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PORTLAND, SUNDAY, JAN . 196.
FULTON AND HENEY.
Senator Fulton has made spirited
reply to accusations by Mr. Francis J.
Heney. Nor is it merely a reply; it is
a challenge. Doubtless tt would be
more proper to call Mr. Heney's state
ments "Insinuations," as Mr. Fulton
calls them, than accusations. Mr.
Heney, we think, has said nothing
more direct than that he could show,
i and would show, at the proper time,
that Senator Fulton had been a friend
of wrongdoers, nnd that he had in his
possesison evidence that proves that
Fulton had been guilty of' corrupt
acts. This, though indefinite, is suf
ficiently direct to engage Mr. Fulton's
attention; and his open letter to Mr.
Heney is a proper reply.
Now what Is there, what can there
be, to justify Mr. Heney's attainder of
Mr. Fulton? We know of the Mitch
ell letter to George C. Brownell and
of Mr. Fulton's concurrence In it.
The letter was written In January.
1904. Brownell wanted to be United
States District Attorney. John H.
Hall at that time held the office, and
wished to retain It. But Mitchell and
Fulton were both under great obliga
tions to Brownell for political services,
and, as Mitchell stated in his letter,
were anxious to serve Brownell. Yet
they were not unfriendly to Hall.
Brownell had. however, fallen into the
meshes of the Heney dragnet, and it
would not do to press him for the ap
pointment. The interpretation that
has been given to the Mitchell-Fulton
letter to Ermvnell is that Brownell
was advised to withdraw his own
claims to the office, and that his "In
terests" were to be "protected" by re
appointment of Hall. Of the genu
ineness of the letter there is no doubt.
Jt is in Mr. Mitchell's well-known
style throughout, and Mr. Fulton's full
concurrence in It is signed in his own
hand. But what does the letter
mean? That Mr. Fulton was advising
Mr. Brownell to press his own claims
tio further, but consent to' the ap
pointment of Mr. Hall, and the latter
would shield Mr. Brownell from
prosecution? This interpretation is
Indignantly denied by Mr. Fulton and
Mr. Hall. Whether Mr. Brownell' has
said anything we are not advised.
But did Heney get the letter from
Brownell? Or is It a copy furnished
from Mitchell's letter book?"
Mr. Fulton admits the authenticity
of the letter, but positively denies that
It is subject to the interpretation that
Heney has given it, or that there is
anything In the letter, or in his ap
proval of it, that could compromise
himself. So far ae The Oregonian
knows, this is the issue between Sen
ator Fulton and Mr. Heney. If there
is anything else the public would like
to see the evidence.
It seems to The Oregonian that it is
Incumbent on Mr. Heney to answer
Mr. Fulton's open challenge and de
fiance. Inferences may be drawn
from the Mitchell-Fulton letter to
Brownell, but inferences, in doubtful
and disputed cases, are dangerous.
Mr. Fulton is as well entitled to his
own explanation of this Incident as
Mr. Heney is to his inferences from
it; nay. better, for Mr. Fulton knows
about It what Mr. Heney cannot. It
Is desirable In the first place to have a
distinct statement from Mr. Heney of
the charge or charges implied in his
"insinuatitsns," as Mr. Fulton calls
them, and then to have Mr. Fulton's
answer to them. Has a wrong con
struction been placed .upon this letter
by Mr. Heney? Or Is the construc
tion placed upon it by publications
which have been favored with copies
of it. that of Mr. Heney or of oth
ers? Has Mr: Heney other matter
with which to support this construc
tion? Has he other proofs? We
know of no method by which these
statements can be brought out except
the uso of the press. Mr. Fulton is a
Senator of Oregon, and probably will
bo a yandidale for re-election. He Is
( right in his challenge to Mr. Heney
I that "you publicly and specifically set
J forth the grounds on which you base
.luc i iiai ge ui vr . ijift-uui.if) -i .-
part." Shall we hear from Mr.
Keney? '.
' .
AN EDIFYING FICTION.
The howlingest "ululation" we have
heard comes from the Chicago Inter
Ocean. This is a Republican ' paper,
devoted heart and soul to "the inter
ests." It tells us that it gets stacks of
letters from Republicans of the Mid
dle West, who declare, one and all,
that "if the rural voters can't get a
candidate who will continue Roose
velt's policy, they will vr!te for W. J.
