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I PORTLAND, r OREGON. ' ' FRIDAY, MAY 1 1; icca. THE OREGON DAILY AM IMDir EHDBKT S. JACKSON- Tublished erery evening (except Sundey'n-every Sunday taornlriirit The Journal Building, ( Fifth and Yamhill (trMU, Portland, Oregon. - Entered at the poatofflce at Portland, Oregon, for trans--forUUta through tha malla a aacond-claaa matter. .,,. TELEPHONES.. Editorial Rooms.. Main 150 Buainass .".' FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE. Vreeland-Benlarnln Special Advertising Agency, lit Nassau street Naw Tork; Tiibuna Building, SUBSCRIPTION .RATES. " - . .- " ' f -' " Tanaa y Carrta. - - 1 1 Dally Journal, with - !, 1 year Tha Pally JnmL 1 yaar.... a. 00 ' tlx Dally Joornal wit Sua- r aay. months 8.TS The Dally Journal, 6 araatha.. J. 00 Tb Pally Journal, wita Sun- . . day, S axmtba.,... 1.03 ' Tha Dally Journal. I nvoathe.. L90 "Tha Dally Journal, wttn Sun ear. 1 areata.. . jSS Tha DallT -gas Pally. ana . waaa. sella real. Sanaa Tha Dally Dally, . weak. CaUTered. Ivan ,, aay exeaptee 40 Remlttancas should be made by express orders and small amounts are -cant postage stamps, , i.ll STANDARD OIL AND THE HE Louisville, Kentucky, Post men outside of the Standard - derstand the methods through -which-that ncom- pany is daily adding to its enormous wealth.) One thing is certain, however, and that is there is a profound im pression all over this country that the Standard Oil com pany's whole plan of operations rests upona defiance of the law and a settled determination of its managers to break the law for commercial gain wherever it is safe to .do so.The time is fast approaching when -this evil must be remedied. One of the largest and richest corpora- "tionsin the world, dominated by the richest man in the worldTIs setting-' ItselPaboveaw. . Thfs cannot go on indefinitely. Either the government is stronger than the standard Oil or the Standard the government' WellJust now Standard OU seems -hand rif-'tttrVtmmtreyVc'ci Oregon are ". "urged, in certain quarters To vote for Standard "Oi if It is properly labeled, politically. "TThiaili el gii-g ,u huirehiiig far Hermann and Standard Oil I v We doubt whether the young men nouy. rTHET CHlfip:i)EPENSB dPNAT10NS AR !s tTie natural enemy of woman. In tin , civilized and many quasi-civilized countries " the ' process of man-taming has subjected woman to many cruel and barbarous ajiirnaL-ManyJes ;JhffJbit- Like "other, animals of noble instinct. kindnesa,anbdue3 his naturaLbelligerency. - T- The instincrbf kindness was iri'lhe veloped into a stntiraent which poets call love, and phil . "osophers call natural selection, but which sociologists tall maternal impulse.' At any'rate, whatever it is called, rTp- it ts the vital etrinfi ple-Mrton-whif h inajuiHagf w ftom barbarism' Into-civiIued"sOciefy. From this inherited, .universal trait of self-assertion, man Still continues to fissume, if not to assert the inferiority of woman. And this, in a measure, will account for many of the conflict ing opinions which gain currency whenever woman as pires to universal suffrage. "' " . . " ' ' '. V Without expressing an opinion of the suffrage move"- ' roent confronting the Oregon electorate,' it will be con- ceded by all informed persons' that in diplomacy, moral refinement, artitjWilljmil the yhAn irherliiT nt do -Tnestic-virtues woman is man's superior. The historical "conquest of man himself is suff icientlyiiuthetrtiertrra--" thorize this' merited tribute. ; The literature of every ---- - race, the. history of all peoples, the impartial chronology of events pictures woman taming the- ferocity of nations, softening the rigors of -government and accomplishing , . by diplomacy what ins manwould have involved; war, ' . bloodshed and desolation. . -v- In every1 nation celebrated for intellectual skill, po A litical pnrityr civic virtue, or domestic refinement, woman . has stood side by side with man in the universal pan theon of human progress.IT. The diplomacy of Penelope, - holding intact an assaulted Ithaca while displaying a - wealth of motherly tenderness, and wifely fidelity, con- treating -kself-with-the- feuliar -qualities -of -Ulysses-in " the mosnelebfared-pf' dprntfcpfcs7TrflfrqimyTr sponse to the perennial assault upon woman's capacity '"to rule. Indeed,whenever man- has-excluded woman LETTERS-FROM PEOPLE ; rTHE j ' - snvreestoa tot rayk Board. : Portland, Hay 10. TO the Editor of The Journal The writer being an ad mlrer of animal life and Interested tn soologlcarwork," naturally takes an in terest In the small but stow In a zoo at the City park. . . ' -..-:''-', . But after nnraerous visits I notice a seeming Indifference on the part of those in authority to provide suitable ' signs on the quarters of the birds and anlmaJa. ' .. - ' - The great majority have no sign at all to enable those not familiar with the appearance of-the animal to know what ' It lev Now. the great soological gar ' dens In eastern cltlee have all cages and . quarters equipped "With signs giving the common .and. f ctentlflo name,' the hab- ltat and a brief history ot the animal, i Surely this could be done In Portland with very Inslgnlf leant expense and 1 then visitors would go away feeling a snse of aatte fact ion and an InUTeat Jh - what they had Been. ' - , I am sure suck action on the part of the park board would be highly appre ciated by all visitors to the-par.." . '....:'.'