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Editorial f ge f JoEiraaS ; PORTLAND; OREGON , , WEDNESDAY,1 FEBRUARY 17. 1904 ' THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, (fV: "t, AN JNDEPB.lYDBNT-'iNB'WSpXpBR V 1 ' C & (JACKSON Published -every evening s (except Sunday) it Tht Journal Building, V Fifth and Yamhill streets, Portland, Oregoa OFFICIAL PAPER OP THB CITY OP -I PORTLAND ' ; WHEN YOU'RE BEATEN YELL "FAKE." FTUE PRIZEFIGHTER who is beaten raises the cry '," I , of foul; the baseball team which loses Jumps upon ' . the umpire for what it calls his" rotten 'decisions; the slow-coach newspaper which is left at the wire in the - pursuit of. news hysterically, screams fake. Every cool ;'and sane man knows precisely what is coming in every 'given case; every fellow who is beaten yells '"foul," or "robbery,".' or "fake." Everybody 'waits for it, for it is - always sure to come, and everybody receives it with, a sarcastic burst of merry laughter. ,:'.''.'. ; -There' la a good old French proverb which is so search lrtgly tfue that very few people dare honestly, apply, It to themselves. It is this:, "He who excuses accuses." ' There Is a keen bit of practical philosophy for you I When a man begins to make apologies for himself or a newspaper to its readers ,he- or it simply brings a personal accusation against bis or its own enterprise, ability or forethought.' - When the slow-coach newspaper is confronted' with some news event that carries it out of the rut, it 1b simply bewildered and unnerved. So long as the so-called hews Is brought Into it with mushy fulsomeness by some news association Or through the agency of the freight depart ment of some friendly railroad, it can worry along. But In the even( of a Russian-Japanese war these methods are altogether too slow.; It is no longer possible to dally lit mossbacky ease; The news will not come in, but must ' be gone for, and that which comes through the formal press associations must be supplemented by the liver, more vivid and more picturesque material which is sent out by the ablest war correspondents. This is precisely .what . a live newspaper Intended for a live people will do. lit Is precisely what- The .Jour nal did when. It bought the Hearst war . serv ice and strengthened in ; every direction its . special news supply. It Is precisely what Its thrifty dead-alive so-called competitors did not do. All that then remained for them was to yell fake when . The Journal publishes news several days in advancer of them. To do these things costs real money, has the price and Is willing to pay it. peared In this paper that has not appeared in the Seattle Times, the San Francisco Examiner and a score of other enterprising and up-to-date American newspapers. The other news agencies ponderously labor ally about a week behind, which is fortunate, for if the news came to their' patron newspapers piping hot, as It comes to The Journal, many so-called editorial Intellects would totter on their thrones and the taxpayers would go broke In Increasing the accommodations at a big public . institution in Salem which needs no further Identification. ;A RUDEAWAKENING, HE CITIES Of the Pacific Coast have had an object-lesson for some time past: (' In the town of i Bremerton a lesson which goes to show that good morals even in a municipality are a necessity In the mat ter of securing and keeping business Of, profit, ' ' ' s , '. ' ' .The town of Bremerton had Aft excellent harbor, splen did natural facilities for a United States navy-yard, but ' like Portland Its municipal affairs were run for the benefit of the incumbents of office whose .re-election and per quisites depended upon the saloon and gambling element. The thoroughfare leading to the navyiyard was shown to be demoralizing;, the saloons and gambling-houses flour ished unchecked along Front street, and the navy depart' msnt asked that the street be cleaned up. The town officials treated the. request with Indifferent contempt and did nothing,' and as a consequence the town lost business in six months to the amount, of a quarter of a million dollars. The citizens awoke to the situation too lnte to remedy matters; mass meetings1 and protests should have been earlier. ' . ' . ' . . .. , 'The secretary of the navy made the point that he was only acting upon strict business principles; he was not enforcing a temperance measure', bat protecting the sail ors from Influences detrimental to them, and through them to, the navy. - '-'' ' .' '' ' I The navy cannot afford to have Its force weakened and demoralised, but the' fathers and mothers of young men ii Portland are not yet aroused to the wrong being done to the citizens of this, community. Not only have we the demoralising conditions ' which prevailed at Bremerton, but the even greater demoralizing effect of laws broken by the officials put in office to uphold them, and the spec tacle of newspapers with so low a standard of public prin ciple as to strenuously uphold the malefactors, I A selfish policy is always a bad one. The better class of citizens in any town, who really would prefer to have a good city government, and yet would rather sit still and see bad men la power than to take the trouble to remedy matters, are largely to blame for conditions. They, like the- citizens of Bremerton, must wait until their own busi ness or their own homes are threatened, when they will hasten to close the stable door after the steed Is stolen tv put down the evil-doer after the full measure of his In fluence has been permitted to work Ineradicable harm. - Press- dispatches from St- Petersburg announce, that Nicholas II, emperor of all the Russtas and great grand son of Nicholas I of Crimean war fame, "Is deeply , an noyed with the attitude- recently adopted by the Russian , press of commenting upon the political situation in a way calculated to raise enmity between Russia and England, Md also, very specially, America." This Is but in line With Russia's duplicity, which Is so well known. It Is a .