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News Co., 217 Dearborn street; Charles MacDonald, 53 Washington street, and the Auditorium Annex news stand. For tale la Minneapolis by M. J. Kavanagh, CO South Third street. For sale in Omaha by Barkalow Bros., 1612 Farnam street; Megeath Stationery Co., 130S Farnam street; McLaughlin Bros., 210 S. 14tb street. For sale In Ogden by W. G. Kind. 114 2ttb street; James H. Crockwell, 212 25th street; F. R. Godard and C. H. Myers. For sale in Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co., 77 West Second South street. For sale In Washington. D. C, by tha Ebbett House news stand. For sale In Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck, 906-812 Seventeenth street: Louth an & Jackson Book & Stationery Co., Fifteenth and Lawrence streets. 4 TESTERDAT'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature. 62; minimum temperature, 51; pre cipitation, .13 of an inch. TODAY'S "WEATHER Partly cloudy, with possibly showers: westerly winds.! PORTLAND, SUNDAY, SEPT. 13. BRAINS AND "WET FEET. Some people talk of the weather with a clandestine air, as If its Irregularities bordered upon impropriety. 'Others rat tle away about its depravity, tell how badly it behaved in 'S6, how badly it Is behaving: now, and how badlythey ex pect it to behave next week, for the weather In this respect is like a woman only gossiped of when it goes wrong. Now, both of these classes are entirely In error. The weather in conversation is like a dime in commerce. We do not sneakingly push a dime across the counter as though it were a counter feit, nor, on the other hand, do we bang it down as we might possibly do with a double eagle. So in discussing the weather the unashamed and unos tentatious mean should be adopted. Of course you have noticed that it has been raining lately. In fact, you have probably been one of the many that bave been bemoaning the passing of Summer, and the advent of the um brella, mackintosh and rubber season. If you are a recent arrival on the Coast you have made, very likely, some sneer ing reference to webfeet and the deluge. It must be admitted that it does rain on the North Pacific Coast, and, while one season will make the visitor water proof, there is no denying the fact that sunshine is preferable to Oregon mist. But the- fact should not be forgotten that rain and resolution go together. The man who has the privilege of being . born in a rainy country is the man that is going to succeed. Whether the contemplation of sopping fields makes him work to gain a cozy home, or there is some connection between wet feet and brain power, no savant has yet discovered. The Irishman comes from an island encircled, as Disraeli said, by a melan choly ocean, and brushed by, the "wind's wet wings." How great a pari he has played In making America what she is none can say. How many polit ical conventions and how many police men's clubs have been swung by Irish men is beyond estimate. Holland is a gum-shoe country if there ever was one, and the world knows bow the Dutch have taken and held Holland. Any one who bas visited Switzerland wonders how the mountains manage to avoid being washed away by the rain, and the world took its very time from the Swiss until, In wet New England, other watch factories were built. The parts of Germany that are rainy are brainy, and the statement is also true of Rus sia. In this country the same thing is noticeable. "We have mentioned New England, rained upon, hailed upon and snowed upon, and consequently produc ing sages and horse-traders. Here in Oregon it rains, at least chechakos say it does, natives don't notice it and Oregon leads the world In beauty, brains and brawn. A VALUABLE TREATISE. The little book entitled "English Com position: Standard Rules and Usage," recently prepared by Miss Carson, of the English department in the Univer sity of Oregon, and published by the J. K. Gill Company, is a useful manual of about eighty pages, containing the essentials for good English composi tion. It is designed, to be of practical value to advanced students in high schools and colleges, to all who do writ ten work at home or in business offices, newspaper composing-rooms, and to any who prepare manuscript for publica tion. These four sentiments expressed at the opening of the book define Its standards: "One of the greatest of all faults in speaking and writing is this ithe using of many Words to say little." 'The station of a syllable may cloud the judgment of a Council." "The first valuable power in a reasonable mind, one would say, is the power of plain statement, or the power to receive things as they befall, and to transfer the picture of them to another mind un altered." "After all, the chief stimulus of good style is to possess a full, rich; complex matter to grapple with." The Index Indicates, that emphasis has been put not only upon accuracy of form, as tinder capitalization, punctuation, ab breviation, spelling, etc., but also upon quality of thought, as suggested under construction, letter-writing, copy for the printer, etc The rules are tersely stated and illustrated by short, pointed examples. The clear thinker who has something to say will find the book of great value, and nothing more definitely contributes to clear thinking than mastery of form that comes from constant practice "un der good "standards. The preface cites among the works consulted a list of the best modern authorities, and, when equally eminent authorities differ, the usage of the best modern literature has dictated, as far as possible, the rule to be selected. There can be no final set tlement of