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THE SUNDAY OREGiOTEAN, POBTLAND, DECEMBER 2, 1900. Xatered at the Postofflce at Portland. Oregon. as second-class matter. TELEPHUNE3. JBSltortal Room.... ICG 1 Business Office... -OCT REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATK& By Mall (postage prepaid)." In Advance Daily, with Sunday, per month $0 S3 Dally, Sunday excepted, per year. &0 Dally, with Sunday, per year 0 00 Sunday, per year 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 0 The "Weekly. S months "0 To City Subscribers Sally, per week, delivered. Sundays excepted.15o Daily, per week, delivered. Sundays tncluded.20a POSTAGE ItATES United Stales. Canada and Mexico: 30 to 10-page. papr ......lc 13 to S2-pa.se paper 2c Foreign rates double. Kews or discussion Intended for publication tn The Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to th name cf any Individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions -or to any business matter thould bo addressed simply "The Oregonlan." 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For sale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co., Ufi Royal street. On file In "Washington, D. C with A.'"W. Dunn. COO 14th N. "W. For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrtck. 000-912 Seventh street. t children. Remedial agencies as applied to the reformation of habitual crimin als are powerless, speaking in a gen eral way, to accomplish the end sought. The entire army cf this class of evil doers would perish from natural causes, In prison and out of It, in a generation, were it not recruited from the ranks of petty malefactors that in turn are recruited from the ranks of neglected and abandoned children. As Ions as criminals are allowed, to be come parents, however, this recruiting will go on and society will pay the bills, enormous as they are, as a matter of necessity. Tennyson, all owed something jof their distinction in literary style to the at mosphere of their times, and so In America you could hardly expect to breed voices like those of Whlttier and Lowell and Phillips in the dull, cold materialism of the present hour. True literature is a thing of soul; while manufacturing books is a mere busU ness, like the multiplication of wooden nutmegs. TODAY'S "WEATHER. Occasional rajn. with fresh southerly winds. PORTLAND, SUNDAY. DECEMBERS. Dady Rosebery's book on Napoleon's life at St. Helena contains some inter esting facts concerning the great sol dier's treatment of women, illustrious or obscure, who had figured In his ex traordinary career. He wonders if he ever loved anybody: thinks he loved Josephine a little. She lied cleverly ex cept In regard to her age; she accumu lated mountains of debt; she would lhave followed him to Elba, and, had che had a child of his, he never would lave left her. His second -wife, Marie XiOuise, he believes, really loved him, end, to his credit be it said, he always epoke of her in terms of praise, al though he had been informed of her Infidelity with the Austrian Count Niepperg during the Hundred Days. Napoleon calls her a charming child, a good woman, truthful, discreet and courteous to all. Of Mme. "Walewska, his Polish mistress, who accompanied him to Elba, he spoke of with every Blgn of great attachment. The truth Is that women counted for little in Na poleon's life, for he was -in love with power, and his relations with -women, when they were serious, were dictated by reasons of state. Napoleon -was 26 before he had any affection for any woman; he was very ambitious, and extremely poor; his will ingness to oblige Barras and marry Jo sephine made him commander of the Army of Italy. She proved a false -wife, tout he forgave her. Napoleon had In twenty years a few intrigues with women, but he was never dupe or fool. They -were merely his toys for the pass ing moment. He treated women Just as he did men. If they were obedient to his wishes, he was a kind, liberal, indulgent master, but master he al "ways "was, and if his wishes were op posed, he was a brutal master. He used women brutally, just as he did .everybody who opposed his wishes. So long as men or women meekly consent d to be used by him for his own self ish purposes, he did not abuse them, tbut woe "betide the man or woman who Vefused to comply with Napoleon's wishes. They were bullied into com pliance, and if they resisted they were -Bent into exile, as were Mme. de Stael and his ablest brother, liucien. The 'Snasterful Napoleon had no use for in dependent and disobedient women in public or private. They yielded or Were crushed. This trait was peculiarly Italian. The treat Italian statesmen have all mani fested this absolute masterfulness, whether in dealing with men or wom en. On the other hand", "Marlborough, .who was as cold, as selfish, as men dacious and as ambitious as Napo leon, was absolutely loyal to his virago of a wife, and under complete subjec tion to her Imperious will. Marlbor ough loved nobody but his wife, and was easily master of everybody save this wife. From a moral and humane standpoint. Marlborough was a far snore treacherous and corrupt man than Napoleon and a far meaner man, Jor Napoleon was generous to his brothers and sisters and to his school mates, liberal to those who served him well In war and peace. But Marlbor ough was .a miser, who robbed the army chest, blackmailed everybody high and low, sold his public influence to the highest bidder, betrayed every body that ever trusted him save his wife. This difference between Napoleon and Marlborough was merely the tem peramental difference between an Ital ian and an English statesman. Napo leon loved power better than he did any man or woman. Marlborough loved money better than he did any man or any woman save his wife; her lie loved better even than gold. H. Gerald Chapln, of New York, edi tor of the American Lawyer, recently lectured in that city on "Crime and the Criminal," giving as an expert crimin ologist an estimate of the cost of crime to society that is scarcely less than appalling to a thrifty people. Accord ing: to his figures, the people of the "United States pay, directly and indi rectly, a totVl of $600,000,000 yearly on this account. Of this ameunt, $200,000. 