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PORTLAND, OREGON.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1901
Editorial
THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL
AN
C S. JACKSON
THIEVES OF HIGH AND
WE PRINT ELSEWHERE in this issue an ed
itorial article snatched from the palpitating
bosom of the Twice-a-Week (not to mention
. the Hit-or-Miss) Roseburg, Oregon, Plaindealer, of which
wt are informed in good stout capital letters that W. C.
Conner is editor, F. H. Rogers manager an4 W. D.
Strange foreman. The paper likewise has the over
powering honor of being printed in the home town of
that distinguished apostle of political purity, the Hon.
Binger Hermann, by grace of the voters of the first dis
trict one of Oregon's representatives in congress. It
furthermore enjoys the profitable distinction and pleas
ing privilege of standing up for every
transaction that has disgraced the district in which it is
published and -thrown discredit upon the whole state.
The Journal has at no time sought and will not now
attempt to disguise its unrelenting opposition to public
grafters no matter whence they hail or in what position
they 'may be placed. To the best of its ability it made a
campaign last June against the re-election of Binger Her
mann. It made plain and specific its reasons. With the
information at its command it felt justified in going to
such, lengths that the friends of Hermann publicly an
nounced, with undisguised delight, that when Binger
came to town nothing short of a libel suit would satiate
hie cravings for vengeance. But the great day came
and with it Binger. The Journal minced no words in
-reiterating ita charges, but with an exhibition of prudent
telf restraint that cannot be too warmly commended he
ought no such ready vindication. On the contrary he
contented himself with .a thin burst of sarcasm, followed
' by a public speech or two in which he was profligate in
his abuse of The Journal but extremely economical
advancing proof of the falsity of the
been, so freely made. It so happened that these charges
were presented to the public in the midst of a political
campaign and therefore were naturally enough open to
a suspicion of- partisan biaa. But there was no other
time to present them. Hermann was up before the
'i voters of his district for a vindication. He first got into
the office through the shabbiest trick which a man with
any pretense to decency had ever played upon a presi
dent of the United States. He was too wise to claim
that he was seeking a vindication. Rather was it claimed
that Roosevelt" in reality was the man at issue and that a
great Republican vote in June in Oregon would give
fresh heart to the Republican movement throughout the
country. And Hermann, notwithstanding The Journal's
fight, was re-elected under Roosevelt's wing by the big
gest majority he had ever received.
With the people of the first district The Journal has
and had no fight If, with the facts before them and
their eyes wide open, they elected the odoriferous Her
mann, if through that act they reflected upon the whole
late, and if because' of it and Hermann's lack of stand-
- Injf at Washington his election practically meant a dele
gation of three rather than four at the national capital,
. The Journal could stand it quite as well as they. But
whether it could or could not they were the court of
last resort and when their verdict was
no further appeal.
But we have felt that time would brins; its vindication,
that it was not possible for a man to have been put out
of office under such disgraceful circumstances by the
president himself, a man of the same political faith, and
with all that that act stood for Without ultimately uncov
ering to a' greater or lesser degree some of the accum
ulated and evil smelling mess that led to that drastic
climax.
Those who listened to the unctuous Hermann on the
witness stand in this city a few days ago and who sub
sequently heard his successor in office, Mr. Richards,
testify, had no difficulty in discovering two men of very
different kidney or in justly rating the vermicular ef
fusiveness of the one and the plain, direct and simple
testimony of the other. As a matter of fact until the
present case of Puter, et a!., was tried, while very much
has been vaguely suspected, there has been no general
appreciation of the flagrancy and coarseness of the
methods employed. But that case, so simple in its evo
lution, logical throughout as a mathematical demonstra
tion, overwhelming in its wealth of detail yet withal so
cohesive, has been a revelation to most people, even
those who thought they knew something of such meth
ods. They have discovered, too, that while the case has
been rigidly kept within bounds, it inevitably, if sug
gestively, brought into shadowy view other and bigger
figures, presaging larger game and loftier heads than
those now caught in the dragnet They begin, too, to
dimly apprehend that the other cases now coming on,
while sticking steadfastly to their actual purpose, will
edge closer and closer to the same high quarters. Tbey
Can not fail to understand that once the huge edifice of
fraud, chicanery and perjury begins to totter to its fall,
once the little fellows who gave modest aid in its build -;
ing begin to feel the clammy hand of the law securely
tightening about their throats and are brought face to
face with a realization that it is a case of devil take the
. hindmost, with the penitentiary for the small fry and
safety and luxurious ease for the big fellows, there will
be a rush to cover that will astound the watching multi
tude. In the crash that must come, which now indeed
seems inevitable, there cannot fail to be some surprising
V revelations.
