U
PORTLANDQRECCIJ,
JQEu
. i
f
I
THE -ORE GON ; DAIL
;--! -"jai.-'V'- AN
---iMtbi m milal (except Sunday) id4 tt SomUf morning . at
. ; t- '. ic- J V - & . . c: ,: .-. nrwn Pottiaad, Oregoav -
- it r
uj. THE TASK AND THE WAV
T-Ty W "Unmeant - fact worthy
XV denunciation .that. It la .the averageeitixen of Port
, . land who ie-moet "peaUmitto'4n-oin Port-
land's- prWent ana future not unfortutiateljr.tHrTnairwIio
. baa Itttaar at' etake here, but too often the man who baa
' hia all Invested In "business or reaTeetate and whoee 6wn
. future la ound; up In the future of the .city. Jt la be
who at, tho.Mlhaourian unonf ua, "the
be 'abown,' the ma who cannot belle vaj the evidence of
hli own aeneea. -Eyry.vlaltor, everr newcomer,; la Im
pressed twjth this one fact, thrust upon him from every
aide;.-, that thel average' cltlaen Portland baa no ado
quate conception ct the Incomparable advantagea od. tpe
city, aet mm It teat the very rate way of the moat marvel
. ous'eccrpe f territory'' within the whole bounda of the
, Union, i He accept" everything aa ajngtterTSf course. It
'' la here and It' haa been here for a very long time: every
one who looks at'lt' knows that, ao where la the uae bf
11 growing, excited about lt'T v That la hia phlloeophyy-arid
possessions Is ueoaliyithe accepted estimate of other peo-fTbanka a. larger
i pie. , When' thla JaJconaldered the chief reaaon for aur-J went la June.-.
. - a f ' . - a.
nrise 4a that Portland haa grown Into
,..; .v.. it ' An...nti .itMMin
which cornea and efaya here despite the croaking of the
average Inhabitant; "That there la growth, tat)glbleyand
rapid, ht the. highest poaalbltr tribute that coulcTba 'paid
to the great tountry back of ua WhWh haa forcedh
growth of Portland deapite the brakea
t-eo-many people fall to raallaa-tn ail 4ta lg-
. niflcance la that while- God made the country man naket
the city. Given the right aort-of people- and the city
l will grow In the very face of nature Itaelt When one
. takea the combination oA location and , people notHVig
r:' can atop It There la no difference f opinion that PoW
land la peculiarly fortunate In lta location i the problem
bfora ua, then, muat neceeaarlly be up to the people.
-. "-Wfrtfihnot expect to reall"what should waaonabty be
' expected of ua if we have no confidence -In ouraelvea. We
baven't all the confidence we ahould havePerhapa our
V greatest! lack la lack of enthusiasnv. That "we must get
.1 over.' We muat'flrat be made to realise what we have by
f inaklng.a etudy "of condltlona. . We, must know ouraelvea
' In order'to realise our opportunities. We must know the
Btate JnJalltacrookaan
. towns.' but In all lta broad, expanse, lta possibilities and
potentialities" That will give ua falth,a-hlcli' most we
lack, for no one can know what la back of Portland wlth
out ther profoundeat tonf Idence In lta future greatneaa.
,.-8trang m Jt jnay. appeaxjraj; usually get our highest j
conception f Portland's deetlny not from the people of
1 Portland, but from the observant non-resident Quoting
-' The Journal's recent -remarks r about - the proapecta Of
Portland aa viewed by a Boston gentleman who recently
. came heret the 6regon State Journal, whose editor and
proprietor, la. an, old and highly esteemed cltiien of Ore
yon,', aaya- andvwbOr-in-rhia own heart, can fail to cor-
X auoiy agree wtth' hlmT)t 4 -":'r --"r :
' r V MV
J-me jredictloi9i!eai3yi(Lj-e
.paper was started, and baa repeated It In "these
columns frequently since, claiming that Portland Is
X - In the north latitude of all the great cities around
the earth; Is the only city on the . Pacific coast
-r touched" by , great river, , la the only , city reached
. from the east b a level passage through ther great,
, -chain of mountains extending, along the entire weat
1 ' ern coaat of - America.' parallel -4o- tha-TOceanr: thatt"
ff. : r -:juu Mexico and California on the south and Washlng-
,1:: ton.Brlttoh-CplumbuT. and Alaska on thnorth,- to-
draw from, ana tne great inland
it7
to float lta. commerce and wealth down the Columbia
river or, roll them down by rail through the only gap
In the mountains; that It la .the moat central and ,
favorably located aa to commerce, wealth and popu
lation of 'any city on the coaat and will ' therefore.
In time become the greatest city on the western
aide of the American continent surpassing Bah Fran
clsco, which is too far aoutn, the bulk of commerce,'
wealth and population being destined to be .far north
of It, with the center at , Portland. Twenty years.
;'w stated these opinions to the wealthiest cltiien of
Oregon In hia- banking bouse In Portland, but ha -aald
, . San Francisco would alwaya .bo the chief City of the
Pacific coaat and perhaps a 'city1 'on Puget ' eouhd-J
')! would eventually aurpaaa Portland. That waa then
; ." J- the opinjon of nearly everybody In. Portland as well
as in Oregon. ; since tnen rortiana naa . gained a
'. rapidly on 'San Francisco, and In 20 years more will..
