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Hi 1 - i TUESDAY,"7 MAY 8, lSCl PORTLAND. . OREGON, THE OREGON DAILY AH IKDtf I HD IHT W C. 8. JACKSON . .- . . published every evening (except Sunday) moraine,- a I -Joe jjournat tjunmnsv- nun j Yamhill streets, Portland.' Oregon. "Entered ef the poatofftce ar-p6rnand. ortatloa through the malls aa soeona - TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms. .Main 160 - Business '-.-'-- VORKION inVKRTISINQ REPRESENTATIVE. , Vreeland-Benjamln Special Advertising '-".'-treat, rtew-ior; noiin onuuini, SUBSCRIPTION BATES. ' Terras by Carrier. --'t.e PHy-kwV wttA .Saa - aa, 1 year..... ...fT.BO ..Tta Pal), jmtmL t . ... JM Tk, Pally Journal, wit . . day. swath TW Dallf jimraal. 4 aJoatha.. leu ; The iMIly Journal, witk ua- u, atoo'ba tWPlly J.U auatbeUO ID, tKIlJ 011111 IMh, WIWJ I aaoath JOS ay, I The Detlr The Dally da,, e Tha DmttT Deity. ,a. U. dlj. I Tka Dall nail .u. d.HMM.1 Sam. IT1.A B..nj4aW The Sanaa Remittances should be made - by . . . - - osprosa oraera ana, sroai aauuw Mi,vvuvi"t . ; I-cnt postage siampe. -VOTERS OF OlQOlOBiLOOWAI T X THE APPROACH I N 0 ELECTION "one! great, vital question is to be-determined. .1 nit question i ialithr the voters of Oregon are broad enough. intelligent enough, patriotic inough7"ldprtferprinciples to "party. Certain candidates before the people stand forth the champions and exponents of principles which are of priceless value to our state arid our country. But these candidates belong to the minority party. Will the nehole of Orearon prefer party to principle? " -.The . teoDlnot thl.candidaU,. finitely more important thaiuparty success is Jhe Vfndi- " " hearts ts'anTabiding loyalty to truth and fair dealing in the government of state and nation r ":r '.ill. Opportunity knocks at our door.". If .the iomlng elecr tion jhalMhow that the voters of-the state have flung aside the shackles of party allegiance and have stood - forth as men. free, independent..' unafraid, then Oresron take her place in the veryjorefront of the mighty I Hflfcce Willi ll maiaifmiK " W' UilsuuietHiiniit aiid -aatslistirt if it shall prove that the voters of the state are still blind idolaters of the fetish of party loyalty, then Oregon must fall to the-rear. Others must take from her nerveless p the guuuaiu which she might ."tous victory. - Others must - lead - and --aoaner or lat Oregon will fee forced to follow. r T. . In th present Campaign all the power and influence of a partisan Republican press is being exerted to accom plish the defeat of two candidates who stand before the ,jopleeaigiiized.jtjyOJienUotepj "government. - ". These two candidates are r Governor M." Gearin. One reason and only one their-election they are. Democrats. This fact is ex ', pected to outweigh all other-consideration; " Itis WTTy-estimate-which is placed Tjporrlhentel ligen and independence of the' Republicans of Oregon when it is asiumedarey""an1)ewhipped into1 hne --nLherded.JLikecattleto-the polls.-.driven by the party lash. ' What honest Republican "doer notrecognize'at ; heart the great services which Governor Chamberlain has rendered to the state in the steady reduction of taxa tion, the exposure And punishment of frauds in the state land department, the defense of the referendum against - the concerted attack rf a Republican legislature, the fear less vetoing of wasteful and unwise legislation? v What honest Republican does 'not admire Senator Gearin's firm and unwavering stand for the rights of the people, hi staunch eupport -of President Roovelt 4n th latter's efforts to curb the despotic power of the railroad kings? - Party-triumph. in, June will signify nothing. - On-the issue of the election hangs the , nation's judgment of ' Oregon's intelligence and patriotism. . ' - IT IS A STANDARD OIL T HE Bli,L REMOVING the on alcohol -denatured 'that make it incapable of use as intended for use in the arts, for fuel, lighting, etc, passed the house by an almost unanimous vote, but the Stand ard Oil company held it up in the senate. - (And yet .. , people Are urged Aere-to vote-Only Jor.lheStandard . Oil party.) -Thiimay-xeem xsmaltTnatteiTltakes""nfrrriatertat difference to you or to me as individuals, perhaps; yet.it . - . . . . . . . I . 1 1 . . " ' is a son ox a test case; it snows as who is running the government, or We knew that it wa.tStandar-Otl "Ihe senatelor years past but this Tittle ,And 4hc excuse echoed by-a-thousand -atandpaf papers througboutlhe. country, is1 Don't grcy protecttv-tarnt at- any- point ular, or else the whole protective wall down. - v'. - . . ., ---Well, not necessarily, yet we tell you that there "will he cannon ere long directed against that very tariff wall the ateel-trust segment of it, for instance, and the People j. will beat it down. The Baltimore News thus correctly explains the rea . son of the defeat in the senate of this good little bill, one in the people's interest: y .. : "Probably if the members were traced up who voted against the bill it would be found that they are men who represent constituencies in which some . local interest : would be injured, or thinks it would be injured, by its passage. The denatured grain alcohol would come into competition with wood alcohol as well as with gasoline, . and wood-alcohol interests, especially in Michigan, were represented in the opposition to the bill in the house. 