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Newspaper Page TextOP THE (JOUKNAb tr-. ill THE JOURNAL AN INDEPtSDENT NgWSPAPER. C. 8. JACKSON..... ..PaMlaaef Pohliahed mr Tnlnr (except Snndr) and Bandar owning- it The Journal Build lag. rtrtk and YamblU atrwta. Portland. Or. 1 Entered at the poatofflc at Portland, Or., for (rannmiMloa tlwnta tin mail a Moosd-claM Batter. . THE NEW YEAR T TELEPHONES MAIN 71T3. HOME, A-dOSl. All oVpartaicnu reached by theae number. ' Tell the orr'j th department you waut. Kaat Sid officer B-2M; Eaat 838. FOHEIG.V ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE. Vreeland-ftenjamia Special AdTertialng Agency, Fronawick Bulldlag, 2S5 Fifth avenue. New Sark; 1O0T-08 Boree Building, Chicago. SnhjcrtptioB Tirmt br m-ll or to mnr addrau IB the Doited States. Canada or Mexico: DALLY. One rear .5.00 I One month....... I .50 '. ( SCNDAY. One rear... tj SO I One month f .3 DAILY AND SUNDAY. One rear.. 7.50 I One month....:.. I .85 HE new year will lay a gen erous offering at the feet of Portland and the Oregon country. Forces are at work to more than ever ; promote the spirit of growth. ' The world Is learning more and more about the opportunities presented in this won derland of the Pacific northwest, the tale of low priced lands that the near future is certain to double and In some instances quintuple in value, and deluding leaders; . he even re vised .j the ' American conception ' of the freedom of the press by denying bringing here with an accelerating J that the 'constitution guarantees any rush the capital and the capitalists I right to print.: He gave evidence of from many cities and states. , ' (having followed Gompers campaign inese coming captains or capital, utterances witn the interest of a with money for investment in their I partisan, and , exhibits a wholly un- COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE Near the end of the last lap for 190$.' hands and new blood and new spirit edifying vengeance - In forestalling 1 1909. corking," "bully" year ti Anger's my meat; I sup upon myself, And so shall starve with feed? Ing. Shakespeare. -a - THE DEADLY EARTHQUAKE IT IS an awful toll of death that the ; earthquake has levied in south ern Italy. The loss of life amounts to enormous figures, The suffering that must follow from lnsanitation, disease, destitution and hunger incident to the ruin that has been wrought will sever be told This suffering will be so great and further loss of life so certain that the sudden going of those who per l&hed in the first shock will, in some Instances be almost merciful by con trast It. gives to those who live outside the earthquake zono thank fulness for .their position on. the earth. : The rone Includes central America, -the West Indies, the 'Azores, Italy, Syria, Persia, Afghani stan, Thibet, Japan and Hawaii. With the appearance of these ca tastrophes,! the causes are sought. Two thousand years ago Pliny as serted that earthquakes were a phe nomena of volcanic eruption That view was held as late as the first half of the 19th century. They occur, as In ' California, however, where there , is no; accompanying eruption, and it is now. generally recognized that they are due to a variety of causes. Some are due to explosions of steam that are a chief characteristic of volcanic eruditions They are also believed to oe some times caused by movements of mol ten rock deep underground. ,The 'sudden expansion of such rock If .pressure Is relieved by the opening of a fissure could occasion the dis- turbance. . v'-''"'' ' Information is fuller, with refer ence to the movement. The motion is exceedingly complex. .. There is not only a horizontal but a -vertical movement., The horizontal displace ment takes place In all conceivable directions.: ; There are also twisting and tilting rotations.' By means of the seismograph, : most j of these movements are now measured with a fair degrees of accuracy. This , delicately adjusted Instrument, in fact, shows that the earth's crust is almost constantly trembling even in 'regions where shocks of magnitude are rarely if ever felt. In general, (the center of aq earthquake has been found not to be a single point, but an area. It is also known that the seismic center is very seldom 30 miles below the surface, and that the most common depth is eigni or 10 miles. ..The seismic center of the Charleston earthquake was but 12 miles. An earthquake tremor may be felt on the surface but not in the lower levels of a deep mine, and vice versa. The size of the area where tremb ling is ; perceptible varj?s greatly. The great Lisbon earthquake in J 755 was distinctly felt over the whole of the southwest Euro-pe and - U ... . 1 f -r . m, . . 