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thU paper ia Albert E. Haasbrook,
1 Time Building. New Xork, ,nd
Hartford Building, Chicago.
When you leave tha elty or ahange your
ad dree, even for one week, don't faU te
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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
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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
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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
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