EDITORIAL flI
PORTLAND
OREGON
" WEDNESDAY "
SEPTEMBER 23
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OFFICIAL, CITV PAPER
GOOD EVENING.
Things which cannot be altered are
to be borne, not blamed: folllea past are
sooner remembered than redressed;
and time loat may well be repented, but
never recalled. John Lilly.
A RIDICULOUS REPORT.
rTHE WHITEWASHING REPORT pre
"I aented by the navigation committee
i , of the chamber of commerse yester
day with reference to the Jetty work at the
mouth of the Columbia river la scarcely auch
aa will .Inspire public confidence elthej In tho
committee or the chamber. The progress of
that work la confessedly a matter of vital
' concern to all the country for which Port-
1 land atanda aa a metropolis. Aa a self -con
fessed guardian of our commercial Interests,
as a public body formed to act for the whole
; people, and to aid In furthering their ma
t trial welfare In a way that could not be
done by the unorganised public. It was
scarcely expected to find In it or In any of
Its committees apologists for the derelic
tions of contractors or special pleaders
whose apparent purpose waa to cover up
: manifest shortcomings and to satisfy the
people with specious promises where per
forma nces were ao loudly called for.
' ; Not only was the Investigation Inadequate
If not actually Inconsequential, but the mem
. , bers of tha committee cheerfully swallowed
. whatever waa presented to them. As a so
cial symposium on the you-tlrkle-rae-and-X'll-tickle-you
order It waa a howling suc
cess, but as a cold business-like investlga
tion Into the facts with the purpose of sug
,. resting a remedy It was a solemn fares
without excuae or palliation. Portland has
had entirely too many auch reports, which
foes far to explain public Indifference to the
movements of 'our commercial bodies and
their own lack of effectiveness along prac
tical lines that would be of benefit to the
community.
, The stone contract went into operation n
' June 1." The laat week In July, that Is nearly
..twojnnntha.latr,.. Tha. Journal. Investigator J
found that for ..the seven days there were de
livered 4,775 tons of stone, or an average
. of 700 tons a day when the contract called
for a minimum of 1,500 tona and a maximum
of 2.000. This report likewise showed that
not only was the stone Inferior In quality,
but that only 10 per cent of class A, 20 per
cent of class B and 70 per cent of class C
" was being delivered, while 'the contract
. called for 25 per cent of class A, 50 per
cent of class B and 25 per cent of class C
Other information that The Journal deems
reliable is to the effect that the delivery dur
lng August did not average over 800 tons a
- day and Is now little if any more than that
amount All of which would mean that It
will take three times longer than contract
time to complete that part of the jetty em
braced in the first 150,000-ton contract This
v may not be a serious delay in the judgment
of the committee, but we feel assured that
the general public will not embrace this view
of the case with hearty enthusiasm. ,
One other very Important feature of the
case entirely overlooked by the committee Is
that the relative as well as absolute quantity
of stone furnished is a matter of greatest
consequence in carrying out the contract.
Not only must the quantity and quality of
tone required be furnished, but the classified
weights which again gives no concern to
the complaisant committee.
Does the committee really know from first
hand investigation whether 50,000 or 100,000
. , tons of stone has been furnished? How can
Jt assume that the contract will only be 50,
000 tons short of completion on October 1
when unprejudiced information which it
migm nave Had la to the effect that it is
more likely to be 100,000 tons? But suppose
that it is only 50,000 tons short October 1,
that is one third of the whole amount, upon
what airy ground Is the committee Justified
. In assuming that the second and much blg
s ger contract that for 476,000 tons will be
, completed within the specified time? No
committee can change the action of the ele-
. ments and extend the period when work can
- be done. Heretofore November 1 was the
limit of working time does the committee
want it understood that it has made dif
ferent and better arrangements for this
year?
It is an open secret that in quantity,
quality and size of stone tha existing con
tract has not met the official requirements;
U Is likewise an open secret that the quarries
now in use cannot possibly furnish stone t
complete the second contract. Is the com
mittee then satisfied to trust to luck to com
plete the Jetty sometime in the dim distant
future and, if it Is. is the public satisfied to
accept the committee's report as final and
conclusive?
to do but to taks his chances; If ha were
lucky he came out all right; If he were un
lucky he could only grin and bear it, mean
while pocketing his losses. But there was
no certainty about It. He could clearly see
his way In but he could never see his way
out.
