PORTLAND, - OREGON, v
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3, IOCS.
THE O R E G O N D A I L Y J O U R N.A L
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-'- THE CRIME OP RAISING THE STANDARD
MAYOR ; LANE and the civil service commis
, sioners stand ' convicted of the heinous crime
. of trying to improve the police department
They were guilty of a desire to "get the ,best men pos
sible for the force," to quote from the confession of
Commissioner Brewster. To accomplish this wicked de
sign they changed the rules so as to increase the prob
ability, of securing trained and competent men for the
higher positions in the department, ine result was tnat
Patrick Bruin applied for a police captaincy and among
half a "dozen competitors he stood head and shoulders
above all of them, in the opinion of the examiners.
' Bruin had served three years in the United States vpl-
' unteers in the Spanish-American war, he re-enliated
few months after his first term of service had expired,
; and he became a member and finally captain Of the
Philiooine constabulary.. - He received . a bullet in ' the
breast while fighting for, his adopted country.
' Postmaster John Minto and Captain Kevins of the
Pinkerton agency examined -the applicants for the vacant
captaincies . in the police department' and . both were
agreed that Bruin was the most competent man for the
place.' They had never seen nor heard of him before,
but his record, his demeanor and Ms answers, ta,,their
questions satisfied them as o his fitness. Their judg
ment has since been strongly indorsed by Chief pf Police
Gritzniacher, who says Bruin is a good officer and thor
oughly able to discharge the- duties of his position pro
vided "he is let alone. '. ,..' ... v , , ,
It seemsw-therefore, that Mayor. Lane and. the civil
service commissioners not only plotted and conspired to
get. good men on the police force, butthat they actually
succeeded, in this instance at . Jea,t, in their nefarious
purpose. No wonder the inquisitors Tot the city council
look with horror, on .such , a. revojutipnary policy. - It is
up to them to devise .a . punishment which shall fit the
crime. '. y ,':',-
" Chief Engineer Shonts receives $150,000 a year salary
from the government, yet comes home to. attend to. his
private business and draws another salary as railroad
. president. It "is said he is already a millionaire, and he
evidently means to get richer rapidly. '. :
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THE NEW KINODOM OF NORWAY. ' -
HOUGH; THERE HAS -BEEN a large and
nn
. I steady emigration from Norway, principally, to
. this best country on earth, that new" little In
ttependent kingdom is not without considerable resources
and attractions." Fish and timber comprise-its principal
resources. It has a long line of deeply indented coast
whose waters are within thi gulf stream cone, which
has helped Norway long to hold,, as it still does, an im
portant place -in . the .world's ocean-carrying 1 business.
The people ' are hardy", industrious and thrifty,-nd
through-many generations have been brave and intelli
gent seamen and fishermen. The wide spaces of Nor
wegian seas are thronged with cod, herring and mackerel,
and the streams abound in. salmon.' But many Nor-
. '. . a a .a .
-wrgian nsning cran go ,iar aneia, nortn ana soutn, as
whalers. Last-year , Norway exported over 68,000,000
pounds of : fresh cod and 'about "38.000,000. pounds
of dried tod, 680,000 hectoliters, (a hectolit is
26', gallons wine, measure of salted herring and enor
mous shipments of mackerel." Many other kinds ofc-fish,
salt and fresh, are- exported, and in 1904 its whaling
fleets, secured for export 130,000 hectoliters of whale
oil, 'besides other whale products. ' . ;
Norway has very' extensive forests of fir, pine, hem
lock, oak and other' trees, furnishing timber and. wood
for other European ( countries, especially England. The
forests are scientifically managed, with a view to their
preservation, and only trained, expert woodsmen are
employed in them. The forests cover 20 per cent of the
country, and new woods are carefully cultivated on lands
unfit for agriculture. Besides!- great Quantities of rough
timber and wood, 3,000 tons, of matches and millions of
dollars -worth of furniture, barrels, staves and paper
, Farming is engaged in at a disadvantae-e. but the oca
pie' love it,-and-dairying in particular is carried on ex
tensively and on -scientific and." artistic principles.. Nor
way is ricn in mineral resources iron, copper, feldspar
and. granite. , The people are beginning to stride forward
in manufacturing, streams furnishing chean cower. So
the prospects of the latest separate kingdom are. fairly
bright, and Norwegians, at home or abroad, are entitled
to take a pride in their northern native land.
proceeded himself tq hold a 'bed of justice' and have a
trial by letter. . He announced what was a cross between
a judgment of not guilt and a pardon, in which the
attorney-general concurred. If, after that, anyooay ex
pected anything from the further prosecution of the
case that person is now disappointed. I do not know
whether 'Mr. Judson and myself would have fared better
or not, but I do know that it ts not a good way to win
a case to proclaim that one knows himself that there
is nothing in it and then put it in charge of an advocate
what is naturally supposed to hold-tie same view.
