The Oregon daily journal., June 29, 1905, Image 4

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PORTLANDS-OREGON;
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THURSDAY, JUNE
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XJHE O R E.G O N ; D-A I L Y
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- RUSSIA'S REAV DANGER
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'OW fciiONG and to what extent may the Russian
troons be relied upon- to
' the czar and against the
the ouestion that wiiL settle the
. revolution. The Russian policy always has been to end
- troop recruited in one section of
' rtant section where they. were: totally
with the-lamruaee wttt)wiii of that
pie. Their prejudices, -one against
insidiously inflamed, so that the troop would make tne
.... bureaucratic cause their cause and might therefore be
. relied upon in a pinch to sustain the
.."."cost of blood and suffering to the unfortunate .people,
Suc1fnews as has been permitted to leak out of Rus
- Sla makes plain that the war .with Japan is an unpopular
" Tie and that the peasants beljeve they are being, offered
" up as a . sacrifice . tipon the fltar of the greed and "lust of
the ruling classes, tot many years .now iney nave nau
their own secret means of conveying jiews from therevo
; Jutionary headquarters so that they are no longer as ig-
noVant as ther used to be of what
f sidelight on events has been thrown by the resistance of
the peasant clauses to conscription.,. While but the most
meager information has filtered forth it is' evident there
has been resistance and this from the agricultural classes
"' gives indications of thedeptn- ot tne iqeting against me
' ' war and incidentally against thegoyci$ment forwhpac
maimed and mangled returning soldiers it dews prac
tically toothing.' The riots at Moscow add emphasis to
"'rjhe. feeling of the working classes
--menthey are more completely in toucn wun me con-
dititon of affairs and much better informed of the move
ments afoot for the regeneration of
" At the seaports there Is a still more
: better definedtletermination to interpose physical re
sistance. The riots at Sevastopol give
" the feeling of the sailors which, is
' 1 phasUed by the mutiny aboard one of the big warships
; , wh"fch; actually , dominating Odessa. - Add-to this the
- condition in the Polish provinces where the feeling of
. ' , . sedition has always smouldered and where the death, of
Francis Joseph I Austria marring that pplyjlot fim-
pire. down to ruin, throwing men of Jike- blood, -language
and aims into.relation. without regard to tne particular
i flag which now floats over them. - ; ;-
In it alljthere is surely food for, reflection and many
elements of dangers such as never before confronted the
z. L Russian empire.- -i How of the armyrLiCan that be relied
.J w upon through thick and thrhr History answers in the
negative.' Russia may perhaps -be more fortunate (or
: ' unfortunate) but there are at work
v . - . -.1 i .
cumstanccs wnicn may in i mamcni oraroj u ruic
'.'. and wrench to pieces the most cunningly devised schemes
.; to. enslave the people. The -terms of peace with Japan
may be easily arranged but Russia may yet have to face
its greatest danger within its own borders. . ..
. ; " LIFE INSURANCE ROBBERY. - 7- -
IHOMAS W.'fcAYVSON says
--ance premiums: should be
. cent of what' they are at
-' "cent f them are sheer" rpbbery, ' We confess that weo
- not know'exactljrhow much of -this talk i-"freniy," and
; how much truth, but that-here is some truth in ;it, per
haps 40 per cent of truth, we Tiave to believe frorrTva
rious articles from which"we quote omi extracts!
The New Vork World says, in substance: EquitibJ
, management .-w . a . system Ot .organized loot. Super- Hngs the yearning
. intendent Hendricks' report shows
five yea eJM annual attorney fee of
has Urerffpaid to David B. Hill
leader);, that lihu Root,-x-secretar
inenfRepublican leader) "has been paid
financial concern that handlesv4he Equitably business
made 29 percent-net profit; and the World aayfthe busi
f Tiess" is "a-concern? thaFGovenmt-Higgins must burn
.. . OUl.. .j... .. - - . .-..- -- . -- - .--
The NewJYork Herald is mildand doea not go-into
details, but says: "That such transactions as are here
s revealed cauld be conducted through a period of 30 years
,and be revealed at last only through dissensions among
the men in control of the company's affairs suggests the
'utter failure of the insurance-department to do the work
orwhica.Josteji8iblywaskn:ate(LThat the company
ii, solvent and has a surplus despite the wastes, exfrav
' agances and startling "irregularities" now exposed is evi
dence that thejeost of insurance to the policy-holders is
. exorbitant. v.Thf.-reportlmade' by Mr, Hendricks seems
"impartial and independent, but it is pitiful that some of
"the evils it deals with should be uncovered only at this
- late, day and would .apparently Still be concealed but for
the recen? 'split' among the Etruitable officials,"
The New York Times says:- "The misconduct of of
ficers of the company, "holding places of trust, bound in
honor to serve only the avowed benefjeiariet of the trust,
and amply compensated fortheir labors, is lamentable
and deserving of the. severest-censure." (11 x
The New York American says: "The report of Super
intendent Hendricks on the7 Equitable-iLife Assurance
Private-Residences in New York,
From tha Real Estate Record and' Quids.