many points in the construc tion of English. Any language that is rapidly growing and accommodating It self to the needB of a growing race must have more than one way of doing some things correctly. But it must bold fast to the standards that refuse to do anything incorrectly. Flexibility and richness in the use of English depend upon variety in tlje choice of words and methods of construction. This little book prepares the student to avoid the inaccurate and the inele gant, and at the same time it) attempts to stimulate him to originality of thought and ease of expression. It is also of great value and service to all writers, newspaper and other, andvis to be commended to all such as a useful ; Lcompendlum for constant reference. OUR. UNPOLISHED ROBBERS. Edward Orpin, at the age of 20, is confessedly a street robber and an in cendiary. The news that' an untrained boy held up so many of Portland's citizens will come with something of a shock .to the peaceable merchant accus tomed to go quietly home with his money bestowed in his boots. Indeed, after this disclosure, his heart Is more likely to be found there than his money, If he must pass down a lonely street at night To lose money to a trained man Is one thing. It is another to be con fronted with a pistol in the hand of a raw youth, whose finger trembles upon the uncertain trigger. Surely there is no warrant for exposing the bodies physical of the body municipal to such risks as that Robbers need- training quite as much as barbers, for instance, and who, despite the humorists, ever heard of an untrained barber being slipped upon the public? For the safety of those who are exposed to the risk of being robbed upon the streets, it is time that a training school for rob bers was established, and none but graduates permitted to follow -the calling. That is the utilitarian side of the question. The esthetic side Is even stronger. What right has a callow youth to bring opprobrium upon an old profession and an honorable? There was a mode in cutting purses, but, alas! It has vanished with its courtly expo nents. 'Twas an emotion not altogether unmixed with admiration to be relieved of a few valuables by Dick Turpln or Claude Duval. The etiquette of the highway was unbroken, and the min ions of the moon did not cause their mistress to veil her face in cloudy shame for any act of theirs. America has strayed from the paths of art The conventions are disregarded, and the country, in consequence, has not pro duced one really great man in this pur suit There have been Toungers and others of similar brand; a Tracy, who showed flashes of the true spirit; but not one really satisfying figure in our entire history. We are too thank you, Mr. Hill spectacularistic There' is, of course, something dramatic, theatrical, if you will, about the gentlemen of the road, but nothing merely spectacular istic Orpin sets fire to a house, some thing Turpirr would never have done. The matter resolves Itself into two courses. Let ud educate our robbers they do not deserve the title of high waymen, borne by debonair exemplars until they can rob us with something of the old-time courtliness and skill, or let us discourage, even squash, them, as being totally out of place in this year of grace. THE BRITISH HOME SQUADRON. Announcement comes from London that the British home squadron of seven first-class battleshipsone second-class battleship, two first-class cruisers and three second-class cruis ers, will be sent to the -United States on a courtesy visit In return for Amer ica's action in sending a squadron to Portsmouth. According to the judg ment of English naval critics. Great Britain's position on the seas has not relatively Improved in the last ten years. She has reached equality in battleships with the two greatest pow ers, with a margin for contingencies, which Is the standard of strength adopted by the British--Admiralty in 18S9, but since that date the conditions upon which this standard was based have changed. Then there were only two serious rivals, France and Russia," while today ther.e is the navy of Ger many and that of the United States. Great Britain has today forty-two first-class battleships, four second class and two third class; she has eighteen armored cruisers, 105 pro tected cruisers, ten unprotected; she has an ample force of coast-defense ships, torpedo-boats and torpedo-boat-destroyers; she has also building fifteen first-class battleships, twenty-three armored cruisers, and nine protected cruisers. In battleships built Great Britain has a slight superiority over France and Russia combined, but she has one battleship less under construc tion than France and Russia, while the United States alone has fourteen bat tleships building to the British fifteen, and Germany has eight The English naval critics confess that for their present organization of a fleet of aux iliary ships the British people are in debted to the example of the American people in the late war with Spain. The Spanish-American War taught the English naval authorities the need for auxiliaries of various types colliers with coal, distilling ships with pure water, telegraph ships, hospital ships and store ships. On these lines 'Great Britain has or ganized an auxiliary fleet, and she is the only naval power in Europe that has adopted this lesson from the Amer ican naval operations before Santiago in 1898. In 1895 gunnery was largely neg lected in the British squadrons, but to day it has become on many ships the standard of warlike efficiency. Quick coaling comes next to excellent gun nery as a matter of Importance to a fighting ship, since the'sooner the