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September 1908.
No man ever offended his
own conscience but first or
last it was revenged upon
him for It. South.
v.
A GOOD EXAMPLE
flectiva of the universal wrath
to be expected If the policy
of personal program be carried out
and popular rule be frustrated. It
ia typical of the reckoning that
awaits those who Insist that per
sonal government shall be substitut
ed for popular government. The
bosses ara few and the people are
many. The grange resolutions are
to be placed by law la position to
prey upon the earnings of other
men. It teaches them that It la
right for them to be placed in post
tlon to exact from others something
for which no equivalent Is rendered
It teaches them to expect the law
to insure their business oroBDerity
and that the toil and earnings of
other men must be taxed for this
purpose. It teaches them a false
a challenge to the bosses from the
people, and it la a challenge to the doctrine, in short, that government
combat. It is a proposition about .should Intervene to make their busi-
which there can h.e no misunder-1 ness pay, a proposition corruptive of
standing. These granges Intend to effort, and damaging to citizenship
meet the personal programlsts on J As Charles Francis Adams frankly
their own ground, and to give them I puts it, "I am a tariff thief and haVe
mortal battle In defense of the nri- a license to steal. I stole under It
niary law. yesterday, I am stealing under it to
The grange is a militant organiza- day, and I propose to steal under it
tlon. It is a leader of rural thought, tomorrow. The government has
If is always on the sido of civic forced me into this position and I
righteousness, and always a factor I both do, and shall take advantage of
for progress. It was said before the It." It is a generous program for
country life commission in one .of the frank and wealthy Mr. Adams,
the Portland hearings that wher- but what of the average man, from
ever there is a grange best methods whose income it takes $200 a year?
in agriculture prevail. It was. said I What of its effect upon the morals
(hot V, ....I. 1 I (hA noHnnf .
vuab nucio lucio ale BUUll urgalll&a- I v4 i. ma uauuu.
tions, concerted action by the farm
ers is easier, and in proof It was cited
that in the Hood River district,
where there is one of the best apple-
growers' organizations in the world,
mere are live granges. it was
stated by an agricultural college ex-
AS TO ASSURANCES
T
HE NEWS from Washington Is
that the Oregon delegation will
make a special effort with
reference to the Willamette
pert, who had traveled much through Project. The assurance sounds en
Oregon with farmers' institutes, that couraging. Unfortunately, it ls,only
in grange neighborhoods social life an assurance. It has a familiar ring.
was always advanced and agricul- 11 nas Deen heard in campaign time,
tural methods superior. It Is history and heard at the beginning of other
that to the efforts of the National congressional sessions. In all other
Grange is due the establishment of times, it has only been as sounding
the rural free dellverv. brass. ' It has been mere sop, thrown
It is such a record and such a re- to expectant and hopeful citizens.
pute that gives portent to the grange These citizens have been fed on it
resolutions. It is a rumbling from generously and with great regular-
ii
R. C. A. 9ARRETT, a Repub
lican representative from
Umatilla county, replying
j to me nonsensical ana :n-
-..j principled proddings of ttie Pendle
Uon Tribune, said recently in effect
Jthat he would not only keep his
; pledge to the people in the matter
of voting for senator, as a matter of
course, but would have no hesita
tion or regret in doing bo; that he
would obey the people's will not at
.all grudgingly but cheerfully"; and
that he believed Governor Chamber
lain would make a very good, effi
lent and satisfactory senator. We
have not Mr. Barrett's exact lan
guage before us, but he indicated
Jthat while he was a Republican and
would personally prefer a Repub
lican senator, the people's choice was
readily and conscientiously his
choice, and that, moreover, a man's
politics .was after all a matter of
'minor importance, the first consid
eratiou being the man's ability and
devotion -to the people's interests,
. In these respects he considered the
Jfoyernor a fit man, whom he would
"Vote for very willingly.
v Here is an example worthy of re
spect, approval and imitation. It Is
true that the politics of the man
cuts no great figure in the case. A
Democratic senator can serve the
state in all essential matters, just
" about as effectively as a Republican.
True, he will be a minority member
of committees, but a man like Cham
berlain will not allow that to handi
cap him much. He has the faculty
of making friends and wielding in
fluence, and bis politics will not be
considered nearly as much as the
party organs would have people be-
lieve. If, as they assert, the Repub
, tlcan majority, is really going to
revise the tariff by reducing the
duties heavily, there is not much
dividing the parties anyway. The
Republican majority in the senate Is
.large, and an Oregon Republican's
vote would really count for nothing.
'Chamberlain has declared for the
"Roosevelt policies," and bo will
support Mr. Taft insofar as' he will
, , carry out those policies.
