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THE OR EGO N DA I L Y JO URN A L
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'C . JACKSON
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Published every evening- (except Sunday ) and every Sunday x morning- at
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RESPONSIBILITY IN THE LAND FRAUD
" :; -y vf PROSECUTIONS. A
'.$, A CCORDIKG to our Washington correspondent the
- JLV president has demanded that the secretary of the
r interior and the attorney general must make good
i ,'in their case against the Oregon men charged with land
fraud, otherwise he will hold them
"" Bible.- Thi should follow as a matter of course.: The
resources of the government have been placed at their
; command and back of them has stood thi president him
self with all the moral support he could give.. That un
der the -circumstances he should demand results at the
forthcoming trials .is in.no way surprising; it would oc
'casion much more surprise if he did not- In the investi
".' gatiojW the small fry have simply been incidents in the
.progress; what was aimed at . were the big vfish who
'. ...".....ll.. - - 1Uinr thi II, ,1- l,11r,iva in the lurch trt
- UHU.ilJ V..V.L( I.. A f ... - - V
: near vne orunt 01 tneir misaoings,
7? There has Tbeen i rid lack of courage
government officials in charge of
- they have stopped short at no point where the mvesti
; 'nations logically led and they have attempts to shield
no' man no matter how high placed. But-this alone is
- .not' enough. Not only, the president, but the public
must be furnished the justification for the steps that have
teen taken. This is now the work before the prosecu
tor. Thev no doubt fullv realize the Gravity of what is
before them and it may be said in their behalf that they'
" have -succeeded so far in unearthing a mass of crooked
.dealings that has scarcely been suspected by the general
'public The date of the triads is approaching; it is in
jibe court room that the final test must be applied.-:: It' is
not likely that the government has shown it full hand
In any direction and It is more than probable that there
ere, still revelations' to comer But these must be waited
kor until the trials come. Meantime the public desires to
no innocent man convicted, but on the other hand it
desires to see no guilty man escape. -So that after all
it may be said if there, are responsibilities on the shoul
ders of the government there is still some weight rest
ing upon the shoulders of those who are now in the toils
f the government's agents. ; -7, :'u
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NOW FOR UP-RIVER TRANSPORTATION.
kHE PORTAGE ROAD will coon
ness and it behooves the
oarticularlv benefited bv it to
.'river transportation above Celilo or offer such induce:
.'ments to those engaged in it that they will furnish it.
The state-is doing its part; it will provide all the relief
that was promised in independent transportation facili
ties from Celilo falls to the Big Eddy. Below that point
the question of river transportation will present no ob
stacles. ; It is the problem of river transportation above
the fall which- now- confronts the peopled and it is with
this that they , should immediately grapple. That the
JWsiness will pay there-fs-not'the" least doubt.': From
ftJmatilra' to Celilo, a distance of 87 miles, there will be
enough traffic to keep several boats busy. The natural
. transportation route for a large part
, on the Washington side is the river,
communication this traffic would be
Oregon side besides wool, grain
there will be merchandise of all kinds to transport An
examination of the railroad tariffs east of Celilo will
furnish convincing proof of the profit in the business
even at , greatly reduced rates. .. . " . - ; . .. ; j
'. FromvCelilo to Lewis ton is about27S miles. The
country, tributary to the Snake could furnish enough traf
fic to swamp a big fleet of steamers. The problem is
therefore now in the hands of the producers to get low
-rates if . they Visit-them. -The " portage railway will be
able to handle a large volume of freight from the start
and from its western terminal there will be no lack -of
transportation facilities. Associations of shippers should
-at once 'be organized, committees appointed to see the
transportation people and no effort should be spared1 to
get the boats on the river this summer. The Open River
association, which has already shown its capacity for do
ing things, will doubtless dp everything in its power to
aid .this movement, but it should have hearty co-operation
from Lewiston to the sea to crown the movement with
complete success. The time to start the work is now.
The work on the portage road has convinced the people
that those -who help themselves are best served. That
lesson should be taken to heart and nothing left undone
to effectually supplement the work that has already been
-done and thus make of the whole movement the complete
success that was originally predicted for it. .
THE NEXT. .ANNIVERSARY
'E ARE SO BUSY about our
open, that we have no time nor "is there occa
sion yet to think much about the next anni
versary exposition, yet for. it we should feel a very
kindly sympathy-and a cordial good -will. It will be
, hId two years hence near Jamestown, Vs., the first
permanent settlement of that colony. While we are
celebrating only the one hundredth anniversary .of the
discovery, in one sense, of the Oregon country, James-
" town and Virginia will celebrate the three hundredth
anniversary of their birth. '
.' In 1607, two years before Henry Hudson discovered
Manhattan island, crowded now with a portion of Amer
ica's metropolis. Captain John Smith and his little band
of adventurers planted corn on a bank of the James river,
and erected a stockade to defend the future settlement
"and city.' .The island on which John , Smith1 made his
first settlement has been mostly washed away and but one
family resides on it though the ruins of the church in
which he is reputed to have worshipped are to be seen,
zsiiori BAB TBvamT.
