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PORTLAND, OREGON. A , jJ . MONDAY. APRIL 9,, lSCS., ; 4 HeorHan rag V. TH E O R E 0, S. fACKBQaT Publish sd every evening (except . . ; .. A LESSON OF THE CHAMBER ' v FIRE. " r-MTVERAL BUSINESS BLOCKS of. eight, ten or ""h, more stories are to be built in Portland in the near fpture and The Journal wishes to call the ' : attention "of the wrieVsand architects as well as Jhe fire marshal, to the necessity of providing these Juildmgs with adequate fire escapes and stairways distant from and feHrnrndrnt of the elevator shafts. The Chamber of Commerce fire has brought home forcibly to every mind the need of these safeguards to life even in the so-called fire-oroof buildings. I . Except to emphasize the lesson to dwell -uoon what might have happened had the lireoc- ' cured an hour earlier or to speculate upon the- bolo- ' -atit . whic h would have been the '.who has ever entered the club rooms jpressed jwithjhat lesson. But if the Jesson Jsgirnply to be passed by without ariy"specific application, if "we" are to generalize and say what ougm to oe none vimoui showing wherein and how it is to be done, such warn ings as the fireat the Chamber of Commerce afforded will pass unheeded to invite dreadful retribution in the future. -' ( There is one building In PortTandtoward which all eyes have turned since the fire at the Commercial club and that is the Oregonian building, ' able material as is its basement to shaft directly leads, it is wilhfturfhe sign or vestige of a fire escape. To make matters, worse its only stairway ; winds around the elevator for its whole'eight stories. If ' a' fire started in the basement it would immediate be drawn to the top story by the terrific suction ot the ' elevator shaft and in a moment every means of escape would be shut off from the imprisoned hundreds who oc- - covr or have business with the occupants of the building. In all human probability all, of these ' rats' in a hole. Doubtless such alterations as are ; the safety of its tenants will immediately be made upon the Oregonian, the. owners of which are quife as deepfy impressed with the lesson of the recent fire as are their 'tenants; the stairs will doubtless at once be removed , - from theipresent dangerous proximity to the well of the elevator and at' least' four modern fire escapes will be placed at those points, of the building where they will do the most good , True it will cost some money but the - proprietors of the Oregonian have' ever been so lavish expenditures for the community that they "will not : hesitate now .unless the ornate .woodshed, proposed for Pittock park on Washington street should somewhat cripple their financial resources. V These suggestions of The Journal, we are sure, will be kindly received by the proprietors and during the confusion incident to. the alterations we tender them our facilities, including the color press. Meanwhile we see no hope for the unfortunate tenants but to buy parachutes. ' r HEARST AND JHlSRrTICS. 1 1 STRICT ATTORNEY JEROME and W. R. Hearst are interesting figures, 'just now. and we reproduce ' pressions of reputable and in a large newspapers about them, ine eattimore wews says; "The office of district attorney of the greatest city in 1 the-westera world Joes not seem to. have -the effect of training its incumbent in carefulness of speech. Mr. Jerome, the present holderof that office, has distin- guisneq, niuicii, un vauuua wwivub, wj wivan, breaks that were more striking for their boldness than for the care or sense of responsibility that they evinced; and now Mr. De Lancey NicolL a former district attor- : tiey of New York, and a brilliant charging the most ternf iC voiley ot accusations at Wil liam R. Hearst, apparently with nothing to base them noon but his own inner consciousness. His charge of treason committed by Hearst against cratic ticket in 1904 was made with ehasis as to distinguish it from the charges, and has attracted a corresponding amount of at tention. But it appears to be the opinion of competent judges on thespot wbo"are" anything-but-Iriendly to - Hearst that the only effect of the charge uporl hie for tunes will be to-. increase' his chances : cess; and certainly this would seem to be the natural re sult of a. specificcharge unsubstantiated ky specific V facts. '' 5 :The Brooklyn Eagle, a very conservative paper, says - of Hearst's alleged recusancy: "We . the Hearst people were organized against the Democracy ' in 1904, and therefore we cannot charge them with ba ling so. A charge that cannot be sustained strengthens those against whom it is brought and injures those who bring it". . .. ---And the-New York Times.