,f So what is all this partisan outcry
.bout? It is mere "sound and fury,
signifying nothing" except that a
".'lot of ex-bosses, rlngsters and dis
credited politicians are determined
.-J to . maintain or segaln their occupa
tion, their hold on affairs. Tnslr
"motto Just now is Rule or Ruin. And
In order to cover up or divert atten
tion from real matters of importance
vthey declaim lustily about the im
portance of the party, of partisan
ship", of Republican "principles," and
j, all sorts of delusive and irrelevant
stuff. It Is this partyism that is the
.; .real "bunko game," but. the people
will not be humbugged with it any
"longer.
Mr. Barrett is right, and his posi
tion ls entirely creditable to him as
a true representative of the people.
They lhaying instructed him, and he
having pledged himself to the peo
ple to do a certain thing, he wishes
it understood that he will do so
-.willingly, cheerfully, heartily, as not
hard or unpleasant duty, but as
one that he is glad to perrorm and
that he fully believes it is right and
jbfcBt to perform. This is'the right
jay to look at the matter; Mr. Bar
rett proves himself a fit aid trust
worthy representative.
the foundations of the state. It is
an evil omen for those who insist
on substituting personal govern
ment for popular government.
ity.
THE
C
RIVERS AXD
CONGRESS
Maybe it was not the fault of the
delegation. It is to be hoped that
it was not. Yet, before us is the
bitter memory that we have heard it
HARBORS all before, and that nothing ever
came of it. We all heard, and be
lieved. We listened, we were
OINCIDENT with the meeting soothed into hopefulness, and we
of the national congress today lay down and waited. But ever, the
will occur the meeting of the session of congress passed into his
Rivers and Harbors congress, tory with only inaction, and for the
a body that has no regular legal fair assurances, there were substi-
standlng but that has exerted and tuted fair excuses. The program
will exert great Influence upon the has become so familiar that the sur-
national congress and upon others mise ls forced upon us. Are we a
iu auuimuj buu puduc sentiment, -processed people? That we so
in behalf of a larger, mare rapid, surmise is not our fault. We have
steady and systematic movement for been patient. We have been meek
open rivers and improved harbors. We etlll trust. We are still meek
wonting along similar lines is the but we want action. We applaud
miana waterways organization, the delecation for its fair assurances
which will also be well represented but we will applaud It more for a
at vvasnmgton this week, as well as free river and an unrestrained com
many governors and other promi- merce. This Is the year for appro
nent men who, at the suggestion of priatlon bills, and we offer to pay
President Roosevelt, constitute the half the cost. How can there be
organization for the conservation of failure?
the country s natural resources. Co
operating also with these are the Why not require a license for all
forestry and irrigation services and sellers of milk in the city, so that the
interests, the National Irrigation so- dairies everywhere, as well as the
ciety and the Transmjssissippi con- milk, could be Inspected at any time?
gress, and all these are supported The market inspector thinks that
by chambers of commerce and other this would be a solution of the pure
like organizations throughout the milk problem, and that four lnapect-
country. org COUd sufficiently cover the
Owing largely no doubt to the whole field. They should, however.
efforts of the Rivers and Harbors be veterinarians and persons of un-
congress arid these other forces, it is doubted ability and reliability. Port
hoped that ther.e will be more liberal land would better spend a few thou
appropriations in a river and harbor sands of dollars a year than drink
Din tms winter, perhaps as hieh as fnni milk
1(5,000,000, and there may be a
step taken toward complying with Two years ago the Chicago Trib
the demand for a regular appropria- une charged Mayor Dunne with- ap-
uon of InO.OOO.OOO a year for 10 uointing boodlers as members of the
years or nlore for the improvement school board. It now retracts that
or our rivers and harbors. accusation, explaining that it was
I-or the people of Oregon the ef- made in "the heat of a political
forts and influence of this Rivers campaign." This is possibly an oc
and Harbors congress and kindred casion when a poor excuse is better
organizations have been and will be than none and when an act of jus
of immense importance and benefit, tice is better performed late than
Judiciously used, the people of .this never
country can afford to spend hundreds
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COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
of millions on its waterways and
harbors; they can make no better
investment.
THE AVERAGE MAN
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Bishop Hughes' Birthday.
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the
Methodist Episcopal church was born
at Moundsvllle. W. Va., December 7,
1866. of an old "Virginia family. He
studied at the University of West Vir
ginia and Ohio Wesleyan university,
graduating from the last named institu
tion In 18R9. Going to Boston, he en
tered the Boston University Theological
school, where he graduated In 1892. and
HOUGH eminently correct in
many of his statements about
the tariff, Mr. Carnegia is
wrong in his remark that the was ordained to the Methodist Episco
tariff taxes the riph mnro idor, tks nl ministry in the same year. His
poor.
r rt:ueri(.K a. Cleveland, technical di- Mass.. where .he remained until 1903
rector of the bureau of municipal In that year Re was called to the pros
research, has exnh. inr.H int r.ii idency of De Pauw university at Green
. . mi. uiu icij castle. Ind. He continued as head of
that It is the average man who suf- the university until his election to the
fers most from indirect taxatlnn. hhhnnrii. bv the sreneral conference in
I.-VQO.- tt,, , . it ,4. nrst parisn was bi ivewiun wnitr,
txactl the opposite is true. . h r,.mnv t Maidon.
