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PORTLAND, OREGON
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1904
THE OREGON DAILY:
AN
C S. JACKSON
TuMlsned every evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building, Flfta and
OFFICIAL.
THE JOURNAL'S PLATFORM
A Trinity ot Events Which Would Maka or Portlanl
. V- ' the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast
r First Deepen the Coluntbia river bar.
Second Open the Columbia river to unim-;
peded navigation at and above The Dalles.
- ThirdDig an Isthmian canal
A REVELATION OF PORTLAND'S BEAUTY
"ANT of those attending the
now In session In Portland come from sections of
the country where they boast
They live, on the high plateaus of the Rocky mountains
where, though there may be severe winder storms, the
electrical atmosphere, the unflecked heavens and the bril
liant sunshine are the monotonous rule rather than the
, surprising exception.
But yet, and we leave the. answer to the conscience of
each one of the visitors, have they ever seen anything
more glorious, 'more stimulating and enticing than the
charming prospect wnlchlnjeteir gazeJn :Porilandtbls
morning? Could weather be more suave, balmy and al
luring? The air simply delicious and loaded with Quick
ening sprlnkllke influences, the heavens royally blue; -wlth
here and (there a suggestion of fleeting fleecy vapor. The
distant snow-capped peaks boldly accentuating the wide
spread horizon. The emerald green of all the lawns, with
blooming flowers yet to be seen in many dooryards. The
various hues of the evergreen trees, native and Imported,
scattered about In profligate profusion. -; . 1
: All of this immediately under their eyes, while from the
- tree crested hills surrounding Portland, with the city at
their feet. Its dominant greens and reds deliciously melt
ing into each other, they saw' the stately Willamette
winding through its very midst like a stream of gleaming
silver, its surface spanned with frequent - bridges. Its
wharves lined with stately crafts from all quarters of the
globe, while glistening dimly in the distance the majestic
Columbia heaved Its royal way to the mighty sea.
It was well worth while to come to Portland to see that
alone. Those who saw it will never forget it, for It is one
of the superbest natural pictures that the whole wide
world affords.
THE SAILORS' BOARDING HOUSE DECISION
THB STATE SUPREME COURT, in an opinion
' I handed down yesterday relative - to the sailor
" boarding-house act, has put an effectual quietus
ipon the efforts to continue the notorious monopoly which
lias long been a disgrace to this port. The court declares
In emphatic terms that any interpretation of the act which
sanctions a monopoly of the sailor boarding-house busi
ness is unconstitutional, and it is plainly intimated that
the commissioners appointed to enforce the act desired to
'llr-tt the business to only one sailors' boarding-house In
Portland," the managers of which had received a license
prior to the petitioners' application therefor, thereby at
tempting to create a monopoly In that vocation.1 All
rules of the commission which are designed to, foster such
a monopoly are declared to be illegal and void. - The con
elusions of the court must appeal to every Intelligent and
unbiased citizen as good law and sound common sense.
The , sailor, boarding-house act was Introduced at the
last regular session of the legislature as the result of
strong recommendations made by Governor Chamberlain
In his inaugural message. "The governor pointed out the
gross abuses that had been practiced by sailor boarding
house keepers and urged the necessity of breaking up the
monopoly existing in this port and placing proper re
straints upon the business. The act was strenuously op
posed by the combination of crimps who were in control
of the business In Portland, and though they were not
able to wholly defeat the measure, they succeeded In fas
tening upon it a number of amendments which greatly
lessened Its effectiveness. They were successful In secur
ing the appointment of three commissioners of their own
selection, and It has been-freely charged, whether rightly
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
That Oregonlaa Oola Brick.
V Portland, Or.. Jan. 12. To, the Editor
Of The Journal: I find upon investiga
tion that tbe gold brick mentioned in the
city items of the Oregonlan of the Ith
' was -the same gold brick presented to
H. W. Bcott by the Mitchell-Fulton com
bination through the Oregon legislature
last winter, and was swiped by one
George C. and hid on the dock for
future UBe. I saw him (George C.) In
the city yesterday. I think you will
hear nothing more, of, the gold brick
until some future meeting or the legis
lature I think It is stowed away with
the gambling bill.
CLIFTON OAKWOOD.
Where Is the Blot?
v To the Editor of The Journal: It Is
amusing to observe (and observers are
more numerous than some people im
agine) the maneuvers at present In
'progress in certain political quarter.
There are some phases of the situation
upon which it would be interesting to
have more light, but this, however desir
able, is not at all likely to be afforded
: to the public Nevertheless the public
may .ask questions, and these, even if
they are' never answered, may serve
the useful purpose of apprising those
' who could answer them of the thoughts
of the questioners. -
New to the point. Why Is there such
a hue and cry arising about Chief Hunt?
Who is he anyhow, but a subordinate
officer, and is this any reason why ho
should be made a scapegoat? If he Is a
"blot on the administration," Isn't that
equivalent to saying that the adminis
tration is Itself the blot?
