The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 22, 1908, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text; IBaHSSBBwa; -mmsm' fage of twiknal' ; Ri 1 ; iWW-n .i,lMi-.lli iilWlW-MW I I : . I 1 . I '. 1 .. . . - . . . ........ I T. THE JOURNAL ,AX tyPEFESDEST K1WBPAPBB- C. B. JACKSON... .Pablt-ber vlna. Fifth and JimhlU streets. Portland, or. a m . . tvwrlaitd. Or., for hiMmlMlua through--the second-claw latter. . , i All' ilpiurtmenia reached b.r b Bomber. . .' r.u h.. An..iM th. rfAnftrtment jou warn. t fcld offlee, B-gM: East 8S9. FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE, ..i..i snn.l Arf-ertlstnf Acencr, BruiHwIck KulMing. 226 Fifth aMBUe, New v Xorki JO07-U8 itojee uauains. v,uim. Suberrtprlos Tmni bT null OT to any addreu 10 Us Uultea Btaiea, lianaaa or i , . - - DAI LI. 6nt year 15.00 I On month BCKBAT. J Cue rear .82.CO 4 0n month PAILT AXD SUNDAY, pne year ..17.80 Oaa month 8 .60 .$ .25 . .5 Sf Ctrnilation Guarantee JTA CerUhet fiat ti drtalction of (J vl brrrt unfiled aai & guaranteed h the Advtrtitet't CtrUStd CimUtioa Blue Book J" Piper hat pmrtd by tnremtttioa Vl tbr cimtatmo recordt art kept with car and the cirewlatioa ftated wit anrft amirara that adreniten mar rely on any m ' t ' Lt-L r i atacrmrjrta or Mmr maor " wr pnonnrra ' Tk BiKfcr the pwotnmp aao management eontiol Baptambot 1908. 1 Accept your lot as a, man does a piece ot rugged ground, and begin to get out the rocks and roots, to deepen and mellow the soil, to enrich and plant It. Henry Ward Beecher. i riLlCTICAL EDUCATIOX fWT ARI0US : PEOPLE worthy of W heed have been saying recent- ly that our educational sys tern is faulty In paying too much attention to general "book Jearning" and too little to practical knowledge- adapted to the use of students when they leave school; that the expansion and, elaboration of education .In recent years are in the wrong direction. , , A very practical and successful business man, . a high government official and for years a member of an educational board, says: "There are too many high schools, and they . are turning out regiments or incom petents. . Common school education without frills Is all a boy needs to succeed 4n commercial life. He ought to be learning business from 14 to 18, and yet he is encouraged to spend those four years acquiring . a taste for neckties and fancy shirts. There are too many high schools and not enough trade schools. Cities are filled with small salaried, discouraged men, who instead of be ing mediocre clerks (and he might have added low rate professional men), ought to be good, self-respecting carpenters, plumbers and elec tricians. The four years spent in the high schools ought to be spent In learning jto make themselves Inde pendent. " It Is special training and not general culture and boiled shirts that make a man valuable." . ' This : and much - more like talk should hot be accepted too literally, yet there Is much truth and wisdom In the Idea conveyed, the sugges tions made. We would scarcely agree with the assertion that there are too many high schools and other Institutions of higher education, but rather that while it would be well if more boys attended them, a con siderable proportion of those who do attend would better be learning a business or a trade. All are ground through the same mill, whether they are suitable grist for it or not. Many get a higher education, to a greater or. less extent, so as to pursue some genteel and supposedly easy voca tion, for which they are not fitted, and are spoiled for an industrial, mechanical or commercial career, to which they are naturally adapted. The need seems to be, then, not fewer high schools and higher schools so much as a system of edu cation th&t would differentiate more among youth, and that would turn them Into the paths that will most probably and naturally lead to the highest and truest auccesaremem bering that a superior farmer or me chanic isK a greater success than a mediocre lawyer, doctor or preacher, and that a farm hand has as much chance to win fortune and happiness as a clerk. THE XIGHT RIDERS' TRIALS i HAT IS a strange trial, for this age and generation, that is go ing on at Union City, Tenn. It belongs rather to a semi-bar- fcarous.time and people. The de fendants and their deeds are com bative and contradictory of civiliza tion. Jt would seem that a painter of geniui might find here a eubjeit for a great picture. These eight men on trial are typical though perhaps extreme ex amples of the people generally who Inhabit certain mountain regions ot Tennessee and , Kentucky. Among them Is an organization known as Night Riders, of which these men are conspicuous members and lead ers. The burning of .cotton and to bacco warehouses has not been ex clusively their work and It was only mi In'i(i-nt or pham ot their babit .;.! annrchltm. They assume to be a !,i7unto