Fulton Should Keep Out of Race.
La Grande, Or., Dec. 4. To the Ed
tor of The Journal I hold no brief for
Governor Chamberlain and he does not
Include me among hla "henchmen," and
I have never been the recipient of fa
vors from him. Nor am I a believer In
Statement No. 1. In fact. I am as
mujch opposed to that document as the
uregonlan Is. A long time ago It was
said, By their fruits ye shall know
them." and Statement No. 1 should be
judged by its fruits. The only fruit that
It has borne so far that has ripened Is
Senator Jonathan Bourne. I do not
believe that he could, at any time, have
been elected without the aid of some
such scheme as "Statement No. 1." But
the point that I want to make is this:
Senator Fulton and his friends are the
ichlef advocates of the defeat of Cham
berlain and of the overthrow of State
ment No. 1. It Is certain that in this
part of Oregon henchmen of Senator
FultQB. before the June election and
after he was beaten at the primary,
predicted that Chamberlain would beat
Cake at the election, but they generally
added that he would not be elected
United States senator. Many of them
oted openly for Chamberlain (I have
been told) for the purpose of defeating
Cake, and with the avowed purpose of
favoring the eleetion of a United States
senator by the legislature, without ref
erence to the result of the Juno elec
Ion. They figured that the defeat of
Cake In June would eliminate him from
the senatorial race, as he was beaten
once before, and that Fulton would
have another chance of election. If Cake
should be defeated. I have no v doubt
that Cake's defeat was caused by Ful-
on s followers voting, for Chamber
lain. It seems that these same men
who voted f6r Chamberlain, to defeat
Cnke, want men, who pledged them
selves by signing Statement Ne. 1, that
they would vote for the person receiv
ing the highest number of votes at the
une election, to violate their pledges
nd to vote for Fulton who was repu
diated by the voters at the Republican
primaries! It seems 'to me that these
men who supported Chamberlain In June
are estopped by thr acts from ad-j
vocatlng the repudiation of Statement
No. 1 and the election of their favorite.
f Fulton would eliminate himself from
the senatorial race and advocate the
lectiorr of a Republican other tha
himself, there would be some reason In
the attitude of those now onnnsln
Statement No. 1. Fulton has been re
puaiatea Dy his own party and he should
recognize that fact and keep out of the
race.
It sounds a little strange to hear men
who voted for Chamberlain In June now
opposing his election. They voted for
him. knowing that he was a Demo
crat, and they should not now be heard
to oppose him on account of his politics,
i ne ruiion men are caught in a trap
oi tneir own constructing and theii
wall at the result creates no sympathy
seems to me that.tlie only way to
SMALL CHANGS!
It
have any reasonable show of defentlne
Chamberlain is to eliminate Fulton from
tne contest. Many Republicans would
prefer the election of a Democrat to hi
election. While many people do not like
or admire Heney, they give him credi
for slaying Fulton. INDEPENDENT.
Prefers Yeggs to folice.
Portland, Dec. 6. To the Editor of
ine' Journal I am awfully worried
about the discussion that Is now aris
ing regarding the disarming of the law-
aDiding gentlemen of the city. Why,
If you keep this up it will be very apt
iu ena in some sort Of an agitation,
and the citizens may seize- their natural
ngnts in spite of the police. The po-
ii-e were quietly pulling all the rond
men who never committed a crime in
their life and were socking a $60 fine
onto them In good shape, thus making
more money ror the countv of Multno
mah In a day than the holdup gang
makes In a month. This was s-ood work
and It was my Intention to go out with
a sanapag in a short time and take in
a rew or the suckers whom the po
nvo lenuerea as Harmless as a
rabbit. But now you are agitating this
thing and I am afraid the people will
"catch on," and not stand for be tne dis
armed unaer tne constitution of the
United States as InterDreted I n Port
land police courts. That will militate
severely against the rapidly growing In
dustry of the yegg fraternity, now so
well established In Portland. If the
people kick on disarmament and com
mence carrying guns for us. where, win
we be? Why, It will destroy the whole
yegg art, and I will not dare to enter
ine ousiness in the spring, as I had an
tlclpated.