- surpass her. Seattle haa bad a boom- on account of
flanks gold mines and the- Philippine war of con- ;'
quest, but. Portland la now atartlng on a career of
u wonderful growth. - " . s
THE COMING SHOCK OF
M'
' ANCHtmiA'S STRUGGLE! baa
contest for the paat week.
this" exercise Indicates that
: believe the energy shown In preparation for the' next
r awful shock .. will - determine the
' plainly found his way to Port Arthur
' with no .grekter command than that
Oyama's long silence proves that be
to follow up the victory of Shakha." Japan plays the war
" game with all possible caution, " enlisting every energy
-at command .when -taking the offensive and making vie
tory doubly sure, Its.dvantage In loBsea at Shakharbaa
oeen supplemented by superior recruiting facilities In a
skinner that thrilled the world, while Russia's attenuated
communication line haa been.stralned
for her "heavier tribute lti The "last
.now admits to have lost 45,000 men, while Japan's Iosea
were below 14,000.' That the former could not 'replace
' its losses In one week la 'comVnon knowledge, , while the
bear's adversary has not only irlkde good all vacancies
t" her r nf t1t nrtohorr hut dnnhtle haa 40,000
additional soldiers behind the- Shakha defenses. v. . ' -
This summary of the situation forecasts another en
gagement aoon. . Ruasla wlH"probably await tha onslaught
' availing heraelf of all recent fortifications. If Japanese
preponderance ,Uf great as la believed,-
maneuvers that forced evacuation, of
repeated. Russia la proving much
nuucm omorn.
'Prom tha London Telegraph. ,
'. A story of an ac centric Wesleyan mln
, Ister le too -good fon the "raaure of ob
livion.' One Banday ha caused some
v surprise by declaring that he did not In
t the least object to peope sleeping while
.: ha was prea ding. A ' . ' ' :
A few- minutes later he and his
i hearers ' Wre .' disturbed by the loud
; snering of a man Just below the pulpit
Utve him a tap on the head." aald the
, minuter. This wag does, effectually.
V;
INDEPENDENT; NEW8P.APBR
PUBLISHED BY. JOURNAL" PUBLISHING CO,
OFFICIAL PAPER OF .THt " CITY OF PORTLAND
iv hn When
TO DO IT.
flanklng-inovementa
of .comment nd
patkln, tft, prepare
manwho haa to
hia own
the importance
eucn a wonaerrui l al.ttou' wui nave
fn ft nn hihi m.m.i. Ttoirtic!
tbtr Columbia,
on the wheelT ,
crying need of an
ter compared with
for the Republican
these manrVeara.
enough to crWa-anational acandaL,
But perhaps, in
WWWma.WH. u V t I V. , " "
in the course of a
hue- whe.n met face
" ' .
N"
OVEMBER.
the amount
empire on tne east
altogether ao.AikC.:.:u.:;,-,.,:.rwJ;-.v---..J ""
-. The October that
They were fine
dying, but not In
CONFLICT.
- bett ' reCTUlfmg
The time devoted to
the commanders
Issue. Kuropatkln
Impeded hopelessly,
of October , while
felt himself unable
autumn'a feaat-tlme. J ' . . .
atreaa serves only
Minister John
a dlplomatld officer
tto make reparation llnto prlat as anot
engagement Russia
the cabinet In. the
rarily releaaed to
mittee,' and the
people to find full
tha usual flanking
L4ao Tang, will be
his official family
better on the defen-
ple that he la the
"Qlve him another,4, 'came the order
again. Still the man slumbered. But
at length, by dint of muoh tapping and
shaking, he was recalled. Into abashed
consciousness. . "You 1 sre . making a
wretched noise,", roared the minister,
leaning ever the pulpit ..edge. "1 don't
mind, you sleeping, but you are prevent
ing other people from sleeping, -
.Obeyed tke Xajnactlom.
' From the Boston Globe. '
" It-Is apparent from the number of
Journal
JNO.r.AKKOU.
Tb Journal Building. Hit and YatnbJB
. - - -
flrat meetinc the Japanese.' and warda
-with-4-greater kUU-Jut-whenhcr
commanders are unable to make a. better ahowing than
14,000 of the enemy for4,000 of her own sons where the
Initiative waa wrell divided. It would aeem wise for Kuro.
Mukden for evacuation.
- INTENSELY PRACTICAL MR. BAKER.
T RANK C. BAKER, patriot, preserver and protector
of Oregon, aaviour-in-'chlef of our national and
atate Ubertlea, baa Issued "Circular tetter No. ."
It baa been sent out to oltlsena generally, and to Republl-
cana In partlculiar, and it urges everybody to vote. .
Insofar It la Inoffensive. There la no harm In urging
votere to voU.: UuTTEere U an aftermath, a threat, that
la peculiarly significant of the grade of politlca that Mr.
Baker practlcea. v. ".rrTTv "' . T"T7-7
- 'Just listen to this;.-. J." . ..' .'
