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WHY. THEY WERE
i LITTHIS RElTERAXEDn4- wnu
L "...weepin. nd.wningr. and
",-the part of the Orefewnian
spuming and cavorting and howling
".til":" and muddy diatribes aboat the election of certain Demo
crats to office in Oregon, in Multnomah courtly, and in
':-Portland, are a distinct, direct, undeserved, malicious and
J ..malignant insult to the people, the electorate, who tie
,i,rw Jiberately put the men in office, who are" glad they did
rT-"sohcTdid wfsebMn doing so, who have no apologies to
. , .' male to anybody, on earth, nor to their own con-
R ' sciences, for having' done so, and who would under the
f i same" conditions do the same thing over again tomorrow,
' ' - next weeky next month or next year. ; . . "
V' t fndeed iJow that the bittle is over and the'people begin
7', ""to get a'pefspective "of it they realize that nothing better
7;0i6tUd-hsve happened Portland."' There is a new test of
7" : V - . publia service ,heraf ter to be applied. - It is. no longer
"r7Twhar special interest has anofficial served or how faith
fully has ' he-obeyed the command of a party machine,
V but how well and faithfully has he served the people
ind obeyed his oath of office. No" man jnowjleels safe
,7.r. in lublic.offtce on any other basis. .He has. been taught
the lesson that. Weighed against efficient service, mere
""party name will not carry him throtigh.i To haveim
' "pressed this lesson is worth everything. Hereafter the
.,,pf freeholder -Tnust look to the voters and not to party for
. . approval, the character and quality of the-public service
. . will be raised, and the sense of individual responsibility
will be vastly increased. - v.- -- v -77 --'-"7'.
- Xhe dial of progress, caonot, be turned ba"ck by the
Tcaterwauling's'of the Oregonian.: Portland has taken the
, step deliberately and everything that it has gained it will
-r--Jteepr The-menwho- have: beerr "elected "toroff ice" may
themselves say whether they are to be continued there
- and tbis, too.'.itrespective of whether they are Democrats
or Republicans. , . They know the test and they must
either meet it or fall by the wayside. They are now
-;7l mdre likely tt meet it than' ever before and the result tP
77;-' the people will be a standard of government that 'they
will have every reason to be proud of, if the men elected
' are gifted with the intelligence which should be theirs.
A VIEW THAT WILL NOT
V jTN. ITS .LAST ISSUE the Liberal, the organ, of .the
I -Brewers' and Wholesale Liquor Dealers' associa
t'yoot said :t...- ' fzA,r":" ':'' :s '-:.
- f - Perhaps the most Striking thing in connection with :
' the Portland municipal campaign which closes todayc
was the reception given to Mayor, Williams' utter-
7 ance in" which, he denounced some of the yellow
i preachers "as "liars -and scoundrels.". .The statement
was made hefore in audience in-Albina- composed 7
V of about 400 citizens..- It was received with' the most '7
- - , tuirfultuonr"Bpplausc of any statement of the erttireT
-" vv; campaign. - - Manyof the audience- stood" up and
v cheered frantically, andlrwao several tainiites before
the applause subsided. ' A philosopher can-draw but
one eonclusion from this occurrence, and hat is-tht
...y.i7r there is in put; body politic today
7cause they are' preachers The
'. -f of the citizens of that part 'of Portland. They were
.' - lirgely working men and' small merchants gathered,
"7--- frontlhe surrounding precincts which are peopled by
' the great middle-class, which forms the bone and ,
' 77 7 smew, of - this country. j I Mhejr had applauded. the
mayor's utterance merely to the extent that they
. . i.. applauded his other statements from time to time, no
: .1. comment could be made legitimately. But. it was, 7
a. the happening was significant. ' ..--;.!
7;. We think the-Liberal . ws mistaken in the men who
Vfranticallheered'' the statementjuotejdilsjRjthc
7V .I; estimate that "a verylarge proriortion of citizens are op-
posed to "preachers because are preachers.",; There
"7" are some such citizens', butthe proportion of them antdng
7' ; "workingmen and small merchants,"- the great middle
'..7-lass which forms the bone and sinew of the country,
' is smalL There may be many of them very good citizens
, whojre not much in sympathy with the theology of the
preachers but when it comes to the morality which they
..'.-preach and the civic righteousness for which they stand
7hey arein heartyand thorough actord - and work
shoulder to 'shoulder with them to realize their hopes
"and meet their ideals. .. Why it should be considered
more disgraceful in Portland to have
port a ticket than i t" have-ihe
who-onstanty violate the laws is not now so apparent
j-afcm--tor have-been -few-yearrago. No-class-of
our citizens have stood forward more courageously in at.
"tain higher and better things in Portland than have these
same preachers and to no class is ine resuii 01 incrcas-
in gty better government more largely due. They have
. labored along thellines of better citizenship and they
177 have been tireless" in their demand for it' That their
4abors haver not been without effect is rery apparent to
. those who will see and fortunate indeed is it for Port
land that it is so.. , - '
STREET FIGHTS KILL
MORE THAN DUELS
B Tottior Jt OoSai.
HE duel la one of tbe most Im
T
portant questions of modern
-' tclly, for lt-ia a question of
Ufa or death.
