Weekly Oregon statesman., February 23, 1900, Page 4, Image 4

WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 9o-
TEE I1KW CMI smtm
THE MYSTERY OF MILITARY
J; BRAVERY.
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Out of every hundred homes' in this
country only, fifteen have servants.
"Happy eighty-five!" exclaim a Sat
urday Evening Postparagrapher. j
Senator Me Bride's bill to pension
the Indian -war veterans passed the
upper house of congress., Now it
should be pushed through the house,
if possible. It is very tardy justice, at
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Do you (wish tovbe represented j in
the "Editorials of the People" .tomor
row? If so, please have your copy in
not later than noon today. It should
have, been in last evening. We renew
our invitation to the ladies to take ad
vantage of this opportunity to ex
change fheir views. I
It is a pitiable condition the demo
cratic party finds itself in atprcsenj.!
Knowing, apparently, rha Bryan can
not be elected president, yet there j is
not sufficient vitality in tjie party to
preventVhis nomination. Every day
some able, intelligent leader of the par
ty is found who. says to the interview
er: ! do not think Bryan can be elect
ed. 1ut t'hen he will be; nominated."
What a Wind fatality! I i
Road supervisors are to be elected
by the people at the ncxfcr general elec
tion in June, and every two .years there-
after, the boundaries of road districts
being the,-same as thole of the "pre
cincts, each, precinct electing its own
supervisory The political partiesr then,
at their primary elections, sliouM nom
inate candidates for that office, and
hot leave it for the delegation to do.
The people at the primaries constitute
the proper - authority to nominate pre
cinct officers, and it &oUM not be dele
gated to others, nor should the coun
ty convention be in any way cumbered
with it. 1 ' . ' ' ', t
The Oregonfan is preparing to' take
tlic- side ol the anti-administration
forces struggling for tree trade with
our new possessionsunder the theory,
advanced with actual or pretended sin
cerity, that aH peoples- under our gov
ernment must be treated alike. These
matters should be left to congress to
settle. And it is not necessary td apply
i the same rules to every one of the newly
; acquired possessions; not any more than
tit has been necessary for Alaska to
have the same laws and ., relationship
iwirh the federal- government as Oregon
or New York. Free traSc with Porto
Rico or the Philippines would not be
a great calamity; but it does not nec
essarily follow j that our government
must grant, tfictH. this. And there, are
some articles that perhaps should, at
least for a time, be dutiable when com
ing from those countries,, in order to
prevent the crippling of some of our
agricultural and manufacturing . indus
tries. ; '
IT DEPENDS.
'"Smiles add much to a woman'ns at
tractiveness, and they arc inexpensive."
Ex. . ;
Tfiat depend. Some "smiles" are
decidedly expensive and, if common to
:a woman, destroy ber attractiveness
j entirely. If common to , a : man, the
woman who is close to him finds little
attractiveness in life. f
A HOT SPEECH.
Some one has sent to the Statesman
a very loudly marked- copy of the Regf
ister-Democrat, of Vancouver, Wash...
of Feb. 81 h, the marking having refer
ence to a speech delivered in Portland
. recently by G. L, Hutchin,v designated
in the heading as "Editor Hutchin.
The : concluding paragraph- of the
speech of "Editor -Hutchin reads as
follows: j i
"It believe that it has been recalled
. to the theatre of action to defend the
natron from the political marauders
who seem to have made a covenant
with the devil ami are in league with
hell." - j
" The "it referred . to above is the
democratic party? and, presumably, the
democratic party , that is represented
by, or rather included in. Bryan, j
"Editor Hutchin delivered a very
warm speech," the paragraph quoted
being only in keeping with its general
caloric features. ; He trottc1 oat ; all
the lies thatare in the general stock
, of the most pronounced blatherskite
of the country, and showed himself to
be as tg a jackass as any of them.
' Editor" Hutchin is the man wjo came
to Portland to establish a greairdaily
newspaper. He established instead a
weekly paper, and it soon died. ;
News letters and official reports from
the Philippines and South Africa con
tain so many stories of military bravery
that the world, i compelled to wonder
anew at ; the mystery of the , human
quality which is most conspicuous in
battle. That the stories - themselves
arc untrue, or that the facts are exag-
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geraica, is cxircmciy lmprooaoic; re
ports of extraordinary bravery ; of de
tachments and individuals will not be
doubted by men who themselves have
been ''under fire. of, whom we have
still nearly a million in the United
States, and all of them know that on
this subject "truth is stranger than
fiction." ):
f The conduct of soldiers in action has
been the subject of numerous explana
tions,: none of which explained, &ays a
writer n the Saturday Evening' Post.
