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t - . - - ' - i . THE OREGON DAILY AN' ; a. i. jaoxso f Published every evening (except Sunday) and- every Sunday" morning. , THE FOOTBALL PROBLEM. "TSiJlB' SUBJECT mot-lued. ia... the United - I ; State today isVnot the session of congress, or the president'! message, or tne a ..nnrsi'nn nnntinn. 1 president of the United State gave discussion oj ui"' ---- - . in football The press, the pulpit, and colleges, where athletics 'form a prominent if ot the chief feature ot student life, took up the subject, and have been debat- 1 J 1st vlV s r 4h sifts I i ing it more and more rigorously, ana. n ..... ---- fmore one-sidedly, as the list of casualties of the killed I and wounded, grew to great proportions. -Over a week f ago this record was stited to be 19 killed outright and V 137 seriously injured, and the eastern season was not 'yet over. - " - 7 j. '- " ; '" T i ' .r ' ' r """ ;" '" t ' I , Quite a general opinion is that the only way to reform college football is to exterminate it, though some pro cessor and editors think that the so-called open forma tion instead Of mas playing might render the game less ugly and dangerous, but a more common opinion is that expressed by the Baltimore American, which say: The fault is in the game itself. It demands physical assault Any savor of altruism Wj an absurd impos sibility. ; The very essence of the game ia to 'get there, no matter if it.be over the dead body of an opponent The only ure road to reform is to abolish the game."" The Chicago Evening Post doe not go quite to thi length, saying: "The proposed reform must be 'some thing more than a' change in-the rule of playing... .It must first of all be a change in the spirit of the game, or perhaps it would be more correct to ay a -complete exercising of that spirit that ha brought the game into such wide disrepute. For to this spirit is. due the blighting influence of professionalism, the introduction of brutal tactics and the increasing departure of the sport from the gentlemen' standard of athletic." ' r. The New .York Tribune think there has been le wanton violence this year than heretofore, yet realize that with the record made "a crisis has been reached in the game of football." - " The New York Globe is of' the opinion that "it is - hardly possible to mend football except by ending it The notion that" the danger will be lessened by modify ing the rules to a to prevent mas playing is not tup sported by 190S experience." " , ' The New York Commercial says a serious, intelligent discussion of the" situation is self-evidently necessary; and the New York Evening Post, less hopeful, ay: "Professor Mathews -is right, Football has become a 'social, obsession,', by which education has terribly suf fered .To say. that this, obsession cant be cared by ig ' noring- the fatuous rules - committee,' and '.. deciding whether there shall or shall not be 'offside' interference or mass plays, is like playing a hose on the roof of a building when the first floor is in flames. Football has become not merely intolerable in itself, but a grave men , ace to American scholastic ideals and development As such it should go forthwith ,- , Similar ' expression' might be multiplied into'- hun dreds, showing that the public mind i just now thor oughly aroused on the subject of football. We suppose the public indignation, if we may so express it, will cool dowrCtiytJiem'ertearVoort yet unless by that 'time the game is much! reformed if that be possible,' colleges will be forced to abolish jt al together as a college sport, the necessity for whkh many people otner- tnan college students or young m .. with a taste for this form of sport the violence of-the game is the main 11; the problem is not an easy one to solve. : DECADENCE OF THE "r HE OPINION that the United States senate -1 .; has . suffered lamentable , decadence could scarcely be so almost universally entertained by the American people tf it were not in We art prone to overestimate the abilities and virtue of departed great men as contrasted with living men of ' promines.ee, yet the conviction has ' been forced upon - the country that the senate ha during the past 40 year suffered a gradual deterioration,' not so much in ' point pf ability at in patriotism, in the true conception of public service in high station. And while the period 1 of readjustment; of speculation, of great land grants and corporate " growth succeeding the "war. witnessed some ,t decline of the senatorial standard, it has been still more ' marked during the past dozen years or so, after the late - Senator Hanna became a power in the land, and trusts grew to such mammoth proportion., Gorman, once thrown out and succeeded by, a spectacular weakling, ' was returned; Quay, wa long a dominant figure; the great empire state of, New