-after-pointing-out- the abundant . amplitude of explanations of Roosevelt's tre mendous victory and Parker's crushing defeat, without recourse to the supposition of any treachery on the part of Hearst, says: "In talking to Democratic clubs and in giving advice about Democratic policies it is just as well to recognize facts like these. It is much more profitable than to waste breath in abusing Mr. Hearst, who does not particularly mind being abused." ; ; Both Nicoll and Jerome should have learned from per . aonal experience the power and value of independent ac . tion, and neither of them has a license to accuse Hearst if he refuses to be a machine man of any sort. It is the i man, not the party, who will be the winner hereafter. " ' , fTRADE WITH BRAZIL. , . IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 1905 our imports from Brazil amounted to- $90,548,908, while our exports , to that country totaled only $12,351,236, showing a balance of trade against us, as the phrase is, of over , $78,000,000, which, according to some economic teach ' ers, must or should have been paid in gold. Yet further investigation shows that we exported during 1905 to all . f South America only a little over $8,000,000 of gold, ' while we received from that continent about a million and a half. So the balance was not paid in gold, at least directly.; The total shipments of gold out of the country for the year-were about $47,000,000, far less than was . necessary to pay the balance due to Brazil. Is there not then a good deal of ignorant theorizing about "the bal ance of trade"? -Let us look a little farther into this interesting busi . ness matter. Brazil's biggest imports owing largely to our scoundrelly tariff were from Great Britain which ..r owed the United States a "balance" of $350,000,000 on the year's transactions. Of course.Great Britain did not send over that much gold. It tarns out, on a little an alysis, that our debt to Brazil was mostly assumed by Great Britain, which country paid it in merchandize hipped to Brazil , Our principal imports from Brazil are coffee and rubJ bcr, necessaries that . we do not produce. We do not fcujj the things from Brazil in such large quantities be G O.N D A I L Y PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.' Sunday) and every Sunday morning, at mil streets, -oruana, Oregon. OF COMMERCE - . stance undersell countries, they mans in Brazil there is little reason outcome. Wo one we would sell to xould fail to be im PUBLIC of these two by of each a promise filled with mtlanv which the elevator the office. important office place and use pocket instead of The candidates would perish like fice of $4,500 being r- of the state treasurer. T: necessary to insure Why this office polls in making in their waf and positive 'enough. In Ohio at the ing made against interest taken by of the Oregonian lic money has been in the conduct of connection that the state treasurer much talked about a few of many ex. or not This will sense independent pecuniary interest," tenor. . lawyer, has been dis ULL OF - viewea, vested from the national Demo such violence ot em- common run of such surely say, and fought the good kept the faith."; Bishop Morris of political auc- country, . . . Bishop Morns was born almost cannot discern that ton, ana became Bishop Morris' He had grown Since men must impresses on people This is especially such as it was, is months ahead.- Nature u doing J O URN Al nro. r. cabeoix The Journal Building, Fifth and Yam. cause we love that cquntry particularly, but because we need them or imagine that we do, and Brazil fhai-them to sell. VVe have or, can produce an immense surplus of things that Brazil needs and would buy if it were not for our shortsighted and indifferent politicians agricultural products and manufactured goods for Brazil is not yet much of a' manufacturing country.. It can do better picking rubber and raising coffee and cattle. But while our manufacturers of agricultural implements, for in Britons and Germans in. their own cannot compete with Britons and Ger and yet we assume to be smart people! The late President McKinley, after his second elec tion, perceived and in a notable expression, in his last public address, stated this' truth. He said: : "The period of exclusiveness is past." ; We must buy from others if others, and we must deal fairly with thern. : The present tariff law is a perfect monstrosity, from a purely business point of view; and a ship subsidy ii--.--x:ir-,-T,iri'rt.