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I . V 0U V .- 1-..-. IB PORTLAND, OREGON. - .TUESDAY., JULY, 28, 1804. V..V of TH E OR EG ON DAI LY C. . JACKSOft Pnkii.ht Mr .v.ninr fucnt Sunday) and very. Sunday morning at Th i , ; t ,;t .. . -. OFFICIAL. : : J CONTRABAND OF t "X F RUSSIA continue running amuck on th hlsh aeaa. I ' aetilnar and linking every neutral ' 1 what W emptors choos to designate contraband of war. peremptory action on the part of other great power cannot be Ion postponed. Jf Russia -ere- clearly within r her right as a belligerent nation, other -government-would probably submit to the harassing Interruption of their commence without eerloua protest, for the dlapoaitlon to observe and' enforcf the established rule" of Interna tional law (a probably stronger now than ever it was tn . the part. . ' . . ' '; ' ; ' ':.-? ,' - ' ' But Russia la treading upon very uncertain ground. . Her sole Justification for the seisur of neutral teasels laden with- wheat flour and other food supplies, lies Is Jhe contention that such, cargoes are contraband of war and therefore subject .to mf Iscatlon. . For ' this conten tion there Is no adequate authority." Writers oh the law of nation differ greaOy In thtlr definition of contraband of war. Certain article, such weapons and munition Of war, are. clearly contraband' and are o recognised bjt 11 nation; but whether food suppllea are also to be placed tn the same category Is a question upon 'which ', writer and nations differ radically. It may Justly be re " garded as a question still unsettled, except where treaty provisions expressly stipulate the articles to be regarded a contraband, and sucn stipulation la only binding, of course, upon, the powers entering Into the convention. - In general the United ' State ha been opposed to th extension of the list of contraband goods, and has- looked with disfavor , upon th policy of treating foodstuffs as 'contraband. The Interest of this country have lain tar the " lrectlonof broadening Tatherth&n" restricting ther-fleld for neutral commerce. It la highly improbable that the American people would now consent to recede from this policy unles cleariybbllged to a o by a Just regard for; established International law. . Russia has undertaken to settle the 7 In the present war by a formal declaration that they Will fee regarded a contraband, and It 'I In pursuance of this declaration that she Is now Intercepting wheat and flour laden 'vessels sailing under the flags of neutral powers. Ill other word Russia, in (he -absence of clearly defined ; International law upon the question at Issue, ha assumed the role of lawmaker and has enunciated a law which shall subs err her own Interest In th pending war. , It Is hardly reasonable to suppose that the great powers will' accept without protest the principle which Russia has laid down. .She will not be permitted to legislate for the governance of ' other - nations. - Neutral vessels must remain subject to stoppage and search, but such extreme application of the law of contraband, as Russia has sought to enforce will scarcely be allowed either by our" 6tT gov ernment or by Germany or Great Britain. -"-'- - r ' PASSIN& OF THE CABLE LINE. fTHES ABANDONMENT of the old cable railway to I ., .Portland Height and the opening of the "aerial " . line", which ha supplanted it, mark an era tn the development of , transportation facilities In this city. To J.OOK OUT rOM m BATZMI. j A rtad-l Th-aka They'll Ilgar Zargely ... . la th Bleot-D" ' : i ,' From the New Tork Bun. ' . "There I a whole lot mors in a nam the Mr. Shakespeare would .have you believe, said a man who ha studied nomenclature and geography and poses as an authority on the branches. - "I predict"' he continued,-"that la the name category you'll find that the Davis family of th - country, generally, will - vote th Uckt needed by Judge Parker, because a Davis Is his "Tunning mate. ; And If you will look up the Davises in Jthls country you will And that they crowd the Smith family pretty closely as to numbers. I have traveled all over the United States, and as names are my hobby, 1 can say for a fact that there is 'hardly a settlement where I didn't find ia Davis, and in many counties I found 'Davis colonlea .. - a "Another thing t discovered about the Devise is that they're right able to ' take care' of themselvea Naturally, a family as numerous as this would run i to all sorts of vocations. But sorting jthem out I find that the trend ha been to professions. There have been noted scientists, writers, doctors, lawyers and - Egyptologists In th Davis family. - . "Th Smiths .axe tee numerous to . claim general kinship, but I never saw - two men named Davis meet who didn't at once begin to match kin. This is par- tlcularljr true of the Davis family In the laouth. - A a rale, th souther Davises flock together wherever you find them. Nearly every southerner I ever met be lieved that he eould trace his family root or branch to the great tree that produced Jefferson Davis, "Some years ago I was In - Butte, Mont, at the celebrated Davis will ease, fin which the late Colonel Ina-crsoll was Icblel counsel for certain heirs. I re member that another lawyer asked Colonel Ingersoll If he thought he was going to win his case. The colonel re plied that the suit would be settled, .