ESItopna! 'Pake- of ffia; Jmiraal
PORTLAND, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13. 1904
THE OR EOO IN DAILY
AN
C ft, JACKSON
PabHshed rrsry evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building, Fifth and
OFFICIAL, PAPER OP THE CITY OF
THE JOURNAL'3 PLATFORM
A Trinity of Events Which Would Make of Portlani
the MigbtiMt City of the Pacific Coast
v., ' ' - ' , . X. "
Firstr-Deepen the Columbia river bar. i
SecondOpen the Columbia river to unim
peded navigation at and above The DaQesv
Third Dig an Isthmian canaL x
lONEJVBRYAN- AND HIS
,f ; x-x critic . .
HE personification and apostle
appeals to the lowest motive
can play upon was one W. J.
ful' actor, unsuccessful lawyer, unsuccessful editor, un
successful candidate." ' , j t
The nameless ass on the Oregonlan who penned the
foregoing doubtless has been successful In all these things
in which "one W. J. Bryan" has so signally failed. Hav
ing, been successful It is entirely within the province pf
a delicately attuned mind to rub it in with pharasalcal
unction on those who have not been equally .fortunate
.with himself. ' J i
"W, J. Bryan Is not a perfect man; being human he has
made mistakes, some of them grievous ones. But per
sonally he is an honest man, he is a clean, self-respecting
American citizen and a type of husband and father who
may well stand as a model. 11 is the fashion of the .par
tisan press to hound him; it is the fashion of the partisan
scribblers who by no stretch of the Imagination could be
credited with having accomplished anything themselves,
to malign and belittle him. What he stood for la politics
has been threshed over and over again. There at least
was no quibbling In his course; everybody knew precisely
where he stood and what was to be expected of him in
the event of his election. No one had any doubt that he
would carry out that contract to the letter. The decision
of the American people was against him, In the last elec
tion overwhelmingly so. ,But both defeat he accepted
with good grace. At the present time he Is not a presi
dential possibility, but the whirligig of time works wonders
and the execrated sinner of today sometimes becomes the
consecrated saint of tomorrow.' . '
Bryan has just returned from a' trip abroad. During
his absence he was put to an extraordinary test. His en
vironment was new, strange and peculiarly exacting.
His every movement was watched with keen, critical and
unfriendly eyes ; his every expression was weighed and
balanced to a hair.. Tet out of It all he confessedly
emerged with dignity, distinction and added prestige .as a
man of breadth, balance and matured powers. This la the
freely written verdict pot of his friends, not of his par
tisans, but of all his political enemies except those In the
dark corners of the Oregonlan building where new Ideas
slowly find their way and induration
have long since done their deadliest work.; ' I6 '
' All of this Is said in the spirit of fair
decency, with no. desire to underestimate Mr. Bryan In the
past or to 'overestimate him . in the present. - The problem
of his political salvation Is his alone and he must work
it out. But whatever he may have done in the past and
whatever he may have stood for, as
standing American man of the present
doubtless hold his own with the pale gray ass of the Ore
gonian who so flippantly criticised him this morning. '
THE IMPOSSIBLE ACHIEVED.
REW MEN who have lived on the ranges and notei
the irrepressible conflict between the cattle and
sheep men ever expected to live to see the day
when the representative men of both these great Industries
would be gathered, together, in national convention and
working aide by side in the effort to solve he knotty com
mon problems which confront them. . J; - r
And yet this is precisely what has occurred in Portland.
Self interest and mutually blending
the business. Both need open ranges: to secure and main
tain them they must unite the combined pressure of their
forces upon congress. The open range secured, the prob
lem then arises, of the best way to
Manifestly . the poorest way is by quarreling with shot
guns. This has been tried in the past and found wanting.
Just as manifestly both Industries are here to stay. On
federal ground they have equal rights. Then why not
make the best of the situation, each accepting what it
cannot remedy and making the most out of the situation
as it finds It T
The .sheep business has been enormously profitable In
recent years. In few legitimate lines of human endeavor
have fortunes been piled up more rapidly, In some sec
tions the cattlemen have been forced to bow to the In
evitable and confess defeat by moving
they are all beginning to, strike the sensible middle course.
Both Industries must be maintained. To maintain them
it is necessary to come to some understanding that Is
mutually satisfactory. When a ; question reaches thir
point It is "within sight of settlement, for the first lesson
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Mud and Darkness.
