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.v THE MODERN CITY'S
- - ,l I -." think. before and .when: it
t ' 8rfi to that fine intertor cityi'Eugene is grow-
intL-Janidlv and is destined to be a large inland citv.
'i-r ll like TJenVeri Buttevtni : SpokaneLl
; ci. io'r .ATciw IiaIl library, fire and police departments and
' ' j public parks. Better locations atfar less' cost could
r 6e.VecMfed'nW!'thanJatcrVhen'iiot,.!QnJy.;t1ie: land
'.Cj would co.st ..much .more but buildings that will, tiere
after be erected muSfbe purchased and tdiotd.n ." .
"r In the same, article, headed Public Parks,',' the Eu-
V geti jitftttiit iyV of the; pr6po'satTobuyparlc grdtjiid
j iu Portland: , "Now is-the time to purchase land for
'; ; f parks and other public uses, for it will cost a great-deal
'(.mart, in a few ..years if it can be had at all," Portland
"'" ;- ': could, not gtt in' debt or increase taxes for a better Vptir
'. jf poe.'J . -The city will not be losing "anything, ''for the
. j : unu wiu . soon oe worm , yiany ; 11rac1. wpiL.11 j cusu
It. can be bought now for 4395,000 but -nr fire or ten
j'years would perhaps cost $i,rx,ooo or more.' . .
-Jk f: This is true, and must be thought ,of by this city's
represent stives at Salem, s ;"'..'. . c
- tHis. 1s:to- become a great -cityLi will -need more
--partr-gToond,'" sindTiowTs; thCtime tojget themrYit
" "Z tht cit should refuseto be "held vp" : - It is bui-
t ."' l)efpToposition that must be woflcedTout and" oW f
fe.'tW-Hne-ftO- do - It- V;' '"""y'X':- ';-:--'"
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ft IT OPPOSITION ,: TO THE CONSTITyTIQNALl
,...-(V CONVENTION. ,'" ; ; X.' Z
FTER ryefterdaxyctemonst'ratjons " jo one : can
"land stand:jon 'ihe,.iubiect
confehion,; :tThe3rar opposed to
cation. . ;' ;-. .. v :""'"'' .' -i.'."--,'
. As a, matter . of tact the politicians fail to reali'xe
the full significance-, of the movement which culminated
in the June election. Previous to that time there was1
r no way to get, relief; the best the people could do was
' to ' rout out one politics -machine and put in' another.
J In doinr so they .usually went from bad y worse, and
jloJhmnghlit they were ground between tbe.iippexjBdl
t nether millstones, nut tne worm turned-at last and
, - jthe' first, indication- of if was disclosed in the election
' held last Jtlne. Some of the machine .men are short
v sighted enough 'to. believe that this .was simply a' spo-
radic movement that, would soon run its course, after
which things would returnto their old groove with the
political machine once again in the ascendency.. But
, never was a profounder mistake! made. The people
have now. learned , that they caomaster . the machine
provided they unite in the effort Having learned this
: ope lesson tlie movement, in favor ef better government
. has received tremendous momentum. By hook or by
' j crpok everjrthing.will yet be done to thwartJt but the
.people of Portlands Bavrsoffred1 -so ; much, they-are now
' .'so certain they see their 'way to tetter, things,' thai Ihe
.l machine or the politician who stands In theway of the
, v refotm movement is more jtharr likely to. be Crushed. 'v -
:;The stgqs of the time are apparent fe most thinlc
ing people. Nevertheless the machine seems to have
f;learoed nothing by eperiende.f 'One bf the great move
: foments which it is fathering is the scheme fort cclnstitu-
tional ' convention.- It realizes now . what it, did not
Jully - realiebefore that, with, ithe - jnitiaUve 'and refer
fendum as a weapon in rhe4iands of the people the.leg-
islture must to a larger degree
rnme a rrnrMentative hndv snrl mare
,' ) beJofe6beyrthe .populat mandstes. There was ,a time
'wlien legislatures' could fly in .the face of public bpin
Vion and defy it. Legislatures have done so in the past,
r The only safeguard the 'people have is found in-the
: .referendum.. Under that law they can finally pass upon
f legislaf ion"lrtd . by; their, jvotes. abrogate any law which
L.; i has received the, legislative sanction.. That, the people
. .;:.'ars feared by the special interests' wai never made more
mow tmb atoaos nan..
;. From th4 Ban lYaneloco Bulletin, r
Hoaayao we ,were. fired on frenj a
. fert, or cottA, as ths Moros call It, and
'" we captured the fort after very ssht
"- ; resistance. It was tne flrt t)msrX hsd
-. , - been Inside a.eotta, and its structure wss
t " moat Interestltir And noveLVThe way a
: . t" t cotta is built Is this: A deep ssoat About
1 sr SS feet wide is dug Around four
sides ef A square, the land inclosed by
- - .V r AI1V ITVIIIK SB A WW 1VOV ToK-VW W SA a. a . a j , . .
- Tbs osrtl. from tbe most is thrownUH4?"lnUlr ,i?uN'r0,,!L
the moat being about to feet each way
. lawazd and forms ths walls of tbs cotta,
Three are about elaht feet thick at ths
" '," bass, taperlns to three feet at the top.
' .' . The parapet on the top is planted thick-'
f - ; iv with bamboos, which form a practical-,-'
' -ljr impenetrable -"-hedss. One openlns
.(bout three' feet Wide lrleft is the Wall
of the fort and all entrance and exit can
., ' only bs effected through this opening. -"''..'..c
A long bamboo Is thrown across the
,o'. , moat to serve ss a brldts, sod when
. j this-is drAwn into ths fort-th only way
' .: of aslnlns an entrance Is by wading or
'. r ' swimming the moat and then forcing the
- gsteway.'-' It ls hlg-hly danaerous pro
1 4 eras, for Inside the eotta, exactly . op-
V r posits the opening, is placed a large
..-. ',; brass efttinon loaded with nails snd bolt
' heads and stones snd scrap iron, and at
. the critical moment ths defenders of the
fort blow this Ironmongery 'store right
: . into the attacking party. I have in my
r haversack a piece of - sheet iron about
...-'"an Inch square which was taken out of
. the chest of one of our men who was
killed while alormlng one of theae
5' : . cottas, v: ' - - i '' .'
