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i. ' V T Editorial Pag e Ci PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER SC 1004.' . 1 ' 1 ' " ' ' I' ?l THE O R E G O N D A IX Y J O URN A L - AN INDIPIMOINT MCWSPiriS PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING Ca JN0.P. CARROLL (except Sunday) and mrr Sunday mrotag- at The Journal Building, Fifth add TanUdB . awes ta, r-eruaao, wragusv v - ...... f . v.. OFFICIAL PAPER OP THS CITY OP PORTLAND i : THE OPPORTUNITY 13 NOW. PORTLAND'S QOM1CRRCK, which meant the export ., trade o( tha state, grows In lmportanca with every I o'earee of Industrial prosperity throughout tha com monwealth. Every alameat that contributes ta the state's prosperity add so much to tha duty of transportation managers. As central Oregon timber srowa In value and sttracta lumbering- syndicate, traffic magnates have the trowing duty of accommodating the trade such develop ment require As raclamatlen work progresses, spreading; tha mantle of fertility and bringing under useful dominion Mtrren wastes, the people whs will aettle there muat he riven tranaporUtlon for thatr products and theniaetves. In tha local column of thla issue la a summary of tha ullway situations ta the aoutheaatera part of Oregon, riewtn work dona and eerloualy projected, tt la aara that aal development has been along Unas divergent from1 Port- and. and hence In channels not best salted to the future poepertty of the eommunltlea affected. Nature made tortland the Inland empire's seaport. This gateway opens ipon tha great world, and through it must ultimately paaa he fruits of Catmnbian' thrift and enterprise When Oregon nan build toward this center In most direct Unas, they at aln thety economical routes to the marts of tha rorld. ,(-'.-'. " v v '"' The Bumpier valley has been the only rail Mnr dolnaT angible, real work in behalf of Oregon'a Interests of the outheastent section this year. Ita alma have become nanifest through eteedy work, and the quite positive en ouncement of able management. Being ana of tha strongest Inanctal men of Utah, or In fact of the middle west. David Socles can open Harney and Malheur counties If he lists. o railway benefits. ' "What ha haa dona doaa not seem to ornpare with what la to be dona th tha near future. jPort ind feel the keenest sympathy la auch progrsee, for It la 11 In behalf of Oregon; but the great Interior region would roflt more heavily if connected directly with the seaport enter. - ' . V ,- '' ' r Southern Oregon on the' east of the Cascades will soon a hopelessly lost to this stats', hi a commercial sense, un mb the rapid work of tha Nevada-Cailforrda-Oregou line forestalled. r This ayatem already eommanda tha trade. ad when the M-mlle extension announced for next year i completed, will have tt so secured as to render competl bn futile; unless Oregon doea acgreaalva work.. Lake and Jamath are large, fertile counties favored with numer ue lakaa and considerable streams, where agriculture will uive after, transportation open a market for wheat oafs, arley, apples, pears asdapluma, Events move rapidly tn the Industrial world. - Men crev tg sucoeaa must anticipate the march of actual achievement, -id .shape tha course of development. If Portland quietly arts until rail lines have penetrated the unknown empire eyond the Cascades; and then awaken to bar supreme fort for tha oommeroa built up, she moat lose. Capital, ary In all -great work, haa a mortal dread ot entering; a on petit! ve sons In transportation. Bate warn have ter irtse. railway builders, and far Portland to strive with rery -energy after Malheur, Harney, Lake and V--f kva been diverted ta other markets, would be.futUa. V - HOT AFTER THE PROMOTER, j V 2 rHE RBSPONSIBTLXTT of promoters la ta be tasted In a suit lately tnetltated in New York. A woman of that state being attracted by the advertised roapectuaes of the Shipbuilding; trust, noticing therewith te signatures ot presidents of. trust eompanJee and' big tonwT testifying to the substantial character of the in Mrtment, put 206,006 of her money Into the enterprise, hea the bubble burst and the woman was apparently left ttbout recourse. She had, been swindled, it la true; ,ehe id relied upon the re presents! tone of men who stood high i the world of finance and wboae guarantee waa supposed i carry with tt great weight, but hitherto auch men alld em under when the crash came and left tha unfortunates ho had relied upon their representations to bear their sees as best they might, v.. But this particular woman determined that she would rt tamely submit to auch monstroue Injustice. She rought suit not only against the officers of the trust at a time of the organisation but Included with them those bo stood aponsora for Ita flotation. They entered a da lurrer to the suit but the supreme oourt took thla ground: do not think the court should Indulge la presumptions