themselves, are defiant tf n'lV.Iur laws and authority, andj doubtless regard this trial and pun lshment, if It should, follow, as ty ranhy deserving vengeance on all engaged iif it. The fight of fishing in Reelfoot lake was the immediate cause of the murder of Captain Rankin and the intent to murder the old man Tay lor, who gave the details of the crime. These nlzht riders-had been forbidden to ilsh on private . prop erty, hence they went, forth to mur der. But this was only the climax of a long series of outrages com mltted by these lawless men. They constituted a despotism throughout a large degion and regulated all sorts of private affairs and pun ished with merciless Hoggings or otherwise anybody who did not act to suit them. As 'an Instance, they required a woman who had left brutal and drunken husband to re turn to him and when she refused they flogged her almost to; death. Eight men are on trial for" the murder of Captain Rankin, but there are Indictments for murder and les ser crimes against 125, and It con' vlctlons can be secured and pun lshment inflicted, it will be a vic tory of law over lawlessness in that region that has been already too long delayed. THE CALIFORNIA REVOLT THE SEEDS of . peaceful revolu tion are -In the great protest Callfornlans are to make against the railroads December 30. Fifty thousand shippers joining in concerted mass meetings all over the etate is a remarkable activity. People met in the same way and In the same way slgnaslled their . re sistance to aggression in 1776. Events of the kind never happen except as a result of unusual provo cation."' In this instance the pa tience" of a patient people has been overtaxed. The limit of silent sub mission has been reached and the Sequel Is a peaceful uprising. It is anomalous that railroad freights should be advanced. The claim that it is necessary is peculiar. Inventions and better devices have greatly lessened the cost in freight hauls. Locomotives and tracks are so Improved that one .train crew handles SO instead of a dozen cars On many lines. The grades are re duced and every item of outlay min imized. Appliances are no longer crude. The -science of railroading has been developed to its highest ef ficiency. The population, produc tion and traffic tributary to the lines is vastly increased. Traffic In nor mal conditions is such that the lines are often unable to handle it with dispatch, - Every known or visible sign betokens railroad prosperity. In the" span of 20 or 30 years men who have genius in the busi ness and engage In it, rise from pov erty to enormous wealth. It is no-; torlous that roads pay enormous dividends not only on their legiti mate but on a great Illegitimate cap italization. In addition to all this there Is a natural law that processes are cheap ened by civilization. It is so in every other line and it is a violation ot all laws if It Ib not so In railroad operation. If not so, it is the nat ural order to go back to the ox, the rude steamboat and the prairie schooner. A reduction of rates in stead of an increase is due by the logic, and analogy of all expedience, and the California Rate Day is a Just ifiable and laudable resistance. It Is a protest that should be carried from the mass meetings to the ballot box, not only In California, but in every state. It is as natural for a rail road magnate as it is for a farmer, a mechanic or any other unit in society to take all he can get and if there be no resistance there will be ag gression, such as is manifest in the present Increase of rates. Railroad commissions, state and national, are a means of defense, and they should be fostered, strength ened and safeguarded. Such com missions, state legislatures and con gress are the weapons to play, and at the ballot box the people should see that they do play, and that the game is fair. WHY DELAY1 IT? T IS announced that Mr, Mc Arthur contemplates giving writ ten assurance that if elected speaker the office will be con I ducted solely in the interest of a business session and that it shall not be used for frustrating ratification by the legislature of 'the people's choice for senator. In so simple a matter, the wonder is that Mr. Mc- Arthur has not already made such a statement. The Journal invited him to do so, and he refused. Why the refusal? Mr. Bean, though not a pro-statement member, did not hesitate to define his views. He de clared that the people settled the senatorial question in June and that if elected speaker his office should not be used In any other Interest than for a straightforward business session with the interests of Ore gon, Its people and taxpayers para mount. Is that a hard declaration to make? Why should there be de lay by any candidate for speaker In making it? If there la such delay in what but a suspicious light must the delay te viewed by those who want a session of business and not a session