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POSSIBILITY OF DANGER AHEAD FOR THE INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT.
ITH A cXnDIDATE FOR MAYOR who will
: reasonably fill all the requtrements.'the im-
, iw.w -dependent movement' which crystallized last
, 1 " June 'will sweep the city at. the next election. , What
'(' Shoufd be these reasonable requirements? i -'Hehoujd
Y first be man of character. He should Stand and be
v Ytrecognrzetf' es; "naving. openly stqod for the principle
Urich actuate this movement whickT embraces not alone
VI civic righteousness in its narrow sense but the material
V advancement, improvement anr upbuilding of the city.
: ) He should be I'man of proved' service to the cause.. If
it is possible to' secure such S man he should also have
v had some practical experience in city affairs so as to
V" know, how to avoid the pitfalls while accomplishing the
vi purposes which the people have in view. He should be
.' ' fa man of standing in the community and while a mature
" rthough not old man should have the strength, ambition
,'and heartiaess of purpose which will emphasize to our
'own people and the "world, st, large tht Portland has
yeptered' upon a new era--of activities, of . hope and of
fTiigher ideals. . ;' i 'VT-'.' f1'
The Journal , has no' one man in view tnd from its
- coorsc in the past two yeirar-will.be ...credited with sin
1 v ; f cetity when it asserts that the particular, man who is
! (called to fillf the -office is entirely subordfate-'to the
broader consideration of what bft will do when be gets
' there, - But we refer to the matter in order that the pub
, , 'lie mind may be diected toward the one great aim of se-
H.curutg a, man -who ' will cosnpletely -fill the bill, whose
,term of office will leave the movement stronger and bet
ter respected than ever, befote and who will,' in' a con-
!enrative but at the same time firm manner, insist upon
and So far as .inlilm lies carry out the gTeat designs that
vare now in the hearts of the people. j 'A ' - w '
- . 4 But at the, very outset there is great danger and it Is
- - for this reason that we urge that mayoralty possibilities
' . V? may be discussed and measared with so other -purpose
I in view than to get the mn who most nearly meets the
requirements, f rani; every point of view, and therefore . is
most likely to be elected and give the Service aftcaH&eihas
.. .. been .elected, .Movements of this sort are so huge and in
a sense o loosely held together that iheiftf rce Is likely
to be dissipated; upon too mny candidates, n is inis
theory which in the past has made political machines
invincible and which oftentimes gave tjim victory in
the face of a real majority. In no one, man can we ex
pect to find united everything that w'ojiM'fo to make up
an ideal candidate. , Inisome Erection' or according to
some view he wil) fall short but above all things he must
be known, Jy his past professions as well ;as
his . present associations and : activities.' to stand
for what the independent . - movement- stands -' tor
and that he will carry into the ; office . the de
termination, together with the ability, to Tealrae very
reasonable expectatibn that will be based upon his elec
tion.. If a candidate, however respectable, can be foisted
upon the movement who, for lack of backbone or hearty
determination to carry out the principles for which the
independent movement stands, because it will throw
him into unpleasant relations with powerful influences
whose good will lie desires, then the net VeSult of the
election will be bitter' disappointment to those who most
sincerely favor the movement and it will plve the way
for the return to power of the political machine! in one
guise or another with all its attendant etfJs. We wish
to strongly emphasize the point .that for the first time in
our municipal history, the political power is literally in
the hands of the people ' themselves. 1 Everybody is
agreed on that, even the machine leaders themselves who
are prudently seeking cover.: , There is enough intel
ligence among the people, there is enough unselfishness
and there should be a sufficiently strong determination
to avoid disappointing expectation in any direction.
This is the task, which is now before the people and it
is to-this task; that they.. should seriously set themselves
to work. All the independent' forces should simmer
down the rival claims andive to each a true valuation.
They ''should, if possible, largely agree upon some one
man who, in their estimation, meets the requirements.
Thehey should throw aside any little individual' disap
pointments which they may feel and turn to heartily to
elect S mayor who. will be real mayor during the term
for. which he has been elected. ' ,..
Russian , oppreasors
One by one , the
meet a Just SoOm.
'Buppoaa tha aatl weed and thiatle law
N aororoad tola yaar. . -v i- J
-," What a. let of trouble youn !aJ-c
waa probably bora to! . -. ( .
' When Stoaacel anivea . perhaps' they
won't eay tt to lla raoa. f -
The trouble witb floating a bia Bus'H
i aiaajioaa is tuat won t rwau ?
ixne aenat apparently aeeirns to mve
the president some exercise aa a roufb
rtosr. f.VV- :
The Jape-evMently don't' mean1 to let
the war drag along for years to autl
Russia. . "' V'" ''
By the time that eastern people set
thawed out they will hare to run from
the .flOOda, ..... i. I.
. Senator Allison has bean in the sen
ate SI yeara, and never caused ruatleJ
or a ruftle, , , .... , .; -
The eountry Is retting Its optica fo
cused on standards Oil. and meanwhile
ia doubling up Ita flata. - . - j
If egra keep going down they , will
be so cheap by Efcster that nobody but
the very poor Will oar aboSt them. .