Bryan." The Inter Ocean remarks
further that "from the number of
these letters ana the extent or terri
tory from which they come, the infer
ence seems safe that they represnt
about 15 or 20 pr cent of those in the
Middle West who voted for Mr. Roose
velt in 1904." Thfs unhappy Journal
declares that what these people mean
by "Roosevelt's policy," continuation
of which they so ardently desire, is
"the' policy of agitation which brought
on the panic."
This truly edifying Action that .rob
bery, rebates, excessive capitalization,
looting of banks and trust funds, and
fre.nzied finance generally, are natural
conditions of business that ought not
to be disturbed, has a pretty firm hold
in certain quarters even yet. evidently.
He who disturbs this beautiful system,
moreover, i a panic-maker and mis
cellaneous malefactor. And. the peo
pie who stand by him against the
trusts and brigands and want his pol
icy eonttrfued "have been led far
astray." They are honest, no doubt,
but "misguided."
But the situation11 is not without
hope. A "campaign of education" is
urged against those who have misled
the people to take up arms against
their benefactors of the plunderbund.
Some seem to think it hopeful.
There has not been much "panic"
except in the strongholds of frenzied
finance and high plunder. But there
was sure to be a panic in these pur
lieus when the lid was pulled oft and
the public could see what was going
on underneath. I); was the sort of
panic you discover when you kick over
a fungus and note the scare and
scurry of the vile little population
under it
It may, however, be set down as
very certain that Bryan will be elected
If the reactionary forces of the Re
publican party should get control and
try to put things back to where they
'were before Roosevelt began to shake
the secrets out of organized plunder
and stop its work.
MOTHERS TO THE RESCUE.
It seems that some of the mothers
of New York City have at last awak
ened to a sense of duty to their youns;
daughters. According to a late dis
patch, they have declared a war of
extermination against the Greek' let
ter societies that barnacle the private
and preparatory schools of that city.
From the account given of the initia
tion ceremonies in a local organiza
tion known as the "Sigma Gamma
Society," which aroused these moth
ers to action, it is clear that this in
terference is not only proper, but that
it has been long overdue.
It is' high time, indeed, that sensi
ble, judicious mothers came to the res
cue of their young daughters. While,
perhaps, the majority 'of girls who ara
Initiated into these premature Greek
letter societies are able to stand the
"tests" applied to candidates without
physical collapse, the fact remains
that such organizations are worse than
useless: that they are gravely perni
cious, in that they inculcate snobbish
ness: create an undue feeling of self
importance, involve expense that not
infrequently works hardship upon par
ents,, and especially upon mothers,
take young girls out of evenings anat
tended except by each other (which,
in the estimation of the late Judge
Frazer, is worse than no attendance at
all), and conduce to the idea that they
are able to dispense with the over
sight of their elders at a period in life
when such oversight is most needed.
Mrs. Barbauld's story of "Young
Jehu," though not exactly a classic,
might well be added to what is called
"first-year English" in our High
Schools. It may, indeed, be commend
ed to the perusal of thoughtless par
ents who have in mistaken kindness
allowed their sons and daughters to
take whip and rein from duly compe
tent hands and drive at their own paco
in the realm of inexperience. The
simple story will be found in any col
lection of Mrs. Barbauld's poems and
concludes with the following stanza:
And many a bill for damage done
His father had to pay.
Take warning, youthful drivers all.
From Jehu's first essay.
MR. HARRIMAX AGAIN.
The power to create and destroy
railroad facilities in this part of the
world lies absolutely in Mr. Harrl
man's hands. With this power goes a
similar control of the fortunes, and,
indirectly, of the lives of our popula
tion. His authority in all essential
particulars surpasses that of any Eu
ropean sovereign over his subjects,
and, like the most abject servants of
a feudal monarch, the people of Ore
gon are compelled to approach Mr.
Harrlman in humble submission and
beg of him that he will graciously
save them from commercial ruin.
