.rcrtTAND. OREGON. . : t 1 f
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A ft taue
i fubHsW every evening-
(except
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A HINT FROM THE
IF THERE HAD BEEN a fair and square 'chance to
do the work the; conflagration on the east tide this
-morning would' not have reached the proportions
which marked it -when it wat finally
troL It mk plain the need' of
fares on that-side of the river into,
will be rendered passable not only
but for the fire engines uucasc-of need. If. t had been
'possible to use the streets the fire fighting could have
: been' much more' effectively done', not only because the
fire could have been more closely approached but be
cause it could have been ' fought on a leveL As it was
the men were forced to drag their hose through morasses
: at the- footrof 'teep" gutchesr greatly 'hampering . their
; work and rendering their efforts abortive.,
- The fire boat was able to render
contributed much to keeping the
the bounds to which it was finally
nection one is led to wonder bow useful a fircboat might
prove in .certain' sections ;of the water, front .where the
log booms would actually prevent it
a' quarter of a mile of a blaze on the
well for the authorities to take into
the condition of the streets leading to the water front on
the. east side and at the same time to make special note
along" the. water front, of how the1 fire boat would, be
hampered in its work by the log booms which stretch far
cut into me river.
V.
PORTLAND PEOPLE AND
'HERE is some ground for
that have been made by eastern visitors, both
men and women, respecting Portland hospitality,
or systematic and considerate attention to visitors. ' It
must be confessed that Portland has hot been accustomed
to so much activity in this direction as has been displayed
by the people-of some western cities, notably, Los An
geles. Yet we think, that some of these 'criticisms are
unmerited,' and are expressed in exaggerations, and with-
out due consideration of existing circumstances. r
" Consider that Portland for, weeks has -been .visited
daily by several thousand eastern people, besides as many
or more, from within, the old Oregon country, many of
whom: iTe 'almost as. much strangers here as those from
the east . Remember that there arc several special .events
or lunctions.every diy, besides rnMy-matterrto consider
' ' and attend to o(ordiaary routine character. . Appreciate
;. the fact that Portland people, while surely and fraternally
welcoming all respectable visitors, have their own busi
" ness and work and duties of all sorts to carry on and
attend to. "Looking at the case in this light we think
that Portland people while not4 as enthusiastic 'about
their city, state and region as they might well be have
not been as remiss in hospitality or attention to visitors
: as is charged by an occasional one of them. , ;,j
These : complaints", however, justify- two general re
marks: Portland people could be and. should be some
what more interested in and enthusiastic about their city
.land surrounding country, and should makenjnore effort
'eastern people, even if they have gained some local dis
junction, should not expect all Portland to rush to the
trim ra'TrheanVrrtri trite t tlifrri nd escnrt them In a
to all places of interest - - --H. -.. ,. .. .'" ..
GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE
" V A BOUT two-thirds of the sixty provinces of Russia
V.-'.''V re,facirig"m probable famine in, the -near uture,
' in addition to Russia's other woes, the crops be
ing for thefmost part a failure.- " '...
There .may be those who would regard this new calam-
. '. ity as a- dispensation of an' offended providence, but a
" if TtnonyncticaineWi that it is Tatherdu W-thjt failure
of the autocracy to give the csars 'agricultural subjects
the chance to succeed which as- rulers in a paternal sys-f
. ' tern, of government they were morally bound to do. '
r The community system of land tenure in Russia is not
; ' an ancient custom, but came into vogne principally after
i ' the abolishment of serfdom less than half a century ago.
Under! this system the land is distributed anew to the
I members of each commone every year. As population
increased the strips of land apportioned to each family
y became less, so that the aggregate surplus became less.
' ' and m the case of a lean year even insufficient to feed the
' people. ' - And of course the great landed proprietors
-V ' wouldlfieldTiothing of their privileges or portions; it is
, the peasantry, not the aristocracy, who
" The folly of the Russian administrators has also been
- exhibited in their encouragement to
. than to a rational rotation of crops,
si.,.,..!.. . ; . .iss
. This man Fitch has never exploited
his Incomparable Insight ot femininity
to better smrpoa than In the remarkabl
'creation presented tyths Belaaco-atoek
. . company last night "The Girl and the
- Judge." He has tried to discover and
thereafter deacrlbe which ot two weak
outs was the weaker. The mother was
s klp toman ic; the father an Incipient
drunkard. The girl was just loyal, true;
admirable for ehe tuck-to-the-mother
When the inevitable separation came
and suffered by so doing. The Judge
-. ' was admirable, too. He loved . the girl
1 ' - and when the mother stole, frpm . his
. . . own -mother-r-well. . Jfou. kind of wished .
yon knew more men like the Judge. -Bon
day -we may lose the Belasco
' stock company; but If you have watched
performance such as that given last
night you ' wilt' hope It mar never be
within your theatre-going days.
