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OREGON
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SEPTEMBER 28, '
THE-OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
AN INDEPENDENT, NEWSPAPER
JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.,. . Proprietors
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Published very renin (except Sunday)
, . at The Journal Building. Fifth and
Yamhill Sts, Portland, Or.
OFFICIAL, CITY PAPER
GOOD EVENING.
Equity, thus depending, essentially,
. upon the particular circumstances of
each Individual case, there can be no
established rules and fixed precepts of
equity laid down, without destroying
its very essen-e. And, on the other
hand, the liberty of considering all
eases In an equitable light must not be
Indulged too far lest thereby we destroy
all law. And law, without equity,
though hard and disagreeable, Is much
more desirable for the public good than
equity without law. Blackstone's Com
mentaries on the Laws of England, 62,
Book 1. Page 42.
7 r concentration.'
IT HAS BEEN SAID of .Portland that It
'; doesn't always succeed In achieving
... what It reaches for because there is a
lack of concentration In Its efforts. Like a
team of horses, with a heavy load Instead of
both pulling - steadily together one pulls,
while the other rests, with the natural result
that the load remains where It Is-until such
time as united effort or adventitious aid
Solves the problem. ' Portland is spread out
pretty thin In the matter of commercial
bodies. " It has organised them on every rea
sonable pretext and sometimes on pretexts
not entirely; reasonable. Each one eaU "up
' a certain amount of substance a certain
proportion of the money which the commer-
clal community as a whole may reasonably
be expected to contribute to such purposes
and this money and the effort whirl) should
go with it are so scattered that no one can
claim that the highest possible results are
' ilwayOehlevedV"
In some directions these bodies are prac
tically useless. They have the merit of ex-t
treme respectability. and. a conservatism so
deep and abiding m to be Impervious to new
method or movement. But there is growing
up about us, entirely unsuspected by many,
- a new Portland, generously broad la Its am
bitions, alive to Its. own, interests, pushing,
progressive and modern. This element has
little faith in mere resolutions, however long
. or well worded.-They are affiliated mem
bers of the big world's Push Club who be
lieve in doing things Instead of wasting their
time talking about them. These men, realis
ing the work ahead of Portland. Its natural
advantages and what they should lead to,
favor concentration of all the commercial
bodies so that when anything hereafter is
"needed it will be pursued With all the force,
energy and intelligence of the whole of
Portland. ..
Concentrated effort Is what accomplishes
results in this world; scattered effort rarely
.ever.' Portland's efforts are entirely too
much . scattered; they should be concen
trated. - .. " t ' v .
tain of 'wisdom that plays In the city hall.
He derives therefrom'' that It Is his province
to determine what gambling to allow and
what to prevent. The law, which makes no
distinction of race or color, is not worth a
reference. The chief thing is what the chief
thinks. ;
And the chief thinks that Chinese lotterjes
are much worse than those comparatively
innocent pastimes which net the city 14,000
per month. These JO-cent games of Ce
lestial origin corrupt the women and chil
dren, whereas the tiger, for Instance, devours
only those who seek his lair. Therefore the
official shield. Is Interposed between suscep
tible infancy and womanhood and the allure
ments of Chinese cheap lotteries, while at
the same time It protects the tiger from the
vengeance of the law.
The distinction which the chief makes,
and which the law does not make. Is In fact
without any foundation. The enticements of
the gaming houses, which It is the pleasure
of the chief to enhance by publicity and pro
tection, are more alluring and corrupting
than the Chinese games. The ground of the
distinction which the chief gives is not only
without merit, but It Is without sincerity.
He does not believe in it himself. There Is
An ulterior motive actuating the police de
partment that has no relation to any pub
lic good. That motive is not far to find. It
only needed the Chinese raid to prove the
league, offensive and defensive, between the
city government and a gambler's trust. The
raid was made because the Chinese lotteries
are excluded from the trust. We do not In
tend to be ruined by Chinese cheap gam-
btlng.
Let no one suppose that the Chinese com
petition In the profession Is to be despised,
There are 10-cent games, In the trust houses,
which would be . affected by the lotteries.
The gamblers pay for a monopoly, and the
chief mean to deliver the goods.
The hardihood of the chief is, perhaps, jus
tifiable.' He has back of him the mayor, tho
(amblers and the Oregonlan. The tripartite
alliance Is pledged to his unwavering sup
port The public conscience seems to him to
be asleep. But after all his philosophy may
be at fault There is a puissance he has not
taken into account ; there are some deities
he has not propitiated. Let him await the
grinding of the gods.