It Is true that a majority of the duelrleworde-ln eountrlea -where dueling 1
--which are actuallytoughr"do not- re
, suit In the death of any of the duellats.
but It Is equally true that when two
. men stand facing one another with a
' ptotol or a sword in their hand both
have, the Intention (the tight, at least)
---. of killing or -wounding- his Tpponent.4.u:h having a good-a chance as the
That Is why I. say that tbe duel. Is a
question of life or death.
In some countries, precisely . those
-that are considered "the advance guard.
" or "Civilisation and progress the United
- States, of America and Great Britain
dueling ls forbldded by law. People
- do not light there as tn France.
, ' Both America and England claim that
their system Is far better than the
rrench, do, notv think Oj
; Our duels are stupid Ad barbarous. I
admit; but what about the'Kngllsh and
American street fights? '
. -The United States and England havs
; ' been able to suppress dueling, but t'7
have not beeir and will never be abW to
: suppress fighting. In France, In Bptfln,
In Germany, la Austria one seldom sees
' " two well dressed men punching one an
- other in the street, while the speetacle
1 te oimnr,rtTOriir Ijondon; Liverpool,
Chicago, and New Tork.
lt, us now Judge th duel from a
practical point of view, without entering
- Into .p'bUeeophioat-considerations ss to
G O N D A I L Y
INDEPBNDEN'
NEWSPAPER
. streets, -oniana, uregon. .
ELECTED.
HE APPOINTMENT of C
gnashing - ! . teeth - on
., I . secretary
all this Turning and
all these splenetic
HOLD WATER.
v!ry -large pro- iJ
. There
nrn more than it
audience Jtth a.
-mtJLAr, hn
nws m u mtim mm
- - - . .
the preachers sup
with the standard
keepers of 4ow-divesneverto let It be
urhrn ht
Its being or not being mors proper than
to flght.wlth the list s.
A majority of thtm, as I have said
before. Have no fatal results, and but
a few end In the shooting or stabbing of
one of the contenders. On 1 the. other
hand most of the street fights In which
weapons are used result in death. -
Criminal statistics, show that the
number of well bred people killed every
year In personal encounters In the
United States and Great Britain Is -much
larcer than the number of those slain
In regular duels with pistols, sabers or
allowed.
The reason that the duelists must
submit to certain regulations which It
sen the brutality of the fight, and at the
same time make it fairer, as the two
Bdverearlei-re-fUced on even terms,
other, while In fights llksihose In vogue
In the United. States a fid England ths
victor latBlwsys the stronger or ths one
lwhQ.eUuciuaia , nret-Jdow-ot-llrad. the
first shot.
With these facts In view, we must
admit that the duel as barbarous as it
Hw is not so brutal, and that it Is far
more honorable than the free-hand nght.
' -It Is erroneous to think that the mia
alon of the seconds of an "affair of
honor" Is limited to arrange the condi
tions of the meeting and make the ad
versaries fight.
As a matter of fact, their flrsfjluty
is to exhaust all honorable means In
order to 'prevent the encounter; and only
when the offense has been too deep, of
when by one reason or the other all
peaceful settlement - Is Impossible da
they permit the fluel to take place. And
ereo then Ihflr. Intervention Is a most
convenient one, foe they make the con
ditions of the duel such that the danger
to the two adversaries is. In a majority
of cases, reduced by 19 per cent.
X havs fought many, duels myptlt,
J O URN A:L
.ft
Journal Bufldlnc. Fifth and Yamhill
arles JBonaparti as
of the navy, wit
the probable design
of transfcrrinn- him in the near future to the
department of justice, was another- hard blow to "the
thick-and-thint always-regular," hidebound, standpat, ma
chine element of the Republican party,- which has been
jnjthe saddle "so long: It was ahifd Jolt for thenv'Not,
as has been erroneously reported! that Mr, Bonaparte 1s
not a..Republican. -His that,.anfl onejof the best of Re
publicans, In the best sense. - Hew reformer,-however,
as the president is strongly inclined to be, and he be
lieves in reforming his party .outiside.of it if he cannot
do so inside of it. lie is for hohesty, straightforward
ness, strict accountability, devotiojn to duty, and against
grafting, boodling crookedness incompetency, skuldug
gery and rascality in the Republican party; and if the.
party shields and stands for thest things,; as it so fre
quently has done, he believes in getting outside where he
can get a good range and focus and taking some ef
fective shots at thrascalr--But hjtnever ceased to be a
Republican, for all that. 7 A mail like that would be
nauseated-with disgust "to read thej pleas that have been
made for the past" two weeks in this city for party reg
ularity.in a jnunictpal election when his- party- was-in.
alliance with the gamblers, and the dives of the "north
end"- :. - - ' -v :-".' ' - 7:, -
Mr. Bonaparte could not well be a Democrat n Mary
larid," where : the Democratic "party Is absolutely dom.
inaied by a Republican in everything except in name
Gormani, Thi boss of the Democratic party in Mary
land poses as a Democrat sndiStands in with the trusts.