I do not see what comnlalnt tha nn.
ie jbii urge against tne yegg fraternity
They beat up a citizen a little now and
then with a gasplpe. no doubt, fnr unmo
citizens are a little slow in giving up.
jjui. uun c get mum mnnov nftur
IU7MBUXGS
ir
T MEANS something that Oregon
granges, are necoming aroused.
It means something that Ramsev
Hark grange, the other da
passed resolutions , and sent .them
to The : Journal V for publication.
, 'These resolutions denounced the
j pn-ratent; effort to dislodge and de--feat
the Oregon primary law, arid
I the processes ' of. that law. Their
adoption fcy an Organization of farm-
trs is significant,'..',' It"
is
- f en
graft and ba government. If he has
a family, the- average man pays
about 200 a year on these accounts,
according to this expert. This 1b a
large amount to a man earning Foundation
luo or I200 a year, and many
earn less. If the rich man pays
more, say $300
jiuuu a ear, me amount is com
paratively nothing to him. The $200
paid by the average man is, on the
other, hand, a very heavy burden, a
burden that is oftimes a chief in
teger In his life failure.
It is the consumer that is the vic
tim from every standpoint. The
landlord, the merchant, the butcher
and baker have a recourse. What
ever indirect taxation, graft and bad
government ' add . to their life tax,
they add to their own exactions.
The landlord raises his rents and the
merchant, butcher and baker their
prices. As an effect, the average
man, that unit typical of the mil
lions whose salary 1b fixed, or .e
farmer who is the victim of all the
concentrated organizations, has his
burden added to until life presents
hard realities, and living tecomea a
struggle..
V Bntbe worst feature is that the
system tftaches beneficiaries of a tar
iff that it is good ethics for them
Baltimore last" May. During the years
he was with De Pauw university Dr.
Hughes rendered efficient service to
the cause of education. He is at pres
ent one of the trustees of the Carnegie
This Date in History.
nn 1 Vnah YJnvnAit flwflvnA T.lnrnln
or $500, or even first appointment to the United States
supreme court, born In Virginia, Died
in New York City. June 8. 1884.
1815 Elizabeth Hussey Whlttler, poet
and sister of John Greenleaf Whlttler,
horn In Haverhill. Mass. Died In Ames
bury, Mass.. September's, 1864.
1829 Suttee, the Hindu rite of burn
ing a widow on the funeral pyre of her
husband, abolished.
1846 Santa Ana proclaimed president
of Mexico.
1882 Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark.
1902 Ex-Speaker Thomns B. Reed
died. Born October 18, 1 83 9.
According to Location.
From the Lo:tsvllle Courier-Journal.'
"I don't ki:"-v much about buying
meat," admitted the young husband.
"How do.-the prices run?"
"According to location." explained the
dealer.
Then gimme a two pound roast, best
you have In the orchestra circle."
The Administration Changes.
, From, the Pittsburg Feat.
"Tou don't seem to , be keeping up
your tennis."
"Well,. I don't know so much about
tennis," remarked the- Washington of-
jiciat i aon t jtnow ir Us M good
Iimi u con." 1 . ; . .
an. we i.iKe a rew dollars that the
gentleman has handy and let him go on
home. But the police when thev thr
a man In, make him go out and Als un
50i they whan it him into th lrir.i
hey drag him before hla h
fore a roomful of rubbernecks that give
him the sarcastic arrin. fnr hMr, .
criminal gunpaoker. They give him no
kind of a show. If he don't rnstlo i,n
J 50 bill he goes over anrl nnun.
rock 90 days and comes out a branded
criminal for life. Now the yegg boys
do not treat the citizen that way If a
gent has only four bits on him, we Just
politely bat him one over the head for
being so negligent In money matters
as to carry such small sums of nights
ana men let him go. We do not brand
him as ax criminal for we know he
never did a thing in his life and never
intends to. We do not make him send
home for the full $50. The fact Is
the people have no right to complain
of the treatment they receive at the
hands of our best classes of yeggs. Far
worse abuses should be attended to
first, not the least of which Is the agi
tation against nun nf h .
3fc ( - - - -' 1 r- hi ir I IIJ III-
ddtetrles of the northwest, namely, the
legal art of proving all murderers in
sane. Why, if carried to its legitimate
conclusion me agitation aealnst th
killers would end in a jury convicting
some Insane man some time somewhere,
or somewhere else. Goodness, nn't
some, of these agitations be stopped?
AH8U P. JOHNSTON.
Fruit
-
More fruit
.
Better fruit
Oregon Is the best
Fruit state in the union.
This fact is worth millions.
Being onlv 318 veara old. Tfinch 1
viieu, in a j- noi aie oi old age.
Almost any imaginable little excuse
oerves now as a cause ror a divorce.