' . - THE WALL STREET PANIC.
SMALL CHANGE
TF THE COUNTRY had been confronted a few years
I g0-with the conditions now prevailing in Wall
'street, with money at 110, its financial teeth would
have been set chattering. The first demonstration that
it could no longer be thrown into hysterics because of
what was transpiring in that favorite haunt of tne duiis
and bears -was made three years ago, when the startling
exposures of the inside conditions of the steel trust ana
the American 'Shipbuilding trustjairly took away the
breath of? the conservative men of The united states.
Wall street in response fairly stood upon its head and
stocks went topsyturvy. . ' ""ir r
j,But it was then discovered that the small larmers ot
the country, favored by their own thrift and energy and
good crops, had gotten .themselves out of debt, most of
them had money in the bank and if the worst came to
the worst they could have stood i crop failure with
equanimity. These men were not at all startled, by the
outcome. ; They realized to the full their own .security
and appreciating it was simply a case of dog eat dog in
Wall street thev watched the progress of the fight witn
interest, it is true, but with perfect indifference as to the
outcome.' , There was one further revelation, and that
was the calls for help that came from New York to the
banks of thereat and the perfect ability whcthey
displayed in taking care of the unusual demands made
upon them. - rl,.;- - ": -. V
That one object lesson the people of the country have
never forgotten. The farming classes everywhere have
materially strengthened their position in the past three
years. . mere nas pern an aimosi unprcceucmcu suc
cession of good crops and the range of prices has been
gratifyingly high. . For these reasons they are better
able than ever before to look with equanimity upon the
slaughter of the innocents in Wall street Add to. this
the genera! conditions of prosperity which prevail
throughout the country and, there is presented an un
reachable rampart against which all the onslaughts of
speculative panics will beat iir yiin, . t
Tight money at this Season of the year is a usual in
cident. Millions upon millions must be ready just after
the New Year to meet interest and dividend obligations.
The banks are disinclined to loan for speculative -purposes.
-Furthermore, there is in progress a terrific
struggle between two combinations, perhaps the united
Standard Oil interests to crush out Lawson. On the
other hand, and thTs is the point which chiefly interests
the sane general public, which is pursuing the even tenor
of its way without any speculative Tcver, prime mercan
tile paper is still Syi and 6 per cent, i There is a little
stiffening due tdt the season, but that is all, making it
very clear that there"is nothing involved In this flurry
but the speculative element, and what becomes of it
no' one cares.'. , " .'- . .. v.'.---.
Now we shall have a succession of long, stories about
Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons and her domestic affairs and
divorce proceedings, though she ought to be of no more
consequence or interest than any scow woman along
the waterfront. t . '
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, f
; SANTA FE CASE STILL UNEXPLAINED.
IN the recently published correspondence between him
self and Attorney-General - Moody with reference
to the Santa Fe case and .Paul Morton, the presi
dent did not strengthen his case in the least, nor. furnish
any ground for retracting criticisms of his conclusions
and actions. The whole case may be restated in a few
'.words. The Santa Fe was persistently violating -the
Elkins law, and more than, that was, considering it as
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ii auuiviuuai, in comcmpi 01 court tor aoing so alter a
restraining order. But Mr.'? Moody reported that no
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not be had thatlht violations of the law and the ran.
tempt were" the direct result of orders by the company's
responsible - officers,, chief of whom was Paul
If . . a . . . .
, .moitou. Nevertheless, the president employed two
eminent lawyers, Messrs. ' Judson and Harmon:
as special counsel -to make invti
duct prosecutions, and it; Was only when they had ascer
tained facts-sufficient in their judgment to justify pro
ceedings against his friend and cabinet member,. Paul
Morton, that the president concluded that ho 6fiicer of
a cdrlporation could be punished for its isolations of
law and so atnnnrrf th
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resignation of the special counsel. Now he says that
Attorney-General Moody was right, and that he, the
president, knew that the attorney-general was right all
the time, and. in effect, that Morton never did anything
to be prosecuted lor even blamed for: Then why the
employment ot Messrs. Judson and Harmon? .There is
Did the president expect to prosecute, convict and pun-
, isn a mere intangioie, souuess, mindless legal invention,
a corporation. Without touching or noticing its respon
sible officers andLtnanao-ri's? It wAnM ti...
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the recent statement of Mr. Harmon, one of the special
counsel : and attorney-general under President. Cleve
land,' exhibits thesituation in a far more complete and
entertaining wiy than we ran.1 He saidr'1 . v .