: It would be akin to treason to tll
- -you ' all the - story of. -the play, The
' thing to do Is to see It. - There are so
. v , many groat characters and the theme la,
. . ! so novel and Interesting that you will
- wonder and gape at Clyde Fitch's versa
. , ' tlllty, having in view his previous
' 8 forts.' ...' - '
' i . The' 'feature of last night's perform-
- lance was tho flrst appearance of Will
:' R. Welling, the new leading man. When
,,' . he walked onto the stage the nrst time
- 'he reoelved tremendous ovation, and
''.'' before the flrst act ended ho had ridden
f . Into popular favor on a title wave. Mr.
- Walling appeared as the Judge and in
that role demonstrated, first of alt that
-.he la an actor of autet. easy suid eor
s rect methods. lie la handsome, engag.
'. Inc. alwera at esse: bis voice. la fnusle
end his reading eaoepttonally-Intelll-
i . gent The role la not by any means the
best ha will be called upon to piay,
but It was suf flcient to give the Be
. laeco'a patrons a fine Idea of his eapa-
.-rfetmieK bosket f lowers wont-over
the footljghta t Mr, WalUog. He. Is a
drtaed sucreaa. 4
"The girl" was J.ucla Moore and this
Is her leak week. She will 1esva a pleaa
ant Intpreaslon In thle part which was
written for Annie RusselL J It la the
sly part I the piece, perhaps, that the
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ROM ONE
limited. In this con
who really
from coming within
wharf. V It would be
remorselessly if
serious consideration
order forbidding
in advance to ten
forbidding city
their salaries-id
VISITORS.
is not itself subject.
various criticisms
Nevertheless we
one,' and should
who seek to amass
of many people,
this means deprive
who -will get out
who are not and
not only them But
There is no limit
hardened, ten - per
deal according to
Hence he should
The order is a
to public employes,
choked off.- If this
and. children. .
I
FOR FAMINE.
total up to over
even so great a
Russia to owe. The
veTyrgreat,4mthey
will starve.
wheat raising, rather
because wheat al
author tried not - to embellish with
comedy. For one or two brief minutes
It Is light Afterward It Is a budget of
sentlmentallsm and In that line Lucia
Moore exeela any of the leading women
Portland baa met. '.
"To Laura Adams,' In one of the "fat
test" parts ever written -that of Mrs.
Brown, ths talkative landlady a great
deal of enthusiastic praise Is due. Her
Impersonation was not only humorous
It was reaL At many of her sayings the
audience screamed Its delight. -
The others oiled In the picture per
fectly.-' vaarence Montalne was a apien-
dld.ordoa.jnan, Morgan Wallace a con
vincing -young neeretary, Louis Frohoff
a thorough tippler and no. ess may be
said of Christie MacLean, aa the klep
tomaniac, and .Edith Angus as Mrs.
Cbartrts. RACE WHITNEY.
McEwen Mystjfies andTTeasesT
McEwen began a week's engagement
at the Marq'uam laat night and If the
attendants, obey his Injunction and tell
their friends about It If they liked It
he will have a full house every night.
There 1s no douht that they liked it
Mr. McEwen showed himaelf a mastsr
of hypnotism and magic - The trlcka
were performed neatly and the per
former candidly told of the feats whose
success waa due to illusion. Hs even ex
plained some of them elaborately, send
ing the audience Into spasms of laugh
ter aa he assured them, of the simplicity
of the experiment and mystified them
more than aver. . .
Mlaa Irene Franklin met with imme
diate favor In her cornet solos between
nets, and waa recalled twice. Every
evening a new program will be given,
though nothing can possibly be funnier
than last night's closing number, when
the class of novices Imagined them
aelves barkers on the Trail for all tha
lateet andmoat wonderful shows on
earth, all for a-dlme.
Carried It Beyond Precedent'
From the Boston Globe.
Republican Governor Hoch jf Kansas
nominates Democratic Governor Folk of
Missouri for prenldent, which le more
than tha governor of Worth Carolina
ever did for the governor of South
Carolina.
J O URN AL
no. t. CAliOIX
The Journal BuQdinf, Fifth ana Yamhill
'...-'-' ...
ways found a ready 'market abroad and so was a valuable
medium of exchange. .." But the wheat failing the semi-serf
farmers have little or nothing to fall back' upon. And
this persistent cropping 6f the land to wheat has, in a
measure exhausted the soil,, and invited the famine that
piece. offolly and needless hardship is
collecting raxes,' before instead of after
it necessary for the farmers to resort to
it- j . . 1
lenders ana so sacruicc pari 01 in pro
Ceeds of their crops. . 5 r ".
For years -the yield per acre of wheat has been "grow
ing less, the number of cattle has been becoming smaller.
conditions that render a crop failure for a
precursor of swiftly following famine.
CITY EMPLOYES AND LOAN SHARKS.