A solution for the trouble has been found
In an agreement entered Into January 1 and
binding for the succeeding year. In such
an agreement wages, hours of work and all
other elements Incidental to the relations be
tween employer and employe are specifically
covered and by the terms of It both parties
are rigidly held to the letter and spirit of
the contract for one whole year. This ar
rangement being made contractors, Investors
and men may look forward with certainty
to each season. They know precisely what
they have to expect and knowing this' they
make their plans accordngly. Being bound
by agreement they accept Its terms, for
neither side could afford to fly In the face of
the contract.
So far the labor organizations have taken
very kindly to the plan. They have shown
a disposition to accept it In good faith and
do their part In carrying It out loyally. Some
of the building contractors have manifested
a similar disposition, but not all of them,
The outcome, therefore, rests largely with
them. In the Interest of the whole city they
should not neglect this opportunity to place
their business on a safe and sure foundation
for the coming year. In doing so they as
sume a heavy responsibility and they cannot
expect public sympathy In the event that
trouble comes which It was in their power
to forestall.
TO PARTITION ALTENBERa
KATE 8PRAQUE OLD HOME,
' THE TURK AT HOME. ;
Smallest Independent 8tata 'in World Cos
to Germany and Belgium.
From the New York Herald.
An European state Is soon to be wined out !
or existence ana its territory divided be-
Still a Show Plsoe for the Visitor at Nar An Admirer of the Sultan's Peopls Tells of I
raganeett pier. Their Pally Life.
From the Kansas City Star. I John Stuart In the London Mall.
Canonchet, ' the home of ex-Governor I Englishmen are rarely just to the Turks,
Snrarue. at Narraranaett 'Pier, nee tha I for the alnrle ud. luffldtnt mtun tini
wrraany na eigium. True, in summer center of some or tho brightest Englishmen' rare r know i much about them.
country la only 81 years old and cannot minds in the' "country, la atlll on of the II believe that if more of our. race ,wer to
""a-1 " " nieiory as me republics j snow places or tne rasnionabi resort I study the Turkish peasantry, aa yet uncon-
SHORT STORIES
Viotim of Hlo Own Gamo. .
From the New Tork Tribune .v.
Mrs. Potter Palmer' son Honors,' who
waa . married in August once -outwitted a
of Andorra and San . Marino, nor will i It As one regards the handsome place, Its tamlnated by contact with the offscourings J conclerg In Paris neatly. :
partition cause as much of a stir aa did, that history, .now softened by tlm, clothe Jt I of civilisation . which are headquartered 4n A la1 or or thereabout at the time, ha
or i oiana. out it possesses one distinction with an element of romance. It waa here Constantlnopls, the cunningly spiced tales WBB "Pending the winter In Paris with his
that deserves more than a passing notice that beautiful Kate Chase, the war gover- served up for Western consumption would mother, a f On cold night In February - ha
it is the smallest Independent government in nor first wife, and daughter of tha late And less credulous acceptance. f . tayd out unusually late, and, desiring to
the world, both as to territory and popula- Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, entertained Too often, also, the untraveled , are con ln 'without awakening- any one, he rsnf
uon- most brilliantly. And ln the lofty rooms tent without inquiry to believe chromo- wv concierge sortiy. The concierge,
This country, known Indifferently as Alt- Horace Greeley, President Garfield,' Sen- lithographic statements from passenger by wUh -ual oftness, came downstair. He
enberg, or neutral Moresnet Is bounded on ator Roscoe Conkllng. Benjamin F. Butler, the Orient express, whose prejudices against wnl"Pered through the keyhole. "Is that you,
the south and east by Germany, on the north Samuel J. Tllden and a score of others everything that is not Christian and on the M Palmer f and then he said, positively:
GOING TO 8CHOOL.
First
arms
little
. THE CONTRACTORS SHOULD
ACT.
IT ALWAYS TAKES two people to make
a bargain, but the building contractors
of Portland have It now in their own
"hands to say whether or not the .orderly pro
; ares of business will be interrupted and dis
located by strikes next year.
