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Editorial Fase of : life Jihfim1 PORTLAND, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904 THE OR HQ ON DA I LY AN C 0. JACKSON PubMshed every evening (except Sunday) St The Jovu-nal Bullmng, Fitth and OFFICIAL, A CRITICAL TIME T HIE TAXPAYERS' FETING evening. It should Te the most Important meet ing ever held In Portland.' It Js gradually begin ning to be recognized that the subject of our public schools has received entirely too little attention or, perhaps It may be better said, too little attention of the right sort. Many of the leading men of the city question almost solely, from the standpoint of what It costs ;to maintain the schools. "Most of them have been inclined to be liberal but not extravagant. We have, therefore, got Into a way of thinking of these schools from the standpoint of cost, without speclflcTeferencel6w5at teas Violnir rinn hv thorn nt aa tn whether thev WfW main taining their place with the foremost public schools of .the countfy. . . , . . . i There haa.been very little public criticism of the schools, due largely to this growing feeling of public Indifference, "based, we regret to -say, on the assumption that It would do no good to enter protests. There are no, suggestions for the betterment of the schools forthcoming from the teachers, for the reason that they have found they were expected to keep quiet and It ,1s decidedly to their ad vantage to do so. But the time has gone by when,- for the sake of the schools themselves, It is desirable for any- - body to keep quiet. The feeling Is steadily growing in this community that the public schools are not fully meet ing the requirements. New methods and new Ideas meet .with no favor; we prefer, it seems, to drift along in the old time way which is rapidly breeding up a'condltlon here such as it may take a generation to uproot. It is coming to that point when those who wish .their children to have the best that is going no longer send them to the public schools. Only in this way can they secure cer; ' tain associations and social recognition for their children such as they desire. The outcome Is fatal for the public school system. In the first place the public schools are degraded and those who attend them are stigmatized, instead of being a badge of pride it is becoming a matter of apology for any parent to 'send his children to the public schools- When he acknowledges it, it Is with . feeling that he Is doing something to his. children of .which he should positively be ashamed in strong contrast .with the feeling In every other up-to-date 'American com munity where every child attends the public schools, where he receives, the very best education which the country af fords and where he stands on his downright merits with every class and condition of pupils in the community. ; But the harm does not end with the degradation of the , public school system. By thq growth of the private school, the development of the cad is encouraged and a severe blow is struck at the very root of the spirit' of Americanism, which is democracy. The community at the very threshold' is divided into cliques and classes, encouraged;" fostered and emphasized by our educational methods. Part of the community is educated in the pub llo schools and part in the private schools. The feeling of caste, than which nothing could be' more deadly to the individual or the state, la encouraged and .stimulated, and class distinctions are the inevitable result. At the very threshold there is wiped out the only distinction that should be recognized, that of merit, , and there is sub stituted the standard of money. The youth of the city jlnstead of being; thrown, as elsewhere, into relations in the public schools where, each .boy stands for what he Js, rather than what(he has, where the spirit of democracy . Is cultivated as a matter of course and the benefit to all classes is great and unmistakable, they are segregated Into camps "more or less Inimical and grow up knowing nothing of and perfectly indifferent to each others point of view. We are, therefore, deliberately breeding not re publican, but monarchical sentiments and distinctions. . .It is because The: Journal Is such a hearty and con ' lstent believer in the public school system that it. has so persistently called-attention to the shortcomings which exist here. It wishes particularly to point out the danger of the methods which are now followed so that the tax payers being awakened to their realization, may arise "and institute the necessary reforms. The very beginning of everything Js to raise the stand ard of the public schools. They must have the equip ment, 'the. teachers and the buildings to place them ln " contestably in the very forefront of the educational arena. If. their course of study is in some respect too restricted. BXTA1TSMTSTEXIOUS COHTEXEXCB , v " From the New York World. This story Is going the rounds In .Washington: In the campaign of liOO William J. Bryan spoke at Buffalo one ..Saturday night In October. He was de layed, and his special oar went oft to Huntington, W. Va., without him. . Mr. Bryan and Robert Rose, his sec retary, got a train at Columbus, and $ from there to Pittsburg. They landed V. In Pittsburg on Sunday morning. Bryan