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Editorial; Ip&ge . Us Journal PORTLAND, OREGON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1904 4 THE OREGON DAI L, YX JOURNAL r AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ,'. C S. JACKSON Published every evening (except OFFICIAL, GOVERNMENT THERE; SETTLERS HERE kHE DIFFERENCE In the colonization methods of Russia and the United States tr.-itPd in the' advances which Manchuria. There the government was at the bottom of everything. It gave the impulse to the movement and stood back of the enterprise from start to finish. First it advanced with Its railroad. Then it built divisions and cities at Intervals, erected garrisons for its soldiers, Im ported Its population. Its priests and Its officials, and set them all up in business. In the United States and the discussion receives added interest from the approaching centenary celebration of the Lewis and Clark expedition the first feeble Impulse Alone came from the government. President Jefferson sent out the expedition with what now seems a ludicrously inadequate equipment. Were It not for the restless Ameri can settler, no benefit would ever have flowed from it. Scarcely anything was known about, the country for many years afterward at the national seat of government, and even less caVed about it. Even as late as the '40s the leading men of affairs cared nothing about a. westward boundary line that extended over the crest of the Rockies. The prescience of the greatest statesmen had not carried them beyond that. But as it 'was the earliest settlers, starting from Pennsylvania and moving by way of the south, finally crossed into, what Is now Kentucky, and thence rapidly .advanced the frontier to the Mississippi river, who settled the1 question of ownership to the vast tract of land extending eastward to the Alleghenles, so it was the same self-reliant class, following close upon the heels of the trappers and hunteiss, who ultimately poured over the crest of the Rockies and forced their way clear to the Pacific ocean. . If it had not been for them, the claims based upon the rights of discovery through Captain Gray and the Lewis and .Clark expedition would have been Juggled out of sight and the whole of the Pacific Northwest would have been lost to us. PROPHETIC FORECAST ' KRAPOTKIN. IN AN ARTICLE entitled "The Russians in Manchuria," written in 1901 by Prince Krapotkin, scientist and hu manitarian, we have an almost prophetic outline of present conditions in the far east.' Prince Krapotkin was one of the first party of Russians to cross Manchuria. In 1884 his services as topographer were requested by a party of horse-traders in guiding them across Manchuria. Disguised as a merchant he success fully guided them through the then unknown and still savage1 region. In the autumn of the same year he was sent by the governor-general of Siberia up the Sungari, which had never before been navigated by a steamer and w quite unknown to Europeans. Krapotkin deplores the attempt of Russia to colonize and annex Manchuria. He states that It was a great mis fortune to the Russian nation when the Caucasus, the Trans-Caspian territory and Turkestan were annexed to Russia, and still more unfortunate when the Russians en tered the" valley of the Amur in I860 and took possession of' the North Manchurlan coast of the Pacific ocean. "The Russian "nation would have lost nothing; but would have won a great deal if Count Muravlqff -Amurlskl had not taken possession ot the uninhabited wilderness on the left bank of the Amur and up the Usuri down to Vladivostok," he says. "No matter what nation had taken hold of this portion of the Pacific littoral whether England, Germany, United States or Japan the great bulk of the Russian na tion would have been spared the enormous sacrifices neces sary to colonize the wilderness of the Amur, for which we can never have an adequate return. Siberia would have been the winner, not the loser, by having at her southern border a civilized nation, Just as Canada is a winner by having the United States as a neighbor. . "None of us could believe that Russia would really try to establish her rule in Manchuria. The Immense unin habited stretches of plateau land in the north are abso lutely unavailable for cultivation, while the cultivable parts are far asunder and already settled by Chinese and Manchus. To develop her already Immense resources, al most unknown and scarcely touched by anything like ade quate means of development, would be to benefit the Rus sian nation; but to add more territory, some, of which la not so rich and none of which Is richer than that she al ready has lying idle, is to weaken herself. . "Vladivostok has no hinterland, properly speaking. It is a port thrown out on the Pacific very far from regions which' can ever. be settled by a thick Russian population. There are vast stretches of country between the port and the plains of Trans-Balkalla; nothing but mere strings of villages could ever be kept up between the port and the . only possible centers of future population. The so-called strong footing of Russia on the Pacific is in reality a very slight one, indeed, and one which can never be made secure against assault. "The interests pursued by Russians In the east are the WAnnsaTO day by bay. Justice Brewer Discovers a Hew Bole of Offloial Xtlqnett. From the New YdTk World. At his daughter's wed fin the other morning Justice