The Oregon daily journal., October 26, 1905, Image 6

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f H E OR EGON DAILY
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OUR OLD ENEMY OVERPRODUCTION. ,
,T KPTAtV KfmKOMIC "PHILOSOPHERS, dur
' I " m ing the nard .limes some years ago, discovered,
' - the thomrht. that the trouble was "over-
fYArfnrtinn." If nricee were low and
lecturing were unprofitable,' the "nature of the ailment
was patent it could be nothing but "overproduction.
Uo matter if millions of "people needed the products
that could not.be sold profitably; no matter-if hundreds
of thousands without fault of their own were suffering
of hunger and cold, the, only remedy was to stop or cut
- down production. - . '.';'. "V
; The fact is that what was needed more than anything
else was greater volume of money and more nse of it,
and since this need has been supplied we hare beard
Jittle abxut Overproduction, though now is a proper
time to resurrect that curious economic theory, on a dif
ferent but quit as sensible a basia as it was bnilded on
them..; .-v' V-
The trouble d urine the hard times
tton' and now the same evil lights as a fly in the oint
ment of our great prosperity.', Some people persist m
saying that there are not ears enough, but our "overpro-
. W . a, ' a a a a
ductoo economic doctor snoura rise on nis nma icgs
Ahd point out that the trouble is not a scarcity of cars
but too great an amount of freight The people of the
;West are producing too much to send east, and are buy
ing too much to be brought west,.! The farmers have
produced ' too much wheat and com and - cattle; the
' mills are, cutting too much lumber; the great industrial
plants are turning out too many cloths, and machinery
and implements. . The soil is too rich. The forests .are
too large. The manufacturers are' too industrious and
skillful. This is the trouble, gentlemen, "overproduc
tion too much" prosperity, t v - i
Not only is this theory as reasonable as it was dur
ing the hard limes, but it has actually been advanced
and maintained by a New Jersey railway operating of
ficial, and his opinion has been approved by various rail
way -periodicals. The remedy is not in more freight cars,
but in half the people taking a vacation for a year.
'.'Actuary McGintock of the New York Life says the
public mind is confused with regard to the insurance
business. Mr. McGintock must be credited with telling
the truth in this instance, at least But the public mind
is beginning to understand some things better than it
did awhile ago. .- ":. .-. . .. .-' y..
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; RAISE THE IMPROVEMENT STANDARD.'
HE PEOPLE of the east side
sit up and take notice of things.
exceed in' population the west
they are very far behind it in all those improvements
which 'go to make up the' most comfortable surround
ings. . Heretofore they have been perfectly aatisfied to
take what was offered them.' They accepted it without
protest and doubtless with thankfulness. But now they
nave reached a stage that they want what they are en
titled to.!:'"": ' 1
, -; An east, side station would be a great convenience
for people who travel.'' It is probably true that under
the charter they; are entitled to it but leaving aside that
feature 'of the case there is actual need for just this im
provement and it should be conceded to a section of the
city which has long borne much and that, too, without
complaint ' . - " " ' ''J ' '
: But there arc other features of the case jthat should
commend themselves to the people of the east side.
They have been far behind where they should be in the
line of. public improvements.! Their streets usually are
in bad condition during the winter
them practically impassable. In the matter of sidewalks
they have been away behind the age in many sections
and in some parts of all sections. ,
true ot the wide reaches ot vacant ground which may be
found across the river. While the average property
holder may show enterprise in building a home and while
almost invariably he puts down a good sidewalk in front
of it the vacant lot owner who profits by hi enterprise
does nothing and' usually makes no pretense of even
putting down a sidewalk. Every observant man has
discovered that building follows in the wake of good
atreets and sidewalks and the east side property own
era should take this lesson to heart, but the authorities
should not rest until the larger owners of vacant lots
have done their little to help in the matter of good aide
walks for in other respects their contribution is small
, enough to the general welfare. :- ;
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I The Russian government is fortunately well rid s of
the war with Japan, but it has even worse troubles on
band at home. It looks like the beginning of the end
of the Romanoff dynasty.
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GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OP THE LAW.
I HE INDIVIDUALS managing
anese Art exhibit appear to be artists in more
lines than one. They seem to have riien bevond
the wildest' flight of mere bunko men and invaded the
domain of cold-blooded highway robbery. There ia us
ually very little sympathy for the person
.. ing to get aometning tor nothing winds up by getting
, nothing for something, but thia does not appear to be a
case of the kind. - T")iirinr fti- MAn.i u r.:. . 1
were good many raw" practices on .the part of some of
; the concessionaire that ordinarily would not 'have been
JoleratedV Encouraged by their immunity the deft men
who arc managing the Japanese art exhibit 'seem tq have
jumped to the conclusion that having stood so much
Xht Portland public would stand anything having been
" mnfff.ftr lees Ktilr,.,4. k i a i . ...
