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OFFICIAL, CITV PAPER
GOOD EVENING.
Mont nf us are Inclined to think that
If our tanks- were different. It would
be easier for us to be the sort of men
and women that we ought to be. Yet
every duty la an opportunity, and we
, need no other gymnasium for the devel
opment of our moral muscle than the
work which falls to our hands today,
whatever that work may be. If our
, present tank does not help us to be
more gentle, patient, kind and faithful
It Is exceedingly doubtful whether any
other set of circumstances would work
In us the ends of character. Robert
Whlttaker In San Francisco Star.
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THE MAYOR'g I FiGDfcES.
HE MAYOR OF PORTLAND has pub
lished a comparative statement of
Ihm arreata mAm a nd flnea. rotlerted
in the six months preceding bis administra
tion and thf first six months of tils own 4
'ministration which has Just ended. In the
first period there were 1.4SI arrests -and
' f l.STf collected In fines. In the second period
' there were 4,171 arrests and tiS,159.0 col-
lecteaT in flnea. "These figures apeak for
themselves," says the Mayor. But do they
tell the whole story? The Mayor Is entitled
";to have and shall receive full credit for the
, difference In policy which results In this dlf
j ferepee In the figures.
The ordinary Implication from the In
creased number of arrests end the' Increased
' amount of fines would be that a much more
,v r .. Vigorous polcy In prosecuting criminals fas
. , been Instituted by the new administration.
Another natural Inference from ibese figures
m " a sudden and active assault on
"crlml"nrtist result In a corresponding de
crease In the number of criminals Infesting
the city, ana a more orderly administration,
v ut neither of there concluefons vould be
'eorrtcu The figures do not stand either for
' more vigorous prosecution or for e decrease
f crime, They stand for just ina contrary,
' - They moan a very different change of policy
from that for which they are quoted.
It is not Intended here to discuss the pol
icy, but only to see tha't the Mayor's admin-
1st rat Ion shall have the full credit for It, and
for wbnt it is in truth and fact, without
the erronaotl Inferences.
. Now the truth is that these additional ar
rests are not arrests at all, and these uddl-
It
communication will be struck with, its
Yisrd-hpaded sense. It is a rardlpal prlri.
cipie of thrifty philosophy that a dollar
saved is a dollar earned. Us wisdom has
never been doubted and .its apportion may
safely be extended from the Individual to
the community. .Portland Is the metropolis
of an Inland empire. We boast of the, fact
and the boast needs no Justification, for
Is self evident to the most casual observer
Nevertheless progress In Portland comes as
a matter of course. Nobody makes a violent
effort to bring It about. It comes entirely
through natural and normal conditions with
practically no artificial stimulus such as
characterises many other American towns,
The tributary country has made Portland,
solely and inevitably, but whether Portland
has quite risen to its opportunities or
grasped them In all their breadth and "If
nlflcance Is another question.
It Is a very significant question which our
correspondent puts to us. If Portland money
which might Just as well be spent at home Is
to be sent away to supply our ordlnsry needs
It Is forever taken out of the local channels
of trade and is of no further benefit either to
our own people or to men who are Inclined
to Invest here. If that theory should degen
erate Into a system It needs no Intellectual
giant to see the outcome of a policy which
builds up our neighbors at our cost.
There Is a lesson In It all for the people
of Portland to ttV? to. heart. Let us do here
all those things that It Is possible to do. Let
us patronise home Industries and home In
stitutions and thus by building them up, help
to build up the city. Our competitors may
be trusted to look after themselves. Most
of them have a shrewd and wary eye for the
main chance. Let them continue to have It,
but at the same time, let us not forget that
Portland's first duty Is to Itself and Its own
people. Any thr theory atuoua folly for
which the fatal penalty must be paid and
that, too, sooner than will be comfortable
for many of us.
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A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.
HERE WAS A TIME In the history of
Journalism when the college grad
uate who aspired to its ranks was
looked upon with contempt almost too pro.
found for utterance. The youthful graduate
was himself largely responsible for it. He
was generally a x sappy young thing, filled
to overflowing with Impractical theories and
who knew little more about the conditions
of reel life than a' babe In arms. But while
without th ehadow of practical experience,
he had a profound veneration for the knowl
edge i hit he had acquired and a cold and un
snakable confident in his own Intellectual
superiority that was peculiarly gulling to
those associated with him.
There were, of course, college graduates
even In those days employed on newspapers
and In capacities other than the manufacture
of the ponderous essays which were called
editorials. Hut usually they succeeded not
because but In spite of their college training,
The Civil War gave Journalism, as pey un-
IT CQ9T9 MONEY TP LIFT THI CUP.
