THE OEEGO.N tYEttlY STATES?Uft Published rery Tueni.y and Friday by ilie STATESMAN rUELIKHIXG COMPACT ; K. J. HEXDKK K3. XsnageE. BXB3tKIITIOS JUTES. One year, la adTaiice... .......... hix months, latdruice..i ' 1 hre months, in adyjuice.. On year, en time... 1-25 1 The S'ktenman hu been established for neaHy fifty4wo yean, end it bas some subscribers woo bare received it nearly tsat lonjr, and man? m bo have lead it lor a generation. Some of these Meet to bavin tne paper dis-Mn tinned for tbe benefit ot theses and for other reason we baTeeonelnded to dtaeontinne snb eripiiona only when B-Kitted to do bo. All persous paying wnen euDecntHnc. or paying, in savante, will bare tbe benefit of the dollar rate. But if they H not pay f r T months, tb rate wilt be I 1-2- a vear. uerearter we wiu sena tne paper to all responsible Versons who roer it. tnnu h tbeT may not seea tne money, wtta tne nnaerstand. lng that tier are to pay 11.26 a year, in eat they let tne u oaenpt ion - account ma oxer six months. Ia order that these may be no ml sap dertan1lng. we will keep this notice atacding at tnis piaoe ia tne paper. CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000 DECADENCE IN ALABAMA. CNewJYork Sun.) Is the Age ot i Southern Chivalry gone? " Have the Southern chevaliers tumbled off ibel horses "We refuse to believe' so, but here is the damning fact, if fact It be, proclaimed Jeerlngly and triumphantly by our Tennessee .. contemporary, the Petersburg; Gazette:, "The Neely Chapel schoolmarm was out driving; by herself last Sunday af ternoon. Boys, where are your rubber tires?"' .'-.( Y ; . ; t , Petersburg IS in the bor&erk-ovttity ot Lincoln, and may be jealous of the: Ala bama swains, , The youths, that grow, on .the banks of the Elk and Flint creek-may be in a state of constant ri valry and warfare with their. neighbors of Alabama, This Petersburg editor may want to exalt himself at the ex pense of some competitor. The unac companied She of .Neely Chapel may be a Tennessee girl whom Alabama is anxious to annex and , Tennessee as eager not . to losy Whatever cloak of palliation for Alabamlans there may be, we seek to throw around them. But is the fatal fact1 true? f Is it possible that anywhere in this enlightened land and especially anywhere in what our meridional poets luive to call the South- land, 'way down among the cotton and the com, the roses and the. raptures a schoolmarm is allowed to drive herself on a Sunday, presumably at hc own l exrx-nse? i f t r There have been many changes since we were Jtfoys, but were) the Whole uni- verse out's we would bet It against the .ghost of.it goswiiner that the village choolm;fjn hajjn't changed. Bet it and win and it fund that gossamer jfiostltp the foalil bettor The scho6Hnafti native tJihe village. Tor, better still, iniorted,fr exogamy ; fet, '.the ' pile among the sohoolmarms! Th $school inarm comes to the village, is seen and conquers The sheepish hobbledehoys can't kieiS away 'from her" hotree." The school commltteetnan,; -thin, white V pt whisker, severe to children, u. foe - of card playing ami the graces, grows jarticular about the temperature of the schoolroom stove, "drops in" often to see how the new, teacher Is "getting along." and is detected in the act """of learning euthre a game favored by that lady. Vast j are the sales of bear's grease and shoo blacking and fearful ajid wonderful cruvats.. There is a competition for the prise newcomer be tween the village churches and Sunday schools Young -men hitherto looked upon with awe or suspicion on 'account of their supposed skeptical tendencies suddenly become impassioned church goers, sit' where they can gaz "with rapture on the" back the " school marm's head, "divine,, demure," as Mr. Dobson hath it. ; The man who takes her. home" from the prayer meeting, the sociable, the 1 sewing circle, the entertainment in the vestry, the turkey supper, the oyster supper, , is envied - fiercely. Dark ru mors of duels with fists are heard at the village club, oh the common or in the grocery store. Toung men, hither to close friends,' speak sternly of their resolve to punch so-and-so's bead. The young men impoverish ' themselves grandly by buying votes for her in "beauty contests," "most .popular girl" contests and so on; swamp her with candy, get their feet wet huntisg;for My H, am I had s very severe. sickness that took off ail my hair. I pur chased a bottle or Aver Hair Vigor and i broueht all my hair back sgaia.; r S. DjQaian, Marseilles, 111. One thing is certain, Ayers Hair Vigor makes the hair grow. This is because it is a hair food. It feeds the hair and the hair grows, that's all there is to it. It stops falling of the hair, too, and -always restores color to gray hair. : si.m a wth. an If ttmx drac?t cannot anptJlv TOB. ard Ma on .iixr mtt-i we rill xprem tmi a nottw. m rare tsti t;ira tn nBwm - 1 J ... - . II J impossible flowers which .she expresses a desire for. : The keeper of the livery stable grows redder and richer- every day.