POINT OF VIEW that of the man
looks out for Number One, and. who
is Yi6t readily led into, certain kinds of dempta
Hon, and who thinks everybody should be as strong and
sensible and cold-blooded as he, or be trampled, over
he falls from this point of view the
city employes to discount their salaries
- per - cent - a - month brokers is a piece of
unwarranted paternalism, of officious interference with
private rights and JibeYties. So the order of the' mayor
employes thus to sacrifice, a portion of
the usurious warrant brokers har been
criticised,' ana riaicuiea Dy a morning contemporary,
which despises any tort of human weakness to which it
-
think the order is a proper and useful
be strictly enforced. s One good resson
for this is the protection of city employes against sharks
wealth without labor off the earnings
whom they keep in their power,, and by
these employes', families of money
that should properly go to them. 'But another and in it
self a sufficient reason is that employes of the city should
be men who can and will resist this form of 'temptation,
and stiy out of this form of bondage.
will not be beholden to and at the mercy
of rhen who whenever an opportunity occurs will "work"
through, tnem tne city . '.
to "the greed of, the experienced,
- cent - a - month - loan shark '' He may
agreement with, individuals, but it will
not burden his conscience at all to swindle the city if by
any means an opportunity occurs or can be made.
not be given a chsnce ' to get this
death grip" upon city employes, however humble or
pparently insignificant individually.
good one and should be enforced. As
at least, the loan sharks should be
works a temporary hardship on here
and there one, it is to be remembered that it will be
ultimately beneficial to hundreds, including many women
. . . . , v ' T"
THE BITTER PILL FOR RUSSIA.
T..IS EASY to understand w.hy, Russia..very jnuch
' dislikes to pay Japa,n an indemnity, Not only does
' Russia think that such a payment would be" too hu
mi'llating, but a bilHoH'Uollars; or even lialf that much, is
good deal of money for Russia to raise just no w. ..
The total debt of Russia, when the. war broke out wss
about three billion five hundred milfion dollars. Her war
loans .to date aggregate eight hundred and sev-
.... . . at ... t m
etity million dollars,- making a- total aeot or jour
billion three hundred , and seventy : million L dollars.
The . indemnity-, asked by , Japan woufd run the
five billion dollars, an immense, sum for
nation in area and number of people as
resources of Russia are undoubtedly
-are- largely-undeveloped, and under
the present system cannot be rapidly developed. Mo
wonder Russia prefers the doubtful ind even slim chance
of winning some victories yet in war to loading herself
with hundreds of millions more debt J.j l
Japan, though very fully prepared to win victories, has
not been obliged to borrow so much as Russia, its loans
amounting to only $650,000,000, and it is about this sum,
apparently, that Japan insists on unloading upon Russia.
It is this matter of indemnity that is most difficult of
settlement, . Russia makes a prominent point of the pos
session of Sakhalin, but this is probably only a play
against the indemnity demand. Japan has Sakhalin al
readyand means to keep it ' ' .
The fortunes of wsr have been such thaf Japan is en
titled to' make terms, and Russia must accede to them
or in all probability get itself into a worse predicament
than it now finds itself. .'.'".";
Misdirected Charity. -
From - the Pendleton -Eaat 'Oregonlan
Fully half the workingmen seen on
the streets of Pendleton every day will
not work If offered a Job, and residents
should be careful whom they give free
rood ana help.
There la no need for these men to be
Idle in Pendleton at this time of th
yesr. Farmers are looking for harvest
hands svery day, but thla Idle horde of
alleged workingmen Is not looking for
work. Half of them will not work,
except for a day. If given the best Job
i. . i .
111 UW-VUNHJ . ,
If they are. fed when they corns to bt
homes begging, it only encourages them
In remaining In Idleness. True, one
may turn a deserving man away where
so many are begging, but It la- wrong to
encourage such wanton idleness and
rule-shoold fee mads In every hums to
give no able-bodied . man ' food during
narvesi season, rnis win put the ras
cals - to work quicker than .anything
else. Cut off the early morning free
nreaicraat ana mere will not be halt
the idlers on the street during the day.
La FoDette Wouldn't Hang Flshl ;
At least Collier's ssys he wouldn't
In the Issue of August IS It says:r
' "The governor of Wisconsin intends to
stay at the helm aa long as necessary.
The legislation to which he was com
mitted has been passed, but ss the
courts may throw It out, he will remain
away from the United States senste
until the matter Is legally decided. Gov
ernor La Follette has been eagerly as
sailed by the ..conservative press, be
cause, crushed to a Jelly on the Illinois
Central, ho revealed a wish to hang Mr.
B. Flan, tne .president Much ado. In
deed, about . a . choice of phrase. - Of
course, the governor couldn't hang the
Central's, president but he gave human
expression to an emotion in which It is
not difficult for any of us to share.
Mr. La. Follette, In his general attitude
toward railway abuses, has tha Ameri
can-people- a t-Me back. -
s
The Difference,
-; From "the Kansas City " Journal
The mosquito dlffsra from the doctor.
tt comes without being called and pre
sent Its bill before It does any damage.
SMALL, - CHANGE
'A New Tork organ grinder' made
17,000 laat year. Bom political organ
grlndera did not do so welt
.:."','.. ' , e -. e ; .. . , .- ...' '
Secretary Reot haa sold but all his
corporation, and trust Interests, and
there hs is, with a long, cold lightning
rod up. - - ', ' .-v
'" r1 .- .-'.