000 represents a direct expenditure for courts, magistrates, constabulary, etc The remaining 5400,000,000 represents the injury suffered by society through the operations of the criminal classes, or the mischief in various degrees per petrated by 250,000 habitual criminals. The presentment of these figures gives orderly society, which Is levied upon to make good these demands, something to think about, and the criminologist who is also a humanitarian a chance to elaborate Mb theories for the preven tion of crime by checking the manu- COLLEGES AND THEIR CRITICS. United States Senator Hoar, in his recent address at Harvard University, gave his youthful hearers some excel lent advice. In his 75th year he is a fine Illustration of the results attained under older methods of education. Among other sensible and practical ad monitions, Senator Hoar warned his audience not to make a ridiculous fad of the "strenuous life" culture so cease lessly Iterated by some of our super latively pugnacious political teachers. Hunting grizzly bears requires manly qualitles, but it does not require a lib eral education. Football calls for in telligence, but It does not develop brain In producing what we know as cul ture. The ability to speak and write English admirably, to read foreign lan guages, to reason correctly. Is not ac quired by devotion to athletics. Sen ator Hoar is right The body of the student needs the athletics of free and enthusiastic outdoor life and recreation; It does not need the gymnastics repre sented by the dull grind of dumb-bells and chest-weights. Admiral Stembel, of the United States Navy, died the other day, aged 90, and Admiral Sel fridge, of the retired list, will be 96 his next birthday. These gallant old sailors probably never knew what a gymnasium was In their boyhood, but they were men of outdoor life and rec reation. The college sports of today do not produce any better, If they do as good, physical and mental results as the natural outdoor life and recrea tion that Seneor Hoar and his class mate. Colonel Thomas "W. Higglnson, learned to love when they were Har vard College boys from 1842 to 1S46. The boys in those days were pedestri ans, anglers, oarsmen and hunters, but they were something more; they learned plant life and bird life In the fields and forests. They obtained something be sides manual training, tan and muscle. The bicycle and golf are worth all the gymnasiums that ever existed to a student, who needs only such athlet ics as are necessary to maintain a sound mind in a sound body. Hot house muscle is an utterly worthless attainment for a young man who .goes to college primarily to becoirte a scholar rather than a sprinter. Another eminent graduate of Har vard, Charles Francis Adams, in his recent address before the University of "Wisconsin, protested against the modern methods of teaching in our large colleges, which make the under graduates mere bibliographers. "When they should be reading great books, they are preparing "special reports." Mr. Adams thinks that most American universities exalt the great mehods above the great writers. It is reading the great writers of history, like Gib bon, Macaulay, Green, Carlyle, Froude, Freeman, that helps the youth most by enlarging his vision, by firing his imagination, by quickening his sympa thies, by prompting him to great ac tions through the contemplation of great examples. This is the essence of the argument of Mr. Adams, who holds that, while methods may make a pedagogue, it is knowledge and di gestion of the great writers that im part the flame of historical Inspiration. Another criticism of the new methods In university education is found in the charge that college men of today lack the quality of distinction In literary style manifested by Senator Hoar, Colonel Higglnson, O. B. Frothlngham, Edward E. Hale and other men, living or dead, who were graduated between 1840 and 1850. The New Tork Sun points out that, while it Is a luxury to read a speech by Senator Hoar, or an essay by the Englishman, Goldwin Smita, it is a melancholy reflection that the newer and younger schobl of writ ers have little of this quality of dis tinction In style. The new school has facility. It may be correct in its Eng lish, it may be possessed of considerable knowledge, but Its literary style is poor and cheap, with no genuine literary flavor. The Sun asks whether "there is something wrong with the new-fangled system of university education we have been developing in this country," or is it that distinction is leaving lit erature to take up its abode in the minds now distinguishing themselves In the initiation and generalship of great material enterprises?" This explanation is good, but it does not go far enough. The whole spirit of present civilization is grossly utilitar ian to the point of utter materialism, and our so-called literature of fiction. In its inferiority of literary style, is simply mildewed with the atmosphere of materialism. It is in the times that try men's souls in peace or war that literature obtains a lift in style that rises to distinction. The period from 1830 to I860 in England was nn era of social and political reform. The period from 1S35 to 1865 was an era of social and political reform in America. To the reform period In England belongs Goldwin Smith; to the reform period in America belongs Senator Hoar. Their youth was refined and developed by reflection and study and love of genuine literature, its manhood was elevated" by battling for great issues of