Qenator Lodge says governmetit gar
den seeds are a humbug- ' Very proper,
then, tor the senate to send them out. ;
' ' The new , superintendent , of the Chi
cago street rallwaye ia named Mitten,
and ha expects to get his band in soon.
JPoor trtd Missouri) If the legislature
remains -deadlocked, it will have nobody
but Oumshos BUI Stone in the senate,
Oregon win have tot 'get along with
out a second federal court outfit for a
while, and won't - suffer materially in
consotiuence. ; .-.'
J WrTHK CIVIC IMPROVEMENT MOVEMENT. !
;;' ;,! , r :.r ! . m, ;i ' .:..'. -t '..-'
t rSHtiSit&chaMf gtkfcrinceritfve for,Portlapd
'iS, I people to work alonfyic; improvement lines
w' : r - than ever before. This is the. fair 'year; the' fair
jwill open in t about three months: U is expected.thft. it
' will "be means of doing Portland much goody itnd snost
-4- tPtjtlsnd'peopW certainly .jnast Tealitfcjftheraa;b'el
v "Portland and Oregon in connection jwiih the fair in no
. ' tether way so well as m-help$ng td make Portland sn at
tractive, agreeable, desirable jcity'ia the eyes 'of visitors.
Appearances count; for a good,deeJ, So dp .first im-
oressions. How will -Portland appear,' whh first im-
" prtssouwill it piakef. upon the 'tensAof ,thousnds of
. eastern visitors' who will come here this jrominer?' This
S "j isltlie question t Jkeep-in 'mind. Resides, it, should.be.
J added, and with emphasis,' chric improvme-rt nil these
' efforts, energies.' activities and aspirations, would be
. profitable well a civic adfyr'eren if4here were to
J - be no fair, nor: any unusual influx of visitors. - '
Portland .appears under some; comparatively ajight
" disadvantages, chief, among, which is its narrow streets,
.' ' JBut it has far overbalancing advantages of location,
J i climate, scenery, resources--which" are not .to be fully
grasped at first glance, nor appreciated on a cursory in
spection; and everything along the lines of civic im
, i provement suggested will help both to minimise the dis
! , advantages and ipduce deliberate consideration of 'the
- ' advantages. Besides, as suggested before, even if we
' consider only ourselves, we shall live more comfortably,
a happily, and progressively, by carrying on such improve
, .-, ments. -Vi-', '-..- ;- r1 . ""'it -
;. How much will be done, how well it will be done, and
T bow permanent the movement will be.'depend oh how
general and how .genuine the movement is. will not
. amount to much, as has happened before unless the
" people generally, and especially the women take hold
of it', nor unless theyare genuinely in earnest about it,
: and so willing to sacrifice a little in and of it. ..'
,A society or league, holding meetings and talking,
cannot accomplish very much; the people themselves
roust -generally become interested and take hold of the
' work individually, every one at home first; and then right
- around home. '..- i ':-
v . The city officials,! including the police department,
can do a good deaL They can keep the sidewalks and
" streets ' clearer and cleaner and can, partially at least
. abate the billboard nuisance; but they can't do every
thing. Merchants and builders and others must help,
- ' y must be willing to sacrifice a little in one way or another
; ' for the public good. . T
- The law can do something; it surely can and should
" make property owners destroy the thistles, burdocks and
' other weeds on their premises; but what is more needed
" . than the formal operation of the law in this respect is
. the awakening in these property -owners of a spirit of
civic pride sufficient to promp't them to dothiswork
. voluntarily, to clean up all their grounds without being
( Compelled to do so. ; There are some hopeless cases,
property owners who evidently like a , burdock better
vi ,. than a rose, ami filthy rubbish than a green lawn; and
' ; ' 'the law must get after them without glovesr but we think
'V.'ia civic improvement flame can t. be kindled hat will
- spread and move most such property ' owners to act,
'y either from civic Wide, or frem very shsme 'when they
v 1 , see what their; poorer neighbors are doing. ..
..We hope everybody owning property or. living in a
private residence ohaving-ny influence or opportunity
! ' .whatever will join ih this movement and make it a big,
'- .' sweeping, effective one, that shall have not only notice
",.. kbl but: notable results. We hope, too, hat the big
property owners who own or control much' vacant land
'' X" will Be found in the forefront of the movement And
, finally we hope to see them all begin right now. ,
SOClAtlSTIC PROPAGANDA.
HE' venerable Oregonian is working its gray that
r ter over much these dsys on, tle question of
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urf: .socialism. - 41 seems p. n eriuciy ihuui ini
the doctrines and propaganda of Socialism should spread
and , gain favor among the people. . The Oregonian in
sists 'ifr frequent leading editorialthat there is n merit
ocrtue whatever in the doctrines of Socialism, and yet
thif paper seems unable to state just what Socialism is
or aims at. nAtAt leading. Socialists claim that the
Oregonian perjfstenlly misrepresents TV , basic features
of theirprofeag4nda, " They say that the Oregonian' sets
up a Socialistic man of straw, and belabors it, instead
pf discnssln g the real thing. . This is so characteristic
of that paper's ide'thods that ohe is naturally inclined to
beljeye sucb is the esse, At least its labored .argu
ments heejl. to bej taklii aum grano salis.V'; t
The Journal be)ievesu that Socialism, even, as explained
by its ablest and most trustworthy advocates, is not a
practicable thing; under present conditions, of society.