The mystery Is how the TaggarU were
ever aober enough to do anything other
wise bad. .-'- --. j- -v j
, ,. e ,e -i - ' j
No, the report that Shaw was going to,
resign wss uniounaea.' ...
, . .. ,-- e -e .'
BeversJ people" have atlll failed te aay
' resign.': - - , . r
s i
Chin can't boycott ua Into admls
slon,of coolla labor, . , , , ;
We wouldn't mind a little irrigation
Jdat now, even In western Oregon.
.Now for Irrigation talk. "-"'r "
e . e' ' i ':
Auguat seeme bound to make an un
usually dry year of , It counting from
September 1. . ,. ' .'
The Oregonian says It can buy bread.
potatoes and beef. Will somebody send
It some pie? . ..." , '
"Will BInger runT" aaks contempo
rary. He seems to be on the run.
... : . e- -e ;' -
The Oregonian. says It is atlll able
to buy beefsteak and potatoes and pay
taxea. fdood enough, :' We would dislike
to see a neighbor starve to death, or
be sold out br the sheriff, -or have t$
contribute something to a relief fund.
Colonel Hofer may get his dander un
ana conciuae to run yet or try to. t
Of course, you went to see the 'ani
mals. ; . ' , . .." -i .-....
I-- e . . .
The operation of tha direct primary
law arui ba Interesting.
irrigation will yet work greater won
ders. . '.-:.,"''.
If Russia dossn't agree to Japan's
terms, Russia will probably ; be aorry
later. , , .y ---i -- .... -
.- e e . ,
'Gas- Addicks la said fo be running
newspaper In Delaware, More gas,
probably. .
But since tha Japs have taken Sak
halin, or nearly ao, what are the Rus
sians going to do about Itt'
... -. , .... e , ; ' ' ' " J
It is supposed that J. Plerpont Mor
gan's. 127 suits of clothes were made
from wool sheared from Wall street
lambs.;- ''- .-
Aunt Carrie Nation must rather like
Governor Folk. She only calls him a
lobster. ', , '
e; e , .
Many would-be - candidate already
wondering how popular with the-peoplc
thav n milrl themselves.
mm
It la the demand for "cash, as is gen
erally the case, that Is making the moat
trouble. .:, : . ', . . .. ,
Irrlgallonlsts mSy - not practice ' an
. . ,i ..... e a .....
Look for a warnr'tuaale between the
prealdent and the senate next Winter. .
ORECOW SIDELIGHTS
- . ; .
Pastures drying up; creamery products
short. a .
e e - .
Hlllaboro people expect that town to
grow much In the near future. , " '.
." s e e ,. -.
While not the best ever, hops In Yam
hill county will make a good crop.
: ." e e , , ',- . '' .
Judge Galloway adjourned court at
Dallas Tuesday at 4 o'clock to perform
the marriage ceremony of hie lifetime
friend. Glen O. Holman, who was married
that day to Mrs. Martha A. Holman of
Dallas. Incidentally the lawyer has -the
best of the Judge, for Just after election
last year, when Judge Galloway was
being congratulated, he remarked that
he wduld adjourn court . any time to
marry the first lawyer ' in his. district
who wanted him to perform.
. .. .
All deer are "buck" now. , V
e e i
The Kent well la down 190 feet and
has UO feet of water. -
Sherldan Sun: We noticed a bunch of
alfalfa laat Saturday that waa raised on
pland, and, although it waa tha second
cutting, the atalks were 28 Inches long
and well covered with foliage -. We be
lieve this could be a great dairy country
If people Would plant alfalfa. It may be
hard to get It started but once growing
there is no doubt that It would continue
to produce an abundance of feed,
e - e , ;''';'
The Columbia river Is expected by ail
expertata. Je-Jower-est- fall" than- ever
.before. I . - h
., e e jvvArt"T-,-,'
SUverlon SUvertonlan-Appeal: Quite a
large crowd of prominent bopgrowera
were In the city Saturday to wltnese tha
demonstrations of the Evans hop press,
and ar( expressed entire satisfaction with
the rapidity- and -simplicity- of the ma
chine, which promises to .revolutionise
the work of baling hops. ..
.....'.. e e "' fJ. ''.';": '
Hops good sround Ablqua. ; , '
. ..,';.; e . . '. - ,: ;' .'
Blue Rlvsr. people are not blue over
10 at Work la the mines. ( .
' e ' e .
A Rlckreall man who harvested only
1.SO0 buehels of wheat oft IS acres will
raise bay and stock hereafter. :.
"i .: ..-.-.:.-
' Stocks large, yield disappointing, In
some cases, i ,( . -
r.-v.-r - - - i '
Fine crops, of grapes In portions ef
Washington county. -. 4
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' Saws and hammers busy and noisy In
Kent.
