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THE OTtEGON DAILY JOUHXAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVET3TN"G, APRIL ,21. 1903.
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The cry of trie century Is
"Westward! West xvai d ! " The
New York farmer turns his fare
to the aunset, and thinks he him
attained the great Ideal hy set
tling In Illinois! The fanner
from Illinois hears the I'm IfU
calling, and scales the snow
ranges In response to the univer
sal cry. Westward is the creed
of the coming generation. It
means the completion of the Pa
cific Coast Empire. A. L. Crulg.
WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.
A worthy Republican contemporary
of this city gravely discusses the pro
priety of making Theodore Roosevelt
president of Harvard I'nlverslty "upon
his retirement from the Presidency of
the United States." The originator of
the idea deserves a brass medal. He
has hit upon the very best and sim
plest way of settling the Republican
squabbles over the Presidential nom
ination In 104. Everyone knows the
chief problem has been to get Roose
velt out of the running without creat
ing too much of a row, and now the
way has opened.
Roosevelt must be sidetracked and
the best plan la to shunt him off onto
the siding at Cambridge, where he will
be out of sight and sound, and pre
sumably ao much absorbed In recall
ing hla old college days that he will
forget all about the political rumpus
and his Intention to occupy the White
House for four years more.
, As president of Harvard Mr. Roose
velt might entertain any views he saw
fit upon the tariff and the trusts, and
he. could change his mind every time
he changed his clothes. Then too, "It
would be a good thing for Mr. Roose
velt," as our contemporary thought
fully observes, it won't do him any
harm to mix a little scholasticism with
his strenuousness, and u cap and gown
would probably be Just aa becoming as
a cowboy's costume.
There are only two slight obstacles
in the way of this ingenious method of
placing Mr. Roosevelt on the shelf
one Is that he might not cute to be
president of Harvard und the other is
that Harvard might not care to have
him for her president.
ountlng froin their servants who are
oved to have been unfaithful.
n Its efforts to unruvel this tangled
snarl of crookedness and Incompetence
The Journal has thua far proceeded
alone. It Is a noteworthy fact that
other dally papers of Portland have
utterly ignored the expert s graxe ells
closures, beyond a perfunctory and
utterly Inadequate notice at the time
when his report was filed. The ex
planation may not be hard to seek.
One at least of these contemporaries
made Jurgo pmtlta out of the county
business during the period covered by
this investigation and charged most
extortionate rates. It htu) been closely
af!!llated In times past with some of
those former county idhVluls whose
acts are now called Into question.
From such a paper nuught but silence
could be exnerteri at n time like this, I
when the people an- demanding the
truth and The whole truth as to the
conduct of their bus-ness.
The Journal comes with clean hands
and with an earnest determination to
do all Wi Its Ktter to expose the
abuses that have existed and to un
mask those responsible for them. It
is not fettered by any past alliances
nor hits It been under obligations to
the men whose acts are now under
scrutiny.
To the taxpayers of Multnomah
County The Journal gives this warn
ing: The Investigation; of tire County
Clerk's office whs but the beginning,
and the other departments of the
county government will give disclos
ures fully as sensational. There Is but
one course for the authorities to take
and that is to hold to rigid accounting
every mun responsible for the rotten
ness whlch'"has been uncovered
QUAINT TALES.
THE COUNTY SCANDAL
The Journal has given to the public
additional details of the extraordinary
mismanagement of the county's affairs
aS shown by the report of the expert
Who has recently Investigated the
County Clerk's office for the six years
ending last July. It is not hearsay
evidence which Is thus submitted, nor
a mere repetition of the rumors of
corruption and jobbery which have
been current for years, and which have
made Multnomah's county government
an object of suspicion to honest men.
The statements of Hie expert whose
report has furnished the. basis of
these articles are founded upon the
official records of the county. His re
port is a Coldblooded presentation of
facts and figures which, until im
peached, must be assumed to be abso
lutely correct. The Journal has pre
ferred to' merely cull the attention of
the public to these findings, leaving
each reader to draw his own con
clusions therefrom.
' It Is too plain to be denied that
something has been seriously wrong in
the conduct of the county's affairs.
Unbusinesslike methods have marked
the County clerk's office-, shortages
have been dlsvoveicd amounting tu
several thousand dollars, and in the
collection of delinquent taxes there has
been a reckless and astonishing waste
of the assets of the county, resulting In
a loss of hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
No business house could live for a
year under such criminal misman
agement ami it Is not strange that
the County of .Multnomah has been
plunged deeper and deeper into debt.
Until now Its obligations exceed half
a million dollars. v
Bome one is responsible for this
state of affairs.
Who Is it .'
It la the duty of the authorities to
set In motion the machinery which
shall bring forth the answer to this
question. If there has been boodilng
among the officials or employes of the
eourityt aa Is most plainly intimated by
tha expert's report, then let the guilty
be brought to Justice. This is no time
for suppressing or ignoring the truth.
The people are entitled to know the,
W hole truth,: and to exact a rigid ac-
DECREASING BiRIH FATE.
The decreasing birth rate among the
educated classes both In this country
and in Europe is the theme of fre
quent comment and sometimes arouses
the apprehensions of the political
economists. President Roosevelt made
It the text for some widely quoted re
marks and has warned the people of
the I'nlted States against the threat
ened "race suicide." The avalanche of
letters he has received from proud
fathers and mothers, advising him of
their efforts to stay the Impending ex
tinction of mankind, may have led him
to regret that he spoke.