-"'ti'-- "c- -. - OFFICE A PUBLIC TRUST. , THERE ARE SIX CANDIDATES in the. race for . the nomination of" state' treasurer and two of - --r-'tem only can be successful. With he selection the voters there should go oh the part as to the manner of the conduct of The general practice has beeri in the conduct of this to allow the occupant, thereof to so the state money for his personal ad vantage, the interest on such funds going into his private info.tbe public purse. . - this year should be pledged to the voters to so handle the funds as to give the earnings thereon to the state, the statutory flat salary of the of ample to cover the personal services should continue to be made a "private snap is beyond comprehension and it is refreshing to observe that several of the candidates are appreciating the temper of the voter prior to the contest at the anti - election assurances which are good as far as they go, but are .not quite ,. . . present time a successful effort is be ex-treasurers to force them torefund them while in office-on public funds, and already several hundred thousand dollars 4ue the counties have been recovered from jrivate pockets and restored to the people. This is a work that needs to be undertaken in Oregon where a very large amount of pub unlawfully converted td private uses public treasuries. ' " X he most gratifying ante-election promise in this has come from any of the candidates for here in Oregon is that of E. V. Car ter of Jackson county, who has. put himself on record as follows: "Oregon has ntever received any of the interest paid on its money,: and, if elected state treasurer, I will ay over to the state every dollar of interest earned on its funds, whether a law be passed reauirin? me to do an result in a saving vto the taxpayers of mis , stare ox xrom ?iu,iuu to 4J,UUO per annum. If it shall be the policy of the state to deposit the surplus or idle funds of the state with financial institutions, I would favor-a 4airr impartial ami aafe distribution vt samerbut no state funds should be deposited with any bank in which the state officials controlling these funds have any And there should be others of like ANOTHER LOSS TO OREGON. YEARS, as , the . human horoscope is wnn uncounuDie garnered sheaves har a long life of good work, Bishop B. Wistar MorrTshispassed fiuin earthly-view He-could we can say with regard to him: "I have fight; I have finished my course: I have . . had the distinction of beina- the oldeit bishop -of- the Episcopal church Jn America. '.H e had been a minister of that church for 60 years, and a bishop 38 years. ,Thia record is perhaps unequaled in this . . . : was a native of Pennsylvania, where he 87 years ago, 'and in 1868 he was conse crated as a missionary bishop of Oregon and Washing the right arm of Bishop Scott, whom he succeeded at the latter s death in the bishopric of this constantly growing, diocese. work in this region is known to and appreciated by hundreds of thousands. He was a thor oughly clean, conscientious sane man, a zealous frjend of education, a good business man, a very helpful factor in the city's-upbuilding, a scholarly man and a constant student, firm friend and a safe counsellor, l old beautifully. He had in all sorts of practical ways earned the respect and friendship of a multitude of people. He loved and worked for Oregon, for Portland, and for humanity, according: to his lierhta and abilities, as well as for his beloved church. He was not only in that church a leader and a high authority, but as a citizen, from every point of view, he was an ex emplar. , , die, there is no poignant res-ret at this noble old man's death. He did good all his life; he has ceased from his labors;, his work endures. : Men of all creeds and beliefs respected and trusted bim, and feel that they personally, as well as. the city, the state, the country and the world, have lost a friend. ; GOOD TIME TO CLEAN UP. EOPLEIN MANY CITIES, east and west, are doing more systemstic work than ever before in , the way of cleaning up improving the condition and appearance of grounds generally lawns, back yards, vacant lots and Streets. Some, cities, acting generally through civic improvement league or other similar or ganization, have or will set apart one particular day for cleaning up purposes, as a housewife does for house cleaning, and the idea is a good one not that' all' the cleaning-up work can be done in any one day; it must be carried on to tome extent all the time; but it interests the whole community in this species of good work, and its importance and value. a right time to clean up. The winter, over. The heat of summer is some We are having the spring's alleviation of sunshine and showers. . All green things are beginning to grow vigorously, resistlessly. Nature is never more beautiful than in this season of bud and blossom; it ex presses in an infinite variety of ways the principle of life, as shown forth in youth and growing strength and beauty, and the promise of fruitage and harvests. hsr part. Mo vouraj clean house I SMALL CHANGE: Tho frnrhl matters haven't gone to sleep for the year, nave theyr - . ' . A - lawyer -considers - a meet every thing unconstitutional. ' e e . -'." Shouldn't a Matter military rank than exluts be 'created for General Wood? Nobody elee ever.aalned o great a vie. tory elauf hterlna women and children by corea,-or perhaps- hundreds. Great man; make him . aeneralleilmo, , or butch trlnlmol '. If a man in an important publlo po sition has done well, do you really ears about his politics"! ir so, wbyr . . ' . .. e : e ;" '. .is ; ' The president hs too many personal friends. , . - e . e Tomorrow Is the- last day te reg ister. ..