' ' ' - '"' '
Considerable painting In EsUcada. ,
v t. e e- - ..- 'i
Bast Oregonian: Sixteen alleged work?
men, aeated on the aldewalk en Alta
street today, made no reply when an
employment agent went among them In
search of three men to work with a head
ing at 1.W per day. Tho entire
bunch turned, their heeds sway whsn
they saw ths agsnt coming, and not one
replied to his Inquiries for willing men
to go to the harvest field. Some of the
gang are financially able to pay for their
meals; .but -most of them; beg-around
town. f T "
WE WERE WORSE OFF
V
.THAN RUSSIA
; -From the New Tork Bun."
To the Editor of the Sun Sir
very little less than 100 years ago
there waa a second war between the
United 'States and Great Britain, which
from Its declaration by congress on June
1. lilt, to the treaty of peace concluded
on December It 1114, waa waged for
more than two years and a half. Tne
battle of New Orleene waa not fought
and won by Jackson till II daya later
ana arter the treaty had been aignea.
There are incidents of that war cir
cumstances in which tha United State
had been ' Disced when the treaty
peace waa negotiated, the little regard
paid by other nations to the meeting of
the plenipotentiaries Yrom Washington
and Londonwhich maks interesting
comparison -between the. United Statea
then and Russia now, between the little
International Interest displayed in Ghent
then and the great-Interest In Ports.
mouth now. and between what the em
peror of Ruasla did for the United
Statea then and what the president of
tha United Statea has done and la doing
for Russia now.
Ths comnarative condition of the
United Statea. growing out of the war,
at . the beginning of Madlaon'a second
term, and of Russia now la an attractive
theme for those who ' have time and
facta needed: for the display of It Amerl
can foreign trade bad been almost de
atroyed. Exporta Were less by nine
teenth-twentieths In 1S1 than in 180T,
Fourteen hundred American warships
and merchantmen - with tO.SIl seamen
had been captured. ' An American loan,
issued In 1814. of only-IS.000.000. sig
nally filled.; In November ef that year
tne national government defaulted In
Interest on Kb loans, and on the f Irat
days of the next year the S per centa
were at only so to so.- secession, sedl
tlon and rebellion were formidable in
New England. The south, whose repre
sentatives pushed congress into the war.
was tired of It . Virginia quite flunked.
in howl much worse condition, compare
lively, ia Russia nowr.
In March, 1811. came a ray of hone
ror the United Statea, and it came from
Russia whose emperor proposed himself
a mediator-, that la. In dlolomatlo
meaning, to' give his advice and aaalst
anee In the way of ' arbitration,' after
examining the cauaea of the contro
versy, leaving the acceptance of the
offer to the free will of -the parties.
Several times has Russia tendered alml-
lar good offices to the United States.
President Roosevelt did not propose as
much to Russia and Japan.
President Madison mads haste to ac
cept Ruasta's offer, and on April It
1111, tried to send Bayard, Gallatin and
Adams to St. Petersburg with Instruc
tions to oonclude a peace; but Great
Britain had rejected Russia's offer, aa
the American commissioners discovered
in St Petersburg, where, they .were wel
comed with hoeiptallty. - u
When the United States declared war
Napoleon waa beginning his Invaelon-of
Russia; England waa taxed almost to
her utmost in resisting France; perhaps
and - probably Ruasla waa thinking aa
much, of .herself, and England aa of
America when 'she proposed her media
tion. At any rate, it waa an act of great
i fjMtifc w-m viiiitvu DiaivB, mm nm ir
suTrpWvear
England finally proposed direct -nego
tiation and proposed London or Gotten-
burg as the -place. President Madison
acquiesced, bat Bayard proposed Ghent
"5i"g niL aCg" C: .I......
ifter-OKeew-ericAIJ Bamml
leon had abdicated, the continental war
had ended and England was free to pun
ish the United States. , .
The American commissioners were all
In Ghent on July I, 1114, but the Eng
lishmen kept, them waiting two days
more than a month before they came.
The burghers, of Ghent were polite and
hospitable to the. expectant Americana,
but Holland, aa a nation- did ' nothing
then, and all waa so unlike the American
reception to and supervision of the Rus
sians and Japaneae in 1105.
Three daya after the Britons arrived
the negotiations began and exhibited the
alna qua non of peace, such aa Ruasla
la now awaiting from Japan. Ths Brit
ish terms cams very near requiring a
surrender of American Independence
They demanded that a large part of our
northwest on the east ef the great river.
he set apart ror the Indiana, under Brit-
Ish protection; that the United Statea
never keep an armed force on the Great
Lakes and thst Great Britain have
right to navigate the Mississippi. None
of the American demanda respecting im
pressments and blockades would be tol
erated..
The altuatton waa ao bad and critical
for tha Americana that two months later
Secretary of State Monroe modified ore
vlous Instructions snd In effect ordered
the commissioners to maks peace on any
terms m savea imperuea American in.
aepenaence. j
-wor until some 84 or 40 years sgo was
made -'public the -text ..of that note of
October 4. 1S14, authorising the Amerl
can negotiators to "agree to the statua
quo ante helium as ths bssls of nesotla
tlon." The treaty waa finally concluded
on that basis. .
