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. 4 TOM OTIEGON DAILY JOURNAL,' rOttTlAltt), RATtTflDAV EVENING, FEBHUAItY 21, 1903. : THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL C 8. Jarkton youmvAS ruaiama oomtat. jropritor. AAdreas TXS OBEOOV DAXX.T JOVXVAI Bff Yamilll Street, between onrtk ul Fifth, Portland, Oregon. nnKrBmBirr smoobatxo rini or omaaow. Entered at the Postofftee of Portland, Oregon, for transmission through the mailt aa second-class matter. Postage for single copies For an 8, 10 or 12-page paper, 1 cant; If to 21 tagea. I centa; over 28 pa yea. 8 cents. t. Telephones! . lousiness Office Oregon, Main 601; Columbia, 701. Editorial Koom Oregon. Main 600. City Kill tor Oregon, Main 2S0. , Tarma by Carrier: TTira JOURNAL, one year TKB JOl'KNAU six montha TUB JOl'KNAU three montha TUB JOURNAL, by the wek ., " Timi bj Mall l THB JOURNAU hy mall, per year , THSJ JOl'KNAU by mnll. nix montha THB JOL'KNAU by mull, three montha .15 00 . 20 1 , .1 .14 00 . 1M . 1.09 There are ninny kinds of love, na mnny kinds of light. And every kind of love mukea a glory In the night. There la love thnt stirs the heart nnd love that given It reat. But the love that leads life upward la the noblest and the beat. Henry Van Dyke. SENATOR CHAS. W. FULTON. Mr. Charles W. Fulton succeeds Mr. Joseph PImon na United Rtates Senator from Oregon, by act of the Legislature. Tha Journal greets and congratulates Henntor Fulton, feeling that the confidence Imposed In the gentlemnn la deserved, and thut tie will represent tht people of regon. irresiiectlve of section and )olltlcal faith. lenator -Ttrfmn wm grrwr rvrn targer grift tirvntfer Tftittgr The "heavy responsibilities of the office, weighing accurately and equitably the muny Old varied Influence which made him Senator. Senator Fulton's surress la not sullied by bad methods, nor by of fensive manipulation, nor by the use of money. Ills election was clean and grntlfylr.gly free from the taints of Ihe unclean nnd unhealthy. From thla standpoint, ns well na others, his election In a credit to Oregon, arjd The Journal predicts It will be fruitful of good .nwult in bringing the dif ferent sections of the state In closer relationship and sympathy. Portland 13 big enough, generous enough, broad enough to put aside her regrets, such as they are, occasioned by the failure of the honor to fall to one of her "favorite sons." and extend the "glad hand" to the Senator elect, with no other object In view than to enlarge and advance the great Interests of a great commonwealth, thut present and future generations may all nJoy a grander nnd better Oregon. '"In this day and nge, there is no room nor reason for ill will between individuals, nor sectional jealousies between peoples, for auch attitudes determine a narrowness and selfishness that, in the nature of things, nre de structive of good, nnd exceedingly discreditable to a thinking and pro gressive race of men. The Journal takes pleasure in pledging such support aa It may be able to five In making Mr. Fulton's work easiest to him, und at the same time most resultful to the people' of the Oregon country. AND WAY NOT? "Chief Joseph's mission to Washing ton. in so far as It relates to the restora llun ut tha lands In tha Wallowa Valley to his people. Is hopeless. The time has gone by when white people can be dispossessed of their homes by Indians, This fact waa made clear to Joseph on his last vlalt to Washington; hence It is flrobably only the ostensible object Of his present visit, tha real motive being his human desire to be made mueh of In the official and social circles of the nation. This In h perfectly legitimate desire, since It hns human hature for Ita basis and the rulers of the earth are Its exponents." The above Is from the editorial col umns or KUItor Scott a own organ. Probably the "human desire" referred to therein Is the force behind Editor Bcott's Indirect attempt to breuk into "the official and social clrclea of the nation." This "human desire" In Uie big red chief and the "big white chief appears to possess a fellow feel Ing. Joseph may aspire to a United Htutes Kenutorwhlp before he dies, and why not? THE PRIZE ESSAY. " a fjasierners are asking who were Lewis and Clarke? Rome of them be lieve that they nre an enterprising Western firm of business men who are going to Klve a big Exposition, but they nre wondering; why the public should take the paina to back the pro jeei so entnusiastically. This is a specie of ignorance of a kind with that of the man who naked in what part Waahingterr Oregon was lo cated, nnd thnt other fellow who In quired where in California was Seat tie. The most puzzling problem, in deter mining nntl-trust nctlon is how to luevent the giving of rebate. Strike ut the trusts through an effective antl rebate law nnd they will have re ceived a solar plexus blow. If AVAL ACASSMY SX.A1TO. Localisms Hears at Aa- j A WORD FOR THE CLERKS. ' ' at la refreshing to note that most of the large stores of Portland show great consideration for their employes, but It Is unfortunate thut In a few Isolated cases, abuses of women clerks and underpaid men are most flagrant. Thla Is a very strange condition when one takes Into consideration the effect of