., In that supreme moment the Hon. Binger Hermann
of the Rogue may contemplate the outcome with as
surance and looking unblinkingly into the very eye of
fate, defy it to do its worst; the Twice-a-Week Phrin
dealer (which will be quite often enough) may grow de
' lirious with joy and sing paens of praise for another
patron saint advanced to the pinnacle of canonization,
but it will need something more than the fluent affidavit
of a land shark to make The Journal believe it.
A NICE LITTLE TEXT.
ONE TIME, many years ago, a boy now a gray
haired man, read a long sermon, published in a
big book all sermons. The boy was not very
rhuch in love with this liook, but this was a stormy
winter night, and he-had nothing else new to read.
And probably the main reason why he read and re
membered something of this sermon of that old-school
Presbyterian preacher, Bishop Beveridge, was because
hi attention was attracted to the text. It was a very
abort and simple text, yet it meant a great deal every
thing -"And do good.-' 4
That was all there was of the text, but the sermon
thereon was somewhat tiresome for a boy. But his
mind harked back to the text "And do good."
You may cot out the "and" if you choose; it cuts no
fijrure; the pld text stands-solid and strong "Do good."
Two little words only six letters. Yet this text em
braces and includes the whole of, religion, of morality,
of duty, of righteousness,
The how and the why is something for everybody to
find out for himself; but nobody is too poor, or mean,
of ignorant, vocoder. tand the main thought, the sug-
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good."
And what an
you think about
every hour. You
a preacher just
grown to adult
tclligence, some
good.
evil smelling land,
body. But you,
Madeline, do good.
There- are so
You don't have to
Fourth of July, or
day to Somebody,
Do it now.
I
N A CERTAIN
evolution or
the io-cent
we have had an
manifestation of
standards are high
charges which had wt'
rapidly raising the
a mass of genuine
could be smoked
made its appearance
received there was
o
EARLY
Q
UITE A
gestion of
moved to
JNO. P. CARROLL
gestion, the instruction, the command, of this text: "Do
t?
immense amount of good you can do, if
it, and try I Every week, every day
don't have to be a scholar, a professor
an ordinary working man or woman
age, with muscles, some brains, some in
sense of responsibility to your wife
to your child, to your neighbor, to your fellow citizen
put this little text in the pocket of your brain "And do
,
Now you know what is "good," and what is ill, don't
you? Vftu don't have to be a preacher or a doctor or
a lawyer or an editor to know- that. Then, having un
derstood the meaning of good the important word
is, "do." Not study about good. Not watch other peo
ple dd good. Not wonder if good will be done by some
John, William, Thomas, Mary. Maud,
many ways. There are so many days.
wait till Christmas, or Easter, or the
Labor day; You can "do good" to
somehow.
THE TEN-CENT SHOW IN A NEW LIGHT.
WAY there is no more interesting
outcropping than that manifested by
vaudeville show. In current literature
evolution along similar lines. The first
it was the 15-cent magazine. Every
body wondered if it could be kept afloat and in the midst
of their' wonder one enterprising publisher appeared with
a magazine at the still handier price of 10 cents. He was
the first of many until now we have weekly magazines
at the price of five cents. Popular in tone yet their
compared with the standards of the
cVhc n"tion -They-
popular taste and they are supplying
information not to be despised.
Then came the theatrical trust. It got a grip upon
all the principal theatres of the country and with that
tremendous leverage it soon got control of nearly all
the players. Some few held out and scored successes
in spite of the trust. This led to the organization of an
opposition trust, which, however, now occupies a field of
its own, handling popular price attractions. So tight
was the grip of the combined trusts and so farreaching
their affiliations that it looked as though they never
out. But an evolutionary offshoot has
and that is the IO-cent show. It has
grown' so rapidly .in popular favor that it even threatens
the hold of the best established legitimate theatres. For
the time being everybody theatrical is inclined to embark
in the business, either directly or indirectly, and no one
pretends to see the end of it all. Has the 10-cent theatre
come to stay or is it but a fleeting vision? For ourselves
we are inclined to think it has come to stay just as the
cheap magazine has come. This will not mean that the
best theatres will be driven out of legitimate business
and forced to bow to the 10-cent giant, but it will mean
that the commercial spirit which has so marked the
course of the trusts will have to be modified and the ar
bitrarily high prices lowered, while the standards are
raised.