If their prayers were granted the
case would not be without its ftmso
lations. It Is bad enough to crawl at
the feet of power and beg for favors
even when they are finally vouch
safed; but to crawl and beg and re
ceive in return nothing but scornful
neglect goes to the heart (A the most
patient victim of Mr. Harriman's au
tocracy. What is the remedy for this system
atic neglect of the interests of Oregon
by our railroad autocrat? Prayers
have been tried ad nauseum, and they
have been useless. Is there anything
besides prayers which the outraged
commercial interests of the state can
now resort to? Can Mr. Harrimair be
forced to fulfill those duties which he
has driven every other man from per
forming and which he refuses to per
form himself? Hi 'attitude is pre
cisely that of the traditional dog In
the manger. He has. by fraud and
force, driven every competitor from
the railroad business In this state. The
whole system of our transportation Is
his. Having done that, he now de
clines to make those Improvements
without which the system is compara
tively useless. He hinders the devel
opment of the state, prevents the
growth of population and virtually
forbids the cultivation of great areas
of fertile land. What should be done
with a man who thus stifles the life of
a whole state? Is there a limit be
yond which the abuse of power can
not be tolerated? When a man makes
such use as Mr: Harrlman does of his
authority over the lives and fortunes
of his fellow-men, has not the time
arrived for tha authority to be taken
from him? How long will the people
of Oregon bend the knee in humble
supplication to Overlord Harrlman
before they discover that in some
cases compulsory measures far exceed
the efficacy of prayers? Wrhen a great
public servant utterly neglects his du
ties, common justice and common
sense alike require that he should be
replaced by . somebody whose con
science is less deadened to the sense
of obligation. Can Mr. Harrlman be
deposed, or is he not only an absolute
monarch, but also a perpetual one?
A COMMON MISTAKE IN LITERATURE.
When among the new books for the
holidays publication of the "Letters of
Dr. John Brown" was announced, the
thousands of readers who had enjoyed
the little story of "Rob and his
Friends" prepared for a literary feast,
quaint, piquant and delightful. Edit
ed by his son and dedicated to his
grandchildren, it must be said, how
ever, that these letters of Dr. Browtl
are of stnall value to the wider circle
of readers to which they have been
given. Certainly the volume adds
nothing to the literary fame of the
writer, though perhaps- they mirror
anew the sterling virtues which he in
herited from his sturdy Scotch an
cestry. Dr. Brown's place in litera
ture is an honorable if not an espe
cially prominent one. The sketch,
"Rob and His Friends," gives a taste
of his quality. It has been accorded
a place among the "little prose mas
terpieces" by some of the best judges
of English literature and against this
classification no dissenting voice has
been raised. The story, in the sim
plicity of its recital and in its por
trayal of the rugged, yet sublime vir
tues of faithfulness, endurance, seren
ity and self-conquest, appeals at once
to the more steadfast and more gentle
elements of human character, and
upon this basis it is read and re-read
by thoughtful, sympathetic men and
women the world over.
It is this class of readers who will
scan with disappointment the letters
of Dr. Brown, which are now pub
lished, with regret that they had not
been edited by some hand that would
have eliminated much that is trivial
and without reason for seeking pub
licity and much that bears the stamp
of an intolerant ancestry of Scotch
Presbyterian preachers, and of the en-,
vironment In which' the writer was
born, lived, worker"., judged and died.
Whlfe It may be true, as Dr. Brown
says, for example, that "George Eliot
had fully as much talent as genius,"
he ignores the very essence of her
genius jvhen he says that "her views
of life, of God, of all that is deepest
and truest in man, are low, miserable
and hopeless, and she seems always
wisning to drag her readers down to
her own level." Every sympathetic
reader, who followed Tom -and Maggie
Tulliver through life and down to
death, will dissent from this opinion
and see In It only .the dogmatism of
self-righteous assumption. And when
he further taxes George Eliot with a
"taint of sensuality, or rather of sexu
ality"; when he adds to this an ar
raignment of "nastiness" and of "un
womanly knowledge that she Is always
hinting at," it Is necessary to re-read
"Rob and His Friends" in order to
forgive the author of this ungenerous
criticism.
We cafti afford to smile Indulgently
when Dr. Brown calls Longfellow a
"male Mrs. Hemans." and indeed to
forgive him, since at 70 years of age
he saluted Robert Louis Stevenson as
a "true genius, new liquor fresh and
aromatic."
The task of editing and giving to
the public the private correspondence
to which a name prominent in litera
ture Is attached is not an easy one.
Louise M. Alcott, not having time or
strength to devote to the work of seg
regating and editing a Journal tht
was kept by her mother for ' many
years, caused the entire manuscript to
be burned. Mrs, Alcott was a woman
of rare insight into the miracle of hu
man life as it went on about her in
the time of Emerson and Thoreau and
others of a transition era in our his
tory. Her comments upon men and
affairs were copious and sometimes
caustic, and her daughter declined to
risk the winnowing of the wheat from
the chaff of this volume of opinion to
any other hand than her own. The
wisdom of this decision is unques
tioned, though without doubt much
that was of value In relation to the
Inner history of the movements of a
momentous tlfie was thereby lost.