The Individual cannot snd should hot lose his identity
and individuality! to such an extent as Socialism seems
to' contemplate. jWe are not able to indorse the doc
trines advocated ;by the Socialistic doctrinaires, yet we
agree with thern-in part, and believe that their argu
ments are worthy of respectful attention, and 'that they
are doing good, and enlightening work in the world, and
in this country, i ' r ' . -
To some extent we think the principles of Socialism
can be ana will be adopted. We are thinking especially of
public ownership of utilities and franchises. Doubtless
private 'persons and corporations can perform services
for the public more , cheaply than the 'public can,
because they get' more work out of men than the gov
ernment can for the same- pay; yet the inflation of cor
poration values, the watering of corporation stock, is a
great evil, that the people should not fnuch longer tol
erate. Unless the corporations engaged in the trans
porting of news, merchandise,' money, products and 'peo
ple, conduct this business more and more in the people's
interest, they will gradually acquire the properties' and
assume the conduct of such affairs and interests. To
such an extent, broadly and roughly stated, it is quite
possible and even probable that the doctrines . of So
cialism will come into vogue, though we do not sup
pose there will. ever be in this country an equal division
or community of property,-nor is this advocated by any
considerable number of thoughtful and practical people;
There will be, there must be, a reformatory and to
some extent a .radical readjustment or realignment of
industrial forces, particularly in the matter of the opera
tions of quasi public utilities and in the proceeds and
profits of labor. This change' will be in some measure
Socialistic in character, and is to be welcomed and
guided aright, not repressed or sneered down by general
and wholesale criticisms and misconstructions of every
thing suggested to bring about better conditions. . ..
, A Socialist may advance ideas and doctrines that are
impracticable of adaptation as a whole, and yet that may
contain some .good and valuable grains of truth. ' A
propaganda that has gained so much headway and so
much of a standing cannot be wholly and absolutely false,
wrong and unworthy of consideration. 1 ' v
The Oregonian is constitutionally opposed to any re
form, any chanre beneficial to the masses, and to any
thing that would give the people more power, and teach
them how to use it for"lhe greater benefit bf the
masses; hence, it is afraid of any suggestions along these
lines, and net infrequently conjures up bogies that do not
exist, or that are not'likely to come into existence. - We
do not believe in Socialism as .delineated by some of its
radical' advocates, but. we do favor the acquisition of
more power by the people and of the ability to exercise it
better than is done by their representatives snd bosses
of one kind and another.. . i . ; .
wunwoinifri r amtzoxsm.
,' ": ? From Harper's Weklr. ; , '
The cable dlnpatches from St. Peters
burg hare more -then once given volcr
' - to the eppprehennion whfrlw alt friends
rt freedom ' in Russia feel when the
".f-'iroe of PobtedonoetMff is mentioned.
This Ht-ra old man is the very genius
t.f fenathriam. and la all the more t or--.
tradable becanse'the persecuting spirit
' in hist ia wrapped up In a cloak, ef en
r llshteninent snd philosophy,
4- i He Snows' Eigllah -well, and In his
- young dsys traniilated Emerson - into
Russian for the edification of the rising
- g-Mrsitoh of the mar's subjects. One
wnhdsrs what he toads of the sentence,
y 'Who would be a man must be a non
, conformist.' - Alesander 1 L the -cssr-
- liberator whs fr-d the serfs and the
Halkan slaves, thought highly of Po
blesonoetseff and saado hits tutor of his
sons, Nicholas, who died during his
father's lifetime, and Alexander, who
succeeded him, the father of the pres
ent csar.
Into hla. ears' Pobledonostseff poured
his doctrines of absolutism, ss a divine
ordinance, and of orthodoxy, as depend
ent on absolutism. Alexander III., who
was greatly influenced 'by the theories
of -,thla. jitrong willed fanatic, passed
bis former tutor on to his own sons, and
Nicholas II. grew, up under the shadow
of ths old man's tyrannous mind and
despotic will. Pobledonostseff. 1s
wholly boBs-tantm He has written a
book. 'nrrtff page of which breathes con
viction, to prove that all freedom is a
delusion and that the Ideala of repre
sentative government are a snare. And
he honestly believes it alL
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a ATznr Turrnraa.
Tro-a the Washington post.
.There ia ao mors attentive and patient
listener in all the senate than Mr. Gor
man of Maryland. Hla attitude, when
ever he Usee his seat on the minority
side ef Aha chamber, is 1 involuntarily
that of attention to what is going on.
If any senator be expounding, hla views
to empty ats and desires some one to
address his remark to. there is al
ways - the Democratic leader, quietly
taking in all that is said and never ob
jecting to being used aa an oratorical
target. -v -
There are' other senators, to be Burn,
who attend the: sessions diligently, who
consider a part of their duty to be
on hand promptly 'to-make a quorum.