Senator John 'P. JJolliver aald at these beadquar-
- tera recently that the best placer to get legislation In
Washington la at the White House: and he emphasised '
of Oregon giving Roosevelt and Fair-
majority" In November than the atate
Listen to substantially hie own worda:
a . 1 .X A am a jV i I AH fl aA
a caw on tne prwueu. .-
faxnilv : then. They .' will - be con
'., strained to not" deny Oregon's delegation In congress
, say reasonable request . Your rivers and . Harbors,
'- vour-lrritloiiv8chemB, the Jetty at the mouthof
the - caxal"arIalte.-TyOur-arld 1
lands, "your forest timber landa, your transport service,
.x your World's fair and your federal building these .
i and whatever : elae require help will atand a far
. greater chance "of aatlafactorr- attention from con
': areas than If the people of your atate . wrap the
drapery of their couches about them and lie .down to .
- pleasant dreamsvW Why, Iowa will give Roosevelt and
i Fairbanks at the very least' 100,000. ; This Is con
' ceded. ' tlli the t red-frre bt enthusiasm Is fllumlnat-ilng-
everr-Dfaetnct iirtht Hawkere1 state." What forTj
. Simply because It will redound to our atate's credit
-; at WMhlngonl',-Trrj: ;'.U4-4C . .'"V ?r '?;' I
i Surely sharper commercial aspect could not be given to
politics. Vote for Roosevelt la our only hope unleaa we
expect to have the Columbia dammed and most of our
bays, filled, Hi. Vote for him; and that of Itself constitutes
our credentials. " Then wlien ..we go to ,Washlngtontho
appropriation la quie a secondary mat-
tne majority wmcn naa oeen rouea up
national- ticket Tet when we come
(a think of It Oreaon'haa . baeti doing little else for
andwtn(t it haa' got out of -It waa not
the estimation of the astute chairman.
the majority for the-natlonal ticket la Incidental Jojthe
personally .greater quest Ion' of what It will mean to the
eateemed Mr,4 BakeT,'- They do say his own ambition la
growing apace and that be would not be offended lf the
party offered him - the gubernatorial nomination on a
platter.' That Indeed may be the milk In the coooanut
for surely not otherwise would a party chairman put in
- " 1
confidential party talk, take-on a bilious
to face In a aeml-publlo document -
OCTOBERrNOVEMBER. i, x J ,
' ' m ' .' ''''' t' "' "
This will bea different - mpnth-from
iOQberill!doberaajemarkblijno In ,
of fins weather that appeared, for
usually our Octobers are rather of the ;'d" order damp,
dark, dlamal.- dreary.-etc'r but 'not , always, nor never
ended yesterday had a large majority
or line, ongnt, cneenui uays in which sui uotim vm. uuoti
people could do all aorta of honest work. " ; -
dayi to walk abroad in, too, and
observe the glittering glories of the slowly dying year-
pain, or agony, or mleery, or aorrow;
not with any regret or remorse, but fading gloriously.
resplendently, slowly a month's panorama of bewilder
ing beauty and then to rest awhile, a little while.
Did you notice October's colors brown, and green, and
yellow,! and pink, and violet, and crimson, and acarlet
everything- from the color of a dull" mud bank to that of
the face and, skirts of the bride of heaven, arrayed tn
all 4er glory,' blended j, varied. Intermixed, In marvelous
gradations and over -ill the aky blue, palo blue, pink
blue, marina blue, deep-dark , blue and the - tamarack
scented breesea coming always from the aea to klsa the
high snowclad lilllaT It waa uplifting and Inspiring.
:.' Meanwhile the harvest being either garnered or sold.
Millions. Millions. In wheat - Mllllona In hope. Millions
In timber. Mllllona In fish. Millions In mines. Millions
In fruit Mllllona in vegetables. 1 -
November. John G. Saxe once wrote a .funny rhyme
about November. No sun, no moon, -no night no noon,
no .proper timer of day, No-vemberl Tet November la not
and Shall not be a- bad month either, although It cannot
wearrOctubcr's gloriously golden skirts and garters, not
look at ua with ..October's full-orbed, deeply-colored eyes,
. The glory of the autumn haa departed.. It la November.
But We need the slater of storm and wind aa well aa the
glorious begarlanded and Decrowned rich matron of the
November is good, too. In It we shall have Thanks-
givlngh0wever the ralna beat or, the winds blow. ' We
have the fading glories ofOctober In our soul. There
they live In delicious remembrance which November's
to bring Into bolder relief, L
Barrett, to Panama who supplicated for
until hia case excited pity, has rushed
her -administration .campaigner. With
field, one member having been tempo
become chairman, of the national com
diplomatic . corps being called Into
requisition, certainly a good example la being given for
the 1IS.57B members of tha civil service employed by the
government,' When their chiefs aet the pace Jo a most
partisan . way, subordinates will hardly - expect severe
censure for following, suit Instead of permitting the good
and . free expression, through , such
political organisations and speakers aa they voluntarily
choose, tha Republican presidential aaplrant la utilising
In arduous, service to convince the peo
man they -all want
pocketbooks that were stolen In Trinity
church In New fork, where the arclfe
bishop of Canterbury preached last Bun
day, that . If any thtevea went to scoff
they surely remained to prey . .
. - - ' '
':.'.v ' , . Keep Bark. .
. Prom the Bt. "Louis Republic. .'
"Kissing Is coming ence'more-te the
fore oC public discussion. But what's
the use of making such a. noise about
It? There is only one orooer way to
dlseusa a klsa - ; - . - - .
3mall Ck
Noveroberl r . -r.
Only a week more, .y
The lion's paws pause.'