York reelected Piatt and , pepew; they and many others are there manifestly not to erve the country but special interest. -- , It ia no wonder that President Roosevelt distrusts tbe senate.' He evidently was directly. behind the prose , . cution of Burton and Mitchell, and nobody can suppose that he doesn't know that at least equally unworthy men are occupying a considerable number of seats in that . body,, though positive proof of distinctly illegal acts may not be obtainable. . - . f . : ' Is Marriage Failure? ." ; ' i By WlllUm V. Reld. . . ' A question that depends: " . If It's eought for cash or beauty, ... Or anything but love or duty, i Then it'a a failure in a degree, ' ; Honeymoon bright, but then,, ah met. : It'a a trite old aaylng soon told, Not 'all shiny laota -la gold: - - - ' The spurious anywhere may shin Till gold nuggeta come from the mine. - . , : , A , . -' 'TIs not the fairest form or face , That most reveals the spirit's grace; - Bat gems In virtue ever shine, Revealing graceful charms sublime. , Tha heart With love In beauty win, It ever draws our steps from sin; . ; And fallen man of earth- ia bleat, The soul Is gently soothed to rest True marrtaeje condition love Implies, Practical sentiment of the wise; What God hath Joined most bliss Impart Enthroned In man or woman's heart - , 1 - - Muical Ooasip. - ' . By Wax Jones. The new curtain at the Metropolitan oner house Is worth 15.80. On on night last week the combined worth In money of the audience wa estimated at 1.00.6,00. - In the Van Doollgans' box waa Mra . Okay, worth -10,90 with ner Jewels. Near her sat Mra Slapdash, worth ll,- 00 with her Jewels. Caruso aarna 1 1,009 a minute whl! singing. " Mra Hilarity waa worth tlSO.OOO -wlth-hee Jewels - ow Thursday eve The (plodgs have obtained the Mt '. Birdies' box for the fifth Wednesday in , every month. Their laae runs for five . sears, and lb price will make each INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER -PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. at - W W hSB M MU WS swu G out the : tical or situation .u u- but football. ' xne ability of the labor an impetus to this unskilled laborers. 000, from' Italy migration seems to of the present fiscal work. ' There is also a skilled labor, as armie of unskilled many great industrial enterpriaes, a considerable portion of the employes must be classed as skilled laborer. veara have been tion, and while the prospect ahead are bright for con tinued prosperity, yet a decrease in the volume of im migration would be desirable. Many of the immigrants are not of a very desirable class, and it is perhaps due principally to thi continued, influx of laborer that wage have not advanced, as they should, in proportion to the increased cost ol-living-,- It i therefore time to begin the discussion for more stringent immigration laws. . . '- ;-: 'v ; ' - of corn before the days begin Jo lengthen; and .even school maams are donning blouses and husking peg and helping in fields or barns to extract covering. ' Kansas is to husk itimmense on the pumpkins" . r . m through week, of a multitude ot mmDie lingers, anq u is a work that half-grown boys, and girls too, can per form with no serious consequences,-if with some slight discomfort in the frosty mornings. But accustomed to the early choring when pitchfork handle seem cold as icicles, and having a bountiful breakfas,ton the fat of the land, they do not mind a little frost. And there is occasional play along with the work too, when a great barn floor is the scene of a husking bee, when each red ear entitles its husker to a kiss, and, when, the alloted task, done,' the fiddles, are tuned up for a dance, and re would regret Since part of he-sport, crease, but we can SENATE. in order that the - : ECRETARY some measure true. ahead with T" nounced in very good news, there will be no complishing this, : . : x r second in tha box cost old man Splodge 12.60.' ' Mra. Splodge, by tha way, waa worth $869.000 with her -Jewela lait time Sembrich heard her talk. A new 1 100, 000--opera will be heard next week.'. .-. Mra. Ootlt was worth IS50.000 with her Jewels last nighty. .Next week ah expects to be worth 1100, J00 more with, per Jewela. -- k ne onoveia oi . unicaro were goian horseshoera last nigh. . jrs. Shovel waa hardly worth 1 10. 