'i "The president and the attorney-general seem to" be
congratulating each other because the government lost
its case; against the Santa" Fe Railroad company. )f
they were always so certain there was nothing, in the
case, I do not understand why they turned it over to
Mr. Judson and myself. The .interstate commerce com-
mission found and reported that the company had for
years flagrantly broken the law against rebates. We
refused to believe that the corporation had slipped out
of night and handed over the rebates while the officers
reed against them accordingly. This course was disap
proved and we Uiucufoa resigned. Jhe president then
THE RUSSIAN HORROR" IS so chajrged on all
sides and in a,ll aspects with what appears to
71 be hopeless agony that the world looks on in
semi-stupefaction. There is int. such an .aggregation
of impotent misery, such a combination of curses con
sequent on ijfjnd. leadership of the blind, that one in
this country tennnot apprehend a vivid realization of
them.
The events transpiring in Russia" are frequently com
pared -with those of the earlier period of the French
revolution, but Russia is a greater field and one with
more heterogeneous masses. Mirabeau said of the French
revolution that the events were great but the men were
very small, and this, as to the men at least, is true in
even a greater sense in the, complicated Russian im
broglio. Even Witte appears to be helpless and hopeless.
The 'loyal" troops are reported to have suppressed
the revolutionists at Moscow, but they will break "out
there again, and if not there in a hundred, a thousand,
other places. Events have gone so far that a tremendous
climax seems inevitable. No nation, no people, can long
endure such a situation. And famine will hasten the
crisis, or a series of crises.
During the French revolution the Empress Catherine
of Russia used t( ask, "When will Caesar arrive?" He
arrived, in due time, in the person of Napoleon Bona
parte. Will Caesar arrive ere long in Russia? Not
likely, for Russia is too vast and heterogeneous for even
a twentieth century Caesar or Bonaparte to hold it
together. . . ' . . ;
- There are those who speak smoothly and hopefully,
saying:, "Russia is merely passing through a spasm of
evolution, and will soon be all right. Out of its suffer
ing will come a new Russia, purified, united and free.
A pathway .is Deing made to liberty,' progress and en
lightenment." Possibly, but we cannot see it clearly.
; MORMONpEXODyS FROM UTAH. '
HE RECENTLY REPORTED-. EMIGRATION'
of 1,000 Mormon colonists from Utah to Mexico,
coupled " with1 the ' Statement that other large
parties would follow in the same directum from time to
time, has led to considerable comment, a common opinion
being that the main Object is to escape the law requir
ing monogamy in the marriage relation in this country.
This 'may have something to do with itj,but more mov
ing reasons probably are the advantages Mexico offers
in free or very cheap lands, and the limited aea and in
creasing prices of lands suitable for agriculture in Uta,n.
Irrigation will do much for Utah' and has-already done
much; 'vet the proportion bfvits irrigable arid surface is
comparatively small, and the. rapidly- increasing Mormon
farmlies'evidently feel it necessary to strike out into new
and broader fields. Indeed, many of them have done
so already, and have become numerous in Idaho, western
Wyoming, western Colorado, (-eastern Oregon, New
Mexico-and Arizona, as probably they will in. one or
more of the states of Mexico. , Most of them will suc
ceed wherever 'they go, as they did originally in the
Salt Lake basin, which most people hunting for a new
location would have, hurried through as utterly unin
habitable. Utah, but sparsely settled, can ill afford to
lose so many of its producers, even Mormons, and, while
its mineral output will continue to be large, and its
aggregate agricultural and horticultural products will ln-
in charge of its traffic were abed We proposed to pro-Jcase, the trend will likely be toward large single hold
ings, with prospects of slow if steady increase of popu
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Be careful or Senator John. M. 0arln
may succeed MntMlf. Woodburn Inde
pendent. It tnlcbt be no great calamity
if he should. , , , , ,
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' The meetlna one day last week In
Portland hotel of i Candidates deer,
John and Wlthjr combe caused the Sa
lem Statesman to quote: "When ahull
we three meet alnt In thunder,
lightning or In ralut" .
Speaking of pensions for lonely old
spinsters and bachelors, many -married
people think they deserve pensiona more.
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' December la doing something to make
up the years rain deficit. .. .
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There are those who rather prefer
a New Tear's present anyway. , ;
It appears that, the Republloen mem
bera of the New York assembly have
nothing to say about the eholce of their
speaker. V , ..-
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Dr. Osier advises elderly men to keep
away from men of their own age and as
sociate with their Juniors. Well. Quite
a good many elderly mea rather like
to go out with 'the boys." i I
. Some men want to . get In on ' the
ground floor and get to the top at the
Tomorrow la the laat unlucky day
of the year. . V , '
January I wm.be the longest day of
the year tor some people.