Sir Thomas Listen Has Already Spent Over
Million "4 naif In Money.
From the New .York Bun.
Attempting to lift the .America's Cup la
strenuous- work. Kor more than five years
Sir Thomas Llpton, one of .' Britain' mer
chant princes, has been devoting every
minute of his spurs time and. millions of
dollar of hta fortune to try to capture the
trophy won E) years ago by tha. famous
schooner 'America. In Ms five years of hard
work 81 r Thomas has loosened few of tha
rivets that have" held the cup so fast In lhl
country, and he fondly hopes that thlg time
with his triple Shamrock he will bear It away
to the Emerald Isle, " v ,
Yacht racing Is a sport of millionaires, and
it ratner pleases me insx parous tnat,
while he alone la defraying the eoat of racing
two tO-footers and. of running a big Steamer,
tenders and houseboat, his opponent In tha
friendly contest have enlisted thf ervlca
in a financial way of I pf thlg country
richest men. ' V
tional fines are not flies, in any proper sense I deratood, Its renl foothold In this country.
of the word. An arrest, a genuine legal ajv
rest, is the detention of a person accused of
'crime for tha purpose of Judicially . ascer
talnlng his guilt and then punishing him. A
. fine Is tha Imposition and collection -of the
penalty Imposed by Jaw for a violation of law
and to prevent Ms repetition. These sup-
.'..posed arrests nre not mtide for any trial.
v The accused ore not trlJ or found guilty.
-. i ne socaneu lines are not luipoiwa upon
convicted criminals nor Intended to prevent
rT and they do not prevent ft repetition of the
Offenses. What really happen is that the
persons who figure in this Increment of ar
rests simply put up money, as bull money, In
, the mun)clpa) eoqrt to pay forvtinm unity.
from prosecution for the succeeding period
- Of one month. The new policy, therefore, J
Since then the standard has rapidly risen,
notwithstanding hysterical Innovations, and
each worker flnda tha,t broader and more
substantial the foundation of his education,
the better he Is equipped for his business,
This (Joes not imply that college education
alone will nmke a newspaper man ony more
than .lt will make n poet, but gran'p'l cer
tain capacity, tendencies and intuitions and
the college man has advantages which arc
none the less obvious even though-they are
not always realized in practical experience,
Mr. Joseph Pulitzer of the New York
World has Just given Columbia College a
million dollars for the endowment of n school
of Journalism. In doing o he seeks to sup
ply a long-felt need for specific training along
certain theoretical lines which will more
The LIpton fleet la now In tha Wrl) Bseln.
Thla fleet numbera In all Si vessels. -It take
205 men to handle It and to da thf work
that la necessary to be dona.
The fleet la headed by tha flagship Erin, a
steamer 260 feet in length. Then there If
tha challenger for the oup, Shamrock Id. f
racing boat pure and pimple. To help get
thla racing craft lq perfect tuna thf first
challenger, Shamrock I, "has been brought
over and kept In the finest possible racing
trim, hecgUsa ir thr trat boatwa -not f Ing
her best it would be Impossible for the new
one to be Improved In speed. Then' there If
tne tug ocean-going tug Cruiser, , wTilon
helped convoy the racers gcroea the water.
A barge has been pressed Into service her,
on which stores, extra sails and spare ar
kept,
8ir Thomas entertains so extensively that
his big steamer is not large enough to ac
commodate all his friends, and ao he ha
chartered the big houseboat Narodha, which
has been fitted MP luxuriously. There ere six
steam launches In tha fleet, and ah extra
steamer, the William Fletcher, has been
chartered for race days tp take guest who
are invited tq sail on the Erin from the city
to Sandy Hook, and bring them bark after
ward. The other boats In this fleet are gtga,
cutters. Jolly boats and dingles,
To mn all these boats there are five cap
tains, two navigating officers, two pilots, a
doctor, a naval architect, two secretaries,
two stenographers, three messengers and 19S
sailors, engineers, cooks, stewards, launch
men and boys. There are 70 men, ail told, on
the Erin, 45 on each of the racing yachts, IS
on the Cruiser, 2 on the Commander and 12..
on the Narohda. The others are extra
launchmsn and the. clarlcsl staff which, on
account of tha large correspondences of Sir
Thomas. K baa been net-tosary to keep.
Sir Thomas minuses everything himself,
He has many capable man to sst him. but
his Is the guiding mind. He rises at
o'clock every morning and before breakfast
he has a look around at his boats and par
tlcularly at the challenger.
While the boats have been In the dry dock
and while the Erin was being overhauled
for the races he transferred his fifg to the
houseboat Narodha. This bout Is a fine one
for his purposes. AH the rooms are on the
main deck. One of them is 'given up en
tirely to secretaries and stenographers. Twq
typewriters Are kept busy from morning till
Jate nt night.
