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j MONDAY, MAY 8, . 1905,
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JPnblihed(w7 rreninf ( except! SunfflyJfcnd"every Sunday ' moroin( it
. .'. : streets, Portland, Oregon.
WOW TO nFFFAT WTT.T.TAMR.
"VKOKIjE H. WILLIAMS got,J.U41 votes' out 6t
l T-Ji 8,487 cast for Republican
".niyorsfty-Bf th? primary, election held lastjSat
,iy. ,.Jn other words there' were
- S.44)rt)tes. A,t least 2,000 who were rcgistered'did not
vote, It is reasonable to suppojatoaLjoX4fe?je
votes-would have been cast against'
. , bination o saloon and Matthews machine, workers went
lovetrThe-city : with a find- tootlCTcomband routed-out
every one that was reachable by them.
if . the vote cast against him had
""ubcth one candidate that candidate
'brirninaffH by an ovc rwiiclnung-yola 4jWiHiam
foJcearer-neetrtnteoT-the opposition forces were
divided among live candidates. rThe
administration was on moral as well as
It. found Us expression in various candidates and tlere-
fore the opposition was f rittered away and Williams came
under the wire a winner. ' These are precisely the tac-.
' jics which 'wilf again be employed.. 'There is absolutely
no hope among Mayor Williams' friends that .he can "be
elected by' a. majority vote at. the, June election. His
only hope is so to divide the forces in -opposition to
him that he will be elected by a plurality vote. . The plan
-was a demonstrated success at the
sure-as two-and -two-are four- it "Will,
- circumstances, be a demonstrated success at the polls.
,Thc auestion ior the people .to calmly face and Jcon
-ider4S Do- they want anothe r ; Williams administra
S tion with all that implies? -When he
ther was no trouble in finding his friends-and admirers;
when he ran for the nomination Saturdaythere was just
V.as little, trouble, but they were not
There were the white. cards.with-thered--ipk-through
"Twhlch the saloon forces gave "instructions" .to. the
voters of the city to vote for Williams.-and therrthere
: were the' representatives of the Matthejvsjnainejieaded
byWhtthey Boise "whatfpetfTfo
TJjft alignment-was an entirely new one, for the mayor
had madea newbed and -was Jying fnit.Wheii1ie first
-tcHj7T5flic'r w.hen he
sought a renomin.atiotr he" was backed by the whisky,
open town ana watincws piacmuc ana a iciucnng rep
, , resentation of his old-time friends and admirers who
,; (jtick to himrthrough thick and thin, even though they
- lo not aUetnptto4elend-Ju poiicie,
;iThe issue therefore is squarely
Mayor Williams represents and what
L.tf the pffiple 4eiiilarry-Lne aa
next mayor of Portland. The-ehcticerit between1 him and
Williams and "he will be the man if the same blunder
is not committed at the polls that was committed alsthe
nmsrics in dividing-theoppOsittonaSO - as to give
' Williams the plurality vote.: .
AND STILL IT GROWS.
nriljLP-X JOURNAL h rapidlyatuining tjie
, . I popularity enjoyed by the eveningeditionies-.--terdaYrrts
Journal is a little over one year old; the evening edi
tion a little over three. The latter bar now safely gone
over the 21,000 mark. ;.The growth of the Sunday. paper
is, peculiarly" gratifying- because it has been achieved in
the very teeth of its esteememorningfTcontemporsiry.
'It it winning its way where the Oregonmn is strongest,
where it puts forth its greatest efforts
"his demonstrated Thaf there is still a
in morning - newspaperdom, which is
: cannot be covered by the single morning newspaper
sprinted here. .The Sunday edition of The Journal has
already shown that, just as the evening edition is prac
tically .without competition in the evening field.
' It is inevitable that this field must soon be filled, for
if a new evening and Sunday morning paper has al--Tfad3r-don-srrtuchf6r"itself
7and Portland a "morning
"edition could not fail to be a success. - Monopoly in
newspaper owning in Portland for many-yean paralyzed
the public energies; competition is the life f trade and
nother morning newspaper must be
come of it. . .
POLITICAL BEDFELLOWS:
W
E ARE SURPRISED to observe ajendency
among some of the Republican voters of the
itytttjeent-4hapmi,natiotr-tf -their party
nominee for councilman in the Second ward. The man
upon whom, the -honor was thrust was the Hon. Law
ren'ce M. Sullrvanrlong known taepeopJepJJhis com
"Tmunnyand perhaps' the""mo"st' noted and enthusiastic
cxpohent of "the wideopen" policy to which-the present
city administration is so heartily committed. Fears are
--ht x pressed ! that he may-possibly bf eleft4 .n if i.
wnisperea in awe-stricKcn tones mi in init cvent-in
1iquor dealers organization may again scatter about
some, of those pretty little souvenirs to voters which
say: "Look for the white tickets in red ink for instruc
tions." Then if the Republicans clecjt a majority of the
council, as the saloon men have succeeded in nominating
them, the word may' go out that it is. the Hon. Larry
for the presidency of the council. Then' in the event
that anything should happen to' the mayor the Hon.