It is the i fashion of all nations to ideal
ize their soldiers into men -who be
came heroic through love of country
and faith in the justice of their cause,'
but no view, whether Casual or -careful,
of any body of troops wiU be rewarded
by the spectacle of men of more than
average human quality. -Whether con
scripts or volunteers, white, black,
brown or yellow, soldiers' faces, are
very like those of civilians. Nor can
their deeds in war be attributed to sav
agery of nature, for soldiers off the
field are quite as peaceable and kind
hearted -as home bodies. In the days
of solid military formations it was said
that soldiers fought because they were
pressed upon the enemy by the human
mass behind them; whea solid col
umns and squares were, abandoned
and men fought in Hues only two ranks
deep it was explained that they stood
up to their work because lany attempt
to run would "be stopped by the .'swords,
and bayonets of the "iile-closers" who
stood behind each and every company.
But all the old-fashioned fighting
methods have been ignored in the Phil
ippines and South Africa, as they were
two years ago in Cuba, and as they
have been for a quarter of a century
by the British in India and by our army
in its fights with the redskms; yet the
common soldier, raised to the responsi
bility of an individual fighter, and
with the individual fighter's chance to
skulk, fights even more bravely than
his kind did in older daysT
He used to have the;. incentive of loo;
tnd ;license should his side conquer,
but even that is nonv denied him
When armies were recruited principally
from the prisons, the slums and the
highways, the bravery of the common
Soldier was attributed to callousness
apathy, and the lack. of any incentive
to live. 'When men followed only lead
ers of their own choosing bravery was
supposed to be a result of hero-worship,
yet the modern soldier will fol
low any stranger, of any rank, who
manifests willingness to lead. A full
stomach, preferably with some alcohol
in it. was supposed to be conducive to
bravery. (yct soldiers on half rations
fight as bravely as any others, as many
of our men who charged in Cuba and
ra-ded in the Philippines (or did both)
have abundantly proved.
, Miljjary bravery cannot be explained
by the theory of fatalism, for soldier?
as a class are not fatalists. Neither isff
it due to abnormal natural courage,
for soldiers are recruited fom among
all classes, including the gentlest. It
does not come of tempoary insanity
caused by extreme mental and . phys
ical strain, for never are the soldier's
faculties more alert nd well "in hand"
than when in battle;: the excitement at
the beginning of an engagement is so
great that a compensating calmness in-
evhably follows, and quickly, too.
Possibly satisfaction at having an op
portunity to do the work for which he
has been trained is a partial cause of
the soldier's bravery in action': the man
who has learned any other trade spends
half his waking hours at it. but tlie
soldier who has given one hour in
twenty-four of his term of .service to
actual fighting is a rarity.
"; Stilt, despite all theories and expla
nations, military bravery remains, one
of the most mysterious of human qual-.
ities. and the men who best exemplify
it are as--powerless as any other to
explain it. '
A CASE OK CONSCIENCE.
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Tliir.r mint old soldiers who de
cline to present Jttainrs for pension.
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aitnougn inc wounus or omcr uisuhi
tjes they bear bring their cases clearly,
within the provisions of law. Occasion
ally a pensioner regaining health! or
finding that fortune has smiled upon
hhrt voluntarily relinquishes the gov
ernment contribution toward his sup
port. But a letter received a few days
ago by the commissioner discloses cir
cumstances which are said to be with
out parallel. From a Southern state
an old Union soldier writes as follows:
I have recently joined the church. My
new life (compels me to stop drawing
the pension which I have been getting
for the last thirty-five years. I also feel
rhat I must make a confession of the
wrong I have done. At "Gettysb'jrg I
didn't want toi go into the fight, and to
get out of it 1 shot off the forefinger of
my right hand. That relieved me from
further service and I was allowed a
pension. It is very hard for me to tell
this, but I propose to do the right thing
I want my pension stopped, and I am
Koing to devote all I can earn above my
living toward paying oack the money I
have drawn.
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MI IMMAT1B
THE parasitic geiW i measured under the microscope
I r by the twenty-fiv thousandth part of an inch. Its
power j is measured by the ? cholera, scourge, the j plague,
consumption, and other decimating diseases. V The germ
'lies in wait for human life on every side : in earth, air,
water and; food. Attention has of late been drawn to pets
disease disseminators. Many a boy, has taken dipthena
as
from his
a girl owes consumption to' her
pet dog; many
canary. ':...H- Y " - ' ' . i 'Ir
: In London, England, they are legislating to compel a
monthly examination of feathered pets, by the board of
health, because the experts on consumption say that
w numerous cases of consumption have been shown, to
originate from the deadly tuberculosis germs which breed
with such startling: fecundity in these supposedly harmless
" Savs a 50intinrr writer. Act-
ual tests have shown that twenty per
cent, of the dairy cows of the 5 United
States are tuberculous," and again,
" the, average grade of milk sold in
large cities often contains as high as
80,000,000 .bacteria in a cubic inch.