Portland, Jan. 12.To the Editor of
The Journal: I beg to encroach on a
little apace in your paper in respect to
the following grievance:
At the foot of Seventeenth street, just
at the railway crossing, is a big arc
light,-which la supposed to be burning
at night, but for about nine days it
seems to be out of order and has not
been I teheed. Further, the smaller light
at Marim a wnari nas not oeen ngmea
for about three weeks, because the bulb
Is broken.
woo, i asa, is reaponsioie ipr aucn
neglect? The mud at the foot of Seven
teenth street la of Such depth that ic la
easy enough to be drowned, ' or rather,
choked to death in It, and when we are
deprived of the lights to guide, our steps,
some accident is sure to happen. Ships
have to pay heavy tonnage dues to lie
at any of the wharfs, and we at least
expect that the approaches to the wharfs
have lights in working order to prevent
accidents. A DISGUSTED SAILOR.
KOBTVABT CBAFEX, A BABBOOSf.
Chicago Correspondence New York
World. .: ,':
Among the double funerals was one
from 'a small saloon In Center street.
The dead were Mrs. Louise Fredericks,
wife of the keeper, and her sister, Miss
Vernieeh. ' 'Worn and haggard' from
long days- end night of searching tor
t.hei bodios fhl wife end ..her sister,
Louie B-ri-joru-lis spent the morning as
suming his kf4. mother and. his tliree
"INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
which an American
circumstances and
But it is all an
cannot help feeling , when the apparently impossible has
been achieved in this direction that the dreams bj. the
mlllenlum are not entirely beyond the bounds of humn
realization. ..' ,
JOHN W. SPRINGER, president since its organization
of the National Livestock association, la one of those'
irrepressible men who is always doing unexpected
LONG EARED
, xxx
things in unexpected ways and at unexpected times, jle
iB"-tttever3r"emb6diffient"or restJeMXactlvity, and "carries
out literally the motto; ."We never, sleep," which the asso
ciation has stolen and adopted for convention' use; and
during the sessldhs mlxer. buBlnees and play in such a
way that one scarcely knows where the play begins and
the business- ends. ';'
Springer is a college graduate who won oratorical hon
ors In his class. He is never quite so much at, home as
when, in the'midst of a political campaign, he citn mount
the head of a handy barrel and, arrayed in a long-tailed
ulster and a white plug hat, soar on the pinions of his
unfettered eloquence and arouse the enthusiastic plaudits
of the electorate.1? He la a ready off-hand speaker, some
what florid In his atyje, but always unmistakably It ,wher
ever the gentle bowmen foregather. Mr. Springer got his'
cattle experience In Texas. His firm owns a good,-slzed
state there. His love of fine horses needed no cultiva
tion, for it was there from the start. To see Springer
expertly tooling a four-in-hand la not merely a revelation
of these base
a which demagogy
Bryan, unsuccess
of manly grace and
those who would learn from past master of the art. In
the last two years he has been devoting much of his time
and talent to the banking and trust business. ' He has a
big bank and trust company in Denver, but his heart is
always with the cattle business, his first and only love.
Perhaps to him more than any- other one man Is due the
great importance of the association and very much of the
good it has accomplished for the protection of the indus
try. They wilt call him Governor Springer one of these
days. ' - '
THE REAL FIGHTING SPIRIT IN JAPAN.
CLARENCE BROWNELL, author of the "Heart of
. Japan," has much' to say in favor of the Japanese
army-In an article In the Buffalo Express, en
titled "Hachiman is Getting Ready. X
- He does not believe that Russia will by any means have
a walkover in her fight with Japan. ,
Japan held for a long time the belief that her progress
in the peaceful arts would win her consideration among
nations! In their hearts the Japanese despise trade. The
exigencies of the times compelled them to turn their at
tention to commerce, and many of them still believe she
must be great commercially : if she Is to; endure. But
, and 'fosslllzatlon
none of them doubt
she is to escape annihilation. ' . -
play and common
The fact that her victorious war with China won her
more respect and consideration from the West In half a
year than all her peaceful Industry In half a century was
not lost upon the Japanese. ; ' " ' ':" t r ' tv"
When -her military and naval forces so speedily beat
China to her knees she proceeded at once to double her
forces. No one is allowed to escape military training In
a square-toed, up
moment he could
Japan unless physically unfit,-more than this all are wil
ling and anxious to undergo it. . The government drill is
Imposed on all public schools and adopted by all private
ones. -Little mites of boys delight to carry the flag and
stoutly march for miles through the blazing sun fo prove
their ability to serve
Hachiman, the
mikado Is directly descended, Is the, one god whom the
whole Japanese people unite in honoring. , They may be
Budhlsts, or followers of Confucius, but they all pay due
respect to their war
It Is both a military and religious ceremony and appeals
to the whole people who are thoroughly In sympathy with
Interests have done
the sentiment that
are worthy of undying love and honor.
W. H. Galvanl's
recently gives a fair idea of Russia's moral condition, and
no one Is better informed on the subject. His statement
convert it to profit.
that It needs something new to stir the fighting spirit.
