. Miss
Burrows closed the bag. There was
much spitting and snarling from within
followed by a ripping and tearing of the
sack, then the head and claws of a wild
cat protruded.
Miss Burrows dropped the baa the
wildcat freed itself and leaped at her.
A shot flred by the farmer's son killed
it. In the cave three kittens were found
The little, fellows fought savagely but
were all got Into the bag and taken" home.
Bnby Jnat a Sbopper'a Packaaje.
New York Press.
"Did you ever see anything like that?"
exclaimed a woman standing by the lace
counter in a department store when she
watched a mother pick up a young, wide
awake baby which was done up like a
bundle and which lay with purchases
upon the. counter. Only its little head
stuck out, and no one would have Im
agined the roll was alive until one beheld
the funny little face, puckered up and
framed in woolen wrappings. As the
mother walked away she carried her
spoils thus: Baby on the left arm; shop
ping bag, filled, in the left hand: several
bundles In the crook of her right elbow:
a long, but thin, pocketbook in two
fingers of the right hand. And, such is
womanr she seemed happy.
Bulldogs Hold la Polleemaa.
Kansas City Star.
After chasing a burglar over rooftops
In St. Louis. Police Officer Beard was
treed on a telegraph )ole down which
he was sliding by two bulldogs, and it
was necessary to call out the reserves
to rescue him.
A SflVTHERX IIK1V OK BRlAX,
Tkraaak the Handle (ilasaea of aa
ItlsM-raat CeunsMsrst. "
W. E. CurtV Atlanta lOa ) Letter to the
Chk-ago Record-Herald.
There ia a curious political situation
down here, i have not yet met one Dem
ocrat of prominence who is In favor of
the nomination of Mr. Bryan for Presi
dent by his party at Denver, and. at the
same time, I have not yet met one Demo
crat of prominence who is opposing him.
The Southern Ierhocrts all talk against
Bryan, but will send delegate to the Na
tional Convention instructed to vote for
his nomination. Everybody takea it for
granted that he will be the candidate:
that his nomination cannot be prevented :
and hence they have not tried to do any
thing to prevent it. Bryan's domination
of the party is absolute. It was accu
rately Illustrated In a cartoon by Berry
man In the Washington Evening Star the
other day. The Iemocratie donkey stood
before the megaphone of the talking ma
chine like the dog in the advertising pic
lure, with a seraphic smile upon Its face
and wearing the legend: "He knows his
master's voice." Bryan Is the master and
although there Is a deep resentment and
a widespread distrust, the Southern Dem
ocrats will support him at the convention
and at the polls.
Some years ago at the Kansas City con
vention. David B. Hill and other op
ponents of "the peerless one" discovered,
when it was too lafe. that they had a ma
jority against Bryan, and that they might
have prevented his nomination If they
had concentrated the opposition. Bui they
did not learn this Important fact until
they had lost their opportunity. Just as
they are losing their opportunity now. I
cannot discover that any attempt hat
been made to organixe the opposition to
Bryan In the South in support of any
other candidate, although it would be
comparatively easy to do so If an active
effort were made in behalf of such a man
as Judge Gray. I do not believe that Gov
ernor Johnson would be much more
popular in the South than Bryan, but
Gray has the respect and confidence of
everybody: he lives south of the Mason
and Dixon line, the Democratic leaders in
the southern states know all about' him
and would support him gladly if any one
of influence would take the lead and work
up an organization tn his support. He
would command a larger following and
get more delegates in the South than any
other person. If nothing is done in his
behalf Bryan will get the delegation from
Georgia simply by default.
It is also a curious fact that everybody
expects Bryan to be defeated again at
the polls, and nobody seems to care
whether he is elected or not. One promi
nent Democrat asserted that In his
opinion It was essential for the welfare of
the Democratic party to eliminate Bryan,
and the only way that he could be elimi
nated was to let him be defeated a third
time for the Presidency. Then, he
thought. Bryan would get out of the way
and give some one else a chance. And
he quoted the late Sain Jones, the eccen
tric revivalist, who once described Bryan
as "a big brown ox, who won't let the
calves go out or the cows go in."
There is no apprehension here, so far as
I can ascertain, about Bryan's attitude
on the negro question, simply because no
body expects him to be elected, and the
probability of his ever exercising author
ity is so remote that his views are not
considered of any particular importance.
At the same time no man in American
history not even Thomas Jefferson or An
drew Jackson was ever able to dominate
the Democratic party as Bryan does- to
day. The thinking men of the Sou:h do
not believe in his theories of government:
they do not indorse his platform, but they
admire his oratory and admit his integrity
of character and purpose.