But no one of them knowe mora in detail
about what is aald or compliments mora
speakers by hearing them 'to the- very
end. Counting the period of his serrV-e
In she chamber years ego as a page, no
one probably haa heard a greater variety
or a greater number of,- senatorial
speeches. . ' - ,
Small Gkange-
i Not a hysterto about. Mra. Chadwlck
ow-. r--y ., ,'. J ' '.VV. : ''(,
Mow la the time to plant mora rose
buahea. ; n. .(..',..,
The csar might be safer at the front
these dsys. : : ? . . y , .-
The "little mother" is happier than,
the -little father.? : : . .- .i - ' :; .
a-s-asSsssasiaa-sastgsasBwaWt
The Turks and Balkan states are pre
paring to go on the warpath In -the
spring. They are worse than the Amer-
Icsa aborigrnea. m ,,.,..,
Bverybody will - acknowledge that
nothing worth mentioning. is-the matter
with Kansas if she can 1 take a fall out
of Standard - OU. - -
' -rte house has passed the bill to re
doceUhe tariff on Philippine' sugar snd
tobaeco 'IS per cent. Now watch -the.
senate not paas it. '-i' :,,-. . -; .,.
Experts say awoman can gain a beau
tiful figure by carrying weights -on
her head. But not by carrying a weight
of trouble on her- brain, ? -:a -.-. -
The Warsaw patios' get IS a msatn.
That ia mors than somctpollcemea In
this country earn. But it is said the
Warsaw police make good by grafting.'
Why did' American- policemen , never
think, of that? , : (
' A palmist is advertising - that after
examining Bryan's - hand In e00 the
band -reader ' predicted the candidate's
defeat-- But 'Almost anybody, with ' hla
eyes 'and ears shut, could hive safely
and surely made the same prediction.
Oregon Sidelights
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A Hood River man netted 1100 from SI
apple trees. . ' v
. Curry county may Join with Coos in
an -exnioit. -". -M
Central Point merchant-) all have hew
delivery wagons. . .'.. .
New North Bend shingle mill at Work
capacity 10,000 per day.
The Oakland Owl. a good ioeal papar.
Is preparing to liprove itself.
Hood River water power and electric
light plant will be greatly Improved.
- Starving time over, aays the Lower
Bllets correspondent of the Toledo Re
porter. -. ; t .'; ' .
' The Lower SUets eountry is to have
a ebeeae factory, and a steamer to gather
up the milk. .-
Some Sllets Indians net an' 'example1
to their white neighbors In making Im
provements. ..''.,
The hooting of grouse in southern' Or
egon la accepted aa proof positive that
winter; ia over.": :. -..
"Cold." "Ice, -skate" and "aero" Items
In Oregon papers have ceased; "la
grippe' Items decreasing. ; (
A farmer up near Mount Hood haa
strawberry - plants that bloom and bear
all no, not all winter but all summer.
' Arlington Appeal: ' A cltlsen of Hood
River has been having his beer shipped
In boxes labeled "crackers. " The dray
man dropped a bog last week and the
truth leaked out. . - . ! . '-
' A Medford man considers himself the
greatest curiosity in that part of the
state, and believes he -could be exhib
ited profitably aa a freak, for he saya
ha la the only man In southern Oregon
who doesn't know, all about quarts and
minerals when he sees them; or rather
the only man, who will acknowledge that
he doesn't knew It all...
A Coqullle City man last week found
a rifle where he left it ever 13 years sgo.
He was in the woods and aat the wea
pon In the hollow of a large cedar tree,
and waa unable to find' the tree after
wards, although he had many hunts for
It. The gun waa considerably rusted,
but was In better- condition than one
would have thought It would be under
the circumstances. .-. -. j- (
' Wasco News: ' The experts report on
the Wheeler county books shown Bheriff
P. L. Keeton of that county to he- a de
faulter in the amount of almost 1S.OO0.
Mr. Keeton has-been sheriff Tbf the
county for several terms; In fact, ever
since the organisation cf the county.
His violation of tract ia but good ex
empts ef what can be expected when
men who. frequent the gambling table
and too frequently indulge In Intoxi
cants to asceas are elected to 'offices
of trust. J' "' . - v '.-. i
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sNcw Cathedral
Berlin Telegram Not In, many years
haa Berlin seen armors brilliant or Im
posing spectacle : than that : presented
yesUrday.at the dedication of ths new
Lutheran cathedral. '-- All the available
members' of the Imperial family, .' to
gether with "members of moat -of the
reigning families of the German states.
were present, and the Potsdam court
was In full attendance.' .'There were
representatives of . , the . Protestant
churches ef the United States, England,
Norway, Switzerland and other . countries-',
deputattona of churchmen from
every, part of the .empire, and. a multi
tude or high Clvo .and mUlUxy digni
taries, I -. ,',.!. I . y-- ;,.' I 1
' One aide of the entrance to the Impos
ing edifice waa .flanked - with veterans
end the other-side with school children,
After Emperor William, had. delivered
aa ''address bf . greeting te the - notables
present the architects. . 'Prof, Julius
Raschdorf f . and -hla son. made short
speeches and .presented the keys.' While
the assembly, Were entering the cathe
dral the band played "The Heavens Are
Telling' and the halleluiah hymn,. .- On
leaving, -ths procession stopped .in front
of the church and -all Joined in. singing,
with a. grand and thrilling effect, "Bine
ste Burg . 1st under uott."
