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Editor Hal Paee f.'Ha Jderaal, PORTLAND, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6. 1904 THE OREGON DAI AN CS. JACKSON Published every evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building, Fifth and ; OFFICIAL, THE JOURNAL'S PLATFORM A Trinity ol Events Which Woull Malta of PortlsnJ the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast. ' ..-,v.,.-, f , :; ' First Deepen the Columbia river bar. SecondOpen the Columbia river to uninv peded navigation at and above The" Dalles. Third Dig an Isthmian canal - WAR AT ANY. MOMENT. I HAT WAR is Inevitable. between Japan and Russia " I there is very little reason to doubt. That is has ' ' hot yet started but Is likely "to be declared at any moment seems equally reasonable. Until Japan has re -ceived and considered the last Russian note, the matter cannot possibly come to a head, however briskly prepara tions for the Inevitable' eventuality may in the meantime .be hurried forward. It is not, likely that that note, no matter how conciliatory the tone, will alter the status. The policies of the two governments clash too vitally and at too many points. In the oiliest of language the Rus sians are ready tq concede the non-essentials in the con troversy, while firmly, if diplomatically, holding to the essentials. Japan is- wasting . no time' over the iion-essentrals," but 7. it" " seems "to beflxed" firmly as ' a rock in demanding the essentials. What it "demands is absolutely, necessary to its owri"""peace and even its national integrity: It is these very things . which Russia cannot or will not . concede and it is a realization of these facts that has caused both na tions to hurry forward preparations for war while main taining peaceful negotiations In the face of the world. ' Such an outcome was inevitable from the moment the fruits of Its Chinese "victory were wrested from Japan. The problem that now faces it was just as apparent then v 6:8 now; then as now the outcome of the struggle involved Japan's national integrity. The event may have been hastened .by the rapidity vitlj which Russia has since pushed its aggressive and heedless way through China, but sooner or later with the designs of . Russia manifest to the world,, Japan would have been forced to do one of two things, either to wink at what was going on or to fight. The manly course was to fight," for even the very worst could be no -worse than what would follow from a course of "indecision and cowardly inaction. That it pro posed to fight is clearly evident from Its course ever since . the close of the Chinese-Japanese war. It has steadily if unobtrusively pushed forward its military and naval prep- i rations and it has gathered itself together to resist the - Inevitable shock. Now on the eve of war it doubtless finds . itself ready for business and as fully prepared to meet the "emergency "as "'skllirToresIgWa.riaVasexpenaitUres of money could make it. A FELLOW FEELING. ' A HERE is a human streak In Speaker Cannon that I appeals to every man who has ever yielded to ' . the blandishments of a book-agent and accum ulated a mas of bulky volumes which seemed altogether vital to his "existence; In signing a check to cover the amount of the cost this is ; the endorsement .which he Placed upon it: '"This check is In full payment, both legal and moral, for 60 volumes of books called for in the con tract with the payee. The books are not worth a , .and are high at that. We are never too old to learn, but the way your gentlemanly agent came it over" your ''Uncle Joseph' is worth the check." , A wave of fellow feeling wilt follow this paragraph all over the country wherever it is printed. It will find an "echo in many hearts and in every community. Many other American citizens have been there! they have had 'the same experience and they have felt' the same way Ubout it. Some of them, perhaps, have expressed their 'feelings with equal frankness and picturesqueness. But .usually they did not feel they could afford to. take the TZXin XABYELS AT TKB CXBCTTS First Invasion of Manchu papital by a , "Greatest On Earth" a Suecess. .Eliza R. Scidmore's Fekln letter in Chl f cago Tribune. ) ' t The empress dowager and the members of the court circle have had the time of their lyes this year, when a real circus 'came up from Shanghai and gave three performances In the summer palace grounds for their exclusive enjoyment. It was the real thing a great, round tent, a sawdust circle, and rows of plank seats, with trained horses, baby ele phants, clowns, acrobats, and bareback riders, IThe peanut and pink lemonade, 'the sideshows, and ''tickets for the con cert lmmt'd lately following the perfor mance in the ring," were all worthy of "ihe most critical of American small boys. , e "Professor Chatres' Indian circus," Is .of Hindoo origin, and roams the East. 'Jt came up from Shanghai, returns there : and goes on to Hong Kong and Manila. Jt i the same conventional affair we "..'fall knew in our youth. To the august ; ; personage and the court it was a revela tion, a most delightful novelty, and three performances did not weary them. Tho .circus' came tip by 'special train, and h11 was managed by Commander Charles Hslngllng, the ton of Yu Keng. who, us a ge.ne.ral impressario, manager. and di rector of novelties and amusements at court, lias greatly delighted the empress .dowager. ; ' A formidable procession of carts end i'jlnrlklsiias conveyed tho properties ..