1f ml-r with llii liictiiiu llfalanv a M.,UOD vwi.uuo uu mo ymu Mr. Calhoua win fet hia next per- ui vu uauTco aip iviuco lu ftivc oiui vuo . uou,uuu uy ucuiiix mem I naps ' c " " .t. I ""i""' If they can, the teachers will do bet wisui iu wo uctuiuiucui ui wu rtj-1 uuo. no muumieu in every iineiier now. " " Ta? a "W"V""WV" cuuttuw Ruf iretB 14 years, but h relies on at uiwuuu ttir7 iui tco iua. ai o auuiufi auu mo jauw ui tuo lauur lyrceo la l juugres nigner up, tnil lHnHat vnluna in fool AetflTi. fitt-1- 1 the miimtra : Tn f Vila Via nnAvar aha1 1 lu rrUH t.o 7 .- .v v. ,. v . " Better awmr off and backslid than 'v " "iuu. iuo iusi iu x-uriiaua ana every uiut-r i iuiubbh.. , -. . ; ; , , I not wear oil t all perhaps. Oregon city, that are swiftly multl-i The decision mar erv likelv , be t . Divine thd nnmhor of Infliinfrlal nnt eiiRtln hiir Jnrlir. WHe-hr'e vln. I For as rreat aboowr a Castro la re- i , , : , : i - . . " . iported to be, he lasted a good while, manufacturing enterprises, that areldictlve language will scarcely be e e v magnifying the region's commerce I approved by a higher court,, eer- Teddy Jr., has displeased his dad It nrf tnrnlne- tnnaa iwrtwhen tha I tnlnl-r will nnr ha tw 4V.a .nit. I reportea. XIO, IS a man now, ana a forces of oroeresa and the SDlrit of I and it mav well serve a a. stronei vigor. Their effect is seen in the influence in behalf of such laws as LfS! T"0" iudf Wtrniht,0T. of fruit land advancing in a few years from a value of 50 to as high as $1500 per acre, and paying a handsome profit on the invest ment, is reach1hg,to furthermost parts. The tale of. a zone where famine, cyclones, drough, crop fail ure and destitution never penetrate, and where the mildness of winter and the mildness of summer are twin factors in an incomparable climate, Is now told and retold en thusiastically in parts where Oregon was never heard of before. Carried In equally generous en thusiasm to distant states and cities, Is the story of Portland, gateway for the Inland Empire, commercial cen ter of the greatest agricultural king dom in the wonderful west, child of natural' selection as the spot where the forces of captains of com merce of this industrial west and the nations of . the Pacific ocean shall meet in the exchange of traffic and barter of ' business. . Carried likewise to distant regions, are the tidings of forest wealth, of mineral wealth, of agricultural wealth, of wealth, known and unknown in this Jacd where rolls the Oregon that once knew no sound save its owi dashlngs, and it is a story that is i OLD 5IOLALLA WAKING . VP coming of the North Bank railroad, the union labor people demand and its expenditure of $45,000,000. The matchless handiwork in Its construction is the sign of the per manence that its builders ascribe to the region Into which It has entered Akin to It, along' with 'manifold other. Investments, : la the eeiecvlon it leader's support of Bryan, s. m: e Pennsylvania hue had two errtarl or state, noted Democrats James Bu cnaoan and Jeremiah Black, e -. How could the Pittsburg- bank"afforl HE PEOPLE of that splendid and exceedingly resourceful I to pay tens of thousands of doliarajTor county. Clackamas, or at least thVT th-"VdeP'1i,T ( A? that nortion of them llvlnc In I (tnm will nnv mnA mnwvt win L 4... 01 romana as ine xounaaiion spot, i the Molalla river district, are mani-JjLe ,a "sar out tntl tne Nw ' ror a great framework or maustry festly waking up. They have not " " ' "l luo ""'ai picimj BraaeM.wiu n y orsran zed to Irrleate several Pennsylvania won't send Herrv Th a Widespread industrial life and thousand anrea of that iMtlon. whfrh .t0 th senate, for two reasons : He isn't , . .... . i ' ' i iiuuu vet. .nn mnr rv tint m lnnHA vet. ainii mnut n hie ynflllnna or win Kreativ increase ine value 01 gone. t . - , Thu Isnl.tiJ A.nn.lA. S- I .. . . .. ... . .1 - - ' .u cAamion " its larmmg lands, ana allow or sub growth to result therefrom. mnltltnrlA rr fvni.ni f .nirtt 1 V,, 7. T. Z . Z" , .J1 7 1 The Kaiser ana. Tart. navinr sworn off - ; v- "H"" i aiviHion oi large iarms ana intensive i on another nay man ew x fear's, it la that Is to urge the Oregon country farmlnsr. adrllne much to lt nomila-i8"?0. that they are in - earnest v l , a . . , I " ' --r- I tDOUt 1L . r j-' .. ! . U uon ana wealth, but an electric ran I ear upon.wnicn we are aDOUt lOlrrtad nn (tin Mnlallft v11pv In nrrwl ter cooper Mains probably was not enter It fS a vista ta contemnlafe , I P T MOla, Va',ey 18 pr? Insane, but according to some testimony enter. 11 is a vista . to contemplate, jected and according to reports he must have been fitted? to take high not witn roreDoaings, out an l.m. .a,-Aji Tt iu-lrank fooL . a I , source. quake of August, 1886, had a velocl ty of 16,000 feet per second. Among the notable earthquakes of history, was that of 742 in Syria, Palestine and Asia in which. 600 cities wore destroyed and millions of people per ished. At Sllicla in 1258 the killed numbered 60,000. Other great earthquakes were, Naples. 1456, 40,000 dead; Lisbon, February, 1531, 30,000; Naples. July. 1626. 