"MILKING" THE FRENCH, ' J '
How Colombia Is "Soaking" the , Panama
Canal Company. ; ' . j ';
From the New York Times. ; ' f '
It whs after Duncan was quite dead that
the somnnmbulant Lad Macbeth wondered j
how the old man could have had so much
blood in him. The French Owners of the
Panama canal' property have In past years
PUTTING IN THE TELEPHONE.
Its Location Caused Prolonged Dltouulon,
.. But It Ended Amicably.
From the Chicago News. ,
"James,", said Jdra. Shumaker,. "the tele
phone man have come to see about patting
10 the telephone.? . i . ,
"Very well,' said Shumaker with that ex
asperating- Indifference to domestic crises
been most cruelly bled by the government of J that has driven many a woman to an early
Pnlnmtilo Hllf It mn.a , r .....I- ... a . ... .... M . . , "
'. Ana m rciumou io nis'newspaper,
Colombia: but, If reports from Bogota are
true, they are now called upon to give up
further of the vital liquor, which by this
time ought to run. thin and colorless. -Abandoning
all fresh demands upon us be
yond the terms of the Hay-Herran treaty.
it is now, ported that the opposition In
the Colombian senate will consent to ratifi
cation If the new Panama Canal company
will pay, out of the 140,000,000 it Is to re
celve from us, f 10,000,000 to the Colombian
government. -The shareholders of th new
Panama Canal company, so the Colombians
i "But where shall we have itvput?" ; , t
. "Any old place, my dear.". . S " ;
" ."But James," laid. Mrs. Shumaker, with
an ' Intpnatlon . that her husband knew. "I
have asked you for days where to have that
telephone put and It isn't decided yet" 1
"Well, Isn't that Just a little your fault,
my dear?" asked Shumaker. "Every time
you have asked me I have said that it should
be put in the rear of the hall. , That spot
really does, in spite of constant and unex-
r v j ; A FAMOUS CAT DEAD. ?,
"Toots," Once the Property of the Late Miss
Frances E. Willard. ',
v From the Chicago News.
"foots" Willard. one of the , most cele
brated cats In the world, Is-dead. Over a
decade ago-he came Into international prom
inence ' when ; it wag announced ,that Miss
Frances Willard had a splendid Persian puss.
Who bore the stately name of Gladstone.
But when the '"Grand Old Man" repudiated
certain temperance ,k principles ; dear to. the
heart of Miss - Willard !. she promptly re-
christened her pet and called him "Toots." '
He Instantly became the Idol of the White
Ribboners on two continents, and there was
an Immediate demand for his photographs.
And so it came to pass that "Toots" "looked
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SHORT. STORIES
"A
t y ,' ,'Twss His Move, ''.
From the Boston Traveler." .
This yarn'ia current about a certain Well'i
known Boston policeman whose last name is
not unlike Murphy. It seem that he walked,'
unannounced. Into the Hon.'- Timothy Sul
llvan's room at Saratoga, The Hon. Mr.
Sullivan waa o m.kiiw .ii,i. ... . -
"Hollo Mnmhvl . niA I r
' J wauu .V fVWI Vl
play checker?" .' . , , ,.
"I haven't played in a long time, ' but' I
sruess I could," said Murphy.
A ngnt, retorted the Hon. Mr. Bullion.
w a j- .i . ., I lookinr toward tha 4rvi. Ifm ...... .
rmniit uuiiuicua ui iiiucv wuiib me pig i " ... v.ww,, jyui mm
eye of the camera, winked at hint. His plo I "rpny mougni a moment-hnd went out.
ture hangs In thousand of homes. It graces
the walla of noble houses in England, and
can be found in the hut of an Icelander, for
000,000 or 130,000.000. Above that figure, the
purchase money we are to . pay would be
"velvet" a fabric of which Colombians ap
pear to be uncommonly fond.. ',
The Wyse concession of 1871 required the
operating company to pay over to the Be-
plained objection, appeal to. me as the very
argue, must have got their stock cheap: j place where it might best hang to suit your j he has coined more than 12,000 for the ten
probably It did not cost them more than 116,- I convenience everybody's convenience.", j perance cause through the sale of hla Dhotoa.
Mrs. Shumaker sniffed contemptuously.
