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TRYING TO CLOSE THE OrEX DOOR.
Tekln advices report the Japanese
very much angered over the discovery
that lorni portion of the revenue of
lianchurlan provinces has been allotted
as part of the security for the four
power HO.Ooo.OOO loan recently made
to China. The knowledge that this
on had been made was In poasesalon
ef the Japanese a Ions; time ago and no
special objection was raised against It.
The fact that the resentment waa con.
cead cntll It was discovered that the
t'nlttd States and other powers Join-
In- in the loan had actually .been
promised or glvrn security for It Indi
cates that Japan tai expected China
to wripg; out of paying; It. In sued
vent, accordlnc to Oriental reasoning.
It would have been no crime for the
foreigners to have loaned It.
Tr-e Japanese press cbaractrrtze the
loan as an onfrlrndly art. "since the
powers holding; this security hare an
opportunity to Interfere la various
Questions which may arise hereafter."
It Is a: so stated that "China Is severely
censured for r ypothecatir.g these reve
nues, disregarding- Jipan's and Russia's
contentions that they have superior
rltrhts In Manchuria. This unwarrant
ed resentment of Japan only serves to
corroborate the oft-repeated chance
that Japaa and Russia were not play
ing fair with the other powers In the
matter of open-door policy. Neither
country has ever been aranted any su
perior rights In Manchuria, and. even If
It bad and China saw fit to borro
money on her unincumbered posses
sions, the favored nation would hardly
have the rlsht to prevent the loan or
the provision for some kind of security.
The Japanese press la endeavoring to
arouse the Chinese by asserting that
the loan was made for political pur
poses and Inspired by a determination
to bring about a partition of China.
This scare Is thrown out for the pur
pose of diverting the attention of
China from the real danrrr that con
fronts her the much greater likeli
hood of Russia and Japan carving the
unfortunate country for their own
profit. On account of the artificially
created feeling against the Japanese ta
this country. It Is perhaps fortunate
that some of the European powers are
Interested with the United Slates In
the loan.
These powers are also Interested In
the open door. and. while It Is undoubt
edly true that Japan and Russia have
been getting a little more than they
re entitled to In the way of trade
favors la that Held, the offense as yet
has not become flagrant. If It should
become so. the four-power loan asd Its
security would both be attended to by
a four-power navy or some other
equally persuasive force. Japan and
Russia have seldom been molested In
the past while they were making a
football of poor, decrepit old China,
but, now that all countries have become
parties to the open-door agreement. It
must be respected. Japan has no
greater rights In Manchuria than bas
any other country.
r-O LI TICS IN 1SiXXJCAN WAR.
Emphatically as both parties deny
It. th actions of both federals and
rebels in the Mexican disturbance tend
strongly to arouse the suspicion that
they are trylns; to provoke American
Intervention. They are playing a game
of politics as well as war. and the game
Is to bring about Intervention In such
a way as to make It appear that the
ther party has brouicht It about. Each
declares any party a traitor which In-
vltes intervention, but each party ,
yearns for the excuse to call the other
a traitor for that very rearson.
Bo lb federals and rebels have com
as near as they dare to carrying the
war Into the United States the rebeis
by attacking border towns and the
federals by shooting Into the adjoining
American towns In the effort to retake
their own. The federals now have the
audacity to explain that they were
hooting at American flllbusterrr who
were snootlngat them from American
territory.
Mexico also complain that a large
proportion of the rebel are American
citizens. This Is true, and they are
th beat shots aad best fighter la th
rebel ranks. But If President Dies
governs hi country la. such a manner
a not only to provoke a large propor
tion of hi own people to rebellion, b'ot
to arouse many citizens of a neighbor
leg country to help. General Dlas must
take the blame. President Taft has
done all that he could reasonably be
expected to da la maintaining our neu
trality, evea to the extent of mobilis
ing a larger proportion of our Army
on the southern boundary thaa was
over before in the field during peace
timea
But Mexico refuses to recoa-nlx "of
ficially" that there Is a rebellion. She
sends her army scurrying through the
country, fighting battles In which her
generals profess to have killed and
wounded and put to rout large bodies
ef unofficial rebels: she appropriates
14.OCO.000 for extra military expenses
and offers a bonus for recruit for the
army: she sends official dispatches to
Washington relating to battles with
the rebels, yet she denies officially that
there are any rebels. Thla la a relic
of that old Spanish pride, which Is akin
to the blindness of the ostrich. Even
If the rebels were to capture Mexico
City and kill Dlas in battle, his Cabinet
might still Insist that It was still su
preme at the capital and that Dlas was
atlU officially alive.