- soma time, satisfactorily to all. I ''Because.' he said, they sre J 11 jDsvlae. and sooner or later the DavlsV all get together.' "I don't mesa to say that all the , Davises will vote the Parker-Davis . ticket, but wherever there Is any doubt . the Davis Vote will he Democratic. And when you consider the Davis family you want to reckon In that other branch which spells its name Dsrl-s. The two families are of the same kldnoy. I ' would advise Mr..,Cortslyou to look up . th Davises and Davleaea in doubtful states before- be give out any figures.- , W.M.OX nr BOotra urea. ; t v, From the Med ford MalL t ' A representative of the atedford Mali , visited the Kay dam last Thursday , i evening for the purpose of ascertaining th exact condition ef affairs as apper tains to fish passtng the big dam. Men were busily engaged in constructing a rack across th river, nearly opposite . the fish ladder. The object of this rack Is to prevent . the Ash from passing up the river to th dam and past th ind- . dor and It surely will do the work for which It was Intended and the . flsh bought te hare no- trmibl In passing the dam by war of this ladder.: j ' There-are a great many Ash lying Just below the daM which are, of count, unahl to get ever, but these. Dr. Ray aye, he will tak from th river with a seine and place them tn the water again above the dam. lie is also contemplat ing the construction of a' fl-h way right at the dam, which will, without doubt, give paa-ase for all flsh that do not get up ever the regularly established Ash way. There were tons and tons of Ash la the river last week endeavoring to AN' INDEPENDENT NJWSPAfER' PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. KfMtt, Portland, Oregon. PAPER OF THB CITY OF WAR.; X ; those" who recall than a dosen year primitive in their vessel laden with and cable of the city. . - Rut the march the 4 stimulating increasing travel. the cable and th last relic of the give way to a Vice to ensure safety, speed and comfort, ', crests of th "hill Uv. --. v .',' W ITH a lead of adopted.-' owngovernment I imental stage, there - vr statu of foodstuff B degree of success, ment to .make a speaking distance get over the dam. - The ranged in six from six inches to four feet and the water waa black with them in fact so thick were they that they were wedged In in great pile all struggling to go up th river. - . - - . .-uoii Bun noma, - From th Ban Francisco Call. -: Tb following 1 a literal translation mad by a lady now visiting in this city: - - Sad and desolate flutter Th bird of th morningl T ; '.- , For thou, O Hire, art gone! " , Depart, O mighty one. On winter's Icy breat h.-- " " " y """ Jr My sad lament Is this. My sighing tale of woe For thou art gone, A Sacred offering to th goda, ' Vanished art thou In' the dim day dawning A nestling on the altar high. L , Food for tb cruel goda While I like snowy breasted shag, . Bird of the stream and lake. Bwoop softly o'sr the plains and. view Thy U-leldagal-.---!-- - - But now below we ssdly mourn. For thou rt gathered up by Tu, " Th all-consuming god of war. Oh, go thou, by tb sacred way, . 1 to tn great dwelling of the god. While shades of evening fall. Oh, sweet voiced bird! My cherished kokomsko-e! That once in dawning gayly sang Bcu-cira rrom . Pungarohu tangled brake. . Alas, tbou'rt gone I A eacrlflo thou art ' Where frosty breeses "blow, v On sacred ahurewa high. Impaled by the wlsard priest Of visage dsrk. ' i By Uenuku, vengeful of th gods. Devoured art thou Alas! Alas! NEW ZEALAND. (Last ong t tb .burial of the old warrior priest. Te Reigltahau. In April. W0.) how nrsiAirg niT-rmnxT skzaxs. From the Kansas City JournaL - According to Charles Gibson, this Is the interpretation Indians give to certain dreams:... . If you are a young man or woman and dream you are flying low, It Is a sure sign you are short-lived, and It ia time you were preparing your little business to do your flying at some other place. If you dream of flying among the housetops or just above, yo will reach the 60 or 0 notch. , If you dream that you are away above the tree tops, then you are good to live up into the S0: and If you dream that you are bumping, the stars with your gourd-head, then you will reach the cen tury notch. To dream that you are solid with a blackxrysd beauty is a sign that you will kill s fine buck deer be fore yo sleep sgaln. To dream of blood means also meat in the pot. & '' Aaothe Chsase far a Joke, , Celllo. Or., July II. To the Editor of The Journal I notice in your issue of yesterday where you say It would be a Joke on Mr. Taffe If the aupreme court would reverse hi ease and he should not ket half so much on a retrial. Now, wouldn't It be somewhat of. joke on The Jottrnal tf th supreme eourt was to decide that the atate could not con fiscate one cltisen's property to present it ta -the United States under th mild term of condemnation? X. U. TAFFE. - .' ' . v ' ' 1 ' ' " ' v - JO U RNAL j jno.r. CARROLL Journal Building; Fifth and,Tmhlll , ' PORTLAND condition which prevailed little more ago, the progress has rbeen extra ordinary. Portland's street railways At that time were methods and equipment - Horse car cars-supplied transportation for a. large pari ,;' i-:- '.