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OFFICIAL CITV PAPER
GOOD EVENING.
' The small hoy had a had tamper. He
knew It. and was" sincerely sorry that
he couldn't control It better. Hp talked
to his father about It, and the father
who was fond of object teaching,
ksald': "Til see what I can do to help
you. Here are some nails arid a ham
mer. Now every time you lose your
temper drive one of these nails In that
post Just outside the door." After a
few weeks the boy came to his father
with a heavy face, and confessed,
"Father, the nails are all gone." But
the father only answered, "Well, now
my lad. every time that you get the
better of your temper pull a nail out
of the post," And so the boy did. And
one day he came to his father with a
smiling face and said. "Father, the
nails are all out." Then a shadow
fell upon the boy's face, as he went on
In a less cheerful tone, "but father,
the hole Are there yet." Some of us
would give a good deal If we could pull
out the hples. Robert Whlttaker.
WHY. NOT COME TOGETHER?
F
OR TWO TEARS building opera
tions in Portland have been crippled
by labor strikes causing losses, to
ail concerned and to a degree retarding the
growth of the city. There is every reason
to believe that the growth of Portland will
be greater In the coming year than In any
year in Its history. Its building operations,
without reference to the fair, should also
foot up an unapproached total. It is im
possible to supply the demand for houses.
particularly those of medium else, and there
Is every reason to believe that demands will
continue to Increase. This must Inevitably
bring about much activity in building opera
tions for a demand so Insistent as this is
must be met.
Now all these past strikes are over and
jone and the question of whether they were I
wise" or unwise of little consequence ex
cept In so far as they may teach a" lesson
that will be valuable to us in the. future.
No .one will dispute that it would be to
the advantage of everybody if the element
tit' uncertainty was removed from, building
operations If it was known at the beginning
of tneiryear that "there1; would no strikes
- and that an enterprise once., undertaken
'-ould be carried through without a suspen
' sion of labor. This question has not only
confronted Portland, but every city in the
union and that it hat not everywhere met
a satisfactory solution is evidenced by' the
. fact of the prolonged and disastrous tie-up
In New York City this summer. But that
, case serves only to emphasize the need
which exists to Introduce an element of cer-
" talnty In these operations for the good of
the men, "the contractors, the investor .and,
the public, the latter largely interested in
i every such outcome but seldom receiving
any consideration.
The nearest approach to a solution of the
question' comes from those cities in which
n agreement, to hold for the coming sea
eon. Is entered Into at the beginning of the
- year tetween the builders and the various
- trades upon which they depend. Under the
terms of this agreement the various unions
: fix ' the wages for the year at a specified
rate; that then becomes the basis of a con
tract which win last for the year, each side
pledged to maintain it. In fixing this wage
schedule reason and equity must govern and
the question must be approached In a spirit
of fairness and good will on both sides.
Then w-hateveFis agreed to must be carried
out to the letter during the term of the con-
. tract
The advantages, .of such a contract should
be obvious. In the first place It insures
: steady employment at good wages, which
' means that the men may make calculations
In advance to meet payments on homes or
obligations that they may Incur for any
Other purpose. It means more work, for the
Investor realizing that there Is no danger of
a tie-up enters confidently on his lnvest
: pent and every new building projected en
courages some one else to undertake a sim-
liar enterprise. It gives the architects a
: Chance to plan in advance and to push for
ward their end of the work In perfect, con
' fldence that the Idea which they put on
paper' will in due and uninterrupted course
" take shape In brick, stone or wood as the
: case may be. It plades a great leverage In
the hand of the contractor for he can figure
With certainty on what his labor Is going to
COSt him and when his contract can be
completed. He can do his work cheaper
sunder those circumstances, not at the ex
pense of the building trades, but because
vf the certainty with which he can figure
' as to time when the contract is likely to be
finished and its probable cost.
It seems to The Journal particularly de
flrable for everybody. In Portland that some
Such plan should be carried out during thfr
Comlrig season. It is at least worthy of con
sideration and we'commend it to the build
ers and the building trades in the belief
that If it is adopted it "will add largely to
. the .prosperity of Portland and every one
who lives m it. .