It Is extremely Improbable that th I
United States will Interfere la th Mex
ican quarrel, unless some outrageous
act Uke th blowing up of the Maine,
or some series of minor acts, should
Ur th indignation of this country
beyond restraiaL Even then th only
object would be to inflict punishment
tor ther would bo nothing to gala tn
any other respect. Both factions would
unite against us and would declln
pitched battles and carry on guerrilla
war. In which, with their knowledge of
the country and the friendship of th
people, they would have an Immense
advantage. tVe should win In the end
and then what? Who would pay the
bills? If we ex pec Lad a money lndem
nltv. we should fasten a debt on the
Mexicans which would be a continual
reminder to hate us. If we took pay
ment In territory, we should be only
giving support to the charge. Which
would 9e made from the outset, tha
our sole aim bad been aggression. We
should then also be furnishing evidence
In support of the charge often made In
Latin America that we are the big
bully of the American continent and
will never cease encroaching until our
dominions stretch from pole to pole-
In short. If the United States should
Intervene In Mexico. It will be because
Mexico forces us to Intervene, either
of set purpose or through some mad
act. Of both these tropical people are
always capable.
THE RElT.KXVnrM IX ENGLAND.
Th oddity about tha agitation for a
wider nse of the referendum In British
politic Is that It come from the con
ervaUves, while the liberal oppose
It. Feeling certain that they are not
likely to obtain a majority in the
House of Commons for a long time to
come, the torles wish to give the mi
nority power to call a referendum on
any measure which the majority ha
adopted. Thla would make Parliament
nothing more than an advisory body
whose decisions were always subject
to a popular vote. The conservatives
would gain some of the advantages of
delay from It. but In the end It would
destroy their party by changing Great
Britain to a pure democracy. It Is
more of a democracy now than some
republics, but this measure would carry
It much farther on the same road.
Mr. Balfour, the conservative leader
who u rices the new use of the refer
end um. Is not famous for deep practical
Insight. lie is a good metaphysician,
but not much of a statesman and evi
dently he does not see where his plan
leads to. If he did. It Is Incredible that
he would favor It.
On the other hand. It Is an error to
suppose that the referendum Is a nov
elty In British politics. . It has been
employed for centuries whenever a dif.
ference of opinion arises between the
two houses of Parliament, or when the
ministry loses Its majority la the Com
mons. On occasions of that kind the
subject under dispute is referred to
the neonle for their decision, if the
I ministry In power obtains a majority
In the election It Is taken for granted
that the country support It view. If
the majority goes th other way, then
the measure Is lost. This device 1 not
explicitly called a referendum. Eng
lishmen speak of it as "going to the
country." But names are of little con
sequence. - The Identity of the thing
itself Is unquestionable.
Mr. Eaifour therefore seeks little that
is new in regard to the referendum,
lie merely transfers the power to call
one from the majority to the minority
of th House of Commons, which on its
face appears unwise. As we hare said.
It would In the end make Parliamen
tary legislation Impossible and cause
every disputed measure to be referred
to the people.
BORSELE.H8 ACE DEFERRED.
In the number of animals sold and
the prices paid at the breeders' Spring
sale in this city this week 1 mora
evidence that the horse business Is not
suffering by the competition of the
automobile. Not only waa everything
old that waa offered at the meeting,
but the prices paid were fully equal to,
and la some cases far ahead of. those
which could have been obtained before
the automobile was anything more
than an experiment The tremendous
Increase In the number of automobiles
In the country for pleasure and busi
ness show that th new method of
locomotion has secured a permanent
and fixed place In odr transportation
system. The results of the Portland
horse sale, and the results here were
not materially different from those in
other parts of the country and show,
moreover, that the Invasion of the
transportation Held by the automobile
hxs not been detrimental to the horse-
breeding Interest
When the price that are still being
paid for horse for all purposes are
considered It seems fortunate Indeed
that the automobile came to the res
cue. There has been no abandonment
of the breeding fsrms and no reduction
In prices. The big field the auto now
fills has been carved out of new bus!
nes and has developed as the country
haa grown. The first railroads dis
placed the packhorses. and the electrlo
cars of a later era also took the place
of thousands of horses, but through all
of this change in transportation condl
tlons the horse has held his own. He
will undoubtedly continue to do so
until the end of the chapter.
Viewing the situation from the
standpoint of pleasure as well as bust
ness In other words considering the
horse as a luxury as well as a neces
sity there will always be a demand
from those who have a feeling for the
finest of the brute creation that they
never can have for the noisy gasoline
wagons.
FOREIGN TRADE BALANCE GROWING.
The March figures on domestic ex
ports and those for the nine months
ending with Mart-h show a decidedly
healthy condition of foreign trade. Ac
cording to the preliminary report of
the Department of Commerce and La
bor, exports of domestic breadstuffs.
meat and dairy products, food animals,
cotton aad mineral oil have Increased
in on year from t(3i.l9.i:i for
the nine months ending March 31.
to 37SO.730.701. The Increase for March
waa small, and for the first time this
season it was not cotton that was re
sponsible for It Lower prices for corn
and wheat seem to have stimulated the
export trade, while In March there was
an Increase of nearly 12.000.000 in corn
and more than 31.000.000 la wheat
exports.