of tomfoolery? . If we are all on the square in, this matter of the speakership In which It is of su premest Importance to " the people and' taxpayers that we be -on the square.is it not 'Important, that there le ne!thpr unwillingness nor delart in giving legislators and the people exact Information as toJhow we all stand? ..' ' , .:;-' The Journal has no candidate for speaker. It has no candidate for any office. It Is not concerned with the organization of the legislature ex cept that It wants a square deal for the people. It desires to ascertain for the people and the taxpayers, as well as for the legislators, exactly where candidates stand.; It Is due to the electorate )n this great com monwealth that every man shall put himself on record. In this speaker ship matter not a nun in Oregon wants to catch a cat in a bag. No speaker is wanted by anybody who will balk like a cayuse after he gets In the harness. No man worthy of the office will shrink from having his purpose and "his plans exposed to the open sunlight of the eternal truth. The very unwillingness to disclose those purposes and plans arouses suspicion as to their sin cerity, n tne report that Mr. Mc Arthur will make a statement is true It is well. It ought to have been made before. THE CASE IS MADE B' EFORE THE congressional com mlttee yesterday Mr. Carnegie reiterated his statement that steel can be made cheaper In America than in foreign countries." He added that "the cost of produc tion is cheaper here than abroad; that no tariff is needed and that it is, impossible for foreigners to com pete seriously with home manufac turers.? The evidence is complete. The case Is made. There Is no mo- live for him to misrepresent the facts. Yet there is a tariff of sev eral dollars per ton. Mr. Schwab, steel king risen from poverty, lives in a $10,000,000 palace. Mr. Corey, another Ironmaster, lives in regal magnificence. The American farmer pays more for an American made plow than the German farmer on-the Rhine buys itfor. The tariff raises the cost of every nail, every rivet, every tool, every machine the American farmer buys. ' It adds to the cost of every wagon, every har vester, every mower and every other Implement he uses. It Is a toll on every household in the land. The cost of living is so high that wages, toil and effort are swallowed up by ft. Government commissions In vestigate the question of how goes It with country life, and find -that there is lack of comfort and barriers to thrift. There is an exodus from the country to the city by boys who seek opportunities that country life does not seem to afford. Farms by the hundred in New England have been abandoned as unprofitable. These known and notorious condi tions are everywhere confessed and nowhere denied. The annual profits of the steel trust are 1175,000,000. The Carnegie testimony is of ex treme value. If the present con gress does not eliminate this cease less toll by ateel some other con gress will. . THE HARIUMAN DECISION J UDGE CLEMENTS, a member of the Interstate Commerce com mission, takes issue with the re port sent out some days ago that the recent decision of the United States supreme court in the Harriman case was of little or no consequence, and weuld not hamper or materially re strict the work of the commission. On the contrary, Mr. Clements de clares that It will have precisely this effect, and will prevent the com mission from pursuing investiga tions to what it deems in many cases a necessary length. It will be remembered that Mr. Harriman declined to answer cer tain questions regarding his notable Alton deal, and his dealing in stocks for and -with railroads of which he was a controlling or influential di rector. The New York federal court held that Mr. Harriman must an swer tbjbse questions, but the su preme court, three justices dissent ing, hold that he need not do so, say ing in effect that no authority could be given to any official body to pry into a man's personal affairs to this extent. This seems good doctrine to the average layman, but it is still to be remembered that as to these transactions Mr. Harriman was In popular If not in legal estimation something more than a private citi zen. He waB handling money paid in by hundreds of thousands of peo ple and In a measure dealing with their Interests as well as with his own. A common opinion will be that the privacy that would and should be held sacred in the case of a private stockholder ought not to veil the tremendous transactions of Mr. Harriman, who buys railroads as an average man buys sheep or poultry. However, a majority of the supreme court says that Mr. Harriman In his great and power ful position Is no different from a little man who has but small af fairs, and so such is now the law. Various leading newspapers also, on a reconsideration of the decision, agree with Commissioner Clements that the decision will