Whenever you're ready," weather-
maker, let 'er snow and freese. -
"Oentlemen, be friends," pleads the
Balem Journal. .Of TooseT
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After a long period, several weeks of
comparative quietude, Santo Domingo
has broken out again, but it Is a sort of
teapot tempest v i. .
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A whole lot of people will make fools
of themselves over, the marriage of
Alice. " . it-
La Pollette says he did not spend a
cent to' be elected to -the senate. And,
what la better, nobody else spent a cent
te elect him. .
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Only three days to get ready to swear
off. ;
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But perhaps Dr. Osier ehlorofonneJ
his patients who died so easily.
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Bob Fitsslmmons seems to" think that
all the world should weep- with him;
but didn't you ever read. Bob: "Weep,
and you weep alone"? . -
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The majority of the'eouneilmen knew
what the taxpayers were there for.
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The Prlnevllle Review "believes.'' and
It says, "with good reason, that Mr. Wil
liamson will yet go back to the house.
Where h wllfragaln aerve his state with
honor to thotaame and credit to him
self." The good reason might bejnter.
estlng. i . ;-w ..
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Big bis will continue right along.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS ;
The Lioetlne Ledger and - Deiriocrat
says a farmer near tnat town ''nas re
cently erected a dwelling on his farm
that is equal to, IS not-superior, to the
castles of ancient Europe." , ..
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Grants Paae will construct nearly four
miles of sewers.
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If there were half a dosen vacant
houses or cottages- In Aurora at the
present time all ef them. could be rented
within 14 hours, says the Borealls. -
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Deposits of Tine asbestos found near
John Day City.
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Hood River Is to have a concrete or
artificial-' stone manufactory. 1 -
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Oakland has a bright future, owing
partly to the big Callpoola, Irrigation
ditch. , ' . . .. .... . . -
Though Grants Pass has a new SO-
barrel flour mill, built to. enlarge to
double that capacity, not a pound of
flour is ground there. 'the flour con
sumed being Imported ' 'mostly from
Medford.- Jackson county has four flour
mills, the wheat being mostly Imported
from eastern Oregon and Washington.
It la more profitable to raise fruit
than wheat In southern ' Oregon. Two
other mills In' Josephine county besides
the Grants Pass mill never turn a
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A lf.809 horse owned by farmera near
Kerby died .last week. ...
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Steady, Increase of real estate sales lu
and around Grants Pass.
" V' -e e--From
a sin sle acre of cabbages a man
living on mountain land near Weston
received 1101, and would have made at
least tlsO with the use of a spraying
pump to keep off the lice. . Thia acre
differs not a partlchi from hundreds of
others ion the mountain, which will pro
duce Vegetables, fruits and strawberries
in abundance when' properly cultivated.
This man has raised as much as HO
sacks-of potatoes per acre. r.
Many applications for homesteads and
land In Echo are being made. - ' f .
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Growth 'of ' Medford continues rlghl
along, " '
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McMlnnvtlle likes Its six passenger
and three freight trains a day.
Dayton 'Prairie, Webfoot and Pleaa-
antdale school districts are maintaining
three years' high school at Webfoot,
Is pupils being in attendance. ... ; , .
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During the next two' years the beet
tonnase- is exoected to be? increased to
'the extent, that It will be neceseary-to
double the present capacity Of the big
La Grande sugar factory. ;i
Union 1e' ambitious -t h become ' the
most productive county In Oregon, and
may succeed.
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Woodburn ta te put on mors style with
new opera house. )
The Angora goat Industry has a briaht
future In Douglas county Those -who
have engaged In the business have found
by pleasant experience that It la profit
able. --,.''
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Ontario Is said to be booming. .
LABRADOR IS RICH
"' IN PEARLS
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The deepee fishermen and whale or
seal hunters are about. the only people
who know much of the northern Lab
rador coast where It runs un Intn Hud.
son bay territory. .Barrenness and deso
lation, rocky shores beaten by the ley
Atlantic, Jong winters and short. ' in
clement summers are Its chief charao-
ttrtitrc. ' ' i
There are but few slans of human life.
merely ancient rock-built shelters set up
or wnaiers irom nantucKet or Glouces
ter, when Greenland whales-were hunted
among tne icebergs, or rude seal hunters'
shanties, where observation parties laud
for a day or two at a time. But curious
as It appears. 'there is a little known
source or wealth In that lone land.