One -the most impressiva moments
of -the -bsremony .was - when the im
perial ' couple were leaving the cathe-
ldral.- While standing on the topmost
step the crowds outside burst into, the
strain of "Die Wacht am Rheln." The
well-known strains were caught P by
the thousands who -lined the adjaoent
streets, and even the 'deep booming of
the bella was " powerlesa ' against ' tne
volume of sound. Their majesties were
visibly moved and "remained" standing
until the last verse waa sung.' - -
Built over -ths bones and aahea of no
less than-IT of Kmperor-WUIiam'a
Hohshsollern' ancestors.' the new cathe
dral may be fittingly called Germany's
'"Westminster Abbey." " The magnificent
edidek. whloh--standa In the Luatsarten
directly oppoilRe the north - entrance, of
me royaieasve, ,nas neen mpiaing zor
11 yeara. the cornerstone "having been
laid in Jane, 1SS4, and It represents a
coat of nearly 13.900,090. The' emperor
planned originally to spend 11,000.000,
but the Prussian legislature deelded to
vote- only half that amount of state
funds for the purpose. '.
In lta general appearance the building
bears a strong resemblance te St. Paul'a
In London, and to Its prototype, St. Pe
ter's at Rome. Though It haa not the
advantages of being built like St. Paul'a
en .elevated ground, exlvtng it a position
dominating the city, It atanda in a more
open space near the Thtergarten, and,
In accordance with the late-" .Emperor
Frederick's original plans. Is a struc-'
ture of national, seope and charaster.
. Of German white sandstone and he
role Roman architecture,- the cathedral
la a fitting addition to Berlin's many fine
public structures. The dome- ef the
building rises to the commanding height
of SOS feet, and ia surmounted by a gi
gantic golden crucifix SO feet high. Four
handsome bell towers rise at each cor
ner" Of the almost square building to a
height of 1ST feet. The magnificent ex
terior effect Is- stilt further heightened
by a series of marble statues, set in
niches f adorning the, coping at various
points? i AbeV Hie main entrance' to the
cathedral" is a statue In Copper of the
8avlor. SO - f eer -r height, executed by
tne weu xnown aierim sculptor, tTores-
sor Bonaperi ri , .",. . .i .,.
The Interior of -.the' cathedral la . In
keeping, of, course, -with- its palatial ex
terior. Magnificent mural paintings -by
Prof. Anton Von Werner are the chief
decorative . feature. BTbllcaL, scenes
representing ths life of Christ appear-In
the Interior ot the dome.' Marble statu
ary by the first German sculptors la also
found In profusion) representations of
Luther, Melanchton, Swtngll and Calvin,
together with Frederick the. Wise of
Saxony, .Luther's great royal protector,
Joachim 'II, elector of Brandenburg;
Philip the courageous of Saxony,, Al
brecht of Prussia and othsr monaroha of
strong religions fervor are given places
of special prominence and honor, -.
Emperor William -has followed the
erection of the building with the keen
est interest. Ths old cathedral, which
stood on the aame alte and waa pulled
down In 1801, was too years old. . It has
been the "traditional resting Discs of all
ths Hohenaollern kings, with few excep
tions, together with their consorts and
offspring. ' The new cathedral eonalsts
of four principal- parti the church for
divine service, the crypt, which is to be
pantneon . encircled ' : by chaoels. a
church for mariages and christenings
and the long porch. The memorial church
in tne crypt was originally Intended for
the reception of the comna of the Ho
henaollern a, and many, of these were
transferred In due coarse from -ths old
cathedral vaults, but the Emperor Fred
erick resolved that the church should
also be used as the burial place of tho
nation's illustrious dead. By Emperor
William's direction aa epitaph in mem.
ory of Bismarck haa been placed at the
entrance. - The church proper covers a
large area, and there are roomy galleries
for the court, organ, choir, the ministers
and diplomats. , i.- v-
In the IT cities of the. United States
which in 1900 bad populations exceeding
100,000, there were 8.01T more-divorced
women than divorced men. while Indian
apolis led the whole list in divorced
women and waa second la the number
of its divorced men, :. ' .