- The amount of "buggy riding done is stupendous. To be impartial and keep the peace. Miss has to drive i with a different Damon every night. .2a t Saturday afternoon and Sunday after noon.- . . . ' " ;, . : Young men of amiable disposition swear deeply to themselves when they see her going to or coming home from I hool, engarlended by a crowd of chU- drcn, as much in love with her as their elders. . To get a word with her; alone, you must, take her to drive; and then she clucks at the horse just as you are stammering your f sentimentalities; i or she gravely 'invites ; you to visit the school, tomorrow afternoon ; and make some remarks to the children. Female Hps titter the yarn that she is secretly engaged to a wealthy merchant in her own town." In 'short, rone continual high tide of excitement beats around the schoolhouse. If the postmaster re frains from tampering with that young woman's letters, it is because' his wife doesn't badger him 'enough or because he dreads the law. He wouldn't like to be thumped by the young favorite's bodyguard. - ; ' When she goes a way at the end of the term, she leaves a. wide swath of de spair,, a whole museum of fractured hearts. The indigenous girls Intimate that She is artful, but aren't they, all? 1 1 - Innocently artfuL of course, now brightly bold, now beautifully shy.. And this irresistible and incompar able schoolmarm had to "drive by her self last Sunday , afternoon in Neely ChapeL What is iCeely" Chapel? Why is it? Is it? For "the honor of Alabam rnft we .hope that Neely Chapel Is a myth. If there is a Neely Chapel, those blockish ("boys" should, be prayed for In it at once. , . . . . THEX, AND PROBABLY SOONER. , The Salem Statesman says a stam pede in the Senatorial situation will take place soon. The stampede is not taking on any serious aspects as yet? The true stampede will take place at the polls in 1904, when those who are now disregarding and tramplim? the sacred liberty of the masses, will re ceive the rebuke they so justly deserve. East Oregonian. FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO ONE. Mr. Fulton refused to appeal to the peopte oil the SenatorsIipi though he voted for ,a law providing for. that very thing, j but. Instead", jbjref erred to ignore the law and the people and to try out another of those contests 1n the Legislature, to prevesit the recur jl0f Nhfu saS tkvo years ago Ofr ui'Po'rtf i tbe. Mays 5w- Mr. Geer accepted the terms of. the lawprovidipgj.for a. popular Vote on Senators? Irf." order lo keep' jthie lontest out of 'tnev Legislature. and lias the votes of 45,000 Republicans back of him, obtained without ' effort, oofionp of whom rhom would- have voted for hirn if 'wanted an tnef 'n 'Sadiy he enough to have written his name on the' ballot. Some 150 men in the state voted for Mr. Fulton in this way. Mr. Fulton has thirty votes in the Legislature, and Mr. Geer has 45,000 votes among the people. Mr. Geer has 1,500 to Mr. Fulton's one. Mr. deer's u-ere received without one word of so licitation. Mr. Fulton's , on the contrary ' . 'THE PEOPLE BE D- D" BROWNELL. AND MR. , There are scores of men In Oregon to whom Mr Browne 1 has within the last three months frequently said he in tended to support ex-GOvernor Geer for United .States Senator for the'jreason that, besides his general fitness for the positionthri operation of the 'Hays law should bind ;every member of the Leg islature, and for the further reason that Clackamas county gave Mr. Geer prac tically 1000 inajority for Senator. Mr. Browhell repeated this intention after he was elected President of the Senate..'