He1i'for tariff for revenue only in theory, and votes
and-works-foe-high protection-ior-the-sugar-trust. He
serves : the eorporationr and speeiaMn.terestsJusfrthe
same as does.Elkins or Spooner. Of course a man like
Bonaparte .ws not tehipted-ta become a Maryland Demo
crat. , - . ' ; -.'- -.' - . '--:v- -. - ,-
Mr. Bonaparte is best known as a civil service re
former. But he Js more than a doctrinaire or a dreamtr,
as his recent work in convicting thieves Machen arid
Beavers and the Goffs shows. H is a first-rate lawyer,
a keen mart of practical affairs. Whether he has excep
tional administrative ability is not known; he has had no
experience in this line; but the' president is not likely to
be deceived in him injbia respects Morton Jia4hisort
of ability, but jthat he was appointed ffter his record as
of. the Santa Fe railroad, was a mys-
teyrand-s-mistakrTjThe-tippointmenVBonaparte-ts
a correction of the mistake, and at the same time is in
the nature fa efiance to' the-hitherto reigning congres
sional Republican oligarchy, - 7 -
.-Though a Republican, retaining his right to bolt at
any time, he thinks it right' and necessary, Mr. , Bona
partehas never been Identified with the Republican party
of Maryland, which is; if possible," even rottener than
Gorman's Democratic party. But he, has for 25 years
been a man above the party leaders in character, and who
Compels their respect, - --.. - ; ; ' - -; ' 7
GET IN THE; PORTLAND BANDWAGON.
ORTLAND has many advantages, but it can have
' fnnrjninf itinre.' ! .... '. v- -.-'.
are'lbts bf ways to make Portland mean
does already to merchants of the great
nf fhe gfMt inUnd-tmBirS ana inf
people throughput, the broad expanse 01 yncie, oams
domain. ; ....-.:. '. ' , ' . - 7 J ""'7.-' - ''- - -,
PortlandrJ.hould7fahout:ior-Portland'5 carry-a,nd
send the news to .the four corners of the earth! Port
landers Should "stand together," pull together, for Port
land. Talk Portland! Beat it into the heads of every
man who has a doubt concerning anything relating to
Portland. " It is time for Portland to "awake I
-'-AdVerfise Portland-jnade- products.--. Do -it - wisely,
persistently," consistently; keep everlastingly at it!
vt. - .'-I....;.. - Kfartr trrvttiinr trninir nut nf
... m w r .
. r r Huns m lii.iivvi " - . j . b n -
. j 1 j
lXorilandJoanewayiarmgany-jcaaaBtF Jaw no-, .nd thro
observe mat roruana is on int j)..jdc iniumsuii..j
"That's' the way to get there! - -
Portland-made products "are the best in the world"
and the multitude can be made to believe it if we shout
long and often enough. In .thus, working, acting, hus
tling we can aid Portland's manufacturers, jobbers and
business intereta-'inaecu'ririg '" wider' "distribtttioa joi
their products and goods. -
, The Jotirna'l will never grow tired working for. PorN
land and the people who make Portland, for in helping
to make a greater and better city here it is making a
broader and more fruitful field for it to work in, so up
6f Portland and "by frnal"
pultfoaownT":
I CtouTicilman-Sharkeytnafnly-howsgo6d judgment
!" hill fcltti fniin ih 'ftrrnrTtju
council. - On that score it would be a give and take prop
osition, Sharkey giving a certificate of character to those
members who most need it and taking one in return
which he himself sorely needs But it is not very likely
that that certificate, even if given, will pass current with
the people who have read and observed what has been
going on in the council and made note of where Sharkey's
finger got into, the pie. J .
yet I am not an advocate of dueling.
Far from-this, I am strongly -against
duela and fights bf every kind. But
men will alwsys fight, for such is their
nature, .and, considering that It Is not
possible to mske them better In this re
spect, ws must, at least, regulate their
rights. 7 7'' - :
. No Great Woman Poet?
Alfred Austin, at the unveiling of a bust
of Mrs. Browning.
Though the quality and range of her
genius were deep.- generous amdwdr,
Elisabeth Barrett Browning cannot be
described, If language is te be used ac
ourately, as occupying a place among
the poets Justly designated great.
In no tongue hitherto has any female
writer, attained to that -supreme posi
tion, and wer this ths appropriate mo
ment, which It Is not. It would perhaps
be poanlble. to explain why no woman
la likely yert0..dg. soNot-a. few-fa-male
writers ars in effect In the front
rank of novelists. But prose-'fbmanf
is one thing and poetry quite another.
and there Is a chasm between them; norl
does the circumstance of novels being)
in tnis age more popular than poetry
affect in any degree the Inherent and
Immutable difference. Elisabeth Bar
rett Browning was, "Aurora Leigh"
notwithstanding, essentially and almost
exclusively a lyrical poet. It would be
eaay to add almost Indefinitely to illus
trations Of her being' one of those who
"learn In suffering what they teach in
song," not one of the greater poets who
pass through that experience but end by
-getting beyond It. . . -
" .Taft Doea .Talk. - v 1 J
From the New Tork American.
. Secretsry Taft la not much of a
hunter, but he Is establishing guile a
reputation tog tsmarksjnsj-shijy -
'small chahge'
They all "voted tor Lane now.