Lawrence M. Sullivan would have the prodigious felicity
of writing mayor after his name and Portland would
.-surely be. face to face with the real
Obviously the very contemplation,
-andVquivers.. And yet in what respect
KOW BCABKKAJC WBOTI TM 10BK
From tha Washington Post. 7 1
"Whan I wrote 'The Man With the
. Hoe' I had no Idea of tha stir It would
make, and of tha flood of comment,
. friendly andTibatile, It would call forth,"
said Mr. Kdwin Markham, the famous
poet and llttaratuer, at. the Shoxeham.
Mr. Markham la the sort of a man who
, by ula looks would be easily credited
1 with- tha authorahlp of noble verse. He
' baa a splendid face, a fine suite of snow
white hair, and tha friendlinesa that men
fit the far' west aver exhibit In their
bearmg.-Ha-liBs-beeirTba edftor of a
' newspaper, a school teacher, and, not
withstanding thnt ha Is a poet. Is also a
mait of -affairs," who knowa-farmtne,,
st'K-k-ralslng and other practical put
suite. , - - :
"liow did I coma to write that poem T"
be repeated after the reporter. ."Wall,
the Idea waa In my mind 19 veers be
, . for tha lines were written. -.The great
.painting of Millet that bears the aama
tltla suggested It. Tha artist gives us
the figure pf a man leaning on a bos in
-art attitude that portrays physical, ex
' ' baustibn. deje-tlon - and hopelessness
the figure of ona whom exceeslj-e-tnll
, baa redueed almost to a brutish level.
,' All a bo have gona through farm life
readily .recognise tha type., .
'Home of my critics assailed me flerce
lv on the ground that my poem waa tn
derogation af labor. Nothing could ba
further front the truth. What I Sought
tn ronvet i the Idea that labor car
rlef ta the ettrema of drudgary, where
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
,PUBLISHEIl-BY-JOURNAL PUBL1SHINQOO.
iUeSaLatsM
Did he not cheei
candidates for the
"cast against him
him, for "the; com
been concentrated
"would have been
protest" against his
4 purely public point
business grounds,
has set and studiously adhered to?
Trne enough,
primaries; "just a
Iiftfler the same
first ran for mayor
PRESIDENT
the -same -people.
ment:
anjiownfflUBcniju.
swell the chorus.
" 'The president's
made between '. what
. a great majority
- aa4 shoal A btticl
ttoni-yet-when-fce-goes
oujtht every member tjf- congress, ot every state legis
lature, judges of
Inacf.wethinkthat-aU -public of nciarsrshoaid Tpay
their wy evn
pays them salaries; if not high, enough salaries then
raise the salaries: but remove from all public servants
4
thertemptation to
people's expense
-heiveVage-Teg1sIator,-Tbr
nuai-pas-veruft-railroads m-oia nuc ucmi quuc a
big favor to him. It saves him a few dollars that be
would, have to pay out in necessary "travel, and -besides
it give hlrti art opportunity 'to travel when htf does not
need to do so.-Probably Ins wife and daughter want a
pass too,' and f he happens to agree with the railroad
attorneys, as to any legislation in which' theTaitroadts
Interested, they -will gft it, Tn" hnVf, many pnhlip ot
and where it uses
big weekday field
not covered and
IheJnevitable -out
- tend a session of congress. To travel free of charge,
and to collect this 20 cents a mile does-not seem -
quite the - proper thingMembersof state legis--latures,
state officers and judges, federal and state,
f ought to getra
this matter. And
to know that their
f own traveling .expenses. It was never pleasant for
them to feel that he was accepting costly favors
from the railroads, even though they felt that the
obligation thus incurred would not be discharged at
the expense of the public The- thing was neither
proper nor dignified.
We believe that every state should have a strict
anti-pass law, making it a misdemeanor punishable by
a considerable fine for a railroad to issue a pass to any
official, or for any officer to accept a pass. - Men are
elected to office to serve the people, not the railroads,
audi if Ihey -danot-:want; to. pay- Ur-ecessary- ex
penses out of their salaries let them remain in private
life, where, in fact, most of them would be better placed.
thing:
of it brings qualms
does' the nominee
tha human being became nothing mora
than a bast of. burden brother to the
ox waa a curse In that It dwarfed the
souj of man,' bis spirit and mentality.
The kind of slavish toll that ia often at
tached to agriculture la debasing, and
thla Is what I had in mind. Tha labor
that kills In man all that la divine, that
prevents -hla mind from, expanding -and
makes him a machine, can never ba
looked on tn the light pf a blesslng.'L-
01TB-.
AAMXI
Prom the- Chicago Tribune. .
"What la that thing, over Iherer
asked a man - on a high stool at - a
hnrh - counte. '"
The "thing" he waa pointing to Was
shaped ilke-arpiimltlva grass Btckle. hid
a handle, and at the tip of tha blade
and aa a part of It was a prong'-d fork,
half circular In form. '
. 'Thatr said the waiter, why. that's
a one-armed knife. Ever see ona be
fore f and ha passed- It aver tha counter
for Inspection. ''Nearly all restaurants
keep-them In thelfv stock,, of . cutlery
nowadays, you see, tha one-armed maa
can t eat hla Jneat-with the sen
tlotr4
that you and I use. -He muat bear down
on hla steak or chop, and to make the
work easier for him soma ona Invented
thla sickle-shaped kVlfe with aforX at
Uehed.' If you'll notice It la made on
the principle of the rocking cutter har
ness makers use. To'bf aure, we have
to keep them sharp, ot their usefulness
wduld be foos.'
jo u r n al
1 SHW I
t5 Journal Building,- Fifth and Yamhill
.
the avowed nrofesinns. "of the nrt;.sent, administration?
fully favor open gambling .and did
he not contribute his quota of fundaned in that wayi
W helpbuilrind tepair "the fife houses to whlchMayor
WiiliamaacfTTecentlyTTOinte dTwithJpardonable pride ?
