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. ''-. ' OREGON WILL SURPRISE THEM. , ; ,
X-TB:HOPE-h- people,-especially -tie country
' lV ' Poplt of eastern states, who come out
" ..to the XewU and Clark fair, will scatter out
through Oregon and examine and understand different
part of the state, rather than confine tlvelr visit to Port
land. 01 course we want them to spend some days in
this city and dn the fair grounds, and take tripe to vn
couver, Oregon City, Cascade Locks, The Dalles and
iAatoria and Seaside. .Yet maqy. of them. would find, it
interesting and possibly profitable, in the long run, 1
make an inspection of the state's wonderful timber areas,
its remarkably productive hop fields, its matchless fruit
lands and its marvelous wheat lands. 'v.vv:;"'-;';J -'
It will be a very interesting thing, sorely, for a small
firmer of Vermont or New Jersey, who raises only a few
acres of three or four kinds of grain each, and hanrests
his crops just aa he or his father did 30 yrs so, ffo
bout into Umatilla of Whitman county and tee machines
Fin operation that cut, thresh and sack 30 acres of wheat a
dav. and that on land that yields 40 or rajbushcli aa acre
k a machine that will perhaps throw off X,5oo bushels of
kwheat in a day, all, ready for tha car and the steamer
that will carry it to Europe.4 '-":;':;.:-'v .
I : There are many people, too, who will be interested
land possibly profited, if they are her in September, in
making a Tisit to the' big hop yards of the Willamette
xalley, which, at prices likely now to prerail next fall,
wSl yield enough hops in a ahtgle crop to pay for the
rant amount of equally good land. Or if soma should
Lkfer or prolong their tisit till a little later in the sea
n, and should risk the wonderful orchards of Wasco
county and southern Oregon, and actually, see trees that
-.re yielding fruit that brings into their owners' pockets
rum xo to soo an acre in a single season and this
Z not unusual, for there hare been cases of $1,000 an
acre yield they will certainly be very much entertained
land interested. - ;" , ,'; ' . v' ;. .
i - We believe that many visitors to Oregon this year,
largely on account of the fair and what they will see in
(lie fair and in their travels about the state, will send
ftheir boys and nephews bete, if they
themselves; win be prepared to say
are their relatives, neighbors or friends: Don t stay
"ictCj where it takes yon the best part of a lifetime to pay
..'or a farm, but go west, young man, to Oregon, Idaho or
rYasbington, where the soil is so prolific and the climate
so perfect that you can become independent and fore-
j handed in a few years, while you are yet young,' and be
pore;heTflaayf "rot age and decrepteadecotne epou
b
xes, uregon wiu interest, euteitaui and surprise a
great many visitors this year, espedaDy if they will look
ax enough afield. '.;-.-.. - -. ;
ROCKEFELLER'S MQNET.'
IT SEEMS to some good
plexing question has been' raised by the pro
test against the acceptance by the American
; board of commissioners for foreign missions of $too,ooo
offered by John D. Rockefeller, to be used in spreading
. Jhe gospel in foreign lands. ' At first the, money was
rejected, or ft was reported that it would be, but oa sec
ond thought it may be accepted, as was that for Ne
1 kraska university. ' '',i.,S4iJf
The incident raises aa old question, one, often and
I more or less learnedly discussed, to-wit: Whether
, tainted wealth" should be accepted for educational pur
poses or what is regarded aa God's service. Some years
pago Mr. Rockefeller .made a gift to the University of
, Nebraska, and no lesi conscientious and octopus-fighting
: Schizens than President E. Benjamin Andrews and WU
'liam Jennings 'Bryan defended its acceptance, on the
broad ground that even money wrongfully obtained by a
-person should not be rejected or despised when he at-
"tempted to devote it to good purposes to use it, per
iaps, as in a sense a conscience fond though he would
' not admit this. " ,? -; -,t-'". '..'- v-' ; ' .
1 1 We rather incline to the opinion
juat Brother Kocketdler of f ers -snonld be accepted and
'eased to benefit humanity. We are not sure, indeed, that
1 be will not prove to be a benefactor of humanity ia the
Requirement of such vast wealth and power, for the peo-
, pie will eveutaaDy take both from him or his. heirs and
(uccesaors, and, let as hope,-apply and use it wisely and
inrtisofislsv''"r.':', -j -"f-'-v ' Vj, ..
' j The Washington. Post makes an argument that It not
,: tvasiry answered, when-it aayi; -We are convinced that
fit requires too much straining of a point to distinguish
between pure and impure money when the purpose to
hwhich it is to be devoted is commendable. The fever pa
- rtient in India who receives soothing medical" treatment
Hfrom an American missionary is not going to ask. whether
.- lit was purchased with tainted rooney The workers in
fiedneational and Teligjous causes in heathen lands, where
needs always far exceed means of granting them, will
.only be grateful for the help received, whether it comes
Iron) oil or railroads or bank robbery. The contribution
i-of the courtesan or the gambler relieves the need in the
.hospital or the pest-stricken tenement as readily a the
,;' money of the bishop or the church deacon. With the
large and ever increasing field for the employment of
Bpeamrv'sUas. ODtraapondoaea New
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t A e-opaiatlT Bible sebeot ' where
. etach atodnit la responsible (or part of
tho wnrtc and a portlom of tbo fanda
that CODM throoah prayer, roch is th
' Bethel Blblo tnatttuta, of which Eaawk
' yr. Kenrea tbo prMont hcttd. - .