Will Japan ' demand and get harsher
terms irom RusslaT , ,
Precisely why Great Britain wlthdrl
from her flrat pretensions ia yet some
what of a mystery. Perhaps she feared
they would reunite the Americans to
continue the war; perhaps she. was uneasy-overthe-
situation In " Europe and
the Vienna conference; perhaps. ,sS so
many tninx, tne emperor of Russia In
terposed in aid of America.
- At any rate, the negotiations at Ghent
to end a little war, consumed five weary
months. How many will be consumed at
Portsmouth? 8TRAWBERRT BANK. ,
Portsmouth. . . ., '
r Death of Meriwether Lewis.'
One of the most famoua episodes of
the "Natche Trace" is thus described
by John Swain In the September Every
body's: ..."
"A century ago ' there waa no more
promlaing youth in 'America than Meri
wether Lewis, - After a brilliant career
aa a soldier, he had been appointed pri
vate secretary' to President Jefferson,
and had shown himaelf so trustworthy,
so energetic, so resourceful that when
Jefferson determined to make an explo
ration of the great territory he waa
Just purchasing he 'Selected Lewis as
the one to accomplish it
"Six-years later, in 1109, hid brilliant
feat aecompllahed he wss sven - then
but it years old Lewis left his beloved
west for the last time and set out for
Washington to confer with the presl.
dent. He crossed the Mississippi at ths
Chickasaw Bluffs, where Memphis now
stands and, taking Indian trails south
easterly, struck the Trace at the cross
ing of the Tennessee river, In Lauder
dale county, Alabama He came alone,
on the night of October ' 11, to the stand'
otv-tavem-ef- Robert drlnder sThore the
oroaslng of Little Swsn, 71 miles from
Nsahvllle. ! A hesvy. storm- was raging.
In the night the women in an adjoining
building heard a abt. In the morning
Lewis was found dying, a pistol- beside
him. .. ......
raHndefcrrculatea ths report- that;
Lewis had shot, himself, and: the ex
plorer waa burled beside the road doss
to tne tavern. At Washington thsn, and
oy i many hlatorlana - since. Grinder
atory haa been believed: but by the set
tlera or that vicinity and by the women
who lived at Grinder's, only, one opinion
waa ever entertalned--thet Grinder hsd
murdered blm for his money. Grinder,
at any rate, waa known to have money
In hla possession aftsr Lewis' .death. He
sold out his Dlaca and moved away.
Put the fame of Lewis haa been blotted
to thla day by the atory that he took hi
own life In a tit of melancholia. For
40 years- hla a-rave remained unmarked.
Then the Tennesaee legislature appro
priated 1504 for a monument;' the bones
were dug up and Identified; an Irregular
county, naving the grave aa Its approxi
mate center, was named Lewis, and a
tew acrea about the monument set aalds
for a park, filnoe then nothing- has
been done to care for It but the broken
column stands as it waa placed, beside
tne lorsaxen rosa." . '
"i . By Ambrose Blerce.
I have before me a letter addressed
thus: , r-- . - ' .
.-" "Mr. Ambrose Blerce, ,
' "Tha Olympia. ' '
', "lath and Roanoke Sta., '
;'tf .- "Waahlngton.
' , " -. ' "D. C,t
And that Is exactly where I live. The
address Is accurate to a comma-Now,
this Istter waa not only addressed.' to
Washington. V. C. ' but it was mailed
there a local letter, which ahould have
reached me In a few hours. WslL -It
reached me in II, daya via Olympia, the
capital of the state of Washington, in
Its Journey from the Potomac to - the
Potomac. It . had taken . Jn the. Paclflo
Coast- a little excursion eminently sat-
lefactory, no doubt, to the blockhead
mat planned it.. . , ; . , ? v .,
That ' thla . blundering stirred In me
some degree of the s.nelent Adam some
ui urn vestigial cantanasrousnees toai
wo all inherit from oar arboreal ances
tor with the prognathoua visage, would
be a natural Inference, but erroneous.
am toughened to the situation. About
one of three of my lettera so addressed
make that identical Journey. - It la not
of that I complain. What-1 deprecate
la a needleas Insult added to the injury.
A circular, stamp on the envelope of
that letter beara the following, printed
words:- "Denclencr in address supplied
by Olympia, Waahlngton. P. O." Defi
ciency In address, quotha! Wherein la -it
deficient T - It is bad enough to have my
letters sent -to a place 'that knowa me
not but to be told really, I cannot
trust myself to write of thla ' I might
say Something that, the postmaster-gen
eral would regret . "
I have not related this as a griev
ance, but aa an Illustration. -. In all
branches of the publlo service and of
the private aa well blundering ia the
rule. In every profession, trade and
calling are Inefficiency,' unintelllgence.
Who, for example, ever received a tele-
gram that waa right that needed not
Imagination a artful aid In the decipher
ing and interpretation? I . never did.