Various explanations of the dimin
ishing birth rate have been advanced
and It Is frequently attributed to the
lessening demand for labor, the theory
being that in former times children
were in economic demand, the boys for
work and the girls for domestic help
and for wives, when they should be
come grown. In this country, it Is
argued, the great Immigration of
cheap labor has changed the conditions
and the need for large families no
longer exists.
The fallacy of this argument was
well shown in a recent editorial In the
Morning Herald of Albany, Oregon.
We quote from It in part us follows:
"If political history Is to be believed
wages were lower the first quarter of
the nineteenth century than in the last
quarter of the same century. We are
told that both skilled and raw labor was
never better paid than in the years from
18N5 to 1,892. and reaching the highest
limit in 182. We are also told that
wages have now In the third year of
the twentieth century leached the high
scale of 18H2, and yet during all tills
time the birth rate has been decreasing
und decreasing faster among the wealthy
peopie. inae u as a rule, with rare
exceptions, the people best able to sup
port a large family have the small
ones. So the economic theory could
hardly hold good.
"There Is a theory which will hold,
and that Is, the social one. The people
of wealth and people of education have
such heavy social demands that they do
not cure to be burdened with the care
of children. This Is especially true- of
women.
"Those who entertain the fear that
the human race will retrograde as a
consequence have failed to read cor
rectly the progress of the human fam
ily and especially the history of the
American people. It Is not only in this
century, nut the past centuries have
shown the fact that the "brawn and mus
cle of a nation come from the humble.
Thut the men who make and break na
tions have come from the poor and the
farm, rather than from the rich and
yiose reared in luxury and wealth. These
conditions will continue and the sons
of poor men will be leaders and prosper
and other poor and humble men will
rise up to take their places In turn."
The ! x W W ctvaddell declare
that In Mra.ll Ha- e lections arc- n furce.
The ballots arc- har dly ex er counted, for
the dim eminent nominates Its ticket,
nnd tlori, after an election announces
all its . atidld-it.-s elected "A year or
,n in.'.." he savs "an American who had
f-cltle, I tn HahlM the second lsrgest eltv
111 lli-r.-ll .irn made I'M election cb-rk
nnd w is tc.ld tc l.i Ina the return" from
an Int. -m.r i.iwn ImIii llihbi Aft"- ..-
.1,-ilioll had closed the clerk took the'
rn-;rii.- an! hasten... I oiwiiv. guarding
then with the grc'ite-t car... II" Put.
! ,! in.r.e hnnl f.,r he felt that the sus
I p.-nse would be rrent nt Huh In until
returns In- was earrvttur were rerrneo
What wns his chagrin, therefore, to
blind hi" Click-lire ever tn the chief elec
tion . I. ik oi lv to see It thrown Into
the xx ate biiski t Here what are you
.iotiiif- I,.. sl,.,Mt.-.l 'Tbiowlns them
"Wi ' wn tie nnnvcr 'wo don't need
t!ntn now' 'Ii-.nt ii-el thorn'' stitm
tnei.d th.- Vin.ii'im who hnd e.n
hro'ufiil im to t. r-.r.l -i vlolntlon of the
cleitlon l-.ws - tr eil'l" 'Til" gov
ftnmi'lll I' C el.-. Ie. It- re -II nl'-efldv'
t),, i- XVe don't need nnv
mor,- vote-' Mere lie- In-motor on.-i,,.d
tie- t'lokage and "how -d th.- stonl"he I
American a "nmtltv of I, larks each of
Thl.li signed, with ii "price to b"
filled In with anv number necessary to
elect the government candidates''
Finn. Is F I.einri says that probably
the shortest "liee.-ll ever delivered In
Congress wns made bv Hen Itutb-r of
Massachusetts An Ohio member h'
fallen nfoul of him one day nnd poured
noon him n forr-nt of nbuse which j
would have excited g-cnern! Indignation
but for an unconscoiilv ridiculous gon
ture with which the orator nccompanled
nlmiiFt everv nltcrnate sentence: this
tomncreii the disgust of his hearers
with mirth. He- Sx-oiild raise his arms
hist an hleh above bis bend as possible
nnd then wrlnir bl hands ns If be were
making a delirious attempt to wring
them off Hutler sat through the speech
with his eves half closed nfit moving n
muscle Me rose when his nssnllmit fin
ished and stood calmly 111 the nlsle
After norhnps a minute of silence he
begun: "Mr f!onkor'" Another Impres
sive pause. and expectancy reached
nearly the bursting point. Ruddenlr
raising bis nnns. Ilutbr renroduced ex
nctlv the awful gesture of the Ohio Con
gressman. Then his arms fell to his
sides nnd for another minute he stood
silent. "That Is all. Mr Speaker. " he
snld finnllv. nnd sat down: "I Just
wanted to answer the gentlemnn from
Ohio "
When Lord Heaconsfleld xrns nt the
height of his fame one of his most
ardent supporters In the House of Com
mons nski'd ns n signal fnvor that he
might bring his son to Downing street
nnd thnt "the greatest man of the sge"
would gl-e the hoy some wise mnxlm or
word of counsel which might In nfter
years he th" treasure nnd guide of his
life. T.ord Henconsflc-ld old nnd "oiitv.
groaned, but consented. The proud papa
duly produced young hopeful, whom the
x-eteran statesman thus addressed: "My
dear voting friend, whatever you do In
after life, mind that you never ask who
wrote the 'Letters of Junius.' or on
which side of Whitehall Charles I was
beheaded For If you do either of those
things yon will be considered n bore,
and that Is something too dreadful for
you nt your tender nge to conceive."
