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.. .' i t. .... V3S--. w PORTLAND. OREGON. TT ft! ' ' I. I! 'jVi'-,. 1 - THE OREGON .DAILY AN tbCMOCMN fatlMh4 every evening ( except' , JAPAN AND RUSSIA; ' i 'TT LOOKS inthe dispatches M w I carry on the war much longer, bat must confess 1 "' JPtt Victor and entitled by the dread '.' arbitrament of war to dictate timi of peace. ;: i ,i'he . almost continuous victoriea of Japan since the '..,' war began' a Jittle over a year ago have cWstitutedan ' almost unexampled serieef military and natal successes, .albeit at tremendous cost .And the wonder of Japan's -. prqweas grows whctf we consider how recently it be '.came a nation of consequence outside of her own bor- 7-;dera.-' Such complete preparation, X of time, and such aapiency and skill v ' the contest to far we believe is not i annals. ' :. ' v.-. . : V", T'- i:: The Russians are brave and even v but their hearts and souls hare not :'iy K'e, as those of the little brown men have been, j Except for the demoralizing influence, of the bureaucracy, the sian-aoldicrt are individually, lit - who almost a hundred years ago poleon thatiie was mortal. But a ple among whom, as Castcllar once Said, every waiter, ;! barber, washerwoman,, merchant and banker, is a spy, 'taught to be suspicious of all others, cannot have the con T fidence in its leaders and rulers that is necessity to win irreat results. True, Russia has developed much in some ways since it sent an embassy for the land in the merry, monarch s time, of which delegation a writer said that they came dropping pearls and" vermin, -. but the character of its development has not been, such . as to give the people that moral courage, is welt as physical courage, essential to carrying on a life and , death struggle. .v:,;.1 - It . looks as if Russia would be badly worsted, and must pay heavily but the lesson may be worth the cost Russia will have to retire from Manchuria and abandon some of her long cherished schemes, but if she can re form her internal policy andenjoy-- long -period of ie iniy in te end be better 1 - present defeat- rr? rr f p-",:'"J '" ' It -was more necessary; for Japan to win than for Russia, for Japan's very, national jife was at stake, and T her.people all lealized this nd were splendidly prepared "for the life-and-death ' struggle. Henceforth,, with this - contest ended in her favor, Japan will be a world, power ,: of first importance in the orient though she, too, will -need a long period of peace for recuperation. ; ., "V FIRST CANDIDATES IN E ACH PAY is. bringing its political developments. Two petitions were iq circttlatioa today, one re questing Auditor Devlin to run for mayor and the other addressed to Mayor Williams, asking him to stand as a candidate for re-election, it is likely' .that both will entee the race and make a contest before the ""Republican "primaries for the nomination. There 'will , : doubtless be others who will make the same attempt : .Under , the . newUw. the. man who Is successful at the , primaries is given the absolute' right to use the name of the party which-nominates him. activity, too, in the Democratic ranks and while there is up to the present only .one avowed candidate in the field . there are many others mentioned and a number of them will undoubtedly attempt to secure the nomination.' ; ' . It it scarcely probable that the number will be lim . ited to one more Candidate and he put up by the inde pendent movement It is-only natural to suppose that . other candidates will be put in the field in the endeavor to split' Up the independent vote, some 'perhaps with hope of election, ; but most of them to indirectly aid the candidate the Republicans will nominate. , . ' The ideas of those who favor the independent move lament, are now pretty well defined,. They are not apt to , be taken in by any counter movement, the success of which would mean that the things for which Portland - now atands will be set aside. x It is sometimes very easy to fool the people, but this is not one of the times and -.it will be a hard job to prevent them from getting what , they want this year. - - ,-: i , . . " POLITICIANS YIELD RELUCTANTLY. HE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE is another one .that manifests a reluctance to obey the mandate of the people of that state in nomination law. This wasyoteupoav-byherpeteattaay respectrvely,"so tne last general election, and carried about 55 per cent of the total vote of k jo in favor of direct primary nominations, although a large fraction of the voters did not vote either way. But II ' linois"is yet to some extent in the grip of political bosses, especially' iU senators and some of the representatives in - f congress, and so the legislature, that is overwhelmingly ) Republican, refuses or neglects so far to carry out the mandate of the people and give them the required or requested law. ' But thewill get it after awhile, as will those of other states also, if they insist upon having it "' While there will, be political leaders and favorites, the. ', . days of the boss and the machine, as permanent and - -v fixed institutions, are drawing