Th American people leva fair play, and If
the American boat I beaten they aro f.nr
pough and liberal enough to vcltnoivl'dst,
the defeat and make no excuser," ,
QOLDWIM SMITH AT 9.
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It Is a strange fact that this man, who It
spending nundrC oi. thousands if dollari
to try to win .the Ane-lru's cup, never hag
g tint In Pi poclvrt, One day turt Week he
wss talking to a m. In tha Erlf Basin. He
turned, to friend and, asked for If. When
he got It h allpiwd it inro the hand ef the
muQ and then wen: aboard to grt a bill and,
refund na loan.- wnen in me city na la al
ways accompanied by his secretary or finan
cial man, 'and these two- have to cstrry the.
money and, defray Sir Thontaa' bills, even
10 car Urt,
(tome Mm ago Sir Thomts vss. walklpg I old English rnanor house,
. aMaaaVMVaaaa) f ' a
Something Pranl Abeut On pf Formoi
Living Man of Letters. '
Toronto Correspondence Ne w Tork Bun.
On bf the moat Intereet'lng character In,
he world of lettera thla week celebrates hla
oth birthday," It U Pr. CJoldwlfi ftmlth, th
historian, whos Important works on thf
United I Kingdom. Canada, nd thf Vnlted
gtattf hav eontribtited , ao largely tf thf
best llteratura ef tbf period.
Age 'deala gently with Pr. Pmltb, JCract
of figure, faultlessly attired and ef aHriklng
mien, he attract much attention in Toronto.
Iff writes much 4 with aaa, - H declare
that ho oecuf the koeneat dejlght. In thf
pastime. Hi tplandld bom, much Ilk thf
furroynflea pjr
ISSO'S Mj 1 "!
SMORT STORIES J
along frent atri'rt In London "lth bis sec- I well-appointed grounds, I th oentr of con
rotary, John Wet wood. f , ; .. . J genial circle of literary men and women. H
'Jt f vtry hot ati'l I mn v.-v thirsty, Mr. 1 la essentially democratic, He earn to the
MVl"w.C aid h. "Won't you buy pie a I western hemlspbafe"f rora England tht hf
cup of (ear ' might aatlsfy the deslr for thla sort of gt
"I waa Just abput to wiggt thtt," replied I mosphere. H baa maintained thl ugge
Mr. tVii'twood, and they turned Into Blanch
ard'l, Mr, Wwlwood had'Si big roll of Eng
lish bank note, and when he pulled them
out to Pf th chock Sir Thomaa looked at It
and asked: '1 that yours or ours, Mr.
WostwoedT '
"Oura, Blr Thomaa," waa tha reply.
"That'e very nice," remarked the baronet,
'Then w can hay more to drink."
ISELIN THE YACHTSMAN.
He Haa Won Fame In. the International Con
test,
From the p porting News'
Because of good nd successful work pre
viously done In international yacht racing,
and by right of hla present position aa cap
tain of the Reliance, the ablest ship ever
built to defend th America' cup, Capt, C.
Oliver Iselin Is to day th foremost yachts
man In the world. And of th many abl
captatna who handle and have handled the
racers of the world none has had a more
Interesting life on salt water than he.
Home old beach combes at New Rochelle,
where he was born, say that Iselin learned to
swim before he learned to walk, and that ha
went sailing as soon as he could swim; but
hbwever this may be, It Is certain that he
began his career aa a racing man In the best'
school known to th records of yachting
the sand baggers of ' Long Island Sound.
While yet In his teens "Ollle," as he waa
called, became the owner of the sand-bagger
sloop May Emma.
tlon throughout hla writings. Aa a prof esaoj
of Cornell University, he earned tp ovp th
Institutions of the otatee, ( w
It la a curtoua Illustration of the defeat
of a great man' personal wlehe (hat com
ing to Canada, with tha avowed purpose of
eeklng mor democratic aurroyndlngs, h
now resides n the ground laid out by on
of th families of tha old artetoereey, and th
state In which he Uvea fa throughout . sug
gestion of th very thing which it I aald he
left England to avoid. "Th. Orange" (a fur
nlahed In the period of a century ago, gnd
tha style la In keeping with th magnificence
Ir is aTmicrenrcy-wf -that go.-- t oama -lo
Dr. Smith through his marriage with a mem
ber of one of the Influential old families of
lh Britten possessions on this aide. While
a man of simple tastes. Dr. Gold win Smith
takes pride In the fine estate of which h a eepeclatly aa he goe about thf treet; pd
- :; - Tha' Afpelptef Time''
A very 8coch story Of n fid caddlf and
hi wife X chronicled by Doffing. The min
ister who w 'filled fit tried to comfort hli
wife, saving that whlle'john waa Very weak
he we evidently' ready for a better world!