While tha March figures showed so
Increase in cotton, the total gain over
laat season for the nine months Is due
exclusively to that rreat staple. The
large crop produced In this country
sr.J a revival in manufacturing Indus
tries abroad combined to bring the
shipment for th season to dat up
to th greatest figure on record.
Lower price la this country are re
flected In a alight Increase In the quan
tity of Tour sent out. but a decrease
In the value. The same conditions are
noticeable In the exports of meat and
dairy products, where th gain In value
for th nine month ta lea than 11.
000.000. while the gain la quantity la
large. Return en export of manu
factured product are not yet at hand.
but they are expected to how a slight
Increase.
It Is noticeable In the returns for
previous months that the Increase In
the exports of manufactures was much
greater than the decrease In exports
of breadatuffs. meats, etc. This would
indicate that while our Industrial de
velopment Is Improving the home mar
ket for breadstuffs and meat. It will be
everal year before we can use
all of these products at home. Until
the time arrives when these products
can all find a market at home, we must
ell the surplus In th European mar
ket in competition with the similar
products grown In other part of th
world. The foreign market thus fixe
the price. The "protective tariff on
these products can benefit no one. A
few year hence, when consumption
bas overtaken production In this coun
try. It will, of course, be necessary to
draw on some of these other countries
for supplies for oir own people. In
such a case millions of consumer
would' profit by the supply of cheap
food from other countries where hun
dred of farmers would suffer for lack
of a protective tariff. It Is thus plaiii
that we do not need a tariff on bread
stuffs so long as we have a surplus to
ship. It would be unfair to our own
people to burden them with It when
they have become a nation of buyers
Instead of sellers.
A NEW PHENOMENON.
The gradual extension of Mr. J. P.
Morgan's power over on financial In
stirutlon after another Is conspicuous
among the phenomena of our day
htch future historian will Invest!
gate with profound attention. The
Equitable Life Assurance Society, con'
cernlng whloh so much ha been heard
In recent years, has just become one
of his conquest. His man Is made
president of the company In place of
the late Paul Morton and It Immense
funds will go to Increase Mr. Morgan'
financial resources, which are already
sufficiently large to satisfy most men.
The Imagination curiously inquire
where Mr. Morgan' financial conquests
will end. If he lives ten years longer
and continues the enterprises which he
ha been carrying on lately, will any
Independent concerns be left in the
country, or will he be master or tnem
all? Should all or most of them fall
under his sway the results might be
Interesting. To the modern world
money la the breath of life. Our per
sonal liberty, means of earning a llve
llhood, elf-respect and the welfare of
our families all depend Intimately upon
the manner In which it is Issued and
manipulated.
Were It possible for one man to con
trol the money of the country he would
be Its ruler far more absolutely than
the Csar rules Russia. The power of
Nicholas Is In large part a mere show
which would lose Its substance were
the priesthood to desert him, or were
the army to become disloyal. But the
man who ha the money of the Nation
in hi a-rasD need Invoke the aid of
no priest or army. Powier flows to him
as river seek the ea- The monetary
sovereign Is a new kind ef despot whose
emergence is an instructive develop
ment of democ- cy.
The ancient democracies had their
demagogues who gained authority by
eloquence or personal magnetism. In
modern democracies It sometimes seem
as IT the place of the demagogue were
to be assumed by the money-gogue.
Whether he will prove to be a power
for good or merely another Instrumen
tality of evil 1 a question which only
the future can answer.
A PHASE OF THE "SIMPLE LIFE.'
A wedding on the main street of
Fort Klamath, the contracting parties
n horseback, was a feature of a cat
tle round-up in which the bride was
a pretty widow of the range. After
exchanging their marriage vows, the
twain, now one, turned their horses
heads again toward the range and
proceeded to finish the task of getting
a fine bunch of cattle to market.
An exemplification of the Idea of
help-meet for the contingencies of
life as they arise found unique expres
sion In this marriage. It may be said
to approach in a way the conditions
In which Adam and Eve started out
together, since it docs not suggest the
possibility of homemaking and house
keeping in the modern sense. Still It
partakes of a strenuous age and has
no suggestion of the simple life of our
traditional "first parents in the Gar
den of Eden, as portrayed by Milton:
Vnder a tuft of shade that on a green
Stood hinrlr.g sutt, by a fresh fountain-
atda.
They sat them down: and, after no more toll
Of their. sre-t gardening; labor than surrlce
To recommend cool Zeyphr. and make ease
Mora easy, wholesome thirst and appetlta
Alore grateful, to their supper-fruits they
f-ll
Nectarine fruits, which the compliant boughs
Yielded thm. std!ong; as they sat recline I
On the soft downy bank damasked with
llowera.
