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When you leave tha elty or ahange your ad dree, even for one week, don't faU te call at the business office and leave your erder for The Oregon uany eeurnab , HAT THBT AGREE. ReDresentatlyes of the Mour most powerful railway employea. org:anira- tiona la the DnlteiJ State are In sea Blfuj lWca9 tp jHeteriplne some plan under which to - secure advance In la-ages. The voretmUaUons ' re the brotherhood of sa-lneju-a, firemen nJ trainmen," and the Order , of Railway Conductor, membership of which la the oggre grate la about 170,000 men. These organization are now working in perfect harmony. Heretofore they have been not so harmonioua. . I of from 10 to SO per cent In compen sation. .When It shall have been d,a clded" what .will tionstltuts Justde- manda. a rnanlfesto will Kojte theraU roa mnagerBrojba& week.- " . Whatever that' demand shall be, it will be baeked by solidity of agree ment by the 170,000 .members of the four organizations that ywlll enable them to stand their ground. . . : ' Once in the hands of the managers, the outcome will b ; awaited with breathless Interest Centering Jn Chi cago.' where the employes' conferences are being held, radlaje Jhe railway sys tems that control traffic throughout the entire West. Indeed, a major portion of the nation's railroad transportation business centers In Chicago, so far a concerns operation. . " In the event the demands be refused, railroad traffic will be" tied up.. 'And the',' struggle i following will' be pro longed just ejiwitiy n proportion to the Intensity of the resistance by the man agements of . the oompanles. More Ihajj pne-half a ouUnent. practically nil of It, is interested In. this Issue. !And it will be the earnest hope of the people that matters may be adjust! without friction, that Increases may be found to be available, and that the rail bunees g-wUbHtf a Interim . 'during --which-, there -ia a-- paralysie of eomxnerce. 1 r J k. j, ,M 53 ' ' RATIONAL CO-OPERATION. An effort is making p secure co Operation with Seattle and Tacoma (With Portland to induce rail lines to reduce rates for., distributing freight from the cities which are wholesale centers, , The Manufacturers' Associa tion and Ihs Chamber of Commerce of Portland have inaugurated a move ment, and are sending- communications to the commercial bodies of the two principal Puget Sound cities that will probably bring about a conference on the subject .It Is perhaps the first time that the - commercial forces of the cities in . . yolved ever encroached even!a.Droml5e ct co-operation. There has always been undisguised hostility, with never the semblance f fraternal feeling or mu- , tual lnter-dependence. Whenever a project has been on foot .' for the betterment of one of the regions entering around one of these cities. ine outers nave agreea to 'pursue a . knocklhg policy, and In numerous In '. stances the result 'has been a negative victory by the "knockers." As a (natter of fact, this policy has operated "to retard development upon the north coast California secured prestige 'before . this portion of the coast reached a tage of development that ' warranted expectation of much recognition by the Federal Go vera - roust do something to make available the natural advantages, possessed by the' Cities, tinder discussion, and efforts began to secure the deserved aid. '. Portland and the i Columbia River " aTIeyrgoTponTa. position oi antagon" ism' te Puget Sound, and Puget Bound reciprocated in klnd-'Whea Congress was asked for anything for the Colum - - ' . - IS TEB BUSINESS - For some time past ft has been the fore Its readers some fact in connection with the Alaska trade, that .would tend to lve, soine conoeption ' of its' magnitude and Importance.: : ': The first thing that is necessary to appreciate the1 conditions that exlsC Is to free cue's mind from the idea that Alaska is s frozen and barren waste , and that ths Jbuslnees is imaginary and of , tentative character, pr that its future is so uncertain that any effort to get It if really a waste of energy,: On the contrary, U is a country of wonderful natural reseurces, which are biit betan!BT' to be onpovered. If laid over the western ; portion of the United States, Aiaskawoujd cover U as With a blanket from Portland to Los Angeles and east a far as Ogdan. It is about six times as large, as Oregooi taking all the coast Islands, probably seven times as larger ; V Kf , I'S.l':.-. This trade divides Itself into five or more treneral classes: :".'". . Southeastern Alaska, which includes "Juneau, WrangeL Ketchikan, etc. a.-The Valdes country. ; , . - ' J. :Koa)fc-ui, -.''' i. . . 