-.. . 8on sfref we left this cotta an armed
. ' i-.. Mora rushed .out of the bush, and st
' :y tarVd one of our men. He was - shot
'-'. '- instantly, but not before be had inflicted
'" ''. nine wounds on his man. Nothing could
' " better Illustrate the necessity of using
: " bullets which will stop a man when they
,s -'. ' hit him. Thf average European or Amer
ican soldier feels that ho has had about
'' ' all he iMteds when 'he has been hit by tha
f . JS ordinary slender bullet of the modern
.,'.' 4 rifle, and therefore fir, what I may call
civilised warfare the modern small bul
let sunless, - But K Is not so with the
savage tribes Of Asia. - Two or three
4 wounds from modern bullets of fine cajl
- bee. If they are not In vital spots, do no
more to check a Mora than shooting him
ll with st pes riflevi 1 have even seen a
torevarev being bit square in the chest
- by a bullet f rem a 41 Colt revolver, come
right. on and kll( his men. . ... ''
. Mat Apwreeiate What They sXavs.
y From thw New Terk World. ;
'Keprrseotatlre "Wllllsm Alden Smith
t Mh-hlgsn made- a spesch a few days
', at a banquet in t)trolt' where there
"' were unlimited supplies of champagne.
; SJitit th looked around st he foreat of
- - Knnls n the tables and 'said: "Oil In
.' siv town. Orand ruplds. we sre flghl-
" Ihb ftr wter and can't get It. Here in
, Wtewi-where you tmvs ail Ths water
, mere la, apparently you den t use It" ,
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' , PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL t PUBLISHING CO.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
NEEDS. .
not considered
"speaks," says with te-
litre Whit was
Land fut be had
has so announced
POOR
of ajtonstitutional
without qualifi-
m&n princeling,
She fell in
a" succession to
When she passes,
Wilhelmina's
rouse,-and Durn
while he lives and
' The TaOanese
the foolhardy
than ever before fce-
larirelv'-than rvrr
fighting tor, ana
TABXTT Ol1 TIBTVS.
From the Washlnston ' Post. ' J
A Spartan : virtue seems to have lbs
Inherent quality of making Its possessor
a 44-callbra bore of tha worst sort. t-Take
the man whose supreme if not Only
virtue lies In the fact that be takes
cold water' bath every morning the
whole year round. Tou meet him in the
car. In the street, in the courts -of busi
ness anywhere, and- no matter what ths
topte may bs at ths start, tha conversa
tion '.is bound ts includes'an account
tns frostiest of mornings he frolics In
the-lce-cald water Just as It comes from
the nydrsnt. " ' -'
Then there Js ths man who walks down
trf his ofllcs every morning, rain or snow.
In sunshine --and In storm. - The more
distant i bis boms from, his . office .'the
mors he will talk" about it, and he will
tell you thst he has become so accustomed,-
to It that tbs only time ho can
get an extra thrill out of It when the
streets are deep with snow and ths wind
Is blowing a hurricane. -.- , ,v
Hesren - may forgive ' ths . man who
rises st summer snd winter, spring
snd fall. Ws never can. The early
riser Is not a criminal, simply beciuse
the law does not designate his offense
as a crime. But it ia admitted that the
law has Its defects. Nothing can ap
proach the look of superiority on the
face of the early riser. Ha haa found-
the only road to health or Wealth. The
books h , has .read ' before ' breakfast
would, if collected- ifl' a heap, make the
congressional library look small. - e- '
There Are some who would place . leU
.iiw inn. v. tiiis arui maw ruiivu,
hardy, vigorous, full-blooded gentleman
who ean't breathe in a room unless all
the windows nd doors are bpen. ' The
tower . the pressure of steam In the- ra
diator", the lower the mercury In Its tube
snd ths wlldsr the play of ths winds
over the' roofs snd around the. corners,
the - more -insistent- Is he ' that" you are
Imperlllng'your very ilfa by not oocudv-
Mng an office wide open to every wind
that blows. '
Oh, Spartan virtue Is a fln thing. Vtit
It would be simply sublime if Its modern
exponent and incuk-ators wiuld just
keep still "about It
'A BepabUeaav Tiew sf anedrtagkaas.
FrorS "IM New Tork Press. . , ' ?
J,VV'e should, welooms Mr. Nledrlnghaus
to the t'nlted Btstes senate from Mis
souri only on the ground that anybody
would he Tettertlun 'Dlck Kerens.
We should very much rather -have Sen
ator Vat kreli there alone,' though he Is a
iJemocrst. ' tha a , two nurh RepubllcAns
Nlvdrlnghsua and Kerens.,
What a parody-on tbe plan to sup
press .corruption in national erections,
as recommended by President Roose
velt, would It not be to send to the con
gress which will have th making, of a
liw saalnst corrupt practices a senator
who has been found doing whajt Mr.
NledrlnghSua did 4n the Missouri cam
yaign last yeyl - ,,.- .. . ..'