-.'.'.- ; . aa ' ah ' " Weren't those bats finer Bo wlU 6e the bills. . - e e . ' . There will be lots of fruit In all parts of Oregon., "we tola you so. e e- :. Register somehow, vote as yU please. - Mr. Bmlth will doubtless carry Hood River. ' v ' April has scowled and growled Us. . ' . i- .- . ; . e . e Now it will rain for seven or - thir teen Sundays perhaps. i .Candidate for the Senate Smith says he Is in favor of the early completion of the Panama canaL Oh, "the sublime audacity of youth." e e Time is. different from an 14 maid In that it waits for no man. ... e e Maybe you can swear in your vote buj you oughtn't to be allowed to do so. Baseball very soon now.- .' '- Right or wrong, the people must be served and obeyed and it is to be as. sumed that they are light or will get right. "e e .".'.,"' If Emperor William persists In pitch ing into somebody Just to .show . his greatness, the chances are that be .will get a goou licking, which win ,ao mm good.. . . . ., i The spring Is Just as sweet and otherwise good as though it had come earlier, as usual.- In faot, this is its second and revised edition. , ; ' . - e . e Borne of the candidates ought not only to love the farmers but to be farmers. , . Boms men - are not .worrying a bit. politically; for instance Professor Ack- erman and Frank Fields. e. Ton can still register, bat not after- tomorrow, i .. . . . e e .-. ,-. 1 It's a wonder. why so many very su perior men want office, involving great responsibility and hard work. , The chaooes are Several to ene that the man who didn't run was wise. i , e : . .- Ths clouds and showers' don't afflict the man "with sunshine In his soul." OREGON SIDELIGHTS Albany Is confident that Us destroyed woolen mill will be rebuilt. e e Another lot of Athena people have recently lert ror Alberts. ' e Ten per cent loss of sheep tn Baker county, estimates the Herald. The Umatilla county desert, as U was 40 years ago, lay utterly useless across the path of the westward press ing pilgrim, without water it might have lain for ages, lust as useless as when-the eye of white men ftret beheld It. But civilized and organised selflnh ness comes along as a savior, and the waste is transformed . Into a place of homes, a thing of utility .and beauty. Corvallls people may be dry, but they are not dead, as was proven the other day when they egged a revivalist who had said things about them that they did not like. e e Nearly two dosen people left Athena and vicinity tn the last two weeks tor Alberta, where they expeot , to reside, which adds considerably to ths large number that have gone to that coun try In ths past year. , r m 9 ... Lots of snow in the Coast mountains yst- ; -.- Bllets Items In Toledo" Reporter: Mr. and Mrs. Charley White gave a dinner to their friends; all the whits people were Invited. The mall carrier had a rough rider experience on the thirty-first. As he was near In g ths of fice his horse bucked and dumped him in the mud. The horse was caught Another national bank at La Grande with a capital ff 175.000 indicates th, growing wealth and business of that town, that now has rou banas with an aggregate capital ot $370,000. ... . Fruit Is all right. In -parts t Polk eounty. A Popcorn man sold a span of eolta for MM- ' Raising good horses pays. e e . . A couple of picture sharps have been operating in Hood River and one of them attempted to deliver a picture te lady, when an altercation of some kind ensued and the lady put a foot through the picture, chased the faker out of the yard and down the street. Probably served him right ' ... , Dallas free library growing finely. - e . e. ..... . . Taaea almost all paid all ever Oregon. Rlckreall Is tbs first town In the eounty to announce a ptcnle thts year; Artisans, June S. e e Orass good and sheep fine in Morrow county. - a a" " Men wanted to work all over the Pa elflo northwest ' ' ' . e e. Bandy correspondence" of Oregon City Courier: Sawmills are busy and ' ino men could find work here. All mills are short-banded and many farmers are leaking (or helper . WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ; DISCUSSED Will squat BofTrage Chaage This? Ashland. Or. April . To the Editor of The Journal Aa editorial In ths Issue of March IT says: "Judge Frasac4n an address Saturday evening said that ths cause or boys and girl . going wrong. in a vast majority of cases, is improper parental control. It seems as if there are parents not a few who really do not care If their boys end their career . tn. the penitentiary or on the gaiiows, and their girls as slum out casts." ... . Quoting further Xrom an article in "The Realm Feminine" of April I issue "Once In a. while you see mother and daughter who are confidants in ths best sense ot ths Word, but ths circumstance s an exceptional sne; the general