The 10-cent show has come to stay because it fills a
genuine want in supplying cheap amusement for people
who can afford no other. One very striking thing in
connection with the 10-cent shows is their effect upon
the saloon business and this is significant enough to at
tract the attention of our philanthropists and reformers.
There is no doubt that they have more or less seriously
affected the business of the saloons. In Astoria where
three 10-cent shows are kept in steady operation, some
oF the saloon men report a falling off in their business
amounting to 40 and SO per cent. It is explained that
many single men without home ties who used to crave
companionship and cheerful surroundings which the
saloons, as "the poor man's club" supplied, now find their
wants better satisfied by a visit to the 10-cent show.
There they are entertained for an hour or more at little
cost, get away early and find themselves in better con
dition to do their work next morning. Best of all the
pleasure which the man receives can be shared by the
woman, wherein is found a very pleasant outlet for
thrifty families which, while they must make a dollar go
its farthest, still share the general craving for. amuse
ment. This view of the 10-cent show in actual operation is a
novel one and who knows but that it may be an element
of no mean importance in curtailing the saloon business
while at the same time raising the standard of those able
to continue in the business?
THE WONDERFUL LITTLE BROWN MEN.
NE REASON why the Japanese go to death so
bravely, cheerfully and as it seems inconsid
erately, is in some measure explained in Lafcadio
Hearn's last book. He represents the Japanese as not
fatalists, as we have been wont to consider them, like
the Tartars, nor devoid of nerves, like the Chinese or
American Indians. According to Hearn and nobody
knew the Japanese better their indifference to life
comes neither from indifference to life nor from lack of
sensibility, but from a real, living, and glowing faith, that
has not been exhibited the world around since the days
of the martyrs, whose blood was the seed of the church.
"From fhe young men summoned to the war," wrote
Hearn before his death, "one hears no expression of
hope to return home with glory; the common wish ut
tered is only to win remembrance at the Shokonsha, the
spirit-invoking temple where the souls of all who die
for the emperor sre believed after death to gather."
It is next to impossible to beat a nation of sUch peo
ple as these. 'Heathens, yes; but where and when did
Christianity make a nobler stand, or a more sublime
sacrifice?
Christianity is a nobler religion than Shintoism, or
Mahommedanism; yet there is something'in the spirit of
the little brown men that Christianity may well envy.
The Japanese go to death cheerfully, willingly, multitud
iuously, marvellously, for the faith that is in them. Do
Christians?
Should we send missionaries to Japan? Or import
some?
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
FEW PEOPLE are adopting the sug
early Christmas shopping. They are
d,o fio not only because it helps the
clerks, but because they themselves can be better served,
get better goods and more nearly what they want than
though they waited until the crushing rush of the last
few days.
It is wise from every point of view to do early shop
ping. The stocks are now complete, the clerks have
time to pay attention to every prospective customer and
the customer has time to look over the stocks and make
judicious selections. Therefore every consideration sug
gests that now is the accepted time to do the Christmas
shopping, not a day or two before Christmas when it
will be next to impossible for any one to come away
from such exhibition entirely satisfied with what is
snatched from the turmoil.
-
Tne Charitable
Man
i 1
(Mr Bono MaU.) -
o
NCB upon a time a man owned
a herd of cattle, which ware
lean even to starvation, and
their bona stuck out of their
skins. Ho ownod also a luxuriant pas
ture, from which his cattle were ox
eluded by a strong, high fence. But
this owner, whatever might bo aald of
hla wlto. was a klnd-hoartod fellow, who
occupied himself dally lor pulling .hand
fula of (rasa from the pasture and shov-
1 r 1 k thero throuah the fence to the hun
gry animate outside. Nevertheless, tho
weaker cattle starved and died. On day
a passerby said to him:
"Friend, do you own these rattler'
"I do."
"And do you own tho pasture?"
"Yea."
