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v. t portland oreqon; t , - ii J. 4 i. kit I 7 EDITORIAL PAGE OP THE T ATTD TvT A T rV LJ J.V 1 1 XL L V " - i OREGON DAILY JOURNAL DEPENDENT NEWSPAPER HAL PUBLUHXNO CO,. PrupiUw JACKSON. . . . ... Publtobar evening (except Sunday) T1m Journal BuUdlns, Pifth m4 ,j i TamhitI Bte, Portland, Or. ' jpicul , city paper QOOO EVENING The -small boy had a bad ttmpw. He It. and wu atncerely sorry that ne caulda control II better. He talked bto father about JL and tha father who waa food of object teachlnt. aid: 'Tltoee what I can do to help roe Hat ara Nat aaila and a fcim mar. Now ovary tlma you toss your camper drive ana off these naila In that ooat jaat outdde tha door. After a few week tha boy cam ta bis father with a haa.Tr face, and sonfessedr "Father, tba nalla ara ail gone." Bat tha father only answered, "Wall, bow my lad. every tlma that yoa tat tha Miter at your tampar pull a nail out tba aost And ao tha boy did. And mi day ha came ta his father with a -illte face and said, Taiber. tha Ola are aU aui." Then a ahadow tl upon tha boya face, aa ha want aa v a laaa ahaerful tana, "but father, a holea ara there yet." Some of aa uld grre a teed deal If at could pull 4 tha holeav Robert Whlttaksr. WOT COMB TOGETHER?, OB TWO TEAM buildint opera tion in Portland have been crippled by . tabor strikes' oausint losses ta sarned and a a degree retardlnc tha i of tha elty. Thara hi W re iwa.that the growth of Portland wlU sttor In tha coming year than In any tt Its history. Ita buildint operations. d rafaranea ta tha fair, ahuald ahai ( Mp h Bnapproached total, tt hi ha de ta wupply tha demand foe. houses. wtarty thoaa at medium stoo, and thara rvarr reason to believe that demand will uua ta liiunaaa. Thin .must inevitably 1 g about much activity la buildint opare m for a demand ao Insistent aa thle is t ha jneL' r l these peat strikes are avar and a aadl tba queatton of whether they wera e or anwlaa'M of little oonaequenoe ax hi a far aa they may teach a laaam wlU be raluabia to ua In tha futara. -a ana will dteputa that It . would be to 4vantae of erarybady If that eMmaat wtainty waa removed frbm 'buUdlnc jrjt-M, tt waa known at tba baainnlnc year th Ura would no atrlkaa . e an eaurprlaa oboe undeitabea .,(1 be carried mouth without a auopen a of labor. Thai auectlon baa not only Ottntad Portland, but every city tat the and that It hat not everywhere mat lafaotprx eolation .hi avl danced by. tha t of tha prolontad and aUaaatrous tle-ap a New Tork City this aummer. But that aa ear a only' to cmpbaaiat tha need nich exWta to tatrodww aa tormeat of ear inty m these opera Hone for the aood at a men. tha aontraotora. the In vectors anoT ta paMlo. tba lattar lartety tntareatad In4 ery auch outooms but seldom reoelvlnt y eonslderatloat --v '.. r'hepaaxaat trtTTf"," lnl"M" h nation coroes from thoaa attlea tnvrhlob i agreement, to bold for the aomlat aea v Is entarad Into at tha bettnnlnt of tha tr between the bulldan and tha various adas bob which they depend. Under tha rme of this aareement the varloua unions i tba waaas tor aba year at a speculid tai that than bsosmea tha basts of a eon xct which wlU last for tha year, aaeb aids Ure4 ta aaalntauylt. Xn flxtnt this waaa nedula reason and equity must tovara and qoaetloa must be approached In a spirit f fairness and food wlU on both sides, hen whatever hi straed to must be parried it ta tha letter durlnt tha tana of tha con , ! v?:j-v" f ine sdvutaaM of such a eontraet should a ob rl easy fat -tha Brat plane. It eady amployment at toad watas, which Sana that the man may make aaiealatlons advancs to meet paymaato on homes or rations that they. may Incur tor any r swrpoaa. It means mere Work, for the ctoy reallslnt that there to no danter of t-uw an tars sonfldantly an bis invest ' t and every new avl dint projected an Atoa aonta one dsa (a undertake a slm antorartsa. It atves tba arehitocto a ca to plan m advmnoa and to puah Tor 1 thdr end at tba work hi perfect ooa aa that tba Idea which they put on r will tot due and antntorruptcd coarse shana (to brick, stone or' wood aa the nay be. It alaeeo a treat levarate hi aid af the contractor for ha can figure oartointy on what his labor to rotng ta nim and Whan his eontraet can be Hod.' '-He can do his work Cheaper thoaa plrettnwtoncas, not at the , ex- af tba bulMInt tradea, but because certainty with which he can Afure tlma when tha contract Is likely, to be d and Ita probable coat. asns to- Tha Journal