. This is an opportunity Which rarely comes
the way of contractors and as such there
should be little doupt tnat it win be em
braced with enthusiasm. Strikes In the past
few' years have been a very distressing Dart
.of our municipal history. No one who un
dertook to put VP a building could say when
it would be completed nor how much would
mnt through delaying the time when It
' would begin to produce revenue from ten
ants, Practically there was nothing for him j
Mother's Feeling and a Child's
Touch of Experience.
K. O., ln Chattanooga News.
There he goes trundling away, his
bulging with bright new books, his
figure swaggering with pride at this great
new experience going to school.
There he goes God bless his little lnno
cent heart that is all astir with the new
ness of the thing, bless those little feet that
trudge away from his mother so blithely, so
firmly confident; may he learn many things,
but may he never learn so much that he will
not need his mother's love and guidance
God bless the little man!
The mother stands at the gate watching
the tiny mite of a figure as he trudges
away, all a mother's love and yearning in
her eyes and a lump In her throat that some
how won't be swallowed.
I ain't a' baby any longer, mother," he
had announced with all the scorn of six
years when the servant was sugg?sted as
his escort to school. And the words had
brought somthlng suspicious to her eyes as
she stooped snd stopped the Indignant pro
lestJwlth-A kias -"l-am -a man nw,"- h
added, as the little arms wound themselves,
baby faahion, about the mother neck.
"A man now" the words are the lump
that make her throat hurt. The big red
schoolhouse has swallowed her baby. She
tries to smile as she goes ln from the gate.
He will learn..- many things,"- she says,
many things how many my tiny man lit
tie dreams; he will, learn above all things
that a boy must not be a baby any more.
but must be grown up and Independent; he
win learn that he must do things for him
self, that he mustn't come always to mother,
School is a fine thing for little boys, they
learn that c-a-t spells the old black pet that
they pulled and pinched and loved; they
learn that one kiss and two kisses make
three kisses they grow so large with wis
dom. There are many schools for littje
boys, why Is there no school to teach a
mother how to keep her heart from aching,
when her baby grows to a man In a day?"
The house Is very quiet today. There Is
no beat of the little old drum, the battered
horn lies silent and discarded in a corner.
If they would Just beat and blow, beat and
blow until her head ached, her heart would
stop some, perhaps.
There is no little laughing face to peer
suddenly at her from behind doors and
scare her with unexpected "boos." The lit
tle face is to be seen with rows of other
little faces behind little square desks, and
the drumstick is laid away for the slate pen
cil. There is no wee dirty figure to seek for
a coddling; Instead there is recess and lunch
out of a new tin box.
The baby Is gone, and the mother does
not vet know the man that has- come In
stead. It is a very silly thing, but she can
not keep back the tears when she comes un
expectedly across a little old klcked-out
sho& in the closet, when a tiny towseled cap
appears to bring the baby vision back. The
big red Bchoolhpuse has swallowed her baby,
and all the pleading in the world cannot
make the schoolhouse give back the baby as
he was when he went in.
acres, snd some Idea of Its size may be ob
tained by comparing it with Central Park,
which has 843 acres. If the park limits
were extended to One Hundredth and Six
teenth street, with its present width, its
size would Just about equal that of the conn
try which ia about to disappear. Two thirds
Is covered with woods, and the rest forms
the towns of Calarmine, or Kelmls, and Alt-enberg.
T can't let you In. ir."
"Why notr asked tha young man.
"Because the rule are very strict." aald
the. concierge. "No one ever 1 let In after
midnight"
ine Doy desired ardently to enter. H
by Holland and on the west by Belgium. It looked Into the keen, laughing eyes and dis- side of whatever Is Chrlstlaa In name, if not I
forms a triangle, the base of which is the cussed problems which meant high offices In essential fact, remain unmodified by a
iown or AiienDcrg, ana tne acute angle for some and political oblivion for others. I short resldenoe ln a smart hotel at Pera. So
touches the point whe Oermany, Holland Political lights of the day have sat on our eyes are blurred and our Intellect clot-
ana ueigiurn meet, and Where four frontier the crowded piassas and watched the fad- ted.
stones have been set UP. Its area is S39 ins- llcrht as it disappeared over tha cllffa at I I know well enouorh that tha Turk haa
Newport, for Kate Chase hoped through I faults, but, aa these faults are so frequently Jno'ht a moment then he slipped a gold
their influence to land her father ln the advertised, let his virtues for once be my me aoor.