'Then why don't you let down tha
bars, so that the cattle can reea tnem
selves?"
Bald the owner: "I have as yet failed
to see that letting down tho bars would
be a panacea for all tha leanness these
cattle are heirs to. instead or rjroacn
Ing- far-away theories, do something
practical Jump over tho fence and help
me pull some grass ana reea 11 to me
calves." tlir
FAMOUS OLD SONC.
This Is the song. "Tho Blackbird,''
played at the execution of Major An
dre:
Upon a fair morning for soft recreation,
I heard a sweet lady, whlls making
her moan.
With singing and soooing and sad la
mentation.
Saying, "My blackbird forever has
has flown."
My thoughts to deceive me.
Reflections do grieve mo.
And I'm overwhelmed with sad misery.
Yet if death should blind me,
As true love inclines me.
My blackbird 111 seek out whorover
he be.
Once In fslr England, my blackbird aid
flourish;
Ho was the cnlef flower that In It
did spring;
Prime ladles of honor, hla person did
nourish.
Because that ho was tha true son of
a king;
But thst falso fortune,
Which still Is uncertain.
Has ceased this parting between him
and me.
HtS name I'll advance
In Spain and In France.
And seek out my blackbird wherever
he be.
a ' .'i
Tho birds of tho forest did all meet
together. .
The turtle wss chosen to dwell with
the daxat - '
And I am resolved in rair or roui
weather
Once more In tho springtime to seek
out my lovs.
He's all my heart's treasure,
Mv lov and my pleasure. m '
And Justly, my love, my heart follows
thee.
Who are constant and kind,
n4 courageous of mind.
Success to my blackbird wherever he be.
i ' , . - tf,v!rd and I "wera-t
In England my tlackblrd and 1 were,
together
Whore he was still noble and generous
of heart:
Ah! woe to tho time that I first went
thither.
Alas! he waa forced aoon hence to do-
part
In Scotland he's deem'd
a rA hlc-hlv esteemed.
In England a stranger he seemeth to be.
Tet his lame snail remain
In Franco and In Spain,
Happy la the blackbird, wherever ne oe.
What If the fowler my blackbird haa
taken,
Tjhen elnging and sobbing shall be
all my tune;
But If he Is safe, 111 not oe rornssn,
And hope to oeo nim in msjt or m
June.
To aim through the fire.
Thrmia-h mud and through mire.
I'll go as I love him to such a degree,
He Is constant ana ainu,
A ,wl nnhln of mind.
Deserving all blessings wherever he -be.
It Is not the ocean can fright me with
danger,
Nor though like a pilgrim I wander
forlorn.
may meet with friendship from one
that's a stranger
More than from one that In Britain Is
born.
O! heaven paclous.
it nrltaln be cautloua.
Some there be odioua to him and to me:
Yet Joy and renown
nrf laurels shall crown
My blackbird with honor, wherever he
be.
rc. P. TlDham. in charge of the divis
ion of snthropology of the Smlthsonisn,
has made several transcripts of tho
music of the song ss It was sung by
Mr. Parish, as arranged for the fife and
drum In march time, snd according to a
version of Mr. Parish, in which tne
rythm of the melody corresponds witn
that of tho verse.
FOa.TT.AlfD S TBUOW JO XT WAX.
From the Twice-a-Week Roseburk
Plain Dealer.
Imagine, if you can. tho sore dis
appointment, tho humiliation, the cha
in tn of the Portland Journal, which has,
ever since ths land fraud cases were
filed in the United States court at
Portland, falsely and maliciously al
leged that Hon. lilnger Hermann waa
cloaely Identified In these frauds, and
when placed upon the witness stand
would, without doubt, bs proven an ac
complice to these Irregularities by his
own evidence, but who, on tha other
hand. In a brief straightforward state
ment, completely cleared himself of any
kullt of fraudulent transactions, or aven
suspicion of guilt of any fraud dur
ing his administration In the genersl
land office. The anticipation, tho hope,
the anxiety on tha part of thst dirty,
red-headed, unreliable yellow rag. the
Journal, that some evidence might be
obtained from Mr. Hermann that would
give a semblance of truth to Ita fals
and libelous statements, ell went glim'
merlng when, on Wednesday, Mr. Her
mann went upon the wltneaa stand and
told of the workings of the general land
office, pointing out clearly the bualneas
routine and various departments and
hsnda of veteran land officials through
which all patente and official papers
must pass In their regular order of exe
cution before being returned to the ap
plicant. He also explained the very
email personal part the commissioner
takes In such routine business of the
office. When Mr. Hermann had com
pleted his testimony, so clearly guiltless
had he proven himself that he was
promptly excused without cross-examination
by the government's counsel,
Growth of True Freedom Cannot Be Hastened by Violence
(By Count Loo Tolstoi.)