TO BATS WUII.BSS YSTBK.
Message for -eVjrntour Between Kaasas
City and OmaJis.
Lee be Forest, inx.-ntor of the De For
est wireless telegraph method, spent yes
terday In Kansas C'tt as the guest of the
Armour Packing C. uiipany, which is pre
paring to Install the wireless system of
transmitting lueaa.iK1 - 1,1 118 plunt in
this city. Tha plan outlined by Mr. the
Forest and approxol b the Armour in
terests is a bold X' i. tine-, though bused
on practical tests lo i nicugo and other
cities. Tha system h is been given u thor
ough test by the I n;' -d Htutes War De
partment, which Is m -.n preparing to in
stall It In many pi.- -. The depurtment
has already conin-:--! Fort W'ailsworth
on Staten Island; 1 i t Hancock, ut Handy
Hook, Fort Mansile i.l In Connecticut,
and Fort Wether! 1 1 to Khode Island. It
Is also Installed on i teamers plying be
tween Buffalo and I'l. x. land.
Mr. De Forest will superintend the con
struction Of the plant and the Installing
of the Instruments n. the Armour pack
ing houses here and n nmtihu. The teat
made for the Arm ii I'.i- wing Company
In I'hloHgo on March - - w is so successful
that the compuny xxiil in-il u large sum
of money in a tlioi" ii v.iei lint-nt. The
distance from this ' M . ai d Dniahu is 200
miles, and when tic trumeiits are In
stalled und message - 'l -ueei between the
txvo cities It will tn greatest distune
overland a message h - exer been trans
mitted by this gyst.-i:i of wireless teleg- j
raphy Forty rnlb - - tin- extent of tne J
previous land tests I -t messages huve
been transmitted a il.Muuce of 200 miles
on water.
DON'T STARVE
-.
M9
Lillian Russell said one time, when
some one . usked her how ana preserved
her beauty:
"I eat. I simply stuff until I can't
held any more."
Tha sight of a half-starved animal la
not a pleasing one to anybody. Who
ever cared for a Scrawny kitten? A
horse with his ribs showing: is not a
handsome object. A thin baby is a
source of anxiety. The bones don't show
In Greek statues. Never was a famous
beauty famished looking. Never a whole
some man who had not enougii to eat.
Good temper and good feeding are
Siamese twins, writes fOdna K. Wooley
In the Chicago Journal.
Some folks would have us believe that
the art of eating enough Is one of those
material Joys to which the devil has an
Inch-rope attached.
I wouldn't give 2 cents for a man or
woman who didn't enjoy a good dinner.
To my mind, a thick porterhouse steak,
broiled to a proper rareness, ought to
raise anybody to one of the summits of ,
bliss. Material? Certainly. Rut the '
best grade of spirituality comes from
the most normal of physical bodies j
and a healthy body has a healthy uppe-
tlte.
The world's greatest artists have en
Joyed generous allowances of Wiener
wurst and beer. Starvation may have
produced at times a hectic aoulfulness.
but bus It ever established a permanent
If the system betw. . n Kansas City and ; good? A starved person la a degraded
your eating. It's not aesthetic to keep
th fire low In th furnace, no matter
what the weather. Be shabby, make your
own clothes, cut your expensive friends.
Don't be ashamed of the parlor furni
ture, walk and save street car fare If
you must ; but don't starve the body God
has given you. for the sake of others
(if not yourself;, who may be affect
ed by your wholesomuneaa, your temper,
your strength, your personality.
Kut well and be well. '
SHOPPING IN HAVANA
WRATH OF INDIAN GOD
(By Paul De Luney.)
!
It would be u most unwise and un
fortunate thing If the worklngmen of
Portland should allow their dissatis
faction xvlth existing conditions of em
ployment to lead them Into any move
ment against the Lewis and Clark
Fair. The homely old saw, "Don't bite
off your nose to spite your face," is
very much In point In this instance.
When the County Auditor declined
to accede to The Journal's request for
a detailed statement of the county's
riiiunees, he doubtless "had his reasons."
AMERICAN COKTRACTOB ABBOAD.
What James O. Stewart's Quick Work
Brought To Sim.
Mr. jHmes C. Stewart, the American
contractor, who went to Europe n little
oyer a year ago to build the Westing
house Works nt Manchester, nnd who
completed them In one-fifth of the time
that F.iicllsh contractors offered to do
It. hns been offered, since this work
was done, contracts amounting to near
ly J40.non.fift. among them being the
Midland Railroad hotels, the extension
of the Savoy Hotel (the contract for
which lie hns accepted) and also a large
Coliseum that Is to cost over $2,000,000.
Persons lust returning from London
state that the city of London will be
entlrelx- rebuilt In the next 20 years.