It Is found In the rushing rivers, which
generally make their last leap Into the
ocean over a steep md Men waterfall
The Immense masses of fresh-water diui.
eels, which in many places actually choke
tne streams, nrstdireoted attention to It
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Men wondered why the old-time whale
or seal hunters and 'other early navl
gators nad collected such quantities of
the shells aa were to be seen piled about
the camping places. Then a short
search by a well-read ne'er-do-well
few years ago revealed a large. Irregu
larly shaped pearl, under a pile of old
shells, and Immediately a valuable
cret waa reveaed to a few persons. -
81nce that time ascertain number ot
men have, become expert pearl .flshera,
and now shipments are periodically, and
in summer regularly, made- of pearls.
These men make fair waaes by their )a-
fcora, though of course the returns vary
according to the fortune, good or bad.
wdueh attenda the Individual. ,
Soma of these pearls are large and of
great value. Last year about this time
one was sold , to a New Yorker of rare
discrimination In the purchase of curios
lor upward., of 11,000. In appearance
these fresh-water pearls are not easily
distinguished from those obtained In
southern seas, though unfortunately
certain percentage of them are Irregu
lar tu pnafro , . . ..
Usually they are ailvsr white. In color;
though a young man who haa Just re
turned from Labrador has a pair of rose
pink pearls, perfectly matched, which
weigh about 11 grains each and are" worth
probably SJO or t?0 apiece. .
Strangely enough, thia lucky one was
not a pearl hunter, but took a clump of
shells in bis hand, aat down to open
them with his pocket knife. Ha found
the two pearls In one large shell. After
that tnd ha apent a fortnight In search
ing for more, but only secured about
half a dosen amall ones, worth perhaps
$3 the lot . ' . V
As a rule, the pearl hunting la gone
about In a more sctentlno manner than
that. The mussels are regularly stacked
cn flat rocks or sand bars, and "are al
lowed to decompose, when the shells
open naturally and are easily examined
for the pearla, which lie loosely embedded
In the flesh of the fish.
It appears that the Indians of that dis
trict have always known of these fresh
water pearls, and that several of the riv
ers running .north have been regularly
flehed for them for many generations.
Most of ths pearla collected by these
people In olden times were ruined by be
ing rudely bored, so that they might be
strung for necklaces or for the adorn
ment of wampum belts.
Nowadaye tha wideawake Hudson Bay
company traders pay a fair price for all
tha Indiana can collect noma ot tne
Montreal houses - have regular dealings
with the pearl hunters of the coast and
Have agents on the spot wno secure snip-
menta for them. 1 ,
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GATtT ON CANNON
George Alfred Townsend, In Washington
Post.
"Joe" Cannon Joeeoh O. stands about
second In (he publlo life. '
iou see pass along the street a tall.
raw-boned, suspiciously high-colored rep
resentation of Uncle Sam. : He could wear
the whole Stars and Stripes suit and the
white hat and short trousers half way
down to tils boots belonging to Uncle
Sam without challenge, -sustained by that
high complexion of red and the blue eyes.
He Is a little country-fair like and walk
ing upward, and his white hairs are not
degenerating to his years, which will be
70 next May,--He might be able to enter
the sideshow and dance the reel. , We
never know, . from what his skin, ' gait
and gape are like, what he may not be
uo to. The fat Woman, the dwarf and
the lady snake charmer-might be enamel
ored of Joseph. He Is the model of all
the agricultural communities, from Rube
In New York, and Hayseed on Long Isl
and and Tarheel In North Carolina.
There are three types In him the Cape
Cod Yankee, the southerner from the
least "assumptive and excitable common
wealth, and Illnols. He closely follows
Abraham Lincoln, whom aa presumptive
ly of Yankee stock, moved on to the up
per parts of Virginia and formated on
tha prairies. Cannon is Yankee, but born
where Nathaniel Greene, a man of his
sort first brought regular tactics, learned
from books. Into play and stood on lord
Cornwallia at, Guilford courthouse, now
Greensboroush, North Carolina.
The speaker of thai house writes his lire
In Mr. Halford'a directory In six lines,
and does not even ssy be Is speaker. At
the beginning of modern history. lMVhe
waa state's attorney of -Vermillion coun
ty, half-way "down the length of Illinois
against the Indiana' line, and not far
from the center of tne unitea titatea
population for near 0 yeara passed.
Seven years, or till ISM, Cannon held to
this office, tha prosecutor for ths people,
That year Grant awept away, by popular
election, the old fogies of the Republican
pertyi like Trumbull.. . yates, palmer.
Browning, etc., and brought in the war
school. Cannon appears to have had no.
intermediate legislative experience, but to
have come to congress IS times aa tha
lawyer of the Danville district from the
bar to the cepltol of the nation. Danville
Is on a branch of the Wabash river,
near the eastern center of the state, wst
of "Lew" Wallace's town ef Crawfords
vllle. . .."