tat directors are not responsible for such corporate pub satlona (as the prospectus). The oourt ahould not pro line pasatvlty The allegations of the complaint are tfflclent to entitle tha plaintiff to offer evidence of af rmattva acta or omissions by the demurring defendanta ad personal participation In tha wrongdoing charged nUnat the corporation of which they were directors at te time the alleged false representations were made. , So the woman will be allowed to go ahead with her auft he amy expect to have a fight en her hands and that uch time will elapse before the final adjudication of the uw. but Involved in the outcome will undoubtedly be a re lit that win clearly fix the moral and legal responsibility f uch promoters aa lend their names and credit to testtonable enterprises which otherwlaa oould net be lsted upon the Investing public. . , of reaching tha unsuspecUna public. The president's ad vertisement occupies one full pace, tt la graced by a jfcalf length portrait of Mr. Roosevelt and made up of quota tions from his political frtende and associates, from ana or two Odd Democrats and from his own letter of acceptance. To all intents and purpoaea, so far aa the average reader la concerned, tha expressions of the headline, "National In his sympathies and understandings, conservative and pro rreaslve. fearless .and considerate, his Dsraonallty tha strongest appeal ever made to all classes of voters," la not the paid advertisement of the Republican national commit tee but the downright Judgment of ha paper Itself. Tha fact that In vary small type; beneath the page It carries the words, -The Saturday ; Evening Poet Advertiser," scarcely altera the fact tor tha advertising matter of the paper la scattered promiscuously through moat of the aaawa..'. 1 . ','- Altogether tt Is a new departure ta presidential cam paigns that mar or may not be Imitated; tt la likewise a new departure In high- daa weekly publications and muat there be set down aa mora or leas of aa attempt to take advantage of the confidence of Its readers, a step which la very unwise In tha caaa of a paper appealing for a general- constituency, baaed upon giving tha moneys worth while at the same time respecting the various views of the people to whom It. necessarily cater for circulation and support '-'. " - " '. .'v- . , V"- . v: THE BALTIC FLEETS QUEER RECORD. URELT a more extraordinary thmg haa rarely hap pened than the firing of the Russian Baltic aquad ron on a fleet of English fishing smacks In tha North sea. It la Inconceivable that tha ship commander knew what ha waa about, for Rueaia now haa Ita bands full without deliberately stirring up any mora trouble, The reasonable view, however far from complimentary that may be, m thai the officers and men ware aeared stiff with apprehension, expecting momentarily what no one else looked for, that la a fleet of Japanese destroyers which would sweep them off the face of tha earth. They were keeping a sharp look out for that very thing; when the fishing- fleet loomed up. Home torpedo boats sent out to reconnoitre apparently returned with tha Information that the enemy waa In sight and then the fleet let loose with tts guna and under their demoralising Influence safely ef fected Its escape. If this te tha present morale' ot the Rue elan navy then no defenseless ship hi aafe on tha route ta Japanese waters. A fleet so officered and manned, to I whose excited Imagination fleet of fishing smacks la aa war ms pi ring- aa a windmill waa to Don Quixote, la. surety a dreadful menace to peaceful commerce that calle far drastic action not from Japan alone; but' from all neutral nation which have ships afloat. A HE PRESIDENT AND THE ADVERTISING :.;rV.v,.rV-.-CX)LUMNS-i 'NNQATIOrf le the keynote of President BooeeveU's poller. It is bis pleasure to strike out an new linn, to " get out of the beaten track, to do old things In a new ay. His latest adventure m thla direction le not only new it absolutely unique be haa Invaded the advertising lumns of the weekly press to extol his own greatness, ta tpatiate upon his own excellencies and to lay more firmly te foundation for hie claim ta the suffrages of the Amen ta people at the November election. The Saturday Evening Post tk a widely circulated paper, clalme to print considerably over half a million ooptes each Issue, It goes to Ita readers tn a non- trtlaan , guise, 1 conveying to them Information on tofrioe aa well as a. mass of matter with or leas literary flavor to H. Rut th. - bout It Is that It la supposed to he ihm n rttean devices and however Its-editor and publisher may Stvldually feel about contemporaneous politics they are pBoaed to permit no outcropping of prejudice or partisan (p In tha columna of the paper. It therefore furnished a cutlarty attractive field In which ta begin the experiment rrent tnt There waa a time when the Russian Astetlo fleet Waa an even