-through the city and ouf to the mim mer palace grounds, and It was a gala - .day for all that part of Vckin. Despite' the troop ranged all the way to pre serve order, the populace nearly mobbed itho elephants, for. although elephants were some yearH ao a part of every state procession, the common people were, barred out and curtained off from any sight of them. . 1 The tent was net up at the far south uid .of the grout hike lu,. the palace grounds, and the empress dowager and her suite came across the water In the yellow curtained yacht when the firm performance was ready. Seated In a foreign, upholstered armchair under a ; yellow canopy, the impress is 'described as enjoying the performance, laughing heartily at the two little Hindoo dwarfs who wore the Humpty Dutnpty clothes f clowns, end was pieased-lwtth '.the trained dogs and herBes. She used gold opera glasses to watch the trapeze per formances, smoked cigarettes with grace ful nonchalance, and was much taken with the circus woman. " The third performance did not pall upu her., and the gorgeously dressed priiicfftfcea and lad to in waiting, the I'unuchs In splendid uniforms, and the tftc.it 'audience of palace attendants and sonants had never such a seaslon of enjoyment, ., , . J :::: TuLu. the recently-deceased general INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - " ' : PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO., PAPER OP TMB CITY OP world into their prone to believe in the books themselves. ' ' ' Jt is for this win hug "uncle RE PETIT ipN T t irepiuuuun, Strong pressure repetition of the spring when the T and trusted favorite of the dowager, had once proposed to bring a circus to Pektn for her entertainment, but the project fell through. ' The conservatives and lit erati at court wanted none of such for eign, innovations and the circus was not mooted again. Now thai they have smeiled the sawdust and met the clown, the ringmaster, and the dancing horse, the Manchu-rulers are provoked to think what they have missed what fun there might have been long before this In the purple palace grounds, ' The stories go that the empress dow ager watched the tiger long and earn estly, but would have nothing to do with the lion: that the Russian ringmaster and horse trainer was asked If he could train the dowager's officials as well, and a soon as he had educated the little Ssechuan pony; and that In rewards sil ver medals and rolls of silk were given round, and, the .professor of horses apd artists was paid soma 20,000 taels. With her keen ehjoyment of so many foreign things and her. real pleasure In meeting, the foreign women, there ought to be profound regrets on the part of 'the empress dowager'that she did hot avail herself of these pleasures, enter Into their newer and more exciting life 40 years ago, The court might have opened its doors and welcomed the tor ( -ign envoys when they first came to Pekin after the foreign occupation of 1 xtio, Just as well as afiter the lament aid" events and occupation of 1800, The court came back from Jehol to hide itself behind palace walls and jealously hide all foreigners, malntainfng a persistent altitude of contemptuous hos tility until it fled a second time .to es cpe foreign capture. liut it was a measurably-enlightened ;ourt, or cortege of changed hearts that rt-1 urncd from Shansl less than two yearH ago. Had the awakening of China gone on in 1880. there would have been no boxers, nor Russia in Manchuria, Ger many In Shantung. Japan In Formosa, nor France in Tongking, Annam and Cambodia. For all these losses they can thank themselves, their hostility o for eigners, and opposition l enlightenment HOT SATISFIES WITH TKB OI1T8. From the New Tork World.' Against following the hasty example of William Kaufman of ' Chicago, a timely word may be said, and the time to say U Is before this, example sirows into an established practice. Kaufman was ho dissatisfied with the Christmas gifts bestowed upon him by his uncle Henry, and perhaps by others. that no Objection seemed to him equal to the oc casion -except that .to be made with, a pistol. Therefore, ; moved . by chagrin end wounded affections;'' he shot his uncle Henry, his' aunt Reba and his cousin Libble. If they live they will understand him better next Christmas; nrr family can afford to neglect criticism l4e"thiB. . ''., J O URN A L JNO. P. CARROLL Yamhill streets. Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND confidence and thus proclaim themselves of the sucker variety. They have suffered in silence, being that they had yielded through inherent weakness of character, a weakness which was not shared by men of experience who could not, be deluded Into be lieving what they were told by the oily book agent rather than to accept the, evjdence of their own senses as shown reason that all these and such as these Joe's" experience to their hearts, explet Ives and all, and feel in a measure compensated for their own experiences in the realisation that the same streak of weakness permeates the book loving class the", world over and that the statesman and history maker is just as likely. t yield to the blandishments of the suave sales agent as the humblest denizen of the remotest hamlet whose craving for the precious volumes outruns his judg ment and discretion. OF THE-KlSHINEFF HORROR OMORROW Is a day toward which the Jews of the ' . world' ares looking ' forward with . mfsgiving and jor it is mq uay which tney urmiy u.e- lieve has been set for a repetition of the Kishlneff mas sacre. According to their reports the domestic condition of Russia is In a state of seething turmoil and