The savory iu!d they chew, end In the rind.
Still as they thirsted, scoop the brimming
stream.
Here Indeed Is a picture of the
"simple life." How strenuous by con
trast do the simplest household avo
cations, the most easy going existence
of the present-day appear! No dishes
to wash, fair daughter of Eve no
sweeping or dusting or cooking to do.
No potatoes to plant and hoe, stalwart
son of Adam! no blood-letting in or
der to furnish meat for the table no
long hours devoted to business In or
der to provide the household with
these and a. myriad .of other things.
Think of it!
The savory pulp they chew, and la tha rind
btiil mi tney imrstea accep me brimming
stream.
Not ven the aceticlsm of Thoreau,
nor the cheerful philosophy of Alcott
by which the simple life at "Fruit-
lands" away back in th middle years
of the last century, proceeded. - until
abandoned by t starveling devotees.
could compare with this. It is safe
to say that the like of It exists only in
poetry, and that not. all the arts of
the disciples of aceticlsm will ever
produce it outside of th most extrav
agant fancy.
Our romantic ranchers will not find
it certainly, though they may scout
the conventionalities of home and
woman's sphere and all that sort of
thing, and ride away together after
the cattle the woman help-meet for
the man; but somewhere in camp or
kitchen they will sit down with zest
to baked meats and steaming vege
tables and bring to the feast an appe
tite which .scoffs at "nectarine fruits"
aa the piece de resistance, and at the
beverage "scooped from the brimming
stream" in the rind of the fruit. .
Perhaps the ancient tree dwellers
or lake, dwellers, or cave ' dwellers
made some approach to the "simple
life" as enjoyed (by courtesy of poetic
fancy) In the Garden of Eden, but
truth to tell, not even the most stren
uous strlvers of a strenuous age would
care to return to the simplicity which
so wrought upon the imagination of
Milton as to produce conditions so ut-
terly devoid of human responsibility,
human usefulness and human endeav
or as are shown In this quaintly beau
tiful word picture of human Idling an
human ease and happiness "before) the
fall of man."
Mrs. Carrie Kersh, confederate of
Webb In .the atrocious murder of Will
lam Johnson in this city some months
ago, is one of the few women prob
ably less than a dozen in all who hav
been sentenced and committed to the
Oregon State Prison during the more
than half century of It existence. Th
first of these was a life prisoner,
Charity Lamb, committed for murder
in the second degree about 1S55, the
victim being her husband. She was
an inmate of the penitentiary when
that Institution was located in thi
city and was under the superintend
ency of Joseph Sloan. A simple-minded
creature, she fulfilled the sentence
Imposed by the Court and died many
year ago, leaving the woman's quar
ters vacant for some time, as they
have been now for' the past two years.
These quarters are always - kept In
readiness for the possible guest or
guests, of whom there la room for
three, and Mrs. Kersh will be commit
ted without delay. Opportunity will
be given to make herself useful, pos
slbly a . rare accomplishment in her
case, by running the sewing machine
which is part of the equipment of the
women's quarters, upon garments for
the' Inmates of the prison.
Stanton County, Kansas, la wlthofct a
lawyer within its limits! This an
nouncement should cause an exodus of
briefless lawyers, of whom there is
manifest plethora, from this city to the
Kansan county, where a population of
1034 souls stagnate In neighborly peace
and quietude for lack of somebody to
stir them up in regard to their legal
rights. It seems that In desperation
born of monotony a murder was com
mltted in this placid community a while
ago and there is no one to bring the
criminal to trial. Here Is an opening
for a fledgling lawyer that should
cause a rush to the locality designated
'equal to that of a reservation land
opening. And who knows but a turh
of the political roulette wheel might
send an aggressive lawyer, who would
rise to meet the present emergency
and invade this peaceful territory to
represent in Congress the district
which includes Stanton County. The
prospect is alluring.
Official advices i celved at Salem
from all parts of the state are to the
effect that the prune crop waa unin
jured by the recent cold snap. The
state expert, W. C Tlllson, says that
the Willamette Valley will produce a
full crop, and he estimates the output
at 30.000.000 pounds. This is cheering
news, and shows that the fruit crop,
like the grain crop. Is seldom ao badly
damaged as first reports indicate.
Thirty million pounds of prunes will
sell for a large sum of money. If
prunes escaped the freeze. It is proba
ble that some other fruits that have
been pronounced badly damaged may
yet turn off good yields. The value of
the fruit crop of the state runs into
millions, and the difference between a
big yield and a small yield, in many Lo
calities means the difference between
prosperity and adversity.