70,00,0 dead and 30 towns and cities ruined; Schamak, 1667, lasted three months, 80,000 dead; Sicily in Sep tember, 1693, 54 cities and 300 vil lages destroyed, 100, (TuO dead;' Yeddo, Japan in 1703, 200,0t)0 dead; Peking, November, 1731, 100,000; dead; Lisbon earthquake June, 1755, 60,000 dead; Santa Fe to Panama, 1797, 40,000 dead; St. Pierre Mar tinique, May, 1902, 40,000 dead; Northern India, May 1905, 35,000 dead; Calabria, the scene of the present catastrophe has been visited by earthquakes at intervals since the dawn of history. abounding spirit of optimism. It is for gnJ depending wholly upon out- Bryan will only be a candidate again a Byriu awM me journal is a 8,der8 the people nD there are pro- f l5?. tT08 cn n part, and the paper expects, as.lnL0,n, tn n tl L51,h" ,,V.lnJ'Lr con,,n,",g V , " 1 - -V" '..,,,,,;.,.. vaa ,u,tol, uu Maciunui own acc0unt, to help themselves, to . in this regn of resplendent re-, ca.-18a develonment and woeress to L " L? rP..r'?d pfl"ce-.""rA h . aviwir i uruiuvr, in cuming over o visi begin at home. I us again. If so, the deficit Is liable to Tn thfiRA nroWta Th Tftlirtial to an enormous ngure next year. fha nan, Inf J I . . . f . ' -l ' v " w.wuu uiov wan tun uu utcu i wicnoa rnom Anrira fliitAaaa ,onf i ,., a . - . lent aaaea vigor to the pulsations of I doubts not that If they pull together I can form children's future characters 'uo "v,c, a, commercial lire, they will succeed. In doing so they h kTds aw about the tough?;? a town! Ureams Of empire began to POSSeBS I vr 111 nr.t nnlv nA erAntlv tn thlr ' e e the body politic. Pride of environ- Lwn wealth and trpni.r1 nrnnnftHtv. . Elbertua Hubbard was recently ment and hope of destiny seized but they will set an example that issuposed Xor8tUnnnircWk. Upon the Citizen. Enthusiasm was mnv h nr Immmge hen of H tn nthnr ltwas splintered Into kindling wood. i . m . . . . . .1 -. I The frft weal unhurt. r eotirmek i BuuBuimea ior pudiic siumDer ana sections, to the etate as a whole. Ir- . i at-uvuy ior areams. Better and rfo-ntlnn- lntnlvo farming- 1o(trlI If there are to be a lot of new names bigger homes were built and better railroads- eood waeon roads these i? 0r'?0"; Tinoh5peopI & R11dlll' and hir .t- . raiiroaas, gooa wagon roaasineBe Tangent, Drain, Shedds and other places -! do " "o iJ.uuucu. iu la I are wnat many localities in tne wil-lea alter gooa men outrwnose names in the air and the hammer, the saw tamntr iiav t.M) ' .i.H hv not attracUve for a town consent to j iv. . .. .. i i me cnanKes: , : . .....U6 oiiauficiB iu iucioniv be nad bv tne neome "waama Tipia. n was au.wortn tne enort, as the sequel abundantly shows. A BIASED DECISION A nn" and "irntno- nftor" tha thtne-a I , -x-epreseniative nermann nas noi up ana going alter tnese tnings. i Mt "nerve." PeoDis of the coautiia I region hired him to go back to Wash i"f 'rbSn 'ffrtS. Ser?Sr.'"0" In the death' of many men has oc- I he has property there himself. curred, the latest of scores of such OREGON SIDELIGHTS. - Lots of oil companies, but no oil yet. A Sprlngbroolman recently butchered r,. 3 "ml naa cultivated such an appe tite for Oregon prunes that his weight on foot had grown to 25 pounds, and when- "undressed" the carcass tipped j ucBtu ii eia pounas. e Tie REALM T Roosevelt on Education. IIKRB are at present two strong ly- marked. tendencies . " in our industrlaT , Ufe. One is that which' alms ; to" consolidate alt induatrlea tn cofhraunltiea, to The Bandon Recorder tells 'of about ta.kft Various occupations out the meanest thief on record, as follows: tna ' home and to substitute while away from home last Sunday for.,' the family as . a unlt the Indus- - some nne vnt Intn th. hum. ft Mr. i.ui , . i. . . i j SS5 JwoVlte bgfuTA" "rk f"r 7 "est fitted; Prati.iVfiii h Y"i--mrm i 'h.n0,e particularly the family as a unit, yicinity of Redmond una winter, i nev nret D un tna ice. then l&v a Wfll) nf lava, rook arnnnti I clnapp, tnitrh with th .Um.niBi (nrf.... ' nithA ?w?U8t p5ck?d,. betweon thai tries of the race rather than to train: vaiu tiin i - J aim mill as, tjirrt. i u . uua, n Awa 1 a. stir.. ii rft. i i uyin 1U condition, and la a great convenience . The latter policy is that which Fre-I- durlng the aumrner In keeping butter, flent RoOBevelt so strongly recommends. per condition, I vvun tne great practicality whtca marks . nun ne seea in a better Industrial edu eggs and milk in proper a e 9 Echo la not Ivinaawakenla-hta worrv-lctlon arui a more intelligent husbandry In. okn,.. ..k.ii... ,v.A iLt is EL fn t u I Or . OU T nn tura.l reaoiircea the kev to Penn Central railroad la coming to town ' solution of a very rel problem- or not, says the Register. We have a I tne problem of helping the people to V. ii.nU .k.. .. t ,v. . I help - themselves: an . education whinli and every night, too. for that matter, would have a tendency to relieve the Echo Is