particularly de far everybody ta Portland that osw an should be carried out daring the season. It Is ai leant worthy of con and wa commend it to the build- tha balMlna trades m the belief It la adopted tt will add largely to apsfttr of Portland and every one aa to K. ; 3W KNOW-NOTHZNOISM. V NBW BPECIlU M Know NothlngUm is rapidly trowlnt up In tha Bast that baa In It noma Ulnge which wUI o tha convnon sansa and latellttenoe oeoplo of the whole country It to ana tha Indtacrunlnato naturallsa thoaaande upon thouaanda.ot tor wha canaat speak or write but kur r their awn. They have no cancan tavar of the fanius af our loatttn t satrtotto tojpuisat a4 ara nttorlK without asplratlomi except to awks an easier UTlnt than was pomlMe ,ia fbe countries frara which they mMmr- " V-i This la a new and dcoldadly Intcrastlnf development af the Know fothlnt. sptrtj. Us ta withtav tha. last tow yaara -foreitnenr bava bean a peculiarly vital element la our papalatton. They have . stiivaa t tren doualy la tha . development . of the country and have added a fibre to our Antarlcanism without, which something eaaenttal to our well bring would be lacking. This etaas af "furctoners" tba whole country ktlll wel aaajies, but It to ta tha tnpoartnt bar dee which represent tha vary lowest type of Buropean' dvlUaattoa and oftaariaiaa tha dregs to which Incraaslnt abjection to belnt made, with tha probability that sooner or later soms aSeot will be bad an eotunreaa and better netrlctlvn laws be tha result. Moot serious, and It appears to Tba Jour nal, moot rasaonabla objection hi made to the tndtoerimlnate est ana ton of tha franchise to such people. It h being pointed out that their fights can be protected without con ferring upon thorn cltlsensblp end maklnt them usually venal participators ta our olae- ttm. It hi well to face thto phaas of .the quastlon la all scrtousnesa. Thara ara few Americans wba-bava the tood af their country at heart who win not bail, with pleasure such a discussion and hops that Its outcome may be better restrlcttve laws and a Uattattesi af tba franehtoa nuclease which ara now aa recklessly extended to an lasas of foretgnera totally without re gard ta thdr atneac or than? capacity. . . t SBBanaananaBsaanasi ,.. NOW FOR THE EVIDENCE. Ip-r be P THESIS ARB any charm against Jtasdal PoUosmaji Roberts they should publicly prawn ted and vigorously tovostltated. Bo far tba estoamed Ore- and Its Bvanlnt Boba bava been ax- eaedlnaiy reckless hi hlntlnt charges In the gaod oM Oregoniaa way, but they bava tolled to substantiate them when tba op portunity came officially to do so. Roberts SMvhaarraftor.- Tha system under which he works but whtoh-uunton and law Just! flea to bad as tt applies to the district la which he operates. There jghJogseness and trra I sponslblllty about tt which toads to impo sitions nana tha leas exasperating becauss they ara made under tba gulto of apparent authority.' If Roberts to tullty H should be possible aeuue the aaldcuur to eslabltoh - gum. t With tuHt Jproven H would be criminal for the polloe committee to hssttate a nxunent In' aaiaUdrlly dtemisalnt Roberta. , The Journal knows nothing about Roberto and lees. I If kt hi ahu air that be to arsit- mt K wlU be among tba vary first to de mand thai his star be taken away from him. At the same time. It en all aged, be is sj bold and aadactous bold up. the facta should be easy af demonatrntlea and wa do bdlsva lha- poilca - committee would under such ctroametanaes healtate to da Ita ebvloaa duty and eatend BrsteeUaa -to the WRneasea. .v a.& , , - . Brlnt forward the'evidaaoc. Mow tot the man who apparently contem plated barm to tba pfctodcia) b disposed af aa quickly and daasntly aa hi oonclciairt with legal oaacca and above all with ao Bttto cpectaoulaa publletty aa possible. , Ha to simply a poor creature, wba has always bean nighty and finally developed a mania which may be homicidal. Portanately he has dona aa barm. His place to In aa aaytam and be should he put there without any exhibi tion of hysterica an the part of officials or newspapera, ; .i . faill' Vat. Prom the Chicago Tribune. -k husband wouldn't be of any nee to a woman unless she could brat about how aba taught bun to like to go to church. Those wba take the moot pride In doma b thing by sheer instinct PW the penalty for tt In cold Judgment. ' A woman can get to love moat any man If be will only be careful ta keep toiling her be hopes soma day to be worthy to toy down bis life for bar. - Ton can't always