Many persons have shared the re
gret that the letters of Jane Welsh
Carlyle found their way into print.
Even some of the letters of Queen
Victoria, carefully edited as they were,
would better have been consigned to
the names than to the printing press,
since, while they served their purpose
well as family letters, they belittle in
a way the sagacity, otherwise unim
peached, of their royal author. Byron
nowhere else appears so weak as In a
volume of private letters that was
given to the public after his death.
It is not surprising that Dr. John
Brown does not appear to advantage
in this volume of letters that his fam
ily has given to the world. The irre
sistible conclusion, after reading
them, is thathis literary record and
his record as a man of sound judg
ment and human sympathies has not
been heightened or brightened by the
publication of his private correspondence
THE DICNTV OF A COfRT.
The Providence (R. I.) Journal has
had the misfortune to come under
the displeasure of a Supreme Court
that is very exacting In its require
ments as to newspaper accuracy, and
that has novel ideas as to the exercise
of the power to punish for contempt.
It teems that the Journal published
In Its news columns a report ot" a Su
preme Court decision, but an edi'orial
writer in commenting upon the de
cision misunderstood its effect and
made an erroneous statement. For
this error the paper was cited for
contempt, and after hearing, the court
found the defendant guilty and de
creed that the paper should publish
in full In its editorial columns thy de
cision In the contempt case and pay
the costs. The Journal, being up
against a tribunal from which there
Is no appeal, obeyed the order.
The Springfield Republican, pub
lished but a few miles from the bor
ders of the jurisdiction of the Rhode
Island court, takes occasion to express
Its opinion of this proceeding, and
says that the entire performance im-
presses one as derogatory to that dig
nity fvhieh the court labored to uphold.-
The court did not Increase the
respect in which it should b-i held,
says the Republican, since It took an
unreasonable view-of the standard of
newspaper accuracy and, on the
whole, displayed a fussiness over
small things that never characterizes
large minds. It was apparently a
clear case of unintentional error and
was not made for the purpose of as
sailing the court.
Since the , Republican has a large
circulation in Rhode Island, it Is ap
parently In danger of being called to
account tjor Its estimate of the mag
nitude of the minds of the judges who
rcnded the decision In the contempt
case. Whether the Republican has
been inaccurate in Its estimate is .lot
likely to be of material consequence,
for, beyond doubt, the Rhode Island
court will differ greatly in its estimate
of its own mental capacity, and since
Its opinion, in a contempt case, must
prevail, it is a foregone judicial con
clusion that the Republican is in er
ror. And that paper can scarcely ay,
as the Providence Journal did, that It
meant no contempt, for the Republi
can openly, declares Its lack of respect
for the tribunal over the border.
What the Republican insists is that
the right to err should be conceded to
a newspaper, which publishes an im
mense amount of matter every d;w,
much of which is prepared In haste.
The remark might very appropriately
have been made that if the Rhode Is
land judges were compelled to writ
their decisions as promptly and quick
ly as the articles for a newspaper ara
prepared, the judicial error would 0t
the rule rather than the exception.
And the opinions would not carry n.mr
the weight of the average editorial in
the Providence Journal. The Judged
should have remembered that courts
sometimes make mistakes, even when
live of them sit in consultation ovei a
question for weeks. Occasionally t.toy
acknowledge their errors. They .should
have, remembered, also, that even
whet) a court has rendered a decision
! correct in itself, it is sometimes diffi
cult for the reader to determine ex
actly what the court niftint. These
considerations warrant the assertion
that the Rhode Island court shfiuld
have displayed somg charity toward
the Providence Journal. To err is hu
man, and the Rhode Island court 13
not divine, whatever its opinion may
be in that respect.' '
THE BATTLE OF NKW ORLEANS.
In the opinion of the late Mrs. Mary
Ramsey Wood the greatest and best
among the Presidents of the United
States was Andrew Jackson. Her
opinion, cherished through so many
years, and vicissitudes from the far-off
time of her girlhood when she know
Jackson and dunced with him, is in
teresting because it brings home to us
a feeling which was then almost uni
versal throughout the West. Jack
son's strong and primitive nature was
entirely harmonious with the char
acter and habits of the men of the
Mississippi Valley, where he first
emerged into public life and won his
first victories in war and peace. What
passed for peace in those days in Ten
nessee and Missouri would scarcely
receive the name now Early West
ern life must have been a more or less
continuous brawl. Jackson himself
was suffering from a wound inflicted
in a tavern scuffle when he set out to
avenge the massacre afc Fort Meigs in
1813. One element of his popularity,
in truth, was his ability to hold hi3
own, and more, too. In this sort of ad
ventures. He was ignorant of litera
ture and knew precious little law; but
he could drink, bet on horse races and
make rattling speeches, while no nan
In Tennessee was readier with his gun.