moral and social reform In politics. "With the decadence of politics to the level of mere commercialism and the materialism of wealth, of course, litera ture, lacking any soul or Inspiration, sinks to the level of politics and busi ness, and for great writers of true and genuine artistic literature we have mere clever book manufacturers and mechanics. The market is full of books. Many of them useful books, but a book that In nobility of style has the quality of literary distinction Is rarely produced. The atmosphere is dull and depressing -in its perversive materialism, and so the style is Inevitably poor and cheap. You cannot expect high moods from attrition with sordid company. Col leges are not to blame for this, for colleges do not make great writers? never did and never will Senator Hoar and Goldwin Smith were happy In the stimulating, spiritualizing environment of their youth and manhood. It made them men, noble men, and they per force wrote a noble style, because noth ing is true than that style is the man. A SiCKEXDG TRAVESTY UPON" JUS TICE. Some months ago a story of unparal leled "outrage, perpetrated by certain members of a freight-train crew in Southern Oregon upon the person of a young country girl, who Imprudently boarded the train for a ride between stations, was detailed through the news reports, causing a shudder of horror and disgust to pervade the community wherever read. Righteous indignation ran riot throughout the realm of de cency at the disclosures made of the bitter wrong and cruelty inflicted upon the victim of these brutal men, two of whom were arrested and held to an swer before the courts for a crime that, as detailed, was, in the Just estimation of manly men and womanly women, more heinous than murder. One of these men was, upon trial at Albany, found guilty as charged and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years a penalty so grossly Inadequate to his crime as in Itself to encourage vice by a wink of the judicial eye. The case against the fellow-criminal of this con vict, -after several postponements, was tried last week at Roseburg, resulting in his acquittal. And now, as if this travesty upon justice and the insult to public decency were not enough, an effort is being made to secure the par don of the convicted man, the basis of the petition seeming to be that, if his partner in the outrage was let off without punishment, a like leniency should be extended to him. It is seldom that crime in any com munity puts on so bold a front as this. There is not the slightest doubt that a most flagrant, and even diabolical, crime was committed. These two men one a married man, and both In duty bound to protect even a wayward child who boarded their train from harm so far forgot all decency, all manly self-respect, all claims of the helpless upon their protection, that the miser able girl, a child in years, was sub sequently returned to her home In a most deplorable plight, desperately be wailing her ruin. The failure to convict one of these men is shame enough to the state, without presuming to approach its Governor with a plea for the pardon of the other, who Is suffering an alto gether Inadequate penalty. Out upon a mockery of justice so indecent, so humiliating, so abominable! If through the Derverted moral sense of a jury one o'f these criminals has gone free. let the puny sentence of the law at least be enforced upon the other. Even presuming this young girl to have been a wanton, the circumstances and nature of the assault upon her were such as should have resulted in the prompt conviction of her assailants and the infliction of the maximum pen alty for this outrageous crime upon both. Failure to convict In. such a case is a crime against society; failure to inflict the maximum penalty after con viction Is an aspersion against the ju dicial honor of the state. be abandoned. "We know that a re duction In rates would reduce this available surplus; but we do not know that extension of terminal rates would reduce it A ship could come into As toria and get grain at the same cost from "Wallula as at Tacoma, and save the towage from Cape Flattery to Ta coma. If this proved a sufficient in ducement to draw the ships here, the O. K. & N. would haul much more grain and make more money. Or the ships might go right on coming to Port land, in spite of the "common point" So that it Is far -from clear that re duction of rates now to Portland is Juster or more desirable than extension of the terminal rate. Here, too, we must remember that a railroad is not all-powerful in its manipulation oi rates. It can't always raise them when It would like. Circumstances may, and often are, stronger than the welfare of stockholders. The best thing In Mr. Hughes letter is tucked away inconsequentially at the end of a paragraph: "Commercial sea ports," he says, "are as near the pro ducer as possible." If the rest of his letter is sound, he should have added, "except where terminal rates are ex tended to the seaboard." Did Mr. Hughes fall to note that exception be cause he knows that the position of a great commercial metropolis like Port land is impregnable to the attacks of railroad controversies over "common points"? It so, he betrays the fact that in his always able and Interest ing discussions of Portland's commer cial problems he is confusing two ir reconcilable propositions. Mr. Hughes has repeatedly shown the strength of Portland's position here, and the su preme importance of our river chan nels. Nobody has ever answered his arguments on this question. Nobody can answer them. But such unanimous support as this community gives him in this respect cannot be Invoked on one side of a controversy between war ring railroad managements. There are two sides to the "common-point" ques tion. There is only one side to the open-river question. The seagoing qualities of a big battle