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r THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 22, 1903. EDITORjIcXL CQcMcTWEIvrT c4ND . TIMELY TOPICS fc SSjttS :.. BY C. S.1 JACKSON Jfmttntaf JOURNAL PUBLISHING' 3 COMPANY, Proprietors. Actdrettt THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth and Yamhill St.., Portland, Op. SJte.-.r - 11 i ' . . . , . .CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Entered at the Postofflce of Portland, "Oregon, for transmission through the mails a second-class matter. ' Postage for single copies For an 8, 10, or 12-page paper, 1 cent; 16 to 28 pages, 3 cants; over 28 puges, S cents. i TELEPHONES i Business Office Oregon, Main 600; Columbia, 705. Editorial Rooms Oregon Main 250. SUBSCRIPTION RATES t I . Terma by Carriar. 'The Dally Journal, one year ..... , The Dolly Journal, slxmonths ... The- Dally Journal, three months ; The Dally Journal, by the week .. .$5.00 . 2.60 , 1.30 . .10 Tarms by Mail. The Dally Journal, by mall, one year.. $1.00 The Dally Journal, by mail, six months. 3.85 The Daily Journal, by mall. three months 1.25 The Daily Journal, by mall, one month. .60 NOT AN ESSAY ON OLD CLOWES (By Ida ClareJ "v '; Tha Weakly Journal. The Weekly Journal, 100 columns of read ing eacb Issue, Illustrated, full market re ports, one year, 8 l.'O. ( Remittances should be made by drafts, postal notes, express orders and small amounts are acceptable In one and two-cent postage stamps. ' . THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 121. Portland, Oregon. Tha Senl-Weekly Journal. V. The Semi-Weekly Journal, eight to twelve pages each issue, all the news and full market reports, one year $1.60. , Strenuous pleasures are on the Increase. In this connection. President Jordan, of Leland Stanford Jr, University, recently stated: "The kingdom of heaven is with us when we have developed along normal lines." Many are developing them selves on abnormal lines in an unhealthy way. It means destruction a gradual going down the hill to the dropping off place. Many men and women today are thrusting aside their homes for abnormalities. After the hard round of daily busi ness comef the evening, often the night, of "pleasure." ' Quiet is shunned like a pest by the average man .or woman of today. "Pleas ure" means late hours, extravagant habits, glitter and noise, an everstlmulated brain, a harassed stomach, a wearied body, and a growing cynicism. These are more worry-wrinkles and more bad. tempers caused by so-called "pleasures" than by hard work. , ' One's future depends largely upon one's pleasures of today even more so than upon the work of today. One's pleasures should be the tonic to restore the waste and wear of one's work. MANLY REPLY FROM MILES. Apologists for the atrocities committed by ' American soldiers in the Philippines can make but one reply to Gen. Miles, and that Is , to ridicule and belittle Mm . They dare not enter upon a fair discussion of his re .port nor '. invite thorough investigation of the cruelties and abuses to which he has the allowance previously agreed upon and that he would decline to go.on with the mar riage unless his own proposition were ac ceded to. His demand was for $10,000 a year for himself, and that the entire fortune of the. bride should go to the Hartford es tate in the event of her death without Issue. The relatives of Mia s Thaw were furious, but the Earl was obdurate. He held the whip hand and despite the stormy objec tions of the bride's brother, Yarmouth Un called attention. It is a significant fact that the dismay, with which the Republican press auy carried his point, the lawyers were sum at first received his disclosures has been rol- moned and a new contract was drawn, the flowed by -bitter personal attacks upon Gen. I organ meanwhile repeating .over and over Allies ana a concenea enon to aiau-aci me the strains of the wedding march while the attention of the public from his report by I guests waited for the bridal couple to ap- heaplng abuse upon Its author. pear. When the- contract had been signed. Gen.' Miles has written a reply, to his this unscrupulous scion of nobility at length critics which is Justly characterized by the Ugreedto the consummation of his mer ceijary pttrgain, ana ine ceremony was per formed. American heiresses who can learn nothing from this miserable match deserve no sympathy from the public. . -. v Dignity! There are times and' situation?, apparently, ; where ifcvfSuperabundance of It hempers action, and retards progress. " , ' '. ' . Andlothes! What are clothes, my dear madam, compared to character?. Some of the most