7 Victor Bnilth, in NewTork Pri. i
k Tweijty years ago I iipent several
hours one day with JXhnmna A. Edison
in the? original office of his company,
financiered tr Mr. Johnson, at Fifth
venue snd Thirteenth streets . lie was
Juwt then beginning to reap some of the
rewards of his genius, for practical m-n
had taken him up. His desfnens was
painful to those who conversed with
him. He listened through sn spparstus
Of his own Invention, small metal box
bout by IH by H Inches, perfo
rated on one side with. quarter-Inch
holes .and having at one , end a '.tub
which - oould be inserted Into the ear.
This queer contraption he held so close
that the perforations faced the spesker.
1 never learned whst the rontenta of the
pox were. If memory is not at frfiHthfc
Inventor applied the Instrument to -the
right eer.
'xMeaaeaes la s Meteorite. -
'in a mess of meteoric, stone Professor
Moiasan. the eelebrated French physicist,
has discovered a number of diamonds of
mlerosonpM dimensions, but of regular
worm ana perien waics - .
-PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
and the exposition
river on Hampton
priated $.200,000
government will
personally respon
ours.' But as a
at Plymouth, the
, It is doubtful if
region of "America
between Richmond
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mansions are still
,
on . the part of the
these "investigations;
this ancieht town
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b ready for busi
people who will be
provide means of
While much
of this state and
'of Klickitat county
ernment the canal
and with regular
large- From the
and other, products-
EXPOSITION."
own fair, soon to
BATES BT AKZKICAir CAKTAX
fWere there no United States, would
English society he sol vent V. asks "Mar
maduke" In the London, Graphic. That
question has never yet been asked or
examined. Several millions have been
brought Into our society during the last
40 years by American heiresses, and an
enormous sum "has been received In ex
change for land, paintings, engravings,
old furniture, works of art, Jewels, plate
snd books, "Moreover. American capltsl
has been Invested In this country mostly
through the intervention of titled Eng
lishmen, who, of course, have generally
benefited by the transaction. " Probably
one hundred millions have come to the
west end through these vsrlous transac
tions. Would the west snd havs been
bankrupt had that suns not been procur
able? - . - - -A-.- , .,
I , Os tke Warpath.
From the Indianapolis News.
''The fsct that the OsAge Indians hsve
slso tsken the warpath - agalaattbe
Htandard In Kansas gives additional evi
dence of the strrnuouftness the scalp
dance Is tsklng oh. Johndee may find
thst hldness is sometimes a blessing,'
aftr all. - - - . . ;( ..
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and Yamhill
wQl be held near the mouth of the
Roads, Virginia has already appro
and other states and jpexbsps the federal
participate. .1
- As our exposition will nof compare in- size and cost
with the St. Louis and Chicago fairs, so the Jamestown
exposition will probably, not be on so great a scale a
great many eastern people will come
here more-to see, our country than the fair, so will s
great many western people go to Jamestown in 1907 to
view one: of the birth places of the republic, if jmch an
expression be allowable. For at Jamestown, as well as
nation had a beginning.
more history has been made in any
than along the bank of the James
and 'Hampton Roads. There the
colonists', laid, at the usual cost,. the foundations, tnd
there many colonial relics are to be seen, and colonial
standing. .From Virginia came-some
of the leaders and many of the soldiers of the revolution.
And for tour years Virginia was ground between the
northern and southern millstones. Not far distant from
in American annals is -Appomattox,
where one great general perforce gave up'the Lost Cause
to the great, Captain of the north. , - r-- .
