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PORTLAND, OREGON MONDAY. FEBRUARY S, 1904 THE OREGON DAI L-Y J O URN A Li I, ' ' ', , AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ' , - , .(.. C ft. JACKSON PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL' PUBLISHING CO. JNO. F. CARROIX Published vry evnlng ' (except Sunday) at The Journal Building,4 Fifth and Yamhill streets. Portland. Oregon. OFFICIAL, ; PAPER OF .. THE CITY x OF PORTLAND ; FACE TO FACE AT LAST. NCK AGAIN Is there a verification of the old French I-'I proverb the unexpected has happened. :;, For .; 7 . months diplomatic negotiations have been In prog-ifrt-ss between Russia, and Japan. They Involved for both aides Very much more than appeared on the surface. On one- side Japan's tutor was Rt stake; on the otber Rus sia's" whole far eastern policy trembled in the balance, Both nations sparred for the good will of the worl d. , Rus . eta manifestly desired delay to perfect, prepaxaUons for the eventuality or war. Preparations for" war proceeded side by -side, with pacific negotiations which, .however, meant little when , accepted literally and nothing at all when it is, considered that Russia's pledged word Is toot worth the paper upon which, it Is written. Japan itself was not quite ready for business; its navy, needed strengthening. It' permitted the dilatory tactics to'con "tlnue until such time as the two warships bought in Italy were within striking distance and then. Its pent up dis satisfaction found rvent to the severance1 of diplomatic relations without waiting for Russia's latest and long expected reply to Japan's last, note. Optimists, sax; it does not necessarily rtean war; but "as it necessarily means something' besides peace the outcome of the disputes has brought war into 4 ther Immediate j foreground as the only honorable outcome instead of leaving it indefinitely In the future. with the absolute certainty that it would sooner or later come. - i There is no doubt that the instinct of the American people leads them Into sympathetic relations with, Japan. Here is a wh'ite race whose sympathies are , strongly aroused, in behalf of a yellotf race In a life and death struggle with another white race. In the last few years the scopefof the mighty plans of Russia has become Quite clear to the world. "The course which it mapped out for itself it was pursuing ruthlessly. Solemn pledges given were, made only to be broken. Through its Trans Blberlan railroad It projected Russia far into the Chinese domains. "Wherever.) It moved it camped, fortified and there proposed to " remain permanently. Other nations before have had land, lust but none of them has ever been ee insatiable as Russia, Manchuria it regarded simply as a stepping stone to the; whole of China and Korea, making it, the absolute arbiter of fate in the far east, a threat to the possessions of every European country,' if not to ac tual civilization. with Japan ascendant we 'may, on the other hand, ; look for the orderly development of China' along the brilliant lines set by Japan itself. The whole country would be open to the whole world. Just as Japan is, not a sealed book to the world as is Russia. It is a remarkable nJuTicrurexfTjtrcumstanees'hlcnTnakeir'of this representative of the yellow race the apparent agency to lead in the direction of a higher and better, civilization in the far east, to loosen that region from its thralldom while the very contrary" would be "expected in the event of Russian ascendency. " This, - together with the' American inclination to favor the Under dog, accounts for the sym pathy felt in this country for Japan in the struggle which It has now practically' entered and but of which the world should not too hastily conclude it will speedily emerge a defeated and humiliated victim. life; must feel as they did. in the. Venice' of old, of whom It has been said; ; , ' ' - '- "Whatever their tyrannies, or whatever their hard won glories might be, they were all for Venice, and only in a secondary and subsidiary sense for themselves." THE BALTIMORE FIRE. A LTHOUGH, ' very much more ctrcumscrlbedJser.. A , rltory Involved and muqh less spectacular in some "T' .respects, it looks as though' the fire which wiped out the heart of Baltimore's wholesale district will reach in money loss the staggering .totals which epitomized the Chicago fire. .There was so much valuable' property con fined to ; such, a narrow compass In Baltimore that mil lions in Value went up in what seemed to be a single whlft of smoke, so suddenly was It wiped out. With all our boasted advances how limited and inef fectual are our resources when, we face a genuine battle with one of the elements. The very best that we -can say Is that with all our experience, backed, by all, the Im plements which science, discovery' and invention have placed in our hands, we are able to "meet ordinary con ditions and, when we are fortunate enough to .meet them at the rtght moment, prevent them from getting beyond our 'control. But once a fire assumes full sway and the battle royal is "on between man and one of the elements we fully realize our own limitations and the unevenness of the contest, : .,' ...,.'