These snme persons further stnte that
several prominent hanking houses In
London have offered Mr. Stewart nil
the mone- he will require for a large
construction comnany to undertake all
new buildings offered, and it is under
stood that he; will accept one of the prop
ositions offered him to organize a S 2 . -(MMI.
iMIO company 2.000.000 preferred
stock and f3.noii.oiin common stock. Mr.
Stewart is to get $50,000 for superintend
ing the work on the extension of the
Savoy Motel and It Is understood that
he has mad" oxer $400,000 In Just this
kind of work in the past 15 montlis.
taking no. risks himself whatsoever.
James C 3tewit.ll was the hi'ad of the
James Stewart Construction (nmpnny of
St. lands, find they have handled n
great many deals in tills country, one of
them being tire Imildlng of the Singer
Sewing Machine Works at South Bend.
Ind. New York Commercial.
oniiibn proves su.----iui It will be in
stalled at Fort W"ii!i Fort Smith, St.
Louis and finally ti in Ht Louis and
Kansas City to Chicago direct.
The Armour Pin king Compuny now
pays more than $ln" i"i" a year for leased
wires between Its pa. King houses, and by
an Investment of this amount of money
It hopes to Install a system of Its own,
which cun be operated at very small ex
pense. As Mr. la Forest expresses It.
there will be Ho win s rights of way,
poles and other equipment to keep in re
pair. In installing the system here two of the
large smoke stacks at the Armour plant
will be used. They are- inch 176 feet high
and a tripod will I-. e-i ci ted on top of
each stack 60 feet high making a total
height of 225 feet A large insulated wire
will then be extended from top to top
of these tripods. A ;'e horse power trans
former will be placed on top of one of
the houses of the plant Then 20 wires
176 feet long will b. attached to the horl
zontal Insulated win- and extended down
to the building Inclosing the transformer
so as to connect with it Thus a wire
screen will be made The 2o-horse power
transformer, Increasing the potential
from 110 to 2.600 volts will be connected
with these 20 wlr-s which form the
screen. The Armour Packing Compuny I
will furnish the electrical power. The
Instruments, which an- something slmllnr
to telegraph lnstrurm -nts. will be placed
In the room with the transformer. In
Omaha the same thing will be con
structed, and two time rs 2oo feet high
will have to be erected there for the
purpose. Kansas City Times.
BIO rABDXT ORCHESTRA.
It Has
AIT ELABORATE REASOHER.
"You are buse enough to confess that
you love her for her wealth I"
"My dear sir." answered Count Fus
c.nls. "that is not baseness; that shows
my democratic breadth of ideas com
bined with consistent respect for tra
dition." '
j "You should love her for herself."
i "My dear sir. beauty, Intellect and
j refinement ure mere accidents of birth,
j but money Is an evidence of ancestral
and possibly hereditary foresight and
force of character." Washington Star.
THE TWO VIEWS.
I deumed an angel culm; and led
Me tn u splendid room, hikJ there
Two paintings hung "high" o'er my head;
She bade me study them with cure.
One was the portrait of a man
whose mien was splendid; tilled with
uwe.
I gazed awhile. -then turned to scan
The picture opposite, and saw
Thlc likeness of u poor, weak one
A foolish egotist, low-browed.
Such as the millions who go on.
Day after day. down In the crowd.
The '"angel, speaking kindly, then
Suid: "Hotli ure portraits fair and
true;
The one yeiu try to seem to men.
The otiier's as the world sees you "
--S. E. Ktser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
MISBOR FOR MOTORMAN.
If an analysis of the causes of street
railway accidents were made It would
be found that a large proportion of
them are due to the fac t that the motor
man has to obex- his bell signals with
out knowing whether the steps ure
clear. Hy means of a mirror attach
ment which has recently been designed
It is possible for the mntormun to see
distinctly, at least during th1' daytime,
ill that transpires on one side of the
cur. This has the advantage at least of
soiling the liability of accidents
caused hy passengers being thrown
when jotting on or off cars. As a mat
ter of fact, the mntormun Is able to see
without effort beyond the rear of the
car, s() that If the conductor dons not
look back danger from this direction is
safe-guarded. The mirror, as shown,
extepds bujt a few Inches beyond the
side of the car, and. as It Is swung on
a pivot If struck by a passing wagon
or roadside obstruction, no damage Is
done. The frame Is made of bronze,
and both the back and front edges are
cushioned with b cork composition to
avoid the possibility of glass being
broken or the flying pieces entering the
car. Philadelphia Record.
Twelve Members and All Are
Skillful Musicians.
The pretty little town of Huntington, in
Putnum County. 2o miles south of Palat
ka. has within its borders an Interesting
fumily of 12, all music Iuiib. They are or
ganized under the name of "Farland's
Orchestra." The name was selected be
cause the family came to Florida from
Munltoba that far-land which has re
cently attracted smii world-wide atten
tion because of the great Influx of new
settlers there, on account of the cheap
ness of fertile farm lands. Hut, on ac
count of the cold, nfter several years'
stay, this fumily moved to Florida, the
land of perpetual spring.
The father of this Interesting family.
Dr. WHlker. Is a born musician. During
the long winter evenings In Manitoba,
with the mercury showing from 50 to 60
degrees below ze-ro the prlrle banked
with snow, so that cullers seldom came.