Durln the first mix months .of 1904
" 1 plin -were filed for only. 10 private
' dwelllnaa to be erected at an estimate
"jV" COBt of lM00, while durina the whole
j.- IS;-months of that year plans were filed
.for only (0 dwejllnns. which were estl-
-mated to cost 12, 134. &00. - So far durlnf
1S0B. plans have been flUAfor U -dwn-
, t Inrs. which . are "estimated, tS cost
, S3.4.0OO. Just ss durinc 104 the
building Of private dwelllnx 4n Jin
hsttan touched Its low water fnarkj so
- durinc; 105 It Is prolab!e thab a inany
Tv.;' prtvate residences will m built as dw--.'..,.
-flii any year since 19 whn lans
V were filed for over 100. J
'' It Is In the district south of Flfli'j
. ninth street that mo money Is being
. spent on -new dwellings. la- that sec
tion 12 new "ones are: r he erected, al
most al by people who are building to,
occupy. iDemiwivee, at a
' . 00. OntTie west Slder.mne other hnd.
. the number of dwellings for whlcH plans
hv been- filed ' la 24. being twice as
'grst,r.whlle the Cost Jsonly 174J.(K)0. a
,,, JltUe-over half as much..The average
. com of ,ach near West rnl dwelling
. is 130,000, while ithe average cont-ot
each new dwelling erected ti. the east or
'.south of the park Is over f 100.004. ' ,
- ; ' ( m
-; --Norway'e Secession. ---'.'
', aJ" From Oolller Weeklv. .
"' - main refcsop why King-Oscar wss
dethroned Is that hg jrepxesented arlato
" cratle fiwedrn agxlnst democratic Mbr-
way. and tl;refeevss unable to carry
i JtlK the thoughts of ' freedom, equinity
Mrwverelgnty wHlch sre expresiiad In
-"; thecontitut(Bn f Norway. - -
, v TH "wedlsh democratic, peopl Jove
- Norwsy. Thousands ot them hare emt-
- grstea to Norway, being now some of
us most rndustrfoug and democratic
rlUsensi and. aa manners working there
from tlrtht te time, the ideas of freedom1,
'. If-rossesslon and socisl-rolltlr.l h.t.
- terment spread throUf b (bea to every.
'f AN' INDEPENDENT NBWIPAPRX .
PUBJLIHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING Ca
uoday ) and t7 Sunday mornlnf at
atrMia, rortiana, junoa.
AT HOME.
society mess is
than merely civil
fight for the cause o
The New York
Russian people? This
Morton of th
fate 6f,the mcipien
Alexander, the
dncks, and, more
the empire to a dis
; out of sympathy
conglomerate peo
the other, have been
the end of the first
stage of insurance
. These excerpts
dynasty, at whatever
is a conspicuous
who tuisted them,
rageously high. ,
far as Lawson,,who
that at least 30 per
is actually atoot. A
premiums 30 per
60 per cent, and he
testimony- that is
policy-holders of
panics, have been
jobbed for more
this meanr that
against the governj
holders,. .-, - -. .-
The people now
the unwieldy empire,
decided feeling and a
clear indication of
now amazingly em
reached wilr br
to see precisely
other great insurance companies.
LET THE
T
it savs. in oart: -
combination of cirt
. , . t I
community sayes
letting its children
covering nature
If there is nothing
that the life insur-
sur down rtq i 40 per
present that '60' 'per
Nothing can be
their natural growth
is always smaller,
muscle."
As to how. natural
that .during the last
frOm $5,000 to $7,500
(former Democratic
he may haveit by
of war and era-Lwhich his own feet
$25,000; that the
It is a wonder
go to fhe seacoast,
gs and revel in
with them.. -
children can do it
it $7.50 shoest '
part of Sweden. It Is Norway" hope
for Sweden that the Rwedleh aristoc
racy soon may be ourof power. In this
wish the -great authors, the best politi
cians, the Liberal party and the masses
of:' the democratic, classes . In Sweden
unite with Norway. .. ,
Sweden ia aulrklv unnmarlilnv fh
day when its industrious. - fntelllgent
people will break the power ?by which
the Swedish aristocracy Is now holding
them under . an . unworthy yoke.' jf,
t And at last Nnruv. tha- Im-nA Sf W.
A'lklngs, who (00 years ago dlscovererf
America, which the called "Vlnland"-V-Norwsy,
the land of the explorer,
Frldtjof Nansen, tb authors IbSen and
BJornson, the musician.- Edv. Grief, and
of the. .hundreds of. scientists wjtjri for
the eentury "have participated II-
lustrioufiy in
the, , Euopetn work bftpubllo by the; various -attractions anil
culture n fatherland of on of the
most intelligent - and ahle. elomonta t.f
cost o ii 47?T?he Vnn Btates is too fe irnd self
. h fr-Pctln- to, be' rdled bya- Swedish
aristocracy. -
" .. The Mad-Dog Fallacy. '
JamVa Watson. in July Cuuntry Life in
" America.
- In. all my experience with dogs I have
not only.joeyer seen a "mad dog." "but
.have never. kno)-n a. dog vwner-end by
tlsat I mean a -man 'who hat h4 ex
perlenee in keeping ogs Who has seen
one.: If, then, rabies' is so exceedingly
scarce hydrophobia becomes really an
Impossibility -end yie'esr of ;lt should
be dlmlUdeiV without T thought.