....,' It is a dreadful calamity which Baltimore has suffered and one which will draw forth the heartfelt sympathy of the whole country, but it is mitigated by the fact that it involves so little human suffering and has turned so few people into homeless wanderers, the feature of the Chi cago fire" which touched the tenderest sympathies of the wide world Jn the face of that great calamity. AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY IN AFFAIRS. PUBLIC g ROM some remarks we have heard recently we are struck with the lack of the-sense of Individual ; ; responsibility, which obtains among so many of ' our citizens. One gentleman said, in speaking of the con dltlon of the street question, that he was pleased that some, one had taken up the subject, that he thought the' present methods scandalous, etc, etc. On being urged to help, and Join in the effort "to bring about a better condition of affairs, he said he' was tired out trying, he had been at it unavalllngly for 20 years, and now accepted things as they came. In other words, he had developed into a fatalist. J j , . ' . . . He is typical of many of his fellow citizens. Others are so engrossed in their personal business that they say they have no time to give to city affairs. This is selfishness. The greatest stumbling block to good government Is this very lack of personal responsibility in affairs other than those which concern our Immediate selves. The amazing thing in it all is the fact that the vast majority believe and teach the very doctrine that they so signally fail to prac tlce. Every one owes a duty to his city. Participating in an election is but a small part of it The duty is con tlnuous. In this street question It' is no more obligatory on The Journal to try to better conditions than it is upon any citizen. There is altogether too much leaning on others, too much willingness to be represented by proxy in work that does not put money in the -pocketbook. A few unselfish, determined men could revolutionize this street matter. The- Journal, can only voice the public sentiment,' but 'the individual can do more. The re sponsibility rests on all alike'' The "gambling evII'V exists and is endured for -the same reason.'; Each 'one by his actions asks the' old question, "Ara l my brother's keeper T' and passes by on the other side, blissfully unconscious' of the fact that as sure as the night follows the day, the penalty for breach of law, legal, moral or physical, will be exacted in full, and when that time comes it. will probably be. found that this answer, will not be received as a plea In Justification. The sooner the citizen realizes and acts upon the principle that lrsonal responsibility rests upon him in public as well as private, matters, the sooner; better conditions will be brought about. ' The city is only an aggregation of units and if the standard of units is low, their consolidation will not raise it. Each must take part In the city's HE school board of Portland reports that the .. school children of the city, are in no danger from lire, although none of the school buildings are fire proof and the Atkinson school is very badly arranged while the High School, building is practically a big chim ney. ; : J-' , (- . Fire escapes will "probably" be put in soon on the High School, while the, Atkinson school is to be improved "some time next summer." Meanwhile ' the school children are expected to go in dally danger of their lives.' Four months more of school life Intervenes- betweennow and-next summer, And there' is a strong probability that the fire escapes for the High School wiir await the convenience of the school board." . ';. .::',y. As regards the fire drill it is reported by pupils from the Harrison street school and one other, -that, this takes place about once or. twice a year .when a great many of the little girls are "most scared to death" because it is so unexpected and unusual. It is to be hoped that this is not true, but steps should- btf taken to ascertain at once if it is true or not.'". : ;7 "' "v V" -" ' ' In .most of the eastern and more progressive western towns fire drill is a part of each week's exercises. The children are so accustomed to it that a real fire alarm does not disturb them of cause them to break ranks through panic. A fire which broke out a few years ago in one of the largest and most crowded schools in Buffalo, where the drill was a weekly matter of course, scarcely caused any excitement at all among even the smallest of the children, although they were forced , to go down a flight of stairs where