Another gentleman of prominence ex
pressed the opinion that It would be bet
ter for the South to have a Republican
President for many years to come, lie
cause if a Democrat were elected the
party in that- section would split on the
distribution of patronage. Now southern
white men -stand together on the great
National . question and run their cam
paigns purely upon local issues, devoting
their entire attention to matters affecting
the welfare of the communities.
BRYAVS DEFEAT IX SEW YORK.
Xewapaper Comment Is That HI o m
Inatloai At Dcatrr Is Already Loat.
Hartford Courant. Rep.
The New York Democrats not only send
unlnstructed delegates to Denver, but call
upon the Democrats of other states to do
the same. They also say that, in the
circumstances, every Democrat should be
willing to sacrifice "personal ambition"
to the party's good: and they are looking
straight at Mr. Bryan when they say it.
Positive Hostility to Him.
Philadelphia- Ledger. Ind. Rep.
There is not merely indifference to
Bryan in New York or a mere preference
for some one else, but a positive hostility
to Bryan. If the Democrats go Into a
campaign with their own voters in the
great state of New York arrayed against
their candidate, both the moral effect
and the state's vote will count so heavily
as to turn the scale.
Should Block HI Nomination.
Syracuse (N. Y.) Post-Standard, Ind.
New York State has done many good
turns as well as a few bad ' ones to the
Democratic party of the Nation. If it
gave to the party David B. Hill, it also
gave Tilden and Cleveland. If Its in
fluence in the Denver Convention can
block the nomination of the Nebraskan
that will be no small credit mark - for
the Empire State.
Bryan Election la Already l,ot.
Baltimore News, Ind.
The action of the New York Democrats
in overwhelmingly defeating an effort to
instruct the state's delegation to vote
for Bryan at the Democratic National
convention, assures 78 votes In the conven
tion for the Rryan opposition, and will
lend encouragement to those Democrats
who feel that with Bryan as leader the
election Is lost before it begins.
A Third of the Delegates Free.
Boston Herald. Ind. Dein.
The denial of Bryan by the lemecratic
conventions in New York and Delaware
emphasizes the trend of sentiment in that
party. There is Increasing opposition to
a deliberate invitation to tho ravens of
defeat to perch upon the party banner
again this year. It is apparent that there
will be. at least a third of the delegates
to Denver free to exercise t,,e best judg
ment of the party as to the available man
for the nomination.
I.oott l.ke Gray or Chanler.
Providence (R. J.) Journel. Ind. Rep.
Mr. Bryan's friends were not able to
make much of a showing in the New York
Democratic convention, thanks to the
smoothly working machinery of the or
ganization. The 78 Empire State dele
gates will go to Denver not only unpledged
to Bryan, but probably also In favor of
some other candidate. ' perhaps- Judge
Gray or Governor Johnson or Lieutenant
Governor Chanler. The adoption of the
historic unit rule means, moreover, that
the 78 will vote as a body, so that Mr.
Bryan may as well make up his mind
to receiving no support from New York.
I races Mr. Bryan aa Vice-President.
Washington (D. C.) Post, Ind.
The Democrats of New York, In stata
convention, have plainly declared tfierr
opposition to William J. Bryan by ap
pointing dc-legates-at-Iarge to the Denver
convention without instructions. It is
unnecessary to emphasize the Importance
of this action, since It must be apparent
to everybody that it means that If Mr.
Bryan is nominated he will fall to carry
New York State, and hence will be de
feated. In our opinion a suitable Demo
cratic nominee for the Presidency, with
Mr. Bryan as the nominee for the Vice
Presidency, would tend to unite the party
and replace despair with courage and confidence.
Initiative and Referendum
Measures
Fr th Information of voter th-r will
t published on this p from dar t day
brtrf unimar1a of th Initiative and refr
ndum mttmrti to bo ubrnitfrl to -th
Pvp- at tb June election. ttbr nK.
a ahoi-al statement of the arguments for and
against each.
XVMBKR 3L
For the purp5 of author, njc the lo
cal ton of state Institutions away from th
swat of government, tfve. last session- of
tho Taistature submitted to a yota of
tho people a proposed amendment to sec
tion .. of article 14 of the state constitu
tion. The section referred to declarra
that the acat of government, when onco
established, shall not be removed for a
period of 30 years, and then only upon
a vote of the people in favor of surh
removal. The section contains the pro
vision "that all the public Institutions
of th state hereafter provided for by
the Leclslntive Assembly shall be lo
cated, at the seat of government' In
tho proposed amendment, this provision
Is changed to read that "all the public.
