THE OREGON DAI L.Y
AN
C 8. JACKSON
Published every evening ,. (except Sunday) at The Journal Budding, - Fifth
WASTING MONEY ON
D'
kURING the past year about $600,000 has been spent
in building new streets. Are the people who paid
this money satisfied they are getting value re
ceived T Are the city officials having in charge1 thi work
proud of the result of their achievements? Does a mud
hole In winter and a dust heap In summer meet their
views m to what constitutes street In the residence sec
tion? Is First street or Pine street a sample of what a
business street should bet Is the corduroy road down the
center of Fourth, street a sample of a high-class wooden
; pavement? f. Thurman and Savler streets were but re
cently "improved" and 'all winter they have been "loughs
of despond," wrecked almost beyond repair.
. The railroad on1 Fourth street was permitted as an ex
periment to adopt its own method ..of laying the blocks
between- the Vails, with the result that for more- than a
year it has been a continuing nuisance, and yet the city
authorities, have not required it to be .corrected. How
long is It to take before the authorities or the people will
learn that many of these so-called "Improvements' are
failures j that it is' money thrown away to build streets a
they are being built ? How many, of the officials who
order the improvements, or ther property owners who pay
for, them, Would expend $600,000 in constructing anything
requiring technical knowledge, without having some -one
propose plans and overuses It who knew his business?
Not one. That, however, is what the city is doing and
has done for years past. If there was one thing every
body knew all about, it was street building, with the re
sults now apparent to everyone. This folly should end.
If the city will not or cannot have this
looked up, then the property holders
get anything for their money.
. It will cost something to do this, but
small percentage of what is now being thrown away.
Other cities have good streets, but they
here. Road building material of all kinds is plenty, but In
its use we are woefully deficient. Is it too much to hope
for a achange? We call up this subject aa hundreds of
thousands of dollars will be spent in streets the coming
year and as yet there are no signs of change from the
good old way. Self interest, if nothing else, would seem
to be motive enough to arouse people,' but thus far the
only definite, result is the expected "protest," followed by
payment of the bllL
We urge , some concerted Intelligent action on this all
Important subject. . Let proper plans for different classes
of streets be prepared by those who understand the busi
ness, and then build in accordance with them, "
BREACH OF PROMISE
THB WOMAN who sues for "breach of promise' ad
I i vertisea to the world the fact that the man who
Jilted her used very good judgment. No man who
has any self reepeot wlahes- a wife capable -of -shrieking
her griefs from the housetops or ot putting her affections
on the bargiln counter along with her self-respect: and
taking whatever pric she can get for the combination.
To be rid of her at any price is cheap and Juries in award
ing' damages probably take this into account They con
sider that the man Is paying a small price for a large
amount of Immunity from matrimonial troubles. ,
A woman courageous enough to face the very unpleas
ant; notoriety and willing to place the lifelong stigma upon
her name by making merchandise of what she Is pleased
to term her "wounded affections" ought to have1 courage
enough to face the loss of a lover in silence.
The loss of a lover is not the worst of the evils and
sorrows of life and the uncertain sea of matrimony is en
tirely, too rough for such delicate sensibilities. If after
XQTTOAjr TOMB BXSOO
Became Snows to the World Tarouga
toe Sale ef Loot.
WiniamJE. Curtis' Luxor Letter In Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
Several years ago a number of valuable-
and Important relics of ancient
Egypt suddenly and mysteriously ap
peared In the curio market Several
tourists brought to . the . museum at
Cairo, to the British museum in London
and other institutions remarkable
finds" - which they purchased from
dealers and street peddlers at Luxor,
The matter Was reported from one
museum to another and became the sub
ject of gossip among archaeologists and
collector, and finally name to the atten
tion of the Egyptian authorities, who,
after a brief Inquiry, bvcame convinced
that tombs ot the Pharaohs,' unknown to
professional archaeologists, had been
discovered and were being rifled by
Arab vandals. The police took up the
case, and soon developed a most aston
ishing cbain of circumstances.
It appeared that an Arab grave rob
ber, living among the ruins of Thebes,
discovered the tomb of a royal person
age and revealed the secret to his two
brothers and one of bis sons, who as
sisted him in securing such portion of
its contents as could be taken away
without detection and sold to chance
tourists. From time to time the lucky
discoverers of this mine of wealth re
plenished their stores by midnight
visits. Among the articles found were
writings on papyrus, scarabs and orna
ments of gold and silver, and other
things usually found in tombs, which
threw new light upon curtain dark cor
liens of Egyptian history, and It was
proved that the thieves had revealed a
veritable museum of antiquities. When
this knowledge finally came to the gov
ernment a thorough exploration was
made under the direction of the director
of - antiquities. Excavations disclosed
11 tombs cut out of a rocky hillside
containing the bodies of 12 kings and
17 other members of the royal families
of Egypt from the seventeenth tenths
twenty-first ' dynasties, who had been
buried between 1P00 and 1000 B. C.