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stand it to be robbed. : ' ,
But their work was a little too coarse and raw. There
are things for which' even bargain-counter experience
will nnt aut it.:f lir.i i. . x . y ' ,
w...... nUiH aciea promptly in closing
up-the headquarters but no one should rest content until
aome of these enterprising people are behind th
where they seem to properly belong. ...
? The Tammany fellows are not quite so cocky as they
were. , This is a reform year in which many things may
happen and in which the impossible becomes possible.
TUX CHINESE BOYCOTT PALLS FLATT )
Ait uisrA v.nw inaicate that , the Chinese
.m boycott is failing, as it was certain to do. The
Journal printed interviews with well-informed
men when the movement began, showing that it was
destined to failure, owing to the temperament of the
Chinese people. It was conceived in the crafty minds
cf a few men, nursed by competitive foreigner and is
Tying a-bornin Chinese multitudes, while quick to
i me up in anti-foreign sentiment, destroying every.
: ;r j that, disturb the sleep of centuries, cannot sustain
' e patient struggle of a successful boycott Their needs
j many, and the temptation , to
, ,cle is overpowering. . . fj ,'
Wh.: the boycott is harmless, it leaves, its lesson
r ich ihouli r?t pits unheeded. America is the harsh-
INDiriNCINT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING Ca
(except BoimUj ) and every Sunday maniac at
T -,;..'..,. : , ' sxrseuv rwuaws unn. -'-.
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est of all countries
rendered. ' One
treatment when
living anathema
farming and manu
today. '.-- . : -..A,
; If Americans would avert boycott and more far-reach'
ing although quieter
their own officers,
forced in a aense
of intelligence and
The only sure
-
was roverproduc
youll lose. .
THE TWO
S1
out flatfooted
chisement
Gorman machine is striving to have adopted. This
amendment aims to disfranchise most of the negro
voters of the state, but would also, if fairly enforced,
disfranchise a good many foreign-born citizena - alsol
Moreover, the Gorman machine aims to secure absolute
control of elections
tion boards, which
era. - In brief, it seeks to control elections in Maryland
hereafter by foul means, if, as certainly would happen,
fair and honest elections would not go the machine's
way.-: V , , ;'
; The governor of
opposed to the amendment and to the Gorman machine's
purpose; so is Attorney-General Bryan,'-a Democrat
and recently Senator Rayner, also a Democrat, declared
himself against the Gorman program. After stating that
he had no personal feeling against . members of the
"organization," Senator Rayner declared himself "the
mortal foe. of the system and its methods." - .. '.
What a contrast
like this and Gorman,: Jhe secretive, wire-pulling, bur
rowing, tricky boss, who seeks for nothing but to make
the "organization," the "system, all powerful, and to be
himself its leader and master. 1 ' ,.; ', i j ',
Democratic party to the sugar trust in 1894 with hia
tariff of "perfidyand dishonor;" he is a prominent mem
ber of that treacherous group of senators, "enemies of
the republic," ' mostly Republicans, , who always repre
sent private as against public interests in legislation; he
within his sphere of action is the incarnation of crooked
ness in politics," the Quay of Maryland.
are beginning to
Although they
aide of the city
Maryland and the
ulated, under these circumstances, that Senator Rayner
spoke oat as he has done. It looks very much as though
the Gorman machine would be badly crushed if not en
tirely annihilated
devoutly to be wished. , . .
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"Yankee Boodle"
insurance literature
months, aome of
offered by the president's visit to make a harangue in
justification of lynching negroes -guilty of committing
assaults on white women. It is to the cream ot tne
audience that' it manifested disapproval of the hoodlum
governor's sentiments, and applauded the president's re
sponse, in which, while saying that such assaulters should
be hunted down and punished to the limit of the law,
This is particularly
further- declared that lynching is a crime equally merit
ing condign punishment, and that white men who lynch
negroes guilty of assault or murder put themselves on an
equality with their victims. i ' ;
The crime of which negroes .are so often, accused Is
one calculated to arouse mob violence more than any
other, and if lynching weresever justifiable it would be
in these cases; but the trouble is not only that lynching
in any case, whatever the provocation, is a lawless act
and conducive to lawlessness in other ways, but if in
dulged in at all it becomes common, and negroes are
lynched for other crime v some of them not meriting
death, and often even on mere accusation or suspicion,
which subsequent events prove to have been unwar
ranted. ., ; .. ;' ::. ;
' A governor sworn to execute the laws is the last man
in a state to advocate lawlessness, especially a form of
lawlessness involving murder by a , mob. Governor
Vardeman of Mississippi is an extreme anti-negro man
that is, with respect to. negro, citizenship, equality and
education, but he is determinedly opposed, to lynching
under any circumstances, and more than once has pre
vented it But this rowdy governor of Arkansas is a
different type of man and official, one that is a disgrace
to Arkansas and who would be a disgrace to the country
if he should succeed in breaking into the senate, as he is
trying to do. ' ' -' ' - ' .' ; .