6. The fisheries. . e Journal as yet cannot present the figiires being largely the work of HuklM.:'mflM .Atnntal. afaHrtlM f : The Nome business is first taken np, as at this point Portland's natural advantage ar as great as those of snf other place. To Nome steamers voyage by attoutslde psussage and. the time consumed in the trip is prac- . tlcally the same whether Portland or Seattle be the starting point. : The following table shows the business done from the Bound to Nome and the Xower Yukon this year: Number of vessels engaged In traffic . Passengers to Noras l... '.,. . - Passage money ,,........,,..,,.... Tons f freight to Nome 'Value of freight V Freight' charges ..i,... Passengers from Nome to Lower Passage money ;.,.. .. Freight from Nome. ... Freight charges . . Gold from Nome season 1902 .....i..,. .i ........$7,000,000 ' j we pubUsh these figures without comment. If they are not oomindtng, mere words would be' futile In further argument. .3 Later we will try to give trade statistics for other parts of Alaska. It Is sufficient to say for the present, that the most trustwprthy statistics available show that 10,000 passengers and 83,000 tons of freight were carried and 'hauled this year by the White Pass & Yukon Railroad, v IS THIS BUSINESS WORTH HAVING? bia River, luget 43ound "knocked." When Puget 'Bound, asked for ,assls tance, the Columbia Valley "knocked." It was a mutual feeling, and brought no; good to either. ' .. The. north 'coast would have been infinitely better off had the two re gions co-operated to! advance each the other's Interests, in so far as concerned the matter of federal KPpropiiattons. . This is . not to bint at chimerical elimination of rivalry, nor the Inaugu ration of a regime of Eutoplnn harmony- There must always be rivalry, and rivalry Is better. Yet when It becomes necessary to go to Eastern sources of power and demand recognition f obvi ous deserts for the north coast if this region and Puget Sound were to go to gether and ask In a spirit of mutual concession each for the tha, result would justify, the assertion tnet The Journal niakes herein. ! - j. .-. This movement for reductlm of dis tributing;1 freight .rates furnishes at leas ojport unity tocal! attrntlonto the value of co-operation. ' It would be well were" it to find place In other con cerns that affect the interests of the Northwest ' 7 CLIMATIC BLESSINGS.- - - Oregonlans 1 read with pity, but no sympathy, accounts of the likelihood of sufferings in the East for. want of coal. Pity may be felt in this Instance, but npt sympathy, for sympathy means to suffer with, and we of Oregon are un able to suffer with Easterners, for the simple reason that here we never have conditions similar to those that threaten the people of the East. ' The beauty of the climate that charf acterlzes Oregon may well be ;an un failing source of comment We wUi have rain, and lots of it But we will have no blizzards, no keen Suffering from " inclemencies ' of weather, ' na worrying a because . Intense cold may come to enhance the price of fuel and to bring death te many who cannot purchase coal or wood wherewith to keep warm. , Indeed, the blessings that flow from the climatic conditions are seldom ap preciated here In Oregon. Yet we have probably the most equable climate on the-fi6mmnt,-'im" no period of the year when residents of ouf town really W Bexpriues. ,ot cwajor Jteau. Change may be sought for.purp&ses of rest and recuperation, but need not be sought because nature brings con ditions that render It unpleasant or un healthful to remain here In Portland. Oregon's climate Is Its attraction to people from the East. And Oregonlans may wisely- remember what Henry Watterson said when here last Sum mer: "You people do not realise that you have the most glorious climate of earth, J have seen nothing to compare with It upon the American continent." PRESS FACILITIES OVERTAXED. The Journal has grown so in circula tion, within the past five weeks, that Its press facilities are taxed beyond .th.iJc&Ba4liy.,J sary, in order to print the papers to meet the demand. The Journal is to ! have this new press, one that will cost ; between 226,000 and $30,000, and this machine win be installed as soon, as capital and labor can prqvlde It The manufacturers cannot guarantee delivery of the press inside .ol four months, and so" y Journal subsctibe-rs will have to be 'both charitable and pa tient until the new press is in opera tion. y-' -r .. . The Journal Is meeting with greater success . than, its management antici pated, for it was never expected that the circulation could so soon ojitrun the capacity of -its press, . Portland subscribers, who receive their papers at a Intfrr hour than they should, have a reason here for the ag gravating delay, and. The Journal hopes that, their good nature will not be overtaxed. ' " ' ' '' 7 FILE RIGHT ACONQ. ' - (Cleveland. Plals DealecJi "Have you the same cook you had When I u hern In tha Spring f - - "Not by seveateea," WORTH HAYING? intention of The Journal to place be r , ...... ' , but a general outline of this trade." oOwr enur prising: papers, but as soon will h BrlVAn. ? 4.303 $ 172,120 - 82,700 18,270,000 ...... 