NTPtH tt ' Writ' ' "Mf"'v -7 ei w , : JPSaggggggggga Editorial Page of TEe Journ PORTLAND. OREGON, nil nay THE OREGON DAILY AN C S. JACKSON . 1 - ritnUlilIt every 1 Mill ! ( except Bandar) and every Sunday morning al Tba journal Bufldin. Fifth and YaaubiD treats, Poftlaad, Oregon. ! : ? 1 1 OFFICIAL PAPER OF TW CITY OF FOWTLAHP THE SLENDER THREAD IT IS an extraordinary fact developed by the Tanner creek sewer investigation that the only hope of pro tection which the public has from jobbery is the ' uncertain one of a falling out among those who form the contractors' pool. If all members of the pool are perfectly satisfied, if all receive their proportionate or I agreed upon rake-off the job, no matter how far short it may fall of the ; specifications, is passed by a com plaisant inspector, receive the unqualified endorsement ' of the city engineer and slides through on greased ' way with none the wiser. An inferior job has been done, much good money has been wasted, those who foot the bill have beon robbed, as a result of bad work 1 the sewer itself may be torn out in the first flood and j much damage done to the adjoining property, but only those who profit by the work know the facts. In ' ordinary circumstances they charge it up to conditions which no human foresight could have prevented and the public, otherwise without information, is obliged to ' accept this as an explanation. I I We have on one side, reading between the lines Of , the testimony so far elicited, a contractors' pool and on the other a political pooL The contractors insist upon 1 their pound of flesh but the result is made to square the demands of politics. There is Mr. Reinstein, a hand some and thrifty young man, with at least one good eye to the main chance, who was on the witness stand yes terday. It is said he is not a contractor at all, except in a constructive sense, but nevertheless a moat potent factor in the letting of contracts. Once everything was ! lovely and the complete accord was something delight ' ful to behold. The contractors had one aim and pur : pose and that was well defined. Others might suffer, but not they. All bids went in and all were doubtless "loaded." For some reason they were turned down. Then business was resumed, presumably on the old basis: at least this was the way Mr. Reinstein under stood it and his partner was the younger Riner. But the older Riner, probably at the instigation of his son, deftly put in a lower bid at the last moment and got the ! contract It was all in the family and therefore satis factory to the Riners, but not so with Reinstein. fit was bitterly chagrined and disappointed, swore vengeance to high heaven, with the usual result when gentlemen faU out f . When the job was reported finished It was passed by the inspector; the city engineer passed it not only on the inspector's report, but certified it to the executive board on his own knowledge. But there the hitch came; ' A SIMPLE LESSON FOR PARENTS. THE CARELESSNESS of many parents, In leaving bottles of poison, loaded guns or matches where young children can get at them, is often so se verely punished, in the sudden and tragic death of a Mtttle innocent, that sympathy rather than censure aat urally springs fromthe heart of the observer or com mentator; yet so frequent are such cases and so gross ' is the carelessness displayed, that a few plain words of censure in the public press should not be a proper canse of anger or acorn. One day last week two boys, one eight and. the other five, found a loaded revolver in an outhouse on their father's-phtee in Jackson county, and while the elder was showing the younger how to use it the latter was fatally shot. Intensely grieved, of course, were the parents; we cannot if we would withhold sympathy fiom them; and yet that gun should not have been left where these children could get hold of it. Let all parents remember that A day or two earlier the papers reported the case of two young children left alone in a house, on the wall of which a loaded rifle was hanging. The older child .was able. by climbing to reach it and did sc. and ,4ns little1 tKree-year-old sister said: "Shoot my turls." The boy tried to do so and hit her in the breast, but for . tunately the wound was not fatal. That gun should not have been left where the boy could by any means reach it Let all parents of young children remember that. A horrible story was told in the dispatches last week of a baby girl who, playing with matches on the floor, set her dress on fire and ran to her sick mother, who was too ill and weak to rise from her bed, and could do nothing to prevent the child's life from being destroyed by fire, and the shock probably killed the mother also. A terrible incident, but no matches should have been left where this little child could get at them. Cases of, the burning of property, rot infrequently attended by loss of life, by just this species of careless ness, ar numerous, and