, Jamestown i now but a small place and the James
is the highway for comparatively few craft, but two years
hence the scene will be changed for a time, for a great
many Americans will flock thither, and thus will revive
memories not of what they knew but 6f what in the his-totiev-and
stories-they have read. - "
T , REALIZING OH ITS ENTERPRISE. ' ,
IF THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE to warrant the
-expenditure for the portage road it would be com-
pletely justified - by the assurance which it gives
that, the canal .between Celilo falls and the Big Eddy
is now-assured arU in" such reasonable time as the work
vigorously prosecuted ' can be completed. Chairman
Burton has laid down the rule from which he will not
vary, that the rivers and. harbors committee will not
stand back of any project, unless it is national in its
character like harbor work.-until the community bene-',
fited has .shown its good" faith by its works.' His firm
ness in upholding the rule is well illustrated by the case
Of the Delaware rryer for whose improvement . an appropriation-was
opposed, even though it was. demanded
by the solid Pennsylvania delegation led by the sena
tors and Mr. Dalzell, one of the Republican leaders -of
the house, on the sole ground that the people of Phila
delphia anlTTennsylvania must first show their good
faith by pending-some of their own money to accom
plish the purposes which they asked the federal gov
ernment to shoulder single handed. '
credit " is due ""Congressman Williamson
Congressman Jones of Washington for
secur in if" th e a pproprii tlprLlwaichiinean-the-ultrfnate;
completion' orthe enterprise at a' cost of $4,000,000 or
more, the case which they had to present was made im
pregnable by the money which the people of the state
had so freely spent 4n securing free of cost to the gov
right 01 way and in. spending the
money to build a portage road to serve the purpose of
temporary relief. ,'No state in the onion, with the possi
ble exception of New"Ybrk, has done so much in pro
portion to its- population to build, foster and maintain
public enterprises. JNOt to speax 01 smauer projects, tne
locks and canal at Oregon City, the work on the Wil
lamette and lower Columbia," the right of way for the
canal and the portage road, together represent a vast sum
of money. Henceforth we are to reap the advantages of
these expenditures, for our faith, having been shown, we
are under every rule of equity entitled to the appro
priations that are now to follow. ;
RUSSIA WILL HAVE TO LEARN.
RUSSIA will make no peace until she has won a
great victory. Her "honor", is at stake. Better
the death of hundreds of thousands of men and
the woe of millions of women and children than sur
render without saving honor by winning a victory.
' But how. win a victory? "Another army," answers
Grand Duke Vladimir. But suppose while you are send
ing another army the mikado sends one? It seems that
he can so far send forth as many soldiers as the Rus
sians can, and-he is not yet at the end of his re
sources. Then they meet, and judging the future by
the past, still another Russian army would be neces
sary next year, perhaps this. t
.But is it safe to -send out another army? " This is to
be thought of. In hi vast domains the czar has soldiers
enough for another army, and perhaps still another, but
can they be spared? Are they not needed to keep down
the roaring, raging flames of actual revolution at home?
The Russian government must not only fight Japan but
it is now practically at war with its own people. If the
people everywhere are uprising or threatening to up
rise, and when every city is thronged with soldiers to
keep the peace, what 'would they do if the soldiers
were withdrawn and sent far out of Russia?
. The czar has promised some kind of a parliament, but
his concession hits come too late. The people, if he
continues the war and sends another army, will take not
what he offers but what they want. And one thing they
want, no doubt, is the radical, alteration if not the de
struction of the Russian government. Or if most of them,
do not yet think so far, there are many who do, and the
people are quick to learn revolution. 1
The czar will propose no peace to Japan Ere long
the Russian people will propose no terms of peace to
him. Then will, such hell break, loose as has not been
seen in eastern Europe since the times that Sinkiewicz
tells of. " ' .' -
BOOBOMT OV BBAT ABB XBAXTX.
' r From the Chicago Tribune, t
The average humidity In artificially
heated houses Is about 30 degrees, the
average temperature 14 aegrees. It has
been found by conclusive testa that a
room with a humidity of SO degrees and
a temperature of ti degrees seems
warmer and mors comfortable than a
room 71 degrees of heat and humidity
of 20 degrees. Dr. Henry M. Smith says
that If a room at S degrees Is not warm
enough for any healthy persdn- It is be
cause the humidity Is too low, and water
should be evaporated to bring the moist
ure up to the right degree. In other
words, water inatead of eoal should be
used to make rooms comfortsble when
the temperature has reached St degrees.
As wstey Is cheaper thsn coal, the rule
should be a popular one. ,
Mere,' njnaae.
From the Chicago News.
' Samson had been shorn of his hair by
Delilah's shears.
I'A royoir not. angry?" asked a friend."
"Oh. It 7 might have ben worse, !
sponded the former strong man. ""(f
Delllsh hsd been true to her eex she
would have pulled it out Instead of cut
ting It"
Small Cbange
BaaebaJl seaaon drawing near. ,1
"Violets, frh Oregon violet."
What are the, sprlns; poets doing? .
Could Japaa whip toe United States?
Will you initiate, refsrend. or stand
pair ,v . ;
Oive us m good Multnomah county
census. ,"-.-.
Kuropatkla didn't understand military
iu-,usvu, . -., ,
Rojastvensky may be safe if peace is
maxi soon.
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The log rollers don't like that darned
rererendum. '
' 8prinkllng wagons and ears ope rait
or ne ealeiidar. v .. .