gifted and brilliant women of this, or any age, have shown anotable .dis regard for dress. And we have had recent evidence of the fact that clothes do not" a poet make. Think of the superiority of the mind of the woman who can wear the same gowjtxat teas, receptions, dinners and other social functions for six months at; StrftJPU,' bllssruiiy ODUTIOUS to the gatnering ousk oi us once lusiroue wnuenesa Grace, amiability, and the power to produce poems that please , and charm and help the world to higher thoughs and happier hopes are not these better, and more to be desired than fine raiment, and tha fashionable fripperies with which we .less gifted mortals must adorn ourselves? ' for only she who achieves can afford to forget her clothes:'-' ;" J ' '"' ,; ' But, my dear madam, judge the woman by what she does, not by what she wears. Surely she who produced that most exquisite of songs, "The Lost Garden," Is clothed in. Immaterial beauty, and Is not dependent upon the opt of the dress maker and the man milliner for the power to attract and hold affection and admiration. "',. By the way, do you know that the women of Portland are generally admitted to be the most tastefully and quietly gowned as compared with those of any city this side of New York? There are, also, It Is clnlmed, more pretty, girls and less loudness. to be observed on the streets of our conservative town than anywhere els In the North west. '''. " '.'"':., 0 ; .; '. ';" - A woman who has sojourned In nearly every city of note on the face of the globe, and who travels about the world, as she expresses It, with her eyes open, says: "It is remarkable, don't you know. Why even the girls behind the counters have an air of refinement. They look like, ladles." -'.' ;.w "They are ladies," the loyal American to whom ber observations was addressed, as sured her. Hla, "abatement puzzled her, but. she explained it finally 'on the ground. of his being a Westerner. Yet he -poke . from conviction. His wife and her, at-the-tlme; hostess, had been a chambermaid In a country hotel before ho married her, and is now one of the society leaders In this city, a woman known and loved for her nobla nature and charming manner, and none the less revered because of the fact that In her youth she earned an honest living by honest, work. PRES. ROOSEVELT IS MERCIFUL The Suggestion Is Made That He Invite Hermann to Ride on the Same Train With Him ' . . . find 'He Compiles. ' . r'f' ,."t.":' . JPT-;------!- " - , - 'i ! ; . (tj f The following remarkable "confession of guilt" recently Appeared in a . morning paper:;. . ; .; ,. '..,,' -' "President -Roosevelt has Invited Blnger Hermann, Republican candidate for Congress ,ln the First District-to ride with him from Salem to Portland. The invitation Is evi denoe conoluslve that the President wishes Hermann te be elected. . The letter Is as fol lows: ; .',.;' . . " "... , ; . , U!To Hon. Blnger Hermann, McMlnnvllIe, Of.; , The President will be pleased to have you join-, his train at Salem and ride with him to Portland. ' . WM. LOEB. 3TL, . - "Secretary to the President" "Following upon the announcement Of the President, as published by the Oregonlan last week, this letter bears out that: (tThere Is not one word of truth In the rumor that I am opposed to Mr. Hermann's election; but, on the contrary, I heartily and earnestly de sire his election. I hope that every voter who believes In the principles of the party and wishes well for the administration will cast his vote for Mr. Hermann.; The ru mored quarrel between Mr. . Hermann and myself Is without foundation. Our relations are, and always have been, cordial.' "That announcement was "',xtry discon certing to the Democrats of the district. This letter will be doubly so. They , hoped to . - L SHARPER, EAS .Most people suppose THAN OURS. : 4 l molo to. be dumb, THE HUMAN FLAG New York World as "a manly, soldierly, patriotic production.". With honorable ln- 'f dignation, Gen., Miles denies that his cen sure of the cruelties practised upon the - Filipinos "smirches the honor of the army" v and be adds that "no one can nave a more sacred regard for Its honor than myself." In support of his belief that the tortures ,4 inflicted upon prisoners were unnecessary, Gen. Miles says: , "In the greatest and bloodiest of all wars, covering four years and In which were en gaged 8.000,000 of brave men, I have never heard of a single case of human torture, and those who falsely assert that it was prac tised Insult alike those1 who wore-the blue . and the gray. "For 100 years ,the army has been waging ' war against savage Indians, and there Is