have a weak ening restriction on the work of the commission. . Yet the commission will' have scope enough yet to do much good and necessary work and so need not be utterly discouraged at this adverse decision. . It will he hi pretty spectacle In Indiana, f the Republican senate goes to'" unseating ; Democratic mem bers and the Democratic house coun ters" by unseating Republican mem bers.. It will be an.edjifylng illus tration of constitutional government In the election of senator by the leg islative process, of which we have heard So - much In 'Oregon of late. The constitution Is a convenience over which politicians become great ly concerned, at, times. In Oregon for instance, tbey have never consid ered It unconstitutional to buy legls lators to vote for senator, either In dividually, in pair or in blocks. The constitution is never violated until the whole electorate, through the ballot box, attempts to direct attalrB Yet a fundamental constitutional guarantee is the rule of the ma jority and the ballot box the ' only test of where the majority lies. If the Indiana program Is carried out as now projected, the" taxpayers of that state will have a pretty bill to pay and the outcome of the sessloj will be masterly legislation. - The tragic sequel to a shocking marriage was enacted in Illinois Monday, when . the' white wife of a Chinaman poisoned her four chil dren, stabbing the one who was a girl to make doubly cure of her death, and then killed herself by falling in front of a streetcar. After 13 years of the incongruous yoke- fellowship she could ehdure it no longer, nor could endure the thought of her halfbreed children .growing up to become the scorn of their fel lows. Girls who are prone to "faU In love" with Chinamen, however worthy men. of their sort they may be i-and not a few young women have had this fever should learn a lesson from this tragedy. A white woman who marries a man ot an other race Invariably makes her bed In hell while on earth. A legislature which goes about its business In a calm businesslike way and brings results of value to the people Is the pride of any state. If its deliberations are orderly and its enterprises constructive, the favor able publicity th&t comes commends the state everywhere and cause3 people otherwhere to think of that state as a desirable one to live in. It is a sign that such a legislature Is not in the hands of bosses and it is a better advertisement than all the work of all the commercial clubs, all the advertising and all the boom Ing methods of all the real estate promoters combined. A good, straightforward session of the com Ing Oregon legislature would be of infinite service to the state In what it does and what it does not do. Judge Crane, who" is trying the Hains case, seems to mix a whole lot of plain common sense with his judicially. For one thing, he will tolerate no "brain storm" or, "de mentia Americana" defense; for an other, he believes that jurors fit to try such a case are to be trusted to separate during an adjournment over Sunday, and go home, or where they please. May his precedents become popular on the .bench. A great many more or less promi nent Republicans are busy fixing up Mr. Taft's cabinet. But most of what they say for publication Is only guesswork. Mr. Tatt has an nounced his selection of two mem bers only, and when he has fully decided on any others he will doubt less take the public into his con fidence, as he did in these cases. The same Interests and Influences that are dlsguisedly opposed to the Celllo canal and other up-Columbla river Improvements are also not sln cerelyr in sympathy with free locks at Oregon City; and for the same general reason. The people of the state of Wash ington generally will rejoice at Governor-elect Cosgrove's reported Improvement in health and prospect of recovery, but some officials iffay not be sincerely hilarious. This Date in History. 1620 iAndtntr of first settle at Plymouth, Mass. 10(1 Stephen Pay.e who dtd the first work done In the colonies on a printing press, died in Cambridge, Mass. Bom In England In 1811. 171 The "American. Weekly Mer cury," the third newspaper in America, marie its first appearance in Philadel phia. 1789 Ann Haseltlne Judson, first wo man missionary, born In Bradford, Mala. Died October Z4. 18!. 1823 Thomas Wentworth Hlrslnson, American author, born In Cambridge, Mass. 1835 Principal Grant (George Mon roe), whose writings first revealed to the world tlie possibilities of the Cana dian northwest, born In Nova Scotia, Died in Klngstm, Ont., May 13, 1902. 1891 Jerome I. Case, millionaire man ufactiirer and horse breeder, died at Ra cine. Wis. 1894 Captain ftreyfua found guilty and sentenced to Devil's Island for life. Solon H. Borglum's Birthday. " Solon Hannibal Borglum. the sculptor of the Genera) Sheridan statue recently unveiled In Washinffton, wns born In Ogden. Utah, December 22. 