greater menace to Itself than tt waa to tha Japanese navy. It had a habit Of planting mines proratoeuously and then forgetting all about them until the unhappy moment when ana of its own palps came lor contact with them and waa hurled to deatruotlon. . the Russians seem to have Im proved a little ta their taetloa since that day, due largely to tha fact that they now have very few ships afloat and mos of those are closely confined la tha harbora of Port Arthur and Vladivostok. , If they word allowed to go at Urge It la entirely probable they would speedily aaal their own fata without the Intervention of tha Japanese. But with thla example, before the world, which can only be safely explained en the ground that tha off! cere ware so scared that they actually lost their heads, of what advant age will It be to Russia ta get Its new. fleet to the scene of war with tha harrow Ins; poeslbUlty that It may actually meet tha Japanese face to face In an encounter in which there win be retaliation? Tha far east hi no place for carpet knights at thla stage of tha proceedings and the government cannot look forward toe hopefully ta the out- oome of auch a struggle from a fleet which haa begun tts Journey to the beat of war with auch a record aa that to tts credit la tha North wee. .. . -.t Small CKange " J Addlcks Is te be rewarded, moot steys till after election. Ja Dowle to be Royal Chaplain T Democracy la a broad word, brethren. Bryan Is scarcely yet In the prime af life. . . Why not make John Barrett Kin of Panama T ' . General 'Apathy aeems ,ta. be running quite a-eu. .. j , The mikado Is realising that he bit off a mouthful. The Baltic fleet would be aafe up on the Long Tom. , Koropatkln has to conquer or die"' the sooner the better. " , . . The Reps think they have turned Gee eral Apathy's flank.. - , . If Tibbies doesn't hurry up, we won't vote for him ao there. ' poonerB defense seems ta have fallen very flat ta Wlsoensln. V . , , r Rally, rally! But somehow tha old- time rally flavor ta lost, . After all. Dave HUl hasn't lost Parker over a minion votes, 1 probably. What a loaa to the country If Unele Chauaeey ahould net be re-elected! With some politicians the robber tar iff law supersedes the tea command ments. ... r . How Salem ever kept moat of the state institutions so long without a preteotlve tariff, la a wander. 1 " " ' i Bullettn to Commander B-K-ll Oreat victory reported in de at ward, K T,; General Apathy routed. Pretty ' soon you 11 wonder why you hurrahed for eosae politician ao much and did nothing to build good roada. Booker Washington is a bigger and better man than August Belmont. If this be treason, make tha most of tt. Put aa your spectacles, get a telescope rand microscope, and arm yourself with a Ciqgeaee lantern, If you expect to Sad the corpse ox a trust. If a man feels It necessary to get la contact with a political fight, be need not go back to New York or Indiana, but only over into Washington or Idaho, v What la needed le a protective tariff on football end baseball. But It would be made, as General Hancock correctly stated the tariff la be, a local question. If half the reports of leasee oi life In the Rosso-Jap war are true, there must have beea the greatest armies en gaged ever ton times the numbers re ported, . v. .-vi . , Young pupils of the public schools are required to study too many branches, is a common and fro wins opinion. There le too muoa cramming of ehUdhood out of children. V " 1 a Bwiem woman will not allow a Democratic paper to be brought into the house. Sslem dtatesman. - Doubtless others could be found la an Institution near that cUy. , ; fclCB WEATHER TO LOOK AROUND. .' THE sun la shining these days, tt la a nice time to walk around.' If you chcoae to walk Instead of ride. suppose you take a thoughtful glance at our streets? Are they not beauties? No matter whether you turn your Inquiring gase on a street In tha. heart of the business district, or out in the suburbs, you certainly will thrill with Jor and pride. ' For example, look at Tambin street, within a few yards of the spot where these pleasant remarks are being: written. Our friends tha gas people across the way muat be In love with it. . Go down to the oornetftoY Fourth. What a beauty pot those bulging blocks make and tha holes all along. They coat enough, surely but what are they worth? Are'nt we proud of them? Really? Go out on Belmont street, the principal thoroughfare. east and west, on tha east side of tha rlvsr.- Take your girl walking there. It la a good ttma to do It now enoon-Ught- Tou can pick bouqueta for bes. For blocks and blocks the aldewalk ta thickly ornamented with burdocks. thistles, weeds of alt bad sorts, now sowing their seeds for another nice harvest to be shown with much pride te our eastern friends In the great year of lWi. Thee are only asm pies. The streets wa have In Port land 4 he adjuncts and appurtenances of streets would not be tolerated In any other city in America. The people of Sacramento, for instanceend that ta not exactly a model town-would rise tn rebellion aaniaet auch condi tions. What wa see here all around would disgrace. Bka mokawa or Skowhegao. Y--. - .v;.; .