JO.URNAL
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JNO. r. CARROLL
Tha lournal Buildirur. Fifth and
clearlymanifest than in the amendments : to the local
Option Isiw pmpwsed in tire present Jegislature-4t-wat
imDossible to net through the legisia
wanted but the oonular vote was what
was feared. ' It was for this reason that it was proposed
to attach to the bottom of an amendment "practically re
pealing, thlawtn emergency tlause. 'Jf such" a law
could receive' the signature of the governor then there
wbuld be ilo need" oT5ais1ng it on to the people for
endorsement and in this, way the popular will expressed
on (the previous local option law would hav been , ab
rogated. But the governor, evidently does not propose
that the emera-encv tlause'sball be wrongfully used and
to the legislature. But back of what-H
ever, the- legislature rdoe-stands the -people and they
will finally decide, r That the legislature will not dare
to tk a high-handed stand is perhaps the.higTiest trib
ute that could be paid-to the .value of the jeferendum
law and the most perfecFevidehce that it is needed. ;.
'-Protests, remonstrances and resolutions have already
begin tq flow into tb'e legislature agajristthe 'cheme to
hold constitutional can ventiontvrTheTewill'be.. many
niore, to follow; and in Te nd the legisUtjire will have
no doubt .of- the condition of .public Sentiment and what
it does in that direction it vwilU have every reason to
know, that it is doing in defiance of the; topnlfjwjl'Jj
QUEEN WILHELtylNA;
- PATHETip STORY is JjeingfofdecTin the
nistoric.iowianas. , - - - -
Wlhelmina, Queen of the Dutch, has no heir.
and has no hope of any. This is terrible tragedy in
a:' yodng woman's life, especially - A -queen,' beloved,
hereditally and personally, by the people of Holland.
She made .the mistaks that bet. prototype rn queen
do'm, Victoria, did not make. Victoria,' while girt, fell
in love with" a'gentleman, a true man, although a Ger-
and asked him; to marry her.,. . He could
not refuse.' They had a large fimtfy; too many really
for England's welfare! and beautiful," young, bewitching,
beloved, powerful Wilhelmma also falls ;in love with' a
German printeling, -who1 happens, to be a far different
man from Albert and hen the' lifelong tragedy... ;
No heirt : No children I No hopel . , : .. ... :
love with ; contemptible xreatnre, yalu-
able only in. tne vast amounts ot nis ocdis. jic,.was
good idr only, what he-owed. He is, mere nominal
husband. He signs the payrolls.
The Dutch -burgher! have passed a law providing for
the throne. Wilbelmina . has 'signed, it
a riew, family will wear the dignity.
lover . will gamble and drink and ca-
out nrs mtie cangier ana oe aespisca,
after he is dead. v ,
The. hopeless case of russia. .
UROPATKIN" has made'" his bluff-vand it has
faded, miserably failedaa jt-was tpredicted.1 in
these columns Safuiday that" if"would fail "'-Z'
are not to be beaten, evidently. 'The
star in their courses fight for thejn. Oyam could be
driven back half way across Manchuria, and vet win;
but he does not nee"dto be driven. back.-.He is evi
dent! v stout enough to hold his own, and more; Hftd tif
grand dukes peraist-irrTcarryiiTg on the
war, Oyama may yet-capture or annihilate the whole
army now operating against him. ' - J. v ,';", ?i--J -.
The csar had better g,ivi up and make terms'.' The
wbole worldrl ginst him-porjTrather, against the gor
ernmtnt of which : he is the berditary " head. ' Th
world despises his grand dukes "And their bediamoned
mistresses his: corrupt and Oppressive ministers; the
whole archaic Jregime'of his worn-out autocracy.'
,' Kuropatkin' will do no moire 'than -Stoessel did. The
bottom truth' is..tbathe,czat's menfvijl not fight and
for- the --sufficient reason . that it doesn't . pay them to
fight.? iThey haven't country or gavcrnment worth
tney. Known. - t f
rmuwr xjlwm at.
" TliolMers for January-IS calls aftsnt
tion t the Inaugural address of. 'Gov
ernor Stokes 6f New Jersey on January
17 In which hs showed that New Jersey
had a balance of $!,40.18.li 'in tbe
tressury at tha close of ths Isst fiscal
year. She collected from corporation l
tJ,UJ.S43., or nearly. 7 a per cent of
ths entire revenues of the state. . She
did not raise a single eent by direct tax
ation; yet she was abla not only to meet
sit .ths usual expenses Of A state gov
ernment, but to develop a road system
embracing on third of all ths macadam
ised state roads of the union: A. single
eompsny organised soms years - ago
paid the state treasurer ' 1.2 1,000 gor
i ll i lift it riivm vi incuriwuuu paiu
has been - paying - S7,0-A -year- oxer
$1,000 a j week ever since. . Governor
Stokes calls-warning -atieation - to ths
fact that other states are -bidding, for
this business, snd that in It months of
last year one or them secured Incorpora
tion representing aoapltal of I28S,-
B5I.7.00. . against only I31J,89,I0 fos
New Jersey. , Ha says that "for years
the policy of New Jersey -In this respect
hss met With ths approval of. ths people
And . has received the indorsement "ft
both political parties." and he recom
mends the appointment of a commission
to perfect the state's corporation laws.
jtmw vwm ron buotkiottt.
Prom .ths Philadelphia Ledger.
i - It is A French engineer .who seriously
announces his invention of. a suit of
electrlo clothing, with One wire woven
In thre goods and a storage battery. By
means of this Invention hs affirms that
ths body can be kept at a comfortable
temperature n ths coldest Weather.
There ' is no apparent reason why Jwe
should stop with this, ii Little If any
more current would be needed to pro
duce a light such as peraotia An the .vau
deville stags display. Thus every pedes
trian -at night would betome arwalklng
lamp-post, with electric force enough to
shock an Inebruxte who might wish to
cling, to him. , It would.. be practicable,
too. for an American Inventor to! connect
the current iwlth roller skates, thus al
lowing every men to be his own trolley
far. t. . v - .:'.
y - child Venstom la rraaos, " ;
From tha Brooklyn .Kagle.