U he, or It he not, carrying out the
instructions of his superiors? Are they
not Intelligent, well-informed men, ca
pable rnen, business men Of the world?
Don't they know more about those who
bold office under them than do members
of the council? Surely the latter have
. taken upon themselves a work ot su
pererogation in deeming it their duty
to Inform the mayor of the existence of
this "blot Or have they grown simple
minded, imagining that they are really
telling him something be doesn't know?
Perhaps they wisely fancy that they
are planing the charge upon the tight
bead. 1 That a blot does exist seems to
, be very generally agreed, but, whether
. it rests upon, the city JaJU or upon the
city hall, or ooth, are questions which
honest-minded rltltens not a few would
like to have answered. ; -
The mayor and police committee stand
by the chief, while the council calls for
iil removal. Has the latter roads a.
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
PAPER OP THR CITY OP
ONE OF
natiopal conventions
of their weather.
men in the mass
HOW THE
mistake or is an attempt being made to
hit the head through one of Its mem
bers? If the head is the objective point,
why not go for it directly? The council
has the power, and there is not much to
be accomplished by beating about '. the
bush. Tours, etc.,
INTERROGATOR.
Sespectftdly Referred.
Portland, ,Jan. 12. To the Editor of
The Journal: In a morning paper it is
reported that Mr. Williamson introduced
in congress a bill for appropriation of
$50,000 as compensation to Clataop. In
dians on some land claims.
It is generally reported in Clatsop
county that there is only one survivor
of the Clatsop an old woman in her
nineties living near Seaside and known
to all frequenters of Clatsop beach.
It would be of publlo Interest If you
would state who the participants are to
be in this large appropriation now asked
for. Our Junior senator for Oregon is
doubtless well posted on the condition
of this nearly extinct tribe, and if this
bill meets with his approval it would be
well to explain the necessity of the
measure in more detail, fours, etc
ECONOMT.
A Suggestion.
Portland, Jan. 12. To the Editor of
The Journal Why can't the Oregonlan
be fair in political matters? The Jour
nal's report In Monday's paper of the
Democratic meeting Saturday night was
fair and complete, whereas the Oregon
lan saw fit to misrepresent the entire
proceedings.
The Oregonlan represented it that
Hon. C. E. 8. Wood's speech was not
in accord with the others or received
favorably by the audience. On the con
trary, it was considered the speech of
the evening, and Mr. Wood received
an ovation before and after its delivery.
The Oregonlan knows that he is the
peer of any man In Oregon, as en orator
and debater, and the truth of the mat
ter la, it fears him. Haven't all fair
minded people had enough of this? Why
not take steps to rally in a . body to
the support of The Journal?
The 36,000 Democratic voters of this
slater with the Populists, Prohibitionists
and Independents, all of whom abhor
the Oregonlan, and a large part of the
Republican partyi perhaps a majority
who distrust it can give support to
The Journal that will give It a larger
circulation than the Oregonlan and its
"evening shadow" put together.
A JOURNAL FRIEND.
Agrees With It
Portland, Jan. 12. To the Editor of
The Journal In our mad rush through
JOURNAL
JNO. F. CARROLL
Yamhill streets, 1 Portland, Oregon.
PORTLAND
or wrongly, that a majority of the board was tacitly
pledged to the protection of the monopolists. .,
The decision of the supreme court . throws the sailor
boarding-house, business open to the free competition of
all who desire to engage In Jt, in conformity with the law.
The result cannot but be beneficial. It is impossible that
the evils of the business should be greater than they have
been under the monopoly which has cursed this port in
the past, and if the commissioners will how devote their
energies to the enforcement of the law, Portland will be
relieved of the stigma which has rested upon it.
THE STRONG ONES.
ONE of the most distinguished visitors in Portland
is United States Senator Francis E. "Warren of
. Wyoming, who is likewise president of the Kational
Woolgrowers' association. Senator Warren has built him
self from the ground "up. In any community, in any as
sembly, he is a powerful vital force. His activity is simply
prodigious. , The bent of his mind is thoroughly, practical.
He is one of those men who always knows how. "He knows
and he knows them individually. , He
knows how they are moved and he has the faculty of set
ting them in motion. ' , '
Senior senator from one of the very smallest! states, small
in population but mighty in square miles, he has given to
it a practical consequence in national affairs that effaces
many of irsmbrepopulousTielghbors. rOrrT?ractical ques
tions of business, viewed even in their largest and most
significant legislative aspects, he is the peer of any man
in the United States senate.- In political matters tew men
have shrewder conceptions and fewer atlll know better the
temper and disposition of the people. Few men stand
closer to the administration and there are still fewer that
the administration would go farther to serve. . ' ,
In any eventuality he is a man to be reckoned with and
for more reasons than one The Journal is glad to see him
in Portland where he can view state conditions at. first
hand and gain an added appreciation of their significance
from a national View point
COST SHOULD BE MET.