A' person- rosy get d"ng-bltten. but In
the language o th,'w Irork tough,
rorgeMt.'f If It la a-bad bite It may
twitch later on and yma may begin wor
rrtng.vao 4t, ls a good plan to get rM
of--th twitching or throbbing In ordeM
to forget. I have.Jbeen bitten so often
that I think no more of it than a moat
qulto bite, end thl is what 1 do: .
If It Is m the-hand-I put It under
the faucet and wash thoroughly, with
lbt .ebje.cl. o( .claaaing tat wound- and
J O U R NAL
JTSO. P. CARKOLU
Ths Journal Building. Fifth and Yamhill
an astounding and an instructive docu
meiit. The report seems to suggest something more
proceedings.
Sua says:' "The acceptance by Paul
resignations of bothMr. Hyde and Mr.
publication' of the' report of Mr. Hen,
than all, .the institution by the new
hquitablemanagement of an inquiry intended to be more
starching than either the Frick committee's or the state
commissioner's investigation of methods ad facts mark
stage and the beginning of the second
reform,
might be multiplied, but they are suf
ficient to show thai there is more than a suspicion that
the gilded scions of high finance of whom Jimmy Hyde
example have been robbing the people
and that the cost ot insurance n out
' i ' : ' . -
The New International Encyclopedia doesn t go as
says 00 percent is stealage, but says
cent is "loading." It says these com
panics figure on all -expenses, payments ToTieirs of dead
personspercentages to agents, etc., and then "load" the
cent. Lawsort says theyr-Joaa them
can prove it. --Out of all this mass of
coming out it j perfectly clear that
the Equitable, and other like com'
outrageously swindled nd robbed and
than quarter ofji century. It is by
the ("Equitabe'Hfas 5ta boasted surpTiis
of $80,000,000, and has absorbed Millions a year on sal
aries to the' grafters who "werj" swindling the policy
.
expect a searching investigation into
tjii whole structure of the tquitable; -they expect .the
resulting facts to be laid bare to public gaze; that mis
appropriated moneys will be covered back into the treas
uryj that its affairs will .be put on a cleaner and more
economical basis, so that the policy-holders may get
some advantage; that those who deserve it and can be
punished by the law. Then they expect
the same investigation extended to the
CHILDREN GO BAREFOOT.
HAT interesting and instructive Chicago Journal
makes a plea.that somehow we are f am to. agree
with and indorse It heads an editorial: "Let
Children Go Barefoot," in support of which declaration
"Because a certain exceedingly sensible class in tne
sole leather as well as discomfort by
run barefoot in the warm weather, a
certain other class makes its younjer rud the fierce
summer through with their little feet swelterirtg Jn shoes
and stockings. There is. really, no danger that .children
wilt be the worse for being allowed to go with the foot
designed .for them notfvensojciajly.
more than shoes to stamp the caste ot
Vere.rd Vere,' the child might just as well be barefooted
a in oatent leathers. ' There t a foolish'theory that, go
ing barefooted spreads'" the feefand makes them larger
further from the fact. It gives-the teet
and .aha"pe,-fills- them with compact,
well-knit muscle, makes them healthy and .efficient and
has a tendency toTeave them small, jtfst as good muscle
for i, the- same strength than jlabby
1 : ' ' " . -" -
Uis JagOL without shoes an4. stock-
and craving of the children themselves
bear most eloquent witness. ; The Chicago Journal says
further: "If any grown person requires further proof
noting the -quickness and ease with
harden themselves at the.beach within
a few' days. If if the natural and comfortable thing-to
do, and if more grown, folk could be induced to do it from
childhood on there wpuld not be so many to regret the
unnatural and distorted feet which prevail'tOO largely.
Let the children, run barefoot-it : is their natural right."
that our esteemed Windy City con
temporary had not quoted in this connection something
of really the fyiest poem in American literature, written
by America's greatest poet;
Blessings OB met, miie man,
" Barefoot boy, with feet of tan; ;
. f . With thy turned-up pantaloonsr v--r rt--
T And thy merry, whistled tunes; T
- .With thy red lips? redder still,'
y: ; ?- Kissed by strawberries on the hill; ' ,
With the sunshine on thy face, ,
Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace;
From my heart I give thee joy,
I Was once a barefoot -boyV ... ' ;
'Well whv not the barefoot girl, too? When children
they'take off their shoes and stock-
the sarre ana surt. everybody enjoy
. - ;
Get next to Mother Nature that is the idea.--And
in their bare .feet better than if clad
x . . . ...
pr even ting Inflammation from any dirt
or foreign substance. -While doing this
some one is getting the bicarbonate of
soda and some clean jraga or lint. With
water a cream paste of the aoda la -made
sufficient to plaster the wound well,
then putting some on a rag It Is spplled
to the", wound nd,round up. If In the
course' of an hour oe more the applica
tion seems to-s .drying a, little water is
poured on-the bandage te soak through
kfhe soda or the hand dipped In water.
-.Tf.jA . Commendable Courses v
Ftiyh the Pendleton Kast OregonlsfT
The? Oregon Cally Journal is - doing
noble work for the public in. exposing
every Semblance of' graft, and confi
dencework that 4s nracticed unnn tha
merchants connected- ar-lth the fair.
The fearlessness which1 The Journal
shows In this matter la crunmendablr,
and It 'the public is "skinned" 4n any
wsy by fakers, it will not be. due to a
lack of advertising such, fakers. , f; -r-
'.Tfce American , people encstVagi
the gTtfter by being gullible and bar-garn-hungry.