r 1 These fact5 are appalling; ; jThe
very existence of the human : j tace
seems threatened, as indeed it is I but
for one defence. To quote again'
from a standard scientific article : ' f So
fast, indeed, are new parasites being
produced that were not science con
stantly elaborating countc --checks our
boasted civilization would soon come
: I One of. these great scientific fmMW
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counter - cnecKs 10 v;-1" uiiicuo rnwu
Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical piscov
ery. The germ generally finds en
trance into the body through the
stomach. It enters bv the door of
the mouth in our food or our drink.
chiefly upon the
A Groat 'Sufferer
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snfferer from dyspepsia for over two years, and I was a com
pi etc physjcal wreck," writes Mr. Preston E. Fenstermacher, of Egypt, Lehigh
Co., Pa. "Had many torturing, gnawing, and aching pains I think about all
that a dyspeptic has or ever could have. -1 also sulxered mucn witn constipation;
1 tried many different medicines; which were recommended to cure the trouble,
but these only made me worse, and my condition was more sluggish, and weak
than before. It seemed that I was getting worse all the time. Atthe same time
my stomach was in a weak condition. It was so weak that the least and easiest
kind of food to digest would get sour in my stomach, and I had such a weak and
debilitated appearance that it seemd as if I had hardly any blood in my whole
body. Muscles were soft' and flabby, circulation poor and slow. Suffered
greaUyfrom cold hands and feet. I wrote to a number of medical firms-for
medicine and advice, and most of them, asked of me a large sura of money to
cure me, but this I could not afford. At last I came across an advertisement of
Dr. Pierce's. I wrote to him, stating my symptoms and pains. I received by
return mail the best and most substantial advice that I ever before read. This
advice gave me the greatest confidence in the World's Dispensary. Medical
Association, even so great that I at once left ofif all former remedies and tried
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets. I used about
eight vials of the Pellets and tea bottles of the Discovery, ' which brought
me nearly back to my former state ci nraiin.-
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Diooo. t carries- on iae waste ana poisonous accumu
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Doay, uunt up 01 souna nesn msteaa ol llabby lat.
isven when the lungs -and . respiratory organs have
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There is no substitute for the w Dis
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Any, attempt to sell you any other
preparation in place of Dr. Pierce's
medicine has only one object, the de
sire of the dealer to make an exces
sive nrofif. '.
Ihere is no alcohol m "Golden
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no cocaine, opium or other narcotic.
. rerspns sunenng irom chronic
forms of disease are invited to -consult
Dr. Pierce by letter free. All
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sacredly- confidential, and all replies to
correspondents 'arc mailed in plain
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printing-of any kind. Address Dr.
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Cured in One Month
Mrs. Ella Schall, of Moosehead, Ljuzerne Co., Pa., writes: "Dr. Werce's
Golden Medical Discoveryi cured me in one month, sound and well. You
remember my case was abscess of the breast. We had spent lots of money for
doctor bills, and I had almost given up in despair, when I told my husband" I
was going to write to you. I am very glad I did so; I had used your medicines
before with the best results. J
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fier Doctor was Wronn
"When I commenced faking your medicines, eighteen months ago, toy health
was. completely broken down," writes Mrs. Cora 1. Sunderland, of Chaneyville,
Calvert Co., Md. At times I could not even walk across the room without
pains in" my. chest. The doctor who attended me said I had lung trouble and
that I would never be weU again. At last I concluded to try Dr. Pierce's medi
cines. I bought a bottle of Golden Medical Discovery,' took it, and soon com
menced to' feel a little better, then you! directed me to take both the 'Golden
Medical Discovery and the ' Favorite prescription, which I did. I am now
ahnostentirely well, and do all my work without any pain whatever, and can
run with more ease than I could formerly wan.-
In the past year Dr. R. V. Pierce has given away so
many copies of the PEOPLE'S COUKOri SEKSEj MED
ICAL. ADVISER, that the expense to him exclusive of
ihe cost of mailing has been over twenty-five -thousand
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FAMOUS FAkMER BOYS
There are some people fcwdHh
enough to laugh at the homely virtue
of a i farm I life. They are fortunately
few, and they are fortunately growing
fewer. But it is well sometimes to
look at the list of great men w!w came
up from a ; farm not all of them, for
that wvrnld fill a. thousand volumes,
but some of we most able ones, that
Hash into mind in a moment. Nearly
three-fourths of the ; men who have
Ik en chosen by the peaple for fche great
ofiices of the nation are men who were
early familiar with wooded hills am!
ctrttivted fields, savs the f'Kansa C'rtv
Times"; for example. Lincoln, Grant."