to a cf6sc The people 'V are gradually getting new ideas about public service, U'P and the obligations of officeholders to, them, and be '. coming enlightened at the same time as. to theia.own V .powers and duties as sovereign citizens. ; t ' ; sDiBos axon uv re. . . . From. -the Chicago, Tribune . Edison had been trying for months to Induco the officials to take up some . . :.. of bis Inventions, until they had begun ,' . to regard him aa a hore. He went to the main office one day M , and waa greeted by Dr. Green and the ether officials with sneering smiles. . fVr. Oreen said:. "Mr, Ed! son. we are unable to get Into communication with .'Albany, and a large amount of business t is in peril. I suppose that since you know more about telegraphy then all the rest of Us combined, you can locate 1 the difflcuny.'., j Whether Bdleon noticed the sneering j tone or not be quietly replied: "I can ' : locate it Inside of two or three hours. "-, . sir." Dr. Oreen and the -othera laughed t outright, one .of them saying: "Edison, ' you have now fully demonstrated that - - yon are a crank." : T Kdlsoa never smiled nor addressed a ( word to the speaker, but looked at Dr. i fraea and said; "If I locate this dlf fl- 'fcultyvlii two 0?' three hours will you - take up! my Inventions and give them ' . honest eonalderatlonr j -Yea, 1 will.", said Dr. Oreen; -"and 1 will do It If you succeed In two dsys." J It was a simple thing, and yet Edlsoa ' ) the only one who had the enmpre- ,hnlve mind to think of It Instantly. I Me did not tell them for many years - -afterwards how V he aocomplished - the . 1 feet, bot he did It Inside of one hour, t'dlson went to the mala offldea where he wss known ss sn expert eper- - -tor, and called Pittsburg. He asked INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ; BY JOURNAL PUBUSHINO CO. , j k Sunday J id irr Soaday memioi at streets, rauand,'. Oregon. ; ; OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND", it Russia could not A LL, IS NOT auently. reported counts are not Icilables, who are within the same space and valor throughout recorded in military 7 . ..:y:7 ' ., Intelligent soldiers, been in this strug remain, tractable descendants ot those at Eylau taught Wa nation of spies, a peo we know to just employes of our ovef there is partly first time to ng- in the near future, natives, or large ' -: '; w. nave pcen oft tor suiierag very little profit THE FIELD. There is considerable provided yoif are working people in utilised this by women, and he the Ships being street j They are Meals, are served and lunches are midday meal. The successfully, and regard to a primary clerks and other by a large majority, Thus does this the state being cast fort and under constantly increasing pressure. A pole to which by the rsrest good cident' With so believe that there as the one which moved. for the beat operator there, naming him, and then told the Pittsburg man to call up the best-mas -at Albany, and -direct him to telegraph down the line toward New Tork aa far as ha could, and report back to Edison ss soon as possible. Inside of an hour Edison bad this tele gram! . - .- . v i "'I oaa . telegraph all right ' down to within two miles of Poughkeepele, end there Is trouble with the wire there." Edison went back to the office of the president and gravely announced that If a train should be sent to Poughkeep sie with materials for the work they would And a break In the line just two miles .on the other side of Poughkeep ele, and could repair It that afternoon. ' They begged Mm to tell how be had found, It out, and he replied: "By knowing more about telegraphing than all of you put together, as Dr. Oreen has said." .. r v They located the break, repaired It and Dr. Oreen took up Edison's Inventions, That was Edison's great start la life.' ra nnssam soaoa. . " 'From the Plttaburg -Dispatch. The Zetnsky Bobor, which Is to alt In tents and purposes a Busslan national assembly representing all elassea pf the people, has never been abolished' by law, though It has remained In a state of Innocuous desuetude'' for more than two centuries, . One of them, In fact elected the first Romanoff emperor, and, moreover, made him promise that no laws should be made or chsnged. no taxes levied, no war declared and ao i-V , '' k ; -!' !' ; JOURNAL JNO. ?. CAMtOU. The Journal Buflding, PIMl m4 Vwnhfll ... - v 4.- . . ;." -. . ' IRREPRESSIBLE JPIUPINOS. ;'y'- harmony and serenity in oor far-off island possessions, outbreaks of more or , less magnitude in some of the provinces, being fre- or rumored, although the official ac very complete or dear, v These irrecon- classed officially as ladrones or outlaws, are apparently chronic malcontents, and indulge in torros of diabolical savagery which they Inflict upon otlier na tives who are friendly to our government, and especially upon those of such natives who spy and inform upon the "outlaws." TaJes of horrible barbarities perpetrated by these lawless natives are told, provirrg. If trufc that the "half savage, part of them has not been eradicated by our civilizing process. Many of the tamer natives are no doubt influenced by minor offices and other