Did he not approve of the police .regulations which
favored himself and others in permitting the saloons
tp . remam open f t er - hetirs-? I a h x pteaaed any
disapproval of the graft which has been going on or
the many other things that have subjected the adminis
tration tobittef-critkini?3Dideor"w6rkyal!antly
to elect it, did he not have cords of floaters safely
cached away in various resorts for that Very purpose
and" did he not know more accurately tfiari the iothtr
fMftt'r'T"TTrMl' "Vft'-ra ixbit lhA iayrtr-rallv-propri5ed
to do when he pledged himself to a reform administra
tion-r Inwhat Tespect. therefore, considered from the
of 'view, docs he, fait, short of 1he
m.p,A i-n rtf mnrgU which the present administration
he has been more spectacularkbut he
has made no profession of being better than he practiced,
no pretense of being one thing to get into office and
quite another after he got there. To-this; degree, .it
must be conceded, he at least does not deserve the charge
of hypocrisy: And if we sow Williams administration,
which fattens the Sullivans of all degrees,-why, should
we denounce the Sullivans thnt-we reap?-Are we inot
rather Jmore to blame for fostering him than he for
reaching outj6rtherich Jiaa6UwhicheQut4ipc!n
heads that" may be even less worthy?
SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
fTHE- INDIANAPOLISlNEWS - makethisstate;
"An official of one of the western railroads
on which the president is-traveling makes the following
train on this road will be paid for
at the regular rates, and all bills for transportation will
he settled thronah the auditing department of theTenii-
rytvatilaadnlirTTTa oy- theH si&nU-'l'he
orily special courtesy wnicn win oe accepieu djt mc
president will be permission to ride on the engine
through. Red Rock canyon.'" . -:''v v---.
This, if true, is interesting and even 'Important, and
shows that the president has set a good exampleNo
body suppose "that he wuuld-be-bribed to depart-from
what he considers the path of duty by free transporta-
on a1 purely. plcasuie iiiy, -uuLuif
a:overnmene bttginessr4ieBghtHo-payh-wayradao-t
all the courts and all other, officials. J
v""" pnMir himnrn 1 he public
- f avor railroad corporations rat -.the
because of free transportation.'
hcers, especially legislators, are ansoiuteiy ana almost
unconsciously corrupted by these free- passes-. ThIn
dianapolis News, commenting on this statement of the
unnamed railroad official, says: ' '
Our public servants generally ought to see the
'impropriety of accepting favors from the railroads.
The example of the president should have a dis
couraging effect on the deadhead business. It was
- hari to make-much progress in- fighting this evil as
long as our presidents were willing to allow them
:.sclve toJravel as .."guests" of the great railroad '
corporations. Now that this practice is to stop,
-it seems as Jhough othcxpbli -officers shouldd
able to realize their duty in the matter. We com
mendthe presidential example to our senators and '
preaenlativesJooheiilc,e ,s tne dearest of all.
They travel precisely as other men dorand are put
to no extra expense," as the president is. They need
no special train. A berth-in a Pullman meets all
their requirements. AIsOithey get anallowancotZ;
A) cehta a"mife"wheh they "go to Washington to at-
lesson fronr thresident's action in
the people generally will be glad
presidenfhas tlertdetl tu ItayhtiP
raoTa about pobtuutd.
FrankE."Ierrlc "lif ' Sunset ' Magazine
.. for May. " .
Portland, the- exposition cltyr ta the
principal city of the north weat coast,
and has a population of 130,000. Jt holds
extensive- commercial intercourse with
the Whole world, the chief export com-J
modltles being lumber, flou..and grain.
The city does a wholesale buslneaa of
tl78.000.OO0 annually and tha product of
lta. factorlaa was t0,00,400 last yeirrn
Tha name of tha "liose City-has been
alven this western metronolte nn ' s.
cou-nt"orThe large number of beautlfuT
rosea that are constantly tn bloom'bera
alt the year roundf." The 'climate is ea
ceptlnnally mild on account of the warrn
currants of the Pacific ocean. Mild -winters
and cool summers are tha rule, It
Is the first rank of American cities for
health, tha death rata being only't.S per
1.000 of population, l'ortlend Is equipped
with wmpiete system, or electr o rail-
""j -,. ..? :.-. ,.Hin,.wfiniii ,
to. every psrt-Df the city, and all of
thf-eiaB to tha eapoalttwn grounds.
Thus VU ialtor " to the exposition
in 1101 mgr chooce his quarters in any
section of the city, however remote from
the centennial srbunds and be assured
of means of trayel within' reasonable
time between, the centennlnl . and hla
lodglnga Prom the central' portion of I
mo t-iiy ma sIlFuii(is rn r nn rrirnqa uy
the street raUwajs la IS inliTutes, , ;
T
.5MAIX-HAN.GEi
fekaMksaMBMSaaiKMtsaBtsMiaffsasi
v Oregon la waking up.
Grand. old maatoiavsr. shl-
: Tbre wtks from next Thursday.