bunk ers are full in time of war the sooner the ship will be able to take Its place in the squadron for duty. The King has approved the bestowal of a medal upon the men who are returned as the best shots with each class of gun In each ship. This medal will be the per manent possession of the winner, and in each year that he holds this distinc tion he will be paid a bonus, and in ad dition will share the prize money, as at present Officers and men are to be trained for a mechanical navy. In future every officer and man will be a mechanician, and all the old routine which belonged to a fleet of sailing ships, will be ban ished, which has no application to his present life as navigator, gunner, tor-' pedo expert, signaler or trained mechanician. In 1889 the British Ad miralty bad no Intelligence depart ment, but today It has a large and well equipped office, by which the B,oard of Admiralty is stocked with professional Information that is up to date concern ing all the navies of the world. For the first time in British, history the ports and squadrons are organized on a basis that will enable Instant expan sion to a war footing, and the British Central Admiralty Office is being mod eled in the same mold. The British naval critics accept as sound the view of President Roosevelt that "when the day of battle comes the difference of race will be as nothing when compared with the differences in thorough and practical training in advance." FIGHTER. OR WRJTER.T Leslie Stephen, in his recently pub lished "Studies of a Biographer," has an interesting paper on "Shakespeare as a Man," in. which, not content with our very slender external history of that great genius, he endeavors to write his spiritual biography as ex hibited in the sonnets and plays. His conclusions are that Shakespeare re veals In his plays that his mind was vivid and subtle; that he had a unique power of blending the tragic and the comic His plays further reveal that he loved field sports, loved -fine hunting dogs, loved flowers and was sensitive to the charms -of scenery. There can be no doubt that Shakespeare enjoyed con vivial meetings at taverns; that he was utterly hostile to Puritanism in his large and tolerant acceptance of buman nature. It is clear, too, from his plays that he was an Intellectual aristocrat, full of good-natured contempt for the mob. The speech of Ulysses In "Tro ilus and Cressida" Is an argument for order secured through the rule of the cultivated and intelligent and without the direct voice of the common herd. Mr. Stephen inquires whether there is any real incompatibility between what we know of Shakespeare's life and the theory of life Implied by his writ ings. It seemed to Emerson Incon gruous that the greatest of the world's poets should bave been a paid actor and manager, and led "an obscure and profane life, using his genius for pub lic amusement" It Is true that Shakespeare was a money-saver, but this fact is not inconsistent with the poetical temperament, for Emerson himself lived out of his literary talents and left an estate of over $80,000, while Shakespeare . retired from business at 40 with a property which brought him an income of about 300 a year, equal to about a thousand a year at the present day. Franklin retired with a competence at 40, and the retirement of these great men at this early age shows that, beyond a competence, they did not care for money. Voltaire was an excellent man of business; so were Goethe, Pope, Lord Byron, Dickens and Macaulay. Carlyle and Tennyson grew rich through their literary work. Lit erary genius is entirely reconcilable with business aptitude. But the most Interesting conclusion that Mr. Stephen derives from his study of Shakespeare as the man stands re vealed in his writings Is that he was like Walter Scott a man who held that the man of action was superior to the man of letters. Scott could hot under stand how the Duke of Wellington could take any interest in the author of a few bits of novels. Scott said he wrote novels to make money, but that he did not regard the work of a novel ist comparable to the winning of bat tles or the making of laws, and Mr. Stephen thinks Shakespeare held that to defeat the Spanish Armada was a more Important bit of work than to write a successful play. Shakespeare, as revealed In his plays to Mr. Stephen, was a man of too mueh Intellect and imagination to be a gross sensualist He was too great an artist to be in sympathy with the stern, ascetic moral ity of the Puritan. He had too robust and sane a mind td be out of sym pathy with the great passions and emo tions which are the moving forces of the world. He sympathizes heartily with human loves and hatreds and po litical ambitions. As a humorist, he has no sympathy with the heroic when it becomes excessive. He has no use for bombast or affectation. He per ceives the vanity of human wishes and the pettiness of human life. Such a man would have been an ardent enter prising lover In his youth; a soldier, a hero or a statesman in his mature manhood, and would only have been a playwright so long as inspiration came with spontaneous force. Such a man would naturally have deemed literary glory a trifle, and would have retired as early as possible to a country seat where he could enjoy his daughters' society and have a convivial meeting occasionally with his old theatrical friends. Doubtless this picture of Shakespeare holding with Scott the man of ac tion far above the man of letters is cor rect, for supremacy in action was the standard by which public men were tested at that day. It was a century of daring adventure on sea and land. Military glory