another massacre may be winked at by the authorities. , has been brought to bear upon the American and British governments to make such repre sentations to the Russian government as will prevent a massacre. While it is understood that this government might sever Its diplomatic relations with Russia In the event of another massacre, the prominent Jews who are bringing pressure to bear upon the presi dent say that this would be much like locking the stable after the horse has been stolen; that it Is entirely within the power of the Russian government to prevent such massacres through the use of its military and police forces instead of confining them to their barracks as It did last most frightful crimes were committed. The position of the administration is a delicate one and it faces a responsibility sWhlch it hesitates to assume. It amounts to an interference in the domestic concerns of a foreign nation, no matter bow grave the calls of humanity, and, it is claimed by his advisers, would leave the presi dent open' to another rebuff such as he received when the Russian government declined to accept the Kishlneff pe tition. The Russian government then told him in. effect to mind bis own "business. Whatever step he how takes In this direction must be with the full consciousness of the probability of severance of diplomatic relations in the event that Russia gave the matter no heed, with the added chance that even this might be Ineffective In preventing the massacre. " j A SATISFACTORY RESULT. . HE JOURNAL'S San Francisco representative In timates that some queer work, must have been done at "Washington to have given California such a preponderance in the disposition of the Philippine hay and grain contracts. Hpwever this may have been, and it would be Idle to accuse the Californlans of overlooking anything to their own, advantage, the great point achieved is that Portland for the first time Is permitted to get part of the business. It now lies with those interested here to push it, hereafter with a 'view of getting everything to which they are justly entitled. On the oats contract they have practically; an open field and in a free competition for the best hay they can beat their southern competitors hands down. A good start has,- therefore, been made in the right direction. Once the Dix .'clears this port with Its cargo, It will be an object lesson 'which can no longer be overlooked. The stories so industriously disseminated about the depth of the water at the bar will then be so satisfactorily disposed of that this port can never again be insidiously attacked on these lines, which In the past has apparently been ef fectively done. Future competition will, therefore. , be upon a more even basis. As that Is precisely what Port land wants, in gaining that it gains everything. to stfPFBEss " nranro. " . '. From London Truth. A bold attempt to suppress the "tip ping of hotel servants has been made by the proprietor of a well-known French hotel.: the. Hotel Uniyers. at Lyons. .Vis itors to that hotel are now informed that, "In order to palliate as far as pos sible the irritating question of gratuities or tips" they will be charged 10 per cent on the amount of their bills, and that this amount will be handed over in full to the staff and be considered as taking the place of the. former gratui ties. .. - ';-:' This is avowedly only an experiment. We shall all be interested to hear now it works. The amount of a tip is largely determined by a man's satisfaction with the way he is attended to and looked after; and the. tipping system, objec tionable though It may be In some re spects,' tends for this reason to keep the servants up to the mark. But if they can rely upon getting the same amount from everybody, and getting-tt whether they exert themselves to please or not,, the quality of the service Is . likely to suffer in consequence. Bo many men like to reward hotel Servants that It Is pretty certain tips would still be given, even if the Lyons 10 per cent became a general institutions In that case the only effect of it would be to impose an extra tax upon travelers.. In fact,' a special charge to cover servants' grat uities really, resolves Itself into little. more than an addition to the charge al ready generally made, n .-..... m i nil, i n ,. i i, ..' HEW YOBXEM XV WASKIWOTOir. From a Washington Letter. . 1 For the sake of a congenial atmos phere many prominent New York women are moving to Washington for the sea son. A New York literally set Is being formed with Mrs. .Burton Harrison and Mrs. Van Ronssalaer Cruger as back bones. Tho Duer girls will Visit Mr Cruger. There is Mrsi Nicholas Fii, the widow, who hates New York since her husband's tragic dcathand she has taken a house in Washington. While not precisely a literary woman, Mrs. Fish is extremely musical, and in a small way will do, soma entertaining. Mrs. Cruger is the magnet that has drawn Mrs. Fish to the capital.' There are ' many persons in Washington who mnke -it -a - point to - gt'-4 New -Yorkers' there In the winter, and several recent dinners might have been on Fifth ave nue, so distinct was the New York color to the feast. " tlenator and Mrs. Kean frequently have New Yorkers with them, and then the Roosevelt Influence must be reckoned' In tracing this New York invasion, . . ' Tbs ZAJtor'i lean' X.ader. From the Hells (Texas) News. r ' The weather men are giving us fine hogkilllng weather, but, like most ed itors, we have no hogs to kill. The Public Schools Are From the San Francisco Examiner. When Governor Pardae told the