not on some seven mile spur P0"68"0" 'j1 the big cities, over crowd- with one train a day, nor is this town " wi1,lch brings so many miseries In wasting time and paper drawing maps ,1r,n' would bring- about the to show how this line or that will hit or intelligent cultivation of the soil upon miss us. We're on the main line, and to nicuh ln th? lRSt analysis the prosperity star. . . f th people rests. The Clatskanle Chief thinks that al .And It does not storm Mr. Roosevelt reasonable bounty on some kinds of , an. ; eviaentiv. to contemplate the wild animals Is almost Imperative at natJ?nal royc-nment as a direct adjunct the present time and that the public to this kind of education for in an open generally is heartily tn favor tt such letter published In Good Housekeeping a .mMHnr. rniiff.ra hnva hprnm. verv ne outlines a olan for rhunirea in thn f ooi VAari ailnn the I System of DUblio lnatructinn mihlh aihnll bounty was taken off, and every year! bring the secondary schools into line the ranchers m the outlying aisiriotsi"" uumnuuiing airectiy to ritting pupus report the loss of 'Considerable stock j for actual life Instead of merely fitting rrom tae ravages or tnese oeaata, wniie i - "r umvamny me ana cutting the scarcity of deer in the forests Is at. j the 96 per cent of Ordinary pupils off wiiua.il incomplete eaucauon, leavinar them to adjust life to tlielr education iA llsla i i mm oei iney may. vrr W nl.. 1. T aa I I belieVA." IflVM Plftil1nt RaAMMVpIi-. Grande 8tar: "I expect to see the day Lat, the national gevernment hould and that 111 V. . Grande with Walla Walla, and there Is ?h ToSr" n'rT nn tiiina- tn hat extent unch develnn-1 the last congress by Mr. Davis. It is ment. win talc 4ftce in the near fu-lnot my plape to speak of the details ture. With intensified farming, the - f'.'f Jh, Pi"- J f"f " ,Kn1 waJ tended production of fruit, the further fthat the nation shoujrt by mk- increase In the lumber manufacturing $,1ffiiyvrlon?' P"1 Premium upon . , . i i .i ..t . i. I lnuustrlai. and esnnclailv eriKiiiturai cUlties for transportetioni. the develop- HS1,". thin..-till- m! lchol";, th ment of this valley and the growth of th???r ve- required in the city of La Grande will exceed all cilooI?A contribute wliat is nec- present expsctaUons." . l7.rlZ.ln. I'?'"1".'?' Mrs.' Helen Scholfield and little son of ?m"iL b.ui,.le-r!.h.e. .""P?""810" f lohlanrl wAiaa vlszftlrtflr Iti K amntn rvtnn. " . SI DPI FROM lfihnr itnlAn. which may be considered anrrm,e, Z-.J ! ?UJ?V' THE CALL OF STRICKEN ITALY earthquake was felt from FlorIda X t7 . 1 J a . V ie uufiaim ana as iarwepj'as ,lowa, an area 1000 miles long and K00 wide. In the Lisbon earthquake the tremor lasted but six mintites. .In the great Calabrian earthquakes of J783 trembling was practically continuous for four years. When earthquakes occur beneath the sea, long low waves are sent rapidly over the ocean, but they travel more slowly than the earth waves. In mid ocean, these waves ; are of no Iinportanop. but as tbey .approach the shore the drag of the tea bottom decreases their speed and length but greatly increases their height, and what are erroneously ,termed tidal waves result. The ex plosion of Krakatoaini August, 1R83, caused sea waves that wtnt around t be world at, a speed of 400 miles san hour.. At;dtetant points like the -coast, of Europe the waves were slight and were defected by tide gauges.' On- the coast of Java these waves were 60 feet high and thou sands of peopje were drowned. An earthquake" in the north Pacific in J896 caused waves 40 feet high that did great damage along the coast of Japan, over 27,000 people being drowned. Such an earthquake wave on the coast of Peru once picked up a United - States gunboat and stranded it a mile Inland. The destructive effects of earth ouakes are due to the velocity rather than to the extent'of the-utfdulatory movement. The movement Is rarely much as two, inches, and is usually but' a small fraction of an Inch. The velocity of the movement ratios from several hundred to sev eil thousand feet per second.: The Tines-of the great Charleston earth- HE MOVEMENT of prominent Italian-Americans of Portland to raise a fund to aid the terribly stricken districts of their native land should meet with prompt and hearty response on the part not only of all people of Italian birth or descent, but of all residents, of whatever nativity or extraction In the face of such an awful calam ity, perhaps the greatest in modern times, "all we are brethren." The Italians will doubtless do their part, for however far away, they love their sunbathed, wine-clad land, as well they may; and let all Ameri cana of all sorts do their part too in this dire emergency, and do It promptly. .The need is urgent; the case is extreme. Tens of thousands of human beings are in affliction, in terror. In despair, ln want. We can only help with money; that