Fifty-two divorced women In" everv
1.000 of lta population is the record of
the Indiana capital, followed at some
distance by Kansas City, Mo., with 40.S
grass widows in the 1,000, while Jersey
City. N. J., comes at the foot of the list,
with only 3.1 divorced .' women, on the
same population basis.' . . '-
St. Joseph, Mo., leads with 34.1 grass
widowers , In the Tt.SOO, and, aa if: this
were . not, enough. It shows that more
men man women ore uivoroea ana Iivmg
there against all the ratios of the census
buresu. ' . .'. v ' ;-' -
In looking oven the tabulations of, the
oensus the reader la struck, by the ap
parent Inconslstsncy of the figures of
divorced women and divorced men.- The
proportion for the population total for
the ST cities-is lit divorced .women to
85 divorced men in every 10,000 people.
a difference of. more than one third in
favor of the men. At a glanc one Is
disposed ' to remark that there should
be a grass widower for every grass
widow Suggested by -the census re porta
But therf are two good reasons, for the
condition. "- .- . '..-,.'
. Abandonment la the chief cause of di
vorce In the United States! It la such a
real cause that it haa come to be a sham
cause aa welluntil Judges on the bench
have protested agslnst the ease by which
collusion between a husband and' wife
results In divorce. An absence of two
years by the husbsnd Is proved and the
complaining Wife gets her dlvoros.
Most divorced men who are conniv
ing parties to the divorce - decree ere
quick 'to marry again, and with the
marriage the necessity for contributing
tn the divorce statistics ef his native
land IS gone. Not tafrecjueaUy the aoaa
' ) - V. " "IT"
In' arranging for divorce from one wife
has the ovnsr - Wife Singled out before
the decree can be written up. Under
any clrcumstaacea the divorced man has
better opportunities for -a second mar
riage thaa haa ths divorced woman, and
there are. ladloeona that he la availing
himself of his opportunities., f -
It is In this possibility of remarriage
that the graaa widower' in Louisville
comes into the llmeUgbt.' By the time
the cenvssser had counted the ' 33 4
women on the Louisville list and turned
her attention te the grass widowers, all
but S.i of them had remarried or dta
appeared. ,.' . - '
' -Disappearance le not easily accounted
for in the Hat, for. the reason that only
St. Joseph. Ma, has more widowers thaa
widows of the grass variety, and it haa
by no means enough more of these to
account for a migration te cities ot the
t,vvv.Bu visas. -1 .- v
' Gavaii
RidinrfhScKaor :
t,eiiii,jiip4-iJs1
i.. ' Jn , Passant ' in London Malt
"One of the moat Interesting sights' 1
have aeeh In.' Rome took place at the
Tor de QalfclA or Cavalry School, where
offlcers are trained in, jumping, riding.
and In la haute eeole generally, This
school as it may be- termed, la about
three miles . outside Rome, .leaving by
the Port del Popolo. Here One finds a
large open space for racing and.steeple-
cnasing, -with some light and .effective-
looking tribunes. -Meetings take place
iuso la connection-with the .bunt, and
very brilliant they -are,-1 am told .
i When I vial ted the school about Jlve-and-twenty
officers, belonging to Vari
ous cavalry regiments, ware-" riding
about In a sort of ffodlow-my-leader''
fashion after a riding master.. Ail wdks
remarkably well mounted, and aat their
fences quite admirably. - Nearly all their
horses, I found, .were .Irlsb -lt0 came
from Ireland last year,' and were bought
by Covnt jVlstsrlno, the second in com
mand of .the . school . As , msny , stone
walls ' are' to be encountered ia . Italy,
this breed tof horse Is well adapted for
ths requirements of the eountry.
The stables are situated -on a hill
about a quarter of a mils from the race
course, and on the way there I wit
nessed a display of horsemanship which
could certainly not be beaten, probably
seldom equaled. In England.- Z refer to
the descent downhill at full gallop ef
all the offlcers taking part In the rides.
They suddenly appeared en that top of
tne precipice, as it were, ana . winoui
the slightest hesitation put their -horses
at a post and rails oa the very brink
and continued their seemingly mad a
reeV to the .vary bottom.-" Not one rider
was unseated, neither did-, alngle horse
make a -mistake. The secret or the
performance seemed to consist In sit
ting well back, with the tegs also drawn
back. Of course,-at the commencement
of this branch. of the training numer-oua-spills
oosur, but serious necidents
are infrequent- :
The horses of t the school are taught
to Jump by running them along a sort
of enclosed lane. In the center of which
is movable bar.- Once In the lane the
horse Is -anable to get-out, snd must;
perforeo,' take -the Jump, which, at the
commencement, Is placed at the lowest
rung, and gradually raised a -Ss -confidence
ot the horse Increases, the whip
playing very small part In the train
inn The photographs which may some
times be seen In London depleting ttw
hlUdeseendlng do not in any degree v;
ag cerate the difficulties of ths perform
ance ..'. -.' V-'-'V.'t;. , -."Iff ------
- I left Rome for Monte Carlo by the
1:40 express, and have to ootnr'aln ot
the perfectly kppalllng heat bf the
wagon-lit carriages. J Why on earth , are
travelerg treated as though they, are
orchids or some- other delicate . and
tropical plant? All night long we swel
tered In temperature that could not be
altered,' and at 1 o'clock In the morning
I found myaelf at Genoa la limp and.