was sought and obtained by Sir Philip Sidney, scholar and poet, who died in battle against the Span iards. Sir Walter Raleigh became a famous navigator and discoverer. Sir Martin Froblsher goes to the Arctic Ocean. Sir Humphrey Gilbert's ship sinks in midocean. Sir Richard Gren vllle dies fighting a Spanish squadron with his single little ship, the "Re venge." The Earl of Essex captures Cadiz. Sir Francis Vere wins the day for the Dutch In the Netherlands. The whole spirit of England during Shakes peare's active career was that of auda cious adventure on land and sea. No wonder Shakespeare felt that, meas ured by the highest standard of bis day, the most gifted playwright was but a talented trifler, who served to amuse men who had planned enterprises of great pith and moment, and in the New World had executed great events as easily as old soldiers pitch tents. In later tlmeB than those of Shakes peare, the enmity between writers and fighters as a class became, evident The fighter held lightly the writer, the ora tor and the politician, whose chief work he thinks Is to stimulate mankind to civil commotions' and disorders from which they suffer until some soldier like Napoleon, or some statesman of soldier temper like Bismarck, brings tranquillity out of chaos, with the sword directed by unrelenting willand execu tive genius. This prejudice against the military profession has been felt and expressed by many eminent men. Sir Henry Vane, turned out of Parliament by Cromwell, denounced him as noth ing but a soldier, which was Voltaire's judgment of Frederick,the Great John Milton, as great a scholar as Vane, was proud to be Cromwell's secretary, and became-his eulogist and defender. Dn Swift wid Tope laughed and snerd,.at Marlborough, who never lost a bttl, while Addteon was his pane gyrist Heine, wit, poet and satirist ridiculed Wellington, and so, for, that matter, did' Byron. Heine glorified Na poleon without stint, while Byron gave him botlj praise and blame. As late as the day of Dr. Johnson's literary prime, Boswell reproached him or .treating with great respect a famous English General. Johnson re plied: "A famous soldier is a person of the highest distinction; as long as human nature remains unchanged, a man of high fame as a soldier will catch and hold the eye and the ear of the people as no other man can. Writ ers or orators of the highest ability are at complete disadvantage with a sol dier of distinction." This was true in Johnson's day, although Wolfe ' pre tended that he" would rather have writ ten Gray's "Elegy" than to take Que bec The taking of Quebec decided the fate of the contest for Canada; it made Wolfe's name immortal in history, while Gray's fame Is limited by com parison. Napoleon, as a rule, de spised the literary class, but treated Goethe with great attention because of his political Influence with the German Aristocracy. On the whole, Shakes peare was right and Johnson was right in their judgment that the world thinks more of the man of action than of the man of letters. AMERICA'S RAILWAY DEVELOP MENT. "American Railway Transportation," by Emory R. Johnson, Is the latest ad dition to Appleton's "Business Series," and it Is not only of exceptional value as a reference book, but; it is Interest ing as well. The author goes back to the time when the toll road succeeded the old county and state roads at the close of the eighteenth century, and tells of the construction of turnpikes by pri vate capital, occasionally assisted by state and Federal aid. The canal building era which preceded the advent of the first locomotive is discussed in detail, as also are the tramways which evolved Into railroads. The railroad at kthe beginning, as stated by Mr. Jbhn Json, was an improved tramway, Its dis tinctive feature being the substitution of mechanical for animal traction. In discussing what might be termed the birth of the locomotive, the author says: Although the first locomotives ware small and crude, their use as an agent of trans portation marks one of the greatest advances the world has ever made. Mechanical trac tion freed society from the narrow limita tions, which muscular force placed upon hu man development, and gave man possession of an agency capable of indefinite improve ment. The work contains a chart showing the wonderful growth of the railroads in the United States since the first loco motive crawled over the crude tram way just prior to 18S0. At the close of that year the total railway mileage of the United States was twenty-three miles. Ten years later It had increased to 2818 miles, in 1850 to 9051 miles, in 1860 to. 30,635 miles, in 1870 to 52,914 miles, in 1880 to 93,298 miles, in 1890 to 163,597 miles, and in 1900 it stodd at 193,346 miles. The book is well supplied with maps, red lines thereon showing the location of the roads each decade. Fifty years ago there was not a mile of railroad west of the Mississippi River, and only occasional short stub lines anywhere beyond the New England States. It was Iriv the years following 1850 that many of the trunk lines of the big systems of the present day were built, and in 1853 It became possible to travel from the Atlantic seaboard to Chicago by rail, and a year later Chicago was connected with the Mississippi River by rait Land grants and state sub sidies in the prosperous days of the latter 50s are credited with causing the boom in railroad building at that time, and not until the panic of 1857 was there any interruption to tho spread of the railroad building. The Illinois Central received the first Na tional land grant in 1850, and it was this generous policy on the part of