But there tit grafter
of) the most pernicious type who "heed
no encouragement and who are- often
found In the moat respeotable plst-es.
' Keep, your hand on your packet
book and don't bite at every bait yos
The FoxyjCoyote.
From the- More Observer.
Some people; In cities like More, think
It real nice to keep young coyote's for
pets. They do not realise that they are
maatng missionaries or tnese pets. Whn
tne pests get away tney
ill HmhU
the tribes and communicate all the
needed Information as te how poultry
yards may be Invaded, etc. A few yesrs
ago a coyote wrs- afraid ef a barbed
wire fence. New be understands woven,
wire, and the not move will be to pick
a cbicken. bouse door lock.
SMALL CHANGE
iJon't
Fourth.
become .. Insane over a sane
lils the rainy season In Manchuria
ana Oregon.
Attendance and
right along, r
Interest will grow
. Pull for development through rail
roaa funding.
Everybody can be aocommodated at
moderate rates. ,,.
Overcharges are only exceptional, and
neea not oe tolerated.
Poland la having a reminder of old
days of "lire and sword." .-."f t
A butcher shop's sign reads. "Calve
liver." . Alas, poor Emma! - -
Washington, District of Columbia, la
not f. gooo peace place in August.
It might be well to atoo tha aalarlaa
or striae leaders like Shea during
atrtke.- ' '..'. '. ' .
Why 'not mud drlera as welt as dust
sprinaiers: Here a a chance, for In
ventive genius.-- ,,
Of course Portlsnd will celebrate the
Fourth. It can do ao with but little
special errort this year.
The reckless chauffeur must a-o
exclaims the New Tork Herald. He,
wyi, ana probably raster than ever.
1 tttilcvltch la raporud aa still wntln
o nanc dui mayo h la praylnv for
omeooay io noia nira and Oyama. -
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
-Carlton la to oil Its streets. 7 y
Elgin la prosperous and growing; '
Crops tine in Josephine county. "
ijt.a4T women'g banar"
Bumper barley-crop around AdamsT
Many June weddings up the-VkTley.-Milton
girls busy packing cherries."
Union creamery doing a fine business.
Toledo la worried over a diktat nmn.
wail wvsia , . , .
Tha new Echo bank la dolna- a a-no
Best times ever for eastern Oram
uvtiyiiicu, -
Business conditions in southern, Ore
gon never, better. . ; .
Tree Methodists are erectlne- a church
Dunaing in Maaras.
Vetch In Yamhill county Yields four
or xive .ions per acre. .
Orass was never so luxuriant on Uikl
nuiuwt vounir ranges. 4 f-
rn . , . -
Second eropof strawberries
being
picked along Myrtle creek. . .
Spitting on alaewalks la prohibited
oy proclamation in Ontario.
Many horses being sold In Grant and
Harney counties snout l0 or 165:
Seaside. marshal hot after cattle:
horses and unlicensed dogs running at
large.-"
McMinnvllle Is spreading Itself in the
matter of building and other Improve
ments.
The bonus of 1100,000 for the Weed
railroad to Klamath Falls has all been
subscribed. .
Coryallls young- ladles think the
county -clerk of Benton county ought J
issue sprmarrlage license to himself.
Eight young teen left Grants -Pass
tor Lake county to hay for J. Heryfotd,
the work to last two months. -at fl a
A Freewater woman last week shipped
box of ripe peaches to trieax posit Ion.
the first of thst locality- not of the
state. - --
Timothy Rfggs, who died in Browns
vllle last week, waa sheriff of Linn
county . In 1S4. It was be who hung
Thomas Smith,' who murdered his
brother knd hla brother's wife.
Toledo Iader: - Ed Logan brought to
this office a few day a ago a clam with
wo perfect shells, one inside the other.
It Is supposed to be tha only one In
the world and has been christened the
overcoat" clam. ' - ,
A Carlton man bas a clock that' la
over 100 yesrs old. All the wheelnsre
made of wood end do not seem t6 be
worn much. With new.bsarings It might
be made to run another 100 years. The
clock waa made In Connecticut, and ls
till an excellent timekeeper. f -
Condon Globe: . About 200 aacks of
wool will be delivered at this - place
urtng the present aeason to the Kera,
Glfford te Co, warehouse platform. -The
sacks will average in value about ISO
each, making an aggregate of $100,000
fkr the first -season's wool - shipments
over the new railroad.
Condon Times: The rate of It rents per
00' pounds from 'here to Portland by
the-.(R. it. N. Co. ia at once an indi
cation of the benefits that "Will be de
rived from the new railroad. The road
means more" money fry; the -farmers'
wheat, in addition to the; savings if
me and labor..
Roseburg Plalndealerr TaVties from
the Coqullle say, that section of the
country . will enjoy the-liveliet time's
In" Its history this Summer. Mors log
ging rampa re in operatloii than ever
before, and t more-- are to start In the
nar future.which means employment
ror large jpamber'or .men. i
t.onnnn limes: Arrangements r
complete for placing th new Arlington-Condon
railroad on exhibition af
ths big celebration hers on the Fourth.
u-j niuw wiu ne ires 10 an, and If
thl isn't a Mg Jnducement tf) celehrkts
' 7f then w nvr will hav
on. A real-vl.lbie railroad, with
r..t" '.I?"' r11"' nln and rare.
ilwUl. Ypor, b'ana. hot air" snd
Jlnua a. rHny
unique ss a attraction at- . t... '
4 Uoa.
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CHINA'S GREATEST
; REFORMER
Washington Letter In New York Wbrld.