Carnegie la not yet -broke. -Onjy
eight days Ull election. ..
Vote aa orookedly aa you please.
The political prophets are doubtful. ,
It can't be 'June all the yearnor yet
Patriotism is Jn some cases largely a
- .. .
pretense.;' -.' ,;' ;', t
How the trusts must hate the Repub
lican partyl , .. ,
Ed Wright haa Mead elected. . But It
is hard work. , ;, 'r c ' , '-.'. ...
Roosevelt will carry Oregon; remember
that we told you ao. . r
Make ' bregon'e ' wonderful reeoureea
knbwn. We need'alngera ahd ahoutera.
-Keep-eool; Oregon t going all right-
to suit Blnger, jsaaer ana our oiner
patiiota. ' . . v".- '' Z'.'-" ' . '
Tes, the present protection system 'of
the Republican party la vroooery. iois
Is the truth. Make the moat of It
Admiral Rolestvensky should have that
..nrw rnnvrlshtad. DhotosTaDhed and .pre
served ; Its like Is not likely to be heard
again.
Ot course John Barrett thinks the gov
eminent la aU right. It haa been, mighty
ni tn hira. and he chanced his politics
just at the right time.- Bright young fel
low, la Barren.
Oregon SiJelignts
' Amity haa done some improving.
Adams water aystem neartag comple
tion. " ;, ' ' ' ' . '
Gresham aohoo) going to' build up Its
library,
Iff
Several
eaitrn 4U-rtvU at
Weston.
Good pork more valuable than usual
In Coos county.- ; ;
"' TTna""Kewbera 7 Enterprlae ahould
change the name. ' -y i
'McMtnnvllie" Is afflicted wlthl-eon-ttnuoua
Bvangellstlo meetings. . - '
Paid Are department In Granfa Pasa
BIgn of strength and progress.
Roads again In good order -Ooo Bay
News. . Wonderful. Increaiwa.
:'. Glendale haa 4S0 people,., alx ttmea aa
many, aa were there lour years ago.
: No batter -stock country In the world
than Crook county unless It be some
other part of Oregon.'
Mlamook Hri
anna arauda. 400 bushels on three-
quarters of an acre, an not a- bad year
tor potatoea, eitner. i"m"
weighed tola pounds, i
nannnar Tlmea: W. O. Minor reports
tha sale of two more Poland China plga
the past week t Condon partleau-Thia
makes about a aosen n amm .wu
past two Weeks, -which 1 an. Indication
that the farmera are breeding up their
swineherds. ,' - - . - '
Drnamsvllle Times: The farmera are
making -every minute of the-present
beautiful ..weather count and are . busy
from daylight until dark seeding. An
Immense acreage of fail grain la being
sown, the ground being n excellent con
dition for farming. -. , s
The -eltlsens of Holley, Linn eounty.
rarantlr held a special meeting ana
voted to add the ninth ahd tenth grades
to their publio school. two icnw.
have been employed. Misses Ora and
Josephine Andrews, of Lebanon, and the
school Is progressing nicely. ;
Tha last few weeks hav been so
favorable for farm work In Washington
county that more than the usual amount
of fall grain naa oeen aown. sail awn
made much the best yield this rear, so
there was more than the usual encour
agement to increase their acreage also.
News without being news from the
Dufur Dlspatoh: An episode of reel life
waa nnened ua here In Dufur on Wednes
day last that shows that people think
and love and shoot over on the Flat A
dlvoroe appears In the distance end a re
marriage of dlvoreea parties is aimosi
an assured fact :' .
Wolfer Prairie Items In Aurora
Borealls: Ensley Cribble waa visiting
Avon Jesse Sunday. Bleepy Kate, re
member your sports have lert you now.
aa wake ud. We understand that one of
our leda cut quite a swell at the dance
at Needy last Saturday night We wish
you success, Charley.
Speaking cf'the Touslgnat case the
St.. Helens Mist says:, "Hs plead for a
light aentence ! on the ground that ne
has a wife in Bt Helens whom It It his
duty to support If the Judge had known
the facts in regard to that wife he
would probably have given Ed a few
veara extra. He" belonas to the class
that ahould be perpetually confined for
the public good. As soon as ne geis out
be will engage In some new devilment1
Houlton-HefloUr:'The. new jleputy
game Warden at Goble or Deer isiana
IS a very poor shot" Last Sunday a
gentleman (7) with three hounds went
out gunning In that little strip of tim
ber out back of Deer island. He re
turned without bounda The aforesaid
poor shot stood on the firing Jlne and
when the deer went by fired three shots.
He missed the deer every tlma. but ac
cidentally he struck a .dog eacn pop.