"what there Is of It," In the Russian soldiery is worthy of
attention. They may have the finest armament and the
best officers in the world but ages of brutal oppression have
not cultivated the
On the other hand
the spirit of the feudal retainer whose sword was his soul
and his emporer his god. . It it this army spirit which Is
His love for and
willingness to fight
away. But now
soldier a formidable
The Commercial
ception which It last
men. The entertainment was well conceived and carried
out with a, brilliancy
little children ,ln arranging for the re
ception of the bodies.
"We will bury them from the saloon,"
said Mr. Frederichs, "because it was
here they used every day to come. We
will put the caskets on the bar, and I
do not know whether I ever will re
sume business. Nothing seems worth
while now.".
Loving hands converted the barroom
into a mortuary chapel. Long curtain
and draperies of black were hung from
the walls and knots of lavender ribbon
were festooned from the ceiling and cor
ners of the room to the bar. When the
task was finished no Incongruity was
apparent,
STSBCBB" AS A MAH OP BtrSUTZSS.
London Letter in Washington Post .
So little has been written about the
late Herbert Bpencer as a man of busi
ness that it is not generally known how
he called in hie, philosophy to aid him
in making money out of his books. ! All
his works were published on the com
mission system, Mr. Spencer's publisher
taking 10 per cent only "of the proceeds,
the balance going to the author. Fur
thermore, the - writer stereotyped ' his
books at the outset, so as time passed
he had tq print new editions only as
they were needed, and so profited to an
unusual extent on his comparatively
small safes.
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Unlucky Foreigner.
; From the New York World,
A Greek Immigrant sent a shirt to a
St Louis laundry the other day and on
examination a thousand-dollar bill was
found sewed Into the garment. Mr. Folk
Is how - after the immigrant,, although
the latter indignantly denies belonging
to the legislature.
J O U RN A L,
JNO. P. CARROLL
Yamhill streets, Portland, y Oregon.
PORTLAND
learns is to accommodate himself to
to make the best of them. .
encouraging sign of the times and we
THE COWMEN'S PRESIDENT.
beauty, but a liberal education to
now that she must also win battles if
as soldiers. ' ; x;
great war god from whom the present
god.
those who die in battle die nobly and
able and timely article in The Journal
"fighting spirit Jn the common soldiers."
the Japanese soldier Is possessed of
pride in his country and his' cheerful
and die for it makes the .Japanese
enemy. .
club covered Itself with glory in the re
evening tendered the visiting stock
of effect that was beyond criticism.
ABT XSSEBTXAX. QUALITY.
From the New Tork Times.
AH of the Qualities essential to oomne
tence in the messenger of a cabinet offi
cer are not set down in the school books
nor recorded with the civil service com
mission. . ,
The .-ante-room of the secretary of
commerce ana laoor was niiea with anx
ious waiters, all seeking an audience.
The Impressive colored dignitary who
presides emerged from Secretary Cortel
you's office. With the air of a Chester
field he said a few strictly confidential
words of welcome and consolation to
each of the weary callers, finally com
ing to the man whose card had gone in
last The dusky messenger escorted him
into the corridor, led him through devi
ous passages and finally brought, him to
the secretary s office by another entrance.
As he went he exclaimed:
"You see, sah, all those people in there
would feel bad if T was to take you in
first. Now they feels relieved. They
think there's one leas waiting to see the
secretary. Now I brings you in this
way, you see the secretary Just as well
and gets away. My official position calls
for lots of . Scheralnatlon that's the
word, sah. schemlnation."
Work fo Two Sjeleaeea. .
From the New York Mail and Express.
a xaie, proressor or chemistry is liv
ing at the Waldorf-Astoria on $1 it day.
It would probably take a professor of
mathematics to figure out how much less
man noming ne eats. -
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X'X teteenuutly Bewarda. x
-v .:'' From the Detroit News.
Year by year the rewards of Ameri
can statesmanship; increase; In 1004 the
railroad'. passe will cover 8,000 more
sines oi iraoaage man in iu9. "
Germans Shouldering England
W, E. Curtis' Cairo LeteY in the Chicago
Record-Herald, t , 7: ( ' ; .
. We came down from Rome to Naples,
and there took i the ! splendid, great
steamer Kiacbaou ' of the Hamburg-
American line, which was crowded with
passengers f 0 India, China and other
countries of the far east, where the Ger
mans nave commenced an active 4-om-
merclat crusade. No nation la working
so bard or so systematically to Increase
its exports. The emperor and his gov
ernment and the' parliament have joined
with the commercial and industrial or
ganizations and are sending subsidized
steamships to every port carrying the
products or the German manufactories.