case is that In which thev are entlrelr inda. penoenx or each other." I know a bright boy of about six years, with a beautiful, sptrltuelio face, who Is constantly talking of killing something, somebody or himself, short time ego, in my presence, he was tting on tire arm of a large and uncer tain chair with a wicked-looking jack anno open in his hand. I said to htm, "wont . you. nlease . oloaa tha-knife?! Ills reply was, as he pointed the knife toward his breast: "Why? Do you uuruc iu am myseirr What's the dir. ferenoe If. I dot I've Just ones to dls and I might as well die now as any time. Sometime I'm going out Inter the mouniams - and am myself anyway." He la too young to have Imbibed such thoughts from ths nersons with. whom hs associate to such an extent that they seem to be in bis nature, so how came they into his small brain T There can be but one answer. IGvery hour ws meet with "such vic tims of mal-treatment. -both persatal and post-natal. Tls the curse ot the times, this growing tendency of women and mothers to shirk their home rights and responsibilities and go out -into other fields. ' Oh, women, can't you, won't you see thts? Will the assump tion of new duties, responsibilities or pleasures, whatever you wish to call It, by the mothers help this condition of nomeT will suffrage for women ohange itr 'IT so, I'm a suffragist heart and hand. But it can only increase out-of home responsibilities. Cooking, schools are a grand thing when run on the right principles: and in connection with them should be train ing classes for mothers, in which the girl of tender , years should be trained to know ths responsibilities of woman hood and motherhood: for as long as this old wprld exists w.rauat have moth, ers and through them must come every rerorm as wen aa derorm. 'Teach them their responsibilities, sweet but awful, unless dealt-with conscientiously. If women realised their responsibilities snd fulfilled them now, - new obligation would be In order, but if their duties were done now, would any reform, be demanded t For, let me Impress upon you this truism: "Woman, In ber office, holds the key of tne soul. She It is who stamps ths coin of char acter, ; And makes ths creature who would be be a savage But for her gentle care. A Christian man." - ELIZABETH TOCKET. ', Mrs. rnaiwaya Dream. . ' Portland. Or.. March . To ths Editor of Ths Journal The splendid courage displayed by my friend.. Wallace Mc camant, in signing his name - to a second letter to The. Journal, Is only equaled by the alarm he evinces lest tne women or Oregon shall be trans ferred-at ths coming election Into men There is actual danger ahead. Mr. Mc- Camant has net only seen It with propb- teio vision, out has sounded the alarms Look at Wyoming: There hasn t been a woman within her borders sines 1SSS no man has had a button on his shirt or a baby in his house for St years. Look at Colorado: Not a woman In the state; no man In that woman-forsaken land has had a darn In ths heel or toe of his sock for IS awful years. Look at Idaho: Not a woman to be seen. Look at Utah:, Polygamy Is doomed. I musing last night ovsr ths terrible phys ical transformation in women which now threatens Oregon when I , fell asleep, and had a troubled dream, in which, ths dreaded seourgs of equa) rights and opportunities had befallen the women of "Oregon; transforming them Into men. And I was terribly ex. srclsed in spirit as I realised that there eould never be any more little Wallace McCamants. Husted Wilburs or Clar ence Wilsons born because there would be no women left to mother them In all of this -ballot-blighted land. f-awok with a start and could only he com forted by the thought that this dire calamity was Yiearly two months In the distance. Cheer up, men and brethren! Cheer up, Bister Wilbur! While there is life there is hope. There Is no Imme diate danger. A higher power than man can make or woman break had set tled this sex question for good and all before you and I were born. ABIGAIL BCOTT DUNIWAT. Xs Would ae ae limit. - Portland. April S. To ths Editor of Ths Journal Ah, ha, women, I expect to shake your bands In June as free per sons. I am going to vote for you and after It carries I am going to send my mother and sister to vote, and the man, men or set of men who- dares to Insult them will find me after them with a double-barreled shotgun and I will hunt them so close thst they won't want to repeat It very quickly. If an army of Turks earns over her and tried to take you back with tbem, hers is ons whe would think that he couldn't get along without you, and be would bs found splitting some of them open Just for the sake of Justice, and it the Turks of this country want to try it I am thinking that there would be something doing. If I were you women I wouldn't live with a man 'who would consent for ms to bs Insulted Just because It was t the polls, snd I tell yon if you ean't find anyone