These charms endeared him to the
heart of the West, which in that early
day was wild if not woolly.
Nlcolal and Hay, in their life of
Lincoln, make interesting allusions to
the habits of the. early pioneers In the
Mississippi Valley. In their estima
tion we permit ourselves many self
deceptions concerning the freedom
and pleasures which they enjoyed.
According to these competent author
ities, existence in the backwoods of
Tennessee, Illinois and Kentucky was
one continuous round of hardship,
varied by bitter feuds, cruel fights and
the spiritual excitements of camp
meetings. Such a life was well enough
for the men. Those who .were not
killed in their youth grew up into a
Bold and hardy manhood; but for the
women it was almost unmitigated
misery. Poetry and fiction now spread
allurements over those days of pi
oneering hardship which would be
extremely surprising to the pioneers
themselves were they not all dead and
gone. Mrs. Wood was perhaps the
last survivor of a generation whose
pleasures were few and rough and
whose struggles were bitter almost be
yond human endurance. In his char
acter Jackson combined the foolhardy,
adventurous, devil-may-care traits of
his neighbors; but he possessed- in ad
dition a determined resolution, an
ability to conceive and execute far
sighted policies and a broad patriotism
which raised him far above the or
dinary hunting, drinking, racing, fight
ing backwoodsman.
Patriotism was not especially lively
in the West during the years between
the death of Washington and the Bat
tle of New Orleans. Jefferson had ac
quired the mouths of the Mississippi
in 1803, but nobody east of the Alle
ghenles appreciated the value of his
purchase. The settlements in the
West were cut off from the Atlantic
by a range of mountains difficult to
cross. To be sure the two great high
ways, down the Ohio, through the
Cumberland Gap, and up the Lakes,
were well traveled by that time, but
upon the whole the East knew little
about the West and cared less. The
settlements were' mainly left to solve
their own problems as they might, and
the solution which seemed most pop
ular before the battle of New Orleans
was to found a 'separate empire which
should seek its outlet to Europe by
way of the Mississippi. The economic
forces yhich exert such a measureless
influence upon the" destinies of na
tions were at that time all working to
sever the West from the United States.
It was the splendid historic fortune
of Jackson to achieve a victory at
New Orleans which created the senti
ment of nationality In Tennessee and
the other Western settlements and
forced the construction of those great
Internal improvements that finally
sealed the Mississippi Valley to the
Union.
Jackson's first expedition to New
Orleans, in 1813, was furiously pop
ular all down the Mississippi. The
Congress then in session, an imbecile
body, was feebly conscious that the
British would probably attack New
Orleans, since it could be reached by
sea and we had no navy; Jackson's
offer to raise 2500 men and proceed
to the defense of the city was there
fore accepted, but scarcely had he
reached the mouth of the great river
with his gallant Tennesseeans when
an order arrived from Washington to
disband his men without pay or trans
portation home and give up the defense-of
Jefferson's imperial purchase.
The order was scandalous. In sheer
iniquity and folly it almost equaled
some of the deeds of a modern Con-?
gress under trust guidance. But,
scandalous as the, order was, it gave
Jackson an opportunity, which he was
quick to seize. Instead of turning
loose the Tennessee boys to make
their way through the wilderness
without food or money, he hired
transportation .at his own cost and
marched them home in glory. At the
same time he himself began that
march ' which ended in the TViIte
House.
Of course, Jackson was now the
hero of the .West. He. had stood by
his men with grand fidelity and they
repaid him with loyal worship. When,
in the Spring of 1814, the British un
der Pakenham actually threatened
New Orleans. Congress could not do
otherwise than appoint Jackson Major-General
for the Southwest, and,
with his old comrades flocklng'to his
standard, he returned to the scene of
action. The Battle ot New Orleans,
one of those decisive actions which
determine the destinies of nations,
took place on January 8, 1815. Pak
enham had 10,000 veterans, some of
whom had fought against Napoleon
on the fields of Europe. Jackson had
2000 pioneers from Tennessee and
Kentucky, who knew nothing of for
mal warfare, but who understood well
how' to shoot straight and kill an en
emy without exposing themselves to
his fire. Every sharpshooter made
sure of at least one British soldier,
and some of two. Pakenham lost
2600 men and the mo.uth of the Mis
sissippi was forever secured to the
United States. Jackson became the
leading figure in American politics
from the day of his victory and re
tained his prestige almost undimin
ished until the day of his death. One
of the most significant figures In our
history, his career marks the first gen
uine triumph of democratic ideas.' Af
ter his retirement they lay in abey
ance until Mr. Roosevelt brought them
again to the front and made them
fruitful in the politics of our own
time.