'There is.no. room ior diffeYeiice of opinion as to , the merits of the bill from the standpoint of the public; and the practical unanimity of the house simply reflects II How New Dined. '. Prom the New Tork Times. Art actor, discussing "Nero." Stephen LT Phillips new play, alscussed the Ne- -ejdtMMte WWW Mil . I II , P. warn t "When Nero -dined," be ld. '"there were three courses, eaten lying down, and dancea went on. or .contests of wild befits, or even fights of gladiators, and - the verlooe dlabee- were brought In to musle by slaves who danced as they ap preached. i ,The first course was eomposed of tiors d'oeuvres eggs, British oysters, T'ttuce, ollvss, and so on. To toegln a mieal with eggs still Js popular In Italy. ;Tbc aecond eourse comprised all the substantial foods. Turbot (a kind of giant flounder), peacock, .flamingo. - eutklng pig, boar, venison and trufflee , were brought In upon a huge round tray , eariied by four or five dancing slavea. "The third eourse was the dessert -oatidlea, fruits, pastrtes. t - "The guests at Nero's dinners put on . dinner dveaeea of bright -colors. -They ' lay oV vouchee oa their aides, three to a couch, and they supported the bead on .Tthe left, arm..' which, from practice ' grown-muscular. -endured The long, hard work of supporting the bead without fatigue. Tbey ate with the fingers. Tha table was over a foot dletsnt from them, and It was tieceeeary when taey wealed a, freak kaadf ul oi toed jv JOURNAL W P A P Publisher, and every Bund Oreioii. ror trana- - ciaea ' : OffloerrrvMala-iOO process of endless ... Agency. 160 Nassau gone over Dy me 4..k.i... . v.n - a. ' Teras y stall. year.... ,.,...T.OO Journal. 1 year.... 8.00 Journal, with aoa. . noiUil .'. I TS Journal, Swathe., S.7S The Dally Journal,- with Bon- day. a mootta.... l.W To Pally; Journal. 8 month. ft.0 Tk. Ttallv Jflanul Ilk gun- nurna nit rnntrola What are. you going BOILll'i.nyi - II ;f"j Journal 1 aiootk... InUN.l: 1 ...I 9 (Ml Joereai, 6 meats I -00 arart. poiai notes. . n a. n I.V.1. I h , n r. "Tk- country re-Oft ffial Irr-4 hisp61icy.here timLjoaJocal issues r3!niOTirtandino; by Roosevelt? -'Why,-Democrats, V"- - r npprfsiinn KiTT Have trnrne tn giry W.., n.Ualt his grave. Another is urged against and his case is on win in Oregon, fWe do not mean : j : j . SENATE. internal -revenue tax is, so treated as to a beverage and so "w wora nas aone, out. cicany as anyrning at least the senate. ruption will cloud ha - was - xrmrTpHiTigf'ill bc'wHertedrrwrth scrupuloyscflnQnig, KiTT is proof of it. Every one of the lican nomination for Word the. reluctant touch -the sacred or-tn-any-part tc-hTefr-e-wiadfr is liable to tumble of them pledged r" other- bit -of flnmfngo or of peacock for them to roll over on their stomachs in order to reach Jt. 'The lrlnes were fine, and they were used too frely. ' In feet so much wine was toneunied 1 st tliese1 Neronlu ban- I quets that If the guests had not com menced to dine lying down, they would have ended In that attitude undoubt edly." . . Goose as a Watch Dog. : . From the 'Bangkok Tlmea. A Bangkok resident keeps a goose which acts ss a watch dog. - He has trained the bird to give a cred itable Imitation of a motor car tooter whenever a stranger approaches. .. , - - Hopeless Task. Kntrker What do you think of spell ing reform? Smythe No use; I've been trying for thirty years and can't make folks spell my name right.' . - . State as Garden. -A i , front the StLoula Globe-Democrat. "Rhode Island la planning a ednnected landscape gardening system thst will take In three fourths of the dwellings In the state. 'What a cute miniature park UtUe Afcody will Bask. this fact That this is so is evident from the simple consideration that the enormous, tax placed on alcohol . . - - t i : j . l -1 .n id. oy our internal-revenue laws jcicu ground that alcohol .for" drinking purposes is a luxury which it is good public policy to tar in that extraordinary degree: ' But herQteps in the Standard Oil combina tion, centering in the person oi senator iuricn, anu i,j.l;ti,f!r.ri-i1i4tt hoffeasaf hvlhe mosf flattrant bnseof"itr-powets of obstruction tt-can preverH that . . j 1 ja.?t i . i i 1 passage. .The bill for untaxing industrial nconoi the hands-of Aldrich's committee, and Aldrich proposes rt jrinh-ilHrmr-tfwear-.4t-out! through the hearings, going over ground already it nouse muiu ra uunn v tlmm-lene-th. --The thincr is -a UUUUIICN . . ' v.s m shameless proceeding. There- is ho pretense that the question is so profound pr so complex that high and pro longed senatorial delioeranon la necessary loi.iii