1848. . After spending several years at the Cincinnati Art school he went to Paris and studied under the direction of Louis Reblsso and other famous masters. It was not long after his return to America before his work began to attract the favorable attention of the critics. He made a special study Of western life, living among the cowboys and the Indians. The exhibits of several 4lecjiL of his statu ary were rewarded with inednls at the Buffalo and St. Louts expositions and at the Universal ; exposition , held In Paris In 1900. - ' . ; T . So as to Fly Off. From the Charleston News and Courier. What a pity it, Is that men whose heads 'are. lighter than air are not dirigibles ? ' .'.' A y ' m. r. hi" 1 1 , V; Time Is Fly in. vY-'' 4 i' v From the Washington Star. " . The time Is almost over when anybody will be, eligible to the earlv Cbriatmas shopper class. ; . ' , . -v ' - . I. IN I III 'III I II I I COMMENT AND S3IALL. CHANGE Let r rain. , Become am a little child. : , ,., a-. Now Jt'a late to buy 'era. a a . Be a smile manufacturer. Old 1908 la becoming- very ..a a thin. If you like to be in a crowd arn tn th a OnlV a few dava mora In whlnh in hut, a A little freeslnar weather "goea a Ama- B. 1. ' . 1 1 . ' a a Snow and Ice would be fine Christ. mm presents tor DOys, a a . a How Would It do to awear'nff ahnu a a . Perhaps Castro foresaw a ravnliitinn jiu nauieu 10 do qui OI IX. t . a a ' .: Hs thia been the hard winter that we nears aooutY Will there ha Danalitara n tha Ana. nias a century Hence? .a a The berth rata troublaa nnlv. thnaa wau travel. ... , - . a a Turkeys will be chean aaaln after v.nriBimaa. a a Mall nothing without one or more red tamps. a a Conaresa la now reattna- frnm tt long and asuuoua labors. a a Stilt the Question. "Who wot the money rr is not answered. a a v. Evidently the holdup amen also want to have a merry Chriatmaa, A Chicago air! Is aofna- to marrv a Jap. The Japs are noted for bravery. a a Tennessee can ao far toward redeem ing its reputation by hanging a lot of those night riders. a a , Schwab Is In favor of maintaining the present duty on steel. He hasn't near as much money yet as Carnegie. a a Senator Piatt Is writing his memoir. By Collaborating with Mae Wood he might make them salable. a a Some congressmen evidently believe In the old maxim: "Assume a virtue though you have It not" a a O yes. there Is a Snnta CI a us, but he rides in an automobile now or maybe an airship. a a Mr. Harriman has the rheumatism again. Perhaps the winter climate of Klamath county would be as good for him as the summer climate. a a At a recent election In Somervllle, Mass., five Smiths were elected alder men. If anything goes wrong In that town lay It on the Smith family. a a j The kaiser's official Income is $10, 000,000 a year, yet he can't live on It. The only cheap thing he could Indulge tn. talk, has been denied him. a . a An Indiana woman accepted a bulldog as alimony perhaps suspecting that her ex-husband would come around to make up. I FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE Our Plymouth, Forefathers (Closing paragraphs of an oration which was delivered at Plymouth, rr "the meeting nouso of the first pre cinct" the third place of worship of the original Pilgrim church, December 22. 1803.) ' ". In thus calling your attention to some of the peculiar features In the principles, the character, and the history of our forefather, it Is as wide from my design, as I know It would be from your approbation, to adorn their memory with a chaplet plucked from the domain of others. The occasion and the day are more peculiarly devoted to them, and let It never be dishonored witn a con tracted or exclusive spirit Our affec tions as cltlsens embrace the whole ex tent of the union, and the namea of Raleigh. Smith, WInthrop, Calvert, Penn and Oglethorpe, excite In our minds recollections equally pleasing and gratitude equally fervent with those of Carver and Bradford. Two centuries have not yet elapsed since the first Eu ropean foot touched the soil which now constitutes the AmaMcan union. Two centuries more and our numbers must exceed those of Europe itself. The des tinies of this empire, as they appear in prospect before us, disdain ..the pow ers of human calculation. Yet as the, original founder of the Who Got tte Money ? Vrnm the- New fork World. Charles P. Taf t seems to regard the World's challenge of Mr. Koosevcu s miaatatatriAnts of fact as personal at tack upon him. If full publicity or xne facts about the 'Panama transactions Implicates any of tne Tafts, he has only himself to blame. . ' William Nelson Cromwell Is primar ily responsible for the bringing of Wil liam H. Taft Into this matter. It was Mr. Cromwell who conferred with Mr. Taft at the Hotel Manhattan the day before Mr. Taft went to oyster Bas. and who met him again on his return, rt was Mr. Cromwell who visited Mr. Taft at Hot Springs and secured the appoint ment of George R. Sheldon as treasurer of the Republican national committee. It was Mr. Cromwell who undertook to manage the Republican campaign. But it was not Mr. tromwf(i wno re plied to the question -wno , got tne moneyr with "liar," "abominable false hood." "not merely scandalous but In famous." Not Mr. cromwem out mi, Roosevelt staid: - ' . "The United States did not pay a cent of the $4J).OO0,00O to any American citl sen. The government paid this $40,000,000 direct to the French government. 