- Hla Kxcellenc Kang Yu- Wei, former
-adviser of the emperor of. China and
president ot the Chinese Empire Reform
association, ia now In Washington on
his way around .the world to atudy
western civilisation with. viewo In
troducing reforms In the vaafmplrs
and to awaken tha Inhabitants of the
Flowery Kingdom to the great possl
bllltlea incident to the adoption of mod
ern Mui , Vana- Yn . Wei -is ' One Of
China's greatest students and travelers.
Mr. Kang Is-tbe head Of an oganlsatlon
consisting of 10.000.000 Chtnsse. all sf
jetiom contribute funds for the support
Of the organisation. .In discussing his
rdlsston to this country Mr: Kang saia:
. "I have visited 11 countries In Asia
and the same number in Europe, and
I naturally had a desire to visit the
United Statea. which ia Justly reputed
to be the most progressive nation of
th earth.- I have ' been hers three
months, and after my experience in
Europe and Aala I am prepared to- say
that what the United Statea has accom
plished Is really marveloue. China la
centuries old, and tha United States Is
but a few hundred yeara or age, and
after two years' sojourn in Europe and
Asia and a thorough investigation 01
social and commercial condition I ean
say without hesitation or equivocation
that the United State ha outstripped
every nation on earth In th matter of
material progress It 1 modern ' mahlnl
ery la marvelous, and th advanc it
ha made in th material art and
sciences is almost beyond ' comprehen-
alon W hop by our srrort m-wi
due com of your Idea and practices
In -In Chinese empire, and wnen tni
ia accomplished there-will be an awak-
entng In China which will surprl th
world, snd which will plac our nation
In an enviable position; on, a plan from
which w will be enabled to enter into
Competition with Europ and Amertca.
"Chlna la an anolent and t. Isolated
country and has had llttl or no inter
course with th outside , worlds The ef
fect of thl ha been that China ha
stood still whll th other natlona have
continued their march along the high
way of progress. ..Our principal industry
s agriculture, while those or jsurop ana
America are diversified. W hav prac
tically ho railway, no great manufac
turing industries such a .are found In
your magnificent country and In th
cHlsf natlona of. -Europe. But with the
awakenlnc that will follow the sduoa-
tloa of our people on the western basis
w will hav a vastly different story to
tell In a few .years. We will have man
ufacturing concern such ss ars found
In your great cities of New York. Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Fran
cisco and the other chief cities or th
United States. Of course. It win take
some little-tint to aducat our people
un to your standard, but that this can
be done haa been demonstrated by the
progress we have made stace the Intro
duction of schools slmilr-tdT thos w
find in. thl country..'
'In comparing our-civilisation with
yours, I find thl 1 a difficult task.
WMlew hav" advanced " beyond all
other nation in th study of philosophy.
can state that w havs no conception
whatever of the material progresa our
people hav made, In America the poor
and rich hav equal oafportunltle to ad
vance, but this, ia not true of China,
In th United State ther are more op
portunities for advancement, and every
mas gets a eouare deal; as - you say
-i in
ere; but In China the opportunities are
lacking and th poor have little or no
chanc to rise abova their, lowly posi
tion. I am frank to aay thst I am a
great admirer of th system of govern
ment which afford every man an oppor
tunity to . rlae. If he can do so by In
dustry -and Intelligence.- This Is a much
better system than those which prevail
In. soma of the oldee eoinrtaie. where
lines of caste are strictly drawn, which
act asa bar to the progress of the
poor and lowly beyond a certain point
-Beyond all question the .western civ
ilisation la superior to ours, for th
tmple reason, which I wish to reiterate.
that yeu-have mad material progress,
whll oars haa-been alons tha line of
philosophy. - Personally I favor the In
troduction in my oountry of your idess.
ror it honestly snd firmly believe It
would be th best thing for our nation,
na mat ia in goal ror which w are
working. Our dod1 are Intellisent and
iulok-to learn, and after th great ad-1
vantages -or your ideas have been, im-1
piMed upon them they will not be
flow to adopt them. - . .- ? " I
-' Thl reform movemerit haa no sob-
nectlon whatever with theovemmant. I
It doe not derive any financial support!
from th governmental treasury, as thai
by those who- ars Interested In the ad
vancement of our nation. Do not under
stand, however, that there la any oppo
sition on the part of the government.
There la not. .Our work ha th cordial
indorsement of the government, a
whller w do not "receive any financial
support from this direction, and while
the:retroactlv party is opposed to us,
generally th movement baa the support
of the government and th peopla-of
China. . .
America ha -impressed me a belns
the greatest oountry on tha globe, and
Chlri wlirirtTny valuafi
from th United States. It I a nation
of vast territory. It is lcbin agricul
ture, and ita manufacturing Industrie
hav grown to such, an extent -that It is
lmost Incomprehensible. While Amer
ica la much younger than'Europe and Is
sn infant fh arma as compared with
China,' it haa mads 'the" largest strides'
of anaj. nation, and not only China, but
curope- as wen csn took-to your shores
nd .leavrn much that will' b of great
benefit" , - V,
New Jersey 'Skeeter in Action.