the so-called Jap
who in attempt'
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crops of Mississippi valley and other states, and other
products, and merchandise. The railroads have been
adding largely to their rolling stock and the car manu
facturers are doinff their best to supply the demand, but
come far short of doing so, and at many points the ur
gent, incessant cry is for more cars. I ' " ' v
" In Oregon the demand comes not so much from grain
handlers as from lumber manufacturers, who are all
busy now. Many new mills have been built in the state
during the past year, and mills that have been idle have
started up. .The lumber industry, large, as it has been in
the past, in Oregon, will be greater this year than ever,
and will increase in volume lor years to come, uregon
has a vast amount of timber, about one sixth of all the
timber in the United States, and more and more-lumber
is being consumed every year. It is easy to aee, there
fore, one reason why there is an urgent demand for more
freight cars, and that, thia demand will be greater year
by year. ,; ' ' ' ' v; '
The railroads must and probably do recognize tnese
facts. They msy be doing all they can just now, but
they should learn from this and former shortages of
cars to prepare in time for the great fall traffic It is
one of. their obligations to move 'all freight; presented
without' much delay, even if some of their,' cars have
to stand idle a portion of the year. . i
The complaint of a scarcity of carl has become chronic
ia various parts of the country.- It is heard every year,
but never so loudly and insistently as this fall. It ought
to be heeded. People have a right to have their pro
ducts and merchandise moved promptly. Give its mors
buy a good, cheap
JOURNA L
nt, t. oauou
Tna Journal Building, 7&a and YamhiQ
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with the Chinese immigrants. Estab
lished rulea of admission did not create the hostile senti
ment in China that indication of Ahose rules en
merchant who is hvnil&ted by rough
trying to reach this land, becomes a
for America. Students who seek cul
ture and western refinement, with too much pride to
harbor the thought of permanent 'residence away from
home, are rebuffed with all the brutality that ia accorded
the scheming, cunning coolie. It is really such abnses
of administration that is the burden of China's complaint
movements, their best work is with
so that treaty regulations win be en
conceding that the Chinese are people
pride. - ', , ';
thing about a sure thing game is that
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MARYLAND SENATORS.
eaMaaaaaaaas ' -,'
ENATOR RAYNER OF MARYLAND haa come
' asainst the proposed disfran
-constitutional amendment which" the
by securing the appointment of elec
will have unusual and arbitrary pow
. ' . .
Maryland, Warfield, a Uemocrat, u
between a man wno tains ana tninics
Gorman ia universally credited with selling out the
whole country are to be congrat
next month, and Us a consummation
is the song writer's contribution to
in New York. " '
A FORSWORN SOUTHERN GOVERNOR.
ITH EXCEEDING BAD TASTE, impossible
;- m a man fit for his position, Governor Jeff
. Davis of Arkansas improved the opportunity
I , V THETJRY FOR MORE CARS. . .5
N OREGON, as well as elsewhere throughout the
far west and middle west, the cry is for more cars.
Thousands more carsy are needed to move the
SMALL CHANG3
Candidal Ivlna haa aatonlahad Naw
York Republicans by turning out to b
not only allva but lively. The leader
ar avan baalnnln to faet allahtly
alarmed iaat ha mlht baat MeCtellaa,
whom they aro really lor.
. x Seattle woman baa ud an Xivaratt
man who has been court Ing- bar for
even rears for S10.00S damaa ba-
oan ha now refuses to marry bar. Ha
aay h will not be forced into mania-
with a woman until n naa naa bujii
rtent time t6 kat aeauainUd with bar.
Poor plea; no man can become well ac
quainted with a woman till he marries
her, and sometimes not men. ,
' Neither merit nor system, think the
Uahers. " ; '-f....-
rortunataly the county eowmtaaioner
have no authority to contract for ad
vertlalna elans on the bridge a, for wblca
let ua be duly thankful. ..."
Oood time to trim up tree and ! In
more light and air.
If there Is a slump, rising real estate
values are curious evidences of 1C t
ludae Cameron's position with regard
to boya under St procuring liquor la
aaloona that they as well aa tb aa-loon-keeper
who eella it to thacs on thetr
miarepreaentatlon of their ago should be
punished is rla-ht. Thay aro to blama
In the first instance) ana snouia Dear ia
penalty. .
How big la your Ufa Insurance divi
dend? , V-;i:? 'J
a
NO football fatality, for two days.
Play ball! . i --.i: J J " 1 ' t .