the Government that resulted In the At lantic and the Pacific being connected by rail in 1869. The decade from 1880 to 1890 was a record-breaker In railroad building, 70,000 miles being constructed in the ten years. Of this remarkable achievement, the author says: It is unparalleled In the economic history of any other country in the world. Within ten years the people of the United States built as many miles of railroad as the peo ple of the three leading countries of Europe bad constructed in fifty years. The building operations were carried on In all sections of the country, but the largest Increases were made In the states 'of the Central and Western portions of the country, where set tlers were rapidly -taking possession of the unoccupied agricultural and grazing sections of tho public domain, and where the min eral wealth of the Cordilleras was causing cities and states to be established on the great Rocky Mountain plateau. The magnitude of the American rail way system is bewildering in the light of the figures presented by Professor Johnson. These irigures, which are cor roborated by the details, show that In 1900 the United States contained 193,000 miles of railway, while the mileage of the railroads of the entire world was but 490,000; in other words, two-fifths of the railway mileage of the world was In the United States. The par value of the capital stocks and bonds of this vast amount of railway prop erty was $11,724,000,000, and their actual cost is given as in excess qf $10,000,000, 000. The author also presents some comparisons with the capital invested in other lines of business, which aid in forming an Idea of the tremendous wealth that Is massed In these prop erties. The capital stock and surplus of all the 3732 National banks In the United States In 1900 equaled $878,000,000 less than one-twelfth the estimated value of the American railroads. The total cap ital and surplus funds of all the banks National, state and private and of the loan and trust companies In the United States in 1900 amounted to $1,675,000,000 about one-sixth the value of the railroads. Every phase of railroad building, equipment and operation is touched on In this interesting and valuable work. State and Federal land grants are ex plained in detail, the experience of railroad In states where commissions exercise some control over them Is dis cussed, and the legal status of a rail road at all stages of Its development and operation Is clearly defined. It is a complete work on -a subject In which every business man in the country is vitally Interested, and no business sub ject has ever been handled In a more entertaining manner;. The religious census of London was lately compiled with great care, 600 men being engaged in the work for a period of six months. The religious sentiment of a community is neces sarily gauged by the percentage of at- tendance upon churches. The com pilers of this census found the ratio of churchgoers to be about 1 in 4.45, but. as about one-third of these are known as "twicers," or those who attend a place of worship twice a Sunday, the total number of attendants must be re duced so much. Hence Ihe ratio be comes about 16 per cent of the popula tion. This isfc perhaps, on the whole, as, large a percentage of churchgoers as could have been expected in a city like London. The superintendent of the enumerators considers that the princi pal lesson of his work is that it shows that the pdwer of preaching is undi minished. He says: "Wherever there Is the right man in the pulpit there are few, if any, empty pews," adding: "It is not necessary that the right jnan be a genius or anything approaching a genius. He may In many particulars be an extraordinarily ordinary man, so long as he possesses strong convictions, keen sympathies and a magnetic per sonality." This part of thereport may serve a good purpose in giving a hint to churches that are looking for pastors, and other churches in which the empty pews outnumber those that are occu pied Sunday after Sunday. The American Mining Congress, at its recent session in Lead, S. D., submit ted a resolution asking the Congress of the United States to pass a law pro viding for a Department of Mines and 'Mining, .which should have the same standing in goVernmental affairs as the Department of Commerce and Labor, recently created, to be administered by a head regularly appointed by the President, and who should take his offi cial place as a member of the Cabinet. In conjunction with this was a-resolution asking the Mining Congress to petition the Government to build a suitable and permanent building at Washington, D. C, for the exclusive benefit of the mining Interests of Amer ica, The first resolution foreshadows the further expansion of the Cabinet to meet the development of the Nation's vast resources. When the demand for such expansion Is a legitimate one that Is to say, when it comes in re sponse to the business requirements or natural development of the country. It is sure in due time of favorable con sideration. The interests of agricul ture demanded recognition In the crea tion of a Department of Agriculture; those of commerce, handicapped by the overcrowding with business of the de partment which had them in charge, demanded a Department of Commerce and Labor, and the demands were duly met If it shall appear that the devel opment and encouragement of the min ing Interests of the country will be served by the additional department for which the Mining Congress asks, Cab inet lines will no doubt open, to re ceive another member. Over against the accepted theory that finds expres sion in the words, "In