Tha duties of a prosecuting attorney
are well preparatory for aggressive speak-
fng In congress, and thia wks o easy to
Jnsenh that he trod-' on the hem of his
district garment by describing a fellow
member In terms such ae suited a gen
eration which knew not Joseph. They
t ft him out of tha Fifty-second congress
after trying him U years. It waa, how
ever, a time of Republican rebellion. They
fortave him and sent htm to six mors
coi.gresses ths. Whole years, aa long
as Benton was In the senate. - Cannon's
vitality, with mora caution-kept finely
up, and he really served the whole na
tion by hie resistance at the head of the
appropriations committee to the universal
Inroads upon the treasury. i
"What kind of man Is this?" exclaimed
the present general admiral field mar
shal of tha Daughters nf Genealogy when
Cannon refused sr small demand for a
site for a' coliseum and part of a mil
lion to put up a gavelkind. "What being
la hsT" .
Joseph was ss used to tears aa was Pot-
iphar'a wife. He had nearla genius for
saying "No" with unction, lis was in
the hatilt of raising his high color at the
prisoner at the bar, i and his eommutee-
room waa a prosecuting offlee, with ctvu
Ity. like the black cat. under' the -com
mittee table. But moral courage atands
for more . than doublo-faoedness. The
party members found that Cannon's stiff
neck had aaved their re-election and
party "majority, and his nature grew upon
them In sDlta of Its oueernesa. till one
day they raised him on their shields to
the speaker's chair. Taere ne wnun
to be one of the two wheels of the party
chariot the other--elag the president
ana cannon wu oe it mi nw
tlnn. nt in. nix with Henry G. Davis,
but not with anybody of under age. He,
therefore, la a good workhorse senior in
the double team, not very liable to be
run fpr the presidential derby, and atead-
Jed by that knowledge. . ,
To resemble Lincoln, an IDtnolaan must
have aome originality and . not be a
crockery Imitation. Cannon haa the spir
it, tha humor, some ot " """-
mrvwlnm Af Ih flnaraAMU Of . LinCOltt. H
la a Whig of the Whigs, and hla tariff
qualtty came from before ne wss u"
In tha foal to.JIorth Carolina. The west
Is now getting thbeneflts of the tarlff
whlch New England Is willing to lay
down and keep her advantage, which the
Aimmitrm. Hides Brow west are raw
material east, and the west expects to
make the shoes. Hence. :vnnon -rsrsus
Whitney and the shoemaker, Dqugiaa.
PERSONAL FANCIES
Representative Henry Harrtaon Blng
ham of Pennsylvania Is the "father of
the house" In point ot Service, although
not tha oldest member" In point oi years,
for there are IS representatives older
than he la. December s waa sir. Bing
ham's . lh birthday. He Is the fifth
representative from hla state to hold the
title of "father of the house." All Of
them. Including Mr. Bingham, came
from congressional districts In the pity
of Philadelphia. - The first In this re
markable line was "Pig Iron" Kelley,
who served II terms of two years each.
Then came Samuel J. Randall with 14
terms, Alfred D. Harmer with the same
number of terms, and Charles O'Neill
with 15 terms. Mr. Bingham, the fifth
fn this unbroken Una of continuous
fathers." began hla lsth term this
week. -1 . -
HenryH. Rogers, vice-president of
the Standard Oil company, will build
1309.000 structure for the Messiah
Home for Little Children, of which Mrs.
Rogers Is president. The new home
wtl ' be large enough to - accommodate
100 children; There will be playgrounds
and gardens. Mrs. Rogers la highly
pleased with the results of ths work.
Mrs. Emma Karnes story nae returnee
to New Tork from a two months' concert
tour under the management of Henry
Wolfsohn. , Mrs. Story began her tour
In Bangor, Milne, on September T, and
traveled more than 1.000 miles, 'going
to Los Anseles, Portland and Seattle,
among other places. It waa her first
Concert tour, and aha Saya that It was
the happiest time of her Jlfe. She bad
good houses, waa in excellent health and
her voice continued In such good con
dition that she did not miss a per
formance. ' ; . ''-- ';-'-
Mrs. Gertrude Massey. the painter of
miniatures, has received II commission!
from the king and queen of England,
and not long ago painted a picture ef
the queen's -Japanese spaniel. Marvel.
Consul-Generat Holloway of Halifax
reports that the Canadian Paclflo rall
soad has awarded a contract for double
tracking that road from Fort William to
Winnipeg, a distance of 111 miles. Three
yeara are allowed for completing the
oontract Work is to be started at qnce
east and west of Rat Portage.