- U- Tammany has stolen hundreds of millions, no doubt; but It made good atreeta And kept them good, and organised the beet police and firs departments on earth. The people did get something for their money. - T Philadelphia la the rotteneet olty, politically, In the world: It ts Innoculated with the Quay bacteria: hut you wont find great hotea la Ita business atreetsv nor the; devil's tares of weeds by acres all through Its residence districts. There, too, the people have been robbed, but they have something to show for their money. , v Ton pay 40 mills taxes. What for? Roles In the streets that would almost bide a horse, and hundreds of acres of noxious weeds, i What ts the remedy? Not In officialdom. Don't depend on that, tt ts m aa awakening of civic pri3e ctvledeceney. People have become so accustomed to these conditlone that they do not car. That la tha trouble. Forty nulls. And look at your streets I v,,. , THE CYNIC DICTIONARY (By Ambrose Bierce.) 1 v . OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating to a moun ts tin in Theasaly, ones inhabited by gods, now repository or yellowing news papers, beer bottles and- mutilated sar dine cans, attesting the presence of the tourist and' hie appetite. His name the smirking tourist acre wis vUpon Minerva's temple wails. And marks his appetite's abuse Where thundered onoe Olympian Zeus! OMEN, nv A sign that something will happen tf nothing happena, OUN1PRB8BNT, adj. Everywhere at once. That the power of omnlpreeenoo, or ubiquity, is denied to mortals was known as early as the time of air Boyle Boohs, who in a speech In parlia ment said: - MA man cannot be tn two places at onoe unless he la a bird." ONCK, adv. Enough. OPKRA, n. ' A play representing life In another world, whose Inhabitants have no speech but song,' no motions but vestures, and no pastures but attl- tudea. All acting is simulation, and the word simulation la from Simla, aa ape: but In opera the actor takes for his model Simla andlbilis (or Plthecanthor- poa stentor) the ape that howls, Tha aetor apea a man . -- at least la shape; The opera performer apes an ape. OPlATJc, n. An unlocked door la the prison of Identity, It leads Into the Jail yard. OPPORTUNITY, tt, A favorable oc casion for grasping a disappointment. V riDDABin w Tn Malat wit k nK.lrnr. tione and objections. .. How lonely, be who thlnxs to vex With badinage she Opposing Beat ' . Of levity. Mere Man, beware; None but the Grave deserve the Unfair. OPPOSITION, a. In petltlos the party tnat prevents the government xrom rua nine amuck' by hamstrlnalna it. The king of Onargaroo, who' had been abroad to study the science of govern ment, appointed one hundred of his fat test subjeots as memoers ot a parlia ment to make laws for the oollectlon of revenue. Of, these he named forty of the party of opposition and had his prime minister carefully Instruct them In their duty of opposing every royal measure. NevaFthelaaa the first one that was submitted nassed unanimously Greatly displeased, the king vetoed It. Informing the opposition that U they did it again they would pay for thetr obstinacy with their heads. The entire forty DromDtiy disemboweled them selves. "What shall we do now?" tha king asked. "Ubaral institutions cannot bo maintained without a party of opposi tion." -, - j . "Splendor of the universe," replied the prims minister. "It lg true these dogs of darkness have no longer their cre dentials, but all la not lost. Leave the matter tn thla warm of tha dust" Bo the minister had the bodies of his majesty's opposition embalmed and stuffed with straw, put back into the seats of power and nailed there. Forty votes' were recorded against every , bill and the nation nrosocred. But one day a bill Imposing a tax on warta was de featedthe members of the government nartr had not been nailed to their seats: This se enraged the king that the prime minuter was put to death,, the parlia ment vu dissolved witb a battery of artillery, and government of the people, by the people, for the people prlsbed from - the earth i , MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (By BUla Wheeler Wilcox.) The condition of society la such today. and the tendency af thought ao Inde pendent, that unless the church reees nines divorce, society will cease to rec ognise the church, and retlgteua anarchy will ensue. . So soon aa marriage oeases to be a holy relation by the continuance of love and respect between the con tracting parties tt becomes an Immoral relation. There are mere Illegitimate children born in marriage out of lovelock than out of wedlock. , It la a crime to rear children ta a