'At all times It has been! an object with
French 'parents to teach a child to be
provident and economical. . A child of
three can become a member of the Mo
tuallte by giving only two cents a week;
one cent will entitle It to getting IS cents
a day when It m 111. and the vthef goes
toward gettlng a pension when It la at s
certain age. No one knows how long a
child can live, but whet does ths contrt"
butloti amount. toT There Is hardly a
child in the- world Whs does not spend
that for candy.. Now. a hoy of 1. giving
J4 .cents a monlh to the society. Will
when hs Is slivs A pension of 172 s
sear. , i -,.., - - i v 'i
17 Small CKange j
' Furth dlt not goaorth. j
. Fester needs pfotoction. '
f-rThefrsft Is not dead VK : r ,: 4 'f
. )n( on to JLh refersndum. . .. .'
It was jiaturaj- f or . Piles to win. ' : '
(5n(L sample of -Orefon -wmter 1ack
east. ; r.- .-j-'; ;..v
No da business, and do irrlthtat
Bolsm. '
? Bewsr"'or that eonstnutton-ansliln
scheme.
Ths peopls should' reutn 'and exercise
Dalsgsio no niors rlfh ts Jto self-sssk-
lng politicians. : , ' ..
There-Is no aood excuse-' to bs mads
lor Hair tuoso cierns. . x, j t .
thero will bs aorn interestlni1 de
bates in Balem this week; . '
Unci -Tommy N1drlnKhau acems to
bs runi)ln backward,, aln t; UT :r
With the Hay creek - ranch opposed.
ther was no hops of Jefferson county., j
Will there be t.OOe.000 admlsitons to
ths.alrt It beflns to look that way.
Wh v - 'does m tho corporation and.
monupolv orgsn want, a constitutional
eonventlont - - - i
iTtls we'sldent Is doubtful about sc-
cesttlnc a ciis In the' pool gams proposed
by Bailor Morton. w
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Ths Salem Journal says Oreson needs
four 'normal i schools- or 'more,' ajod
should support them. "" But sometimes
ths Salem Journal H a f ttosrxujjrr
Ore von ' Irrlstor: ' ' Tlis ' ayeracs ben
has about 1,09 feather. Aeceptlns
that statement as a. fact and f Igurtns
from that lasls,' how much does it cost
to bs elected to ths United States senate
from Washington? - - .
Chicago Record-Herald: Ensland,' Ger
many, - Francs ana tne - umiea Biates
hav formed A combination for ths pur
pose of keeplnc Kusel from invading
China. It might have been cheaper and
just as effective to bavs hired - A- few
JapA "-',-' - ''' '.: - - '.'. -.M-
It anowed iri Oreson the ether day -for
ths first 1 1ms in two-years. About ths
only trouble with that state Is that it's
so fair away. Chlcaso Record-Herald.
No such thin. .It's bllssard-swspt and
slssard-scorched Chicago -that efaf
away" from "God's country.,'
Weston Leader: A fossU ' gt 'dla-
Covered amon ths sravels of the Oils
river lit Arlsona is described rn the- last
number : of ; the American. Journal ' ef
Sconce. The.eaa is supposed to be
thousands of years eld .and shows evi
dence of having- been ' In tha srocsry
itore ef a man who flldn t advertise.- . -
j Oregon ; Sidelights
S Coos; Bay .wilt Surely "coma odt f
Union Scout: .'The big hog purchased
by Kiddle Bros, bf Sam Brooks is now
wela-hlna- close to the 1.000-pound mark.
V. A. Bldwell expects to make the hog
weigh 1,100 pounds by the time -tbe-fair
opens st rortiana. :
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dVkbuid Owl:w George Johnson Is laid
up for repalra again. This tlms he wss
kicked on the left Arm by a horse. ' We
understand ths horse was kicking 'be
cause bis master does net ehsrsts enough
for hauling freight , . - -
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; tnlos) Scouts' i Hay ;:"lg being ahlppod
from Townsey siding aa fast as cars can
be procured. About S00 cars will be
required to haul the hay from that aid
ing, snd. about a4 msny more cars will
be shipped from La Grande.
Of course our journalistic friend, triS
Drain Nonpareil, la working and- flghr-J
ing to retain ins normal scnotn mere,
which it .has a right to do, buteal) tin
state should drop- this and two or -three
other alleged normal schools. :. X-r
Weston' hss -beew-enjoyln'g good times
stl winter. (Business in . all lines has
been better 'than-the average. Farmers
report thst- fall-sown wheat ' is doing
well snd they predict s good crop If the
1 Weather, of course,-remains favorable,
"X,TnIohniepubncan: Z K. J. ViartliTs
making preparations to raise . poultry
this year on a big scale. .He has recent
ly added to his poultry yards some fine.
f high-grade-- birds, knd - will glvs close
attention, is tns ousmesa ,nis season.
- -Oregon Irrigator: Fred Reed la build
ing a house on his lots In town. What
forT Has hs engaged a housekeeper
What is her name? -Where-does she
come from? When Is ths event to come
off?' An anxious publlo is waiting for
snswers to ttf above questions, - ,,'
Visitors to ths Angora goat show In
Dallas last week had the privilege of
seeing the sample of mohajr that won
the gold medal at the St Louts fair.
They also saw ths '. goat .from - which
tha lock of mohair was , cut The
animal belongs to U. St. Grant of Dallas.
LOna of the few remaining lota of Wheat
In the Weston neighborhood. 1,600 bush
els,-was sold by rA. J; Mftlntyre,.. Mon
day, to S. A. Barnes, agent of the Pa
cific Coast Elevator company. " The price
Is not given, but tt-ts understood that
Mr. Mclntyrs- had no occasion to regret
holding bis. crop. ' " ;,' ; r . ;v .