ship, always something of a question, were proven In the case of the Ken tucky on her late voyage across the Atlantic to be satisfactory. She en countered a violent storm In mid ocean, which lasted two days. The only damage that resulted was the loss of the starboard lifeboat which was torn away and beaten to pieces. The Kentucky represents in construction and equipment the modern battle-ship as evolved from American Ingenuity, skill and excellence of material. Rid ing safely across the tempestuous At lantic, in the most stormy season of the year, practically without mishap, though beaten by a gale for two days, she represents American naval sea- manship In a degree that makes her achievement a matter of National pride. The humiliation of the abandon ment of the Spanish prize cruiser, the Maria Teresa, in a storm in "West In dian waters, by a commander who knew more of land than water, is soft ened somewhat by the record of the Kentucky's voyage, and the country will be pleased to know that the mighty batle-shlp rides at anchor in the port of Smyrna, ready to propound such terms tb Abdul Hamid In the matter of the payment of our long-overdue indemnity as the Government that she represents may direct MR. HUGHES AGAIX. In his letter elsewhere printed, Mr. Ellis G. Hughes opposes a terminal rate for Astoria on two grounds. He says it would result first, in higher rates on grain from Eastern "Wash ington to Liverpool, and, second. In giving Tacoma more of Eastern "Wash ington's wheat, and Portland less. His argument on the lines of supposed fundamental transportation principles, we shall not attempt to dissect sys tematically, but shall merely offer a few practical suggestions that seem to us to justify fear that his demonstra tion, like so many attempts to apply abstract principles rigidly to compli cated affairs of common life, contains flaws, frequently more readily appar ent from viewing their practical effect- than from pursuing laboriously the chain of argument It is highly improbable that readjust ment of terminal points or any other development of routine railway man agement will ever Increase the cost of wheat transportation from the In land Empire to the seaboard. If such condition is conceived as a deterrent Influence against the concession ques tion, it is an empty threat Railroads are not untrammeled in their power to raise rntss as suits them. It Js readily conceivable that the O. R. & N. and Northern Pacific might be jointly willing to raise the rates on grain, and yet be deterred from doing so by fear of speedy river improve ment, or of hostile legislation. Rail roads are far from being confined to compulsion, as Mr. Hughes argues, in reduction of rates. Liberal manage ment often does this, out of desire to develop territory or increase traffic. The O. R. & N. may, and probably will, reduce rates some time on grain down the river, and on merchandise out into the interior, from the same broad policy that now spends millions in betterments and development work, not under compulsion, but as a far sighted Investment From the fundamental principles laid down, Mr. Hughes deduces that grant ing of terminal rates to Astoria would result in transfer of wheat shipments from Portland to Astoria. Conditions, he says, would be equalized, and our advantages lessened. This, also, has the appearance of a scarecrow, and there are reasons for regarding It with out perturbation. The rates from Wal lula to Portland or Astoria, and from Wallula to Tacoma, will be confessed ly the same. No handicap the O. R. & N. will shoulder, no tactical advan tage the Northern Pacific can acquire, will change the fact that each road must offer the same rate,s as its com petitor. Where, then, will the jgrain go? "Well, it will go where thejships go. The ran haul Being equal -m ex pense, the cheaper port will get the business. This is doubtless recognized in the Northern Pacific's efforts to ac quire export facilities here in Portland. Mr. Hughes says that if Hie O. R. & N. is now charging- enough to jus tify extension of the terminal rate to Astoria, the logical thing to do Is to require it to cut its present rate to Port land. But this is not a problem so eas ily settled. The O. R. & N. is mak ing money; but it is spending a great deal of money here in most excellent ways. Its rates, could bV forced down, to soph a point that its development Thanksgiving bounty and cheer has added its testimony of prosperity to that of the "full dinner-pall." Not for many years have the generous observ ances of this day been so general, and, Indeed, so notable. Charitable institu tions that struggled through the dull years, thankful for the dole of depres sion, were made glad this year by the largess of cheerfulness; churches were well attended, and family gatherings were widened to admit friends to the Thanksgiving feast This showing rep resents more than the promise of re newed prosperity; It represents Its real ity. And for this prosperity and the assurance of its continuance and growth during four years more of Na tional life it becomes an Intelligent, ap preciative people to be duly thankful. The traffic department of the South ern Pacific has just issued a handsome .iolder on the State of Oregon. On. one side Is an attractive map of the state, 18x26 inches, showing the counties, riv ers, lakes, mountains, cities and rail roads. The other side Is devoted to a statement of the resources and produc tions of the state. Several carefully compiled tables present the wealth of Oregon for rasy comprehension. The state is consldertd by districts, and the characteristics of each are briefly set forth. The folder gives much trust worthy information about Oregon, and It will assist -materially In making the advantages of the state known abroad. BOARD OF FRIENDLY VISITORS. There was one report that was not handed in at the annual meeting