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PORTLAND,, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1904'
Editorial
Pas
THE OREGON DAILY
AN
C S. JACKSON
Published every evening (except Sunday) at The Jftfrnal Building, Fifth
WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY.
A
1! FIE, upstanding specimen of
passed away yesterday, when
A
earthly career of William Collins Whitney to
close. There was something Shout the
man, in the sincerity and earnestness
his broad human sympathies and his
alertness, that strongly appealed even
' hever been brought into close personal rontact witn mm
and who measured the man by his work. They felt that
here was not only a man but in many respects an ideal
American man.
.Mr. Whitney came of good old American Ptock but
unburdened with wealth. He received a university
training at Yale and was afterward graduated from the
Harvard law school. He took up the practice of corpora
tion law In New York City. He Imbided much of his po-
' litical wladom from Samuel Jones Tilden, the acutest
political leader of his generation. Until his recent retire
ment from active business life he has always been in poli
tics and practical' politics at that. He made his official
reputation as corporation counsel of the city of New
Ynrit and the reDutatlon there acquired gave him reputa
tion In hla profession that brought lucrative returns. His
marriage to ths daughter of Senator Henry B. Payne of
Cleveland, however, brought him into alliances that put
him In the way of acquiring great wealth, which other
Vise might never have been his.
The beginning of Mr. Whitney'a national career is
found In the election of Mr. Cleveland as president. -They
had been friendly from the time- Cleveland went to Al
bany as governor and that friendship waa maintained to
the last. The third nomination of Cleveland was due more
largely to Whitney than to any other man or combination
of men. He not only managed the preliminary campaign,
but led the fight in the convention and carried through
tola man despite the acrid opposition of Tammany, of
which Bourke Cochran, on that momentous occasion, was
the spokesman. In the subsequent campaign It was he
who collected most of the funds and his individual contri
butions were said at that time to have been enormous.
When he accepted the portfolio of secretary of the navy
few men In the country were more' conspicuous than he.
Mrs. Whitney's social entertainments at Washington were
on a scale of unparalleled lavlshness. But to Mr. Whitney
himself this waa purely incidental. With an absolutely
free hand In his department, he set seriously to work to
create a navy. Not satisfied with even that task he de
termined that the' navy should not only be American in
name, but American in make. With this -as a funda
mental basis of his work, he plunged in with his whole
heart and soul and brought to bear upon it all the powers
of his highly trained mind. The start was slow, but the
result Justified his efforts and gave him a secure place In
history as the father-of the new American navy.-
Borne years ago he announced his complete withdrawal
from business cares. Having accomplished his apparent
purposes In politics, having acquired a
an assured social position, he announced
to go upon the turf. His Influence soon
ing in that direction as it had been in politics and the
standards which he set did much to put new life Into that
great sport and give it new Ideals and responsibilities,
Mr. Whitney's death was altogether unexpected. Its
announcement came with shocking force to his friends
all over the country. They had hoped for him years of
well-earned diversion. He was so strong physically, so
alert mentally, so entirely happy in his avocations that
everything seemed to combine to produce a green old age.
His sudden death is but another proof of the uncertainty
of all things human. ' '
t Mr. Whitney was a fortunate man in nearly all his re
lations. The element of good fortune seemed with him
from the start; he seemed continually to fall into the
current' of lucky circumstances. Yet as
and breadth mentally, as his own efforts and friendly In
fluence conspired to raise him to affluence and financial
Independence, the growth of his human aide kept pace,
which accounts for the hold which be always had on the
affections of so many people and very largely, too, for the
profound influence which he was so often able to exert In
xomoAva xovrnr nr ajit.
fcargs Run to Import His Works from
', London.
From tbs New York Herald.
It was estimated two years ago, when
Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan purchased in
London the great Raphael "Madonna of
t Anthony of Padua," for which he
paid 1500,000, and which is now in his
house in London, together with many
valuable art works, that the total value
of his art possessions abroad was about
1,20,000.
The duty which Mr. Morgan would
have to pay, if he were willing to do so,
to bring over these art works would,
therefore, at 20 per cent, amount to
$324,000.
v It was said at the time this estimate
was made that Mr. Morgan had decided
to keep account of the duties lie would
have to pay if he imported hlH art works
and to purchase with the amount art
works for the Metropolitan museum.
Andrew Johnson, chief of the customs
division of the treasury department, in
an interview published two years ago.
when the question of Mr. Morgan's
bringing the Raphael to IIiIh country
was discussed, said; 'lf Mr. Morgan
Intends to wait until he can bring the
painting to the United States without
paying duty unless he Intends to pre
sent it to some national or state Institu
tionsuch as the Metropolitan museum
or the Corcoran art gallery he will
have to wait a long time."
Congress is the only authority' that
could lift the tariff which now exists on
works of art. The duty on the picture
would be $100,000.