Oklahoma, has a oonsolatlon doesn't
have to keep dry.
The expected March lion may- not be
able to roar much.
If Russia had a esar like Roosevelt,
it would be dirierent.
' Notice ' ho w the number of strangers
in town Is increasing? 1 ' j
Still, a -great many men are striking
in doing their work. . . 1-
Japan wouldn't wait till ahe
broke, as Russia, hoped. ,
Oyama wohl'd not give the Russians
even a .Tie pass - home. ' , r
Well bet that Kansas comes out on
top in the end, somehow.
The esar may have read that revolu
tions always go forward.
Now seme of the treats' lawyers wDl
have to earn their salaries. .
That the Jetty work ean go forward is
one of Oregon's big ItOB blessings.
A woman who can keep her tongue ean
keep her money. Atlanta Journal. Know
one? , ', v ' , ,
Easter falls on April . S3, which Is
rlthih two days of the latest possible
Are there to be three or more railroads
to HUlsboro? Better get one running
first, . ' " " I
Salem Journal: The referendum wlH
give irresponsible and Selfish officialism
a hard Jolt. - .-. .
The 61 th congress will have a great
deal of unfinished business to do but
probably won't, do it. -, ;
What would a Russian ' constitution
he good for? It would be liaa a lot of
leaves sewed together lnjacyeLone
Nevada is a wide-open state -for
blera. Nevada is a good place for them,
and they are good enough people for Ne
vada, . , ; , ... -
Tom Watson's magaslne ! even a big
ger socoasa than Bryan's Commoner.
Why don't Debs and Swallow start a
paper or magazine?-
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Mr. Bryan approves and praises Sen
ator La Follette, as well he may.. The
two men are a good deal alike politi
cally, notwithstanding one la called a
Democrat and the other a Republican.
I Oregon Si Jelignts
Albany boys are going In swimming.
Almond trees around Hubbard la full
bloom. . -
Many New berg people are Improving
their property. -
-Astoria has a-preacher who -lives on
113 a month. But hs may he . a good
fisherman.
' Redland- correspondent -Oregon City
Enterprise: A. Holllngsworth was nurs
ing a bad hand, having run a silver in
the same, . -
The Springfield News says a painter
and decorator of thst place la the most
popular young man In town now, as all
"The lady was in Paradise the other .day
to view the new house. Paradise City
correspondence of Aurora Borealis. An
ticipating a paradise within Paradise.
A Beaver Hilt, Coos county, man bor
rowed f50 from another miner and then
ran away to California with the letter's
wife, who bed Just run a store bill
against her husband, who mourns -the
loss of the tss more than that of the
woman. v.- k
Oakland Owl: Southern Oregon Is full
of astonishing facts, in agriculture as In
other lines. Ripe blackberries in Febru
ary; growing in the open air' without
fear of other protection than the modera
tion of nature are among the southern
Oregon productions this year.
Tillamook ! Herald: The - Portland
Journal of the 3d has these three words
in its small , change items that strikes
this pencil pusher ss O. K. "Portland
and Tillamorik." Thoae three .words
mean a whole lot If we get a railroad.
Who knows hut whst Tillamook will
shine some day as One ef the foremost
cities in Oregon?
A Hood River man recalls te mind
that IS years ago peach, pear, plum and
cherry trees were In full bloom the first
of April. That -was a big -fruit year,
as this promises to be. As Mr. Henry
ssys, if late frosts should destroy hslf
the blossoms, there would still be plenty
of fruit on the trees, which In this
county always overyieid unless thinned.
Speaking of Oregon's climate, Repre
sentative Williamson said to The Dalles
Chronicler' "Be contented with Oregon.
Leaving Washington with its Ice end
snow five days ago and emerging Into
the beautiful sunlight at The Dalles this
morning mads me erl like a horse thst
has Men shut up in a dark stable and
Is finally turned out Into a green pas
ture." I . - s
A Mefford man tells the Mall: s I look
for a bumper crop In both fruit and
cereals this yesr. If you will take a
look, around over the valley and foot
hills you will see thst every nook end
corner on most of the farms Is being
cultivated t his year. Land which has
been allowed to lie untouched for several
years Is m grain or prepared for other
crop'. The acreage in cereal crops has
doubled this year. - '- . ,
T Tic Man rrom
Cripple Creek , J
From the Washington Post.';
. "Don't ever say ahythiag to me again
about the guileful west, said the Cripple-Creek
znaiu- aa ha spitefully yanked
a etiatr under him last night. "It's all
fiction. No; take it away. Nothing
wet for me for a wbUe. I've taken the
veil., A man who has 'to have an E
street barkeep explain to him. how he's
been bunkoed by a couple of student
looking guys is about due for softening
of the brain and ought to look out tor
ms neaitn.