dlaoordant Boms. - Until by the slow process of evolution men and women attain higher ground toe ties of marriage ahould not be made indissoluble. . Divorce is a disaster and a tragedy. It leaves a lasting- shadow upon the life of those who, pass through its per- Yet the continuance of a marriage which haa become a bondage to both parties is a greater tragedy. And upon the children reared m such homes must rest the lasting shadow of discordant memories. Marriage for divorced men and women ahould not be made easy, and the law ahould render all auch marriages illegal until tfae expiration of at least one year. Church and courts should unite to di vest divorce of Ita present festival at tributes. Men and women who prepare for di vorce aa they prepare for a fete ahould be tabooed by respectable society. To take a trivial and flippant attitude toward marriage ta aa shocking aa to take a flippant attitude toward religion. The woman who Jests about her un fortunate marriage is aa depraved ae the woman who Jests about her leas of virtue. v 1 Divorce should be attended with some of tfae solemnities and quiet rites which belong to well ordered obsequies. It should never be sensational or spec tacular. It should be followed by a de cent "term of retirement and mourning for a dead ideal. This is the' work for the church to un dertake -the work of cleaning and dlg sifying divorce- not of abolishing tt. mmadmm naa baw As Bryan closed his campaign In In diana as remarked that the Democrats of that state were then ready to vote. Nothing more to be said or doaa when he got through? VaJTB W. From the aprinerfield Republican, rte question srlee. in view of these ay storm breeding Interferenesa In Home administration, whether the esury department at present haa a id or not. What la the meaning of extraordinary activity of under eec-rif-c end these repeated references thetr acts te the president? Where retsry ghaw end what Is he' doing? puts la a aeminal appearaaoe ta the settlement ef the dgsr stamp case, but the decision wee made up without him. Is be so Indispensable on the stump hat he cannot be spared to esrn a sal ary which the people are paying him? One thing seems te be deer. He ts not performing the official duties as-sla-ned to him, and bis department ts drifting along in a seml-demArsllsed condition under the direction of assist ant secretaries guided by the president Ha dancer af a Neveesber areata. ;i A Bight Wesavtog Bsoy. A novel . llfesavtng device haa added to the equipment of steamers on Ike Michigan in the night buoy, de signed to prevent the drowning af per sons falling from a vessel In the dark ness. The buoy, shove which will burn a brilliant gas Jet Is by means ef chem icals lighted as soon as It strikes the water. The devices are being fitted s board the steamers Columbus and Vir ginia, Of the Good rlefe Una, .... rVv:. Awoagj vxu ' From the New York World. Here'e e ' horrible example" to In fatuated, persistent automobtlletet to those who are so devoted, so habituated. that they Jump Into aa auto If they hare to cross tne street. Here Is the awful warning that if they do. not walk mors soon they will not be able to walk at all; thetr legs will dwindle, they will retrovert, they will become auto-cripples, the victims of their mania for driving devil wagons. In a gymnasium here today was a rich young man with line muscular arms and body. While he painfully exercised his legs he said pathetically: J. "My legs era- wabbly. 1 have been riding la my auto all the time for three years. I have the habit I have been either ta the auto or asleep all these rears, ' "Now my -wife le not everfond af sutolng. The other evenln she said she would like to take a walk. It waa a new Idea. I had not taken a walk for se long that It brought back the days of my courtship. 1 grew sentimental I told her I would be delighted. Wa started. The great full moon was shin. lag. For a very short time I was living over the eld days, and aha seemed vary happy. ' ( "But we had not walked half a mfle before I wished we were bona I did not want to flunk, so l,hept on, but my legs hurt me awfully.. The muscles stung me as If they had been lashed. my knee-joints kept dipping and bending Involuntarily. I tried to be gay and buoyant but I made a dismal, failure, for all the tune I realised that I had gone back to k point where walking was Impossible practically. . - "The next morning I sot a bottle ef ajcohol and liniment and rubbed my acning legs as I bad act dons since I played football. , Then I got out my auto, rode to the gymnssium and paid my fee. for a year. "And here I am making the effort of my life to get my legs strong enough to carry me when z need to ase them. ' , k BB BBATBsT BTteV, From the Kedrak Gate City. The Methodist pastors to attenoanee.cn the Rock river conference, which ln cludes Chicago, were asked the question: "What Is the greatest evil of