the wonder is that they art not more numerous. It may require some little fore sight and care to keep matches out of very young rnrli. hut if it be not done parents are liable at any time to pay a terrible penalty for their carelessness. tw1. n( nniann are another means of frequently terminating a child's life, and even that of careless older persons, and the lesson of these tragedies is plain: Be careful about poison, if you must have it in the house; and especially be careful that it is never placed where a little child can get possession of it Censurable if not inexcusable carelessness is the source of nine out of ten of all such fatalities or accidents. FUTURE OF SOCIALISM. THAT THE SOCIALIST vote increased very much over that of four years ago is no sure sign that it will continue $0 increase. It may or it may liot Whether it will or not depends upon the trend of events yet darkly hid, in an incubating state, in the womb of the future. Twelve years ago the Populist candidate, James B. Weaver, received 1,041028 votes out of a total of less The Play Six clever players earn to Portland last evening- In Bernard Shaw's triumph al "Candida" and gave ua the reason why New York was "Candida road a year ao. Volumes could be In fact, volume have been written about "Candida"; but after all. It Is best described aa a superb piece of character-drawing a new Idea magnificently expressed, a creation aa odd aa It la weird, a comedy that Is almost tragic. Morrelt. a kind-hearted clergyman, picks up Kugene Marchhanka, a bey of poetic temperament lofty Ideals and philosophical motives. Me makea htm welcome at his home, where Candida, the wife of the minister, warmly receives the lad. This motherly affection la mis interpreted by Burette, who promptly cores tea clergymen for neglect, and r .ikr inform him that he and Can dida are la love. Finally, maddened?. by. INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. WHICH SAVES THE PUBLIC FROM JOBBERY. one of the parties to the contractors' pool was dissatis fied and rumors regarding the jobbery on the sewer took such tangible form that an investigation was started before anybody seems to Tiave been aware what he was about, and so the cat got out of the bap;. Upon such slender threads hang the fate of nations and sewer jobs. v But the point for the public to bear in mind is that the work would have been passed and paid for if there had been no disagreement among the contractors. Be cause of that and for no other reason, has the odor of the sewer job permeated the whole city. There is one other thing. There have heretofore been rumors af fecting all classes and conditions of public contract; even Mr. Zimmerman in a communication to The Journal pointed out a startling array of them. For the first time the public has got a real lead and it should not let go of it. There are already indications of a whitewash or a determination to find a cheap victim. The public should not rest satisfied with anything short of the fullest investigation and an enforcement of the penalties against those who merit them. The city engineer's office has frequently been under suspicion. This is the opportunity to probe it to the bottom. The city coun cil now has the matter in hand. It can reach logical results at once if it so desires. If it becomes apparent that official interest is beginning "to flag, then some other body which is safeguarding the public interests should take it in hand or, perhaps better still, the mat ter should be laid before the grand jury for investiga tion. That body has the right to summon witnesses before it snd is backed by sufficient authority to probe to the "very bottom. No better public work could "be attempted. It would not stop at the Tanner creek sewer. Bad as that apparently is it is only one of a dozen jobs whose vitals should be exposed by the cal cium light of publicity. The people of Portland who have long been held in subjection now fully realize their own strength. They are in a reforming mood Things which they have long suspected they now find ripe for investigation. They know that a cleaning of the stables at this time, when conditions are ripe for it, would set our public affairs upon a better basis than they have known for long years. That done they could start out with good heart to do the other work which confronts them. Within a year they could have a public service of which they would have every reason to be proud and what could be done with the revenues now at their disposal would be a revelation to every patriotic citizen. than 12,000,000, and 22 electoral votes; and several Pop ulist senators and representatives were elected to con gress; and sanguine Populists then, like sanguine Social ists now, confidently predicted that .theirs was the com-, ing party, that they would go right on conquering and to conquer; and yet the Populist party has long since practically disappeared. Except for Thomas E. Watson's