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Editorial Page PORTLAND, OKBOOW, THE OREGON DAILY AN INDEPENDENT ttSWfAPBR : '. CLMCKSOR PUBUSHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. jwo. p. caOU. r II MM "'I every venlng ( my Sunday ) and evuy Sunday morning at Th Journal Building, Fifth Mat Yamkfll OFFICIAL PAPER Of THt CITY Of POHTLAN0 J OFF WITH THE OLD AND NEW. NOW that w have done our shue In nettling tho ij u. st 11 in of w ho shall be president of te United State we will doubtless be able to turn wltfi new seat to the other and more Immediate question which confront us. 80 far as Portland la concerned we ahould etrive to make effective the work done at the election last June. The decision then was against a wide open town of the description that we have learned to know so well during the present administration. The immediate result of the election when the newly elected official went into office was the closing of the big gambling house. It la not to be supposed that these institution, which have been the source of so much revenue to those who owned them and ueh a source of Income to many other who were 'in a position to extend them favors, will permit themelve to be killed off without a fight, particularly wit the fair year and all It means to them staring them in the face. There have been various effort made by indirection to Insert a wedge that would lead to a wide open town. Hitherto, and chiefly, we are "forced to confess, because of the unchangeable attitude of the sheriff, all such at tempts have failed. There Is now presented a more se rious aspect of the campaign In the matter of the pool room. Where the council stand on the subject of public . gambling there has never been any reasonable doubt; whatever doubt may have lingered In the mind of any one .ha been effectually removed by Its action on .Use- pool room question, passing an ordinance condition were not right for those most interested' in them and repealing that ordinance when conditions were right. The struggle now in progress In the courts over .the question of whether the poolrooms will be permitted j to run will have a large share In deciding the bigger ques tion of whether or not there Is to be a wide open town j here during the fair year. The political machine in mani festly favorable to a wide open policy. It Is giving coun- tenance to the movement. The Issue upon which the next municipal election Is to be decided will be that. It there ' fore behooves the people who have some regard for the 1 pood name of the city to stand back of th fight now In progress and to lend It their unqualified moral support. The election last June showed what the law abiding ele ment can do when united. That seemed to be a fair warn ing to all concerned that there was to be a hew deal 'in our municipal policies.. That the verdict would Imme diately be accepted was too moch to expect or hope for. It was realised that this was only the , beginning of th fight bet ween the two opposing force. The public service Is honeycombed with graft, and money which should be spent In legitimate channels too often finds Its way Into the pockets of politicians who do nothing to legitimately earn it. All of this I realised, and for the first time the people thoroughly realise their Inability to bring about the necessary reform. The 'starting point was reached at the June election, and the public must not permit the fruits of that struggle to be wasted. ' It must win in the poolroom fight; If there 1 failure In the courts and "It Is made to appear that the law Is not technically broad enough to crush out this specie of gambling then the legislature must face the issue at the next session and make It unmistakably so. THE AMERICAN SOVEREIGN. THIS is the voters' day. They have heard and read all the arguments and appeals perhaps; more probably tney have not, and had no need to do so. They know how they want to vote, and they think they know why. Some will vote for Roosevelt, some for Parker, some for Debs, some for Watson, and some for Swallow (la that all?); and having don so, each can feel that he has done his doty a he sees and understand it. and hold no atom of enmity against a neighbor or fellow citizen who saw hi duty In a different light. Today the voter exercise his sovereignty. It Is an Im portant power and privilege, it is the final expression of self-government. All good cltlsens will cheerfully and patriotically abide the result, whatever It may be. The election over, th political talk and activity will ubslde and the country will be the better when men's attention is turned more to other thing though It la by no mean unimportant to consider politics. Every voter should take a lively Interest In politics, but there are many other thing that must occupy men's minds most of the time Here's to the American sovereign! He's