-. ""t ', ., of Improvement has been rapid under Influence of. competition and constantly Electricity has gradually supplanted horse car, until now the old height line, Infancy of street railways In Portland. system equipped With all th-latst' de- Th scenic beautle. of the 'new line, which skirts th overlooking the city, are probably un equalled. 'Resident who have hitherto been la Ignorance of th wonders of this' view will how have an opportunity to gain a just appreciation of the fair City In which they -'; . ' -'', ' "' JOHN BULL TAKES A TIP FROM UNCLE SAM. rather unusual readiness to follow the the United States, British statesmen are seriously discussing the advisability of es tablishing, as a branch of the Imperial government, a "da re rtr"-''''' "f ntrtnmm it- chief to be a member of the cabinet, A commission appointed to consider the propo sition reported favorably upon It to the house of com mons, and It Is quit probable- that th plan may be .'.'...': . ' While the department of commerce and labor In. ' our as ytj acarcelyj beyond the exper la little doubt that It will eventually prove of . great value to the business and Industrial In terest of th country. . ?.'' ' ... . .. i-.1 Our British cousins are usually reluctant to adopt American way and American Institutions,' but In this cafe they- are plainly following our lead. If John Bull really wants a little tutoring in the art of -government, Unol Sam will be pleased, to take him- as a pupil. , . NQWrOR TrlK PENNANT. - ASEBALXi enthusiast tn this city are hopeful that the second half of the scasoni which begin today, l Jt .! Vl . . L. a thlng better than th booby prise. ''There is a decided monotony In the manner In which Portland has played the role of tail ender and It ha Interfered materially srlth the local popularity of the sport, But there I reason to hope for better .thing. Of late there iias been a noticeable improvement In the team' play and It give promise that Portland may move up nearer the head of the procession. Portland Is a good baseball city. Public Interest Is strong and the attend ance at the gameq Is large.' , ' But Interest cannot be maintained forever without some and it certainly behoove th manage very earnest , effort to get at least within of the pennant. - ooirciunro rurrBu - r I Br th Late John P. Altreld. ' (From his posthumous book. "The Coat of Something for Nothing, pub lished by th Hammers mark Publishing company, Chicago.) - V To live habitually t the expense of another makes a parasite, whether In the vegetable, th animal; or th human world. - . - , Scientist tell' us that there are para site which have In the beginning a number of organs that If used develop, but which gradually become dormant and often disappear entirely for want of use, so that In th end this parasite become (imply a sack with a food sucking mouth. . ' Among human kind there are two classes of parasite There is the "hanging on" class, from th beggar to th well dressed Aunkey and cad. who act th part of servility to secure favors: and, seoond, the insidious para site whom conditions - or institutions have placed In a position where he can suck the substance of other people's toll. .Th effect ef parasitism I to weaken and destroy all that 1 of worth in th parasite. This comes, not as a punish ment inflicted by an extraneous power,, but a a natural consequeno of inac-' tion. Th principle of life in this uni verse depends entirely on action con stant ceaseless action. Inaction stops growth and development and decay sets Th man who cat bread . that - la ! earned by others Is a parasite; In the social economy he ia but a aack with a sucking mouth. Not being compelled to exert his other organs or facultlea they cease to grow. Astonishing as It may seem, there Is an almost universal desire among men to become a parasite; inai is, a aesir to get Into position where they can gratify their SDoetlte and tastes without labor, a desire to take things rather than to make thing -a aesire to get something for nothing. mX-JQIO-r'A-TP VMM CA-CFAIO-r. From th New Tork Evening Pot Th scriptures deprecate hldlns one'a light under a bushel, but that advice wa given before th day of presiden tial -candidate and personal reporting. Little Samuel' visions of th Lord were not used to promote the, fortune of the -high priest; whereas there Is an unpleasant suspicion that the Bible class of - Theodore th Tounger and Judge Parker's Sunday services as a vestryman af being exploited for pollt-i icai purpose. , vot - ror Parker and personal piety, for Roosevelt and re vealed religion, are evidently eamnaivn cries ruA without appeal to a large and respectable class of . Americans. But before th campaign managers on ef whom ha already "opened