JfOll Hit lh nomination
. la it a'wtdo-opan or a atralaht-and
narr6iin.ansT
Qt Into tht country- a much aa you
can; It will do you and youra no and
or good. " 1 '.
Kentucky doean't car very much
-wtiwther- r-nt Newfmindlixi XhA
United BUtaa flab bait.
-Another-Arctto7rellfexpaitIon"Jla
about to start. .' Tha one to relieve thla
ona need not ba oraanlsed for a year
or two, .-, '.
--H.la. rauiirtad-lnat-.y tfum 'rilahrelt-
Uyda haa 10, lawyers rerularly on lila
payrolls - Impoaalbla It . the Equitable
makes money I .
Cheap literature ia worn than poison.
aaya tlia Albany UeinutiiaU W though
at t (rat that "poetry" waa meant ' In-
atead of "polaon. . ..-. i. p
An Iowa grocer advertiaea "the bast
Imitation maple syrup on the market."
That man la too honest to get Into con
grcsa or a city council.'
The -constitution may limp along on
occasions arter the flag, but It lent
really necessary that tha landoffloa
should, follow Bob Miller to Portland.
And - poor - Loeb, after being - trotted
UP to the mountains half a dosan times
to tell Teddy bow the people were hur
rahtng, never got a shot at a bear. Too
oaai ......
HowZ5.nr J0hn.flharft, WHllaa-r4
uovernor varaeman expect to De elected
senator from Mississippi when Money
is against tnem. But the:
. Ona hundred and ninety-nine thouaand
ohances for Industrious. Intelligent dco-
mea, aiain. cattle. ahaeD. and
other things, In never-falling luxurious
urrgon. . - ,
Somehow wa rather bode that oldie.
or Hopele. or Fllrtle, or whatever her
name Is, will get about f 100.000-out-ef
old - Tom Flatt, and then blow It right
uM-aaa vui.
LJMojilefa nf pnllns wf tha wuild Will
hold a-convention at Washlntnnnaxt
nionin. one or tha moat notable among
mem, we suppose, win De chler Hunt
Hut he won't be- oTilt complete unless
be: takgarJDfc'pay along..
ha woman, tlirniis-w ml.t.h.
In writing the "names In a decree, waa
granted a divorce from her In fsnt inn
and given tha custody of harJuuhuuL
and-tha-court " says the decree muat
atand a U lav-thue again llluatratlngl
ruiuiu ining ins law orten Is.
now naving tha legal ouatody and
eontrertnrhartrnahemeMM-f tTiisKK
an. get even with blmT
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
No Bunday theatrea in Eugene
Tracklaylng crew Bearing Condon.
Mora and cheaper chickens wanted.
Gamblers are leaving PanOTeton-frosen
out ,
Bhee psheartng shears shearing, shear-
'". ' . .:. . ,. ....
r New,- big " sawmill on Butte" creek,
Wheeler 'county. . - -
- The' rurJtl ' mall " carriers at ' Gervals
have purchased-regulatlon hats and latr
on they will have the regular uniforms.
They are a. Una lot-of men and tha best
la none too good for them, says tha Star.
L-Tygh-Yallsy rieei How ibwitTToiirth
of July celebratlonT Ia Tygh Valley going.
o crieorsie or are wa going to De allent
on that dayT Think It over and let us
msia up our minds as to what we are
going , to do. - i . -"
Irrigator: Emll Henkle, aged B years.
got away with about a pint of asphaltum
yesterday. Ha ate soma of It and the
rest adhered to,hla face and hands.- He
was a eight outwardlyv and Internally
he had to be lubricated with Tard before
ha could cough the dose up.
In Lake county a ateam shearing plant
Is about to supplant hand-work in rob
bing the sheep of bis winter's fleece.
Tha tkevlew Examiner says that thou
sands "of sheep are now In the- valley
watting for the plant to ba started. About
25 machines will be put to work, a thresh.
Ing engine to furnish the power.'
A S-y ear-old Linn county boy was
kicked by a horse, the animal's foot
striking tha child squarely on tha mouth
and breaking tha upper Jaw. Tha physi
cians on arriving found the Jaw badly
shattered and found It necessary Aa re
moVgB7-Torttonorthe "bones of the
child's upper Jaw and to take several
Stitches. .
Within the past year in the Echo, But
ter creek and Maxwell district in the
western portion of Umatilla county, about
fi miles of ditches have been built. In
cluding main and lateral ditches. Fifty-
two thousand pounds of alfalfa 'seed has
been sold In the past year by two Echo
merchants this amount of seed being
used to seed 1,(100 acres, or more than
23 per cent of the total amount of al-
fa,,a land alreadyproduclng crops Jn
These districts.
Lebanon ' Express-Advance: James
Arnold, who gathers cream for .the ILaseU
wood-Cream-company, had an Interest
ing runaway yesterday. He left his team
for a short time at Herman Beulow's
plBCfl. and. they started Mp and ran about
two miles, to "tne Elliott place, "where
they- were caught. The wagon came to
pieces and- waa scattered along the road,
but was not damage t apeak of.- The
cream cana were also scattered and too
pounds of oream was lost, and 40 doseh
eggs were broken. . ' "
ljv, ,n th, Coyo, Crw.- fcoun,ry; WMt
0j. fna city.
city, today brought to town the
hldea of three cougars which he killed
tn" the hill near the "Henry"' Coleman
place ona day laat week. TJie cougars
had been killing , sheep and goats and
Rohbln aet aut with- hla - dogs- fo see
what could ba done with the "TfWt tnfy'.