tell by a woman's cold exterior that she hasn't dot tba sparkle Ilka Iced champagne. Otrls know a beep more before they ara msnrled tha they ara willing to let on they know after. it.. ' Refleetlene af a Baeheler Prom the New Tork Press, ara net lit even for them selves to associate with, -i It would be a terrible temptation to take out Insurance on one's mother-In-law. M takes a widow to act as If she were pussled to death over what belnt married to like. Tea can always toll by bow a woman's Hps bra bow much a man would like to tee if any of It jrUl iBudae PI end. 1 ' Prom The Chicago Record Herald. When It comas to the "hog" question the fellow wba dings to the' and seat to lnsls nlfloant to comparison with the one who goes an day after day soakkit the air fool with smoke. " A rittirtf Climax. ' Prom the Milwaukee Bentmet, -Newport society baa bad a dot dinner a monkey dinner and a lion dinner. Now let ft give a 'oooa dinner, and Col, WatUmoa will do the rest. . i -. ... v - Farmers Trust. :'' Prom the Chloage Poet. At last the farmers have caught the pool tng fever. They have met In thto etty to de clare tot It wheat and 40 -cent potatoes, aa matter what tba crops or the demand, v He Means ualneea. Pram the Ifanaaa City Journaf. Mr. Cleveland to to talk ta tha Chicago business men. There ara varloua Indica tions that Graver means buslneaa days. .'.;., . '. .' a fitithaJ Thabaha. ' ' V ' V : . Marcus Aural I sa. r 'r:. , Remember that to change thy mint and to follow htm that fete tbae right Is to be none the toes the free aaent cha tbev Wad before,' -'- r, i ;jv ' A A Mint to Tarn. Prom tha Cbtcaav Newa. T J ' Wa aa. sea Torn Johnson's tatob If be toes scootlnt around the country la bis au toiaabue posrinc forsara boraes -s- .' i BIlRUTd IMPOftTANCI. . City Is' the Cantor ef Kxtonajva Isatoaary Prooi tba New Tork World, v Beirut. In Byrla, to the ssapprt of DetaaS oua, and to commercially a city af toaport- ' A Preach company baa recently built railroad avar the mountains' to Damascus, and Beirut may be the tesmlnus of a rail road to India. Tba Lebanon rants of mountains towers above the town to the height of ft. tee feat. Back cf tt arc beautiful olive oTovea,.-, :.- .-!: ' Thera to ne city la the Turkish emprra. with the possible exception of Constanti nople, In which America baa as great Inter ests aa In Beirut. t ... la It Is located the Syrian Protestant sol toga, with II buildings on a asm pus of nearly p acres. It baa mora than tOO stu dents In Ks varloua departmsnta, and baa a large corps of Tale, Harvard, Princeton and Amherst men on Ita faculty. '-L II to tha headquarters of the Syrian mis sion of the Presbyterian church of America, which maintains four aub-staitons at Btdon, Tripoli and at Ban! eh and Abeih, In tha Lebanon district. The mission supports la Beirut the Amer ican press, which Issues- In tha Arable ton tuate nearly t,eOS,Ooe volumes a year These arc circulated In all parts of the world -where tha Arable, lantuage Is tha official and re ligious one. , - ., . ., . -v The educational work accomplished by the college and the Mission baa been steadily Increasing In the last few yaara. The-former began Ita work in lies with t. mere handful of students. As said above, it baa now over OS students, and has lately received from the Turkish tovernment concessions calcu lated to make tt etui mora of a power In the country. Ita graduates ass employed In many official ca pad ties, particularly In tba Egyptian tovernment, Tha college now baa an academic depart ment, a medical school, a school of com merce and a. preparatory department.' Ita campus to on the promontory extending wi from the city out Into the Mediterranean. Its bulldlnga ara the most, conspicuous in' the town, the first that ana asaa from approach- .... Itltmtr( Thoss buUdlngSk repreauntlnt nn out toy of many thousands af doUara. include a mala buildmc used aa a dormitory; the medical hall. -chemical laboratory, the Oeorge 1 Post Science Hall, the preparatory depart mamV lbs Marquand house for the president. the Daniel Bliss hall, the observatory and others. Besides tba press and a buUdlnc formerly for a theological seminary, but now used by the college, tha Mission property to ol udee a girls' seminary, n church and building used for a Sunday School room and for church festivals. - ; The entire American Investment In Beirut amounts to hundreds of thousanda of dollars. and many of the professors and missionaries bava built their own elty homos and summer real