- A NEW KNOW-NOTHINGISM.
i NEW SPECIES of Know Noihlnglsm
U it rapidly growing up In the East
that haa li it some things which" wJJ
appeal to the common sense and intelligence
'of the people of the whole country. It Is
based upon the indiscriminate naturaliza
tion of thousands upon thousands of. for
i elgners who' cannot P& 7r write our lam
rvftge -or their iwfc s They have-ne- emtcep--
Uon whatever of 'the genius of our lnstitu-
iloni ne patriotic Impulses -jutf are utterly J
without aspiration except to make aneaaier
living than waa possible in the countries
from which they came.
This is a new and decidedly interesting
development of the Know Nothing spirit. Up
to wljjhln the' last few years "foreigners"
have been a 'peculiarly vital element in our
population. They have striven tremen
dously in the development of the country
and have added a fibre to our Americanism
without which something essential to our
well-being would be lacking. This class of
"foreigners" the whole country still wel
comes, but it is to the inpourlng hordes
which represent the very lowest type of
European civilisation and oftentimes tha
dregs to which Increasing objection is being
made, with the probability that sooner or
later some effect will be had on congress
a ad better restrictive laws be the result.
Most serious, and it appears to The Jour
nal, most reasonable objection is made to
the indiscriminate extension of the franchise-
to such people It is being pointed out that
their rights can be protected without con
ferring upon them citizenship and making
them usually venal participators In our elec
tlons. It is well to face this phase of the
question in all seriousness. There are few
Americans who have the good of their
country at heart Who will not hall with
pleasure such a discussion and hope that Its
outcome may be better restrictive laws and
a limitation of the franchise priveleges
which are now so recklessly extended to all
classes of foreigners totally without re
gard to their fitness or their capacity.
NOW FOR THE EVIDENCE.
F THERE ARE any charges against
Special Policeman Roberts they should
be publicly presented and vigorously
investigated. So far the esteemed Ore.
gonian ahd Its Evening Echo have been ex
ceedingly reckless in hinting charges In the
good old Oregonlan way, but they have
failed to substantiate -them when the op
portunity came officially to do so. Roberts
may be a grafter. The System under which
he works but which custom and law justifies
Is bad as It applies to the district in which
he operates. There is a looseness and Irre
sponsibility about it which leads to Impo
sitions none the less, exasperating' because
they are made under the guise of apparent
authority.
If Roberts is guilty it should be possible
to secure the evidence to establish guilt
With guilt proven it would be criminal for
the police committee to hesitate a moment
in summarily dismissing Roberts. The
Journal knows nothing about Roberts and
iesg
If it I shown that he is graft
ing 11 will be among the very first to de
mand that his star be taken away from
him. At the same time. If, as alleged, be is
a bold ana audacious noia up, me reacts
should be easy of demonstration and we do
not believe the police committee would
under such circumstances hesitate to do Its .
obvious duty and extend protection to the
witnesses.
Bring forward the evidence.
Now let the man who apparently contem
plated harm to the president be disposed of
as quickly and decently as is consistent with
legal usages and above all with as little
spectacular publicity as possible. He is
simply a poor creature, who has always been-!"6
flighty and finally developed a mania which
may be homicidal. Fortunately he has .done
no harm. His place Is in an asylum and
he should be put there without any exhibi
tion ofy hysterics on the part of officials or
newspapers.
Reflections of a Bachelor. -
, From the Chicago Tribune.
A husband wouldn't be of any use to a
woman unless she could brag about how she
taught him to like to go to church.
Those who take the most pride In doing a
thing by sheer Instinct pay the penalty for It
in cold Judgment
A woman can get to love most any man
If he will only be careful to keep telling her
he hopes some day to be worthy to lay down
his life for her;.
You can't always tell by a woman's cold
exterior that she hasn't got the sparkle like
Iced champagne.
Girls know a heap more before they are
married than they are willing to let on they
know after.
Reflections of a Bachelor,
From the New York Press.
Some men are not fit even for them
selves to associate with.
It would be a terrible temptation to take
out . Insurance on one's mother-in-law.