um- tion."' : :J,sl : '- r--- ' ' Tk;. I. a .l. W-wi!rfirzre. rriioha'ble statement of the situation. This little bill;4ot so very important in itself, i.a,t ant htfuitu rticrlnsea the fact that Standard Oil lheenate of the 1 United States. to ao aoour. itr .';1T"IS TO LAUGH. NDER the caption, ,"Does Oregon Stand With , Roosevelt?" the Oronih r voters to vote the straight Republican ticket, saying in part: ' is watching Oregon: ' A Democratic victory here in tie June" election-rilHnean-seyeral things of far more than local importance. For one thinr. it will aisrnifv to the eastern plutocrats that their assaults upon President Roosevelt's ability, motives and character have profoundly affected the people of ihe na tion and that he has forfeited public confidence. Such a victor will indicate.. to thepeople of the east that Oregon stands with Aldrich, Standard Oil and the railroads againsjLtbj. president It is idle to say that the Tune election does not concern the president and are times when locaf elections should "ptrreiy, but this is not one oi tnem. Ifor Qreguu lu Ueseil the piesiuent now wouW'beaa base as for a regiment to desert its commander-when the fa,te of battle hangs in doubt" --zru;. ... Thia ia really funny, Except for the patent hypocrisy that it discloses, it would be entirely amusing. The vvon der is, and it is a growing wonder, that the Oregonian supposes any considerable number of voters can be deluded by such a fairly, idiotic plea.. T" .'. .," - earth but Republicans, lcadera of the party, the men wno in all probability will name the next Republican can didate for president Aldrich, " Foraker, Elkins, Piatt, rinnnn. et al " This advice- and -appeal-of -the-Oregonian assumes - a fairly grisly appearance in view of recent events in Ore gon. To support Roosevelt, it argues, you 'mustsupport the party and its; candidates whose favored and noble sons only two years ago are now indicted or convicted oi-rimes,Onc. of them,.not one tenth as guilty as a lot of others holding their heads high.. in congress, is m has been eonvieted and sentenced, appeal. Against another, various charges are pending. - Two yeara ago. the Oregonian made the same argument the same appeal, in behalf of these" mert.Yerthey1iavebeenprosecuted "and irr two cases convicted by .Roosevelt - Can it be supposed that hes-exee4mglyajiaiousfo.r:the Republican party to when his only enemies, and the onlyTRoeeburg. men who are lighting hitrrand trying to destroy him, and to prevent him from doing the people's service, are Re publicans?: -.a v . - ' ; ' ' - to lnttmate-thatrlhe present Repub-r Fine grapes can be raised In-Clacka- T x : : j .T,t. muhi. - lican candidates would imitate their- predecessors,, or would" do anything wrong. We suppose them to be hon orable, conscientious men,, and that if elected they Will perform their duties well; but that President Roosevelt is lying awake nights in anxiety lest Oregon should not go solidly and heavily-Republican, after he has put in a good parr of several years past prosecuting and convict ing Oregon- Republicans, is "too funnjrfor anything,-as the girls say. '""" --r -t-: r- .-..,- PERFORMANCE BETTER THAN PROMISES. WO YEARS AGO the voters of Multnomah : county-elected TororWbrd "sheriffbecausethey believed, he would stop gambling, enforce the laws and give an honest administration of the office. These things Sheriff Word has done. - He new seeks reelection." He is pledged to a continuance of the policies eirVi isVl tiati tea tr Isvarari si tie-in ( titai nradanr aa e-Yt 1 7 at D aa --.. periormance is Detter tnan promises arid"thepeople-;'know' whafWofd will "do if reelectedTl They know that he will enforce the. law without fear or favor, they know that no shadow or suspicion of cor his record, they khow that the taxes halfdozen candidates for the- Repub aheriff in the recent primaries paid tribute of adopting the platform on his-eampaign -two-yearr-ago. Every om himself to prevent gambling. Never before -in the. history of-the country has thererbeen a campaign when every "candidate for sheriff was definitely pledged to this policy. - ..... ' . ...... Why did they do it? Because Torn Word had shown, not only that it could be done, but that the people de manded it He set the pace and others were forced to follow. Aspirants for the Republican . nomination .for sheriff were compelled to become imitators and to meas ure themselves against the standard which Word had created. .. .