went to the Duquesue hotel. A lot of Democrats got wind of his arrival and went to thi hotel te see him. Mr. Bryan was 111 at ease. Finally he sent a boy out to lind Albert Barr, proprietor of the Pittsburg Post. Barr was at church, but left at once and went to the hotel. Mr. Bryan took him to one side and said: "Will you come to my . room for a minute?" Barr followed to the elevator, won dering what great political secret he was to share. After they reached the room Mr. Bryan closed the door and said: "Barr, you know I missed my train at Buffalo, and must get to Huntington In time to make a speech tomorrow morn 1 lng." "Yes," said Barr. "Well, I wish you would lend me $50. ,11 ... - .. V- .1 L. . ' aii iuy uiuutjj. im mu Liio urn, wnu a iiuvrn i got a cent with me." Barr produced, Mr. Bryan caught his train, Barr got back to church In time for the sermon, and until this day the Pittsburg Democrats wonder whac hap pened between Barr and Bryan on that ' Sunday morning. CHICAGO'S PLATLESS StTXDAY. 'Chicago Dispatch to New York World. For the first time since Chicago out grew swaddling clothes, It was without Sunday amusements today. The 34 the atres put out of business yesterday re mained closed. ' i Total seating capacity, 60.000. Loss In receipts per performance, $26, 000: ' total loss per day, $50,000. Total number of individuals finan cially affected. 6,000. Actors out of employment, 1,600; ush ers, 260; electricians ''and stage hands, 600; billposters, 100; cab driver who lose fares, 400; waiters In restaurants out. 200; program printers. 26. Average weekly wage of actors, $60. THAT TEXXXBIVX EXOIISX. From the New York Trlbvae.' ' ' A Story ts told.of Count BehuOvalofT, a former Russian ambassador to Eng ., land.- . He ; gjSatly admired ' English . women end, was heartily annoyed when he offered ny one of them. lie learned INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ) 4 l. PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. PAPER OF THE CITY OF FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF PORTLAND. will be held this penditures of the frowned down, but agances which in have considered the ren. In that, respect The demands upon than those which were then parents. ter opportunities standard of efficiency. We should introduce the kinder of whatever money other way can the high standard they graceful conditions The very word gusting sound. This ligent, progressive exhaustive study. English, and, having heard one famous English beauty say "Shut up!" to an other, he imagined it to be a phrase of polite agreement, such as "Say no more." In this sense he himself ad dressed it to an illustrious lady the next night at dinner, to the lady's consterna tion and his own. when he later dis covered his mistake. HOW TO PBOXOtTXCX "PEPYS." London Correspondence" New York Times. I could mention many more Instances of British kindliness to Americans, but will content myself with one Illustration. An American wrote to the editor of the Dally Chronicle asking how he should pronounce the name of that famous dlar lat, Pepys. "Do you," he asked, "call It Peppls. or Peeples. or Chumley, or what?" The Chronicle might have been pardoned if It answered this satirical American according to his satire, but It did not. It discussed matters at consid erable length, and wound up by quoting a verse from James Careasse, whom PepyB kindly took In his boat to view the great fire In London. This verse Indi cates that to Careasse at least Pepys was known as Pips. XEYXSED FXOYEXBS. One swallow does not satisfy a drum mer. It's the wrong lane that has no buffet In. The more hash, the worse feed. It is better to have loved the boss than never to have typewritten at all. Of two evils choose the safest. Hops fermented maketh the novice sick. A glad son breaketh an easy father. A rolllng-pln makes her the bona. A bird and a bottle are worth two in a hammock. Hot Afraid to Give. From the Denver Post. Secretary Shaw has figured It out that Uncle Sam v will need $624,662, 146.07' next year. We will cheerfully contribute the 7 cents if other generous npphews of our good uncle will look after the remainder. His Heal Confirmation. From the Chicago News. A man seldom poses as it confirmed bachelor until after some woman has eonflrmed him. Approved- Substitution. From the Springfield Union. Some Boaton humorist has altered this slgp in a streetcar: '"Spitting Is prohibited" to "Sitting is prohibited." JOURNAL JNa r. CARROLL Yamhill streets, Portland, , Ore. PORTLAND then it must be extended. What children are taught with out cost in other cities of tMe same importance as Port land that they should be taught here. Extravagant ex 'public funds at all times should be there are sometimes so-called extraV' the long run prove to be economies. In this line it the money spent in the education of the child we are giving hostages to the future. the coming generation will .be greater have been made upon this. The child ren who wl"l compose it should be better equipped than As life expands and-grows more- eon.