In every town of any importance from
one end of the earth to the other you
can find a German merchant; upon every
steamer and every railway train a Ger
man commercial traveler, and .the gov
ernment has provided the means for Its
manufacturers to reach their customers
and deliver the 'goods. : . X " a f,;.;-,.v, cf
,This J particularly true In the. far
east, where the Germans are pushlna- the
English out of the trade. Twenty years
agaJBnglishmen-nt rolled -everything.
j.ney naa 10 establishments to one of
any other nationality. Now the Germans
surpass them in numbers. In capital and
in enterprise. whrver vnn' n- In Smith
America, tn China or in Africa. The
German steamships to the east are win
ning patronage away from the old con
servative English lines by sending fre
quent jsteamers with the best of accom
modations and by their efforts to nlease.
The English lines have been running on
their reputations for years, but the Ger
mans have compelled them to build new
Ships and modernize the service. Half
the passengers on the German ships are
Englishmen, who give good reasons why
they prefer them to their own. , -
a rew years ago a German steamer
was Seldom seen in the Sues canal. Last
year they were second in-number among
all the nations. The report of the com
pany shows that 8,708 steamers passed
through the canal in 1902, having a to
tal tonnage of 11,848,418 tons. Of these
8,lt&. were English steamers of 6.772.(11
tons, while 480 were German steamers
of 1,707,822 tons. You will notice that
the German steamers must have aver
aged very much larger than the English,
because the tonnage is out of proportion
to the number, and that Illustrates the
condition of the trade.
The Klachaou is named after what we
may call the German province In China.
a city in Shantung, which the kaiser
seised because of the murder of two Jes
uit missionaries who had been expelled
from Germany only a few months, before.
They are working slowly but surely to
Germanise the provinces, so surely that
in a rew years you will hear of a repeti
tion of the recent experiences with Man
churia, except that Germany instead of
Russia will be filling the title role.
That la the reason why Germany has not
taken part In the dispute. She is strict
ly neutral, but her silence is very signifi
cant and her sympathies are on the Rus
sian side because the occupation of a
Chinese province by a European power
w an important precedent for her. But
I will tell you more about that when I
get to China.
Fashionable lamUles are gradually
turning ocean voyages Into social fes
tivities and millinery shows. People
used to wear their old clothes when they
went to sea and took as few with them
as possible,' Now they dress as much
on smpnoara aa they ao at a. house
party and show off all their new clothes
on the deck regardless of the damage
- a nw btb. bbtah.
Bis Trip Baa Developed Bew Traits of
' 'Dignity. '
From the Kansas City Star. '
The Mr. Bryan! who sailed from Eng
land for New York Is a decidedly differ
ent person in the esllaiatloa of many
people from the man who left the United
States on November 11. There have
been no spectacular incidents connected
with his trip abroad. He has made no
startling declarations. But his Journey
has revealed qualities of character which
the publlo had not supposed him to pos
sess, v..;..-.: - --r:K yr v.
Perhaps the most strikingly aaant
fested of these traits was his adapta
bility, his good sense and dignity to new
conditions. It had been a general im
pression in the United States (hat Mr.
Bryan was distinguished by a certain
rigid narrowness which would hinder,
if it did not permit his mental growth.
It was assumed that he could hardly as
sociate on friendly terms with men of
opposing views, and that he was largely
cut off from progress by his belief in
the depravity of the leaders who com
bated him. His partisanship had always
been so aggressive that it had been sup
posed, too, that he could never realise
the primary claims of his Americanism.
It is. on these points that his stay
in Europe has caused a revision of opin
ion. He sat at table with some of the
most eminent men of England and the
continent He showed no aversion to
ezpandlng his own horizon by meeting
them. WhenMie observed that his style
of dress made him conspicuous he al
tered It to conform to the requirements
of the European standard. He made a
handsome publlo acknowledgement of the
fine qualities snd sturdy Americanism
of the Republican diplomats whom he
met. and his speech before the American
chamber of commerce In Berlin -showed
perfect taste and a statesmanlike atti
tude of mind. The strong impression
Which his address made upon the critical
German press was a deserved recogni
tion of a striking personality.
WHY HE DID BOX OUT OB.
O. S. Marden in Suocess.
He had low Ideals.
He did not dare to take chances. -He
had too many irons in the fire. "
He' tried to give his relatives a chance.
He was never a whole man at any
thing. :
He thought a good business should run
Itself. -
He was afraid to burn the brfdges
behind him. ,
His rude manners- drove customers
from his store. -
He loved his pipe and a story better
than his work.
He could not concentrate all his pow
ers on his task. . .
He let gruff. Indifferent clerks drive
away his business.
He trusted Incompetent friends with
responsible positions."
He would not change fairly good meth
ods for better ones.
He thought he knew-all there was
to know about his business.
. He tried to economise by cutting down
his advertising appropriation.
He was a good,' honest man, but did
not do business in a business way. ,
' Reflections of a Bachelor.
From the New York Press! '.
The only people who don't break good
resolutions are those who never make
them.. ' ' : ; ' i,- - ''-.. .-.;'-.'