dances la the mountains at thdr own Rioent lettara from Beirut Indicated treat unrest. - " - The city on tains some lH,Me people, and only about 46,060 of them ara Mohammedans. Yet tha Mohammedan to tba dominant race and holds the upper band. Of late tt has been dangerous for Buro- peans to to out at nltht alone, and even In the day tune , there have bean many cases of assault. On the promontory a great waste af aaad strdches up from tha south shore. Between It and tba north shore thera Is a network of cactus lanee. Several Americana bava been attacked within the last few months In these lanes. " , ,t A Ward With Cel. Wattoreen. ; " 1 Prom the Washington Post. It to atwaye a ntliUtga to oatcb dap with CoL Wattorson and to follow wherever he may lead. la this matter af our army' and navy maneuvers an tha far New England at, however, wa shall have to deny our selves altogether. Col. Wattorson to of the opinion that the said maneuvers amount to Htthytt anything, more than child's play; la fact, wa think wa caught a murmur that sounded very much Ilka "fuss and feathers." And as the aotond to a man who frees bis mind on ail occasions, we find ourself con fronted by views to which we cannot wholly and .unqualifiedly subscribe. Wa have tons; admired these mantfeota- ttone of military ardorthose Illustrations of deep cunning- and homicidal strategy. They do not teach the country anything, and what they teach our great warriors the lat ter conceal from the vulgar curiosity of the rabble, But tt to a real treat to read about them In the newspapers every morning. How the "enemy waa baffled here and tha In domitable "defenders" axhlbtted prodigies of valor there; how tha Invadlnt battleships were destroyed one by one, each by a ringle shell, and bow the dastard roe mud finally be driven from our shores in a hopelessly fractured and demoralised condition all this makes mighty feverish rundlnt these dull summer mornings. So, at toast, we have at waye found tt. Ever since that glorious day three years ago when Ool. Henry May led the flrd regiment of the District national guard to victory, after resortlnt ta the masterly expedient of loeatlnt the enemy from the dlssy summit of aa adjacent smokehouse ever dnce that glorious day we bava re garded the summer maneuvers of our fleets and armies aa an Infallible preparation far America's deetlned conquest of tba world. Cot WattersoB to behind tha times, or das he lives toe far away from the object -leas one to make a Just appraisement af their value, Xt him come to Washington soms day next fell after hot-killing, say and slds by aide with some ana who knows the moartiut af things, gase upon the martial for mof Gen. Thtagsnibob or Admiral Binnacle aa that toantint warrior passes by Let htm mark tha hauthty glance, the welling brisket, the fearless lets, and then ask whether this means pride and empty arrogance. He W1U toarn that tt means possession af tha sscrd of the maneuvers and a sense of tha el meat intolerable reapondbUlty of that sapience. Shift your point af view, colonel, t Come bare and get into tba light. Jaat anoel ' Mud Od a Meva On, 'Mi ' ' Pram the Minneapolis Journal, If tt takes all the airships as ton aa tt takes Prof, fcanaley to get a start, hto wits will have time for one mere glance Into the mirror. v r.;--.- . : ' Artothar Chance fur Miss ttena. ". Prom the Chicago Chronicle. r ' , JTs tba Mxeedonlan revolutionary commit tee to appealing for funds, it to now up to Miss Bulgaris stone to go avar there and get oapturri acatn. ' . HI WAS A BOftftV Ana the Wri lit Pink Stood lmJwsi aa , . . bans aa ane ceuid tha Chicago N Tba tlri In pink wrinkled bar brows- fry tng to And tha right phrase to explain her meaning. "Ha waa- tba sort af . ere at are. aha began at last, "wba trtoa to bold your hand tha second tlma' ba comas to call- perfectey tmsaasfble, you know,, but barm less. , , 1 J . Her 'auditors nodded oomprehenstvely. l knew ana of that type once," aaid the girl to blue. I always felt aa sorry for him - wanted to pat hto hair to a. motherly way and tall him to run and play.' It to merely af ease of brain development stopped at about la. I think." . t oouldn't be properly Indignant at ail, went on the girt in pink. "I might Jud as well have tried the Clara Vara da Vera ab? oa a mouse. Hs looked Ilka a mouse any how, with hto pale ayes and hair and he waa perfectly unconscious bow Irritating bto at titude was. r , . "What did you bather with him fort" asked the practical girL .