892.400 - see e see Yukon ... ... f.689 267J60 V55 11.400 - Mr. Frank L. Brown, representing strong financial interests, says that his principals Will invest large sums of money in Portland and Oregon. Mr. Brown, who has Immense commercial holdings on the coast Is also charged with the responsibility of looking after the D. O. Mills and Crocker affairs in this city, having been here this week -especialryt io-rinspect thr-' Portland Street Railway Company, in which his people are'lnterested. (He sees reason for congratulation of Portland over the bright future, and present strength, and gives his opinion ss a financial ex pert that there Is no better locality for the Investment of capital safely and for immediate returns. Mr. Brown's kind words of Portland and Oregon are appreciated. SThe United States revenue cutter Bear has arrived from Dutch Harbor, after 10 days of buffeting the seas and crushing a way through the Ice floes. People whohave not tseen ithose aorth efnwatershave " no"' conception of. the-terrors- to be enoottntered at -this - time of year by navigators. ' This cutter Bear must at 'times ride the seas sur rounded by miles. pf. ke.eytftwlJnf: M? evry -dlrectlotv and. moving., wUh,-re ststless force, While, at other tirnes, there must be attack upon that Ice sea and the vessel must break Its way through to clear waters ' beyond. .: It Is a region that offers all the dangers and none of the pleasures of sailing, after the Winter weather' begins. " The Monroe Doctrine is all right, but carried to Its 'legitimate conclusion, It might,. mean whole Igls of Jrouble to this country. Just at present' Presi dent Castro has conceded all, of Ger many's contentions, because he thought the United States Would not stand be hind him in his little political rews. This simplifies matters on this , occa sion, but the peppery Spaniard,', with a1 cross of Carrlbean,' Indian, Aztec arid buccaneering blood In bis Veins, Is liable to precipitate a conflict at any time, that may bring this government In conflict with, some of the nations of Europe much larger than, the bone we may have to quarreV ever.- ; v Becatise he wrote Borne'Very readable novels, Booth Tarkington" was elected to the Indiana- Legtslature.'fisrxievTer af"Widw&bi!Hiw'efVsy,lnt4 lng at availability In that line. ' Be was merely a writer of popular novels, ftnd possessor therefore of considerable ad vertising, and advertising pays In poli tics as well as In business. Now Mr. Tarkington . comes forward With a proposition to offer prizes for other aspiring novelists, said prizes to be paid from the treasury 1 the State ot Indi ana. Extended comment would be a work of supererogation.: " THE CITY OF DAI NY. 1 (Municipal Journal) , At present there is founded on the shores of the Facino Ocean in Siberia the' Rus sian city of Dalny. This City will . form the terminus of the new Siberian and Manchurian Railway, and it site - has heretofore been known as Tallenwan. Is that it begins Its munlnlpai life with all modern improvements. There are pier of stone and cement; a large breakwater with no ships to seek refuge behind ' It The streets are.' graded and paved, al though there Is no trafflo for them as yet The different quarters of the town have been laid out space -provided for . parks, schools: churches, etc. Gardens are al ready beautifying the parks. . Electric" lights and electric railways are already fir operattotK--- 'yet -net Wfo6t'ef"land has been sold, although over S6,QOO,000 have been expended for Improvements, artd public buildings. Tha, population now exceeds 60,000, 0,000 of which, are em ployed in building the railroad, 1 which is to be owned by tha RiuHlaq government It is calculated that the city will cost t IS. 000.000 before the present plans are completed. It is provided that when lands are sold taxation will begin, and" tha city's government will be placed in the nanas 01 a council, etectea oy ins tax- payersrof -Trtttcirtwo Ttrembers mut bs Russian subjects and not more, than two Chinese or ' Japanese. . The -port will ' bo an absolutely free one, as the government Wishes to encourage trade. . . BUNKOED AQAIN. (Baltimore American.) - - - "I don't think much of this mueeuin," said Jinks. "W hy, they ain't got no skull of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the one J was in, up to New Xork, has tws.;f , .1 TEE TABASCO C0LU1SIN. ' ! Hiram Woolfalk of Missouri lost U waum before the war and the other day It was found hanging pa a bee. The Dispatch, which tuiia the story, will fit asuoie responsibility, for. the statement that the watch was running wbea t9ut4. With a doijar worth enly-M cents is Ueadeo, how do the fair shoppers manage to keep, from - being overcharged when they tackle the bargain counter and find goods saarksd -down. r -Xha English language Is peculiar. The corps xit a distinguished citUea 4s pokes, of aa "the remains," while with S turkey the tana don't go untU it gets misgled with ths hash. - Some people Imagine legislators are elected to sarve the people, and some, the poltlctans'r , but - thest US year in this country has not fceen sufficient to nettle ti matter.