presidential chair. theme. I shall speak of him as I found him "l have JUBt "Upped a gold loui under the
Had the Sprague, or that paritcular In his country home. . dor 'or you, . concierge," he whispered,
branch of which the governor wa the head, " 'Now tet me in, that' a good fellow,"
lived centuries ago, they would have been A golden thread of religion run through, . n" concierg instantly drew back tha
feudal barons. Youngest of the war gover- the Turk's life from the cradle to the grave. 0,t "Come In softly. Make no noise,
nors, when the first call for volunteers In He lives In unflinching observance of the monleur," he said shamelessly,
the Civil war waa sounded, he marched Into severe rules laid down by Mohammed, In a But young Palmer was already regretting
Washington at the head of 8,000 troops and ure and certain hope that obedience will thr ol& louis hla last One. A thought
placed them at the disposal of President unfailingly find its due reward In Paradise; ,truck him, and he had no sooner entered
Lincoln. Dauntless, of fascinating manner, It Is this faith that invests the Turkish peas than he said:
skilled In all the wiles of statecraft, is It ant with the air of simple dignity which so '0h' y the way, I left a book on the
to be wondered that he caught the eye of often makes his presence charming. stone balustrade outside. Do you mind
There are about 11,500 Inhabitants, of
whom 1,450 are Germans, 1,150 Belgians, 360
Dutch and 650 neutrals; that Is, descend
ants of persons who occupied the territory the woman whom diplomatist at Washing
before 1816, when the map of Europe was ton nxened to Mm, de StaelT
made over by the Congress of Vienna, after
the Napoleonic wars." Two commissioners To those unfamiliar with Its hlstorr. Can
The Turk is never aahamed of his religion. ettlng it for me?"
At the stated hours you will find scrupulous, Wlth ret politeness the concierge, In his
If not fervent worshippers in the mosques. J"" 'wt, tiptoed out upon the cold stone.
Not once nor twice have I watched the W"" fumbled about the boy pushed the '
were appointed to mark the boundaries of onchet of today Is but an Immense estate I farmer at his devotions beneath a wayside aoor lo ana 'ocked It.
Prussia and Holland, but each drew the I with a mat manalnn vlitrh nh.n K,,nt w I nine or fir tree. If the hour of nraver
frontier so as to include ln his own state 1 the lare-ent and mnat rnmnitt in id Mim- I strikes while the Sultan la recelvinsr an am-I Lost His Accent.
this little country, which contains some rich try, costing $750,000. One hundred thousand bassador, the audience Is suspended until rom tne jvew York Times.
dollars was spent in Its furnishings. Oak the Sultan's orison has been spoken. Kosene Knott who is to star this sea-
and mahogany predominate throughout n nl'nt 1 traveled across the Sea of on n "Whn Knighthood Was in Flower,"
more particularly in the hall and dining- Marmora on a steamer laden with sheep and na Deen "Pending her vacation at her home
room. But it Is In the upper rooms that meir snepneras. Tne men rormea up in a I v-o,ua. Aiwr nor return 10
ow mi io uegui renearsais sne took time
tine mines. As the commissioners could not
agree, their governments agreed to disagree,
and the territory has been left neutral to
this day.
In 1830, when Belgium separated from the greatest effort at decoration has been lon Ilne an eacn ln turn made his obels
Holland, she retained the letter's claim to
Altenberg, and since that year the little
state has been administered by two royal
commissioners, one Belgian and one Prus
sian, who name the burgomaster, who ln
turn chooses 10 counselors. Their regula
tions must receive the approval of the royal
commissioners.
lm i . . .
made. - ances to the Almighty on a praying-mat I""n ner ousy preparationa to tell the fol-
In the music-room and In Mrs. Sprague's which lay, pointing toward Mecca, at the 'owing story of a Canadian bishop who is
bedroom are evidences of the work of N. R.