it was the most sensational and the
most valuable discovery ever made in
KsyPt and you may Imagine the grati
fication that was felt upon unrolling the
first mummy to find that it was -the
body of Barneses II, the greatest of aU
the Egyptian emperors. Among others
were his father, Setl I, his grandfather,
Barneses I, and his grandson, Ramses
III. . :
These tombs, which are the most
wonderful , in all the world, were
chiseled out of. the granite mountains
In a natural amphitheatre at the end of
a narrow gorge about four miles from
the Nile. - Some of them are reached
by long staircases descending into the
earth from 60 to 100 feet, and then ex
tending like the tunnel of a mine, a dis
tance of from 800 to 400 and 600 feet
with chambers for the reception of pres
ents and offerings, temples for worship
and apartments for the burial of the
other members of the royal families and
their favorite servant - Other tombs
ere reached by inclined planes and all
f them are cut oxrt. of the solid granite
end include chambers, shafts, tunnels
and rros tunnels that must have ' tn-
volved the labor ot thousands of men
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subject properly
must if they are to
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seem Impossible
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for scores of years. No such rock work
can be found elsewhere. And in each
of the tombs- were hlstbrical and
archaeological treasures beyond com
parison, for, as you know, when the
Egyptians burled their dead they pro.
vlded tftem with whatever -they - might
need in the other world; were aoous
tomod to worship their kings after
death, and bring them tribute and obla
tions from time to ; time, which were
stored or placed on exhibition in the
chambers, which I have described.
"MM. WXGKM FAXD WXXA.
"Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch"
and Louisville, Ky., has just bought a
$10,000 home. The purchase of the
home does not mean that the original
Mrs. Wlggsala to leave her plain dwell
ing among the railroad tracks for one in
fashionable Louisville, for the $10,000
home IS the property of Mrs. Alice
Hegan Rice, who has Invested in it a
portion of the money she baa received
as royalties on her books and their
dramatisation.
Meanwhile Mrs. Mary Bass, the Mrs.
Wlggs of reel Ufa will continue to re
side in her two-story frame house at Hill
street and the railroad crossing. Mrs.
Baas Is exceedingly tired of the fame
that has been thrust upon her and does
not hesitate to say so. The continuous
visits of the curious have proved too
much for even her philosophy and she
now routs tbent without consideration.
When asked, whether or not she would
object to her house being photographed,
she replied that she certainly would ob
ject though she did not interpose any
further obstacle.
"Take It and get away," was her final
reluctant assent When the camera was
In position before the house, Mrs. Bass
raised her upper window aa if to recon
sider, but apparently , realised that she
was In danger of being photographed
also and precipitately withdrew. ,
"Mrs. Wlggs," through the books and
plays, is said to have earned $100,000
for Mrs, Rica
xocxarxuxm, js., as a looozb.
From the New York World.
The Bible class of John D. Rockefel
ler, Jr., was led yesterday, in the absence
of Mr. Rockefeller from the city, by
W. 8. Richardson, assistant pastor of
Fifth-Avenue Baptist church, who,
speaking of the value of experience, said:
"Few may know It, but Mr. Rockefel
ler, eoon after leaving school, worked
several months In the heart of a log
ging camp. During the winter he wae a
lumberman ha cut 80 cords of wood.
"Mr. Rockefeller never shirked work
of any kind, and when he advises you
men to not be ashamed of work it is
from his own experiences, and not from
any finely worked-out theory."
To Determine Sex By Bedlam Says.
New theories of radium and Its pos
sibilities aa set forth by Prince Ta'rk
anor, the well-known . scientist, have
electrified Russian scientific circlea
The prince holds that by use of the
rays of the new element it will be
possible to solve the problem of deter
mining the, sex of children, which Prof.
Bchenck failed to solve. The prince
also said he had prevented the devel
opment of hydrophobia In dogs which
had been Inoculated with vlrua by us
ing radium. v, . ;
JOURNAL,
JNO. P. CARROLL
and Yamhill streeta Portland, Oregon.
PORTLAND
several years of matrimony she should lose her. husband,
how much greater the blow! If she be left without re
sources and with little children to care for both she and
they must inevitably become a public-charge.
The ordinary American girl and woman possesses an
Inherent self , respect which teaches her to hide from her
own mother the fact that she has been Jilted, or at least
thafshe is suffering over it. The pity of her nearest rel
ative and dearest friend Is an aggravation of her hurt
Bhe not only would not ask, but woufd indignantly refuse
a money plaster for its wounds.
"To the ordinary mind It appears to be for the best In
terests of the community, of the possible children and wf
the parties themselves that two people . should find out
before marriage- their1 incompatibility. It certainly saves
the expense and bother of a divorce suit besides causing
much less indignity and suffering than can accompany the
breaking of an engagement.