"What If burglars were to come? How could
we possibly get down there in the night T One
of the chief reasons' for having the thing put
In is for burglar protection. Suppose a fire
started in the cellar and our escape from up
, Compared to Congressman Sullivan. Choa
terfield was the rudest man on earth.
, 1 jij Hobson's Choloe. ' ".
A writTf says: "This tale waa told hv an
During bis kittehhood hundreds of people I oia In'na more "n yr Mo.1 He held
visited Rest Cottage to see Miss , WUIard's commission in her majesty's royal marines
beautiful cat and lay their hands," on hla on th' fla"l'P ' the North American-
satiny coat. But adulation palled upon him, adrm waa a hot day and the young
and he ecame extremely Irascible, "and with ft"mt. feeling thirsty, asked the Irish .
tooth 'and claw protested against indlscrtm- teWft''l 'of eome pale ale. Ie It the pints or'
public of Colombia a percentage of the re- stairs was cut off, how. couid we get down- I lnate caresses. . His naughtiest trick was to the uarUl tn M would like, aorrr said the
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THE JETTY INDICTMENT.
I HE INDICTMENT against the Jetty
work at the mouth of the Columbia
river runs something like this;
, Delay in finishing the first contract which
may cause great loss to shipping and more or
. Jess indefinitely postpone the completion of
the Jetty. 1 '
Inferior stone that cannot be brought up to
the requirements' of Jetty work.
Stone full pf hidden sea ma that cause It
to break when struck with a hammer .and
which would therefore cause It to fall apart
when dumped 40 feet on other stone in the
Jetty. . , i
Insufficient quantity and the impossibility
of getting etone in that section which comes
up to the requirements for the second con
tractor 475,000 tons.'
Lack of Jarge slies, hence the likelihood
that much of the stone now placed may be
washed away by the winter storms.
No one need be' told that these embody a
serious indictment which calls for public ac
tion. , No one need be told of the, importance
of cleaning the Columbia bar nor its great
value to the trade of this region if it were
. cleaned. There should be no dispute over
the proposition that the Jetty work should
be completed as speedily as possible. Now
if the work is to be delayed long beyond
the time contemplated in the contract and
if, because Of the Inferior quality of the
stone used, it may have to
HOW AND HOW NOT TO DO IT
HE COMING retirement from the state
state fair management of the men
who have lifted that institution into
respectability as well as financial responsi
bility is a matter of more than passing mo
ment for more reasons than one. It involves
an pbject lesson showing what honest up
right and " patriotic cltlxens may do In re
viving a discredited state institution. It
shows how these men not only may give to
It new character and restore confidence, but
hew It may speedily be put on a asis to
meet; all of its financial obligations. In a
word present and past managements suc
cess, decency and responsibility as opposed
to failure, corruption and ,publlc scandal
may be differentiated by the single word
graft The present management conducted
the fair In the Interests of the public; the
past managements simply exploited it In the
Interest of a clique of grafters.
Now that the management Is about to be
turned over to new hands, it should not
be forgotteW that it may Just as quickly de
generate Into the old discredited channels.
Everything depends on' the men. Surely
Oregon has had enough experience with the
grafters to Insist that they be rigidly ex
cluded in the new deal that Involves the state
fair.
celpts, which was never In any case to fall
below the sum of f 250,000 annually. When,
by the law of 1890, time for beginning work
was extended to February, 1891, Colombia
required as compensation .for the grant 10.
000 shares of stock of the company and 10,-
000,000 francs in cash. By further contract
executed In April, 1893, the time for begin
ning to build the canal was extended to Oc
tober, 1894, and a further payment of 2,000,
000 francs In gold was exacted. The cost to
the company of these two extensions, after
deduCttng certain debts due from Colombia,
was 8,000,000 francs and 10,000 shares of
stock. vWhen the new Panama, Canal com
pany was organised. In 1894, 60,000 shares of
its stock were issued to the government of
Colombia. The government is, therefore, a
very large shareholder. It now demanda
that. In any disposition that shall be made
of the assets of the company, it shall receive
different and more advantageous treatment
than, other shareholders. But that Is nat
ural, since It is te only shareholder that has
anything to sell to the company, and the
only one In a position to exact preferential
treatment It might be supposed that the
French shareholders would Indignantly re
fuse to comply with this new demand from
Bogota. .That remains to ba seen. . ... .
stairs to summon the Are department?" .- hide In dark corners and spring out on peo-
weii." saia - BnumaKer, wearily, "ir you pie. But when he retired to private life he
juivijr jus naiurauy sweet aispo-
prefer upstairs, for goodness sake, have It
placed upstairs .and let the matter drop. The
thing la for your convenience and if you feel
it Is for your convenience to trot up a flight of
stairs whenever the telephone bell tinkles
far be It from me to suggest the rear of the
downstairs hoi! again."