' Kr. Kanvoa foundod th imtlta-Uoa
f vo years aao, arter a hard stroKxla
- : He pUnimd to aid man and women who,
Nonw of Jack of epportanttr when
yoanc or am other remaoo, had boaa
'4lobarrad from U prlrllcea of manor
' xlQcatloa. w -v,
A proopacttva atoBnt there must
a dMnro to rt u odneatlnn to
halp thoa Umm fortonate. A troo Chrls
' Hum me nnait alao b the aba f each
" udnt. 'wtlh a lonaina to- know the
, tachlncs of tbo Bible, oo as to bo able
to Impart thca to others.-'.
' No foo 1s attacbod to eatortog.'aa each
, ene la rrpoctxd to ballwa tbo. words of
the New Tofttanmrt, m ya first th
nSeUoBi of Ood ard Hi rlcbtaonanoaa,
one all rbeao thlnga haU be added unto
1 . re-" t .'
: Mr, Konyou saw tbe mod of such an
, .' InatUoUon, but did net havo Uto aoooo
- oary moaey to obtain balMtnea or land.
Hot aattsOad' to borrow, bo know of no
' wT oat of tbo difficulty bat by prayer,
and he bcaaa to pray for wbat.waa lack
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Mr. Kraroa had boen paator of a
ehorrh in Wore tar, bat- later . atartod
a tndpnooTt work in. a small haU.
wte attarply orltlrlaod, and vine
-eked far aaawor to tbo criticisms
aaldt "1 havo aothing to aay. .
Hi rplr read by Doaeoa Jobb
Z . Ki..im of Sutton, who remarked te
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OFFICIAL PAPER OP. THE CITY OP PORTLAND
do not come back
to young men who
, -: wi.'s
men to be a per
that all the moneyJ
Oregon M the land
iiug wnocr ana
heur has agitated
broke upon the
Enforcement of
unless rigorous
his wife: "X must see the man who can
have an this said about him and answer
not a word." . ... .
The deacon want te Woroaotar, saw
and heard him. end ' a friendship was
formed that has lasted. When be
learned tbe aim of Mr. Kenyan to assist
men and women to makHMmethlnsr of
themselves. Mr. Marble offered to gtve
the farm for the school. . ,
Mr. Kenyon took possession tf 1 the
farm, and after alteration wore made
the school was opened May 1, ltoe. It
was kept open throe yaars.;'' Tbea for a
season it. was closed. In September,
it was aaain oponod. with another
baUdine, given by Mrs. Marble, which Is
used for a dormitory for the yoaOg men,
, The life at tbo school is simplicity it
self. Keen. student is required to do his
share, or her share, of the work in the
mm-niBsT. The afternoons 'are g-ivaa to
study. The eveatnsa are for lectures
and Bible exposition. ' The ooamea are
In the common branches (for those who
need those), mathematics. Ore, ora
tory, blah English, pedaa-ocy and the
Bible. Monte can be studied if desired.
The stodants at Bethel are - from
homes where the first rsconectlon
of the need of money to buy tbo to'
aaries of life, and now that they bare
tbe opportunity to Cain an edaoatton
they are making the best of it
A paper celled Beauty Is published at
tbo school every month, which empLa
sisas the teachings the school - stands
for. -.,,,.'-...-
The teachers are rood, aiUxrafh the
only pay offered lauthe same which tbe
founder receives, and that ts contained
la the passage of gertstare already
quoted: ...
Weak ye first tbe kingdom of , Ood
ahd Hi . Hf btoouenoas, and all these
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JNO. P. CACROU.
The Journal Bulldinr, Fifth and Yamhill
money in the relief of suffering and the spread of educa
tion, religion,: and general enlightenment, we Suggest
that churches and charitable, orgsnitationa would dowell
to measure the good that may come from the proper use
of money against the purely ethical questions of source
pf the money to be thus employed. There is certainly
no. doubt that more good can be accomplished by accept
ing Mr, , Rockefeller's ro6ney and devoting it to noble
purposes than by refusing it because ' of disapproval ,of
his methods of obtaining it." i' ... 'a. j
.But at the same time if the gift carries with it any ob
ligation to uphold the method by which Mr. Rockefeller
accumulated much" of his wealth, there "is juat as little
doubt that it should be rejected. - The discussion draws a
distinction and a moral that are obvious and manifests
a tendency in American life and thought which is gratify
ing" as well a healthful. .-, . . . . : - . '
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v . INCREASINO TALK -OP-PEACE. '.