It is a "matter for rejoicing that the women who view
wifehood and motherhood aa a business, a form of com
mercial exchange, are as yet few and far between In this
country. . " ,
SENATOR HANNA'S ILLNESS.
fT HERE ARE elements In the career and "record of
- I- Senator Marcus A. Hanna, now lying dangerously
ill at Washington, that do not appeal to the sym
pathies of The Journal. Nevertheless we would be In
clined to regard a fatal outcome of his Illness as a genuine
public calamity. We are moved to this conclusion by
Senator Hanna's recently announced determination to
devote the remaining years ot his life to bringing about
more cordial and sympathetic' relations between capital
and labor.
No more patriotic work could engage the attention of
an American cltlsen and no work is better calculated to
aid in the development and material progress of the coun
try. So long as a condition of armed neutrality exists be
tween these two great forces, so long as brute strength
remains the deciding element In controversies rather than
Justice, the country cannot hope tor that orderly progress
which otherwise it might boast. Few men are in a better
position to help to bring about this era of good feeling.
Once It was realized that he was thoroughly in earnest
the movement would be given an Impetus in the1 right di
rection and while it might not soon accomplish the highest
hopes entertained for it the very fact that such a move
ment was on foot would have a tendency eventually to
bring about a solution of one of the gravest questions
which now confront the American people.
In a movement of this sort a man of Senator Hanna's
stamp and Influence can ill be spared.
"Three and forty years the Dally Oregonlan has been
marking time," Opening sentence from a birthday ed
Itorlal In this morning's Oregonlan.
A few years ago Rev. Myron W. Reed, a Congregational
minister of talent and oratorical power, while in Chicago
met a former Indianapolis neighbor. "You're living in
Denver now, Mr. Reed?" asked his friend.' "Tes," said
the parson, "-"Know a man named Cos out therr "Tes."
"Ran for congress didn't he last fall T "Ran!" said
Reed with a fine touch of sarcasm, "ran? Why he didn't
run, be didn't even walk, he simply marked time!" Reed
was A chaplain during the civil war and naturally adopted
the military term which expresses movement without
progress to Indicate the case of Coe who, nominated in an
overwhelmingly Republican district, scarcely got a vote in
a hundred at the polls. , '
The Oregonlan, according to Its own Ingenuous confes
sion, began marking time in 1861 and is still at It! .
TWO tub wa QT OUTLOOK.
Xaterriew With Mr. Oatea Is
Sees Bo Bull Market
From the Wall-Street Journal.
Mr. John W. Gates has returnsd from
the Southwest full of energy and bull
enthusiasm. He says that one cannot
travel through the West and Southwest
without being Impressed by the wealth
apparent on. all sides. He says:
"I am more hopeful in regard to the
business outlook of this country than I
have been for II montha Stocks are too
cheap. People were buying stocks in
1802 on a IH to 4 per oent baals, while
today the same stocks can be bought on
a ( to 7 per cent basla The difference is
too great all things considered.
. "Our country Is too rich to warrant
pessimism. Money is abundant and yet
our trade is enonnoua Our -exports are
at the highest mark in our history. Our
Internal commerce is on a sound baals.
The farming oomraunltles are rich, and
the prices of agricultural products are
giving the farmer increasing profits. I
look for better markets and growing
optimism."
Wo So Opttmbrtlo.
From the New Tork Commercial
A leading floor trader, who has accu
mulated a fortune out of the stock mar
ket says:
"I do not expect anything like a bull
market during 1904. For over a year we
have been going through a slow panic,
due to the overissue of securities, and
this Is a condition wMch It takes time
to overcome. The people who made the
bull markets of the past few years have
been the millionaires of New Tork,
Pittsburg, Chicago, Philadelphia, Balti
more and. St. Louie. , Many of them be
came millionaires through the liberal
issue of securities by Industrial corpo
rations. On paper many of them were
fabulously rich, and they speculated in
the stock market In the most reckless
manner. When the market started to
decline, howsjer, they found that they
could not dispose of their stocks. The
result of enforced liquidation has so
crippled many of them that they are no
longer in a position to become market
factors; and, with a vast amount of un
digested securities pressing for sale, I
fall to see who Is going to hiake a bull
market that Is, the kind of bull market
we were accustomed to several years
ago. General conditions, however, have
undergone a wonderful improvement
and what Is of equal Importance senti
ment is more 'cheerful than it has been
in over a year. I expect a gradual im
provement in prices, but no bull market
for at least a year."
Selected from the Assortment
From the New Tork World.
Governor Van Sent of Minnesota is
here.-
The' governor was once a burly and
breezy steamboat captain on the Missis
sippi, and is called, "captain", , to 1 this
day. ' ""
, Every time be comes to Washington
they tell the story of his first dinner at
the White House. .When he sat down at
the table he found several spoons, sev
eral forks and several knives In front of
him. ..-' -'
The governor, inspected the cutlery
carefully. Then bt chose one knife, one
fork and one sf 'on. brushed the rest
aside and ' allot 1 ' he' would eat" his
dinner with the elections he had, made.