today?" Nine pastors of leading churches In the conference made answer, and each named a different evil. One nftraad the spirit ef commercialism, which permeates every department of Ufa It was said that drink, divorce and a hundred other evils can be traced to It Another named Sabbath desecration, and - still another declared that liquor Is at the bottom ef alt evils today. A fourth affirmed that dlvoroe Is the great evil that ts under mining the home and the nation. A fifth gave lack ef respect of law. and a sixth salg It is the spirit of materialism. The seventh answer waa "the universal In difference to God ssdr to tne eternal life," and the eighth wae to the effect that gambllftsr to the monster evil that ts ruining the church and the family. The last answer that of Rev. J. F. Brushing am was ths best and most oemprehenslvs of ell. He declared that sin in tha Indlvdual is the greatest evil in the world today. His reply sums up all the others and puts . ths reepeual bUlty where It aeloaga. . . A. Bow BeaU see Firms; Operates tn the -... ; - Waa, (Thomas F. Millard, In Bcribnra.) " Bye-witnesses of this firs (Wa-Feng- goa) agree that tt exceeds to Intensity, aeouracy and execution anything of ths ' kind -they bad ever ease, and many of those, expressing thle opinion were offi cers of experience in former ware, A perfect rain of shells (this well-worn elm i lie is literally true) fell upon the position occupied by tbe ftusslaa bat teries, killing and wounding hundreds of the artillerists and dismounting quite a number of the guns. Fifteen minutes after ths Japanese fire opened not a sin gle Russian gun fired another shot Within that brief time from le.eee to H.eoo shells fell upon tha Russian po sitions; making it absolutely impossible to work the guns. Ths Japanese used both shrapnel and Impact shells, and both were terribly effective. The Rus sian redouts, which were ths old-fash ioned kind, offered scarcely any protec tion from the shrapnel, while ths new high explosive first used In this war by the Japanese caused fearful havoc. ripping up the entire top of the ridge like a plowed field. Notwithstanding mis xire ana tne Tact mat tneir amuery was no longer able to reply to tha en emy's guns, ths Russian troops on the ridges held their gsound without flinch ing, and would probably have continued to hold It bad they beea called upon to do so. .., The soene daring this frightful can nonading was typical of modern - war. Looking toward tbe Japanese lines noth ing was visible except the brownish- green slopes of the hills, ribbed by tbe darker shading of the gorges. Here and there on the lower slopes or In the little valleys, nestled a Chinese village, tts yellow mud walls and thatched roofs baa-relieved by contrast. Occasional stretches of the stream, "where its course fell Into line witb the eye, were marked by a silvery sheen. Nowhere within tbe hill-bound perimeter of the vision the slightest sign of tbe enemy. The deafening roar of tot guna, Jumbling by quick-firing mechanism Into a sound like that oaused b a boy scraping a stout stick rapidly along a picket fence smote the ear. But -more real, more palpable than the aolse was the vibration of the concussion like a tuning fork, causing a keen yet seemingly faraway, tingling of the ear-drums. The roar was pune tuated by the nearer, more acute, burst ing of the shells and-the rauoous whine of shrapnel after It blowa its head off gave out a distinct note of tts own. Shells were bursting high up in the air. leaving a pale-blue ring of smoke, as If some destruotlvs spirit bad puffed upon aa Invisible cigar: others, nearer the earth, extended penetrating . fumee to gether with their clusters of shot: still others, ef the impact variety, rtcochetted over the ground, throwing up by their explosion a aloud ot stones and duet But still no enemy. Shells are bursting by thousands, hundreds of men are be ing killed by them, but whence de they eomsT In this battle the Jepeneee used en tirety the indirect method of firing. aasde possible by ths long range and con sequently blgh-almlng elevations of modern field guns. For the Information of the unsophisticated, I will explain that indirect firing consists in placing guns behind an elevation of the ground. and by raising their mussles at aa angle mathematical ly Calculated, firing at an object a long distance away. Thus, While the projectile, which takes a curved flight reaches the object at which lt'ls aimed, a line of vision which le direct cannot reach the gun from the object fired at 8o the Russians at Wa-ieng-goa were for hours under a terrific artillery fire, yet apt onoe did they oatoh sight of Japanese gun, Of course, while they were able te reply, they di rected thetr own fire where the enemy wee opposed to be, and probably did htm considerable damage until their own guns were put out of action by the su perior fire of the Japanese. I