fagged-out condition. One haa to re
main for over- two- hours In this dismal
station, which, at - the present time Is
being rebuilt. ' . There is a restaurant
of very humble nature, where coffee
can be obtainsa, ana iniii, too. u m
haa any desire for oranges ana appies
at this early hour of a winter's morn
ing. Fortunately there la restaurant
car on the train from Genoa, and an ex
cellent luncheon was served ahortly
after 11 o'clock. , I arrived at Monte
Carlo about two, and found the whole
place bathed in sunshine, with crowds
of people about.' - . , v,
: . , . ...-.
a)' ' . ,' r f"rrr?ews
- V
V''-'. :By-eUe' t:Ua.;
"D'ye ' notice : one thief , curious la :
oonnecUoQ with this fe'Sow, Hech, with
the marrying. bugr a-ked the book-",
keeper, "and that is that all of bis wives
are what the society i journal call .
passes T There Isn't a spring chicken In
the whole bunch." -.-", - ,. v..
- "Ten,-1 dld, aaseatad .the r Stenof-
rapher. "" ,.' . '' ' , r . ' ':.
PA11 of the womsa who bwt-feoted It '
up to the alur with him aVtha first pasf "
ha madeat 'em were old enough to have
eut their wisdom teeth and know hatter,-
continued the Bookkeeper. , u- -. ,",.'
"That's where the manymarrler waa.
the wise guy and showed that he knew
kls' business.' remarked., the Stenog
rapher. ; r , ;: ..'.',
"How's thatr inquired : the ' Book
keeper, .v ' ' . . j .' , ;,!:
"Uosophlstlested Is ia nothing to anx- -lous
40." replied the Stenographer, " A
young girl may not look, a gift pro-!
poeel In the mouth because ahe la too ig
norant, but an .elderly woman doeetVt
de it because she Is afraid." - ,
"No acid teats of a gold briek matrlmo- .
nlal offer for hers. I suppose," com--mented
the bookkeeper. . -r
"You are to the good on that.' said the -Stenographer.
"The younger the woman ,
the harder to win. .. When a girl haa one ,
ohm ahe tuts It scornfully- at pro-.
poaaL When she has we ahe looks st
it appreciatively, and when "ahe gets ,
three chins she Jumps at It gratefully.''
"It. does take lot more attentions to
make you solid with a glrl.in her flrat
season than it-does with, one in hor
steerith," admitted the Bookkeeper, eas- '
teat thing that walks la aa old maid, or
widow Who ia out en a still hunt for'
a husband. Marrying her Is like passing-counterfeit
money on blind man.
Anybody can do It.'V i
. ''She's so anxious to be made love to
that aha never thinks of lnqulrlng.whjt
there ia behind the soft talk a man is
handing her, and when he does pop the -
question she Is in such panto' for fear '
that he- will get oat of .ths notion that
ah doesn't stop to Investigate hla past
record. , She -nails him oa She spot, and
aends a hurry call for the preacher.
"Ill bet that . there are, seven million -middle-aged
women outside of ithc lu
natlo asylums in the United States that
would marry any man that would dome .
along and ss-'em--end turn over their ,
bank accounts to him, too without eveuv
stopping to find out what bia name waa .'
in the last place that he lived in." ' '
"And that's no Joke," agreed the Book- '
keeper. I've eeen landladies who wouldn'
trust a fellow without a trunk for hi
board trust him with their heart and
hands the minute he begun making goo- '
goo eye at them." , .. ;.', - - .
"None are so .easIlconned ss thnat '
that desiro to be .taken JnJ!returned the
oienograpnera -ana asvsoon as a woman ,
builds up a tidy little business-for her- 't
self lt'a a-dnch that ahe will annex -husband
to support It looks Ilka a. '
single middle-aged woman caft't be hap- ,
pf untU she does I.', ,
"What makes 'em do UH Inquired the -Bookkeeper.
.- .. : - ... .'
"After woman gets To be 40,-replied.
th. a . b. -. , - . . . . -
Ike cocktail doe a ,W. C, T. .Vi, Bhos
not.nse to it ana it. gees, to her nesd
'. -Another one Is that she gets' ease of .
stage fright about the time coming when
she'll, be iohely. - -Thars"' the bugabuo -that
scares women into marrying- any . .
old.thlngVV .' '...-- - ' -.
"WelL" remarked fn SonKUur (
1 ever want .to marry I'll remember yur
Up." ' ; -. . .;'. '- . -,: j. :.,
"It S dead Straight ons." retnrtait th
Stenographeri oa can't 'lose if you
propose to a woman over 40 who is get-,
iing iat. jui mat aurprue me is that
Hoch didn't marry a. few more." .. '
- Lewis and Clart
WIT WQaT.
'- -'. , .'' From 8uocess.-''' r.
One of the most fsmous of the Quar
tier Latin clubs In Parrs la tne one.
which la called The Bub Hosa," ana tne
most famous of lta members la the great
actor Coquelln, pere, but the story of his
election has not yet been told in print
He was present one night at the club's
late supper. weekly feast and, having
heard that there waa vacancy" In the
roll, applied for membership. Now, the
only rules of ths VSub Rosa" men are:
Think much, wnie uuie. w mm
silent ss you can." Te presiding om
cer, with, this last rule. In mind, an
swered the applicant by placing before
him a tumbler filled so full of water
thai another drop would have caused It
to run over. Coquelln understood. He
had evidently been misinformed about
a' vacancy, the club membership was
obviously full. !