000 with her Jewels the minimum worth- to be recognised in musical clrclesr- - Music's hold over New Yorkers )' shown by tha fact that the Metropolitan patrona are worth more with their Jewels than the horse show crowd. Witte Knowg'JIls Task. From tha Chicago Chronicle. Count Witt did well when h said to those who ' congratulated .him after tha csar Issued the constitutional manl festd;i" "Walt until- I have succeeded.' He-avldeatly knew ha waa embarking on a atormy aea. He Is beset by an, mles on allisldes, aa ha expected t to- be and tha outlook seems to be growing more hopeless every day. Tha bid for the support of ' the peasantry la high but It- la a desperate act and It appears not less likely to result in failure than the appeal to tha moderate constitu tionalists. These are dark daya for Russia not only for tha autocracy, but for tha entire country. The Point of View, ' From tha Philadelphia Record, director -oft the steel -truetthtnke- a salary of 1100,00 Is not too much foi tha right man' lit the right place.. For the man who can get It no salary seems too Sigh... ,... ' '. JOURNAL .no. V. OABKOXX The' Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill IMMIGRANTS FIND EMPLOYMENT. RE AT industrial arid developing activity through country ia attested oy various tatis- evident facts, and one is the "apparent market to absorb the many ship loads of .immigrants tjiat are arriving. From January 1 to September 1 706,645 aliens, of whoht 566,729 were males, landed in this country, and most of them were From Austria-Hungary came 13,- 208,000, and from Russia 130,000. The large majority of these people find woric at once, in making railroads, digging sewers or tunnels, and in other rough and largely unskilled kinds of labor. During the last fiscal year, ending June 30, just about a million for eienera landed in the United States, and the tide of im be keeping up during the first half year, and since we hear no cries tf distress -from them, at- we do. from unemployed laopr ers in England, it is to be supposed that all of them find ." 4 '-'' great and unprecedented demand for must be the case when sucn great jarorers are oeing cmpioycu. n Yet while condition in this country in the past few such as to absorb this tide of .immigra CORN-HUSKINO BEFORE EDUCATION CCORDING to-a dispatch country achoola are te ' ing dismissed for a. week or more in Kansas so - that the ouoils can help husk the immense crop "cold begin to strengthen when the the golden grain from it protecting long on corn, as well as wheat, ana - crbp, especially -when "the frost is; in the cornfields, involves the labor, . . a a 1 rf J la. freshments axe prepared , for, eager, appetites. Jschool can wait a little, while the corn is beingHfusked. . ( Most-Oregow-peoplerMiwlesa'-in youthfut daya long . . 1 ... V . . 1 t .1 1 J ago, are not jaminar who, auca scenes,-mouga iuc oiu notion that corn could- not be profitably raised in Ore gon i being dispelled. It will never be a great corn state, like the, Mississippi -valley states, for com thrive. best where the summer nights as well as the days are hotyet-jrery fair crop of-corn-re- being-raised in southern and eastern Oregon, and doubtless will in scarcely expect the schools to close corn may be husked. ' ; , A GOOD PIECE OF NEWS. i HITCHCOCK?S DECISION to go the Umatilla reclamation project, an yesterday' Journal, i a piece pf, not only for the immediate locality af fected, but for Oregon in general and Portland next to Umatilla county; in particular, and the news is all the more pleasing because it has Jately been reported that the work would not be done, at least for an indefinite period. There are tome preliminary adjustments to be made, and interests to arrange, but it is understood that prolonged difficulty or delay in ac and that the work will soon be under way., The 'reclamation of this tract will add greatly to the volume of product directly tributary to Portland, will largely increase the wealth and population of Uma tilla county, and will attract widespread and favorable attention to Oregon. Hence, unless some unexpected complication or difficulties' arise, mutual congratulations all around are in order. ." New laws are of course needed to meet new con ditions but that the old law are very effective for their intended purpose is clearly shown in Missouri, for ex ample,' not to mention Oregon. What is first needed is pablic officials with an honest. determination to enforce the existing laws. That granted surprisingly good re sult alway follow. - . - -.. - Toothpicks In Public. V .From tha Kansas City Journal.' ' Tha public use of tha toothpick Is characteristically ' American. In no other .nation Is th vulgar habit of Its promiscuous manipulation tolerated by decent people. - The toothpick habit ia ao common In the United States that even In homes of ' otherwise cultured and well-bred people one observe its prac tice. The very best of cafes atd hotels make oatekitatlou displays of tooth ploka, and at mealtime on may ae a whole lobby ful of people industriously digging at their teeth. We are' not fully conscious of the dlaguat and aver sion such a scene arouses in tha cul tured stranger, within our gates. Thi I is on custom that fully Justifies the unravoraoie meaning lmpuea in term '"American manners." th ; No Interference Called For. , From, the Kansas City Times. The