rewards to and to betray; the; outlaws, who resent wnat tbeyeonsider treacnery py tnese acts or vengeance. What .proportion of the natives of various provinces are ladronea-of-barbariansr-or in just whsrmannenhetr outlawry in general Is' manifested, -is not clear. Nor do what purposes the native tavorites or government are put. The government civil, partly military, and however far the conquering or Civilizing process nas been carriea, it seems that the natives are at enmity among themselves, some being at heart hostile to our government, while others are for one reason or another tractable. ; N ; AH this apparently furnishes' some support to the as sertion that the Filipinqs as a whole are not fit for self government nor even of receiving an assurance thereof and yet it is natural enough for the portions of them, to resent the anom alous form of government which without thei consent . ... . , mti . t maintaining over-men. ; intjr arc uu- jects without the rights of citizens, they doubtless have the natural love of humanity, for their native land and hatred for conquering invaders, and they believe that they could nave driven out tne Spaniards ana mat we played them false by fighting them instead of or in ad dition to the Spaniards. -- v ,-r- - So there is trouble and will contmue to be trouble over there, for years to come. Moreover our - govern ment mtist maintain a navy there at great expense and We recognize the difficulty of leaving the Fhiltppmea after "ihe . destruction of tne, spanisn fleet or of leaving the natives altogether to themselves since, but all the same the Philippines have been an on profitable portion of the white man's burden. .-r- w NOVEL WORKING PEOPLE'S HOTELS. " OHN-ARBUCKLE, a rich'and philanthropif mer- chant recently inserted the following notice in the ' " newspapers:' "$x8o per week, or 40 cents per day, board, and 'lodging for women. $50 per week, or 50 cents per day, board and lodging for men," and followed it by this descriptive anncruncemejif: Two short blocks from Twenty-third street, New- York' City. Good, substantial,- healthy, food; homelike cooking; comfortable, well-ventilated bedrooms, Targe, light, airy dining-room, parlor, smoking-room, reading-room ; piano, daily papers ancjjnonthly magazines for free use of guests. . The poorer you are, the more cheerfully, you will be received, respectable. '"V - ; , 4 "He had previously fitted up a steamer for the use. of tsking short excursions, and now he converting it into a hotel, for girls and bought another vessel for a men's hotel. moored, at - the . foot of Twenty-Third fitted ip with all hotel conveniences, and wul each accommodate several scores of people, at -the usual hours for working people, put up tor such as cannot return to tne holds are converted into staterooms, and are thoroughly ventilated, and can accommodate five persons each. Most of the girls earn about $6 week, some of them less, and the men $8 a week, and so can live in tolerable comfort within their means. The food furnished is sufficient and well cooked, and the "hotels axe self-sustaining. No questions are asked of guests, the only requirement being good "behavior and obedience to certain regulations. All lights must be out by 10 o clock, and no vulgarity is permitted. A special police man ia stationed in the vicinity, but he has not been kept busy. In brief, the experiment seems to have worked the factory and shop-girls and men Jabotefs - are living on 40 and $0 Tents" a far as food and lodging is concerned. rich merchant confer a positive benefit upon a considerable number of working people, without making them objects of charity, and ao has set a good example for othera in great cities to follow, in ways that will accomplish similar results, for in such places the problem of poor working people's living in tolerable com healthful conditions is becoming one of a guy wire was attached crashed to the street yesterdsy without warning and it was only fortune that no one met with an ac many poles in use it is only natural to are many others in the same condition fell at Sixth and Morrison streets yes terdsy. . , All of these poles should be inspected and those found in a dangerous condition should be at once re estates confiscated without the consent of the representatives of the people. , The Russian- national assembly dates from the time of Ivan the Terrible, who In IStt, and for merely selfish purposes, called aa assembly of ths local nobility, clergy, landholders, merchants - and others, to limit the powet of the Coun cil of fioyars, whose power threatened his own. It passed upon, the question of continuing the war with Poland. Again, In ItSS, when, the line of Rurik became extinct t. the Zemsky Bobor elected the first .Romanoff emperor, under whom and ills immediate succes sors it dealt with the questions of warl w , pvacs, - euroinerciBi policy and the putting, down of rebellions. The last flabor waa called in HIS. to try" the Princess Cophla, who had arrived at the throne during. the absepee of peter the Oreat In western Europe. ' In this as sembly all classes of the people were represented. i From -the Chicago