Brewer received a practi- - cat lesson In the new official etiquette. As the bridal party vanished down the church aisle the justice left his pew and made for a side door with a view to get ting his carriage promptly and reaching home In time to get put of his. hat and coat before the arrival of the guests bid den to the breakfast. i Observing that no one followed hjtp he turned Inquiringly and beckonetf 'some what impatlentlyito the occupants of the family pew. Aire1. Brewer put out a re-' straining hand and clutched lils coat. As she drew him back within the ln cloeure She pointed out to hlrn with a motion of her head the gentleman and lady standing in a front pew on the op- t postte aiale. No one nowadays may leave an assemblage Of which the president or members of his family form a part until the white house people have taken leave. . Justice Brewer cast an impatient glance 111 the direction of the presidential pew and subsided while the naval aide sum moned the white house turnout. Senator Stewart who Is one of the re cent and more or leas venerable bride grooms of the senate, has a very precious IK tie stepdaughter who Is much attached to hint They are frequently seen on the street together hand in hand, and make rather an Interesting picture, the senator being- a good reproduction of the ideal Kama Olaus. A few nights ago he took th little lady to a show which advertises itself as -polite vaudeville.". Kvldently the performers fell somewhat short of the senator s conceptions Of a vaudeville, for on being asked by an acquaintance on hla way out of the theatre how he enjoyed it, ha replied that It was-a "d-d- intellectual .show.' The following night the little girl, who had fortrotten the name of the perform- PUBLISHED by JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. SuDday) at The Journal Building, Fifth 'and Yamhill streets, Portland. Oregon. PAPER OF TUB CITY OP PORTLAND Is strikingly illus- Russia made Into BOTH dreadful mistake." BY PRINCE THE PROBLEM of best handling the delinquent youth of the state is one of the most difficult and . discouraging which confronts the public officials charged with this duty. The charities and correction con vention therefore acted wisely at its meeting held yester day when It decided to recommend to the legislature Colo rado's Juvenile court law, which, enjoying the supreme merit of a thorough test, was calculated to save much in the way of costly experimentation along untried lines. The general principles upon which the law Is based are applicable quite as well to Oregon as to Colorado. The court is given extraordinary powers In this direction, which are more than Justified by the results in the case of a man like Judge Llndsey, whose address was listened to with" such pleasure an(j profit at the previous evening's session of the convention. But it must be remembered that laws, however good, are not self-operative. They need official agencies to put them in motion and to get from them all the benefits which they promise. With these laws on the statute-book there is a grand opportunity for good work in this city, and the man who undertakes it for the work's sake and without hope of further reward than that which comes from the consciousness of duty well performed will scatter blessings broadcast and earn a name for himself which the proudest will envy. ance but remembered the senator's defi nition, begged him quite earnestly to take her again to see that "d d intel lectual show." WHAT WOULD YOV BOf From the Cincinnati Times-Star. What would you do if a girl you knew should look in your eyes and say, "It must be awfully hard to propose!" Do you think you would turn away And make some remark about the rain, the snow, or the price of tea? Perhaps you would And perhaps you should But, my! what a chump you'd be! What would you do If a man you knew should say, "Here's a million caah To spend an you like." Would you shake your head? Qr anawer, "Now, don't be rash You'll need It yourself some day, per- bnps. Pray, don't give it all te me." Perhaps you would And perhaps you should But, my! what a chump you'd be! What would you do If the world you ' knew should say to you, "Now, my boy. You weren t put here to growl and com plain; this Ufa was made to enjoy; So smile when you can and hum a tune! Then you'll be happy with me," Would you scowl In reply T Perhaps you would; But. my! what a chump you'd be! Aa Accomplished Slug. From 4-he London News. " .7 Oscar II. king of Norway and Sweden, who has Just celebrated his "5th birth day, la on of the most anrompllshed raonarrlis In Europe.. He speaks with the fluency and finish ofsn orator aix modern language, and has been heard to lament that because he rules two kingdoms he has not time to learn Sanskrit, .vi . . v JNO. P. CARROU. Interests of an ambitious military state, not those of . the Russian people. The. abandonment of all of her posses sions In the east would spare the nation enormous sacri fices for which there will be no recompense ; it wotld avoid the possibility; of. war entanglements in the east and would strengthen Russia against possible invasion. Granting th probability of a militarily reformed China rushing with its millions of men against Russia, it is not In the Amur re gion, and still less in Manchuria, that the first stand could be made against Invasion." ' KICK THE UNDER DOG. i AS AN INSTANCE of the unanimity of great minds in many channels of thought it is