A eontrant Was let January 21 to the
Newport Land St Construction company,
by ths Cold Springs Irrigation company,
for a large. Amount uSUjrork upon the
construction of their, vast irrigation en-
terprlse. , This means s great deal to
Echo and vhilnlty, as A large tract ofl""'1" w
arid lands wlll b brought under the m-r'; 'n f' m" nd P"n
fluence of water and ranny homfea will
be built this summat. New' blood, new
energy snd new business this is what
we have looked for; this Is iwhat we
have been' advocating, and' this la what
we have. :-' . .- ...
Echo "NeVs: The population bf Echo
Is Increasing'- quite ' rapidly. " "L." W.
ITeeler, our nopular teacher, assisted by
his good wife, presents SB his shsre to
this flourishing city, s big, bouncing
baby girl.- weighing 12 : pounds. Mr.
Keeler hs doing nicely, but tella as con
fidentially tlmt he had to assert'ths
parental power upon the bw arrival, aa
hs was .putting Dr. Horn- down and out
In the first round. The. countenance of
thst pspa wSuslly so iHeassnt snd serene
would dra w a prise in the Klondike ihewe
loug winter evenings, aa a warmer, so
to speak .- -
4$ rWnsfi
The Grip of the
lropics
.rrom ths New' York JSun.
feat that my stay lnhe tropics baa
made. m useless,", said an srny officer
who .recently got A - New York harbor
detail after three years' bf duty In ths
low latitudes ns -year in Honolulu snd
two in ths-ThlllPPlnek,
He wss coming over to New.-York on
la ferrv. and although ths af urnoon was
balmx-jind-pleasantrAnd mfy..;.,l
passengers were . carrying "tneir ovor
coats on their, arms hs h4 his heavy
ulster buttoned tight, with the collar
turned up shout his ears. And. his fses
looked pinched snd blue. - . : t- ;
"Bir-r! Tm freeslng!'' ' hs wejst oa
,"And I haven't been , dscently , wsrm
sines ths transport Upon wnicn t rs-
lnrnM a tha H tat SB SOt JO . degrees
.hnv. h. tlnawwhloh. bv the wsy. is
ths devil of service In-the tropics, saving
rNown weigh Aearly lOs-TwundA An
I'm pretty well padded, vim iieao.
waa Knrn and brourht ud 'in the far
north,' and before X went to the tropics
I c6uld Stand tbs bitterest sort or com
without be.lng'' iny ths . leas bothered
TVe "served In 'ndrlhwesterl pests
erher iha temDeraturs not infrequently
got down to 40 degrees-elsw-eeo,-but
the nipping cold of thoB posts never
f eased, me. And nere I am on un
usually balmy wlnterfternoon in New
York r with the thermometer "hanging
anirupwhere. around the 0 above ' mark,
and with thla heavy blanket on. And I'm
niuitiv.iw f r..fn w Tlr-r-r! V 1
s.J'Nd j ,A n fever dawn on. the Isl-
snds not sven , a ouch, or iv-i x
health was great all ths tlms I was
down there, and I never hsd to Treport
st sick csll sven once. " But I became
used to what the enlisted men call the
dopy weather of the tropics, tnat s aii.
'Th medical men will tell you that
the, blood of white men bornln'the
temperate sones becomes thinned out
when thejr live in me tropics tor m spwi,
and that afterward It takea them A long
tlms to acclimatise themselves " again
when they return to ... the : temperate
aonss and Quite right ; ths medical
shams are In thla. ' '
o-Anvhow. whsa ths transport ,tnai
brousht me ud culled Into ths hsrbor
nt HanuVrsBclaco I WSS SO cold that
almost shook my superstructurs to
nieces, and vat ths temperature- of
San -Francisco when I got back
there a month or so sgo was
now; and Tve been hearing mea, say all
day today that ths weather hers is ex
eesslvelv warm or -the season. Br-r-rl
."There is something peculiar about
fie Affect of ths tropics upon men zrom
Oils corner of the-world. I waajenor-
mnnalv fasnlnatail WlthTSoitOlulU And
sll of the Hawaiian Islands, and I never
wearied of my ber,th there.
"Then -. when .1 went - on . dawn to
Manila. -where -the. ollmate and I sur
roundings: are, still sntlrely different
from those-of Hawaii. I enjoyed -the
first year of ltl Immensely. -Then I
gradually began to weary of the tropics
and everything tropical. -
"I began to miss ths procession or tns
seasons ths sxpsnslve, glowing spring,
the hot yet endurable summer, the haiy
and Inspiriting autumn, and ths sharp
;ooid .and yea,. ths anosf even! of the
sort It on the mainland. , :. . - -
-rrVL ttesan to bats the palms! A. year
age Jest,. Christmas. - f of vexsmple.how
willingly would 1 nave exenangea an ox
ths gorgeous palms of tbs. whole Phlltp
olna archloelaao for ths Sight of svsn
one, scraggly f Ir or sprues tree, or' for
the glimpse of a bit of holly or mistletoe
growing, or even spresd out invitingly
on a United States market stall! .
-- "Ths lotus llfs began to prey , upon
me. . The succession of, turquoise skies
began to make me aore when the seaaon
arrived for the skies to become over
oast with coppery snow clouds-Up; here
In ths -. Stages...- Ths ? warm, vsry wet
rains of Manila mads me wrathful when
I thought of - the brittle snow and the
slelghbells up in ths stats where I wss
fslBsaV'-'"-'. " -e ' : - - j.'' -
"Tbs insotivttonhSTaple, their
method of taking things eaSy, thslr
everlasting manana Inferential, if not
spoken their .conscienceless procrasti
nations their don't care-a-dUvnstlve-ness,
to putlt that way began to get
on my nerves Ae tbe last year, or my
stsy in 'Manila wors. Itself slowly, away.
I longed to get-back to the land where
folks were Stepping out and aoing some
thing all the time. - ..
' "I wanked . ts -'mix up , sgaln ' with
hustling, - aggressive'- men. - lively. '-ani
mated women not dreamers, not mere
human sloths of ths Land of -the Al
wsys Afternoon! - AAd. I wanted to get
a move ,on myself! - J- ; -. v,T- .