HERE IS, very likely, a basis of truth foi even
the conflicting and contradictory reports regard-
inor peace prospects and - proposals ' that come
from St, Petersburg and elsewhere. Russia , seems not
to know its own mind, or to have any mind made up, in
any . certain way. and for any definite length of time,
hence what is more or less correctly reported today may
have to be contradicted tomorrow. .Looking at the sit
uation from one point of view, the cxar and his advisers
become discouraged and despondent and agree that peace
Is necessary; reviewing the situation from a different
aspect, or when they have been refreshed and perhaps in
some manner encouraged, they insist that the war. must
go on, at least unless very favorable and liberal terms of
peace are offered by Japan. In fact, Russia it in such a
predicament that it does not know its own mmd, or what
to do, hence is vacillating and contradictory,in Its at
titudes and endeavors. ; .--v. "-....
- A late rumor ia . that President Roosevelt will be
chosen as arbitrator, or mediator, to name ' terms and
conditions of peace, but this is not to be credited without
confirmation. It is scarcely probable that either nation
would give any one foreigner unlimited and absolute
power and it is certain that it is a task that no one would
wish to perform.' President Roosevelt surely has. enough
business-on his hands without undertaking this difficult
job, yet if asked to do so ha may consider it a duty.
Whatever foundation there may be for these rumors,
peace talk, it is noticeable, is increasing, and that peace is
not far distant is generally believed - Russia will "throw
fits", of various, kinds, yet before, finally yielding to the
inevitable, but will probably be obliged to submit prac
tically to such terms as Japan offers. The worst of the
war is doubtless over. May it be long before another
such a war occurs. w y- . ...y..vy.j;
ALL THAT IS LACKED.. .
ROM A LITTLE VALE out in eastern Oregon.
- where nature has scooped a six-mile basin out of
the sage-brush plateau, came the apple that won
the world's prize for this fruit at the Chicago Columbian
exposition. Eagle valley had scarcely been heard of ton-
til. this unexpected honor fell upon its enterprising
orchardisti. It is 45 miles from the nearest railway
depot, and when it delivers to the' world a box of the
fruit that excelled all competitors at Chicago, the tender
product is bumped and pounded into an almost unsale
able condition. - -. !- -r-r- .
Eagle valley has many counterpart in the isolated re
gions of this state. Many miles, of the narrow strip
bordering Snake river is natural orchard. land of su
perlative merit.' Over in Grant county the John Day
basin for miles U a region of orchards. Clustered around
the foothills of the Bine" Mountain range are valleys and
coves where warm sunshine, low altitudes, crystal water
and fertile soil invite the scientific farmer.
: But they are deprived of transportation. These treas
ures of the homeseeker are unknown to the world, and of
little immediate value because the nattve'cayuse is the
only motor traversing the nignways of the interior,
of promise, with a Study for the scien-
open anas lor me rauway. - ucvelOp -
ment of resources within reach of established systems of
railways will enlist a multitude of progressive men, but
as the interior is penetrated, and the unknown is brought
to Jigbt, the real new empire" will be builded.
Example is contagious. One precedent often suffices
to inaugurate pew 1 regimes, . new conditions. Sheriff
Word, of this county, set an example. . No new laws were
created, nor have new administrators - since . been in
ducted into office, yet a half dozen sheriffs of this atate
learned after the Multnomah precedent that they could
stop gambling and violation of many state laws that were
formerly left largely to municipal officials. Baker
county has been perhaps the most aggressive- disciple of
the new order, and from 150 to aoo indictments have
been returned against proprietors pf gambling places and
saloon men keeping their places open Sundays. Mal
the same campaign, Clatsop's sheriff
usages of that district with rude hand.
state laws has become contagions, and
quarantine is enforced there is danger of
ine aiiment spreaamg inrougnout tne commonwealth.
things (food, clothing and shelter) shall
be added unto you.". . .
. feBrapeeeslbk tXasCttsI, '
From the Hpeocator. ,
xno real airrtcalty in Kasaia is to
obtain rulers who are win tog to concede
fen Bins personal . liberty. The whole
boreauoraey, and probably all members
of the dynasty except Its head, dread
free speech,, because they think the re
sult will be a diminution of their dig
nity as wen ss of their Incomes. . Ho in
tense Is, this feeUna that many Russian
Uberals believe the only practical es
cape from It would be the ejection of a
new dynasty, which, from the Imper
fection or its title, mast always seek
support among the people, . " .
The One
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From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
-WellV said .Mr. . Titawad, potting
own bis paper, "that-woman who got
all that money from those bankers ear
talnly was shrewd. Baems like a woman
can always get money from a man, as
matter now eauuoos no ia"
. "She can," .remarked Mrs. Tltewad.
"e long aa.abe isn't married to him.
' -ffavasfs Attitude. - '-
J IYom the Tokie JUL'- ' , .
' There shall bo no peace till Russia r-
pents ana sues ror it. - ws ean eorafort
amy carry on tne campaign ror twe or
years, and more. .
to Bears,
Prom the hvr Tork Preee.'
He is a pretty peor Rspablican who
ean sidestep a compliment from the
SsaisrsVssesjsssseasiss saasai -si W esseal
Oregon SideKglitfl
J:
Nearly time to go trout fishier .