the masses as purchasers upon the average store. The plain people are those who keep alive many a gorgeously appointed establish ment, and were their support once withdrawn, down would fall the fortunes Invested In goods that plain people buy. The rich man buys from the .exclusive establishment as a rule, nnd this la Ms right, -but the worklngmnn, the pointer, the clerk, the mechanic, the lady-clerk and the general average of wage-earners troy the things that tbetr limited purses compel them to seek, In stores that, offer the best bargains. '. W In Ihe circumstances it, would seem that men who aim to secure the trade Of the plain people, would at least show some consideration fur this class of purchasers. Suppose, for Instance, these buyers were to unite to avoid the store that treats its employes unfairly. What would be the result? "There is not a house in Portland or any other city thnt could stnnd the result of such a decision. Then why not "Give unto others as you would they would give unto you?" , These "words are spoken not in a spirit of desire to create a dis cussion, for it must be said that the treatment of employes by most of the stores of Portland is away above the average of treatment accorded In Other cities, but, because certain letters that have been received at The Journal office, written in good temper and making Just complaint of abuses, Inspire a word or two, at least, for the overworked clerk. CHIEF JOSEPH'S MISSION. " Joseph, Chief of the Nez Percea, Is In Washington, asking the gov ernment to return him and his people to their ancestral hunting grounds In the Wallowa Valley. Ills prayer will not be granted. The white set tlers In the Wallowa Valley will never be disturbed to permit the thing that Joseph asks. It is the decree of Fate. The Indian must be cared for upon humane Considerations. And, too, Joseph, brave, brilliant warrior, most capable native general w-ho ever led his troops against the government soldiery, is entitled to everything thnt can be given him. His is a record worthy ' the. most eloquent tongue, the most facile pen, and tributes from those Who commanded the opposing forces in the wars of the 70's. These trib utes he receives. General O. O. Howard and other generals who com manded government armies in those wars testify that Joseph was the most skillful, masterful military character against whom they ever directed their genius and resources; and that he was also the humane commander, ob serving the rules of civilized warfare Just so religiously as did any of the governing generals. In his laststand, in the mountains of Montana, leading a forlorn hope, fighting a superior force, after pursuit across the country with all of the vigor that the federal government could exert, he manifested genius of leadership and strategy such, a3 (stamped1 him a man of war according to highest conceptions. , Jorfeph was all this. Yet he must hear refusal from . the government. He'cannot return to his ancestral hunting grounds. His people must abide frf Northern Idaho so long as there is a remnant of the once warlike tribe, now reduced in number and shorn of all but mendicant qualities. ' The brave old chieftain has probably gone upon his last quest. He will probably go back to Lapwal and sorrow out his days because he cannot satisfy the natural desire of the aborigine to die in his ancestral home. Which On napolla. Slang among- college men, slung among street gnmlns end slang In society has been referred to anC the terms quoted In public print, but there are slang terms at the Naval Academy at Annapolis which have not yet, and probably never will, become common property. How ever, the dignity of the future admirals of the nnvy will not permit of It being called "Blung"; therefore it Is known only aa "Annapolis localisms." Here ore h few of the "localisms" of the "mid dles": The "yacht" Is the training ship em ployed for summer cruises and for win ter drlllc: the ' brig" Is that part of the berth deck where the "plebes" are sent for light punishment, such aa for smok ing, drinking, spitting on the floor or deck, taking "French leave," "playing a little quiet game" and getting caught at It, etc. Kiich ship I" commlnsion also has a "brlx." to which only the sailors to be punished may be sent, the officers helnic confined to their rooms when un der punishment. To "shake a leg" means "to get a move on,' to twirry. To be "protected" or "hung on the Christmas tree" Is to be posted for low mark: "sat- and "iinsat" are short for satisfactory and unsatisfactory; "skinny" means chemistry; "sup" Is nlre, "Holy Joe" re lers to the chaplain, and "hlyntonlnn" the decks applies to the. use of a. big Wn.