The Camorra trial at Viterbo con
tinues to offer dramatic and unusual
Interest One of the prisoners created
a scene yesterday by tearing. out his
glass eye and hurling it to the floor,
following this with a fit of sobbing
and a swoon. Then, according to the
cable advices, "As Exposlto collapsed, a
tumult was raised; ' from the steel
cages the prisoners shouted, cried and
cursed." This interesting scene caused
an adjournment Pictures taken in the
courtroom at Viterbo show the prison
ers in movable steel cages. sAs a means
of restoring order the court might have
these cages used as ducking stools.
After an occasional ducking some of
tb.e "fight" might be taken out of the
cowardly wretches.
There is something pathetic in the
announcement of the birth of a child
In prison. With a subtle handicap that
In later life may beoome . a grievous
burden a male Infant born In the Coun
ty Jail of Clark County, Washington,'
face the world. The mother of the
child is urider sentence to the State
Prison for a long or short term, as
events may direct, for theft, and the
baby will go with her to penance. The
hope Is that the newly-awakened emo
tion of motherhood may conduce, to
conduct that will make the term a
short one for the young woman and
that the child will awaken to tha con
sciousness of life about him under
more favorable environment
The outlook for a full student list-
as full as can De accommodated in
the beginning of the work of the
Reed Institutes is bright There Is
every indication that this school will
be appreciated, both on account of its
favorable and rational location and
because of its educational scope. The
mistake in locating the higher educa
tional institution far from the center
of opportunity will be more apparent
after a school with the scope and
generous endowment of a university
has been - conducted in thi eity for
a period.
The filing of a suit for money due her
from her former husband has brought
the nam Amelie Rives Into the lime
light again. The present generation
may have forgotten Amelie. for she has
had a number of followers and Imita
tor who wrote and found publishers
for much nastier fiction than" "The
Quick or th Dead" or "Tania, th Sang-
Dlgger," the erotlo masterpieces which
first made Amelie famous. Compared
with the works of Mary MacLalne,
Eleanor Glyn and other wrtlers of as-Bestos-covered
volumes, the early affu.
lon ef Amelie Rive were mild anal
ladylike-
Ten Republicans and two Democrats
want to be Councllmen from tha Sev
enth, but there are still a few voters
left in the ward who will not be tempt
ed to vote for themselves.
If those Mexican rebels and federals
do not cease this disagreement on peace
terms, they will be fighting yet
f
Criminal who can shed-Xa'.s tears
when on trial must envy th Camorrlst
who could shed a false eye.
Senate way were not sufficiently
smooth for launching the new insur
gent party.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution Inherit the fighting spirit.
Plunger Walton took his last plunge
yesterday.
PIZZLLNQ RIDDLE OF 8PHIXX.
Idea Kot of EarratisiB Origin, bat Is
Product of the ChsJdaeaa MsgL
Frank C. Higglns. F. R. N. R. in letter
to New York Times.
Permit me to challenge the alleged
assertion of Professor Relsner, of Bos
ton, that the "Riddle of the Sphinx" I?
solved by a fancied resemblance in
either countenance or "millinery" to
any Egyptian king. Neither does its
proximity to any temple, pyramid, or
other monument account for its salient
characteristics.
The Sphinx headdress is that found
on the statues of numerous Egyptian
kings and queens, and that because of
the very ancient custom of embodying
in ceremonial dress the insignia or at
tributes of gods or divinity in general.
I could show Prof. Relsner many in'
stances where not only the character
istic headdress of the Sphinx, but other
features of that monument are studl'
ously embodied In the poses of bVgone
Egyptian rulers. The question is, there'
fore, less where the Egyptian kings
got these decorative features than
"Where did the Sphinx get them?" and
"What was the Sphinx V
I am prepared to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of Professor Relsner or
any one else that the Sphinx Idea Is
older than any recorded Egyptian ay-
nasty, and that it is not, in fact, of
Egyptian origin at all, but the product
of the Chaldaean Magi, and more pro
bably Inherited by them from the mere
ancient Medea.
Like all of the ancient divinities and
symbolisms of divine nature, it was de
rived from astronomy, and more par
ticularly in this cam from the combina
tion of the signs of Leo and Virgo in
the zodiacal circle. This combination of
two zodiacal signs .into one. possibly
to express a month over which both
preside, is found In many instances.
For instance, where Virgo and Leo
would blend Into a woman-headed Hon
Vlrs-o and Libra (on the other side)
would become the figure with the
scales, of which our modern expression
la the figure of "Justice." Sagittarius
and Scorpio appear as a combined
flgur on Assyrian monuments and on
coins of the Seljeouk Turks. This mat
ter mleht be pursued much further.
The Sphinx type was adopted by the
Phoenicians. Cretans, ana ueuenes
generally, among whom it Is more
often winged and the bead is always
that of a woman. The Egyptian type,
however, is the oldest of all, the proof
beine aloncc a line of reasoning ana
demonstration which has no bearing:
upon any particular monarch having
given his own countenance to a figure
of the Sphinx, for which there exists
absolutely no reason why he should not
have done so if he wanted to. There Is
a still areater "Kiaaie or me spnins,
and it is older than the oldest Egyptian
Pharaoh.