-i -- .Bargain counters are not always wnat they are represented.; One man in early days la Portland used to sell feathers, und he frankly advertised, "leathers marked down." - . . A Kentuoky preacher nas resigned be cause the deacons put an orgua la the church. If it was like- some- Oregon "organs" be was Jus tilled in his course. A headline in the New Orleans New reads, "Killed, his friend for a burglar." This Is stretching courtesy a long way, and really imposing on friendship. Booker T- "Washington gays he is not a politician, but. he should remember that politics often slip up on a man and bit him before he Is aware of it. Mr. Scott s Senatorial trap Is set In England. His friend feared some of the Webfoot political youngsters would spring it prematurely. : When the Republican party will take the tariff off lumber,, it will be time enough to admit itsjionesty in creating forest reserves.- f"v 1 - , n .1 . President Roosevelt's message was brief, a notable example' In that line. Still, it wouldn't have hurt any had it been yet shorter. With the chairmanship on one side and the rnarshalBhip on the other. Jack Mat thews gently hums, "to medio tulisalmu Ibis. Jat Matthews might .find use for one of thoe oil tanks. A little oil on the troubled waters might help the situation. Charley Fulton' political ' opponents should recollect that Clatsop people sre the bosses on trap, new snd seines. Somehow, it takes the retailer longer to Jearn that wholesale prices have dropped than it doe when they rise. Carrie Nation's hatchet, and Henry Watteraon's pen were mightier than word and plowshare both in one. When coal la stored, It is not cold toragc, because while it ia coaled tor age it to also heat storage. The" 'bad trusts aria so'conductlng" them- J.aelVea.thaUhe good ones fear a whipping for being in Daa company. ... The turkeys escaping Thanksgiving niithteeilttiOrft.4ptefulif It wasn't such hon,JjpeJoJ&r&ttoa ..; . . f ' .KB' This is good weather, for ducks, but tough on humanity, since vwe . all have to put up our umbrellas. , y It is-suggestive that sq many of the coal barons are in Europe ;" where strike prices do not prevail ;t Helen Oould is liable to change the old proverb so that it will' readj."Aa good a Gould." . x ' ; As a suggestion, merely, why not turn those dairy Cows loose on': the railroad tracks? , ., " The Tortland llotel Is not over a bar rel, but it ia pretty well surrounded by MwBU - . , : ' , : The golden rule ia the" power' that makes some candidates auoeessf.ul. , Now that the coal barons ere on pie dead run, why stop to legislate T . The old proverb can be changed to read: "Strong milk for babes." It looks like rain. ' "China wants an oven door,", says m exchange; so do we.The Star Of Hope, Sing Sing Prifson. it President Roosevelt Is in any doubt as to what he is going to; say in his message . he ought to read the . newspa pers. -i-The Columbus Dispatch. ; As Mr, loo!oy would-' say, ; Alabama's "lily white" Republicans ought -to. black up if they hopu to keep i near the pie counter. The Atlanta Journal. King Leopold sei-ves the purposes - of the anarchists better alive than, he would 4fh were dead. They ought to he are- ful of him. The Chicago News. . Pierpont Morgan needs to hurry up If he wants the earth. An Indiana evan gelist and prophet says it will aome to an end In 1S25. The Richmond Timee. Such Is the flexibiliTy of - our language that a noble brute may be either a thor oughbred 'St- Bernard or a rascally for iit . -t iorUtneeeker. Thr- -AVeehington Timea . ' ' vf;.. "; A cannon ball fired In 1(02 has ' just broken a man's leg. This illustrates how inferior the ancient ordnance Was t that ef the present day. The Chicago Evening l'OSt. " .-.' ' " It Is rather uiifrratefuf onThe "parTof the burglars to burglarize tha houses of policemen. The police are,, not doing any harm to tha burglara-. The Rhlladelphia If King Xeopold were the . least bVt grateful he' would send some' sore of a decoration to the proprietor ot the shook- mg gallery where Rublno teolj : lessons. . The Washington Post. r s , 1 ' It really looks like the "Southern-man-for-President" idea will take a new hold on the Democratic party, if U Is going to insist on nominating a man who nan carry his own stats, The. Atlanta Jour nal. '. In St Louis they .axe. sending jnen to the penitentjary for buying the City Council. In the White House the are rewarding with patronage the man who Buys ueiaware legislatures, The Louis ville Courier-Journal ' s. A Kansas pensioner has written to the .PanBionatejui--aayJiig..thar.hia-pen)on was allowed on account of rheumatism, but as he has learned from Christian Sel ene that there is no such thing as rheu matism, he desires that the pension be Stopped. The Dallas News. v.m..-i( A TOPICS IN RIEF.