-k of sandstone, with a rope or toggle at each end, by which It Is hauled back und forth to scrub the decks white on every Sunday morning, or when the President of the t'nited States or some Mch ofllcinl Is expected to visit (he ship; "grub" signifies foot! and regular meals; "salt horse" Is tho designating term for salt beef; "plumduff" means a sort of rnlypoly pudding, a mixture of dough without shortening, and through W'hlch if one wants to stop to Investigate, may be found here and there a raisin: "spuds" means potatoes; "tag ends" is the name of a book of jokes published at the Naval Academy a few years ago; "binnacle list" is lh, list of sick made out by the surgeon each morning after he has In spected and examined the tongues and pulses of those who complain of a pain In the back, sick headache or a touch of malaria. That It Is best to be careful and dis creet In the use of "Annapolis localisms" when in public is shown by an Instance of a midshipman who received leave for a few days some time affo. Stopping at a restaurant, the young officer said to the waitress who appeared at his table that he would have some "spuds" with his ham and eigs. and when she hesitated to catch the meaning of the latter part of the order he sputtered out: "Come, now; shake a leg." She did hurry, but to make a complaint of this apparent rudeness to the proprietor, and th next moment the "bouncer" of the cafe whs giving the "middle" a "lift" out of the door. If Rockefeller's plans to spend $7,000, 000 or more In the attempt to discover a cure for consumption shell succeed he wflL be one of the greatest benefactors of mankind. There Is a cure for this most devastating disease, and it ought to have been discovered long ago. Louisville Courier-Journal. THE IRONY OF HUNT. It is bitter irony for Senator Hunt of Multnomah County to offer Senate Joint Resolution No. 27, asking the Congress to submit an amend ment to the national constitution providing for election of Senators by popular vote. There is also unconscious sarcasm in the mere mention of Jhe fact, when mention is made by a member of the dominant party of this 'tat.''' So fr as Oregon is concerned, we have a law offering. opportunity to , Inaugurate the reform bo devoutly wished for by the people. The Mays law makes It possible for the people of this state to decree the same moral mandate that compels every presidential elector to proceed to Wash ington, and vote in the Klectoral College for the candidate that Was sup ported by the people of Ms state. He need not vote in that manner, so far as the legal phases are concerned. W. J. Furnish, one of the Republican lectors Jn the last election, could have gone to Washington and voted for ,W. J.. Bryan, had he chosen so. to do. Of course, he did not wish to do otherwise than as his constituents Wished. But he was no more bound to vote for William McKinley than present members of the Legislature are bound to Vote for the candidate Who received a large majority' tipun the Republican ticket The Journal does not expect that Mr. Geer will be elected. But, for that he was on the ticket, received a heavy majority vote for the Senate, received It under the provisions of the Mays law, no man can get away from the conclusion that it is just as legally the duty of the Republicans to elect him as it was the iutf of the" Republican electors to elect William McKinley. , Senator Hunt's Joint resolution carries a spear of Irony that pierces the vulnerable body of the Republican party. Indeed, for a Republican member of either house to offer such a resolution is for that party to fall upon Its wa sword n4 conuijr political harlkarL r Ml IP I ' I ' II U I I The Oregon Society of Bona of the Revolution' of fered a 2I prise for the best essay on a aubject per talnlng to the: American Revolution, and Miss Hatel Mae Brown, of this city, a student at the Park School, was the winner. The young lady's clever work la herewith reproduced: The Treason of Bensdiot Arnold. On the second day of October, 1710. there perished on the scaffold at Tappan, New York, a man Of singu lar promise, under circumstance thut called forth the deepest sympathies of two hemispheres. Much has been said and sung of hlm-r-he died a spy. It la true, and rightly died, yet he - Uvea In honorable re membrance. I, Inked with his name Is another, a name hopelessly branded with Infamy, and one our youth instinctively single out as suggesting trulta abhorrent to all true principles of government and that name (I scarcely need give It) Is Benedict Arnold. There Is no sadder chapter In history thnt the one that tells of his downfall. The fame of his gallant deeds was yet ringing through the land, when, In the darkest hour of our country's new-found life, while yet that life was flickering feebly and unsurely, lie found It in hla heart to betray the cause of liberty. That he had been wronged, and deeply wronged. Is true, but one wrong can never Justify another, and Arnold's crime, by Its very enormity, stands with dark, hard oulllnea forever unsoftened. Terribly Arnold realised thla when the event was past and the fever of his blood had cooled. Almost from the first of his military career, an evil genius seemed to dog hia footsteps. Its first marked expression rnme from the hulls of Congress, , when, In February, 1 777, live major-generals were ap- pointed from among Arnold'a military Juniors, while he, with an already brilliant record and a merit far exceeding theirs, was Ignored. The uroud spirit of the man waa touched to the quirk. A. ready ho had been charged, and grounillcx!y, with misdemeanors while at Tlcondcrogn. run I iu;ufn. later, at Montreal, and trial for the latter was still pending; but Arnold wa ail tnycfpared -for soelr ertrlmre vt lMfeeMng. "''""" Arbitrary and over-learlng, intense