Letters From
1 4 Ctreetear Kick. '
Portland, Feb. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal: There has been quite a
good deal of complaint about . the ser
vice on . the Mt Scott car line as to
crowded cars in the evening, and as I
was a passenger last evening, took par
ticular notice to convince myself that
those making complaint were entitled
to a kick coming. "' V ;
I took the 6 p. m. car' and it was
crowded until there was scarcely stand
ing room, and among those standing
were II, ladies. Everyone of ,-. those
ladles went past the Hawthorne Junc
tion, a distance of about three miles,
and by the time the car got to the
junction about two-thirds of the crowd
had been disposed of all along the line
from Eighth street to the Hawthorne
Junction. ,
-. Now -there was a Mt Tabor car fol
lowing right behind us that could have
taken on many more people than it had,
and if those that live on Hawthorne
would have taken a Mt Tabor car,
which they should have done, there
would nave been plenty f room on the
Mt Scott car for the far-out passengera
i The people on Hawthorne have 10
minutes service all day and they should
be, compelled to ride on the Mt Tabor
cars, especially in the evening. The
people on the Mt Scott line have 46
minutes' service with the exception ot
two hours In the morning and two hours
In the evening, when they are supposed
to have $0 minutes' service. From 4 to
6 in the evening we have 20 minutes'
service, and all those that work, it they
miss the 6 p. m. car, have to wait until
6:46. Now, I think there should be
something done in the way of better
service to all people who have to ride
on the Mt Scott cars, and another thing
that Is very unpleasant to ladies Is that
there is part of the car partitioned off
to accommodate those that smoke, and
the ladies have to pass through this
part of the car before they can get into
the other part Now 1 think that men
could do without smoking for a few
minutes, especially when ladles have to
pass through the smoking compartment
to get to their own, and I have often
seen ladies that were compelled to stand
In this smoking section, as the other
was too crowded,
Now we are not asking for the ser
vices of the Mt Scott cars to be en
tirely discontinued to the Hawthorne
people only from 6 p. m. on aa long
as the SO minutes' service cars run. The
C. & S. Co. adopted this rule some time
ago for Its long-distance cars and It
makes It very convenient for the far
out people in getting to and from their
work, and we are looking forward to the
time when the conductor will sing out:
"Np stops west of Hawthorne junc
tion." Tours truly,
A JOURNAL SUBSCRIBER.
MX. Oatea Favors Open Gates.
Gates, Or, Feb. $. To the Editor of
The Journal: Tea, open "the gates of
ooarrxirrxoBS nr st. r-otrr.
Attendance a Gonfi
Will Tary
from 100 4 60,000.
From the St Louis Republic
Three hundred conventions and spe
cial meetings of state, national and in
ternational organizations will be held in
St Louis during the world's fair. These
do not include about 60 conventions for
which arrangements have not been com
pleted. ' "' -:' . " - '
The world's fair bureau of publicity.
Mayor Wells, the Business Men's league,
the merchants'' exchange, the exhibits
department ot the fair and the various
trade, fraternal. Industrial and profes
sional organisations in St Louis have
co-operated in semiring the conventions
and the meetings.
The attendance will range from 100
to 60,000 for each convention, not in
cluding members ot the organisations
other than delegates who will attend.
Meeting places and hotel accommoda
tions have been arranged for the ma
jority by the world's fair and local
committee of the various organlxatlona
The exposition company has offered
meeting places without charge. It has
at its disposal 20 halls, ranging In ca
pacity from 160 to 16,000 persons, and
100 committee rooms. "
The largest of the conventions Is ex
pected to be that of the National Edu
cation association, beginning ., on June
68, with an attendance of 60,000. The
Demooratlo national convention will be
the second largest More than 100 con
ventions on . the list will have an at
tendance ot over 1,000 persons each.
JTOBTKWZ8TC : XZLFS BOOSBTOT.
Walter Well man In Chicago Record
. Herald, i '
The Republicans who have not been
enthusiastic for the president's nomina
tion axe forced to confess that during
the past few days the evidence of the
president's popularity among the masses
ot the voters has become too strong to
be disregarded. From all parts of the
oountry have oome reports that the rank
and file of the party are earnestly and
well-nigh unanimously for the president
and wholly unwilling even to consider
the possibility of the nomination of an
other candidate. The fact of Mr. Roose
velt's remarkable popularity in the great
West and Northwest which your cor
respondent has several times Written
of from personal inquiry and observa
tion In. that section of the. country,, is
at last entering the consciousness of
publle men here and producing the nat
ural result of breaking down the last
vestige of open hostility to the presi
dent TATTLTS Or'AKXJLXOASr all,
. From the London Lady's Pictorial.
While the American maiden proves so
irresistible to our men, her brother finds
little favor in the sight of the English
girl, and there is very little chanoe, It
would seem, of the old and the new
countries being united other than
through the womankind ot America It
is remarkable that although our peerage
has now been recruited for many years
back from America, the sisters and
daughters of English peers have shown
little disposition to enter the families
from which ; their sisters-in-law and
mothers and stepmothers have come.
v mrm tlwm'i hnlnsr told that
Americans make . Ideal husbands. But
if the truth must oe toia, ine reaaon
why they do not appeal to English
women Is that they lack manner, while
their courtesy and admiration degen
erate Into the familiarity that breeds
contempt Furthermore, they are busi
ness machines, and, finally, they seldom
understand how to dress. :
I. I I I 1 ' " I1 :
lofty Literature.