'""The steamy., hot . redolence of the
tropical powers even, that had ao capti
vated me when I first got into the. low
latitudes, began- to oppress . me. . I
wsnted to see strong, - hardy, cold re
sisting Chrysanthemums, lata American
autumn" roaes 1 that bloom fragrantly
right, in ths teeth, almost, of frosts-
big window slU geraniums, appls blossoms,.-,
hsrdy. Open sir blooms with
modest, normal aromas. '. Yea. I grew to
desplss . ths Insistently sensuous fra
grance of the gorgeous tropical Tlowers,
snd I longed for ths arrival of ths day
wherrT Should leave them all' behind.
. "Well, we're nothing but discontented
children grown up all right
"Here I am back, with the holidays
just over; tons: of holly snd mistletoe
stilt kicking around the quarters; sll of
ths . old sights snd sounds of thS
temperate sons all around me and yet
I find myself sneaklly longing twenty
tlmss an nour--to be back In the tropica !
"I miss ths splendor, tbe color of the
orient. If you please ths world up hers
Bsems commonplace! And you are all
too Infernally busy. If you. must bare it
I want my two hours' nap in tbs middle
of the day, and I ean't get' it, ef course!
t wsnt the languorous, spicy stirs sgaln;
and. abovs alt, I want to get Warm
again. . Br-r-r! . , ' . :
"D'ys know where I should like to be
tonight Well. I should like to be In the
front room of my little bungalow -on-
stilts In Manila, stretched out in tbe big
bamboo ' easy - chair that had moulded
Itself to my conformation: a, gentle.
warm drlssle falling rythmlcally on the
ii wui., t-nrrwta .anil- pipw
scattered about I should like to be
sprawled, out la that bamboo chair. In
Jap silk, sblrt. whits lotffigtng trousers
Snd TJhinese .straw slippers, reading sn
idiotic! novel or, a volume of Lafcadio
Hearn's Japanese sketches! '
- "Rot! How utterly Useless the tropic
have rmtde me snd how I long to be
back In ths tropics:" ' "
'- , ' , i i.
AfAoa msM Tmi wo to itvuanun.
-1'. . '' ' - -r '
From the, Washington PobI,
" rtJurlng tbs good Republican times of
Harrison's administration." said Senator
Dubois of Idaho in his committee room, ,
"there was a tall. leanlefk In the post
office department whose '- Ingenuity 1
much sdmlred. 1 wish I could remember
hls'nams or knew what ever became of
fJhtm. Hs wss stenogrsphes- to an Im
portant official, who. In the dictation of
letters wss the worst ever. - v '
This official's weakness was gaslng
out the -window upon F street as hs
Answered his" correspondence. With one
eye to the windward, he would talk along
In loud sentences till A high stepping
horse or A flashy, bit pf millinery passed.
Then his votes would graduate into -noth
ingness, .leaving his . stenographer up A
stump. ..Coining to life again, with the
passing of the object he had been ad
miring, he would begin with. .
" 'Read that last sentCBce. please.'- :
-"TtrtS sort of perTormAwoe wss -kept
Up Interminably, Trie letters were sbout
aVbadgM they could bs and generally
had to be rewritten the succeeding day.
' "An a rent -for a ohonograph.- then a
novelty, cams along and sought tq intro
duce, the Instruments jforjuss In corre
spondence. The agent got only sn Icy
reception from everbody In the de
partment' except this one clerk.. He was
bright enough to see Its opportunities,
and a phonograph1 wag installed. . It
proved the tuning of that frisky; old
official. , Her paced no more back, and
forth In front, of the F street window.
Tied down . to the speaking tube of rths
instrument hs dictated bis letters in nu
mbed phrases, and the . government un
doubtedly saved many dollars (n the ex
penditure- of clerical snergy." . "' '
"Nihilists only -murder-the body, fine
tadtts-somettmes kUl the soul!" . . " .
Those who have beard "Moths" ana
few playgoers have not may recall the
beautiful play py ' Lord" Jura'A signify
cant line denouncing the society, worio.
If so, it will be no difficult matter-tj
trace In memory the "rulneue pilgrimage
of Door Vera, the Innocent girl thrust
fromrhe tnrealiuia-OI ioveiiaess ana
womanhood by the urihatural mother
Into ths despicable union with a Rusalau
tyrant Her lover. Correae, and her
noble friend. Jura, who in the end re
moves the obstacle to her happiness at
ths sacrifice of his own life, win also
bs remembered. . as will . the manly
minded little British Duke of Mull, and
Fuchla. the warm-hearted , 'American
girl. ', :---. ;' '." ' -
"Moths" is A plsy for svery man to
see And hear, study and remember, "In
sirths smart ssts of all the. world, its
everlasting moral will find a harbor.
Later stsgs literature haa cohered the
same subject, but never with suob strik
ing candor. -' - ' 1.'; ",-.: ' .',
The Columbia, stock company nas. re
vived the fine old drama-for a week.
snd ss1 old shoes fit quickest, ss "Moths"
tered naturally In, ths first Appearance
llowaed Gould as lead Ing man. He
played ths slnger-lever, . Correae, and
won a good share, of applause. The
swiftest impression of Mr. Gould is tbat
hs -has studied the -easy going, .quiet
methods , of our foremost - actofs and
profited by them; - that :: he, has had
enough experience In his profession to
have ovsreomb certain absurdities which
are- too- frequently excused and laid to
the' credit or 'discredit of "peculiar
personal characteristics" ; - that . he - can
not bs very awkward in anything; that
his voice, mellow and charming though
it was last night, has considerable melo-
dramatlo force In reaerve for mors tem
pestuous characters in short, tbat Mr.