Japan
la. In a position to make the
term
But only
ean be
elected
mayor. ...
Iwili we ret that canal durlar this
enturyi,.,-. ",;'....:-
It Is easier
to pity than to respaet
the esar. -
The llaovitch of communication la
net
very clear. . -: ;.. --f- ,
Castro may have eonslderable luaciee
on his aide,; -....
Mayor-
Harrison
quit, r
of ' Chicago Juew
when te
Republicans seem to be in a majority
yet in rvruatu. .
A late worm may be In aa much luok
aa tne early dim. v . .
ROlastvensky- is anxtonary-
awaiting
nows of peace terms. -
Colorado i .hasn't swapped : governors
for a long time Bow. v- . K - .1
Let the people have what they want.
Tbey-il ret It. anyway. v
Roosevelt Is somewhat
of a Jefxer-
soul an Democrat himself. ..
But nobody expects Lloevitch to" suo-
Very greauy anyway. , :
It Is believed that Senator
will not disgrace Missouri: , .
The trials next summer will also 1
an attraction to some people. .
Perhaps the coming dominating btrd
will bo the Bngllsb sparrow. , .
The csar saems to be about as much
of a fail are at suicide as at war, -
It is premature to write aboat the
Fourth of July or the summer glrL -
March can't make a very bad reputa
tion in what time is left, anyway. ....
The temperature recent nights nearly
runusnes tno eroaaarn aa opportunity.
Nor has Kansas or the Standard Oil
eoatpany proposed terms of peace either.
Kissing, aa well aa babies. Is said te
be going out of fashion in Paris. . A bad
sign. . . ,-v .
There Is danger of gotnr erasy If one
attempt to- read -all the-roasted
A nation, like a man, does not have te
op as long as it oai
money..:.-- v,-y-.:-.k: -
Tbe esar couldn't
commit sui-
eida when ba triad., A
weak. waverlur
what to, do. or
fellow, who knows not
how to do It. .,.; , . .
-One of the most exasperating things
to the editor, remarks' the Rnseburr Re
view, is to mark aa error In the proof
ana tnon; waea tne aaper somes out.
to find the word which was intended to
be corrected worse than it was at first.
j . Small Change j
Blr development la.
la eartsJn, r;vr: ith; .
soathera Oreeroa
- TJnloa eounty hopes to be out of debt
la nvo years,
. Xveer part o TjrewWacttnc
1 nomiieei asie
v. f
L. Grand Is rapidly
ttm
own laewaiaa,
' Pilot Keek is to bav
seetuc -twtoe s nootb.
a PMaeber
: Panoers arouad North
going to have a telephone.
"- PendletoU
starUe
up after two
Em the old town of Vmatflla la wak
ing up and working for a bridge aoroea
the limatllla river there. Irrigation will
work wonders around there. , -Orlcaly
correspondence ef Madras PI
naor: Albert Cubit returned homo from
Priaevflle the Ust of the week with
brand nsw saddle whlea he had Pur
chased from Jack Boone. We don't won
der at him wearing hie hat on tbe back
of his head, but then ws can't blame
hlm-r a new saddle - is something all
broaoho busters are proud of.
BprlnrfJeM Newe: The Booth-Kelly
mill closed down Tuesday for the want
of logs and to make necessary repairs.
It will reopen Monday with a full fores
of men and continue to run all summer,
as the recant rains hare swelled tbe
streams so as to enable tbam to get la
tome of the blr lo drives that have
been held back on aeoount - ef the ln-
sufflelent amount of water. It is re
ported that the log-gin a- camps have tU-
OOe.ooo logs ready to float. - -
T.'O. Iliriley ef Pendleton will pur
chase a herd of blooded milk oowa and
prepare to furnish a large amount of
butter fat for tha Bin Mountain cream
ery. - Mr. - Halley expects te erect . a
dairy barn, install a large cream 1
rat or and make a specialty of dairying.
His sxpsUent alfalfa farm on tbe WUd
Horse Is a model dairy farm and hog
farm, and be will engage extensively in
diversified farming hereafter. He
about StO bead ef blooded bogs oa ths
fane now besides fine poultry and milk
oowa He will experiment with alfalfa
slloa this sesson, expecting to provide a
flret-clssa erticle of feed for dairy eews
In this way. ... ..... .-,-.' ...,..... ....
. A pioneer cltlsan of tbe Rogue river
valley who was In Ashland a few days
ago was discussing ths splendid - caop
prospects of the present season, "Why,"
said be, "I have watohsd tbe crops In
this valley for (0 years and have never
seen sscb good prospects as this, season.
There never was such an area planted
to frail and grains and farm produets
generally, and If the present favorable
conditions prevail tbe remainder ef the
season, the ' harvest will be the most
proline one In ths history of the Rogue
river valley for years' Farmers and
fro It growers generally are anticipating
4 prosperous) year. , h-
L Oreads nasi aa aOagad graft 'aeaa-
daL . . . : , j . .' t.. v .