Journal. i' Impecunious. Actor But sir, I'm quite broke. I must havs my salary. I neod the money, . ., -,Buslness Manager Now. Mr. Booth. don'f you know handling money breeds disease through germs? ,, . Impecunious Actor Possibly.' Tet the last piece of money I handled last month was quite harmless, and I am willing to run the ohancea once more, , i. 1 , ' Timber: land hotlees becoming scarce in up-valley , Oewnpapers. , 1 ,"'. '''- ",-, j. fl"'.r- iv.v. f Small Change j '( Oood weather te eleaa up. ' Tls al a hot spell la the Vicinity et Th Devalopraant lea rut should Ao a lot or good work thla ysr. ' Ntldrlnghaua aaama to b the Xuro- paUUa or H laaoerl Republicans, t A' atrlke 1 not one of the enjoyable features out at the fair ground. Perhaps the March Hon will make his roaring sspwruw on at Patrtok'a day. ' Tho man who nezlecta to vote should not complain ebout official dellnauenoie. A Gradually " all the ' taUphona wlrea should bo put under, ground, sad, the The polltloai situation In thla city and county la likely, to. be mueh mixed uiia ymr sua nexu t , .,. ' Russia seems to be having an oppor tunity to learn that a bad situation can ateadtly grow worse. '..tV'."-...; . That horrible hole at the head of aiaer Bxroet wui 00 ruiea up some year. we jiope, sue we tnar not tais easy If lira.' Chadwick s ll.B80.oee In Belsiura. it la mora than an even ehanoe that old King Leopold wUl atUch tt to nia pua. ; ..-..v.. -' :"i Tho Kansas legislature defeated a bill prohibiting members from riding on railroad passes. This waa entirely too raoioai a rerorm lor mem. . A . The lynehlng habit aeema to be tfytna out down south, where only four, negroee nave been lynched In four months. Jtay we reoora atui improve. ... The president has been - Invited to hunt bears la , New Jersey. Probably some nulls coukl also be scared up la tne wilds or tht trust-chartering com' moaweeltb ;. 5. V i i Former Senator Chandler thinks the senate's disregard of the peopls'a Inter ests wtU result In the election of Bryan In 1I0S. but s far tho senate' seems not scared at the prediction. The ' Bclo News thinks that Dr. Wlthyegmbe should remember the fate er sir.' Furnish, and postpone his ambl tloos designs for four years mora, when Chamberlain wm be out of the race. 'The last Issue of the Chemawa American, published by ths Indian pupils, waa finely Illustrated, and other wise exceptionally Interesting. Chemawa navina- lust celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. If tho state should, have a rot of trouble and expense over the appropria tions zor stale institutions, - the fault will lie en tho shoulders of ths ' laa-is. iature rather tnaa oa those of -the tax payers who Invoke the referendum. The county assessors should make a rood Job of taking the eensus this year, thoagb the law requiring a eensus Is antiquated and insufficient. ' But the rtste's population and some -other In teresting facts can at least be rather accurately ascertained. -'mi t, ,.- , ( It Is a fins thing for defeated sena tors tq have a friend in the president wno nag zat erriciai -plums for dlstrl button. Quarlea. for example, rets Wisconsin Judgeship, perhaps beaaose he has been a senator rather than be cause he la a good man for that posi tion. ' -. , Oregon SidcKglits Caa't it rain? More hops around Hillsbore. ' ' ; f eaSBBSSBBaBBasai Hillsbore board ,ef trade ryvlved. T. Coos Bay creamery has a new leader, New school song books at BaUatoa, Farmers Ing. around Sheridan all plow- Coadoa hat tag ta. Is becoming a -dally - a bigger and .,. , Waahlngton Forthcoming crops coujity all .right yet la Another big private Irrigation ditch along the John Day river. . 'Canby , Is Improvlnc rsoldlv." de clares a correspond sat of the Aurora Borealls. . , . . ... ,. . Croeva blossoms out for a week naat Also pussy willows. . Proof before na ture's court of spring. , ( The . Mitehelt Sentinel reports mud plentiful around Mountain creek. We believe this is the truth.,. , ,.. , The Tillamook V. B. church has a rustling band of willing workers. Most of us work unwillingly. . . The Chewaucan marsh was burnlna all last week. At one time the Are had a five-mile front and most all the tulss were burned. . . ',, There has beea. eonslderabls talk of oil In the Ontario country, but ao far no Important, discoveries have been made. On the first of the month ar rangements were made for the sinking ef three wells, and aa there are : very good indications of oil it will not be surprising If a good oil. field will be A Union county ferraer has the fol lowing notice upi "Huhters, Take No tlee: Hunt all you d n please and when you hear the horn blow come to the house to dinner. If you accidentally kill a cow. skin her and hang the hide in the barn. .1 If the quails are scarce kill a chicken' or two and If you oan't get any squirrels kill a hog. 7 Near Clstekanle la a ' tree stumo" IS feet high and II feet In diameter, and the owner or the land has metamor phosed it Into a comfortable abiding place for his 'horse, cow, chicken, eta The grand old. trunk has been roofed and windows and doors provided , for light and ventilation, so thst It makes a comfortable