to take oar of the babies when you want to, vote you send for me. I'll be running for governor and I will see that you have some ons to take cars of the little fellows and you go flown and vote for me. Borne say you win maas a eaa town. Well, I can't help that but though I am tn favor of a clean, town, l .believe to be your rights and would vote for you Just the same If I knew yoe) would leave yonr .children and go down town two nights and to ths lodge two nights and ths other three you wouldn't be at home, if you Would put a saloon en every corner - and a dive between and that you would sell tobacco on every other turn, that every time I went over to town I would have to wad through a den of yon on every street car thai was trying to see how. much smoke you eould make Just to pass ths time away, end because you. liked It not caring IS ths rest did or did not snd that every time I turned around I could hear you swear, that every Urns X went up the streets 1 eould se (Ot or 100 of yoe In some saloon having what Is called a good time. If I knew that you would sell your vote for a drink, that every time I thought of marrying you I had to think of marrying you, saloon, cigar end all, that you would stand for the profit system that Is robbing us every day pt manhood, wsm echoed and virtus, I would vots for yota Just the Sam for you - have Just as ' much-: right to these things as the men. and they look Just as nice tn you as' they do in your husbands. . $- - watnb. LETTERS FROM . THE ri PEOPLE " ' " rroual ef ike smsssava. 1 Portland, April 7. To the Editor of Ths Journal An article appearing your columns a day or two ago, signed Business Woman, is so filled with ab surdities and errors that It scarcely merits a reply. . However, then are many who have never had any expert' ence In. the. world of business, wnose views may be formed by Just such mis- Statements. Ths malicious slur In reference to Ir. Brougher and his family may safe ly go unnoticed, sine his brave, manly stand on all questions pertaining to the publlo welfare,, and his unceasing war upon all forma of social vice, are too well known to require- any defense. t-The assertion that It a woman is self- respecting and conducts herself with dignity, she will be shown every mark of respect and courtesy - by ber em ployer is evidently mads in Ignorance or nets. uoeg - any -one imagine inar a moral leper, such ag may be round among our richest and moat Influential business men. would require any. "en oouragement" from a slip of a girl. young enough to ba his daughter T . The blush of shams creeping Into her cheeks and indignation shining in her eyes, under, his amorous gase, would be sweet encouragement to-such ss be. This Is no fsnclful picture, but Is enacted every May In dosens of private- offices In this' city. In one of the largest wholesale houses hare no young woman stenographer ean ' remain more than week, unttl shs Is given to understand that social "favors" must go along with business advancement That Is, if she be attractive and. comely to look upoo If not her services are never required In any capacity. However. It must In Justice be said that every business of fice is not conducted In this manner, nor by men of such character, but such is the case far too often. If Business Woman will : take the trouble to Inquire .of her stenographic friends, among those who are good. looking and youthful, sh will discover that of those who have any cause for complaint nlho out of ten are constant ly annoyed by the persistent love-mak ing or the "ocas," who . is usually i married man with children as old as his stenographer, and she must either forfeit her position or possess. enough tact and diplomacy ts qualify her to be come a member of ths board of inter national arbitration, in order to resist his advances -and - yet retain his good Wilt -. ... : :-. For aught 'I know. Business Woman may possess all tbs beauty and seduc tive charm ascribed to-Helen of old, but it is rather to be assumed from the tenor of her observations that sh is "fat and forty." but not fair, and In Judging from her ewa experience, may be she has made the Blaring srror of mistaking indifference for retpect Bo long as people exist possessing such an tique -ideas aayast forth In the article under . discussion. Just so long will women reap the whirlwind, and men go free. It Is remarkable In this day of greed for gold and success at any cost, that so many young women, surrounded an every hand by temptation, remain pur in thought and. act For ths poet who understood human nature as few of us ean realised the danger of evil asso ciates, as expressed in these lines: "Vic is a monster of such frightful mien. ' . ' As to be hated, need . but to be seen. But seen too oft familiar with its face, WXlrst-ndure-then . pity.- then , brae." STENOGRAPHER. 