--- 1 i 1 . :. (New York American.) . :.. " Freed from care ot the management of h Manhattan Elevated Road through It lease toAugust Belmont George 'J.t3ould' stand stripped tor battle with all the host of E. H. Harriman.-''-r -, Realizing the seriousncs of ths itua tlon, lix. Harrlman end Edwin Hawley have quit calling Mr. Gould a traitor, and annotinos that they will do no more talk ing about the matter "tr publication. '' But the Harrimaa forc3-peke threush their traffic agent. 1 They announced that hereafter all freight for Shreveport and Northern Louisiana, that has been going over Gould's Texas pacific Road, would be routed by way ef the Southern Pacific Steamships from New York to New Or. leans Ani thence by other lines than the Texas Pacific. It t intimated that Mr. Harrlmaa has got control of the Bhreve port and Red Rlvsr Valley Road, which parallels' the Texss Pacific. ' - .The Harrlmans also made a move to shut, the Gou.lds out f Springfield, 111., Into whlchthe Missouri Pacific Is build ing." This move was by Mf. HarrUnaVs mysterious .new railroad -company, ; th Arkansas, Springfield A Northwestern, it filed plans for a right of way over the same route claused by the Missouri Pa ae Into Sprlnsfield.. " ' , - r-.r ' One move In the war that Is known to be by either Mr. Gould or Mr. Harrlman,. but which is so carefully veiled it cannot be said with certainty .which has raae it Is a ew bid tor the Chicago, Great Western Railroad. . '' :. A prominent banker made a direct re quest several days ago te President Stick ney for' a price for control. Stickney is reported', to have replied that he would name no price, but. .would consider, any bid made. ? -f . ,. - This road occupies such a position In the Middle West that if Mr. Gould gets it he will be 1 able to Invade Harrlman' J territory ny way ot umana, wnere in Great Western Is already 'fighting the Union Pacifle for the rlsht to cross on a tTnlon. Paclflo bridge. Mr. Harriman Is willing to grant the right to crone in re turn for an agreement not to extend the Great Western line beyond Omaha, as" al ready planned. -This the Great Western refuses to agree to. If Mr. Harrlman should get the Great Western, which by natural location fits on to Gould's Missouri Pacifle and Wa bash roads, he would be able to deal a staggering blow to Gould freight rates Into Chicago and 6t Paul. , He would also head off Gould's ambi tious plan to reach into the Spring wheat belt of th Northwest and the Lake Su perior mineral .regions.' The Chicago fsmt-wer9'-wtmfd"jTn gisaHrifasr for Wabash to t Paul by way of Chi cago.. -; ' - -' -' , 1 The Wisconsin Central Is also being sought ' In connection with the Chicago Great Western, and a glance at the rail road map shows startling possibilities in regard to this road. Great Western and Wabash, , It is said the enlargement of the rail road horUon made Mr. Gould anxious to get rid of Manhattan, and when Mr. Bel riq& offered a bargain price for it he was only too anxious to let It .go. Thus It will be seen that Mr. Gould is the central figure of a -war of business that is more complicated than was Na poleon's vast scheme ot political war In Europe. It promises to be the spectacu lar event of the young century. It will not end In a month or. perhaps a year, aha It 'imtuelice 'will tJEteitt! to " almost every person In America before it la ended. ' ' - : DAZED FOR THE MOMENT. " v. - Snlti0 Tribune.) "WU you allow me to askXU. A. .ftW-' tion?' interrupted a man In the audi ence. i . ,i "Certainly sir," said the spellbinder. "Yon have been giving us a lot ot fig ures about immigration, increase of wealth, the growth . of trusts and all that" said the man. "Let's see what you know about figures yourself. How do you find the greatest common dl vlfiorT" -f- Slowly and deliberately the orator took a drink of water.' Then he pointed his finger straight at the questioner. Lightning flashed from his eyes, and he replied In a voice that made the gas jet quivar: "Advertise for It you Ignoramus!" The audience cheered and .yelled and stamped, and the wretched man who had f.sked the question sneaked out of the hall, aJtotaJ Vreck. jj: CHINESE NATIONAL ANTHEM. ' - (St Paul plapatch.) Much amusement was caused at Brus sels over the reception of the Chinese Prince Imperial. ' Everywhere he went he was greeted by the name monotonous tune, played by military bands. After awhile, presumably, the tune got beyond bearing, and the Prince asked through an Interpreter what it might be. ; -'ThSiJEhlnese national nthemre-l ptieq U1S .DUTBOnraBier. iu Buiyiias, "But-we have no national anthem," said Prince Chen, "and certainly this tune EuroDean had composed a tune with tomtom accompaniment and called it the Chinese national anthem. He sold the rights to perforin the anthem when any of the Chinese dignitaries were being en tertained, and he had already made a nice little sum of moneyby It THE BEREAVED MOTHER. The night throbs on. but let me pray, dear Lord! Crush off his name a moment from my ' , mouth. ' ' To, Thee my eyes would turn, but they so back. fBack to my aTtnlbsstde mewhere he lay 4 So little, Lord, en httie M wami I cannot think that Thou hadst need of him! -' He is so little. Lard,, he cannot Sing, He cannot praise Thee; all his life had learned Was Give Mo hold fas mykl-ses In the Jgnt. 9 nim to me-ne is not navvy mo, 1 He had not felt ils life; his lovely eyes Just knew me for his mother, and .he died - . L Hast Thou an angel there to mother hlmt I. say. he. loves me best if he forgets, If Thou allow it that my child forgets "" And runs not out to meet me when I come v What are my eures to Thee T. Thou hast ---:?