It's been wintrv weather fnr rtroovin
t v.... ..." - .
icnijf, uui eastern visitors aont re
gaid it so.
"
Msn t butter full of mlcrnh tnnl
"maps u would be well lor poor peo-
IV blUUA. oir,
Thirty nurses have heen r,tra tn
. vi eperor ot tnina. poor,
imaeittuie nine ma.
Ti 1- - . . ...
remain correspondence with con-
gTOismen ana governors was what
rendered Standard Oll'a hiiair hD..
aruoue. '
There Is annarentlv nn anA nr n4i
to excuses for and defenses of murder-
em. ji is quite time tor 'Courts to sit
uown on most or tnem.
ine superintendent of thm Rfi
Bcnoois wants 10 teacn a-lrla hnw,tn ra
off cars. Plenty of young men would
jio uuuoi volunteer as teachers.
It looks now like a humner eron nt
year in the inland empire. Of course
several things may happen before next
jmrvesi. due ma nroRrifct now in n n-o
above average.
9
A Klna- countv 1ud?e holds that "ran"
wurus usea ov a nuKtmnri nm nnt o
cause or divorce under the Washington
law. Then the wife should be allowed
io cus oacK.
ur. j-earsons nenips tnnr n iu nmnr
crone, ana says ne has some $3,000,000
yet to give awfly. Even if he had no
money, he would have what Is better.
muuuuae oi rrienas.
From nrlnter to lawvnr frnm
to criminal; such is the downward step
of J. A. Finch, is the way the Eugen
register puts it. which is not exnrtlv
complimentary to lawyers.
If the countrv commission can
the pretty and intelligent country girls
to stay there, and not come into town
to become stenographers, teachers anl
saleswomen, it will do much to make
country ine more attractive to young
men.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
. . .. . jv
A Crook county man has purchased a
can at a cost or xiotr.
. ... '
All that Medford needs, ald Opfe
Mean, is a sou ciud. xmow mat ran is
elected. It will soon have one.
A 1000 acre farm near Lebanon has
been divided 4p and will be sold In 10
and 0 acre tracts. All such items are
good news.
a a '
Increased interest la belnr manifested
in this vicinity In the poultry business,
says the Roseburg Kevlew. With eggs
retailing at 36 to 40 cents per dozen
mere is .certainly a very attractive mar
pin of profit for those engaged In this
inaustry.
Douslns county Is irettlnor its full
oimiD wi icvjuit?eeKers, says iiih miHtj
burg News. New people are arriving In
the city dally and most of -them are
being accommodated by our wide awake
real estate dealers In finding a suitable
location to cast their lot
A Medford man has one fourth of an
acre of ground Planted to strawberries.
and notwithstanding the fact tiiat these
same plants hustled themselves a bit
too much, last soring and some of the
euriy niooms were nipped by a late frost.
ne gainerea iou wortn or perries rr.om
tne first crop, and from the second croD
now being harvested, he has already
sold S85 worth of fruit and thnaa
plants are now full of bloom and ripe
auu green uerneB.
a
A Bend man. neenrdina- to tha Dul.
letin, has a peculiar horse on his ranch,
that takes upon itself the care of a
cow, and regularly each morning driven
ii to me- pasture ana Drings it DacK to
the barnyard each evening. As regular
ly as noon comes the horse also drives
the COW un to the watering nlfice.
whether bossy wants to drink or not.
And sometimes she doesn't -want to
go, and then is when the fun begins.
The cow rebels, the horse Insists, and
after more or less of a skirmish the
cow Is always forced to surrender and
la driven to the watering trough.
It Is doubtful if anywhere else in the
kn(twn world there is another- section
with so many natural resources half
developed or wholly untouched as in
the territory comprising western Jose-
nnine, ( nos and curry counties, say
UteKLAUM.
FEMININE.
Y:
A Man's Problem. - a V
3UNO man, think well before you
Duy that Christmas present .for ;
the "only on." ' That i i,.,w.c -
you ar perfectly willing n. ih
w your Job. ,
A young clerk In ft. department ln '
last Christmas expended 125 for an urn
brella to give the' girl he went to see
every other evening. He was discharged
a few days later.
I considered that we. didn't want a
clerk who -was drawing $18 a weok but
VH ..2a ,ior J Psent for his sweet
heart, said the manager f the store. V
It might be all right, but that shewed
wasn't the kind, of man we wanted '; '
to be working, for us at that salary.''
Was hot tha
firm afford to take .the chance of coii-;-tlnulns
to enroll among Us clerks a
man who shows so llttln um, n i.oi-
ance and proportion. And If a man Is
so reckless in his estimation of tho
Worth Of his Own money ix thnra n o
strpng probability that he will be
equally lacking In respect to bis em-
ployer's funds?