a multitude of counsellors there Is safety," there stands, however, the experience of mod ern business men which has often proved that "a multitude" is likely to become an unwieldy body, whose ten dency Is to retard the transaction of business and hamper development It may be hoped that the expansion of the Cabinet will stop short of this point. With the advance in the standard of general education It Is necessary that the standard -of ministerial culture should also advance. To secure this re sult an Increase In ministerial salaries is a necessity, for, devoted as many clergymen are to their calling, It is im possible for them to live as they should and to bring up their families as they desire on the meager stipends they too often receive. The minister has a posi tion to maintain, and his manner of living must be In keeping with that of his congregation. As his position prac tically forbids him to engage in any money-making occupation, he is con fined to his Inadequate -salary. And the salaries of ministers are only now beginning to share In the almost uni versal increase in wages during the last few years. The Congregationalist says "little upward tendency In ministers" salaries" Is manifest, and that it is not manifest any too soon Is proved by the fact that, in the Presbyterian denomi nation, only 2500 pastors receive as much as $1000 yearly. The remaining 6000 are ,paid on the average $600 a year. Ian Maclaren suggests that worn out preachers be shot, and it seems a good solution of the problem, since they certainly cannot have saved anything out of their salaries. Taking all the circumstances Into consideration, the Iowa preacher who refused a profes sional baseball job at $3000 to remain in the pulpit at $600 may be branded as too unpractical for this century. The Philadelphia Record sums up the results of the great anthracite coal strike as follows: "The miners, after losing five months' work, were granted a 10 per cent advance and an agree ment for arbitration. The coal oper ators secured peace and the opportu nity to repair losses by Increased prices. The consumers of coal have secured no advantage except permission to buy coal, with the Incidental penalty of footing the bills incurred during the stoppage." According to this estimate, the operators at whom the strike was directed are the only parties In the transaction who made money out of it, while the "unorganized public" came out away behind. Italian physicians are In controversy as to the cause of the death of Pope Leo XHI. Dr. LapponI diagnosed the disease as pleuro-pneumonia, while Dr. Cardarelli, a physician of equal emi nence, declares that the aged pontiff died of hydrothorax, or cancer of a tuberculous nature. Old Father Time makes a silent record of 94 years In the case, and leaves the doctors Quar reling over technical terms whilfi the world In general wonders not that Leo died, but that, aged and frail and over weighted by vast responsibility, he lived so long. Snow to the depth of eight inches covers large areas of Southern Mon tana. Uncut grain in many sections mocks the -effort of farmers, while sheepowners will be compelled to hurry their flocks in off the ranges. The wind that brought the untimely snow, how ever maintained the ill wind's char acter for blowing something of good, since It will settle, for this season at least, the war that has been in progress on some of the higher ranges by caus ing the sudden withdrawal of flocks to the lower levels. There are more than 2000 American mining engineers In the gold and dia mond regions of South Africa. This may mean American enterprise that re sponds to a call for superior skill In the development of these mines, or It may indicate merely the restless snirlt that J finds expression In migration.. SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Im WoodbHm'g Bright Lexicon. Woodbum Independent Never for a moment entertain the for lorn idea that the Lewis and Clark Ex position will be a failure, financially or otherwise. Nobody Doubts What Ho Means. Newberg Graphic When ex-Governor T. T. Geer has any thing to say In the newspapers he says hVin Bquare-toed, plain English that can't be misunderstood; and this Is the reason his articles are always read by the peo ple of Oregon. Its Political Genesis. Gervals Star. Thero Is much newspaper comment In Portland concerning the present city gov ernment's control. It Is all political bosh, and the agitation Is for the purpose of putting into power other political bosses. We will see what we shall see later on. Enjoy Yourselves While You Can. Albany Democrat. Now that the Oregon delegation has learned that the President was the man who ignored them In a recent appoint ment they have become as silent as a clam- and their mouths cannot be opened. A good many newspapers will be the same way just as soon as the riot act Is read to them by the politicians In control of the machine. Old Quality in a New Setting'. Whatcom Reveille. The other day an Indian woman down In Snohomish County gave up her life to save that of a drunken husband. He was lying in on Intoxicated condition in front of an approachig train, when his faithful squaw rushed up and threw him out of danger, receiving herself, however, In juries from which she afterwards died. While her act was heroic and deserving of great praise, yet one cannot help wondering why she could not have hap pened to bo somewhere else about that time. Monuments to Sacajavrca. Helena Record Montana residents will certainly offer no objection should the residents of Ore gon choose to erect a monument at the Lewis and Clark Exposition to the mem ory of