Unexpectedly, however, John " rallied, and
aald to hla wife; '"Jenny, my woman I'll
maybe apared to yt." "Na, na, Joge
waa th reply. "Te'ro prepar4 and rn, rH
Ignsd. ID noo,"' v,
--,r-. ,.; e. ,0 YVM -,
The Retort Cortou. ' 1 " j
From the New, Tork Newa, ' ' ;
' A popular commercial traveler attended
g, largo social gatbeclng on evening, and
after the supper wag over wag, promenadln.
with pn of the guest, a young ldy, to
whom pf had Jt boon eiroueej, zq tnei
roora of cnvratlon th subject of bual
naa camo up, nd she said: : ' 1 :"
By the way, Mr. Scott, may I, pak, 'What
your occupation lar' .f ,
"Certainly." he answered, '1 am a com
mercial traveler."
"How very Interesting! Do you know, Mr.
Boott, that In the part of th oountry where
reside commercial travelers . Wf fot r
cevd In good ocletyT"
Quick aa a flash, be rejoined; .'4
'They ar not her, elthe madam,"
e
Tha Irish Woman' pomptftrrl.
- From tha New Tork Mall and Exnress.
Father Thomas Hendrlek,. Roman Catholic
bishep-eiect of Cbu, Philippine Xslfnda, is
a man of many aeeempllahmenta. He enjoys
nothing more than the atudy of aoelal types.
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not to prevent crime, but to license t, not to j thoroughly equip young men who Intend to
"glitocce'the Ibw but tp collect a revenue by embrace the profession. There are many
not enforcing It. With this added exptana
tlon, the figures given by the Mayor do speak
- volumes. They tell this story, that a number
, of persons find it profitable to pay the city
some $18,000 for the privilege of violating the
ordinances of (he city and the laws of the
State,
This Is not un argument but a statement;
not a'crlticlHm, but un elucidation of the true
meaning of the Mayor's figures. Ha Is
I doubtless ready and capable, If high moral
sense and great learning make anybody
capable, of defending the policy which ac
complishes statistics that he takes pride In
displaying. His defense ft not the matter n
issue here. It may be va.!id or not. But
the object of this explanation is to assist thft
Mayor In having his figures speak the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
And so speaking they do not say that crime
has been ..lessened under his administration,
but nly that Its sanction by legal authority,
if such a thing can be, ia n nource pf'publie
revenue,
Kor are these remarks Intended to Intimate
any defense Of tha Jast administration. U
had its slnp td answer for and grievously
hath it answered them. But if this new
Policy be a virtue, then waa Mayor Rowe'a
administration, for some brief period, abso
vlrtuoue. For It pursued the same plan un
til some of the most prominent and respect
able of Mayor Williams' own political friends
and supporters, by successful agitation
caused its discontinuance. The Mayor, there
fore, has the Justification of a precedent
to follow, and, perhaps, (who knows?) the
benefit or an example' to shun
things, of course, which they cannot learn in
Buch a school, but that is equally true of
the young man who studies, medicine. Nev
ertheless the theory which the medical stu
dent acquires at college Is absolutely essential
to the practice which he hopes to gain after
he obtains his degree.
Schools of Journalism have not hitherto
proved profound successes. They have been
conducted on Impractical lines and too often
by Instructors who lacked definite practical
training In and knowledge of the business,
But with trained and experienced men to
outHne a curriculum and trained men to do
the teaching we look forward hopefully to
the' time when the school will prove, of vast
public consequence not alone to those who
enjoy the benefits but to the army of future
newspaper reader to whom those usplring
young men will appeal.
A LESSON FOR PORTLAND.
fTHE JOURNAL is in receipt of the ap
pended letter which places n a new
light two recent transactions;
ine wjanvr m i ne journal: I am a
Stranger with some capital to invest. I em
" delighted with ypur beautiful city, with its
jrich surrounding country and naturally j
would like to invest here. But I see that
Portland goes to Seattle for her flreboat, tp
flan Francisco for her soldiers' monument,
instead of building tip its own industries and
enccHiragmg eastern capital to Invest here.
fcjVow would it not be wiser to invest my
money either, in Settle vr 'Frisco, whn
Portland sends her money to help build up
those cities? Respectfully yours.