-. . : . Robert L. Stevens, the Republican nominee, has the respect of the community and has a large circle of warm personal friends. But he promises no other or better administration of the office than Word has given. The only argument for" a change is that Stevens is a Repub lican while Word is a, Democrat .We believe the time is past when "a public official in. Multnomah county who has done his duty honestly, fearlessly and efficiently, can be ousted from office merely because of his party. Carving His Own Tombstone. . Nobesvllie Correspondence Indianapolis " News. , , Samuel II. Teaman. Tt years old. who city, has been at work on his own tomb stone at odd tlmea , for several years, and he now has it almost completed. . Originally it was a huge granite bnulBnr; picked up on the publlo square. Mr. Teaman chipped off a corneround the quality, to be extra fine, and con cluded to carve It as a marker for hla last resting place. He has been a stone cutter fpr (0 years and he aays that the etone la the hardeet piece of granite he ever handled. . . Advice Easily Followed. vProra the Kansas City Journal. ... "Speak every day to some one who you know Is your superior," aald Ed ward Everett Hale. - An eaay duty. If your wife la not at home aay something to the cook. Real. Influence. .' From tha Washington , Star. "Wouldn't you like to be known as the author of a great bill In eongreaa " "No, answered the young states man. - "I don't want to be the author. I want to be the naa who ameada it" SMALL CHANGE w Don't wait and a wear it la 4 Newr-etrewbenrlee-en eream.- - ! e e ) Oolrtf 10 vote for equal auffraeT The early frost was only a pruner. It la men not party, that the people wane - - .. ..- i Only, six- daya more In which tor rerts- ter. ; i .... ? e e - ; i Ixieal option la live question In many counties, T . Mlss-May,-youre more' than pretty or even beautiful. . , , What fools a whole lot of us mortals be especially In politics. . , .1: e . w. f eourse"you are aolna to be In that ,. e e Here, 'Mr. Weatherman, send Oregon some . rain. ' :,,( '' .... . .. ., ,.v...;. e ,,. , Portland In all probability will never have to be rebuilt. - , . , , , i. a . e .- . .- Bvery year less people are fcelna- t ooled .hy. pQmiQaiJreatWlailtora,i . -., - - .-. What did a "partir ever do for the average eltUen, anyway t Think Of It Speaking - of bllirhts.- how - about some of our Republican, friends and unctuous patriots? '"Tha beat thine- to do la to elect the whole ticket," says an exchange. That la exactly the worat thing to do.; -- e r , .., .. -- . It la doubtful If Mr. Frank B-k-r can point With Bride next summer tn Mr. W-stptenjr.""B-F-f la foxy, and knows when to retire, after havlnar il.ooa ma jority untie pocket. , - The DADera that" atabbarl" .Tnnarhan Bou rne good And. harddurlng the. prU manes are now trying to make good. squirming like an angle worm, aaya the Albany Democrats Worse nor -that - Car whnrtsga at Ttalnter, Hop raisers feeling a little better. " e e ... -Beaverton Is qutta potato center. r . e . e : ' , .. Clackamas county is $41,781 In debt Central Point la to have a commercial club. Salmon Jumping In tha La Orcnfle river. e . . - - ... -oroar"tJrova-efam""oers6uhorrhe world. . Improvement the order of fhe day r." e . :' , . . Many buildings -ere under way In Baker City, Many people Ashing arouhd Upper Wllkamlna. . Grand Ronde fruitgrowers never had abetterprospect One and perhaps two bricks will be built 4rr Bherwood, . , The Ontario Democrat has turned Its rooster loose already. Bass Ashing getting good In the lakea around Mission Bottom. - - s a '" :': '" ... Many bands of eastern Oregon sheep will be .sheared by machine. - ' -.'-. -i'-i-' Best climate of any i county In Ore gon, says the Drain Nonpareil. a e i A New Era potato "collar." built over Crop prospects, Including fruit never more promising In Jackson county. - S. S ; - -- . The logs of a La Grande lumber com pany will amount to 10,000,000 feet. A-HtliBboro-adctdirintrodueea romp Infants to the light of earth in one day.--'-.--..;:.; ::.:-;,. -. For-InsEcnd Fourth " of July cele- bration several cattle, sheep and hogs wlirue Killed, and grub will be free for all. - A company Is having Tl acres of foot hill land cleared near La Grande and when planted will have a solid "red apple" orchard Of 135 acres. ' The Republican paper of Oregon City will not support Brownell for senator, against whom tha editor ran in the primaries. , e a ,.-'.. The Long Creek Ranger Is building railroads Into the Long Creek country and the Prairie City Miner the- same road Into Prairie, says the 'John Day Newa. .. . - - e -e - -- --- - - - Farmers along one of the rural routes out of Corvallls have about A dosen split log drags and after every rain they hitch on and go over their roads -for an hour or two and ths result Is that the whole SO or 2S miles of road la' kept perfectly smooth. . -- - - -r- ........ , .