of the City Board of Charities last week. Al though in the two years of its existence the woman's auxiliary Board of Friend ly Visitors has not given to the public a formal report of its work, it should not be inferred that it has made no record. On the contrary, the secretary Informs the board that he considers it the most encouraging phase of the entire work. The cheering and regenrative Influence of the little handful of women who con stitute this auxiliary is being felt in many wretched homes where hopelessness and poverty had seemingly held the Inmates in relentless grip. Each board-member has ono or two families whom she visits once a week. Of these she makes a quiet intelligent sympathetic study, Informing herself as to their personal weaknesses, their relations to their environment their Innate, undeveloped abilities. Her aim is to find employment for them, and help them to become useful, self-supporting, happy members of society. Not alms, but a friend, is her motto. This Is strikingly different from the old method of alleviat ing the distress of the poor. Humani tarians had explosive attacks of generosity periodically, at Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, and on these -occasions. hampers containing turkeys, cranberries, oranges, choice jellies, plum puddjng and tracts were distributed with a lavish hand among the poor, until it became a season of stuffed man as well as stuffed turkey. It was the stomach, not the hands, that were set to work, a kind of philanthropy that was based on Sydney Smith's bon mot: Fate cannot harm me, for I have dined. The donors forgot that three turkey dinners in a twelvemonth will not compensate for a scarcity of bread and potatoes the rest of the year. Kindhearted benefactors to the poor frequently receive proofs of such unac countable shlftlessness that they become disheartened. Take, for example, a mother of seven children, who, by a happy stroke of fortune, comes into the possession of a $5 gold piece. According to the theory that child-bearing brings with it pru dence, she ought to have acquired wis dom, yet a good part of the $5 goes to buy ice-cream to celebrate the birthday party of the oldest scion, and the re malnderfor artificial pink roses and rib bon to trim a hat for the curly-haired 7-year-old, who has just started to a new Bunday school. Meanwhile there is not flour enough In the house to last a week. This is plain shiftlessness; yet, after all, mingled with it Is the most precious thing in the world mother-love distorted, to be sure, but not without beauty and value. She is willing to wear a battered, rain-drenched old hat herself on the street but her children must be on a par with other people's children. The poor are notjto be blamed so much as they are to be pitied, for this lack of thrift. It is the cause of their misfor tune, and must be studied and struggled with by those who wish help them, just as patiently and as skilfully as dis ease is studied and fought with by the physician. And It Is right here that the Board of Friendly Visitors haa suoh im measurable opportunity for doing good. They are the physicians to investigate and diagnose the case, In order that the right remedy may be applied. There are always hidden potentialities of character that may be developed. A man or woman may have some latent power for useful ness, that, except for this friendly inter vention, would remain forever dormant But the work of such a philanthropist Is by no means easy. It requires the high, est qualities of mind and heart In New port, R- I., an organization of friendly visitors has Just abandoned this method of work among the poor, after 21 years of trial. Their lack of success lay chiefly in the inability to gain the confidence of those whom they wished io aid. The im plied, if not ostensible, purpose of help ing those Inferior In condition, not by personally relieving physical needs, but by being a friend In counsel, was the rock on which they foundered. Certainly an infinite amount of tact is needed to meet this difficulty. But that it can be met successfully is proved by the results achieved here in Portland, as well as in other parts of America. So much delicacy, good sense, quickness of perception, and inventive genius must mingle with tho outflow of warm human sympathy on the part of the worker, that one is reminded of Helen Bosanquet's saying: There is always something of the artist about the true philanthropist GERTRUDE METCALFE. SLINGS AND ARROWS. "Wllhelmlna'a Wooing1. Oht a knowing little Queen Is the tiny Wllhelmlne, Full of -wisdom that's surprising In a maid of seventeen. Though she'd much prefer to reign All alone her flat domain. She rcrforco must have husband, and her preference was vain. Many Princes of ths blood Came to view this royal bud. But she speedily Informed them that their common name was Mud. "If thla thine haa got to bo. (And I'm told It has)." said she, "I will ret myself a husband who's accept able to me." So sho fared her forth to view Many Princes brave and true. But of all that she Inspected not & one of them would do. ilea there were of great renown. But ahe calmly turned them down. For she saw that each one fancied ho was bora to wear a crown. "Let them stay upon the shelf," Said the Queenly little eU: "What I want Is Just a husband, I will be the KING myself." So she shrewdly looked around. Till la MecXlenburg she found A flat-chested little fellow with his eyes cast on the ground. "Rise, ohl harmless one," said she; "From your bearing I can see Tou're Innocuous and humble, so you're Jest the man for me." Let all Holland shout and star. For tho Prince will buy the ring. And retire to his corner, while his fair, young spouse Is King. MASTERPIEtES-OF LlTERATURE-4 Tho Luck of Roaring Camp."