a notable fact that the. editor of the Oregonlan and the king of Korea pursue the same policy in regard to taking sides In a quarrel. li In the Jap-Russ quarrel both of these men strongly fa vored the boastful Russ, who certainly made 'a bigger showing on paper than did the Japs, who had no time to boast, being otherwise engaged. Now we have them both, rather cautiously it is true (Russia may win some battles yet), favoring Japan, and agreeing that they were not so mall as they looked nor so yellow as they were painted. Both king and newspaper are equally well prepared to hedge at the slightest indication of defeat overtaking the Japs, and both would loudly declare to the world that they "knew It all the time." To extol the upper and freely kick the under dog in the fight Is an old custom ot the Oregonlan. . The kaleidoscopic suddenness with, vyhlch It has changed its opinion of poli ticians and other people is calculated to make the ordinary person gasp for breath and wonder, when he compares yesterday's Oregonlan with today's, if it "really isn't some . It Is a curious spectacle, and not an edifying one, to se the mental gymnastics and gyrations which are the out come of a total lack of courage and principle. Incon sistency Is quite compatible with principle, but the sort of inconsistency which sees good In a man only when he is successful, and hastens to "expose his corrupt methods" only when he is crushed, has nothing whatever to do with principle. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MAN. An article In the, Oregonlan yesterday, entitled "Poetess Reseats Unknown's Woplng," should have been credited to the New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser. From This Morning's Oregonlan. Here fs indisputable evidence of a delicately attuned con science which Is far above appropriating without proper credit those things which it lifts from the columns of its contemporaries. But it might have carried the affair a good deal further had it been so minded. On the previous day, under flaring headlines and dated as though it had been received by telegraph at great expense the previous evening from Philadelphia, It gives the synopsis of the con tents of an article written by ex-President Cleveland for the current issue of the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. As the Issue ot the Post containing this article had been in the hands of its Portland readers for two days be fore it appeared In the Oregonlan, our contemporary was either guilty of ridiculous extravagance in paying tele graphic tolls on a quarter of a column of matter, or with out expense It simply rewrote the article in Its own office, and, placing a date line before It, deluded Its readers into the belief that it had received by telegraph something which had come to it without cost by mail. And thus is a great reputation for telegraphic news built up. KABTO BOKXVCtO. From the New York Sun. Before the United Statea had any place on the map of the world. Santo Domingo was a little hotbed of rows and wrang ling, internal insurrections and almost persistent disturbances, besides being i bone of contention over which France and Spain had more than once quarreled and fought. The history of Santo Do mingo for the entire period of the 19th century la a record of strife punctuated with brief intervals which served as little else than mere breathing spaces for en abling the combatants' to resume .their disturbance. A land within a few mfles of our border ha been for 100 yeara tne scene of almost persistent revolt, as Baaalnatlon and the destruction of prop erty. , Revolution appears to have become a fixed habit with the Dominicans, and the habit grows atronger as the years go by. A weak ruler Is overthrown by a stronger r"lval. An iron-handed ruler, like lleur eaux, la assassinated. Anarchy has be come an established custom, and a land upon which nature has lavished her bounty in endless measure, a land In which affluence should be the reward of peaceful toil, la given over 'to battle, murder and Industrial distress, a misery to Itself and a nuisance to its neighbors. AT A TXACKBaVI 2XAX. From the Pendleton East Oregonlan. It Is often the case that funnv answer are given In school examinations, but the teachers examination Just closed furnished a couple of laughs. It was asked in civil government that a defini tion be given of the word "quorum," and one of th teachers wrote. "A minpnm la that condition of equilibrium where the opposite Balance. Another teacher said, in answer to a' reauest to give her ides of the "Initio. tlve and referendum," that the "Initiative Is the beginning or preliminaries of any thing and referendum is the closing or ending of a thing." Admiral Alexieff, "S?; H. 