(Copjrrlfhi, lian, by W. B. Beerat.)
HERE is no man more hopelessly
deaf than he who will not lis
ten. The Revolutionists say that
tho object of thslr efforts Is by violence
to destroy the existing order of so
ciety, which oppresses the majority In
favor of tho minority. But to destroy
the present system one must first pos
sess the necessary means, there must
be a probability that this destruction
will bring about the result nopea lor.
This Drobablllty does not exist. Tho
existing governments have long ago
recognised their enemies and tho dan
gera which threaten them and they
have made their preparations accord
ingly, and they have Indeed the strong
est motives and means seir-preserva-
tlon and a well-dlsclpllned army.
One must admire the cqurags and un
selfishness of men as Cholturln Rlssa
kow. Mlchallow and more recently the
murderers of Bobrlkow and Von Plehve.
who sacrificed their lives for a hopeless
cause. One must also sdmlre all those
who advocate the cause of the people,
who organise the masses for an Intended
revolution, or who distribute revolution-.
ary pamphlets and literature, but there
Is no us denying that the efforts of
these people necessarily lead to nothing
but their own ruin and Increased op
pression of those whom they Intend to
help.
Only because ' there Is something In
the dsnger of taking part In revolu
tions, which attract especially young
men, can one explain that there are In
telligent and respectable people wno
waste their time and energy in tnis
useless manner.
It Is sad to see that the energy of
strong and Intelligent men la spent lu
killing animals, in breaking records on
bicycles or In automobiles. In wrestling
or high Jumping, but still more sad lc
s when this energy is usea to aeprivo
men of their peace or to manufacture
dynamite to blow up certain hated gov
ernment offlclals or tn kill man whoaa
positions thousands sre ready to fill.
The revolutionists say that they ar-
fighting for the liberty and freedom of
man. But to serve the cause of liberty
and freedom one must first have a
clear understanding of whst these
words mean.
A man is free only when nobody by
force or violence prevents him from do
inar certain things, and therefore man
cSn never be absolutely free in a so
ciety in which violence or punishment
ERY few of the coins Issued
during the last 80 years
now command a premium."
said an old coin dealer.
nnt vet there are lota of people who
are holding coins thst date from 1850
In the expectation that some tima. tney
will be able to Srt a large sum for
them.
Every day people come In here sna
offer a flying eagle cent for sale. They
are always disappointed wnen 1 xeu
them that the coins are not worth more
han 11.60 a hundred.
There was one Issue of tne nying
eagle cent that Is now very scarce, ana
mini In fine condition bring aa high as
aplece Thww re Jted )5
It waa In this year that the design
was first Introduced, and a small num
ber of tho cents were minted as pattern
pieces and given to members of con
gress snd other government officials.
But the Issues of 1887 and ISM. when
their coinage was stopped, were turned
out In Immense quantities, and they
are worth but little more than face
value
Another example of the way in which
people hang on to certain Issues Is that
of tho 'V nickela of 1888, 'without the
cents.' Of course, the omission was
an oversight at the mint and the govern
ment tried to get the coins back, and
tins fact caused lota of people to think
that some dsy these coins would surely
bo worth a large premium. Ever since
they have carefully hoarded each one
that has come Into their hands.
"One man haa even gone ao far as
to try to corner the market in these
coins. He already has over a thousand
of them, and he buys all he can. He
argues that after ha gets hold of a
great number of these nickels people
who are collecting will have to come
to him for them, and he can charge
nor was any further explanation what
aoevsr required.
Now It Is demonstrated on what little
ground and trifling evidence, ths Journal
haa baaad Its flagrant, false and vil
lainous charges against Congreasman
Hermann, during the past two years, In
which It haa laid Itself liable to heavy
damagea for criminal libel, which pro
ceedings would probably now be flled
against that dirty sheet If It was known
to have any commercial standing or re
sponsibility. Such a paper Is a dis
grace to the fair name of the city In
which it la published, a blot upon the
newspaper profession, snd dangerous
to the peace, honor and safety of Amer
ican citizenship.