The dogs treed four of them and with
well-dlecled shots three ,of them-were
iTflJjght- to the' ground, the other one
escaping. One of them measured I feet
brought- to the? ground, the other one
1,7 Inches from tip to tip.- -
AN OLD-TIME SOUTH
ERN CITY
WraTE Curtla Mobile, Alatiama'Clty, tn
" T Chicago Beeord-Herald."
Mobil:, Is a delightful ld-cltyrsi
rene, sleepy and full of romance. rIts
ueie always urou proua ot inoir
conservatism, and until recently it would
have been an . off ansa to. their - refine.
ment to talk about th growth of trade
and the Introduction of modern improve
mama. 10 me aristocracy or modiib
the paat haa been more precious and
mora interesting than - the future, and
they have bean attuned with th pres
ent. There were aa pavements, or sew
- - ..K.A. . 1. . .nil J - ..,n.t,
tbeastageranlntothe streets, and"
tha water supply was caught Trom the
roofs into cisterns but those conditions
had satisfied the anoestors of the Mo
bil aristocracy and . hence war good
enough for th recent . generation. Tha
city haa always been wealthy, but has
never been ostentatious in Its displays.
Jt hi always ,hean hospitable., but sot
cuiiy rsquirea cenuicstes -or Tespecia
blltty from strangers and doubtful peo
ple were not admitted to the homes of
about Kossuth, the feme.,. rtrio"whn
oaine hei la Itot-by'steamerT but no-1
lta families. An Interesting story Is told
body paid any attention to him because
ha had no- Introductions, until,-Madame
Octavla L Vert, a rich, cultivated and
Intellectual woman, wno was a "leader
Of society here from 1838 to 1865. heard
of his presence,- and, having met htm
abroad, drove to th boat, took hlra to
her house and Introduced-him to so
ciety, .which gave him a tremendous
welooma aa soon as his Identity was
sufficiently vouched, or. The exclusive
set of olden times would not have re
ceived the angel- Qibnel without cre
dentials. 1; Madama 'Za Vertwas a remarkable
woman. She had earerr--unexHln
plet-social success, both In Mobile and
In Europe, where aha traveled extensive
ly, spent a great deal of time, and was
tecetTwt-sr air-Ideal-- of th: American
woman. She. knew all languages; had
an acquaintance with all the famuus
flBipuilpeoplerafr' her ttlne, afid a friendship
with rmany-or tham; aha corresponded
with queens and ducnesses and the
leadera of social life on both continents.
and. wherever .she went aha etabllehed
Roland. Her fat was sad. 8h waa a
victim ot her exalted ldeaa of hospitali
ty. -After the capture of Mobil sh
waa the only woman in the city who
entertained the yanke invaders or even
recognised them, but she opened her
houee to all officers of the Union army
as soon as sh waa convinced of their
social standing. It waa not because
sh sympathised with the - northern
use ' ot: her instructive
aensa tif hospitality ana per desire to-
promote th pleasure of others. The
local- aoo!ety- dldnofTapprov -cipher
theories or. her practices. ---They pun-
tshed her by ostracism. "andTlhi-woman
who had been the idol of Mobile fled
from the condemnation of her neighbors
and died among strangers of a broken
heart.--"" -'- "7
la proportion to population- Mobile Is
doubtlesa, tha Jlchest-towa ta-the otKli l
i .rn,.
sums Of money from cotton before tha
war and lived her la a species of lux
ury-peculiar to the south. They lacked
what we call. modern Improvements, but
preserved tha old-fashioned colonial cus
toms and prejudices. ' This, undoubtedly,
kept the population down and prevented
the-Improvements whicn. are .Just now
hnglnnlag. - It was.. only., reoeritlym that
single street in Mobile was paved.
and even now the pavements are lim
ited to th buainess section and a short
distance of governroenfatreet, which
has most of the homes of th ancient
aristocracy.- It is announced with great
fervor that when the present plans for
municipal improvement, are completed
all of the principal streets' 'Will have
sewers and ten miles ot pavement will
b laid!
Mobile Is waking up. " naif "a mlllldn
dollars has been appropriated for pub
He Improvements. - Tall business blocks
are beginning to arts downtown; - de
partment atorea ar being established;
there la to be a new hotel costing half
a million dollars and tne old Battle
House; which HftTT'ears ago was one
of tha famous hotels or America, Is to
be retwtrt upon than nitna In which it
waa left by lira a few weeks ago.- All
kinds of Innovations are talked about
Mobile Is being absorbed by twentieth
century notions, and wltartr a few years
you . will-aa.-th-venerabl old -ity
transformed Into a modern bustling
business center. -'
This could not hare occurred IK years
ago. The Influence of th oldest Inhabi
tant would have been too strong for
such-lnno vajloni. But The "fathers "and
mothers of Mobile, one after another,
pre gong t their reward, end tha mn.
aervatism which they preached and
praetloed la disappearing with them and
with th-a,cred landmark of antebel
lum architecture. Every on of them
was of modern design and construction,
replacing little, old-fashioned two-story
brick houses with iron balconlea which
were occupied as shops and residences
pf the proprietors above. .