have tried to make clear General Kuropatkln'B situation and the diffi culties which have beset htm. The Rue elan commander In chief baa had more handicaps than numerical weakness . . t. I strategically difficult position and a lack of support in certain high quarters. It is not to be wondered at that of late hie temper has become so irritable that even his ohtsf lieutenants hesitate to ap proach him. As for General Kuropat kln'B relations with the viceroy, they are no longer even outwardly amiable. All pretense has been thrown aside, and the whole army knows that the commanding general and the viceroy held ao com munication with ekch ether beyond what la absolutely necessary. - As will readily be understood, this knowledge doea net tend to Increase the general morals. . , : - nu saox tv ororvm. ' From the Crescent City News. 1 The keeper and assistants at North west Seal Rock . light station recently witnessed a unique eea fight tn which a sea lion and a monster devil-fish were the combatants. Tbe first Intimation they had of ths struggle waa seeing the water near by- violently agitated and churned into foam aa though a subma rine demon were venting; his spleen upon some denlsen of the mighty deep. Shortly afterward they eaw a large sea Hon coma to the surface la the deadly grip and embrace of the much-dreaded octopus, whose long, powerful tentacles encircles ths entire body of the eea lion. thuo apparently rendering futile all ef forts on Its part to oeoapo. Finally, after repeatedly diving and trying n vain to free Itself, the eea lion wae seen to bend back Its long, massive Hook. Ojpen his cavernous mouth and seise one ox tne tencaenrs ox nis xoe aear its aouy, which member It snapped off and de voured with avidity. -This operation wag repeated until the octopus, bereft of tts tentacles, had perforce to let go. whereupon the sea lion proceeded' to feast upon the osreass until satiated, after which other sea lions who had hitherto held aloof, although laboring under great excitement during the bat tle, fell upon the cares as and ate up tbe residue. The octopus wae folly II feet In diam- leter. and would never have released his intended victim had net ths sea lion act ed as above stated, thus vanquishing a fos who la feared by all and beaten by fsw. , . - Oregon Sidelights 4. ' HUlsboro aohoolsSiT, ' -'.:,': 'Hew hotel at Hewbern, .; V"' Baker City a tittle dull but wait, rood tlma'to act out cherry tree,'; Over led pupils In pufor school. herwood le to have a barber shop. Coos Bay Jg aaylngi ' jBeBa, Santo Fe, New church at Forest Orove almost r done. ....'. . , . V Hubbard apple dryer and day. -i r rauuilng algat - Sherwood ta to be a heUa neighbor hood eoon,. -.j... j .. . , . .. . ,.: Drain te smtleaa-ila worklita- foe si f oetfaeU teaser , . ' ...... " ', , Woodburn expeota to have a oreajg cry xacurr soon. U , -(. .. ,4 .. Columbia county's erylna need u S v new eourthouae and Jail.. . , J ... Fretty nearly everybody now Jraawer 0 that Hood River la aU'ght; u, v. Ashland, having: had no end of seieoay fights, now has a sewer, fight,, ' Nearly ' 19,100 has been raised M ' Woodburn tor the opera. bouse,. v ' The Grand Rondo valley will aava SU acres of surplus apples ta ship, t , A Baker City lawyer complains that L merchants there aead their aoonuata to : ecenolesL ,. ... .j A she, new steel bridge, M feet lone. will soon span, thev pcaoce river at ' Priaeville. -. More fish ladders are needed to al ' low salmon Co ascend Blh, Billy and : Faea creeka, r - - ... There ts a good chance for bulldlnf V' a prod table Irrigation reservoir la tha SUvlee valley, Harney county. v Burns haa a local development leag-oe, . and Harney county will have an ex- ' hiblt. at tha Lewie and Clark fair. laiteview la now lisrhted bv eleetrie- tty and ths Examiner warns tts readers to keep out of cos tact with tbe wires. A young bear, with almost blue hair, . captured near Riddle. Maybe ha ' turned blue because of hemp; caught - ,. A cougar haa been frightening real- " dents of Astoria, one woman being proe- , tratnd by fright at , the animal's " From the Boston Herald. . Do you ears to know the style of note paper used by the Oermsn emperor when he favors his friends with a line? It ts of a large else, pale blue la color and of Imitation linen. A beautiful de sign In gold and delicate colors Is in the left corner of the sheet and ' upon the envelope flaps, showing1 the kaiser is not above Halting them down like ordi nary mortals. In the center of the de sign, which we are assured ts cults new, ars William s Initials and ths Im perial eagle, with the ribbon of the Order of the Garter, and the motto ano tne enain ox tne iacx icasie order Intertwined around. The white Johannlter 'croee ts Just visible and two marshal's staffs are crossed near It while over the whole is the kaiser's crown. If anything more had been put into the design It would