Don't hunt for a job from Hunt. '
After July 1 Portland will straighten
up. , .
Dr.. Harry Lane will be' mayor. - He la
built Jthatwy,.J i-..., ,
- . ' ' '
. . Our governor, caught a thief In .the
act now tberet Teddy. .
Ths ipachlne was undoubtedly blown
Into smithereens. Ths Oregonian .howls
aad walls; the people hurrah, .
" Still the people-keep gaining ground
Next time' they will get a council but
the one Just elected may do fretty well,
PtYe.thenLa chance. . .'
.The Oregonian "has nothing more to
say." I There are. times. Inueed, when
"nothing becomes" a newspaper, as well
as a man, like "modest stillness and hu
mility." . y , V'.4s- V-.:
Dr. IWoodrow Wilson, president' of
Princeton university, . a man of world
wide reputation, aaks: "W.here ars our
young men golngT" Why, to the Lewis
and Clark exposition, of course; and take
their best girls with them. .. ..
Preachers -can undoubtedly get into
politics If they want to.. There Is no
ground for an Injunction' against their
doing so, any more than there' Is ground
for - an 7 injunction '" against saloon-'
Keepers. Everybody get Into politics;
tftat's right 1
J OREGON SIDELIGHTS j
Oregon will show up gil right Hater.
Brownavllle has- a fine. Juvenile bandT
Bad outlook for- hops around .Silver-1
ion. ... -k , --
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Rainier mineral soap factory succeed,
lng well. : . . . .-- , .
n. . - : .' . ; i ' -
. crop, .a, over iae eounty where
crops grow.
- Dayton -voted unanimously for 11.000
water bonds. t :' , .
Mount Hood la pluming herself and
getting, ready. . - - -- - . ........
f Tlephn-ronrXakevtwrld" Bly, 41
muea, prooanie. . .., .
Grading on the Sumpter valley rail
road extension In progress.
Terrible times among the Oregon ma
chine politicians good sign. .
Frost killed most .of Laks county's
fruit pretty high up there.
Union eounty In the near future expects-
to- have the best rosda ' tn Oregon.
"Will Polk get the blue ribbon again?
Linn, Umatilla and several -other coun
ties doubt It.
- For several "days ' an 'average of 'J6
carloads a. day of sheep-were shipped
from Heppner. ' ...
Xlhinv wonrtr it it tm htm .nnn.l.
t - . . 0
for John Jj. Sullivan.
By th way,
Albany. Is wet, Isn't ltt
Mr. Coward and family, have arrived
In Mulheur county from -Canada, but his
name probably does not. Indicate his
nature." . " "' ' ' . r
A Myrtle Creek woman slipped and
fell on a waahtub, breaking some ribs.
Another proof that a washtub is s bad
thing In a house.
i . - . . .
1 a rsu or a Mearorajnan.irom.
!,, knocked Ioo a lot of teth and
cracked his skull, and yet he will prob
ably recover.
- ' t ..
A - Jackson county yealrlfng lamb
Sheared 10 pounds. How ;nany such
lambs, with wool at 27 cents a. pound,
would a man have to own to be able to
come to ths fair! - -
A-Hlllsboro-doctor"Whd"ls""hoted. for
the number of his accouchement cases
notifies the publlo that he would be
pjeased to be. sdvtsed of theseevemsJJt, t,,.,,,,. uf luborthst
about three mgnthS In sdvsnas.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse of Dallas,
who sre both over SO yearn of age, lately
received a letter" written by'Mrs. 8. P.
heirs over SSfyears old. The letter
Is. written plainly, snd In a styls show
ing thst the lady- still retalna her fac
ulties. 1
- The Independence West Side Enter
prise Issued Tuesday a fine Illustrated
special edition, -on- heavy book paper,
and containing a great deal of Informa
tion about" that town. Polk county and
the central part of the Willamette val
ley. This paper deserves many thou
sands of circulation outside of Its reg
ular subscribers. . '-
East Oregonian: A. Kunkel has Just
rsturned from Grand Ronde valley,
where tie" delivered and started In oper
ation the monster steam plowing, out
fit brought here by him. . The .outfit
"consisted of a" 0-horsepower engine
snd eight plows, catting lit Inches per
furrow, and. valued at $5,100. ,It was
sold to a company of Grand Rnnde val
ley peoile and Is. now at work on the
Hardy Hnrrell farm, eight miles ' from
La Grande intfte'lower Cove district
North Bend Recall: The North Bend
shingle mill Is having a good demand
for Its products. Manager Allen states
that 1,000,000 Shingles will be shipped
south on. this trip of the Ciarlna and
that In order to meet the demand for
shingles It will be necessary to. run day
and night, snd that a night crew would
be put on, soon The mill Is now manu
facturing about 76.000 shingles dally and
the output wilt be doubled by a night
shift. -There are now awaiting shipment
about 1.200,000 shingles.
..'"v.? 7 Needs a Railroad. .
From the Wallowa County Democrat.
Wallowa . county dieeds a railroad,
needs it badly, but the chances are It
will never get It as long as the people
are Willing to remain bottled up and pay
tribute both coming and going. The
cttlsens of this county should unite and
Join hands With Lewlston and build
an electric road through Paradise snd
down the Orsnd Ronde and get into
communication -with : the" open- river.