- matter of fact that every Item, including advertisements, must go through the censor's hands to make the publica tion of the same possible, and an ordinary hint from headquarters to the army of censors would like magic stop all such annoyances to his majesty. But to incite the - people of Russia against others, especially in times of LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE - aCcXinlay sat the Oregonlan. Portland." Feb. It. To the Editor . of The Journal As a life-long Republican who has had some rather unusual op portunities, to know I wish to enter an 'earnest protest against a statement made in this 1 morning's issue of the Oregonlan. It is an editorial, on the death, of Senator. Ilanna, It says: "Borne inefficient, men are wholly. Idealistic. MrKlnley and Ilanna were wholly prac tical, utilitarian. Truth concerned them nn more than to the extent of Its avail ability for results.. Votes were more than principles; the full dinner pall more to be df?lreI than facts." I 4 not believe there has ever, lived a more conscientious man than Major. M-Ktn)ey. He ws clou to the hearts i f the people tweause he had a warm hf-art himself and ho wa scrupulous In sit hts dealings. It Is a sin and shame at this late day to charge him with being an opportunist' who cared for nothing tut suvcens however sohlersd and no PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. T '' but The Journal Not a line has ap in. the rear, usu EDITORIAL W HILE the for the its notice which Is a source Unable to sink any of the Japanese fighting machines in the far eastern waters, Russia has turned for consolation to a lonely merchant vessel. Without warning or cere mony of any kind her great navy, or whatever there is left 'of it, sent the boat, cargo and men into the bottom of the sea.. This may not be in accord with rules govern ing warfare, or even with ordinary decency, but it will give Russia a chance to report a great victory in her Official Messenger. The reader, however, will undoubt edly contrast this action of Russia with the humane be havior of Japan. According to the- 8U Louis Republic, - Bertlllon, the French scientist, has just discovered a method of 'making the dead lifelike. He should be -forced to withdraw his claim of discovery. His method was copyrighted over twenty years ago by the Evening Telegram of this city, which has since pursued the system to a demonstration. Honor to whom honor Is due, say we. matter at what sacrifice of morals and self respect. I . AN OHIO REPUBLICAN. Wants a Oar Lisa Portland, Fab, 1 io the Editor of The Journal The proposed Improvement on Burnslde street will not be complete unless , the street cars run out that street Burnslde street needs a street car for it Is one of the main streets, and if they don't put a street car there before the .Improvements it will never have one. .'" The people living on the east side cannot have accommodations for the fair because there will be only a few cars running across the river. If Burn Ids had a car line that-would be the shortest way for the people on the east side to' get to the fair. Hoping you will find this worthy to publish. , ::. CITIZEN., " Hopefully Approved. -'L From the Atlanta Constitution. ' William Dean llowells wants the au thor of the Unwed - States to form a union, The resdlng. public would be de lighted if a general strike should be the result, ' , ". ' ;' " "' r ,- ;'- ", " v ' ! JNO. P. CARROLL war, and against such as do not sympathize with the high banded methods of the Russian oligarchy, is a part and parcel of "Russla'a methods. A MAN WHO IS WORTH WHILE. HERE Is no nian In the United States better quali fied from practical experience, supplemented by gratifying success, to speak on the subject of a Juvenile court and the treatment of delinquent children than Judge Ben B. Llndse-y, who will address the people of Portland at the Unitarian church tonight. . . V I The Juvenile court over which he presides Is now re garded as a model for all courts of like character, 'it found Its starting-point In finding the man. When he became county Judge there was but a hodge-podge of con tradictory and effete laws to govern the relations of the state; to Its delinquent children. Intensely interested in the question, intensely in earnest and very much more concerned with achieving results thait slavishly following precedents,' he set to work to build this branch of his labors from the ground up. At the start he had no intelligent laws to back him. Indeed, he was forced to take many things for granted and to give wide play to his