the smoke rolled up in considerable volume and the fire could be seen and heard plainly near at hand. They passed steadily down and out into safety, quietly encouraged by a word from the teachers who stood by until everyone was on the streets. ' . , Let us have the fire drill regularly In all the schools. RATES ON BURNSIDE STREET BRIDGE. I ARLY in December last the circuit court took under advisement the propriety of increasing the tolls to be paid the county for,, cars .running over the Burnslde street bridge. It will be remembered that when the , bridge , was built a charge of seven cents per car crossing was fixed by the bridge commission, which pro duced a revenue to start with of about $200 per month. In May of 1899 the rate as fixed was changed to a flat rental of $150 per month, which still continues. The expense of maintaining the bridges is very heavy and is paid, except that received from the rentals, by general taxation. On the new Morrison street bridge the rate per car of the City & Suburban railway Is fixed at three cents, with a mln lmum rental of f 1,000 per month. For other companies the rate is five cents per car with a minimum of $500 per month. The City & Suburban was given the low rate per car in order to Induce it to surrender an exclusive fran chise which it held and to cancel Its present lease. As the Burnslde street bridge is modern in all respects and no company haB any exclusive rights, in view of the arrange ment made for the nee of the Morrison street bridge the court should find no difficulty in fixing rates for th former The policy as well as the right to charge a rental was all threshed out in preparing the bill under which the new Morrison street bridge was authorised and in discussing the details of the new lease to ' the - City & Suburban railway, so what other cities do or charge has no bearing on the question. Our policy has been settled. It is only a question of schedule, not principle. As the mat ter has now been pending over two months the court will probably dispose of it before long. r , WATTIKSOJr OX HEARST. What 'the Kentucky Editor Said About ji . the Hew Tort Editor. , From the Courlor-ojurnal. . "That a man wholly untried in Dolit- ical affairs, untrained in office, per-, sonally unknown to .any constituency and in any public arena, should appear as a candidate for president of the United States seems- anomalous to the point of absurdity, Mr. Hearst, at least, la dead iH earnest.- Either haor som one .for htm is an energetic organiser. and besides the national league of Dem ocratic clubs, of which he is president. and, certain labor unions all over the country, which rally to his call, he has not merely a bar'l of free sliver, but a hogshead of standard gold. : . -.. - "The power of money In elections cannot be . gainsaid. How far its un stinted poBseaalon and application may be made to go upon" the field of na tional politics and in the interest of. a rich, ambitious aspirant " for "president is a question. But handled, Judiciously and unsparingly In . the hands of a really able and fit man, it might prove decisive. : a- . ;y .:.!!,-- t-l -'f "Since he has shown no backwardness in announcing and promoting his can didacy In his newspapers, let Mr. Hearst proclaim it in his own person on the floor of congress. Let him rise up and assert himself. Let him Invite all com ers to enter the lists; and at his expense, It they, care to amuse themselves, cry ing: V.;-' -.:" ' ; rr "'Have at ye, all ye -bucks in the gal'ry. And dam'd be the son'-of-a-gun that first cries " "Hold, enough!" " ' rThis would settle it We should be able to Judge Intelligently of a possible president s 'points and paces, his style, manner, muscle and parts of speech, Otherwise, Mr. Hearst will remain for us a myth, a figure of speech merely a barrel with the dollar mark ($) on one end. 'Mr. Bryan's handsome physiog nomy on the other. "The Courier-Journal fully realizes that Mr. Hearst's candidacy is actual, that it has elements of strength, and that It will have to be met at St. Louis. It would dignify, not belittle It But the party has rights as well as Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst. It must not be taken unawares. Thus it is that we ring the gettlng-up bell for Democrats and call 'time' on Mr. Hearst. 'The Courier-Journal has. nothing t say in disparagement of Mr. Hearst and his boom, except'. that it embodies too little of Mr. Hearst and too much of the almighty dollar. Under Mr. Bryan's Inspiration ,, and guidance with Mr. Bryan to speak for it and to deploy its forces- the boom ' will not lack for vociferous agitation and energetlo de velopment Even under Mr. Bryan's silence, or quasl-sllence, yet having his patronage, it takes on an air of im portance. Indeed, Mr. Bryan has already given it his Xriendly countenance. ' The Simple, Yet Old, Old Story of Emmd Schmidt Juiir . not . U.. not thst r b Judged. Matthew SI8C0TEBT 07 TXS COIYTKBXA. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ' . Another Phase of Xt. Portland, Feb. 6. To the Editor of The Journal Since the consensus of opinion appears to regard the opening of the fair on Sunday as harmless, those who think differently should retire straeefully, hoping that in the multitude if counsellors mere . may be safety. There is,- however, one phase of the question which the wftrklng classes would dl well to consider very earn estly 'It is this: That the keeping of Sunday as a day of rest is their best ci aura nee of Its continuance. ' If it Is used as a day of excursions, games and excitement, how long will it be. in these - days tirwhlch" almighty dollar rules pre eminent' before corporations and em ployers f labor generally will argue: "Since our employes appear to need no rest they may just as weil be at work, so we will keep our mills and offices and stores open on Sunday as on any other day. and those whq do not like it can tiult" T?seleas then for ths unfortun ute employe to say "I cannot work all the time; I need rest," because he him .'!f has rurninhed that employer with i he argument, "When you had - a day .aiven you for rest you did not use It fur that purpose, so your plea Is nothing more than lazy humbug." ' The whole matter is in the hands of the people and as a very large majority of those people constitute what Is termed the working class, it Is for them to decide. Only if in the future their employers should take advantage of their present action, let them remember that they themselves and they alone are to blame. W. E. TYRRELL, A VABSOX BtOWIlOV ITOBT. John Sharp Williams, the Democratic leader in the house, told a number of stories in a recent speech, but. the one that was the most laughed at-was this: "What I think of the course of the Re publicans in this Philippine business re minds me of a story I hard of old Mere dith P. Gentry in 'Tennessee. He had run for governor and been beaten by Andrew Johnson. He felt badly about his beating. Soon after that his wife died, and Gentry became melancholy; Finally a lot of old-line Whigs invited him to a party in Knoxville to cheer him up. . , ", " "Among the Whigs whq came was Parson Brownlow, who was' powerful in prayer, In those day the gentlemen had their demijohns of whisky, and they all drank until pretty late at night. Then they, would, have prayers, because they were all religious. Late that night after they had all -drunk deep, Parson Brownlow began his prayer. He prayed for the 'rich and the poor, the Ignorant and the learned. He prayed for his country and for all countries, and eD- iclally for the beloved commonwealth of LTennessee. . Then he began to pray for nis menus, ana eventually he prayed for Gentry. H prayed that heaven might send 'a salve to heal his wounds. "All the gentlemen had had their toddy, and Gentry, who was kneeling by the sofa, was heard to sob when the parson referred to the death of his wife. Then the good old parson began to pray for everything he had not previously touched-upon, and finally said: 'And, O Lord, If in thy Infinite mercy it be pos sible, have mercy also upon Andrew Johnson and John M. Savage.', "Then Meredith. P. Gentry, with the tears streaming down his face, rose from the sofa , and shouted: 'Stop, Brownlow, stop! You will exhaust the fount of infinite mercyl " TrespMsiagt From the St. Louis Republic. The father, who attempts to chastise his married daughter is most assuredly trespassing upon the prerogatives of his son-in-law. Vii,;-.Vh i , , Aeoept Kla Suggestion. ' . From the St Joseph Gasette. . Secretary Shaw says that a young man should not work for hire, and a good many oi mem are inclined to follow his him" Bert Huffman, Jn Pendleton East Ore ! arontan. : . .- From-qualnt iN$w'- England's loved and rugged shore. Bold seamen pressed, a hundred years or -v ..more, : i-. - , . Toward the . perils t of yon southern Horn To seek new worlds beyond its coasts forlorn; What i if they find the hidden Indian wayT, ,' .. v In all its splendor, r at ' the Gates of :- '.' . Day?i,;.: :;:K':-!-".:;-'-i-r..:': -Sr Or if before their daisied view should ' rise In California, a new Paradise? " ' -: The fragile bark rode all the storms that beat . In Titan battles 'neath the Andes' feet;. . And past the sentinels of wild Darien Still wilder seas beat on those fearless . mea But onward, still toward yon Northern star; Toward yon watting empire's gate, afar. Ah, what to them these perils ever new? Tried were those hearts and found full brave and true. For Oregon lay wreathed in cloud and mist; Her headlands by the bold Pacific klst The ' daring Spaniard, lustful for her gold. ' Turned from the f dry of her river bold; Twice thrice, laid selge on yon unyield ing bar As oft was hurled, a craven crew, '. afar; Then with deep curses turned his bark ' away, . With superstitious boding and dlS' : may. -.: So fierce the breakers beat his fragile craft, So wild the waves which smote him fore and aft, ., The shrinking sailors vowed a demon '.