--1 i plicated severer training for the child and wider-and bet for mental and physical equipment should be accorded him as a matter of course. It Is for all ot these reasons we say that the mere mat ter of a few thousand dollars more or less cuts no figure whatever in comparison with the overshadowing conse quence of the obligations which rest upon us as citizens and the duties which we owe to the growing and coming generation of Americans. .The question Is therefore too large to settle by voting some thousands of dollars for the enlargement of schools, the building of new ones and the repair of old. This Is all very good as far as it goes, but it does' not necessarily reach the root of the deadly disease from which the schools of Portland suffer. Broad ly stated the schools do not reach the results which they reach elsewhere; so long as they move along the present lines they cannot meet them. Therefore it behooves us to get down to the fundamental basis of things, to con sider the subject from the ground up and by comparison with what is done in other live American cities to learn what Is necessary for us to do in this. We need better and more school buildings, but this is an ever present need in every growing community. We should not be Imper vious to modern ideas and disgrace the good old word conservatism by stretching it to cover too many sins of omission. We should raise the pay and thus raise the standard of the teachers giving them the best pay the market - affords and demanding in return the highest garten system as the beginning of all things educational and we should add the manual training school as a finish ing touch to a liberal practical education. ' And that ed ucation should be literally free, free in the widest sense as being open to all and free as to text books which should be supplied without cost to all the pupils so that those who cannot afford to pay for them would be encouraged to acquire an education, while at the same time suffering no humiliation from accepting the books which go free to all alike. This Is a big program and it cannot be carried out in a day, neither can it be accomplished by the ex penditure of a few thousand dollars in a single year. Tt will require the voting of bonds to cover the expenditure Is needed to carry it out and in no schools of Portland be raised to the should attain or saved from the dis into which they are falling. conservative is beginning to have dis or that conservative on the school board or off it hesitates to spend $4.50, or goes to cheese paring when the very existence of the public schools Is at stake. Conservatism is well enough In its way and its place, but when it r degenerates into mossbacklsm, when it becomes so indurated that iMs impervious to new ideas or impressions, when for the sake of a few dollars It idly stands by while the whole public school system is dying from dry rot, out upon .such conservatism and give us riotous extravagance Instead if that is the only way in which we are to have a better public school system. There is much to do, brothers and sisters of Portland, and it Is betteY to measure what is proposed by the results than to too closely restrict it by the measure of immediate cost in dollars and cents. Indeed a commission of intel and patriotic men should be selected to give the whole question of our public school needs an From it might be expected a broad and courageous report which, having been fully discussed, might lead us In the direction which we must go if we propose to save the public school system from humilia tion if not practical extinction. DOMESTIC ZCOXOXY ZH XAXXASJ. From the Atchison Globe. A wife who loves her husband will not object to cutting his hair every week or two instead of every two, or three months. Any man can learn to shave himself. A box of blacking, cost ing 10 cents, will last months. A chunk of soap, some hot water and a rag will take the grease and dirt out of an old suit of clothes. Almost any man can go to bed an hour sooner once in 10 days and have . his . wife "crease his pants." A brush .and a little elbow grease will take the dust out of one's clothes. Of course It costs 10 or 16 cents a week extra to have nice, clean collars and cuffs every morning. And there you are. Of course, if your wife doesn't love you she will kick on cut ting your hair and "creasing your pants," btt then if she doesn't love you It Is your fault. She will "tidy you up" every morning If you are any ac count and treat her right. COLOHIZATIOX OF AFKIOA. From London Truth. I was forcibly struck the other day by the extent to which Darkest Africa Is being opened up. Looking through the Illustrated program of the Anglo American Nile Steamer and Hotel com pany, I see that you can not only travel In a luxurious style all the way to Khartoum, but you can go on by steamer up the White Nile to Oondo koro, the most northerly post of the Uganda Protectorate a Journey of over a thousand miles through an absolutely uncivilized country and one Which Euro peans have only penetrated within the last few years. This Is really a wilder, though probably an easier, tour than the trip from Mombasa up the Uganda railway. Boats are making the excur sion in January, February and March. As for Egypt itself, the fine boats of the Anglo-American company have made the trip as easy and comfortable as a run to Monte Carlo by the train de luxe perhaps more so. More Advice to Xnfley. From the Minneapolis Times. Mr. Langley should put that airship of his in the, shed until the water gets warmer. A few more duckings and Pro-' feasor Manley will develop a case of pneumonia. " Aa Example to Follow. From the Atlanta Journal.' A JJew York hunter, caught in a bit zardV kept himself .alive by kicking him self. An excellent suggestion for Perry Heath, , , HOAX AND lodge. Peculiar Relations Existing Between ', the Massachusetts Senators." Washington Correspondence of the Chi - cago News. -r ., 8enator George F. Hoar of Maesachus etts occupies a position peculiar to him self in the United States senate, & po sition which has brought him unstinted praise and equally generous censure from members of his own party In the United States and even in Massachus etts. Politically he Is merely the sen ator from Massachusetts, his colleague. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, being not only the administration spokesman on the floor of the senate, but the sole boss of Massachusetts patronage. It has been said in Massachusetts, and it is true of the senators here, that the Hoar Republicans and the Lodge Republicans have been on the pposlte side of nearly ail new national questions Incite last 10 years, but that they never vote against each other., In this resoect Senator Hoar differs from ex-Senator Mason of Illinois. He probably stirs up more trouble for his party than any other liv ing legislator, but be never votes against Ms-party when the rull IrTafied: - The question has been asked ' fre quently how Senator Hoar can create such a political rumpus as has been raised Over his resolution calling upon the president to furnish the senate with all possible information in the hands of the executive relative to the establish ment of the republic of Panama and es cape unpunished at the hands of his party. In "this connection it can be said that there Is In the state of Massa chusetts a considerable percentage of the Republican party which looks unon Senator Hoar as something more than a mere statesman. They honor him for having the courage of his convictions, which, however, neither on the Philip pine question reached nor In the present Panama question will reach, the calling of the roll. He was regarded as a leader of the independents, a reformer In statescraft He is the one crltio of the Republican party on the Republican side who stands out in the open and assails Its policies and then votes for them. The political backers of George F. Hoar admire him for , what he has done and what he may yet do. His friends and foes alike respect his real greatness and argue that his criticisms do more rood than harm. In contradistinction te Senator Hoar is his colleague. Senator Lodge la es sentially a party man in every sense of the word. He Is a believer in the po litical axiom that 'to the victors belong the spoils." He is an organization man and as such politically controls the pat ronage of Massachusetts, Including Sen ator Hoar's seat Senator Lodge is per fectly content with the present arrange ment It Is not necessary for Senator Hoar and himself to have any extended conferences over federal patronage. All Senator Hoar asks and expects is a rea- ; eonable amount for his friends, leaving the bulk to Lodge and his friends, and a return fd his seat-In the United States senate every six years. - , This arrangement Is likely to continue until Senator Hoar Is removed from his field of long Activity by death or vol untarily resigns. Should there ever be an attempt on the part of Lodge and his mends to remove Hoar It is problemat ical what the result would be to all con cerned. ' ; ', To Sum UD fhe dUTernncA hotwaon Hoar and Lodge, it may be said that senator Hoar is a philosopher and a student; a disciple of Charles Sumner, who for many years, and especially dur ing the Grant administration, quarreled with his party upon almost every live question; that he Is a strict construc tionist! one of the few of this type of men now in the lead in the Republican party, and that he Is, perhaps, a Repub lican because the Republican party be lieves in the principles nearest to the heart of the state he represents, and. In part at least, nearest his own heart. On the other hand Senator Lodge, while a scholar, is also a business men. He gives more attention to details, is the best-posted man in Washington as to the patronage at the gift of his party, and a politician of the most polished type. He Is a broad constructionist and as such Is well fitted to fill the high and honorable office of head of . the "kitchen cabinet" of President Roose velt IVUVa PASSZOH STHOHG. From the New York Times. Ex-President Cleveland has this story to tell of an Incident that oc curred at a town near his favorite fish ing grounds last summer. The hero was a shopkeeper, who, among various things, sold fishing rods. For the pur pose of advertising them he had a' large rod hanging outside his shop, with an artificial fish at the end of it. Late one night a townsman who had been din ing a bit too well happened to see this fish. He went cautiously to the door and knocked gently. "Who's there?" demanded the shop keeper from an upper window. "Sh-h! Don't make a noise, but come down as quickly as you can," was the reply. Thinking something serious was the matter, the man stole down stairs. "Now, what's the , matter?" he In