Dr. Walker taugat the children music,
and thus was laid the foundation of the
Farlund'a Orchestra, whose exquisite mu
sic now often delights the good people of
Huntington.
The Farland's Orchestra lines up as
follows: ,
Dr Walker, clarinet.
Mrs. Walker, orchestral organ.
Miss May Walker, first violin.
Miss Edith Walker, second violin.
Miss Taylor Mrs. Walker's (slster, first
'cello.
Miss Prairie- Violet Walker, second
'cello.
Miss Llllle Walker, viola.
Miss liuliv Walker, oboe.
Miss Minnie W alker, cymbals and bells.
W. Kyi" Walk.-r. flute.
Ernest Walker sarrusophone.
Kddle Walk, r- drum.
The membe-rs of-thls orchestra, having
spent so many years on the Munltoba
plains, are naturally athletes. The young
ladies can rid. w ild ponies without either
saddle or bridle, and they can play base
ball like professionals. Jacksonville
Times-l'nlon.
tsr r son. Look about you and see- If it
is not so.
A clear conscience, a cheerful mind,
a comfortable stomach what more could
you wish for?
In my very youthful days, a facetious
uncle once asked me that ancient ques
tion: "Do you eat to live or do you
live to eat?"
My best recollection is that, after pon
dering thoughtfully a moment, the nn
swer was that "I lived to eat ' Now,
while that sentiment may huve been mod
ified Since in some respects, let me con
fess that there Is still a considerable
pleusure to be found In satisfying "the
Inner man" at regular Intervals.
It Is next to Impossible to work well
without furnishing mind and body with
the proper fuel. It Is next to Impossible
to find a proper rest tn the day's grind
without the uld of good food. It is next
tu Impossible to wear a pleasant face, to
carry a light heart. If the prime neces
sity of feeding is not painstakingly at
tended to. j
A great many people seem to think !
thut eating Is the leust necessary of all i
human functions. When expenses must j
be cut down, the first economy is exer- j
clsed on nature's coal bin Quantity Is :
made less, and the quality purchased Is
poorer.
Many a girl will save her "lunch mon-
ttr'' .mi n-llh.lnt ttor mto.Olmo kukhujIIv
In order to buy a new piece of neck
wear. Many a mun economizes on his
meals In order to have more money for
cigars.
Every day you may see ptneh-faced
women In the finest of toggery. You'll
find their children to be skinny little beg
gars, too if they have any and their
husbands patrons of downtown restaur
ants because. Indeed, the lady
A Washington woman who has been
wintering In Cuba, in speaking of that
occupation dear tothe feminine heart,
shopping, declares that she never really
enjoyed It until she went to Havana.
"Shopping has always been my bete
nolr." she suid to a friend the other
day. "The hurry and bustle of u big
city shop, completely exhausts -me, and I
always feel a humiliating svnwe of my
insignificance us one umolig a crowd of
hundreds of determined women who are
elbowing and pushing me out of the xvay.
Now. In Havana it is quite another
tiling Imagine yourself in a huge ba
zaar, the sky overhead, except In the
beat of the day, when itxvniiigs ure fre
quently stretched serosa rrom one store i peculiar to the Indian's Idea of religion,
to the store opposite, the narrow streets When the Indian committed an act that
With their gay little shops stretching In ' his conscience told him was wrong. Ills
every nireciion. I ne snops , inemse iv
The coyote was the Indian's god In an
cient times. According to the legends of
that race he wrought more destruction
as a god than he has us a pest to the
white race.. Whenever the Indian sinned
this omnipresent god meted out such
punishment as the case required accord
ing to the nature of the crime and th
whim of the goifc '
' He appeared and disappeared in those
days as suddenly as he does In these
duys. Nowadays, when the coyote ap
pears, it Is to attack a band of sheep
and strew the plains with their car
casses, that he may return and feast at
his will. Whim he appearod in those
days It was as the Inaiau s god, and It
was either to spy them out in their sins
or mete out such punishment to them as
the case required.
Now he hides In the rocks and sage
brush udjucent to a band of sheep, and Is
only seen by the herder in the distance
as he snciikH from boulder to boulder,
or from bush to bush. Then he appeared
to tne Indian for a moment, as If he
had risen from the ground, and then
disappeared us suddenly as If the earth
bad swallowed hlm up. The Indian was
ever on the lookout for him, and h
nppi-ntanev was a signal for a worst
are for the most part one-story Hffuirs.
the slxe of an average room, and lighted
only by a door and window reaching to
yes were continually turned in every
direction on the lookout for the terrible
coyote god.
ieur xx isKiani. above I lie Dulles, on
the top. These are always open during I the Columbia River. Is a high rock pillar
overlooking that majestic stream. It Is
shaped like an Indian woman, except
thut Its fact1 is ugly and distorted. It
j looks like an old hag or witch. It Is
i claimed tii.it few Incllun women ever
j gazed on this reick in olden times, und
I thut today when they pass It, they turn
the daytime and early evening; at night
heavy doors nnd Iron shutters bar ibem.
Tile clerks have plenty of time to be
attentive, for there Is never Ai rush of
customers; In fact, more often thrVu not
a shopper has the place all to herself.