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WelL If Tom Ediaon thinks eating and
aleeplng aro unnecessary, be needn't do
either, but ho must not . expect other
people to follow hie example. , v
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It did not need a wis man' to predict
that the "merit system" would emuas
trouble. But the specifically raised sal
aries will stick, and so their beneficing
lies will be satisfied.
One good thing about October is. It
rhymes with sober.
Poraker, who will lead the opposition
to the president' , railroad regulation
policy In the senate, may thereby eeour
the support of th railroads and truata
for the nomination for president ta Hot.
but at th same time be will turn about
1.000.000 votes away from him if he
should be nominated.
Salem Statesman: Prank C Baker,
who was prominently Identified with the
Lewis and Clark exposition, is at the
Palace. 8a Praaoisoo Chronicle. And
not a word about that peace conference.
Bach is fama. r y y '
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How ' ean any on ednaect m 4 be
otborwls than ugly.-with- ali hop ot
that senatorshlp aztinguishad forever T
H. W. gv . ..-'
It is nearly Mm for th Christmas
numbers of th mags sines to appear. - (
Being emperor of China Is ' rather a
dubious Job, while th old Empreea Tai
An is alive. She has thrown th em
peror Into Jail again, and may take a
notion to suggest . sutold to him aay
day.' :,--.'...., i . i j ..
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Travel between Drain and Coos bay
heavy. .- : '
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During th post year 441 sheep hav
been killed within a radius of flv miles
of Albany i by doge. -
e
New Madras flouring mtlf haa started
up. ... - .j- ; !. . - .' ,.
Th creamery Interests of Union, X
Grande, North Powder, Baker City and
Pendleton ' were consolidated this week
and the entire bualneas will be run under
the name tof th. Blu Mountain Cream
ery company. , ' , ' '' ' "
A Coos bay man sells applea "delivered
on board steamer for 25 cents a box, if
th purchaser furnishes the boxes.
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Horsethlsvss operating' la ' southern
Umatilla county. - ,
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- While a Ban Francisco . lawyer was
hunting geese near Lakevlew he. sect
dently touched the trigger-and emptied
one barrel of the gun in his left foot
tearing aa ugly bole in th side of the
foot and blowing off three-toes, and
now he doesn't want anybody to say
goose to him., or gun either.
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Nearly a quarter ef a million dollars
baa been spent in Klamath Palls this
year In buildings alone. ,
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Medford real . estate men,, says the
Southern Oregonlan. , are in receipt of
more Inquiries than ever about Jackson
county lands. These inquiries ere from
eastern people and are the fruits of the
Lewis and Clark exposition. ; v
' A Gold Hill girl, I yesrs Old. fell from
a wagon, one wheel of whioh and two
wheels of a trail wagon, eaeh vehicle
being loaded with over a ton's weight
passed ever her body, and yet ah was
not killed, and will probably recover.
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, An Evans creek man raised 10 tons
of onions, which hs has sold at I cents
a .pound. ; - i,
Boys are busy fishing all the time
now, says the Gold Besch Globe. ,
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. PossQ 'religiously aetlv. '. '
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'. A Pendleton man has left for Ndgent
Prance, . and Brussels, Belgium, where
he will select another shipment of SO
fine horses to Import to the Ruby stables
in that city. This will s the third lot
of line stallions Imported by Mr. Ruby
There Is sn active demand for auch
horses in eastern Oregon and Idaho,
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' Threahlng still in progress Ja th more
elevated. regiona of eastern Oregon.
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Pilot Rock will hav a water system.
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Cigarette smoking by boys is common
in Prairie City and the Miner urgea en
forcement of tb law.
Stock thieve - being convicted In
Crook county, j '
PosslI has a hew paper, the Star, and
its motto is Emerson's spothegm: ."Hitch
your wagon to a star." W hope th
Poasll Sur does not mean to intimate
that It la a hitching post, . - - . v
- - --n -ii i aa I .Jk r la tat ID
B-ATHING. DIVIDES
" SOCIETY, '
1 Prom the Philadelphia Bulletin."
- Birth, wealth nor brains cannot fix
such an ' uapasaable gulf between twe
perspns as a difference on th question
of bathing. . This is th pronouncement
of Mlae M. Carey Thotaaa, prosideat of
Brya Mawr college, and she mad it la
an addreaa to the students at th open
ing xrcias or mat toatitution. ,
Mlaa Thomas alaq says that it is the
difference of which bathing is the arm
bol that makes marriages between peo
ple of different social habits so dlsaa.