,When-Mlas Willard went abroad after her
mother's death, she begged Mrs. Norton, who ;
had the largest aggregation of Angora cats.
to take charge of her precious puss, and he
steward. 'Are there any pint V asked my
inena, innocently. - There are not, sorrr '
was the decisive answer of the steward."
s i - 'O , -a t. .. "i
r . ' . Autographed In Glasses, .
From the New Tork News.
It Is doubtful whether Chauncey M. Depcw
IS the more croud of his renntatlnn ' n
RAIN 8AVE0 THE PRESIDENT.
again, Portland la facing a very serious slt
. uaUoa which in Justice, to itself, it cannot
shirk. .
The work has been already too long de
layed. While Portland was lying back on
Its oars other enterprising ports were push
ing to the front. They did much but they
claimed to have done very much more. Many
people In the eountry believed thern and thus
they have received "trade that more naturally
belonged here. 'In, the meantime congress
has provided us with means to make fully
available our resources and advantages.' In
the face of this are we still to remain at a
standstill while our, energetic competitors
continue to forge ahead?
No Applause at Antietam Until Ho Defied
a Torrent
From the New York World,
In vain President Roosevelt moved to the
front of the rickety little speakers' stand and
bowed most encouragingly, while a local
brass band at his elbow brayed "Hail to the
Chief." The sore-Jointed veterans simply
would not thaw.
But as President Roosevelt started to
speak a great mass of blue-black clouds
came rushing down the Shenandoah valley.
Before he had talked five minutes the storm
struck the battlefield with fury, first a tear
ing wind and then a deluge of rain.- Up
went the umbrellas, only to be whfrled,
twisted and telescoped. Down came the tor
rent, steaming- like smoke and turning turf
and roadway Into a pond.
There is small doubt that the veterans
would have bolted then and there had even
a sheltering barn been in sight, but the roll
ing hills of the historic battlefield showed
only a monument here and there, looking
ghastly in the gloomy downpour.
The veterans braced, up. Umbrellas were
forgotten and drenched men and women
pressed closer up around the speakers' stand.
They laughed, and then they cheered.
President Roosevelt was' scorlnsr. Disre-
ue aone over garding the tempest, he was going right
In his speech of April 17, 1902, Senator
Morgan of Alabama said:
"The shrewd traders of the Panama Canal
company, having failed for five years to In
volve the United States in the partial Joint
ownership of a property that was already
wrecked in value and scandalised in char
acter, have: found on page 103 of the report
of our commission a bed on which their fall
could be broken, and they Instantly dropped
their price for the wreck all the dlsty dis
tance from 3109.000,000 to 340,000,000. The
fall was so startling as to shock all ob
servers; but the' agile performers discovered
a safety net and leaped for It It was a des
perate leap, but they had faith in the reputed
American fondness for, glittering tempta
tions in the way of bargains."
Another safety net has been spread in the
sight of these long-suffering Frenchmen.
We have agreed to pay them 340,000,000 for
their property and' rights. , Colombia de
mands 310,000,000 of that sum. If they re
fuse to pay, everything is "off," the treaty
will fail, and we shall build a canal along
the Nlcaraguan route. The company's. 340
000,000 -of assets would thus be -entirely
wiped out. They could. And no. other pur
chaser, for no private company would un
dertake to build and operate a Panama canal
in competition with our Nlcaraguan canal,
and it is well known that we should not per
mit any foreign government to complete the
canal begun by De Lesaeps. As to the mat
ter, we have come to a very clear under
standing of our interests and our policy.
"Of course," said Mrs. Shumaker, thought
fully, "I would have to run upstairs every
time the bell rang If I have it put upstairs,
and that might grow tiresome. Bui then It
ought to be there if burglars ever "
"My dear," said Shumaker, "we have been
keeping house about 16 years now, haven't
we?"
"Tea," said Mrs. Shumaker, with some
doubt in her voice doubt of his ultimate
purpose In asking the question.