C CARPENTER,
Why The Journal Succeeds,
Editorial from the National Printer-Jour-
' nalist, '
The Oregon "Journal of Portland printed In
red ink across the top of the first page of Its
issue of May S6, the" forcible declaration,
"The Journal has the confidence of the peo
pie, that Is why it succeeds." This Is a very
sybstantial reason for the success of a news
paper and the splendid appearance of The
Journal, with 20 well-fijled and well-printed
pages, is convincing proof that the paper de-
dares, in its red letter tlnf, the simple truth.
There is nothing that succeeds like success
and It pays to call attention to a success
that can be proved by actual ocular demon
stration. The Journal evidently keeps up to
the spirit of the times and the day. The first
page of this Memorial Day issue is adorned
with a well-executed illustration showing
marching soldiers, army badges, soldiers'
monument, and a buglr sounding tape, with
an account of memorial exercises In Portland
and elsewhere. One Item that cauaht our
eye .and deeply interested us, as it hasThe
readers of the National Printer-Journalist
for fie was known, and houored by the ed
Jtofs-wa a . brief account of the unveiling
in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, of a
handsome life-size bronze bust of the late
Senator Cushman K. Davis bf Minnesota.
The bust rests upon a pillar of Italian granjte
on th four sides of which are the worda.
Soldier, " "Scholar." "Statesman," "Friend."
Few parsons have an Idea what lifting the
'cup ineqjis in moliey, JOach of Sir Thomas
efforts has cost him more than half a mlli
Hon dollars. Tills time nis expiiB are
more than they have been In former years,
because lie ati kf)'t two rscing boats in
coinniiKslon.
The new Shadirock probably cost tq buld
about $200, not. Hhe has five suits of sails,
and these rPHt $20,000 each, so that with her
sails her cost Is $300,000, Extra stmr have
been needed, more rjggiHg has been used
than was first put on the yacht and many
other minor ekprtiuee have probably brought
the cost of the boat up to $450,000.
Shamrock I had new sails and she used
some that were made for Shamrock II two
years ago. These had to be recut to fit the
older boat. With new rigging and cleaning
and painting, it is probable that the trial
boat has cost $50,000.
There are 15 men 'in each of these rcng
boats. The captalna salaries are 4,500
each, the officers $1,000, and 40 men on each
boat draw about $30 a njfliith apiece. They
have been engaged for six months, so 'their
total wages will amount to $14,400. In ad
dition to their wages. Sir Thomas pays each
man a oonus or $75 for giving up the yacht
ing season on the other side and coming
across the oceajL Th' is in lieu of prise
money. If the Shamrock wins, Jt wjlj p
much more. This hnruin will amount in
16,000. On the Erin ' the crew costs about
$17,500 and on the Cruiser and the smaller
boat about $0,000. This makes the total cost
of men for the six months $50,400.'
Jt costs quite a pice sum to feed 205 men
each day. It Is fair to estimate this item at
60 cents a day for each man. so that the total
food bill will be about $18,000.
1 he yachts will occupy the dry dock alto
gether 22 days. Thl cost $300 a day, mak
ing the total $6,600. There are many other
charges in connection with the dry dock. Men
have been hired to putijt the vaunts, others
have b" employed to make changes and re
pairs, gulls and spars have been stored and
lighters and derricks have been used tq step
and unstep the masts. It is said that $lp,06
will about cover the expenses at the dry
hock.
Sand-baggers have gone out of fashion;
so It is worth telling th t the May Emma was
24 feet long, her beam was half her length;
she measured her draft In Inches, and she
carried a crew of from aix to eight lusty
youths, each of whom had charge of two
60-pound bag of sand which were piled
on (be weather rail when the May Emrna
was hcel.'ng to gala In windward work. Thus
equipped, the crew carried op il until the
canvas was blown from the bolt ropes. They
timed the rolling of the waves and rode tri
umphant over half-tide reefs, and when
the breeses failed and the May Emma was
drifting home, they not only dumped their
sand bags Into the sea, but they plunged
overboard and swam ashore to lighten ship.
In one race they even rippad out ceiling,
cockpit end flooring to lighten the ship and
so drifted home winner by a few lengths.
Then (about 1171) came Jake Smith, a
famous builder of saudbaggera, living on
Staten Island, with his Pluck and Luck sloop.
He wiped the eye of the May Emma until
Ote had to acknowledge himself well
whipped, and then, Ojlle and his brothers
bought the trlumphunt Pluck and Luck and
went hunting further laurels with uneuuoled
success. They say that wheiv he had won
one prize over at men, Cove, pome of the
l,nng Inlanders thought to mob him on the
float where the award wag made; but OUJa
"whs hot stuff with his padUlt) as well as
the tiller," us a beach comber said in telling
the story, and "he got away with the prise
though he lost a. $256 watch in the mlxup."