trpus. Her addreaa. as it deals with the
bathing question, follows:
"But apart from' th chief occupation
of study and reading there ar other
aides of your college life that are im
portant. Tou ar her in a community
acting en and being acted on by tb mu
tual give and take of a common life I
hav spoken of ' the written human
learning and accumulated " experience
that soon will be removed to Its home
In our new library. But we-bave ale
accumulated much wisdom In . regard to
the best ways of living together in a
civilised way, whioh wo must follow It
w would not lose much valuable tune
and temper. -'
"One of then bit of wisdom la that
w gain In influence and power over our
fellows if we pay attention oven to
such details as our dress and appear
anee. Kvn th loweet savag knows
thia. H attcka a few fealhers in his
hair, aad she pats on a few beads when
they appear In public it la, of course,
carried much too Jar among civilised
women, and above alt among American
women, but I asaare you that a well.
groomed woman, scrupulously elsaa and
well oared for, who pay attention ta
her-handa and hair and cloth, enjoys
double th suocesa and Influence that is
experienced by a slovenly woman. This
diffsreno can exist between two women
who wear clothes of precisely th same
coat. justoAa w zaay Imagine that II
could exist between two savage women
who wore no elotbes at alL -
The older students will peruana re
member my saying that in my own gen
eration, and. of course. In your genera
tion., a great gulf is fixed that no democ
racy 'or socialistic theories could bridge
between men aad women that take a
bath every day and men and women that
do not Earlier than my generation, la
your grandmother's time, a daily plunge
waa not as universal in - tn unties
Statss as it Is now. Por many years ba
f ore, your arrandmother's generation a
daily tub was In England ths hallmark
bf a well-bred person in spite of the
fact that no Enallah houses then bad
bathrooms. I beg those of you. If there
ar any such in eolleg who do not al
ready, "ta acquire tme esseniuuiy civ
ilised habit. Tou will find It becomes
on of your dally pleasures.' Personally
I know or no greater privation. ww w
be compelled, to do without it ;
"It is the difference of which bathing
Is a symbol that makes marriages be
tween people of different social nanus
so disastrous Tou will renumber taat
la - on ef Henry James stories hs
aneaka ef tha smell of ruthr airrusea
by English women abroad because they
always traveled wiia tneir runner iui
among tha from the Anglo-Saxon
point of vtesrv-oiny xoreigners wm w
not bath dally.
"Another-habit which, Ilk bathing,
haa nothing to do with xpna and yet
which also constitutes a great social
difference, is the habit of washing your
face and hands, smoothing your hair
and making some ehaage lra-our dross
for dinner. A large body of experience
proves to us that people are not a tree
able to each other or to themselves in
the evening . unless . they . have - gone
through this necessary form. Everyone
can maks some change, and especially
those of you who are fortunate enough
to own two gowns owe It to yourselves
to form th habit now whll you ar in
col lege of .putting on a different gown
for dinner. Ton do not wish to separate
yourselves from well-bred people by
your personal carelessness in little
things. What I have said about chang
ing one's out of door every day drees
in the evening holds still more tor neat
ness In dress at all times.' ,
Ha Took ay Chicken. -v
From ths San Praaclso Chronicle.
' Once upon a time a youth, who had
commenced to navigate the sea of matrimony.-
want to his father and said:
"Father, who should be boas, I ar my
wlff .-.
Then the old man smlted and said;
"Here are 100 chickens and a team of
horses. . Hitch up th horses, load th
chickens into the wagon, and wherever
you ean nW a man and bis wife dwell
ing, stop and make Inquiry as to who Is
ths boss. Wherever you find a'.wdmas
running things leave a chicken. If you
come to a plsce wher th man la la
control, gw him on of tb horses." '
. After 70 chickens had been disposed
of he came to a house and made the
usual Inquiry. " '
"I'm the boss o' this ranch," said the
msn. ''.,:,","; ,; ;" . y. .'
"Got to show me."
So th wlf wss called, and ah af
firmed her husband's assertion. .
"Take whichever horse you want"
was the boy's reply.
So the husband said: "I'll take th
bay." But th wife didn't like the bay
horse, and shs called her husband aside
and talked to htm. ' He returned and
said: "I believe I'll take the gray
horse." '..." ,. ' .' J ' .
. "Not much." said Missouri. "Tou'W
take a chicken I" - -.,."
' ', 7 Gibraltar Is Crumbling. '
From ths Chicago Chronicle.
Th public is not aware that the great
rock of Gibraltar Is tumbling down
that Its crumbling, rotting masses must
be continually bound together with huge
patchea of masonry and cement -
Tet they who sail past Gibraltar Can
not fall to notice on the eastern slop of
the fortress enormous silver-colored
patches , gleaming ' in th sun. ' These
patches, la- some cases SO or. 40 feet
square, ere the proof of Gibraltar's dis
integration. Of . thick, strong cement
they keep huge spurs of the cliffs slds
from tumbling int the blue sea.
. Sea captains, cruising in th Mediter
ranean, say thst Gibraltar haa been rot"
ting and crumbling for many years, but
thst of Ists ths disintegration bos gone
on at a faater rats than heretofore.