THE DL1RY OF A POPULAR JOKE
Llfa of a Laock Creator. a Observed
From a British Viewpoint.
London Tit-Bits.
T. am born. My creator chuckles,
slaps ' himself on the knee, roars, and
calls his wife.
Am read to the author s wife, bhe
smiles, kisses him. and wants to know
how much he thinks I will bring.
r start on a Journey. Am read by an
editor. He laughs, and reads me to the
office staff.
My creator gets a check and more
kisses from his wife.
I appear in print Thousands read
me and laugh over me. The editor gets
man v new subscribers.
Reader tslla me on the street ana
gets a cigar. Tells me again and is in
vited to lunch.
Newspaper copies me and also gets
new subscribers.
Comedian cracks me on stage tn a
music hall turn and makes a hit
Politician uses me in speech, claiming
I happened back in his boyhood, and
srets elected.
Lecturer uses me on piatiorm ana
gets return date.
Minister works me in sermon ror il
lustration and gets call to other town
with hlKher salary.
Am worked to death. Iweryooay
everywhere uses me In season and out
of season. I become a chestnut A new
generation comes on, and I am forgotten.
Fifty years pass by. I am resurrect
ed from an attic. Am cut out and
started on another Journey.
He Owed It All to Bob Haines.
New York Telegraph.
Bob Haines, actor, is a graduate of
Missouri University, at Columbia. Some
years ago he was a member of James
O'Neill's company playing "Monte
Crlsto." Through him the O'Neill com
pany obtained a date at Columbia un
der the auspices of the , students.
Everybody knew Bob, and therefore
wanted to see the show do well. They
all got out and sold tickets. Bob s fra
ternlty worked especially -hard. The re-
ult was that the company played to
1500 In one night
The news spread around in theatrical
circles that the O'Neill company had
played to S1500 at Columbia, and other
companies began to arrange their
routes to get to the town. Some of
them made long Jumps.
Last Summer Haines visited Colum
bia Just to spend a week with old
friends. One night man stopped him
on the street
"Say," the man said, "were you the
fellow who got James O'Neill $1500
here with the 'Monte Crlsto' company?"
Yep, Haines replied. Who are
you?"
My name is Burke, the man re
lied. "When I heard of that J1500 I
umped my 'East Lynne' company 500
miles to get here. We played to $32."
What are you doing here now?"
Haines asked.
"I'm a truck gardejier three miles
out I couldn't get out of town. Now
I'm doing well thanks to you."
The Bibj' Face.
; Baltimore Sun.
Who can fathom the fairy grace
That dwells in a velvety baby face?
Who can fathom the fairy glee
That rings in a baby's melody?
And who unravel the secret wile
That aleepa In the nest of a baby's smile?
Tha hungry and lingering Joy wa know
When our rough face touches a babe's, and
lo.
We feel the touch of the velvet skin
nd the warm, sweet lovellght bound
, therein 1
A baby's face how can one tell
Its mystic charm and its holy spell?
Rough hearts go by, rude, rugged men.
From the dust and crime of mart and fen;
But under tba cloak of their outer din
Love's hunger sleeps their souls within.
And when they see a baby's face
Round aad roay and sweet with grace
They long, aa you and I. to press
The velvet Joy of Its warm caress.
How mnen It holds, how deeply lays.
Within Us soft and gentle maze,
T ha charm to soothe,- the charm to heal
The hurt that lives s often feel!
A baby's face along the way
Is like a little bioom-o'-day ;
And. Ilka a little flower. It brings
The sweetness of a thousand springs;
The balsam of the heart-made well
la in tha touchstone of Ha spell!
The Chieftains.
Metropolitan Magazine.
Not the first growth of spruce and pine.
Nor the -second, nor the third.
Was whnt I saw In ordered Una
And what at night I heard.
But often, when twilight would fold
Thlr shadows in tha lake.
While the sun would sink with dreams of
old
And a first faint star would break.
I watched them coma to the water edge,
-Refora their vanished raoa.
Warrior Chiefs from wood and ledge
And undiscovered place.
I saw them stand with feathered head.
Unmovlng and unmovea.
The captains of a neople dead
wmcn first naa lougni aaa lovea.
Then In the night I heard their prayer
To Him thev hold divine:
And In the dawn were standing there.
Hemlock ana spruce ana pine.
Timely Tales of the Day
Archibald Gray, newly appointed
slstant general freight and passenger
agent of the Great Northern, has to his
credit one of the most sensational per
formances as an lnfielder ever seen on
, baseball field.
It was in a game between teams com
posed of Elks from Butte and Helena
Mont, played In the latter city. There
was a keg of beer on third base ae an
Incentive to the baserunners, and Gray
was covering the base for the Butte Elks.