The chief of Mr. Morgan's art treas
ures, kept abroad presumably on account
ef the tariff, with their valuations, are.
Iandscupe by Hobdon, from the
Dorchester Houwe gallery... JllOOOO
Mannheim collection of Limo
ges enamels and antique. . . 450,000
Gravets' collection of antique
-sculpture . 75,000
Eir Jonhua Reynolds' painting
or ljuuj Jeuy ueim uuu
' .children 1 10.000
Ruben's portrait of a Grand
Duke 125,000
Balleroy Castle collection of
ancient tapestries . 100,000
'Raphael's "Madonna of St. An
thony of Paduu" COO, 000
'Gainsborough's "Duchess of
Devonshire" 150.000
- Total '. . $1,020,000
'early French decorative palnrtr. pur
chased by Mr. Morgan and In his Lon
don house, are not Included In this list.
They are said to have cost him about
$300,000. If added, at that valuation,
I a hla other possessions above named,
the total of about $2,000,000 in art
works would be reached. To import
these under the present tariff, Mr. Mor
gan would be required to pay a duty of
$400,000. '
While there are" other American col
lectors and art lovers who are holding
art treasures abroad until some reduc-
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aids it Is only just
self which would
American mannoou
death brought the
him a man of mark but the whole range and combination
of circumstances which met to make up his career united
to make- of him a man apart who was not judged by the
harsh standards applied to many of the men with whom
he was Intimately associated in business and politics and
mental poise of the
of his character, in
keen-cut pnysicai
to those who had
therefore gave fascination and uniqueness to his person
ality which no other public man of his generation could
claim. '
THERE was recently in the city of Portland a self
respecting woman who had for some years sup
. ported herself and her children without help from
anyone. This winter she fell HI and, haying been obliged
to sell everything salable in her rooms and having gone
for sevecal days without proper food for herself or her
children, she consented that a kindly neighbor apply for
help to those able to give it. She received the help but
has since declared that the next time she is 111 she will
starve and allow her children to 'starve1 before she will
permit anyone to help her. Ill in body still, but mpre
bruised in spirit, she Is working to pay off her Indebted
ness to those, who neither need nor want It, but to whom
she will not remain under an obligation any longer than
she must.
Her complaint waa
ladies in succession,
friends, and was put through such a course of question
ing and inquiry that her illness was greatly aggravated
and she was so humiliated! that the food they gave her
"tasted bitter."
A little girl, one of a number at an entertainment for
poor children given by a benevolent London woman,
walked up to her hostess and with a severe' look upon her
wizened little face asked her in quick succession: "How
many children have you?" "Do you bathe them, every
day?"- "Does your husband drink?" The woman gasped
for breath before inquiring of the child what she meant.
The little one, quite ignorant of the offense, said that her
mother had told her to "behave like a lady, and that Is
what the ladles say when they come to see us."
Money Is not a panacea for poverty and nine times -'t
of ten it is a mistake to give It indiscriminately. If dm.k
has made a man poor money will not feed him, but his
drunkenness. If he Js improvident free lodging, free food,
free clothes, or even work ready made and too easy will
only foster his Improvidence. But to those who will not
apply for help save when in desperate need, to whom the
Idea of receiving charity is only one step above the Idea
of going to Jail, they are entitled to more consideration.
COST OF ENTERTAINING HIS FRIENDS
great fortune, with'
WHETHER the president of the United States is
to figure principally as a social leader In
Washington and to rival the smart set of New
York In lavlshness of entertainment and In newspaper
notoriety, is a question that suggests itself after reading
the plea for a larger salary for that office.
It may be quite true that the private fortune of the
president is trenched upon In providing entertainment for
his friends. But, as the entertainment of his friends Is
strictly a personal and private matter it would seem no
more than right and natural that he should pay for It out
of his private nurse.-
"The president has a large family and is fond of enter
taining his friends" Is part of the plea. We are all more
or less fond of entertaining our friends and some of us
have fairly large families, but vhen we strike for higher
wag6S these points are not put forward for consideration.
It is a far cry from the Jeffersonlan simplicity of the
early presidents to the elaborate and lavish expenditures
of the present incumbent of that high office and the ser
vice' has not Improved In efficiency.
If the president's salary Is too small for the amount of
work he does, by all means give him more, but let us have
a better reason for it than the one Just advanced.
his determination
became as strik
he grew In power
tion is made in the present art tariff,
Mr. Morgan is the ir ilvldual owner
whom this seemingly prohibitory tariff
most affects.
"Amu co&srxK" to dot.
New York Correspondence of the Phila
delphia Ledger.
The dinner of thu Amen Corner on
next Wednesday evening at the Fifth
Avenue hotel will be the next feast here
at which politicians will gather. While
a number of prominent leaders will at
tend the affair, it is not expected that
they will make important statements re
garding party policy. The Amen Corner
Is now little more than a memory. There
was a time when affairs of state were
discussed, policies determined, candi
dates selected and political leaders made
and undone In the little corner of the
Fifth Avenue hotel, near the elevator.