- ; ' j': i . - Later, however, for one of those rea sons which come bubbling mysterious ly from the depths of unfathomable In scrutable ness, he gravely informed the distinguished body over which he wields his uncertain gravel and whose several . motions from day to day are subject to that particular whim which at the moment may be In the; saddle, that J"the Mays j law onlyjdetermined that 45.000 voters prefered Mr. Geer to Mr.WoodTvand that "no other theory eould be "crammed down his throat!" All bf which goes to show that two years ago the Oregonlan Was mistaken when it said that if the ' Legislature "would pass some bill or other, provid ing for a popular ypte on : Senator; ro Legislature would brave public opinion sufficiently to disregard tlw mandate." It may have been Intendel, however, to exclude Mr, Brownell from .e terms of this statement. , i- V." ; -..' The gentleman from Clackamas not only has the bravery, to disregard a public mandate, but he doe3 it publicly so there may no mistake about it. And he does it elegantly. . What the people of Clackamas county say" the were in favor of by 100 -majority he doesn't propose to have "iTamirsei down his throat.- ; ; If direct expression by the peop: t the ballot box is to be of o blading force on Mr. Brownell in the Lesisli- ture. by what reason docs he 'suppose his nomination for Congress, for in- WEEKLY -OREQON STATEgatATUEgDAY. FEDnLnY 17. 1901 same oeoole to support him? The right traru vrnii in in Hnr ii uiiiu aacn-. to resist the throat cramming- process is "universal in this country, and when a legislator defies the people, especial rl ly if done publicly and Impudently, his finish is neither far distant nor uncer tain.' :;;-L'i;iJ i --vi" - :K Since his notice to the people of Or egon, however., that they cannot, Revert at the ballot box, cram any unwelcome theory down his throat, the Statesman takes no stock "in the report that Mr. Brownell wants to go to Congress. Why, a man must appeal to the people before ha can go to Congress! - THI? WAY TO SETTLE IT. The factional fight in the Republican party n Oregon should be ended by tbQ electiewi of jex-Goveroor Geer tf to the United States Senate, as the people have directed.1, Mr. Fulton, -who refused to. become a candidate for the position at the; polls, is a direct representative of one of the factions and his election would mean no concession or compro mise. "Mr. Geer has never allied him self with either faction, and in tbe bit ter Senatorial contest two years ago, kept strictly aloof from any. Interfer ence with either side. He is. perhaps, the only man of prominence in Oregon who took no part in the contest at all. " This accounts, largely, for the enor- . ....... V mous Jirote he received at the polls for United States Senator. It accounts for the large vote he has always received when coming before the people for their supports It should be borne in' mind that the: test of a man's standing with the' people is always shown at the. bal lot box.-' and that Mr. Geer received more votes for Senator than any man has ever received for Goveynor in the history f the state, excepting his own Vote four years ago. ; '. ' The-Statesman is now speaking- for a man who has always been willing to show how he stands with the people by submitting his name to them and whose record as a vote getter is unsurpassed tn the history of the state. Mr. Geer represents no faction, and his election to. the! Senate will suit the people of every part of the state, for every part of it has overwhelmingly voted for him ' for that position. Every member of the Legislature. Republican and Democrat, knows that the election of Mr. Geer would at once drown all public' criticism, for the pub lic has voted that way. It would not only result in .the election of a jerfectly competeht man. j but' would conform to the public vote and permanently fix the custom f a popular vote for Senators in Oregon, . . . , . IN HOBSON'S CASE a Wit If respect to rHobson i and :;his merits; th ere are two views. ' There are . - - ; - - - . -s. - - . .... those who look upon his exploit, In the harbor of Santiago as a. commonplace i believe that. , he madi himself -;ridiculous by' traveling about the country "on his shape,. and letting all the fool women kiss him, and who 'see-nothing in his later record that "merits commendation. That is one view. In all candor -this hardly does Hobson justice. It so happens that he was the hero of an exploit, in' sinking that boat at the entrance to Santiago harbor, that was extremely picturesque and really of. heroic proportions. The story runs that while In service near Cuba Hobson's eyes became af fected. He was threatened with blind ness. ' Nevertheless he afterwards did" good service in CTblna and at Manila, His eye trouble becoming acute he was ordered ;'to cult all work and leave the tropics. Returning to the .United Slates, he had typhoid