remarkable individuality, it would riot have attracted a glance or provoked a paragraph in the recent campaign. We do not mean to say that the Socialistic propa ganda will run a similar course, for it has some agreeable features that will continue to attract many, but it would not be surprising if events should, so shape themselves that the Socialist party will nve seen its high tide in 1904. On the other hand, the , government may be so conducted, the trust beneficiaoica ,ui class legislation and maladministration may so grow in power, and insolencA that other hundreds of thousands if not millions of voters will turn to the Socialist party as the only means of relief. The Socialists should understand, however, that their vote this year, said to be nearly a million strong, was greatly swelled by disaffected Democrats, who would not vote for Parker, and voted for Debs not because they wished to see htm president or his party succeed, but as a silent but significant protest against the Democratic party management The Socialists have doubtless in creased considerably in numbers in four years, but not nearly so much as the returns at first glance indicate. OO W E CLIP hrautifvinff their What this man sands of farmers right at home, we communities to which we could point wun priae. the taunts of the youth, Morrell forces Candida to choose between them. She, of course, chooses her husband, and the youngster's dream of love is over that la, the impression Is left that he goes out la the world to find another more possible love. The central Character, as will be seen from this brief description. Is Eugene, notwithstanding the title role. Arnold Daly made the hit of his career In the part, and tester tonergan, who plays It here, la scarcely a whit less artistic. Ha gives an impression of the youth ful poet that no mind ran forget sound ing the keynote of this character on great, melodious chimes that resound In the very souls of tbe people he Is play ing to. He says the most ridiculous things with such simple sincerity that you sympathise with him. even agree with him. still knowing him to be mora or less of a misguided fool. "I've bean miserable all day," ronana Eugene, "because I've been doing right And now I'm doing wrong, but I'm 'happy. Nothing that's worth saying Is proper." Eugene reminds one of the wit and wisdom of Shakespeare's fool, and I JOURNAL JMO. P. AND DO LIKEWISE THE appended local news item from the McMinnville Reporter: T. B. Fletcher has improved the ap pearance of his place near the Dayton bridge by cutting away and burning the underbrush under the bridge and along the stream. He has also graded and made a good road to and under the bridge. Such improvements as this make a great change in a place. If all the farmers would cut the brush and briers from their fence rows and from along the roadsides, eastern people would be much better pleased with our county. Now this seems rather a small matter, perhaps, to be given this prominence, yet we think it, and reports like it, deserve notice and such acts commendation. Such a man as Mr. Fletcher is entitled to the outspoken approval of his neighbors and the community in general. What he did amounts of itself to but little, but suppose everybody would follow his example? How much im proved our state would be. This man did not say: "O, it makes no difference how, the river bank looks; mv neighbors don't improve theirs; it's quite a job, and 111 let it go." Neither did he go begging the county court to build the piece of road, so that the labor and expense would fall on others. No, he went out and did it himself, the locsl paper mentioned and com mented aonrovinely on it; and now we may expect that his neighbors all along the Yamhill river will do like wise, or do something in the line of improving and places. did, or something like it, thou should do. If each would do a little, would soon have many more rural know of no actor who could give greater satisfaction In presenting him than Lea ter Lonergah. And the beauty of the whole Is the even balance of the cast. There are but six members, and the management could well afford to engage good players. David Murray presents the clergyman capitally, his one fault being a peculiar enunciation, which the audience consia- ers Indletlnct, in the earlier portion of the play. Frederick Spencer, as the father of Candida, is remarkably good in the character role. The name part might have been written for Alice Treat Hunt so natural and forceful is hsr Im personation. Marian Aahworth is Im mense aa the prudish but quick-witted typewriter, and the remaining member of the company, Richard Lambert enacts the shortest role, that of tbe curate, very satisfactorily. 1 "Candida" is a Joyful etudy. It should not be overlooked. Tba engagement ex tends over Wednesday. RACE WHITNEY. The Corvallls Oaaette, mentions a "hap py wedding." This la credible, also that it Was pretty. . 