quired. "Hist! Pull your line In quick; you've got a bite!" admonished the bibulous one. 1 " - 8AM7X.INO THE WHISHT. A respectable-looklrtg canny Scotch man came into a wholesale liquor store and asked: "What's the price o' your whisky the gallon?" The proprietor said: "We have some very good at five dollars." He said: i."Can you let me see a sample o't?" '. "Yes, certainly," and put about a wine glass full in a tumbler, thinking he might want some water to it He looked at It in the glass, smelt , it and drank about the half of it. "Ay," he said, "that's very good. Have ye naethlng a wee little stronger?" He was told he could have some unreduced at $6. He asked for a sample of it He was given a similar quantity in another tumbler. He drank the half of It and liked it better. Then, he said: "I think they would make a good whisky If they were mixed!" He then poured the contents of one tumbler into the other and drank the lot saying: "That's a great Improvement I'll ca' in and see ye some other day." THE BEWXXJ9EXE9 BE OBEX AST, From the Washington Post. "Where am I?" asked Secretary Boot, thoroughly bewildered, about 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. He was In the lower corridor of the capltol, almost di rectly under the big dome. " The appeal was made to a passing newspaper correspondent. "Perhaps, Mr. Secretary," he suggested, "you had bet ter telephone for the general staff." "No, t arn really serious about It," said the secretary "I have lost my way." He had been attending a hear ing of the house military committee, and hastened down one of the stairways to the basement to get outside and up town, f "I can't tell whether I am in a jail or a corridor here." he said. ' The secretary was piloted through the coase of pillars far beneath the Goddess of Liberty, and expressed his gratitude at being; shown an open door e f . KXTTX CXiXYEXiAXB A XAYOXTTB. Described; As a "Quiet, Motherly tittle Woman."" From tha New York Tribune. Ruth Cleveland had been knows ever since her birth as "Baby Ruth." She was born in this city on October I, 1891, Her father was at that time talked of for a renomlnation, and she . was the object of much Interest to the public. When her father returned to the White House in 1901. the little girl be came a well-know figure in Washington, It is said that for a few days before each of her birthdays there were strings of express wagons waiting to deliver the presents sent to her front all parts of the world. ;.. Soon after the return' to the White House a rumor went abroad that' some western desperadoes had formed a plot to kidnap "Baby Ruth." She and her nurse were guarded by secret service men for some time. Nothing flame of the supposed plot ' , ; Ruth is described by one who saw her recently as "a quiet, motherly little woman, greatly concerned with the care of W younger sisters when her mother was not about" She' impressed one as a child of decided character. , She had her mother's blue eyes and chestnut hair and her father's forehead and something of his expreslon. , She was a great favorite at the pri vate school of Miss May Fine, on Mr cer street, where the children of the Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, President Woodrow Wilson, Dean Harry Fine and Dean Andrew west attended, ens naa a quiet but , sunny disposition, and was one of the brightest girls at the school. The Cleveland children have led the simple outdoor life of the little ones of the ' university town, Ruth being the leaaer in meir games ana expeaiuons. Her greatest treasure was a black and white pony, which she sometimes rode, but usually drove to a tan gocart, her object being to have the others with her as much as possible. She was an expert bicycle rider, find ing great pleasure in spinning along the many good roads of Princeton. With her sister, Esther, she attended Miss May Fine's private school, which has been closed for the balance of the week cut of respect to the dead pupil. No pictue had been taken of Rutn except by amateurs, friends of Mr. Cleveland, who. pledged themselves not to give the pictures away. He did not want her picture In the papers. Esther Cleveland is remarkably strong, and a year ago survived a seri ous attack of diphtheria Esther is a blonde, and large for her age. The con trast of the two children, who were constantly together, - was marked. Ruth leaves two sisters and two brothera Esther was born on Septem ber 9, 1892, the first child born in the White House; Marlon came next on July 7, 1895. When Richard Folsom, the elder son. was born, in October of 1S97, the Princeton students met on the campus and cheered the newcomer. The following announcement appeared on the bulletin board that day: Grover Cleveland, Jr., arrived today at 12 o'clock; wiU enter Princeton with the class of 1918, and will play center rush on the championship football teams of 'is, '17, '18 and '19. Francis Grover, the youngest, child, was born at Buzzard's Bay last June. SSHATOB COCXBEX.XTS HXS AYT&BS From the Washington Post Senator Cockrell of Missouri eats two red apples for luncheon each day. He keeps a supply in the desk in his com mittee room. : When the senator's apple time -came yesterday he was engrossed in Senator Lodge's speech. He did not Want to leave, the senate chamber. He caHed a page and gave htm a note requesting his secretary to. give the boy two red apples from the store in his desk. The page took the note to the com mittee room and received the apples. He thought Senator Cockrell meant to be good to him, and sat down on the marble stairway and ate the apples. He made no report to Senator Cockrell. The pangs of 'hunger finally caused the senator to begin an investigation. He found the boy.