-. The airl In pink looked gantry kind. "My dear ehild," she breathed. '1 waa stranded at that desolate summer hotel and ha waa tha only man there! Thara was a rebuked sttsnee till aba Went on. -With all bto Inanity he Waa an awful egottet. He used to tell ma by tha hour about bto aspirations and how be was wan dering through life a misunderstood ma endured tt because thera ware 14 ether girls thera who didn't even have a feeble-minded egotist to talk to. Besides I could pmn my winter wardrobe while ha talked. He aaid be waa aura be and I were affinltlea and asked tt I didn't fad a subtle comethint In tha air that tod ma to think the same. I said all I felt In the air was about a mtUton mosquitos and I wished he'd take ma In- doora. "Even that dMnt squelch him. Hs murmured, 'Ah, llttto one, yaw cannot always evade me and attempted ta. pat my band as though I were 'about six. I bad to eat two pounds of chocolates before I felt myself again after that." 1 ahould think an," said tha girt ta Vua, "When a man decides be to an ethereal. philosophical, mountain-heights genius be Is proof against dura and sarcasm. Ton mltht lud as well try to shoot a rhinoceros with a candy tun.1 The tlrl to pink plaJnttvely readme bar narrative. - i -He used to walk ma down to tha beach and rhapsodisa on, tba thunderoue waveav but when one of them, e mashed in and drenched me ha simply rushed for higher ground and wrung; bto bands, shriek! n for me to oome on. ' Afterward ha explained that bto agitation waa daa to his awful fear that I Would be swept away from Mm for ever. I oouldn't get tha idea out of bis bead that to me be bad found bto fata and that In time I would recognise our affinity. He bad a sympatbirint way af asaumint that tha scales would-drop from my eyes In time that waa perfectly maddening. There to nothlnt ao terrible aa a man you cant snub. - That's a tremendous truth,' murmured a, eympathetto ItotoaoBj Tba ether aodeed aa cent. - - - r- - - r a.- - T told him I was ton frivolous and simple ever ta climb to the mental heights that he had reached and he' ; "Only putted your band," suggested tha gtr) in blue. , "Tea, admitted tba unhappy ana. Thai dldnt work, ao I tried maklnt fun of htm to bis face, but he only grew patient and re peated the performance. I aimed had hys terica. S knew I should do something des perate. Plnally I told him flatly, that he bore and I bated him aad X wished he'd to away and bother eome-onu atos Would yoa believe ttf HS dghad prtyingly and said these soul flutter! ngs of mine were preoious to- him, showlnt aa they did tba strength of my character. ' And ba atartod to pat my band again. I tost my temper then eomplddy and' -What did yoa dor. they asked, breath lessly. . 1 slsnpsd sttnl v Tea, I did! And I think be to dttlnt thera yet with the light of ta telllgenoe breaking ovar him." . ABOABC THK tRIN. , - Dice sex af Triiueate At. .. . ,. '' tributod to ' Prom tba New Tork Bun.. Thera wera not quite ao many unlnvrted tuasta aa tba Erin yesterday aa thera were at tba other races. The publication af the facto ratardtnt them waked the aorinant aenae af wopttoty ta at leant tT of them, and they eaUad ap Sir Thomas offices here and asked If they wera not expected. They were told that If they had been Invited they Were expected, and that tt they bad not, they wera not. A few came in spite af this, somewhat aspUdt explanation. -. When tha fotke wha bava been eporigtng on Sir Thames begun escortlnt his real friends and guests down the bay on the William Ptoteher and began ecrambttnt to get ta front of hto real friends and guests When lunch and tea were served, there were lot af little trlflea of some Interest sa brie a-brae about the cabtaa. - There ware silver ash trays beartnt the name of the Ktrnv In enamel. - There were cut-glass match safes. These have vanished. They wars not stowed away on. board; they were taken from the ship ' by 'tueats.' Twa years ao tba Brio waa nearly stripped by souvenir thieves. At that rime a wan- known Amerloaa yachtsman etratlatod Sir Thoanaa, after tooklnt over tha stripped cabins end pantries. "Ton ought to ba thankful that they toft the fcesl. aaid be. . y . Prom tba Milwaukee Sentinel. ' At tba base of Pompeys statue stood J. ObisSti fteotat the mob. The first conspir ator to appear, dagger In hand, waa P. er vUlua Caeca, Inventor of tba ewxoaret, . podging toe thrust of tba would be ear sassia, caasar swung an bit tow,- pwttinf blm dawn and out -Aha, Casdastn ba exclaimed, fedat hto ssaond