-. reigned ; . r-' ; .? - Within the river gateway, unrestrained. One morning rode two Yankee craft at sea; The mists had lifted and the mysterr The wonder and the beauty of the laid, Lay open, like a dream, on every hand. Green meadows smiled; the purple wood' lands lav i Robed like a queen, in the first tints of - day. Flowed down between her guardian gods , at rest The loved, majestic river of the west Those eager hearts straight through that gateway ho re, , . To view the Eden spread ton "either ' shore; 'Twaa left for thee, brave Yankee hearts, to find . . , . Columbia and her empires, for mankind. flections of a Bachelor. From the New York Press. - It would be awfully foolish for women to dress the way they do if they weren't hunt the way they are. When a man goes away on a business trip his wife has an idea something dreadful will happen to htm unless she puts her photograph , in his traveling nag. One of the hardest things for a man to do when ha has come home late from the club and tried to go to bed without taking off his collar is to explain to his wife he heard it was a good cure tor sore throat , The clever way to praise most women is to damn their rivals. A woman can lose the most 'ardent jover ray buying his cigars, for him. ; No women ever has any patience with a novel where the author forgets to have , the heroine's laughter ripple. A Mormon must have lots , of fun threatening his wives to change his in surance policies, in favor of the other. How ' Can He St Do xtt x From the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. With what grace can a St. Louie alderman with his fixed price of $1,000 look Into the face of that Grand Rapids alderman who got $40,000 for just on vote? .. . .... AUi for the rarity Of ChrlttUa charity ; Under the inn! . . O. It waa Dltlful! Near the whole city full iom ana Baa none. ?':;?, -llOOd. A wretched son!, bruised - with aarersity. -Shakeipeare. Shall I gtve my first bora lor mi trans gresalon. th fruit of my body for the aln of my aoults-Hlcah 1., T. ' From the Chicago Tribune. This Is the story of Emma Schmidt. - It Is written for those of you who are curious'1 to know what - moved Emma Schmidt to abandon her 6-weeks'-old baby girl In Grant park, on the lake front, last Saturday night. .It is written for you- who-JtnoWr- Emma.-Schmidt 4M he pages of Goethe and Hugo and Zola, for you who inhabit th wilderness of the city yet know not the wilderness. It is the story of countless Emma Schmidts, of whom you never hear, though you touch elbows with them every day in the byways of: the wilderness. If something had not moved the mother to return-to the spot ' where she , had abandoned her child, and where the police were in wait for her; there would be no story to tell. : There would be only the terse chronicle that threa babies wer abandoned In Chicago Saturday night At the foundling asylums, where the , in fants were received, they would tell you that three lives cast out In one day 'to die In the human wilderness is not a.. remarkable thing.; Few of the cases are reported to the .police. And iff you- had Inquired at the county hospital, where Emma. Schmidt's baby 'was bonti 'they would tell you that the day is not known which does not bring at least three falter ing Marguerites to their doors. For- Emma Schmidt is a Marguerite. She has never heard of "Faust." , She cannot read the poetry that -starts the tears of sympathy to your eyes, nor feel the music that clutches at your heart. But she has lived the story. And so has Margaret Holman, who abandoned her child on the lake front beside the baby of Emma Schmidt- - " Emma Schmidt sat In her celt yester day at the Harrlaon-street police station and pondered the riddle of life. Not the supreme enigma, but Just the riddles of her existence yesterday, and the day before, add. .th day before that . 4 : "I cah't make it all out," she said. ; "I asked a rich lady -to aave me and my baby from starvin', but the lady turned me down when she found out I ain't got a husband. W y o course, f I had a husband I wouldn't 'a been -starvin'. I couldn't get anybody to give me work 'a long 's I had a little baby, an' my sister wouldn't let me bring the baby home. ! She Is a good girl an' she said I bad dis graced the family. I didn't know any thin' to do but leave the baby somewhere. I done just what everybody seemed to want me to do, an' then they up an' ar rests me for it' If too deep for me. Mebbe you can flgger it out for me." ' Emma Schmidt Is a domestic. She is 27 years old. She can neither read nor write. Her father, who died a month ago. was German. Her mother, who lives in Le Moyne street, is Irish. There are three other childrenStephen, who