no namable atrocity; jthat at some time some Indians did not commit, but retaliation In kind and violence toward .captive and sur rendered Indians has always been pro hibited. ' ' '.' ' "It Is Idle to assume that campaigning in the Philippines has conditions that warrant resort to mediaeval cruelty and a departure : from the lionorable method of conducting warfare, or that such departures as have existed should be overlooked and condoned, Let the critics of General Miles meet him on these grounds If they would preserve the semblance of fairness. FAILURE OF THE GAG LAW. No man In the country is being so merci lessly cartooned and ridiculed as is Gover nor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania ' by the press of that state, since "he signed the in famous press muzzling law. He supposed when he signed the law that he had ef fectually suppressed the newspaper cartoon alld that in future he would be InSmune from the caricaturists' attacks. But me Pennsyl vania papers are Indulging In, a perfect orgy of cartoons, and the Governor is the central figure in them all. In Philadelphia the newspapers seem to be engaged in keenest rivalry for the distiiw tlon of being first to be sued under thenlquitous law. All the re sources of satire and caricature are em ployed in the effort to goad the Governor into legal steps for the enforcement of his law. He has been afforded the excuse for a , hundred libel suits, If he has the nerve to bring them. '' No effort to jgag the press will ever be successful ln enlightened America. We commend' to Governor Pennypacker'a prayer- ful consideration .that sound old adage, 'don't monkey with. the buzz caw."- LEND A HAND. With the failure of the efforts to invoke the referendum' upon the Lewis and Clark Fair and the Portage Railway, these two great public enterprises must now be pressed to completion. The deep interest, of the peo pie of Oregon In the success of both these projects has been demonstrated by the utter collapse of the attempt to refer them to pop ular vote. Only about four per cent Of the registered voters of the state signed the referendum petitions, and tt is probably true that many of the signers were actuated, not by hostility to the measures themselves, but by the. belief that they should be subjected to vote. The task of Initiating the work on the portage railway lies with the Governor, the State Treasurer and the Secretary of . State. Some preliminary investigations have al ready been made and they will doubtless proceed at once with the preparation of specifications and procuring bids. ' Vastly greater Is the work of the Lewis and Clark Fair. Its direction has been en trusted to a Board of Directors whose' per sonal character and Standing Justifies the public confidence that the enterprise will be pressed to completion with energy and seal. But if the Fair Is to be the success which Oregon demands, the work must not be left to the directors alone. They must have the hearty co-operation of the people. Pop ular interest and popular support will be most powerful factors in making the Fair a worthy exposition of the riches, the re sources and the energies of the great north- . west. , Every man, woman and child in Oregon should from this time forward strive to lend a hand in making the Fair a success. An Ohio woman has received a letter from an unknown man, enclosing 25 cents; in pay ment for a chicken which he stole in 1861, before entering the army. He has now be come a minister and sent the money as a conscience .contribution. If a similar re pentance should overtake the tax grabbers of Multnomah County, the county treasury should receive some handsome remittances about the year 1940. But it is scarcely to be expected that they will ever enter the min istry. ""'.. ' W4 i V"; . Viiii vf A Pretty Idea of the Pupils of Portland's Pub Ii Schools. It Was One of the Features of the Presidential Reception. From a Photograph by a Journal Photographer.' 7 FIRST NEWS OF WATERLOO. Leopold de Rothschild tetls ttjis story of how the house of Rothschild had in Us carjy days beaten the English newspapers In ) obtaining important information, and he related the true version of how the first news of the victory of Waterloo was made known to his grandfather. ; , .. There had, he said, been many different accounts of the latter incident, but the ac curate one was that the news came through the medium of a small Dutch newspaper. The intelligence was published in a single line: "Great victory ' of the English at Am sterdam." ,'. ). , ' ' '''.