fever. Informed afterwards " that he was threatened with totat blindness, he tried for re tirement and j a ' pension. " Het was ... -1 - , found not entitled to the pension be cause, in fact.! he was not blind, but merely threatened with that affliction. An act of Congress for his benefit did not reach passage. That Is what is. told about Hobson by those who' say that - they tell tthe truth and who declare that he is in hard lines. On the other hand. Hob- son's critics assert that he has been restless In the service And that he is wanting to get into politics. Jt is not fair to judge him- harshly. V Hobson's trouble i that in the public mind the Impression is lodged that, after; San tiago, his round of kissing tours made him insipid and spoilt a pretty good hero. :.- : -;;- , - . - : : - . An exchange siys that i "FiUlton hai more than double the. votes of, any oth)- er man and is plainly the choice of k very large majority of tne people of' the state. The way to test that ' matter, brother, was provided by the last Leg islature, and by the help of both Ful ton's vote and voice.' "'By -remaining oft the ticket altogether and running. In stead, for the State Senate, he -not only neglected to- test h's popularity, whnt ever it; might be. but put himself in a position where every time a member ct the Legislature votes for him. he votes to violate a plain provision ftf the State Constitution. With the Mays law on the statute books no man should ap pear before the Legislature for the SSen atorahip who rrnde no effort to submit his nam4 to the people.' " - -. . . ' ... j . , -The London Express states that ap pendicitis Insurance is now being writ ten In England. oUcies are ' isV upon payment of a . premium ;of JBve ehilllngs, and LI00 Is paid if the i . -o - . ' . . holder ; contracts the--r aeranairui, TW Indemnity covers cosr of .medical attendance: with a trip to the seaside for convalescence. " Where death oc- cjirg. no wever. the liability ot. tne derwriters ceases, . nere ia insurance that . would unquestionaoiy hare an amazing vogue if properly ad vertised In the- United States, for Jt would satisfy-a real demand. ; i The ncr German Minister is said to be the bearer of a message from Em peror "William to the effect that ; the Emperor recognizes the Monroe Doc trine in aU Its bearings, and. will bus tain th,is Government in Its right" to control the political rsJTalrR! of . the American continent He admits that the European powers have no busi ness 'meddling with matters; on this side of the Atlantic.. - Now that the Emperor professes to know all about the Monroe; doctrine, we can get, him to Interpret it 'to the, rest of 'us,-who have, such divergent views regarding it-" ; ' r- ''':- ' The Mays law is even now said to be all right by those who . are ' voting aealnst Mr. Geer. It is thought by them that it will work ail right next time without any amendment' at this session. '.--:The men who hope to run things' are . thinking of arranging the candidates hereafter to better conform to the "program."'. But It should be re membered that the popular vote can alvays be nullified by giving the people but one candidate to vote for. Let the others ' but .withhold their names and the game is jvon and -. the people are helpless. . -."Si - ' i " - .'-. : Now It Is promised that the new Postdffice Bmidlhgf wllf be Teadyfor occupancy by ..the first of ApriL With the extension, of the city limits, call ins tor more city carriers, with the addition of more-Rural Free Delivery carriers,, and 'the Increase of business generally, the new building will' come in very good time, and it will not be very long until Its quarters assigned for the use of the employes of the Salem- postofflce are crowded. Salem and. the .surrounding country are go ing to grow fast from now on. , It is nc at-all certain that the direct primary bill will jget through the Sen ate; '.And if It does get through, it is pretty well understood that it -will be so u disfigured and. emasculated . that it -Will b& worthless, or worse . than worthless.