J. B, Van Buren, whose grandfather
waa president of the United States, has
been appointed general agent of a
ateamshlp company with headquarters
In Hongkong.
Admiral Lord Charles . Beresford
claims the distinction of being the first
European who waa allowed, by invita
tion, to meet personally the mikado of
Japan. The meeting took place In ltOs.
Autoa to Replace, the CameL "
From the Motor World. "
As the result of extensive experiment
In the use of an automobile on the desert
novel car haa Just been completed
for the use of the Sirdar of Egypt, who
will use It on the vast sandy stretches
of the Soudan. The motive power con
sists of a 10-horapower, three-cylinder
vertical engine with a Renold silent
chain transmission. The wheels are en
tirely Inclosed by light metsl side plates.
leaving nothing but the broad, solid rub
ber tires exposed, and it is thought that
the latter will remove the dlffloulty or
getting over the surface of loose, shift
ing sand without becoming imneoaen so
deeply as to 'Impede progress. To pre
vent the fine grit working Into any part
of ths mechanism, the entire underbody
la protected by an Ingeniously devised
apron. : - '.,.- -
El tner -kerosene or gasoline suits tne
engine equally well,, and, owing to the
character of the of the country to be
traversed, provision has specially been
made ror a tnree aaya supply oi cool
ing and drinking water, as well aa fuel.
The change speed gear, gives a range of
from three to 20 mllet, an hour. Tha
car will In addition haul a two-wheel
trailer, very similar to a gun carnage,
upon which will be mOuntedva -dynamo
mnA searchlight, to be run for nisht ob
servations in the desert - Without the
searchlight carriage tha weight of the
car lg close to 1,000 pounds. ' -,
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, A Real Farmer Lord. '. ,
' From Everybody's for January.
A Mexican farmer.- Don Lula Terrasaa,
a ' great friend of President Dlas. haa
what you might .call a tidy little, farm
at Chihuahua about 1.000,000 acres.
Takes, tha Mexican Central tralna more
than naif a day to cross It - .
Don Luis is thought to own mora than
1.000.000 cattle. Hie stable consists of
some 100,000 horses; his . sheepfold of
700.000 sheen. - From 200.000 to 200,000
calves are branded with his brandsvery
snrlna. More than 1,000 eowberys and
so on keep his cattle on 1,000 hills. By
the way, hla farm Includes a few moun
tains for diversification, s
At his slaughter and packing-nouses.
near Chihuahua City, .260.000 cattle, as
many sheep, and- hoss' Innumerable are
killed, and away the go In his own re
frigerator cars. Some 40.000 persons-)
dwell on his estate and are ruled by thia
Arabian Nights farmer, who lives In a
$2,000,000' (silver) castle and la a awell
and nabob, such as these United States
know not.- ' ' ,'"
. " ' ' Wiser Counsel. .i
. Frortr' the1" Phllsdelpbla Press.
"What's that sign you're -making
tberef asksd the grocer.
, "Trash eggs,'" replied the new
clerk.
"Mke It 'Fresh-laid egs.'" :- -
"Why er everybody knows ths eggs
were freah when they were laid."
- "Exactly, and that's all that It s safe
for us to say. about them." r ,
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HOW CLIMATE INFLU
ENCES CHARACTER
By Ella Wheeler Wlloox.
(Oorrrlskt. ltd, by Amarlraa-Journal-Etamlnrr)
Statistics have been made proving
that men are kinder to their wives and
children In the summer than In the
wlntor season.
This indicates how. much climate In
fluences, us., when we are In a state of
evolution, and have not learned to eonw
trol ourselves, rather -than be controlled
by outside conditions.
., A letter from an acquaintance telle
me an amusing experience with a dog
regarding climate. This dog was old
and Irritable; ha had nerer been an ami
able dog it seems, although a family pet
all hla life. . .
He was a New England dog and sub
jected to all the climatic cbangea of that
land of the pilgrim fathers.
Not long ago hlr mistress moved to
California; the old dog accompanied her,
growling and snapping at every one dur-
httg the Journey,
BUt after a few weeks In that land of
eternal ' aunshlne - the lady noticed . a
great change creeping ovecher Irritable
pet ' ' ' .. .- v
He no longer snarled and growled;
he gave cheerful barks of content In
stead, x -.
After a few months, his disposition
bad become -absolutely amiable and as
tonishingly affectionate. i
. .Now the lady believes that hla Ill
temper waa merely-an expression of ca
nine discontent with the rigors of an
eastern climate.
He has found what he wanted and la
glad to let his friends know it This la
a great card for the California climate.