It takes a widow to act as IL-She were
puzzled to death over what being married is
like.
You can always , tell by how a woman's
Hps are how much a man would like to see
If any' of It will come, off.
Smudge Fiend.
.From the Chicago Record-Herald.
When It conies to the "hog" question the
fellow' who clings to the end seat Is lnslg
wiflcant In comparison with the one who goes
on day after day making the air foul with
smoke.
A Fitting Climax. '
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Newport society has had a dog dinner, a
monkey dinner and a lion dinner. Now let it
give a 'coon, dinner, and Col. Watterson will
do the rest
Farmers' Trust.
From the Chicago Post.
At last the farmers have caught the pool
ing fever. They have met In this city to de
clare for $1 wheat and 40-cent potatoes, no
matter what the crops or the demand.
He Means Business.
From the Kansas City Journal.
Mr. Cleveland is to talk to the Chicago
business men. There are various 'indica
tions that Grover means business these
days.
A Detached Thought
Marcus Aurelius.
Remember that to chttpge thy mind and
to follow him that gets thee right is to
be none the less the free agent that thou
wast before. " -
'"'A Hint to Tom.
From the Chicago eafiL.
We"' can', see Tom Johnson's finish If he
goes scooting around the-country in his au1
toffiobiJa afiajdnjg grinerV 'Jwnm,JJuij . J
BEIRUT'S IMPORTANCE.
City Is the Center of Extensive Missionary
, , ' Work.
From the New Tork World.
Beirut, In Syria, is the seaport of Damas
cus, and is commercially; a city of Import
ance. A French company has recently built a
railroad over the mountains to Damascus,
ahd Beirut may be the terminus of a rail
road to India,
The Lebanon range ofcmountalns towers
above the town to the height of 8,000 feet.
Back of it are fceautiful olive and palm
groves. t
There Is ho city In the Turkish empire,
with . thte possible exception tf Constanti
nople, in which America has so great Inter
ests as In Beirut.
In it is located the Syrian Protestant col
lege, with 13 buildings, on a campus of
nearly 30 acres. It has more than 600 stu
dents In Its various departments, and has a
large corps of Tale, Harvard, Princeton and
Amherst men on its faculty.
It is the headquarters of the Syrian mis
sion of the Presbyterian church of America,
which maintains four sub-stations at Sldon,
Tripoli and at Zahleh and Abelh, in the
Lebanon district
The mission supportsJn Beirut the Amer
ican press, which issffo in the Arabic lan
guage nearly J.OOO.OOoHolumes a year. These
are circulated In all parts of the world where
the Arabic language Is the official and re
ligious one.
The educational work accomplished by
the college and the Mission has been steadily
Increasing inhajast few years. The former
began Its work in 1866 with a mere handful
of students. As said above, it has now over
600 students, ahd has lately received from
the Turkish government concessions calcu
lated to make Jt still more of a power In the
country. Its graduates are employed In
many official capacities, particularly in the
Egyptian government.
The college now has an acaflemlc depart
ment a medical school, a school of com
merce and tP preparatory department. Its
campus is on the promontory extending west
from the city out into the Mediterranean. Its
buildings are the most 'conspicuous In the
t6wn, the first that one sees from approach
ing steamers.
Those buildings, representing an outlay of
many thousands of dollars. Include a main'
building, used as a dormitory; the medical
hall, a chemical laboratory, the George E.
Post Science Hall, the preparatory depart
ment, the Marquand house for the president,
the Daniel Bliss hall, the observatory and
others.
Besides the press and a building, formerly
used for a theological seminary, but now
used by the college, the Mission property in
cludes a girls' seminary, a church and a
building used for a Sunday School room and
for church festivals.
The entire American investment In Beirut
amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and many of the professors and missionaries
have built their own city homes and summer
residences In the mountains at their own
expense. -
Recent letters from Beirut indicated great
unrest.
The city contains some 120,000 people, and
only about 40,000 of them are Mohammedans.
Yet the Mohammedan Is the dominant race
and holds the upper hand. ' "
Of late It has been dangerous for Euro
peans to go out at night alone, and even in
the day time there have been many cases
assault,
On the promontory a great waste of sand
stretches up from the south shore. Between
it and the north shore there is a network
of cactus lanes. Several Americans have
been attacked within the last few months
in these lanes.