barn and stable. . The Echo . News thus .addressee one of that town's eouncllmen, calling him by name: wnr don't you resign 7 Tou have had ample time to do this. Tou are no benefit as aldermsn. In fact you sre not wanted In the position at all.' Tour absence would not be missed. Tou would -confer a favor upon- your Vrel low cltlsens U you would hand la your feaiguauoa,, ;.? ,..;. ":t .Tkrj Russian, 1 CzarY Soliloquy : Some extracts from Mark Twain's ar ticle In the March North American Re view. ,v After the esar'e morning bath It Is his habit to meditate an hour before dress ing himself. Lohdon Times Ooyre spondence. -i ,".. . . . (Viewing himself In the pler-glasa.J naaea. wnat am 17 A tana, saiany, spider-legged libel on the image of God Look' at the waxwork head the face, with ths expression of' a- melon the projecting ears the knotted Vlbows the dished breast ths, knife-edged shins aad then the feet all beads and Joints and bone-sprays, aa Imitation X-ray photograph I , There Is nothing Imperial about this." nothing Imposing, Impressive, nothing ta Invoke awe and reverence. la It. thia that 140,000,004 Russians kiss the dust before and wor ship?" Manifestly noil No one could worship thla - spectacle, -which is - Me. Then who is It what Is tt that they worship T Privately, none knows better than Ii it Is my clothes. ' Without my clothes I should be as destitute of au thority as any other naked person. No body could tell me from a parson, a bar ber.', a dude. Then who is the real emperor af Russia T My clothes. There is no other. .. TKIeex-anotber artificiality are part ef hla clothing.- They and the dry goods conceal the wearer's Inferiority and make him' seem great and a won der, when at bottom there la nothing remarkable about him. . Tney ean move a nation to fall on Its knees and sin oerely worship an emperor who without the clothes and the .title would drop to the rank of tne cobbler and be awai lowed up and lost sight of In the massed 'multitude of the, InconaequShttais; an emneror who. naked In a naked world, would get no notice, excite no remark, and be heedlessly shouldered aad Jostled like any other uncertified-stranger, and perhaps offered a kopek to carry some body's gripsack; yet an emperor who, by the sheer might of those artificiali ties clothe and a tltls can get him self worahiDoed as a deity by his people. and at bis pleasure and unrebuked can exOe them, bunt them, harry them, de stroy them. Just as he would with so many rata' If the accident of birth had furnished "him a calling .better suited to hla mhaeltiea than em Bering. (Aner a auenoaj a curious in- tlon. an unaccountable invention the human race! The swarming Russian millions have for eecturlee meekly-al lowed our family to rob them, msuu them, trample them under foot while they lived aad suffered aad died with no Duroose and no function but to make that,famUyoamfortablet;-These with clothes and a religion. A horse with the' strength of ISO men will let one man beat htm. starve mm, orive him; the Busslan millions allow a mere handful of soldiers to hold them In slaverv-aad these very soldiers : are their own sons and brothers I Laws are merely - restraints iney have no other function.' In civilised countries they restrain all persons, and restrain them all alike, wnicn is fair and -right sous; but la Russia such laws as exlat make an exception ue family. we, do as wo please; we neve done as we pleased 'for centuries. Our 'common trade haa bean crime, our common pas time murder, our . eommon beverage Mood the blood of the nation. UpoaJ our heads lie millions' ef murders. Tet the pioua moralist says it is a crime 10 assasstnats us. We and nor uncles arc a family of cobras Set over J4S,eO0,O09 rabbits, whom we torture and murder and feed upon art oUr days; yet tho In oral 1st nrgee that t kill us Is a crime. not a duty. . 1 - - There are is.oee.eee r amines ja rus sla.- There Is a man-child at every mother's knee. If these were 11,000,009 patriotic . mothers t they would teach these -man-children dally, saying:- - Re member, this, take it to heart live by It die for it if necessary: that our patriotism Is mediaevat outworn, obso lete t that the modern patriotism, the only rational patriotism, la loyalty to nation all tne time, loyally to With 21.000,000 taught and trained pat riots In ths land a generation from now. my successor would think twice before he would butcher 1,000 helpless poor petitioners humbly begging for his kindness and Justice, as t did the other dav. Reflective pause., weu. pernaps.i hsve been affected by these depressing newsnaoer clippings which I found under my pillow. I will read aad pon der them again..,' ' , . OaVB. From the New Tork Bun. H. Rider Haggard, who haa created and nooulated many fairy lands. Is here on a mission which baa for its object the population of. real lands with real neonle. . He baa Been aaaea ny me British colonial flics te visit ths Sal' vatlon Army settlements In this coun try and make aa exnaustive u report thereeiu . . , " 1 Mr. Haggard, who arrived yesterday en the Teutonic, waa met at ths pier by Colonel H! sains ef the Salvation Army and Colonel Haggard, brother