"I was flapping around today en the
avenue, waiting for the parade. Some
how my throat 'got dry Just about the
time my legs got tired. So I squeezed
through the swing door of a eosy look
ing wickiup and anchored myself down
next to. a long toddy. At the same ta
ble were a couple of mild-mannered
youths matching dollars as Innocent a
looking pair as you ever -drew to. By
and by one of them, who had won half
a dosen times straight, said he'd buy
something on 'that run ef lack and
pounded the bell. When the coon came
for the orders, that nice young fellow
asked me to Join them In such a polite
wsy that I woulua't have hurt their
feelings by refusing. 'Course, after that
we leu to chatting, and they told me ill
about themselves;, how they hsd eome
down to the inauguration . from some
college or -other and were 1 seeing and
learning Just lots of things.
"Then yoe ought to have seen their
eyes bug out when 1, told them I was
foom Cripple. - They wanted to know
if I d ever killed, anybody, and one of
them becrea me to show him my gun.
Their awe-struck admiration and their
Innocent ' prattle with it all got me
chesty, and I handed 'em out a bunch
of large western lies that would make a
Buffalo Bill dims, novel look like an
angel Willie story In the Sunday school
book v. - ..
"Finally ths one who had been losing
remarked to his friend that be ought to
have a chance to get even. The fellow
who had won cheerfully agreed, and
then asked me if. I'd like to Join In
whlllng away the time,- I finally con
sented to stay with them.
"WelL there were three of us, and ths
younger one suggested that we each put
up a dollar, and each turn up. a silver
dollar, and- the 'odd masv take the pot.
If two turned heads, say, and the third
man turned odd.- that is, talia, he got
ths money. Of course, if we all turned
heads or all turned tails at' the name
time -nobody got any action: but you
can see that wouldn't occur once In 'a
dosen or so times.
We got to work and see-sawed along
for a while, each of us first winning
and then losing, and then winning may
be again, though I do remember now
never was ahead by a single bone.
Then pretty soon luck got to running
for me, changed, and run a little
bit better then changed and run bad
again, stsyed bad, and then changed
and run worse. ' I heard people shouting
outside and bands braying away, but I
was too, mucnin tne noie to tnsi pree
lous pslr of pin-feather squabs to no
Sloe, a little thing, .like .making a presl-
dent, to aay nothing about myHeeaingpv-" women.!
pride, ...
"Then my cash got lower and my luck
got fiercer, end It wasn't long before the
only valuable assets I had -Was a beer
check on Murphy's place la Cripple and
the key. to my room.
' "Then the pair of ponies got up. and
after apologising profusely' because they,
must be going wanted to see all they
could, you khow, before the. night train
quietly slid out into the beyond, leav
ing me without the price of a drink. ,
"Then I commenced to come out of
my trance. I began to see as through
a glass of beer darkly, as the poet says,
that the departure of those fledglings
had bean remarkably coincident with ray
ceasing to be worth while any longer,
snd, shriveled up with thst knowledge,
I started to fade through the door. . The
barkeep beckoned to me, and I drifted
over to him. .Have one on the house.'
be said, as he deftly polished a glass,
and I knew that he had read the secret
longing of my soul.
1 "'From ths cotfntry, ehr he asked,
as he mashed up the sugar. I admitted
I was Just in off the ranch. -
" 'I thought so,' he said. 1 started
to pipe off that little game to you Just
now when I seen you commence falling
In; but my business Is selling whiskey,
not teaching school, and them two kids
has got to make their living somewhere
since they broke up them pool rooms
'cross the river. Used to be cappers
ever there, they did, and smooth onee,
too. Tou farmers better be careful who
you take up with 'round here these In
auguration times. Have another, won't
"And" then, while the great president
tlal pageant streamed by outside, that
barkeep unfolded a fatherly lecture on
the dangers of a great elty and the local
Industry of matching dollars. Unfolded
It to me, mind you, for everybody waa
out watching the parade, and the place
was empty. , - -
"Simple? and easy? that game was
Just as simple and Just ss easy as
I was. All those two merry young
grafters had done was to turn up each
opposite sides ef their dollars. - If one
turned up tails the other - one would
face up heads. 1 And where was I? I
hsd to match one or the other, and my
chance to be odd man and win was about
as good as a blind eteer'e in a Mexican
bull fight less. If It could be less., Of
course, they hsd their little tlpe to each
other how they'd turn; the crook of a
finger Joint, the bat of an eye, or some
thing equally inconspicuous and effec
tive. Then, too, they'd doubled me up
snd down at first, tolling me along until
they had got a strangle on my wad
got me pretty well loser then they cut
me up between 'em fast. S
"Go to the ball? No, thanks. I've
lost Interest In meeting unknown folks
from the fsr east; also confidence In
myself. If I tried to cross ens street
I know a baby carriage would run ever
me. I'm going to bed and stay there
until this inauguration deal goer tor the
dlscsrd. Call me when it' safe to go
out , by. myself," ... ; '
OAJstn to oowuMrTim, (,
From the Philadelphia Inquirer. '
It Is encouraging to note thst the
great amount of talk about aiding the
consumptive poor promises to end In
something definite. Chairman Plummer
of the committee, on appropriations of
the house has introduced st Harrlsburg
a bill which provides for the construc
tion of two state cam pa at a -cost of
1200,000 each, where the poor may be
treated bv the modern methods.