. ' 3.K.U ' An Xnjas-Uoe to Vertlaad. Portland, -May IS. To the Editor of The Journal Quite a row was kicked up recently because the government had : left Portland off of a little map It had published, but I have failed Jo see any reference to the fact that the Southern raelfio systematically Ignored . Port land's - increase In population. ..That company's folder-for February,' lo, rati mates our population at 000 and fiaa Franclsoo at 461.000. : Aa lucreaae of about 1.000 over the laat census is allowed Portland and over-MO.OOo for 8nn Franclsoo. As a issuer of fact, we are entitled to about 160,000 . and Ban Koaaiclace to about' 150,000. -. Right here a word may not be Out of place on the- question, of population. According to' the -eensue f 1J Port land was the laid city in the United -f area end -fteai Frenetaea-was the- tth, By tha census of 1 100 Portland was the 4 24 city and dan Francisco sraa still 4ha tru In Other words. In 17 Ban Kranclseo was II times. as' large as rortland, but In lfOO it was only three sisd three fourths times as Urge. : Today JOURNAL Kiwipirii dignity and tenderness ot law. Publisher. into the, reasons cases U war be thii opposition - Of flea A. .Main tOO sible alderman or Chicago. has resisted and interests againt Trml ky Matt Tha ty Journal, wits -'; day. 1 yaar....... ...87.00 Tha Dally Journal. 1 yaar.... S.00 tually liberated Journal, with Bon nature, will be' mothers, wives aay. month. ............ 8.TS Tha Dally Joornal. oootha.. 1.79 Tha. Dally fmtmal. wltk Sua- any. a montnn.. ISO Tha Patty Journal, man tha..- 10 The Dally Joornal. vltfe Sua flay, 1 nvnnlh ., , ,. ..M nations. r .v. Journal, 1, aaaath. Tba Ounday JoamaU 1 yaar. too Tha Sunday Joornal. siontha 1.00 J draft, poatal : notes, acceptable in 1 and ,.'' '"'4'.'- anese diet on-various mitted' free, and GOVERNMENT, ' ready dutiable.. dustries may have only' incidental to says: "few if any Oil company un articles affected rimated -will-yield the policy being bicycles, watches Yet flourr most the United States, duty was raised. more a necessity Oil is stronger than more wheat and Prior to the tojiavtejjjdujj exclusively, as to mune from the Traiik Dakti1, Dingti mow ta leea waae Ment auwaal ant saaliyi will enthuse very flour exporters, years Manchuria, sell a good deal of sumer will payThe THE 7- indignities. .Early lowly, He is gotten Matrr'" procesf ofager de The Foirgotten he -was forgotten statesmen. The forgotten hereafter. A and Gearin? local "case, vote" Word for sheriff. kind of a man. - anelTmefl' IS these, Roosevelt isn't scientious a'Tnan -It Is but IttUe over twice as large, and ln a very ft w years we- will be bb-with it. . wit4-tfc-'a-a- Orators Caused the Barthqwake. ' Lewl)rB-Qr.JtfayXO-rpJhe Editor I atoT FV aaaa 1 T aaeat fa-t BV t j slfslvel tltSs cause ot the earthquake that destroyed San Franclsoo I have almost reached the conclusion that the agitation of the equal suffrage question was the cause of the upheaval of mother nature. ' Our good women mean all right, but what they are trying to do is enough to cause the earth to ahlver. I really think, un less some scientist discovers otherwise, that I will have to believe the earth quake due to the movement for women to vote. They have brought ot-here to the Paclfle coast some of their heavy weight orators and campaigners, and sueb a weight put on one side of the country is enough to make the earth break. EDITH.- ' f' Give the aTamee. - Prlneville, Or., May S To the Editor ef The Journal An anonymous corre spondent writes to The Journal that equal suffrage has had horrible result In Wyoming. For more than It years the advocates of equal" rights have had a standing ch alien Inviting the oppo nents to find in all Wyoming two re spectable men who will assert over their own names and addresses that it has had --any- bad eeaults.-whatever.-The opponents have thus far failed to re spond. , , EVA D. DOAfC Sow Xt Works la Colorado. V. -Jeffarapn, Or.. May 10.- To the Editor of The Journal In my last communica tion to The Journal 'I showed you how women suffrsge was working in Wyo ming and Colorado. I now propose to enlarge somewhat oh the same theme. The report of the proceedings In tha Bbaf forth- election case Mn congress makes very interesting reading. It ap pears Shafforth was largely supported by-the women voters of the stats, and the evidence produced for tha purpose of unseating him was so overwhelming that he threw up the sponge before final action was taken. The evidence went to show that women as wall, a men were guilty, -the most "unblushing fraud. -It Is surely bad enough to see men rough end unprincipled .men committing deeds of this character, but to- have the gentler sex stooping to th4 commission of unlawful acts to gain a political victory Is pitiable In the es treme, . Lawrence Lewis, in his able snd impartial review of