- "Where are those apples?" he asked sternly. "Why," the boy replied. "I ate them, and I am much obliged. "Ate them!" said the ' senator. "I wanted you to bring them to me." The boy literally shook with fear. "Why. senator," he sobbed, "I thought you meant them for me." At this point the senator eoncluded the Joke was oa-hintr- -..--i--, BOOSEYXXT OX WAX SECXXTAXY. From the Review of Reviews. Ordinarily, the president of the United States is not to be Interviewed. But there are exceptions to all rulea When I asked President Roosevelt for an ex pression of his opinion of the charaoter and public -services of Ellhu Root who within a few weeks Is to retire from the secretaryship of war, the president replied: "I am very glad to do that In John Hay I have a great secretary of state. In Philander Knox I have a great attorney-general. In other cabinet posts I have great men. Ellhu Root could take any one of those places and fill it as well as the man who Is now there. And, in addition, he is what probably none of these other gentlemen could be a great secretary of war. "Ellhu Root is the ablest maa I have known In our governmental service. I will go further. He is the greatest man that has appeared in the public life, of any country, in any position, on either side of the ocean, in my time." TEX COMMAXEMXXra OF XTDDXA. - From the San Francisco Examiner. Buddha, the great religious teacher of India, has at the present time about 300,000,000 followers. Condensed Into ten short precepts, his, doctrines may be given as follows: 1. From the meanest insect up to man thou shalt kill no animal whatever. . 5. Thou shalt not steal. 'S. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 4. Thou shalt speak no word that is false. 6. Thou shalt drink no wine or any. thing to Intoxicate.' 6. Thou shalt avoid all anger, hatred and bitter language. 7. Thou shalt not indulge in idle or vain talk. 8. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods. 9. Thou shalt not harbor pride, envy, revenge, or malice, nor desire the death or misfortune of thy neighbor. 10. Thou shalt not follow the doc trines of strange gods. . Xefleotloas of a Bachelor, From the New York Press. Politics is a skating pond full of big holes. A man . saves a great deal of money by not having It to invest A woman has about as much faith tn her instinct as in the weather predic tions of the chore boy.' No girl has a right to throw such temptation in a man's way as having a little curl low down on her neck. . ' A woman's idea of a friend is one who will ive her heart by telling her- all the disagreeable things other women say about her, . A Fresh Side Light on Russia, "Our Traditional Friend' Eliza I R.V Seldmore'eY Pekltt : Letter In -i-- Chicago Tribune-. ' - That the Manchus do really entertain soma attachment and have a sentiment for the old capital and home of their tribe Is evidenced, now by the wrath they express at the reoccupatlon of Mukden. Word has, eome that instead of evacuating the place entirely three weeks ago, the Russians marched In in force a few days since, and are now in entire possession of yeraens, barracks, gates, guardhouses, and the telegraph offtcea The Chinese officials are dis possessed and practically Imprisoned, and ' the Russians are choosing winter quarters at . will, ousting officials and private owners from any building or dwelling that pleases them. '; It is war and the prizes of war to the victor, without a declaration made or a shot fired by either side. The Chinese were overpowered,- overawed by num bers, disarmed, and dispossessed before they could gather their , senses. . 4i Now come frantlo appeals by couriers hastenlng-to -the-nearest Chinese tele- graph station, there are councils at the summer palace, and a rush of chairs and carts, out, that northwest gate f the city and along the stone road. The em press dowager is represented as aroused to the intentions of Russia at last and the viceroy of Chihill and all the min isters are ordered to do something now that it is too -late. . As a contribution to the gayety of na tions, the Russians in Mancfiurla an nounce that this capture of Mukden "is nut an occupation in the real sense." Almost the Chinese might themselves laugh at that; but entreat themselves that the northern neighbor should re main playful and not go to occupying in dead earnest The ' Russians have gently come to help the Chinese officials rule Mukden. They found them dilatory and too easy with criminals, hence the friendly aid. the object lesson in how to ocoupy and govern. . Through candid friends, who are sub jects of neutral powers, we learn that this is Russia s answer to Americas "Insolence" in demanding that Mukden should be made an open port as soon as the new commercial treaty between China and America can be ratified. It Is also Russia's answer to America's ac tion in