- - - McMlnnvllle News-Reporter: Mrs. Msry Rogers Is Justly proud of her garden, which Is far tha finest In town, Fees are m run nioom, potatoea are rdwTn nearly "a rout hi gn and ct) and other products are there la a, like state of advancement. LETTERS FROM THE ' PEOPLE go p eager of Tamlne. " Portland, May T. To the Editor of The. Journal Referring to dlspatchss from San Francisco In which It la stated there Is food for only three weeks, what has become of all that was Shipped Int A short time ago the statement was given out that 70S cars had been al ready received and that there were S00 more on the way. At a minimum of 10 tons each It would bring the total up to 10.000 tons. In addition to this there wss at least 10,000 tons received by steamers, bringing ths total up to 40, 000 tons. 1 ' , Computing the population at 100.000 It would give 1(0 pounds to every man, womaa and ehUd, . , IXQUIRBM, :"' " " :: - THE PATHFINDEF(s t)F HISTORY Br Rev. - Thomas B Ores All things considered, the wonderIs Bot that tne world Is ss had aa. it .la. but that tt la not very much worst. The way thoae In authority have from the beginning of human tolatory treated the "criminals" has. bean quite enouah to make the hardest heart harder and the meanest villain still more vur lalnous. -. i"or thousands of years those 'who were fortunate . enough to get mixea up with the law were treated not like jhumaa. . belnga, ' but like wild beasts, who had no claims wnattver upon me Justice or humanity of the state. This brutal business . held on until away down to the last quarter of the eighteenth , century, . when . the ."moral chivalry of one John Howard came 4o tha,. rearm of those "In duranoe vile, and by bis unselfish and unflagging ef forts on behalf of the prisoners set a TieaT Taaflaa afaaBS afSalilSlatiSal awTfc aW SSI i jalaTi ami IB" I it iv v yVk.mw ivi jyis sisiiiasiaui s " v v sjaa's" we ever. ; . - " To- quote the words - of Green, the author of the "flesh and blood" history of the , English people, . the sympathy which waa beginning to be felt for all mankind Howard felt for the aufferlng of the worst and mos. hapless of man kind.. .- : ' . . .;. With wonderful ardor andrpersever- ance he' devoted "him eel f to the cause of the debtor,, the felon, and the mur derer, . ' . .-. j ""'An appolnfmntt'o "tha office f high sheriff of Bedfordshire In ITT drew his attention to ths state of the pris ons whloh were plaoed under his care, and from that time the quiet country gentleman, whoae only occupation had been reading his Bibls and studying his thermometer.., became, the moat ener getic and aealous of reformers. - Before a year was over ha baa per sonally visited almost every English Jail, and In nearly all or tnera ne round frightful abuses, which had been no ticed half BTTientury-before, but-whloh had . been left - Ainredressed.r.by , parlia ment. . ' lalUrs who bought their places were paid by ftea, and were suffered to ex, tort what they could. Even when ac quitted, men" were dragged back to -their cells for. want of funds to discharge the Lt.JJebtSi-g.a n iLfe 1 onsere huddledtO;, la. tat aia Whlasj aa. aad- found crowded by tha legislation, of the day. No Separation was preserved be tween the sexes, no criminal discipline wss anfnrren Every Jail was a chaos of cruelty and the foulest Immorality, from which the prisoner could only escape by sheer starvation or through the Jail fever that festered without ceasing tn those haunts of mlseay. Mowara saw everyining wun nis own eyes, he - tested every suffering by his own experience. In one prison he found sell poor wretch who Inhabited It begged. as a-mercy, for hanging. Howard shut himself up In this cell and bore its dark. neaa and f oulneas till natutiLxmlAJsear no more. : f ; r'"".::. It was by work of this sort and hf the faithful pictures of such scenes which lr eriwrainroiv-tnr-he brousht .but-their reform. The book in which be recorded hla terrible experi ences and the plana which he submitted for the reformation of criminals mads I him the father, so far as England was concerned, of ' prison discipline. '""-: But bis labors were far from being confined to England. . In Journey after Journey he visited the Jails of Holland and Germany, till his longing to find some mean, of checking the fatal prog ress of the plague lad him to examine the.lasarettoe of Europe and the east He was etlJl engaged in this work of charity when he waa seised by a maUa nant fever at Cherson, In southern Rus sia, and lal4''ula'JjLjothejBart Vaa he desired. John Howard was an Intensely relig ious man. his piety being one of his most pronounced characteristics; but John Howard had good aenae, and he said to tha prison authorities of his day something like this: ' "Every Sabbath day our rectors pray for those that may be in prison; but gentlemen, your prayers will avail noth ing against the filth and brutality and Immorality that are. holding their high oarntval in our. Jails. What we need, avert more urgently than we 4o our.