It Is Kaid that even a president of he
T'nlted States was virtually chosen there,
but that was in the old days, when the
necessity for secrecy In political schem
ing did not exist, or was not deemed so
advisable as it is in this time of plots,
counter-plots and marplots. A few men
of prominence now gather occasionally
in the Amen Corner, and. in order to pre
serve the traditions of the Institution,
questions ate put and approved with the
proverbial "Amen." But the corner is
not what It lined to be. There are too
many other gathering places for the Re
publican leaders now, such as the Re
publican club, for instance, where In
quisitive newspaper men may not over
hear what Is being planned. Senator
Plutt Is still the dean and leading spirit
of the Amen Corner, hut the senator's
adherents are not so numerous as of old,
and the topic often discussed in the
Amen Corner Is the decline In greatness
of the aged leader, as welt as the deteri
oration In power and numbers of the
Amen Corner Itself.
Lincoln's Way.
One of the characteristic anecdotes of
Lincoln Is this: Stanton, much Incensed
against one of his generals, wrote a se
vere letter of reprimand, raking him over
the, coals "from h to breakfast." as
it wis put by an army officer of that
day. In some manner the president
heard of the affair, and sending Immedi
ately for Stanton asked to see the letter
before it was dispatched. Having read
it, he tore it to bits and threw it into
the fire. "You have said your say and
feel better,'! know, and It wouldn't make
you feel any better to let General
know how you feel." he observed with a
twinkle In his eye. Stanton forgave
him, and the object of his wrath es
escaped.. A .Mystery Explained.
From the Springfield Union.
' It must be thst those 2,000 replies
sent out by Senator Hanna got Into tbs
dead-letter qfflcs. )
JOURNAL
JNO. P. CARROLL
and Yamhill streets. Portland. Oregoa
PORTLAND
Stripped of all these adventitious
to say that he had that within him
have achieved great success and made of
THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR.
1 - '
that she was visited by five or six
those . who helped her and their
WRIGHT'S FBXHCZLY STTXE.
From the New York Tribune.
Few millionaires lived In such prince
ly style as did Wright before the Col
lapse of his fortune. In Park lane,
London, he had a miniature palace, In the
drawing room of which was a copy of
the famous Cabinet du Roi of Louis XV.
It took three years to complete, and cost
many thousands of pounds. At Godal
mlng. Surrey, he owned a country "seat.
In beautifying which 600 workmen were
engaged. It contains costly fountains
and statuary brought from Italy. The
stables alone cost a small fortune. They
had uphnlHtered oak and leather settees,
and polished gun-metal fittings, while
valuable paintings and bas-reliefs
adorned the stalls. His private yacht
was fitted up with similar luxurlousness,
and at one time he was credited with
the intention of constructing a racing
yacht to beat air Thomas Lipton's Sham
rock. His widow Is an Atrtrlmn. and at the
time of her husband's arrest she was
reported to have said that she did not
know whether he was an American or
not, but he was always thoroughly Eng
llsh. much to her disgust They were
married In this country. In the descrip
tion seat at the time his nrrest was re
quested by the London police, Wright
was said to speak with a slight Ameri
can accent. He was rlenerlbed as to
years old, height five feet 10 or 11 Inches,
complexion florid, hall and mustache
dark, large head, small eyes, receding
forehead, small chin, with fleshy roll be
neath, stout build and weighing about
252 pounds.
Wright had the entree of prominent
Club and social circles In lxndon. He
was the owner of the steam yacht 8y
barlta, and was at one time commodore
of the Portsmouth Corinthian club. He
belonged to the Royal Cinque Pors.
Royal Dorset, Royal Temple. Royal
Thames and Royal Victoria Yacht clubs,
and was a member of several social
clubs. He left a wife, a son and two
daughters.
It was at the height of Wright's fame
that Harold Frederic, formerly the Lon
don correspondent of the New York
Times, wrote "The Market Place," in
which he described Wright under the
guise of Stormont Thorpe, the hero of
the novel. The promoter's 19-year-old
son is Just out of Eton, and he left two
daughters, the older of whom is 17. and
both of whom are' said to be strikingly
Deautuui.
Hot foreseen by the fathers.
From the Springfield Republican. ..
No provision exists In the constitu
tion to meet the ca.se of a breaking up
of the United States senate through the
activity of federal grand Juries. Rut
the fathers of the republic could not
easily have foreseen such a time of
rioting, for easy -riches as the country
Artistic Beauty of Japanese Women's Dress
Eliza R. Scidmore's Letter in the Chicago
Tribune.