fall. fornia Teachers' association that 'X'pon our public -schools depends the future or ine state," he was guilty of no ex sggeratlon. It is true beyond quali fication that the progress of our nation aepends upon the efficiency of our pub l to school system. Modern life has grown complex. The old.dnys when father ' and mother were sufficient as teachers, and their work 'could al most be rounded out by a few months' school ing or by apprenticing a child to a mas ter workman these are aone forever. with the simpler life that was' then sufficient for the wants of men. The machinery of civilization has a-rown so vast that It cannot be carried on by transmissions or Knowledge from father to son. from mother to daughter. To teach the. new generation what the old generation bas learned and discovered and invented requires the labor of thou Band who make such teaching their specialty. e This complexity is trowing. CivIH- tation dally becomes more diverse in its parts. More and more work, therefore, must be thrown on the Softools It is thus that he world advances. It is not well that the. boy should be bound down to the work that his father has done. A man does best that which he likes to do best And the greatest sum ef-productioawill be secured if each person has :; the ' opportunity to choose that part In the world's work which he is best fitted to perform and to learn the ways of performing it. Thus it roust come about . that the schools will take a larger part in the training of youth than they take now; and the progress of our civilization Will depend on the skill their, teachers show In training youth to take up and per form the world's work. Ignorance and inefficiency are the chief enemies of progress.. Ignorance stunts the mind and withers the con-1 HSAMT At CLOSE BAND. Looks at Congress Xdke Boy Wlta New Toy, Bat Keeps Posted. ' Washington' Correspondent St. Louis Post-Dispatch. , An overcoat and slouch hat came diffi dently into a little all-night dairy lunch room on Fourteenth street, Just off Penn sylvania avenue. It was half an hour past midnight The coat was long and cut with a waist and the slouch hat was broad brimmed and high in. the crown. They selHjoffee in this dairy lunch, and put it out In heavy ; white, mugs that look like the shaving cups that stand in the racks in the imrber shops in the country towns. It is good coffee. Thn tney nave oougnnuts ana Maryiana ois- cuits and egg sandwiches and other food of a similar kind, each Unit retailing for ? cents, -except -the 88-'clJl::..j.:ix:. The overcoat and the slouch hat sank into the chair nearest the door. Then the hat was tipped back from, a smooth shaven, red-cheeked face, the overcoat was pulled open, and there stood William Randolph Hearst, who wants to be the Democratic candidate 'for president . Mr. Hearst took some ham and eggs and some coffee. Then he went across the street to,, the new Wlllard hotel and retired. - That was the first public appearance of the slouch hat It is black, with an undulating rim and a high crown; care lessly . dented in the middle, a states man's hat, not, gaudy . nor dictated by fashion, but a good, old-fashioned hat that goes . with a black string tie. a billow of shirt bossom and a , shiny sleeved frock coat Since then it has hung on its owner's peg in the Demo cratic cloak room In the house of rep resentatives. . Already it has come to be a Hearst landmark. Mr. Hearst has been active In congress sines the extraordinary session began on November 8. He has been reasonably punctilious in his attendancenot fanat ically regular, but reasonably so. He has a seat in the middle of the Democratic side. He has developed one enthuslam' since he has been in congress. That If Sen ator Bailey of Texas. To be sure, Ben ator Bailey "of Texas is worth the en thusiasm of any man. Easily one of the strongest men on the Democratic, side of the senate, he will be a Gollah among Democrats if he lives and grows for Ave years. Last week t he advanced himself 'by leaps and bounds In his de bate on the Cuban reciprocity measure. Mr. Hearst dropped into the senate press gallery on the day Bailey made his first speech. He went in and sat down to listen for a moment. He stayed four hours, entranced, and that night he sent to his newspapers the full 4.000 words of Bailey's address, to the con sternation of the i editors. : Next day Hearst came over to -the. senate end took a seat on the floor, as he can dH by right of his membership In the house, and listened while the , Texan fenced with the astute Spooner ef Wisconsin. He never moved during that brilliant debate, but watched the graceful Bailey as he thrust and parried. There was nobody else in the room for him. And next morning Bailey had several col umns and his picture in the Hearst papers,'-".-': '-.-' v- fl-'Vi ; ' :' '.'.' i-.