-- It ' seems that this session of the Legislature is committed and set against' the proposition that the people oughtlo have anything to say about candidates for offices. - The boss es' fiant to perpetuate their rule They ajrejealtnis of .any encroachments upon tfcelriiBiithorlty and iwwer. After fifty years "of" prohibition, which is kiiig enough time for a fair test of the merits of the system as ap plied' to a -state; Vermont: has voted to try local cption in the sdle ' of liquor.7 By the'yerdic of the people, state prohibition , lias I thus " been de clared i failure as thp controller of the liquor tralHc." The system of lo cal prohibition: will now be tried. Per haps .in places twhere prohibition has public sentiment behind it the result will be better. . . ' .. , The erudite editor of the Eugene Reg ister remarks that the Legislature must "elect a Senator by midnight, Saturday, February 22, or Governor Chamberlain will have to appoint one, although the truth is that if the Legislature fails to e,HTa Senator Governor-Chamberlain will have no more right to appoint a Senator' to 1 succeed Mr. Simon "than would the editor, of the Register. What the editor of. the Register doesn't know on a good many subjects appears in his paper . With pleasing but undeviating regularity. . ' " ' A little while ago we were all for favfi with the (BritUh ; then Prince Henry-came and we were unanimous Ifor our friends the Germans: now we are doubtful f both mad are shaking hands trlth France over the Venezu elan question and talking of the brave old days - when the .French helped us lick King George. Either this Is a tfery -mutable world or else our dear Misf Columbia Is getting to ' be a downright Clrt. San Francisco CalL i It' is j said that the 43,000 votes for Geer "only showed -that that' many men prefejrVed Geer to Wood. But suppose the'State Convention, had nominated Fulton," for Instance. That would have hut put every other Republican candi dterblit would the vote have shown any, more even then, than that Fulton Va pTerred to Wood?. , And would the YreMdent of the Senate have oracu uarly refused to have such a conclusion H;rarcnBed down his throat V ' - . There are about - thirty , Republicans wheae bounties voted for Mr. Geer, and vhee are daily disobeylntj lnstructi" ' 'ro,m heir . people, knowing thsit the election of Mr. Geer to the Senate would be accepted by their constituents as a direct' fompliance -with the popular vote,: lis election would leave no' room for complaint anywhere, while not so much can be said of any other termina tion of, this contest. " : ' 1 1,5 .mofality rate of- Chicago for January, lwj, exceeds that for- Janu ary, 1X2, ly irj.4 per cent., an excess fXUh is attrlbntM by the health au- 'h or! Lies to the scarcity of fuel. A Urg. proportion of tho excess deaths' ... i stnted 1n the bulletin i of January lOt" due" to cold and expos ure caused by; the coal famine and which at that date had affected the health of fully 10 -per cent,1 or nearly 200,U0O of the population of the city. This session of the Legislature will adjourn on Friday night next, -Then the'peoplef Salem will have timej to attend to many ; projects for the im provement of the city, including . the buildlne hoom." taking care of the- Im migrants that will oegln to arrive' in a few days and inviting more; help- is g in th I upbuilding; of the Willam ette University, etc eter- H There is yet needed f 38S to mike up th 14)00 adTerUsihg fund for the Greater Salem Commercial -Cinb. j-H you have not Subscribed, dont wait for the committee to hunt jro . jnp. Send in your pledfce. You should ( be as much'. Interested as any membei of the committee, if'you live in Salem and desire to see the" cltf grow" and prosper. t '. 'l'"-'; T- ". ., ' ; , The Statesman la always .'partial to :he IntensiQed hen. We believe the bill giving 500. a year to the State Poultry Association to help in pe payment "of premiums ought to pass. It means thousands and tens, of thou sands of dollars in the pockets of our people, who will be induced to raise better poultry and more of It. i One of the numerous things, in .the train of benefits to result from jthe 1905 Fair la, a railroad from .Portland to Mount Hood. This Is now promised as a certainty. IMt Is built, it yHl remain as one of the wonders of the world, and will ; attract tburists this way for all future time. . ; , I , When asked if he is a candidate for a third term, Mr. . Cleveland replies: "I can not possibly bring my mind to the. belief "Jiat a condition or senti ment exists that makes any expression from "me. on the subject of the least Importance." The Inquirer" Is left wise as before i - ; , as At a recent "pet stock" exhibition in Chicago the managers excluded mu sic from the hall on the-ground that it made the chickens nervous and ion- fitted them for exhibition- purposes; and we. may therefore infer that Chi cago music Is very nearly bad enough to spoil eggs.! - . - The