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PORTLAND, SUNDAY, APRIL 8. 1906.
PASSIVE RESISTANCE.
In a world like this, where most
things -worth having seem to be got
by strenuous combat or not at all, the
doctrine of "passive resistance" has
never found much open favor among
Ith-e friends of progress. It had a
great vogue In England 4n the days of
the Stuart Kings, who were mean and
tyrannical monarchs, but were sup
posed by many to have been expressly
chosen by the Almighty to rule over
Great Britain. Why the Lord should
have made such a choice was never
explained, nor was any attempt made
to reconcile it with his supposed Intel
ligence. The fact that a Stuart was
on the throne was taken for proof that
the Lord had put him there. The much
more likely hypothesis that the devil
had done It was never entertained:
and it was preached from royalist pul
pits and believed by the royalist party
that active resistance to the King, no
matter what he did, was wicked. One
might as well defy the Lord himself
as his anointed vicegerent.
Still there was a refuge for tender
consciences. Although it was sinful to
resist the King, it was permissible to
disobey him when his commands were
wrong. It was conceded that a sub
ject might decline to execute an ille
gal or Immoral order -without calling
down the wrath of God upon his head;
but if It brought the wrath of the
King upon him he must patiently sub- ;
mil. This was the famous doctrine of j
passive resistance. It was scouted by !
the English people, who cut off the
head of one Stuart and banished an
other. Its validity depends upon a
falsehood, for the Lord never made
any man a King. It Is absurd, since
It makes one man. often a very wicked
and foolish man, more Important than
a whole nation: and it Is Immoral,
since Its acceptance would . seem to
put an end to all liberty of thought or
action. Still, there is something to be
said for the doctrine of passive resist
ance. Imagine a King as -wicked as
ou please: what harm could he do If
nobody -would obey him? He could not
Klay many people with his own hands.
He could not collect unjust taxes with
out agents to execute his orders. No
matter what laws he made, they would
fall flat: people would do exactly as
they did before. (He could not wage
war without officers and soldiers. He
would be utterly helpless. In fact, al
though the English rejected the doc
trine of passive resistance in the time
of Cromwell, they have since em
bodied It In their constitution, and it
is now the actual principle of their
dealing with the phantom they call
their King. Nobody resists him, but,
on the other hand, nobody obeys him.
Edward VII might Issue bloody com
mands till he was black in the face
without doing the slightest harm, for
none of his subjects -would pay any at
tention to them. The English theory
that the King can do no wrong is thus
made correct in practice by taking
away his power to do anything at all.
The doctrine of passive resistance
has been adopted now and then by dif
ferent religious sects, but, though It
was plainly taught by Jesu6, it has
necr been popular among his follow
ers, who have for the most part been
famous fighters. No sect was ever
more bitterly persecuted by their fellow-Christians
than the Quakers, -whose
most conspicuous principle Is that of
passive resistance to evil. Their num
bers do not Increase very rapidly, but
their worldly prosperity is proverbial,
ard they have obtained modifications
?n the laws both of England and Amer
ica to suit their consciences. No
Quaker need fight or take an oath. If
sue h a victory for peace can be won by
a small sect against the whole world,
what would happen If all the professed
followers of Christ wore to unite as
' -solutely in the same cause? It Is
-it likely that they will do so very
sojn. but. If they should. It is diffi
cult to see how there could ever be
another war.
Passive resistance would be the most
efficient of all agencies for abating In
justice and wrong if only enough pco
p could be persuaded to apply it.
Just now the labor unions make more
use of it than the churches. A strike
Is nothing moro nor less than the old
orthodox Christian practice of overcom
ing evil by suffering, and. in propor
tion as strikes have been peaceful,
they have been successful. If the
-whole body of workmen could be
taught to apply the prlnclplo consist
ently they would always be successful.
If no man would accept low wages,
high wages would necessarily be paid.
Strikes are broken by laboring men al-
of the matter Is an undcviatlng and
unanimous loyalty to the principle of
passive resistance which workmen are
slowly acquiring, though In Its practice
they are still far from perfect. The
strategy of almost every strike Is
marred by violence, and their purpose
Is too often thwarted by -workmen who
value a temporary personal advantage
above the permanent good of their
class.
Applied In strikes, the principle of
passive resistance has proved Itself to
be a powerful constructive agency. It
is quite as efficient to promote positive
good as to destroy evil. There is some
reason to think that it Is the Instru
mentality by which special privilege
will ultimately be abolished every
where and the world reconstructed
upon democratic principles. In Russia
the peaceful strike has accomplished
more than violent revolution for po
litical liberty. Popular-leaders In Ger
many and France suggest that a gen
eral strike of the soldiers would para
lyze militarism. If two hostile armies
facing each other should suddenly re
fuse to shoot, It might be bad for the
schemes of such a monarch as William
of Germany, but who else, they ask,
would be the worse for It? What could
do more to promote that universal
peaco which the Czar so ardently de
sires? The doctrine of passive resistance
taught by Jesus as one of the funda
mental principles of reform has been
repudiated for ages by his followers.