should be liberally supplied. THE XEAV WESTERN OREGON T HE UNUSUAL growth of west ern Oregon towns has been one of the marked features of the year now ending. Building has been " particularly active ln Corval Ifs, Eugene, Medford, Salem and Al bany. An increase of 12 to 15 per cent In the number of buildings in some or these towns is reported. The activity did not end with the close of what Is usually the building season, but Is continuing with much vigor throughout the - winter. In spite of the added dwellings a con tinued lack of shelter for homeseek ers who want to settle is manifest in most of these places. In the situation there is evidence of an unusual increase of population. Ifs sudden and general appearance, rising as it does to proportions on the border line of boom conditions, gives it the importance of a move ment, and leads to the query of what is the cause. It is scarcely difficult to find the answer. The proverbial lethargy of the western Oregon re gion is passing away. The deep sleep of inactivity and non-ambition in which the region lingered so long began to pass. off a few years ago. The lassitude was caused by the heavy atmosphere of the region and by the ease of living for the gene ration that is now giving away, to another. An ambition for-, doing things began to make Its appearance several yearB ago, when a few lead ers -In each city or community un dertook to pioneer the. way for., a more vigorous life. Under 4 their lead commercial organisations were formed t and publications setting forth the measureless opportunities of each section were aent broadcast. The arrival of new people began and Interested party, the boycott is not looked upon with favor bv the American people,. Nor will they tolerate it, in its drastic and intimi dating forms. It is In some meas ure a counterpart" of the blacklist. and both are repugnant to personal liberty and fair-play. It may be doubted whether labor unions them selves are united in favor of the boycott, or will long seek to use Jt. So the recent notable decision of Judge Wright of the supreme court of the "District of Columbia may, as to its view of the boycott, be com mended as not only 'sound law but as common sense justice. But the decision ls expressed 'in regretable language, and it brings Into strong light the fact that under the law, as adjudicated and admin istered, there is not in actual results a square deal as between organized worklngmen and organized employ ers, between muscle and money, be tween labor and capital. To con sider the latter point of criticism first: Judge Wright's decision was apparently based on the Sherman anti-trust law, and he not oniv fines the three defendants, but sends them to Jail. Repeatedly ILL. 1 a . mis nas Deen done; labor men have been sent to Jail in many Instances; but while trust magnates have done the same things that labor men have done, or worse, not one of them was ever sent to jail. There is no equality,, no square deal, no impartial justice here. These sentenced men are only nominal criminals; ' if -they violated a law they did so to test it, they did so m - an honest attempt to benefit millions of their countrymen, and a nominal punishment would seem suficient for this first test of fense. If Mr. Van Cleave and his associates, or Mr. Morgan and his associates had been proven guilty of violating the anti-trust law, would they have been sentenced to prison? Everybody . knows that they would not. Another unpleasant feature of the decision is the vindictive, fairly virulent terms in which it is couched. The press reports char acterized it, merely in a news sense, as "a scathing denunciation of the defendants." And this was correct. The Judge seemed to have a violent personal animosity toward the de fendants, which he delighted to air; He betrayed apparent animus and prejudice. That the -men were guilty may be conceded, as a mat ter of law, but if so why should they not escape with a moderate, reasonable fine, as the big mag nates do, if they are ever convicted at all? And why denounce them from the' bench in the terms com mon to a" zealous prosecuting at torney. The following from .the Detroit News is one of many similar expressions by J the ' conservative press of the country: .. vV A Justice Wright overstepped : all bounds of Judicial :. propriety, all bounds of the question even. ftnd delivered himself of a harangue about Ignorant unionists The big mine owners care less for the lives of men than of mules. That so many, of these frightfully fatal explosions are inevitable Is Incred ible. If a few owners were convicted of manslaughter and given the limit, these accidents would happen but rarely. O yes, alas; poor old mother; poor wife , and children sympathy and pity go out to them when a murderer Is convicted, but not even for their suffering sakes can he be shielded from punishment. The man with murder in his heart