A runner on eecond, noticing that Gray
was engrossed at the spigot, made
bold attempt at a eteal. Gray had raised
a foamins eluan tn hia lins whan from
grandstand and bleachers there went u
an Involuntary warning cry. The catche
took a chance and threw the ball.
Without disconnecting; himself from the
beer glass, Gray threw up his free hand
being an Elk, It was hie right and the
ball stuck in it Enthusiasm over th
play ran so high that the bases were
run backward the rest of the game.
B. F. Bush, the new president of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad, early In his
career learned the art of handline larae
bodies of workmen along with the details
or railroad construction, management and
traffic When he was superintendent of
tne assortment of short railroads in th
Pacific Northwest owned by the now de
funct Oregon Improvement Company, h
related an incident bearing on this point
which happened on a piece of new con
struction n Montana.
In company with a contractor he -went
to look at the work of another contractor.
His companion sized up the men with
the eye of an expert and then said:
vvhy don t you pickle your men?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why, they're all Swedes. They can
talk together In their own language and
you don't know what they are talking
aoout Tney can put up a Job on you
rignt under your nose and you don'
know anything about it. Mix up your
Swedes with Cousin Jacks,' 'Dagoes,'
Irieh, Huns and Poles. Then they can't
understand one another, they'll be sus
picious of one another eJid they can
form a combination. That'll save you
whole lot of trouble."
"I made a note of that," said Mr. Bush
after telling the story, "and made it
point never to have a gang of laborers
of only one nationality, especially one
that did not speak English. You not
only . get the work done, quicker and
better but you know what is going on
among th men."
George D. Howard, a real estate man In
the Spalding building tells of an ex
perience he had recently at Lyle In
Klickitat County. He owns a tract of
land up in that growing and pushing
country and had occasion a few days
ago to chip a box of trees over the
railway to Lyle. The nursery man was
unable to find anything more convenient
Just at the moment of packing than
coffin box to put the trees in. It had all
the trade "marks of a shipment of a body
to Its burial place and when the box
arrived at Lyle, Mr. Howard, who had
gone up on the .train to see that the
trees arrived all right and were taken
at once to the land to be planted, stepped
off the platform and began hunting for
bis box. He finally found It but noticed
two young men looking at the box quite
intently. One of them remarked to the
other, evidently recognizing the coffin
box:
"Going to be a funeral In town."
"Looks like It" said the other.'
Mr. Howard In the meantime had gone
Into the depot and obtained a bucket of
water. Taking the water to the box
containing the trees, he slid over the
lid covering the head part and doused the
entire contents of the bucket with one
swing of his arms upon the trees.
The young men stood amazed, grew In
dfgnant and approached Howard with
clenched fista. One glance Into the box
turned their anger at apparent desecra
tion of the dead into sheepishness, and
they slipped away in silence.
Police Sergeant Riley, who has charge
of the West Side district on the day
relief, experienced a shock recently when
he went to notify the contractor on a
skyscraper In the downtown section to
comply with the ordinance requiring a
sidewalk guard.
The ordinance requires such guards to
be constructed, so the public may with
safety use the sidewalks beneath. On
this particular occasion, the building had
proceeded to the point where the frame
work was up six stories. No guard was
In place although brick masons were busy
on the structure.
When Sergeant Riley approached the
contractor and 'called his attention to
the ordinance, the contractor was con
siderably incensed to think a policeman
would have the effrontery to speak to
him about it
'I know what the ordinance says, as
well as you do, and better," said the
contractor. "It calls for a sidewalk
guard when the first floor Is finished;
that means when the brick wall Is In on
the first story. That building hasn't
a brick laid in the first story."
Sergeant Riley took a good look and
found that the finst story was the only
one where no brick work had been done,
and retreated.
Technically, tne contractor was rignt
He had taken advantage of the peculiar
wording of the law In order to facilitate
his own work and avoid the guards, to
the Inconvenience of the general public.
Half a Century Ago"
From The Oregonian, April 22, 1S6L
A letter from Montgomery to the
Baltimore 9un, dated March 17, contains
the following paragraphs: "The military
spirit of the south rages among all
classes, and every man under 100 will
prove himself to the 'manor born," In
coee It Is necessary to repel the North
ern Hordes that propose to Invade us.
In fact we would rather have a brush
In order to take the starch out of the
vaunting, boasting and distantly
ferocious crew who propose to coerce
us. General Joe Lane's son was ap
pointed Second Lieutenant In the Artil
lery yesterday. This is a good appoint
ment He has been a cadet at West
Point for four years, and is a competent
and worthy young man."
General Lane Just previous to his leav
ing New York for the Pacific, wrote to
a friend as rollows: I am out of
politics, but I shall continue to stand
by the right. I will urge the Democrats
of Oregon to adopt the Constitution of
the Confederate States as their plat
form." A pack train of 30 animals for Frazer
River went up the river on the Julia on
Friday morning. This tells the story.