-.'''ri -,( His grandfather, who-was the owner of some, ships, told, his captains that when ever they-went anywhere they were always to, brinjf him he latest newspapers. One of these trusted captains arrived with a paper .announcing the great"" victory." His grand father Immediately took the news to the treasury and, gave tho iiiprffiatlon to Lord Liverpool.' He did not tell how he knew it,;ahd his news was scouted because the Intel ligence had arrived on the previous day that the British troops hall been : beateii V ," As to the siege, of Paris, Mr. de Rothschll said that his firm received tlje news by pigeon post from his brothcr-In-law, who haJ been In Paris during the whole. siege, and they knew at least a fortnight beforehand that Paris was about to capitulate. He did not think it had any importance financially, but it enabled them to send to Paris by a trusted messenger a wagon load of provisions,' which was the first food to enter the city - when it. capitulated. :y :','.'; . - As regards foreign news, it' was Indeed wonderful how different the newspapers of the present day are. from 'tfioseSof a quarter of, a century1" ago When -JVlr.de Roth schild first went into the city they were dependent on a -mysterious letter, "Les petite. DaplerSi" which was written by M. Tansky and was eopied by his ' cleric. He believed that the London Times and one or two., other ' papers wer,e in the habit of receiving this document which came to the inhabitants of the &ty, and from that little letter the for eign news was elaborated in the greatest journals 'of the day. ; . , ' A HUCKSTERING EARL. The latest 3teclocure Concerning the Yar-iTouih-Thow ninrringe ls that the liberal set- , tlcnr.cnt irafie tpen the grcom by the tcrm3 : of, -the legs Yt contract; which preceded the .v cidtac,-as --Ski "'icffutfcf .a roup effected by I."; i -'rls-e-t i:&.t ki -nta W.,::tic i hltar. J It The latest, fad in Boston is genealogy, and the papers are devoting columns to the pub lication 'of facts about the forebears of their eaders. The craze Is not likely to become popular on .the Pacific Coast Too many people on thjs side of the continent, prefer not to talk about their ancestry and the par per. that insisted upon publishing such news !ght find a crop of libel suits on its hands. .U'aj.siitrci 'at Jest tr.omers TU-!le the xcr.is were .rea-.y wailing In , The r hrrrb'Cor'the crfCTic."' to begin, the sordid, Cl anr.ouncd thai he v.oa dissatifHcJ with J,.:--. ',ijrt,:: ';wj:l;:;v'f:.i,:-;':.' The Pennsylvania politician who brings the first Hbei Suit" under the new, press muzzling law will certainly be well adver tised. He need not be afraid that his name , will. not pet Into the papers.. - .,.';! i i . - .. v'. ..''-' i ,- 1 -; . DOGS SMELL DEATH. , :'".'';' There's in old Euptrstition that a howling-dog in front of f he house of -an ill person portends death. One prominent physician belicves'absolutely In It. The physician has a wonderfully acute sense of smoll. Frequently, . he says, he can foretell the coming of death within 48 hours of a ixttient's demise. " Within two days of death, he says, a Pe culiar earthy odor becomes noticeable about'Ja person about to die. He tells of one case where he became aware of the" peculiar odor, while talking to an apparently7 healthy man. That night the "man dropped dead ofheart disease. The physician Is far from at tributing the peculiar manifestation to other ;than physiological reasons. '- His. own sense of smell Is abnormally acute. -Troy Press. , " , y . r ' , . "JUDGING BY THE JOBi A man was taken on as. a laborer'ln one of .the" large- shipbuilding yards oniithe Clyde. The first job he had to ao was to ca rry sorne rather heavy planks. He had been; about an hour cairylng them, when he went up to the foreman and Said "Did ah tell you ma name whin ah started?" ' " ' . : "Aye," said the foreman. "You said it was Tamson." 1 "Oh, that's a right," replied the man,' looking over at the pile of planks he had to carry. "Ah wis wunnerin' if you thocht ah said it was Samson." Tit-Bits. ' . . ; As usual, the directors of the road were hanged"for manslaughter. " ?, J f .' Of course, they were only remotely to blame for. the wreck. , - .;'-"1: . The engineer was color blind. '.He admitted,' under oath that In his youth he" had read the supplements of the Sunday papers. Yet the art editors of these papers go and come as they will, and brazenly hold their beads as high as anybody. Puck,- ' -. -v ' H r i" " ' '!,,"' but.lt is not. .Atmoie.can give a -sound so ahrin that It hasn't any effect on the human ear at all, and another sound so" low and oft that no human, being can hear" It. Yet weasel can - hear both these sounds as