in hta loves and hla hates, he readily made enemies, and already nn opposing faction existed In Congress.' The real under lying cause of the slight, however, was stute Jealous lea and doubtless, also. Arnold's outspoken friendship for Schuyler, now in disfavor. Arnold tendered his resignation. I nder like clr rumstancea, other noted generals have done the same. regarding such appointments as nn Insult to their mili tary honor. Dissuaded by Washington. Arnold again took the field, for Iiurgoyne was approaching. "Kvery personnl Injury shall he burled In my seal for my country, he said bravely, and plunged into the thick of battle. Still Congress grudged him his proper rank. He Importuned tn vnln: and it was only after the notable battles of Saratoga, when Arnold's praises were en every tongue, that Washington, who truly loved him. "'th Joy. "Arnold has been restored to a violated right." abuui this time. Arnold presented accounts against the government for expenses Incurred in his campaign. These were contested as indicating intent to defraud, and up to the time of his treason, they reirfalned unsettled another thorn to rankle In his heart. Whether or not there appears here some slight lapse of moral Integrity. It Is certain that up to this time the current of his patriotism ran pure., It was now to diverge and flow Into muddy channels. His leg having leen fractured at Saratoga. Arnold was obliged to leave active service, and after the Hrit ish evacuated Philadelphia, Washington appointed him to the command of that city. Already brooding over galling charges and unforgotten slights. Arnold at this inauspicious moment came Into the atmosphere of Tory Ism. Here he was courted and toasted by loyalists. who fed the fires of his resentment. Here he gave those costly fetes und entertainments alike to Tory and patriot, which, far beyond his means, entangled him in hopeless dept. Here the lust link In the chain of grievances was forged, when the President and Council of Pennsylvania, with evidently hostile Intent, preferred a series of eight charges against him. which culminated In public reprimand. When Congress re fused to accept the verdict of artjultt.il from Its own committee and referred the matter to court martial. Arnold again felt the controlling force of factional hatred, and again attributed It to a nation's Ingrati tude. Then nnd there came Into his mind, it seems, the first wretched impulse toward desertion. Confident court martial would ucqult him, Arnold urged Immediate trial, but for reasons seemingly trifling, it was delayed. Months rolled away nnd the cloud still hung over him. After a year of fierce im patience, he was acquitted of all but two charges, and of Intentional wrong In those, but as a concession to his enemies, apparently, on those two charges he was sentenced to be publicly reprimanded by Wash ington. Washington's reprimand bore the marks of the pure spirit that uttered It. It was the quiet, inspiring breathing of a comrade to comrade of words of hope and trust, leading on from a dim to a brighter light, and carrying scarce a suggestion of reproof. "Our profession Is the chastest of all.'" he said. "The shad ow of a fault tarnishes our most brilliant actions I reprimand you for having forgotten tnat In proportion as you have rendered yourself formidable to our ene mies, you should have shown moderation to our citizens." Arnold, thus publicly disgraced, was stung to des peration. He had been at fault. It is true, and offens ively arrogant, but the penalty overmatched the guilt. Already Injured, and exaggerating his injuries, he had become a dangerous man. Fiske points out that It was inevitable he should drift into Toryism. Tem perament, conditions and environment were all against him. and now all combined to hurl him headlong. In April, 177:1. he had married, and his beautiful bride was of a loyalist family. How far )ove for her lent as halo to the British cause, nnd odium to the Ameri can, is uncertain. It is now known that months before the fatal reprimand Arnold had begun correspondence under assumed names with Clinton's aide-de-camp. Major Andre. Clinton's policy was one of bribery, nnd Ar nold was now ripe for his use. Submerged in debt. disaffected toward the government, brooding over wrongs real ami , Imagined, change of allegiance came easy. At nrst nothing more than desertion or the cause seemed Intended, but as the thought took on propor tions. It Involved him in the depths of personal treach ery and national crime. With deliberate design, ho sought and obtained from Washington the command of West Point, and contrived Its betrayal with Clln- ton. He would fly to Kngland's embrace with a prize. West Point, the OlbneJtar of America, and give her all Burgoyne had sought but failed to gain. Some one must confer with Arnold. Who so fitting as Andre? And so the John Anderson and Gustavus of the correspondence met. .The British ship Vulture bore Andre up the Hudson on his weighty mission, and boat with muffled oars brought him to the shore. Washington, and then blunderingly notified Arnold of tne capture or "Jonn Anderson. ' i t : ' It was the SSth of September. 