with prayer" decide to make this a religious cam paign, we trust they will consldsr the reeling of . th candidate: To Presi dent Roosevelt and Judge Parker alike mm advertising of their neighborhood life must be very distasteful. To be assured that they both fear Ood and support the church, w need neither photographs nor Sunday bulletins. In fact, this placarding of activities com mon to all religiously bred families is humiliating to the candidate for whom, ' tn default of a bushel, an occasional mysterious disappearance on Sunday may yet prove the only escape from the prying impertinence of th press. . v , - More th Batter. ... -From the Ohio State Journal. - The more highly educated young ladle have g new fad of wearing aolleg but ton and badge on their bathing stilts: This i on of the good and modest fads. Every UU1 help on th average bathing suit a ' 1 : v - Small Change Hav you bean flshingt .-' A L Glad to get back and restt The trusts are -not worrying much. John Bull has again put on his eoat Have you been down to see the dry. Missouri folks are going to elect Folk governor.. It will be for the most part a "clean1 campaign. - t p, . , -? i Mr. McCamant's address Bundsy even ing was a very neat ona - .,- '-'.' . i .1 i - - Who could reasonably ask for or de sire a better summertime? - Cither the packers or the workers are unreasonable perhapa both. '3" . It'l two months ret till fall! Th fall of Port Arthur I not meant . ' f If In doubt whether Conor-O'Kelly 1 an Irishman, look at his nam. The higher the beef, the more pro perou tb eater -Philosopher Bhaw. , Russia wants war with nflT other 'na tion till she gets through with Japan. The eandldatee will not be formally and ceremoniously notified of their de feat . - . ---.',. ' Nobody can lose interest In mundane affairs - as long . as the ball game keep up. . .:v O well most people would be better off If they ate less meat anyway so some aay, - r '-- - - - ! Wanted, a chairman who Is a first class solicitor for funds, and won't. talk otherwise. , ' . The speech of Franklin K. Lane at the Peraocratlo meeting ea July II will be worth hearing. ' ' ' , , Th president is said to be "alarmed about - New York. It may not be 4 false alarm, either. . .,. Wisconsin Is to-be turned over to Fairbanks- to earry. But Wisconsin surely has long enough winter. Now that open gambling has been sup pressed, let It never be allowed to lift its era bead in this city again. If that old North Pol Is ever found. It will be a curiosity as the most ex- l . , 4 .M it v& iimul . u wvfiu, i Grandpa tavia is said to be -worth 14.000,000. What a sweet, dear old candidate to a. campaign - committeeJ chairman. ., 1 . f . ,! if the breakfast food maker would strike, there would be no general howl ing public demand for the breaking . of tne sirixe. Ex-Senator Oeorg Turner will be nominated next month for governor of Washington. - And his election Is not a improbability. - . '..- ; Western crops seem to be about a promising aa Republican campaign lit erature. Atlanta JournaL " But in per formance they are quite different . . Poor Mr. Root; he no more than get back into private llf. where he can make money and enjoy himself, than the president pulls him Into th breach again or trie to do so. Th president thinks there I nobody Ilk Root ' Mayor Harrison I "planning for a great Demooratl meeting In that city, at which Judge Parker, W. J. Bryan, Champ Clark and Charle W. Town will be the speakers. If the mayor can pull It off. he will be assured of a great audience. ..- , , ,; .. ss aaar woaxa or nonov. (By Rev. Thomas B.' Gregory. , Adams, Masa, July It, 1104. For th benefit of many Interested read ers, won't you - kindly give u th names of SI of tb world' beet work of fiction, tn th order of their excel lence, and so complete th excellent course of reading given some time ago. - . . EUGENIE QREOOIRE. - Assuming that our correspondent would exclude from the list all poetry, ws proceed, with fear and trembling. to mention the II work in Action which are, In oar opinion, the -"world's best:". .. "Don Quixote" Cervantea "Lea Mlserables" Victor Hugo. "Tristram Shandy" Sterna "Th Vicar of Wakefleld" Ooidsmlfh. "Pilgrim's Progress" Bunyan. "Paul and Virginia" St Pierre. , "Robinson Crusoe" D Foe. "The Wandering Jew" En gen Sua Oulllver' Travels" Swift "Oil Bla"--L Saga i "Prld nd Prejudice" Austen, . "Ten Thousand a Year" Warren. ' "Old Mortality" Scott ' "Ivanhoe" Soott "David Copperfleld" Dickens. "Jane Eyre" Charlotte Bront. "Daniel Deronda" Oeorg Eliot "Vanity Fair" Thackeray. - On th Height" Auerbach. War and Peace" Tolstoi "Lt Day of Pompeii" Bulwer. , "L Per Ooriot" Balxac ' . "Th Scarlet Letter" Hawthorn. "Ben Hur" Wallace. ' - "The I eopard's Spot" Dixon. It mnm be said that no attempt 1 made here to give tries work In the "order of their excellence, we mereiy iva. ttiev hannen to come to us, th names of what we consider the It "best work of fiction in th world." t " From th New Tork Tlmea Judge Jonathan Dixon of the suprems court of New Jersey ha habit well known to old practitioner before him of