-v.ead-''--?--;i1M,'' Tw.-r..-t.-v The curses of Abel's mother, and since then -.--:'.''. . v . ;- - . . ' -' We have not ceased to threaten at Thy "'; throne, - . To threat and pray Thee that Thou hold . them Still "., -". t In memory of, ua,. :,"':.' v :;, .; . 1 ' j See- Thou tend hint welt Thou God of all thqmotherl If be lack On of hla kisses ah, my heart my heart. Do angels kiss In heaven? Give him back! Forgive ma. Lord, but X am sick with grief I And tired of tears, I know, and tender, y ' aye, and good. - . Thou hast my child ana ne is sate in - - Thee. And-t-beUev- Ah, God, my child shall go Orphaned among angelsl . All alone. He only know his mother give, him back! So little and atone! He know not Thee. . . Sorlbnr"s. GOULD'S RAIL FIGHT, I .'JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES. i,, ' BY K. K. K. 1 Last night was magatlns night In my quarter. , 1 like to run ever the new publication the first week t th month, for a general idea, at their contents, and leave the bit by . bit enjoyment for other leisure moment. I wonder why ths mor pretentious .j-jaagaglnea,.--Ilk Harper's. Scribner and th Century, make less of the holiday seasons -than th others, ' I looked through 1801 last month without finding more than mention of Thanks giving and 1900 had hardly a touch either. Possibly because stories ought to be as spontaneous s poetry. Perhaps , th author's dream children refuse to mor in a- holiday atmosphere, and. Ilk The Rebellious .Heroin,, take matter into their own hands, - X: (' "'v: ' Ther isn't a, suggestion ef Christmas flavor. In J Th Bishop' SUanee," but ther Is charm that makes It by far th best of seven 'stories In th Boribner.' "Th Custom ef the Captain" is wittier, "Compartment Number Four Cologne to Paris"- mgx pretentious, but not one of them has. the human interest th smooth ness, the charm of th ''Silence," A fa mous bishop holding services In little Salnt-Petera-by-the-Sea, meeting - and humming with the tiny daughter of the woman he has loved all his life, the power that, love gives him to set right an My 11 promising to go wrong makes a plot -1 weave with beautiful, unhurried, thoughts) "He had turned toward- the sea and htS eyes -wandered out across th gerani ums where the shadow, of a sun-filled cloud lay over uncounted acres of unhur ried waves. .. his race waa against mu little girl's bright head, and he said some thing softly to himself,., and the child turned her face quickly and smiled at him and repeated the words: !.'" 'Many waters ' shall. ; not waih out love,' said Eleanor." . .1 ; It seemed strange to pick up McClure's without seeing "The Two Vanrlvels." x' PHILLIPS' STORYsx . David Graham Phillips has a story this month, built -upon a remark pf th hero's early in the tale: " "Impudence Is unsuccessful- audacity." - How - his - SHiccessfal audacity wins him an Important Inter view he s a newspaper man a wife, and a day with an exclusive English phllan. tnroplat, are th points tn the story. If McClure's and the Cosmopolitan had collaborated this month to - give us two sides of the' same question,' one oould understand the appearance of certain Sto ries in each. ,v In th Cosmopolitan twe lovers are started across the bay to a desert island. The quiet beauty of the place wins tne heart ot th .maid, and she "feelingly slehs" jtqr a longer nlsjr away, from .thai frivolities of their Swiss hotel.- But when the dinner hour comes and. she finds their boat has drifted away and left them for their longer' stay, the whole scene changes. She upbraids the poor - man,-' hates the tiresome islands, longs for the despised hotel There are a few biscuit and a hask of milk left In the lunch- basket and she heartlessly eats it all. The poor man builds signal fire, etc., without a word of. praise from the maid. .When the cur rents wash the boat up near the, Island and the hero swims out and bring it to land, the sky is serene again. Being a man. the lover forgets past actions in the praise of the present Not so the heroine. ';,' f : ,:IN''M'CLttRE'S v. A baronet, a banker,- an artist a count ess snd a Jap are wrecked on a real de serted island. A mate of th vessel res cues the countess when the other men feave her to her fate, and shi Is the Only one. to shield her through the troubles that follow. ' Her lover, the banker, and her friend, the-baronet, are so busy think ing of themselves they haven't a moment for het. They. take. her. sailcloth coverlet. Wthflr owtHoid "bodies whaft "the" ntglTts are esp'Sclally' sharp;' slip' mr a Mich of her share of th food a they can un der the watchful eye of the mate, with the plea "women don't, need as much as men." ' . ..The heroine is a plucky little person who never complains. ' but sticks by her friend, the mate, even when the others push off in his improvised boat and leave him to manage without them. Being a woman she does not forgive he lover when the rescue comes, but rewards the humble person Who Is th only man of the party.