Wonder how much a man has to allow-
hle'wlfe to dress in the South Sea isl
ands, where they dont. ' ,
It la perfectly useless for a eirl to
take' a muff when she goes riding, for
she can't use it when she drives, andlf
he needed it It -would be ton ridiculous to
put a muff around her .WaiaU ..X...:-J
Out of World's Commerce
from dampness, r They come to dinner
in full dress also, with low neoks and
bare arms and diamonds and bracelets
until the dining room On a big-steamer
nowadays is as gay as a banquet hall.
ine jungiisn are responsiDie zor tnis ri.
dloulous custom, which was originally
Intended to relieve the monotony of long
voyages, but has gradually spread until
every steamship line is Infected with
the vanity. But the Idea of wearing
jewelry on shipboard . Is even worse.
That is English, v too, for it la the
rWhat's-Her-Name and Lady Light head
who lie around In their, deck chairs
wearing all .their gold and silver and
precious' stones like the women of a
savage race. At first ; I thought they
were "the wives and daughters of Chi
cago, pork packers, because they are the
only -people who do such vulgar things
in the novels of English society, and it
is quite a shock to an American to dis
cover that the British nobility are rob
bing us or a notoriety we never de
served, .'--.,' i .
And-the, same women sit . around on
deck-after-dinner-and"mokff"cigarette.
it 1 considered smart for them to dc
so. I have seen a good many wives and
daughters of Chicago pork packers in
different parts of the world, but I have
never known them to make such vulgar
displays or be guilty of such rudeness
as is frequneUy .. shown by Enxllsh
women wiyi long titles. . .
Port Said Is a strictly modern towa
at the mouth of the Sues cabal, of mush
room growth, very wicked, and peopled
with the representatives of every race
on earth. . Like Colon and Panama.
Singapore, ; Honkgong and other ports
where the ships of all nations trade, it
catches human driftwood. Down at
Puenta Arenas, In the Straits of Magel
lan, I was once rowed to shore In a boat
with eight oarsmen, and each of them
belonged to a different race. In Port
Said Arabs predominate, but the busi
ness signs upon the business streets
are a good 'index of; the inhabitants,
Everything is wety managed. The town
Is under English control, and notwith
standing the desperate character of the
inhabitants, it is very orderly. The
police are native " Arabs wearing uni
forms similar to those of the 'Bobbles"
of London, and they conduct them
selves with great dignity and airs of
Importance. When the steamer drops I
its anchor off the eenter of the town it
is immediately surrounded by a large
fleet of rowboats, but none of them at-1
tempts to approach the gangway until a !
signal is given by the policeman in
charge. Then the boatmen climb up the
stairs over each other's shoulders like i
so many monkeys, clamoring for pat
ronage, which seems to be an unneces
sary waste of energy, because all the
boats belong to the ..same . company.
which pays for the privilege of landing
passengers and Is allowed to charge only
a very small fee. Strangers are well
taken care of. All they have to do Is
to turn their luggage over to the runner
from the hotel they intend to stop at In
Cairo, and he will' put them aboard a
tram on the baby railroad that runs
across the desert and see them safely
started upon their Journey. There is a
custom-house, of course but it gives
travelers very little trouble. The in
spectors take your name and nationality
and some other Information for the sta
tistical report; they ask if you have
any. cigars or spirits, and accept your
word for it, unless your bihavtor is sus
picious, then they trouble you to-onen
your trunk.
, A BOOSBTXST WAS BTOBT.
: Jacob A Rtls In his "Theodore Roose
velt the Citizen," how running serially
In The Outlook, tells this anecdote of
Colonel Roosevelt's .war experience:
He had a man in his regiment, a child
of the frontier, in whom dwelt the soul
of a soldier in war, not in peace. By
no process of reasoning or discipline
could he be persuaded to obey thecamp
regulations, while the regiment lay at
San Antonio, and at last he was court
martialed, sentenced to six months' Im
prisonment technical, sentence, for
there was no Jail to put htm in. The
prison was another rough rider follow
ing him around with a rifle to keep him
in bounds. Then came the call to Cuba,
and the colonel planned to leave him be
hind as useless baggage. When the
man heard of it his soul was stirred to
its depths. He came and pleaded as a
child to be taken along. He would al
ways be good; never again could he
show up in Kansas if the regiment went
to the war without' him. At eight of his
real agony Mr. Roosevelt's heart re
lented. .
"All right," he said. "You deserve to
be shot as much as anybody, You shall
go." And he went flowing over with
gratitude, to prove himself In the field
as good a man as his prison of yore who
fought beside him. L . .-
Then came the mustering out When
the last man was checked off and ac
counted for, the war department of
ficial, quartermaster or general or some
thing, fumbled with his papers.
"Where is the prisoner T" he asked.
"The prisoner V echoed Colonel Roose
velt: "what prlsonerr
"Why, the man who got six months at
a court-martial."