WHY SHOULD PORTLAND try to shoulder in
one year the burdens of taxation Which should
be scattered over many years? This is a ques
tion which many people are asking with reference to
school matters. There is very much to be done and very
much money to be spent on the public schools of Portland.
The whole foundation of the system must be broadened to
bring it up to the very highest modern standards. Some
new schools must be built, many of those in existence must
be improved and all 'of them should be bettered. There
must be playgrounds for the children and the basements
must be abolished as a freaky false pretense for recreation
quarters. What we are to attempt, therefore, cannot be
done in a day or a week or a month; its benefits will be
felt In the Immediate future but it is the future rather than
the present which will most largely benefit by work. It it
Is undertaken. Therefore the future should bear its share
of the burdens. If we are to undertake hla work in a
broad way and on aa enlightened system, we should first
get our bearings and, after finding out what we need,
should decide how far we can go. ThiB conclusion once
reached bonds should be Issued to cover the cost, so that
the heavy burdens, for Indeed they ought to be heavy, do
not fall upon the taxpayers who have a good deal to d6
even as it is. With the proceeds of these bonds we may
take up the question as it should be taken up. Having
done that we are on thevway to make of the Portland
schools the pride of all the people and the envy of all our
neighbors.
One cannot withhold the tribute "of his admiration and
respect for a man like Gifford Pinchot, head of the federal
forestry bureau. Here is a man who believes in the gospel of
work, not because it is essential as a means of livelihood,
but for the very love of it. Broad on many lines, socially a
delightful man, he pursues-the subject of forestry with the
passion of a devotee. He is a type of man' needed in pub
lic life and needed in the world, no mere money grabber,
but one who devotes himself to bettering the conditions
of today so that they may be much better In the future.
And it is in that work that' he finds his pleasure and his
reward. - - -.''-'
life we are apt to miss many things
of -public concern What prompts me
now to say a word is an article that ap
peared in yesterday's Journal, January
11, headed, "The Future as Well as the
Present Should Pay." In this case the
article is sound, Yours,
DAN M' ALLEN.
STATES OUT OT DEBT.
From the Boston Herald.
When the large debt of Massachusetts
and some other eastern states Is con
sidered, the condition of the treasuries
of certain western states is one of which
our people may be properly envious.
Ohio, for example, has no debt, and lives
contentedly and luxuriously enough on
her income without harsh systems of
taxation. But Minnesota is In even bet
ter shape. The state is not only with
out a public debt, but has money to in
vest. Her officials are looking about for
some safe capitalist or municipality In
need Of ready money to take an immedi
ate loan of $100,000 in gold, with the
promise of being able to place $30,000
more' within three months. According to
the Winona Independent, Minnesota's
trust funds now amoupt to 220.000,000.
and Governor Van Bant says that within
20 years they will amount to 170,000,000.
The state treasurer is sending out Circu
lars asking brokers to suggest good state
or municipal bonds for the Investment
of her surplus money, which Is the pro
ceeds of her sales of school lands,
swamp lands and stumpage rights, and
of the - rentals of state lands In the
mineral ranges. The state has a vast
acreage of . untouched timber lands,
which. Is held In reserve for future con
tingencies. , '
rAKOTTS I'OBECASTEB'S FBOPBECY
Samuel Benner, the famous forecaster,
who lives In Boston, has issued his
prophecy for, 1904, in which he says:
vi predict that prices for pig Iron,
railroad stocks and many commodities
will be lower next yearf than for the
year Just passed.
"I 'predict that the Republican party
will be successful In the November
election. I predict that after the year.
1904 there will be a. revival In trade.
Better times and higher prices will
prevail until the year 1911.
"The present down cycle of prices
and in general business ends In 1904.
The year 1905 will be the beginning of a
new , up. cycle in pig iron and for lone
prosperity in general business, : lasting I,
until me next commercial revulsion,
due in 1911. The coming opportunities
to catch business and prices at their
lowest limits of depression will 'not'
happen again for 20 years.". '
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SAX.MOW1 UTS XiXTTUB BWOWW.
Soles oe Can Tall but Small Part of the
risk's History. '
From the London Field. '
i Jttecent researches or - scienune ex.
pef tsv and the lengthy inquiry held by
the royal salmon commissioners point
unmistakably to the fact that our aotual
definite knowledge of the life history
of the salmon Is very limited; that many
of the theories held by men who have
bees regarded as authorities are, in
some cases, erroneous, . and in ; others
based upon Insufficient evidence, and
that the subject offers abundant oppor
tunities for extremely useful and far
reaching research. V. , -,'
The eggs f the salmon can only be
developed and hatched in fresh water.
and with . few exceptions they are de
posited Between October and January.
Where unwise netting operations upset
the balance of the sexes there are con
siderable losses on the breeding- grounds.
owing- to the warfare between the males.