Bad Isonbtng weather ba eastern Ore-
-
Astoria alee baa aa evangelistic cam
paign. , ;....:r ":..,'.'.,.
woolen mills have
weeks rasU-,
r "T"-
, raxnuics ' .
Arc? Smaller Now
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By Mrs. John A. Logan. -.
(Oenyrlght. 1S0S. br W. a. - Hearst, Ores!
.. BrtUla RlghB ReMrved.) . ..
The mothers congress recently held
In ' Washington i would bave-,etractad
little Uemicn from the pravX people
ef the nation's capital but for tbe ee
gaclty of some ef the members of that
b04jr, -who oonoelved 4he Idea . of . in
Vitlng President Roosevelt to 'address
them. They ware quite ssfe in extend
ing the invitation, as bla views en tbe
Question of the family are well known
and his advocacy of the typical family
pf the eld day 0,. when JO . or a doses
children oould be brought up on a fourth
of whafKwo children cost. In this day
Of trusts and expensive living. .
Wages have not Increased la propor
tion to ths price of overythlnr neoeesary
te feed and clothe a family, to say noth
ing of the requirements of ths present
progressive ase. raots are. stubborn
things, and while one may admire large
families and much eaa ba said In favor
of (hem, one must admit that such fami
lies are a great tax upon the parents
who assume the contract of caring for
them in sickness and In health. .
Educating and preparing them tor the
duties of life is a grave responsibility.
and generally exhausts all tha resources
of the fathers and mothers, the burden
not' infrequently being shared by the
elder members, and If misfortune over
takes the parents these same older child
ren have no chance to think Of their fu
ture, as they are too much occupied
with efforts to provide ways and means
for the support ef their- brothers and
Sisters to indulge In selfish ambitions.
The theory our grandmothers bad
th.tm.ny children were . mora
ble than one or two, because the older
helped to care for the younger, and thst
a rood mother rave all her time to her
ens child snd she could do no more
than that if she had a down does pot
bold good in this age. r T- ; .
The manner Of living baa changed ma
terially, and it would be as difficult to
get more than loe cents out of a dollar
a it was in the past, yet ths psrohss-
ing power of one dollar Is not a quarter
ef what It used to be. - -
: Take meats as aa Illustration. Pork
could be bought for five and six osnts
psr pound, and now pork chops are II
cental beef and mutton have advanoed in
proportion: chickens could formerly be
bought for tl -end 11.10 per dosen, now
they are IS end 10 cents per pound,
making tbsm IT and f I per dosen, and
very scarce at that- One- could go
through the whole gamut and nna the
same increase in the price of everything
that must be Included la the necessities
Of life. .7- - V
These facts must be considered by
conscientious people and they have much
to do with the question of marriage and
the else of the families of today. It Is
either n a pretty brave or a heartless
young man who marries today unless
he has something besides bla earning
ability to depend upon. ' . "
Raoa suicide la Just as much a crime
when committed by married persons as
unmarried - ones, and when discovered
should receive the extreme penalties of
ths law. The president's characterisa
tion ef this class could - not be mis
understood, and all good people are glad
that he has spoken so freelyon one of
the moot vital questions affecting ths
future of our nation. He has pointed
out the duties ef men snd women toward
eech other and to their country.
.The women all over the country should
thank him for his definition ef mar
riage aa a partnership "In which each
partner ia in honor bound to think of the
rights of the other, as well as of hie or
her own." not one in' which tbe man Is
the superior and the woman the Interior,
but In union of twe souls with ens ob
ject and aim In life perfect happiness
together. That their duties He la dif
ferent channels there Is no denying. The
husband should fight the battle of life
and bring to bis home the fruits of his
victories, while the wife keepe tbe home
and rears thoir children, who are the
fruition of the pledgee of their leva
Her mission is to comfort, cheer and
eneourare, and his to be up and -doing,
and te be loyal and tree te her whom
he has sworn to love and cherish until
death do them part.
""PVonrrhs New Tork Tribune.
Kuropatkln's career Is ended. That
seems certain. Jt seems also a deplor
able thing. For tbe nu baa bad a die
tlnarutshed career, and is being sacrificed
upon the altar of impossibilities. To
what extent be has boon hampered and
thwarted by more or less disloyal in
trig-use we do not know. It la known to
the world that the Russian army Is
chronically subject to such Influences,
snd that they have been particularly rife
during the p recant war. The tamper and
tone ef those of fleers who have returned
home and who have been talking about
General Btosessl and others sufficiently
Indicts what- Kuropatkln has had to
oontend with, r Against such things the
mle-htlest here might struggle in- vain.
If his subordinates are not loyal. In
aolrlt as well as In letter, the ablest
commander-in-chief is hopelessly ham
pered. Men have blamed KuApatkla for
personally attenuinr 10 so many aewua.
But what If there was nobody else whom
he could trust te do ItT
. We repeat, then, the opinion which we
have formerly and often expressed, that
Kuropatkln deserve a better fate than
that which has befallen him. He was
sst te perform aa Impossible task. :. Hs
must pay tbe penalty of failure. ..But
morally the reproach .noma tui upon
those who set him st such a task. Men
blame blm for not being more aggres
sive and for not taking greater risk.