president haa wlaely concluded to let the New York Rapubllcana settle their differences in their own way. So long aa It I a contentlrm between Piatt and Odell and their respective, follow ers there la no reason why a man of th people Ilk . Theodora Roosevelt should take a hand. Now, If th issue were made between tha-people on -the on hand and .both Piatt and Odell on tha other well, that would be different. r. . . : . Were They Surprised? . - v From the Kansas City Star. W must have been quite a shook to the "publicity" bureau of the railroads to discover that with a few remote ex ceptions, tha western editors can neither be fooled nor bought L . : , ' r ' " . ' i . i. SMALL CHANGE V ' Clean orchard and parfact fruit ara vary Important ia Oreoa - ' " " Many eastern Oregon farmer and atockralaera think Dr. Wlthycomba la too paaalmlstio.' .' ( - , Tha Salam Statesman kaops improvinc, Indlcatlna , that tha capital city ,1 (rowing and. prosperous. . , StUl Brother Ooer ia undecided.. ' Tha blsger the country the blater tbe orcsldent a messasa. - . President Rooaevelt likaa to 'tell all h knowa,. . , . --- - - :: -r People who try to corner the poultry markeL and rail . peed, aipeot no aym- pathy. . Mar or McClellan will probably hold the office, but tha Tammany tlser may be lesa voracious than be haa been. J It Is doubtful If It would do the eaar any good now If h,e should Join tha striae. , e In soma caaea It ia nearly as hard a job to be a senator aa a mayor. e Maybe Puter and McKlnlev are belns metaphorically hanged on account of their bad nam. e; , 'Congreas will alao have to take sev eral spells off to orate on tha vlrtuea of deceased members. 1 i-....,....... ,.. . 9 Doubtless there -are senators who ought to feel that aa to Mitchell and Burton, considered In comparison with themselves, there haa not been a square deal. ". -1 ... . . - v. , , e e Tlatt and Depew must go." aays tha New York Evening Post ' Surely, 'ere very long; they're old. - . " e e , ,,, . . But aome people may. wonder how they are to do their Christmas shopping early If they haven't yet got tha price. ....... The Thanksgiving turkey has about disappeared. ... . ."' -r... .., ' . .. e . e. - - Paul Morton says the American peo ple don't want cheap Insurance. How doea he know when they have never bad the chance to try It? Parts of Oregon are pretty . good winter resorts alao. - The American aagla ia alwaya thank ful thia ttma of year that b Isn't good to eat ;. ' v .; . - . ' - ' " ' Xastern people are complaining of a scarcity, of small bills. But what a great. roar would go up -all over-the country If people should begin to com plain about the scarcity of largo bills. Tou can tell what time of year It I by looking Into the store windows. TIs' a "warm winter in portlona of Russia. ;.- - Ahont the tlma central - Oregon gets S railroad It will have several. . Great sport for duckhnnters noir on Coos bay. . - 4 e e - . Mineral Interest looking up finely Is Curry county. . e-e Mora brick buildings planned In grow. Ing Ontario. ; . Myrtle Creek, aaya a correspondent of the Roseburg Platndealer, can boaat ot having more boys who can-play solo, drink whiskey, use obscene language on the street and shoot hp the town In gen eral, than any dry town of its also on the Pacino coeat ;, Lota of prunes went to waste, when it would have paid well to save them. - , . . e . e . . -. Too much diphtheria mostly resalt of carelessness and lgnorans. " , e ; e ". .' EggTara IS cents at McMlnnvllle and the- philosopher of tha News-Record re marks: "This Is a double causa for thankfulness; for those who have them to sell, and for those who buy them that they are no higher." -' , , ' ' '"'v; ' ' - ' ' Ivast week one Roseburg ' Arm sent 8,000 pounds of dressed birds to Ta coma and another aent 10.000 to Seattle, with others to be heard from. Each year thia industry haa been growing until now It hss reached large propor tions. . , ' - 7 ... ... a s - ' '. y , v.. : ' . -. , ' ' From II Magoon strawberry ptanta set out last year by a McMlnnvllle man he wU have all of 1,000 new planta. and from 10 New Oregona ha will sell about (00 shoots. These varieties are almost aa prollfto In bearing fruit aa they are in sending out runners. t - e e -. .- ' v ' Hood River apples are quoted at $5 to T a box in England. , e e A horticultural society haa been or ganised In Clackamaa county. ., .... e e . , The hotel business ia beomrng tnrHood River.' ,. ,. - - , ; .,. ' - ' Mrs. Slick, a Heppner woman who died recently, was" the mother of 1 daugh ters, seven of whom survive her, but ot no - son. . -. :." e e (. . Aa E. I Smith says the woodpile I th place for many old orchards. ".- e .