on the throne today! May he exercise hi sovereign right like a true and patriotic American. PROSPERITY AND POLITICS. AFTER MAKING PREDICTIONS a to the Repub lican pluralities today In Pacific coast states, and contrasting them with the result of the election In these stats four year ago, a Republican paper remarks: "Prosperity did It." This Is to a large extent true. These state have been and are prosperous. The Repub lican party wa and remained In power. The people were generally satisfied. Crops have been good. Business has been good. There ha been a large Immigration. Not withstanding the Increased coat of living, moat people have been doing well, even though wage earners have ISA 9. Frooj th New York World ' --TtP&. eJL .tfce effects of a northern winter, the relstlres of Ira D. Banker, the worM-fnmous Oospel singer, are pre paring to take him south. In the hope ?that bis life may be prolonged. The dsy 'of the sweet singer, who had stirred mul titudes in many lands. Is practically done. "I have Just had a letter from mother," said Mr. L Allen Sankey of 349 Park place. Brooklyn, son of the singer, yes terday, "and we have decided to send fsther south. We hope thst the wsrmer hreeses may preserve him to us. He Is now up state, Just where I do not rsre to have published, because he Is so sen sitive. We have bad hopes that his eyes would Improve, but I mey new say that he Is totally blind and will never see again." jt In his decline Mr. Sarfkey is still the sweat soul of the old days when he was with Moody, but th knowledge that he is blind forever besrs hard on him. He who sang In front of thousands now shrinks from the presence of sympathetic friend. In seclusion be spends bis days waiting his and. One in a while la the evening th wandering rustic hears again the song of th ' Ninety and Nine," the famous hymn that has in fused spiritual llf Into many vaat as semblies. It Is Sankey singing Ms oM fa onte .Then the venerable singer seems to forget his blindness. Hs ass, ss It wre. retired within himself, living over sain In memory the splendid see) of bis I Time. "Pathef-dee not complain," said the ON WITH THE been able to save little. Under such condition it was natural.' inevitable, that the party in power ahould remain in power, and Increase It following. A great many people think that th administration of affair by a political party bring about either prosperous or adverse condi tions, whereas there Is really but little connection between the two. Prosperity and Republican party ascendency were at the outset of this era, eight years ago, coin cidental. Prosperity wa not a; consequence of Republican party rule; but the Increased Republican majorities are in large part a result of prosperity, with the source of which that party had no more to do than the Sultan of Jolo. That the Republican party wa or 1 responsible for prosperity Is a mere assumption, Is- for the most part only partisan claptrap. But undoubtedly th Republican party will remain In power until conditions change. If times become bad again though they can scarcely ever become very bad on this coast the Democratic party will win, and then all the mean a great deal to close them when greatest material The Chinese want learned that war could not re-learn good soldiers, nor a vast outlay and ably reason also be out of date; from -annihilation are extracted from why ahould China for an improbable bend her "awakened ttone, The awakening and In , the right stesd of battleships. A Berlin commercial publication says on this subject: There are a great many factor which If properly employed would lead to a purchasing power on the part of the Chinese far beyond anything .hitherto known. The capacity to Increase the demand Is there, and even the most modest and closest calculations are In no way opposed to the opinion already expressed that great hope for a large trade In China In the future are Justified. The enormous complex area to which the name of the Chinese Empire Is given con tain a population of from 300,000.000 to 400,000,000 souls. Vast stretches of territory ' In this colossal kingdom have been doomed forever to sterility, but in these great stretches of territory there I only a amall part of the total population. By far the largest part of the Chinese people are to be found In the eastern and southeastern part of the Empire, or tho bor dering upon the sea and In the provinces adjacent to the sea provinces. In these all the requisites of cul tural development are to be found, such as fruitful soil and magnificent natural means of communication. 