You must remember that Mobile is
one of the oldest cities In the United
States. St. Augustine and Banta Fe, I
believe, are the only ones that surpass
It in sge. The beginning of Its history
date r 104 - years before : the . Pilgrims
landed at Plymouth.- Mobile was a com
mercial metropolis before New York had
any aspiration to that diatlnt-tlnn. Over
It has floated'Jthe flags of half a dnsen
different nationa .From 1(70 to 1723
Mobile was the capital of the French
provlneea-tn American-and Bienville
was twice ..Its governor before 'he
founded New Orleans. AH this distinc
tion hae ha4-l t in fl uncr-n-ti on bt.
upon the atmosphere and the attitude
of its inhabitants toward . modern im
provements; but,- as I have already sug
gested. Mobile has awakened ' from her
atuporr-ba -cut loose-from" hef" tradl-
lo'ns. abandoned the exclusiveness and
reserve and her people sre taking ad
vantage of her geographical location and
the rrpertunltte--tt-offera.TThey-are
building railroads, operating sawmills,
snd cotton mills, packing oysters, ship
ping -fish- and receiving - banana," fll);
tilling turpentine, canning shrimps, rfti!
ing garden truck end doing -all rta-r)f
things that used to b -considered vul
gar. - . , - - ::: .
Only .a few r the oia rarnmes retain
their' prejudices against such enter
prises, and they-will be compelled to
yield eventually. -
Mobile has been tha home' of several
famous people. Mrs. Mavbrlrk. recently
released from an-English prison, -was
bom herer -Sh-waS tha daughter- a
Mr. Chandler, a merchant' who had a uig
store and a fine house, iH did a large
business, lived In luxury and left a
handsome fortune. His widow msrrled
Frenchman named von Boojues and
she went to France tollve There Flor
ence, the daughter,-wha had .been a
great belle, met James Maybrteki a rich
manufacturer ot Liverpool, whom she (
was afterwards convicted of poisoning,
for which offense aha was sent to
orlsotu . ..
I Themnst eminent and popular cltixen
of Mobile, preaent and past, is r
wrtnna-fnBvan-Wlison. f!iT
TTueviiH, l
the. ilrat and. most successful writer
c..flcton la the south. Thirty years ago
her hovela wara upon every drawing
room table In the aouirtryTTmoT she has
tha distinction of belna ona of -tha few
American wrltera-WbAJiaYabacama rich.
i irom their royalties, ona naa
Successful navels. '-SC Elmo", waa per.
haps 'the most popular and most widely
read and broua-ht her the largest prollt
At on Uath-eoelvd, u lucorae ot
140,000 a year from, her copyrights, but
she haa not published anything since
"The Mercy of Tiberlusi" wbloh ap
peared in 1188. Soma people think she
has an unfinished manuscript, but If
it Is so sh keeps the fact a secret, and
the silence of her pen. is explained oy
her fear lest she may-dlralnlsh her rep
utation by falling to reach her former
standard. She retains th manuscript
of her It novels, all of whloh were
written by her own hand almost witn-
out - an '. erasure . and .with letters aa
regular and perfect as copper plate en
g raWlhgrTTheF-mHnseTtpts-re-rtieauii-j-
fully bound In morocco ana may .oa in
ruioted hv her friends.
Mra Wilson was born in moo. wnicn
mnltrs bar now 10 years old, and liaa
alwaya been In delicate Wealth. Bhe
married late In . lif and has had io
children-of her ow;n.' but Haa oeen ae
vnted to the children of her husband by
his first marriage. He was U N. Wil
son, a business man engaged In various
unromantlo enterprises ht Mobile snd
vicinity. He waa much older than she
n.i had tio literary tast or tendency.
but they always seemed -te-bengnlU-
Nobody doubts that ha woranipea ner,
whiia she Dinned a rose lnhls button
hole avery morning befor h went to
business. They naa a dcbuiuui to
on SprlngHiU avenue, about three miles
nut or tne city, in m irv i " - """ -
. , , k.. ibrni vmrt
an nn--account--Ox
Mrs'. Wilson moved Into the cltyj and
now ilves at JQ Oovernment street. In
a tall, old-fashioned house, with her
brotherUowara" Evans, anlnsuranee
event- who taa devoted himself to her
sine she became arwiaqw. m 0"'-
: a .friend who knows hee well says
"Mrs.. Wilson Is the loveliest character
in this part of the worm. r-ii-J
admires her. and everybodywho knows
her loves, her. She naa a oeepiiuM.
IntSesTTiS "vefrTltnTnTore,pr
and never had aa unaina inougni
anyona"
I ZXEWIS -AND f CLARK
roTtMandan tnear th ltf Blamarekr
iiorth Dakota.) to the Rocky mmrntarn.
Mr"l A llaht breese from tne east
orrid-ua It mllea tmwa ha4td3arl
tinner- st the-entranc of a river- on I
The north. Captafn Clark, wno baa
walked on' the south, on -aacendinga
high point opposite to Its entrance ais
covered a7 level and beautiful-country
which It waierea; m , :
- j
oflS mnerwairnorinwest. wnen ii
divided Into two nearly equal branchs,
on-purauJnTTTtnitoi-tiearlyiiWth;
width at th entrance la ISO yards, and
on going three miles trp-captain lwis
found It to be ot the same breadth, and
sometimes more; It Is deep, gentle and
baa a large Quantity "of water; Its "bed
iaprinxipally-jfTnudjJig,.banii abnipt.
about 12 feet in height, ana tormeu oi
I"- clv; tn
low around-near It are w id and ferllle,
and possess a considerable proportion
of cottonwdod' and willow. ' It seems
to be navigable for boats and canoes,
and this circumstance. Joined to lis
course and the quantity of water, which
Indicatea that It paases through a larga
extent of country, we ar led to pre
sume that it may approach the 8as
kaahawan and afford a communication
with that river. The water has a pecu
liar whiteness, such as might be pro
duced by a tableepoonful of milk In a
dish of tea and this circumstance
duced us to call-tt Mil It river.