Bremer, an artist who spent seven month
at Canonchet In the music-room the arts
are represented by four types of beautiful
women. Music carries a lyre, Painting a
palette, etc., but it is In the frlexe which en-
vessel's stern. On reflection I felt cause weu nown ror nis broad Scotch accent as
to be ashamed of my own surprise that we" ni Der it is not perceptible:
men hould do auch a thing, "TnB hihop received a vlalt one day,"
saia aiiss nnou, -rrom a brother Scot whom
This unsuspecting faith is the parent of n had not 'or several years. They
many shining graces of character. The were BOOn naao: m earnest conversation
There Is no military service, the army circles the entire apartment that the best Turkish peasant Is Industrious, frugal and "a n"'v we Disnop asxea, how long have
and nnlloi. hplna- united In one Individual effert of Rremar'a doalo-na in imk PimM Contented. It is the Will of Allah that he uu " naar
named Mager, who has exercised these func
tions for 40 years. There art no court in
Moresnet, and the Inhabitants may apply
either to the Belgian or Prussian tribunals,
before whom criminals are tried. There are
no custom-houses, and the expense of gov
ernment are derived from real estate and
other taxes and licenses. In 1886 there was
a set of postage stamps printed by the local
authorities, which was stopped the same
and Music are executed 'In various forms.
To the north Is a large picture of Venus,
and this, with three portraits one of Gover
nor Sprague on horseback, Mrs. Ines
Sprague, his second wife, and Mrs. Wheaton,
Mrs. Sprague's sister complete a highly
valued collection.
Bremer's best efforts are represented ln
the decorations of Jdr, Sprague's bedroom.
Upon the celling are four female figures,"
should work hard to wring a living from the adoui sax years,' was the reply,
parsimonious soil; but his reward is cer- "Hoot mon. aald the bishop, 'why hae ye
tain. It has been suggested by ope who na 1081 your cent. like mysel'r
knows the agricultural classes well that It
Is this certainty which gives the Turk his air A Pull "Program."
of placld'ness and his sense of conscious su- From the New Tork Times.
perlority. He does not think himself a bet- A country pastor gave a dance to the
ter man than his Christian nelahbor he farmers and tenants of his parish. After
know it And yet he 1 humble to the very 'upper he notiqed a certain farmer's wife
grain. i looaing ratner disconsolate. On being ln-
year by Germany and Belgium, not, how-representing Morning, Midday, Evenbig and j.T,la proph?deman?s cIean!,neM n ltCf,ftted.ht rep,lcq
ever, umir a large quantity had Been Sold to
collectors.
In Altenberg there Is a fine Gothic church
and wide streets, one of which Is on the
frontier line, the houses on one side being
Germany and on the other ln the neutral ter
ritory. German Is the dominant language,
but French- Walloon, Flemish and Dutch
are also spoken.
Some weeks ago some professional firam-
blers from Liege Obtained the councllmen's
consent to erect a gaming pavilion In
Moresnet, which was designed to rival
Monte Carlo. The concessionaries agreed
to build electric railroads to neighboring
towns, to maintain parks and various insti
tutions, and to share in this way the profits
of the roulette tables with every Inhabitant
A casino was opened on August 15 and
the German and Belgian press contained
reports of the distinguished persons sur
rounding the tables, especially wealthy
youths from Cologne. The attention of both
governments was drawn to the anomalous
status of the territory, and a quick exchange
of communications resulted ln an agreement
divide the territory equally between
Prussia and Belgium, so that In a brief
time this happy land, where crime Is rare
and taxes light, will be submitted to the
regime of European militarism.
Midnight. "Love Asleep" and iLove Awake" every religious observance Is preceded by "".f- 1 never was loniaited In my
are the titles of other paintings In this bed- ablution, where that Is possible, Just aa the U,e a" 1 hav been tonight."
room. The first shows a woman asleep, obeisances are really gymnastic exercises . Dear m. ""J the pastor, "what has
Her hair ia in rnnfuainn and th haif.nrum designed to keen the body fit A Turk's nappenedi"
lips sneak of emotion in her dreams. Cuoid house is always clean, ln contrast to the "Happened!" she replied. "Why, a young
Is there, with one hand
holding the hem of her
young rascal, in the act of stealing
from the lips of the beautiful reclining fig- polished.
sobriety is the rule and not the exception
her dreams. Cupid house Is always clean. In contrast to the xiappenea: sne repnea. "wny, a young
over his eyes and houses of Greeks and Armenians of his own cnaP comes up to me after supper and says,
gown. Cupid, the wealth. His kltc"hen would satisfy a Dutch- nuppose by this time your program is
of stealing a kiss' woman; his camp kettles are never left un- .u"a funr ant believe me, sjr, I had had
Hon.