--Bret Harte. "Washington is not so far ahead of Oregon that this state cannot pass the other on occasion, nor has the bottom less salt-water harbor of the Sound demonstrated virtues that the Colum bia harbor cannot excel. Oregon col legians proved the. superiority of Ore gon over' the sister state by a very con clusive jfootball score. The score also is one of intellectual pre-eminence be cause' the strongest bodies have the strongest minds. Mossbacklsm may be a thlpg for banter, but it steals a march on California and its northern neighbors of tener than once in a while. Oregon for Oregon, and bralnB and brawn for its best interests. Industrial Specialist! Are Scarce. Saturday Evening Post The specialist will be the dominating force in the business world of the 20th century. .The road to success lies along that line. Let tho young man who starts out in life today or tomorrow concentrate on one thing and he has the golden key. The day of the all-around man Is over. New conditions have come Into business life, and they have come to stay. These new conditions are unfavorable to the man who can do half a dozen things. He must master one business. "Under the readjustment there is no place for the all-around man. Nobody wants him, no body cares for his peculiar kind of abil ity. Industries have been rearranged. They are now separated into departments instead of plants. At the head of each of these departments Is wanted a man who knows ail about this particular division, who has concentrated his entire mind and ability on its requirements and possi bilities, who Is in fact a highly trained, highly developed specialist Men like these are scarce today. fnrh:r of criminals throueh the nec- Icct abuse and vile association of Shelley, Jjyron, Coleridge, "Wordsworth, and betterment work, would perforce Farmers cf the "Willamette Valleyt who, while appreciating railway tran sit as far as the railroads have reached them, have still remained loyal to the river as the natural highway of their commerce, will welcome as of old the return of the boating season on the Middle and Upper "Willamette. A daily steamboat service between this city and Independence, a tri-weekly service to Albany and Corvallls, and the regu lation old-time service on the Yamhill River to Dayton extended as the de mand requires to' McMinnville, Insures life and vigor in agricultural shipping circles, and a corresponding activity on the Portland docks. There is either an insane man, with desperately homicidal proclivities, at large in' the vicinity of Castle Rock, or a most mercenary and implacable crim inal. The deliberate shooting through a window of an inoffensive old couple, sitting placidly at their evening meal, fe ono nf th unbelievable, and vet real. events that occasionally shocks human- I the no less remarkable one that the last Tae Soutfc Company." Nashville Banner. Tho more a Southerner thinks of the company with which the Solid South po litically identifies. Itself in the Electoral College the less reason he has to feel proud of the affiliation. The only states certainly joining their electoral vote with those of the South are the mining camps of Colorado, Montana and Nevada, which together have 12 votes to be added to the South's 142. If Idaho be added to the de lectable column there will be 15 mining camp votes Joined to the Solid South. Should Populist Nebraska be found to have pone for Bryan, it would not arouse any greater feeling of pride for the asso ciation. The four states of Colorado, Ida ho, Montana and Nevada have a combined population of only SS3.0CH, or less than one half the population of Tennessee. Ne vada is a sham of' a state with a popula tion of only 42,334, or less than the aver age county in well-populated states. Pugilism Interests Japanese. London Daily Mall. The extent to which the Japanese are becoming Europeanlzed in -the less essen tial matters of life is shown by the man ner In which our sports and pastimes are taken up by the vernacular press. The recent fight between Fitzsimmons and Sharkey was reported at length by more than one Toklo paper, their names in the native syllabary, becoming Shiyakei and Fuitsuzushlmon. Facts like this and also How the Paper "Was "Livened Up." "The trouble wlth.thl3 force," said the new city editor, "Is that everybody has got Into a rut What it wants Is shak ing up and changing around. Take the routine men off their beats and put them on others. That's the way to get a live paper." So he sent the baseball reporter to the laying of a church corner-stone, assigned the "cub" to write a dramatic criticism, sent tho dramatic critic to a Thanksgiving day sermon, turned tho football man to the work of chronicling the arrival o'f notables at the hotels, and sent the young lady who acted as society reporter to "write up" the Thanksgiving day turkey trade. When the "copy" came up this I3 the way it read: FOOTBALti EDITOR'S HOTEL BEPORT. Tommy Johnson, the well-known half back is at the Ham House. Rough House Murphy, the famous quar ter. Is registered at the Bob Ton. Spider Williams, the celebrated Uni versity coach, is spend a few days in the city. Punt Brown, the left guard who was in jured in the Thanksgiving day game, was ablo to eat dinner at the Hotel Lobster yesterday. William McKlnley, of Canton, O., is in the city. CUB REPORTER'S DRAMATIC CRITICISM. ' We witnessed with pleasure last night a charming play called "Cyrano de Ber gerac," which a gentleman named Mans field," with quite a number of other tal ented gentlemen and ladles, presented. We can frankly say that not since our child hood have we witnessed such a pleas ing entertainment, and we promise Mr. Mansfield that if he ever feels the need of a recommendation from us as an actor we will cheerfully give it We were very much pleased indeed, and wo hope that the handsome young actor may soon rise to a place of emi nence In his chosen profession. There was quite a large audience. BASEBALL REPORTER ON IiATINQ OF