1 Conditions in the municipal center with huge popu lations are exceedingly favorable to the development of civilised want. Germany and other European people are eagerly noting these facts, and the- signs of Chinese awakening, and are Industriously working to capture In advance as much as possible of the great volume of commerce that China In the near future Is to add to the world's traffic, but the United States Is In a position, with sufficient enterprise displayed and under liberal commercial treaties and trade law, to get a great share of that commerce. The com mercial awakening of China should be of immense value to the people of this country, and especially to those of the Pacific coast. son, "but he has grown very sensitive and retiring in his misfortune." The Deutsche Industrle-Zeltung of Ber lin publishes the following table, giving an Interesting comparison of the per centages of persons engaged In the lines of Industry indicated: Com- Manu- raerce factures and Country. ture and and tranapor- mlnlng. tatlon. Germany J7.I tT.4 16.6 Austria M X 22.8 7.1 Hungary M. 18.6 3 3 Italy fit.4 M.I 7.4 Switzerland .... S7.4 40.7 10.7 Franc 44.1 !!. 1.4 Belgium .A 21. 1 41.6 Hf Netherlands .... 30 7 S. 7 17.2 Denmark 46.0 24.9 li s Sweden 49.9 at. 7.i Norway 49.6 22.6 11.7 Kngland and Wales n f, 3 13.0 Scotland 12.0 66.4 11.4 Ireland 44.S 12.6 6.U United States ... at. 24 1 16.3 We use proportionately mere men In transportation than any other country except Holland, which lies between th sea and Germans Rngtand'a pitiful 6 per cent of men en gaged in farming goes far to explain the physical weakness of her men. Scotland leads the world in Its almost universality of manufacturing labor. While we, for all our tariff, rank with Italy and Denmark. JOURNAL Republican mouthpieces of the country will cry: "See what bad times the wicked Democratic party brought on the country." THE AWAKENING OF CHINA. A N INTERESTING people are the Chinese, and slasV their auoarent awakening after thousands of year of commercial dormancy I one of the very important developments of the time. That they are so awakening Is noted by keen observers, and It should to the United States. New and great desire and demand are springing Into life and activity In' China, somewhat suppressed Just now by the Rusao-Jap war-;' but In a few year ws think that China will be the field, the scene of the world's development. 1 no more .war; they had one, and with them was a lost art. Not that they It, not that they could not be made Into that among them. In time, might not arise a new Tamerlane or Ohengls Kahn; but they shrewdly perceive that to fit themselves for war, and to fight perhaps a combination of all Europe, wouia require tremendous sacrifice; and they prob that before they could do this, war will that nation will seldom If ever go - to war again. They trust, too, to the increasing spirit of tolerance and fraternal Ism among nations, as well as to the rivalries between European nations,' to protect them or disintegration. Already the United States and England stand outspokenly for the integrity of China. The nations of Europe, once the bear claw Manchuria, must let China alone. 80 spend billion of money In preparing and unnecessary war? She I wise to ideas and energies- In other dlrec , . of the Chinese comes at the right time, way. They are building railroad in A network of railroads from differ ent point on the sea coast Into the Interior 1 under con struction, planned, or conceived of, and railroads mean an absolutely new life for China. They are new arteries, and the blood that will fill them Is in process of forma tion. Now ha come the time to convert the Chinese from a people buying end consuming but little of our products to a people buying and using much. To do this they must produce more themselves, and, find a market abroad for their surplus product, and the resources of that vast empire, with it hundred, of million of people, are boundless. ounuOAx. From Chamber's Journal. A Scotch minister who was in need of funds, thus conveyed his intentions to his congregation: 'Weel, friends, th kirk Is urgently In need of siller, and as we have failed to get money honest ly, we will have to see what a basaar can do for . It happened In Cornwall, according to report, that a pastor cdmplatned that his congregation had the habit of look ing round at late comers, and. while he thought It nstural enough, he saw that it disturbed their religious duties, and so determined to announce by nam those persons who came In late. Accordingly he several times paused during the pray ers and said: "Mr. 8.. with his wlf and daughter." then again, "Mr. Cc and William D." This went on for a while, and the congregation kept their eye fixed on their books, but when it was given out 'Mrs. M , In a new bonnet," every feminine head In the church was turnsg. It was a curate who read In the lesson for the day: "Me spoke the word, and cathopper came and grasslplllars innumerable' Sard to Understand. Prom th Boston Transcript. The Japanese minister to France is something 0 an epigrammatist, as hi shown hy the following: "When w had to our credit only rreat artists thsy trested us ss barbarians; new that we sre killing people, they say we are dv- IT t Small Change m Don't get sxclted. Has we prohibited? Let day to be doubtful. The weather gods vote wet. Oregon feels natural again. Havs you forgotten t vote? 