-n v Thus far Hearst has formed no new friendships that look to .be more than the usual, "Hello, old man," sort. He is somewhat solitary by preference, evi dently. Still there are professional genlals in that body Of 88 statesmen who have marked him for their own, and he cannot, escape. Speaker Cannon put htm pn the com mittee on labor. ' The sardonic f'tJacle Joe" was coaxed ' and cajoled to bring this result about. John Sharp Williams pleaded with tears In his voice, If not In his eyes, for recognition for him. Cannon relented. He. is not impressed with statesmen from New York. The kind from Illinois, Iowa and Ohio appeal to him. He listened to the claims of the New Yorkers, and then he played grim jokes with most of them. In fact, all who came from New York City. But he did well with Hearst, being a seamed and shrewd old politician : who knows the game, He put him on labor, - a good committee not obnoxiously or offensive ly good, but good. There are five Demo crats on it, and Hearst is number four, which Is pretty fair for a new man who belongs to the minority, He might ,bave gone op the disposition of waste paper. Hearst may or may not know l,t, but be has been selected by many lean and ca daverous statesmen as their Christmas tree; They look upon him as their legit imate producer. Their, argument befits their, simple, albeit somewhat grasping minds, ''Here Is a man,'' they say, "a rich man, who Is a candidate for" presi dent, and we shall shake him down.!' They have begun to work already.' They have schemes. They have plans for this and that. They are talking to him in confidential whispers. ''If you will put Q.mjich in such and such a place," they say, "the results wlll equal your wildest expectations." - Hearst listens. ' He has had a varied experience with the men who want money, He knows about them and their wiles. He is ready to pay, too; but there Is none of the reckless spendthrift about him. Any man who gets anything from Hearst in these days must lay down -the equivalent therefor. There Is none of the free - and - easy, the - key is-ln-the-rlver way about Wm. ' ' Hearst believes 'in bis candidacy for the Democratic notnlnaon for president. the Foundations of Progress science. Inefficiency prevents men and women from doing work that they should be capable of doing, or keeps them front doing well the work that they have to do in order to live. The remedy. lies in education. And , for education' we must .look to the greater development of the public schools. For, while educa tion cannot turn a blockhead into -a genius,' it can give to each one the greatest developments of which he is capable. , . r . . . To have good schools there must be a well . trained staff of. zealous teachers filled , with a progressive spirit, keeping in toucn with the mental, spiritual and physical needs of the nation. To a-et such a staff the profession of teaching- must be made as attractive as the other professions.' It must offer well paid ana permanent positions to men and women of zeal and merit . Naturally It cannot offer great prizes like those that are given me,p at the head of the pro- ressions or law or medicine, or such as are within the reach of the leaders of commerce. But the great prizes .must of their nature come to but few, what ever the 11ns in which they are offered. It is needed only that the profession of teaching should offer as good rewards as can be acquired by the average suc cessful man in law or medicine or busi ness. When that Is done there will be an end of the complaints that the num ber of men teachers is diminishing, and that , the education of youth is- more and more, falling into the hands of young unmarried women. ' . The substantial unanimity with which the people of, San Francisco voted over 13,500,000 for school houses shows that they understand the importance of the schools. And we trust that such or ganizations as the California Teachers' association will assist the teaching body In realizing the greatness of their pro fession, and In inspiring them to a con ception of the still greater work that lies before them, r '. 1 " 1 1 1 1" - . i " ' 1 i' ' i- At least, he appears .to believe in it, and Uiat is all that is necessary.' Shrewd observers from all parts of-the country say he will have some delegates when the convention assembles. Nobody ven tures to say how many. All hide under the indefinite "some." ;, It is certain that he will have worked hard for all he gets, The men who are running his campaign are enthusiastic. They say there is noth ing but Hearst on the horizon. They are paid for that. Other Democrats are conservative, but no Democrat ! or no Republican, for that matter, wjll hazard the opinion that there will not be some result. He looks at congress with the frank curiosity of a boy with a new toy. He is Interested in what is going on. So far as can be seen," he is not bored yet, which la remarkable. ? He has said nothing in the house save ah "aye" or a "nay" on "a roll call or two. : If he should make as peech every body would be surprised, but he is not lacking in the faculty of making friends with his colleagues. and Jt is quite likely that if he has some private pension bills to pass, he can get them through. Hearst has a runabout automobile In which he scoots around the streets, hud dled on the seat, gazing fixedly ahead. His amusement consists in going Into the office of his newspapers here, and, "making up'.', the paper by wire. He is in constant touch : with his editors in New York, Chicago and 'San Francisco, Nothing happens that he does not know about s He does not mingle much with the other people at the hotel where be lives, but when he meets a man he .is cordial and unrestrained. . It will not be long until the "statesmen" are in full cry at his heels. They are looking him over now and wondering how much he will stand. As soon as the session gets In full swing the tapping process will be gin. Then there will be loud cries and many lamentations. The statesmen will gather "and coitflde In each other that they are victims of misplaced confidence, for Hon. William Randolph Hearst is no Coal Oil Johnny. He has money, . and he will spend it, but he buys no pigs in bags. He tin a certain definite object In view. The coming to congress is a part of the game as he is playing it. He may or may not succeed, but, whether he does or not, there will be no spendthrift regrets after it is all over. - Mr. Hearst knows exactly what he" is doing and where he Is at. :.s.