"Oh. hei He is all right I remitted
his sentence."
The official looked the colonel 'over
curiously,
"You remitted his sentence." he said.
"Sentenced by a court-martial, approved
by the commanding general, you remit
ted his sentence. Well, you've got
nerve." t '
TATT IB VBBrXCT KXAX.TK.
. Manila .Correspondence In Collier's '
Weekly. -The
Idea seems . to prevail In the
United States that Governor Taft is
going home because of ill health. . This
Is far from the truth. At one time
he was the victim of diseases to which
all are subject In the tropics, but today
he enjoys one might almost say perfect
health, due. largely, to his careful habits
and regular exercise. He Is deeply in.
terested In the Philippines and the
Filipinos, and would have liked to re
main until certain problems were nearer
a solution. ., There. Is a - more personal
reason, too. - Here the government pro
vides him with a palace. In Washing
ton he will receive less than a third of
the salary which was his here, and. will
have to pay house rent. He has saved
nothing during his stay, and being a
man of only moderate means, he is
largely dependent upon his salary for
the support of himself and family. ;
: Diaat Have Blther. y.i : v -'
1 ' From the New York Times.
Mayor McClellan is Invariably cbur
teoue to office-seekers, but frequently his
patience is tried to an extent that make
life aburden. When one particularly
persistent fellow approached him for
the twentieth time, Colonel McClellan
said: vi !..;..,,.,.: ,:t
"Whenever I see you I, think of the
old adage. . 'To whom Providence gives
an office he gives en understanding.'" ..
- "But I have 110 office," gasped the ap
plirnnt. . ' ' X '
. the proverb is apropos. , any
watf."1 .. ... ,
How Some Precious Manuscripts Were Saved to the
World
From the London Mall.
A country which has supported for a
iwmuuii . coauy commission to se
cure for the state printed copies of thou
sands of hlstorle manuscripts is not like
ly to let go the original copy of "Para
dise Lost,' and we, may be sure that
long before the sale announced for next
spring the Milton manuscript will rest in
the national treasure house, side by aide
with the seared and yellow copy of Mag
na Cbarta. . '
. That shriveled parchment the charter
Of English freedom, was saved, it Is said,
by the veriest chance from the scissors
of a, merciless tailor. ; Struck by the
great seals attached to a piece of paper
the tailor was cutting -up, Slf Robert
Cotton stopped the man and gave him
four pence for the document he would,
nave destroyed, it is now in the British
museum, lined and mounted and In a
glass case, the seal a shapeless mass
of wax, and the characters quite Illeg
ible. y, ; . , , ' . . m
Four-pence " will; not' buy "Paradise
Lost"-andthe passing of this interest
ing document into the possession of the
state war be a much more formal and
unromantio transaction, la it too much
to suppose that the secretary of the his
toric manuscripts comihission will quiet
ly send a check one morning to Messrs.
Sotheby and hand the manuscript to
sir Edward Thomoson at nightt . v
The commission, if we are to believe
an earl, has done much more daring
things. The fourth Earl of Ashburnham
had no great love ior it "You are here,
sir, .under false pretenses," he shouted
to sir George Dasent when the knight,
at the eatl's Invitation, arrived, at Ash
burnhanv "I have discovered that you
are a member, sir, of that most disrep
utable society called the historic manu
scripts commission; ttley are a society
or rumens, sir."
"Surely," exclaimed Sir George, "a
great many eminent persona belong to
the commission Lord Salisbury, for In
stance, Js not a ruffian."
"Yes, sir. he is a ruffian, when actlna-
for that society " the angry earl' burst
out, "and you, sir, are a ruffian, too
you tamper with title deeds, sir!"
The old lady who received letters from
Carlyle would have agreed with the
fourth earl. When Froude's "Carlyle"
appeared she opened her chest, filled
with letters from the great men of her
day, and took out a bundle. "They were
written to me," she burst out as she
flung them into the fire, "not to the pub
lie," end when the children ran in to say
that the chimney was on fire all that she
would say was, "Never ; mind," and the
papers went on burning.
There was a burning of manuscripts
much less deliberate and much more se
rious in which the old lady's correspond
ent was concerned, f Can we ever forget
once we nave read it that page in Car.
lyle's journaljn which the great man
tells us how, on march 6, 183B, John
Btuart Mill rapped. at the door at tea
timet '
"He entered pale " Carlyle wrote down
the next day, "unable to speak, gasped
out to my wife to go down and speak
with Mrs. Taylor, snd came forward (led
by my hand and astonished looks), the
very picture of desperation.