They say that the stone forming thli
imposing cliff is rotten stone, and that
In a Httle whll , th phrase, "the
strength of Gibraltar," will be meaning
less. ' Ht Had to Stand Up. ,
V From the San Francisco Chronicle.
An American doctor built aa elegant
home; his bathroom wss sxeeptlonsllv
beautiful, being Of White marble with
stlvsr hardware; a muatc-bpx waa con
cealed in thsWoom. After completion
of the home aa Engllshmsn csme to
visit th doctor. Now, ths English al
ways show great respect for their sov
e reign and their country, and this on
wss no exception.
After shoving his horns to ths Eng
lishman, the doctor remembered the
fondness of English people hav for the
bath, and escorted "his guest tn the
bathroom, and whll thr turned on
ta music-box. wisning w '
a pleaaant surprise as he bathed. Then
k i.. i.u mj in tha bathroom.
- About an hour later tb Engilahma
joined bis host in in
Th doctor immediately asked what his
gueet thought - of the bathroom. The
Englishman replied: "It .is beautiful,
beautiful." . - ' ' .
"w.ii hm tha doctor, "how did you
Ilka my mualo-bosr ' - ' -'
, . Bald bis guest wua area "'
his toneor- 5Bhl That muelo-bos! Th
ij mi., .i.m ttaA SWve the
..I van vtt . -
King,' and I had to stand up ths whole
tuns I waa trying to cams.
THE LOST
GASSAWAY DAVIS
: Pittsburg Cor. Nw Tork "World.-
. Qaasaway Davis.' son of J. H. Davis
of Davia, West Virginia, and nephew of
Henry Gassaway Davis, who Is missing,
and for whom the police all' over the
country have been, asked ta help to find
him, haa apent all of his life In th Up
of luxury. with tb exception of th
test year. HI father 1 wealthy in his
own name, and his 'uncle. Henry Gass
away Davis, for whom h wss named,
haa always fairly Idolised him.' " While
be was still in bis teens h waa taken
to Washington by hia uncle, and for one
term served aa a page in the sonata
Then he cam back ta Wast Virginia
for a while, but h waa not content. Ha
lonaed to be doing something. So he
decided t drift out tn th world alone
aad as If as a young man without a
nam to boost hlsa along hs eould snake
a 'living for himself, i
One day. little mors than a year
ago, Davis disappeared from bis home
in Wast Virginia. Hia relatives did not
hear from him for several days aad
war greatly alarmed. . Thea ha wrote
that he "wss tired - of .loafing and had
gone to Homestead, assumed th name
of Oliver Hall., and was working aa a
locomotive fireman. Although they tried
hard to Induce him ta return and re-
eume hia place la his horn and ia so
ciety, young Davis replied that ha was
perfectly happy In bis present position
and for hia relatives aot to worry about
him. ; . - .' iv ; - W " i
Ne mere - popular - man than Oliver
Hall lived la Homestead. He lived In a
little . room la boarding-bouae, auoh aa
befitted hia position as a locomotive
fireman; got up -early, ate breakfast
with th other men. carried his dinner In
a pall to the yards and at It on his
engine, went horn for supper and spent
his evenings aa any of th thousand of
other young workman.-'
Soon after his arrival ta Homestead,
Davia'. unci waa stumping th county
In hia campaign for the vice-presidency.
People tn Homestead ar now trying t
recall what young Davis said and did,
but none recall that ha said or did any
thing to betray his disguise. He said bs
waa a Democrat and that, ha would oast
his vote for Parker and Davia
Davia left his house on September IS
with his dJitner pall, aa usual,, but In
stead of going to the steel works hs
went ta a barber shop ia Homestead
and had his Van Dyks beard ahaved off.
That 1 the last Homestead haa seen of
Oliver Halt
When tha Davis family ta Wast Vir
ginia found that their letters ta Oliver
Hall were returned unopened they be
gan aa inquiry and learned that Hall
had left Homestead without leaving aa
address. -His. relatives ar of tha opin
ion that ha haa gone ta soms other ctty
for the purpose of more completely Mov
ing himself.. .-Thar Is-no suspicion of
him having met foul play, aa he was
too well- liked and fully able to take
care of himself, being a giant, built en
the pattern of bis uncle. '' .
When h was young Davia learned a
great deal about railroading on bis Un
cle Henry's road in West Virginia, and
that experience stood him in good stead
when he drifted out in th world alona
T
A TEMPERANCE WAR.