foeman, whom he dispatched with a hook in tba solar ptexua, after raoetvint aeveral flesh wounds. - - - Then came Brutus, and M Wat an Off. "And you. too, Brutus!" moaned the treat general. "Ton Whose note I Indorsed but ycaterdayl" Sa saytoa aa wrapped nig toga aaour mm and ts-ve up tba ghost. . ' Slfns af Precpertty. - ' Pram the Harney Valley Items. The Windsor bar baa added mirrors to the back bar for gl" m, eto. It to vary swdL - - Ballsbury. f .Prom the New Tork Vorld. : The weary Titan" of Britain to at last st rest v MAOELSdKN DEbCRISID. ? One af the Handaemad Man In thq Canaular servias ct Beirut. . Prom tba -Xiaw Tork World.. Henry Noble MaeCracfcan. eldest son of Chancellor. MaoCreeken of Now Tork uni versity, rduraed an Tuesday an Ike Kaiser WUaalm dor Groses from Burope, after hav ing spent three yaara at Beirut, Syria, aa a teacher la tha Protestant college there. He waa one of the 1M Bntllsb aad Amer ican residents af tba town, and bto work and social duties brought him Into dose contact with Consul Mag Iosco. Thdr Intimate friendship extended ovar the three yaara that Mr. MaoCraoken apent to the Syrian town, and to tba World tost nltht be told of the eharaeterietlos af the man and tba conditions under which the forelaners In tha place live, Touajr MaeCrackeu was farced to rd urn noma through Illness. Tea weeks, ass waa taken sick and bto father went to him and brought aim home. - - "Mr. Matelsaen,N he said, "was considered the haadaamcd maa la all the nuns consular officials stationed at Beirut. Hs waa over six fast toll and powerfully built 'He and bto brother-tn-tow, tha consul. were both af Norwegian extraction. '"Mr. Magelseen was anmarrted aad made bis home a abort distance from tha Americas consulate at the - Victoria Hotel, which stands ta tha canter af the etty, within five minutes' walb of the port. He waa vary popular among both Syriana and Buropeana He waa a member af the English dub and of varloua social organisations,, a uurnber af which extot among the U AJVle-AsMrtoane of Beirut' ....... Last April Mr. Magelseen Interested him self prominently In orgaolslnt the field-day sports of the Syrian Protestant college ta Beirut He served eg Judga of events on thto occasion and was Instrumental, with Mr. Rayndall, tba consul, in cocuiint the at tendance at the aameb of the newly ap pointed tovernor af Lebanon, Musafllr Pasha, who took with blm tba Imperial band. Tha new governor to very friendly toward America. He married aa American girt "Tba Inadvertent placing of an American flat over the tent occupied by the Imperial band -on thto held day. came near caunmt serious trouble, as complaint waa made to the Sultan than an Inault bad been shown his flat. Over 1,000 - people Indudlnt the entire diplomatic corps of Beirut and the highest Turkish ofllctala, tncludint tba gen eral In command of the Sultan's troopa In Syria, were present. - ' The pad year baa been -one of taereasw tng danger to foreltn residents In Syria. An European waa killed an the Damascus road In the sprtny. Archdeacon Prers af tha Bnailsh church was twice shot at when pass Int In bto carriage through the d rests of Beirut In April last. As late as June Dr. Oeorge Pord of Sidon, one of tha mod prominent American misskmariee ta Syria.' was attacked, probably by the Shlefc of a village in the Lebanon district whom, be had removed from office foe; Injustice .to native Chridlans. -"Thess eases Indicate increasing contempt for the power of foreign governments to pro tect their citisens. Every failure to. dis cover and punish tba perpetrator af such an outrage confirms this feeling' in the' puttie mind aad render more and more nnewfe the Uvee of all foreigners, . - ' "Mr. Matelssea was much mUrexIM' in the prevention of cruelty ta animate, and by bto . repeated intervention la then behalf may well bava tnourred tha animosity af soma of the cruel horse drivers whom be bad arrested for maltreattot heroes. Hs was a man of great personal bravery, and was not to be deterred by personal eonetderatlou from carrying cut his phitonthroplo im pulse 'He waa very active and efficient ta work- tat up a markd for American goods. He had secured the Introduction of a oondd- arablc number of shoc-maklnt machines tha peat year; threshing machines, phonocraphs. sewlnt machines and other American manu factures.' , ....... . .: ; , . Prom the New Tork Tribune. In the opinion af Walter S. Blgetow of 14 State street, an exporter who baa badness interests In Turkey, where be spsnt