It Is a large and Important question,
now much a young man should spend
In gifts to the lady of his heart. On
the one hand. ha ruuinnt Kiii.
thought that she may think him stingy
or penurious. On tha nthnr luM th.4
exists the probability that if he spends
his money lavjshly, she will cease to
respect his Judgment as a bustneax man
and that he will create the impression
of a man lacking in discretion, and one
uoi to oe reuea upon in tne long run.
And it Is the lone run which innn4.
Many young men are mere transients
in ma acquaintance or sensible youn
women. Thev never come anrlnimi
Into consideration "or really enter into
their lives. They make good partners
at the dance, or for an afternoon's
picnic. They are agreeable callers and
serve to pass an evening well enough.
They will do for a theatre party, or
even pass for a horse back ride but
they lack that something which would
ver cause uiem to ne seriously consid
red by sensible, well poised young
women as eleglble parties to a matri
monial alliance.
the Grants Pass Outlook. True, it 1
a wild country, tumultuouslv mountain
ous, gashed with abyssmal canyons, and
Homoer witn oense ioresis: yet it is
veritable treasure house, awaiting the
hand of progress. As far as the means
r sustenance are concerned the scat
ered population of this terra Incnir
lto are as independent of the outside
world as though It did not exist. There
is trult land, grazing ground, and veee
table rrardens and almost unbelievable
productiveness. The great need is
ranspartatlon facilities.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
'American Courage" -By Sherman Hoar
(From an address before the Saturn
club, Buffalo, N. Y February 22, 1897.)
One of the best of those paintings
which have made the name of Edouard
Detaille famous Is called "The Salute
to the Wounded." In the painting one
sees a country road in France, along
which are marching some wounded
Prussian prisoners under an escort of
French curasslers. A French officer of
high rank and his staff are seated upon
their horses by the roadside and are
In the act of saluting their wounded
enemies, who are passing before them.
The picture always has had an attrac
tion for me. because it shows that
strong patriotic feeling which led the
French painters at the time -of the
Franco-Prussian war to find, even in
the incidents Of a struggle fraught with
so much shame and disaster for their
nation, opportunities to paint nothing
that did not put In evidence the best
qualities of their national character.
Here In the United Slates there is no
lack of that admiration for courageous
selfsacrifice which the French painter
has. put so faithfully Into his picture;
but I sometimes feel that we fall to
find In the devotion, the self-denial and
the sacrifice of those who have given
themselves to make and maintain our
country, all the Inspiration that shuld
be derived from them, or that would be
got out of them by the men of France
had those qualities been displayed by
their countrymen.
I fear we undervalue the devotion to
country which comes from a contem
plation of what has been done and suf
fered In her name. I feel that we teach
those who are to make or mar the fu
ture of this nation too much of what
has been done elsewhere, and too little
of what has been done here. Courage
Is the characteristic of no one land or
time. The world's history is full of It,
and the lessons it teaches. American
courage, however, Js of this nation; it
Is ours, and if the finest national spirit
Is worth the creating; If patriotism Is
etlll a quality to be engendered in our
youth; if love of country Is still to
be a strong power for good, these acta
of devotion and of heroic personal sac
rifice With which our history Is filled
are worthy of earnest study, of contin
ued contemplation and of perpetual con
sideration. ,
Let him, who will, sing deeds done well
across the sea.
Here, lovely land, men bravely live and
die for thee. .
The particular example I desire to
speak about is of that splendid quality
of courage which dares everything not
for self or country, but for an enemy.
It Is of that kind which is called into
existence not by dreams of glory, or by
love of land, but by the highest human
desire, the desire to mitigate suffering I
I
n those who are against us.
In the afternoon of the day after the
battle or .Fredericksburg, General Ker
shaw of the Confederate army was sit
ting in his quarters when suddenly a
young South Carolinian named Klrkland
entered, and, after the usual salutations.
saia: General. I can t stand this." The
general, thinking the statement a little
abrupt, asked what It was he could not
stand, and Klrkland replied: "Those
poor fellows out yonder have been cry
lng for water all day, and I have come
to you to ask If I may go and give
mem suine. ine poor rellows were
union soldiers who lay wounded between
tha union and Confederate lines. To
get to them Klrkland must ' go beyond
me protection or the breastworks and
expose himself to a fire from the union
sharpshooters, who, so far during tha
day, had made the raising above the
conreaeraie worK of so much as a
head an act of extreBaadnnger. General
Kersnaw at rtrst refused td-aULow Klrk
land to go on his errand, but atast, as
tne iaa persisted in his request, declined
to forbifl him. leaving the responsibility
for action with the boy himself. Klrk
land, in perfect delight, rushed from the
general's quarters to the front, where
he gathered all the canteens he could
carry, filled them with water, and, go
ing over the breastworks, started to
give relief to his wounded enemies. No
sooner was he In the open field than
our sharpshooters, supposing he was go
ing tho plunder their comrades, began
to fire at him.