'M. H.ln-the Chicago Trlbunef 'Picture a heavily built man, -standing fully 6 feet In height, with broad should era and a thick brown beard ami mus tache, now slightly tinged with i gray dress him tn the uniform of a Russian admiral; his breast covered with medals and decorations; let there be about Mm an Impression of accustomed authority and of great reserve force; make him a charming companion, acquainted with the society of all the world and ready to talk Interestingly about anything but his business, which is the buslnessf his Imperial minister, then you will have an Idea of Admiral Eugene Alexieff, the vlce csar of Russia In further Asia and the direct representative of the Russian gov ernment at Port Arthur. Those who know him declare that Alexieff Is a strange combination of many strong Qualities. He wasbred a sailor, and many of his early years were spent in cruising about those gay winter cities On the 'Mediterranean . where the naval officers of many nations are warmly wel comed. : Later aa a lieutenant he served for four years on a vessel which spent most of that time lh exploring the Ice-locked coasts of southern Siberia. And It was on his return trom this long, voyage that .the ' young naval officer made his first great, "hit" with the powers at St. Petersburg. .. Lieutenant Alexieff had secured a leave of absence and had decided to go home to. Russia by way of the United States. He landed, at San Francisco and . there he learned that war waa imminent be tween hla country and Great Britain. Forthwith, with a hardihpod which seems almost like insolence, the comparatively obacure -young naval officer sat down and wrote a cablegram to his excellency the minister of the navy at St Peters burg. "Why not authorise me, to buy com merce destroyers to prey on British com merce?" is what he wired. "Good suggestion," came back the arlser. "but there is not time. War is a matter of hours." It was signed by the minister and would have been plenty to satlaf y moat young naval lieutenants. But It waa not enough for Alexieff. "Permit ma most humbly to suggest that your excellency does not know the United States," he cabled Immediately on receipt of the minlster'a message. "Let me try." "Try,"'"wlred the minister, and at the same time put at the disposal of Alexieff ample funds for the purchase of a num ber of faat sailing steamers. On his way across the continent from San Francisco Lieutenant Alexieff was conducting negotiations for the purchase of no less than eight or ten big steamers. Before he reached the east several of them had been bought and were being fitted up. Inside of 10 days he had bought eight big steamers and had six of them waiting with steam up for the first declaration of war. Three of them ren dezvouaed in Frenchman's bay on the coast of Maine, and three others off the Delaware breakwater. But the crisis was averted; war was not declared, and finally Lieutenant Alexieff waa Instructed to sell the ships he had bought, which he did to good advantage. Then the young Russian went over to j Long Branch, then at the height of its fame as a fashionable watering place, where he , spent several weeks as the guest of American friends. Even today in conversation with Americans he la fond of harking back to those days at Long Branch and the good times he had there. When Alexieff finally went horn they gave him command of a ship with the title of captain. Three years later he was an admiral. That on exploit of buying the shipa which never were used had much to do with acquainting the Russian government with his quality. Since then he has been a great man.' He was chosen to command the warship on which the present czar, then heir to the throne, went out to the far east, and on the long voyage the friendship be tween ihim and his master was greatly strengthened. Later he was sent out to act as governor-general of Russia's far eaatern provinces, and there he ahowed his ability as a diplomat and adminis trator. He commanded the Russian forces which marched to the relief of the embasalea at Peking, and there won honors as a land commander. Later he served for a time aa minister of marine In the cabinet of the czar, and last fall ha was sent out as the first viceroy of Russia In the east, clothed, so-the re ports have It, with authority almost as absolute as that wielded by the czar hlmaelf. Alexieff haa shown on several occa sions that he is a man of peace so long as peace comports with honor.- In the spring of 1895. when the great fleets of Russia and Japan lay opposed to each OXZAT IITSUBTBIAL ITBUXXB. Coloreao Beset by a Tremeadona labor Upheaval. Colorado's great industrial struggle Is graphically pictured by Collier's Weekly of February 6, both in words and illus tration. The article says: In the grim tenacity of purpose, in the methods employed, In the number enlisted on both sides In proportion to the population of the state, and In th appalling cost, both in life and prop erty, the industrial war now going on in Colorado la one of the most far reaching ever recorded In the labor his tory of the world. .Thlrty-flvo thousand workmen Idle on an average of five months each; 4,000, 000 working days lost; 110,000,000 a low estimate aa a wage losa; $30,000, 000 conservative eatimate loss from direct damage and non-production; $300,000 cost of national guard ordered to -three different parts of the state within nine months for the protection of tife and property. A total loss at the most conservative estimate of $60, 000,000. And this in a state where the total assessed, valuation la less than $150,000,000. This is the stupendous coat to Colo rado of the labor troubles of th year 190. Sixteen strikes. That la the year's record. Sixteen strikes affecting from 800 to 21,000 men each and lasting from 10 days to 10 months each. The reautta: A. declaration of war be tween capital and organised labor as represented In the state1; the increase of the national guard from 860 men, tn March, 1903, to 3,000 men fully armed and equipped; courts and civil writs su perseded in the mining dlatricts and martial law .declared the suspension of the writ 'of habeas corpus