should think of this, of all these, before he fires his gun. Roosevelt's Greatest Blunder From the Philadelphia North American. It is no new comment for the North American to make that no president ln our history made half as many mis takes as Theodore Roosevelt has made. But by comparison with the great good he has accomplished, his errors have been so Inconsequential that, instead of hurting his fame, they seem to redound to his advantage. One reason for this apparent paradox in that his blunders always have had a sort of boyish, humorous, human qual lty. The better reason Is that he has erred only in he little things, while In the graver issues he has been unerring ly and absolutely right. His latest blunder the one which probably will be regarded as his most Indefensible and grotesque performance Is his attack upon the New York World and his thrsat that he would have the department of justtce prosecute the editor of that Journal for criminal libel of men wrongly accused of graft in connection with the purchase -of the Panama canal from France. " We have not one word 'of defense for the publication by the World nor its copying by other newspapers. But mere ly because some editors played the fool provides no excuse for a prestdent of the United Statea to: follow their ex ample. The New Tork World is a great news paper. While In recent years, since prosperity has been attained by the World and its proprietor has relin quished the active control to a younger generation, it has shown more deference than it once did to the powers that be, it remains a powerful and feble news paper, equally influential as, and probably- more independent than, any other published ln New York. That the World -would print what it knew to be a falsehood in the form of an attack so personal as this upon a group of prominent men Is too absurd to credit. While It is wholly inconceiv able to us how the World could have been misled into printing those charges which had been peddled about . for months and rejected by other "newspa pers, we feel sure that the error was an honest one. t - i .-, . r- Of course,- it Is a .very human thing to fly into a rage, when unjustly at tacked in a- matter In. which a man knows he has been absolutely honest and absolutely right. Borne friends may say that U is merely another display of Roosevelt's human qualities to show that. natural resentment as he has done. But In this instance he has; done worse than abandon the dignity of. tils high office, He has. conducted himself ln the manner of the crook caught with the proceeds of his guilt. His message bears a painful resemblance to certain earlier assumptions of righteous Indig nation by BaMey a'ad Foraker and others of their kind. Theodore Koosevelt has done many hasty, ill-considered, even foolish things. FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE Against Secession" By Alexander H. Stephens (From his speech at Miltedgeville. Oa., against the then proposed course of secession, upon the part of his state, from the union.. November 14. 1861.), The first question that presents itself Is, Shall the people of the south secede from the union, in consequence of the election of Mr. Lincoln to the presidency of the United States? . My countrymen, I tell you ' frankly, candidly and ear nestly, that I do not think that they ought. In my judgment, the election of no man, constitutionally chosen to that high office,. Is sufficient cause for any state to separate from the union. It ought to stand by still and aid in maintaining the constitution of the country. To make a point-of resistance to the government, 'to withdraw from it because a man has been constitu tionally elected, puts us in the wrong. We are pledged to maintain the consti tution. Many of us have sworn to sup port it. Can we, therefore, for the mere election of a man to the presi dency, and thaJ(f"iooJn accordance with the prescribe format of the - constitu tion, make a point of resistance to the government, wltiiout becoming the break ers of that sacred Instrument ourselves. withdraw ourselves from . it? Would we not be In the wrong? We went into the election with this people. ; The result was, different from r what we wished; but the election has been con stitutionally held. Were we to make a point of resistance to tha government and go out of the' unloit on that ac count, the record would be made up hereafter' against us. The president of the United Statea is no emperor, no dictator he Is clothed with' no absolute power. He can do nothing unless he Is backed by power ln congress. v The house of repre sentatives is largely in - the ' majority against him. . . , In the senate he will also be power less. There will be a majority of four against him. This, after the loss of Blgler, Fitch and others, by the unfor tunate dissensions of the national Dem ocratic party In their states. . Mr. Lin coln cannot appoint an officer without the consent of the senate he cannot rorm a cabinet - without the same con- waaon from one relative's home to an-1 IS Tv.