A Word With Col. Watterson.
From the Washington Post
It la always a privilege to catch step with
Col. Watterson and to follow wherever he
may lead, this matter of our army and
navy maneuvers on the far New England
coast, however, we shall have to deny our
selves altogether. Col. Watterson is of the
opinion that the said maneuvers amount to
little, If anything, more fljah child's play; in
fact, we think. we caught a murmur that
sounded very much like' "fuss and feathers."
And as the colonel Is a man who frees his
mind on all occasions, we find ourself con
fronted by views to which we cannot wholly
, and unqualifiedly subscribe.
We have long admired these manifesta
tions of military ardor these illustrations of
deep cunning and homicidal strategy. They
do not teach the country anything, and
what tljey teach our great warriors the lat
ter conceal fromthe vulgar curiosity o.f the
rabble. But It Is a real treat to read about
them in the newspapers every morning. How
the "enemy" was baffle?! here and the in
domitable "defenders" exhibited prodigies of
valor there; how the Invading battleships
were destroyed one by one, each by a single
shell, and how the dastard foe must finally,
be driven from ,our shores In a hopelessry
fractured and demoralized condition all this
makes mighty feverish reading these dull
summer mornings. So, at least, we have al
ways found It. Ever since that glorious day
three years ago when Col. Henry May led the
first regiment of the District national guard
to victory, after resorting to the masterly
expedient of locating the enemy from the
dizzy summit of an adjacent smokehouse
ever since that glorious day we have re
garded the summer maneuvers of our fleets
and armies as an Infallible preparation for
America's destined conquest of the wprld.
Col. Watterson is behind the tirrfes, or else
he lives too far away from the object-lessons
to make a Just appraisement of their value.
Let him come to Washington some day next
fall after hog-killlng, say and side by side
with some1 one who knows the ' meaning of
things, gaze upon the martial for mof Gen.
Thingambob or Admiral Binnacle as that
foaming warrior passes by. Let him mark
the haughty glance, the swelling brisket, the
fearless legs, and then ask whether this
means pride and empty arrogance. He will
learn that It means possession of the secret
of the maneuvers and a sense of the almost
intolerable responsibility of that sapience;
Shift your point of view, colonel. Come
here and get Into the light Just once -
Must Get a Move On.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
If it takes all the airships as long as It
takes Prof. L&ngley to get a start, his wife
will have time for one more glance lntohe
mirror, ::. .,
Another Chance for Miss Stone,
From the Chicago Chronlclev, ,s
, As the Macedonian revolutionary commit
tee is appealing 'fox funds. It Is now up to.
Miss Bulgaria. Stone to go ver there' ahd
t caj
captured again.:.- ' -,
HE WAS A BORE.
And the Girl In. Pink Steed Him Just
; i j.vi-- ; Long as She Could. " ; "
V I From the Chicago News.
The girl in pink wrinkled her brows try
iiig to find the right phrase to explain, her
meaning: "He was the sort of creature,"
she began at lstat, 'who itrles to hold your
hand toe. second time he comes to call-
perfectly Impossible, you know, but harm
less."
Her auditors nodded comprehensively. "I
knew one of that type once," said the girl in
blue. I always felt so sorry for ' him
wanted to pat his hair In-a motherly way
and tell him to run and play. It Is merely a
case of brain development stopped, at abirt
JIV, M, W1IUA.
'I couldn't be properly indignant at ail,?
went on the girl In pink. "J might Just as
well have tried the Clara Vera de -Vere air
on a mouse. He looked like a mouse any
how, with his pale eyes and hair and he was
perfectly unconscious how Irritating his at
titude was." i
"What did ybu bother lth- him forr
asked the practical girl. v
The girl In pink looked gently kind. "My
dear child," she breathed, "I was stranded
at that desolate summer hotel and he was
the only man there!"