- - - . LOUISA. ALCOTT'S NEW 8T0BY. You remember the stories Miss Aloott wrote for her motherless niece, those last years of her -life! On of them is pub lished for the first time in this Decem ber' Stt Nicholas; ' an account of nor Sing adventures in the land of Japan. It grew, out of the we girl's Inability to am her 'aunts'br their-namesr Ah ;Wee for Miss Aloott and Ah Nah tor Aunt Anna. They are both important" person ages In the story, It la illustrated with all sorts ef crane and Japanese pagodas and little men and women grouped; in Japanese surroundings. ' BY THE WAY. ' There's a busy woman just brimming with a reform she .longs to start She loves to .look over . th .magazine, ' but being a busy woman, she sometimes get down to the library before1 the month' .magazines have been locked aWay to make ECfliar.metiiextJine etuvst xoww. ,aifc content herself with an Imaginary. re- View of what went before. Being a timid llttlei woman, afraid of red tape, she hasn't " the' , courage M ask, so Just goes without ' -;: -''-'-'' '-'' i "Why not have the two last magazines In each cover,"- she suggests. "Some of the small" libraries do. they tell me, with the best of results. What an unspeakable; blessing it would ' b - to" she " said "oceans" "of th patrons, ",. . -v, A "MODEL" GIBSON ' GIRL. The next time you see on of Gibson's girls in this year's publications you are looking at Mis Ray Gilmore, Gibson al ways chooses one model for his typical American girl. "This winter Ray Gilmore was offered the honors and emoluments. The opportunity to be the Gibson- girl waa very tempting, and she joyfully promised to pose exclusively for she artist Theato rical honors Were thrust Upon her before Mr. Gibson was ready to begin work, and -ha w.nt r,pr inr a. few week of fan. be. jygj come back for Mr. Gibson or any otnet. I man. He wired and wrote, wrote i and wired, but the pretty runaway was j adamant until her mother steppea in ana broueht hor home. The Washington Tunes represents her as. awfully penitent UNITARIAN BAZAAR. The Vnltarlan bazaar, which opens at 7 o'clock this evening and lasts through Fridav night -promises to ha one of the prettiesrHaslw-beM;' ths-hiirsse,itnrsU week. Each booth is orapea u a special color: with -. appropriate decorations and filled with things not only choice,-but de-. cldedly new In design.v - s; ' , ,: The housekeepers' section, with . Mr. McClaran, Mrs. W A. Buchanan, Mrs. Alex Warner and Mrs, D. C Southworth in charge, has a wealth of most delicious mincemeat Pie, plum puddings, and rich rruu cases. jura. j. u. xur iu, wy R. B Lamson preside over tnose aruci dear to every housewife aprons, dusting caps, and holders.- The fancy work Is In Mrs. Dewey's booth; the art with Mrs. Tyler and Mrs. MatlCk; th" candy with Mrs. Edwards. A baby booth in charge of Mrs. Fred Bay and Mrs. Henshaw Is near the section devoted entirely to dolls. -i4ry-8ohaHt. Mra. Boss and Miss biUOn sell these. . A booth has been given 10 th Sunday School children to fill with thnlt iown - work.- - They hav been - very secret about it all, so no doubt there Im a turprlse for tonights' '' - ER. D00LET TO KARRY , - . (New York American.) ' ' Th' falsoa I niver got marrid was I nlver cud pick choice. I've th' makln' " iv an exciillnt ol' .Tnrk In me, f'r 1 look OS si th' sect as ilugabl i t m hand an" I'm on'y resthrained fr'm r-reotla' -Lincoln Park f'r a ham an' ask-in' them ' all to clave on'y to me, be me nachral , modesty an' th' laws in th' Ststs lr 11- linye. Mr. Depley on a Bachelor's LK."j i If , man's done annythlng in Ws yeirth that he ias to do pinnanoa f'r an' tn . . Stations tv the cross ain't strong enough,, lave him, says L marry as manny women he wants,' but anny time ye hear iv . sn bein'- dbrawa fr'm th' quit miseries - , iv single -life y may know they hav caught roe asleep an' chloroformed me. ; Mr. , Dooley on Folygamy. . . . A snaa In pollytlcs has got to he mar- , i-idU - If he ain't marrid- where'll he go. . f'r another kind Iv throuble? - Ye' nlver ' see a big man In poll y tics that dhrank hard,, did y?.Jfhat's because thyr all V ermrrld. -- Th' - temptation's throng, v but fear is sthrongsr. Mr. Dooley on Mar- ' rlage and Polltica If a man -can't show down a bank ac count that wud task Andnrew Camay gis feol Ilka goln' back to . wurruk he might ' as well make up his mind to remain a gay I bachelor. - A marrid man ican-wtways-find"' wurruk to do, H's got to. Mr. Dooley . on Financial Needs in Matrimony. . ' " Above all things, marry a Junius.. A heps; a janiiis nlver, s - woman, mustn't flur-walker, per- , "Tfe know a lot-about merredge, but ye was nlver marrid," said Mr. Hen nessy. J ' , . "No," said Mr. Dooley. 