From an Exchange. '
An editor, in reply to a young writer
who wished to know which magaxlne
would give him the highest position
quickest, advised "a powder -magaxlne,
especially If you contribute a1 fiery
article." . - . '. v-.i,-"'; ;y; '.; ,,;.:.!
i i i i i; ' 1 .
Hot So Xuoh of a Change.
From the Louisville Herald. V
Canada, wishing to give a Chinaman
whom It exported to the United States
a change of climate, put him ' Into a
refrigerator car. t The comparative
mildness "" of the letter ' atmosphere
proved fatal to. the Celestial, v
the People.
the fair on Sunday as well, as every
otner day. . The money appropriated
came from all the tax payers. Nine out
of every ten want the gates open all
the time, every day. Mr, Hill says each
must decide for himself; it is a matter
between himself and his God, If so it
is no one else's business. Mr. Hill need
not go; he may go Jto his church, or
where he pleasea Everyone else can db
the sama Our Hebrew fellow citizens
as well as a good many of Mr. Hill's
brother christians, keep Saturday aa
Sabbath, They are just aa honest and
sincere aa he is. Then open the gates
that all may go In when they please.
' ALBERT GATES. '
Some Fair Features Would Do If Mam.
Portland, Feb, 8. -To the Editor of
The Journal: I think that "Club
Woman" in her letter asks too much
with regard to the Sunday opening ot
the exposition. The fewer officials that
have to be .employed on the "American
Rest Day" the better. Many could
hardly relegate their work to others, and
they therefore would not have the rest
that nature, science and. experience, as
well as Scripture points out as a neces
sity for tolling man. Indeed Socialists
demand a day and a half.1
Therefore those to whom it would be
such a great advantage to see the clang
ing machinery In motion, might get a
Saturday afternoon off, without forfeit
ing more money than any of their other
other pleasures would' inour.
Or the board of management might see
fit to leave open on certain Saturday
evenings, after which the next day's rest
would be sufficient recuperation. There
will be anyhow several national holi
days, that might be' well utilised; Dec
oration day, the Fourth of July, and the
well-known first Monday in Septem
ber, Labor day, might be made by the
legislature into a general state holiday
for the purpose.
I must say that it seems to me to be
an anomaly, that In this city, where so
many places of amusement are open on
Sunday, that the exposition gates should
be closed to the cltlsens and to the many
thousand visitors reckoned On. The
grounds and the exhibits of art and
beauty' (where merchandise Is not in
cluded,) can be no more harmful than
visits to our lovely blty park. At the
same time I should be grieved to see
them become a huge exposition saloon!
Or given up to extra Sunday amuse
ments. Christian people should be on
the alert for song services, and short
addressea
Working men, (on. whose behalf "Club
Woman;' writes) as a ruls petitioned
against the opening of the world's fair
on Sunday, and certainly the transporta
tion employes ought to be considered.
I do not enlarge on the Scriptural
grounds as that -would not carry so
much weight with a great many of your
readers, as civic and social reasona
- LOUISA A. NASH.
Advice to the Lovelorn
T SZATKCS rJIaf AX. V
Dear Miss Fairfax: T
to please help me with my easer l am a
young man of IT years of age. knowing
a young lady of my age for about four
t " ana inumate wita aer parents, who
have no objection to my going with her.
We love each other dearly and also do
things to please one another. She Is
the only friend I haya What I want to
know la would it be proper tor me to ask
to take her for a walk In the evening and
once in awhile to go to some entertain
ment Her birthday Is the Uth of next
month. Should I buy her a valuable
cresent or nott I nam til mauiv mA
have a, steady pjositlon. I very seldom
uy enjoyment Because JL am alone.
; a. ii.
Why don't vou ask her. Tf hi- lunnti
approve I am sure It would be very nice
ior you to taao ner out sometlmea As
your salary is not a very large one an
expensive nreaent wonM ha nut nf
but a little remembrance would please her
sne is ui ngnt sort of a girt
Dear Mies Fairfax i At a party Z be
came acquainted with a young man
whom I loved at first sight and I believe
he returns my love. He flirts with many
young ladles. Kindly tell me if this
should alter my affection for him, as I
love him more than over, and seek your
friendly advice. TE6SIB.
As long as he Is what he should be to
you Z think It Is all right tor you to
trust him. Ton are young and It la
probably only a friendship.
i f
Dear Mies Fairfax: I am 11 years of
age and my lady friend, who Is 18, seems
to be very much in love with me and
wants to get married In March.
I have a roaming disposition that 1
cannot control and am afraid to marry
the girl for fear that I would take a
notion to travel and know that Z could
not take her with ma
I also realise that we are much too
young, and as I think very much of the
girl and would not like to be the cause
of any sorrow I ask that you give, me
your advice on the subject A. R.