The deficit of the Postal Depart
ment of the Government for the last
fiscal year, as sho -n in the annual
report of the Postmaster-General, was
over $6,500,000. This is a very large
sum, but its great weight is lightened
somewhat by comparison. Fifty years
ago the deficit was 43 per cent of the
receipts' of the department; ten years
ago it haB dropped to 13 per cent; In
1906 It was but slightly in excess of
6 per cent, while in the year covered
by the last report it was a little over
3 1 per cent. A great burden borne
by the department is the free carry
ing of the mail matter of the various
branches of the Government, The
matter thus carried last year amount
ed to .nearly 30,000.000 pounds.
Proper credit for the transportation
of this, enormous bulk at the printed
matter rato would have decreased the
deilcit of the department 42,260,000. (
Of course Mr. Gus Lowlt has gone
to stay. The mistake made was by
the District Attorney in letting him go
away from Portland at all. But Lowlt
had a most powerfully persuasive
pleader In his attorney, Mr. Nate Si
mon, who promised to produce him
when wanted. Now Mr. Lowlt refuses
to make Mr. Simon's word good,
which is most unkind and is besides
something that that astute attorney
never could have dreamed would
happen. We hope, trust and even ven
ture to think that the Simon fee will
not be any smaller on account of the
Lowit delinquency. But no doubt we
shall be able to trace Lowlt's where
abouts -through reports of. a large
overdraft in some Middle Western or
other, bad-;.
Staid old Philadelphia has devel
oped a sensation. James W. Paul,
Jr., of that city, recently gave a tlOO,
000 ball to mark the coming out of
his daughter. It has aroused a storm
of public, criticism chiefly because It
was' held at a time of .depression and
is compared with Mrs. Bradley Mar
tin's fancy dress ball in 1893 following
closely on the heels of the panic. Mr.
Paul's party was stamped with all the
vulgarity attaching to reckless throw
ing about of money. .Among the bar
baric features was the letting loose of
500 gorgeous- butterflies imported
from tropical, countries, which flut
tered about the ballroom for a while
and then fell beneath the feet of the
dancers.
Should Taft be the candidate, he
need not worry over expenses,, though
he has lived too lopg on a Government
salary to have any money of his .own.
His half-brother, Charles . P. Taft, is
reliably reported to be willing to
make all the necessary contributions,
so that William H. . may enter the
high office Indebted to no one. Charles
is very rich on his own account, while
his wife, only daughter of the late
David Linton, inherited millions.
We are disposed to think, from 'Mr.
Louis J. Wilde's fiery contributiom
the press, that . there are very few
things in 7 ortland really calculated to
suit him. He must admit, however,
that we have an occasional banker
who has large and generous views as
to his own capacity for absorbing
wholesale quantities of telephone
bonds.
Somebody says that Frank Davey
is "giving sage advice." He ., Is just
the man to do it, because he Is sage
himself, and Is getting new inspira
tion from the sagebrush country.
, What will be done with Orchard?
They wouldn't believe Orchard's testi
mony against Haywood and Pettibone.
Why should they believe Orchard's
testimony against himself?
When in good faith men are trying i
to rehabilitate a bank, is any good
purpose served by rushing into print
with personal quarrels?
It seems that the Title' Guarantee
& Trust Company never had any cap
ital stock except Its debt to Ladd &
Tilton.
Two continents, it seems, are re
quired for an adequate field of opera
tions to wash the dirty Thaw linen.
SILHOUETTES
By Arthur A. Grtfse.
I really wonder If Louis J. Wilde feels
as bady as he writes?
Some scientific sharp has discovered
that human beings evolve from potato
bugs. Most of us will retain the char
acteristics of jellyfish, however.
e
The fellow who takes an occasional
"smile" Is In a fair way to acquire a
grin that won't come off.
w
Few people who make good excuses
make good friends.