asking three question of counsel arguing at th bar. Th Art on la usually simple, and th lawyer answers carelessly th seoond one is a little more drastic, and th respondent repne with trembling uncertainty; th third I bound to be a poser, fraught witn Hu miliation. - . On one occasion Richard. V. Linda btfry f Newsrk was presenting a cas to th court of error, and when th first question waa Innocently propound ed, he said: - - " don't know." ' - -. , " "Don't know!" cried th Judga "Why don't you knowT "Because I haven't , heard th other two questions." said the wily advocate. . Aa Added Weed - From th Washington Post ' , Emperor William Is going to have yacht built on Amerloan line. That will help some, but he should ga fur ther and secure Bailors built on Ameri can line if he hope to break any reo-orda IRISH INFLUENCE IN AMERICA - The address delivered last Sunday evening by Wallace McCamant at the Conor O'Kelly meeting was received with so many manifestations of pleasure and so many request have been made for It printing that The, Journal here with print it In fuU: W have met to hear a message brought to us by a distinguished son of Ireland. There I no call for a speech on this occasion from any Portland man. and I should greatly offend against th proprieties of the occasion should I de tain you with extended remarks. - It ls-fMUng, however, that we should com to, th message of our distin guished guest with a 'realisation of th debt which our country owe to hi country. .,','" . - , . . .', i For 200 year Ireland haa been infus ing her brain and brawn into th Ameri can body politic . There are far mors men of Irish blood In America than In Ireland Itself. Th population of Ira land 1 only 6.000.000: In th United State there ar not les than 11. 000.000 of Irish birth or extraction.. . , . - In every crisis of American history men of Irish blood have wrought mtaht- Uy for th upbuilding of the American commonwealth. The first blood shed in th American- revolution waa not shed at X-MClngton, but on th bank of th Alamance In North Carolina, where in 1771 - men of Irish blood first offered armed resistance to taxation without representation. For an entire day they wunstooa a roro or British regulars, retiring at nightfall with their own dead and wounded But th fullness of time had not then come, and the blood of these martyr of th Alamance waa seed left to germinate and fructify in the matchless valor or th Ulatermen of the south tn th closing years of th revo lution. . fi- Long prior to th battl ef Lexington. year before th declaration of independ ence, we find men of Irish blood meeting In county after county of Pennsylvania, Virginia and th Carolina to hold up in nana or th. patriot leader; alwaya in - the -van " of public opinion, always bravely proclaiming the principle for wnicn aa rree men they were ready to fight and die. Men of Irish blood pro claimed-th Mecklenburg declaration of independence, defended th rail fence at Bunker Hill, made up the rank and file of the victorious armies which at King's mounts La and th Cowpen rolled back th tide of Invasion in th south. Bo predominant were they in th various regiments of the Pennsylvania Un that XJght-Hora Harry" Le said, trThese detachment had better have been' called the line of Ireland." It I significant of their trustworthiness and fidelity that when Washington was apprised of th treason of Benedict Arnold, when he knew not whom to trust, he at one sent for th Pennsylvania Una commanded by Anthony Wayne, the grandson of WIcklow county Irishman, to . occupy West, Point These troops ware at Haveratraw, -distant II miles from West Point. and Washington's message reached them at 1 In the morning. By I o clock they were on th march. At a- m. . they reached West - Point and Washington "breathed freely In the con fidence that tb Gibraltar of th Hudson wa safe. - --. Men of Irish blood mad up Morgana detachment of riflemen. Burgoyne told Morgan, when he met him after the sur render at Saratoga, that this was th finest regiment oh earth. Eaah man in the ranks wore s cap on which waa in scribed the words, "Liberty or death." On a acor of field of battle, from the snow-clad cliff of Quebec to th up land of th Carolina, these men proved that these word were no idle boast, but a principle burned by persecution on the heart of a liberty-loving race, mak ing on American soli it final stand for all that man holds dear. Ireland gar to th American revolution such snen aa Montgomery, the . hero of Quebec, and Stark, the hero of Bennington; Sumter, Pickens and Williams, the great parti san leaders of th south; Clinton, th great war governor of New Tork, and Rutledge, the still greater .war governor of South Carolina. At a tlm whan there wa no organised resistance to th British either In South Carolina or tn Georgia, Immigrant from Ulster resid ing In. the Williamsburg district in South Carolina summoned Francis Ma rlon to lead them, and thus from men of Irish blood was recruited Marlon's bri gade, which gave to th world It moat splendid' spectacle of partisan warfare. Of late years a school of