Japan the land of the kimono! And,
by the way,' all these beautiful Japa
nese gowns are kl-monos, not klmmonas,
as the word Is so often mistakenly pro
nounced, and nearly always misspelled
in dry goods house advertisements in
America. "Kl-mdno" means, literally,
"wearing thing," ... ""clothing thing." - Kl
Is a derivative from the verb kl. kiru,
"to wear, to put on clothes, to dress."
The mono Is the general word for
"thing, article," etc, and is used In "the
same way in many compound words
1. e.: "se to-mono," porcelain (porcelain
thing;, "oki-mono," cabinet ornament,
etc.
The syllable and word kl is a common
one in the Japanese language, Hepburn's
dictionary giving a whole page of mono
ayllabio kt's. The only word at all re
sembling in sound the klm-mona of the
American dry goods clerk is the word
"klm-mot au," contraband goods, forbid
den or Interdicted things. The "kimono"
(pronounced, with even accent on' each
syllable, "kee-mo-no") Is the real thing.
and since it has been adopted in all coun
tries it is a pity not to ave the right
name go with It. 5 w
The Japanese do not talk about the
Shinto marriage service, nor describe it.
with the floral decorations of the chapel.
or hall of tablets, as we of the west di
late on- the 1 Roxburgh wedding. We
know that both bride and groom wear
the old Shinto ceremonial dress, that
there is a filling and oft. ring of cups of
sakl and of symbolical foods and fruits,
that parents and the go-betweens are
present and take part in the ceremony.
xne Japanese families of the upper
circles, who observe all our western eti
quette and social forms, have this wed
ding ceremany in private and follow it
by a large reception br- garden party
in foreign style, with tulle veils, orange
blossoms, shower bouquets, and all the
rest
One of the most brilliant affairs of the
kind this fall was typical of all the
others, the criterion they follow. The
grandson and heir of one of the oldest
and richest peers of the first rank, re
cently returned with a degree from a
German university, married the daughter
of a Tokio banker, a financier of note,
who had served his government for a
dozen years as consul-general at a Eu
ropean capital. He and his wife speak
English 'perfectly, their children have
had English governesses always, and
their household and entertainments com
bine the best features of the two ways of
living.
The bride, who was a beautiful girl,
wore her Paris wedding gown gracefully,
and the great ballroom at .the Imperial
hotel, the loggia and little landscape
garden held . much the same company
thai one had met at the Imperial garden
party at the Akasaka palace. There was
a difference, however, in that, nearly all
of the Japanese women present wore
Japanese dress, adding Immeasurably to
the plcturesqueness and Interest of the
grouped company.
By contrast one could appreciate the
senseless ugliness of the Parisian dress
of the day of the fool sleeves, the
idiotic skirts, the imbecile fussing, tuck
ing, torturing, Inlaying, incrusting, and
cutting up of good materials, and the
insane hats the foreign women wore.
Nervous prostration naturally goes
with such crazy habiliments, and the
restless eyes, the seamed foreheads, and
twitching mouths of foreign women are
as direct result of their overpowering
clothes problems as are the serenely
smiling countenances, the calm and re
poseful manners of the Japanese women,
the natural accompaniments of the long,
graceful lines, the smooth surfaces, and
Intelligently appreciated materials of
their unchanging dress. Their uncov
ered heads, with their satin smooth
rings and loops of blue black hair, a
simple hairpin of clear amber shell, a
gold lacquered comb, or a narrow twist
of crape as relief, were in delightful
contrast to the thatches and eaves of
flowers and grasses, of velvet and tulle,
composing the picture hats, the poster
headgear of the foreign women.
The black, soft gray, "grape purple,"
lilac and lavender heavy crape kimonos
of the Japanese women were relieved by
painted borders around the edges of the
tobe. up the fronts, and at the ends or
the long, square sleeves. The tiny circle
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Oppose All Sunday Opening.
wnnrtlawn. Feb. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal: We stand opposed to the
opening of the fair on ounaays anu
would-be so tnannrui to me juuinni
i tt omiiiri use Its influence for the
closing of the same, and not only the
fair, but the saloons and gambling
dens and theatres. They can do harm
enough through the week without being
open on Sunday.
A. J. MUKUAiN,
W. WHEATLEY,
WM. -HEFFELFINGER.
A wood. Plaoe to getUs.
n, trh i. To the Editor of
The Journal: May I ask space in the
Alumna nf Vntir valuable Daner for a
few short remarks which may be of In
terest to intending seiners. iqere is
considerable government land available
i Knnniufl ntrv in this section of
country known as the Dep Creek coun
try, south or Toledo, iincoin county.