-'v ;'" " ' m-fm i, i. i n.ii BBAST TO SAWDBAO ROOSEVELT, The Haane Oabai and Soma of Those Who Compose Zt. 'The "Hanna cabal," says the Wash ington correspondent of the New York Press, is still secretly plotting against Roosevelt, but the letter's friends are on the alert . and purpose to "kill It dead" the very first time it shows its head. 1 , ''Henna's . determination ' not to " ac cede to the president's desire to have him retain the chairmanship 'of the national committee has ' been followed by a report that Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia declines to serve in the next ' campaign as chairman of the national executive committee. "With Hanna, Payne, Scott and Perry Heath out of the management of the coming campaign, friends of the presi dent profess to see a prospect of in; different work on the part of the inter ests 'which these men represent in the success of President Roosevelt's candi dacy if they find themselves unable to prevent his. nomination. "From Indiana, as from Ohio, come further reports of opposition under the surface engineered by certain Republi cans not In agreement with the presi dent, and to many Republicans .Indica tions point to 'something doing.' , ' "Ohio has been canvassed by the president's friends, and they give to Hanna only eight sure districts out ot the El in the event of an open Hanna Roosevelt break. "It Is known that In Indiana a cer tain element, represented . by' political adherents of Senator -Fairbanks, includ ing former Bollcltor Wlshard. are wait lng for a word from the Hanna camp to organize a Hanna movement In the Hoosier state, , "New York, too, presents an interest ing' situation to the president's friends, Senator Piatt's evasive replies when he Js asked if the NewVYork delegation will be instructed for the president lead some to suspect that Piatt, too, may be In the Hanna pact to prevent the presi dent's nomination .if circumstances at the -time of the convention; should point to a possibility of such a movement be ing guccossf ul." ' ' ,.. The Greatest Lesson Ignored. Herbert Spencer. . V, Sad, indeed, is it to see how men oc cupy themselTO with trivialities and are indifferent to the grandest phenomena care not to understand the architecture of. the heavens, but are deeply interested In some contemptible controversy about the intrigues of Mary Queen of Scots! are learnedly critical over a Greek ode, find pass by without a -glance at that grsnd epic written by the finger Of Qod upon the strata of the earth. ' , T B Won't Be. " " i'i' From the Washington Post. " , Ths sultnn need not be surprised If we discover a "constructive" necessity of taking .Constantinople for a. coaling station the next ,Ume un American von eul Ja nobbed. ' ' ' ; i : . , ',. ' i ' " " 1 Striking Events of the London Correspondence of the Chicago News. ' , '..Two men King Edward iYU and Joseph Chamberlain have largely dom inated British affairs during the last yeart The work of both has been Initiatory, constructive and epoch-making. The king has devoted himself to the fortification 'of international peace. He visited Lisbon, ' Rome, Paris and Vienna, "Where he was magnificently re ceived and made a deep impression upon both the governments and . the peoples. The principal result is practically a sec ond triple 'alliance embracing Great Britain, Franco and Italy and enjoying the sympathy of democratio nations throughout the world. When the United States squadron was at Portsmouth King Edward gave a din ner at -Buckingham palace in honor of the chief officers, and subsequently he sent the Prihce of Wales to -visit the Americans at Portsmouth, -.where his royal highness was entertained on the battleship ' Kearsarge. The king has sent friendly messages to America dur ing the year and has further shown his good will by having the Prince of Wales made chairman of the royal commis sion at the St. Louis exposition. ', One of the king's greatest acts of peace-making was that of his tour ef Ireland in July and TAugusT."" He traveled from one end : of the country to the other, visiting great cities, the farms, the factories and the homes of the poorest people in town and country. His reception was marked by many dramatic' and touching incidents and he left -behind him a. state of feeling most favor able to the growth of friendlier Anglo- Irish relations. . , . In 1903 the king, brought great influ ence to bear in the direction of army reform. ,He believes that peace can be maintained and the cause of arbitration promoted only by England augmenting her military strength and increasing her navy so- as to be able to cope with al most any conceivable combination of European powers. . His majesty, like the rank, and file of his subjects, , was as tounded at the revelations of muddle and incompetence connected with the Boer war and he did not rest until he secured the appointment of a strong committee of experts to build a brand new war-office machine and to devise an organic ' relationship between .the army and navy. Joseph Chamberlain began the year as the unifier of South Africa and the apostle of a clean-out imperialism. Ha made a tour of the war-stricken dis tricts of the sub-continent and addressed largo meetings of Britons and Boers. He dealt with the situation vigorously, boldly and with much success. Many serious problems remain to be solved in South Africa, but the embryo of a representative government has been established and there is reason to hope that, the difficulties in the way of re construction wftl ba 'rarmounted.., Mr. Chamberlain - came back to Eng land a great hero. He was received with high honors and much enthusiasm. He made a speech In the city in which he set forth with inspiring eloquence the ideal of a political federation em- bmcing hBBxJHshrace. At Jthattimo. the unionist government was In peril of destruction.