the working of woman suffrage la Colorado its com pelled to make several admissions which rn from governmental influence the history of legislation i polyglot of infamy. Wherever she has touched the hand of authority civilization has been enriched- by the Thest considerations must be a powerful actor in. de termining the suffrage contest. They compel an inquiry for hostility to female suffrage. And "when', these inquiriei are legitimately pursued in many Discovered that Ahe propaganda back of springs from doubtfuLinterests and in struments of immorality," against which the normal woman is an inveterate foe. '. Neither a gamblers trust, nof a liquor combine would welcome woman as a pos legislator. But' step by step .woman overcome the insidious assaults of similar the moral progress of humanity; and if her untiring devotion exhibits at. times an apparent want of logic, man, the object of her solicitude,, when even from the moral quicksand of his fallen first to acknowledge-the contribution kof and daughters to this chief defense of s -r---. a :v-s. : .- r r s. :-fr-:'. JAPAN'S FOOD SUPPLIES. UST BEFORE the adjournment of th5 recent TP it sanctioned a measure imposing duties imports-that had" theretofore been ad raising duties slightly on articles, al While protection: of Mapan'a infant in been an object, this, it is judged, was the main object xf raising tnore rev enue by this means. The average' increase in duties, on amounts" to 13 per-cent, and it. is es' only about'$lI200,0(XI more revenue, to tax luxuries, such as automobiles, and jewelrV,-rather than necessaries. of which' imported by Japan-is sent by is one of the articles on which the The importation of wheat flour in creased from $300,000 in 1894 -to $5,000,000 in 1VUJ, and has materially Increased since; making it Jin easy means of raising more revenue. Flour is becoming more and to the Japanese, and it iabemg per ceived that to maintain a high physical and mental stand ard more aluminates and less carbon-hydrates, that (is, barley and jess rice, must De used. discovery of the ongm-of that terrible jived tahnost train.' on rice, but if having blen ob served - that - prisoners - fed largely on .-barley" were im disease, the Japanese are taking more and ta iaea maae tram whaah awa) ssslmi in would be encouraging to American wheat raisers and. except for the expectation that in a few will bccomft..thc..graaajX-QJLJapjuygt 'flour thererlnd there as here the tariff tax. c;- ; - - 1 . FORGOTTEN MAN. HE FORGOTTEN MAN is getting.to the front. toilsomely,, gra finally. "-- beginning to think, ' the hitherto , For 1 " 1 ' r " Man usedTlo voleer sfraighC He look the party county paper for his political bible. He hur rahed for this,, that and the otherThen, after. election. neglected man.' We rejoice in his growing independence. - Why; Jesus loved the forgotten, neglected man. ; Lin coln turned a tumble-bug in a rut over to give it a chance and yet millions of men, women and children are first being robbed, and then forgotten, by our alleged men are going "ROOSEVEtT-AND-THE PARTY,-- CARTOON Tn this mprntng'sOregonianls a wonder. It is really, for that paper, unusually amusing. ' Who are "supporting Roosevelt?" Aldrich, Foraker, Dalzell and Elkins; or Williams, Folk, Hearst, Bryan '';.-""; r ..":......'"V""?""v; ' - --.r T--- Now, really, which and who? : f - V By the way, we don't doubt at all that if President Roosevelt were a citizen of Oregon, he would, in this for Chamberlain Jor-jrovernor and for He isn't a perfect. man, but he is that . "'.. . RoosevertetavndSr-an44nust .. necessarily stand, with renrdless -of party." a Republican; heis too .big and ..con Aldriclris a Republican. ought to settle the question once for all. - He- saysr -. n - m -, 'he.. wouienr politicians who..though not vicious,- are in politics for what there Is in it In Jobs and money." - a - "It ls-af to say thtujnl ordinary conditions and under ordinary police administrations SO per cent of the fallen women in .our cities are com pelled to register and to vote at least once for the candidates favored by the police 'or sheriffs officers." - -r - The tn1y - argument the suffragists of Colorado advance in favor of their cause, now that they see how It works. Is precisely the same argument that they use here when they Invade our pulpits to ventilate their political pro paganda. "Would, you In Justice refuse the Intelligent and refined women of your family the franchise you give so freely to illiterates, foreigners and ne groesT thereby assuming," as Mr. Lewis says, "that one approves of allowing the men of these classes to vote without restriction and while forgetting thai these Illiterate foreigners and negroee have Women In their families." That alt the women even of Colorado do not regard voting as among their natural rights is shown by the flat and oft times Indignant refusal by many to vote at all, and by the manner In which such a large proportion of the others look upon voting as an unpleasant. Irk some and unsought duty,' "These ars nol my words. " They axe the words of Lawrence Lewis, an. able. Impartial resident of Colorado neither an office-hunter nor an of floe-holder t but a man of fine personal character and familiar with the political conditions of that state, one of Its best known and ablesVcitlsens. - Do the men of Oregon wish to see such a condition of affairs existing here? Ood forbid. .. . . . OKEQONIAN. Models Needed. --'From the Syraouse Herald. - Congress Is framing what It calls a "model Insurance law"5 for the District ef Columbia. Now If congress can man age to turn out a model aet ef directors It will have done something -to be proud of. . . . ' True Enough at Times. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "First ctase-frr etymology r ' The boys stood up In a row, . "Johnny Jones." ..' "Tes'm." , ' ' V." "What is elocuttonr v ' . "Why, that's the way they kill In the cute ef New Tork.". - , SMALL CHANGE . The blessed rain. ', ' . ' "1"..".' 1' Thls Is Oregon, not" Arlsona," :, ' - e e - --JDnly threedaye more register.- . " . In which to The fight between the People anil Standard Oil is becoming Interesting. Buy "Made in Oregon." ' , V e a-. '- It. Isn't-Party,-but Men. that voters areieek4hg . ' ' ' .'"' -.. "yy v .'--e-e -. f--.:,--.;r-vr.- Is Roosevelt a Republican T..,.. "... '.:v. . e -'e ' . Chamberlain has filled the bill. - ' - .. -. . s. e , e- --- : i- . - - " The Albany Democrat think that "a native American-is none too - good for governor of Oregon." --r.-; - .' s 1 s "'. , Nobody wlU- hang George Mitchell. If Kwaan't made tn Oregon, - don't Duy ii. . .. . ' . , .-. - .' : js -a. r '' Tit; te men, not parties, that are Iro portent .-. ' , ...... -....' a . a; J.-. '..' ,'; ...There really ought to be no opposition to the ejection or. Judge Halley., . -. ,.-.'- ' -yy;-:,";'; " "The Oregonian gets down to pettt- foggery Jn its arguments," reraarka the Albany Democrat, o, well, that Is noth ing new. -j'' .'. Baseball ta Interesting to more dbooIsl pernapa, man pouiica. - -- e - e '..., Bad luck is usually the result of bad managamenc . . . Dig up the burdocks and thistles root and branch. . . '.. .. . ' r Tesypu. better . reglsterT "and vote, .aomafaow . - -i , m , , , 3rJJLthtJietjegiiature be heldapt -Everybody seems to a area that 6re- aun has a s;ooi-er.M.a-r. ravr.nr-- - We told you It would rein.' sliter will not go fair wrong.' - - Development Is the Watchword.' - .. ' . .. '. . : Tet some Democrats will run. e If anythlna; can beat the ReDubllcari party, the OrerontKn- will do if It seems to be trying Its beet. ' " If the president shows that ba la bigger-than-the- Standard Oil Tympany, he wirTprove himself a tig, stout fel low, Bure enough. . - .:. OREGON-SIDEU Si Jrult- crops - certain to be good in Douglas county. . . "". " There are numerous very good Indica tions pointing to a veritable rush Ire -the I timber business., hereabouts. In the very uw iuiur, says me noaepurg Mews, a a '..''- Lots of street and sever work "to ba none norciy-inBakr"rClty. - Corvallis' Tlmas: .. It la nrobahla that tha Kauplsch creamery will do a busi ness of $160,000 this year. It Is under going - a- development that promises within a short time to make It the moat important enterprise in Benton county. It paid out 180,000 for butter -fat last year. It is. now making more than a ton of butter per day. It haa a market at fancy, prices for every pound of but ter turnea out. . . .... . ...... . e e Bright "prospects In and , around Union, says the .Union Republican, and we oeiieve it. -r a a W ho were In town-yeaterda; neas, says the Corvallls Times. He de parted for his home this morning with quantity or household euDDlles. a thoroughbred shepherd pup and a Jersey easlf, MrrtleereelrtaarThe-BTOnB -are week or 10 days of warm weather will settle the question of -whether or not we are to nave a good prune .crop. a a y"." Considerable building rolna on In Man- slde. . ..... ... .. a . Be sure that It's made In" Oregon. : : . . a e -. r Canyonvllle Echo: Wild and tame flowers are so plentiful now that tha teachers desks are loaded , with them. ine pot piants are also looking wall and most of them are in full bloom. . - e e I Irrigon . Irrigator: Fourteen - man came into Irrigon In one bunch Batur. day looking for Jobs and were promptly pui io worg oy tne uregon land A Water company. Some 10 or 40 men are now employed - making laterals for the distribution of water from the main canaL, . -, a e Thus complains the Gold Hill News: 'A. good, field of labor for those -.inter ested In the development of -OohLiiiU would be to usee their Influence with the proper parties In havlna- the nil. road right of way through town cleaned up. in other towns along the line this matter fa attended to regularlv. while here trash and debris are allowed to lay around In heaps and- pools of -water are permittee: to . stand until they become stagnant frog ponds. . "... .. e e . i . r. "". - -Wool being clipped now all ever Ore- gono. - -. - ., . J Roosevelt's Fearlessness. ' L Frora the Pendleton East epfegonlan. Because of the fearless character of Theodore Roosevelt the Dlutocretia members of his party will surely turn . . - m w . ICr was , too' warm for usnow-itjj better,-fjrx --- - - - GHTS M mm oown ana out