- ' A Hood River private banking firm, consisting of father and son. will incor porate, aa In five years Its deposits have grown to 1220,000, . " . Much now I welcomed In eastern Oregon. ' . - ' "Ijewlngton" ha a. new electric light "Fhrmera in Morrow. - Sherman and Gilliam count.lea ar happy oh account of snow. : - . ' : .. . a. " .... : ' Newberg la bound to be on tha Una of an electrlo railroad. , ' ' . e , e People In many localities In Oregon, soma of them distant rural communities, have responded liberally to a call of tha Boys' -and Girls'- AM -society- for do-' nations, and In doing so have exercised true and worthy charity..:,.. Baker City will treat tha visiting Portlsnders wall, of courts. . , . jREGNljDEilGOT -?"- r -BASKET BROWN AND ALGERNON WHITE From tha Blue Mountain Eagle. One autumn night in 118. a. baby boy. pernapa t daya old. waa left in a clothea basket on tha doorstep of Old Dan Brown,' near BummervlUe, in Union county, Just across the Blue mountains from Pendletoni ' - - ' It was Just. a. night for aurprlsea and Brown did not stsgger from the shock. It was one of those crisp, keen morn ings that prepare men for higher en deavors, when Brown found the boy aa h went to fee hla team at a o'clock. Old Dan waa a hardy frontiersman, not given much to eentlment, and ao after satisfying himself that it waa a baby (and e boy), ha carried-tha big basket baby and blanketa in to the house and aet them down before Mra. Browrv wha waa rubbing her- eyea and yawning In bed. . . . Mra. "Brown didn't faint Women didn't faint back In the SO'a In Oregon. Thia la a later production of medical science. . J ' She Juat raised ner nanue rr ni .nA then let them fall upon her knees with a loud alap and looked re proachfully at Dan over her glass. Dan had been In aeveral Indian flghta already and had tha reputation f being nervy, but ha winced when hla wife looked at him without speaking on this occasion. 1 . Tha Umatllla-Bolsa stage coaches met thalr home, aolna and coming east ward and westward, in tha night carry- in, their motley '''SS!' from the four corner of the earth. IntTt . , trains of white-winged omigraat wagona passed the house dally, winding acroaa tha mountalna to tha famed and beauti ful Walla Walla. La oranae waa a vii i.. e ioo. Pendleton bad a population of S00 or more. Walla Walla waa a city of considerable also, and there' were settlements all over eaatern Orea.o1. , So they wondered and wondered about tha baby in tha basket " M 'i And tha more they wondered, tha deeper the myatery Jeeam. ao they quit wondering about it and decided to keep it and claim It and await de velopments. : , ' - It waa then and there christened Bas ket" Brown. ... . ' . . Perhapa aome unfortunate emigranr whbse substance had been worn to a fniiu in the Ions march acroaa the plains bad left his heir at thia seemingly happy and comioriaoie noma. ruwr than risk the long Journey down the Columbia to Tha Dallea. . . - Perhaps some despairing woman rroro Walla Walla, Pendleton or La Orande had aent her helpless offspring out on the staae. to give It a. chance for half a home among respectable people, rather than have It come to tha age of under standing In Its forbidden surroundings. Who knowa but Its mother may reada these lines tonight ; - " Anyway thia'. wa tha beginning ot Basket" Brown. His genealogical rec ord was-weefuLly curtailed and it might be said that as far as records ware concerned he waa the founder of a new race in Grand Ronde. ' The waif thrived wall-ainder the ten der care of Mother Brown. :.-. 1 The Browns bad no children of their own and were proua Deyona eaprewsioo of thia luaty youngster, v - -' Ha arsw to be a bright clever, teach- by alt H went tor tha nrat aistnct school started In that wild country. He grew and learned and became manly and wellbstanecJ an j nuany wnen no waa a young man Juat entering bla twenties. Old Dan and Mother Brown both died and left tha waif a handsome fortune. .. And ha had aenaa enough and busi ness enough about htm to manage it well, and married and brought home-hla wife to croea tha very threshold where be had been found. helpless, pitiable waif 21 yeara before. - - ' ' His wife knaw all about It and did not think a whit lesa of her gallant new husband. Ho waa a man In every sense of the word and had brighter prospects than many a boy who boasted a longer genealogical record than . "Basket" RrAwn. - . r Just across the lasd from Brown' lived Mike Whits and wife, whose first born csme a year after "Basket" Brown was "found. . . . . " .Mrs. White waa proud and haughty and lived aloof from the bumble Browns, whom sh declared had no "history." ' When her boy waa named Algernon, shortly after hla birth, Mra. White told the neighbors that -an unci of this promising boy had been a corporal In an Illinois' regiment In th civil war and thst Its . great - grandfather on Its mother's side had been commissary aer geant In the Revolutionary war, a record that any young man might oe proud or. Aa a sort of comparison between her boy and "Basket" she said that AI aernon could at least .boast a well- known llnejge for several families .back and should not associate with thia waif. So the boys grew up Just serosa the lane from each other, but worlda apart in association and companionship. Algy.