'The election passed off quietly." Are you keeping If not Voting dry! Going to stay up to hear the news? Not again for your years, thank good- Port Arthur Insists on falling piece meal. ' Some prohibitionists are good earn, palgners. " 1 Each Republican spellbinder will think he did It. Election Judge In Oregon will have a short Job. ( Who will be the first Port lander to get an airship? Baker to Roosevelt: Tour majority la Oregon la T The little end of a bet is nearly al ways a foolish bet. 1 .The returns will show some Demo crats left In Oregon. Warmer today la the state of Wash ington than In Oregon. By th time this la read New York will have gone somehow. The only thing that fall a often aa an airship I a fish ladder. Football must be In decadence; but few casualties are reported. A wedding up In Linn county was mors than pretty; It was beautiful. That prospective new big hotel, will be needed, even After the fair is mmt Mrs. Maybrlck will write a book. That's better than going on the stage. The Dalles Chronicle wants post masters elected. O, Lord, no; wa'vs to elect too many officials now. Even a Democratic president and "tree trade" couldn't prevent Oregon from being the best state In the Union. The beef trust Is "entirely satisfied with existing conditions." Meat con sumers may not be, but what are they going to do about It? An Ohio man insisted on kissing th Jurors who acquitted him. Then they wished that, they had convicted Mm. If the defendant had been a pretty woman, they would have felt differently. Oregon Sidelights Amity has six store. Kent needs a barber shop. Dufur Dispatch doubled In sine. Logs higher in Columbia river. Good time to go after wild geese. Good time to plant or prune t Big salmon 26 cent each at Port Or- ford. Which county will have th best ex hibit? A Stiver Lake man sold 60 horses at $100 a head. Lots of fin, ripe red raspberries near McMlnnville. McMlnnvllle water system. Is figuring on a new Houlton Is quit bright prospects a busy town, with Lots. of waterfqwl and good shooting over on Tillamook. Newest Oregon paper he Kent (Sher man county) Recorder. Two Hoed River men on a hunt got five bears and a cougar. Crawfordsvlll item In Times: News is scarce. Brownsville A Cornelius man is building a water tower that will coat 1400. Ripe raspberries and strawberries In snd around Corvsllls also. The Tillamook Herald haa a new Bno type machine and publishes raueTJ more matter. A Port Orford men ships much cedsr mat' h wood, why not have a match fac tory? Oh, 'the match trust! A Wheeler county man raised 11 squashes that weighed 1,110 pounds. Last year one weighed 168 pounds. . A Newberg man is putting In a water and light plant for his own use will pipe water through his house and put in a small dynamo ror electric lighting. A man living near Toledo Is supplying thst town with strawberries, has made three trips there lately with fine rip berries How Is that for Oregon In No vember? A Newberg man. while In Alaska, shot over 100 bald eagles, which ha. says are! very numerous there, and no has jus sent 3 worth of eagles' claws to Ban Francisco. With great quantities of timber stand ing and down timber all around and close by, there Is almost a wood famine In Port Orford. Too hard work to saw and split It Port Orford Tribune: Th railroad survsyors ace now below Pistol river, and will soon tackle the Whales' Heads country, where for a few miles thsy will encounter the greatest difficulties along tbs coast. At Hunters Heads trap Se bastian It will require, so we are In formed, a 4.000-foot tunnel. A Falls City man says the eastern brook trout sent him by tbs government a few months ago are making rapid growth, some of them having attained a length of ten Inches. Mr. Teal has several thousand of these beautiful trout In his pond, and. before many years, will havs ths finest fishing In Polk county right at his door. fltmanys JNcy to Success - - - (Cohsul-Oener.1 prank H. Mason.) Germany, being mainly dependent upon foreign markets, require taehnisal de velopment to maintain her place. In no field st the demonstration more striking than In chemical manufacture, of which the total anneal product la valued at about M00.000.eoe, The organ isation of chemical study in Germany fop Industrial purposes eras begun by Pro fessor Justus von Liebig- His great work was to train pupils to explore the secret of nature and to find what processes could be made to serve th practical needs of mankind. From the technical schools of German universities have come the army of young chemists who