4k j Small Chang' j Taxpayers vs. officialdom fight It out. Beat climate. earth. the year round, on The Socialist party needs cool headed anyllat Tew people care now whether IX B. H. returns or not Ost ready, gat ready (for the fair); nothing like being ready. Prohibitionists and liquor dealers both protesting. In various places. A little wind, many mild drops of moisture, but mind you, no bltaaarda. Dealers say turkeys are scares. What a familiar, late-fall sound this has. The nresldent is a pretty preacher. What a revivalist ba would have mada More trouble for that Baltlo fleet: evidently they're all drunk, all the time, Alas, vodka! Nobody la kicking; everybody knew the sugar trust would raise the price after election. Judre George's decision will stand gambling Is unlawful. Furthermore, it Is disreputable. The nrlnclnal auestlon now: Can of ficials almost openly and scandalously rob the public? Never forget that most birds are mankind's good friends. A bird-shooter for sport is a fool. Everybody in the Pacino northwest should hslp to make It a great, success ful and notable fair. That aewer swindle Is enough to make that original honest tanner squirm In his present habitation. Four Oakland policemen have con even faued to buralarlea This is worse than Hunt's men ever did. Perhaps Tacoma will now try again. and with more chance of success, to get the capital away from Olympta. A liberal appropriation for exhibits at the Lewis and Clark fair will be the best investment the counties of Oregon ever made. Every Oregon county should move lively now about Its exhibits st the Lewis and Clark fair, mey win pay big. Rustlel Uncle Sam will see that there ia no revolution In Panama, even If every general Is made a copper. A "general." in Panama, " properly slses up about even with the chief ef police of Ska mokawa. . Portland's bank clearings are another proof of Its rapid, solid growth 10 per cent last week over the corresponding week last year and no duplicate or padded figures. Storm slong, storm along, Portland: you'll be the biggest and best city on the Pacific coast yet. A rood state program: Save tso.ooo a year by flat salary law; cut oft two thirds of the useless clerkships; put half the convicts on the publlo roads or to making' broken rock; take the state land department out of tbe nanda or tae ring; make the stat treasury a revenue-producer for the state. Salem Jour nal. But do you have the least expec tation that your big Republican majority will do any of these things? Oregon Sidelights Revivals already. Wildcats numerous beyond Qresham. Bcio is to have a fanners' feed ahed. Lebanon is to have a nsw big plan ing mill. Larger attendance than ever before at the Weston normal school. Corvallls has an apple show But watch out for her poultry. today. Farmers smiling; housewives awful busy working and scheming. Though dry. Brownsville has three meatmarketa Less drink, mors eat. eh? An Blaln calf, at four months, dressed III pounds. A man named Hug raised and bred him. A Toncalla man has harvested 1.600 bushels of apples, and others of that vicinity have big crops. In vesrs past hop roots were given away but now there Is a big demand for them at from 17 to iiu per No county of Oregon more needs, or will be more benefited by a good exhibit at the Lewis and Clark fair, than Coos, A tract of Morrow county land bought live years ago for 12,280, sold last week for $14,000. This is a sample instance. An eastern Oregon stage driver, who captured a fine swan, aays he treed it on a haystack and shot it with a scoop shoveL There are eighteen weekly and semi weekly bible clasaea organised among the young men and women or tne asti cultural college this year. My, what good young people. Dallas Observer: No flner celery has ever been seen In the Dallas market than that which Is being brought to town by John Ouy. Mr. Ouy Onds a ready sale for all the celery he can ralae, and will realise a neat' profit from this year's croD. Ate will market about 1.500 bunches between now and Thanksglv ing day. Eugene Register: The Irrigation talk In this part of the valley during the summer caused a number of growers to trv the experiment and with great sue ress. F: B. Chase, the gardener, has been amply repaid this aeaaon by Irri gation of his vegetable lends. Hs hss demonstrated the virtus of suoh work bv raising the finest, best and most abundant crop of celery this year be has ever raised and with which he haa coTh pletely supplied the local market. A Peck's Bad Boy show was at Clata kanle Tuesday, writes a correspondent of the St. Helen's Mist and among other thins; it led a billy goat around the streets during the day. Cms of our youngsters, in order to shew off, pulled the goat's tall, when, gee whlsl the goat turned on him. and you wouldn't have thought, had you aeen the mlx-up, that Peck s bad boy was roaming the streets in person. We guess the kids of this city wont want any mora billy goat abows for soma