The aovernment should be more .care
ful In the selection of deputy game
wardens. ,'Tls a fearful thing to am
a dog violating tha law. . . -
8L Helena -Mist
new '
-
Assessor uaws pruii,,- m, ...
lust finished building . a aldewalk
front of hie property on what
euphemistically known as Honesty H11L
He has also painted hie house In the
national colors with a trimming of
green to account for the Irish that Is
in him.' Although he has made quite an
Improvement In the premises, Mra
Laws Is said to ba quits an expert with
a shotgun, snd It la said that. on the
first day of the wees:, commonly anown
as Sunday, she bagged alx ducka Laws
says 'that she never goes out without
bringing In at least on-ducht - which
Is s further proof of the Irish that Is
In him. .;-. - . , '
A Notleman'
"Works for Living
Imoerlal Councillor Kolb aa working
mha ln.Amrica Is the title of a pew
book which Is amusing and amasing
Berlin. - The-ImoerUI Councillor, a high
dignitary la Gerin'any and friend of the
Kaiser worked In Chicago .aa a waiter,
a hostler a farmer, a dishwasher, a
cardenar and a norter In a brewery. He
threw away kls tetters of Introduction,
spent all his ' money , seeing Niagara
Falls, put on the dress of a German
Immigrant sold his own clothes and act
out to Hud work. But he waa rejected
everywhere. Finally he got a place for
a few hours at a banquet of an athletlo
association. - Thia position Herr Kolb
got through a man who waa out of work
like himself. - He speaks of him as
"Friend BilUl a poor, homeless wanderer
most or the time, but possessed of a
heart that sver beat. In sympathy for
aaother'a wo :k
"Never have I beard of jueh goodness
and kindness as waa shown, to me, a
stranger, by my friend BUI, aaya Herr
Kolb. v. .-::.- -v.-
The banquet waa In the rooms of an
athletlo association, and friend Bill, who
had already secured a position aa waiter,
took the disguised Imperial Councillor
with him and brought him before the
head waiter. . ,v'- '
'Here's a man nearly starving," aald
ha "He must have work, for he baa not
a cent In hia pocket-He l willing to"do
anything." , .r " " .. "i . M t
irrland Bill's anneal had the desired
effect and Herr Kolb was employed aa
'omnibus." ; When the waiters naa re
moved tha dlrtv nlatea from the tables
ahd placed them on the sideboards the
"omnibus'- Iiaa to lacs inera away- to
blr wooden tray to the kltohen.
- -Tha work was" much barder thsn I
anticipated," aaya Herr-Kolb, "-Batoro
long my aoft hands were so blistered
that it waa painful to grasp the handles
of the tray, but 1 did pot give up. - We
started in to work at a ciocin im
MMiinn and were throuah at 1 O'clock
In the morning.- I received fl.l for the
evenlng'e work, and now the same ques
tion confronted me again, Whrere waa I
to get the next Jobr My nana uuj,
hn waver, told ma not to lose heart
'Don't worry,' aald ha you'U find work
all right and if you don't an it and
are hungry at any time, come to me;
I'll always have a penny or two to ahare
with you. - - r
Herr -Kolb coaslders , the -"treating
habit" a great evlt - '
"It la a custom." he aaya "which J
bad for the stomach and bad for the
pocket Some folks get so uaed to It
however, that -they can drink several
rounds of bear with a party and not hurt
their stomachs, though their pockets are
always bound to feel it
"But tho strangest part of It la that
the men alwaya stand at tha. bar some
times for hours. No one caree about
atttina- dawn. . I have often seen work-
tngmen take "small beers.whlch cost the
same pries aa large ones, and In order to
boom business tbe bartenaer wouia
empty their glasses when still half filled.
and for this little enjoyment many poor
devils spend several dollars of their
hard earned weares every par day,
After many tiresome weeks Herr Kolb
got a Job aa a sort of man-of-all-work
In a brewery.'. .'
. "Mr. R.," aaya Herr Kolb. 'wad the
owner' of -a smalt establishment which
deairnf brewery kupplles.hd,"riarurany;
Mr. R. earns much in contact with brew
eries. He had edftie to America, himself
when a young man or. is years or age,
waa .farm laborer, sparkeeper. ; porter,
lawvei-a clerk, real esUte agent and
preaoher and Heaven only knows what
not Of course, ne traveiea anq mnm
much and tha evenlne I waa first made
acquainted with him I aaw him knock to
the' floor, with a blow from hhT'flst two
powerful ' Irishmen who- were ; Insulting
our boarding housekeeper and referring
to us all aa a lot of Dutchmen. I have
Mr. B. to thank, for ray Job In the
brewery." , "' . - ' .
"i of tan think today of the work In
that brewery, and tha handling of wet
sticky, beer barrels ana -Heavy eases,
within a week my hands were admass
of ugly and painful cuts from broken
alaaa and splinters . from tna wooaen
cases and barrels, I was stiff In every
limb, and my back ached ao that I could
harrilv atand. ..... .
"Now and then when mere was nom
Ing heavy to carry I waa ordered to do
llahter work. . such aa nailing oozes.
wintna- bottlea scrubbing the floor, eta
My colleague tn the brewery, about TO
In number, were a 10 or truii. um.
young fellows of German extraction, and
thair ton and manner wereavery famil
iar. Even the foreman waa not choice
IH hia language, and no one seemed to
Mntr it of any eonseauence when he
waa caired a damn fook I often had to
smile to myself when some Impertinent
boy would aay to me: Here, Alfred,
Just pick up this ease end get a move
onf Haru work seems to have a kind
of leveling Influence. '
Herr Kolb considered the servant gin
the most favored among the laboring
Iris In America
"Their wages era man, ne
tram It to St a week, good board and
room, and very little heavy work. Were
I not a German government official I
would, prefer to be a chambermald.in
America.
"Tha worklna-men. as a ruia are Dei
ter housed In Chicago than In Berlin, for
Instance,, end the rent Is muoh cheaper.