common sense and experience. But It was not long before the people discovered that here was a real man; one who regarded his office; not for the emoluments and dignities which went with it, but simply and solely as a means , to an end, and that end to help the helpless to higher and better things. The work and the man had found each other, and not many months passed before he had on the statute-books by unanimous legislative action every law that 'he required. The law is no longer used in his court to make crimi nals of Irresponsible children; it is administered, to save them, to direct them along the right path, to extend the helping hand,1 to provide for them employment and to cover with the mantle of charity the backsliding that always ' comes In the earlier days of their reformation. This Is part of the work upon which Judge Llndsey has been engaged, and the success which he has achieved is an inspiration to other workers In he same field who have striven vainly to better existing conditions. He is a man of heart and soul and feeling, a man who may dream his dreams, but who follows his plans upon In tensely practical lines and achieves the most altruistic results from the most unpromising material and what to others might be the most discouraging succession of disappointments. WRITING MADE EASY. Oregonlan Industriously marked time past forty years It has let escape the fact that the world do move and that the citizens of Oregon now have really good postal facilities. We no longer depend upon the infrequent news paper or quarterly brought in by the- pony express to com pare the views and news of other parts of the world with our own. Many of us now have newspapers from vari ous parts of the United States quite regularly, and even from foreign , countries, while- very few families find It possible to exist without an occasional magazine or two each month. The Oregonlan, however, has failed to realize this fact, and as a consequence sees no reason for changing Its an cient and well-tried habit of cribbing editorials as the schoolboy cribs his composition. The recipe Is an easy one to follow, and has the additional merit of giving to the readers of the Oregonlan some really scholarly edi torials. k ,, ' Take any number of newspapers and magazines; pick out from each from one to a dozen paragraphs upon a given subject; dovetail them neatly together, being care ful to change a word here and there- in order to make them a little less liable to detection; cover with a catchy title and serve cold upon the editorial page of ' the Morning Oregonlan. '. ' - . f ' Here .Is a sample- taken from a recent issue df the Ore gonlan: Title, "Russia Not Disposed to Fight." Quota tions from Mr. Osborn, ' deftly dovetailed with supposed opinion! of the Oregonlan. but really from the London Times; - following these are' extracts taken bodily from the Cosmopolitan for February and an article- wjjtten by John Brlsben Walker, who gets no credit, and. probably the Oregonlan argued that he wanted none. The aspiring Journalist need no longer despair of reach ing a high position In his chosen profession simply because he has not sufficient brains and ability to write stuff worth reading. All he needs Is a large supply of current literature and plenty of . ink. The fact that he has no opinions worth mentioning need not trouble- him; he can readily find plenty of strong, positive and well-considered opinions which can be made to fit the editorial page of any newspaper. ; SAurr. Dalny, on the bay of Tallen-wan, which is reported to be seriously men seed by the Japanese fleet, is a , new town that the RusBlan government has built up within a few years. It has cost-about 14.000,000 and is one of the termini Of the Manchurlan road, but ex pectations " as to its commercial value have proved to be Ill-founded. Dalny is about 25 , miles north of Port 'Arthur, and should the Japanese be able to- ef fect a landing there in force and cut the railway. Port Arthur would find It self in a grave predicament. It is the general belief that an attempt will be made to strike an especially severe blow at this point with the hope of crip pling the Russian resources. . towa's Tote for Oovernor. Spring Water. Or., Feb. 10. To the Editor of The Journal; Please inform me of tse official vote for governor in Iowa cast November J, 1903. , - ': C. H. GUTTRIDOE. ; ' Cummins, Republican, 288.798; Bulll van, Democrat, 151,7011; Cummins' plu rality, 7,00. Total vote, including scattering, 417,053. '., r , I. . Facts About the The Republic's Uncle Sam Is no less entertaining when he turns his energies in an educational direction than when he performs through the ordinary chan nels of diplomacy and legislation. Doc umentary proof of this is constantly coming to hand. A fresh portion has been recently transmitted from the de partment of agriculture in a booklet, "Poultry as Food," by Helen W.' At water. .There are some surprising statistics among the other facts garnered la this publication.' . According to" the returns of the census for 1900, the total number of chlcCens, Including- guinea-fowls, on farms In the United States was 233,668.085; the total number of turkeys 6,S9,3(7; geese, 5,676,86?, and ducks, 4,807,351. . From the statistics gathered it appeared that poultry was kept