During two t winters spent"" In travel
In California it seemed to mm 'l saw an -
unusual number of amiable! and good-na-1"
...-. i . .. t
In Jamaica and Cuba and in the sunny
wvwwa, ,vu, vita mwm nvrv amilins ucn
Ing a week.
The descendants pf the pilgrim fath
ers and mothers are notable for a cer
tain austerity of countenance; this and
many of their rigorous Idess can be
traced to the earns cause climate, x
Cold contracts; heat expands.
But how animal and material we
prove ourselves when we depend upon
climate for our amiability!
within 4he spirit of man lies a ell- .
mate of more wonderful .beauty than -was
ever found In any earthly -Arcadia.
Upon It nours auch sunshine aa no nni
"8f the five billion auns a tread y extinct
or or the biillone still In spare,- over
proaucea nil spirit or man la a -part
and portion of Indestructible tight and
should glorify ear natures and make us '
all glow with radiant energy. '
Tht crusty old dog could not reason
and develop hla higher nature, but man
la a superior animal, and to him la given
this privilege; and he who experiments
with the divine stuff In- hie own soul
will be rewarded by finding' he Is able,
to produce perennial summer for him
self if ne trie -
Speak your own heart and nr.- "Let
there be light!"
Think about light aa you walk the-
Street and as you sink to rest.
'Imagine your body filled with It and
your brain radiating Its beams.
when you rise In- the morning and
looK out of tha window, no matter how
dark and gloomy the day, think of. your- 'i
self as center of light end carry that
thought with you as you move among .
people at your necessary task. - ,
Do not talk about It as that would
sound egotistical and foolish to others,
and by . keeping silent you generate
much more power. . . ;
We all talk too much.- Many a fine
Idea, , many a worthy undertaking Is
spoiled by talking before the thought la
perfected.
Bo Just keep on thinking silently, but
persistently, that yen are light warmth.
aun and eummer.
And by and by others will, tell you.
that your,, presence la - a benefit your
face a benediction end your touch heaping.
You will carry summer climate with
you.
And. like tha crotchety old dog, you
will not need to ebange your location te :
be amiable. "- " ' . - , :
LEWIS AND CLARK
At Fort Clatsop -
December ts Again It rained during
the greater part of laat night and con
tinued all day. Five men were sent out
to hunt and Ave othsrs dispatched to the
seaside, each with a large kettle, in
order to begin the manufacture of aalt.
The route te tha eeacoast is about seven
miles In length. In a direction nearly '
west Five miles of tha distance - IS
through thick woods varied with hills.
ravines and swamps,-though the land In
s-eneral possesses a rich black, mold.
The remaining two miles IS formed of
open waving prairies of sand with ridges
running parallel to tha river and cov
ered with green grass. t The rest of the
men were employed In making pickets
and gatea for our new fort Although
we had ne sun the weatherwaa very
warm. . . - -'. ',
Bant Clerk .Weds Costa Hia Job.
'.. From the New Tork American.
"T pan mmt many Jobs In' banks, burl
cannot get another-Nellie May Straub, :
and It you aay I must either give up
my position or the girl, then I, tell you
that my position Is ready for, my euo
cessor' . ......
Thia waa the ultimatum delivered ny
John Francis Hewett a clerk In the
Fourth Street National bank, Pblladel
phla, to one ef the officers 6f the insti
tution several days ago. when told thai
the rules of tha hOuseeVld not permit
any of the ClerXs marrying on a salary
of 912 per week.
i Marrying Miss Btrauo at tne-nome or
her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Anthony
Straub, In" Pitman, yesterday. Hewett 1
prepared to prove to tha world that If
persona love each .other as they do, sal
ary is no consideration whatever. .
Mrs. Hewett is oeoiaeaiy opiinueim
for the future "Why shouldn t I bs
most hopefuir. she said. ' "Why
shouldn't John and I bs Just the hsp
plest persons In the woriai . MJin nas
been offered several positions In bank
ing houses, paying far more salary than
ne received. Ana ne is so energetie
that his auocees la assured." , v
.... Hated to Miss Show. ; 1 . '
From - the Philadelphia Press, i ; i
Falling on the snowy sidewalk n he '
waa about to enter-a Wilmington, Dels- y,
ware, -theatre this afternoon.. Edward
plner broke his right srm. He viewed '
the performance-for an hour, when the
pain from tha fracture became so great
that he decided, to see Ira phrslclsn,, . .
"After I get my arm fixed up can t
get back to see the rest of the show?"
Plner asked the manager of 'the theatre,
and being satisfied that he could re- '
turn he went out had the fractured arm -reset
and returned In- time te see part
eX Us last act
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