sending the American fleet to maneuver in the Gulf of Pechlll last summer and anchor for , weeks and weeks at Chef oo, only - 88 miles from Russia's stronghold of Port Arthur. That Chefoo is only 40 miles front Eng land's stronghold of Wel-Hai-Wel does not seem to figure as another insult to European power on the part of America. The traditional friendship between Russia and America, which has been rung in our ears ot late years, is being sorely strained in these days of the open' doqr and evacuation. That tradi tion rests on the presence of the Rus sian fleet In New York harbor with sealed orders at the time during our civil war when It was rumored that France and England" were about to recognize the Confederate states. But those orders were sealed, like the Hum berts' safe, and they staid sealed. They were never opened by order of the court, JAFAX WAXES TO. From the London Chronicle. . Only twice in his life has the emperor of Japan been greeted by his subjects in the way In which the white man Is accustomed to express his loyalty. One of these occasions was on the recent celebration of the emperor's birthday, on November 3, when the people were unable to repress their feelings at the sight of his majesty; tile other was when the mikado returned to Tokyo from the seat of the military head quarters after the China war, when he was greeted for the first time in Japan ese history with a roar of "Banzai!" by immense crowds, who lined the whole route- from Shlmbashl to the palace gate. Nothing is more significant of the change which has come over Japan. In the old days the person of the mikado was so sacred that when he passed every subject had to leave his house and kneel on the ground without daring to look at the imperial person, and to any one who uttered a sound death would have eome swiftly. Even when Japan ese civilization was so far advanced that the emperor held his first naval review it is remembered that, in ac cordance with court etiquette, he care fully turned his back on the vessels and their crews who were saluting him. "TXE PESSIMIST." From Carolyn Wells' "Nonsense An. thology.'' Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food. Nothing to wear but clothes To keep one from going nude. Nothing to breathe but air. Quick as a flash It is gone; Nowhere to fall but off. Nowhere to stand but on. Nothing to comb but hair, Nowhare to sleen but In bed. Nothing to weep but tears, Nothing to bury but dead. Nothing to sing but songs, Ah, well, alas! alack! Nowhere to go but out Nowhere to come but back. Nothing to see but sights. Nothing to quench but thirst, Nothing to have but what we've got; ' Thus thro life We are cursed. Nothing to strike but a gait; Everything moves that goes, Nothing at all but common sense Can ever withstand these woes. SOXWAX OX TXE WITXESS STAXD, From the New York Sun. Mr. Schwab made an interesting figure on the witness stand. He was half out of his ' chair at times, and then would settle back trying to keep his temper while Mr. Untermyer rose to his feet trying to twist him.' There was a great crowd at the hearing, Including D. Le Boy Dresser and Lewis Nixon. In the afternoon Mr. 8chwab spied his father, who had eome on from Lo retta to hear him testify. Mr. Schwab was out of his chair in a minute with an excuse and. plunging through the crowd, shook' hit father's hand again and again. , Once a photographer unexpectedly' set off a flash light and the smoke filled the room. - "' ", "That ought never to be allowed here," said Mr. Schwab. There was a rush of dignified law yers after the offender at the order of the examiner. He was caught In the hall, but no one pressed the charge and he was released.' tv Generously Inclined. ' From the Philadelphia Inquirer. , Owing to an Ice Jam on the America!) side, Canada Is getting more than hef share of Niagara falls at present, but we're not going to make an international fuss about it , i v. , and the truth of the rumors or the hum bug exposed. - It has been freely said of late years that the Humberts and their sealed safe could .never have imposed ; upon any American banker. ' Have the Russians with their scaled orders humbugged the whole people? , The Russians say the sealed orders were for the fleet to turn in and fight with us against all enemiea the Russians have also said they would evacuate Manchuria, and Mukdon stands as an object lesson in evacua tion a la Ruese. ' "I was in Moscow studying the Rus sian language at tha time of your war with Spain," said an English officer lately, nd your traditional friend' didn't love you any more than : the Parisians did at that same time. : At the officers' club and the riding school X heard talk that made me boll at times, for you know where we were in that war. How' we stretched and broke all the laws of neutrality for Dewey at Hongkong. ' : "Well, the RuBslan bear pawed : the alr.atJ;he ldeapfAmerlca'f daYlng to attack a European power, . and what all Europe would not do if you dared set foot In Spain. All Europe would units then to crush you and teach you a les son. You were trying to steal Spain's colonies first and no country would be safe from you, etc. "The; air was boisterously anti-American until one May day, when I found a strange quiet in' the company, a greater quiet after