Samuel XTMoffett, writing la Colliers
for October 14, discusses tha fsll cam
paign In ths stats of ; Ohio Under the
heading of The War of tMPhlo Cities,"
and among other things says: -
It sounds funny to hear a Democrat
talk about sleeting a governor of Ohio,
especially one who was beatea as badly
as Tom Johnson was when hs ran two
years ago for that very office. Eleven
months ago, Ohio gavs a plurality of
US.411 lor Theodore Roosevelt.. . It
might be thought that a "campaign la
auch a stats would be too one sided to
be Interesting, but in Ohio a political
fight is always- a caae ot "yon never can
tsU." . ' - rm- - . r - '
Governor Myron T. Herrick, who was
elected two years ago .by a margin ot
111, SIS votes ever Tom L. Johnson, bss
been unanimously renominated. Tet be
la not confident of reelection, and bis
opponents in imagination ar already
smoking his scalp over their wigwam
fir. Th eauss of this peculiar re
versal of form may be summed up ia
two - words "temperance" and "Cox."
Through these Issues ths Cleveland re
formers hop to pluck tb horn nil
that is ths only thing thsy really care
about in this campaign. - Ths churches
ia 'Ohio have enlisted in a holy - wsr
against ths saloons. Last year (hey suc
ceeded in securing the passage of a
local option bill, enabling any number
Of voters up to 1,000 to form a district
about their homes and decide whether
thOy would permit th aaie ef liquof
there or not. , Governor Herrick Insisted
on having the maximum ' number of
voters 'in a district cut down to l.MO,
finally compromising on 1,000, and had
other changea made, all favorable to the
saloon interest. . The result was that
while under the law as signed by tbe
governor . the "people of small residence
dtsAicts could, and In many Instances
did. keep saloons from Jostling thelf
homes, ths distance it wss necessary to
travel for a drink waa always so short
that no deaths from thirst wars ever
reported to the health authorities. As
a further consequence no. religious con
vention has met In Ohio within six '
months without dsnouncing Herrick, and
the Anti-Saloon league is waging a
merolleas war agalnat him. .. Ths Repub
lican revolt on this Issus alone ia So
exteneive, or at least so noisy, that th
Democrats are counting en it to . give
them the state. . remaps It may, but
the Democracy has often been cruelly
deceived when It has been beguiled Into
"pandering to th better element
. 11 i ii i. v
Keeping Tim by Wlrelesa. ;
Dr. Max Relthoffer, professor ' la the
Technical High school of Vlenns, In con
Junction with Hsrr Karl Morsweta, the
government . Inspector of docks, hss
completed a system of synchronising
clocks by means of wireless telegraphy.
The plan haa been submitted to th city
council, and permission hss been se
cured for regulating the public clocks
by this sgency. Ths city clocks srs to
be served free .by ths - system, hut for
synchronising privets timepieces a small
fe wlU be levied. . .. ' .. . .
MAXIK3 FPU
YOUNG TIEN "
. .. MORAL. '
By President Eliot of 'Harvard Unt--,
.. -. vsrslty.
1. B a 'clean, wholesome, vigorous.
youngcAnlmaL That ia the foundation
for everything eta la Ufa -
& ' Thia Involves not condescending to -ths
ordinary vices of life. Tou must
avoid drunkenness and licentiousness-
t. Sports are legitimate satisfactions,
but It they are made the main end they
ease ts be durable satisfactions.
4. To attain all thess things ws must
have intellectual power and ambition. ,
I. A young man ought to get here In
college a capacity for rapid and keen
Intellectual labor. ., , i-
ni rauii nave a spotless reputa
tion. . It cornea- from living on honor.
1. It is not enough to be honeet, how
ever, the honorable man must bs- gen-
sroua.
- S. 'Cherish a decent respect for tha
Opinions of mankind," but never 1st that
Interfere with your personal declaration
of Independence.
w. mtv ww ix you were gvtna w
marry a pure woman within a month. 1
. 10. It is well to do In one day what it
takaa three to do ordinarily. It la wall .
MA W talra Iahb siuu A Am. A . ssket mm. ea, ka.
aswa ww a, ansa eg .vjs f wgeB sV tv UV VTUM vaan .
don In three. , Learn to get thia power
and to us it -
mrstpiT. .,''.:?
By th Rev. John I Scuddir. Pastor Of
ths First Congregational Church and
, .of the People's Palace, Jersey City.
Tu Oblige all' Candida tea for matrW.
many to undergo physical as well as
moral examination. .,
I. After a healthy ' child haa been '
brought Into .the world keep.lt healthy
by developing its body, x v. v
. When th child Is a boy h should
hs taught how to box aad wrestle.,
:. 4. Whaa th MM la a arlrl aha ahania
be taught all ths out-of-door exercises,
(,-' Swimming is one of tha best of
exercises and It ts a crime to keep chll-
aron m pom sexes irom warning .now
to, SWlm. . ," , A .
. uutHM-uoor exercise is tas neaitn
ler. But In our largo cltlee mueh of it
must be taken lndoora.