"After various Inarticulate and articu
late utterances to merely the same effect,
ne imormee me that my first volume
(left out by him in too careless a man
ner, after or while reading it), was, ex-,
vapi tuur or nvm unm 01 leaves, irrevo
cably annihilated!" "It la gone!" Car
lyle wrote again: "The whole world
and myself backed by it could not bring
that back, nay, the old spirit too, Is
fled. I find it took five months of stead
fast occasionally excessive and always
sickly and painful toil." MU1, he added,
"very Injudiciously" stayed with us till
late," and left in a relapsed and pitiable
State.- , : is
Though It IS not generally known, an
other manuscript as famous as Carlyle's
was at one time In peril of a similar
OATB B,000,000 AWAY.
Captain Fabst Distributed That Bum to
Hla Family oa Christmas. ;
Milwaukee' Correspondence N. Y. Sun.
Capt Frederick Fabst whose funeral
was held recently, made on Christmas
some special gifts to every member of
his family, the aggregate of which Is
said by close friends to represent some
15,000,000. At that time Captain Pabsc
fully realized that his -illness was of a
fatal character and that - the end was
not far Off. To his wife and each of his
four children he handed stock certifi
cates and deeds representing something
over 21,000,000 In each case. .
Notwithstanding this distribution of
wealth, the will of Captain Pabst will
dispose f large additional Mounts. It
Is estimated by friends that his entire
wealthy will amount to about 110,000,000.
When, back in the fifties, Captain
Pabst was working as. a deckhand on a
lake steamer, he gained .notice in this
way: E. B. Ward was one of the pas
sengers. He was the owner Of the line,
and when the boat .reached Milwaukee
he started down the stairs for the pur
pose of going ashore. He was stopped
at the foot of the stairs by Pabst who
demanded his ticket
"Say, my boy, I will give you a quar
ter to let me off."
"Nein; I vant der ticket."
"Here Is 50 cents." -:
"Nein: der ticket"
"I will give you tl, all the money I
hav." f
"Nein; . you shust give me der ticket,
and den you go der shore oudt."
Mr. Ward turned back,, met the clerk
In the cabin and inquired:
"Who is that Dutch boy you have on
board T" " ' - .
"That Dutch boyt Why, that's Unser
Fritz.' " :
"Just; raise his wages f 10 a month,"
Was Mr. Ward's reply
DXOBX7XXD TO TKB LAST.
From the New York WwM - - 1
Talk with a Democrat ud my wav."
said Hugo Av Gllmartin, the story-teller
rrom Detroit, at one of the Washington
hotels, "and - he will - constantly ..come
harping back on one thing the tariff.
"Reminds me of the time I was in a
...... , n 1 ... . 1 . 1
iiuiei up iu Duguuiw, . iiicKiriuai com
pany, had gone on the rocks, and . the
leading man had been living a precarious
life at this hotel, waiting for remit
tances. One morning he rang the bell
in his room for halt an hour. Nobody
answered. Then he went out in the hall,
leaned over the railing and called:
" 'Boy! Oh, boy! '
f What is itr snarled' a bell boy" from
the lobby beneath. .; .
I " 'Have you seen anything of my laun
dry? .- - .,,-j.i , . -
"Aw, gwn! said the boy. You ain't
had but one shirt since you've been here.'
" That said the actor, with . great
dignity, 'is the one to which I refer.
Sverythisg on Bine Monday. " "
: From' the Now' York Telegram. X
Christmas day on Friday and New
Year's day on Friday, too. 1 Never mind,
next year Washington's birthday, Deco
ration day, the Fourth of July and La
bor day all fall on Monday, and we'll
tlnleili out the week for each. -, - - -
fata. Lady Simeon since Tennyson's
death has generously presented to his
son the "original manuscript of "in
Memoriam," of which she had posses
sion during the poet's life. Fifty years '
ago the manuscript was nearly lost in a ;
London lodging, and there is somewhere X
an interesting letter from Tennyson, iu"
which, writing to Coventry Patmore, he
said: ' "I went up to my room yesterday :
to get my book of elegies; you know
what I mean, a long, butcher-ledger-like -book.
I was going to read one or two to
an artist here; I could not find It. I
have some obscure remembrance of hav- :
ing lent it to you. If so, all Is well; if
not, will you go to my old chambers and
Institute a vigorous Inquiry?"
Two of three .weeks had passed 'since .
Tennyson changed his lodgings in Hamp-i'
Stead road, : and the landlady, said no,
such book had been left But Patmore,
Insisting on looking himself, found tho
manuscript iriv a cupboard where Ten- ,
nyson had kept his provisions.' ,
- Once before Tennyson had lost a man ;
u'scriptwhich-'tie-ever-recoTered-.-He-ri
lost the first manuscript or rroema,
Chiefly Lyrical,", out of his great coat
pocket One night while returning home
from a neighboring town, and sat down
with a courage worthy of Carlyle and
rewrote the poems from beginning to
end. ,
"Milton's "Commonplace Book" was
lost for 800 years, and was only found
and publish Vi in 1874. But for an ac-.
eident his "Comus" might have been lost
to the world, as it narrowly escaped be-.
ing bricked up - with the "Brldgewater
Papers," which had all perished when
found. .' t
The "Creevey Papers,", which all the
world has been' reading of late, lay for
AO years undiscovered, and we have had
in the last. few. years a remarkable ex
ample of how, even In these days, mo
mentuous manuscripts may lie hidden
and ufiiuspected- beyond the ' gaze of
man. The oldest code of laws In the
world, promulgated by a king of Baby.