lives with his family across t,he street from the mother, and Rose and Elizabeth,' 23 and 17 years old respectively, who "work put" tosupport their parent. "a mother is a mother tin. Tha holleat thing ellTe." x . Coleridge, Emma commenced her wayward career In the associations of young men and girls whose diversion was, in the main, the frequenting of the all-night dance balls of the northwest side when the day's work was done. Rose was always a good girl, and is now about to marry a man with whom she has "kept company" for four years. Rose has been employed for two years in .the kitchen of the Wellington hotel, where she earns t22 a monjlu. A, year ago she secured a posi tion for Emma in the helpers' hall of th same hotel. Emma was paid $3.60 a week) ) ',vlv'':.-r-k:yS': w '. It' was herd that Emma met the man who she says is the father of -her child. He was a bellboy. Though' Rose at tempted to break up the relationship Emma declared that th man had prom ised to marry her. Then the hellboy dis appeared and the last Emma heard ef him he was In jail charged with theft In another city. Emma then gave up her position and went home to her mother. Her condition was kept a secret, even from her brother Stephen and his family across the street. Then within two Weeks of the baby's birth Emma was sent to the county hos pital. Her bed in the long ward where other Marguerites lay was next that of Margaret Holman. Their babies were born the same day. Emma named her child Rose after her good sister. The grandmother came every day to see her child and the little mite that was her child's child, but she firmly declared that the baby could not be brought home. So, at the end of a week, Emma took her baby in her arms and passed out of the big hospital into th human wilder ness, not knowing whither to turn1 her stepa - With her was Mary Hallman. They went first to the Foundlings' -home, where they .were ' sheltered 5 lot threo weeks. - Then they went to the Home of the Friendless, where they spent an other three weeks, i - t ; 4They made me work so hard" there I was all fagged out an' too tired to nurse my baby.' Then I had to nurse another baby besides." said Emma through the bars of her cell, The two mothers left their last home on Saturday, afternoon. They Inquired for work in several places, but t'he for lorn appearance of th women with their Infant burdens did not commend them to employers. They grew desperate. . "Lady, won't you please help me an my baby?" was Emma's: appeal soon afterward to a - fashionable - woman standing at the. door of her carriage be fore a.. Thirty-fifth street store. . "Where is you husband?" demanded the woman of fashion. Emma started to tell her story, but when th rich woman saw its burden she called her footman to drive the' creature away. Emma Schmidt and Mary Hall man then went downtown ' and Emma made a last appeal to Rose. "You . call Rose : a : virtuous woman, don't you,: because she didn't do "what X dldr philosophised - the unlettered Emma, leaning a weary head on the cell bar.; But she told me I couldn't come home with that baby an' she said she didn't care What I did with it I may .be bad, but it was Rose drove m to throw my baby away." : Emma had been without money since the second week of her stay at th Foundlings' home. She and Mary Hall man, too, had been without food sine that morning. "They had nursed their babies once in the parlor of a down town department - stora ; When Emma left Rose she realised that her only shelter in all the wilderness of the eity waa her mother's home and there (she could go only without her baby. ; - Lore eoreretb all sins. rroverus I., n. Bent e'er her babe, bee eye dlaaolTcd In lw. The big drops mingling , with the milk she . drew. . '- '.'v Gave the lad nreaaga of her futur years -The child of misery, baptised in tear. - Juha Laoghorne. Woe onto ye that are full! For "j Shall, bunger.--Lue t1., 36. So she resolved to put the baby away where some one might find it and then go- home. At o'clock the two women crept behind th Art institute and left their babies. Then they parted. Emma says she lingered in th streets several times, her mother love pulling her back to" her abandoned child."- Then the pangs of hunger gripped her again and she stumbled on. She begged a nickel to pay her fare to the Lemoyne street house, -J,Emma, : where is your babyT was the inquiry with which s her mother greeted heft ' Emma tcld what she had done, The mother threw up her hands in horror.- -"Quick, qulck.'you must go back and get your baby," , she cried. "'Bring it home, child. What can you be thinking of7.::; You ar " .' ' vs But Emma had fainted. As soon as she was revived and had taken nourish ment she was sent back with bar young sister, Llxsle, to recover tha baby. "It was s slow goln back." wept the prisoner at the thought "I waa so glad that I could bring tha baby home, but I was afraid it would be dead before we got there. We got off the elevated at Adams street, an' I ran ahead and showed I.iasia where I left the baby in a box. But it was not there. Then a man stepped up an' showed his star and said I was arrested." Owning her weakness, Her stII behaflor. ' X And leaving with mesk- Her sins to her Savior. "Pathless was the dreary wild. 