But it should be remembered that he
wae In a place where he eould not afford
to take risks, for defeat would mean
utter ruin. Five thousand -miles from
home, he was bound to be cautious. The
Japanese oould run risks,- for in case of
defeat they eould fall back, upon a near
base, nut wna(,naa jkuropaisia u
back upon? . No; ha has done as well as
anv man could have done in bis place.
and be deserves not disgrace, but the
gratitude of the Russlsn empire and the
honor of the won a.. .
' From the Copenhagea Koepenbavn.
Professor Tuxen. the Danish artist
who painted "The Coronation of Ed
ward VII." received aa order from the
Russian smperor for- a copy of this
painting, and agreed to furnish it for
the sum of 11,000 rubles. - '
'A short time are the professor 'went
to St. Petersburg te deliver ths paint
Ing. He was granted aa eudlence with
ths csar, who expressed his satlsfsctlon
with . the picture, and who hsnded the
professor an order on ths. imperial
treasury for tbe sura agresd upon. When
the professor presented the check for
payment ha wss told thst sn order from
ths emperor was subject 'te a discount,
end he had to aoeept a sum, considerably
smaller than ths fees value ef the
check. Before hlk departure from Rus
sia the professor" had a farewell audl-
ince with -his majesty, who, la the
course or conversation, asasa nun.
"Dldr ybu ret your money, 'professorr'
Professor Tuxen replied that he bsd not
Intended to nenUia the matter,' but
his maiesty himself raised the
question he would say that he had re
ceived only part or ue money,
tbe esar seemed - net' at alt surprised,
but calmly mads out another order for
the cum which had been dadueted from
the original amount,' and thus Tuxen got
bis money. - :
( A Bit of History.
The story of the manner in which Mr.
Whitslaw Reut secured eontrol of tbe
New York Tribune la told by Ms. Rufus
Rockwell . Wilson la Publle Opinion.
March 15. '. -' -"V
The man who after Mr. Oreeler S de
feat for the presidency prevented him
from resuming editorial management of
the Tribune was . Samuel Sinclair, Its
publisher and the great editor' long
time nartner. When 81nclalr told Mr.
Greeley that the Tribune was In serious
financial straits as a result or its course
in the campaign, that it would be neces
sary for him to retire aa editor, and that
the paper must be sold the old man
.nt mad-and died.'. Hewaa . hardly In
his grave before the Tribune was sold
by Sinclair to a' syndloate ef leading
Republicans beaded by William Orton.
w ue nuuHk a -v bvu,., - ---
$400,000. with the idea of having Qchuyj
ler Colfax, . then vice-president reslrn
hie office and become its editor.' The
night before the change was to go into
effect Mr., Bold sent for John R., O,
Haeaard and William P. O. Shanks, re
spectively chief editorial writer and etty
editor of the paper, to eome to ble room
for a final parting, as all supposed.
When they went in It Is Shanks who
tails tha atorr Mr. Raid banded Has-
trH'sVofonk'
to Reld. for his four shares or atook,
and saidt - V,- - ' j ' ' .
Uoya. that represents my connection
with the Tribune. It bee been sol 4 te
a syndicate. Mr. Schuylsr Colfax ts to
be the editor. Mr. Orton. who rerfresents
the purchasers, daelrse you, Beoeard, to
take charge until - Mr. Colfax arrives.
"You." turning to 8hanks "can turn over
the city dspartmsnt . to. your chief as
sistant." , - --.'' - . " .-.
But hardly bad Mr. Raid eeasea speaa
Inr when a telegram was brought htm.
It wan from ths Washington corre
spondent of the Tribune, and stated that
the Credit, MebUler investigating com
mittee than sitting had traced tha bribes
of Oakes Ames to the pockets ef Schuy
ler Colfax. This news, all three realised.
meant that Colfax oould never ue eeuor
of ths Tribune, but only Mr. Reld saw
oa the Instant the splendid opportunity
ehanoe had thrown In his way. ue wane
at ones to the house of William Walter
Pbelpa, called the Utter rrom ma eeo.
and laid tbe situation before Blm.
Phslos heard his . nailer threagn. ana
then without hesitation, agreed to put up
all-the money taat was aiineessry o
save the Tribune. - ' '-
Orton s dilemma oa the rouowmg eay
as a sorrv one. ' The, syndloate which
he headed had been based oa the employ
ment of Colfax aa editor, ana now mat
that ' was impossible, tbe Tribune's fu
ture was laborious and uncertain. Ortoo
sought out Jay Oould and told blm bla
troubles. - "Dont, bother about your syn
dicate," said Oould. T will take the
whole of the etock." And so when Reld
and Phelps, on the same day, offered ts
buy the syndicate latereat urtoa was
compelled to refer them te Oould- They
found tbe latter willing te part with his
purchase, and Phelps furnishing what
money was necessary, ths bargain wes
closed . without delay. ,-', ,- , , ...
From the Literary Digest.
"Opportunity knocks onos at
door." but often makes aura xae
Sean is out before knocking.