' Usually hospitals are the most ex
pensive of buildings to erect end main
tain. Fortunately (because of the large
number- of consumptives), ths modern
treatment of the various forms of tuber
culosis is Inexpensive, radical and suc
cessful. It is easily summed up In "the
simple life." Oxygen Is cheap, and Is
about ths only remedy required. Milk
and eggs form the chief diet , Houses
are nevesssrlly Simple la RonatTuctiotti
and espy te maintain. We have not the
exact figures at hand, but H Is .certain
that the cost of any one of the largo
bospltals In this city would erect camps
to care for 10 times as msny consump
tive as patients 1n the city, while the
cost of administration la not mors-than
one nair.
It Is a fortunate thing, now that we
know that consumption, taken In Its
early states, ean he cured by simple and
inexpensive process, that we have In this
state Ideal sites for camps where the
maximum mwwf Mn. h -Moured for the
least money. If there were 10.000 In
nocent persons in this elty condemned
to death on the gallows, enormous ef
forts would be put forth to secure re
prieves and pardons for them. Yet
there are many more than 10,000 Inno
cent persons in the elty who are cer
tain te die of consumption unless they
soon undergo treatment. ,
The audiences that came out to greet
Ben Hendricks and Ills everlasting "Ole
Olson", yesterday afternoon and evening
were among the largest in ths history
of the Empire theatre, while the advance
sale for the week's engagement has been
the largest of the present season. Tfiere
could be no better testimonial to the pop.
u laxity of the Swedlah comedian, and the
cheere bestowed upon the immigrant's
heroism yesterday showed that the play
has. joat none of lta flavor. Hendricks
sings several good songs this year, one.
Memories -Of my Swedish " home, . is
somewhat more ambitious than a dialect
comedian usually attempts.
The- company Is ' of average quality,
good enough to support the star without
detracting from his lustra. " -
Yle Olson' remains all week, but
gives up the theatre te- the Hibernians on
Friday night, resuming ita engagement
with tn Saturday matinee. '
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, . jlsux ABX bTXOKBS. .
From tke Wsshtngton Post.
Socially. President Taylor greatly en-
Joyed himself, and he used to take morn
ing walks throusrh ths streets of Wash
ington, wearing a high black suk net
perched on the back of bis head, and a
suit of black broadcloth much too large
for nun, but made in obedience to nia
orders, that he might be comfortable.
Mrs. Taylor used to sit patiently ail
day In her room plying her knitting,
needles - and. occasionally, it Is said,
smoking her pipe. Mrs. Taylor waa an
excellent housekeeper, and the introduc
tlon of gas Into the executive mansion,
wUh new furniture and carpets, enabled
ber to give It a more creditable appear.
anoe. It was said that aba did ths Con
ors of the establishment "with the art
lessnesa of a rustle belle and the grace
of a duchess." -
General Taylor found It difficult to
aocustom hlmselr to the etiquette and
the restraint of his new position. One
day when the bachelor ex-secretary ef
state called with a number or rair rnn
sylvanla friends to present them to the
president General Taylor remarked:
Ah. Mr. Buchanan, you always pick out
"why. Mr. President" waa tne eouruy
reply, "I know tbst your taste and mine
agree In that respect" .',',
"Tea, said General Tayior. -out 1
have been so long among Indians and
Mexicans "that 1 hardly know bow to be
have myself surrounded by so many
-'--- From the Fremont Tribune. r
The picturesque effort ef Kansas to
throttle the Standard Oil monopoly is
characterlstlo ' of the people ef that
statei Kansas has always been en the
firing" line. It was born in the 'travail
of a border war and d 11 ring every mo
ment since Ita birth. Its people have
been ready to fight everything that has
shown an ugly front The spirit of-the
founders of the state la breathed by
their sons and -their grandsons. V There
Is no undertaking so big. no danger so
great, no experiment so hasardous they
have for a moment shrunk from them In
the least The peoplel of Kanses are
revolutionary in the I nature, and so
they can't hfelp being so. The grange
and the alliance found -firm footholds
there and ran their full course. A state
oil refinery was evolved almost to a day.