time. , K Surprise of tHe Election Brockton. Mssa., Dispatch In the New York Sun, William Lewis Douglas, who on Tues day last was sleeted governor of Massa chusetts by a plurality that dumfounded his Republican opponents and astonished Ms Democrat friends, la a plain, every day kind of citizen of this place, a self made man who rose from the shoemak er's bench to his present place in the business world and amassed a fortune through his own efforts. He was born of poor parents and wben he was 6 bis father died. The life work of Mr. Douglas is no table In that he haa been able, by hard and diligent labor, to educate himself and rise from a penniless orphan to a commanding position ss a manufac turer and oitlsen. Through all his suc- he never loat hla Interest in the er and unfortunate. All through his lness life of more than It years ha has devoted his energies to making tbe world better, to Improving the' work ing and living conditions of working msn, to bringing about a better under standing between those who work and those who pay. In one of hla campaign speeches he said to his employes: "I am glad I am a shoemaker, and that ray life haa been, devoted to the welfare of the people and those in my employ. I have endeavored to give you the best conditions, with a full day's pay for fair day'a work. I have fixed this bualnsaa so that while I remain on earth you will enjoy those condition and wben I have passed from this life I have made that provision for you and the children that follow you for the enjoyment of the same conditions." A portly policeman was standing at the railroad station wben the reporter stepped from the train. Know William L Dougles?" he re plied. 'Well. I reckon I do. I've known him for II years, snd he's all right, too. Wow! Didn't he give It to Hates! What do you think of Brockton now- Know one reason why everybody likes htm? 'Cause he ain't got any alra. Has William L. Douglas all the time. T And when any one of his work men stops to speak to htm on the street, he gets Just as hearty a hand shake ss if the president himself wsnted to speak. I tell you, he's a Democrat all right, all right. Thsy couldn't have picked out a better man. Brockton had to wait a long time before tbey caqje here to pick a candidate. Dut tney certainly got a winner.". , Further along ths street leading from the station wss found the colored boot black who has the honor of having shlned Mr. Douglas' shoes for the last flvs yeara "I'm the man," he said. "I shins Mr. Douglas' shoes. Been doing the same thin for five years, and the govsrnor knows I can give him a good one, too." What kind of msn Is the governorr 'He's a corker, sir. Hs always gives me 10 cents for that Job. There's noth ing stingy about the man. No. air. He's a perfect gentleman. He don t care how Ions; it tskes you to shine his shoes. Yes, sir. he's sn awful clever man. Leastwise, be don't tip me any. he (Ives tips to the other men in the shop. Al ways liked to see him come in." Mr. Douglas waa born near Plymouth, August St, 1141. and waa left fatherless when five years old. Af the age of seven he was bound out during hla minority to his uncle, a shoemaker, as was then the custom, and for yeans he had to atand upon a box to reach the bench on which certain parta of hla work were performed. About the time he reached nis majority he went to Colorado, but re turned after two or three yeara to his native town, arriving there in 1MI, and soon afterward waa married to Miss Augusta Terry. He soon selected Brockton as his future home, obtaining employment In one of the shoe factories there. Ho was a good workman and noon became a good foreman. By frugality and industry he had in 1171, at the age of II, saved 1875. with which he began manufacturing boots upon nis own account in one room, employing five men and turning out 41 pairs of shoes a day. His business grew rapidly, and he was quick to take advantage of the improved machinery, which In creased his output wonderfully. As his business Increased, the idea of turning out a special type of shoe snd advertising It widely occurred to him. Then began his first great financial and business success. He was probably the first manufacturer in the country to use a likeness of himself In Mb adver tisements, and probably no face Is more familiar to newspaper and periodical readers throughout the United States than is that of Mr. Douglas. In connection with this advertising Idea, tbe story is told of a Brockton man who once visited a friend In some western city. The latter was somewhat of a Joker and when the Brockton man came la he found his friend diligently engaged In reading the Bible. "Isn't this something new?" asked the visitor. "Tes," replied his host; "but this Is ths only publication that I can find which does not contain a picture of that fellow townsman of yours, W. L. Douglaa" ' The advertising proved profitable and every year the business Increased. Mr Douglaa' employes