plainly as you can hear the report of a gun, and a sound-registering machine, the pho ' hautograph, will show them both, with scores of other sounds you are deaf to. The usual note of the mole Is a low purr, which Is uses a good ueal while at work under ground, and It can also shout at the- top of Its voice, If hurt oc alarmed; but though It shouted and purred In your ear you wouldn't hear it. The, sound register, however, with Its delicate pencil that marks the volume of sound on a paper, gives the quality of both sounds., - . X weasel, too, which Is one of the mole's enemies, can hear these sounds through a couple of Inches of earth, and often catches the mole when he throws up his hillocks of earth. The common field mouse, too, has a purr that Is altogether beyond you, though you can hear him squeak plainly enough If he is hurt. A death's-head, moth, too, can squeak, but that Is done by rubbing his wings together, and Is not a voice at all. But the champion of all creatures for good hearing, and one that can hear a sound that is over a hundred degrees beyond our own limit is the common thrush, and you may often amuse yourself by watching him at it, He can hear a lobworm moving underground, locate him by the noise and haul him out. Often you can see a thrush Itand per fectly still on your lawn, cock his ear and listen Intently, then" make a couple of steps and haul out a fat lobworm. Even the star llfig, which Is about the size of a thrush, cannot do this, but he knows the thrush can, and, being a disreputable person- with no common honesty, he follows the young thrushes about on their, worm huntsVnd steals the worms from them as soon as tHey are caught - As for! the smells you can't smell, they are more numerous than those you can, and If you want an example, go on your knees In a field where there are part ridges and see If you can smell them six or seven yards away or even a freshly dead one an inch from your nose. . i ' ," .:' -''V. .,"";; . ;::-v'. : ;!,-'y; TThey have no scent to you. But If you own a pointer dog you may watch him can to across a field at full speed and suddenly stop as if shot, tall outstretched and body rigid, nose in the air, all because he Caught .the scent ; of a covey of birds some yards away wafted to him by the wind. He and most other dogs can smell a lark as far as a partridge. But If you choose you can make yourself smell ffi per cent better by wetting, your finger and drawing it unaer your nose. ; With damped nostrils like the dbg you will detect Bcents that did not reach you before. Coming to the feelings you cannot feel, perhaps It is as well they are so numerous. You can feel a gnat set tie on your skin, but not a lake midge, nor 60 of them, and you cannot even feel their bite though they stick a quiverful of saws and flies Into you-tlll the Irritation begins, i-s ' r:. ': v:lv''. '.; .' !';',4'iJ.';-,.i;:''''' L': '''.' " , But watch one of those midgets light on a horse's flank though they do not weigh the 60,000th of a drachm and you will, see the horse glv? hla whole skin a , twist,': round about where the midge )s, and try to shake It off. Even though he has a shaggy coat, he can feel that midge alight. Besides these limits to your . every-uay senses, however. there are several senses "Which you haven't got at all, but which plenty of other crea tures have. . One is the sense of weather. You cannot tell by any sense except news paper reports what the weather will be the day-, after tomorrow, but animals can, for they carry natural barometers In their brains. When a frost, for Instance, has lasted a week or -two, and the meadows are bound: "up,, you will find Insect-feeding. bijrd8 that - have gone to the mudbanks of estuaries, moving back In flocks to the fields SO hours before the, .first signs of a thaw. Chicago Record-Herajctn - " prove that the President had never said the words ascribed to him. The letter will dis sipate the hope" into thin air, and the Demo crats will have to fight ihelr battle on polit ical issues. The President, of course, feels oDiigea 10 neip out a Remibllcan candidate' for a national office. This duty he the national party,, and to shun f ft lift Vim AtnkssMstMni H - . . .