Or. Also some few timber claims to
k v,. vt Th land here Is generally
small valleys and hills. The soil Is all
good, even on tne lop or mo iiui
hill or mountain. The formation is
generally a dark loam, with cay-y sub
soil. The soli Is deep snd will orodti"
anything that can be raised in the coast
climate, a failure Of crop being un
known. This will make an ideal dairy
country. It la now used for dairying
and stock raising. The facilities for
transportation are good, as the railroad
is convenient, and also by boat to Ban
Francisco and Portland.
j ne ooai route, wo m"ubiuu,
outahltaheri as Vt. but SOOn
will be, which will afford transporta
tion facilities Dy ran sua wnior. m.
iA .i .,-ir.t TnUdn In nrettv good.
lui Ql , a, no. " v .
and prices good. Toledo Is the county
seat of Lincoln county. Some varieties
of fruit do well here. Bees ao wen
and make a delicious honey. Roads
are pretty good and a prospect of their
being better, as there is considerable
money available for that purpose. The
people in general are ppenlng their
eyes to the necessity Of good roads.
There is considerable good bench land,
which makes excellent homes when cul
tivated. The country is wen watered,
with good water.
In fact, there are til tne advantages
essential to the establishment of good
hnmM k.r. HnmA - vrnrlr Hlld economy
will be required. It is useless for a
man to settle nere- ana expeci uungn
to come to him spontaneously. , But
ther la Tin fmuiii whv a man of small
means may net make himself a comfort
able home If he exerts hlnixMf a little.
'Hhis is comparatively n hew weUloirent.
x no people ere jhw-huiuuii v-uiwn. ai
one wanto U buy cheap lands he can
do io here to advantage ususl in a
new country,- v .
I shall be pleased to answer any in-
of the family crest is always dyed Into
the kimono, on tha back, fronts and
sleeves. . These painted crapes are more
esteemed than embroidered ones, and
often more costly. :.- ,
Designs for kimonos are the product
of great artists today, and one buys
books of such designs by Korln and the
masters that are always In fashion
The garment- is first measured and
basted together there Is no first, sec
ond and final fitting for a Japanese
gown, no , miserable quarters of hours
on foot before a mirror, while an anx
ious - woman distributes pins around
one's waist line. -
The crape is then of . the plain bluish
white tint in which It comes from the
factory. - The beautiful design is painted
with 'a brush on the moistened crape,
stretched firmly on a board, one color
at a time. Each color is covered with
resist or mordant, the crape moistened
again, another color applied and dried.
Then all the painted part, the white or
tinted ground with its design, is covered
with resist and the whole garment dyed
the required colorblack, purple,- gray
or lilac.
.. These careful processes at the hands
of the most skillful Usen artisan artists
accountSor the quadrupled post of the
Initial plain white crape kimono, which
is afterwards lined with the richest
sint and stiffened around the bottom
with many thicknesses of silk floss
wadding. ' Tha crape petticoats worn un
der such a gown have usually a , slight
decoration In Yuson at their front edges
and at the edges of the sleeves one sees
the many silk coats of different colors
worn beneath the gown.
The feature of a Japanese woman's
dress is the broad, obi or sash, tied In
as many ways as there are provinces
and great cities, differences in' age, and
social rank in the empire, A soft crape
girdle holds the kimono In place, and
then the broad obi, 13 Inches wide and
four yards and a half long, is t wound
twice around the body and disposed in
in Its great loop. A narrow ellk cord.
passes over the obi. beneath the loops
at the backhand fastens in front with a
finely wrought metal fastening, this, and
the beads on the cord, and the button
or toggle at the end of nlrb or pouch
cords, are the only pieces of Jewelry
that belong with a purely Japanese cos
tume. Many Japanese women, however,
who cling to their native dress on all
occasions, wear beautiful rings, set with
precious stones, and they all greatly
like to wear the plain gold wedding
ring.
The obis of heaviest silk and gold
thread brocade are the pride of their
wearers, and the most costly part of
the costume. From the shining 6 and 8
yen obis of gold paper, raw silk, and cot
ton that look like the gorgeous Kindan
nishikt (gold brocaded silk), the obts
quickly mount to 60, 100 and 160 yens
in value. An obi at the latter price was
the most costly four yard and a half
strip shown by- Kioto silk weavers at
the Osaka exposition this spring, a
fabric that was all a sheen or finest
gold thread.- These obi silks, woven 3?
Inches wide, are doubled and sewed to
gether with a thin layer of silk wad
ding between, and -the bars and cross
threads that mark the end of the web
finish the end of the sash In full view.
At this wedding reception there was
such a display , of beautiful Yusen
kimonos and gold brocade obis as I have
never seen 1 before, and one glittering
sash and then another so distracted
one's whole, attention that conversation
was impossible. There was one geo
metric arrangement of squares and dia
monds of gold woven in with threads
of golden brown silk, and another obi
was a sky of brilliant red, flecked with
gold clouds and haze, across which flew
flocks of white, storks with black tipped
wings. This last one was worn by a
beautiful girl, and it was not chance
that brought me often in range of her
superb sash.