Immigration 'rates go Into effect today' and tne railroads expect an Im mense jam of people, coming to Jthe Northwest. The ast'of;,this -ek new people will begin arriving In Salem and kt other Oregon- points, and thereafter there will be a steady" stream of home seekers. i - T It is announced that Ward McAllis ter's famous ;- "fann"- at Newport, where oace the select forty of the fpur hundred used to lunch and. dance upon the velvety green, has been sold to a rcarket gardener, and -now it will be more netted for tahfckge heads' than ever. .The amount of money appropriated and to be appropriated at this sossion of the Legislature is large In the aggre gate. Very large. It will not be safe to adjourn ithout providing for indi rect taxes from corporations, inherit ances,' etc' - t; ; Bays the t. Louis Globe-Democrat: The . Monroe D "-ctrin means, among 4 other thin that Europe can save Itself humiliation and rvast numbers of millions by relinquish'ng forever 1 j the Idea of seizing a single Inch of Ameri can territory v - ;.. .!--" . i ' ' Members Of the House, if you know what is good for the 1905 Fair and' the state, you would better pass the Harris corporation tax bill the first thing this morning. And then the Senate would better rtass jit before'adjournm'ent. A. professpr'of Greek" in 'Northwest ern University says the. only way to elevate the stage is to have every play censored by a body of "representa tive moral citizens. Who'll censor the citizens? j ' - . ; - V 'j - i . - - - ' t ' There are j some things in the special appropriation MU that ought to be ref- erended. And there are other items in it that are all right- It is a. pity to mix mem up with; tbe shady ones. The blockade Is raised, the matter Is left to The Hague court, and; Venezuela. may go on with her present revolutions or get tfp1 -whatever new1 ones her am bitious "generals" may wih. to start. Canada is reported to be "arranging a plarr of burder defense.;. It-? need a high order of military genius to enable 5.0H0.OOQ people to close all ' the doors against 76,000.000.' ' 1 This week will either settle the Sen atortal contest or leave U nsettled- - PERSONAL AND GENERAL: . Mr. Fulton has been going to mem bers of the Legislature who are not voting for him and asking them what measures they" are especially interested in. and then reminding them that "we have tbe organization.' In , other words, if they will change their votes on Senator, .their , measures will t be allowed to get through In the matter of the bill for the aid of the State Poultry Association yesterday.-- ifc la said be advised' his friends to vote against IU because It .was a measure originating with and mainly supported by members who arenot In the Fulton '. ranks. This, is verymlllTusinfcIs for " a candidate for the exalted position of United States Senator.' A'ery ;amatl, ; , . . t 1 1 t..i pusiness. -. ... is irauiui iwiHRuiiH run to seedi,4 If he shall succeed In securing: the- coveted place, Mr. - Fulton win surely In: his reflective moments be ashamed of. lL 'ir he "Is defeated. Tnr-- will have time to. r reflect upon the futility of such coercive -methods with jrown up men- ; : .-' " .o o .'"'.' ':-'" " '. KHI -Hlie Harris ,r bill. . . geritlemn. friends "of the 1905 Fair, and the Grariges 'of Oregon will appeal -to the referendum In the matter of. the $r00,- . 000 appropriation... The wrjter hereof . knows whereof he wrlles, The matter' Is fully resolveuV Better, pass that bill. Better for the Fah1 AM' better 5 for the 1 state. s. - The fanciers of Oregon will have to continue ;to go down In their pockets -to supportj, the State. Poultry Assocla- tion and pay. the prizes offered, as they hive done. , They are' doing the state of Oregon a vast amount of good, ar.d perhaps theyrnay receive some assist ance from a future Legislature when the present , disgraceful scenes and methods going with the election of United States Senators are happily relegated to the "limbo of the past. " - O- O O i Salem is growing to be a good show , town. One company played success fully all ' last week, and the Opera House is-occupied by good attractions for the first three nights of thlscek. ..;.' C O O O : vr-jiMTJKEENErS,ADyiCE. ; "a man I kniw used to pester Jams R. Keene for speculative advice, says a writer' In Money.' Now. Keene - is -chary about giving advice to his friends, he IS. free enough with it to Others. This man. happened to be a particular friend, and when Keene -t him tjtt he misunderstood it' and-fHt