The Pacific brought up the machinery
for the new steamer Tenino, now at
Deschutes. When completed, she will
be the third steamer upon The Dalles
Lof the Columbia.
The Port Townsend Register says that
on the 7th Inst, the New Dungeness
lighthouse was much shaken by an
earthquake.
Princess Pat Wine Praise In 'Art.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Princess Patricia of Connaught was
one of the exhibitors at an amateur art
show held recently In London. "The
Magnolia Tree" was .the subject of one
picture that received special praise
from the critics.
Persiflage In the Kitchen.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Sugar Spoon I'm one of those gold
en spoons that get born in people's
months.
Rolling Fin You haven't got any
thing on me in the wealth line. I'm
rolling in dough all the time.
Advertising Talks
By William C. Freeman.
Mason Britton, In the conduct of the
American Machinist, takes the position,
that the printing of an advertisement
In that publication means to the read
ers the same as a rating by Dun or
Bradstreet
He takes great pains to make the
Advertising Columns, as well as the
editorial columns. Reliable.
In a recent editorial he said:
"There was a time when people used
circus hot-air expressions, because
somebody said that Barnum said peo
ple liked to be fooled.
"Barnum didn't win by fooling the
people.
"He advertised the greatest show on
earth, and he had the goods.
"Honesty Is the first law of business.
"Honesty is the first rule of true
success.
"Nowadays, exaggeration defeats its
own ends.
"The era of truth telling is here, if
for no other reason than it costs money
to be a liar. ,
"Just as fast as that truth comes
home to the man who pays the bills,
is advertising paying better.
"The man who ia determined to get
the best returns for money spent In
advertising will never willfully pub
lish an untruth.
"And even if he is short-sighted
enough to want to, he can't if we know
It"
This is the stand that should be
taken by all publications who want to
Bucceed.
(To be continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright, 1911, by George Matthew
Adams.)
When it comes to a showdown, so manv
men have no money.
A glance backward is the only way to.
look into the future.
All some city people know is whether
their part of town is reached by a green
or yellow car.
Some people, when they hear of any
thing going on. immediately besrin to
eee how much fault they can find with it
City storekeepers fear strikers as much
as country-town storekeepers fear far
mers. Every man barked el by a dog is not
a thief; every man talked about by a
gossip Is not guilty.
Do you enjoy hearing a man roasted
more than hearing a man praised? Then
your heart is dirty.
A brakemon was SDeakiner of the dls-
said, "as the third band in a circus pa
rade." No man is so much in love that he
can't get over it
Stirring Series
On Vital Phases of Civil War
Begins in
TOMORROW'S
OREGONIAN
Actors in the great drama of
the Civil War will present suc
cessively 12 thrilling non-partisan
articles on the Civil War that
will be illustrated with actual
Civil War photographs.
To the Front in '61, will be the
opening article. It is given a full
page, the illustrations including
Thomas Nast's famous painting
of the old Seventh New York
leaving for the front.
It isn't long now until our
Bible will pass its 300th birthday
that is, the tercentenary of the
translation and publication of
"the King James version." A
timely and vital article is pre
sented in this connection.
"Woman is to play an unusually
brilliant part in the coronation of
England's Monarch. Geraldine
de Longville, writing from Lon
don, supplies an interesting half
page on this topic, with illustra
tions. Farmers can cut down the high
cost of living. At least that is
what B. F. Yoakum, the eminent
railroad man, avers, and he sup
ports his views with a thoughtful
interview of 2000 words.
There are several individuals
hereaboutts who would be Mayor
of Portland. It is the most cov-
; eted of local political places. But
it isn't any sinecure. Mayor Si
mon is a hard-worked man. and
the man who would be Mayor
must set his mind to hard work.
Read the half-page on .this in
Sunday's magazine section.
May day is at hand, and this
year quaint May-day ceremonies
are being revived the world over.
Merry May day Ceremonies is the
title of a brisk, nicely illustrated
half-page.
There is an excellent half-page,
too. on a man in Delaware who,
having a couple of millions to
give away, takes the stand that
good roads are more valuable than
libraries. He has set out to prove
his claim.
Two strong short stories are
provided. The Perfidy of Miss
Brown is the eighth of the Peter
Ruff Series. Then Prank Bailey
Millard, a favorably-known writ
er, presents an unusual adventure
tale, "Under-Water House." .
Cap Anson, in his reminiscences,
is back in the United States, after
his tour of the world.
The susceptible Widow Wise
invades Mexico and goes to a bull
fight. Sambo sets off for the land of.
the kangaroo, despalrinsr of the
wild man's capture, and Mr. Twee
Deedle takes the children into a
land of strange little creatures.
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