Now It reappears In the world with a
validity seemingly almost universal, a
great reformative and constructive
dogma of victorious democracy. The
stone which the builders rejected has
become the corner of the temple. Pos
sibly we shall rear upon it not only a
new social structure, but also a new
and better Christianity.
THE FIREMAN AS A LIFESAVEK.
A terrific blaze which involved the
entire top floor of Portland's largest
office building and imperiled human
beings was an object-lesson in the
work of firemen as llfesavers. Occur
ring in the heart of the business dis
trict in mid-afternoon of a beautiful
day, -when streets were thronged, the
Chamber of Commerce fire presented
to the thousands of spectators a thrill
ing drama never to be forgotten. A
tragedy was averted by the skill, the
coolness and the intrepidity of a
trained band of brave .men.
With the modern skyscraper came
new duties to men -who fight fire; a
more strongly Intrenched enemy must
be overcome. Old apparatus was In
adequate. Practical men contrived to
unite several ordinary streams into a
hydraulic giant, ladders were made
longer, men -were drilled to meet not
only the ordinary, but the extraordi
nary, crises incident to their vocation.
Greater physical strength than ever
before was required, and greater power
of endurance, together with intelli
gence, steadiness of nerve and high
purpose.
But saving property Is now only a
part of the fireman's work. First and
foremost, when the exigency arises, he
must rescue men, women and children
whose lives are menaced by smoke and
flame. To this end he is drilled like a
recruit in the regular Army and the
men in marine llfesavlng service, but
with one distinction that raises him
above them; he is taught to think and
act for himself In emergencies. Grop
ing his -way through blinding smoke in
furnace-like heat, he can't hear orders
from an officer. In such moments he
is a Jaw unto himself.
Proficiency .the Portland Fire De
partment has attained since it became
fully paid was amply demonstrated In
last Friday's fire. Ever man knew
exactly -what to do. and did at well.
Putting up the extension ladders, sup
plementing them with scaling ladders,
spreading the nets, carrying ropes and
securing them, climbing dizzy heights,
releasing terrified prisoners whose es
cape depended on the strength of limb,
coolness and skill of their rescuers,
themselves facing no light danger the
helmeted men in blue proved stout
hearted heroes.
Theirs was not chance success. They
learned at periodical drills how to
win it. Not for exhibition purposes
have new men, elbow to elbow with
veterans, been required at stated
times to perform the feats that were
put to intensely practical use when
grave danger threatened. They have
become experts in what in athletics is
known as "team work." They are un
der good leadership and carry out with
zeal the instructions of a chief who
came up from the ranks on his merits
as a firefighter and a disciplinarian.
That Portland's firemen are actually
as well as nominally in the civil service
is cause for congratulation. We
should never again permit their serv
ice as llfesavers and property-savers to
be Impaired by the good wishes or the
ill will of a political boss.'
While it is unreasonable to expect
always such successful results as at
tended Portland's last spectacular Are.
we may be certain of the department's
best effort. The best of armies occa
sionally meet defeat, but the fighting
spirit cannot be quenched. A good
fireman Is of the same stout stuff as a
good soldier.
WOOL AND SALMON.
Since Portland attained the proud
distinction of sawing more lumber than
is turned out by any other port in the
world, that great industry has to a de
gree eclipsed all others in which we
.are Interested, although we are still
shipping flour and grain to the value
of millions of dollars overs year, and
have a wealth of other industries and
resources of minor Importance. The
annual "harvest" of two of our best
crops, exclusive of wheat and lumber.
Is about to begin. All along the Lower
Columbia River an army of fishermen
is making preparation for the annual
harvest of the royal chlnook salmon,
an eplcureau dainty with, scarcely a
peer. The value of the salmon pack.
Including the cold-storage fish, approxi
mates J3.000.000 per annum, and It is
all taken out of the waters of the Co
lumbia within a period of about four
months.
The actual value of the output, how
ever, only faintly represents the true
Importance of the Industry to all other
lines of trade. Nearly every dollar
paid out to the fisherman for the raw
material is turned over many times,
and. in the course of Its wanderings,
pays debts or purchases commodities
which in the aggregate would reach a
total several times as great as the
original sum. Another especially val
uable feature of the salmon Industry
lies in the fact that, aside from the
comparatively small expense attached
to hatchery operations, the raw ma
terial Is obtained .by tie fisherman
able for any man who cares to engage
in the work.