earn an average of 114 a week, even 1 calculating the wages of the boys, as compared with the 19 average of workers employed In Massa chusetts Industries generally. Mr. Douglaa Uvea plainly. He never drinks Intoxicants and gave up smok ing years ago because of stomach trouble. He dresses plainly, with a turn-down collar and a ready-made bow tie, usually black In color. He owns a pair of good horses, but rarely drives, and he says he keeps the animals only for the pleasure of his wife and family. He goes to snd from hla factory in the stesm or trolley earn, but In good weather Is frequently seen covering ths two miles on foot. He owns no automobiles or yachts snd his only luxury Is a summer cottage at Monument Beach. Rrequently he spends a month or two In the soutn during tne winter, nut mis has been the pass only since he hss been able to take an eye from his business cares. His only experience in club life Is when he spends an afternoon at the Commercial club. If he has any hobby at all It Is for flowers, snd he likes to have every one elee enjoy them. too. Mr. Douglas is democratic In his ways as well ae In politics. He meets his em ployes and fellow cltlsens on an equal footing. He walks with them through the eity streets and has a pleasant word for anybody who comes slong. Ha haa business always In mind snd sttsnds to that with great regularity His home life Is one of the happiest and be takes greater pleasure In being surrounded by his wlfs and daughters than in any other company. Hla residence la a handsome, red stone structure, surrounded by lawns, flower beds snd shrubs. Hla charity Is liberal snd hearty. He haa always subscribed large auma to the fasaAtae. citv hospital and re cently gave t.e0 to provide a surgical annex With all the necessary equipment. At the opening of the last school year hs gave one of the city missionaries 1100 to clothe those children who were not able to attend school for want of clothes. While at the Newton hospital recently he gave 1100 to the mother of twins who had been deserted by her husband. Mr. Douglaa has banking Interests in Brockton, haa been president of the local street railway company, and sev eral years ago established a dally paper. He la president of the Society of the First Cntversallst church here and Is a regular attendant as wall aa a liberal contributor. Tba governor-elect has alwaya taken an Interest In politics. He served la the city council and was slso mayor of The city. In lg he was a member of the stste senate and Introduced the weekly payment and state board or arbitration bills. The laat Democratic governor of Massschusetts. the late William E. Rua aell, waa one of his Intimate friends and Mr. Douglas took a prominent part In Mr. Russell's campaigns. He Is not an orator, but speaks plainly and to the point, and has oftsn refused political preferment tendered him. Mrs. Douglas regards the election or her husband as aomewhat of a mis fortune. When assured that he had been chosen governor, she said: "We did not believe he would ne elected. It la moat aurprlslng. The peo ple must have known that he would do the best he could for them. He baa al waya dene right and I know hs will do the. best he can always. "I feel. In a measure, aa though l had lost something. It will take a year away from me. I have always had my husband. Ha haa not been a club msn; he has been a home msn. 'We must .not consider ourselves too much, though. If we had we would have urged him more strongly not to run for the office, but still I am glad the people have elected him. "It will be a sacrifice for us, even though it Is an honor. We are glad he carried Brockton. That was really all we eared for. I never wanted to ba the governor's wife; I Just wsnted to be Mrs. Douglas." One of Mr. Douglaa' most intimate friends says of him: "Douglas Is afraid of nothing in nis career or history. He hss been per fectly willing at all times to discuss any of ths few criticisms passed upon him aa a man, a manufacturer or a statesman. 'The man from the mills in New Bedford, the farmer from the Berk- shires, or the politician from Boaton has been received with equal favor and frankness. While he appreciates in full the high honor conferred upon him by the citizen of the commonwealth. Mr. Douslss has subordinated his personal preference to the wishes of the people. "He hss had no political ambitions he has none now, except to make a clean record for himself and hla party. Mr. Douglas in his factory. In his home or, At the stats house, will always be the same. He la the people's man." Dear Miss Fairfax I am In mourning for my dear mother eight months. Where I am employed the employers give a bsll each ysar. As I am always head of arrangementa I do not know whether I should attend the ball or net. . All those concerned say I should go, if only for business sake. Now, i Miss Fairfax, I don't kndw which way to turn in this matter. perplexed. It Is not customary