, Many (of these splendid fabrics are
hp ir looms that have descended from
mother to daughter for more than one
generation, but while the Japanese dress
seems to present no points of difference
from decade to decade to the purblind
barbarian, there are distinctions each
year and each season. Japanese women
easily recognize and greatly envy the
wearers of the latest obis and the pat
terned kimonos of this season's fancy.
un.ry concerct.ii tVis "ountrv. Address,
with stamp, WILLIAM REIDY.
STOW WHAT WOtJXO TOU SOT
From the Chicago Tribune.
Speaking about graft, what would you
do about this case?
A young man named Clark is the pur
chasing agent for a large corporation.
Recently he has been making contraots
for the winter's supply of coal, 600 tons
a month.
Some half a dozen firms of coal deal
ers tried to get the contract. Finally
all but two were eliminated.
The other day, when Mr. Clark reached
his- home his wife said:
"John, I didn't know you were going
to have the coal put in today?"
"Neither did answered the aston
ished Clark.
"Well, there was ten tons put in this
afternoon. The driver said there waa
nothing to pay."
When Clark got down to his office the
next day he found representatives of the
rival coal companies waiting to see hist.
Clark was pretty mad. He called In one
of the coal salesmen and said: "Did you
send that coal out to my house yester
day T' r-
The coal salesman looked at Clark and
saw the righteous Indignation in his
eyes.
vWhy, no, of course not," he said, with
virtuous wrath, "we don't do business
that way."
Then Clark called In the other coal
man, and he also hotly denied he could
be guilty of such an outrage. Mrs.
Clark says there was no name painted on
the wagons which delivered the coal; at
least, she did not notice any.
Now, what Is Clark to do about It?
j. p. MomoAjrn oiaXi sitax
From the Chicago News.
' J, Pierpont Morgan's great rlyal in the
Iron world is Miss Antoinette Berths
Krupp, heiress to the great Krupp gun
and Iron works in Germany. Miss
Krupp probably Is the richest young
woman in Europe. She is the elder of
the two daughters of the late Baron
Alfred Krupp. His last will and testa
ment made her heiress to all his mill
ions, Including the gun works at Essen,
the ship works and wharves at Kiel, and
all his iron and coal mines in West
phalia and In Spain. Conservative esti
mates make the value of this great
property at least $78,000,000, When
Miss Krupp becomes of age all this
wealth will become hers absolutely.
She is 1 years old. ,
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Oa Its Way.
From the Washington Post, r
A few days sgo Senator Spooner told
a story to an appreciative group of
senatorial listeners. When the laugh
had subsided Senator Allison, who
feared the senator from Wisconsin
might grow Inflated, asked: -"Is
that one of Depew's stories?" ..'
"Not yet," retorted 86nator Spooner. '
American Wheat i Fields to Find Strong Rivals in
t Manchuria
The great American wheat fields are
likely to find a formidable, rival In the
thousands of square miles of rich agrl
cultural territory made available in Man
churla by the, opening of the trans-Siberian
railway, according to United States
Consul. Miller at Niuchwang. China. In
an interesting report he sets forth the
possibiltles as follows:'
The Chinese Eastern railway, the south
eastern terminus of the great Siberian
railway, in its course through Manchuria:
to its end at Port Arthur, passes through
1,000 miles of as continuously rich agrl
cultural country as can be found any
where In the world. , ,
The valley of the Llao river produces
and exports 110,000,000 worth of food pro
ducts each year, 'it Is a country where
crop failures and famine are almost un
known, and where production Is as regu
lar and constant as any place dependent
on natural rainfall. ' v
The country drained by this river and
its tributaries Is approximately 62,600
square miles. Some of it is mountainous,
but the larger part of it IS level lanl snd
rich rolling hills, susceptible of culti
vation. Almost every acre through
which the railway passes is under cul
tivation. ,:-
The soil Is as easily worked as an ash
heap and produces enormous crops of
beans and millet without apparently di
minishing it fertility. Considerable of
the land In this valley In Mongolia Is in its
native state, producing , only . native
grasses as food for ponies; cattle, sheep
and goats, It is owned in large tracts and
controlled by Mongol princes, xms is a
new field for the development of large
tracts of land in which the modern steam
plow and steam agricultural machinery
will find ere long profitable employment
Already there Is -talk among tho Rus
sians and Chinese about its development
As soon as the more available land is
utilized in wheat production there is no
doubt but branch lines will be extendedJ
into this country and tnis land win De
utilized in growing wheat. It is too near
to the great and growing flour market in
China to remain idle long.
Today the Llao valley la the greatest in
the world In the production of beans
and millet, but in a very short time It
will be great in the production of wheat
as well, and then will gradually come
the change suggested above.
This entire valley is an excellent wheat-
producing country, and the building of
modern flour mills and the splendid busi
ness they are doing Is making such a
demand for wheat that its production
will -be Increased as fast as the mills re
quire it. After the Chinese market is
provided it may lead to production for
export to Europe. This Is already being
considered and it is possible thst wheat
exports from Manchuria to Europe may
begin with two years, but It is most
likely to take place first from the valley
of the Sungarl, on aocotnt of the greater
cost of getting flour from there to the
Chinese market.