-From ths New York American.
! was going along Riverside drive
yeaterdsy evening," said th Innocent by
atandar. "and I noticed that aoma hla
chips hsd been k'noeked-nff the Soldiers'
and sailors' mofkument. I aaked my com
panion what vandal had been dlsflgur-J
Ing th monument,. Th damage was
1 1 w- a .. 1 1
reoura in apwu tiniic vrvaama; Hum i
Jersey, and bad rnn Into the stone. , U
thought
that waa a.-pretty good ?Joke
then. We found a seat soon after this,
right Under a lightelr the aeattlot
ndor light are taken up. by twoaera.
hadn t been there a minute befor I
felt a If som on had tun a hatpin
into my neck. I Jumped up to grappl
with my asssllant, only-to see V huge!
form flickering away In tha dusk.
' That's tfcem.' . remarked my com
panion, "wllo hadn't- read-Henry James on
'Speeob aa ShsOughter Be Spoke.
- '"I thought It wa an Inorrete, arrow
rdlpped In table d'hote claret.' I said. Just
as anither spear went threign. my leg.
".'Whir don'fyou smoker aaked my
ompanlon. putflng a ctoud that- called
for a stringent smoke-consuming ordj-
- "'Smoke won't keep 'em,pff7 said I:
thers'a a mosquito lighting a: clgsr
Itself pointing to a glo-w In the hushes.
"My companion tried to argue that It
ws a? firefly, but I knw, better.
."Just then slong.came two girls, no
hats on and frocks about th texture of
istarshln. 'ay 40 Ua 'akMt.sra waataMova f attitotaa. anODf ,aw,--ri
said my
summer .
com
glrla I aaked him. Tio .
listlnct aummer glr'
from th winter
glrir , r-
'I guess .not.' he replied: It's enl
mat you an more' of her.
"Jusf then a c6upl ot 'skestere. sailed
up tm pain aner tne gins, .ana 1 Dis
tinctly overheard one ot the' pirates say
to the other. Talk about candy- from a
naoy it s so easy It s a snamer
"But 1 couldn't bother Willi other do
pie. Just -then s blar chao haroooned me
and couldn't get loose. In his struggles
to get free he lifted m off the bench.
wnicn toppled over and threw my com
panlon on top of me. The additional
weight was all that saved ma from belna-
carriea over to jeraey. ' . .
Why do I tell you about thiT Why,
to Induce the authorlilea to nut a rad
light on the .'monument before some
Plundering mosquito knockat down."
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1
LEWIS AND .CLARK
En route up th Missouri river "from
their winter Quarter at Fort Mandan,
-near the, site bf Blamarck, North Da
kota. rThe parts- I now clos to the
Rockies. ..i . '' j . . "'..
June S. -In th morning, finding It
Impossible to reach the end of the port
age, .witn. tneir present load. In conse
quenc of the state of the road after
the Tain, be sent back nearly all hi
t W b th. ni.i.. .m
iM b i-f. v...rH. u..i..
hltd been left yesterday. Havlnglost
somaote and remark which he had
made on rirstscenUnglh rlver he
determined to go up to the Wbltobear Is.
landa along Its banks, rn order to aupply
tne deficiency. ; He there left One man
to guard the baggage, and went on to
the falls, accompanied by hla servant
York. Chabonean and hi wife with her
young child. On hi arrival ther he
oDaervea a very aarg eioua riamg in tne
weat, which threatened," and - looked
around for 'some shelter, but could find
no place Where they would be secure
from, being blown Into th river If the
wind should, prov as Violent ss It some
time doe In the plains. At Jength,
about a Quarter of a, mil above the
falls, he found a deep - ravins where
there, were some shelving rocks;.' under
which he took refuge. They wen on th
upper, aid of th ravin near the rivet,
perfectly. safe from th-raln4 and there
for laid down their ' guns... 'compass
and other articles which they - carried
with them... The -shower waa at first
moderate. It then Increased to a heavy
rain, th effect of wnicn they did not
feel; soon after. torrent of rain and
hall descended; the rain seemed to fall
In a solid --mass, and Instantly collect
ing In the ravin came rolling down in a
dreadful current, carrying the mud and
rocks and everything that opposed it
Captain Clark fortunately saw it a mo
ment before It reached them, and spring
ing up with his gun and shot pouch In
hla left band, with his right clam
bered up rhtteep' bluff, pushing on the
IndlrfhwomtfnCwlrh her child in her
arms; IreT"husbandr too, had Seised her
hand and was pulling her up the. hill
but he was so terrified at th danger
that, but for Captain Clark, himself and
hla wife and child would have been
lost. So lnstantaneou waa th rlae of
th . water that ' before Captain Clark
had . reached:' bis gun. and -began' to- as
cend th barilfc, the water waa up. to hi
waist, and h could scarce t up
faster than It roe, till he reached the
height-of 18 feetwlth a furlou current,
wbich?had thrV waited a moment .longer.
would -hav a wept them into-th river
Just ftbov the grat t alia," down which
they must Inevltamy nav oeen- pre
cipitated. -They resched the plain in
aafety and found York, who had sepa
rated from them lust befor tha storm
to hunt some buffalo, and. waa now re
turning to find hi mater. Thy had
been obliged to escape so rapidly that
Captain Clark loat hla compass and um
brellav Chaboneau left hi gun. hot
pouch and tomahawk, and th Indian
woman had Just tlm to grasp her child,
before the net In which It lay at her feet
waa carried down In the current. He
now relinquished his Intention of going
up th river, and returned to the camp at
willow run. Here h found -that th
I party sent thl morning for tbf baggag
I had all rturnea to camp in i -"-
I in.inn. laavlne- their loads on th plain.