-reo-tore' prayfcr,. i-more, kindness, better sanitation and a larger degree-f dla clpllne. and decency." He hammered away at them along that Una early and late. In -season and out of season, and the history of. the psst hundrsd years shows that his la borg'U'eranot W'vaJii. . . . John Howard, I have aald, was a re Ugloua man and a man of sense-and beoauae lie was surh ha fclttheun spsakable Inconsistency and hypocrisy that were revealed by the prison condi tions of his day. " How" could men " pretending -to - be Christians, pretending to be disciples of the one who declared that all men were brothers and that It was our duty to be merciful and Just even to the loweat and meanest of mankind how could such men keep. from blushing as they thought of the poor ertaturee In the prisons, outslds ths pals of human ity, hated as though they were demons, with none to pity them, , none to speak to them the faintest word of kindness or of hope? - The work of the great-hearted phil anthropist was not thrown -a. way. Hla book made every European state feel ashamed and everywhere Inspired the authorities with the desirs and deter mination to turn ever a new .leaf In their treatment of the criminal f leasee. Prison - conditions throughout the world today, bad as they are, are great ly Improved from what they were when Howard began his noble work. There Is-atlll room ., for Improvement the prisons, not only In ths old world," but here In our own new republic of the west might upon a pinch, be made to show that there la still a great gap etwee.ui .Christian, prof essloajtrid our actual practical but thanks to Howard, we are able to feel that with every new--unrlse criminal legislation Is becoming more Just and humane; and the condition of thoae In prison not only more bearable but more condu cive to "the crtmtnal'a reform. -j-y ' """ Deadly- Chicago. -' ; " From the New Tork Bun. -One of the pleasing features of Chi cago ss a place of residence is that one stands a better chance of coming te a violent end thera than anywhere else In the world. Dr. Thomas Grant " Allen - haa been keeping tab for the last 10 years and now present the following facts about Chicago. It has; 1 violent death for every tit living. 1 violent death In every II deaths from all causes. lot violent deaths for every 100,000 ef the population. " - I violent deaths for every dsy, '. 40 violent deaths svery week. 4 Iroquois theatre d least era . every year. ' - ' , "' ' ti miles at funerals every, year. : , -LX.OSA to the community. 1.000 Uvea at 11.000. $J,000,600.' r- Loss to families. ' 1.000 f u&erals at tioo. tioo.ooo. I Loaa to Inauranca societies. 1.000 at 11,000. 11.000,000. . In Chlcasa suicides come first rail ways aecond. falls third and murders fourth. in - othercltlea-rallway-acct-denta are. nrsV suicides, aecond and mur ders ninth ? ' Of all the f ormaofVIOlenea-gutclde contributes the greatest number to the death roll In Chicago. Prevtoua to 1S railway accidents caused more deaths than suicide. Throughout tha country this still holds. In Chicago during the last 10 years there have been 4,000 'suicides and S.ooo killed by railroads.--1 ISM tha aulcldea psssea the loo-a-year mar amn , iv h kail tncreaaed to more than-rthree times that numb. Blnoe 180 they - eave- averaged, moest uan one a nav.. t - As to murders, the lty'a tead reputa tion In. this respect Is tuny sustainea by the facts. In 1801 - Buffalo- and Cleveland, cltlea one nf th the slse of Chicago, had 1 and murders reapect- Ivaly, Baltimore and Boston, cities one third the else of Chicago, had 10 and 12 respectively. Philadelphia had II, New Tork It. Chicago 104. The table of murders show that slnce4 1000 the have averaged mere than lo a year, and last year they were double those of 1801. The number of murders, therefore, has doubled In four years and now averages one-every second day.' Centrist this state of affairs with that which obtains In other countries. HI I0I there wtre K murdere-irr Lon don. IS In Paris, while In Chicago there were 14 J that is, nine times as many aa in Paris and six times as many as In London, -although London Is. three and one half tlmea as large. ' The London rate Irr Chicago ' would have given Chicago T murdera. while the Chicago rate In London would have given London BOO Instead of ss. Further, and this In connection with the few legal execution mentioned, perhaps, ex plains a great deal of the - murder in Chicago, in London' every one oS -the 14 murderers were apprehended except . who committed suicide. Of the 10 re- malnlng S were sentenced to be hanged. In Chicago In IS of the murdera no arrests were made, and In 03 others no convictions -were- secured, and only one convicted was hanged. That la, more than halfthe murderers escaped -en tirely, and of those- convicted only one paid thaextremepanelty. ; . - ' HB-nANGERS-Ofc SARCASM By Beatrice Fairfax. ' Sarcasm from tha lips of a girl la not attractive. . , .. . . No doubt there ar many, occasions when the temptation to be sarcastic Is well-nigh irresistible, but take my ad vice, girls, and conquer It -'- - Men keep away from the aarcaatla glrlf Iney f egrwayri: Ing. ridicule of them," and that Is Just -one thing that they cannot endure. Don't try to aay sharp, funny things; be; -content-to- ba-merely-entle,-lovable glrla. ,- - A sense of humor is not as valuable a quality In a girl aa It might eeem. - It often leads bsr into laughing ar ner i. . , . . . , . I irienus anu Hiaairjg mem appear xooiiarc She sees funny things at the wrong time and place, and frequently makes hereelf unpopular through hurting people' a feel IngB. .