A close second In importance to the
salmon Industry is the wool and sheep
business In Eastern Oregon; In fact,
with the present high prices for both
wool and sheep, it is probable that the
aggregate value of the output for the
present season is In excess of that of
the salmon fisheries. While these great
Industries flourish In different parts of
this great state, and are pre-eminent
in their respective fields, both are
flanked by other interests which make
liberal contributions to the wealth of
the state. Along the Lower Columbia,
logging, lumbering and dairying aid In
the prosperity of the people at a time
when the close season for fishing Is in
effect. East of the mountains. In the
wool districts, there is an Increasing
amount of diversified farming, and the
general stock "business is a contributing
factor to the country's prosperity the
year round.
It Is this ever-Increasing production
of new wealth that is making this
country Immune from the hard times
which so often threaten older and more
thickly settled commonwealths. The
wool clip is good, and prices are high.
Prices for salmon are satisfactory, and
the outlook Is favorable for a good
run. This money, coming In at a time
when our grain business is over for the
season, and the movement of stock is
light, win be appreciably felt as a rein
forcement of our mighty timber Indus
try, which has now reached a stage
where it knows no seasons.
THE RETIRED LIST.
Now and then announcement of the
death, at the home of a son or daugh
ter, of an aged father or mother, or
in his own home of a soldier who won
his epaulettes in a past generation, re
minds us of the fact that there is
among us still a small army of men
and women who, having completed the
active duties of life, linger yet for a
time on the "retired list," awaiting In
serenity the call that all must answer.
We know that there are a large num
ber of men fine, well-disciplined, thor
oughly taught men who have given
what is termed their effective years to
military or naval service, living In re
tirement throughout the country. Look
ing at some of them as they pass along
the streets, erect, active, shoulders
straight and true of line, we cannot
concede that their retirement was made
necessary through disability. We
know, indeed, that they have simply
stepped out of the ranks to make pro
motions possible to their younger, but
still not 'young, comrades, weary of
long detention in the lower grades of
the service. We know, moreover, that
many men Just stepping out of active
service carry in thejr well-furnished
brains that which is not learned in
schools, but comes from the tutelage of
long experience, and- that In an emer
gency they could and would give to
their country service not second in ef
fectiveness to that which won them
honor in their earlier years. Just now,
however, they are on the "retired list."
Touching this matter, a recent writer
in the New Tork Post said:
It Is melt that the old make way. and
that they who are most In touch with the
marvrlous revelations of modern science
should brine; them to the proof, but he who
cnrrJcn In his silvered head a brain which
has digested the knowledge and experience
of that which Is Ineontrovertlbly preved.has
no nd to Irl that he cumbers the ground,
and that he has to walk humbly as among
those for whom his country has no use. He
rather has reason to be proud that he has
earned a rest alike honorable and honored.
Keeping -himself abreast of the times, he
will find that he Is able to solve many a so
called new problem already worked out tin
der old conditions, and his Judgment will
strengthen many a doubtful decision. It lies
In the man himself how far retirement
means uselessness.
This much for the official retired list.
But there is another and a larger one.
less conspicuous, but not less deserv
ing, the members of which, sad to say.
are not always regarded with the honor
to which their past endeavor entitles
them. This list Is made up from do
mestic life, through those Inevitable
revolutions which arise In our homes
that are the products of nature and of
growth. Upon this list are the names
of women early widowed, whose chil
dren have gone, one by one. out Into
the great world to homes and- occupa
tions of their own: of men similarly
situated, who can no longer maintain
among men the active business Inter
ests of life. These are placed by Na
ture on the retired list the waiting
list and, as the years go on and the
call Is delayed for many of them, they
form a pathetic contingent of an army
that has fought the battles of life
bravely and Is now resting upon Its
arms.
The change that placed these upon
the retired list was a gradual one
not abrupt, as In military life. One
child after another goes out from the
old home; one year after another saps
the strength and diminishes the ability
of father and mother to care for them
selves; and finally one drops out of the
well-worn harness and the other shifts
perforce to another home, clinging to
the last faded mementoes of former
years the child's cap. the broken toy.
the old cradle, the little shoe, the out
dated school books and the thousand
other things that accumulate in the
home in which children have been
brought up.
"She has a home with her daughter,"
Is the verdict of the community when
a funeral - pyre has been made of the
little belongings of the old home that
held no significance to any one but
"mother"; and there, in seeming con
tentment, dutifully ministered unto,
but with tender yearnings, the gentle
woman remains upon the "retired list"
until she passes to -the realm of the
unseen. Sympathy, tender participa
tion In the Joys and sorrows of the
new home; counsel, when sought, in
perplexity; open, arms and a loving
heart these are the attributes which
father or mother, who has ceased to
control, brings to lives that are tolling
along the upward way.