The proportion of eggs fertilized is at
present unknown, but they He covered
for-a-pcrlod varying with the tempera
ture of the water. For example, if the
water be at a temperature of ' 46 de
grees, eggs wlil'hatch in about 90 days.
The spawners which enter the river
late in the year, lay their eggs in the
lower reaches, , which in some rivers
are seriously polluted, with the result
that the eggs do not hatch. Many pol
lutions, which do little harm to mature
fish, destroy not only the eggs, but the
young fry. The newly-hatched alevins,
as they are termed, are about. one inch
in length. At four months they are
about two and one-half Inches, assum
ing that their growth is the same in
the river as it' is in the tiatchery, which
may be assuming too much.
The year-old salmon is about four and
one-half Inches to five inches, and 2
yearoldetboutseven Inches Most of
the young salmon put off the appearance
of trout and become silvery fish when
they are from, 18 months to 2 years old.
and then descend to the sea, tbe majority
malting the descent between April and
July.
This is a time of danger to the future
40-pounder. Pike,, perch and possibly
kelts, lay in wait for him in the lower
reaches. There may be a seriously pol
luted estuary to pass through, and once
lnithe sea there are shoals of coal fish.
porpoises and other predatory "fish all
hungering for the little smolt, while
gulls and other sea birds never lose an
opportunity of destroying them.
now many smolts reach the sea in
safety as the result Of the deposit of a
hundred salmon eggs under the gravel
we do not know, and it Is of great im
portance 'that this should be known to
enable a comparison to be drawn be
tween the artificial culture of the salmon'
and the natural increase of the fish.
Nor of the travels of the smolt in the
sea have we any definite knowledge. Oc
casional fish are caught two miles or
more from land; Norwegian experiments
tend to snow that smolts, after their de
scent, are absent from the estuaries or
river, and there our knowledge ends.
When do they return? To test this
question the managers of the Stormont-
iteld hatchery on the Tay carried on ex
periments many years ago. They cut
the adipose nn off a number of smolts.
which they then released. It was said
that a small proportion of these fish
came back the same summer, aa good
sised grilse, while others, and these
were the majority, returned the follow
ing year. This would, seem to settle
the question, but there are high authori
ties who decline to accept the evidence
on the grounds that the experiment was
not carried out with scientific precision.
Whatever their age, grilse usually en
ter fresh water 4n shoals, sscend the
river again between May and Septem
ber, and some of them, at any rate, de
velop ova and breed the same season.
After they have spawned and entered
the sea they lose their delicacy of scale,
fineness of shape, and forked tall, and
are known henceforward as salmon.
Speaking generally, salmon which run
earliest are those which ascends to the
highest tributaries to spawn, while those
that run in autumn breed in the lower
reaches, which, as we have already
pointed out,' are often polluted to such
an extent as to destroy every egg. In
the spring run there are, in many cases,
far more females than males, but later
on in the year the two sexes become
more even in numbers.
Where the salmon goes when in the
sea w do not know. That they travel
up and down the coasts is evident from
the fact that thousands are caught In
fixed nets, but that they make many
deviations also appears certain. It la
quite evident from the marking experi
ments of late years that the majority of
salmon which escape the sea nets- re
turn to their own river, a certain num
ber, however, ascending other rivers.
Some fish go down as kelts in the spring
and return to breed in the autumn of
the .same year, but it seems probable
that the majority breed in the follow
ing year; in other words, are biennial
breeders. . i
PUBLIC SCXOOLS A2TO OBTUltOX.
Moral Xafluenoes . Hot Inferior to tbe
Best Private Schools.
From the Youth's Companion.
Ift a recent discussion . of public
schools in the United States and their
relation to religion, a clergyman said,
"We are bringing up all over this broad
land a lusty set of young pagans, who,
sooner or later, they or their children,
will make havoc of our institutions." r
- It is a broad statement If it is true
the fact Is of the greatest importance,
for the public schools surely fall to Jus
tify, themselves it they do not build
character , as well as impart knowledge.
The charge was made as n argument In
favor of the introduction of distinctly
religious Instruction in the public
schools.
But is it true?. The Outlook of New
York City has attempted to answer the
question, not arbitrarily, but by asking
the opinion of nineteen college presi
dents, the heads of institutions of learn
ing in the North and in the South, the
East and the West Their replies are
based upon a study of the students in
their own colleges, part of whom are
graduates Of publlo schools, part grad
uates of private or sectarian schools
where religion is taught
Not one of the 19 college presidents
finds that the moral influence ot the pub
lic school is inferior' to that of the best
private .schools..- All say, on the con
trary, that the public school pupils enter
life with as high moral conceptions and
as ' much religion as ' their companions
from the private schools; but several of
the presidents do notice a. decided differ
ence between the product of different
public schools ' and different private
schools a difference which -'is' always
traceable to the character and personal
influence of the teacher. . t u-.