Nothing Is very cheap, to be sure. In
rail, l puiu 20 cents one nay tor a pair their faces the other wo if forced to
of shoe laces, but then I had the politest , turn th. Ir faces toward the witch's hem'
" "eii"i ,...r... ... ...... n is Bulu many ol them wouhyclose their
iouiiuiiik Blloipein, Uliu wan in cue
quaintest little shop bearing the ro
mantic name of La Fc the fairy
"Nearly all the shops and cafes bear
poetical names In large lettering over
their fronts. Just think how delightful
Instead of going to Smith. Jones &
Hrown for your shoes, to buy them at
Las Nlmfas the nymphs. Then gnu go
to Lu Relne de lus Floros ore La Gran
Senoru for dry goods; to El Angel or
La Perla to buy your flour and potatoes.
At La Ksperanze (hope), or I -a Luna
(the moon), you may find bacon und
slmilur products."
BUSIOUOIS A SPHIITX.
Naturalist Who Accompanies Roosevelt
West Noted for Taciturnity.
John Burroughs, the poet-naturalist,
who is accompanying the President on
his Western trip, holds the American
championship for tuclturnlty. He never
talks merely to be saying something or
to be ugreeuble. When the conversa
tional muse Is with him, he is the best
company Imaginable, but when his In
splratlon bus taken its flight there Is
uhout ns much company In John Bur
roughs as there Is In h deaf nnd dumb
person. He puys no more attention to
remarks addressed to hlm than If he
did not hear them. Those who know of
the remarkuble development of this trait
In the President's traveling compunion
would I feur that Mr. Roosevelt, who Is prone
ONXiY A NAMESAKE.
The statement made In the papers that
Herr Kubelik's fiance. Marianne Csaky
Szell, is the niece of the Hungarian
Prime Minister, is a mistake. The young
lady is merely the namesake of Minister
Szell's niece, who, when only 17 years
old, married a Hungarian hussar officer.
But the marriage was dissolved soon
afterward. The two ladles live in the
same town.
THE BI&OEBT LITTLE FELLOW.
Irate Visitor I call this a downright
fraud. You advertise on your bills. "The
Most Remarkable Dwarf In the World,"
and he turns out to be 5 feet S inches
high.
Bland Showman Exactly ' so, sir,
Thawte Just what's so remarkable about
him. He's the tallest dwarf on record.
Tit-Bits;
JOHN G. CARLISLE'S HOME.
Men and woni'-n who have had celeb
rity may live in New York without their
presence becoming known generally.
For Instani i . m one of the oldest houses
In Washington Square lives John G.
Carlisle. Se-i-etaiy of the Treasury un
der Cleveland Me, Mrs. Carlisle and
their son live ogletly and go Into so
ciety only on rare occasions. The Car
lisles formerly lived In 5 Waverley
Place. Mrs Carlisle being devoted to the
old district In their Waverley Place
house their son Logan died, and the fam
ily decided io move. They bought the
house nt l Washington Square and hax'e
lived then- in: five years. But the
house has m a been remodeled. It Is
.more like i fin, mansion of the sixties
than a mole-a ,ouHe. In the vestibule
arc painted the stiff birds and flowers
that were- In vogue two decades ago. In
spots tin- paint is blistered and chipped.
An nntlquntee! he, pull announces the
visitor, and he crosses a threshold that
sags from ag,.. The drawing room pre
nerves the old-fashioned atmosphere
perfectly. Tin windows have light cur
tains, hung with lambrequins of blue
satin, with a border of hand-painted
fruit's. Tie curtains In the doorways
are brown silk, with edgings of lace,
and th" brie a l ine consists of pairs of
vases, pictures framed after the fash
ion of 1m;ii, and so on. With the possi
ble exception of silver vases and cut
glass bowls tic interior Is distinctly
antique.
Mrs. Carlisle is charming, with the
gentle manner characteristic of the well
bred Kent in ky woman. She is extreme
ly tall, but not awkward, and &n soon
as one speaks to her one can See why
she ruled Washington 10 years ago. Al
though not pn-tty or stylish, according
to latter day standards. In her retire
ment she Is as Interesting and brilliant
as when the wife of a public man. New
York Press.
BAIN BARREL ACOUSTICS.
An eight-pound boy made his appear
ance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Harrison last night. Frank was seen
this morning with hit head down in a
rain barrel hollowing papa. Just to see
how It would sound, Webb City (Mo.)
Register, - -v.
save on the larder In order to make an
outshide show.
In no country but America will you
And ao little attention paid to whole
some food as one of the first necessities.
In Germany, England, France. It Is al
most a religion to eat well. But In this
country we care more for a dab of clilc k
en salad served In a handsome china
bowl ori a priceless damask napkin, and
an extravagantly expensive tablecloth,
than for a generous slice of nerve
steadying roust beef and accompanying
potutoes.
It'B ull "show."
I generally like to "fill up" nt home
beforehand (or surely do so later) when
occasion sets me down to a dinner In an
American family. Beautifully served,
of course. Everything spsck and span.
Hostess generally chatty and pleasant.
Host a trifle tired, but amlnble. But the
bread is In transparent wufers. The
meat Is cut so slenderly that a slice Is
but a delicate mouthful, l'otatoes are
really an ornamentation In the ensemble
and about ns useful us far as their
original purpose goes. Salads, fruits,
cakes, Ices everything making the best
of appearances but never "enough."