These symbols of love, emblematic of
well-6pent lives, are found under every
roof that shelters aging lives. They
tell of mothers on the "retired list,"
who strengthen their daughters hearts
to bear the burdens of responsibility;
who fold their grandchildren's hands
In prayer: whose example of patience
and cheerfulness far outlast their lives.
They tell of fathers who. having borne
untarnished names from youth to
hoary age. bequeath them In honor to
their sons, and of men and women
grown old. who, having, from choice or
circumstances, missed the bustling, re
sponsible way ef family life, have from
their broad sympathies and helpfulness
In wider way become eligible to a
place on this grand honor roll. Men
and women who are able to sympathize
and to console; who can tell of storms
safely weathered and sorrows bravrty
'ftflfiri IP Itm ?PT iminnrr
to inexperience and comforts te hearts
In stress of disappointment or anxiety,
and with the name of these the retired-list
of humanity is illuminated
on every page and In every commu
nity. All honor to soldiers on the retired
list, whether military and naval heroes
who have reached the "age limit" and
settled down in our midst, wearing the
Insignia, of their long service and an
swering to well-earned titles, or men
and women, without other Insignia of
service than that which nature be
stows In a crown of gray hair and fea
tures and bodies that attest the touch
of time, the "retired list" commands
the unstinted respect and consideration
of the larger army yet In active service.
GIBSON'S SECOND ILVKYEST.
It might not ' take a tremendous
stretch of the Imagination to picture
the Gibson female head as the im
perial emblem of North America.
When we see a New Tork newspaper
which relies for Its strength almost
wholly on Its numerical appeal pro
ducing old Gibson pictures as a fea
ture In Its serio-comic and weirdly bi
zarre supplement, the thinking person
who reveres art and loves his fellow
man may well pause and look about
to find the whys and wherefores. What
ever else the publishers of Journals of
Immense distribution may be. they "are
assuredly astute, and may be credited
with a keen sense of what the masses
want- A well nigh supernatural divina
tion of the felt but unexpressed mental
needs or desires of ol polloU and an
unerring equipment of antennae nos
ing out available material best calcu
lated to feed the Insatiable maw of
this boundless multitude of easily In
fluenced readers with these, and more,
the yellow press is bountifully supplied.
A move on its part so unique and radi
cal as reverting to the Neo phytic pen
clllngs of Charles Dana Gibson those
characteristic specimens of partly per
fect draughtsmanship that first
charmed the "upper ten" in the East
Is Interesting, and makes wise men, as
well as fools, ask questions.
Are we really returning to nature?
Are we really going back to simpler
things? Are 'Any and 'Arrlctt so con
ditioned now in the United States that
they are In line to assimilate the artis
tic pabulum that pleases the palate of
the cultured? "What is there about this
famous Gibson, this coddled and spec
tacular vogulst, that satisfies the cook
as well as her mistress, the shop girl
as well as the society butterfly, the
coalheayer as well as the mlneowner,
the mechanic as well as the corpora
tion president, the clerk as well as the
man of leisure or the millionaire? He
has forsaken the pencil for the brush,
but his early work is now giving him a
second life that may become even more
luxuriant and widespread than all his
successes hitherto. Why has Gibson
been selected out of the splendid host
that supplies the glorious pictorial press
of this country? Hutfs character Is
more vivid; Pierce Is lovelier; Christy
Is more finished: O'Neill Cheatham Is
more effective, with her dark masses
and contrasts; As pell, of the Sun, Is
stronger; Ehrhardt, If rigid, is more
particular as to ensembles. The list Is
long that rises up in -the mind's eye. of
men and women who have won their
spurs with resounding victory, who
seem to display In their work more of
the ordinary elements of popularity
than Gibson does. Although Gibson has
not a wide gamut, and he'tins confined
himself to drawing types of the high-
class female of social eminence, with
her surrounding men. habitations and
scenic environment: although he lacks
the piercing humor, the broad force of
the born cartoonist: although he I not
a good draughtsman, and although he
Is slovenly, it is easier to gain a true
estimate of his power and ralson d'etre
through positive affirmations as to what
he is than through cataloguing his Im
perfections. In a way Gibson stands by himself
alone. The beauty of his women and
men. the cleanliness suggested by
plenty of white space, the excessive
health of his types, the-utter simplicity
of his results, are perhaps the essential
foundations of bis vast vogue. His
"Retribution." for example, shows a
beautiful girl on the left: a senile mon
eybags on the right: a bony, degener
ate youngster (their offspring) in the
center. That picture would Jar a well
bred damsel of the precincts of plenty,
and it would also shout to a toiling
salesgirl that marrying money Is not
life's sole desideratum. Gibson has
grown more and more, during the dozen
years of his increasing success, to dis
regard details, after the expression and
possibly the sartorial perfections of
near-face attachments were looked
after. At first he burdened himself
with accessories and settings, but of
late he has merely Indicated them, and
his pictures have been widely carped
at for their exaggerated, brush-heap
scrawlings. Some dilettanti professed
to see an ultra-artistic clan in bis very
disregard of finish, always launched
Into Insincere transports at the one
direction shading, which was strength
ened at desired points by cross-lines,
and indulged in attenuated ecstasies
over some of Gibson's worst work. His
earlier drawings are unquestionably
his best, although later on his mind
developed many more mature and
forceful subjects, which made people
who appreciated and valued his con
tributions to the joy and Instruction of
the world hope even great things for
him.