It Is now in ordsr for tha Journal to
turn lto attention to tho "wild man
of Coos county," the "doubled -headed
calf of Kalamaxooo," or "the four
legged chicken of Missouri flat" It
should go awsy back, sit down and hate
Itaelf.
Tax umi J A.
From tha Baltimore American.
The little Jap he pegs away
Night after nlkht. day after day;
He doean't stop to rest or sleep.
But thoukh tho roads are rough and
steep
And foe-beklrt. still day by day
The little Jap he peks sway.
The little Jap he doesn't tslk
Nor diagram with pen or chalk,
Ho doesn't kloat o'er fallen foe
Until that foe la lylnk low;
Ho doesn't tell the world his plans
But marshals silently his dsns.
The little Jsp he doesn't wslt
And sit around and rail at fate;
Instead ho tacklea with a vim
Whatever'e in the way of him.
He's busy early; busy late
Tha little Jap he doesn't wait.
Tho little Jap thus teaches you
And teaches other people too
Not to wait, murmur or complain.
But Just to work, come sun or rain.
Less theorlslnk. more of DO
The little Jap man teaches you.
A Quiet 1
From Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
"Mr. Smith." aald the neighbor's boy.
"pa sent mo over to borrow your morn
ing paper."
"Haven't time to lend It today, Bobby. '
replied Mr.' Smith. "But here's threa
cents. Tell him I'll send over for It
when I need It, same as I do when he
borrows the paper."
Is used to deter him from transgress
ing certain laws.
Man will only be perfectly fro when
everybody abstains from committing
acts of Injustice, not because ho la
afraid of punshment, but because of his
own sense of Justice.
I know that people will say to this
this there la no society of this kind, and
that therefore freedom of this klud
does not exist. It Is Indeed true that
there Is not now any society which does
not recognise the necessity of force, but
in different countries there, are differ
ent opinions as to when force should
be used.
Tho whole evolution of humanity con
sists In the substitution more and more
of force by reason, and the more an or
der of society recognises the Injustice
of fore the nearer thst society Is to
freedom.
It Is characteristic of man as a rea
soning being that he tries to convert
his fallow men Into thinking ss he doea
by logical arguments, by reasoning.
Everybody voluntarily submits to the
laws of reason. In every human being
there Is. after all, a tendency to wish
that others treat htm as he treats them.
The golden rule is r should bo the
foundation of all human laws, and Is
the realisation of Justice In Its highest
sense. This is recognised and taught
by all religions and toward this goal
humanity Is always striving
For this reason It Is evident that the
growth of true freedom cannot bo fur
thered by the Introduction and use of
new forma of violence, as those which
the revolutionists employ, In tho hops
of destroying old Injustice by Injustice
equally to be condemned, but only dis
seminating among men the conviction
that all forma of violence are criminal.
Lot every man say to himself that
two wrongs do not make one right, that
violence la no more Justifiable in thoae
who strive for equal rights than In those
who oppress them, and we shall get
nearer to true freedom every day.
Look Into your own hearts, try to un
derstand the objeet of your -life, try to
yoMr duties tn-
ward others, strive As far as possible
always to be true, always to fulfill the
taak aot for you and in this religion
will be of greet assistance to you. 1)0
not listen to tho advice of tho unjust,
avoid any kind of violence under any
condition, and you will have fulfilled
your part In the work of the world, and
you will be on the right road toward
the goal which the revolutionists say Is
theirs.
"But I am not allowed to say what I
'remium on
winerican
what he pleases. Thla man will have
his hands full before he does tbis. for
there wera 1.000.000 of them originally
Issued. - -'
"There are many people who have
10 to 100 of these coins, patiently wsltv
Ink for a rise, but I'm afraid they'll be
disappointed like thoae who bought up
all the trade dollars they could get at
85 centa. There la one man out west
who nowhaa 8,000 of these dollars, and
Is still buying.
"Tho 1SS8 nickels now command no
premium whatever, and yet it haa bean
over SO years since they first came
out 'In the case -of the trade dollars,
they are worth even less than they
wera and their price seems to be steadily
decreasing, as they rarely fetch more
than SI cents, and never more than SO.