on 88.8 per cent of the farms of this country and that the total value of the poultry raised on farms in 1899 iwas 1136,891,877, f i Although many chickens are kept for eggsrather than for their flesh, a good proportion of fhem finally appear In the meat market, and almost all of the other varieties of poultry are bred primarily for the ' table. It Is safe to say that 260,000,000 chickens and other kinds of poultry are consumed in this country each year. "i Turkeys were imported into Europe from North America, where very similar varieties are-still found wild. Their English name is probably due to a mis apprehension with regard to the coun try from which they came. if Ouiiiea fowls are natives of -Africa. They have been carried to many parts of the world, but do not yield to domes tication as' easily as some other kinds of poultry: ' Peafowls were In classlo days consid ered, very, delicate eating, and during the middle ages the peacock. Served whole and garnished with his own gorgeous plumage, mads the principal dish at many feasts. Like many other kinds of poultry, they were Introduced into Europe from Asia. Pheasants originated In Asia, and have hitherto been bred almost exclu sively for sport or ornament. Their flesh Is tender, but has little taste until it has been kept for some time. The hens are preferred to cocks for table purposes. ' Most of the domesticated breeds of ducks have been derived from the wild mallard. Duck-breeding has long been practiced in the Old World, where the birds are extensively used for the table, but until recently they have been raised in this country only incidentally by OEKMAirT'8 OXOWBT VXXWOB. A Sashing Toung Tallow for Whom a Bride Xs Being Selected. Berlin Correspondence of Chicago Newt. Emperor William's recent Indisposi tion and the possibilities involved have concentrated public interest upon the personality of Crown Prince Frederick William, to whom people have not paid much attention because of the hoge and belief that his father was assured of a long reign. , The crown prince, too. Is still so much of a boy that Germans have-not been enabled to Judge of bis talents for kingship. - Emperor William came to the throne at 29. while his son is not yet 22, so It cannot fairly bs expected that Frederick William, If he should be crowned king and emperor today would bring to the palace any of those matured gifts which Immediately made his father the foremost royal fig ure la the world. ' It is remembered, however, that when gmperor William was the crown prince's age he showed frequent signs of the aggressive ability for which he is now famous, while the son, so far as ; is publicly known, has given no evidence of remarkable characteristics, due pos sibly to the fact that he has had neither chance nor occasion to' manifest them. He is intelligent, modest and of refined and quiet tastea and these are believed to contain the. seeds of promise. What Germans interpret as a fine burst of spirit occurred at Potsdam re cently when his Imperial highness, rid ing at the head of his company of in fantry guards, mounted the steep ter race steps leading to Sans Soucl pal ace, 'Invited the men to luncheon, and showed them the relics of Frederick the Great, and, swinging again Into the sad dle, led them down the terrace steps. The company enjoyed the 'lark' im mensely, and the crown prince won a name for "kameradschaft," amobg the rank and file of the army. He - attended the dedication of the American church In Berlin on Thanks giving day, where - several hundred Americans were given their first op portunity of studying the future kaiser at close range. He gives an unmistak able Impression Of physical weakness, but this may be due to his shyness or to his tall, trim figure, for he -is by no means a weakling. When stag hunting in the Hars mountains he la frequently on his feet all day and his dashing horse manship at the officers' riding meetings and prowess st the oar and at tennis are matters of common knowledge. Horse racing will probably enjoy during his reign the first royal favor of it experienced in Germany, for Emperor William has never been Interested in the turf. The crown prince is altogether more of his mother's than his father's son. He has inherited the retiring dis position of the handsome empress, but facially Is distinctly Hobenaollern. , Who will be chosen ss' the " crown prince's bride and with him ascend the imperial throne also becomes a matter of Interest. The princess considered the most likely candidate. Princess Alice of Albany, Is no longer in the lists, since her recent engagement to the Prince of Teck. The names one hears most now are those of two daughters of the Duke of Cumberland, pretender to the throne of Brunswick and Hanover, the Princess Alexandra and Olga, who are both the crown prlnca's Juniors. Their cousin, Princess Thyra, eldest daughter of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, Is also a possibility. She is It months older than the crown prince of Germany, but a union with her would possess certain political advantages that would out weigh such an objection. Princess Margaret of Connaught Is another royal girl whose name has been linked with Frederick William's, but. an alliance with the English house is al most excluded, for it would probably be