historians has arisen who have taught that Ameri can Independence wa won solely by th exertions of th New England Purltaa No Intelligent man will attempt to min imise th splendid ervioe rendered by New England Puritanism to the Ameri can revolution, but men who wrote 'in the days when revolutionary recollec tion were fresh. In accounting for the success of the American armies, were disposed chiefly to emphasise the part played by Irishmen In that epoch-making struggle Plowden says: "It is a fact beyond question that most of th early successes in America war imme diately owing to th vigorous exertions and prowess of th Irish Immigrant who Bore arm in th causa" Ramsey says: "The Irish in America were al most to a man on the aide of Independ ence. They had fled from oppression in their native country, and could not brook the Idea that It should follow them." Proud says: "Throughout th revolted colonies all evidence show that th foremost th most formidable, the most determined In pushing the quarrel to th last extremity, were th Irish whom th bishop and Lord Donegal and company had been pleased to drive out of Ulster." Lackey, speaking of th Irish Immi grants to colonial America, says: "They went with hearts burning with Indigna tions and In th war of Independence they were almost to a man on the aide of the insurgenta They supplied some of the best soldiers of Washington. Th famous Pennsylvania line wa mostly oxz-rAV ntniN bowaobb. Tsi Aa th Or eat, th Most Seepotl Woman Baler of All atistory. Mlnni Norton Wood In th August". Century. . . When th tlm cam for adieus, her majesty mingled with her guests, th emperor following closely; and as Mr Conger got beyond me I stepped aside for royalty. Imaain my astonishment when the empress dowager turned, took me by both hands, stroked my arm and Inquired how I liked China and how long would remain, concluding by asking me to come and see her sgaln when I returned, to visit-Mra ' Conger! - I did not, lose my equanimity, but studied this most .remarkaifle woman at closest range. .;. , Could She of dlfnlned mien, deep-set unflinching eyes, rare smile and melodi ous voice be th most despotic female sovereign in the history of th worldt Has she two distinctly opposite natures? Is this the secret of her marvelous power f Born tn obscurity, th daughter of minor officer, a favorite concubine of the harem, young and inexperienced. ahe reached the pinnacle of authority by Incredible ability,- shrewdneee and dar ing. . Through all tb Intrlgu of th Chinese court since she first usurped tn throne, sh has borne a charmed Ufa end her enemies hav arisen only to disappear with terrible swiftness, while her autocracy remain unchallenged. Irish.. Immigrants from Ulster formed a great part of tb American army, and th constitutional question of th Inde pendence of the Irish parliament wa closely connected with in American Question." ' i Nine of th Ignr of th declaration of Independence and eight of the pre si dent of th United State have, been men of Irish. blood. In our seoond war with Great Britain two great historic events stand out On of them ws Perry' victory on Lake Erie and th other Jackson' victory at New Orleana Th flrat wa Great Brit tain' most crushing naval, defeat of th nineteenth century, and th seoond wa on of th most crushing military defeats sh ha aver sustained. Oliver Haxard Perry, .th victor on Lake Erie, who announced hi splendid victory In th modest message, 'We have met the enemy and they are ours," waa born of an Irish mother. Both of th parents of Andrew Jackson were born on th Emerald Isle, and an overwhelming ma jority of th troop who fought with him at New Orleans were men . of his own raca.-. .. Th decade rolled on. and by and by another testing tlm cam for th Amer ican people. The question aros whether the American republlo wa to b slave territory or free eolL By th tlm that that question cam on for .solution, in th providence of Ood another great tide of Irish immigration had been directed to our shore ' In Colonial timea. th Irish Immigrant were, for -the moat part' Presbyterian from th north, but from and after 1840 they were mostly adherents of the Church ef Roma who emigrated from the-southern provinces. With characteristic enthusiasm and with almost entire unanimity they threw themselves into th great struggle on th aid of free soil and free labor. One of the splendid chapters In the history of our civil war ia tb heroism of the Irish brigade In the Seven Days' bat tles. Where so many men of Irish blood won distinction for themselves and glory for their race, it would seem Invidious to mention individuals, but we may call rattentlon with propriety to th fact that th great naval hero of the civil war wa Admiral Farragut, of Irish extrac tion on hla mother' Ida?- In th move ment, which, finally culminated in the surrender at Appomattox, it Is signifi cant that we find associated together, aa commander-in-chief of th Federal ar- ,l-j v-. n , . -i diibi, . , viyeae . o. urani, wi-grev grandson of an Irish Protestant Immi grant of the eighteenth century, and Phil ' Sheridan, th sen of - an Irish Oatholto immigrant of th nineteenth century. The former stand forth as th great- military genius of th strug gle, and the latter, scarcely Inferior in military ability, was th commander of th Federal force at th battl of Five Forks, where Lee' . right .