have made applied chemis try the 'most vigorous of German Indus tries. Four fifths of all the world's an nual product of dye stuffs, a wall as a large proportion of the medical prepara tion derived from coal tar, are made 4n Germany. The aniline Industry began in Great Britain, which la the largest producer of bensole. and spread to France, Switzer land and Germany, in the latter country It was met by a throng of trained chem ists. It Is these men. who now number be tween 6,000 and 7.000, who are willing to work In original research In laboratories provided by the great chemical companies for small salaries and an Interest in whatever of value they may discover, who have brought the chemical Industry of Germany up to Its present leading po sition. They have made It possible for Ger many to import bensol from Great Britain. Belgium and Austro-Hungary. and to sell Its ultimate products, multi plied many times In value, to all civllUed countries. Not less than 29,33 ton were exported In 1901. The history of one of these coal-tar products artificial allsarine or Indigo, made synthetically from anthracene reads like a romance. In 182 th Ger man empire Imported 3,566,740 pounds of natural or vegetable indigo, valued at 94.460.000. In May. 1897, Dr. Bayer, a chemist at Munich, solved the problem of making indigo synthetically, since which time German Imports of ths natural dye stuff have sunk to 9883.000 In 1902, while the exports of artificial Indigo have, risen to 8,164 tons In 1901. of which 9.748 ton came to the United States. It la largely due to the work of expert chemists that the saccharine contained In sugar beets haa been raised from 6.72 per cent in 1840 to 18 per cent In recent years, whereby the Oerman sugar indus try Was saved- Similarly In iron and steel manufacture and In textile produc tion It Is only the possession of a vast army of skilled chemists, metallurgists, designers, dyers, weavers and spinners that has enabled Germany to practically monopolise certain special form of menu facture. t From th London Express. Th beautiful aigrettes known to mil liners as "oaprey'' plumes do not come off the bird properly known as th osprey. This Is a large brown and white fishing hawk, persecuted Indeed to thi death by the collector ef "British spec! mens," but not In the cause of fashion, since it haa no remarkable plumage to excite cupidity. Th plum sold under this name are th trousseau of several species of whlto herons a wedding garment worn by both bride and groom, and they were originally called by the French- name. "esn rlt." Mispronunciation, and th knowledge that there la a bird called osprey, have given us the present title Of course, the objection to their use Is the fact that th bird are killed in the breeding season, the young being left 'to starvs; but. by keeping the birds In captivity all this Could be avoided, as they coeid be caught and shorn much essler thsn sheep. There are seversl species of egrets. as these white plume-bearing herons are called, but one seems more suitable than any of the others for artificial culture. This is the biggest of all, the large egret (Herodlas alba), a bird found practically all over the world, for although some ornithologists divide it Into two or three species, the differ ences are not of any practical tm porta nee. It. Is about as tall as our common heron, but even more long and slender In shape, and Ita breeding plumage la In the form of one thick hunch of very long plumes growing from Its bank. This specie, being able to live In both hot snd temperate climates, would thrive either here or In our colonies. and being of a sis to protect Itself against any ordinary vermin, has obvious advantages as a domestic bird. It la, moreover, very long lived. Toung birds should be procured to stsrt with, aa old ones would probably bear captivity with a very bad grace, like , the common heron, which la apt to refuse food when captured adult. Four may be found in a nest, and they might be expected to bear marketable plumes in th year after capture. The beet way to keep them would be to clip th long qullla of on wing and turn them out In an enclosure sur rounded by a six foot fence of th coarsest netting until they get tame, when they could be allowed to wander about any available field, car being taken at first that they did not stray. They would do no harm to any. sort of crop, a they are purely animal feeders; In fact, they would be of use in destroy ing vermin, aa, like our own heron, they do not confine themselves to fish. The vicinity of a stream would, of course, be desirable, but in the absence of such accommodation a lsrge, shallow tub kept full of clean water would be suf ficient for them to bathe in. One they ware got to breed, some selections could be attempted In order to produce bird with the moat abund ant plumes, the most accommodating appetite and the best tempers and) con stitutions; In fact ths spec! could be thoroughly domesticated, and, of course, there would be a profit in selling birds for stock. TACT Of From M. A. P. 