Social Relations in Virginia.
John S. Wise, In New Tork Inde
pendent.
Virginians, while they have strong feel
ings and strong prejudices, are not, as a
rule, socially Intolerant or vindictive. The
state was always divided nearly evenly in
public sentiment. The old political antag
onisms between Whigs and Democrats were
very intense, but seldom Invaded the realm
of social Intercourse, and accustomed the
upper classes not to confound the two. And,
today, among the people with whom I have
been accustomed to mingle socially there.
tnat truce of politics Is generally recognized
so as to make the social relations of re
spectable political antagonists vevy pleasant
indeed. I do not say that it is universally
true, but It is the rule.
Devoted to "Bsautiss."
From the New Tork Press.
Mrs. Astor seldom gives a dinner without
American Beauty roses as the leading flower.
At her present series of dinners in Beech-
ood the large round table has been abloom
with these roses. Mrs. Astor has several sets
of table vases for flowers, and among her
handsomest articles of plate is an old-faBh-loned
silver epergne. It is wrought beauti
fully and was a wedding gift. There are 10
arms containing vases, and when filled with
Beauty roses this epergne forms a brilliant
decoration. Mrs. Astor'B devotion to this
flower is noteworthy-, because Newport
women change "favorite" flowers from year
to year. Orchids gave way to gardenias, and
now stephanotls threatens to unseat the gar
denia. Camellas are used on many a fash
ionable table.
ure, suggests the title of the other painting.
Antiques and valuable paintings are scat
tered throughout the house. The grand
staircase. In carved oak. cost $40,000. The
celling of the first floor is painted to repre
sent the heavens. In the drawing-room Is
a Marie Antoinette mantel taken from the
Tulleries. On a stand near by is a glass
in the country districts. Even In the towns
the majority of Turks use stimulants spar
ingly. Fidelity, patience, obedience, disci
pline, are native to the Turkish character,
and that is why the Osmanll armies have
always been terrible and often Irresistible.
Onpe I had to Btay alone ln a village In
case containing a piece of silver given to Asia. Minor. Every night the 1ekje, or vll-
Governor Sprague by Pope Leo XIII. laK policeman, slept outside my door, and
he accompanied all my walks. He was a
In 1890 Kate Chase brouaht suit for di- aeiigntrui companion, ana ne gave me some
nothing but the wing of a chicken!"
i
Offending Nature.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
There is an excellent old lady, who lives
in Germantown and is a strong advocate
of the enforcement of the blue laws. But
she Is very fond of the good things of the
table, and for this reason. ehe delights in
doing her own marketing. The other Mon
day morning found her, bright and early,
selecting some fine pear from her market
man. "Are you sure," she asked, "that these
vnrc. hut it waa not nnttt irn va to I capital shooting, for, like all his race, he
and oniv after n. atuhhorn riirht that . a, was a sealous sportsman. Even in Christian Pars were not picked Sunday?'
cree was granted. 7hen came the sale o' villages the bekje is alway a Turk, for the don't know about that" ald the man,
Canonchet to Frank D. Moulton. Beecher's Christian prefer an official whom they can
friend, for the ridiculous sum. of 162,850, less trust
than one tenth of its original cost. When I -
Moulton attempted to take possession he Th domestic life of the Turks of poor
was met and repulsed bv an armed force. or aaie ranit is orten mguiany beautirui
Many were the subterfuges of the purchaser Let me ',v two Instance. Once a eervant
and nis nirenngs to gam possession of Can
onchet but at every point he was defeated.
It was not until some months later that the
governor capitulated and went to Washing-
with a grin, "but I do know that they growed
Sunday."
A "Slav to Method.
From the Scottish American.
A medical specialist was very much Jn the
habit of using a notebook to assist hi mem
ory and Insure precision. In course of time
it happened that his aged father died. The
worthy doctor attended the obsequies aa
In our party, an English-speaking Turk
named All Tschouach. lost his only child.