1 . -' - Bowie t attorn. Portland. April . To the Editor of The Journal. Some things about Zlon and. its lata leader, by a close observer, which . we, . as ' critics. should not Ignore! First that the erec tion of its city is a great aueoess and that its rules and principles- are good because they sxcluds many . of ths sources of the great powers of "evil which . curse the, world. And second. that as . all good powers ooms from Ood and non from hell. It must bs es tablished for a purpose and If Qod is its ' founder t must accomplish that purpose. .And third, th--faot that while there may be lots of perfect men, no man is a perfect being; for man at his best is an awfully Imperfect thing compared with angels whom Uod charges with folly (Job. lv:lS), and ss Dowi-ls-Tiiy-a-msn,-whatvr office he may bold he is far from being per fect In many ways, aa alt men are. and on that account has had to encounter so much opposition. This added to ths weight and worry and responsibility of his great undertaking, ws must not be urprlsed at the result or judge the peo ple ot Zlon because their leader has lost his reason. h. x. palmer.. THE PLAY "Ch'rry Blossoms," which opened at the Baker theatre yesterday for the week, is a snappy, entertaining produc tion. It is characterised . by pleasing Im and animation. Ths burletta, parts have been pruned of much of the tire some slapstick features, ths music is catchy, ths costumes new and attract ive, the stag appointments are better than usual and ths turns, especially ttiose of the olio, are of higher class than have been seen for some time. Most of the Jokes are new. Bom are rather risque. . : Th audience promptly noted the Im provement and gave due expression of its appreciation. Tbs' opening burletta. "The Wrong Count Tabasco," Is spicy as Its naras would Imply. Harry Bhep pell and Frank Rose as Larry . Lannl gan and Hans Smeltser, tbs Blare ese twins, .Joined together - with a bologna sausage, were clever. : The Irish come dian varies the monotony of th brogue by whistling his "s s" and his efforts kept the audience in an uproar of laugh ter. "City of Boose, adapted to fit locally and sung by John H. Perry and company is the musreal hit of th show. Fourteen prettily eostumed girls, swing ing back and forth across ths stag in swinge bedecked with flowers and in candescent lamps while they sing Sweethearts of Boyhood Days," formed a pretty feature. i Lore and Payne give an-an exhibition of tumbling that Is novel. - Mr. Ed wards in the part of a bashful, over grown eountry lad made1 the audience last night laugh until its sides ached. H. V. Fltagerald presents a fares sin glehanded and makes IS changes of costums. Frank Ross, - billed as the singing Jew, bad some new songs and Jokes that were enjoyed. The per formance etoses with a snappy1, bur lesque, during 'which a rather comely collection of chorus girls holds th cen ter ef the stags most ef the time. . ,.; "Tha Paul Wedding."- It IS an exceptionally well-balanced company, that ureses t "Th Fatal Wed- JOURNAL OF. LEWIS AND CLARK ... "At Csstl Rock. - . April S. The wind having moderated, we reloaded th canoes and set out by T o'clock. W stopped to take up Hi two hunters. R. and J. Fields, who left us yesterday, but were unsuccessful In ths chase, . and then proceeded to ths Wahclellah village, situated on the north side of the river, about a mil below Beacon rock. During the whole of th ruuie xrom camp w passed along under high, steep and rocky sides of tb moun tains, which are now close on each side of ths river, forming stupendous precipices, covered with fir snd whit cedsr. Down these heights' frequently desoend ths most beautiful cascades, ou or which, a Urge creek, throws itself ovsr a perpendicular rock of SOS 'feet above th water, while other smaller streams precipitate themselves from a till greater elevation- and evanoratins-. ii - in." i, qvhivi su ana xorm .a sec ond cascade before they reach the bot tom pf the rocks. Ws stopped to break fast at this village. W her found the tomahawk which had been stolon from us on th tu ef last November. They assured us that they had bouxht it Of , the Indiana below, but as the lat - 1 lor naa already inrormed.ua that th. - wshclellahs had -such an article, which they had stolen, w mad no difficulty about retaklna our nronartv. This vll. age appears to be th wlnterins sta tion or tne wahclellahs and Clahclellahs, wo tribes or the Bhshala nation. Th greater part of the first tribe have lately removed to the falls of ' Mult nomah, and the second have established themselves a few miles higher up th Columbia,1 opposite th lower point or Brant Island, where they take sal mon, .that being tb commencement of the rapids. They sr now in the act of removing, and sr carrying off with them not only the furniture and effects. but the bark1 and most of th boards of their houses. 