You are right and much too young
to marry. But If you are of that disposi
tion and do ot mean to1 be serious In
your attentlcna you should be sure that
your friend understands your feelings
toward her. .
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young lady
of 16 years and a young man ot 86 is In
love with ma
Each, time I go to his store he asks me
to go out with him. He is ths owner of
the store, but I don't care to go out
With htm. U T 11V untha. wann.
of 20, whose parents own a bakery. I
on via iu" nrii-menuonea young man
to go out with an older sister ormlne,
aa she told me she liked him, but he
said he did not wnt to. The younger of
these two men haa asked ma tn mr.t mar.
lied to him, -1 M, S. S. B.
Tou are much too young to think of
marrying either young man. If you do
not wish to hava anvthlnv tn An wlfh th.
first one keep away from his store and
uu uui iiucner in your sisters an airs.
Dear Miss Fairfax: About three years
ago I met a young fellow a little older
than myself. He is past 20 and I am not
quite 20. He called at my house about
once every two weeks and we were al
ways very good friends. I know on my
side the feeling was no more than friend
ship. Almost a year ago I suddenly fell
in love with him. Now he calls at my
house at least twice a week, but shows
no affection for ma I never thought he
cared for me, even though hie actions
were eitough to make me think otherwise.
P am very unhappy at times because I
cannot be with him and I think of him
constantly. I never had such deep af
fections tor any one else and sincerely
believe I could never forget him. Please
advise me. He Imagines I like sons one
else. ' " , ' B.i
Try to make him understand you do .not
care for any one else and If tflat does not
improve the situation you had better try
and forget him. , - -
, ; w . i , -M n' ' ' y
.. AU That's Heeded. .: ' '
. From the Brooklyn Standard Union.
The rebel yell in the Waldorf shows
thatv any Confederate . army can easily
esture New York If it has the price.
3. Ad&si Cede of Minnesota,
. From the New York Tribune.
Politics once more sidetracked the ur
gent deficiency appropriation bill in the
house ; today, and the story of ' the
achievements and records of President
Roosevelt and the Republican party was
again told in a most entertaining man
ner to a thoroughly appreciative and
good-natured audtencev ;'.,.,-'.!..'r
. Representative J. Adam Bede ot Min
nesota held the-center of the stage to
day. After spending a' few years in the
Democratic party,, he decided to mend
his ways, and the first practical step of
his reformation was to come out boldly
for sound money and against Bryanlsm.
The people of his district believing that
his repentance was sincere and lasting,
determined to send him to congress, and
today hemade his first speech in that
body. Mr. Bede's reputation for humor
is not confined to the West, and conse
quently when he took the floor the house
was on the tiptoe ot expectancy, and was
not disappointed. He started out by
formally Inviting the Democratic party
to disband, and, by joining the Repub
licans, to partake of the blessings to be
enjoyed through communion with that
party, and make the election ot Presi
dent Roosevelt unanlmoua Then, speak
ing seriously and carefully. weighing his
words, ' he predicted that- ' Minnesota
would roll up a majority of 100,000 for.
tne president, ana tnat nis triumpnant
lection was assured beyond question ot
a doubt
It was when interruptions began and
questions were asked that Mr. Bede ex
hibited his mastery ot the art of repar
tee and allowed his humor full play,
and the house was convulsed with mer
riment. In reply to a question by Rep
resentative Thayer, who had been qui
etly investigating his political record,
Mr. Bede blandly admitted that he had
first voted the Republican ticket then
the Democratic, and Jtad then returned
to his rightful alleglanoa
"It .was In the 'mean' time," he con
tinued, "that I voted the Democratic
ticket" .-
HJa good-natured replies and the sto
ries which he told by way of Illustra
tion brought forth such hearty demon
strations of approval from both aides
of the chamber that the chair was
forced repeatedly to rap for order. The
Minnesota friends of Mr. Bede insist
that he solemnly declared that when he
came to congress he would try to live
down his reputation as a humorist; but
they say that declaration contained
about all the solemnity that Mr. Bede
will ever be able to corral.
Mr. Bede began his remarks by saying
that If the Democrats would agree to
Stop abusing Mr. Cleveland he would
agree to have the Republicans atop abus
ing . Mr. Bryan, as both were working in
the Interest of the Republican party.
He created laughter by inviting the
Democratic i party to ' disband. Mr.