The man who hu sailed on ft sandbaggpr
with the lee rail plowing along a foot under
the brine, cfr when the skipper -watches tha
swell in order to Jump a reef he ' knows
what life is. It van out of such life as that
that Captain Isellp came to the quarter
deck of an America s cup defender.
master.
What is tha secret of the charm of this
writer T That ia the topic that haa been
broadly discussed. The student of Ooldwln
Smith's style IS struck by its clearness and
simplicity, and may be deceived Into th be
lief that what is easy to read must bo easy
to write. Take this sentence; 'It (Chris
tianity) was borne to Northumbria by an
other Roman missionary, paullnus, and there
welcomed, according to a pretty fable, ss a
solution of the mystery of human life,
which otherwise was like the flight of a bird
through the hall where the King rfhd his
lords were sitting round tha fire, out of th
bight and back into the night."
One of Dr. Smith'a literary friends here,
John Lewis, says of the historian) "Gold.
win Smith's fame will not rest upon his
opinions, whether you agree or disagree with
them. He will be known aa an historian and
a master of the English language. Unfor
tunately,w a great dagl of his best' work ha
been given to journalism, that graveyard of
honest endeavor. But not all. We .have, in
permanent form many of his essays on va
rious current topics and his works on Can
ada, the states and the United Kingdom.
The last. J think, will stand as his master
piece. It 1s a short history covering tha
whole period from the coming of the Saxons,
in Httie more than a thousand pages. At
points we wish it were longer, as, for In
stance, in the gossipy Eighteenth Century,
about which the writer must have a perfect
treasury of anecdote, but Its brevity makes
Jt neither dry nor obscure."
' Though 80 years old, Dr. Smith enjoys
splendid health.
A Policeman's Reward.,
From the New Tork World.
With two pennies firmly clutched in her
fist, Pauline Mullerf three years qld, toddled
lpto Second avenue, at Ninety-second Street,
yesterday, intending to cross the' avenue
to buy candy. It was little Pauline's first
long trip awaK from home unaccompanied.
She lives at 240 East Ninety-fourth street.
Ho whep she was in the middle of the avenue
apd saw two car approaching her from op
posite directions Pauline didn't know what to
do. She didn't even scream while the motor
men clanged their bells and made frantic
efforts to stop their car. It seemed cer
tain that the child would .he crushed by one
of the car and the spectators, stood petrified
With horror, when suddenly a big man rushed
across the avenue, seized Pauline and swung
ier aay Just as the gouthrbound cgr swept
by. He was Policeman Lustader, of thy
F-ast Eighty-eighth street police station, and
bis face was strangely weak aa he carried
the child to the sidewalk. "Qood p'leece
man," said little Pauline, as She opened her
clinched flat, showing the two pennies.
"Come, Pauline will buy you a lollypop." The
policeman gravely ate the proffered dainty
and escorted paujine home.
' V Surely!
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch. -
Mr. Carnegte ia going to start newspaper i
In niaamav an It la tain. Ruivlir i la in
wua- snaw . we pwe xae wregoing i earnest about wanting to tile poor.
When it was decided to bring the Sham
rock I across it was found necessary to have
an extra convoy. The Erin could rtot do the
work of the two racers. Sir Thomas bought
the tug Cruiser for about $75,000, Here he
nas cnartered a barge and a houseboat, and
engaged an excursion Steamer to take his
guests down to see the raees, AH this will
aaci szo.ooo to his expenses.
This makes the total cost of trying to lift
me cup, ta, 1100, rtnd not a cent has been
charged up to entertainment. During the
races the krin will be, crowded every (lay.
Ever since the yacht arrived here tHt-re have
been parties of frjends aboard and many
guests have been brought from tha other sld
to live on the Erin. Jt Is fair to say that Sir
Thomas's bills will total $700,000. When
akq" about the expense recentlv. Sir
Thomas said: .
; really don't know what the coat Is.
Perhaps If I did I might not keep R UP. I
don't want to know. All I - want is- to win
the ctlp und that I mean to do t it Is pps
eiblo. . V ,v ....
"I don't want to win by any fluke. 'through.
I want the races to peeled so that each
boat Is equally favored In the way of lPd
ana wevicr.er, ana 1 want tne bettor boat to
wins- f think thot if I win I shall get a re
ception ' that will bo. Just as cordial and
hearty as It the American' boat finishes first.
Mouthpiece of thf Money Power.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan.