more unpopular-ln Germany than Em peror, Frederick's marriage, besides in volving a close intermixture of blood relations. It is certain that the ques tion of choosing a wife for the German crown prince Is one of the pressing state matters engaging the kaiser's at tention and the world has probably not much longer to wait to hear the news. If Frederick William should marry and die without issue Prince Eltel Fred crick would become king of Prussia and emperor of Germany, Known affection ately as "Eltel Frits, " Just as Emperor Frederick was called "Unaer Fritz," the kaiser's big. handsome. Jolly seepnd- son is without doubt the most popular ..of the seven imperial children. Six feet in height end built like a college foot ball player, he ruts a dashjng figure In his lieutenant - of guards' ; uniform or Bonn student garb, and has won his Poultry We Eat farmers who happened to have access to pond or stream. Of late years, how ever, the duck-raising industry has been greatly developed. v,v-v - '. ' ,: J '.,- Oeese have been .used as table birds at least ever since the days of ancient Egypt, 'They are now common all over the world, but perhaps most abundant in Germany, where their flesh 1s relished In every Imaginable form, from the smoked Pomeranian goose breast to the popular "Poekelgans," pickled, stewed and preserved In fat. Goose fat is also preserved in Germany and is often eaten on bread in place of butter. . Considering poultry- from the stand point of economy, Miss Atwater believes that low-priced chicken is practically the only kind which compares in nutri ents furnished for a. given sum with the cheaper kinds of beef and pork, and then only : because by using the broth parts otherwise wasted can be utilized. If the income is large enough Jo war rant .paying a little extra for the sake of variety, chicken, turkey and: goose in their season will make very nutritious fare, and will not be any more extrava gant than surloin of beef or leg of lasnb. It Is a common belief that certain dishes such as fricasseed chicken will serve a rather larger number of persons In proportion to the amount of chicken used, and are more economical in this respect than roast or friend chicken.' Whether or not It Is actually more easily digested, the meat of poultry, es pecially of the whlte-fleshed kinds, is so delicate and appetising that it often has for convalescents and Invalids whose appetites are capricious a value far be yond its cost. If a person can relish squab when the sight of . roast beef sickens him, he ; would probably get more good from squab than beef, though Its nutrient cost Just about twice -as much. . , ' j Judged by the results of a large num ber of Investigations carried on in dif ferent regions of the country, most of them under the auspices of this depart ment, poultry, of all kinds furnishes 1.1 per cent of the total food, S.c per cent of the ' total protein, and l.t per cent of the total fat In the diet of the aver age American family. Most American families of moderate means eat chicken - and. turkey more or less frequently, and -goose and duck much less Often. If duck and goose were used more commonly and a tasts for capon and guinea-fowl cultivated there could be more variety in the diet with practically no increase in cost, judging by present prices, and the housekeeper would not have to ring such frequent changes on the beef, mutton and pork. way into the hearts of the German peo ple almost without : effort or special reason. It is "Eltel Frits" whom gossip per sistently associates with the throne of Hungary, upon the fateful day when the death of Emperor Francis Joseph results In the dissolution of the dual monarchy. There seems to be nothing to justify the assumption that Emperor William is training his second son to be king of Hungary except that "Eltel Frlis" has been studying the Hungarian language for over a year, The Hungarian rumors became so common that Emperor Wil liam was prompted a few weeks ago to say that "I and my sons belong to the German People." This is not an unequivocal denial. Some people would call it evasive, for political prophets have- long forecasted the Incorporation of Hungary In the German empire when -Austria-Hungary ceased to be a political . unit. Eltel Frederick's popularity, moreover, has spread to Hungary. Stories of his "lieb enswurddlgkelt" amlabillty) Interest thaC-tpuntry Eltel win attain his full majority, soon. His fine presence and charming manner have frequently ' in duced Emperor William to delegate him to represent the Imperial family at offi cial functions, and he never falls to acquit himself cleverly. ' In Prince Adelbert, his third son, the kaiser has another One young man, whom he is training to be an admiral like Prince Henry of Prussia. Adelbert has Just reached the far east on the Ger man cruiser Hertha and he will spend two years in the service before return ing to Germany. He Is tall, broad-shouldered and' serious, and is said to have tsken to the sea from natural love of a sailor's life. jTAVAjrXSX ZBT AMXBZCA. From the New Tork World, The project of the Japanese of New York to raise 15,000,000 to aid their home country in its war with Russia will perhaps excite surprise at the size of the gift , contemplated. There Is, however, no doubt of their ability