of the novelist who Is a keen Sportsman and has been up in Maine for several months. Mr. Haggard la accompanied by hla daughter. He m a tali, long armed, rather raw-Donea man, who a dark brown beard and a shrewd face. conveying the impression of much en ergy of the restless. Impulsive sort. Olva him a Yankee twang, and he'll pass for a prosperous western farmer, HIS last Dooa. -nnnu r,iinna, which he describee aa "an enormously big book, of 1.100 pages. Je devoted, to agricultural conditions In England, and thus to some extent relates to the topic he le here to study. He, starta on hie tour of Investigation tomorrow and-will visit the Salvation Army .settlements at Fort Rommle. CaL rort Amity, uoio., and Harrlck, Ohio. He will also, go to PhlladelDhia and look into tne cuitwa tlon of the vacant lots in the outskirts of thst city. Then be wu ge to wasn- ingrton. ,. ,f v .'.,; . .". i-.r;'- "Owing ' to the agricultural depres sion in England..-whioh began In 1ITI and has grown mora acute from year) to year," said Mr.i Haggara last .evening, "there has been a great mtgrStton from the rural districts to the cities. Farm ing people leave , the country because their condition there Is well nigh hope less. The farm laborer gets -IS snlllings (I4)'.a week. That u the beet he cap do. That represents the climax ef hla pros perity in his most productive years. He cannot hope to advance. He cannot hope to become a farmer, much less a land owner. So he goes to the City, thinking to-better himself. ! ' Well, he doesn't More -often than not be merely add another unit to the sum total of city poverty and unhap plness. The cities are swarming 'with unfortunate df this type? and with un fortunates recruited from ajjier groups for whom the country hss nothing (to give, ."k . - "Now, there Is plenty of unoccupied Isnd in the world lead whereon many thousands of prop", could they but 'be ! - ,Uelpe4 a UtUe at the, alert would work out for thenuelvaa and for those depend ent upon them lives wherein there might be ooauort sod sunshine for themselves and benefit to the world from their In dustry. That In a general way. states the situation.. " " "The government waa kind enough to Invite me to make, this study f tns sal vation -Army settlements In America, and I am. a-lad of the onnortunlty. - The work done by the Salvattpa'Army le of immense value, ( apeak,-or course, u its general work, and not ef Its farm settlement work for. about that, as yet ,1 know nothing. , That is what I em here to try and Inform, myself about There is one Salvation Army settlement la. England In Essex, to' be sure and I am told it Is doing g"od work. I am told, also, that the settlements here are doing good work. I shall know more epeclflearly about that when sty. labors frlMW ,M MM, - ' "So far aa I know, there is no re liglous test necessary to admission to the Salvation Army farm settlements. All that is required is decent living. They help the poor from the cities to get to the farms; help them to start their farm work, and put them in a way to par. back what haa been advanced to them, and ultimately to become tne own era of the land .they till.". . f . ii I, ' W anted A Man j From- the Philadelphia Worth American. 1 Philadelphia wants a ; She wanta htm badly, because she Deeds him. She wants him Just aa soon as she can get him. She ' lan't particular about height Weight or looks, exoeot she wants biml'" " ,n.V. mv n any. high in principle, strong in courage and straight faoed. She doesn't cere whether he . le ; a ? descendant vfrom Benjamin Franklin or aa ascendant from some back -alley. Just so be Is honest Clean, reariesa ana just. - ... ; ... - But she wants a, man a being with some regard for right and decency and fair play, who doesn't wear pockets in his clothes and ean see a red light when It's, swung la tho middle of the . road. She doesn't want man who makes promises, buttons who makes good. It doesnt make a bit of dlfferenoe whether or not he wears a long ooat and teaches Sunday - school, or even whether be la a a enrolled member "of any church, ao long aa he respects truth and the com men interests of his fellow - men and women. He must' kno w how" to sweep and scour. He must know the difference between .graft and honest gain. -He must be bla own boss, -x. ' v e - He . ought to-)' be an. honored and efficient cltlsen, - old enough to - know fraud from fact aad capable of making Othera know that he knowi It He ought tone enough, of a true Christian ta for get the dollar-mark for a few years and devote his time and energy to the betterment of conditions' that-are-dally growing more corrupt. He ought to oome without being called new that he's needed..