170,' the day ap pointed for the fall of West P61nt. The garrison had been scattered through the Highlands to make the post ran easy prey to Clinton. Arneld was at breakfaat. with members of Washington's staff. Washington had unexpectedly arrived, and would soon join them per "haps, to demoralise everything! ' ( , But other forces were at work. A horseman gal' loped up with a message. Arnold read hla .ruin In the worda, and calmly excusing himself to his guests, retired. "I must fly," he said to his wife; "My life de pends upon my reaching the British lines in Safety." The dread words seemed to freese the life blood In her veins. Bhe fell fainting, unu thus he left her, the bride of scarce more than a year; and kissing his baby boy, he mounted hla horse, dashed down an un frequented path, still known as "Arnold's Path." and waa rowed to the Vulture, The next morning he was with Clinton In New York. "Whom can we trust nowT" aid Washington, with tears, a few hours later. - Himself, only, had Arnold sold; and at England hands he claimed the reward of a treachery "which had gained her nothing, and lost to her tha life of her darling,, the brilliant poet and scholar, Andre." Andre, unconscious of his true position, pressed Major Tallmadge as to the penalty he would Incur. "I had a much-loved classmate at Yale College," said Tallmadge reluctantly, "by the name of Nathan Hale, who entered the army in 1776. Immediately after the battle of Long Island. Washington wanted informa tion respecting the enemy. Captain Hale tendered his services, went over to Brooklyn, and was taken Just as he was passing the outposts of the enemy on his re turn." Then, with emphaala, "Do you remember the sequel or tne etoryr- "lea." said Andre, "he was hanged as a spy I But you surely do not consider hla case and mine aliKey "res, precisely similar, and similar will be your rate." Andre s death has been deplored. Certain it Is that he waa found within our lines, disguised aa a spy, and on a apy'a errand, concerting measures dangerous to our country a welfare: nnd as such the law of na tlms demanded his death. Andre met a merited fate. Say not that Arnold went unpunished. No brigadier-general's commission end ffi.000 of traitor's pay could restore his bartered manhood. No country claimed Win, and. the inemnrx r , i t ' -i i ' .: i v. ji . i ' . r - . t" , . . . or ins gatiuni ueoua was nurieo iuwioms aeep in me blackness of his treachery. Blacker still his record became, when he bedded a hand of renegades against his native land, ready. In bitterness of spirit, to sweep all before him. "What do you suppose my fate would be," asked Arnold of an American officer capfured In Virginia, "If mjs misguided countrymen were to take me pris oner?" "They would cut off the leg that waa wounded nt Quebec," replied the officer, "and bury It with the honors of war, and the rest of you they would hang on a gibbet." Quite likely Arnold doubted the possibility of American Independence. Conway's conspiracy aimed at the dismissal of Washington had been unsuccessful, but Congress was inactive and Inadequate; the land was tired of war nnd lacked unity; the army, starved and nuked, was threatening to dlsbanc. "Indeed, I have almost ceased to hope." wrote Washington In despair In May. 1780. Kngland had triumphed at Savannah. She triumphed again at Camden, and pressed threateningly into Vir ginia. Now let her gain West Point, and doubtless again over America would float the Cnlon Jack! And why not? The victory of Saratoga bad wrested from tngland a concession of rights. Independence alone had lieen withheld, and' maliy contended that America should now return to her old allegiance, reject the alllamv with Catholic France, and stop tlte shedding of blood. This view Arnold had Imbibed: and with strange unreason, blinded as he was by-the mists of Impulse and passion, he dreamed not of the odium to come to him. Savs an Impartial historian: "His treason ap peared not to him what It was when frustrated. The end was to be so vast that the traitorous means taken to gain it would be overlooked let Congress blunder on he would overwhelm her, und carry the country back to its old allegiance." There are things that transcend death in horror, believe t he racking memories of Arnold's wretched fall were a thousand-fold worse than death. Ia Eng land's later wars he sought to redeem the glory of his once great name, but Kngland refused him a command. Fame, fortune, country, friends, all were gone. Eng land gave him a home, but her Liberals met him with blighting scorn. America, the land of Washington, whose friendship he had so cruelly betrayed, wildly denounced him. At last the proud, spirit that had "dominated battle fields, and faced shot nnd shell unheeding, but could not face disgrace." sank beneuth the load. A terrible melancholy came over him. and he lived in a cloud of morbid gloom, which he could not or would not dispel. He had carefully preserved the uniform in which he had escaped to the Vulture; and there is a tradi tion that as death drew near, he supposed he was again on the battlefield, and asked that the uniform be put on him again, with the sword-knot and epaulettes Washington his Washington then, but his no longer had given him. "Let me die," he said. "In this old uniform In which 1 fought my battles. May Ood for give me for putting on any other." And so he died died in unconscious infnmy, a piti ful wreck of what, had he bullded welt, must have been a glorious manhood. He died, but his name lives on, and that name is "Arnold, the Traitor." HAZKL MAE BROWN. 