In Pullman, lit, particularly, with Its
Ana broad streets,, roomy schools, thea
tres and churches, their existence Is an
ideal ona
The people , with T'whom I boarded
war narmana The Wife did all the
housework, aa well aa oookkig and bak
Ing bread. . :
Few . women in America ao mis,
she said one day. To wonder. Where
should they learn It all when they work
In factories up to the day oi tneir mar
rlaga My daughtera will have to work
aa tervanta Of course, the girls don't
like that aa they don't have much time
for fltrtlne- or srolna out nlahta'
Herr Kolb found " the Immigration
Questions a ceaseless topic of discus
sion among the worklngmen with wham
he came In contact, deaplte the faet that
many of them were foreigners or of for
eign extraction. ,
"Whose fault Is It that the times ore
getting worse and worse T" they cried.
"Who. .but the quarter of a million
starved' out foreigners who come to
Ameslca every year and take our places
at lower wages f It Is high time to bar
out this scum from foreign shorea Let
, V. m . , . w hnm., wa han MA .llaa for
"I found the attendance at tht
churches." . he says, "composed three
fourths pf women. I looked In vain- for
a church where worklngmen attended to
any extent The reason for this rellg.
lous indifference I am unable to eXDlaln.
though I must say that I found this
state ef ' affairs not so much among
American worklngmen as smong Oer
man-American members of the labcrln
class. -
"Nothing annoyed me more In' Amer
ica than the- dJsxracef ul hablti of spit
ting and swearing. iMen spit everywhere
In -the cara In -the workshop and In
publio placea The root of the whole
trouble aeema to be In the habit o('
chewing tobaooo.".-t .
After a month's worn in tne dhw.i,
Here Kolb waa told that bis services
were no longer required, and no partic
ular reaaon waa given except thatatbe
foreman wanted a change. - He next
found work tn a blcyoie rectory at a
salary of I a week. Thia work waa not
bard, but was tlresoma- .
"At the beginning of the winter there
was work night and day in the bicycle
factory, but as spring spproacbed the
Jmanwara. gradually laid off, or left
themselves 10 oua ir ,-..
Those remaining worked only live daya
In, the. week, aaa grsauauy
On the whole tne ouuooa waa a
for some of tne men inmi-pwwV
as they had nothing else la eight"
After three montna in me -v-tory
Herr Kolb became tired of It alt
hook the dut of Chicago from hia feat
and went to an Francisco. --''y'
For the Children or jiraar.ua.,.
Kolb haa no flattering worda
"I would Ua ne wriiea.
waa pleased with 'American children.
Nowhere else in mjvtravels have I met
with ouch -impertinence and '
.nn. rh iid r.n. In fact there Am little
of the child about these children. II
seems to ms this is au m .
the rod. I heard of a poor widow with
four ood-for-nothlng sona- who baa
and -i refused to go to
school, and she had recourse , ooosslon-
ally to the rod. nut ner neianuy. .
her method of discipline so distasteful
that their threatening -attitude toward
her obliged her to desist with the result
that her boys wsnt to the-bad alto
gether. . ' - " ;. ' . ;
"Whan I waa In tha hospital In Chi
cago there waa some sort .of a national
holiday, very likely tbe jrourm or amy,
and there was a gang of youngsters ex
niodlna slant firecrackers or bombs .un
der our wlndowa The doctor went out
and asked them' to desist
Whv should war they answered.
'Because you are Americana" said
tho doctor. 'How would you like It it
your own parents were lying In thero
very 111 and some one eame and exploded
these thlncs under the window r
Hldlng--thehr heada W .shame, the
beys went awayv1
The worshlo ' of women In .America
waa a revelation to Her Kolb. tie naa
this explanation to mke of it:
At first it was only men wno ami
rated to America and the women were
scarce. , consequently, men iougnt io
the few women that were here, and.tnis
haa developed Into a 'welberveneratton'
(veneration for -women), at whloh not
only ail Asia laugha but at which Greeoe
and Rome would nave laughed, ana. as
the old ' pessimist Bcopennouer, said;
"Even in onbllo conveyances poor work
lngmen make room for beautifully
dressed women.1
"However thia may ba the difference
between the position of women In Eu
rope and women In America la oonsiaer
abla and that too. among the worklna
men Among my fellow workmen waa
a man who married, ian" American girl.
Ha ofterr told ua with aanse of pride
how ha hardworking as he-waa got up
early-every morning to light the fire
and br in a- the breakfast to hia wife la
bed. and that was not merely a story.
Mora than once I nave oeen in atreet
ears where the husband carried the baby
wane tne Wlie niriea wna ua.
Jolly H
oneymoon
: I : " London Letter.
