Editorial Fase of : life Jihfim1
PORTLAND, OREGON
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904
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C 0. JACKSON
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A CRITICAL TIME
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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
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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,"