One is fed on nn excess of style and a
depressing scarceness of food.
The same situation holds swny in our
restaurants. Go Into any typical Ameri
can restaurant. You get style at a stiff
price, but you don't get enough to eat,
No wonder the American is thin, nerv
ous and dyspeptic. No wonder he Is al
lowing other races to usurp his place
In this country. It Is a marvel that he
has survived In as good form as he Is
today.
A girl told me the other day she
would have been a very pretty girl but
for the wanness of her face and the an
gles of her form that she had Just
bought a handsome suit of "albatross"
cloth "for nice." Now, any woman and
some men know the cost of "albatross"
cloth.
"How could you afford it?" I asked,
knowing her salary to be small and that
she was entirely dependent upon It.
"Oh, I've gone without breakfast for a
long time, and I never eut any lunch, and
I've been walking to and from the office."
N8W, what do you think of that? Is
the suit of "albatross" cloth worth It?
She'll not look half as sweet In that ele
gant gown as she might have appeured
In a less dearly purchased one. Is any
kind of gown preferable to rounded
cheeks, a happy eye. full soft Hps may
be a dimple or so and heaven-given
curves?
And don't say this Is but an exception
al case. It may be extreme, but In
stances near to it are everywhere.
Some people think they're too busy to
eat. Business, curd parties, dressing for
"functions." prepurlng papers for the
club, attending amusements, entertain
ing and being entertained it beats all
how unnaturally folks arrange their
lives.
Hustle through the breakfast got to
make the office by 8 o'clock, sure.
Hustle through the lunch got to get
back to work.
Late for dinner. Hustle through the
dinner got to go to the theatre.
Then doctor for dyspepsia, kick on the
doctor's bills, and-wonder why you are
such an unfortunate human being.
If Americans would spend the money
which they give to the doctor in provid
ing a sufficiency of good, plain food, and
giving due time to placing that food
where it would do the most good, there
would be one of the greatest social revo
lutions here that the world has seen.
Then there are the faddists the one
meal advocates, the no-breakfast en
couragers, the vegetarian cranks, and so
on. A Judicious fasting at times is
good for both body and soul, and "over
feeding Is as much of a crime as drunk
enness, But let not the aesthetic go to
the opposite extreme and continually
starve both body and soul. Economize
If you must. But don't economize in
to Judge men by their conversational
powers, will experience some lonesome
times after he und Burroughs shut
themselves out from civilization In the
Yellowstone Park.
Out of the President's Intimates, who
also knows Burroughs well, says there
Is a wide difference In the way these
two notables commune with nature. The
President Is the same In the mountain
fastness as he is in ,ne White House.
He likes to give x'olce und u loud voice
at that to ills delight and admiration.
Burroughs spends his life In silent en
joyment, and it is suid thut he greatly
dislikes any effort to change his mode.
As an Instance of his remarkable
ability to keep his mouth shut, it Is
related that an aggressive magazine
editor went to visit Burroughs at his
hermit retreat In the Adlrondacks a few
months ago. He was xvell acquainted
with the naturalist, having hnd a num
ber of business transactions with hlm.
Burroughs met the literary man ut the
door of his hut and offered him u warm
welcome. Then he took him on a 10
mtle tramp up and down the hills. When
they returned to the cottage he shook
hands wurmly with the Visitor as ho
said goodbye and declared that he was
the most entertaining guest he had had
for a long time. Not a word had been
spoken during the 10-mlle walk, and the
visit was an absolute failure from the;
editor's point of view, but ho did not
possess the ability to break through
the cloak of silence with which Bur
roughs had enveloped himself.
Burroughs lived In Washington 40
years ago He was then nn army nurse.
At that time Walt Whitman was em
ployed in the Treasury Department, und
these two made the acquaintance of a
streetcar conductor, whose first name
was "Mike." The three roomed together
In a very humble place, where the rent
matched the endurance of their pockef
books. "Mike," Judged by the world's
standard, was the best off, for each
month he received $101) In the depre
ciated paper money of the time for his
services to the tramway company. He
still occupies this enviable position, for
he Is now the head baggage-master at
one of the important stations on ' the
Pennsylvania Rallroao,
According to the gossip 1 which fol
lowed the announcement that Burroughs
was to accompany the President West,
at the end of one month the streetcar
conductor Intrusted his month's puy to
his. two friends to keep for him. They
kept It for a few days and then spent
it In a way of which they were not par
ticularly proud. As they went on they
became fearful that "Mike" would ask
them for his money, and ns they could
not give an accounting, they" began to
shun him. This became so noticeable
that he held' them up one night and
demanded to know xvhat was the mat
ter. They tried hard to dodge, but
"Mike" was obdurate, and finally Whit
man made a clean breast of the entire
matter. He said that they did not have
the $100. and that they did not know
how they were ever going to get thut
much money together. "Mike" laughed,
and told them that If he had wanted the
money or ever expected to get It back
he never would have given it to them.
It was a little later that Burroughs'
outdoor life began. He secured a little
patch of land near the Capitol, where
the trio made a retreat, and this finally
became so attractive to Burroughs that
he gave up his Government position.