At last there la a genuine novelty aa
an accompaniment bt a fashionable Wed
ding. Beverar attemptrto- depart from
the beaten track of matrimonial celebra
tions Have been made among the smart
aet thia season, but they have had little
to recommend them. ' Some brides, eager
to anticipate their millinery -trlumpha
have worn their trosseau gowns .at spe
cial functions before the day of the wed
ding; others have gone ao far as to bold
their, wedding receptions colore fney
were married. - But heretofore none -haa
ventured to defy the hoary custom which
prescribes that honeymoon trips ahall
be reserved lor tne exclusive ana sel
fish enjoyment of bride and bridegroom
alon'a Now. -however, one couple haa
dona It As a result there, Is to be re
corded a honeymoon In which the happy
pair are accompanied throughout- their
lourney'by their bridesmaids and young
men frienda chaperoded by the. bride's
mother, It la the honeysagag up to data
Pretty Miss Brooke and Major Fowler
are the originators or two aiarumx inno
vation. And 'isn't It Just Irish through
and thfought "It . couldn't , have hap
pened anywhere but In Ireland." declared
a duchess rho had been the recipient of
one - of the scores of- teiegrama -dashed
off by members of thia novel party aa
they ao sally from place to place along
tho west coaat of Ireland. For It la not
an ordinary tour, thia wedding trip of
bride and bridegroom, bridesmaids ana
young men. and the dowager chaperon,
but a driving tour in two-wheeled bug
gies for two, a driving tour, without
coachman, except one who takea Care
of the chaperone In the rear. IB the
first buxay goes the bride and bride
groom, la the second cornea the chief
bridesmaid with the best man, la the
third 'another bridtamald and another
friend of the brldegroum, and, ao on a
lad and lassie In each, with the bride's
mother . trailing along on behind. And
they go all along the west coast- ef- the
Emerald Isla one or the gayest ana Jol
llest parties that ever astonished the na
tives of the country,, Tne Beaten tracas
of tourists snd the everyday sightseer
are scosned by the wedding party who
go - skimming along good roads and
bumping and Jumping over tho. baa in
search of pastures new. - -,
. AMTTVU AXtrrxmAxiOkT -
From Tit Bita 1 '
. A writer has discovered that . many
of the worst foes of the horticulturist
begin with "w," and he Instances worms,
weevils, wind and other workers of
wickedness. This suggests -a question
aa to whether : there Is any natural
grouping of good pr evil things under
particular UUsra-Take - T).- for ex.
ample, and consider how many boons snd
blessings to man begin with it The
baker, butcher and- brewer bring him
bread, beef and bear. ' . .. .
For additional foods he has bacon.
beana, bloaters, broccoli, brothrbivvrres,
bananas, berries, biscuits, buns and but
ter. After a banquet of bonnes-bouches
he may bring out his brier and blow hia
baccy while he bestrides his btoyote.
These are but a few of the benefloent
thlnga Included under that blessed let'
tar "b." Now. as a contrast take . "d.'
and among the first words we think of
ara damn. dark, dreary, dismal, airty,
depress ed, despairing,, dead, drunk and
so on, the very sound ef which Is enough
to drive one into qoierui aumpa- ,
' rnTMBMAXMAM BUBSaUJIB.
North of the troolo of cancer the sun'i
rays never penetrate to the bottom of
a deep mining snsn, dui num oi im
tronlo there Is at least one day in the
year when the aun at noon will ahlne
to the bottom of the very deepest min
ing shoft in case It Is perpendicular. In
Sombrereta Mexico, there to a shaft
that tha sun reached the bottom of on
June tl. 1.100 feet below the surface of
tbe ground! i .,. .. ,. .
Victory "
iWiia -g i -
I . ""'r '' i " r' ' .
By Arthur McEwen.
"Thia successful . engagement of tha
Russian fleet with the English fishing
boats," remarked Cot Abe Edgarton. tho .
Arisona mining man. "remtnda me of an
old Bodle friend of mine, Mike MoOowan.
tha Man Eater. - .Mike- came to Bodle
with a 'Tombstone reputation aad'Hved
on It for a year. Everybody .waa afraid
of blm, and be could hare anything he
asked for, including meals at the Tea.
tauranta, drinks at the aaloona and even
an occasional handful of chips from tha ',
faro banka .. - -r--
"But-one night he ptcked-uythe bet of
a miner who didn't know who he waa.
and down he want on the floor. In an In- .
stant he waa on his feet with his gun out.
out tne miner graooea it away from him -
and put a bullet through his shoulder. .
"That laid Mike up for a. month, and ha !
looked mighty pale when he emerged
from his room. It didn't make him feel
any better to find that his pi e tire had '
been Impaired, and that faces on his old ?
free route weren't aa ghastly cheerful aa
they used to be. It was plain to him that ' '
in order to recover his position aa ' ter- -ror
he had to make a demonstration. Bo
when he waa passing' by the countnr of
Johnny Tounrs restaurant the Cafo de- -Paris,
without . paying, ' aa usual, ha
stbpped and said, with a cold scowl ; ,
" 'What's the matter with your faea. :
Mr.' Hashf
f 'Nothing, replies Tounavpretty-whlta
outside, but redhot within. , 'Nothing., ex.- ,
oept that it -nmn aa nara as your cneekv. '
Mr. Bluff.' . . . . i- . ' ' ? ;
Over the counter he came, too, and out '
flew Mike through tha door head-first, .
taking tha. glass, with blm. ' Before ha
oould gather himself off the sidewalk and - -draw
Young had got Into action aad put - -
, ball through hia other saoelder.