- VI-T Z.'"' "5nLu,e rwo?- M. .aiSt JSM- 2 L "Prosperity Wl road and came" ud to a 16g neaf which L,?"r c.ou rf Ll?"ctJY"- . fcoise-oarTr ? $Z dSSV. woman MT'uno.l! Horses loose and she and the b6 m.n- HttiXL Vhi.h ViiSi aired to ride to a farmhouse five miles Jht,.rn.f., Fi"an?? wJ1,.c.h. kefP" away, almost exhausted . and with ex- oouutrV dlstrtcti fH T into ZtZ51t treratties frosen. if there was ever an X?U2ead leveilam ilii ai"ation excuse for, "night rider." that man in I SrSSiui K'a'S M'V',1," mm caoin is iu I hnv hn vintr ' Now is coming a reaction. Tf some such measure as this advocated bv the president goes through, our depart ment of agriculture will bear a close relation to our country high schools and with branch stations connected with them where the needs, and possibilities of each region will be proven bv ex ports, and where our young people will find the cona-enfjil AHnr. m r m r,.i m .... A of a human origin. " . , j tlcal employment which has previously 0uv umi una government' ei our la- ww laumiiH. thers, with all its defects, comes nearer ft i.,ny '"n" with the "square dear the objects of all good governments than Byc?, f2.r,,iWn,,ch r- R,00"ev5 stands, any other on thef.c. of the-earth is tfrVkrrMr "to o'R.lnTt my settled conviction. Contrast It now lcal education directly related to their with any on the faes of the earth. ., environment and will bring out the Have we not at the south, as well as possibilities of-each part of our coun the north, grown great, prosperous and 'T. As for the directbeneflta of In happy under it. operations? Ha. any Ml "aPcUcal cation for part of the world ever shown such , the Jpi 0 or fitTed to them; rapid progress ln the development of this Is too apparent to need comment, wealth, and all the material resources And further, it would place indus of national power and greatness, as the trtallsm upon a much higher plane southern statea have under the general than it has usually held. If will be a. government, notwithstanding all it. de- SSST"" to be" twiner to i ... ... . .v . those simple elemental pursuits which Our institutions constitute the basis, surrounded the Infancy of the race and the matrix, from which spring all our which are the source of the widely dl characterlatlcs of developments and versified pursuits in which all must en greatness, gage, but to Improve upon method. ' There are defects In our government. a?i,rfvn,hn-"iin?mo(J. irKlr,.pI"lti, and ,.,, . - oigniry the common labors by perform - errors In administration, and shortcom- ,,. them wlth mtelligenoe. greatly to ings of many kinds, but in spite of the benefit both of the work and the mese aeiecu ana i errors ueorgia . nas I worxer. I it Better Farm Conditions. By e. S. F WE WOULD improve condition and at th same time have less ' work. let us divide, our large farms sent. My countrymen, I am not one of those who believe this union has been a curse up to this time. True men, men of Integrity, entertain different -views from me on this subject. I do not question their right, to do so: I would not Im pugn their motives hso doing. Nor will I undertake to say that this gov ernment of , our fathers is perfect There Is nothing perfect In this world grown to be a great state. Let us pause here a moment. In ,1850' there was a great crisis, but, not so fearful ts this; for, of alt I have ever passed through, this Is the most perilous, 'and requires to be met with the greatest There were many among us In 1850 M""i; mutual benefit . ' aealou. to go" at one out of the union, WThl bdon w.can. tlm our attentior, to disrupt every tie that binds us to- tn reclaiming our soil Utilize everv- gether. Now, do you believe, had that thing we have at hand to fertilise th policy been carried out at that time, we sbil .and make it more productive This would have been the same great people ,an alfl?m.b A0 by.,.tn? rotaton of that we are todaV. It -mav rJ hm crops. Then If we will, clear up those JZZa if.,. fcJt-'L that half-acre brush patches which we find W. .Zi" .b.ttthay,"JA0U fny wtance on almost every farm, and plant or of that fact? Would you have made the sow something that will be a benefit, same advancement, , Improvement and this will also add value to the land progress In all that constitutes material greatly improve its looks, wealth and nrosperltv that we hav.T I As a rule .every farmer has rfruit treee When I look around and See our pros- ."feVe ESSZJS perlty in everything, agriculture, com-1 grafted with some salable fruit at!i- or he This is the first suspicious thing that he ever has done.