Roosevelt he declared, will be triumph
antly elected president and he aaked
the Democrats to make it unanlmoua
Mr. Bede, In referring to Populists,
said he meant people who dealt In flat
Flat, he added, had been wiped out In
the West
"We went out when we saw a Popu
list" he said.t "and threw salt on his
whiskers and eaught him and brought
him into the Republican ranka (Laugh
ter.) We have wiped out Populism In
Amy Leslie Tells the Story of Angelic Joe Sullivan
, From the Chicago -Newa
i Joseph Sullivan, he of the axure eyes
and ' melodious veloe over at the' Bush
temple, belonged to a rising generation
of Chicago boys who entered the civil
arena before Hay found out there was
no room for that kind. The Sulllvans
lived over on Canal, near De Koven
street Just around the corner from De
Koven Turner hall. Occasionally plays
of torrid design and lurid catastrophe
came off there, and once in a while a
dignified departure introducing Janau
schek or Bandmann or something stately
of that ilk would spread awe and art as
far as the docks. Peter Sullivan, the
father of Joseph, was a sailor and a
local character in the parish, where two
ot his boys grew up to be Jesuit priests
and one of them the actor on the north
slda Peter, when he was on land,
alternated his training of the boys in
a spacious woodshed, where a leather
strap-hung glowerlngly,- with solemnly
delivered sessions of evening rosary and
a noble array of prayers that heaped
coals upon the youthful offenders' curly
heads. Jose was little, but his intermit
tently religious and reformatory parent
declared In a dream of brogue that he
never has lost for a moment no matter
what happened, that "Av all the tommy
hawks in the parish that Joe was the
finest kind of a born blackguard," And
Joe tried his small best to live up to
the paternal advertisement Without en
countering too many of the woodshed
seances conducted by Peter the deflnlta
Chiefly the Infantile Sullivan belled
his pretty little smiling face by choos
ing aa boon companions the toughest
bunoh the whole district afforded.. One
O'Donnell (since voted a resident during
active life In the costly government
haven at Jollet) was the particular vital
spark of De Koven street and Joe Sul
livan his devoted ally.
A German named Fischer, one of the
prosperous denlsens of the ward, owned
a barn with a loft In which he kept
loads of fresh, inviting and envied hay.
Fischer was one of those indulgent
thrifty but good-natured Teutons who
liked the "kinder" to . feel they owned
anything his to lend, so the "kinder"
promptly abused his amiability.
Through ths help of O'Donnell, the pre
destined, and Joe Sullivan, the angelic,
the boys thought out the ways and
means of giving an Indian drama In
Fischer's loft to which the less gifted
were to be permitted entrance tor three
clothespin, an apple or two cigar stumps
per oaput The only way surreptitiously
to enter, the Fischer loft . without
Fischer's suspecting too much was by
means of a rope and tackle temptingly
dangling outside a big window through
which the hay was drawn up to the
loft So up the performers and the
audience climbed, hand over hand, bump
ing and banging their knees and noses
one at a time ; or several, aa the
exigencies demanded. On high the
dramatic ."Indians" had made"1 them
selves very dreadful to setf with some
bright red paint left over in 'buckets
after Fischer bad painted his barn.
They were stripped to the' buff and
smeared with the paint from head to
heel and around their little loins they
had strapped bunches of ; hay which,
though it reduced them to the state of
the early Christian martyrs, with the
prickles and unklndest cuts, they stood
because of art
s O'Dnnell, who afterward thoughtlessly
Shot a lady friend and was given a lifer,
was something of a tumbler and on the
joists of the loft he did much hasardous
turning and finished his act by dropping
with, a wild whoop through a trap door
made to toss hay below into the horse's
manger. To aave his reckless little hide
O'Donnell had packed the manger di
rectly below with a bale or so of hay
and the effect was all right for the kids
lined up against the opposite wall.' As
a grand finale the "Indiens' had a war
dance around a large old tin washpart,
in which they built a firenothing less.
Fischer was accustomed te all sorts of
the New House Humorist
the West ' and It soon will be deter
mined that a little bunch of Populists
In Wall street cannot dictate the nomi
nation of either party.".
He thought 60 per cent of the Demo
crats of Minnesota believed in Mi1:
Roosevelt, and that the state would givo
him 100,000 majority. "I believe," he
declared, "If the Democrats should nom-
inate Mr, Cleveland or Mr. Gorman that,
even Mr. Bryan himself would cast his
vote for Theodore Roosevelt."
Mr. Scudder (Dem.) of New York .
questioned Mr. Bede as to how he pro
posed to unite the two races.
Mr. Bede replied that he had not re
ferred In any way to the race question. '
He realised that peculiar conditions had
brought about peculiar burdens tor the
South, and he would iot by .word or
deed do anything to add one feather's :
weight to this burden. This statement
was applauded. On the Democratlo aide.
: Mr. Thayer (Dem.) of Massachusetts
gave Mr. Bede a cordial invitation to
join the "progressive Democratic party."
"Whom are you going to nominate 7" ;
rejoined Mr. Bede, amid Republican
laughter. : . :
"The Democratlo party is not run by
one man," replied Mr. Thayer. V
"Well," - continued Mr. Bede, "I un
derstand that in. New. York you send
men to congress) by appointment"
He turned his attention to Democratic
leaders, and declared that from a na- -tlonal
point of view, the party had nonei
Mr. Williams he complimented asFan
able leader in congress, but declared
him not available for the presidency, be
cause of hi "geography." Mr. Bryan,
he said, was a sincere man, and all the
more dangerous because of that f aot
Mr. Cleveland ' was one of the greatest
presidents the country had ever had,
"and I am willing to forgive them both,
won't yout" be asked ot the Democratic
Slda ,V'.- '.A- ., Y
Speaking of the Monroe doctrlna Mr.