CHURCH CORNER-STONE. Rain No game. DRAMATIC CRITICS ACCOUNT OF A THANKSOrVINa SERMON. Rev. Mr. Longwlnd played to standing room only at the Blankth-Street Church yesterday. The performance dragged in spots, and the star was a little wobbly in his lines hero and there. The musical turns, put on by a mixed quartet, were of a popular order, too much so In fact for the audience insisted on cutting In on some of them, with dis astrous effect The performance as a whole was not up to standard, and the management will be wise If they pull it down and substitute something better suited to the taste of the American play goer. Same bill Sunday night YOUNG WOMAN" REPORTER ON THE MARKETS. Where the mad uproar of the vast com merce of a city mingles with the shrill shriek of the steamboat as it ploughs its troubled way through, the placid waters of tho river, where uncouth, ill-appareled men, their sturdy faces glistening with perspiration vie with one another In tumbling bulky boxes and bulging bales from the' great trucks drawn by patient, soft-eyed horses, where the rattle and rumble of busi ness thunders ceaselessly over the un even paving stones, and where wan clerks and bookkeepers hasten frantically to and fro doing the bidding of the hard-faced men who sit in inner offices and guide the wheels of traffic with cold, unfeeling commands, many crates of turkeys, des tined .for the environment of cut glass and costly nlate on the tables of the opulent were unloaded yesterday. Sleek, plump fowls they were, their nude bodies yellow with the adipose tis sue forced upon them by the hard-hearted farmer, who bartered their harmless lives for gain. Hundreds upon hundreds of crates of dead birds, butchered to make an American holiday, were piled up on the crowded sidewalks, while other crates filled with querulously clucking live tur keys stood Just Inside the doors of the great marts. For 18 cents a pound they nnirf "PHirhtpen cents! lives of Inno cence ruthlessly taken and their quiver ing carcasses sold to a hungry populace for 18 cents a pound! What a sad com mentary on the cruelty of man. what a testimonial to the aggressiveness of the race that lives and thrives upon death. But yesterday these turkeys strutted In their pride around some rustic barnyard, "far from tho madding crowd's ignoble strife they kept the noiseless tenor of their way." "Now lie they here, and none so poor to do them reverence." Oh brutal sacrifice. Oh But here the new city tin naiiori in the market man and told him to write half a stick summary of the Thanksgiving turkey trade, and sent the rest of the reporters back on their regular beats. There was commotion in Roaring Camp. '. It could not have been a fight, for in 1S50, that was not novel enough to have! called together the entire settlement The ditches and claims were not only deserted, but "Tuttle's grocery" had contributed its gamblers, who, it will be remembered, calmly continued their game the day that French Pete and Kanaka Joe shot each other to death over the bar in the front room. The whole camp was collected be fore a rude cabin on the outer edge of the clearing. Conversation was carried on in a low tone, but the name of a wom an was frequently repeated. It was a name familiar enough in the camp, "Cher okee Sail." Perhaps the less said of her the better. She was a coarse, and, it is to be feared, a very sinful woman. But at that time she was the only woman in Roaring Camp, and was just then lying in eore extremity, when she most needed the ministration of her own sex. Dissolute, abandoned and irreclaimable, she was yet suffering a martyrdom hard enough to bear even when veiled by sympathizing womanhood, but now terrible in her lone liness. The primal curse had come to her in that original isolation which must have made tho punlehment of the first transgression so dreadful. It was, per fhaps, part of the expiation of her sin. that, at a moment when she most lacked her sex's intuitive tenderness arid care, she met only the half-contemptuous faces of her masculine aMoclates. Yet a few of the spectators were, I think, touched by her sufferings. Sandy Tipton thougnx It was "rough on Sal," and. In the con templation of her condition, for a mo ment rose superior to the fact that he had an ace and two bowers in his sleeve. It will be seen, also, that the situa tion was novel. Deaths were by no means uncommon in Roaring Camp, but a birth was a new thing. People had been dismissed the camp effectively, final ly, and with no possibility of return; but this was the first time that anybody had been introduced ab initio. Hence the excitement "You go in there. Stumpy." said a prom inent citizen known as "Kentuck," ad dressing one of tho loungers. "Go in there, and see what you kin do. You've had experience In them things." Perhaps there was a fitness In the selec tion. Stumpy, in other climes, had been the putative head of two families; in fact in was owing to some legal infor mality In these proceedings that Roar ing Camp a city of refuge was Indebt ed to his company. The crowd approved the choice, and Stumpy was wise enough 'to bow to the majority. The door closed on the extempore surgeon and midwife, and Roaring Camp sat down outside, smoked lte pipe, and awaited the issue. The assemblage numbered about a hun dred men. One or two of these were actual fugitives from Justice, some were criminal, and all were reckless. Physi cally, they exhibited no indication of their past lives and character. The greatest scamp had a Raphael face, with a pro fusion of blond hair; Oakhurst, a gam bler, had the melancholy air and intel lectual abstraction of a Hamlet; the cool est and most courageous man was scarcely over five feet in height, with a soft voice and an embarrassed, timid manner. The term "roughs" applied to them was a distinction rather than a definition. Perhaps in the minor details of