Garfield, Hamlin. Greeley Tildcn.
Harrison. Hayes, Blaine, and many
others almost equally conspicuous in
current events or living "memory.
Among journalists Henry Wattcrson
spent his early life in rural Kentucky,
and Murat Halstead was born ond
lived cn a farm. in OhtQ. j W. II. Van
derbilt was bqrn in a small New Jer
sey town, and early engaged in the
business of ihip chandlery. ? Russell
Sage was born in a New York villasre.
Jay Gould spent his early years on his
father's farm in New i York state,
VVhittier and Howell spent their youth
in 'illages. the .former dividing : Jiis
time between farm employment , and
his studies. , Follow the list our your
self, and see how long it will become.
Young Men's Era,
THE GREAT NAPOLEON.
: One of the "Talks with Napoleon"
quoted -from pri. ;OfMcaraS:: diary in
the February Century records Napo
leon 3 indignation atibemg.las he con
sidered Tt. spied uiwh, while living at
St. Helena. '
"I understand," said he, "that an of
ficer is placed j here to report about mo,
and to see me, two or three tunes m the
twenty-four hours, and that they were
talking of making him go into my
chamber to see 'me rr I did not come
out. "Any person," said he. then, with
considerable agitation, "who endeavors
to force his way isto my apartments
will be a corpse the moment he enters
it. If he ever eats bread or meat after
ward I am not Napoleon. This- I am
determined on. I know that, I will be
killed afterward, as what can one do
against a camp? (But w-hat of that?
I have faced death many a time. Be
sides, 1 am convinved that j this gov
ernor, this chief of. jailers, has been
sent ov.t on purpose to. poison, me. or
put me to death some way or anotlier
or under some pretext, by Lord Cas
tlereagh. I have seen," continued .he,
"Russians. Prussians, Arabs, ; Cossacks.
Tartars, Spaniards. " Persians. Turks"
(here he enumerated j a great many
more), "artd never in mv life AA T K.
hold so ill-favcTred and forbidding a
countenance or so ckiwtn and horrid a
look. He carries crime imprinted on
his countenance. (II porte le crime em-
preint sur son visage.) He is a man.
to 1 judge.-froiii ; . his physiognomy, that
one would select for the committal of
atrocious crime, and as such has
been selected out by your ministers, I
suppose, on purpose to make .away
with mc. ,
BUT
Mr. MACARTHUK" WASN'T
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iexanier aiacArtnur, autnor ot a
sudcessful study of life in the Latin
auarter qj l'ans, which brousAt to the
writer both popnlarity and profit, is also
tne pupil ahd b ograpfier of Rubinstein
aim, is a close Iriend of 1'aderewski.
The. author lived for two years in St.
fetcr!iurg. correspond in e for the
London brcss and takimr oart in swjmc
thrilling adventures, but the most sin
gular ol 'the writer's experiences hao-
Iencd in Chicago after the novel had
been brought out by a piJblisher of
that city. . The book had been, so suc
cessful tiiat the publisher decided to
give the-aithor a dinner, to Which a
dozen of ; the leading men of letters in
tp Lake city were invited. The guests
had ; asemfbled when tb author was
anro-nced.
Throuirh'? the blue haze of smoke
there ajearcd a handsome young jj'o
man attired in evening dress.' i
We are jexpccting Mr. MacArthur,
sat'l the host: "'Mr. Alexander Mac
Arthur, tha novelist."
"So I understand," returned the un-
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'expected guest: "I anr Alexander .""Mac-!
Arthur."
"You?" gasped the. publisher. i
"Yes. Didn't you know? I am Lillian
NMa'cArt'hur, . at your service I have
fbcen wrttmg Over the,, name of Alexan
der ever . , since I left my home; in Dub
lin.":'. . i.
JIt was only the work ol a minute to
rearrarrge affairs, and the dinner was
a . great success. Satiirta Eycniivg
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MILD .AS A DOE.
So .far -the winter in Coos county lias
been unusually mild: in fact if it were
hot-for. the denuded condition of the
trees and a littloevcess A rain occa
sionally, we would scarcely ' realise
that winter is here. Blackberries, rasp
berries are in alt stages, from - bloom '
to-ripe fruit; roses and other tlowcis
are plentiful and tfhe erass is growing
right along.r Coquille City Bulletin. '
FAME'S PATHWAY,
f.Lydia "Mayer. ' tlie mayoress of
BrownsviHe. L. I., the JargeKt 1;trefy
Hebrew settlement in America, ha
passed her preliminary examination for
the lar.
Real worth floats not with people's
fancies, no more than a rock in the
sea rises and falls with the tide.
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