'General PItimer Is noted for his tact In dealing with colonial froops," says T. P. O'Connor, "and recently I heard of an Incident during the Boer war In which this quality wa severely tested. "On day in camp a particularly 'tough proposition' of an. Australian, nswly sent up from the base, got hold of soma llquer and speedily became mad drunk. Raving and roaring around the camp th Australian cam upon General Plumer, standing spick and spas at the door of his tsnt, snd, uttering some ribald abuse, rushed at the general snd struck him a heavy blow on the chest before any one could Interfere. T need hardly aay that uch en of fense wits punishable by death, but Gen eral Plumr merely said to th onlook ers who rushed up: " 'Oh, take him away; he's drunk and doesn't know what he Is doing.' And that was all the notice the gen eral took of the affair. But the delin quent comrade were not so lenient." t ; - The Ply 1 1 Wl " " 1 ' - - - ' -. . . TIM aacred opera, "Belshnssar." was rendered at the Marquam Grand Isst evening ky local musical (taUnt under the direction of Martin 90. Robinson, for th benefit of Central Christian church. iH-Srou , was compowa or ueorgs tuongo composer who wrote rouarh Gaorse." and several other' famous war songs. It was his most ambitious creation and whlls it Is not, of course, an "KHJeh," nor a Handel sub limity, It ha considerable dsDtb and aa a I rule is notable for its orgtniality. The nma are varied and the harmony re veals a inustolanly souL Ths opera treat of th fail- of Babylon, with Bel ahaaaar. Nltecria sad Daniel as she Drln- orpal characters. Last night's rendition of the work waa Just what might be ex pected from amateurs, and nothing mors. to an unfortunate delay la th of th curtain, th orchestra played the overture of "Th Tenderfoot," which somewhar shocked the senses of th ultra-musical people In front, bat Mr. Robinson finally got the opera under way -and various paasages were ap plauded. There r were probably 76 people on the stage and about ths same num ber In the auditorium. The choral work waa of exceptional merit and the solos by Mis Ethel Lytle likewise were enjoy able. This young woman possesses a very promising soprano voice and with the proper kind of training ahould even tually doveiop Into a valuable operatic recruit. Belshasssr waa rendered by Lionel Paget, while Charles Gibs sang Daniel, the prophet. A dance by an octette of girls to a popular air added some seat to the oc casion. Other features of the perform ance were the costuming varied and well harmonised aa to ooiorte-and the addition of an organ to the regular or chestra. The volume thus derived wa well worth listening to. "Balshassar" will be repeated tomorrow night. RACE WHIT WRY. . . , gJOaUTI TOO From the Oregon State Journal. Oregon haa no Influence in voting for president, senators or congressmen, on account of th one-sided condition of her politics. Th Republican majority I so large that there I no chance to over come It and for this reason ' nobody care or pay any attention te the elec- tlons here Tbe Democrats ngnt sny ef Oregon kssaas they anew there -la nothing In it for them and the Republl can ahow It no favor because they know they have It anyhow. Portland and Oregon are Ignored on this account In all th heavy government shipments to the Phillpines and In all the big gov ernment contracts. drydocks, navy yards. tc,, while $40,000,000 to 160.- 900.000 was spent by th McKtnley ad ministration in Ban Francisco, to hold California, regarded aa a doubtful state, la th Republican column, and nearly as much spent at , Seattle. Bremerton and other sound ports, for political purposes in Washington. Of course this waa aad is all wrong, to use public money to build up a political organisation, but then It I a "condi tion and not a theory" that th people of the Pacific coast have to meet and it ha bean met to th disadvantage of Oregon. The sure IT. 09 to 90,000 Re publican majority that Is now being claimed at the presidential election next Tuesday, Ilka all other big majorities recently, have and will cost Oregon dearly. The sols aim and object of th politicians who manage) politics Is te hold or gain th support of th Indiffer ent or doubtful and leave the sure devoted friends, who always roll up big majorities, to take care of themselves. Locally aa well as nationally this works to the Injury of Oregon. The big ma jority place th people In th power of on party. It can do anything and I not bound to cater to the Interests or wishes of the people. If they do not like what It does they can lump It There is no appeal to another party or' a higher power for redress. Ita de