"It takes two to make a quarrel." How
about husband and wife, who are one 7
"A fool and bla .money are
parted.' when the fool has frisnda.
"Whatever man baa dona man 4aa
Aril" hatter.
"Look before you leap", out of the
fnrlna nan into tha fire. '
. "Honesty is exact to a penny," but
not a 1 wars to larger' amounts.
"Tbe best things are not bought and
sold:" thsv are stolen and kept.
"Pity Is akin to love," but kinship
does not always signify friendship..
"The second blow makes the fray,'
not not If tha first to well placed.
- "There'a many a slip 'twist", the cra
dle and tha arave.
. "Everything comes to the men who
waits," except that for which be waits.
"A foot la never wrong;" few of us
are. . -; ' r -' -
. "No fool like aa old foot la the toila
Of a woman.
"He who hesitates"
when tying "la
Until a man finds a wife he Is only
half;", thereafter be la I
arow a oxitra
OUT OF
From ths London Chronicle. .....
Some years ago about a dosen. men at
Oxford formed a sort 01 mamas cruo.
It was s greed that when any member
wae about to he married a ainner snouia
be held which all within reach should at
tend the bachelors to pay. Marriage
seemed far away then, and the bachelors
thought the divided, expanse would
inconsiderable. Years passed, and now
and again tha announcement of another
marriage was sent around. They met,
coming from - various walks of life
oldler..: barrister, solicitor. Journalist.
schoolmaster." msn-about-town and tha
rest sacs- the eld songs, dug up the old
jokes, until one year the final bachelor
found himsaiz sots aosx. year isw
the difficulty arose. 'And tbe .final bach
elor was glvan his dinner by the 11
married men. And now tbe friends meet
on ths annivsrsaries of their wedding
dava and oar each his own score. ' There
Is perhaps the ideal club, v ,
Two Wise
.. . From a Letter by Sydney Smith.
: If it be my lot to crawl I will crawl
contentedly K to fly, I will fly with
siacritv: but as long as I eaa possibly
avoid It I will haver be unhsppy. If
with a Dleasant wife, three children end
many friends who wish me well. I can
not be happy, I am a very amy. xooiisn
fellow, and what becomes of me is of
very little eonsequenos. . -' , ' .' .
From Bliss Carman's ."Friendship '7
. of Art."
Indifference may not wreck the man's
life at any one turn, but It will destroy
blm with a kind of dry rot In tbe long
run. To keep your mind already made
up Is to be dull and foeauiferous; net to
be, able to mske it op at all ia te be
watery and supine. - ' 1; ' j "
. , ITacle Sam's Big
From the Baltimore Amerloaa. - .
II Is estlmatsd- that the total area for
farming purposes In- the United States
ts 141,000,000 seres en area larger than
England, - ScotlaadY Ireland. Wales.
Prsnre. Germany. Austria. Spain, Japan
and tbe Transvaal. There are 14,411.000
perenaa engaged In agricultural pareulte.
while all .other, industries employ but
ll,4,00a, - ' - u . -
' vbn Divorce - -
-Have you been readier the report
ef the Buffalo Bill divorce oaser in
quired the Bookkeeper. ,v :-v-
vrss," responded the Stenographer! .
"it's like having a pasa into the. Wild
West ebow." ,. ,' v"'.- .; ' '
u -rhe B. Bills seem to have been one
eouple that ksew hew.te Infuse ringer
into matrimony," . pursued the Book- -keeper.
"There was na married life
dull in' theirs.'' . ',; , -
"I should say not." refilled the Ste
nographer. "Married Ufa was a regu
lar Fourth of . July plcnio . for . them.
with fireworks and boooe.', .'.'.
"According to the teatlmonv" eon- '
tinusd the Bookeeper, "Jealousy drev
tne iaay to drink, and the lady's fsclllty
with the tongue caused the intrepid In
diaa firbtar to fill himself full of red
eye so that he couldn't, hear her re
marks." " yy
-rosy never senmp tbings in , tne
west even the evidence la a divorce
aa' ' observed the , Stenographer, -"Welt,"
remarked ' the Bookkeeper,
"there Is a moral for all of us be
drawn from this simple etory of the "
family life of the great scout and bis
brid;' . - ; i
-A whole bunch of 'em. J should say,"
exclaimed the Stenographer. . .
Thm particular chunk of wisdom to
which I refer," said the Bookkeeper,
"is the folly ef bragging to your wife."
'It's silly and- In bad taste te boast '
te anybody." retorted the Stenographer. -
"True, " assented the Bookkeeper, "out
It's elmply premeditated suicide to breg -
to your wire."'
"It wouldn't do a man much good it
he did." Interpolated the Stenographer:;.
''Most ef ths wives I know have got
their husbands slsed up to the Isst hair
en their beads. That's the reason the
majority of husbands - sing so small
around home. - You can't toot off your ,
horn to an audience that is due to hand
you the merry ha-ha as soon as you get
through your perrormanoe. ,- - -. - . .