oerore another presi dential election eomes on. Because of his fearlessness, candor, vigor and hon esty he will be 'given the same dose by the -conservative and non-progressive members of his party that Bryan waa given by the same classes tn his party. Joe Cannon or some other Iceberg, Fair banks, perbaps, will likely be chosen te lead the Republican ticket In 1008, Just as Parker was chosen to lead the De mocracy tn 1S04. The only logical out come of prevent conditions Is g reunion nf the morrrT rorei with Bryan. Hearst, Rooaevelt,..Folk, La' Fillet te and such men aa leaders, leaving the truats in possession of the s old fossils of both parties, which are both red-handed in the balls of congress In fettering the common people, '. ' ...'' THE-RISE OF GENERAL FUNSTON !, Lieutenant Colonel . JA. . Wroua. Chicago JournaL In - It is not -often that eight years see somany .remarkable .changes in na tion aa have taken place since April ts, 1891. Our country had Just de clared war against Spain. We had a small regular jurmy of leas than 15.000 effectives. A quarter of 4 million vol untas- were wanted r s million were offered. , - ... ".'.' w '- ' Four months from that day the war with Spain had -ended. - Cuba was tree. Porto Rico was virtually a part of this nation. A little later the Philippines were under the control of the Ameri can government. . ' - In a little regular army, and the vol unteer army that - was raised lor -me occasion, were many officers -unknown outside . oftbo army and . small circle of friends, who now have national rep- ytatlens, sosae International, . ... , . Todaythe name of Oenerar Funston Is spoken by millions. Four hundred thousand cltlsens of a stricken city on the Paolflo Coast have been, looking to htm -with grateful hearts for his service in their behalf during the most trying period In the history of any city on this continent. - ' It may be said without' hasardlng risk that there has- seldom, - If ever, rested upon the shoulders of one man mightier, responsibilities' than have rested upon the shoulders of that little brigadier-general of -the regular army since the earthquake and the disastrous fire which followed It ' Not a criticism haa been made; no fault has been rouna with what he-has aone. Appsrenuy he has made no mistake. He has met ell demands. He haa filled the bill. ; Who was Fred Funston 10, years agoi A young man in Kansas, a taachera newspaper reporter," something r ot av lawyer. Before - our country aeciarea warfcgCTStHpain-ne- was m t-awi fighting side by side Wtth the-Cubans who wanted - liberty, no one taiaea about him then; no one, apparently, knew-who- he wasV-nor where he came from, except the email circle" of friends Vna mrum railed tlOOIl fOf, trOOpS. Thau Kansaa friends, knowing ot the mut m ti-htl--4ii-h1m. -aaked'-ths . goy ernor to JnM FTM - unawn-w nf one of the regiments. It waa done. ' ' V TOTITrTrTrfiW and no volunteer regiment, gave a bet ter aocount of itself than the one led by this Kansas boy. ' ' l He-did-- whaX-aaemedLJA. Dft. lmpo""" things. He swam, rivers tn tne lacerre annmv HI! SOlOlSrS WOrw rwuj follow hlrii anywhere-Taiosimw Kinley made , him . a .brigadier-general of volunteers. ' - Numeroue efforts had been made to capture -the tead-or-thenuippme. m-surrection.- Agulnaldo had done a world m-i.hise Hia neoDla blindly fol lowed him and obeyed his -orders, and rhev-wflirtd have en the present daynaa ne nn i -t,,rA mnA imnrtsoned. Effort after f- f ort had bectt-madoobrtog this false leader to captivity. ' '- ' The Kansas Tngftmer inougn . i.- could capture him, and torn uraarai MacArthur and General Wheaton of his Two or three weeks afterward he sailed Into Manila bay and turned over to the authorities the long-eought head of. f i PhlUppinee'-civU And military govern- That was thereat beginning of peace. - For this he .was made a brigadier general of the regular army, an act which-waa much crltlclaedat the tlrne, President McKlnley having lifted this Kansaa boy over the heads of.all other officers In the regular, army unuer v.. krlnrtlar-a-aneraL In the. light ef hieTrocent achievements we ahaJX probably hear no more criticism oiin promotion of the Kansas volunteer , In this connection It may be added that within a few months It wlU be his turn to receive promotion to the rank of major general. - So much for this unknown Bchool teacher, reporter and part lawyer of elght'ears ago;" and, concluding, I want to mention the splendid light In which hie wonderful leadership haa placed the rank and file of the Ameri can army. .. --- . . '- --'''-" " Influence of the Cigarette. "J " rtriaAn flwett Marden In the Success Marden In Magailne. MVi 11 id" -others moral side or'efgarette emomg. -T-ne- MMiiui It aimnlv because of Its blight ing, blasting effect upon one's success i nr.. hamuia It draws off the energy. sape- ihc-vltallty and force which ought to be made to ten in one , be cause -It .blunts Ulsensi oi mi deadens the- thinking faoultles;3ecauae it kinshearhbIiron and the finer-tn-l stlnoU. and the more . delicate aspira tions and perceptions: because It de stroys -the7 ability teeoncntTate-the mind, which la