and the en forcement of the "vag" law In the min ing camps and the subsequent deporta tion of all men who refused to work. And. with all of this, the I'J.OOO, miners In the metalliferous and coal -camps are still out, and threaten to stay out for months to come, although their places are gradually being filled with Imported non-union men. A FUBA TOM fcOVdXB KAZB. From the London Truth.. . I am so glad you agree with m that men wear their hair much too elosely cropped. I thought you would. But It Is utterly useless to hope for any change. No man that I know would have : the . courage to Initiate a' new fashion, br diverge In the smallest de gree from the accepted convention in such matters. Do you know one who the Russian Viceroy other in the harbor "of Chef oo, the great est naval battle of modern times was Only averted by his coolness. V Second in Command to Alexieff was Admiral Tyrtoft. a grim old sea fighter, who. burned, to open an attack on the fleet commanded by Admiral Ito the victorious Japanese commander in the Yalu battle. , Russia had given Japan an ultimatum, the time had expired, and the . last telegram had come from St. Petersburg, saying that the war was Inevitable. Tyrtoft strained at the leaah. The men of bojh fleets were drunk with the lust of battle. The great gray and Diack ships had been stripped for ac tion. "Wait until tomorrow." said Alexieff. "Perhaps a telegram has been delayed in the sending." : . Within an hour came the meesage say ing. Japan had yielded and the battle was averted. But when occasion arises, Alexieff has snown that he can be a most determined lighter. . At the slea-e of Tien Tsln. the railway station, the key of the city, was neia ty ioo men of the Siberian riflemen In their green uniforms . ' Thev were cut oft from the rest of the garrison . for oays. They were hard pressed and beat oft attack after attack at. great loss. Their commander wired to Alexieff that if they stayed in the railroad station two hours longer they . would be annthl lated. ; "Not a man must be withdrawn," was the grim answer. "You must hold the station or be annihilated." And when the railroad station waa fin ally relieved the Ruaalan flag was still floating and there were 18 of the 400 men left unwounded to receive their res cuers. Alexieff Is noted for the great care and consideration he gives the men un der his command. He more than any other great Russian commander la on almost chummy terms with his soldiers, but It is a friendliness in which there la respect amounting almost to awe on tne part of th men in the ranks. On the day of St. George, when the wearers of the cross of St. George, privates or princes, sit down together at Alexleff's table in the viceregal palace, their host will sit . there with them for eight or nine hours, as the various detachments come and go, A few days later he may make a long march into the wilderness of Manchuria, lodging In a wretched mud hut and living, like his men, chiefly on cigarettes and peanuts. So far as reported, no one has ever caught Alexieff without his regimentals on. Wherever he may be, under no mat ter what conditions he may be living, he is always properly and handsomely dressed, with all his medals and decora tions in place. He always looks aa if he had Juat stepped out of a bandbox, if on may imagine a six foot, bearded sailor stepping from such a dainty equipage. Alexieff. Who is now SO vaara nt,1 hmm spent most of his life in the new empire which Russia Is building on the coast of Asia. "Everything la don and nvar with In Europe," he says. "There you have only to keep your repair shop running. Out here we are helping to create things." He is a man who ltkaa in tn Ihlnn Under his direction the Russian millions were spent in building docks and forti fications at Vladivostok, and when that giant work was done he moved on Joy fully to tackle the still larger problem at Port Arthur. Alao under hla admin istration the great commercial city. Dal- ny, and the commercial capital of greater Russia, the city of Khabarovlsk, at the Junction of the Amur and the Ussuri. have been built, both nt thm from practically nothing. He loves the work In this new country. He admits that h la not at alt hinnv away from it. The delights of civilisa tion pall on him as they do on most of mose w no nave tasted the delights of empire bulldlnar. If hla cirtta ha a. cepted Admiral Alexleff'a favnrita . atlon is found in playing the game of nussian Bridge, tn which he Is said to be extremely skillful. If he can meet and defeat an einert at thla iram. than the admiral is happy. If. a game goes nara against him it Is said that he feels the defeat as a bitter blow. Alexieff haa visited A marina u.i times, having crossed the continent more man once on nis way to and from Russia to his eastern station, and is a great admirer of th United Statea. It la said to be largely due fro his influence that the exports from this country to ports on the Pacific under Ruslan con trol have Increased an a-raatlw a-lthi.. cent years. His ambition haa been, com mercially at least, to make of the great provinces under his control a new America. would? I wish the king and the Prince of Wales would wear their hair longer and more buahy; then the thing would be accomplished. And how pleased all our men would be to see how nice and becoming their thick and curly locks would be! See how kindly they take to wigs when wearing fancy dress, hot and uncomfortable