T. I see- no reason why Christina
rple should aot dane If they- dsnoe
proper places, with proper company.
A. All kinds of indoor games ars good .
for both sexes. They train both tha
mind and tha eye In numeroua waya.
. Amateur tbeatricala ar good for
tha vnnn mr vtannla- . . - - ' r . .-
10. It is ths duty of every parent to
see to It that - th child receives a
bodily development commensurate with
his mental capacity. - If the parent dqea
not do so ho is doing an injustice to
tha child for which God will call him to
amount. 'i. , .'a ' .- .' ". . ti
LEWIS AND CLARK
TV-- 4 a11aa . Ih. rVklnmltla-
October It. Th morning -waa fine.
We sent six men. to hunt and to collect
reatn to pitch tb eanoes, which, by
being frequently hauled over rocks, have
become very leakyv The canoes were
also brought out to dry, and on examV,
nation it was found that many of the
articlea bad become spoiled by being
repeatedly wet. .- We were occupied wltn .
the observations-neoeseary to determine
our longitude,- and with conferenuea
among the Indians, many of whom came
on horseback ta the opposite shore la -the
early part of tb day, and shewed soms
anxiety to oroas over to us. W did not
however, think It proper to . send for
them: but toward evening two chiefs. .
with II msn. cams over la a small canoe.
-rnev nreven o ne two nnncinai. cnieia
of the tribes at and above the falls, whe
t.M,t ti. .n .ka.nl nn . a . htinflna- avm .
sloa as wo passed their residence. Each
of them on their arrival mad us a
present of deer's fleece and small whit
cakes made ot roots. ' Being anxious to
Ingratiate oarselvss In their favor, so
aa to Insure a friendly reception oa our ,
return, .we treated them with all 4ha
kindness ws could show; ws acknowl
edged ue cmeis, gave a. nraaat 01 ui
small alsa, a red silk handkerchief, aa
armband, a knife, and a piece of paint
to each chief, small presents to several
of ths party, and half a deer.' v -
These attentions were not lost on tha
Indians, who appeared very well pleased
with them. At night a fire waa made
In the middle of our camp, aad as ths
Indian eat around it our men dance.!
to tbe mualo of the violin (Crusatte's), .
which so delighted them thst several re
solved ,to remain with us all Bight; ths
rest crossed tbe river. All ths tribes in
this neighborhood ar at war with th
Snake Indians, whom they all describe
ss. living on ths Towahnahlooka (Dee- -
onuces river;, ana wmst seuw vjmn
Is said to be four days' march from this -place
In a direction nearly southwest.
There has lately been a battle between
thess tribes, but ws could not ascertain
tha loss on slthsr side. The water rose
today eight inches, a rise which we eould
only ascribe to th circumstance of th
wind having been up the river zor tne
last 14 houra, since the Influence of the
tide cannot be sensible here on account
of th falls .below.-, The hunters re
turned in the evening -they bad soon '
the tracks of elk and bear In the moun
tains, and killed five deer, - feur very
large gray, squirrels and a grouse. Th.
Inform us that ths country off ths river
Is broken, stony and thinly timbered ,
With pine and white oak. Besides these
delicacies one of ths men . killed ' with
a gig a salmon trout which, being fried
I nsome bear oil whioh had been givea
to us by ths chief whom ws mst this
mnrnlns? below the narrows, furnished
a dish of very delightful flavor. A',
number of whit cranes were also Seen.
flying la different directions, out si
such a helsht that we could not procure
any of them. Ths fleas, ' with whlcih
ws had contracted an imunuj as inn
falls, ars so unwilling to. leave us tha: ,
tha men are obliged to throw off their
clothes in . order to relieve , themselves
from their persecution. t
ITnhist Discrimination. ' ;
From th Hsppner Gaaette.
When a poor matlcarrler who braves
th storms of winter through ths mud
ami snow ' for lust about compensa
tion to buy grub" and - horse feed
, A 111. lata-- afftae aiafTarlna (h.
rors of a night drive of 40 or 10 miles.
his delay being caused by a breakdown
or a severe storm, hs is promptly gned
ISO by th ironclad rules of ths post-master-general,
but whan the railroad
company, carrying muoh mors Important
malle lb fact all of the Important
mall ts not on time once a week, and Is
lata all ths way from ona to four hours,
not a Word- Is ssld. Ths local postmas
tsrs are not required to report tbe rail
road dels y a There is mighty poor-Jus-ttoe
lir-thls, aad thia does not alter tit"
facta as thsy aew exist
. eSSBBBaW-XBBBeSPX
First Oat the "Wealth. ;
Mr. Rockefeller says there srs thin.
more, satisfying than amasslne wealths
after you have got .the wealth. , ,
COlfZ
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