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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.
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- 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
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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.
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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 - . . ;
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