The " plant has been commenced and in
an Incredibly short time Kansas state
refined petroleum will be en the market
When there comes the possible excuse
for It Kansas will be into socialism first
and foremost. .. ...i. -i r . ; ,.i :. . , .. j ?. -.
OZO.T Z3T TAYMmS
' From ths Washlntgon Post V
Henry Clay reappeared at Washington
as a senator from Kentucky, in Taylor's
administration, snd occupied hie old
Quarters at the National hotel, a large
stockholder In which, Mr. Calvert ' of
Maryland, waa ons of Clays many
friends
Although In " His -seventy-third yesr,
Mr. Clay was apparently hale -and
hearty, but showed his age. His head,
bald on the top, waa fringed with long,
iron gray hair, his cheeks were some
what sunken, his Sose hsd a pinched
look, but his wide mouth wss, as ' In
years past wreathed In genial - smiles.
Hs always wss dressed In black, and
from a high black satin stock, which
enveloped hie long neck, emerged a hug
white shirt collar, which reached to his
ears.
He mingled In society generally, kissed
the prettiest girls . wherever he went
and particularly enjoyed a quiet game
of cards In his room, with . a' glass
of toddy made from Bourbon county
Whisky.
SB I BHD TOTB
TBS.
. From the London Family Herald.
" A beautiful woman gave the following
ad vies to a girl admirer: "Shield your
nerves and don't let them become too
sensitive. Msks yourself take life calm
ly. If yeu lose a train don't pace the
platform wildly, but rnaulre when the
next comes In, and sit down calmly to
wait for It That'a Just what most
women don't do; they alt down, perhaps,
but they tap the floor with their feet
clinch and uncllnch their hands, and are
apparently in a fever heat ef excitement
over . the arrival of every . train that
comes in, even though they have been
assured that thelre is not due for an
other half hour. - That half hour of
waiting means to them a frightful wear
and tear of nerves, and they are prac
tically weeks older for it Try to culti
vate calmness, but If you cannot do that
all at ones you can keep your face Still."
SXBOB XM TATXOBS
ssAoa.
"i- From the. Washington Post ,
President Tsylor's only message to
congress wss transmitted on ths Monday
following the organisation of the house,
December 84, and the printed copies first
distributed contained the sentence;. "We
are at peace with all the nations of the
world and ths - rest of mankind." - A
revised edition was soon printed, in
which the corrected - sentence reads:
"We are at peace with all the nations
ef the world, snd seek to maintain our
Cherished relations or amity with them,"
The blunder caused much diversion
among the Democrats, and greatly an
noyed Colonel Bliss, Who, ss ths presi
dent's private secretary, had superin
tended the publlcaiion-of the message) ,
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Mr. Rafferfy
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Fear
on
' From the New York Son.
Do you know the wan' thing that's
worn wan poverty r saw Kaiferty.
-s-aitn. i ao not," replied Madden., -U
H-iDinir r.. .-....j
,: "No, 'tie. fear.".. i - .. V
"Feari" exclaimed Madden. ; "Faith,
fear-a not bad at all. it lasts only a
wun Mine. a . f ,
"That's true for most men. said Raf.
tarty, vum mere's -wan man In. the
world "that would give a million 'dollars
to be in your brogans.n
t "Where is he? lie can have my shoes
for a dollar and a half. Who Is he, any
how?" ... - ,
"He's the Za-ar of all the Run alas. He's
ef eared te eat or to dnk, to get out or
to stay In 4he house, to lie Cown oaT to
get up. Sleepln', or wakinY welkin' or
ridin , the big gray fear ' death" is on
him, till his heart gets to be as cold
as an egg in an icebox, poor man."
"Dear,, dear, now,- that'a ha-ard," said
Madden, sympathetically.
"And what's snore, he daren't drink A
glass o' beer without havlA' a'moojlk
drink halt ef It before he takes a taste."
"I thought they drank whisky iq Rus
sia," said Madden.. i :
No, they have a liquor called vodka.
A muxture Of carbolic acid, vinegar and
Ubascw-saucef But the-Za-ar daren't
drink it for fear that he'd be plsened." '
"i snouia think that vtsen - would be
wasted in a mixture likt that," said
Madden. - .
"Aye, so you woold." replied Raffertr.
with conviction. - "But what would you
uuna 01 a man tnat 'ud come down to
brakqulst' and find beslds his dish of.
suppawn a letter written in blood, in
Diooa, man, euin' mm a haythln blas-
gard. an' warnln' him to say bis prayers,
for they were shy of a Russian angel In
heaven, and be was goln' up there In
pieces without his eonslnt?"