'And 'mid th ebeer . leas hour of night , . "A mother wandered with her child. "As through tb drtft---tng snows .: sb preened "The babe was ileeplng - ing so her breaxt." 4eba Smith. . r ''-' i . '-. - He that Is without sin let him cast tha flra tone. John vllL, T. American Gunners In Great Demand for War Purposes . From th Chicago Journal. The sixty-four 1 trained men-o'-war's men who jumped their ships just before the departure of Admiral Robley D. Evans' Aslatlo fleet from Honolulu, ar said to be on their way to port Arthur to ship at their rates on Russian men. o'-war. Th rumor that Russia was offering big bounty money for skilled gunners probably caused their desertion. Whenever American ships of war are within hailing distance of the seen of a prospective naval scrap between other powers, special restrictions have to be put upon the shore liberty of the blue jackets of the American ships. , Th same precaution is taken by the com manders of the British men-o'-war. When two naval nowers are about to rush upon each other, naval officers' in the American service observe that dis patches, always dated from the capitals of the contending governments and of fering generous Inducements to Amer ican and British men-o'-war's men of training and skill, infallibly appear in newspapers published in porta in and around which American and ; British fleets ar cruising. They say. too, that the men to whom these hints appeal don't care so much for the money in ducements that ar thus offered as they do for the prospects for a rattling good scrap. ". . :.: Penitentiary Tasbions. From the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Indiana convicts have discarded th conventional stripes for suits of gray, Ka.shlnns will rhinr. .v.n in lh, 1 tor of garbing convicts, ' , , , When the Japs knocked the Chines fleet to splinters at, tile battl of th Yalu, a considerable percentage of the seamen gunners on the Japanese ships Were American and British bluejackets who had hopped their ships. The Amer ican commander of a Chinese battleship during that engagement, who afterward shot himself in New York, while tempo rarily deranged, often said that if he had had as many American and British bluejackets to leaven the hopeless in competence of the slant-eyed gunners under him as were serving on board the ships of Japan the Chinese fleet would have been able to give th Japanese a better run for their money during that savage sea fight , 1 ' : On several occasions ' American men-o'-war's men have deserted to Join na vies that had prospects" of fighting, only to sea the differences between the gov ernments amicably patched up. Thus they have been left in very lugubrious and hopeless situations. The American naval service Is so far and away the most - desirable in the world for bluejackets in time of peace, and the fellows who Jumped to the other navies for the sake of th fighting they figured on found themselves enlisted for a long term of years on foreign ships of war, with men of alien speech and of a type With which they had noth ing In common. ' . As a rule, such men desert from th foreign ships Just as soon as all pros pects of fighting has finally petered out and some of them try to get back to the American naval service by means of fairy tales as to how they were shang haied . into ' the foreign naval ' service, Few of .'. them contrive to work , this scheme successfully, 'however. 1 A few endeavor to make the most of their bad oreak in deserting from Amer ican ships and settle down as best they. may on the foreign ships. In every navy of the world there is a sprinkling of American men-o'-war's men who hav joined the foreign service in this man ner. -. When the American fleet participated in the big doings of the German navy at Kiel, a .few years ago, a lot of old time men-o'-war's men of the American navy had a great laugh on a shore visit one day over an Irishman In a German bluejacket's uniform with whom they met up. This Irishman had been a bo's'n's mate in th American navy for a dozen years. At a time when Germany and Great Britain were in a growl over each other, h deserted, hun gering for a chance to take a crack at the British, and shipped on board a Ger man warship as a gunner. Then th row between the German empire and Great Britain was all smoothed up, and the Irishman found himself under a Ger man "fo'o'sl "wld a lot av Dootch sau sages,' as he expressed it o Sallorlng was his business, and he knew that there was no chanc for, him to break into the