As he was poor, he received a little gift to
ward the expenses of burial. When the
money wa givert him he wept bitterly, and j chief mourner with due solemnity. At tha
we had nothing better to offer hlin than the close he waa observed to take out his note
poor customary consolations. book and carefully to erase the words, "Mem.
"Ah! It is not that it is not that" he cried. Bury father."
marched ahont tha lawn m tn ffrwAmAi. 1 m thinklnir of my poor wife. How can
.w 5 I ja stee t I a a w i m.
quaint and fearless, ever ready to meet an Bn eyer DW. " . ... now u,a T0U
assault, directed th tnanamwra Mb a -n. Once a pasha invited me to his house. Edmund Vance Cooke. In Light of Truth.
eral. Had the Moulton force atacked, AIter we naa "ei ourBe,veB lo conee ana via you tackle that trouble that came your
bloodshed Would no doubt have resulted. yiare.ie, a uw .upencu mu a Brave mum way,
In 1883 the Dresent Mrs. Sm-aru. thn ,aa enwrel- noiomg nis graver sister nana. with a resolute heart and cheerful?
ton.
curing me siege uanoncnet resembled a
fortress. The governor' flag flew from the
flagpole, men carrying Wlncheeter rifle
A Tight Fit.
From the New York Express.
An Englishman entered a tallorshoD In
Twenty-third street the other day, and
throwing a package on the counter, said:
"These trousers are a beastly fit: vou'U
have to fix 'em. They're tighter than my
skin, don't vou know."
"Rut that's impossible!
be?" demurred the tailor.
"Well, I can sit down ln my skla but I
cawn't sit down when in those blooming
breeches!" was the wrathful answer.
How could they
Took His Option.
From the New York Tribune.
"Sam" Parks, the Irrepressible walking
delegate. Is having many experiences which
do not usually fall to the lot of real leaders
of men. The other day It was: "Fifty 'dol
lars or 15 days." He paid the money.
Amendment and Exposition.
From the Philadelphia ledger.
Prof. Langley says he modeled his flying
machine after the extinct pterodactyl. It
seems to be rather a copy pf th dodo. P. S.
-The dodo couldn't fly, "
The Man and the Woman.
From the Kansas City Journal.
A man will run as fast as he can to cross
a railroad track ln front of a train. Then
he will watch it till it goes out of sight.
Then he will walk leisurely away. He
seems to be all right and probably is. That
Is a man. A woman in a street car will open
a satchel and take out a purse, take out a
dime and close the nurse, onen the antrhol
put ln 4he purse, close the satchel and lock
both ends. Then she will give the dime to
the conductor, who will give her a nickel
back. Then she will open the satchel and
take out the purse, put ln tthe nickel, close
the purse, open the satchel and put In the
purse, close the satchel and- lock both ends.
Then she will feel for the buckle at the back
of her belt.
Mrs. Inez Calvert, was married to Gover
nor Sprague at the Hotel Virginia, Staun
ton, Va. In April, 1886, Frank Moulton died.
The governor and Mr. Sprague were at the
time living in Frovldence. Negotiations
were at once begun for the purchase of Can
onchet, Mrs. Moulton finally consenting to
sell for $65,000. And thus again the gover
nor entered into his own.
Mrs. Ineaf Sprague at one time promised
to become a great singer.. She studied in
Paris and made a successful debut here, but
concluded to abandon the operatic' and con
cert stage, sne is a beautirui woman, a
charming hostess and a fearless eques
trienne. .
Hops, -
From the Atlanta Journal.
Hope springs eternal ln the human breast.
A man ln the poorhouse thinks he will b? a
millionaire some day, and f David B. Hill
thinks he will get the Democratic; "nomination.
Where the Luck Comes ln,J
From the Washington Star.
It is a lucky thing that the Venezuelan
government with its determination to do
precisely as It chooses. Is not iiny bigger.
The Crucial Time.
From the Chicago News.
AH men are born equal, "but at the age of
40 a man Is either more or less so.
7 A Mystery Explained.
From the Chicago News.
Shrewdness enable a man to catch on and
.wisdom enable him to 1st Co,- - , -
Hanna Without a Csrnation.
Cleveland Correspondence New York Time.