It Is said by the members of the Associated
Press that this corporation Is simply a -private
pews-gathering institution, without any
Inclination to discuss public questions In the
daily news. That this claim is untrue, and
that the Associated Press does Inject public
oplnlpn ipto news, it Is only necessary t.e fol
low the press account of 0n. MHes' trip
frnm "Washington to Ban Francisco. At
every opportune time, the Associated Press
dispatches refer to Miles' attitude tqward the
President, and the dishonor which Miles' ex
posures of the beef scandals Sjnd the Philip
pine cruelties, has brought upon his uniform.
The Institution -is the mtHithplace oir the
money pow er and 4he administration, and
seeks to mould public opinion, through'
sources of authentic news reports at every
opportunity.
'. N Captain Parr Rival,
. From the New Tork Press.
The man who I to do battle with, Capt.
''Charlie" Rapr of the Reliance . ia Capt,
Wsjnge, said to be the ablest sailor In Great
Britain, the most - daring, the most devil-
may-care. His name , ,1s commonly , pro
nounced by landlubbers a If It were spelled
Ring, but the correct pronunciation I aald.
ta RinJ, rhyming with hinge... Wringe knows
pur waters, tides and winds nearly as well
as Barr. He , made acquaintance of them
when here on ..previous, cotefts...whftu .hia
presence was a mystery. - - . f
PORT ANTONIO AS IT WAS,
Headquarter for Jamaica of the United
Friut Company,
From the New York TImea..
Port Antonio, on the northeast const of
Jamaica, s the headquarters of the United
Fruit Cum puny 011 that island, and owing tf
the 0 titrations of the Company, has recently
become a thriving port. It is nothing un
usual for half p. dozen of the Company's
Steamers to be there at the same time, Tie
United States has both a commercial agent
and a vice and deputy commercial agent at
Port Antonio, the former being Nicholas P.
Snyder, and the latter Daniel H, Jackson.
The United Fruit Company's hotel at Port
Antonio, the Hotel Tltehfleld, was one of the
best In Jamaica, It atood on an eminence
overlooking the harbor, and was a large,
picturesque building with electric light and
other modern Improvements. Port Antonio
as a wfnter resort has become well known to'
Americans In recent years, and last winter
the hotel wa". 80 crowded that, It is said,
word was sent to the headquarter of the
company In Boston that It would he Impos
sible to provide for more visitors.
Port Antonio Is the chief town of th
Parish of Portland, and In 1801 had a populai
Hon" of 2,000, which; has probably consid
erably increased by now. It ha tasawif the
finest- harbor n Jamaica, the eastern, and
western harbors. In the latter vessels bf
large tonnage can lie alongside the wharves.
The town is divided Into Upper and Lower
Tltehfleld. Upper Tltehfleld stands on a
peninsula, and, before the advent of th hur-.
rlcane, contained Fort George, the old mill"
tary barrack (the largest building In the
towp), which had been converted Into a
school under the Tltehfleld Trust, and the
homes of the principal residents. Among
these were some large houses, surrounded by
beautiful gardens'. Some of the officials of
the United Fruit Cqmpany own large estates
there.
Lower Tltehfleld, or Port Antonio proper,.
extends along the seashore. The native
quarter was a collection of ramshacklo
wooden structures, which have probably all
been .destroyed. In this quarter of the towp
were also the stores, wharves, courthouse,
Jail and Other public buildings. The Epls
copal Church was g, conspicuous building at
the southeast end of the town, of good sze
and architectural beauty. ' There was a targQ
and handsome Town Wall, as well as market
buildings and a building for the revenue den
partment. - . .. ' '
The fruit trade- Was Inaugurated in Port
land Parish n 186a, and has made the peo-t
pie of that section amonK the wealthiest
communities in Jamaica The United Fruit
Company owns a large proportion of Ihe
arrenun in the ttarlsh. . .. . ''.''
Rfilroadle Emplr. - .
Pendleton East Oregonlan.
"Southeastern Oregon." pays Hon, Charle
J. Warner,, a member of the Nebraska state
Legislature, ( "Is, a rail roadless empire. A
territory. SO times the size of Rhod fslapM,
29 times larger than Delaware, 0 times tha
size of Connecticut, i times . bigger than
Massachusetts, and equal in area, to the en
tire State of Nefr Tork-and yet, not an
IncfJ of railway In all Its wonderful domain,
Iii tha seven counties f this great empire
ara $1,000,00 1 acres of land, ever three
fourths of whch; s Idle, gnd yet the, cUles of
tha. East are a weltering, with, idlf men. and
crowded tenements. - v
ho bold that Irlslv wit and discernment gr
rarely at fault. When he visits New Tork
ho la sometimes entertained by a friend
whose wife, though a Jewess, show In her
Titian hair and complexion ef peache gnd
cream something more thn ftrftai Pf Celtic
blood.