290 Fourth Street, Portland, Oregon. ?THI3 THIRTEENTH HOL.D-ufc By Tmvl S Zay, MS S j SOME TIMELY SUGQEStlONS 'The Importance of being In, araeat.1 . Darkness covered the deed. There, concealed In under brush nmntiK the firs, with treason burning in his heart, Arnold awaited the Briton. Ah. Arnold, you who led your troops so bravely through that terrible trackless wilderness, and boldly stormed Quebec with a hanarul or stricken men; you, who shared with your comrades the flesh of the dog, and cheered their way undaunted; you, tne hero of Saratoga, on those memorable days when the sloth of Gates drove you to frenzied action and momentous victory; you, the beloved of Washington is it you, that same brave Arnold, who Is now skulking away in the bushes, at this midnight hour, intent jjsjt a traitor's mission? Yes, It was Arnold Arnold with a eullen purpose eating its deadly way into the heart of his Integrity. Moodily he had wandered on the Hudson shores and there, in the pure air, amid God's unyielding mountains, in the chastening injfuenee of a wife's love and a child's innocence, he had matured his plans 'for revenge. Dawn found the plans of conspiracy unfinished, and the plotters went within the American lines to the house of 'one Smith, an unintentlonnl accessory, to complete the arrangements. While they were there, the Vulture was fired upon from the shore and retreat ed down stream. Fearful of a repetition of the can nonading. Andre was compelled, unwillingly, to return to New York by land. Provided with pass and horse, and accompanied by Smith, he set out on his Journey to death. Onca past the American lines, and on neutral ground, Andre proceeded alone. This region was in fested by marauders of both parties called Cowboys and Skinners, both equally bent on plunder. Andre had nearly reached Tarrytown when three men, lying in wait for Cowboys, sprang out of the bushes. The foremost wore a British coat, a fact that led to Andre's undoing. He avowed himself a British officer on im portant business. Arnold's pass was useless paper now! The rough fellowa searched their victim ..with intent not avowedly patriotic, and found, within his stockings, papers in Arnold's writing, containing plans agreed upon about West Point, and the method of at tack. "My God, he's a spy!" exclaimed the red-coated Paulding. Refusing to be bribed, "No, not for ten thousand guineas," the young patriots delivered Andre over to Colonel Jameson. The papers Jameson forwarded -to PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20, 1903. Editor Oregon Daily Journal: Day after day I read the suggestions of our "leading citizens" as to "What the 19H5 Fair Will Do For l's." I most heartily con cur In all that has been said. All arc as a unit in de claring that "People will visit our Coast who will be attracted by our vast undeveloped resources, 'thereby greatly increasing our population ana wealth. But as yet no one seemB to suggest definitely Jast whnt to do, or how these advantages are best obtained, or handled. There nre many persons, indeed, the ma jority of people are quick to act, and to enter Into Sn enterprise If only their attention is fixed upon a definite plan. Now, it seems to me that the Individual duty of every Inhabitant of Portland and vicinity should be to devise ways and means to Interest every visitor, not only during the Fair, but now and all the time, then we will be ready. People will not come here Just to see our Fair, but they will take advantage of reduced railroad rates to come from the Far Eastr ern Bid Southern States to see whai the Northwest is like, and it is a part of our business to keep them here and interested Just long as possible. There is no part of this continent ttiai has the mag nificent material found here, ns yet undeveloped. Let me suggest that we might with profit 'take lessons of Los Angeles In vitalizing our resources, also In at tracting and interesting tourists. They have taken the most unpromising places, and by beautifying mak ing them easy of access adding every possible novelf ty, above all, by advertising early and late, so fixed the attention of the tourist upon some particular place that before he ever arrives at Los Angeles he Is so interested that he could hardly be induced to leave without a visit, even if it takes several days and Con siderable hard cash to make the trip. Now think you, if they had our immense forests and great logging camps, as we have, so near our city, they would not be utilized for all they were worth -as attractions, novelties? Their Chambers of Com merce and their transportation companies Insert in all literature sent out elegant pictures tf every point of view, descriptions setting forth the desirability of the trip, easy of access, etc. Time taDles of all trains and boats to and from this camp would be incorporated Into all schedules, and hang in every conspicuous place in the city. ' The average tourist or traveler is away from home