- aa the White boy cam to be called, waa sent east , to be educated ae soon aa he waa old enough. oran Ronda valley waa not large enough for him. .. . . - - ' So the. boys came to maturity aide by side, but fathomless distances between them In experience. , . j.,' Algy went east to. be -edueated. hut Mike -White did not thrive well snd when the boy waa half way through Ills course ha waa called homo to help on the farm. He waa how a man and waa thor oughly' worthless. His experience In the astern school had soured him on work and he waa . l burden on . his proud mother and hardworking father. ' But all the tlms ."Basket" -was ad vanclng and.' growing both financially and mentally, although be had not been aent oast .- . . . lmt rear "Basket" Brown waa men tloned for TnV legislature and will be elected next ' year if he will take the of Ace. " ' ' His friends know of hla humble origin and respect him for th progress ha ha mad in aplt or tt. The last seen of Al Whit (for thia I- whst Algernon is now called) waa laat July, when ha awam Snake river Into Idaho to eacap a sheriff who was pursuing him for cattle-stealing. , ,. A,-' ' Inauranc ScandaL ' From the London Mall. An Important meeting of British pot Icy-holders In tha Equitable Life Assur ance Society of the United Btatea met recently In th-Orat Eastern hotel, Liverpool atreet Sir John Puleaton be ing called upon to preside. - Sir William Mather gave a reassuring account of tha result of tha Investiga tion Into the arfalra of the society, and tha good work of tha protective com mittee. He had received 171 assents to tha new policy from British policy holders, and these assent represented at least' 4,006 policies, and about two millions sterling in value. . For a long period the Interests of th policy-holders were absolutely neglected Then "came the revelations which hsf suffered and appalled the' whole of the United 8tates. But tha paramount -fact had been established oy iwo ini. Ing bodies that the aolld and well-in-vested assets of the society forraid ample security for full payment of all policies now running. (Cheere.) There fore perfect aolvenoy and absolute se curity were, assured. The persona In volved In the mismanagement hsd re tired or been removed from Office, and Paul Morton, a member of tha American cabinet had been persuaded to take th presidency. ; - , Changes already made had reduced the expense by a vary large aum. There had been a reduction or all assets by I4.SOO.000. making the total UMOO.OOO, and reducing tha aurplua assets to tl, 000.000. ' . ' . . A resolution ot confidence In tha new president and his colleagues, and In their policy, waa carried unanimously.- NATIONALITIES' IN ,. NEWYQRK... Broughton Brandenburg la New - York . Herald. . f Every one knowa. of course, that there la no mora cosmopolitan city In th world than New Ydrk, conatdered from tha standpoint of variety of Inhabitants, but th atartllngly hetarogeneoua con dition that doea exist is nof so familial and need such aa occasion aa tha pres ent fiery canvaaa for votea to ring It to light Thar ar aectlona of our life separated by only a few blocks that have no mora In common In the routine oi nave fans ana Not merely here and there la a apoi or th municipality that ia .different in th makeup of Ita people from the remain der, but the whole of th mors thickly populated regions of Manhattan, Brook lyn and tha Bronx are entirely made up of these widely diversified spots. , To begin with, tha voting population la comprised of on aixth native bora Americana for two or mora genera tlona, and five alxtha foreign born, or children of foreign born pa rente. Political speeches this campaign have been made in I language and 16 dialects, of which I have records aa. follows: English. German, French, Russian, Scandinavian, Spanish, Italian, Arablo. Greek Polish, Yiddish. Slovak.. Bohemian. Portuguese, Hungarian, Roumanian. Finnish, Dutch, Welsh. Plattdeutache. Alsatian, Caech. Aaorlan, Sicilian, CaJabrian, Neapolitan. Tuscan, Genoese. Apullan, Syrian, Cr tan, CrAtlan, Montenegrin and Lithu anian. I ,T.:"""f ' it must not be forgotten that there ar more Hebrews in New York City, three times over than are garnered to gether In a similar space In any 'spot In tha world. There sre more. Italian here than In Naplea. which la th largest city of Italy. .In Brooklyn alone there ar mora Scandinavians that in any city of Norway or Sweden, and th end la not yet- - i At thia season of the year tens of thousands of Italians are returning from labor camps scattered