"Ifa the aame way with the majority
of the old stlvsr S-cent pieces, the
nickel t-eent pieces snd the brona
2-cent pieces. Very few of them are
worth more than face value.
"Columbian half dollars of 18SS are
worth Just face value and not a cent
more. The Columbian halt dollars of
1892, of which a limited number were
coined, bring a slight advance, but never
more 'than SS centa total value. The
Isabella quarters are the rarest of the
Columbian Issues, and one of thorn In
unused condition will fetch TS cents.
"Another coin Issued in recant years
that at first was thought to bo a good
chance for speculation was the La
fayette dollar. Issued to commemorate
the unveiling of the Lafayette monument
in Porta in 100. but they are worth only
ft. The government mint made SO.000
of these coins and turned them over to
the committee in charge of the monu
ment In thla city at II each, the pre
mium to be devoted to the building of
the monument.
I Departed Glory
From the New York Sun.
S
ENTIMENT snd business seem far
apart: yet many a blk business
has risen on a sentiment and has
toppled when its unsubstantial
foundation melted beneath It .
The manufacture of hair Jewelry waa
one of thoae. In one of the low old build
ings that remain downtown lingers tho
wavsrlna ghost of a hslr Jswelry manu
factory that once brought In 1400,000 a
year. That was 40 years ago and the
manufacturer's daughter still sits up In
her little top floor and makes hair Jew
elry and still occasionally gets a letter
addresed to her father at the old address
where he made hair rings and brooches
by the million.
Forty girls worked all the year around
In that ahop In Its palmy days; and In
tho Chrlstmaa rush working overtime,
the operatives could make 40 a week;
a sum which has dwindled to IS or 10
As msny men were busy fashioning the
gold mountings, and the business occu
pied threo floors of' a big building.
Now one operator, besides the pro
prietor, can easily fill all orders, except
when the Chrlatmas season begins. Then
the employer seeks here and there for a
few of her father's old operatives, still
lingering In the city, to do piece work.
When these old hands are all gone,
tho proprietor does not know where to
gat more, for girls will not learn the
trade nowadays. The blackoyed. silver
haired little woman who runs the busi
ness tries them now and then. But by
the time they have counted 10S hairs,
aha sees tha tall end of their pottlcoata
vanishing down the stairway.
Hair Jewelry came out of Paris In
18S0. For twenty years It was the fash
Ion, and many an old brooch or bracelet
Is tha laat souvenir of soma boy In blue
who never came bavk.
Then popular taste suddenly chsnged.
Tha business fell aa flat as the old
watchkey business when ths stsmwlnder
came in. The msnufacturer railed ana
died, but not before he had taught his
daughter the bualneas.
She has always been able to maxe a
living at It. The trade has never act
ually died. Founded on fashion. It haa
survived on sentiment.
The little workroom has a quaintly
commingled flavor of funeral woes and
tha vanities of the world; bracelets snd
baby's locks; watch chains and Willis's
curls; brooches and Beaale'a hair.
think or to live ss I deem It right."
Nobody can force you to say what
yon do not think is nscessary, or to
live as you do not want to live, and all
tho efforts of those who try to coarce
you will only add to the effects of your
actions and words.
"But will not such an abstinence from
all positive activity be a algn of my
weakness, cowardice and aeMlshnest?
Will not my keeping out of the active
fight lncreaae the power of the unjust?"
Thero are those who think so, and
this opinion is spread by the revolu
tionists. But tho conception of your
duties Is not only false, it is dishon
est. It is my highest, my most sincere
wish that every man will try to live so
as to not use violence, not even In de
fense of the lives of himself or his
family, not to show hypocritical respect
for religious or political superstitions,
not to serve in any court or jury, to
accept no government position, to ac
cept no money stolen from the people,
and, more Important than all. refuse to
take part In any act of war.
If you do thla you show more true
courage and heroism than by Joining
any revolutionary society.
One refusal to pay taxes or to take
up arms because it is against tho laws
of true morals and humanity win do
more to undermine and destroy tho
foundation of our present unjust gov
ernments than the longest strikes, than
millions of socialistic pamphlets .than
organised violent revolution or any
number of political murders.