"Tou're a ons oiomen, au riguc, an -
right.?-aseeated tha Bookkssperi "but ,
where a man butts into real trouble --
where bla wife believes his- swell head ; -,-r
etory, and thafa where Mr. B. BUI lost '
out -;--x- - -. -,:
"It seems that Buffalo Bill suffered ' "
from the halluoi nation that be wae ee
bandy at bmaahlag woman's hearts as ,.
be U at breaking glass balls. .Accord-
ing te the way ha framed It up be wes
a-long-haired Romeo hat nothing In . ;
petUooats oould. resist.'. He Just had ail
the calico hypnotised. . ' . ,-r:
- "This was a happy utile pips araam , -
that wouldn't have done eny harm if
he had only kept hie visions to him
self. But be couldn't, - HeoouJdn't re-
eist bragging table wife about how all .
the waaaan. from Queen Victoria up -
and down, were hot-footing It after him
from Cripple Creek, wyon to cnstsn- .
ttnople. and Mrs. Buffalo Bill stood for, -the
fairy tale, and It got her going with -jealousy.
And that's wberg the shindy
' "And tuars no joaev erw wis ,'
umiiku. "and Buffalo Bill Isn't the '
only man who is ehump enough to brsg ;
to hie wire about wnas m autuig p
makes with the ladles, and who a te ;
pay for hie hot air talk. - , . :
4 "I know, plenty pf common, little, .
runty, ordinary looking man -who keep r-
their wives, green-eyed by relating, at ,
borne how a peach looked at them aoross
tbe ear, or a regular lalapalooaa couldn't- .
eat her dinner at restaurant for gas-' .
inr at them.". .'.:- : ''.--'
.Tou'd think a wlt would Jake one ,
look at her huabanaland know betUr.7 - .
observed the Boekxcaper. , . . - ;
A man xan always make hie wife
Jealous," replied the Stenographer, "be- ...7.
cause aha always thinks that other ..
women have ne .bstter taste than she '
baa herself." -" ' - . ' .
-.."All of which brtnge ma baok to my
text," Insisted, the i Bookkeeper. thst
If a the wise guy whs never brags to
bis wife. Most women would never ba
Jealous If their husbands didn't'-Put
them next by, boasting., et thsi .con--'
anests." ''-'-'.
WMMit bis wife le the only In--
iiivtdiiai- who t be! levee the masher t- ,
ntaabas," said the Stenographer, cyalo-. 4
ally.
Iwia ancl Clark
-, .- 1 ' :'-,
. March' 11 Early this ' morning It
rained, and the weather continued eroudy
during tbe day; the river rose nine "
Inches, the lee not running ee much as ,.
yesterday. Several flocks of reese and t
ducks fly up the river. ; .,- ..y .
From the Chicago Record-Herald a ,
f. .. '. Washington Letter. ,
Mrs. John B. Henderson, who la .1
ways a leader, and who gives eome of
the finest sntertalnmesU at the eapttul.
is now having vegetarian dinners ex
clusively. There may be ooe course of
cbickeo, or birds or fish, but no meat
ever cornea upon her table. - She serves
e4asA Ms sat at 11 iiiirslslgl ef vaaretablas. nuts
and cereal foods, prepared to a most pal-
stable way, A swangwr at w
would not know what ha was sating,
and her friends are si ways gurloue to
know what Mrs Henderson will ' give ,
them next ltt the way of novelties. She t
also serves only uefermented wines, but
her dinners are quite as much enjoyed
as any that are given ia Washington.
Mews ygewuavaaa,'-;.
From the New Tork : Tribune.
' The grave at Plrbrlght of the late Sir
Henry M. Stanley la to be oomraeme
rated by a monolith ll feet long, 4 feet ,
wide, 1 feet Inches la thickness and .
weighing six tons. Ths stone was found
In Devonshire, after a long search t ;
comply with Lady Stanley's desire thet
a monument should be erected te the fa-:
mous explorer which had been "fash
ioned by tbe area, tempered and colored -by
Lime and untouched by men." - The
only, exception to the Utter provision :
Is In the Inscription, which bears lh
explorer's name and also the name by
which he was known te the natives of
Darkest Africa, rB1 Metafl.". the
Rock Breaker. ; '.' t .- - H
;. .vrr- ' '
:,', A IwrmO Obawerft, ' , .
' i From1 tbe Chicago Tribune. '
y The once beautUul doll was undeniably
a wreck. ' ' w'
.It had lost both arms. Its nsse wed
gone, one foot wss missing, and nearly,
ell the sswduat bsd run out through a
rrest gash In the baok. ,. . .
t'Poor dolly I" mournfully ' exclaimed
the little girl. "Tou ain't no 'tount any
more. I dsss 111 have to tloreform your' .;
' " ' 'Outfeoe the BaQway. - '
From the "Louisville Courier-Journal.
It takes from 10 to 0 days for -a
frslght train to travel from Moscow to
Yladlveetok, as It sversgea only eight
miles an hour, Whlls passenger trains
make but about 1IH miles an hour.
The Russian army, en foot, seems to be
making as good time as that os Its
Journey homeward v.-
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uneyiou colonel uryaa. ... v
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