-' It was universally re garded as vacillating and Incompetent Mr, Chamberlain saw that something heroic must be done and on the night of May 15 he made a sensational speech at Birmingham, In which he declared for, a repudiation of free trade, the established English fiscal policy of 60 years. He said free1 trade must go or the British empire would break up. He proposed a system of preferential tariffs TXABX8 ABB . DVB THE FABHEBS. From the Chicago Tribune. The farm value of the 'crops of corrt wheat, rye, oats, hay, barley, potatoes. flaxseed, buckwheat, and tobacco raised this year is estimated at 12,600,000,000 by the bureau of statistics of the de partment of agriculture. To that great sum may properly be added about 1700,- 000,000 for the value of the cotton crop. This is an amazing y, aggregation -of "quick assets," which, can be turned Into money whenever it is needed. It is a gigantic pile of commodities -which are needed abroad as well as at home. ' If America is still in debt to Europe the means with Which to pay the debt are at hand, thanks to a generous soil and to unwearied cultivators. The mills, and factories are not so busy as they were a year ago.- The reT gret which that occasions is tempered by the reflection that the farmers have been active to such excellent purpose. The united states is fortunate in that in has more than one string to its bow. It has managed to secure diversity of industries. . It is not dependent on agri culture alone, as It was a century ago. It doe not have to rely on manufac tures alone for prosperley, ss Great Britain 11 does. It is more nearly self sufficing than any other country under the sun. . When the resources of Its tropical possessions are fully developed It will be In a still better position to dictate commercial terms " to nations which must have some of its surplus products. . One would like to know about how much It cost to raise the farm products Of this year. . .'The manufacturer can figure out .his profits . closely. He has. to, so he may know where he stands. The average farmer docs not imitate the manufacturer in this respect, or if he does his balance sheet is not made public : If one can judge from the pros perity prevailing in the agricultural dis tricts of the West, where the farmers are . depositing in : local . banks I more money than the banks an find employ ment for at home, the agricultural pro ducers have been richly repaid for. their labor 'and expenditures in 1903. They have done extremely well : for them selves and for the country, i . ITALY'S ABMT OF EMIOBABTS. Rome Letter to Pall Mall Gazette. Those who follow Italian affairs are perfectly astonished at the statistics of emigration. In 1889 what was consid ered the Immense number of 119,000 men left their native country, the emigrants oscillating between that and 136,000 up to 1S81. until in 1J 81 those numbers were ilS.ooo, rising to 290,000 the very next year. Arrived at . this figure, it seemed as though the - maximum must have been reached and that the num bers would decline, but Instead in 1891 there was another rise to 293,000, main tained for three consecutive seasons, the century closing with the enormous number of 362,000 emigrants; but even that was not the consummation, as In 1901 they were , 633,000. Thus in - ths first two years of this century Italy sent over 1,000,000 souls to other coun tries to enlarge.- there the v already numerous Italian colonies. XefleotloM of a Baohalor. From the New York Press. . -Jealousy grows without feeding on anything. , , . Men wouldn't mind being baldheaded if only It didn't hurt so much to brush the hair they haven't got. ' r The thing that makes a man' want, to kiss a girl is that it is something he wouldn't want' to do if they were mar ried, ' II .1, ,ii j,,,, Past Year in England to federate the empire and declared that eventually this Would become the foun dation ot a. compact political uwlon. The speech swept ovtr the country like a cyclone. In spite of all the, Liberals cquld do the old questions were blown away. The government's blunders In the war and its uppopular aots with reference"to education acts that were represented as forcing upon the country sectarian schools were foiv gotten. The Liberals declared that the minister's sins should not be blotted out, 1 but they were, and the government was. saved. Fiscal, reform is the only thing the courttry is serlougty talking or thinking about and there are many indications that Mr.1 Chamberlain's protectionist proposals are going to win, Ho is a good judge of popular opinion and pro-, fesses to be convinced that if his pro-' gram were submitted tp the country today it would be indorsed.' If it be In dorsed it will bring about revolutionary 1 changes, ont only in the British empire, -but throughout -the ' domain of com merce. ' , Perhaps the ablest member of the existing governmentthe government that came into life when Mr. Chamber- -Iain's fiscal . proposals caused his own resignation and drove the free trade ele-. merit ouf of 'the cabinet Is George Wyndham, chief