'The United States government ha not the slightest knowledge aa to the particular Individuals among whom, the French r government - aistrioutea tne same. So far as I know there was no syn dicate." - . " Mr. Cromwell's testimony before the senate ' committee ' In 1908 contradicts each of these statements of Mr. Roose velt . ;. - To these contradictions In the senate record la now added the emphatic con traction rf Senator Millard of Nebras ka.' the Republican chairman ot the committee on lnteroceanio canals, who says: . j. i JThe French government had nothing to do with the sale of the canal property.'"-. .'.-.vi-.;' -" '.',-. ''' 'V I "About tlie only man who had any-; thing to do with thatwas William Nel son Cromwell. . , , I , . . A "The monev was paid to-J. P. Morgan NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS. Albany la gazing at Its first electric car. . - ' '. a ...., The Dalles Fruit cannery did a very good business this year 7214 cases, :. a .... a , - Again the prospect brightens for Pendleton to keep its woolen mill, a a ' Tillamook's ' Christmas present Is. competition Jn the transportation bual- liaaa'. '.Because old oeoDle don't careaktou or believe In Santa Claua any more, is no reason why children don't or shouldn't . ' a a - Levi White of West Roseburg re cently became a father for tne twenty- first time. This is the tentn cnua corn to his present wife, It having been born to bis nrst wire. a. a i . ' An Irving man Is milking four cows, one a stripper, ana is making 15 rotn or 28 pounds of butter a week. This at 70 cents a roll makes $12.60 per week. ' '. a ' : A Dalles vardener of vears of experi ence in truck gardening xor tne cm cago markets says that in various narta of Wasco .county the soil and climate conditions are excellent for the production of first class celery.. W V ...... - J Enterprise's assessed 'valuation for 1908. ia $588,195 or almost $600 for every man, woman and chlla in tne city.- The gain over a year ago is $114,133, an astonishingly rapid growth in weaitn, says tne ctuetiain. - a a Pendleton's railroad business has shown no decrease thla year. The postofflce business has shown a heavy attendance thla year la 20 per cent rreater than In the past , and at this Ime a suitable dwelling houae can hardly be found by a prospective renter, a a Echo Register: We have too many larae ranches In Umatilla county. While thev are arrowlna- lararer In aome parts of the eounty they are being spilt up In others. There will soon be 60,- 00 more people in Umatilla county, but they will be In the Irrigated seo- -a a ' Last soring a Dufur man had aome of the old trees in his orchard cut back and grafted. He took t no particular notice of the trees, except that they appeared to be doing well, until Just recently, after the trees had shed their roiiaire. when, no louna a run grown apple on one of the grafts. a a Prospects were never brighter for the future of Columbia county than they are at the present time, says the Re view. During the paat few weeka there seems to have come a reaction rrom the business, depression that has been felt for nearly a year.' and -In every line of business the outlook is hope ful. Columbia county haa re sou roes that are not surpassed by any other section of the state or country. a a n C Rnlnlr rtt Klamath aarenev. has succeeded In securing a five year Tease on lands along both sides of Spring creek for a distance of a mile. Thts includes practically an or tne cnoioe camping and fishing grounds along this stream, it is tne pian oi nir. opina tn form a company to rtanaie tne tourist trade to this point. Spring creek Is said by aome anglers to be the best fishing stream in tne country, out cuuiu nm be fished In muoh because within a res ervation. By John Quincy Adams Roman state la said once to have lifted upon his shoulders the fame and for- tunes'of all hie posterity, so let us never forget that the glory and great ness of all our descendants la In our hands. Preserve In all their purity, re fine. If possible, from all tbelr alloy, those virtues which we this day com memorate as the ornament of our fore fathers. Adhere to them with inflexible resolution, as to the horns of the altar; Instill them with unwearied persever ance Into the minds of your children; bind your souls and theirs to the na