cisions are final. OOT A HOI1T. From th New Tork Tribune. . Senator Bailey of Texa haa a hobby, with which hi fellow-senators are fa miliar. He is one of th self-appointed guardians of the constitution. It Is ex- peoted that on every question of na tional legislation he will raise the point of its constitutionality. He has won a place under th limelight by puraulng thi course under sll circumstances. In season and out of season, since the early days of his legislative career In th low er house of congress. That he haa ac quired something of a reputation aa a constitutional lawyer should be placed to the credit of a veteran Methodist minister. Rev. Matthew Russell, who one lived at wealhersfbrd, Tex., but who la now retired and lives st Beau mont Bailey had Just entered congress when Russell, who 1 one of hi constitu ents, had a talk with the young con gressman as to th policy be proposed to pursue and what h expected to achieve In the position to which he had been elected. Bailey, like most first term congressmen, had not yet enconn lered the opportunity for any signal ac compllshment, and his response to his ministerial friend wss consistent with that fact. "Bailey." said Parson Russell, "have a hobby. It doesn't matter much what It is, but you must hsvs a hobby." "But what sort of a hobby?" queried the young congressman. Well, msk the constitution yo hobby. Square every act Of legislation by some provision of the constitution Teu can pile your desk full of books and argue by the week upon the constltu tlonal phases of a measure, snd there ill be few bold enough to take Issue with you. Ton will earn a reputation as a great constitutional lawyer. That s what riding a hobby will do for you." AJ9V14JUXT1 Oa? BO8 From Success. Rose culture's beginning goes back beyond records. The flower Is men tioned in the earliest Coptic manuscript. India's traditions take tbs rose to th times of the gods on earth. Egypt had roses, wild snd cultivated, before th Roman occupation mad it in a way Home commercial rose garaen; yet, cu riously enough, there I no reference to the flower In painting, sculpture or hieroglyphic. Japan In our time par allels Egypt. Roses flourish there, but do not serve as a motif for artists. Thsrs Is this further likeness neither Egypt nor Jspan has a rose song or a lovs song proper, so it may weit oe tnat madam th rose 1 avenged for th slight The Jews, returning from the Baby lonish captivity, took With them a rec ompense of rosea Semlramis, with the world at her feet, found her ehief Joy In a bower of roses. Mohammed turned bsck from Damascus after vlswtng It encircled with rose gardens. "It is too delightful: a man can havs but one Para dise." said the prophet. Damascus Has In -the heart of Syria, whose name some geographers derive from "serl," mean ing a wild rose, and wild roess ars abundant there. The damask rose of our gardens go back to Damascus. They war brought from it at th time of th Cruaadea, although exsctly when or by whom nobody can certainly ssy. LiVs. Restrict ' Voting Thar are almost a many qualifica tions demanded by the law for the exer cise of th voting privilege a there sre tat la th union There is a wide spread but very erroneous notion that all native born or naturalised male oltl sens can veto tor president. There I another very widespread misapprehen sion to th offset that It I only th south where property or educational testa are applied. The most liberal of all states In grant ing th electoral privilege to their In habitants are Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. In these states women can vot for president In Illinois. Kansas and several of the eastern states women are allowed partial voting privilege, betag allowed to vote for school true tees and other local officials. But It Is only In the states mentioned that the women are allowed a vole in choosing a president In Alabama the statute requires voter to be "cltlsens of good character and understanding" or aliens who have declared their intention to become such; but before being permitted to vote they must exhibit a receipt ebowlng they havs psld poll tax. Strsngery enough, th only difference between the qualifications la Alabama and Arkansss is the omission of th re quirement of "good character." Connecticut ha an educational condi tion. Th citisen must be sble to read. In Massachusetts he must be able to read and write English. In Mississippi ths voter must not only be able to read, but the statute requires that he must read "and understand- th constitution. It Is said that thi is very convenient when It come to th elimination of th colored vote. If the colored man la able to read It he may still fall In convinc ing the Judge that he understands th constitution. IhsYeral 67ln otr states, such ss Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi, there have been recent