There was a rebuked silence till she went
on. '
"With all his Inanity, he was an awful
egotist He used to tell me by the hour
about his aspirations and how he waa wan
dering through life a misunderstood man. I
endured It because there were 10 other girls
there who didn't even have a feeble-minded'
egotist to talk to. Besides I could plan my
winter wardrobe while he talked. He said
he was sure he and I were affinities and
asked if I didn't feel a 'subtle something in
the air that led me to think the same. I
said all I felt In the air was about a million
mosqultos and I wished he'd take me In
doors.
"Even that didn't squelch him.
"He murmured, 'Ah.-little one, you cannot
always evade me,' and attempted to pat my
hand as though I were about six. I had to
eat two pounds of chocolates before - I felt
myself again after that"
. '1 should think so," said the girl in blue.
"When a man decides he is an ethereal.
philosophical, mountain-heights genius he is
proof against slurs ' ' and sarcasm. You
might Just as well try to shoot a rhinoceros
with a candy gun."
The girl In pink plaintively -resumed her
narrative.
"He used to walk m down to the beach
and rhapsodize on the thunderous waves,
but when one of them smashed In and
drenched me he simply rushed for higher
ground and wrung his hands, shrieking for
me to come on. Afterward he explained
that his agitation was due to his awful fear
that I would be swept away from him for
ever. I couldn't get the Idea out of his
head that In me he had found his fate- and
that In time I would recognise our affinity.
He had a sympathizing way of assuming
that the scales would drop from my eyes in
time that was perfectly maddening. There
is nothing so terrible as a man you can't
snub."
"That's a tremendous truth," murmured a
sympathetic listener. The other nodded as
sent. -
"I told blm I was too frivolous and simple
ever to climb to the mental heights that he
had reached and he '
"Only patted your hand," suggested the
girl in blue.
"Yes," admitted Ifie-tinhappy one. "That
didn't work, so I tried making fun of him to
his face, but he only grew patient and re
peated, the performance. I almost had hys
terics. I knew I should do something des
perate. Finally I told him flatly that ho
was a bore and I hated him and I wished
he'd go away and bother some one else.
Would you believe It? He sighed pityingly
and said these soul flutterlngs of mine were
precious to him, showing as they did the
strength of my character. And he started
to pat my hand again. I lost my temper
then completely and "
"What did you do?" they asked, breath
Isssly "I slapped him! Yes, 1 did! And I thjnk
he is sitting there yet with the light of in
telligence breaking over him."
ABOARD THE ERIN.
Mysterious Disappearance of Trinkets At
tributed to Guests.
From the New York Sun.
There were not quite so many uninvited
guests on the Erin yesterday as there were
at the other races. The publication of the
facts regarding theni waked, the dormant
sense of propriety In at leaat 27 of them, and
they called Up Sir Thomas' offices here and
asked if they were not expected. .They were
told that if they had been invited they were
expected, and that if they had not they were
not A few came in plteof this somewhat
explicit explanation. " '
Whn the folks who have been sponging
on Sir Thomas began escorting His real
friends and guests down the bay on the
William Fletcher and began scrambling to
get in front of his real frjenda, and. guests
when lunch and tea were eerVedV there were
a lot of little trifles of some interest as
bric-a-brac about the cabins. There were
silver ash trays bearing the name of the
Erin in enamel. There were cut-glass
match safes. These have vanished. They
were not stowed away on board; they were
taken from the ship by "guests." Two
years ago the Erin was nearly stripped by
souvenir thieves. At that time a well
known American yachtsman congratulated
Sir Thomas, after looking, over the. stripped
cabins and pantries. "You ought to be
thankful that they left the keel," said he.
The Usual Howard.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
At the base of Pompey's statue stood J.
Caesar, facing the mob. The first conspir
ator to appear, dagger in hand, was P. Ser
villus Cases, Inventor of the cascaret.
Dodging the thrust of the would be as
sassin, Caesar swung on his' Jaw, putting
him down and out.
"Aha, Casslus!" he exclaimed, facing his
second foeman, whom he dispatched with a
hook in the solar plexus, after receiving
several flesh wounds..
Then came Brutus, and It - was air-off.
"And you, too, Brutusi" moaned the great
general. "You whose note I Indorsed .but
yesterday!"