"And in all that time has any one ever
rattled our front doorknob even with a view
of getting In unless that person had a legiti
mate right "
"Nonsense!" said Mrs. Shumaker. "They
may get In tonight and take everything
we ve managed to accumulate during these 15
years you speak of.- Well, If upstairs won't
do why don't you suggest somewhere else?"
"That's easy. I suggest the rear of the
downstairs halt"
"James! I shall scream if you continue to
talk about that perfectly impossible place.
Why will you be so provoking?"
"I have no other place to suggest. I sm
willing even anxious that you should suit
yourself about It, anyway."
"But you won't help me a bit!"
"Now, you Just choose a spot yourself and
hang that blamed thing on it for ornament
or use, Just as you decide. Consider tho
roof, the bathtub, under the kitchen sink "
"James, you are perfectly useless. I had
to work like a mad woman to get your con
sent to have that modern convenience here
and I have all the trouble of getting It placed
and when I come to you- for help all you say
is 'rear of the hall. "
Shumaker whistled softly. "Because you
asked me the best place as I view the situa
tion and I tell you what I consider the best
place. Here comes the telephone man. Now
you let-him settle the matter for yeu and
then In the future you blame him if things
don't suit you."
Shumaker was still whistling softly when
his' wife asked and the man answered tmt
crucial question. But he stopped In time to
hear his wife's reply.
VCertalnly," she said, "that's what we have
decided on. It will be hidden by the' stairs
and it would be very inconvenient to have
it upstairs. In the rear of the hall then."
Shumaker began to whistle again, softly
and slowly, but meeting his wife's steady eye
he. got up quietly and started down, town.
remained ther until ha diart. Aa anr aa 1 railway ai rector, politician, diplomatist- mih
she lived Miss. Willard went to see "Toots." 1 110 "Peaker. or teller of-after-dinner stories,
and carried him bunches of fragrant Eng- 1 , 0f. the ,Rtter ood collection, and
llsh violets. He was passionately fond 'of "ways reaajrio retail one or two to an
the delicious Perfume, and would rather "PPreciauve listener.
them In his velvety paws, cradle them under
bis chin, toss them In the air, roll on them,
and finally go to sleep with his nose buried
in the purple bloom.
"Toots" most sensational exploit waa to
dig the xat kennel door open, which set off
an electric burglar alarm. The busier
bussed, the bells Jangled and held a noisy
Jubilee which, roused the entire household.
The terrified family, armed with revolvers,
crept through the house and found It undis
turbed. But some one was stepping softly
around in the kitchen, and then came a loud
crash aa a pile of pans clattered to the floor.
The door waa opened wide enough to thrust
in a shooting iron, and there in the moon
light sat. "Toots," "meowing" a welcome.
. "Toots' sole relative was "Dixie" Norton
the famed trick blcyqle der, whose soa
"Royal" Norton, is the most valuable cat in
the world, Mrs. Norton having refused 32,600
for him.' For several years "Toots" had been
111 with tuberculosis, and has been. Isolated
from Mrs. Norton's other cats, and also de
barred from seeing visitors.
. He was a magnificent animal," weighing 23
pounds, with eyes like - Jewels, a splendid,
plumy brush, and long, silky coat
ZIONISM DEAD.
Impossible to Gather the Jews Together en
Raoial Lines.
London Letter in Washington Star. ,
I hear from a most trustworthy source
that the Ugranda Jewish scheme is not re
garded at all seriously by many of those
who have hitherto been ardent supporters
of Herat's -Zionist proposals, and it Is not
expected that the scheme Will ever mater
ialize. My information Is that at Basle the
opinion is that "Zionism" is to all Intents
Here Is one that has rocently emanated
from him:
" "I went" he says, "to a hotel in London,
and said to the clerk In the office at the en
trance, who had the register:
" 'Where shall I autograph T
"'Autograph 7 said the clerk.
"Tea, sign, my name, you know
"'0, here.' I signed my name in the reg
ister; . A little while after In came somd
country-looking folks. One of them ad
vanced to the desk. ;
"Will you autograph, asked the clerk,
with a smile.
" Certainly! said the gentleman, besmlna.
Til have a dash of bitters in mine. What
are you taking yourself r "
Two ef a- Kind.
From the Sporting .Times.
A passenger entered a railway carriage la -Australia,
In which was seated a particularly
aggressive commercial traveler, and placed
In the rack opposite a small wooden box
pierced with holes. In the conversation
which followed the commercial traveler gave
several hints that he would like to know
what was In the box; without avail. At last
his curiosity got the better of him.