Sacajawea, the Indian woman who accompanied the explorers from the Mandan country to the Pacific. The sug gestion that the people of this state erect such a monument at Portland is, however, one not to be seriously considered. If the state erects a monument at all to that pioneer woman It should be within Its own borders, and no place would be more suitable than Three Forks, a spot of peculiar historical and geographical in terest Something: Doing; at Hillsboro. Forest Grove Times. What Is the matter with Hillsboro? Not in all the years since Adam raised Cain there, has anybody done anything more exciting than draw his breath until the last few weeks. If a resident wanted his name in the paper he laid down and died, but in half the time he wasn't missed, the other people simply thinking he was taking a longer nap than usual. But it's different now, and the sleepy old town Is furnishing more sensations than half the state. It started with the tar and feather ing of Tromley. Since then robberies, burglaries, Incendiary fires and jail de liveries come so thick and fast that peo ple have no time to eat tor talking of them. Hitchcoclc as a Political Force. Fossil Journal. In appointing a land officer at La Grande over ine Heads or the entire Oregon Con gressional delegation, President Roosevelt has administered a severe blow to Sena torial courtesy and jreneral nautical nus torn. The delegation puts the blame for ine appointment upon Secretary Hitch cock, who has all sorts of wild notion about-land matters in the West such as maKing forest reserves out of sage-brush plains, and construing the homestead law In such a way as to tiracticallv ahnlish u thereby putting a stop to rural settlement m tne west, u. Air. .Hitchcock keeps up his lick. It will be a hard matter maybe to keep some of the Western Republican states in line next year. , Good but Not Novel. Le Grande Chronicle. In view of general discussion over the best means of advertising the Lewis and Clark Centennial, let advantage be taken of tho entire correspondence of the state of Oregon with all parts of the East by general use of stationary with headings neatly designed to advertise the fair. Views of Portland, Mount Hood and tho Columbia could be utilized to advantage. Wholesale paper dealers might be per suaded or subsidized to have tons of stationery embellished by skilled engrav ers and printers and to flood the state with it, so that it could be obtained at every crossroads store and every coun try printing office for private or business correspondence, and each of the thou sands of letters that Oregon sends to the East would be a novel advertisement t Any Port in a Storm. ! Albany Democrat The politicians who are willing to kiss tho dirty shoes of the President political ly have been squirming and declaring that Hitchcock did it. but now it is known that the President himself did it. As a matter of fact, the President did most of the other things politicians have been trying to place on Hitchcock as the scapegoat He put out Binger Hermann for one thing. A school boy could see that far. He has been at the bottom of the reservation scheme; in fact this whole Western obstruction business has beert engineered by the President in order to curry favor with Eastern men. Soma men have been trying to make a fetish out of the President, worshipping anything he does regardless of the right of it, but the truth seems plain that he Is willing to slaughter this Western country for Eastern favor, for these things will probably give him favor along the Atlantic. X-Rays on Senator Simon. Bend Bulletin. John W. Knowles, of La Grande, though backed by tho entire Oregon delegation In Congress, didn't get the Registership of the Land Office In his own town. The plum went to E. W. Davis, of Union, who was recommended by ex-Congressman Moody. This causes Knowles to rush Into print with a roar that reveals In every line the wind-jamming politician. We fancy his backers are much disgusted over his performance. Here Is another straw to Indicate tho setting of the politi cal wind against the Mitchell regime. If the anti-MItchelL Republicans do not win in the next Oregon elections present signs are greatly misleading. The election of Fulton to the United States Senate last Winter was the beginning of the end of the MItchellites, or softs, as they were called when the money question led poli tics. It drove Multnomah County Into the Simon camp and all that remains to be done now Is to transfer the paper title. The rest of tho state cannot com bine agalnstMultnomah. One need not be much of a prophet to see H. W. Scott succeeding John Hippie Mitchell in the United States Senate. Mr. Scott is not a product of tho Simon machine. Indeed, It is said that he and Mr. Simon do not speak as they pass by. But there Is rea son for the presumption that Mr. Simon does not care to return to the United States Senate, that that position is not altogether congenial to him, and that he would be willing to keep hands off that office so long as he could knock out his historic enemies and get control of state politics. This would leave Mr. Scott singularly free of political entanglements ahd give Oregon a Senator who would in every way command respect for the state. 