So saying, he wrapped his toga about him
and gave up the ghost.
, Signs JuJrosperlty;
From the Harney Valley Items. .
The Windsor bar has added mirrors to the
back bir for glasses, "etc. It is very swell.
: From the" New York World. ?
The "weary Tltaa--BrTtafn 1 at last at
JTest- r
. MAGEL88EN 'DESCRIBED. '
One of the Handsomest Men In the Consular
.''":'. '; pV, t Beirut. ' V"':''
',, From 'the New. .York World.
: Henry Noble MacCracken, eldest son. of
Chancellor MacCracken of New York unl
verslty, returned on Tuesday on the Kaiser
wiihelm der Grosse from Europe, after hav
lng spent three rears at Beirut Syria, as a
teacner in the Protestant college, there.
. He was one of the 150 English and Amer
lean residents jrf the town and his work and
octal duties brought him into close contact
with Consul ' Magelssen. - Their Intimate
friendship extended over the three years that
Mr. MacCracken spent In the Syrian town,
and to the World last night ha told of the
chaj-Acterlstice et the man and the conditions
under which the foreigners In the place live.
Young MacCracken was forced to return
home through Illness. Ten weeks ago he
was 'taken sick and his father went to him
and brought him home. t . - ;. ;.., -
"Mr. Magelssen," he laid, '"was considered
the handsomest man in ' alf the numerous
consular officials stationed at Beirut ' He
was over six feet tall and powerfully built.
"He and his brother-in-law, the consul.
were both of Norwegian extraction.1
"Mr. Magelssen was unmarried. and made
his home a short distance from the American
consulate at the , Victoria, Hotel, which
stands in the center of the city, within five
minutes' walk of the port. He was ' very
popylar among both Syrians and Europearia.
He was a member ofcthe English club and of
various social organisations, a number of
which exist among the 150 Anglo-Americans
0f Beirut.
"Last April Mr. Magelssen Interested him
self prominently In organising-the field-day
sports of the Syrian Protestant college in
Beirut. He served as Judge of events on
:his occasion and was instrumental, with Mr.
Rayndall, the consul, in securing the at
tendance at the games of the newly ap
pointed governor of Lebanon, Muzafflr
Pasha, who took With him the imperial band.
The new governor is very friendly toward
America. He married an American girl,
"The Inadvertent placing of an American
flag over the tent occupied by the imperial
band on this field day came near causing
serious trouble, as complaint was made to
the Sultan than an Insult had been shown
his flag. Over 5,000 people Including the
entire, diplomatic corps of Beirut and the
highest Turkish officials, including the gen
eral in command of the Sultan's troops in
Syria, were present
'The past year has been one of Increas
ing danger to foreign residents In Syria. An
European was killed on the Damascus road
in the spring. Archdeacon Frere of the
English church was twice shot at when pass
Jng In hlB carriage through the streets of
Beirut In April last. As late as June Dr.
George Ford of Sidon, one of the most
prominent American missionaries in Syria,
was attacked, probably by the Shlek of a
village in the Lebanon district whom he had
removed from office for injustice to native
Christians,
"These cases Indicate Increasing contempt
for the power of foreign governments to pro-
tect their citizens. Every failure to dls- may haemperty valued at J250 or an in
cover and punish the perpetrator of such an of 170 a"year and still receive the full
outrage confirms this feeling In the public
mind and renders more and more unsafe
the lives of all foreigners.
Mr. Magelssen waa much Interested In
the prevention of cruelty to animals, and by
his repeated intervention in their behalf
may well have incurred the animosity or.
some of the cruel horse drivers whom he had
arrested for maltreating horses. He was a
man of great personal bravery, and was not
to be deterred by personal consideration
from, carrying out his philanthropic im
pulses. , . '
"He. was very active and efficient in work
ing up a market for American goods. He
had secured the Introduction of a consid
erable number of 'shoe-making machines the
past year; threshing machines, phonographs,
sewing machines and other American manu
factures."
From the New York Tribune.
In the opinion .of Walter S. Blgelow of 24
State street, an exporter who' ha business
interests in Turkey, where he spent six
months last winter,' the assassination of Mr.