things as they ara Shall w form a league for the encouragement of hyaclnthlne locks on the head of man? WOKAB- snrrrsAax x bay itatb. ' From the Chicago Tribune. The woman suffrage movement In Mas sachusetts is not without its humorous aide. Regularly every year the leaders appear before the legislative committee and present their arguments why the legislature should pass a law allowing women to vote for town and city officers. They already have the right to vote for school commissioners. This year they were headed by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, who pleaded their cause with much elo quence. Then, as usual, came the other side, which bears the formidable name of the Massachusetts Association Op posed to the Further Extension of Suf frage to Women, and presented argu ments why women should not have the franchise. Thla association numbers 10,886 members, all women, and it claims It has "behind it the great majority of Massachusetts women." They set forth that "at the present stage of political and aocial progress the addition of the votes of Inexperienced women would not help matters much" and they believed "that the unit in civilization was not al ways the Individual, but thefamlly." In hla annual message a few weeks ago the governor strongly recommended the exteiialon of the franchise to the women and thia undoubtedly stimulated the hopes of the suffragists that the long sought for prize might be won this time, but after hearing both sides the legislative committee was -so Impressed with the arguments of the representa tives of the association with th long name that it voted unanimously against the suffragists. It is unfortunate for the latter that the anti-suffraga women of th state are in an overwhelming majority and that when a school elec tion Is held they not only fail to vote; but that of the suffragists who register only a small fraction ever gets to the polls. Apparently the day is far off yet when the women of th Bay. State w... ( have the right to vote for muniefoal and slate officers. Unfortunately for t.,e suffragists 1 the majority of) the women are "set against" voting end? to men this Is about the strongest of arguments why the ballot should not be given them. The Big Suez Canal, the , Primitive William E. Curtis in the Chicago Reo i ord-Herald. !,v.; Afloat on the Red Sea, Jan. 18. Every vessel passing, through the Suez canal Is compelled to take a pilot, because the skippers of Ordinary vessels cannot be trusted to navigate the narrow channel, for the slightest : deviation may . cause damage that will cost thousands of dol lars to repair. Each year, however, navigation is rendered easier by the widening of the channel and by the excavation of additional sidings or basins where vessels can pass. From the moment the pilot goes on the bridge he takes charge of the movements of the ship and is responsible for whatever may happen, regulating the speed ac cording to tonnage and draught.' Vessels cannot pass in motion. When they meet the one which arrives first at the signal station is compelled to stop ana tie up in a basin until the other goes by. These basiqs are found at intervals of a few miles, and at every basin is a "gare" or station' in charge of a signal officer, who corresponds to a train dispatcher oh one of our. rail-J maun, ana inn oiuck system is usea to regulate the movement of vessels. Formerly no! traffic was allowed at night, but it is now carried. on' without Inter ruption by -the aid. of electric lights on the shore and searchlights on the ves sels. The canal looks exactly what it Is a big ditch through a datsert of sand on which foxes, Jackals, hyenas and occa sionally lions are seen by the watchmen In the signal towers. At some places the banks of earth on either side are so high that passengers on the steamer cannot see over them, but for moat of the Journey you have a wide sweep on both sides back to the mountains that tlse from thi desert, and at a certain point for a mile or two Mount Sinai is visible 37 miles to the southeast, and is pointed put to you by the' captain or the deck steward. Naked . Arab boys run along the banks crying for baksheesh and. easily keep abreast of the creeping vessel, grabbing at the ' pennies which passengers throw them -from the deck. Half the coins roll down into the water, which is exasperating to the youngsters. They do not like to stop and dive for them while there is a chance of getting more, but I imagine they mark the spot and come back to recover lost baksheesh when they have left the vessel. There are only two towns of any ac count on the canal. One Is Ismalta, a half-way point, with a population 'of 4,000. It is the only monument in honor of the Khedive Ismail, who did the moat and spent the most to carry out the enterprise and lost his throne thereby. It is rather a pretty town, abundantly irrigated, and hence haa lovely gardens and groves of palms and other trees. Here reside most of the engineers and other officers of the canal, becauae It is preferable to Port Said. There Is a hospital for sick employes, a club for the benefit of the officers and several" good houses. Including one erected especially for the entertainment Of M. de Lesaeps, when he should be pleased to use it. Beyond Ismalta, as before, are occasional oases In the desert groves of) palms and luxuriant gardens vurroundlng th stations of the canal otlclals, for wherever you can turn water upon