the secret of all achieve ment. - ' The whole tendency xt i the cigarette nicotine poison In tne youtn is to arri development It Is fatal to all normal functions. It blights and .blasts-.both health and morals. It not only ruins tha faculties, but It unbalances the mind, as well. Many of the roost - pitiable cases of insanity In our asylums are cigarette fiends. It creates abnormal nnnatltea. a trance, undefined longings. discontent, uneasiness, nervousness, irri tability, ard. In many, an almost lrre slstlbls Inclination to crime. - In fact, the moral depravity which follows the cigarette habit is something frightful. Lying, cheating. Impurity, loss of moral courage and manhood, a complete dropping of life's standards all along the lines, are its general results. A chemist, not long since, vtook the tobacco used in an average 'cigarette and soaked It In several teaspoonfuls of water And then Injected a portion of it under the skin of a eat. The eat almost immediately went into convulsions, and died In 16 minutes. . Dogs have been killed with a single drop of nicotine. Cigarette smoking Va no longer simply a moral question. .. The great business world has taken it up as a, deadly enemy of advancement, bf achievement. Lead ing business firms all over the country have put the cigarette on the prohibited list. In Detroit alone, 6t merchants have agreed not to employ the cigarette user. In Chicago, Montgomery "Ward el Co., Hlbbard, Spencer Jt Bartlett, and some of the other large, concerna have prohibited cigarette pmoking among all employes'tmdej1 irYeetw trf age. Mar shall Field ' Co. and ths Morgan ac Wris-ht Tire eompany have this rule: "No cigarettes can be smoked by our employes.'! Qne of the questions on the application blank - at Wanamaker's reads:' "De you jise tobacco or cigar ettesr The superintendent of tha Llndell Street Railway of St Louis, says: "Under no circumstances will I hire a man who smokes cigarettes. -He Is ss dangerous on the front of a motor a a man who drinks. la fact he ts more dangerous; his- nerves are apt to give way : at-Any . momenta. If . 1 .find -A-carl running badly, I immediately begin to investigate to find If the man smokes cigarettes. Nine times out of ten he does, and then he goes, for good." E. H. Harriman. the bead of the Union Pftdfio railroad system, says that they "might as well go to a lunatic asylum for their employes as to hire clgareue smokers." The New York. New' Haven A Hart- I ford, f he Chicago. Rock Tsland- Pa--f cirio, the Lehigh iValley, the Burlington and1 many others of the leading rail road ""companies- of Ihla country have issued orders positively forbidding the use of cigarettes by employes, while on duty. '" "; " ' ., . -.. -l i . '.:-...: At Kamla, Idaho. May 11 We arose early and break fasted again on horseflesh. The village of-Tnnnachemootoolt is In aot-enly-a single house ISO feet long, built after the Chopunnlsh fashion,, with sticks, straw and dried grass. - It contains H Area, about double that number of laml Has and might perhaps muster 100 flght Ing men. ' Their- subalatence is roots and the nolae made by She women pound in them gives the hearer the idea of a nail factory. Tet, notwithstanding so many families are crowded together, tha -Chepunnhibi-are--much more-eleanly -1 their persons and habitations than any people, we have met slhSe we left the Ottoes on - the liver . piatte. in the course of the morning a chief named Toompahkatlm, - a stout, good-looking man about 40 years of age, who had lost his left eye, arrived from his village on the south side of Lewis', river. We gave him a small medal, and finding that there were -present the principal chiefs of the Chopunnlsh nation, we thought this a favorable moment to explain to them the Intentions of our. government. We therefore collected the chiefs and warriors, snd having jdrawn a map of the relative situation of our country on a mat -with a pleoe-of -ooal, detailed the nature and power of the American, na tion, Us desire to preserve harmony be tween all Its red brethren snd Its Inten tion of establishing trading-houses for their -reliefs andeuppert. Itwea l: hot without difficulty, nor till nearly half the day-waa .spent. . that Waweraable to-convey all this 1nformatlonta-.the Chopunnlsh, much Of which might have been lost or distorted in its circuitous route through a variety of languages, for In the first place we spoke in Kng- l!!iL .VLSS'St Curer whqjjanslateja. into- r'rencn to (jnaooneau; ne in- terpreted it to his Wife - in the Mlnne- taree language; she then put it Intp the Ehoahone and the young Shoshone pris oner explained It to the Chopunnlsh in tlielr onu dlaler.fa . At laat we succeeded 'cummuHU'atint tne imprsssion we wiahed and then adjourned the council. after which we amused them by show. Ing the wonders of the compass, spy sris sir mw gnerrwxvtrti-mnitratrgunvneactt of which attracted .its share of admira tion They said that after. we had left the Slinnetarees ' last autumn three young Chopunnlsh had gone over to that nation who had mentioned our visit and the extraordinary articles we had with us, but ""they-had "placed -no confidence In It until now. .Among other persons -present was a youth, son of the Chopun nlsh ehlef. Of" much consideration.