Magelssen was probably an affair provoked
by personal revenge rather than inspired by
any political motive.
"Last April I spent three weeks in Beirut,"
said Mr. Blgelow last evening, "and, meet-
r'Mr. Magelssen the first day, I saw a
great deal of him, and came to know him
very Intimately. The news of his murder Is
a great shook to mer and yet in a way I may
say that Lyam not altogether surprised,
knowing Mr. Magelssen so well as I did, and
knowing also 'the almost total absence of
nersonal nrotection existing in all Turkish
cities. The vice.-consul was a splendid
physical specimen of a man. He was un
usually tall and of large frame. Hailing
from Minnesota, he possessed all the char
acteristic daring and nerve-rf the Westerner.
He was absolutely fearless, and his disregard
for personal danger amounted almost to
recklessness. Tor ' these reasons he was
known and beloved by all Europeans along
the Syrian coast as far south as Alexandria,
arid perhaps for the same reason he invoked
the enmity of the natives.
"Soon after arriving at Beirut I was told
several stories of encounters, which Mr.
Magelssen had had with native highway
men- On one occasion he was waylaid by
two desperate characters along the - shore
road on a dark night and, although "un
armed, he disposed of hit assailants' single-
handed. The punishment he adlnlstered was
said to have been as severe as it waa unex
pected. Later, another native cutthroat-at
tempted to hold up Mr. Magelssen one night
In a lonely part of the town, but he was so
badly used up as a result of the encounter
that the services of a doctor were necessary.
Naturally, in small place like Beirut, the
reports of these affairs spread, but it was
supposed that the American vice-consul had
inspired such respect . among the native
desperate characters that he would be Im
mune froriv further molestation."
The Women Who Work.
- From the New York Press.
Of the total working population of ,the
United States, women constitute less than
15 per cent Compare this with othefoun-
trles, and you . will reallxe fully how well
women are' treated ln America, In Germany
the percentage tf females employed to the ;
total self-supporting population Is 25, while
In England it U. 27. In Italy the percentage
Is 40, and in Austria 47. Among the Indians
It used to be 100, and about the same per
centage waa found by Livingstone-.in Africa.
The higher the civilization, the lower the
percentage; ' . .'...-.,-,' V:5"' ' -v' '
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Need a 8trenuoua Harmanizer.
From, the Norwich BullejUiw--'
: An effort is to, be made to harmonise Col.
Bryan and the Hon. David Bennett Hill. The
harmonlzers should take clubs with them.
SHORT STORIES
1 General 8herldan'a Friend.
From Lipplnoott's Magazine,", " " .
Upon a certain occasion Gen. Sherman
was the guest of honor at a banquet, after
which a reception was Held. Among the Hrrtf:
of. people who filed in and out to shake bands
with the great war hero Gen. Sherman per
ceived a face that was very familiar, , but .
which he could not place. ;.
. "Who are your; he asked In an apologetic
aside, "as he welcomed the guest heartily.
The man blushed and murmured behind a
deprecatory hand . W- -'--r
"Made your shirts; sir."
"Ah, of course," exclaimed . the general
loudly, turning to the receiving committee
behind, him. "Gentlemen, allow me to pre
sent Major Shurtz."
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The Fault of the Bells. .'. '
From the London Globe.
A 'clergyman on his way to church one
Sunday morning pulled up to rebuke an
angler. "Don't you hear the bells summon
ing you to church?" he asked. The Usher
man put an inquiring hand to his ear. En
couraged, the clergyman repeated the ques
tion.. But once again the fisherman asked
for a repetition, and then again, and even
yet again. Flushed from overmuch bawl
ing, the parson- was about to proceed on his
way, when the fisherman spoke: "Very
sorry, guv'nor." he said, "but them bloomln
bells makes such a hades of a clatter that I
can't hear a word ypu says." -
OLD AGE PENSION8.
They Have Aroused Much
Enthusiasm In
New Zealand.
Henry TJ. Lloyd in Good Housekeeping.