-. ,-.-.--.(, ., - - - It Isn't always the gin who says the funniest things who la the most popular. Tou may laugh when she says witty things about others, but you have an uncomfortable feeling that she talks the same way about you when your back is turned. ' . " Sarcasm -Is not kindly,- and - ne - one without kindness of heart ts aver truly .llked . ..... - . If you can't say nice things about people, the wisest thlhg to do is to hold your tongue. Tou will never lose anything by keep ing your temper. I Don't let yourself do imposea -upon; be as. firm' aa you like, but keep cool and good tempered. .. l Sarcasm only makes enemies ana aoes you no good. The girl witn a sarcastic tongue is disliked as well as feared. She haa euch a - horrid way of bitting - one u tne weakest spot. Even if your opponent la getting tne best of an argument don't retaliate by being arcaAtiort doeayro mora harm than any; one else oy malting you un- popular.- : . Lota or srins minx it a poor comple ment to be called good natured. -- Thev are quite wrong, though rot-it la one of the nloeat qualities a girl can nosaesa ' ins WD'niuiw w " rfTflnas-; -'"every one .likes- to- have her around, aha la ao cheerful and obliging. ' One of the most popular glrla I know la -HQi-bU jrettynoT Is she at all witty, but she is so sweet temperea ana kindly that every one loves, her. She never aays a snarp or Diner wora ro or about any one, , - I also know a young woman wno is quite renowned aa a wit. Whoever is wun ner. is always in gales of laughter. She Is usually telling - soma funny story about some one or other. Men nock round ner, out tney aon fall In love with her; they are afraid of that caustio wit of hers. . When it comes to falling in love they would prefer some one more gentle and mild. - , .-- Tou know, as a rule, girls can't bear sarcastla men; well, men feel Just the earns way about- sarcastlo girls. - Sar casm la a horrid, unkind quality. - There Is a tasting sting In - svery. sarcastla speech. ' in- a .man's eves the greatest charm a girl ran have Is gentleness and sweet ness. The sarcaBtio gin nag neuner or these qualities. - . . . .... Her words are tipped witn tne poison of unklndness. x A sharp remark may give satisfaction to the speaker at ths time, but remorse Is almost sure to come later. - . - - Nothing waa ever lost oy gentleness and aweet tamper. . Sentenced to Bed. n .. Bennington Cor. Kansas City Star. Probably the most unique sentence ever lmpoeed by a court of law in Kan sas waa ordered yesterday tn tne caee or Joe Transler, - who wee before'. Police Judge Herr on the charge of . being drunk. - '. - 1 Transler -la an old offender, and when he waa brought Into -court' Judga-Marr fined him OS end ordered that he be con fined to his bed for a week. -Marshal Horath took Transler home and put bim to bed and the culprit's family waa. In structed to notify the court If Transler showed a disposition to leave tha bod before the week waa out Not So Bid.. 1 - From Puck. Silas Skinflint As fer me. I still con tend that thet there Mormon feller frum TJtey shouldn't be allowed to alt In the United States senate. -. ( Hiram Hossense (reflehtlvely) Hrnl Com tew think uv it I don't think aa how anybody ever aoou'eed him uv ao qulrin hla wives dishonestly, did thsyl WOMEN'S WORK FOR MIDDLE AGE . w - . ... . ' .. By Ella Wheeler Wlleox. (Coprtisht. lu. br ABwrlcan-Jouraal t Are- you, tny dear madanv-dolng.Any ming wun your lire besides taking good care of your children Let me urge you to add 'some outside Interest to-this profession of motherhood.. Some study, some art aome trade that will give you an individual Interest after -motherhood's duties are over. - It la possible you are one of the eternal mothers, one of the women who will be happy to sit at another's fireside and ' be the grandmother, . nurse and seam stress for the children of your children. - But even, so . you, may find unsympa- , thetiq and unwilling sons and daughters- In-law to make thl life Impossible for you, and If this fate should fall to your lot what a blessing you will find working In some employment with which you are familiar and 1n which you are skilled, J" ii you are not tha born grandmother. hold, and of the temperament which could never endure the second place In any household, then the choice of some occupation is an Imperative duty. For years of restlessness, discontent ; and loneliness may direct you otherwise. Only recently I have enoountered such a woman. Widowed, and ner children -married, left with a small Income and ; nothing to do, bom to lead and control and incapable of accepting any secondary role as helper In her children's homes, a more discontented and restless woman , it would be bard to nnd..