Well, I think I would rather die of
that - fashionable - dls'aae plndvcutla."
saia aaaaaen. ... -.. -
"'TIS not about dyin I'm talkin but
the fear o' death comln' -lna saycrat
a niayoua way," said - Rafferty.
"Well. I ain't afeerd o death." said
Madden, valiantly.
No, you are a brave man. bekase you
think death Is far off. - But you were
never slttln' on a powder keg and an
other man. standln' at the bungbole wld
a lighted match In his hand, an' you
strapped to the keg, an a man makln'
motions to light the podwer, an' Jerkin
back the match before the powder waa
lit an grinnln' at you. an' you wld the
cowld sweat oomln out ef-your hands
feet an' a man named Mlsther
Nihilist wld a dlvil's grin on hia face.
standln' by an tellln' you that your Uncle
Sergua was blown through tha roof of a
carriage, an' whin they picked hum up
he filled two bushel baskets. "
"That's the place the Za-ar Is todsy.
Madden. And now" is it any - wonder
that he'd like to be In your ould brogana?
I ask you that.
Thank the good God, men that you
havs your beer without fear o' pisen.
that you can walk along the. street and
nlver a man will noticeVou, an' if you
are - careful not to call an Irishman
m- -- liar, vnu have a.
daclnt chance- 0 dyin' in your bed.'
m 1 . -- ,. w
But what - are they persccutln' the
poor man for. Rafferty?"-
ns all a matter o ;kiiiics an wmp-
pin women an' little children." replied
Rafferty. - "Be careful not-to -clout- your
wife or little 'children, Madden,' for if
you do your soul will be 'required of
you In In " - -'- .'.' -
"Well. . wen, Karrerty, saia aaaaaen
hastily, "you - needn't mlntlon the place.
There's room there for -the both of us."
March. 13. We had a fine day and a
iouthwest wind. Mr. McKensie came to
see us, as (did also many Indians, wlio
are so anxious for battle axes that our
smiths have "hot a moment's leisure.
and procure us an -abundance, of corn.
i ne river rose a- mue toasy, ana so
continued. . .,
TBB MZZADOf AST! OB TO SOYS.
From the Graphic
In view of the astounding progress of
I Japan. It la interesting to recall the fot-
riowlng rescript which waa issued- by
the emperor to the Japanese schools
some 14 years ago: "Be filial to your
parents and affectionate to your broth
ers; be loving friends; conduct your
selves with modesty and be benevolent
to alL Develop your Intellectual facul
ties and perfect your moral powers by
gaining knowledge and acquiring a pro
fession. Promota publio interests snd
advance publlo affairs. Ever respect the
national constitution and obey-the lews
-of the country, and In case of necessity
courageously sacrifice yourselves to. the
public good." Recent . events have
proved that the. last Injunction at least
was taken , to heart by the youth of
Japan. ., , ; 1
SAW CUTSXAiriVS BIO o:
From the Wsshlntgon Post .
--While the people In the covered stand
opposite the White House were waiting
for the president to return from the
capltol In 13, an open wagon piled
high with a lot of shsbby trunks, crossed
the avehue from the Arlington toward
the mansion. , One of these wss marked
in large white letters, "J. G," which.
established their identity immediately,
and moved the waiting crowd to Shouts
of laughter.' If anything had been nec
essary to read the Cleveland title -clear
or to Increese the welcoming hilarity,
it was certainly furnished by th enor
mous arm-chair of bent wood, big enough
for three ordinary . men., which aur
mounted the load. It was the first of
the thousands of contributions seat to
this then popular president by-admirers
and wouid-bs omoe noiaers, i ; tt
Cleveland's ZBaaaewUoa Bxpensea,
From the Washington Post
It doesn't cost so much to be' Inaugu
rated president when you are already In
the White House as It does when you
are on tne outside,, waiung to got In.
When Mr. Cleveland came to Washing
ton in 1883 he rented for , himself and
party so extensive a suite tf private
apartments that the check he drew for
the payment thereof represented a -dally
expenditure of HM. If he had kept-those
apartments for one year at the same rate
hie presidential salary -would not hsvs
paid more than one third of the total
amount. . '-' - -
Bis aterd Of BuSTalo fa Oklahoma. .
From the Kansas City Journal.
Ranch 191 In-the Ponca reservation hss
purchased from a half breed Indian at
Missoula, Mont, a herd of S9 full-blood
buffaloes and will maintain 1 them for
breeding purposes.
Probably the largest full-blood buffalo
In the United States is new on the rsnch.
It was purchased from "Pawnee Mill."
and when m good - flesh last', summer
weighed 1.700 peunda. -
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