The meaning of it all la that In the
matter - of - "civilisation and enlighten
ment" we. are trying to travel faater
lhaawaJiavetb legs to go. Our ingen
ious makers .of appliances, and appa
ratus, our devisers of systems and
methods, are . overtaxing . our Intelli
gence,- They create condition to whlcn
ar "'PTft Pd1" ourselves. ' The com-
piedopUcIRaecTFiaTrSmVro:
ern life dee not work wan because
there are not eheugh quick minds and
dutiful hands to work It. In no country
Is there a sufficient , number of Intelll
gent and conscientious persons to sup
ply a competent personnel to'any single
one of the higher professions skilled
trade. If all suen persons In the
United -Statea were put at work in the
postal- department my lettera ' would
atlll go to Olympia, In the etate of
Washington. '
Consldsr the appalling ' destruction
of Ufa in railway accidents, the appall.
Ing destruction of baggage In the regu
lar course of the service. All la the re
sult of human Inefficiency. - If every
matr engaged in the construction, opera.
tlon and equipment of railways-did his
simple, plain duty, no Uvea would ( be
lost, no property destroyed. "Nobody
to blame" la never true, except Mn th
aenaa that Intellectual Incapacity, ' be
Ing involuntary, la not censurable. . In
that aenae. it ia true indeed, for, as Sir
Boyle Roche might have aald. one can
not be other than one la -unless . one- Is
somebody else. Wherefore I am .char
itable to th basking pirate who fend
my Utters to Olympia, in the- state ef
Washington.
The Gullible Public. ;' ;
From Everybody's Magaslns "for Sep-
- tember. ... n .
Thomaa W. Lawson waa Illustrating
the- gullibility of the publlo In accept
ing worthless stocks. , ' - -i
It reminds me of Waahlngton White
and hla watch," he eatd. "Washington
s a Boston colored man. A friend met
him in an elevated train where .Wash
ington waa rocking back and forth like
man who haa trouble In his midst.
"'How do, Washington r aald .the
friend. -
'How do, Calhoun f- returned Waah
lngton, continuing hla rocking.. .
-"Tou hain't sick, be your .'.
"'No, Indeed, Calhoun; I ain't enjoyln'
no bad health.' v J
-Then why. In the name e' common
sense Is you cavortin' back and forth
data way? , . - -
. "Not for a single beat did Washing
ton, check bis regular oscillation as he
answered:-..'.'.
Calhoun; "you know Jerome "Me-
Wade? Well, he sold me a silver watch
for three dollars, and if I atopa movtn'
like dls yere de wat oh don't go no
more.'". . . 1 ..
- Oh, Such a Difference! ,
-' From the Chicago Chronicle. '"
Mark Twain on his last visit to hla
blrthplacS Hannibal, Missouri told to
the schoolchildren a true story about a
schoolboy.
This . boy," he said, 'awoke one
morning very III.. His groans alarmed
the household. . Tha doctor waa sent for
and came post haste. '
-Well.' aald the, doctor., as ha . en
tered th sickroom, . What Ms 'the
trouble? . - r-
"A pain In my aide,' aald the boy.
"'Any pain In the head?- ,
"Yes. sir.' . "'; .-
-"Is the right hsnd stiff T - ' - '
"'A little.- . - ' , - "
"How about the right foot?" " -
v-That's stiff, too.' -
"the doctor winked at the boy's
mother. ' r .. - ,. . . , f .
" -Well, he said, 'you're pretty sick.
But you'll, be able to go to achoot on
Monday, Let me aee today Jul Saturday
ana ....- - .. -, .
"Is today Saturday f said ths bor In
vexed tone., 1 thought It waa Friday.'
"Half an hour later the boy declared
himself healed and got up. Then they
packed him off tq school, fof It was FrlH
aay, alter au.
THE VIEWS OF ONE!
"V-: -- :
. JOURNEY OF LEWIS
AND CLARK """".'
August It Lewis snd Clark headed
separate parties at thla stage of th
Journey In the - Rocky mountain and
each report hla expedition separately!
With -.Lewis' -party; t
The men with Captain Lewie were"
chiefly employed in d re suing the skins
belonging to the party who accompanied
Captain Clark. About 11 o'clock Cha
boneatr and his wife '.returned rwlth
Cameehwalt accompanIed.br about SO
men with their women and- children.
After a short council all the Indiana
were treated with an abundant meal of
boiled Indian corn and beans. The Door
wretches had been almost starved and
recerved thla new luxury' with, great
thankfulness. Out of compliment to the
chief we gav him a few dried squashes
ws nad brought from, the: Mandana.
and he declared It waa th beat food he
had ever tasted except sugar, a small
lump of .which he had received from his
slater; ha declared he -would be happy.
to b . able to live in a country which
produced so many good things, and ws
told htm that soon th white men would
put it In their power to live below the
mountains where they might themselves
oultlvate thee foods. ' They were muolt
pleased with ' thla information Jand aa
they were In excellent humor' we began
our purchase of horses. We bought Ave
very good ones by giving for each mer
chandise which originally cost us about
six dollara In th evening' with a drag,
formed of, bushe we caught bit very
good fish,, most , of them large trout
which we gave to the Indiana. - . 1 - - -
With Clark' party: .... - v :
Captain Clark soon began to perceive
that the Indian aocounta had not exag
gerated;, at th distance of a mile he
psssed a small creek,, and th points . of
four mountains which were rocky and so
high that tt seemed almost Impossible
to cross them with horses. ' The rosd
lay ovsr the. sharp fragments - of -rocks
which had- fallen from th mountains, .