- - ' -,'' : r The. reader win especially, nottTe the, words In black letters. s it not strange that this Invitation had to be construed as an evidence on the part of President Roose velt to "whitewash"! Blnger Hermann so jthat he might break; Into' Congress after "break- Ing out", of the General Land Office on the ' toe of Secretary Hitchcock, with President Roosevelt's full knowledge "and consent And, further, let the reader observe that the attempt la made In the, above quotation to make It appear that President Roosevelt has said or written his endorsement of Hermann, In the face of the fact that he caused him to be "kicked out" of the General Land Office, Corruption Is a tree, whose branches , are Of an unmeasurabie length; t they spread Everywhere; an,'d" the dew that"- drops - from! thence . f Hath Infected some chairs and stools 6f autnonty." , THE JOURNAL' WACO Unique Expedition Being , Sent Throughout -' Central and Southern Oregon by the Oregon Dally Journal. ' The Oregon Dally . Journal advertising wagon la nowN rolling along somewhere in the Interior of Oregon, where roads' are often dim and postoffices carcej.V f ' - , This unique scheme has attraete a, great attention, as almost "every Central Oregon exchange has reprinted the story , ofThe Journal wagon, as It first appeared in the East Oregonlan three weeks ago. It ' left Shanlko last week In charge , ef Paul DeLaney as' correspondent, and A-'-E. Puterbaugh as solicitor. They expect to remain In the field for at . least three months, perhaps ending their remarkable trip at Pendleton some time In August. ' ' .-. All the famous battlefields of Central Ore gon, all the ' early settlements, old mining camps, plajcea of historic note and prominent pioneers will be visited and written up. . The Journal will make use of the, data gathered in a great harvest or holiday edi tion this falK Pendleton East Oregonlan.1 The damage to the cotton crop from the leaf worm, . which In soma seasons exceeded 120,000,000, is now prevented by Insecticides. The missing link from Fashoda to UjlJi' in the telegraph line from Capo Town to-Cairo, will be supplied by wireless Instruments, ''.'.,'.'. ' ' ;;.,.-,-"-. J fit': t '?. ;"..,-":"'" 'V''' CATCH ALL OF 'EM. The rank and file of MIssourftns, without regard U party, have but one opinion rel ative to the boodlers. They wish all caught. They make no distinction as to high or low, Democrat or Republican. It Is a matter of common honesty, of public honor, of clvlo righteousness. ' ., '. As a party question Democratic officials cannot afford to stop In the investigation. In dictment and punishment of those guilty ot corruption. " While there Is no politics; In crime the party In power will , be Judged as responsible in largest measure for the f corruption. It will be the sufferer, should the party officials fall to do their whole duty -In, the premises. Nor will It be sufficient If two or three of the more blatant boodlers. those who can be the most eaailyjconvicted, are indicted or sent to prison f while the are, for personal reasons, allowed to go iu-Y whipt of justice. As far as the effect Vn" the' public mind is concerned it would ji better to permit all to escape., '.' fl-: I The Democratic party in Missouri Is on trial. . The machinery of the courts Is en tirely In Democratic hands. Judges, Jurors, prosecuting attorneys, sheriffs, all are Demo crats, elected upon Democratic tickets and pledged to Democratic policies. Publlo clamor ought not to be permitted to indict orJ convict tne innocent, DUt tne guuty must not be allowedjo go unpunished because of per sonal or political pulls. The state prison is the proper place for all who violate the state laws If the Democratic officials do not send them there the time will speedily come when there will be no Democratic officials to pass upon Doodling cases. V '' - Catch 'em all. Having caught them, pun ish. That's honesty and sound party policy, The Columbia, Missouri, -Herald. - - THE SUNSET MAGAZINE. Av published in. Saf,L . sItl ' The Sunset. Magazine,' Francisco, for May, la a superb number, is full of "good things" Commencing with the", poem "In the.West" and ending with the fine display advertisements, the .magazine is handsomely .illustrated and printed and 'a great credit to "the art preservative." There is a 'story by Sam C. Dunham, "Tonopah and Its Gold," and a character sketch. 'The Gov ernor of Nevada," by Sam Davis, that "old time" newspaper man. l this is only a sample of the content, s jbt the number, : a copy of which raifblK obtained at 10 cents from any newsdeaferor by application to the passenger agents "of the Southern Pacific,-the passenger department of that rail road being Its publisher. Fifty-eight feot is the height of a colossal monument to the late Prince Henry of Orleans which is to be erected on Cape 6t Jacques, at the mouth of the Saigon river, French Co chin Chfna. - , , V Tasajo, or jcrkod betf,, is the prlnclpuKex- pqrt of Uruguay, the amount being 8.60O.OO pounds per annum. The great market for It is