"I say, old .man," he asked, "what have
you In that box?"
"A mongoose," was the reply.
A series of diplomatic remarks followed,
aimed at getting the reason for carrying a
mongoose; but aa no explanation was of
fered, the commercial traveler had to say
plump out: , . , ,
. "What are you going to 'do with that mon
goose f. . . ,
The answer he got was: "I'm going to
see a friend who has been drinking very
heavily of late so heavily, in fact, that he
bas developed delirium tremens. You may
and nurnasea 'dead, and that at moat hut nn
more congress will be held. Regretfully j bware that people so suffering are Inclined
THE CHINESE AND THE CHIEF
AT HE CHIEF has stopped the Chinese
I lotteries inatanter. He lined up 38
, ' policemen, gave them succinct or
ders, and in no time at all scores of persons
were at "thelty jail depositing bail In the
sum of 810 each. There is .a great differ
ence between the features of Ihls round up,
hjxt those of -the semi-monthly visits to the
police court of thr white gamblers. The one
is genuine and, the other counterfeit One
proceeding is Intended to enforce the law, the
other to violate It So does the chief present
the vivid contrast et ween bogus arrests and
genuine arrests, between bogus bail and gen
uine balk :
The chief has been drinking from the foun-
T"
ahead with his speech. The flimsy canvas
covering the, little Platf ocm, had been rapped,
off by the wind. The torrent had the presi
dent at Its mercy. Water dripped from his
hair down into his eyes, but he winked it
away and talked right on. Rain rose in
spray from his frock coat and made huge
puddles about his feet but he never faltered.
"He's got grit" yelled a gray-whiskered
veteran in the front ranis.- "Right yoa are,'
came an answer from"the back of the drip
ping crowd, and then three ripping cheers
rang through the storm.
"Oh! I airi not a bit sorry for you vet
erans," shouted the president distributing a
pint or so of water with a sweeping gesture
of acknowledgement. "You won't melt But
I am sorry for the ladies."
A cheer greeted this little presidential gal
lantry, and then up piped the voice of a
silver-haired old lady with a "Phil" Kearney
badge pinned to orte of her bonnet strings.
"Never mind us," she cried; "We ain't of
the meltln kind." ' ,
To the end the president spoke in a pelt
ing rain, with the wind playing havoc on
every hand; but the dripping crowd was
with him. The little group of bedraggled
veterans' stamping about on the boggy
ground where they met the fierce, charge
of Jackson's corps 41 years ago, cheered like
youngsters at a football match. So it hap
pened that the rain saved the day for Presi
dent Kftrwevelt and made memorable New
Jersey day at Antietam.,.
On the whole, therefore, It would seem
that the Frenchmen might yield. It Is in
timated, even, that the statesmen at Bo
gota will take 36.000,000 If they cannot get
310,000,000. A disposition to dicker lubri
cates business. But the French company
can save itself only by immediate action, for
the treaty dies today by the expiration of the
time fixed for ratifying It, The opponents
of the. treaty in the Colombian senate, like
the immortal Flanagan, know "what they
are there for.", They have neither mercy
nor scruple. It is against these senators,
of course, and not against the government
of Colombia, that the reproach of highway
manlike tactics lies. President Marroquln
earnestly desires the ratification of the
treaty. The behavior of the footpad con
tingent In the senate, and, Indeed, the whole
shameful story of the haggling over the
treaty, raises serious questions for our gov
ernment. If we attempt to complete this
abandoned work and to operate a Panama
canal, there will necessarily. ' arise many
questions, the settlement of which will de
pend upon legislation at Bogota, We have
had ample notice of the vicissitudes that at
tend those who attempt to do business In
that -capital.
MISS G0ELET8 COSTUME.
No Needless School Holidays.
From the Washington Post.
' At the threshold of a new school year most
auspiciously,, opening, the , .Post. . deems It
proper to make one complaint as to the past
and to express the hope that the cause of it
may hot be repeated. Including the long
summer vacation and the shorter suspension
of the schools .In the holiday season, to
gether with several other holidays and
every Saturday, the working time of the
year la sufficiently rediiced.
When one reflects on the amount of work
required to secure even a fair average com
mon school education in these times, because
of the additions to the curricula necessitated
by the progress of science and the. arts, the
force of a protest against needless special
holidays is, apparent And It should not be
forgotten that the lower grades of our
schools afford all of the educational facilities
that a large majority of the pupils can ever
have. .