six months last winter, the assassination at Mr. Megeiesen waa probably aa affair provoked by personal revenge rather than inspired by any political motive V "Lad April I apent three weeks ta Beirut," aaid Mr. Blgetow teat evening "and, meat tag Mr, Magelseea tha flrd day, I saw a treat deal of him. and cams to know htm y Intimately. Tba news of his murder to a treat shook to me, end yet fa a way I may say that I am not aitotother surprised. knowing Mr. Mage sen so well as I did, and knowing alas tha almost total absence of personal protection existing In all Turkish cities. The vice-consul was a splendid physical specimen of a man. He Waa un usually tall and of largo frame. Halliny from Minnesota, ha possessed all tha char acteristic daring and nerve af tha Westerner. i He was absolutely faarlr-aa, and hto disregard for persona! danger amounted almod to reckleeeness. For these reasons hs was known and beloved by all Buropeana along tba Syrian oosat aa far south aa Alexandria, and perks ps for the name reason he tovokad the enmity of the natives. - "Soon after errtvtnt at Beirut I waa told aeveral dories of encounters which Mr. Mageissen bad bad with native highway num. On ana occasion be was waylaid by two desperate characters along the shore road on a dark nltht, and, although wa Armed, be disposed of bto asaallaats single handed. Tha punishment be edlnldered was said to bava been as severe aa It waa unex pected. Later, another native cutthroat at tempted to bold ay Mr. M salsa en ana night ta a lonely part of the town, but be waa ee badly used p as b result of tha encounter that the services of a doctor were , necessary. Naturally, In a small plaoa Ilka Beirut, the reports of these affairs spread, but It was supposed that the American vios seasul bad inspired such rasped anyone? aha nattvs desperate charaeters that be would mum from further moled atlon." be ton- Tba Wenton Wha Work. 'Prom the New Tork prase,'-''' Of the total work! at population of tha United States, women eondltuto less than II per cent Compare thto with other coun tries, and yoa wlU realise fully bow well women are treated la America. Jm Ottwisny the percentage of females employed ta the total self-supporting populatkm Is It, whits ta Bnatond It Is ST. In Italy the percentate la it, and In Austria 47, Among the Indians It need to ba 1M and about tha same per centage was found by JUvtnawtone In Africa. Tha higher the civilisation, toe tower the peroentayu. 1 - r 1 - - 1 1 n 1 Noce a aOranuaue rlariwenlaah) Prom ths Norwich Bulletin. An effort ta to be made to harmonise Cot Bryan and tha Hon. David Bennett Hill. The harniaen should aa cl aba with them. OSllaWvV fttl,lfvsf lVlMlti fa. ' " Prom Uppmoott's Magadns. - Open s certain oeoaaton Oen. Sherman - , was the gueet of honor at a banquet after 1 .i which a reception waa held. Among the line of people wba flied ta and out to shake Bands 1 with tba great war bare Oca. Bhermaa per- ' edvc4 a faaa that waa vary familiar, but which hs oouid aot plaoa. ... ,. "Who are you? be asked hi an apologetic , aatda, aa ba welcomed tba guert heartily. . t The maa bluabad and munnnred behind t depraoatory band - ' "Mads your shirts, atr. ' ' ' ' . "Ah, of course- exclaimed the general ; loudly, turning to the saostvlac committee behind aim, BUemo, aUow me 4a pre A sent Major Shurts. . , -. The PauN of tha Balls, ' A V Prom the l4ndon Olobe. : A clergyman on his way to- church one Sunday morn my pulled up to rebuke an antler. "Don't you hear the bella summon lnt you to churohT he "asked. The flsher man put aa Inquartnt band ta bto ear, Bn oouraged. the dergyanan repeated the quea tton. But onca again tba fisherman asked for A repetition, snd then again, and even yet again. Plushed from overmuch bawl- int. tba parson was about to proceed an bis way, whan the fisherman spoke: a "Very rry, tuVnor. ha aaid, "but them Bloemln belie makes such a hades of a clatter that I eaa't bear a word you says. :-l. vOLO AOI (CNSIONS. ; S .. They Hsve Arauead Much Krittwelaasx Is New Zealand. fenry D. Uoyd ta Oeod Hnwihiiptng. The dd bto penaloB baa eapturad tha heart of the Auetratostan public. The have and reeeua It bag broutht to broken down men and women oondomned without tt to bit- -tar, degrading, unassuayed m terry, .are be- . yond queetioB: their araUtuds to rsesrdtd in - nisny touchiny ways. - -r-', " 1 The old ago pension to the shollttoa at . capital punlamant In industry, and tba poo- pic of New Sea lend ara glad to pay tba but New