all over the coun try. Thoe who hold eitlaenahlp paper nearly all endeavor to. gei nere in nmo to register- and- tbe majority have then returned to work and will be In th city by election timer A great maaa of them will later return to Italy "por-Natal" or for Chriatmaa, .and after exercising their electoral privileges In the mid winter communal electlone there they wiUetura to th United States, in ma aprtng and In many Instances vote in municipal electtona In other atatea. n who voted three times In Italy In ftva years, flvs times in new ora iiy, once In a spring election in Cincinnati and four times in Buffalo, -which who doing quKe well. Inasmuch as ha got hla cltlsenshlp papers 10 months sfter landing, paying I1S.6 for them to a Park row bootblack, with a view to get ting Into tha atreet cleaning department eaaeBBBsaBssesjBessBSBaB- . The , Song of thV Pumpkin.'- By William Lupton Johnson. D. D. (From an -unpublished manuscript writ ten about ltll.) Tha bards of th Hudson may sing of tha melon,- - Ita smooth. Jetty aeeds, and Ha rtp, ruddy core, -And tha f east ot the reaper with ecstasy dwell on, Reclining at noon on the cool, breesy : ahoro; , . " ' For me th rich soli of Vew England produces' An offering mors dear to tha taste and the eye The ' bright-yellow pumpkin how mel- low Its Juices, -When tempered with ginger and baked 'In a plel - . ' -- -. " v Let others with dainties their appetite . pamper, - -' j v -... And gas, with delight on th splen - dora of plate, Be atunned with a buatla and bid pages scamper Such pleasures aa thes I resign to the great; But give me the feast where no knives and forks clatter. Where each to th neat cherry table . draws nigh j t And carves for himself from tha broad earthen platter A slice of tbe sweet yellow family plel ; . i There are those who delight In the fig and the raisin, In quaffing tha milk from the cocoa- - nut a shell - . .. - . . Some the olive and pomegranate lavish thslr praise on, . r The orange's glow and the pineapple's . ssnsll- t leave them the product of both" of tb Indies, . And all' tha rich fruit of a troplcaj say, Their exquisite Juice and flavor 'and tinges e - And ask no; dessert save the sweet i pumpkin pie. Then hall to th muse-of the pumpkin ana onioni The Frenchman may laugh and th Englishman sneer Aa the land of tha Bible, the psalm-hook and Bunysn, . Still to my bosom her green hills are dear. - f Her daughters are pure aa her bright - - crystal fountains i And. Hymen, If ever thy blsssing I try, . i O gUre ms the girl of my own native - mountains. Wh knows how to. temper th swet pumpkin piel , Beyond. Understanding, From' the St Louis Globe-Democrat The mob assaults on tha Jews In Rus la cannot be understood at all unless some subtle diabolism Is at work, lash ing blind Ignorance Into a bloodthirsty rush, upon the Innocent When the Rus slah' government and people learn from tha great subscriptions pouring In that the aympathlee of the most enlightened nation e ar with the Jews struggling against mob murder and rapine the un doubted effect 'will be to succor th downtrodden race, for tha relief funds show that th victim ar not friendless, and alao amount to worldifld proteat RULES FQR CHOOSING A HUSBAND Dr. Harriet C. Keatlnge, who-.epok on VDlvorce'l before th New York Leg- . isiatlva league, laying atraaa on the , fact that, mental, moral or physical weakness could not be Judged before marrlaget and that most mothers rooked merely to good clothes, good manners ' and aomo money In tha man who wanted . tneir daughters haa given - below 11 rules for choosing a husband: - - 1. Tha first requisite for a woman In choosing a husband la an education, not 1 , . such aa aha geta at Vassar apd Smith,. ; but an education- in morala. . '. -.- 1. ; Tha next thing, aha should -Insist upon is a clean bill of health. A man or woman contemplating matrimony should be examined by a physician, as -for life insurance. If there be any In herited or incurable disease it. will then become known. In the event of an 'tLt-" fectlon that la curable marriage should . be postponed. If it be proved beyond ' doubt that an ailment la out of th reach of medical skill, tha man or worn- : an ahould be brave enough to renounce marriage and take up aome line of work ., which may absorb hla or her interests. For In marriage aa in all else, the up- lifting of humanity ahould be the high- - r sat consideration. I. A woman ahould demand among . . ' tha good qualities of her husband thst ha be well-bred. Thf lUtls delicacies of Ufa go far toward oiling the wheels. 