As we musingly and contentedly peer
along the corridors of time, we note
the various types that have stood the
test of the centuries, and live as the
representatives of the successively
reigning schools. From Raphael to
Gibson, from Dctallle to Davenport,
from Murillo to Murphy, we may con
sider and understand the multi-sided
forms of shape, and line, and Idea, and
ideal, that have caught the people's
eoul and lived to tell their essence to
unborn generations. It Is not so much
the amount of reason each type has for
Its current and subsequent apprecia
tion as It is Its fundamental genuine
ness. Inasmuch as a Davenport In New
Jersey, or a Routledge or a Murphy
here in Portland, are earnest, and rep
resent truth In art, they need not
bother themselves with classic canons
or venerable tenets of any period, ex
cept to enlarge and perfect their cul
ture by extracting"wbat Is best from
the myriad luscious types, contorted
types, awful types, lurid types, what
ever -typical creations that have ema
nated from the leading artistic brains
of the years that are past and'gone.
But is it not a cause for rejoicing
that our American Gibson, after his
triumphal conquering of the people
who have "money, by a process of rein
carnation or second advent, as It were,
is now regenerating and sanctifying
the ranks of American breaswtaaers?
Te rajpyhqa4t M9mMM(
the over-muscled vigor, the purity, the
well-groomed, modishly appareled
sleekness of Gibson's girls and grown
up youths are to become the Ideals to
which the masses are aspiring. They
represent the ideal American In his.
and her, pristine optimism and bloom
ing, matchless health. Their beauty
is idealized, but to win our hearts and
our soaring, day-after-tomorrow spir
its, this idealization Is Indispensable.
As China dreaded, then worshiped, the
Dragon, and afterward adopted it as
Its governmental symbol, so. In a meas
ure, yet by a more beneficent and salu
brious metamorphosis, the limitless
brotherhood and sisterhood of laboring
Americans, through love of cleanliness,
hopeful outlook, bodily vigor, comely at
tire, a sound soul In a sweet body, may
coe to hold aloft on the housetops the
Ideal types of Gibson as our National
emblem.
1
WHAT IMS HAPPENED IN ZIOX.
It Is only a question of time when
credulity that leads to the blind fol
lowing of a self-proclaimed prophet
or revelator In religion gives place to
a public, scandal caused by the awak
ening of his dupes. This time has come
for Zion Alexander Dowle's Zlon
and. with all his hosts In arms against
him. his, wife broken in health and
spirit, and his son estranged, this latter
day saint bellows his rage Impotently
from afar, and then starts back to
possess his own, hinting darkly of
"bloodshed" If his erstwhile dupes do
not yield to his demand for reinstate
ment. If Dowie had been a meek, mild
mannered prophet, ruling through as
sumed humbleness and gentle persua
siveness, the revolt would not have
come so soon. The assumption that
Is encased In velvet and makes merit
of seclusion; that takes refuge In the
"soft answer" when Its dogmas are
questioned', and quickly withdraws
from the firing line when assailed. Is
relatively much harder to meet and
dislodge than is the bold assumption
that carries on its schemes with noise
and posturing and takes no pains to
conceal the fact that Its rule is abso
luteIts word law.
Dowle's assumption was of this lat
ter nature. He was a self-proclaimed
prophet, religious dictator, domestic
tyrant, financial boss. -He said to his
followers, do this, and they did It; or,
failing after their best endeavor to
obey, they crawled humbly to his feet
craving pardon, which was loftily
withheld until after due penance was
done. A band of zealots may stumble
along blindly after a leader In this
fashion for a time, but not for long.