to be amused, entertained, and he Is willing to pay for it if he is well cared for. If he Is interested he will Interest others, so the benefit Is unending. I am told that within a few miles of our city are logging camps where the giants of the forest are almost In unbroken, ranks, where the trip and return can be made in a day. This to strangers, at least, would be a novelty and would be a very entertallrig trip, (besides giving a very definite idea of one of our great in dustries. I would like to add another suggestion for our im provement. I refer to the scarcity of places where re freshments of any kind are served to the public, On an excursion la any direction one is .compelled to take a lunch along, or go hungry. Thene conditions, of course, will have to be Changed before the Fair, but isn't it time to awake and think about it? Jjs- A. ROBB. i "Ail ready I. 1 Ail ready! Stage for Sugar Pine!" I had arrived on the train at the terminus of the new railroad at 7 o'clock p. b. The station was In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains and a small mining town stretched out in a gulch a half a mile away. My objective point was the Sugar Pine country, higher up In the mountains, and upon my arrival at .the station I waa Informed that a stage would leave the mining town for the place I sought at o'clock. Just one hour from the time of my arrival. Ifollowed the only hotel runner at the station over a rough trail to the town, carrying my own grip, as he ran the only hotel in the place and was not Inclined to burden himself with other people's troubles, anyway. I'pon our arrival at the hostelry I rushed a ahave the firat thing, informing the proprietor that I wlBhed to take the stage to Sugar Pine, and thut T hlan wished dinner before I left. ' I waa Scarcely half through the meal when my host came through the dining room shouting at the top of. hia voice: "All ready! All readv! Km ire ft,r Ho roe Pine!" I rose from the table In hurrv. chewlnir tha mouthful I hud taken aa I went, and In compliance with' the instructions of the driver took a seat by him in front on top of the vehicle. I had noticed thm th mr. talna to the lower department were closely drawn and fastened and that the crowd around the front of the hotel looked on with wondering faces, but I waa not prepared to criticise anything I saw In that country, for It was my first trip to such a section, and I w nr.. pared to see anything, from the stories I had read of the California mining region. "We have a neavy load of freight below." explained the driver, with condescension, however, aa this trip was so out of ie ordinary thnt he feared I would notlca It, "and It would be very Inconvenient riding below." I explained that It Just suited me to ride outside and It did. for It was a clear, comfortable evening, and as the light died away in the west from the lingering flashes of the long set sun the moon rose up full and round in the east. The steep Incline before us made it appear as If we were climbing as rapidly aa the orb of WtfMW wu thwlMMM --tnat- tbenJ TBpWly fn ttts valleys behind us looked like a great cavern, dark and dismal, beneuth, with ominous shadows hanging over It. The ascent from the start was noticeable. Only when a ravine or gulch crossed the road did the team, so accustomed to the road, atrike a trot, and thla was momentary, for the minute It struck the up grade the steady, monotonous walk was taken up again, us If self preserVHtion as the first law ot Nature was also the Instinctive motto of the animals. "Suae!" "Suae!" "Suae!" This word uttered at Intervals was the only word that had broken the monotony of the trip for the flret mile. I was deeply studying and admiring the beauties, grandeur and welrdness of the surroundings such as only may tie seen on a midnight ride up the gradual slope of the 8ierras while my comnanron sat as erect and silent as a ghost, save the occasional uttermien from force of habit the word "Suze!" This was di rected to the leader in the four-rig team, for she either stepped quicker or slower, or took a different nosltlon on her side of the road. The driver was (10 years old or older. He was thin faced, so far as could be seen from his lona flowlnr white beard, and his head was small accordingly. though the long gray locks that escaped from beneath his sombrero wVuld have given it better shape Jf they had not been confined by the close-fitting hat. His hands were large and clumsy and his limbs nnd bones were large and awkwardly formed. But his eyes were as keen as those of a mink, and their smallness gave them more the appearance of the eyes of this animal. I looked at him often, but he neither looked to the right or the left. He kept his eyes steady on his team, composed of four horses, and never spoke, except the drnwled-out warning to "Suze!" I finally ventured the question: "Have you been driving stages very long?" He looked around at me for a moment and was then silent for a time. "Yes, 40 years," he replied, after I had given up an answer. "It isn t like it was in olden times." I suggested. He looked at me again. After a few moments' silence, he said: "A grent deal of difference. Then a stage driver was somebody. Now he ain't as good as a