Ion 42 centuries ago, was found, thanks
to the enterprise of the French govern
ment only last year, and though this an
cient manuscript is written in atone, it
is an amazing thing that we now can
read, in King Hammurabi's own words.
4,814 lines of the statutes he .enacted
for bis people more than 2,000 years be
fore Christ. - - ; '-v.
; There is now In St Petersburg the old
est known Manuscript of the New Testa
ment in Greek, saved from destruction
by the merest chance 0 years ago.
Crossing the hall of a convent at the
root or mount Binai, constantme Tison
endorf saw a basket full of parchment
leaves on their way to be burned. Two
baskets had already gone, he was told.
and all that he could secure for himself
was a small bundle of odd leaves. But
the monks, now interested in the "waste
paper," saved the rest from the flTe, and
nine years after, ,on a return visit to
the convent, Tlschendorf found that the
steward had, wrapped in a red cloth, "a
bulky kind of volume," which proved to
be the whole of the New Testament,
with parts hitherto unknown, and parts
of the old, which had long been sought.
He begged the volume for the czar,, and
today it lies, well preserved In. spite of
its 1,800 years of age, among the treas
ures of the Russian capital. . .
The "Stuart Papers," one of the most
precious possessions of King . Edward,
were found lying in a garret by an out
law, upon whose head the British gov
ernment -had set ' a price, who bought
them for a paltry sum as a heap of
tradesmen's bills, and. afterward ended
a miserable life by strangling himself.
Dante Gabriel Rossettt, - the poet, on
his wife's death. Placed the manuscrint
of "The Blessed Damosel" in her coffin
and burled it with her. It was his only
copy,, and the poem was then unprlnted.
And unprlnted it would have remal! ri
had not hla friends Induced the poet
to regain possession of the poem and
give it'to the world. ,' .
Advice to the Lovelorn
. BY BEATRICE r AIM AX
Dear Miss Fairfax: About three
years ago I arrived In New York, leav
ing England, and while in this city I
became acquainted with a, young Scotch
man. He hai been calling on me for
Over a year and a half, so now he has
ssked me to marry him. X am a little
undecided for this reason: I am 22,
years old and he Is only SO, Do you
think there is too much difference in
age? And if a woman Is too old to
marry at this age 82t -" '
LIVERPOOL, ENG.
Plenty Of mmtn mm i
there is not very much difference In ...jf
your ages. If you are wise you will
um&B a. nice norae tor yourself if you care
for him. Every woman is better mar-
rled. ,- .'..(.-.......-".., -
Dear Miss Fairfaxi I am a young
girl 19 years old and very much In love
with a young man whose mother ob
jects to him going with me. :
Do you think it Is right for me to go
with him, as it causes much trouble for
hlra In his hornet Kindly advise me
what to do. h. B.
I think the young man is the one to
decide that question. It seems too bad
.ytt -e placed in that position.
WJlat vBOn has his mother for not
liking you? You should find out if it is
a good one.'"'
fax: A gentleman '
called to see me regularly three times
a week for about a year. One evening
he said he couldn't call the next
Wednesday. He gave no reason, but
said he would call Friday, , However, he
did not call, and when we met he was
a ,endl5rt ver, but never men
tioned why he did not call. As he made
the engagement 1 thought It was his
place to tell me. Kindly tell me if it
was. Since I have met him at a dance.
refused. If he should ask to call again
. me iq let ijilmT
" . i- ."'. L R, F '''
It certainly was hls place to apologise, -
with hlmi If he asks to call you had
better tell him Just why you do not
want him to and hav. an eplanat?on.
J,r I OW XABY APPXiBBf-
London Cor. New York Times.
If puzzles are getting scare in New
Tork, poeslbly some of the expert guew
ke to, try at the followfng"
Three-boys go gathering apples? They
?nHV!m8 Ute at nlht with : a bagful
and after agreeing to divide It equally
wake? 5lnf t!,,e n,ht oh" S "hem
wakes up, and. feeling hungry, goes to
the bag. divides the apples lnt three
equal portions, and finds there is ne
.7 "c" 10 bed. Later
on the second boy' also wakes upland
goes through ; i slm(W procedure, si
fi" d?,? lh,ihlM Afterward, both "
them, like the first throwing away an
boys divldo the remainder of thaapplrs
equally, and again find one over which
they throw away. Hgw may
were there originally? ..- , vv '
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