tional union as the chords of life are centered in the' heart, and you shall soar with rapid ' and steady wing to the summit of human glory. Nearly a century ago,: ona of those rare minds to Whom It IS given to uiscern imure greatness in its seminal principles, upon contemplating tne situation on in is con tlnent. pronounced. In a vein of poetic Inspiration. "Westward the star of em plre takes It way' . Let tfs unite In ardtmt supplication to the Founder of nations and - the Builder of worlds, that what then was prophecy may continue unfolding Into history that tne aearest nopes oi tne human race may not be-extingulsheti in disappointment, and that the last may prove the noblest empire . or time. & Co., Instead ot to the French govern ment as stated by Mr. Roosevelt. "None of It was paid to the French government, so far as I know, and the French government did not have the distribution of It." Another contradiction of Mr. Roose velt's statement that ''the government paid this $40,000,000 direct to the French government" Is found- In the checks to 3. P. Morgan & Co., and by them Indorsed, which are on file in the treasury department E . Solicitor General Hoyt In an Inspired defense says that the money was paid to the liquidator, Mr. Gautron, and that this was payment to the French gov ernment According to Cromwell's tes timony, only $25,000,000 of the $40,000, 000 was paid to the liquidator of the de Lesseps company. ' Even had it all been paid to M. Gautron. that would be no more payment to the French government than a. payment to the receivers of th Metropolitan Traction Is payment,, to' the government of the United States. The old de Lesseps company had failed and a receiver had been appoint ed. Thefe was no market for the prop erty and the claims were selling at a few cents cn the. dollar. Somebody bought up many of them. Then Mr. Cromwell, acting for the new Panama Canal company, sold - the property of the old Panama Canal company "to the United States for $40,000,000 and paid the de Lesseps receiver $25,000,000 for what cost the United States $40,000,000. i So;. far as - the World's Information goes, none of the brothers of William H. .Taft was In the original syndicate. The executors of Senator Gorman and of Senator Hanna might furnish infor mation about the original syndlcators. So might 3. P. Morgan & Co., Douglas Robtson and William Nelson Cromwell, If any of Mr. Taft's brothers were -syndlcators they cam in later. - A public Investigation by congress to find out who got the money is an im perative necessity. . His Silly Question. From the Cleveland Leader. Him Am I the first man you were ever engaged tOT s...-. Her twn't Insult me. You know per fectly well that-1 am '25 "years old. - Do tl look like a.letnon? 2 REALM FEMININE. "L" AST call' for home made gifts In the sewing-room, might be the cry tha.t sends nimble fin gers flying .these last ' two days before ChriBtraaa. Thers Is alwaya a demand at this time for last suggestion,,, for something that can be made quickly, and which doea not mean a half day's shopping trip in the crowds at the department stores. no. a few hints far th elnvnnth hmi gift. , , . . . . You have noticed the pretty hatpin holders made of rose petals contrived from satin ribbon, but a new idea in this line is to represent a carnation In stead of a rose, which is easier. Take pink baby ribbon, or red. ooth good car nation colors, mnk a frlmre eit lnnn of this ribbon about the mouth of the glass test tube which can be purchased at the nearest drug store, fasten the fringe of Detala flrmlv' In nI iiu make. the calyx of the flower of th green baby ribbon. Leave loops of either the pink or the green with which to hang it up. -,...;.'-".-.....,,,., Has your friend a sewing acreenT To make this. Cut thrra mnuli nf Mit. board (happy thought, the breakfast food package la Just the thing) cover them with cretonne, both . BifTea. mil attach the little ribbon loops Into which w aiicn xne scissors, tne emery bag, the pocket for needles, the tape 'meas ure, and the like, then merely lay them together with a ribbon, atlch at the top and bottom, holding them In place. The screen can be" folded In any position and when standing on the sew ing table' It displays all the tools in neat order. Two rosettes of oolored ribbon Which ia Wlda enntiarh tn maWa a two-Inch frill when folded, on placed upon the other, and the center orna mented with stamens of yellow silk, the stem made of flexible wire cov ered with, .green ribbon, make an at tractive plh cushion which would enat a pretty aura at the stores, but whioh can be made at home at little cost. i Have you seen the erettv a win a seta made of crochet covered rlnaa strung together with two atranria nt colored half-Inch ribbon? Thla affair simulates a collar and U hung over the sewer's neck;, the four ends of ribbon are left long enough to reach