- ISlln evening we had made 27 miles,
snd encamped on the south. The coun
try on 'that side constats in generalof
high litokeii bills, allli miTCh gray, black
and brown granite scattered over the
surface of, the" ground; At--ltttl-dt j
tanca iroaji- n- river lucn uu vimuvr
of either 'aide, the wood being confined
aa below to the margin ot the river.
so that unless the contrary-Is- particu
larly mentioned, it la always understood
that the upland Is perfectly naked, and
that we consider the low grounds well
timbered It even a fifth be covered
with woodr-The wild liquorice Is found
tn great-abundance on these hills, as Is
also the white apple. Aa usual we are
surrounded by buffalo, elk," common and
black-tailed deer, beaver, antelope anl
vewWa-flbserYBd. a plan where- a
Indian had recently taken the hair off
an ntelopaklnr-and soma of -- the
party - thought they distinguished lm
perfectly some smoke and Indian lodges
up Milk river, marks which we are by
no means desirous of realising, as the
Indians are probably Asslnlbolns, and
might be very troublesome.
tm towci or raa BAiroafAar.
By Oeorge V. Hobart
Sun am dees a rushln' home,
Rushln'. home to bed;
Stara am dess a twlnkerlln, ( -Yander,
overhead.
'' Froggles In a medder-pool .
Chunein' up a song; '
. Twilight am a slghln' kase .
, Dassen't linger long.
Baby boy am rubbin' at
Somefla la h yes.
LIT star It wink an say,
Yander la a sklesi '"
' (Refrain) -- .'' i'
fW'a fer yo' doln dat, dolt' dat, dqln'
- - dat, - -' v ',;
Mlstah, 11T baby, ssyl
Wa' f er-yo doln datr doin dafTloln'
. dat, -
-' 'Rubbin' dem eyes' of grayt
Yo kin rub dem, rub dem, . "'....' U '
- tUib dem. mah honey. ' " -But
yo' kalnt rub er Sandman erwayr'
Birds dona put dah. ill' heada
Una ewnaeSh r wing;
, Rhadders creepln'. down ar hill. . .
llop-toad settln' on er vine
Wlshin' he could alng.
.". Shaddera creepln'. down tr hill, .
Blottln' out er light; '
..!.,... Darknoss snakln- up its mind -'
Owlner stsy air-night. . . ",
f- Baby nod he-il'l' head, i
r - - Rub he HT eyes; " ; -
tf; 'Jtw staruJ.wbi8ptf'low
' , .';Way up On-a skies; , -
7 f Refrain .-; --- ' ;'
"W'a' fer yo doln' dat, doln dat, doln'
dat
" Mletah. HTbaby. ssyl
Wa1 feyo' doln' dat,! doln' dat. dot
dat.
' Rubbin' dem eyes of grayt
Yo" kin rub dem. rut dem, - . - ,
' 'Rub dem, mah honey.
But yo' kaln't rub er Baadman erwayl"
H REALHITONSTAGE"
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:. 0n jhe. New-York--WerM.-
r Imagine captain " Putroanni BradLea
"'22iKlng good." 'as "h'preMlonal -Phrase
haa it .Remarkable!-Yet this lg
th simple truth. ' '."-
ir nappenea In Brooklyn! The' late
YoheTnls wife, long known as a phe
nomenal contralto and a clever actress,
appeared on the stag o Keeney's
theatre. ..' . . . t
- It la a .good-elsed house. Vnd It was
packed yesterday.' both afternoon and
evening, by crowds of Brookiynltes and .
many Manhattaners-who wanted to see
the debut of the -young man whoa ple
turesque career n New York. Europe.
Japan and the Phlllpplnea - has mada
his name so widely known.
- Captain Strong and hla wife were billed '
line tnis. .
-Tha- -celebrities
. MISS MAY YOKE, -.
the atar of two continents, ,
ajid
Captain bradlee btrono. - ,
who makes his first appearance en th
stage In the dramatic sketch.;: 'The 1
Actress and the Detective." "v. -,,
A . black and white musical team had
Just finished. The curtain--was down
a fewv moments, then rosa upon the
office ot a deteotlve. Captain Strong was
the detective. ," He came hustling' in
full of business, switching, a little-ell-
lyr-glrt cana " and- look ing--very. freirTr
aad .youthful -In -a -stylish new brawn
suit, derby hat and tan aheee. - Ther
waa not a trace of nervousness' In his
manner. He ..had to alt at his deskL
soliloquise and read two letters. Its did
It well,
1 tii . v.
i - nn manntr, nis -atase pres-
He was as -ealm -and - well .. balanced as
a veteran of a ' dosen ' seasons. Hla '
voice, - a trifle low-end 'dim. at "first.'
soon galnertTitrength--ana--cternelrTiTir
carried well throughout the hom
eamed tha guoffwin 5r "The audience
at once, and they made It known to
htm with hearty applause.