- ?. -"V ; It Is well for htm that his accom plishment, have established in the minds ef his countrymen an unshakable faith in his honor and his pure patriotism. Otherwise the fact that the accusations were slanders on their race would not prevent the tone and verbiage of that extraordinary message from conveying the Impression that there was some thing secret and unworthy which Roose velt deelred to keep hidden. . Y" It will not hurt him, simply because Roosevelt's reputation for honesty and right purpose., cannot be successfully assailed.. But it does constitute' so grave a reflection upon his Judgment that Irreparable damage might have been done had this, his worst of blun ders, been committed early in his ad ministration, before the American peo ple had formed their fixed estimate of bis character.. No man but one can belittle Theodore Roosevelt in the eyes of his countrymen. We deplore, greatly that that one man has done that very thing. t . Silverware ' may be kept- bright 'by leaving it for several hours in '. a .hot solution of borajc- , i. r ; me fee, art. science and every department would make dollars where he hardly of education, physical and mental, as makes cents' . well as moral advancement, and our ' Again, we can i apply the weeding colleges, I think, in the face f such an i?mn Jli -,a.I!n- of rw.?. .rLiw rW0" S52?sn.s- waelur.;nSmble,r of power. of , any essential right or of inferior stock. Interest, remain In the union, it is our It takes less work. Is not so ex pen duty to ourselves and to posterity to slve,' pays better and gives one more let us not too readily yield to this pride and satisfaction, and hence temptatlon-r-do-so. Our first parents, the rJa.tTv?I!!l?,r.:ln,.?is TP' .' " . great progenitor, of tb. human raca. ,e."." wort "for 'thehouse; Fe." ft, . wra not . without a' tike tempUtion will be less hired help and not th ' w iieu in iijo tarusn wi cuen, c i ney I wnoiesaie rusn rrom morning till night were led to believe that their condition I which we find on the lar;e farms. iu tist 4Va hi I ' The farmer's wife .will h k. be opened and that they would become ,m f?' m.h-r v,11 .lhJnf!! JAm iri... 1- h... nip to make, the noma and to f nd aa gods. jThey in an evil hour yielded nieaamra in th rk i Instead of becoming gods, they only her" 7 v. TTT saw their wa najfdnesa : -, with soil bringing forth harvest I look upon this country, With our fn- beyond expectations', trees laden with stitutions. as the Eden of the world, luscious fruit, fine, thrifty herds about the. paradise. et the universe. ; ; k. ff.S?.v , 2SM.r il 1JlL w!' -- f " i,.i.aini iv our homes pleasant and beautiful, surround. Frederick O. Selour's Birthday. '" thf!n lth comforts of life. Frederick Courtney Sejour, the famous I z. : hunter and explorer who Is planning the some Salmon Dishes. African trip of President Roosevelt, was AjASSEROLE3 of -rice and., salmon born in London. December vJl. i 1861, I' : Line the bottom and side, of a and ; received a liberal education. In nl0'a with cold boiled rice,' ofte 1871 he left England for his first vlstt half Inch thick, fill 'the cavity wlih to South Africa., He proceeded to Ma- eritemed' salmon . and cover- with rice, tabelelandlhe following year, and from po" StSS whUeuc? orUr' that time until 1590 traveled contln- ?r' Kuce K 1Z ually all over South Central Africa, hot If a proper mold is not handy making a living by elephant hunting If can be put Into -bowl and brown and the collection of specimens of nat- pacer tied over the top of It ' 1 oaimon cuueis une can or one nounrt of frenh salmon, one cup of white' sauca, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, one egg. ' Pick over the salmon and remove skin, bones and .oil. Mix the salmon 1 and lemon Juioe, then stir In the thick white sauce. Turn out on plate to cool. -divide .In small portions and Shape like -cutlets. Beat . the eggs siightlv. roll cutlet" In ' it, then cover thoroughly with fine bread crumbs. Fry In deep hot fat till brown. Garnish with pars lev and serve. y v ;, ..-;. Thlck,whlte salmon sauce for ; sal- mon Four level teaspoona of flour, two tablespoons of butter, one cup of hot milk. '4 teaspoon of -salt, plnoh of pep per. Melt butter-In1 saucepan until it bubbles, add tha flour, salt and pepper, mix until smooth, then pour the hot milk in jrraduallv, stirring and beat ing each time.., Cook until It thlcke.na ural history. In 1890 , he took service under the British South Africa company and 'acted as guide to the pioneer expe- anion 10 Masnonaiana. He returned to England In 189S, but soon went back to Africa to take part In the first Mat tabele war. Mr. Selour has written many books on Africa and the hunting of big game. For hi. work of explora tion h has been honored with decora tion, by the Royal Geographical society and by other learned and - scientific I bodies both iri Europe and America. Acsix weeks' old-baby at Jersey vHity. N. J.. whose Jegsj have turned to stone, !s said to be only the eighth case of infantile ossification in the history' of medical science - . . ; -.V i 1 Y . :