- flank was turned and -th movements Initiated which resulted In the evacuation of Pe tersburg and Richmond and the collapse of the great slaveholders' rebellion. Irish brawn has built ths great rail roads which bind the eaat to the west and th north to th south. Irish brain governs a majority of our munlclpalt tlea Men of Irish blood have been th dominant ethnlo strain in that hardy race of pioneers who, throughout Amer ican history, have been found on th frontier of civilisation, with ax on one shoulder and rifle on th other, their face turned ste-ndlly to th west The several expansions of our national do main which hav carried u gradually from th Atlantic to th Paolflo hav been chiefly wrought by th pioneer element, .in pioneer nas laaen actual possession ' of th territory to be - quired, an- tb government at washing. ton ha In each cas. been compelled, by fore of public opinion, to formally ac quire ' for the republlo th , territory which th pioneer ha actually occupied Th development of tb great west, with its harvest of benefit for th American people, ha been mad posalbl by a lib eral system of land laws, which are chiefly th result of th consecrated statesmanship of that great leader of th Irish blood, Thomas H. . Benton, of Missouri '! .' vf Th great lesson of history Is th beneficence of evlL The blood of the martyrs Is ths aed of th church. Th torture of th Spanish Inquisition sre the birth pang of th great Dutch re public- Without shedding of blood there la no remission of sina Th guilt of slavery was not to be washed away without th bloodshed of Bull Run," Bhl loh and Gettysburg. From th carnage and disorder of our great civil war. w hav seen th American republlo arts to higher Ideal and enlarged uaefulnesa May . ws not And in this thought a key to th divine plan In th history of Ireland. It was written In the eternal decree that for two centurlee man of Irish blood should turn their faces westward across th AUantlo; that their arm of brawn should carve home out of th wilderness; that th principle of th Declaration of Independence should be burned In upon' their souls, and that their heart, burning - with indignation at injustice In th Emerald Isle, should be true aa steel to ths great movements making for liberty and fraternity among the American people. Without absentee landlord eviction, famine, pestilence. industrial and religious persecution, these things could not have been, With out this Irish Immigration no King's Mountain, no New Orleana, no Anthony Wayne, no Andrew Jackson, no Phil Sheridan, no Ulysses a Grant, With out thia Immigration who can tell how Amerloan history would readT "Ood moves In a mysterious way . His wonders to perform." In His provident the woe of Ireland have been overruled for 'the advantage of th American people. Wlfh a rever ent . appreciation of this great' truth; with a realisation of the great debt of our country to hi country, let u at tends to Mf. - O'Kelly s message this evening. .... With relentless will she has stripped the emperor of th last vestige of th legiti mate authority which for a brief period he had exercised under th wis guid ance of King Tu Wei, absolutely con trolling hi every word and act a well a th earthly destiny of 400,000,000 of subjecta t- - And . this most fascinating hostess, urging u to "stay longer" and "come again,' annihilating conventionality and precedent was Tsi An th Oreat, : wo man ruler in this land of Confucius, where to be a woman, according to the philosophy of the great saga Is to be despised among men I - - Ther Are Other. : From the Cincinnati Ttmes-Star Morocco ia not th only country In the world that Indulges In the luxury of bandits. A band of cattle-thieve which has bent operating In New Mexico re cently has a numher of feat to Its credit that probably would make th black Ral aull turn pal with nvy, .; . TJare liable. . From the Chicago Newa Edyth "So your engagement With Tom ha been declared off, ehf , Mayme "Yea. , He promised to re turn th lock of my hair that adorn his locket, but he ha failed to do so." Edyth "Wall, I never did have much faith In those alleged hair restorera" Oregon Sidelights' No big cyclone In Oregon. . . : ' More harvest hands are needed In Mor row county, The, Dalles will soon hav a fin new water eystem. '. Wheat around Adam about. W bushel an acra will -average. Malheur people are very enthusiastic ' over Irrigation proa pacta . ' Bears are numerous In berry patches -In th Coo bay country. . .v . , . The hay erop In Benton county wa ' only little below average, - ' Balam la trying to get a mov on Itself, with good prospects of success. Tb Fletcher sawmill In th Blue moun- . tain above Weston employs 0 men. Sherman county exnecta to harvest ..100,000 byshefs of wheat No hard time There baa been an epidemic of divorce among prominent or well-to-do people m Pendleton lately. - : ... .. .. In about an' hour a Dufur 'man eoL.' -. lected 'IJJ.S0 in that little town .for the Mitchell flood sufferera . ' -.