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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.
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