, The result of tho interesting inquiry
is a splendid tribute - to the J" public
schools. The popular faith in them Is
not without justification. But two other
conclusions Khould not' be overlooked:
The tremendous Influence of good teach
ers, that Is, teachers of strong and beau
tiful personal character, and the influ
ence, in morals and religion... or th
home. If there are no religious irtflus
ences In the .home,-nothing which the
schools can teach will supply the lack;
and If there is religion there, the pupils
In the public schools will" do very well
Without special religious instruction.'
MEXICO'S WEST BUI.BB.
Be Is Utterly Unlike Diss, Whom He
, Will Suoeeed.
' Jose Ives Llmantour, who is said to
have been chosen by President Dias to
carry on the work of ruling Mexico after
him, Is a man of mark; lie has proved
himself one of Mexico's ablest 'states
men; he has been Diss' right-hand man
for many years. He is almost unknown
to the general publlo outside his own
country, but among financiers his repu
tation Is world-wide. v ' ;
"I can hardly imagine Llmantour as
a ruler of men, the chief executive of a
nation, said a man who -knows hlro
well. "He always seemed to me to be a
kind ot financial machine, who had no
human Interests, who . was concerned
always with money and never with men.
Taxes, rates of exchange, fiscal ar
rangements, , audits , these are his
daily food. He has his finger on the
pulse of. the banking community, but he
knows nothing of the life of the peo
ple and their views about things.,
"In short he is an ideal secretary of
the treasury, but it is doubtful whether
he will make a good president Stll
there is this to be said: Jose Ives LI-
man tour has n ever yet failedm--any-big
thing be has undertaken, and it ls.iato
in, life for him to begin to do so now,
To those who know him only slightly,
Urnantour appears to be -a cold, hard
unsympathetic man all intellect and no
heart But tqat is not his real nature,
if his friends are to be believed. They
declare that he is the kindliest and
most generous of men. .
"H gives away many thousands of
dollars every year In secret charities,
while the mob denounces him . as a
greedy capitalist," declared one of those
friends. "He brings to the task of hid
ing his benefactions as much thought
and cleverness as he does to the great
financial work which has made him
famous." i
The time which as a minister he is
obliged to devote to attending levees, re
ceptions and other official functions, is
sorely grudged.
Unlike most heads of departments, Ll
mantour burdens himself with a mass of
detail work. Out of a pile of 600 re
turns of tax revenue placed upon his
desk as a mere matter of form he will
pick out half a dosen, add up the long
columns of figures and demonstrate that
the clerks have made a mistake of $2. '
This trait has brought his office up to
a wonderful pitch of accuracy and effi
ciency. Llmatour is a firm believer in
the maxim that if & man wants a thing
to be well done he must do it himself.
He leaves as little to subordinates as he
possibly can. His life is a hard grind
all day long, and all the year round.
Obviously, there is little in such a
man to take the popular fancy. He U
not addicted to pyrotechnics. The gov
ernment of a country is to him a cold
business proposition, which must - be
transacted aa efficiently as possible and
with as little display as may be Mea
who know his work admire him, but be
leaves tbe masses cold. .-
Bernardo Reyes is a man of quite a
different stamp. Aa secretary of the
army and navy and as governor of
Nueva Leon he has shown himself to be
a sound and clever administrator, espe
cially anxious' to promote the invest
ment of American -capital in Mexico,
but, first and foremost, he is the popular
politician, the man of the glad hand and
the ready smile.
He is a distinguished soldier, who has
led the Mexican troops to victory again
and again. In Mexico, as in France, the
army is the idol of the people, and, aa
its chief representative, Reyes is the
hero .of the- masses. -,.t
"He ought to be president," was the
verdict of another Mexican in this
country, "with Llmantour as the power
behind the throne. He would be a fine
figurehead and would take good care to
keep the country at peace while Llman
tour did the real hard work of .finance
and administration." .
CBOssxsra to tawcoitveb oh zob.
A Winter of rifty Tears Ago that Was
.Memorable for Gold.
From the Salem Statesman.
As an indisputable proof that the
climate of Oregon has . materially
changed for the better since its settle
ment by the whites, the Statesman re
publishes from its issue of January 21,
1864, the following article showing how
the "oldest inhabitant" will some
times forget his own experiences. When
recalled to-their minds, however, doubt
less many of our oldest cltlsens will re
member the "cold spell in the winter of
1868 and 1864." The article follows:
"The weather and the malls The Co
lumbia is reported frosen from, the Cas
cades to the Cowllts. Heavy teams cross
at Fort Vancouver with safety. The
Willamette Is also frosen below the
falls. At Oregon City they were cross
ing last week (on foot) on the Ice
There was no communication between
Portland and Oregon City and no mall
was received from below the latter place.
"The weather has been the coldest ever
known. Eight or ten Inches of snow fell
and remained on the ground over a week
mercury remaining below the freeslng
point 'the whole . time It .commenced
raining Friday and a high freshet Is
anticipated.