This Is no Idle'dream. nor an effusion of
hot air. It la something easily wlthrn
the grssp of the people -of this country
and Its benefits are so apparent and so
numerous that It la uaelesa te mention
v 4 thttav
FOOLISH AMBITIONS
By Dorothy Sts.
The most curious freak, of the mod
ern evolution of woman la to be found
In . her yearning to disport herself in
masculine fields, and her contempt for
her own province.- - .-
-'All woman's envy is of men. "All her
ambition Is to do like men. Most of
her prpgrea has been-alonsT masculine
lines. There sre more good business
woman thaa there are good cooks."
Women exalt everything masculine,
and deprecate everything feminine. They
act as If their sea was a disgrace, as
well aa a handicap..-
. It given a -choice between , a good
husband and a career,- the majority?
girls would unhesitatingly - choose - the
career. . - : r- .
The women that-other women glorify
la not ths good housekeeper and the
good wife and mother, but:, the woman
who has explored darkest Africa, or
atruck gold in the Klondike, or runs
a big factory, or does something else
thst has heretofore been done by-men
only. ,..7,, w-v.. '.- ... ..,.-7.-.. :
'' If you want to flatter a Woman writer
ydu can bunch all possible compliments
Into one by telling her that ' ahe has a
virile style. '.' . '.-.-.. .: . .
If you jrant to please' the woman mu
sician you've only to .say. that;she has
a masculine touch. ' '
. When a woman thiri. about choosing
soma occupation - at which te make her
living, she picks out the most man
nish Job within the range of her vis
ton. - -.'- i- .. -
, This admiration and envy of masculine
prerogatives and perquislteg amounts to
almost a feminine mania, and it explains
as nothing else why woman's progress Is
so-slow. - -; . - : 1 --' - . "
She la not developing along the lines
of least resistance, but ahe Is fighting
all! the. obstacles that nature and sex.
ae well aa clroumstancea, have put In
her nath.. - - - - -: . .'.- "
It Is a. atrange thing that women
have- never seemed to have grasped
the fact that there is a nscessity for
diversity of labor, and that the-world
needs-woman's work Just as much as
It needs man's;, and the mora reminme
U ts-the better it-la.
- I vnmh, r;in. to do a man's work
in a man's way is alwayajnore or less
a failure, but when she' puts, her sex
into it and does a man's werk In a
woman's-way she gives it -value.-1
v'
On their own ground men can always
excel --women, and" women are foolish
te compete with thentr instead of Stick
ing to their own particular line.
If takes aT course In physical instruc
tion and higher mathematics to enable
a. woman to throw a rock .as straight
as a little freckle-faced street gamin
does bv intuition." but when it comes
to putting lne, pin thst will hold things
together and not stick into e. vital part
of ones anatomy, any girl enua can
do what "an Edison or a Santos Dumont
. . ; X . .
cannoi no. f N
A woman writer attempting write
fronaa man's point of view-Is indulging
In a series of guesses, nur sne pecomes
convincing when she Interprets ' for us
the essentially f emtnlner the innen
thoughts and emotloha of .a woman's
heart, and tbe. things of the world as
th.tf trvnlc I0.1 woman's aves.
The same thing is true of sll art. The
best pictures that womertjiave, painted
rtrninmrn anwa subtle
feminine quallty.too Illusive sna ;m
Unrlble for a man to have graspea.
The best aetressea are those whose
nortravals df character are most mark
ndly-saturated with their sex, and this
Is true whether it la the fierce tigress
fury of a -Sarah Bernhardt, or the airy
grace -Of girlhood ox Maufle Laam s.
They are greatest when-they are moat
womanly. . -5 v .
- it is,-of couree, easy to see why
women have envied men, and have been
anxious to "emulate them. It haa been
because men have been successful. 1
t - wen - ha vt been the money makers.
Men have ruled the world, and so woman
who needed " to make money and
wanted to have some Influence have
felt that this was only .tohe achieved
by imltatlngjhose wno had already ar
rived. - " .
. uiiim women have crowded Into all
sorts of masculine occupations, while
their own particular Industries are neg
lactad - -
This lanost unfortunate for the mas
worker and the woman worker.
Tt . Is a ereat waste, for It forces
women to throw away an inherited aptl
haa come down to them through count
less generations of their foremothers.
It is a great financial mistake, be-
cause women are; never ao-suoeessiut
Ths financial Independence of woman
and - the induetrlal emancipation , of
woman are movementa that will go for-ward-Instead
of backward. They have
No woman who has known the Joy
of owning her own pocketbook la ever
going" to give it ip. and ee .h-nueetlon
or wnere sne irau ' -
Important ons. f ': - -
Noon and High Noon."
" From ths London Chronicle.
Borne explanation for the confusion In
people's minds as o the right definition
of afternoon msy be found In the old
confusion between .noon snd midday.