- - "Tell me something to do-eomaihlng -In which I can employ ay time and make myself an Independent home," was -thla woman'a cry. There are hundreda of such' woman -scattered -through' the land. Sheltered and eared for In' comfort dur ing wifehood and maternity, they find themselves trended and virtually alone at the half-century mark, with their ao--"" customed work done, and yet with their' vital forces . strong and -their ajnhlrinna - till burning, but with no goal In sight save a lonely old ags. - -. -. r Dressmaking, mllllnsry, " snusio,- teach-" ng qrawing school., a cookloa lanograpny, a uacner 91 languages any occupation mat means usefulness and Independencewould-be happiness to such women.) ' woman Is young and caring for her chll- drani I know1- one widow who position as traveling - chaperon If aha - spoks hc'iJt . m . Tier early life hhd she wished lo do so or1 ' roreaeen the ulUmate need of it The acquirement of a language la al- - , ways an accomplishment and almost every young mother can find time ta atudy one tongue besides her own Jf gha ... .. wins to ao so. - r- One hour every day. riven oersistentlv to any one pursuit will achieve wondera. negin someming today! . LEWjsANDjCLARK. On Jack's creek, Idaho. - . AfterA cold - tila-fif a- resT nil t ml . w - light By 1L o'clock they all returned wn xour aeer and a duck of an on common kind, which.-with the remain a Jof our horse, formed a stock of pro- Tiaiune: ucn as we naa not lately pos- seeeed. Without our facilities of pro- -curing subsistence with our guns the natives of this country must often suf-r' fer very severely. During the last win ter they were so much distressed for food that they were obliged to boll and eat the moss growing on the pine trees. At the same period they cut down near-, -ly alL tha long -leaved pines.- which-we 1, observed on the ground, for the purpose . of collecting the seeds, which resemble In sum and ahape those of the large sunflower, and when roasted or boiled are nutritious and not disagreeable to the taata At the present season they ' peel this pine tree and eat the Inner and suooulent barkv In the - creek near us they also procure trout by means of a falling trap constructed on the same plan with those common to the United -States. We gave Neeahnepahkeeook and Ma people some of our game and horse- . beef besides the entrails of the deer -and four fawna whloh we found Inside of two of them. They-dld aot eatany of " them perfectly raw, but they "bsd veiy little uook1ngrthe '- fawns wer boiled whole and tha bide, hair and all consumed. The Shoshonee waa offended at -not having as much venison as he -wlahed and refused - to Interpret; but aa we took no notice of him he made ""f alfwrta n -alnrtita Mmalf )nj pi, favor.. The brother of TwIated-haJr and -Neeahnepahkeeook now drew a sketch. which we preeerved, of" all the waters -wast of the Rocky mountalna Tbey -make rha niarn sontherTr-branch- (U a.. the Snake itself) of Lewis river much -mora extensive ' than tha other (Sal- mon river) and place a great number , of Shoshonee villages on Its western side. Between . t and 4 o'clock yip tha afternoon we set out In company with Neeehnepahkeeook and other Indiana, tha ' brother of Twisted-hair having left us. Our route was up a high steep hill to a level plain with little wood,i through " which we passed In a dtreotlon parallel to the Kooskooskee river for four miles, when we met Twleted-halr and alx of hla people. To thla chief we had confided our horses and a part of our . saddles last autumn and we therefore formed very unfavorable conjectures on finding that he received ua with great ooldneaa. Shortly afterward ha began , to speak in a very loud, angry manner and was answered by Neeshnepahkeeook. We now discovered that a violent quar rel and arisen between theae chiefs on the subject ae we afterward under: stood,, of our horses. But ss we could not learnt the cause and were desirous . of terminating the dispute, we Inter posed and told them we should go on to the first water and camp. We there- -fore set out followed by all the In- -dlans, and having reached at two miles. distance a small stream running to the fistircwB camped with the two-chief e and their little bands, -forming sep arate camps at- a distance from "each other. They all appeared to be In an til-humor; and as we had already beard reports thst the. Indiana had discov- ' ered and carried off our saddles, and that tha horses were very much. scat tered, we began to be uneasy lest thera should be too much foundation for the " report We were therefore anxloua to reconcile the two chiefs as soon aa possible and desired the Shoshonee to Interpret for' us while ws attempted a mediation, but he peremptorily refused ' to speak a word. He obaerved that It waa a quarrel between two chiefs, and -he had therefore ao right to Interfere; , nor could all our representations, that by merely repeating what we aald ha ' could not possibly be considered ss . meddling between the chiefs, Induce him to take any part In If ." , Truth Holda Good. ' Calling certain wrltera "muck rakes" does not alter the fact that what they said concerning Piatt Aldrich, Depew and Elklna remains Wkdlaputed, ,, r. V l