I desire at this time to call your at
tention in terms ot almost ecstatic 'ad
miration to George L. Baker's newest
fancy waistcoat. It makes Solomon look
as if he had got his raiment at a fire
sale.
'
It is announced that Nat Goodwin Is
writing his memoirs for an Eastern pub
lishing house. Presumably hand illu
mined asbestos will be used for binding.
Portland girls should preflt by the ex
amples of Anna Gould and Alice Thaw
and reform their disgraceful habit of
marrying out-of-town men.
DeBs
Said the little gray owl.
With an ominous scowl.
To his mate on the limb by his side:
"If that stork comes around.
Tell him I can be found
In the tree where the fighters abide;
That I'm tolerably wise.
And though not quite his size,
I will beat him to death in one round."
The two .fist flghti that occurreTT in
local banks on Friday emphasize the
necessity of a larger moral squad and
an earlier Closing hour for such resorts.
-A notoriety-seeking college president
declares that men school teachers are
"sissies." That man never heard Hugh
Herdman express himself on the football
field when the game wasn't going to suit
him.
Kite-flying is taken up down EBst as a
cure for nerves. In the future when
you're told to "fly your kite" you will
understand that you're getting on to
some one's nerves.
We Portlanders have another advan
tage over Nevada: We don't have to main
tain a home for Indigent umbrella
dealers. One result of a possible war between
this country and Japan would be a re
plenished supply of colonels.
A man named E. Hester Gule is cred
ited by the dispatches as being a "dan
gerous" candidate for Mayor of Seattle.
Can you Imagine a man named E. Heater
Guie being dangerous? O, feathers!
The man with a conscience is more to
be trusted than the man with a surety;
A Sentiment for Today.
A song. .
v A prayer,
A Joy,
A care.
Come laughter.
Come grief.
Come pain:
Be strong
" In faith.
For 110116
Still saith:
"Comes sunshine"
After rain.
When a man registers a vow of eternal
affection for another man's wife through
the mails he should always register the
letter.
Friendly tlpv for Governor HugheB. of
New York No man who parted his beard
in the middle has ever been President of
the United States.
v
Women's conversations are usually
light because they are. so busy talking
they haven't time to weigh their thoughts.
The moral pointed by the acquittal of
Pettibone is: "Come west, young man,
and become a dynamiter."
Fut urr Battleahfps and Gasn.
Scientific American.
The battleship of the future will be
of great size; displacement will not be
less than 20,000 tons; and this will in
crease so rapidly thax a 30.000-ton ship
will probably be afloat before the close
of the next decade. The main arma
ment will consist exclusively of heavy
guns of not less than 12 Inches caliber,
and unless the difficulty of erosion can
be overcome the 12-inch will give place
to a 13-inch and possibly to a 14-inch
piece.
Future engagements will be fought
at an extreme range, the-extent of
which will be limited only by the abil
ity of the fire control officer to see the
fall of the shots. The determination
of the range at which an engagement
shall be fought will lie with the fleet
-which possesses the faster speed.
Seeln' Thinzs.
Eugene Field,
t ain't afeared nv snakes, or toads, or bugs,
or worms', or mice.
An' things 'at girls are ekeered uv I think are
nice.
I'm pretty brave, I guess; an' yet I hate to
ge to bed.
Por, when I'm tut-ked up warm and snug, an
when my prayers are Mid,
Motjicr telle me "Happy dreame," an' takes
away the lie-ht.
An' leaves me lyln' all alone an' seein" things
at night!
Sometimes they're in the corner, sometime
they're by the door,
Sometimes they're all a-standin' In the mid
dle uv the floor;
Sometimes they're a-sittin' down, sometimes
they're walkin' around
So aoftly .and so creepy-like they never make
a sound!
Sometimes they're aa black as ink. an' other
time they're white
But the color ain't no difference when you ee
things at night! '
Once, when I had licked a feller 'at had just
moved on our street.
An' fafprr sent me up to bed without a bite
to eat,
I woke up In the 'dark, an saw things' b tan
din' in a row
A'lookln' at me cross-eyed, an' plntin' at me
so!
Oh, "my! I wuz so ekeered that time I never
alep a mite
It's almcet alius when I'm bad I ee-things
at night.
Lucky thing I ain't a girl, or I'd Ae skeered
to death!
Bein I'm a boy, I duck my head an' hold my
breath:
An' I am. oh! so sorry I'm naughty boy,
an' then
1 promae to be better, an' I eay my prayers
again!
Gran'ma tells me that's the only way to make
It right
When a feller has been wicked and sees things
at night.