For some minutes he went about do
ing good under circumstances of most
Imminent personal danger. Soon, how
ever, those to whom he was taking the
water recognized the character of his
undertaking. All over the field men
sat up and, called to him and those too
hurt to raise themselves held up their
hands and beckoned to him. Soon our
snarpshooters, who luckily had not hit
him, saw that he was indeed an ana-el
of mercy and stopped their fire, and
two armies looked with admiration at
the young man's plnck and loving kind
ness. With a beautiful tenderness,
Klrkland went about his work, giving
of the water to all, and here and there
placing a knapsack pillow under some
poor wounded fellow's head, or putting
in a more comfortable position some
tinaiierea leg or arm. Then he went
back to his own lines and the fighting
went on. Tell me of a more exalted
example, of personal courage and self
denial than that of that Confederate
soiaier, or one which more clearly de-
nerves tne name or christian fortitude.
in that terrible war of the rebellion
Klrkland gave up his life for a mis
taken cause In the battle of Chtckamau-
ga, put I cannot help thanking God that
in our reunited country, we are Joint
neirs wun -mermen rrom the south In
me ei"iy miu inspiration that come
rrom sucn heroic deeds as his.
"Oh. matrimony." exclaims some Im
patient one. "Can't a young man show
a girl some "Courteous attention without
its being considered a proposal of mar
riage?" I'ndoubtedry. But we were talking
about giving presents. Now no sensi
ble girl wants a mats' to give her pres
ents which he can 111 afford to give,
which would cause her ajnbarrasment
end which would, to say the least, ba
a matter of ill taste If there were but
a passing acquaintance between them.
The three "B's" remain, as hereto
fore, the only admissable presents to
bQ. given a girl by a man friend -books,
bouquets and bon bons.
If the young people are engaged to
be married, more elaborate anil expen
sive presents are permlsnable, of
course. In that event, anything which
Is not nn article of wearing apparel,
(only excepting gloves) may be given,
providing always that It falls well with
in the limit of a man's Income.
It is only reasonable to suppose that
the man who is engaged to a girl hoprs
to marry her, that his prime ambition
from that time on is to accumulate
enough money to build her a homo and
equip it; that he would count It a privi
lege to deny himself useless expenditure
and show himself able to conserve his
Income for the new duties and respon
sibilities of a married man.
w
the
hot
Logan Refutes Hitehings' State
ments. Portland, Dec. ' 7. To the Editor of
Ths Journal With reference to the let
ter: printed in. Saturday's issue of The
Journal, over the name of J, H. Hltch"
lngs, I desire to make the -following
corrections. I never said (although ln
SvgrtantlyTnlsquoted to such effect),
that I had secured" this appointment of
the late Ralph Fisher as referee, or in
any capacity connected s with the dis
barment . proceedings against Finch.
wnat iciia say was that Mr mhar
who was, the regularly appointed prose-J Bob Jones has had a tacatioV this year
cuting officer, desired for convenience
that l assist as referee in. all the local
disbarment proceedings then at Issue. I
protested because of press of business,
and had .him secure the appointment of
Honorable C. M. Idleman as referee In
the Finch case. Mr. Fisher needed no
special appointment nor my assistance,
for the very good reason that he was
the official prosecutor of the Bar as
sociation, i
Concerning the often and freely ex
pressed opinion by Mr. Fisher that
Hitehings was connected with the
anonymous communications, I desire to
add that Mr. Fisher gave expression to
this belief to allay Tear and to nhow
his contempt for the writer. Hitehings
had attained an Infamous celebrity long
before Francis J. Heney procured his
Indictment for attempting to traduce
his good-name. Mr. Fisher was aware.
of this and knew, moreover, .that he
had nothing to fear In the way of bod
ily harm, from a cowardly creature who
had been publicly whipped a score of
times' by citizens of both sexes, for un
speakable Insults to unprotected women.
JOHN F. LOGAN.
' ' Not the Bar's Faults '
Bay City. Or., Dec. 2.--To the Editor
of The Journal Tillamook county people
are much pleased to hear of the new host
whhh is heing put on the Portland ahdr
Tillamook run. And 1 is believed this
boat will go when the weather and bar
are favorable, that it won't wait ' forj
tne sun to shine. And again. Captain
and won't care to tie up at Bay City and
Hobsonvllle and lay around for a week
or two each trip resting up and laying
It on to the bar being too rough.
There have been three boats lying In
here for the last two weeks waiting
for the sea to go down and at times
you could have crossed over the bar on
a plank. i .,
What Tillamook needs Is a boat which
will come and go when the weather Is
fit and then our merchants can keen
provisions on hand all the time, but as
it has been they can't even keep a sup-
ui nuur. A READER.