"There are doubtless two state malls
at Astoria, and a third will be due this
week. But their arrival in this valley
depends on the breaking up of the Co
lumbia. That event cannot be expected
for several days yet, though the thaw
should continue. We think it hardly
probable that we shall get a mall here
until the middle of February. The Wil
lamette above the falls has not yet been
frosen over. ,
'The Oregon City mall, due Monday
night, arrived here about noon Tuesdsy;
passengers , who came with it on the
steamer to Buttevtlle arrived here on
Monday. Returning, it arrived Friday,
bringing all the mail for the west side
of the river it started with, not having
crossed except at Marysville. Subscrib
ers in Polk and Yamhill cduntles will
understand why their Statesman failed
last week. They are now lying in this
office, havirig performed the trip to
Marysville and back."
stick a rrrrxa etna.
From London Tit-Bits.
"Clara," said William Wharton, as he
placed his arms around his wife and
looked down .into her eyes, "I have a
confession to make to you, and I want
you to promise, before I begin it, that
you will forgive me." A wild fear took
possession of her. She placed a little
white hand upon her heart, and would
have fallen if her husband had not
held her up. Her face became livid, and
she could only gasp, ."Tell me tell
me-what' It is." '..-...;.,;.
1 "I cheated a man out of ttO today,"
he said. '"Can you, darling can -you
forgive me?" ---?.- ij:- .'
The color came back Into her cheeks,
her lips parted in. a glad, sweet . smile.
She rested her head against his breast
and, looking fondly up into, his eyes,
said, "Oh, Will, .dear, how you fright
ened met.. I thought you were going to
tell me that you had kissed some horrid
woman."!.-,1,, ".-. ..viv.v ,- --;
Spirit of the- Season. .
From the Philadelphia North American.
Ten separate revolutions are said to be
in progress In Santo Domingo It bests
all how the Christmas spirit gets Into
every corner of the world. :
The Chinese Are Learning to Hate Russia
Ellxav R. Scldmere's Pektn Letter in
, , Chicago Tribune.
Every resident can tell of questions
and comments from the Chinese clerks,
teachers, compradors, and servants that
show a rising Interest in publlo affairs,
a sense of the terrible straits In which
China now finds Itself, A spirit of oat-
rlotlsm is growing at the same tlmo
with a hatred of Russia, aa the designs
ot the northern neighbor are . now made
plain, and awakened China, is having its
pride -and cqfldelt laid low. : Two years
ago, when I sent runners out to find the
fat boy, Liu, who had gone with me as
traveling servant once before,, he ap
peared smiling. - , v ; :
"I been Port Arthur one year, missis.
Selling stores, missis. I sell flowers to
the Russian army."
"Bouquets for Russian . soldiers?" -
"O,- no, missis. Not those flowers.
just barrels of flours for Russian sol-
fliers."
"You like the Russiansr : ; v v
"I don'ixnow missis. Those 1 Rus
sians : not like "other foreigners; Just
like . Chinese' more. Those Russian of
ficers rob Russian" ' soldiers . JUst - like
Chinese officers rob' Chinese soldiers. I
take my bill and take my bill, and those
Russian officers never ' pay. Bimeby J
take' my bill and pay him cumshan first,
and quick be tell writer to pay me my
money,. Plenty squeeie, Just like Chi
nese." . i, : ..;,:.,,.;(:
When the portly guide was sent for
this time he was just returned from
Dalny, where he had been acting as interpreter-stevedore,
s :, longshoreman
boss .at 'the docks. ''"".:,.'. if,:y'".
"You must like the Russians?" x ob
served. "How will - you like to have
them ruling over China? They will
soon e--liereauJreklnJl
"No, missis, I don't like those Rus
sians. We don't want them over here.
They are too stupid." .
"How are they stupid?"
"Q, -they don't-understand English.
They never come here. Japanese sol
dier not let them. . O, yes, Japanese
soldier whip those Russians easy.. Why.
Russian soldiers just like Chinese sol
diers. You see, soon come that wan
and Japanese soldier chase those Rus
sians; chase them Russia's own country.
I like have Mexicans or English best,
get China. Then I cut off this 'snap
ping tassel of his long pigtail,' and
stop all such foolish things. ' Then
wear nice .foreign clothes and be Amer
ican" citizen." f
Part of this was a professional touch
oq the part of the heavy villain, who
knows how and when to flatter, and has
not his match for "squeeze pidgin" in
all China. It was one of hie confreres,
however, who, laying his mask aside,
said:
"Yes, I can. take you for whole Job,
whole trip, for 1200, but then I shall
have to make other hundred dollars out
of you. Better pay me 2300 and then
all be fair, no squeese."
If there is an awakened China, there
is also an awakened England In China,
and the British resident in far Eastern
Asia is fairly walking the floor In this
season of crisis and nonevacuations.