The closing of the Behoof houses against
50,000 boys and girls making a special holi
day for this grand army Of young students
should not occur save upon exceptionally
great occasions; Divide 60,000. days by the
number of days in a school year, and you
have' a clear idea of the result of an extra
holiday. We trust thafthe record of thla
year will not be marred by any mistake in
this serious matter. t
Littauers Jongv:
Congressman Llttauer to Secretary Root:
"Would I were a glove upon thy fair hand.'
Taking Time by the Forelock.
From the Washington Star.
A St Louis woman who . had not been
heard from for years has Just communicated
with her faroHylTJfourseTtney will be
expected tojsave a roonfor her during the
expoeiiioj
i
It Is td Be a Creation Gifts of Gowns for
Maids.
From the New York American.
Mrs. Ogden Goelet and Miss May Goelet
will spend the greater portion of the coming
week shopping inr New Tork for such of the
Important wedding details as were not ar
ranged for on the other side of the water
prior to the recent return to this country
of the bride-elect.
. The order for the wedding gown was given
by Miss Goelet to one of the leading Euro
pean modistes. All that her most intimate
friends have as yet been told With regard to
this portion of the trousseau,, which Is na
turally the one about , which centers the
greatest amount of Interest is that it is to be
of regulation white satin.
' The next memorable occasion on which the
gown is designed to be worn after the mar
riage is when, upon her return to England,
tne uuKe of-Roxburgne wiu lor many pre
sent his bride at court
The principal object of Miss Goelet's New
Tork shopping expedition will be to arrange
for the gowns of her bridesmaids, which, one
of her Intimate friends in New Tork ia whls
perlng about are to be t presented by the
bride to her attendants.
The order for the bridal robe and all of the
evening gowns having been given to Euro
pean modistes, Miss Goelet -will select in- this
country only a fewf street and visiting cos
tumes. One of these,1 which, ft ia asserted.
is to be honored as the' going-a way gown, is
of moleskln-color chiffon velvet the present
season's novelty with elaborate trimmings
oi real moiesiun. . ;
The jacket' is made short, terminating at
the waist line with a full belt, of the soft
fine moleskin. Over this, the rather square
effect of the back is formed by having the
chiffon velvet cut short in a straight line Just
above the belt and set in with a tiny plait
on each shoulder, to give a full box-plait
appearance.. " ''
. From beneath the full, open sleeves fall the
Voluminous lingerie . under-sleeves the
latest dictate of fashion. A Jabot effect of
chiffon and lace relieves the otherwise rather
plain effect of the front of thla Jacket
Hard and Soft of It. .
From the Philadelphia Norths American.
Heavy snows in the West do not mean an
open winter. The leas open it is, the harder
it's going to be to get through it.
The In and Out of It
- From the Philadelphia Press, i V
September, having come in like an oil
stove', appears to be preparing: to got out like
a kaleidoscope. :'.--T .. H..4f- -f:-
. . . 7 Cheap'. Enough. . . :
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Maine guides are making a firm stand
for 34 a day for their services. Little enough;
Many Zionists admit the Idea that a Jewish
state has made no advance whatever by the
six annual congresses and the thousands pf
minor conferences and meetings that have
been held, and that neither, the world nor
the race are In a condition to bring about
the realisation of what was an ideal but
must remain a dream. The underlying mag
netic current which united Jews in all parts
of the world In furtherance of the scheme
has not proved strong enough to gather to
gether and reconcile the differences caused
by dispersion of the ancient people over the
face of the entire world, and those differ
ences have even accentuated and even de
veloped by the Basle congress.
The majority of the wealthier Jews whose
support would be , necessary to any .scheme
have never favored the revival of the na
tional idea among the race, and now the
cutting of the Palestinian chord of senti
ment casts off many of those who believe
that the hope of the Jew lies but in Zion. I
am assured that at Basle the other week a
large number of votes were cast In favor
of the commission of Inquiry being sent to
Uganda, simply In the interest of peace and
to put an end to a condition of things which
threatens to break up the congress. '
Christians, as a v6le, however, ' -do not
know very much about the return movement
of the Jews to Palestine. . I must confess I
was surprised when looking at an appeal on
behalf of the Angellcan mission to the Jews
In the - East to note the' increase, in their
number since the foundation of the Jeru
salem bishopric in 184 1' The Jews In Pal
estine numbered ' about 6,000. - J'There are
now 140,000, or three times as many as re
turned In the time of Ezra from the great
captivity; of " these 40,000 are supposed to be
living at Jerusalem, whJch la once more a,
Jewish city. .
to see snakes, and you . may. also be aware -
that there Is nothing on earth, so deadly to
snakes as a mongoose." He sat back, evi
dently" satisfied he had given a full and complete-explanation.