Over the table was suspenaea rose.
the club emblem. - While the glass still
stood before him Coquelln broke a petal
from the flower and laid it so gently
on the we ter that not alngle drop es
caped. A silent man could Join and
make m trouble. ,'.';
Around the table- ran ripple of
smiles and little handclaps and node of
annrovsl. snd then, ss If of one accord.
all began making bread bails. Then the
cup was passed from hand to hand, and
each deposited his "ballot" ia It -and
all ware found te be round; not one had
been pressed flat in sign 01 oisapprovu
Bp Coquelln Joined the Bub Rosa club.
atom ewzeu Uli :-
Vrrom the Saturday Evening Post. r r
Senator Cullom ssld that there were
not more than half a dosen persons in
the world who hsd ever heard him sing.
He hsd been- relating an incident con
nected with commission upon which ha
served. "At the end." he said, we gave
ourselves a parting dinner, -and before
we parted some one said we ought to
sing 'Auld Lang Syne": ao we atood up
and held hands and ono fellow started
us going. - -, r v-.! -';--.
"But he started so high, that at the
end ot the first line nobody had any
thing to aay. We let go to get a better
hold, and another fellow started so low
that at the end ef the second line It got
lost under, the .table. Well, we stood
still and waited. Nobody seemed ready
to take the responsibility. v -
"I thought It waa too had to have the
bill lost Just for wsat Of a lender when
the whole house stood ready to beck It
so I drew-a long breath anil -sailed In.
We got through first rats that time,
clean to Aha end - wlthoet, break, but
I've never sung not Inmy lite before
nor siAcc" - . '...-
i
February - fS.-Tha day- Is clear, and '
J teaant Sixteen .men - were seat out '
o sxsmlne the -eon 0 try for trees sulta--. ,
hie for boata, and rere- aucoessful in"
finding them. Two of the. N. W., com- -r
peny traders arrived with letters: they
had likewise root which 1s -used f or f.
ths cure of person bluen by mad dogs,
snake and other venomous sntmala; it
Is found on high: grounds snd the a Idea
of hills, and tha mode st using It is to .
scarify ths wound and - apply to it aq
inch or more etttbe chewed or -pounded K
root, which la to. be renewed, twice
day; the patient must not, however
chew or swsllow any of the root as an
Inward applloaflon. might be rathef In
jurious than beneficial. .".' ' ;
.. Mr. Gravellnes with two Frenchmen -
and two Indiana arrived from the Rloar -
nation with lettera from Mr. Anthony '
Tabeau. Thla laat gentleman Informs
us that the Ricaraa express their deter
minatton to - follow- our advice and to "
remain at peace with the Mandana-and "
Mtnnetarees, whom they are desirous of
visiting; they slso wish to know
whether these natlona would permit the
Ricaraa to settle near them and form
league - against their common enemies,
the Sioux. On mentioning -this .to the '
Mandans they .agreed to it - obaerving
that-they always desired to cultivate
friendship with the Rlcsras, and that
tha Ahnahaways and Mlnnetareea have
tmt aame friendly views.
Mr. Gravellnes states that the 'band
pf Teton whom w had aeon was 'Well '
disposed to. as, owing to. the Isflusnce .
ot their chief, the Black Baffalo; but'
that ths three upper bands of Tetons, -with
the Slsatoona 1 and the Tanktena
of the north, mean- soon to- attaokv the
Indiana In .thla quarter with a' resolu-,
tlo to put to desth every white men,
they encounter. Moreover, thst Mr.
Cameron ef, St Peter has armed the
Sioux, agslnst the Chlppewaya, who have
lately put to death, three of. bis. men. -The
men. who had stolen bur- horses we ,
found to be ail Sioux, who.' After com
mining the outrage, -went to the Rlcare
villages, where they aald that they had
hesitated about killing our men - who -were
with the horses, but that -in fu
ture they would put to death any ef ue '
theycould, as we. were bsd medicines '
and deserved to be killed. . The Ricaraa .
were displeased at their conduct and1
refused to give 'them anything to eat -which
Js deemed the greatest act of hoe- .
tllity short ot actual violence, T '
XRsTIAn OV EISSlaTO. '
" . ft From the Chicago News. ?
- Mrs. Kendal, the London actrete, haa
favorqd a Leeds audience with an amas- -ing
disquisition on kissing. - Some ef her
dictoon the subject run: ' - -. ,
- Te ateat a kiss NaturaL . . -
To buy a kiss Stupid. ', .
To kiss one's si ate r-r- Profe i. . r ' (
' , To kiss one's wife An obligation. '
To kiss ugly people Shows devoted-
To kiss brushing young widow
Quits another thing.-' , .
To alas you mother-in-law A sacrl
floe ' .. '..-. .. ..
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