Eealand to the moat prosperous and tha meat solvent country mtba, world. Its ten 7 ' years af reform have been ton'yearg of A nan- ; ' v clal surpluses for Ita tovernment It Is tha moat progrcaslvs of all tha Australasian democraAtos, and tta bends rank the highest .. sf all the eotontoa to - tha London money market' - . ... , -... r The principles and operations of tha tow ara simple anouth. No new tax waa levied to pay for tha penetona; aa the surplus rev- - " ? enue sumeed.NjQu new effioem had to ba..' appointed, and the- work Is dona by those J wha are already functionaries cf the state. .7 the postmasters wba furnish tha printed . - 4 forma for anpllcatlon'the mat let rates who t pass upon them, and tha . registrars who make tha payments. Tha relief Is tor tba . deeervlnt poor, but one doas- not need to be - " either a saint or a pauper .to get tt. One J ' . 4 may bava property valued at StM or an la- 1 come of l7t a year end still- reoetve the fall -allowance of M) a yea.rV.an; BnfUab sbUMnt .i,J. n-dav. The idea -Is to are vent esuiiiertetn-- and, encourage thrift by ddlny to the eav- I ngs af the' pow ynough to keep: them oat of . the -pauper dens. Tor those who have mora property or mora Income, the alto wa nee by lihe. stats is f decreased pvoportlonafary until v u aisappaara, . Tnue, tnoae wna. nave s ax income or fl.eee at propertx aaa have nu pensions. - - ', ? - Thoaa who are criminals ara excluded, but - not those who have been, criminals.. . -One may bava committed the meat heinous of crimes and be forgiven tf It happened St A years ago. A serious misdemeanor af IS years uiwoe will be overlooked, - Miner mat tars like drunkenness of more than five yaara ..r ago are passed by. This tenderness toward the weak of morale waa deliberate: -"Ths 1 democracy," tha atateamaa aaid, wba pro- posed this feature af tha tow, ean aJtord to forgive." The Maoris ara admitted to the full benefit of the tow; LHS of them wera drawing pendons last veer. In this tense they are the "white man's burden, Thera ara come frauds, of course, but not ; many, and the law to amended from time to C time to meet Such violations of tba. public confidence. . c ' .. v ' " , Listen's Views, -Ji - Sir Thomas Llpton, ta an article pub- -llshed ta the September Cosmopolitan, en titled "My Efforts to Win the America's Cup, expressed hto dlesatisfaotlon with yacht raetat oonditiona, which require the build! ny of vessels which ara merely racint , maoblnea. He hopes for the day to come when contestants in International sailing matches wUI be real yaobta. Ho ears, laf part: '" - Cup ehairfengers and defenders ara den geroua. One stands upon their decks as one aaila end at any minute a spar may felt, or . a sail may fall, or a place of mdal may felt -Tee, fwdnt yaohts are dangereua .and use . SM M-iml' Mk.i t - oommerca, are thoee beautiful white swans? They are of no use at all. They ara a meat aoe. K Do they aid ta ths eelencs of shlpbolld- t ; Ingt Do fhey teach any lesson to tha thous ands of man who earn thdr livelihood upon ' the seasT They , do not They are mere v' lacmaT, machines, notniat more and nothlnt . less. - . - - :.V v, When theaa raeas are ended they are worth only ao much aa the metal within them wlU taint; . They are of no practical nee to anyone. If Shamrock, III toe as f shall have to throw bar upon a scrap hup, , I leva her, because spoo her my hopes are centered. ' . . ' t lu Mm tA en haTS Wharu It nam a from, and. In order to meet tha require- ' ments af the defenders, I bad to build her - good-for-nothing, beautiful denture that , she to. But If shs wins tba cup I will char ; tab her for the glory that was bars. Tat 1 that case, never wlU her type nVW ataln for -the Asnertoa's cup unless it ataln leaves tta native chores for the United States. - -, : ' 'American yachtsmen would bava to build different kind of a boat from cither Sham rock m or Rdlanca to brlnt It back again. If tba cup tone to Bnatond, Ireland and ,: Scotland, tha end longer mast build an ben ; -sst boat a health? boat, a real boat, to meet the defender on the other side. If I live and . -hav any votce In the matter. , f "mm , , c, ; V: - Pemgelt : . --v . Proni the BAnaaa CMy Ttiiwa. - - VmavluB to shooting flames and lava to a ' beteM of tree fact and Pompeii to In a fair, way to bava another eerlea of Last Daya ' Where Pattl tartoeV V - " Prom the Baltimore American. ' Mma. Pattl'e flrd fee for alntlnt was a pound of candy. ' 0oa baa been a sweet ' auer syet since, . V1 is