'In this way nlns havs. lately been removed. There are still 14 standing, and In ths rear of the village are tn traces of 10 or IS others of mors ancient date. These houses are ' either sunk In ths ground or on a level with the surface, and ars generally built of boards and covered with cedar bark, jn the single houses there is sen- rally a division near ths door, which is. in the end; or. In eass ths house be double, open In the narrow passage be tween the two. Like those we hav seen below at th Neerchokioo tribe, tb women wesr longer snd larger robes than their neighbors, th MultnOmahs. and suspend various ornaments from th cartilage of the nose: the hair Is. however, worn In the same sort of braid. . i&jiing over eacn ear. end the truss is universal from Wapatoo Island to Lewis -' river. The men also . form their hair Into two queues, by means pf otterskin" tnongs which ran over the ears so aa to giva that extraordinary width to the faoe which la hers considered so orns- -mentsL These people seemed to secur us from ill-treatment While w were at breakfast the grand ehlef of the Chtl- lucklttsquaws arrived, with two inferior chiefs and men and women of his na tion. They were returning after trad ing In the Columbia valley, and . were loaded with wapatoo and dried anchovies. which, with soms beads, they had ob tained la exchange for chappelelt bear- grass, and other small articles. As these people had been very kind to us a we descended the river ws endeavored to . repay them by every . means In our power. After purchasing, with much dlf- ricutty, a rew dogs and some wapatoo from the Wshclellahs, we left them at . 8 o'clock, and passing under the Beacon '. rock, reached in two hours the Clahdet lah village. On landing at the Clahclel- -lahs we found them busy erecting their ' huts, which seemed to b of a tempor ary kind only, so that most probably they do not remain longei than the sal mon season. Llks their" countrymen whom ws bad Just left theee people were sulky and Ill-humored, and so much on ths alert to pilfer thst ws were obliged to keep them at a distance from our baggage. As our large canoes could not ascend the rapids on ths north side, ws passed to ths opposite shore and entered th narrow channel which separates it from Brant Island. Ths weather was very cold and rainy, snd the wind so- -high that w were afraid to attempt the J. rapids thts evening; therefore, finding a safe harbor, we camped for ths night Ths wood in this neighborhood hss late- " ly been on fir and the firs hava-Ois-i charged- considerable quantities Of pitch, which ws collected ror soms or our boats. Ws saw today soms turkey bussards, which ar th first we hav observed on this side . of the Rocky mountains. . t '; -Tea Leaves Used" Again. From th Philadelphia Bulletin. -"Ther are some men,", said a health. officer, "who buy from hotels all their used tea leaves. These they dry and put on ths market sgaln as fresh tea. As a matter of fact there is still a good deal f strong tea plus a good deal of tannin in thee used leaves. They make as black and bitter a brew ss the greatest tea fiend would want to drink. But such a brew is unwhole some, for the percentage of tannin In it la much larger than In an ordinary cup of tea. X'sed tea leaves ar easily mads te resemble fresh ones. They are dried on. hot iron plates, ths hsat of which curls them up nicely, giving them a natural appearance. "A eun sr tms secona-iaoie re- , freshens you tremendously, but arter ward your mouth Is drawn up aa If you had been sucking alum." Principal Thing In a Law Point. From Success. ' A vouna man from ths south who a few rears ago was so fortunate as to bs snabled to enter the law offices' of a well known New York firm was first Intrusted with a very stmpls case. He waa asked by th late James c. carter, then a member ef th firm, to glv an opinion In writing. When this wss submitted It was observed by Mr. Car- r that, wtth th touching eonrtaence ! a neoohrte. the young southerner had begun with the expression, "I an clearly of opinion." When this caught nis y ne smueo and said: - "Mr dear 'young friend, nvsr state that you ar clearly of opinion on s ' law point. Ths most you caa hope te discover la the preponderance of the doubt" -'- ding" at tha Empire theatre this week. Jan Kellon plays Ethel Wilson, and Ethel Alton, Cora Williams. They hsn dls .their lines In a most creditable manner. The other members of the company glv them excellent support That ths place is as popular as evef was shown by ths two largs audiences, matinee and evening.-The bous waa, sold out for both performances, and many persona were compelled to stsnd. Ths audience enjoyed ths presentation. It was liberal wtth Its applauss ef th . funny features and thrilling climaxes. Ths villain was loudly hissed and women-of -tender sensibilities found more than ons occasion to glv way te tears. " - Th pte Is toe well known to the average theatre-goer to require dearrlp. ' tion. "The Fatal Wedding" will be. presented every night this week, while the usual matin, . . . .1