American navy again. He had taken the situation philosoph ically and made the best of it Th German navel service is not, such-a bad one in peace times, either, and at length the Irishman became used to his posi tion, -and was steadily rising in rating. At the time, nearly fifteen years ago, when it looked as if war between the United States and Chile could not be avoided, a number of American blue Jackets were serving on Chilean ships. Every man jack of them, upon being questioned as to his intentions, posi tively refused to promts to fight against the United States. They were clapped Into irons on th Chilean ships and subjected to treat ment in th brigs of their ships such as would be Impossible on board th ships of a really civilised country. But even under treatment that virtually amounted to torture not a man of them gave up or consented to take part In th engage ments should the United States and Chile come to blows. Officers cashiered from the American navy t ar occasionally run across in these ' . services. These ' scrupulously avoid any contact" with their , former wardroom shipmates when American ships happen to be in portj fn which they are serving. 1 Th bluejackets in th foreign serv ices are not so dainty as to meetings with their former shipmates, being, as a rule, reckless. Indifferent, devil-may-car chaps who are not in th least bothered by their own or anybody else's recollection, of their shadowy" records. Their records rarely prevent them from being anappy and valuable men-o'-war's men in the undisciplined and more -or less hopeless services to which they give themselvea - ( - . '-. -s--r r-T ' And the American bluejackets in these services infallibly gat their monthly pay, too, whether the rest of th ship's company is paid or not Th lucre that is brought over the aide of some of the warships down that way has a habit of sticking queerly to the paymasters' fing ers, .and of reaching the crews ln'rar driblets. But the English-speaking blue- Jackets always get their money without the least bother- . Advice to the Lovelorn ' . ... BY BEATRICE rAntfAX. '. Dear Miss Fairfax: I hav been In t reduced to a young lady at a dance? 1 gave my card and she- did not have any. But she told me her nam and address and said I should call If I happened to pass her house Then she added I should call her up bx 'phone as she might be out I am anxious to see her and I would like td know If it is proper, and if so,'when should I callT I shall look for an answer in your "Advice td the Love lo-" . LA. , It is quit proper for you to call and why do you not da as she suggested? Call her up by 'phone and find out when ah will be home. , , , Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young man 24 years old snd in love with a very nice glrl.'who I think returns my affection. I would very much like-to ask her to be my wife, but owing to my bashfulness hav been unable to propose, although several times I have had it In my mind to do so. but that strange feeling always cornea over tn and I cannot say a Word of love. Will you plaase advise how I am ever to tell herT I think could propose by letter. Would that be proper? A BASHFUL LOVER. It would be perfectly proper to pro pose by letter. Remember that "faint heart ne'er won fair lady", and don't be afraid; every woman likes a bold, wooer. Dear Miss Fairfax: Some time ago I kept company with a young, man. but we had a quarrel and he then went with my friend Just to get m Jealous. Now . they have separated and although he has never said anything to ma I have learned that he wants to com back to me. . As I like htm; very much and as it was ' through a trill we were parted and Just ' as much my fault as his,. I would. like to know whether I ought to .wait for'him to say something or whether I should' speak first and how I should? , ; MISS MISTAKEN. v I think it would be better to- let the man make the first advances, and then you can be ready to meet him half way. If he really wants to makeup he will' find some way of Jetting you know, You might tell th person who told you that he was sorry that you were sorry also ' and perhaps in that way the breach may be mended. , .Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young lady of 20 years of age and have been keenlnar eombanv. with nearly three years my senior. I thought a gooa aeai ox mm, nut he always quar reled with me for speaking to other young men I knew. I hav found him to be very jealous, and I quit his company I hear he is neariy erasy over my giving' him up, so I thought I would ask your advloa. ,..;: , ; ... x. j 1 If you do not care for him and find his Jealousy unbearable, there is nothing' for you to do but give him up. Per-' haps, however, this .may teach him a lesson, and he will try and be more sareeable If you take him hnir rr... . for a little while, anyway; snd see how, n wonts, ana-give mm another -chance.'