Gould- la a satisfactory leading man -for
the company. He waa nervous no won-
den I A player making his first appear
ance before an SDdlence whose, eyes
kwers crltlaally riveted -on him may be
easily . zorgiven ror . supping, up-, on s
coupls of speeohes,;- -. .-.'.- ' f'
Mies Counties as Vera the. girl , and
Vera the Abused wlfer was playing A fa
vorite role, and of all the society dramas
In which SbS haa appeared, In "Motha"
shs completely excels her former work.
It Is more natural, less strained for
ef feet Vxcellent Mr. ', Bowles ss ' ths
faithful Jura Again comes into his own.
To tbe tips of his fingers he-Is admlr-.
able la- thla ' splendid role. . Mr. Ber
nard's stock in polished' villainy' took
another upward, bound with his fins lm-
iiejaeea y."JSweee'e gi
personation of tbe bruta Frlnoe Zou- " wme tenaer , ,
roff, and Mrv Bloomquestss the BriUsutt!M0r ?r lnt--
duka won everv Jhand In the. house.
"Blanche Douglas plays the American
girl: It is really ths first opportunity
she has. had since Joining the. company,
and shs seised that "opportunity with
unmistakable vim. - Her ' picture of the
breesy daughter of the' United States.
accepting, but not seeking, a title with
tne -native) .courage or her convictions.
was chsrming. . Ths Lady Dolly ef Lau
retta Allen will be recorded aa her best
character Impersonation Blnce she cam
to Portland. 'A new face appears In the
cast, this week, Mrs. John T. Raymond,
wno piaya tne viuatness. Duchess da
gonnase, - v , ; ... .
Ths tlay Is produced with the.. usual
careful attention of Director Bernard,
and the. ecevild settings and costumes
srs beautiful. ., ! . - ...
Tlte Nobis stock comDanv ocouoiea the
Empire this week. The opening bill s
Joseph . R. Shepherd's . "The -Moonshiners,"
s melodramatic argumertt of the
Illicit distilling .question, sometimes a
defense and often a condemnation of the
anti-revenue practice SB-if once existed.
AS is too ofteo ths case in -DODular
priced melodrama, ."The Moonshiners" is
bssed upon an Interesting clot -and thert
crammed full .or Impossible episodes and
situations. ..Every character carries
gun and knife snd Is hungry to -use
one or the other. -Onev-ths wont of the
moonshiners Is for. killing everybody
with whom he Is not personally so-
qualnted, if ws srs to Judge from his
conduct But bs gets through the nlsv.
thanks ta tbe heroins, without even one
nick in his gunstoek. .Ths popularity of
ths play la attributable to Its aumberi
leas climaxes.' Each set finishes with
an-xhlb1tloh of firearms, with .virtue
noiqmg ins upper nana. countless our
tain calls and prolonged cheera in mt
urai results. ; . . .
Ths company la far abovs the' usual
traveling . stock organisation. Frank
Long is a handsome . cSDSble leadlnir
man, ana neroerr uoDDins SB exception
ally convincing "heavy." - Robert John
son plays the laay. southern nearo-Arlth
excellent, effect; his dialect comedy Is
hikhioub. uracs Murr aa Jess noids the
sympathy -of ths house from the start
and the soubrette, NelHs Long, comes
quickly into favor. Ths plsy is well
tsken'csrs of soenlcslly. ' - y-.- " V.
I Specialties srs introduced between the
sets, but why ths Desmond trio are fea
tured for thla work must remain a mys
tery... r-Bwpte. ooa t csrs mucbXto see A
baby too, small -- to articulate attempt
songa- and dances, and af tsr ' ths baby,
there Isn't a great -deal to ths "trio." '
The Moonshiners" will be presented
until Wednesday night.
v . RACK WHITNEY.
tlst Far rrem t.r
r From ths Now York torld.
'I would like to find Senator Bllklns.?
said a vIsRor the tha capital. . ',,'(.
Bllklnsr'.- said -the -attendant. "Blfv
kinsr I guess you mean Elklns, don't
your -- - " - ,;:. ",i
Ths man did And- found him. ; Later
the story got down to -ths senate cloak
room. ' 'vt ' ' . - I - (
'Not so had." said ons ef the admin
istration senators, "when row .Consider
the altitude-of Klklns' on thb rsllrosJ
rats legislation business,". .'. ,
.;.;- .Is SeconiT-vTt j
Marriage1 Wrong?
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory,- Tl--vVom
' A little western i town', there ,
comes ths following letter, which I
deem worthy of sn answer, At. the.
writer's request I withhold his nams-...
and address. '"'...
Dear Sir: "Ths good advice you have
given others leada me to lay" before you
my own easeb for while I have seen
nothing from your pen to fit my cass, '
I feat and know that It ts A problsm. for'
many besides myself, '.
"I km in ths prims of llfs (t(), and
ths All Wise Father haa seen fit to take
my wife from me. -With me there la no
such , thing as 'limited" marriage. 1. I
havs alwaya felt that ths union wss not :
for this life alone, but for eternity. My -hops
of heaven la to meet and know my,
dear one again, and I cannot conceive of -heaven
without such reunlqn. . : :
"I have,. In air probability, a large -shsre,
of my life before me.. ' and my '
nature IS All domestic Now,-tha problem""
1 rf - M T at. .A. . I .1 .V . t- . J - T
I cherish for the one who baa departed, '
re-establish a homer - 'Would a second ,
marriage be . Inconsistent with - those
feelings r A: ( r-- 'r .' '.
- ''Should I Hvs to meet my: owni In the
life to come, or shall I marry again,
and - trust ths All Wise Father, to -
straighten out the- tangles wheft we;
meet again. ...': - .i -----f-"--.-jvi:j--T-.V r
. "To' the advocates of : A rvores"Ant ':
limited marriages, i suppose) such ques-
iloos would appear to bW quits Incom
prehenalbJe. . Jut omny,: I -am AujnvJ.
hey are vefy serious". . .