Miss Yohe came In wearing a' fluffy
white Paris gown of point d'esprlte lace.
ths sort" of-v thing that , a man would
,a . lonlc.
wou,d pa
It a -delightful creation.
She sollloqulted. a bit and aang a new-1'
and pretty love song whose refrain Is
"If I Were Only You." ' She still has
those thrilling lower notes that made
her famous year ago. They- have allirr
the-tld -thrill. x" '.
Captain Strong, who has been "out to
telephone, comes In now and thetree-
consults him about her missing Angora
feufcl jlvag'IrgnllTlg-IOW iKTlt -1 - The "dleJoVaa -ruat
aiong at oenea purnoees, ror-tne aetec-
tlve. mistakes her- for another girl who -.
naa written asung ir mm - to. Jlnd her
loat lover, Captain -Trmr-Pltt,: Of the"
BeTenttrf regimen'
'orTilO . 'mlhutea
the complicated mlsunderatandlnc icoi
I QhuesT but everything Is straightened
ui - imrniiy-i --i nwwuaienca-appianoea-
enmusiasticaiiy ann;- recaiiea captain
Btrojig-and Mlsa Yohe three times,
LldjiiaJAUntia , to the. wrlUr -ftrwafd4
i -if you had looked very closely you v.
cowld have see mJL- ltneeaylbratlng. -r r
r wasn i airaia or losing my lines. I
had the liaitli'st Ktml vt work,' tfiUU
to" Itpea-from T running on a line or two
ahead. - - The words kept trying' to pop -out
In advance and I had to hold them
back." , , l- . .
"It- wag 'th most BervmisTlrsrnip
pearanca of my lifeVfald. Miss. Yelje.
T was sd'irrlgh"theorrror him that I
couldn't have told' Von whether a 'Ood,
t1 bast-agW'Tfta'ltBgernBu
guess it's all right.';..
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PAMOtTS JOXZg OP OSaTTTOXS AOO) '
From tha San Francisco Bulletin.
It would seem that as far back aa th
fifth century men were amused, even aa
they are In our days, by jokes and funny
sayings. - On this pag , wlll.b fount
some of those ancient storlerf translated
from a work attributed to the Alexan
drian philosopher . literacies, who ep- .
Pearsoiaie.ioujid.tlm-atweaniSwl
4 moraserlou writings to writ a col
lection of Jokee (facetiae), th authen.
tlclty of which has neverlhaleas bee
disputed-by eminent authorities. With
out. entering into an appreciation of his
critical -oplnlon-jwe- give the jokes as re-
corded; Doubtless some old friends i Irs
their primlMv form will be recognised
smong themi
A young manjaewtlng an aoauatntance
said:.. T heard that youwera.ilea'i
But," kald the other, "you see me alive."
'I don't know-how that may be,"-re
plied the first; "you are. a-notorious
llar-.while my In forroant-ls - a person
of credit." -'. '.
A man wrote to a friend In Oreec
asking him to buy him some -"boi
Ha neglected to execute the commission.
but. rearing thnt hla friend mleht b,
TXffsnftPaTTlee"xcInTmedi when next they
njet.My dear friends I jnever-got-the
letter wrote me about the books."
A man, given to theories, endeavor
Ing to teach hla horse to live without
food, starved him to death. "I suffered
a great loss," said he. "for Just es lie
learned to live without eating, he died."
A robust countryman, meeting a doc
tor, concealed himself behind a wall;
being asked-. why he did so, he replied;
"It Is so long since I have been alcK
that I am aahamed to look a doctor In
the face.?' .
A man having "been told that a raven -
would live 200 years, bought one to '
try.
A man who had narrowly escsped .
drowning . while bathing declared that -he
would never enter the water again
until he learned how to swim.
A horsemanr who.-had - te-ros--the
river entered the ferryboat mounted.
When Invited to dismount 'he-replied:
'No,-1 muat-rlder because! amht a
hurry.". : - .. . - - ..' .
A student la want of money r sold his
books, and wrote home:. "Father, re
joice; for now I derive my support from
literature."
On of twin brothers having died, a
fellow. . maetlng the survivor, asked:
"Which ia.Jt that's dead, yW or .your
brother?" - "
A gentleman had a cask ef wine, from.:
which his servant stole a large, 'quan
tity, When hla -master perceived-- th--r"
def Iclency, " he carefully' examined the
top of the cask, but could find a trace- r
of an opening. "lxok If there be not a.-y-hole
In the bottom," said a bystander. .
"Blockhead!" he replied, "do you not
ace that Jh wine la missing from th
top -and not from tb bottom T'r
t A curious inquirer desirous of know.
Ing how he. looked when asleep, .saf "
with cloaed eyes, before a mirror.- . --
A foolish fellow having a' honse to
sell Is said to have taken. a brick front
thealjto..-fhlblt.aaa sample, ,
An Essential Qnallfleattoa.
From the New York Trlbuna
Oovernor Mickey of Nebraska donned '"
his overaTPa-ttie other day snd proceeded
tb nail up the -board fence on his faim.
rneiM IS nothing like a governor keenina
bis--fences" 1ft good repair, especially
In s state which boasts of Farmer Brraa
as resldtnt r
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