They censure themselves for a while
bircause they find the burden galling,
and for a while renew their efforts at
self-abnegation in the name of the
Lord and the prophet. But. being hu
man, they grow tired. Religious devo
tion does not Irk them. but. when this
Is yoked with heavy financial demands
that promise no returns except to the
prophet: when they look around their
lowly dwellings bare of all but the
meager comforts of life and see their
children coming up to add to the great
volume of toll, self-abnegation and Ig
norance with which they are bidden to
encompass them. and. lifting up their
eyes, behold the prophet living in lux
ury, traveling abroad, establishing a
Summer residence for himself and a
favored few In a semi-tropical cli
mate; and finally when, delving Into
the community purse, they find It
empty, then Indignation speedily out
runs their zeal, and common sense
comes out of Its unnatural eclipse.
This Is what has happened In Zlon
within the last few days. Dowle. de
throned, discrowned. Is heralded from
Its very walls as the lecherous, de
signing, dishonorable creature that the
world has long known him to be: bel
lowing anathemas and denials from
his retreat In Mexico, he has begun his
return to reassert his "rights" and re
establish his power in the holy city.
All of this is sound and fury, signify
ing nothing. His aggressiveness serves
but to render him more vulnerable. A
woman apostle would know better.
The humble air of Injured Innocence
becomes both sword and shield to the
religious pretender when .asked for an
accounting. When he. In a moment of
unrcgenerate anger, admits that he
himself, and not the Lord, is ruler In
Zion. his anathemas are shorn of their
terror. Rolling up their sleeves like
schoolboys who find they have been
tricked, his followers square themselves
for the conflict and bid him "come on.'
It now looks as if Dowie will get all
that is coming to him. If such measure
of retribution Is possible.- He may
browbeat his sick and broken-down
wife, after the manner of the bully of
his type. Into recanting the statements
of his brutality and immorality that
have been wrung from her through
pressure of suffering. But 'the scepter
has passed from his hands. This is
what has happened In Zlon.
Plans for sending a reinforcement of
teachers to the Philippines have been
completed by the Bureau of Insular
Affairs, and the first Installment of
forty will sail from Seattle on April 23
on the Minnesota. Tw:cnty will sail
from San Francisco on the steamer
China May 2. and forty, completing
the balance of one hundred that have
been engaged, will sail from the last
named post on a transport May 6.
While women are much more success
ful as teachers in the Philippines than
are men, the hardships encountered In
the new provinces h-ft'e proved too
much for them, and so many have
broken down In the service that few
are being employed at present, and
none are sent where they have not
relatives or friends to care for them.
It thus happens that of the one hun
dred to sail within a month, but twelve
are women, and these are wives, sis
ters or fiancees of men who are of
the teachers' corps In or en route for
the Islands.
The man who sits around his wife's
boarding-house, eager to boss the Job.
while she makes the living, has plenty
of time In which to brew mischief.
Usually. It may be added, he employs
this time, with a devotion to the busi
ness In hand which, if directed to the
duties of an honest vocation, would
speedily put the boarding-house out
of commission by destroying the, neces
sity for Its existence. The case of one
J. H. Bode, of Heppner. is no excep
tion to this rule- He recently ex
pressed his disapprobation of the
boarding-house business in which his
wife with her sister was engaged, by
surreptitiously entering the kitchen
daring their absence and putting poison
in the teakettle. Two of the boarders
becoming violently III, an investiga
tion was made, which iscloed the
manlier in which he attempted to "ran.
oC the fcoXvrs." As a result, he wMl
probably become a guest at the state's
big boarding-house at Salem, and an
example. 'It may be hoped, to men of
his class a class despised by manly
men. but too often coddled and sup
ported by energetic women.
A man of Newcastle. Pensylvanla.
has paid the penalty of deserting his
wife and family for a period of four
teen years, ho having been declared
legally dead by the court at the ex
piration of that period. An adminis
trator was appointed," and his estate
was settled. Later the truant re
turned to find himself dead In law.
but not in fact. He now occupies a
peculiar position, it being doubtful
whether he could contract an obliga
tion of any sort, since he ha3 no legal
existence. This seems to be a very
proper way to deal with a man who
Ignores or repudiates all manly obliga
tions. Half the period of this man's
absence should suffice to blot him le
gally out of existence, providing, of
course, that he abandoned a wife and
young children to the struggle for self
support during the period of his disap
pearance. The fellow who goes away
leaving no trace of himself, stays until
he gets tired, and returns suddenly to
make trouble for the family that has
lived and, perhaps, managed to ac
cumulate something without him.
should be checkmated.
All world's records for pigiron pro
duction were broken by the four blast
furnaces of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany at Duquesne during March. The
four .furnaces produced 78.12S tons,
against the record of 77,142 tons, held
by the Edgar Thompson blast furnaces
of the same company. Thus does the
wealth, of Carnegie pile up faster
through demands of a prosperous era
in construction and transportation
than he can dispense it, through libra
ries. Really, it looks as If. notwith
standing all of his efforts, and his pro
claimed desire to the contrary. Andrew
Carnegie Is doomed to die a Tich man.