There he tended to the cow, raised veg
etables, watched the trees grow and
studied the bugs and birds which were
always welcome to his patch. Human
beings were not lrtvited there. They
annoyed the things Burroughs loved
best. His only human acquaintances
were Whitman and "Mike." It is quite
likely that he would not have tolerated
them after he became engrossed In his
nature studies had they been talkative,
but Whitman could sit still and look
at the garden for hours at a time, while
the car conductor could always remem
ber not to rub he naturalist the wrong
way and keep trtbjnt as his companion.
When Washington grew out to the re
treat Burroughs gave up hla place. He
is not happy in the noise and bustle of
civilization. He ifvya he must have
quiet. Chicago News.
eyes
Once there was a beautiful Indian
muldcn. She was the daughter of a
renowned chief. She xvas the pride of
ull the tribe. Tlv warriors worshipped
nt her feet There was nothing that they1
would not do to gain her favor. At her
command they went forth upon the hunt
ers trail and the war path with an un
daunted spirit. No undertaking was too
dangerous and no ieed too daring when
she had told one to "Go"'
If she asked for the scalp of the most
noted enemy of her tribe It was brought
to her. A dozen chief and a hundred
warriors hud placed their lives In her
hand. When she desired an act per
formed It was performed, even though
It cost a dozen of these.
The chlclat were equally her slaves.
Her beauty was so great that even chiefs
of the neighboring tribes had come to
worship her. The women envied iier be
cause of he r beauty and power. When
she spoke nil ears were open to her
voice'; when she appeared all eyes wera
turned upon her.
Finally a war arose between the people
of her tribe and those of a great tribe
to tin- fur-away South. For many duys
they fought and neither could win. At
times It looked us though the tribe of
the "Beautiful Woman" would lose. She
could stand It no longer. Guided by
couriers, she went In view of the battle
ground. She sent for her warriors and
her chiefs. They told her of the mlgthjr
chief In cummund of the enemy.
"Go get his heud!" she commanded,
"und the first to present it to me shall
have my hand!"
It wits like throwing a firebrand Into
a dry meudow. It was the thing for
which every chief und warrior hud long
ed. They rushed uway like mad men!
Who should be the lucky one? They
were even Jealous of euch other. Like
sleuth hounds, like mud men, like SO
many demons, they rushed forth to wia
the- pllze!
Seated upon a high eminence on tha
rlmrocks she watched the contest. Her
warriors were met half way on the level
plain below. The enemy was led by a
stalwart chief, who towered above all
on either side. The clash came! Tha
maiden men, urged on by the prize sbo
had offered, dushed Into tile very ranks
of the enemy. The stulwart chief wus
their main object of attack. But ha
seemed to bear a charmed life. His men
flocked to his rescue und such u buttle)
had neve r ensued before. Hand to hand
I they struggled! War songs, war cries,
I death yells und death shrieks mingled
i together aa did the flowing blood!
Above all, and unscathed, stood the
stulwurt! Men fell before him like chaff.
Ills own men hud fullen as well us those
of the enemy, but this greut chieftain,
fresh und tierce us when the buttle llrst
beguv, cut his way through men with ua
ease that charmed the disappointed wo
mun.
Soon her people began to give back.
Then a panic xvas imminent. The enemy
hud only to full upon them and slaughter
them.
At this point the victorious chief called
off his men. "Go!" he said to the routed
warriors, "your lives are spared. It is
to her," he continued, pointing to the
beauty high up In the cliffs, "to whom
you owe your lives, and not to my gen
erosity! Tell her that I will call in time)
and demand my reward!"
The defeated warriors and their falP
sponsor returned to their home on the)
great river much dejected she mors
than her companions, for she had lost
many friends; and, above all, had had
her pride humbled. The beauty of the.
"land of legends" had lost njfl and waa
now at the mercy of the stufwart chief,
who had spared the people of her tribe.
"I will call in time und demand m
reward!" she would repeat with sorrow
ful heart. -
In those days the conquering chief?
could demand so much property or so
many captives as slaves. Or he could
take the choice maiden of the tribe aa
his wlfo or to dishonor her!
"What rewurd will he-claim?" often
asked the dejected beauty of herself.
The day came! It was late in th
afternoon. A messenger entered the vtl
lage and informed the beauty that tha
stalwart chief would have her meet hlm
at sunset on the banks of the great
river. -
"It is either to leave us as his wife)
or remain dishonored," aaid her aged
father. "Go as his wife, or die!" ha
continued. . "We could bear your ab
sence as his wife, but not your presence)
us his mistress," sobbed the old man, aa
she bade him farewell.
Slowly she wended her way out of tha
village. The sun was already setting.
The people of the village ipoked long
ingly after her until she passed beyond
the cliff. All night long they waited and
wondered. T But next morning told tha
story! The conquering chief had been
unyielding. He had demanded only ona
thing as his reward. The coyote had
caught them in the act. The beautiful
maiden was doomed. The Indian god
had transformed her into a pillar ot
rock.
It was the fate of the adulteress!
Since that time, no Indian woman,
guilty of the crime, has looked upon tha
rock pillar. The great eyes of tha
witch's head gaze down upon those
guilty of the same crime and follow
them wherever they go.
They convey the wrath of the Indian',
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Homer's Home Bon.
Homer Lilly, the young and ornament
al clerk at the Hotel Wilbur, visited hla
home in Coldwater Thursday. Jones
viUe (Mien.) Independent-
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