that lonely desert everything will grow with a wild luxuri ance. It seems as If the earth suddenly released gerjnlnatlns; power that had been accumulating during centuries of suppression The chief Interest is found In the town of Sues, because It is the crossing place of the great caravans of camels that fur nish transportation between the two continents of Asia and Africa, and travel regularly between Cairo, Damaacus.and Bagdad; alao because biblical historian believe that here the waters of the Red sea opened 8,600 years ago and allowed 8,000,000 of the children of Iarael to cross over upon a dry bottom. It re quires a considerable concession to the Imagination and a strength of faith which the moat of mankind do not pos sess to accept this theory, but no one knows to, the contrary, and experience has' taught me never to doubt the truth of interesting stories. If you do, you deprive yourself and others of much pleasure. It is like analysing the at tractions of a pretty woman or separat ing her features Into lots, classifying them and measuring them by the Venus de Mllo. On the other side of the Red sea, which, by the way, is not red but blue as blue as the sky in June you can see the purple peaks of the Slnaitie range, and a few miles from the shore, which you can reach In three hours by donkey, one of those remarkable oases that are frequently found in the desert. Thla particular one Is called the Wells of Moses, There Is a comfortless hotel kept by an Arab,, where beds and refresh ments can be obtained, but It is better to start early in the morning, so as to get back th same day, and take a luncheon in a basket from Sues. The trip can be easily made while the vessel is coaling. - . The children of Iarael, according to the Bible, wandered three days In the wilderness of Bhur and found no water, and when they came to Marah they could not drink the waters, for they were bit ter, and , the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" and he cried unto the Lord and the Lord showed him a tree which he cast into the waters and the waters were made sweet. And they came to. Film, where there were twelve wells of water, and three score and ten palm trees, and they encamped there' by the waters. And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister ; of Aaron, took a timbrel In her hand, and 11 the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancea. That beautiful scene, one of the most dramatic in the whole Bible, Is believed to have taken place here, for these wells are the wells of Ellm, and three and ten palm trees still shelter a collection of a dozen or. more springs. The village is peopled with naked Arabs, sinewy, spring, en during fellows, whose flesh shines like polished mahogany and who must re semble the young men of Israel, when they started on tne Journey that waa not finished for 40 years. ' SCOOPED BY THB "YS&&OWS."' From the Pendleton East Ofegonlan. Because the Hearst newspaper pay such high prices for able correspondents that all the best in the world arc in the Service of that combination of papers, the associated press can on:y cry "yel low Journalism," as Its antequated new gatherera are "scooped" day after day on war news in th Orient. All the Hearst war news has been verified by thb associated press correspondents, after they had time to find olit'Bbout it Th Hearst papers are In closer touch with the news -of the world than any other combination on the earth today. The Hearst correspondents have access to more throne rooms and high 'Officials than any other class of men In the world. , r Bums and the Missouri fraciflc. From tha Kansas City Journal ' There doesn't seem to be anything defective about the gall of the tramps Red Sea and Arabia, Most of Countries It .! difficult to understand why and how r they" happened to be wandering about so long down her. If you will look at the map you will see that Suez . Is almost o'n a line with, Cairo, and it was the most natural rendezvous i for the tribes, who were scattered all along the Nile from Memphis, which is Just above Cairo, to Thebes, which is Just below Luxor. , The account in the Bible is cqndensed, and we are' compelled 'to take a good deal of these traditions on faith, but, as I have already suggested, It Is worth while to do so. ; The Red sea is 1,400 miles long, and Its greatest width is. 200. miles.' It is about the shape of a sausage, and tapers at. both ends. Qn one side Is Arabia, the moat mysterious and primitive of all countries, and on the other side : Is Egypt. Nubia and the Sudan. At the ' north end what la known as the Blnaltlo peninsula projects southward and ' di vides the sea Into two arms, and near the point of the peninsula is Tor, the landing place for Sinai. , Opposite Tor Is Jebel Ez-Zelt. which means ' "'the mountain of oil," where petroleum was discovered some years ago and create great excitement. Hundreds . of thou sands of dollars have been expended in sinking wells and building docks;, ware houses and refineries, but they have all nuaiHiuucu, yrv..uoc, iu num. iw son, the manufacturers could not com- ' n.t. with lh. Oranla, nit nmnn am. , . . iv nt.it iiio u 111 1 1M11I u y i, ' vviiimiij vs Caspian seas. . People think that there is a good deal more wealth In Arabia than we know of. It was once of greater Importance than now, and In ancient days produced, gold and other metals, but now it ships little but dates, wool and coffee, and even