4. She ahould look for congeniality -" of tastes, aa wellaa some quality of In- ' tellect or ita development A college- bred man and . a primary-school . girl - would be hopelessly Ill-assorted. t. She ahould look for a husband to whom aha would be not only a wife, but a good comrade. . Comradeship is one of tns strongest, lies in marriage. . She ahould never marry a man . who asked th sacrifice of her Individu ality or permitted her to dominate his. Each haa a right to that 'Inner self, for each soul cornea into, the world and goes ' out ot it alone, , .- , , .. . 7.. As a rule aha ahould marry young, alwaya providing aho haa a eufflcient knowledge of th world. Th ignorance of women In this regard la stupendous. ? But men, too, ar Ignorant Th father ahould be hla aon's teacher, the mother -her daughter' ., .. V . I. She ahould choose young man - -preferably, because, ha then becomes educted with her. They ar likely to b - mor adaptable to each ether. V, . A young ' woman should nevet marry a middle-aged man with the Idea '' of changing him. He will expect , tbe woman hs marries to conform to stand- - arda already fixed. - 10. A woman ahould take aome time . to study ths character of thnan-wM- whom. she expects to spend her Ufa. 11. h ahould ask, above all things, the confidence of ths man eh marries. '. If aha underatanda his- clrcurrisUnces a woman with any heart will be willing to make sacrifices and not run her hus band into debt - : . 12. She ahould demand an allowance and not consent --t a - housekeeping scheme which includes th running ot ( bills. Shs should handle ths money shs spends and understand the value of a dollar. - - .-- ------ To sum It all up, I should aay that a woman In marrying ahould look for the man with whom aho hopea to apend her' life. - She ahould marry Wm with . tha idea of becoming the mother of hie children-.' ' She ehould here In mind the . way of IHarmohy. ' I hclleye there shnlild WlnTlKe graduate course of every young man and woman a aeries or lectures on ' marriage, on the domestic life, tha mari tal bond, to prepare young people for what lies before. Not perfection, but human ' virtues, with human faulta, la what wa want " If divorce or separation have to coma. tha man or woman alone may take up tbe broken threads and make a new life. 1. there be children, a blight falls upon them. , .'. i ". I had Just seen Richard to the door. He waa rushing to catch tha (:0I. Then I went back to tickle my young onions. I find coaxing and gentle methods make young onjona thrive wonderfully. I alt for hour beside mine, reading Shake sptare ' and Bernard Shaw to them. Bernard Shaw la wonderful. X am the ' onty peraon In Tencents, N. J., thst understanda Shaw. Shakeapears la not bad, either, but he lacka th depth of r Shaw. .Any one can understand Shake speare, except tha professors that writs . the notes tor variorum editions. " I am Elisabeth. I love waffles and maple sugar and chestnuts. My name being Elisabeth, I come naturally by my fondneea tor gardening and for writing , about It No garden book la genuine without the algnaturs "Elisabeth." To return to my. onions. They are . tender little things, and have crep Into my heart They are gream In color, a' delicate light green such aa one aees In Correggto's 'paintings. , I am aa fond of painting. I uaed to 'take lessons from the Tencenta.. painter. He was a deco rator, too. . , ' . ' After seeing Richard run for his train, I went back, aa I have said, to culture my onions. They wer springing up In the aprlngyest. manner, and . when I played a masurka by Raphael to them they had grown an Inch. - Music la lovely. From my earliest daya I have admired mualo. I alng oo-t ' caslonally, but the onlona do not seem to grow so fast than.--! go to a concert every .time. I oan induce Richard -to buy me a new -hat ' " "; I was-, engaged In reading "Mra. War ren's Profession" to the onlona when -there waa a click at th gate. It was " Richard. He kissed me on the brow, and aald h waa hungry. I told him I had forgotten all about.. getting the aupper ready. I waa ao In terested In my gardening. ' Ha said aomethlng in such a ton that I fear the sensitive young onlona were setback a month's growth.-- ' ' LEWIS AND CLARK Weather-bound on Point William. BUSY MANS LIBRARY .December ft It rained during th. -whole night and this morning tha rsln and high wind compelled ua to - remain -at -our camp. Bealdea tha Inconvenience of being thua atopped on our rout we found that all our stores and bedding were again wet -with rain. The hi a a - " water, waa at 12 o'clock and rose two Inches heyond that of yesterday. In the -afternoon-w war rejoiced at th . return of Csptaln Lewis, wh cam In a -canoe with three of his men, the other two being left to guard six elk and five deer which thy had killed. He hsd examined the oat and found the river a- short distance below,- on which w might camp during th winter, with a eiiMclency of elk for our Subsistence -within reach. Thia Information wa -yery satisfactory and we decided upon going thlthsr a Bonn w nouldsmov ' ' from this point All night It rained, j i