On account of th heat they generally go
nearlv naked, snd- with- no covarmg en
their heads - The hall was ao large, and
driven so. furiously against them by th
.iiui hat it knocked aeveral of
..." .' i' nna nt them nartlcularly
thrown oh the ground three times,
,,, moBl of them bleeding freely and
A.ni.ind nt belns much bruised. Wil
i n,n had risen six feet since th rsln.
and aa the plain . were so wet they.
could not proceedjtney passeu n mi")
at tneir camp. - .-
. .-At hs Whltebeer camp. also, we hsd
pot been lnsenslbl to the hall storm,
though las exposed. In the morning
there hd been a.heavy ehower of rain,
after which It became fair. - fter aa
algntng to ths men their respective em
ployment Captain Lewie took -one of
them and went to see the large fountain
.... tha falls. For about six miles hs
snd then, on reaching th break of the
river hills, waa overtaken- djt- in
wind from the outhwst. attended by
ii.htnina-. thunder and rain; fearing a
M..i nt the scene of the twenty-
....nth thev took shelter In -a llttl
aniiv. where there wer som broad
atones, with which they -aneant to pic
. . ... ..i-..-...in . rha hall: hut
n,inntiv there was ot -wiuctt,- and
that of a amaU'sIs. o thst they felt
no Inconvenience xcept thst of : being
exposed without shelter ror an- nour.
and -being drenched by the rain. After
It waa over their proceeded to th foun
tain, which 1 pethapa th largest in
America. 14 la situated in a pleasant,
level -plain", about- 15 yards, from the
river, into! which It falla over aome steep
Irregular rocks, with .suddn ascent of
about six feet In on part of ita course.
The water bolls up from among the
rocks, and with such force near the cen
ter hat the surface seema nigner mere
1 v. -n th. aarth-rm the sides of the Youli-
- " - . ... - - - - . i
tain, whlclt-ie a. nanosome-iurr-or nne
green grass.- rnm wai.r "r.unr
pure, cold and peasant to the lasts, not
being Impregnated with 11m or any
foreign, substance. It la perfectly trans,
parent, and continues- Ita bluish cast
half a mile down the Missouri, notwith
standing the rapldltiof the river. After
examining lr for-om Mm; Captain
Lewis re tu medio th camp.
Tha "Green Peril in Franca.
s Paris Letter to London Telegrsph.
According to 'oh of th antl-abainth
writer 1I,M hotolltre. or t,2,00
gallon, in round numbers, of the stuff
ar anuslly- absorbed by French popla.
men and women, for-the. women have
also iearnea 19 u imn iwru,
to ilk th
Flftr year ago only TH hectolitre ot
abslnth-wr onums4 In- Frnee. The
Increase of lunacy I attributed to th
deleterious- , drink. ' 'Sixty year ago
thr .wr.only li.OO registered luna-
tic; i)w ther ar -!9,00i Th In-rraaaa-ln
rrlm la also traced AtO th
time on us. wonder,'
panlotv- when ,' there's
about r-.,
"'Will ysu tell me.' I
It Js that there's a distl
j Is she any different
AN EVENT GREATER
THAN ANY WAST ,
'.- r Oaraett . Serrlsa.
(OopyrltSt. W06. by ty. R. Hearst.)
Amid all the exciting ulks of war .
and peac and th oonfusd bus of na
tion, each seeking a more comfortable
plac for itself In th perturbed hlv of
th earth, ther are going forward al
most unnotloed by the general public,
agar preparation for an- Impending
event of far greater significance to tha
ultimate Interests of ioumaniiv than
any claah or any agreement between the
Mlf.alvlul . . . . .
Thla vnt 1 the total aolar scllps
which occur at the end ofAWgust, snd
In the atudy and -observation of which
hundreda of thouaanda of dollars will
be spent, and tha flnaat' in,i....(.
and methoda of research that- man's
Ingenuity has yet been able to contrive
wilt be employed. The . nath nt thm
moon .. anaoow in this ecllo Ul mn
aroaa northern Spain parallel with th
range ox tn Pyrenees: an1 thara t..
Jut been published at Madrid a aeriea
or cnarts exnlbltlnr the- arrounit nv.,
wnicn in narrow stream of momentary
night Inclosed between walls of dan.
light will run with a ear and minute-7
neaa of detail exceedlns - thoaa da.1
manaea . lor. tn ue of an - invadlna- -
Aiuns in, pain, will be assembled a
remarkable company composed of many
of th foremost Inveatlgatora. who ar
advancing modern science. Every, tlm
a total solar ecllpae occur it J4.llk
a-clarion call to these men, Jut thl
trucuiar eciipae makea a more Jm
"ya demand than "most others, not
winy oecaus ,th obscuration of th
u luia-a minuta ar an Inn.., k,
ordinarily happens In our eclipse, but
because juat now there are many prob
lem relating to th constitution and
behavior ot th aun and ita tnaninM in
fluences upon ths earth that s re press- .