"O, there must be this war between
Japan and Russia," exclaimed one of the
best known Englishmen in the East to
me but a few days since. "There must
be war. - Things will never be settled
until Japan strikes the blow. Russia
must be stopped now and Japan can dq
It. , Nothing else will do. - Russia must
be checked. - There must be war. Noth
ing else will restore England's prestige
in the East" ,
Then I bade him fight the battles and
pay the war taxes himself. If England
wants -war to restore her prestige In the
East let her declare the war and pay
the bill in treasure' and in lives. It the
much belauded , Japanese-English alli
ance means only that Japan shall fight
for English supremacy and get Eng
land's chestnuts out of the fire, the
forefathers of our republic, who were
Englishmen themselves and knew their'
own people, knew what they were about
when they charged us against . entan
gling alliances.
At last I had the key to the English
enthusiasm tor war between Japan and
Russia, and the changed heart as re
gards' Japan generally. -The same Eng
lish residents and the same English
newspapers of Chinese treaty ports who
sneered at, derided, and ridiculed the
Japanese In 1894 foretold the certain
victory of China, and openly longed tor
the crushing of "upstart Japan." These
same people and papers are now ardent
champions of "the English of the East,"
and loudly extol the-nation, its army
and navy. They think, too, that America
should come openly into a drelbund and
force the open door In Manchuria. "To
restore England's prestige In the East
also?" I asked, and lost a useful ac
quaintance, - . :
A OVVM TO OOHSDMPTIOJr. '
From the London Chronicle.
Mrs. Wolfe,. the mother of the great
general, kept a comprehensive cookery
book. Still preserved at Squerrles Court,
Kent One of her recipes was for "a
good water for consumption." "Take a
peck of garden snails," says the pre
scription, "wash them In beer, put them
in an oven, and let them stay till they've
done crying; then with a knife and
fork prick the green from them, and
beat the snails, shells and all, in, a
stone mortar. Then take a quart of
green earth-worms, slice them through
the middle and straw them with salt;
then wash them and beat them, the pot
being first put into the still with two
handfuls of angellco, a quart of rose
mary flowers, then the snails and worms,
then egrlmony, bears feet reddock roots,
barberry brake, blloney, wormwood, of
each two handfuls, one handful of rue
tumorlo and one ounce of saffron, well
dried and beaten. Then pour . in three
gallons of milk. Walt till morning, then
put in three ounces of cloves (well
beaten), hartshorn-' grated. Keep the
still covered all night This done, stir it
not Distill it with a moderate fire. The
patient must take two spoonfuls at a
time." i ,
"SWXAXIBtr OFT" AJTD "OZT."
From the Indianapolis Btar. '
The "swearlng-off" season of the year
is almost here. We are going to quit
many of our bad habits on the first day
of the new year,' ?, :,...,-.:;.--', j,..;..:,--:
Our advice is not to "swear off" too
many things, and for everything that
you "swear off" take on something in
its place. In other words, "swear on"
as you "swear off."
There is nothing that frees the mind
from its old desires lllte having it oc
cupied. 'So if you are going to start the
year with a clean slate begin to think
bow .of thtt things that, you will & ln
place of tbe tilings that you will not do.
Befleotions of a Bachelor. ;
From the New York Press. 1
Whatever oughtn't to be. Is somehow
mighty interesting. ; ' ' '
It is noteworthy that a mustard plas
ter always seams easy, to a man with a
pegging wife. it. ,
Hi girl could put on ner own skates
she, might , be able to wear stockings
that, would keep her warm when, .she
goes. - ' i '
"I .hear that all the cotton from tbe
mills of one of the states, the state of
Caroline, goes to Manchuria," said an
other Englishman. "Now, they say,
your great corporations can control the :
congress, So why do they not agitate
against the loss of their trade in Man-'
churla? Our Manchester' men would
make a great demonstration if it came,
so directly home to them as that" 1
"Because the Carolina cotton mill '
owners do not know, probably, that their
cloth does or does not go to Manchuria. "
They sell to wheajsale agents In ft'ew
York, probably Englishmen at that and
they do the rest The millers are not
shipowners, ' too, trading directly with ' '
Newchwang." . v.,:; or"'1';" ' V-
"Well, America ought to do, some-thtpg..-
It is a' shame to leave Japan
alone ' to fight for your ' 'open door In
Manchuria, and your, government just '
Sitting Still." -V--... : .::- i , ;.'; -. A
Would it be worth while to tell such
a one that another great government'
was just sitting still, too, its fingers
pinched also ' when the "open door"
slammed shut on them and Russia put
the key in her pocket?'--- .-
' Beside her ' aspirations ' and aggres
sions in "Manchuria and Korea, Russia
is pushing its ' way In Mongolia and
Thbet end its insatiable earth hunger
Is manifested in the same way In all
instances. First the railway surveyor
and a force to protect him, then camps
that in a' few seasons become barracks, .
and barracks that are-fortresses; and,
thus strongly in occupation, Rusjla aaks
the local rulera and the world generally:
"What are' you ; going to do about it?