The Sungarl river emptying Into the
Amur is the waterway for the northern
part of Manchuria and drains a district
twice the size of the Llao watershed, but
having little If any more -first-class
agricultural country tributary to it. The
latitude Is the same as the Dakotaa and
the climate is very much the same.
The entire valley seems to be especially
adapted to the production of wheat and It
has always been grown in a small way.
for local use by the natives. The seed
used is the native article, obtained en
tirely from spring sowing, as there is
not enough snow to protect the winter
crops. The grain Is sown in April and
harvested in September and October.
It Is bound in bundles, hauled to the
village and stacked, and thrashed at
leisure by the men, women and children.
The grain is laid upon the ground in a
circle and stone rollers are pulled over
It by donkeys led by children. The
straw Is raked off and carried away for
winter fuel, while the grain is swept
Into a pile with the chaff and then tossed
in the air until the wind separates the
grain.
The quantity now produced In the beat
districts is thirty bushels to the acre.
I . am convinced that this can be in
creased by improved seed and deeper
plowing. - Climatic conditions are very,
constant and regular and the rainy sea
son comes during the growing time
without fall, and famines and really bad
crops are almost unknown. The pro
duction is growing at an enormous rate
and keeping pace with the demands of
the mills. Even at the present low
price wheat is the most profitable crop
in northern Manchuria.
The production of wheat and flour-is
a business with which the Russians are
perfectly familiar; and If the railways
they now have are extended so ss to
KOTSBBV J.AT.
W. 3. Nesblt In Chicago Tribune.
"And he said to a lad. "Carry him to
his mother.'
"And when he had taken him and
brought him to his mother, he sat ou
her knees till noon." Kings lv;19-20.
Your mother's lap! Did childhood have
a better place than that?
A place to snuggle sleepily at twilight
for a chat;
A tender arm about you, and a hand to
stroke your hair.
And lull you into dreamland while your
head was pillowed there.
The wealth of fairy stories, and the
Bible stories, too.
She told, and told, and told again, as
mothers love to do,
Till eyes all wide with interest and
bright with Joyous gleams
Went shut, to see the fairies in your
little land of dreams.
Your mother's lap! A haven and a
. . 1 heaven, too, almost
When little griefs of childhood all your
heart and mind engrossed;
A place where you might tell 'of the
little sorry whiles.
Until your tears had gone away, and
she coaxed back the smiles.
No bed so rich, in comfort, were you
sick or were you wen;
No song so sweet in melody as that
which softly fell
From Hps whose kisses banished every
shadow or mishap
Did childhood have a better place for
you than mother'a lap?
Test of Good Whisky.
From the New York World.
"Now, thero are plenty of kinds of
whisky," said Representative Ollle
James of Kentucky, "but the people in
our state contend that our Bourbon is
the best In the world. We sell to out
siders all that does not' pass our test."
'What Is the test?" asked Representa
tive Biedler of Ohio. ; . . .
"Why," said Mr. James, "we inject one
drop of It Into the veins of a rabbit, and
if after that the rabbit will not light a
bulldog, the whisky Is no good."
,. ' ' reaos. Brothers, Ics. ";''
From the Albany Democrat .
Albany needs a sawmill. Why not
swsp one of Its dally papers for one.
Salem Journal. If there was as much
buss-and mere noise, to them as In the
Journal they might be used without
swspplng. , , .x
cover- and develop all of the available
wheat lands tributary to them, there is
lit tie, doubt but that one of the great-,
est wheat-producing districts of the
world will be in this part of Asia. .
Harbin is the present center of . the .
flourlng-mlll industry of Manchuria, and
Is destined to become one pf the great-flour-producing
centers of the world.
It is situated in the heart of the valley
of 'the Sungarl, on the banks of the
stream, . where It has the advantage, of
water transportation from the .wheat
fields, as well as transportation by rail
fram ttiraa ritffAMnt Hfranttnm - Tt haa.
in addition to this, cheap water trans
portation to the sea, two lines railway
reaching the ocean one at Vladivostok
and the other line touching it at Nluch
wang, Dalny and Port Arthur.
In 1800 the place did hot contain a
single flour mill to produce a pound of
flour. In 1901, at the time of my first
visit to the place, there was one mill
producing 160 barrels a day. ' In 1901
there were two mills, producing 760 bar
rels a day. In the early part of 1803
there Were six mills.' with dally produc
tion Of 1.440 barrels. In October. 1903.
during my last visit I found eight mills,
with a total dally capacity of S.800 bar
rels, erected at a cost of $618,000. I was
Informed that two more were in process
of construction, and that eaxty in 1904
Harbin will have ten mills In operation,
with a daily- capacity of 4,600 barrels of
flour. . .