enactments which, while purporting to make educa tional qualifications, make exceptions In favor of such cltlsens aa served as sol diers in the 'civil war, or whose fathers or grandfathers were electors. The ef fect of thi Is to permit th whit man to vote, whether or not he can read or write, and at the same time It exclude LaU the colored vote., fox the ajtppia. fA son that It Is Impossible thst his father or grandfather should nave oeen an elector, for all were slavea, and It la equally impossible that he should havs served In the army for th same reason. But the "grandfather clause," aa It la called, lets In ths Illiterate whites, of which the mountain country "Is full. In Delaware It 1 naoessary for th citisen who wants to vote to pay 81 registration fee. In New Tork It I necessary for citi zens to have been such for 90 day previ ous to election day. In several state there Is a eondU tlon that ths citisen shall have paid up all his back taxes before he Is eligible to vote. This Is true of Georgia. Virginia requires that th citisen shall be "of good understanding." In practically all states ths following) classes of person are not permitted to vote: Idiot. Insane, convict until par doned, felons and pauper. Generally also persons under guardianship are in cluded In the prohibition. In Idaho th prohibition also takes In Chin, In dian, potygaihlsts. bigamists, traitor, and bribers In Indiana the state dis qualifies certain persons who may b disqualified by Judgment of the court, as Well as United State soldiers, marines and sailors, Kansas Includes defrauder of the government, and per sons dishonorably discharged from th array; Main mention Indian not taxed as not being permitted to vote, wblle North Carolina Include "atheists." Many of the western states mention Chin as not privileged to vot. South Carolina forbids th voting privilege to persons convicted or. "dueling." Minnesota denies tne voto to "uncivilised Indiana," but grant it to civilised Indiana. Nevada still has a Statute to prevent the voting of "un- amnestled confederate against the United States." New York has a atatute which dis franchises "bettors on the result of election." slso "bribers for votes and th bribed." XJAJfQl or gxooTrjro xuo o From Outing. Ths disturbing element In hunting elephant or aeladang or rhino haa been always, to me at least, the feeling of uncertainty at to whether or not I could stop th animal if I wounded It and It charged me, as it did on an average of once in three times. Based on my experience, therefore, I should placo th elephant - first snd ths rhino third after seladang. which is fully aa formidable aa the Cape buffalo. and is miscalled the bison all over India. Each of these animals Is dangerous on different and Individual grounds; th elephant, though less likely to charge, than any of the others. Is terrifying be cause of his enormous' strength, which stops at no obstacle, and ths extreme difficulty of reaching a vital spot, es pecially If, with trunk tightly colled, he Is coming your way. I know of no sensation more awesome than standing ankle deep In clinging mud in dense cover, with th Jungle crashing around you a though th en tire forest was toppling, ss th elephant you have wounded come smashing hi way In your direction. Th seladang la dangerous, partly because of the thick Jungle he seeks when wounded, but more especially because of his tremen dous vitality and his usual, though not invariable, habit of awaiting the. hunter on hi tracks and charging suddenly, swiftly and viciously. It require elose and hard shooting to bring down one of these six foot specimens of oriental cattle. The danger of the tiger and of the lion Is In their lightning activity and ferocious strength; but you have, the ahoulder, in addition to the head shot, If broadside; or If coming on, the chest, all sure to step if well placed. The reason th rhino Is so formidable Is he cause Ita vulnerable spots are so hard to reach. It brain I 6 amall In pro portion aa that of the elephant, snd may be reached though the eye If head on, or about three Inches below and Just In front of or JUM behind th base of the ear, according te your position for a shot WHAT BTJSSIABT AUTKOBg It Is th custom for Russian writsrs of established reputation to sell thalr en tire copyright to th publisher more frequently then English authors do. Shortly before hi death Turgenleff dis posed of the copyright qf all his works to a publisher for 19,000. -Ttrr different sums for which the productions of some of ths best-known Russian authors of the eld school hsvs been sold are given rnilowa by lbs Informant Thoss of Gogol wsrs sdlsposed of for 16.000. Puschkln's and Oontcheroffs each real ised about (3.60. while Kryloff s fsbles brought about 11.400. ind the entire copyrights of mahy well-known writers have been sold for much smaller sums.