to "finance" their patriotism to . the ex tent promised. The importance of Jap anese business Interests In the city is not generally realised. . .. . A quarter of a century ago the Jap anese commercial houses of consequence In .this country could be numbered on the fingers of one hand. They are now very numerous and almost uniformly prosperous. With the beginning of the new order of things In the Island king dom there set In a tide of emigration to the United States which last year reached the large number of 19.968. That is to say, more than half as many Japanese came as Irish and very nearly half as many as came from Ger many. Scotland sent only one-third as many, France one-fourth and Spain one third as many. They brought with them an intelligence and Industry, an adapt ability to occupations ranging from the kitchen to the counting room and a spirit, of good citizenship by which the nation has been largely the gainer. The "Yankees of the East" fit very quickly and well Into the Yankeedom of the west. WXTKBXAWAX. TBOK CUBA. From the Washington Star. The ceremonies at Havana yesterday told a story unique In history. They likewise put to confusion a good many prophets. We heard from many sources five years ago that the United States would never withdraw from Cuba. The situation, we were told, would never make such a thing possible. It was too much to expect that the Cubans would ever be able to manage their own af fairs, or that, in any circumstances, a strong power like the United States once In control of such valuable territory would ever let go. The Cubans are getting along excellently, and the United States has let go. In an age denounced by rallers and pessimists as , the most sodden and commercial ,the " world ' has ever known there is performed an act without parallel among nations for sym pathy -and unselfishness. The greatest of republics, after heavy sacrifices In blood and treasure, frees a small neigh bor from tyranny, and stands by until the' people are in full command of their own interests. ; President Palma's ac knowledgments for the Cuban people were very gratefully' expressed, -, . . , Almost the game. From the Philadelphia North American. Little surprise should be excited by the announcement from Canada that J, P. Morgan is skillful on 1 snow shoes. There is a difference o only one letter between ' the ski game and the sip In game. . u..f., . ( ;-':''. ?'-' A Eit of Old Holland ? From the Chicago Journal." i . Curacoa Is known to most Americans only as the name of an after-dinner cordial, but to the traveled man it has a different jmeanlng. It brings to mind a charming little bit -of Holland cut out from the mother, .country and' dumped down in the blue waters of the Caribbean, off "the coast of .Venezuela. rr'yteS Nowhere else in the world Is there a colony so much like a minature of its mother -country. ; When Englishmen, Americans and other white men go to the tropics they adapt their mode of living to the climate. xr-l v s. v - ''. Not so the Dutchman who goes to live In his West Indian colony of Curacoa. When ha lands at Wlllemsted he Is de lighted to find himself in a small replica Of old' Amsterdam. , , J . Blus ties, yellow dormer windows, old fashioned gables, tiny flat-roofed shops, and' massive, gloomy warehouses are to be seen on every hand, just as they would be in a Dutch city. The people in th streets' wear blue smocks, wooden shoes, and other characteristic garmuits of old Holland. They drink gin, though It Is vet y bad for them In a tropical climate; and they smoke long Dutch plpea, while everybody else in the West Indies smokes cigars. They are slow and conservative in their business affairs,: conducting large com mercial transactions according to the methods of the .burghers of Levden in the days of William the Silent. , t , They "have no use for such new-fangled things as the typewriter, the stenogra pher and the telephone.'; But they are scrupulously honest and upright, and So shrewd that the most up'-to-date drummer falls to get io the .weather side of them. One of the industries Of this tight little Island Is the hatching of revolutions., It Is a convenient jumping-off place for the exiled . sons of Colombia and Vene zuela who yearn to liberate their respec tive countries. ' . . ..;".- .'.' - Nearly every Venezuelan .revolution during the past century has been hatched either in Curacoa or in the neighboring British Island of Trinidad. Those islands were the favorite resorts of Bolivar, Mi randa and other South American patriots before Colombia and Venezuela "broke the bar of Spain." , Today Willemstad Is full of exiles who are out of favor with the ruling powers of Bogota, and with the supporters' of An drade and Matos, who failed In their re cent effort to overthrow President Castro of Venezuela. - "When a Venezuelan statesman Is out of a job," said W. L. Scruggs, lately United States minister to Colombia and Vene zuela', "he goes to Willemstad to mature his plans before deciding whether his country needs his personal services, so that the hotels and boarding-houses of that place are usually more or less crowded with generals out of commission and doctors without patients, all anxious to serve their country." : . The shrewd Dutch merchants will often do a good stroks of business