Funds lor the construction of the
Panama Canal will be provided, until
Congress convenes next December, by
the sale of 2 per cent bonds aggregat
ing in the next three or four months
about $42,000,000. The denominations
of the bonds will be $20 and multiples
thereof, redeemable in ten years and
payable in thirty years. The Immen
sity of the canal undertaking is indi
cated by the sum that will be necessary
to carry the work forward for less
than hair a year. The Immense ad
vantages of the canal will be demon
strated long before the present bond
Issue Is payable.
Names given out in connection with
the proposed interurban railway cen
tering at Walla Walla carry evidence
of ample financial strength. The re
gion which the system Intends to serve
Is admirably adapted to such an enter
prise. For a successful future, there
need be no misgivings. Therefore, it
Is incumbent on the towns and cities
to provide for some little share of the
profits. Let no franchises be given In
perpetuity. New railways should be
encouraged, yet so restricted that they
cannot become tyrannous.
The "wash ladles" of New Brighton.
Pa., went on a strike the first of April
for $1.50 a day, against the old rate of
$1. The housekeepers stood firm the
Wash Ladles' Union weakened, and
the old rates prevail, if there Is a
Just demand In the whole realm of
labor, it Is that represented by the de
mand for $1.50 for a day's toll at the
washtub. Housekeepers need reform
ing on the basis of equity and human
ity when they resist this demand.
It may Jje superstition, yet it is
one of the things learned In youth and
not forgotten nor lightly disregarded.
Tomorrow being the full of the moon.
it is best to plant peas, beans, cabbage
and all that develop above the earth at
once, saving potatoes and the like for
the 'crease which begins tomorrow
night. There is nc$ a man over 60 who
cannot prove this. Let young scoffers
beware.
Japan again denies any purpose or
desire to purchase the PhllioDlnes
Judging from the appeals for help for
Its starving subjects, the Island Em
pire has use for all the spare cash
that the Government can control, with
out Investing in some thousands of
malcontents, fitly, characterized by
Klpllng as
Our new-found sullen people
Half devil and half child.
Because a railroad dislikes to pay a
tax until compelled, the Toads In Mich
igan are this month putting money Into
the school treasury. An ad valorem tax
law passed In 1901 was disputed, but
the highest court sustained it. and one
railway company has Just paid over
$600,000. The Detroit public school
fund will receive over $500,000.
The Baker City man who shot his
brother-in-law last Thursday says It
was an acciuenw ne is sorry, ana per
haps will be more sorry If he should
be the victim of a rope accident at the
penitentiary a few months hence. Such
accidents will happen once In a while.
though perhaps not as often as they
should.
Between preachers who theorize and
Circuit Court Judges who practice by
dissolving the bonds, although occa
sionally withholding a decree, one turns
with pleasure to the statistics column
to read of the licenses taken out. And
In the proportion that the one exceeds
the other lies the hope of the world.
The Oregonlan prints today the re
spective platforms of Hon. E. L. Smith
and Son. Stephen A. Lowell, Republi
can candidates for the United States
Senate. It invites to each the careful
and considerate attention of all voters.
They do things differently across the
line. In Winnipeg, where there has
been a street-car strike for a week, the
possible Importation of strike-breakers
from the United States Is met by threat
of invoking the alien labor law..
Every genuine sportsman m Oregon
will rejoice over the conviction and
punishment of three Umatilla, pothunt
ers who corraled and butchered a band
of deer. This la a good season for other
game wardens, to get busy.
Solomon succeeded because his or
ganization was perfect. Brigham
Young died in time to 'escape. But
Dowie Is a cheap, senile Imitator.
In the length and breadth of Oregon
lie opportunities awaiting brainy de
velopment. Think, what the- corncob
has dea for. Missouri!
THE PtSSIMIST: ' ..
What we save- In coal bills Is spent
in Ice cream sodas, and the deficiency
in gas consumption Is evened up by the.' .
beneficent protestations of the candidates -for
office.
It speaks well for the culture -and
Christian forbearance of the people of
the Northwest that no one has been rude
enough to suggest that the preacher who
contended that marriage was a failure
took up .that position because he knew
from personal experience what he was
talking about.
Of course, the debate on marriage be
tween two of our worthy ministers .was
Intended as a Joke and a good joke It
was. too yet they touched upon a serious
matter, a matter serious to young peo
ple who are about to be married, and
one that Is more serious still, after they
are married. However, at the White
Temple. 'Friday evening, it was cnthusl-
astlcally decided that marriage is a sue-.
cess. Nevertheless, almost any day. one
of the Judges of our Circuit Court, un
der circumstances totally devoid of the
elements of humor. Is called upon' to de
cide that marriage is a frost. And there
we have It. Is marriage a failure, or is
It a success?