Institutions of the state, not located else
where prior to January 1. shall l
located in the county where the seat of
government is. excepting when otherwise
semhly and ratified .by the electors of
the state at the next general election fol
lowing such act, by a majority of all the
votes cast on ttie question of whether
or not such act shall be ratified. "
The proposed amendment has three pur
poses to legalise the acts by m-hlch stmts
in si u u uons nave oeen locatea sway irom
the capital In the past; to permit such
locations away from the capital in tho
future, and to remove doubt as to the
meaning of the expression, "at the seat
of government.' Several state Institu
tions, such as the State University. State
Agricultural College, four State Normal
Schools and the Soldiers Home, have
been locaied at considerable distance from
the capital, in plain violation of the con
stitution. The Reform School and Mule
School are five miles away from the city,
which, has been made the scat of gov
ernment and there has been doubt
whether this Is a location 'at the scat
of government. For various ressons it
has been found impracticable to locate
state institutions either inside the city
limits or adjoining the city limits. In or
der to remove the doubt as to what "at"
means, the amendment provides that the
Institutions may be located In the county
where the seat of government is.
The argument in favor of this amend
ment ithat it is sometimes desirable tnat
state Institutions be located away from
the capital; for instance, that a branch
asylum be located in Kastern Oregon.
The argument against it is that distribu
tion of Institutions over the state en
courages that trading in appropriations
which has been one of the greatest evils
of legislation, leading not onjy to ex
travagance and unwise expenditure of
money, but also to enactment or defeat
of various laws through combinations
among members of the Legislature for the
purpose of securing appropriations. When
trades and combinations are made, the
merit and needs of the institutions are
less considered than the amount that
can be secured for one institution or with
held from an institution with a view to
affecting other appropriations or other
legislation.
)
BRI.VG MOEY ITO GENERAL t SB.
Appeal tn Both Political Parties tn
Pa Postal Savins Bank Bill.
Chicago Newa.
President Roosevelt In his message the
other day repeated his recommendation
that Congress authorize the establishment
of postal savings banks. He included this
desirable piece of legislation in his cata
logue of measures which shouM be passed
at the present session. The President gave
In concise form -two excellent reasons why
provision should be made for postal
savings banks. First, they are "impera
tively needed for the benefit of the wage
workers and men of small means." Sec
ond, they would be a "valuable adjunct
to our whole financial system."
Persons of small means would find in
postal savings banks encouragement in
the practice of thrift. Thousands of wage
earners particularly feel the need of con
venient and safe places of deposit for their
savings. This Is especially true of new
comers from the countries of Europe,
where there are government savings
banks. In the Southern States, where pro
hibition has been widely adopted with a
view to making steadier workers of the
negroes, postal savings banks would be of
Immense value in teaching this class of
labor to become responsible and self
reliant. Postmaster-General Meyer, a convinced
and able advocate of postal savings banks,
has pointed our that the hoarding of small
sums by thousands of thrifty but timor
ous persons has kept millions of dollars
out of circulation. Through a sound postal
savings bank system the government
would bring this money back into gen
eral ue. Thus postal savings banks
would be an Important agency, tending to
prevent financial panics.
Representative Williams, of Mississippi,
the minority leader of the House. do-i
not include a postal savings hank bill in
his list of measures supported by the
President, which he says the Democrats
will join with the Republican Congress
men in passing. However, the platform,
practically written by Mr. Bryan, recently
adopted by the Nebraska Democratic con
vention favors postal savings banks and
the Democrats in Congress would vote,
for 'their establishment. It is now in order
for the Republican leaders in Congress
to give to the Nation a good postal sav
ings bank system.
Gold Mine Vnder n fe-melerj-.
Indianapolis News.
Joseph Sliscovitch discovered under a
eemcterv established nine years ago near
Nome. "Alaska, a gold mine, and. has
spent $20,000 driving a X)-foot tunnel.
The mine is making h good yield.
The Mother-Hunger.
Vnidf-ntlfled.
'if only I coul-J flnrl her for the mother
hunger's on m:
1 want to scr and touch her, to know her
close beside;
I want to put my head In the hollow of her
shoulder.
I want to feel her love m as she did
before she died.
,"In all the world is nothing, love of hus
band or or children.
In all the world is nothing that can eooiha
" me or can sli-
Like the memory of her fragile hand on
which the ring was atropine
The hand that wekes my longing at the
very thought of her.
"The window in the aunshtne and tlie
empty chair beside it.
The lonellneea that mocka me aa I find
the sacred place!
O mother, la there naught in the unerring
speech of silence (
To let me know your presence, though I
cannot see your facet
"Ob, no. I've not forgotten the triumph and
the glory
I would not bring you back again to strug
gle and to yaln.
This hmr will paas but oh! jual now. the .
mother-hunger's on me.
And 1 would give my soul tonight to kisa
your hair again-" .. .