agrived '' untn one day Keene, in that thinplpey vottee he uses, when very much in earnest, "said to him: "Here I am the best speculator that ever came to Wall street. J know the ga me as fto ' other man alive, knows it. I pay mor? -tor Information ' anjl " get more of - It than any '.other manipulator in f the market, ilhave men secretly at the- el bows of all the big people InMhe street' and I know whafs doing all the time. I know conditlons'besides. and -the tape talks to me. But with all this the best I can do is to beat it four times . In seven.i if I could beat it three times in five I'd have all the money there is in th wof!.' Xow ' do you see why I ' won't give you the tips you ask for?: Three Out ; of f seven-would go wrenr: and I couldn't tel. -when I gave them to you which three' it was that 'would go wrongl I never had a sure thing In my life. If I ever have 111 let you In." , -,. . .-, j.j ft-O - ' .""'- - ,THE MO.VROE DOCTRINE. VWhat Is this 'Monroe Doctrine the papers are all, talking about, Mr. Jimp son r. asked .the man,. ,.',.;. .... : The Monroe Doctrine? Why every body knows what this is and you bet it's all right, tool.,..,:, - "What's the nature of it?' 1 ;i tttMi? jThe nature of it? You'll soe what; the nature or it is ir xnose iooi fnroIirnorK' Wnd their warships -dort look out pretty careful - They under stand It irfr'riemV- ' " lv" "Some kind of paper, isn't-117 ' : iMYou bet it's-s paper. It's a grot t paper .that's what it Is! That man . Monroe knew what he was about. They - C9uldnt get t,hH?tart on him! No, rir.?' MeVaa Hght there every time and all day... . - .- i . r; r'T . - - . .. . -. - . 'Ia he rfead T", - ,'-. ,. . ', , , ,-- ' , . .. , . , "Eh? Dead? Lemma see- l es, I think he's dead. That's often the way. you .'know. Never appreciated till you are gone.. Pity ain't it? . "But' what about the nature of the doctrine? What's It all about T' "All'aout? I guess you ain't up in diplomatics;" 'That's what it's about."";' It's welj, ' It takes a diplomat to un derstand; It." . But don't worry fur a moment-i-it's all right. You'll see. Just keep yoar ' eye on Venezuela . ' They know what it means down there. WOULD CORRUPT THE OTIIEIlA In an executive session of the Neval Committee of the House,, during dis cussion, of the alleged bribery case, one of the members was Impelled to an- - ecdote he once heard about the Gover nor of Virginia. , The members of the : committee 'rested , temporarily from their deliberations to hear the folio v . lng: ," 'v " ; :"" :.'Oncei Governor Wise decided on an inspecUon .of the-.tate Penitentiary. He made very thorough work of it, an J went from cell to cell to learn the coa ditions of the convicts. In one row of cells he Inquired of each man his crime. From eell fter cell he. heard the same reply-that the occtftwht thereof was an innocent man, The law had grabbed him up .unjustly and condemned - him to hard service for a number of years. In the last' cell was a young man.- - "Well, what are you here for?" en quired tie Governor. "Tn an, unguarded moment, sir, 1 took some money that didn't belong to me, and here I am for a long term.' 1 don't know what ! will do' when at last t get out . ... ; The Governor moved away to the warden's office, where he demanded a bit Of paper atd announced his 1nten-" tlon to pardon that young man. Tbf warden pleaded. with the Governor no'., to grant the pardon, but he Insisted. VOn -what 'ground can you do it? ' inqaired the warden.' ' '"' ' '- ' am afraid if that young . man tffaysfbi here he Will corrupt those other innocent convicts. " '" "'--' . ' '. 1. "" , 'THE HEWITTS AT SEA. ' .The principal incident in Mr. Hew itt's life?wa 4n 1844, when he and Ed ward CobpW were .cast adrift In a leaky boat from ) the? packet'-Alabama, which -was wrecked, in that fierce storm soon afejv leaving the Mediterranean for New YbrkA aie showed so high an or der of heroism on that occasion that the Coopers took . him. into the bosom of their family, the loving Sally, daughter of the house, giving him her heart -and hand. .It was that awful experience at sea f that - caused Mr. Hewitt In later years never to risk the Jives of the sev eral members of his family In a single vessel when a voyage to Europe was to be made. " Wife, sons and daughters ; would saJffron different '.steatners, and meet on the other side. A few other heads of families have adopted these tactics in" Imitation of Mr. Hewitt. U-,! ': : ,; '.; ,';.,.. ..O jk. as -JC C. 7rC X m i mmU.. S7 . J r.