'No, "say I, givin'. three cheers. 1 know about mar redge th' way an asthronomer; khow. about th' stars." Mr, Dooley on th Home Life of Geniuses, ' '" " - - v " . Peter Flnley Dunne,' who writes the humorous . "Mr. Dooley" stories, Is soon to marry: Miss Margaret .Abbott whose beauty snd talent created something ef a sensation la Paris. Mr. -Dunn leased the three-story and basement dwelling at No. SO East Thirty-sixth street which 1 too large for a, Tachelor.. TTT friends -became suspicious, and a little investiga tion revealed the truth. Miss Abbott is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Abbott, formerly of Chicago, who is a writer of merit She won the Inter national golf match ta Paris. -,v - - TONIGHT'S ATTRACTIONS. The Marquam "Fiddle Dee Dee," pop ular prices. The Baker "The Masqueraders." Cordray's "Adolph and . Rudolph," COMING ATTRACTIONS. Th Marquara "Flddl Ze Dee," for the -week, with matinee Saturday. The Baker ''The Masquerad," for the visek, - with aaUttse.fiturlay.. ..' Cordray's "Adolph and Rudolph," for the wee with matinee Saturday. , MANAGERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS. At Cordrsv Theater. V ' "" ATtJqrSray's 'TK'eateFfbr'one' weeSrhs-""'-""' ginning Sunday matinee December 7. In "A Little Outcast" the I pa yw right has plunged straight to the heart of things dramatical, and his expression of impulses, his convictions and sense of dramatic color are almost as unerring as th brush of a painter potting- a ylnlon 01) canvas. On ot th most talked-of scenes is Madeline's boudoir, which is a replica of the "Colonial Chamber'' In Mrs. "Jack" Gardner's famous Italian palace tn Boston. Usual ladles' and children's matinee Saturday. . Th Nclll eteek Company. In every production that has been put on at The Baker Theater this season by . the popular Nelll Stock Company, tho members of this excellent, organization have proved, their ability to. properly portray ' any" part they should bo cast tor, and when It Is given out that th Nelll Stock Company is going to play a certain piece there Is never a question as to the success of the production. The patrons ot The Baker Theater have been given only the best plays that could be scoured, and to cap the climax eomea the announcement that , "Shall We For give Her? is to be produced by th Nelll Stock Company, at Th Baker The- -ater all next week, starting, with Sunday's matinee. This play is the on In which Marie Wainwright made such.,,. decided -hiurtag-bwsTWgagement in Porta . has had a most successful presentation, both in this country and England. The production of "Shall We Forgive HerT" , by the Nelll Stock Company Will be Sj notable one, and there is no doubt but that it will . be necessary to. bang out the "Standing Room" sign at The Bakes . at every performance. ,. " , , 1 ' ;' ' 11. IJ . -.. - . Flddl' Dee Dee. ' M'Fiddle-De-Dee,'V the merry, jingling burlesque now playing week's engage ment at the Marquam, was greeted wltU another packed house last evening. The burlesque on the Fiorodora Sex- . tet is one of thennnlest take-offs ever seen in Portland, Tha performers tsktng part last night had to quit responding, from sheer exhaustion. - V Miss Irene Franklin made another de cided hit with' her renditions of "The Honey Suckle" polka, ''Down Along the MoDlle Shore." and rWhen the Boys Come Marching . Home,V jrMisn Franklin . oornetist In the world, er tone- ana nhraainr being highly artistic "Ftddle-Dee-Dee", will be given the balanee ef the week and at the bargain matinee Saturday afternoon. C STRIKE- iNA . C H V RCH.T The Grace .Presbyterian Church,;' the fashionable church of Oswego, N.' Y has been placed on the unfair Hat of the labor , organizations of that.cny. Two .year ago, " when th interior of - the' -edifice -needed redecorating, -the trustee felt that they -. wanted something beyond the skill of the local decorators, , so they let the con tract to a contractor of an adjoining city. They did the Same last spring, when the . church needed a new curbing and side walk.. 'But when a leak developed In the roof recently the local dealers In metal roofing were applied to, but they refused to take the contract because the church has been placed on the unfair list " VARIOUSLY TROUBLED TENANtt ) 1 i , (New York Weekly.) j ' " ( , Tenant See - beret That : house yoti rented me is Infested With rats. Every -night we are waked up by. the racket. Agent That a very strange. The last " tenant nftvr jm.li! a. word about rat. - i 'Well, then, of course you are not te blame." - ..... - "No. The people who lived ther before never complained bf anythkig axcesl ;- ghost- , n 1 V