-' ..... .. ' ., Phlladelnhia wants a man. v V She wants' soma one like Israel W. Durham, who will organise his forces so that they nevur stop working night or any, .year in and year, 'out only she wanta the likeness to stoo here. She wants some one Ilka Israel W, Durham. ' who can aay to this man do "lis, and e doetb 1U and to that one, so, and -he goeth only . she wsnts the uxness to atop,' .here. . ; -, v She wants, some one Ilka- Israel "VT. Durham, who can bring out every vote. poBsioie on election oay oniy sne want mm to nring pus tne lawful vote! She waata some one like Israel W. Durham, who will be looked u to and respected and trusted only she wants tais respect and regard, and trust to come from the decent members of the community. . Is there such a mant NoWs ths lime for hint to come forth. The people are pretty well worked un. tney neen is a man to lead tnem. wnero is me many , Philadelphia wants .hlmvr'.ilf; xurrow AaAXsrsr stooiox.t. --r r rvm am BsnngneiQ- KevuDliean.T . It haa come to be a pretty aenersllr accepted theory among the wealthy and powerrui or tnia country, as elsewhere a- theory Inherited from other times ar political . Institutions or social . states tnat tns masses of the people caa be made contented and tolerant ef any con ditions regarding th distribution of ths Industrial product provided - they- are kept fairly -well employed at waawa yielding a toieraoie livelihood, it hard times come, then there may., be trou- ble-But as-long-as there ensues prosperity yielding a large surplus above the bare eost of maintaining the physi cal life. It matters not now far this le poured superfluously into the Dockets or (no row. - ., Therefore ia It that the present out burst of Industrially revolutionary sen timent in the west and in ths midst of a great material prosperity, eoiueo as a surprise, an Inexplicable phenomenon, te many people who look ever the coun try from ths Wall street viewpoint Thst tbe people or that section,- If ef no other. are thoroughly aroused over the aggres sions or syndicated wealth, appears to admit of no question. It is not Kansas alone which has Plunged Into a social istic method of breaking tbe power of tne Standard Oil monopoly. Iowa. Colo. rado. Texas, Missouri and Arkansas are proposing similar measures. " Telegrams nave been received at .the Kansas capital rrom legislators or no leas than 1? west ern states asking for copies ef the state oil rennery law. Here la where Presi dent Roosevelt id making himself a pop ular idol by hia stand for government control ef railroad rates. Here is where he is being mightily socialised as the man of tho hour- ror what little has been attempted te break up tbe beef combination -and bring - about., federal regulation .of the Interstste trusta Equally significant of a ripening public sentiment sgainst the power of monop olistic capital are the speeches made at the merchants' club banquet In Chicago Saturday .night, where the Democratic governor of Minnesota talked strongly In favor of .radical policies of 'trust re straint -"Mot since the days leading up ta the abolition of slavery has there been such a political awakening In city, stats ann nation as at tne present time." said the Democratic Governor Johnson. "Competition or socialism, which T" was ths subject of the Republlcarr-Oovernor cummins, who declared that as competl tlon waa suppressed through private mo nopoly, adcialism must a-row.- - - This is sll very disturbing to the theory or popular contentment under any Indus trial conditions, provided the people ere rainy weii employed.. From the Galveston Dally Mew: The one thing in the way Is the dan ger that must come ta Russia aa the re sult .of unqualified defeat Peace would surely be Sol lowed by reconstruction. Without reoonstruetton. to conclude hos tilities as matters now stand, would hu miliate her before the other powers, im pair the prestige of Russian srms. end chill the spirit ef her fighting forces without starting -the country on . the road to sound nabUlUtlon, . , : t ' .my.) and America (From-1 a Report by United States JCeu ; sul-Oeneral Mason. Berlin.) ,. ,. . . The throng of German engineers, me chanics, scientists, educators, mere ban ta end manufacturers who Went to America during the past summer,, not only -to see the Louisiana Purchase exposition but- to travel over ths United States and' examine, with expert Intelligence the de tells of American railway management and our agricultural, and - Industrial methods, sre now returning and relating to their neighbors and colleagues what they have " seen.':;.-- U.'ty 5. 1 ... . One oaa hardly take up a German, newspaper without finding a more or less extended report of what Some oiia of these clever observere had found end learned in he United States, and haa related to bis verela or local cham ber of commerce, with - hla comments and conclusions as to what it all means te Germany. ' 1 - ,v. The ' general ton of these reporta ' la distinctly reassuring tj the " hearcie before whom they have been delivered.. While admitting freely the boundless tb- ' sources or our country,, the energy, o- aueirjr anqiunaurnsssra .