-. Some Linn county hen yard promt - to produo th largest cfop In yeara, not withstanding the dry weather. . Still railroad talk and om surveying, r goes on over onf Coo bay. The railroad, , . will surely appear, affer a whlla" , . . In a teat run of seven day in the Deep , Gravel mine at Waldo, Jackson county, 190 ounce of gold, worth 13,600, waa se cured, o . : . ,. A Brownsville women, while berrying. came across a rattlesnake, and did some- thing unusual for a woman got a club V and killed It -.'.., - s ' Th soli around Helix I three' feet ,- deep, and o It 1 no wonder that great crop of wheat grow there year after -year without exhausting it ' .. Paisley la situated similarly to Heppner and Mitchell, in a narrow canyon with high hills above, broken by canyons, and the Poet suggests the gradual moving of th town to th adjacent me, t- ; In digging a well a Brownsville men truck what he claim I a paint mine. - . a trata seven feet thick of regular red ' paint Bo Brownsville expect to paint Itself red, if it does not change Its nama 1 Union correspondence of Aurora Bor- ealls: Herman 8mldt visited at Joe Kel ler's Wednesday evening -and stayed a little overtime. Ida Hints attended ths ' last Aurora dance and said shs could ' just s soon fly as dance with soms of the boys there. Gusty Miller cut quit . a shine at th last Aurora dance. Junction City Timea: Thle has been a good season for th propagation of young grouse, domeatle pheasant and . quail and th young Mongolians appear to be thriving. While the dry weather of June has mitigated against the crops. It haa been the salvation of ths young birds, and broods ar met with verywher. Two railroad ar In prospect In Jack- sen county, on along Butte creek joining th 8. P. at or near Medford. th other from Jacksonville to - the Blue Ledge mines. Jackson county was settled early In Oregon's history "and Its people are prosperous, but It I not one-quarter de veloped yet ; ; - Unidentified exchange: t Th member Of a Lane county charivari party are, passing th beautiful summer days pick ing rock aalt from their respective anat omies, the same having been donated by th serenaded bridegroom, who fortun ately had a repeating shotgun In th house, i he lolly eerenadera will proba bly get most of th aalt out but enough ' will remain to keep them from getting too freah again. . - ,.f ,' . Advice to the Lovelorn ar asAxaios r-jur. Dear Miss Fairfax. Is it proper for a young girl I year old, to go - to a young gentleman' home when he asked ' her to do soT A young man invited mo - -to go to his horn, ssylng that his -mother wished to meet me and that he would eall for me, and, of course, escort - ) m homa I would Ilk to meet his mother, ss tb young gentleman love her dearly. and ' I am very fond of ' him, D A. M. , Ton ar very young to be going about with young men. Does your own mother know that the young man wante you to call on hla mother I - I think if you do o you should go with your mother. ' Dear Miss Fairfax. I am young man of 20 yeara living here alone, for, I left my parents in a foreign country. ' Last , year I knew a girl shout three years my Junior, whom I loved at one, nd some tlm ago became engaged. without writing about It to my father. Now he write that he does not want me to marry any one, because he ssys m too young. I love that girl with all my heart because aha Is good and love ma Sh expects me to marry her and I promised to do it, but in the meantime I would like to see my old father satisfied. , . Can you help ra to And out how to olve the problem. . F. H. P. If you hav asked th girl to marry you, your duty Ilea toward her as well , aa your father. - But as you ar both vary young, why not wait a year or so,, and then perhaps your father' will con sent to th marriaga Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young man of about It year of ga I hav been engaged to a young lady for two yeara and hav promised her that I will soon marry her. - When w were first engaged shs promised me that she would be true to me and that she would never accept Invitation vfrom any young man to go to partiea theatres, etc. - A she lives far from here, I find It rather difficult to go to see her very often. On my last visit .to see her I could not drive away from my mind on thought, and that waa that sh had been untrue to m. I finally told her that I had heard about her accepting Invitations from a young man. who proposed to her, and then she confessed to me the truth. - Do you think this lady loves me, or Is ht deceiving meT ANXIOUS. I would not be too hard on her If I were you. Tou see, you were away, and sh probably felt that she would not b doing wrong In accepting the Invitation. A long as sh confessed. I do not think you need worry., Do you never look nt any other girl or accept any Invitations? Tou know, If you expect her to do that sort of thing, you must also live up to your own standard. 1 ' f ek ': ' . ' ' : 'i -