secretary for Ireland. The Irish land act of 1803, is the testi monial of his ability and the foundation of his fame. - It is a stupendous meas ure, of reform-the most important of which Ireland has had experience since the act of union in 1801 shut up the' doors of the parliament In Dublin. Its purpose is to tear down the oppressive system of, landlordism In the . emerald i Isle and to build in its place a structure of tenant ownership under which tho country can . prosper and be content' This land act is- a tribute not only to Mr, Wyndbam, but to the Irish party, whose fight to secure its passage in a form satisfactory to Ireland makes a bright page in the - history of, Irish achievements , in the . house of com mons. i , ' Lord Lansdowna is about the only' other man in the government who has been engaged in large work during the year. .He has gone about his duties quietly but (earnestly and untiringly. His department is that of foreign affairs and his efforts , have been directed chiefly to combating the expansions and threatened expansion of Russia, v. ,, Great Britain is the poorer for the loss of two giants in 1903 Lord Salis bury the greatest statesman, and Her bert Spencer, the greatest -thinker, who saw the Victorian era out The year in science has sounded the name of Marconi, in literature that of John Morley and his f'Lifof of : Gladstone." Social problems reoeive little attention In the fiscal and educational hurly burly. : American capital continues to. pour Into London in almost every line. Al bert Pulitzer, brother ' of Joseph, is about to start a 6-penny weekly maga zine and other Americans have their eyes upon the publishing business here. An epidemic of fresh journalistic and magazine enterprise prevails... Alfred C, Harmsworth has Just started the Daily Mlrrory a Journal for women, and W. T. Stead brings out in a few days the Dally Paper, a publication for the home. The improvement of transit-, through out London proceeds , apsce, the chief role being played by Charles T Yerkes. The London county council.-In addition . to starting electric tram lines In vari ous sections of the metropolis, is plan ning a i fine service of : passenger steamers for the Thames. , - Advice to the Lovelorn BY BZAZEICI FAIBFAX My Dear Miss Fairfax; I am a young lady 26 years of age and am in love with a man four years my junior. He boards in the same house as myself. My father does not sanction the attention given me by this gentleman, for the reason of his only earning seven (17) dollars per week, which my father does not think sufficient to support a wife. t Tills young man has proven his devo tion to me in many ways. He takes my dog Out walking every evening and never flirts when in my society. I feel 1 as though I could never cars for an other; and, although his future is not of the brightest, there is a chance for an increase of his salary the first of the year. He also expects about 1200 from a house left him by his uncle, so J am In a quandary just how to treat this most important matter. - What would you advise me? WORRIED. Seven dollars is certainly a small salary on which to marry. Why not watt until he has an Increase of salary' If he loves you he will work hard. B very sure of his love before you marry a man tour years your junior. My Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young girl II years' of age and' have been keeping steady company with a young man one year my senior, , Now it seem that every time we go out together we always have a quarrel and all over noth ing at all. I think very much of him and I cannot understand 'why we are al ways quarreling. He tells mo that he loves me and I love him very dearly, but the only trouble is that we cannot agree -with each other.. Now, they say that !'trne love never runs smooth," but I certainly do not see any love in al ways quarreling, do you? Lately I found out that he is going around with other girls, but when I speak to him about It he says I ought to know bet ter, ana that I am the only girl he cares about If I tell him that he ought not to go around with any girl while he is going with me hs gets real angry and fells me not to listen to any stories' that I hear. He says all I need do is .believe in him that he is true to me. I . love him with all my heart and I cannot bear to be always quarreling with him. Now, my dear Miss . Fairfax, what . 1 want you to tell me Is what I can do to stop all these quarrels. . AN ANXIOUS READER. , If you really love each other I cannot see how you cart quarrel so -much. This quarreling will surely destroy your InTa if it, keeps on; do try and conquer it. Do not potice his going with other girls unless It grows so pronounced that you oannot Ignore , it. , Try agreeing with everything he says for a little while and perhaps he will come, to see that it takes two to make a quarrel. If you find that nothing will stop it I think you had better break off your friend- . ship. '.',.. , . , . , i Dear Miss Fairfax: Please let me have your advice on the following: I have been keeping ; company with a young lady,, for the past three or four months and Jnterid' to give her a Christ mas present of a brooch or a ring. Some friends of mine who are Inclined to be superstitious say it , breaks friendship to give a pin of any description, while others , say that certain , rings , break friendship. Which of the two do you think Is proper otglve?: -- W, H. M. If you are not engaged to the young ' lady I think the pin is a mors sultablu present v There is nothing in the suber- atltlons you mention. .