-. mechanical skill of the people, the superiority of our factory system, - the .' speed ana cheapness of rsll transportation, ant the restless, progressive spirit 'which ia ' siways looxiug ror a new and better machine or method than the one already in use.' the German' exDerts find, or fZrS'r unlesa reformed, will continue to weak en our country's grasp upon Interna tional trade and promote tbe interests of competing nations, ?' ' There Is, say these critics, a pervad ing ignorance and indifference ' about everything outside the. United Status - that from the Germed standpoint, -will .. be, unlesa corrected, a serious handicap ' in .our quest for foreign trade, .' Thd careless confidence with which agents and salesmen are sent abroad, with no special preparation , and with ho knowl edge pf any language but their own, t4 do business In. countries .'where only a inning percentage or tne population un derstands English, strikes these careful," methodical European experts as amaa-v. . The' meag-renesa of 'technical educe' tlon, the-trlfllng-annual .contingent .,. chemists, - engineers, educated dyers, wearers - and electricians, aa compared -with the throng of lawyers, physicians, dentists and unspeciallsed : graduates, turned out by our colleges and univer sities, seems to. them shortsighted, and . improvident .' ' ' ' ' But most surprising - of all appeared to the German visitors the absence of any adequate -system of special educa tion for commerce, banking and foreign - trade. They consider ' bur so-called . commercial colleges, where , young', men - with a district or grammar school edu cation are . rushed - through a three, months' course of bookkeeping eni commercial -usages, aa little better 'taaa a farce' ..:, vv. . .... ! tV-. One of the visitors. Stadrath and - professor of commercial ethics, talked with- some of the students of such an Institution to, one of the eastern cities. aad was surprised at their limited and superflcUl. knowledge, , their . Ignorance ef-ungusgea and pearly. everything else AiitaU., h. . 1 'ml , . fi.AM t.l. , Cheerful' confidence that their-1,0 weeks at. the roollega" would, equip ,lhem Jor success anywhere., r , r '-, - aaey note also the enormous disparity ' oerween American and European wages, the high rates charged by express com panies and the. general heavy coat of handling business In the United States. and oonclude that on the. whole ' the American danger"., has ..been greatly exaggerated. ti '.i,.ij.... .4 j March Si The morning cloudy and' cool, the wind from the north. The grand chief of the Mlnnetareea, who la called by the French LeBorgne, from hla having but one eye, came down for the first time to the fort'- He was received with much attention, two guns . were fired in honor of his arrival.. the eurloel- tlea were exhibited to him, and aa he said that- ha had not received the pres ents which wV hsd sent bint- en his., ar- . rival, we again nave htm a flag, a meant shirt 'arm braces, and the ususl present on such occasions, -with', all which he , was much pleased. , In the course of the conversation tba . chief observed . that - some foolish young men ef bis nation had told him there wss a person smong us who waa quite black, and he wishe.1 to know If it ' eould be -true. We as sured blm that It was true, and sent for Tork. .. The Borgne waa vary much sur ¬ prised at his appearance, examined him closely, spit on his linger and rubbed the skin In order te wash off the" paint; .nor was It until the negro, uncovered his head, and showed his .short hair, that . ths Borgne eould be persuaded that -he-, waa not a painted whUe man. . . ? , . . rOUC BBVOATZS MXBMOVWlkXn From the New Tork Prsss. Early tn her husband's official career-.-! Mrs. Joseph Wlngate Folk, wife nf Mis- sourl'sasw governor,-. has to settle a ' momentous question what St. Louis so-,'' clety shall wear 'for the afternoon, part ' ef the "Parsifal" performance. The Mis-. sourlans haven't got over their astonish .. ment st the Idea of going to the theatre, r seeing part of a play, taking- a couple of hours off for dinner and going berk for" an evening session. . It seems a din- . Jointed Idea to them." and the most fash- lonable women In town are pussled about ' -their frocks. .They" can't- tell whether they ought to go ia. street frock 'and content themselves therewith until the curtain's final fall toward midnight, or commit the solecism of wearing even- 'i Ing dress tn the afternoon thst they i may be clad properly for the 'night' end 1 of "the show."... (Everything from grand ? opera to vaudeville Is a "show" in Mis- ; sourt) Mra Folk, who is a traveled ' woman and familiar with social usage ' as practiced Irt eultlvated centres, doubt- , lea will instruct the St. . Loulsens to , copy New York; Instead, Of following In tne rooiateps or. - oemgntea Chlg.i, where even Mra Preston Oibson sni ' young "Dickie" Crane admitted thev V had no Idea how they ought to dresa for'' the long and interrupted performance. .- -f,v ; Ve Oarbage te. Parle. ' From the Chicago Tribune. - The great city of Paris hss tio aarfe. age to dispose ef and that the most ex pensivs and luxurious tables in hotels. , restaurants snd private houses syste- ' matically supply viands to dining-rooms ' and kitchens of a grade lower than their own, snd those of the second grade to third, end so on until the nourishment ' of the City la tapped, sapned. boiled and broiled out ef everything that haa a fiber er amorphous pasta in Its eom- , position. This is ia Illustration of the ' .possible economics efe great cltjjc, Lewis1 and Clark ...... ... ...fc... 1 1 ...'." v ; f .'"'X' ; V''; 1