wben one has been in mourning such a abort time to attend balla, etc., but It Is a matter In which you must be guided entirety by your owa feelings. I do not believe In all the forms attached to mourning and do not think that your going to the ball would Indicate that you did not sincerely mourn your mother. But you must remember that many people are great sticklers for ths etiquette of mourning and you may be severely criticised for going out ao soon after your mother's death. If you were a good daughter to her and have nothing to reproach yourself with In that respect I do not think you would be showing any lack of feeling by attending tbe dance. Dear Miss Fairfax I kept company with a young man for Ave years, dur- t whl.h tim. T t,cnme enaaaed to him. Twice during that five years he broke off our engagement for no apparent reason, ana nnany ne divm m " I K, m v-Aar IVA and 1 haVS hOt seen him since During our engagement I went to a great aeai 01 eiinmn sui ting ready everything that a girl needs when she Is about to marry.- A few days ago I received a letter from him aaklng for the ring and other tokena which he gave me, and I suppose he wants to give them now to another girl. Do you think I should return them, after all my trouble and expense, and also considering the fact that they were tend ered to him some time ago, when hs re fused them. And I would also like to know what you think of my luck In miss ing auch an Individual. BERTHA By all means send back ble ring and preaenta I would not were I you, care to keep anything belonging to auch a contemptible person ss he seems to be. I think you sre well rid of him, and let nothing tempt you to renew the engage ment. It Is too bad you were put to so much expense. Be sure and back the gifts; do not be Indebted to him for anything but your sad experience. no From the Indianapolis News. We have spoken elsewhere of the al most certain revival of radicalism In ths Democratic party, and nave expressed some doubt whether the conservative Democrats wilt bs strong enough to re sist it. The Republicans, however, can do much to check it If, aa we hope, they will, during the next four years, give us a true government by the people they Will serve tae country aa they never served It before, even In the dark days of the civil war. Mr. Roosevelt haa be gun well In declaring that he will not be a candidate for renomlnatlon, for that pledge leaves him absolutely free to do his duty aa hs sses It. He hss wisely put from him all temptation to play politics, and, therefore, the country may expect to see him carry out bis own policies durinsrhis administration. The question Is what those policies are to be. We think that he and hie party ought to take up tba trust question and finally dispose of it The lawe against illegal combinations must be heroically en forced, and we suggest thst the criminal provisions of the anti-trust laws should be executed. The fact that the people approved the Roosevelt administration so emphatically does not by any means. Indicate that they ere any more In love with monopoly then they, ever were. AooosapUsbee Oood An odd story of how the power of fashion may be turned to a good purpose Is being related In England. It Is ssld that when Queen Alexandra heard how the moles were destroying crops In Wales she ordered a moleskin muff. Thsy became the rage and the moles are nearly exterminated. Advice to Lovelorn ,,; City Life and Growing Children (By Mrs. John A Logan.) (Oapyrlgkt, ISM, by the AmerlcnJourol Ksasuaer.) Conditions sre such in these day's of the dense population of the whole world that It Is Impossible tor persona at all times to choose their abiding places where it Is most agreeable to them. More frequently necessity rather than preference governs, their choice. Yet thsrs are Instances where parents. If they had a proper appreciation of the beat Interests of their children could make a wiser selection by choosing a horns In the country. There are many Inconveniences outside of a large city, but they are Insignificant compared to ths greater advantages of heslthful, mental,, moral and physical Influences Of a country life. The very atmosphere qf the, country Is Invigorating. The environment of na ture snd Its wealth of beauty and won ders Is more edifying and ennobling than that of the uninspiring scenes snd vitiated air of sn overcrowded city. Aside from the dellterlous effects physi cally of the unhealthful conditions upon mankind, there Is no estimating the' ex tent of the demoralizing InffliAce morally on yodng minds thst receive their first Impressions through un avoidably perverted channels. Children of the most refined' are dally exposed to every form of- vice which stalks abroad continually. The most vigilant and carefut parents cannot screen from their Innocent ones the ex hibition of evil in the very streets. Children in their teens are familiar with eights thst should be revolting to ths old and hardened. Every conceiv able temptation is ever before the young snd old. snd, ss we know the old fall victims to the devices of sin. 