,
"But but I say," said the commercial
traveler, "those snakes are imaginary." '
"So is my mongoose," returned the person
interrogated.
Only Wait- " x
From the Atlanta Constitution.
In launching the cruiser Maryland got
stuck on her ways. But wait until she gets
In commission, and the whole country will
get stuck on her ways. , i
Hopes of Saving It
From the St Louis Post Dispatch. -:
With the Philippine certificate, the is-'
mian canal delay and 340,000,000 of internaf
revenue money to spare, we can surely save
Wall street . .'.
The Belles. ''
From the Milwaukee Sentinel. " . '
From the lakeside come the belles .
Charming belles; ,
What at tale of summer bliss each pretty
maiden tells L -. t y
Now to ball and tea they, hustle s
'Every day and every night;
How the dress designers hustle, ' - '
Makirfg waist' skirt, Jacket, bustle,
Till the bill Is out of sight
; How they soak, soak, soak.
Till poor dad Is nearly broke;
Little sundries make It steeper and the total
' dally swells -For
the belles, belles, belles, belles,
Belles, belles,, belles, .
For the dainty, dashing, dimpled little belles!
- - -- -The'qulnou -
From the New Tork Herald.
Today the sun on its southward journey
reaches the equator and summer is techni
cally over. With the arrival of the equinox
it was once supposed that . great storms
promptly make their appearance, generally
In our latitudes at least and the equinoctial
gale was always expected -tooeeur-colncl-
aentiy witn tne sun s crossing of the line.
Experience, with the aid of a little reflection.
should have sufficed to correct the widen
spread error. But what; experience failed to
do modern meteorological ; research has
largely accomplished, careful statistics of the
weather showing that the equinoctial storm
is not always exactly on time. Neverthe
less, nothing Is more certain in scientific
meterology than that about the time of the
autumnal equinox there Is a general and
marked Increase in the number and violence
Of storms, especially, on the oceans, islands
and the aeacoasts of the continents. The
equinoctial storms inay come a week or so
before or after the equinox, but; aa a rule
they actually do come with very unwelcome,
and often with destructive force. " v
;.--:. ; " ' ' ; '' To Be . Expected. " ' , w
:- From the Washington Post. V ' '
If Peary finds the-North Pole, we may
expect England to promptly file a claim that
it 1a located on her territory. r ; .
One of Thorn. "
From .the St Louis Post-Dispatch,. ;
The connection between dirty politics and
-dirty streets la. one of the inevitables.
See the tan upon the belles, '. '
Blistered belles! ' '!"
See their cunnfrig" IltfJo "forearms," browrie f" "
v far than chestnut shells. , ,
Clad in gowns decollete, . si-
Do they wish this tinge to BtayT
Heavens, no! y v., ,
Now that they've returned to town
They are busy taking off that coat of
. brown ." : , :
T" It must got
Soon -'twill disappear, they hope,
And with acid, sand and soap, '
And with various cosmetics that the wily
druggist, sells
They are scrubbing, tubblng rubbing,
Busy belles, belles, belles, belles,
Belles, belles, belles, ) ft
All these' sunburnt freckled, tawny little :
; belles. ' :
See the flirting little belles. ' "
' Fickle belles! ,
As the lovesick young recruit his tale of ado
U s. ration tolls. , 4
At the lake each gay coquette ' '
Longed for suitors,, and you bet
Here in town. U . . .
'Percy Soiythe and Harold Brown " ' 1
Algyx White and Willie Smye .
Will be strung In proper style, '
They are neither man nor woman, ''-.'. -
They are neither brute nor human - -'
They -are Its; - - , - '
That's right girlies, gl,ve 'cm fits! .
.T?thelr,,l Tepidly, grow dippy 'neath the
j ; , iascinaung spcua, , f j
ur u oeiies, oeues, tieiies, belles,
Belles, belles; belles, " -
Of the nitty. UtUe, shifty little bellest
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