Bede said that doctrine is just as big as
the United States navy, and no bigger.
Do away with the navy and the Monroe
doctrine will go. , He said the money
question was not an issue, for the gold
standard has come to stay, whether the
gentleman from Nebraska wills It or
not ...
Mr. Bede convulsed the house with
laughter by stories which he told by
way of illustration. . ,
In conclusion, Mr. Bed e again ex
tended an invitation to the Democrats
to Join the Republicans and elect Mr.
Roosevelt "Why," he said, "the elec
tion returns from the West will simply,
be supplemental census figures."
Mr. Bede had not proceeded far when
members came out of the cloakrooms to
listen. He was frequently applauded by
first one side and then the other, and at
times both sides were clapping hands
together, as they did when he took his
seat When his allotted time had ex
pired there were crlea of "Go on!" and
he talked for an hour.
Here la bhe of Mr. Bede's stories t-
"In going through the backwoods of
my district I. had difficulty in getting
the farmers to aid In the establishment
ot creamerlea They persisted in taking
the milk in a pan into the sitting-room,
where they sat around talking politics,
society and other thlnga When they
brought the butter in for sale' you could
taste each member ot the particular
family that sold the butter." -
barbaric sounds and yells from his loft, 'i
but he never beheld fumes and gusts '
ot smoxe nurse xortn tnrougn tne
boarda He rushed to the loft and, eels-
Ing the pan, with a frantic shout pitched
it down into that which should have
been the empty manger of a horse, out
for the day. It dropped into the O'Don-
nell bale ot hay and came back at
Fischer like the last day of Judgment
He shrieked and the audience began
sliding down the rope outside and the
mighty band of painted warlors, naked
as winter trees except for the stabbing,
sticking wisps of hay. followed their
audience down the rope and landed In .
a red, soared and weeping heap in the V
alley. The -barn burned down. Joe and
Ed Sullivan were pounced uppn by their
devoted family and after dire prophecies
had been pronounced over - their beads 1 1
and sundry boot, brush backs and well- -'
developed feminine hands had become
exercised on their already tingling and -nnintad
hodiea lhav wara nluna-ad Into
tubs of soapsuds and hopelessly,.,
scrubbed, plunged Into vats ot turpen
tine and furiously rubbed, plunged into
buckets ot oil and threateningly scoured
to no avail. They came out like lepers.
About this time a family council set
tled that "pa" would have to resign to
"ma" and the girls the trimming of Joe
or the authorities would likely attend
to It Joe was a gentle, adorable, pretty
boy and his sisters took to decorating
him violently. He was dressed in white
with big collars and blue bows. He
went to the Jesuit college and was
given a love of a surplice and the censer
to swing, which only lncreaaed the Irb
of the boys who had not reached his
rung ot civilisation. Finally it trans
pired that dfie of the brothers dis
covered that Joseph had a heavenly
voice and that settled it. Joe had to
fight They waited tor him loaded for '
bear and went at him In pairs. The
choir boy had been busy growing a
whole year and was the huskiest little
terrier - In the neighborhood, ; but his
white knee breeches and big sky-blue
tie did not give it away, so though sur
prised, Joe was ready with a good de- ,
fense first blow. Then he came up
belligerent and whaled away fiercely,
licking the life out of a couple of the,
biggest ot his opponents and funning
the rest down the street as tar as his
own home. He went in slamming the
door and brought out an alarmed crew ,
of relative", who looked him over and
fell apart aghast There was a faint'
howl for father and that noble repre
anntative aDDeared with a vade mecum
Hinder his arm and a T. D. pipe In his
firm-set mouth. Joe ' tried to give a ,
profile view of his more or less bat
tered countenance to the author of his
being. Pa bent upon his progeny . a
searching game. ..,"
tld ye give anpy av. 'em an eye like
that backr he asked.
To which the shrinking Joseph said:
"I did. sir, but"
"Thin It's all right, ye little 'black- ,
guard; go to bed. Say your prayers
and 40 Hall-Marys for beln' put on your
way rejoiclu'i", t , -
SOYXB FBOMZSKD OABDXJrALS, TOO.
' From the New Tork World.
"There is a man in my district" said
Representative 'Tom" Kyle, the "Sweet
Singer of Ohio," "whose name Is Doyla
He is a politician and he has the fatal
habit ot promising all things to all men.
'Some years ago two Irishmen who .
worked In a boiler factory in my town
were busy riveting. One map was In-!
side the boiler holding a hammer agalnat ,
the rivets and the other was outside
a winging the sledge.. " .."
, "After half an nours steady pouna
ing the man Inside stuck bis head out ot
the boiler and eaid: V ' s. .-.
i ," 'Say, Pat did ye hear -that they've ...
been after makln' this man Corrlgan a
cardtnair ' ;- - ;
"Vre ye tellin me? asked Pat; whr.
d'ye know, Doyle promised that job to
mef" , ,