Noon, of course, was originally at I
o'clock In ths afternoon If the i-'burH- be
permitted the hour" when .th monks
said their nones" or noon song. Ths
reasonthat it was put back to 12 o'clock
may He In the fact that the monks were
not allowed to eat their dinner-until
aftsr they had said nones;, for In time
MieyantlclpateLJthaaerVlce-and their
dinner, by ssylng nnnes immediately af
ter the midday service, and that Is prob
ably bow midday came to be called noon.
In the old almanacs noon Is generally
marked at .midday and high noon as at S.
Nouns of Multitude.
From the Boston Herald.
To the devoted friend of chorus girls,
lobster or angel, birds are birds, accom
paniment of bottles. He Is seldom wise
In the terminology of this special branch
of natural history.- Nor -are all the more
staid, true epicures who cannoi enuure
feminine distraction at table wholly sure
about the nouns of muiuiuae. inus
we heard lately at the Porphyry this
question raised: "You apeak of a covey
of partridge, a bevy of quail, a, flock of
plover, a eover of woodcock; not what
la the word for a collection of sniper
There wss .a Jong and painful silence.
No one dared te confess ignorance until
one- murmured In his corner, "wisp."
Is "wisp" the proper technical wordT
In the old "Book of St. Albans" 14M)
there. Is a long list-of nouns f multi
tude and In it mention la made of
walk of antpea.; ,Furtherm6re. we read
"a congregation." not "a . flock" of
plover and "a fll."'not "a cover" of
woodcock. It would be interesting to
know if snr of these quaint old terms
Isxlst enyhere today la JUg country.,
Does any one speak of a gas'Sle'of geese.7
a muster of peacocks, a nye.of pheas
ants, a clowder. bf cats, a dale of
turkeyat-r Some of the words are truly
poetical, as a murmuration of starlings,
an exaltation of larks, a watch of night
ingales. -a 'charm" Of goldfinches; and a
shrewdness of spee and a labor of moles
have a peculiar fitness. '. .
LEWIS : AND CLARK
; Ea route up the Missouri rivet from
Fort Mandan, near the site of Bismarck,
North Dakota. The party. J. now, near-
Ing the Rocky mountains. - - f -June
I. It continued to' . rain mod
arately all last night and -the morning
waa ciouay tui about 1 o'clock, when
n ciearea orr ana became a fine day.
They breakfasted about sunrise and
then proceeded down the" river in the
same way as they had done yesterday
except that the traveling waa some
what better, as they had not so often
to wade, though they passed some, very
dangerous bluffs.. Ths only tlmbsr to
be found Is in ths low grounds, which
are occasionally on. the river, aad these
are the haunts of Innumerable birds.
who, when the sun began to shine, sang
very- aeugntruuy. . Among these blrdi
they distinguished the brown thrush,
robin, turtledove, linnet, goldfinch, the
large and small blackbird, the wren and
some others. -
-As they came along the whole of the
party waa of the opinion that this river
was the tue Missouri; . but Captain
Lewis, being fully persuaded that tt was
neither the main stream nor that which
It would ba advisable to asoend, gave
It the hams of Maria's rlvar. - Aftsr
traveling all day they reached the camp
at o'clock In ths afternoon and found
Captain Clark and the party very anx
ious for their safety, aa they stayed two
days-longer than - had been expected.
and as Captain Clark ''had returned at
ths appointed "time; It waa feared that
they had met. with some accident-. .
- Captain Clark. - on. setting out with
five men on the 4th,. went seven miles
on a couras south IS degrees west to
a spring; thence he went aouth 10 de
grees west for eight miles) to the river,
where waa an island, from which he pro
ceeded In a course north 4( degrees
west, and approached the river at the
distance of three,-frv -and lt-Jhtles.-t
which-place they encamped in an old
Indian., lodge made of sticks and bark.
In crossing the plains they-observed
.several herds of buffaloes,, some mule-
deer, antelopes and wolves. The river is
rapid and closely hemmed in by high
bluffs crowded with bars of gravel, with
little, timber on the low grounds and
none en the highlands. Near-ths-eamp
this evening a white bear attacked one
of the "men. "whose gun.: happening to
be wet, Would not go off; he instantly
mads toward a tree, hut was ao pur
sued thst aa he ascended he struck the
bear with his foot Thr bear, not being
able to climb, waited until he should
be fosced to come down, and aa ths rest
of the party were separated from him
by a perpendicular cliff of roc ICS, which
they (could not asoend, it - waa not In
their power to give him any assistance.
Fortunately, however, at last the bear
became frightened at their crls snd fir
ing, and released the man. " In the after
noon it rained, and during thenlght there
fell both rain and snow,' and . in . the
morning.- J - -----
June, t the hill te the southeast were
Mv,rAt rltK ihaw. nd tit ln nnntln
ued. " They proceeded on inaCQuxss
nor.th-tfr deireesWet, near the river
severat-mllel.tlll-e.t--dlstanee-oIl
miles they resched ta ridge, from the top
fof which., on the north side, they eould
-plainly' discern a mountain to the south
and west at a" great distance, covered
with snow. -""A high ridge projecting
from the mountains to the southeast ap
proaches the river ij the southeast aide,
forming some cliffs of dark, hard atone.