30TE AND COMMENT. - Venezuela Is beginning to think that ar bitration is not all its advocates claim. especially when the decision is against Venezuela. Secretary Is that all, your Excellency? Turkish Ambassador That's all this morning, except to Issue the dally denial of atrocities. . Leigh Hunt Is now said to be worth $73,000,000. which does not seem too much for a man with sense enough to break away from the newspaper business. The British government hesitates to turn Kitchener loose with a broom in the War Office. The place needs cleaning, but then such an energetic housemaid would raise too much dust for comfort The Turkish troops are not nearly so black as they are painted.. The so-called atrocities are really perpetrated more in the cause of science than of torture. For Instance, the investigators who cut open a woman's side In order to see her lunss work are displaying the true spirit of re search, .and they will be envied by many scientific men whose subjects, in this un imaginative country, are confined to rab bits and frogs. It Is to be feared that the utilitarian spirit is dying out in this country. The worthless customs of tottering monarchies are becoming our customs, and there is no longer a desire for anything because it is useful, but because it is amusing or ornamental. Take, for Instance, the cus tom of presenting a stage favorite with bouquets, which are absolutely useless and only fit to be thrown away. How much more sensible to present a pair of rubbers or woolen socks.. -And in cafes and places of the kind, a plate ot ham and eggs would be far more appropriate than a bunch of draggled carnations. The Sultan has now an American press agent, It is said, one Morcombe, of Cedar Rapids, la., being the lucky man. Future reports from Turkey will probably be in the following tone: CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 12. The Sul tan spent yesterday evening at home with his family, and In this respect sets an ex ample that might be advantageously cop led by many Americans. Although fre quently married, he has never been di vorced, as he thinks it cruel to turn a wife out in the cold world. Instead, when a wife Is neglectful or has an "incompati ble" temper he has her sewn In a "sack and sent quietly to paradise. The Sultan is a little disturbed at pres ent in consequence of a report that some of the Turks In Momastir have called the Christians by various uncomplimentary names, although he believes the report is a malicious fabrication by the Bulgarian press, which, a3 Europe knows, Is sub sidized by the government Again, the Hatpin. To attack a masked highwayman with a hat pin and put him to flight Is considered "Just good exercise" by Miss Emily Meyers, 1067 North Forty-second avenue. Miss Mey ers, rho is 10 years old, was approached by a robber last evening, and Instead of giving up her valuables she resorted to the hat pin. The hold-up man retreated hastily. Chicago Post. A Silhouette. When dusk falls on the river. And shapes grow dim and dimmer. And lights in long shafts quiver. And stars in grayness glimmer; Red lights and green Are double seen, Reflected In the river. The city silhouetted Against the clouds' red ridges, The vista faintly fretted With lace work of tho bridges, Whore flash the cars, e Like shooting stars, Across the gleaming river. The Regretful Amorlit. Of the days that are gone we remember but blisses. The sorrows are lost In tho mist. Our memory's starred with remembranco of kisses. And misses no miss that we've kissed. But It's host far the most to tho ghost Of the kiss that was missed. And the miss that was nearly, so nearly, but queerly not, kissed. So the Mollies and Follies and Dollies we treasure. And wish that their ghosts could be kissed. But our soul drains the potion of pain and of pleasure In dreaming of one that we missed. We"wonder what blunder our lips kept as under In the kiss that was missed. And the miss left so blamefully, shamefully, trlst and unklssed. We remember the roses seemed nodding us to it. The moon from a cloud gave a wink: But through fate or a faint heart we trem bled to do it, And kisses dont' wait for a think. The time was propitious, her smile was ma licious, her Hps as delicious As ever were kissed. But we missed. Heartaches nnd Balm. ALBINA, Sept. 12, (To tho Editor.) I now write to ask you what I shall do with Bill. BUI wants to buyme a ring. Jim's already got one on my finger, though I took it oft at the seashore for fear of losing It. But now Jim Is going to come back from Eastern Oregon, and Bill don't know Jim, and I hope Jim won't get onto Bill. Please, what will I do for It? I know Jim will hato Bill and Bill will hate me. and Jim won't do a thing but want his ring back. FLORENCE S . You have got yourself into a bad fix, Florrle. Better tell Bill that seaside ac quaintances don't go in the city, or scare him by saying you haven't been vac cinated. SELLWOOD. Sept. 11. (To tho Editor.) Irm in the hog raisin business, and I hear in he papers about end-seat hogs. Do you know where I could get a bore? EBENEZER HAYCOCK. It is almost impossible to raise an end seat hog. and you would be foolish to go Into the business. OREGON CITY, Sept. 11. (To the Edi tor.) Why doe.s an undertaker always look grave? THOMAS SPINKS. One of the reasons Is that people ask him fool questions. PORTLAND, Sept. 0. (To the Editor.) What is good for a self-mado man's squeaky shoes? NOB HILL. They will only stop squeaking when his son steps into them. PORTLAND. Sept. 11. (To the Editor.) My husband was In the Legislature one term, my two ribns are In politics, and daughter Ann is in a decline. Can you help us out? SAMANTHA TIGGS. The Governor has the sole right of par don in this state. Uncle Zeke's View of It. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Ebbuh seen a nigguh baby Settln in de-snow? Jcs' a tiny specie o darkness On do white, you know! Dass de way dat nlgguh queshun Look to me about. Speck o darkness bes' keep still, op Snow 'ull freeze hit outl