her lap with the sewing Imple ments fastened upon them. 8uch a pretty little trifle for the girl who llkea to take her aewlna ta nnih.. girl's homo for the afternoon. , Of pretty handkerchiefs no end ef dainty gifts can be made, but at this late date It will not do to attempt any thing elaborate. For the woman who uses powder a nrettv miff tnr tha dressing table can b made of a hand kerchief. Stitch in the centers small piece of chamois, draw the hand kerchief through a erohat i-nr,4 and. spread the four corners to form a iiower snaps, Another nrettv trifi fnr th flraaln table is a hair receiver made of a p rat ty embroidered handkerchief, drawn to. gether in a cornucnnia th mti.a points of th embroidery are then caught together, leaving the spaces be tw?n them for the half Inch ribbon which Is run from top to bottom and tied in a bow. At opposite corners th hanging loops of ribbon are fastened. This Is eminently practicable, as It can be laundered .without undoing the StiChes. Sew the notnta tna-atha. nnlv about half way up th side, leaving a ""' " i me otner points. Then, If it Is too late for any more sewing make dainty boxes of heavy pa per, tied with holly ribbon and fill them with home-made candies made by your own willing hands. Various recipes for these from" the first mixing of the fondant up to th finished Droduct war nnhiiBhsH rv. ce-mber If. 4 4. If. 18 and 17 In thi. column. K It K notter Farm Conditions. By Mrs. H. IL Anders. THE question that Is uppermost In I the minds of many is "How to better the conditions on the farmr First. I think one ahnnlit n,,ir. thrift, economy, and I nflllKtrv. An 1,,. dustrious and prosperous farmer, is known by his surroundings. Strangers passing along the hirhwavs ana th comfortable homes, and the fences In gooa conauion. tne nome surrounded by beautiful flowers, could eee at a glance that that farmer is prosperous. We should endeavor as far as possible to live close to nature, and surround our selves with everything that is beauti ful. Beautiful trees, beautiful erarriana beautiful home and above all a beau- tirut character. The farmer haa th advanta n his city brothers In a good many ways. He has rilentv of wholflanm tnn breathes the fresh, pure air and, in fact, lives as close to nature as any one could get. The table la supplied with plenty of fresh laid eggs, and xrisp vegetables at their disposal, fried chicken when ever It Is wanted. In fact, the conditions nn th farm ara growing better every year. With me teiepnone, so tnat social commun ications are almost aa eaxv anri a pleasant aa in town, and there Is no reason why every farmer should not. have one in his horn. And th rnr.i free delivery by which your letters and papers can be brought almost to your door. The tlmo is not far off when the electric lights will ba in llmnat every farm house, and the phonograph is no longer a luxury It Is a necessity in every home, where there ar chil dren to enjoy It there It belongs as a part of their education and entertain ment Where there are no children. It equally essential, fnr tt talra ih Place of their merrv vnli- an4 n1a. ant laughter, and let me repeat again. -mow can w better the eondltions on the farm?" We have It here In a verv few words. The Industrious farmar that knows how to manare hia farm and lives up to all the requirements essential to farming and to his spiritual welfare, one that Is kind to his hired help and to his, children and to the dumb animals that come in contact with him, that man will better his con ditions on the farm. K K It Plum Pudding. 0 NIL cupful suet chopped very fin, one cupful light brown sugar, one half cupful molasses, one half cup ful our milk, three unbeaten asrars. tan cupfuls stale bread crumbs, sifted; one cupful flour, one level teaspoonful soda, one fourth cupful eo Id water, one cup ful of raisins, one cupful of currants, on half a cupful of citron, one -tea-ppoonful cinnamon, one half a teaspoon ful each of nutmeg, mace, cloves and all spice. Thoroughly mix these Ingredients and pour Into a buttered mold and steam seven hours, or Blare in nound hakinr powder tins and steam three hours. - Ancestral Pride. " From th Cleveland Lea, r "Do vou still want this genet.rjrvr' asked the man who digs up such things. ' "Sure, I do why not?" : "Well, I've found that your great-great-grandfather was han(J formur der, your great-grandfather was lm prisoned for robbery and your - grand father was tarred and feathered - for beating hlsWlfe. That's not a ' very proud record is It?" .--'-:-- i "I should say It Is. Shows how my' family Is getting better each genera, tlon. I'm an Improvement on the whole bunch neverV been In jail yet t Let m have those records I'm proud of 'enir A CToad of Prophet. - From th Springfield Union. Tn predicting the -defeat 'bf Bryan In ' 1912. the New York World Is merely getting in ea!y to avoid the nish.