I entered. The bulletins said a rumor had come of an American naval victory in the Philippines, the Berlin newspapers told of , Dewey s victory. ' "When the Moscow papers finally gave the full story without comments there was what you'll call a revulsion of feeling. Your traditional friend' was all there, all right, and I was asked to drink with them" toasts to Dewey Georgevltcb. "It was a little late, to be sure, as muqh as the middle of May, perhaps, but, Ol how their enthusiasm made up for the delay! The traditional friend ship' was something fine. Arm in arm American and Russia bad always gone In the path of progress. Arm id arm they would whip all creation natural allies one and inseparaule, etc. . The traditional' - seems to-be suffering a strain out here in the East, however. When you send your first envoy extra ordinary to the oourt of the eastern czar, Admiral Alexleff, suppqse you send your minister at Venezuela, the sleeve less diplomat who shocked Europe so badly, who talked Anglo-Saxon to our man and the kaiser's man at Washing ton," I promised to do s6. Nothing could surely add more to the gayety of nations than to project Minister Bowen into the Manchurlan question. There may not be the open door in North China yet but the gates ot Pekln are at least half open, and in these short autumn afternoons there is no longer a mad scramble to make the city gates before they are shut for the night. The day express from Shanghal-Kwan and Tien Tsln arrive long after sunset and it is barely light when the express train leaves in the morning, sll its pas sengers going through the water gate in darkness as freely as if in London. BEAUTY XXXZXS THE XAXS. Xew Trial for Mrs. Xotxia X,tx;ely to Xesult la Rer Acquittal. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. In a few weeks Mrs. Cordelia Botkln is to be tried once more in California for the alleged murder of the sisters, Mrs. Dunning and Mrs. Deane, of Dover, Del., -toy sending them poisoned candy through the malls. Five years ago she was tried and convicted, but obtained a new trial, since when she has been liv ing in luxury in jail. In the meantime, the chief witness against her la dead, and there has been a mlxup in the candy box, which indicates that it can no longer be used in evidence with any potency. In fact the chances are that Mrs. Botkin is going to get out of jail very soon. . , This opinion is confirmed by the fact that the Delaware authorities, wbo fur nished practically all the evidence that convicted the woman on the first trial, have not been communicated with, al though the trial Is only a month away. The cost to Delaware in the former trial was enormous, but there was no objec tion so long as the people thought that justice had been accomplished. In the new trial it is evident that Delaware is not to oe eauea upon, ana tne newspa pers of that state are sore over the ap parent intention to whitewash the wo man. It Is said that the authorities are willing to go to the expense of sending witnesses, but this cannot be done with out the request of the California author ities. The outlook is for a very pleasant year for Mrs. Botkin, the pretty women who was so much more fascinating to Mr. Dunning than his lawful wife. We call attention to this case simply because, in many respects, it is a paral lel .to that of Mrs. Maybrlck, (bough in other respects so different There has seldom been a stronger case of circum stantial evidence made up than that against Mrs. Botkin, or a weaker one than that against Mrs. Maybrlck. The latter has been in jail for 16 years, and will be released in a few months as an act of grace. Mrs, Botkin soon got a new trial, and since then has been liv ing in comfort in a Jail from which she will part with less regret .than most per sons who have been Incarcerated for five years. In this country it Is . Impossible to hang a pretty woman, no matter how guilty she may be. This is, of course, a tribute to man's gallantry, but not to be Innocent but it is certain that there are two dead bodies in the graves st Dover calling for revenge, and there Is none in prospect , XE&PEB XZS XEXEPAOTOX. From ihe New York World. Washington-has thousands of party Hnai ' tUnhrtnM Th hauf 9 -t, does not always prevail between those 6n the party lines when both want to use the 'phone at the same time. A prominent politician is on a party line fit l, - Atm ir , . . ww a. uuuwi. wna in great nsste to ret a frlanit nvat h 'nhnn. -H v.- - - - - - n ,iu VC- gan ringing and shouting "Hello I" The other subscriber wanted tn nm v.tm phone at the same time, with the re- 1 , K , fc. -.. .. - , , vu.i, wmi. .uoj wni. vvu paying narsn iiikv w wen ouirr. "Who are your demanded the nnii. tlclan. . "I'm Dr Blank," was the answer. 'Oh I nardnn me Ttnrtnr v.. have tha line. If it wasn't for you. I couldn't make a living." 1 -well, who are you?" asked the doctor. "I'm Jones, the undertaker." was the answer. ,, nXALXiY GUESSES IT. From the Washington Post Senator Ouav of Pumiavlu.i. at the White House yesterdsy morning He was with the president half an hour' "What was it about, senator?" he was ssked. . - "Neither - snoolntments tinV Quay replied. - . , , . ' "Now that you remind me, that was what talked,-sald the senator." Whereupon there-were loud cries,"