JC'hat.PJeantjandtherjnonUi In bed for ' -
MoOowan, and on his recovery nobody.
was afraid to take. a' shot at blm.' And. v
he had no luok at all In hia return fire. ,
Twice more he waa winged,' and he be
came the most discouraged bad man that .'
ever prowled and lowered about a mln-
Ing camp. .Ha wasn't a ooward. you un- '
tand. but misfortune naa nroaen his
nerve. There was nothing left for him -to
do but go to ' work, which he did -around
the hoisting works of the Stand-.
ard aa a sweeper ana general roust-..
about ' - - - - " -
"That late Man Eater, gentlemen," pur
sued the colonel, "was game at bottom,
for he would work when. he had to; Jtut
melancholy' claimed him for " her own.
Tho oontrast between ' his .former proud
aetata aa chief of.- the camp . and hia
lowly lot aa a common toller tn hickory
shirt and overalls preyed upon hia mind
so that tears would oourso down his
cheeks aa he piled tha broom-silently on
the sheetlrOn floor of the works.
r .
"With hia first month's wages-the
only honest money he'd earned In years -MoOowan
- took a night off and aought -9
balm for hia . wounded spirit in tho In- .
ternatlonal Faro Parlors. But ho had no
more luck with the cards any more than
In flabtlng. It was hardly . 10 o'clock
when he was cleaned out and. left the
table aa sour aa a persimmon. ' in tha oia
davs he'd have levied -on soma fearful
fellow creature for a stake or gone ahead
playing on scare, but the old daya naa
departed forever, and be slunk out sullen ,
and crushed.- - - -' .
"At the foe, oe the stalra Tatnaie Feta ,
ftho night food --peddler,' one-eyed. and
llama had laid down bis- dbshm ana ian- . : .
rtern and waa bending over tyln his shoe "
laea. nn dock -was towara sum aw m
mark was fair.- The-em-Man-Eater . up
1th his foot and Feta went sprawung.
" 'What did you want to kick -me forf't
I wasn't doing anything, whined Peta'Z ,
" 'Tes' you were,'- aald luxe iiereeiy. -
' "No X waon't Insisted poor Peta. .1
iraa only tying my ahoe. r :: i m ."'
Aw." growled Jicuown aa ne waiaea-
off, 'you're alwaya tying.yourunoa-
" 'Thank God.' ne aaia to miiucii, wim .
l awrt of -gaaping'l-algh lot happiness.
them's somebody left on this green earth -
that ruTKBle to lick.' - - Jr.
And T'm betttna.. entlemen,,, con
cluded Colonel Edgarton, "that on board
those Russian ships there's seen enaiees
champagne and nanqanaaing ever nun
that Sunday-night et-to with the fishing
i "Nonsensa. Edamrton,"proteeted Pro-",
feasor Jenks, the Pennsylvania educator -nA
he had the cafe with him fit waa .
nothing more than a dreadful mlataka"
- "Poealbly, poaaiDiy," aamiuea in v.oi
n.i i -hut anvway. I'm glad to read that
aa between the Russian and tha British
governments Jthere is every- oxpeciauon.
of a satisfactory and dignified dlplomatlo
adjustments-Including, let US hope, the
readjustment of tho heada and arms that
were anot oft." . . "... . -t-c.
FAJKOVB nOTOaVtV-
The newa thrilled all Bt Petersburgl
i From mouth to mouth it passed.
In mart and atreet The Rualaa fleet ,
Haa won a fight at lasti-v
X crowd of bloody flahermen, .'
Attacked ua In the night . ."if.
But we stood by to do or au
. And sank them left and right f
..-. . ' " v i'
And like the hero of tha west, , v ;
UAterrifled and grim, '- , . -s -v
Who killed a aheep. bravo man. to keep
The sheep from biting him," - i,.:
We fell anon those fishermen.
And shot and ahell flew thick.
And. -bravely fought-what long, wa
sought-: -. -.-.'
A foe that we could Jlck. , ) ,
No morV we blush with shame because
- Tho avll Japanese .- - v , .r .--..' ,;.
Leftiot a boat of oura afloat . i. - .
Upon the eastern seas; - '
No more we hear with humble pride "
That Kuropatkln'a men
Have marched to fight and overnight .
Have traveled back again. . .
ri t Sr.-'"
For victory at laat la ourar h ,
And though the fight began .
With peril for our men-o-wai
-r vt aid not lose armanT" Or
well may the Russian eagle scream
In the empyrean vasts ,
Hurrah, we've beat! - Our gallant fleet
Haa won a fight at lastl . ,
-. James Montagua
What 9a They Bo With tfWkea Wetf
An umbrella small enough to go In
aide a pocket ia a recent Invention.' It
la designed on ho principle of the tele
scope, and consists of a aeries of tele
scoplo slides, a carrying case and a
piece ef slfif covering. On opening the
case In which It Is contained the eon- .
tents resemble a bundle of steel rods
In a wrapplnrbf silk. These ara, with
a little manipulation, converted Into an
umbrella ef the orthodox abapa the
short handle of whloh draws out into
a stick Of the requisite length. The
.cpvur le- described as oemg quite as
Stout, llgnr ana rain-resisiina- as a xirav
class umbrella of the old styla . -
' bjiki inai n i il i "aMtaasaawaasaaMaBpa) ,
t. '''. ry It oa tha Hog..-,.
From- the Philadelphia Inquirer.
r More than 1.000 women are learning
to Cook In the seven free kitchens estab
lished In Chicago.' If their first efforts
could be administered to the criminal
Classes of that city Its social equilib
rium might be In a measure restored. ;
,74.
----- 1 -- 1-,-
- V