fingers, toes, ears, etc.. the camp may have been deficient, but these slight omis sions did not detract from their aggre gate force. The otrongest man had but three fingers on his right hand; the best shot had but one eye. A fire of withered pine boughs added sociability to the gathering. By degrees the natural levity of Roaring Camp re turned. Bets were freely offered and tak en regarding the result. Three to five that "Sal would get through with If ; even, that the child would survive; sido bets as to the sex and complexion of the coming stranger. In the midst of an excited discussion an exclamation came from those nearest the door, and the camp stopped to listen- Above the swaying and moaning cf the pines, the swift rush of the river, and the crack ling of the fire, rose a sharp, querulous cry a cry unlike anything heard before in the camp. The pines stopped moajuns, the river ceased to rush, and the fire to crackle. It seemed as if Nature had stopped to listen too. The camp rose to lte feet as one man! It was proposed to explode a barrel of gunpowder, but in consideration of the situation of the mother, better counsels prevailed, and only a few revolvers were discharged; for, whether owing to the rude surgery of the camp, or some other reason. Cherokee Sal was sinking fast. Within an hour she had climbad. as it were, that rugged road that led to the stars, and so passed out of Roaring Camp, its sin and shame forever. I do not think that the announcement disturbed them much, except in speculation as to the fate of the child. "Can he live now?" was asked of Stumpy.- The answer was doubt ful. The only other being of Cherokee Sal's sex and maternal condition in the settlement was an ass. There was some conjecture as to fitness, but the experi ment was tried. It was less problematical than the ancient treatment of Romulu3 and Remus, and apparently as successful. ity into a return to the belief in the doctrine of human depravity, natural and total, and in the orthodox hell that is the Beceseary complement of this beliet. of the Shoguns or Mayors at the Palace, who treated the Mikado as a puppet and reicned as- absolute Prince, is now to be seen riding a bicycle In Tokio, show how thoroughly the Japanese have turnsd their backs oa their c4d ways sod Ideas. J Fannin? of the Barslar. The sharp little drill Is covered with dust; It has twisted and bored Its last. And the little steel Jimmy la red with rust For Its usefulness Is past. . Time "was ere the sharp little drill was old; "When the Jimmy waa bright and fair. And that waa the time when the burglar bold Took them and hid them there. "Now hang out right wero you's is put," said he; Til remember w'ere you'ae la stowed; Fer de cops dey Is likely to collar ma An' to sen' me over the road," And ere he returned from s. ten-year stay In the penitentiary There had dawned on the banks the woeful day Of tho "trusted, jemploye." The Jimmy and drill were as keen and tru As they were In the days of yore. But nothing was left for tb tools to do. For the bank loot was no more. Aad tho burglar bold tell sick and died, A- hai-ceen t&d was he; Fer his place-"by proras was now supplied "Wlta lift "trusted employe." S. J. MONTAGU. Strange to say, the child thrived Per haps the invigorating climate of the mountain camp was compensation for maternal deficiencies. Nature took tfco foundling to her broader breast In that rare atmosphere of the Sierra foothills that air pungent with balsamic odor, that ethereal cordial at once bracing and evhilarating he may have found food and nourishment or a subtle chemistry that transmuted asses' milk to lime and phos phorus. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it was the latter and good nursing. "Me and that ass," he would say, "has been father and mother to him! Don't you," he would add, apostrophizing tho helpless bundle before him, "never go back on us." The Winter of 1851 will long be remem bered in the foothills. The snow lay deep on the Sierras, and every mountain, creek became a river, and every river a lake. Each gorge and gulch was transformed into a tumultuous watercourse, that de scended the hillsides, tearing down giant trees and scattering its drift and debris along the plain. Red Dog had been twice under water, and Roaring Camp had been forewarned. "Water put the gold into them gulches," said Stumpy. "It's been here once, and will be here again! And that night the North Fork suddenly leaped over its banks, and swept up the triangular valley of Roarings Camp. In the confusion of rushing water, nn.,Mnir ,-oi ntifi erackllnjr timber, and the darkness which seemed to flow with the water and blot out the fair valley, but little could be done to collect tho scattered camp. When the mornlnjg broke, the cabin of Stumpy nearest the river bank was gone. Higher up the gulch they found the body of lt3 unlucky owner; but the pride, the hope, the joy, the Duck, of Roaring Camp had disap peared. They were returning with sad hearts, when a shout from the ban recalled them. It was a relief-boat from down tha river. They had picked up, they said, a man and an infant nearly exhausted, about two miles below. Did anybody know them, and did they belong here? It needed out a glance to show them Kentuck lying there, cruelly crushed and bruised, but still holding the Duck of Roaring Camp in his arms. As they bent over the strangely assorted pair, they saw that tho child was cold and pulse less. "He i3 dead." said one. Kentuck opened his eyes. "Dead?" he repeated feebly. "Yes, my man, and yon are dying, too." A smile lit the eyes of the expiring Kentuck. "Dying," he repeated, "he's a taldng me with him tell ths boys I've got the Duck with me now" J and the strong man, clinging to the frail babe as a drowning man is said to clintf to a straw, drifted away Into the shad owy river that flows forever to the un known sea. si I