these are gradually falling off. Mocha coffee is produced at the extreme end of the Arabian peninsular a province called Yemen, and derlvea Its name from the little port it Is shipped from. But the people have no enterprise, the coffee orchards have been injured by Insects and blight, and the trees have not been renewed. This is accounted for by bad government. As everywhere else In the dominions of the sultan of Turkey, for Arabia la nominally a part ot the Ottoman empire, the orflcials receive no salaries and live off blackmail. Hence, whenever a citizen gets a little ahead, when he shows signs Of prosperity, he immediately becomes an object t plunder and persecution by the tax gatherer and every other representative of tho gov ernment. There Is no Incentive for the coffee growers to extend their orchards or to increase their product, One does not realise, until he comes face to face with the fact, that Arabia Is nearly half as large as, the United States. Its area Is almost as great as that of India and Is nearly equal to that of our statea east of the Mississippi river. The population la unknown, because there haa never been a census, but it la sup posed to be between 7,000,000 and 12.000,000. The distance from north to south Is more than a thousand mllea and from east to west It varies from 500 to 800. Yet In this enormous territory there la no centralized authority. The Interior IS governed by petty shleks, each being abaolute over the members of hla own tribe. Along a coast line of nearly 8,500 miles are only six ports, where the sultan of Turkey maintains pasha governors and garrisons to protect the collectors of customs who are required to pay him a certain amount of tribute every year and they. wring it out ot the people In any way they can. The relationship between the govern ment at Constantinople and the Bedouins of Arabia Is very slender and is due solely to the cohesive power of the Mo hammedan religion. There Is no law In Arabia but the Koran; there are no courts but the priests; there are no mails, no postofflces, no postage stamps, and a person who wanta to communicate with a distant friend must send his letter by a messenger, which Is expensive, or by a caravan, which is the common way. There1 la no telegraph line, no newspaper, no railroad, and, strange to say, not a river In all that vast area except a few shallow, rocky beda which during the aprlng bring down water from the melt- Ing enow on the mountain tops to the sea, but for nine months in the year are as dry as a crematory. The captain tella me that they produce a curious phenomenon. The coast of the Red sea is lined with -coral banks built by those mysterious and wonderful little masons who, like some men I know, hat fresh water,- and wherever the spring floods fall into the sea there Is always a wide break In the coral reef. The mountains of Arabia reach an alti tude of more tjian 10,000 feet, and in apots where borings have been made the sand Is more than 600 feet deep. It la the pre vailing Impression that Arabia la a vast expanse of desert, but that Is a mistake. There are wide strips of barren sand, which are Irreclaimable for cultivation only becauae they cannot be reached by water, but two-thlrls of the country Is capable of cultivation, and, lying at an altitude of 8.000 feet above the sea, might produce cotton, sugar and other seral troploal staples In unlimited qualtltles. Although there are no streams, plenty of water oan be had for Irrigation pur poses by digging 20 or 80 feet, and the In troduction of windmills would simplify . I ...... 1 1 SI . 1 . , . , . i net pumping pruuicm. vn inn coast It IS intensely hot, and the humidity of the atmosphere during the summer season makes life almost unendurable, but In the interior, upon the table lands along the mountain elopes, and In the valleys, the mercury seldom rises above 85 degrees, even In midsummer. While the direct rays of the sun are Intense, it is coot in the shade, and at night the mercury often falls below 50. More than two-thirds of the population are Bedouin nomads, without permanent placea of abode, who live In tents made of camel's hair. Just like the patriarchs of old. They have eViormous flocks of sheen and goats, and herds of cattle and camels. They follow the grass and move from place to place with all their possessions. There are, however, several prosperous cities of considerable population and com merce. Trade la conducted by camel caravans, which cross the desert regu larly, and transport enormous quantities of dates, wool and other merchandise. who strike ,8edalia. . A bunch of them has been getting free lodging In the Mlasourt Pacific atatlon in that place. They buy tickets for the next station, and then curl themselves up in seats or on the floor of the depot and go to sleep. The agent can't put them out be cauae they can ahow tickets. . At the end of .the month they, return the umije4 tickets and get their money back. ' ' i m - , j ' Bafleotiqn of a Bachelor. From the New York Press. , A girl marries to gain her liberty; she gets lt when she becomes a widow. Most women plan after they stop having children to write a novel about them. ' ' If a burglar should stop at the crib and kiss th baby a woman would hare hard work making herself get him ar rested. , Every once In so often a woman has a deliberate quarrel with her husband so ah can write home to her mother that nobody ever Understood her but her, . - J.