. The greatest disadvantage that these
mills are laboring under at present is
cost of f uel. . Wood Is used for fuel, and
it costs from $10,80 to $1S.87 per square
sagene, or seven feet square. As. coal
cropping;" are to be found generally
throughout Manchuria there is little
doubt but that It will soon be devel
oped and take the place of wood at much
less cost
Under present conditions these mills
sre making a profit of from 16 to 46
cents for every loo pounds of grain they
grind. Most of these mills are putting
all of their profits into enlargements
and Improvements in their plants.
On account of the large and growing
trade of American flour in the Orient
I have given this matter much thought
and careful study. When the flour be
gins to reach the sea In quantities It
will be met there by largely subsidized
steamship lines prepared to carry It to
otner ports tn China at very low rates..
The great advantage, however, lies
in the productiveness of the country, the
Industrious and eheap labor prepared to
produce It and its nearness to market.
The lives of the people are very primitive-
The men, women and children
labor In the fields and maintain a cheap,
lowly life, living in mud houses and
sleeping on mud beds. The entire house
hold furniture and outfit is no grester
than could be carried on a single wheel?
barrow.
These people are well satisfied to earn
from 20 to 30 Mexican cents a day per
man, and for women and children much
less. Their tools and methods are the
simplest and crudest but they have
mental powers sufficient to enable them
to leanr to handle machinery and better
tools with success.
Manchuria. Mongolia, and SlheHa
I have continually pointed out, offer a
mucii oeiier xuiure market for nour
mill machinery and agricultural lm.
prement than for flour.
Th center of this trade will develop
about Harbin, and it would be advisable
for our manufacturers to look lrlto this
prospect. A permanent agency will have
io uo estaoiisnea ana coneuaeraDie time
given to work up a trade, . but It can
easily be made to a-rnw tntn rr nm.
portions. In doing this It would be ad-
viBBuie iv cuiuvtu relations witn tne
Russo-Chinesa bank, which has hranehea
throughout Manchuria.
The first trade will be in plows and
hand cleaners for wheat These are now
belne called for: hut th.r. ... nn n.
rirms m toe country, ana not even cata
logues that can be of use. Catalogues
In tha Russian lana-uan ahmilri ha nut
In some cases German may be under
stood, out iungnsn catalogues are ab
solutely worthless.
In order to provide properly for this
trade, which I am certain has a big fu
ture, a good and shrewd observer should
be sent Into tha mintfv tA -au,t
people and their conditions, and imple
ment anouia De aesignea to suit these.
The primary factor must be cheap
ness. For the heavv and attekv anlla nf
the Sungarl valley a stronger and dlf-
icreni piow is required than In the
sandy loams of the Llao valley. Stones
and rOOtS are altnoat nnlmnan an tha
strong, heavy, and expensive plows sre
i council ana couia noi De soiq.
Advice to the Lovelorn,
BY BXATKXCX FAI&FAZ,
Dear Miss Fairfax: I became acquaint
ed with a married couple through re
siding In the same house. , The marital
relations were not happy and they de"
elded to separate, long before I got ac
quainted With them. It was evident that
the woman was the wronged one, as she
naa Been heartlessly deceived, neglected
and left at home every evening while the
mart enjoyed himself In the lodge snd so
ciety of other women. She, put up with
all for the sake of her two children.
Naturally I felt great sympathy for her,
that led into a strong Jove between us.
But lately the man seems to hava mm
to his senses and Is making frantic ef
forts to regain her lost affection, with,
out the least chance of success. What Is
my duty under the Circumstances," to tell
her to forget me for the sake of hei
children, or help her to free herself and
let -the man bear the conaentianeaa rt hi
cruelty? . j. c. M.
It Is your duty and hers to give hef
husband every chance to redeem himself
I think you should either go away or
not see her as long as he is trying hla
best to Improve. There Is always trouble
when people interfere between husband
and wife.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young girl
Of 18 veara and in Inva with a
of 23. t have known blm for a short tlmd
ana as i love mm so much that I can
not express it in words I ask your sdvlcf
what to do. . I. G. '
It does not require wods to express
your love. Them Are a thmiaarwl iv.fr. ,n
let him knnw wlthmit tailing hi .
If the young man does not understand t
i ma tnun, nm yourp.
Dear Miss Fairfax; For nearly six
months I hava haen Iraatilna-
' '!. iuMnjr
with a young man. , When lis calls on' me
and . any girl friend of mine Is at my
home he Is surs to escort her home,' no
matter "how early It la When I am at
home without any friends he Is sure to
stay until very late. Is it proper for him
to do this? If not, (would! you, kindly
tell me, what to say to him? M. G. W.
A young man should not allow a young
ladv to ma hnma-alnna if i. i. i.,. -.u
I should think, though, that he would say
something to you about It If it occurs
tta.M .......
VlkBlei .. ' . .,' .1 -i -
has lately been going through-
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