- killed norTong slhcebythe "Mrrihelarees "6f Sort de prairie, as soon as the council was over he brought us a very fine mare with arott and begged ' us to accept them aa a proof that he meant to pur- sue our advice, for he had opened hia ears to our councils, which had made his heart glad. We now resumed our '""'"-V??"''" LEWIS AND CLARK ' . - aasJsaasaaBBaanBBSSBBeB - ' lrtrffrne'cttl ttHtKrrs s;nd mim-MT-orr'yg1' patients afflicted with scrofula, rheuma tism snd sore eyes, to all of whom we administered yery cheerfully, as far aa our sum and supplies or meaicine would permit. We also visited, a. chief who had for three years past ao completely loaf the us of his limbs that he - lies like a perfect corpse In whatever posi tion he la placed i yet he eats heartily. digests hie food very well, hss a regular 4 pulse. and retains bis nesn in enort, were he not so pale for lying so long out of the sun he might be mistaken for sv-nan lit-perfect-healllL Jhls .disease does not seem common; we have seen only i three . caaea - of It among the Chopunnlsh, who alone are afflloted with it. The acrofuloue disorders we may readily conjecture to originate In the long confinement to vegetable diet. which may perhaps also increase the soreness of the. eyes... but this strange disorder baffles at opce our1 curiosity and our skill. A Hard-Luck Story. ' - By Jamee J. Montague. I told 'em that a great big boy waa never meant to atsy A-hangln' round a batfy-eart In Central park all day; -- . - rHoiar-Vm ThaTT-TIJTo f altera playln ball. . An, now. lit bet they wlsht that I had - done It. after all."".. For ma's been cryln' all night long aa Because I traded baby off for this here .... coastln'-csrt , n . , . Ton" see, a had" hadihe cart about a month or twe! An' se waa sort a-hankertir to play with "aomothln""now. "-' ' ;"- " ' 1 " ' An' when he see me comln' 'long he talks to me a while, An asks me what's ths baby's name, ar)' . how you made him smile. . An, say! - I bragged that baby up an' told wnat ns could do, - An' pretty soon he said ha guessed he'd - like to have one, too. ' - -, , . . m jw- Well, that's right where seen my . chance,, so I praised up four kid. An' told htm all about his ways, an' all the things he did, i ; -An' said that when he brought him home - - t'wud do him good to see How glad he'd made his mother, an' bow pleased his pa would be. An' when I'd talked like that a while" he wanted hlrn so bad He bought htm with his coastth' cart, 'cause that waa all he had. ' ' ( -"..'- I thought It was a real smart trade, be cause there's kids to spare? - --- A-klckln" round our little flat 'an', under - ''every chair, . ' But when I .told my ma she screamed, and pa, he-cust an' then He went to get tha cope to help get beby - back again. . - - - I don't see what they want htm fotvhe - always brought bad luck. An' that there kid that'e got him now will find out that he's stuck. ' : - - - But that's ths way with grown-up folks; no-matter what you do ' To help 'em out o trouble, why, the . blame gets put on.you . . However nice you try to be, you get mis understood, ' t " -. An they don't ever realise you de It for their good. . . . . . j It's always turned out Just like that with everything I've did. I tell you what It's pretty hard Some times to be. a kid.. Running on His Record. From the Cloverdale Courier. Governor Chamberlain Is making his campaign on his record as chief execu tive of Oregon four years and it's a good record te run on. Reduced taxes, a cleaner administration. a Beneral straightening out of the tangled' affairs of the state land department and a large saving to the state In the way of interest earnings 1 on. state school fund ere-some or the Items or. interest in his administration, which please the peo ple and which will lalm their votes. the pathfinders op; justorY , . By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory- Man may have been produced by na ture, but. now that, he la produced he la much greater than nature. . After thousands, perhapa millions, of, years of "evolution." nature has. Anally ' evoluted a creature that Is much wiser than herself, and that . In his - cunning Improves upon her in ' many ways. As proof of the truth of this state, ment witness the refrigerator, the annl hllator of climate, the arrangement by which, summer 'a heat la neutralised, and -the. erlap air of December Is made to ' prevail midst the sultry heat of Jury. The Inventor of the first Ice machine -was a Frenchman named Carre. . Carre brought out his invsntlen in this coun try in the year 1860, thus founding the ., so-called -"ammonia absorption process." . In this process a solution of aqueous ammonia Is employed, being first gener- " ated as a araa. then condensed and the i alio wed to expand and absorb -the J - Ammonia bolls at the low temperature . of ,28 H F. It Is, . therefore, very easy to convert It from the liquid form Into a gas, and this change "raises the pres sure of the. ammonia very materially; then by leading the ammonia through pipes that are kept coid by flowing cold water the ammonia can be again eon densed. - - - ';,.'