Tho Nervous Mother.
From the Atchison Globe.
An Atchison woman who Is very ner
vous and Inclined to worry Is the moth
er of a boy. She recently read of a boy
wno was Kiuea wnue ronerckatlng and
Immediately put her son's roller skates
In ths fire. Another newspaper told of
a boy who Was killed riding the street
cars, and as boys are frequently killed
while walking by streetcars running
over them, she chained her boy to thai
front door. Then she read Of a boy who
died of bloodpelsoning, -caused by--Ms
shoe rubbing his heel, and her boy's
shoes and stockings came off The
story of a boy who bit off a button on
nis .waist ..and Choked to" death ' result
ed in her taking off her boys clothes.
He had left only, a , flannel shirt, -and
she Is reading how that wearing flannet
shirts Is the causa of great mortality.
and is thinking of removing that,
And how can a girl help It if a man
wants to give her presents? Well, that
calls for tact and some Judgment of
men. If she does not. care for the man
surely she doesn't want his presents.
If she does care for the man and ex
pects to marry him she should be able
to speak frankly with him about his
Income and, his use of It for her plea
sure. He would .be a very stupid man
who would bet offended at such plain
speaking, and he would not be thor
oughly appreciative of a sensible
worthy and healthily minded . youne
woman if he failed to understand her
Interest In their joint future. Much
may be forgiven to youthful enthusiasm
and the occasional spasm of geherositv
which o'erleaps itself In an effort to
do fitting homage to the "only" girl.
If such was the act of the young man
who on an Income of $18 give his
sweetheart a 125 Dresent. the ilonou-
ment. while it was sad, no doubt served
tne purpose or a wholesome lesson.
ut a man who continually and hahl.
tually discounts the future In such reck
less fashion as the S18 a week cleric
deserves not only to lose his Job, but
inn gin too, ror an unpaianeea, spend
thrift, reckless spender Is but a trav
esty of the word "husband" which
means to conserve and to protect.
t X It
An Emergency Heater.
From the fjadies' World.
E MOVED into a house without
a furnace, where heat was
needed In several rooms, but as
house was soon to be fitted with
water heat, we did not want to
buy stoves. - Something must be pro
vided. We had several single burner
gns stoves ,that (had been utilized in
different parts dr the house to heat
water In cases of emergency. After
these were properly connected to the
gas pipes, an ordinary terra cotta build
ing tile was placed on each stove with
two square openings exactly above the
double ring of flame. When lighted, a
very strong current of air rushed up
through the openings in the tile, so
hot Indeed that we frequently boiled
water in a vessel placed on top of the
me. jne room, sxn, witn three out
side walls and a very large window,
was made perfectly comfortable during
zero weather, y,hlle inside rooms re
quired only the-lowest pressure of gas.
We had the gas stoves, and the tiles
cost very llttlp, bus had we bought the
gas Btoves expressly for the purpose,
the cost would have been less than the
lowest priced coal stoves. Being placed
on the floor, the Intense heat drew in
the cold air, heated It and threw it
out Into the rooms. As an object les
son In circulation It was most Inter
esting, and we found It far superior to
the ordinary gas radiator as a heater.
t ?
Ink on Colored Materials.
THIS SHOULD be removed as soon
as the stain is made, for if it Is'
' once 'dried it will require stronger
methods than the dye can withstand.
Dip the stained part In boiled, but not
boiling milk. The milk should just he
warm. Rub the stain lightlv under the
milk with the finger. As soon as the
milk becomes Inked change It and per
severe until the stain fades; then rinse,
dry auickly. and smooth with a warm
iron, unless the whole article Is to be
washed.
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The Dally Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Fried apples. Sausage.
Buckwheat cakes with maple syrup.
1.U.M fir-Mii.
Home made noodles with
Salmon salad. Baked
Gingerbread.
Tea.
DINNER.
Clam soup.
Broiled beefsteak. Baked potatoes.
Stewed celerlae. Brussels sprouts.
Indian pudding. Cheese and wafers.
Black coffee.
Soft gingerbread Cream together one
cup sugar and two- rounding table-
spoonfuls of lard or lard and butter
mixed), add one egg well beaten, and
one cup molasses, mix well; add one
cup of -milk, one fourth teaspoonful
salt, one' teaspoonful soda dissolved in
little hot water," two teaspoonfuls gin-,
ger, one teaspoonful nutmeg, grated.
Best well, add three cups of flour
Bake: slowly in well buttered shallow
pan. If sour, milk 1 used add anothsir
teaspoon soda, . ... , . -s. : t
A
veal broth.
apples.
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