-4 Bsfora-.Attemptlng a 'reply 'to corre- ..
apondent a, question. I wsnt to, express '
my I profound and genuine - aymnathv :
with his tender sentiment As ha lntl- 1
mates he Is net alone in cherishing such
sentiment. I have, in-the eourae of my
llfs,-met "several. who, having marrtedr
and lost their mates.-resolved 'never to-
marry again nd kept their resolve. '
. Some of those' people. In conversation '
with me.' declared in correspondent's-
language,- - ths .marriage "was for '
eternlty," And that, therefore, death"
could- not ' annul It; ' that - souls' ones,
united In the holy bonds 'of wedlock. '
wars united forever; and. that tbs
Lthosght oj the second marriage of the;
surviving mats wss noining jess, man
monstrous: i . , 4i
It msy bs said that this' IS only a-
sentlment but It cannot bs denied that-
It is a very nobis and beantltul senti
ment, reflecting tbs vsry highest honor
upon- ths .character
:er xf the one in whose -
brsaat It takes up Its abode. . -
Tbers la nothing- so sacred ss the trus .
marriage, the union of two souls, that ,
truly love each other; and whsn ths .
union, la broken by desth ths first and
most natural thought of ths surviving
partneris . that ths marriage, though -broken
on earth, atil) holds for heaven.
- Ths man or woman who Is Incapable
of such sentiment is necessarily lacking -r
In ths finest elements' of human nature. ; -Such
man or woman we .would 'not ad--mire.
: Such man, or woman ws could .
not loves-. " .-".. -..'. i, ."-' t. j
But While. this is ths truth, it la not .
tbs whols- truth. -' ' , ,' V' ., '
Therefore. I would say to eorreaoond- -
enti "If you have A domestic nature.
If your heart longs for .ths boms life.-3-.
get mirrlM.: again.- ;re-establth the -
homs.' as you say. and I don't think that .
the second marriage will ever bs sst
down agalna( you as a crime,' , , ;j
-But 3uat ons - llttis word. with, tou : f
here, i Should you get married, again
don't bs forever reminding your wife , -
or tne .one in neaven." Cherish tha
memory of -the one In heaven, If you .
will. It Is -your prlvUego, but cherish
It sof Uy, quietly, within the -retirement :.
of your own soul.-.1 ' .. . .'." ...
r Should you marry Again you will owe --
something to your second " wife, and
among tha things von will owe hai win -
be a wise and at ths same, tfms tender
In winter duarters . . near Sfandas. '-'
North Dakota, i - y - . 1 " r
January to. The mernln wad fair. '
but afterwards became cloudy. Mr. La
rocHe, ths trader from ths Northwest t"
company, paid us a visit In hopes of
being sbls to accompany us on our Jour-
ney r westward, but this proposal . ws i
thought It best to decline..!,,
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aUQTrnrrras.
J:
.-, '-From the PhUadelphla Inaut:
" A home' msy be fitted out in luxurious .
style and yet If lacking .in email eon 1 "
venlencea be- destitute of comfort." -rt
- No mere artist or furnisher csn sup."
ply these. The mother or daughters t
must attend ' to them, the little' thlnss '
I needed in dally experience.'.- - -
f rom tbs want of them may result in
numerable slight embarrassments i or .
even serious troubls.-: .'. . - -f ' v .
-Any one who hss felt in hs dark for J
A matehbov only ts find It gone from ",
lu place, knows the disappointment that
ensues. . -- .
- One who hss required .a string in a ' '
hurry understands ths - perplexity (hut
ma-r-nrlss from the wsnt of a barfof-
tWlnetr .a box or bag filled with short
cords,
'-
I If troublesome when oney wishes, to
write a memorandum and haa no lead i
pancU at han't. If the pencif bs scces- (
aible but pointless, matters seem All ths
worss.. i . '.', , . . . -;; . . -,
- How essy it Is.ta tsks A stitch In time
when every tblhlt'nocesssry Is at hanT.
and how difficult whsn tbs esse Is vies1'
versa r ; - i t , ," a -'-.-. f.."
Spools of cotton ii various ntimbers, v
silk of different hues, needles of gradu- i
ated else, wax.- emery and. share acts i
good supply -of tbeseSrtatlv e-
pedltss the work, of the needlewomen. -
In, the matter of writing, when' the'
desk Is wall .locked with stationery,
pens,' good Ink and postage stamps, thsrs
Is Inducement to prompt corrsspondencs.
v a." - - -i-
t o-s- Xs Asbisved Xt.
. A From the Chicago Tribune. '
Th statesman from Buncombe wss-tn e
,. j- scute. s f kri
v i"" 'Ohaervs'r of human nature.1- '. r'
lie; leaped 1to fame at a single bound. f.
Instead of atrtvlne- for it natlentiv mA
laboriously, yar-fter- year, s or
dlnsry mortals srs .compelled to 'do,"
' for ths only thing on earth ths states- '
, man front: Buncombe ever did was to. '
rise In his seat e.ns day and Introduce '
,what has' Since become thatlworld-re-. :
nowned ' ' ' : ' ' ' , ': , , t .'...
,r r Freak bill !n the leglslsturs. t , ;
:V-' ' T - i ' ''
:'- '''v' 'WbAfi In A sTamst -- 5 ;' ;''
i From the Washington Post." (
- Anything In A nameT Among those
Implicated In the Oregon land frauds -sre
Horace Greeley McKlnley,- Stephen
A. DouglsB Poter, Rmma Abbott Wst
son. Msrle-Antoinette" Wsre., Franklin
Plercs Msys, Dsnlel Webster Tsrpley.-.
Andrew "Jackson, JobncDos and Richard
Roa
stteSATtgstOAssa
Xjewits. ana Clark
, - '. ' 1 v . '
f ' W .,.,. v, .
r