'it la not sruprlslng thst th young and- un auapectlng are an easy prey for evil doera It. la the city, with Its fascinations to the unwary, that causes the young to go astray and deviate from the paths of aectttude. The very air they breathe la Impregnated with disease. There Is a vein of Impurity running through the smusements they have; their dlveraiona are fraught with dan ger. Excitement snd a continuous ten sion of their nervous system dwarfs their mental and physical development. The men and women of this nstlon who sre the finest specimens pf their kind Intellectually and physically are thoae who were' born and reared In the country. They hsd ths good fortune to learn frpm nature greater wisdom than It is possible to acqulrs in the stilled snd stereotyped sveiues of knowledge in the mjdst of a surging multitude who ars coming and going in all great centers of population. Boundary lines of brick walks sky scrapera and other structure limit the range of view and affect the children of the city, while In the country there la a broad expanae. broken only by grand treea and mountains, which lift, the mind from the treadmill duties to holler and higher plains and make one better. Journal of Lewis ana Clark Nov. It. The morning waa fine and the day warm. We purchased from the Mandans a quantity of corn of a mixed color, which they dug up In the earth from holes msde near the front of their lodges, in which, it is burled during ths winter. Thla morning Qe" aehtthrl In formed ua that an Indian waa about to kill his wife near the fort. We went down to the houae of our Interpreter, where we found the parties, and after forbidding any violence. Inquired Into the causa of his Intending to commit auch an atrocity. It appeared that aome days ago a quarrel hsd tsksn place be tween him and his wife in consequence of which she had taken refuge In the house where the two equswe of our In terpreter lived; by running away ahe forfeited her life, which might have been lawfully taken by her husband. About two days ego she had returned to the village, but the same evening came back to the fort much beaten, and stabbed in three places, snd the husband now came for the purpose of complet ing his revenare. He observed . that he ' hsd lent her to one of our sergeants for the night, end if he wanted her he would give her to him altogether; we gave him a few presents snd tried to persuade him to take his wife borne. The grand chief, too. happened to srrlvs at the same moment snd reproached him with Me vlolenoe, till et length they went off together, but by no means In a state Of much apparent love. COOKS- From Stray Storlee. Feeding the German emperor la no light task. Despite all that is aaid about the kaiser a Spartan habits, there sre few monsrebs who keep more elab orate tables. He has no ewer than four chefs Schleldenstucker. s German: Har ding, an Engllahman; an Italian and a Frenchman eo that hs can have hla meals for the day served in the style or whatever nation he may happen to fancy. Each of these chsfs has his staff of aa eietants, whlls In addition there is an In dividual who may safely be described i as "aauaage-msker to the kslser. His majesty Is fond of ths hugs white frank furter sausage, and has a supply nf,,hm made freth every day in hla own kitchen. When engaged in maneuvering his army on a big field day these frsnkfurtere . . . , -,i,i, las-sr beer. ana nreaa. waincu uvwi. ... . Invariably form the uaraer a '"'""rj"' In addition to all these cooks there la a spelcal staff to prepare meals tot the " - , nrlnlSMI. WllO M re not allowed to partake of the rich dlshea the elder memosrs or m in. WAR AW XUaUWa1 TO FRAOB. From the Detroit Free Press. Instead of considering that the wsr in the orlenfls an sffalr which hss "''l or wUl cauae a oessation of the eriorta of the peace promoters, or bring their plans Into disrepute through demonstra tion of thslr inapplicability, it will prob ably be sn added incentive to the na tions to refrain from war. The present conflict is the flrat one that has fur nished fair evidence of the terrors of a war in which modern methods ars ueeuV It has been a fearful lesson in the destructive powers of modern ordnance snd sny nation may well hesitate before Incurring the chance of subjecting its soldiers to the risks and Its people to the disasters that conflict now brings Tbe universal peace movement the In ternational arbitration propaganda, with The Hague tribunal as ths court of laat resort must be coneldered In reference to the lesson that the war In the far esat Is teaching, snd wa may well believe Wist the dlspoaltlon oh the part of nations to go to war will And restraint until all other meane of eettlement have been ex hausted. The letest case was s great triumph for the friends of universal peace, Jrstshi