They also saw that the river ran for a
great distance west pf south, with a
rapid current from which, aa well as
its continuing of the eama width and
depth. Captain Clark thought it useless
to advance any further, and therefore
returned: across -the lever T'W In a' di
rection of north SO degrees east, and
reached -at a distance of 10 miles the
little river which Is already mentioned
as falling Into the north fork and to
which they gave the name of Tanay
river, from the great quantity of. that
herb growing on Its banka. .Here they
dined and then proceeded on a few
miles by a place where the Tansy breaka
through a high ridge on Its north side,
and encamped. .
. .,The next day, the sth, the weather
was cold, raw and cloudy, with a high
northeast wind. -They set out earl
down" the Tansy, whose low grounds
resemble precisely, except aa to extent,
those of the Missouri before it branches,
containing a great proportion of a spe
eles of otton wood with a leaf Jlkethai
of llie-WTlfroerry: After halting at
II o'clock for dinner, they ascended
the plain, and at I o'clock reached the
camp through the rain, which had fallen
without Intermission alnos noon. Dur
ing his absence the party,, had been
occupied in dressing skins and, being
able to rest themselves, were nearly
freed from their lame and swollen feet
All this night and the whole of the fol
lowing day, the7th. It rained, the wind
being from the Southwest off the moun
tains. Tet the rivers are falling, and
the thermometer 40 degrees above- aero.
The rain continued till ths next day,
the sth, at 10 o'clock, when it cleared off
and the weather became fin", the wind
high from the southwest .The rivers
at the point have now fallen six Inches
since our arrival, and this morning the
water of the south fork became of a
reddish brown color," while the north
branch continued of its ususl whitish
appearanoe. The mountains to thr south
are covered -stlth sriow. -
A Timely Fourth of July Hint.
In about four weeks we ahall reach
another Fourth of July, and parents
might give a little forethought to the
present method of celebrating the day,
says-the Ladles' Home Journal. Why
must we go on, year after year,, and
mak the day practically a day of teri
rer and what Is lnflnltely-worso, a day
of deaths and casualties? Each year a
longer list of . killing, maiming and
burning confronts us.- Taks sueh sin
gle list as this, silmmlng,up one year's
deatha and injuries! -, -
Died of lockjaw caused by Injuries. 40s
Died from other Injuries......... 40
Totally blinded .................. 10
Number who lost one eye , i.. 76
Arms and tegs lost, .., 64
Number who lost fingers , 174
Number otherwise injured .,..,...1,170
Total number of casualties la the
United States . . ... . .. ........ 4.4t
- ,7..; '.' Only :One.-:: '7'
From the Columbus' Dispatch.
The Bachelor Say What you pleass,
but I don't bsiteve there was ever a man
thst could else up a women, -
The Benedict My brother can.'
The Bachelor Ha! How do you
The Benedict Because he Is a ladles'
tailor, . '
DINKELSPIEL'S ADVICE'
r i?"7TO TOGO '
By Oeorgs T. Sober.
(Coeyrlibt, . ISOS, by tbe aawrlcss-Joarael.
XxanUauc.) r
t Dead Togle:1 Please oxcooe me dot X
wrote you dese few lines, but I haf been
through aeferal vara mlneself und I
hafyUneased. howjeaejrtt-tror aTiero
10 100 qer wrong road una valK uu
'eggapec tan tly Into der cold storage de
partment of der public's est.lmationmsnt
in er twtnxltng or a glass eye.
- Dot is der resson I vould visit to gif
you a few points on 'der ettyket of being
a hero v(oh I haf studied f rom opserva-
tionment in dls country.
Brafe Togle: ...Ven you set home in
Toklo or Yokelhoma or Communlpaw or
vm refer It is, keep der face closed, more
eggspeclally in der region of der. mouth.
because der moment a nero begins to
Speak somebody will misconstruction vot
he says und get him talking politlca
ven he only meant to say "Wis gehta.
airettyr -
Clefer Togle: Doan't nefer talk mit
a ambitious reporter unless you haf
baseball mask ofcr der face und a not- '
qulto netting of er der vocabulary, be
cause if you. only say to him "Outen
morgen!" you vlll find it ln-dsr paper
tomorrow a column lnterfsw In vlch you
haf declsloned to run for mikado on der
Demmykrltlo tlaaet -'.-. - .
;..Ooot Togle: Van you arrive' at der:
depot In your home town you vlll find
lined up in front of Oer baggage room
abould aigsty-sef en young ladles ill mit
delr lips puckeratloned up In der .most .
klsstfled mannerbut doan't do iU
Toglel
- Friend Toxlsi -'Resist der awful temn-
tatlonlng to go down der line and plant
burning kisses on "der, front teeth of
dese beautiful maidens. . because after
plainting dese '.kisses der harvest vlll
be der long graas of oblivion, und 'you
vlll find yourself rushing madly through I
der co si lo papera trying to bite der fair
ladles dareln.