The Solution.
(With apologies to Schopenhauer and the
San Francisco Examiner.)
If. instead of asking. Is marriage a
failure? some one should inquire. What Is
the purpose of marriage? a great light
would begin to dawn on this problem
of the ages. A great philosopher has
answered the question, and gently Inti
mates that by marriage the coming gen
eration achieves Its existence. No doubt
that view is wholly unpopular "with the
dispensers of the Word. yet. looking; at It
In that way. marriage is a success. If the
purpose of marriage Is to make us happy,
marriage Is a failure. Of course, some
married couples aro happy. They are not
happy because they aro married;, they
are happy In splto of that fact. Soma
people are happy when their house Is
burning up.
The ladles of the first families In the
East are objecting to the vulgar red
color of our two-cent stamp. They want
a color. It seems, that will harmonize
with the tint of their stationery. Al
though they could use two green one-
cent stamps, they do not want to do that
because the picture of Franklin on a
one-cent stamp Is vulgar and common:
and. besides. It is too expensive to use
a stamp of a higher denomination on a
two-cent letter. It Is to be hoped that
they will get what they want, and I will
help the matter along by suggesting that
the Government regulate the amount of
postage and the color of the stamp in
accordance with the value of the con
tents of the letter. The ladles could then
send three letters for a cent and pick
their own color, as any color would be
good enough.
The candidate whose election card was
tacked on the posts of the entrance to
Lone Fir Cemetery probably tore It
down because he did not want to be
classed with the dead ones.
Did anyone ever notice the aristocratic
Mrs. Thompson? Mrs. Thompson Is not
an Individual; she Is a type. Mrs;
Thompson Is the supercilious creature
who calls on people who live in . large
ana costly mansions.
It is on account of Mrs. Thompson that
we have real lace curtains in our-front
windows Instead of ones that wc can
afford.
Mrs. Thompson Is long on ancestors,
but short on brains. Nevertheless,
when Mrs. Thompson drives up with her
footman and her coachman, on. the day
which Is our day at home, we are all In
a flutter, and wonder If our clothes and
our house furnishings will merit the ap
proval of the hypercritical Mrs. Thomp
son. When we invite Mrs. Thompson to din
ner we set before her costly viands,
instead of feeding her face with the kind
of grub that we are used to when wc
are alone.
When we go to the theater we buy ex
pensive scats, so that Mrs. Thompson will
see us there.
Taking it all in all, the aristocratic
Mrs. Thompson Is an expensive luxury.
But for her we could live the .simple.
She is. a nuisance.
To Seattle with Mrs. Thompson!
. . '
I hate to see a big fire, but when there
is one I like to be around to see It.
Architectural Terms.
Architect A cold, heartless individual
who scorns your most cherished Ideas.
Contractor The one who gets the most
of your money.
Architect's Commission The rest of it.
Lien A sworn statement that the con
tractor is a liar.
Bondman One who knows that he Is a
liar.
Frieze A decoration on your wife's face
when you insinuate that the stairs and a
fireplace cannot occupy the same space.
Den A place for sofa pillows and
women.
Parlor Where we sit when we have on
our good clothes.
Reception-Room Same as parlor, only
more expensive.
Drawing-Room Where we can't smoke.
Inexpensive The architect's estimate.
Outrageous The lowest bid.
Hardwood Floors An antidote for tears
when you would not have leaded-glass
windows In the basement.
Wood Hoist A thing that is In one cor
ner of the basement, and the woodpile In
the opposite corner.
M. B. WELLS.
WHERE DEPUTIES ABOUND.
John D. Rockefeller, at Lakewood In a
"Low Voice.
(Apologies to Herbert Johnson.)
I know not now how soon 'twill be
When I shall leave these parts un
known; I cannot see how he'll get me.
Unless by some one. here I'm thrown.
Alas, alack, 'tis better so.
For oil moves up with rapid pace;
But this I know, if I must go,
I'll hate to meet him face to face.
I'll hate to meet him face to face.
And leave all these I love so well.
I do not like this fearsome pace
I wish that he would, go to blazes.
For sheriffs come and marshals go, '
In Time's fast pace the fee bills grow;
And tho the Joy have much alloy
While thinking of the new-born boy.
It matters not. a few days more.
It matters not how slow the race, i
For this I fear, on Erie's shore
I'll meet a deputy face to face.
Tea. I shall see him face to face
And be with those whom I can't buy;,
Yes. I shall see hlra face to face," .,v-
Aad I'll not wis, the' hard I try.