An' so. when other naughty boys would coax
me into sin,
I try to gquEh the Tempter's voice 'at urges
me within;
An' when they's pie for supper. r cakes 'at'a
big an nice,
I want to but I do not pass my .plate fr
them things twice!
No; ruther 'at starvation wipe me slow'y out
o' sight
Than I trhould keep a-Hvin' on an' seela'
things at night.
STANDARD VERSE
Kubla Knan.
In Xanadue did. Kubla Khan
A statety pleasure-dome decree
Where Alph. the sacred river, ran.
Through caravana measureless to man,
Down tea sunless sea.--
So twice five miles of fertile ground.
With walls and towers were girdled
round;
And there were gardens, bright with
sinuous rills.
Where blossomed many an Incense
bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as tha
hills.
Infolding sunny spotej of greenery.
But O. that deep romantic chasm, which
slanted
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn
cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e'er beneath a waning moon was
haunted
By woman walling for her demon
lover! And from this chasm, with ceaseless
turmoil seething.
Ae if this earth in fast thick pants
were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was
forced.
Amid whose swift, half-Intermitted
burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebound- ,
ing hail.
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's
flail:
And 'mid these dancing rocks at onca
and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five mile, meandering with a mazy
motion,
Through wood and dale, the sacred
river ran
Then reached the caverns measureless
to man.
And sank in tumult to a lifeless
ocean.
And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard
from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war.
The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves;
It was a miracle of rare device
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of
ice!
A damsel with a dulcimer ,
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid.
And on her dulcimer -she played.
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song.
To such a deep delight 'twould win me
That, with music loud and long.
I would build that dome In air
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them
there.
And all should cry. Beware! beware!
His flashing eyes, fcis floating I.air!
Weave a circle ronnd him thrice.
And close your eyes with holdy dread.
For he on honey-dew hath fed.
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.
Time.
Gather ye rosebuds as ye may.
Old time is still a flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven' the eun,
The higher he's a getting;
The sooner will his race be run.
And nearer he's to setting.
The age is best which ttf the first.
When youth and blood are warmer:
But being spent, the worse and worst
Time will succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
and while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime.
You may forever tarry.
ROBERT HERRICK.
Tbe MIlkniHld.
A milkmaid, who poised a full pail on
her head.
Thus mused on her prospects in life.
It is said:
"Let me see I should think that this
milk will procure .
One hundred good eggs, or fourscore,
to be sure.
"Well, then stop a bit it must not be
forgotten.
Some of these may be broken, and
some may be rotten;
But if twenty for accident should' be
detached.
It will leave just elxty sound eggs to
be .hatched.
"Well, sixty sound eggs no, sound
chickens, I mean:
Of these may die we'll suppose seven
teen. Seventeen! Not so many say ten at
the most,
Which will leave fifty chickens to boll
or to roast.
"But then, there's the barley; how
much will they need?
Why, they take but one grain at a time
when they feed
So that's a mere trifle; now,' then, let
us sec,
At a fair market price how much
money there'll be.
"Six shillings a pair-five-four-three-and-elx,
To prevent all mistakes, that low price
I will fix;
Now what will that make? Fifty chick
ens. I said
Fifty times three-and-sixpence I'll
ask Brother Ned.
"O, but stop three-and-sixpence m,
pair I must sell 'em;
Well, a pair is a couple now then, let
us tell 'em;
A couple in fifty will gfi (my poor
brain!)
Why, Just a ecore times, and five pair
will remain.
"Twenty-five pair of fowls now how
tiresome it is
That I can't reckon up so much money
as this!
Well; there's no use in trying, so let's
give a guess
I'll say twenty pounds, and it can't be
no less.
"Twenty pounds. I am certain, will
buy me a cow, .
Thirty geese, and two turkeys eight
pigs and a sow;
Now, if these turn out well, at the end
of the year, '
I ' shall fill both my pockets with
guineas, 'tis clear."
Forgetting her burden; when this she
had said.
The maid superciliously tossed up her
head;
When, alas for her prospects! her milk
pail descended.
And so all her schemes for the future
were ended.
This moral, I think, may be safely at
tached "Reckon not on your chickens before
they are hatched."
JEFFREYS TAYLOR.
Bobby's View of It. -
' The baby's habit of pinching his own
eyes with his pudgy little fists had just
attracted Bobby's attention.
"On, mafn-ma," he cried, "come quick!
The baby's fighting with himself."