common teamster. He got puld for his work, too. Now he barely makes a living. Then he was a gentleman and had others to work for him. Now he works for everybody else. Why." said the old man. warming up to his subject. "I used to wear a plug- hat. fine buckskin gloves with long gauntlets, got my S 1 50 a month and never left my aeat except to go to my meals and my bed along the route and at the end of the Journey. When I drove up to a station the hostler hud my fresh team ready, and while he wus making the change I went in the hotel or station house and got my meals or my drinks, returned and found a man in charge of my team ready to turn It over to me. And he wan as afraid of hla life as he waa of not bring ing things up just to suit me. At the end of the Journey a man was ready to receive my team at the hotel anil brought It back lor me on the day I was to leave again. And the passengers and people and managers looked up to me. I was king. I was ruler on the rond. "But now, I am only getting 40 a month. I have to take care of my ewn rig, except at some of the sta-i tlons where the station keeper voluntarily helps me a little. I hnve to carry a hundred messages every trip, deliver small packages along the road at every farm house, carry neighborhood gossip from one house to another, and when I return home have to work in the stables until my next trip. Emperor William having offered us a statue of Frederick the Great, it is suggested that an appropriate return might be made by sending to Berlin a life-size bronze figure of President Monroe. Philadelphia lIorth American. ...... "A stage driver's life is a dog's life now. But I am not fit for anything else. Don't care to live anyway, except for my boy. I did not see htm at home this trip. He was away on a hunting trip. He la just grown now. He Is just like his poor mother, who died several years ago. He Is my only hope now. As soon as I get him settled down I will be satis fied. He is a wild young fellow. But they are all wild out here. I was wild before him. They bring me a great number of bad reports about him, but he will come out all right. He has given me a great deal 'of trouble, but he will make a good man. I can t give him as much money as I would like, but he will make It all right. He gambles a lytle too much, but he'll get over It. I promised his mother I would make a man of him, and 1 will Suze!" A long silence came over the old man again. Ha seemed to be looking back over the past half century. We were now well up in the mountains. The ascent was becoming more marked. The road cut around the side of a yawning abyss on the other. The grade waa Just wide enough for one rig. except at the switches where rigs were supposed to pass. A- few feets' devia tion from the main road and we would have rolled hundreds of feet Into the darkness below. Larga trees now bordered the roadside and covered the moun tains. Those near the road had signs nailed on them. Some were' the announcements of the enterprising merchants of the mining towns, and the patent-medl-olne man had been there. Then the Salvation Army had explored the country, as nlong with the other signs I read by the bright moonlight the words painted ia large letters: "Have you made your peace with your God?" 8 Then as we crossed a little ravine that tore down the mountain side I saw the sign: "Hold-up tre Black Bart held up stage July , 18 ." The old man glanced at the notice. He saw me reading it. "Have you ever been held up?" I inquired cautiously and tn a sort of undertone. It was getting late in the night now. "Suze!" exclaimed the driver. Then he looked around at. me, and after a few minutes' pause said: "Yes, 11 times! Whoa!" and the team stopped. , Tying the lines to the brake handle, he crawled down from his seat to the ground. I started to take the reins so as to be of assistance in holding tha horses. "Let them be!" he commanded in no uncer tain tones. I obeyed. As soon as he reached tha ground and started toward his team I discovered that he was badly maimed. His right leg was crooked and almost limp. He fairly dragged It after him. only bearing enough weight upon It to create locomotion. After fixing the harness on one of the horses which had become disarranged in some manner he clambered back Into his place and shouted: "Suze!" .'t As the team started up he placed the lap robe mora (closely about his maimed limb, and remained silent for several minutes. Then he became reminiscent for thh first time on the trip. "I have been held up Just one dozen times. Black Bart held me up three time. It was a pleasure to be held up by Black Bart that is. his work was not like that of the average highwayman.- Black Bart under stood his business. He went about it systematically. Tier never lost his head. There -was no danger,- se you attended to your own business. But it Is the work of the greenhorns that is dangerous. I can tell one as soon as he orders "Hands up!" He Is nervous. He shows it in his manner and In his voice. Black Bart Went at it Just like a veteran. His hold ups -worked Just like machinery. There was not a hitch anywhere until that fool boy made It so hot for him that ha dropped his handkerchief. That episode waa tha (To be Continued.). .,;:-