-.. v' There Is also the "compression" sys tem, which haa proven Itself to be more ; convenient tf not more practicable thari,. the absorption process: In this, ammonia is allowed to ex pand Into a gas, and Is subjected ' to . pressure by- means -ef a steam - pump. This compression lnoreases the heat -of the ammonia gas, and by then pain ing the ammonia through oolls of pipe and making it cold again, the ammonia, ts .reduced -,to the condition- where Jt -seeks to regain its heat. I Pw alflwit tk mm im nlnna lhnt ' ra .....m surround at tank f water the ammonia reduces the temperature of the water In its effort to regain its lost beat, and -by continuing the process the water In the - tank . Is finally brought below a 4 snsssal'ash BlB, a SI Bsb sTinT si ft sft si ByiareiBl mfkA sfrraVsITrl-SMesV -sfaBBwsjBjrssrwB'-"B7er-" svwbiwbm a w wsg w Ice." :.' - ' .'.'" - ' And thus It comes about that by the help of a tittle coat and water and am- monia we cut make winter in the miliar of summer, and preserve fruits, vege a"rt lill-ll -OS TRTn Aim would, soon perish in the summer heal. The refrigerator thus brings sll cli mates to . our doors no matter where those doora may ha, " Thanks to the Idea, started by TJarre, New Yorkers, Chioagoans, Parisians ir any other people can sit solidly at home.- hf- they have the monet.'end command- that the - richest meats and daintiest fruits of all the lands of the earth ba delivered to them perfectly sweet and; fresh and It shall be donel . Says a high authority: "Cream from ' a .famous dairy -te. sent torpartiaulsr patrons In Paris,, snd it Is known that in one Instance, at least a bottle of. creainavijigiftldirresclciheipert; son to whom it Was consigned, made the return transatlantic -voyage and was received In New Tork three weeks sf tor : Its first departure, perfectly sweet and a- , , ... . 'One "midsummer'. day. as) the United States Warships lay off tMe southern "coast of Cuba1 says the same author ity, "meat was wanted from the refrig erator ship. In two minutes men wero in-the hold of the ship, gathering the frost from the cooling pipes and snow balling each other, while . the boat keeper outside of the -lnch steel plat- ' Ing was fanning himself with his hat. -almost dlssy from tha quivering heat wavea that danced before hia eyea. The great sides of, beef hung In rows werrf froien as hard as rock. Even after th Btrip" cT"WatefiiBdbeeh crossed 6rnh" return -Journey- end -the- meat t exposed -to the glare of the eun the cruiser's mess cooks had to saw off. their por tions, and the remalnder-edntinued hard as long as It lasted." - It Is only a question' of time when every house, church, theatre, and other place where human beings ' assemble ' will have tire benefit of Carre's Idea, ' and, like Othello, the tyrannous Ice trust will have lost Its occupation. . ; . -The Rubaiyat of a Versifier. From the New Tork Sun. - Wake! For the redd'nlng east proclaims the morn. , . . . 'No mure my manuscripts 'shall roain" ': unbought, - Nor shrivel In an edltor'e hot scorn. !erfrom BMionorManhattan Isle, -- - Whether the page with JhoughjtiMlear j. i oeiuue. My-poems come back eureTyeneT-!" one. ' - plainly see that' I must charge my . style. , . i . Each mom an Inspiration brings. Ah, weiii---- Henceforth, I shall but tales ot laughter : , tell;,--, i Touch; not on deathor .ein, or derv or hle-h. But play the fool. The tragic will not . seu.-i- , , I'll dip my pen and to the tune of spring - . One sprlght.y lyric to the world outfllng; And : it shall . chime, with nonsense undllute. Tot 'tis the present fashion ao to sing.. V ' ' ' - 1 - . . Some write fort glory and go hungry; some ,..'.....-.-.. . i -, .- - - Toil if or remembrance in the years te comet I'll take the cash and-let the credit . go. Better to live on pie than chew a crumb. Perhaps sortie genius with Jits biirnthr nen I . ' ' - ' T May scorch ( his story on the hearts of men. May llmnMhe truth and please tne ..... , publlo too: - Perhaps" he --rhay,- perhaps but -then - but then 1 Thalia, comet , A And thou, too, Momua, apeedt .' .- ' My gas bill" and fny rent reveal itir need. Deacend ye on 'me and your f nts oe- - StOW. V r That I may writ what alllthe world will ,read. V .--""r ""'- Evidence of General Prosperity. " From the- Dally donsular Report --The Iffibortatton e.f precious stones at New Tork bears testimony te the groat prosperity of the nation. During Marrn the aggregate fVas In value 83.78l.7tl, ' the highest for Lne month In the history ot the oountrw, and 8700,000 more than In the corresponding month last year. The entry, of tutomobllsa presents fur titer -evldencf of the earns" kind. In March 100 machines, valued at 1840.000, were imported, aa compared with 4 for . the samel monthof 108. In the three month J ef this calendar year" 100 " ears, appral ed at 11.000,004, Were im ported et N w Tofts. Only a little ever half as man y were imported in the cor responding ime in 1 80S. American au tomobile en s.nufacturere should bestir themselycs 1 o eupply the home demand. 1 A- .'I I -'.1