with these revolutionists, selling them arms, ammu nition, schooners and boats, and some times even going to the length of arrang ing a little filibustering expedition on their behalf. But the Dutchman always insists on payment In advance. Some of) them have made considerable fortunes In this unorthodox line of busi ness. The Dutch officials wink at it: they are more concerned about bringing money Into the eolony than in strictly enforcing the neutrality laws. ; When Guzman Blanco ruled Venezuela: he set the fashion of establishing spies In Willemstad to watch the revolutionists WASxnroToir by bat. Bursa legislator Tries to Be Honest, Bnt lobbyist WIU Hot Xt Hun. : From the New York WOrld. "There was a lobbyist out In Ohio once," said - Representative'. Beldler, "who was Interested In passing a cer tain corporation ' bill. He had money to spend to bring about his ends, and he was willing to spend it. "He approached an old man from one Of the agricultural districts and asked him to vote for the bill. The farmer said he, didn't believe In. the bill and wouldn't vote for it Then the lobbyist offered,, him a sum of money. The farmer was indignant. He wss about to explode until the lobbyist told him the other side was spending a good deal more money to beat the bill than he was to. pass it, and asked the farmer to Investigate. ' , v . . ."He did investigate, and came back next day to the lobbyist and confirmed the report ' . 1 "What can I dor he asked the lob byist 'I shall not take sides on this measure at all.' " 'Well,' said the lobbyist you' might stay away when , the vote .is taken. That will let you out -' 1 . "The farmer stayed away and the bill was passed. That afternoon the lobby ist met him and handed him 1600. " What Is that for 7" asked the fanner. " 'Why, that's for you for staying away when that vote wss taken.' " 'Great heavens!' shouted the farmer, Is there no way a man can be hon est r" .--' "There was a party of estimable women who made a tour of the prisons In New Jersey," said Representative Hughes of Paterson. "They were In vestigating to see what .they would de to relieve the hard lot Of the convicts. "They came to a particularly vicious looking man Who was doing 20 years for burglary. He had a tame rat in the ceil with him and apparently was very fond of it ' '' ;' '-;' " T love it better than anything In the world,' said the convict " "There! said nother of the ladles, T have always claimed there is a way In which these mem no matter -how hardened in crime, can be reached, Here is a man who laves a tame rat Now, my good man, . will you tell us why you love this rat?' " 'Because he bit the warden,' said the convict." i ,' OOMKEHDABX,B BHTBBPBISB. From - The Dalles Times-Mountaineer. The Oregon - Journal has displayed commendable enterprise in improving Its news service. It makes this announce ment: "The Journal has made prepara tions to cover the events of the war ful ly and adequately, t In addition to -its regular , news service, ; which will ( be greatly expanded and supplemented by special service at various points of in terest, it has arranged for the complete Hearst news servloe. As Is well known, a great staff of noted correspondents are already on - the scene.- - Wherever there Is news It will be secured totally without regard to cost. A proportionate part of the cost The Journal will bear and In consideration of this will receive every line of war news thit .comes over the cables for the Hearst papers. v 1 --v-'iv; Vara for Taxation. . n , From the Salem Journal. A dispatch says the California & Ore son .Land company" has been swarded title to 90,000 acres of land In Klamath county, valued at' tl.bOO.OOO, .or soout 117 an acre. ; Now listen to If werble against paying taxes on U more than S1.2S per acre. ; " r , -!V-V''; Set Down in the Tropics and detect their plans. : He had lived -there himself a a refugee and batched his plots, sq he knew the ropea Ever since then every Venezuelan dic tator has followed the example. When Guzman Blanco fell from power he went : back to Willemstad to live, and he soon found that be was dogged by spies wher- i ever he went. .. v..;v, yz: , ':-;i-;.ii..,.s, '. One day he turned around and seized a sneaking, hang-dog fellow; ' "Why, you rascal," he exclaimed. ""X know your face. Where have I seen you before? - Why do you follow me about everywhere?" f-iVvv'-u1' "Your excellency saw me at the Yellow house In Caracas three years ago," the man replied. "You sent me here to watch Dr. RoJas Paul. ' When he became presl-. dent, in your place. Dr. Rojas Paul told me to stay here and watch you." . jri vdiuBiii, vuiru present, (imuimiiis several spies in. Willemstad to watch the ; movement r of ; the Matos and Andrada parties. Andrada was president of Vene- -zuela,, and wants to get back; Matos Is , the man who desires to be president, but , still more keenly wishes for ;vengeanca On Castro for having had him dragged,-' from bed one night and paraded through the streets of Caracas dressed .only in a blanket. - t - ' Curacoa is known throughout the West Indies as the place where it never rains. In this respect It differs greatly from -the other Islands, In which torrential showers, that turn a dry gully into a mighty river within five .minutes, are of frequent occurrence. - Rain would be greatly valued in Curacoa if only It would come, for there is no place on earth : where fresh water Is scarcer. There is not a single running stream anywhere In the Island, not even a stagnant. brook-.' . - There are wells, It Is true and plenty- . of water may be found by digging, but it is so salt that It Is no more fit to drink than the sea water that surrounds the . island. - - '.,- "How, then do you. manage to live?"' an jsngusn mercnant resident In willem stad was asked.''''