Tho governments are well a ware of
this. Their Instinct of salf-preeerva-tlon
shows them where their greatest
danger lies. They do not fear violence
because they possess the means to
suppress It, but they know that they
are powerless agalnat strong convic
tions and honest principles carried out
In life.
Intelligence is by tar the mightiest
of all powers. It rules tho world. But
thst It may become the ruling power it
la necessary that wo learn to bolleva
in this nower and not weaken our cause
by using violence; It la necessary that
we realise government injustice cannot
be done away with by secret conspira
cies or quarrels In parliaments or In
newspapers, or far less by revolution or
murders, but will Only disappear when
every one of ua gets a clear conception
of the object of his Ufa and of hla du
ties towsrd his fellow men snd fear
lessly and uncompromisingly lives up to
his Ideas.
lOins
"It's a hard think to make a fictitious
value for a coin, and this Is clearly
shown by tha Louisiana Purchase ex
position's issue of Jefferson and Mc
Klnley gold dollars.
"These were the first gold coins to
boar tho portraits of United stales
citizens, and their issue was limited.
The original price was 13. but the prospects-
are quite rosy for the exposition
to have a large number of the coins left
on its hands, aa the general public Is
not at all enthusiastic over psylng 18
for a gold dollar, and the coin collectors
pay no attention to them whatever.
"The only coin Issued by the govejrn
ment during the last SO years thst com
mands a really high premium, with Hie
one exception of the 18SS cent. is thst
known aa the Stella 4 di liar gold piece.
This coin also was mads at the United
states mint tn 1S70 and 188r.
"Only a limited number of them were
coined, about S00 in all. They now
bring from 140 to IIS, according to
state of preservation.
"People will no doubt be surprised to
lesrn that a specimen of tha ordinary
bronse cent of 1877. in especially good
condition, brlnga aa. much aa from 1
to fl.SO. They command a premium, no
matter what la their state of preserva
tion, but thslr value doublea and trebles
when they show little signs of wear
from circulation. There are a good
many cents of this data atlll In general
circulation If one will take the trouble
to keep a lookout for them.
"The coinage of all the Smaller de
nominations was quite limited In 1877
and nearly all of them bring fair pre
miuma. A nickel S-cent piece that year
la worth II to a collector, whereas the
other dates fetch only a few centa.
Nickel S-cent pieces of 1877 bring from
II to ."
of Hair Jewelry
On the walls are more ghosts. Thst
stone an. 1 weeping willow that Mrs.
Deacon Smith used to have" In her front
room; those kneeling femsle figures
and baskets of flowers of all the colors
that coma In hair, that one ran remem
ber hanging on the walla of cold, in
hospitable spare bedrooms In one's child
hood. The south mourned thus copiously up
to very recent times. It waa only a
very few years ago that orders stopped
coming In from Dixie for these devices,
aa they are called In the trade. And
residents in ths Spanish American coun
tries still order the funersl things at
from IS to IIS apiece.
Curiously enough. It is men more than
women who have kept thla sentimental
old trade alive. There are more orders
for hair wateh chalna than for all other
devices put together.
Except for one other similar little
upstairs plsce In New York and one or
two in Chicago, this Is the only shop f
In America whara hair Jewelry Is made,
but It supplies Spanish America as
well.
On tha wall of the shop hsngs a
memento highly prised by ths pro
prietor, aa It was by her father before
her. It Is a picture of Lincoln, sur
rounded by a floral device, all made of
the hair of the great president.
ooLLicroa or utbbamy tbutles
From the New York Herald.
A man who certainly haa a grim sense
of humor hss collected an assortment
of horrors which rivals the grimmest
ssmples of hangman's ropes, skulls or
human bones He Is a literary man snd '
his collection ia a formidable array of
tha printed slips which Invariably ac
company rejected manuscripts. These
he Haa pasted as a sort of wall paper
on his study, two aides of which sre
already covered, while ho hopes to have
tha celling obscured by the end of the
year. He claima that hla ia the most
complete assortment of the kind aver
gathered together, for almost svery pub
llshlng concern, large or small. Is rep
resented by Its own particular "We sre
unable." or "The editor regrets." etc.
Tho affect la quite pretty and there is
quite a daah of color about it. too. This
collector la much better pleased when
his contributions are refused than when
they are accepted, for obvious raaaons.