Senator Hanna did not wear a carnation
The regular salaams were exchanged and Or hide your face from the light of day,
duplicated with the utmost punctilio, and, With a craven soul and fearful T
this done, the children charged upon their O, a trouble' a ton and a trouble' an ounce,
father and stormed his knees. The boy Or a trouble is what you make it
pulled out the watch and opened it, while But It isn't the fact that you're hurt that
the girl made a strong attack upon her I counts,
fathers beard. But the most riotous and But only, how did you take it?
delighted of the three wa the rather. These
incidents are typical, I am told. Of course i You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what'
in Turkey, nome ure is so cloistered tnat on I that?
rarely hear of such things. Come up with a smiling face.
It's nothing. against you to fall down flat
in nospitaiity tne Turns outsnme an other But to lie there that' disgrace,
races. If you are traveling In the interior The harder you're thrown, the higher yoi
your guard will offer some dish from their bounce,
rough camp kitchen. The bekje, of whom I Be proud of your blackened eye; 1
have already told kept my table In fruit It Isn't the fact that you're licked that
and small game. Once I was asked to counts,
luncheon at the house of a high court of- If how did you fight, and why?
ficlal. He was in , the habit of drinking
wine, and I had heard how rare and delect-
today, though many were displayed on the j able was the hock that would be set before
coat lapels of those who Went with him to U On that day a fanatical priest was of
the McKlnley monument unveiling at Toledo, the party, and the good Pasha abstained;
"I never wear one on this day," said the but he produced two bottles of that radiant
senator. "I am in favor of making Mc- and soul-satisfying wine for his guests
KInley's birthday carnation day. The day "They are my last bottles," he said, sadly,
ne aiea oring . oaca too many unpleasant I when we praised it.
recollections. --x
"The carnation has been turned from a
pleasantry to a beautiful little emblem in
connection with the life of McKlnley. While
he was in the White House the flower waa a
How many Englishman would have risked
their rarest vintage on the casual stranger
at their board?
I have written this from my. own observa
tion and experience, because I know how the
sort of joke in official circles, fdr on the j English Journals are carefully read in
table in the cabinet room there was always
a basket of them,' and whenever a man came
to see the president, if he didn't get an of
fice he got a carnation. McKlnley would
pick up one of the flowers, and, with his own
hands, place it ln the visitor's buttonhole.
Whenever a man left Uie president wearing
a flower everybody knew that he didn't get
what he went after."
Proof.
From the Indianapolis Sun.
James McNeill Whistler, the artist." left a
good-sized fortune to his heirs'. That settle
It he wasn't the real thing after alL -
" Ought to Like It. ., 7
Girls ought to like automobile. It la
such fun to go out la one and come back ln a
milk wagon, .;. ,': . - x
Turkey, and that the Turks are often
wounded by the careless and wanton manner
in which their character is often labeled
by men who should understand them better.
On one point I wish to conclude.- I have
had to do a good deal of business of one sort
and another .with Turk of the unofficial
class, and I never met one of them who
broke his word or attempted anything like
sharp practice. And the official class is not
half as corrupt as one is encouraged to be
lieve. Of course, bakshish Is an established
practice, but the man who accepts the prac
tice as the custom of the country, and doe
hlft duty byjt j-easonably but not extrasai
gantly, never finds himself 'left In the cart
i - ; ' . "I 'I T 1 . I I l ..
Milwaukee is said to be an active candi
date for the: next convention of the Prohi
bitionists, z- .: r-.i
And though you may be don to death, what
then?
If you battled the best you could,
If you played your part In the world of men,
Why, the critic will call It good.
Death comes with a crawl or come with a
pounce,
And whether he's slow or pry,
It isn't the fact that you're dead that counts,
But If only, "How, did you die?"
- Thoy Don't Need On.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Sultarr ha engaged an American
press "agent. The Macedonians do not need
one; their side of the case -speaks for itself.
Don't Feel That Wayv
' From the Washington Star.
Col. Watterson say "the money evil 1
our Nemesis," but a large number of peopl
do not feel as if they were being pursued.
' - .
It's Charm Gone.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Perhaps the greatest charm of smoking'
has now been removed for those West Point
cadets. It la no longer a forbidden pleasure, i
And 8hrieking for. Mora.
From the Washington Post
There -are but 850,000 word In the' Eria-
llsh language, and all of them are In uaa br
the Delaware Republican .