We have spent touch money in barracks
and improvements you certainly do not
think we shall leave now. Moreover, '
we are not going."
An English traveler, who was camp
ing througtrthe grass oountry-thtwsum'
mer, was the guest of & Mongol prince,
who told him how a tew Russians had
come to, survey the line of railway down .
to Pekin and had never gone away.
They had begun building, winter houses,
this year, apparently for a greater num
ber of Cossacks; and the prince kept
asking his guest why the Russians did' .
not go away, what they were staying
for. .
'They will never go away unless you
drive them away. They are staying and
building houses because they consider
that your country is now their coun
try," was the candid friend's response.
The most Important branch of the
Trans-Siberian road will be that leading
from Irkutsk to Pekin, which will
shorten the time between Pekin and St
Petersburg by four or five days. In
stead of making the great detour around
by way of Manchuria and Dalny, the
line will strike away from Irkutsk is
almost direct line to Pekin, following '
the old route of centuries.
At Klakhta, on the tnrns-Baikal fron
tier, the Russians have naturally a large
garrison, and all the way down through
Mongolia the line of the proposed rail
way is now marked by barracks and
Cossack camps.
At Urga, the most important place In
Mongolia, 700 miles from Pekin, the
Russians have nowv a garrison of 2,000 .
troops and Cossacks, and as many more
enlisted Morgollans. Urga is the
spiritual as well as commercial and po
litical metropolis of Mongolia. The lama ;
at Urga is a living Buddha, ranking next
sfter the dalak lama of Thibet, and the
Mongolian town contains many splen
did temples : with colossal .images .and -
great bells, - Many lamas .from the
great lama temple In Pekin have, be
taken themselves to Urga since the re
turn of the court and . the continued
neglect Of the - emperor to visit U?e .
temple or resume, its allowance, r
Near the Mongolian holy city is the
Chinese city where the overland trade
centers, where caravans of camels file by
without ceasing, transporting brick tea
in baskets. A Chinese political resident
practically rules in this region of inde
pendent Mongol princes, and a Chinese
general with two battalions of troops
support him did support him until the
Russian visitors came. There came first
tbe engineers and surveyors with a few
tents; then more tents, and the tents be
came barracks; then regular forts were
built, and Just now guns have been
mounted on both. When once fortified
the Russian commander sent word to
the Chinese' political agent that the
Chinese soldiers could not bear arms at
30 paces' beyond the Chinese head
quarters; If found outside that - limit
the Russians would seise their arms.
Hence comes a cry for help from the
practically besieged Chinese officials in
Urga, and It is found that the Russian
camps are fixed all the way down to
Kalgan, the gateway in the great wall,
northwest Of Pekin. Another surveying
season will bring the engineers through
Nankow pass, in sight of the gate
towers and palace roofs of Pekin.
OIBXS TO BTJXXiD A CHAPEL.
Students of Bosemary KaU Save Ac
cumulated a Pile of Stones.
From Stanford Cor. New York Sun.--.
j The girls who attend Rosemary hall
at Rock Bridge, in Greenwich, recently
decided that a chapel was needed which
would accommodate a hundred persons,
the gymnasium being, ln their minds,
not suitable for religious services. They
also decided that they would build the
chapel.
A leader was appointed, plans were
drawn by themselves and submitted to
the head instructor. It was for a pne
story" stone edifice George Lauder, Jr.,
who is a neighbor and -a nephew of An
drew Carnegie, had plenty of stone on
his new estate, and he offered the stone
to them ' free of .expense. The girls
hired a team and a box wagon a few
days ago. Fifty girls, hatlesa and ln '
short blue skirts and white sweaters
with the letter R on the front, went
after the first load of stone, one of them
driving the team. They took all the
stone that the team was able to haul.
Some of the stones were so large that
1t took two or three girls to lift them
into the wagon. '' - -
In the eyes of the builders, the stones
would not - be called suitable for a
church, but they suited the girls. Every
day after, school sessions the girls took
the team and went after stones, The
result Is that a huge pile is to be seen
near the seminary, where it will remain
Until the weather is such that the girls
can go out -witt) ' pickaxes and shovels
and dig the trench for the foundation.
They say they Intend to mix the mortar
and lay the stone according to instruc
tions from a mechanic, ,,;.,
CAB BOOSBVELT BB BEATEN?
From the Boston Globe.
Four vice-presidents before President
Roosevelt gained the presidential .office
through the deaths of presidents Ty
ler, Fillmore, Johnson and Arthur but
each failed to obtain a presidential nom
ination, y i i President Roosevelt, will be
the exception to secure . a nomination
through his shrewd manipulation Of
the party machinery, but Is there not
considerable -truth In the remark of a
distinguished Republican from a beet
sugar producing state' at a' recent meet
ing of the national . committee that
"everybody is for him and nobody wants
hlra?" . , ' .' - t