cover the entire page, and his imperial majesty thought there was enough In that monogram to let recipients know who had been writing to them en sky blue stationery. Ts OPJaTTS A BOVBV, From the New Terk Frees. - When a Thanksgiving turkey Costs ever SO osnts s pound there le a mighty protest The proletarian, "one of whom ws are," cannot usually afford to pay more. The government being paternal, there should be a law against high prices for the national bird on ths annual feast day. What do you think of turkeys at 0 osnts a pound? Tluy ars bred in eld Vermont end nurtured on chestnuts. And their name la not legion. Only a few reach, tbts market, and they are sold to men of great wealth. - Mr. Carnegie buys IS or II. Mr. Rocke feller takes six, Mr. Havemeyer orders four, and Mr, Stllimaii three. Three er four are shipped to James Gordon Bennett la Paris, whose Thanks giving dinner to a feature ameag the American ooloaista . The few pheasants toft aava now an opportunity to peek out. from the bushes while the guna are turned toward tha darling duck - . .O On SI acres near The Bailee. Lota boxes of as Una Spltsenberg, Pippin and Ben Davis apples aa are grown any- . where were raised this year, . A FrlnevUle preacher delivered a ear- bob en "How to Get Married, which seemed to interest many of hie audi ence, most ot which were women. Columbia county. In large part a vast wilderness, practically a terra Incognita, y- lying almost at Portland's doors. Is sua- ' pttble of almost unlimited develop- ment j. . . . .. .... - - - ; ,..'T Many hears are being killed tn south ern Oregon, but aa they are not gris- , ' sites It la supposed that Teddy' Would not deign to come out here to hunt ; them. , '". - ;'," 'V ' .'' For the third time tha CorvalUa ferry " ' rope haa been stolen at night and it , le expected that when cold weather r comes the' ferryboat will be taken for . nreweod. -.- A From the New York World. Ben Parker, owner of It saloons la Des Moines, la., and candidate for Re publican nomination aa mayor of the city on wide-open policy, haa eheA-. longed Dr. I, N. MoCasn. state euportn- " tondent of the Iowa Anti-Saloon league, v and for many years pastor ot one of . the most fashionable churches tn - Dee Moines, to a Joint debate on the liquor " question. The challenge has been so- -ceptod, and the debate la scheduled for the largest auditorium la the city on the night of November 1. Ben Parker, In more ways than one, . is the biggest saloonkeeper in the mid- K die west He not only represents a large number of brewing and malting concerns, sonduota a grain-brokerage of- , floe, owns and operates saloons to one dtr and numerous others la. other cities, but he weighs 400 pounds. He le - as bis aa hie business. He has a voice .. that Is reminiscent of John U Sulltyea la his palmy days. "I'm a-going to name ay next seioon. ' Bishop PotterV Piece," said Parker. Whv. he's a wonderl That saloon, of his will skin the others to death. I'll do more business In my Bishop Potter ;. saloon than la, any two of my It. e- f cause of the advertising he's given- to the whisky business.". . ' f - About ths same thus the Iowa smto fair waa held, ths trustees of a proml- nent churoh asked Parker If he had a room they could use during the Week, v "No room empty, replied Parker, "but there will be by- Saturday evening. -The trustees left well satisfied, and that night Parker commenced moving - the liquors out of one ot nis largest saloon a By Saturday night every not- , tla and barrel was Out and Monday ; mnrnlnsr the ehurch people moved In. : When they were through with the room v Parker moved hie saloon oacx aaa re- fused te take a sent of rent k ( : ;;r;,TOBAW Hf. ' '-ii" " " From the New York Herald. Dunn the last U years the eon- sumntlon of tobacco tn Japan bes In- r r creased tn a very marked degree. The old Jepaaese pipe. Which wag practically the only way tobacco wae consumed. has been supplanted by the cigarette. In IStt the Japanese government mo nopollsed the tobacco trade, since which time ths cigarette imports have In creased noticeably. In lilt cigarettes , valued at fSi.Stt were imported, mostly . from Asiatic countries; In 10OS the ; value of the amount of Imported rose ta ' 1.00.00. The tobacco monopoly law v waa so modified later aa te permit ciga- , rattea and cut tobacco being imported ' by private parties upon the payment ef , ISO per cent ao valorem duty, it waa not till 1100 that Japan came to be re- , . garded aa an Important market for American tobacco, and since then tha V Imports thereto have been increasing yearly. Cigarette machinery haa 'aot beea introduced there to the same ex--tent ap In other countries, but German ; manufacturers are making efforts to la- traduce their machinery there, and are meeting with success. ' Since American - Qlawretts- machines are the-- best ha tha , world they should oosamand tha am rest, - $