Walking with the lady not long aa on
Twenty'thlrd street as ho tells tha story
they ware accosted by an old Irish woman,
wbo huskily implored alma. The Udy
paused, ppene4 her purs and placed part
ot Us contents In th beggar' extended palm.
For an Instant the old wom waveresVn
apparently perplexed' by the unusual type
of beauty before her. Pt only for an in
stant. Then, salaaming to th priest a If
for absolution, she exclaimed 1 "Sure, gnd
tha mother Qf'Qod must have been Just such
a swato, beautiful Jewess as yourself."
a a at a
Ajauoation of Titles.
Front Harper's Weekly.
The City Treasurer of Edinburgh. Col Sir
Robert Cra.waton, who has lately been
knighted by King Edward, was vailed upon
recently by a commercial traveler, who
wished to see, th colonel on business, a
Sir Bobert, like moat, of bif asaoelates, 1 of
the volunteer corps, not of the regular army,
the traveler's inquiry was for Mr. Cranston,
Co). Crartston, he "was Informed, wag out.
"Oh, very well; ca I see Mr. w, thanf
(mentioning another jn ember pf thf firm),-
"Majos is oift, to."
"Apd is Mr. out, also?"
"I am sorry to say that Captain hat
Just left to attend a musketry class,"
. The exasperated traveler rufned .to tJ
when he wag recalled and, asked if he wlshV
to leave any message. V
"We," he replied, "it's of no consequence
but ypu might Just say, Jf you think of (tl
(hat Lord Wlseley looked lu."
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Something Left, Apyhow.
From the Chicago Journal.
"I was amused,' said F. R. Pesbrough H
Cincinnati, at the Sboreham. "over the re
tort I heard a young PosUm man give, a chap
who was doing the gulito aot at Quebec. Th
Bostonlan on4 I were looking over tbf his
torical place, nd this guidji. thinking per
baps he might get in a lick at us, conveyed
us to an ancient gun which he assured us.
with tjulle a flourish, was taken from the
Yankees at Bunker Hill. The intelligence
didn't worry either of lis, and my friendad
dresalng the guide, asked if that was Th
only captured trophy he could show.,
" 'Yea. that Is tae only piece we have,' ho
answered.
"'Very good,' quoth my countryman: 'yoi
have the gun which yo said wag taken t
Bunker HUl, but let me remind you that wf
kept the hUl, It Is still there, and If you eve
come our way, I'H take pleasure in showing
It to you.' " ;
1 ( aft.
H fyned Up Th'"?
From the Kansas City Journal.
A young negro couple, according to a story
that Is going through the round 0' the
state press; presented themselves the, other
day to a Paris parson to be married. After
nerformtnir the ceremonv tha nreacher. who
esteems himself somewhat of a. Idker, re- J
marked: , "It is customary for tha preaclnV'
to kiss the bride, but I omft that on talJy
occasion." The groom grinned, making A
right, , boss; it am 'caatom&ry to gib da
preacher $5 after the ceremony, but Ah will
omit dat on dls occasion." The parson has
concluded that he will not Joke anymore of
so solemn e,n occasion, ns a'weddlng.
..
It Wf Hie) Show f ham.
. From the London Post.
There i a friend of mine. living In peek
skill Who had all the ills flesh is l)elr to, apd
he took puis and, powders and powder and
pills w(thout result So he eafted in my fid
family doctor. Dr. Bassett. The doc to
looked at bis tongue, lifted up his eyelid and
looked at his eyes, and shook hi head,
"Hpw do you. dfagfioa my case, doctor f
anxiously Inquired, the patient.
I'WflJ,'' aald the doctor l?wjy, JT aa'
tall exactly what's the matter with you, hut
the post mortem win show."
'' What Melt Realty la. ' '
, From th Ralston. Mo., Free Press,
-'A colored preacher recently enlightened,
his. congregation In regard to the conditions
exrstipg in the in? emaj region? n th follow,
Ing mgrmerf -WtJnV':' H been asked,
bow hot s hoi, go' Twill gay, after gyln' dn
subjeet considerable reflection, dat If1" yo
took H de wood in York state an' all go coal
in Pennsylvania, an' all de II n de worP an
set al on flre.'an den took s, man PWt pb hell
an' put him in dat burpiq' saosa, be would
freeze to def befo he har'ly lit! . Pat' how
poj is ney. T
, t Life" tmi ropioy
From Life! - '
w vespoet a rood.paeti w reverenc
good cook.
Our ahildisA lovers ar - forgot ten because-
they left no atlng . - i -w
Some swetors aro o atrocious that the
wla applause by their, courage - In facing'
the footlights,- s
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