. Smart Togle: . Ven you meet dls awful
situation, as mset Jt . ypu vlll, sneer
ehently-at der puckeratloned Hps und"
repeat ofer und ofer dot olt proferb vlch
aaVs It, "Osculation Is der thief of repu
tation." Den mlt a haughty glance at
der lady kissing bugs chump quickly
.into.', your- glnrlckeyshaw 'umfr-ggllop-
svlftly. home to der luffBng arms of
your ylfe. IC der kissing bugettaa
should, .follow, you to der -sacred pre-'
clncts of der home circle send your-
mudder-in-law ould mit der broomstick.
und may a kind heaven help dem-dot
cannot run fbst enough.
. Belofed Togle: Now comes It Die
atvlce I glf you from der heart-Doan'd ;
let any committee presentation 70U mlt
a house, because der publlo -'likes to.
.honor a hero by glflng him eomedlng '
eggapenslvs und den dishonor him after
vsrds by vatchlng vot her does mlt it
Noble Togle: Dare vas only two vays
a hero can remain a hero in dls strange
vorld of ours. Vun vay Is to die yust
after he has heroed, und der, udder way
la to get tn a glsss case und stay' dare-
but he must - buy der glass caae him
self.
UnbeatableToete::Ven der nubile"
gets a chair of choy from der intogsl-
oatlon -of- yoursucress-deyvlU " surely" I
rush up te you mlt der. plans and
specifications of a fine bungalow mlt hot
und cold gas and running servants, but
ven der do so yust place der left hand
In der apex of der veatcoat boosum ani
say to aera roil a- com imiw m i.f
lamps: "I t'ank- you. public. fnr dls -
uhaaer'oslty. liurTrvoiud prefer dot-voa
keeo der bungalow und I vlll keep my.
bwn leedle flat on 108th street because
I know der chanltor, und he neferatealav
der milk."
K4MTnU' Dennhllea nnA ntinllca
vas ungrateful.. Vile der chag of .choy -
lasts dey like to glf a hero more den
Is eamelng to him, but after der chag
of choyivaree.jBdenoiieeaer-Bitter -
morning after. Ven dey vase up mlt der
head full mit - third-rail microbes - und -
der tongue like a curry-comb, und dey
vni keep aaylng to dmselfs: "Vy dlt
I glf dot hero auch a nice hogse, becauae
now I forgst yust vot kind of heroine
he done to deserf It"
Mein tleber Togle: A wold der klBatng- I
bugettss und doan'd pay any attention
to der honae committee und maybe you
vlll be able to hero yourself to der bit
ter end. I haf nefer been a hero mine-
self, Togle, mlt der eggsceptlon or vun
afternoon ven I sunk a armored cruiser
cook In our kitchen after she' had--1
svallowed a bottle of vodka und vas
heoibardlns- der. aaa stove mlt our best
set of China dishes, but I luff all der"
heroes, und if any leedle advice of mine
eould help a hero to Keep busy at aer
chob of herolng 1 vould be pleased und
tickled Internally. Tours mlt luff.
INKELSPIEL,
Per Oeorge V. Hobart
Got the Better of Genera); Butler.
"ins JJoSl6n"Herald.
1 1 urn
During hla boyhood Benjamin F. But.
ler was a frequent visitor in the town
of. Nottingham. Now Hampshire,- where -
sn unci resided, and among the. many
stories related of him la one concerning
hla examination of Pat Murphy, a local
character. ...--'.----'
, Tiro Dolan had been aecused of sell
ing -Hrr-en4 4hMroeoutton - sum'
mnnul Pat (A teatlfv in the ease. ' Nfl
n . - t.k -M , aw T.. .1
XML WWB . . IHIII.WII .IIU Uhl.r ,f.
endeavored to make htm admit that he
had delivered liquor to the defendant
-Butler asked: "Did you ever take
any freight from the railroad office and
deliver to Tim Dolan r'
Tls, sor."
-"Part of this freight wss a barrel.
wasn t itr- . ..
"Yls, sor." ' . ! 'i.
'Pst what was in that barreir
- "I -d on't - now,- sor ! - ---
"Don't knowl Wasn't ths barrel
marked?" i,.
. "Tie, sor." . " , ' " ' ' ' .
"Then how dare you tell 'the court
that you 'don't know what was In itr'
"Because, sor, the barrel was marked
Tim Dolan on one end and bourbon whis
key on the 'other. How the devil did 1
know which yas in HT" .
t The Gift of Gardens. - '' .;L.,
Lord Bacon. .
Ood Almighty first planted a garden!
and. Indeed. It Is the purest of human;
pleasures, 11 is ins greatest ' refreshment
to the spirits of . marwwtthout .whleh -
bulldtnga . and palaces sre but gross -
handiwork; -and a rnsfT shall ever see
that when ages grow to civility and ele
gancy, men come to build stately, sooner
than to garden finely; aa If gardening
were the greatest perfection. I do hold
It. In the royal order of gardens there
Atiht tn he s-ardena fnr all th mnntha '
of beauty may be then In aeason. -
: ', Where Butler Drew the Line. .7 .
. 'From the Boston Herald. . '
. On one occasion when In congress
General Benjamin F. Butler rose In his"
place and Intimated that the -member
who occupied the floor was transgres
sing the limits nf the debate. '
"Whv, general," said the jnembet re
proachfully, "you divided your time with
roe." - . ;
-1 know I did." rejoined Butler arrlmlv-
"hut I didn't diVlde eternity with you,'',
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