. .-' 'v1 he replied, "we can't get water to drink, but we can get any amount of whisky and seltzer by Importation, end the Dutchmen receive all the gin they want from Holland." It is not really so bad as that, how ever. Most houses have a cistern or water tank which la filled periodically with water imported at considerable expense from the Venezuelan coast. It goes with out saying that the precious fluid is used most economically. , , Ice, which seems a necessary luxury In the tropics, is even rarer than water. It has to be brought all the way from Bos- ton or New York, and the retail price is nign. orten there is no ice to be had for love or money. The starting of an ice-making plant -has been often mooted, but the scarcity of water has rendered it Impossible. It might be supposed that this extra- vs. waicr wuuiu seriously affect the. health of the people, but it does not On the contrary, they assert that it makes them much healthier. The atmosphere is so dry and the cll- m,ta ta mr n.1.1 . ..U TA. . -1 Mil I , . the writer, "that we never suffer from neuralgia, rheumatism, ague, consump tion, flnit Atfca. i1l,.aa., iii m m t ! ti. damp countries of the north." ' Some of the Dutoh women struggle he roically to make gardens and grow tulips, s they used to do tn Hollond, but they never seem .to - have any luck.' Even flour-pot cultivation is usually a failure; What can be expected when the soli, as well as the water, has to be imported " from.VenesuelaT Advice to the Lovelorn BY BEATRICE Tatar AX Dear Miss FalrfaxI am a young girl 20 years of age, and have been keeping company with a young man for the last six months; during this time be has ' often told me of his love for me, snd of marriage. , Now what I would like your advice on, is my father seems to think Jt is his business to ask this young man his intentions, as he has never told, my father he intended to marry me. Kindly tell me If this is proper. , THANKFUL. ' , Ypur father, of course, knows what ' Is best to do.. I should think, though, if the ypung man wishes to marry you he would go to your father and ask his permission. , That is the proper way. ' But he may. have some reason why ha has not done so, and if he is an honor able young man I should think your father would realize that and not force him to speak before he is ready to do so. Dear Miss Fairfax: ' 1 have been Ac quainted with a young lady about elgnt years. Until a few months ago we had been - engaged nearly two years. The young lady broke the engagement with- " out giving any reasons. I have pleaded with her, but It seems useless. ,-. v - She returned all. my letters, as well as the rings. This wss quite right and natural, yet X am perplexed st this. In ,, returning my . letters, especially those written before our engagement does it not signify that she' wished to end our relationship, even to the point of for getting that she had ever known me? "Not even friends." These were her last words. : If she was sincere in this why then lid she not return the many gifts I sent her, at least those she received from me during our courtship? Was it not proper for her to do so after I had returned hers?, , PERPLEXED. , , I certainly think If the young girl ' was so particular about the letters snd '' rings she should have remembered the gifts, too. But some people do not con sider this necessary. She most decidedly owes you an explanation of her conduct and the reason she broke off your en- ' gagement. X should make It my busi ness to find out if I we(e you. . v, Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young . lady 21 years of -age and am deeply in love with a young -man two years my Junior. I was Introduced to him ' this summer and it was a case of love at first sight I have met him en several occasions, and he does not seem to take any Interest in me. He, has often, In my presence, said he would never marry and this seems to prey on my mind, as I can never forget him. 1 TESSIH. ' If the young man does not take any interest in you, you had better try and forget him, and I certainly- do not think., has any intention of marrying you. He probably 'takes that way of letting you know. You are a foolish girl to bother your head about htm. ' L Xt Only Made Him Tired. ' ; From the New York Tribune. J. H. Maddy of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad was riding uptown tn a Am sterdam' avenue car last evening, accom panied by his .wife. Just ss the car reached Sixty-sixth 'street, a fuse blew out A vivid line of fire flamed out of tha 'conduit and wranned th rat in "blaze. . The passengers jumped to their feet, and many of the' women emitted crlt-s of terror. Mr, Maddy regarded the flames with a sort of an Indifferent sir lor a momentv and then said 'Wearily: ' ;"Go it, "Bill, I'm from Baltimore,".