The old age pension has captured the
heart of the Australasian public. The hope
and rescue It has brought to broken down
men and women condemned without it to bit
ter,, degrading, unasauaged misery, are be
yond question; their gratitude is recorded In
many touching ways. '
The old age pension Is the abolition of
capital punfsment In Industry, and the peo
ple of New Zealand are glad to pay the bill.
New Zealand Is the most prosperous and the
most solvent country in the world. Its ten
years of reform have been ten years of finan
cial surpluses for Its government. It Is the
most progressive of all the Australasian
democracies, and Its bonds rank the highest
of all the colonies In the London money
market. '
The principles and operations of the law
are simple' enough. No new tax was levied
to pay for the pensions, as the surplus rev
enue sufficed. No new officers had to be
appointed, and. the work is done by those
who ere already functionaries of the state,
the postmasters who .furnish the printed
forms for applications, the magistrates who
pass upon them, and the registrars who
make the payments. The relief Is for the
deserving poor, but one does not need to be
Althbr a taint nr a nannAr t Brat it l)nA
allowance of $90 a year, an English shilling
a day. The Idea is to prevent pauperism
and encourage thrift by adding to the sav
ings of the poor enough to keep them out of
the pauper class. For tljose who have more
property or more income, tne allowance ty
the state is decreased proportionately 'until
It disappears. Thus, those who.have 260 pf
income or $1,600 of property can have no
pensions.
Those- who are criminals are excluded, but
not those who have been criminals. One
may have committed the most .heinous of
crimes and be forgiven if It happened 25
years ago. A serious misdemeanor of 12
years since will be overlooked. Minor mat
ters like drunkenness of more, than Ave years
ago are passed by. This tenderness toward
the weak of morale was deliberate. "The
democracy," the statesman said, .who pro
posed this feature of the law, "can afford to
forgive." The MaorlB are admitted to the
full benefit of the law; 1,055 of them were
drawing pensions last year. In this sense
they are the "white man's burden." '
There are some frauds, of course, but not
many, and the law Is amended from time to
time to meet such violations of the public
confidence.
Upton's Views.
Sir Thomas Lipton, in an article pub
lished in the September Cosmopolitan, en
titled "My Efforts to Wlu the . America's
Cup," expressed his dissatisfaction v .with
yacht racing conditions, which require the
building of vessels which are merely racing
machines. He hopes for the day to come
when contestants .' in International' sailing
matches will be real- yachts. He says, In
part: ' .
Cup challengers and defenders are dan
gerous. One stands upon their decks as one
sails, and at any minute a spar may fall, or
a sail may fall, or a piece of metal may fall.
Yes, racing yachts are dangerous and use
less.
Of what use to mankind, of what use to
commerce, are these beautiful white swans?
They are of no use at all. They are a men
ace.
Do they aid In. the science of shipbuild
ing? Do they teach any lesson to the thous
ands of men who earn their livelihood upon
the. seas? They do not. They are mere
racing machines, nothing more and nothing
less. '
When these races are ended they are
worth only so much as the metal within
them will bring. They are xf no practical
use to' anyone. If Shamrock III loses I
shall have to throw her upon a scrap heap.
I love her, because upon her my hopes are
centered.
I want the up to go back where it came
from and, in order to - meet the reqylre
ments of the defenders, I had to build her
good-for-nothing, beautiful creature that
she is. But If she wins the .cup I will cher-
iart her for the glory that was hers. Yet, in
that case, never wllj her. type race again for
the America's .cup unless It again leaves Jts
native shores for the United States.
American yachtsmen would have to build
a different kind of a boat from either Shamrock-
HI or Reliance to bring it hack again.
If the cup goes to England, Ireland and
Scotland, the challengerTnust build an hon- '
est boat, a healthy boat, a real boat to meet
the defender on the. other side, if I live and
have any voice in the matter.
'?- . T PompeiF. -From
the Kansas City Times.
Vesuvius Is shooting flames and lata to a
height of 4,000 feet and Pompeii Is In a fair
way to have another series of Last Days.
Where Pattl Started.
From the Baltimore' American.. i
' Mme. Pattl's first fee for singing was a
pound of candy. , She has been a sweet
singer ever since. ,