and wet .strewed In heaps for miles
together, yet the horses, althpugh un
shod, traveled across them as taat as
th men. and -without detaining them a
moment. They passed . two bold run
nlng streams and reached the entrance
of a small river where a few Indian
families resided. They . had not been
previously aoqualnted-with the arrival
of th whites: th guide waa behind and
the wood so thick that we 'came upon
them quite unobserved till at a very
short distance. A soon as they saw us.
th women and children fled In great
consternation and 'the 'men offered, a!
everyining tney nto ine nsn .oir tne
scaffolds, th dried berries, and the col- .
tars 'of elks' tusks wofn by the chll-,
dren. '.We took only a small quantity
of th food and . gave them In return
some small artlclea, which conduced
very much to pacify 'them. The guide'
now coming up. explained to them who
we were and ..the object of eur visit
and that seemed t relieve their fears.
Ths guide, whom we found a very in
telligent old man. Informed us that up
thla river there waa a road which led .
over . the -.mountain to lUe . Missouri.- .
On resuming his route, tie went slong
ths steep side of a mountain about three '
mile and than reached the river near a
email island, at the lower part of which .
he camped; he here attempted to gig .
some fish but could only obtain one,
email-salmon. The river. Is here very,
shoal .snd, rapid with many rocks neat- :
.... I- v.rln.i. HlWtlnn fh rough its
bed. i Qnthe side ot tha mountains are -some
.-scattered ptnea, and tof those on
the left tbe top are covered with- them;
there are, however, but few Jn th low
lands. The country . has aa abundant
growth, of berries, and we met several -
womeaand children gathering them, who
bestowed them upon ua with great lib- . .
eraltty. Among the woods' Captain
Clark observed a apeclea of Woodpecker,
the beak snd tail of which were white. .
the wings black and every other part of
the body dark brown: Its slie wss tht
of the robirt and it fed on the7 seeds of
the pine. - r , ', , ''.; , - -.
' Beef Trust's Defender.
The services t th beef tnist of .ona'
Georg E. Roberts sre thus summed up
by Charlea K. Ruaaell . In his "Post
script" to "Ths Greatest Trast in ths
World," In-ths September Everybody's:
But th main reliance Of-the trust
was upon an article upholding -and de-,
fending the Garfield report and written
ostenalbly for th De Motnes Register
and Leader by Georg E. Roberta Who
la Oeorge' E. i Roberta? Professional
politician of Iowa, handy man for the
mnchlne. and director of the United
Statea mint. What are hla claims to ex
pert knowledge of th cattle Industry or .
th business of th packers? -Nothing.
What then, brings him Into the field of
thla controversy? To know that 'you
must go back again to the string and
wires. M.r. Roberts' article filled four
or five ' columns In th Register and
Leader. If you believe ma It consisted
of nothing but reiterations of the msln
statements ef th Garfield report, ap
parently made with the Idea that , If
thoa astonishing assertions were only
enough tlmee repeated people might be
gin to believe them. Thus; Mr.. Gar
field having caused everybody familiar
with th subject to, shriek with laughter
by asserting that th packers' profits
are merely trifling. Mr. Roberta ' good, -fslthful
man, proceed wlth-th almost -solemnity
and without a . particle, of -
proof, to parrot that statement. - It is
time to have dona once and for alt with
this nonsense. Iauppose the human
mind was never occupied with a feebler '
eonceit" - '
' Tips by Japanese Envoys.
- From, a New -Tork. Letter.
There la now no queatlbn as to where
th sympathy, of the-servants .of the
Waldorf-Astoria (a placed In the battle -for
peace that is on at Portsmouth.
Baron Komura and-hla aulte-, on quit-'.
ting tha Waldorf-Astoria last Saturday,
where they had their lodgings, bslng .
politely willing to acquleao Jn a ussge .
unknown In Japan, left behind them tips
n a scale listed as follows: f
"Steward, $100; hla subordinates, .
sums ranging from -Its- tofl. . 110) V head
waiters, 150; ordinary waiters, $:0; hnll ,
boya, chambermalda and employes rank
Ing with thsm in usefulness, HO."
Antl-tipping reformers look askance
at this lavish largeae and are praying
that we will not have a Japanese peace
commission- with us every week. "
Haa It?
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From ths Minneapolis Journal.
There le a tariff unrest through
out Europe, . and the y-!, day of
stand-patient seems to have - passed,
In vlsw of the feet that Europet which
takes two-thirds Of our exports, Is mov
ing In th matter of protecting Itself
wherever It can agalnat :. exorbitant -
-charges on exporta
4-
It Doesnt Wor1cV;V
From tha Cleveland Leader.
S Many men apend their lives .Advertis
ing themselves and then expect to. be
paid for it In transportation to Tara-
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