... .v,. -iiuuiiu. lt is only during th
thre or four minutes of the total ob
scuration of the sun's dlak and" the con-
sequent revelation of it Immediate ur
roundlngs -that mant of these problem
can ba iiiM-M.fiiiiv. 1 - .
t, .1 -' -r-t
" auwuiu seem-10 in reader that
it, 1 a gross -exaggeration to aert
that an eollps of the. sun Is an event
rausni wnn greater Import td . hu
manity vnan the result of a mighty
war. let him consider , how tb two"
things WOUld aDDear tn an lnell..l -
betng from another planet paying a
visit to the.arth thla aummer. On on
aide he -would ee the battlefields of
Manchuria atrsw'n-Wtth bones and min.
ana me water or -th Sea of Janan
wasning over the-wrack of ships on
whlch-th treasure and Ufeblood of a
great nation had been lavished, and on
th other aide .he would see a, nsrrow
civ 01 inna on .wmcn astronomer, with
their telescopes and photographic ln
atrumenta were clustered to watch and
picture th passageor the moon across
th fac of th sun. Inquiring . th
meaning . of these two spectacles he
woum-ds inrormed that the first meant
that two ir'acea of men were killing each"
other in order that the survivors nifaht
rule s particular part of the planet for
a, century or so, won the Second meant
that representatives of all civilised na-
lions snd race were uniting In a.r
j ktj anctn-fr mo great
lawa of th universe and thereby to
advance, for air timer the 'Intellectual
statu of th earth Inhabitant. Hav
ing listened to these explanation ha
wodld hav no-difficulty. Jn. deciding
wnicn event possessed tne greater Im.
Tortartee and th. mor ral and lasting '
signincance. r : -f - -.
m . 1
LETTERS
FROM - THE
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- tCrsv.Stannard Bxplalns.
Portland. June IT. To the Editor of
The Journal In Th Daily Journal of
Xu-ne 17 wa an article headed --"Loee
Family" n Expoaltion Grounds." Pleas
allow a few corrections To begin with.
we could not possibly be -lost on tha
exposition grounds-Thursday, night.' a
we did not visit the rale, uptlj Saturday,
and my name Is there on record In two
plsces, proving that w visited the fair
Jun 17. ; -
I realised some tlm ago I wa liv
ing in the backwoods, and we are cer-?l
talnly "suckers.- for a wharrrat, in tiis--
guise of a Portland expressman, "took
u In." - . '
Rut w are lovers of plain, unvar
nished trutlt-nd If I exchanged a word
with a war veteran I am riot aware" of
It, but all whom I did apeak with treated
u noit kindly. '
To be sure I did not go Into hysterics
wnn I nieV Mjt-- Cripple-Eyed Police
man, becausetfe' met my husband th
night before. If I remember rightly,
he told me where my husband probably
waa. before- I could collect my few rr-
malnlrig senses. 'TBut there wss no
Thsnce bf us goln'rrery far wrong, as
leng a our friend tn Portland could Ine -form
our Waterloo friends of our whsrer
abouta. Thanking eah one again, I tlll
rmaln. MRS. BERTHA STANNARD.
Don't Be a Knocker. , T
rum tha Amltv Advance.. .
True, Portlsnd will be the largest
beneficiary on account of the expoMMon.
... trtiaTut'a trosierltv should ntt .
proi detrimental to any section In Ore. k
-n . ir tha mstrODOlls become -hlghi J.
prosperous through tkt fslr-tt. Is n-t
tn annect that such proa-
parity will b. flt In th most- rmdL
district orth tat.' In other word.
prosperity In Fortiana means more or
less prosperous conditions. In every . seo
tlon of the state. " r
Tha acooalilon la an Oregon enter- ,
prise, andthoaa .who havs been consld--ertng
it fnerely aj'ortland institution
ars entirely too narrow and contracted
In their view.': Therefore th person
or newspaper that . would attempt - to
"knock" the entexprls Is likely to pur
sue a almllar policy In any other matter
and with reaard to any other enter
prise. -And such a short-sighted policy ,
certainly looks oaa 10 in average new
comer. In fact, we heard one new
comer remarirjLln . commenlhg on one
of the aforesaid criticism of the fair:
I have been wondering wnat kind or
neighbors -thos peopl who 'knock'
their own enterprise will b when w
settle among then-"- "
Th Oath' Feminine.
Tn tha Kdltor-of the New York Sun
And la the eath feminine Such-. ot '
thing thai ir-siaru 171a r agy-jr uses
tn-the early eighties -there wss a ball In
thl city given by tho who esteemed . I
tnemseives um uumpaina, dv ine prn- -
vlnetal standard at leeat Thereto cam
r eertgln Yale undergraduate who was .
oclally acceptible. - In the mfdat-Of a
walts hi partner, a young lady of nopii
larlty snd accredited position, suddenly .
stopped w,,h th remark. "Damn my
Hack hair, tt'a coming down!" It Jarred
him for a second; then h replied lacon
ically, "Th heti you ay!"- And. th
maxy whirl west on. " F. M'HL'Oit
ttarUoroV CaBruaal.
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